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From the Gothamist Newsmap: An injured MOS on Stanhope St in Brooklyn, a perp search at Baisley Blvd & 155st in Queens and a fire at Columbus & W104th St in Manhattan.
Punk rocker Patti Smith was given the National Book Award for nonfiction for her memoir about life in 1960s NYC with Robert Mapplethorpe, Just Kids. "Please, no matter how we advance technologically, please don’t abandon the book. There is nothing in our material world more beautiful than the book."
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo sued financier and Bloomberg's financial consultant Steve Rattner.
A judge called for a retrial of a man accused of killing his stepfather with a samurai sword.
Mayor Bloomberg looked to former mayors and Oprah for endorsements for his Schools Chancellor pick.
Will Ferrell and other investors lost a $18 million securities dispute suit against JP Morgan Chase.
Internet chat room and antibiotics combine to land a teenage girl with triplets.
Okay, Fox News head Roger Ailes is now sorry he called NPR executives "Nazis."
And, in Massachusetts, a cab driver is accused of kidnapping a passenger—the two apparently had an argument over a fare.

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By Jen Chung in Miscellaneous on November 18, 2010 6:43 PM

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Joel

So as the person who took this photo ... I'm not totally sure what photoshopping you are talking about, because there wasn't any done. What are you talking about?

michaelhuy

how did you manage to show this kind of special effect in this photo...?illumibrite

sowhtifithppnsitwll

I knew Patti and her sister Lizzy when I was younger. They lived on Ocean Ave in Brooklyn. Patti slept over on my porch as a young teen once.

I wonder if any of that old crew are mentioned in the book. The loft in Manhattan was cute. Guess I will have to buy the book.