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- From the Gothamist Newsmap: a boat in distress on Manhattan Beach in Brooklyn, unusual trauma at 174th St and Wards Ave in The Bronx and a large crowd on 125th St in Manhattan.
- Finally: Norman Coleman conceded the Senate race and now Al Franken is the junior Senator from Minnesota. Does that make him the first US Senator to admit dropping acid?
- During the morning rush hour, a man committed suicide by jumping in front of a northbound 5 train at Franklin Ave. and Eastern Parkway.
- After a Little League game in Westfield, NJ, one father passed over giving the traditional handshake in favor of a headbutt and a knuckle sandwich for one of the coaches.
- Some urban planners at PS 8 make a strong case for architects incorporating more crayon into their work.
- Defense lawyers claim that Brooke Astor's dementia was worsened by her love of Scotch.
- The Rangers traded forwards Scott Gomez and Tom Pyatt and defenseman Mike Busto to the Montreal Canadiens for forward Chris Higgins and defensemen Ryan McDonagh and Pavel Valentenko.
- The hit London production of Hamlet starring Jude Law will head to Broadway this fall in a 12-week engagement. The play will begin previews on September 12.
- Mariah Carey seems to have really lost herself while shooting a new video in town.
- College Humor debuted Web Site Story, their "first musical since LOL Cats."
- And as part of their new ad campaign, Audi used “reverse graffiti,” a method perfected by artists like MOOSE, to promote their new “TDI clean diesel” campaign in New York City, leaving residents with a series of branded, half-cleaned sidewalks.
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