- From the Gothamist Newsmap: An escaped prisoner at Coney Island Ave & Gravesend Neck Rd in Brooklyn, a baby in cardiac arrest on Seymour Ave in the Bronx and a fall victim on West 46 St in Manhattan.
- The Oscar-winning songwriter of "You Light Up My Life" is suspected of five sexual assaults in Manhattan: "The women were hooked by Brooks' promise of parts in his next movie, sources said. He boasted about his Oscar and offer to show it to them at his pad."
- Move over, Rick Warren: A gay bishop—Reverend Gene Robinson—will also deliver an invocation for President-elect Barack Obama at an inaugural event.
- After defending Lillo Brancato, attorney Joseph Tacopina finds his relationship with the police union strained. Patrolmen's Benevolent Association president Patrick Lynch called Tacopina's behavior "insulting."
- Messed-up: A father (apparently a minister) helped his two sons beat up a student at Millburn High School in NJ.
- Shocking: Park Slopers like to drink!
- Hud-Rod? Kate Hudson and A-Rod had dinner together at Lure Fishbar. Her rep says Hudson was with a group of people.
- Sherlock Holmes fans convened in Roslyn, where Christopher Morley, who founded the Sherlock Holmes appreciation society, The Baker Street Irregulars. One fan said, "t binds us together is the friendship. I really haven't met a Sherlockian I didn't like."
- And those Internet commenters that Tina Fey told off really do exist—on the LA Times' blogs!
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