MYSTERY MISHAP Lidle crash

• Lidle redux: Investigators are still trying to figure out whether Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle and friend (now identified as flight instructor Tyler Stanger) had mechanical failure or just tried to make too tight of a turn before crashing into the Belaire in Manhattan's Upper East Side. Meanwhile, Gov. George Pataki evokes 9/11 memories and proposes FAA restrictions to keep small planes from flying over the Hudson, but NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an avid private pilot, disagrees and leaves the skies open.

• Related: If Lidle was flying the plane, his widow might not get $1.5 million in insurance benefits.

• Buzz eases rehab for Mel: You know what helps having to face your family following a drunk driving bust and an impending career disaster? A drink, Mel Gibson tells Good Morning America's Diane Sawyer. "So I chased it down with a few cold ones."

• Karr's not-so-kiddie cocktails: Was JonBenet Ramsey not-killer John Mark Karr paid for a TV interview that may or may not run on the Today show? Was he fed drinks before sitting down for the taping that he was told was just a run-through? "Sources" say so.

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