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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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