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Lupica: Only the great Derek Jeter can make a dramatic exit like that, leaving Yankee fans with one last unforgettable memory

So this was the way it had to end for Derek Jeter at Yankee Stadium, with him turning a lost season for the Yankees and a lost September into a great October night out of the past, even the World Series night once when he won a game for the Yankees and they called him Mr. November. read full story »

Derek Jeter's bond with young cancer patient Brielle Saracini only grows stronger in emotional night

Almost 13 years to the day of their first meeting, to the kindness she will never forget, Brielle Saracini was back at Yankee Stadium Thursday night — to celebrate Derek Jeter’s Bronx farewell.

EXCLUSIVE I WAS iFRAMED! Women iRate after being arrested by NYPD for reselling iPhones she waited on long lines to share with her family

A garment worker who had a pink tote bag full of hotly sought after new iPhones is iRate with cops she says falsely arrested her and accused her of trying to sell them.

'She killed him': Fargo mom snorts painkiller then breastfeeds baby with toxic drug in system

The North Dakota mother accused of killing her 4-day-old child by snorting the powerful pain reliever hydrocodone and then breastfeeding the infant pleaded not guilty Wednesday in a Fargo, N.D. court.

SHE WAS 'ASKING FOR IT': Florida Uber driver agressively grabbed customer’s breast because she wasn’t wearing a bra: cops

Ramy Botros told police the woman’s attire meant she was ‘asking for that.’ He was charged with assault for seizing her chest.

Two British sickos accused of killing, having sex with corpse of missing 15-year-old girl

Two men appeared in a British court Thursday on charges connected to the mysterious disappearance of a 15-year-old student missing since 2007.

Gonzalez: City withdraws $82M contract for food service company that cheated its workers of wages

Mayor de Blasio canceled an $82 million contract for a food service provider Thursday, only hours after the Daily News raised questions about a recent court ruling that the firm had cheated its workers of wages for years.

MUST-READ JETER: Harper: Who needs a script? It’s perfect capper for Yankees captain Derek Jeter; CAREER CAP-ER! Derek Jeter delivers game-winning hit in final Yankee Stadium at-bat; Mets’ Matt Harvey spotted at Yankee Stadium for Derek Jeter’s final home game

Ariana blames former BFF for all the negative attention

SEE IT: Ferguson police, protesters clash after chief apologizes to family of dead teen

Tensions boiled over in Ferguson, Mo. when police clashed with protesters Thursday night, hours after the town's police chief apologized in a video to the family of the teenager shot and killed last month.

'YOU READY TO GET THIS CANCER UP OUT YOU?' Bengals player gives 4-year-old daughter emotional pre-surgery pep talk

It's game time for Devon Still's daughter in her fight against pediatric cancer, so the Cincinnatti Bengals defensive end delivered an uplifting pep talk on the way to her scheduled surgery Thursday morning.

11-year-old girl hailed as hero after shooting man who stabbed her mother

Leo Henry, 25, broke into his ex-girlfriend Brandy Moreno's Oklahoma City home early Tuesday morning and stabbed her with a knife, authorities said. That's when Moreno's daughter opened fire on him.

LIVE BLOG: Follow The News coverage of the Ryder Cup from Gleneagles as Team USA battles Europe

See how Bubba Watson and Webb Simpson fare against Europe's best golfers.

Kim attacked by red carpet prankster at Paris Fashion Week

Northern Ireland police hand out 'scratch and sniff' cannabis cards

Does your neighbor pass the smell test? That's what police in Northern Ireland are asking with a campaign to familiarize the public with marijuana's smell and its tell-tale signs.

U.S., Russian astronauts blast off for International Space Station

A U.S.-Russian space crew has blasted off successfully for the International Space Station.

SEE IT: Video captures ghost-like figure outside police station

Surveillance video recently taken outside the Espanola Police Station appears to show a human walking through a heavily secured parking lot, and through a locked gate.

'I don't blame anybody yet': Mother of Rutgers student who died after frat party says daughter's death remains a mystery

Caitlyn Kovacs's bereft mother admits that she doesn't know what may have caused her 19-year-old daughter's death and, 'I don't blame anybody, yet.'

... then pulls herself together in head-turning ensemble

Chinese dad CHOPS UP 12-year-old daughter for doing poorly in school

For letting down her family's honor, a 12-year-old girl in China was killed and cut up by her father, who then took the grisly pieces across the street to a public bathroom and dumped them in a toilet, police said.

Guerlain makeup artist accused of fondling co-workers

A male makeup artist at the counter is accused in a new lawsuit of fondling the breasts of a female skin care specialist and grabbing the crotch of a male perfume clerk, announcing “He’s bigger than this phone!”

'I’ve always wanted to be a police officer': Michael Willams' own words read by Chief Bratton at emotional funeral

Before he became known to New Yorkers as the rookie cop who died too soon, Officer Michael Williams was an eager young recruit from a family of police officers who was determined to chart his own course.

FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro plans to reshuffle top positions

The FDNY’S top brass will soon be rearranged, the Daily News has learned. Longtime FDNY veteran and Chief of Department Edward Kilduff is looking to retire by the end of the year, sources said.

New York

Albany is mailing $350 rebate checks to families

Just in time for election season, more than a million New York families are about to get a $350 check courtesy of Gov. Cuomo and state lawmakers.

Controversial developer buys Bronx horse stable and promises 'beautiful' apartment building

An eccentric equestrian is being booted from his horse stable — but one of the borough’s most controversial developers promises a “beautiful” apartment building in its place.

'There are no specific credible threats at this time': Cuomo denies ISIS terror plot against NYC subways

Despite warnings from the Iraqi prime minister that ISIS was planning a subway terror attack, Gov. Cuomo said Thursday afternoon there was no specific threat against the subway system.

'I've always wanted to be a police officer': Rookie NYPD cop Michael Willams' own words read by Bill Bratton at funeral

LATEST FROM AROUND NEW YORK

Brooklyn elementary school teacher charged with groping 5 female students, ordered held on $50,000 bail

Prosecutors say Omil Carrasquillo inappropriately touched girls aged 9 to 11 between October 2013 and last week at PS 249 in Kensington.

'She was doing nothing wrong — an innocent victim': Pregnant Brooklyn woman thrown to ground by NYPD cop demands criminal investigation — SEE THE VIDEO

The pregnant Brooklyn woman seen in a shocking video being tackled by a cop during the arrest of her teenage son is asking prosecutors to launched a criminal investigation.

Uptown Twin Donut shutters, plans to reopen without the 'skunk'

The abrupt closure of an Inwood donut joint left people in the neighborhood gritting their sweet teeth. But it was the bizarre sign posted to the door of a Twin Donut Plus, on Broadway near W. 218th St., that had locals taking a powder.

REVIEW: 'Gone Girl' is a knockout thriller

ISIS publically executes Iraqi human rights activist for Facebook posts condemning terrorists' destruction: UN

Militants with the Islamic State group publicly killed a rights lawyer in the Iraqi city of Mosul after finding her guilty of apostasy in a self-styled Islamic court, the United Nations said Thursday.

OPINION Charles Krauthammer: A Syria strategy that might work

Late, hesitant and reluctant as he is, President Obama has begun effecting a workable strategy against the Islamic State. True, he’s been driven there by public opinion.

Elderly Pa. woman convicted of trying to kill her live-in nurse during shooting over medication

A 71-year-old Pennsylvania woman was convicted Tuesday of trying to kill her home care nurse, according to NBC Philadelphia.

Florida researchers ID 2 more bodies buried at horror reform school; 52 skeletons still nameless

After uncovering 55 bodies buried under the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys, Florida researchers identified two of them Thursday: Thomas Varnadoe, who died in 1934, and Earl Wilson, who died 10 years later.

Dita Von Teese strips in raunchy burlesque show

'I AM SO GRATEFUL': Third American missionary with Ebola, Dr. Rick Sacra, released from hospital

Dr. Rick Sacra, the third American missionary to be treated for Ebola after the devastating West African outbreak, is headed home.

Undocumented immigrants can now serve in the military, says Department of Defense

Up to 1,500 undocumented immigrants per year will be allowed to serve in the U.S. military under a new Department of Defense policy revealed Thursday.

Infant on couch grazed in the head by hunter’s bullet, Pennsylvania DA says

A bullet grazed the head of a 5-day-old child sitting on the family couch Thursday in what a Pennsylvania authorities are calling a hunting accident.

'Gun-a-week' raffle at Louisana high school canceled amid 'knee-jerk reactions from parents'

The band at Louisiana's Comeaux High School has raised cash with car washes, bingo and a fish fry, but a “gun-a-week’ raffle would have been a first.

Attorney of Brooklyn rape suspect says victim provided 'delusional fantasy' account of two attacks within an hour

Daquan Jackson, 21, has been charged with threatening a woman who had been sexually assaulted just an hour earlier on Aug. 31 and demanding oral sex.

High-tech gear can't help catch suspected Pennsylvania 'survivalist' killer Eric Frein

State police have employed everything from sticks to a $269,000 bullet-proof front-end loader with a battering ram and night vision to bring the cop killer to justice, but have so far come up empty.

Upstate New York man, who survived concentration camp in Laos, shot dead after fellow hunter allegedly mistakes him for squirrel

Vienchaleun Kettavong, who survived six years in a concentration camp in Laos before escaping to the U.S. with his wife and six children in 1982, died Tuesday evening after being shot by a friend's 32-year-old son behind his Rush home, his family and officials said.

UNHOLY ACTS: Pa. priest arrested for allegedly traveling to Honduras to have sex with kids

Federal authorities nab The Rev. Joseph Maurizio, Jr. on charges of child sexual exploitation. He faces detention hearing on Monday in Pittsburgh.

X-rays show tapeworms inside Chinese man’s body

Disturbing X-rays of a Chinese man's insides recently revealed he was being eaten alive from the inside out by tapeworms after regularly feasting on the uncooked meat, according to local reports.

'HE SPARED ME': California woman mauled, bitten by bear while walking dogs

A California woman came face-to-face with a marauding black bear and is alive to tell the tale.

HOLDER OUT: Attorney General announces his resignation, will stay in the post until successor is confirmed

The country’s first black attorney general plans made his resignation announcement official at a press conference Thursday. He will step down once a successor is chosen.

Warren: Eric Holder exits AG role with accomplishments, GOP enemies

Eric Holder exits with a list of accomplishments nearly as long as his list of Republican enemies.

Two dead victims of Ebola — women are in their 40s and 60s — claimed to have risen from the dead

Two female victims of the killer disease, which has no known cure, have been allegedly spotted walking among the living.

Texas grandma locks 5-year-old girl in car while she went to theater to watch movie

Felicia Green, 49, left her 5-year-old granddaughter in a car while she caught a film at Carmike Cinemas in Tyler, Texas.

Sports

Rice video addressed to NFL security chief, law official says: report

The Ray Rice video a law enforcement official says he sent to the NFL last spring didn’t go to just any random employee — it was addressed specifically to the league’s security chief, the official has revealed.

Vacchiano: On the money Eli looks like a ‘10’ again, back to his old self in rout

There wasn’t a person in the Giants locker room surprised at what they saw out of their franchise quarterback on Thursday night. They’ve seen him locked in before. They’ve seen him play like an “elite” quarterback.

NFL Bettor's Guide Week 4: Jets are not the hot pick, put your faith in Colts

From the best NFL games to bet this weekend, to the ones you should steer clear of, check out Hank Gola's guide to get you through the weekend a winner. Then check out how the rest of our crew of pigskin experts see this weekend's action as they pick against the spread.

Hornets forward Taylor arrested for domestic assault in Michigan

Charlotte Hornets forward Jeffery Taylor has been arrested in Michigan on domestic assault charges, according to East Lansing Police. The police department said in a release Thursday that the 25-year-old Taylor was charged with one count of domestic assault, one count of assault and one count of malicious destruction of property. His bond was set at $5,000.

The Captain in headlines! Vote for your favorite Derek Jeter Back Page

The Daily News editors have selected a few of our favorite back pages featuring the retiring Yankees captain. Check out our ballot below and vote for your favorite.

Ten moments from Derek Jeter's career that will last a lifetime

Since 1996, Derek Jeter has been building a Hall of Fame résumé with consistent excellence, helping the Yankees to five World Series championships and seven American League pennants. But while Jeter’s career numbers are impressive in their entirely, the shortstop has created his legacy with a series of memorable moments that will last forever.

Amber Rose denies cheating on Wiz Khalifa before divorce filing

On-duty Missouri cops wearing bracelets honoring cop who shot Michael Brown: highway captain

Missouri Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson said he would speak to the officers in question, but did not identify them or which agencies they work for.

Police hunt 2 men who robbed 61-year-old at gunpoint in Brooklyn

Police are hunting two thieves who robbed a 61-year-old man at gunpoint in Brooklyn in broad daylight Thursday, authorities said.

Powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake hits Alaska, felt in Anchorage

A powerful earthquake shook up a large swath of Alaska on Thursday morning, including the state’s largest city. The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.2, and hit at 9:51 a.m.

Kendra opens up about hubby's infidelity rumors

Charter schools help poor kids hit 50% pass rate, says report by pro-charter group

Only 46 high-poverty city schools where most kids are minorities achieved better than 50% average proficiency on this year’s state exams, according to a new report by a pro-charter school group.

COKE BOAT BUST: $100 MILLION worth of cocaine found on yacht off Ireland’s southwest coast

Customs officers allegedly found up to a ton of the illegal drug after stepping on board the Makayabella some 200 miles south-west of Mizen Head Tuesday morning.

L.A.-bound Virgin America plane diverted after man trips out on drugs

A California man identified as Doug Adams experienced a bad trip on drugs and tried to lunge out of an exit door mid-flight, according to police.

FOREVER STUNG: Stewart sued for breaking fan's nose

El Salvador says nearly 30,000 ill with mosquito-borne chikungunya

Smuggler caught with 51 turtles stashed in pants: feds

NYCHA residents star in exhibit about the projects

Veterinarian couple sues old partner over pot products for pets: report

Obama presses UN members to do more to fight Ebola

Autos

Infiniti Q80 Inspiration concept to strut its stuff in Paris

With luxury fastbacks like the Audi A7, BMW 6-Series Gran Coupe, and Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class posting strong sales, Infiniti is keen on grabbing a piece of that fastback pie with the Q80 inspiration concept.