Photograph of Midtown Manhattan by Andy in NYC on Flickr

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: a bank robbery on Manhattan Ave. in Brooklyn, an unusual MVA on Varick St. @ Charlton St. in Manhattan and a shooting on 148th St. and Powell Blvd. in Manhattan.

• Two Newark men have been arrested in connection to a series of drive-by shootings that left two dead.

• Three of six children who went missing on Long Island Thursday night were found in a relative's home in Queens and their grandmother has been arrested.

• Mayor Bloomberg's book looking back at his tenure as mayor has been pushed back with a third term now potentially looming.

• After baseball returned to Newark following a 50-year absence in 2003, it looks like the town may be without a team once again with the Newark Bears supposedly on the verge of folding.

• The Garden State was actually a serious possibility when the Yankees were considering relocating before receiving financing for their new Bronx stadium. So said team president Randy Levine in congressional hearings yesterday.

• While Banksy murals are popping up around town here in New York, a London judge ordered that one be taken down off a city building across the pond.

• Law & Order will return to Wednesday nights starting November 5th for a "crime-time lineup" on NBC following Knight Rider and Life. In order to make room, Lipstick Jungle is moving to Fridays.

• Adorable alert: add one more puppy parade featuring dogs in Halloween costumes to the list of ones going on around town this weekend. This one starts at 2 p.m. in Greenpoint.