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IT WAS ALL A HOAX! Dying quadriplegic with hit blog exposed as a lie

David Rose’s farewell letter to his friends and family touched hearts around the country. But David — a deaf 24-year-old with severe cerebral palsy that left him confined to a wheelchair — never existed. A fraudster invented him in an act of ‘role-playing.’

David Rose, a deaf quadriplegic whose dying words to his family and friends became an online sensation, never existed. An anonymous man admitted the whole thing was an elaborate hoax that went on for years.

Gutless Taliban vow to finish off brave Pakistani girl if she survives from her gunshot wounds

In this photo released by Inter Services Public Relations department, Pakistani soldiers carry wounded Pakistani girl, Malala Yousufzai, from a military helicopter to a military hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan. A Taliban gunman walked up to a bus taking children home from school in Pakistan’s volatile Swat Valley Tuesday and shot and wounded the 14-year-old activist known for championing the education of girls and publicizing atrocities committed by the Taliban, officials said. (AP Photo/Inter Services Public Relations Department)

Authorities were taking no chances with the safety of the 14-year-old activist shot by a Taliban henchman. The Islamist terror group has vowed to finish her off if she survives.

Guilty Brooklyn cop has mental breakdown: 'I don't know why I didn't commit suicide yet'

Admir Kacamakovic, 32, was initially indicted on charges of illegally running license plates in the NYPD computer database.

In the shower with Sandra & Chelsea

TOP HEADLINES

Most expensive nabe in the country? Right here on the upper East Side!

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A triple-digit jump in housing prices has turned an already pricey slice of the East Side into the nation’s most expensive ZIP code.

Two big chunks of the moon sell for $330,000 at auction

The fourth largest piece of the moon ever made available to the public sold at an auction, Oct. 14, 2012, for $330,000. The radiation level identifies Dar al Gani 1058's origin as the far side of the moon. Sold in two halves about 4.5 by 9 by 1.4 inches each, it weighs 4 lbs. total. Heritage Auctions' Natural History Signature Meteorite Auction brought in over $1 million for 125 meteorites.

The unidentified buyer got a bargain on the moon rocks --- organizers predicted they'd sell for at least $340,000.

Obama fights back in 2nd debate with Romney

An aggressive, recharged President Obama fought back Tuesday night in his second debate with Mitt Romney, while his Republican challenger pressed his case that the last four years have been a failure.

Presidential debate report card

Our Daily News political team watched the presidential debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney with a panel of experts including the Bronx Science debate team coach and a political psychologist...

Candy Crowley shows bite as town hall debate'...

Moderator Candy Crowley took charge in Tuesday night’s debate, keeping the candidates on topic and even checking their facts in real time.

Obama fights back in 2nd debate with Romney

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama spar during the second presidential debate at Hofstra University, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, in Hempstead, N.Y. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Presidential debate report card

Candy Crowley shows bite as town hall debate'...

HEMPSTEAD, NY - OCTOBER 16: Moderator Candy Crowley speaks at the start of the debate between Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and U.S. President Barack Obama during a town hall style meeting at Hofstra University October 16, 2012 in Hempstead, New York. During the second of three presidential debates, the candidates fielded questions from audience members on a wide variety of issues. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Moderator Candy Crowley took charge in Tuesday night’s debate, keeping the candidates on topic and even checking their facts in real time.

Twitter goes wild over Long Islander's questi...

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney answers a question as President Barack Obama listens during the second presidential debate at Hofstra University, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, in Hempstead, N.Y. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

For one brief but pivotal moment, New York took center stage in the 2012 presidential race. The solidly Democratic state usually just serves as a cash machine for White House hopefuls digging for dono...

Mass. siblings claim they were having sex, no...

A brother-sister duo used a distressing defense — they were having sex — when they were allegedly found in the bathroom of a Massachusetts bar trying to swipe the TV, according to police.

Underage booze sale sting was a bust — for te...

AN UNDERAGE auxiliary cop was busted Tuesday for falsely accusing a Brooklyn bodega worker of selling him booze during a sting last spring, authorities said. Internal Affairs cops collared Anthony Ha...

Old-guy biker gangs busted in Brooklyn

A GROUP OF aging Brooklyn bikers — who earned patches for attacks on police — were busted Tuesday for peddling a deadly arsenal of weapons, including a cast iron cannon. Undercover officers bought the...

Strange

ID crook dresses in drag to steal: cops

Florida cops are looking for an alleged ID theft who dresses like a lady in order to use stolen credit cars swiped from elderly residents of assisted living facilities.

Can't take Lord's name in Staten Island

Though shalt not take the name of the Lord as your surname. That was the ruling from a Staten Island judge who ended a crusade by a pastor’s family to be known as Mr. and Mrs. ChristIsKing. Michael a...

Shocking castration photos shown in murder tr...

Shocking photos of the blood-smeared metal corkscrew that a Portuguese male model allegedly used to remove the testicles of his older lover during a gruesome hotel-room homicide was shown to jurors in...

Republicans call Clinton statement on Libya politi...

Republicans charged Tuesday that Secretary of State Clinton is playing partisan politics with foreign policy by taking the fall for security bungling in Libya that led to the death of a U.S. ambassado...

Taliban: Teen shooting vic fair game because she's...

A student holds a placard with a picture of schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating education for girls.

Pilloried across the globe for trying to assassinate Malala Yousufzai, the Taliban defended the attack Tuesday by saying the 14-year-old was fair game because she’s going through puberty.

News Video

BY S.E. CUPP As I left post-debate coverage Tuesday night, I was recounting Mitt Romney’s best and worst moments with my colleague, Will Cain. When I was done, he rightly summed it up by calling it "the good, the bad and the ugly." Let’s start with the good. In their second ...

Questions I’d like to hear Mitt Romney asked at the debate tonight

BY DAVID SWERDLICK Derek Hunter, my esteemed fellow Rumbler, blogged earlier about the questions he’d like to hear President Obama asked at tonight’s debate — and they’re pretty good ones. He wants to know what the President has to say about the attack on our consulate in Benghazi, ...