Angry Girlfriend's Boiling Oil Attack; Cigs Price Hike; Baby Ducks Evicted: Patch PM

As our president and North Korea's leader throw around some terrifying threats, it's best to be prepared. That and other stories to talk about tonight, August 9, as pulled from our 28 neighborhood Patch sites across NYC.

Here's What To Do If We Get Nuked

Hey, you never know.

A Sleeping Man Was Almost Killed When His Girlfriend Poured Scalding Oil On Him Then Stabbed Him

She then stopped him from getting medical help. She's starting a 16 year prison sentence.

Cigarettes Are Going Up To At Least $13-A-Pack

New York City is now the most expensive place in the country to smoke.

Ducklings And Chicks Are Being Thrown Off Their Brooklyn Farm

Gentrification has gone too far this time.

PHOTOS: Giant Development Takes Shape On Upper West Side

500 workers are building three huge towers.

Brooklyn Ghost Hunters Plan To Stake Out 'Creepy' Waterfront Wine Bar, Summon Spirits

The bar has a history dating back to the revolution. "A ton of people were killed," apparently.

Want To Sleep In President Trump's Boyhood Bedroom?

Airbnb could make your dreams come true.

Hundreds Of Thousands Of Low Level Crimes Were Dismissed Across The City

The warrants were all more than a decade old.

A Mother And Daughter Were Found Dead In A Gramercy Apartment, Police Say

It's unknown how the elderly pair died.

A Stretch Of Broadway Was Shut Off To Cars

The Flatiron thoroughfare is now almost exclusively for the use of pedestrians and cyclists.