Today's mid-day links: AT&T is joining the roster of sponsors dropping Tiger Woods, a NJ woman not genetically related to twins she carried as a surrogate can sue for custody, state lawmakers want to know why NYRA wants more money and more. more ›

Today's end-of-day links: Upper East Siders try to rally for a beloved fruit vendor, the Dutch say the attempt to blow up a plane to Detroit was "amateurish," an adaptation of the Great Gatsby is heading to NY stages and more. more ›

Today's end-of-day links: Commissioner Kelly had to comment about the Jon Gosselin apartment break-in, Governor Paterson's dad has a warning for Andrew Cuomo, a NJ appeals court overturned a big settlement to the family of a college student who fell to his death after a night of heavy drinking and more. more ›

Today's mid-day links: The feds are trying to shut down a "filthy Kosher slaughterhouse," a diagram of the new Union Square park, an icy lake competition turned tragic, and more. more ›

Today's end-of-day links: Trinity High School students used DNA testing to find out if things around them were what they said they were, a Brighton Beach travel agent allegedly took $26,000 for trips never booked for clients, the Daily News counts down the worst NYC athletes of the decade and more. more ›

Today's mid-day links: A tugboat worker died during an accident on the Hackensack River, manhole explosion in Park Slope, Joe Francis is UPSET with Gawker and more. more ›

Today's end of day links: A report says that SUNY is wasting $30 million, someone has been stealing mail from a Queens housing project's mailboxes, a NJ Transit train headed to NYC killed a driver whose car was stuck on the tracks and more. more ›

From around the Gothamist network: Londonist looked at its deserted streets on Christmas day, DCist was amused by radio caller "Barry from DC," Chicagoist noted some Bears fans' purchase of a billboard demanding the firing of head coach Lovie Smith and more. more ›

Today's mid-day links: Two New Yorkers hope their records make it into the Guinness Book of World Records, a study says C-sections in NYC are up, two boys found their mother shot to death in their Brooklyn apartment and more. more ›

Today's end-of-day links: It's the first night of Kwanzaa, jurors who found former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno guilty of corruption don't think he should go to jail, Powerball is coming to to NY and more. more ›

Today's mid-day links: Police continue to probe the mysterious death of a Bronxville teen, residents at homeless shelter are upset after being told to give up their pets, Charlie Sheen was arrested on domestic violence charges and more. more ›

Today's end-of-day links: A fire at a vacant Staten Island home seems suspicious, a Chinese food deliveryman is now paralyzed after being attacked, a construction worker survives an 8 story fall and more. more ›

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Today's end-of-day links: Someone found a body wrapped in plastic under a car in Sunset Park, Alexa Ray Joel was spotted looking happy in the Hamptons, a Queens resident has raised over $160,000 for juvenile diabetes research thanks to his home's Christmas display and more. more ›

Today's mid-day links: A Park Slope fire possibly caused by an overloaded power strip, NY Water Taxi is shutting down its Manhattan-Yonkers service, a ghostly Westchester police car and more. more ›

Today's end-of-day links: Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins call it quits, Comptroller-elect John Liu makes sure the ethnic press gets their share of attention, a NJ father finally gets custody of his son from Brazilian authorities, and more. more ›

Today's mid-day links: A $162 million MegaMillions lottery ticket was sold on Long Island, new home sales fell 11.3% last month, First Dog Bo Obama is as cute as ever and more. more ›

Today's end-of-day links: A NY dog has the swine flu (apparently from his owner!), the LAPD was worried investigating Michael Jackson's alleged sex abuse would create a terrorist target, East Harlem tenants suffer after a British company's failed attempts to gentrify the neighborhood and more. And yes, that's a photograph of a snow melter. more ›

• From the Gothamist Newsmap: An EDP on a bus at E 67th St & 3rd Ave in Manhattan, an all hands fire at 195th St X 110th Rd in Queens, and a police car accident involving a school bus in the Bronx.
• Five people were wounded in two separate Bronx shootings last night; in one incident, a gunmen fired from a car.
• Instead of printing massive tomes for the yearly budget, NY State is simply putting it online.

Today's end-of-day links: A "critical" AIG executive was given a $4.26 million bonus, the state is getting a $50 million renovation at the Capitol, a 6-year-old killed a 5-year-old while playing with a relative's gun in NJ and more. more ›

From today's mid-day links: NY Cares is collecting coats for the needy, check out a decade of NY Post headlines, what will make a condo board buy a condo back, and more. more ›

Today's end-of-day links: There's no evidence Rudy Giuliani will run for Senate next year, a NYC painter is finally a breakout star at 94, snowy footprints lead NJ cops to suspected car thieves and more. more ›

You've already seen photos of last night's blizzard and read news accounts about the snowstorm — but now you can watch it in time-lapse photography! This neat video from controlgeek shows snow accumulating in Brooklyn with a single image every thirty seconds from yesterday afternoon through this morning. more ›

From around the -ists: Londonist bravely stripped off and joined dozens of other foolhardy lunatics for a gonad-shrivelling dip in an ice-encrusted pool at the Brockwell Lido mid-winter swim, SFist snapped some shots of Lady Gaga, DCist was stunned when a police detective drew a gun at a friendly snowball fight in the middle of Washington, D.C.'s big winter storm and more. more ›

Today's mid-day links: A street in Maspeth has showy Christmas lights (it's so Santa can find 'em, of course), a winter storm proposal, MegaMillions jackpot grows and more. more ›

It wasn't the season's first snow, but the storm that brought 11 inches of powder to Central Park and even more to other boroughs and surrounding areas certainly lived up to expectations. The snowfall made the streets beautiful (at least temporarily until they get all slushy and nasty), and photographers took advantage. Send your snow photos to tips@gothamist.com or the Gothamist group Flickr. more ›

Today's end-of-day links: An ethics regulators doesn't think the Legislature should police itself, a thief stole a NJ Transit bus from a mall parking lot while the driver was in the bathroom, Bernie Kerik's lying email to the Bush administration and more. more ›

Today's mid-day links: Looking for the best "Puerto Rican moonshine," raises for non-unionized Department of Education employees, Sketchy Santas and more. more ›

Today's end-of-day links: A man is free after spending five years waiting for trial at Rikers, a Brooklyn developer and his wife finally get to donate their restored carousel to the state, a NBA player was fined for Tweeting and more. more ›

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Today's mid-day links: It's now a felony to drive drunk with a kid in the car, Twitter was hacked by the "Iranian Cyber Army," a debate about World War II revenge movie Inglourious Basterds and more. more ›

Today's end-of-day links: A Brazilian court ruled that a NJ man's son can't return from Brazil just yet, the Post digs up some of Senator Schumer's "plane aggressive" behavior, a delegation from China inspected the Metropolitan Museum of possible looted items, and more. more ›

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Today's mid-day links: A reward in the killing of a Bronx ACS worker, illegally shipped cans of tuna are going to a NJ food bank, construction starts on the $1 billion new Police Academy and more. more ›

Today's end-of-day links: A Brazilian court ruled a boy, whose Brazilian mother died in child birth and has been living with his stepfather, should be returned to his father in NJ; Tiger Woods' wife is considering divorce (reportedly!); a former City Councilman feels bad that he stole $106,000 in funds and was sentenced to 5 years; new NY State voting machines and more. more ›

Today's mid-day links: President Obama writes to Kim Jong-Il, the FBI will assist prosecutors with the 9/11 terror trials, pay $400 and you might smell like a duke, and more. more ›

Today's end-of-day links: Televangelist Oral Roberts passed away, West Side Rail Yards developer promises to keep affordable housing in the area, the D.C. City Council moved to legalize gay marriage, In The Heights is headed to the big screen and more. more ›

Today's mid-day links: The NYPD must turn over 2,000 pages of documents related to surveillance of 2004 GOP Convention protesters, over 800K children's swine flu vaccines are being recalled, police are looking for the boyfriend of a murdered Queens artist, and more. more ›

Today's end-of-day links: The former NYC human rights commissioner Dennis deLeon passed away, neo-Nazis interrupted a Connecticut menorah lighting ceremony, charter school heads are making a lot of money, Roy Halladay looks like he'll be going to the Phillies (sorry Mets fans) and more. more ›

Today's end-of-day links include wreaths commemorating victims of the 9/11 attacks are in Battery Park, Wall Street execs aren't the only New Yorkers making crazy money, Houston elected its first gay mayor, and more. more ›

From around the -ist sites: Bostonist watched Santas in Speedos run through the city, LAist wondered about the threat of derivative homosexuals (aka Adam Lambert), SFist watched a gaggle of drag queens crash a family-oriented ice skating rink, Torontoist giggled uncomfortably when a free-mass distributed daily paper printed a NSFW photo of a high school student, and more. more ›

Today's mid-day links: Over a hundred firefighters responded to a Greenwich Village fire, Queens Elizabeth might be making Prince William a "Shadow King," a NJ pastor is helping Indonesian immigrants remain in the country, and more. more ›

Today's end-of-day links: The Senate clears the way for a $1.1 trillion spending bill, lawyers for Brooke Astor's son Anthony Marshall say a prison sentence will kill him, get ready for shot girls bearing kosher tequila, and more. more ›

Today's mid-day links: Long Island police are investigating a body found near a synagogue, Habitat for Humanity starts work on houses in Brooklyn, a 77-year-old rabbi teaches high school students sex ed, and more. more ›

Today's end-of-day links: More bickering about whether the 911 dispatch system works, someone has been taunting a Long Island family that just lost their daughter, another upscale restaurant goes out of business and more. more ›

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Today's mid-day links: U.S. retail sales were up in November, a missing Yale lab tech worker was found after a few days, the Port Authority busted from unlicensed livery cab drivers trying to overcharge passengers from airports, and more. more ›

Today's end-of-day links: The "fake concrete testing" (as in faking the results of concrete tests of major structures like Yankee Stadium) trial is underway, white powder scare at the World Financial Center, George Stephanopoulos is headed to Good Morning America, wind-powered menorah and more. more ›

Today's mid-day links: A bus from NYC overturned in Toronto, State Senator Kruger is a jerk when it comes to the MTA, the city announces more school closings, and more. more ›

Today's end-of-day links: More pet grooming type businesses are being welcomed by landlords, Joe Bruno leaves his consulting job, a trailer for the movie Nicolas Cage filmed in NYC (while destroying it), the CIty Council postpones a vote on a Bronx development project, and more. more ›

Today's mid-day links: NJ man dresses as woman and speaks in high-pitched voice to access mom's bank account, texting your lover can cause problems when you get divorced, the Waldorf's lobby is the place for college football fans, and more. more ›

Today's end-of-day links: More questions than answers with Joe Bruno's conviction, did Bernie Madoff unwittingly break up Uma Thurman's engagement, how some crafty frequent flier mile-philes gamed the system, and more. more ›

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Today's mid-day links: Three-eighths of an inch is keeping a building from getting its certificate of occupancy, a mistrial in the NJ blogger case, an accounting firm is spending its holiday party money on gifts for the needy, and more. more ›

Today's end-of-day links: The Secret Service has made 91 security breaches since 1980, Sully is auctioning off one of his hats, a NY Post reporter is suing the city for $2 million over a 2005 trip-and-fall, and more. more ›

Today's mid-day links: Republicans have a fancy club in Albany where waitresses wear "French maid frocks," a Bronx teacher is suing over being head-butted by a "big, mentally ill 17-year-old," Atlantic City may get a Holocaust memorial, and more. more ›

Today's end-of-day links: A NJ senior citizen was attacked by two unleashed pit bulls, a few of the lucky people hired at a Bronx Applebee's (thousands applied) talk to the Times, the Staten Island Advance says of the Jersey Shore reality personalities, "Stupid comes in all races, colors and creeds," and more. more ›

This week's links from around the -ist network: DCist was ecstatic about the D.C. Council's historic vote legalizing same-sex marriage but was heartbroken to learn that panda Tai Shan (aka Butterstick) will be returning to China, SFist cheered Google and Schwarzenegger's tool to battle climate change but jeered after reading a hit piece on pit bulls, Londonist reported on a nude cyclist, and more. more ›

Today's mid-day links: President Obama is heading to Capitol Hill, photographers are giving helping needy families portraits, will Junior Gotti finally get a break from federal prosecution, and more. more ›

Today's end-of-day links: There was measurable snowfall in NJ, "spic" is no longer in the title of the El Museo del Barrio program, a tow truck driver helped nab some carjackers, s Staten Island native with a World Series ring wouldn't mind pitching for the Mets and more. more ›

Today's mid-day links: A prominent Senator nominated his girlfriend for U.S. Attorney, a pervert assaulted a little girl in a Queens library, a Brooklyn couple tries to piece together their memories after a fire, and more. more ›

Today's end-of-day links: An Italian jury found American college student Amanda Knox guilty of murder, the 103-year-old woman violently mugged weighed in on her attacker's 75-year prison sentence, seventeen people bought tickets to the movie theater simulcast of a Glenn Beck show, and more. more ›

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Today's mid-day links: An off-duty cop was arrested for DWI, NJ's Senate will see a gay marriage bill next week, a Red Hook building promises to be zero-energy, Bo Obama is super sweet, and more. more ›

Today's mid-day links: Four struggling schools are being shut down, a man is pleading not guilty in the murder of his Rockland County neighbor, Streetsblog wants big Grand Army Plaza ideas from the DOT, and more. more ›

Today's end-of-day links: More footage of the fight between a City Council member and a CUNY trustee, a woman beat up her son's principal, the Observer looks at "cheetahs," and more. more ›

Today's mid-day links: Three schools got $500,000 in funding in these lean times, NJ towns may sue the state, a woman was raped at a Midtown club, a brunch-only restaurant was closed and more. more ›

Today's end-of-day links: President Obama will give his speech outlining plans for Afghanistan, a 31-year-old woman thwarted a carjacker on the Upper East Side, an elevator operator at the Detusche Bank site says he was tormented after trying to expose problems there, Barclays' head boo-hoos over his son's mean teacher and more. more ›

Today's mid-day links: Police found the car of a man wanted for questioning in the murder of a Rockland County teacher, Bill Thompson faces big fines for mayoral campaign signs, will Brooklyn Bridge Park look like an office park and more. more ›