Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a homicide on Melrose Ave. in the Bronx, a lightning strike at 82nd Ave. and 249th St. in Queens, and a hate crime on the walkway of the Williamsburg Bridge. 25-year-old former model and current vice president of the Trump Organization Ivanka Trump was appointed to the board of directors of Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. A recent New York Times column noted that investors in Trump's casinos would have......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: A fatal car accident in Manhattan at 55th and 12th Avenue, a water rescue on West 50th and a three-alarm fire at a Bronx post office Cute animal maternal instincts alerts: A Central Park turtle tried to lay her eggs at Wollman Rink and there's a cute shot of a hawk and her baby hawk at City Birder The Post lists NYC's most 50 powerful women: Mayor Bloomberg's squeeze......

-- Ralph "Bucky" Phillips has been on the run upstate since April, when he broke out of jail. Locals have been making "Run, Bucky, Run" t-shirts-- but the story got a whole lot less funny on Thursday night, when Phillips allegedly shot two state troopers with a high powered rifle. -- NYC housing math: buy a harlem building in 2000 for $250k, and sell in 2006 for $1.4m. Gah! -- Sure, he can climb,......

On tonight's Apprentice, the remaining wannabe figurehead Trump employees in the reality show making will have to do something really badly, but less badly than the other team, in order to win a prize of some quality time with Senator Schumer. Now, Senator Schumer probably has some great life and business ("Don't try hire lobbyists") lessons for the group, but it's a pretty boring prize, given that previous winners during this season have been able......

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