Early Addition

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From the Gothamist Newsmap: A pursuit/perp search at Mcdonald Ave & Greenwood Ave in Brooklyn, a missing child on 136th Ave & Springfield Blvd in Queens and an armed robbery at Bruckner Bl & Metcalf in the Bronx.
It's going to be a very Happy New Year for some: A $162 million MegaMillions lottery ticket was sold on Long Island.
Yikes, an American Airlines plane that originated in D.C. and had a stopover in Miami on its ways to Kingston, Jamaica overshot the runway; 40 people were injured.
New home sales dropped 11.3% last month, to the lowest level since April. The news is flattening the stock market.
New York billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, who was jailed for soliciting underage prostitutes, has settled four of 18 abuse lawsuits from young women.
This weekend's game may be the last time the Giants play at Giants Stadium—check out photographs of the field.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner argues that his many phone conversations (and tennis dates) with banking executives aren't inappropriate but necessary.
DUB Pies is closing its original Columbia Street location.
Naturally: First Dog Bo Obama was the star when First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha visited the Children's National Medical Center in D.C. for Christmas storytelling yesterday. Adorable video after the jump.