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A peacock at the Central Park Zoo hopped the fence and perched on Fifth Avenue yesterday before returning home this morning. [NYP]
Casey Anthony is hiding out in Ohio. She was spotted shopping at Old Navy. [TMZ] More»

Minnesota shut down today, leaving 20,000 state employees without work, [NYT]
A source says that Vinny Guadagnino stormed out of the Jersey Shore shared house during filming,and isn't returning. [NYP]
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The US last year consumed more wine than France. [LAT]
Rep. Anthony Weiner sort of responds to the number of young hotties he follows on Twitter. [NYP] More»

The city was so hellbent on proving that an NYPD cop didn't die of a 9/11-related illness that morgue workers were dispatched to a funeral home to take away the body while his grieving family was holding memorial services. [NYP]
Tilikum, the killer whale that drowned a trainer last year and has been involved in two other human deaths, is returning to show business at Sea World. [OrlandoSentinel] More»

A female polar bear fitted with a radio collar made an epic 9 day, 420 mile journey in search of ice floe hunting grounds. Pretty amazing. [BBC]
Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook page has been hacked! An impostor, posting under what seems to have been Zuckerberg's identity, urged Facebook to transform itself into a "social business" in a post on Zuckerberg's own fan page yesterday. [TechCrunch]
Alec Baldwin to replace Keith Olbermann? "He's already part of the NBC family, has a huge fan base, and is very respected for his long term passions for politics," said a network source. [Popeater]
Police in California's Huntington Beach found the bodies of two teenagers—a boy and a girl, aged 15 and 16—surrounded by drug refuse, beer bottles, and one can of the infamous alcoholic energy drink Four Loko. [AP]
Jersey Shore is moving! To Italy! Will true guidos be able to understand what a Snooki is? [NYDN]

Obama offered the nation’s condolences to the victims of the shootings in Arizona and encouraged people to usher in a new era of civility in their honor. He also announced the good news that Gabrielle Giffords has opened her eyes. [NYT]
In case you missed last night's episode of Jersey Shore. Snooki hid in a bush outside of a nightclub. "Honestly, who hides in a bush? Only me," she said. "I will pee in a bush, poop in a bush, hide in a bush. I do f--ked up s--t. I don't know what's wrong with me." [UsWeekly]
Not a good year for Brett Favre. First there was the whole cock shot thing and now his younger sister Brandi has been arrested in a suburban meth lab in Mississippi. She had previously been in trouble for shoplifting and participating in a drive-by shooting. [Yahoo]
Hearts of gold. A bunch of strippers from the Cheetah Club shoveled snow in Times Square yesterday...with their boobs out. [Gawker]
Better watch what you do to Julian Assange. He has threatened that if anything happens to him, he'll have "insurance files" released that could seriously damage Rupert Murdoch and his News Corp. [New Statesman]
Looks like Maryland is going to be the sixth state to recognize same-sex marriages. Awesome. [CNN]

Pauly D is the first Jersey Shore cast member to get his own spin-off. "Pauly's World" will focus on his "his life as a DJ on the road with his buddies." Was Snooki too expensive? Will you watch? [Radar]
This is so sad. Iraq has canceled Christmas after leaders received fresh threats from al-Qaeda. Someone alert Santa. [AP]
Speaking of St. Nick, he has a blog. Of course. Requests range from adorable to heartbreaking. "Can you make me magic?" "Can you let dad spend time with us? I need your help." [Santa Says]
Wikileaks has leaked. Aftenposten has snagged unauthorized access to Julian Assange's entire stash of government records. [ABC]
NY Times released its year in pictures. Stunning. [NY Times]

Obscene poetry warns passersby not to mess with East Village motorcycles. [Grieve]
Pizza craze goes to the dogs, literally. [CityRoom]
Meet the newest member of the Jersey Shore family. [NYP]
Mark Zuckerberg proves the fabulously wealthy can be stupefyingly boring. [Gawker]
The kids from Kids are all grown up. [Awl]

Ruth Madoff is trying to balance the karma scales down south. [Post]
Zsa Zsa Gabor will undergo hip replacement surgery today. Predictably, Jeopardy is to blame. [Radar]
New Yorkers are marshmallows inside, at least when it comes to sick children [NYDN]
The cobblestones are coming! The cobblestones are coming! [NYT]
Rats rats rats everywhere in East 10th St building. [NY1 via Curbed]
Jersey Shore cast on strike. Who would the scabs be in this situation? [TMZ]

MacGuyver: an inspiration to self-amputators everywhere. [Post]
Pythons: eager to pee on Princes William and Harry. [NYDN]
4 of the Jersey Shore kids: about to be fired to make room for 4 newbies in Season 3. [TMZ]
Pianos: EVERYWHERE! [NYT]
Real Estate: In trouble again, due to the declining value of the pound and Euro. [WSJ]

Catherine Zeta-Jones regrets being "crass" at the Tonys, even though she said something that only our grandma thinks is racy. [NYDN]
Indictment for John Haggerty, Mayor Bloomberg's right-hand man who got handsy with Mayor Bloomberg's cash. [Post]
Blown glass art representations of deadly viruses are controversial. [NYT]
Short-lived Yankees mascot has hidden past, unflattering silhouette. [WSJ]
The Situation wants everyone to know he's a baller, and it's making MTV producers angry. [TMZ]

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