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For a long time, Sharon Philip pulled the lever for Charles Rangel without hesitation, confident that the longtime legislator was the right man for her and for Harlem.
But after years of wondering whether the cloud of suspicion hovering over his reputation would eventually dissipate, she has now reached the...

Charlie Rangel might have been New York's ultimate political insider, but his rise began a world away in the frozen hills of Korea.
There, the high-school dropout of lowly Army rank found himself at the helm of an all-black infantry unit surrounded by Chinese troops as US forces retreated...

The House members summoned to investigate Charlie Rangel repeatedly as sured the TV cameras yesterday they were filled with regret and sadness at their solemn duty against a colleague.
But reading the detailed charges they assembled against the New York Democrat left me with an entirely different set of emotions...

The mismanagement of burials at Arlington National Cemetery may have affected a staggering 6,600 graves of fallen soldiers and sailors, officials said yesterday, as the ousted superintendent of the hallowed grounds blamed budget cuts for the national disgrace.
"We know that the problems with graves at Arlington may be...

He resisted arrest during the Times Square Easter riot, giving one cop a concussion and another a sprained wrist as an illegal gravity knife tumbled out of his pocket in the tussle.
But yesterday -- despite Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr.'s initial tough talk on the rioters -- Manhattan...

Accused Russian smuggler Anna Fermanova went on a covert mission yesterday — to her mailbox.
Fermanova, who federal agents say tried to sneak night-vision gear into Russia, ducked out of the Plano, Texas, home where she’s under house arrest, and waved to photographers.
Decked out in skinny jeans, a Juicy...

WASHINGTON -- The House ethics panel threw the book at Rep. Charles Rangel yesterday, charging him with 13 violations, in an action that rocked the Capitol and set up a possible corruption trial in the midst of the election season.
The devastating charges, detailed in a 40-page report, are an...

WASHINGTON -- The serious ethics charges leveled yesterday against veteran Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel fired up Republicans and put solemn Democrats on the defensive.
Even long-supportive members of the New York Democratic delegation weren't pushing Rangel to seek re-election.
"It's certainly not a happy day," said Queens Rep...

Freewheeling food deliverymen are giving Upper West Siders indigestion, riding their bikes illegally on sidewalks and mowing down pedestrians who get in their way, residents griped yesterday.
"I've almost gotten hit a bunch of times. Out of nowhere they'll come flying," said Stewart Marvin, 50, a marketing consultant...

Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez is not only chasing his 600th home run -- but also money from leveraged buyout king Tom Hicks.
The bankrupt Texas Rangers owned by Hicks Sports Group did not put $40 million of players' deferred compensation into an escrow account, meaning former player A-Rod could be...

So much for demanding half of hedge-fund mogul Steve Cohen's $13 billion empire.
It turns out that Cohen's feisty ex-wife, Patricia, is willing to settle for just $2.75 million.
Five months after first suing the hedge fund billionaire for "a substantial, if not controlling," interest in his...

Unlike casino mogul Steve Wynn, Donald Trump supports new legislation that would legalize online gambling in the US, saying the Big Apple and other cities need the tax dollars.
"Why lose all those billions of revenue?" said Trump, who built Atlantic City's three showcase casinos into that city's...