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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.
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