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Prosecutors charged New York state Sen. Malcolm Smith, left, and Queens Councilman Dan Halloran yesterday with wire fraud and bribery in a scheme to impact the 2013 mayoral race. / WILLIAM ALATRISTE, GETTY IMAGES

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Huffington sued over trashing apt.

A documentary filmmaker is reportedly suing Arianna Huffington, on the grounds she “trashed” his Chelsea apartment while leasing it, according to AP reports.

The suit was apparently filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, and seeks $275,000 in damages.

Huffington has denied the allegations.

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Patsy’s opening up in Queens

Famed Harlem pizzeria Patsy’s is opening its first outer-borough location in Queens, the Daily News reported.

The head chef will be Robert Orrico, who frequented Patsy’s in his childhood. “I have such high regard for the name and the product,” Orrico said.

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“Regardless of the outcome of the criminal charges filed against Sen. Smith, he has lost the public trust and he should resign.”

Sen. Dan Squadron on allegations against Malcolm Smith

Red Hook library opens post-Sandy The Red Hook Library reopened for the first time today after six months of closure.

The library had been shuttered since Hurricane Sandy wrecked the Red Hood neighborhood.

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz was present to reopen the library, which is on Wolcott Street.

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Plot details emerge in mayoral bribery Corruption. N.Y. officials allegedly schemed to impact 2013 mayoral race.

Prosecutors charged New York state Sen. Malcolm Smith and Queens Councilman Dan Halloran yesterday with wire fraud and bribery, which could carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation said the alleged plots, which included cash handed over outside a Manhattan res-

Status symbol. Much coveted 212 area code may go nationwide Some New Yorkers are not happy about a petition by phone service provider Vonage that seeks to infringe on their iconic 212 area code, according to a report from the New York Post.

The Vonage petition to the Federal Communications Commission seeks to access unused 212

numbers for national use, which would sever the connection between area codes and geographic location.

Coveted 212 phone numbers generally only become available when users move or die, when businesses fail or when carriers go under.

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taurant on Valentine’s Day, were targeted toward Smith’s wishes to be the Republican candidate for mayor.

“Sen. Malcolm Smith tried to bribe his way to a shot at Gracie Mansion,” said Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.

“Councilman Halloran essentially quarterbacked that drive.”

The FBI accuses Halloran of receiving about $20,500 in bribes to be the intermediary between Smith and New York county Republican leaders.

During the scheming, 32,000 students

City to open dozens of new schools The city will open 78 schools in the fall, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced yesterday.

The mayor said the schools will open in September and span all boroughs.

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Halloran said, according to the FBI, “That’s politics. It’s all about how much. … You can’t do anything without the f— ing money.”

According to the documents, Smith said about the payments: “Let’s just say they screwed you and me and said, you know, ‘I’m not doing anything.’ … When you screw somebody over money like that … you’re looking over your shoulder all the rest of your life.”

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Others accused Details were released about others involved.

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Smith allegedly arranged for about $40,000 to be paid to Republican county leaders Vincent Tabone and Joseph Savino.

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Agents arrested the mayor and deputy mayor of Rockland County’s Village of Spring Valley, accusing them of receiving financial benefits for official acts.

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Jail. Upper East Side ‘pimp’ sentenced to 62 years in prison Donnell Baines, a purported pimp running a prostitution ring in the Upper East Side, was sentenced in Manhattan Supreme Court to 62 years in prison, the NY Post reported.

Baines insisted the women working for him were happy, pointing to the fact that they contin-

ued to return to him, despite allegations that he beat and raped them.

He kept at least four women, including a 16-year-old, in his East 77th Street home, but said he was only operating a Webcam pornography service, according to the Post.

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The Brooklyn home where Notorious B.I.G. got his chops is being sold.

Times are a-changing, Biggie.

“Call the crib, same number same ‘hood. It’s all good,” Biggie rhymed in one of his most popular songs, “Juicy.”

The ‘hood, though, is not quite the same.

What Notorious B.I.G. once referred to as his “one-room shack” is now being sold for $725,000.

Before he became one of music’s most loved rappers, Christopher

Wallace lived at 226 St. James Place, apartment 3L, in the Bed-Stuy area of Brooklyn.

That apartment is listed as a “three-bedroom plus den/office condominium” that was renovated years ago while preserving traditional styling.

New York magazine’s Daily Intelligencer asked listing agent Judith Lief if she knew the condo’s significance in music.

“You must be kidding,” she said. She added that she didn’t want the apartment’s past to affect its future and that “very lovable people” own the place now.

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Graveyard attack.

Woman assaulted in Queens cemetery Police are searching for a man who forced a woman into a Queens cemetery at knifepoint and raped her.

The suspect approached the victim, 41, near Corona Avenue at 4:45 a.m. Monday, police said. He displayed a knife and threatened to stab her.

He forced the woman into a nearby cemetery and raped her. The victim was treated at a hospital and released. The suspect is described as Hispanic and in his 20s with black hair.

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Subway crime

Politics. Lhota calls Quinn’s inspector general plan reckless

Republican mayoral candidate Joe Lhota has blasted City Council Speaker Christine Quinn’s plan to implement an NYPD inspector general, calling her actions “reckless and dangerous.”

Lhota, the former head of the MTA, said that an inspector general would “handcuff” the NYPD and called on Quinn to withdraw her support for the bill, The Daily News reports.

He told reporters that the NYPD has enough oversight, and adding an inspector general would be reckless behavior at a time when there has been an uptick in certain crimes in the city.

A spokesman for Quinn said Lhota does not know what he is talking about.

“The bill that the speaker supports will do nothing — not one thing — to limit the police department’s ability to

Woman robs sleeping man Police are searching for a woman who swiped a cellphone, watch and wallet from a man sleeping on a subway car in Brooklyn on Monday morning.

The incident occurred on the N train in Park Slope.

Police oversight City Council is mulling a bill to create an inspector general for the NYPD. •

Mayor Michael Bloomberg says that the move would be “disastrous.”

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Comptroller John Liu said he supported an inspector general, but later backtracked.

Bronx woman stabbed in the head in attack

do their job,” said Jamie McShane.

Lhota also said that he would not put a stop to the department’s controversial stop-and-frisk policy, but that police officers should have more training when it came to using the tactic.

Latino groups target Chuck Schumer

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Protesters rallied outside U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer’s office yesterday to voice their support for immigration reform and to highlight their disapproval of some of his political positions, such as the creation of a national ID card. / EMMANUEL DUNAND

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According to police, on March 15 the suspect stabbed a woman, 35, in Mott Haven. The woman was taken to the hospital for treatment.

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NRA funds proposal for armed guards School safety.

Under a proposal funded by the NRA, every U.S. school would have armed, trained personnel.

A study funded by the National Rifle Association released yesterday proposes that armed personnel be stationed in every U.S. school in response to December’s school massacre in Newtown, Conn.

The proposal of the National School Shield Task Force also includes security accords between schools and law enforcement, an online safety assessment tool for schools,

state safety standards and improved federal coordination for school safety.

Asa Hutchinson, the panel’s director, said having a trained and armed security officer or staff member in each school was a key element of the proposal.

“Obviously, we believe they will make a difference in the various layers that make up school safety,” Hutchinson, a former congressman, said at a news conference held under heavy security.

Security officers and staffers would need 40 to 60 hours of training that would cost $800 to $1,000 each.

The NRA paid $1 million for the 225-page study. REUTERS

Legislative The report’s deal recommendations said the NRA could develop and carry out armed personnel training. Given school funding shortfalls, the National School Shield program also could step inLegislative with NRA backing to leaders support safety programs. in Connecticut said panelthey also called onThe Monday had for adoption ofofathe modagreed to some eltoughest state law for armed gun regulaschool staffers and and a protions in the nation gram to to assess expected adopt threats them and support mental this week. health students.which Theofproposal, is expected to pass both houses of the state legislature this week, includes background checks for private gun sales and a ban on sales of high-capacity magazines. REUTERS

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UN approves first global arms trade treaty The 193-nation U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved yesterday the first-ever treaty on global arms trade that seeks to regulate the $70 billion

international business in conventional arms ranging from light weapons to battle tanks and warships.

There were 154 votes in favor, three against and 23 abstentions.

Iran, Syria and North Korea last week prevented a treaty-drafting conference at U.N. head-

quarters from reaching the required consensus to adopt the treaty. That left delegations that support it no choice but to turn to a General Assembly vote to adopt it.

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Terrorism. McCain: US wants to help fight al Qaeda in Mali

The United States will seek ways that it can assist French and African forces fighting al Qaedalinked rebels in Mali, U.S. Sen. John McCain said yesterday during a visit to the West African country.

France launched a military offensive in Mali in January against Islamist militants threatening the capital.

North Korea to restart its plutonium reactor

That drove the insurgents out of the towns they had already seized, but they have since hit back with both suicide attacks and guerrilla-style raids.

Western powers are concerned that Mali’s vast and lawless Saharan desert could become a launchpad for international militant attacks.

Nuclear threats.

KCNA: All civilian, military nuclear activities to resume.

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Barack Obama launches brain study initiative The White House unveiled details of a new initiative to study the human brain with the goal of creating effective treatments for Alzheimer’s disease and other

cognitive disorders.

Called the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative, the program aims to help researchers see how brain cells and neural circuits interact through technology that produces “dynamic pictures� of the brain. REUTERS

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Sorry Apple European states take Apology. gets respect in China aim at Google privacy after tabloid trial Data. EU regulators see policy as ‘high risk’ to user privacy.

Google says its approach to user data complies with the law.

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“Regulators in six states have begun the process of looking at penalties, and each must now act based on national law.”

Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, CNIL’s president, in an interview

European regulators moved a step closer to penalizing Google for the way it handles user data after the search engine giant refused to change its privacy policy.

France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Britain said yesterday they began a process to decide if Google’s policy introduced in March 2012 broke national laws.

Google consolidated 60 privacy policies into one last year and started combining data collected on individual users across its services, such as YouTube, Gmail and social network Google+. It gave users no means to opt out.

Twenty-nine European data protection regulators began a joint inquiry as a result.

The inquiry, led by the French privacy protection group CNIL, found in October that Google’s new policy posed a “high risk” to the privacy of individuals, although it stopped short of declaring it illegal.

The regulators gave Google until February to propose changes, but the search engine giant did not make any after a March 19 meeting with national regulators.

The six countries have the power to impose fines on Google, but each must go through a local inquiry to determine that a wrong had been committed under national law even after the European joint position published in October. REUTERS

With its rare apology, Apple Inc. went from pariah to praiseworthy in the eyes of China’s state-controlled media, a lesson for other foreign firms not to underestimate the speed and power of the government press.

After coming under near-daily media assault for the past two weeks and facing the threat of penalties from two Chinese government bureaus, Apple apologized to Chinese consumers on Monday for poor communication over its warranty policy and said it will change the terms for some of its iPhones sold in China.

The Chinese newspapers that threw brickbats at Apple a few days ago have since changed their tune.

The Foreign Ministry praised Apple for

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“The company’s apology letter has eased the situation, softening the tense relationship between Apple and the Chinese market.”

Global Times published by Communist Party mouthpiece the People’s Daily

“conscientiously” responding to consumers’ demands.

“We approve of what Apple said,” spokesman Hong Lei told reporters during a daily news briefing yesterday.

Only last week, the People’s Daily issued a scathing editorial on Apple’s return policy, saying the popular smartphone maker was filled with “unparalleled arrogance”. REUTERS

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Kirk to back gay marriage Sen. Mark Kirk announced yesterday that he supports gay marriage, suggesting a brush with death had helped shift his attitude as he became the second Republican to join dozens of Democratic senators who back homosexuals’ right to wed.

“When I climbed the Capitol steps in January, I promised myself that I would return to the Senate with an open mind and greater respect for others,” said Kirk, an Illinois senator and stroke victim. REUTERS

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Legal. Trump withdraws lawsuit against Bill Maher Donald Trump is withdrawing his lawsuit against television host and comedian Bill Maher seeking $5 million that Maher said he would give to charity, in a seemingly facetious offer, if Trump could prove he was not the son of an orangutan.

The lawsuit stems from comments Maher made during an appearance on NBC’s “The Tonight Show” in January in which he said an orangutan’s fur was the only thing in nature that matches Trump’s trademark hair. REUTERS

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Restructuring. Pope to review Vatican bureaucracy and scandal-ridden bank

Officials said the new pope might set up a committee to advise him on possible changes to the Vatican’s financial structure. GETTY IMAGES

Pope Francis, who has said he wants the Catholic Church to be a model of austerity and honesty, could restructure or even close the Vatican’s scandal-ridden bank as part of a broad review of its troubled bureaucracy, Vatican sources say.

Francis, who inherited a church mired in scandals over priests’ sexual abuse of children and the leak of confidential documents alleging corruption and infighting in the Vatican’s central administration, is mulling his options as he sets the tone for a reformed and humbler Holy See. One of the tests of his papacy will be what he does about the bank which has regularly damaged the Vatican’s image over three decades and faces growing calls for reform.

Last year a European anti-money laundering body found that the bank — formally called the Institute for Works of Religion and known by the Italian acronym

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A Vatican official who is not a prelate spoke on condition of anonymity

IOR — had failed to meet some of its standards on fighting financial crimes.

“Certainly if the pope wants to, he can close the IOR,” said a senior Vatican official, a prelate who has years of experience of directly dealing with the bank. The future of the IOR was one of main issues Francis would have to confront now that the whirlwind of his surprise election was slowing, he said.

Any significant reforms of the IOR would not come for some time and would probably be made after changes at the Secretariat of State, the central church department which was at the centre of a “Vatileaks” scandal that rocked the Holy See last year. REUTERS

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Shakespeare – tax dodger, profiteer He may be regarded as one of the finest exponents of the English language, but there was a darker side to William Shakespeare, according to new research.

He was a tax dodger and was threatened with

jail for hoarding crops during a severe shortage, according to academics at the University of Aberystwyth in Wales.

He was also accused of profiteering by selling hoarded food to neighbors at inflated prices during crop failures.

Lead researcher Dr. Jane Archer said that for a 15-year period Shakespeare bought and

hoarded grain, malt and barley, and sold them for inflated profits during times of shortage.

The research found that Shakespeare “pursued those who could not (or would not) pay him in full for these staples and used the profits to further his own money-lending activities.”

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Khloe Kardashian & Lamar Odom charity scandal

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Twitter feed Checking in with some of Hollywood’s biggest names to see what they’ve been up to — in their own words, in 140 characters or fewer.

Today, Neil Patrick Harris is on quite the adventure, Jim Carrey feels appreciated, and Lena Dunham is feeling the march of time. @ActuallyNPH: My b’day is 6/15. @Davidburtka threw a surprise party for me on Saturday -blown away. I’m now on some lengthy treasure hunt that is unreal! @JimCarrey: I get it. Your love for me is unconditional.

The message couldn’t be clearer! @lenadunham: Sad day.

Realized I’m old enough that my go-to April Fools “I’m Pregnant!” is no longer that disturbing.

On the spectrum of not good things, this ranks pretty much at the top: Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian’s charity for kids with cancer looks like it’s a scam. That’s right: They are fleecing kids with cancer. The only thing worse than swindling cancer-stricken children?

There is nothing worse.

(Maybe scamming orphans with AIDS and/or cancer, but really, that’s it.)

A new report by ESPN says that the charity, Cathy’s Kids, which started in 2004 in honor of Odom’s mother, has raised $2.2 million, but not one cent

has gone to cancer-related causes. Instead, it has gone to the charity’s executive, Jerry DeGregorio, who was the best man in Odom’s wedding, and two youth basketball teams. When approached by ESPN, Odom brushed off the allegations with, “It’s my money.”

Actually, nope. It’s not.

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Lohan jokes that she is pregnant Lindsay Lohan made a last-minute decision to stay in Brazil this week, making her way to the airport for a flight back to New York only to opt out of getting on the plane, according to E! News. She reportedly checked into the Emiliano Hotel.

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trip to NYC before heading to L.A. for the Coachella Music Festival and then 90 days of court-ordered rehab. Lohan also pulled an April Fools’ prank on Twitter, posting, “It’s official.

Pregnant...” and drawing shocked reactions. Maybe her fans didn’t realize it was a joke because, on the East Coast at least, it was no longer April 1.

Mayer zips his lips (for once)

5 John Mayer seems to have turned over a new leaf when it comes to dishing on exgirlfriends. In a recent interview with Ellen DeGeneres, he did not rise to her attempts to discuss his split from Katy Perry. “It was a very private relationship going in, it was a private relationship during and it’s a private relationship still,” Mayer said. “I’m on the same journey as everyone else. Coupling is a tricky thing.”

Berry, Martinez get in paparazzi fight

4 ‘Finding Dory’ to hit theaters in 2015 Nemo was found, but what about Dory, his funny and forgetful friend? It was announced yesterday that “Finding Dory” will be released in theaters on Nov. 25, 2015, by Pixar.

“I have waited for this day for a long, long, long, long, long, long time,” said Ellen DeGeneres, who voiced the blue tang fish in the original film,

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The script is fantastic.

And it has everything I loved about the first one: It’s got a lot of heart, it’s really funny, and the best part is — it’s got a lot more Dory.”

Halle Berry and fiance Olivier Martinez had a pretty rough homecoming after their Hawaiian vacation when Martinez got into a bit of a scuffle with paparazzi outside LAX, according to TMZ. Martinez allegedly kicked a photographer in the leg and wrist as he, Berry and Berry’s daughter Nahla attempted to exit the airport. Once Nahla was safely in their waiting SUV, Martinez reportedly stormed back to kick the photographer again before being pulled away

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The big business of dressing the baby bump

Is Kim Kardashian launching a new maternity leather line?

We wouldn’t be surprised. / CHRIS MCKAY, WIREIMAGE

Fashion. Never mind comfort — Kim Kardashian’s maternity wardrobe is an exercise in branding.

Just when you thought her maternity choices couldn’t look any more uncomfortable, Kim Kardashian went shopping in a body-con dress, its leather stretched to the absolute limit, and stilettos — an outfit that

would make even the average not-pregnant woman look like she’s trying too hard. But before we get into Mother Kimye’s pregnancy style, let’s establish these facts: 1. The Kardashians are unbeatable at the game of being famous for being famous.

2. The Kardashians have been known to mine their personal lives for reality TV and publicity in general.

3. Kim is a Kardashian.

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Uniqlo’s Truck Shop

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that leather. The tighter the squeeze around Kim’s bump and the higher the heels, the more we talk about it. It’s a pop culture moment that advances the plotline of Kim’s celebrity as clearly as an episode of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians.”

The average pregnant woman dresses for comfort. But now, the average famous pregnant woman dresses strategically, as the bump becomes another opportunity for personal branding (Jessica Simpson), record sales (Beyonce)

and public obsession (Miranda Kerr). Yes, Kim claims that flats hurt her back and that heels are the most comfortable shoe for her. But the tape wrapped around her feet says otherwise. It’s not hard to imagine the ways she’ll push this idea further as her final trimester approaches.

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Robinson Cano is just the first athlete to join Jay-Z’s Roc Nation group.

He will be far from the last to want to jump on the bandwagon with the marketing maven/rap genius. A host of names are already being floated as the next to join. Metro takes a look at a couple possibilities: •

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Cano, Jay-Z join forces in Roc Nation agency MLB. The Yankees second baseman has ditched his agent to join Sean Carter’s empire.

Victor Cruz, Giants The most-mentioned name as the next client to jump aboard Roc Nation is Giants wide receiver, and restricted free agent, Victor Cruz.

The Pro Bowl receiver just signed with CAA, making a switch to Jay-Z’s wing a natural choice.

Alex Rodriguez, Yankees Who better to rehabilitate your image than Jay-Z? Rodriguez already had a messy divorce from Scott Boras and does have a relationship with Jay-Z, including partnering up for charity work.

Robinson Cano has traded in the ultimate deal-maker for the ultimate in star power.

Cano has fired power agent Scott Boras and will join Jay-Z’s new agency, Roc Nation. He is the first athlete to join the agency group, a part of Creative Artists Agency. Rapper JayZ will handle Cano’s marketing while CAA agents

will likely handle contract negotiations.

“At this point in my career, I am ready to take a more active role in my endeavors on and off the field,” Cano said in a statement. “I am confident that the pairing of Roc Nation Sports and CAA Sports will be essential in helping me accomplish my short- and long-term goals.”

Cano is in the final year of a six-year, $57 million contract, and extension talks had stalled prior to the start of the season.

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Robinson Cano is the face of Jay-Z’s new sports agency group.

“Because of my love of sports, it was a natural progression to form a company where we can help top athletes in various sports.”

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Jagr goes to Bruins

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Yankee fans can rejoice Yesterday was a great day for Yankees fans. No one signs with Brooklyn’s finest to go join the Kansas City Royals.

The protracted contract talks between Robinson Cano and the Yankees just got simpler for general manager Brian Cashman and managing partner Hal Steinbrenner.

There is no chance Cano, Jay-Z’s newest client, signs with another team after yesterday’s news.

Don’t worry, the AllStar second baseman will still get enough money to buy a plum penthouse right next to Jay and Bey if he wants, but don’t try to spin Cano and Jay-Z’s partnership as anything other than a blockbuster win for the Yankees.

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team, giving the old cliche “we’ll see” after news of the deal broke early yesterday. Don’t be fooled, though — Cashman would’ve been doing cartwheels if not for his surgically repaired right ankle.

Cano was reportedly looking for a 10-year, $200 million deal in line with those signed by Albert Pujols and Joey Votto last year. Or at least Scott Boras was. Giving

blowhard Boras the axe was a clear sign Cano wasn’t interested in playing for $20 million a year in Arizona or Milwaukee.

Players for the Brewers don’t sign multimilliondollar deals with Ford.

All Cano has to do is ask his fellow double-play partner Derek Jeter.

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The ageless Jaromir Jagr has been traded to the Bruins. Jagr, 41, made his debut in 1990 and yet was still a hot commodity on the NHL trade market. Jagr signed with the Stars this offseason after spending 2011-12 with the Flyers. He had 14 goals and 12 assists in 34 games with the Stars. The trade deadline comes today at 4 p.m.

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