Extra, Extra

• Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a missing child on 8th Ave. in Manhattan, a double shooting at Bedford Ave. and Empire Blvd. in Brooklyn, and a water rescue at Broadway and West 8th St. in Brooklyn.
• A map of the NYC subway system with a realistic portrayal of which stops are available to handicapped people and/or people with strollers who can't navigate stairs.
• Those rent-to-own centers that people take advantage of every year near the Super Bowl? Terrible, terrible financial setup for the buyer.
• That guy who was working at a law firm despite never graduating from law school or undergraduate college got off with five years probation, after repaying $150,000 in falsely obtained salary.
• In a lights-out case of falling fixtures, a staffer at Cosmo magazine is suing multiple parties for the the lighting fixture that fell on her head, knocking her out and reportedly "scalping" her.
• New York is now a gay-friendly state that recognizes other states' declarations of marriage between same sex couples.
• The family of Imette St. Guillen is suing the state for paroling her daughter's alleged killer, who is suspected of abducting her in the early morning and then brutally raping her before killing her.
• Former Presidential candidate John Kerry's sister, Margaret, was knocked down and robbed in an attack Wednesday evening. She suffered a cut on her forehead and police are searching for suspects.

Untitled photo of Monster Segway, by JCN on flickr