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Photo taken in Greenwich Village by goggla on flickr

From the Gothamist Newsmap: a jumper down on Park Ave, another jumper down on Broadway and a man shot on Amsterdam Ave all in Manhattan.
The homeless man who went on a stabbing spree of tourists in Times Square in 2006 was sentenced to 34 years in prison today.
Plans to build a casino at the Aqueduct racetrack have collapsed, the latest victim of the financial turmoil that has stilled the credit markets.
New Yorkers may love to bitch and moan, but that doesn't necessarily mean that they're unhappy. The Big Apple's nowhere to be found on a new list of 22 of the nation's downer towners.
March Madness is underway! St. Johns won their first Big East Tournament game in six years by beating Georgetown for the second time in a week today at the Garden.
After 22 years, Ken Burns loses GMC as a sponsor, leaving no one to document The Great Depression, Part 2.
Diddy defends allowing Chris Brown and Rihanna spend time at his Miami home: "I don't cast a stone - cast judgment on anybody. So, if friends ask me for a favor, then I'm going to be there for a favor as long as I know the energy of the favor is positive."
And speaking of throwing stones, a stone-throwing attack on visitors at a Swedish zoo have led scientists to wonder if chimps are actually beginning to plot against us.