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2008_11_pumpkins.jpgPhoto of Halloween Martyrs in Cobble Hill by Idle Type on Flickr

  • From the Gothamist Newsmap: a serious assault on Ave D and 4th St in Manhattan a triple shooting on Morris Ave in the Bronx and an unusual crime on City Island in the Bronx.

  • The NYPD is on the hunt for a bank robber who has hit eight banks in the last three weeks.

  • The homeless man who was sued for $1 million for sleeping on a sidewalk vent outside a Madison Avenue gallery has found shelter in a Far Rockaway nursing home.

  • Lost City reports that the Upper West Side's P&G Cafe will be shutting its doors come 2009.

  • With Astroland gone, Coney Island developers are hoping folks will make the trek out to visit the new massive flea market, "Flea by the Sea."

  • The Bronx Bombers are telling a Red Sox fan who is suing after getting beat up at Yankee Stadium after showing his Beantown support that he should have known what he was getting himself into.

  • And if you're worried about a terrorist attack of Cloverfield-size proportions, you might want to read this Motorman's instructions on how to respond.

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The Yankees, under the management of the Steinbrenner children, are really coming into their own. Not only don't they win, they condone the physical abuse of paying customers.

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That house in Cobble Hill is one of the high points of Halloween.

When do I get to see Bush, Cheney & Rumsfeld withered shitheads on a pike like that?.

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