- From the Gothamist Newsmap: A bomb threat at Olmsted Ave in the Bronx, a pedestrian struck at Montgomery St & Kingston Ave in Brooklyn, and a CO incident at Baruch Dr near Delancey in Manhattan.
- While the pace of layoffs is slowing, the unemployment rate is now 8.9%, the highest since late 1983.
- The ARChive of Contemporary Music may have the "largest collection of popular music from around the world and recorded since 1950, with more than two million sound recordings on tape, compact disc and vinyl." The archive entered into an partnership agreement with Columbia University for the material to be used for research.
- Norman Hsu, a big fundraiser for Hillary Clinton, pleaded guilty to a $20 million Ponzi scheme. He still goes to trial on Monday for "violating campaign finance laws by making contributions in other people's names."
- NY Post owner Rupert Murdoch donated $5.5 million to the Harlem Village Academy, which has grades five through ten.
- Norm MacDonald was his usual colorful self on Late Show with David Letterman.
- A typo, in information entered into a federal database, apparently led to a 90-minute delay for the feds to realize a scallop boat had sunk off NJ. Six of the seven crew members died.
- Madge saves RiRi: Originally, Rihanna was going to wear Louis Vuitton's super-thigh-high lace-up boots but Madonna demanded to wear them.
- Keep it classy, Lance: Lance Armstrong says he and Sheryl Crow broke up because she wanted a baby.
- Drew Peterson, the former Illinois cop suspected of killing his third and fourth wives, was arrested for the murder of his third wife yesterday.





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