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CHICAGO - AUGUST 25: A United States Postal Service employee walks past mail drop boxes outside the Roberto Clemente Post Office August 25, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. The Postal Service announced it would offer $15,000 for buyouts of up to 30,000 employees eligible for retirement, early retirement, or those in select positions. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
A New Yorker asks, "Is my husband building a bomb?" Luckily, it's just an extensive network of basement pipes meant to cool an old house. [Reclaimed Home]
The Red Hook Lobster Pound continues its unstoppable pinch on the city as new reports emerge that the owner/chefs are opening up a kitchen to serve their delicious lobster rolls. [Lost City]
The Observer gets a new theater critic in Jesse Oxfield, a former editor at Gawker and New York magazine. [Fishbowl NY]
The 9th Street Post Office in Park Slope is (un)officially the slowest in Brooklyn. It's true because the chalk says so. [Gothamist]
NYU Local is back! Run by students, the reporting coming out of here is just as good (if not better) as half of the city's real news organizations. [NYU Local]
Want "Sex in the City" spoilers? OK, read on. SAMANTHA IS GOING THROUGH MENOPAUSE! That's all. Other than that, lots of chatty Cathys. [Runnin' Scared]
Ever had a "masculine salad" with "masculine lettuce"? [Grub Street]
Don't steal bikes, bro! At brunch, a bike messenger lays some smack-down street justice on a surprised street thief. There's video! [Gothamist]