Monday, December 15, 2014

AMERICAS EARLY BIRD NEWS

EXCLUSIVE RITES AND WRONGS: Timothy Cardinal Dolan tells pols and police to stop demonizing each other in wake of Eric Garner case

Dolan: Demonizing NYPD or city's leaders won't unite NYC This character of New York City has indeed been tested since the tragedy on Staten Island in July.

'ABSOLUTELY DISGRACEFUL': Uber raises prices four times higher than usual in Sydney during hostage crisis

(FILES) In this photograph taken on December 7, 2014 the Uber smartphone app, used to book taxis using its service, is pictured over a parking lot in the Indian capital New Delhi. Web-based taxi company Uber has complied late December 11, 2014 with an order to stop operating in New Delhi after an Indian woman said she was raped by one of its drivers. AFP PHOTO / TENGKU BAHAR / FILESTENGKU BAHAR/AFP/Getty Images Ride-share app Uber raised Sydney prices to fares of $100 and up during Monday's hostage crisis.

Two brothers killed on Florida highway after car wreck throws them from speeding bikes

Motorcyclist brothers Kevin Jackson and Andrew Jackson were thrown off of their motorcycles on the 1-95 by Pampano Beach when 44-year-old Patricia Noel lost control of her car and fatally hit the two. Two Florida brothers described as motorcycle enthusiasts were killed in a chain reaction crash that fatally injured both cyclists.

Oklahoma doctor involved in bungled execution in April made last-ditch attempt to insert IV but hit artery

Death row inmate Clayton Lockett died April 29, 2014 after a botched lethal injection. Clayton Lockett, having murdered a 19-year-old woman, Stephanie Neiman, by shooting and burying her alive in 1999, spent 43 minutes dying a drawn out, agonizing death.

Florida man fired 13 gunshots at teen who threw eggs at car: cops

Tychius Gaines was shot at 13 times after he threw eggs at Reginald Haywood’s car (above). Haywood left the apartment complex where his car got hit and returned an hour later with his friend, Ktwan “Scooter” McDuffy, who shot Gaines. A 15-year-old teenager from Pine Hills, Fla. was reportedly shot at 13 times by 19-year-old man for throwing eggs at his friend's car.
Kate Upton sings happy birthday to Jamie Foxx.

Foxx-y lady: Kate Upton serenades Jamie for his b'day

Manhattan high school senior, 17, has a net worth of $72 million from trading stocks

Mohammed Islam, 17, believes money makes the world go around. He’s made more than $72 million in the stock market. Don’t feel too bad if you didn’t earn $72 million by age 17.

WAS HE LYNCHED? North Carolina family says teen was killed for dating a white crack-addicted prostitute

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi Relatives and friends of Lennon Lacy, 17, have rejected a medical examiner’s report that his August death was a suicide. Instead, they suspect the high school football player was the victim of lynching.

Crying woman never knew Ohio cops killed her boyfriend

John Crawford III was shot and killed by Beavercreek, Ohio police at a Walmart after a customer said he was pointing a gun at customers. An Ohio detective bullied Tasha Thomas for 90 minutes before revealing John Crawford III had been shot and killed by police.

Raissman: Even though Johnny Manziel's first start is a flop, television treats it like a party

This Bills fan shows his holiday spirit watching Buffalo beat Packers on Sunday. AP During the six-hour Sunday morning window they work in, NFL TV analysts told the free world to “let Johnny be Johnny.”

Then there were five: Kourtney, Scott welcome baby boy

Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick

Police arrest second suspect in Friday’s shooting at a Portland, Ore., high school

Marquel Dugas is the second person arrested in connection with Friday’s shooting at a Portland, Oregon high school. Cops arrested a second suspect Sunday in a Friday’s shooting outside a Portland high school, police said.

BAD JUDGE! Former justice found guilty of planting meth on woman who accused him of propositioning her

MR Bryant Cochran was convicted Thursday of conspiring to plant meth on a woman who had publicly accused him of propositioning her for sex.

DRIVING THEM CRAZY: Saudi Arabian woman detained 25 more days for getting behind wheel

A NOV. 30 2014 IMAGE MADE FROM VIDEO PROVIDED BY LOUJAIN AL-HATHLOUL. AP PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS PUBLICLY DISTRIBUTED HANDOUT PHOTO TO BE USED ONLY TO ILLUSTRATE NEWS REPORTING OR COMMENTARY ON THE FACTS OR EVENTS DEPICTED IN THIS IMAGE. EDITORIAL USE ONLY Loujain al-Hathloul has been in custody since Dec. 1 and there is fear she could be made an example of for driving, reports The Guardian.

Dick Cheney on CIA: I’d use ‘torture’ tactics ‘again in a minute’

SALESOUT NARCH EUO 3TP The blunt former veep on Sunday aggressively defended the brutal interrogation techniques used by the CIA after the 9/11 attacks.

Bethenny’s salary cuts into other ‘Real Housewives’ checks

Court to reconsider decision to order YouTube to take down ‘Innocence of Muslims’ after Benghazi attacks

Filmmaker Nakoula Basseley Nakoula on the set of “Innocence of Muslims" with actress Anna Gurji. The film was initially suspected of inflaming Muslims before the Benghazi attacks. A court is revisiting a decision to censor an anti-Muslim film clip that sparked violence in the Middle East.

PICK A PLAN, ANY PLAN: Obamacare enrollment deadline set for Monday night

OCT 15 2014 FILE PHOTO President Obama’s push to cover America’s uninsured faces another big test Monday.

Australian Grandma faces death penalty in Malaysia for allegedly packing meth on airplane

Lawyer Muhammed Shafee Abdullah claims Australian mother Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto arrested at airport in Malaysia is innocent and was used as a naive mule in crystal meth charge. Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto could be hanged for trafficking the drug, more commonly known as ice, reports the Sydney Daily Telegraph.

Bolivia cracks down on overweight soldiers, officials say

Bolivian soldiers who are overweight can’t wear their uniforms until they drop the pounds. Bolivia's security forces have launched a crackdown - on fat soldiers.
New York

LOVETT Timothy Cardinal Dolan pushes for school tax break in Gov. Cuomo's budget proposal

Timothy Cardinal Dolan (far l.) and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver don’t see eye to eye on tax credit. Timothy Cardinal Dolan wants the governor to include a private, parochial tax credit in his budget proposal next month.

Bruised baby girl found dead in Bronx apartment

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi A badly bruised 2-month-old girl was found dead Sunday morning in a Throggs Neck, Bronx apartment, police sources said.

EXCLUSIVE Controversial Brooklyn judge clears man of firing into crowd after Hurricane Sandy — despite testimony from 4 cops

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi A controversial Brooklyn judge cleared a man of firing into a crowd, disbelieving testimony from four police officers.

Cop charged with protecting drug dealer beat Bronx man while on duty: lawsuit

Juan Rivera Padovani (above) says cop Merlin Alston (l.) assaulted him. A cop who’s been charged with moonlighting as a criminal acted like a thug on the beat too, a lawsuit charges.

DONOHUE HIS HEROIC PATH: From G.I. to motorman, immigrant embodies meaning of service

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi Juan Amador is a subway motorman. He’s also a soldier.
LATEST FROM AROUND NEW YORK

Bronx health-care workers will fight spread of Ebola in Liberia

Dr. Julie Hoffman, an infection disease specialist at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx. Two Bronx health-care workers are taking their skills to the frontline of the fight against Ebola.

Man killed after being hit by Access-a-Ride bus in Brooklyn

The Access-A-Ride van remained at the scene on Neptune Ave in Coney Island after striking and killing a pedestrian on Sunday. A 55-year-old Brooklyn man died after being run over by an Access-A-Ride bus on Sunday night, cops said.

Protests delay hospital trip of MTA worker who suffered massive leg injuries on the job

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi A city subway worker suffered massive leg injuries in an accident Saturday at a Brooklyn train station, officials and his family said.

Man shot dead outside Bronx deli following argument: cops

Blood from the victim covers the ground near a vehicle parked outside the Bronx deli. A man was fatally shot when an argument turned violent outside a Bronx deli early Sunday, police said.

Manziel stinks in start, but Odell rules again in Week 15

ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS SHAVE! DNA from beard leads to burglary arrest one year later

AP PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS PUBLICLY DISTRIBUTED HANDOUT PHOTO PROVIDED BY THE ONEIDA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE Police found the suspect behind a year-old unsolved burglary after DNA testing a strand of beard that was left behind at the crime scene.

Coast Guard searches for sailor who fell into Gulf

NR The U.S. Coast Guard has joined the crew of a Chinese freighter in the search for a crew member who fell into the Gulf of Mexico.

Effigies depicting hangings of blacks found on Cal Berkeley campus amid protests spark outrage

Protesters march through the University of California at Berkeley campus in Berkeley on Dec. 10. Amid national protests decrying police brutality, three effigies of black people were discovered hanging on the Berkeley campus.

Watch Texas man illegally in North Korea rips U.S., says he’s not detained

REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT - NO ARCHIVES - NO INTERNET - RESTRICTED TO SUBSCRIPTION USE NKorea presented to the media an American man who illegally crossed into the country. He's not in custody and seeks asylum in Venezuela.

Kim K. & Co.: The Least Fascinating People of 2014

2 Alabama escaped prisoners caught, 1 still at large

Demarcus Woodard (from left), Germayel Culbert and Justin Terrell Gordon escaped from a Choctaw County jail early Saturday morning. Gordon was apprehended Saturday evening about 100 miles away. Two of three men that escaped an Alabama prison have been apprehended but one accused murderer remains at large.

Al Qaeda fighters dressed as women killed at Yemen border

Three Al Qaeda fighters were killed in a shootout in Yemen after their plot to sneak into Saudia Arabia as women fell apart. The would-be suicide bombers dressed as women Saturday before a foiled attempt to cross into Saudi Arabia from Yemen.

Woman busted for trying to smuggle 12 pounds of cocaine from Canada in a spare tire

NIAGARA FALLS, NY - JUNE 04: The Rainbow Bridge crosses from the United States (L), into Canada near the Niagara Falls on June 4, 2013 at Niagara Falls, New York. The falls, which have a combined highest flow rate of any waterfall in the world, straddle the U.S.-Canada border, on the Niagara River, which drains Lake Erie into Lake Ontario. The falls, visited by millions of tourists on each side of the border, are also a major source of hydroelectric power for the region. The aerial view was seen from a helicopter flown by the U.S. Office of Air and Marine, (OAM), which monitors and patrols the U.S. northern border with Canada. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) Border officers found 12 pounds of cocaine inside a car entering from Canada after spotting inconsistencies in the vehicle’s spare tire.

NEWTOWN, TWO YEARS LATER: Daughter of Sandy Hook librarian takes on life of gun-control activism

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi Ashley Cech was inside an NYU classroom — taking one of the last finals of her fall semester — when the text message arrived.
Sports

WHOA-dell Beckham Jr.! Giants rookie torches Washington for 3 TDs

There were wild undisciplined penalties. There was the brief resurrection of a QB who once seemed like a star.

Myers: Johnny Manziel looks lost in first NFL start

Johnny, you’re not in College Station anymore.

Cowboys shake off December woes, beat Eagles and Sanchez

Dec 14, 2014; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant (88) makes a catch for a touchdown as Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Bradley Fletcher (24) defends in the second quarter at Lincoln Financial Field. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports December meltdowns have become a Cowboys tradition but like a lot of things about this surprising year, they’re not following the script.

Max Scherzer too expensive for Yankees, GM Cashman says

Max Scherzer Yankee fans hoping to see Max Scherzer in pinstripes probably won’t like what GM Brian Cashman said.
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How romantic! George and Amal spotted on date

George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin

Egypt blocks American scholar from entering country after she had been critical of government

Michele Dunne said she had been invited to be a panelist at a conference organized by the Egyptian Council on Foreign Affairs. A U.S. scholar who has been critical of Egypt's government said she was barred from entering the country.

‘It’s ridiculous and so is same-sex marriage’: Pastor uses horse ‘bride’ to protest marriage equality

Pastor Edward James of the Bertha Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Jackson, Mississippi called same-sex marriage a ‘perversion.’ A Mississippi pastor took to protesting the state’s struck down ban on gay marriage with a horse named Charlotte.

Family of Tamir Rice seek justice, change

Tajai and Samaria Rice, the sister and mother of Tamir Rice, sat down to talk with TODAY’s Lester Holt for an exclusive interview. The family of Tamir Rice sat down with Today Show host Lester Holt on Sunday to tell the nation they are seeking justice and want change.

L.A. says thank you! LiLo vows not to live on West Coast again

Lindsay Lohan says she "grew up" in London and plans to live there another year

Freak tornado hits Los Angeles as part of Pineapple Express

Stuff was flying everywhere Friday when a low-level tornado hit Los Angeles. Damage was minimal, but a man capturing the funnel cloud on his cell phone was so addled his commentary consisted mostly of him cursing a blue streak. A tornado struck Los Angeles Friday as part of a freakish strike of weather along the West Coast.

Four dead, including a father and daughter, in ‘overwhelming’ crash along the Mississippi coast

LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT: MISSISSIPPI PRESS OUT; LOCAL TELEVISION OUT WLOX, LOCAL ONLINE OUT; GULFLIVE.COM OUT A tractor-trailer plowed into 11 cars on a highway in Mississippi early Saturday, killing a father and daughter and two young men.

Charges dropped against Alabama assistant principal wrongly accused of sexually abusing student

Catherine Bell, a former assistant principal in Pelham, Ala., resigned under pressure and was arrested after a student falsely claimed they had sex. An Alabama educator is picking up the pieces of her life after a student wrongly accused her of sexual abuse.

Seeing triple! Drew Barrymore takes her mini-mes for a girls day out

Drew Barrymore seen with her 2 daughters Olive and Frankie

Obama to welcome home troops in N.J. to mark end of Afghan war

epa04526691 US President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with his national security and public health teams to receive an update on the Ebola response, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, in Washington, DC, USA, 12 December, 2014. During his remarks, President Obama also addressed the spending bill that the U.S. House of Representatives passed on Thursday night. EPA/DREW ANGERER

Senate passes $1.1 trillion spending bill, sends it to Obama

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) talks to reporters after the Senate passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill following a long series of votes, many on procedural matters or to confirm members of the Obama administration, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington December 13, 2014. The U.S. Senate on Saturday passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill that lifts the threat of a government shutdown as Congress attempts to wrap up a two-year legislative session marked by bitter partisanship and few major accomplishments. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)

Robin Williams remembered at 'Night at the Museum 3' premiere

'Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb' starring Ben Stiller and Robin Williams

Missing Houston baby located in Mexico after mother’s body found

Anastacia Oaikhena Lambert, 27, of Houston, Texas was found stabbed to death and stuffed inside the of a refrigerator in her apartment. Her 11 month old child, Achilles Lambert (pictured) is currently missing.

Teen fatally shoots himself while on FaceTime with friend

Blake Hannett, 15, died Thursday night after accidentally shooting himself in the head while video chatting with a friend online.
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Holiday TV gift guide 2014. It doesn't matter what your favorite show is — we've got you covered.

Gamer's delight: There's plenty for everyone to play

Super Smash Bros. is one of the Daily News’ picks for gamers this holiday season. This Christmas and Chanukah, it’s all about the games. About time, right? For the last two years it was a series of new consoles.

PHOTOS Some of the best gifts come in small packages!

Stocking stuffer ideas for kids and adults all in one gallery

PHOTOS From tech rings to touch phone gloves — the gift of gadgets

Fun and useful electronic gifts for the holidays There’s something for all your tech lovers this holiday season!

PHOTOS PUT A SPIN ON GIVING! Festive gifts for Hanukkah, from menorahs to dreidels

Channukah gifts for the season From menorahs to dreidels, check out these festive gifts for the eight-day holiday!
Autos

2016 Toyota Tacoma to debut at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show

Toyota has released this one teaser image of the 2016 Tacoma pickup ahead of the truck's debut in Janaury, during the 2015 Detroit Auto Show. The Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon have crashed Toyota’s party in the long-dormant, but now hotly-contested midsize pickup truck market.
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Bette calls in 'sick' to presenting award to Ariana Grande

Christmas trees in Italy getting locked to curb theft

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Woman jailed for yelling ‘f--- the police’ wins $100G

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Greenpeace damages delicate Nazca lines in Peru

Greenpeace activists stand next to massive letters delivering the message "Time for Change: The Future is Renewable" next to the hummingbird geoglyph in Nazca in Peru.

Jamie Foxx and Quvenzhané Wallis make dynamic duo in updated 'Annie'

How Mark Wahlberg can relate to his bad-boy character in 'The Gambler'

Cop brings donations to granny caught stealing food

Image #: 33706054 Helen Johnson thanks Tarrant Police officer William Stacy with a hug in her kitchen. Tarrant Police officers including Officer William Stacy deliver bags of food to Helen Johnson. Officer Stacy bought the one dozen eggs that Johnson stole from a local store and didn't arrest her. The act to kindness was recorded and Johnson says it changed her life. AL.COM /Landov

New York Lottery hands out $30 million in prizes

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