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Postal Worker Found Dead in His Brooklyn Home

A 56-year-old post worker was found stabbed to death in the basement of the Bath Beach home he shared with his brother. Donald Paccione found yesterday morning by his brother and 1010 WINS reports, "There were no signs of forced entry." Neighbors tell NY1 that Paccione was well-liked, "He was a man who kept to himself, worked religiously with the post office, not retired yet, 56 years of age, still working, loving every minute. It's the truth." The attic apartment was rented to a tenant and his elderly mother, the Daily News reports, adding, "Detectives were interviewing the tenant, whom neighbors said had a drug problem and had robbed Donald Paccione once before. But Paccione forgave the man and never pressed charges, neighbors said."

Today the Times’s Frank Bruni relates his multiple visits to West Village Asian barbecue restaurant Bar Q, and by the sounds of it you’d never guess print media is in any kind of financial trouble – an initial trip with one group of ungrateful friends prompted so much "grumbling" he had to "unruffle their feathers" by being “especially profligate with the wine” on his paper’s expense account. The hangers-on who shared his second visit tasted a better side of Bar Q; after passing over chef Anita Lo’s “cloying” baby back ribs for her “gorgeous” steamed lobster, he decides that Lo’s “triumphs, more than her wobbles, stayed with me.” Two stars.

At the Ethnic Market highlights international specialty foods and ingredients that you're very unlikely to find at your local Gristedes.

A long-running feud between a Bath Beach apartment building superintendent and a tenant turned violent yesterday morning. Tenant Alberto Sanchez allegedly wielded a knife at super Leoncio DeJesus, who then threw acid in Sanchez's face. The acid hit Sanchez's girlfriend, who was attempting to calm him down, as well. Sanchez had allegedly jabbed the knife towards the super, and a witness said he overheard Sanchez saying, "I am gonna kill him" yesterday morning. Another said,...

Police are wondering if yesterday's execution-style killing of Genovese crime family member is related to the shooting of another mob member a day before. The Post has a graphic (pictured) showing that the Tuesday attack on Gambino family member Robert DeCicco was just a mile away from Rudolph Izzi's Shore Parkway home, where he was found dead.

Take a Cab, Waifs, Ъзп.

Merry Gridlock to All, via our friends at No Land Grab.

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