• 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."

In a stunning turn of events, Consolidated Edison is not blaming itself for July's blackout in Queens. You could read all 600 pages of the report the utility just released, or you could soak up our sympathy*-less sarcasm, like the part where we comment on how ConEd left one hundred thousand people to sweat (some to death) and, as part of its solution, will be adding 250 phone lines to field calls from customers. You know, so they're even more overwhelmed by repetitive expletives about the power being out.

Con Ed Says July Blackout Was Beyond Its Control [Sewell Chan, NYT]

(For Con Ed, not the wonderful Queens community.)

• We think we've had enough of these sick fuckers. Why would you try to kill a puppy with pins? Why? Why? We're really upset. We really are. [NYP]

• Josh Hartnett and Scarlett Johansson sightings in TriBeCa are already on the rise. [Blog NYC]

• Fringe Festival, yay! Though we don't know what the band geeks did to deserve being compared to Tom Cruise? [NYM]

• If you were conned by Con Ed or just like word play, this post's for you. [Gothamist]

• A word to the wise: If a New York man tells you he's going to kill you, it's best if you believe him and get the hell outta there. [NYP]