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From the Gothamist Newsmap: A scaffold incident at Essex St in Manhattan, a jumper down at 29st & 31 Ave in Queens, and a stabbing or shooting at Marion Ave in the Bronx.
D'oh! A Staten Island Ferry attempted to leave the dock...while still tethered.
Former Senator Al D'Amato's firm is being paid $50,000 (for six months) to lobby D.C. for 9/11 Memorial funds.
A customer at a Mineola restaurant discovered a surveillance camera in the women's bathroom. Turns out the owner had a feed of the bathroom's activities—he was arrested.
Warning: This link to the Daily Intel includes both a wall "indented with plaster vulvas" and Julia Allison.
Down market: Woman finds that she makes more as a stripper these days than as a real estate broker: "I'm going to buy my own apartment."
More states are considering restricting cell phone use while driving—and four states, including Texas and California, are thinking about banning all kinds of cell phone usages (even hands-free).
Three siblings in the Bronx are battling over their late father's real estate empire—apparently the two sisters discovered 27 years after their father's death that he did leave them a portion of his estate, which their brother was running.
Z100's Elvis Duran morning show is going national.
The Observer thinks the Post won today's tabloid cover war against the Daily News, if only because of the abundance of Gisele Bundchen skin.
OMG: New Kids on the Block announced their tour dates—they'll play at Jones Beach, the PNC Arts Center, and Mohegan Sun.

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By Jen Chung in Miscellaneous on March 30, 2009 11:58 AM

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jaycjay

"the Post won today's tabloid cover war against the Daily News, if only because of the abundance of Gisele Bundchen skin"

Guess that explains why the bodega on my corner was sold out of the Post this afternoon.

handsomedevil

"Woman finds that she makes more as a stripper these days than as a real estate broker: "I'm going to buy my own apartment."

Um, duh? Both jobs are a form of prostitution, but the latter is over-supplied even in the best of times. She'd probably make the most by just going all the way.