Neil Graves
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AUSSIES HERE FOR SAIL OF THE CENTURY
July 20, 2009 | 7:54amIt took 101 years, but one good deed Down Under finally rated another. The Australian frigates HMAS Sydney and HMAS Ballarat sailed into New York yesterday for a four-day stay...
COPS EYE HIT IN FONTAINEBLEAU HEIR'S SLAY
July 14, 2009 | 6:55amThe son of a legendary Florida resort owner was found beaten to death in a Westchester hotel room, in what cops believe was a targeted hit. The body of Ben...
CITY'S G'DAY TO AUSSIE NAVY SHIPS
July 13, 2009 | 5:18amIf you notice 400 Australians strolling about Times Square this coming weekend, don't just give them a friendly "G'day, mate" -- snap off a nice, stiff naval salute. The Aussies...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
July 6, 2009 | 5:55amThe president is not the only Obama who celebrated Independence Day. Obama the sea turtle was found ailing off a Key West, Fla., beach on Jan. 19, the eve of...
HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COMRADES
February 17, 2009 | 7:25amA young Marine from Long Island had only seconds to act when a fanatic driving a truck bomb came crashing through barricades and aimed straight for a building where 30...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
February 9, 2009 | 6:50amWell, at least they saved $994,000. KDKA radio in Pittsburgh has been fined $6,000 for a 2007 prank that fell flat. A disc jockey said he had a cool million...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
January 27, 2009 | 7:46amA 14-year-old Chicago kid - decked out in a police uniform - passed himself off as a cop before the long arm of the law caught up with him. The...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
January 26, 2009 | 6:02amPhoenix plumbers were Johnnies on the spot for a California woman who lost her $70,000 wedding ring in a restaurant toilet. City workers were unable to retrieve the 7-carat diamond...
VET IS GETTIN' HOSED
January 20, 2009 | 8:25amAn Iraq war veteran who spent two years fighting America's enemies now finds himself battling city bureaucrats over his standing to become an FDNY firefighter. Now that he's back home,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
January 19, 2009 | 6:33amIt's apparently OK to get plastered on the job in Peru. Pablo Cayo, a janitor in the town of Chorrillos, was canned because he was intoxicated. But when Cayo took...
FOR ALL EYES ON THE PRIZE
January 15, 2009 | 7:52amAS a young man, my father used to pick cotton outside Fort Worth, Texas. My mother picked cotton, too. That's how things were in the 1930s, since my grandfather essentially...
HUNTER IN TOP 10
January 8, 2009 | 8:04amYou don't have to trek to Harvard, Yale or Stanford to get yourself some collegiate prestige. One of the best educational buys in America is right here on East 68th...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
January 6, 2009 | 7:53amA Canadian man didn't run a-fowl of the law when he hurled live chickens at several stores. Yelling, "Chickens are murder," the 20-year-old tossed a live bird into cooked-chicken displays...
BX. MARINE KILLED IN AFGHAN
January 6, 2009 | 7:29amThe family of a Bronx Marine observed New Year's Day in tragic fashion, learning that he had been killed in Afghanistan. Lance Cpl. Alberto Francesconi, 21, died in Helmand province,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
January 5, 2009 | 6:20amA former Florida city commissioner who had launched a program to combat bike theft had his own ride swiped. Tim Smith, of Fort Lauderdale, noticed a traffic accident as he...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
December 23, 2008 | 7:57amYes, Virginia, flashing gang signs with Santa can land you on the naughty list. An Anaheim, Calif., teen faces 18 months in jail after cops said he violated a court...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
December 17, 2008 | 6:36amTat's really dumb! When St. Paul, Minn., cops stopped two men in a high-crime area and asked for ID, one said he had none and gave his name as Darnell...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
December 16, 2008 | 7:57amA 44-year-old woman is reportedly the first to use the Internet while fast asleep - to invite friends over for drinks and caviar. The sleep-typist had no idea what she'd...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
December 9, 2008 | 7:52amBut did it ever get in the china shop? A bull brought to a Bangladesh mall for the holy Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha broke free and went rampaging through...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
December 8, 2008 | 7:43amA stuntman flew over the Arkansas River in a jetpack powered only by hair bleach. Eric Scott, 45, cruised over a 1,500-foot-wide, 1,000-foot-deep canyon for 21 seconds and hit speeds...