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Photo taken in Chinatown by JeremyBarwick on flickr

From the Gothamist Newsmap: a suspicious vehicle on the Verrazano Bridge in Staten Island, an injured mos off Exit 3 of the FDR Dr in Manhattan and a water condition on Somers St in Brooklyn.
Horrible: A Freeport man—who works as a porter in a nursing home—apparently ignored his ill mother, who had fallen in the kitchen and was covered in her own urine and feces, for two days. His mother is now on life support and he is charged with reckless endangerment.
New York City’s birth certificate arrived Friday from Amsterdam, only the third time it has left the Netherlands in nearly four centuries.
Mayor Bloomberg promised to dedicate $50 million to strengthen NYC's community colleges if he's re-elected. The NY Times reports it's "an initiative aimed at increasing the number of skilled laborers who enter fields like nursing and green technology."
Newly sworn-in Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor apparently had her Equinox fitness club membership canceled in 2007 because she appeared at a branch and refused to show proper ID.
Upper West Side sports bar fave Blondies still hasn't reopened after being seized—maybe better luck next month?
The Giants signed quarterback Eli Manning to the big $97.5 million five-year deal. Manning said he was happy, "It's good to just get it out of the way, don't have to worry about anything else and just get ready for the season."
Banksy sits down for an interview with Shepard Fairey and somewhere a sly smile sits on Andy Warhol's face.
And a cat in Georgia has earned her GED—thanks to $200, an online course, and perhaps a little help from her owner.

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By Billy Parker in Miscellaneous on August 14, 2009 7:15 PM

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sj

Somebody get that kid a sammich.

NannyState

Damn North Koreans. Anything for a bowl of fresh twigs.

Rocknrope

Who's the fatso?

PTG in nyc

I think he's a male gymnast from the Beijing Olympics.

longacre

Wrong, everyone knows that guy from the doubles ping pong circuit.

thelexiphane

Will Bloomberg be throwing $50 million at this effort, or will taxpayers? I know it's the same to the NYTimes; I know it's not quite the same as a citizen; I can't tell from the article in the Time, though.

And, if it's his money, or taxpayers, how is this different from bribery? If it's taxpayer cash, that's good old patronage. If it's the Mayor's money, that's more of a bribe.

But again, we know. He's a freaking billionarire--doesn't need the money, etc. Is there some point where we call out the lack of fiscal desire for corruption the most corruptible aspect of this guy? If not for cash, what? Personal approval--and as a pol that's coming on our dime.

Snoopy

50 mil to that guy is like us moving up a dollar or two for the Salvation Army Santa from our normal fifty cents.

Have him throw out 5 billion then we are talking serious bucks. Not for him necessarily but for me. It would cut into my estate planning efforts in the next fiscal year.

Snoopy

Oops correction here. He was thumping his pec's to an older 50cent tune. My bad.

Snoopy

That's him in the photo on the roof top I tell you. He was the guy along with three of his other similar looking friends that attacked me while I was walking my poodle and they stole my ipod, iphone, imac and several thousand dollars in cash and pistol whipped me. It was late in the afternoon but I'm pretty sure it was him. I heard him singing some rap tune when I blanked out.

Mr Mel

"Newly sworn-in Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor apparently had her Equinox fitness club membership canceled in 2007 because she appeared at a branch and refused to show proper ID"

I hope she wasn't drunk.