- From the Gothamist Newsmap: child CPR at JFK Terminal 4, a kidnapping and serious assault on Decatur Ave in Brooklyn and a police scooter MVA at 8th Ave and 56th St in Manhattan.
- A newborn baby was found in a plastic bag outside a Bay Ridge home this morning.
- The Obama family is deciding between a labradooble or Portuguese water hound to be the first pup. And they need to see if shelters offer them.
- Frank Rich's op-ed column about the $50 billion taxpayers contributed to the "corrupt" reconstruction of Iraq is titled, "Eight Years of Madoffs."
- The NY Public Library's central stacks should open this week after being tested for lead (there were concerns over some windows' paint).
- Some of the wayward dolphins hanging out in (too cold) NJ are finally making their way back to the ocean.
- Brett Favre is sounding closer to announcing his retirement, telling ESPN, "I don't feel I have anything else to prove."
- Clint Eastwood made America's weekend: Gran Torino was number one at the box office.
- And the Daily News takes a look into the wild world of rodeo clowns.
