As the World Turns had the first gay male character in daytime drama in 1988. Last summer, the show hit another milestone when the first two gay men on a soap, Luke and Noah, kissed for the first time. But the lovers haven't locked lips since September, when the Noah character was still coming to grips with being gay. But since officially becoming a couple, their lips have been sealed. Fans are wondering whether it's a sign of squeamishness by CBS or show sponsors Procter & Gamble Co, according to the Associated Press. They've been writing letters, signing an online petition and even have a Web site that counts the days, hours, minutes and seconds since Luke and Noah last locked lips. "We totally support this show and applaud the show for doing this story line," said Roger Newcomb, a computer worker from New York's northern suburbs and the man behind the campaign. "We just don't understand why they have to be censored or treated differently."  read more »

With the strike on CBS's bank of crime and punishment programming is getting low. CBS Corp. CEO Leslie Moonves announced that the network is looking to its sister channel, Showtime, to fill in the gaps. Will Dexter, the mediocre-written, yet highly addictive show about a forensics cop who moonlights as a serial killer make it to network television?  read more »

In case you somehow forgot, she who won a brutal four-way Democratic primary last year, and who more recently made headlines as the only New York Democratic congress member to not endorse Hillary Clinton.

The AP looked at why Rudy Giuliani's "moderate" social positions are not slowing him down.

Ellen Barry has details of a funeral for the Bronx fire victims;

In an interview with the Sun, Spitzer said he would consider restoring some proposed cuts to Medicaid and reducing his plans to increase charter schools.

The search for WTC remains continues and there are plans to dig under West Street to look for more.

No city health inspector has been fired for taking a bribe since 2003.

And Seton Hall denied a connection between the $1 million the school received from Jon Corzine, and the scholarship they gave to his former girlfriend, union boss Carla Katz.

8:30 a.m. The Observer's Joe Conason talks about his book "It Can Happen Here: Authoritarian Peril in the Age of Bush" on C-SPAN.

8:45 a.m. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn will tour PS/MS 187/287 Hudson Cliffs to view a K-8 middle school model. She will also discuss the Council's Middle School Task Force, and will be releasing the names of members recently appointed to the group at 349 Cabrini Boulevard at Fort Washington.

10 a.m. State Senator Reverend Ruben Diaz will meet with Evangelical Ministers and Expectant Mother Care representatives to discuss the success of the Free Mobile Pro-Life Ultrasound Unit for pregnant Bronx women 910 East 172nd Street and Southern Boulevard.

11 a.m. Brooklyn borough president announces the fourth annual "Dine in Brooklyn" Restaurant Week at Borough Hall in Brooklyn.

Noon. Jewish groups and supporters will hold a prayer vigil to protest Iranian policy toward Israel outside the Iranian Mission to the U.N., 40th Street and Third Avenue.

6:15 p.m. A discussion with Iraqi Ambassador to the U.N. Dr. Hamid Al Bayati will be held at the Woolworth Building, 15 Barclay St.

7:30 p.m. The Log Cabin Republicans of New York will have a "Coming Out!" party at Bamboo 52, 344 W 52nd Street.

At 8 a.m., Gale Brewer is honored at the Reading Reform Foundation breakfast at the Woolworth Tower Kitchen

Also at 9:30 a.m., Mike Bloomberg and others attend the Mayors Against Illegal Guns National Summit in D.C.

At 11 a.m., a tenants' group names the city's "most abusive landlord," and holds a convention on affordable housing, at 55 Washington Square South.

At 1 p.m. , Christine Quinn visits the Beth Jacob of Boro Park School in Brooklyn, then the Hatzolah Dispatch Center at 1:45 p.m.; Ohel's Children's Home at 2:15 p.m.; and the W.E.B. Dubois High School Web Center at 3:30 p.m.

At 6 p.m., Christine Quinn will hold a Neighborhood Forum on community and police relations, at Harlem Hospital.

Speech-watching parties are being held on West 44th Street by Laughing Liberally and on East 83rd Street by the Metropolitan Republican Club.

But here's some new information that everyone loves: Rent numbers!

Wonder how these numbers will affect Home Depot's strategy. The retail giant, according to various media including Real Estate Weekly, has been dragging its feet on signing a 107,000-square-foot deal at 345 Hudson.