May 8, 2009
Red Bull Starting XI vs. San Jose
As we alluded to, Juan Carlos Osorio juggled the Red Bulls' lineup in hopes of snapping their three-game losing streak. And among the moves was the first-ever MLS start for...
Deal of the Day-Michael Kors
Get your toes buffed and ready for sandal season, then pick up these Studded Gladiator Sandals by Kors from Intermix.The towering sexy shoes will work with anything in your wardrobe...
NEUROSURGEON TO RETIRE AFTER NORTH SHORE-LIJ BRAIN OPERATION FLAP
The chairman of neurosurgery at the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System is stepping down from his post following news reports that he refused to perform a brain operation on...
K-Rod putting on the pinks
Here is the first look at the special pink Reeboks that Mets closer Frankie Rodriguez will be donning Sunday against the Pirates. It's part of the annual Major League Baseball...
Brandon doesn't want Braylon
Brandon Jacobs said today on ESPN 1050 Radio that he did not want the Giants to trade for Browns WR Braylon Edwards."I don't want him," Jacobs told host Brandon Tierney....
President Obama talks US World Cup bid
We've all heard about president Barack Obama throwing his support behind a U.S. bid for the World Cup. Well, Univision caught up with the president and now you can see...
Report: Freddy Adu going back to Benfica
U.S. National Team pool midfielder Freddy Adu will head back to Portuguese club Benfica at the end of the season, according to Portuguese sports daily Record. The 19-year-old is on...
RICKEY VISITS HALL OF FAME
COOPERSTOWN -- Though a growing number of baseball's stars are being linked to performance-enhancing drugs, Rickey Henderson said Friday he'll have a clean conscience when he's inducted into the Hall...
Game 28: Pirates at Mets
Fresh off his promotion from Triple-A Buffalo, young left-hander Jonathon Niese will try to keep the good feelings going for the Mets tonight when he faces the Pirates in the...
MADOFF VICTIMS TO GET $500G IN 'RELIEF' FUNDS
A trustee wants to give a break to investors hardest hit by the Bernard Madoff fraud. Irving Picard unveiled a hardship program Friday that will put the victims first in...
WHITE HOUSE AIDE RESIGNS OVER FLYOVER FLAP
WASHINGTON -- A top White House aide resigned today for his role in Air Force One's $328,835 photo-op flyover above New York City that sparked panic and flashbacks to the...
A-ROD HOMERS ON FIRST PITCH HE SEES
Alex Rodriguez is back with a blast. Rodriguez, out since spring training after undergoing hip surgery, hit the first pitch he saw from the Orioles' Jeremy Guthrie into left field...
Season Finale Round-up
Lost, May 13, 9 p.m., ABCHeading into the two-hour season finale, Sun (Yunjin Kim) is in the present with Ben (Michael Emerson) and Locke (Terry O'Quinn), who are battling over...
TEEN PLEADS NOT GUILTY IN RADIO NEWSMAN'S MURDER
The 16-year-old accused of killing longtime WABC radio newsman George Weber pleaded not guilty today during his arraignment in Brooklyn -- although prosecutors claimed the teen told cops he "didn't...
Vikings looking at Favre X-rays
ESPN's Jeremy Schaap is reporting that X-rays of Brett Favre's right shoulder have been sent to the Minnesota VIlikings for evaluation, and if it is determined Favre does not need...
VIDEO SHOWS ASTOR'S 100TH BIRTHDAY
Jurors hearing the case against Anthony Marshall, son of the late Brooke Astor, were shown this video of her 100th birthday as evidence yesterday. The defense presented the video of...
Pro Ev Soccer 09 gets an upgrade
When you get tired of the Wii Fit soccer minigame - you know, where you pretend to hit balls with your head by shifting your weight on the Wii Balance...
'Top Chef' Wins Ultimate Prize
If you name a dish after the president, the first lady will come. Michelle Obama brought her staff into "Top Chef" alum Spike Mendelsohn's restaurant, Good Stuff Eatery, on Capitol...
Good first day for new receivers
By PAUL SCHWARTZThe first impression made by rookie receivers Hakeem Nicks and Ramses Barden was encouraging. Both big targets inhaled every pass thrown their way in the morning minicamp practice...
DERBY-WINNING JOCKEY WILL RIDE DIFFERENT HORSE
The owner of Kentucky Oaks winner Rachel Alexandra has announced that jockey Calvin Borel has agreed to ride her for the current racing season. Borel, who rode 50-1 long shot...
POLICE: SUSPECT WROTE 'KILL JOHANNA' IN HIS JOURNAL
Crazed co-ed killer Stephen Morgan, who was arrested Thursday night after allegedly killing a Wesleyan University student, wrote "Kill Johanna. She must Die" in his creepy journal that was later...
SEARCH CONTINUES FOR MISSING NY GIRL
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Searchers are combing another coastal South Carolina county for a New York teen who went missing nearly two weeks ago in Myrtle Beach. Officers on Friday were...
DA: STUDENT BUSTED FOR MOLESTING KIDS
An aspiring teacher who worked as a nanny was charged in Manhattan today with raping and molesting three boys that were under his care, prosecutors said. Jonathan Then, 20, was...
Molina on DL; Cash called up
By GEORGE A. KING IIIJose Molina has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a Grade 2 strain of his left quadriceps. Triple-A catcher Kevin Cash was called up...
TOP SURGEON RETIRES AFTER SUSPENSION
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. -- A leading brain surgeon suspended after refusing to step in for a colleague who failed to show up for an operation is retiring. North Shore University...
JOE DIMAGGIO'S BROTHER, DOMINIC, DEAD AT 92
BOSTON -- Dominic DiMaggio, the bespectacled Boston Red Sox center fielder who made his own mark on the major leagues despite playing in the shadow of Hall of Fame brother...
Sanchez jersey selling well
According to the NFL and CNBC reporter Darren Rovell, Mark Sanchez's Jets No. 6 is the top selling post-Draft rookie jersey, ranking ahead of the 49ers' Michael Crabtree and the...
All Quiet on the Weinstein Front
The Weinstein Co. has scrapped plans to open the Ryan Gosling-Kirsten Dunst thriller "All Good Things,'' shot last summer in Connecticut, in July and are now mulling a fall release...
SILVER LIKES MAYORAL CONTROL
Mayor Bloomberg's quest to keep City Hall in charge of the city's public schools got a significant boost this morning when Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver praised mayoral control as a...
BLOOMBERG WANTS GROUND ZERO SUMMIT
Mayor Bloomberg is calling for a summit to resolve stalled talks at ground zero. The mayor is inviting the owners of the World Trade Center site, developer Larry Silverstein and...
Comparing the rotations
From JOEL SHERMANAs bad as things might appear behind Johan Santana, at least the Mets have Santana. And they don't have Jamie Moyer and Joe Blanton, Brett Myers and Chan...
Warner Archives' Latest: Tarzan, Taylor and Garfield
The busy Warner Archive movies-on-demand program, which we've written about lots here, has added 22 more titles/ Most notable are Mervyn LeRoy's "Johnny Eager'' (1940) with Robert Taylor, Lana Turner,...
Just flesh, hold the blood
The Propeller company's excellent "Merchant of Venice" is playing at BAM only until May 17. A worthy trip, if you ask me, plus the Harvey Theater is one of the...
Coverage in The Post
Things are definitely looking up in Met-land after a 7-5 win over the Phillies on Thursday night. The victory was the Mets' fourth in a row, completed their second consecutive...
DOUGLASTON'S SANDER STEPS DOWN AS MTA CHIEF
Elliot "Lee" Sander of Douglaston, executive director of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, has resigned after Gov. David Paterson vowed to conduct a house cleaning of the MTA's leadership. Sander, who...
ART YOU CAN AFFORD
Among the many silver linings for emerging artists in a down economy (lower rents for studio space is a big one) is more collectors are willing to take a look...
NJ BEAUTY QUEEN GETS JAIL FOR THEFT
NEWARK, N.J. -- A former New Jersey beauty pageant winner has been sentenced to a year in jail for bouncing more than $70,000 in bad checks to purchase antique furniture....
HENRY LEE SUMMER ARRESTED FOR METH
Late-1980s pop artist Henry Lee Summer has been arrested in Indianapolis on methamphetamine possession and other charges. Summer was arrested Tuesday after police say he threw drugs from his car...
BioShock 2 multiplay-ah info-rama
Good news! 2K Games has capitulated to fan demands and signed a partnership with Digital Extremes - of Unreal franchise fame - to develop the multiplayer experience for BioShock 2.For...
Agent: Boldin still on market
If the Giants are still interested, the agent for WR Anquan Boldin says he expects the Cardinals will trade him.Using a Twitter account, agent Drew Rosenhaus writes: "I still believe...
Agent: Boldin will be traded
If the Jets are still interested, the agent for WR Anquan Boldin says he expects the Cardinals will trade him.Using a Twitter account, agent Drew Rosenhaus writes: "I still believe...
'Gossip Girl' Spinoff Dead?
Brittany Snow's portrayal as the young Lily van der Woodsen (Kelly Rutherford) may only be for an episode - instead of the planned CW series.The "Gossip Girl" spinoff was supposed...
Not everyone a friend of Favre
Though GM Mike Tannenbaum has called Brett Favre a "friend of the Jets for years to come," some inside the team's locker room certainly don't agree.According to a report on...
CRESPO, GIBSON TO RUN
On Saturday, May 3, the Bronx County Democratic Committee nominated Marcos Crespo to run for the 85th District Assembly seat vacated by Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. and Vanessa Gibson...
WATER RATE HEARING HELD; BRONXITES HOSED
Rather than incur the wrath of taxpayers at an evening hearing, members of the NYC Water Board heard testimony at 2 p.m. on Monday, April 27. Councilmen James Vacca and...
SQUARE FIRE VICTIMS RECEIVE CITY FUNDS
A month after an early-morning fire displaced a row of small businesses on Westchester Square, the New York City Department of Small Business Services joined the Association of the Merchants...
FUNDS COLLECTED FOR QUAKE VICTIMS
Senator Jeff Klein and members of the Morris Park Community Association gathered on Friday, May 1, to announce the impressive collection of funds raised for Abruzzo Earthquake victims. On Friday,...
PELHAM BAY GRAFFITI FACES THE BRUSH
The glaring, graffiti-scarred, second-story eyesores dotting Pelham Bay will be a part of the past as local community groups and elected officials chart a new strategy. Over 25 locations were...
Al Bundy Finds New 'Family' on ABC
Looks like Ed O'Neill has found a new family to torture. Reprising his role as TV family man, the "Married With Children" dad is set to star in a new...
'GUN FIEND' HAD CO-ED IN SIGHTS
Crazed co-ed killer Stephen Morgan, who surrendered late last night, started stalking tragic Wesleyan junior Johanna Justin-Jinich two years ago, sending her twisted e-mails and texts and bombarding her with...
EMMA KICKS EMILY FROM TOP SPOT OF BABY NAMES
WASHINGTON -- Move over, baby Emily. Emma is the new top name among baby girls, ending Emily's 12-year reign. Jacob remained king among the boys in 2008, his 10th straight...
LAYOFFS SLOW TO 539K, JOBLESS RATE RISES
WASHINGTON -- The pace of layoffs slowed in April when employers cut 539,000 jobs, the fewest in six months. But the unemployment rate climbed to 8.9 percent, the highest since...
The Daily Whacks, Friday Edition
My prevailing take on Manny Ramirez' departure thanks to a drug ban? As much as anyone getting caught gives baseball a black eye, it does prove that the sport's drug...
Drama Mama
Tired of reality TV? So is Drama Mama. Each week, I look for the best scripted shows that will both entertain and let me use my grownup brain for once....
LADY LIBERTY'S CROWN TO REOPEN
The Statue of Liberty's crown will open to the public on July 4 -- providing access to the top of the famed landmark for the first time since the 9/11...
3 UP: LIFE AFTER MO
Over the years I cannot tell you how many people employed by the Yankees have said something like this to me: "You know it is all over when Mo is...
3 UP: METS ROTATION, YANKEES AGE, MO
1. As bad as things might appear behind Johan Santana, at least the Mets have Santana. And they don't have Jamie Moyer and Joe Blanton, Brett Myers and Chan Ho...
TIGER STILL SEARCHING
Tiger Woods still wears red on Sundays, though he is not seeing blood the way he used to. For most PGA Tour players returning from major left knee surgery, a...
MANNY BEING DIRTY IS STAIN ON OLD STORY
Manny being Manny now includes injecting drugs into his fanny. Dreadlocked Dodger Manny Ramirez was exposed as a drug cheat yesterday when Major League Baseball suspended him for 50 games...
MLB STILL FERTILE GROUND FOR CHEATS
IMAGINE that this excuse came from Alex Rodriguez. Imagine that his alibi was this lame: That he described having a vague "personal medical issue." That he then said he was...
THANKFULLY, MANNY IS HOLLYWOOD'S HORROR TALE
SO IT turns out that perhaps discretion truly is the better part of valor. In the offseason -- in the abstract -- it made so much sense to sign Manny...
ROUGH NIGHT FOR PHILLIES' MOYER
There might not be a player in the major leagues that gets more out of his talent than 46-year-old left-hander Jamie Moyer. So when Moyer took the mound last night...
FOR ANGLERS, STRIPED BASS, BLUEFISH GALORE
IT'S on! Striped bass and bluefish have taken over the North and South Shores offering great action for the Mothers Day weekend, so take your mom fishing. Besides the bass...
HCG HAS LIMITED USES
The banned substance linked to Manny Ramirez is commonly taken by steroid users but also can be prescribed for other conditions. A person familiar with the details of the suspension...
RAYS RIP RIVERA FOR YANKEES' 5TH LOSS IN ROW
Here's the current state of the Yankees world: Alex Rodriguez will rejoin the team in Baltimore tonight. And the ensuing media crush that easily could rival the cast of "Spartacus"...
MANNY'S SUSPENSION JOLTS DODGERS
Reaction ranged from shock to self-interest yesterday after Major League Baseball suspended slugger Manny Ramirez for 50 games for reportedly using the female fertility drug human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). Dodgers...
MOLINA COULD BE HEADED FOR DISABLED LIST
What's a Yankees game without an injury these days? Catcher Jose Molina suffered a strained left quad and was headed for an MRI exam. With Jorge Posada (hamstring) on the...
DAVID'S FINALLY FEELING WRIGHT
Over the past six games, David Wright certainly has found his stroke. The Mets' star third baseman suffered through a shaky start to his season, ending April with just one...
5 QUESTIONS FOR... DAVE WINFIELD
WITH Alex Rodriguez on the verge of returning to the Yankees lineup, The Post's Justin Terranova talked with a former Bombers slugger. Dave Winfield is the newest member of ESPN's...
KAY SHILLS AS FANS GET $OAKED
MONDAY would have been a great night for Michael Kay to have shown up on YES with his realities reversed. Instead of performing as the everything's-coming-up-Yankees TV voice of Pinstripe...
ATONED WINS IT!
Track was muddy, harrowed, for races 1-2, upgraded to good for 3; no turf racing (first, fourth, fifth, seventh switched to main track). Deluge hit track just before sixth race...
JACKSON'S MUM ON FILLY'S FUTURE
The super filly Rachel Alexandra, purchased Wednesday by Jess Jackson's Stonestreet Stable for an undisclosed sum that likely ran to eight figures, was transferred yesterday from trainer Hal Wiggins' barn...
RED BULLS EYE REMATCH
The Red Bulls host San Jose (7:30 p.m., MSG) trying to right the ship after opening the season 1-5-2, the worst start in club history. They won at San Jose...
BUCS STOP HONDO
'Dorf on Pitching earned a bad review from Hondo yesterday when Ohlendorf came up small in St. Louis to reduce the collection of dead presidents to 395 shantzes. Tonight, he's...
NBA GOES EASY ON KOBE
THE majority of courtyard conflicts, I submit, are instigated by illegitimate picks and back climbing for missed shots. Referees are supposed to terminate these particular taboo tactics at first sight...
CLEMENS CAN'T CATCH BREAK WITH JETS
Every time a door seems to swing open for Kellen Clemens in his dogged pursuit of becoming an NFL starting quarterback, an ominous figure casts a foreboding shadow across the...
REPORT: NO RETURN FOR FAVRE
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- The Vikings' dalliance with Brett Favre has yet to reach the stage of face-to-face, close-the-deal talks. Maybe it never will. Vikings coach Brad Childress remained at...
NICKS HAS CHANCE TO MAKE GIANT IMPRESSION
Not long after he signed on to represent Hakeem Nicks, agent Peter Schaffer formed an early impression of the person behind the player mainly because of what Nicks did not...
TIGER TOOK DRUG TESTS
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Tiger Woods said yesterday he has been tested twice for drugs under the PGA Tour's anti-doping policy, including one time when he wasn't even...
BEN GRABS ONE-SHOT LEAD AT PLAYERS
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Ben Crane plays his best golf when he keeps it simple. His day began with a drive down PGA Tour Boulevard on the back of...
CANSECO NOT SURPRISED ABOUT RAMIREZ
Jose Canseco hardly blinked when he heard about Manny Ramirez and hCG. Then again, Canseco already had inside information on the banned substance -- he's on probation for trying to...
EXEC WHO HIRED ISIAH LEAVES GARDEN
Imagine how the course of Knicks' history could have changed if Garden president Steve Mills and Magic Johnson had hooked up sooner -- like in December 2003. KNICKS BLOG Six...
RODRIGUEZ RELIEVING AMAZIN'S AGITA
FRANCISCO Rodriguez spent the past four days doing his darnedest to slay ghosts. He registered saves four straight days, which is nice. That the first two were in Atlanta and...
A-ROD SET FOR RETURN -- FINALLY
Alex Rodriguez is scheduled to make his season debut tonight in Baltimore. Now, all the Yankees have to do is hope he can fix the rest of their offensive woes,...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: D'backs fire manager The Diamondbacks fired Bob Melvin yesterday, hoping a new manager will be able to get the most out of their talented core of young players. He...
METS TEE OFF ON PHILLIES, GO OVER .500
It's no time for the Mets to stop and take a bow, but they can at least acknowledge the air smells a whole lot fresher lately. A four-game winning streak...
METS WILL GIVE NIESE A CHANCE
Seven days ago, Jon Niese shredded the Louisville Bats in Triple-A, shutting them down on one run over six innings. Afterward, Louisville manager Rick Sweet submitted a report that said...
A-ROD'S BIG BAT ISN'T MAGIC WAND
THE temptation is to believe that all will be well now, that all the ills that ail the Yankees will be vanquished once the clubhouse door swings open at Camden...
HOFSTRA LOOKS TO JOIN A-10
Hofstra University is seriously exploring the possibility of leaving the Colonial Athletic Assn., and its first choice is to join the Atlantic 10, The Post has learned. There are numerous...
PORNO CURE FOR ELECT-ILE DYSFUNCTION
WASHINGTON -- It is a US Senate race to savor, pitting a porn star named Stormy -- the proud winner of the 2007 Golden G-string award -- against a Christian...
MAMA'S LAST STRAND
The woman who ordered her bickering young daughters out of her car in White Plains and drove off without them admitted in court yesterday that she made a mistake, and...
HILLARY DONOR ADMITS SCAM
A major fund-raiser for Hillary Rodham Clinton's failed presidential bid pleaded guilty yesterday to fleecing investors in a $60 million Ponzi scheme. But disgraced Democratic donor Norman Hsu maintained his...
MEET KATY'S 'MINI-ME'
Here's the long and short of it: Pop star Katy Perry and her mini-doppelganger size up the scene at a Chelsea nightclub. "Mini-Katy Perry" is actually Jordana James, 21, a...
RENTERS PAY & CAN'T STAY
Nearly 600 tenants a month are getting slapped with eviction notices in the city after their landlords default on their mortgages, according to figures released yesterday. State Sen. Jeff Klein...
SECRET ROCKET DATA ON EBAY
Kim Jong Il must be sorry he missed this eBay bargain -- for $29, he could have had launch procedures and blueprints of a US missile defense system. Instead of...
MOO-VING DAY
Molly the cow's dramatic run to freedom from a Queens slaughterhouse had a happy ending, and she was over the moon yesterday after meeting the man of her dreams. MORE...
BLUE-BLOODY 'RACE' KILLING ROCKS KENYA
NAIROBI, Kenya -- The fatal shooting of a black poacher is turning an unwelcome spotlight on a tiny part of Africa where colonial-era families still live and party like their...
CONS TALK VIA E-JAIL
Jailbirds across the country have finally got mail. The federal prison system is allowing inmates to contact the outside world via e-mail, under a program that is now in place...
$4 MILLION IN WILL FOR 'TREK' PETS
The pets of "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry's wife will boldly go where few dogs and cats have gone before -- the penthouse. Majel Barrett Roddenberry, 76, widow of the...
PRICE SLASH HITS BRIDGE CONDOS
The developer of a luxury condo complex within the planned Brooklyn Bridge Park site is slashing prices on the hundreds of remaining units by up to 20 percent and now...
'ABUSE LOG' IN SI SLAY
A chronicle of verbal abuse -- including nasty comments about her weight -- was presented yesterday at the trial of a woman charged with blowing away her fire-marshal husband in...
IVY CON GAL PLANNED A LIFELONG LIE
The Ivy League grifter who fooled a bevy of banks and boyfriends, as well as Harvard and Columbia along the way, says she intended to grow old using the identity...
MODEL BATTLE
Top Ford model Kendra Spears received permission to catwalk over to Next Management while the rival agencies duke it out in court. The beauty had been ordered not to pose...
STUDENT EYED IN 'SEX ABUSE'
An aspiring teacher was plucked out of a Hunter College classroom yesterday to be grilled about claims he molested Upper East Side boys he baby-sat, law-enforcement sources said. Early-childhood education...
BAM'S $17B CUTS COULD BE NUCLEAR DISASTER FOR APPLE
WASHINGTON -- An NYPD program designed to protect the city from nuclear threats could lose funding if cuts proposed by the Obama administration go through. The president put forward $17...
'MISSING WIFE' COP HIT WITH SLAY RAP IN DEATH OF EX
LOCKPORT, Ill. -- Drew Peterson, the former police sergeant who found tabloid infamy after his fourth wife's disappearance more than 1½ years ago, was indicted yesterday in the drowning death...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Did you feel a bit odd yesterday? That's probably because it was "Odd Day." The date 5/7/09 is one of only six this century featuring three consecutive odd numbers. Numbers...
GAY ROMP IS DALI FOLLY
HELLO, Dali! "Twi light" hunk Robert Pattinson goes over to the other team -- at least for a while -- as the eccentric Spanish artist in "Little Ashes," an exceedingly...
ROCKET TRIP
Order is restored to the strip-mined franchise by turning its history and relationships on their heads, with young rebels Kirk (Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto) competing even as they...
DOC HAS A HEAVENLY BODY OF LAUGHS
WHO knew God was a cine phile? He (or perhaps She) is, if you believe Richard Gazowsky, the portly pastor of the Voice of Pentecost Church in San Francisco. As...
FREE OF A CLEAR NARRATIVE
ARMENIAN-Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan ("Ararat") skillfully explores familiar themes in "Adoration," though as is often true with his films, the story line seems overly contrived. For reasons eventually made clear,...
DA PROBES E. HAMPTON BUDGET
Three members of the embattled East Hampton Town Board were grilled by a Suffolk County anti-corruption unit this week over the summer hot spot's questionable financial practices. Local politicians have...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Bronx The gunman pictured above is wanted in a drug-related slaying in Longwood, cops said yesterday. Travis Lawson, 22, allegedly pointed a .380 handgun at Steven Clark, 29, in the...
COUNCIL-KIN GROUPS BOOSTED
City Council members can keep dishing pork to nonprofits that employ their relatives. The city's Conflicts of Interest Board ruled yesterday that council members can use their earmarks to fund...
KISS YOUR BABY GOODBYE
HAPPY anniversary to the last of the Red Hot Geriatric Lovers! Charlene Marshall sobbed as she entered the courthouse yesterday. Not dainty sniffles, but great, big, honking, shoulder-heaving slobbers. "Please,...
CHARLENE IN TEAR-JERKER
Charlene Marshall, unindicted villainess of the sensational Brooke Astor trial, broke down in tears as she walked up the courthouse steps yesterday to hear a seventh day of testimony against...
KERREY QUITS NEW SCHOOL PREXY POST
Conceding that he's been pushed to his limit at times by student protests and faculty dissension, embattled New School President Bob Kerrey announced he'll be leaving the university when his...
$1 MILLION GEM HEIST
Two thugs knocked off a high-end East Side jewelry store yesterday, making off with more than $1 million in baubles after pummeling the socialite owner, who had bravely tried to...
MTA BOSS QUITS
MTA chief Elliot Sander abruptly quit his job yesterday, just hours after Gov. Paterson vowed a "widespread cleanup and cleanout" of the agency. "I am disappointed, but I respect the...
READING SCORES IN BIG JUMP
The percentage of third-through eighth-graders in the city's public schools who scored proficiently on state reading tests spiked from 57.6 to 68.8 percent in the last year. Surprisingly, the largest...
Bam gives Bloomy a big boost
WASHINGTON -- President Obama all but endorsed Mayor Bloomberg's re-election bid yesterday after inviting him to the White House to discuss a topic close to both their hearts -- education...
$5.5M NEWS CORP. GIFT TO HARLEM CHARTER
One of the city's most successful charter schools got a big boost last night toward building a new home. At a star-studded benefit concert at the Apollo Theater, News Corp....
KIEFER RUNS OUT OF BAUER
Even Jack Bauer isn't above the law. Hard-partying actor Kiefer Sutherland took the walk of shame into a TriBeCa police station yesterday to face assault charges for a nightclub dust-up...
TEACH UNIONS A $6.6M LOBBY
ALBANY -- Powerful teachers unions spent $6.6 million to push their political agenda in Albany last year, according to a Post analysis of new state lobby data. The United Federation...
NICE GLASS!
NIGHTCLUBS are like magnets for beautiful women, yet the hottest ladies are invariably the cocktail waitresses -- serving drinks and making the boys feel OK about dropping $450 on yet...
WEEKEND HOT PICKS IN ENTERTAINMENT
DREAM WOMAN Obsessive love takes on a whole new meaning in "Four Nights with Anna," the first film in 17 years by Polish filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski. It concerns a weird...
BROADWAY
"ACCENT ON YOUTH": * There's no accent of any kind in this flat comedy starring a badly directed David Hyde Pierce. Rent one of the classic movies author Samson Raphaelson...
OFF-BROADWAY
"BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?": *** Moving musical revue featuring songs and stories of the Depression era. Triad Theatre, 158 W. 72nd St.; 212-352-3101. Closes June 14. "DISTRACTED": **½...
THE CASUALTY CON
THE most effective weapon terrorists have found to wield against us isn't the headline-grabbing suicide bomber or even the deadly roadside bomb, the IED. Such weapons can harm us, but...
SPECTER THE DEFECTOR: WHO NEEDS HIM?
THE ISSUE: Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter's switch to the Democratic Party. *** With the death of Jack Kemp, Sen. Arlen Specter saw an opportunity to put a positive spin on...
TIME TO HOLD MIKE'S FEET TO THE FIRE
CRITICS of the soon-to-expire law that put Mayor Bloomberg in charge of city schools say it allows him to rule with an iron fist, shielding him from true accountability. But...
WHY KYOTO IS WRONG
IN the heart of a financial crisis, most of us carefully consider every last purchase. It is important that politicians do the same when making vital policy decisions. Instead of...
BLACK EYE FOR CBS EARNINGS
CBS Corp., owner of the most-watched television network, reported an unexpected first-quarter loss as advertisers cut spending during the recession. The loss of $55.3 million, or 8 cents a share,...
MERKIN TO FACE COURTS
Hedge-fund founder Ezra Merkin "knew or should have known" that Bernard Madoff was a fraud, the trustee liquidating the firm said yesterday in a lawsuit seeking $500 million from Merkin...
CUOMO EYES DEBT FIXERS
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has begun a national investigation into the debt-settlement industry, which he said preys upon consumers facing high credit-card debt. Cuomo has subpoenaed 14 companies...
MANHATTAN BIZ RENTS FALL 11%
Manhattan retail rents fell 11 percent to an average of $115 a square foot in the six months ended March 31, the Real Estate Board of New York said in...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Marts down Stocks slid from a four- month high as declines in financial, telephone and technology shares snuffed out an early rally. The S&P 500 slid 1.3 percent to 907.39....
BACK TO BASICS HELPS LIFT RETAIL
Many retailers reported better-than-expected sales for April, but shoppers are sticking to basics and avoiding pricier clothing. A solid gain at Wal-Mart boosted hopes that beaten-down consumers are slowly regaining...
AIG REPORTS SMALLER LOSS
American International Group Inc. posted a narrower first-quarter loss after the US government rescue shielded the company against declines in assets tied to home loans. The net loss of $4.35...
JOBLESS CLAIMS
The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment insurance unexpectedly fell last week to the lowest level in three months, a sign the worst of the job cuts may be...
CABLE SPLITTERS
After decades of running Cablevision as a monarchy, the company's founding Dolan family has finally capitulated to the wishes of investors. Sort of. In conjunction with another strong earnings report...
SEARED CERBERUS
Reclusive billionaire and Cerberus Capital Management boss Steve Feinberg is scrambling to convince Uncle Sam to dip into its depleting TARP funds to extend another lifeline to ailing auto-finance company...
HAMMER COMES CRASHING DOWN ON 'NAILS'
LENNY "Nails" Dykstra, the former big-league outfielder turned financial-stock picker and glossy-magazine publisher, is drowning in a sea of bad debts and lawsuits that have pushed his total indebtedness to...
EMI, WARNER DUKE IT OUT
When Warner Music Group and EMI aren't trying to merge, the two companies can be found maligning one another. So it should come as no surprise that on the same...
OBAMA'S RED-INK OCEAN
They call this restraint? President Obama yesterday proposed cutting $17 billion from the federal budget -- barely one half of 1 percent. All while spending $3.4 trillion. Pain? Restraint? It's...
FRIEDMAN FRIED AS CHAIRMAN OF NY FED
The Goldman Sachs director who was allowed -- by an odd bending of the rules -- to simultaneously run the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has resigned. The controversy...
DAVE'S DALAI DISS
Well this doesn't happen every day. The Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader and a globally revered human-rights crusader, paid his first-ever visit to the Capitol in Albany on...
MANNY STRIKES OUT
Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Manny Ramirez is out of baseball for the next 50 games after failing a drug test -- but he wants everyone to know it's all his...
BOFA STILL HAS $34B WORTH OF STRESS
Bank of America's CEO Ken Lewis wants to wash Uncle Sam right out of his hair. But that might not be so easy after the government's stress test showed that...
POP, ROCK, FOLK
ETTA JAMES: At last, the legendary R&B singer plays New York, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at B.B. King's, 8 237 W. 42nd St.; 212-997-4144. BOYS II MEN: The '90s R&B...
JAZZ
BLUE NOTE: James Carter is joined by guests including John Medeski and Christian McBride through Sunday at 8 and 10:30 p.m. 131 W. Third St.; 212-475-8592. DIZZY'S CLUB COCA-COLA: The...
CLASSICAL
AVERY FISHER HALL: Alan Gilbert leads the New York Philharmonic in Peter Lieberson's "The World in Flower," featuring singers Joyce DiDonato, Russell Braun and the New York Choral Artists, prefaced...
DANCE
BARYSHNIKOV ARTS CENTER: In celebration of Catalan Days, Angels Margarit's company performs a free show tonight at 8. 450 W. 37th St.; 212-279-4200. JOYCE THEATER: Moses Pendleton's modern Momix company...
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...
COMMUNITY FAIR: A street fair on Murray Street, between Broadway and Church streets, today from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. GRAMERCY PARK FESTIVAL: Tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.,...
THE GARDEN
'THE Garden" is an especially fatuous documentary, nominated for an Oscar this year, about a community garden in South Central LA where Latino farmers have been allowed to grow food...
NEXT DAY AIR
FAR from the worst of Taran tino knockoffs, "Next Day Air" takes the standard formula of dimwits chasing bags of drugs to the 'hood. A stoned deliveryman (Donald Faison) mistakenly...
STARR REPORT
Call him King Lear Bea Arthur's recent death lends a bittersweet tone to an upcoming Norman Lear DVD collection, which fea tures an interview with Ar thur, the star of...
CO-ED CON
REMEMBER Esther Reed? No, I mean Elizabeth Reed. No, I mean Brook Henson. No, I mean Natalie Bowman or Natalie Fisher or Jennifer Meyers? How could you forget all of...
GLASS SLIPPER HALF-FULL
THE Metropolitan Op era's revival of Rossi ni's "La Cenerentola" adds up to half a Cinderella story: The happy ending is in place, but the magic goes missing. That's partly...
SOCCER DRAMA GOALS NOWHERE
THE title is awkward in any language: "Rudo y Cursi" = Tough and, er, Corny? Turns out that writer- director Carlos Cuaron (whose directing debut this is) and his big...
UNCOVERING POLITICS' STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
OUR first black president could be followed by our first gay president -- that's the provocative, and highly debatable, assertion in Kirby Dick's political outing documentary "Outrage." Even if you...
TART FUMBLES ABSURD KIDNAPPING
'JULIA," one of those "Pay attention, I'm giving a tour de force" movies, stars Tilda Swinton being very pleased with her "unflinching" portrait of a slutty alcoholic American party girl...
WAR IS HELL -- AND SIBLING RIVALRY'S NO PICNIC
MOSUL, Iraq, Insur gency City: "It's pretty nice," says one soldier. "I mean, I wouldn't buy no summer home here." "Brothers at War" would be interesting enough if it merely...
'MERCHANT' IS A POUND OF FRESH
IN a season packed with superb revivals, you'd be remiss to pass on this late entry at BAM. Director Edward Hall and his all-male company, Propeller, have plugged "The Merchant...
'EXTREME' SALE
MOUNTING medical bills have forced a Kentucky family to sell the house built for them by ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." Ironically, the house was built for Brian and Michelle...
PAULA DENIES PILL USE
PAULA Abdul did not do pain pills after all, it seems. The "American Idol" judge went on two radio shows yesterday -- Detroit's Mojo in the Morning and Dallas' Kidd...
THE END IS HEAR
FAN favorites Margie and Luke Adams will be put to the test in the finale of "The Amazing Race," airing Sunday night. Host Phil Keoghan admits he was pulling for...
FARRAH MAY BE IN HER FINAL DAYS
ACTRESS Farrah Fawcett is apparently in the final stages of her battle against cancer, according to reports. Actor Ryan O'Neal has acknowledged that the 62-year-old actress' treatment has "pretty much...
SCHMOOZE OR LOSE
LET the campaigning begin. Winning a Tony Award is very much like running for office in a small town. Because there are fewer than 800 Tony voters, it's possible for...
PREVIEWS
"CORALINE": Indie band Magnetic Fields' frontman Stephin Merritt's musical about a girl's fantasy world. Lucille Lortel, 121 Christopher St.; 212-279-4200.Opens June 1. "GROUNDSWELL": Larry Bryggman and David Lansbury in a...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Bronx The gunman pictured above is wanted in a drug-related slaying in Longwood, cops said yesterday. Travis Lawson, 22, allegedly pointed a .380 handgun at Steven Clark, 29, in the...
MAMA'S LAST STRAND
The woman who ordered her bickering young daughters out of her car in White Plains and drove off without them admitted in court yesterday that she made a mistake, and...
Reading scores in big jump
The percentage of third- through eighth-graders in the city's public schools who scored proficiently on state reading tests spiked from 57.6 to 68.8 percent in the last year. Surprisingly, the...
'Missing wife' cop hit with slay rap in death of ex
LOCKPORT, Ill. -- Drew Peterson, the former police sergeant who found tabloid infamy after his fourth wife's disappearance more than 1½ years ago, was indicted yesterday in the drowning death...
LONGORIA, CRAWFORD POWER RAYS TO WIN OVER YANKEES
Carl Crawford and Evan Longoria hit back-to-back homers off Mariano Rivera in the ninth inning, and the surging Rays handed the struggling New York Yankees their fifth consecutive loss, 8-6...
POLICE: WESLEYAN SLAY SUSPECT IN CUSTODY
Authorities late Thursday arrested the suspect in the slaying of a Wesleyan University student who police said had threatened to kill other students and Jews. A police spokesman said 29-year-old...
METS HIT 3 HOMERS, BEAT PHILLIES FOR 2-GAME SWEEP
Carlos Beltran and David Wright each hit a two-run homer in the first inning, and the New York Mets beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-5 on Thursday night for their fourth...
Horne improves in second '09 outing
It may not have been great, but today's outing for Alan Horne for Double-A Trenton did show improvement from his first start of the year.Recovering from rotator cuff surgery on...
Marte's first homer a walk-off
Jefry Marte's first homer as a Savannah Sand Gnat was an important one.The 17-year-old third baseman, the Mets No. 6 overall prospect according to Baseball America, hit his first home...
PETERSON INDICTED ON MURDER CHARGE IN WIFE'S DEATH
Authorities say former Illinois police sergeant Drew Peterson has been indicted on a murder charge in the death of his third wife. The Will County state's attorney's office says the...