July 19, 2008
SHANNEN DOHERTY BACK IN `90210' 'HOOD THIS FALL
July 19, 2008 | 11:05pm-- Brenda Walsh is coming back to "Beverly Hills 90210," and she's arriving in style. Shannen Doherty will reprise her role as Walsh in CW's new version of the 1990-2000...
It's the Dark Knight Curse
July 19, 2008 | 8:54pmHow good is the new Batman movie "The Dark Knight." The Tracker proposes you ask a Red Sox fan, because they may know better than most. Image you are a...
Game 98: Mets at Reds
July 19, 2008 | 7:35pmThe scuffling (just kidding) Mets look to end this one-game losing streak tonight in Cincinnati when Oliver Perez (pictured) takes on the Reds at Great American Ballpark. Here's Jerry Manuel's...
Box Office: 'The Dark Knight' Rewriting the History Books
July 19, 2008 | 2:23pmBox office experts are preparing to eat crow. Based on preliminary Friday numbers, Steve Mason at Fantasy Moguls says "The Dark Night'' sold $66 million worth of tickets, far surpassing...
NET-ROOT OF THE PROBLEM
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amTHE ISSUE: The left-wing activists and bloggers' response to Sen. Barack Obama's FISA stance. I could not agree more with Kirsten Powers regarding the "Net-Roots Ninnies" (PostOpinion, July 14) -...
OBAMA AND TERRORISTS: BOTH RIPE FOR A LESSON
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amMichelle Malkin hits the bullseye again ("Why 'Kumbaya' Can't Fight Terror," PostOpinion, July 16). Our leadership is so concerned about staying within the bounds of political correctness, it can no...
A THUG'S WELCOME
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amA COUNTRY'S heroes are a reflection of its people's values. So what does it say that Lebanon gave a hero's welcome to Samir Kuntar this week? Kuntar has been in...
A DUBIOUS MISSION TALKING TO IRAN - YET AGAIN
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amIN the past few days, those who think President Bush can do nothing right have exhausted the thesaurus in search of adjectives to label his decision to send an emissary...
AL QAEDA'S MARKET CRASH
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amIF you think the US markets have problems, look at the value of al Qaeda shares throughout the Muslim world: A high-flying political equity just a few years ago, its...
BAM BUDDIES UP TO BUSINESS BIGS
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amSEN. Barack Obama has been meeting secretly with heavy-industry CEOs in Washington to discuss is sues that he would face as president. On the campaign trail, Obama has been highly...
QAEDA PLOT TO DOWN W.
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amSix Arabs under arrest in Israel are members of an al Qaeda cell that planned to shoot down President Bush's helicopter when he visited Jerusalem in May, Israeli authorities said....
LOTTERY
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amNEW YORK Midday Nos. Fri.: 538; Lucky Sum: 16 / Midday Win-4 Fri.: 0781; Lucky Sum: 16 / Evening Nos. Fri: 871; Lucky Sum: 16 / Evening Win-4 Fri.: 2861;...
PAIN-IN-NECK MCMAHON SUES
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amLOS ANGELES - Heeeeeere's a lawsuit! Ed McMahon, the long-time sidekick to legendary Tonight Show host Johnny Carson, sued Cedars-Sinai Medical Center yesterday, claiming its doctors failed to diagnose his...
DEAL GIVES K-FED FULL CUSTODY OF TART'S TOTS
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amK-Fed will land $20,000 a month in child support - and full custody of his two kids with Britney Spears - under a deal struck by both sides yesterday. In...
SIMON'S TICKED AT CLOCK FIRM
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amA Japanese clockmaker is in "troubled water" for ripping off one of Paul Simon's biggest hits as a tune for its timepieces. The singer/songwriter is suing Rhythm Watch Co. Ltd....
MAC TATTLES ON O'S SECRET TRIP TO IRAQ
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amAs Barack Obama prepares to depart on a weeklong world tour, John McCain blew the lid off the secrecy surrounding his high-security trip to Iraq - revealing that his Democratic...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amBrooklyn Cops responding to a 911 call shortly after 5:30 p.m. Thursday found a 44-year-old man slumped on the ground on Sterling Place near Rochester Avenue. He had been shot...
MONEY WAR OVER NEW VOTING MACHINES IS 'TOUCH' AND GO
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amA war is brewing between City Hall and the Board of Elections over compliance with a federal court order to install more than 1,000 new electronic voting machines in time...
GO PROBE THE APTS.: RANGEL
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amEmbattled Rep. Charles Rangel said last night he may ask the House Ethics Committee to look at his three rent-stabilized apartments in Harlem. Rangel's statement came a day after he...
JETS JOIN 'LICENSE' TO STEAL
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amGang Green fans are about to feel as blue as their Giants counterparts. A Jets spokesman told The Post yesterday that season-ticket holders will be slapped with the same personal...
PATERSON SOUNDS ALARM ON STATE TAX-SHORTFALL
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amALBANY - Gov. Paterson warned yesterday that grim news showing a sharp drop in state business tax collections was further proof that New York faces "enormous fiscal challenges in the...
LAP-DANCE 'BORDELLO'
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amSex with a porn star? $5,000. Cocaine? Negotiable with the "house dealer." Booze and Viagra? Bring your own. The cold-cuts buffet? Gratis. Lawyers and Wall Streeters could get pretty much...
BEACH TRAGEDY
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amRescuers were frantically searching last night for a high-school basketball star who disappeared in the rough surf off Rockaway Beach as her friend was miraculously plucked from the water. Just...
WILLIE 'PERKS' UP
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amSalsa legend Willie Colon is singing a happy tune these days since he got to keep his official parking placard while scores of others were yanked this year in City...
NO BEEF ON MCD'S CALORIE COUNT
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amKnowing a Big Mac has 540 calories, some of Mickey D's customers say, does not make the two all-beef patties any less tasty. McDonald's had been one of the few...
$1M PILE OF DEBT ADDS TO SLAY TANGLE
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amThe missing $180,000 at the heart of the investigation into the slaying of husband-and-wife attorneys was just part of their deep entanglement with a shady business partner, a lawyer close...
'BLUE PIG' EVEN BIGGER HOG: DA
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amThe Brooklyn Heights restaurateur busted on charges he ran thousands of dollars in bogus credit-card transactions may have ripped off many more victims, prosecutors said yesterday. "It appears there are...
MIKE TEACHES 'EM A LESSON
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amMayor Bloomberg's intensive, 18-month push to curb teacher tenure has already started to get results: Tenure denials have nearly tripled since last year. What's more, probation extensions have doubled, new...
YO, GUIDO, I'M SORRY, AWRIGHT
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amScore one for the guidos, blondes and Bennys. The Jersey Shore mayor who used an official town newsletter to diss Staten Islanders and the other summer visitors who float his...
KO'D BY COKE BUST
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amA boxer known as "the Pride of Spanish Harlem" was arrested yesterday on charges of being part of a cocaine-smuggling ring that planned to deal drugs in the neighborhood where...
HERO HIT IN LI OFFICE SLAY-SUICIDE
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amA spurned lover gunned down his ex-girlfriend yesterday at her Long Island insurance office - wounding her heroic boss, who tried to protect her - before turning the gun on...
FANS GO REEL BATTY BUYING TICKETS FOR $150
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amBat-crazed movie fans were willing to shell out up to $150 for a ticket to "The Dark Knight" yesterday, during what analysts predicted could be the biggest box-office weekend of...
BIG TONY DUKE$ IT OUT
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amBada-ching! An actor who played a popular enforcer on "The Sopranos" has scored $175,000 selling an exquisite portrait he painted of iconic characters Tony and Carmela Soprano that replicates the...
TAG-TEAM PUSH ON WTC
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amMinutes after Mayor Bloomberg called on the Port Authority to make the memorial at Ground Zero its top priority in rebuilding the World Trade Center site, Gov. Paterson turned up...
'COMEBACK' RUDY TO LAUNCH GOP ELEX FUND
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amRudy Giuliani is launching a new fund-raising committee to dole out cash to New York GOP candidates - a move that could help him collect political chits as he weighs...
CERBERUS BURNED BY MERVYN'S CREDIT WOE
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amThe titans of private equity are poised to take yet another beating from the harsh retail climate. Problems are mounting for Mervyn's, a California-based department-store chain part-owned by Cerberus Capital...
TALE OF TWO CITIS
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amVikram Pandit got another break yesterday in his efforts to fix loss-laden Citigroup, but time could be running out on keeping his far-flung bank intact. Investors sent Citi shares rising...
MILLER PULLS A YAHOO! SWITCH
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amThe wacky boardroom brawl over Yahoo! has spilled over into a fight between two of its biggest investors - Carl Icahn and Bill Miller. Fund manager Miller, of Legg Mason,...
WHY WOULD HE TAKE THE CALL?
July 19, 2008 | 8:38am"Thanks for your friendship. And I'm going to test you next week. I'm going to call and see if you remember who Joe Bruno is, governor. OK?"- Former state Senate...
THE CHICAGO LESSON
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amFor a sense of what crime in New York might be like if the NYPD's never-satisfied critics have their way, look leftward - toward Chicago. "Violent crime in Chicago is...
BARACK'S IRAQ TRIP
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amBarack Obama is headed for the front - including a stop in an Iraq that would look far different had Washington adopted the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee's strategic imperatives. Indeed....
JETS SIGN ROOKIE TIGHT END
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amThe Jets yesterday signed tight end Dustin Keller, the second of their two first-round draft picks. Terms of the deal, which is likely to be five years, were not immediately...
LIBERTY SET FOR GIRLS' NIGHT OUT
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amCatherine Kraayeveld's father has flown in from Seattle. Point guard Loree Moore's mother and high-school coach are in from California. More than 18,000 tickets have been sold for tonight's historic...
MATSUI HOPEFUL BUT . . .
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amHideki Matsui is clinging to the hope his season will continue, but the situation hardly looks promising. The injured DH/left fielder had his swollen left knee examined by team physician...
EASY A'S CAN BE
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amThe logos along the foul lines still say "All-Star Game," a reminder of Tuesday night's 15-inning spectacle in The Bronx. Somebody needs to tell the Yankees how to make those...
TIME TO CASH IN?
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amTHE Yankees have 2 1/2 months to catch Tampa Bay, but really only 13 days until the trading deadline to convince Brian Cashman that they can. Or, they have 13...
NEW START FOR SEXSON IN THE CITY
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amRichie Sexson just completed his first day as a Yankee. As he turned his 6-foot-8 frame in front of his stall in the Yankee clubhouse, he found a healthy throng...
HONDO CHOOSES CHSCH
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amHondo stumbled with the Tigers and Marlins last night but was wrighted somewhat by the Rays, so the earnings fell only to 745 sturdivants. Today, he's dealing one of his...
BECKS TO THE FUTURE
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amThe last time David Beckham played at Giants Stadium - the first time he'd started an MLS game - the Red Bulls outgunned his Los Angeles Galaxy 5-4 before 66,237...
SHARK SWIMMING ON LEADERBOARD
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amSOUTHPORT, England - The jagged lines etched onto Linn Strickler's 58-year-old face resemble some of the rugged fairways he's trudged for the last 20-something years while caddying for several of...
DAVID MOUNTING A GOLIATH RESURGENCE
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amSOUTHPORT, England - Seven years ago this week, about 32 miles up the Lancashire Coast from Royal Birkdale, David Duval won the 2001 British Open. Winning that first major championship...
DALY DONE AFTER SECOND-ROUND DISASTER
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amSOUTHPORT, England - John Daly's British Open week began in controversy when he ripped into swing coach Butch Harmon for "destroying'' his life. His week ended - as expected -...
SPORTS SHORTS
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amNBA: Sources: Dooling a Net League sources say the Nets and the Magic agreed to a sign-and-trade for Keyon Dooling, with New Jersey sending a $3.3 million trade exception and...
BIRDIE RUN PROPELS VILLEGAS
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amSOUTHPORT, England - Camilo Villegas has been more known for his crouching, spider-like reading of his putts on the greens than for being a threat in majors. If he keeps...
AMAZIN' STREAK HITS RED LIGHT
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amCINCINNATI - This time there was no comeback, no drama and no good vibes. The Mets' 10-game winning streak came to a halt at the hands of Bronson Arroyo and...
NOTHING 'GREAT' FOR JOSE
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amCINCINNATI - The Great American Ballpark has a reputation as a hitter's paradise. Just don't try telling that to Jose Reyes. The Met shortstop has never had success in this...
DUQUE'S FOOT 'ACTING UP'
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amCINCINNATI - The hopes of Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez playing a meaningful role on the Mets this season took another hit yesterday. The right-handed pitcher was examined by foot specialist...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
July 19, 2008 | 8:38amThis guy's life was saved by hook, line and sinker. Bob Greene, of Hallowell, Maine, was having his morning coffee when he heard a man thrashing in the Kennebec River....
CONEY UP
July 19, 2008 | 4:59amIt's supposed to feel like 100 degrees today and there's really only one thing to do. Head to Coney Island, duh. For starters, the indie music Sirenfest is on today,...
IN OUR LIBRARY
July 19, 2008 | 4:59amSUMMERTIME, and the reading is breezy. Lazy summer days are the perfect time for kids to fall in love with a good story - if they can find one. "I...
WHAT'S UP?
July 19, 2008 | 4:59amTODAY BASTA PASTA: Like slurping up a bowl of noodles and red sauce, the Paper Bag Players' musical "On Top of Spaghetti" is noisy, messy and fun for the 4-...
ROYAL FOYLE
July 19, 2008 | 4:59amUNFORTUNATELY, like all good things, World War II must come to an end. And with the end of that war, comes the end of Det. Chief Superintendant Christopher Foyle, TV's...
KATIE GETS A 'STAY'
July 19, 2008 | 4:59amKATIE Couric is keeping her anchor chair at the "CBS Evening News" - at least for now. "We have no plans to part company any time soon," Couric told TV...
SIREN BLARES AT BOARDWALK
July 19, 2008 | 4:59amThe Siren Music Festival invades southern Brooklyn for the eighth year today at high-noon. The free all-day shindig will showcase indie rock veterans, emerging artists and two DJs. Sixteen acts...
Legal troubles a foreshadowing
July 19, 2008 | 2:26amBy BRETT CYRGALISI hope you donât believe in omens.Legally, the Rangers find themselves in a quagmire. It was reported yesterday that the Blueshirts officially responded to the NHLâs threat of...
And wait, thereâs more. If you call nowâ¦
July 19, 2008 | 12:41amBy FRED KERBERDialing for Dooling is virtually done â but not quite. Expect an announcement early next week, although all the Is could be dotted and Ts crossed tonight. Dooling,...