If you're one to get a Christmas Tree, and are having a hard time, we're going to try and help you out. You may recall that we put a Christmas Tree map together last year. Well, we're going to do it for 2010 too! So if you've spotted a tree vendor, let us know the location (the more detail, the better) and we'll put it on a map for everyone to see. Send in the location to tips@gothamist.com or put them in the comments here! [ MORE]  | Bernard Madoff, Mark Madoff, and Andrew Madoff—in happier Ponzi times The eldest son of Bernard Madoff was found dead in his Soho apartment this morning. The Post reports, "Officers were called to 158 Mercer Street to respond to a report that Mark Madoff was hanging in his apartment. He... [ MORE ] |  | What better way to kick off your Friday night than by watching indie rocker Senator Bernie Sanders (Vermont) school the American people on the proposed tax compromise he says "would exacerbate income inequality," as the LA Times puts it. Sanders has been filibustering since 10:25 a.m., with only a... [ MORE ] |  | Around Thanksgiving, a fastidious little artisanal chocolate shop called The Chocolate Library opened in the East Village. We know what you're thinking—won't little schoolchildren get confused and wander in there to borrow a copy of My Pet Goat, only to emerge all jacked up on sugar? The State Education... [ MORE ] |  | Looks like Iriving Picard, the trustee in charge of finding Bernie Madoff's missing money, saved the best for last. Picard has until tomorrow, the second anniversary of Madoff's arrest, to file claims in the case and today he dropped a doozy: he is seeking $16.9 billion from an Austrian... [ MORE ] |  | As we learned in August, photographer Katherine Kostreva created the City of the Brave calendar after her life was saved by a firefighter; since then, the 26-year-old has "made it her artistic mission to honor the firemen's selfless bravado and their muscular bodies." Now we've got a sneak peek at... [ MORE ] |  | Mayor Bloomberg is dancing on the grave of OTB! Back in 2008, he refused to allow the city to keep supporting OTB, and the shutdown threat was real until Governor Paterson agreed to have the state take over. Yesterday, the mayor said of the now-shutdown betting operation, "OTB did... [ MORE ] |  | Miraculously, no one was killed in yesterday's Queens Village crash involving an 18-wheeler truck, a minivan, an SUV and the Q43 (or Q46) bus. The crash took place at the intersection of Hillside Avenue and the Clearview Expressway, where witnesses say the bus was "zooming from the ramp" at... [ MORE ] | | |
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