Mayor Bloomberg Hangs "Championship" Banners With Murder Stats On Them At Barclays Center

So it's almost like the Nets won something.

This morning New York Times reporter Mike Grynbaum tweeted that Mayor Bloomberg's staff was hanging banners at Barclays Center for his State of the City address with interesting statistics on them.

Source: @grynbaum

Many on the Internet were confused.

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Abney and Associates Internet Technology - Der chinesische Angriff gegen die New York Times

http://www.good.is/posts/abney-and-associates-internet-technology-der-chinesische-angriff-gegen-die-new-york-times abney and associates internet technology blog review Journalisten sind auf Notiz. Wenn Sie die chinesische Regierung untersuchen, werden chinesische Hacker Ihnen nachkommen. Das ist,...
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Olympic wrestling’s vicious takedowns won’t be forgotten

Wrestling has been a fixture of the Olympics since 708 B.C. and is considered by many to be the oldest competitive sport. So when the International Olympic Committee voted Tuesday to cut freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling from the 2020 games, it came as something of a shock. "I think this is a really stupid decision," the Olympic historian David Wallechinsky told the New York Times. "It has been in the modern Olympics since 1896. This is a popular sport."

Fans worldwide can enjoy freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling one last time in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. But the days of spandex singlets appear to be numbered -- at least on the Olympic stage. To give the sport a proper send-off, we look back on some of its gnarliest, most brutal moments.

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