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  • From the Gothamist Newsmap: A pedestrian struck at W 6th St & Kings Hwy in Brooklyn, an armed robbery at Broadway & 86th St in Manhattan and a fight on a plane at Laguardia Airport in Queens.
  • Mourners gathered at a NJ church for the funeral of Dennis John Mallosseril, who was killed in the church by the estranged husband of a parishioner. Mallosseril was trying to intervene in their argument.
  • Tina Fey is talking about her scar...sort of.
  • A commission is putting together a list of nominees to replace retiring NY State's Chief Judge Judith Kaye.
  • The NY State Bowling Association is suing to be reinstated by the U.S. Bowling Congress. The NYSBA's charter was revoked after a manager was accused of embezzling almost $275,000.
  • Civil rights lawyer Norman Siegel tells the Politicker his third bid to be Public Advocate (in next year's election) will be his last: "If you want Norman Siegel to be your public advocate, if you want my kind of activism, social justice, change, this is it. If we don’t do it this time, we’re not going to have Norman Siegel as the public advocate."
  • CNN's news wire is waging a battle against the AP; Daily Intel offers, "Of course, the AP has more than 3,000 journalists in over 100 countries and some of the best photographers on the planet, and CNN has like ten journalists with laptops in ten cities, so the AP shouldn't sweat too much."
  • Midtown Lunch reports that Dutch fast food joint Danku is finally open.
  • And the 8-year-old Arizona boy accused of killing his father and a boarder was offered a plea deal.

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