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From the Gothamist Newsmap: A person shot at Gates & Marcus Garvey in Brooklyn, a perp search at Newberry Ave & Wilson Street on Staten Island, and a serious assault at 117 St & 3rd Ave in Manhattan.
For Republican candidates running for city office, it's lonely and frustrating.
Governor Paterson signed a new child protection law named after Nixzmary Brown: "The law increases the sentences for an adult convicted of torturing a child, changing the maximum sentence to life in prison."
A Staten Island woman was arrested after driving 10 blocks with the repo man on her hood (he was trying to repossess her car, natch).
The naked body of a Queens man was found under a mattress in his Jackson Heights apartment.
Alicia Silverstone thinks milk is for fatties.
The Georgia restaurant owner who is using the N-word in a billboard complaining about Obama's health care reform? He says he's used the N-word his whole life, so there.
Blago will be a reality star—the disgraced Illinois governor has signed up for Celebrity Apprentice, which means a tear in the time-space-bad hair continuum may occur.

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By Jen Chung in Miscellaneous on October 10, 2009 12:31 PM

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Spirit of 76

"Remember, dairy was designed to make little baby calves turn into 400-pound cows, so that's what it does to you. It makes you fat."

Uh huh. And grains make young 400-pound cows into mature 1200-pound cows ready for slaughter. Maybe you'd like to swear off grains, too, Alicia?

maryjr

The authors of Skinny Bitch should sue Alicia Silverstone for plagerism. That's basically what's in their book...word for word. Nice. I'm sure she'll make lots of money off of someone elses work.