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From the Gothamist Newsmap: serious trauma on Forest Ave in Queens, a pin job on Kingdom Ave on Staten Island and a large protest at 5th Ave and 71st St in Manhattan.
Derek Jeter wishes the Yankees hadn't been scheduled for a day off today, so he could get cracking at trying to break the team's all-time hit record he tied last night. Jeter said, "I've been hearing it on the streets, in cabs, at the stadium when are you going to get a hit, when are you going to get a hit? I kept telling them, I'm trying."
A Yale grad student disappeared just days before her wedding in the city, leaving police wondering if she was kidnapped or is a runaway bride.
After 18 weeks of testimony from prosecution witnesses, defense lawyers representing Brooke Astor's son and lawyer (both accused of trying to essentially steal her estate) rested their case without calling anyone.
Here's video of Tony Avella and Bill Thompson supporters giving campaign materials to a driver who is trying to...drive.
Henry Wojtaszek conceded defeat to Ed Cox in his bid to become the next state GOP chair, a move that may take a little steam away from the Giuliani for Governor movement.
John Stossel announced that he is leaving his longtime post at 20/20 and taking his shocked indignation to Fox News.
One of the organizers of the original Woodstock is planning to turn the festival that just turned 40 into a Broadway musical.
Saturday Night Live announced that they will be starting the season with four consecutive weeks of live shows for the first time since 1976. Among the hosts and musical guests named are Gerard Butler, Lady Gaga and Regina Spektor.
And Jay-Z might have one of the best rapports with David Letterman, or as he would now like to be known, "Dave-Z."

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By Billy Parker in Miscellaneous on September 10, 2009 6:50 PM

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NannyState

Stossel, Dennis miller, Lou Dobbs, they all got flipped a long time ago. they should all burn together on Fox.

JacqueMehoff

I'm going to add Michael Medved to that list, sir.

Polite New Yorker

Indeed, Stossel is a hack. Fox News deserves him. I never get tired of seeing him get thrashed about by Dr. Death David Schultz:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrX9Ca7LSyQ

Karen

Hopefully Fox will send Stossel off to look into wrestling again, and he can get his head beat in.

JacqueMehoff

one can hope until then we'll get segments like you know what grinds my gears? I can't be the only stossel hater with his freakonomics biased stats and observations.

nicemarmot

I like freakonomics, but hate Stossel. He's such a hack. Or maybe hack is too generous. Such a ... useless waste of television space?

Kevin Walsh

>>>Derek Jeter wishes the Yankees hadn't been scheduled for a day off today, so he could get cracking at trying to break the team's all-time hit record he tied last night.

And it took him only 600 more ABs than Lou!

www.forgotten-ny.com

jibbly

Hilarious interview with Letterman. Hov's comedic timing is on spot.

DanielJ

They better get this musical right, if that's even possible. Tell a story, not just "a coming of age tale about friends during the turbulent 1960s blah blah blah..."