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Jesse Ward/Jesse Ward for New York Daily Ne Alicia DiMichele Garofalo left Brooklyn Federal Court Friday after her husband was sent away. One day after sexy “Mob Wives” star Alicia DiMichele’s made her debut on reality TV, she took time out to attend the sentencing of her schlubby mob hubby on racketeering charges in federal court. Reputed Colombo enforcer Edward ...

MARK MAKELA/REUTERS An Amish horse and buggy travels on a road in Pennsylvania. An Ohio Amish girl fled her home with her parents after a court-appointed guardian tried to force chemotherapy treatments on the ill girl. The guardian dropped her bid Friday. TOLEDO, Ohio — A court-appointed guardian is dropping her attempt to force an 11-year-old Amish girl with leukemia ...

Nicholas Wright/AP Merrill Newman, 85, was held captive by North Korea for about six weeks. Merrill Newman is coming home. The 85-year-old Korean War veteran has been deported from North Korea and his headed back to the United States, Reuters reports. RELATED: NORTH KOREA RELEASES ‘APOLOGY’ BY DETAINED U.S. TOURIST Newman had been held on charges of “hostile acts” against ...

Howard Simmons/New York Daily News Carmelo Anthony drops 20 points and grabs 11 rebounds in a 121-83 win over the Magic. KNICKS 121, MAGIC 83 Call them the 12 games of Christmas. The suddenly surging Knicks don’t face another team that began play Friday with a record above .500 until Oklahoma City comes to town on Dec. 25. The Knicks ...

After weeks of behind-the-scenes discussions with the FDA, 23andMe has just announced that it is suspending its genetic health analysis for new customers. Those of you who purchased DNA kits after November 21st will only receive the raw genetic data and ancestry analysis from 23andMe. Unfortunately, this means the utility of the company’s $ 99 DNA test is drastically reduced ...

Regardless of how you feel about Valve’s Steam Machine and Steam OS, it’s tough to argue that the truly innovative (for better or worse) aspect to the Linux gaming initiative isn’t the Steam Controller. A traditional gamepad silhouette that replaces analog sticks with touchpads, as well as adds a small touchscreen in the center, is certainly weird. However, a Valve ...

Peter, Paul and Mary did a stellar take on Gordon Lightfoot’s “Leavin’ on a Jet Plane.” Folk songs strum through the new Coen Brothers movie “Inside Llewyn Davis,” but the film winds up missing its essential milieu. Certainly, there are worthy songs on the accompanying soundtrack — some stemming from the original Village scene it means to depict. They include ...

Felix Lam/for New York Daily News Rescue workers help passengers who had been on the Metro-North train when it derailed near the Spuyten Duyvil station in the Bronx. Sleep apnea may have caused the locomotive engineer in the deadly Metro-North crash to zone out just before the train tumbled off the tracks. William Rockefeller is expected to undergo an evaluation ...

Paris Hilton slammed the ‘fake tweet’ that confused Nelson Mandela with Martin Luther King Jr. Reality star and heiress Paris Hilton slammed a fake tweet that claimed she had confused late South African leader Nelson Mandela with civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. in the wake of Mandela’s death yesterday. “RIP Nelson Mandela. Your ‘I Have A Dream’ speech ...

Caters News Agency Chris and Janet Wright got married in an underwater ceremony in the Indian Ocean. A bride and groom have had their dream wet-wedding day in an underwater ceremony under the Indian Ocean. Chris and Janet Wright floated down the aisle happily drenched from head to toe as they exchanged their vows in a unique under-the-sea service in ...