- From the Gothamist Newsmap: A barricaded EDP on Rockaway Beach Blvd in Queens, a fall victim near Broadway & Morris St in Manhattan and an unusual fire at Oceanview Ave at Brighton in Brooklyn.
- Five teenagers who beat up a man in Westchester County decided to call the victim the next day to taunt him. Fortunately, the police were able to trace the call and arrest the jerks.
- NJ Governor Jon Corzine gets to keep e-mails he sent to ex-girlfriend (and state labor union had) Carla Katz private, according to a court ruling. Republicans had argued for the e-mails' release, since they were while the union and state were negotiating.
- If your child will be kindergarten-age by the fall, make sure you apply to NYC public schools by March 2.
- The Mets are suing Canadian company Alphatrade for not paying $500,000 in Shea Stadium signage fees.
- A man was killed when a NJ Transit train hit him near Linden during the evening commute. NJ Transit said the man seemed to "put himself into the side of the train."
- Sunset Park, the next artists' community? Artists' loft space is being put aside at the Industry City development.
- Heath Ledger's mother says the posthumous Golden Globe awarded to Ledger for his role in The Dark Knight will go to his daughter Matilda.
- The real-life divorce of a Gossip Girl actress (the one who plays Blake Lively's mom) is soap opera-worthy.