- From Gothamist Newsmap: A female shot on Lacombe Ave in the Bronx, an armed robbery on Father Capodanno Blvd on Staten Island, and a barricaded person on 37 Ave at 99th St in Queens.
- Investigators are looking for the cause of a Sunnyside, Queens fire that left one apartment dweller unconscious.
- More people are looking to get their tattoos removed, fearing the ink may hinder their job prospects.
- The Daily News' Adam Lisberg looks at Anthony Weiner's mayoral moves—the Congressman is apparently spending this weekend thinking about his options.
- Farmingdale, Long Island residents hoping to make an extra buck when the U.S. Open comes to Bethpage may be out of luck, because a law now prohibits them from turning their lawns into parking lots (back in 2002, they'd charged $25 per car for parking).
- The cops have released a photo of a woman suspected of robbing seven patients at three hospitals.
- NY Times writer Alan Feuer penned an essay on how he threw "vanilla Brown Cow yogurt and a dozen brown eggs" at a vehicle with an annoying car alarm.
- President Obama made his more extensive remarks about what he's looking for in a Supreme Court justice: "I want somebody who has the intellectual firepower but also a little bit of a common touch and has a practical sense of how the world works."





"More people are looking to get their tattoos removed, fearing the ink may hinder their job prospects."
Who would have imagined?
Zizmor FTW
Yogurt and eggs? Don't waste perfectly good food on an annoying car alarm. That's what leftover paint is for. Keep the partial cans after painting your walls. You never know when you might need the paint. Although you'll want to mix the colors together so they can't be traced back to you.