
Photograph by NewYorkDailyPhoto on Flickr
- From the Gothamist Newsmap: A pedestrian struck at W 48th St & 5th Ave in Manhattan, a sexual assault at 71 St & 20 Ave in Brooklyn, and a perp search at Taylor St & Richmond Terr on Staten Island.
- Teachers will be measured by their students' achievement test performance (but the Department of Education claims the scores won't influence teachers' "formal job evaluations").
- The Village Voice's Tom Robbins delves into the protests over Jeannine Pirro appearing as a judge on TV.
- Two bicyclists were fatally hit by an SUV on Long Island.
- The former Lehman-now Barclays headquarters on Seventh Avenue has "no room" for former Lehman CEO Richard Fuld, so he has to go to a "lesser" office building.
- William Buckley Jr.'s will says his 8-year-old illegitimate grandson "for all purposes...shall be deemed to have predeceased me." The child's mother contends that Christopher Buckley needs to pay more in child support.
- Maybe the bubble is bursting: The listing for a $70 million penthouse apartment at the Pierre has been removed from the broker's website.
- Britney Spears was in the Bronx yesterday, visiting some school children, donating a check from Elizabeth Arden for the school's music program and hopefully staying off the purple drank.





britney actually looks good
as much as i love joe jr's - and i love it a lot - what's so special about this photograph that you chose to feature it so prominently? it is, at best, a perfectly ordinary snapshot.
just curious.
I see some nice behinds in the picture. Agreed, the picture could have been a little more creative, not just women's butts.
If there's an afterlife, William F. Buckley Jr. is in the Leona Helmsley wing of Hell. Give our salutations to Mammon, Bill!
there's only one guy in the photo.
Everybody enjoys pictures of overweight German tourists!