Dan Macleod
The Archive
4 people dead after hostage crisis in Aurora, Colorado
A gunman killed three people today before cops fatally shot him in an Aurora Colo., townhome just five miles from the scene of the “Dark Knight” movie theater massacre, authorities...
SI couple says AllState used pics of Sandy-ravaged home in ads — as company low-balls them
A Staten Island couple claims they’re in not-so-good hands of insurers who are low-balling them -- and adding insult to injury by using images of their ravaged home in TV...
Jean Harris, killer of Scarsdale Diet doctor Herman Tarnower, dies at 89
She was the ultimate woman scorned — and her murder of the “Scarsdale Diet” author captivated the nation. Former girls-school headmistress Jean Harris drew both ire and sympathy for gunning...
3 cut down in Pa. rampage
A Pennsylvania gunman killed a woman decorating for a Christmas party inside a church and then shot dead two neighbors in the driveway of a home before being slain by...
Gunman prepped for massacre while mom was on vacation in New Hampshire
Adam Lanza spent two days home alone preparing for his Connecticut schoolhouse massacre after his mother went away on a mini-vacation, it emerged yesterday. Nancy Lanza checked into the Omni...
Fateful sick day spares aide of tragic principal
Being under the weather saved her life. The secretary of Sandy Hook Elementary School’s principal took a rare day off yesterday — and avoided the bloodbath that claimed the life...
Father's anguish after losing his son in Connecticut shooting
For little Jesse Lewis, a day that was supposed to be spent making gingerbread houses became the last day of his short life. Grieving father Neil Heslin told The Post...
School gunman was troubled and shy, neighbors and classmates say
Crazed kid-killer Adam Lanza was a troubled “genius” who was painfully awkward and shy. “I know he had issues,” said Beth Israel, whose daughter, Alex, went to school with Lanza....
Midtown murder victim’s role as drug courier eyed as motive in slaying: sources
The victim in the execution-style slaying on a busy Midtown street was involved in shipping drugs — and had been summoned to the city by his associates after multiple packages...
Kate Middleton's nurse was tormented by radio prank before she killed herself
The London nurse who killed herself after patching through a prank phone call from Australian DJs to the colleague caring for Kate Middleton was “traumatized” by the ordeal, it was...
Pranks for nothin’
The tragic “royal prank” is the latest in a long history of controversial gags that have played out on the airwaves: * Miami radio hosts Joe Ferrero and Enrique Santos...
DJs who pulled Middleton prank, leading one of the nurses to kill herself, are victims, too: boss
The DJs who tricked a London nurse into patching through a prank phone call to her colleague caring for Kate Middleton won’t be fired — and their boss even painted...
$uperscalp Sandy outrage
Shameless scalpers are cashing in on a Hurricane Sandy benefit concert by hawking tickets online at overly inflated prices. The star-studded concert at Madison Square Garden sold out within minutes...
A picture of controversy
The dramatic photo of a subway train bearing down on a doomed passenger became a story in its own right yesterday — and earned mixed reaction from scores of commentators....
Suspect in Brooklyn murder spree went dancing after last killing, pal says
He danced on their graves. The door-to-door salesman charged as the serial killer who gunned down three Brooklyn shopkeepers went out dancing right after allegedly murdering the last victim, a...
Key GOPer hints prez was told
The head of the House Intelligence Committee implied yesterday that President Obama might have known about his CIA director’s extramarital fling before the election. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Michigan) said Attorney...
Yankee ‘run’ on B’way
Those damn Yankees are coming back to Broadway. Two producers who struck out with shows about football and basketball are now teaming up with the Yankees and Major League Baseball...
Resignation timing ticks off O critics
Critics yesterday questioned the timing of David Petraeus’ stunning resignation as CIA chief just two days after the presidential election. Top spook Petraeus resigned after an FBI investigation that took...
Anonymous Facebook group claims 'killer' nanny is innocent
A Facebook group claims that accused killer nanny Yoselyn Ortega is completely innocent – and that cops arrested the wrong woman. The page called Support Innocence of Nanny Yoselyn Ortega...
Terrorist arrested after trying to 'destroy America' with Fed Reserve Bank attack
A young Bangladeshi on a mission to “destroy America” tried to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank in lower Manhattan Wednesday with what he thought was a 1,000-pound van bomb,...