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Outrage over Charger chick's whining over crushed vehicle

Outrage over Charger chick's whining over crushed vehicle

Give us a brake! A whining New Jersey woman's gripe that her precious sports car was destroyed by a suicidal man's 40-story fall triggered a venomous outpouring from his friends, neighbors and fellow New Yorkers yesterday. "The...  Read Full Story

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    Relatives of 104-year-old heiress ask for independent guardian

    Worried relatives of reclusive 104-year-old copper heiress Huguette Clark today asked a court to bar her lawyer and accountant from managing her $500 million fortune, and to appoint a guardian for the hospitalized eccentric as a...  

  • Former Tiger gal pal Rachel Uchitel scores Park Avenue pad: report

    Former Tiger gal pal Rachel Uchitel scores Park Avenue pad: report

    Manhattan party girl Rachel Uchitel has reportedly bought a tony, three-bedroom Park Avenue apartment. The $2 million pad Uchitel purchased comes after the former Tiger Woods gal pal made a deal with the golfer worth $10 million....  

  • 'Hamas' mosque funder

    'Hamas' mosque funder

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  • 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...  

  • 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....  

  • 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...  

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High School Sports

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    Xavier brings rugby swagger to gridiron

    There are no radical changes at Xavier, no need for a complete overhaul of the offensive scheme. Chris Stevens is a disciple of the single-wing and the Knights are going to run it until he decides to leave the school. So there’s no surprise that...   12:43 AM

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    No average Joe: Xavier a contender under Balsamo

    The annual three-team race in the New York Archdiocesan now has a fourth contender. Fordham Prep, Regis and Iona Prep all regularly compete for the CHSAA Class A division title, but with Joe Balsamo moving up to coach the varsity team after back...  

  • Follow the leader: MLK taking notes from Sangary

    Follow the leader: MLK taking notes from Sangary

    With every touch, a booming voice exploded. Each drill, the voice grew louder, more intense, with new instruction. Martin Luther King Jr. was going through a light summer workout under the hot August sun, but the voice wouldn’t stop. No, this wasn...  

  • Veteran Beacon plans to rely on balanced attack

    Veteran Beacon plans to rely on balanced attack

    Two years ago, it was Baimba Freeman. Last year, Pascal Louis held the honor. Who will be Beacon’s dynamic striker this fall? There isn’t an easy answer, and the Blue Demons are fine with that. “When you start relying on one or two players, it’s...  

  • Manhattan A boys soccer preview

    Julia Richman has its top goal scorers, fullbacks, and midfielders back. Seventy percent of its starting XI, in fact, is identical. Luis Flores is...  

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    Determined Blue Demons seek happy ending this time around

    Just the idea of looking back is still painful for Sophie Kligler. The Beacon senior experienced the exhilaration of winning a PSAL Class A city title as a freshman, but has had to endure painful penalty kick losses in the finals the last two...  

  • Raiders of the lost striker: Regis in search of goals

    Raiders of the lost striker: Regis in search of goals

    He has five returning starters, including one of the city’s top goalkeepers. Yes, Regis coach Vincent Catapano has several answers leading up to the CHSAA soccer season. Who will put the ball in the net, though, remains a mystery. That wasn’t a...  

  • Cuffe, Team 914 miss out on championship sweep

    Cuffe, Team 914 miss out on championship sweep

    It was a memorable, if not successful night for Kyle Cuffe and his Team 914 mates. The squad lost in the Entertainers Basketball Classic at Rucker Park on Thursday night and then had to zoom uptown to Dyckman in Washington Heights for that...  

  • Shammgod returns to Rucker, sees coaching in his future

    Shammgod returns to Rucker, sees coaching in his future

    You name it and God Shammgod has likely achieved it in the basketball world. The 6-foot point guard was a McDonald’s All-American out of LaSalle HS, took Providence to the NCAA tournament and played professionally at multiple levels. Not to mention...  

  • Durand, Durand: Rice product turning heads in Miami

    Durand, Durand: Rice product turning heads in Miami

    Durand Scott’s shoulders sagged and his head drooped down. His voice was raspy and nearly inaudible. One would have thought the former Rice High star just lost an NCAA tournament game at Miami, where he just completed his freshman season. But in...  

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  • SmartBall Metro Classic notebook: Coach sets Wadleigh's hopes high

    SmartBall Metro Classic notebook: Coach sets Wadleigh's hopes high

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  • Good PR: Rice's Andujar impressed on international stage this summer

    Good PR: Rice's Andujar impressed on international stage this summer

    After a 67-58 win for his Puerto Rican U18 team over the EBC high-school all-stars, coach Wichi Ruiz was excited. What impressed him the most second to the experience of playing in Nike’s World Basketball Festival at Rucker Park on Saturday? The...  

  • Bragging rights: Sanders, Jack lead Queens past Manhattan

    Bragging rights: Sanders, Jack lead Queens past Manhattan

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  • Dyckman provides happy homecoming for Johnson

    Dyckman provides happy homecoming for Johnson

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    Red-hot Rice star Sanders sizzles in July

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