WATCH: NYPD helicopter crews rescue 6 from rooftops in flooded Staten Island

The NYPD has released video of four rooftop rescues on Staten Island of residents who were trapped due to rising waters. It shows police lowering a basket to the victims and pulling them up. In one video an officer is lowered on a line to a rooftop...

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'Colonial' skeleton found after Sandy uproots historic Conn. tree

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — New Haven police say superstorm Sandy has revealed a skeleton beneath the town green that may have been there since Colonial times. Police spokesman David Hartman says a woman who was with other bystanders looking at a fallen oak...

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Fire crews battle two-alarm blaze in Brighton Beach

Firefighters battled a two-alarm blaze in Brighton Beach this morning, authorities said. The fire broke out around 5:25 a.m. in the first floor of a building on Brighton Beach Avenue near Brighton 7th Street, said a spokesman for the FDNY. The flames...

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Fires raging in New Jersey shore town hit hard by Sandy; 14 homes already destroyed

MANTOLOKING, NJ — Fires that destroyed about 14 homes in a New Jersey shore town that was hit hard by Sandy have rekindled, fueled by natural gas. Video from WNBC-TV in New York shows flames reaching over Mantoloking. There's a large cluster of flames...

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Heavy traffic, JFK & Newark reopen as New Yorkers slowly begin commuting again

EPA A New York City Transit Bus drives down Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn on Tuesday night People in the coastal corridor battered by superstorm Sandy took the first cautious steps Wednesday to reclaim routines upended by the disaster, even as rescuers...

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Slog to work (if you’re lucky)

AP The Battery Park underpass is completely flooded after Sandy slammed the city yesterday. Getting to and from work during the next several days will be so harrowing that commuters will wish they had their crowded subway trains and traffic-choked...

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WATCH: NYPD helicopter crews rescue 6 from rooftops in flooded Staten Island

The NYPD has released video of four rooftop rescues on Staten Island of residents who were trapped due to rising waters. It shows police lowering a basket to the victims and pulling them up. In one video an officer is lowered on a line to a rooftop...

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NYC transit crippled after storm

Europa Newswire / Demotix A subway station in Briarwood is completely empty during Hurricane Sandy. Trains, planes and buses were stranded across the region after Sandy pummeled New York. The subway system will not be running today and could be...

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At least 75 flooded houses burn as blaze rages in Breezy Point

AP The fire raging in flooded Breezy Point, Queens, lights up the horizon. A fire has destroyed at least 75 homes in a flooded neighborhood in Queens. A fire department spokesman says more than 190 firefighters are at the blaze in the Rockaway/Breezy...

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Power out for more than half million around area, may take days to restore

Power was out for hundreds of thousands around the area after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the region. Con Edison reported early this morning that at least 650,000 homes in New York and Westchester were in the dark. As of 1 a.m. Tuesday, Con Ed had...

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FOLLOW LIVE SANDY UPDATES

Follow breaking Hurricane Sandy updates as New York struggles through power and transit outages that are expected to plague the region for days. Send you Tweets and photos to @NewYorkPost *******************************************************************************...

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At least 50 flooded houses burn as blaze rages in Breezy Point, Queens

AP The fire raging in flooded Breezy Point, Queens, lights up the horizon. A fire has destroyed at least 50 homes in a flooded neighborhood in Queens. A fire department spokesman says more than 190 firefighters are at the blaze in the Breezy Point...

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Power fails at NYU hospital, 200 patients evacuate

AP Medical workers assist a patient into an ambulance during an evacuation of New York University's Tisch Hospital. A backup generator failed at a New York City hospital Monday night, forcing it to move out more than 200 patients, including 20 babies...

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Thousands of NJ, LI residents wake up without power

Thousands of New Jersey and Long Island residents are waking up in the dark this morning - outages that could linger for days as Hurricane Sandy reaches the area. Jersey Central Power and Light reported nearly 5,000 homes and businesses without service....

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Man fatally beaten in Bath Beach: cops

A man was beaten to death in Bath Beach early today, police said. The 31-year-old victim was found at 3:40 a.m. on Bay 34th Street and Bath Avenue with severe trauma to his body, cops said. He was rushed to Lutheran Medical Center where he died, police...

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WATCH LIVE: Sandy barrels toward New York

Hurricane Sandy bore down on the Eastern Seaboard's largest cities Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds, soaking rain and a surging...

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MTA posts photos of empty Grand Central Terminal

flickr.com/MTAphotos It's Grand Central Terminal as you've never seen it before. No tourists. No travelers. Empty. Barren. Cue the tumbleweeds. The MTA posted photos of the uninhabited terminal after the city's mass transit was shut down due...

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Appy days getting closer for city’s cab riders

The city is bringing the old-fashioned art of hailing a cab into the 21st century. The Taxi & Limousine Commission is expected to announce new rules as early as today that would for the first time allow riders to use smartphone apps to hail yellow...

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‘Killer’ nanny Yoselyn Ortega awakens in hospital, asks questions about her family

The nanny who allegedly slaughtered two Upper West Side children in her care woke up yesterday — and asked about her own family, sources told The Post. Yoselyn Ortega — who a source said suffered a broken vertebrae in a failed suicide bid after she...

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Thousands of NJ, LI residents wake up without power

Thousands of New Jersey and Long Island residents are waking up in the dark this morning - outages that could linger for days as Hurricane Sandy reaches the area. Jersey Central Power and Light reported nearly 5,000 homes and businesses without service....

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MTA posts photos of empty Grand Central Terminal

flickr.com/MTAphotos It's Grand Central Terminal as you've never seen it before. No tourists. No travelers. Empty. Barren. Cue the tumbleweeds. The MTA posted photos of the uninhabited terminal after the city's mass transit was shut down due...

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Breeders’ Cup draws

ARCADIA, Calif. — Final entries will be taken Sunday and post positions drawn for the Breeders' Cup World Championships on Friday and Saturday at Santa Anita, which doesn't give trainer Dale Romans much time to decide which race his 3-year-old colt Dullahan...

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Rocket man: Thunder ship Harden to Houston

Unable to work out an extension with James Harden, the Thunder traded the Sixth Man of the Year to the Rockets last night, breaking up the young core of the Western Conference champions. The Thunder acquired guards Kevin Martin and Jeremy Lamb, two...

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Red Bulls clinch playoff spot

CHESTER, Pa. — Kenny Cooper scored twice, and Thierry Henry added a goal to lift the Red Bulls over the Philadelphia Union, 3-0, Saturday afternoon. The Red Bulls (16-9-9) reached the playoffs for the third straight year, and the ninth time in 10 seasons....

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No major damage from 7.7 earthquake off Canadian coast; tsunami warnings downgraded

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the west coast of Canada, but there were no reports of major damage. Residents in parts of British Columbia were evacuated, but the province appeared to escape the biggest quake in Canada...

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Hurricane Sandy could wreak havoc across 800 miles of US

SHIP BOTTOM, NJ — Tens of millions of people in the eastern third of the U.S. in the path of the unprecedented freak storm had hours Sunday to prepare for the first raindrops that were expected later in the day, to be followed over the next few days...

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Red Bulls clinch playoff spot

CHESTER, Pa. — Kenny Cooper scored twice, and Thierry Henry added a goal to lift the Red Bulls over the Philadelphia Union, 3-0, Saturday afternoon. The Red Bulls (16-9-9) reached the playoffs for the third straight year, and the ninth time in 10 seasons....

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Breeders’ Cup draws

ARCADIA, Calif. — Final entries will be taken Sunday and post positions drawn for the Breeders' Cup World Championships on Friday and Saturday at Santa Anita, which doesn't give trainer Dale Romans much time to decide which race his 3-year-old colt Dullahan...

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Detroit can’t shrug off NL champs’ dominance

DETROIT — Remember when former minor league baseball player Michael Jordan sank six 3-pointers against Portland in the 1992 NBA Finals, turned to the broadcast table and shrugged his shoulders, conveying an "I don't know how I'm doing this" message?...

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Cup draws today

ARCADIA, Calif. — Final entries will be taken today and post positions drawn for the Breeders' Cup World Championships on Friday and Saturday at Santa Anita, which doesn't give trainer Dale Romans much time to decide which race his 3-year-old colt Dullahan...

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Rocket man: Thunder ship Harden to Houston

Unable to work out an extension with James Harden, the Thunder traded the Sixth Man of the Year to the Rockets last night, breaking up the young core of the Western Conference champions. The Thunder acquired guards Kevin Martin and Jeremy Lamb, two...

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Al Qaeda leader urges kidnapping of Westerners

CAIRO — The leader of al Qaeda has urged Muslims to kidnap Westerners to exchange for imprisoned jihadists, including a blind cleric serving a life sentence in the United States for a 1993 plot to blow up New York City landmarks. In an undated two-hour...

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Ed Fountaine’s Stakes Spot Plays

TURNBACK THE ALARM Belmont Park, eighth race. Grade 3. Purse: $150,000. 1 1/16 miles, fillies and mares. Post: 4:34 p.m. LOWDOWN: Arena Elvira looked like a world-beater before Bill Mott put her on the shelf in April, and now she returns showing bullet...

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Red Bulls face key test

Forget all of the mathematical permutations, all the equations tougher than anything in "Good Will Hunting" or "A Beautiful Mind." The Red Bulls' task is simple, if not easy; win at rival Philadelphia on Saturday (1:30 pm, NBC) and they essentially will...

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Sandy upgraded to hurricane again

MIAMI — Forecasters say Sandy has again reached hurricane strength, with sustained winds of 75 mph. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Saturday morning that a Hurricane Hunter aircraft found Sandy had sustained winds powerful enough to upgrade...

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Nets owner Prokhorov leaving business to focus on politics

MOSCOW — Billionaire Brooklyn Nets owner and former Russian presidential candidate Mikhail Prokhorov said Saturday he's leaving business to focus full-time on politics, returning to the political arena after remaining silent through a five-month Kremlin...

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Ed Fountaine’s Stakes Spot Plays

TURNBACK THE ALARM Belmont Park, eighth race. Grade 3. Purse: $150,000. 1 1/16 miles, fillies and mares. Post: 4:34 p.m. LOWDOWN: Arena Elvira looked like a world-beater before Bill Mott put her on the shelf in April, and now she returns showing bullet...

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Rutgers wary of Kent State’s Archer

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — While fans and media will focus on three huge showdowns that will decide the Big East race, Rutgers can't afford to. The Scarlet Knights need look no further than three league teams falling to MAC foes — and their own Homecoming upset...

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Red Bulls face key test

Forget all of the mathematical permutations, all the equations tougher than anything in "Good Will Hunting" or "A Beautiful Mind." The Red Bulls' task is simple, if not easy; win at rival Philadelphia on Saturday (1:30 pm, NBC) and they essentially will...

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Sandy downgraded from hurricane to tropical storm; East Coast threat still remains

The National Weather Service has downgraded Sandy from a hurricane to a tropical storm but warns that "widespread impacts" are still expected into next week for the East Coast. The storm was expected to increase in speed and move away from the Bahamas...

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US retruns 4,000 archeological relics to Mexico

EL PASO, Texas — More than 4,000 archaeological artifacts looted from Mexico and seized in the US have been returned to Mexican authorities in what experts say is one of the largest such repatriations between the countries. The items returned Thursday...

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Bumper crop of peanuts could lead to cheaper peanut butter

ATLANTA — Choosy moms and dads may be packing more PB&J in lunches this winter, when the cost of a jar of Jif or Skippy is expected to fall even as other grocery prices rise. Peanut butter prices soared last year after a drought and high heat in...

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Prosecutors to ask for gag order in Trayvon Martin case

SANFORD, Fla. — Prosecutors will ask a judge to impose a gag order in the case of a former neighborhood watch leader accused of fatally shooting Florida teenager Trayvon Martin. Assistant state attorney Bernie de la Rionda is set to argue his motion...

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Suicide bomber kills 36 people, wounds 23 in Afghanistan: officials

KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a mosque in northern Afghanistan on Friday, killing 36 people and wounding 23, officials said. The attack in the town of Maymana, capital of northern Faryab province, came as people were...

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Hero cop promoted to detective after taking bullet in chest, shooting down armed thug

Hero cop Ivan Marcano was promoted to detective this morning during an impromptu bedside visit by Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. "He was surprised -- he was a little sedated. Certainly very happy," said Kelly after returning from...

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NYPD Daily Blotter

Queens *** Cops are looking for a Rego Park bank bandit who brandished a metal pipe as a weapon, police said. The suspect allegedly entered the HSBC branch at 137-61 Queens Blvd. at about 10:55 a.m. last Friday and passed a demand note to a teller....

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Baby dead in Bronx apartment fire likely set to cover up mother's murder: sources

Christopher Sadowski Police officers visit the Bronx apartment where a 1-month-old baby girl and her mother died. A 1-month old "beautiful" baby girl was killed last night in a Bronx apartment fire likely set to cover up the murder of her mother,...

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Mother's blog serves as haunting tribute to Manhattan stabbing victims

Littlemisslucia.livejournal.com Leo Krim recently celebrated his second birthday. Leo enjoyed playing with trains and collecting acorns. Lucia was a first grader with a megawatt smile. Manhattan mom Marina Krim was proud and humored by her three...

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