graffiti internet, by Rob Hoey at flickr Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: an aircraft fire at JFK terminal 4 in Queens, a robbery on Central Park West in Manhattan, and a missing child on Pennsylvania Ave. in Brooklyn. Surf cams (permanently installed cameras monitoring surf conditions) are a great way to notify surfers of conditions, until one realizes that surfers don't want conditions notified for fear of crowds. No matter what you've ever seen......

As Park Slopers discuss the elementary school pigeon killers lurking about Prospect Park, the animals decide to strike back! The NY Post reports that "a masked marauder" was on a rampage yesterday in the Park as he took a bite out of a woman who was on an outing with her family at The Lake.The animal had been lurking unusually close to people when it struck, sinking its teeth into the woman's thigh. Her husband......

Freegans have been around for a while now, most recently The Times caught them dumpster diving in the NYU area just as school let out. A freegan goldmine! Now a blogger for Newsweek is getting knee deep in rubbish for a month in order to fully understand these "waste reclaimers". Raina Kelley is keeping a blog of her fairweather freeganism, and on her first day (Wednesday) she pondered, "Why would a eBay-loving, omnivorous, cigarette-smoking shopaholic......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: five separate "all hands" fires in Queens, a "large fight" at Tottenville High on Staten Island, and a fatal pedestrian vs. car at 145th and 8th Avenue in Harlem. Hot 97 has released the first rap song about the Queens shootings: Papoose's 50 Shots. Sample lyric: "pigs out here shooting n-----r's like it's legal, niggers got to get gun licenses, if they run up on your car, give it......

Uh-oh, missing City Council members, if you miss a meeting, you need a note from your doctor (or other documentation) Curbed's monitoring of Gehry's IAC Building pays off: The windows are properly lined up. Park Slopers are scared of raccoons, possibly to the point of not crossing the street for a non-fat latte The Goya stolen as it was being transported from Ohio to NYC was recovered in NJ! No word if it's going......