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  $2M – with love

  Big-hearted New Yorkers and people from across the country have raised an incredible $2 million for the four daughters of slain NYPD Detective Peter Figoski. “That’s extraordinary!” said Christine Figoski, the hero cop’s 19-year-old daughter, as...   10:59 AM

• Yahoo searching for several new board candidates, sources say

  SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Yahoo Inc. is searching for several new board candidates to replace possible outgoing directors and has hired executive search...   6:00 PM
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  Family mourns 'bullied' SI student at funeral

  Heartbroken friends and family said a painful final goodbye this morning to Amanda Cummings, the Staten Island teen who killed herself last month after what her family said was a vicious campaign of cyberbullying by her classmates. Scores of...   3:33 PM
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  Archbishop Timothy Dolan one of 22 new cardinals named by Pope Benedict XVI

  New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan was named a cardinal today by the Vatican, an announcement that he called a "privilege" and a message from Rome that the city remains an important part of the Catholic Church. The announcement was made following...   8:21 PM

• New Zealand hot air balloon crash kills 11

  CARTERTON, New Zealand -- A hot air balloon carrying 11 people out for an early-morning flight burst into flames and plunged to the ground in New...   8:21 PM
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  US Navy rescues Iranian fishermen from pirates

  The US Navy has rescued 13 Iranian sailors who were being held hostage by pirates in the Gulf of Oman. Ironically, the forces that came to their assistance were assigned to the USS John C. Stennis strike group -- the same aircraft carrier that was...   2:31 PM

• New South Carolina polls show Romney in lead, Santorum gaining

  COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney holds a strong lead in South Carolina before its first-in-the-south Republican primary later...   3:33 PM
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  Trial not likely for Jared Lee Loughner in 2012

  PHOENIX — The mentally ill man charged in the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others isn't expected to go to trial in 2012 as he continues to be forcibly medicated to make him psychologically...   3:45 PM
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  11-year-old Bronx boy shot after bullet blasts through apartment door

  An 11-year-old boy was wounded last night after a bullet tore through the front door of his Bronx apartment, police sources said. The child, whose name was not immediately released, was shot in the stomach and was rushed to Jacobi Hospital, where...   3:33 PM
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  Skateboarder held in nutty naked hotel rampage

  He'll have to get some serious air to make this sky-high bail. A Manhattan judge has set bail at $75,000 bond or $10,000 cash for Jereme Rogers, the pro skateboarder charged in a nutty naked rampage at the Shelburne hotel last night. The tattooed...   12:45 PM

• Romanian national busted in $1.5M ATM 'skimming' spree

  An illegal alien from Romania was caught in the act yesterday while adjusting high-tech hardware that helped a gang of crooks swipe about $1.5 million...   12:35 PM
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  Joran van der Sloot declines to enter plea, case postponed until next week

  LIMA, Peru – A fidgety Joran van der Sloot told a Lima court Friday he wanted to make a "sincere confession" in the murder of a young Peruvian woman but he needed more time, prompting the judge to adjourn the case until next week. Van der Sloot,...   3:33 PM

• Unemployment rate dips to 8.5%, lowest in 3 years

  WASHINGTON — A burst of hiring in December pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in nearly three years, giving the economy a boost at the...   10:22 AM
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  Feds' Mafia team join probe into disappearance of Conn. newlywed

  New York-based FBI agents assigned to the Russian organized-crime task force have joined the federal probe into the disappearance of a young Connecticut newlywed on his honeymoon cruise in 2005, his family’s lawyer told The Post yesterday. And the...   7:36 AM

• 'Disturbed' mom stabs, kills 3-year-old B'klyn girl

  A 29-year-old Brooklyn mother attacked a three-year-old daughter early today, stabbing her in the jaw and head, authorities said. The stabber is...   12:45 PM

• Deliveryman dead in hit-run

  A Brooklyn food deliveryman was killed last night when a hit-and-run driver slammed into his motor scooter. Witnesses told police the man landed on...   11:16 AM