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UKRAINE PROTESTS: Parliament votes to dismiss president, sets elections for May 25

SOCHI OLYMPICS: Team USA hockey blown out by Finland

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INSIDE UKRAINE PRESIDENT'S LAVISH ESTATE: Viktor Yanukovich enjoyed private zoo, collection of Rolls Royces while country suffered

Photos of Ukrainian President Yakunovich's home outside Kiev

Ukrainian president Viktor F. Yanukovich surrounded himself like a king with menagerie of peacocks, elaborate baths, manicured gardens, a vast greenhouse packed with exotic flowers — and a garage packed with Rolls Royces and other cars.

Ukraine parliament votes to dismiss president after protesters storm his compound as opposition leader is freed from prison

Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko (C) reacts after she was freed in Kharkiv February 22, 2014. Tymoshenko was freed on Saturday from the hospital where she had been held under prison guard for most of the time since she was convicted in 2011. The former prime minister, a bitter rival of President Viktor Yanukovich, waved to supporters from a car as she was driven out of the hospital in the northeastern city if Kharkiv, a Reuters photographer said. Tymoshenko, 53, was jailed in 2011 for abuse of office over a gas deal with Russia but her supporters and Western leaders say her trial was politically motivated. REUTERS/Stringer (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Protesters seized the Kiev office of President Viktor Yanukovich on Saturday and his whereabouts were a mystery, as the pro-Russian leader's grip on power rapidly eroded.

Bondy: Being watched by the Russians is no laughing matter at the Winter Olympics

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Two men dressed in black came to the door, flashed some badges and demanded entry. They knew all about me, about my job, where my family lived and what my sister did for a living.

Texas teacher dodges jail time for having sexual relationship with 16-year-old student after penning note of apology to victim's mom

Nikki Scherwitz is a former 10th grade English teacher at Brazosport High School in Freeport, Texas.

Nikki Scherwitz, who pleaded guilty to having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old Brazosport High School student, was sentenced to 10 years of probation and a $5,000 fine.

Ethiopian teen convicted in Sudan of ‘indecent acts’ after being gang-raped

An Ethiopian woman in Sudan has been convicted after being gang-raped.

An Ethiopian teenager who was gang-raped in Sudan has been convicted for "indecent acts". The 18-year-old victim was three months pregnant at the time of the attack.

Arizona pols vote to allow business owners to refuse service to gays

Republican Eddie Farnsworth speaks in support of the bill backed by Republicans that expands the rights of people to assert their religious beliefs in refusing service to gays and others at the Arizona State Capitol on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 in Phoenix, Ariz. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Stacie Scott)

The Arizona Legislature gave final approval to legislation that allows business owners asserting their religious beliefs to refuse service to gays, drawing backlash from Democrats who called the proposal "state-sanctioned discrimination" and an embarrassment.

Brook Burke, host of dancing with the stars

Brooke Burke-Charvet out as host of 'DWTS'

LATEST FROM AROUND NEW YORK

Fake gynecologist facing charges of sexual assault for luring women online to his office for 'examinations'

The young patient realized his encouragement to masterbate was not normal doctor behavior and called the cops.

He faces charges of sexual assault for luring women who were gynecology patients across northern Italy online for "examinations."

Long Island woman accused of killing newborn baby girl was actually a victim of a rape, her lawyer says

Santos Elena Ruiz Solano

A Long Island housekeeper gave birth in her employer’s bathroom, killed the newborn girl and then went to a hospital with the body in a bag and asked her unknowing husband to throw it away, prosecutors said.

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER: Two New Yorkers who died in battle to receive Medal of Honor — and one is Lenny Kravitz's uncle

Lenny Kravitz's uncle, and namesake, will receive the Medal of Honor.

Two heroic New Yorkers who died in battle — including the uncle of Grammy winner Lenny Kravitz — will receive the nation’s highest honor, thanks to a former soldier who probed bias in medal awards.

Meet Bill Bratton's right-hand man: NYPD top cop names Chief Kevin Ward new chief of staff

Assistant Chief Kevin P. Ward, who was just appointed Chief of Staff, is a 30 year veteran of the New York City Police Department with experience in the Patrol, Detective, Internal Affairs, and the Organized Crime Control Bureaus.

After Hurricane Sandy, he oversaw the department’s response in Staten Island, including rescue operations, relief efforts, and collaborations with federal, state, and city agencies, according to the NYPD.

SEE IT: Justin Timberlake, Jimmy Fallon team up for ‘History of Rap 5’

Six charged in alleged Match.com scam in the UK after asking women on site for 'significant amounts of cash'

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Five men and one woman, all in their 20s, were charged with conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation.

Homeless man sleeping in dumpster nearly crushed after getting picked up by garbage truck

PICTURED: the man is rescued by the Channelview Fire Department. A homeless man was injured on Feb. 21, 2014, when a garbage truck picked up the container and emptied it into its compactor. The incident happened outside a business along the East Freeway near Sheldon in Channelview, Texas. The driver then heard the man screaming and called the Channelview Fire Department.

The Houston-area man was snoozing inside the large metal bin when a dump truck making its rounds lifted it into the air just before 5 a.m. Friday, KHOU reported.

Pizzagate fork used by Mayor de Blasio earns $2,500 for local charity after online auction

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The infamous fork that Hizzoner used to chow down on pizza in Staten Island last month netted $2,500 in an online charity auction for the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation.

Baltimore Ravens to let 'process run its course' after Ray Rice's assault charge at Atlantic City casino

BALTIMORE, MD - NOVEMBER 24: Running back Ray Rice #27 of the Baltimore Ravens rushes against the New York Jets in the first quarter at M&T Bank Stadium on November 24, 2013 in Baltimore, Maryland. The Baltimore Ravens won, 19-3.(Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Just like everyone else, Ravens GM Ozzie Newsome watched the Ray Rice video online and just like everyone else, his reaction was “it doesn’t look good.”

NYPD's surveillance of Muslims will still be challenged in New York

Metro: Fordham Law students and community allies protest concerning NYPD spying on Muslims across the street from 55 Wall Street in Manhattan where NYPD Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly was the guest speaker at the Fordham University Law School alumni dinner on Saturday, March 3, 2012.

Attorneys for critics of the NYPD’s surveillance of Muslims say they’ll keep pursuing a New York lawsuit challenging the practice after a similar case was dismissed in New Jersey. The lawyers on Friday criticized a ruling that found the NYPD’s surveillance of Muslims in New Jersey was a lawful anti-terrorism effort, not a civil rights violation.

Teenage gangbanger busted in the Bronx for triple shooting that wounded a 79-year-old woman

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Christopher Lopez, 18, was picked up Friday morning for the broad daylight shooting on Morris Park Ave.

TWU Local 100 head backs LIRR workers, alludes to strike

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The head of the city transit union trashed MTA brass Friday while speaking in support of Long Island Rail Road unions — and refused to rule out the possibility of a future strike by bus and subway workers.

Republican GOP leaders finalize bill that would repeal flood insurance hikes

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GOP leaders were finalizing a bill Friday that would repeal insurance rate hikes threatening hundreds of thousands of people who own homes in federally designated flood zones with sharp rate increases.

N.J. doctor admits to scamming Medicare out of $13 million

745 64th St. in Brooklyn, where Dr. Chang Ho Lee had an office.

A New Jersey doctor pleaded guilty on Friday to a scheme in which patients were enticed to his clinic for free massages, facials and food in exchange for using them to bilk Medicare.

Queens teen gets 20 years in prison for L.I. sex attacks

Nashane Peterkin, 17, of Springfield Gardens, is escorted Thursday to Nassau County Court in Mineola where he pleaded guilty to charges that include first-degree rape, sexual abuse, strangulation and assault. Police have said he is a “serial sexual predator” (Dec 19, 2013)

A teenager from Queens has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for two sex attacks last year on Long Island.

It's War Already! Bombers, Sox trade spring zings

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Larry Lucchino just can’t help himself when it comes to taking shots at the Yankees.The man who once dubbed the Bombers the “Evil Empire” was back at it on Friday.

Blue with envy! Kimora flaunts huge sapphire ring

A married Kimora Lee Simmons shows off enormous sapphire ring

PLEASE MR. POSTMAN: John Lennon celebrated with U.S. postal stamp – a rare honor for foreigners

New stamps include John Lennon, Steve Jobs, Michael Jackson, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Jim Morrison — and Dora the Explorer.

John Lennon, the late Beatles icon, appears on a top-secret list of megastars approved for display on upcoming stamps. If a Lennon design makes it to market as planned, the Brit would be one of few to break the longstanding rule that only Americans be depicted on stamps.

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Sports

Knicks negotiating buyouts with Metta World Peace and Udrih

FILE -This Nov. 29, 2013 file photo, shows New York Knicks forward Metta World Peace before an NBA basketball game in Denver. World Peace, formerly known as Ron Artest, believes Marcus Smart can learn from the fallout that will come after the Oklahoma State All-American shoved a fan, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, during an NCAA college basketball game at Texas Tech. Smart was suspended three games by the Big 12 on Sunday. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

The long rumored divorce featuring Metta World Peace, Beno Udrih and the Knicks was close to being finalized on Saturday with the club negotiating buyouts with both disgruntled veterans.

Mehta: For some teams looking for a QB, Johnny be not so good

The geniuses or fools who select Johnny Manziel early in this year’s draft are destined for a decade filled with glory or shame. The lightning-rod Texas A&M quarterback is the ultimate high-risk, high-reward pick, a showman in cleats who will make a team look smart or clueless one day.

Yankees Insider: Good split! Tanaka’s out pitch gets raves

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Austin Romine watched the pitch leave Masahiro Tanaka’s glove, then heard it hit Brian McCann’s glove behind him. He just had no idea what he had just seen.“I had to turn around and ask what the pitch was,” said Romine, who was taking live batting practice against the Yankees’ new star pitcher.

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Paris Hilton's wardrobe malfunction at birthday bash

Paris Hilton attending Paris Hilton's Birthday Party at Greystone Manor in Los Angeles

Something fishy about Vanessa Hudgens’ latest project

Vanessa Hudgens in a mermaid outfit.

North Korean defector sketches horrors of prison camps

North Korean prisoners described ‘pigeon torture,’ an agonizing stress position some were forced to endure for three days straight.

A North Korean defector sketched disturbing scenes of torture and starvation from his six years in one of the country’s brutal prisons.

'Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' gets help from NYC, A-list friends

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A visibly nervous Jimmy Fallon made it through his first 'Tonight Show' with a little help from his friends.

National clown shortage may be approaching, trade organizations fear

In this photo provided by the Metropolitan Opera shows Roberto Alagna, center, as Canio performing with soprano Nuccia Focile as Nedda in Mascagni's "Pagliacci" during the final dress rehearsal in New York Monday March 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Opera, Marty Sohl)

Send in the clowns — please! As the “Greatest Show on Earth” returns to Brooklyn Thursday, circus folk fear a national clown shortage is on the horizon.

Missing aspiring actress found in Miami-Dade jail after massive search

Tieres Rodriguez-Perez, Edmarie Lafontaine-Perez

Police in Fort Lauderdale spent days searching for Edmarie Lafontaine-Perez before realizing the aspiring actress was cooped up in a Miami-Dade jail.

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2-minute gab session costs Mel’s baby mama huge chunk of $750G settlement

Oksana Grigorieva filed for bankruptcy; a 2013 interview with Howard Stern may have cost her a large chunk of $750,000 deal that included confidentiality clause after divorce with Mel Gibson.

Ole Mississippi fraternity suspended, 3 members removed in desecration of civil rights hero James Meredith statuenoose, flag

A flower is seen on the James Meredith statue at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss., Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. Campus police at the University of Mississippi are checking video surveillance footage in the area around a statue of James Meredith that was found sullied Sunday morning. (AP Photo/The Daily Mississippian, Thomas Graning)

Sigma Phi Epsilon said it indefinitely suspended the Alpha Chapter, which voted to expel all three men and give their names to investigators.

Philip Seymour Hoffman’s suspected drug dealer out on bail

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Philip Seymour Hoffman’s druggie jazz player pal was sprung on bail Friday and is likely headed for rehab, the Daily News has learned. Robert Vineberg — a longtime smack user and suspected dealer arrested in connection to Hoffman’s death — left Rikers Island after posting $40,000 in cash.

Ex-NYPD cop in disability scam refuses plea deal

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An ex-cop who became the face of an alleged massive disability scam involving former city cops and firefighters refuses to take any plea deal that includes prison time, his lawyer told the Daily News on Friday.

Appeals court stops NYPD unions' bid to halt de Blasio's stop-frisk deal

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A federal appeals court Friday dealt a blow to the NYPD unions’ bid to appeal mandated reforms of stop-and-frisk.

EXCLUSIVE: Chrissy Teigen gets $100K wedding present

D.C. firefighters should be disciplined for failing dying man

Family of MTA bus driver to sue nightclub where suspect partied

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Autos

Geneva Motor Show: Opel Adam Rocks crossover could become a baby Buick

The Opel Adam Rocks crossover is due to arrive at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show

Opel Adam Rocks rolls into Geneva with a 3-cylinder engine and folding canvas top.

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Teen arrested for tweeting death threats to Knicks owner: officials

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Scientists create strong artificial muscles from fishing line

A new study suggests that these coils could be used to create lighter wearable exoskeletons with more dexterity.

Jimmy Kimmel reveals he was behind wolf video at Sochi Olympics

Jimmy Kimmel talking about the "wolf prank" he pulled off with the help of Olympic luger Kate Hansen

Liam Neeson opens up on death of wife Natasha Richardson

Liam Neeson opens up on death of wife Natasha Richardson

Missing Pennsylvania mom found dead under pile of books in car

Red Hook photog needs help replacing $20K worth of stolen gear

The LaCourt family is made up of Craig, his wife Shami, their two-year-old daughter Mihika, and their two dogs Muzzy and Oberon.

Rihanna takes the cake for 26th birthday celebration

Rihanna posts photos of her birthday to Instagram on Feb. 20, 2014 " @chefdebbiesolomon she's the greatest!!! #birthdayish "

Homophobic people live shorter lives: study

Same-sex couples kiss in front of Westboro Baptist Church protesters, at the U.S. Supreme Court, on March 27, 2013 in Washington, DC. A new study shows homophobic people live shorter lives.

Wasted Westchester driver tries to bribe NYC cops

Sofia beats the winter blues in bright swimsuit

Sofía Vergara of Modern Family filming on Bondi Beach, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Medic tweets ‘I am dying’ after being shot in Kiev protest

‘I am dying,’ Olesya Zhukovska, a 21-year-old volunteer medic wrote on Twitter, minutes after she got hit in the neck by a sniper bullet as deadly clashes broke out in the center of the Ukrainian capital between protesters and police.

SEE THEM! The hottest celebrity pics of the week

Models Nina Agdal, Lily Aldridge and Chrissy Teigen as well as Lupita Nyong are just a few of the stars in Celebrity Photos of the Week!

Raissman: Mike Francesa strikes out in spat with Michael Kay

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EXCLUSIVE NYC attorneys go after Florida pizza chain for using NYPD logo

Hulk Hogan to make wrestling comeback with WWE at age 60

Hulk Hogan is returning to the WWE

Team USA falls to Canada 1-0 in men's hockey semifinal

Canada's players congratulate teammate goalie Carey Price as Team USA's Zach Parise skates away after Canada defeated Team USA in their men's ice hockey semi-final game at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games February 21, 2014. REUTERS/Mark Blinch (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT ICE HOCKEY OLYMPICS)

Johnny Weir, Tara Lipinski brought 8 suitcases, 22 pairs of shoes to Sochi

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