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  • From the Gothamist Newsmap: A pedestrian struck DOA at Central Pkwy & 94 St in Queens, a shooting at Bowery & Bond St in Manhattan and a pedestrian struck at 23 St & 5th Ave in Manhattan.
  • Yankee reliever Mariano Rivera found out that former Yankee John Wetteland possibly tried to commit suicide when a Daily News reporter told him.
  • The mumps outbreak from an upstate camp has now grown to 180 cases in the NY and NJ area. It's believed that a child from England triggered it; 4,000 in Britain have the disease.
  • Yesterday, the Chabad Lubavitchers had their first international conference of emissaries since the killing of an emissary couple from Brooklyn in Mumbai.
  • Brooklyn Bridge Park got grassed.
  • The Chinese police busted a 215 square-foot factory making fake condoms including brands like Durex: "Employees were found neglecting to sterilize the condoms. Instead, the workers simply lubricated the rubbers with vegetable oil and popped them into bags."
  • Lindsay Lohan allegedly grabbed two bottles of champagne and finished them with a friend when asked to pay her bar bill, "She was crying and wanted to go home. She kept saying 'I don't pay for drinks! This is ridiculous! I'm freaking out!'"
  • The Empire State Building is blue tonight for World Diabetes Day.
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By Jen Chung in on November 14, 2009 12:14 PM

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  • schizofriendly

    That image is very cool. I wonder if the fact that the rider is female, blonde, and pretty affects her earnings positively or negatively.

  • JenChungsBaby

    That depends on whether she can pedal backwards.

  • jaycjay

    Thanks, but there's still no report that he made any kind of attempt at suicide... "possibly suicidal person" is not the same as "possible suicide attempt," or the Post's own "possible suicide."



    It appears that he was hospitalized because he said he "needed help," and he was likely contemplating suicide. It does not appear that he took any kind of action to do so.

  • jaycjay

    "ormer Yankee John Wetteland apparently tried to commit suicide"



    It's not being reported that he attempted suicide. From the linked article:



    "The Seattle Mariners, for whom Wetteland is the bullpen coach, say he was there because of an elevated heart rate. But the Denton County Sheriff's office said that a woman at Wetteland's home called police requesting help. "She said he was complaining of being depressed and contemplating suicide"



    'Comtemplating' does not the same thing as 'attempting'.



    I can't find any article online that says there was a suicide attempt. Well, except this one on Gothamist.

  • Bernie Madoff-Goetz

    Two types of people who never pay for drinks: wiseguys and Lindsay Lohan.

  • nicemarmot

    To all you non-vaccinators who are responsible for the mumps outbreak: I hope YOUR kid catches the mumps.

  • Sir Bonkers
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