2/17 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 CHIMPANZEE ATTACKS WOMAN IN STAMFORD February 16, 2009 at 7:23 pm A massive ape lost control at his Connecticut owner's home today and mauled a woman's face before he was repeatedly stabbed by his horrified owner and eventually shot dead by police, authorities said. Travis, a 200-pound primate, attacked the... NO POT CHARGE FOR PHELPS AFTER PHOTO February 16, 2009 at 3:21 pm A South Carolina sheriff said Monday he was not going to charge swimmer Michael Phelps after a photo of the 14-time gold medalist showed him smoking from a marijuana pipe. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said he couldn't ignore the photo but... NEW IPHONE APP HAS CASINOS ON EDGE February 16, 2009 at 2:51 pm Call it "iCheating." Nevada gambling regulators have warned casinos across the state about a card-counting program on iPhones that can illegally help players beat the house at blackjack, officials said. The Nevada Gaming Control Board warned... FAMILY MEMBERS VISIT BUFFALO CRASH SITE February 16, 2009 at 2:16 pm The family members of the 49 passengers and crew aboard Flight 3407 arrived at the crash scene today, with one notable exception: pilot Marvin Renslow's wife. Sandy Renslow remained at her home in Lutz, Fl. Renslow family members declined to... SONS MOURN PARENTS KILLED IN SI HIT-AND-RUN February 16, 2009 at 1:19 pm A day after a husband and wife died in a senseless hit-and-run crash, their 12-year-old twin sons yesterday said a heart-wrenching goodbye. "We're just kids. A lot of people lose their parents at a big age," said Kareem Elnahal, after going to his... ISLAMIC LAW TO BE IMPOSED IN PARTS OF PAKISTAN February 16, 2009 at 1:07 pm Pakistan agreed to impose strict Islamic law and suspend a military offensive across a large area of its country today in a bid to pacify the spreading Taliban insurgency, officials said. Critics, including the US, have denounced such moves in the... BRITISH, FRENCH NUCLEAR SUBS COLLIDE IN ATLANTIC February 16, 2009 at 12:19 pm LONDON - Nuclear-armed submarines from Britain and France collided in the Atlantic Ocean earlier this month, authorities acknowledged Monday - touching off new concerns about the safety of the world's deep sea missile fleets. The HMS Vanguard, the... HONG KONG WOMAN FREAKS OUT IN AIRPORT AFTER MISSING FLIGHT February 16, 2009 at 11:53 am HONG KONG - A Chinese woman who freaked out at Hong Kong's international airport after missing her flight has hit the big time on YouTube after her hysterics were filmed and uploaded to the video sharing website. The middle-aged woman was seen... NYPD DAILY BLOTTER February 16, 2009 at 2:58 am Bronx Police yesterday were searching for a 12-year- old girl who ran away from her baby sitter's West Farms apartment. Destiny Torres (above) was dropped off by her mother at the sitter's apartment on Morris Park Avenue near Garfield Street at... WEIRD BUT TRUE February 16, 2009 at 2:57 am A Florida student doesn't understand that you're suppose to give an apple to your teacher - not take it. An 18-year-old from Port St. Lucie HS allegedly swiped his teacher's decorative apple after the instructor confiscated a metal spring he was... ERODE TO RUIN February 16, 2009 at 2:56 am First, property values in the Hamptons started sinking - now it's the properties themselves. Beachfront homes in the Hamptons hamlet of Wainscott - including the one belonging to cosmetics heir and former mayoral candidate Ronald Lauder - are... GEORGE DENIED HIS DUE February 16, 2009 at 2:53 am Call it a misquote for the ages. In a stunning slap at the Father of our Country, stone carvers got George Washington's words wrong on the landmark Manhattan Supreme Courthouse, The Post has learned. "The true administration of justice is the... DON'T MI$$ OUT ON TAX CRED: POL February 16, 2009 at 2:49 am New Yorkers lost out on millions in unclaimed tax credits last year, and a Queens councilman yesterday urged them not to leave some $500 million on the table in 2009. Eligible taxpayers would receive that amount in earned-income tax credits if... MASS KILLER EYES FREEDOM February 16, 2009 at 2:46 am The man convicted of systematically slaughtering two women and eight children in the worst mass killing in New York history before 9/11 could go free next month. Christopher Thomas, 59, comes up for parole for the first time since he was found... LATER, GEORGE February 16, 2009 at 2:43 am "Washington Crossing the Delaware" is one of the most iconic and enduring images in American art, having dazzled visitors at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for more than a century. But the painting, hugely popular and just plain huge at 21 feet... CHAVEZ WINS NO-LIMIT VOTE February 16, 2009 at 2:41 am CARACAS - Venezuela's anti-American president, Hugo Chavez, won a referendum vote yesterday that lets him stay in power for as long as he keeps beating rivals in elections. Chavez has already been president for 10 years and the referendum helps... THIS IS THE LAST STOP ON THE 'SEA' TRAIN February 16, 2009 at 2:38 am Future passengers on these subway cars won't mind if they're packed in like sardines. Over the weekend, 44 cars set out on a barge headed for their final resting place in Delaware Bay, where they'll form an artificial reef to attract sea life... NUKE-SUB COLLISION IN ATLANTIC February 16, 2009 at 2:35 am British and French nuclear submarines loaded with ballistic missiles collided in the Atlantic Ocean, according to British news reports yesterday. The smash-up between the UK's HMS Vanguard and France's Le Triomphant is believed to have occurred... CASH FOR TRASH IS BIG LOSER February 16, 2009 at 2:32 am The recession is trashing the city's recycling efforts. New York is on pace to lose $6.5 million from its program this year, as the market for refuse turns to garbage worldwide, Department of Sanitation officials said. By the end of the fiscal... HOLOCAUST-DENIAL RIP February 16, 2009 at 2:31 am BERLIN - Germany's Karl Cardinal Lehmann yesterday called Bishop Richard Williamson's request for time to review evidence that the Holocaust took place "almost ridiculous." Lehmann told Deutschlandfunk radio that the controversial Williamson must... GOV'S HY-PAY-CRISY February 16, 2009 at 2:30 am ALBANY - Gov. Paterson has secretly granted raises of as much as 46 percent to more than a dozen staffers at a time when he has asked 130,000 state workers to give up 3 percent pay hikes because of the state's fiscal crisis, The Post has learned... DAVE WARMS TO 'RICH TAX' February 16, 2009 at 2:29 am ALBANY - In the clearest sign yet that he intends to abandon his opposition to the so-called millionaire's tax, Gov. Paterson put the wealthy on notice last night that they would share the pain in next year's budget. Paterson's remarks came... PASTOR AFFAIR DEAL February 16, 2009 at 2:27 am An adultery saga at a Fifth Avenue church has finally ended. Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church's former pastor, the Rev. Thomas Tewell, was sued in 2007 for sexual harassment by Rachel Vione, a parishioner who said she became involved with the... DAS: SHEL NO ON DRUGGIES February 16, 2009 at 2:25 am The prosecutor who speaks for the state's 62 district attorneys is vowing to fight to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's plan to let more nonviolent drug offenders enter treatment programs. "The fear is that it will open the doors to people who... AUTOPILOT PUZZLE IN BUFFALO CRASH February 16, 2009 at 2:24 am Doomed Flight 3407 was on autopilot until the final 26 seconds before it crashed into a suburban Buffalo home, killing 50 people, a an investigator said yesterday. The National Transportation Safety Board was bombarded with questions about why... 'SATELLITE' JUNK SPRAYS TEXAS February 16, 2009 at 2:18 am DALLAS - The Federal Aviation Administration has received several reports of falling debris across Texas - which could be related to a recent satellite collision. Some of the callers around midmorning yesterday reported what looked like a... TERMINAL'S COST FERRY HIGH February 16, 2009 at 2:17 am When Battery Park City's new floating ferry terminal opens next month, its final price tag will be $91.5 million - nearly three times what the Port Authority project was originally slated to cost, The Post has learned. The PA recently OK'd a $22... TAXXX SPARKS A FUROR February 16, 2009 at 2:17 am Now Gov. Paterson is rubbing the porn industry the wrong way. From triple-X starlets to smut producers, porn industry insiders bemoaned the governor's plan to apply the so-called "iPod tax" on online music downloads to Web pornography and... JEWS PAN WINSLET'S NAZI FLICK February 16, 2009 at 2:14 am Jewish scholars want Oscar voters to shun "The Reader" and actress Kate Winslet, calling the flick "Holocaust revisionism." Opponents of the movie say it takes an overly sympathetic view of Winslet's character - a Nazi concentration-camp guard... FARE BEATERS PAYING THE PRICE February 16, 2009 at 2:14 am Turnstile jumpers better think twice before they leap. Police have cracked down over the past four years, arresting an increasing number of people trying to score a free ride. And the trend has continued into 2009. About 7 percent more people... CHEERS! SULLY IN THE DRINK February 16, 2009 at 2:13 am Capt. Chesley Sullenberger is the toast of the town - literally. New Yorkers are downing a new drink (pictured) called "The Sully" - two shots of Grey Goose vodka and a splash of water - to show their appreciation for the hero pilot, who... APOLOGY LACKING 'PUNCH' February 16, 2009 at 2:10 am A "sorry" Chris Brown offered a mea culpa yesterday - but didn't say exactly what he was apologizing for. The R&B singer, who was busted after allegedly beating his girlfriend, pop star Rihanna, said he was "sorry and saddened" - but also bashed...   This email was sent to autoblogs077@gmail.com . Don't want to receive this feed any longer? 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