Vince Eaton and Sara Valencia at their wedding at Hallockville Museum Farm, on TLC’s “Secret Wedding,” airing Dec. 27. Here comes the bride — and she looks stunned. Brooklyn bride Sara Valencia got the surprise of her life on her wedding day thanks to her husband and a little help from TV host Cat Deeley. Vince Eaton, 29, tricked his ...
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Photographer killed covering Syrian civil war
STRINGER/REUTERS Syrian activist and photographer Molhem Barakat poses at an undisclosed location in this recent picture taken in November 2013. BEIRUT – A Syrian photographer who took pictures for Reuters on a freelance basis has been killed while covering fighting in Aleppo, activists said. Molhem Barakat died on Friday as he took photographs of a battle over a hospital between ...
Read More »Despite curfew, Knicks sleep through loss to Grizzlies
Mark Bonifacio/New York Daily News Carmelo Anthony (r.) gets little help from fellow starters Tyson Chandler and Andrea Bargnani. GRIZZLIES 95, KNICKS 87 Only James Dolan knows what the immediate future holds for Mike Woodson, who seems to try a different lineup every game, which inevitably leads to the same result. The Knicks, no matter which five are on the ...
Read More »Kanye West sings ode to Michael Jordan on ‘Yeezus’ tour
Dario Cantatore/Dario Cantatore/Invision/AP When Kanye West played in his hometown of Chicago, he blamed the Bulls for “allowing” Michael Jordan to ever play for the Washington Wizards. Kanye West is a big Michael Jordan fan, but he’s apparently still sore about the way the NBA legend’s career ended with the Chicago Bulls. At his “Yeezus” show in Chicago’s United Center ...
Read More »Y not swim at soon-to-open Arverne YMCA
Christie M Farriella for New York Daily News YMCA President and CEO Jack Lund (l.) and Executive Director Rick Hopkins in the aquatic center in the new Rockaway YMCA in Arverne Jack Lund had no doubt the residents of Rockaway were looking forward to the opening of the new YMCA. But there is one recent image that sticks in his ...
Read More »Kris Jenner: Kimye’s wedding will be ‘big’
Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for DuJour Magazine Kris Jenner talks ‘big’ details of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s big day. Don’t expect a low-key wedding for Kimye. Kim Kardashian‘s mother Kris Jenner opened up to People magazine about her daughter’s upcoming nuptials to Kanye West. “We have a pretty big family,” she told the mag at her #cirocthenewyear pledge party at ...
Read More »Pilot delays flight for hours — until his gourmet food is delivered
NICK KOON/ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER/VIA KRT Captain Noushad reportedly would not fly Pakistan International Airlines’ flight PK-711 from Allama Iqbal International Airport, in Lahore, until he could get his gourmet food. A foodie pilot fed up with the on-board menu delayed a flight to New York for two-and-a-half hours so sandwiches could be delivered from a five-star hotel. Captain Noushad reportedly ...
Read More »Black market flooded with 40 million credit card numbers stolen from Target
ABC Target offered a 10 percent discount to shoppers this weekend as an apology for a security breach that exposed 40 million credit and debit card numbers. But the reduction was only available in stores, and not on the Internet. Holiday news for Target shoppers got even gloomier with reports that credit card information stolen from 40 million accounts has ...
Read More »Jordan out of St. John’s lineup to be with ailing mother
Simmons, Howard/New York Daily News A family emergency forces Rysheed Jordan to miss Saturday’s game against Youngstown State. St. John’s freshman Rysheed Jordan will not play in Saturday’s home game against Youngstown State. The 6-4 freshman is with his mother, Amina Robinson, who has been hospitalized in Philadelphia for the past two days. Jordan has played in nine games – ...
Read More »World’s first wireless molecular network uses rubbing alcohol to send text messages
Researchers in the UK and Canada have succeeded in creating the world’s first text message via a molecular communication. The messages are encoded in molecules of alcohol, which are then wafted across the room to a receiver, which sniffs the molecules out of the air and decodes the message. Molecular networks are an area of interest for applications and environments ...
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