- From the Gothamist Newsmap: A power outage at Beekman Ave & Oak Terr in the Bronx, a pedestrian struck at W 53rd St & 9th Ave in Manhattan, and a suspicious substance at 5th Ave & 37th St in Brooklyn.
- Attorney General Andrew Cuomo hit Intel with a lawsuit, accusing the chipmaker of "illegal threats and collusion" to keep market share.
- After a passenger called the police, cops arrested a man who was menacing straphangers on the J train with a knife.
- Mortgage backer Fannie Mae is blamed for the horrible conditions of a Bronx apartment building: "the skylight over the stairwell is broken, so the steps are slick when it rains and occasionally shards of glass fall on the stairs."
- CBS Sports' Jim Nantz may have to pay his wife close to $1 million/year in child support and alimony, but he's not contesting it since she originally wanted $1.5 million/year.
- Bank of America may consider a CEO who lives outside of headquarters city Charlotte.
- During a disappointing auction at Christie's, a pastel Degas was the big sale of the night: "Prettier works are what buyers have been gravitating toward since the recession began."
- How the Manhattan Bridge archway was reopened on no budget.





Love it. Thing 1 and Thing 2.
Yeah, I know it's from Halloween, but it's irresistible!
troll dolls!