Extra, Extra

Photograph by dianebondareff on Flickr, who writes, "Children scoop marshmallows out of a mug holding nearly 500 gallons of hot chocolate in New York on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009, during American Dairy Association's attempt to set a new world record for the largest mug of hot chocolate."

From the Gothamist Newsmap: A female shot on Cornelia Ave in Staten Island, a pedestrian struck at Gates Ave & Throop Ave in Brooklyn, and an all hands fire at 34 St & 7 Ave in Manhattan.
Susan Dominus has a touching story about the denizens of a swank stretch of Park Avenue and their concern for a fruit vendor.
The Dutch have declared the attempt to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit as "amateurish." Its airport will also start to use full body scanners.
Also, a Somali man allegedly tried to board a plane with chemicals and a liquid-filled syringe last month.
The NY Post has some champagne tips—and for those who can't have alcohol, there's Fre, Martinelli's Sparkling Cider, etc.
A spellbinding, six-hour adaptation of The Great Gatsby—which uses every word of Fitzgerald's novel—has finally been legally cleared for a production in New York.
Maureen Dowd mentioned Law & Order in her columns seven times this decade.
A woman was found stabbed to death in her Corona, Queens home.
Comparing rendering to reality, this Sixth Avenue hotel seems less glassy-sleek.
A suicide bombing killed 8 Americans at a base in an Aghanistan province.

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By Jen Chung in Miscellaneous on December 30, 2009 6:55 PM

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paperbackwriter

Removing "stage" from "stage adaptation" doesn't fix the inaccuracy of referring to a play that centers around a word-for-word reading of Gatsby as an adaptation. It's not.

ed_Extinct

please correct:

Eight American civilians were killed today in Afghanistan, not soldiers.

rosweed

The four Canadian soldiers don't deserve a mention?

Snoopy

How many of them were "contractors?"

longacre

They were CIA workers, not clear what capacity they were in.

NannyState

I bet there's a body at the bottom of that mug.

Snoopy

No WAY! That would throw off the record attempt.

I believe thatCocoa Pebbles with milk in the same size cup would have more marshmallows.

Snoopy

That is really a pathetic scene with the hot chocolate mug.

What might I ask is the publicity value of a rainbow coalition of smiling kids dipping into a vat of hot chocolate after they took a dump and forgot to wash their hands?

Who's up next, a bunch of homeless retards trying to get a hot cup without the marshmallows?

paperbackwriter

While I love The Great Gatsby, I'm hesitant about watching a play in which people read it aloud over six hours when I could just read it myself in two. It's almost diabolical, what they're doing, because the play itself is supposed to be amazing, and the book is amazing, but it's still six hours. I would probably have no problem with the running time if I wasn't a smoker.