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From the Gothamist Newsmap: A serious trauma at Fresh Pond Road & Myrtle Ave in Queens, a severed limb at 51 Catin Pl in Brooklyn and a person under the train at Jackson Ave & West Chester Ave in the Bronx.
People have begun lining up for Tuesday's American Idol auditions at the Meadowlands.
One man is dead and another is injured after their boat hit the Robert Moses Bridge near West Islip.
Staten Island's Republican congressional candidate supports former SI Borough President James Molinari's idea to put windmills on the former Fresh Kills dump.
Self-proclaimed "King of All Pimps" Jason Itzler (he said Ashley Dupre had a "magic" you-know-what) has apparently sold the film rights to his life story.
Score one for the "Montauk Monster is real" team. Splinterheads, the movie which a website had alleged was using the Monster as a prop of theirs admitted that it has nothing to do with it.
“Ninety-seven is no good,” he said. “If you do 97, they’re thinking most stuff is less than 97, like 59, 89.” Today's NY Times has a piece filled with confusing quotes from the owners of 99-cent stores and their competitors.

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By Billy Parker in Miscellaneous on August 17, 2008 6:45 PM

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NannyState

^ It looks like a Botero. Maybe MoMA can hook you up: they sell replicas.

JRod5417

Oooh, I wish I could have a little replica of that cat statue. And I'm a dog lover.

Nick S

Unless your three wishes are contract crabs, the clap, and hep B simultaneously...probably not.

Pull My Finger

If I rub Ashley Dupree's magic you know what, do I get three wishes?

Snoopy

As I looked at the most recent ad posted by American Apparel on the upper left corner, I will never buy anything that supports the look of being a total ass hole.