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From the Gothamist Newsmap: a person stabbed at Marcy Ave and S 5th St in Brooklyn, a shooting on 122nd St and 2nd Ave in Manhattan and an escaped prisoner at Area ESU and K9 Entr in The Bronx.
Five volunteers spent yesterday morning drinking and later spent the afternoon "taking sobriety tests and driving a controlled road course" for a Nassau County program to show the dangers of drunk driving.
Two brothers in Queens were arrested with pockets full of quarters when it was discovered that they were using metal keys to steal thousands of dollars out of parking meters.
Tomorrow, Mayor Bloomberg will help cheer on the Staten Island Little League team playing in the Little League World Series.
Former Homeland Security Chief Tom Ridge admits in his new memoir that he "was pushed to raise the security alert on the eve of President Bush's re-election, something he saw as politically motivated and worth resigning over."
Gawker wonders how long the decor of the new penthouse purchased by Bjork and Matthew Barney in Brooklyn Heights will remain oh so quiet.
In order to keep his innings down, the Yankees will only start Joba Chamberlain six more times this year—about once every seven games.
In honor of 3EB's show at Crash Mansion tonight, Rob Tannenbaum celebrates their legacy: "Now, I have cherished the music of Third Eye Blind ever since I illegally downloaded it all from the Internet. It's raw and passionate, perfect listening when you're on the treadmill or getting psyched for a Friday night or in your car texting and drinking a Starbucks."
And after NY1's Pat Kiernan offered up a recipe for tiramisu using Tim Horton's donuts, music promoter Todd P told him that local Timmies are worse than Dunkin' and not up to canadian standards.

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By Billy Parker in Miscellaneous on August 20, 2009 7:15 PM

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JenChungsBaby

What's the significance of the fact that the guys who were ripping off parking meters were using metal keys? Do they make plastic parking meter keys?

whitecastlerock

Oh thank god the Yankees are going to give Joba the Hut the rest he so rightfully deserves...

Snoopy

I like the picture of the girl singing on the steps. Pray tell is she rehearsing the alma mater song for Stuyvesant High School?

jaycjay

"admits in his new memoir that he "was pushed to raise the security alert on the eve of President Bush's re-election"

How is that an admission? He's saying that someone else did something wrong, but he stood up for what was right.

Sounds more like an accusation (one that I believe, to be sure), so "claims" would probably be a better word.

dr zippy

Ridge didn't stand up for what was right. If he had he would have refused to raise the security alert and tendered his resignation. Instead he did what he knew was wrong and only admitted doing so a) after the administration was out of power, and b) in order to make a buck. Ridge is a money-grubbing, cowardly scumbag.

thefacts

"Former Homeland Security Chief Tom Ridge admits in his new memoir that he "was pushed to raise the security alert on the eve of President Bush's re-election, something he saw as politically motivated and worth resigning over."

Republican Apologists on Gothamists take note.

This is whom you vote for.