In today’s midday-roundup, a dinosaur fossil sells for a cool $1 million at auction, Beach House thinks VW ripped them off, Hell’s Kitchen bees held a family hostage inside their SUV, and much more! Follow Gothamist on Twitter and like us on Facebook . You can also get the top stories mailed to you— sign up here . [ more › ]

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Early Addition: Ira Glass Finally Reveals Where He Lost Virginity

                                                                      Not everyone was waiting on line for food in Prospect Park this weekend! Hundreds of people, in fact, took one of the most beautiful weekends of the year as the perfect excuse to head to Piscataway, New Jersey, for the 2012 Steampunk World’s Fair . From across the United States (and the world) folks of all ages, colors and persuasions piled into two hotels—and the space between them—to show off their gear, talk about everything steampunk, dance, drink and generally have a good time. [ more › ]

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Photos: Scenes From The Steampunk World’s Fair 2012

            Grand Central Terminal is getting ready for its big Centennial next year, and it hopes to add two more restaurants in 2013. Today, it’s been announced that the MTA will ask restaurateurs the chance to RFP for two new spaces in the glorious landmark building. [ more › ]

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MTA Offers Up Two New Grand Central Terminal Spaces (Including Vanderbilt Hall) For Restaurants To Lease

It takes most of the day to pedal through the Five Borough Bike Tour, but thanks to the magic of the Internet, you can sit on your ass and experience the whole thing on your computer screen without burning any precious calories. Shot in HD, this timelapse video offers a hip-level view of the experience of the 2012 ride , which was by all accounts much less of a shitshow than last year’s Bike Tour . As much as participants complain about the ride’s annoying bottlenecks, it must be exhilarating to bike on the FDR: [ more › ]

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Timelapse Video: Five Borough Bike Tour In Three Minutes

Some 40,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews packed Citi Field last night (with another 20,000 overflowing into Arthur Ashe stadium) for a huge rally warning about the evils of the Internet. If you’re curious about what went on inside, look no further than the Internet, where the Twitter hastag #Asifa yields a slew of live updates from the rally. Organizers had futilely tried to keep the sold-out event private, to no avail. Josh Nathan-Kazis at the Forward was told that reporters would not be permitted inside because of Homeland Security. [ more › ]

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Ultra-Orthodox Internet Rally Bans Press, Organizers Cite "Homeland Security"

Time for another tale of “farebeaters get caught by cops carrying concealed weapons!” This time, the story takes place at Union Square at 4 a.m. yesterday, when two cops assigned to the transit division stopped two men who entered the subway system with only one swipe. Cue the music ! [ more › ]

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Cops Arrest Farebeaters, Discover Loaded Guns And Bullet Proof Vest

Because you wish Rex Ryan would bless you on your wedding day, check out today’s end-of-day links: Cory Booker defends Bain, “Avengers” rules box office, geekology, and an adorable cystic fibrosis dance. 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 . [ more › ]

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Extra, Extra: Thomas Friedman Got His Butt Kicked On Jeopardy!

According to the Post , the seven-months pregnant wife of Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie sent her husband a series of suicidal texts messages in May 2011 that read: “God forgive me, I don’t want to die. What have I done?” and “I cut my wrists. I took those pills.” It turned out all to be a ruse to get her husband back home, fearing he was cheating on her with another woman. After all, the 28-year-old Cromartie has quite the reputation: he has 10 kids by eight different women in six states, AND the couple is expecting a set of twins soon. [ more › ]

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Wife Of Virile Jet Antonio Cromartie Reportedly Faked Suicide

To celebrate the occasion of a gang of toothless millionaires pushing a disc around for glory (and money), the New York Rangers sponsored a flight from La Guardia to Newark yesterday, and the Times (with a photographer!) was on hand to witness the five minute flight. Reporter and Rangers fan Tony Gervino writes that the whole trip, “door to door,” took five hours, “almost twice as long as the game itself.” And what about the fact that Delta and the Rangers just spewed a ton of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, not to mention all the people who had to drive to the airport because they—WOOOOO GO RANGERS! [ more › ]

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Rangers-Sponsored Flight From LGA To Newark Took 5 Hours, Was In Air 10 Minutes

The Apollo Theater announced that Chaka Khan will perform a tribute to Whitney Houston at its Spring Gala next month . One of Houston’s hits from The Bodyguard was a cover of Chaka Khan’s “I’m Every Woman” (written by Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson). Houston and Khan, who were friends, performed it at the 1999 VH1 Divas concert: [ more › ]

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Chaka Khan Will Pay Tribute To Whitney Houston At The Apollo