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Today's Top Stories Saturday, December 08, 2012 DREAMING OF A WHITE HOUSE CHRISTMAS: See the towering trees First Families have celebrated with over the years The halls of the White House get seriously decked out! Check out these First Families and towering Christmas trees that have filled the White House over the years for the holiday season ... 'You can’t ever, ever, ever watch somebody die!' Tiny Brooklyn women pulls two strangers from Bowling Green station death trap Tiny Doreen Winkler miraculously helped yank two men from the path of an oncoming subway train after things went bad for a good Samaritan in the Bowling Green subway station. Obama proposes $60 billion aid for New York, New Jersey Sandy recovery President Obama on Friday proposed $60.4 billion in federal aid to help storm-battered New York and New Jersey recover and rebuild from superstorm Sandy.The package is short of the $82 billion that both states had requested, but it’s better than the $50 billion package that the White House suggested the President might propose. California-based Fatburger chain to open 10 restaurants in New York and create up to 300 jobs Fatburger is aiming to throw its weight around New York City, setting up its first shop here this spring in Manhattan's Murry Hill section and opening a total of 10 restaurants in the next few years.

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 • Billionaire grocer mulls mayoral run

Crime

•	Jurors split on sexual assault trial of Hasidic counselor

•	Alaska serial killer

•	Twins buried a man in concrete, stole his card collection

•	Cops seek subway rub creep

•	Lawyer: McAfee better, hopes to stay in Guatemala

•	Two detained in French terror probe released

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In Miami, the party is a work of art Miami is putting the “art” in party. The biggest soap opera in town revolves around 26-year-old art dealer Vito Schnabel.

Obama makes good President Obama came through for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut by committing to ask Congress for $60.4 billion in superstorm Sandy relief funding.

A very unhappy birthday There was joyous celebration in Gaza on Friday as the long-exiled leader of Hamas, Khaled Meshal, entered the territory for the first time as Palestinians marked the terror group’s 25th anniversary.

Dec. 8: Christmas shows, MTA fare hearings and subway survival Manhattan: We agree with “No-show nobodies” (editorial, Dec. 2) that Metropolitan Transportation Authority board members should hear in person from riders who take the time to testify on the proposed fare increases.

Billionaire grocer mulls mayoral run IF MTA Chairman Joe Lhota wants to be mayor, he may have to take on a billionaire first.

Mighty Quinn: December 8 The quote of the week comes from Eric Hartsburg of Michigan City, Ind., who had the Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan campaign logo (red-and-blue “R”) tattooed onto his face “to make politics fun” and now says it’s time for it to come off. Hartsburg says a Republican supporter paid him $15,000 to get the tattoo and keep it until at least the election was over: