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  • Jennifer Gould Keil

    Jennifer Gould Keil

    Vamp in Cooper Sq.

    Bloodsucking “Twilight” beauty Ashley Greene has signed a lease for a one-bedroom at the new 2 Cooper Square rental building, where one-bedrooms...  

  • Ah, the start of Labor Day weekend. Wouldn't it be nice if tomorrow's monthly employment report was good enough to honor its namesake holiday!...  

  • This was the very definition of a "quality start": six innings pitched, three earned runs allowed (we can discuss how great the "quality" of such an...  

  • The Jets were talking hard cash on "Hard Knocks" last night. Hard cash waiting for Darrelle Revis. With only 11 days remaining before the regular...  

  • PHILADELPHIA -- On the surface, tonight's preseason finale between the Jets and Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field is a garbage-time exercise, a...  

  • They'll knock themselves out to win the U.S. Open, literally. While running in the gym yesterday morning to warm up to face Gisela Dulko, Victoria...  

  • This game should have come with a warning: Do not pick if under the influence of preseason hype. Yes, Pitt has had some strong recruiting classes...  

  • Michael Starr

    Michael Starr

    Starr report

    Steve Harvey is making his first foray into the game show world -- but the new host of "Family Feud" says his training as a stand-up comic fits...  

Letterman extortionist Halderman released from jail

Letterman extortionist Halderman released from jail

The former television producer who tried to blackmail David Letterman over the comedian’s office affairs was freed from jail Thursday, city Correction Department records show. Robert “Joe”...  Read Full Story

Indonesia's smoking toddler kicks habit

Indonesia's smoking toddler kicks habit

A two-year-old Indonesian boy who smoked about 40 cigarettes a day kicked the habit after receiving intensive specialist care, a child welfare official said Thursday. Ardi Rizal shocked the world...  Read Full Story

Bronx blaze injures 12 firefighters

Bronx blaze injures 12 firefighters

A six-alarm fire that spread through a row of businesses in the Bronx has been brought under control. The FDNY says firefighters fought the blaze for nearly six hours before bringing it under...  Read Full Story

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  • State Senate candidate David Mejias arraigned on menacing charges

    State Senate candidate David Mejias was arrested overnight and charged this morning in a domestic incident after Long Island cops said he followed his...   10:46 AM

  • Sick and dead animals found in L.I. home

    WEST HILLS, N.Y. — A triggered automatic fire alarm has led to the discovery of dozens of malnourished and dead animals at a spacious Long Island home....   11:07 AM

  • Dodge Charger owner upset vehicle crushed by suicidal fall

    Dodge Charger owner upset vehicle crushed by suicidal fall

    Her car was crushed -- and so is she. A New Jersey woman is devastated that her precious sports car -- just repaired and fully gassed up -- was wrecked by a suicidal man's 40-story attempted death leap on the Upper West Side. "I miss it. It...   10:54 AM

  • Four NJ men accused of selling fake ferry tickets

    FREEHOLD, N.J. — Four men are accused of selling bogus tickets for ferries that shuttle passengers to and from New York City. SeaStreak alerted the...   10:46 AM

  • Tropical storm warning issued for Long Island

    Tropical storm warning issued for Long Island

    A tropical storm warning has been issued for New York’s Long Island coast as Hurricane Earl barrels toward the Eastern Seaboard. Long Island officials are opening shelters and making other emergency plans in case Hurricane Earl hits the Hamptons...   8:51 AM

  • DeCamp Bus Lines drivers striking in New Jersey

    MONTCLAIR, N.J. — Trouble for commuters in northern New Jersey who ride DeCamp Bus Lines. There’s no service because drivers are on strike Thursday....   6:28 AM

  • Heiress' shady visitor

    Heiress' shady visitor

    An accountant being investigated for his handling of 104-year-old Huguette Clark's vast fortune has visited the hospitalized heiress in the past several days trying to get her to sign legal documents, The Post has learned. Sources said they did...   10:46 AM

  • Sketchy tax break for GZ imam 'prayer pad'

    Sketchy tax break for GZ imam 'prayer pad'

    The leader of the Ground Zero mosque got hugely valuable tax-exempt status for a Muslim organization he founded after claiming as many as 500 of its members prayed daily in a small, one-bedroom Upper West Side apartment also listed as his wife's...   10:46 AM

  • Axed 'old' exec raps Diddy in $12M suit

    A woman who takes credit for helping launch Sean Combs' career now wants to sue Diddy. Francesca Spero yesterday filed a $12 million Manhattan...   10:46 AM

  • Shots hit 'TV' boy

    A 10-year-old boy watching television in his Brooklyn home last night was hit twice by stray bullets from a gang shootout, cops and witnesses said....   10:46 AM

  • Indians on warpath at cig tax

    Indians on warpath at cig tax

    Gov. Paterson is a wanted man. Dozens of Native Americans -- including one brandishing a sign showing Paterson, a handgun and the words "I'm Hunting Indians. You See Any?" -- rallied on the side of the Thruway yesterday to protest the governor's...   10:46 AM

  • AG hopeful smacked in absentia

    AG hopeful smacked in absentia

    ALBANY -- Eric Schneiderman wasn't at yesterday's attorney-general debate, but his ears were probably ringing. The six-term state senator was pummeled in absentia as the four other Democrats vying to become New York's top lawyer squared off in...   10:46 AM

  • Deal or no deal? Disney, TWC still on hold

    Negotiations between Time Warner Cable and Walt Disney Co. were going down to the wire last night, as the two companies worked to hammer out the...   12:43 AM

  • Collapse in heat shocks US Open

    Collapse in heat shocks US Open

    This is not the kind of hot tennis action US Open fans were looking for. A top-ranked women's player collapsed in triple-digit heat on the court of Arthur Ashe Stadium after suffering a concussion during a warmup yesterday, sources said....   8:51 AM

  • Asthma anguish

    Asthma anguish

    The Brooklyn girl whose life was tragically cut short when a cop allegedly ignored her frantic mom's pleas for help was laid to rest yesterday at a funeral attended by hundreds of mourners -- all dressed in white. Briana Ojeda, 11, had suffered...   10:46 AM

  • Secretary Clinton opens renewed Middle East peace talks

    Secretary Clinton opens renewed Middle East peace talks

    U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday the U.S. “cannot and will not impose a solution” as direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians relaunched at the State Department after a near two-year hiatus. Welcoming Israeli...   11:36 AM

  • Coast Guard responding to reports of rig explosion off Louisiana coast

    The U.S. Coast Guard was responding Thursday to reports of a rig explosion off the coast of Grand Isle, La., WWL-TV in New Orleans reported. Rescue...   11:36 AM

  • Indonesia's smoking toddler kicks habit

    Indonesia's smoking toddler kicks habit

    A two-year-old Indonesian boy who smoked about 40 cigarettes a day kicked the habit after receiving intensive specialist care, a child welfare official said Thursday. Ardi Rizal shocked the world when a video of him drawing heavily on cigarettes...   10:53 AM

  • US must apologize for Yemenis' arrest in Amsterdam, says Yemen ambassador

    US must apologize for Yemenis' arrest in Amsterdam, says Yemen ambassador

    The U.S. must apologize for the wrongful arrest on terror charges of two Yemenis on Dutch soil and investigate how such a "mistake" was made, Yemen's ambassador to The Hague said Thursday. "Our government should ... receive a letter from the U.S....   10:06 AM

  • Bullet-riddled cat locked in carrier, left to drown in Florida

    Florida investigators were searching Thursday for someone who riddled a cat with small bullets, locked it in a carrier and threw it into Tampa's McKay...   10:10 AM

  • Environmental fanatic killed after taking hostages at Discovery Channel

    Environmental fanatic killed after taking hostages at Discovery Channel

    A fanatical eco-nut wielding explosives and a handgun stormed the Discovery Channel headquarters outside Washington yesterday, holding three terrified workers hostage until he was shot dead by cops. James Jay Lee, 43, left behind a hatred-filled...   11:29 AM

  • Undersea quake near Athens rattles Greek capital

    Undersea quake near Athens rattles Greek capital

    An undersea earthquake measuring 4.3 points on the Richter scale rattled Athens early on Thursday, the Greek geodynamic institute said. The quake in the Corinthian Gulf struck at 6:53am local time, with an epicenter 60 kilometers (37 miles) west of...   10:06 AM

  • Oregon homeless man calls 911 demanding hug, hot chocolate

    Oregon homeless man calls 911 demanding hug, hot chocolate

    A homeless man in Oregon was arrested for trespassing after sneaking into a local hot tub and calling 911 to request "a hug and a warm cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows," The Oregonian online newspaper reported late Wednesday. Officers...   10:06 AM

  • Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband wants to plastinate wife's body

    Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband wants to plastinate wife's body

    The German husband of ailing 93-year-old Hollywood actress and socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor said he wanted to preserve her body by plastination after she dies, Bild newspaper reported Thursday. "My wife has always dreamed that her beauty would be...   8:37 AM

  • Jobless claims fall by 6K to 472K

    The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless benefits edged down last week, but the high level of applications still suggests the job...   8:39 AM

  • Oops! Trapped miner's wife & gal pal meet

    Oops! Trapped miner's wife & gal pal meet

    Hey guys, take your time. One of the trapped Chilean miners is in no rush to be rescued -- because both his wife and his longtime mistress will be waiting for him when he finally sees the light of day. Neither woman was aware of the other...   6:30 AM

  • Hapless A's help Yankees' A.J. rebound with win

    Hapless A's help Yankees' A.J. rebound with win

    Just when you thought A.J. Burnett was on his way out, he pulled his way back in. Burnett picked up his first win in a month, and ended the talk of him losing his rotation spot for now by beating the A's, 4-3, in front of a crowd of 45,222 at...   8:15 AM

  • Yankees' Pettitte makes progress

    For 25 intense pitches Wednesday, Andy Pettitte pushed his body. It did not push back. “He got after it. He tested it,” pitching coach Dave Eiland...   8:06 AM

  • Wild preseason will end for Jets without Revis

    Wild preseason will end for Jets without Revis

    PHILADELPHIA -- Darrelle Revis still is nowhere to be found as the Jets prepare to close out an exhibition season filled with drama and controversy tonight against the Eagles. Neither side expected the dispute to get nearly this far, but the Jets'...   8:15 AM

  • NHL wants givebacks to approve Kovalchuk's contract, others

    NHL wants givebacks to approve Kovalchuk's contract, others

    The NHL has given the NHL Players Association an ultimatum regarding not only the contested, front-loaded, long-term contract between the Devils and Ilya Kovalchuk, but of similar contracts the league registered last summer between the Blackhawks...   7:59 AM

  • Roddick out of Open after foot-fault tirade

    Roddick out of Open after foot-fault tirade

    Mono didn't cost Andy Roddick an embarrassing second-round exit in last night's U.S. Open. Roddick's temper after a third-set foot fault was his undoing. Echoing last year's ugly memories of another American, Serena Williams and her profane tirade...   8:13 AM

  • Final tune-up for Eli, Giants

    Final tune-up for Eli, Giants

    This week Eli Manning said he has no idea what his record is in preseason games, and it sure sounded as if he didn't much care. "I don't know if it's good or bad or what," he said casually. For a bottom-line guy like Manning, such a cavalier...   5:33 AM

  • Sources: Leinart not on Giants' radar

    Coach Tom Coughlin will jump in a hot tub with Tiki Barber before Matt Leinart is traded to the Giants to serve as backup quarterback to Eli Manning....   5:09 AM

  • Jets' Holmes isn't completely banned

    PHILADELPHIA -- It turns out Santonio Holmes will not be banned from the Jets' facility during his drug suspension, after all. In what will qualify...   8:13 AM

  • Manuel in limbo; Mets lose third straight to Braves

    Manuel in limbo; Mets lose third straight to Braves

    ATLANTA -- Jerry Manuel is suffocating from the silence above him. The embattled Mets manager admitted yesterday that he would "love to know" if the organization plans to bring him back next season, but he also isn't about to seek out GM Omar...   8:13 AM

  • Returning Mejia gets shot to start for Mets

    ATLANTA -- Jenrry Mejia never had a doubt he would pitch again in the major leagues this season. The 20-year-old Mets rookie will see his wish...   8:13 AM

  • Vazquez back in Yankees rotation

    In hopes of giving his sagging starting rotation a jolt, Yankees manager Joe Girardi is putting Javier Vazquez back in and taking Dustin Moseley out....   8:13 AM

  • Douglas sees Knicks making playoffs

    Douglas sees Knicks making playoffs

    Toney Douglas only could laugh when two of the first three questions from young kids at a Knicks youth camp in the Hamptons were on his thoughts on LeBron James choosing Miami over the Knicks. Douglas said he only can control what he can control....   10:11 AM

  • Pondexter leads Liberty into conference final

    Pondexter leads Liberty into conference final

    Instead of wasting their time chasing LeBron James this offseason, maybe the Knicks should have gone after Cappie Pondexter. The former Rutgers star spurred the Liberty to a come-from-behind 77-74 win over the Indiana Fever last night to advance...   7:50 AM

  • Schiano has Rutgers on right track

    Schiano has Rutgers on right track

    Greg Schiano has heard the chatter. How could he not? He never should have left Miami. He should have taken the Michigan job. What the heck was he thinking announcing the day he got hired at Rutgers nine years ago that the goal was to win a...   7:47 AM

  • Poker ace

    Poker ace

    Meet the luckiest guy in New York. Last year, Andy Frankenberger, 37, quit his high-paying job running the equity derivatives trading desk at BNP Paribas because, after 15 years as a banker, he wanted to try something new. This year, he decided to...   11:30 AM

  • Rapper T.I., wife arrested on drug charges

    Rapper T.I., wife arrested on drug charges

    WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Grammy-winning rapper T.I. was arrested along with his wife on suspicion of possessing methamphetamines, five months after the hip-hop star finished a prison stint on weapons charges. The 29-year-old rapper and his wife,...   11:32 AM

  • Martha Stewart wants to do interviewer thing

    Martha Stewart wants to do interviewer thing

    Martha Stewart is virtually running daytime programming for the Hallmark Channel now. Martha Stewart is determined to strike off interviewing perfection from her to-do list. The domestic and lifestyle diva intends to use her partnership with...   10:18 AM

  • 'Days' star sues fan club prez

    An unusually nasty feud between fading soap-star Deidre Hall and the president of her fan club has landed in federal court. The former “Days of Our...   9:17 AM

  • 'Office' may hire Harvey Keitel

    'Office' may hire Harvey Keitel

    Duck, here comes another trial balloon -- but this one is kind of big. Just like "American Idol" is going after Elton John as a judge, "The Office" is trying to hire Harvey Keitel to replace Steve Carell next year. "He's probably the only...   10:18 AM

  • 'DWTS' dream team

    If ABC had a fantasy "Dancing With the Stars" league, Sylvester Stallone, Condoleezza Rice and Ann Coulter would be top dancer picks. They're on...   9:21 AM

  • Obama fades as TV star

    Obama fades as TV star

    President Obama needs a network makeover. The president's televised prime-time press conferences -- and his addresses from the Oval Office and East Room -- have been trending downward over the past year. Monday night's address to the nation...   10:18 AM

  • Drama Mama

    If you have tweens, then it's no news to you that the sequel of "Camp Rock" will be dancing and singing its way through your entire Labor Day Week end...   4:30 AM

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Wesley Snipes has private eyes after Ponzi schemer Starr's wife

Wesley Snipes has private eyes after Ponzi schemer Starr's wife

The pole-dancer wife of accused Ponzi schemer Ken Starr claims...   8:51 AM

Tiger Woods isn't THAT desperate for an apartment

Tiger Woods isn't THAT desperate for an apartment

Don't start rolling out the welcome mat for Tiger Woods just yet....   8:51 AM

Sports

Hapless A's help Yankees' A.J. rebound with win

Hapless A's help Yankees' A.J. rebound with win

Just when you thought A.J. Burnett was on his way out, he pulled...   8:15 AM

Roddick out of Open after foot-fault tirade

Roddick out of Open after foot-fault tirade

Mono didn't cost Andy Roddick an embarrassing second-round exit...   8:13 AM

Steve Serby Steve Serby

Ryan 'Knocks' burger-eating Jets

The Jets were talking hard cash on "Hard Knocks" last night. Hard...   8:40 AM

Entertainment

Poker ace

Poker ace

Meet the luckiest guy in New York. Last year, Andy Frankenberger...   11:30 AM

Defeating diabetes -- now that’s sweet!

Defeating diabetes -- now that’s sweet!

One year ago, I learned I had Type 2 diabetes — an increasingly...   10:18 AM

Michael Starr Michael Starr

Starr report

Steve Harvey is making his first foray into the game show world...   4:31 AM

Markets

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Business

Social director

Social director

Apple CEO Steve Jobs is borrowing the best of Facebook and...   9:18 AM

Fuld: Uncle Sam saved everyone but Lehman

Fuld: Uncle Sam saved everyone but Lehman

Don't hold your breath for any mea culpas from Dick Fuld....   3:40 AM

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Real Estate

Strawberry's patch

Strawberry's patch

Darryl Strawberry is standing in the living room of his two...   8:46 AM

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Vamp in Cooper Sq.

Bloodsucking “Twilight” beauty Ashley Greene has signed a lease...   9:07 AM

Opinion

The assassin's veto

The assassin's veto

Yet another round of Mideast talks kicks off in Washington today...   8:37 AM

Chris Quinn's cliques

Chris Quinn's cliques

A bunch of City Council lefties recently had a brainstorm: Let's...   4:01 AM

Knickerbocker: The latest from The Post's NY politics blog

From the state capitol to City Hall, The Post's reporters deliver...  

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Case of artful dodger

Case of artful dodger

The case of the missing "plaster-piece" might be a counterfeit...   10:36 AM

Party on, gals

Party on, gals

Lola can still get into the Copa for free. A federal appeals...   10:38 AM

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