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- From the Gothamist Newsmap: A boat in distress in the vicinity of the Cross Bay Bridge, airmail at Randall Av in the Bronx and a falling tree on Ditmars & 21st Ave in Queens.
- Three more U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan, bringing July's toll to 60 deaths so far.
- French president Nicolas Sarkozy says if foreign-born French citizens strike cops, then France will take their citizenship away. However, French-born citoyens, go at it.
- Did you see the Wall Street sequel? Then maybe you were entranced by this crazy Flatiron duplex.
- Fewer public school teachers are receiving tenure.
- Poor Bristol but if it happened during their break... Levi Johnston may be another woman's baby daddy—though there are apparently several potential fathers.
- A killer who dismembered his ex-girlfriend and put her in concrete was sentenced to 19 years.
- Not only is Ellen DeGeneres leaving American Idol (and J.Lo may be replacing her), Kara Dioguardi may be leaving too—and Steven Tyler could be checking in!
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