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From the Gothamist Newsmap: a shooting on E 7th St and Ave B in Manhattan, an armed robbery on Ave D in Brooklyn and a bank robbery on Wall St.
General Electric, Pfizer, Advanced Micro Devices, Wellpoint and Hertz all announced layoffs today.
Did Bernie Madoff fall off a crooked family tree?
Two NJ rivers where a pod of bottlenose dolphins have been living are freezing over, which means the dolphins may not survive much longer. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration doesn't plan on removing the dolphins.
A woman in Merrick has a winning $22 million lottery ticket.
Don't expect an eleventh hour Bush pardon for Roger Clemens.
The producers of Speed-the-Plow have filed a grievance re: Jeremy Piven with the Actors' Equity union. Piven left the production before his contract was up, claiming he was ill from mercury poisoning.
Calling all Bronx babysitters: Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz have been booked as guest stars for CSI: NY.
And what happens when a scientist wraps his mind around the logic of Back to the Future?

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By Jen Chung in Miscellaneous on January 16, 2009 7:27 PM

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snoopydog

Isn't that illegal to move large buildings around like that without a permit? I never realized the Statue of Liberty was made out of wood. Or is that just a replica? Also isn't that car a bit large for city streets? Where is the Traffic Enforcement Squad? Idiots that they be.

Kyle T

Take a closer look, it's a bunch of squares with pieces of a map on them. The one with the bridge happens to be placed on top of the one with Chinatown.