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Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: missing children on E 243rd St. and Barnes St. in the Bronx, a construction accident on 36th St. and 35th Ave. in Queens, and a traffic agent was struck on 34th St. and 2nd Ave. in Manhattan.
Aw, the only person in the "Friends of Adolfo Carrion" Facebook group is...Adolfo Carrion!
Tatum O'Neal pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of disorderly conduct after being arrested for buying crack cocaine in June. The reduced charge is less than a misdemeanor and means the actress will have to attend two half-day drug meetings and pay a $95 fine.
Some pictures of a river running through DUMBO during last weekend's storm.
An NYPD officer suffered a fractured skull when he was struck in the head with a bottle thrown from a window at the Ebbets Field housing project.
The City is receptive to the idea of settling a wrongful death lawsuit brought by Nicole Paultre-Bell for the shooting death of her fiance´, Sean Bell, in a hail of police gunfire.
As long as a driver stops and says "whoops," it's not a crime to run over a child.
Former City Councilman Dennis Gallagher is considering a civil countersuit against the woman he pleaded guilty to sexually abusing.

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By Dave Hogarty in Miscellaneous on July 2, 2008 6:15 PM

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mdow

sometimes rich people do stupid stuff like buy crack, and preferential treatment does happen.

metarobotic

sometimes kids do stupid stuff like run out in the middle of the street, and accidents do happen.

jenspellnogood

maybe the guy with the van could come take out a few strollers around here, it's too damn crowded.