NYC: Daily News Building, by wallyg at flickrToday on the Gothamist Newsmap: an injured police officer at Floyd Bennet Field in Brooklyn, a gas leak on South 8th St. and Wythe Ave. in Brooklyn, and a bank robbery at the North Fork branch on 87th St. and Broadway in Manhattan. The FDNY will be stationing a battalion chief at the Deutsche Bank building until it is fully dismantled. Someone in the Clinton campaign said......

The 132nd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show arrives at Madison Square Garden Monday. The two-day event has thousands of dogs undergo a winnowing process that culminates with the awarding of Best in Show. The American Kennel Club recognizes 157 disinct breeds that are eligible for competition, and four of those breeds are brand new entries to the field. They include the Tibetan mastiff (a working dog), the Beaucerand and Swedish vallhund (herding dogs), and the......

Though we suspect he may have gotten some Jello pudding packs along the way, he isn't fat, and yesterday, Harry, the Dandie Dinmont Terrier, stole the show in the first day of competition at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Harry, who is co-owned by Bill Cosby, yes that Bill Cosby, was the only Dandie Dinmont in the competition and finished first in the terrier group. Harry already has 57 championships in his career......

First off, a bit more on the weather: - KNOW: We beat the snowfall record by .5 inches! - SEE: The nyc blizzard flickr stream continue to grow! - WATCH: Medieval Snow Fighting in Union Square. - READ: EAST VILLAGE BLIZZARD '06 UPDATE!!!111! - CONTEMPLATE: What transit contract did this guy get? As for the other stuff: - Dick Cheney shot a fellow hunter. No comment. - The TImes on Craigslist, Real Estate Agents......

Though the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is over, Gothamist has been enjoying city rag's photographs from the final night. The win of the "liver-colored" German pointer Ch Kan-Point's VJK Autumn Roses (aka Carlee) was shocking to us, because "liver-colored" doesn't really sound so good, unless it's foie gras. But the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is the only awards show where they get to say, "This bitch really deserved to win"...well, the only......

Since Gothamist was glued to watching the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show last night (what is better than seeing dogs that look like stuffed animals try to waddle across...except the poodles are freaky), we're all about dogs these days. The American Kennel Club says that Manhattanites love dachsunds. So much so that they are the number one breed in this borough (other boroughs weren't included in the study)...aw, dachsunds are funny to watch, too...Gothamist noticed......

Today, the 129th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show begins! Gothamist was at Madison Square Garden yesterday and saw some dogs arrive, and we formed our mini paparazzi line. The Pennsylvania Hotel, across the street from MSG, has "doggie concierges" and a doggie spa, plus there are doggie "whisperers" on hand. The Post notes that there's a super cute Glen of Imaal terrier from Chelsea competing for the first time (its name is India and......

It's that time of the year again: The 127th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show! The official Westminster Kennel Club site links to judges of all breeds. And I can't talk about the Westminster Dog Show without mentioning the wonderful Christopher Guest film, Best in Show. An interview with Christopher Guest pre-Best in Show, but with insight in his mind. The only thing I'll look forward to with the end of the Westminster Dog Show......