A Staten Island woman died a day after her husband beat her for not paying for cable TV while he was hospitalized over Thanksgiving, law enforcement sources said.
Blanche Scala, 59, died on Nov. 27 after her husband, Thomas Scala, 57, attacked her inside their New Dorp Beach home when he came home from the hospital, the sources said.
Here's one reason why Mayor Bloomberg wants immigration reform: It'll make it easier for beautiful women to roam the city.
Hizzoner boasted on his radio show Friday that the leaders of 11 major fashion houses have pledged their support to his efforts to fix the nation's immigration policy.
Without that change, the hottest models might start strutting their… Continue
When Justin Bieber opened up to Rolling Stone about his views on premarital sex and abortion, he probably didn't expect the co-hosts of "The View" to vilify him for it.
But some of the talk show's stars did just that Thursday morning, when they debated whether 16-year-old Bieber had any business discussing such adult matters.
More than $9 million of pure opium hidden in acrylic cats has been seized by federal agents at JFK Airport, officials said Thursday.
The 205-pound shipment of the drug was intercepted Jan. 21 on a flight from Thailand. Authorities said the dope was destined for an address in the New York area.
No arrests have been made in the investigation being… Continue
LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's estate keeps raking in the cash.
A new accounting of the King of Pop's posthumous empire shows executors have made a whopping $310 million since the singer's death from a drug overdose in June 2009.
The Jackson kingdom, once on the verge of collapse with $400 million owed various creditors, has been able to pay down roughly… Continue
Saint Louis, Missouri rapper Nelly is the latest star to be featured in VH1's critically acclaimed series "Behind the Music."
"Behind the Music: Nelly" will focus on the rapper's upbringing, his rise to fame, the trials and tribulations of running his various businesses, his acting career, the decline of record sales and more.
A diver fishing for abalone off Australia's West Coast is missing and presumed dead after reeling in much bigger game - a pair of great white sharks.
The unidentified man was viciously attacked by the sharks while swimming to the surface with his haul of the prized sea snails – while the skipper of his boat could only watch in horror, the newspaper The Australian… Continue
Facebook changed its relationship-status options Thursday, allowing users for the first time to tell their online friends if they are "in a civil union" or "in a domestic partnership."
The social-networking site introduced the new features in the U.S., Canada, U.K., France and Australia after consultation with users and equal-rights… Continue
SOME OF THESE CAMERA MEN SUCK @ TAPING! SUCK I TELL YA! HERE IS SOME TIPS 4 TAPING FIGHTS CAUSE I'M GETTING F**KING TIRED OF THIS SH!T! 1. DON'T TAPE THE SH!T SIDEWAYS! NOBODY WANTS TO TILT THEIR HEAD TO WATCH IT! 2. BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE CAMERA YOU SHOULD BE FRONT ROW! F**K EVERYBODY ELSE TRYING TO WATCH IT! IF YOU GET IT GOOD! THEY CAN WATCH IT OVER & OVER AGAIN! 3. STOP F**KING ACTING SCARED & ALL WE SEE HIS THUMBS IN THE WAY! PULL THAT SH!T OUT FRONT… Continue
NEW YORK (AP) - Aretha Franklin, who says she's back at "150 percent," is planning to return to the stage in May for her first post-surgery performance.
The Grammy Award-winning singer will also release an album that month with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. More personally, she's working on losing more weight from her frame, which is noticeably slimmer since her December… Continue
A 29-year-old Virginia woman charged with savagely beating her 77-year-old boyfriend last year will now be charged with murder after the man died from injuries suffered in the attack, prosecutors announced.
Kristina Pongracz was charged last spring with aggravated malicious wounding after beating her sugar-daddy boyfriend, William Herchenrider, with his own cane in… Continue
A Pennsylvania mom is being charged with child endangerment after she showed cops a photo of herself posing next to her two-year-old daughter who is gagged and bound with duct tape.
Caira Ferguson, 21, revealed the photo to authorities as part of a claim that her identity had been stolen, according to Chester Township Police.
A massive solar flare could make for a beautiful night for people in the northern United States - provided it doesn't knock the lights out. The blast of charged particles unleashed from the sun earlier this week has been peppering the Earth over the last few days, but it's biggest punch is expected to hit the Earth's atmosphere on… Continue
A coupon-clipping New Jersey mom insists Century 21 short-changed her and is suing the famed department store to recoup a grand total of...80 cents.
That's right, 80 cents.
Tova Gerson claims in court papers that she used a $5 coupon when she bought more than $100 worth of stuff last month at the chain's Paramus, N.J., store.
Days after arriving at the Grammys in an egg, Lady Gaga has just cracked the "greatest honor" of her career.
The 24-year-old singer's new single, "Born This Way" made history Wednesday becoming the 1,000th song to top the Billboard Hot 100 charts in its 52-year history.
"I am so humbled and so honored and overwhelmed by the reception to 'Born This Way,'"… Continue
A perverted, prolific serial caller - with five-year history of trying to get women into erotically charged chats about their pantyhose - has turned himself in to face harassment charges, police said.
Fetish phoner Rip Alan Swartz, 43, told cops he "got his jollies" from the phone calls, which he made to various restaurants, banks and hotels around Shiremanstown,… Continue
Lil' Kim cut off Nicki Minaj's head on her new mixtape, "Black Friday" -- literally.
In the artwork for one of the 35-year-old rapper's first major releases since her 2005 album "The Naked Truth" -- released the first day of her year-long prison sentence for perjury -- she poses in a black bustier holding a sword and surrounded by blood.