- 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.





If senior citizens get "silver alerts," can we have "blue alerts" for when anime fans go missing?