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- From the Gothamist Newsmap: A person on the track at 32nd And 6th in Manhattan, car vs. building at E 171 & Jerome in the Bronx, and a stabbing at Fulton St. & Lawrence St in Brooklyn.
- Before she learned about the tainted milk scandal, a teacher in Croton-Harmon handed out White Rabbit candies to students. The FDA told her not to worry since "a 60-pound child would have to gorge on 290 pieces to exceed the FDA's 'tolerable daily intake' for melamine."
- Broadway theaters will dim their marquees for one minute at 8 p.m. on Friday to honor the life and career of Paul Newman.
- The state agency that gives subsidized mortgages to first-time home buyers is looking to raise their interest rates.
- A Queens prosecutor said the man suspected of raping and killing Imette St. Guillen started his life of crime at age 12, mugging a 70-year-old woman.
- Brangelina alert: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are headed to NYC with their six kids because Jolie's Changeling is showing at the New York Film Festival this weekend.
- WaMu seems to be taking things in stride with their new ad copy: "We love Chase. And not just because they have a trillion dollars."
- Retiring NY Post columnist Steve Dunleavy was feted by many, including Rupert Murdoch. Earlier this week, the Times profiled Dunleavy and his long tabloid career.
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