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Today's Top Stories Monday, December 10, 2012 Sultry singer Jenni Rivera perishes in plane crash Authorities in Mexico say the wreckage of a small plane believed to be carrying singing superstar Jenni Rivera has been found and there are no apparent survivors. She was 43 years old. LUPICA: Room for Weiner in mayoral race It is pretty much official already that the city’s mayoral campaign is going to be something for which you could sell tickets; the entertainment potential is that high. You look at the field right now and think the only thing that could make it better is if Anthony Weiner got back into it. Colorado doctor rescued by U.S., Afghan forces after Taliban capture A Colorado doctor held by the Taliban for almost five days was rescued Sunday in an early-morning operation, according to U.S. military officials. First of the month already? Lindsay Lohan's having rent issues Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan’s finances are in such a shambles she can barely pay the rent on her mansion, according to a report.

News

• This is democracy? Egypt bans protests outside presidential palace as Islamists and secularists wage bloody street battle • Teachers did this?! Blind 6-year-old boy dragged through school by ankles, teachers face charges • Toddler born with liver, intestines OUTSIDE her body leaves hospital after 850 days • Missouri couple's dog brings home bizarre find - an alligator's head • 'He attacked me first': Fiend suspected of shoving straphanger in front of oncoming train charged with murder, but blames victim • Jenni Rivera, Mexican-American singer, killed in plane crash in northern Mexico

Crime

•	Ore. police capture two boys sought in carjacking

•	Police gun down man after he flashes BB gun

•	Traffic cop had pot, gun

•	Giant NYPD hero Kevin Brennan lives, thrives

•	A year of danger for NYPD officers

•	Elizabeth Johnson sentenced in Baby Gabriel case

Editors Picks  

Elin Nordegren, Tiger Woods' ex, gets vexed It must be hard for Elin Nordegren to decide what’s worse: being known as the wife Tiger Woods cheated on more times that you can shake a gold club at — or not being noticed at all.

Jenni Rivera, Mexican-American singer, killed in plane crash in northern Mexico Authorities in Mexico say the wreckage of a small plane believed to be carrying singing superstar Jenni Rivera has been found and there are no apparent survivors.

Class distinctions In a step well worth close watching, an elementary school in a rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhood will reserve 30% of its seats for poor children and English language learners.

Ordered for the court To squeeze big-dollar election campaigning out of the judiciary, the state Constitution empowers Gov. Cuomo to appoint judges to the state’s top court. He must pick from candidates selected by a special panel.

Masters of deception The Independence Party boasts of drawing the allegiance of hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers who find the party an attractive alternative to the Democratic and Republican folds.

End the war on marijuana, NYPD Kohler-Hausmann: States across the country are liberalizing marijuana laws — or, in the case of Washington and Colorado, largely legalizing the drug. But here in New York City, marijuana arrests have persistently outnumbered arrests for any other crime in recent years.

Be Our Guest: Hurricane victims need government help When Hurricane Sandy slammed into New York City a month and a half ago, one longtime Gerritsen Beach couple nearly lost it all: their car was washed away, their home sustained severe damage and, adding insult to injury, bureaucratic red tape and delayed responses left their family without heat, hot water or electricity for weeks and relying on a local relief center for food and other basic necessities.

Tracks of our fears For every subway horror, there’s an act of subway courage — actually, in this city, above and below, the good far outweighs the bad.