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  • From the Gothamist Newsmap: Shots fired on W 121 St in Manhattan, a MVA on Central Pkwy & Queens Blvd in Queens and a bank robbery at West Chester & Simpson in the Bronx.
  • Prosecutors say that Bernard Kerik helped fake the home renovations bills for his home—they say former police commissioner got about $250,000 in work done for basically free.
  • The father of the girl killed in the car crash, while being driven by the allegedly drunk mom of a friend, doesn't think manslaughter charges are enough, "Anyone who gets behind the wheel of a car while intoxicated might as well put a bullet in a gun."
  • Hey, the $1.5 billion Yankee Stadium's wheelchair ramps have tons of cracks. And you helped pay for it, since the Yankees got all those taxpayer bonds.
  • A 12-year-old was arrested—and his slightly older cohorts are wanted— after mugging an 11-year-old of his $5 and cellphone in Manhattan. A second 11-year-old refused, prompting one of the muggers to hit him; a doorman caught the 12-year-old.
  • After the mousecake incident, the Health Department has inspected Junior's Restaurant and given it a passing score.
  • Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter apparently went on vacation the day 20 staffers were fired.

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I know it's a saturday and all, but in the Yankees blurb you put "god" instead of "got."

The ramps at Yankee Stadium with the cracks are not just for wheelchairs. The Times article says they are the pedestrian ramps between the field level and upper levels.

Let's Go (with reliable contractors) Mets!

Bet the 12 year old has parents who do drugs and have zero money. The life of a gangsta has to get started young and early.

“Love is like war; easy to begin but very hard to stop” --H L Mencken

A CYNIC GONE BAD

He knew as much about love,

Its essence and core,

As George W. Bush

Knew about war.

Enough with Kerik already. Everybody knows he's a crook.

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