A man who'd been talking on his cellphone -- and then apparently tried to retrieve something he'd dropped on the tracks -- was struck and killed by a train as it pulled into an upper Manhattan station last night. The 33-year-old victim, whose name... Full Story »
The New York City schoolteacher who drunkenly sucker-punched a "Jersey Shore" TV hottie couldn't last half a minute fighting a real man. Brad Ferro, 24, of Deer Park, LI, participated in an underground fighting match, called Clash in the Cage, las... Full Story »
The New York Civil Liberties Union won a round in its legal battle with police yesterday, when a federal judge ordered the NYPD to turn over 2,000 pages of documents related to its surveillance of protesters at the 2004 GOP Convention. Manhattan f... Full Story »
A Long Island golf caddy has been convicted of first-degree manslaughter in the choking death of a Suffolk County correction officer who was moonlighting as a nightclub bouncer. Prosecutors had sought second-degree murder charges against Anthony Od... Full Story »
Al Gore claimed yesterday that the Arctic polar ice cap could melt away during the summer months in as little as five years -- which he insisted bolsters the case for world leaders to immediately address climate change. The former vice president, ... Full Story »
DETROIT -- Smoking marijuana is becoming more popular among US teens, even as they cut down on cigarettes, binge drinking and methamphetamine use, according to a federal survey released yesterday. More teens also are getting high on prescription p... Full Story »
The North Face is suing South Butt. The giant clothing company, known for its ubiquitous winter fashions, has asked a federal court in St. Louis to order its tiny new rival -- and the teenager entrepreneur who started it -- to pay damages. Th... Full Story »
A city Health Department video warning people away from sugar-sweetened drinks hit YouTube yesterday. It shows a man pouring a can of soda into a glass -- but what comes out is a load of goopy fat. And when he tries to drink it, he ends up with gl... Full Story »
A wacky conspiracy theorist repeatedly drove from Philadelphia to Manhattan to make death threats against Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly via pay phones, officials said yesterday. Jeffrey Fisher, 48, of Philadelphia, was charged ... Full Story »
In a scene straight out of the Dark Ages, this Somali man accused of adultery was stoned to death by Islamic thugs while horrified villagers were forced to watch. Mohamed Abukar Ibrahim, 48, was buried in a hole up to his chest and then pelted wit... Full Story »
President Obama and Warren Buffett are not only ideological buddies, they also have a common blood relative. Mareen Duvall -- a "country gentleman" Frenchman who came to America in the 1650s and settled in Maryland -- is Obama's ninth great-grandf... Full Story »
Brooklyn -- What a holy terror! Angelica Otiti, 20, was busted at church after she attacked her lesbian lover's pregnant teen sister in Brownsville, authorities said yesterday. Otiti argued with the 17-year-old girl in the home of the victim's fath... Full Story »
The City Council yesterday rejected a major development plan at the Kingsbridge Armory in The Bronx, in a big blow to Mayor Bloomberg over one of his pet projects. It was the first time the council under Speaker Christine Quinn voted against a l... Full Story »
A convicted rapist filed a lawsuit against the city and several jail guards yesterday, claiming he was brutally beaten for blowing a kiss at a female correction officer. Larry Johnson, who is serving 20 to 40 years for rape and robbery, says that ... Full Story »
Do you know a child named Aiden or Madeline? Chances are you will -- they're the top names for boys and girls in 2009, while Jacob and Emma were the most popular of the decade. "We've seen more spelling variations of both of this year's top names t... Full Story »
LOS ANGELES -- Actor Grizz Chapman of "30 Rock" said yesterday he needs a kidney transplant and wants to raise awareness of the dangers of high blood pressure, which led to his condition. Chapman is receiving dialysis and will continue to play Gri... Full Story »
A Queens engineer faked certifications for balconies in a Brooklyn building where a firefighter miraculously escaped death fighting a blaze in 2008, authorities charged yesterday. Officials said that Vasilios Kourkoumelis, 34, of Astoria, filed of... Full Story »
"Why do they hate me so much?" a shocked and bloodied Silvio Berlusconi asked doctors after a rage-filled man broke the Italian premier's nose and two teeth with a jagged metal souvenir at a political rally. Government officials vowed to take ster... Full Story »
About 60 managers in the city comptroller's office have been notified that they won't be kept on when John Liu takes over next year from Bill Thompson, The Post has learned. "This is part of any transition," said Sharon Lee, Liu's spokeswoman. ... Full Story »
LAS VEGAS -- A team of robbers ambushed an armored car in the parking lot of a Las Vegas casino yesterday and scored a $1 million moneybag -- which included only $36,000 in cash. The rest of the bag's contents were checks and other receipts, invest... Full Story »
CHICAGO -- Radiation from CT scans done in 2007 will cause 29,000 cancers and kill nearly 15,000 Americans, researchers said yesterday. The findings, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, add to mounting evidence that Americans are overex... Full Story »
Oh, Santa -- it's perfect! Thousands of residents of Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town got every New Yorkers' dream Christmas gift yesterday when it was announced their rents would be rolled back for at least a six-month period beginning Jan... Full Story »
An eyewitness to a falafel-rage killing in Midtown was forced to eat his words on the witness stand yesterday -- admitting that he lied to cops about what happened during the fatal fight. Chandradat Deodat, 23, of Jersey City, said that -- at the ... Full Story »
The first of a series of public hearings has been scheduled for tomorrow in an effort to hold a "people's constitutional convention" designed to change how the state government operates. Assembly Republican leader Brian Kolb plans meetings in upst... Full Story »
KARACHI, Pakistan -- Police here yesterday seized luggage and a cellphone from a hotel where three of five Americans arrested on suspicion of militant links stayed, while a court ruled that the men cannot be deported until judges review the case. P... Full Story »
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