- From the Gothamist Newsmap: A person shot at Columbus Av & W 90 St in Manhattan, an animal rescue at Butler St & Nevins St in Brooklyn, and a pedestrian struck on Hillside Ave in Queens.
- After being told not to smoke inside a Queens church, a man tried to burn it down by leaving a bag of smoldering charcoal near a vestibule.
- Summer camps are getting ready for the possibility of swine flu breakouts.
- Even though City Councilman Eric Gioia voted against the city's budget, citing concerns over City Council discretionary funding, he apparently has no problem handing out discretionary funds.
- With Fourth of July national pride beginning to bubble over, the Post calls for your outrage over Manhattan courtrooms that are not hanging their American flags in the proper positions.
- Midtown Lunch forgives Touch of India because of their new kathi rolls, which are "rolled and fried like egg rolls!"
- Ballerina Nina Ananiashvili gave her farewell performance from the American Ballet Theater over the weekend; the Times writes, " is extraordinary. Other ballerinas are no less admired, but she, singularly endearing, is singularly cherished."
- Maureen Dowd needs to learn how to use IMDB: Gawker explains how she messed up a movie reference that SC Governor Mark Sanford made.
- The Sun revealed results from the second Michael Jackson autopsy—"Harrowing leaked autopsy details show the singer was a virtual skeleton — barely eating and with only pills in his stomach at the time he died."—but TMZ says it's fake!
- And reality show experts say that Jon and Kate (and their eight) should keep the cameras rolling.





Nina Ananiashvili had very painful scoliosis and still made it to the top retiring at only 28 years old. Such a very difficult decision to know when to take your final bow.
Brava Nina!
"reality show experts"? Really?