- From the Gothamist Newsmap: A suspicious package at Arthur Kill Rd on Staten Island, pedestrians struck at Woodhaven Blvd And 101st Ave in Queens, and a bank robbery at Broadway & Maiden Lane in Manhattan.
- Don't tempt us, PolitickerNY: "For just $1,000, you too can wish Pedro Espada Jr. a happy birthday and 'honor' his 'Historic Ascension' to be the majority leader of the State Senate."
- Another story about how voter turnout at the primary runoff elections was miserable.
- The Daily News visits the decaying, badly-in-need-of-repair Longwood Avenue subway station in the Bronx.
- Beyonce says that when Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift's MTA VMA acceptance speech, he was standing up for art or something like that.
- Is the Michelin Guide anti-outer-borough, anti-ethnic restaurants?
- "Terrorist pal" Bill Ayers may have penned President Obama's memoir, if you believe that sort of thing.
- Ew, a Catholic school teacher and part-time lifeguard was arrested for allegedly videotaping female lifeguards at a midtown Y while they were changing.





Huh huh huh you said "longwood."