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From the Gothamist Newsmap: a residential hi-rise fire at 79 St and 2nd Ave in Manhattan, a bus accident at Conner St & New England Thruway in the Bronx and a suspicious vehicle on 12th Ave at The Pier in Manhattan.
Schools Chancellor Joel Klein and Controller William Thompson's public spat has now reached the level of bickering in the press about typos and failed math.
A State Supreme Court Justice has been censured for presiding over two cases in which his own lawyer represented defendants.
Anyone with an NYU ID can have access to one of 30 bicycles as part of a new bike share program the school has launched.
Despite a week which saw many celebrating the value of print journalism with such high demand for the post-election newspapers, the New York Times still appears to be in dire financial straits.
Former Mets manager and Yankees coach Willie Randolph as the bench coach for the Milwaukee Brewers.
The cast of the Real World Brooklyn proved so elusive during their three months in Red Hook, some are wondering if they ever even moved in.
And did three armed robbers on Long Island really just break into someone's home in order to steal their jug of coins?

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By Billy Parker in Miscellaneous on November 8, 2008 6:31 PM

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NannyState

If the Times jettisons all its Boston garbage,and streamlines itself, a certain Michael Bloomberg will probably buy it. You heard it here first.

HUGO_MEGO

Good news. The NY Times is in dire financial straits. I hope they go out of business soon.

Kevin Walsh

Several years ago I got robbed. In addition to the TV and the stereo, the mutts got a parka and several rolls of coins I had in a drawer.

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