2/7 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 VLAD'S A LIAR, ABBA-SOLUTELY February 7, 2009 at 7:05 am MOSCOW - A British-based ABBA tribute band confirmed yesterday the Kremlin whisked it away to perform a private concert for Vladimir Putin, even as Putin's people said nyet to the story. The four-member Bjorn Again band said it traveled to Lake... LOONY OCTOMOM IS BABY 'BUGGY' February 7, 2009 at 5:47 am Octomom Nadya Suleman kept popping out babies even after doctors diagnosed her with paranoia, depression, wild mood swings and post-traumatic stress syndrome. But as far as the single California mother is concerned, she's only one kind of crazy... RUFF SEX SLAM ON 'SHAM' February 7, 2009 at 5:43 am Kim Shamsky's nasty fight with her Amazin' ex-husband is really going to the dogs. The scorned wife's battle against Art Shamsky hit a new low when she quoted yesterday a line from a 16-year-old love note he sent her, which she claimed shows his... PHELPS: I'M OK WITH SLAP February 7, 2009 at 5:38 am Michael Phelps says he's ready to take the hit. The pool prince says it's fair for USA Swimming to suspend him for three months after he got caught on camera taking a drag from a marijuana pipe. "It's something that USA Swimming came up with,"... I'M A NEWS SMEAR VICTIM February 7, 2009 at 5:35 am A humble hairstylist from Queens is living proof you can't count on what they print in the Daily News - she says the paper smeared her twice by running a picture of her and mistakenly identifying her as the madam who set up Eliot Spitzer's sex... BATTY VAL MULLING A GOV RUN February 7, 2009 at 5:12 am Holy bat race! Batman actor Val Kilmer is considering throwing his mask in the ring for governor of New Mexico in 2010. "I'm just looking for ways to be contributive," he told The Associated Press Thursday. "And if that ends up being where... NYPD DAILY BLOTTER February 7, 2009 at 3:48 am Brooklyn A slaughterhouse employee was busted after he allegedly bit a co-worker in Sunset Park. Ahmed Mohammed, 38, had been cleaning chickens at Eldabie Chicken on Second Avenue shortly after 10 a.m. Thursday when he got into an argument with... BIG WUSSY: I DIDN'T HIT HER February 7, 2009 at 3:47 am Big Pussy? Try Big Wussy. Sopranos co-star Vincent Pastore took the witness stand in Manhattan yesterday, insisting he's a crier, not a batterer - no matter what his ex claims in her $5.5 million lawsuit. "I was crying enough for Lisa to say... 'WHY ONLY AM I HERE?' February 7, 2009 at 3:45 am A firefighter temporarily paralyzed when he plummeted from a fourth-floor window to escape the "Black Sunday" inferno broke down yesterday as he desperately tried to understand why he lived through the ordeal while two of his fellow Bravest died... PIMP MY RIDE TO PRISON February 7, 2009 at 3:44 am The aging pimp whose prostitution ring brought down ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer was hit with a maximum 30-month prison term yesterday by a judge who rejected defense claims that his crimes were "victimless." Judge Denny Chin slammed Mark Brener for... JOB LOSSES HIT 35-YEAR HIGH February 7, 2009 at 3:40 am It's getting worse - much worse. The US economy shed 598,000 jobs in January, the biggest single-month loss since 1974, vaulting the unemployment rate to a staggering 7.6 percent. "The economy is just falling into oblivion, and it will get... GORY CAREER OF COLE FIEND SEEKING TO DODGE JUSTICE February 7, 2009 at 3:32 am Rahim al-Nashiri - the accused mastermind of the USS Cole bombing that killed 17 American sailors - was a committed jihadist who worked alongside Osama bin Laden and rose to become one of al Qaeda's most ruthless leaders specializing in explosives... FDA'S MED MILESTONE February 7, 2009 at 3:29 am WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration made history yesterday as it approved the first drug made with materials from genetically engineered animals, clearing the way for new therapies. GTC Biotherapeutics said regulators cleared its drug... JENN'S 'VOICE MALES' February 7, 2009 at 3:29 am Relationship victim Jennifer Aniston admits she's just an aging schoolgirl at heart - she keeps voice messages from her ex-boyfriends, including ex-hubby Brad Pitt. Aniston, a star of the film "He's Just Not That Into You," made the startling... MIKE'S 'RIOT' WARNING OVER SCHOOL CONTROL February 7, 2009 at 3:28 am In his strongest language yet on the issue, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday warned of "riots in the streets" if state lawmakers don't renew mayoral control of the city's schools. "If they didn't do that, I think that there'd be riots in the streets... EXEC IN 400G THEFT BUST February 7, 2009 at 3:09 am A former Morgan Stanley executive and his wife looted $400,000 from bank accounts set up by customers to pay for their children's college education, police sources said. Patrice Delatour, 32, a senior processing-support rep overseeing... 'GWEN' RECALL February 7, 2009 at 3:08 am Superstar songstress Gwen Stefani's kiddie clothes are being yanked from the shelves. The former No Doubt lead singer's Harajuku Lovers clothing line has a possible choking hazard with drawstrings, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission... 'JFK LOVE CHILD' FIGHT February 7, 2009 at 3:08 am The trustees of JFK's estate are ducking a suit by his alleged love child with Marilyn Monroe, the man's attorney claimed yesterday. Lawyer Paul Dalnoky said concierges blocked a process server from slapping Edwin Schlossberg, husband of JFK... WEIRD BUT TRUE February 7, 2009 at 3:08 am An anti-littering vigilante has been posing as a state trooper in Gardiner, Maine, pulling over motorists he sees throwing trash from their cars and chewing them out. He uses a dashboard-mounted flashing light but never shows ID. Cops have no... MIKE: 'IT'S A DISASTER' February 7, 2009 at 3:05 am Even the city's wealthy are feeling the pinch. Just listen to the stories Mayor Bloomberg has to tell. From bankers fearing layoffs to empty aisles at Bergdorf's, New York's billionaire CEO yesterday shared tales of woe from his inner circle on... THESE DOCS ARE BAD EGGS February 7, 2009 at 3:03 am HAD medical guidelines been followed, it's doubtful Nadya Suleman would have ever had triplets, let alone octuplets. Following their miracle birth, many have asked: Would a physician really transfer six embryos into a woman who had already had... DIVORCE GETS IN HER 'FACE' February 7, 2009 at 3:03 am A British woman learned that her husband wanted a divorce in a devastating new way - on Facebook. Emma Brady, 35, told the London paper The Daily Mail that she didn't even know there was a problem until a friend told her of hubby Neil's page on... IT'S MEGAN'S FLAW February 7, 2009 at 3:02 am TRENTON, NJ - Megan's Law hasn't deterred sex offenders from committing new crimes, according to a federally funded study in the state where the law originated. The report found that registering sex offenders in New Jersey makes it easier to find... IDENTICAL TWINS BEAT DEATH PENALTY February 7, 2009 at 2:55 am KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Identical twin brothers escaped the death penalty in a Malaysian drug trafficking trial after the court ruled authorities could not prove which man committed the alleged crime, news reports said Saturday. "I ... can't be... OBAMA PROMISES 9/11 FAMILIES 'QUICK JUSTICE' February 6, 2009 at 5:41 pm WASHINGTON - President Obama met with the relatives of 9/11 victims and the 17 sailors killed in the bombing of the USS Cole this afternoon - promising them he "would get quick justice" despite plans to close the Guantanamo Bay prison. "[Obama]... FACE TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT LEAVES HOSPITAL February 6, 2009 at 4:17 pm She can eat pizza. And hamburgers. She can smell perfume, drink coffee from a cup, and purse her lips as if to blow a kiss. Except that one lip is hers, and the other is from a dead woman. She is the nation's first face transplant patient, and... SPITZER HOOKER RING BOSS GETS PRISON February 6, 2009 at 3:22 pm The boss of the prostitution ring that ensnared former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer has been sentenced to 2½ years in prison. Mark Brener learned his fate Friday in Manhattan federal court. Brener headed the Emperors Club VIP. He pleaded... PHELPS UNSURE OF 2012 GAMES: REPORT February 6, 2009 at 3:03 pm Embattled Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps now says he's contemplating whether or not he will compete at the 2012 London Games. "This is a decision of mine that I'm not going to make today and I'm not going to make tomorrow," Phelps told The... FLA. DOCTOR LOSES LICENSE AFTER BOTCHED ABORTION February 6, 2009 at 2:46 pm Fla. doctor loses license after botched abortion TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The Board of Medicine has revoked the license of a Florida doctor accused of medical malpractice in a botched abortion case in which a live baby was delivered, but ended up dead... SALMONELLA SCHOOL SCARE February 6, 2009 at 2:44 pm WASHINGTON - The Agriculture Department shipped possibly contaminated peanut butter and other foods to schools in at least three states under a contract with the Georgia company blamed for a nationwide salmonella outbreak. The government abruptly... HERO PILOT TO RETURN TO NYC February 6, 2009 at 2:38 pm New York City never got a chance to say a proper thank you to the hero pilot who miraculously landed US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River last month, saving the lives of all 155 on board. Now he's coming back for his hero's welcome. This... 2 PLEAD GUILTY IN NYC BUS BRIBE CASE February 6, 2009 at 2:12 pm Two former New York City school system employees have pleaded guilty to charges that they accepted bribes from private bus companies. Prosecutors say Neil Cremin and Ira Sokol were among a group of workers who took thousands of dollars a year from... SLAUGHTER BY SOAPS ON ROPES February 6, 2009 at 11:27 am In a plot worthy of a soap opera, "serial" killers are wiping out the top stars of daytime dramas - often in pairs. The economic crisis has finally trickled down to the soaps, whose producers can no longer afford top performers making up to $500... PUTIN'S $45K ABBA OBSESSION February 6, 2009 at 11:27 am Mamma mia! Who knew that Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was a dancing queen? Australian ABBA tribute band Bjorn Again was recently paid a jaw-dropping $45,000 by the Kremlin for an hour-long gig to perform in a private location for Putin... ELITE-SCHOOL FEARS EASE February 6, 2009 at 11:24 am Fears that the tanking economy could drive private- and parochial-school kids to the city's elite public high schools in droves weren't backed up by Department of Education data. Applications from kids in nonpublic schools to the likes of... SULLY RELIVES SPLASH February 6, 2009 at 11:19 am First came the bird strike. Then everything went dead silent. "It was the worst, sickening, pit-of-your-stomach, falling-through-the-floor feeling I've ever felt in my life," hero pilot Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III told CBS's "60 Minutes... SPITZER GAL BARES EXEC HO $CANDAL February 6, 2009 at 11:13 am Horny corporate bigwigs racked up huge bills on their company expense accounts for sex with high-priced hookers, says the madam whose girls were linked to Eliot Spitzer. Kristin Davis tells ABC News she helped her wealthy clients slip their... STATE'S 100G DO-ZILCH JOB February 6, 2009 at 10:58 am ALBANY - It's a job that would make a recession victim cry: nearly $100,000 a year to sit in a warm state office doing nothing except listening to an iPod and reading the papers. "I just sit here," Randall Hinton, a staffer with the State... VICTIM EXPECTED RUBOUT BY MOB GOON: WITNESS February 6, 2009 at 10:55 am Court officer Albert Gelb knew he was going to die. Just days before he was allegedly gunned down by a vengeful mob hit man, Gelb, 24, told a friend it was time to "say goodbye." "He didn't know if he'd be alive much longer," Lynn... PATERSON'S PAROLE PICK QUIT AMID SEX FUROR: ACCUSER February 6, 2009 at 10:53 am Gov. Paterson's nominee for parole chief abruptly dropped his bid for the job after it was discovered he had been accused of sexually harassing a female employee 14 years ago, the woman charged yesterday. Pamela Menera, 61, said Felix Rosa... CITY JOBLESS RATE MAY HIT CRIPPLING 10.5% February 6, 2009 at 10:53 am New York City's economic decline is likely in its early stages - and the unemployment rate may reach 10.5 percent, a level not seen since the mid-1970s administration of Mayor Abraham Beame, a new report says. The city's residential real-estate... IRAQ VOTE A TRIUMPH FOR US ALLY February 6, 2009 at 10:48 am The purple-fingered voters who streamed out of polls in Iraq's peaceful elections said as much about the state of the country's security than did the results - announced yesterday - which rebuffed extremist parties. More than half of the... HAMAS' BAGMEN CAUGHT WITH $9M+ February 6, 2009 at 10:44 am CAIRO - Hamas negotiators left Egypt without a long-term cease-fire with Israel yesterday - but not before members of the group's delegation were stopped at the Gaza border carrying millions of dollars in cash stuffed into their suitcases. The... SC RACIST SAYS SORRY TO POL FOR '61 ASSAULT LEWIS February 6, 2009 at 10:41 am WASHINGTON - Elwin Wilson was an unabashed racist, the sort who once hung a black doll from a noose outside his home. John Lewis was a young civil-rights leader bent on changing laws, if not hearts and minds, even if it cost him his life. They... GINSBURG CANCER OP February 6, 2009 at 10:37 am WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery yesterday for pancreatic cancer, raising the possibility that one of the ideologically divided court's leading liberals - and its only woman - might have to curtail her work or... FAKE-DEATH WIFE'S WOE$ February 6, 2009 at 10:35 am The estranged wife of an Indiana money manager who tried to fake his death by crashing his plane dipped into bank accounts with investors' money a week before she filed for divorce, a judge said yesterday. Indianapolis Judge J. Richard Campbell... MIKE SCOFFS AT ELEX-CASH CAP February 6, 2009 at 10:32 am Billionaire Mayor Bloomberg is refusing to agree to a spending limit for his third-term bid, dismissing it as ridiculous. He poured $155 million of his own money into his first two campaigns. Asked yesterday whether he would agree to such a... RUDY: GOP OUGHT TO LIKE MIKE February 6, 2009 at 10:30 am Rudy Giuliani and former Gov. George Pataki shored up Mayor Bloomberg's right flank yesterday in Hizzoner's struggle for the Republican line, saying the mayor is the best option they have. "Basically, these are practical people who want to make... BROOD-THIRSTY February 6, 2009 at 10:27 am Having 14 kids was no accident. Octomom Nadya Suleman said that she planned all along to be a one-woman baby boom, and adding eight children to the six she already had at home was all by design. "That was always a dream of mine, to have a... BABY MAMA OUT FITTY MIL February 6, 2009 at 10:27 am A Manhattan judge has thrown out a $50 million lawsuit against 50 Cent by the baby mama who said he'd promised to always take care of her. Shaniqua Tompkins charged the megastar broke an "oral contract" to share his riches if he made it big, but... DOUBLE DUNKING February 6, 2009 at 10:26 am It was the bong seen 'round the world - but Michael Phelps is just beginning to take the hit. Kellogg yesterday became the first major consumer firm to ax its endorsement deal with the Olympic golden boy - and just hours later, Phelps got dunked... 'CUT!' & RUN LOOMS February 6, 2009 at 10:24 am Hollywood on the Hudson is in danger of losing its luster. A highly successful state program that pro vides tax credits to lure TV and film productions to New York has run out of cash - and now in dustry officials fear pro ducers will run to... THAT SMELL IS NJ February 6, 2009 at 10:22 am Who knew that America's armpit could smell so sweet? Turns out the syrupy smell that has wafted across the Hudson from time to time for the past three years was coming from New Jersey all along. "I think it's safe to say that the Great Maple... BROOD-THIRSTY February 6, 2009 at 10:09 am Octomom Nadya Suleman said she had six embryos placed in her uterus as part of her fertility procedure - more than industry guidelines recommend - and was well aware that multiple births could result. "I wanted them all transferred," Suleman told... DRUG-SEX COP IN PLEA DEAL February 6, 2009 at 9:32 am A Brooklyn narcotics cop who allegedly had sex with an informant and paid her for tips using seized drugs entered a secret guilty plea in a sealed courtroom yesterday, sources said. Jerry Bowens, 42, is charged with official misconduct, filing... PAPA'S 'HIT' ANGUISH February 6, 2009 at 9:30 am Khaika Malakov hunched forward on the witness stand and sighed deeply, as if in mourning, as he recounted his last moments with his son. Testifying in Queens Supreme Court yesterday, Malakov, 68, said that 15 minutes after his son Daniel left... BIZMAN SCAMS DAUGHTER IN ID THEFT: COPS February 6, 2009 at 9:26 am A Long Island businessman betrayed his daughter - stealing her identity and wrecking her life by taking out nearly $100,000 in phony loans, authorities said. Jacob Armon's scheme was uncovered after his daughter, Jesse, 22, found her credit a... LIST SHOCK FOR MADOFF INVESTORS February 6, 2009 at 9:24 am Bianca Murray was already dealing with the agony of losing her entire life savings - and facing a $2,210 tax payment due today - when the 82-year-old widow got a shocking phone call from a stranger saying she was on a massive public list of... UNIFORMLY ABSURD February 6, 2009 at 9:13 am WASHINGTON - New uniforms for everyone! The massive $900 billion stimulus bill making its way through Congress would require the feds to purchase up to 100,000 uniforms for the Transportation Security Administration and other Department of... NYPD DAILY BLOTTER February 6, 2009 at 2:51 am Manhattan Five boys, all believed to be students from a Gramercy Park Catholic school, were victims of wanton sex attacks over the past five months, police said. The victims, ages 11 to 15, reported being grabbed on the buttocks from behind by a... BERNIE'S GOT NOTHING ON FED LOOTERS February 6, 2009 at 2:25 am WASHINGTON - It could very well be re membered as the $900 billion Ponzi scheme. Faced with the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt hired millions of Americans to build great structures that stand today. Fearing a stifled economy and... WEIRD BUT TRUE February 6, 2009 at 2:12 am When one is not enough. A 51-year-old man was busted in a Florida parking lot engaged in a tryst with several blow-up sex dolls in the back seat of his car, in broad daylight. Stunned parents covered their kids' eyes until someone called...   This email was sent to autoblogs077@gmail.com . Don't want to receive this feed any longer? Unsubscribe here.