And A Special Badge Went To The Scout Who Retrieved Lance Armstrong’s Sweatpants

Pre-race clothes thoughtlessly cast off at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge approach on the day of the New York City Marathon go to charity thanks to a civic-minded Girl Scout troop:

The Girl Scouts of Troop 5140 spent the day of the New York City Marathon running — to and fro.

They ran with coats, they ran with scarves, they ran with hats and gloves and windbreakers.

They scurried around picking up athlete litter, and all told ended up with more than 75 bags of clothes for charity.

The articles had all been cast off at the start of the race on Staten Island by runners who didn’t want to be hampered by the weight.

The girls and their leader, Sue Tramm of Fort Wadsworth, collected all the leftovers and spent the next week sorting it, cleaning it, and folding it so it would be ready for donation.

“I folded 50 hundred blankets!” exclaimed 9-year-old Evelyn.

Now all the clothes are sitting inside an unused Coast Guard apartment in Fort Wadsworth, in clear plastic bags — a great improvement from being strewn on muddy grass and cold asphalt the day of the event.

It was the second year the Scouts has done this drive, the idea for which was born when one troop mother was lamenting the wasted clothes and wishing the girls could use the opportunity to earn their bronze badges.

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[T]hey were not prepared for the opening shot, when jackets and sweatpants went flying over their heads like incoming bullets.

“Everyone started throwing water bottles!” exclaimed Emilee, 10. “My mom was like, ‘Watch out!'” Shortly thereafter, a piece of bagel whizzed by her ear.

The clothes are intended to go to the New York Cares coat drive.

No One Gets Away Until They Whippet

Oh my god, run Vivi, run:

Vivi may still be wandering the city.

The scent of the missing California show dog was picked up by a pet detective in Queens yesterday — renewing hope that the pampered pooch who bolted from her crate at Kennedy Airport nine months ago could be found.

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The team of volunteers searching for the dog has been frustrated by a string of false leads. But they were encouraged yesterday after a team of tracking dogs from the Oklahoma-based Pet Detectives Inc. discovered Vivi’s scent at Mount Hebron Cemetery in Kew Gardens Hills.

“We had been getting discouraged that there’s been no sign of Vivi in a long time,” said Karin Goin, the pet detective. “The scent we found is no more than three months old, which is good.”

Goin’s two tracking dogs — Dodger and Cade — detected the whippet’s scent nearly 8 miles from Kennedy Airport and followed it south along the Van Wyck Expressway. Goin will resume the search today.

“Vivi is a nomadic breed who can survive a long time on the move without much food,” said Goin, who has a license to track lost cats and dogs. “As long as she’s not hit by a car, she could be okay.”

Goin has been using the scent from one of Vivi’s coats to track the dog, which had been rumored to be moving through Forest Park and around Cypress Hills Cemetery.

See also: Vivi The Whippet.

In The Venn Diagram Of Deviancy, “Comic Book Guy” Increasingly Overlapping With “Sicko” And “Perv”

Everybody loves exposing pervs on the subway, but Police Commissioner Ray Kelly urges caution, noting that some pervs may not take kindly to the act:

Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly recently issued a statement warning straphangers to use extreme caution when trying to catch subway flashers on cell phone cameras. Kelly acknowledged that such photos have assisted investigators in bringing the flashers to justice-but warned those snapping the sickos to consider they may be putting themselves in danger by doing so.

Kelly reminded the sharpshooters to think about how the flasher might react when he realizes he’s been caught in the act.

Kelly’s remarks on the particularly satisfying form of vigilante justice come after a particularly pervy perv was caught in the act on the 7 train*:

The same individual who exposed himself to a 15-year-old in March is alleged to have flashed a second woman on the same No. 7 line on May 5. Both times the pervert’s victims snapped cell phone pictures of him.

Cops released both images to the press, asking for the public’s help in catching the serial flasher.

Police said the latest victim, a 22-year-old Queens woman, was riding the No. 7 with a friend and her mother when she spotted the pervert-exposed and peering at her over his sunglasses.

When the woman snapped photos of him, the man tried to cover his face with an Archie comic book, police said. After she was certain she had a clear photo, the woman tried to embarrass the man by shouting to other straphangers that he was exposing himself, police said. The man quickly exited the train.

*Isn’t May 5 like six months ago? Who cares when you have Archie!

Not Clear Whether This Includes The Duane Reade In Forest Hills But We Can Only Hope

This is precisely why they hate our freedom:

New York’s most ubiquitous drugstore quietly got sexy two weeks ago by stocking erotic toys and passion oils, according to Crain’s New York Business magazine.

Among the items for sale from the upscale Kama Sutra line of sex aids are feather ticklers, edible honey dust, vibrators and flavored condoms.

A Kama Sutra executive said selling through Duane Reade was an easy choice, and predicted New Yorkers won’t blink at seeing “pleasure” products next to the pharmacy. “We figured the Manhattan customer was sophisticated enough for our products,” said Beverly Pollington Sirjani, senior VP of California-based Kama Sutra.

Everything Sounds Classier With “De Lux” Tacked On

God willing, that cruddy old hipster flask can finally be retired:

As far as National Amusements sees it, Whitestone residents and moviegoers at College Point Multiplex Cinemas “have a love for entertainment and an excellent dining experience.”

With that thought in mind, the Massachusetts-based company applied to the New York State Liquor Authority in April for a liquor license at its 12-screen College Point movie theater.

The application, which is currently being evaluated by the SLA, is for the theater’s new Chatters Bar & Grill. Chatters is just one feature of National Amusements’ new signature theatre concept, Cinema de Lux.

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Chatters is a full-service restaurant featuring American fare, and would include a full service bar with beer, wine and signature specialty drinks. “Anyone is welcome to dine at Chatters; it makes a great place for lunch, meeting friends for a snack or enjoying a meal before, during or after the movie,” the spokeswoman added.

According to the SLA, a movie theater alone cannot apply for a liquor license, but if a restaurant is present on the premises an application may be processed, whether or not the film is shown in the restaurant or separate rooms. National Amusements could not confirm the configuration of Chatters as of press time.