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Early Addition: Asphalt, but cooler?
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Published Oct 9, 2025
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Good Thursday morning in New York City, where the construction on Riverside Drive West in Washington Heights won't be done anytime soon.
Here's what else is happening:
- They did it: The Yankees have gone 16 straight years without winning the World Series.
- The city's health department is investigating a claim by a family of tourists from Arizona who say a Nathan's hot dog they bought at Coney Island had a razor blade in it.
- The City Council is considering a pilot program to test out a cooler type of asphalt in neighborhoods that get especially hot during the summer.
- Yes, there are "free" curbside parking spots, but the city does not owe you a place to park.
- Federal prosecutors say the 29-year-old Uber driver who allegedly started the Palisades fire in California had earlier used ChatGPT to generate a "dystopian painting showing in part a burning forest and a crowd fleeing from it."
- Here are some pictures from an old timey hot rod race down the Jersey Shore.
- Cozy thatched cottages are in.
- And finally, got him:
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