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LOHAN A HIJACKETER

A Columbia co-ed wants to know how Lind say Lohan ended up wearing her $11,000 blond mink coat - and is demanding the "Mean Girl" pay for the im promptu rental. Masha Markova, 22, be lieved she had forever lost the prized jacket - a gift from...full story

APT. RENTS COULD SKYROCKET 9.5%

The Rent Guidelines Board last night approved a range of proposed rent hikes as high as 91/2 percent, virtually assuring that the final increases this year will be higher than in 2007. The board voted, 5-4, at a strangely subdued meeting to raise...full story

HILL TAKIN' IT TO 'THE STREET'

Hillary Rodham Clinton attacked the financial backbone of her home state when she told Indiana voters it's time to hit the "Wall Street money brokers" over the nationwide recession. Clinton leveled the comment - one of a series of increasingly...full story

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SLAIN RED SOX FAN CAUGHT IN RUNDOWN

Baseball's nastiest rivalry turned deadly when Red Sox fans yowled, "Yankees suck!" to a boozy Bomber backer - who ran down one of the hecklers with her car, authorities said. "It was all over words - just words," cried a sister of the...full story

UMA STALKER A STREET SLEEPER

This exclusive photo of Uma Thurman's accused stalker shows him spending what may be his last night of freedom - sleeping on a loading dock. As a Manhattan jury slept on the fate of 37-year-old Jack Jordan, the man accused of harassing the...full story

ISRAEL SCANDAL'S LI LINK

A Long Island mogul is at the center of a sensational bribery scandal that could bring down embattled Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, The Post has learned. Millionaire financier Morris Talansky - who runs an investment firm out of his tony home...full story

BELLE OF THE 'BALL' BUSTERS

If she wasn't lucky with her choice of outfit - eesh! - Anna Wintour had her stars lined up for the weather and the A-list talent who turned out for her Costume Institute Gala last night. Oh, and a little outfit called the Metro politan Museum...full story

HIS EVIL OBSESSION

AMSTETTEN, Austria - An Austrian man came up with the idea for a windowless warren under his apartment building years before locking his daughter in a cell secured by sophisticated electronics, locks and a half-ton door, authorities said yesterday...full story

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OLLIE FLOPS AGAIN

LOS ANGELES - A change of scenery didn't make one bit of difference for Oliver Perez. The Mets' erratic left-hander followed up his dreadful start at Shea Stadium last Wednesday with another eyesore here last night, giving up three home...full story

D'ANTONI, JOHNSON PUT TWIST IN KNICKS' SEARCH

By tomorrow, Knicks president Donnie Walsh will have interviewed Mike D'Antoni and Avery Johnson as his decision on whom to offer the coaching job of the moribund franchise takes shape. Walsh had a reservation last night at a Phoenix hotel and...full story

THE QUIET CAPTAIN

Derek Jeter will pass Mickey Mantle and Babe Ruth on the all-time Yankees hit list in the final year of Yankee Stadium. When the palace across the street debuts next season, Jeter will move past Lou Gehrig and become the all-time pinstriped hit...full story

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'I THOUGHT I WAS DONE'

SEAN Avery is thinking of the future now, but last Wednesday while lying in a bed in the Intensive Care Unit of St. Vincent's Hospital suffering internal bleeding from a lacerated spleen he'd sustained at the Garden hours earlier in Game 3...full story

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SUN SPOTS

BY encouraging (enthusiastically) Mike D'Antoni to seek gainful employment elsewhere (attempting to manipulate salary relief on $8.5 million obligation), the Suns have confirmed their coach is not invited back for the two years remaining on his...full story

Yankees

YANKS NOT GIVING UP ON SLUMPING GIAMBI

NO PLACE LIKE L.A. FOR TORRE

Mets

WILLIE: SHEA FANS A DRAG

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SUPER-SELLER

PETRA Nemcova , the supermodel who survived a tsunami by hanging onto a tree, has branched out into real estate. The Czech stunner is working with Aglow Properties to sell two apartments in the $25 million range, one at Fifth and 80th, the other on...full story

BARACK WINS FASHION PRIMARY

DESPITE his fracas with his irreverent reverend, Barack Obama is still in fashion with fashion arbiters. At the birthday of Vanity Fair's Amy Fine Collins, the guardian of the International Best Dressed List, social lioness Deeda Blair was...full story

CLUCKING PICKET

TROMA mogul Lloyd Kaufman got revenge against the Tribeca Film Festival this week by dressing as a chicken and picketing the Village East Cinema. Kaufman was costumed as Colonel Cluck, a character from "Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead,"...full story

FAST TRACKER

STACEY Bendet, the designer of alice+olivia, is expecting. The pixie "probably got pregnant the night she got engaged" to Michael Eisner's son, Eric, three months ago, a friend said. While the two were planning on getting married in Aspen some...full story

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BUNCH OF YAHOOS

Yahoo! shareholders, furious over the company's failure to seal a deal with Microsoft, are contemplating their next moves, including throwing out CEO Jerry Yang and the rest of the company's board. Several hedge funds with large positions...full story

M'SOFT'S BID FAILURE OPENS DOOR FOR GOOGLE

For advertisers, Microsoft's failed bid for Yahoo! not only dashed hopes for a viable competitor in the online ad space but also increased the chances of Google tightening its grip on the search market. Although it is expected to draw intense...full story

$NEAKING AROUND

Nike sneaker billionaire Philip Knight is leading the pack in the tycoon cash-out sweepstakes with a $1.05 billion windfall - made in just one month. The 70-year-old Nike founder has done hundreds of separate stock sales since mid-April, collecting...full story

HEATED INVESTORS GRILLING LAMPERT

Still red-faced from his flops at Sears and Kmart, billionaire investor Eddie Lampert got hit with more shareholder grumbling at yesterday's annual meeting, but couldn't offer much hope. A line of investors, including his sometime nemesis...full story

VIACOM IS 'MARVELING' AT SUMMER PROSPECTS

The summer is looking super for Viacom and Marvel Entertainment following a $100 million opening weekend at the US box office for "Iron Man," their new comic-adapted hero pic. For Viacom, "Iron Man" - a joint release from its Paramount Pictures...full story

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FORECLOSURE FIX

NEW York's foreclosure rate remains well below the national average. One in every 1,631 households here faced foreclosure in March, compared to one in 538 nationwide, reports RealtyTrac. But that good news may not last. New York's working-...full story

LABOR'S LOST LOVE

CONJURE up in your mind someone who's a blend of rising politician Barack Obama, serial philanderer Eliot Spitzer and roly-poly comedian Drew Carey - and an Englishman of a slightly old-fashioned "jolly good show, chaps" type. Such a paragon...full story

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MURRAY HILL

Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 1,025 Maintenance: $1,549 Everything in this penthouse co-op on East 27th Street has been renovated - "from soup to nuts." One thing that hasn't been touched: the "sweeping" city views. Plus, the building...full story

UPPER EAST SIDE

Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2½ Square feet: 1,562 Maintenance: $1,067 With "sun-splashed" city views and "a peek" at the East River, this co-op on East 60th Street is also notable for its "tranquil" bedrooms with "knockout" en suite designer baths...full story

PEEKSKILL, NY

Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 1½ Square feet: 2,400 The centerpiece of this 1929 Colonial is the "grand" living room, with a wood-burning fireplace and an adjoining den/office. There's also an outside entertaining space - supplemented by an...full story

MILLWOOD, NY

Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 3½ Square feet: 2,520 While 0.17 acres isn't a huge property, owning this home comes with access to Chappaqua schools, local shops, the train to the city and 22 miles of walking, biking and skating trails. A $290...full story

Horoscope all stories

Aries
You may respect age and experience in a person but you do not respect those who think they can throw their weight around. Anyone foolish enough to try over the next 24 hours is going to wish they had been a bit more circumspect. But they'll know...full story

Libra
By all means listen to both sides of a story before making a decision but remember that some people tell tall tales. If what a colleague tells you today does not sound quite right you must dig deeper. Almost certainly they have something to hide...full story

Taurus
You take life more seriously than most and with Pluto, planet of power, strong in your chart today you won't hesitate to get tough with someone who makes light of a situation that you feel is important. A touch of aggressiveness could be just...full story

Scorpio
Seek out people who know how to get the best out of life. Just by being around them you will find that some of their positive attitude rubs off on you. You don't have to live for the moment but you do have to realize that worry and fear are...full story

Gemini
You have never been a stickler for the rules and there is every likelihood you will take whatever shortcuts you think are necessary to get a job done today. Not everyone will be happy with the way you cut corners but, hey, if it's effective what...full story

Sagittarius
It does not matter how far behind you may be you can still get everything done - if you start now. You may be very good at planning but too often in the past reality has failed to live up to the promise. Be more dynamic as from today...full story

Cancer
At some point today you will have to trust someone who, to put it bluntly, you think is a scoundrel. If you give them a chance you may find they are more dependable than you imagined. All they needed was a chance to prove themselves...full story

Capricorn
Nothing is beyond you. Nothing is too much for you. Cosmic activity in your birth sign and in your fellow Earth sign of Taurus indicate that if you make an effort the results will be dramatic. The world is full of wonderful things just waiting for...full story

Leo
No matter how strongly attached you may be to certain routines they need to be changed. Today's rather intense-looking aspect between the Sun, your ruler, and Pluto, planet of power, will help you to sweep out the old and bring in the new...full story

Aquarius
You seem to be in one of those moods where you believe that if something can go wrong it will but that kind of attitude is self-fulfilling, so snap out of it. This may be a difficult time for you but most of the battle is inside your head...full story

Virgo
You won't hesitate to throw your weight around to get what it is you think you deserve. But even if others roll over and play dead today chances are they will be secretly resentful of your imperious attitude. Coercion never works as well as...full story

Pisces
Times are good and about to get even better but, of course, there will be those who want to burst your bubble. Don't let them. Make an effort to get out and about and be with people whose positive vibes inspire you to do more and do better...full story

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FASHION FOES FACE OFF AT THE MET

SUPER friends George Clooney and Julia Roberts had all the A-list clout they could muster - including honorary chair Giorgio Armani - but it wasn't enough to save last night's red carpet from the forces of evil. Or Anna Wintour.The Vogue...full story

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SCHERR OF HIMSELF

LOS ANGELES - A change of scenery didn't make one bit of difference for Oliver Perez. The Mets' erratic left-hander followed up his dreadful start at Shea Stadium last Wednesday with another eyesore here last night, giving up three home runs...full story

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Theater

MOZART'S FINALE

IT was the last of Mo zart's operas - com posed at the same time as "Die Zauberflote" - but "La Clemenza di Tito" ("The Clemency of Titus") is an odd bird. First, a bit of gossip: The 1791 commission, marking the coronation of the King of...full story

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Health

GOING DOWN, SCALE

WITH only two more weeks to go in The Post's Get Fit by Memorial Day Challenge, 15 participating staffers are closing in on losing nearly 100 pounds in total. Some folks, including yours truly, were MIA at the scale this week. In my case, I was...full story

MP FREES

Download these free MP3s now through Friday. * Anna Ternheim, "To Be Gone"Sweden's latest export might lean toward the lyrically melancholic, but she still manages to make her tunes charming. Ternheim plays Joe's Pub tomorrow and Bowery...full story

ABSURD TALE WITH UGANDAN DICTATOR IS 'IDI'-OTIC

FROM its cutesy, punning title to its absurd premise, David Grimm's new play "Steve & Idi" tries too hard for effect. This new comedy about a struggling playwright visited by the ghost of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin feels highly self-indulgent...full story

B'WAY'S MEAL TICKETS

THAT munching sound you hear on stage It's not actors chewing the scenery, but rather eating their props. Never has the phrase "dinner theater" seemed as apt as it has this season. Not only do sandwiches loom large in "The 39 Steps" and...full story

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Weird But True
A cheesy promotion has backfired. Papa John's Pizza yesterday issued an apology to Cleveland's NBA fans for distributing T-shirts labeling Cavalier superstar LeBron James a "crybaby." The shirts were handed out at a Cavalier-Wizards...full story

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BrooklynThis teen is wanted in connection with the slaying of an NYPD officer's son in Bushwick last week, police said yesterday. Andrew Campos, 18, allegedly stabbed 18-year-old Renato Scantlebury on Gates Avenue near Bushwick Avenue at 6 p.m...full story

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