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Three people died and at least three others suffered gunshot wounds as a wave of pre-Christmas carnage swept the city on Friday night and Saturday morning, authorities said. The violence kicked off in the Bronx around 7:30 p.m. when 19-year-old Edward Melina was killed by a gunshot wound to his torso. Melina was shot in a dispute that unfolded on East Tremont Avenue near Crotona Avenue. He was rushed to St. Barnabas Hospital but could not be saved. The bloodshed continued in Brownsville, Brooklyn when police found a 36-year-old man shot to death at the Kingsborough houses at around 2...

The carnage began in the Glenwood Houses in Brooklyn, where 26-year-old Lamar Antonio Blackwood was shot repeatedly Friday evening. Later that night, another man was murdered in the Bronx and two were killed in Queens. Four men were shot to death and at least five people were wounded in an eruption of violence across the five boroughs overnight, cops said Saturday. The mayhem left a young man lifeless in Brooklyn, a teenage boy murdered in the Bronx and two men killed in Queens, police said. The carnage began in the lobby of an apartment building in the Glenwood Houses in...

Welcome to our team coverage of Primary Day 2013! Daily News reporters, photographers and producers will be all over the city to track the candidates, check out polling sites -- and bring you the results. We're also looking for your input. Use the #NYC2013 hashtag and/or mention @nydailynews to send us your observations, pictures and videos of the campaigns, trouble/successes at the poll sites and anything else election-related you'd like to share. Stay with us all day. Our own Simone Weichselbaum reports on a Primary Day shortage of Spanish translators: There were not enough Spanish language translators at the polls...

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Cincinnati Bengals fans annoyed by bad behavior in the stands can now report it by cell phone. The hot line number should be easy to remember -- (513) 381-JERK. Fans using too much foul language will get a warning from stadium security. Those who continue could be ejected and have their season tickets and personal seat licenses taken away. More serious offenses could lead to arrest. The team doesn't want to become the "curse police," but expects fans to behave themselves, said Bob Bedinghaus, the Bengals' director of development for Paul Brown Stadium.