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From the Gothamist Newsmap: A "Mother's Day Family Shooting" at Olinville Ave & Britton St in the Bronx, a pedestrian struck at Broadway & 48 St in Manhattan and child endangerment at E 14th St in Brooklyn.
A passenger fatally shot a livery cab driver in the Bronx. The dying driver crashed the car, injuring the shooter, who was taken into police custody.
Newsday looks at the winners and losers in the MTA bailout—among the winners are motorists and the State Senate is a loser.
The mother of Manhattan "manny" accused of molesting young boys says, "He's never, never been in trouble with kids before. He's a good son!"
This year will be the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock festival and maybe its original organizers will agree on putting on a tribute—or maybe not.
The SUV driver who ran over a 14-year-old, who had been knocked off his bike by another SUV in Harlem, turned herself in.
She may have called it nerdprom, but Ana Marie Cox did manage to pose for pictures with Gossip Girl's Chace Crawford and Ed Westwick and Mad Men's Jon Hamm during White House Correspondents Dinner festivities.
In Saudi Arabia, a judge spoke at a domestic violence seminar and said that it's okay for husbands to slap their wives if the wives spend too much money.
The new Star Trek movie was atop the box office frontier, with a $76.5 million opening weekend. Guess that means more Hunks in Space movies!

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By Jen Chung in Miscellaneous on May 10, 2009 6:45 PM

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Mr Mel

"In Saudi Arabia, a judge spoke at a domestic violence seminar and said that it's okay for husbands to slap their wives if the wives spend too much money."

I hope she enjoyed Mothers Day.

verbal

sorry, but i just came back form star trek with my mom, and IT IS THE BIGGEST PIECE OF SHIT I'VE SEEN IN A LONG LONG TIME.

What a fucking waste of an opportunity for a prequel. Every critic that gave it 5 stars should be summarily executed. I think it's all a pro-Obama plot.