Extra, Extra

1. The Post interviews some of Michael Richards' friends, and surprise surprise-- they said he's pretty tightly wound.
2. Ed Bradley was remembered at his memorial service as "cooler than cool."
3. Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: an "unusual trauma" in Astoria, a car fire on the West Side Highway, and a homicide in the Bronx.
4. Hevesi slaps back at Pataki: he says the outgoing Governor is pushing through billions of dollars in wasteful spending during his last six weeks in office.
5. The Intrepid may be on its way to dry-dock by early December, if the Navy keeps moving at their current dredging pace.
6. The product all you vegans have been waiting for, and the most insane link of the day: the tofurkey disguise kit! [Via Supervegan.]
7. State approval of the Atlantic Yards project has been delayed by a few weeks because of an administrative glitch: they "forgot" to include some public comments in the Environmental Impact Statement that they certified last week.

Forty-Second Street, by Joe Holmes.