Early Addition

Photograph of a salt pile by jphillipobrien on Flickr

From the Gothamist Newsmap: A high-rise fire at Broadway & 39th St in Manhattan, a missing person on Raymonds Ave in the Bronx, and an evidence search on Howard Circle on Staten Island.
A building on West 54th Street near 8th Avenue in midtown Manhattan was evacuated when someone called about cracks in the wall.
Police say robbers are targeting fast food restaurants.
No surprise here: Speed-the-Plow is better off with William H. Macy in the role abandoned by Jeremy "The Thermometer" Piven.
Director Errol Morris has an elucidating blog chat with photo editors about a gallery of George W. Bush photographs.
A NJ library will accept canned food donations, instead of cash, for late fee payments. It's part of their "Food for Fines" program next month.
Chef Mario Batali has banned Gordon Ramsay from all his restaurants for calling him "Fanta Pants" and being a big meanie.
Smoke 'em if you got 'em: crack isn't so bad for babies after all!
And the District of Columbia, which isn't a state (yet!), has its own commemorative quarter—it features Duke Ellington.