- From the Gothamist Newsmap: a car fire in the Lincoln Tunnel, an aviation request at Citibank on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn and a car vs building on E 85th St and Madison Ave in Manhattan.
- Rachel Alexandra became the first filly to win the Preakness Stakes in 85 years, as Calvin Borel became to the first jockey to win the first two legs of the Triple Crown on different horses.
- Two planes about 4 miles from Newark Airport reported they were tracked by green lasers last night.
- A Queens woman had to get off a 4 train unexpectedly at Union Square when she began going into labor. With her four-year-old daughter alongside her, she gave birth to a healthy baby girl just after an ambulance arrived.
- The NY Post's DC Bureau Chief doesn't think President Obama will nominate Bronx native Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, even though she looks great on paper.
- A Gallup Poll found a majority of Americans saying they were pro-life for the first time since Gallup began asking the question in 1995.
- Justin Timberlake's Southern Hospitality restaurant has been slapped with another lawsuit, this one alleging that J-Tims's partners locked a manager in a room with them, forcing her to watch pornography while enduring racist comments.
- And Brooke Shields claims a National Enquirer reporter checked her mother out of an assisted living facility in NJ. The National Enquirer claims the reporter has known Brooke's mom for years and that Teri Shields wanted to be taken out!
"an aviation request at Citibank on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn"
What the hell does that mean? Air Force One again?
It means they called a police helicopter over to help find a bad guy, presumably a bank robber.
Mmmmmm Filly Stakes.
Hey Billy Parker, nice identification on the location of that photo. I didnt note that when it was uploaded it to flickr, (but did on my twitter; but im assuming you didnt see it there) Also, I want to note that the photo was taken while riding on the bus. i was not stationary or even on the ground when i shot it, like is common for other sissy photogs who stand on two feet while shooting. I had to open the window of the bus and stick my arm out, which prompted the driver to say, "Hey in the green shirt, you cant put your arm out the window" But I did stick my arm out the window. for the photo. for the art. for new york.
Hope someone is looking into those lasers!
Nothing good can come of being aimed at while on a plane.
Passenger planes have had rockets launched at them in other countries...
"majority of Americans saying they were pro-life"
What the right wing extremists refuse to recognize is that contraception prevents unwanted pregnancies, which means far fewer abortions. Grow up, republicans!