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Inside Eddie Murphy's Head, Marianne O'Leary at flickr

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After a possible unwarranted maligning of tomatoes as a serious salmonella threat, health officials are turning their attention to hot peppers as a public scourge.
Two young men were stabbed on 7th Ave. near Times Square early this morning.
To be young, filthy rich, and lesbian: J&J heiress Casey Johnson decamps to LA to be with her Yahoo!-heiress girlfriend Courtenay Semel.
Stalwart Hillary Clinton booster NJ Gov. Jon Corzine is now determined to campaign for Barack Obama so the Democrats can reside in the White House.
Fun facts about humans' internal body clocks; including suicides and births both peaking in the morning.
Fingered in public by a total stranger on the subway and want to reconnect? Stay classy Columbia University undergrads.
A man suspected in the death of a Kansan law student killed himself while in the custody of Elizabeth, NJ police.

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By Dave Hogarty in Miscellaneous on July 6, 2008 5:35 PM

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Steven

I lived in New York my whole life as well and never heard it referred by colors as well. It's either the letter of the train or the line (Lex, Queens Blvd, 8th Av, etc).

Rocknrope

Maybe that's what transplants from the Boston T call it. I've lived here all my life and never heard it referred to by colors. Lame.

henricus

Erm,I've been living here for six years now and still call it the red line, blue line, green line, etc. And after conferring with a few of my friends about 80% of them refer to them this way as well.

Dave Hogarty

[9] Hah! Just an hour ago I wrote a friend that Giant Eddie Murphy Head With Man Climbing Out Of It in Times Square was already haunting my dreams! I'm not even asleep yet, but it's firmly in my subconscious like a Michel Gondry film.

palestine

I'm going to have nightmares right now because of that giant Eddie Murphy head. Thanks gothamist!

:P

Grand Concoursian

I call BS on the subway fingering- even an undergrad should know better than to call the subway "the RED line."

dooWOP

Chances are she's a sexually repressed Asian nerd girl who just found herself in the big city. And, of course, it's a white guy we're dealing with here.