Photograph of a dog at Bethesda Terrace by any.g on Flickr

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: A suspicious package at Chambers St & Church St in Manhattan, a pedestrian struck at Neptune Av & W 29 St in Brooklyn and an evidence search on Todt Hill Rd on Staten Island.
• Thirty-four people were evacuated from 81 Bowery last night; the building's rooms are zoned for single occupancy use, but investigators found three bunk beds in each room.
• The Department of Education is ending its plan of trying to centralize kindergarten applications since the system was "marred by snags."
• Verizon is refusing to pay local taxes on utility poles in NJ, because people are using other ways to communicate these days.
• Could this be an ode to Madonna by A-Rod? And would she think it was "neat"?
• It looks like Joe Lieberman may be able to keep his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
• Don't have time for Keith Olbermann's lengthy Special Comments? Here it is in a minute--and plus, "You're making a jackass of yourself."
• Worries about the possible demolition of Bellerose's beloved Frozen Cup has spurred action to document the property for the National Trust for Historic Preservation.