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  1. Deep peek inside jail-alternative program that teaches hip-hop skills to young felons by @hannahmiet nyti.ms/Jyuyzw about 4 hours ago via Tweet Button
  2. Caught in the act: a hawk jump-flapping. Next step: flight! nyti.ms/KgP7S8 #NYTHawkcam (thx ArtGhent) 12:20 PM May 23rd via web
  3. Bank by phone? Why not bank-rob by phone? Worked in Brooklyn. nyti.ms/Kjfg0M 8:33 AM May 17th via Tweet Button
  4. Glorious old Art Deco Sears store in Flatbush is now a landmark. nyti.ms/L8h02v 2:30 PM May 15th via Tweet Button
  5. It's like Evel Knievel, but with camels instead of canyons and no motorcycle. nyti.ms/KEBPCt 8:40 AM May 9th via Tweet Button
  6. What does Art Garfunkel think when strangers walk up and say things like "My name's Art, too"? nyti.ms/Jco0XS 2:56 PM May 8th via Tweet Button
  7. OMG about to intvu ArtGarfunkel about stupid things fans say to him. nyti.ms/IuCjZ9 Hope I don't say somethg stupid. No, I hope I do! 11:26 AM May 8th via Tweet Button
  8. Gardeners: you have til 5pm to score free flower bulbs in Bryant Park (& til Friday in Greeley Park). nyti.ms/J9sIcw 1:17 PM May 7th via web
  9. Turn on the TV: we're told that Kids Draw the News is going to be the subject of a (scathing?) channel 5 news story at 610pm. 2:58 PM May 2nd via web
  10. Does this qualify as ironic? Car hits transformer, knocks out DMV computer system. nyti.ms/IjDmHw 10:37 AM May 1st via Tweet Button
  11. "We regret that the view of the hawks has been obscured by excrement." nyti.ms/JlUlbt #NYTHawkCam 12:08 PM Apr 30th via web
  12. @johnmccrory Don't know. Citi Field is privately owned, so wouldn't it be like any other private bldg leasing to a religious group? 3:01 PM Apr 27th via web in reply to johnmccrory
  13. Goose in Conn. walking around with arrow thru head. MT @thedayct bit.ly/J14JIa (remember Sticky? nyti.ms/KiGmEB ) 2:44 PM Apr 27th via web
  14. @Rueby That calls for an upgrade! 10:20 AM Apr 25th via web in reply to Rueby
  15. Today's #ScaryWeatherFact: NYC temp 5.8 deg above normal so far this year. On par w/Huntsville, Ala. 7:25 AM Apr 25th via web
  16. @mbyhoff I totally agree. Why isn't @NYTOnIt on it? #Slipping 3:15 PM Apr 24th via web in reply to mbyhoff
  17. @JamesEstrin who says foto editors never get any exercise? 2:13 PM Apr 24th via web
  18. Posh NY Athletic Club's bid to keep lid on huge brawl in its TapRoom that led to 3 arrests... fails. nyti.ms/K6wYTY 11:58 AM Apr 24th via Tweet Button
  19. Screengrab of the day: 10-day-old hawk 'slicing'. Look it up. bit.ly/HLEAMM 2:37 PM Apr 19th via web
  • Name Andy Newman
  • Location Bk, Bx, Manh, Qns, S.I.
  • Web http://www.nytime...
  • Bio Andy Newman is the bureau chief of City Room, the nytimes.com newsblog about New York City.
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