“This is terrible looking, I’ll admit, but I’d been 74 hours without sleep and food,” Commander John H. Towers wrote after sailing his NC−3 Flying Boat, 206 miles through the storm tossed Atlantic Ocean. Comment.

For many, their first real paying job means typing and filing, but for Tatiana Ramirez, 17, and Lialani Thomas, 19, their first real job at the Coney Island Boom−A−Ring means snarling tigers and 8,000−pound pachyderms. Comment.

Criminal probe in hospital death Comment.

When it comes to the disturbing turn in the mystery behind the disappearance and likely beheading of Vox Pop’s Lady Liberty, owner Debi Ryan is of two minds. Comment.

Fulton Ferry Landing already offers visitors fine dining, famous ice cream and a stunning view of the Manhattan skyline — and someday soon it could also become a place where commuters hop a ferry to work. Comment.

The Annual City Reliquary Benefit, aka “The Brooklyn Boogaloo Barbeque” will be held July 25 from 6−10 p.m. at 370 Metropolitan Avenue in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn. Comment.

Atlantic Yards feud Comment.

Lucrezia Borgia I’m not. Good old Lucrezia was born in a little village near Rome on April 18, during the Renaissance period. History as well as a theatrical account (an opera by Gaetano Donizetti) has portrayed her as a Machiavellian, husband−slaying hussy that used a ton of methods to get rid of an unwanted spouse or lover − with poison at the top of the list. She was also quite beautiful, with blond hair, green eyes and a buxom figure −− a regular femme fatal. Comment.

The Brooklyn Greenway Initiative at 145 Columbia Street, and Recycle−a−Bicycle are teaming up for their annual scavenger hunt on Governors Island, July 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Comment.

See New York City’s finest subway and street performers celebrate the work of Opus 118 Harlem School of Music, a nonprofit organization, which supports children in NYC schools with underdeveloped music programs, at the Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main Street in DUMBO, July 21 at 9 p.m. Comment.

The State Senate coup that threatened to shake the foundations of the Capitol roared in like a lion and exited like a lamb. Comment.

Petitions for City Council races were due in the Brooklyn Board of Elections office at midnight, July 16, and now for Brooklyn’s political junkies, this is when the fun begins. Comment.

To quote Monty Python, the same−sex marriage bill isn’t dead −− it’s resting. Comment.

You may not always get along with your neighbors, but the six white Bengal tigers, three Asian elephants and 15 or so miniature horses, French donkeys, llamas, goats and sheep that have been living side−by−side on Surf Avenue in Coney Island for the last month appear to be getting along just fine. Comment.

Chapter 2 NY of Rolling Thunder will hold its Fifth Annual Three Borough Motorcycle Ride to the Vietnam Wall in Manhattan in support disabled American veterans, July 26. Comment.

The balance of power has shifted. No longer is Midwood the undisputed girls’ soccer queen of Brooklyn. This year, Brooklyn Tech, backed by superb sophomore Niri Halperin, earned that crown with its first division title and a run to the PSAL Class A quarterfinals. Comment.

Midwood is usually Brooklyn’s volleyball king, but this was a banner year for the borough because of its depth. Comment.

United States Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Green Jobs & New Economy Subcommittee, announced that the Senate Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development has allocated $1,550,000 in grant funding to City University of New York’s Energy Institute. Comment.

It’s a case of one’s bark being worse than their bite −− for everyone involved. Comment.

Vive la France – in Brooklyn! Comment.

Solving the business problems of financially beleaguered Long Island College Hospital will enable its medical services to ultimately thrive, those supportive of its partnership with a state institution said this week. Comment.

It should have been a banner week for Open Space Alliance Executive Director Stephanie Thayer. Comment.

A virus that was almost vaccinated into extinction in the U.S. is making a comeback in Brooklyn. Comment.

You may not always get along with your neighbors, but the six white Bengal tigers, three Asian elephants and 15 or so miniature horses, French donkeys, llamas, goats and sheep that have been living side−by−side on Surf Avenue in Coney Island for the last month appear to be getting along just fine. Comment.

Children sometimes complain about aches in their joints. These aches could result from a variety of causes. But, if a child’s joints are swollen for six weeks in a row or longer, he or she may have juvenile arthritis (JA). Comment.

Backing Brad Comment.

Michael Jackson gave the world the Moon Walk, “Thriller,” short pants, white socks and a sequined glove. Not only did he provide us with great music and entertainment, but he also provided the gossips with tons of fodder and juicy conjecture. Comment.

The following is an excerpt from a story by Shavana Abruzzo, which appeared in the December 11, 1989 issue of this newspaper. Comment.

Do you deplore the vulgar 24⁄7 tabloidization of contemporary American culture? Rest assured, the public’s appetite for scandal and the media’s eagerness to feed it were just as uncurbed in the past. Comment.

The New York Times “Newspaper in Education Program” and Green−Wood Cemetery have partnered to present a development workshop to assist teachers throughout the New York region in using Green−Wood Cemetery as a resource for their lessons about the Civil War, Industrial Revolution and 19th Century New York. Comment.

The money spent on the office of the public advocate could be better spent elsewhere −− “for schools, senior centers, child care,” for instance. Comment.

Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council may have skirted the city’s term limits law through legislating in a third term, but running for a fourth term may not be as easy. Comment.

A block in Brooklyn, once known for being the center of the borough’s abolitionist movement, might soon be known as hotel row. Comment.

At two separate eating contests in Coney Island last week, it was the best of times — and the worst of times — for the human race. Comment.

Neat freaks take heed: avoid the R train at all costs. Comment.

New York Junior Tennis League hosted its 22nd Annual Mayor’s Cup All−Scholastic Tennis Tournament Awards Ceremony at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, culminating nine days of tennis competition for more than 600 student−athletes from NYC’s public, private and parochial schools competing in 11 different events. Comment.