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Rembrant II by Atomische

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: fire in DUMBO, scaffold collapse on Bedford Avenue, armed robbery on Mermaid Avenue.
McDonald's is no longer sponsoring Fashion Week— where will all the models get their free Big Macs?
Linebacker Antonio Pierce was cut from the Giants. When Plaxico Burress shot himself by accident, Pierce was the one who drove him to the hospital.
According to NYMag, it is literally possible to bore yourself to death. We're all doomed!
Possible Senate candidate Harold Ford's wife works in marketing and is a former celebrity stylist—but she's "not an Upper East Side heiress."
By the end of 2012, 25000 people could be living in Downtown Brooklyn. Don't judge: the access to fast-food places in excellent.
Shocking: "The State of New York does not have a single full-time staff psychiatrist charged with overseeing the treatment of the 800 or so young people who are detained in state facilities at any given time."

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By Jake Dobkin in Miscellaneous on February 11, 2010 6:30 PM

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ANGRYGOD11

The State of New York does not have a single full-time staff psychiatrist charged with overseeing the treatment of the 800 or so young people who are detained in state facilities

This would be amusing, if not for the suicides in these human warehouses.

Greenpoint60

The State of New York does not have a single full-time staff psychiatrist charged with overseeing the treatment of the 800 or so young people who are detained in state facilities

I bet they are busy shrinking the pols in Albany

Greenpoint60

McDonald's is no longer sponsoring Fashion Week

The Chinese consulate should cater this event. Most of the goods in stores today are from China. A plate of fried dumplings beats McDonald's any day of the week.

Snoopy

" Aristotle contemplating a bust of Homer".

I know mine is a bit smaller but do you think anyone will notice if I swap the two? They're the same color.