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Singer beaten on LES, hospitalized

Singer beaten on LES, hospitalized

Pop singer Gavin DeGraw was viciously beaten by a pack of thugs on the Lower East Side early today — and then hit by a taxi as he stumbled off, police sources said. The 34-year-old crooner — who’s...  Read Full Story

Seeks unspecified damages in alleged hotel 'attack'

Seeks unspecified damages in alleged hotel 'attack'

The maid accusing French politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape filed a civil suit Monday in New York alleging a "sadistic attack" and seeking unspecified compensation. Her move came as...  Read Full Story

Investors flee stocks after S&P downgrade of US debt

Investors flee stocks after S&P; downgrade of US debt

Stocks were socked today by the Standard & Poor's downgrade of US debt. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 634.76 points, or 5.6 percent, to 10,809.85, falling beneath 11,000 for the first...  Read Full Story

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  • Appeals court judge frees Moreno pending appeal

    Appeals court judge frees Moreno pending appeal

    One judge put him in, another has let him out -- at least for now. Kenneth Moreno, the lead officer in the notorious "Rape Cops" case, was slammed with a stiff sentence of one year in jail this morning -- by an angry state judge who slammed him for...   9:52 PM

  • Cops hunt thug in Bronx subway rob (video)

    A thug is wanted for robbing a subway booth clerk in Baychester in The Bronx, police said. The suspect pushed the woman into the booth at the...   9:53 PM

  • Motorcyclist dead in Queens crash

    A Queens motorcyclist is dead after being struck by a car while doing tricks on his bike, witnesses and cops said. Witnesses said he was speeding down...   9:53 PM

  • B'klyn woman sentenced to 1 1/3 to four years in prison for striking City Hall staffer with her car

    B'klyn woman sentenced to 1 1/3 to four years in prison for striking City Hall staffer with her car

    The woman who struck a beloved City Hall staffer on a Brooklyn street last year was sentenced today to 1 1/3 to four years behind bars for the crime. While Erinn Phelan, 24, remains in a vegetative state since the February horror in Prospect...   2:35 PM

  • Three more claimed by NYC summer heat wave

    Three more elderly people have died in the city's scorching summer heat wave -- bringing the total number of local heat-related deaths to seven,...   2:37 PM

  • Cuomo to form search committee for new MTA head

    Cuomo to form search committee for new MTA head

    Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced today he is creating a special search committee to recommend and evaluate candidates to become the next head of the cash-strapped MTA. The committee is composed of union leaders, transportation professionals and mass...   2:53 PM

  • Burglar dies in rooftop plunge after trying to flee

    A bungling burglar plunged to his death from the roof of an Upper East Side apartment building today after being spotted and trying to flee,...   4:02 PM

  • Gov. Christie: No decision yet on toll hikes

    Gov. Christie: No decision yet on toll hikes

    BURLINGTON, N.J. — Gov. Chris Christie says he had a three-word reaction last week to a proposal to raise Port Authority tolls: “You’re kidding, right?” Christie says years of mismanagement led to the current situation. But Christie and New York...   1:56 PM

  • Russian immigrant gets a year and a day for helping scam $105K in Holocaust reparations

    A Russian immigrant who helped more than two dozen crooks scam Holocaust reparations was sentenced this morning to a year and day behind bars. Polina...   12:50 PM

  • 2nd participant of NYC triathlon dies

    A 40-year-old Chicago financial whiz became the second person to die from an exhausting city triathlon, officials said today. Tragic mom-of-three and...   7:47 PM

  • City students outpace peers in state reading, math tests

    City students outpace peers in state reading, math tests

    City students outpaced their peers across the state on both math and reading tests this year — making gains even as some districts lost ground in both areas, state officials announced this morning. City third-through-eighth graders saw their...   11:44 AM

  • Bill Clinton, Stiller to co-chair Haiti benefit

    Bill Clinton, Stiller to co-chair Haiti benefit

    Former President Bill Clinton will be co-hosting a New York City gala to benefit The Stiller Foundation that's building schools in Haiti. The foundation says he'll host the Sept. 23 fundraiser with actor Ben Stiller and New York art dealer David...   12:06 PM

  • Woman, 64, dies in Bronx fire

    A Bronx housing-project blaze claimed the life of a woman, authorities said today. The fire broke out just before midnight yesterday on the sixth...   4:02 PM

  • UES mom banned from supermarket after leaving unpaid groceries in stroller

    UES mom banned from supermarket after leaving unpaid groceries in stroller

    Fairway banished an Upper East Side mom to the supermarket's Rikers aisle after she failed to pay for a half-gallon of milk that she says she accidentally left in her stroller. "The security guard took my photograph, told me I was banned from...   9:56 AM

  • 'Cleared' in rape - & facing deport

    'Cleared' in rape - & facing deport

    Charges against a Brooklyn livery driver who was arrested in one rape and identified as a suspect in three other sex assaults are expected to be dropped after cops accepted his alibi and the real pervert struck again while the cabby was in jail,...   9:56 AM

  • Lost stuffed toy monkey returned to owners

    Lost stuffed toy monkey returned to owners

    It’s a monkey miracle — Bongo has been found! An Upper East Side couple grieving over the loss of a stuffed toy monkey they’ve raised like a son the past decade went bananas with joy Saturday night after being reunited with their beloved Beanie...   10:13 AM

  • NY senator opposes planned hospital closure

    NY senator opposes planned hospital closure

    New York State Sen. Malcolm Smith is calling for an investigation into the planned closing of a Queens hospital. WCBS says Smith announced Sunday that he filed papers with the state Department of Health to request a formal review of Peninsula...   9:57 AM

  • Crime is soaring at Kennedy Airport

    Crime is soaring at Kennedy Airport

    It's been a great year so far for criminals at Kennedy Airport -- they're doing more business than ever and rarely getting caught, The Post has learned. Larcenies are up nearly 30 percent from the first half of 2010 -- and the arrest rate is a...   6:44 AM

  • Asian, Australian stocks down following US market carnage

    SYDNEY -- Asian shares extended their deep plunge Tuesday, after a massive sell-off in US equity markets Monday further undermined already-fragile...   10:03 PM

  • Homes targeted as violence spreads across Britain

    Homes targeted as violence spreads across Britain

    LONDON — London was reeling early after a third night of violence saw rioting spread across at least half a dozen neighborhoods, leaving cars and buildings engulfed in flames and forcing Prime Minister David Cameron to rush back from his vacation to...   9:52 PM

  • Obama says downgrade should add urgency to tackling US deficit

    Obama says downgrade should add urgency to tackling US deficit

    WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama said Monday Standard & Poor's decision to strip the US of its AAA credit rating should add a "renewed sense of urgency" for Republicans and Democrats to tackle the nation's debt and deficit. He also said the...   3:39 PM

  • Texas Gov. Rick Perry to signal 2012 White House run Saturday in South Carolina

    Texas Gov. Rick Perry to signal 2012 White House run Saturday in South Carolina

    CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry will signal his intention to run for president during a Saturday appearance in Charleston, S.C., Politico reported Monday, citing two sources familiar with his plans. According to Politico, Perry will not...   3:39 PM

  • Wife of Navy SEAL killed in Afghanistan calls husband 'warrior' who loved America

    Wife of Navy SEAL killed in Afghanistan calls husband 'warrior' who loved America

    The wife of one of the 30 American soldiers killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan called her husband "a warrior" and "amazing father" who loved his family and country. Aaron Vaughn, 30, was a Navy SEAL who was killed Saturday in what was the...   12:08 PM

  • Police say Norwegian gunman used drugs ahead of attack

    Police say Norwegian gunman used drugs ahead of attack

    OSLO -- Anders Behring Breivik was under the influence of illegal drugs when he carried out the July 22 twin attacks in Norway, killing 77 people, police said Monday. "I can confirm that he had used illegal drugs. I do not want to comment on what...   11:51 AM

  • NATO troops recover Afghan helicopter crash pieces after attack that killed 30 US troops

    NATO troops recover Afghan helicopter crash pieces after attack that killed 30 US troops

    KABUL, Afghanistan — International military forces worked on Monday to recover every last piece of a Chinook helicopter that crashed over the weekend, killing 30 American troops, seven Afghan soldiers and an Afghan interpreter, NATO said. German...   9:27 AM

  • UK police arrest over 160 in weekend London riots

    UK police arrest over 160 in weekend London riots

    LONDON — British police on Monday promised a "momentous operation" to arrest rioters after a weekend of vandalism and looting that erupted in a disadvantaged London neighborhood just miles (kilometers) from the site of next year's Olympic Games....   10:13 AM

  • Credit-rating blame game in DC

    Credit-rating blame game in DC

    WASHINGTON -- It's back to business for DC blowhards. Democrats and Republicans engaged in a furious blame game yesterday over who caused the unprecedented S&P downgrade -- with politicians blaming everyone from rival parties to the rating...   10:07 AM

  • Arab states increase pressure on Syria, recall ambassadors

    KUWAIT CITY -- Kuwait and Bahrain decided Monday to recall their ambassadors from Syria, as Arab states increased the pressure on President Bashar al...   11:51 AM

  • Hero's re-call of duty

    Hero's re-call of duty

    A hero soldier whose amazing cool in the face of intense enemy fire was made famous in the Oscar-winning war documentary "Restrepo" has bravely returned to the battlefield in Afghanistan. Misha Pemble-Belkin, 25, who was a private and radio...   8:58 AM

  • Tall tales of tape for Jackie

    Tall tales of tape for Jackie

    There has to be something juicy in those Jackie Kennedy tapes, right? ABC yesterday blasted a British newspaper report that the network is sitting on an explosive treasure-trove of Jacqueline Kennedy audio recordings that have her blaming...   8:42 AM

  • Ohio gun rampage kills 8

    COPLEY, Ohio -- A man ran through town yesterday, fatally shooting eight people, including his girlfriend and her brother, before he was killed in an...   2:46 AM

  • Shark force field

    HAVANA -- American endurance swimmer Diana Nyad is making final preparations for her bid to become the first to swim the Florida Straits without the...   1:59 AM

  • The antisocial network: study

    Facebook can turn kids into narcissists and lead to health complications, a California shrink claims. Dr. Larry Rosen, a professor at Cal State...   6:46 AM

  • Caught on film!

    Caught on film!

    You'll make paparazzi swoon in these click-chic looks. Eilon Paz...   9:38 AM

  • Kelly Rowland accidentally bares breasts during Jersey concert

    Kelly Rowland accidentally bares breasts during Jersey concert

    WEST ORANGE, N.J. -- Former Destiny's Child singer Kelly Rowland bared all at a New Jersey show when her bra-like top slid up to reveal both breasts, E! News reported Monday. Rowland, 30, was performing her hit "Motivation" at the Club 4Sixty6...   6:06 PM

  • Kanye West complains he is being treated like Hitler

    Kanye West complains he is being treated like Hitler

    LEDBURY, England -- Kanye West complained that critics and naysayers are treating him like Hitler during an onstage rant at a concert in England over the weekend, TMZ reported Monday. "I walk through the hotel and I walk down the street and people...   6:06 PM

  • Bravo exec Andy Cohen to pen memoir

    Bravo exec Andy Cohen to pen memoir

    Bravo exec Andy Cohen will write a memoir about his career in media and his love of pop culture, he announced Monday on his blog. Cohen, who produces hits like the "Real Housewives" franchise and "Top Chef," will write about discovering his love...   6:06 PM

  • 'The Wire' actress Felicia 'Snoop' Pearson changes drug conspiracy plea to guilty

    'The Wire' actress Felicia 'Snoop' Pearson changes drug conspiracy plea to guilty

    BALTIMORE -- Actress Felicia "Snoop" Pearson, known for her role on the HBO crime drama "The Wire," pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy charges in a Baltimore courtroom Monday, The Baltimore Sun reported. Pearson, 31, was sentenced to seven years in...   6:06 PM

  • Alexander McQueen's New York exhibit closes with record visitors

    Alexander McQueen's New York exhibit closes with record visitors

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art welcomed 661,509 visitors to the Alexander McQueen exhibit during its three-month New York run, the museum announced Monday. Crowds swarmed to the Manhattan museum over the weekend to catch a final glimpse of...   1:39 PM

  • Michael Cerveris to join 'Evita' on Broadway

    Michael Cerveris to join 'Evita' on Broadway

    Michael Cerveris will be joining Ricky Martin and Elena Roger in the Broadway revival of "Evita." Producers announced Monday that Cerveris, who won a Tony Award as John Wilkes Booth in "Assassins" and has a recurring role in HBO's "Treme," will...   2:17 PM

  • Beyonce to perform '4' intimate shows at Roseland Ballroom to boost album sales

    Beyonce to perform '4' intimate shows at Roseland Ballroom to boost album sales

    Beyonce has announced a four-night stint at the Roseland Ballroom in which she is set to perform her latest album, "4," in its entirety at each show, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. News of the concert series entitled "4 Intimate Nights...   10:13 AM

  • J.Lo deal sparks 'Idol' envy

    J.Lo deal sparks 'Idol' envy

    Jennifer Lopez's huge new deal with "American Idol" has prompted her fellow judge, rocker Steven Tyler, to urge Fox to bump up his own payday. While J.Lo negotiates the finishing touches of a deal, said to be worth up to $20 million, to return...   1:23 PM

  • She's baaack!

    She's baaack!

    'Desperate Housewives" is shutting down at the end of this season, but Wisteria Lane may not have seen the last of Edie Britt. Despite an ugly, $20 million legal dispute with actress Nicollette Sheridan, "Housewives" creator Marc Cherry is...   1:21 PM

  • Shocking culture

    Shocking culture

    Drop eight party-worshipping guidos and guidettes into the cultural mecca of Florence, Italy, and you might not expect them to develop a deep appreciation for the city's centuries-old history. But you might be surprised. "I liked the statue...   1:21 PM

  • Gordon Ramsay declares war on wife's family

    Gordon Ramsay declares war on wife's family

    Ranting chef Gordon Ramsay has filed suit against his wife's entire family -- or so it seems. Over the weekend, details emerged about the extraordinary legal assault Ramsay filed late Friday in London against his wife's father, mother, sister,...   1:21 PM

  • '24' villain dead at 48

    '24' villain dead at 48

    Francesco Quinn, a son of the late actor Anthony Quinn and a memorable villain on "24," died of an apparent heart attack while jogging near his home in Malibu, over the weekend, according to reports. Quinn was 48. He was jogging Friday...   1:21 PM

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J.Lo deal sparks 'Idol' envy

J.Lo deal sparks 'Idol' envy

Jennifer Lopez's huge new deal with "American Idol" has prompted...   1:23 PM

Kanye shuts door on Angela

Kanye shuts door on Angela

Model chaser Kanye West has at least one ex-beauty queen...   6:39 PM

Cindy Adams

Not so sweet life

Judy Collins. Age 70. Folk music legend of the '60s. In showbiz...   3:34 AM

Sports

Mets' Reyes back on DL

Mets' Reyes back on DL

Mets shortstop Jose Reyes is back on the disabled list with a...   6:53 PM

Nova will start Wednesday for Yankees

Nova will start Wednesday for Yankees

Ivan Nova earned another start and the Yankees will give him one....   6:28 PM

Justin Terranova Justin Terranova

Post Power Rankings: AL up for debate, but Phillies team to beat

The baseball fans in this area were focused on the Yankees-Red...   4:26 PM

Entertainment

Caught on film!

Caught on film!

You'll make paparazzi swoon in these click-chic looks....   9:38 AM

She's baaack!

She's baaack!

'Desperate Housewives" is shutting down at the end of this...   1:21 PM

Frank Scheck Frank Scheck

Bedtime for gonzo

It may not have been the wisest idea to litter the cube-like set...   1:23 PM

Business

Walmart made bid to acquire BJ's Wholesale Club

Walmart made bid to acquire BJ's Wholesale Club

Walmart lately has been hunting for acquisitions in the US --...   10:35 AM

Kushner's Puck plans: Penthouses for SoHo

Kushner's Puck plans: Penthouses for SoHo

SoHo's landmarked Puck Building is getting posh penthouses, The...   3:58 AM

Opinion

Hugh L. Carey, 1919-2011

Hugh L. Carey, 1919-2011

Hugh Leo Carey, who died yesterday at 92, was a governor for his...   12:31 PM

A tragedy in war

A tragedy in war

With the 10th anniversary of 9/11 a mere month away, the war in...   9:24 AM

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AIDS fighter

AIDS fighter

Dr. Monica Sweeney has this message for women: You can do it....   7:03 AM

Dad dies in NYC Triathlon tragedy

Dad dies in NYC Triathlon tragedy

An avid endurance athlete competing alongside his sons in a...   7:03 AM

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