Early Addition: A member of the Kennedy clan donated to Zellnor Myrie's campaign

Good Thursday morning in New York City, where you should leave right now if you're trying to beat Labor Day weekend traffic.

Here's what else is happening:

• The new Acela trains are technically faster, they just won't run any faster because the Northeast Corridor's vintage tracks and signals can't handle it. 
• A Democratic state senator is trying to legalize mace in New York.
• Pat Moore, who was named Miss Fordham in 1953 and went on to be a famous waiter at P.J. Clarke's and date Frank Sinatra, has died at the age of 89.
• A&N Fruit Store, a Chinatown bodega that sells slushies that are popular with white people, is closing.
• More and more restaurants in NYC are encouraging people to play board games at their table.
• Tennis players at the U.S. Open can bring their dogs.
• Anne Hathaway may or may not have meant to almost wipe out on the "Devil Wears Prada 2" set yesterday.
• New York Magazine's story on Bobby Kennedy Jr.'s public health crusade and the family fallout includes the interesting detail that Ed Schlossberg, Caroline Kennedy's husband, donated $10 to Zellnor Myrie's mayoral campaign.
• And finally, what's she thinking about: