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NY justice let thugs walk

Lenient judges and bungling prosecutors let the vicious thugs busted in last week's shooting of an innocent teenager freely walk Bronx streets despite ample opportunities to put them behind bars, The Post has learned. Before baby-faced gunman Carvett ...

From JANON FISHER AND JAMES FANELLI, New York Post,  22 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Carvett Gentles,  Vada Vasquez,  Zelita Mighty

Me-ouch! Man says cat's bite sickened him

That's some expensive cat nip! An East Harlem man wants a lot of scratch -- $5 million -- after a cat bite landed him in the hospital for a month, according to a lawsuit filed last week in Manhattan Supreme Court. Jonas Cruz, 30, said he was standing ...

From JANON FISHER, New York Post,  8 Nov 2009

Texting for dummies

More than 300 football fans have sent text messages to a new emergency hot line set up at Giants Stadium to curb bad behavior in the stands -- but some complaints are more urgent than others. "Help!" one fan texted. "I'm sitting next to this incredibly ...

From JANON FISHER, New York Post,  8 Nov 2009
Related Topics: New York Jets,  New York Giants,  Rex Ryan,  NFL

Granny: Jogger mob trampled me

Call it a run and hit. Tonie Derezeas, 74, said was walking her Shih Tzu, Apollo, on the promenade at Carl Schurz Park on the Upper East Side on Sept. 3 around 7 p.m., when she was trampled by a herd of harriers from the New York Road Runners Club. "I ...

From JANON FISHER, New York Post,  1 Nov 2009

No peace of the pie in Ray's pizza war

The co-owner of the oldest Ray's Pizza in the city is threatening to shut down the Little Italy landmark if she doesn't get a bigger slice of the pie. Cheryl Sorrentino, the daughter of Luchese mobster Charles "Charlie Brody" DiPalermo, is suing the ...

From JANON FISHER, New York Post,  25 Oct 2009

Pastor war on East 6th

There's a holy war brewing in Alphabet City between the daughter of the founder of Hope-Life Noah's Ark Church and two pastors she says are deviously trying to take over the congregation. Rev. Richard Ramirez and an assistant pastor, Robert Manners, ...

From JANON FISHER, New York Post,  25 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Richard Ramirez

Hot-plate hell

It'll be hot plates for the holidays at one Brooklyn housing project, thanks to the turkeys at the Housing Authority. At an emergency meeting two weeks ago, residents of an 18-story building at the Seth Low Houses in Brownsville were told by NYCHA ...

From JANON FISHER AND JAMES FANELLI, New York Post,  18 Oct 2009

Kids dope up to get 'high'

Jeffrey Stern's mother wanted him to have every advantage -- from his schooling at Manhattan's prestigious Dalton School to summer camp in the Berkshires. So when Jeffrey, at age 11 and 4-foot-1, was a full foot shorter than everyone else in his class, ...

From JANON FISHER, New York Post,  18 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Aetna Inc.,  Food and Drug Administration,  US Food and Drug Administration,  University of Virginia

Fat lady stings

It ain't over 'til the fat lady spins. A fragile Manhattan lawyer quit his gym after a "large, heavyset" woman sat on him in a bizarre attempt to get him off his stationary bike during an overbooked spin class. Now he's suing to get his $1,500 ...

From JANON FISHER, New York Post,  11 Oct 2009

BK15 barrels through Crown Hts., 10 hurt

An out-of-control city bus left a trail of destruction as it barreled through a busy Brooklyn intersection, slamming into six cars and injuring more than 10 people this morning. A 7-year-old boy had to be rescued from a burning black sedan that was ...

From JANON FISHER AND ANNIE KARNI, New York Post,  10 Oct 2009

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