Small aircraft crashes into NYC skyscraper; Update: Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle piloted the plane?  —  Right off the East River, on 72nd Street.  It looks like an apartment building; the fire is small, perhaps confined to one apartment unit thus far.  Fox and CNN are carrying it live.

Small Aircraft Hits Building in Manhattan  —  An aircraft crashed into a residential high-rise building on New York City's Upper East Side this afternoon, igniting several apartments before pieces of the aircraft crashed to the ground, the police and witnesses said.

Aircraft Hits Manhattan Building; 2 Dead  —  A small plane crashed into an Upper East Side high-rise Wednesday, shooting flames out the windows, raining debris on the sidewalks below and rattling New Yorkers' nerves exactly one month after the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack.

Lidle dies as plane crashes into Manhattan high-rise  —  NEW YORK — A small plane with New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle aboard crashed into a 50-story condominium tower Wednesday on Manhattan's Upper East Side, killing at least two people — including Lidle — and raining flaming debris on sidewalks, authorities said.

Two dead; no evidence of terrorism, officials say  —  From first impact to first responders, view images from the small plane crash in New York City.  —  NEW YORK - A small plane with New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle aboard crashed into a 50-story condominium tower Wednesday …

Yankees' Cory Lidle killed in UES plane crash  —  Major Traffic problems in the area  —  Eyewitness News has learned that Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle has been killed in a plane crash on the UES Wednesday.  Mayor Bloomberg has confirmed that two people in all — both on board the plane — were killed.

Yankee Cory Lidle on NYC plane; 4 killed  —  NEW YORK - A small plane with New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle aboard crashed into a high-rise condominium tower Wednesday on the Upper East Side, killing at least four people and raining flaming debris on the sidewalks below, authorities said.

Harry Reid And The Culture Of Corruption  —  Once again, we discover why the Democrats quietly dropped their "culture of corruption" theme for the upcoming midterms.  The AP catches Harry Reid without a disclosure on real-estate deals that netted him $700,000 in profit:

After Blaming Clinton For North Korea Nuke, McCain Blasts People 'Engaging In Finger-Pointing'  —  Yesterday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) explicitly blamed the Clinton administration for North Korea's nuclear weapons test on Sunday: "[I]t is a failure of the Clinton administration policies …