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Mon, 6 Feb 2012 14:00:20 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/iran_bans_simpsons_dolls_4xiE2l1dU9sSdwFAJXnUHK?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/iran_bans_simpsons_dolls_4xiE2l1dU9sSdwFAJXnUHK?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= 4xiE2l1dU9sSdwFAJXnUHK By SELIM ALGAR Local Top administrators at a Long Island school district intentionally inflated a star football player’s grades in order to make him eligible for an athletic scholarship to Syracuse University, according to a bombshell report obtained by The Post. The damning probe of Bellport HS found that district brass conspired to... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:16:01 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/investigator_grid_star_did_get_boost_cjg9J4BA8tK3Wow3T9y73O?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/investigator_grid_star_did_get_boost_cjg9J4BA8tK3Wow3T9y73O?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= cjg9J4BA8tK3Wow3T9y73O Giants Giants fans are shopping up a storm, scooping up T-shirts and other Super Bowl champions merchandise at a Times Square store. Shopper Stu Miller of Ringoes, NJ, wouldn't say how much he was spending Monday: "My wife is liable to kill me." His loot included at least three T-shirts... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:16:01 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/giants/giants_fans_shop_til_they_drop_in_2GjVh7PqtTyJH1QHeITkgO?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/giants/giants_fans_shop_til_they_drop_in_2GjVh7PqtTyJH1QHeITkgO?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= 2GjVh7PqtTyJH1QHeITkgO National WASHINGTON -- President Obama said in an interview aired Monday he deserves to be re-elected, confronting his claim three years ago that if he hadn't fixed the economy by now his presidency would be "a one-term proposition." Obama said in an NBC interview that in early 2009 when he... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 10:38:47 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/deserve_second_term_obama_says_in_aQDRqlwfQaDfs0Vjl2DbRL?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/deserve_second_term_obama_says_in_aQDRqlwfQaDfs0Vjl2DbRL?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= aQDRqlwfQaDfs0Vjl2DbRL International VOSTOK STATION -- A team of Russian scientists successfully drilled down to an "alien" lake deep below the ice in Antarctica that was hidden for an estimated 20 million years, the Ria Novosti news agency reported Monday. "Yesterday [Sunday], our scientists stopped drilling at the depth of 3,768 meters... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 14:52:41 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/russian_scientists_reach_hidden_ELGvvshmNVfWG55GAvWEsO?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/russian_scientists_reach_hidden_ELGvvshmNVfWG55GAvWEsO?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= ELGvvshmNVfWG55GAvWEsO International OSLO -- Norwegian gunman Anders Behring Breivik on Monday asked an Oslo court to free him immediately, saying his killing spree last year in which 77 people died was "a preventive attack against state traitors." "I do not accept imprisonment. I demand to be immediately released," Breivik, 32, said in... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 10:28:18 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/norwegian_gunman_breivik_demands_0ZJzFjdkKJeRJoErow0g3N?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/norwegian_gunman_breivik_demands_0ZJzFjdkKJeRJoErow0g3N?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= 0ZJzFjdkKJeRJoErow0g3N International BEIRUT — The US closed its Syrian embassy Monday and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus in a dramatic escalation of Western pressure on President Bashar Assad to give up power, just days after diplomatic efforts at the United Nations to end the crisis collapsed. The US evacuated all its diplomats... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 14:00:20 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/syrian_forces_bombard_flashpoint_6Q5wAinIq2gmaBnCmcPJPN?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/syrian_forces_bombard_flashpoint_6Q5wAinIq2gmaBnCmcPJPN?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= 6Q5wAinIq2gmaBnCmcPJPN By ERIK KRISS, Bureau Chief Local ALBANY - Less is more. New York voters strongly favor reduced pension benefits for future public employees and solidly oppose pay raises for state politicians and appointees for the first time since 1999, according to a new poll. Gov. Cuomo's proposed pension reform won the support of 68 percent... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 08:03:29 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/majority_for_public_voters_staffers_ikHRxa7Q5HnY1AdYZfNTgN?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/majority_for_public_voters_staffers_ikHRxa7Q5HnY1AdYZfNTgN?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= ikHRxa7Q5HnY1AdYZfNTgN International DOHA, Qatar — The two rival Palestinian camps have agreed that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will head an interim unity government that is to lead them to elections. The announcement was made jointly on Monday by the Western-backed Abbas and Khaled Mashaal, chief of the Islamic militant Hamas. It marked a... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 05:26:38 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/abbas_to_head_palestinian_unity_AzHPCTR8IqTkXhSMaHseQN?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/abbas_to_head_palestinian_unity_AzHPCTR8IqTkXhSMaHseQN?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= AzHPCTR8IqTkXhSMaHseQN International BEIJING — China said Monday it was forced to veto a United Nations vote on Syria because it was called before differences in the proposal were bridged, but denied playing spoiler and said it wants to see an end to violence there. China and Russia have drawn the wrath of the... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 04:38:31 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/china_defends_its_veto_of_un_measure_GSLYv8nwMAgarFWkjLdUhI?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/china_defends_its_veto_of_un_measure_GSLYv8nwMAgarFWkjLdUhI?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= GSLYv8nwMAgarFWkjLdUhI National What was your favorite Super Bowl ad? Sunday's spots included a Clint Eastwood pitch for Detroit, Volkswagen revisiting its successful 'Star Wars' theme, a car duel between Jerry Seinfeld and Jay Leno, and a look at Ferris Bueller, a quarter-century after Matthew Broderick popularized the character on the silver... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 07:14:27 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/super_bowl_ads_KUx9O7ncxJUHf3N2WVkpfJ?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/super_bowl_ads_KUx9O7ncxJUHf3N2WVkpfJ?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= KUx9O7ncxJUHf3N2WVkpfJ By TIM DONNELLY Jobs Chris Ferretti’s impression of Christopher Walken is so spot on, he could be anywhere — even a funeral — and people will ask him to say something in the actor’s voice. The skill was never more than a clever party trick, though, until he advertised his Walken talking on the... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:15:53 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/jobs/giving_em_five_ILBxtoIeSi2O73QeBWeGaP?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/jobs/giving_em_five_ILBxtoIeSi2O73QeBWeGaP?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= ILBxtoIeSi2O73QeBWeGaP By MARK DECAMBRE Business Shut your pie hole! That’s the message that notoriously press-averse Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has sent around Wall Street recently, telling Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and the other banks involved in his company’s $100 billion IPO to stop leaking juicy tidbits to the media and to... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:02:15 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/privacy_issues_wbJ67qUNFLvm0Yzkql9AVJ?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/privacy_issues_wbJ67qUNFLvm0Yzkql9AVJ?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= wbJ67qUNFLvm0Yzkql9AVJ By SALLY GOLDENBERG Local A startling number of healthy, young cops who responded to the 9/11 attacks have since been diagnosed with cancer, according to new data obtained by The Post. The statistics — which show nearly a tripling in the number of cops applying for cancer-related disability pensions post-9/11 — are the first... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:57:08 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/cops_cancer_woe_Mv6FHbnSzyAyIYtlqNcHkK?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/cops_cancer_woe_Mv6FHbnSzyAyIYtlqNcHkK?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= Mv6FHbnSzyAyIYtlqNcHkK By MARCUS A. WINTERS Oped Columnists In a series of articles last week, The Post chronicled how New York’s taxpayers continue to pay for the salaries and benefits of several bad — and sometimes downright dangerous — teachers for doing nothing all day. The school system pays these teachers not to teach because it lacks the tools... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:57:07 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/firing_bad_apples_k5DWptXMXBwDpp7hzuxcjK?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/firing_bad_apples_k5DWptXMXBwDpp7hzuxcjK?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= k5DWptXMXBwDpp7hzuxcjK By SALLY GOLDENBERG Manhattan Giants fans will bask in the glory of last night’s victory with a massive parade in lower Manhattan honoring Big Blue tomorrow. The city will host a ticker-tape parade and City Hall ceremony to commemorate the Super Bowl XLVI champs starting at 11 a.m. Fans who are at... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:50:33 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/canyon_of_heroes_parade_to_remember_6K4T9q26dNTEvyI2fMYUsI?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/canyon_of_heroes_parade_to_remember_6K4T9q26dNTEvyI2fMYUsI?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= 6K4T9q26dNTEvyI2fMYUsI By RON MEYER Oped Columnists President Obama is making a big push to recover his lost popularity with youth — but his promises don’t address the real needs of the under-30 crowd. Since Inauguration Day, the president’s approval rating with the 18-to-29 crowd set a record for the most precipitous drop in Gallup Poll... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:17:02 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/bam_bogus_youth_agenda_07ICdDsA52A3LjF6fV1X5H?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/bam_bogus_youth_agenda_07ICdDsA52A3LjF6fV1X5H?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= 07ICdDsA52A3LjF6fV1X5H By DAN AQUILANTE National At the biggest, most important performance Madonna has ever mounted, the Material Girl was loud and over the top in her 12-minute, too-much-is-just-enough spectacle — like the Super Bowl itself. In other words, she what comes naturally — found success in excess. Anybody who tuned in to hear how a pop star... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:57:07 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/it_was_madge_of_honor_qoRCz47gGRraPfQoHRV3aN?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/it_was_madge_of_honor_qoRCz47gGRraPfQoHRV3aN?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= qoRCz47gGRraPfQoHRV3aN By REBECCA HARSHBARGER Manhattan Cops arrested a protester attempting to throw a shoe at Yemen president Ali Abdullah Saleh outside the Ritz-Carlton hotel yesterday. Amin Almroot, 34, of Brooklyn, was charged with disorderly conduct for the attempted shoe toss — an act deemed a grave insult in Arabic culture. Cops say Almroot had crossed Central... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 09:55:50 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/shoe_throw_at_yemen_prez_UfiQWUYZAG8Oe681biGuiK?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/shoe_throw_at_yemen_prez_UfiQWUYZAG8Oe681biGuiK?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= UfiQWUYZAG8Oe681biGuiK Editorials They did it again! The Giants bested the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl last night for the second time in four years, pulling out an absolutely spectacular 21-17 win in the final minutes. And what a game it was! New Yorkers just couldn’t be prouder. It’s... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 09:55:50 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/yes_sPaP88MoEeW653md5Z7BdN?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/yes_sPaP88MoEeW653md5Z7BdN?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= sPaP88MoEeW653md5Z7BdN By JEANE MacINTOSH Manhattan Only a week after Brian Cashman gave his alleged stalker $6,000 for an abortion, her mom revealed that the unstable woman was never pregnant, The Post has learned. Caroline Meanwell made the disclosure about her daughter, Louise, during a meeting with the Yankee general manager and his advisers on... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 08:32:22 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/brian_baby_was_scam_bino_a2iVhR8qekdnjKDXaWlxEJ?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/brian_baby_was_scam_bino_a2iVhR8qekdnjKDXaWlxEJ?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= a2iVhR8qekdnjKDXaWlxEJ By CHUCK BENNETT Local Twitter, Facebook and other social media exploded with Super Bowl activity throughout the game. There were a total of 15.8 million Super Bowl-related tweets on Twitter and comments on Facebook last night, up 500 percent from 3.01 million during Super Bowl XLV last year. “Highly dramatic finishes are... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 08:29:44 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/social_media_all_twitter_with_hits_UjwCge0rLrG9F9JRZ0gEuM?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/social_media_all_twitter_with_hits_UjwCge0rLrG9F9JRZ0gEuM?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= UjwCge0rLrG9F9JRZ0gEuM By LEONARD GREENE and KEVIN FASICK in Indianapolis and SELIM ALGAR in NY Local It’s G-men mania! Euphoria swept Giants nation from Indianapolis to the Big Apple last night as a gutsy Big Blue squad snatched its second Super Bowl crown in five years by dispatching the New England Patriots again. “I’m absolutely super excited!” screamed Karen Szpyhulsky, 29, of South Amboy... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 08:29:44 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/it_big_woooo_wxYSQPGHlLUcBq2Zv2CKrL?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/it_big_woooo_wxYSQPGHlLUcBq2Zv2CKrL?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= wxYSQPGHlLUcBq2Zv2CKrL By EMILY SMITH in Indianapolis and BOB FREDERICKS in NY Local What a Super trip! Two of slain hero cop Peter Figoski’s daughters lived it up and rubbed elbows with A-listers during the trip of a lifetime yesterday as the Giants’ guests of honor at Super Bowl XLVI. Corrine, 14, and Caroline, 16, made the journey with mom Paulette courtesy... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 08:29:44 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/dream_come_true_for_slain_cop_girls_cxrThliOFEkWDA7MqefUUP?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/dream_come_true_for_slain_cop_girls_cxrThliOFEkWDA7MqefUUP?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= cxrThliOFEkWDA7MqefUUP By LEONARD GREENE in Indianapolis and DAVID K. LI in New York Local It’s deja Blue all over again! Eli Manning led another heart-stopping, fourth-quarter drive as the Giants upset the New England Patriots, 21-17, in last night’s Super Bowl in Indianapolis. Ahmad Bradshaw’s 6-yard touchdown run with 57 seconds left capped the breath-taking rally. “We know who the most... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 08:29:44 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/giants_victory_is_blue_heaven_Web7NEHwAyIN5I67qUC04H?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/giants_victory_is_blue_heaven_Web7NEHwAyIN5I67qUC04H?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= Web7NEHwAyIN5I67qUC04H By DAVID SEIFMAN City Hall Bureau Chief Local A new set of gut-wrenching numbers shows that Housing Authority plumbers are cleaning up on overtime. Thirty-one of the pipe workers are on the list of 100 top city overtime earners in 2011, according to records prepared by the Office of Payroll Administration. The top dog on the charts was... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 08:04:07 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/paying_the_pipers_CE7Jg3JMZEvUgxoLaT4AdN?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/paying_the_pipers_CE7Jg3JMZEvUgxoLaT4AdN?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= CE7Jg3JMZEvUgxoLaT4AdN By DAVID K. LI National Clint Eastwood scored one of the few touchdowns in last night’s advertising Super Bowl. The big-screen tough guy delivered a stirring endorsement of Chrylser, Dodge, Jeep — and Motown as a whole — standing out in what was a decidedly ho-hum night for Madison Avenue. “The game was much more interesting... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 08:03:29 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/clint_scores_for_detroit_A75U7ucjDXw9UYuWRFVVdK?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/clint_scores_for_detroit_A75U7ucjDXw9UYuWRFVVdK?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= A75U7ucjDXw9UYuWRFVVdK By MIKE VACCARO Local INDIANAPOLIS — He had just guided his boss through the maze of cameras and klieg lights and fans and family members, given him a lift onto a podium, and now Mike Murphy was standing off to the side, grinning a grin you couldn’t remove with a sand blaster, thrilling for... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 06:24:47 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/two_tough_coach_coughlin_gamer_and_6QNAX0BDr7bxWJ1KRdlvbJ?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/two_tough_coach_coughlin_gamer_and_6QNAX0BDr7bxWJ1KRdlvbJ?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= 6QNAX0BDr7bxWJ1KRdlvbJ By CHUCK BENNETT National The Super Bowl halftime show featured a digital, er, digit, malfunction. While tame compared to Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction” eight years ago, potty-mouthed rapper M.I.A. raised eyebrows by flipping the bird while on stage. The offending finger was exposed as she danced to Madonna’s new single... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 06:10:13 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/censors_flip_over_gesture_yeQNPWMxxjIsvpNcodZsOP?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/censors_flip_over_gesture_yeQNPWMxxjIsvpNcodZsOP?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= yeQNPWMxxjIsvpNcodZsOP By GERRY SHIELDS Local WASHINGTON — Pay up, America. Mayor Bloomberg took his call for the expiration of the Bush tax cuts to the national stage yesterday, saying all Americans — not just the wealthy — should pay to get the federal government out of its fiscal hole. “We are all in this together,” Bloomberg said on... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 06:10:13 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/just_call_him_tax_hike_mike_kFrpuXtqlDWPvYW9m8UxKO?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/just_call_him_tax_hike_mike_kFrpuXtqlDWPvYW9m8UxKO?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= kFrpuXtqlDWPvYW9m8UxKO By JENNIFER GOULD KEIL Manhattan David Schwimmer isn’t making any friends in the East Village — and he hasn’t even moved in to the ’hood yet. The former “Friends” star bought a beautiful East Village townhouse built in 1852 — and then promptly destroyed it just months after the city told him it was destined... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 06:10:13 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/no_friend_to_nabe_AtGKjJxuP3Pwr0qmvg7aiI?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/no_friend_to_nabe_AtGKjJxuP3Pwr0qmvg7aiI?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= AtGKjJxuP3Pwr0qmvg7aiI By SALLY GOLDENBERG Local NYPD Officer Edwin Rivera rushed to Ground Zero a healthy, weight-lifting man and now suffers from cancer. “We sat in the pile and ate, drank water, rested — there was nowhere to go that wasn’t contaminated,” Rivera, 55, who retired from the 48th Precinct, told The Post. “To me, we... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 04:56:41 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/we_re_the_remaining_victims_sxh4vQdqDN57bDReDXBN5L?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/we_re_the_remaining_victims_sxh4vQdqDN57bDReDXBN5L?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= sxh4vQdqDN57bDReDXBN5L By JESSICA SIMEONE Queens Three people were murdered in separate incidents during a 12-hour spate of violence in Queens over the weekend, police said. The bloodshed first erupted at around 5:45 p.m. Saturday, when career criminal George Portillo, 31, got in a fight with an unknown gunman on 95th Street and 31st... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 04:54:54 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/slain_in_hours_iu68ptJ5B1KgLBcP1MJSEM?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/slain_in_hours_iu68ptJ5B1KgLBcP1MJSEM?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= iu68ptJ5B1KgLBcP1MJSEM Weird But True Want to celebrate Valentine’s Day by ending your romance? The Bronx Zoo can help. For just $10, you can name one of its 58,000 hissing cockroaches after your love. *** That’s fine for New Yorkers — but what do you do in England? A supermarket chain is selling Valentine... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 04:39:44 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/weird_but_true/weird_but_true_Y1OHTJcwvyyk2L0K45h86K?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/weird_but_true/weird_but_true_Y1OHTJcwvyyk2L0K45h86K?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= Y1OHTJcwvyyk2L0K45h86K By CARL CAMPANILE Local At one Catholic-run health insurer for the needy, charity starts in the executive suite. Mark Lane, the CEO of the Fidelis Care/New York State Catholic Health Plan, receives a $1.1 million salary plus another $864,000 in retirement pension and other benefits, The Post has learned. His total... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 04:38:31 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/nonprofit_execs_healthy_wealthy_UhdbNKvMXTqbBIhLjrZ4yO?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/nonprofit_execs_healthy_wealthy_UhdbNKvMXTqbBIhLjrZ4yO?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= UhdbNKvMXTqbBIhLjrZ4yO Letters The Issue: The alleged shooter of Police Officer Kevin Brennan and his history of criminal behavior. *** “‘God Was Kind’” (Editorial, Feb. 2) in the case of Police Officer Kevin Brennan’s surviving a gunshot to his head, says Mayor Bloomberg. Maybe so, but what was Luis Ortiz doing out on... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 04:11:00 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/letters/another_nypd_cop_shot_when_will_u0wLbTk1k33apLc1BauvTN?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/letters/another_nypd_cop_shot_when_will_u0wLbTk1k33apLc1BauvTN?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= u0wLbTk1k33apLc1BauvTN Letters The Issue: President Obama’s references to Warren Buffett in support of his tax-hike plans. *** Charles Gasparino finally says what needs to be said (“Saint Warren’s Dark Side,” Post-Opinion, Feb. 1). The difference between what Democratic and Republican presidents can get away with is staggering. Warren Buffett, if championed... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 04:11:00 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/letters/buffett_loses_his_halo_WC366gfuLS7xb2BhGzHTRL?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/letters/buffett_loses_his_halo_WC366gfuLS7xb2BhGzHTRL?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= WC366gfuLS7xb2BhGzHTRL Business So many issues, so little time. Will Demi Moore get better? How deep is her addiction? What’s her relationship with her daughters? Well, here’s the scoop: Moore’s shock hospital visit and her Whipits difficulties only fill half the Star cover this week. Editors filled the other half... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 04:05:43 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/moore_for_everyone_K6WyEREYecQBWOhl2p5UmI?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/moore_for_everyone_K6WyEREYecQBWOhl2p5UmI?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= K6WyEREYecQBWOhl2p5UmI Editorials The hecklers’ veto, sad to say, is alive and well — only now this thuggish tactic is being used by city high-school students. Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott was the latest victim of mob intimidation last Tuesday, when he tried to hold a public event at Evander Childs HS in The Bronx... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 04:05:43 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/order_in_the_auditorium_KgDVvDZqnoy1iEeKY3MEpN?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/order_in_the_auditorium_KgDVvDZqnoy1iEeKY3MEpN?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= KgDVvDZqnoy1iEeKY3MEpN Editorials Meet Lew Fidler of Brooklyn, whose 10 years on the City Council have apparently entitled him to, well, a grand sense of entitlement. As The Post’s Rich Calder reported last week, Fidler’s been caught for the second time in as many years making personal use of official-business-only parking... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 04:05:43 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/fidler_on_the_loose_UX2yDXTktUZGISbcz2SAbL?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/fidler_on_the_loose_UX2yDXTktUZGISbcz2SAbL?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= UX2yDXTktUZGISbcz2SAbL Editorials Two chairmen of New York Assembly committees — Energy and Corporations, Authorities & Commissions — claim that the Indian Point nuclear-power plant can be closed pretty painlessly. That is, without hurting New Yorkers on either the cost or energy-production sides. Rubbish. “We have the framework and the resources for a future without Indian... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 04:05:43 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/indian_point_less_objections_cBBQKWxGIKUk1U0wu9CDUJ?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/indian_point_less_objections_cBBQKWxGIKUk1U0wu9CDUJ?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= cBBQKWxGIKUk1U0wu9CDUJ National Some unknown kids with superpowers are battling the actor who plays the world’s most famous teen wizard at the weekend box office. The 20th Century Fox release “Chronicle,” featuring a relatively unknown cast as youths who gain telekinetic abilities, debuted with numbers that could make it the No. 1... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 03:44:47 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/chronicle_wats_daniel_Mj4fzVGZjQEYiiI64SPGYI?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/chronicle_wats_daniel_Mj4fzVGZjQEYiiI64SPGYI?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= Mj4fzVGZjQEYiiI64SPGYI By JAMIE SCHRAM and BOB FREDERICKS Local NYPD bosses are stepping up efforts to encourage troubled cops to get help, after the recent suicides of two officers less than a week apart, sources said. Many cops are afraid that seeking help for psychological problems could derail their careers, sources said. Supervisors “want guys to see a psychiatrist... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 03:44:08 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brass_to_tackle_cops_nypd_blues_mwAtopPfzatpfPbJ9nKqCN?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brass_to_tackle_cops_nypd_blues_mwAtopPfzatpfPbJ9nKqCN?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= mwAtopPfzatpfPbJ9nKqCN By CHUCK BENNETT Local A former high-school wrestler put a would-be mugger in a fatal chokehold in Newark yesterday after the thug tried to rip off a cellphone from the ex-grappler’s friend, cops said. Gian Davis, 30, was pronounced dead Saturday after he got into a tussle with two college students who refused... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 03:43:40 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/wrestler_kills_nj_mugger_oD9Dyh5sZIGZ3oNlhvb8bM?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/wrestler_kills_nj_mugger_oD9Dyh5sZIGZ3oNlhvb8bM?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= oD9Dyh5sZIGZ3oNlhvb8bM By JESSICA SIMEONE, REBECCA HARSHBARGER and CHRISTINE PARKER NYPD Blotter The Bronx *** A crook knocked off two stores on the same day, in Soundview and Morrisania, police said yesterday. He allegedly began his spree at 8:15 a.m. Jan. 27, when he hopped over the counter of a deli on Bronx River Avenue, punched a worker in the face... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 03:42:00 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/nypd_blotter/nypd_daily_blotter_WQQvqlrBu29YKv6Ug0Nq3M?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/nypd_blotter/nypd_daily_blotter_WQQvqlrBu29YKv6Ug0Nq3M?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= WQQvqlrBu29YKv6Ug0Nq3M By JAMIE SCHRAM, REBECCA HARSHBARGER and JENNIFER BAIN Queens An elementary-school talent show turned tragic in Queens after a parent suffering a violent seizure accidently punched a man who was trying to help him — and the good Samaritan later died, cops said.Students had been performing at Ave Maria Catholic School in Howard Beach Thursday evening when strobe lights... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 01:18:28 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/seizure_horror_at_qns_school_show_4nxo1MmDC33kYRjUzySfYJ?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/seizure_horror_at_qns_school_show_4nxo1MmDC33kYRjUzySfYJ?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= 4nxo1MmDC33kYRjUzySfYJ By FREDRIC U. DICKER Local Gov. Cuomo and Senate Republicans are on a collision course that could soon return state government to the “chaos of past years,” sources close to both sides have told The Post. Republicans are threatening to hold up key elements of Cuomo’s 2012 agenda — including pension and budget reforms and... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 01:05:42 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/battle_lines_for_gov_gop_Gm1Oyi4nqUe3AH6r3kft2L?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/battle_lines_for_gov_gop_Gm1Oyi4nqUe3AH6r3kft2L?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= Gm1Oyi4nqUe3AH6r3kft2L By BENNY AVNI Oped Columnists Russia and China’s veto Saturday of a United Nations Security Council resolution on Syria dismayed and outraged Westerners. So what are they going to do about it? The double veto underlined the West’s impotence in the face of butchery and its inability to help those who battle tyranny... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 00:21:48 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/assad_evil_enablers_wjNsGxPV8Q0wum9ujdeK4J?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/assad_evil_enablers_wjNsGxPV8Q0wum9ujdeK4J?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= wjNsGxPV8Q0wum9ujdeK4J By MICHAEL A. WALSH Oped Columnists When the abortion wars flared up last week, partisans of both sides rushed to the barricades — but the real lesson may be for the countless Americans in the middle. A private charity devoted to breast-cancer research, the Susan G. Komen Foundation for the Cure, announced it was cutting off some... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 00:21:48 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/gutting_the_middle_ground_on_abortion_Q5KRkoHvWzTxWRKET9KW1O?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/gutting_the_middle_ground_on_abortion_Q5KRkoHvWzTxWRKET9KW1O?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= Q5KRkoHvWzTxWRKET9KW1O By JOSH KOSMAN Business The restructuring of the bankrupt Hostess Brands bakery business will hit a key point tomorrow as the union representing 15,000 drivers and bakery workers votes to authorize a strike. The unions are upset that they are being asked to give up their pensions and to accept a five-year wage... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 00:01:25 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/hostess_union_sets_key_strike_vote_k9xkTYp8qg1zhSGs3mmi7I?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/hostess_union_sets_key_strike_vote_k9xkTYp8qg1zhSGs3mmi7I?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= k9xkTYp8qg1zhSGs3mmi7I By MARCUS BENSASSON, MARIA PETRAKIS AND NATALIE WEEKS Business European leaders maintained pressure on Greece to accept terms demanded by international lenders during a weekend of talks to avert a financial collapse. Interim Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos and party leaders set a tentative deal to lift economic competitiveness and extend spending cuts after euro-area finance chiefs nixed an... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 00:01:25 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/greek_default_crisis_enters_critical_WsS3Z5TpZRGmYTrOLWfWyI?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/greek_default_crisis_enters_critical_WsS3Z5TpZRGmYTrOLWfWyI?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= WsS3Z5TpZRGmYTrOLWfWyI Business Most popular songs 1. What Doesn’t Kill You (Stronger), Kelly Clarkson 2. Turn Me On, David Guetta 3. Set Fire to the Rain, Adele 4. Rack City, TYGA 5. Good Feelin’, Flo Rida 6. Young, Wild & Free, Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa 7. We Found Love, Rihanna 8. Sexy... Mon, 6 Feb 2012 00:00:46 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/chill_factor_wPl5i6Yj4l54pk2CQNIHFP?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/chill_factor_wPl5i6Yj4l54pk2CQNIHFP?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= wPl5i6Yj4l54pk2CQNIHFP Business Your food billThe era of food prices always falling has come to an end with the world population expected to grow by 2 billion through 2050, according to Cargill, the US farm commodities trader. Food prices tracked by the UN climbed to the highest ever a year ago on surging... Sun, 5 Feb 2012 23:58:21 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/business_briefs_GQAtsg3yn9OeJmFcpOyuTI?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/business_briefs_GQAtsg3yn9OeJmFcpOyuTI?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= GQAtsg3yn9OeJmFcpOyuTI By BRIAN MOORE Jobs As a powerhouse in the ad world, you were a trailblazer in a male-dominated field. Now in your book you say working women have it harder than they used to. Why is that the case? It’s an odd position, isn’t it? Given that we’re so dominant. I... Sun, 5 Feb 2012 23:54:51 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/jobs/seconds_with_charlotte_beers_4BS88tI4p6FcsrUYqoR5lO?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/jobs/seconds_with_charlotte_beers_4BS88tI4p6FcsrUYqoR5lO?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= 4BS88tI4p6FcsrUYqoR5lO By MICHAEL KANE Jobs You might say that Treb Heining has made a fortune from “inflated” prices. As a pioneer in the business of elaborate balloon displays, the 57-year-old has worked the Olympic Games, Super Bowl, on Broadway and at countless celebrity parties. The “grandfather of the balloon industry,” Heining also supplies Disney parks... Sun, 5 Feb 2012 23:46:24 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/jobs/inflated_notions_MB10Ox5vMJjMAGMPkVAJTI?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/jobs/inflated_notions_MB10Ox5vMJjMAGMPkVAJTI?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= MB10Ox5vMJjMAGMPkVAJTI By GREGORY GIANGRANDE Jobs I’ve just been told I’m being laid off along with many others at my firm. Management would like us to keep working during a transition period before we collect our severance. My heart isn’t in working just to help out a company that fired me. But I... Sun, 5 Feb 2012 23:38:48 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/jobs/go_to_greg_aItEqwFvItbOuRt1eLWWPO?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/jobs/go_to_greg_aItEqwFvItbOuRt1eLWWPO?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= aItEqwFvItbOuRt1eLWWPO By JENNIFER GOULD KEIL Business More details are emerging about sweets tsar François Payard’s move to Columbus Circle.Payard, a third-generation pastry chef, and his partner, restaurateur Marlon Abela, are opening an 1,100-square-foot patisserie in the lobby of 3 Columbus Circle — that’s the new building at West 57th Street and Broadway owned... Sun, 5 Feb 2012 23:30:15 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/home_sweet_home_GEWnK8DYFkM7OwxO6tTCeI?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/home_sweet_home_GEWnK8DYFkM7OwxO6tTCeI?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= GEWnK8DYFkM7OwxO6tTCeI http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Copyright 2012