FIRST ARAB ELECTION. Egyptians Vote For President.
The polls opened @ 2A. This is the prize won in last year's Arab Spring uprising, which toppled Hosni Mubarak. Voters will select among 13 candidates representing secular Islamist paths.

FINANCIAL INVESTIGATION. Facebook IPO
Regulators wish to determine if the bank that handled the sale informed clients of a Facebook negative report prior to trading. The stock has dropped double digits.

US CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS. Secret Service Scandal.
Senate members want to know if SS tolerates this behavior.

Marking the International Day for Biological Diversity, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today highlighted the fragile state of the world’s oceans, urging greater protection for marine biodiversity.

New York City's top four historic sites are the proud winners of an online competition for grants of up to $250,000.

The Brooklyn Public Library, Congregation Beth Elohim in Park Slope, NY Botanical Gardens and Bartow-Pell Mansion were all named winners of the Partners in Preservation Grant.

Ellen Bruzelius, Executive Director of Bartow-Pell Mansion tells City Island Images that she is very excited and now looks forward to beginning that long awauted garden renovation project.

NYC Council Member James Vacca welcomed two new mobile science lab carts to Van Nest Academy this morning.

These new carts, which can be transferred to each classroom throughout the school, were made possible through a $60,000 grant that Vacca secured through the City Council.

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. is congratulating New York Botanical Garden and Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum & Gardens for being among the top four popular vote winners in the 2012 Partners in Preservation Initiative, co-sponsored by American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

The New York Botanical Garden received 7% of the popular vote and has been awarded $250,000 to restore its rock garden. The Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum & Gardens also received 7% of the popular vote and has been awarded $155,000 to restore areas within the museum’s gardens.

UN ALLOWED TO PROBE IRAN'S. Suspected Nuclear Arms.

NEW ERA IN SPACEFLIGHT. Private 1K Lbs. Cargo Launch.

YEMEN PREPARES FOR HOLIDAY. After aL-Qaida Attack.

LOSING FACE. Stock Value Down 11% Following IPO.

US SENATE HEARINGS. Wall Street $2 Billion Loss.

US Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx), has just announced that he reintroduced legislation to renew sanctions on Burma's military regime. House Joint Resolution 109 will continue the ban on all imports from Burma as part of the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act.