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- From the Gothamist Newsmap: Shots fired by a member of service at Hancock St & Evergreen Ave in Brooklyn, a home invasion robbery at Pitkin Ave & 75th St in Queens and an overturned auto on the southbound FDR near 49th in Manhattan.
- In today's earnings news, Citigroup posted losses while Goldman Sachs posted a $3+ billion profit. The Dow ended above 10,000 points.
- MSNBC is worried about competition from the Fox Business Channel, now that Don Imus is on FBC.
- Captain Lou Albano's brother remembered the wrestler as "a devout man who carried rosary beads in his pocket and drove extra slow for the sake of children."
- A 16-month-old boy named Jeter is recovering from heart surgery; his dad explained, "I named him after Derek Jeter because he's the team captain. He's going to grow strong like him, too."
- Madonna apparently gives boyfriend Jesus Luz a $10,000/month allowance.
- Prospect Heights is the new Cobble Hill.
- Insert Titter joke? McCain daughter (and Columbia alum) Meghan McCain had to apologize to her Twitter followers after posting a busty picture of herself. She was still wearing a tank top, though.
- Aw, Nora the piano-playing cat from NJ is being honored by the ASPCA.
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