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- From the Gothamist Newsmap: a pool rescue at 2nd Ave and 124th St, a man in a sinkhole at 116th Ave and Francis Lewis Blvd and a jumper up at the Brooklyn Bridge.
- A man driving with a suspended license killed another vehicle's passenger on the RFK Bridge when he "swerved his 2002 Nissan Altima across several of the Manhattan-bound lanes of the bridge Friday night" and "T-boned the 2004 Dodge pickup truck at 7:50 p.m."
- Some of the city's valedictorians are optimistic about the future; one told the NY Times, "It’s not like we’ll be in recession for the rest of our lives, until we die."
- Heads up: The taxi driving into the river from the South Street Seaport is just driving into the river for a movie.
- Transformers 2 has earned over $200 million in five days, proving that moviegoers love cars that turn into robots and Megan Fox.
- The NY Post is outraged that IBM, which won a $1.9 million contract with the Department of Finance, has brought over consultants from India, instead of hiring local nerds.
- And The Onion may have actually found the least desirable "Take Your (Blank)" to work holiday.
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