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- From the Gothamist Newsmap: A water rescue / dog In water near Shore Parkway and 75th St in Brooklyn (the dog was rescued!), a child struck by a vehicle at W Houston & Broadway in Manhattan, and an unusual rescue at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx.
- The NY State Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court decision regarding former NYSE chairman Dick Grasso's compensation. Back in the day, then-Attorney General Eliot Spitzer sued Grasso over his $140 million pay package and demanded repayment; now it seems more likely Grasso will keep it.
- A tunnel for the Second Avenue Subway has been narrowed, thanks to rising costs.
- It's Gay Pride Week, and NY1 looks at Jackson Heights' gay population.
- Two National Guardsman from the NYC-area--one from Queens, one from Long Island--were killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, along with two others Guardsman.
- Will next season's Top Chef's chefs be living in Williamsburg? It's unclear, but one sign will be the Saturn SUVs.
- Barack Obama, Rolling Stone cover boy, tells Jann Wenner his musical hero is Stevie Wonder.
- And the MoMA's chief curator John Elderfield, who is leaving the museum after 30-plus years, discusses his work with the Sun--he's had to field calls from people who claim paintings are hung upside down.
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