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The Navy's ship has come in - as well as the ships for the Marine Corps and other military aircraft - today is the start of Fleet Week! It's a great time of the year, when people get to visit various ships and aircraft AND admire men and women in uniform. Ships are docked at Pier 90 in Manhattan and at Stapleton Pier in Staten Island and are open to the public. Here's a Fleet Week Schedule of Events (PDF) and some highlights:

Exactly how he fell into the hole was unclear. Con Ed workers told police they had warned Kahn to stay away from the clearly marked and barricaded construction zone but he didn't listen.

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Wired has a story today on the Googlecenter of America-- the place that you find if you zoom in to the closest point on the default Google map (it's a fallow field outside of Coffeyville, Kansas.) This got us thinking: where is the Googlecenter of New York City? Turns out it's the corner of Chambers and Broadway, right behind city hall. That makes some sense to us-- although there are probably better candidates-- Times Square, Grand Central Station, etc. Curious about the Googlecenter of your borough? Read on:

Winters are usually fun time for Gothamist for one big reason, there's snow to ski on. With this winter being a bust in our area for most of the ski season, we haven't had our mind on skiing quite too much yet. But with the weather finally cold, snow forcasted for this weekend, and the Winter Olympics starting today, we can't help but have skiing on the mind. The lack of snow has already taken its toll as Powder Ridge in Connecticut has already closed its doors for the season because of "the recent warm and wet weather." Perhaps they will re-open if the season turns itself around.

- 175,000 calls have come into 311 since midnightIs everyone ready for the fun commute home yet? Are your bosses letting you off early so you don't have to walk until 9?

In a subject near and dear to our hearts, the NY Times has an article on the G train today and how the MTA is moving the G towards full-time OPTO (One-Person Train Operation) despite increased ridership. Unlike most trains in the subway system, the G is a shorty, operating with four cars at all times and without a conductor on weekends. So while moving to full-time OPTO may not seem like such a change, the article does mention the possible loss of the "G train sprint". The sprint is much more than your typical run for the train. Riders on the G sometimes have to run half the length of the platform to catch the train. Usually when the conductor sees this, they will wait for the sprinting riders, but without a conductor, will the G train sprint become passé? (We hope not because it kind of serves as our daily exercise routine.)