- From the Gothamist Newsmap: An escaped EDP from Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn, a sick MOS (member of service) at E 112th St & Park Ave in Manhattan and an overturned auto on the eastbound BQE at the LIE in Queens.
- A 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Italy has killed at least 90 people—rescuers are still looking for survivors.
- Last week, in separate incidents, two special needs students were abandoned on their buses by the drivers.
- Former Congressman John Sweeney (who lost his seat to an upstart named Kirsten Gillibrand) was arrested for his second DWI in 18 months.
- Tribeca's new triangular park starts to emerge south of Canal—and it will feature a "faux Canal."
- New York magazine goes over the best banh mi sandwiches in town.
- A new charter airline will operate from MacArthur Airport.
- Tickets are on sale for the NJ Hall of Fame Ceremony; inductees include Shaquille O'Neal, Meryl Streep and Jon Bon Jovi. Last year, Bruce Springsteen, Toni Morrison and Danny DeVito were among the honorees who showed up.
- A grate collapsed outside Columbia University's Butler Library; luckily, it seems like no one was hurt or accidentally fell into the hole.
- And there's an open casting call for the revival of the Puppetry of the Penis.





Impressive H.O.F. class for NJ, but who's left after the first two classes? Gandolfini and the actor who played Jonathan on "Who's the Boss?"