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- From the Gothamist Newsmap: A shooting at Nostrand Ave & Flatbush Ave in Brooklyn, a hazmat at 41st Rd & College Point Blvd in Queens and a suspicious package at East 3rd Street & Ave B in Manhattan.
- In its biggest recall ever, Toyota announced it'll replace the gas pedals of 4 million vehicles in the U.S.
- Baggies of heroin stamped "Twillight" are entering NYC; a DEA official explained, "They’re selling heroin with the brand name of ‘Twilight’ in order to be attractive to teenagers and young adults."
- Some Cobble Hill public school parents raised $40,000 online to save their kids' school art program.
- 11 Spring Street, once filled with graffiti and later turned into luxury apartments, sold for 50% off its near $40 million asking price.
- Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's Thanksgiving turkey is from Carvel!
- Swiss judges approved $4.5 million bail for director Roman Polanski, because the amount represents quite a bit of his fortune and because he's 76.
- A Republican elder tells the Daily News that Sarah Palin “doesn’t understand there’s no way she’ll ever be President. She may figure it out someday, but she hasn’t yet. But I’ll tell you one thing - her endorsement will have real value for some Republican who could be President.”
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