Flatbush 'Gossip Girl' House For Sale, and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Friday's fire at Steiner Studios in the Brooklyn Navy Yard has been put out. NY Times

- A Brooklyn man hired what he thought was a hit man to kill his wife and cut off her hand with a samurai sword so he could get back a $27,000 diamond wedding ring. 1010 WINS

- Hillary is back on the job! The Junior Senator from NY skewers the EPA for their negligence on the Newtown Creek oil disaster. Green Brooklyn

- John McCain doesn't know how many houses he owns or what car he drove. Think Progress - Cindy McCain said she was "unsure" about the exact number of half sisters she has but would have "a staff member look into it." Huffington Post

- The Flatbush Gossip Girl house is on the market. Curbed

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