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From the Gothamist Newsmap: a fatal jumper down on 92nd St in Manhattan, a barricaded EDP on Fountain Ave in Brooklyn and an apparatus MVA on Rockland Ave on Staten Island.
The City Council approved legislation to make it easier for residents and business owners to have graffiti removed from their properties — gratis — by the city.
A woman arrested for torturing her teen son, keeping him tied up in a bedroom closet for 4½ years in Oklahoma, once served time in the Bronx for the starvation death of her 2-year-old daughter.
North Babylon school officials may prevent the teenager arrested after accidentally detonating his home bomb from returning to school.
Charles Barron called Marty Markowitz a traitor for endorsing Mayor Bloomberg.
Shares of luxury department store chain Saks Inc. sank today after an analyst called the company "overweight."
Sorry "sixth borough," the video for the first single off the Roots's forthcoming ninth album was shot entirely in Williamsburg.
Dennis Hopper was released from a Manhattan hospital today—he had been dehydrated.
And for those who like to party all the time, here is a gallery of mug shots of criminals arrested while in drag.

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By Billy Parker in Miscellaneous on October 1, 2009 6:50 PM

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New Baby Hitler

I 2nd that emotion.

Also, the first bullet point says "fatal jumper DOWN on 92nd Street..." I think for most of us 92nd street would be UP..... oh wait... nevermind...the lightbulb just went on.

Willie Nillie

People who make corrections in the comments are the worst kind of people

gawzmta

Well maybe Gothamist needs to clean up their act, and people wouldn't be so critical. If they're pretending to be journalists, they might as well start acting like them.

nicemarmot

If you're pretending not to be a moron, you better STFU. "Real" journalists have proofreaders whose only job is to catch their typos spelling errors etc. Bloggers generally do not. Therefore, more errors. If you'd like to offer Gothamist your obviously superior proofreading abilities, you'll need to be available 7 days a week, almost all day. Oh, and you won't get paid because they don't have the cash. Sound good? No? Then shut. the. fuck. up.

longacre

"Real" journalists make plenty of typos, and major errors often make it through several layers of editing by people who are paid for the sole purpose of finding these errors. Obviously Gothamist doesn't have those sorts of resources, so I think they can be cut some slack.

tsk_tsk_tsk

what's a "home bomb"? you guys could really use a proofreader. i'm available...

Bernie Madoff-Goetz

Charles Barron needs to go get his collection of Nehru jackets dry cleaned and STFU.

matty

Sorry "sixth borough," the video for the first single off the Roots's forthcoming ninth album was shot entirely in Williamsburg."

Damn, that's cold man.

Kevin

That Roots video is mostly Bushwick, not South Williamsburg. Notice the 'Ridgewood Car Service'? Yeah, that's at Myrtle and Irving. This is all further L-train territory, not JMZ.