Extra, Extra: Michael Phelps Ends Career With 18th Gold Medal

by Ben Yakas

Published August 4, 2012

Modified August 4, 2012

Follow Gothamist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here.
Happy Birthday, Barack! We know it's your birthday because we got like 100 emails asking for donations.
Michael Phelps won his record 18th gold medal to end his Olympic career today.
Everything you've never wanted to know about Alfred Hitchcock's “evil, deviant” on-set sexual harassment.
Better get to know the man behind the moustache: subway artist Moustache Man.
Two Brooklyn men have been accused of setting fire to a Bay Ridge home in order to cover up burglary.
AV Club took a visit to Robert Zimmerman's hometown, Hibbing, Minnesota.
Two Bronx beaches were shut down today over bacteria contamination fears.
Some people are upset about a fake photo in satirical newspaper The Onion. But do they think it's literally unbelievable?
“Hookers and strippers [here] don’t really surprise me, but I’m furious to hear they’ve been serving me cheap booze,” said a member of a Long Island country club dealing with a hooker scandal.
And finally, we don't always find raccoons cute, but that's just because they aren't usually begging this adorably: