Two years ago, we wondered if there was a big list of all the fountains in New York City. We haven't made that much progress with the list, but at least now we have a list of the "display fountains" the Parks Department maintains. And it's interesting - Brooklyn only has three while Staten Island has eight. Of course, there are many fountains outside of the Parks Department's jurisdiction (for instance, the fountain outside......

- Luckily no one was seriously hurt when a school bus toppled over on the Major Deegan Expressway; authorties say that the kids' seatbelts might have saved them - check out this picture from Newsday - The high school teacher accused of raping a student (a "consensual sexual affair" started when she was 14 - he was 43) was found dead, of an apparent suicide - More details on the ipodsubwaymaps's cease-and-desist orderes from the......

Rap star DMX will face charges after causing a car accident on the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx. DMX apparently hit a car, which then bumped into the worst kind of car to bump into: A police cruiser. WNBC says that DMX was arrested on similar charges a month ago, which made Gothamist wonder that if DMX gets pitches for him to star in a sitcom where he plays a rapper who isn't allowed......

Gothamist loves the NY Times article about the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge New York Region > A Bridge Too Fat" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/18/nyregion/18bridge.html">being too fat, because for a moment, we thought, "Hey, that's not nice, calling a bridge fat!" But then it was actually an interesting (and a little scary) look at how the suspension bridge is being re-engineered, with new technology and materials, to make sure it can support the traffic in the future. For instance, Robert Moses......