Photo of the Long Island City waterfront by Idle Type on Flickr

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: runners In cardiac arrest on the 59th Street Bridge and 107th St and 5th Ave in Manhattan, a violent EDP on Park Ave in Brooklyn and a suspicious package at 1560 Broadway in Manhattan.

• Brides-to-be and their fiances picketed a NJ bridal store that filed into bankruptcy (the brides didn't get their dresses).

• With Suffolk and Nassau Counties ranking fourth on the state's list of foreclosures and a number of other economic factors working against it, the near future looks grim out on Long Island.

• If Governor Paterson is as serious as he says he is about taking on the state's fiscal crisis, he may need to curb his staff's usage of state credit cards.

• John McCain wasn't the only one on the Republican ticket participating in a little comedy yesterday. Sarah Palin was on the receiving end of a prank call from two Canadian comedians who convinced the governor she was talking to French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

• The Supreme Court is about to get some F-bombs dropped on it in an upcoming case about the decency of maybe the most famous of all swear words.

• Hillary is being a trooper until the bitter end, today penning an Op-Ed in the Daily News making the case for a Barack presidency.

• Possibly inspired by Patrick Dempsey in Loverboy, seductive Queens priest 'Father Elvis' used to deliver pizzas on his spare time for $6 an hour.

• Did you know that volunteers for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade go to Clown University?