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• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A large crowd at 8th Ave & W 142nd St in Manhattan, a fall victim at Fulton St & Bridge St in Brooklyn and a bomb threat on Beach 12th Street in Queens.
• A NYC schools official on leave to head Barack Obama's Nevada campaign died of a heart attack yesterday. Mayor Bloomberg said, "Terence was not only somebody who was one of the most likeable people in the world, he was one of the most hardworking people in the world. He had great judgment and a great feel for people, and this really is a great tragedy."
• Gangster Michael "Mikey Cigars" Coppola was finally charged with murdering John "Johnny Coca-Cola" Lardiere. Coppola had been hiding out for the past 11 years and was spotted at an Upper West Side bodega last year.
• The NJ Devils must "immediately" pay $2.4 million in rent at the Prudential Center or else they'll have to go into arbitration. The hockey team claims they don't owe any rent.
• D train riders get to grade their subway line again--the NYC Transit Authority is handing out rider report cards through Thursday.
• If it's not Scottish, it's Trump: Donald Trump got the go-ahead for a proposed $1.6 billion golf resort in Scotland.
• When Smart Cars sell their souls to be shills.
• And DNA testing of remains found in California's Sierra Nevadas prove that they are the remains of adventurer Steve Fossett.