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- From the Gothamist Newsmap: pedestrians struck on the Williamsburg Bridge in Brooklyn, an armed robbery on the FDR Drive in Manhattan and a rubbish fire at "unknown" in Queens.
- The health concerns fighting Governor Paterson's proposed cuts have edited their ads to exclude the part with the blind man asking the blind governor "Why are you doing this to me?"
- Ex-Met Roberto Alomar told the Post that he does not have AIDS and an associate later added that Alomar is not HIV positive either.
- Former Yankee Jim Leyritz is going back to jail after getting caught drinking while awaiting trial for DUI charges in an incident that led to a woman's death.
- Nine years and $50 million later, Battery Park City's ferry terminal is almost ready.
- The Hop Obama debacle should have been obvious! Last month, the White House said, "Our lawyers are working on developing a policy that will protect the presidential image while being careful not to squelch the overwhelming enthusiasm that the public has for the president."
- Los Angeles piloted late night (which means 3 a.m.) subway service; a city councilman said it was a "great success."
- Kristen at Fashion Week: WWD spotted Ashley Dupre at the Yigal Azrouel show "clad in leather pants, towering sandals, and a red jacket with her hair demurely parted on one side."
- And is a certain image-conscious Muppet the latest participant in the celebrity diet craze?
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