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'BULLIED TO DEATH BY HER MATH TEACHER': Educator's torment led girl, 12, to hang herself from bunk bed, Manhattan dad says in lawsuit

Ivan Almonte claims in court papers that his daughter Stephanie (right) hanged herself from a bunk bed after being tormented by teacher Nina Gribetz (left).

Florida boy, 3, shoots 1-year-old sister in the face outside preschool: cops

A 3-year-old Florida boy shot his 1-year-old sister in the face with a handgun outside a Venice preschool Friday afternoon, police said.

PLAYGROUND DANGER: Nanny thwarts kidnap attempt in Central Park, suspect still on the loose

A woman tried to snatch a 2-year-old boy playing on a swingset in Central Park this week — but was shooed away by the child’s nanny, authorities said Friday.

'Daddy, daddy, what are you doing?' Last words of girl, 11, fatally shot by soldier father as mom listened on phone

Karina Jonas' daughter asked, 'Daddy, daddy, what are you doing?' just before she was shot to death outside her home, a friend says.

Magazine in hot water over sexy pic of 'Youtube Sensation'

DOUBLE TRAGEDY: Teen killed at vigil for Florida high school football player gunned down at after-prom party

Nearly 30 people were gathered at a park in Jacksonville Friday to remember Johnell Johnson, a 17-year-old junior at First Coast High School.

Man who tried to break up Brooklyn McDonald's brawl identified as volunteer for battered women's group

Iver Whittingham, 43, was assisting at an event for the support group “Battered 2 Beautiful” when he walked into the Downtown Brooklyn McDonald’s on Flatbush Ave. Extension.

Oklahoma woman charged with mutilating corpse ALSO removed its breasts and a toe, cops say

Shaynna Sims, also known as Shaynna Smith, is now also being charged for removing the dead woman’s breasts and a toe.

A CONVENIENT CONCUSSION: Families of Amtrak crash victims deserve answers — and speed demon engineer must tell all

LUPICA: The families of the people killed in the Amtrak crash in Philly want to know why that train was going 106 mph. They deserve the truth.

MAN BEHIND THE TRAIN: ‘Unabashed nerd’ Brandon Bostian reportedly ranted about lack of safety controls

The engineer behind the controls of an Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia has written online about the need for better rail safety.

'Negligence and carelessness': Amtrak employee sues HIS OWN company over deadly Philadelphia derailment

Railroad worker Bruce A. Phillips (not pictured) filed suit in Philadelphia Federal Court charging Amtrak's 'negligence and carelessness' were responsible. Amtrak CEO Joseph Boardman said the company takes "full responsibility" for the deadly incident.

DOOMED TRAIN SPED UP: 65-second video shows Amtrak engineer zoomed into curve before crash killed eight — operator agrees to testify about his role

Clockwise from left, Derrick E. Griffith, 42, Dean of Student Affairs at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn; Abid Gilani, a Wells Fargo executive; Associated Press employee Jim; Giuseppe Piras, an Italian national; Laura Finamore; Bob Gildersleeve; Rachel Jacobs, a CEO at ApprenNet; and Justin Zemser. At far right, engineer Brandon Bostian.

Billionaire 'buys' Japanese porn star for $8 million

Shirtless, armed man found throwing things off roof of auto repair shop in California: cops

An armed, shirtless man has been on the roof of a German auto repair shop for more than three hours in Roseville, Calif. and was at one point throwing car parts below, police said.

Egyptian court sentences President Mohammed Morsi to death

As is customary in passing capital punishment, Judge Shaaban el-Shami referred his death sentence on Morsi and more than 20 others to the nation's top Muslim theologian.

'WE JUST DON'T TOLERATE THAT': St. Louis corrections officers fired after allegedly beating inmate, report says

Seven corrections officers in St. Louis were fired last month for allegedly beating an unruly inmate in late 2013, a report revealed Friday.

'Captain America' stars bring the action to Atlanta

SEE IT California parrot sparks anger over alleged potty mouth

A foul-mouthed parrot is at the heart of a Californian neighbor dispute. Rula is not only noisy but curses in Spanish, neighbors of the bird's owner claim, KCRA reported.

8 bodies found at site of U.S. Marine chopper crash during aid mission in Nepal mountains

The bodies of all eight people on board the U.S. Marine helicopter that crashed this week during a relief mission in earthquake-hit Nepal have been recovered, Nepal's army said Saturday.

Disgraced Orthodox rabbi gets 6-year sentence after videotaping women at ritual Jewish bath

Rabbi Barry Freundel, 63, who ran a prominent Georgetown synagogue, pleaded guilty in February to 52 counts of voyeurism for videotaping naked women during ritual Jewish cleansing baths.

New York

SUBWAY CREEP: Police hunting man accused of rubbing woman's groin on E train in Midtown

The sicko senior, described as an Asian man in his 60s, sporting a baseball cap and a shirt and a tie, rubbed the woman’s groin as she rode a southbound E train to work.

City Councilman Vincent Ignizio stepping down to become CEO of Catholic Charities of Staten Island

Vincent Ignizio — the Council’s highest-ranking Republican — announced on Friday that he’s stepping down to become the CEO of the Catholic Charities of Staten Island.

'MARITAL PROBLEMS': NYPD police commander arrested following dispute with wife, law enforcement source says

Cops in Clarkstown, N.Y. arrested Inspector Barry Buzzetti at his Rockland County home after his wife accused him of harassment, a source said.

Brooklyn principal pulled from school amid misconduct investigation, education officials say

District 21 Superintendent Isabel DiMola told parents in a letter on Thursday that teacher Greta Hawkins and an assistant principal had been reassigned from Public School 90 in Coney Island.

LATEST FROM AROUND NEW YORK

City's review of carriage industry will be 'tainted' by consulting firm's NYCLASS ties: watchdog

“It’s difficult for a firm to do an unbiased evaluation when they are a supporter of the opponents,” said Dick Dadey, the executive director of the good government group Citizens Union.

Bill de Blasio takes jab at predecessor Michael Bloomberg with Eric Garner comment during California trip

De Blasio, who is on a working holiday, was asked on California radio station KQED about the death of Eric Garner in NYPD custody last summer.

Family of emotionally disturbed Bronx man that died in police custody files complaint claiming cops caused death

The family of Denis Reyes filed a complaint against the cops involved in the dispute, claiming the officers caused his unexpected death.

JLo does charity, models get to work — see what the stars were up to this week

PICTURED Bus plunges 90 feet down cliff in northern China, killing 35 people

A bus fell from a cliff in north-central China on Friday, killing 35 people on board, authorities said. Twenty-five people were killed instantly in Shaanxi province and 10 died in a hospital.

Gun tied to Mississippi police officers' shooting deaths found, 2 more suspects arrested

Mississippi Bureau of Investigation spokesman Warren Strain said city workers cutting the grass along a street found the .40-caliber pistol that police believe Marvin Banks used to shoot the officers.

Son of state Sen. Thomas Libous working to clear charges of tampering with a drug test

The feds had said that Libous, 37, gave a “diluted” urine sample on a drug test less than a month after he was convicted of under-reporting his income.

MILIAN BUCKS! Christina and her beach buddy have fun in sun

Judge to decide if Florida attorneys orchestrated DUI set-up for rival lawyer

A Florida judge will soon decide if three well-known Tampa attorneys tricked a rival lawyer into getting a DUI in an attempt to derail opposing counsel on a defamation case.

Suburban Detroit cop found dead alongside other man in Dearborn Heights garage: police

A suburban Detroit police officer was found dead in a neighbor’s garage, alongside another dead man, according to reports.

4 arrested in shooting death of Newark 15-year-old at ‘Blessing of Bikes’ event

Four suspects have been arrested and charged in the "senseless" and fatal shooting of a 15-year-old Newark boy at a motorcycle event on Mother's Day, prosecutors announced Friday.

Victims and nation react to Boston Marathon bomber death sentence, AG Loretta Lynch calls it fitting punishment

Adrianne Haslet-Davis's excitement joined a mix of astonishment and rejoice over Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's sentence to lethal injection Friday.

Gulf oil spill from wells damaged by 2004 hurricane, underwater mudslide could last 100 years, officials estimate

A decade-old oil leak where an offshore platform toppled during a hurricane could continue spilling crude into the Gulf of Mexico for a century or more if left unchecked.