- From the Gothamist Newsmap: An overturned auto at Narrows Rd & Fingerboard Rd on Staten Island, a bank robbery attempt on Broadway near 70th in Manhattan and a bus accident at Co-op City Blvd & Dreiser Loop in the Bronx.
- Yankees fans who tried to get World Series tickets were mostly out of luck, since the limited supply sold out in 7 minutes.
- A fetus was discovered in a trash can outside a Staten Island home and police are investigating whether a teen had given birth or miscarried.
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit's Mariska Hargitay is featured in the training video for the new DNA collection kit that evidence collectors will use in rape cases.
- Madonna had a falling out with her trainer because her trainer got a big ego.
- Newsday.com is moving behind a pay wall—if you're not a Cablevision or Optimum Online subscriber, you'll have to pay $5/week for access.
- A former NYPD cop shot his estranged wife repeatedly, allegedly because she had him arrested, which got him fired from his job.
- Balloon Boy's brethren: Those Heenes really like to put their kids in boxes.
- Bye, Donkey: Shrek the Musical is closing in January, because it's grosses have fallen to a point where they aren't covering the show's costs.




He is too cute not to feed.
it's only a matter of time until more news outlets start putting the bulk of their content behind pay walls. i think it's stupid that they haven't yet.