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• Posted Four Saved From Shark-Infested Waters Off Fire Island to Gothamist
  Two off-duty Nassau Marine Officers helped save four fisherman whose "boat began sinking in shark-infested waters south of Fire Island," according to Newsday. Mike Spagnuolo and Mike Larmony were in Spagnuolo's charter boat, the Gina Ann,...
• Posted O'Reilly Has Rep. King, Rev. Sharpton Discuss Michael Jackson to Gothamist
  Last night, Bill O'Reilly had two very vocal figures discuss Michael Jackson on his show last night—Rep. Peter King (R-Long Island), who blasted the media attention devoted to a "pedophile" "lowlife", and Rev. Al Sharpton, who...
• Posted NJ Gov Hopeful Christie: No Palin, But Maybe Rudy to Gothamist
  NJ gubernatorial Chris Christie reassured NJ voters that he's not interested in having soon-to-be former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin stump for him this fall. The Republican challenger did offer one familiar name—the Star-Ledger reports that Christie...
• Posted Espada Steals Paterson-Ravitch Thunder, Says He'll Return To Dems to Gothamist
  Photograph of Richard Ravitch and Governor Paterson this morning by Hans Pennink/AP Just as we were getting used to the idea of a "Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch"—secretly sworn in by Governor Paterson last night—now here's another...
• Commented on Will Smith To Star In World's Dumbest Movie?
  My mistake—Vareity can be purchased at some news stands or read online as www.variety.com...
• Commented on Will Smith To Star In World's Dumbest Movie?
  I don't think Manhattan can squeeze between Staten Island and Brooklyn either....
• Posted Madoff News: Bernie Won't Appeal Sentence, Ruth Moving On Up? to Gothamist
  A lawyer for the $65 billion-dollar Ponzi scheme man says that there will be no appeal for 150-year sentence handed down to Bernard Madoff last week. Ira Lee Sorkin said, "The decision has been made, and...
• Posted Woman, Missing Since Tuesday, Presumed Dead to Gothamist
  A woman, last seen at a lower Manhattan office building on Tuesday night, is presumed to be dead, according to WCBS 2, which says the police are treating Eridania Rodriguez's disappearance as a homicide. A Gothamist...
• Commented on Early Addition
  Sorry—it's a Chasing Amy reference....
• Posted Early Addition to Gothamist
  Photograph by ipodipoor on Flickr From the Gothamist Newsmap: A large fight at W 184th St & St Nicolas Ave in Manhattan, a bank robbery at Jackson Ave & Pearson St in Queens and an MVA...
• Favorited Bronx Zoo Debuts New Baby Sea Lion! on Gothamist
• Posted A Day Later, Hail Still Shocks Yonkers to Gothamist
  The hailstorm that hit Yonkers on Monday definitely left a trail of destruction in Yonkers. Thanks to the 80 MPH winds, a tree fell into Jennifer Crespo's home's chimney, which then crashed into her 7-year-old son's...
• Commented on Teens Throw Rock at Israeli Soldier... On The Upper East Side!
  The Post's picture of the rock—it does not look like a rock, it looks like a chunk of concrete with rocks embedded in it!...
• Posted State Senate GOP Stops Ravitch Appointment (For Now) to Gothamist
  While Governor Paterson may have appointed Richard Ravitch as his lieutenant governor, Senate Republicans are stopping that, by way of a court order signed at 12:23 a.m. "after a petition from the leaders of the Republican-dominated...
• Posted Bullet Fragments Injure Cops As They Fire At Pit Bull to Gothamist
  Last night, three police officers were hit by bullet fragments when, WABC 7 reports, "they tried to thwart an attack by a pit bull terrier in a public housing complex on the Upper East Side." The...
• Posted Stephen Baldwin's "House Guest" Arrested to Gothamist
  Actor Stephen Baldwin had invited a homeless man to live in the cottage on his Rockland County estate—and now that cops have arrested the man on heroin charges. Apparently Baldwin, aka the youngest Baldwin, met the...
• Posted Greenpeace Scales Mt. Rushmore For Climate Change to Gothamist
  Photograph from Greenpeace With President Obama in L'Aquila, Italy for the G8 Summit, three Greenpeace activists unfurled a banner on Mount Rushmore, next to Abraham Lincoln's likeness. The Washington Post reports, "The banner showed President Obama's...
• Posted No Whole Foods For Gowanus to Gothamist
  Back in 2006, Whole Foods held a groundbreaking ceremony for its first location in Brooklyn, in Gowanus on Third Street. Now, the high-end supermarket chain is abandoning those plans. Brooklyn the Borough reports that a Whole...
• Posted Paterson Appoints Richard Ravitch As Lieutenant Governor to Gothamist
  In a few minutes, Governor Paterson will speak to New Yorkers about the State Senate stalemate—and many believe he'll appoint a lieutenant governor! While some speculation was that he would pick Denise O'Donnell, the former Buffalo...
• Favorited Turtle Power Closes JFK Runway on Gothamist
• Posted Feds Want Dreier In Prison For 145 Years to Gothamist
  Federal prosecutors are still looking to make examples out of swindlers. After successfully nailing Bernard Madoff for 150 years, now they are seeking 145 years for Marc Dreier, a once prominent lawyer who pleaded guilty to...
• Commented on Lucky Lottery Winner, Where Art Thou?
  Yeah, I think they get around $10K....
• Commented on NJ GOP To Palin: You Don't Need To Stop By!
  Thank you—fixed....
• Posted NJ GOP To Palin: You Don't Need To Stop By! to Gothamist
  With Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's schedule after July 26 freeing up, some of her associates say that she's ready to help other Republican candidates with their elections. Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele even says, "She...
• Posted Ruth Madoff Now Free To Leave The Country to Gothamist
  Now that Ruth Madoff has settled with the feds—giving up her various homes and assets in exchange for $2.5 million—the feds have returned her passport to her. Unfortunately, that chateau of hers was seized in March!...
• Posted Anthony Marshall Falls In Courthouse Bathroom to Gothamist
  Anthony Marshall, the 85-year-old son of the late philanthropist Brooke Astor, fell in a bathroom, hitting his head, in the courthouse where he is on trial for stealing from his mother's fortune. The Daily News reports,...
• Posted Will Paterson Announce Lt. Gov During TV Appearance? to Gothamist
  Governor Paterson has planned a 5:01 p.m. TV appearance, to speak to New Yorkers about the State Senate stalemate. And the rumor is that he might very well appoint a Lieutenant Governor—the Times Union reports, "The...
• Posted Today In State Senate Stalemate News to Gothamist
  Photograph of Republican State Senators leaving the chamber by Tim Roske/AP Since we last checked in with the coup-coup State Senate, here's what's been happening: There are apparently different power-sharing proposals. Here they are, but the...
• Posted CT Man Holds Ex-Wife Hostage, Burns House Down to Gothamist
  Last night, a Connecticut advertising executive surrendered to the police after a frightening standoff in which he kidnapped his wife, demanded a priest come and give her last rites, and then asked for a judge to...
• Posted Sharpton To MJ's Kids: "Nothing Strange About Your Daddy" to Gothamist
  Yesterday, millions of people watched the Michael Jackson memorial—whether at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, at screenings around the country (including a few in NYC), or online. One woman in Times Square told the Post, "It's...