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Teen suicide caught on webcam

Authorities say a South Florida teen committed suicide in front of a live online webcam audience after blogging about his plan to kill himself.

Obama taps New Yorker Timothy Geithner for Treasury Sec.

President-elect Barack Obama is likely to name Federal Reserve Governor Timothy Geithner as treasury secretary next week.

Mayor's approval rating drops to 3-year low

Mayor Bloomberg's approval rating has dropped to its lowest point in three years - a 9% nose dive that shows New Yorkers are angry with his change in term limits and plan to raise taxes on homeowners.

Mukasey leaves hospital, heads straight to office

See you this afternoon, Attorney General Michael Mukasey reassured Justice Department employees this morning from his hospital bed after collapsing during a speech Thursday night.

Poor GM is down to only three private jets

Struggling General Motors grounded two private jets Friday after angry senators ripped CEO Rick Wagoner for flying one to Washington to beg for a bailout. The decision came just before a last-minute Wall Street rally.

State pols pull U-turn on budget

Under fire for doing nothing to address the state's budget crisis, the Senate Friday said it will return in mid-December to take action. Senate Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos said he is calling his house back on Dec. 15.

Mom who lost hands & feet 'so happy to be out' of hosp

A Brooklyn mom was released Friday from the hospital where, she says, a medical bungle turned her into a quadruple amputee. Tabitha Mullings is suing Brooklyn Hospital Center for failing to treat an infection that developed into sepsis.

1.3 million would suffer under MTA's plan

More than 1.3 million bus and subway riders will endure longer trips if the MTA's planned litany of service cuts - eliminating two subway lines, halving two others and axing more than two dozen weekend bus routes - goes into effect.

Ex-Hillary aide could take over as senator

Leecia Eve, a former aide to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, is the latest name to surface as a possible replacement if her ex-boss becomes secretary of state. Multiple sources say Eve entered the mix in the last two days.

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• Verizon workers snuck peek Obama's cell phone records
• Good Samaritans smother trucker's flames after truck catches fire on New Jersey Turnpike
• Galley owner peddled forgeries, DA sez
• Judge OKs shard evidence in actor's Bx. murder trial
• NYPD battles Justice Dept. on terror suspect surveillance
• Barbara Kogan, widow of millionaire, charged in husband's murder
• 1st kids heading to Chelsea alma mater
• Queens man plans MTA boycott
• United Nations approves sanctions on Somali pirates