3/6 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 DA'S RAP SOCKS RIHANNA 'BEATER' March 6, 2009 at 9:41 am Prosecutors slapped R&B star Chris Brown yesterday with two felony charges for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend, Rihanna, during a vicious beatdown last month. Brown, 19, wearing a dapper dark suit, white shirt, silver tie and matching vest... HEROIC RESCUES IN W. SIDE BLAZE March 6, 2009 at 7:32 am Firefighters used rescue buckets to pluck trapped tenants from their windows in a blazing building on the West Side early today after the stairway became engulfed in flames. The 1:30 a.m. fire at 509 Ninth Avenue between 38th and 39th Streets... YOU POWDER PUFFS! March 6, 2009 at 6:25 am From the frozen tundra of Alaska to the lake-effect-socked streets of Chicago, FBI field offices in snow-blown towns across the nation yesterday had one word for New York's G-men: Wimps! As The Post exclusively reported, a mere seven inches of... JACKO: 10 FINAL SHOWS March 6, 2009 at 5:45 am Michael Jackson announced to the world yesterday: Jacko is backo! The King of Pop, speaking at London's O2 Arena, said he would play a 10-show run at the venue beginning July 8. Clad in an embroidered, military-style coat and wearing... FUNDRAZOR A GAM SLAM March 6, 2009 at 4:43 am IT WAS the perfect confluence of D-list fame, feminine hygiene, and public perversity. The woman who possesses the world's longest legs - measuring 52 inches of uninterrupted Russian - yesterday shaved them. In public. No, weirdo. The water... WEINER'S 'NAUGHTY' HOTTIE$ March 6, 2009 at 3:43 am Talk about the wrong kind of foreign aid! After he proposed to expand the visas available to foreign models so they can work in New York, Rep. Anthony Weiner's mayoral campaign took contributions from some cat walkers from abroad. Problem is... NYPD DAILY BLOTTER March 6, 2009 at 3:06 am Manhattan The mugging suspect pictured above stole a woman's BlackBerry in Midtown and was nearly captured by Deputy Mayor Ed Skyler, police said. At 8 p.m. Wednesday, the teen thug ran up behind the victim at West 48th Street and Sixth Avenue... WEIRD BUT TRUE March 6, 2009 at 3:05 am It's hard to know which of these guys is the bigger jerk. A man irritated by a jackass annoyingly trying to save a parking spot for his wife at a gas station by standing in the way decided to run him down with his car, police said. The space... COURT SLAMS PUNCHY FLIER March 6, 2009 at 3:01 am Next time, he'll take the beef. A federal appeals court yesterday upheld the conviction of a Maryland man who punched a flight attendant after learning there were no more chicken dinners on his September 2006 flight from Zurich to JFK Airport... 9/11 KIN GET $500M March 6, 2009 at 3:00 am Ninety-two families who opted out of the government compensation fund for 9/11 victims have received about $500 million in settlements, court papers revealed yesterday. Amounts of the individual deals with the airlines and security firms sued... TANGLED WEB WE WEAVE IN TRAFFIC March 6, 2009 at 2:59 am It even works in a carwash! A state-of-the-art tracking system nearly identical to the one that gap-toothed former Giants great Michael Strahan used to follow gal pal Nicole Murphy is so precise, it pinpointed a car driven by a Post reporter as... STRAHAN HAD LOCK OF LOVE March 6, 2009 at 2:59 am Not only did gap-toothed snoop Michael Strahan buy a tracking device to tail his unsuspecting girlfriend, he upgraded to a system that let him disable her ignition and lock her out of the car if he didn't like what she was doing, sources told The... STUY TOWN RENT 'WIN' March 6, 2009 at 2:58 am Thousands of formerly rent-stabilized apartments at Stuyvesant Town now being rented at market rate should be reregulated, a state appeals court ruled yesterday. The decision, which restores a suit by tenants that had been dismissed, could roll... POLITICAL DOGFIGHT March 6, 2009 at 2:57 am It's been a ruff stretch for the Southampton Town Board. Political sniping between Supervisor Linda Kabot and Councilwoman Anna Throne-Holst degenerated into a dogfight over a 12-pound dachshund-poodle mix. After sparring over financial matters... SPITZ BUYS 'HO ZONE' PROPERTY March 6, 2009 at 2:55 am Randy ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who resigned last year after getting caught patronizing a hooker at Washington's posh Mayflower hotel, has reportedly bought a building just a block away. The Wall Street Journal said Spitzer bought the commercial... MAN SURVIVES FALL ON TRACKS March 6, 2009 at 2:55 am A Brooklyn man miraculously survived a fall from a subway platform yesterday, when he landed on the track bed and an oncoming train rolled over him, cops said. Edward Collins, 52, toppled from the platform at a station at 18th Avenue and 64th... GUPTA TO O: THE DOCTOR IS OUT March 6, 2009 at 2:52 am WASHINGTON - CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta won't be making the White House call. The news network reported yesterday that Gupta had withdrawn his name from consideration to be the nation's next surgeon general. The Obama... GOING, GOING, GANDHI! March 6, 2009 at 2:51 am The auction of Mohandas Gandhi's artifacts yesterday morphed into a drama of Bollywood proportions - brimming with suspense, honor and Indian national pride - that ended with a surprise happy ending and a whopping $1.8 million sale. Gandhi's... GRANNY-SLASH BUST March 6, 2009 at 2:45 am A vicious burglar wanted for slashing an 86-year-old grandmother during a break-in at her Queens home was busted yesterday, police said. Andre Mathis, 33, sneaked into the Springfield Gardens home of Vivian Squires, a retired correction officer... WTC BOOSTING ECONOMY March 6, 2009 at 2:39 am The World Trade Center has become New York's biggest stimulus project. The massive construction job is projected to create 26,538 jobs at the site and $14.5 billion in overall economic activity, according to a new study by the Port Authority... UNIONS RALLY VS. BUDGET March 6, 2009 at 2:38 am Thousands of union members staged a rally outside City Hall yesterday to protest plans by the city and state to cut spending on education and social programs to help close huge budget deficits. Randi Weingarten, president of the United Federation... STATE ROAD PROJECTS SET FOR $TIMULATION March 6, 2009 at 2:37 am ALBANY - New York's first stimulus projects inched closer to reality yesterday, as transportation officials began reviewing bids for four upstate road and bridge jobs. The projects, among 11 announced Feb. 23 by Gov. Paterson, will consume but a... SCHOOL RALLYING CRY March 6, 2009 at 2:37 am WASHINGTON - A group of youngsters in danger of losing their funding for private school pleaded with lawmakers yesterday to save the program. Richard Holassie, a cherub-faced third-grader at Preparatory School of DC, declared in front of a room... GOV: I'LL TAKE 10% PAY CUT March 6, 2009 at 2:36 am ALBANY - Gov. Paterson yesterday hastily abandoned his call for state lawmakers to cut their salaries, but stuck to his plan to cut his own pay by 10 percent - or $17,900 - to dramatize the state's fiscal crisis. Paterson, criticized for giving... TOT-HOAX CABBY FLEES RAPE RAP March 6, 2009 at 2:34 am A year ago, livery cabdriver Klever Sailema hoaxed the city by claiming he'd taken a baby to a firehouse after she'd been abandoned in his car - only to later admit he was just helping the tot's 14-year-old mother. Now, Sailema, 46, is being... DEBT-HOUND COMPLAINTS UP March 6, 2009 at 2:34 am City residents have had it with debt collectors. The Department of Consumer Affairs says residents last year filed more complaints against debt collectors than any other type of business. The department says 70 percent more complaints were... DEAD SEA SCROLL SON IN HOT WATER March 6, 2009 at 2:33 am A Manhattan lawyer took being the good son too far - waging a "campaign of impersonation and harassment" against academics who opposed his dad's theories on the Dead Sea Scrolls, prosecutors said yesterday. Raphael Haim Golb, 49, used "dozens of... DC A-TWITTER March 6, 2009 at 2:29 am WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is not on Twitter, but more than 1,300 people think he is. The Senate's legal counsel discovered this week that Will Johnston, 25, who previously worked for a House committee as a Web master, set... NY WORST IN HOME $ICKNESS March 6, 2009 at 2:27 am * The number of New York homeowners more than 90 days late in paying their mortgages skyrocketed 35 percent in the final quarter last year - the biggest jump in delinquencies in the country, a new survey has found. The Mortgage Bankers... JOBLESS JOLT FOR STATE March 6, 2009 at 2:25 am ALBANY - New York's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 7 percent in January, up from 4.7 percent a year earlier. The state Labor Department previously reported that the unemployment rate in December 2008 was 7 percent, but end-of-year... HOUSE OWE-KS DEBT AID March 6, 2009 at 2:25 am WASHINGTON - The House has passed legislation to give debt-strapped homeowners a chance to win lower mortgage payments through bankruptcy courts. The bill gives bankruptcy judges new power to reduce the interest rate and principle on a mortgage... BUSES GET A 'SHIELD' FOR DRIVERS March 6, 2009 at 2:24 am Taking a cue from taxis, the MTA is testing Plexiglas partitions to protect drivers of city buses. The first bus with the shield is operating out of the Brooklyn's Flatbush Depot, the same garage that serves buses on the B46 route. Edwin Thomas... WORRIED DAD GETS THE SILENT TREATMENT March 6, 2009 at 2:15 am Rihanna's anxious father has been incommunicado with his battered daughter - as she stands by the man accused of savagely beating her. Ronald Fenty, father of the songbird born Robyn Rihanna Fenty, said that he hadn't spoken to her since last... CELLPHONE SCOLDER SUFFERS A YAK ATTACK March 6, 2009 at 2:07 am It started with a simple request: Stop talking so loud on your cellphone. But what happened next in a Borough Park bodega nearly put the woman who made the request in the hospital - with bruises to her body, coffee burns to her face and... MIKE PULLS COUNCIL MONEY FOR GROUPS March 6, 2009 at 2:06 am In a blow to Council Speaker Christine Quinn and other legislators, Mayor Bloomberg has lowered the budget ax on funding for several community organizations after determining the groups did not meet new standards, The Post has learned. The... GRANTS KEEP EX-POL IN 'OFFICE' March 6, 2009 at 2:05 am Bounced from office by term limits, former Councilman Stephen DiBrienza is making a run for his old Brooklyn seat - but it's almost as if he never left. Since leaving the council at the end of 2001, DiBrienza has continued to work out of his... OBAMA VOWS MAJOR HEALTH CARE OVERHAUL March 5, 2009 at 4:25 pm WASHINGTON - Saying Americans cannot afford to put off an overhaul of healthcare, President Barack Obama vowed on Thursday to break the political stalemate that has blocked past efforts and pass a comprehensive plan this year. Obama formally... EARTH HUNT March 5, 2009 at 4:07 pm NASA hopes it can find out if ET does really have a home he can call. A planet-hunting craft will take-off on Friday night in search of planets that resemble Earth -- but don't bank on them finding aliens, the space agency said. The spacecraft... POLICE: NO BIAS IN BUNNY ATTACK March 5, 2009 at 3:34 pm CORTLANDT, N.Y. - State police say an attack on a 5-foot-tall inflatable rabbit in the New York suburbs was a prank rather than a bias crime. The Easter yard decoration was punctured and deflated Sunday in the yard of Isabel Gonzalez. She says her... OWNER WITHDRAWS GANDHI ITEMS FROM AUCTION March 5, 2009 at 3:22 pm The owner of Mohandas Gandhi's eyeglasses and other personal items says he's withdrawing them from a New York City auction. It was not immediately clear whether the auction house would remove the lots, which were part of an ongoing sale on... 2 FOUND GUILTY OF KILLING FAMILY ON FLA. TURNPIKE March 5, 2009 at 3:11 pm WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Two men were convicted Thursday of gunning down a family of four along a dark stretch of Florida's Turnpike to settle a drug debt and now could face the death penalty. A federal jury deliberated three days before convicting... NY UNEMPLOYMENT AT 7% IN JANUARY March 5, 2009 at 2:41 pm ALBANY, N.Y. - New York's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 7 percent in January, up from 4.7 percent a year earlier. The state labor department previously reported that the unemployment rate in December 2008 was 7 percent, but... UNEMPLOYMENT RATES AT 7% IN JANUARY March 5, 2009 at 2:39 pm ALBANY, N.Y. - New York's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 7 percent in January, up from 4.7 percent a year earlier. The state labor department previously reported that the unemployment rate in December 2008 was 7 percent, but... CRIMINAL COMPLAIN AGAINST CHRIS BROWN March 5, 2009 at 1:41 pm Here is the criminal complaint filed against singer Chris Brown today in Los Angeles. He allegedly assaulted singer Rihanna. Rev. 900-1/99 DA Case 29697506 Case No. BA353571 FELONY COMPLAINT SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE... NEW DETAILS EMERGE IN NFLERS BOATING TRAGEDY March 5, 2009 at 1:40 pm TAMPA -- After spending hours hanging on for dear life, the two NFL players whose fishing boat flipped over off Florida's Gulf Coast simply gave up and drifted out to sea, while another man fell ill and tried to get help before his body washed out... NY GOP PROPOSE ALTERNATE BUDGET March 5, 2009 at 11:50 am ALBANY, N.Y. - New York Senate Republicans have proposed an alternative state budget that would include $4.2 billion in spending cuts pitched by Gov. David Paterson and slice an additional $1.3 billion. They would also eliminate proposed new taxes... 2-WEEK-OLD GIRL DIES IN DOG ATTACK March 5, 2009 at 11:17 am MESA, Ariz. - A 2-week-old Arizona girl has died after being attacked by the family's dog in their home. Mesa police detective Steve Berry says police were called Wednesday night by a woman who said her daughter had been bitten by a family dog... MAN SURVIVES COLLISION BETWEEN TRUCK, TRAIN March 5, 2009 at 11:09 am Meet the luckiest man in the world. A Turkish man miraculously survived a collision between a truck and a train that was captured by a surveillance camera. The Feb. 25 video, which was released this morning, shows a train slamming into a large...   This email was sent to autoblogs077@gmail.com.  Create Your Account Don't want to receive this feed any longer? Unsubscribe here.