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From the Gothamist Newsmap: a suspicious package at Lexington Ave and E 48th St, a person on a ledge on 26th Ave in Queens a jumper up at Bay Club Dr, also in Queens.
An off-duty cop getting his car fixed at a Flatbush auto repair shop broke up an armed robbery, fatally shooting one of two thieves and was almost shot himself by a second off-duty officer who tried to intervene.
Three 21-year-old Hofstra students were charged with serving alcohol to minors when cops broke up a party that included many underage underclassmen, including one 18-year-old woman found semi-conscious who had to be brought to a local hospital.
After being arrested for attacking a Post photographer last night, Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith stripped Kevin Parker of his leadership post and chairmanship of the Energy Committee.
A McDonald's in Penn Plaza is requiring anyone using a bill bigger than a $20 to show valid ID.
From Albert Brooks doing a news story on Oregon changing its age of consent to 7 to the Lonely Island boys celebrating their time on a boat with T-Pain, SNL will air its first prime time special compiling its best short films throughout its 34 seasons.
And in case MIA landing on the cover of Bust Magazine wasn't already inevitable, the rapper was photographed in town today doing her part to expedite the process.

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By Billy Parker in Miscellaneous on May 9, 2009 6:50 PM

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jaycjay

"After being arrested for attacking a Post photographer last night, Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith stripped Kevin Parker of his leadership post"

What? Now Malcolm Smith has been arrested too? Well, at least he went right to work afterward.