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Police have a man in custody who implicated himself in the 1979 disappearance of six-year-old Etan Katz in Soho. Katz was the first “milk carton kid.” Police put his picture on the side of a milk carton in hopes that someone had seen him. The case was never solved. The man in custody was questioned in the case years ago, and has made a statement to police implicating himself in Patz’s death. However, police are treating the information with a “healthy dose of skepticism” and proceeding cautiously.

Iranian sailors helped chase of pirates that were attacking a U.S. cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman. While the U.S. and Iran can not play nicely in the sandbox when it comes to most issues, the seem to be pretty good at helping each other fend off pesky pirates, who have become a major problem on the high seas.

Hurricane season has barely begun and Mexico is already facing an alert for Hurricane Bud, the second storm to be named this year. Bud, currently a category 2 storm, is threatening the southwestern coast of Mexico.

Since Facebook’s IPO last week, employees have lost an average of $844,000–and they can’t cash in their options for several months. Ouch.

Can’t get enough of your skinny jeans? Doctors are warning that skinny jeans that take the skinny a little too seriously can cause nerve damage that results in tingling and numbness in the upper thigh. No need to panic if your thighs are burning–just size up.

A Queens woman is searching for photos of Nunley’s, the small amusement park in Baldwin, NY that closed in 1995. Marisa Berman hopes to capture the essence of Nunley’s, a childhood staple for anyone who grew up on the south shore of Long Island, in a new book. Lucky for me the old Nunley’s ferris wheel is now outside of Bridgeview Yacht Club in Island Park, NY and we got to take wedding pictures in front of it!

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In the “is this really new?” category, actor Jim Parsons, best known as Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory, quietly came out in a New York Times profile. Parsons is in a long-term relationship. Good for your for revealing the worst kept psuedo-secret in Hollywood, Sheldon.

Elton John was hospitalized with a serious respiratory infection, forcing him to cancel four shows at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas this weekend. Get well soon!

Today is the day! Facebook’s IPO officially kicked off at 11 am. Mark Zuckerberg rang the NASDAQ opening bell from his Silicon Valley headquarters this morning in honor of the much-hyped event. His attire? A hoodie of course. Stay tuned for news on how this chaos goes.

Recently released information about the Trayvon Martin case suggests that Martin’s death could have been avoided had George Zimmerman stayed in his car, as directed by 911. New reports also reveal that traces of THC (the active ingredient in marijuana) were found in Martin’s system, something that drug experts say is probably negligible as the levels were not high and marijuana is not known to make people aggressive.

A new booze ban goes into effect on the Long Island Rail Road today. Riders will be prohibited from drinking on trains between midnight and 5 am on weekends. The MTA is hoping this will make these late night trains a little less crazy. Good luck, MTA. I think the 2:39 am is always going to be crazy…especially since now the next train after that is the 4:54 am!

Ever since a Georgetown student spoke on The Hill about controversy over birth control coverage, the school has been the site of an ongoing culture war. Catholic groups are protesting Kathleen Sebelius (a Catholic), Secretary of Health and Human Services, as a speaker at one of Georgetown’s small individual school graduation ceremonies. A few weeks ago, people protested a speech by House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (also a Catholic) saying it went against the Catholic teachings about helping the poor.

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The Facebook IPO is making Bono the richest musician in the world. The U2 frontman will steal the title away from Sir Paul McCartney. Bono bought 2.3 of shares in Facebook in 2009 for 90 million. They will no be worth $1.5 billion.

Jessica Simpson is reportedly “extremely determined” to lose her baby weight as soon as she heals from her c-section. Simpson, who posed nude for Elle magazine in January while 5 months pregnant, weighed 170 pounds at the time. Simpson, who we reported earlier has inked a $4 million deal with Weight Watchers, will actually have to reach her goal weight in order for the deal to go through. She will also employ a personal trainer.

Mary Kennedy, 52, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was found dead at in a barn at her home in Bedford, New York. Mrs. Kennedy reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself. RFK Jr. filed for divorce from his wife in 2010. Around the time of the divorce filing, police were called to the home for a domestic incident, in which no one was injured, and Mary was arrested for drunk driving.

Attention long time Verizon Wireless customers: as of this summer, when you upgrade you will be forced into a tiered data sharing plan and your precious unlimited data plan will go the way of the Dodo. What does this mean? Probably that you’ll pay more. Initial reports say that the lowest data package under the new plan will cost $30 for 2 gigabytes of data, which is what unlimited plan holders pay currently. However, the smarmy jerks at Verizon are banking on the increase in HD videos and machine-to-machine communications to send data usage skyrocketing, thus lining their corporate pockets with your cash. In addition, Verizon has recently instituted a $30 upgrade fee for customers getting a new device, which the company considers a success since no one is complaining. NOTD would like to encourage you to complain about all of this when you have to upgrade. You already pay enough for your phone!

East Texas was hit with a 4.3 magnitude earthquake earlier today. Bricks reportedly fell from one woman’s chimney, crushing her 52″ television. There were no other reports of damage. Lady, me thinks your chimney needed some help if it was the only one that fell…

A U.N. diplomat says that Iran is supplying arms to the Syrian government, in violation of a ban on arms sales. In related news, embattled Syrian president Bashar al-Assad blamed the ongoing violence in Syria on foreign backed fighters. I think this guy actually believes his own lies at this point…

According to the 2011 census, minorities under age 1 are now actually the majority. White babies are outnumbered by babies of color for the first time ever. The tides are turning, friends. Get used to it.

A penguin that escaped from a Tokyo aquarium in March is apparently thriving in Tokyo Bay. The fugitive bird known as penguin 337, scaled a 13 foot wall and through a barbed wire fence to get to the bay. Perhaps this penguin’s name should be MacGuyver.

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Disco sensation Donna Summer died at age 63 after a battle with cancer. Summer was responsible for hits like Last Dance, Hot Stuff, She Works Hard for the Money, and Bad Girls.

J.Lo will reportedly not sign another contract with American Idol after this season. Sources say Lopez is simply too busy with her singing and acting careers as well as being a mother to her four-year-old twins, Max and Emme.

Go-go (that would be a style of music for all of you white people/people who haven’t ever lived in DC) legend Chuck Brown died at age 75 of multiple organ failure due to sepsis. He had been in the hospital for about a month. Go-go music, which is a blend of  soul, jazz, funk and other music styles, remained especially popular in Washington, DC, where it was created 40 years ago.

The lawsuits against John Travolta may have been dropped, but one of his Grease co-stars says Travolta tried to perform oral sex on him while he was sleeping during the filming of the iconic movie. John Travolta, here is the door, why don’t you open it and step on out of that closet. And while you’re at it, address the your hair is fake rumors as well.

A medical report issued by George Zimmerman’s family doctor a day after he shot Trayvon Martin indicates Zimmerman had a fractured nose, two black eyes, and a laceration on the back of the head, consistent with his claim that Martin attacked him and repeatedly hit his head against a curb. However, EMT’s on the scene didn’t even find Zimmerman’s injuries significant enough to take him to the hospital. Who to believe? Additionally, CNN reports that Martin’s autopsy showed he had injuries to his knuckles when he died. Um? So?

The war crimes trial of Radko Mladic, the “Butcher of Bosnia”,  accused of committing ethnic cleansing in the war that ripped Yugoslavia apart, began in The Hague today. Mladic showed no remorse, and made “throat slitting” motions, and, at one point, growled at survivors. The 70-year-old Bosnia Serb general has been indicted on 11 counts of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity during the 1992-95 war. Fry the bastard.

The FBI has opened an investigation into JP Morgan Chase’s $2 billion loss. My prediction of their findings? A bunch of people who think they can outsmart everyone else failed miserably.

The defense rested in the trial of former presidential candidate John Edwards without Mr. Edwards taking the stand. Others not called? His mistress, Rielle Hunter, who is at the center of the case, his eldest daughter, Cate, and Andrew Young, the staffer who took the fall for Edwards, so to speak, claiming he fathered Hunter’s child to save Edwards’ ass.

Police in the Chicago suburb of Burbank are looking for 30-year-old Arnoldo Jimenez, who is wanted for the brutal murder of his wife of 36 hours. Her body was found in the bathtub of the condo they planned to share, still wearing the silver dress she wore to celebrate her city hall nuptials. She was brutally stabbed to death, according to authorities.

Francesco Miceli, 50,  of Rockville Centre (yes, natives of The Rock, of Miceli Brothers Pizza fame) was arrested for selling oxycodone pills to an undercover cop at his West Babylon eatery several times last week. His arrest comes after a three-month investigation. What is with that block of Park Avenue restaurant owners? Rigatoni in with the mob, Miceli’s selling Percocets…What next? Dodici is a front for a prostitution ring?

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One of the men who has accused John Travolta of sexual assault has dropped his suit against the actor. Travolta’s camp is calling it “complete vindication.” Um, what about the other guy(s)? Wouldn’t be celebrating just yet!

Yitzy “Y-Love” Jordan, the first black Jewish MC has come out as gay. Jordan, who is of Puerto Rican and Ethiopian descent, converted to Hasidic Judaism in 2000 and went on to study at Jerusalem’s Ohr Somayach yeshiva. He says he’s never been conflicted about his sexuality, but has gone in and out of the closet, so to speak, based on the situation.

Tiger Woods’ number one mistress, Rachel Uchitel, gave birth to a baby girl, Wyatt Lilly, in San Francisco on Tuesday. Uchitel and husband Matt Hahn relocated to San Fran last year in hopes of starting a new/under the guise that it was good for Hahn’s career.

Terminator 3 actor Nick Stahl was reported missing by his estranged wife, Rose. Stahl had reportedly been frequenting the Skid Row area of Los Angeles of late, and drugs may be involved in his disappearance. The actor’s wife asked a judge to limit his contact with their two-year-old daughter in February, and asked that he prove that he hadn’t used drugs or alcohol in the 24 hours prior to seeing her.

News of the Day would like to wish her brothers-in-law Ben and Brian very happy birthdays! (Very convenient to remember that both of your brothers-in-law whose names start with B are born on the same day )

Flame haired editrix (no not me) Rebekah Brooks will be charged with trying to obstruct a police investigation into the phone hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch’s news empire. Brooks, who was the editor of New of the World at the time, tried to remove boxes of documents from News International’s offices. Brooks’s husband, personal assistant, and driver will be charged as well, along with her bodyguards. The maximum sentence is life in prison. Lesson: if you commit a crime, don’t try to cover it up.

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced that the country will dramatically step up efforts to find effective treatments for and early detection of Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia. Sebelius says the initiative aims to identify these effective treatment options by 2025. President Obama’s 2013 budget includes a $100 million increase in anti-Alzheimer’s funding. Government funding for Alzheimer’s research has lagged dramatically behind AIDS, heart disease, and cancer.

A man set himself on fire outside the trial of Andres Behring Breivik, accused of committing acts of terror in Norway that killed 77 people last summer. The fire was put out and the man was taken to a local hospital. At this time, there is no motive for this random act of self-inflicted violence.

Fancois Hollande was sworn in as the president of France earlier today, becoming France’s first socialist president since Francois Mitterand left office in 1995. Hollande has promised to bring a new approach to solving Europe’s financial woes. Hollande has said he wants to discourage “exorbitant” incomes and has been critical of the austerity measures put in place to tackle debt problems in Greece and Ireland. Could get interesting!

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Jay-Z has come out in support of President Obama’s decision to support same-sex marriage. Jay-Z says it is the right thing to do, even as a number of black pastors have come out against the president’s position. Jay-Z says that not allowing same-sex marriage is no different from discriminating against blacks.

Angelina Jolie spent north of $1 million on a helicopter and flying lessons for fiance Brad Pitt for seemingly no reason whatsoever. The little people equivalent of this? When your husband brings home Pinkberry for no reason whatsoever.

Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson was fired after a resume padding scandal broke last week. Thompson reportedly embellished his college studies, claiming to have earned degrees in both accounting and computer science, when in fact, he only earned a bachelor’s in accounting. He was only on the job for four months, and shortly before he was fired, told the Board of Directors that he has thyroid cancer. Talk about a bad month…

Expect some big shakeups at JP Morgan Chase in the wake of the company’s $2.3 billion loss. First out the door? Chief Investment Officer Ina Drew, who resigned last night. Also expected to lose their jobs are Achilles Macris, the London-based manager of the desk that made funky derivatives trades that caused this mess, and Javier Martin-Artajo, a senior manager.

Got a one-year-old? You might want to make sure they aren’t walking around with pacifiers, bottles, or sippy cups in their mouths. According to a new report, roughly 2,270 toddlers are treated for injuries as a result of falling with pacifiers or sippy cups in their mouths. Injuries range from cuts, bruises, lacerations to the mouth, to dental injuries. One-year-olds are the most commonly injured, largely because they have just learned to walk and are unsteady on their feet and fall a lot.

49 decapitated bodies were found in a Mexican border state this weekend, apparently victims of the ongoing drug war.  The bodies, found Sunday morning, appeared to have been killed a day or two earlier. Police suspect the Zetas and Gulf cartels are involved.

Eastman Kodak headquarters in Rochester, NY was home to a little known nuclear reactor with weapons grade uranium. The research reactor, which was the size of a refrigerator, was housed in a bunker under the Kodak building. The company used the reactor to check chemicals, and other materials for impurities. The uranium was moved in 2007.

A 24-year-old graduate student battling a flesh-eating virus is being described by doctors as astonishing. Aimee Copeland has already lost a leg and part of her abdomen to the virus, but her body is continuing to fight the bug. She is on drugs that make her forget what has happened each time she falls asleep, but when she wakes, she asks questions. Her biggest concern? Finishing her graduate thesis. Copeland contracted the virus when she was on a camping trip with friends and fell from a homemade zip line which snapped. She got a gash in her leg that needed 22 staples to close. When she fell in the water, she apparently contracted the bug which ran wild in her system. Gross! Get well soon, Aimee!

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You have to hand it to Jessica Simpson. Despite not having had a hit song in years, she’s managed to stay relevant make money. This time she will get $800,000 from People magazine for the first pictures of baby daughter Maxwell Drew Johnson. Simpson has also reportedly inked a $3 million deal with Weight Watchers to shed the (at least) 40 pounds she gained during her pregnancy.

Sarah Hyland, 21, who plays ditzy oldest daughter Haley on Modern Family underwent a kidney transplant on April 13. Hyland has had a life long battle with kidney dysplasia. She received her kidney from her father.

Yet another man is accusing John Travolta of sexual harassment. This time the accuser was a masseur at the Pennsylvania Hotel and says Travolta’s behavior was so bad, he was banned from the hotel for three years, a claim that Travolta’s camp denies. This could get interesting!