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From the Gothamist Newsmap: A person struck by a train at Queens Blvd & 70th Rd in Queens, a chimney collapse at Boylan St on Staten Island, and a fall victim at W 53rd St & 8th Ave in Manhattan.
NY State is the 2nd worst state in the country in awarding GEDs.
A Hebrew bible that disappeared from Vienna when Kristalnacht began was smuggled in New York City, where it was put up for auction. The federal authorities seized it and now it's on its way back to Austria.
A State Senate committee to investigate State Senator Hiram Monserrate has officially been convened.
Great Scot! A Scottish opera enthusiast has left $7.5 million to the Metropolitan Opera.
Oops: A veteran NJ Transit engineer missed a 7 p.m. stop at Princeton Junction, so the passengers got off at the next station (Hamilton Township) and had to wait until 8 p.m. for a train to Princeton Junction.
Pass the Alka-Seltzer: Nathan's Hot Dog Contest champ Joey Chestnut ate 50 meatballs in 10 minutes.
Winona Ryder is joining the Darren Aronofsky movie, Black Swan, which is set in the New York ballet world. Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis are already named as stars.
And up in Boston, the MBTA operator and inspector—whose quick thinking saved the life of a drunk woman who fell into the train tracks—were honored.