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John A. "Junior" Gotti has asked to be freed on bail while he awaits a New York trial on racketeering charges. Gotti's lawyers submitted papers Monday in Manhattan federal court...more >

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - A teenager has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for killing a suburban New York security guard who tried to break up some Halloween mischief. Westchester County Judge...more >

By SALLY GOLDENBERG

The city has signed a $3 million contract to advertise antismoking and other health messages in phone booths, although it already gets free advertising in bus shelters and public bathrooms...more >

CROOKED ATT'Y REFUSES TO STOP PRACTICING

By JOHN DOYLE

Practice doesn't necessarily make perfect. An elderly Manhattan lawyer, banished from the legal profession for stealing from clients, could spend his golden years in prison - because he...more >

SEVEN IN $50M MEDICAID 'SCAM'

By CARL CAMPANILE

Seven New York hospitals operated a $50 million Medicaid scam through unlicensed drug-treatment programs that admitted patients who weren't addicts, gave kickbacks for referrals, and even...more >

By ED ROBINSON

The rigger who put up the crane involved in a deadly East Side collapse in March has been indicted on charges that include manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide, sources said last night...more >

WOMAN, 86, BRUTALIZED IN HER BED

By C.J. SULLIVAN, JAMIE SCHRAM and REUVEN FENTON

A man crept into an elderly Queens woman's home through an open window yesterday and viciously slashed her, robbed her and fled in her car, authorities said. Vivian Squires, 86, a...more >

By SABRINA FORD and SALLY GOLDENBERG

Queens residents and business owners are irate at the MTA for temporarily halting weekend service on the No. 7 train. Track upgrading that began this past weekend is to go on for eight more...more >

RELIVES 3-STORY PLUNGE IN B'KLYN

BY CHRISTINA CARREGA

A firefighter who cheated death when a third-floor porch collapsed beneath his feet during a massive Brooklyn blaze says he's "glad to be alive." "It was like a whirlpool...more >

By DENISE BUFFA

Two tenants and a building manager who allegedly constructed a deathtrap by dividing up a Bronx tenement go on trial today in the deaths of two firemen. The "Black Sunday" fire of...more >

By JAMIE SCHRAM

An Israeli man was busted in Midtown for throwing eggs at protesters who were demanding an end to the Gaza Strip attacks, police sources said yesterday. Ido Alima, 22, was seen hurling the eggs...more >

By DOUGLAS MONTERO

Government grinches stole Christmas from 16-year-old Florentyna Ciroch. The teen says customs agents detained her beloved Polish grandmother at Newark Liberty Airport and hauled her off to a...more >

By PHILIP MESSING and MURRAY WEISS

A veteran NYPD narcotics lieutenant who spent three years protecting Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly has been suspended for failing a drug test that showed he had steroids in his system, The Post...more >

DISPATCHER FINGERED

By AUSTIN FENNER and FRANK ROSARIO

The matron charged with leaving a severely disabled man strapped into his seat in a freezing-cold bus isn't the only person to blame, a co-worker insisted yesterday. "The driver never...more >

By IKIMULISA LIVINGSTON

A proud father wanted the best for his daughter on her wedding day, but the fairy-tale event turned into a $100,000 fiasco that ended with the blushing bride kneeling over the toilet vomiting...more >

SUIT OVER WEDDING MONOXIDE

By WILLIAM J. GORTA

A Long Island couple whose wedding celebration evaporated in a cloud of carbon monoxide is still furious over unpaid expenses for the ruined reception. George and Sharon Quenneville of...more >

By BRUCE GOLDING

A pubic-hair dye company claims it was bushwhacked by a rival that stole its trademarked, thong-shaped logo. Betty Beauty Inc. - maker of "specially formulated color dyes for the hair down...more >

By SELIM ALGAR

A Long Island man yesterday pleaded not guilty to charges that he fatally shot his boss and stuffed the body in a car's trunk. James Caldwell, 49, of Mastic Beach, was held without bail on...more >

By TIM PERONE

Family and friends of a Long Island boy who died after a New Year's Eve drinking binge bade goodbye last night to "the greatest kid around." Garrett Quedens, 14, lay in a white...more >

By ERIN CALABRESE, DAVID K. LI

Gary Lundquist loves his Canada geese - even if public attention on his one-man bird sanctuary ruffles his feathers. Lundquist has been feeding the migrating birds for years at his Westchester...more >

By RICH CALDER

Mayor Bloomberg's plans for revitalizing Coney Island are in jeopardy as a controversial developer who owns most of the amusement district is now planning to expand his vast portfolio of...more >