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  Exclusive: Bloomberg's girlfriend Diana Taylor considering Senate run: sources

  The Republican search for a strong candidate to take on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has arrived at one of the most intriguing possibilities yet -- former state banking superintendent (and de-facto Big Apple first lady) Diana Taylor. Multiple sources...   3:38 PM
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  Judge sets special hearing in WTC workers case

  Thousands of people sickened in the World Trade Center rescue and cleanup efforts will have a chance to weigh on a proposed $657 settlement with the government at a special hearing next week, the federal judge overseeing the case said. Before the...   3:52 PM

• Student stabbed repeatedly in one of two high school knife attacks

  Two stabbings between students took place today at two separate city high schools, authorities said. One stabbing occurred at Newtown HS in Queens at...   2:48 PM
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  Prada orders stores to fire 'old, fat and ugly' staff: report

  Italian luxury fashion label Prada has sparked outrage over claims it ordered a store manager to get rid of "old, fat and ugly" staff, the Sun reported Friday. Rina Bovrisse, a senior retail manager at Prada Japan, is suing the fashion label over...   1:23 PM
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  Corey Haim died from pulmonary congestion, enlarged heart: mom

  Former teen heartthrob Corey Haim suffered from pulmonary congestion and died as a result of having an enlarged heart and water in his lungs, his mother said. In an interview with "Access Hollywood," Judy Haim said the LA coroner's office called...   1:06 PM
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  Michael Jackson custom furniture up for auction

  LOS ANGELES — The 22 pieces of custom-made furniture Michael Jackson commissioned for his London home are going on the auction block. Darren Julien of Julien's Auctions says a gilded red velvet sofa that seats nine, a leopard-print chair trimmed...   5:03 PM

• President Obama delays Asia trip to push health-care

  WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has delayed his visit to Asia, his first international trip of the year, to focus on the push to salvage health...   1:10 PM

• Woman gets 16 years for raping adopted daughter

  TACOMA, Wash. — A 47-year-old woman in Washington state has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for raping her 8-year-old daughter adopted from China....   11:49 AM

• MGM Mirage, NJ agree on sale of half of Borgata

  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- MGM Mirage said Friday it will sell its 50 percent interest in Atlantic City's top casino and stop doing business in New Jersey...   1:10 PM

• Suicide bombs kill 43, wound 100 in Pakistani city

  LAHORE, Pakistan -- A pair of suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other Friday, killing at least 43...   1:10 PM

• Toyota engineer to assist probe of W'chester Prius crash

  HARRISON, N.Y. — Toyota is sending an engineer to help with the investigation of an accident in which a driver said her Prius accelerated on its own...   1:10 PM
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  Jogger believed mauled to death by wolves in Alaska

  A teacher killed while jogging in Alaska is thought to have been mauled to death by wolves, Sky News reported Friday. The post-mortem carried out on Candice Berner recorded "multiple injuries due to animal mauling" as the cause of death. Her body...   11:58 AM

• James Brown's body is missing from crypt: daughter

  Legendary entertainer James Brown is now "The Gone-father of Soul." One of Brown's daughters reportedly claims that the singer's body has gone missing...   2:21 PM

• Business briefs

  Imports fall The trade deficit in the US unexpectedly nar rowed in January as im ports fell for the first time in five months, indi cating demand...   1:10 PM

• NJ man linked to al Qaeda worked at US nuclear plants

  BUENA, N.J. — Sharif Mobley, who is in custody in Yemen as a suspected member of the same branch of al-Qaida that's linked to the failed Christmas Day...   10:57 AM

• Greece fire!

  Rioting paralyzed Athens yesterday as tens of thousands of angry workers went on strike and masked protesters set fires, smashed windows and battled...   1:10 PM
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  Cop who wrote up Roethlisberger report posed for photos with him earlier: report

  The police officer who wrote up the police report on an alleged sexual assault involving Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger posed for a photo with him just hours earlier. Sgt. Jerry Blash, who later wrote up the incident without including...   11:58 AM
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  Lesbian sues high school to reinstate prom

  JACKSON, Miss. — A lesbian student who wanted to take her girlfriend to her senior prom is asking a federal judge to force her Mississippi school district to reinstate the dance it canceled The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi on...   11:58 AM

• Yassky named new TLC boss

  Former City Councilman David Yassky has been tapped to head the Taxi and Limousine Commission, Mayor Bloomberg announced today. Yassky will replace...   10:58 AM