Extra, Extra

- The ME's office confirms that the body found off Bronx shores is that of Jim Runsdorf, who went missing after the boat he and friends were rowing crashed into a motorboat
- Model trains in realistic NYC, NJ, and Pennsylvannia settings [via kottke]
- City College gets $26 million from Intel founder Andy Grove
- The FDNY reaches a contract agreement with the city - the Mayor is getting his house in order pre-election
- Forbes' Dan Lyons hates blogs - hates 'em! [BoingBoing points out you will need to use bugmenot to get a login and password for the site] He's just like the Catholic schools of NJ who aren't allowing students to blog
- Yes, everyone loves Idina Menzel; except for the weirdo sending threatening letters to her and Taye Diggs
- More Halloween tips from the Daily News