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• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A pedestrian struck at W 48th St & 5th Ave in Manhattan, a sexual assault at 71 St & 20 Ave in Brooklyn, and a perp search at Taylor St & Richmond Terr on Staten Island.
• Teachers will be measured by their students' achievement test performance (but the Department of Education claims the scores won't influence teachers' "formal job evaluations").
• The Village Voice's Tom Robbins delves into the protests over Jeannine Pirro appearing as a judge on TV.
• Two bicyclists were fatally hit by an SUV on Long Island.
• The former Lehman-now Barclays headquarters on Seventh Avenue has "no room" for former Lehman CEO Richard Fuld, so he has to go to a "lesser" office building.
• William Buckley Jr.'s will says his 8-year-old illegitimate grandson "for all purposes...shall be deemed to have predeceased me." The child's mother contends that Christopher Buckley needs to pay more in child support.
• Maybe the bubble is bursting: The listing for a $70 million penthouse apartment at the Pierre has been removed from the broker's website.
• Britney Spears was in the Bronx yesterday, visiting some school children, donating a check from Elizabeth Arden for the school's music program and hopefully staying off the purple drank.