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Early Addition: Cops Clash With Muppets At Occupy Sesame Street!
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John Del Signore
Published Oct 6, 2011
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- This week's second scary home invasion happened in the Bronx.
- Shit's going down at Occupy Sesame Street, people!
- A California woman convicted of killing her husband and eating some of his body parts with BBQ sauce has been denied parole.
- A Fox executive says The Simpsons is "no longer profitable for the network" and that even if a salary deal is reached, this season will be the last.
- Health officials in Westchester have issued a warning about a rabid calico kitten.
- A Republican state legislator in Florida has found just the thing to create jobs in his state: bringing back dwarf tossing.
- Amit Gupta, founder of the DIY photography site Photojojo, has leukemia and is searching for a bone marrow donor. Here's how you can help.
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Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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