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• From the Gothamist Newsmap: Hazmat at the Varick Street McDonald's (freon leak), a blackout between 11th To 13th Ave and 69th St - 72nd St in Brooklyn, and a perp search at 213rd St. & Jamaica Ave.
• The police shot and killed a man who apparently charged at them with a knife in a Bedford-Stuyvesant apartment. The man allegedly ignored their demands to drop the weapon.
• A newlywed bride drowned while on her honeymoon in Bermuda. Lower East Side resident Ting Chen didn't know how to swim and had snorkeled with a life jacket, but "inexplicably" jumped into the water--without the jacket--later.
• Are tens of thousands of Verizon workers going on strike tomorrow? Their contract ends at midnight, but Verizon says there's time to negotiate.
• By way of a very detailed graphic, the NY Times tries to help you understand your Con Edison bill.
• Queens Crap is very annoyed that the Daily News reprinted a column telling readers to pave over their lawns, since it's illegal and all.
• Page Six Magazine wonders if the fizz from the Cipriani restaurant empire has gone.
• Pitchfork reveals a list of the 88 drummers for Friday's 88 BoaDrum event taking place on the Williamsburg waterfront.