Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a shooting on 155th Ave. and 79th St. in Queens, a bank robbery at the Chase branch on De Kalb and Bedford Ave. in Brooklyn, and a pedestrian struck at Hunts Point and Lafayette Aves. in the Bronx. The Guggenheim sent out a postcard inviting people to a seminar about Andy Warhol. The message on the reverse side is expletive-laced and describes Warhol and his fans in derogatory terms......

The St. John's student who was found carrying a .50 caliber rifle in a black plastic bag on the school's Queens campus and caused the campus to be locked down yesterday afternoon was charged with criminal possession of a weapon. Omeash Hiraman, a 22-year-old finance student, had been wearing a Fred Flintstone mask and was stopped by campus security. A guard and another St. John's student who happens to be a police cadet restrained......

A student carrying a single shot .50 caliber rifle was arrested on the Queens campus of St. John's this afternoon. WNBC reports that the male student had the gun in a bag, as well as a President Bush mask. Also:Police sources said the man is a student of Guyanese descent who lived in a campus dorm. Sources said the student takes medicines for psychiatric issues and that police were investigating whether he had gone......

Customizing your wedding is standard these days, and wedding planning businesses aren't the only ones who are benefiting. There's been a boom in people applying online to be ordained to officiate friends' and families' weddings. But there's an unexpected catch: Sometimes those Universal Life Church ordinations aren't legal in the county or state where the wedding is being performed! The NY Times has an article about the issues with ordained-online ministers. One couple, a lawyer......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: Slashing on West 65th, fatal pedestrian stike in Bay Ridge, and a jumper down in Queens. See a car with a government-issued permit parking illegally? Send a picture to Uncivil Servants, a new website dedicated to exposing parking permit abuse The St. Patrick's Day Parade planner moves the FDNY from the front of the parade to the middle because he doesn't want drunk firefighters at the start The Voice......

When the dust cleared after the elections on Tuesday, the Democrats were the last party standing. Even in a blue-leaning state like New York, Democrats had to play hard in their quest to dominate the old boys' club known as the Republican party. As Dems claimed victory in every state race, Republicans retreated and joined the ranks of some other New York losers. Sort of like the 2006 New York Yankees and Mets. Focusing on......

- Whoa, WTC developer Larry Silverstein delivers a new proposal to the Port Authority - will they be working on this through the weekend? - The woman, "Sister Ping," behind one of the biggest immigrant smuggling operations gets 35 years in prison, and makes the judge angry during sentencing - Mediators think the MTA and Transport Workers Union contract dispute should go into binding arbitration - Awesome Queens real estate marketing campaign that takes......

The FDNY is restricting St. Patrick's Day revelry for its firefighters in a couple of ways. The firefighters won't be able to wear green berets, march with dogs or pet, paint their faces, or walk with civilians. The FDNY says they are "trying to have firefighters look sharp, a little more disciplined, a bit more like a paramilitary outfit." This is probably a move to improve the FDNY's image, after revelations and allegations of excessive......

Oh those lovable Amazins...working off of their sweep of the Brewers, the Mets went into St. Louis and recieved their second weekend sweep in a row. It probably would have been three in a row if a game against the Braves wasn't rained out two weeks ago. Now, we here at Gothamist aren't exactly Miss Cleo, but we did say that the Mets would probably get swept. Mets fans were thinking that too, no? At......