Early Addition
- From the Gothamist Newsmap: A stabbing at Academy & Vermlyia in Manhattan, a fuel spill at Park Ave & Throop Ave in Brooklyn and an out-of-control EDP on 12 St in Queens.
- The NY Times traces the sad life in limbo that a mentally ill illegal immigrant—who fled China after being forcibly sterilized—faces in Florida.
- A City Councilman was unhappy when the DEP commissioner couldn't explain what the DEP's holding codes stood for and what the millions being held was being used for.
- The Brooklyn co-housing project, whose space in Fort Greene fell through, will now be heading to Greenwood Heights.
- Great: The National Rife Association will be giving Alaska Governor Sarah Palin a "military-style assault weapon next week"—it's called the "Alaska Hunter" and has her name engraved on it.
- Metro-North is now letting cyclists bring their bikes aboard trains, though only during "reverse peak" periods (like a train leaving Grand Central during the morning rush or a train heading to Grand Central during evening rush).
- The number of NJ school districts teaching Mandarin has doubled and students like it—one said, "I want to be able to communicate with countries that have some influence."
- New York magazine revisits the 1978 disappearance of Etan Patz. Etan, then age 6, was last seen walking by himself to the school bus; an imprisoned pedophile is the main suspect.
- States are considering "silver alerts" for when senior citizens go missing.
- Actors, sweethearts and Brooklyn residents Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard got married in Italy over the weekend.
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