Summer Guide: West Indian Day parade

New York City News

• Emotional Times Square crowd watches Obama speech

• Commish: Bling Bandit is ex-NYPD detective

• Firefighter charged in military pay scam

• Judge: City not harassing strip club Scores

Entertainment

• Summer Guide: West Indian Day parade on tap

• Metromix: Guide to a great Labor Day weekend

• Michael Jackson at 50: 'The best is yet to come'

• Residents: Turn off the waterfalls

NYC Real Estate

• New York Real Estate: Kew Gardens, Queens

• New York Real Estate: Midwood, Brooklyn

• New York Real Estate: Roosevelt Island

Sports

• Michael Phelps swims with NYC kids at YMCA

• Beltran's slam in ninth lifts Mets over Marlins

• Pavano pitches well as Yankees beat Jays, 2-1

• Jankovic survives drama against Zheng

• Ainge among many Jets unsure of their future

Yankees

• Maybe the Yankees aren't done yet

• Ken Davidoff: Cashman still believes in Yankees' youth movement

Mets

• Mets need to turn the page on 2007

• Wallace Matthews: Bye-bye Willie, bye-bye ball!

New York Food

• Drinks of the week

• West Indian Day parade on tap for Monday

• Barbecuing with Smokin' Joe

Music and Clubs

• American Idol Jennifer Hudson, Olympian Shawn Johnson star at Democratic convention

• 38 million watched Obama speech, more than American Idol, Olympics or Oscars

• Beyonce's sister debuts album

Nation/World

• Gustav could be the perfect spin storm if it hits Gulf Coast during GOP convention

• Sarkozy's office: EU sanctions against Russia will not be decided Monday

• Georgia to break diplomatic ties with Russia; Putin warns Europe not to do America's bidding