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From the Gothamist Newsmap: A DOA floater in the Hudson River at 140th Street, a pedestrian struck at 161 5th Avenue in Brooklyn, and a shooting at Brook Avenue & East 136th Street in the Bronx.
A scary home invasion involved robbers brandishing guns storming into a Queens home.
The average Brooklyn renter, at least according to the first quarter of this year: "a twentysomething artsy freelancer who makes $50,000 a year."
Go Ricki? Ricki Lake and the American Medical Association are trading barbs about delivering babies at home (Lake produced a documentary about home births).
The lawsuit against the placement of Alexander Hamiltion's home The Grange has been dropped.
Who knew there was so much money in non-profits? The Port Authority's new executive director racked up $100,000 from a non-profit board job.
In anticipation of World Refugee Day this Friday, the United Nations has released a video with Angelina Jolie.
And the Whitney is allowing an iconic Arshile Gorky painting to exhibited at the St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral, for the cathedral's 40th anniversary.

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By Jen Chung in News on June 18, 2008 12:37 PM

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sonyactivision

In Ricki Lake's case, a C section was quickly ruled out. No reputable medical equipment manufacturer makes a two-handled cheese wheel knife large enough to perform the operation on her. But they had a radial arm saw available. Fearing infection and an embarassing scar, Ms Lake opted for home birth.From what I understand, mother and newborn baby did just fine.

EricRoberts

I saw the documentary about home births from Ricki Lake. While it was one-sided, it did raise a lot of valid points that are hard to deny. For instance, some of the quotes they have from doctors like "They can't sue you if you [c-section] them." Also that almost all other civilized countries include mid-wives in hospitals as part of the labor process.

You begin to wonder about alternatives when your OB is running 90 minutes late and only sees you for 2 minutes.

Toby von Meistersinger

The headline of the News article was Port Authority boss also earns 100G as part of nonprofit's board in the paper it read PA boss' 2nd 'job' Also earns 100G as part of nonprofit's board.

JenChungsBaby

The story about the Port Authority director clearly says that he hasn't yet received any compensation for his work on that board. But the Gothamist headline says he got $100,000. Board members average $100,000/year in compensation but he's only been serving a short time and may actually resign.