- From the Gothamist Newsmap: Crowd control at Rutland Rd & Kingston Ave in Brooklyn, a construction accident at Murray St & West St in Manhattan, and a pedestrian struck at Rosedale Ave & Soundview Ave in the Bronx.
- As part of the NY Times' article on the re-consecration of the Ganesha Temple in Queens, there's an amazing slideshow. The guest of honor was Minnie, an elephant visiting from a zoo—she symbolized Ganesh.
- Police are looking for a man who has robbed senior citizens in Manhattan—so far, he's targeted men between the ages of 62 and 91 at Peter Cooper Village, Stuyvesant Town and the West Village.
- A car chase in the Bronx ended last night when the car hit scaffolding, which then collapsed onto the car. The car's driver and passenger were injured.
- Thousands of after-school programs for kindergartners may be cut, due to the budget crunch: The Daily News reports, "There are about 7,000 children entering public schools from day care centers that can no longer accommodate them."
- It's a tallest-building-off in downtown Brooklyn: There may be the 51-story Brooklyner, but there's a proposed 58-story rental building set for Willoughby Street.
- A Glastonbury, Connecticut city councilwoman entered a drunk driving class—she was caught on videotape during a drunk driving arrest telling the police officers that she approves their salaries.
- Mayor Bloomberg wants to add another party to this year's ballot—the "Jobs and Education" party, which the AP calls "essentially a marketing trick." There wouldn't be a new party-line, it would just be added to the lines he's already running on ("Republican/Jobs and Education" or "Independence/Jobs and Education").
- Daniel Radcliffe fans, you may get another chance to see him on the Great White Way: He tells Daily Intel that he would love to go back to Broadway in the next few years—and he's taking dance lessons, in case he does a musical.
- Yikes: A Southwest Airlines flight made an emergency landing because of the "football-sized" hole in the plane right above a customer's seat.
- Alex Rodriguez and Kate Hudson were spotted shopping at Barneys in Beverly Hills while the Yankees were in town to play the Angels. They apparently even picked out clothes for each other!
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