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• Port Authority fires treasurer, 2 top staffers after accepting valuable gifts from vendors: sources

  The Port Authority’s veteran treasurer and two of her top associates were summarily fired yesterday morning after it was revealed that they had...   5:21 PM
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  'Unusual condition' seen before Conn. train wreck

  NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The engineer of the commuter train that derailed last week in Connecticut observed an "unusual condition" on the track before the wreck, federal officials said Friday without explaining what the condition was, though they did say...   1:26 PM
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  Edison NJ cop accused of firebombing captain's home

   A New Jersey police officer with a history of disciplinary issues reportedly firebombed the home of his supervisor, authorities said. Michael Dotro, 35, a 10-year veteran of the Edison Police Department, allegedly used an incendiary device to set...   12:24 PM
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  Woman injured in last week's Conn. train crash suing Metro-North Railroad for negligence

   BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Attorneys for a 65-year-old woman injured in last week's train crash in Connecticut say they have filed a lawsuit alleging negligence by the Metro-North Railroad. Attorney Joel Faxon says the suit was filed Friday in federal...   12:53 PM
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  Gov. Cuomo: 'Shame on us' if we elect Weiner mayor

  ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo took a bite out of Anthony Weiner — declaring “shame on us” if city voters elect him mayor. Cuomo flamed Weiner during an interview Wednesday with The Syracuse Post-Standard editorial board, it was revealed yesterday. ANDREA...   9:53 AM
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  Chris Christie's wife says he'd make a good president but notes family not planning 2016 run

   SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NJ — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's wife says her husband would make a good president. But in an interview Friday on NBC's "Today" show, first lady Mary Pat Christie said the family is not plotting a 2016 presidential run now....   10:43 AM
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  'Market' to determine how popular bike share will be: Bloomberg

   Mayor Bloomberg rolled out a new argument today in defense of the city's upcoming bike share program -- it's all about the free market. "A couple of newspapers seem to like working against the free market," he said on his weekly WOR radio show. ...   9:48 AM
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  Christie, 'Jersey Shore' cast members, fun. urge people to return to NJ beaches after Sandy

  SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NJ — New Jersey rolled out some of its big guns Friday to proclaim that the shore is back following Superstorm Sandy, using Gov. Chris Christie and the cast of MTV's "Jersey Shore" to tell a national audience the state is ready for...   12:24 PM
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  Hedge hog: No mamas!

  Hedge funds may be the last bastion of white male privilege — and that’s just the way these Neanderthals like it. “I don’t think you’ll ever see as many great women investors or traders as men, period,” said billionaire Tudor Investment Corp....   4:18 AM
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  Tony’s tale of 2 cities a real boner

  Maybe Anthony Weiner should just stay off the Internet.  The peter-tweeting pol marked his first official day of mayoral campaigning with another ’Net blunder — using an image of the Pittsburgh skyline, instead of New York City’s, on his official...   4:09 AM
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  Friends and family of 12-year-old cyberbully victim speaks out on vile abuse before tragic suicide

   The tragic Queens girl who hanged herself in her bedroom yesterday afternoon was mercilessly teased by classmates who called her a slut, a whore and mocked her failures with boyfriends and choices in music, friends and family said. Gabrielle...  
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  Taxi big adds new charges to suit against Bloomberg after mayor's profanity-laced tirade

  The taxi magnate who said he was subjected to a profanity-laced rant by Mayor Bloomberg has filed a federal lawsuit charging the mayor with threatening him and siccing TLC inspectors on his fleet in retaliation for his opposition to the “Taxi of...  
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  Metro-North workers injured in Conn. train crash hire lawyer to pursue damages

   STAMFORD, Conn. — Seven Metro-North railroad workers injured in last week's collision on the commuter line have hired a lawyer to pursue damages. The engineers of the two trains involved are among the clients of George Cahill, a New Haven-based...  
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  More than 2,000 people sign Hofstra petition asking for better off-campus security

  UNIONDALE — A former homecoming king and queen have launched an online petition asking Hofstra University to beef up off-campus security, including in the area where a student was killed during a home invasion. Andrea Rebello of Tarrytown, a Hofstra...  
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  Cicadas spotted in NJ

   TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey's invasion of cicadas has started in the wake of two days of warm weather. The insects have started to emerge from the soil in droves for the first time in 17 years and that could make for a noisy and buggy Memorial Day...  
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  Hofstra 'home invader' won praise from state parole panel before 2011 release

  UNIONDALE — The parolee shot and killed along with a Hofstra University student by police won praise from a state parole panel in 2011 before his conditional release from prison. Newsday, citing a transcript of the hearing, says Dalton Smith of...  
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  Get the rack

  The president of the city firefighters’ union blasted the bike-share program yesterday, calling the placement of the racks a hazard to emergency responders — as the city continued to shuffle racks around in response to community outrage.  “The bike...  
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  He’s a freed thinker, too

  An ex-con who served more than 17 years in the slammer for a murder he didn’t commit graduated from Mercy College yesterday — after earning most of his credits behind bars. Eric Glisson collected his diploma to rousing cheers and applause from his...  
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  Life or death on 20th floor

  These dramatic photos show two of New York’s Finest tackling a distraught and barefoot woman who threatened to leap from the 20th-floor balcony of a Midtown building yesterday morning.  It was touch-and-go for the Emergency Service cops, who spent...  
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  A sneak peek into Tribeca peeping photographer’s apartment

  The Post yesterday turned the tables on a sneaky photographer who snapped pictures of his unwitting neighbors in Tribeca — by pointing a camera at his own windows. “It would be funny if we got him in photos,” said Mariel Kravetz, from whose...  
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  Vagrant ’fess in gay bash

  A homeless man turned himself in yesterday for a gay-bias attack in the East Village, cops said. Gornell Roman, 29, pummeled the victim, 45, as he taunted him with anti-gay slurs on Monday, authorities said. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said...  
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  Gambling suspect’s ‘safe’ bet

  What happens in Vegas can’t happen at the Bellagio for a co-defendant in the high-stakes, illegal gambling case against Upper East Side art dealer Helly Nahmad. Professional poker player Abe Mosseri won permission from a judge yesterday to travel to...  
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  Derek Jeter uses phony name 'Philip' at Greenwich Village Starbucks

  Does Derek Jeter really think no one at this Starbucks knows who he is? The Yankee shortstop was spotted yesterday leaving one of the coffee chain’s locations in Greenwich Village with a cup suspiciously marked with the name “Philip.” Without his...  
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  Gropez’s victims set to $lap ‘sorry’ Silver

  Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver may have apologized this week for botching the Vito Lopez sex-harassment scandal — but now he’s really going to be sorry. Two of Lopez’s victims plan to sock Silver with a negligence suit after two reports released...  
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  Tick Tock diner manager charged with plotting to kill uncle co-owner freed on bail

  CLIFTON, NJ — The manager of a New Jersey diner is free on bail six weeks after he was charged with plotting to kill the co-owner of the restaurant, his uncle. The Record newspaper reports 45-year-old Georgios Spyropoulos posted the $600,000 bond on...