BROOKLYN WEATHER: Icy conditions on the sidewalks and streets. Cold and windy. High termperature 30 degrees. Feels cold out there.

CITY NEWS: US scolds  city officials and Coast Guard for Staten Island ferry crash. Read all about it.

BROOKLYN BEAT: "An out-of-control van drove up on a sidewalk, outside a school, hitting five people, including children at 8:30 a.m. this morning outside PS 10 at Prospect and 7th Avenues. The
driver of the van, say witnesses, had just dropped off his son in front
of the school and when pulling away, ran into a parked car, yet
proceeded up toward the corner. The van slammed into five people, four children and one adult, before hitting a fence on the perimeter of the school. The driver, 45-year-old, Jose Gonzalez of Brooklyn, was charged with driving while in toxicated. For more check out Brooklyn Bomb Shelter

_Brooklyn Babysitter charged in murder of toddler.  Read all about it.

BLOGS IN THE NEWS: The White House approved
a press pass for a blogger on Monday legitimizing blogging as a form of journalism. Other blogger news: A lawsuit filed in
California by Apple Computer is drawing courts into
the question of whether bloggers should be considered journalists and
whether they have to reveal their sources.

IT’S WEDNESDAY: On the Subject of War." Smack Mellon Studios. 56 Water St between Dock and Main Sts, Dumbo (718-834-8761). Subway: A to High St; F to York St. Wed-Sun 1-6pm. This show is dedicated to the late Susan Sontag, who considered in her writing the dilemma of depicting war in the arts, this show includes work from anonymous WWII photographers and Eve Sussman’s video