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Photograph taken in Central Park by callihiggins on Flickr

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A pedestrian struck at W 41 St & 9th Ave in Manhattan, a bank robbery at Tremont & Philip Ave in the Bronx and a firefighter bitten by a dog on Church Ave in Brooklyn.
• The Dow fell 200 points today in late day selling; one comment to CNBC, "Nobody wants to take a stake in this market — They’ve been run over too many times before."
• Home sales in trendy neighborhoods, especially ones in Brooklyn and Queens like Park Slope, Bed-Stuy, and College Point, have been suffering with the housing crisis.
• Alaska senator Ted Stevens was found guilty in his federal corruption trial--the jury believed he willfully concealed receiving over $250,000 in gifts.
• The Knicks cut Patrick Ewing Jr. today just two days before the start of the NBA season. The Daily News suggests he could go to the Knicks' NBDL team in Reno, but Ewing said, "I'll weigh my options first before I commit to one scenario or another."
• Christian Siriano is the most commercially successful Project Runway winner yet--he makes $10,000-20,000 going to events!
• Ready the conceptual violins: NY Mag art critic Jerry Salz says that "if the art economy is as bad as it looks--if worse comes to worst--40 to 50 New York galleries will close."
• RIP: Time Out New York editor Andrew Johnston lost his long battle with cancer yesterday.