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• Manhattan church perv reindicted for more victims

  A disgraced Lower Manhattan youth minister -- already charged with repeatedly raping and seducing a 12-year-old girl -- has been re-indicted for sex...   6:36 PM

• Paterson still rues Dr. J trade at groundbreaking for new Nets arena

  At the groundbreaking for the Nets’ new Brooklyn arena today, Gov. Paterson got some closure for what he says was one of the darkest times of his youth...   6:21 PM

• Sen. Harry Reid’s wife, daughter injured in car crash

  The wife and daughter of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) were taken to a DC-area hospital Thursday after being involved in a car accident, the...   6:01 PM

• Hero store owner 'Shotgun Gus' sorry for thugs he shot

  They were the lucky ones. But city folk hero Charles Augusto Jr. says he still feels sorry for the two thugs he filled with buckshot last year when...   5:51 PM

• Woman struck by subway train after jumping on tracks to retrieve purse

  A woman was crushed to death by an oncoming subway train at the 77th Street Station in Manhattan this afternoon after she jumped on the tracks to...   6:32 PM

• Former model sues over unwitting appearance in 'Couples Retreat'

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  AG appoints independent counsel in Paterson probes

  Bring in the judge! State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced this afternoon that he will recuse himself starting today and appoint an independent prober to investigate Gov. Paterson. Cuomo named the state's former chief judge, Judith Kaye,...   5:55 PM
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  Vicodin, Valium found in Haim's apartment

  Bottles of generic versions of Vicodin and Valium were found in dead teen actor Corey Haim's apartment, and all of them had been prescribed by the same doctor just days earlier, according to a report. Bottles for hydrocodone (Vicodin), diazepam...   5:52 PM
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  'Law & Order' cop: Choking claim is pure fiction

  "Law & Order" TV cop Richard Belzer said an Apple employee's claim that he choked her in an Upper West Side computer store was like a story line from his show -- pure fiction. "The sad part of it was that police officers were called and had to...   4:48 PM
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  Roethlisberger admits sexual contact, denies intercourse with alleged victim

  PITTSBURGH — Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger reportedly told police he did have sexual contact with a woman accusing him of sexual assault, but it stopped short of full intercourse, the night of the Milledgeville, Ga., incident....   2:57 PM

• NJ man accused of raping, beating 5 daugthers

  PATERSON, N.J. — A New Jersey man with apocalyptic visions is accused of years of terrorizing his family, raping his five daughters and impregnating...   3:07 PM

• Aftershocks rock Chile as new president sworn in

  SANTIAGO, Chile — Chilean President Sebastian Pinera is urging citizens along the coast to move quickly to higher ground following five strongly felt...   11:38 AM

• W'chester Prius driver was on way to dealer: cops

  HARRISON, N.Y. — Police say the crash victim who claimed her Toyota Prius accelerated on its own was on her way to have its gas pedal checked at the...   11:35 AM

• Canadian lawmakers won't apologize for Twin Tower 'pig roast' flier

  No offense, eh. A cadre of small-town Canadian politicos is standing by its invitation to a “pig roast” fundraiser that depicts the fiery moments...   5:21 PM

• Jet returns to NY airport after bird strike

  ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The pilot of a US Airways jet reported a bird strike and an engine problem shortly after takeoff from an upstate New York airport...   3:58 PM

• HS cancels prom after lesbian asks to bring female date, wear tuxedo

  JACKSON, Miss. — A northern Mississippi school district will not be hosting a high school prom this spring after a lesbian student sought to attend...   10:00 AM

• Security camera catches drunk woman intentionally mowing down man at service station

  A security camera captured the moment a drunk woman intentionally drove into a man at a service station - flipping him over her car's bonnet and into...   7:40 AM