February 19, 2009
CRIME IN BKLYN'S SUBWAYS
February 19, 2009 | 11:39pmThe subway system in downtown and northern Brooklyn has seen an early spike in property thefts this year, but the amount of overall crime is similar to last year. As...
BEEP: BUILD, BABY, BUILD! STATE OF THE BOROUGH '09
February 19, 2009 | 11:39pmBorough President Marty Markowitz said last week that the time has come to build the Atlantic Yards project. Speaking about the issue in his State of the Borough address delivered...
MADOFF LEAVES HIS MARK ON BK, TOO - COURT PAPERS REVEAL MANY LOCAL RESIDENTS GOT CAUGHT UP IN $50 BILLION PONZI SCHEME
February 19, 2009 | 11:39pmBrooklyn Dodgers great Sandy Koufax isn’t the only native son to strike out with alleged $50 billion Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff. According to court filings released last week, the borough’s...
SHIFT IN DAY CARE CHALLENGED
February 19, 2009 | 11:39pm“Just where are we going to go?” That was the clear-cut question voiced Tuesday as Park Slope City Councilmember Bill de Blasio, Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum and dozens of concerned...
CO-OP EYES ISRAELI BAN - MEMBERS JEER GAZA POLICIES
February 19, 2009 | 11:39pmThe Park Slope Food Co-op may be souring on products imported from the Land of Milk and Honey, this paper has learned. Members dissatisfied with Israeli policy in the Gaza...
PLASTIC SURGEON'S NIGHTMARISH NIP/TAKE
February 19, 2009 | 11:27pmA British woman says a trip to a renowned Park Avenue plastic surgeon for some nip/tuck turned into a nip/take when he removed one of her breast implants without asking....
Isles' Park out 4 weeks
February 19, 2009 | 11:12pmIslanders forward Richard Park will be out four weeks because of broken ribs, the team said Thursday night just before a game against the Carolina Hurricanes. Park had 15 minutes,...
SCHLEICHER'S COURT TENANTS GET OK TO MOVE BACK HOME
February 19, 2009 | 11:10pmAfter more than eight months, Edna Rodriguez will finally get to sleep in her own bed. “I can’t wait,” she said. Rodriguez and the tenants of six other apartments at...
SUSPECTED ARSONIST CAUGHT POURING GASOLINE ON CAR
February 19, 2009 | 10:59pmA suspected firebug armed with a loaded gun, a knife and a hammer was nabbed by cops as he poured gasoline on a parked car on the Upper West Side...
A-ROD 'NOT TALKING ABOUT IT ANYMORE'
February 19, 2009 | 10:29pmTAMPA - Alex Rodriguez ducked follow-up questions about his drug use, refusing to address a report identifying the cousin the Yankees star claims injected him with a banned substance. "I'm...
MILLY
February 19, 2009 | 10:20pmModels strutted down Milly's pink-tinted runway in pretty, feminine pieces that had the right amount of sugar, but very little spice. Known for serving up retro designs in punchy colors,...
VERA WANG
February 19, 2009 | 10:07pmVera Wang is an artist whose medium is fabric. It's that simple. And for fall, she really married her art with commerce, creating a collection that is wearable by more...
R. ALLEN STANFORD FOUND
February 19, 2009 | 10:02pmTexas financier R. Allen Stanford was tracked down Thursday in Virginia, where FBI agents served him with legal papers in a multibillion-dollar fraud case. FBI agents, acting at the request...
BERNIE WORKS OUT WITH YANKEES
February 19, 2009 | 9:58pmTAMPA, Fla. - Bernie Williams felt right at home. The former Yankees center fielder worked out with his old team Thursday at Steinbrenner Field as part of his preparation to...
NEW YORK TIMES SUSPENDS DIVIDEND
February 19, 2009 | 9:50pmThe New York Times Co. said Thursday its board has decided to suspend the newspaper publisher's quarterly dividend in a move to preserve cash as advertising spending continues to decline...
DOW ENDS AT LOWEST CLOSE IN MORE THAN 6 YEARS
February 19, 2009 | 9:49pmThe Dow Jones industrial average tumbled to its lowest close in more than six years on Thursday as sharp declines in key financial shares led the market lower. The blue...
OBAMA TAKES FIRST TRIP OUT OF US AS PREZ
February 19, 2009 | 9:44pmOTTAWA - President Barack Obama stepped cautiously in his first foreign trip Thursday, refraining from asking Canada to rethink its plans to withdraw troops from Afghanistan and saying changes to...
BOY, 9, PLEADS GUILTY TO SHOOTING FATHER, ROOMMATE
February 19, 2009 | 9:39pmST. JOHNS, Ariz. - A 9-year-old boy accused of methodically shooting his father and his father's roommate to death last fall pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of negligent homicide,...
Swamp Stays Carter Country
February 19, 2009 | 9:19pmBy FRED KERBERHere's Rod Thorn at the very outset of his conference call:"At the end of the day nothing worked for both parties," Thorn said.And so Vince Carter, rumored at...
Inter Could Play MLS All-Stars in July
February 19, 2009 | 9:02pmInter Milan, who has won the past three consecutive Serie A titles and is on course to win a fourth this spring, is currently in talks with Major League Soccer...
Delgado: 'Nothing illegal'
February 19, 2009 | 8:50pmPORT ST. LUCIE -- Carlos Delgado has been one of the preeminent sluggers in baseball over the past decade, a fact he realizes puts him under the umbrella of steroids...
Minor deals but good ones
February 19, 2009 | 8:46pmBy MARC BERMANThe deadline is over and the Knicks helped their playoff push and made it easier to let Nate Robinson walk this summer.Indeed, Donnie was ready for action. Although...
SPRINT LOSES $1.6B BUT INVESTORS SEE RAYS OF HOPE
February 19, 2009 | 8:30pmSprint Nextel Corp., the nation's third-largest wireless carrier, said Thursday it continued to lose customers and money in the fourth quarter and wrote down the remaining value of Sprint's 2005...
Delgado greets the media
February 19, 2009 | 7:52pmPORT ST. LUCIE -- Here is video I shot today of Carlos Delgado talking to reporters after the Mets' first full-squad workout at Tradition Field. The first question Delgado fields...
KNICKS GET HUGHES, WILCOX
February 19, 2009 | 7:43pmGREENBURGH - The Knicks have acquired Larry Hughes and Chris Wilcox in separate trades today. Hughes came from the Chicago Bulls in exchange for forward Tim Thomas, Jerome James and...
Update: No deadline for Boldin
February 19, 2009 | 7:16pmThough WR Anquan Boldin said differently, there is no Tuesday deadline for the Cardinals to renegotiate his contract, according to the Arizona Republic.The paper says, Arizona GM Rod Graves "has...
POLL: OBAMA'S APPROVAL RATING DIPS
February 19, 2009 | 7:15pmPresident Obama's job approval rating took a hit this month -- falling five points compared to last month, according to a new poll. Just a month into Obama's term, a...
Checking in on available QBs
February 19, 2009 | 7:07pmThe Minneapolis Star Tribune reports the Vikings likely have no interest in Michael Vick.The paper also says the Vikings are more likely to wind up with Jeff Garcia behind center...
JUDGE ORDERS RELEASE OF SPITZER WIRETAPS
February 19, 2009 | 5:40pmA federal judge yesterday ordered prosecutors to release wiretap transcripts tied to the prostitution ring that counted Ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer as one of its 67 wealthy johns, new court papers...
PAVANO GETS NEW START WITH INDIANS
February 19, 2009 | 5:35pmGOODYEAR, Ariz. - Carl Pavano left Cleveland's training complex a few days ago wearing a black Rolling Stones' T-shirt with the iconic protruding-tongue logo on the front. No, it wasn't...
FEDS EXAMINE NY CRASH PILOTS' TRAINING
February 19, 2009 | 5:35pmFederal probers are looking into cockpit training at Colgan Air in light of evidence that suggests pilot error caused one of its commuter jets to crash last week near Buffalo,...
Don't believe Brodeur on Feb. 26
February 19, 2009 | 4:52pmNorthjersey.com reports that Martin Brodeur has said he aims to return to the Devils' net on Feb. 26. But that date is unlikely.The report says Brodeur wrote in his latest...
Brad Smith could go to Cleveland
February 19, 2009 | 4:39pmNJ.com speculates that WR Brad Smith could reunite with Eric Mangini on the Cleveland Browns.The report also says the Jets are interested in Patriots WR Kelley Washington (according to the...
News on Butler, Dockery, Carney, Ward
February 19, 2009 | 4:37pmNJ.com reports that safety James Butler has been told by the Giants he can pursue free-agent opportunities, and Butler says he will give the team a chance to match any...
STEINBRENNER MAKES RARE SPRING TRAINING VISIT
February 19, 2009 | 3:44pmTAMPA -- George Steinbrenner made a rare visit to the Yankees' spring training stadium named after him this morning. Steinbrenner was taken from the parking lot to the elevator area...
Boss sighting in Tampa
February 19, 2009 | 3:41pmBy GEORGE A. KING IIITAMPA -- George Steinbrenner made a rare visit to the Yankees' spring training stadium named after him this morning.Steinbrenner was taken from the parking lot to...
CHILD CUSTODY BATTLE IN FOREST HILLS DENTIST SLAY CAUGHT ON TAPE
February 19, 2009 | 3:34pmQueens Supreme Court jurors got a front row seat Wednesday to a tug-of-war in a child custody battle that prosecutors say led to the murder of a Forest Hills dentist...
LI ARSON KILLS MOM, 3 OF HER CHILDREN
February 19, 2009 | 3:01pmAn early morning arson fire tore through a Long Island apartment, killing a mother and three children while neighbors, her husband and two other sons escaped only by jumping out...
DEALS: A week in Vienna under $1K
February 19, 2009 | 3:01pmWhy is it Austrians here practically bankrupt entire states, yet over there host us on the cheap, no problem? A damn C-O-N-spiracy, that's why. Wouldn't you know it, today's the...
CHIMP ATTACKED BEFORE: VICTIM
February 19, 2009 | 2:53pmThe chomping chimp had attacked before. The 200-pound chimpanzee who mauled a Connecticut woman and was later shot by cops also bit a woman in 1996, the victim said in...
Vac's Whacks, Thursday Edition
February 19, 2009 | 2:41pmI hope Junior Griffey's return to Seattle gives Mariners fans one last thanks-for-the-memories jolt, the way Tom Seaver's return to the Mets allowed Mets fans a similar season-long farewell 26...
Erstwhile Post Reviewer Jonathan Foreman Reportedly Attacked in Beirut
February 19, 2009 | 2:39pmJonathan Foreman, who reviewed movies for The Post from 1998 to 2004, was among a trio of journalists reportedly beaten by a gang of skinheads in Beirut over the weekend....
JOBLESS CLAIMS JUMP TO ALL-TIME HIGH
February 19, 2009 | 2:36pmWASHINGTON - The number of laid-off workers receiving unemployment benefits has jumped to an all-time high near 5 million while new jobless claims remain well above 600,000. Both figures were...
REPORT: A-ROD'S COUSIN IDENTIFIED
February 19, 2009 | 2:33pmThe mystery cousin is Yuri Sucart. ESPN is reporting it has tracked down Alex Rodriguez's cousin, who allegedly purchased and injected A-Rod with a substance known as "boli," in Miami....
Yikes, another patch!
February 19, 2009 | 2:02pmPORT ST. LUCIE -- The Mets will wear specially designed New Era caps during the regular season to commemorate the debut of Citi Field. The fitted caps will debut on...
DEALS: $125 in beautiful Burbank
February 19, 2009 | 1:37pmSo the newly renovated Burbank Airport Marriott Hotel & Convention Center isn't the Chateau Marmont. What are you, some kind of big spender? Better you should stay in Burbank: They're...
Warners Takes a Shot on Mad Mel As Studios Supposedly Line Up for the Chance to Work With Crazy Tom
February 19, 2009 | 1:13pmWarner Bros. has signed on to become the first Hollywood studio to distribute a movie starring wacko Mel Gibson in seven years. Warners has bought North American rights to Martin...
3 UP: A-ROD, TEIXEIRA, HOME OPENER
February 19, 2009 | 1:05pm1. Yes, I see the e-mails to my account and the postings on the blog, and I know Yankee many fans want movement away from the A-Rod/steroid story and toward...
3 UP: A-ROD, TEIXEIRA, HOME OPENER
February 19, 2009 | 12:59pm1. Yes, I see the e-mails to my account and the postings on the blog, and I know Yankee many fans want movement away from the A-Rod/steroid story and toward...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
February 19, 2009 | 9:25amBrooklyn * An East New York woman went wild with rage and swung a hammer at a couple after accusing them of breaking her door locks in the private home...
TIGER'S BABY JOY
February 19, 2009 | 8:40amFour! Golf champ Tiger Woods and his wife, Elin, yesterday introduced their 10-day-old son, Charlie Axel, to the world in a happy family photo with their obviously delighted daughter, Sam....
A BONE TO PICK
February 19, 2009 | 8:13amHARTFORD, Conn. - Descendants of American-Indian leader Geronimo are suing the government, Yale University and a powerful secret society in hopes of returning the Apache chief's remains to New Mexico....
SUIT: ART-ALEC SWINDLED ME
February 19, 2009 | 8:13amA Manhattan art dealer is being sued by a South Korean collector who claims she was conned into buying a Julian Schnabel painting for nearly four times its worth. After...
JAYSON IN 'SLAY' THREAT
February 19, 2009 | 8:13amThe estranged wife of ex-NBA star Jayson Williams claims he once threatened to kill her and their two daughters and then burn their house down, The Post learned yesterday. In...
'WRESTLER' DEALER BUSTED AS . . . DEALER
February 19, 2009 | 8:11amThe actor who plays a coldly efficient steroids dealer in the acclaimed movie "The Wrestler" was reportedly busted last night - for dealing steroids. Scott Siegel, a New Rochelle resident...
MICKEY'S 'TAIL' OF TRAGEDY
February 19, 2009 | 8:11amMickey Rourke's favorite pooch - which the actor called the love of his life - died this week after seeing her master go from Hollywood has-been to Oscar front- runner....
BRAD VAN PELT, 57, LONGTIME GIANTS LB
February 19, 2009 | 7:42amThe Giants lost a member of their family yesterday when former linebacker Brad Van Pelt died of an apparent heart attack at age 57 in his home state of Michigan....
HANK BLASTS RED SOX CAP TALK
February 19, 2009 | 7:42amTAMPA - Here is a shock: The Yankees and Red Sox don't agree about an MLB salary cap. On the day Red Sox owner John Henry called for a salary...
SPORTS SHORTS
February 19, 2009 | 7:42amMLB: Griffey headed back to Seattle Ken Griffey Jr. has decided to return to the Mariners, after an apparent agreement with the Braves fell through, multiples outlets reported. The contract...
PENN ST. TOPS ILLINOIS IN SLUGFEST
February 19, 2009 | 7:42amTalor Battle made four free throws in the final 16 seconds to lead Penn State to an ugly 38-33 win over No. 18 Illinois last night in Champaign, Ill. Battle...
OH SO '80S!
February 19, 2009 | 7:38amWITH the '80s looming large this week, some find it a particularly weird time to revive an era most remembered for excess. But there's good '80s - sampling the best...
FEELING KLUM-SY
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amHeidi Klum had to rush into the W Hotels Lounge the moment she arrived for yesterday's Michael Kors show. The supermodel was wearing a hidden mike for the filming of...
PENALIZING SCHOOLS THAT SUCCEED
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amTHE stimulus package will more than double the fed eral money being spent on K-12 education for the next two years. But will local districts spend the cash productively? Flash...
RAISES FOR GOV'S AIDES: ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amNew York needs to recall Gov. Paterson; he has been a disaster for the state ("Deciphering Dave," Editorial, Feb. 17). In 2008, Paterson bought a $40,000 area rug for the...
JEWS LOB AT DUBAI
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amJERUSALEM - A prominent group of Jewish-American leaders urged the Women's Tennis Association yesterday to punish the United Arab Emirates for barring Israeli player Shahar Peer from entering the country...
BAILOUT BRINGS BONANZA OF BALONEY
February 19, 2009 | 7:24am-"Suppose my neighbor's home catches fire, and I have a length of garden hose . . . I don't say to him . . . 'Neighbor, my garden hose cost...
EVERYONE WANTS TO LOOK AT STANFORD'S CLIENT LIST
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amYOU don't have to be a fan of "CSI Miami" to figure out what the feds are probably looking at in the latest big investment scam, this one involving a...
POPE FLIPS HIS LID OVER PELOSI
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amVATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI received Nancy Pelosi, one of the most prominent abortion-rights politicians in America, and told her yesterday that Catholic politicians have a duty to protect...
TAKE KNIFE TO STATE BUDGET, NOT TAXPAYERS: POLL
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amALBANY - More New Yorkers back spending cuts than tax hikes in the battle over how to close next year's projected $14 billion budget deficit, according to a poll released...
BLOOMBERG RECRUITING FOREIGN BIZ
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amMayor Bloomberg yesterday outlined strategies intended to bolster the battered financial-services industry, from enticing firms in China and India to offering entrepreneurs bargain rents of $200 a month., The mayor...
PALIN MUST PAY BACK TAX
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amJUNEAU, Alaska - Gov. Sarah Palin must pay back taxes on $16,951 in expenses she charged the state for living in her home outside Anchorage instead of in the state...
WINDFALL NO CURE-ALL
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amNEW York politicians are still congratulating them selves on getting billions in federal money from the stimulus package. But the windfall doesn't solve the city's problem. It does, however, present...
ELECTROSHARK BLAZE AT '30 ROCK' HI-RISE
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amA fire sparked by Tracy Morgan's exotic-fish tank has landed the troubled funnyman in hot water. Management at the "30 Rock" star's Upper West Side building are steamed at him...
CBS CUTS DIVIDEND AS PROFIT FALLS 52%
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amCBS Corp., the TV and radio broadcaster battling shrinking advertising sales, chopped its dividend 81 percent and reported fourth-quarter profit tumbled as marketers continued to cut spending. The quarterly payout...
BURRIS TO WORK WITH PROBERS
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amCHICAGO - Fending off calls for his resignation, Roland Burris yesterday said he would cooperate with investigations into whether his appointment to a US Senate seat was tainted by dealings...
UBS WILL PAY $780M IN TAX CASE
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amUBS AG, Switzerland's largest bank, will pay $780 million to avoid US prosecution and settle regulatory claims that it helped thousands of wealthy Americans use Swiss bank accounts to avoid...
IMMELT IS NOT TAKING ANY BONUS
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amGeneral Electric said CEO Jeff Immelt waived a bonus and incentives worth at least $11.7 million for 2008 as a global recession and credit crisis eat into profits and crimp...
PHILIP MORRIS MUST PAY $8M TO WIDOW
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amPhilip Morris was ordered by a jury to pay $8 million in damages to the widow of a smoker who died of lung cancer in a case that could set...
NEW HOME STARTS SINK
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amConstruction of new homes and applications for future projects both plunged to record lows in January as all parts of the country showed big declines in building activity. The Commerce...
THE TAUNTING SKIES
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amAfter public outrage forced bailed-out banking bigwigs and auto execs to ground their private jets, Jet Blue is poking fun at the former high flyers in a new campaign. One...
TOLL-AND-TAX 'POISON' BEST CURE FOR MTA WOES: RAVITCH
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amFormer MTA Chairman Richard Ravitch yesterday insisted the best way to prevent service cuts and fare hikes is to put tolls on the East and Harlem river bridges and impose...
MAYOR EYES DEM LINE
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amMayor Bloomberg's advisers have renewed interest in his pursuing the Democratic line, at the same time his aggressive courtship of the city GOP has hit resistance. Bloomberg advisers are looking...
A PROBLEMATIC 'FIX'
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amTHE Obama administration yesterday delivered on its promise of a detailed and comprehensive plan to minimize foreclosures and stabilize housing prices. But the plan has some problems. For starters, it...
HOMELAND SECURITY CHIEF: NYC A PRIORITY
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amHomeland Security boss Janet Napolitano visited New York yesterday to meet Mayor Bloomberg, top police officials and some of the heroes of Flight 1549. Asked at a City Hall news...
RAY OF HOPE FOR QNS. HOMEOWNER
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amMohammed Khoda bought his Queens home at the peak of the real-estate market, and now that "everything is crashing," he's hoping President Obama can save him from foreclosure. "It was...
STUDENT TRAGEDY AT DALTON
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amOfficials at the elite Dalton School sent students home early yesterday after a classmate jumped to his death, officials said. The 17-year-old junior apparently leapt through a window of the...
EVICTION LOOMS FOR OCTO-CLAN
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amOctomom and her 14 kids could be out on the street in three months. IndyMac, the bank that holds the mortgage on the Whittier, Calif., home where Nadya Suleman, 33,...
INVESTORS FEARFUL OVER FED OUTLOOK
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amMost stocks fell as the Federal Reserve cut its forecast for the economy this year, while government reports showed industrial production shrank more than forecast and housing starts slid to...
O'S $75B HOUSING BET
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amWASHINGTON - President Obama yesterday unveiled a sweeping $75 billion plan to have the feds bail out millions of homeowners on the brink of foreclosure. The White House said the...
SNAKE'S A CHARMER
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amA 4-foot boa constrictor that slithered into a Brooklyn apartment and terrified a birthday boy and his pal turned out to be a real charmer. The young reptile was found...
PROBE OF $LUSH FLUSHED
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amCouncil Speaker Christine Quinn has told colleagues that she does not expect federal authorities to issue any indictments as a result of the council slush-fund scandal, but The Post has...
WHITNEY STARTS OWN FIRM
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amOppenheimer & Co.'s bearish bank analyst, Meredith Whitney, is hanging out her own shingle. The 39-year-old Whitney, known for her brutally accurate predictions on Citigroup, turned in her resignation yesterday...
JUSTICE RULES IN 2ND BLACK SUNDAY TRIAL
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amA Bronx building manager caused the death of two firefighters by allowing the construction of a maze of walls that forced the Bravest to jump to their deaths during the...
IMG'S JOCK SHOCK
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amThe $8 billion scam that Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford is accused of hatching could ensnare high-profile athletes who were represented by Teddy Forstmann's management firm IMG. The Post has...
THE POLL SAYS: CUT SPENDING
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amA clear majority of New Yorkers want Albany pols to cut spending before they even think about raising taxes to balance the budget. Who knew? According to a Quinnipiac University...
HE WINS - YOU PAY
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amDustin Dibble's number just came up big in Litigation Lotto: He won $2.3 million in a negligence lawsuit against NYC Transit. Three years ago, Dibble went out partying. Eventually, he...
BRING BACK O'BYRNE
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amGov. David Paterson came to office al most one year ago under most trying circumstances. He's had hardly a day of peace since - and many of his troubles can...
DEUTSCHE 'DONE'
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amThe Lower Manhattan Development Corp. said yesterday the condemned former Deutsche Bank building will be gone by this fall, and released plans for taking it down. Decontamination is expected to...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amHP profit HP said it earned $1.85 billion, or 75 cents per share, in the three months ended Jan. 31. In the year-ago period HP rang up $2.13 billion in...
HIZZONER STUMPED BY SUBWAY DRUNK'S $2M
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amA flummoxed Mayor Bloomberg yesterday said it was "incomprehensible" that a Manhattan jury awarded $2.3 million to a man who lost his leg under a subway train after falling drunk...
IT'S ANIMAL ATTRACTION
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amShe fed him filet mignon and lobster tails. They shared cozy glasses of wine. They bathed and slept together. He tenderly brushed her hair. She gave him gifts and sweet...
BAL-LOONIES PLANE NUTS
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amIdiots in New Jersey are endangering planes by sending balloon-borne red flares into the nighttime skies on a major approach to Newark Airport, authorities say. A spate of 911 calls...
SPLIT HAPPENS AT MBIA
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amBond insurance giant MBIA yesterday said it will split its municipal-bond insurance business from the mortgage-related debt guarantees that led to the loss of its top credit ratings. Armonk, NY-based...
DOOMED DADDY
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amA week before his murder, Daniel Malakov's beloved little girl was handed over to him, kicking and screaming - and his estranged wife, now on trial for the slaying, promised...
DRUG MONEY MAY PLAY PART IN BILLIONAIRE CASE
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amIn addition to his other apparent indiscretions, Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford may also have been addicted to laundering drug money. Federal authorities have been investigating whether Stanford was laundering...
STOCK ROCK STARS
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amCall it the battle of the investment titans. Billionaires Warren Buffett and George Soros are at the center of a growing debate on where the economy is going and how...
'WE'RE RACE COWARDS' IN US: HOLDER
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amEric Holder, the nation's first black attorney general, said yesterday the United States is "a nation of cowards" on matters of race, with most Americans avoiding candid discussions of racial...
HOLD YOUR NOSE FOR THIS MEDICINE
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amWHENEVER you have to swallow something that has an awful taste, you get the instruction: Shut up and take your medicine, it's good for you. President Obama, the man with...
JEALOUS 'JUNIOR' SEETHED OVER DAD'S IRISH PAL
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amJohn "Junior" Gotti was seething mad and green with envy when his Dapper Don dad adopted an Irish mob wannabe as his new lucky charm, a turncoat testified yesterday. Junior...
CON(VENT) ARTIST
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amAn upstate art appraiser better watch his knuckles - a convent says he conned its nuns out of $1.7 million. The Daughters of Mary Mother of Our Savior say appraiser...
$10M LOAN-SCAM RING BUSTED: FEDS
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amThe feds yesterday charged four people with running a $10 million scam that used ex-cons and public-housing tenants to secure subprime loans from banks tied to the mortgage meltdown. David...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amThis campaign tactic is pure garbage. Just months before a primary, the mayor of Pittsburgh is spending city money on 250 new trash cans - all with his name on...
BELLPORT, LI
February 19, 2009 | 7:24amWow, the chance to own your own movie theater! But here, you control which movies are shown. And in the "concession room," which you can stock with popcorn and your...
LOWER EAST SIDE
February 19, 2009 | 7:23amWouldn't it be lovely to look out from your terrace and see lots of open green space? Hardly seems like life on the Bowery, but that's exactly what you'll get...
SOHO
February 19, 2009 | 7:22amIt's not easy being green, but living on Greene Street in a fancy-pants doorman building seems like easy living to us. With three bedrooms and three bathrooms, this home measures...
TRIBECA
February 19, 2009 | 7:18amThirty-five hundred square feet - 3,532, if you want to be exact - is a lot of space. What would you do with it? In the case of this condo...
MURRAY HILL
February 19, 2009 | 7:16amBedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 820 Maintenance: $1,519 This gut-renovated unit proves that gorgeous prewar co-ops in full-service buildings are available at the south end of Park Avenue, too....
FOREST HILLS, QUEENS
February 19, 2009 | 7:15amBedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2Square feet: 1,157 Common charges: $1,094 I am Queens Boulevard! The highly regarded 27-story, full-service condo building where you'll find this "sunny" apartment offers perks including a...
FANS SAY KEEP A-ROID OUT OF HALL
February 19, 2009 | 7:13amMore than half of baseball fans surveyed say Alex Rodriguez shouldn't make the Hall of Fame after admitting that he used steroids. And as for the game's hallowed records? Those...
SOUTH SLOPE, BROOKLYN
February 19, 2009 | 7:12amBedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,700 Common charges: $784 Tick-tock - time's a-wastin' if you want to get into this "magnificent" corner loft condo in a former clock factory...
ALEX SHOULD MAKE NOISE ON FIELD, NOT OFF
February 19, 2009 | 7:12amTAMPA - The first day of the rest of Alex Rodriguez's Yankee life went a lot better than the previous day, and it is no coincidence that he said nothing...
REPORT: MLB WANTS TO TALK WITH A-ROD
February 19, 2009 | 7:12amMajor League Baseball wants more from Alex Rodriguez than he gave the media on Wednesday. According to a report on ESPN.com, MLB will ask Rodriguez to meet with investigators to...
LOCUST VALLEY, LI
February 19, 2009 | 7:11amBedrooms: 5 Bathrooms: 3 1/2 Square feet: 4,456 Quick, think of an amenity, any amenity! You'll likely find it in this Colonial (about 30 miles from Manhattan), which offers "every...
GIRARDI EXPRESSES THREE CHOICE IN TEIXEIRA
February 19, 2009 | 7:09amTAMPA - Following the first full-squad workout yesterday, manager Joe Girardi announced switch-hitter Mark Teixeira will bat third and Alex Rodriguez fourth in the Yankees' lineup.TORRE: Run Of Mill For...
SUMMER LOWS
February 19, 2009 | 7:09amABOUT two or three weeks ago, Prudential Douglas Elliman broker Enzo Morabito got a call from a Hamptons landlord who wanted advice. "Last year he was asking $150,000 for [his...
'DISAPPOINTED' IN A-ROID, JETER SAYS MANY NOT GUILTY
February 19, 2009 | 7:09amTAMPA - Insisting he has never used performance-enhancing drugs, Derek Jeter is miffed at those who suggest all players have or are using during the "Steroid Era." And the Yankees...
LEFT-SIDE STARS READY TO SHOULDER BURDEN
February 19, 2009 | 7:06amPORT ST. LUCIE - They haven't been young for a while, haven't been kids. Not really, no matter what their birth certificates say. David Wright is 26 years old, and...
CHEAP EAST
February 19, 2009 | 7:06amWhile it's tricky to gauge the Hamptons summer rental market this early, it's already clear that the sales market isn't great. Last year, Prudential Douglas Elliman broker Enzo Morabito had...
CASTILLO IS READY TO TAKE LEAD
February 19, 2009 | 7:05amPORT ST. LUCIE - Luis Castillo reported to camp yesterday proclaiming himself a new man and vowing to make up for his disastrous 2008 season. "This season is going to...
REYES COMES TO GRIPS WITH NEW SPOT IN BATTING ORDER
February 19, 2009 | 7:04amPORT ST. LUCIE - Jose Reyes isn't overjoyed with his new role in the Mets' batting order, but he isn't going to complain openly. Reyes was at home in the...
FIREPOWER IS STILL LACKING ON B'WAY
February 19, 2009 | 7:01amIT'S not hard to take the temperature of a hockey team than has scored 16 goals in its past 10 games, even with the thermometers frozen in locked jaws. "At...
NETS SUFFER MALICE IN DALLAS
February 19, 2009 | 7:01amDALLAS - There was more of the same for the Nets. More rumors. More trade proposals centering around Vince Carter. More reports of a possible fire sale to dump Carter's...
DEPARTED SIBLINGS SPUR BRITISH BOXER
February 19, 2009 | 7:01amBritain's Michael Jennings understands that few people give him a chance to defeat Miguel Cotto when the two meet for the vacant WBO welterweight championship Saturday night at the Garden....
NATE LOSES APPETITE FOR TURNOVERS
February 19, 2009 | 7:01amLately, the point totals, assists and even rebounds have been very high for Nate Robinson. But Mike D'Antoni is happier with Robinson's lower turnover numbers. "What I like more than...
LOU TRYIN' TO PUT DEVILS OVER THE TOP
February 19, 2009 | 7:01amTAMPA - Figuring out what Lou Lamoriello is going to do at the trade deadline is a fool's errand, so here goes. Dig we must. Surely, the Devils' general manager...
KNICKS' BIG MAN WARY OF TRADE DEADLINE
February 19, 2009 | 7:01amIt doesn't make much sense for David Lee to worry about the trade deadline. So he insists he won't focus on what the buzz is until 3 p.m. today. "I...
AVERY CALLS NIGHT IN HARTFORD A SUCCESS
February 19, 2009 | 7:01amHARTFORD, Conn. - Sean Avery spent much of last night face-to-face with members of the opposing Bridgeport Sound Tigers, maybe the surest sign he's ready to wear an NHL uniform...
RANGERS EDGE ISLES FOR MUCH-NEEDED WIN
February 19, 2009 | 7:01amThat's one small step for the Rangers and one giant leap of faith to believe it's much more than that. They won their first game in the past four and...
DUKE-ST. JOHN'S SERIES COMING TO END
February 19, 2009 | 7:01amThis has the potential to resemble one of those nasty high-school breakups when the cutest cheerleader slaps the captain of the football team across the face and shouts, "I never...
TWO-STEP
February 19, 2009 | 7:01amTHE economy might be shaky, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't fix that damaged showerhead. Don't ignore basic home repair; a small issue can become a big problem and cost...
JUST SOLD!
February 19, 2009 | 6:59amManhattan CENTRAL PARK WEST $460,000 425 Central Park West Prewar studio condo, 545 square feet, with sunken living room, dining area and windowed kitchen with granite counters and stainless-steel appliances;...
GAME, SET, MATCH
February 19, 2009 | 6:56amTimes are so tough that even tony Goshen, Conn., isn't ready for a new state-of-the-art golf course. Former top-ranked tennis pro turned golf dad Ivan Lendl had dreamed of turning...
QUIRKY 'KINGS'
February 19, 2009 | 6:08amREMEMBER the first time you saw "Heroes," and thought that you'd never quite seen anything like it before? It was kind of that "what the heck?" followed by, "I think...
IT'S VERDI THEATRICAL
February 19, 2009 | 6:08amAT the Metropolitan Opera Monday night, Verdi's "Il Trova tore" didn't feel like a war horse but a fever dream. In this, his Met debut, director David McVicar lashes the...
SIMPLE MOVEMENTS IN 'SYMPHONY'
February 19, 2009 | 6:08amFOR her new ballet, Me lissa Barak went 21st-century retro. Even though New York City Ballet opened its "21st Century Movement" program Tuesday with space-age dances in sleek unitards, Barak's...
MCSHANE: NEW SHOW HAS 'DEADWOOD' MOTIF
February 19, 2009 | 6:08am'DEADWOOD" may be over, but its main theme is coming back to life in "Kings," according to Ian McShane, who stars as King Silas Benjamin in the new NBC series....
'SOBER' WAR OF WORDS
February 19, 2009 | 6:08amHOLLYWOOD talent man ager David Weintraub, who's portrayed as a bullying svengali on VH1's "Sober House," is slamming the show's producer - who happens to be a business associate. Weintraub,...
'YOU TALKIN' TO ME?'
February 19, 2009 | 6:08amROBERT De Niro will be Jimmy Fallon's first guest on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," which kicks off March 2 on NBC. De Niro will be joined by Van Morrison,...
HOFSTRA SURVIVES IN 2 OT
February 19, 2009 | 6:08amThis is why people watch college basketball. Hofstra and James Madison traded jabs, hooks and uppercuts for 40 minutes last night, demonstrating how rivalries are born. But, 40 minutes wasn't...
SAY NO TO GOV'S SKI TAX
February 19, 2009 | 6:07amJUST in case you skiers and riders thought you were getting off easy during these tough times, Gov. Paterson is going to hit you where it hurts. In his latest...
LIFE ON THE ME-LIST
February 19, 2009 | 5:50amSHE'S wearing Chanel and Gucci as she ducks out of the paparazzi-swarmed London NYC Hotel, getting recognized everywhere and riding in a black SUV with the license plate "DIVA" on...
HAUTE LIST
February 19, 2009 | 5:00amClick here for Danica's Hi Lo Fashion Week blog FOR a lot of dudes, dressing up means putting on a suit and tie - and most would resist even that....
FORMER GIANTS LINEBACKER BRAD VAN PELT DIES
February 19, 2009 | 3:37amBrad Van Pelt, a five-time Pro Bowl player with the New York Giants who helped form one of the NFL's best linebacking corps in the early 1980s, has died. He...
TIBI
February 19, 2009 | 3:05amTurns out Tibi designer Amy Smilovic was heavily influenced by the Russian fairytale "The Tale of the Firebird" when designing her fall 2009 collection. It's a tale of three princes...
TiVo Alert: 31 Days Of Oscar, Day 19, 'My Fair Lady' Sans Music
February 19, 2009 | 3:01am"Pygmalion'' (1938), Thursday night's TCM premiere at 8 p.m. EST, has long been in the shadow of George Cukor's lumbering musical remake, the overshown "My Fair Lady,'' which follows at...
CARMEN MARC VALVO
February 19, 2009 | 2:58amThere are many designers who chose to make small presentations this season instead of taking on the expense of a full fledged fashion show. And then there's Carmen Marc Valvo's...
ANNA SUI
February 19, 2009 | 2:55amThe challenge with reviewing Anna season after season is finding new vocabulary to express what she does, since each season she essentially hits the refresh button on her well-honed Carnaby-Street-boho-'70s-rock-chick...
Been there
February 19, 2009 | 1:47amBy FRED KERBERDALLAS - The scenario sounds familiar. The Nets are six games under .500. There are trade rumors almost daily about the star player, some involving teams in Texas....
DOO.RI
February 19, 2009 | 1:16amSometimes you expect a designer to do what she always does -- working and manipulating her signature fabric -- and that's fine, because she does interesting enough things with it....
MARCHESA
February 19, 2009 | 1:12amViewing the Marchesa collection is a little bit like traveling to the land of fairytales. The dresses are fluffy, frilly confections that could hardly exist anywhere other than on a...
ALEXANDRE HERCHCOVITCH
February 19, 2009 | 1:04amAfter a slightly off-the-wall spring season (think big-ruffly knickers plus cowboy boots!) Alexandre Herchcovitch returned to earth, went back to his roots, and presented a smart, subdued collection of deep...
TORY BURCH
February 19, 2009 | 12:56amThere's a little rock 'n' roll on the Upper East Side. Tory Burch's namesake collection has always been all about the way she dresses -- and apparently, she's been frequenting...
MAX AZRIA
February 19, 2009 | 12:51amFashion Week is always chaos for the Azrias; Max and wife Lubov are responsible for three runway shows including BCBG, Herve Leger and last night's dark and dirty Max Azria....