• Along with publicly endorsing the gays, Governor Spitzer is now said to be embracing the idea of legalizing medical marijuana. Related: NYU students plan gay, pot-smoking celebration.

• Con Ed assures Queens that they won't suffer from any major blackouts this summer. Better luck next year, Bronx!

• New ice-cream flavor, "Staten Island Landfill" is under attack by the borough president, who feels it's misrepresentative of the community. A spokesperson for the ever-accommodating ice cream company suggested the flavor be renamed, "Staten Island: Because The Rent In Astoria, Queens Is Still Too High."

• The MTA hates disabled passengers. Then again, who doesn't?

• Robbers shot and killed a Bodega owner in Queens. presumably in order to get their hands on the early shipment of US Weekly.

• New York to be the first northern state to apologize for slavery. Meanwhile, West Virgina and New Jersey are still "thinking about it."