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- And good luck with the traffic, all of you heading out of town for Memorial Day Weekend!

The NYPD announced they took down a $12 million-a-year drug ring in the Red Hook Houses. Over the past 18 months, the police have been working on "Operation Off the Hook" and arrested 153 dealers. The gangs avoided conflicts with the police by not fighting with each other under mutual agreement and even gave nicknames to parts of the housing development - "Poor Block, Slytown, Paradise and Peyton Place." Police Commissioner Kelly said their motto was "No beef, no police,"

City Review on Trump Tower and Curbed on Apprentice contest Jennifer C.'s firing. And speaking of television, some picks for the new season: Veronica Mars, Kevin Hill, and RW/RR Battles of the Sexes 2 (Chicagoist's Margaret Lyons points out Aneesa's bio: ) Plus Aaron at Out of Focus has been blogging the new season.

On that April 8, 1990, ABC aired the moody two-hour pilot episode of Twin Peaks. Groundbreaking, though few network dramas have taken advantage of David Lynch and Mark Frost's approach to narrative, Twin Peaks aired for only one and a half seasons but has peppered the cultural consciousness with a number of phrases and allusions as it was like Peyton Place on crack. Dancing midgets, one eyed wives, ladies with logs, a sheriff named Harry S. Truman, a damn good cup of joe, and Diane, the never seen secretary to Special Agent Dale Cooper. Like many David Lynch projects, it sprawls magnificiently but tested patience, and ultimately ABC cancelled it.