Extra, Extra

- City buses will keep a seat open, as well as leave their headlights on, to mark the 50th anniversary of Rosa Parks not giving up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus (and Gothamist didn't realize it was the bus centennial in July until recently - New York is definitely a subway-centric town)
- A 94 year old retired police officer is being evicted by the city, but CBS 2 helps stop them
- Fire deaths are higher this year versus 2004, but lower than previous years; fire related-injuries are down
- NYU admits its first gay fraternity as grad students continue to strike
- Starting at midnight till midnight Thursday, people will gather in City Hall Park to read the names of people who have died of AIDS during a 24 hour vigil for World AIDS Day
- The city and teachers union are struggling over what lunch duty should be
- If only real estate advertising were as honest as Copyranter thinks it should be
- Homicide and Oz creative force, Tom Fontana, is being honored tonight by Scenarios USA, the non-profit that helps teens face issues through the creative process