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From the Gothamist Newsmap: A carjacking at 129th St & 103 Ave in Queens, a pedestrian struck at 190th St & 53rd Ave in Brooklyn and an armed robbery at 3rd Ave & W120th in Manhattan.
Unfriend is the Oxford Dictionary's word of the year; the definition is "“To remove someone as a ‘friend’ on a social networking site such as Facebook."
A NY Times editorial reminds us Governor Paterson's proposed budget cuts are necessary: "New York spends twice the national average on Medicaid at $2,283 per person. That is the highest average in the country, with Rhode Island a distant second at $1,659."
The Daily News reports that a friend of State Senator Hiram Monserrate's may have arranged for girlfriend Karla Giraldo's security, which might have violated the no contact part of the restraining order, if the friend acted as a go-between.
Authorities believe the fire that consumed a Long Island food pantry was deliberately set. Rev. Dianne Dunne said, "Whoever did this knew the layout of the building, knew where I stored my paper goods, so they knew exactly where to ignite the fire."
Is the recession making business so slow that some shop clerks have time to play pool?
Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly are going on tour, but you'll have to go to Long Island to see them.
Daily Intel considers Blake Lively's cleavage; we think her most recent get-up ages her about 20 years.

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By Jen Chung in Miscellaneous on November 16, 2009 6:35 PM

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nicemarmot

Am I crazy or is the proper usage "defriend" not "unfriend"? At least, that's how everyone I know says it...and yes I know I just gave my age group away.

jaycjay

According to Googlefight, not even close. "Unfriend" runs away with it:

http://googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=unfriend&word2=defriend