Extra, Extra

- The NYPD is taking farebeating seriously: Two cops chased a turnstile jumper, only to have him take one officer's nightstick and hit him hard enough to crack his ribs; but they did manage to arrest him
- Thank God: David Cross reveals to Gawker how to tell him apart from the fake David Cross that may be trying to sleep with you
- The Mayor has to explain
- Police release a sketch of the rapist who pretended to be a firefighter in order to attack a woman in her apartment
- The son of a former NYPD deputy commissioner was arrested for trying to buy $450,000 worth of pot; while that would be a punch, his sister died of a heroin addiction
- City Comptroller William Thompson released his annual Financial Report; now, while you might think this is a snoozefest, odds are that Bill will run for Mayor in 2009
- And Radio City Hall has rejected the musicians' union offer to return - cold!