• This morning on the Gothamist Newsmap: double shooting in Harlem, overturned auto with possible fatality in Brooklyn, and a fire on Laguardia Place.
• Bitchin': the Cobble Hill skate store Homage has opened an indoor skate park on Degraw Street in Gowanus.
• Sad: Garden City is thinking of knocking down the very beautiful and long abandoned St. Paul's School.

A Haitian evacuee has been arrested for shirking security protocol at JFK, causing hours-long delay in terminal 8. Yesterday afternoon 57-year-old Jules Bouloute walked through a door that led to a restricted area, setting off an alarm. The terminal was evacuated and passengers waited for hours to be re-screened. Bouloute, who narrowly escaped Haiti after Tuesday’s earthquake, is now facing threats of a legal nature.

Gov. Paterson was seen nuzzling and kissing a young woman yesterday afternoon. The kicker? He and the woman, described as a “leggy Latina,” were seated at a New Jersey steakhouse frequently patronized by disgraced former-governor Eliot Spitzer. "He was laying up against her . . . they were up against each other in every intimate way,” said Sharon Farrell, a lawyer who spotted the pair at the River Palm Terrace in Edgewater. After the near-scandals of this past week, what could the married governor possibly have to say for himself?

• Islanders 3 Buffalo 2 (Shootout): The Islanders took it to the limit, blowing a 2-0 lead and prevailing in the eight round of the shootout. New York built a two-goal lead 15 minutes into the second period, but Buffalo cut that deficit in half 21 seconds later. They added a goal midway through the third period to tie things up and eventually the game went to overtime. And that’s where Trent Hunter proved to be the hero with his goal in the eighth round. Rick DiPietro earned his first win of the year with 31 saves.
• Colorado 3 Devils 1: The Devils kept shooting, but Craig Anderson was ready. Anderson stopped 37-of-38 shots, allowing only a goal to Rob Niedermayer as the Devils fell in Colorado.
• St. Louis 4 Rangers 1: Brian Boyle scored on a bad Blues’ turnover, but that was all the scoring the Rangers could do (again). St. Louis netted three in the third for the win.

Today's afternoon linkage: sad lawyers, an Obama mural destroyed, arson in the Bronx, and new rules at the Staten Island Ferry terminal. Plus more!

The Fairway in Red Hook has some new customers: birds! Lost City spotted the feathery friends after hearing them chirping on a recent trip. Upon telling the clerk that there were at least two birds perched in the organic food section, he was met with a blank stare — but he managed to grab some photos. Do you think they invade the bread section at night? Oh well, better than rats.

President Barack Obama has tapped his two predecessors to lead major fundraising efforts for Haiti. "Presidents Bush and Clinton will help the American people to do their part, because responding to disaster is the work of all of us," Obama said in a speech. "In these difficult hours, America stands united." Meanwhile former-presidential daughter Chelsea Clinton has “spun” up her own creative way to help the victims of the earthquake.

This is the game to stop the doubters. If the Jets can go into San Diego and take down the Chargers in Sunday's AFC divisional playof they have to be acknowledged as a true force. Right now, they're only a cute story. Sure, they have beaten the Colts when they lay down, and they have punished Cincinnati two straight weeks. But now they draw the Chargers, who have won 11 straight games and have the best passing attack in football.

A terminal at JFK airport has been evacuated due to a security breach similar to the one at Newark Airport last week. NBC reported that at 4 p.m. today a passenger was able to enter a secure area without being properly screened. Steve Coleman, a spokesman for the Port Authority, said that Terminal 8 was shut down and all passengers were forced to leave and go through screening again, according to AP. He didn’t describe details about the breach. One of our readers, at the airport, told us: "Exiting terminal at JFK due to security breach. Heard flight attendant say 'he got on the plane.'"

Apparently some people did like the décor in Tavern on the Green, after all—a court-ordered sale of the restaurant’s gawdy interior made a big dent in the bankrupt establishment’s $8 million debt. The piecemeal auction, which sold not only items from Tavern but from the Russian Tea Room and other restaurants, lasted three days and earned millions. But was it enough to keep the historic eatery’s 400-plus creditors at bay?

Gov. Paterson continued his losing streak, appointing a 29-year-old with no managerial experience and no workers’ comp experience to oversee the $210 million budget of the Workers’ Compensation Board. Jeffrey R. Fenster, the agency’s new executive director, is a lawyer who chose the vocation in order to “help people” and worked briefly in litigation to pay off student loans. What qualifies him for the board’s highest-paying position remains unclear.

In this issue of Popular Science, circa 1924, there's an article discussing New York's traffic problem — which at the time was reportedly causing the city to lose over $1M a day. One proposed solution: drain the East River and convert it into a 5-mile system accommodating roadways and the subway, while also providing parking spaces in garages and housing city centers.

Rick’s Cabaret on 33rd Street is claiming two of its former dancers lack the "moral character" to head a $5 million-plus class-action lawsuit against the nudie bar. More than 200 strippers say that Rick’s short-changed them while they worked there and are demanding it pay up. Now the club is launching its own attack on the two women who represent the pole-dancing army.

Today's morning linkage: Buddah goes to jail, the gold-lady gets sentenced, inside NYC's most liberal radio station, Gisele gives to Haiti, and Wall Street fatcats will have to take the 6 train. Plus more!

Yesterday it was confirmed that Conan would likely be leaving NBC with a nice settlement and the freedom to pursue opportunities at other networks. Last night the Wall Street Journal reported that the two parties are close to closing in on a final agreement, with a financial settlement that could put $25M to $40M in Conan's pockets. The deal is reportedly going to be reached this weekend — a meeting was scheduled for this morning.