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Photograph of the Domino Sugar Factory by Jake Dobkin.
- From the Gothamist Newsmap: a jumper on the Verrazano Bridge in Staten Island, an MVA involving a police car on Nostrand Ave. and Ave. W in Brooklyn and a Ballistics Search on York Ave. in Brooklyn.
- What happens when you have a Halloween Haunted Walk for kids in Marine Park? Thankfully, GerritsenBeach has the inevitable results.
- The Post discovers that the Paterson aide who didn't pay his taxes for five years due to depression had no problem when it came to making campaign contributions.
- Smoking in bed is suspected to be the cause behind a fire that killed a 64-year-old woman in her Roosevelt Island apartment yesterday.
- Yet another weapons incident at MacArthur Airport: This time, a soldier was found to have a loaded handgun in her checked luggage.
- Forget Colin Powell--the Obama camp can walk tall today knowing they have the official endorsement of the NY Daily News.
- “You rock me out, Sarah.” Forget PUMAs, the Times finds it's the "Dudes for Sarah" screaming the loudest at her rallies.
- A man paid $400,000 for the rights to the two best seats in the house at the Jets new stadium.
- After four years, the final curtain will go down on Spamalot just after New Year's.
- Don't ask Charlie Kaufman to tell you what his new movie Synecdoche, New York means. In fact, you might not even want to expect to understand it.
- MSNBC host Rachel Maddow might have a hit cable news program. That doesn't mean she necessarily owns a television to watch it on.
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