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Girl, 15, dead; 5 men shot
NEW YORK (AP) -- A 15-year-old girl is dead and five young men are in the hospital with gunshot wounds after two separate shootings in the same neighborhood in Queens.

Crowd protests assault in Brooklyn, stalling traffic
NEW YORK (AP)  Hundreds of Hasidic Jews marched in a Brooklyn neighborhood Friday to protest the assault and robbery of a Jewish teenager. The group marched in the Crown Heights section of Bro...

Ashlee & Pete in sync at nups
People.com reported."We're delighted to confirm that Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson were married this evening in front of family and close friends," a spokesperson for the couple told the Web site. Sim...

In Crown Heights, the scourge of violence is color-blind
Crown Heights should be uniting and pulling together against a common foe - street criminals - the poisonous rage of an ungodly few threatens to crowd out the common sense of the many. That's the las...

GM rolls out axle deal
Michigan facility. American Axle is the biggest supplier of axles to GM. About 3,650 American Axle workers went on strike Feb. 26 in a dispute over pay reductions.

Life and death in
Borough Park hospital was founded to serve Orthodox Jews, a strong constituency with its own ambulance service whose attendants wait and lobby for the best treatment for the patients they bring. Yet f...

Grand Theft game guy is driven by Brighton Beach
Brighton Beach and raked in $500 million the first week it hit the stores in March. "I fell in love with it," Houser said of the Russian immigrant neighborhood during a recent interview with

Fake Web ID may net federal rap
Sunday, May 18th 2008, 4:00 AM Think twice before you sign up for an online service using a fake name or e-mail address. You could be committing a federal crime.Federal prosecutors turned to a no...

Jen falls for John, big time, say pals
Jessica Simpson 's sloppy seconds. What we hear is there is a certain feature of John that leaves Jen so pleased. The crooner's ex-paramours reveal he is hell to get over, not because he's a great guy...

'fall' Guy Suing Gisele
May 18, 2008 -- She's an ace on the catwalk, but Gisele Bundchen's stairs are downright dangerous, claims a worker suing over his fall in the supermodel's Manhattan apartment. Bronx carpen...

Brooklyn Bridge on the big screen
Peter Parker 's secret crush, off the Brooklyn Bridge in the first "Spiderman" movie. Although the bridge doesn't fare well in many action movies, Spidey saves the day, and neither girl nor bridge are...

Wii will get you fit if you
America 's endless appetite for fitness gadgets that promise workouts without the work, Wii Fit attempts to dull the painful drudgery of exercise with a shot of video game fun. Just don't expect to fi...

Tests to pinpoint senator
Sunday, May 18th 2008, 4:00 AM The causes of seizures vary widely, so doctors will need days and a battery of tests to determine the root of

'hit' Charge Looms Vs. '90 Widow
Loading new images... May 18, 2008 -- A grand jury is weighing an indictment of a millionaire widow for the murder of her husband on the Upper East Side 18 years ago, The Post has learned. Barba...

Boy, 8, badly burned in birthday party accident in Murray Hill
Manhattan dentist poured alcohol onto a grill at her son's birthday party - as the children were trying to toast marshmallows - and ignited a fireball that critically burned a little boy, police sou...

Dominican prez wins reelection
Dominican Liberation Party . He said he would continue revitalizing the economy as he has done throughout his most recent term. A victory would make Fernandez the first Dominican president to be reele...

A godsend for war vet
Defense Department - came home from war in late 2003 did he learn that he had a torn rotator cuff and was suffering from posttraumatic stress syndrome. Deemed undeployable, the 23-year veteran was di...

Kick off grilling season with fresh & fast flavors
Grilled Tofu with Baby Bok Choy and Sweet Chili Sauce Next weekend's Memorial Day holiday kicks off the 2008 barbecue season, whether you're ready or not. Luckily, cookbook author

Venerable NAACP taps young prez
Ben Jealous , a former news executive and lifelong activist, as the organization's next president - the youngest in its 99-year history.Though he is not a politician, minister or civil rights icon, 35...

Eric Bogosian writes his own ticket
Eric Bogosian ("Talk Radio" ) is to perform what he calls "underperformed and neverperformed Bogosiana" under the title "Bitter Honey" on Wednesday and Thursday as a benefit for the

Off key, Obama sings Kumbaya
Hitler , all this might have been avoided.'" Obama's responses, one in a statement and another at a campaign rally a day later, were peppered with mush that Bush was being divisive and fostering fear...

Cookout Indoors Burns Boy
May 18, 2008 -- An 8-year-old boy burned during a Manhattan children's party was the victim of a tragic indoor campout. David Kavee, son of dentist Rhonda Kavee, was burned over 70 percent of his ...

Santana pitches Mets to 7-4 victory over Yankees
NEW YORK (AP) -- Johan Santana gave the New York Yankees a firsthand look at the legitimate ace they turned down last winter. The two-time Cy Young Award winner pitched efficiently into the eighth inn...

Bam tries blue collar on for size
Illinois senator and his campaign have stepped up efforts to address some of Obama's chief vulnerabilities: his weak support among blue collar workers, false rumors that he's Muslim and lingering ques...

Ravaged China Fears Flooding
China - Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from rivers blocked by landslides rattled loose in last week's powerful temblor.Soldiers carri...

Rhys Meyers makes history
Cork, Ireland , who began acting on a lark at 16 as a way to put some money in his pocket. "It was just something I wanted to have a go at," he says. "I don't have to make it any more complex than th...

Human rights shame is now a moral crisis
Sunday, May 18th 2008, 4:00 AM The human rights scandal that immigration has become gets worse with every new revelation of official abuse, neglect and lack of accountability. Over the last coup...

Steel From The Sky
Loading new images... May 18, 2008 -- A steel plate plummeted 18 stories into a ballfield full of children at the site of the new Goldman Sachs building near Ground Zero yesterday - the latest i...

Trooper felt he should
Gov. George Pataki 's security detail, wrote a two-page suicide note in which, a source said, the trooper insisted that he did not "smear" anybody. "Anyone who knows Gary knows he was a very, very ser...

Suicide Note Is Seized
Loading new images... May 18, 2008 -- ALBANY - State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo quietly subpoenaed the suicide note written by a retired top State Police official who hanged himself while und...

We Are Scientists are masters of mimicry
MTV images of slo-mo smashing plates and broken mirrors shatter behind her. To switch things up, the Scientists made sure to fiddle with their persona this time. (They also shed their drummer, whittli...

Saudi oil no help, it
Saudi King Abdullah during talks Friday that the kingdom should be concerned that high energy prices are hurting some of its biggest customers. The Saudis plan to raise production by 300,000 barrels a...

Vito Cheated On Wife From The Beginning
Loading new images... May 18, 2008 -- Before he fathered a lovechild with a Beltway mistress, Rep. Vito Fossella led a double life in law school, lying about his marriage while dating a fellow s...

11 questions for Indiana Jones
On Thursday, rebel archeologist Indiana Jones returns to the big screen in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." In the fourth installment of the series, Harrison Ford's Indy may be a ...

All of a sudden, B
Caimans reportedly found in Brooklyn's Spring Creek Park. They're cold-blooded, grumpy and have a lot of teeth - not exactly the ideal city pet. In fact, it's illegal to own a caiman in

Billy Wagner douses the fire
Billy Wagner 's words that whipped a small flame into a wildfire. The Mets were transformed from underachievers to a club in crisis with a schism in the clubhouse. The fire is out now. Wagner doused ...

Hillary vs. the pundits
Westminster , Md., city councilman, praised Hillary Clinton but called Obama "the right leader for our time." Obama also gained delegates at state Democratic conventions in

Terrifying 'stat!' Er Overstuffing Is Fatal
May 18, 2008 -- Overcrowding in the city's emergency rooms has become so acute that ambulances are steered elsewhere and patients warehoused for hours in what doctors say is a deadly wait for beds...

James Kirkland TKOs Eromosele Albert
James Kirkland already was a little miffed about his placement on a tripleheader that was supposed to be a showcase for some young, up-and-coming boxing stars. His junior middleweight match against

Three teens rescued off Brooklyn beach
Brooklyn were rescued by firefighters Saturday evening.Two females and a male, described as being between 16 and 20, were on the rocks near W. 16th St. and Surf Ave. in

Wheelchair-bound bemoan long repair delays
Bronx girl with cerebral palsy is just one of hundreds - maybe thousands - of New Yorkers with severe disabilities who have waited months to get their wheelchairs repaired. A kind-hearted Daily News ...

Brown's Crown Is Nearing
Loading new images... May 18, 2008 -- Big Brown is coming home a winner. The Long Island stallion galloped away with a stunning win at the Preakness yesterday after a nail-biting start to the ra...

Fatter tax break, weaker dollar stir flurry of flicks in New York City
New York is a movie star again. Filmmaking in the city is at a post-Sept. 11 peak. Crews made 245 movies in New York last year, a 36% increase from 2002, said city

If only they truly grasped those guns
Nathan Himes, 5, checks out a pistol at the annual NRA meeting on Saturday. Five-year-old Nathan Himes stood with a 9-mm. automatic pistol in each hand. "Did you see this one?" asked his father, A...

Parking slap on Imette cop irks union
Internal Affairs Bureau that he would be suspended without pay for up to 30 days for copying an official placard, sources said. "This is not abusing parking privileges for personal gain," said

These Tony nominees traveled a long way to Broadway
L.A. Some shows have roots that are closer to home. "In the Heights," which played at 37 Arts on the West Side, and "Passing Strange," which opened at the Public Theater, are Off-Broadway transfers. ...

Hacked-off tourists to get hail of break
Sunday, May 18th 2008, 4:00 AM Disgruntled tourists who feel they've been slighted by a cabbie may be able to extract some payback even after they leave the city.The Taxi and Limousine Commission...

A-Rod hits homer in rehab tilt
David Price in all five at-bats. A-Rod struck out in his first at-bat, flied out to left in his second and drilled a 95-mph fastball for an opposite-field homer in his third. Price, the first overall ...

Alison Pill is sitting pretty onstage
Neil LaBute 's new play, "reasons to be pretty." Tousle-haired and clear-skinned, Pill is cast as the average-looking girlfriend who is compared, unfavorably, to another character's foxy co-worker - ...

Myanmar junta keeps French relief ship on hold
Myanmar - A French navy ship carrying 1,000 tons of food idled near Myanmar's coast Saturday, awaiting permission from the uncooperative ruling military regime to dock in the cyclone-devastated Irrawa...

Ten great surfside spots to eat & drink
A hot dog from Nathan's is a must-eat at Coney Island - try their boardwalk location for the nearby drinks. After a long, hard day of applying sunscreen, checking out beach bods and catching up on ...

Bx. Kids Replanting 9/11 Trees
Loading new images... May 18, 2008 -- Five months after some heartless vandals ripped out a small grove of 9/11 memorial trees from a Bronx park, the boughs are now blooming again. The "Fri...

Mall of Asia is calling you
Imelda Marcos jokes, please). But since Sy's retailing empire grew from one shoe store to major malls all over the country, Filipinos do joke that SM now stands for "Super Malls." And the Mall of Asia...

Jailed Thug's 2-bit Suit
May 18, 2008 -- Someone has a beef with the film "The Infamous Times of the Original 50 Cent" - and it isn't the rapper. Leonard Hinton, of Brooklyn, who is currently serving 12 years to...

HMOs block key brand-name meds to make big bucks, report says
Celebrex - to boost company profits, a new report charges. Single-source drugs are brand-name products with a unique chemical form that are sold by one manufacturer and have no less expensive generic...

Hunt still on for killer and car in shop-owner slay
Marianne Finn , 61, who left a bouquet of baby's breath. Police said they were looking for a black man between 18 and 24 years old who was in the area before Woo's body was found. He is about 5-feet-7...

Brooklyn teen struck with hammer
Brooklyn woman fighting with her boyfriend accidentally whacked her 16-year-old son with a hammer Saturday night, seriously injuring him, cops said.The Emergency Medical Service responded to a Carro...

Sachs site rains steel on ballfield
Goldman Sachs building downtown Saturday and crashed into a baseball field where Little Leaguers were playing.No one was hurt, but city officials halted construction at the site and hit the general co...

Queens Dems pull plug on Sabini
Rep. Joseph Crowley , appears to be abandoning a sitting state senator just before a tough race in favor of his challenger, a city Councilman entangled in a criminal probe. Why? Queens is changing, a...

Defiantly Fuelish On Veggie Oil
May 18, 2008 -- City drivers - some ecologically inclined, others feeling the pinch of rising gas costs - are retrofitting their diesel cars to run on vegetable oil, despite an Environmental Protectio...

Borman boots Bulls into tie with Wizards
Danleigh Borman , who not only is making a bid to become a regular, but already has made an impact in his first two months as a pro player. For the second time in two weeks, Borman scored, this time ...

Jewish teen on mend as parents want hate crime charges
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly stopped short of classifying the assault as a hate crime. "It's too early to label it as a bias crime," Kelly said. Alon does not remember the attack, which fractured...

Woman Hails Subway Hero
May 18, 2008 -- A pregnant woman harassed by a crazed, homeless ex-con on a subway platform is thankful to the man who risked his life defending her, saying, "We need more men like him." Son...

John and Joan Cusack go to
Joan Cusack have developed a rapid comedic timing that only a close-knit brother and sister can forge. Their latest collaboration is a far cry from their '80s teen comedies. First Look Studios' "War,...

Royal wedding for Queen
Queen Elizabeth's eldest grandson, Peter Phillips, who is 11th in line to the throne, tied knot with Canadian Autumn Kelly Saturday. Click to see photo gallery.

Sen. Ted Kennedy
Sen. Edward Kennedy , patriarch of the famous political family and one of the nation's leading liberal voices, was rushed to a hospital Saturday after suffering a seizure. The 76-year-old

Plane crash in N.J. kills 2, injures 2
New Jersey State Police , said someone on the plane called from a cell phone to report the crash when it was already down. A medical helicopter discovered the aircraft, hidden between the trees, after...

Murder of bright young star of Brooklyn still a dark, tragic mystery
I asked. "I'd rather not say." There was no need for all the secrecy. Ten seconds worth of Internet searching turns up Huggins' Brooklyn address, phone number and a résumé listing work as a driver...

Karen Allen is first lady of
Eric Nuzum says Marion proved a worthy foil to Ford's Indiana Jones - a rarity in a genre where women are treated as little more than damsels in distress. "If any woman was going to stay on Dr. Jones'...

Queens brings home Bacon Brothers
Bacon Brothers duo. With a sound described as "forosoco" - an inside joke combining folk/rock/soul/country - the Bacons have released four studio albums and a live CD/DVD while touring around the coun...

Nortec Collective has a deejay hip transplant
Nortec Collective has cooked up one of the most cheeky and enjoyable stews of new and old sounds around. For nearly 10 years, this clique of deejays and electro-buffs has been goosing the Norteño mus...

HIV rate rise in city teens
New York City teens has risen to its highest level since 2001, a new data analysis shows.The number of young people ages 13 to 19 infected with the AIDS virus rose 29% between 2004 and 2006, despite e...

3 Saved From Surf At Coney
May 18, 2008 -- Firefighters made a daring rescue off Coney Island yesterday when they plucked three people from the choppy ocean waters. A man and two women who had been swimming were swept into a ro...

A-list speaker caps the list of graduation requirements
Joel Klein received the nod. No surprise there. Bringing in the right graduation speaker is a task of increasing importance these days, with bold-faced names in high demand on campus. "A lot of the...

A peak experience in the Canadian Rockies
Alberta lake, a small pack of wolves feeds on the now scant pickings of a large mammal. Perhaps it is a moose or an elk, or even one of the enchanted caribou whose cottontails can occasionally be seen...

Carnival ride collapse was mechanical error
Calif. - A mechanical failure caused the collapse of a spinning-chair ride at a county fair that injured all 23 aboard, mostly children, according to an initial investigation by state inspectors.Twent...

Arts center snag a pity - WTC site big
Daniel Libeskind envisioned a performing arts center that would bring life to a site devastated by terrorism. More than 100 art institutions applied for a spot on the 16 acres. Four were chosen. That ...

Keeping your kids safe at the beach
Help your kids put sunscreen on before they suit up, and reapply every couple of hours. Before you let your child dip a single toe into the water this summer, immerse yourself in some simple safety...

Game of the Day | Santana keeps Yankees in cellar
NEW YORK — Johan Santana made the Yankees pay for passing on him. The two-time Cy Young Award winner pitched efficiently into the eighth inning, and the New York Mets got home runs from Jose Re...

New York Author Endorses Libertarian for President
Author of the children's book Father Like A Tree, Matthew S. Field Announces Support for Libertarian Bob Barr for President of the United States Warwick, NY (

Veggie Pride Parade urges
Pamela Rice says the mission of the parade is to promote vegan and vegetarian lifestyles and the ethical treatment of animals. It was inspired by a similar parade in

Ochoa leads by 2 as Annika falters
Sophie Gustafson (68) into the final day of this shortened 54-hole event. Sorenstam, faltering with a 1-over 73, was tied for seventh, five back. Once a poor finisher, Ochoa has learned how it's done....

Shine the light on SpyGate
Sen. Arlen Specter , a tough guy and a smart guy, occasionally sounds like an old crank and an Eagles fan calling the radio when he gets going on the subject of Spygate. Specter still makes a lot more...

Ryan Church answers all critics
CHAD CORDERO THAT WE WANTED AT THE TRADING DEADLINE. THE METS INSANITY CONTINUES……" Well, no one is complaining now. While Schneider took a .318 average into the Subway Series, and had caught six...

NYC Veggie Pride Parade asks you to "Give Peas a Chance"
NEW YORK (AP)  The veggies your mom always told you to eat are getting their own celebration in New York City: The Veggie Pride Parade. Rain or shine, the parade is expected to wend its way th...

A-OK to go gender bashing
Nationals Monday night, Figueroa lashed out at the Nats - and, for some reason, softball girls everywhere - by saying the team was cheering in the dugout "like a bunch of softball girls." A day later...

Richest outfit in sports can
Philip Abramson said. The team recently made a partial payment of $5.4 million on the "disallowed" money, Abramson said. The city gave the Yanks an extension to next March to pay the remaining $4 mill...

Wagner makes his talkie gig a must-listen
Yankees Entertainment & Sports Network Bombers analyst, did the talkie thing during his playing days. He was a regular on WFAN with Mike Francesa and

No time for NFL to stand Pat
NFL prospers from its antitrust exemption - one of the most valuable tools in American business - and if it wants Specter to stop making threats about taking it away, then Goodell's enhanced plan to p...

NY Liberty march is on again
Liberty history - that sent the series to a third and deciding game. She remembers the four trips to the WNBA Finals in the league's first six years and can rattle off the names of the players on thos...

Newser takes shot at being cheerleader for the Jets
Denise Garvey , the director of the Jets Flight Crew, for 90 seconds. There was no set routine - just freestyle dancing. Make no mistake, 90 seconds is a long time. I am not a professional dancer or e...

Locals crave Triple Crown in their backyard
Preakness Stakes in Maryland Saturday, but hometown fans could barely contain their enthusiasm about the prospect of a Triple Crown winner co-owned by Long Islanders being crowned on

Milt Campbell, best athlete you
Milt Campbell (also below) won a gold medal in the decathlon in 1956. He's a big man still, a formidable sight at age 75 as he leans back on a maroon couch in his North Jersey home. It should not b...

Juicy trial for Jones
Track coach Trevor Graham, here with prized pupil and steroid cheat Marion Jones, is set to go on trial for allegedly lying to the feds. Not long after

Despite stadium woes, Florida squads field winners
Hanley Ramirez is one of the reasons why the Marlins are playing so well this season. Of all the topsy-turvy developments these first six weeks of the season, none seems quite so improbable as the ...

Big Brown Long Island-bound
Long Island - needs to win Long Island's Belmont Stakes in three weeks to become the first Triple Crown winner in 30 years. The majestic colt charged to another easy victory Saturday, taking the Preak...

L.I. trio hits it Big after buying Brown
BALTIMORE - Gambling does not always pay. Not at the race track windows, and not in the racehorse sales game.Two years ago, a trio of owners paid $16 million for a 2-year-old colt they would saddle wi...

Hitting like King Thong
Jason Giambi 's golden thong after all.On a day he appeared on the front page of the Daily News for admitting that he wears special underwear when he's trying to break out of a slump, Giambi had just ...

Kyle Farnsworth deep fried
Yankees thought they were getting when they inked him to a three-year free-agent contract before the 2006 season.The biggest reason for his turnaround, he said, has been his approach. No more nipping ...

Secret papers show how Yankees became richest team in sports
The Yankees are floundering in the standings but the team's reputation as the money machine of American sports is as dominating as ever.The millions of dollars earned by the

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