
Photograph by nschaden on Flickr
- From the Gothamist Newsmap: A maced member of service at S Railroad Ave & Fremont Ave on Staten Island, a fire on Roosevelt Island, and a car vs. building at Wyckoff St & Nevins St in Brooklyn.
- Stocks managed to rally, in spite of "dismal economic reports"; the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P 500 were up 2%, 2.84%, and 2.58% respectively.
- Is a deal between the City Council and Mayor Bloomberg over the $400 property rebate coming soon?
- The father of the Rivka Holtzberg, who was killed in Mumbai alongside with husband Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, said his daughter was pregnant at the time of her death.
- A former Defense official says U.S. intelligence found that the terrorists behind the Mumbai attacks were trained by former Pakistani army and intelligence officers. Also, one of the terrorists revealed that there were still explosives at the train station.
- Giants coach Tom Coughlin said he expects linebacker Antonio Pierce, who was present when Plaxico Burress accidentally shot himself, to play on Sunday.
- Hawkmeadinejad, the beloved bird of prey at Columbia University, chowed down on the South Lawn.
- Daily Intel rounds up various bad news about the media business--like how Time Out New York is for sale for $40 million.
- Momofuku everywhere, all the time! You're next, Williamsburg.
- And a Republican congresswoman hung up on President-elect Obama twice (well, maybe once, because the second call was from chief of staff-designate Rahm Emanuel) because she thought a radio station was pranking her.





Beautiful photo!
Hawkmeadinejad FTW!