Extra, Extra

Photo from inside a cab stuck in traffic on Broadway near Houston by Idle Type on Flickr

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: a slashing at Shore Blvd & Emmons Ave in Brooklyn, a robbery at Underwood Park at Washington Ave and Lafayette Ave in Brooklyn and a special delivery at JFK.

• An 11-year-old girl was found dead in her home in Brooklyn. No arrests have been made yet.

• The Post makes the term limits vote appear even shadier (if that's possible) by revealing that they spotted a Bloomberg backer and city employee lingering around the Council floor and garnering support as deliberations went on when he wasn't supposed to be there.

• 75 CUNY law students will be working as poll monitors on Election Day.

• Composer Tex Allen is suing actor Terrence Howard for $5 million for allegedly beating him up backstage last winter while they were both working on Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

• Natalie Portman and Rashida Jones's economic crisis solution: puppies!

• While we still wait for Ashley Todd costumes to start turning up, for now we can settle for a jack-o-lantern inspired by her.

• This should be filed under "Micturating Missed Connection."