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From the Gothamist Newsmap: A NYC Housing Authority employee assaulted on W 8th St in Brooklyn, a crime scene on South Rd in Queens, and police activity on East 229th St in the Bronx.
President Obama is going to Copenhagen to boost Chicago for the 2016 Olympics. Bush didn't do that for NYC during its 2012 Olympics bid!
The little girl who fell seven stories from her apartment window is doing well and wants to become a doctor.
The NY Times talks to small business owners who are trying to ride out the recession (small upside of cool, wet summer—Con Ed bills weren't as high!).
Old people don't care if their pricey Richard Meier-designed apartments in Brooklyn depreciate in value.
Mary-Louise Parker, unceremoniously dumped while pregnant by Billy Crudup (who went on to date Claire Danes), is accused of being a boyfriend stealer.
The New Yorker's Nancy Franklin chimes in on how much Jay Leno's 10 p.m. show sucks, "Leno seems louder, antsier, and more ill at ease than you want in a five-nights-a-week companion."

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By Jen Chung in Miscellaneous on September 28, 2009 11:46 AM

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drewo

I like the new Leno format. Less empty-headed chatter with so-called celebrities, and more, and varied, comic pieces. It's a bit like an old fashioned variety show.

He is also using his high-profile soapbox, along with his own personal interest in automobiles, to promote building and using more efficient and alternative-fuel powered motor vehicles.

ides_of_march

Obama flies all the way to Denmark just to make a sales pitch then lectures everyone else on carbon emissions? Another enviro-hypocrite with a carbon footprint the size of the Grand Canyon.

mellow_fellow

Why do you hate Chicago's efforts for an economic boost and, by extension, America?

Kojak

Chicago may get it, but Rio from what I hear is the favorite. Madrid won't get it only because England just had it in 2012 (They try not to have the games in the same Continent back to back)

Give it to Rio. South America should have its their already. its time.

mellow_fellow

I still haven't forgotten that Brazil imprisoned and wants to try those two American private jet pilots involved in a midair collision there to cover up the fact the fault lies with their air traffic control system. Since the U.S. had the winter games not that long ago, I say give it to Tokyo.

famdoc

I know I'm going to take some flak for this opinion, but how is that subway graffiti anything else than vandalism, which should be punished? Bring it on, gothamist readers...tell me how it qualifies as "art" or "personal expression."

SighR

Yeah, it's vandalism.

It's vandalism that would have made me smirk if I had seen it in person. So, I'm glad it was posted here since it's probably gone already.

mellow_fellow

I agree, but I find that this particular graffito has some charm (not enough to make me want it to remain), unlike the typical eyesore.

blueruin

I think that sharpie washes off of those interior surfaces. There must be a reason you don't see much more of it.

famdoc

There's generally a lot less graffiti applied to subway cars.

The walls of subway stations seem to be experiencing a resurgence of graffiti and tagging, however.