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Extra, Extra: Long Island Resident A Finalist To Die On Mars

Because you don't want to die on Mars, check out today's end-of-day links: orgasm brains, Facebook scrapbooks, Michelle Pfeiffer morning news sitcom, churros subway arrest, American Apparel growing pains, and baby bonds with dad. Don't forget to follow Gothamist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here.

East Village Diner Shuttered After Illegal Gas Piping Found In Building

(Via Yelp) East Village diner Stage Restaurant has temporarily shuttered and tenants are without gas after shady gas piping was discovered in its basement earlier this week. Tim Neithercott, a tenant of 128 Second Avenue, told...

NJ Senator Robert Menendez Indicted On Corruption Charges

AP After a two year investigation, NJ Senator Robert Menendez has been indicted on federal corruption charges related to a West Palm Beach eye doctor. According to the Times, Menendez has been charged with eight counts...

NYPD Commissioner Apologizes For Officer's Enraged Meltdown, Takes His Badge & Gun

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton issued a public apology today to the Uber driver who was recently berated by an NYPD Detective during a traffic stop. Video of the incident went viral yesterday after it was posted...

Cuomo's Final Budget Pushes Through Some Controversial Public School Reforms

Protesters outside a Park Slope public school last month opposed a proposal to increase the cap on charter schools. (Gothamist) State legislators were up late last night in Albany, but eight minutes after midnight Governor Cuomo...

Doctors Arrested For Medicaid Scam Allegedly Lured Homeless People With Free Shoes

(Via Brooklyn DA) Nine doctors were among the 23 defendants indicted yesterday for an elaborate Medicaid scheme that lured people from low-income neighborhoods and homeless shelters to corrupt medical clinics, using offers of free footwear as...

Early Addition: How Many Times Should You Be Having Sex A Week?

Because April Fool's Day is the worst, check out today's mid-day links: internet loneliness, sexy flight attendants, Keaton on SNL, homophobic pizza places, mattress startups, sex numerology, and kitten makes daring escape. Don't forget to follow Gothamist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here.

[UPDATE] Cop Who Unleashed Xenophobic Tirade On Uber Driver Is A Joint Terrorism Task Force Detective

[UPDATE: Commissioner Bratton has apologized and confiscated the officer's badge and gun.] The NYPD officer caught on camera unleashing an irate rant against an Uber driver is a detective with the department's Joint Terrorism Task Force....

Couple Insists Their Professional Cuddling Service Is Not One Bit Creepy

(Via The Ideal Cuddle) Professional cuddling is an excellent grift: Take an activity that requires literally no training or skill, build a website and refer to yourself as a "specialist." Boom—lucrative business opportunity. William Blake died...

Cabbie Kills 2 Pedestrians In Horrifying Crash Caught On Video, No Charges Filed

The cab (RLJR News) The Bronx District Attorney's Office has not charged a green taxi driver who fatally struck a 5-year-old girl and a 25-year-old man last month, even after the Taxi and Limousine Commission stripped...

Sketchy Gas Hookup Possibly "Hidden" From Con Ed Minutes Before East Village Explosion

(Getty Images) Authorities are working on the theory that last week's explosion in the East Village that killed two people and injured dozens more was caused by an illegal attempt to siphon gas from commercial tenants...

Mother Accused Of Killing Baby "Was Afraid Someone Would Eat Him"

Latisha Fisher and her deceased son Gavriel (Facebook) The mother arrested for suffocating her 1-year-old son to death in a midtown restaurant bathroom on Monday suffers from paranoid schizophrenia and told police she feared someone was...

West Village Robbery Suspect Threatened To Cut Pregnant Woman's Baby Out

Police hope the public can help them locate a suspect who allegedly threatened a pregnant woman with grave injury during an ATM robbery in Manhattan. According to the NYPD, the robbery took place at 10 a.m....

Attempted Rapist At Large After Teen Fights Off Attack In East Harlem Stairwell

A 19-year-old woman fought off a would-be rapist in the stairwell of an East Harlem building last week. Police say the man followed the victim into an apartment building on 3rd Avenue around 4:40 a.m. on...

Extra, Extra: Let's Turn Times Square Into A Forest

NYCHA's big FEMA aid package, accidental pot delivery, the new Mad Max trailer, BK man cons parents of abducted kids, a confused goat and more day's end links. Don't forget to follow Gothamiston Twitter and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here.

Cuomo Issues Ban On 'Non-Essential' State Travel To Indiana

A window sign on a downtown Indianapolis florist shows its objection to the Religious Freedom bill passed by the Indiana legislature. (AP) New York has joined the growing opposition to Indiana's new and controversial Religious Freedom...

NYPD: This Guy Is Groping Teen Girls, Woman In Queens

Police hope the public can help them identify a suspect who has forcibly touched three young females in Queens this year and last. According to the NYPD, all the incidents occurred in the 109th Precinct (which...

"Boulevard Of Death" Will Get Protected Bike Lanes, Pedestrian Walkway

A memorial for cyclist Asif Rahman, 22, who was killed on Queens Boulevard in February of 2008 (triebensee / Flickr) The stretch of road in Queens where 38 New Yorkers were killed and 448 more were...

Photos: An Illicit Look At New York's High Security Prisons & Jails

Photographer JB Nicholas knows a thing or two about prison—in 1990, he shot and killed a drug dealer, earning him a manslaughter conviction and nearly 13 years behind bars. Nicholas was released in 2003, and now, having...

[UPDATED] Cooper Union To Charge Students For Taking Extra Credits

(Flickr user Structures NYC) [UPDATE BELOW] Once historically-free Cooper Union has already riled students and alumni and sparked an investigation by the Attorney General's office over their decision to charge tuition, citing an "unavoidable" financial crisis...

CUNY Protesters Will End DREAM Act Hunger Strike, Continue Protesting

(Facebook) It's been exactly one week since Governor Cuomo announced that the Dream Act, which would allow undocumented high school students in New York State to apply for financial aid for college, had been dropped from...

De Blasio's Position On New Car Idling Bill Remains Hazy

(Getty Images) Today the Brooklyn Paper reported on Mayor de Blasio's unwavering allegiance to the Park Slope YMCA, despite the fact that it no longer qualifies as the Mayor's neighborhood gym. According to the Paper, de...

City Council Is Trying To Make NYC Parenting Less Impoverishing

Councilmembers and parent advocates on City Hall Steps Having kids is great. They're cute and you'll find that it's spiritually deepening to care for them, and you get to buy a lot of toys that your...

Should The MTA Reorient Platform Benches To Protect Drunk People?

Courtesy Vitaliy Piltser's flickr A subway platform can be a fun place to hang out while intoxicated—that 10-20 minute late-night lag between trains goes a lot faster when time's fuzzy, for instance, and there's something comforting...

Early Addition: How Trendy Was Your Name When You Were Born?

Four Seasons gets a makeover, cow on the loose, comedian trolls teens, retired NYPD officer dies saving child, the devil's cat and more midday links. Don't forget to follow Gothamist on Twitter andlike us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here.

Queens Woman Killed Answering Her Front Door

A 70-year-old Queens woman was fatally shot after answering the door to her home early this morning. According to police, Leta Webb was found with gunshot wounds to her head and left arm, presumably after opening...

Obliterated Minivan Underscores Destructive Power Of East Village Explosion

As firefighters continued to sift through the wreckage of the massive East Village explosion yesterday, photographer Scott Lynch homed in on the severely damaged cars that had been parked near the 2nd Avenue site. Some cars sustained...

It's Supposed To Snow Again, And Maybe Forever

(Vivienne Gucwa/flickr) This morning, you peeled open your hungover eyes to a world filled with sunshine. Tonight, you will close your drunken eyes to a cold, dark, wet world filled with frosty bullshit. But how did...

Cop Screams At Uber Driver: "I Dunno What F*cking Planet You Think You're On"

Our account begins in medias res, with an NYPD officer issuing a directive at an Uber driver through the driver's side window: "Stop it with your mouth, stop it with your, 'For what sir? For what sir?'...

Coyote Lush Stuck On Roof Of Long Island City Bar

Via LIC Post A coyote who could not wait one more second for the start of rooftop bar season got stuck on the roof of a Long Island City bar yesterday where, upon finding no Brooklyn...

Mother Allegedly Blocked Restaurant Worker From Performing CPR On Unconscious Child

(Facebook) Police have charged a Manhattan woman with murder after her one-year-old boy was found unconscious yesterday in the bathroom at 5 Boro Burger on 6th Avenue and 36th Street. The child, identified by police as...

Body Parts Found Inside Black Duffel Bag On Rockaway Shoreline

Yesterday, two people walking along a street in the Rockaways noticed a "bag with a human leg sticking out of it." According to the NYPD, the police responded to 14-52 Gipson Street, by Motts Basin, around 10:45...

Extra, Extra: Lawsuit Accuses MTA Of "Satanic Terroristic Criminality"

Inside Tommy Hilfiger's Plaza Hotel penthouse, a Coney Island Cyclone lawsuit, The Wiz is coming back to Broadway, and more end of day links!

Pregnant Cat With Bullet Wound Rescued From BQE By Brave Williamsburg Councilman

The stray cat was dodging rush hour traffic on the BQE, a bullet in her leg and a litter of cats in her belly, when Councilmember Stephen Levin came to the rescue. Last Friday afternoon, Levin was...

NYPD Questioning Woman After 2-Year-Old Dies In Midtown Burger Restaurant

(Courtesy CBS 2) NYPD investigators are questioning a woman after a two-year-old boy was found unconscious and unresponsive at a midtown hamburger restaurant today. Details are scant at this point, but an NYPD spokesman confirmed that...

Cuomo's Budget Plan Features Tax Breaks For Yachts

Governor Cuomo marches in Sunday's Greek Independence Day Parade (via) Just a few months ago, Governor Cuomo said he supported granting scholarships to undocumented college students, raising the minimum wage, and comprehensive juvenile justice reform. Late...