• Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: an attempted abduction at Balcolm and Barkley Aves. in the Bronx, loose horses on Tremont Ave. in the Bronx, and a school bus fire at the toll booth plaza of the Throgsneck Bridge in the Bronx.
• Not showing a lot of confidence in the Ivy Leaguers he was cheating money from, Columbia's student-aid head wrote emails to the loan company he held stock in outlining that he needed an "idiot-proof way" to send students to Student Loan Xpress for their educational loans.
• Get ready for Fleet Week. It begins this Wednesday with the Parade of Ships up the Hudson.
• A fascinating story on the development of DUMBO and how the neighborhood came about its name. It was conceived by a group of drunken writers and artists one night as a way to make the area seem unattractive or embarrassing to people looking to buy million-dollar residences there.
• Bernie Williams met chants of "Bernie! Bernie!" as he received an honorary degree and addressed the graduation ceremony at Iona this weekend. Mets Manager Willie Randolph also received an honorary degree and addressed graduating students, but at Fordham, where his own daughter was one of the graduates.
• Edward R. Murrow High School's renowned chess team, dubbed "Kings of New York" and the subject of a recent book, was beaten by a team of middle-schoolers from Williamsburg's I.S. 318 at the Brooklyn High School Chess Championship over the weekend.
• NY1 looks at the changes that have occurred in Red Hook, Brooklyn over the past 15 years, and the murder of a popular school principal that seemed to mark the community's turning point.

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The kids in the Edward R. Murrow High School chess team won the national championship of the United Chess Federation in Milwaukee this past weekend. The team won the city and state championships earlier this year, but it was a half-point that pushed them to the top place. Last year, Murrow was tied for first (they've won first a total of six times), so this year's celebration at Chuck E. Cheese must have felt extra sweet. more ›

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Once again, movie lovers have plenty to rejoice about over the next week. Three international heavyweights have new releases and we're not including Jodie Foster going crazy on an airplane in that equation. One of New York's most important production companies gets saluted at MoMA plus there's this little thing starting at Lincoln Center tomorrow night which should dominate much of the city's film landscape for the coming fortnight just as it does this week's . more ›

Yesterday, a 15 year old student at Edward R. Murrow High School was stabbed outside the cafeteria. It's unclear whether or not the 9:45AM attack was by a fellow student or an outsider. According to some police sources, the victim interrupted a conversation amongst two girls and a third person, possibly not a student. The third person argued with the victim, and then stabbed the him. The victim received three stitches. Murrow, one of the best schools in the city, does have a system where students swipe their ID cards as they enter, which alarms students about security issues. But what about the knife? Isn't that more alarming than an intruder coming in? Gothamist thought most NYC high schools had metal detectors. more ›