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- From the Gothamist Newsmap: a bank robbery at Commerce Bank on 3rd Ave. in Manhattan, a high angel rescue at 47 St. & 5th Ave. in Manhattan and a train derailment on Longwood Ave. in the Bronx.
- The latest gun buyback, where the Brooklyn DA's office gives $200 for weapons, netted 427 firearms. One man said, "I'm a plumber but not currently employed, and times are hard."
- A Rikers Island guard was fired last week on a charge of smuggling a scalpel to an accused killer and reputed gang leader.
- Staten Island women tell the Advance about perverts on mass transit, like a man "masturbating while reading a newspaper on the ferry."
- Federal officials are working on options to lure dolphins, currently feasting on fish in a NJ river, back to the ocean after two dolphins have died in recent weeks.
- The NY Times looks at how lesbian bar Rubyfruit fell into financial difficulties, but now has a new future, thanks to a "prominent lesbian."
- Is any Bon Jovi song really worth $400 million? Apparently it is to a Boston musician suing the legendary New Jersey band for allegedly stealing lyrics on the recent tune JBJ penned as the theme to this year's playoffs.
- There was a surprise guest at last night's Diesel XXX Party: a baby in M.I.A.'s belly!