Today's afternoon linkage: the US suspends medical evacuations from Haiti, a cool timelapse of Cooper Union's new building, the cops break some guy's leg, and Rip Torn gets drunk and tries to rob a bank. Plus more! more ›

Today's afternoon linkage: a Tom Selleck Sandwich, a preview of Wall Street 2, Bill Gates saves 10MM lives, and Donald Trump targets Stuyvesant Town. Plus more! more ›

In today's mid-day linkage, a look at Linoleumville, good news for Ruby's, and bad news about Rush Limbaugh (SPOILER: he's still breathing). Plus more! more ›

Today's afternoon linkage: God of Carnage cast change, Bill de Blasio needs six bodyguards, someone wants to kill Jews in Park Slope, and the pros and cons of the iPad. Plus more! more ›

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Today's morning links: Jayson Blair was a rat, Ford actually makes money, Chris Matthews forgot the president was black, and a truck driver watching porn caused a fatal accident upstate. Plus more! more ›

Today's morning linkage: PDiddy loses a crown, John Edwards likes to videotape preggo sex, the African Burial Ground has an Anglo-Saxon logo, the shooter in the Waldorf Astoria stickup goes to jail, and the WSJ launches a local paper. Plus more! more ›

Today's afternoon linkage: Octomom looking good in The Daily News, more about Nancy Kerrigan's tragic family problems, a woman eats around the world in NYC, Newsday's web relaunch not going so great, plus more! more ›

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Today's morning linkage: pix from the set of Wall Street 2, porn at the DEP, South Carolina's stupid Lt. governor, playing homeless, PDiddy's sweet 16 present, and a possible terrorist in Jersey. Plus more! more ›

Today's afternoon linkage: foreclosures rock the Hamptons, the Girl Scouts have invented a new cookie, and brunch begins at the Minetta Inn. Plus more! more ›

Today's morning linkage: saving Ray's Candy Store, a woman named Labia gets sexually harassed, Jayson Williams gets wired for booze, why you shouldn't have surgery while black or hispanic, haggis gets legalized, and John Edwards made a sex tape. Plus more! more ›

Today's afternoon linkage: the man behind the MTA's signage died, old people force out a chef at the Four Seasons, Hope for Haiti makes millions, surprisingly few tickets are giving out for car alarm noise, bubble wrap is 50 years old, and Venus Williams does wear underwear. Plus more! more ›

This week around the -Ists: Conan O'Brien draws an outpouring of support, a DC panda takes on corporate sponsorship, Seattle headed into the sewers, Shanghai was sexting, Boston ruined healthcare for the rest of us, London gave bikers a hard time, and SF's mayor made a stand on gay marriage. Plus much more! more ›

Today's late afternoon linkage: a murder-suicide involving cows upstate, a school bus driver is a hero, Chelsea Clinton bikes for charity, Bristol Palin renews her virginity, and the Pope embraces blogs. Plus more! more ›

Today's afternoon linkage: shameless slut bartenders, Bernie Madoff's apartment, Susan Sarandon and her young boyfriend, $1500/month apartments, and shots of the new Red Bull Arena. Plus more! more ›

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Today's morning linkage: a weird ad, why you don't mess with Christine Quinn, a Broadway show about Mark Rothko, and a Facebook suicide. Plus more. more ›

In tonight's closing linkage: Brace for pizza in cone form, the swine flu vaccines cost the city an arm and a trotter, and Danny Meyer is coming for you. He's coming for all of us. Plus, more! more ›

Today's morning linkage: Amy Fischer strips for Haiti, mapping New York's greenmarkets, fascinating dating site stats, and the moral dilemma of vacationing in the Dominican Republic. Plus, more! more ›

In tonight's closing linkage: Hitler is informed about the Massachusetts Senate situation, humans become aware of penguins, a brownstone gets totaled, and more! more ›

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In today's early afternoon linkage: Victoria's Secret reels from a panty raid, teens spend more time jacked in than Neo, and even Chelsea's offended by a Ru Paul billboard. And more! more ›

Today's afternoon linkage: weird facts about New York, Rufus Wainwright's mom died, the Coachella lineup, Snooki goes to college, and lots of little kids now have cell phones. Plus more! more ›

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Today's morning linkage: laser crime at JFK, the lure of peanut butter, problems at the birthplace of hip-hop, Chris Christie is sworn in, and more! more ›

It's unclear what this exuberant Jets fan did to provoke his arrest during the third quarter of Sunday's Jets-Chargers game in San Diego, when his team was still behind. It could be there was some rowdy behavior that ended up on the cutting room floor, but all we see in this video is a swarm of security guards and cops taking him away in handcuffs—and it's telling that all the Chargers fans around him seem pretty outraged by the ejection. (High five to the guy chanting "Attica! Attica" at the 50 second mark.) more ›

In our evening linkage, The Arcade Fire cries over Haiti, The Cotton Club loses its sign, and Massachusetts is where the health care bill goes to die. more ›

• Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: K-9 request in Queens, armed robbery on Bedford Avenue, and a child cardiac arrest in Bay Ridge.
• The old Ludlow Street Jail was on the current site of Seward Park High School: it was apparently used for "civil offenders"— men who didn't pay their alimony, corrupt politicians, etc.
• Port Authority cops have apparently been setting Duane Reade shoplifters free, rather than see their crime stats go up.

Today's afternoon linkage: a funeral for the 104 year old strongman, why doctors don't get tickets, and an article about laundromats, plus more! more ›

This week in the -ists: gay marriage in California, no pants in Canada, Google leaves Shanghai, Boston's weird Senate race, Chicago's white black former-governor, Olympic sewage in London, and lots more! more ›

Apparently some people did like the décor in Tavern on the Green, after all—a court-ordered sale of the restaurant’s gawdy interior made a big dent in the bankrupt establishment’s $8 million debt. The piecemeal auction, which sold not only items from Tavern but from the Russian Tea Room and other restaurants, lasted three days and earned millions. But was it enough to keep the historic eatery’s 400-plus creditors at bay? more ›

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In today's day-end linkage, the Tavern on the Green auction netted a bundle, curves are hot, how a gun can keep you from losing your luggage, and much more! more ›

There are two kinds of New Yorkers: those who lock their doors, and those who do not. The Times investigates some of those brave residents with open door policies, like 63-year-old real estate firm vice president Joyce Weisshappel, who never locks her door. In fact, Weisshappel doesn't even know where her keys are. Though Weisshappel lives in a luxury apartment building with 24-hour doormen, others, like 52-year-old Brooklyn resident Sarah, don't have that kind of security. Sarah leaves her door unlocked for brief trips out — like when she walks the dog — though she locks it when she leaves for extended periods. "It's a bit of a habit and maybe a bit of a dare, as I always considered myself lucky." more ›

Today's morning linkage: A look inside a century-old knishery, Equinox takes down their ads, Antwon Tanner of One Tree Hill is going to jail, and so much more! more ›

Today's evening linkage: a church can't be turned into a condo, Spider Man The Musical has been postponed, a graffiti op-ed appears in the WSJ, Jon Stewart drops the hammer on Wall Street Bonuses, and a pretty picture of City College from the 1920s. more ›

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Today's early linkage: PJ Clarke's opens a hamburger stand, two women are killed on the Belt Parkway, a close call at Newark, a pole-taping incident, NBC makes another bad decision, and Gumby's inventor died. Plus more! more ›

• The savagely bad economy has led record numbers of suckers prospective-students to take the LSATs— guess they haven't seen this graph.
• Jeffrey Deitch, the enfant terrible of the New York gallery scene, is rumored to be taking the top job at Los Angeles' embattled Museum of Contemporary Art. Wonder what'll happen to his SoHo galleries.
• A tanker with 41,000 barrels of ethanol ruptured its tank off Gravesend — the Coast Guard evacuated boats from the area, but no ethanol spilled into the water.
• Chuck Schumer is such a frenemy to Hillary Clinton: he secretly supported Obama while he was supposed to be working for her, a new book claims.
• Eliot Spitzer says Kirsten Gillibrand is unqualified to be senator and "not somebody whom I would have appointed under any circumstances"— that is, if he hadn't gotten caught schtupping prosies and was still governor.
• Sad: millions of tropical fish in Florida have frozen to death in this horrible cold weather snap that's been afflicting the East Coast.
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This week's best links from around the Ist sites: Chicagoist contemplates the Jersey Shore, Shanghaiist visits a cool ice festival in China, LAist reports on a doctor who struck two bikers with his car, Londonist looked at a new Royal portrait, and SFist got struck by an earthquake. more ›

Today's morning linkage: Natasha Lyonne is scared of her dad, the underwear bomber appears in court, how not to lock up your expensive bike, a man is caught in a very compromising position, and the Brooklyn Flea takes over a bank. Plus more! more ›

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Today's early linkage: insurance stats, bad flushers in Williamsburg, George Costanza attempts to drop some pounds, the head of CUNY collects a huge salary, and some rich kids were robbed at gunpoint in Central Park. Plus more! more ›

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Today's afternoon linkage: DUMBO has one less park, Tim Robbins might be flirting with Republicans, botanicas are doing a lot of business, stocks explode out of the gate, and the world's largest penis looks for work. more ›

Today's morning linkage: Tiger Woods at the Trump International Hotel, Gino's Restaurant saved, Tavern on the Green padlocked, Ray Kelly parties with J-Lo, rents are down 10%, and the G-spot is proven not to exist. more ›

Jen Chung would be putting up this post, but she's been away from her keyboard today having a baby! Katharine Patricia Chung Wilkins was born at 2:38 pm on January 3, 2010— stats so far: 7 pounds, 1.2 ounces. Surprisingly, the baby does not resemble the projection that the Gothamist graphics staff created earlier this month. Jen writes: "Fun facts: Exactly two weeks early; had umbilical cord wrapped around her body twice; Chung is her second middle name; seems to endure my off-key singing." more ›

• Good news: the FDNY has restored firefighter staffing at 49 of the city's engine companies.
• Donald Trump's odd New Year's resolution: fixing the city's dented guard-rails.
• Apparently, many City Council members are carrying around fake badges not issued by the NYPD.

From around the Gothamist network: Plenty of sites looking at stories from 2009 including top stories in NYC, Chicago, Toronto and San Francisco, favorite songs of Phillyist, best movies of 2009 on LAist and ten things that Bostonist hated; some authentic Hawaiian food on Seattlest and more. more ›

Today's end-of-day links: NYC tourism seems down for 2009, an allegedly drunk cab driver fatally hit a pedestrian in Brooklyn, the city urges a court not to go ahead with minority hiring quotas for the FDNY and more. more ›

Today's mid-day links: A Delta flight is forced back to LGA after smoke in the cockpit, the Aqueduct Racetrack will get a video gambling machine vendor soon, a defaced Bronx church vows to carry on and more. more ›

Today's end-of-day links: A Staten Island Ferry crash victim gets a big settlement, mob boss Vinnie Gorgeous gets visits from his ex-wife AND mistress, and more. more ›

Today's mid-day links: A 9-year-old found her mother's body in their Upper West Side bathroom, no more solid metal gates for stores, are they too many honor societies in schools and more. more ›