A cab caught fire on West 50th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues. A reader says the "entire neighborhood stinks of 9/11." It's unclear how the cab caught fire and exploded, but we do know that there are dueling WNBC reporters taking pictures: Consumer Reporter Asa Aarons has some photographs at WNBC.com and the picture above is by Government Affairs Reporter Melissa Russo! more ›

Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani got good and bad news from the Quinnipiac Poll. The good news: He beats Senator Hillary Clinton, 48% to her 43% in a national poll conducted last week. The bad news: It's still over 18 months to go until Election 2008. more ›

Richard Huff in Thursday’s Daily News has revealed some major changes for WNBC’s early evening news line up starting next month. Channel 4 hopes that the rejiggering will make the station more competitive with WABC who dominates the 5 p.m. hour on the coattails of Oprah. more ›

Last night, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Fernando Ferrer had their second and final debate, which was a more contentious exchange, with the Mayor stepping up his attacks of Ferrer after Ferrer went after him in the first debate. But Ferrer stood his ground, trying to associate the mayor with the Republican party and President Bush. For his part, the Mayor called Ferrer whiny, saying, "You don't solve problems by complaining, you solve problems by coming up with solutions." And when WNBC political reporter Melissa Russo brought up Ferrer's new TV ad with a cartoony Bloomberg and Bush, Bloomberg dismissed the ad, saying "comicbooks" don't matter and claimed to not have seen the ad. Ha! more ›