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From the Gothamist Newsmap: A suspicious package at 6th and 39th in Manhattan, 4th Ave & Baltic St in Brooklyn and a rescue on 69th Ave in Queens.
The state raised testing standards and more than half of NYC's public school students failed their English exams and 54% passed the math exam.
The NYPD busted a Crown Heights drug ring that sold heroin and crack under names like "Gucci" and "Now and Later." And one dealer brought his kid during a sale to the undercover.
Steampunk: J.J. Abrams will be adapting the graphic novel "Boilerplate," about a robot during the Victorian era, into a film.
The City Council approved the redevelopment planned for the Domino Sugar Factory site.
So you wouldn't have to watch it, Jezebel liveblogged Obama's appearance on the View—and wonders about Snooki.
Citibank will pay $75 million to settle the SEC's subprime case.
Because her Governors Island show sucked this past weekend, MIA has promised a free show.

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By Jen Chung in Miscellaneous on July 29, 2010 6:00 PM

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Jen Chung

Thanks everyone—it's my 6.5 month old daughter! She really loves animals—we go to the park early in the morning and watch people walking their dogs, geese flying and pigeons looking for food.