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- From the Gothamist Newsmap: an unusual rescue on Decatur St in Queens, a manhole fire on Bushwick Pl in Brooklyn and an overturned school bus on Skillman Ave in Queens.
- A Queens man was found bound and strangled in his home. The 84-year-old veteran's hands were bound with a coat hanger; police believe the assailant got in through a basement window.
- The Westchester DA says the promotions manager at the Yonkers Raceway rigged contests for friends and family to win.
- Rushing to meet the deadline for its condo conversion to remain in effect, Upper West Side building the Apthorp has slashed its apartment prices by as much as 50%.
- There's not much information about Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor's solo law practice—Sotomayor & Associates—during the 1980s.
- The Pakistani scientist on trial for shooting GIs in Afghanistan claims she really wants to help President Obama, "I can bring peace. I can absolutely guarantee it."
- During the off-season, Mets fans wanted Manny Ramirez—would they want him now that he wears the PED scarlet letters?
- The ME believes that Steve McNair was murdered and that his girlfriend Sahel Kazemi killed him before killing herself, but more ballistics tests are being done.
- And as mysteriously as Burritoville disappeared into the night last year, at least one location has been resurrected with no apparent changes to the popular chain's menu.
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