Alycia Lane, the Philadelphia newswoman who punched a female NYPD police officer, was relieved after appearing at Manhattan Criminal Court today. The Manhattan DA's office basically dismissed her case, for an "adjournment in contemplation of dismissal." Prosecutors said the female cop's injuries "were not serious enough" to support the felony assault charge, so charges were reduced to obstruction of governmental administration and harassment. Lane, who allegedly called the cop a "dyke bitch" during a run-in......

Let this be a lesson to KYW-TV employees: If you allegedly punch a police officer and call her a dyke, you're out of a job! Well, actually, Philadelphia reporter Alycia Lane also embarrassed herself when she sent bikini photographs to a married reporter's joint email account with his wife, so maybe the math is bikini-photo scandal + cop punching = firing. FishbowlNY reports that the Philadelphia CBS affiliate now finds, after "assessing the overall impact......