- From the Gothamist News Map: A shooting at Cortlandt Avenue in the Bronx, an all hands fire on Lefferts Boulevard in Queens and an escaped prisoner at 37 Street and Clarkson Avenue in Brooklyn.
- A 71-year-old man died after his East Elmhurst home went up in flames yesterday.
- "Postwar" author and intellectual Tony Judt died yesterday at age 62.
- Mayor Bloomberg has donated millions to the charity, The Doe Fund, which helps homeless, drug addicts and ex-inmates and supported Bloomberg's third term bid.
- "Hippie Grifter" Ashley Anne Kirilow has turned herself in to Canadian authorities after faking cancer and raising at least $13,000 in charity money. Of course their version of the "Hipster Grifter" was nice.
- Some Lollapalooza attendees just aren't into Lady Gaga.
- HP's chief executive resigned because of a "personal relationship with a contractor who received numerous inappropriate payments from the company."
- The victim of an acid attack is in stable condition. A witness same him being "hosed down by the FDNY. Apparently he had acid all over him that was eating through his skin.”
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