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ALLEGED TERRORIST DROPS PANTS IN COURT
June 3, 2009 | 4:08pmAn alleged homegrown terrorist struggled to keep his pants on in court today while telling the judge he was also struggling to comprehend the charges against him. Ex-con Laguerre Payen,...
FATAL MISTAKE
June 3, 2009 | 6:39amOff-duty cop Omar Edwards was not wearing an NYPD-mandated holster when he was fatally shot by another police office -- which could explain why his gun was in his hand...
'MONSTER' DAD GETS 32 YEARS
May 28, 2009 | 6:29amKiller ex-cop John Galtieri had to sit and listen to his daughter describe him as a "monster" and a "coward" before a judge sentenced him to 32 years to life...
EX-COP GETS 32-TO-LIFE FOR WIFE'S MURDER
May 27, 2009 | 6:22pmKiller ex-cop John Galtieri had to sit and listen to his daughter describe him as a "monster" and a "coward," before a judge sentenced him to 32-years-to-life today for murdering...
LIFE OF TRUTH & JUSTICE
May 27, 2009 | 6:18amSome little girls want to be princesses when they grow up -- but not Sonia Sotomayor. She dreamed of solving mysteries like her hero Nancy Drew. But after the little...
BX. 'JIHAD' SIB: SNITCH FUNDED MY TRANSPLANT
May 25, 2009 | 5:47amThe brother of an accused would-be Bronx synagogue bomber yesterday said the FBI informant in the case offered to pay for "my trip to Universal Studios" after footing the bill...
SI ROAD RAGE OVER HIKE TAKES A TOLL - IN PENNIES
May 19, 2009 | 7:16amCount this! More than two dozen Staten Islanders expressed their anger yesterday over yet another looming hike in the Verrazano Bridge toll -- by paying their $10 in pennies. "I...
'PRESSURED' MERCEREAU JUROR'S PLEA
May 19, 2009 | 7:16amThe jury in the trial of a Staten Island woman accused of murdering her fire-marshal husband signaled it was deeply divided just hours into deliberations, as a member of the...
TAX CHEATS OWE STATE $250M: LAWMAKERS
May 18, 2009 | 5:42amThe state's top tax deadbeats -- including two prominent New York restaurant owners -- should pay their fair share so Albany can bridge its huge budget shortfall, lawmakers said yesterday....
BLACK BAR HONORS 12
May 15, 2009 | 6:03amThe New York Metropolitan Black Bar Association celebrated its 25th anniversary with a gala dinner last night honoring 12 people, including lawyers, judges and journalist Gil Noble. "We are an...
SLAIN NJ VET LIVED A 'DREAM'
May 14, 2009 | 7:03amRelatives in Paterson, NJ, are mourning a 25-year-old GI who fulfilled his dream of being a soldier -- only to die when a fellow sergeant went berserk in Iraq. A...
BAR-FIGHT CLUE IN GRAD KILLING
May 12, 2009 | 7:00amAn argument over a woman may have sparked the deadly Mother's Day shooting of a promising electrical-engineering student from The Bronx who hours earlier had graduated from the University of...
MA, SON SHOT BY BRONX TEEN
May 11, 2009 | 6:45amA Bronx man and his mom spent Mother's Day in the hospital yesterday after they were shot during an argument with a group of teens, witnesses said. Residents of Olinville...
CRASH DUMMY KILLS LIVERY DRIVER: COPS
May 11, 2009 | 5:35amA hardworking livery driver who was saving money to bring his family from Ecuador was shot and killed by a robber -- who was then trapped in the cab after...
ROBBER TRAPPED AFTER KILLING CABBIE
May 11, 2009 | 1:31amAn hardworking livery driver who was saving money to bring his family from Ecuador was shot and killed by a robber - who was then trapped in the cab after...
NYERS RIDING OUT CHAP. 11
May 1, 2009 | 5:47amPresident Obama's upbeat speech yesterday about Chrysler's prospects certainly sold Mary and Dennis Saleeby. On the very day the country's No. 3 automaker declared bankruptcy, the Manhattan couple picked up...
CHARTERS CASH IN
April 24, 2009 | 5:52amOne of the largest drawings for school seats in a network of Harlem charter schools was held last night, while charters statewide learned they won a separate lottery and will...
SAILOR & WIFE OCEANS APART
April 20, 2009 | 5:37amThe East Harlem sailor who was aboard the Maersk Alabama when it was attacked by Somali pirates said yesterday he's raring to return to life on the high seas --...
NEW LEADER JOINS WAR ON NY GAY NUPS
April 16, 2009 | 6:55amNew York's new archbishop wasted no time in declaring war on Gov. Paterson's push to legalize gay marriage in the state. Archbishop Timothy Dolan vowed before his installation yesterday that...
DOLAN HAS THE RITE STUFF
April 16, 2009 | 6:55amArchbishop Timothy Dolan rocked a jampacked St. Patrick's Cathedral at his inaugural Mass yesterday -- receiving rousing ovations when he vowed to fight for the protection of the unborn and...