- From the Gothamist Newsmap: a jumper down on Park Ave, another jumper down on Broadway and a man shot on Amsterdam Ave all in Manhattan.
- The homeless man who went on a stabbing spree of tourists in Times Square in 2006 was sentenced to 34 years in prison today.
- Plans to build a casino at the Aqueduct racetrack have collapsed, the latest victim of the financial turmoil that has stilled the credit markets.
- New Yorkers may love to bitch and moan, but that doesn't necessarily mean that they're unhappy. The Big Apple's nowhere to be found on a new list of 22 of the nation's downer towners.
- March Madness is underway! St. Johns won their first Big East Tournament game in six years by beating Georgetown for the second time in a week today at the Garden.
- After 22 years, Ken Burns loses GMC as a sponsor, leaving no one to document The Great Depression, Part 2.
- Diddy defends allowing Chris Brown and Rihanna spend time at his Miami home: "I don't cast a stone - cast judgment on anybody. So, if friends ask me for a favor, then I'm going to be there for a favor as long as I know the energy of the favor is positive."
- And speaking of throwing stones, a stone-throwing attack on visitors at a Swedish zoo have led scientists to wonder if chimps are actually beginning to plot against us.
