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- From the Gothamist Newsmap: a burn victim on 25th Ave and 71st St in Queens, a stabbing at Ave W and 23rd St in Brooklyn and a residential hi-rise fire on Carleton Ave, also in Brooklyn.
- A former NYPD officer showed up at a Rockland middle school with a gun and was tackled to the ground by the school superintendent before anyone was hurt. The man was upset with how the local school district handled the swine flu outbreak after his son had contracted it.
- A mom and her 8-year-old daughter were killed in Brewster last night by an alleged drunk driver while the two were walking to their car in the parking lot of the girl's school.
- The pedestrian area in Times Square has quickly become a magnet for late-night litterbugs.
- A runaway pony is still on the loose after a police search in Staten Island.
- Former Howard Dean and John Edwards adviser Joe Trippi admitted that he is in talks to work on a potential Senate campaign for Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney.
- Governor Sarah Palin called David Letterman "pathetic" after last night's Late Show referred to her as sporting a "slutty flight attendant look."
- The bike lane going down Fifth Avenue in Park Slope may be in jeopardy to give businesses easier access to their deliveries and incoming customers.
- Brooklyn artist Swoon is invading the Venice Biennale this week—on boats built from New York City garbage.
- Less than 48 hours after the Tonys and Reasons to Be Pretty and Guys and Dolls have already announced that they will close this weekend. Will Little Mermaid be next?
- And do we all love 30 Rock so much because there's something familiar about it, like maybe we've seen it once before, only with a certain Frog instead of a Lemon and a Jordan in place of a...Gonzo?
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