Extra, Extra

• Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: an all-hands high rise fire on 54th and 5th, a jumper down on 54th and 3rd, and an "armed assault in transit" on the J in Brooklyn.
• Aw, Ranger the NYPD dog who was injured in the line of duty, is going home to Staten Island - he's wearing a splint on his leg and his handler says Ranger is on a "high-protein" diet because they want him back in action
• Riverside Park: now with 400% less crime.
• A New Jersey assemblyman wants to sue New York in revenge for accusations that his state caused Monday's Big Stink.
• Think twice before you send Bill and Hillary a box of holiday cookies: "After the post office was evacuated, a member of the county’s bomb squad, dressed in protective gear, approached the 3-foot-by-3-foot package and checked it with a portable X-ray device. When no bomb parts were seen, the package was opened, revealing the cookies."
• Congressman Anthony really wants bomb-proof subway trash cans -his "Congratulations on the new job" letter to MTA CEO Elliot Sander says, "I am writing to follow up on an issue I discussed repeatedly with your predecessor: the danger of explosives being placed in trash cans in our City’s subway stations."
• Can you imagine being the "King of All Pimps" when your own defense lawyer steals your escort business? Welcome to Jason Itzler's world.

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