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  Archbishop Dolan slams Obama birth-control mandate

  Archbishop Timothy Dolan Tuesday blasted President Obama’s health care policy forcing the Catholic Church to provide its employees with health insurance covering birth control. . Dolan, who is set to become a Cardinal next month, was asked after a...   11:27 PM
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  Stringer reaps bundle from firm whose project he backed

  That’s one way to say thank you! The biggest campaign fundraiser of the 2013 mayoral cycle is a real estate company raking in dough for Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer – several years after his critical support of one its development...   11:35 PM

• Cop: Circumcision proves I didn't flash woman

  If the hat doesn't fit, you must acquit. A cop says he got the shaft when he was booted from the NYPD for exposing himself to a female prisoner in a...   9:12 PM
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  'Toddlers and Tiaras' mom files $30M lawsuit against 3 news outlets

  The mother of a “Toddlers and Tiaras” star filed a $30 million lawsuit today against the owners of three news outlets that ran articles that “brazenly sexualize” the five-year-old. Isabella Barrett, who’s been featured on the controversial TLC show...   10:02 PM

• Westchester lawyer who nabbed $7.5M Iowa lotto money didn't buy ticket, video shows

  The Westchester county lawyer who turned in the winning $7.5 million Iowa Hot Lotto ticket under mysterious circumstances was not the individual who...   10:24 PM

• 'Biggest mistake' led to being raped, says accuser

  A Brooklyn woman today said the “biggest mistake” of her life led to her being raped at The Plaza hotel by a Canadian businessman. The 28-year-old...   6:17 PM
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  Family of slain designer Sylvie Cachay wants 'every penny' Nick Brooks has

  They want him to pay. The family of slain swimsuit designer Sylvie Cachay is going after "every penny" that may come the way of her accused killer - the son of creepy "You Light Up My Life" tunesmith Joseph Brooks. "We will take all steps to find...   3:31 PM
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  Scorsese's 'Hugo' leads Oscars with 11 nominations

  "Hugo'' led another tribute to silent cinema, "The Artist,'' in today's Oscar nominations by 11 nods to 10. But the latter will still likely become the first movie without a significant amount of dialogue to win Best Picture since 1929. That's...   9:12 PM
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  LI woman, enraged over prank, points gun at teen: cops

  Someone can't take a joke! A Rockville Centre woman was arrested Sunday after she allegedly pointed a handgun at a teen she apparently thought had been ringing her doorbell and running away, police said. Bernadette Greenwald, 47, was arrested...   2:23 PM
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  Kennedy cousin Skakel asks judges for sentence reduction

  MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — A lawyer for Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel told a panel of Connecticut judges Tuesday that his client’s 20-year to life prison sentence for killing his teen neighbor in 1975 was excessive. Skakel was convicted in 2002 of...   3:31 PM

• Apple earnings surge in first fiscal quarter

  CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Apple Inc. saw earnings more than double for its first fiscal quarter, reporting results on Tuesday afternoon that blew past Wall...   5:48 PM
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  Stricken ship captain says company pressure made him sail too close to shore

  GIGLIO, Italy -- The captain of the stricken Costa Concordia liner told a friend shortly after the disaster that he sailed too close to shore because a manager from the cruise company pressured him to do so, Italian media reported Tuesday....   5:48 PM
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  Rolle won't share Super agony with Giants teammates

  He’s lost the big one but he’s not going to share the agony of defeat. Nope, Giants safety Antrel Rolle is not going to regale any of his teammates with his memories of his one and only previous Super Bowl appearance, a 27-23 loss to the Steelers...   4:18 PM

• 2 Bronx churches hit, treasures and money stolen; cops investigating possible connection

  At least two Bronx religious institutions were recently burglarized, and police are investigating whether the incidents are linked, cops said today....   6:02 PM
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  Yankees' Posada emotional during retirement

  Jorge Posada had a rough final season with the Yankees, but on his final day in pinstripes, a teary-eyed Posada admitted he never considered playing anywhere else. “Playing for the Yankees has been an honor,” Posada said during a press conference...   4:49 PM
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  'Headless body in topless bar' killer parole nixed

  ALBANY — Parole has been denied for an inmate whose crime inspired the sensational 1983 Post headline “Headless body in topless bar.” A parole board says it would be dangerous to release 53-year-old Charles Dingle because of his “continued poor...   4:18 PM
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  Teen arrested in NJ synagogue firebombings

  RUTHERFORD, NJ -- A teenager has been arrested in connection with two synagogue firebombings in northern New Jersey, after a series of recent attacks shook the nerves of the region's Jewish community. Anthony M. Graziano, 19, of Lodi, NJ, was...   2:53 PM
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  Veteran NYPD detective admits robbing cigarette smugglers

  A crooked, second-generation cop pleaded guilty this morning to brazenly ripping off cigarette smugglers while wearing his NYPD "raid" jacket and armed with his service weapon. Shame-faced Kyron Collins, 39, then capped off his court appearance by...   1:16 PM
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  Italian cruise ship toll hits 16 as fuel removal operation begins

  GIGLIO, Italy -- Salvage experts Tuesday began a delicate operation to remove thousands of tons of oil from the stricken Costa Concordia cruise ship, as a 16th body was found. Divers searching the third deck of the ship found a woman's body, the...   2:14 PM

• NY bill would make crimes out of SAT test cheating

  ALBANY — A New York lawmaker wants to make cheating on college entrance tests a crime following a scandal in an affluent New York City suburb. Sen....   2:14 PM
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  Christie says NJ voters should decide on gay marriage in November

  BRIDGEWATER, NJ -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Tuesday that the issue of gay marriage in his state should not be decided by himself or the state legislature, but instead by the people of New Jersey in November. Speaking in Bridgewater, NJ,...   12:35 PM
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  JFK's final secret recordings are made public

  BOSTON — Final recordings President John F. Kennedy secretly made in the Oval Office include an eerie conversation about what would become the day of his funeral. In talking to staffers while trying to arrange his schedule, Kennedy remarked that...   3:31 PM

• NYPD officer pleads guilty to false arrest

  A NYPD officer admitted today that he falsified charges to arrest a black Staten Island man after the two exchanged angry words during a street...   2:14 PM