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- From the Gothamist Newsmap: a man on the tracks at the Utica Ave station in Brooklyn, an escaped EDP on Union Pkwy in Queens and an ER lockdown at Einstein Medical College in the Bronx.
- Charlie Sheen is a 9/11 Truther, saying the official story is "an absolute fairytale, a complete work of fiction and not a very good one."
- Bronx City Councilwoman Maria Baez is the "rarest of the rare, a City Council incumbent in danger of losing her seat," due to her many absences and a questionable trip to a beachfront resort, a trip billed to her campaign.
- Manhattan DA candidate Leslie Crocker Snyder's no-holds-barred attack ads on rival Cy Vance Jr. for serving as attorney for "murderers, mobsters and white collar criminals" are backfiring - at least among some lawyers.
- Don't go cheating E-Z Pass on NY-bound bridges, the fine will double from $25 to $50.
- Captain Sullenberger says he'll be heading to the cockpit soon!
- ESPN reporter Erin Andrews is discussing the photos taken of her from someone peeping into her hotel room and later put online. She told Oprah Winfrey she was incredibly upset, "I kept screaming [to my father], 'I'm done. My career is over. I'm done. Get it off. Get it off the Internet. Get it off."
- And plans for the "potato chip" amphitheater in Asser Levy Park may be crumbling.
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