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  • From the Gothamist Newsmap: Attempted abduction at Myrtle Ave & Adelphi Ave in Brooklyn, a suspicious fire at Chambers St & River Terr in Manhattan and a commercial armed robbery at Fordham Rd & Webster Ave in the Bronx.
  • Governor Paterson proposed emergency legislation to allow him to make budget cuts, but lawmakers don't think they can—and don't want— to give him the power to do so.
  • The Kentucky census worker whose body was found strangled with the word "Fed" written on it apparently committed suicide but staged it to look like a homicide, probably for insurance purposes.
  • The NY Times' Ben Brantley loves the new musical Fela!, saying it's a shock that people aren't dancing afterwards, "Why aren’t they gyrating, swaying, vibrating, in thrall to the force field that you have been living in so ecstatically for the past couple of hours?"
  • A lawyer says that one of the men killed by wrong-way driver Diane Schuler on the Taconic Parkway actually survived the crash initially and was aware of the pain he was in.
  • There better be catnip involved: Martha Stewart's show wants cat lovers and their cats in the studio audience for a special show!
  • An art collector's chauffeur allegedly stole numerous works from his Greenwich Village apartment, including an Andy Warhol Heinz 57 box.
  • Tavern on the Green's creditors say the efforts by the city is impeding with their efforts and claims that the public thinks the restaurant is shut down.
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By Jen Chung in on November 24, 2009 6:44 PM

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  • NycChick

    I am trying to figure out, how did the suicide guy tie up himself up put tape over his mouth to commit suicide? Isn't that a stretch?

  • jpeditor

    tape over mouth first, loose tape over hands.



    Whats really amazing is the amazing amount of left wing web sites that are doing mea culpas after originally accusing conservatives of this murder.



    /sarcasm off...

  • AvenueHebrew

    I'll play liberal apologist here.



    Let's give credit where it's due: leftie media types like Rachel Maddow and HuffPo pushed the story at a reasonable length. And with a relatively minimal amount of assumption and fingerpointing; most chose to reserve full judgment for when the final reports came in. When allegations started bubbling up that it may have been a suicide, they reported that and backed off. And now that the official findings are out, they're the first ones to report it.



    And can you blame them? The guy staged the whole thing to clearly and explicitly appear as though he was the victim of lynching, in an area with a history of distrust and violent attitudes toward the government. And he did so at a time of wild publicized unrest amongst fringe types that would normally populate a remote area like that. So what else were we supposed to think, until the police concluded the investigation?



    It's just a bizarre story, that no one could have easily expected. And while I'm glad that no actual violence occurred and Clay County can go on with its hands clean, it's a shame this man chose to die in such a way. He left behind a family whom he loved enough to die for.

  • jpeditor

    "I'll play liberal apologist here."



    Understatement.



    "And with a relatively minimal amount of assumption and fingerpointing; most chose to reserve full judgment for when the final reports came in.."



    NOPE.



    go to



    www dot tinyurl dot com forwardslash lefty prop



    " He left behind a family whom he loved enough to die for."



    Because he tried to defraud his insurance company? By your logic, Madoff is a hero.

  • famdoc

    Ben Brantley wasn't the only reviewer who found Fela! one of the most inventive musicals in memory.



    There were still some discount tickets to be found on broadwaybox.com earlier today.

  • chuzzlewit

    photo of the day!

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