Miscellaneous: June 2009 Archives

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: a boat in distress on Manhattan Beach in Brooklyn, unusual trauma at 174th St and Wards Ave in The Bronx and a large crowd on 125th St in Manhattan.
• Finally: Norman Coleman conceded the Senate race and now Al Franken is the junior Senator from Minnesota. Does that make him the first US Senator to admit dropping acid?
• During the morning rush hour, a man committed suicide by jumping in front of a northbound 5 train at Franklin Ave. and Eastern Parkway.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A water main break at Cedar St & Nassau St in Manhattan, a fatal person under the train at Eastern Pkwy & Franklin Ave in Brooklyn and a shooting on Bronxwood Ave in the Bronx.
• A group of black and Latino police officers marched in Harlem to remember the one-month anniversary of police officer Omar Edwards' death.
• TMZ claims that Michael Jackson is not the biological father of his three children (and that Debbie Rowe isn't the biological mother) and that he never legally adopted them.
• Teens today! A 17-year-old was arrested in Connecticut for packaging marijuana in a Chicken McNugget box.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A person shot at Columbus Av & W 90 St in Manhattan, an animal rescue at Butler St & Nevins St in Brooklyn, and a pedestrian struck on Hillside Ave in Queens.
• After being told not to smoke inside a Queens church, a man tried to burn it down by leaving a bag of smoldering charcoal near a vestibule.
• Summer camps are getting ready for the possibility of swine flu breakouts.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: a pool rescue at 2nd Ave and 124th St, a man in a sinkhole at 116th Ave and Francis Lewis Blvd and a jumper up at the Brooklyn Bridge.
• A man driving with a suspended license killed another vehicle's passenger on the RFK Bridge when he "swerved his 2002 Nissan Altima across several of the Manhattan-bound lanes of the bridge Friday night" and "T-boned the 2004 Dodge pickup truck at 7:50 p.m."
• Some of the city's valedictorians are optimistic about the future; one told the NY Times, "It’s not like we’ll be in recession for the rest of our lives, until we die."

• DCist was shocked when a Metro train car derailed, slamming into another waiting train, killing nine people and injuring dozens others. An investigation is underway, and the NTSB has said that Metro's use of older model rail cars may have made the crash deadlier than it otherwise would have been.
• Torontoist, on the eve of Pride, took a detailed look at adoption by same-sex couples in their city.
• LAist learned there is no easier way to draw ire than to assert that Transformers 2 is "significantly, significantly worse" than its predecessor, and that if you must go see it, you should "fart loudly and repeatedly in the theater so that everyone's good time is ruined."

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: an armed robbery at 7-11 on Metropolitan Ave in Queens, falling debris at Marcy and Willoughby Aves in Brooklyn and a water rescue off Surf Ave in Brooklyn.
• Billy Mays, the infomercial pictchman well-known for his boisterous selling of products such as Oxiclean, was found dead at age 50 in his Tampa Bay home. There were no sings of foul play.
• Two small children suffered serious injuries when a car hit the vehicle they were in as their mother was making a U-turn at a Copiague intersection.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: a DOA floater on the Hudson River at 125th St, a water rescue off Roosevelt Island and a missing child on Lefferts Blvd in Brooklyn.
• An intoxicated man in Sullivan County was fatally electrocuted early Saturday when he tried to cut through a downed power line with an industrial saw.
• A 72-year-old Clifton woman with Alzheimer's has been missing at the Jersey Shore since Thursday.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: a stabbing at Amsterdam Ave and 94th St in Manhattan, an armed robbery at Bradford St and Liberty Ave in Brooklyn and a large fight at the 40th Pct in The Bronx.
• Harlem musician-songwriter Jabrai Jordan Copney has been indicted in the shooting death of a 21-year-old man in a Harvard dormitory.
• A Laurel teenager was arrested on Long Island for attempted burglary after police found him trying to gain access to the Mattituck Village Market at just before 3 a.m. this morning.
• Clients at an Upper East Side gym are sponsoring its owner in a kickboxing tournament to help him raise money for a school in West Africa.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: An armed robbery at Nostrand Ave & Carroll St in Brooklyn, a suspicious package at 3rd Av & E40th St in Manhattan, and a crime scene at Lyman Pl & Freeman St in the Bronx.
• Developers announced a $1.3 billion refinancing for the Bank of America building in Midtown; it's apparently one of the biggest deals since the economic downturn began last fall.
• Police Commissioner Kelly promises to promote more minority officers to top positions within the Police Department.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A foot pursuit at E 178st & Grand Concourse in the Bronx, a serious trauma at Park Ave & E 46th St and a shooting at Richmond Terrace on Staten Island.
• Today is the last day of school for public students, which means subways will be less crowded during the morning commute but more crowded when they head to the beach during the day.
• An explosion injured two people at a Columbia-Presbyterian building. One is in critical condition while the other is in serious condition.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: An unstable building at Myrtle Ave & Bushwick Ave in Brooklyn, a ground transport incident at Bay St & Victory Blvd on Staten Island and a water main break at W 4th St & 8th Ave in Manhattan.
• The sentencing of a Staten Island woman, who was found guilty of killing her fire marshal husband, was postponed, because her lawyer was hospitalized.
• A 1998 Manhattan case may offer some clues about Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's leanings on the death penalty.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A pedestrian struck at Amsterdam Ave & W 66th St in Manhattan, an armed robbery at Warren St & 3rd Ave in Brooklyn and a water condition on Valentine Ave in the Bronx.
• Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke denies bullying Bank of America to buy Merrill Lynch, "I did not tell Bank of America's management that the Federal Reserve would take action against the board or management" if BoA didn't buy Merrill.
• A Woodmere woman was arrested after "she broke into a Hewlett Bay Park home and poured lighter fluid on the floor in an attempt to kill her estranged husband, his fiancee, their infant daughter and her own children."

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: a water rescue at 59th St and 12th Ave in Manhattan, an escaped prisoner at 143rd St in The Bronx and a traffic agent struck on Brighton Beach Ave in Brooklyn.
• An off-duty rookie cop who grabbed the parking ticket computer of a traffic agent (the agent was going to cite the cop for obstructing a bus lane) was issued a desk appearance ticket and suspended.
• The cop caught lying on an mp3 recorder by a murder suspect he was interrogating was convicted today of perjury and could face up to seven years in prison.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A suspicious package at Park Ave & E 49th St in Manhattan, an unusual perp search at Milford Ave & Hegeman Ave in Brooklyn and a foot chase at the Simpson St train station in the Bronx.
• The 14-year-old NJ girl who faced a porn charge and being labeled a sex offender for her naked MySpace pictures was instead ordered to undergo at least 6 months of counseling.
• As many as 50,000 people are expected to visit the Queens grave where Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, who died in 1994, is buried. The Rebbe led the Chabad Lubavitch movement.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: an inhalation victim at Penn Station, a technical rescue at the United Nations Plaza and a power outage at Mount Sinai Hospital.
• A New Jersey high school had a real "Donna Martin Graduates" situation on their hands where teachers ended up boycotting commencement ceremonies after seniors broke a pledge to keep their prom alcohol-free.
• Yonkers has canceled its Fourth of July fireworks on the Hudson in order to save $100,000.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A car vs. tree at River Pkwy & Butler Rd in the Bronx, an unstable building at Patchen Ave in Brooklyn and a fatal MVA on the eastbound LIE just past Greenpoint Ave in Queens.
• A 60-year-old teacher's aide who was arrested after fondling a 6-year-old girl may be eyed in other assaults.
• After Jersey City police released a surveillance video, cops were able to arrest a 19-year-old man whose hit-and-run left a man injured.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: a partial collapse on Third Ave in Manhattan, a pedestrian struck on Bedford Ave in Brooklyn and a jumper up at the George Washington Bridge.
• A baby less than a day old was found inside a Timberland shoe box in the lobby of an apartment building in Hempstead.
• Williamsburg and Greenpoint residents are demanding a reduction in street cleaning—and with it a cut in the number of days that drivers must shuffle their cars due to alternate-side parking regulations.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A car vs. building at Linden Blvd at Williams Ave in Brooklyn, police activity on White Plains Road in the Bronx, and a person shot DOA at the scene at 148th St & South Rd in Queens.
• Among the quotes in the Washington Post's Gawker story, Gawker honcho Nick Denton says, "We may inadvertently commit journalism. That is not the institutional intention," while former Gawker editor Choire Sicha describes the current staff as "an unhappy group of media people writing about the unhappy media. It's gotten a little weird."
• Monmouth County resident Ashley Shaffer was crowned Miss New Jersey. Shaffer, 22, performed a piece from Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot" in the talent competition.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: a stabbing on Bushwick Ave in Brooklyn, all hands at JFK Airport and a scaffolding incident on Ave W in Brooklyn.
• Craigslist killing suspect Philip Markoff has been indicted by a grand jury for the murder of model Julisa Brisman.
• Fashion designer Jason Wu's after-dinner exercise is playing poker.

• LAist watched as the Lakers won the NBA championship then as people "celebrated" by vandalizing, looting, smashing, and burning things in Downtown L.A.
• Seattlest went 29 days without rain, and girls went feral and old men turned on each other.
• Chicagoist was paid a visit by Johnny Depp and Christian Bale for the Public Enemies premiere and they brought some nasty weather with them.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A person shot at E 180th St & Arthur Ave in the Bronx, a man in the water at W 41 St & Westside Hwy in Manhattan, and a hanging at 34th Ave in Queens.
• A group of men attacked an off-duty cop in Washington Heights last night by hitting him with a crowbar. The cop managed to scare them off by firing his gun (no one was hit).
• People protesting the Iranian elections gathered at the United Nations.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: a protest at JFK Airport, a bank robbery on Broadway and W 50th St and a car stuck in a motor on Clarke Ave and Amboy Rd on Staten Island.
• An off-duty cop was arrested and now has been suspended for allegedly stealing a pair of sandals from a Sports Authority in Long Island City.
• A Brooklyn little league coach was found not guilty after being charged with attacking opposing players from a Bay Ridge high school with an aluminum bat.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A triple shooting on Cozine Ave in Brooklyn, a burn victim at 45th St & Broadway in Manhattan and a bank robbery on E 198 St in the Bronx.
• After five years of attempts, the Mott Hall School has finally landed former president Bill Clinton as their eighth-grade graduation speaker on Monday.
• The AP obtained records showing that Connecticut state officials were repeatedly warned about the chimp who eventually mauled a woman.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: a person shot on Putnam Ave in Brooklyn, a burn victim on Tremont Ave in The Bronx and an injured mos on 96th St and Columbus Ave.
• Seven more NYC deaths were attributed to swine flu, bringing the total number of swine flu deaths to 30.
• Two people were busted for luring women, who advertised modeling services on Craigslist, to the La Quinta Inn on West 32nd Street and telling the women they needed to work as prostitutes.
• A Long Island woman left her 2-year-old and 5-year-old home alone for nearly three hours while she went to get her nails done. Police said a concerned woman's attention was drawn to the apartment by the incessant screaming of one of the children.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A fall victim on Yetman Ave on Staten Island, a water main break at Sutphin Blvd & 90th Ave in Queens and a pedestrian struck on the northbound FDR Driver near E Houston St in Manhattan.
• A two-year-old child is being called a "miracle": He was knocked from his father's arms when a car hit his father on the Long Island Expressway. The father died, but the child was found in nearby bushes.
• The NY Times reports that the Child Victims Act, which would allow adults to sue over childhood sex abuse "has been tempered and tested by the sausage-making realities of the legislative process."

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A construction accident on Church St in Manhattan, a large crowd at Plaza South & Crescent St in Queens, and a shooting at Veronica Pl & Beverly Rd in Brooklyn.
• The Department of Homeland Security is giving $283 million to NY State, with $145 million marked for NYC.
• With rain suspending U.S. Open play today, the USGA might go "retro" and play 36 holes on Sunday.

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• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A suspicious package at 4th Ave & E 11th St in Manhattan, shots fired at Bedford Ave & 4th St in Brooklyn and a power outage on Rockaway Blvd in Queens.
• Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fractured her elbow in a fall and not from elbowing Bubba.
• New NYC Health Commissioner Thomas Farley was initially scared about riding his bike in the Big Apple, but then called back the Daily News reporter to say he would ride once the bike arrives from New Orleans.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: a gun point robbery on 112th St and Farmers Blvd in Queens, a foot pursuit on Park Ave and 130th St in Manhattan and a transformer fire on 114th Ave and 201st St in Queens.
• The Staten Island man who was the victim of a racially charged hit-and-run on Election Night has been arrested for swiping a cell phone from a man at knifepoint in Elm Park
• A Westchester jewelry store was robbed at gunpoint today with one of the suspects being apprehended while crashing his car in Manhattan trying to get away.

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• From the Gothamist Newsmap: An escaped prisoner at Hull St & Rockaway St in Queens, a BB gunshot on E 34 St in Brooklyn, and a bank robbery at Broadway & 70th St in Manhattan.
• A two-alarm fire broke out in an Upper East Side apartment building; at least two people were treated for injuries.
• Immigrants, scammed by priests claiming they could help with green cards and took their money, are still upset by the betrayal, "For someone who talks so much about God, why did he play people like that?"

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: a missing 4-year-old on Crawford Ave in Brooklyn, a missing child on 52nd St and 8th Ave, also in Brooklyn, and loose bricks on Christopher St in Manhattan.
• Sikh transit workers say they've won the support of a majority of the City Council in their battle against being forced to wear an MTA logo on their turbans.
• A subway blogger is frustrated and curious about watching three motormen on a rush hour commute fix a door via the subway equivalent of blowing on a video game cartridge.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: a child shot on E 102nd St, a bicyclist struck on W 94th St and Broadway and falling debris on Delancey St, all in Manhattan.
• An 11-month-old baby boy in Richmond Hills died from drowning after sticking his head into a bucket of liquid this morning.
• The same-sex couple who snuck one by the city and were able were married at the City Clerk's Office have had their marriage downgraded to a domestic partnership now that they went public about their dupe.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A serious assault at E 204st & Villa Ave in the Bronx, a DOA recovery at Beach 14th St in Queens, and a serious MVA on Canal at West St in Manhattan.
• Congress will spend $350 million to help fighting pandemics.
• Three bodies were recovered after a small plane crashed in the Mohawk River near Albany last night. It appears an Albany hotelier had taken his 11-year-old son and a doctor up for a spin.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: a pedestrian struck at Lexington Ave and 86th St in Manhattan, a gang fight on E 54th St and 5th Ave, also in Manhattan, and an infant cardiac arrest on Brooklyn Ave in Brooklyn.
• 33-year-old Scott Bruno of Bensonhurst was arrested for murder and criminal possession of a weapon after accidentally shooting his friend, 17-year-old Philip Levy, in the head while messing around and firing off his gun Saturday night.
• A tow truck driver was fatally struck by another car while going to tow a U-Haul on the Cross Bronx Expressway this morning. The driver of the other vehicle was arrested for driving with a suspended license.

• Bostonist went to the Boston Pride Parade and saw everything from Batman and Robin to dancing lifeguards. Oh, and a local sports team swept its rival.
• Chicagoist was all about artifacts this week: the collection of Italian artifacts worthy of Indiana Jones a local man had stashed in his house and an old photo of Bulls Rookie of the Year Derrick Rose flashing an alleged gang sign.
• SFist reacted to the city enacting the toughest recycling and composting laws in the U.S.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: a carjacking on E 19th St and Quentin Rd in Brooklyn, a shooting on Newport Ave in Queens and a snake condition on Sherman Ave in the Bronx.
• Two million people are expected at today's Puerto Rican Day Parade; the king of the parade is salsa star Victor Manuelle.
• A man was stabbed in the neck while waiting for the R train at the Lexington Ave and 59th St station last night.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: a double shooting at Lexington & Classon in Brooklyn, a bank robbery on Woodhaven Blvd in Queens and a fire on W 79th St in Manhattan.
• Tomorrow is the Puerto Rican Day Parade; it begins at 11 a.m., spanning Fifth Avenue between 44th Street and 86th Street.
• Rescue crews search for a man last seen swimming in East Rockaway this morning, before lifeguards were on duty.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: An electric shock at Greenwich & Liberty Sts in Manhattan, a shooting at Port Richmond Ave & Walker St on Staten Island and a crime scene at S 3rd St & Roebling in Brooklyn.
• With Mahmoud Ahmadinejad named the winner of the Iranian elections, riots have broken out.
• Supreme Court nominee federal judge Sonia Sotomayor is reportedly impressing senators during the one-on-one "courtesy calls."

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: a missing child at Nassau Ave and Fulton St in Brooklyn, a shooting on East New York, also in Brooklyn and a bomb scare at Lexington Ave and 125th St in Manhattan.
• Louis Caldera, the Obama aide who authorized the Air Force One flyover fail, has been hired by longtime Democratic activist John Podesta at the Center for American Progress, where he will be a senior fellow and will focus on higher education and national security.
• The trial has begun for the NYPD detective caught perjuring himself on an MP3 recorder by a teenager he was interrogating.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A bomb threat on W 205th St & Paul Ave in the Bronx, a foot pursuit at Columbus & 61st St in Manhattan, and a traffic alert on Crescent St in Queens.
• The man known as Clark Rockefeller (or Crockefeller) was found guilty of kidnapping his daughter.
• The 19-year-old woman found dead in a vacant apartment's closet was killed by her baby's father, police say. The suspect had served time in prison for attacking the woman while she was pregnant.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: a crane incident on 6th Ave and 31st St, a gas line struck at Richmond and Genesee Aves on Staten Island and a court officer injured on 6th St in Brooklyn.
• An R Train Operator used her uniform jacket to catch a baby this afternoon when a woman gave birth right in the subway car at the Whitehall Station.
• Suffolk County Police have arrested three people for endangering the welfare of a child after two children were assaulted and a third was found to be living in filth.

Photograph by jphillipobrien on Flickr
• From the Gothamist Newsmap: Shots fired at Spring and Bowery in Manhattan, Patchen Ave at Monroe St in Brooklyn, a gas line struck at Richmond Ave & Genesee Ave on Staten Island, and a suspicious package at Marcy and Rutledge in Brooklyn.
• The former NYPD cop who was off-duty when he fatally shot a drunk driver in the Bronx was sentenced to 1-3 years in prison.
• The body of 19-year-old woman, who left her mother's Inwood apartment to get her nails done but never returned, was found in a vacant apartment a few blocks away.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: a car into a school at Freeport Loop and Pennsylvania Ave, crowd control on Glenmore Ave and an unstable building at Wilson and Bleecker Aves, all in Brooklyn.
• A Brooklyn juror got so fed up with "pointless" cross-examination from the ADA in the manslaughter trial she was serving on that she successfully requested to be removed from the jury, saying she could no longer be objective.
• NYPD is stepping up security at Jewish landmarks around the city in the wake of today's fatal shooting at Washington DC's Holocaust Museum.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: An injured MOS at Clinton St & Grand St in Manhattan, a water rescue at Richmond Terrace on Staten Island and a special delivery on a LIE service road in Queens.
• Davonte Kelly, the 11-year-old who was hit in the head by a stray bullet, is leaving the hospital today.
• Yesterday's shooting in Times Square? Apparently one pimp shot another pimp.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: a burn victim on 25th Ave and 71st St in Queens, a stabbing at Ave W and 23rd St in Brooklyn and a residential hi-rise fire on Carleton Ave, also in Brooklyn.
• A former NYPD officer showed up at a Rockland middle school with a gun and was tackled to the ground by the school superintendent before anyone was hurt. The man was upset with how the local school district handled the swine flu outbreak after his son had contracted it.
• A mom and her 8-year-old daughter were killed in Brewster last night by an alleged drunk driver while the two were walking to their car in the parking lot of the girl's school.

Photograph of duck family at the Harlem Meer by Glark
• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A found DOA at 204 St & Nagle Ave in Manhattan, a suspicious package on Seymour Ave in the Bronx and a serious MVA on the L.I.E. just west of Little Neck Parkway in Queens.
• Long Island benefits from the State Senate coup, because new majority leader Dean Skelos reps the area.
• A man was shot in Times Square, on West 43rd and Eight Avenue, around 5:25 a.m. this morning.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: an armed robbery on E 57th St in Manhattan, a shooting on Franklin Ave and Eastern Pkwy in Brooklyn and an unusual rescue on 149th St and Willets Point Blvd in Queens.
• Police are looking for a man who forced an 8-year-old girl into a stairwell in Queens—he "photographed her feet and private areas of her body and then exposed himself."
• The Bronx woman who was hit by two cars died from her injuries. The driver of the first car that hit her was not found, but the second driver, who hit her and dragged her 100 feet, turned himself in and was charged with DWI and leaving the scene of an accident.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A shooting on Willoughby & Throop Ave in Brooklyn, a barricaded EDP on 3rd Ave & E 98th St in Manhattan and an off duty police cadet shot at Gerard Ave & East 165 Street in the Bronx.
• President Obama promises that 600,000 new jobs will be delivered through the stimulus package this summer.
• All city schools that were closed for swine flu have reopened; one parent said, "It makes me nervous, but I'm quite sure the city knows what it's doing."
• Overseas, China has quarantined New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin and his wife in Shanghai because a man on their flight might have swine flu.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: a child shot at Vandalia and Van Siclen Aves in Brooklyn, a car into a store on Hillside Ave in Queens and a near drowning at 157th Ave and 92nd St, also in Queens.
• Six bodies from Air France Flight 447 have been found in the Atlantic Ocean, about 600 miles from the Brazilian coast.
• Mayor Bloomberg's daughter Georgina gives back by donating her riding clothes to needy people who need riding clothes.

• LAist has been hearing a lot of chatter lately about the infamous Twittering Taco Truck, KogiBBQ, and their dubious PR skiLLs: "Dear Hypesters, this shizz has GOT to STOP."
• SFist asked members of the gastronomic elite to reveal their favorite junk food.
• Shanghaiist watched plainclothes police with umbrellas LITERALLY try to cover up any attempts to report on the Tiananmen anniversary.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: a homicide on W 71st St in Manhattan, a fatal mva on the Van Wyck Expwy in Queens and a stabbing in Times Square.
• A man and woman in their mid-40s were found dead inside a Best Western room near JFK in what police believe to be a murder-suicide.
• Five people were shot and one in serious condition after a gunman opened fire inside a Hartford pizza parlor.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A car vs. building on Kent Ave in Brooklyn, a power outage at 34th St btwn 7th & 8th Ave in Manhattan and an armed robbery on Lafayette on Staten Island.
• President Obama is in France to commemorate D-Day. Overlooking Omaha Beach in Normandy, he said, "The sheer improbability of this victory is part of what makes D-Day so memorable."
• The NYPD's Mounted Unit has 10 thoroughbred horses (yes, they are former race horses). Pros: They are tall, which gives cops better views over crowds. Cons: They are apparently more high-strung.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: an unusual rescue at Sixth Ave and 23rd St, a school bus mva at Queens Blvd and 68th St and a robbery in transit on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx.
• An eighth person has died of swine flu. The Health Department says the victim was over age 65 and had another health condition that made the H1N1 virus more dangerous.
• A Brooklyn woman was found dead in Maryland after being carjacked along the New Jersey Turnpike.

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• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A city bus involved accident at E 43rd St & Fifth Ave in Manhattan, an injured MOS at E 193rd St & Webster Ave in the Bronx and and a Hatzolah involved MVA at Cortelyou Rd & Dahill Rd in Brooklyn.
• Late actor David Carradine's manager doesn't think his client killed himself—and reports say that the Kung Fu star's hands were tied, as were his neck and genitals.
• The FBI are searching for an upstate New York man who told a Utah bank teller he wanted to kill President Obama, "The Secret Service said Daniel James Murray, 36, has at least eight registered firearms."

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: a person struck by a train at the Union Square Station in Manhattan, a parental abduction at 161st St in Queens and a water search at the Bayonne Bridge in Staten Island.
• A 78-year-old man slashed the convertible top of his landscaper's car because he wasn't happy with his work.
• Cops are looking for a teenage purse snatcher caught on tape mugging a woman on Hester Street in Chinatown.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A stabbing at Hart St & Throop Ave in Brooklyn, a bus accident at Boston Rd & Claremont Pkwy in the Bronx and a missing child on E 128 St in Manhattan.
• According to the Labor Department, "Initial claims for state unemployment insurance benefits fell 4,000 to 621,000 in the week ended May 30."
• Kung Fu and Kill Bill star David Carradine was found dead in a hotel room in Bangkok, Thailand. Earlier reports say he hanged himself.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: a suspicious package at 125th St and Amsterdam Ave, a scaffolding incident on Beekman Pl and a confined space rescue on Wards Island, all in Manhattan.
• It was a toy gun that sparked the Princeton University lockdown. Apparently four teens found a toy gun in some students' trash; the police have not charged them for (fake) weapon possession but did charge them with underage alcohol possession and marijuana possession.
• A Queens teen was sentenced to at least 2 1/2 years behind bars for a 2008 drug-fueled accident in which he ran into and killed a Kew Gardens couple while driving at twice the speed limit.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A power outage on Greenwich St in Manhattan, a missing psych patient on East 149 St in the Bronx and a sexual assault on Broadway in Brooklyn.
• Princeton University is locked down because "a male with what appeared to be a handgun was reported near the vicinity of Dod Hall dormitory.
• A driver was killed and two teens were injured when their stolen car crashed into a pillar on Woodhaven Boulevard. It's suspected the teens may have been stealing rims off cars before the crash.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A confined space rescue on W 22nd St in Manhattan, an EDP on the track at Longwood Ave in the Bronx, and a partial collapse at North 1st St in Brooklyn.
• Brazil's defense minister confirms that wreckage—including an "airplane seat, metal debris, an orange float, a drum and an oil spill"—found in the Atlantic Ocean belongs to Air France Flight 447.
• Our neon signs aren't the most important neon signs.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A hazmat at Greenpoint Ave & Eckford St in Brooklyn, a snake job at Gerard Ave in the Bronx and a sexual assault inside Forest Park in Queens.
• It's gubernatorial primary day in NJ. Governor Jon Corzine has already planned his victory party while GOP hopefuls Chris Christie and Steve Lonegan await results. One upside: The Christie vs. Lonegan attack ads will end.
• General Motors has reached a tentative agreement to sell the Hummer brand.

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: a found grenade on Melrose Ave, a jumper down on Burnside Ave and a smoke condition at the Hunts Point Station, all in The Bronx.
• 228 people are still missing and feared to be dead after an Air France flight traveling from Rio de Janeiro to Paris went off the grid and disappeared over the Atlantic. (The Post's immediate headline: 'Lost')
• The longest-serving inmate in NYS history died today after 46 years behind bars for a 1962 Brooklyn robbery.