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From the Gothamist Newsmap: A home invasion robbery on Staten Island, a shooting on East 109th in Manhattan, and a bank robbery at Prospect Ave & Flatbush Ave in Brooklyn.
Robert Halderman, the man who served jail time for trying to extort David Letterman, was asked to write about his Rikers stint for a men's magazine.
Motherfriggin' nature: NJ woman ran across an alligator during her nature walk.
Now that their development is in foreclosure, tenants of Stuyvesant Town are being wooed by two lending companies who want control.
Thanks, Department of Education: Two thousand pre-K students (and their parents) aren't going to find out where they go to school until the day before classes start.
Attorney General candidate Sean Coffey says he's "nerdy," and that's why he's never done drugs.
This year, Burning Man is turning 25.
Some Lady Gaga-related Google Translate fun.