2/9 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 CHRIS BROWN TURNS HIMSELF IN February 8, 2009 at 11:05 pm Los Angeles police say Chris Brown has turned himself in to authorities investigating an alleged felony battery involving the R&B singer. Los Angeles police officer Karen Smith says Brown walked into a station around 7 p.m. and was being... SULLY: MY WHOLE LIFE WAS FOR THIS February 8, 2009 at 9:17 pm Hero pilot Chesley Sullenberger said he felt "the weight of the universe had been lifted off my heart" after his miracle landing in the Hudson saved the lives of all 155 people aboard Flight 1549. "In many ways, as it turned out, my entire life... 108 KILLED IN DEADLIEST-EVER AUSTRALIAN WILDFIRES February 8, 2009 at 3:41 pm Entire towns have been seared off the map by wildfires raging through southeastern Australia, burning people in their homes and cars in the deadliest blaze in the country's history. The number of dead Monday stood at 108, a grim toll that rose... YEMEN RELEASES 170 AL-QAIDA SUSPECTS AFTER NO TERRORISM PLEDGE February 8, 2009 at 3:12 pm Yemen released 170 men it had arrested on suspicion of having ties to al-Qaida, security officials said Sunday, two weeks after the terror group announced that Yemen had become the base of its activities for the whole Arabian peninsula. The... TAXPAYERS ARE REALIZING IT'S A DEM DISASTER February 8, 2009 at 6:40 am IT'S too late to fix any thing. It's over. There is little hope to repair the multibillion-dollar stimulus plan now - but that could actually mean good news for Republicans. This could be the bill that puts the GOP back in power. Once... ANGRY GOP LETS OFF $TEAM-ULUS February 8, 2009 at 6:39 am With the $780 billion stimulus plan steaming toward expected passage in the Senate Tuesday, Republicans took some parting shots, hammering the bill as wasteful spending that will do little to jump-start the economy. "This is still a very big... JET-DEBTOR ALEX PUTS PLANE ON MARKET FOR $20M February 8, 2009 at 6:31 am A jet that Alex Rodriguez co-owns is up for sale - after a turbulent year of lawsuits and racking up $376,000 in unpaid bills. A-Rod and his pilot, Craig Frost, purchased the 1987 Gulfstream IV jet a little over a year ago for an undisclosed... CANSECO NEEDLES: I TOLD YA SO! February 8, 2009 at 6:29 am In his 2008 book, "Vindicated," former big-leaguer Jose Canseco devoted half a chapter to Alex Rodriguez, including his recollections from the late 1990s, excerpted here, of the future Yankee slugger's interest in steroids. FOR a brief period -... BRASS BLEW SHOT TO BAIL FROM THIS BOMBER DISASTER February 8, 2009 at 6:27 am THEY were out. That is what the Yankees will always re gret. Fifteen months ago, they were out from Alex Rodriguez. He had famously - and crudely, of course - opted out of the final three years of his first 10-year contract. He did so during the... 'ROID-RIGUEZ IN HALL OF SHAME February 8, 2009 at 6:22 am Trouble-plagued Yankees slugger Alex Rodriquez was caught juicing during his 2003 MVP season, and was later tipped off that future drug tests were coming, according to a shocking report. Bomber brass were scrambling to deal with yet another... NEW WORLD OF 'WASTE' February 8, 2009 at 5:06 am New York state's economy may be sinking, but it's spending boatloads of money to keep Henry Hudson's legacy afloat. The state, while slashing programs and proposing new fees, is pouring cash into the 400th anniversary of the explorer's discovery... NYPD DAILY BLOTTER February 8, 2009 at 4:37 am Bronx * A woman was fighting for her life yesterday after she was stabbed by her estranged husband in a Bedford Park apartment, cops said. The two had been arguing in the apartment on East 201st Street near Briggs Avenue shortly after 11:30 p.m... SCAMMERS' POWER STING February 8, 2009 at 4:05 am By ANGELA MONTEFINISE Big Apple homeowners are getting zapped by a shocking door-to-door scam. In an attempt to grab Con Ed customers, energy service companies are ringing bells in Brooklyn and Queens offering drastically cheaper rates for... GEMS IN THE RUFF February 8, 2009 at 4:02 am Meet the alpha dogs. These are the seven champions who experts say have the best shot of winning their groups and going on to compete for Best in Show at the legendary Westminster Dog Show, which starts tomorrow at Madison Square Garden. It's a... $10 A PACK! NOW THAT'S A DRAG February 8, 2009 at 3:59 am If this doesn't make you quit, nothing will. With a new 62 cent federal tax on cigarettes added this week with the passage of the State Children's Health Insurance Program law, the new price of a pack of cigarettes will soar past $10 in Manhattan... SCAMMERS' POWER STING February 8, 2009 at 3:52 am Big Apple homeowners are getting zapped by a shocking door-to-door scam. In an attempt to grab Con Ed customers, energy service companies are ringing bells in Brooklyn and Queens offering drastically cheaper rates for delivering electricity... MAN KILLED IN W. SIDE CAR TOSS February 8, 2009 at 3:51 am A man died last night after being shot and tossed out of a moving, stolen SUV on an Upper West Side street, cops said. Witnesses saw the 24-year-old victim, whose name was withheld pending family notification, grabbed from the street and shoved... E. HARLEM FIRE DEATH February 8, 2009 at 3:50 am A 21-year-old autistic man perished and his grandmother was left fighting for her life as flames engulfed their 17th-floor East Harlem apartment yesterday morning, police said. Jomo Springer, who couldn't speak, was found at the entrance to the... 'MINOR SURGERY' DEATH LAWSUIT February 8, 2009 at 3:24 am An Upper East Side doctor with a history of botched procedures stood by while his young patient went into fatal cardiac arrest during a minor procedure on his penis, according to a bombshell lawsuit. After suffering with a sexually crippling... 'FLAMING' HEIRHEAD: 'POOR ME' February 8, 2009 at 3:23 am Heirhead rich-girl Courtenay Semel's lesbian romps, public beatdowns and flaming rows might have lifted her D-list celebrity status - but they've cost her A-list wealth. The party princess, who has been romantically linked to Lindsay Lohan and... SUSPICION EASES ON AMERICAN 'SEX MURDERER' February 8, 2009 at 3:20 am When the world first met Amanda Knox more than a year ago, she was dubbed a bloodthirsty, sex-crazed American exchange student in Italy who had slashed her roommate's throat during satanic group sex. "Foxy Knoxy" was painted as a promiscuous pot... 'DWI' COP MOWS DOWN WOMAN, INJURES MAN: POLICE February 8, 2009 at 3:17 am A drunken Jersey City cop plowed his car into a young couple as they crossed a downtown street early yesterday, killing the woman and leaving her boyfriend in intensive care, sources said. Officer Martin Abreu, 25, from Jersey City, who was... WEIRD BUT TRUE February 8, 2009 at 3:16 am He's no Rod Blagojevich. A North Carolina politician is literally selling his state Senate seat on eBay. Republican Sen. Eddie Goodall is offering his personalized, black-leather swivel chair in exchange for a pair of tickets to today's North... SALVATION EYED FOR 4 SCHOOLS February 8, 2009 at 3:12 am Four Catholic schools in Brooklyn and Queens in danger of shutting down would be saved in an unusual church-state partnership proposed yesterday by Mayor Bloomberg. The city and the Diocese of Brooklyn are exploring a pilot program that would... POSTNUPS FOR WARY WEDDED February 8, 2009 at 3:12 am Cover your assets. Get a postnup. Moneyed marrieds have long forced their less wealthy spouses to sign prenuptial agreements outlining how much they'd get should they divorce. But now there's a new trend in matrimonial law, the postnuptial... IN THE 'BERN' CENTER February 8, 2009 at 3:10 am It's ground zero of Madoff misery. The North Shore Towers, three 33-story luxury apartment buildings on the border of Queens and Nassau County, was listed in Bankruptcy Court papers last week as home to 19 families swindled by Bernard Madoff -... 3 DEAD IN BLOODY UPPER WEST SIDE SLAY-SUICIDE February 8, 2009 at 3:09 am A jealous lover shot his girlfriend and her other boyfriend to death at a tony Upper West Side apartment before turning the gun on himself, sources said yesterday. Police found the victims of the love triangle gone awry - Debra Silver, 46, and... GALS CASHING IN AT GOLD-SALE PARTIES February 8, 2009 at 3:00 am Forget Tupperware - hip Long Island housewives are hosting jewelry-pawning parties. The suburban set is taking advantage of gold's all-time high price by bringing gold-buying shops into their living rooms, where they get their baubles appraised... RAGING PENSION FIRE February 8, 2009 at 2:59 am More than 70 percent of firefighters who retired in the past five years did so on disabilities - hiking the cost of taxpayer-funded FDNY pensions to nearly $1 billion a year, a Post analysis shows. At the same time, a rise in final-year overtime... SNEAKY FOUL TIPS February 8, 2009 at 2:57 am Here's a tip - make sure restaurants aren't automatically charging you one. New York City eateries have begun tacking on automatic gratuities to meal checks, making up for the economic downturn by socking the wallets of unsuspecting customers... JERSEY PUTTING BRAKES ON NYC SUBWAY SEA TRAIN February 8, 2009 at 2:41 am New Jersey has suspended a program that creates artificial fishing reefs off Atlantic City by sinking old New York City subway cars. State officials say an initial batch of about 100 cars sunk so far are showing "unusual damage." It was... BLOG BABE: 31 DATES TO V-DAY February 8, 2009 at 2:40 am After two breakups last year and a lifetime of painfully bad dates, Tamara Duricka decided enough was enough. On Jan. 11, the 31-year-old TV writer and Harlem resident launched an online project: 31 Dates In 31 Days. "I just needed to date a... 'O POSTER' BUST February 8, 2009 at 2:39 am The artist who created the ubiquitous red, white and blue posters of President Obama had better hope a Massachusetts judge is a fan of his work. Shepard Fairey, 38, was busted in Boston Friday on two outstanding graffiti warrants, authorities...   This email was sent to autoblogs077@gmail.com . Don't want to receive this feed any longer? Unsubscribe here.