Early Addition

From the Gothamist Newsmap: A pedestrian struck at S Conduit Ave & Rockaway Blvd in Queens, a confined space rescue at Kingsland Ave And Greenpoint Ave in Brooklyn and a collapse at 6th Ave near 36th St in Manhattan.
The police union has approved the contract with gives them 17% raise over the next four years, plus bumps rookie pay from $36,000 to over $40,000.
Not only is WaMu CEO (for the past three weeks) Alan Fishman the former head of Brooklyn-based Independence Community Bank, he's eligible for an over $11 million cash severance package and to keep his $7.5 million signing bonus.
Think twice about speeding on Long Island--legislators backed a $50 surcharge on tickets.
Brooklyn parents experiment with baby-sitting each other's kids (you accrue points for watching a certain number of kids, etc).
Police are looking for a serial bank robber in Manhattan; the suspect has hit eight banks and demands money verbally or by note.
In a different robbery, a teller asking a bank robber if he was serious apparently thwarted the attempt.
Signs from the landmark Lundys seem to have disappeared. Gerritsen Beach points out since it is a landmark, "nothing can be done without specific permission from the Landmarks Preservation Commision."
And Maria the crocodile, who had been living at the Bronx Zoo, is retiring to Mami.