- From the Gothamist Newsmap: An armed robbery at Nostrand Ave & Carroll St in Brooklyn, a suspicious package at 3rd Av & E40th St in Manhattan, and a crime scene at Lyman Pl & Freeman St in the Bronx.
- Developers announced a $1.3 billion refinancing for the Bank of America building in Midtown; it's apparently one of the biggest deals since the economic downturn began last fall.
- Police Commissioner Kelly promises to promote more minority officers to top positions within the Police Department.
- Three suspects were arrested after being engaged in a shoot-out—at a Brooklyn day care center!—in Brooklyn.
- Mayor Bloomberg said that if mayoral control of schools isn't passed, then public school education oversight will descend into chaos similar to the State Senate. Ha!
- The House passed climate legislation, 217 to 205 votes.
- In the frenzy of celebrity deaths, there were rumors that Jeff Goldblum and Harrison Ford had also died.
- Speaking of celebrity deaths, with Farrah Fawcett's death being overshadowed by Michael Jackson's death, Daily Intel looks at other overshadowed celeb deaths.
- The 11-year-old boy who tried to give sexy Transformers star Megan Fox a rose chatted with Gawker, "She was moving really fast. Afterwards we ran through the hotel, but she didn't stop. I dropped the rose on the ground and went home."
- And even though it's from the U.S. Open, this video warms the heart: Bill Murray doing Carl Spackler.