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From the Gothamist Newsmap: An armed robbery at Nostrand Ave & Carroll St in Brooklyn, a suspicious package at 3rd Av & E40th St in Manhattan, and a crime scene at Lyman Pl & Freeman St in the Bronx.
Developers announced a $1.3 billion refinancing for the Bank of America building in Midtown; it's apparently one of the biggest deals since the economic downturn began last fall.
Police Commissioner Kelly promises to promote more minority officers to top positions within the Police Department.
Three suspects were arrested after being engaged in a shoot-out—at a Brooklyn day care center!—in Brooklyn.
Mayor Bloomberg said that if mayoral control of schools isn't passed, then public school education oversight will descend into chaos similar to the State Senate. Ha!
The House passed climate legislation, 217 to 205 votes.
In the frenzy of celebrity deaths, there were rumors that Jeff Goldblum and Harrison Ford had also died.
Speaking of celebrity deaths, with Farrah Fawcett's death being overshadowed by Michael Jackson's death, Daily Intel looks at other overshadowed celeb deaths.
The 11-year-old boy who tried to give sexy Transformers star Megan Fox a rose chatted with Gawker, "She was moving really fast. Afterwards we ran through the hotel, but she didn't stop. I dropped the rose on the ground and went home."
And even though it's from the U.S. Open, this video warms the heart: Bill Murray doing Carl Spackler.