Friday, April 10, 2015

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EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: From sixth-grade 'love affair' to jail to Big Apple, former teacher Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau take their 2 teen daughters on tour of city ahead of 20/20 interview

Mary Kay Letourneau, the ex-Seattle teacher who bedded then wed her former sixth-grade student, toured the Big Apple with her now 31-year-old husband and their two teenaged kids, appearing as a typical American family. read full story »

Jon Hamm was charged in violent 1990 University of Texas hazing scandal where victim was horribly beaten, dragged by hammer, lit on fire: court records

Jon Hamm took part in a violent college hazing in 1990 at the University of Texas that led to criminal charges.

'They will pay for my sons and the sons of Islam': In letter, Boston Marathon bombers' mom vows U.S. will suffer

mother of boston marathon bomber “They will pay for my sons and the sons of Islam, permanently!!!” threatened Zubeidat Tsarnaeva in a bitter letter sent to the media/technology website Vocativ.

Man seriously injured trying to jump between cars at Penn Station, causing major delays during rush hour

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi The LIRR passenger tried to jump from between cars as the train left the station at 3:18 p.m., a Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokesman said.

Republicans bidding for the White House will hope to get NRA's support at annual meeting

MAGS OUT Republicans making moves to seek the 2016 nomination for President will target the support of the gun lobby Friday.
Bobby Flay Divorce

'Did you f— her?': Bobby Flay's wife asks if he bedded January Jones

Private eye who says he spied on Scientology head David Miscavige's dad also recruited fake friends to keep tabs on them: police report

MADRID, SPAIN: US Chairman of the Board Religious Technology Center David Miscavige speaks during the inauguration of the Church of Scientology in Madrid, 18 September 2004. AFP PHOTO/ Pierre-Philippe MARCOU (Photo credit should read PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU/AFP/Getty Images) The private investigator who claims he got $10,000 a month for spying said his duties extended well beyond simple surveillance.

BONDY Bondy: Tiger no longer among the Masters at Augusta

Tiger Woods will be chasing and likely not catching 21-year-old Jordan Spieth for the rest of his career. AP About the same time that Tiger Woods was knocking the ball into the drink off the tee on No. 12, Jordan Spieth was two holes ahead of him.

Corning’s Latest Innovations in Glass Means Tougher Tech Screens

Corning’s Latest Innovations in Glass Means Tougher Tech Screens

GONZALEZ When will the killings of black males by cops ever cease?

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi How many more heart-breaking videos of cops killing black males must we endure?

'IT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED': S.C. man says he filed excessive force complaint on cop long before fatal shooting

Officer Michael Slager, the South Carolina cop facing a murder rap for shooting an unarmed black man in the back, was the subject of an excessive force complaint in 2013 — but appears to have been let off easy.

NYPD cops to study police body cameras in L.A. amid calls to equip all officers with devices

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi NYPD officers will travel to Los Angeles Sunday to study how police body cams are being used.

LUPICA South Carolina cop was the bad guy with a gun in Walter Scott shooting

ALTERNATE CROP OF NY123; APRIL 4, 2015 FRAME FROM VIDEO; BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE; 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 MY ONLY BE USED This really was Walter Scott getting gunned down like it was 1860 in South Carolina, by a white cop who thought he could get away with it.

‘I'M SORRY, I JUST CAN'T’: Mother of S.C. cop Michael Slager refuses to watch video of her son shooting Walter Scott to death

Karen Sharpe, mother of police officer Michael Slager speaks about her son and Walter Scott The mother of a cop caught killing an unarmed black man on a cellphone video said Thursday he “loved being a police officer.”

City Council members: Put body cameras on every cop

In this photo from Thursday, June 16, 2011, Oakland Police officer Huy Nguyen shows a video camera worn by some officers in Oakland, Calif. Oakland and dozens of other police departments across the country are equipping officers with tiny body cameras to record anything from a traffic stop to a hot vehicle pursuit to a violent crime in progress. The mini cameras have even spawned a new cable reality TV series, showing using video in Cincinnati, Chattanooga and Fort Smith, Ark. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) Had a bystander not been there to film Saturday’s shooting, we may have never known the truth behind Walter Scott’s death.

Do you Beliebe they're just friends? Justin, Kendall pics fuel dating rumors

Tennessee crooks rob man — and force him to masturbate at gunpoint — caught in multistate manhunt

Lawrence Bond, 53, (pictured) along with Amanda Wells, 28 (not picutred) are both wanted by the Sevierville Police Department in east Tennessee for aggravated robbery, kidnapping, and sexual battery that included forcing their male victim to masturbate. A Tennessee duo who kidnapped, robbed and then forced a man to masturbate at gunpoint were each caught after a multistate manhunt.

'Confused' Robert Durst enters not guilty plea as letter he sent to LA Times reveals love for opera, football

Real estate heir Robert Durst had to be prompted by lawyers to enter a not guilty plea in a weapons charge case, according to a report. In the rambling letter postmarked April 1 and received Wednesday, Durst reportedly said he decided to leave Los Angeles for Texas several years ago due to medical issues.

Massachusetts cop arrested after hurling racial slurs about 'black' skin, beating handcuffed prisoner

Worchester Police Cruiser in front of City of Worchester, Massachusetts Police Headquaters. “The complainant and witness alleged that during the prisoner release process, the officer made a disparaging remark with respect to the complainant’s ‘black’ skin,” Worcester police said Thursday.

ON HER MARRY WAY! Woman weds 10 TIMES without divorcing: officials

SUBWAY SHUFFLE: Schumer, de Blasio ride R train to push for mass transit funding

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi Mayor de Blasio and Sen. Chuck Schumer on Thursday rode the R train to push Congress for mass transit funding.

Major U.S. airports report 268 perimeter security breaches since 2004 – though NYC data withheld for ‘security concerns’

FEB. 6, 2015 PHOTO An Associated Press investigation found 268 perimeter security breaches since 2004 at airports that together handle three-quarters of U.S. commercial passenger traffic. And that's an undercount.

Wounded guard in 'extremely critical condition' following U.S. Census Bureau shooting; suspect barricaded inside

Emergency responders gather near the gates of the U.S. Census Bureau office on in Suitland, Md., following a shooting on Thursday. The guard, who was posted at the gate, was shot at least once in the upper body and was taken to the hospital in "extremely critical condition," Prince George Fire Department spokesman Mark Brady told the Daily News.
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TIMBER! City decides to cut down giant maple tree in Queens after Daily News report

Large Silver Maple tree leans in the direction of Valerie and Marie Dinkins' house in Jamaica Queens. They have petitioned the Parks Department to cut down the seemingly dangerous tree that sits in their front yard. Date: April 7, 2015 Address: 177-56 Baisley Boulevard, Jamaica, NY David Wexler For New York Daily News A huge tree that has had two Queens residents fearing for their lives will finally be taken down, the Parks Department said.

De Blasio exaggerates effectiveness of NYPD stop-and-frisk reforms to predominantly black audience

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 08: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at the National Action Network (NAN) national convention on April 8, 2015 in New York City. Reverend Al Sharpton founded NAN in 1991; the convention hosted various politicians, organizers and religious leaders to talk about the nation's most pressing issues. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) De Blasio exaggerated the effectiveness of reforms in NYPD’s stop-and-frisk program in an address to a predominantly black audience.

SAD STORY: NYC libraries open fewer hours than rest of state

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi New York City’s libraries are open fewer hours than almost anywhere else in the state, a new report found.

KING OF QUEENS: Jack Friedman of Chamber of Commerce dies, 55

Jack M. Friedman, the executive director of the Queens Chamber of Commerce aka as Mr. Queens, died Thursday at age 55. Queens Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jack Friedman was so active in the borough he earned the moniker Mr. Queens.
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Former state Sen. Hiram Monserrate loses bid to get conviction tossed as court filings reveal he's nearly broke

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi Hiram Monserrate claims in court papers that "I am currently in great debt" and only has $220 in his bank account.

Elderly woman found dead, naked inside East Harlem apartment

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi A 74-year-old woman was found naked and dead inside her East Harlem apartment in what police were investigating as a robbery.

Driver, 64, killed after crashing car on Long Island Expressway in Queens

NR A 64-year-old man died after crashing his car on the Long Island Expressway Thursday afternoon, police said.

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PETTY THEFT AND MURDER: D.C. murder suspect stole $40, Metro card from lawyer in hotel stabbing: police

Dominique Johnson is seen leaving Washington D.C. Superior court on Thursday April 9, 2015. Sickening new details into David Messerschmitt's murder were revealed in court documents after a second woman was charged in the attack.

California man abducted and raped woman, 25, who was found screaming for help inside home: police

Philippe Lutete, 29, was found hiding in a bush near a home where he allegedly kept a woman prisoner and raped her. Deputies heard the screams of a woman who says a man kidnapped and repeatedly raped her at a home outside Los Angeles, local reports said.

N.J. Gov. Christie pledges he will never be a 'vanilla' politician

MARCH 24 2015 FILE PHOTO New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is unabashed about his brash style.

Texas executes its fifth convicted killer this year, Kent Sprouse, for the 2002 slaying of a Dallas-area police officer

Death row inmate Kent Sprouse is seen in an undated picture released by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Huntsville, Texas. Sprouse, 42, was killed by lethal injection and pronounced dead at 6:33 p.m. CDT April 9, 2015 at the state's death chamber in Huntsville. He became the 523rd inmate executed in Texas since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, the most of any state. REUTERS/Texas Department of Criminal Justice Huntsville, Tex. — Texas prison officials executed a man convicted in the slaying of a Dallas-area police officer

... as entire Kardashian clan gets royal treatment

Kim, Khloe, Kanye and North West are in Armenia where the Kardashian sister's family has roots

Legends in their own mind! Micronations conference brings together (fake) rulers of places that exist but aren’t sovereign

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Utah prison inmate dies — weeks before parole — after dialysis technician fails to show up for work

This image provided by the Utah Department of Corrections shows inmate Ramon C. Estrada, the prison inmate who died of an apparent heart attack related to renal failure after a dialysis provider didn't show up for a scheduled treatment for two days in a row, according to a prison official, Tuesday, April 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Utah Department of Corrections) Utah's governor called for answers in the death of inmate Ramon Estrada, whose dialysis providers failed to show up for treatment.

U.S. citizenship applicants may be exempt from English test

STAND ALONE PHOTO Most applicants for U.S. citizenship must pass a simple English reading, writing and speaking test. However many are exempt from this.

'THE WIRE' IN REAL LIFE: Baltimore cops use secret cellphone surveillance tech to spy with blessing of feds

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Mets can enjoy Harvey Day now, but the future is always an uncertain thing

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi Half past ten on Thursday morning, and Terry Collins is stomping around the waiting room outside his office. He is not excited to see us. “More Harvey questions,” he is muttering, as reporters file in.

Yankees welcome rival Red Sox to town, send Eovaldi to mound

Ace Masahiro Tanaka and Yanks know they’ll again be in for a battle in the AL East against Red Sox mainstays David Ortiz and Dustin Pedroia, who are joined by big free-agent signings Pablo Sandoval and Hanley Ramirez in a beefed-up Boston lineup. AP and getty The weather in the Bronx might make for a playoff atmosphere, but when the Red Sox come to town on Friday, it will simply be the first of 18 meetings this season between the two rivals. Still, after the first season in the wild-card era that featured a postseason without either American League East team.

Henrik Lundqvist suffers injury scare in Rangers' 3-0 loss to Senators

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 09: Henrik Lundqvist #30 of the New York Rangers shows the effects of being interferered with by Mika Zibanejad #93 of the Ottawa Senators during the first period at Madison Square Garden on April 9, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) The unthinkable almost happened in Thursday night’s Rangers regular-season home finale at the Garden, but Henrik Lundqvist thankfully averted disaster in a dreary 3-0 loss to the Ottawa Senators. Ottawa’s 6-1, 211-pound center Mika Zibanejad fell on Lundqvist’s left knee.

SAY WHAT? Derek Fisher thinks Knicks can go from worst to first

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi The Knicks’ opponent Friday night at the Garden won just 15 games last season before improving to nearly .500 and a likely playoff berth one year later. But Derek Fisher, whose team owns an NBA-worst 15-63 record with four games to play, is aiming more highly.

Photos Top 10 best-selling cars and trucks of March 2015

The Toyota Corolla was the fifth best-selling vehicle in March 2015, posting sales figures of 35,532. Automakers' sales figures reveal which cars and trucks sell the best each month. Find out which models were the most popular in March 2015!

THE SHOW IS OPEN! Live from the floor of the 2015 New York Auto Show

We are taking you into the press days of the 2015 New York International Auto Show to see the latest cars and concepts to be featured on the show floor this year.
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Indonesia says it rescued nearly 550 foreign fishermen, many of them Burmese, enslaved on remote island

FILE - In this Saturday, April 4, 2015 file photo, recently rescued Burmese fishermen smile on their boat upon arrival in Tual, Indonesia. The Burmese men were among hundreds of migrant workers revealed in an Associated Press investigation to have been lured or tricked into leaving their countries and were brought to Indonesia to be forced to catch seafood. The number of enslaved fisherman found on a remote Indonesian island has now reached nearly 550, after a fact-finding team returned on Thursday, April 9, to make sure no one had been left behind in the dramatic rescue nearly a week ago of 330 migrants from Benjina.(AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File) Nearly 550 enslaved fishermen have been found on a remote Indonesian island a week after more than half of the men were rescued.

Most think Dzhokhar Tsarnaev deserves death penalty after Boston Marathon bombing conviction: poll

epa04695521 Tsarnaev's Defense attorneys (L-R) David Bruck, Miriam Conrad, and Judy Clarke arrive at the John J Moakley Federal Courthouse and pass in front of anti-death penalty protestors during the verdict deliberation of Tsarnaev's trial in Boston, Massachusetts, USA 08 April 2015. Verdict deliberation in the Federal trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev continues today. EPA/KATHERINE TAYLOR A majority of people surveyed nationwide believe Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should die for carrying out the Boston Marathon bombing, a poll found.

Wisconsin man who talked about jihad and tried to join ISIS, busted after return flight from Turkey: feds

In the Feb. 2, 2014 photo provided by the Rock County, Wisconsin, Sheriff’s Office is Joshua Van Haften, 34, of Madison, Wisconsin. Van Haften was arrested Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago after returning on a flight from Turkey. He is charged in a criminal complaint with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. (Rock County Sheriff’s Office via AP) Joshua Van Haften, 34, made his first court appearance a day after being arrested at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago. During the brief hearing in federal court in Madison, Van Haften did not contest his detention.

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Maryland man, 73, turns himself in for fatal hit-and-run accident where 911 told witness to 'stop whining'

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2 killed, 10 hurt when militants attack Afghan government complex

An Afghan security personnel walks past damaged cars in front of a court complex following a suicide attack in Mazar-i-sharif on April 9, 2015. At least 10 people died April 9, 2015, when Taliban insurgents wearing military uniforms mounted a six-hour gun and grenade siege on a court complex in northern Afghanistan, an assault highlighting the country's fragile security situation. AFP PHOTO / Farshad USYANFARSHAD USYAN/AFP/Getty Images Militants stormed an Afghan government compound in a northern city Thursday, killing two people and injuring 10.

SEE IT University of Dayton student nailed by lightning bolt while running across campus: 911 caller

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Convicted Ohio bank robber accused of robbing the same bank he targeted in 1999

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Chafee slams Clinton on Iraq in bid to be Democratic nominee

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Where did Britney's sexy abs go?

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100 billion barrels worth of oil found near Gatwick Airport in London: British oil producer

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Woman, 33, killed in midair skydiving collision in Florida

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Martino: Yes, Mets fans ... you can believe!

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Madden: Pitching depth will lead Mets to NL East crown

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Scouting the NL Central: Cardinals rotation best in division

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Scouting the NL West: Talent & money key to Dodgers success

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David Wright knows how special this Mets team can be

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If Yankees avoid injuries they could contend in the AL East

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Daily News Best of New York Baseball Awards

CINCINNATI, OH - SEPTEMBER 7: Juan Lagares #12 of the New York Mets makes a leaping attempt to catch a ball hit by Jack Hannahan #9 of the Cincinnati Reds in the ninth inning at Great American Ball Park on September 7, 2014 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Hannahan was credited with a double as New York defeated Cincinnati 4-3. (Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images) Baseball’s real awards don’t get announced until after the season, but we like to give you something to think about.

Yankees Scouting Report: A position-by-position breakdown

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi The Yankees come into the 2015 season with many questions about health (Masahiro Tananka and CC Sabathia) and age.

Scouting the AL East: Orioles have fewer flaws than the rest

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Scouting the AL Central: Garcia, speed put White Sox on top

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Scouting the AL West: Cano, plus new players boost Mariners

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Hackers with ISIS ties seize control of French network

Computer screens are pictured at TV5 Monde after the French television network was hacked by people claiming allegiance to the Islamic State group, in Paris, France, Thursday.

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Boston Marathon bomber's mom defends him after conviction

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