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  • From the Gothamist Newsmap: a jumper/DOA floater at the George Washington Bridge, a serious MVA on the Bruckner Expwy exit ramp in The Bronx and a dangerous condition on Decatur St in Brooklyn.
  • Great: Rikers Island guards let out an inmate unintentionally—they thought Anthony Pratts was actually his older brother, who had also been serving time there. The Post reports that Pratts, recaptured a day later, "was serving a 10-day sentence for jumping a subway turnstile and was also being held on $2,500 bail on a DWI rap."
  • New York Waterway has added this past January's U.S. Airways splash-landing to its tour of landmarks—after seeing the Statue of Liberty and Empire State Building, ferry passengers can learn about Captain Sullenberger's heroics. Of course, NY Waterway mentions its role rescuing the flight's passengers, too.
  • Milwaukee's mayor, trying to intervene in a dispute by calling 911, was attacked by a man with a metal pipe.
  • Many interns view their unpaid, unglamorous existences—sleeping on the floor, budgeting themselves to $5-10/day—as an investment in their careers; one said, "Of course, there’s no guarantee, but it might lead to a job sometime."
  • Godzilla, no! Yankees' Hideki Matsui is out indefinitely, due to his balky knee.
  • And the pro wrestler once known for the "3 I's" (intensity, integrity and intelligence) has been booked for possessing HGH. Former gold medalist Kurt Angle was pulled over and arrested for possessing human growth hormone and driving with a suspended license.
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  • Mr Mel

    "was serving a 10-day sentence for jumping a subway turnstile".

    Doesn't That qualify as "Cruel & Inhuman Punishment"?

  • inoyourider

    I thought that's why we're here....

  • Steven

    Why would anyone want to kill themselves by living in NYC? It seems like some people think they have a right to live here.

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