Yankees 10 Cleveland 5 : New York jumped all over Fausto Carmona, scoring seven runs through the first four innings and that was all C.C. Sabathia needed. Sabathia was triumphant in his return to Cleveland, allowing three runs over seven innings to earn his fifth win of the year. Robinson Cano led the Yankees with 3 RBI’s while Jeter and Damon had 2 each. The win puts the Yankees 1-1/2 games in front of the AL East. Florida 7 Mets 3 : Tim Redding was awful, allowing seven runs over four-plus innings and New York never really threatened Josh Johnson. New York fielded a depleted lineup with David Wright getting the day off and Jose Reyes and Carlos Delgado on the DL. Carlos Beltran left four runners on base

At today’s rally for Omar Edwards, the off-duty police officer who was killed by another cop in East Harlem , Rep. Charles Rangel (D-Harlem) was asked if he had advice to give President Obama, who is visiting NYC this evening . The Daily News reports that Rangel delivered a “snide” answer, “Make certain he doesn’t run around in East Harlem unidentified .” Edwards, who was black, had been chasing a man suspected of breaking into his car; he was out of uniform with his gun drawn when he was fatally shot by a white officer . Rangel, who wants a federal investigation of the shooting, also said , “If you become an officer and you have a pistol and you are of color, in or out of uniform, your chances of getting shot down by a police officer

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced today that the NY State pension fund fell 26.3%, with its value now $109.9 billion. The global economic crisis contributed to the decline, and Crain’s New York reports , “It isn’t clear what percentage of the decline is due to souring private equity investments, but the fund had about $11 billion worth of such investments and $4.5 billion of “absolute return” investments—also known as hedge funds—according to the previous fiscal year’s annual report. That’s about double the amount held in 2005.” However, DiNapoli also said the pension fund is “built to survive even the most challenging investing environments. For example, the Fund saw the value of its assets decline by about $30 billion in the markets that followed the dot-com bust and the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, only to…

Jezblog’s Flickr The Taxi and Limousine Commission says two pilot programs encouraging New Yorkers to share the back seats of cabs with perfect strangers would free up more cabs, reduce traffic congestion, and cut carbon emissions. Before voting to approve the experiment yesterday, TLC official David Kahr said another bonus is that “you’ll save a little money, and maybe you’ll meet someone new who’s interesting.” That’s right, ladies! TAXI! Oh hello there, do you come to this back seat often? You know, we have so much in common…

            It’s official, Prince Harry ’s first official trip to the U.S. has officially begun! As you can see he’s already visited Ground Zero, talked with firefighters, and has christened the British Memorial Garden at Hanover Square (which actually isn’t all that amazing ). The AP noted that when he emerged “into the sunlight where the towers once stood. He glanced upwards, seemingly taking in the enormity of the structures felled in the attack, and said simply, ‘Wow’.” However, while looking at the rebuilding plans for the WTC site, he asked , “Big question—when is this supposed to be finished?” Patience , dear prince. We’ll update with more photos as they come in, and encourage you to send in your own pics should you find yourself in his royal presence (especially when he’s not out partying tonight).