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Photograph by Jen Chung

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A missing child on 57 Avenue in Queens, a stabbing at Madison Ave & 119th St in Manhattan, and an evidence search at E 84th St & Glenwood Rd in Brooklyn.
• Tonight's Critical Mass ride is essentially the four-year anniversary of the infamous 2004 Critical Mass ride during the RNC when hundreds of riders were arrested by the NYPD.
• A Queens librarian said if children read 1,000 books this summer, she would donate her hair to Locks of Love. The kids did it, and Sueli Zaqem had 13 inches of her hair cut off.
• The police have arrested a man suspected of robbing seven livery cab drivers in Queens.
• Calling Statler & Waldorf: Could The Muppet Show be returning to TV?
• A Brooklyn resident's death was announced to neighbors when someone finally wrote on the parking tickets (which were piling up on his parked car), "The man is dead."
• After State Senator Malcolm Smith arranged a meeting between property owners and the city, it looks like Willets Point negotiations will start to pick up.
• And have a happy and safe Labor Day weekend! We'll be posting as always this weekend and on Monday.