MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett was in the hospital on Sunday after he was attacked by a person using a metal pipe as the mayor and his family left the Wisconsin State Fair. Barrett was in stable condition Sunday at a local hospital…

WASHINGTON — The government-run health insurance option favored by President Barack Obama is not essential to a healthcare overhaul as long as the final measure boosts competition, a top U.S. health official said Sunday. Health and Human…

The families of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan are being told to wait — sometimes two months — until their loved ones can be buried with full honors in Arlington National Cemetery. The hallowed memorial site, which handles up to 27…

The first family had a blast at Yellowstone National Park yesterday. President Obama, First Lady Michelle and the girls stopped off in Wyoming during a two-day visit out West. At 12:16 p.m., Old Faithful geyser shot its boiling steam into the…

Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps was ticketed for driving with an expired license and admitted he had had a beer when he was involved in an accident in Baltimore last week, cops said. Phelps, 24, was cleared, but will have to appear in court…

Michael Jackson’s mom, Katherine, has literally put her pop-star son on ice — in a freezer locker — where she secretly visits him, stunned family members revealed yesterday. Jackson’s body had been temporarily entombed in Motown biggie Berry…

A graduate student imprisoned for a month in Iran has returned to Los Angeles. Esha Momeni, 29, was held mainly in solitary confinement after conducting research on the Iranian women’s-rights movement for her thesis at California State University…

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on Saturday downplayed being questioned at a U.S. airport, saying it was part of a necessary but unfortunate procedure. Khan, one of the Indian film industry’s biggest stars, is in the U.S. to promote his new film…

Michael Jackson is on the rocks. The body of the late King of Pop is being kept in a freezer at Forest Lawn in Hollywood Hills, a family source told The Post. Jackson’s mother has made frequent visits to the chilled pop star. The delay in his…

DAVENPORT, Calif. — Thick, white smoke filled the air around Santa Cruz Saturday as firefighters battled a Northern California wildfire in steep, rugged terrain. The Lockheed Fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains has blackened close to 8 square…