Photograph by Ross Reyes on Flickr
- From the Gothamist Newsmap: A barricaded EDP on East 10th St in Manhattan, a double shooting at E 76th St & Flatlands Ave in Brooklyn, and a serious MVA at Arthur Kill Road at Woodrow Road on Staten Island.
- Dealbreaker is watching layoffs at JPMorgan: Layoffs apparently started in equities and hit research yesterday, "Sales and trading are supposedly being shown the door circa now."
- A 19-year-old was sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting a 10-year-old boy. The shooter, MIchael Peterson, was apparently trying to target the boy's brother.
- In spite of recent big post-election interviews with Sarah Palin, Katie Couric still wonders what the former VP candidate reads.
- A former prison guard who tried to arrange a prison hit for John Gotti tried to commit suicide in his Bronx home.
- Midtown Lunch readers try the Murray's Sandwich Challange.
- After a 35-game losing streak, the Fordham women's basketball team was victorious last night by defeating Manhattan College.
- The City Council ruled that drivers can "park at broken meters for the entire time normally allowed in the parking zone," not just an hour.
- If only: Thousands gather for stuffing of giant Rockefeller Center turkey.
