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Koppel son's OD verified
Legendary newsman Ted Koppel's son fatally overdosed from a staggering combination of booze, heroin, cocaine and Valium after a binge in Manhattan, the Medical Examiner's Office revealed yesterday. Andrew "Drew"...
Ted Koppel's son died from booze, drug OD
Legendary newsman Ted Koppel's son died from an overdose of a staggering combination of booze, heroin, cocaine and Valium, the Medical Examiner's Office revealed today. Andrew "Drew" Koppel, 40, was...
Homeland big is moving on
Thomas Donlon, the state's outgoing director of the Office of Homeland Security, has taken a position as worldwide security chief for a one of the country's powerhouse financial firms. Donlon...
ID theft ring on Staten Island steals from soldiers: authorities
A massive Staten Island-based ID theft ring ripped off more than $5 million from about 200 people, including 20 Fort Hood soldiers, said authorities who conducted raids Tuesday in Staten...
FBI: Mob fleeced seniors
A mob-linked Manhattan "boiler room" that swindled elderly people out of roughly $12 million since 2000 by fraudulently getting them to buy overly hyped stocks was raided yesterday by the...
'Trashed'-talking cop bounced from Met game
An apparently drunk off-duty NYPD cop was thrown out of a Met game at Citi Field by other officers when a group of fans complained that the police officer was...
NYPD cop tossed from Mets game for being too drunk and rowdy
He may not have been playing for the Mets, but an off-duty NYPD officer was tossed from the ballgame, anyway. A drunken Anthony Rodriguez, 26, was thrown out of Citi...
FBI raids alleged mob-linked NY boiler room
A mob-linked Manhattan “boiler room” that swindled elderly people out of about $12 million by getting them to buy a hyped-up stock was shut down today by the FBI. Federal...
Beware of sack rats: FBI
The bags might be empty, but the threat isn't. A new FBI report is warning federal, state and local law-enforcement agencies around the United States about a new Islamic terror...
Brave cop nailed wanna-be jihadists
A fresh-faced rookie cop with ties to New York and the Middle East was the undercover who eventually brought down a pair of would-be jihadists gunning for Americans. The NYPD...
Airport arrests take off
The airport is becoming the place where terrorists begin their trips to prison. Despite ample opportunity to bust Mohamed Alessa and Carlos Eduardo Almonte at their New Jersey homes, authorities...
Mounted cop clears hurdle
An NYPD internal inquiry has cleared the head of its Mounted Unit for euthanizing three retired police horses when he went to a Pennsylvania farm to transfer a herd of...
Kingpin's NYC turf
A fugitive Jamaican drug lord's criminal tentacles reached deep into Queens and The Bronx, where he ran an expansive drug- and gun-smuggling operation, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. Christopher "Dudus" Coke...
Manhattan financial adviser to celebs is charged with scamming clients
Kenneth Starr, a celebrity financial adviser to stars including actors Wesley Snipes and Sly Stallone, was charged today with carrying out a massive $30 million fraud on his clients --...
Coke lord 'deals'
Desperate to end the bloodbath on the streets of Kingston from four days of shootouts between Jamaican security forces and supporters of a fugitive drug lord, US officials are negotiating...
Cops furious at 'don't-kill' bill
City cops are livid over a legislative proposal that could handcuff the brave officers involved in life-and-death confrontations every day -- requiring them to shoot gun-wielding suspects in the arm...
Self-defense story gives subway stabber freedom
A 19-year-old Brooklyn man -- depicted as a crazed murderer after he fatally stabbed two rowdy riders on a downtown subway -- is set to be freed after a grand...
Subway stabber to be freed after grand jury hears self-defense account
A 19-year-old Brooklyn man — depicted as a crazed murderer after he fatally stabbed two rowdy riders on a downtown subway — will be freed after a grand jury heard...
Movie 'Gangster' wife's coke bust
Old habits apparently die hard. The ex-wife of infamous drug kingpin Frank Lucas -- whose murderous exploits inspired the movie "American Gangster" -- has been charged with conspiring to sell...
Ex-wife of 'American Gangster' Frank Lucas busted for selling drugs in Puerto Rico
The ex-wife of legendary drug kingpin Frank Lucas -- whose murderous exploits inspired the controversial movie "American Gangster" -- was busted yesterday for allegedly selling two kilos of cocaine to...