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From the Gothamist Newsmap: Person tazed falls to death on Tompkins in Brooklyn, male under a truck on Madison & E 38th St in Manhattan, and a vehicle pursuit at Foch Blvd & 167 St in Queens.
WCBS 2 hears from New Yorkers who think the bailout plan sucks.
Two Upper East Side tenements, on York between 64th and 65th Streets, won confirmation of their landmarks designation in a court decision; City Council member Jessica Lappin called it "a big victory for our community."
A suspect in the horrible beating of a Boston radio host apparently had "second thoughts" about the attack...but only after he opened the victim's wallet.
A Connecticut gym uses its members' exercise bike-pedaling for energy.
A Long Island millionaire businessman was arrested for "orchestrating three murders"--and two were to cover up the initial 1994 murder.
Clay Aiken's Claymates are really upset with his announcement that he's gay. Sample: "This is a gut wrenching day for The ClayNation. Somebody wake me up, I hope it's a dream."
And Serious Eats has Kenny Shopsin's appearance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien--it's uncomfortable-making!

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By Jen Chung in Miscellaneous on September 24, 2008 7:10 PM

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amsci

"This is a gut wrenching day for The ClayNation. Somebody wake me up, I hope it's a dream."

Yeah, because if Clay was straight, he'd be all about your Precious Moments collecting, Marie Callender's eating, kitten sweatshirt wearing ass.

Jen Chung

The video came online later on in the night... we've got a post planned for today.

dr zippy

Maybe Gothamist didn't link to the video because they aren't psychic. This post went up before the video surfaced. Plus, as you say, this is a big story and deserves a post of its own.

Jerky

I'm suprised Gothamist didn't link the video of the NYPD killing. One dumbass NYPD officer tasered a mentally ill man while he was standing on a ledge, brandishing a flourescent lightbulb (!)

This one's gonna cost the city at least several million in a wrongful death lawsuit. The officer should be indicted for at least manslaughter. There was really no justifiable reason for his actions, and a smidgen of common sense would tell anyone that he was going to fall off the ledge when tasered!