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- From the Gothamist Newsmap: An arson arrest at Varick Ave & Ingraham St in Brooklyn, an industrial accident at Richmond Terrace on Staten Island, a pedestrian struck at Sutphin Blvd & Linden Blvd in Queens.
- A biochemist says his$45 million court settlement will fund research of diseases like HIV and hepatitis. Thomas Cantor, who blew the whistle on faulty dialysis test kits, told the Daily News, "The money part was never the motivation. It was always about patients. It broke my heart and was shocking what a company would do for money."
- The crew of the Maersk Alabama is back in the U.S.; captain Richard Phillips is now in Kenya.
- NJ state budget cuts may force Rutgers University to raise tuition and cut jobs.
- What will Frank Caliendo do: NFL broadcaster and former coach John Madden announced he is retiring.
- Are GE and NBC executives worried that CNBC has becoming an "Obama-bashing" network? Or are they just taking a cue from Fox?
- The NY Times visited the lady who works in the Lincoln Tunnel.
- More brokers are trying to sell apartments in new developments by bulk but Curbed wonders, "Is 10% off enough to entice investors to the wilds of LIC, Harlem and Hell's Kitchen?"
- A couple admitted to robbing banks on Long Island to fund their heroin addictions.
- Today in awkward CEO sayings: Chase head Jamie Dimon calling bank bailout money "the TARP baby."
- Brooklyn native and singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka told NY1 how music education inspired him as a young boy.
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