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From the Gothamist Newsmap: A car vs. building at E 28th & Lexington Ave in Manhattan, a barricaded EDP on Myrtle Ave & N Portland Ave in Brooklyn and an elderly person assaulted at Montauk St & Baisly Blvd in Queens.
Not cool: A Pennsylvania dentist admitted to dumping medical waste on the Jersey shore.
Lindsay Lohan's nude pictorial in New York magazine is the only she's doing for a while--Page Six says she turned down an offer to pose in Playboy.
There are 97 new people in Nassau County's "Wall of Shame."
The lawyer and his wife who were accused of running a prostitution ring at the Hot Lap Dance Club were indicted yesterday.
Separated-at-birth pizza article graphics.
A teen who killed a Long Island man during a botched robbery was sentenced to 25 years to life. The victim's body was found in the backyard, with his 3-year-old son sleeping on him.
And the RNC may have played Heart's "Barracuda" last night, but the Wilson sisters had issued a cease-and-desist and told EW, "Sarah Palin's views and values in NO WAY represent us as American women."

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By Jen Chung in News on September 5, 2008 11:40 AM

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Spirit of 76

What, the GOP ignoring the rights and requests of others? Who woulda thunk it?

TheKlaus

ack, that story about the 3 year old sleeping on his dead father crushed my soul.

Politburo

That is far from the first time that the GOP has used a song without permission.

jibbly

Ah, NFL thing makes sense. BTW they didn't just block off the exit/entrances, they put up giant green fences along the perimeter of the path so you couldn't see what was going on.

Outter Burrougher

jibbly, yesterday was the NFL kickoff party thing at Columbus Circle; I'd imagine the cops were directing traffic because of re-routing; depending on which side of the park you were in, that probably explains the closing in the park.

goyogago

jibbly: tons and tons of stormtroopers out today. I'm assuming it has to do with the 9/11 anniversary coming up.

jibbly

They totally blocked off the southern section of Central Park yesterday. Highly annoying trying to get out of the park if you were on a bike. They also had a ton of officers overseeing traffic along the avenues just below the parks too.

Anyone know why?

dbc

The crane thing is "Sky Watch," a “mobile platform for surveillance, assessment, and response”. More info is at http://www.icxnewheights.com/products/skywatch/