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Photograph of an electoral map drawn with chalk in Bay Ridge by gleek.net on Flickr
- From the Gothamist Newsmap: A burn victim at West 129 Street and Powell Blvd in Manhattan, an evidence search on Sutter Ave in Brooklyn, and police activity at 138 Beach 27th St in Queens.
- Three teens were arrested for defacing a Long Island memorial to a Port Authority Police captain who was killed on September 11, 2001.
- The NY Times looks at how CNBC's Jim Cramer has weathered the past few weeks of economic market insanity.
- A warehouse fire left Trader Joe's freezer section depleted; Eat Me Daily described it looking like "the frozen food section of a Communist Russia grocery store. "
- Possible victim of the economy: Yankees items, including a handwritten letter from Mickey Mantle to his fiancee, fared poorly at an auction.
- One street artist created Sarah Palin wheatpastes that you can print out and put up yourself around town. The message: A Frightening Prospect. They're popular in Williamsburg.
- Queens Crap is amused by a mailer from new City Council member Anthony Como.
- And finally, a discussion about the "long process" of fixing the BQE.
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