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  • Accused mom-killing Harlem man Daniel Elias held without bail
    Monday - 11/12/2012 - 04:00 PM

    An alleged matricidal maniac was ordered held without bail in Manhattan today, charged with fatally stabbing his mother in the chest and nearly fatally slashing and incinerating his brother in their East Harlem apartment Saturday afteroon.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

  • Brew hoo! Coffee could disappear by 2080, researchers says
    Monday - 11/12/2012 - 02:13 PM

    Your morning cup of coffee might be a thing of the past because of global climate change, according to a new study.
    Almost all (99.7 percent actually) of Arabica coffee bean growing areas will be impacted by 2020 as global temperatures rise, according to the study from the Royal...

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  • Gawkers head to SI's storm-ravaged neighborhoods
    Monday - 11/12/2012 - 07:39 AM

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    A backhoe is used by the Department of Sanitation to clear garbage from a street in Staten Island on Friday.

    Garbage trucks, hulking military vehicles and mud-caked cars move slowly through a Staten Island waterfront neighborhood still reeling from Superstorm Sandy's storm surge.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

  • Voice of Sesame Street's 'Elmo' accused of affair with underaged teen
    Monday - 11/12/2012 - 12:18 PM

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    Kevin Clash poses with Elmo in 2010 for The Post.

    The man who voices beloved children’s character “Elmo” took a leave of absence, after he was accused of having an affair with an underaged boy, Sesame Street officials said today.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

  • Live-gone: Armstrong leaves Livestrong
    Monday - 11/12/2012 - 11:59 AM

    Lance Armstrong has stepped down as a board member of Livestrong, the cancer-support charity he founded in 1997, the organization said Monday.
    "Lance Armstrong has chosen to voluntarily resign from the Board of Directors of the Livestrong Foundation to spare the organization any negative effects as a result of controversy...

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  • BBC says its news chief, her deputy have 'stepped aside'
    Monday - 11/12/2012 - 04:35 AM

    LONDON — The BBC says its news chief and her deputy have 'stepped aside' while the broadcaster deals with the fallout from a child abuse scandal that forced its director-general to resign.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

  • Take money & run
    Monday - 11/12/2012 - 01:45 AM

    So much for charity.
    Organizers of the New York City Marathon, who routinely crow about all the money the race raises for good causes, doled out only $494,000 in direct aid last year — less than what they paid their CEO, Mary Wittenberg, records show.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

  • Girl, 16, shot in Bx.
    Monday - 11/12/2012 - 01:52 AM

    A 16 year- old girl is fighting for her life after being shot in The Bronx last night, cops said. The victim, whose name was not released, was at Garrison and Bryant avenues in Hunts Point at around 8 p.m.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

  • Spy’s the limit for 007
    Monday - 11/12/2012 - 02:19 AM

    LOS ANGELES — James Bond’s “Skyfall” has extended its global box-office rule to North America, hauling in a franchise record $87.8 million in its first weekend at US theaters.
    Adding in the take from Thursday previews, the film has netted $90 million here, studio estimates show.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

  • Heroes on parade
    Monday - 11/12/2012 - 02:13 AM

    It’s a banner day on Fifth Avenue yesterday as active members of the US Army prepare to march with Old Glory inhonor of Veterans Day...

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  • Families of Flight 587 victims take up collection for Sandy-battered Rockaways
    Monday - 11/12/2012 - 01:31 PM

    It’s victims helping victims.
    Families that lost loved ones when Flight 587 crashed off the Rockaways 11 years ago are taking up a collection for residents of the battered shore front community still struggling to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Sandy.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

  • Police: Teen wears Joker mask at Colorado theater
    Monday - 11/12/2012 - 02:13 PM

    BOULDER, Colo. — A college student was arrested for investigation of misdemeanor menacing after wearing a clown hat and a mask depicting the Joker from the Batman series in a Boulder theater, authorities said Monday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

  • Nation pays tribute to sacrifices of veterans
    Monday - 11/12/2012 - 09:19 AM

    AFP/Getty ImagesA woman grieves for a soldier buried in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans' Day.

    LOS ANGELES — From sea to shining sea, the nation paid tribute to its members of the armed services Sunday, both with somber traditions such as a Virginia wreath-laying ceremony attended by...

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  • Con Ed turns the last of the lights on
    Monday - 11/12/2012 - 10:42 AM

    The lights are finally all back on for more than 1 million Con Edison customers.
    The bemoaned utility company restored power for the last group of Westchester residents this morning, two weeks after Sandy ravaged the tri-state area.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

  • NJ to end gasoline rationing Tuesday
    Monday - 11/12/2012 - 12:29 PM

    New Jersey will end odd-even gasoline rationing at 6 a.m. Tuesday.
    Gov. Chris Christie says gas supplies are plentiful and there are no more lines of motorists waiting for fuel.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

  • Etan slay case fizzle
    Monday - 11/12/2012 - 03:49 AM

    They’ve spent hundreds of hours spinning their wheels chasing far-flung leads in a case with a slim-to-nil chance of conviction — yet the NYPD is still going full-throttle investigating the bipolar schizophrenic who says he killed Etan Patz.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

  • Etan slay case fizzle
    Monday - 11/12/2012 - 01:51 AM

    They’ve spent hundreds of hours spinning their wheels chasing far-flung leads in a case with a slim-to-nil chance of conviction — yet the NYPD is still going full-throttle investigating the bipolar schizophrenic who says he killed Etan Patz.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

  • Weird but true
    Monday - 11/12/2012 - 01:55 AM

    This New Mexico woman was kung-fu driving.
    Bonnie Morris, 46, of Carlsbad was arrested for allegedly swinging nunchucks from the sunroof of her car and failing to stop.
    The 65-mph chase ended when she hit a spike strip.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

  • Israeli pilot in JFK bust
    Monday - 11/12/2012 - 02:19 AM

    An Israeli pilot was busted at Kennedy Airport for trying to bring a retractable baton onto a flight, officials said yesterday.Shay Givony was headed to his El Al Airlines flight at around 10:15 p.m.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

  • NY’s Rx-pot pushers: Yes, we cannabis!
    Monday - 11/12/2012 - 12:36 AM

    Put this in your pipe and smoke it, New York.
    A serious campaign is under way to green New York’s economy by legalizing the use of marijuana for medical purposes, The Post has learned.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

  • Outlandish tech titan McAfee wanted for murder in Belize: report
    Monday - 11/12/2012 - 03:27 PM

    One of the men credited with inventing antivirus software is on the run from murder charges, according to police in Belize.
    John McAfee is the prime suspect in the murder of another American expatriate, Gregory Faull, who was shot once in the back of his head Saturday night in his...

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  • US re-elected to UN Human Rights Council seat
    Monday - 11/12/2012 - 02:20 PM

    UNITED NATIONS — The United States was re-elected Monday to another three-year term on the UN Human Rights Council in the only contested election for the organization's top human rights body.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

  • Major delays at Lincoln Tunnel after bus accident leaves 20 injured
    Monday - 11/12/2012 - 11:59 AM

    Bus riders can't catch a break after a morning fender-bender ties up the commute.
    Authorities have reopened the Lincoln Tunnel leading out of New York City after two buses collided in New Jersey.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

  • Show us the money: Cuomo wants 'at least $30B' in federal Sandy aid
    Monday - 11/12/2012 - 11:06 AM

    An administration official says Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to request at least $30 billion in federal disaster aid to rebuild after Superstorm Sandy.
    The official wasn't authorized to speak publicly because the details haven't been finalized.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

  • Elderly woman dies in Prospect Heights fire
    Monday - 11/12/2012 - 12:06 PM

    Police say an elderly woman has died at a hospital after she was rescued from a residential fire in Brooklyn.
    The fire occurred around 4:30 a.m. Monday at 587 Franklin Ave.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

  • School pals are shocked
    Monday - 11/12/2012 - 01:39 AM

    She’ll be remembered, all right.
    The woman who allegedly had an affair with the nation’s top spy was voted “most likely to be remembered” in her senior year at Century HS in Bismarck, ND, sources said.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

  • Syrian shell hits Israel
    Monday - 11/12/2012 - 01:46 AM

    JERUSALEM — Israel was drawn into the fighting in neighboring Syria for the first time yesterday, firing warning shots across the border after an errant mortar shell landed near an Israeli military installation in the Golan Heights.While Israel appeared eager to calm the situation, its response was a potent reminder...

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  • Fallen angel
    Monday - 11/12/2012 - 02:04 AM

    She died trying to save her son — from her other son.
    Ruth Montano, 55, had ordered mentally disturbed son David Elias, 31, to leave her East Harlem apartment Saturday afternoon after he got into an argument with her and her 32-year-old son, law-enforcement sources said yesterday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

  • Makeup company sues Ke$ha in glitter snit
    Monday - 11/12/2012 - 02:19 AM

    This may be the first time pop star Ke$ha’s been accused of not being flashy enough.The chart-topping singer failed to endorse a “body glitter” product after a cosmetic company paid her $250,000 in royalty fees, according to a lawsuit filed last week.United Beauty Products claims...

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  • Keira gets it off her chest
    Monday - 11/12/2012 - 12:42 AM

    If they’re not going to be real, at least make them spectacular!
    British actress Keira Knightley playfully complains to Allure magazine about unflattering Photoshop renderings of her natural, if not particularly sizable, assets.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share