March 16, 2009
Red Bull Media Day
Juan Pablo Angel and his Red Bulls aiming to be No. 1 in 2009 The Red Bulls held their annual media day yesterday, and statements were the overriding theme.Coming off...
ST. PATTY'S 'SIMPSONS' SNEAK PEEK
Fox is airing a special sneak peek of Sunday's St. Patrick's Day "Simpsons" episode on the Astrovision in Times Square on Tuesday (March 17). The episode will air every hour...
Now Hamels has elbow problems
First Mets ace Johan Santana suffered from elbow problems, now it's the Phillies turn to sweat a little bit.They sent ace Cole Hamels back to Philadelphia to have his elbow...
Check out X-Men Origins: Wolverine
The only movie that I'm reaaaaally looking forward to seeing right now, is "X-Men Origins: Wolverine." Can't wait to see how Gambit turns out in the flick. (Right after that,...
MAJOR CHANGES COMING TO WPIX 'MORNING NEWS'
WPIX is getting ready to announce some major changes to its "PIX 11 Morning News," which airs 4:30-9 a.m. Among the changes, expected to be announced Wednesday, are the shuffling...
THAT'S A MOUTHFUL
A corned beef-eating-machine from Chicago took Manhattan by storm today, slicing up and devouring the nation's top gluttons. Patrick "The Deep Dish" Bertoletti downed a stomach-turning 17 3/4 corned beef...
ELVIS DUDS TO FETCH HUNKA, HUNKA DOUGH
It's a costume fit for a King - and it could be yours for a mere $100,000. That's the minimum bid for the blue and gold jumpsuit - complete with...
Don't bet against Louisville
By BRIAN COSTELLOBrian Costello has been projecting the field for the last couple of weeks for NYPost.com. He is going with Louisville to win it all.I think all of the...
Jon Conway talks...but says nothing
I'll get back to this later, but my initial reaction upon hearing it was that unless he was under some gag order _ which is always possible _ he got...
'BORAT' STAR FOOLS ALABAMA NATIONAL GUARD
The actor famous for playing "Borat" tricked the Alabama National Guard into giving him a military uniform and allowed him to briefly train with them - a ruse that he...
'SOPRANOS' CREATOR DAVID CHASE RETURNS TO HBO WITH MINISERIES
"The Sopranos" creator is ditching gangsters for glitz. HBO announced that David Chase is returning to the cable network to develop a miniseries about the invention of cinema and the...
BROOKLYN JURY CONVICTS THIRD MAN IN COP SLAY
A Brooklyn man was found guilty this afternoon in connection with the shooting death of a rookie cop. The jury convicted Lee Woods, 30, on aggravated murder and attempted aggravated...
Spivey signs minor deal
PORT ST. LUCIE -- The Mets signed veteran infielder Junior Spivey to a minor-league contract. Spivey, 34, who played for Arizona, Milwaukee and Washington from 2001-2005, appeared in two games...
SAM ISRAEL PLEADS GUILTY
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Hedge-fund swindler Samuel Israel III has admitted in court that he went on the lam last year rather than report to prison. Israel is a co-founder...
OVER 200 LAID OFF AT BROOKDALE HOSPITAL
More than 200 people suffered surprise layoffs from Brooklyn's Brookdale Hospital today, sparking fears that the medical facility is on life support and could be closing soon. Doctors, nurses and...
MIELE & FERNANDEZ
Donna Miele and Brian Fernandez of Staten Island, NY. Brian and I were dating for five years when he proposed in August 2007 while we were vacationing in Rivera Maya,...
ENG & KRAUSS
Andy Eng & Christine Krauss of North Babylon, NY. Christine Krauss and Andrew Eng were married Oct. 19 at the Lavender Wedding Salon of the Wynn Las Vegas in Nevada....
KAY & PLATONI
Rachel Kay and Andrej Platoni of Brooklyn, NY. Rachel and Andrej met on a beautiful sunny Sunday on April 22, 2006. She was working as a sales assistant at a...
Excruciating Pain and Losses
By FRED KERBERDENVER - The Nets will wait until the team returns to New Jersey to get an MRI on Devin Harris' sprained left shoulder.It's not like an MRI was...
SCARANTINO & FOERDERER
Frances O. Scarantino and Robert Foerderer of Brooklyn, NY. Frances O. Scarantino, owner of Reach For The STARS! Programs for Children, and Robert A. Foerderer, an electrician at JFK Airport,...
Report: Jets monitoring Cutler's situation
According to a Newark Star-Ledger report, the Jets are monitoring the situation with Broncos' QB Jay Cutler.Cutler met with Josh McDaniels, Denver's new head coach, yesterday, but apparently the issues...
Chat rewind, March 16
Click on the rewind button in the graphic below to revisit my hour-long live chat on the Mets:Mets chat with Bart Hubbuch
WOMAN HIT WITH 30-INCH ARROW SPEAKS
A woman who was hit in the stomach with an arrow on a New York City street is recovering at a hospital. Denise Delgado-Brown, of Yonkers, told radio station 1010...
CITIGROUP CEO PULLED IN $10.8M FOR 2008
Citigroup Inc awarded Chief Executive Vikram Pandit $10.82 million of compensation in 2008, a year when the government propped up the bank with $45 billion of capital. Citigroup also nominated...
START SMILING, ST. PAT'S DAY PARADE IS COMING
Irish eyes will be smiling in Brooklyn, later this month, as those who can trace their roots back to the Emerald Isle, as well as those who wish they could,...
COMMUNITY BOARD 10 DEBUTS INSIDE 5TH AVE. SPACE
After years of planning, Community Board 10 is finally settled into its new, modern office. The board is now located at 8119 Fifth Avenue, leaving behind the dark, cramped office...
NOT WITHOUT A FIGHT, GUV EDUCATORS, PARENTS, KIDS FIGHT TO SPARE $2.5 BILLION CUTS TO SCHOOLS
Thousands of teachers and students flooded City Hall to send a clear message to city and state politicians - do not cut funding for public schools. Brooklyn's educators were out...
PREDATORY LENDERS ON THE PROWL, DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS
Residents spotting well-dressed people walking around their neighborhood and asking questions about their homes should be on guard that they could be predatory lenders. Likewise are some in the neighborhood...
SWIMMERS TRAINED HERE FOR STRAIT OF MAGELLAN CHALLENGELOCAL WATERS SERVED AS PRIME TRAINING GROUNDS FOR 2.4 MILE OPEN WATER SWIM
At the edge of the icy water where the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans converge, two intrepid swimmers had thoughts of Brooklyn on their mind. This is where the past two...
CHERRY HILL: WE DIDN'T KNOW LUNDY'S WAS LANDMARKED
The team behind the Cherry Hill Gourmet Restaurant and Market to open in Lundy's has finally revealed why it ripped up part of the historic building's exterior – it didn't...
TEEN DIES AFTER SCUFFLE
The gathering at Bartel Pritchard Square said it all: teens with sullen stares and tear-stained faces delicately laying roses over pictures of a smiling 17-year-old palling around with his friends....
A1A Moment, Quick Hits From V-Men vs. PR; HR Under Review
No better road in the country than Florida's A1A.Just had lunch at some Starbucks-like joint, had a big fruit cup, relatively fresh tangerine juice and a thin slice of date...
WATER MAIN BREAK DISRUPTS MTA SERVICE
A water main break in lower Manhattan is causing subway and traffic disruptions. The Department of Environmental Protection says the water main break caused a street depression on Varick Street...
OBAMA UNVEILS $15B PACKAGE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is unveiling a $15 billion package to help small businesses.Obama Lashes Out at AIG Over Bonuses Speaking to small business owners in the East Room,...
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER TO STOP PRINT EDITIONS
SEATTLE - Seattle will be a one-newspaper town after Tuesday, when the 146-year-old Seattle Post-Intelligencer prints its last edition. The P-I will continue to live on the Internet with a...
OBAMA TO APPEAR ON LENO
WASHINGTON - The White House says President Barack Obama will appear this week on Jay Leno's talk show, perhaps adding a lighter touch to his bid to resuscitate the moribund...
FEDS WON'T SEEK DEATH PENALTY AGAINST MOBSTERS
The feds said today that they won't seek the death penalty against two gangland legends who've been charged in the 1989 slaying of a Staten Island businessman who was ordered...
JUDGE QUASHES LOHAN'S ARREST WARRANT
BEVERLY HILLS, California -- A judge has quashed an arrest warrant for Lindsay Lohan. A Beverly Hills judge had issued the warrant Friday that carried a $50,000 bail. Lohan's attorney,...
'Desperate' Girl Kisses
"Desperate Housewives" has been plugging an Eva Longoria Parker-Teri Hatcher girl kiss for weeks, and last night, viewers got their lesbian lock.When Susan (Teri Hatcher) invites her boss Jessie (Swoosie...
FLIGHT LANDS SAFELY AFTER BIRD STRIKE
KENNER, La. - A Delta Air Lines plane has landed safely in New Orleans after striking a bird shortly after takeoff. A spokeswoman for Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport...
OBAMA LASHES OUT AT AIG OVER BONUSES
It's a matter of dollars and good sense. President Obama lashed out at AIG today and called on the Treasury Department to "pursue every legal avenue to block these bonuses"...
All hail the new Syfy channel!
Seeing as how there is a bit of cross-over between gamers and sci-fi fans (and my previous post about WCG Ultimate Gamer)...NBC Universal has announced that the channel formerly known...
No structural damage for Marte, Cano
By GEORGE A. KING IIIThe Yankees got some good news this morning as the MRI exams for Robinson Cano and Damaso Marte did not reveal any structural damage.Cano was feeling...
LEVI: I'M TOO IMMATURE TO MARRY BRISTOL
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The former fiance of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter says he hopes they can reconcile at some point. Levi Johnston told ABC's "Good Morning America" on Monday...
'Bruno' Scenes Sneaked At SWSX
Sasha Baron Cohen showed three scenes running a total of 22 minutes from his much-anticipated followup to "Borat,'' Sunday night at the South By Southwest Film Festival in Austin Texas....
Pulse Sales: Abaete
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MADONNA MAY ADOPT ANOTHER MALAWIAN CHILD
LILONGWE - U.S. pop star Madonna has said she may adopt another child from the poor southern African country of Malawi despite the controversy surrounding an earlier adoption. Critics accused...
FRANK: TIME TO FIRE PEOPLE AT AIG
WASHINGTON -- Amid simmering outrage over $165 million in bonuses paid to executives at ailing AIG, Representative Barney Frank said Monday it may be time to fire some people at...
NEW SOUTH FERRY SUBWAY STATION OPENS
First you see it, now you don't! About 20 minutes after the new, state-of-the-art South Ferry station opened today at noon to a large, politician-filled ceremony, the MTA had to...
PROSECUTORS GOING AFTER RUTH MADOFF'S MONEY
Talk about getting a kick in the assets. The feds have filed court documents today seeking assets belonging to the wife of self-confessed Wall Street swindler Bernie Madoff. View a...
AUSTRIAN 'INCEST' DAD'S TRIAL STARTS
ST. POELTEN, Austria - An Austrian man accused of locking his daughter in a basement for 24 years and fathering her seven children pleaded guilty to incest but insisted he...
Like it or Not, Avery is a Difference-maker
If the Rangers have proven anything since 1940, excepting one year, it is that they cannot sustain momentum. That will have a lot of fans up in arms because Ranger...
The Daily Whacks, Monday Edition
I do think it's funny that the committee bend over backwards for UConn, not penalizing the Huskies for the 4-3 stretch they've been on since Jerome Dyson went down, and...
DON IMUS ANNOUNCES HE HAS CANCER
Controversial radio host Don Imus announced on his radio show this morning that he is battling stage II prostate cancer. Imus, 68, known for his outspoken opinions on everything from...
Julia's Back and Clive's Got Her -- Are They Channeling Hepburn and Grant?
Is Tony Gilroy's romantic thriller "Duplicity,'' opening Friday, a remake of Stanley Donen's legendary 1963 romantic thriller "Charade''? That's the claim at the IMDB page for the latter film. Yes,...
3 UP: YANKEE ROTATION, POSADA AND JACKSON
1. In today's Post I wrote about the strong bond that is forming among the newly constituted Yankee rotation. For a long time around the Yankees, there has been a...
3 UP: YANKEE ROTATION, POSADA AND JACKSON
1. In today's Post I wrote about the strong bond that is forming among the newly constituted Yankee rotation. For a long time around the Yankees, there has been a...
DUQUESNE IS ABLE REVIVED DUKES WILL HAVE THEIR DAY
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Duquesne freshman guard Melquan Bolding summed up his program's resurgence in one simple line Friday night. The Mt. Vernon native was asked about the Dukes' comeback...
KING JAMES: NATE IS GREAT
CLEVELAND - On the night Nate Robinson leapt over Dwight Howard to win the Slam-Dunk contest during All-Star weekend, LeBron James stated he wanted in next February to try to...
AVERY, ANTROPOV THE DIFFERENCE
With the possible exception of the very sight of Sean Avery, nothing in hockey causes more anxiety than the power play. "Such a momentum builder, such a momentum killer," said...
BIG EAST FOREVER TRYING TO MATCH ITS MOST MAGICAL YEAR
THE way the story goes, it was around 2 in the morning when the St. John's plane landed at LaGuardia Airport, and Lou Carnesecca was hungry. A few hours earlier,...
GARDEN RUN WILL BE TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW FOR 'CUSE
Jim Boeheim didn't want to hear it. As soon as he was asked after his Orange had lost in the Big East Tournament championship game, the veteran coach dismissed the...
THESE SLEEPERS WILL BE MONEY
WHEN you fill out your office pools, don't hesitate sending North Carolina (the prohibitive 2-1 favorite) or Pittsburgh (7-1) to the Final Four.NCAA BRACKET But is there a Cinderella that...
THIS TIME, PITT CAN POWER ITS WAY TO GREATER HEIGHTS
After sweeping the regular-season series with Connecticut, Pittsburgh seemed to have established itself as the Beast of the East. The Panthers also won both in the regular-season against West Virginia,...
CALIPARI'S TIGERS ARE CLAWING FOR RESPECT OUT OF THE 2-HOLE
John Calipari gets it, but he doesn't like it. As long as he racks up wins in Conference USA, his Memphis team will never, in his mind, get the respect...
BIG EAST TRAINING TURNS LOUISVILLE INTO A FORCE
Rick Pitino had been building toward this since Louisville joined the Big East four years ago. The prior year, Pitino had a talented and experienced team that went to the...
THREE TOP SEEDS, SEVEN IN, NOW LIVE UP TO HYPE
Memo to the Big East Conference: Put up or shut up. Subject: The NCAA Tournament.NCAA BRACKET From: The ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10, SEC and every other league from...
HOPE ON THE HORIZON ?
It's well past time for wondering if hard times are coming - they're officially here. The question now is: What's coming next? Will things get worse before they get better?...
DUNK TANK
The Super BowL is played on Sundays, and the Olympics generally air during prime time, but most of the annual NCAA tourney - which tips off tomorrow - gets played...
GO TO GREG
Q I'm a corporate librarian in the financial services sector, and am currently classified as a salaried employee, not eligible for overtime. My employer is changing this status for me...
ISLAND GIRL
Angelene Orth is in a spot many can relate to - she's applied for a job and is hoping hard to get the nod. But while that's an ordinary situation...
BEST SIDE STORY
SHARKS:On her: *Adrianna Papell dress, $248 at Lord & Taylor, 424 Fifth Ave. *Petticoat, $84, and rope hoop earrings, $22, both at Patricia Field, 302 Bowery *Kathryn Kerrigan "Linda" peep-toe...
'FIRE' IS STILL BURNING
One glass was half-empty, the other half-full for trainer Larry Jones and owner Rick Porter after the Rebel Stakes and Louisiana Derby, two of the big four Kentucky Derby prep...
DICE-K BLANKS CUBA
Daisuke Matsuzaka is turning the World Baseball Classic into his personal showcase again. Pitching in the same San Diego ballpark where he led his country to the inaugural WBC title...
SPORTS SHORTS
SPORTS SHORTSNFL: Cutler demands trade from Broncos Broncos QB Jay Cutler said last night that he will not report to the team's first meeting today and has formally asked to...
NETS SUFFER PAINFUL LOSS AT THE BUZZER
LOS ANGELES - This just may have been the unkindest cut of all. The Nets lost Devin Harris to a sprained left shoulder in the third quarter and then roared...
DUKE'S UP . . . AT LAST
A year ago, as they walked off the court after another early exit from the NCAA tournament, Jon Scheyer and Gerald Henderson made sure to soak it all in. They...
NO NIT-PICKING: LOCALS SHUT OUT
The Metropolitan area was shut out not only of the NCAA Tournament, but the NIT, as well, after local schools, notably Hofstra and Seton Hall, were snubbed by the NIT...
JOHNNIES JOIN CBI
A sub-.500 record didn't stop St. John's from finding its way into a postseason tournament. The Red Storm (16-17) will play at the University of Richmond on Wednesday at 7...
RAMSAY: AU REVOIR, GAY PARIS
A week after selling his LA res taurant, Gordon Ramsay has sold his flagship eatery in Paris because of a credit squeeze. The Paris restaurant - like the LA one...
'LOST' STAR OVER TV
"LOST" star Matthew Fox believes we've seen him in his last TV role. Fox, who plays Jack Shepherd on the show, says he's getting off the tube when "Lost" finishes...
FLIGHT OF THE JONASES
THE Jonas Brothers' new tween-age series is dancing to a different beat - laid down by HBO's quirky "Flight of the Conchords. Honest. Details of the superstar band's new, scripted...
STARR REPORT
I'm having a tough time fig uring out "CSI's" schizoid rat ings in the wake of star Wil liam Peterson's January departure. Just when it looks like the show will...
RESTORED 'ROBE' BLOWS SCREEN WIDE OPEN
CINEMASCOPE, which offered movies nearly three times as wide as they were high, was one of the more successful gimmicks Hollywood introduced in the early '50s to compete with TV....
'SPIRIT' WILLING, FLASH WEAK
AT this point in her career, Angela Lansbury's approach to the stage is that of a jazz virtuoso: She may not always stick to the written score, but somehow the...
GET THE PICTURE?
HUGE job cuts, brought on by the harshest economic crisis in years, are altering the on-air face of New York's local newscasts. Local news stations are axing veteran on-air anchors,...
MAINE REBOUNDS AFTER UGLY OPENING FRAME
JUPITER, Fla. - It's getting harder to do so, but John Maine and the Mets keep saying to ignore the numbers. Despite another ugly line here yesterday against the Marlins,...
CHURCH LOOKS LIKE OLD SELF
JUPITER, Fla. - At least so far, Ryan Church is answering Jerry Manuel's challenge. Since Manuel threatened him early in camp with a platoon situation in right field with Fernando...
TIME OUT: EAST GETS CONN-ED
"Take me back to those Black Hills that I ain't never seen." - The Kinks, from the song, "Muswell Hillbillies." BASED on the testimony of those who were assigned to...
AVERY FREAKS OUT FLYERS
If this isn't as well as the Rangers can play, then it is certainly as well as they have played at any time this season. Coincidence of coincidences, Sean Avery...
TIGER NOT GROWLING OVER FINISH AT DORAL
DORAL, Fla. - Tiger Woods left Doral yesterday without a win but with a smile on his face anyway. Woods, who finished at 11-under par and in a tie for...
NO THROWS, BUT POSADA WELL-ARMED FOR SEASON
TAMPA - The Yankees were anxious to see Jorge Posada challenge a baserunner with his right arm yesterday, but they didn't get the chance. Instead, they found Posada's legs and...
CANO AND MARTE MRIS RESCHEDULED FOR TODAY
TAMPA - The MRIs that Robinson Cano and Damaso Marte were supposed to undergo yesterday were rescheduled for today. "Dr. (Chris) Ahmad called and said since it's Sunday the certain...
ROTATION CLOSE AS FIVE YANKS-KETEERS
TAMPA - Andy Pettitte warmed up early yesterday afternoon and - as has been the case all spring when the Yankees are at home - he was not alone. COMPLETE...
MANNINO SHINES IN NET
CHICAGO - Peter Mannino, making his first NHL start, had 40 saves, and defenseman Mark Streit had two power-play goals and an assist, leading the Islanders to a 4-2 win...
MICKELSON BEATS FOOD POISONING, WATNEY
DORAL, Fla. - Phil Mickelson's week began with a Thursday night dinner with The Post at a local steakhouse. It ended in one-shot victory over Nick Watney. What transpired in...
SCOTT, RAIDERS WIN TITLE
Moe Hicks believes that Durand Scott belongs in the same company as other great Rice guards. "He's right up there with the rest of them," Hicks said. "Guys like Kemba...
BAD BLOOD VS. DUTCH
MIAMI - Welcome back from the dead, Team USA. Manager Davey Johnson had vowed beforehand that his US squad wasn't finished in the World Baseball Classic, and those words seemed...
TO WIN, OCT. LIKE CHAMPS
MIAMI - The solution for Team USA is simple. To continue in the WBC, all it has to do is approach these games like it's not spring training. Manager Davey...
KNICKS' RUST-BELT STREAK FINALLY DIES IN CLEVELAND
CLEVELAND - On a night LeBron James was a mere mortal, the Knicks had a chance to do something special in Cleveland. All they had to do was play smart...
PENSION-BIZ FIRMS IN COMPTROL
City comptroller and mayoral hopeful William Thompson has been silent on the issue of pension reform, but he's been anything but shy about raking in campaign contributions from investment firms...
LI COPS IN $55M GOLD RUSH
Like a stampeding herd, more than 200 Nassau County cops are galloping to retire by midsummer to collect bloated "severance" packages of up to half a mil lion bucks each...
BRONX 'BAM' A BIG HIT
He looks O, so familiar. Maybe it's the American-flag lapel pin, or that supersized smile - or maybe it's just those ears. But the man posing for pictures outside the...
CONEY I. BIG'S ZONING $WITCH A BOARD WALK
Coney Island's biggest developer successfully strong-armed local officials into backing changes to zoning laws that could pad his profits from a planned amusement district, sources told The Post. Joe Sitt...
'PRICE LESS' WORKS OF ART
In a tough economy, New York museum-goers are less open to "suggestion." Rather than pay the full $20, recommended admission price to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, visitors lately are...
OPEC TO KEEP OUTPUT UNCHANGED
VIENNA - OPEC says it will stick to current output levels but seek to end some members' overproduction. Yesterday's announcement means there will be no cutbacks from production levels set...
PALESTINIAN UNITY DRAGS
CAIRO - Rival Palestinian groups are bogged down in talks over the shape and agenda of a national unity government that is supposed to prepare for parliamentary and presidential elections,...
BROKER REFUNDS BERNED CLIENTS
A Chilean brokerage refunded $11 million to clients who suffered losses from investments in funds linked to Bernard Madoff. Celfin Capital SA is covering the losses incurred by about 100...
DEMS ISSUE WARNING ABOUT GILLY TO PARTY BOSS
ALBANY - Ten New York members of Congress, including three potential Senate candidates, have warned the state Democratic chairwoman not to use party resources to aid newly named Sen. Kirsten...
CLEAVER-SLAY INSANITY
For months, he's believed that he is the Messiah, that the burglary suspect a few cells down is the devil and that DNA tests will someday prove he's the son...
HOT HUNKS OF THE HOOSEGOW
THE good news, ladies, is that the man of your dreams - hot, built and available - is ready and waiting. The bad news is you'll have to wait five...
IT'S GOING TO BE A SCORCHER
She could be the poster girl for smokin' hot. Dix Hills, LI, volunteer firefighter Katelyn Bogi (above) will compete for one of 12 spots in a calendar to benefit autistic...
HAGGLERS SAVE A GREAT 'DEAL'
These days, hagglers have nothing to lose and everything to gain. From coffee shops to electronic stores to restaurants, merchants across the city say they're more willing than ever to...
SCHOOL IS ALL PLAY
Don't forget to play your homework! A first-of-its-kind Manhattan public school will use video games to engage kids in learning the basics of math, reading and science. Quest to Learn...
DICK STILL LIVID OVER W'S LIBBY SNUB
WASHINGTON - Former Vice President Dick Cheney yesterday said his ex-chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, was left "hanging in the wind" when then-President George W. Bush declined to...
GOV'S SECRET PORK TO 'BUY' BUDGET VOTES
GOV. PATERSON plans to tap into a little-noticed, $279 million slush fund to "buy" the votes of state Senate Democrats who are resisting his bridge-toll plan and pared-down budget, The...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan A thief swiped more than $11,000 in diamonds and computer equipment from an apartment in the Flatiron District, police sources said yesterday. The burglar got into the apartment on...
HAMPTONS REALTY WAR
Heavy-hitting Hamptons Realtors are hogging the area's most exclusive listings - and squeezing out small brokers - by using a computerized service that charges more than $40,000 a year to...
DRIVERS STRUGGLE TO KEEP ON TRUCKING
Driving an 18-wheeler isn't what it used to be for the independent truckers who make their living carrying cargo in and out of the Port of New York. The money's...
BASEMENT MYSTERY IN STAR REALTOR'S SLAY
Shortly after the bludgeoning murder of "Realtor to the stars" Linda Stein, her pretty personal assistant was in the basement holding a brown paper shopping bag, its bottom sagging from...
DISCOVERY BLASTS OFF
Space shuttle Discovery blasted off from Cape Canaveral last night after a week during which NASA engineers were dogged by fluid leaks and intergalactic debris. The liftoff followed a scrubbed...
NOW IT'$ NO FLUKE
Acoustic monitoring by Cornell scientists for endangered right whales off New York Harbor is ending because the project has lost financing in the current crunch. Officials say monitors that recorded...
HIGH COST OF NO. 7 OUTAGE
Cutting off the No. 7 train from Manhattan for eight straight weekends cost straphangers at least $25.9 million in missed work and extra travel costs, a Queens lawmaker said yesterday....
OLDER THAN 28? DON'T READ THIS
Over the hill at 28? Scientists at the University of Virginia have found that the ability to reason, speed of thought, and spatial visualization all peak around 22 and start...
AIDS CRISIS IN DC
WASHINGTON, DC - At least 3 percent of the residents of the nation's capital are infected with the HIV virus or have AIDS - three times the threshold for a...
SCHUMER SLAMS NY POWER RATES
Sen. Charles Schumer is calling for an investigation of what he says are the state's unnecessarily high electricity rates. He cited a recent report that New Yorkers pay about 10...
WOMAN, 80, HURT IN W. SIDE FIRE
An elderly Upper West Side woman was in critical condition after a blaze broke out inside her eighth-floor apartment across from the American Museum of Natural History. Firefighters found the...
GUNMAN WOUNDED BY POLICE
Cops shot and wounded a man they said was firing a gun into a Bronx pizzeria following an early-morning dispute yesterday, authorities said. The officers arrived at a Papa John's...
THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Jer-ry, Jer-ry, Jer-ry . . . get outta town! Some residents of Stamford, Conn., where daytime trash-TV king Jerry Springer is moving his bawdy show, are up in arms over...
'WITCH' PUTS A $PELL ON BOX OFFICE
The Disney family adventure "Race to Witch Mountain" outran superhero movie "Watchmen" to take the top spot with $25 million in the weekend contest at the box office. The reworking...
DOUBLE-DIP NIPPED
City Finance Commissioner Martha Stark resigned yesterday as director of a real-estate company after The Post revealed she held the gig despite rules barring department chiefs from outside employment. Stark's...
HONEYMOON SWEET FOR TOM & GISELE
Hunky New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is supermodel Gisele Bundchen's Mister Softee. Tom Meets Gisele's Family The hottest newlyweds on the planet were shot over the weekend eating ice-cream...
ARROW PIERCE HORROR
A Yonkers woman got a terrifying taste of the Old West yesterday - when she was pierced by an arrow as she stepped out of a car in The Bronx....
MODEL MAYHEM MISSTEP
The stampede outside an audition for Tyra Banks' reality TV show, "America's Next Top Model," could have been avoided had producers - facing thousands of supermodel wannabes - simply requested...
SHEEN GETS 2 LITTLE MEN
LOS ANGELES - "Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen and his wife, Brooke Mueller Sheen, are the proud parents of twin boys, his rep said yesterday. The babies,...
HIGH LINE ON TRACK
The High Line is ready to bloom. With a grand opening scheduled for June, the first section of the elevated trestle between the Meatpacking District and 20th Street has come...
BRITS IN BID TO SLASH DRINKING
LONDON - The British government will be asked today to hike the price of alcohol to try to combat soaring levels of binge drinking, especially among young people. The nation's...
IRAQI SOCCER GAME ENDS IN SUDDEN DEATH
An Iraqi soccer player was shot dead by a fan at the end of a bitter grudge match yesterday - just as he was about to tie the score. The...
POPE OFF TO AFRICA
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict tomorrow begins his first trip to Africa, where he'll urge developed nations grappling with the economic crisis not to forget the continent. In seven days...
LOHAN LIKELY TO SKIP COURT
Lindsay Lohan has another date with a California judge today, but she probably won't show up. Defense lawyer Shawn Chapman Holley said she'll represent the 22-year-old actress in a Beverly...
WORST CABBY EVER ON THE LOOSE IN NY
Meet Ramez Akladious, the worst - and most dangerous - taxi driver in the city. He allegedly slashed a passenger with a boxcutter, drove drunk and, to cap it off,...
RECESSION 'PROBABLY' OVER IN '09: BERNANKE
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke thinks the recession will end this year if the government succeeds in bolstering the banking system. In a rare TV interview yesterday, Bernanke...
PAK CRISIS TURNS INTO JUBILATION
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan agreed early today to reinstate a fired chief justice, a move that could help defuse a political crisis that sparked street battles and raised new fears...
TEAM O RIPS AIG BONUS BONANZA
The White House went ballistic yesterday, blasting bailed-out insurance giant AIG over $450 million in bonuses for the same execs behind the record losses that drove the company into the...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
An Arkansas veterinarian's assistant wound up on the wrong side of a cage after she allegedly put tranquilizers into her boss' coffee, cops said. The 24-year-old woman believed her superior...
MASSACRE ON MUSEUM MILE
PRESIDENT Obama's drive to reduce tax deductions for charity means trouble for New York - especially its cultural institutions. Consider: The Metropolitan Museum of Art just announced that it's eliminating...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Economy President Barack Oba ma's economic adviser said it's impossible to pre dict when the recession will end and cautioned that monthly job losses of 600,000 are unlikely to end...
EVERCORE, CITIC TO OPEN $500M M &A FUND
Investment-advisory firm Evercore Partners and one of China's largest financial institutions are forming a mergers-and-acquisition and private-equity venture that could be announced as soon as today, The Post has learned....
O'S UNREQUITED UN LOVE AFFAIR
THE United Nations "can be an extraordinarily constructive, important partner in bringing about peace and stability and security to people around the world": So said President Obama last Tuesday, with...
OMAHA ORACLE'S CALM, AS ECONOMY IS BUFFETTED
THE ISSUE: Warren Buffett's take on the economy and what President Obama should do. *** I really enjoyed the interview with Warren Buffett ("Oracle of Omaha Says President Obama Must...
MAYORAL CONTROL: UFT'S POISON PILL
EARLY last month, the two heavyweights of the city's pub lic schools, Mayor Bloomberg and Randi Weingarten, the president of the United Federation of Teachers, exchanged blows in the battle...
OH, IS THERE A CRISIS?
Who ever heard of a bureaucrat who'd rather go on vacation than spend $1 billion? Say hello to Astrid Glynn, New York state's commissioner of transportation. And goodbye, as she...
WELCOME BACK, AMI
Evildoers, beware: France is rejoining NATO. French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced last week that his country would reintegrate itself into the Atlantic alliance's unified command - 43 years after Charles...
A WIN-WIN ON WINE
With potentially more than $100 mil lion in new revenue dangling be fore their eyes, lawmakers in Al bany may finally do New Yorkers a favor - and let groceries...
SPRING INTO ACTION
With the first day of spring this Friday, anyone with a green thumb is gearing up to till the soil and plant those petunias. And even if that's not your...
IN A ROGUE STATE
There are more than a few people in Hollywood and on Wall Street who are praying for Ryan Kavanaugh to fail. So far, however, those prayers have gone unanswered. Instead...
BOGGLED BAM
THE furor over the huge federal spending under President Oba- ma - a $1.75 trillion deficit, 13 percent - obscures an even more basic question: Does he know what he...
NATASHA RICHARDSON SUFFERS A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
Actress Natasha Richardson was critically injured in a ski accident in Canada yesterday, a source told The Post. She was taken to a hospital near the ski resort of Mont...
DEVIN DOWN
DEVIN DOWNBy FRED KERBERLOS ANGELES - Devin Harris suffered a sprained left shoulder when he was fouled and crashed to the floor late in the third quarter here.The Nets said...
WHITE HOUSE STAYS UPBEAT ON 'MESS' OF AN ECONOMY
WASHINGTON - Federal reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke thinks the recession "probably" will end this year if the government succeeds in bolstering the banking system. In a rare TV interview yesterday,...
Playoff Priority
By FRED KERBERLOS ANGELES - Playoffs or lottery?The debate is as old as Stonehenge - the Druids probably had many lively debates over a pint of mead. Do you go...
Cavs 98, Knicks 93 (for real)
By MARC BERMANCLEVELAND - LeBron James was a mere mortal, but the Knicks just didn't have the grit or smarts down the stretch or the shooting touch all night in...
KNICKS HANG TOUGH
CLEVELAND - The Cavaliers wasted no time, hanging a 2008-2009 Central Division championship banner in the rafters before tonight's game vs. the Knicks. The Cavs, who clinched the division for...
TYRA: SHOW FAILED TO ALERT COPS
The stampede outside an audition for Tyra Banks' reality TV show, "America's Next Top Model," could have been avoided had producers - facing bombardment by thousands of supermodel wannabes -...