May 4, 2009
Mets' options were limited
ATLANTA -- After agonizing over it for two days, the Mets finally decided Oliver Perez will have to fight his way back from the bullpen. The move became official today...
Reality TV Tryouts: Make your bartender famous
How to get your 15 seconds of fame.Favorite BartenderFine Living Network is asking the New York/Tri-State area to nominate its favorite bartender. And let's face it, we should honor the...
JOBA'S MOM JAILED, SUSPECTED OF SELLING METH
The mother of Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain has been jailed in Nebraska and faces a felony charge after being arrested on suspicion of selling methamphetamine to an undercover police officer...
Bruney won't be back on time
By GEORGE A. KING IIIBrian Bruney doesn't know when he will return from the disabled list. What the right-handed reliever does know is that it won't be a week from...
Perez to the bullpen
ATLANTA -- The Mets announced today that Oliver Perez has been moved to the bullpen. Ken Takahashi will take his place in the rotation. The Mets would have preferred Perez...
GOV: LET'S DEAL WITH MTA CAPITAL BUDGET LATER
In a bizarre reversal, Gov. Paterson today said he and the legislature should wait until later in the year to deal with the MTA's capital budget -- even though he...
PROMOS: Barbados weather
You can't shave points off a thermometer without contracting mercury poisoning, so gambling on the weather is just about the purest game of chance around. 'Specially these days when our...
A-ROD HOMERS, PLAYS 7 INNINGS IN FIELD
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Alex Rodriguez hit a long homer, played seven innings in the field and drew a walk off Philadelphia's J.C. Romero on Monday in his latest extended spring...
STOCKS SURGE; S &P 500 TURNS POSITIVE FOR 2009
Another big rally on Wall Street has erased the losses suffered by the Standard & Poor's 500 index this year. The S&P 500, the market barometer preferred by professional investors,...
HEAD OF B'KLYN STEPPERS ACCUSED OF SEX WITH STUDENT
He was steppin' out with a Stepper. The head of the famed Brooklyn Steppers marching band -- a group whose high-profile gigs peaked this year with a spot in President...
More Favre speculation
Brett Favre just won't go away.Peter King of SI.com says, "my gut feeling is Favre never completely got this Vikings fixation out of his system. Now we wait for the...
What A Swine! Mexican Defender Suspended for Coughing
A Mexican defender who plays for Chivas Guadalajara apologized over the weekdend for coughing and making other gestures in an opponent's face in an apparent attempt to give him swine...
Game 24: Mets at Braves
ATLANTA -- The Mets continue their lengthy run of games within the NL East tonight when John Maine takes on the Braves in the opener of a two-game series here....
SURVEY: FRENCH EXCEL AT EATING AND SLEEPING
Talk about taking a laissez-faire attitude. The white flag-waving, brie-eating French are living up to their stereotype as lovers of food -- and can now add sleep to their lazy...
PETER SARSGAARD AND MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL GET MARRIED
Peter Sarsgaard and Maggie Gyllenhaal have made it official. Amanda Silverman, Gyllenhaal's publicist, says the couple were married Saturday. She didn't provide any details. Gyllenhaal and Sarsgaard have a daughter,...
'Fringe' Pickup
Speaking of renewals, Fox has picked up "Fringe" for a second season just in time for its season finale and a visit from Mr. Spock. "We couldn't be more thrilled...
DA WITNESS: ASTOR CALLED DAUGHTER-IN-LAW A 'BITCH'
Philanthropist Brooke Astor hated her daughter-in-law so much that she told her doctor she would rather spend Christmas with her two dogs over "that bitch," according to testimony today in...
Hasselhoff Saga
Thanks to Susan Boyle, the entire world is gearing up for this summer's "America's Got Talent." With all eyes on "America," rumors that the reality show's judge David Hasselhoff may...
MALAWI COURT HEARS MADONNA'S ADOPTION APPEAL
BLANTYRE, Malawi -- Malawi's highest court heard arguments Monday on Madonna's bid to adopt a 3-year-old girl from the southern African country, as a dispute erupted over whether a man...
Roberts won't help MLB investigation
By JUSTIN TERRANOVAAlex Rodriguez owes Selena Roberts a thank you. That thank you would probably come after cursing her out for a good couple of hours.Sports Illustrated's Roberts told WFAN's...
'TWILIGHT,' 'SLUMDOG' LEAD MTV AWARD NOMINEES
It's "Twilight" versus "Slumdog Millionaire" at this year's MTV Movie Awards. The vampire blockbuster and Oscar-winning Indian romance have six nominations each, including best movie, MTV announced Monday. "Slumdog" star...
MORE CHARGES FOR 'CRAIGSLIST KILLER'
WARWICK, R.I. -- A medical student accused in Boston of killing a masseuse he met on Craigslist has been charged in Rhode Island with assaulting a stripper in a hotel,...
PATERSON FLOATS NEW MTA BAILOUT PLAN
Discussions are reportedly going on in Albany on Gov. David Paterson's New York City transit bailout plan, which includes a 12-county payroll tax. Legislative sources said Paterson has suggested that...
TODDLER-STABBING DAD BUSTED -- IN DRAG!
Ain't that a drag! A Brooklyn man who stabbed his toddler in the head with a butter knife was finally busted -- in women's clothes. Jamarr Brown, 24, was arrested...
HASSELHOFF DRINKS SELF INTO HOSPITAL
UPDATE: Hasselhoff Saga David Hasselhoff's fallen off the wagon -- again. The aging "Baywatch" hunk was discovered out-cold on the floor of his California home by his youngest teen daughter,...
Unknown Anton Peterlin gets Everton deal
So you thought the movie "Goal'' was just a little too far-fetched, huh? Well, wait 'til you get a load of the the real-life story of Anton Peterlin.Just like Santiago...
Cristiano Ronaldo: "I'm no longer thinking of Madrid. That dream is dead''
Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo said his dream move to Real Madrid is over, that his only goal now is helping his Red Devils past Arsenal in this week's Champins...
BERLUSCONI DEMANDS APOLOGY FROM WIFE
ROME -- A peeved Premier Silvio Berlusconi has demanded a public apology from his wife, who announced she was seeking a divorce from the billionaire media magnate because she was...
New Rock Band 2 songs to rock to
Dude, remember the days when Limp Bizkit, Sugar Ray and Crazy Town were the bomb, diggity? Well, here's another blast from the past: Alien Ant Farm.Their (only real hit) song...
Bethenny vs. Jill on 'Housewives' Finale
For any "Real Housewives of New York City" fan, it's hard to believe the promos that BFFs Jill Zarin and Bethenny Frankel duke it out during Tuesday night's finale.On screen,...
Bachelorette, Jonas Use Same Hairstylist
ABC launched the site for their newest "Bachelorette" Jillian Harris, and we can't help but notice the striking similarity between her new 'do and the old one made famous by...
RALLY FOR SEPTEMBER 11 HERO - FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS COMING TO THE AID OF LATE FIREFIGHTER'S FAMILY
Even though he was retired from the New York City Fire Department, Brooklyn-born-and-bred Anthony Incarbone came back to New York after 9/11 to help with the rescue and recovery efforts...
Good job Phil, now let's see it again
By JUSTIN TERRANOVAThe Yankees could not have been happier with Phil Hughes' first start this season. He threw six innings of shutout ball against the Tigers, all the while pitching...
'Heroes' Won't Go Away, NBC Announces Pickups
NBC announced it's 2009-2010 lineup - and "Heroes" made the cut. The slipping drama, which loses fans and viewers by the minute, will live out its ninth life along with...
BANK BANDIT MENACES DIME TELLER - BRAZEN ROBBER WALKS OUT OF 86TH STREET BRANCH WITH BAG OF CASH
Looking for an illegal bailout... In these troubled financial times, people are trying to do everything to pad their 401K plan. The note-passing bandit currently being sought for knocking over...
CONEY SUFFERS SIX MURDERS IN SIX WEEKS
A staggering spree of violence in the western end of Coney Island has sparked six murders in six weeks and has put the police and the community on edge. The...
CHARTER SCHOOL WANTS TO MAKE ROOM FOR RELIGION
A new charter school seeks to open in Brooklyn and have students learn religion in the same building - but it doesn't matter which religion, according to the school's leaders....
DEVIL DRIVER: 'I KILLED HER' AREA WOMAN STABBED, DISMEMBERED
A woman who grew up in Coney Island lost her life there Sunday when she was stabbed to death and then dismembered allegedly by an unhinged livery cab driver obsessed...
GOV. PATERSON HITS NEW APPROVAL RATING LOW
How low can Gov. Paterson's approval rating go? A new poll released today shows Paterson's approval ratings reaching frightening new lows -- with just 19 percent of voters saying he's...
EPL: The Drop, Round 35
Start pouring the cement at the bottom of the table.Mathematically, there is hope. The kind of hope one prays to St. Jude to be realized. But Middlesbrough, Newcastle and West...
Coverage in The Post
ATLANTA -- The 10-13 Mets open a two-game series here tonight against the Braves after Sunday's rainout in Philadelphia, but the bulk of their attention right now is centered on...
Serie A: Torino Marks Grim Anniversary With Relegation Struggle
The struggles suffered this season by Torino at the bottom of the Serie A standings is hardly new, but relegation would be especially difficult this year.Monday marks the 60th anniversary...
3 UP: THE YANKS ARE SURVIVING
The Yankees have jammed an awful lot of bad stuff into the first month of the season. They spent $423.5 million this offseason on Mark Teixeira, A.J. Burnett and C.C....
Perez, Lowe and aging
From JOEL SHERMANOliver Perez has turned into the kind of millstone to the Mets that Dontrelle Willis is for the Tigers. After the 2007 season, Detroit made a monster trade...
Was 'Star Trek' Ripped Off From 'Forbidden Planet'?
Tonight's impending screening of J.J. Abrams' reboot of "Star Trek rekindled my memories of a decades-ago interview interview with the esteemed Leslie Nielsen when he was promoting the first "Naked...
3 UP: PEREZ, LOWE AND YANKEE SURVIVAL
1. Oliver Perez has turned into the kind of millstone to the Mets that Dontrelle Willis is for the Tigers. After the 2007 season, Detroit made a monster trade with...
STUDENTS BACK AT QUEENS SCHOOL AFTER SWINE FLU OUTBREAK
The doors reopened this morning at a Queens high school after swine flu sickened scores of students there. Students filed through the doors at St. Francis Prep after a nearly...
Natasha Richardson's Last Movie: Don't Hold Your Breath
"Wild Child,'' containing the late Natasha Richardson's final screen appearance, is not opening Friday, despite what you may have read in the listings in the New York Times' summer preview...
The Daily Whacks, Monday Edition
The Yankees and the Red Sox gather at the new Yankee Stadium tonight, and you have to assume this is going to be one of those rare occasions of the...
Tribeca: Less of Nia to Love?
"My Life in Ruins,'' Nia Vardalos' belated followup to "My Big Fat Greek Wedding'' closed the Tribeca Film Festival with a gala showing Saturday Night. I printed a picture here...
MORE TALKS PLANNED IN BID TO SAVE BOSTON GLOBE
BOSTON -- The Boston Globe and its largest employees union finished all-night talks without a deal Monday, but plan to be back at the bargaining table soon. Lifetime job guarantees...
STRIKEOUT ZONE
I felt like we'd really hit it off. The conversation flowed without an awkward moment. He really seemed to like me. I could see a future. But as days turned...
GROUP THERAPY
NO doubt about it, getting laid off during the worst downturn in decades can give a middle-age man the blues. When it happened to Jeffrey Levine of Basking Ridge, NJ,...
GO TO GREG
Q I work as a dentist in my dad's practice. When his personal and professional issues nearly destroyed the business, I saved it. Thanks to my efforts it's now thriving,...
CENTURY GIRL
IT often starts with "the girl," as models are called. And this year she's a museum piece, as the subject of this spring's exhibition at the Costume Institute of the...
SLEEPING WITH THE STARS
WHEN they're not busy sustaining injuries or twirling around in sequined, backless outfits, the contestants on "Dancing With the Stars" need a little down time. They might be dancing the...
DAVID COOK'S BROTHER DIES
THE brother of "American Idol" winner David Cook, Adam, died early yesterday morning after a well-publicized fight with brain cancer, according to a report on the star's Web site. The...
'RING' MASTER
THE world ended at five minutes to midnight on Saturday. It begins again tonight when the Metropolitan Opera resumes Richard Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen." In this saga, the god...
HOT SINGER'S GOING, GOING, GAGA!
AT Terminal 5 Sat urday night, Gaga was no Lady. She was a down 'n' dirty club singer with heartbreaking, lust-stirring sex appeal that was precisely choreographed to an 11-song...
FIGHT NIGHT
THOREAU once said that "most men lead lives of quiet desperation." Clearly, he spent too much time on Walden Pond and not enough time at bars and charity events in...
IDOL'S 'RELUCTANT' ROCKER
WHEN "American Idol" asked him to mentor the remaining contestants for this week's rock theme, Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash didn't exactly jump at the chance. "I was reluctant at...
DAD, DAD DAD, DAD WORLD
THERE'S something weird about Sui. It's not just that he spends most of his time fixing and making store mannequins in his workshop. It's that he carts the dummies around...
KANSAN'S YELLOW BRICK ROAD
WITH "Everyday Rapture," Sherie Rene Scott proudly comes out as a Mennonite (OK, half of one) and a geek who's into show tunes and magic tricks. In this wonderfully crafted...
STARR REPORT
NBC will announce its fall schedule today and is ex pected to renew newbie "Southland" -- but the cop series starring Benjamin McKenzie stumbled badly Thursday night. "Southland" averaged 6.7...
IRON SHEFF KNOWS MISSING INGREDIENT
PHILADELPHIA -- The Mets are too soft as a team. That's evident from the last two seasons. One of the reasons Gary Sheffield was brought to the Mets was to...
SANTANA WILL GET EXTRA REST
PHILADELPHIA -- Jerry Manuel pushed back his rotation after yesterday's rainout here, which means a showdown with the Phillies for Johan Santana on Wednesday at Citi Field. But it also...
PEREZ BACKTRACKS; STATUS GETS CLOUDY
PHILADELPHIA -- The Mets got an unscheduled off day here yesterday due to the rain, but they remain in a fix when it comes to Oliver Perez. TONIGHT'S PREVIEW: Mets...
BELIEF IN 'BIRD' DELIVERS IN DERBY
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A couple of days before the Kentucky Derby, trainer Nick Zito offered some philosophy about getting his humble horse, Nowhere to Hide, into the race after another...
DREAM ENDING WORTH OSCAR
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Instead of "My Old Kentucky Home," they should have played the theme from "The Wild Bunch" before Saturday's Run for the Roses. Forget the comparison of Funny...
NO LIE, JETS' GREENE HAS HONEST TALENT
Jets coach Rex Ryan is already impressed with one aspect of his new running back, Shonn Greene -- the rookie's honesty. During the team's rookie minicamp Friday afternoon, quarterback Mark...
DERBY-WINNING JOCK BOREL A REAL HOOT
GOOD stuff, bad stuff, lots of stuff, let's go: After 50-1 Mine That Bird won the Derby, NBC wisely stuck with network outrider Donna Brothers as she allowed countrified jock...
'BIRD' MAY FLY AT PIMLICO
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The morning after Mine That Bird won the 135th Kentucky Derby at 50-1, trainer Chip Woolley said they'd wait a day or two before deciding whether he'll...
GIRARDI PANS MOTIVES BEHIND NEW A-ROD BIO
Take this book and shove it! Yankees manager Joe Girardi not only made it clear yesterday that he won't be visiting his local bookstore today to purchase a copy of...
JOHNSON, HAWKS SOAR PAST HEAT
Joe Johnson was tired of all the double- and triple-teaming. So he put up a shot before Miami could get an extra defender on him. From about 30 feet away....
DOPEY GIRARDI PLAYS CENSOR FIELD
JOE Girardi took the Yankees job, I assume, with a sound mind and open eyes. He was offered a lot more money to manage here than he was offered by...
MAYWEATHER: PACQUIAO NOT 'KING' OF THE RING
LAS VEGAS -- Floyd Mayweather Jr. temporarily left boxing as the unbeaten pound-for-pound king when he announced his retirement last summer. So, logically, he feels he still should be regarded...
MARTE ADDED TO YANKEES' DISABLED LIST
One more veteran arm from the Yankees' beleaguered bullpen hit the disabled list yesterday, leaving manager Joe Girardi with even more uncertainty for the seventh and eighth innings. Damaso Marte...
BOSTON INVASION NOT SAME WITHOUT BOSS ON HAND
THESE are the days when we really miss the growling, the prowling, the ever-ready finger perched on the ever-ready typewriter to send an ever-ready press release flying north from Tampa....
FOR YANKEES, NO FORGETTING FENWAY FLOP
The Yankees aren't forgetting the sweep. Mark Teixeira said losing all three games last weekend at Fenway Park hurt more because it came against Boston. COMPLETE YANKEES COVERAGEYANKEES BLOG "We...
HOOP STAR HEADED TO ARIZONA
The University of Arizona landed a basketball recruit from New York yesterday and is still waiting on one more. Former St. Raymond's standout Kevin Parrom committed to the Wildcats after...
HONDO FINALLY LOSES
Hondo's baseball winning streak came to a halt at seven yesterday when the Cubs didn't let the Marlins off the hook, causing some minor bankroll shrinkage. Tonight, with 420 downings...
SEAN RALLIES TO TAKE QUAIL HOLLOW
Standing on the 18th tee, Sean O'Hair asked his caddie where he stood in the Quail Hollow Championship and got word that he had a one-shot lead. "Over who?" O'Hair...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Cowboys staffer paralyzed Rich Behm, a Cowboys scouting assistant, was permanently paralyzed from the waist down after his spine was severed during the collapse of the team's tent-like practice...
WINGS CLIPPED IN THIRD OT
The third overtime was only about a minute old when Anaheim's Todd Marchant flicked a wrist shot through traffic toward the net. Detroit goalie Chris Osgood never saw it coming....
CRAWFORD SWIPES 6 BASES IN RAYS' WIN
Carl Crawford slid into second base, tying a modern major league record with six stolen bases. The crowd of 32,332 roared, and the Rays immediately flashed a message on the...
MEGAN'S 'LEAR' - AND LEER
Sizzling beauty Megan Fox is a marked woman -- here flaunting a "King Lear"-inspired tattoo in the upcoming Elle magazine. The 23-year-old "Transformers" star, featured on Elle's cover, tells the...
GLOBE'S FATE UNCERTAIN AS DEADLINE PASSES
BOSTON -- Amid threats of a shutdown and allegations of bullying, talks between The Boston Globe's unions and its owner continued early today, well past the midnight deadline as both...
FILM A B'WAY SMASH
A movie chase scene got too realistic early today when a car jumped a curb during a film shoot and smashed into the entrance of a Times Square restaurant, injuring...
WINNING CIRCLE
With the National Magazine Awards this past Thursday serving up lots of surprise winners, Media City wanted to take a look at the some of the titles that managed to...
TV GUY A CONEY 'PHONY'
A self-described '80s "metalhead" with a public-access TV show right out of "Wayne's World" is allegedly charging struggling bands $225 a pop to perform on the Coney Island boardwalk --...
CAREERS REROUTED
More than just subway and bus routes will be cut if the MTA's doomsday budget goes into effect. Thousands of new MTA employees have the jitters about their livelihoods as...
WALL ST. BIG'S DOGFIGHT
This barbarian was inside the gate -- a vicious dog owned by ex-Shearson Lehman chief Peter Cohen mauled a sickly cleaning lady, a lawsuit claims. Chirata Ianachi was left unemployed...
'DOMINATRIX' SUES FOR 'PAIN'
A Queens nurse outed as a dominatrix in a sex-harassment case against her boyfriend has filed a lawsuit against his accuser, The Post has learned. Mia Metzger was named last...
GOV IS GREAT (FOR GOPERS)
GOV. PATERSON was prominently mentioned on "Meet the Press" yesterday -- but not the way he would have liked. Paterson's name was invoked during a discussion of what it would...
AVALANCHE KILLS SIX IN AUSTRIA
INNSBRUCK, Austria -- Five Czechs and one Slovak were killed when an avalanche trapped them under eight feet of snow as they hiked in the Alps of Western Austria, authorities...
ISRAEL'S OLMERT TO GET CANCER OP IN US
JERUSALEM -- Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will undergo prostate-cancer surgery in the United States, his spokesman said yesterday. The operation will be performed in the United States because...
CORRUPTION SCANDAL ROCKS BAGHDAD GOV'T
BAGHDAD -- Iraq has issued warrants for the arrest of some trade officials on corruption charges, including the head of the Iraqi Grain Board, which imports millions of tons of...
SPLITSVILLE FOR ITALY PM & WIFE
ROME -- Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's wife wants a divorce, Italian media reported yesterday, just days after she publicly criticized his par ty's selection of young women for European elections....
IRANIAN 'BOMB'SHELL
CAIRO -- An Iranian presidential candidate who is wanted by Interpol in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Argentina said yesterday he is willing to cooperate with the...
NO HARD FEELINGS
She hacked off her hubby's manhood, and now, in their first encounter in 16 years, Lorena Bobbitt suggests that she may have taken a little piece of John Wayne Bobbitt's...
TEACHERS HOLD $WAY
These puppet masters' strings are spun from gold. The United Federation of Teachers and New York State United Teachers unions funneled more than $9 million into their political arms over...
POL PICKS FAT-FOOD FIGHT OVER SLIM PICKINS IN E. HARLEM
Two-thirds of East Harlem residents are obese -- and surprise, surprise, the neighborhood has four junk-food outlets for every healthier one, officials said yesterday. By contrast, the neighboring Upper East...
GAY PALS SHRUG OFF RUDY SNUB
A gay pal of Rudy Giuliani said yesterday there's one word for why the former mayor and potential gubernatorial candidate snubbed his same-sex wedding: Politics. "We're still friends," said Queens...
RIKERS INMATE MYSTERY DEATH
A Rikers Island inmate died mysteriously shortly after he tried to hit a correction officer with a dinner tray, authorities said yesterday. Clarnice Mobley, 60, who had been arrested for...
GOP POLICY HURT KEMP: SPECTER
WASHINGTON -- Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter said yesterday that his passion for health care was a major reason he left the Republican Party last week. He also said that the...
HOWL ABOUT THAT! WOLVES OFF ENDANGERED LIST
BILLINGS, Mont. -- Wolves in parts of the Northern Rockies and the Great Lakes region come off the endangered species list today, opening them to public hunts in some states...
CAR SMASHERS BUSTED: COPS
A smash-and-grab gang of five men netted a cache of digital gadgets and caused thousands in damage to cars in Nassau County and Queens, authorities said yesterday. The men, all...
TODDLER-STABBING DAD AIMING FOR MOM: COPS
A Brooklyn man who stabbed his toddler in the head with a butter knife apparently impaled the tot by accident -- as he was lunging for the boy's mom, cops...
NEW PLANS SHOULD BE DERAILED, SAYS SHEL
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is considering scaling down funding for the MTA's big-ticket projects until the economy makes a full recovery, a source said yesterday. "Maybe we should wait a...
SUPREMES FIGHT LOOMS
WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers are already sharpening their knives as they gear up for a Capitol Hill confirmation battle over the next Supreme Court nominee. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said...
FEDS EYE EDWARDS' 'MISTRE$$'
The feds are probing whether the moonstruck mistress of disgraced former presidential wannabe John Edwards illegally received more than $100,000 in political funds from his campaign, possibly as hush money...
BEACH BALL FOR RIHANNA & 'EX'-LOVE
Seems like Rihanna has an old boyfriend under her umbrella as the superstar singer frolics in the surf with an ex-flame on her home isle of Barbados According to Britain's...
SLAY-CAM HORROR
A troubled teenage father struggling to turn his back on the Bloods street gang was gunned down as he walked away from an argument on a Harlem street yesterday --...
TRANSIT DOG DAZE OVER 'PUPPY LOVE' E-MAIL
With the transit system about to go to the dogs, one MTA board member had nothing better to do than waste the time of the agency's top officials by asking...
ALL SWINE & DANDY
Relax. It's time to wash your hands of swine-flu fears. The nation's top public-health official said yesterday there are positive signs that the swine flu is no more severe than...
IT'S ONE FOR THE AGES
Last night, at the Pete Seeger birthday bash at Madison Square Garden, Bruce Springsteen described the 90-year-old legend best, telling the sold-out house, "Behind his grandfatherly facade lies stubborn, nasty,...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan A man was viciously attacked by a group of thugs in Greenwich Village yesterday, police sources said. The victim, a 28-year-old Upper East Sider, was standing on Christopher Street...
'WOLVERINE' 'X'-CELS AT BOX OFFICE
You can't keep a good X-Man down. Hugh Jackman's prequel "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" leaped to the top of the box office with an $87 million opening weekend, according to studio...
BIRD RISK IN LGA TRASH
A proposed trash-transfer station across Flushing Bay from La Guardia Airport would be a dangerous bird magnet, and should not be built, a Queens lawmaker said yesterday. Rep. Gary Ackerman...
POWER TAX A $HOCK
A shocking 22 percent of a typical city apartment dweller's Con Ed electric bill goes to a battery of city, state and federal taxes under a new state rate schedule...
GIANT STEPS FOR A HERO
Meet the Bionic Fan. Iraq war hero and double amputee Lt. Col. Greg Gadson -- whose bravery helped inspire the New York Giants to their last Super Bowl victory --...
BREAKDOWN & A 'SHAKEDOWN'
TO AVENGE the late Brooke Astor, Manhattan prosecutors must first destroy her privacy -- throwing open the attic doors to reveal the most cringe-inducing personal details of her descent, in...
SMALL BRONX LAB IS BRONX FAB FOR KIDS
The Bronx Lab School is proof that smaller is better -- when there are caring and committed teachers. "I love the school. It's small. I feel well known," said senior...
MAYOR'S ED. PUSH PAYS OFF
The high-school graduation rate -- the ultimate barometer of academic success -- has shot up markedly under mayoral control, according to state and city statistics. Mayor Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
An off-road toilet seat that hunters can attach to a trailer hitch was the subject of an award-winning label -- cautioning against sitting on the throne while the vehicle is...
CHRYSLER CUT-UP'S CONTRACT KILLERS
'I'm saying that when the president does it that means it's not illegal," shouts Frank Langella's Richard Nixon at Michael Sheen's David Frost in "Frost/ Nixon." He was wrong, and...
JUST WALK AWAY
WHAT Washington calls "strategy" is usually just inertia: We can't imagine not supporting Pakistan because we've "always" supported Pakistan. No matter how shamelessly Pakistan's leaders looted their own country, protected...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Game of 'Risk' Warren Buffett says life insurers, a group led by MetLife and Prudent ial Financial in the U.S., "took on an ungodly amount of risk." The in dustry's...
HIS BATTLE FOR A BETTER NEW YORK
IN the spring of 1969, New Yorkers lived in a city that was going broke. It had polluted air, filthy streets, traffic tie-ups, pot-holed avenues and ever-increasing crime. They also...
ITALY'S REVVED UP PLAN
Chrysler's vehicles could wind up merged with the unwanted Opel cars being dumped by General Motors in an Italian-inspired corporate soup. Fiat, which has agreed to take over assets of...
THE BIG APPLE'S APPLE
While we like the idea of an official apple of New York City, it should be the McIntosh, not the Newtown Pippen ("Bitter Fruit Folks," April 23). Pippens are OK,...
ESCAPING THE UNION
TEACHERS at two of the most successful charter schools in New York City made a simple request of state officials last week: Free us from the United Federation of Teachers....
KEEP THE SWINE FLU SOUTH OF THE BORDER
THE ISSUE: The spread of H1N1, aka swine flu, and whether enough is being done about it. *** I don't think that US authorities are doing enough to contain the...
CBS SPREADS THE NEWS ABOUT STRONG SEASON
With the television "upfront" market just weeks away, CBS is eager to parlay its primetime success this season into ad dollars. While nearly everyone else is down this year, CBS...
CHARGE: FRATERNIZING WITH THE RIGHT
Two Democrats running for Manhattan district attorney didn't exactly cover themselves with glory the other night when they blasted the third candidate for -- horrors! -- speaking to a group...
NOBODY EXPECTED THIS
The Spanish sure don't make inquisitions like they used to. But a renegade Madrid judge is trying his best to revive the tradition. Claiming universal "human rights" jurisdiction, Judge Baltasar...
MEDICAID MADNESS
There was ominous news buried deep in the financial plan released last week by Gov. Paterson's budget office: Five years hence, one in every four New Yorkers will be on...
Pitching set for Braves series
ATLANTA -- The pitching matchups are ready for the Mets' two-game series here with the Braves that starts tonight at Turner Field after Jerry Manuel pushed back his rotation due...