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Jailbound Pedro kid blames pop

Jun 19, 2013 7:31 am

He says his daddy made him do it. The son of disgraced ex-state Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. blamed his father for pressuring him into participating in the looting of their Soundview Healt...

Slay thug targeted gay: cops

Jun 19, 2013 7:31 am

An accused killer told cops he shot a man dead in the West Village because the victim was gay, authorities said yesterday. Guy thought he was tough in front of his bitch so I shot him. Diagnosis is de...

Cops say new bill will blind and handcuff them

Jun 19, 2013 7:28 am

Cops might as well wear blindfolds if the City Council passes a bill that would let them use little more than the color of a suspects clothing in descriptions or risk being sued for profiling, accord...

Madge puts on the ritz

Jun 19, 2013 7:22 am

Kristina Bumphrey/StarPix A spiffy Madonna channels Marlene Dietrich last night at the Paris Theatre in Midtown, where she celebrated the world premiere of her concert film, Madonna: The MDNA ...

Christie: No, no to Speedo

Jun 19, 2013 7:22 am

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has slimmed down after his belly-band surgery, but hes not about to make a public splash in a swimsuit. We are not doing that on Fourth of July. There are some things I ...

K-9 cop is hurt on job

Jun 19, 2013 7:11 am

A brave NYPD police dog was kicked in the face while breaking up a catfight in a Midtown subway station.Bear, a 6-year-old German shepherd, suffered four broken teeth and a cut on his tongue as he hel...

Condo couple $5M hit

Jun 19, 2013 7:11 am

Two notorious Queens developers banned for life from selling condos and co-ops in New York are going to have to cough up at least $5 million or go to jail after being busted for brazenly defying the...

Lohan accuser pill bust

Jun 19, 2013 7:11 am

Physician, heal thyself! A Gramercy Park psychiatrist who went on TV and accused Lindsay Lohans doctor of turning her into a pill-popping drug addict was busted yesterday for allegedly selling oxycod...

Chris-Drake brawl clubs booze ban KOd

Jun 19, 2013 7:11 am

Drink up, A-listers! An appeals court yesterday overturned a Manhattan judges decision to revoke the liquor license at the Soho club that played host to the infamous brawl between Chris Brown and Drak...

Tests are lost so kids flunk

Jun 19, 2013 7:11 am

A Brooklyn intermediate school flunked an entire eighth-grade class and told the kids theyd have to attend summer school because bungling education officials lost their state English exams, The Post ...

Local News from The NY Times

The Revenge of Magic Mike

Jun 13, 2013 5:00 am

Hell hath no fury like a billionaire scorned. Just look at what a certain mayor has planned for four senators who voted against his gun bill.

The Meanest Season

Jun 4, 2013 5:00 am

Buggy, muggy and way too long, summer has arrived, and I?m ready for it to go.

Techs and the City

Jun 2, 2013 5:00 am

Why high-tech ?solutions? can?t solve many of our most pressing urban problems.

A Streetcorner Serenade for the Public Plaza

Jun 2, 2013 5:00 am

Nationwide, urban pedestrian zones — “parklets,” plazas and public spaces — are growing in popularity, as city dwellers seek alternatives to suburbs and cars.

The Politics of Free Food

Jun 1, 2013 5:00 am

Virginia is for lovers of no-cost catering. Just look at the news from its very interesting off-year election.

?Subway Ballet?

May 29, 2013 5:00 am

Young men perform daring aerial dances in a crowded New York City subway car.

Next to You on the Subway

May 28, 2013 5:00 am

A study of air in the public transit labyrinth below New York City found multitudes of invisible critters but no cause for alarm.

A Shortage of Child Support, but a Surplus of Blame

May 26, 2013 5:00 am

A long-running math miscalculation on what a father owes leads the Haggler to the New York City Office of Child Support Enforcement.

Can a Tree Grow in the Bronx?

May 25, 2013 5:00 am

A Neighborhood Parks Alliance is one simple way for more New Yorkers to have decent open space, so that every family, in every community, can make a life in the city.

?Ode to Bike Sharing?

May 23, 2013 5:00 am

In this animation, a New Yorker looks forward to the city?s bike-share program and reminisces about riding his bike when the city was very different.

Headlines for Long Island from Newsday.com

Salvation Army offers aid to LIers who've lost jobs

Jul 23, 2009 2:33 am

The Salvation Army is offering emergency financial aid over the next four weeks to Long Islanders who have lost jobs since September. The grants - which are being funded by local Wal-Mart and Target d...

MTA eyes policy barring passengers from engineer's cab

Jul 23, 2009 2:33 am

The president of the Long Island Rail Road is taking steps to reinforce regulations barring unauthorized people from riding in a train engineer's cab, following allegations that a LIRR conductor allow...

As weather warms, LIers decry state parks cutbacks

Jul 23, 2009 2:33 am

Since he was a baby, Ed Kelley has spent most summer weekends at the West End 2 area of Jones Beach. Until this year.

Local businesses decry coming minimum wage increase

Jul 23, 2009 1:33 am

For the past two weeks, more than 50 companies that use Advantage Payroll Services in Freeport have been calling to "show their displeasure" about the federal minimum wage, which rises 70 ce...

LI man charged with aiding al-Qaida

Jul 23, 2009 1:03 am

Bryant Neal Vinas, who grew up in Patchogue, helped attack a U.S. base and funneled information on the LIRR and subway to al-Qaida.

South Shore Press apologizes for Photoshopped pic

Jul 22, 2009 11:13 pm

Editors of a Suffolk weekly newspaper, the South Shore Press, said they were just trying to be "bipartisan."