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• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A perp search at Madison St & Cypress Ave in Queens, a "home alone" situation on Prospect Ave in the Bronx and a car vs. building at 1st Ave & 12 St in Manhattan.
• Three good Samaritans caught a mugger who beat and tried to rob a woman in the East Village (near Mama's Bar) on Tuesday night. One told the Post, "As soon as I grabbed him, he started crying and said, 'Don't call police,' and 'Let go, I have asthma.'"
• A man accused of opening fire at a Long Island high school parking lot after a basketball game, hitting a 14-year-old boy in the leg, was held on $1 million bond.
• Of course the Kosher vending machine at the 42nd Street E-Walk Cinemas only operates 24 hours six days of the week.
• The landmark Asbury Park nightclub the Stone Pony was supposed to reopen after renovations on December 26 with a show from the Bouncing Souls, but the opening is postponed, as more work need to be done.
• Coney Island rollerskating queen Lola Staar has returned to her retail roots for a bit and set up shop in Union Square.
• Tom Cruise probably almost definitely has herpes.
• Madonna is flying A-Rod to London with her on December 23rd, and reportedly putting him up in a 5-star hotel while she goes to Wiltshire for Christmas Day. One problem: Guy Ritchie isn't allowing it.