Howard Stern sidekick Artie Lange has been released from the Jersey City hospital where he has been recovering from a suicide attempt last weekend. The troubled comedian stabbed himself nine times in his Hoboken, NJ, apartment before his mother discovered his bloodied body and called 911 early last Saturday.

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A source close to Artie Lange’s management team has revealed that the Howard Stern funnyman was admitted to New Jersey hospitall last Saturday after he tried to take his own life.

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Where in the world is Artie Lange? Acid-tongued radio personality Howard Stern is speaking out about his ailing sidekick, Artie Lange, who was rushed to a New Jersey hospital after falling ill over the weekend. Lange has been absent from Sirius XM’s The Howard Stern Show since early December and cancelled a New Year’s Eve engagement along with several other stand-up performances.

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Drug-addled comedian Artie Lange has been hospitalized in New Jersey.

Lange — a Howard Stern sidekick with a history of substance abuse issues and DUI arrests — was rushed to a hospital just outside New York City for undisclosed reasons early Saturday.

“I can confirm that Artie is in the hospital. Artie has chosen to keep all information on this matter between him and his doctor. There will be no further comment,” a rep for Lange said over the weekend.

Lange took a leave of absence from Stern’s Sirius-XM radio program in the days leading up to the show’s two-week holiday break last month. He also cancelled several stand-up gigs in recent weeks, including a New Year’s Eve engagement.The Howard Stern Show is scheduled to return live on Monday.

Have we heard the last of Howard Stern? The Private Parts author has hosted The Howard Stern Show on Sirius XM since 2006, but it could all end in 2010. Sirius XM Radio is threatening to take a massive chunk out of the controversial shock jock’s annual salary — and Howard is not afraid to turn in his letter of resignation and quit that b!tch if Sirius gets serious about slicing away at his finances…..

Stern, 55, is threatening to quit Sirius XM Radio Inc. as he and the cash-strapped satellite radio provider enter negotiations during the final year of his $500 million, five-year contract, The Associated Press reported Monday.

Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin says he’ll work hard to keep Stern. But with Sirius looking to cut costs, the potty-mouthed on-air personality might get a less lucrative deal.