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From the Gothamist Newsmap: A construction accident at Bedford Ave & Myrtle Ave in BRooklyn, falling bricks on Sullivan St in Manhattan and a shooting at 30th St & Brookhaven Ave in Queens.
Stocks finished about 3% higher (the Dow closed over 10,000): "Investors grew reassured that China wasn't about to reignite fears about European debt and bargain-hunters swooped in."
Former Manhattan DA-for-life Robert Morgenthau is leading the effort to help the FDNY revamp their hiring practices to be welcome more diversity.
North Korea warned about an "all-out war" with South Korea.
The guy who kidnapped a woman in Chelsea (she was listening to her iPhone and didn't realize he was behind her) and beat her was sentenced.
When you have a tempting water element in a park (and no signs about its use), you're just going to splash around.
The NY Times looks at the Jamaican kingpin whose refusal to be extradited to NYC has resulted in the horrible violence in Kingston.
Red Hook residents are upset about beer distributor trucks on a narrow street: "They say they've counted as many as eight trucks barreling down Columbia St. in a 20-minute period."
Is Space Jam similar to a sacred Mayan text?

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By Jen Chung in Miscellaneous on May 27, 2010 6:32 PM

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Jen S

Space Jam - bringing you civilizations and Shaq Diesel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Djocwgv6ok

Snoopy

Morgenthau, a man that needs help drinking a cup of coffee without a bib, is still trying to be effective? Give me strength in these trying times.

"It's certainly a victory for all New York City residents ..." I don't think the word "all" should be in the sentence. The Vulcan Society is nothing but a bunch of racists, plain and simple.

Elwood Blues

Exactly. EOE means only one thing to them - free lunch. And what's really sad, is that it's a total slap in the face to all the minorities who got hired the right way. When I call 911, I expect my flunkies to be answering the phones, not showing up to the call.