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• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A minor wall collapse at 23 Street And 37 Ave in Queens, an unusual rescue at 8th Ave And 145 St in Manhattan, and a shooting on Young Street on Staten Island.
• Get ready: The Staten Island-slamming mayor of Belmar, NJ is visiting Shaolin on Friday.
• Speaking of Staten Island, it's hard for the Democrats to unite, even with Congressman Vito Fossella on his way out.
• The Reverend Timothy Wright's wife and grandson were laid to rest today. They were killed in a car accident; Wright is still in critical condition at a hospital.
• Anthony Weiner bought Freddy Ferrer's 2005 voter email list back in 2006.
• With some minor modifications to existing recipes for humans, Rachael Ray is expanding into dog food.
• Are massive apartment renovations worth it?
• And carpooling is encouraged at an Obama fund-raiser in the Hamptons.