LOOK! 72-year-old says he’s world’s shortest man

Chandra Bahadur Dangi, 72, believes he is world’s shortest man at 1 foot, 10 inches (NYDN) A 72-year-old man in Nepal claims to be the world’s shortest man, and he may prove to be the shortest adult human in Guinness World Records’ history. Chandra Bahadur Dangi says he is 1 foot, 10 inches tall, which would make him 1.6 inches shorter than the current official record holder, Junrey Balawing of the Philippines, and one centimeter shorter than any adult human ever documented. PHOTOS: CRAZIEST GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS Guinness officials will travel to Dangi’s village to verify his claim. Guinness posted video of Dangi on its YouTube channel. The shortest adult human ever, according to Guinness, was Gul…

TV anchor & NYPD Commissioner’s son accused of rape

Woman accuses Greg Kelly, son of police comissioner, of raping her ‘Good Day New York’ co-host is no-show on program (NYDN) “Good Day New York” co-host Greg Kelly — son of Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly — was a no-show on the program Thursday morning after reports that a Manhattan woman had accused him of rape. The woman told cops she had drinks with Kelly, 43, at the South Street Seaport Oct. 8 before he sexually assaulted her in the law office where she worked, sources said. The accuser, who is around 30, did not report the alleged assault until Tuesday night, when she walked into the 13th Precinct stationhouse and gave her account, sources said. Cops interviewed the woman, but…

7 teens arrested in brutal beating of Chicago boy

7 teens, including a girl, arrested in brutal beating of Chicago boy (NYDN) Chicago police have charged seven teens, including one girl, in the ruthless gang beating of a 17-year-old boy that was captured in a sickening YouTube video. Only one of the teens was identified. Seventeen-year-old Raymond Palomino — who appears to be the only one the video not wearing a ski mask — was charged as an adult with robbery and aggravated battery, according to the Chicago Tribune. Two 16-year-olds and three 15-year-olds, which includes the girl, were charged as juveniles with robbery and aggravated battery. Their names were not released. Windy City police said the beating happened in a snowy alley Sunday at…

Concordia captain, lied & whined after abandoning ship

Francesco Schettino, Costa Concordia captain, lied & whined after abandoning ship: transcript (NYDN) The captain of a capsized Italian luxury liner, after abandoning his damaged ship, ignored orders to get back on board while lying and whining to Coast Guard officials. “Do you realize it’s dark out here and we can’t see anything?” moaned Capt. Francesco Schettino after the Costa Concordia smashed into the rocks off the Tuscan coast Friday. Coast Guard Commander Gregorio Maria DeFalco responded angrily to the complaint. MORE DEAD FOUND IN SHIPWRECK “Do you want to go home?” he snapped. “It’s dark so you want to go home? Get on the stern of that ship, climb that ladder and tell me what can be done, how…

SEE IT! Heroes rescue woman, kids dangling off bridge

Watch: Rescuers pull woman, 2 children from dangling car after wreck in California (NYDN) The brave rescuers who saved a frightened mom and her two children as their wrecked car dangled from a bridge said they were just doing their job. In an interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Monday, the Santa Barbara, Calif., Fire Department members that helped save Kelli Lynne Groves, her 10-month-old baby and 10-year-old daughter last week said they found themselves in a complicated situation. “She was saying, ‘Get me and my children out of here,’” firefighter Greg Nucklos recalled. “She was very scared, and I remember her saying she wanted us to get a net below her and I had to articulate…

Suspect hides a 10-inch revolver in rectum

Accused murderer sneaked 10-inch revolver into jail in his rectum, N.C. cops say (NYDN) North Carolina cops believe a murder suspect slipped a 10-inch revolver into prison by hiding it where the sun don’t shine. Michael Leon Ward was pulled over last week after local police clocked him doing 90 mph along Highway 17 in Dixon, N.C., according to WITN 2 News. Ward, 22, refused to cooperate and was hit with a stun gun, the station said. He was taken to a hospital and searched, but no gun was found. Authorities soon discovered Ward was wanted in Georgia on first-degree murder charges, and he was taken to jail, where another thorough search did not turn up a weapon….

NYPD suspects vet officer moonlighting as a pimp

Exclusive: Internal Affairs reports cop discussed prostitution-related activities on wiretap (NYDN) NYPD Internal Affairs investigators amassed wiretap and surveillance evidence against a seven-year veteran cop suspected of moonlighting as a pimp, the Daily News has learned. Officer Monty Green was taped “discussing prostitution-related activities,” according to an NYPD Internal Affairs investigative report. In a conversation with a suspected pimp, Green admitted having sex with a hooker and said he wanted to pimp the woman out, the report says. Despite the probe, which dates back to 2009, the married cop has stayed on the force. He hasn’t been criminally charged, but the NYPD is going after his job. “It was presented to the Brooklyn district attorney’s office for…

Sexual orientation make Robert Champion a target?

Parents of hazed Florida A&M drum major say son was gay, announce suit against company that provided bus where fatal beating occurred (NYDN) The parents of a Florida A&M drum major who was killed in a suspected hazing incident say their son may have been targeted because he was gay. Family lawyer Chris Chestnut told CBS that he had spoken to more than 10 witnesses who were aboard the bus where Robert Champion Jr. was hazed and that it was “a possibility” that the 26-year-old’s sexual orientation played a factor in his brutal beating. “His sexual orientation was not something he was defined by,” Chestnut told The Associated Press. “He was more defined by music. “This was not something that…

VIDEO: woman’s bungee cord snaps above African river

(NYDN) A 22-year-old Australian thrill-seeker miraculously survived after her bungee cord snapped during a death-defying dive over crocodile infested waters in Africa on New Year’s Eve, according to local reports. Erin Laung Worth told Australia’s Channel 9 that her feet were still bound together after she plummeted into the rapids below the 360-foot Victoria Falls bridge on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia. “It went black straight away and I felt like I’d been slapped all over,” Worth told the station. “It was quite scary because a couple of times the rope actually got caught on some rocks or debris,” the Aussie adrenalin junkie added. “I actually had to swim down and yank the bungee cord out of…

New Casey Anthony video ignores dead daughter

Casey Anthony speaks out for first time since acquittal in daughter Caylee’s death (NYDN) A grainy black-and-white video has surfaced showing notorious Florida mom Casey Anthony speaking out in the first of what she promises to be a series of “video diaries.” Looking nearly unrecognizable in a blond bob, thick black glasses and white tank top, Anthony spends most of the four-minute clip rambling about her new computer, phone and recently adopted dog, but never mentions her daughter, Caylee, whom she was acquitted of slaying. But the madeover mother does allude to beating the rap for the 2-year-old tot’s death. “It’s just a little surreal how much things have changed since July, and how many things haven’t changed,”…