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- From the Gothamist Newsmap: A suspicious package at Hamilton Pl & W 142nd in Manhattan, a barricaded EDP at 30 Ave V & W13 St in Brooklyn, and a jumper down on the Throgs Neck Bridge in the Bronx.
- The U.S. military will seek the death penalty against accused Fort Hood shooter Major Nidal Malik Hasan, who now faces 13 counts of premeditated murder.
- Singer Chris Brown was heckled in Manhattan last night (video)—a woman yelled, "F---king beater. You belong in jail ... you feel like a man?"
- Fairfield University's student newspaper is under fire—and in danger of losing funding—for using derogatory language (like "hood rat") to make fun of women who have one-night stands in a column.
- As Rep. Anthony Weiner claims he could have beaten Bloomberg, the Observer points out that he was also too scared to run.
- Long Island fishermen are enjoying the revival of scallops in the Peconic Bay. However, it's unclear why the brown tides, which decimated previous harvests, have subsided.
- At the Fleshbot Awards, New York magazine spoke to Levi Johnston, who said of Barack Obama, "I don't really pay attention to politics now that Sarah is gone, but I think he is doing a lot better than Sarah would have done, so I give him props."
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