 Yesterday, a group of clergy members gathered to denounce the 40% abortion rate in New York City. The Health Department had previously revealed that of 87,273 pregnancies were "induced terminations," compared to nearly 127,000 live births (there were also over 11,000 miscarriages), which means NYC's abortion rate is about double the national rate. Archbishop Timothy Dolan said, "I’m frankly embarrassed to be a member of a community where 41 percent of pregnancies are terminated... New York does not deserve the gravestone 'Abortion capital of the world.' Our boast is the Statue of Liberty, not the Grim Reaper." [MORE]  | A reader sent along this photo, taken today in Kew Gardens, Queens. Pictured (aside from our tax dollars hard at work): a city worker dumpster diving and loading his urban treasures into his work vehicle. An MTA vehicle, to be exact. Maybe he was just helping out the Sanitation Department!... [ MORE ] |  | Is Apple planning to launch a new product? Yes, of course. They always are. But are they planning to launch a new product later this month? Most likely; they do have a history of launching products in January just after CES so as to make all the other tech companies look slow. So we buy AppleInsider's report that Apple's store employees are being told not to take vacations during the last week of January and the first two weeks of February. But what product or products will be keeping those poor employees away from their loved ones? The media guessing-game is exactly what Steve Jobs loves. ... [ MORE ] |  | Yesterday, WABC 7 weather anchor Heidi Jones pleaded not guilty to falsely reporting an incident to the police. The criminal complaint says Jones admitted making up a story about being nearly raped/attacked by a Hispanic man twice, while her lawyer says she never said she was a victim of a rape. Now WCBS 2 reports, "Police detectives actually did pick up a Latino who vaguely fit Jones’ description, but he was not arrested, reports CBS 2’s Pablo Guzman. He was quickly released, and the police apologized." Cue "some Puerto Rican guy." ... [ MORE ] |  | Prior to his Today show appearance this morning, Ted Williams (the man with the golden voice) was going to finally reunite with his 90-year-old mother, Julia Williams. The reunion was to take place at the airport, where Early Show co-anchor Chris Wragge accompanied Julia, who hasn't seen her son—who has been homeless and panhandling in Ohio—in over almost 20 years. The reunion didn't happen however, as it was ambushed by another media outlet! CBS reports that he was quickly whisked away before the two could see each other.... [ MORE ] |  | It's been more than four months since Dan Savage started his "It Gets Better" video project, in response to the bullying and suicide of several gay teens, including Rutgers student Tyler Clementi. And now, Mayor Bloomberg has made his own IGB video (which you can see below). Many have criticized Bloomberg for slashing funds for homeless LGBT youths, but the City Council announced today that they have figured out a way to restore $35 million to the street outreach program.... [ MORE ] |  | Today's end-of-day links: A poll finds more support for Christie than Obama in 2012, Cuomo brought the LOLZ to his PowerPoint presentation, DJs who want to be twins, Meg Ryan and John Mellencamp are enjoying NYC culture and more. Also, remember to follow Gothamist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.... [ MORE ] |  | Not to be outdone by Catherine Zeta-Jones, famous person Jake Gyllenhaal took the subway with the regular people last night. This is him on the Q train, standing in such a way that it's like he knows someone is armed with a camera phone nearby. Also, he is wearing sunglasses, underground, on the subway, at night. Maybe covering up his tears?... [ MORE ] | | |
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