Cynthia R. Fagen
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‘Edith’ of ‘All in the Family’ dies at 90
She was the queen of Queens. “All in the Family” star Jean Stapleton, who brilliantly played the long-suffering wife of working-class bigot Archie Bunker in the 1970s hit TV sitcom,...
Jean Stapleton, beloved Edith Bunker on 'All in the Family,' dies in New York at 90
“All in the Family” star Jean Stapleton, who brilliantly played the long suffering wife of working class bigot Archie Bunker in the 1970s hit TV sitcom, died at her Manhattan...
Ruff, ready & out of rehab
They’ve got their diplomas — now they just need a comfy place to live. Four adorable dachshunds — once facing euthanasia because they were considered too dangerous for adoption —...
Gas explosion rips through Queens home; elderly woman suffers severe burns
A giant gas explosion blew a Howard Beach home, that had been damaged by Hurricane Sandy, into a mountain of smoking cinders this afternoon, critically injuring an elderly woman inside,...
Upstate mills’ arf-ful secret
Six upstate puppy mills repeatedly cited for animal abuse remain open for business as usual, the Humane Society of the United States charges in a new report. And the society’s...
Post taste test reveals drinkers can’t tell good from cheap vodka
It’s just a shot in the dark. More than two dozen New Jersey bars caught pouring cheap hooch into top-shelf bottles got away with cheating customers likely because 44 percent...
Hasta la Vito
The louse is out of the house.Pervy pol Vito Lopez has finally resigned his Assembly seat, effective tomorrow at 9 a.m.Lopez sent a terse one-sentence letter of resignation yesterday to...
Lopez officially resigns from Assembly amid sexual harassment scandal
The louse is out of the house. Pervy pol Vito Lopez has finally resigned his Assembly seat, effective Monday morning at 9 a.m. Lopez sent a terse one-sentence letter of...
A tweet sensation for cancer charities
They’re in the pink. Breast-cancer charities were swamped with phone calls, tweets and Facebook comments yesterday after actress Angelina Jolie went public about her secret double mastectomy. They also hope...
Rare Mexican wolf cubs born in NY
This Mexican wolf pup (pictured, shown 18 hours after being born in Westchester along with a brother) carries the fate of his rare and endangered species. Scientists are crossing their...
5-year Bible ‘rewrite’
Hallelujah! A 63-year-old upstate man who spent almost five years copying every word in the King James Bible was set to pen its last lines at a church ceremony last...
Gunman holding children hostage in Trenton standoff
TRENTON, NJ — Authorities continued to negotiate a surrender with a gunman holding three children hostage in a New Jersey home since Friday, after cops say he killed their mother...
Tourette ‘bomb’ scare
They thought he was a “tic”-ing time bomb. A man with Tourette syndrome claimed he was stopped from boarding a JetBlue flight after repeating the word “bomb” uncontrollably. Michael Doyle...
Joker Selena a Belieber again
Seems like they’re back making beautiful music together. Teen pop star Justin Bieber uploaded this intimate picture to his Instagram that shows his off-and-now-on-again girlfriend, Selena Gomez, tenderly leaning against...
Sneak peek at Alec Baldwin's new baby
Hold the pickles. A pregnant Hilaria Thomas, 28, who is expecting her first child — a baby girl — with former “30 Rock” star Alec Baldwin is tickled pink she...
NY bike tour nixes fireworks out of respect
The Five Boro Bike Tour has done away with towering pyrotechnics at the starting line for this year’s ride, out of respect for the Boston Marathon victims.“We felt it was...
Comic heroes to Fido’s rescue
Pow! Zap! Grrrr! It’s a comic book with an edgy new breed of superheroes who don’t fight intergalactic aliens — they avenge animals. “Liberator” is the vision of Queens writer...
PSY-cho: Be happy, Kim!
It’s “Gangnam”-style diplomacy. South Korean pop star PSY says he hopes his new music video, “Gentleman,” will make North Koreans laugh and ease nuclear- standoff tensions. “It’s a tragedy. We...
Kazakhstan-born Miss Russia bombarded with hate mail for 'not being Russian enough'
Borat would be seeing red. Miss Russia beauty pageant winner Elmira Abdrazakova tells London’s Sun newspaper that she’s being bombarded with hate mail for “not being Russian enough.” The newly...
Eatery’s ‘hep A’ sigh of relief
There have been no cases of the potentially deadly hepatitis A virus since a pastry worker at a West Village eatery came down with the liver disease and put 450...