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Photo taken on Rector St by bitchcakesny on flickr
  • From the Gothamist Newsmap: a stabbing on Fulton St in Brooklyn, an overturned auto on Bruckner Blvd in The Bronx and an evidence search on Throop Ave in Brooklyn.
  • The Flushing Willets Point Corona Local Development Corporation says it "lobbied the city for the city," but local development corporations aren't supposed to lobby.
  • AIG has compensated some victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme, because their policies had a "fraud, embezzlement or forgery" clause.
  • Detectives are trying to determine who shot a CUNY student in the back on a street in Flatbush on Wednesday night.
  • An FDNY deputy chief is accused of beating up a man on Long Island during a road rage incident. The firefighter's lawyer said that while "cooler heads should have prevailed," he added his client "was a first responder on 9/11 and has received various commendations for his heroism."
  • The tween squad from Staten Island decidedly won their first game of the Little League World Series 10-2 this afternoon, beating a team from Mercer Island, Washington.
  • Alas, the 30 Rock porn isn't as creatively titled as one would hope.
  • And there's a free banana suit in Murray Hill just waiting to "get the job done" for you.

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Where is Fulton Avenue in Brooklyn?

You must be thinking of Fulton Street. ;)

"Free Banana Suit. I've worn it at a few parties and it always got the job done, if you know what I mean."

Ew. I certainly hope it's been cleaned.

"was a first responder on 9/11 and has received various commendations for his heroism."

Hero or no hero, he's a bully and dangerous.

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