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EXCLUSIVE Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez allegedly paid his cousin nearly $1M to keep mouth shut over his PED use

Hell hath no fury like a cousin scorned. Alex Rodriguez’s infamous “Cousin Yuri Sucart” threatened to expose the Yankee superstar’s doping secrets unless the scandal-ridden slugger coughed up “enormous sums of money,” according to court papers filed last week in U.S.

Boy's body found after woman reports throwing 6-year-old son off Oregon's Yaquina Bay Bridge

Yaquina Bay Bridge Detectives earlier were questioning the woman who made the 911 call Monday around 6:25 p.m. and was found at the scene. The body was believed to be that of the boy.

Body found aboard doomed Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia by workers dismantling wreck

(FILES) - In this file picture, Indian Kevin Rebello shows a picture of his brother Russel Rebello on January 19, 2012 on the Isola del Giglio where the cruise liner Costa Concordia went aground after hitting underwater rocks on January 13, 2012. The body of Russel Rebello was found on November 3, 2014 on board the wrecked Costa Concordia, which is being dismantled in Genoa, Italian media reported. Indian waiter Russel Rebello had been the only one of 32 victims whose body had not been found. AFP PHOTO / VINCENZO PINTOVINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images The body of a waiter aboard the doomed Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia has been found, ending the search for the shipwreck's last victim, authorities said.

Myers: R.I.P NY Football! Giants loss to Colts signifies end of pigskin season in Big Apple

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi The 2014 New York football season is over after only two months, ending Monday night when the Giants joined the Jets in football hell. Really, can it get any worse for Giants and Jets fans? The Giants are 3-5. The Jets are 1-8. The possibility this season reaches January for the Giants or Jets is zero.

Teacher suspended after sex video with student posted on WhatsApp

Lucita Sandoval was recorded having sex with her 16-year-old student and the footage went viral after it was posted on WhatsApp. A female Argentinian teacher who had sex with a 16-year-old pupil is facing termination after the student secretly took a video of himself after getting her to turn round.
Rosie O'Donnell is still as volatile and abrasive in front and behind the cameras.

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Brit's ablaze over Chuck Blazer FBI informant work; Parliament member asks Fraud unit to investigate

Former FIFA executive Chuck Blazer spied on colleagues at the 2012 London Games on behalf of the FBI and IRS, an action that is now being probed by Britain’s criminal justice system. Getty Before Chuck Blazer could toss his bugged key fob on a table to secretly record fellow international soccer executives at the 2012 Olympics, he had to get approval from Scotland Yard. That approval — and Blazer’s actions — may hold the keys to help unlock the secrets of global soccer’s legendary corruption.

Citi Bike lawyer tells 73-year-old cyclist — who says he suffered brain damage from fall — he should have worn helmet

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi An lawyer for the bike share program said Monday in Manhattan Federal Court that she was prepared to argue a 73-year-old cyclist who claims he suffered brain damage from a spill on one of the bulky blue bikes is to blame for his injuries because he failed to protect his head.

'I thought I was drowning': Lone survivor of California crab-fishing capsize horror braved cold temps, big waves

Phillip Sanchez was the only survivor of a boat accident that left four of his friends dead on in Bodega Bay. He swam for 25 minutes in frigid water before he was able to get out. The lone survivor of a California crab fishing trip that turned fatal when a sneaker wave capsized the boat said he swam for land in 59-degree water and suffered several cuts trying to cling to a rocky shoreline.

Man making delivery at Jersey City construction site killed by tape-measure dropped from 50th floor

This photo shows a construction site in Jersey City, N.J., where a man delivering sheet rock at the site was killed when a tape measure fell 50 stories and struck him in the head Monday, Nov. 3, 2014. Officials say two 50-story residential towers and an attached hotel are being built at the site of the accident. (AP Photo/The Jersey Journal, Reena Rose Sibayan) A man delivering construction materials to a residential development site in Jersey City died in a freak accident Monday when a tape-measure fell from the building’s 50th story and hit him in the head.

Bynes on therapy: 'I was diagnosed bi - polar and manic depressive'

Amanda Bynes is pouring it out on Twitter after her parents gained conservatorship over her.

Judge tosses Ebola home quarantine for Kaci Hickox

FORT KENT, ME - OCTOBER 31: Kaci Hickox stands with her boyfriend Theodore Michael Wilbur as she gives a statement to the media in front of her home on October 31, 2014 in Fort Kent, Maine. After returning from Sierra Leone where she worked with Doctors Without Borders treating Ebola patients, nurse Hickox publicly challenged a quarantine order by the state of Maine. She has twice tested negative for Ebola and says she will lead a normal life unless she feels ill. Hickox and her boyfriend, both staying in Fort Kent, headed out for a bike ride yesterday morning followed by the media and State Police. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Nurse Kaci Hickox is free to go wherever she wants after a judge on Monday signed a final court order protecting her from a mandatory at-home quarantine sought by her home state of Maine.

‘He wanted to kill people’: Maryland teen allegedly plotted school attack with gun, homemade bombs

Maryland police have arrested a 16-year-old boy they allege planned to bring a gun and bombs to his school, Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology in Towson The boy planned to take three crude, homemade bombs and a handgun to the George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology in Towson and "he wanted to kill people," police said.

SHARK ATTACK! Hawaii surfer saves his friend by punching 12-foot beast

McKenzie Clark Punching a shark to fend off an attack may seem like a myth. But for one Hawaii woman, the move was a lifesaver.

VIDEO Phila. woman, 22, abducted off sidewalk, shoved into car — police offering $10,000 reward for info

22-year-old Carlesha Freeland-Gaither was only a few blocks from home when she was kidnapped Sunday night in Germanton, PA. Philadelphia police are searching for a 22-year-old woman whose abduction was caught on surveillance video Sunday night.

Do you feel a draft? Kate Upton can’t keep her skirt down on set

Model Kate Upton has a couple of wardrobe malfunctions during a photo shoot at a private residence in Miami

EXCLUSIVE Fired pal of corrupt ex-Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik wins pension, payout

KERIK- 10/03/2012- BRONX, NEW YORKWitness Michael Caruso takes the stand for the prosecution in the trial of Frank (mustache) and Peter DiTommaso, brothers who allegedly lied about renovations to ex-NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik's apartment, here at Bronx Supreme court, Oct. 03,2012.(Richard Harbus/for New York Daily News) Former city Inspector General Michael Caruso was drummed out in March 2006 after questions arose about whether he was too close to Kerik, whose agency Caruso was supposed to be monitoring for corruption. Caruso filed a wrongful termination suit, which the city fought aggressively while Mayor Bloomberg was in office. But in June, Mayor de Blasio’s Law Department decided to settle.

SPRING BREAKER: Florida firefighter has sex with up to 8 women while on duty

Clearwater, Florida Fire Lieutenant, Stephen Coward, a 19 year veteran has resigned from the department after video and e-mails have surfaced that show and confirm that Coward had intimate encounters with women other than his wife inside Clearwater Fire Station 51. It was spring break year round for one sex-obsessed Florida firefighter. The lieutenant, who oversaw a popular beach town's fire house, resigned after video and emails emerged showing the married first responder got frisky with two other women - and watched porn on his cell phone - while on duty.

Two girls, ages 12 and 13, plan to sue Bronx school for $60M after they were raped, sodomized in building: lawyer

Two teen boys brutalized two young girls at Urban Science Academy in the Bronx, police say. The families of two teen girls who claim they were raped by two boys in their Bronx school intend to sue the city and the Education Department for $60 million, their lawyer said Monday.

IT'S NEVERENDING! Red Lobster revamps menu to add seafood

AP PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS HANDOUT PHOTO TO BE USED SOLELY TO ILLUSTRATE NEWS REPORTING OR COMMENTARY ON THE FACTS OR EVENTS DEPICTED IN THIS IMAGE. THIS IMAGE MAY ONLY BE USED FOR 14 DAYS FROM TIME OF TRANSMISSION; NO ARCHIVING; NO LICENSING. The struggling chain on Monday plans to announce another revamped menu that removes dishes including Spicy Tortilla Soup and a Wood-Grilled Pork Chop, while tacking on more dishes featuring lobster.

Hamill: Obama has been less than stellar, but GOP is worse

US President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign rally for Tom Wolf, Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania Governor, at the Liacouras Center at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 2, 2014. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEBSAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images As promised in both presidential campaigns, Barack Obama has ended the ground wars in Iraq and Afghanistan started by President George W. Bush. As promised, Obama passed the Affordable Care Act, which got off to a disastrous start filled with computer glitches. But against all the doomsayers’ predictions, Obamacare has become a major success, providing more than 10 million previously uninsured Americans with health coverage.

WHERE TO VOTE: Find out the closest locations in New York City

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 10: A voter emerges from a manual voting booth after casting her ballot in the mayoral primary election on September 10, 2013 in the Manhattan borough of New York City. Voters had a wide range of candidates to choose from in a primary vote ahead of the upcoming election to replace outgoing Mayor Michael Bloomberg. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) To check your registration status or find out where to vote, go to nyc.pollsitelocator.com and enter your address; call the city Board of Elections at (866) VOTE-NYC or email your complete home address to vote@boe.nyc.ny.us with your home borough in the subject line.

Obama avoids campaign trail as GOP looks to capture Senate

AFP OUT WASHINGTON — Once a boon to Democrats, now a burden, President Obama spent election eve cloistered in the White House.

WHAT TO WATCH! Key races to keep an eye on during election night

Senator Mitch McConnell (left) and his challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes. In Kentucky, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell looked vulnerable but finished strong. An upset by Alison Lundergan Grimes would be a good sign for Democrats.
New York

PRO De Blasio’s schools plan leaves unanswered questions: education professor

Pedro Noguera Pedro A. Noguera, the Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education at New York University, writes that the mayor's long-awaited strategy is a step in the right direction, but not enough.

CON De Blasio’s schools plan is long on dollars, short on urgency : education reform executive

Joe Williams has built a reputation as one of the most effective strategists and coalition-builders in the education reform community. He is a nationally recognized analyst and public speaker on education policy and politics, reaching thousands of listeners in audiences from coast to coast each year. Mayor de Blasio ran for office promising to love the city's notorious failure factories until they got better. His proposed $150 million bear hug for nearly 100 long-failing schools offers some much-needed community resources for important services but little urgency around radically improving student learning.

THAT'S SPICY! Borough bred chef cooks up Bronx hot sauce

Chef King Phojanakong with freshly picked serrano peppers, grown in the Bronx, that he uses for his Bronx Hot Sauce.Credit - John Jaxheimer The Bronx is burning — with flavor! A spicy sauce that bears the borough’s name and features local serrano peppers is now for sale at $8 a pop in farmers’ markets citywide.

JPMorgan Chase report shows job growth and huge skills gap in NYC tech and health care

2012 Best Jobs - Registered Nurse - for Your Money - Business - Feb. 28, 2012 Credit: Dreamstime There’s good news for New Yorkers looking for a high-paying job in an expanding industry.Yes, those kinds of opportunities still exist these days.

SON OF A GLITCH! Computer crash hamstrings New York City's 911 system for nearly two hours Monday, forcing dispatchers to call ambulances via radio

Calling 911 from cell phone Part of the New York City’s troubled 911 system crashed Monday, forcing EMS operators to rely on old-fashioned radios to communicate with ambulances out in the field, the Daily News has learned.

Elderly couple killed in car wreck in BJ’s Wholesale Club parking lot in Queens: NYPD

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi An elderly couple died Monday night when their car crashed into a parked car and then a light pole in the parking lot of a Queens big-box store.
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EXCLUSIVE City schools investigator grills Bronx first graders without parents' consent, tells them to keep talk a secret

P.S. 106 parents Sarah Alleyne, Chrystal Fernandez, Tony Bartoni, Lucy Nieves, Manika Mandal and Mona Davids are outraged that a city investigator grilled their kids without their permission. A city investigator probing claims of an abusive teacher grilled a group of Bronx first graders without their parents’ consent — and then told the youngsters to keep the questioning a secret, the Daily News has learned.

Tavern on the Green hires California cuisine legend Jeremiah Tower as top chef

A MAY 26, 2014 PHOTO; FILE The iconic Central Park eatery was panned after it reopened after being shuttered for years. It has since scrapped its head chef and brought in new talent.

Philip Banks wanted more power as NYPD’s first deputy commissioner: source

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi The city’s top cop said whoever he picks to be the NYPD’s second-in-command won’t be getting the same gig that former Chief of Department Philip Banks turned down.

Franklin Morton Jr., a 20-year Brooklyn judge, dies at age 94

MORTON, FRANKLIN W., JR. (U. S. ATTY.) (SWORN IN) Franklin Morton Jr., a former New York State Supreme Court justice and Kings County assistant district attorney, has died. He was 94.

THEY'RE 'DOING TERRIBLY': Traumatized teen girls sue city for $60M after rape in Bronx school

Two teen boys brutalized two young girls at Urban Science Academy in the Bronx, police say. The families of two teen girls who claim they were raped by two boys in their Bronx school intend to sue the city and the Education Department for $60 million, their lawyer said Monday.

Be careful, Rihanna! Singer’s idea of sexy may shock you

Rihanna in the December 2014 issue of Elle Magazine

Father of Ohio girl, 3, shot in head blames it on imaginary gunmen: cops

A 3 year old girl is in critical condition at Rainbow Babies and Children Hospital in Lorain, Ohio after being shot in the head by her 4 year old brother. At this time authorities have not released the girl's name. The father, Jeremy Morales initally told police that two unknown black males came to the door and started shooting. The handgun the 4 year old used belonged to the father, Jeremy Morales. In the chaotic call placed at a Lorain, Ohio home Sunday morning, the father of the child, Jeremy Morales, 27, is heard in the background telling his girlfriend to tell police that a pair of hooded men did it.

Queens MTA bus carrying 35 passengers struck by four gunshots, at least one hitting window

Add u/d qieens **shooting** MTA bus hit by stray bullet in Far Rockaway, Queens > A city bus was struck by a stray bullet in a shooting that left a young man on the street injured in Queens. It happened in Far Rockaway at Beach 73 Street and Beach Channel Drive Monday night. Police say the 21-year-old was shot in the right leg on the street at Beach 70 Street and made his way to Beach 67 Street. At least one stray bullet went through a window on the bus. No one on the bus was hit. It's not clear what the motive was. The victim was taken to Jamaica Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. mns-staff (c) | NYPD A Q22 bus carrying 35 passengers was struck by four gunshots, at least one of which pierced a window, as a gunman blasted away at a man on a Queens street on Monday night, authorities said.

Firefighters, Bronx residents saved from carbon monoxide trap by EMS crew

FDNY Ambulance The firefighters were unaware they had walked into a building that was engulfed in the odorless, colorless fumes, which can be deadly with enough exposure. It wasn’t until the EMS crew from Station 15 in Wakefield got on the scene that an alarm was sounded.

Man in Star Wars helmet tries to have sex with child

Daniel Fritz, 60, was wearing a Star Wars costume when he tried to meet a child for sex, police said. A 60-year-old man was wearing a Halloween costume when he thought he was going to meet a child for sex, Michigan authorities said.

HEY, GIRL! Eva Mendes steps out just six weeks after giving birth

Eva Mendes, who recently had a baby with Ryan Gosling, shows off her killer postpartum body

OPINION Harry Siegel: The real girlfriend experience

Exported.; Zoë is on the clock, so she’s killed Luna and replaced her with Camila.

BROAD ST. PULLY: Philadelphia transit cop arrested for masturbating on subway: police

Kevin Fant, a Philadelphia transit police officer, was arrested after SEPTA's social media team found a video online that allegedly showed him masturbating on a subway car. An off-duty Pennsylvania transit police officer was arrested Friday after he was allegedly caught on camera masturbating in a subway car, according to transit police.

Texas husband shot, killed 77-year-old ill wife in possible mercy killing: police

A warrant has been issued charging Alvin Adams, 77, with the shooting death of his wife, Jean Carol Adams, who was under hospice care and suffering from leukemia in Waco, Texas. A Waco man shot his 77-year-old wife suffering from leukemia in what may have been a mercy killing Monday, police said.

Women, children among 36 Sunni tribesman killed by ISIS: Iraqi officials

BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE. FILE PHOTO TAKEN MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014 An Iraqi official and a Sunni tribal leader say Islamic State group militants have shot dead 36 Sunni tribesmen, women and children, pushing the total tribe members killed in recent days to more than 200.
Sports

Vacchiano: Will be a real challenge to explain Tom Coughlin's actions

Here is what we learned Monday night at MetLife Stadium: The Giants’ defense is better than the offense, but that’s not saying much. On the night when they were supposed to get “more aggressive” – as GM Jerry Reese pleaded – the Giants showed they weren’t quite ready to open up their playbook.

Michael Strahan has Hall of a night

Michael Strahan gets the fans fired up when he receives his Hall of Fame Ring at halftime when the New York Giants played the Indianapolis Colts Monday, November 3, 2014 at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Robert Sabo/New York Daily News) Deep beneath the stands of MetLife Stadium, former Giants defensive end Michael Strahan stood against a gray cinderblock wall about an hour before kickoff of the Giants’ game against the Colts on Monday Night Football.

Yankees have no plans to pursue free agents Sandoval, Lester or Scherzer

Oct 25, 2014; San Francisco, CA, USA; San Francisco Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval reacts after hitting a double against the Kansas City Royals in the fifth inning during game four of the 2014 World Series at AT&T Park. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports Put the Panda heads away Yankee fans, Pablo Sandoval isn’t coming to the Bronx. Add Jon Lester, Max Scherzer and James Shields to the list as well.

Madden: Joe Maddon has Chicago Cubs ready for the World

Now it’s official and all out there for Joe Maddon, who becomes the latest in a 107-year line of managers to attempt to attain what has become baseball’s Holy Grail a world championship for the Chicago Cubs.
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Angie Harmon, Jason Sehorn split after 13 years of marriage

Angie Harmon and Jason Sehorn are separating after 13 years of marriage

Chopper crew suspended for dropping candy at Halloween party

An Arizona National Guard Black Hawk flew above a Phoenix neighborhood to drop candy at a a private Halloween party on Friday. A National Guard chopper crew scared Arizona residents by making a midair candy drop to a private Halloween party in their Black Hawk have been suspended.

Fifth local doctor in Sierra Leone has died of Ebola

A health care worker in protective gear is seen at an Ebola treatment center in the west of Freetown, Sierra Leone, in October. A doctor in Sierra Leone has died of Ebola — the fifth local doctor in the West African nation to die of the disease, authorities said Monday.

Drunk Nebraska teen crash-lands pickup truck on 18-yard line: cops

A 16-year-old, thought to be intoxicated, drove his car into the South High football field, landing with the top down. The teen's injuries were not life threatening. A Nebraska teen drunkenly sailed a pickup truck over an embankment before crash-landing upside down on a high school football field's 18-yard line, police said.

Lupita Nyong'o: 'I haven't yet figured out how to be a celebrity'

Lupita Nyong'o covers the December 2014 Glamour Women of the Year Issue.

U.S. Justice Department sues to block merger of movie ad companies

Empty cinema screen with audience. The Justice Department asked a court Monday to block a planned merger of the nation's only two large cinema on-screen advertising companies, saying consumers might face higher prices at theaters if a merger is carried out.

Hoax claims Ebola infected thousands via bags of Doritos

4chan users started a rumor that there was an Ebola outbreak in a Doritos chips factory. The latest Internet hoax started Sunday on the social media website 4chan as users began circulating fake media reports that the Ebola virus could be found in bags of Doritos.

22-year-old woman disappears from Halloween party after talking to strange man: family

The blonde 22-year-old has lived her entire life in Monroe County with her tight knit four siblings who talk to each other constantly. Friends and family of a Michigan woman have been combing cornfields of Monroe County ever since she vanished more than a week ago.

Jennifer Lopez takes the plunge in daring low-cut dress

Jennifer Lopez stuns in plunging gown at LACMA Art and Film Gala in Los Angeles.

Washington state soldier, accused of murdering 19-year-old wife, free on bail

A Pierce County court commissioner received more than 30 letter asking Skyler Nemetz bail of $1 million be reduced.

Brittany Maynard dies peacefully in Portland home after taking legal Rx to end life

The family of Brittany Maynard, who was terminally ill has stated that Maynard has died using Oregon’s Death With Dignity Act.

Beauties unveil TWO Fantasy Bras ahead of Victoria’s Secret show

Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio in the 2014 Victoria's Secret Fantasy Bras

Va. politician stabbed by his son becomes advocate for the mentally ill

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Fla. Navy vet saves 76-year-old from purse snatcher

John Zachary DesJardin, 23, was apprehendended by ten good Samaritans after he snatched the purse of 76-year-old Rosemary Carelton.
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NHTSA fines Ferrari $3.5 million

The 2015 Ferrari California T is the Prancing Horse's "entry level" sports car, starting at around $202,000. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has laid down a heavy fine on Ferrari for failing to disclose reports of vehicle issues under a 2000 law.
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Porn star calls out ex-Ranger for bad behavior

Porn Star Lisa Ann called hockey player Michael Del Zotto the most annoying person who has ever texted her.

Jamie Dornan shows some skin in 'Fifty Shades'

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Star power! Reese charms her way out of ticket in L.A.

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'Work sets you free': Nazi concentration camp sign stolen

(FILES) - Picture taken on August 18, 2013 shows the entrance gate of the former concentration camp in Dachau, southern Germany with the inscription 'Work sets you free' (Arbeit macht frei). This gate has been stolen according to German media reports on November 2, 2014. AFP PHOTO / GUENTER SCHIFFMANNGUENTER SCHIFFMANN/AFP/Getty Images

California man falls 20 feet to his death at concert

Zachary Bradley, 20, fell to his death after climbing a restricted area at the "Spookfest" rave at Oracle Area on October 31, 2014.

George H.W. Bush ups endorsements ahead of midterms

At left, ex-President George H. W. Bush, officially endorses David Perdue, rear, as Georgia’s U.S. Senate candidate.

Arrests made in hit-and-run deaths of 3 Calif. trick-or-treaters

Twin sisters, Lexandra and Lexi Perez, 13, were killed on Halloween night by a hit-and-run driver while trick-or-treating in Santa Ana, California.
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