Friday night, as gay rights history was being made in Albany, 20 officers from the NYPD and other city agencies stormed into The Eagle, NYC's biggest leather bar. Inside, they shined flashlights into customers' eyes and forced them to empty their pockets, the Times reports.

All they need now is a pipe bomb, and they will never be scooped again. Tom & Jerry's is a dive bar near our office. It's also "Elaine's for the glittering digital set," "where everyone knows your Twitter handle."