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Photo taken in Williamsburg by Damski on Flickr

From the Gothamist Newsmap: an armed robbery at N 11th St and Berry St in Brooklyn, shots fired at Pennsylvania Ave and Atlantic Ave in Brooklyn and an attempted abduction on Ely Ave in the Bronx.
A NJ man stabbed his wife with an ice pick 17 times. He is being held on $500,000 bail; his wife is in stable condition.
An elderly Queens woman's family claims she is debilitated after a doctor left a sponge in her brain during surgery. The doctor denies any sponge was left.
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo says he'd support Governor Paterson for re-election.
President Obama is giving his first TV press conference at 8 p.m tonight—he's trying to sell the economic stimulus package to the public.
A string of lawsuits reveal that Plaxico Burress isn't the best when it comes to owing people money.
Milton Glaser finds the relationship between Shepard Fairey's work and his sources "discomforting."
If you've been watching The Sopranos on A&E, you've been missing out on the swearing. This video's got you covered, with a 27 minute compilation of every vulgarity in chronological order from every episode.
LAist has the official LAPD press releases from Chris Brown's alleged assault of girlfriend Rihanna. TMZ says that the "Umbrella" singer was left "bloodied and bruised."
And Forgotten NY tipped us off that today is the 40th anniversary of the "Lindsay Snowstorm", named after the mayor who failed to act when nearly two feet of snow unexpectedly covered the city.