Extra, Extra

• Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: A person was hit by a train at a Penn Station subway, a barricaded perp in the Bronx and large brush fire in Staten Island
• The Village Voice has named its latest editor - Tony Ortega. Let's see how he answers questions about minority hiring!
• Who knew that the Campbell Apartment was once a signalman's office AND a closet where the transit police stored its guns?
• Representatives from New York want more terrorism insurance money for NYC
• You have to love it when an Ask MetaFilter question gets really specific, like, "How do I find a gay financial planner who is in Manhattan, has inheritance, tax, and foreign country experience, and speaks Spanish?"
• Wall Street Historic District was named to the National Register of Historic Places - but does Wall Street really need the tax benefits that come with the registrations?
• When a rotating cupcake falls, it does make a noise and a blogger does hear it
• We have to admit, when we read the Metro story about Santerian potions, we half-expected the paper to burst into flames
• If you've got the money, you might be able to take over a rent-stabilized building and then kick tenants out, given the way the law is going
• And a Brooklyn man admitted to being involved in 80 shootings - 30 of them murders - while running a drug gang

Photograph of Phagwah Festivities in Queens by brainware3000 on Flickr -and here's what Phagwah is