Nokia confirms acquisition failing French telecom company

Nokia confirmed Wednesday it is acquiring the ailing French telecom company Alcatel-Lucent through a public exchange offer in France and the United States, in a bid to become a leading global networks operator. The Finnish company said the all-share...

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Rape victim flies 3,000 miles to testify against ex-Goldman exec

A tearful Irish woman flew 3,000 to testify against a former Goldman Sachs banker who she says raped her in the Hamptons. The woman said former managing director Jason Lee attacked her in the bathroom of his East Hampton rental during a night of partying...

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Bipartisan agreement leads to change in doctors’ Medicare fees

Legislation permanently overhauling how Medicare pays physicians won approval Tuesday from an atypically united Congress as lawmakers banded together to erase an irritant that has dogged them for years. Adding urgency to legislators' work, the measure...

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Google facing antitrust showdown in Europe

European regulators are poised to file a complaint alleging Google has been abusing its dominance in Internet search to thwart competition and innovation, according to memo that the company sent to its employees Tuesday. Kent Walker, Google's general...

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Somber remembrance will mark 2 years since marathon bombing

BOSTON (AP) — Boston will mark the second anniversary of the 2013 marathon bombings Wednesday with a subdued remembrance that includes a moment of silence, the pealing of church bells and a call for kindness. Mayor Marty Walsh and other officials will...

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Pregnant Brooklyn woman among Americans trapped in Yemen

A pregnant Brooklyn woman is among at least 400 American citizens trapped in Yemen amid a US-backed bombing campaign. The 24-year-old woman, identified only as Saffa, is holed up with her new husband, their two kittens and two huskies, according to...

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Brooklyn rep pushes bill to overhaul music royalties

Congress is finally facing the music. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-Brooklyn/Manhattan) is pushing a bill that would overhaul the way authors, performers and record labels are paid for songs streamed online, and end the partial free ride enjoyed by traditional...

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De Blasio’s Hillary diss leaves Democrats, Clintons fuming

He's Benedict Bill. Democratic leaders are fuming after Mayor de Blasio turned his back on mentor and megasupporter Hillary Rodham Clinton by not endorsing her presidential bid. A party source told The Post on Monday that Hizzoner has rankled the top...

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Woman attacked, raped in bathroom of Gramercy bar

A 23-year-old woman was raped in the bathroom of a Gramercy bar, where a man grabbed her by the throat, forced her into a stall and attacked her, cops said. The victim entered the woman's restroom of the Turnmill Bar on East 27th Street at around 7:45...

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The Lincoln assassination: A haunting look back

The Lincoln assassination: A haunting look back | New York Post Sign in / Register Sign Out See something newsworthy?Tell us about it!or email tips@nypost.com(all tips will be submitted anonymously) Then-President...

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Mark-Viverito pushes plan to hire 1,000 more cops

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito on Sunday unveiled new details about her plan to hire 1,000 cops — while Mayor de Blasio continued to insist that the police force is fine "in its current state." "We need to increase the overall headcount...

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‘The Fault In Our Stars’ wins big at MTV Movie Awards

LOS ANGELES — Vin Diesel sang, Channing Tatum danced and Zac Efron showed off his toned abs yet again as the best shirtless winner for the second year in a row at Sunday's MTV Movie Awards. "This is definitely not the Oscars," said "22 Jump Street"...

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Celebrity tattoos and the danger of regret

What are these illustrated exhibitionists thinking? Lena Dunham's body is a human canvas, scrawled with seven big and small tattoos, making her resemble a zaftig prison inmate. With an estimated 17 tats inscribed on her porcelain skin, Angelina Jolie...

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Slain Walter Scott struggled to be a better dad

When I interviewed Walter Scott for a story about deadbeat dads in 2003, he talked about his struggle to support his kids — the same issue that haunted him the day he died in South Carolina a week ago. Scott is believed to have fled a police officer...

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The best subway lines for finding a seat on your morning commute

Park Slope, Bay Ridge, the Upper West Side and Forest Hills are the best neighborhoods to move to if you want to get a subway seat during the a.m. rush hour, transit data show. As long as you're willing to ride the local. New York's subway system has...

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Government logic: Spending $28M to create 76 jobs

You've seen Andrew Cuomo's TV commercials, the ones that say, "The new New York is open. Open to innovation. Open to ambition. Open to bold ideas." The spot is promoting the Start-Up NY program. Now the results are starting to come in: 76 jobs so far....

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War against ISIS shows limits of drones

Why not just send in the drones? That seems the easy solution against the Islamic State, which has the capacity to shoot down jet aircraft and is vicious enough to burn captured pilots alive. Yet as of March 31, only a handful of the more than 5,500...

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JFK made Garland sing ‘Over the Rainbow’ every time she called

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Saudi role in 9/11 being whitewashed by FBI

Just 15 days before the 9/11 attacks, a well-connected Saudi family suddenly abandoned their luxury home in Sarasota, Fla., leaving behind jewelry, clothes, opulent furniture, a driveway full of cars — including a brand new Chrysler PT Cruiser — and...

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City Democrats rally to raise money for Hillary Clinton

The local wing of Ready for Hillary sipped $10 Ceiling Breaker cocktails made with tequila, strawberry and lime juice at its final fund-raiser Saturday in anticipation of Clinton's presidential announcement. Over 200 attended the event at SouthWest...

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Mickelson charging but still has long way to go to catch Spieth

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Well, look who snuck up the Masters leaderboard with a late-afternoon charge Friday. Phil Mickelson, a three-time winner of the Green Jacket, had been left for irrelevance before a back-nine 32 pulled him to 6-under for the tournament,...

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Wizards’ John Wall: Players voting on MVP award a bad idea

A representative for the National Basketball Players Association was on hand Friday morning at Barclays Center to collect the first annual Players Choice award ballots from the Wizards, who held a shootaround at the arena ahead of their 117-80 loss to...

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Big Papi homers after saying Yankees-Red Sox rivalry all but dead

Hours after David Ortiz all but called the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry dead, the Boston slugger did his best to add some life to it. Ortiz hit a long homer to right-center off Esmil Rogers in the top of the 16th to give the Red Sox the lead — briefly —...

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Jets reach deal with another veteran linebacker

The Jets are going back to the linebacker well in free agency yet again, agreeing to terms with Joe Mays, a former Chief, on Friday. Mays, an inside linebacker in Kansas City, is the third veteran linebacker in the past two weeks to land with the Jets...

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A-Rod’s swinging a hot bat but Girardi likely to give him day off

If the main reason you are going to Yankee Stadium on Saturday is to watch the Yankees' best hitter, you might want to call an audible. With the Red Sox starting right-hander Joe Kelly and Alex Rodriguez having played four games in five days there is...

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On-duty cop hit by cab while crossing the street

A police officer was hit by a livery cab while crossing a street in Brooklyn early Friday morning, authorities said. The female officer was in front of 295 Ocean Parkway when a car struck her just before 1:30 a.m., according to authorities. Officials...

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