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Photograph of a rainbow—seen today from the Whitestone Bridge— by Arciteka on Flickr

  • From the Gothamist Newsmap: A bank robbery at Canal St & Mott St in Manhattan, a pursuit on the southbound New England Thruway in the Bronx, and 196pl & Union Turnpike in Queens.
  • There were 31 construction-related deaths on the job in 2008, and 90 on-the-job deaths total for the year: "The toll of on-the-job fatalities, which had been on a downward trend for the past decade, was up 11 percent from 81 in 2007."
  • The city will make $40-110 million from the World Series, thanks to increased business all around, from restaurants to newsstands across from the stadium.
  • NJ's top health official says swine flu is widespread in the Garden State.
  • Ashley Dupre was making out with her boyfriend at Scores, says Page Six.
  • A Florida man says he was too fat to kill his son-in-law: "An attorney for Ates claims that in 2006, the 62-year-old who stood 5 feet 8 and tipped the scales at 285 pounds was in such bad physical shape that couldn't have pulled off the shooting or the fast getaway the killer made."
  • Random details from the NY Times buyout package: There are 50 reporters at the Metro Desk, the average age at the Obituaries Desk is 58.
  • President Obama signed the expanded hate crimes bill into law; it makes any assault on some due to gender or sexuality a federal crime.

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That expanded hate crimes bill should be at the top of this list.

It's totally awesome that Obama did that for us. CHANGE!

Wait, it was already illegal to beat and murder people? Oh.

Re: Ashley Dupre

"Boyfriend" -- is that what they're calling it these days?

H1N1 flu is rampant in NYC.
For the most part, one's response to this should be "meh"
unless you have a sick infant or child with asthma.

I disagree. While this flu can/will more probably kill a child or the elderly, it has also been killing young adults. As with any flu virus, it doesn't discriminate.

Also, even if you don't die, it still really sucks to get.

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