Wednesday, February 17, 2016

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Anti-gay protesters stake out Arizona school after 2 females teens who were dating die in murder-suicide

Demonstrators staked out Independence High School with a megaphone shouting at students as classes came to an end, according to Principal Rob Ambrose’s letter to parents.

A 'DANGEROUS PRECEDENT': Apple CEO Tim Cook opposes mandate to crack San Bernardino shooter's iPhone

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 09: Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, visits an Apple store where third grade children from PS 57 James Weldon Johnson Leadership Academy are learning how to code through Apple's "Hour of Code" workshop program on December 9, 2015 in New York City. Cook said he hoped that teaching coding to children would become standard in education throughout the United States. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) In a post on Apple’s website, Cook wrote that his company opposes the order set forth by a federal judge on Tuesday.

'DON’T BE SELFISH': Pope Francis scolds crowd member after being nearly toppled

The typically sanguine pontiff was perturbed Tuesday during a visit to the Mexican city of Morella, when a crowd member nearly toppled him.

THE 'MOST NEW YORK NOTE IMAGINABLE': Man receives suprising note after he loses wallet

Reilly Flaherty, who lost his wallet at a BK Wilco concert. He later received "the most New York note imaginable" from a man who returned his credit cards and ID but took his cash, Metrocard and the wallet itself. Reilly Flaherty, 28, found out after a Wilco concert at Kings Theater earlier this month that some of his personal effects were missing.

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PHOTO NYPD searching for female suspect who allegedly stole watches worth over $100K

On Friday, August, 21,2015, at 0400 hours the victim a 35- year-old male did meet the female suspect in the meat packing district and escorted her to the ACE hotel located at 20 West 29 Street. When the victim fell asleep the suspect did remove a Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore watch worth $55,000 from his wrist and left location. Incident 2: On, Tuesday, August, 25,2015, at 0100 hours, the victim a 28-year-old, male did meet the female suspect in front of the Catch Restaurant located at 21 9th Avenue and escorted her to the Z hotel located 42-45 11th street, in Queens. After the victim fell asleep the suspect did remove his Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore watch worth $50,000 watch from his wrist and left the location. The individual is described as a female, Hispanic, approximately 5'8", long black hair, light complexion with a tattoo on her hand. The suspect is described as a Hispanic woman, about 5-foot-8 with long black hair, light complexion with a tattoo on her hand, police said.

'A BLAST FROM THE JIM CROW PAST': Hillary Clinton says GOP obstruction rooted in racial prejudice

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi Hillary Clinton charged that Republicans’ refusal to consider President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee is rooted in racial prejudice.

South Dakota poised to become first state in U.S. to approve anti-transgender bathroom

SHANGHAI, CHINA - MARCH 28: (CHINA OUT) South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard visits the United States exhibition area during the 16th Food Ingredients China (FIC) at Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center on March 28, 2012 in Shanghai, China. The three-day FIC opened on Wednesday, attracting more than 1,100 from 30 countries and areas. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) South Dakota is poised to approve the country's first ban on trans students using bathroom of choice.

THIGH-VALRY: Schumer takes dig at T-Swift’s figure

TINDER SWIPER: Dating app user charged after using sob story to steal thousands of dollars from women in cancer scam

A twisted Tinder user relied on the popular dating app to steal thousands of dollars from women.

'I EXPECT THEM TO DO THEIR JOB': President Obama calls out Senate over Justice Scalia's seat

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s funeral is set for Saturday at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. President Obama called out the “obstructionist” Republican-controlled Senate for vowing to block whoever he nominates to the Supreme Court.

'SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN $8G-A-NIGHT HOOKER': Madam says Spitzer's gal pal Svetlana was selling herself short at $5G a night

"She has that squeaky-clean, girl-next-door look,” Anna Gristina told the Daily News on Tuesday about the young woman.

BLAZ GETTING 'AGGRESSIVE' WITH AIRBNB: De Blasio puts 'greedy' Airbnb landlords on notice

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi The city is putting Airbnb on notice — there’s no room at the inn for bad behavior.

Kim K reveals scandalous red carpet cleavage secret

WILDLIFE REFUGE REFUSE: 'Significant amounts of human feces' found at Oregon occupiers’ camp

BURNS, OR - JANUARY 07 : Members of the group occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters are seen at the occupied refuge on the sixth day of the occupation of the federal building in Burns, Oregon on January 7, 2016. An armed anti-government militia group continues to occupy the Malheur National Wildlife Headquarters as they protest the jailing of two ranchers for arson. (Photo by Cem Ozdel/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) FBI investigators found that they found “significant amounts of human feces in and around” the area where the occupiers were camped.

China downplays reports of anti-aircraft missiles on island

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during a meeting with Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop (not pictured) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing on February 17, 2016. Bishop is here on her second leg of a five-day visit to Japan and China. AFP PHOTO / POOL / AFP / POOL / WU HONG (Photo credit should read WU HONG/AFP/Getty Images) The move would follow China's building of new islands in the sea by piling sand atop reefs and then adding airstrips.

'IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE': Devastated Georgia mom demands answers after son dies on Belize trip

Tomari Aliijah Jackson drowned in the Sibun River in Belize. A devastated Georgia mom is demanding answers after her son died just hours after arriving in Belize for a school trip.

NYC after-school mentor smoked pot, raped teen students: lawsuit

Jamal Baughan is arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on April 22nd, 2015. Baughan, a volunteer at an Upper West Side after school program, allegedly had sex and smoked pot with a 14-year old girl and smoked pot with two others. (Alec Tabak for New York Daily News) The lawsuit stems from the case of Jamal Baughan, who's charged with smoking pot and raping a 14-year-old.

Jeter's fiancée attends Vera Wang's wedding show

Gonzalez Ex-chancellor returns to NYC to fix 80 struggling Brooklyn schools

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 15: Rudy Crew attends the 2015 Carnegie Medal Of Philanthropy Award Ceremony at New York Public Library on October 15, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Steve Mack/Getty Images) Rudy Crew has not only returned to a major education post in the city, but is spearheading a project to fix 80 struggling Brooklyn schools.

Missing schizophrenic Brooklyn woman suggests she’s been raped in text to family

The New York City Police Department is asking the public's assistance ascertaining the whereabouts of a female reported missing on Friday, February 12, 2016 from within the confines of the 73rd Precinct. Details are as follows: The family of a missing, schizophrenic woman say they’re worried after getting a disturbing text from her suggesting she had been raped.

PLAYING DOCTOR! Florida teen, 18, who practiced medicine without a license busted after examination of undercover agent

A wannabe Doogie Howser got revealed as a baby-faced quack in South Florida on Tuesday, officials said.

Russian beauty alleging Eliot Spitzer choked her at Plaza hotel accused another man of assault in 2013

Svetlana Travis, the 24-year-old supposedly choked by “Luv Guv” Eliot Spitzer, accused another man of assaulting her in a 2013 lawsuit.

POOR BABY: Emily on being TOO HOT growing up

Emily Ratajkowski via Instagram in a cutout bathing suit posted to her Instagram account on Monday, September 21, 2015.

Wash. teen killed after being swept into creek while on hiking trip

FBMD01000a9e0d0000a93a0000fb7d00003188000072900000a5bf00007f2e010051390100e34a010031570100271a0200 A teenager was killed after being swept into a raging creek in front of his horrified friends.

'HE’S A SCAPEGOAT': Supporters of convicted cop Peter Liang say he's 'pawn' caught up in anti-police politics

POOL PHOTOGRAPH Liang, 28, who was found guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of Akai Gurley, would have been “foolish” not to have his gun out while patrolling the dark staircase, Liang’s backers said.

'I'M DONE': Texas executes inmate who killed Dallas-area clerk in 1990

This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Gustavo Garcia. Garcia's lethal injection scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, would be the third this year in Texas, which carries out capital punishment more than any other state. Garcia was sentenced to death for the fatal 1990 shooting of Craig Turski during a robbery. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP) Gustavo Garcia, 43, was pronounced dead at 6:26 p.m. CST — 16 minutes after the drug began to flow.

'Affluenza' teen got probation for killing 4 while poor immigrant Texas teen got 20 years for fatal crash

A JAN. 27, 2016 PHOTO The stories of the two Texas teens illustrate how prosecutors' decisions in similar cases can lead to wildly different outcomes.
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VIVE LA FRANCE. Ferraris, Lamborghinis, and more show in Paris

A 1951 Mercedes-Benz 300 Sc roadster is displayed during the Retromobile show on February 03, 2016 in Paris, France. The event was held from February 3 to 7, featuring vintage cars and prestigious collectibles. Europe's finest classic sports and luxury cars were displayed at the Retromobile car show.

IT'S A HIT. 2016 Honda HR-V Buyers Guide

Small in size, affordable in price, and practical in nature, the new 2016 Honda HR-V has the ingredients necessary to make it an instant hit.

LOOK OUT BMW. The 2016 Cadillac ATS Sedan Buyers Guide

In terms of driving dynamics, America can build a BMW beater, and this Cadillac proves it.

IT'S LIKE WOODSTOCK. Wild rides at Barrett-Jackson 2016

Dodge Challenger R/T rolls onto the stage at the Barrett-Jackson winter auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. The Arizona auction is a tradition almost a half-century in the making, and it just keeps getting bigger.

I WANT A TESLA! Kids can now drive a Model S

The Radio Flyer Tesla Model S for kids features just about everything the real Model S does.  These kids have everything these days, including a Radio Flyer Tesla Model S.

A LUXURY TANK. 2016 Toyota Land Cruiser Review

The 2016 Land Cruiser is the sensible, inoffensive fuel efficient Toyota you've come to expect, only in tank form.  The ‘brilliant billionaire’ SUV that will last for a million miles
New York

De Blasio says he wants to fix Rikers Island, not close it

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi Closing Rikers Island might sound like a great idea, but it will cost too much and take too long, Mayor de Blasio said Tuesday.

Man charged in assault on city bus driver in Brooklyn, as family says man is sick — not criminal

Scott-Clark The man who pummeled a city bus driver surrendered Tuesday to police Tuesday, as his family said he is mentally ill and not a criminal.

East Flatbush shooting victim may have been targeted

NR Police are looking into who would have targeted 33-year-old Gary Walker.

Jury convicts Brooklyn boyfriend in assault of pregnant girlfriend that caused her to lose baby

Torey, Branch, at State Supreme Court in Brooklyn where he is charged with beating his girlfriend in order to cause her to abort her baby. Brooklyn, New York, Monday October 19, 2015. (Jesse Ward for New York Daily News.) Torey Branch was found guilty on Tuesday of coordinating a beatdown of his girlfriend Mia Jones, 35, who was seven months pregnant with his baby.

Proposed Brooklyn-Queens trolley has pros and cons

IMAGE PROVIDED BY THE FRIENDS OF THE BROOKLYN QUEENS CONNECTOR; 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 BE USED ONLY FOR 14 DAYS FRO The plan to run a streetcar between Brooklyn and Queens would bring in $25 billion in economic activity over 30 years.
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One man shot dead, 3 others wounded in multiple Brooklyn attacks

A man was shot in the head and chest at 666 Hancock St. in Brooklyn. He was taken to Interfaith Hospital but did not survive. Four men were shot, one fatally, in three attacks in Brooklyn on Tuesday night.

Appeals court throws Long Island cop’s $1.35M bias verdict

brown gavel and open book on a wooden table of the law in the courtroom web stock A federal appeals court has thrown out a $1.35 million jury verdict awarded to a white Long Island police lieutenant.

Brooklyn 'carwasheros' vote to join union

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpi Carwashers of the world unite!

Police search for man who smashed statue at Brooklyn church

On Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at 0350 hours at Our Lady of Consolation Church located at 184 Metropolitan Avenue, an unknown male knocked over a religious statue, causing damage to the statue. The unknown male, who appears to have a beard and was wearing a dark ski cap, dark hooded sweatshirt with distinctive designs on the front and back, then fled on foot. Cops want the public's help in finding the man who knocked down and shattered the statue of an angel at Brooklyn Catholic church.
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MEMPHIS, TN - JANUARY 16: Head Coach Derek Fisher of the New York Knicks looks on during the game against the Memphis Grizzlies on January 16, 2016 at FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2016 NBAE (Photo by Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty Images) Knicks beat writer Stefan Bondy joins the Daily News Sports Talk Podcast to discuss the state of the Knicks.
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Wilkerson, Miller and Cousins among franchise tag candidates

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Tanaka returns to NY after wife gives birth to baby boy

New York Yankees starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka smiles during a news conference at spring training baseball, Friday, Feb. 20, 2015, in Tampa, Fla. Yankees pitchers and catchers begin official workouts Feb. 21. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) Masahiro Tanaka is taking a break from spring training – his wife, TV personality Mai Satoda, gave birth to a baby boy Monday.

Nets offer GM job to Spurs assistant Sean Marks: report

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