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Anatomy Of A Greenpoint Bike Accident

Camille Dodero
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7:00 pm
Aug. 19, 2011
Kissena Park Steps Up Efforts Against Poachers and Foragers
By Zoe So
A crew of Prospect Park squirrel and bird poachers was nabbed earlier this summer to much media fanfare about the city's hunter-gatherer "trend," pitting conservationists against urban foragers ... More >>

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6:33 pm
Aug. 19, 2011
Here Are Your Comments That Made Us LOL This Week
By Jen Doll
Hi guys! This week instead of awarding you for your smartest or most well-said or snarkiest comments, not that you don't have plenty of those, we're giving a shout-out to the comments that made u... More >>

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5:34 pm
Aug. 19, 2011
NYT Comes Out Against 'Yarn Bombing'
By Rosie Gray
If you read Runnin' Scared regularly, you'll know that we have a thing for yarn art. Unfortunately, it's made it onto Neil Genzlinger's list in the Times this weekend of things in NYC... More >>

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5:04 pm
Aug. 19, 2011
The Case for A.J. Burnett? You Mean There Really Is One?
By Allen Barra
I was really surprised to check the stats an hour ago and find that the Yankees are second (to the Angels) in team ERA for the league, 3.57. (Boston is ninth at 3.89.) What's all the more surpri... More >>

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4:44 pm
Aug. 19, 2011
L.E.S. Timeshare Backyard Offers Girls In Wet T-Shirts. Don't Worry, It's a Joke.
By Rosie Gray
Remember the Timeshare Backyard on the Lower East Side? A group called The Participation Agency has been renting out a 3,200 square foot empty yard at 145 Ludlow for $50 an hour since August 11. ... More >>

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4:08 pm
Aug. 19, 2011
Michael Pena, Off-Duty NYPD Cop, Arrested for Allegedly Raping a Woman in Inwood Today
By Jen Doll
An off-duty cop has been arrested and charged with the alleged rape of a woman in Inwood earlier this morning. The New York Post gives his name as Michael Pena, 25, from the 33rd Precinct, a memb... More >>

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2:43 pm
Aug. 19, 2011
How Is New York Not in the '10 Most Promiscuous Cities' List?
By Rosie Gray
Dating site OkCupid, which comes out with interesting sex and dating data every now and then, has dropped some new knowledge on us: a list of the 10 most promiscuous cities in the U.S. The... More >>

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2:02 pm
Aug. 19, 2011
9/11 Families Sue City Over Plans To Put Remains At Museum
By Graham Rayman
A group of 9/11 family members are suing the city, demanding that they turn over the complete contact list for all relatives of people killed in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. ... More >>

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1:23 pm
Aug. 19, 2011
Have You Seen the G-Train Lothario Who Feels Up Other Women After His Girlfriend Leaves?
By Jen Doll
A concerned citizen/Craigslist Missed Connections poster has put out this, let's call it a PSA, alerting G-train riders that 1) There is a grossly PDA-having couple riding the train every mornin... More >>

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12:18 pm
Aug. 19, 2011
Chances Are, Your Brain Will Not Be Eaten by an Amoeba
By Jen Doll
This is worrisome. We have been reminded that a science-fiction horror-film-esque fear is actually a reality. Brain-eating amoebas exist, and they have killed three people this summer, including... More >>

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11:42 am
Aug. 19, 2011
Times Square Meeting Bowls Offer New Opportunity to Sit In a Giant Basket
By Rosie Gray
The subways, buses, cramped apartments, and crowded bars of New York City are being joined by a new way to sit in a small space with other people. Please welcome the Meeting Bowls (or "tourist c... More >>

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10:47 am
Aug. 19, 2011
Raul Ruiz, 1941-2011
By J. Hoberman
One of the most innovative and prolific narrative filmmakers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, Chilean-born, Paris-based director Raul Ruiz died today in Paris of a pulmonary infection. ... More >>

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10:38 am
Aug. 19, 2011
Crowds Gather Outside Home of Mary Ward, 82-Year-Old Bed-Stuy Resident Fighting Eviction
By Jen Doll
Update below: A decision about a marshall will come later today. Our Steven Thrasher is currently on the scene outside the home of 82-year-old Bed-Stuy resident Mary Ward. Ward was scheduled ... More >>

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9:49 am
Aug. 19, 2011
Chris Christie Squabbles With Mike Bloomberg Over 9/11 Ceremony
By Rosie Gray
The ten-year anniversary of 9/11, which could be the last hurrah for the Tribute in Light, is also presenting itself as a good opportunity for area politicians to bicker with each other. New Jers... More >>

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9:25 am
Aug. 19, 2011
Jeffrey Axelrod, Cyclist, Killed on Delancey Street Last Night; DOT Responds
By Jen Doll
Yesterday at about 5:30 p.m. a 52-year-old cyclist riding on Chrystie Street was turning onto Delancey when he apparently collided with the back of a tractor-trailer, was pulled under its wheels,... More >>

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9:00 am
Aug. 19, 2011
The Top 25 People Crippling Scientology, No. 19: The Squirrel Busters
By Tony Ortega
On August 5, we started a countdown that will give credit -- or blame -- to the people who have contributed most to the sad current state of Scientology. From its greatest expansion in the 1980s,... More >>

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6:45 pm
Aug. 18, 2011
Single People Are Doomed
By Jen Doll
WTF, science? Today in news we could, perhaps quite literally, live without, it turns out that not only are single people kinda screwed tax-wise and forced to buy their married friends gifts in h... More >>

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5:56 pm
Aug. 18, 2011
Police Seek Unsuccessful Bronx Robber
By Rosie Gray
The NYPD wants the public's help in locating a man wanted in connection with an attempted bank robbery on Friday, August 12 a little before 1 p.m. in the Bronx. The suspect attempted to rob a Ca... More >>

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5:18 pm
Aug. 18, 2011
Nivea Pulls Kerfuffle-Causing Racist Ad
By Rosie Gray
The above ad is a part of Nivea's new "Look Like You Give a Damn" men's campaign. Is it racist? GOOD thinks so. So does Questlove, and BuzzFeed, and pretty much the whole Internet. ... More >>

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5:08 pm
Aug. 18, 2011
Stephen Wilkes Explores New York as an Emergent Life Form in 'New York: Day to Night'
By Jen Doll
When we first saw the photographs making up Stephen Wilkes' "New York: Day to Night" series, we gasped. We have long loved Magritte's "Empire of Light" painting, which plays with simultaneous ex... More >>

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Anatomy Of A Greenpoint Bike Accident Anatomy Of A Greenpoint Bike Accident
By Camille Dodero

On October 23, James Paz remembers something inhuman slamming into his bike, the terrifying sensation of his body hurtling through the air, and the instinct of trying to land with-out… More >>

Maybe I Do And Maybe I Don't Maybe I Do And Maybe I Don't
By By Steven Thrasher Photographs by C.S. Muncy

Kevin Beauchamp, 49, and Howard Orlick, 50, are both legally blind. Kevin is thin and wiry; his vision loss is degenerative, and eventually he'll go completely blind. For now, he… More >>

What's Next for CUNY After The Tuition Hike? What's Next for CUNY After The Tuition Hike?
By Neil deMause

By Albany's notoriously dysfunctional standards, it's already been a banner year for unexpected breakthroughs. The same week in June that the state legislature broke its years-long deadlock over same-sex marriage,… More >>

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Taking classes by computer has become common at many community colleges, and today, most universities offer some online courses. Elite schools like NYU and Columbia have remained reluctant to award… More >>

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This fall, as he does every semester, NYU photography professor Wafaa Bilal will talk to his students about the deep devotion that's required to succeed as an artist. "I tell… More >>

With Academic Jobs Scarce, Ph.D's Seek 'Alternative Careers' With Academic Jobs Scarce, Ph.D's Seek 'Alternative Careers'
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