Elsewhere in the Ist-a-Verse: Hanging by a Thread Off the Williamsburg Bridge

By Staff in News on Jul 17, 2011 10:00PM

An acrobat does a death-defying stunt on the Williamsburg Bridge. (Image Credit: (credit: Sam Horine)

Gothamist watched in awe as an acrobat dangled from the Williamsburg Bridge with just some pieces of fabrics. But the police were not so amused!

It’s been an active week for Seattlest’s oft-divisive mayor; on Mayor McGinn’s agenda is the continuing battle over child prostitution with local Village Voice Media paper, the Seattle Weekly, at week’s end, neither party has budged, with McGinn threatening to go nationwide. Elsewhere, McGinn begins making moves toward bringing state liquor laws into the 21st Century. In non-mayor-related civic news, the people of Seattle crowded county council chambers in support of Metro, the county’s mass transit system.

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SFist found out that a speeding cyclist who nearly killed a pedestrian "would face the same potential legal repercussions as the driver of any car involved in a collision with a pedestrian" if found guilty.

Shanghaiist was shocked that a teacher who claims she was raped was told by the police "It's not rape if he used a condom."

Austinist interviewed the co-founder of a company that hopes to be the first package-free, waste-not grocery store in Austin and ostensibly the U.S.!

Chicagoist offered their picks for this weekend's Pitchfork Music Festival and said goodbye to radio station Q101.