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One of New York's bravest heroically saved a Brooklyn man's life after a blaze engulfed his sub-basement apartment early Friday morning.

At least four outgoing flights have been delayed at New York's MacArthur Airport after a bomb threat was called into a Southwest Airlines office in Houston.

Nobody beats the Wiz - not even a blogger. The feisty founder of electronics behemoth The Wiz is threatening to sue a Brooklyn blogger who published jabs against the businessman on his small Web site.

The live-in janitor at a Selden mosque sexually attacked a 13-year-old boy inside the place of worship, police said Thursday. Suffolk County Police learned of the April assault last month after the boy confided in "someone close to him."

Queens filmmaker and native-born Jamaican Selena Blake is looking at the real cost and extent of the island's contentious relationship with its current and former gay residents. Blake, 45, has tentatively titled her documentary "Taboo: Yardies."

Parents of children burned on city playgrounds said Mayor Bloomberg was insensitive or oblivious for dismissing fears about scorching-hot black safety mats. Temperatures of the mats topped 165 degrees, a Daily News investigation found.

Lena Cassella of Jackson Heights had one wish as she neared the end of her extraordinarily long life: She wanted to go home before she died. Cassella, 97, whose funeral is Friday, got her wish this month.

One of New York's Bravest gave his life to save his young son from drowning in the frigid waters of Lake Tahoe, officials said Thursday. Martin Simmons, 41, dove from a boat into the choppy 50-degree lake Monday evening and rescued his 10-year-old boy.

A Manhattan federal judge tossed out $28.5 million in settlements for the families of four 9/11 victims on Thursday after blasting their lawyers as greedy.

A 25-year-old Queens mom took a bite into a McDonald's apple pie and got a shocking surprise - baked into the apple chunks was a small, metal screw.

For years Hunts Point residents have had to live with automotive junkyards, scrap yards and waste transfer stations. But now, some zoning relief is on the way to the grimy, asthma-ridden Bronx peninsula.

Investigators believe the black doll's head found on the antenna of a police car driven by two white cops in Harlem was not put there by the officers.

Federal officials said Thursday they will give $30 million to offer health services to New York residents and students affected by the Sept. 11 attacks and their aftermath.

Mayor Bloomberg predicted Thursday that New York will eventually adopt a version of his failed congestion pricing plan - but not until the "spineless state Legislature" gets past the November election.

Around-the-clock subway service is coming back to two Harlem stations after a 13-year absence. For those living near the 3 line's 145th St. and 148th St. stations, that means no more late-night waits for shuttle buses or costly livery cabs after a night on the town.

One of the most hated buildings in the city - the Port Authority Bus Terminal - could win the hearts of New Yorkers as the authority released competing visions for a gleaming tower that could top the terminal.

The NYPD appears to have won its longrunning turf battle with the Port Authority and seized control of most security operations at Ground Zero.

There's something magical about a flute. That's what a high school music student learned after leaving hers on a Manhattan train, where it rode the rails for a day and a half before a subway worker found and returned it Thursday.

Bus drivers racked up nearly 19,000 hours of annual overtime transit managers now say was flat-out unnecessary. Managers can reduce OT by that much with "better monitoring" of shifts and a "more advanced reporting system," the MTA's preliminary spending plan says.