Residents raise hell as developers of a new midtown skyscraper raise the bar to the height of the Empire State Building. (WCBS TV)

Priests in Brooklyn and Queens withold wine during mass, succumb to divine power of the swine flu. Will The Abbey follow suit? (Daily News)

Someone should fight for the right to hot chicken noodle soup for those with swine flu, Barnard students say. (Spec)

ESPN notes that football fought the power and won on Princeton’s own turf (ESPN)

NYU study says that calorie information provided by fast food in compliance with labeling laws doesn’t necessarily help beat the urge (Gothamist)

Pedicab fights cab driver in what shall come to be known as “The Throwdown in Midtown” (Gothamist)