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The Chronicle of Higher Education released its annual salary survey of the heads of educational institutions and the value of a college education is evidenced in the paychecks being cashed by institutions' presidents. More than a dozen heads of private universities took home more than $1 million during the 2005-06 school year. According to the New York Post, the dean of higher earning was Donald Ross, who took home $5.7 million--most in deferred compensation after...

It's the umpteenth story about an engagement gone sour and hardly the first one that has the would-be groom demanding the pricey engagement ring back. But it's the first that we can recall where the ex-fiancee is the granddaughter of a Gambino crime family head!

• Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a bomb threat at New York Law School on Worth St. in Manhattan, shots fired on New York Ave. in Brooklyn, and a person in the river off of Manhattan's 59th St. and 12th Ave.
• The former head of the NYPD's forensic crime lab, Deputy Chief Denis McCarthy, was transferred to a patrol division by Chief Ray Kelly after allegations of falsified lab reports were substantiated by investigators.
• Debra Ann Ridgeley, the woman arrested in Panama for the killing of Staten Island resident Toni Grossi Abrams, is claiming innocence. Her lawyer says that it was Grossi Abrams who attacked her with a knife and that a male Colombian friend intervened to protect her. She also is maintaining that whatever happened to Grossi Abrams, it happened while she was someplace else tending to her wounds.
• A 57-year-old man accused a younger man of stealing his money off the counter of a midtown liquore store yesterday. After the store's manager told the two men to take their argument outside, the older man picked up a piece of metal from the sidewalk, prompting the other to produce a weapon and stab him in the chest before running away.
• A building at the NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston was evacuated today after a gunman was reported in the building.
• Kevin Walsh of forgotten NY investigates the origins of a large anchor in Park Slope and finds a retired seaman.
• A ruling by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals establishes that government officials can't be held constitutionally liable for statements made in regards to the safety or quality of air following the 9/11 attacks. This could put an end to a number of lawsuits related to post-9/11 air quality and the EPA's assurances of safety.
• Firefighters got to try out their new diamond-tipped glass-cutting power saw when rescuing two window washers stuck outside the 37th floor of a Turtle Bay building.
• Hitting a pedestrian in a grocery store parking lot is one thing; ramming into cop cars, however is highly discouraged in Long Island's Nassau County.
• New York named the daffodil the city's official flower. Over three million bulbs were planted across the city's five boroughs as part of the Daffodil Project to memorialize victims of the 9/11 attacks.

Bronx teen Gerardo Parraga was on his cell phone with his girlfriend when he was confronted and shot on Lafayette Avenue. The police believe Parraga was killed in a botched robbery after leaving a Washington Mutual on Saturday night. His girlfriend heard the confrontation and gunfire and called his family; the family discovered Parraga, who was shot in the shoulder and died at the scene. His family said cash, his cell phone and jewelry were missing.

The Mayor won a ruling from the state's highest court - the Court of Appeals - that says he's allowed to, er, ignore certain laws the City Council might pass against his wishes - if he thinks they violate state and federal law. The case they ruled on was the 2004 City Council law that required city contractors to offer domestic partner benefits; the Mayor vetoed it, saying it didn't hold up with state and federal law, but the City Council overrode it. Fast forward to 2006, the Court of Appeals ruled, 4-3, that the Mayor was right not to enforce it. While it sounds bad, pundits say this does not mean the Mayor can do as he pleases. New York Law School's Ross Sandler tells the NY Times, "These issues exist in a political world and neither the mayor nor the Council want to be so far off base that they appear to be acting unlawfully." Yeah - just think what Mayor Giuliani would have done if he knew this! And, from Newsday, Baruch College's Jay Weiser makes the point that this is more about competitive bidding that domestic benefits.

The past few decades have brought tremendous amounts of change to the East Village (and many other parts of the city). And we all know that anytime something changes in Manhattan, for good or bad, you can expect to see an angry brigade of community members. So it comes as no surprise to read that a group in the East Village is working hard to get the neighborhood rezoned for the first time in 40 years. The Villager is reporting that the East Village Community Coalition (which came together to fight the dorm that was going to go up on E. Ninth over P.S. 64) has commissioned a comprehensive rezoning study from BFJ Planning, saving the city a fair amount of time and money.