- From the Gothamist Newsmap: A foot chase at 10th Ave & 48th St in Manhattan, a violent EDP at Dorchester Rd in Brooklyn and shots fired at 105 St & 32nd Ave in Queens.
- Police managed to convince a woman who wanted to jump from an Upper East Side 21st floor window to go back inside (dramatic photo, too).
- The Daily News' Juan Gonzalez thinks parents should make sure their kids get the swine flu vaccine.
- The next Manhattan DA has a 37-member transition team to help him get ready for the new job!
- The man suspected in the disappearance of a Brooklyn woman was sentenced to 1-3 years in prison for failing to register as a sex offender in a different incident.
- Looking at the relationship of a narcotics detective—now on trial—and his drug dealing informants; prosecutors say he leaked details of a federal probe to them.
- The bird-poopiest bench in Battery Park.
- Australian officials want the public to know about Britney Spears' lip synching during her upcoming concerts there.





I'm not sure if it says more about me or Gothamist that the most intriguing headline was "The bird-poopiest bench in Battery Park".
ooooh a crystal methamphetamine elf !! very nice
Fortunately, the woman in the window didn't jump. The city is full of depressed , disappointed, frustrated and self destructing individuals. There are other ways people kill themselves, drugs and liquor comes to mind. Too often the warning signs are ignored and tragedy strikes.