Early Addition

Photograph of duck family at the Harlem Meer by Glark

From the Gothamist Newsmap: A found DOA at 204 St & Nagle Ave in Manhattan, a suspicious package on Seymour Ave in the Bronx and a serious MVA on the L.I.E. just west of Little Neck Parkway in Queens.
Long Island benefits from the State Senate coup, because new majority leader Dean Skelos reps the area.
A man was shot in Times Square, on West 43rd and Eight Avenue, around 5:25 a.m. this morning.
A fire destroyed a historic Methodist church in Maspeth this morning.
The late Brooke Astor's butler testified, "We used furry toys to interact with her. I think you call them stuffed animals. We played guessing games to help her remember whom she'd been with in the city the week before."
The Upper West Side building, The Apthrop, has some expensive and beautifully renovated apartments, but will namedropping celebrities help sell them?
Zach Morris, in acid washed jeans and packing a Zach Morris phone, visited Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
NJ Governor Jon Corzine is attacking his challenger by pointing out he's a...Republican.
Momofuku Ssam Bar and Milk Bar were closed yesterday due to an employee testing positive for Hepatitis A. The eateries will be open tonight, though.
Yikes: A bottle of acid was thrown off a building in Hong Kong, injuring 24 people. This is HK's third acid attack.
Leonardo DiCaprio and swimsuit model girlfriend Bar Rafaeli are taking a break; one of her friends says the actor "didn't treat her very well, almost like a second-hand girlfriend."