Looks like NYC subway stations are getting cell phone service earlier than expected: Six stations—Along 14th St., and at 23rd St. and 8th Ave.—should be wired by the end of 2011. It will be both convenient and annoying.

New York Governor David Paterson is leaving office soon, and he's already apologizing for screwing people over. But it wasn't all his fault, because "It's really hard to think of what you want to do when you are still working."

Have you ever wanted to haul ass down the West Side Highway after a long night of awesome Meatpacking clubbing? Good news! The nearby NYPD Highway Patrol unit is being moved to the Bronx to save money. Party time. [NYP]

17 year-old Staten Island resident Jesse Shipley died in a car crash in 2005. His parents didn't realize that his brain had been removed during autopsy for tests. They found out in the worst way imaginable.

[A couple huddles to stay dry while braving the rain from Tropical Storm Nicole in New York this morning. Image via Getty]

There are a lot of things one expects to see on the community bulletin board inside the Park Slope Food Coop: Ads for babysitters, ads for book groups, announcements of boycotts, announcements of counter-boycotts. Not usually on the list, however, is a handmade sign shouting "I hired a hooker and she stole my dog!!!! Waahhhh!!!"

Carl Paladino, the thick-browed dangerous thug who is an alarmingly serious candidate for New York's governorship, now says he might file trespassing charges against the New York Post. The same paper whose editor he threatened, yesterday! Carl Paladino is insane.

Remember that tornado in Brooklyn two weeks ago? It caused a good amount of damage to the borough's trees and power lines, but there was an even greater casualty: the Gowanus Canal. Here's post-tornado video of Brooklyn's biggest toilet, overflowing.

Carl Paladino, the loony Republican candidate for Governor of New York, had to be separated from Post reporter Fred Dicker after the two got into a physical altercation. Want to see two middle-aged men get up in each other's business?

New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino has already set some kind of record for dirty campaign tactics with his garbage-scented and poop-themed mailers. But now he's gone mud-slinging-crazy, leveling unsubstantiated charges of infidelity against his opponent, Andrew Cuomo.

New York's "comptroller" candidates aren't sure about the proper pronunciation of "comptroller." What's your preference?

A New York City traffic agent was savagely beaten in the Bronx this morning while trying to give a double-parked car a ticket. He's now in the hospital with a fractured skull.

According to new Census Bureau data, rent in the San Jose area is the most expensive in the country followed by the San Francisco, D.C., San Diego, and L.A. areas. That means New Yorkers must officially stop bitching about rent.

The first sign that Ann Coulter would not be an ideal speaker for a gay Republican group's 'Homocon 2010' came when she called John Edwards a 'Faggot' back in 2007. They had her anyway! And she was... Ann Coulter

Ex-congressman Rick Lazio has ended his brief Conservative Party candidacy for New York governor, because it was dumb.

Katy Perry and Russell Brand are NYC tourists no more: They've purchased a $2.9 million pied a terre in Manhattan. The 1,500-square-foot apartment also comes with a terrace where Katy can terrorize neighborhood children with her breasts. Photos below.

Here's a scenario where writing under a pseudonym is a wise choice: You're a former prostitute turned elementary schoolteacher and you're venting to the Huffington Post about the recent Craigslist erotic services shutdown. One schoolteacher didn't choose the anonymous route.

The Great Bed Bug Epidemic has been widely covered, but now our nation's capital is under threat from stink bugs. They smell like sweaty feet and are multiplying fast! According to a specialist, "this is going to be biblical." [WaPo]

A tipster emailed a photo of Katy Perry and Russell Brand "bike riding and asking for directions to the Standard Hotel" yesterday afternoon. Have you spotted someone noteworthy? Email a photo to stalker@gawker.com or post it yourself to #stalker.

The only released prisoner of three Americans detained in Iran since last year, Sarah Shourd, met with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday in New York "in order to clear up any misunderstanding that led to our detention."