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- From the Gothamist Newsmap: An armed robbery at Broome St in Manhattan, a perp search at 31st St & Astoria Blvd in Queens and a pedestrian struck at Nelson Ave & Amboy Rd in Staten Island.
- For veteran WNBC newsman Gabe Pressman, Joe Bruno's conviction raises more questions than answers.
- Did Uma Thurman break off her engagement with financier Arki Busson because he lost a bundle with Bernard Madoff?
- A man wielding a paintball gun (and wearing a paintball mask) was subdued by Yonkers emergency officers.
- Some cagey travelers have been buying legal-tender $1 coins from the US Mint with free shipping and paying for them with miles-offering credit cards. They then take the coins to the bank, use them to pay off the credit card, and keep the miles!
- As football alumni get angry about Hofstra's decision to cut the program, one player is now headed to Division I football at Rutgers.
- Playwrights Horizons announced that it would produce the New York premiere of Edward Albee's Me, Myself & I starring Elizabeth Ashley and Brian Murray.
- As the World Turns, which has been on the air since 1956 and televised its 13,661st episode Tuesday, will STOP TURNING on CBS next September.
- If you like They Might Be Giants (disclosure: we love the Johns), you'll love this long NY1 interview with the Johns reminiscing about the old days in NYC.
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