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YOUR PAIN?! Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:20:36 -0500 |
| YOLANDA ROSA never thought anything could hurt as sharply as losing her little brother, Police Officer Daniel Enchautegui, to a murderer's gun. But Yolanda was furious - steaming! - to read that the mother of loser Lillo Brancato, now on trial... |
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REB DEM SNUBS TOP REPUBLICAN Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:19:48 -0500 |
| THE leader of the renegade Democrats known as the "Gang of Three" has bluntly told Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos that he can't back him for re-election in January. Tough-talking Brooklyn Sen. Carl Kruger, in a private meeting with Skelos... |
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SPECTER SET TO PLAY 'HARDBALL' Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:48:02 -0500 |
| WASHINGTON - Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) says he's ready for a tough re-election race in 2010 - be it against MSNBC's "Hardball" host, Chris Matthews, or someone else. Specter, 78, declined to speculate on whether Matthews, 62, a native... |
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GOV FEELS HEAT TO FILL SEAT ASAP Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:46:50 -0500 |
| ALBANY - Gov. Paterson plans to name a successor to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton quickly, now that her selection as President-elect Barack Obama's secretary of state "appears to be inevitable." Despite adding that he was "not going to rush on what... |
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VACCINES NO SHOT IN DOCS' WALLETS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:11:47 -0500 |
| ATLANTA - About one in 10 doctors who vaccinate privately insured kids may stop doing so because it's costing them money, according to a survey. And a second survey revealed startling differences between what doctors pay for the vaccines and... |
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WAL-MART HERO Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:26:23 -0500 |
| A part-time security guard trampled to death during a Black Friday stampede at a Long Island Wal-Mart died while trying to help a pregnant shopper caught in the crush, a source said yesterday. Jdimytai Damour, 34, of Queens threw himself between... |
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'FIT' FOR OFFICE Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:51:13 -0500 |
| WASHINGTON - Welcome to Charlie Rangel's personal gym. It may look cramped, but while members of Congress are forced to shoehorn office staff and equipment into windowless closets and other tiny corners of the Capitol complex, Rep. Rangel's... |
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MADONNA, A-ROD MEX & MINGLE Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:26:40 -0500 |
| Madonna and A-Rod's relationship has gone south - to Mexico. The pair spent yesterday in Mexico City, where Alex Rodriguez taught kids how to bat at the opening of a sports center in the destitute suburb of Nezahualcoyotl and where Madonna... |
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AUTISM PAIN$ FAMILIES: STUDY Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:16:49 -0500 |
| CHICAGO - More than half a million American kids suffer from autism - and their health-care needs are placing an unprecedented financial strain on many families, national data show. Compared with parents whose kids have other chronic health... |
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NYPD DAILY BLOTTER Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:40:12 -0500 |
| Manhattan A man ripped off a woman's fingernail during a fight that began when she started snapping pictures in their Hell's Kitchen apartment building, police sources said yesterday. Jacoby Fenner, 66, clashed with the 56-year-old woman in the... |
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NYPD DAILY BLOTTER Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:59:04 -0500 |
| Manhattan A man ripped off a woman's fingernail during a fight that began when she started snapping pictures in their Hell's Kitchen apartment building, police sources said yesterday. Jacoby Fenner, 66, clashed with the 56-year-old woman in the... |
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NYC SAYS BRONX HIV CAMPAIGN IS WORKING Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:58:15 -0500 |
| The New York City Health Department says HIV testing has increased by 20 percent since the launch of a Bronx awareness campaign earlier this year. The findings were released Monday to coincide with World AIDS Day. The department says that the... |
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BLOOMBERG SLAMS BURRESS FOR SHOOTING COVER-UP Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:43:10 -0500 |
| The NYPD first found out about Plaxico Burress' bone-headed accidental self-shooting with an illegal handgun by watching television reports more than 12 hours after it happened, Mayor Bloomberg revealed this morning during a scathing press... |
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PLAX TURNS HIMSELF IN Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:16:07 -0500 |
| Plaxico Burress was led out of a police precinct in handcuffs Monday after surrendering on a weapons possession charge, and authorities said that teammate Antonio Pierce is being investigated over his role in an accidental shooting at a Manhattan... |
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CLINTON WON'T RESIGN SENATE SEAT ... YET Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:53:57 -0500 |
| WASHINGTON - Gov. David Paterson will have more than a month to choose a successor to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, after her office said Monday she will not resign her Senate seat until she is confirmed as secretary of state. One prominent... |
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HOT SPOT TOO HOT Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:43:00 -0500 |
| The nightclub where Plaxico Burress accidentally shot himself is no stranger to gunplay. Its past even includes at least one celebrity-involved shooting that turned fatal. In December 2004, one man was shot dead and another wounded outside the... |
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MED STUDENT DIES IN 'DWI' Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:49:01 -0500 |
| A pre-med college student home for the holidays died early yesterday when a convicted drunken driver smashed his SUV head on into the victim's convertible, Nassau County police said. University of Miami student Jason Shein, 21, was behind the... |
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JOCK, STOCK AND BARREL Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:02:01 -0500 |
| Experts say pro athletes like Plaxico Burress often arm themselves - legally or illegally - to protect the sudden wealth that accompanies a sports career. "You go from a zero account balance to millions of dollars, and with that comes huge... |
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NEW PENALTIES FOR ILLEG-ALIENS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:49:19 -0500 |
| Until now, thousands of illegal aliens deported after committing crimes didn't hesitate to sneak back into the New York area, knowing that if they were caught, their "punishment" would be a free flight home. But under a new federal policy... |
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OBAMA PLATES GIVE LI THIEVES LICENSE TO STEAL Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:47:39 -0500 |
| A Long Island Obama supporter scored vanity license plates bearing his presidential hero's name - now, if he could only use them. Jonathan Lifschutz, 50, of Great Neck, got his "OBAMA" plates from the Department of Motor Vehicles three days after... |
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PLAX BID TO KEEP HIS SHOT IN THE DARK Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:18:50 -0500 |
| Trouble-prone Giants receiver Plaxico Burress desperately tried to sidestep the law after shooting himself in the leg with an illegal handgun he carried into a Midtown night club -- getting workers at the hot spot and at a top city hospital to lie... |
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SHOPPERS PUT WIND IN RETAILERS' SALES Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:10:25 -0500 |
| It might not be a Christmas miracle, but brisk sales of toys, electronics and clothing spurred weekend receipts that kept retailers from going over the edge - at least for now. US shoppers spent an average of $372.57 this weekend, up 7.2 percent... |
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WATER PLANT'S RI$ING TIDE Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:14:47 -0500 |
| Rising construction prices, design changes and a dearth of bidders have more than doubled the cost of a gigantic water-filtration plant being built 10 stories beneath a Bronx driving range, budget experts have found. The plant is now expected to... |
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SAMARITAN VS. 'JUSTIN' Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:18:54 -0500 |
| The former busboy suing Justin Timberlake's Upper East Side restaurant for stiffing him is the stand-up employee who happily accepted a $200 tip for returning a $200,000 watch a guest had dropped. Felipe Santiago Ramales became a symbol of... |
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YOU DA H-BOMB! Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:49:53 -0500 |
| The future of Detroit's reeling car industry is riding on a new technology already rolling across New York City and its northern suburbs - a vehicle that uses no gas and produces only water from its tailpipe. General Motors is in the midst of a... |
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DOLLARS TO DOUGH NUTS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:13:26 -0500 |
| 'Tis the season to give - but New Yorkers might want to think twice before opening their wallets to four area non-profits that got lousy ratings from a top charity watchdog. Celebrity magnet TJ Martell Foundation, along with Friends of Israel... |
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LATEST CANCER TREATMENT FOR NYERS ON THE GO Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:13:57 -0500 |
| In the time that it will take you to read this story, you could have received a potentially lifesaving cancer treatment. A 72-year-old retired art director has become the first person in Manhattan to undergo the more precise, 75-second treatment... |
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SCHOOLS FIXED GRADE SURVEYS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:59:35 -0500 |
| More than 60 principals were urged to keep surveys rating their schools away from "toxic" students who might bring the results down, according to a smoking-gun document obtained by The Post. The surveys, completed by more than 800,000 students... |
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'HELL'S' BELLES! Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:04:06 -0500 |
| "Hell's Kitchen" star Gordon Ramsay has kept a cupboard full of off-the-menu gal pals for years, and even flaunted his infidelity in front of his wife, the chef's kiss-and-tell mistress dished yesterday. Serial homewrecker Sarah Symonds tore... |
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SUBWAYS REALLY A FARE DEAL Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:04:48 -0500 |
| Even when the subway and bus fare goes up from $2, New Yorkers won't get taken for a ride - at least compared with commuters in other major world cities. The predicted $2.50 fare will still be a huge bargain next to London's, where the average... |
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BLOND JUSTICE Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:04:07 -0500 |
| A busty blond model who has graced the covers of dozens of romance novels created real-life melodrama at her soon-to-be ex-husband's fraud trial when she got into a catfight with his new girlfriend and allegedly threatened to cause a ruckus in the... |
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ROMANCE IS SHATTERED Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:42:50 -0500 |
| A Boston University student from Long Island snapped yesterday while arguing with her engineer boyfriend - and stabbed him in the neck with a broken beer bottle at an East Village nightclub, cops said. The shocking attack left Victoria Lee, 22... |
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REESE IS THE WORD AT MOVIES Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:42:41 -0500 |
| When Americans weren't at the mall over the long weekend, they were at the movies - ticket sales were up 4 percent over last year, led by the comedy "Four Christmases." The film, starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon, tells the story of a... |
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WATER COOLERS TAPPING OUT CITY: POLS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:08:40 -0500 |
| Bottled water and water coolers are draining taxpayer money and should be banned from city offices, two councilmen say. "Water is one resource we have plenty of [and] is essentially free and available," Eric Gioia (D-Queens) said yesterday. He... |
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SPIKE IN CITY WELFARE ROLLS Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:04:35 -0500 |
| More New Yorkers signed up for welfare checks in October than in any other month this year, in keeping with an annual trend, records show. An additional 5,607 city residents enrolled in the welfare program this past October, boosting the total to... |
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TINA OPENS UP ABOUT FEY-MOUS SCAR Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:16:15 -0500 |
| Tina Fey has revealed the secret behind the scar on her face - barely visible here. The beautiful funnywoman vamps it up for the January edition of Vanity Fair, where she and hubby Jeff Richmond note she's never talked publicly about a mystery... |
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WEIRD BUT TRUE Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:19:54 -0500 |
| A Chinese man woke his wife from a 10-year coma by biting her toes. The hubby said he had tried everything since his wife of 27 years sustained a head injury a decade ago, including playing loud music and tickling her. But the gentle nibbling... |
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CHILD OF SLAIN JEWISH COUPLE LEAVES FOR ISRAEL Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:00:21 -0500 |
| JERUSALEM - The 2-year-old orphan found drenched in the blood of his parents at the besieged Jewish center in Mumbai left India on Monday on an Israeli Air Force jet, accompanied by the Indian woman who rescued him. Moshe Holtzberg's parents... |
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PIRATES ATTEMPT ATTACK ON CRUISE SHIP Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:34:03 -0500 |
| A luxury cruise ship carrying passengers between Rome and Singapore came under attack from Somali pirates as it sailed between Somalia and Yemen on Sunday. The Nautica, an Oceania cruise ship was carrying 690 American, British and Australian... |
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INDIA DEMANDS 'STRONG ACTION' FROM PAKISTAN Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:50:07 -0500 |
| MUMBAI, India -- India demanded Pakistan take "strong action" against those behind the 60-hour siege that left at least 172 people dead, as new details emerged Monday about the gunmen and the survival training that enabled them to thwart Indian... |
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NIGERIA NIGHTMARE Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:14:21 -0500 |
| JOS, Nigeria - Residents yesterday continued to carry bodies to the main mosque in the Nigerian city of Jos, bringing the death toll from two days of clashes between Christian and Muslim gangs to about 400. The ethnic and religious rivals have... |
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ART NOT DRAWING AT CHRISTIE'S Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:59:58 -0500 |
| HONG KONG - Half of the lots in Christie's auction of Asian contemporary and 20th-century art went unsold yesterday, reflecting a cooling Chinese-art market amid the bleak global economic outlook. Only 56 percent of the 32 lots of Asian... |
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