It's no secret that Mike Lupica has scrawled his name and Ray Kelly's into a heart onto the ole' sycamore on the Daily News' playground, and today the columnist tells us all why Kelly would make such a fantastic mayor of New York City. "Some of the people polled say Kelly doesn’t know enough about issues beyond crime or terrorism," Lupica writes, "But there happens to be a good reason for that: Kelly has spent the last decade fighting crime and terrorism in his current job." So, that means we should give him a pass on the whole, "no other experience other than fighting crime or terrorism" thing? more ›

Beating out a forlorn Frutopia machine in an Idaho parking lot and an abandoned lemonade stand in Florida, an all-nude strip club in Sayreville, New Jersey that only sells non-alcoholic beverages is officially the World's Saddest Juice Vendor. Club 35, which doesn't sell booze so its dancers can remain completely nude, recently lost a NIMBY court decision that would shut it down. Their lawyer vows to appeal, and the Daily News gets the money quote on the spot's possible closing from "a man in a mechanic's uniform." "I work so many hours it's hard to meet people. Without this I would be lonely." more ›

Journalists widely reported being kept from last week's NYPD raid of Zuccotti Park. 10 reporters have been arrested in New York since the protests began, and several have claimed that they were injured by NYPD officers while on the job. In response, New York Times Company Vice President and Assistant General Counsel George Freeman has written a letter to NYPD spokesman Paul Browne condemning the actions of the police and requesting an "immediate meeting" with Browne and Commissioner Ray Kelly. It is signed by representatives from the New York Post, the Daily News, NBC, the Associated Press, and Dow Jones among others. more ›

After an initial period of indifference, the media—both professional and amateur—have swarmed Zuccotti Park to cover the Occupy Wall Street protests. Most are sincere, while a few show up with the goal of poking fun at the demonstrators. But yesterday two men brandishing a video camera and a microphone approached attendees in the park for interviews, telling them they were with The New York Daily News. A Daily News employee snapped their photo and confronted the impostors. more ›

After the police officer who was at the genesis of the NYPD's ticket-fixing probe—who had his picture posted online, started receiving death threats—authorities have taken notice. According to the Daily News, Internal Affairs detective Randy Katakofsky's picture was posted on Thee Rant, a message board for current and former NYPD officers, and at least one user thought Katakofsky should kill himself. The department then asked the website to remove the photos and messages, and met with Katakofsky to ensure his safety. Currently, there's a "What Happened to the Det Katastropy Thread?" on the site. more ›

Al Capone. Jeff Dahmer. Ted Kaczynski. All subway fare-beaters.* Put aside the fact that jumping the turnstiles is cheaper even if you're caught, and that folks from all walks of life pass through an open emergency exit every now and then. Cheating the MTA is a gateway to a life of inequity and sorrow, or so implies the Daily News' Pete Donahue, who interviewed a 17-year-old freeloader. more ›

The Daily News has posted six powerful videos featuring News photographers who documented September 11, 2001. The photographers, David Handschuh, Todd Maisel, Debbie Egan-Chin, Andrew Savullich, Susan Watts, and Ken Murray, offer their memories of the day—from the chaos to the unnerving silence after the buildings collapsed—with their photographs, many of which are extremely graphic (Handschuh remembers how people started jumping, Maisel describes body parts falling from the sky). more ›

After the NY Post compared the stock market's volatility to a hooker's panties on its front page, the Daily News is now wading into the muck. Literally, with a photograph of the Bowling Green bull statue's butt next to a worker sweeping the ground and the word "CRAPS!" underneath. Well, the Dow did fall 519 points yesterday... but couldn't the News have just Photoshopped the bull's balls blue? more ›

Today, the Daily News, in typical anti-street art fashion, published a story declaring a "crackdown on train graffiti vandals paying off, thanks to team of ex-cops." They patriotically applaud the dedicated NYC Transit Eagle Team for fending off the "old-school graffiti vandals" (who they believe can open the door to "bad guys intending to do much worse"). But one of these old-school graffiti vandals told us the whole thing is a bunch of baloney. more ›

Earlier this year we got nostalgic for the game of bingo and found some spots where we could play across the city. But little did we know that the game had a dark side. Today, the Daily News explores the seamy underbelly of bingo, where "younger, often unemployed" players are gambling away their life savings in order to make ends meet! more ›

After the Post shamed the Parks Department into resupplying Coney Island's toilet paper coffers, the Daily News seems to have had the same effect when it reported on Monday that kids were "risking their lives" by diving off the Steeplechase Pier at Coney Island. Reporter Michael Daly details the pier's transformation from a dock of impunity to "a border crossing in cold-war Berlin" in the span of a single day. "A dozen uniformed sentries and an emergency vehicle" were on site to keep the pier off-limits to everyone but fisherman. One 47-year-old man whose efforts to relax on the pier were rebuffed, said he remembered diving off the pier when he was 12, "the same summer he was introduced to the ways of love." Great, give them another reason to dive off the pier. more ›

Leave it to the Daily News to get pissed about kids these days, what with their newfangled spraypaint-totin' backpacks and disrespect for private property. While we know that there are some pretty legit graffiti projects out there, the News recently ran an op-ed expressing their extreme displeasure at the announcement of a graffiti-themed exhibit hitting The Brooklyn Museum next year. more ›

Would you believe that over a dozen City Council members have played it fast-and-loose with the rules? Over a three-month investigation, the News learned that several of the 51 City Council members dodged taxes, violated the city's housing and building codes, circumvented regulations to get cheap housing and even ignored criminal bench warrants. They will be diving deep into the allegations over the next three days, but here are some highlights to whet your appetite: more ›

A Daily News education reporter was fired today after it was revealed that he fabricated a freelance story he wrote for the Village Voice. Rob Sgobbo, a 2010 graduate of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, was caught in the Jayson Blair-like scandal, and has since had his stories removed from places such as the News, Voice and Huffington Post. more ›

Stalkers: They're not just for famous people anymore! A Daily News photographer gave the tabloid a scoop on her three-year long battle with Allen Novell, who she says has been creepily stalking her. She has filed numerous police reports, but was told that her chances of getting an order of protection were slim to none, since Novell has never harmed her and lives in her neighborhood. One detective left her with this bit of advice: "Keep your head up." more ›

There's a certain type of bitter nerd who takes extreme pleasure in proving that they are smarter than their teachers. Based on an article today where they lace into a principal with terrible grammar, we take it that the Daily News was one of those nerds. Not that they don't have a point however: Principal Andrew Buck of the Middle School for Art and Philosophy wrote an incoherent, rambling mess of an email to staff, defending his policy of not providing textbooks. But, who the hell expects coherency from an art and philosophy manager! more ›

New York Magazine has a critical look at Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo's campaign—basically, how Cuomo isn't doing much campaigning at all and letting Republican candidate Carl Paladino's gaffes do all the work for him. And there's an interesting explanation on how the Daily News got that quote from Cuomo—after being mocked by Paladino, he asked his staff, "If a guy says you have no cojones, how do you punch him back, call him an a--hole?" It turns out one of Cuomo's aides called a Daily News reporter. more ›

Inspired by the exploits of mass transit enthusiast Darius McCollum, who has been arrested 27 times for things like driving a subway (the E train, to be exact), impersonating transit employees, and, most recently, stealing a Trailways bus, the Daily News has been dispatching employees to see how easy it is to steal public transportation vehicles. And in the case of Trailways buses, well, the keys are waiting for you! more ›

Adam Clayton Powell IV, who is trying to unseat embattled Rep. Charles Rangel, was caught taking thousands of dollars of campaign donations from the owner of Bronx strip club Sin City. The Daily News confronted and browbeat Powell into promising to return the money yesterday, telling him about owner Konstantine (Gus) Drakopoulos, who pleaded guilty to insider trading in 2002 and was recently slapped with a racial and sexual harassment suit by dancers at his club. more ›

The Daily News extends their Seinfeld odyssey today, continuing a focus on the iconic show's relationship with Queens. Last week, they took actor Jerry Stiller, who played Frank Costanza, to visit the Astoria home used as the exterior of the Costanza residence on the show. Now you can see a video ("this documentary or something," according to Stiller) of that trip below, including Stiller reminiscing in the back of a car, and the surprising (and sweet) meeting with the home's owners. more ›

New York Daily News editor-in-chief Martin Dunn announced he is stepping down today. He told Media Decoder (which characterized the news as "unexpected") that he will be spending time with his family and taking care of his wife, who has cancer, "She has an illness that is going to take us many months to get over, and I want to spend as much time as I can with her. The demands of running a tabloid newspaper in a city with a tabloid war are enormous. And if you can’t spend every ounce of energy doing that then unfortunately you don’t feel as though the paper is getting the best of you." more ›

The Daily News' longtime husband-and-wife gossip team, George Rush and Joanna Malloy, are ending their column today and say good-bye, "Among the people who may not mourn the column's passing are Alex Rodriguez (we wrote about his alleged affair with Manhattan madam Kristin Davis), CNN's Jeffrey Toobin and Citigroup's Richard Parsons (we discovered they'd both fathered love children), Tiger Woods (we revealed mistress Cori Rist and a pair of ladies who allegedly tried to shake him down after a three-way) and Bernie Madoff (whose wife, Ruth, reportedly learned of his extramarital affairs here)," adding, "Thanks to all you tipsters, snitches, snoops and spywitnesses. You know who you are." Former Page Six gossip Frank DiGiacomo will head the News' Gatecrasher column this summer. more ›

Brooklyn Bridge Park has been open for three days—which is apparently long enough for newspaper editors to demand a negative stories about it. In a classic hit piece, the Daily News blasts the greenspace for using money from a condo building on premises to pay for nine security officers, while other Brooklyn parks without such condo deals share a mere 15 officers. more ›

Apparently the Daily News has never seen one of these, because they are really excited about LED license plates. Their main subject, "Rich Man," just outfitted his SUV with one of these bad boys, and he's using a remote to tell drivers behind him whatever he wants, like "Back Off" or "Don't Even Ask." Sassy! more ›

One day after former Tennessee Congressman Harold Ford Jr. announced he wouldn't run for Senate, real estate billionaire and Daily News publisher Mort Zuckerman also bailed out of the race. Unlike Ford, who claims he quit to avoid an ugly primary, the 72-year-old said he won't run because he's too busy with family and business obligations: "[I]t is very difficult to see how I can devote the necessary time to either a campaign, or to working in Washington, if I were to win." more ›

Now that Harold Ford Jr. is out of the Senate race, attention has turned to another speculative candidate—Daily News publisher and real estate billionaire Mort Zuckerman. According to Politico, the possible Republican and Independent candidate has a lot of things going for him, including a personal fortune and a media empire at his bidding. But the 72-year-old could run into trouble because he's also known for breaking up unions and eliminating pensions at the Daily News, and raising a baby but refusing to disclose the identity of the child's mother. more ›