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- From the Gothamist Newsmap: An all-hands fire on Vanderbilt Avenue in Brooklyn, a strongarm robbery on 37th Avenue in Queens, and a person shot on Gunther Avenue in the Bronx.
- Spirit Airlines' pilots went on strike, forcing the airline to cancel its flights today.
- The company with the right to market the CBGB's name has filed for bankruptcy.
- A Manhattan hedge fund manager scammed his clients out of over 6 million, all while claiming to be a Belgian royal!
- School competition is tough, especially when you're four. The city's preschools are getting selective, with schools in Park Slope and the Upper West Side accepting just 3% of applicants.
- Artist Borbay decided to paint New York's fifth most photographed site, the 5th Avenue Apple store.
- Sexy Banker Day 11: Lorenzana has allegedly met with Sugar Dining Den & Social Club owner Brian Rosenberg to discuss forming Women Against Sexual Harassment. Rosenberg told the Post, "We want Deb to be a role model for all women who are harassed."
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