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• From the Gothamist Newsmap: Children struck on Martin Ave on Staten Island, an evidence search at Wythe Ave & N 1st St in Brooklyn and amputations on W 40th St in Manhattan.
• The Brooklyn imam who will advertise pro-Muslim themes in the NYC subways says he's just a mama's boy.
• Though he's slowly emerging from his coma, parents of the Binghamton University student allegedly beaten by a Serbian national do not know if he'll ever fully recover.
• Possibly ironic: Is East Hampton in debt?
• The Village Voice looks at the people who help families ship their loved ones' bodies to their native countries for burials.
• Grimaldi's owner Frank Ciolli says it was just "some kind of accounting error" that caused the taxman to briefly seize the pizzeria on Wednesday.
• For that Yankees fan in your life: A Jason Giambi nutcracker.
• Brit in Brooklyn has some great photos of the NYPD vs. FDNY boxing match in Coney Island.
• And you think getting tickets in NYC is tough? There was a stampede when tickets for the Beijing Olympics went on sale.