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Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: an amputation on W53rd St. in Manhattan, a vessel in distress off Laguardia Airport in Queens, and a suspicious fire at Westchester and Castle Hill Aves. in the Bronx.
Girls Gone Wild sent out a press release promising a video of Spitzer hooker Ashley Alexandra Dupre in "very interesting sexual situations."
Crowds were sparse on the first "Piazza Day" on Montague St. in Brooklyn. Brooklyn Heights Blog has some thoughts on how to attract more visitors.
What do you get for $80 million? Maybe a 5,300 square foot apartment at 15 Central Park West.
Is Microsoft shooting a tv commercial in Carroll Gardens this Thursday, or is "MICROSFT" [sic] the code name for a new J.J. Abrams movie?
Police recovered two tractor trailers, originally stolen from the Port of Wilmington in Delaware, on a Bronx road. Their banana cargo held great appeal for a team of slippery criminals who made off with $40,000 worth of fruit.
A blogger called Eduwonkette has become a regular irritant to the Dept. of Education and the Bloomberg administration.
A Long Island demolition derby was all fun and games until a participant's gas tank exploded and the driver crawled from his flaming car while on fire.

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By Dave Hogarty in Miscellaneous on July 7, 2008 6:15 PM

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