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- From the Gothamist Newsmap: A collapse on Ferris Pl in the Bronx, a water search on Arthur Kill on Staten Island, and a work train accident at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue Station in Brooklyn.
- JetBlue grounded a plane today at JFK because of a weird odor; last week, a Jetblue flight was grounded after the pilot smelled smoke.
- Today was the first day of school, and a stabbing among students took place a few blocks from Carnarsie High.
- The NY Times feature on well-known actress Leslie Uggams and relative newcomer Yaya DaCosta has no mention of DaCosta's real claim to fame: As a contestant on America's Next Top Model.
- Is the Parks Department poisoning birds of prey?
- The latest Brooklyn food rumors include a hopeful tidbit about Pies n' Thighs returning later this year with "organic chicken and grass-fed ground beef."
- The Knitting Factory will close this January, and reopen in the Luna Lounge space in Williamsburg by March '09. The Tribeca Tribune talked to owner Jared Hoffman who said: "Manhattan abandoned us."
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