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  • From the Gothamist Newsmap: An aircraft incident at JFK Airport in Queens, hate crime/vandalization on Kent Ave in Brooklyn and an injured NYPD member of service at Battery Pl & West St in Manhattan.
  • Governor David Paterson and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand honored service men and women at the Intrepid yesterday, while Mayor Bloomberg was at the Soldiers' and Sailors Monument at Riverside Park.
  • The recession has, for now, stopped the resurgence of Staten Island's St. George section.
  • Families who are suing GM and Chrysler over vehicle defects worry what will happen with the automakers in bankruptcy. For instance, the Dinnigan famiy of Long Island says "a faulty seatbelt in a GMC Envoy failed to protect 8-year-old Amanda, who's now a quadriplegic."
  • Consumer confidence is up, but home prices tumble.
  • A NJ man who was taking pictures on a cliff in North Bergen lost his balance and fell 25-30 feet. A tree broke his fall.
  • The Beastie Boys appeared on Jimmy Fallon's show last night to announce the name of their new album ("Hot Sauce Committee") and reveal that parts of it were recorded on a submarine inside Paul Allen’s yacht.
  • A woman who is suing Justin Timberlake's restaurant for sexual harrassment says an intruder ambushed her in her apartment—and the man said, "You better watch your back."
  • Teens' thumbs are at risk, due to over-texting.
  • Mike Tyson's 4-year-old daughter is in critical condition; she was found with treadmill cable around her neck in the exercise room of her Phoenix home.

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i want to sue a restaurant for sexual. a celebrity-owned restaurant at that.

Hanging out with billionaires, way to keep it real, Beasties.

Why does any 15 year old or anyone in high school need an iPhone or any kind of smartphone? It's up to the parents to limit what their children do. They can block the child from sending or receiving text messages.

"A woman who is suing Justin Timberlake's restaurant for sexual harrassment says an intruder ambushed her in her apartment—and the man said, "You better watch your back."

'Cause we're sexy back.

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