- From the Gothamist Newsmap: A vicious hawk at the Fordham library in the Bronx, weapons search at 134 & Foch Blvd in Queens, and a gas leak at Greenwich St & Desbrosses St in Manhattan.
- The Manhattan DA's office accused a Port Chester, NY company of faking concrete tests at high-profile NYC sites. DA Morgenthau said Stallone Testing's results were "were scientifically impossible."
- Former State Senator Olga Mendez passed away at age 82 yesterday. She was the first Puerto Rican-born woman to be elected to state legislature in the country.
- Hopeful legal eagles taking the bar exam at the Jacob Javits Center had to deal with a leaking ceiling.
- After numerous gang-related attacks in the past few weeks, Suffolk County Police are reorganizing their officers to create a single gang-fighting unit, the Gang Suppression Team.
- Trend alert: Hipsters who like to collect antiques. A pair of sisters in Williamsburg have in their collection "apothecary cabinets, fencing masks and pith helmets, stacks of antique luggage and a taxidermy collection that would make Teddy Roosevelt proud."
- Is there a Montauk Monster terrorizing Canucks?
- William Shatner appeared on The Tonight Show once again to recite the musings of former governor of Alaska Sarah Palin. Last night, it was all about her Twitter feed.
- Beyonce and Jay-Z were spotted at Ricky's, buying hair products.