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Cops furious at 'don't-kill' bill

Cops furious at 'don't-kill' bill

City cops are livid over a legislative proposal that could handcuff the brave officers involved in life-and-death confrontations every day -- requiring them to shoot gun-wielding suspects in the arm...  Read Full Story

Fergie to flee to U.S. over scandal

Fergie to flee to U.S. over scandal

Sarah Ferguson is threatening to permanently leave England for the United States over her explosive, influence-peddling scandal, pals say -- sending the royal family into a tailspin over the...  Read Full Story

NY is fave today to land Super XLVIII

NY is fave today to land Super XLVIII

Let's "Make Some History." The Jets-Giants bid to host the 2014 Super Bowl is the odds-on favorite to win when league owners vote today on whether the NFL's first-ever, purposely planned, cold...  Read Full Story

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  • A load of bull spit!

    A load of bull spit!

    A bizarre policy has allowed city bus drivers to land an average of two months paid time off -- with one staying at home for more than half a year -- every time a rider spits on them. The outrageous arrangement comes courtesy of TWU Local 100's...   5:10 AM

  • Foreign mosque money

    Foreign mosque money

    The imam behind a proposed mosque and Islamic community center near Ground Zero will turn to Arab and Muslim nations around the world to help finance the estimated $100 million project, he has told a London-based Arabic newspaper. Plans for the...   4:34 AM

  • Dem feud derails deal to raise cap

    Dem feud derails deal to raise cap

    A meeting of Assembly Democrats that began last night with hopes of reaching a deal to raise the cap on charter schools and help win the state up to $700 million in federal aid turned into a massive venting session from anti-charter members....   3:05 AM

  • The tragical history tour

    The tragical history tour

    Imagine no more gawkers. Residents and neighbors of the Upper West Side’s famed Dakota building are battling back against an invasion of tour buses packed with passengers straining to catch a glimpse of the site where John Lennon was slain....   5:08 AM

  • Accuser's knickers in a twist

    Accuser's knickers in a twist

    Lawyers for the Brooklyn tattoo artist who accused police of sodomizing him in a Brooklyn subway station claim police altered key evidence -- his underwear -- before the criminal trial. Two weeks before the start of Michael Mineo's $440 million...   5:18 AM

  • Stress of 9/11 hit fetuses

    Stress of 9/11 hit fetuses

    The stress related to the 9/11 attacks caused a dramatic spike in the number of miscarried pregnancies throughout the nation, according to a new study. Miscarriages were 12 percent higher for the month of September 2001 than what would have been...   4:34 AM

  • First fiend in Newark triple slay is guilty

    The first defendant to be tried for a triple schoolyard killing that jolted Newark into addressing its crime problem nearly three years ago was...   4:34 AM

  • Mike rips council's living-wage plan

    Mayor Bloomberg yesterday laced into a City Council proposal to require developers getting city subsidies of $100,000 or more to pay employees $11.50...   4:34 AM

  • Probers hot over jail orgy

    ALBANY -- State investigators are shocked that an explosive hourlong videotape of a sex party featuring gang bangers, a suspected prostitute and a 15...   4:34 AM

  • Meter runs out on $5.5M in hack fines

    The city has been left holding the bag on up to $5.5 million in unpaid fines racked up by rogue cabbies because legal proceedings weren't brought...   4:34 AM

  • Lohan's boozer 'bling'

    Lohan's boozer 'bling'

    Lindsay Lohan is ankle deep in trouble. A judge yesterday ordered her to wear an alcohol-monitoring anklet and submit to weekly drug tests, and hinted she might have to delay filming on her Linda Lovelace biopic. Asked by Los Angeles...   5:54 AM

  • Slick & tired Bam vows to pound BP

    Slick & tired Bam vows to pound BP

    The Obama administration, stung by criticism that it was slow to react to the disastrous Gulf oil spill, said yesterday it was putting "our boot" on the "neck" of the British oil giant responsible for it. "This is a BP mess. It is a horrible...   4:21 AM

  • Broken heart kills Murphy husband

    Broken heart kills Murphy husband

    He overate to dull the pain of the loss of his beautiful young wife, Brittany Murphy. He spent endless, lonely hours in their home planning tributes to the actress and caring for her despondent mother. Screenwriter Simon Monjack, 39, all but...   5:53 AM

  • Jamaica gunfights rage on

    Jamaica gunfights rage on

    KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Police clashed with gunmen in a slum here for the second straight day yesterday, after at least three people were killed in violence linked to an alleged drug lord who faces extradition to the United States. The firefights...   4:01 AM

  • Christie's 'duh' Vinci

    This case could create a whole new kind of "photo finish." Christie's is asking a judge to toss claims that it sold a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci...   4:01 AM

  • Fergie soon to be a regal alien

    Fergie soon to be a regal alien

    Sarah Ferguson is threatening to permanently leave England for the United States over her explosive, influence-peddling scandal, pals say -- sending the royal family into a tailspin over the prospect of losing control over their No. 1 loose cannon...   5:47 AM

  • Weiner to Bam's team: Bare all on Sestak 'deal'

    WASHINGTON -- Rep. Anthony Weiner pressed the White House yesterday to come clean about allegations Democrat Rep. Joe Sestak was offered an...   4:01 AM

  • Gored matador is on the mend

    MADRID -- Bullfighter Julio Aparicio, who was gored in the throat by a bull last week, has left the intensive-care unit of a hospital here. The October...   4:01 AM

  • Sex Rep. tried 'suicide' twice

    Former upstate Congressman Eric Massa reportedly attempted suicide twice in the days before he resigned in the wake of a sexual harassment scandal....   4:01 AM

  • Super Bowl bid should be OK’d today

    Super Bowl bid should be OK’d today

    IRVING, Texas — New York is considered such a lock to host the 2014 Super Bowl that NFL owners are already talking about it as a guinea pig for holding the Big Game in cold-weather, open-air stadiums. The owners arrived here yesterday in advance of...   6:05 AM

  • Coach search hinges on LeBron

    Coach search hinges on LeBron

    If the Cavaliers hire a new coach before the start of free agency on July 1, it probably is not a good sign for the Knicks — it probably means LeBron James endorsed the pick and is staying put. Sunday night’s firing of coach Mike Brown was the...   3:41 AM

  • Yankees not panicking after dreadful week

    Yankees not panicking after dreadful week

    The Yankees got a chance to catch their breath yesterday and try to erase the memory of their lost week with their first full day off in 18 days. The respite could not have arrived at a better time for the Yankees, who hit their first slump of...   5:49 AM

  • Mets can't afford letdown against first-place rivals

    Mets can't afford letdown against first-place rivals

    The Mets did themselves -- and their manager -- some good by taking two of three against the Yankees over the weekend. Now, they have to sustain that against their most important rivals. "We need to focus, starting now, on Philadelphia," David...   5:43 AM

  • Orange's Johnson a Net option

    Derrick Favors or DeMarcus Cousins? DeMarcus Cousins or Derrick Favors? How about Wesley Johnson of Syracuse for the Nets? "That certainly is...   3:41 AM

  • Devils' Salmela may need surgery

    Devils defenseman Anssi Salmela is expected to learn this week whether he will require knee surgery to repair what is believed to be a torn anterior...   5:03 AM

  • Yankees' Curtis could be Rx

    The Yankees have not just had problems with the middle of their batting order. The No. 2 spot has been a black hole. The No. 2 batter is batting...   5:43 AM

  • Mets' Maine suffers from shoulder tendinitis

    The Mets and John Maine still don't know when the righthander might return to the rotation, but they at least know what's wrong with him. Maine was...   3:42 AM

  • Field offers sanctuary for Mets' Wright

    When the owner files in, when there's a public dispute between a pitcher and the organization, when the questions posed to the players are about the...   5:43 AM

  • Watch Super Bowl announcement in Times Square

    The 2014 Super Bowl party could start Tuesday afternoon in Times Square. NFL Network's live telecast of the Super Bowl bid will be shown on monitors...  

  • Check (me out) please!

    Check (me out) please!

    Coffee Shop hired 29-year-old blond beauty Courtney Yates the minute she walked through the door five years ago. Accompanied by a pretty pal, Yates had rock-star hair, an infectious smile and confidence to spare — perfect for a serving gig at the...   2:05 AM

  • Summer lovin'

    Summer lovin'

    All those Seaside Heights officials who thought MTV's "Jersey Shore" was going to ruin their town are changing their tune. Not only is this old-line seaside resort a household name thanks to Snooki, JWOWW and The Situation -- it's on track for...   1:45 AM

  • It’s not labor, it’s bliss!

    It’s not labor, it’s bliss!

    On a morning last December, Stephanie Benelli was floating on a cloud of strawberry-colored mist. The mist turned orange, then swept over her, bringing her even deeper into a relaxed state. Was she getting a massage, or perhaps enjoying an...   1:39 AM

  • The naked & the slightly drunk

    The naked & the slightly drunk

    It takes, well, cojones to pose nude in a brightly lit room filled with strangers drinking cheap beer and eating chips. But that’s exactly what a Brooklyn bike shop worker named John did recently, when — to a soundtrack that included Black Sabbath...   1:30 AM

  • Over dad's dead body

    Over dad's dead body

    Elvis is nowhere in sight in "Graceland" -- and there's not much grace here, either. This comedy/drama by young Chicago playwright Ellen Fairey, now getting its New York premiere by Lincoln Center's LCT3 offshoot, concerns the aftermath of a...   1:39 AM

  • Monica cut from Clinton movie

    Monica cut from Clinton movie

    The new HBO movie "The Special Relationship" -- about the friendship between Bill Clinton and Britain's Tony Blair -- is missing something: a scene about Monica Lewinsky. The scene that showed Bill telling Hillary for the first time about his...   1:39 AM

  • Comic's tale of conversion not divine

    Conversions seem to be in vogue these days, judging by the recent "Circumcise Me" and now "Hebrew School Dropout," Dave Konig's account of how he went...   1:39 AM

  • Paula gets her own show

    Paula Abdul's TV's exile has ended. The former "American Idol" judge will host a new talent show on CBS called "Got To Dance," based on a UK hit...   1:39 AM

  • Jack White's wife is no red herring

    KAREN ELSON "The Ghost Who Walks" ***½ THERE'S a deep, dark Gothic country feel to the debut record by Karen Elson, the red-haired...   2:09 AM

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Soccer star Ronaldo angry at Vanity Fair

Soccer star Ronaldo angry at Vanity Fair

The world's highest-paid soccer star, Cristiano Ronaldo, is...   12:55 AM

Carrot trips up Serpico

Carrot trips up Serpico

Honest cop Frank Serpico was scratching his head yesterday after...   12:55 AM

Sports

Super Bowl bid should be OK’d today

Super Bowl bid should be OK’d today

IRVING, Texas — New York is considered such a lock to host the...   6:05 AM

Coach search hinges on LeBron

Coach search hinges on LeBron

If the Cavaliers hire a new coach before the start of free agency...   3:41 AM

Joel Sherman Joel Sherman

Pettitte: Oswalt wants a contender

Of course, the Mets should want Roy Oswalt. But this is not...   5:43 AM

Entertainment

Check (me out) please!

Check (me out) please!

Coffee Shop hired 29-year-old blond beauty Courtney Yates the...   2:05 AM

Summer lovin'

Summer lovin'

All those Seaside Heights officials who thought MTV's "Jersey...   1:45 AM

Linda Stasi Linda Stasi

Last minute

Time finally ran out for Jack Bauer last night. Sort of....   1:51 AM

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NFL gets flagged

NFL gets flagged

The Supreme Court yesterday sacked the National Football League's...   1:20 AM

Public relations

Public relations

He's learned his lesson. Facebook Chief Executive Mark...   1:13 AM

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Opinion

Merryl's moment

Merryl's moment

Teachers unions and their anti-charter-school allies have pulled...   1:06 AM

White house's Sestak bid

White house's Sestak bid

So, when will the Obama White House come clean about Rep. Joe...   12:54 AM

Knickerbocker: The latest from The Post's NY politics blog

From the state capitol to City Hall, The Post's reporters deliver...  

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Slick & tired Bam vows to pound BP

Slick & tired Bam vows to pound BP

The Obama administration, stung by criticism that it was slow to...   4:21 AM

Lohan's boozer 'bling'

Lohan's boozer 'bling'

Lindsay Lohan is ankle deep in trouble. A judge yesterday...   5:54 AM

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