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From the Gothamist Newsmap: a student robbery on Hillside Ave in Queens, a suspicious package on E 20th St in Manhattan and a stabbing on E 16th St and Kings Hwy in Brooklyn.
A 911 dispatcher was fired after scolding a NJ woman who was being chased by an attacker.
Representative Eliot Engel (D-Bronx) has a NY State driver's license and voter registration card (as does his wife) but had been claiming Maryland as his primary residence for tax breaks.
Students at a Chelsea middle school health fair were accidentally distributed condoms in their "goodie bags."
US Attorney General Eric Holder will be this year's Class Day Speaker at Columbia, while Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is Barnard College's Speaker.
Dry cleaners, you're next. This spring more designers are trying to appeal to consumers looking to avoid the extra costs of cleaning by coming out with wash-and-wear clothing.
Bristol Palin says baby daddy Levi Johnston can see baby Tripp anytime.
Former Yankees great Bernie Williams insisted Friday that he did not smack a woman in the face for snapping the center fielder's picture in a San Juan nightclub.
MSNBC producers were told not to mention last night's Daily Show appearance by Jim Cramer.
And the new Whitest Kids' movie Miss March is currently the worst rated movie of the year on Metacritic and is in contention for worst of the decade.

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[1] | Steven

What is the fuss about the school giving out condoms? If a 12-13 year old doesn't know about condoms then the parent sure didn't do their job!. If kids want to have sex, they should know to use protection at least!!!!

People ALWAYS think anything sexual related in America is something to be shameful about or try to ignore it.

Reply | March 13, 2009 9:54 PM

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Qraymond replied to comment from Steven

I actually attended that school back in the day (early 90's). And if it's anything like what it was then, then handing out condoms is a VERY good idea.

The CBS article covering it seems very bizarre and one-sided. There were pregnancies when we went there... those kids are more grown-up then you realize.

Reply | March 13, 2009 11:31 PM

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[3] | westernqueensland

Just when you thought city government was totally unconcerned with, and indifferent to, the actual citizens

A 911 dispatcher was fired after scolding a NJ woman who was being chased by an attacker.

The real surprise is that it was a "homeland security worker" to get the can.

Reply | March 14, 2009 12:18 AM

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jaycjay replied to comment from westernqueensland

"Homeland security worker"? Huh? I, for one, have no idea what you're talking about, and the pages you linked to certainly don't clarify.

Reply | March 14, 2009 2:55 AM

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[5] | NannyState

And now Cramer loses Thomas Clarke, the CEO of his website The Street.com . For all his psychodrama, Cramer is rapidly becoming that person you cross The Street to avoid.

Reply | March 14, 2009 3:58 AM

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