James Fanelli
The Archive
Insurer's 'wa$te' products
It's enough to make you sick. A federally subsidized health insurer is wasting tax dollars, hawking overpriced medical supplies to its members that could be bought at a fraction of...
100G jobs soaring at piggy PA
Call it the Pork Authority. The number of Port Authority fat cats taking home a base salary of $100,000 or more rose to nearly 1,400 in 2009, despite the bistate...
Shell shock over traps
A Brooklyn couple was outraged last week after discovering traps used to catch turtles in Prospect Park. Ed Bahlman, 60, and Anne-Katrin Titze, 42, said they found cages while they...
EXCLUSIVE PHOTO: Douglas son's prison gait
He's getting his life back on track -- behind bars. Here is the first photo of meth-dealing actor Cameron Douglas at his new home, the federal penitentiary in Lewisburg, Pa....
How A-Rod's ladies affect his performance at the plate
Hey, A-Rod! Dump Diaz and get your stripper pal back in the rotation! Yankee fans thirsting for first place should urge Alex Rodriguez to reunite with Joslyn Morse, the blond...
Dogfight fear grips B'klyn park
Local pet owners are on the lookout for signs of dogfighting in remote parts of Prospect Park. The Brooklyn DA's Office has asked for their help after receiving two complaints....
Big Blue bleacher blunder
This won't sit well with fans. Outraged Giants season ticket-holders received an expensive surprise when they attended an open house two weekends ago at the New Meadowlands Stadium and discovered...
Jacko's 'killer' doc aids gal aboard jet
There's at least one person who's happy to have been treated by Michael Jackson's doctor. A woman says she may owe her life to Dr. Conrad Murray after he came...
Apple's tour de 'corpse'
It's a death ride with a stiff price. A former Manhattan salesman is cashing in on morbid curiosity, taking New Yorkers on a tour of the city's most famous deaths....
9 injured in hit-and-run outside new Meadowlands stadium
A toddler was one of nine people hurt late last night when an allegedly drunk driver smacked into the group as they were crossing a New Jersey highway after a...
All fishing banned in widening Gulf spill area
The federal government banned commercial and recreational fishing yesterday along a wide swath of the Gulf of Mexico, as a widening oil spill devastated marine life and threatened coastlines. The...
Deal $aves Greece, unions vow no peace
European governments and the International Monetary Fund yesterday averted a Greek tragedy, pulling the world's first democracy back from the brink of default with $146 billion in bailout loans --...
Weird but true
What a pain in the glass! A Chicago woman is suing a hair salon because she was hurt falling through its window from the sidewalk -- while trying to kick...
Duke guy's dramatic comeback
He's running with the ball again. Collin Finnerty was a rising star on a top-ranked Duke University lacrosse team in 2006, but he and his team suffered nationwide notoriety when...
New Meadowlands stadium filled with view-obstructing beams
What a bunch of blockheads! These are the worst seats in the new $1.7 billion Meadowlands football stadium -- so bad the Giants and Jets scrapped selling tickets for them...
The sister who mothered Michael Jackson
Rebbie Jackson may be the least-known performer out of Michael Jackson’s siblings, but aside from his parents, she likely had the biggest influence on the King of Pop. When she...
Italian scientist flies into the belly of the beast to capture Mother Nature's meltdown
That ash makes quite a flash. Intrepid Italian scientist Marco Fulle, 51, snapped photos of lightning, swirling black smoke and spewing lava at Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull Volcano on Friday night from...
Elin's crying solo
Tiger Woods wasn't the only one flying through an emotionally turbulent week. His wife, Elin Nordegren, was spotted yesterday afternoon taking off in a private jet from an Orlando, Fla.,...
NYC's own superheroes
With great costumes comes great responsibility. “Kick-Ass,” an action movie opening this week, spins a tale of average Joes becoming masked crime fighters, but New York has been home to...
Bruce Springsteen had 'affair' with New Jersey housewife: court papers
Bruce Springsteen's "Human Touch" made her melt. Ann Kelly, 45, was a housewife living with her mortgage-broker husband and two children in a $600,000 home in a leafy New Jersey...