Tuesday, December 30, 2014

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'They could not stop the bleeding': Milwaukee baby gunned down in hail of bullets playing with toys inside friend's home

13-month-old infant shot in Milwaukee. Bill Thao, a 13-month-old boy who had just learned to walk, was fatally wounded after a Milwaukee home his family was visiting was sprayed with gunfire.

'EVERYONE IS ON ALERT': Gunmen open fire at cops in LAPD cruiser in 'unprovoked' attack similar to killing of 2 NYPD officers

Los Angeles police officers investigate a shooting in South Central Los Angles on Monday, Dec. 29, 2014. A man fired a rifle at two Los Angeles officers in a patrol car on Sunday night but no one was injured in the attack that comes amid tension nationwide between police and protesters rallying against their tactics. LAPD spokeswoman Officer Nuria Venegas said Monday that one man was under arrest and a second suspect was being sought in the shooting in an area of the city ridden with gangs and crime and heavily patrolled by police. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) Two police officers were responding to an unrelated radio call around 9:30 p.m. on Sunday in South Los Angeles when two men allegedly opened fire. The officers were not injured and returned fire, police said.

New Mexico cop, former officer arrested for sexually assaulting woman, 20, on Christmas Eve: police

Milan, N.M, police officer James Watters is accused of getting an underaged woman drunk and forcing her to perform oral sex on Christmas Eve. Milan Police officer James Watters and former Sheriff's security officer Jessie Terrazas were arrested after providing alcohol to a 20-year-old woman and forcing her into sex acts, police said.

ISOLA: Knicks' Carmelo Anthony still struggling with knee injury as new year approaches

Carmelo Anthony’s sore knee kept him from playing second half of Sunday’s loss to Portland, and it could affect 2015 portion of this season. Getty Carmelo Anthony’s status for the Knicks’ final game of 2014 is unknown.

Sting briefly jumps 'Ship' for James Taylor tribute show

Mass. woman neglected kids, hid dead babies in squalid home so boyfriend would not know she had them: prosecutor

POOL PHOTO Erika Murray, a mother of seven, pleaded not guilty to a slew of charges Monday after police found three dead infants and two severely neglected children in her Blackstone home in September.

PUNCH & GRIN: Idaho woman throws down on cop, tries to drive off in stranger’s car before smiling for mug shot

Andrea S. Espinosa is charged with felony assault after she stole a car and punched a police officer. Hot and don't bother her. An Idaho woman punched a cop and then flashed a toothy grin - even as she was booked on felony charges.

Obama says white middle-class voters feel Washington has ignored them

President Barack Obama speaks about early childhood education, Wednesday Dec. 10, 2014, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) President Obama said that many white voters feel left out during a wide-ranging interview Monday on NPR.

CRISPY APOLOGY! Chipotle sorry that worker greeted NYPD cops with 'hands up, don't shoot' gesture at Brooklyn eatery

chipotle apologies for employee's 'hands up, don't shoot' gesture at police The CEOs of Chipotle have apologized to the NYPD after Brooklyn cops were greeted by an employee with a “hands up, don’t shoot” gesture.

EXCLUSIVE Murders in the Bronx under 100 for second year in a row

Barring a last-second spree killing, the Bronx will log less than 100 murders for the second consecutive year -- a feat not achieved in four decades. Eric BlairSchofield, 48, who has lived in the South Bronx since 1970 works with Veterans. (Jennifer Mitchell for New York Daily News) The last time the Bronx had two consecutive years with under 100 murders was 1963 and 1964.

Vigil being held Tuesday in Queens for pair of slain NYPD officers

epa04540928 Police officers salute at the start of the funeral of New York Police Officer Rafael Ramos at the Christ Tabernacle Church in Glendale, New York, USA, 27 December 2014. Officer Ramos and Officer Wenjian Liu were gunned down on 20 December while sitting in their patrol car in Brooklyn. EPA/JUSTIN LANE Dozens of Queens residents will light a candle Tuesday night to honor fallen cops Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos.

Daily News fund for cops' families surpasses 160K as hundreds more readers reach out

New York City Police Academy Graduation Ceremony, Madison Square Garden, Mon., Dec. 29, 2014. (Bryan Smith for New York Daily News) Donations to the fund for slain NYPD Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu had climbed past $160,000,

Bill de Blasio’s contract battle with police union has intensified their sour relationship

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during a news conference to announce a tentative contract agreement with the Uniformed Superior Officers Coalition at City Hall in New York, December 9, 2014. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS HEADSHOT) The lack of a labor contract worsened Mayor de Blasio’s poor relationship with the NYPD.

No indictment for teen accused of threatening cops on Web

Tunisia Shearin, whose son Yasin Shearin, may be indicted today by a grand jury for allegedly making terroristic threats by allegedly posting a "kill the cops" message on facebook, at Brooklyn criminal court. Brooklyn, New York, Monday December 29th, 2014. (Jesse Ward for New York Daily News.) A Brooklyn grand jury Monday declined to indict 16-year-old Yasin Shearin on a felony charge of making a terroristic threat.

Angelina's topless photos from her teen years surface

EXCLUSIVE Mob associate Mario Fortunato gets $330K in settlement after being released from prison for participation in 1994 murder

Alleged mob guy and bakery co-owner Mario Fortunato settled lawsuit over what he claimed was unjust conviction in 1994 gangland slay. An alleged mob associate gets $300,000 to settle a lawsuit charging he was unjustly convicted for participating in a gangland rubout.

Kentucky drunk driver hit woman, drove with her on roof of car: police

John Raymond Cecil Jr., 46, charged with driving under suspended license, wanton endangerment, leaving the scene of an accident and DUI second offense. John Raymond Cecil, Jr., 46, had a blood-alcohol level of more than four-times the legal limit when he crashed into the woman, police said.

RIBBED FOR DISPLEASURE: Florida woman throws box of condoms at beau's head, bruises eye, police say

Dominique Claridge and William Hessian, both 19, were arrested following a domestic dispute Saturday night. Claridge allegedly hit Hessian in the eye with a box of condoms. Cops in Manatee County arrested Dominique Claridge and William Hessian for domestic battery Saturday after Dominique allegedly injured her live-in boyfriend after throwing the box of prophylactics at his head.

WHITE HOT! Bethenny hits Miami beach in tiny bikini

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SEE IT 'EVIL UNITED AIRLINES': Photo of dog left in cold on rainy tarmac for half an hour leads to Twitter outrage

CHICAGO, IL - SEPTEMBER 19: United Airlines jets sit at gates at O'Hare International Airport on September 19, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois. In 2013, 67 million passengers passed through O'Hare, another 20 million passed through Chicago's Midway Airport, and the two airports combined moved more than 1.4 million tons of air cargo. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) The distressing photo taken in Houston showed a dog’s kennel waiting outside in the rain for nearly an hour. United Airline says the pet was being sheltered by a plane’s wing and was not alone.

Arrest in killing of transgender woman shot dead in Hollywood street

Aniya Parker, 47, was shot in the head in a "robbery gone wrong" at East Hollywood in Los Angeles. Police have arrested a 17-year-old boy in connection with the execution-style murder of a transgender woman on a Los Angeles street.

Boyfriend of missing Arizona teen found disoriented, dehydrated, wandering alone on highway

Arizona police are looking for 15-year-old Leah Costa who went missing on Christmas Eve. Leah Costa, 15, disappeared after most likely running away with her 17-year-old boyfriend on Christmas Eve, her mother told police.
New York

Congressional bid by DA could further Garner controversy

Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan announced a new program to focus on stalking. News that Rep. Michael Grimm will resign set off a scramble among candidates vying to be selected by party leaders to seek the seat.

Nine New York lawmakers will be double-dipping in 2015 by collecting salary and pension

Sen. Kemp Hannon, R-Garden City, speaks during a Senate health committee meeting on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. A bill that would legalize medical marijuana in New York has passed the Republican-led committee, one of a series of hurdles the measure will have to go through before becoming law. (AP Photo/Mike Groll) Nine state lawmakers will collect a salary and pension starting in January, thanks to a loophole in New York law.

‘THEY’RE SCARED’: East Harlem gas explosion victims file paperwork that gives them option to sue city over catastrophe

SALESOUT NARCH EUO 3TP Victims have filed paperwork indicating they’ll sue New York City regarding the March 12 blast that leveled two homes earlier this year.

MTA officer dies from injuries sustained in 2013 line-of-duty collision with car

MTA Officer Thomas Choi (inset) was struck by a car on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge on October 20, 2013 at approximately 7:45 AM. Bridge and Tunnel officer Thomas Choi died Monday morning of injuries suffered in a roadway collision in 2013.

We 'can' do it! Daily News, City Harvest food drive still short of target with two weeks to go

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi The Daily News and its partners have raised just under 500,000 pounds of packaged and canned foods so far this year — less than half of the targeted amount, City Harvest officials said.
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Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver being investigated for payments from law firm: report

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll) The payments made to Silver by Goldberg & Iryami, P.C., were said to be substantial, according to a report.

'The home was set up strictly for prostitution': Queens woman arrested for running New Jersey brothel: police

Jing Hong Xia, 51, of Queens, New York, was arrested for operating a brothel out of a rented home in Englewood, New Jersey, police said. A Queens woman was arrested for running a New Jersey brothel after police found her in a car filled with hundreds of new condoms.

FDNY’s newest class of firefighters is among most diverse in city history

Scene at the NYFD Academy where 323 Probationary Firefighters were sworn in by Mayor de Blasio(l) with Firefighter Michael Sullivan(r) taking the oath for all 323 Firefighters.Monday,December 29th,2014,Manhattan,,New York.( Michael Schwartz for New York Daily News). Nearly half of the FDNY’s newest class of firefighters are minorities, making it one of the most diverse in city history.

Bronx DA will continue to prosecute crime at Rikers Island

A view of the entrance to Rikers Island penitentiary complex where IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn is being held, in New York, May 17, 2011. Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund and a leading French politician tipped as a presidential front-runner for 2012, was charged in the early hours of Sunday morning with sexual assault and attempted rape. AFP PHOTO/Emmanuel Dunand (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images) Rikers Island will remain within the jurisdiction of the Bronx district attorney after a bill to move it to Queens was vetoed.

Harvey Weinstein's private 'Eyes' bash draws Roman Polanski

Harvey Weinstein hosts screening of Tim Burton’s ‘Big Eyes’ in Gstad.

Irish antiques seller blasts Bloomberg magazine article accusing him of trafficking illegal rhino horns

AUG.1, 2010 FILE PHOTO An Irish antiques dealer is snorting mad at Bloomberg News for suggesting that he trafficks in illegal rhino horns.

Death toll in ferry fire rises to 10 as Italian and Greek Premiers speak on the tragedy

EUO 3TP Four bodies were initially found in the water on Sunday, and the body of a Greek man was later found in a lifeboat chute. Five more were discovered on Monday.

Blond Bieber takes hard skateboarding tumble at MSG

justin bieber falls while skateboarding in new york city

Man, 83, dies in hot tub tragedy at Spa Castle in Queens

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi An 83-year-old man died after he was found unconscious in the bottom of a Jacuzzi during a family trip to a Queens spa.

Tech glitch stalls Harry Potter ride at Universal Orlando, leaves 12 passengers suspended 7 feet in the air

Firefighters rescued a dozen people from a ride at Universal Orlando Monday. There was some mischievous with craft in play at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter Monday as Orlando firefighters had to rescue about a dozen people who were stuck on the ride at Universal Orlando.

IN MEMORIAM: Stars we lost in '14, who still burn bright

Bizarre crimes of 2014 highlight the odd, wacky side of law

Alleged criminals found new, and weird, ways to get in trouble with the law during 2014 - some of which made us laugh, cringe or cry.

Eric Garner to the Ebola scare, photos from the big stories of 2014

top news stories 2014 As 2014 winds down, take a look back at some of the biggest news stories of the year ...

Best Albums of '14: News critic sings the praises of newbies

New York Daily News Best Albums of 2014

The top 20 most shocking celebrity splits of 2014

Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, Kate Hudson and Matt Bellamy, Melanie Griffith and Antonio and Kris and Bruce are just a few of the celeb couples who broke up this year. They say breaking up is hard to do, but in Hollywood it seems like staying together is the real challenge. Take a look back at the top 20 most shocking celebrity splits of 2014 ...

Celebrating the best celeb beach bodies of 2014 — PHOTOS

As the year comes to an end, check out which celebrities made waves with the hottest beach bodies!
Sports

Myers: Best fix for Jets is hire Pioli and Gase

DEC. 30, 2012 FILE PHOTO The blueprint to fix the Jets and make them relevant again really shouldn’t be all that hard for Woody Johnson to follow.

Woody Johnson may have tampered with Darrelle Revis

New England Patriots cornerback Darrelle Revis (24) Pre game. New York Jets vs. New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA October 16, 2014. (Corey Sipkin/New York Daily News) Woody Johnson may have ruffled some feathers in New England by potentially tampering with Darrelle Revis.

Lions' Suh suspended one game for stepping on Aaron Rodgers

FILE - This Dec. 28, 2014 photo shows Detroit Lions' Ndamukong Suh looking on during the first half of an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers in Green Bay, Wis. The league announced Monday, Dec. 29, 2014 that Suh was suspended for stepping on Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers' left leg twice, once with each foot. Suh also applied pressure and pushed off Rodgers' unprotected leg with his left foot, violating unnecessary roughness rules, the league said in a statement. He will miss Sunday's wild-card playoff game against Dallas. (AP Photo/Matt Ludtke, file) Detroit defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh has been suspended for this Sunday’s wild-card playoff game against Dallas

NFL Black Monday: Falcons, Bears and Jets can coaches

Mike Smith is fired as Atlanta’s head coach Monday following a seven-year run. Jay Cutler isn't just a coach killer. He's a GM killer as well.
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MANIC KINGDOM: Xtina on Disneyland tirade, calls Mickey 'a--hole,' report says

Christina Aguilera fight with Mickey Mouse at Disney Land

Oregon sex offender busted for allegedly downloading child porn at Starbucks by same cop who caught him before

Robert Dietz was arrested when he was found downloading child pornography at a Oregon Starbucks. Robert Dietz, 59, was reportedly arrested at 9 a.m. Saturday over claims he used the Wi-Fi at a Hillsboro branch to obtain the sick images.

SEE IT PAPER TRAIL: Police link toilet paper roll to would-be pizza shop robber in Pennsylvania

Police say that 29-year-old Eric Frey is the man who tried to rob Michael Maria's Pizza in Uniontown, Penn. by handing an employee toliet-paper notw saying 'I have a gun. Give me $300,' after finding a newly opened roll of toliet paper in his home with the pen impression from the note on the outer sheet. Eric Frey, 29, tried to rob a Uniontown pizza shop with a note written on toilet paper. Police found the roll in his apartment.

BREAK-IN NEWS: Thieves steal San Francisco Chronicle van, lead police on high speed pursuit

A stolen van belonging to the San Francisco Chronicle led authorities on a high speed chase Monday morning. Two men stole a van belonging to the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper and led police on a high speed chase down a highway through multiple counties Monday morning.

Victoria's Secret model rocks sexy lingerie in steamy shoot — PHOTOS

Lindsay Ellingson wears Philipp Plein bra and panties in Love Magazine's latest entry in their Advent Calendar series

N.C. town's Possum Drop won't use real animal, breaking 20-year tradition after outcry from PETA

For most of the past 20 years, a live animal has been used in a small North Carolina town's annual New Year's Eve Possum Drop. But this year, following challenges from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the organizer says he'll no longer use a live opossum — instead, it'll be a road-kill opossum or perhaps a pot of opossum stew. The event's organizer says he'll no longer use a live opossum — instead, it'll be a road-kill opossum or perhaps a pot of opossum stew.

Oregon cat accidentally sold in mattress set is returned home after going missing for 10 days

An Oregon cat that accidentally got sold with a mattress set is back home. Camo the cat went missing last week after Roy Dufek sold his girlfriend's mattress set - not realizing that Camo was hiding in the box spring. The cat scurried out when the new owner took the set off the roof of his car, and was on its own for 10 days before it was caught in a Portland suburb. Camo, the Oregon cat accidentally sold in a mattress set, has returned home after wandering the Portland area alone for 10 days.

First case of Ebola confirmed in Scotland is female aid worker who returned from Sierra Leone

The Ebola virus, pictured, is now in Scotland. A patient who returned from Sierra Leone Sunday evening was diagnosed with Ebola and is being treated at Glasgow's Gartnavel Hospital, the Scottish government said.

Suki Waterhouse flaunts bikini bod in sexy online snaps

Suki Waterhouse in a bikini on the beach

Md. Episcopal bishop is alleged driver in fatal hit-and-run

Bishop Heather Cook was identified as the driver in a fatal hit-and-run bike crash.

Supermodel BFFs Kate, Naomi hit the beach in Brazil

Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell enjoy a sunny holiday in bikinis by the beach

Drunk Fla. motorcyclist crashes into patrol car: cops

Florida Highway Patrol State Trooper left the exclusive Isleworth estate after golfer Tiger Tiger refuses to talk at his home in Windmere, Florida on Sunday 11-29-09.
Autos

Live the 80s with the ‘Miami Vice’ Ferrari for $1.75M

Sonny Crockett’s white 1986 Ferrari Testarossa from the iconic cop drama ‘Miami Vice’ is up for sale on eBay. Sonny Crockett’s white 1986 Ferrari Testarossa from the iconic cop drama ‘Miami Vice’ is up for sale on eBay.
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Who's the exhausted star showing off her toned tummy?

Lea Michele posted this workout pic via Instagram

Ian Somerhalder only has eyes for gal pal at Lakers game

Ian Somerhalder and Nikki Reed kiss at a basketball game

'Patti doesn’t kiss his a--': Andy's not a 'Matchmaker' fan, source says

Pig’s head replaces baby Jesus in nasty Nativity prank Christmas Day in Massachusetts

Baby Jesus figurine stolen from nativity scene at Sacred Hearts Roman Catholic Church in Haverhill, Massachusetts and replaced with freshly chopped pig's head.

African Hebrew Israelites leader Ben Ammi Ben Israel dies aged 75

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