Your wallet may never be stolen off the beach again

No more worrying about your wallet while you take a dip.

A clever entrepreneur from New Jersey has invented a revolutionary new gadget that could end beach theft in the Big Apple.

The Beach Vault — a hidden capsule that screws into the sand, under a towel — stores belongings like keys, purses and wallets is expected to cost $33.

"The idea was that if you were lying on the towel and you fell asleep you wouldn't have to worry about watching your stuff or trying to keep hold of it while closing your eyes," creator Marcal DaCunha, 29, told the Daily Mail.

"You place the towel over the top of it, which has a hole in it so you can access the container, but covered by a built-in pillow," he said.

DaCunha, who is also a pastor from Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, said the "beach locker" isn't thief-proof — but that personal items are safer underground than out in the open.

DaCunha has made a prototype and is now trying to raise money on Kickstarter to manufacture the gadget.

The idea struck while on the way home from the beach with his wife, he said.

"She said,'What if we had a container you could put underneath your towel that could hide all of your stuff?'," DaCunha said.

The vault screws 12 inches into the sand, is waterproof comes with a special towel.

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Retired NYPD officer kills carjacker

A retired NYPD officer fatally shot a man in the face after the victim attempted to carjack him in East New York, police sources said.

The 20-year-old man, identified by police as Manuel Ocampo,18, was allegedly armed with a pistol when he confronted the retired cop on Linden Boulevard and Georgia Avenue around 3:15 a.m. Tuesday, according to police.

He allegedly pointed the pistol at the 55-year-old veteran, told him to get out of the vehicle, and demanded cash, the sources said.

That's when the retired cop pulled out his service weapon.

Ocampo was rushed to Brookdale Hospital where he was pronounced DOA, cops said.

The retired officer was sent to Kings County Hospital for an asthma condition but wasn't seriously injured.

Police say they recovered a weapon at the scene.

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Three Parisian hotels on the Right Bank that get it right

Mandarin Oriental Paris

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Fashionistas will adore the 1st arrondissement location, on rue Saint-Honoré in the shadow of luxe boutiques like Dior, Boucheron,and the Chloé flagship. Foodies will savor the sublime two-Michelin-star Sur Mesure par Thierry Marx, right on the lobby level. And architecture aficionados will swoon over the modern glass-walled design, slyly tucked behind an Art Deco façade.

Its 38 suites and 99 rooms are outfitted in the brand's typically understated style — sharp-lined furnishings, neutral tones, noble materials, subtle pops of magenta and orange — but the main thing you'll notice is their generous size: even the smallest measures 410 square feet. Suites are downright huge (700 square feet up to the whopping 3,767-square-foot Suite Royale Mandarin) and many have outdoor space with iconic views of the city.

A must: Enjoying a breath of early evening Parisian air — cocktail in hand — amid an effortlessly chic crowd in the lushly planted inner courtyard. It's good way to brace yourself for the sticker shock upon the morrow's checkout. (From $1,611; mandarinoriental.com/paris)

Sofitel Paris Arc de Triomphe

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Sofitel's 124-key flagship recently underwent as dramatic a renovation as its ornate Haussmannian building did in the mid 1800s — transforming creaky, antique-heavy guestrooms and dark, stodgy common areas into a refreshingly airy contemporary spaces.

In the rooms, that means a color scheme of soft grays, taupe and chrome; high-tech amenities (some useful: iPod docks; some silly: luminotherapy); and some seriously comfortable beds. All of which almost make up for the rooms' petite size. Many average a scant 250 square feet, so it's worth upgrading to one of the 31 suites.

Though its 8th arrondissement surrounds aren't particularly vibrant — a blessing for a restful night's sleep — you're a five-minute walk to the Arc de Triomphe and all the shopping along the Champs-Élysées. A must: Hit up the phenomenal concierge staff for directions and suggestions. They're super-helpful, sans the 'tude. (From $500; sofitel.com)

Saint James Paris

You know there's something different about this hotel the moment its black iron gates swing open, revealing an expanse of green lawn, a circular stone driveway and a spouting fountain surrounded by flowerbeds.

Pulling up to the stately neo-classical manse, you wonder if your taxi has mistakenly dropped you at a countryside chateau instead of a Paris hotel. But a hotel it is — and a fabulous one at that — with a magnificently eccentric interior imagined by the self-taught designer Bambi Sloan. The lobby – with its intricately patterned marble floors, sweeping staircase, deep-red-velvet upholstered chairs and enormous chandelier – merely hints at the flamboyance you'll find in its 48 rooms.

Each is unique both in layout and décor: Magritte-inspired touches (hats and canes on the wall); cheetah-print wallpaper; or a jumble of toile, stripes and polka-dots that somehow manage to come together beautifully. If it sounds like too much, not to worry, many are decorated with far more restraint. The smallest room is 269 square feet; suites go up to 645 square feet.

The Relais & Chateaux property (the only one in the city, set in the 16th arrondissement) is also home to the private Saint James Club, which means only hotel guests and nattily dressed members are allowed to enjoy the wood-paneled library/bar, dreamy back garden and the sublime single-Michelin-star restaurant until 7 p.m., when this magical place opens up to the rest of the world. (From $607; saint-james-paris.com)

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Therrien-Vigneault friendship being tested in heated series

BROSSARD, Quebec — When this Eastern Conference final between the Rangers and Canadiens is over, the teams will shake hands at center ice — a long-standing hockey tradition.

That closure moment of this series could take place as early as Tuesday night after Game 5 at the Bell Centre if the Rangers win and advance to their first Stanley Cup final in 20 years.

Or it might be delayed for a few nights if the Canadiens have a comeback in them.

Whenever the moment arrives, though, the coaches, too, will shake hands. Perhaps they'll even embrace in this case, considering they're such close friends.

You, however, would hardly know Rangers coach Alain Vigneault and his Canadiens counterpart Michel Therrien are so tight based on the histrionics that have taken place in this made-for-the-tabloids series.

Based on Therrien's succession of gamesmanship maneuvers that began with his revisionist-history rants about losing his goalie and top player, Carey Price, to a knee injury in Game 1 when Chris Kreider accidentally crashed into him and including him throwing Vigneault's assistant coaches out of Montreal's morning skate at the Garden on Saturday, you get the impression the two coaches are at each other's throats.

However, in yet another colorful twist to this series, a Canadian TV camera caught footage of Vigneault and Therrien hamming it up with each other before Game 4 at the Garden.

The footage showed Vigneault pulling into the Garden ramp in his white Mercedes SUV and stopping after spotting Therrien walking toward the ramp. Therrien poked his head into the passenger window for a brief chat and the two were seen chuckling afterward.

"I saw him coming and I told him to go away because I didn't want him to hit me, and he laughed about it,'' Therrien said Monday.

Incredibly, this exchange came on the same day Vigneault publicly excoriated Therrien for his behavior in ordering the Rangers' assistant coaches out of the Montreal practice, calling it "regrettable'' and saying, "We're lucky it didn't escalate.''

When asked about the pregame exchange on Monday, Vigneault said: "I'd rather not say what I said at that time; I don't think you can print that, so we'll just leave it at that. I think it's time for hockey, and if [Therrien] wants to discuss it, it's up to him.''

Asked if — when this series has concluded and they are having that cold beer Therrien said they'll have — whether it will be awkward after everything that has happened in this series, Vigneault said, "We all have friendships in life [and] sometimes friends push the limit. Sometimes they do things that you're not crazy about. But there is a reason why they're your friends, so relationships are about giving and taking.

"Right now, he's trying to do what he thinks is right and I'm trying to do what I think is right. When it's all over, then we're going to move on.''

There is a history of benevolence between the two coaches. Vigneault and Therrien coached against each other in junior hockey in Canada, and when Vigneault landed his first NHL head coaching job in Montreal he recommended Therrien as the coach of the Canadiens' minor league affiliate. Therrien later succeeded Vigneault as the Canadiens coach when he was fired early in the 2000-01 season.

"He's an important person in my life,'' Therrien said on Saturday. "He's a guy that pushed for me to get into pro hockey, and I respect that. Over the years, we became great, great friends.''

That friendship has been tested these last two weeks. When this is over, they will shake hands, maybe even embrace. And eventually there will be that cold beer.

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Rolling Stones resume tour after L’Wren Scott’s suicide

OSLO, Norway — The Rolling Stones, who in March interrupted their 2014 world tour due to singer Mick Jagger's girlfriend's suicide, returned to the road Monday with a high-energy show lasting over two hours at Oslo's Telenor Arena.

Playing to a sold-out crowd of 23,000, Jagger did not mention the death of fashion designer L'Wren Scott, but proved himself proficient in Norwegian-language between-song patter.

"It was a great rock 'n roll show," said Jan Martin Schultz, 55, who had travelled with two friends to Monday's concert. All had seen The Rolling Stones several times before, and remarked on Jagger's powerful energy.

"I saw them in Gothenburg in 1982, and I thought then they seemed old. They didn't seem old tonight," said Schultz.

The band played hits from their decades-long catalog, including a rendition of "You Can't Always Get What You Want" featuring Bergen's Edvard Grieg Youth Choir. The band ended their set with fireworks.

The band in March interrupted their tour and later rescheduled all their Australia and New Zealand tour dates upon news that Scott– Jagger's companion since 2001 — had committed suicide.

The Rolling Stones' next concert will be in Lisbon, Portugal on May 29.

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Motorcycle crash kills ‘perfect dad’

A Brooklyn man riding his brand-new motorcycle died Monday in a collision with an SUV.

Dheyshawn Artope, 36, had just left his job as a manager of a Radio Shack and was riding along Clarendon Road in East Flatbush, said his grief-stricken mother, Vivian Artope-Knotts.

"He was a perfect son and a perfect father,'' she said.

He had two kids, a 13-year-old and a 17-year-old about to start college.

His mom said he'd bought the bike because "his uncle had one and he wanted to follow in his footsteps.''

The SUV driver, who was heading north on Kings Highway, remained on the scene and passed field sobriety tests, a police source said, adding, "It was an unfortunate accident.''

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Two teen bystanders shot after gunman sends ‘bullets flying’

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A gunman opened fire in Brooklyn Monday night, shooting a 24-year-old man he was aiming for — and two teenage girls who were in the wrong place at the wrong time, cops said.

The girls, both 18, were standing on East 95th Street at Avenue L in Canarsie just after 10 p.m. when the bullets started flying.

The man was hit in the back. One of the girls was shot in the shoulder, the other in the leg. All three were taken to Brookdale Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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NYPD officers to carry heroin overdose antidotes

Thousands of New York City police officers should soon be carrying emergency antidotes to help deal with the recent spike in heroin overdoses.

The New York state Attorney General's Office is providing the New York Police Department with $1.17 million from civil and criminal forfeiture cases to pay for 19,500 kits intended to equip patrol officers, including those assigned to transit and housing bureaus.

Kits contain two syringes and two inhalers of naloxone — also marketed under the brand name Narcan — and instructions. They cost about $60 each with a two-year shelf life.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says that in less than two months since establishing the reimbursement program, more than 150 law enforcement agencies are getting naloxone kits.

He says in Suffolk County, it was used last year to save 563 lives.

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Camera captures birth of red-tailed hawks on window ledge

It's a New York City "preyer" sanctuary.

A remote-controlled GoPro overlooking the Tompkins Square Park caught priceless footage of three baby red-tailed hawks.Photo: Francois Portmann

A Manhattan-based photographer planted a remote-controlled GoPro in a seventh-floor apartment in the Christodora House on Avenue B overlooking the Tompkins Square Park, and wound up with priceless footage of three baby red-tailed hawks.

François Portmann, a Swiss native who moved to the city in 1986, said he first noticed two adult hawks flying together outside the apartment in November. By March, they were building their nest, Portmann said.

"It looked like they were going to start a nest because you could see some adult birds bonding. Usually, birds of prey are solitary," said the avid birdwatcher.

The hawks built their new home on the apartment's air conditioner and had three chicks, which hatched two weeks ago.

Portmann is now working on creating a time-lapse video of the chicks' entire life, from when the eggs were laid in April to when they leave the nest, possibly in late June.

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6 UN fact-finders abducted by armed groups in Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria's Foreign Ministry says 11 people, including six members of a U.N. fact-finding mission, have been abducted by armed groups in central Syria.

The ministry says the abductions occurred in the countryside around Hama in central Syria on Tuesday.

A ministry statement blamed rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad, accusing them of committing "terrorist crimes" against the U.N. staff and the U.N. Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

The organization, which monitors the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention and oversees the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons, sent a team to Syria this month to investigate claims that chlorine has been used in the region of Hama.

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