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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.