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Please add updates@feedmyinbox.com to your address book to make sure you receive these messages in the future. NY Post: News MIRACLE RESCUE IN SEA ORDEAL March 3, 2009 at 7:03 am A man plucked from a capsized boat yesterday after spending more than 36 hours clinging to it in the choppy waters of the Gulf of Mexico said the two NFL players and friend he had been with were all wearing life jackets - renewing hope they might... MOB-LINKED CLIENT IN VANCE'S PAST March 3, 2009 at 5:19 am A leading candidate to replace Manhattan DA Robert Morgenthau represented a union official charged in connection with a racketeering indictment against the Gambino crime family's acting boss, The Post has learned. Cyrus Vance Jr., toward whom... TWIN-SIS COPS GOT KARATE CHOPS March 3, 2009 at 3:56 am Identical twin sisters Michelle and Teresa Frizziola are rookie NYPD cops with cherubic faces, ponytails and a fondness for talking about shades of red nail polish - but they're far tougher than they look. With their dazzling smiles and... NEW LEADS IN INFAMOUS '89 SLAY-NEXT-DOOR March 3, 2009 at 3:55 am The parents of a Long Island girl slain exactly 20 years ago by her neighbor have long believed the murderer had an accomplice. They may be on to something. Nassau DA Kathleen Rice said yesterday she's been probing claims in the death of... WEIRD BUT TRUE March 3, 2009 at 3:55 am An LA lawmaker is issuing a proclamation today to make the first week in March No Cussing Week. Supervisor Michael Antonovich got the idea for a swear-free week from one of his constituents - a 15-year-old student who started a No Cussing... NYPD DAILY BLOTTER March 3, 2009 at 3:54 am Staten Island A blitzed motorist, packing heat and a bottle of booze between his legs as he dozed behind the wheel, got a rude awakening when cops busted him in Port Richmond, officials said. Cops spotted Robert Tavares, 41, of Orlando, Fla... 'DANCING' STAR'S NEW JUDGE PANEL March 3, 2009 at 3:51 am MIAMI - Dance fans outnumbered car-racing fans in the jury pool when Brazilian race-car driver and "Dancing With The Stars" contestant Helio Castroneves went on trial yesterday on US tax-evasion charges. The two-time Indianapolis 500 winner is... ROOT OF PROBLEM March 3, 2009 at 3:51 am Homeowners who get trees planted on their sidewalks with the help of a city program have to pay for repairs when the roots break the surrounding concrete - and the city has to cover the cost of lawsuits filed by pedestrians who trip on broken... IRAN BLAMES US REPORTER FOR HER ARREST March 3, 2009 at 3:48 am TEHRAN, Iran - Iran said yesterday that a US journalist detained about a month ago was engaged in "illegal" activities because she continued working after the government revoked her press credentials in 2006. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hasan... WISE GUY BECOMES SOBSTER March 3, 2009 at 3:47 am He worries; he whines; he pines for Mama. Despite his reputation as a ruthless, acid-slinging mob assassin, Charles Carneglia came across as more of a self-pitying scaredy-cat in Brooklyn federal court yesterday. Arrested for five murders last... A-ROD SOUGHT KATIE'S ADVICE March 3, 2009 at 3:46 am Before he lied to her about steroids, Alex Rodriguez turned to Katie Couric for career advice. On last night's "Late Show with David Letterman," Couric said she was speaking to A-Rod frequently when he opted out of his contract with the Yankees... HEDGE HOG IS COP KIN March 3, 2009 at 3:43 am The accused hedge-fund scammer who got busted last week because of the Bernard Madoff scandal is a rotten apple who fell far from the tree of his law-enforcement family, The Post has learned. James Nicholson's younger brother, Kevin Nicholson, is... HISTORIC PEARL HARBOR TRIP March 3, 2009 at 3:42 am The emperor of Japan is likely to visit Pearl Harbor in July - the first trip by a member of the imperial family to the site of the attack that brought the United States into World War II, a British newspaper reported. Emperor Akihito will be... FLU EYED IN LI BOY'S DEATH March 3, 2009 at 3:42 am Health officials believe that a 9-year-old Long Island boy is the second child in Nassau County to die from the flu in less then a month. More lab work must be done to confirm cause of death, but their preliminary investigation indicates the boy... MIKE: JUST CHILL! March 3, 2009 at 3:41 am When he canceled school yesterday for the first time in five years, Mayor Bloomberg had to deal with two storms: one from Mother Nature, which dumped eight inches of snow on New York, and another from schoolkids' moms, furious the last-minute... HIZZONER LOVES A GOOD WEINER March 3, 2009 at 3:41 am File this under the man-bites-dog category: Mayor Bloomberg yesterday actually praised Rep. Anthony Weiner. Bloomberg was discussing earmarks - commonly known as "pork" - when he complimented Weiner (D-Brooklyn) for helping direct federal... CUNY WEIGHS AN RX SCHOOL March 3, 2009 at 3:39 am The City University of New York is looking into opening a school of pharmacy, The Post has learned. The school - aimed at serving an aging population with mounting medical needs - would offer the second public doctoral pharmacy program in the... GOV GETS A LEG UP March 3, 2009 at 3:38 am ALBANY - Gov. Paterson is running - and not just for re-election. The governor, in a soon-to-be published interview with Runner's World magazine, talks at length about his love of - and difficulties with - jogging. Paterson, who is legally... BLAGO BOOKED (SORT OF) March 3, 2009 at 3:37 am CHICAGO - A publicist for Rod Blagojevich says the disgraced former Illinois governor has agreed to write a book - "exposing the dark side of politics." Glenn Selig says that Blagojevich, who signed a six-figure publishing deal yesterday, will... DOOMED DENTIST SHOT IN BACK: DOC March 3, 2009 at 3:37 am The assassin who gunned down a dentist in front of his terrified 4-year-old daughter in a Queens park shot him in the back, a medical examiner testified yesterday. Dr. Jason Graham, who conducted the autopsy, said a scrape on the victim's back... MORE FAILING SCHOOLS PASSING THE TEST March 3, 2009 at 3:36 am The state Department of Education removed 13 city schools from its worst-of-the-worst list yesterday, leaving just 20 in danger of closure - the lowest number since 1989, when the program was created. Mayor Bloomberg touted the drop in failing... TOWNS IN PENSION SQUEEZE March 3, 2009 at 3:36 am ALBANY - State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli warned yesterday that the rapidly declining value of the state's massive public-employee pension fund will likely force more than 3,000 local governments and school districts to increase their... CHAGALL MURALS HELP MET HIT HIGH NOTE$ March 3, 2009 at 3:34 am The fat lady will go on singing at the Metropolitan Opera House, thanks to the struggling company's decision to use its iconic lobby murals to secure a loan. The Marc Chagall murals, which dominate the Lincoln Center building's foyer, will serve... BERNIE: KEEP $69M IN EVIL CLUTCHES March 3, 2009 at 3:33 am His victims are facing bankruptcy and homelessness, but Bernie Madoff wants to keep $69 million worth of assets - including the $7 million penthouse where he's living in luxury under house arrest. Court papers yesterday revealed that the... MEGAN OUT-FOXES 'EM ALL March 3, 2009 at 3:28 am Baby, it's cold outside, so it's a perfect time for guys' thoughts to turn to spring break and the celeb they'd most like to party with - sci-fi starlet Megan Fox, according to a new poll. "It's the middle of cabin-fever season, so we wanted to... NYPD'S HOLY HELL March 3, 2009 at 3:27 am A cop who allegedly once claimed to have seen a demon in Police Headquarters is suing the NYPD, saying brass stripped him of his badge and gun because he's too religious. In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Lt. Dominic Maglione, 44, says... BIDDER DISPUTE OVER CHINA ART March 3, 2009 at 3:27 am BEIJING - A Chinese art collector identified himself yesterday as the winning bidder in last week's Paris auction of two bronze sculptures looted from Beijing in the 1800s, but said that, as a patriot, he had no intention of paying. Christie's... BRUNO HURT IN CAR CRASH March 3, 2009 at 3:26 am ALBANY -Joseph Bruno, the former state Senate majority leader, sustained minor injuries in a two-car crash on a snowy upstate road yesterday afternoon. His spokesman, Kris Thompson, said Bruno, 79, was released from a hospital after treatment for... 'TV' LINKED TO KIDS' ASTHMA March 3, 2009 at 3:26 am LONDON - Children who watch TV longer than two hours a day have twice the risk of developing asthma, British researchers reported yesterday. "Breathing patterns associated with sedentary behavior could lead to developmental changes in the lungs,"... SMITH HITS BRAKES ON PLAN FOR E. RIVER TOLLS March 3, 2009 at 3:25 am Facing a rebellion from outer-borough Democrats and rock-solid opposition from Republicans, Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith yesterday threw an unexpected roadblock in front of a plan to charge tolls on the East River bridges. Smith... BRONX BEEP VOTE IN APRIL March 3, 2009 at 3:24 am A special election will be held in April to replace former Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion Jr., who has taken a job in the Obama administration, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. Mayor Bloomberg said Monday that the election will be held on... THOMPSON RAKES IN LOBBY CASH March 3, 2009 at 3:24 am City Comptroller William Thompson, a Democratic mayoral hopeful, has received more than $83,000 in donations to his war chest from lobbyists with city business during the time he has been considered a likely contender for City Hall, a review of... COAST GUARD FINDS MISSING NFL PLAYERS' FISHING BOAT March 2, 2009 at 3:48 pm TAMPA - A missing man found clinging to an overturned boat was rescued today off Florida's Gulf Coast, but the search continues for two NFL players and another man aboard the vessel who didn't return from a weekend fishing trip, Coast Guard... STATE SENATE LEADER: MTA NEEDS AN AUDIT March 2, 2009 at 2:08 pm ALBANY, N.Y. - State Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith says there should be a comprehensive audit of the Metropolitan Transit Authority before lawmakers agree on new measures to solve its financial crisis. Gov. David Paterson and legislators... COPS ACCUSED OF RAPE LOSE GUNS, BADGES March 2, 2009 at 2:05 pm Two police officers have been stripped of their guns and badges as investigators look into claims at least one of them raped an intoxicated woman after they escorted her into her Manhattan apartment, police said Monday. The two officers, who have... NYC SOCKED BY LATE-SEASON STORM March 2, 2009 at 1:43 pm The strong winds and nearly 8 inches of snow left the city no choice but shutter schools this morning, Mayor Bloomberg said. Although the decision left many parents scrambling for childcare at the last minute, Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor... ECONOMIC WORRIES KEEPING AMERICANS UP AT NIGHT March 2, 2009 at 1:07 pm Nearly a third of all Americans are losing sleep because they worry about the sagging economy or the prospect of losing their job, a new poll finds. Money fears far outweigh other problems -- such as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, global... CLINTON MAKES URGENT PLEA FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE March 2, 2009 at 12:39 pm SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, on her first foray into Middle East diplomacy, declared the Obama administration committed to pushing intensively to find a way for Israelis and Palestinians to exist... HOT STUFF! March 2, 2009 at 12:27 pm Vanity Fair honors top comic actors in an edition that hits newsstands on Thursday. Funnymen Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen, Jason Segel and Jonah Hill are on the VF cover. "Saturday Night Live" alum Amy Poehler also pays homage to Faye Dunaway's... CIA DESTROYED 92 INTERROGATION TAPES March 2, 2009 at 11:09 am WASHINGTON - New documents show the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency destroyed nearly 100 tapes of terror interrogations, far more than has previously been acknowledged. The disclosure Monday comes as a criminal prosecutor is wrapping up his... CITY'S HEALTH CRI$IS March 2, 2009 at 6:45 am Health-care costs for the city's municipal retirees, including more than 10,000 under age 49, are expected to balloon 128 percent over the next eight years, siphoning even more cash from the Big Apple's already depleted coffers. To blunt the hit... ECONOMY IN A FIX March 2, 2009 at 6:06 am "Shop 'til you drop" has become "stitch 'til you fix." Recession-reformed spendthrifts are flooding tailors, furniture fixers and electronics repairmen with their hole-in-sole shoes, ripped pants and broken iPods. All over the city, Mr. Fixits... 'SUPER' DOLAN TURNED US INTO A FAMILY March 2, 2009 at 5:17 am He's New York's new archbishop, but to a once-childless Wisconsin couple, Timothy Dolan is the "superhero" who stepped in and made them a family. "He's changed our lives forever," said grateful new dad Charles Nevsimal, who, with wife Deborah... THERE'S NO USE ARGUING March 2, 2009 at 4:11 am WHAT? You think Jews argue a lot? You got a prob lem with that? More than 60 members of my tribe shoved into a room on the Upper West Side yesterday to tackle an age-old question that's perplexed scholars, rabbis and folks who'd rather gouge out... THE SCI-HI KIDS March 2, 2009 at 4:11 am Pukar Hamal hopes to clone another science award and genetically engineer it to the top. The Forest Hills HS senior was among 1,000 young scientists competing yesterday at the New York City Science and Engineering Fair at City University of New... WEIRD BUT TRUE March 2, 2009 at 4:10 am Colorado cops withdrew a jaywalking ticket from a good Samaritan who pushed three people out of the way of an oncoming pickup truck. Jim Moffett, 58, of Denver, suffered broken bones, a dislocated shoulder and a possible ruptured spleen from the... 2 NFLERS MISSING AT SEA March 2, 2009 at 4:09 am CLEARWATER, Fla. - Detroit Lion defensive end Corey Smith and Oakland Raider Marquis Cooper were among four boaters missing yesterday off Florida's Gulf Coast, the Coast Guard said. Smith and Cooper were on a 21-foot vessel that left Clearwater... NYPD DAILY BLOTTER March 2, 2009 at 4:09 am Brooklyn A woman was arrested for swiping letters and threatening a mailman in Coney Island, authorities said yesterday. Sylvia Cruz, 30, clashed with the letter carrier on Mermaid Avenue at West 23rd Street at around 11 a.m. last Thursday, cops... CITY GETTING FEDERAL GREEN FOR MORE NYPD BLUES March 2, 2009 at 4:04 am The city will be able to put more cops on the streets, beginning with 400 before the year is out and 3,500 by 2013, thanks to an influx of federal money, a city congressman said yesterday. Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Brooklyn-Queens) said about $1... DADDY'S HOME! March 2, 2009 at 4:03 am For more than 100 Brooklyn families, the war is over. After nine grueling months in Iraq, members of the New York Army National Guard tearfully reunited with their loved ones yesterday - the first homecoming for US forces since President Obama...   This email was sent to autoblogs077@gmail.com.  Create Your Account Don't want to receive this feed any longer? Unsubscribe here.