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TOP COPS: LOCALS MUST GET TERROR INFO

Top law-enforcement officials converged on the city for a summit meeting yesterday and said the key to nabbing terrorists is getting the cop on the beat involved and sharing intelligence...

B'KLYN THUG GETS 25 YRS. IN PARK SLAY

An accused Brooklyn gang-banger who fatally shot a man in a revenge slaying, and then threatened the lives of witnesses in the case, was sentenced to 25 years to life...

B'KLYN WITNESS INTIMIDATOR GETS 25 TO LIFE IN MISTAKEN-ID SLAY

An accused Brooklyn gang-banger who fatally shot a man in a revenge slaying, and then threatened the lives of witnesses in the case, was sentenced to 25 years to life...

B'KLYN DA'S 'JOHN SCHOOL' A BIZARRE SEX EDUCATION

Men who are caught having sex with prostitutes in Brooklyn will be given a chance to avoid jail time - by going to "john school" instead. The Brooklyn district attorney...

WTC WORKERS '$POKE' LOUDLY

More than a thousand Ground Zero construction workers climbed aboard their motorcycles yesterday to raise money for the children who lost their parents in the World Trade Center. Greg Nolan,...

TRAGIC KID TAKING JETER'S BALL TO HEAVEN

The parents of a 10-year- old Brooklyn boy who died in a freak Jet Ski accident got their wish yesterday when Derek Jeter signed a baseball that will be buried...

WACKY PILOTS' 'RECKLESS' RAP

Two pilots accused of flying in a restricted zone near Kennedy Airport on the Fourth of July and aiming their planes at NYPD helicopters were charged with reckless endangerment yesterday...

END OF THE TRAIL FOR GROUND ZERO COWBOY

A Texas cowboy with a heart as big as his home state rode into Ground Zero yesterday, ending an eight-month pilgrimage to honor the Sept. 11 victims. "It's very sad,...

OLD POLICE CARS BIDDER-$WEET

Old NYPD cruisers were sure-fire sellers yesterday at the city's used-vehicle auction at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. All 15 cruisers among the 218 cars for sale by the Department of...

300G BENZ DROPS IN - 20-FOOT STRETCH MODEL MAKES THE LIMO SCENE

The latest toy for the rich and famous - a 20-foot-long car that goes for a mere $300,000 - made a spectacular arrival in Manhattan yesterday, floating down from the...

FDNY BRASS FIXING 9/11 STICKER SHOCK

FDNY brass are putting a gag on its EMS ambulance corps, telling them what is in good taste when displaying 9/11 memorial stickers on their emergency vehicles. All EMS workers...

APPLE NEARS FINISH LINE IN OLYMPIC BID

The city will make its last pitch for the 2012 Summer Games when U.S. Olympic Committee officials come to town this weekend. An ad campaign to psych up New Yorkers...

COP PASSED DWI TEST 5 HOURS AFTER CRASH

Alcohol blood-test results from an off-duty cop allegedly drunk when he ran down and killed a 21-year-old motorcyclist came back below the legal limit, according to law-enforcement sources. The blood...

BRAVEST ARE SEEING STARS

Three 9/11 firefighter heroes will have their dreams come true next month when they get to tee off on the golf course with sports stars that include Michael Jordan, Emmitt...

CYNTHIA HAILS SCHOOLS AND THE CITY

"Sex and the City" siren Cynthia Nixon boasted of her New York City public education yesterday after a judge dropped charges against her for protesting school budget cuts. "I was...

HOOD FAREWELL: NEIGHBORS PAY THEIR RESPECTS

The Dapper Don's funeral created a mob scene in his old Queens neighborhood and near his infamous hangout yesterday as people said farewell to someone "who will live forever." Hundreds...

IT'S FITTING: HE'LL SPEND ETERNITY IN CUSTOM-TAILORED SUIT

John Gotti is going out in style. The Mythic mobster (left) will be buried tomorrow in a double-breasted, black pinstriped suit, much like the stylish duds that won him his...

DAPPER IN DEATH: DESIGNER SUIT FOR DON

John Gotti is going out in style. The mythic mobster (left) will be buried tomorrow in a double-breasted, black pinstriped suit, much like the stylish duds that won him his...

DRUG FIEND SLAYS 3 IN THEIR APTS.

A coldblooded burglar yesterday executed three people - including an elderly couple who were close friends of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver - after breaking into their Lower East Side building...

3 DIE IN THUG'S DRUGGY RAMPAGE

A coldblooded burglar yesterday executed three people - including an elderly couple who were close friends with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver - after breaking into their Lower East Side building...