By DAREH GREGORIAN

The controversial Columbia University professor who was canned for plagiarism just months after a noose was found hanging on her office door is suing to get her job back. In papers filed in...more >

BEGGED CON ED FOR SWAP

By LORENA MONGELLI, KYLE MURPHY and ADAM NICHOLS

Con Edison electrician George Dillman told his bosses he wanted out of dangerous manhole work only two weeks before an explosion killed him as he worked under a Brooklyn street, his family said...more >

'LEO LOVE' GEM AUCTION

By IRENE PLAGIANOS and JEREMY OLSHAN

Diamonds may be a girl's best friend, but a break-up can add to their sparkle - especially if they were once wrapped around the exquisite fingers and neck of Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen...more >

By PILAR CONCI and KIERAN CROWLEY

Looks like the LIRR gravy train is going to be derailed. A federal agency promised yesterday to review practices that let Long Island Rail Road retirees fatten their pensions by fraudulently...more >

A-ROD WANTS A-LOT TO SELL A-PAD

By DAREH GREGORIAN

Yankee Stadium isn't the only home Alex Rodriguez is saying goodbye to this off-season. The slugger has put his sprawling South Florida villa up for sale, with an asking price of almost $...more >

BID TO EMBARRASS THOMPSON CHAIN

By BRUCE GOLDING

A computer hacker is threatening to release "personal and sensitive" e-mails swiped from the swank Thompson hotel chain after taunting the company about its lax security practices. In...more >

By ANDY SOLTIS with Post Wires

Gay New Yorkers can take a quicker drive to a wedding chapel now that Connecticut's highest court has struck down a law banning same-sex marriage. Yesterday's 4-3 state Supreme Court...more >

"But here in the depressing economy, the real winner is O.J. Simpson. He's got 25-to-life of free room and board." "Even Donald Trump is hurting because of the economy...more >

By DAVID SEIFMAN

The 16 freshman members of the City Council were promised yesterday they could serve until 2017 under a new provision. Under a proposal put forward by Mayor Bloomberg, term limits would be...more >

RIPS STAFFER 'BLACKMAIL'

By ERIN CALABRESE and CLEMENTE LISI

A former manager suing the Hawaiian Tropic Zone on a claim she was raped by her boss once admitted the attack never took place - then changed her tune and tried to shake down the company, the...more >

By DAVID SEIFMAN and CHUCK BENNETT

Mayor Bloomberg yesterday said he would play Daddy Warbucks to little orphan charities bracing for steep cuts in grants and donations. The mayor said that the economic meltdown's impact on...more >

By KATI CORNELL

The operators of the Sikorski Meat Market in Brooklyn had a lot to hide, and it had nothing to do with sausage. The feds rounded up more than a dozen accused drug traffickers who bought and sold...more >

AP

ALBANY - State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos said yesterday that New York is nearing an agreement to install thousands of lucrative video slot machines at Aqueduct racetrack and provide the...more >

By ALIYAH SHAHID, CAROLYN SALAZAR and JENNIFER FERMINO

The economy's not the only thing getting ugly - frugal New Yorkers are skimping on the primping. "People come when they have extra money, and now they don't have much," said...more >