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Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a large sinkhole on Nostrand Ave. and Quincy St. in Brooklyn, a large fight on Park Ave. and 129th St. in Manhattan, and a water rescue at the St. George Ferry Terminal on Staten Island.
The Daily Show is giving the green screen that is used to fake remote segments a rest and actually sending correspondent Rob Riggle to Iraq to file reports for the satircal news show.
This Morningside Heights dive bar, popular with trivia contestants and Jeopardy! fans, days are numbered due to an expired lease. What is the Night Cafe?
The man who robbed a bank on East 23rd St. yesterday made his getaway by ducking into the nearby Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and stripping off his jacket to reveal a set of green surgical scrubs and blending into the crowd.
Families are suing the city of New York for running the Pelham Bay Landfill, which they say is responsible for an epidemic of cancer in their neighborhood.
Marcos Diaz waded into the water yesterday afternoon at the beginning of an attempt to swim around Manhattan two times. The 60-mile effort is being made to raise funds for children with leukemia in the Dominican Republic.
If you think dressing dogs in raincoats or sweaters is ridiculous, you really should not click through to this Daily News slideshow of a canine fashion show.
The New York Times reflects on the appeal of walking in the city. We wrote about walking for the thrill of it earlier this week. Do you have a city walk that stands out as being particularly enjoyable?

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Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a shooting at Quincy St. and Classon Ave. in Brooklyn, a homicide on 76th St. in Queens, and a missing child on East 174th St. in the Bronx.
Martin Scorsese sold his four-story, five-bedroom townhouse on Manhattan's Upper East Side for $6.15 million, after cutting $500K off the price.
Someone at Fox News is allegedly fooling around with Wikipedia entries to make itself look better and competitors worse.
The murdered daughter of two NYU professors, Boitumelo "Tumi" McCallum, was buried in her native South Africa today, 11 days after she was murdered by a possessive boyfriend.
Brooklyn-Born Jose Padilla was found guilty of conspiring to murder, kidnap and maim people overseas. He was held for three years without trial as an enemy combatant.
The Liberty Heights Tap Room in Red Hook (bus stop on Van Dyke St.) is now officially Rocky Sullivan's Tap Room.
Cops are searching for a man who allegedly struck and killed a woman with his car on purpose as she was standing at a bus stop with her children early this morning.
Con Ed leaves behind an ugly wake on one Brooklyn sidewalk
New York City canceled its 125-year-old Labor Day parade due to a lack of interest and a corruption scandal. A rally at Ground Zero is being planned instead.
And Max Roach, considered ~~the~~ a founder of modern jazz, died today at age 83.

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