- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a bank robbery on Lafayette and Broome in Manhattan, a missing child on Rochester Ave. and President St. in Brooklyn, and a shooting on East 183rd St. and Crotona Ave. in the Bronx.
- A self-admitted alcoholic gave shaky and erratic testimony this afternoon, but was positive that he never would have given his beneficiary a stupid name like "Rafra" in the trial of two men who were accused of plotting to kill homeless drunks for their insurance money.
- Leave off the last "S" for settlement. Mattress retailer "Sleepy's" is coughing up some change from under the mattress.
- Ground Zero was Giuliani's finest hour, but linked illnesses remain a political liability.
- Nora Ephron is now a guest NY Times Op-Ed columnist. CultureGrrl Lee Rosenbaum writes, "Her first column, about her obsession with online Scrabble, appeared yesterday. Next essay topic? Maybe Mah Jongg."
- The price of NYC apartments have surged 23% in the last quarter, to an average of $743,000.
- The price of a first class stamp just rose to 41ยข. If you buy Liberty Bell stamps now, they'll remain that price forever.
- Peter Braunstein wanted to skip the whole fake-fireman routine and just kill Anna Wintour.
- Donald Trump's next ratings stunt will be firing his own grandchild, or at least making the big baby cry.
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