Annie Karni
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No more Miss Nice Girls
What would Justin Bieber think?! Selena Gomez (second from left), sweetie of the Biebs, sheds her Disney image — along with a few layers of clothes — to join castmates...
DUMBO restaurant The River Cafe discriminates against Jews: workers
It’s unortho-docks! The iconic River Café on the Brooklyn waterfront in DUMBO — famous for its floating-barge dining room that offers sweeping views of lower Manhattan — discriminates against Jews...
LI youth baseball's mad-dad world of feuds, fists and psycho cellphone threats
It was supposed to be his moment of revenge. Robert Sanfilippo, 45, had been an enthusiastic parent, cheering for the Long Island Inferno, a youth-baseball league for 10-year-old boys —...
Purrty gals like Tigers
Go get ’er, Tiger. The Yankees will likely tame Detroit in the playoffs — but they’re bombing at playing the field. Tiger ace Justin Verlander, 29, is dating Sports Illustrated...
MoMA’s $cream
MoMA’s security team can’t handle “The Scream.”Edward Munch’s classic portrait of existential angst — which sold for $120 million in May — goes on display Oct. 24, so the Museum...
Subway stations retain signs listing places and streets that no longer exist
They’re signs of the times — old times. On the A line in the Rockaways, the Beach 98th Street-Playland stop sits next to a high-rise housing development in an otherwise...
Vid bid on Village landmark
Actor John Leguizamo is putting the heat on Mayor Bloomberg to landmark 25 blocks of the South Village, which stretches from Washington Square Park to Watts Street and from Sixth...
6,000 mentally ill patients may get boot from NY adult homes
About 6,000 mentally ill people could soon be forced out of adult homes where they’ve lived for decades — putting them and the community at risk, under a rule change...
Mitt Romney bounces in polls after successful debate
Mitt’s bouncing high. After what was widely considered a clear-cut victory during the first presidential debate last Wednesday, Romney stormed ahead of President Obama by 2 percentage points in a...
Grace: I want to live
There’s life in Grace yet. The terminally ill Queens woman who last week won a pitched legal battle against her parents giving her the right to die has decided to...
Romney leads Obama by two percent in national poll, two thirds of which was conducted after debate
There’s no debate about it — Mitt’s bouncing high. After what many saw as a landslide victory during the first presidential debate last Wednesday, Mitt Romney led President Obama by...
Club stripped DJ of tips: suit
At the Penthouse Executive Club, the house always wins.The Hell’s Kitchen strip club stiffs its DJ and skims the tips of its dancers by forcing patrons to make it rain...
Book collector selling first-edition Bond series
This maid would need a martini — shaken or stirred — if she realized the bum deal she made. When theater critic and book collector Clive Hirschhorn wrote an article...
Lasers on top of Barclays Center target war monument
Watch where you point that thing! A multicolored laser beaming from atop the Barclays Center is outraging patriotic Brooklynites, recoiling at the crass light striking the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument...
‘Tipping’ point at Les Halles
No tip for you. Workers at celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain’s famed Les Halles have filed a class action suit against the French brasserie, claiming managers took tips and wages from...
$30M lot in SoHo sits empty
It’s a black hole of development. An 11,432-square-foot lot in SoHo on Sixth Avenue between Spring and Broome streets has sat fallow for six years, growing tall weeds behind barbed...
Nets dancers’ look is Brooklyn glam
Our cheerleaders can beat up your cheerleaders. Forget colorful pompons and bright hair ribbons — black and “stretch leatherette” is the tough and sexy look for the Brooklynette dancers, who...
Obama chooses 'The View' over private meetings at the UN
World leaders will be holding tete-a-tetes this week as the annual United Nations General Assembly convenes — but not President Obama, who will instead be chatting it up with the...
Phones set app trap for date-rape scoundrels
A new phone app will alert friends, family and law enforcement if you’re being sexually assaulted on a date. LifeLine Response, currently available for the iPhone and Android, is marketing...
Flight 93 widow’s sad end
The widow of the pilot of United Flight 93, believed to have crashed in Pennsylvania on 9/11 as passengers and crew fought with four terrorists, died from a prescription drug-and-alcohol...