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From the Gothamist Newsmap: a grenade found on Longfellow Ave in the Bronx, a child missing at Brightwater Ct in Brooklyn and a fence collapse across from Gate 4 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx.
Court papers reveal that Madoff victims have accused JPMorgan Chase of aiding his crime by maintaining his checking accounts and trading with his brokerage firm long after the bank itself realized that its prized customer was running a Ponzi scheme.
A body of a three-year-old New Jersey girl was pulled from the Passaic River this morning, hours after she was snatched by her uncle who told relatives: "watch the 6 o'clock news tonight."
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark said he has no plans to shut down the site's "erotic services" section.
Fox 5 has let go of reporter and former NYPD cop Mike Sheehan after a month on suspension for hitting an NYPD horse with his car.
A horse died today after a car crashed into an Amish carriage in Western New York.
Tonight will be the first non-baseball event at Yankee Stadium, services being led by "America's Most Watched Preacher," Joel Osteen.
A-Rod's rehab is going so well that he might see playing time in the minors by next week.
Rocker Wayne Coyne says that Governor Brad Henry was "very cool" to offer an executive order to make the Flaming Lips song "Do You Realize??" Oklahoma's official rock song, despite objections from Republican legislators.
And the latest remix with that T-Pain sound was given to Sean Hannity and Katie Couric.

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By Billy Parker in Miscellaneous on April 25, 2009 6:44 PM

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DanielJ

Hey Oakies, do you realize that everyone you know someday will die? Well now you do, because it's your state song.