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Photograph taken outside the Chanel Mobile Art exhibit in Central Park by The Skipping Hippy on Flickr
- From the Gothamist Newsmap: A power outage at 148th St & Rockaway Bch Blvd in Queens, a construction accident at 130 Liberty Street, and a sexual assault at East 152nd & Brook Ave in the Bronx.
- A more detailed wrap-up of the Prop 8 protest at Towleroad suggests crowd estimates were in the 7,000-10,000 range. Whoopi Goldberg, who joined the rally, discussed marching and gay rights on The View.
- For the "What if" (or PUMA) crowd: CBS News looks at what would have happened in a Clinton-McCain election.
- The Attorney General's office says that nurses at Staten Island facilities were arrested for stealing drugs from patients.
- Suspected wife killer William Walsh's family raised enough money for a private lawyer to defend him.
- Brooklyn's Community Board 6 approved Toll Brothers' request for spot rezoning along the Gowanus Canal.
- Even though book publisher Harper Collins recently announced its quarterly operating income fell to $3 million, versus $36 million a year ago, it won the rights to Sarah Silverman's book project for $2.5 million.
- NY State's Chief Judge Judith Kaye gave a farewell speech, where she also discussed suing the state for a judicial pay increase.
- Duane Reade seems to be benefiting from budget-conscious shoppers; the chain is reporting a 5% sales increase.
- Weatherman William Ayers will break his silence in an interview with Good Morning America tomorrow.
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