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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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