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Photograph of the HSBC Building on Fifth Avenue by Alan Cordova on Flickr
- From the Gothamist Newsmap: A school bus MVA at 40th St & 9th Ave in Manhattan, a perp search at Farmers Blvd & 145th Ave in Queens, and an animal condition on Halsey St in Brooklyn.
- A tearful O.J. Simpson was sentenced to at least nine years in prison for the kidnapping and robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers in Las Vegas.
- A NY soldier was acquitted of the bombing deaths of two superiors in Iraq (he allegedly placed a mine in the window of their room). One of the superiors' widows yelled after the verdict was read, "He slaughtered our husbands and that's it?"
- Someone bought the supposedly haunted house on Joralemon Street for almost $5 million. The landmarked, four-bedroom townhouse was recently restored.
- A man claimed he was being pursued by the Russian mob, hence his banging on cars and a school bus and eventually carjacking one vehicle.
- The FAA is going ahead with its plans to auction off takeoff and landing slots at JFK, LaGuardia and Newark Airports--even though the Port Authority which operates the airports hates the idea.
- Though its owners were arrested for wage violations, Saigon Grill business is still bustling.
- Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau loves posing with Hillary Clinton when she's a cardboard cutout.
- Sigourney Weaver will meet with Bill Murray to discuss possibly being in...Ghostbusters 3.
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