Extra, Extra

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• From the Gothamist Newsmap: a missing mother and child on153rd Street in Queens, a water condition at the UN and a pursuit on 5th Ave. and 3rd St. in Brooklyn.

• A new poll shows that New Yorkers are all for extending term limits--if we could just change the rule for just the mayor and not City Council.

• Real estate firm CEO arrested after being found with over a thousand Oxycontin and Xanax pills and cocaine.

• One day from her due date, pregnant woman was bored and decided to take a drive--and then an 18-wheeler clipped her. She survived the crash and doctors delivered a healthy baby.

• A man in upstate New York stabbed two cops with a knife when they spotted him urinating on the side of a bus station.

• Over 4,000 came out to walk in Manhattan yesterday, raising over $11.5 million in pledges to fight against breast cancer.

• Federal blue or Pulaski red? What goes into to the decisions over which city bridges end up which colors?

• Will the new Kellogg's Diner be able to thrive with its shiny new renovations that might be lacking in kitsch value for its Williamsburg clientele?

• With Shea Stadium closing, a woman attempted to go inside to reclaim her father's ashes that had been sprinkled over the pitcher's mound 12 years ago. Security denied her access inside.

• "Divorce is hell. Lawyers are vultures. Children get lost." How could you expect anything less dark and inflammatory in a review of the new book by recent Emmy winner for Best Comedic Acting, Alec Baldwin?