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  • From the Gothamist Newsmap: A drowning on W. 25th St between 9th & 10th Aves in Manhattan, a pedestrian struck at Havemeyer & N 9th St in Brooklyn and a person stabbed at Southern Blvd & Westchester Ave in the Bronx.
  • While you were watching the live stream of MSNBC, the stock market soared today--the Dow went up over 300 points (+3%) and ended at 9625 points.
  • The DEA paid $3.3 million to four informants "in an investigation that led to the arrest of a man prosecutors called an international arms dealer."
  • The construction industry continues to say that the city's regulations are going too far and create costly delays.
  • Hey did you know David Byrne is Scottish and can't vote? But he's been emailing people to get out there and pick up his slack today.
  • Curbed wonders if the candidates were buildings in NYC, which would they be?
  • Today Anna Wintour joined the masses and waited in line to vote, though we're certain she asked if this was something her assistant could do for her beforehand.
  • According to Vanishing New York, classic dive The Holland Bar is closed! Or is it?

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overrated douchebag David Byrne - who owes a bunch to this country, where he got his career jump started, and continues to live here - hasn't bothered to apply for US citizenship in all these years? stop polishing your damn bicycles dave and Vote next time

David Byrne has lived in this country long enough to have easily obtained citizenship with full voting rights and now he has the balls to tell us anything? Go back to Scotland, you who put the dumb in Dumbarton.

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