Sabrina Ford
The Archive
It came from outer space!
A meteor exploded into a blinding fireball above Russia yesterday with the force of 20 atomic bombs — striking fear into the hearts of residents convinced the world was ending....
City fixes ‘Thel’-ing error
The city yesterday belatedly fixed a street sign honoring legendary pianist Thelonious Monk that misspelled his first name. The old sign (pictured) — near the Amsterdam Houses at West 63rd...
Labrador retrievers pass Yorkshire terriers as most popular purebred in NYC
Labrador retrievers pawed their way to the top as the city’s most popular purebred in 2012, grabbing the No. 1 spot from Yorkshire terriers. Yorkies, which have been top dog...
No bail in ‘1st slay of 2013’
A man who allegedly shot his girlfriend in the face and killed her mother had the dubious distinction of being officially charged with the city’s first murder of 2013 when...
Hillary Rodham Clinton discharged from hospital after treatment for blood clot
Hillary Rodham Clinton is back home and on the mend. Doctors at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital discharged the secretary of state last night after three days of treatment for a potentially life-threatening...
Hillary Clinton leaves New York Presbyterian Hospital after treatment for potentially life-threatening blood clot
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was discharged from New York Presbyterian Hospital Wednesday after spending three days undergoing treatment for a potentially life-threatening blood clot. Earlier in the day Clinton,...
Chuck pushes $torm bill
Sen. Charles Schumer wants New York to get its Hurricane Sandy money, fiscal cliff be damned.The Democrat demanded yesterday that House Republicans take up a Senate bill to provide billions...
'Voodoo victim' bashes grandmother and cop with plastic elephant tusk: police
A deranged Hamilton Heights man, fearing he was under a “voodoo spell,” fatally beat his grandmother yesterday with a fake elephant tusk and then bashed a cop in the head...
Man injures cop in elephant tusk attack after believing to be under 'voodoo' spell
A Hamilton Heights man, fearing he was under a “voodoo” spell, badly injured a cop this morning, beating him with a plastic elephant tusk, officials said. The injured officer was...
Pay it, Sam! ‘Casablanca’ piano sold
You must remember this piano. An upright with only 58 keys — used for the song “As Time Goes By” in the classic film “Casablanca” — was auctioned yesterday for...
Straphangers help prevent a repeat subway tragedy after man tumbles on the tracks
She just couldn’t stand to see any more tragedy in the subway. A 31-year-old event planner helped prevent a second bloody train tragedy in the subway system this week by...
Cleaners are tops in tips
Housecleaners are cleaning up — they get the biggest holiday tips.Consumer Reports asked 1,844 people whether they gave money or gifts, or nothing, to 10 types of service providers for...
Confetti at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade contained police secrets
Charlie Brown wasn’t the biggest loser at this year’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Shredded police documents containing Social Security numbers, names of detectives and even a mention of Mitt Romney’s Long...
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade festivities provide joy for Sandy victims
A festive holiday bounty of marching bands, fancy floats and giant bobbing balloons wowed some 3 million revelers at the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade yesterday — bringing welcome cheer...
Jewelry ‘wacko’
He’s got champagne-and-caviar tastes — and an angry, deranged guy’s budget.Billy Wooten, clad in gray sweatpants and a hoodie barged his way past a security guard at the hyper-pricey de...
'Unstable' man busted after headbutting guard at UES jewelry store
A deranged man clad in sweatpants and a hoodie showed the staff of a hyper-expensive Upper East Side jewelry store today that he’s got champagne-and-caviar tastes, police and witnesses said....
Breath of fresh air for Macy’s parade
They passed with flying colors. These three new Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons — “The Elf on the Shelf” storybook character, Hello Kitty in a retro airplane and a dancing...
New Macy's balloons: Hello Kitty, Papa Smurf & Elf on The Shelf
They passed with flying colors. These three new Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons, Hello Kitty in a retro air plane, a dancing Papa Smurf and The Elf on The Shelf...
No room at the inn — any inn
The hottest ticket in town this week isn’t a Broadway show — it’s a hotel room. Hotels around the five boroughs were packed to capacity yesterday, stuffed with city residents...
Cop’s 44 years & out
He’s taken on murderers, robbers, drug cases and sex crimes, but Detective John Roe is nervous about his latest challenge — “fighting the boredom” as he begins his retirement after...