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Stray voltage shocks aren't only for the cold winter months! An 8 year old was shocked by a manhole in Staten Island. Briana Santa Maria and a friend had been playing in a sprinkler yesterday afternoon when Briana ran across the street in her bare feet, getting a sting from the manhole cover. A elevator repairman neighbor checked the spot with his meter and saw there was a current of 100 watts. Another neighbor told NY1 that there have been problems with electricity in the area, plus Con Ed had done work on a light near where the girl was shocked.

11:24PM: Mayor B is done with his speech - so far, winning by 19%.

Mayor Bloomberg has released his second Campaign Accountability Statement, which shows the various promises/initiatives he and his administration have proposed and what their status is. For example, "Abolish the Board of Education" is an initiative, and the update (same for 2003 and 2004) was "The school governance agreement led to mayoral control," so its status for 2003 and 2004 is "Done." It's kind of awesome, because it lays out the hundreds of things the Mayor has considered, but it's also overwhelming at 47 pages. Here's one example we thought was interesting: