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- From the Gothamist Newsmap: A car vs. tree at River Pkwy & Butler Rd in the Bronx, an unstable building at Patchen Ave in Brooklyn and a fatal MVA on the eastbound LIE just past Greenpoint Ave in Queens.
- A 60-year-old teacher's aide who was arrested after fondling a 6-year-old girl may be eyed in other assaults.
- After Jersey City police released a surveillance video, cops were able to arrest a 19-year-old man whose hit-and-run left a man injured.
- Besides checking for weapons, City Hall security is also inspecting visitors' coffee.
- A 16-year-old was arrested for throwing a beer bottle at another teen at a "very fast speed." The other teen "had his lip severed in the incident, lost both upper front teeth, chipped three lower front teeth and needed 50 stitches," according to Newsday.
- You can rent a two-bedroom at the Richard Meier-designed On Prospect Park for $4,000.
- The Australian woman who was swimming around Manhattan against the current had to cut her attempt short because "the current, runoff from recent rains, and the wakes from several ferryboats left her unable to make any progress."
- Is the Van Leeuwen ice cream truck a "parasite truck"?
- Brooklyn College's new president is Karen Gould, who was provost at Cal State. She will be Brooklyn College's first female president.
- Iran's Guardian Council won't nullify the election. Friends of Neda Agha-Soltan, the woman killed during election protests, say she didn't fear death, claiming she told them, "Don't worry, it's just one bullet and it's over."
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