July 7, 2008
Extra, Extra
- 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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That's what you get when you mess with the Malachi brothers.
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>>>Crowds were sparse on the first "Piazza Day" on Montague St.
You'd think more people would turn out to honor a great ex-Met, and a future Hall Of Famer. Did Tommy Lasorda show up? Bobby V.?
www.forgotten-ny.com
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"Their banana cargo held great appeal for a team of slippery criminals who made off with $40,000 worth of fruit."
!!!!!!!
fantastic.
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That giant Slip 'n Slide has got to be festering with STDs.