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• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A fatal pedestrian struck at Nostrand Ave & Ave W in Brooklyn, a car vs. building at Marsh & Platinum Ave on Staten Island and a child struck at East 6th St & Ave C in Manhattan.
• The Post published an excerpt of a book about Brooke Astor's final years and accusations that her son (and daughter-in-law) were mistreating her. The staff kept diaries keeping track of the philanthropist's behavior and visitors.
• Jury selection begins for the murder trial with defendant Lillo Brancato Jr., who starred in A Bronx Tale and had a recurring role on the Sopranos. He faces second-degree murder charges, in the killing of a Bronx cop.
• In order to find contraband cell phones in prison cells, the NJ Department of Corrections is introducing cell-phone sniffing dogs!
• Queens Crap details the ways a DOT project is screwing up a Maspeth road.
• A Staten Island businesswoman bought a $3.6 million mansion in Staten Island in hopes of housing an Italian cultural center there.
• Teens. Facebook. NY Times reporters. All in all, a perfect storm for the Times' public editor to tackle.
• A Queens man hunting in Sullivan County was charged with second-degree manslaughter when one of his bullets went through a mobile home's wall and killed a toddler.