Edward Cardinal Egan is still at St. Vincent's Hospital; the NY Times reports that the 77-year-old head of the New York Archdiocese was kept for a third night for observation, after complaining of stomach pains on Saturday. He is expected to be released in a few days, but his involvement in church activities is unclear: Not only did Egan have numerous Easter Week services planned, but next week features ceremonies surrounding the installation of his successor, Archbishop Timothy Dolan. Archdiocese spokesman Joseph Zwilling said, "It would be very disappointing if he could not be there. But there are no plans to postpone the installation. There is a certain time frame in which a newly appointed archbishop has to be installed." The Times had this factoid: "Cardinal Egan, if he is able, would be the first New York archbishop since the mid-19th century to attend such a torch-passing ceremony. All his predecessors have died in office." Doctors also recommended that Egan, who is retiring, get a pacemaker, but that surgery has been postponed until he regains some more strength. more ›

Edward Cardinal Egan, who had been planning to wind down his leadership of the New York Archdiocese this week, was hospitalized yesterday with stomach pains—and then doctors recommended the 77-year-old receive a pacemaker. more ›

We received an alert saying an MTA bus set off a radiation detector on lower Broadway, in the Financial District. The bus and its passengers were held outside 25 Broadway for further inspection. What could it be, besides potential for the worst commute ever? Well, the request for emergency services was canceled when it was discovered one of the passengers had an implanted pacemaker--some pacemakers do use radioactive material. Phew! more ›