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Last night, a Brooklyn woman was fatally struck by a driver in a Mercedes SUV on Water Street and Old Slip in lower Manhattan. Florence Cioffi, 59, was pronounced dead at NYU Downtown Hospital.

Busta Rhymes's bodyguard allegedly punched a fan looking for an autograph earlier this week. The Post reports that Melvin Smith "approached" Rhymes with an "outstretched palm for a handshake" while at a downtown deli, but Rhymes' bodyguard got into the middle of things and then, you guessed it, an argument "ensued." The police confirmed that Smith was treated by NYU Downtown Hospital for four stitches to close a gash. This is kind of crazy, but really, how far would you go to get Busta Rhymes's autograph? However, the best part of the story is when the Post asked Busta about the incident:

When confronted by a Post reporter yesterday, Rhymes hip-hopped past the question of his bodyguard's alleged punching of Smith.

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subway schedules, which the MTA has details on.

The Post ends its article about the suicide with "Suicides on the Brooklyn Bridge are nothing new, but most people who decide to end their lives on the city landmark do so by taking a plunge into the East River."

One 3 train passenger told the Times that after the shooting, the MTA told passenger to leave the station: "It was not very smart of us to be on a train during a shootout." Gothamist was heading downtown in the early afternoon, when the PA system said that there would be no 1/2/3/9 service "due to an investigation at Chambers Street" and then we wondered if it was a real investigation. Little did we know.