2/15 NY Post: News

Please add updates@feedmyinbox.com to your address book to make sure you receive these messages in the future. NY Post: News INVESTIGATOR: PLANE FELL FLAT ONTO BUFFALO HOUSE February 14, 2009 at 6:33 pm A commuter plane that smashed into a house was pointed away from the airport it was trying to reach, investigators said Saturday, noting that it apparently fell flat. Flight data showed the plane's safety systems warned the pilot that the... BUFFALO 'BEHEADING' February 14, 2009 at 6:30 pm An upstate TV exec who set up a channel promoting Muslims as peace-loving people was stressed about his failing business in the days before he allegedly chopped off his estranged wife's head, a friend of the couple said today. An order of... NY TO GET AT LEAST $24.6B FROM FEDERAL STIMULUS February 14, 2009 at 3:54 pm A state analysis released Saturday shows New York stands to get more than expected from the federal stimulus package, with at least $24.6 coming to the state over two years. Gov. David Paterson said the federal aid will go to education... WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO EXERCISING HUSBAND TO DEATH February 14, 2009 at 2:17 pm A woman has pleaded guilty to reckless homicide for exercising her 73-year-old husband to death in a swimming pool, repeatedly refusing to let him leave the water. Surveillance video showed Christine Newton-John, 41, pulling James Mason around... LI TEACHER PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO BOY SEX February 14, 2009 at 1:41 pm A Long Island teacher pleaded not guilty this morning to charges of having sex with a 15-year-old boy who he picked up online and possessing child pornography, authorities said. Jason Berman, 34, was being held in Suffolk County jail in... DOOMED PLANE'S ICY DEATH SPIRAL February 14, 2009 at 7:26 am Minutes before a commuter plane nose-dived into a house on its approach to Buffalo and burst into flames, killing 50 people, the flight crew noted "significant" ice buildup on the windshield and wings, investigators said yesterday. Preliminary... FLIGHT ATTENDANT BEAT BREAST CANCER February 14, 2009 at 7:23 am One of the flight attendants killed in the horrific turboprop crash in Buffalo was a breast-cancer survivor who worked the ill-fated flight despite feeling sick because she couldn't wait to see a co-worker, the woman's brother said yesterday... HOCKEY GAL WAS FIGHTER February 14, 2009 at 7:23 am For fearless hockey player Maddy Loftus, there was nothing worse than sitting on the sidelines. Loftus, 24, of Parsippany, NJ, who was on fatal Flight 3407, was raring to play in a reunion game slated for today with alumni of the Buffalo State... ILL-FATED FAMILY PERISHES TOGETHER February 14, 2009 at 7:22 am Twelve-year-old Shawn Mossop was always smiling, loved video games and was learning how to play the guitar. The bright youngster from Bloomfield, NJ, boarded Flight 3407, eager to begin a family vacation with mom Dawn, dad Donald and aunt Ferris... 'THE NEXT THING I KNEW THE CEILING WAS ON ME.' February 14, 2009 at 7:21 am The world came crashing down with little warning for Karen Wielinski when Continental Connection Flight 3407 slammed into her house. She and her daughter narrowly escaped death, but her husband, Doug, 61, was killed. "I didn't think I was... DISASTER'S TOLL February 14, 2009 at 7:20 am The 44 passengers who lost their lives on Continental Flight 3407 came from all walks of life and all over the world. Below are just some of the victims' stories: Gerry Niewood, 64, played the saxophone with a wide range of acts, including Simon... GRIM FATE FOR SEPT. 11 WIDOW February 14, 2009 at 6:55 am In the years between the attacks on the World Trade Center, which claimed her husband's life, and Thursday's plane crash in Buffalo, which claimed her own, Beverly Eckert devoted herself fully and selflessly to improving the world. The... TWO KILLED IN SI CAR CRASH February 14, 2009 at 3:58 am At least two people were killed in a vicious car crash on Staten Island early this morning, sources and witnesses said. The cars — a black Mercedes and a black Lincoln town car — collided on Victory Boulevard and Cebra Avenue in... NYPD DAILY BLOTTER February 14, 2009 at 3:57 am Brooklyn * A drunken New Jersey motorist flew into a rage after a fender bender on the Williamsburg Bridge, ramming the other driver with his car and threatening to urinate on cops, officials said. Noel Aquino, 38, plowed into the back of... JESSICA'S BELLY LAUGH February 14, 2009 at 3:54 am No, Dallas Cowboy Tony Romo isn't having an off season meeting with his offensive line - he's out for a date in New York with gal pal Jessica Simpson! The reality-show pop star - who's been battling a very public weight problem - performed at... AFGHAN ENVOY BUSTED February 14, 2009 at 3:53 am An Afghan diplomat beat his wife with a belt and shoved her down a flight of stairs in their Queens home - then assaulted her again when she returned from filing a police complaint, prosecutors said yesterday. Mohammed Fagirzad, 30, tried to... DAD DEFENDS 'LOVABLE' CHRIS February 14, 2009 at 3:52 am At least Chris Brown still has the support of his dad, who described the troubled rapper as a "lovable young man." Clinton Brown - speaking for the first time since his son was detained for allegedly beating his pop-star gal-pal Rihanna - told... OCTO-DOC GAVE GAL BRU$HOFF February 14, 2009 at 3:52 am A would-be mother who went to the same in vitro fertilization specialist as Octomom charged yesterday that he treated her badly, then dumped her as a patient "when all of my fertility insurance had been exhausted" - $20,000. "He made it clear, in... LADY COP IN '$$ LAUNDER' February 14, 2009 at 3:52 am Federal agents have arrested a veteran NYPD cop on charges of conspiring to launder more than $230,000 in drug money. Prosecutors say Yaniris Balbuena, 31, was the longtime girlfriend of a Bronx drug trafficker. They add that bank records show... REEL IDIOTS CAUGHT IN MOVIE-CAM '$CAM' February 14, 2009 at 3:51 am Two Queens crooks posing as filmmakers starred in a live remake of "Dumb and Dumber," trying to hawk a rented $72,000 movie camera rig on Craigslist for a fraction of the price, law-enforcement sources said. But the hapless thieves - Omar Tineo... JAYSON'S WIFE EYES DIVORCE February 14, 2009 at 3:49 am It's "Unhappy Valentine's Day" for former New Jersey Nets star Jayson Williams. The 6-foot-9 ex-NBA player was slam dunked by his wife, Tanya Young Williams, last night in a bombshell divorce suit that accuses him of physical and emotional abuse... WEIRD BUT TRUE February 14, 2009 at 3:48 am Officials in Eagle, Colo., thought they had an anthrax attack at the county sheriff's office when a letter arrived covered in white powder. But after some tense moments and a building evacuation, it was discovered the substance was Jell-O... BIG BEN'S OLD HOME FORECLOSED February 14, 2009 at 3:47 am The home foreclosure disaster has just clamed a new victim - the childhood home of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, according to a published report. The house in Dillon, SC, was sold for $83,000 to a local bank loan officer, who was proud... RONETTES SINGER FOUND DEAD February 14, 2009 at 3:47 am Ronnie Spector's sister Estelle Bennett, one of the Ronettes singing group, was found dead Wednesday in New Jersey. She was 67. Police found her dead in her apartment in Englewood, after relatives had been unable to contact her, her... BLAZE-VERDICT FUROR February 14, 2009 at 3:45 am The widows of two firefighters killed in the 2005 Black Sunday inferno burst into tears in court yesterday as a jury cleared two Bronx tenants of causing the heroes to leap to their deaths - a verdict that left their FDNY brothers furious. "It is... SPACE JUNK'S ETERNAL THREAT February 14, 2009 at 3:43 am The crash of two satellites has generated an estimated tens of thousands of pieces of space junk that could threaten other satellites for the next 10,000 years, experts said yesterday. Russian Mission Control chief Vladimir Solovyov said... SHRINK-RAPT NATION February 14, 2009 at 3:42 am When the going gets tough, Americans hit the couch. As the economy tanks, weary souls hunt for psychiatrists more than any other type of doctor, according to a recent analysis of 12 million online searches. Shrinks (11 percent of searches) beat... MADONNA COURTS KIDS February 14, 2009 at 3:42 am Madonna and Guy Ritchie are making it legal in Manhattan - their child-custody agreement, that is. In papers filed yesterday, the divorcées asked a Manhattan Supreme Court judge to make their UK agreement for sharing custody of their two... BLOOMY BLASTS RICH TAX February 14, 2009 at 3:41 am Charging that it's "easy to rile against the rich," Mayor Bloom berg warned yesterday that the income-tax increases being con sidered for the wealthiest New Yorkers would drive them from the city. "One percent of the households that file in this... SLEAZY DOES IT IN SAUDI SEX SUIT February 14, 2009 at 3:40 am A Jordanian woman has filed a lawsuit against Saudi Arabia's mission to the United Nations, claiming an official repeatedly exposed her to "egregious" and "perverted" sexual harassment that included groping, punching and trying to kiss her. In... PATERSON SHOWS P.R. GURU THE DOOR February 14, 2009 at 3:39 am ALBANY - Talk about shooting the messenger. After drowning in the polls and getting pounded by negative press, Gov. Patterson is replacing his $175,000-a-year communications director, Risa Heller, it was revealed last night. While the governor... FIREFIGHTERS BLAZING TRAIL AS CITY OT KINGS February 14, 2009 at 3:36 am Members of the Fire Department accounted for a quarter of the city's top 100 overtime earners last year, but not a single cop made the list, according to figures released yesterday. Ten of FDNY's OT champs were uniformed personnel eligible to...   This email was sent to autoblogs077@gmail.com . Don't want to receive this feed any longer? Unsubscribe here.