Extra, Extra

- Lindsay vs. Puffy at Butter! Not surprisingly, Puffy won.
- Crazed Staten Island hippie stalker is still gunning for blood!
- Looks like the buying vs. renting debate has finally been settled. Since 1990, renters saw a 68% increase in their housing costs. Buyers who re-financed at least once saw a 7% decrease.
- Brooklyn Papers got a new website. It's at least 75% less ugly than before! First web-exclusive: Brooklyn Yards "doesn't work."
- Bloomberg was in DC today begging for more anti-terrorism funding. No word yet on whether he was forced to bark like a dog.
- Winners of MAS/Curbed Illegal Advertising competition have been announced.
- Brooklyn prosecutors shut down Sunset Park's Sweet Cherry stripclub as part of a plea deal. Interesting fact: murderous Chelsea bouncer Stephen Sakai used to work there.
- More Brooklyn court news: 25 Years to life for the East Flatbush iPod murderer.
- Amusing Bush picture of the day: bear-hug from a new graduate (Bush was "puzzled")
- And an L train crashed at the end of the line in Canarsie - WNBC is quick to report that the train isn't computer-operated at that point

Photograph of the Guggenheim's type-refurbishing from Jason Kottke