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From the Gothamist Newsmap: A child seriously assaulted at Smith St & Wyckoff St in Brooklyn, a construction accident at 8th Ave & W41st in Manhattan and possible abduction on 117th St in Queens.
The Secret Service has breached security 91 times since 1980; instances include "a family in a minivan, a man believed to be a delivery driver, and a woman previously known to agents after she had falsely claimed a 'special relationship' with Bill Clinton."
People, Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger's hat—~~yes the hat he wore~~ turns out he wasn't wearing a hat when he splashlanded Flight 1549 in the Hudson—is being auctioned off to raise money for two Bay Area public schools.
NJ lawmakers were debating gay marriage today.
A 47-year-old man was killed after a slab of granite fell on him inside a Brooklyn construction supply store.
CNBC.com headline: "Stocks Flop After Brief Bernanke Boost"
A NY Post reporter is suing the city for $2 million because she tripped over a police barricade... in 2005.
The "Deadlock Don" John Gotti Jr. spent a half hour at his dad's grave in Queens yesterday and told reporters he'd spend the rest of the day cooking.

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By Jen Chung in Miscellaneous on December 7, 2009 6:41 PM

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longacre

Actually the Sully auction says he was NOT wearing the hat the day of the crash...he didn't wear any hat that day.

mtauser

Considering I am not far from St John's Cemetary, I also feel the spirit of the Gotti's.

I think there a strong sense of Omerta here and a strong bond and family values, something greatly missing from society today.