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- From the Gothamist Newsmap: Shots fired at the police at E 125 St & 1st Ave in Manhattan, a pursuit at Richmond Ave & Platinum Ave on Staten Island, and a large crowd at Ave U & E 55 St in Brooklyn.
- In today's shortened day of trading, the stock market was up: The Dow gained over 100 points and the S&P 500 had its best week of advances in 34 years.
- Activists are protesting Rent-a-Center's expensive fees for renting new appliances, claiming the company takes advantage of inner-city residents.
- Ashley Dupre got a manager for her music career; Chris Lighty has "handled 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes and Missy Elliott."
- A new book about Rupert Murdoch claims that the media mogul really hates Bill O'Reilly.
- A NY Times feature on a new Israeli movie: "The film, 'The Secrets,... treads some touchy and sometimes uncharted territory for the ultra-Orthodox: women’s rights, lesbian love and kabbalah."
- A Connecticut school board is instituting tougher policies to deal with bullies, including, per the AP, "A student can be labeled a bully for as few as two incidents and these need not be against the same victim."
- And over 150 people have been killed in Mumbai, India so far. Fighting continues at one hotel.





That kid is way too big for a stroller.
"The film, 'The Secrets,... treads some touchy and sometimes uncharted territory for the ultra-Orthodox: women’s rights, lesbian love and kabbalah."
Does that mean Madonna directed this movie before her divorce?
The Rent-A-Center customers are the same as many of the sub-prime mortgage customers. They have been conned, or convinced themselves, into thinking that they can afford the payments.