New York Daily News
- Pope Francis launches new mobile app
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 02:39 PMAre you a diehard Pope Francis fan? There’s an app for that. The Pope has propelled the Catholic church into the smartphone era with a fresh new mobile app.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Authorities probing train collision which left 72 injured
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 02:00 PMOfficials described a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in Connecticut, saying Saturday it's fortunate that no one was killed and that there weren't even more injuries.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - George McDonald blasts Anthony Weiner and Vito Lopez as 'social deviants'
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 11:22 AMMcDonald said it is outrageous the two Democrats will receive taxpayer-financed funds to power their campaigns — Weiner for mayor; Lopez for City Council.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - City officials warn of meningitis outbreak hitting gay community
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 09:51 AMCity and state officials are warning of a meningitis outbreak in the gay community that has killed seven men and sickened 11 others since 2012.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mayoral hopeful Bill de Blasio scores Local 1199 endorsement, the city's largest union
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 07:44 AMMayoral hopeful Bill de Blasio has won the endorsement of the city’s largest union, offering the public advocate potentially pivotal support in the Democratic primary.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ex-staffer says Vito Lopez is clueless about his behavior
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 02:30 AMShe says he touched her and leered at her and even came on to her during an out-of-town trip.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New beer named after slain MIT cop
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 12:30 AMA good man deserves a good beer.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Illinois legalizes medical marijuana
Friday - 05/17/2013 - 08:03 PMllinois lawmakers agreed to legalize the use of medical marijuana on Friday under a plan that's being billed as the strictest in the nation among states that have authorized the drug's medicinal use.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Giggly quadruplet girls video goes viral
Friday - 05/17/2013 - 06:31 PMWhat a giggly bunch of babies! Sitting around a conference table made just for them, these South Carolina quadruplets think their father is quite the comedian.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Obama knew IRS targeted conservatives: Inspector general
Friday - 05/17/2013 - 07:01 PMWASHINGTON — An Internal Revenue Service watchdog testified Friday that he told Obama administration officials in June that he was looking into allegations the IRS targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status.
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- Photog uses iPhone to enhance reality
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 01:50 PMBig screen stars enter the real world through a small frame.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Aimee Copeland gets new hi-tech prosthetic hands
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 12:08 PMGeorgia grad student Aimee Copeland, 25, who lost both arms at the elbow to necrotizing fasciitis, has been fitted with $100,000 artificial hands made by Touch Bionics.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - VIDEO: Thief hit by bus after snatching phone
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 11:43 AMAn alleged thief in Colombia was hit by a bus after he tried to steal a woman's phone at a bustling station in Bogota, as seen in a new video.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - North Korea fires three short-range missles: officials
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 10:16 AMNorth Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Leadership must change' at city's DNA lab: report
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 02:30 AMThe city medical examiner’s beleaguered DNA lab is in dire need of a sweeping management overhaul, according to a scathing report obtained by the Daily News.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Man jilted by ex-Hooters girl settles suit over nixed wedding
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 02:30 AMA twice-jilted Manhattan executive has made peace with the former Hooters girl who pulled the plug on their planned wedding via telephone, the Daily News has learned.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pol apologizes for 'liking' Facebook pic of exposed teen
Friday - 05/17/2013 - 07:41 PMIn 2011, Western Australia Minister for Education Peter Collier "liked" what he thought was an innocent Facebook picture of a 16-year-old member of the WA Young Liberals and an older man.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Hometown remembers slain Hofstra University student
Friday - 05/17/2013 - 08:27 PMShe was a bright kid with a brighter smile, a hardworking and friendly young woman with endless potential.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Porn CEO: Don’t blame fetish videos for shock sex cases
Friday - 05/17/2013 - 06:58 PMThe nation’s leading purveyor of bondage porn says that X-rated videos depicting female abductions and forced sex don’t lead to real life crimes, but researchers aren’t convinced.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New vision for Sheridan Expressway
Friday - 05/17/2013 - 07:25 PMThe final recommendations of a two-year, $1.5 million inter-agency study of the Sheridan Expressway will be announced by the end of June, according to city officials.
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- First Saudi Arabian woman reaches Mt. Everest's summit
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 01:49 PMRaha Moharrak, 25, was joined by 34 other foreigners and 29 Nepalese Sherpa guides who made the treacherous climb from the highest camp to the peak of the mountain, at 29,035-ft.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - VIDEO: Female prison guard knocked unconscious by inmate
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 12:40 PMHorrific newly-released surveillance video shows a Wisconsin prison guard getting punched by a male inmate, knocking her unconscious and sending her careening to the cement floor.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mayor dons medieval armor to argue for sales tax
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 11:27 AMOnce more unto your wallets dear friends! Can't make it to Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament? Muster ye courage and get thee to Stockton, Calif.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - US Airways flight makes emergency belly landing
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 10:20 AMAn airline official says a US Airways flight with 34 people aboard was forced to make a belly landing at Newark International Airport after experiencing landing gear trouble.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Greenwich Village gunman critically wounds 25-year-old man
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 02:10 AMA gunman blasted and critically wounded a 25-year-old man in Greenwich Village early Saturday, officials said. Police sources said the unidentified victim was shot on W. Eighth Street at Sixth Ave.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Councilwoman Dickens reduces taxes owed on real estate
Saturday - 05/18/2013 - 02:30 AMCity Councilwoman Inez Dickens — a top contender to be City Council speaker — won’t have debt collectors hounding her to pay property taxes after all.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pols rally to block Vito Lopez from City Hall
Friday - 05/17/2013 - 09:45 PMDisgraced Assemblyman Vito Lopez said Friday he is now going to focus on winning a City Council seat — but a lot of prominent politicians said they will work to block him.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Colorado woman accidentally kills self with assault rifle
Friday - 05/17/2013 - 06:20 PMAnastasia Adair, a 22-year-old Colorado woman, has died after accidentally shooting herself in the head with an assault rifle she had recently purchased, authorities said Thursday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Naked body in Rockaway car
Friday - 05/17/2013 - 06:45 PMA dead naked man was found sprawled out on the front seat of a muscle car parked on a Queens street Friday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Injuries reported after two trains collide in Conn.
Friday - 05/17/2013 - 07:26 PMA New York-area commuter railroad says two trains have collided in Connecticut. Police say that 20 or more people were injured, but that there were no fatalities. The Metro-North Railroad says emergency workers are arriving at the scene of Friday's accident.
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