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- From the Gothamist Newsmap: a sexual assault on 2nd Ave and 21st St, a shooting at 74th St and Mermaid Ave in Brooklyn and a bank robbery on Avenue A in Manhattan.
- A Washington Heights Community Board voted to oppose a City Council bill that would give free parking permits to all public-school teachers because they don't want cars in the neighborhood.
- The Real Deal is investigating developers who are turning condo units into make-shift hotel units.
- ESPN is collaborating with the Department of Education for the Business of Sports School, where students will intern at ESPN magazine, ABC Spots and Vitaminwater.
- Room Eight put together a list of eleven reasons why Mayor Bloomberg should have seen Chuck coming.
- Greenwich Village's Oscar Wilde bookstore is closing next month. The Times reports it's "believed to be the oldest gay and lesbian bookstore in the country."
- Maybe Chocolate Bar isn't set to return to the corner of its original location in the West Village just quite yet.
- Bruce Springsteen tells fans he's "furious" over Ticketmaster redirecting tour ticket sales to an outlet that jacked up the prices four times.
- Unsealed court documents in the Barry Bonds perjury case reveal that the home run king tested positive for steroids four times between 2000 and 2003.
- And 50 Cent is launching his own cosmetics line for the "male that likes to be pampered." How close are we from finding out, "Gee, you knit?"
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