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- Five people from one family killed in Chelsea fire
Five people from one family - including three children - were killed Saturday morning when a blaze engulfed their apartment in Chelsea, officials said. A 10-year-old boy was in very critical condition. - Chrysler & GM in merge talks
General Motors Corp. and Chrysler have held preliminary talks about a merger or an acquisition of Chrysler by GM, published reports say. - Cheatin' Pete - I'm a real 'idiot'
Peter Cook took to the tube Friday night, admitting he deserves to be in ex-wife Christie Brinkley's doghouse and calling himself cowardly and "an idiot.""I was a great father, a great husband," the architect told Barbara Walters. - Alaska inquiry finding: Sarah Palin abused power
Stephen Branchflower concluded in a report released Friday that Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin violated a state ethics law that prohibits public officials from using their office for personal gain. - Daisuke Matsuzaka keeps Tampa at Bay with 2-0 shutout in Game 1
The Rays may be this October's Cinderella story, but the Red Sox reminded their division rivals Friday night why they're still the reigning world champs. Boston marched into Tropicana Field and took home-field advantage away from Tampa Bay with a 2-0 win. - St. John's University priest accused of sending smut to 'teen'
A St. John's University chaplain was charged Friday with transmitting an obscene Webcam image of himself to someone he thought was a 13-year-old boy, police sources said. - Devils beat Rick DiPietro-less Islanders 2-1 in season opener
Friday night the Devils opened the season by setting a new tone in the Atlantic Division. The Devils got goals from Zach Parise and Patrik Elias to beat the Rick DiPietro-less Islanders, 2-1, in the season opener. - Rangers beat Chicago 4-2 in home opener at Garden
The fans and Rangers themselves, were only too happy to spread around the popularity to the new kids in the home opener. Wade Redden, Aaron Voros, Nikolai Zherdev put the game away in a 4-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks. - Skateboard slaying bust
A 16-year-old Queens boy was busted on manslaughter charges Friday for stabbing another teen to death after a fight over a skateboard, police said. - Kills sick wife & shoots self
A pistol-packing octogenarian marched into a New Jersey hospital Friday, shot dead his cancer-stricken wife and then tried to kill himself. - It's all in the name for Jets coach Eric Mangini
When Eric Mangini sat before Brett Favre this summer, the Jets head coach threw in one unexpected and unorthodox perk for the quarterback. Mangini told Favre he was was expecting their third son and that he wanted his son's middle name to be Brett. - Hawaiian Tropic ex-boss slams accusers
The lawyer for the accused Hawaiian Tropic Zone bad boy fired back Friday, asserting his client's innocence and threatening lawsuits against his accusers. Anthony Rakis, 40, "vehemently denies the horrific allegations made against him." - Bam's wife a terror hugger, too, Team McCain implies
A McCain campaign conference call Friday noted that Barack Obama's wife worked at a Chicago law firm "at the same time as Bernardine Dohrn," a '60s radical and the wife of ex-terrorist Bill Ayers. So did 1,800 other people back in 1987. - Brett Myers slugs, pitches Phillies to 8-5 win over Dodgers in Game 2
Despite a three-run homer by Manny Ramirez, Philadelphia outslugged Joe Torre's Dodgers, 8-5, to take a two-games-to-none lead in the best-of-seven NLCS. Brett Myers led Philly on the mound and with his bat. - Mike D'Antoni goes on defensive about coaching skills
Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni lashed out at his critics Friday, including his former boss with the Phoenix Suns, for questioning his ability - and what he considered D'Antoni's unwillingness - to coach defense. - Joe Torre story looking like Bronx tale
All the good luck, gone. Now Joe Torre is down two games to none, perched on the edge of an eighth straight October elimination and looking a lot like the shrugging apologist we got to know over the last few seasons in New York. - MTA seen near deal with union No talk of strike this time around
Top MTA and transit union officials have been holding secret negotiations to hammer out a contract months ahead of schedule - and without the usual rancor, the Daily News has learned. - Hurt Antonio Pierce: I'm playing on Monday
Antonio Pierce said he will play against the Cleveland Browns even though he's missed the last two days of practice with an injured quad. He's officially listed as questionable, although he's expected to practice Saturday. - Serb gov't gets first look at thug's crime files
U.S. officials have given Serbian prosecutors copies of documents in the criminal case of a towering fugitive wanted on charges he brutally assaulted a Brooklyn college student. - New 'Lauder clause' in Bloom bill blasted
A last-minute clause has been inserted into a controversial bill to extend term limits. The mayor's proposed law was amended to say that if the majority of voters in a 2010 referendum prefer it, the law will revert to two terms. - Foes rip South Park for sick Spielberg bit
"South Park" started its 12th season with a bang, accusing Steven Spielberg and George Lucas of exploiting the "Indiana Jones" franchise with last summer's "The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." - Warren Buffett moves to top of Forbes 400
The bear market has resulted in a change at the top of Forbes' list of the 400 richest Americans. - Jose Canseco detained at Mexican border in drug bust
Former baseball slugger and admitted steroid user Jose Canseco was detained for over nine hours at a San Diego Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility Thursday after border agents caught him trying to bring human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) across the border from Mexico. - Paulson endorses bank stock purchase plan
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says the administration will move ahead with a plan to buy stock in financial institutions. - Berlusconi retracts idea to suspend markets
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said political leaders are discussing the idea of closing the world's financial markets while they "rewrite the rules of international finance." - 'He was trying to get out of the holes,' says sis
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