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Today on the Gothamist newsmap: armed robbery on 36th Street, car into building on Avenue C, and an abduction on Bedford Avenue.
A lawsuit against Blue Hill at Stone Barns has dredged up some juicy behind-the-scenes emails between former NYT critic Frank Bruni and the restaurant's owners.
An elderly man was killed by a tractor trailer outside Grand Central Station last night— but the driver was not charged with anything.
A writer for The Atlantic made a "satisfactory" dinner entirely from foodstuffs bought at Ikea, but there was only one real entrée: the meatballs.
Apparently the bomber that killed seven CIA agents in Afghanistan was working as a double agent for Al Queda.
Discovery, Imax and Sony are teaming up to form a 3D television channel that will launch in 2011. Apparently 3D is superhot right now— ESPN is also launching a 3D channel this year.

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By Jake Dobkin in News on January 5, 2010 11:45 AM

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mellow_fellow

Grand Central Station, the post office? Because the train station is Grand Central Terminal. (I know, I can click through to the piece-of-shit tabloid's article to see for myself but I don't want to add to their click count.)

jaycjay

It was, as was accurately stated in the Post article, the Terminal, not Grand Central Station.

Rob T Firefly

If Ikea's food is anything like their bookshelves, this fellow's digestive system will unexpectedly collapse in upon itself if the cat ever jumps onto his belly.