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From the Gothamist Newsmap: a shooting at W 135th St. and 8th Ave. in Manhattan and serious accidents on the Grand Central Pkwy and LIE in Queens.
A mile-long stretch of beach along the Jersey Shore in Avalon, NJ was closed when over 150 pieces of medical waste washed up.
A Long Island ex-con tried impersonated a police officer at the DMV after an earlier attempt to pull over a Suburban on the Meadowbrook State Parkway. He's been arrested on the same charge before.
1,000 motorcyles accompanied a steel beam from the WTC as it was transported to Pennsylvania, where it will be part of a memorial at the sight where Flight 93 crashed.
The founder of The Knitting Factory is set to open New York's first winery in Soho.
Mike Tattoo, a former bodybuilding champion with a shaved head, is the focus of a NY Times piece on Rescue Ink, a group of bikers who go out and save small animals.