Photo taken at the Eighth Avenue Street Fair by RGP on flickr
From the Gothamist Newsmap: a pediatric cardiac arrest on Lexington Ave in Manhattan, a home invasion robbery at 131st Ave and 232nd St in Queens and an unusual crime of a car stolen with lots of equipment and lights and sirens in Brooklyn.
An off-duty cop in Baldwin had his neck broken when he showed up at a party to intervene in a gang beatdown of his brother at a house party, who had already had a bottle broken over his head.
Members of the synagogue dubbed the "Temple of Doom" are outraged at the temple board's apparent promotion of embattled financier J. Ezra Merkin. The synagogue gained its nickname because of all the money worshippers lost in the Madoff scheme.
"The new Odd Couple" of Al Sharpton and Newt Gingrich began a five city tour to address the disparity in educational opportunities for minorities. Sharpton said, "We're very appreciative that so far Newt's been on good behavior."
And in one of the only instances of an 18-year-old hanging out with his dad's buddies every night for a summer being cool, Max Weinberg's son Jay will sit behind the kit for the E Street Band while his father starts his new gig as Tonight Show band leader.
Lotta fatties in that pic.