
- Today on Gothamist Newsmap: A brush fire at 147th and Harlem River Drive, a truck stuck under the bridge at the West 231st and Broadway subway tracks in the Bronx, and a barricaded EDP on Staten Island
- College news: NYU protesters didn't storm the stage when the president of the Minutemen visited and Barnard's president is stepping down after 14 years (!)
- According to the Post, Peter Braunstein "has sat through the hearings in a wheelchair, typically slumped over, droopy-eyed and with his mouth hanging agape"
- When the Queen Mary came to Brooklyn last year, it was a big deal; this second trip, not so much
- After Mayor Bloomberg's skeptical comments and some community outcry, Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden tries to explain the city's circumcision policy to community members
- Update about the 25-year-old woman who killed her baby (with the help of her sisters): Her lawyer says she didn't realize she was pregnant but thought she was constipated
- Al Roker thinks that Don Imus is a radio legend and that he should resign
- And a coyote tried to attack a 22-month-old in NJ - only for the baby's 11-year-old uncle to save him




The Queen Mary is permanently docked in Long Beach, CA. I think you mean the Queen Mary 2.
The grandfather claims it was the size of a German shepherd? His eyes must be going, I've seen many a coyote, and they are not nearly as big as a German shepherd. Though I've never heard of one attacking a person either...
"Racist Minutemen you can't hide, we charge you with genocide."
Much like with "no person is illegal", I can only assume that these people prefer rhymes over coherent though. Can someone explain what either one mean?