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- From the Gothamist Newsmap: A suspicious package at 5th Av & 52 St in Manhattan, a shooting at Myrtle Ave & Marcus Garvey Blvd in Brooklyn, and a water main break at Beach 54 St in Queens.
- A report says that SUNY wasted about $30 million—and accuses Governor Paterson of not doing more to cut costs.
- An interesting feature on Charles Gehring, who has been translating thousands of pages of Dutch documents related to the city's and state's history.
- Someone has been vandalizing mailboxes at a Queens housing project; a resident believes someone has been looking for money sent in Christmas cards.
- An empty NJ Transit train on the way to NYC hit a car that was stuck on the tracks, killing its driver.
- The NY Times Styles section highlights how fashion bloggers are getting front row access, but Gawker says it's been noted many many many times before.
- The Mets and Kelvim Esobar may have agreed to a $1.25 million one-year deal.
- Charlie Sheen's wife told police that he threatened her with a knife, but she's recanted her statement now. Also, TMZ says her blood alcohol was 0.13.
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