Beckie Strum
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London bus explosion terrifies people who didn't know it was for a movie
The special effects for a new Jackie Chan movie movie were a bit too real for Londoners -- who mistook the wild pyrotechnics for a terrorist attack. On Sunday morning,...
Don't mess with this elephant
An angry elephant impales an African buffalo like a shish-kabob, lifting it in the air before savagely flinging it away, during a deadly tusk-to-horn face-off in the Serengeti. The buffalo...
Sanitation boss: Expectations for snow removal are incredible
New Yorkers have “pretty incredible” expectations that snow will be shoveled from roadways in a timely fashion, the city’s top Sanitation boss said Sunday. “I have to tell you that...
'Loving father' gets slap on wrist for viewing kiddie porn
A Brooklyn judge gave a wrist-slap sentence to an admitted kiddie-porn-loving dad, astoundingly “explaining” that jail time would deprive the perv’s kids of a “loving father and role model.” US...
Why Uber's price drop could actually trigger higher prices
Uber’s slashed fares that went into effect on Friday were consistently cheaper than identical yellow- and green-cab rides — but sources told The Post the price cuts will increase demand...
Bloomberg would have no problem getting the signatures needed to run
Mike Bloomberg would have to collect hundreds of thousands of signatures by this summer to make it onto the ballots in all 50 states — a challenge he could easily...
Neighbor records lady's dogs suffering through blizzard
A Brooklyn resident left her wailing elderly pooches out in the wicked weather Saturday -- and caught heat from some neighbors. Evelyn Tully Costa of Crown Heights recorded the woman’s...
Snow shovelers wanted to help with Jonas clean up
The city is now hiring — snow shovelers. “This was one of the worst storms to ever hit New York City, and we need all hands on deck to dig...
Inmates escape from California jail by rappelling from roof
Three inmates who busted out of a maximum-security jail in Southern California hatched an escape plan worthy of “The Shawshank Redemption.” The men, who are charged with crimes ranging from...
Doctor drugged, raped woman in homemade dungeon
A Swedish doctor fed a woman drug-laced strawberries and then repeatedly raped her in a homemade bunker that he planned to use for more victims, Swedish authorities said.
Rubber-room bosses thought napping on the job was hilarious: teacher
Rubber-room supervisors find it hilarious that teachers are dozing on the taxpayer dime, says social-studies teacher David Suker — and he should know, he’s the instructor shown sleeping “on the...
High Line far less polluted than sidewalk underneath it
New Yorkers looking to improve their health should try getting “High” — the High Line, that is. The elevated park on Manhattan’s lower west side is good for your health,...
Daredevil falls to death climbing to roof of Four Seasons hotel
The young daredevil who fell to his death at the Four Seasons wasn’t paying attention as he snapped photos while walking backward on a metal catwalk on the hotel’s roof...
Man who walked in front of oncoming subway train cheats death
A man stepped in front of a subway train in Manhattan on Sunday, but survived with just a nick thanks to a cautious motorman, according to authorities. The man was...
Fire engulfs Long Island home
Eight people on Sunday escaped an early-morning inferno on Long Island that left their home a charred mess. Firefighters smashed into the home in Baldwin, where clouds of black smoke...
We definitely aren't going to have a white Christmas
Christmas in the Big Apple is going to feel a lot more like the Fourth of July — with record high temperatures turning Santa Claus into Ol’ St. Schvitz. The...
Bergdahl: Taliban asked me if Obama is gay
Bowe Bergdahl compared his first year in Taliban captivity — starved, stinking and chained to a bed — to being tossed in a closet and forgotten. "Picture someone taking a...
Martin Shkreli’s calls social media hacker a '10-year-old'
Hackers infiltrated the Twitter and YouTube accounts of pharma price-hike creep Martin Shkreli on Sunday — prompting the accused Ponzi schemer to lash out at his cyber-nemeses as “10 years...
Creep CEO Martin Shkreli's social media gets hacked
A hacker infiltrated the Twitter and YouTube accounts of pharma price-hike creep Martin Shkreli on Sunday, ripping the hated ex- hedge-fund manager in a string of insulting postings. The cyber...
'You homo': Hasid charged in assault of cross-dressing Howard Stern guest
A cross-dresser known for his guest appearances on “The Howard Stern Show” was beaten up in a hate crime, police sources said Sunday. Elliot Offen, known to Stern fans as...