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- From the Gothamist Newsmap: Unstable scaffolding at 24th St in Queens, a large crowd on Bedford Ave in Brooklyn, and an all hands fire at W107 St in Manhattan.
- Some Queens residents found it easier to row than drive, thanks to the weekend flooding.
- A new private school for only gifted children opened in Manhattan—it costs $28,000 a year!
- The campaign of an Asian City Council candidate claims that teens postering for a rival yelled racial slurs—and threw a football—at them.
- Foursquare gets profiled in the NY Times; Gawker compares it to a profile of a now-failed social networking site.
- The city of Phoenix is offering a $250,000 settlement to the children of Carol Ann Gotbaum, who died at the airport while in custody. It's unclear if the offer is acceptable; the family sued for millions.
- What's more embarrassing: Sending a photo of yourself with your nipple exposed or being Elisabeth Hasselbeck and telling America that she sent a photo of herself with her nipple exposed to friends and family?
- And in Wisconsion, the AP reports, "A judge has dismissed a felony charge against a Wisconsin woman accused of plotting with her husband's lovers to lure him to a motel where he ended up tied to a bed with his penis glued to his stomach."
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