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- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: pedestrian struck by car in Brighton Beach, protest on Varick Street, and a police officer struck in Brooklyn Heights.
- Sure, the refills are free, but a study found that half of all soda fountain machines harbor "persistent communities of potentially pathogenic microorganisms."
- The biggest pasta makers in Italy have apparently been engaging in rampant price fixing! Now maybe someone will finally listen to our theories about the Chinese noodle cartel!
- Big Raj Rajaratnam got hit with accusations of another $19MM in insider trading. So far, 21 people have been charged in the case.
- You know rents are getting out of hand when even Dunkin Donuts can't afford to stay in the East Village. Related: neighborhood residents are sad.
- The elderly neo-nazi suspect in the Holocaust Museum shootings died today at a prison hospital.
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