Robin Katz

Robin Katz formerly of Chase is the hot topic today in New York press which is debating how allegedly hot this alleged thief is not. The New York Post says she’s ubber hot. The New York Magazine says not. Katz is the former Chase employee charged with progressively stole $110,000 from her client. The Post writers are drooling of her looks, calling her the “banker beauty” and calling her “sexy”.

The New York Magazine disagrees with The Post’s standards in journalism women.
“[W]e find her to be more like average, but let’s not get into it.” Of course, LALATE likes her line on Myspace:”rocket scientist by day, party fool by night”. But even with that, the question remains for readers - guys, does Robin make you weak in the knees, or just weak in the wallet?

Robin Katz, a 25-year-old Chase employee who gradually siphoned $110,000 from a client and then skipped town, is actually kind of flattering. Not only does the Post call her a "banker beauty" and "sexy" (we find her to be more like average, but let's not get into it, commenters), they make her sound kind of awesome.

Marc DiNardo

Jersey City Police Officer Marc DiNardo, the most seriously injured of the five cops shot Thursday during a shootout on Reed Street, remains hospitalized in critical condition this morning, according to JCPD spokesman Lt. Edgar Martinez. Rumors that he had succumbed to his injuries last night are false, Martinez said.

A 10-year veteran of the Jersey City police force assigned to the Emergency Services Unit, the 37-year-old DiNardo was shot in the face and had to be resuscitated several times that morning, officials said. The condition of the other officer still hospitalized, 25-year-old Michael Camacho, was upgraded from critical but stable condition to "serious but guarded," Martinez said yesterday.

In all, four Jersey City police officers and a Port Authority police officer were shot and two suspects killed during an investigation into the case of a man shot on Broadway last month that had been caught on surveillance video. On Friday, law enforcement officials said the suspects -- 32-year-old Hassain Hosendove and his wife, 22-year-old Amanda Anderson -- may have been responsible for a string of armed robberies from South Carolina to New Jersey.

Stephanie Abrams

Roker and cohost Stephanie Abrams launched their weather-and-headlines program on July 20, with special guest Buzz Aldrin (pictured, with Roker), who celebrated the 40th anniversary of his Apollo 11 lunar landing by correcting Al when he said that Buzz had once described the moon as "magnificent isolation" instead of "magnificent desolation."

Did anyone catch Wake Up with Al? What did you think? My thoughts on the first four minutes: That touch-screen technology might be fun for Al to play with, but its introduction failed to wow me as a home viewer; they need to steal a bigger screen from the set of the NCIS spinoff.

The nickname Al and Stephanie have decided we'll all call their show because it signifies how offbeat they are. WUWA is surprisingly difficult for me to say, so perhaps I'm biased. I do, however, approve of the Wake Up With Al alarm clark giveaway.