Photo taken at Citi Field by Neil Epstein
- From the Gothamist Newsmap: a male stabbed on Webster Ave in the Bronx, a male shot at Utica Ave and Avenue N in Brooklyn and an all hands brush fire on Cropsey Ave in Brooklyn.
- A Queens electrical contractor was indicted on corruption charges for allegedly bribing former Assembly member Brian McLaughlin.
- Vice President Biden spoke at the Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network Convention yesterday; he said that social justice is "not just a moral imperative, but an economic imperative" and also called Sharpton "Rev" repeatedly.
- Governor Sarah Palin's sister-in-law was arrested and charged with breaking into the same home twice to steal money.
- First Lady Michelle Obama gave France's First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy an acoustic Gibson guitar. Bruni-Sarkozy is a model-turned-singer (turned-First Lady).
- Warning, this is ridiculously, heartbreakingly cute: The North Shore Animal League rescued 23 golden retriever puppies from a breeder in Kansas.
- Perhaps lost in the fray of the new stadium excitement, the Mets picked up veteran outfielder Gary Sheffield. Sheffield currently has 499 career home runs.
- Also, Red Sox slugger and reigning MVP Dustin Pedroia called A-Rod "a dork."
- And Vanity Fair's Kate Ahlborn survived her first ever trip to Brooklyn, leaving "shaken up and eager to get back to Manhattan. After this experience, I’m fairly certain that’s exactly where I belong." (Promises, promises.)
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>>>And Vanity Fair's Kate Ahlborn survived her first ever trip to Brooklyn, leaving "shaken up and eager to get back to Manhattan. After this experience, I’m fairly certain that’s exactly where I belong." (Promises, promises.)
This woman is a different species from me. The chromosomes differ.
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