Extra, Extra

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• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A car vs. building on Mermaid Ave in Brooklyn, a person struck by a train on 173 & Southern Blvd in the Bronx and a homicide on Catherine Slip in Manhattan.
• Sorry, commuters to NJ: The outbound Lincoln Tunnel was closed due to a suspicious package on the helix.
• VP candidate Joe Biden will be in Soho next week for a "big, gay fundraiser."
• Riverside Drive apartment building doorman Carlos Pellecier was named the West Side's best doorman by union Local 32BJ and Manhattan Media.
• A third patient with Legionnaire's disease has died at St. Peter's Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ. A total of eight patient was diagnosed.
• Gawker Media is laying off 19 people, but is also hiring more employees at some other titles. Nick Denton explains the measures are because of the R-word (recession), though "Sure, the company is currently profitable and advertising sales are up by about 30% on their level of a year ago."
• Did you know that alternate-side-of-the-street parking is suspended 43 days out of the year due to religious holidays?
• A body part was found in a suitcase left at a Westchester park. Per WNBC, "A worker opened an abandoned suitcase...and a human leg popped out."