Early Addition

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From the Gothamist Newsmap: A car into a building at 49st & 43 Ave in Queens, a dog shot by MOS on Decatur in the Bronx and a partial roof collapse at W 121st & Sy Nicholas Ave in Manhattan.
Two purse snatchers were arrested after a series of robberies in the East and West Village.
A federal lawsuit is trying to shut down a "filthy Kosher slaughterhouse" in Rockland County: "They have obstinately refused to comply with [regulations] thereby causing consumption of uninspected poultry prepared in filthy conditions and putting consumers at a public health risk."
NY Magazine looks at the new Union Square Park.
It turns out that the man who died in an icy NJ lake was competing with a friend over who could "swim under the ice, come out into the open water and then return under the ice back to the shore."
After fighting rumors that it was closing early, the musical revival Ragtime is closing early.
The custody fight over little Tripp Palin is now public, because baby daddy Levi Johnston is worried about baby grandmama Sarah Palin's vindictiveness.
Not that shocking: China found $35 billion in fraud from its officials.