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Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a water rescue at 23rd St. and the East River off Manhattan, a stabbing at 23rd St. and 4th Ave. in Brooklyn, and a shooting on Springfield Blvd. in Queens.
The drunk off-duty cop, who plowed into an aspiring photographer taking pictures in a closed lane of the 59th St. Bridge, was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter.
Authorities believe they may have found the body of artist Jeremy Blake, who was witnessed walking into the ocean off Rockaway Beach following the suicide of his girlfriend.
Developer Bruce Ratner is closer to getting his tax-break subsidies, after negotiating with Mayor Bloomberg and the state legislature.
Now that the "Mad Hatter" bank robber has been apprehended, NJ law enforcement can concentrate on capturing a new pair of bank robbers who fondle female tellers while in the course of their robberies.
The cop who killed himself after murdering his 19-year-old girlfriend is being eyed in the murder of a man who was dating one of the cop's prior girlfriends.
While undergoing an overhaul in Staten Island, the aircraft carrier Intrepid is being outfitted as a backup emergency command center in the event of another terrorist attack.
Is it wrong to dress your cats as Hello Kitty? Gizmodo thinks so!

The Aqua Prize, by yanger at flickr

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Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a shooting at Tremont and University Aves. in the Bronx, a person pinned by a bus on the upper level of the Queensboro Bridge, and a car overparked into a storefront at 258th St. and Riverdale Ave. in the Bronx.
The Queens mother of a kidnapped soldier in Iraq hopes that her son is still alive, even though her son's ID and other effects were found in an al Qaeda safehouse.
Thanks to the "Mad Hatter," NJ is on pace to set a record for bank robberies in 2007.
New York firefighters have mixed opinions about Giuliani's Presidential aspirations and invocations of 9/11.
Someone was required to be rescued after falling into a sewer in Brooklyn (fuller post tomorrow).
Langston Hughes' former 127th St. Harlem brownstone is being converted to a performance space.
Brooklyn North criminal violence is up 64% over the last two years. A John Jay College criminal expert and neighborhood resident pins the blame on teenagers.
A community group wants to respond to difficulties encountered with (more darn) kids by privatizing Manhattan Beach, which is maintained by the Parks Dept. Gowanus Lounge has all the details of heavy restrictions proposed for a popular seaside destination for city dwellers that can't afford shares in the Hamptons.

34 Streetn, by jschumacher at flickr

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