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Early Addition: Possible Manslaughter Charges For BP
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Jen Chung
Published Mar 29, 2011
Modified Mar 29, 2011
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- The Justice Department is looking at possible manslaughter charges against BP for the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
- The editor of the iPad-only publication The Daily apparently bought a $23 million townhouse once owned by Jim Henson.
- But she got into Ivy Leagues colleges: A 17-year-old pistol-whipped her mother because she wouldn't co-sign her used car.
- A pedestrian was struck by a car in Midtown; one of the passengers says the car had the green light.
- Best friends forever: Some men stole their dead friend's corpse (he was in a coffin) and took him to see a soccer match.
- The NY Times can't remember its own blogs.
- Indonesia may be a very Muslim nation but its citizens love seeing porn stars in horror movies.
- New York-Presbyterian was named the best hospital in the area by U.S. News & World Report.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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