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- A British man says he was humiliated after being asked to dance to Daft Punk at a job interview for an electronics store.
- The owners of a Brooklyn Heights massage parlor were arrested on sex trafficking charges.
- A Brooklyn man pleaded guilty to his role in a $13 million health care fraud scheme.
- Police shot a pit bull in Queens Saturday night, but like Star the dog survived.
- A NYC schoolteacher was busted for alleged cocaine possession inside a LES playground.
- In other back-to-school news, dozens of principals are protesting the city's new teacher evaluation system.
- Robert Allbritton, the publisher of the Washington news publication Politico, bought Capital New York.
- Check out the new 311 app, which allows you to report things to 311 without ever talking to another human being.
- Watch the funny acceptance speech that got Russell Brand thrown out of the GQ Men of the Year Awards after-party.
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