Early Addition

Photograph by Troy McClure SF on Flickr

From the Gothamist Newsmap: An escalator incident at East 47 Street & Madison Ave in Manhattan, a person struck by a train for Fulton St & Nostrand Ave in Brooklyn, and a water main break at 69th Ave & Burns St in Queens.
General Motors plans to get rid of almost 2,400 dealerships by the end of 2010.
Disgraced former police commissioner Bernard Kerik will be tried in Washington D.C. on charges that he lied to the White House when he was being vetting for the Homeland Security Secretary position.
The P&G Bar is back, though now at West 78th and Columbus, for at least 20 years (the lease is for 20 years at $20,000/month).
The judge who will sentence the off-duty police officer who fatally shot a driver is hearing pleas from both the cop's family and the victim's family.
Grey Gardens is available for rent between August 28 and Labor Day, if you've got $30,000.
Aw, a police officer saved 14 ducklings that were stuck in a storm drain in Patchogue—the momma duck was "pacing" around the drain!
Governor Corzine's proposed wine and liquor tax won't hit beer.
Alec Baldwin will accompany the New York Philharmonic to Hanoi as host of The New York Philharmonic This Week.
Happy, Community Board 3? Sasha Petraske's little East Village coffee shop Mercury Dime is going under because you wouldn't let him sell wine.
Connecticut police arrested a home invasion robbery suspect who decided to take off his pants while fleeing a home.