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Watch live: NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly on Etan Patz case Thu, 24 May 2012 18:04:39 -0500 |
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Fort Hood bomb plotter found guilty on all charges Thu, 24 May 2012 17:43:31 -0500 |
| WACO, Texas -- The US soldier charged with plotting a 2011 attack on Fort Hood troops was found guilty on all counts Thursday, the Austin American-Statesman reported.
Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo -- a Muslim soldier who was AWOL from Fort Campbell, Ky., at the time of his 2011 arrest --... |
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B'way scion Eric Nederlander settles custody dispute with estranged wife Thu, 24 May 2012 18:20:06 -0500 |
| The black sheep of Broadway?s Nederlander family has settled his bitter custody dispute with his estranged wife ? but he doesn?t seem very happy about it.
Eric Nederlander appeared to be wiping tears from his eyes after Justice Deborah Kaplan signed off on the 11th-hour deal today between... |
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Thug who assaulted cop convicted in Queens after earlier acquittal by Bronx jury Thu, 24 May 2012 17:45:24 -0500 |
| It took a Queens jury just minutes to accomplish what critics say the Bronx DA?s office couldn?t during a lengthy trial.
A gun-toting ex-con who was cleared by a Bronx jury after running over a cop and breaking her leg with a stolen car was finally convicted today... |
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Suffolk County pill sale arrests jumped 878% in past decade Thu, 24 May 2012 17:35:19 -0500 |
| It's out of control.
Prescription pill sale arrests in Suffolk County - highlighted by last July's Medford pharmacy massacre - have exploded by an astonishing 878-percent over the past decade, according to a shocking grand jury report released today.
Suffolk County DA Thomas Spota called for a... |
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Goldman Sachs enjoys relatively calm shareholder meeting Thu, 24 May 2012 14:26:58 -0500 |
| JERSEY CITY, N.J. ? For once, the spotlight wasn't on Goldman Sachs.
The bank that Wall Street critics love to hate enjoyed a relatively calm shareholder meeting Thursday while two of its peers, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase, grappled with public-relations nightmares.
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'Expert pimp' slapped with 21 years to life for robbing hookers Thu, 24 May 2012 14:07:32 -0500 |
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Gregory P. MangoAnthony McCord today turned on the waterworks before being sentenced to 21 years to life.
It's hard out there for a pimp -- and it'll be hard time for this one.
A Brooklyn judge today slapped a self-proclaimed expert in "pimpology" with a 21 years-to-life sentence... |
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Facebook to launch standalone camera app Thu, 24 May 2012 13:33:40 -0500 |
| MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Facebook will launch its own version of a standalone mobile photo sharing application Thursday in Apple's App Store, even after the social network dropped a cool $1 billion on Instagram, the popular mobile photo sharing app.
The new app, called Facebook Camera, is a... |
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National Guard soldier arrested and charged for smuggling firearms to China Thu, 24 May 2012 13:08:22 -0500 |
| A soldier with an elite National Guard unit has been arrested and charged with illegally smuggling sophisticated firearms - including assault rifles and pistols - from New York City to China.
Federal prosecutors say that Joseph Debose, a staff sergeant in a U.S. National Guard Special Forces Unit... |
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NJ lawmakers postpone vote on measures prohibiting companies and schools from disclosing social media user names and passwords Thu, 24 May 2012 12:50:25 -0500 |
| New Jersey lawmakers have postponed a vote on measures prohibiting employers and schools from requiring current or prospective employees or students to disclose social media user names or passwords.
Thursday's votes were delayed to allow time for amendments.
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UES building worker dies after three-story fall Thu, 24 May 2012 17:35:19 -0500 |
| An Upper East Side building worker was killed this morning after tumbling three stories, authorities said.
?It sounded like a gun shot,? said nearby handyman Amerigo Sarno, 44, of the painter?s fall from the window at about 11:20 a.m. near the corner of Park Avenue and East... |
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Ex-narc cop testifies how NYPD members planted drugs Thu, 24 May 2012 12:50:25 -0500 |
| An admittedly crooked ex-NYPD narcotics cop yesterday testified that fellow officer Adolph Osback, who is accused of framing innocent people on drug charges, once gave a ?bag of marijuana to a relative? at the home of Osback?s cousin.
?Compliments of the NYPD!? Osback told the relative as he... |
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Monaco's Prince Casiraghi claims bar brawl forced him to go on disability for a month Thu, 24 May 2012 12:50:25 -0500 |
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Splash NewsPrince Pierre Casiraghi
He's the Prince of Bitch-and-Moan-aco.
Monaco's baby-faced Prince Pierre Casiraghi has given prosecutors a one-page doctor's report from his royal physicians claiming that a February bar brawl left his royal chin so grievously scratched, he needed to go on... |
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Obama leads Romney in Florida, Ohio and Virginia Thu, 24 May 2012 12:50:25 -0500 |
| President Barack Obama leads Mitt Romney in the key battleground states of Florida, Ohio and Virginia, according to a new poll released Thursday.
The NBC-Marist poll found the president leading Romney by six points in Ohio (48 percent to 42 percent) and four points in both Virginia and Florida... |
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Missouri to use Jacko drug propofol for executions Thu, 24 May 2012 09:53:07 -0500 |
| ST. LOUIS ? The same anesthetic that caused the overdose death of pop star Michael Jackson is now the drug of choice for executions in Missouri, causing a stir among critics who question how the state can guarantee a drug untested for lethal injection won't cause pain and suffering for... |
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War crimes trial of Ratko Mladic to resume June 25 Thu, 24 May 2012 09:42:34 -0500 |
| THE HAGUE -- The war crimes trial of the former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic will resume June 25, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) said Thursday.
The court said in a statement, "Today [Thursday], Trial Chamber I scheduled the start of hearing of the... |
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Auction house cancels Reagan blood sale Thu, 24 May 2012 09:42:34 -0500 |
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APA vial containing Ronald Reagan's dried blood residue.
ST. PETER PORT, Guernsey -- A British auction house said Thursday it had cancelled the sale of what was purportedly a vial of late president Ronald Reagan's blood.
The item's owner will instead donate it to The Ronald Reagan... |
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WATCH: Romney's 'Day One' sequel has more promises Thu, 24 May 2012 09:14:57 -0500 |
| As President Obama seeks to paint Mitt Romney to general election voters as a recovering corporate raider, the presumptive Republican nominee sought to define himself Thursday with a new ad that lists more things he would do on "Day One."
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Woman killed in Union Square hit-and-run Thu, 24 May 2012 14:27:19 -0500 |
| A woman was run over and killed by a hit-and-run truck in Union Square early today, police said.
Roxanne Sorina Buta, 21, of Queens, was crossing Broadway near East 14th Street, when a blue dump truck making a right-hand turn ran over her about 1:30 a.m., cops said... |
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Elton John hospitalized, forced to cancel Las Vegas shows Thu, 24 May 2012 14:22:31 -0500 |
| LOS ANGELES -- Sir Elton John was hospitalized with a serious respiratory infection and forced to cancel a number of performances, according to a report Thursday.
The 65-year-old British singer was admitted to Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Hospital at 6:00am local time Wednesday and was told by doctors... |
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Norwegian killer Breivik will not appeal guilty verdict if found sane Thu, 24 May 2012 08:51:02 -0500 |
| OSLO -- Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik said Thursday he will not appeal a guilty verdict if an Oslo court declares him to be sane.
Breivik, who spent much of his time in court either stony-faced or smirking, said he was "mentally damaged" after listening to days of harrowing... |
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Egyptians vote on second day of landmark presidential election Thu, 24 May 2012 08:47:24 -0500 |
| CAIRO ? In a wide-open race that will define the nation's future political course, Egyptian voted Thursday on the second day of a landmark presidential election that will produce a successor to longtime authoritarian ruler Hosni Mubarak.
Voters lined up outside some polling centers, but the morning... |
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Heinz quarterly profits squeezed by charges, as sales miss Thu, 24 May 2012 08:32:19 -0500 |
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PITTSBURGH -- H.J. Heinz reported Thursday that its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings fell 22 percent, partly due to costs for its productivity initiatives, as the company's sales grew slower than expected and margins shrank.
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Seven injured in blaze on nuclear submarine at Maine shipyard Thu, 24 May 2012 08:28:08 -0500 |
| KITTERY, Maine -- Seven people were injured after a fire broke out on a nuclear-powered submarine at a US Navy shipyard in Maine.
Emergency services were called at 5:41pm local time Wednesday to a fire on board the USS Miami, which is currently in dry dock at the Portsmouth... |
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Durable-goods orders up 0.2% in April, topping forecasts Thu, 24 May 2012 08:00:41 -0500 |
| WASHINGTON -- Orders for long-lasting goods in the US edged up 0.2 percent in April, the second rise in three months after demand for cars and car parts picked up, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.
Durable-goods orders reached a seasonally adjusted $215.5 billion after dropping 3.7... |
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Zynga defends 'Draw Something' purchase as game's popularity slumps Thu, 24 May 2012 07:53:01 -0500 |
| SAN FRANCISCO -- Zynga has faced plenty of questions after buying the maker of "Draw Something," a mobile game that was released only six weeks earlier and has since lost popularity. Now the social games company is trying to provide some answers.
The San Francisco-based company Thursday plans to... |
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Weekly jobless claims slip to 370,000, as expected Thu, 24 May 2012 07:50:53 -0500 |
| WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans filing requests for jobless benefits fell by 2,000 last week to 370,000, the US Labor Department said Thursday, largely in line with forecasts.
A survey of economists by Dow Jones expected claims to hold steady from the prior week's unrevised figure... |
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Tiffany & Co. earnings, outlook miss analysts' estimates Thu, 24 May 2012 07:47:44 -0500 |
| Tiffany & Co. said Thursday that it downgraded is 2012 profit outlook partly due to signs of "decelerating rates of economic growth" for the balance of the year.
The luxury jewelry and fine-goods retailer said first-quarter profit rose slightly to $81.5 million, or 64 cents a share, from $81.1... |
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Babies born by C-section twice as likely to be overweight in later childhood, scientists say Thu, 24 May 2012 07:37:38 -0500 |
| BOSTON -- Babies born by C-section are twice as likely to be overweight in later childhood, according to new research published Thursday.
Scientists from Boston's Children's Hospital studied 1,255 babies born in the Boston area between 1999 and 2002 and found that just under 16 percent of... |
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World's ecstasy kingpin jailed for life in Australia Thu, 24 May 2012 14:21:24 -0500 |
| MELBOURNE, Australia -- A man believed to be Australia's biggest drug trafficker and behind the world's largest ecstasy haul was jailed for life with a minimum 30 years, it was revealed Thursday.
Pasquale Barbaro, 50, and his cousin Saverio Zirilli, 55, were hit with minimum 30-year and 18-year... |
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Blind Chinese activist's brother flees to Beijing from village Thu, 24 May 2012 14:19:56 -0500 |
| BEIJING -- The brother of a blind Chinese activist who triggered a diplomatic dispute between Beijing and Washington arrived in the Chinese capital Thursday after escaping his heavily guarded home, a rights lawyer said.
Chen Guangfu, the elder brother of Chen Guangcheng, fled his home village of... |
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Doctor jailed for helping CIA track down bin Laden in poor health Thu, 24 May 2012 06:54:09 -0500 |
| PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- The Pakistani doctor jailed for 33 years for helping the CIA track down Osama bin Laden is in poor health and is being kept in isolation due to fears for his safety, a prison official said Thursday.
Dr. Shakeel Afridi was found guilty of treason Wednesday after... |
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Suspect arrested in SoHo kid's disappearance says he lured boy with soda, killed him Thu, 24 May 2012 19:21:36 -0500 |
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STANLEY K. PATZEtan Patz
Cops today arrested a New Jersey man for the 1979 disappearance and slaying of Etan Patz, the youngster who became the face of missing children.
Pedro Hernandez, 51, admitted he had ?done something bad and killed a child in New York,? according to NYPD... |
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WATCH: Patriots WR Ochocinco robbed, most upset about losing gold Starbucks card Wed, 23 May 2012 23:20:48 -0500 |
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APNew England Patriots wide receiver Chad Ochocinco had his car broken into Wednesday -- and he took to the internet for justice.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- New England Patriots wide receiver Chad Ochocinco had his credit cards, driver's license and iPod stolen from his SUV on Wednesday, but was... |
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Have a Bal Thu, 24 May 2012 14:40:45 -0500 |
| Calling Miami?s Bal Harbour community ?exclusive? or ?expensive? is an understatement along the lines of calling Rihanna ?unpredictable.?
This is an enclave ? less than a square mile with only about 4,500 permanent residents, according to Police Chief Thomas E. Hunker ? where the new St. Regis Bal... |
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Facebook IPO underwriters want Nasdaq CEO to cover their losses Thu, 24 May 2012 13:33:40 -0500 |
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Facebook?s initial public offering underwriters are demanding that Nasdaq chief Bob Greifeld cough up tens of millions to cover their losses from the exchange?s bungling of the first day of trading.
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Cone of silence Thu, 24 May 2012 13:33:40 -0500 |
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Apparently Warren Buffett did in the middle of negotiating a huge $5 billion investment in Goldman Sachs during the frenzied days of the 2008 financial crisis.
When he was still hammering out the details, the famed investor told his banker not to bother him while... |
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Sony star power Thu, 24 May 2012 13:33:40 -0500 |
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When Sony Music chief Doug Morris left rival Universal Music Group last year for his current gig, he wanted nothing more than to dethrone the perennial US king of album sales.
The 73-year-old executive may not have thought it would happen this fast.
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Goldman?s audit head worry Thu, 24 May 2012 13:33:40 -0500 |
| Got cover-up experience? Please chair our audit committee!
Goldman Sachs could face rowdy shareholders at its annual meeting today as the director named to head the bank?s powerful audit committee was caught in the middle of Walmart?s bribery scandal in Mexico.
Goldman director Michele Burns, who... |
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Laying a golden egg Thu, 24 May 2012 13:33:40 -0500 |
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Investors with legendary hedge-fund manager John Paulson aren?t taking a shine to his gold metal performance ? in fact, some are heading for the exits.
Investors are upset over Paulson?s huge gold positions ? specifically, his outsize holding of AngloGold Ashanti, down 20 percent this... |
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Dunkin? debt may rise Thu, 24 May 2012 13:33:40 -0500 |
| Dunkin? Brands may take on more debt to buy back shares from its private-equity backers, including Bain Capital.
?The most likely use of cash would be a share repurchase, not a public float,? Dunkin? CFO Neil Moses said yesterday said at a Morgan Stanley investor conference. ?It might take the... |
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Kraft on road to Mondelez Thu, 24 May 2012 13:33:40 -0500 |
| It?s official.
Kraft shareholders gave a lopsided thumbs up yesterday to naming the snack-food business to be spun off later this year Mondelez International.
More than 90 percent of the votes were cast in favor of the name, which was created by two employees.
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Buffed out Thu, 24 May 2012 13:33:40 -0500 |
| Peter Buffett has inherited father Warren Buffett?s Midas touch.
Buffett, an Emmy winner, composer and philanthropist, just sold his three-bedroom, three-bathroom condo at the formerly troubled One Madison Park for $4.25 million in an all-cash deal. The 1,962-square-foot, three-bedroom,... |
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Average Facebook employee has lost $844K since IPO Thu, 24 May 2012 10:20:41 -0500 |
| Facebook?s outside investors aren?t the only ones feeling cheated.
In Silicon Valley, where tech workers are lured with piles of stock and promises of instant riches, the social network?s employees are sitting on sinking shares that they can?t cash in for several months.
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Yoke of a lawsuit tossed Thu, 24 May 2012 09:15:22 -0500 |
| There?s no such thing as a free lunch ? nor breakfast it seems.
A Manhattan judge has thrown out a lawyer?s $715,000 lawsuit against a Wall Street club for discontinuing its complimentary breakfasts and ordered him to pay the club $440 in legal costs.
Richard Katz said the... |
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Hero halts wife ?attack? Thu, 24 May 2012 08:26:49 -0500 |
| A good Samaritan armed only with an ice scraper overpowered a maniac with a meat cleaver who had just hacked his wife in the head a dozen times in their Queens home yesterday, police said.
Former Marine Juan Pablo Dapena, 44, was headed to his security job at the Marriott... |
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Why crime?s rising Thu, 24 May 2012 06:31:17 -0500 |
| On April 24, 2009, the smiling faces of then-Gov. David Paterson, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and then-state Sen. Eric Schneiderman headed a press conference on the signing of a ?reform? of New York?s supposedly draconian drug laws. Behind them stood a gaggle of progressive legislators and... |
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Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan makes excuses for prostitution scandal Thu, 24 May 2012 05:52:27 -0500 |
| WASHINGTON ? Humbled Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan took the heat while appearing before a scolding Senate committee hearing yesterday, apologizing for the behavior of rowdy agents involved in last month?s tarnishing Colombia prostitution scandal.
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?Double-jilt? bride speaks Thu, 24 May 2012 05:32:12 -0500 |
| The woman being sued for tens of thousands of dollars for twice breaking off her engagement said yesterday she believes her jilted former fiancé is acting out in pain.
?We?ve broken up twice now, so I can just speculate that he?s hurt,? Kendra Platt-Lee said of Steven Silverstein... |
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McKean?s leg broken, but not his sense of humor Thu, 24 May 2012 05:32:12 -0500 |
| ?Laverne & Shirley? star Michael McKean is off Broadway after getting mowed down by a car on the Upper West Side ? but he?s keeping a sense of humor about it.
?We always tell each other to break a leg in this business. I never thought it would happen to me... |
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Sorry to miss it, hope it?s a blast Thu, 24 May 2012 05:32:12 -0500 |
| One of the best-known members of Harvard?s class of 1962 can?t make the 50th reunion, but he has a great excuse ? he?s in the Supermax prison.
Still, Ted Kaczynski, the ?Unabomber,? apparently wanted to send his regards, so he updated his profile in a newsletter for the... |
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Mary Richardson Kennedy?s battle Thu, 24 May 2012 04:49:51 -0500 |
| If difficult divorces caused people to commit suicide, nearly half the adults in America would be dead. If trauma caused people to take their own lives, there would be no Holocaust survivors and Rwanda and the Congo would be practically devoid of their populations.
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WATCH: Police say video shows Park Slope groping suspect Thu, 24 May 2012 04:34:08 -0500 |
| A woman was grabbed from behind and sexually assaulted in Park Slope yesterday, and cops are investigating whether the attack is tied to similar assaults last year.
The 22-year-old victim was attacked at around 5 a.m. near the intersection of 16th Street and Fourth Avenue, police said.
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Cop-shove killer gets 28 1/2 year sentence, but won't admit guilt to officer's family Thu, 24 May 2012 04:34:08 -0500 |
| He doesn?t know when to stop running his mouth.
A hulking brute who shoved a Brooklyn cop to his death was sentenced yesterday to 28 1/2 years to life, but not before insulting the officer?s grieving family with a callous, self-serving apology.
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Muslim woman asked to remove head scarf in NJ mall Thu, 24 May 2012 04:34:07 -0500 |
| A Muslim woman has accused a New Jersey shopping mall security guard of trying to force her to remove her head-covering garment.
?He came into my face and made a hand gesture like he was going to lift my veil off,? ? Wakeelah Salaam, 30, told The Post of her ordeal... |
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Big-mouth Gotti ruined mob, Gambino informant testifies Thu, 24 May 2012 04:21:02 -0500 |
| John Gotti whacked the mob.
The publicity-loving ?Dapper Don?? ? who could never keep his mouth shut ? played right into the hands of law enforcement by transforming the Mafia from a secret society into a public spectacle, a fellow mobster said yesterday.
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?Scrub?way station letter-grade plan Thu, 24 May 2012 04:12:37 -0500 |
| Folks might get confused at the ?F? train station.
The City Council wants individual subway stations to be graded on cleanliness, safety, rats and other conditions, similar to the popular restaurant ratings Mayor Bloomberg has instituted.
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Mike a chopper stopper Thu, 24 May 2012 04:12:37 -0500 |
| Mayor Bloomberg has decided to clip his own wings at the East 34th Street Heliport on weekends ? after complaints that he repeatedly used the facility when it?s officially closed.?While the heliport?s waiting rooms are closed on weekends and you can?t get fuel, we always thought that... |
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CIA Osama hero jailed Thu, 24 May 2012 04:09:30 -0500 |
| The courageous Pakistani doctor who secretly helped the CIA track down Osama bin Laden was convicted of treason yesterday and sentenced to 33 years in jail.
Surgeon Shakil Afridi was convicted by a tribal court in Pakistan after a brief trial in which he was not allowed a lawyer to... |
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Ray gives UK an OK Thu, 24 May 2012 04:09:30 -0500 |
| LONDON ? Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said yesterday he was impressed with security planning for this summer?s London Olympics, rejecting suggestions that US officials were concerned about arrangements for the Games, which start July 27. ?It seems they really have a handle on just about any... |
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Consumer Reports ranks best and worst sunscreens Thu, 24 May 2012 04:07:21 -0500 |
| It?s a burning question New Yorkers ask every summer ? which sunscreen should I use?
Memorial Day is almost here, and Consumer Reports offers some answers. It tested 19 top-selling sunscreens with SPFs ranging from 30 to 75+ for factors like how well they protect against UVA and UVB rays... |
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An end to kvetchup Thu, 24 May 2012 04:07:21 -0500 |
| You can stop smacking the bottom of the bottle. MIT researchers have solved one of the world?s eternal scientific mysteries ? how to get out the last drop of ketchup.Their solution is LiquiGlide, a super-slippery coating that won?t let anything stick to the insides of glass and plastic... |
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Romney does job on prez Thu, 24 May 2012 04:07:21 -0500 |
| WASHINGTON ? Mitt Romney turned the tables on President Obama for the attacks on Romney?s time at Bain Capital, releasing an emotional video about job woes during the Obama?s tenure.
The ad kicks off with Obama?s recent statement that Romney?s time running the investment capital firm is... |
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Nice move by GOPer in Fla. Thu, 24 May 2012 04:07:21 -0500 |
| WASHINGTON ? Mitt Romney has grabbed a 6-point lead in the battleground state of Florida based on a strong showing among men, according to the latest Quinnipiac University poll.Romney leads President Obama by 47-41 percent in the Sunshine State. He leads among men by 50-37, while women are split... |
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Rudy: It?s Bob?s ?Turn? vs. Gilly Thu, 24 May 2012 04:07:21 -0500 |
| ALBANY ? Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani yesterday endorsed Republican Rep. Bob Turner for New York?s US Senate nomination.
He called Turner (pictured) ?the definition of a citizen legislator,? saying he?s ?a proven winner and the only candidate who can defeat the nation?s most liberal senator, Kirsten... |
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?Grater? festival refunds Thu, 24 May 2012 04:01:11 -0500 |
| Skimping on the ?Mooga? is going to cost a concert promoter a whole lot of moola.The much-hyped Great GoogaMooga Festival, which enveloped Brooklyn?s Prospect Park last weekend, was so far from great that more than 4,000 patrons who shelled out more than $250 a pop for VIP... |
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Rx ?$chemer? Thu, 24 May 2012 03:59:17 -0500 |
| An enterprising drug trafficker bought painkillers from dealers in Manhattan and made millions reselling them at a huge mark-up in Boston, authorities said. José Garcia Acosta, 33, would allegedly sell oxycodone on the black market for $40 a pop after paying peddlers in Washington Heights a mere... |
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Ex-foe Powell backs Charlie Thu, 24 May 2012 03:59:17 -0500 |
| It was only two years ago that Adam Clayton Powell IV was calling Rep. Charlie Rangel corrupt and ineffective. Yesterday, the former Assemblyman took back those harsh words in a remarkable about-face and endorsed his lifelong foe. ?That was then. This is now,? said Powell, who admitted he wants... |
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NYPD Daily Blotter Thu, 24 May 2012 03:14:12 -0500 |
| Queens
The second of three suspects who mugged a blind woman in a Forest Hills subway station was nabbed yesterday, police said, while the third heartless crook (pictured) remains on the lam.
Cops arrested Latisha Richardson, 39, on charges of grand larceny, possession of stolen property and... |
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Protecting the unholiest sinners Thu, 24 May 2012 03:14:12 -0500 |
| There exists in this city a group of unparalleled perverts that?s wrapped in Teflon ? more resistent to charges of sexual exploitation than John Travolta.
I?m not talking about Hollywood nimrods or Catholic priests, but a sect not generally associated with serious crime ? ultra-Orthodox Jews.
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Weird but true Thu, 24 May 2012 03:14:12 -0500 |
| San Francisco officials voted to endorse the naming of a Navy ship after slain gay politician Harvey Milk ? and even Milk threw in his support.
City Supervisor John Avalos claims he used a Ouija board to contact Milk, who supposedly said, ?Good riddance to ?Don?t ask, don?t tell... |
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Chips ahoy vey! Thu, 24 May 2012 03:14:12 -0500 |
| Observant Jews across the country were hit by a plague of Old Testament proportions when a wildly popular brand of chocolate chips sold only at Trader Joe?s lost a crucial part of its ?kosher? label.
The Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips had been labeled ?pareve kosher? because they were dairy-free.... |
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Nurturing nature Thu, 24 May 2012 03:02:18 -0500 |
| My daughter clattered down the steps when she heard my blood-piercing scream.
?What?s the matter, Mommy??
?Luna?s got another one,? I said, shielding my eyes with my hands.
?It?s OK, Mommy,? Julia said. ?It?s the circle of life.?
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Just sold! Thu, 24 May 2012 03:02:18 -0500 |
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FLATIRON $1,762,500
30 E. 21st St.
Two-bedroom, two-bath loft co-op, 1,500 square feet, with 12-foot ceilings, home office, walk-in closet, washer/dryer and keyed elevator. Maintenance $2,505, 49 percent tax-deductible. Asking price $1,800,000, on market 17 weeks. Brokers: Corey... |
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Fraud cancer ?free? Thu, 24 May 2012 02:53:13 -0500 |
| Here comes the bride ? fresh out of prison.
The scheming bridezilla who duped her family ? and her upstate neighbors ? into paying for her ?dream? wedding by pretending she was dying of cancer was sentenced yesterday ? and immediately released.
Jessica Vega has already paid back more than $13,368... |
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Mitt?s new lesson in education Thu, 24 May 2012 02:53:13 -0500 |
| WASHINGTON ? Mitt Romney vowed yesterday that he?d be the educator-in-chief and a champion of charter schools.
The presumptive GOP presidential nominee said he would use federal funds to ?expand parental choice in an unprecedented way.?
Romney said he would require states to eliminate caps on... |
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Arabic mandatory at city public school Thu, 24 May 2012 02:53:13 -0500 |
| An upper Manhattan public elementary school will be the first in the city to require that students study Arabic, officials said yesterday.
Beginning next semester, all 200 second- through fifth-graders at PS 368 in Hamilton Heights will be taught the language twice a week for 45 minutes ? putting... |
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Golf girl tees off on boys Thu, 24 May 2012 01:39:41 -0500 |
| A teenage girl took top honors in the Nassau County boys high-school golf tournament yesterday, with a performance so impressive, her main opponent said it was like ?getting hit by a locomotive.?
Annie Park, 17, won with a 6-under-par 72 at Bethpage State Park?s Blue Course, crushing two-time... |
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Well, hi there, sailors! Thu, 24 May 2012 01:36:39 -0500 |
| Thar she blows!
The ARC Gloria, official flagship of the Colombian Navy, sailed by the Statue of Liberty yesterday during Fleet Week?s spectacular kickoff event, the Parade of Sail.
The Gloria, built in 1966, was one of 23 ships from around the world taking part in the parade, which... |
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Rutgers-cam sentence cut Thu, 24 May 2012 00:57:10 -0500 |
| Dharun Ravi ? the former Rutgers University student convicted of using a Web cam to spy on his roommate making out with a male pal ? will serve just 20 days behind bars. Ravi was sentenced to 30 days, but a New Jersey regulation mandates that any inmate given that sentence be... |
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Fiery slay and suicide bid Thu, 24 May 2012 00:51:03 -0500 |
| Queens firefighters responding to a blaze last night found a stabbed woman who later died and her boyfriend trying to hang himself, authorities said.The unidentified 30-year-old victim was on the bed in a basement apartment on 214th Place in Bayside at about 7:30 p.m. ?[Firefighters] opened a... |
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Cop who robbed cig sellers will patrol cell Thu, 24 May 2012 00:50:50 -0500 |
| A crooked cop who used his badge, gun and NYPD ?raid? jacket to rip off cigarette smugglers got 33 months in the slammer yesterday from a judge who called the caper ?baffling and disappointing.??When the public sees police officers commit crimes, it casts doubt on the whole structure we... |
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A foot in the door on a fix for housing woes Thu, 24 May 2012 00:05:52 -0500 |
| The Federal Reserve has my plan to revive the US economy.You probably remember the plan because I?ve been belaboring it in this column for years: Change the way personal retirement plans are allowed to be invested so Americans can put some of their Individual Retirement Account money directly... |
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Business briefs Thu, 24 May 2012 00:05:52 -0500 |
| Dell dipDell tumbled 17 percent to $12.49 after the tech company forecast fiscal second-quarter revenue that missed analysts? estimates.RIM exitResearch In Motion executive Patrick Spence, who ran global sales for the BlackBerry maker, has resigned. Spence is taking a job in a different industry... |
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BB-gun bozos hit school Wed, 23 May 2012 23:59:45 -0500 |
| Days after adolescent rooftop snipers terrorized a Brooklyn neighborhood with darts from a blow gun, a different duo of teenage punks sprayed a Lower East Side street corner and schoolyard with BB pellets as pupils studied inside, police said.No students were injured during the 1 p.m. attack... |
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Morgan?s mired in scandal Wed, 23 May 2012 23:59:17 -0500 |
| One of Britain?s most respected journalists said yesterday that former London tabloid newspaper editor Piers Morgan showed him how to hack into phones 10 years ago, the latest twist in the UK phone scandal.
Now a CNN talk-show host, Morgan has consistently denied authorizing phone hacking during... |
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Jury favors Google?s Larry Wed, 23 May 2012 23:59:20 -0500 |
| In the battle of the Larrys, this one goes . . . to Larry.Chief Executive Larry Page of Google won the day in court against fellow billionaire Larry Ellison of Oracle yesterday. A federal jury in the second phase of an intellectual-property trial in San Francisco found that Google didn?t didn... |
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Martha in new post Wed, 23 May 2012 23:59:19 -0500 |
| Martha Stewart was named as non-executive chairman of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia.
Stewart rejoined the board yesterday of the lifestyle and publishing company she founded.
Stewart had been barred from serving as a board member or as an executive of a public company as part a settlement with... |
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No woes in Pandora box Wed, 23 May 2012 23:59:14 -0500 |
| Pandora Media rose as much as 16 percent in extended trading after first-quarter results beat estimates. Pandora lost 9 cents a share, excluding items; smaller than the forecast 18 cents; sales rose 58 percent to $80.8 million... |
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Bx. families run for classroom exits Wed, 23 May 2012 23:47:13 -0500 |
| It was like a Bronx stampede.Two South Bronx charter schools in the Success Academy network attracted a stunning 5,900 applications last month from families seeking to avoid the local public schools ? even though there were only 190 open charter slots available.The unprecedented demand of more than... |
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Mafia?s ?Meatball? won?t fuhgeddabout 10G Wed, 23 May 2012 23:42:36 -0500 |
| Trust him. He says he?s good for it.A convicted mobster tried to weasel out of handing over $10,000 in ill-gotten gains that he promised to pay back to the feds at his scheduled sentencing yesterday.Frank ?Meatball? Bellantoni?s lawyer said his client was experiencing a cash... |
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Still in denial on domestic terror Wed, 23 May 2012 23:41:19 -0500 |
| The White House has threatened to veto the National Defense Authorization Act ? a $642.5 billion spending bill passed by the House last Friday. Among the 32 veto-worthy provisions: the one awarding Purple Hearts to the victims of the Fort Hood and Little Rock shootings.
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Cig-nificant progress Wed, 23 May 2012 23:40:06 -0500 |
| The city Health Department says its year-old ban on smoking at parks and beaches is showing results.The department conducted a survey of 13 parks in Manhattan and Brooklyn in the fall of 2011 and found that smoking had declined by two-thirds compared to a year earlier.The rule against... |
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Airport Security: Intrusive and Leaky Wed, 23 May 2012 23:39:46 -0500 |
| A few weeks ago, agents of the Transportation Security Administration at Reagan National Airport stopped my mother-in-law, a very nice and unthreatening 79-year-old in Washington to lobby on behalf of public libraries, and asked her an enormously rude question.
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Warm, fuzzy vultures Wed, 23 May 2012 23:39:46 -0500 |
| A company with a questionable business model employs an army of lobbyists, flacks and Wall Street bankers to hype shares of an initial public offering. The company?s billionaire CEO and other fat-cat insiders make out like bandits, while average investors lose big as shares decline nearly the... |
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Bam and his buddies Wed, 23 May 2012 23:39:46 -0500 |
| To President Obama and his campaign, venture capitalists come in two flavors:
* Avaricious vultures (Mitt Romney comes to mind).
* The good kind: folks who are putting their money where the White House says it will do the most good ? in Obama?s re-election campaign.
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Meeting CUNY?s mandate Wed, 23 May 2012 23:39:46 -0500 |
| When is ethnic diversity not real ethnic diversity? Apparently, when it involves Asian-Americans.
That seems to be the conclusion of a new Community Service Society study, which notes with some concern that the percentage of black and Hispanic enrollment at CUNY?s five senior colleges has... |
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A tragic history lesson: Women & cads of camelot Wed, 23 May 2012 23:39:46 -0500 |
| The Issue: Mary Richardson Kennedy?s suicide and the Kennedy clan?s historic treatment of women.
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Brava, Maureen Callahan, for ?The Real Curse of the Kennedys? (PostScript, May 20).
I had been waiting for this perspective since Mary Richardson?s death. I can imagine how difficult it was to... |
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Pension ten$ion Wed, 23 May 2012 23:34:10 -0500 |
| ALBANY ? The state pension fund missed its growth target last year. Its value increased by 5.96 percent to top $150 billion for the first time since before the Great Recession, Comptroller Tom DiNapoli announced yesterday.But the increase for the state fiscal year that ended March 31 fell below... |
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