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PHOTOS Chiara de Blasio profiled in Teen Vogue

Teen Vogue is out with a spring fling of a slideshow of NYC First-Daughter-Elect Chiara de Blasio, pairing floral-heavy runway-ready images with a dishy profile on her loves (heavy metal, the rare doughnut), her very-unteenager-like absence from the Twittersphere, and the waves she made with a video about her addiction issues.

Bill de Blasio on horse-drawn carriage industry: 'It's over'

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Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio vowed to act quickly to abolish horse-drawn carriages in the city. "We are going to get rid of the horse carriages. Period,” de Blasio said in response to a question at his press conference announcing his schools chancellor pick Monday.

Sen. Ted Cruz plans to renounce Canadian citizenship, amplifying White House buzz

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz (c.) moved to Texas with his family in 1974 after the Cruzes had moved to Canada for his father Rafael’s job. Cruz, who often flaunts his Texas roots, with his father and daughter, Caroline.

Ted Cruz doesn’t want to be a Canuck anymore. The Canadian born senator from Texas will be shedding his Canadian citizenship, leaving many to suspect he has greater political ambitions up his sleeve.

Justice Sotomayor to push the ceremonial button starting 60-second countdown for New Year's Eve ball drop

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U.S. SUPREME Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will preside over the New Year’s Eve ball drop in Times Square. The Bronx native has been tapped to lead the 60-second countdown to midnight and ring in 2014, event organizers said Sunday. Sotomayor, 59, who was appointed to the high court in 2009, will press the ceremonial button, setting off the descent of the 12-foot diameter ball on the roof of 1 Times Square.

Michelle Obama tweets support to Robin Roberts, girlfriend

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Michelle Obama congratulated GMA host Robin Roberts and her newly acknowledged girlfriend, Amber Laign, as Roberts marks her remarkable recovery after a bone marrow transplant. "I am so happy for you and Amber!" the first lady tweeted Monday, while the first family spends the holidays in Hawaii.

The billionaire and his bullpen: City Hall hangs official portrait of Mayor Bloomberg

Outgoing Mayor Bloomberg proudly stands over his beloved bullpen in his official portrait, which took its place at City Hall Monday, two days before Hizzoner ends his third and final term.

THE DRONES ARE COMING: FAA selects 6 states to host drone test sites

Six sites seen on the map above will be test sites for commercial use of unmanned drones.

Amazon drones might not be so far off after all. The U.S. Government announced Monday that six states have been selected to host testing sites for drones, as the Federal Aviation Administration considers commercial use and regulation of the unmanned aircraft.

RNC e-cards offer Obama New Year’s resolutions: less golf, more Benghazi accountability

President Obama is taking a hit for having played an estimated 155 rounds of golf while in office.

Republicans are poking fun at POTUS ahead of the new year with a series of resolutions for 2014 that President Obama should consider, including curbing his time on the golf course and holding Hillary Clinton’s feet to the fire on Benghazi.

De Blasio names veteran educator Carmen Farina as the next chancellor...

Vowing a dramatic break from the education policies of Mayor Bloomberg, incoming Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday named veteran educator Carmen Farina as the city’s next schools chancellor.

Chiara de Blasio profiled in Teen Vogue

Teen Vogue is out with a spring fling of a slideshow of NYC First-Daughter-Elect Chiara de Blasio, pairing floral-heavy runway-ready images with a dishy profile on her loves (heavy metal, the rare dou...

Bill de Blasio on horse-drawn carriage industry: 'It's over'

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Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio vowed to act quickly to abolish horse-drawn carriages in the city. "We are going to get rid of the horse carriages. Period,” de Blasio said in response to a question at his...

Sen. Ted Cruz plans to renounce Canadian citizenship, amplifying White...

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz (c.) moved to Texas with his family in 1974 after the Cruzes had moved to Canada for his father Rafael’s job. Cruz, who often flaunts his Texas roots, with his father and daughter, Caroline.

Ted Cruz doesn’t want to be a Canuck anymore. The Canadian born senator from Texas will be shedding his Canadian citizenship, leaving many to suspect he has greater political ambitions up his sleeve.

Justice Sotomayor to push the ceremonial button starting 60-second cou...

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U.S. SUPREME Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will preside over the New Year’s Eve ball drop in Times Square. The Bronx native has been tapped to lead the 60-second countdown to midnight and ring in 2014...

Michelle Obama tweets support to Robin Roberts, girlfriend

TABLOIDS OUT; NO BOOK PUBLISHING WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL,; NO ARCHIVE; NO RESALE.

Michelle Obama congratulated GMA host Robin Roberts and her newly acknowledged girlfriend, Amber Laign, as Roberts marks her remarkable recovery after a bone marrow transplant. "I am so happy for you...

The billionaire and his bullpen: City Hall hangs official portrait of...

Outgoing Mayor Bloomberg proudly stands over his beloved bullpen in his official portrait, which took its place at City Hall Monday, two days before Hizzoner ends his third and final term.

THE DRONES ARE COMING: FAA selects 6 states to host drone test sites

Six sites seen on the map above will be test sites for commercial use of unmanned drones.

Amazon drones might not be so far off after all. The U.S. Government announced Monday that six states have been selected to host testing sites for drones, as the Federal Aviation Administration consid...

RNC e-cards offer Obama New Year’s resolutions: less golf, more Bengha...

President Obama is taking a hit for having played an estimated 155 rounds of golf while in office.

Republicans are poking fun at POTUS ahead of the new year with a series of resolutions for 2014 that President Obama should consider, including curbing his time on the golf course and holding Hillary...

'BEYOND SCARY': High-priced hooker recounts to Daily News in exclusive...

Meeting a new client, high-priced call girl Rebecca Woodard never knew what to expect. Many were gentlemen who treated her respectfully, and a handful were downright strange. Eliot Spitzer was a whole...

FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES: Bill Clinton to swear in Bill de Blasio as may...

Bubba will do the honors on Bill de Blasio's big day. Former President Bill Clinton will swear in the mayor-elect at his inauguration, the transition team announced Saturday.

Without ME, they'd be having a gala for a WEINER...why Sydney Leathers...

The sex kitten who deflated Anthony Weiner’s dreams of running the Big Apple wants to shimmy her way into the hottest political event of the season. Sydney Leathers popped up on Twitter Thursday to tr...

Mayor Bloomberg gets a frosting reception

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Health considerations didn’t stop Mayor Bloomberg from really digging into one of his parting gifts Monday on his second to last day in office. “Let me show you what you should never do to a...

Hooker says ex-Gov. Spitzer tried to choke her, was ‘beyond scary’

She was a high-priced call girl who claims she got choked out by Eliot Spitzer and pimped out by the Manhattan district attorney’s office. And she shared her bombshell story exclusively with the Daily...

Carmen Farina likely to be de Blasio's schools chancellor

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Carmen Farina, a former deputy city schools chancellor, is expected to be tapped by Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio as the next education boss. Farina, 70, will succeed Dennis Walcott as chancellor of the...

Lovett: Astorino slams Cuomo, Silver over Assembly sexual harassment c...

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino meets with the Daily News editorial board in the Brooklyn conference room at the New York Daily News in Manhattan, NY Oct. 18, 2011.

The Republican Westchester County executive, who may run for governor next year, is seeking to use embattled Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver as an albatross to hang around Gov. Cuomo’s neck. In the wa...

Nothing on the side for Albany pols

A state senator wants to end moonlighting by legislators, making the Legislature a full-time job. Sen. Brad Hoylman (D-Manhattan) has introduced a bill barring lawmakers from having outside employment...

De Blasio announces Zachary Carter as city's top lawyer

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The city's new top lawyer will be former U.S. Attorney Zachary Carter, Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio announced Sunday. As corporation counsel, Carter will lead an office of 700 lawyers tasked with repres...

Schumer's champ of the PR pitch

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Sen. Church Schumer’s camera-craving Sunday morning press conferences had a high success rate in 2013.

Albor Ruiz: My wishes for the New Year

Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio will have his work cut out for him, and here’s hoping the Obama-Castro handshake makes end of country’s failed Cuba policy. Richard Harbus, Getty

New York City will ring in 2014 in three days and, like every new year, this is — or should be — a hopeful and optimistic occasion.

De Blasio: People touched by Chiara’s confession

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Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio said Sunday people worldwide have been touched by his daughter Chiara’s Christmas Eve video opening up about her struggles with drug and alcohol abuse. “Since it was release...

Kerry announces peace-seeking Middle East mission

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Secretary of State Kerry announced plans Saturday for his 10th peace-seeking mission to the Middle East — starting on New Year’s Day.

Mayoral candidate beaten after chasing cell phone thief

Letaija Shapree Cutler-Cain was arrested for assulting former Minneapolis mayoral candidate Mark Andrew.

The second place finisher for the mayoral election in Minneapolis was beaten with a baton by two women as he tried to catch the suspect who stole his cell phone.

Reported sexual assaults in military rise 50 percent

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., is flanked by Sarah Plummer, left, a Marine Corps veteran and victim of sexual assault, and Kate Weber, right, a veteran who was sexually assaulted during her service in the Army, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. They are surrounded by supporters of her proposal to let military prosecutors rather than commanders make decisions on whether to prosecute sexual assaults in the armed forces. At far left is Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., stands behind Sen. Gillibrand at center. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The number of reported sexual assaults in the military jumped by more than 50% in the past year, the Pentagon said Friday.

The 12 years of Mayor Bloomberg

AGENT OF CHANGE: Mayor Mike Bloomberg stared down 9/11 woes and recession to transform city

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Mike Bloomberg faced enormous skepticism when he left the global, multibillion-dollar business he built to embark on what many saw as a fool’s errand: a campaign for mayor.

Hizzoner's three terms in City Hall saw crime plunge to 1950s levels

FILE - in an Aug. 12, 2013 file photo Police Commissioner Ray Kelly is seen during a news conference in New York. Kelly appeared Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013, on ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" and CBS' "Face the Nation" and suggested cameras could be problematic (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

It's the undeniable, seemingly incongruous contradiction of Mike Bloomberg’s mayoralty: As crime plummeted, public criticism of his anti-crime efforts soared. On Bloomberg’s watch, homicides plunged to the lowest levels since Elvis Presley played 'The Ed Sullivan Show.'

Bloomberg doubled education budget; but reform efforts yielded little

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He ran for office as the Education Mayor, but his report card is mixed — at best. Mayor Bloomberg’s overhaul of the public schools was one of the most ambitious projects in the history of city government — backed by a doubling of the education budget during his tenure.

VIDEO Mayor Bloomberg's greatest Broadway hits: Relive three-term mayor's Inner Circle dinner theatrics

Last year, Bloomberg traded in his mayoral power for flower power, joining the cast of 'Hair' in a spoof called 'Mair.'

Mamma mayor! Over the past 12 years, Bloomberg got groovy in bellbottoms for "Hair," wriggled into a blue spandex suit for "Spider-Man" and unleashed his inner Dancing Queen for "Mama Mia" at the annual Inner Circle roast.

Bloomberg was all business as he worked to expand the economy

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Across 12 years in office, Mayor Bloomberg didn’t just revive the city’s economy — the billionaire businessman was hell-bent on transforming it. Taking office when New York was reeling from 9/11, Bloomberg sought to expand the city’s traditional economic base beyond Wall Street and toward new industries and the boroughs outside Manhattan.

Bloomberg has overseen huge drop in traffic deaths

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Mayor Bloomberg may not have completely tamed the mean streets of New York, but he certainly calmed them down and made them less deadly. The number of traffic deaths declined steadily during his administration, and hit record lows in 2007, 2009 and 2011.

Mayor Mike put saving lives first as he embarked on public health crusades

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg listens during a forum on education at American University in Washington, Friday, March 2, 2012. Bloomberg uses his radio show to respond to New Jersey officials' criticism of the New York Police Department's surveillance of Muslims, saying it is a "bit ridiculous" to suggest the NYPD shouldn't cross the same state line that Sept. 11 terrorists did. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

From snuffing out smoking to his ill-fated attempt to ban big sodas, Mayor Bloomberg’s public health crusades were a defining mark of his 12 years in power. It made him a hero to public health experts, even as he was widely derided as a meddlesome nanny.

Bloomberg's anti-poverty policies have not stopped sharp rise in homeless

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He cast himself as a fighter in the anti-poverty trenches — but Mayor Bloomberg then saw Bill de Blasio ride to victory in the mayoral race on the message that the poor have been forgotten.

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            Mayor Bloomberg gets a frosting reception

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            Health considerations didn’t stop Mayor Bloomberg from really digging into one of his parting gifts Monday on his second to last day in office. “Let me show you what you should never do to a cake,” Bloomberg said - plunging his finger into the frosting on a cake Councilman James Gennaro (D-Queens) gave him and licking it clean.

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            She was a high-priced call girl who claims she got choked out by Eliot Spitzer and pimped out by the Manhattan district attorney’s office. And she shared her bombshell story exclusively with the Daily News. Over several wildly turbulent years, Rebecca Woodard went from making thousands of dollars a day working for two of the city’s most notorious madams to wearing a wire to help bring down one of them, she told The News, speaking out for the first time in a wide-ranging, one-on-one interview.

            Carmen Farina likely to be de Blasio's schools chancellor

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            Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino meets with the Daily News editorial board in the Brooklyn conference room at the New York Daily News in Manhattan, NY Oct. 18, 2011.

            The Republican Westchester County executive, who may run for governor next year, is seeking to use embattled Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver as an albatross to hang around Gov. Cuomo’s neck. In the wake of recent sexual harassment claims brought against a Buffalo-area assemblyman by current and former staffers, Astorino said Cuomo should be leading the charge to push Silver from his leadership post.

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