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• GOPER TOPS LIST

  By DAVID SEIFMAN

  Marcus Cederqvist, who runs the Manhattan Republican Party, is the leading candidate to replace John Ravitz as the city Board of Elections executive director, sources said. Cederqvist is the former...more >

• ROCKAWAY JET-CRASH DEAD REMEMBERED

  By DAVID SEIFMAN

  The 265 victims of Flight 587 were honored yesterday in a sixth-anniversary ceremony led by Mayor Bloomberg, who offered a prayer that "their souls may have found peace." Despite the...more >

• DA WILL PUT SPITZ MAN ON THE GRILL

  By FREDRIC U. DICKER, State Editor

  ALBANY - Albany District Attorney David Soares will interview a top aide to Gov. Spitzer later this week about the circumstances under which the aide and two officials helped prepare a sworn...more >

• BROOKLYN TECH ON THE B-LIST

  By YOAV GONEN, Education Reporter

  Brooklyn Tech, long considered one of the city's preeminent high schools, has gotten a B on its first-ever report card. The rating - announced yesterday by the Department of Education - makes...more >

• A DRAMATIC PAU$E FOR BIZ

  EATERIES, SHOPS, GARAGES SUFFER AS B'WAY STRIKE NIXES THEATER CROWDS

  By MICHAEL RIEDEL, SAMUEL GOLDSMITH and LEONARD GREENE

  It was a popular Broadway routine: Theatergoers would laugh their heads off at "Curtains" at the Hirschfeld Theatre on West 45th Street, then head over to Charley O's for a steak and a...more >

• IT REALLY PAYS TO BE A COLLEGE PREXY

  By YOAV GONEN, Education Reporter

  Payouts to higher-education presidents keep soaring, well, higher - with more than a dozen private universities' chiefs nationwide topping the $1 million mark, according to a new survey...more >

• FASTING COLUMBIA PROTESTER COLLAPSES

  By JOHN MAZOR and CYNTHIA R. FAGEN

  An anorexic college student who joined a hunger strike to protest Columbia University's expansion into Harlem collapsed over the weekend. Aretha Choi, 19, who attends Barnard College, fainted...more >

• COPS QUELL N.J. HS MEGABRAWL

  AP

  LAKEWOOD, N.J. - About a dozen students and adults were arrested after police used dogs and pepper spray to break up a fight at the local high school that involved as many as 150 students, police...more >

• ANOTHER STUDENT SUICIDE ROCKS NYU CAMPUS

  By TOM LIDDY and DAN MANGAN

  A 19-year-old New York University student took his own life in his dorm room, authorities said yesterday. Pranay Angara is the second student this year to kill himself at NYU, which experienced six...more >

• POL GOES MANO A 'GUANO'

  By FRANKIE EDOZIEN

  If one Brooklyn lawmaker has his way, New Yorkers who toss crumbs and seeds to pigeons would be hit with a $1,000 fine. Brandishing pictures of a subway station soiled by pigeon poo, Councilman...more >

• POPE WILL SAY MASS AT STADIUM IN APRIL

  By C.J. SULLIVAN and NEIL GRAVES

  Pope Benedict XVI will be making his first papal trip to the United States next April, highlighted by a Mass at Yankee Stadium and a visit to Ground Zero, the U.S. Catholic bishops announced...more >

• SMOOTH SAILING AT CONEY ICE-LAND SKATE RINK

  By RICH CALDER

  An ice-skating rink that converts into a sailing pond during good weather tops the list of new attractions planned for the fabled Coney Island boardwalk. The rink is part of Mayor Bloomberg's...more >

• GOTBAUM DOC RAGES

  By DAVID SCHWARTZ in Phoenix andANDY GELLER in N.Y.

  A famed pathologist conceded yesterday that a drunken Carol Anne Gotbaum strangled herself in a Phoenix airport holding cell - but he also blamed that city's cops for her death, accusing them of...more >

• DEATH MASK PSYCHO TEST

  KILLER'S BABY BATTLE

  By JAMIE SCHRAM

  Imprisoned 1980s "Death Mask" killer Bernard LeGeros and his estranged wife should both take psychiatric exams to determine their mental health before their bizarre child-custody battle...more >

• 50-SHOT COPS: MOVE OUR TRIAL

  By IKIMULISALIVINSTON

  Lawyers representing the three detectives charged in the 50-shot barrage of bullets that killed Sean Bell on his wedding day confirmed yesterday they will seek a change of venue. Detectives Michael...more >

• GUN-TOTING BANDIT A ONE-MAN CRIME WAVE

  By PERRY CHIARMONTE

  This armed bandit has held up 14 businesses in lower Manhattan, including toy stores and trendy boutiques over the last four weeks, authorities said. The stick-up man - who has either displayed or...more >

• ID-THEFT GI GETS A 'PLOT'

  By DAN KADISON

  A former Marine who will be disinterred from a hero's grave because the leatherneck received an "other than honorable" discharge is getting a place to "rest in peace," thanks...more >

• DWI HORROR IN CHELSEA

  By PERRY CHIARAMONTE and ED ROBINSON

  A 66-year-old man was fighting for his life after he was struck by a drunken driver in Chelsea last night, cops said. The victim was crossing West 21st Street near Eighth Avenue shortly after 7 p.m...more >

• CARD-DEN SLAY BUST

  By JAMIE SCHRAM and MURRAY WEISS

  A convicted killer has been nabbed in connection with the Manhattan poker-hall heist that claimed the life of a beloved New Jersey teacher during a botched Hollywood-style holdup, The Post has...more >

• HOMELESS CRISIS OF N.Y. VETS

  By PETER HOLLEY

  The number of homeless veterans in New York state has nearly doubled in a year - and the federal program designed to help the massive wave of those returning from Iraq and Afghanistan is starved for...more >

• WITNESS: O.J. ASKED THUGS TO BE ARMED DURING ROBBERY

  By DAVID K. LI

  LAS VEGAS -- One of O.J. Simpson's alleged hotel shake-down partners testified today that the Juice declared "F--k the police!" and demanded that his goons arm themselves with guns as...more >

• LEARNING CURVES

  THE WIDER GALS' HIPS, THE HIGHER THEIR IQ: REPORT

  By RITA DELFINER

  These hips don't lie - women with hourglass figures tend to be more intelligent and have smarter kids, a new study says. Researchers have even come up with a scientific explanation for their...more >

• NASA 'ANCHOR' MANAGEMENT

  Reuters

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Crew members aboard the International Space Station yesterday used a robotic crane to reposition the space shuttle's docking port, a key step toward preparing the complex...more >

• TOP SONGS 'ADDICTIVE'

  By DAN KADISON

  One-third of 2005's most popular songs contained references to drug, alcohol or tobacco use - and that could be a blue note for kids, according to preliminary data released last week. "...;more >

• PALS SHED TEARS FOR 'GRACIOUS' MAILER

  By ERIN CALABRESE, Post Correspondent

  PROVINCETOWN, Mass. - Norman Mailer's family and friends paid final respects to the literary lion last night as he lay in an open casket, dressed in his favorite style vest - a gift from actor...more >

• FRED GETS ABORT BOOST

  By CARL CAMPANILE

  The nation's largest anti-abortion group is backing Fred Thompson for president, a much-needed boost in his quest for the Republican nomination. The National Right to Life Committee will...more >

• OFFICER INFILTRATED MY RECORDS: AIRMAN'S SUIT

  By STEFANIE COHEN

  An Air National Guardsman says his commanding officer violated his privacy by obtaining his domestic-violence records and using them to influence disciplinary proceedings against him, according to a...more >

• HILL IN A BILL SPLIT ON TRADE

  By GEOFF EARLE

  WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton will call for a "timeout" on new trade agreements if she gets elected president, distancing herself from her husband's free-trade policies. "...;more >

• RUDY: I'LL STILL WIN

  By CARL CAMPANILE

  Rudy Giuliani's campaign insisted yesterday that he could win the GOP nomination for president even if he loses the early voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. Campaign...more >

• DEADLY SEX PILLS

  AP

  LOS ANGELES - Herbal sex-pill alternatives pose a hidden danger for men on common heart and blood-pressure drugs: popping one could lead to a stroke, or even death. Many of the "...;more >

• 'I DIDN'T DO THIS': STEIN SUSPECT

  By AUSTIN FENNER and MURRAY WEISS

  The jailed personal assistant to Linda Stein insisted yesterday she's innocent of the bludgeoning death of the punk-rock-manager-turned-celebrity-Realtor - and that she's being treated as if...more >

• THE CURSE OF FUNNYCIDE

  JOCKEY'S KID IN DWI DEATH RAP

  By SELIM ALGAR and JOHN DaSILVA

  The allegedly boozed-up daughter of legendary jockey José Santos plowed her Mercedes into a Long Island grandmother over the weekend, killing the woman in yet another tragic twist to the...more >

• PREEMIE DEATH RISK

  Reuters

  CHICAGO - Babies born just a few weeks early are six times more likely to die in their first week of life than full-term babies and three times more likely to die before their first birthday...more >

• AXED MANN TEACH RIPS IVY RACE

  SAYS STRESS ROBBING KIDS

  By DENISE BUFFA

  The teacher who sued Riverdale's Horace Mann School, charging he was unjustly fired for writing a novel about the tony private school, says the pressure of getting into Ivy League institutions is...more >

• DOCS EYE KANYE MA'S 'SURGERY'

  AP

  An autopsy has been scheduled for the mother of singer Kanye West after preliminary information suggested she died of surgical complications, a coroner's investigator said yesterday. The kind...more >

• BLOOD BROTHERS

  FINN, PHILLY FIENDS LINKED

  By PATRICK WALTERS, AP

  PHILADELPHIA - A youth who admitted plotting a school attack near Philadelphia had chatted online about the Columbine massacre with a teenage outcast who killed eight people and himself in a...more >

• K-FED SEEKS TAPE OF BRIT'S NEW BOO-BOO

  By DAVID K. LI, POST WIRE SERVICES

  Pop-wreck Britney Spears supposedly ran a red light while driving with her two young sons - and now Kevin Federline's lawyer may try to subpoena online video of the infraction. A spokesman said...more >

• 'HE WANTS ME DEAD'

  COP'S WIVES DIE AND VANISH

  By ANDY SOLTIS

  The day she vanished without a trace, Drew Peterson's fourth wife told her family, "I fear for my life." Wife No. 3 - before her mysterious death - expressed the same terror. "...;more >

• SPAIN KING RIGHT TO ZING RUDE HUGO: POLS

  AP

  MADRID, Spain - The Spanish king was right to tell Hugo Chavez to "shut up" at a summit because the Venezuelan president had insulted Spain's former prime minister, the governing party...more >

• LONDON IS A HOTTER TICKET FOR PRODUCERS

  By ANDY GELLER

  The stagehand strike aside, there could be a lot of reasons to stage theater productions in London instead of Manhattan - and they all have to do with money. Because of differences in union...more >

• EX-SPY BASH

  Reuters

  MOSCOW - Russia honored Cold War-era Soviet double agent George Blake yesterday at a special gala marking his turning 85 years old on Sunday. Blake, reviled in Britain as a traitor to crown and...more >

• BRITS PLAYING MOTTO LOTTO

  Reuters

  LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is seeking a national motto, and readers of The Times of London have posted hundreds of suggestions on an Internet blog. "Great people, great...more >

• EBAY GETS CHEESY

  Reuters

  LONDON - Wedginald, a 44-pound chunk of English cheddar that's become a star by maturing live on the Internet, is up for auction on eBay. The big cheese has attracted 1.65 million hits on www...more >

• 'CRIMINAL' TO IGNORE WARMING, SAYS U.N. BIG

  AP

  VALENCIA, Spain - The United Nations' top climate official warned policymakers and scientists, as they try to finish a landmark report on climate change, that ignoring the urgency of global...more >

• HAMAS KILLS SIX IN GAZA

  AP

  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Hamas security forces opened fire yesterday at a rally by the rival Fatah movement commemorating the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Six people were killed in the...more >

• BHUTTO'S 'BUSTED'

  By ZARAR KHAN, AP

  LAHORE, Pakistan - Pakistani authorities placed opposition leader Benazir Bhutto under house arrest for the second time in four days to prevent her from staging a grand procession today to protest...more >