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Uh oh, what did Diddy do now. The rapper accidentally tossed one of his diamond rings into a crowd while performing for BET's 106 & Park show (filmed on 57th Street), and ended the performance with a frisking of audience members! The Post reports that attendees were treated "like common criminals" once the cameras cut — and they took their grievances to Twitter to kill time, one saying: "Ok diddy lost his ring... and now there frisking all the kids like this is Rikers lite."

Tonight BET airs their answer to the Laguna Beach/Hills/City series on MTV, called Harlem Heights. The half-hour show focuses on several African-American professionals living their dreams, searching for love, and all that other stuff that makes good reality show fodder. And it is more of a cookie cutter reality show than a docu-drama. TONY reviewed it last month, saying, "there’s not much gritty reality here—awkward gatherings come about in empty restaurants and bars, peppered with manufactured confrontations." But we'll take real moments like a street full of people hearing Obama has won the presidency over Whitney Port finding out her boyfriend cheated on her any day.

This Sunday, the NY Giants will face off against the Philadelphia Eagles to see who heads to the NFC Championship game. And the divisional playoff game has brought out forth some "friendly" wagering from Mayor Bloomberg and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter.

The revelation that Bruce Ratner, would-be Atlantic Yards developer and Nets owner, has been secretly discussing selling the team to the owners of the New Jersey Devils, has put Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz’s athletic reputation on the line. Newark mayor Cory Booker, who would love the team to come to the Prudential Center in his town, has offered to settle the fight for the Nets with a simple, winner-takes-all game of hoops: Cory vs. Marty, one-on-one.