Extra, Extra

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a shooting on 119th Ave. and 153rd St. in Queens, an abduction on East 174th St. and Southern Blvd. in the Bronx, and a serious trauma at 120 Broadway in Manhattan.
The young woman who snapped pictures of boxer Oscar De La Hoya cavorting in women's lingerie was busted trying to leave the Macy's in Herald Square with lots of unpaid-for merchandise.
A Long Island man was arrested after punching and then stabbing another man several times as the victim sat in his car at a North Massapequa gas station.
The polished and engraved cornerstone of the Freedom Tower that was dedicated on July 4, 2004 was later removed and currently sits in a work lot of a Long Island stone company.
Misael Fuentes, the 14-year-old boy who was rescued from a Brooklyn house fire along with seven members of his family early Tuesday, succumbed to his burn injuries and died yesterday.
Information on the Newtown Creek Cruise run by the Center for the Urban Environment.
A Parks Dept. worker accosts a woman for taking playground pictures of her own daughter because other kids may be included in the frame.
It may not give its eater an extra life, but someone's found a way to prepare 1UP mushroom burgers that some may recognize from Mario Bros. games.

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By Dave Hogarty in Miscellaneous on July 3, 2008 6:15 PM

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adamadam

reminds me of that painting by caspar david friedrich.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Caspar_David_Friedrich_032.jpg/471px-Caspar_David_Friedrich_032.jpg