Some argue that pinning blame on Dharun Ravi, who is scheduled to be sentenced on Monday, ignores the complicated social pressures that drive gay teenagers to kill themselves.

Christine C. Quinn, right, the speaker of the New York City Council, married her longtime partner, Kim M. Catullo.

Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese dissident, arriving in New York on Saturday shortly after he landed at Newark Airport.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., at center in rear, as the pallbearers carried the coffin of Mary Richardson Kennedy after a funeral Mass on Saturday at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Bedford, N.Y.

Dennis Walcott, the chancellor of New York City's Department of Education, jogs down Hillside Avenue in Queens on his way back from running in Alley Pond Park early on a Sunday morning.

The Drama Book Shop, at 250 West 40th Street, was incorporated as a Drama League-backed shop in 1923 and has been owned by the Seelen family since 1958.

Three illustrations that never hit the newsstands.

Daisy fleabane in flower and a raccoon skill.

Red Grooms’s “Jackson in Action.”

Pan-roasted duck breast.

A special of swordfish piccata with potatoes, green beans and sautéed peppers.

Lamb chops with brown rice.

Rangers fans waved rally towels and chanted on their flight to Game 3 against the Devils. A security alert wasn’t issued.

Lottery numbers for May 19, 2012, for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

A colony of bees evicted from Central Park has found a welcoming home in the East Village. Read more on The Local blog.

The investor Howard Marks and his wife bought a 30-room duplex at 740 Park. The seller was Courtney Sale Ross, the widow of the Time Warner executive Steven J. Ross.

Hawk Cam 2012: Check out the new and improved view of the 12th-floor ledge overlooking Washington Square Park.

The blind Chinese dissident who rocked international relations with his decision to flee his homeland has landed in the United States.

Prosecutors said Sunday they have charged two more people as part their investigation into activists who planned to take part in demonstrations at the two-day NATO summit.

Newlyweds Tim and Beth Alberts were posing for pictures on their big day Saturday when they were interrupted by thousands of anti-NATO, anti-war protesters walking through Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago.

The Lockerbie bomber is finally dead - 35 months after he was freed because doctors said he only had three to live. Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, the only man ever convicted in the 1988 terror attack, died at his home in Tripoli after a long battle with prostate cancer, his family told reporters Sunday.

Surveillance video that captured some of the last moments of Trayvon Martin’s life shows the teen walking into a Sanford, Fla. 7-11 and purchasing a now-infamous bag of Skittles and Arizona iced tea.

The annular solar eclipse, the first seen in the mainland U.S. since 1994, will ignite in a circle of orange light that experts said will only last a few minutes.

Too much luck with the ladies has one Tennessee man in a lot of debt.

Protesters gathering in Chicago for the NATO summit were gearing up for their largest demonstration Sunday.

One of the worst quakes to hit northeast Italy in hundreds of years rattled the region around Bologna early Sunday, killing at least four people, collapsing factories and sending residents running out into the streets, emergency services said.

So there I was Monday morning, quietly reading the obituaries, and whoa, I found the man who developed the filling for Oreo cookies. That’s not all that Sam J. Porcello of Toms River, N.J., did. But if it had been, that would have been enough. This obituary had me at “Oreo.”

Ex-Rutgers student Dharun Ravi will return to a New Jersey courtroom Monday to hear if he will be locked up for using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate — who later committed suicide.

Two divided families united in mourning Saturday for an emotional farewell to Mary Richardson Kennedy just three days after her shocking suicide.

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has updated his status to "married." Zuckerberg and 27-year-old Priscilla Chan tied the knot at a small ceremony at his Palo Alto, Calif., home Saturday, capping a busy week for the couple.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn was set to marry longtime partner, lawyer Kim Catullo, Saturday in the highest-profile wedding since the state passed same-sex unions. The brides released the much-anticipated details of their nuptials in the hours leading up to the 7 p.m. ceremony in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District.

The first-ever transgender contestant to compete in the Miss Universe Canada pageant strutted the runway Saturday night, making it to the penultimate round before losing her bid to win the title.

The first tropical storm of the season has formed off the Atlantic coast, kicking off this year's hurricane season more than week early. As of 5 p.m. Saturday tropical storm Alberto was about 140 miles off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina, with winds up to 45 miles per hour, forecasters said.

Three men were charged with conspiring to commit domestic terrorism — using Molotov cocktails — at the NATO summit in Chicago this weekend, authorities said Saturday.

National Park officials say a climber has died of injuries after falling during a climb of Alaska's Mount McKinley.

Saturday marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most provocative presidential tributes ever. On May 19, 1962, Marilyn Monroe crooned "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" to President John F. Kennedy during a star-studded concert at Madison Square Garden to celebrate the commander in chief's 45th birthday.

The NAACP passed a resolution Saturday endorsing same-sex marriage as a civil right and opposing any efforts "to codify discrimination or hatred into the law."

An Illinois man was trapped for more than 20 hours in a cave at an Iowa state park before being rescued Saturday.

A 24-year-old man was shot and killed on a quiet Queens block early Saturday, cops said.

A Canadian man stormed his ex-girlfriend's home with explosives strapped to his body and blew himself up after a six-hour standoff with police, authorities said.

Three men accused of making Molotov cocktails had been planning to attack President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters and other targets during this weekend's NATO summit, prosecutors said Saturday.

A Tennessee mother says she was banned for a day from Facebook after posting photos of her dying infant son who was born without parts of his brain and skull.

Yahoo Inc. may finally be nearing a deal to sell a part of its prized stake in the major Chinese e-commerce provider Alibaba. Bloomberg Businessweek is citing unnamed sources in reporting that the struggling U.S. Internet company could announce as early as Sunday that it has reached an agreement...

CHICAGO -- Two more men have been hit with terrorism-related charges for allegedly planning to make or use Molotov cocktails during the NATO summit in Chicago, the Chicago Tribune reported Sunday. The latest cases bring the total number of individuals charged with terror offenses in Chicago this week to five...

EPAAfghanistan president Hamid Karzai (left) talks with President Obama before the start of the 2012 NATO Summit in Chicago today. CHICAGO — The NATO alliance that has fought for a decade in Afghanistan is helping that nation shift toward stability and peace, but there will be "hard days ahead," President Barack...

APTaylor Kitsch, left, and Rihanna in a scene from "Battleship" LOS ANGELES — "The Avengers" continues to muscle out everything else Hollywood throws at it, easily sinking naval rival "Battleship" and other new releases. With $55.1 million domestically, Disney's superhero sensation remained No. 1 for a third-straight weekend and...

TRIPOLI, Libya — Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, a Libyan intelligence officer who was the only person ever convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, died at home in Tripoli Sunday, nearly three years after he was released from a Scottish prison to the outrage of the relatives of the attack's 270 victims...

ATHENS -- Greek President Karolos Papoulias dissolved the country's two-day-old parliament Saturday, paving the way for fresh elections June 17, which are shaping up as a game of chicken over the country's continued membership in the euro. "We call voters to elect lawmakers on Sunday, June 17, 2012...

KABUL -- Two service members from NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) died Sunday following an insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan, ISAF said in a statement. ISAF did not identify the nationality of the service members, in line with its policy. The incident comes after two US troops were...

REUTERSJenna Talackova takes part in Miss Universe Canada competition Saturday. TORONTO -- Jenna Talackova's bid to be the first transgender Miss Universe was stumped Saturday in the final stage of the Canadian contest. The blond Vancouver-born 23-year-old scored a place in the final 12, but missed a chance to...

AFP/Getty ImagesCars are damaged after a tower collapsed following an earthquake in Italy today. BOLOGNA, Italy -- Six people died and 50 others were injured Sunday when a powerful earthquake caused buildings to collapse and sent panicked people rushing into the streets of several towns in northern Italy. The...

SCP Auctions Lawrence Taylor's Super Bowl XXV ring eventually sold for more than $230,000 at auction as Osi Umenyiora admitted defeat in his unlikely attempt to claim the prize for the Giants great. The flurry of six-figure offers for the ring saw bidding for the lot extended past...

WINNERS MARK ZUCKERBERG LOL! Facebook fell flat in its IPO, but the CEO made $20B nonetheless. BOAZ WEINSTEIN So where did JPMorgan’s lost billions go? The head of Saba Management reeled in his share, thanks to his contrary bet against the bank. GLENN MURPHY Gap beats estimates, CEO gets...

For New York Jet and prolific baby daddy Antonio Cromartie, it was wedded blitz. Terricka Cason Cromartie, while seven months pregnant with their second child, sent her cornerback hubby these heart-stopping texts: “God forgive me, I don’t want to die. What have I done?” and “I cut my wrists...

Maybe he wanted to wait ’til he could afford it. Just a day after he became the $20 billion man by taking his tech company public, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg made another major move by marrying his longtime girlfriend, Priscilla Chan. The pair were wed last night in a surprise...

For just one day, Christine Quinn wasn’t the speaker — she was the bride. Quinn tied the knot with her longtime partner, Kim Catullo, last night in a lavish, private affair just 10 days after President Obama announced his support for gay marriage. It was the city’s highest-profile same-sex...

She boarded his bus with purpose, approaching the man behind the wheel, and slipped the note with her name and number into his hand. MTA bus driver Tony Burns thought it was a transit ticket. He unfolded the white paper and saw the handwritten message — and didn’t know what...

After months of prodding, Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes finally released an expanded accounting of the nearly 100 perverts he says he has prosecuted in the borough’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish community. He showed The Post summaries of 96 cases, that reveal a shocking pattern of rape, sodomy, incest, kidnapping and...

US stocks fell a third week in the longest losing streak since last August as German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Friday turmoil in the financial markets caused by Europe’s crisis may last another two years, as Group of Eight leaders prepared to discuss Greece and its impact on...

More than 40,000 Orthodox Jews are expected to pack the stands at Citi Field today — with an overflow of 22,000 in nearby Arthur Ashe Stadium — to take swings at the “evils of the Internet and the damages caused by advanced electronics.” The Union of Communities for the Purity...

You’ll need a trunk full of cash to park here. The city’s first million-dollar parking space is on the market. The private garage at 66 E. 11th St. costs six times more than the national-average price of a single-family home. Buying it would be the same as paying...

UFT President Mike Mulgrew was caught “in flagrante delicto” with a guidance counselor at William Grady HS, where he taught before becoming the union’s boss, a bombshell lawsuit charges. The accusation that Mulgrew was seen having sex with a co-worker in a woodshop at the vocational school, and that...

Along with their waning power, wealth, privilege and prestige, here’s another element of the Camelot mystique that needs to be extinguished: the myth of “The Kennedy Curse.” It’s almost a reflexive national reaction when we hear of yet another Kennedy dying too young, so of course it was...

The blind Chinese legal activist who fled to the US Embassy in Beijing last month finally arrived in the United States yesterday. Chen Guancheng, 40, arrived at Newark Liberty International Airport at about 6 p.m. and drove into Manhattan, where he will attend law school at New York University...

Where’s the love for the good ol’ broadcast nets? If the upfronts’ advertising pomp demonstrated anything last week, it’s that today’s TV stars show little loyalty to the networks that pay them. Sofia Vergara, whom ABC made a star in “Modern Family,” certainly made no bones about...

The state Department of Health dropped the hammer on the Soundview Health Network last week — just days after a Brooklyn federal jury convicted its founder, ex-Sen. Pedro Espada Jr., of looting it to the tune of $500,000. DOH ordered Soundview to turn over its operating certificate — the same day...

When remaking their Coney Island gin mill, the owners of Ruby’s didn’t have to look far. The 77-year-old institution reopened yesterday after doing a $200,000 gut renovation, decked out in the fabled boardwalk’s old planks. The bar’s new decor incorporates more than 1,700 square...

The size of J.P. Morgan's bets is bogging down its efforts to extract itself and threatening deeper losses.

Facebook shares struggled to stay above their $38 IPO price, as Wall Street bankers stepped in to prevent the newly minted stock from ending its first day with an embarrassing loss.

Chief executives of Apple and Samsung Electronics will meet in Monday in a court-directed session aimed at settling their smartphone patent war. But a deal seems unlikely.

Oil production in Saudi Arabia rose to 9.923 million barrels a day in March, from 9.853 million barrels a day in February, overtaking Russia as the world's largest producer for the first time in six years.

U.S. corn futures jumped 9.4% last week, lifted by concerns about tight current supplies and a rally in wheat prices.

Space Exploration Technologies said a faulty engine valve was the culprit behind Saturday's aborted launch of the first private spacecraft aiming to dock with the international space station.

General Motors has decided it won't advertise in the next Super Bowl, balking at steep ad rates as the auto maker overhauls its global marketing operations.

Lawyers for former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta say he was estranged from convicted hedge-fund mogul Raj Rajaratnam at the time of some alleged tips. Prosecutors say the friendship broke down much later.

Google said Saturday that Chinese antitrust authorities have cleared the Internet giant's purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings, pushing the $12.5 billion deal over its last regulatory hurdle.

A day billed as Facebook's coming-out party ended up marking a much gloomier event: the stock market's worst week in six months.

The Queensland government withdrew its support for a $9 billion coal-port expansion in the northern part of the state, in a sign Australia's resources boom is losing steam.

Winnebago Industries received a $322 million takeover offer from a private-equity firm that wants to bring foreign car and truck assembly to the recreational vehicles maker.

Dewey & LeBoeuf is readying a possible bankruptcy-protection filing for sometime in the next several weeks, a move that would initiate official liquidation of the beleaguered New York law firm.

China unleashed a storm of protest criticizing the U.S. decision to impose a 31% antidumping tariff on Chinese solar-panel makers.

J.P. Morgan agreed to hand over $168 million to a bankruptcy trustee representing customers of MF Global.

Enterprise Products Partners and Enbridge said Saturday that the Seaway pipeline has started to accept crude oil at the Cushing, Okla. storage hub for delivery to the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Chesapeake Energy said board members will take a 20% pay cut and no longer have personal use of company aircraft, the latest move by the embattled natural-gas company to placate critics.

Spain's Repsol is canceling 10 LNG shipments to an Argentine public energy company that it says isn't honoring the supply contract.

Megabus plans to expand its network of U.S. intercity coach services by 50%, purchasing assets from a rival to push into Texas and California.

American Airlines will have to wait longer than previously expected for a bankruptcy judge's decision on whether the carrier can impose new labor contracts.

Jerry Iannece, who is vying for the 25th Assembly District seat, will receive the backing of the Queens County Democratic Committee tomorrow. Iannece — the current Community Board 11 chair — announced his intentions to seek election over a month ago. He has since been endorsed by the Uniformed Fire Officers Association. The Democratic Party [...]

24-year-old man gunned down on quiet Queens block A 24-year-old man was shot and killed on a quiet Queens block early Saturday, cops said. The victim, who was not immediately identified, was gunned down in front of a Galway Ave. home in Jamaica about 4:15 a.m., police said. Read more: Daily News   Scorned Q69 [...]

U.S. Attorney’s Office: Pilot Tried To Take Gun On Flight To NYC An airline pilot is under arrest in Buffalo after allegedly trying to bring a loaded gun onto a flight to New York City. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says a screener at Buffalo-Niagara International Airport spotted the .357 Magnum in Brett Dieter’s bag yesterday [...]

Police are asking for the public’s help identifying and locating a Queens groping suspect. The incident occurred on Sunday, shortly after midnight within the confines of the 109th Precinct, according to authorities. The suspect followed the 27-year-old woman into her building and placed his hand between her legs, police said. Police described the suspect as [...]

A coalition of Willets Point business owners are urging the city to repair severely deteriorated streets in their “forgotten land” before emergency response times are more hindered and further revenue is lost. “There is no reason to deny our neighborhood essential services. We are New York City taxpayers, and we will not tolerate having to [...]

Before their days of politicking around Queens, Councilmember Eric Ulrich and Senator Joseph Addabbo both took classes and played in the schoolyard at Nativity Blessed Virgin Mary School, though they weren’t in the same class. Addabbo attended first through eighth grade at Nativity, now known as Divine Mercy Catholic Academy. He recalled the “strict, tough [...]

  Alleged Cocaine Kingpin Nabbed In Queens Drug Ring Bust  A 15-month investigation by the New York City Police Department and the Queens district attorney’s office has led to the arrest of 45 people, including a man who is allegedly one of the city’s biggest cocaine dealers. The investigation centered on two gangs in southeast [...]

Curtis Johnson is definitely one basketball player fans can — and have to — look up to. Johnson — also known as “Tiny” — and the rest of the Magic Masters will be at York College on June 4 and 6 performing and playing their brand of entertainment basketball. Tip-off for the games will be [...]

Major leaguer Mike Baxter, who started his career in the Bayside Little League, will join an estimated 600 young players on the diamond at the home of the Mets on June 3. “It’s a lot of fun for the kids,” league President Bob Reid said, adding it’s easy to tell the kids enjoy the trip [...]

Thousands of Queens parents will be without a “plan b” if child care is not bankrolled in the city’s final budget, advocates said. Funding for child care was not restored in Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s executive budget after a $70 million cut in his preliminary spending plan, pushing dozens of Queens programs to the brink. “This [...]