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Sneaky cabbies' $8M meter rip-off went on for years

Sneaky cabbies' $8M meter rip-off went on for years

In a mind-boggling ripoff that went undetected for years, thousands of city cabbies overcharged nearly 2 million passengers by at least $8.3 million, according to a shocking disclosure yesterday by the Taxi & Limousine Commission....  Read Full Story

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    Diana Taylor, the longtime girlfriend of Mayor Bloomberg and a former state government official, said today she won't throw her hat in the ring to...  

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    Panic on tracks doomed subway victim

    There was enough time for straphangers to save the woman killed by a subway train while retrieving her gym bag, an investigator told The Post yesterday. But the fast-charging No. 6 train -- and the woman's panicked behavior on the track bed --...  

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    Gov. Paterson yesterday ripped into his criminal-justice coordinator for resigning over his administration's scandals -- claiming she acted to serve...  

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    Hey, Ma! I just got a prize!

    An Australian toddler who's a sucker for lollipops somehow crawled inside a candy machine but got some bitter along with the sweet -- he couldn't get out. Cohen Stone, 2, apparently squeezed himself through a small hatch in the glass-walled...  

  • Tiger medics shut out Elin

    Tiger medics shut out Elin

    ORLANDO, Fla. -- The ambulance crew that responded after Tiger Woods crashed his SUV would not allow his wife to ride with him to the hospital because they suspected domestic violence, documents released yesterday by the Florida Highway Patrol show....  

  • Paging Doc O: Urgent!

    Paging Doc O: Urgent!

    WASHINGTON -- President Obama yesterday delayed an overseas trip to focus on the final drive for health-care reform, as the House prepared to vote on the sweeping overhaul next week. Obama pushed back a scheduled departure next Thursday on his...  

  • Bar-beat 'confess'

    Bar-beat 'confess'

    A construction worker from Pennsylvania yesterday confessed to savagely attacking a nurse in the bathroom of a Hells Kitchen bar moments after she declined to dance with him, sources said. Mbarek Lafrem, 30, of Norwood, Pa., was charged with two...  

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Riding & surfing the rails

Riding & surfing the rails

The MTA wants to bring high-speed wireless Internet to the...  

Gov's big scoop

Gov's big scoop

At the groundbreaking for the Nets' new Brooklyn arena...  

Panic on tracks doomed subway victim

Panic on tracks doomed subway victim

There was enough time for straphangers to save the woman killed...  

Hiram gets poll-axed

Hiram gets poll-axed

ALBANY -- Disgraced former state Sen. Hiram Monserrate, booted...  

Bx. faces a brutal re'train'ing

Bx. faces a brutal re'train'ing

Slow it down, Bronx straphangers. The MTA is shutting down...  

$3.5M over boob botch

$3.5M over boob botch

A Staten Island mom who said her botched boob job left her...  

Weird But True

A sweet old guy he isn't. A 68-year-old greeter at an Ohio Wal-Mart was arrested for repeatedly punching little kids....  

NYPD Blotter

Manhattan Six young thugs in ski masks jumped a 15-year-old in Central Park and snatched his cellphone, cops said....  

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Lower credit scores cost New Yorkers $1,400 a year

Lower credit scores cost New Yorkers $1,400 a year

New Yorkers are getting kicked while they are down. The Great...   4:40 AM

Crime

Bar-beat 'confess'

Bar-beat 'confess'

A construction worker from Pennsylvania yesterday confessed to...  

US News

Tiger medics shut out Elin

Tiger medics shut out Elin

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The ambulance crew that responded after Tiger...  

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Hey, Ma! I just got a prize!

Hey, Ma! I just got a prize!

An Australian toddler who's a sucker for lollipops somehow...  

Politics

Paging Doc O: Urgent!

Paging Doc O: Urgent!

WASHINGTON -- President Obama yesterday delayed an overseas trip...  

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