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  • From the Gothamist Newsmap: An industrial accident on Borden Ave in Queens, multiple pedestrians struck at Blake Ave At Barbey St in Brooklyn and an all-hands fire at Warren St & Greenwich St in Manhattan.
  • Verizon's technicians, operators and sales reps are threatening to strike.
  • The NJ Assemblyman being investigated over child pornography allegedly on his computer is described as a "loner."
  • The NY Times has a slideshow of old-fashioned brickwork being installed, but don't get too excited about your own renovation ideas--it's really expensive.
  • copyranter likes the Museum of Sex's self-promotional poster, "This is one of the few advertisers for whom I would recommend adverts sans images—let the visitors' heads run wild. "
  • The Daily News' Juan Gonzalez was inducted into the National Association of Hispanic Journalists Hall of Fame on Friday.
  • A Long Island man was charged with DWI while his wife was on the roof of the car.

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Ah Long Island, always good for those truth is stranger than fiction stories.

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