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B'klyn boy suffocated with towel before dismemberment; suspect charged

B'klyn boy suffocated with towel before dismemberment; suspect charged

A Brooklyn man was arrested early today and charged with murder after he "panicked" and allegedly dismembered the body of an 8-year-old Hasidic boy -- then hid the parts in a Dumpster and placed the child's severed feet in his freezer,...  Read Full Story

Manhattan

  • Miracle cat falls 20 stories

    Miracle cat falls 20 stories

    Gloucester may be the luckiest black cat alive. The 16-year-old cat survived a breathtaking 20-story plunge from an Upper West Side apartment window with barely a scratch. "He didn't even chip a tooth or break a bone," his thankful...  

  • Reality-TV gal courts trouble

    Reality-TV gal courts trouble

    A reality-TV star wannabe was briefly a real wanted woman after failing to show up in court yesterday. Rashidah Ali, who's had bit parts on "Basketball Wives" and "Real Housewives of Atlanta," had a warrant issued for her arrest yesterday...  

Brooklyn

  • Judge rips ESDC over Atlantic Yards, orders review of project's second phase

    Construction of the Nets’ new Brooklyn arena might be on pace to be completed next year, but a state judge’s ruling today puts much of the rest of the...  

  • Ex-wife of suspect in dismembered boy's death 'shocked' by his arrest

    The ex-wife of Levi Aron said today she is stunned by his arrest for the grisly murder of an 8-year-old boy — calling him a good husband who was great with...  

Queens

  • Perv teach caged

    Perv teach caged

    A Queens special-education teacher was sentenced to 90 days in prison yesterday for her videotaped sex romps with a 15-year-old boy. Christine Williams, 42, was a fifth-grade teacher at PS 80, the Thurgood Marshall Magnet School in Jamaica,...  

  • Judge off slay case

    Judge off slay case

    A Queens judge has stepped down from the murder trial of accused husband-killer Barbara Sheehan after defense lawyers argued he has a conflict of interest. Queens Supreme Court Justice Richard Buchter removed himself from the trial because...  

Bronx

  • Cops shoot 'killer'

    Cops shoot 'killer'

    A lunatic was shot by police yesterday after he allegedly stabbed his girlfriend to death on a Bronx balcony -- right in front of the officers. Frederick Mendes, 53, slaughtered gal pal Terenace Williams, 57, at her Edenwald apartment...  

  • FBI drug bust in Bronx nets 12 arrests, 1000 kilos of marijuana

    The FBI took down the notorious Bronx gang called the "Creston Ave. Crew" Wednesday morning, which authorities say is responsible for moving about 1000 kilos...  

Staten Island

  • One dead after two men found at bottom of public pool in SI

    One dead after two men found at bottom of public pool in SI

    One man has died and another is fighting for his life after the pair was discovered lifeless at the bottom of a public pool on Staten Island early this morning, authorities said. Bohdan Vitenko, 21, and Jonathan Proce, 21 -- athletically...  

  • 75-year-old woman suing 77-year-old ex over unpaid child support 34 years after divorce

    75-year-old woman suing 77-year-old ex over unpaid child support 34 years after divorce

    She's not getting mad, she's getting even -- 34 years later! Frances Ragusa, 75, and her former husband, Philip, 77, were engaged in a nasty divorce almost 34 years ago, and their three kids have long since grown up -- but the Staten Island...  

Sports

  • SUNY school continues to grow

    SUNY school continues to grow

    Consider this the first Robbins Nest quiz: Which New York university will send its basketball team to Europe this summer for a five-game exhibition tour to prepare for the 2011-12 season, when it will play one game in the Garden? St. John's?...  

  • Crash survivor has the Wolverines to lean on

    Crash survivor has the Wolverines to lean on

    You hope there's never before been a story like this and pray there never will be another one like it again. It's a story that makes parents walk into their child's room at night just to see the rise and fall of his or her chest. It's a story...  

  • Former Rice star optimistic after tough season at K-State

    Former Rice star optimistic after tough season at K-State

    Curtis Kelly is ready to move forward. He just isn’t sure where that is yet. The former Rice star is coming off a frustrating final season at Kansas State after a stellar junior campaign. He started the year in coach Frank Martin’s doghouse and was...  

  • Former Seton Hall star sees bright future after difficult year

    Former Seton Hall star sees bright future after difficult year

    Jeremy Hazell is completely healthy. It’s something he hasn’t been recently. Former Seton Hall star spent last season battling injury and even a gunshot wound, while trying to be the Pirates leader. Hazell, a 6-foot-5 shooting guard, broke a bone...  

  • Former Tennessee standout eyes overseas opportunity

    Former Tennessee standout eyes overseas opportunity

    The potential for an NBA lockout isn’t getting Brian Williams down. He is more than happy taking his game outside the United States instead of waiting and hoping for a call. “They said the lockout could last over six months,” the former University...  

  • St. John's Hardy still pursuing NBA dream despite draft disappointment

    St. John's Hardy still pursuing NBA dream despite draft disappointment

    The autograph seekers ran immediately over to Dwight Hardy after his game at Hoops in the Sun. During the contest Saturday afternoon, the famed streetball tournament’s announcers Uncle G Stacks and Bobby C expressed their disappointment to the...  

  • Bronx product Walker taken 9th by Bobcats

    Bronx product Walker taken 9th by Bobcats

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Charlotte Bobcats have selected the star of this spring’s NCAA tournament, point guard Kemba Walker of Connecticut, with the ninth pick in the NBA Draft. The 6-foot-1 Walker averaged 23.5 points in leading the Huskies to the...  

  • Virginia, S. Carolina advance in CWS

    Virginia ace Danny Hultzen and Tyler Wilson did their part from the start. It took the Cavaliers' offense a lot longer to get going. Finally they...  

  • God'sgift continues journey at St. John's

    God'sgift continues journey at St. John's

    If you were God, you proba bly would carry some sort of identification because, let's face it, there are a lot of doubters out there. So God'sgift Achiuwa, the rugged 6-foot-9 forward from Nigeria who will don a St. John's jersey next season,...  

  • New park ready for College World Series

    New park ready for College World Series

    OMAHA, Neb. -- The College World Series opens at the new TD Ameritrade Park today after 61 years at Rosenblatt Stadium, and coaches are doing all they can to keep their players focused on what happens between the lines. There's a lot of CWS...  

  • Parlayzed Rutgers player feels 'twitches throughout body'

    Eric LeGrand tweeted more good news on his recovery Monday. “Twitches going throughout the body, coming back,” the Rutgers football player wrote on...  

  • MoMo shocker: Arizona transfer chooses Iona

    MoMo shocker: Arizona transfer chooses Iona

    MoMo Jones announced yesterday that he is taking his talents to Iona. Not Marquette, Seton Hall or South Florida of the Big East. Not UMass of the Atlantic 10. Not Hofstra of the Colonial, which has become a three-bid league. He chose Iona....  

  • Arizona transfer MoMo chooses Iona over Seton Hall

    Harlem native MoMo Jones has chosen to transfer to Iona over Seton Hall and UMass, the former Arizona guard announced Wednesday. Jones, who said he...  

  • Pryor to leave Ohio State amid scandal

    COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Terrelle Pryor's career at Ohio State, which started with so much promise and potential, came to an abrupt and scandal-ridden end....  

  • Ex-Duke basketball player leaps to death

    A former Duke basketball player jumped to his death from the top of the New York Athletic Club on Central Park South yesterday, police said. Thomas...  

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