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Last month, a woman walking on Blake Avenue in Brooklyn was almost hit by a cat that fell out of the air. The owner, Don Carter, who the woman saw looking at his third floor apartment window, took a limping Midnight the cat back inside. An anonymous tip was called into the ASPCA, and when a special agent interviewed him, Carter said the cat fell out of the window. Then he confessed that he threw her out because she wandered into an off-limits room, his son's bedroom. Apparently he thought the cat would survive the fall.

Every time I leave a building and walk into the out-of-doors, I sneeze. I'm sure it has something to do with the sun. Sometimes just looking up at the sun (yes, I know: not directly) makes me sneeze. Most people I know don't have this problem (I actually rather enjoy it). Why does the sun make me sneeze? More importantly, why does the sun make me sneeze when most other people have no reaction to it other than to burn and peel?

Why does "Bronx" have to be prefaced with "The?" Why not "A Bronx" or, most reasonably, just plain old "Bronx?"

Why do women always complain that they are cold?

Starting this week in New York City, Citigroup Security and Investigative Services will begin regular patrols accompanied by security trained dogs. The patrols will take place at 111 Wall Street, 250 West Street, 333 West 34th Street, 388 and 390 Greenwich Street, 399 Park Avenue, and Court Square.