Wednesday, March 30, 2016

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see it HE DIDN’T SMELL A RAT: Huge rodent climbs onto clueless, sleeping man’s neck on 7 train in Manhattan

Rat’ll wake you up. A sleeping straphanger got a rude awakening when a monstrous rat crawled up his leg and onto his neck.

VIDEO Raging rooftop fire tears across 5 Brooklyn apartment buildings

A raging four-alarm inferno sent flames tearing across the rooftops of four Brooklyn apartment buildings Wednesday night, as firefighters used flashlights to search floor-by-floor for possible victims. A raging six-alarm inferno sent flames tearing across five Brooklyn apartment building rooftops Tuesday,

Heartless Staten Island babysitter indicted for murder after confessing to torturing, sexually abusing and killing 17-month-old while high on heroin

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi Gloria Fields, 31, was hit with multiple charges, including first- and second-degree murder, in the death of 17-month-old Anthony Delgado.

Accused Long Island foster perv 'can't wait to clear his name,' is facing problems with other inmates

Mug shot of Cesar Gonzales-Mugaburu who is charged with a 17-count indictment alleging he sexually abused seven young boys in his care, Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota said today. The foster parent sicko rejected the horrific charges against him.

Chris Brown's Twitter rant seems to bash Kehlani Parrish after her suicide attempt

Bronx man busted in Vermont with over 1,400 bags' worth of heroin in his rectum

Fernando Estrella, 41, of the Bronx, was busted Tuesday in Vermont with 1,400 bags' worth of heroin inside him. His hiding place did not pass the sniff test.

Donald Trump supporter publicly embarrasses herself after sending hate tweets to ‘The Establishment’

A Twitter user has been tweeting hate psots at the ESTABLISHMENT thinking it's what keeping Donald Trump down. A Donald Trump supporter from Oregon on Twitter has been doing what the billionaire’s fans do best.

A SWEET GESTURE — AND NO CALORIES! Michigan woman trades @DietDrPepper Twitter name for $5K Flint donation

Diana Hussein, 29 traded her Twitter name, @DietDrPepper to Dr Pepper Snapple Group for a donation of $5000 worth of water, approximately 41,000 bottles to Flint, Michigan. A Michigan woman leveraged her longtime Twitter username — @DietDrPepper — to coax a $5,000 donation to the Flint water crisis.

Halle Berry joins Twitter and Instagram, posts topless pic

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Struggling Minneapolis restaurant owner offers homeless man job, they create unlikely partnership: 'He has been a blessing for me and my business'

Abi's Cafe owner Cesia Abigail in Minneapolis, Minnesota, shared a photo of "Marcus," a homeless man who now works at her cafe after he walked in asking for money. A homeless man in Minneapolis wandered into a local restaurant in search of a handout and walked out with a job instead.

State lawmaker expects Assembly vote on bill allowing sexually abused children to bring lawsuits as adults

Exported.; Assemblywoman Margaret Markey said she is hopeful her bill will come to the floor for a vote before the legislative session ends in June.

Former Canadian cabinet member and wife die in plane crash en route to father's funeral

In this Feb. 5, 2004 photo, Jean Lapierre, accompanied by his wife Nicole Beaulieu, arrives at a news conference in Montreal to announce he will run for the Liberal nomination in the Montreal riding of Outremont. Former federal cabinet minister Lapierre, his wife, two of his brothers and one of his sisters died in a plane crash Tuesday, March 29, 2016, as they headed to eastern Quebec to attend his father's funeral. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT Ex-Canadian cabinet minister Jean Lapierre and his family were killed in a Quebec plane crash while jetting to his father’s funeral Tuesday.

Conn. town official planned to kill wife and himself over divorce but their daughter ‘came home at the right time’

FBMD01000a9e0d0000398f00000f440100a2560100bd670100aad40100f8e4020087050300e92603008c4a0300d93c0500 Bozrah First Selectman Glenn Pianka wrote in a letter to his estranged wife and her family that his daughter “saved them from a tragedy,” according to an arrest warrant.

Bathing beauty! Nina Agdal flaunts supermodel figure in teeny black bikini

New York woman’s terminal cancer under investigation after fundraising efforts netted over $60K from caring community

Shivonie Deokaran is an alleged "fake" cancer patient from Ardsley, New York that is accused of scamming friends and neighbors out of $60,000. A New York woman whose fight against leukemia united her community behind her is under investigation after skipping town.

JUAN GONZALEZ Parents, teachers hope to repeat opt-out movement for Common Core tests

Betty Rosa, seated, is applauded after bing elected chancellor of the New York Board of Regents during a meeting on Monday, March 21, 2016, in Albany, N.Y. Rosa, a former superintendent from the Bronx, replaces Merryl Tisch, who's stepping down from the board after 20 years, the last seven as its leader. (AP Photo/Mike Groll) Next week could mark the final nail in the coffin of Common Core standardized school tests.

BRAD HOYLMAN New York's outdated statute of limitations robs child sex abuse victims of justice

Home of child molester, Cesar Gonzales-Mugaburu in Ridge, NY, March 19, 2016. (David Wexler For New York Daily News) The story that a Long Island foster parent allegedly got away with abusing children for two decades should make our blood boil.

If Bernie Sanders wins the New York Democratic primary, some superdelegates vow to back Hillary Clinton anyway

Every single New York superdelegate reached by the Daily News said they would never support the Brooklyn-born Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Maybe the system really is rigged.

HOT GRAHAM! Ashley bares all in steamy shoot for Maxim

SEE IT 'IT’S MY CULTURE': Black college student tells her white classmate he can’t wear dreadlocks

A black San Francisco State student accuses a white student wearing dreadlocks of "cultural appropriation" in a video filmed Monday on the university's campus. San Francisco State confirmed the authenticity of the 46-second video posted by YouTube user Nicolas Silvera, but did not identify the students involved. The university noted that the YouTube title of the video was incorrect: The young woman is not a campus employee. In the video, she accosts her fellow student in a hallway of a campus building. A black college student told her white classmate he can’t wear dreadlocks “because it’s my culture” in an argument captured on video.

NOT THE SMARTEST SHOW AND TELL: 7th grader brings bullet to school, leads to lockdown at Success Academy in Harlem

Success Academy Harlem West at 215 West 114th Street A student brought at least one bullet to a Success Academy in Harlem Tuesday, the latest in a string of incidents in schools recently.

SHOWDOWN IN BROOKLYN: Hillary Clinton may consider debating rival Bernie Sanders in borough of his birth

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. speaks during a campaign stop, Tuesday, March 29, 2016, in Appleton, Wis. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) A debate grows in Brooklyn.

Lawyers for the ‘Madoff Five’ say prosecutors scuttled their chances at a fair trial as they appeal their convictions

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi Lawyers appealing five former Bernie Madoff staffers' convictions say their clients were cheated out of a fair trial by prosecutors.

'The Birdcage' turns 20: 20 things you probably never knew about the movie

'HE WAS GOING TO DO SOMETHING': Ohio gun shop owner thwarts possible mass shooting by refusing to sell rifle to suspicious customer

John Downs, of Downs's Bait & Guns, refused to sell a gun to 25-year-old James Howard. Possibly foiling a possible mass shooting. A quick-thinking Ohio gun shop owner may have prevented a mass shooting last week by refusing to sell a rifle to a customer.

Questions linger after veteran burned himself alive outside N.J. VA clinic

Wilmington VA Medical Center Outpatient Clinic in Northfield, New Jersey. Questions and concerns linger after a veteran burned himself alive outside a Veterans Affairs clinic in New Jersey.

Oklahoma couple find mouse parts in can of green beans

Andrew and Chelsea Belflower say a mouse head and parts were inside their can of green beans. A company is investigating after an Oklahoma couple said they discovered parts of a mouse in a can of green beans.

Wisconsin stripper bites customer 'in the crotch' during lap dance

Mesheokia White, 29, was arrested on suspicion of battery after she allegedly bit a patron in the crotch instead of giving him a lap dance while working at club in Milwaukee, Wis. A Wisconsin stripper was arrested after she bit a customer "in the crotch," authorities say.
Autos

BATMAN VS. CAPTAIN AMERICA? Check out these superhero super cars

Much like the Man of Steel, the Bugatti Chiron appears to be from another planet, the product of an advanced alien society, perhaps that's why this supercar looks so good in Superman regalia. It also doesn't hurt that the roof line makes a perfect red cape U.K.-based automotive website Carwow, the same site that matched Star Wars characters with cars, gave the same treatment to 10 top comic book heroes.

COOL CROSSOVER MOVES. Kia Niro proves hybrid SUVs can be cool too

Kia might do the unthinkable with the 2017 Niro crossover SUV: make hybrids cool. Despite low gas prices, the Niro will look to compete in the crowded crossover market as a hybrid.

PACIFIC TRIM. 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Report

Chrysler redesigns the Town & Country minivan this year, and drops the old name in favor of a new one: Pacifica.

VIDEO FLIP THE SCRIPT. This upside down truck is really cool

The upside down car idea came from a time when Rick Sullivan saw an overturned Ford Ranger in 10 inches of snow.  A mechanic decided to turn his truck upside down, and it still works like a charm.

9 Best Rumors from the New York Auto Show

The Navigator Concept is provocative, bold, truly American, and an encouraging sign that Ford's luxury brand is on track to recovery.  We uncover the best (and worst) rumors and gossip to be found at the 2016 NY Auto Show!

REMEMBER YOUR FIRST COROLLA? Toyota's best seller turns 50

The world's best-selling car just keeps chugging along. We take a look back at 50 years of the Toyota Corolla.
New York

F train fatally strikes man on the tracks at Lower East Side subway station

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi A 38-year-old was struck and killed by an F train at a Lower East Side station at the height of morning rush hour Tuesday, officials said.

‘Forty Wolves’ gangbanger gets up to 26 years for murder plot, running away from cops and hiding for month

Tareek Arnold is escorted last year from the 32nd Precinct by the same cops he evaded weeks prior. He couldn't outrun the law.

14-year-old boy flashes steak knife at rival in Bronx school

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi A 14-year-old boy was taken into custody after he brought a knife to his Bronx school Tuesday, law enforcement sources said.

Upper West Side hotel that illegally posted rooms on Airbnb gets hit with dozens of safety violations

Imperial Court Hotel at 307 West 79th Street in New York, New York. The hotel had previously lost a long legal battle to rent to tourists instead of the poor.

Expired 421-a housing tax break to spur developers to build more luxury condos instead of rental apartments

Carl Weisbrod at a press conference held by Mayor Bill de Blasio to appoint him as the Chair of the City Planning Commission at City Hall in Manhattan, February 7, 2014. (Christie M Farriella for New York Daily News) The death of a key state tax break will spur developers to build more luxury condos instead of rental apartments.
LATEST FROM AROUND NEW YORK

Sicko gynecologist who sexually abused two patients avoids jail time

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi Dr. Robert Hadden was sentenced to time served for charges of committing a perverted sexual act and forcible touching.

Stacy Engman, accused airplane gnawer and 'Lady Gaga of the art world,' inexplicably wears Statue of Liberty tiara to Brooklyn court hearing

Stacy Engmann is an art curator who was arrested for biting a woman on an airplane. A trial date was set today on Tuesday, March 29, 2016. (John Marzulli / New York Daily News) The “Lady Gaga of the art world” showed up at Brooklyn Federal Court on her oddball airplane assault case on Tuesday wearing a green tiara.

Denver cop hired to oversee NYPD training becomes first black woman in that role in decades

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi A Denver cop who has fostered stronger ties between police and minority communities will head up training for the NYPD.

Protesters rally at Hillary Clinton’s Brooklyn office to back Bangladeshi asylum seekers facing deportation

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi Protesters rallied in front of Hillary Clinton’s Brooklyn campaign headquarters in support of Bangladeshi asylum seekers facing deportation.
Daily News Video

podcast 'Rambo III' takes action hero to 1980s Afghanistan : For the Love of Movies

Film poster for 1988's 'Rambo III', starring Sylvester Stallone. Sylvester Stallone goes from the jungles of Vietnam to the deserts of Afghanistan to rescue his former CO in the series' third film.

PODCAST 'Ben-Hur' is a must-watch for the holiday : For the Love of Movies — Easter edition

For our Easter special, 'For the Love of Movies' podcast watches 'Ben Hur' (1959). Welcome to "For the Love of Movies" podcast's first holiday special.
Sports

Mets skipper tells Cespedes to be ready to play some left

KANSAS CITY, MO - OCTOBER 28: Yoenis Cespedes #52 of the New York Mets in the outfield while taking on the Kansas City Royals in Game Two of the 2015 World Series at Kauffman Stadium on October 28, 2015 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) With the Mets planning to ride their pitching this season, they are committing to backing up those pitchers with the best defense they can.

Mets pencil in Jacob deGrom to start Citi Field opener

New York Mets starting pitcher Jacob deGrom (48) delivers in the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals in New York, Thursday, May 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) The right-hander is tentatively scheduled to start the Mets’ home opener April 8 against the Phillies, Terry Collins confirmed Tuesday.

Rambis says Afflalo needs to suck it up, deal with demotion

OAKLAND, CA - MARCH 16: Arron Afflalo #4 of the New York Knicks dribbles against Andrew Bogut #12 of the Golden State Warriors on March 16, 2016 at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2016 NBAE (Photo by Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images) Arron Afflalo’s move to the bench is now accompanied with a bizarre conflict of stories between player and coach.

Mehta's Jets Draft Preview: 4 players that make sense at 20

NEW ORLEANS, LA - JANUARY 01: Jalin Marshall #17 of the Ohio State Buckeyes gets tackled Reggie Ragland #19 of the Alabama Crimson Tide during the All State Sugar Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on January 1, 2015 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) Mike Maccagnan’s second draft will be his first true challenge.
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