
Photograph by See-ming Lee on Flickr
- From the Gothamist Newsmap: An escaped prisoner at Smith Street To Atlantic Ave in Brooklyn, a water rescue at Breezy Point Jetty in Queens and a suspicious package at 5th Ave & 60th in Manhattan.
- A teen was sexually assaulted and robbed in Queens early this morning, but police do not believe it's connected to the two serial rapists still at large.
- The city has decided to settle for $8.7 million with the family of a man killed in the 2003 Staten Island Ferry crash. The two sides were supposed to meet in court today over the wrongful death lawsuit.
- School lunch prices are rising due to overall food cost inflation.
- Who says cockapoos aren't tough? A cockapoo puppy scared away a bear and her two cubs.
- A Gawker reader gives a bad review to NY magazine's "Highbrow BBQ."
- And should Boerum Hill residents put rolls of toilet paper on their stoops? Because the Stoop Pooper may be back!





Why don't school districts get rid of hot lunches and just have cold lunches; sandwiches and stuff? Most kids throw most of the food away anyway.
what's the source on the escaped prisoner? who is he and what was he in for?