Favre steps into glare of NYC spotlight

New York City News

• Gotham Gems: Inside the Hotel New Yorker

• Man falls through subway grate

• Queens mom charged in daughter's death

• 3 sought in Brooklyn cabbie shooting

Entertainment

• Ben Stiller spoofs war in 'Tropic Thunder'

• The New Yorker Hotel's 'buried treasures'

• L'Oreal denies altering Beyonce photo

• Park Ave, 7 miles of streets close for summer fun

NYC Real Estate

• New York Real Estate: Morningside Heights

• New York real estate: Chelsea

• Williamsburg: Not just for hipsters

Sports

• Favre touches down in NYC

• Favre: Jets GM lured me to NY

• China strides into Olympics with stunning ceremony

• Joba expects to return to rotation this month

• Favre steps into glare of NYC spotlight

Yankees

• Moose gets 15th win as Yanks blank Rangers, 3-0

• Can Kennedy recapture 2007?

Mets

• Wright's homer saves day after bullpen blows lead

• Mets pitchers enjoying more freedom under Warthen

New York Food

• Let the drinking begin

• Metromix: Our heroes

• Going for the gold at New York's Chinese restaurants

Music and Clubs

• 'American Idol' crooner Clay Aiken a father

• Metromix: All Points West preview

• Now batting for the Mets, 'American Idol' David Cook

Nation/World

• Georgian Foreign Ministry says Russian aircraft bombed Georgian air bases

• Detroit mayor charged with assault just as he is cleared to leave jail on bond violation

• Clinton may seek roll-call vote at Dems' convention