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Yote piece in Soho by Jake Dobkin
- From the Gothamist Newsmap: Fatal pedestrian struck at Jerome Ave At E 190 St in the Bronx, a DOA floater in the East River and a shooting at Springfield Blvd & Linden Blvd in Queens.
- F-You, London: New York might be getting its own oversized ferris wheel.
- Queens bus driver Jorge Muñoz was nominated for CNN's Hero of the Year award: after work each day he cooks dinner for 125 homeless people.
- Finally, a way for people with iPhones to report problems directly to 311 without having to talk to an operator. Jen Chung is going to use this every single day!
- Washington and Seattle are the new cool cities for young people looking for jobs. New York came in third.
- Workers at an Arizona cryogenics factory did some terrible things to Ted Williams' frozen head. Maybe they were Yankees fans.
- Ex-governor George Pataki's portrait was unveiled in Albany: it looks surprisingly lively.
- Diabolical: Eater is celebrating the launch of their new national food site by offering $25 to any food blogger willing to shut down their site.
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