Samuel Goldsmith

Wife stripped of settlement money when ex-husband sees belly-dancing blog that proves she can work

April 9, 2018 at 2:00 p.m.

A Staten Island belly dancer jiggled her way out of a sweet deal with her ex-husband after he found pictures of her shaking it on the Internet, a judge ruled...

Rapper Ja Rule pleads guilty to more than $3 million in income tax evasion between 2004 and 2006

April 9, 2018 at 2:03 p.m.

Queens-born rapper Ja Rule pleaded guilty Tuesday to failing to pay taxes on more than $3 million in income. Born Jeffrey Atkins in Hollis, the platinum-selling singer told a New...

Messenger, unmanned NASA probe, reaches Mercury orbit

April 9, 2018 at 2:05 p.m.

In a major coup for the space program, an unmanned NASA craft reached the orbit of Mercury after a 6-1/2 year, 5 billion-mile journey, officials said Friday. Messenger's arrival late...

13-year-old Miles Shebar takes home prize in New York Daily News spelling bee

April 9, 2018 at 2:04 p.m.

A Manhattan whiz kid won it all at Friday's Daily News Spelling Bee by nailing a word that wasn't part of his vocabulary while preparing for the tournament. Miles Shebar,...

Busted: Long Island mom nabbed for drunk driving in Leandra’s Law arrest

April 9, 2018 at 2:02 p.m.

A doped-up, drug dealing mom was busted in Suffolk County with her kid in the car and charged with a bevy of crimes, including a felony under Leandra's Law, cops...

Golf announcer Frank Chirkinian, 84, loses battle with cancer

April 9, 2018 at 2:04 p.m.

Frank Chirkinian, a golf announcer whose innovations helped popularize the sport on television, died yesterday after a long battle with cancer. He was 84. Chirkinian was best known for his...

Eyesore nextdoor: Queens residents terrorized by masked marauders coming and going from home

April 9, 2018 at 2:42 p.m.

Residents of a well-groomed Flushing block are fuming over a crumbling, single-family home - and the wild new neighbors who've moved in. "Do you know who our neighbors are? Raccoons!"...

Late Christmas shoppers help seal best holiday season for retailers in three years

April 9, 2018 at 9:03 p.m.

Hordes of last-minute shoppers swarmed retailers across the city Friday, capping the best holiday season for stores in three years. From Union Square to downtown Brooklyn, New Yorkers came out...

Eyesore next door: Rotting interiors at 140-yr.-old S.I. site, where historic houses await new life

April 9, 2018 at 9:08 p.m.

A set of stunning 140-year-old buildings in an up-and-coming corner of Staten Island has been neglected so long that the interiors are rotting and foliage is growing from the inside...

Elizabeth Edwards funeral: Family and friends mourn John Edwards’ wife in North Carolina

April 8, 2018 at 7:52 p.m.

Elizabeth Edwards' oldest daughter read from a letter the dying mother wrote to her three children during a tearful funeral Saturday. "For all I have said about life, I want...

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