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By Katie Barry I'm called crazy a lot. Usually for costume choices or competing in bizarre contests. But my friend Eddie Spaghetti dubbed this "passionate crazy," not "crazy-crazy" which is far freakier than my imagination can ever go. I was tossing a football around on a Saturday afternoon on a ...

National Night Out, which starts tonight at 6, is an annual event where locals can bring their kids and meet police officers in a relaxed setting. The events tend to include food and entertainment, along with activities like face-painting for kids. Below, check out the locations of this year's events:

Ollie's Noodle Shop at 2925 Broadway (between 89th and 90th) was robbed sometime late last night or early this morning, as burglars smashed through the front door, the NYPD told us. But the thieves apparently didn't get much. So far, the full extent of the losses appears to be "approximately ...

A tipster tells us that the NYPD's bomb squad taped off an area in Central Park just West of the Great Lawn this afternoon and has been telling people to avoid the immediate area. An officer  yelled "Bomb Squad" at him and told him to walk away from the Bridle ...

June 11, 2012 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 76 Degrees.

The NYPD sent us the above sketch of a man accused of robbing the Apple Bank at 73rd Street and Broadway. Police are looking for the public's help in catching him. First of all, if you've seen this guy, let the police know. The number's at the bottom. For the ...

April 20, 2012 Weather: Sunny, High of 71 Degrees.

The 24th Precinct as seen a spike in major crimes this year, with felony incidences rising more than 25% through the first week of April. In particular, felony assaults have risen 35% and burglaries have more than doubled, to 37. Robberies, however, are down 17%, and there have been no ...

Police are looking for a man they say tried to rape a woman running in Riverside Park at about 6 p.m. Friday night. The 24-year-old woman saw the man approaching from behind with his genitals exposed as she ran on a dirt path between 122nd and 125th Streets. He grabbed ...

April 5, 2012 Weather: Sunny, High of 57 Degrees.

April 4, 2012 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 67 Degrees.

Hollywood has always romanticized bank robbers, even when they were not romantic or even attractive at all. But now the Upper West Side appears to have an honest-to-goodness romantic bank robber. He brings flowers to his robberies. All together now: Awwwwww. Police are seeking the man in the picture above, ...

March 28, 2012 Weather: Afternoon Storms, High of 68 Degrees.

March 27, 2012 Weather: Sunny, High of 51 Degrees.

A second person was hit by a 2 train at the 72nd Street Broadway-line subway station just before noon, after another man was hit early this morning, an NYPD spokesperson told us. The 33-year-old white male involved in the second incident was taken to St. Luke's Hospital on 114th Street ...

February 24, 2012 Weather: Showers, High of 48 Degrees.

February 22, 2012 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 55 Degrees.

February 20, 2012 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 46 Degrees.

February 13, 2012 Weather: Sunny, High of 39 Degrees.

Alexander Rosario, a 17-year-old, left St. Luke's Hospital on 114th Street on Thursday at 2:30 p.m. and hasn't been seen since, according to the NYPD. He is in good physical condition, but "poor mental condition." Police are asking for the public's help to locate him. Update: He returned on Saturday ...