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afro-punk festival, by dietrich at flickr

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a double shooting on 31st St. and Tilden Ave. in Brooklyn, a double shooting on 147th St. and Northern Blvd. in Queens, and a fatal jumper at 1st Avenue and 72nd Street in Manhattan
A man jumped to his death from the roof of his Bronx building after an argument with his girlfriend and mother of their two children led to her stabbing. She's in stable condition.
The two maids enslaved and abused by their Long Island employers were awarded almost $1 million in unpaid wages and penalties by a judge.
The federal judge in the Naked Cowboy vs. M&M likeness lawsuit paid a visit to the under-dressed troubadour in Times Square this week. No bills were exchanged.
A former employee of the city's medical examiner office was sentenced to 15 years in prison for stealing millions of dollars in funds earmarked for post-9/11 work.
People gathering at a vantage point in Tudor City to get just the right Manhattanhenge photos.
A Queens baseball Little League has been named after Sean Bell, who was a passionate baseball fan.
If the robbery note you hand to a bank teller threatening to shoot someone closes with "OK, thank you," there's a good bet she will not take you seriously.