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We wish everyone a healthy and happy New Year!
From the Gothamist Newsmap: A pedestrian struck at 49th St & Ft Hamilton in Brooklyn, a water rescue at 11th Ave & W 16th St in Manhattan and a carjacking at 128th St in Queens.
The state has rejected the MTA's $28 billion budget for projects like the Second Avenue Subway. The MTA will need to re-present a new one later.
The NY Times has a heartbreaking story about how more Korean Americans have been committing suicide, apparently ashamed over financial failures. One Queens couple set themselves on fire earlier this year; the husband left a note for their daughter, "I love you, my daughter. I’m very sorry to leave you alone. It would’ve been much better if you had a wealthier father."
Manhattan DA Robert Morgenthau and Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta stepped down today.
Is Susan Sarandon a cougar par excellence?
The Broadway musical Ragtime will close on January 10, a week later than announced. Apparently news of its early closing prompted a surge in ticket sales.
Vox Pop has rebounded after tax troubles and will reopen tonight.
No one writes handwritten letters to magazines anymore.
A South Dakota woman had a 0.706 blood alcohol; 0.40 is considered lethal.

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By Jen Chung in Miscellaneous on December 31, 2009 5:44 PM

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pudeljung

the korean-americans are not alone in their simplistic, "excellence" driven ambitions. A certain strata of white people suffer from the same disease. It's sad, but it's also frustrating when such a narrow view of success is allowed to dominate our culture.