WHEELS DOWN: MARS ROVER. NASA Celebration Of Technological Wizardry.
The robotic explorer Curiosity blazes through the pink skies of Mars, steering itself to a gentle landing inside a giant crater for the most ambitious dig yet into the red planet's past.

SIKH TEMPLE ATTACK. FBI Officials Identify It As Domestic Terrorism.
An unidentified gunman, who is described as in his 40s and white kills six worshipers as he opens fire inside a Sikh temple in suburban Milwaukee.

PRIME MINISTER DEFECTS SYRIA SINKING SHIP. PM Flees Country.

NYC Officials have health advisories for would be bathers at Orchard Beach. This follows a test which revealed high levels of bacteria. This contamination may be linked to floating debris, oil products or sewage.

City Island Images has been told that these waters are potentially toxic, therefore the beach could be completely closed. We have reached out to NYC officials, who have yet to indicate how long these health advisories will continue.

The Bronx Children's Museum celebrated its third annual Dream Big initiative by honoring proud Bronxite and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Afro-Cuban jazz musician Bobby Sanabria, who is also a Bronx native and a Grammy Award Nominee.

Sonia Manzano, of' "Sesame Street" fame served as the master of ceremonies, while politicians and VIP's delivered their speeches inside an uncomfortably hot auditorium.

This Week in History, Aug 5 - Aug 11

Aug 05, 2002
Divers recover U.S.S. Monitor turret. The rusty iron gun turret of the U.S.S. Monitor broke from the water and into the daylight for the first time in 140 years. The ironclad warship was raised from the floor of the Atlantic, where it had rested since it went down in a storm off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, during the Civil War. Divers had been working for six weeks to bring it to the surface.

Aug 06, 1945

MICHAEL PHELPS IS AQUA-MAN. He wins 18 Olympic Gold Medals And Chooses To Retire.
Michael Phelps has to be the greatest swimmer of all time, after competing, he swam over the lane dividers as most fans watched the final leg of the 4x100 medley relay. Olympic Track and Field Day Today.

LIFE FOR JARED LEE LOUGHNER? Possible Plea For Tucson, Arizona Shooter.
Published reports indicate that the shooting rampage which killed six and injured 13, including a member of Congress, may result in a lifetime prison sentence.

PRESIDENT OMABA STRIKING OUT. While Holding A Baseball Bat.

New York health officials are warning swimmers to stay out of the waters around West Fordham Street on City Island, as well as Throgs Beach Clubs. These two Bronx beaches may have dangerous level of bacteria and are now closed until further warning.

These two areas are close enough to Orchard Beach to cause concern to the thousands of bathers using the Orchard Beach Public Beach.

The amount of times NYPD officials have stopped, questioned and frisked citizens on the streets of NYC has recently decreased by 34 percent because police commanders have stopped pushing for such stops.

NYPD conducted over 203 thousand stops in the first three months of this year. During April, May and June, NYPD stopped 133,934 people. The number of overall street stops has increased every year during police commissioner Kelly’s tenure.

The bad news is that crime statistics are now going to increase. City Island Images asks:

Which would you prefer?

As the fighting in Syria continues unabated, the General Assembly has adopted a resolution condemning the increasing use of heavy weapons by authorities and urging all sides to immediately cease armed violence.

The resolution, presented by the Arab Group, was adopted by a vote of 133 in favor to 12 against with 31 abstentions, and comes two weeks after the Security Council failed to agree on collective action to help stop the bloodshed.

SYRIAN GOVERNMENT NOW FIGHTING REBELS WITH BOMBS. UN Critical of Government Tactics.
UN General Assembly has overwhelmingly voted for an Arab-backed resolution that severely criticized the Syrian government, blaming it for the killings and other atrocities following a 17-month-old uprising.

2012 OLYMPICS. America's Sweetheart, World's Fastest Human and Aqua-man's Final Swim.
Gabby Douglas trained through parents' crumbling marriage and father stationed in Afghanistan...

Congressman Serrano voted against H.R. 8, a Republican effort to extend the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans. Instead, he voted for a Democratic alternative that would have extended tax cuts for 98 percent of all Americans.