Here’s a little manufactured sunshine on this rainy day: NJ’s infamous tanning mom Patricia Krentcil is speaking out on the Today Show and she wants you to know she’s not sitting around tanning all the time : “I’m up at 3 in the morning, making sure all the wash is done. My husband goes to work at 4:30.” After she makes her kids breakfast and packs their lunches, “They’re all off and gone. And then I work all day inside and outside the house.” [ more › ]

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NJ Tanorexic Mom: Look In The Mirror And STEP OFF, People

Remember when TLC Commissioner David Yassky told us in March that a fare increase was “not on our agenda?” What a difference 76 days makes, because today Yassky indicated that fares may go up by as much as 16% to 20% this summer. “The fare hasn’t changed since 2006, so it is reasonable for taxi drivers and fleet owners to put this on the table,” he tells the Daily News. Woah, if Yassky keeps it up he might just earn himself the title of Deputy Commissioner of Public Information for the NYPD. [ more › ]

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You Might Pay 20% More For A Cab Ride Very Soon

Back when Cornell’s bid to bring a high-tech campus to Roosevelt Island was approved by the City the school said that it’d be holding classes in the city (if not on Roosevelt Island) ASAP. And thanks to a very generous gift from Google, that really will happen. Despite its longstanding ties to Stanford, internet behemoth Google today announced it is giving the school 22,000-square-feet of space on an upper floor of its NYC headquarters, rent free, for the next five-and-a-half years. [ more › ]

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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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              Early this morning, there was a two car accident in Brooklyn—and we happened to be on the scene when it occurred. The incident occurred just after 4 a.m. today at the intersection of Rogers Avenue and Union Street in Crown Heights. FDNY tells us that four people were all taken to Kings County Hospital with minor injuries. Check out photos of the accident above. [ more › ]

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By now, the tales of “no toilet paper” and “we didn’t have cell phone service for three hours!” are being spun into yarns that will be spoken in hushed voices of generations of jilted foodies to come. But we braved yesterday’s crowds and can give you intel more useful than a passive-aggressive (or just aggressive! ) tweet. [ more › ]

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While you were sipping your third mimosa and complaining about the subpar battery life on your cellular phone, Greg Wetzel was saving a woman’s life. Wetzel, a 40-year-old father of three, was standing with his children at the West 72nd Street subway station at 12:45 yesterday afternoon when he saw something out of the corner of his eye: a woman had fallen unconscious onto the tracks. He immediately jumped down and lifted her to safety. “He didn’t hesitate,” a witness told the Daily News. “The guy was really amazing. This guy was like a real hero.” [ more › ]

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UWS Dad Jumps Onto Subway Tracks To Save Woman

                      There was a lot of big stuff happening on last night’s season finale of Saturday Night Live : there was “Lazy Sunday 2″ (which could end up being one of the last digital shorts), host Mick Jagger played bits of seven songs (including six Stones classics), Stefon had a hilarious return, and most emotionally, the cast bid farewell to the departing Kristen Wiig in the final sketch. [ more › ]

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