- From the Gothamist Newsmap: A shooting at 65th St & 21st Ave in Brooklyn, an EDP on Shorefront Parkway in Queens, and
- Mayor Bloomberg won't endorse NJ Governor Corzine, but know who will? "Omar" from The Wire, aka Michael Kenneth Williams!
- Some New Yorkers don't realize that City Comptroller Bill Thompson is black.
- A publicist apparently hacked into four other people's voicemail accounts over 1,000 times. Two of the victims were people who dated her ex-boyfriends.
- Oprah will get mavericky with Sarah Palin next month.
- A former Queens hospital worker is fighting to get his job back—he says he was unfairly targeted by a higher-up, who claimed his work contained inconsistencies like using "09" instead of "2009."
- The Swiss still consider filmmaker Roman Polanski a flight risk.
- Veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas advises President Obama and his administration not to bother fighting Fox News.





"hacked into four other people's voicemail accounts"
Man, the meaning of "hacking" sure has been watered down.
I just hacked into your wallet and stole a fiver!
It's Dondi, the SoHo bubble vendor!
Omar endorsin'!
Omar endorsin'!
Indeed. Indeed.