May 11, 2009
DELGADO'S HIP CONCERNS METS
Carlos Delgado is out of the lineup again with a recurring hip injury that has the Mets concerned about the long-term health of their cleanup hitter. Delgado missed five straight...
RBNY's Mac Kandji MLS Player of the Week
Red Bulls striker Macoumba Kandji was voted MLS Player of the Week after he had a hand in all four goals in their 4-1 rout of San Jose last Friday...
MISS CALIFORNIA KEEPING TITLE... FOR NOW
Officials of the Miss California USA pageant strongly criticized some of the actions of titleholder Carrie Prejean on Monday but said it's not their decision whether she should be stripped...
Jets re-sign Bubba Franks
By MARK CANNIZZAROThe Jets, who are very challenged at tight end, brought back an old friend today, re-signing Bubba Franks to a one-year contract.The Jets, who released Chris Baker, their...
MARC DREIER PLEADS GUILTY TO DEFRAUDING HEDGE FUNDS
A Prominent Manhattan lawyer has pleaded guilty to defrauding hedge funds of more than $400 million. Fifty-eight-year-old Marc Dreier on Monday pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit securities and wire...
MTA BAILOUT AVOIDS 'DOOMSDAY BUDGET'
The MTA board Monday approved the legislation passed last week by the state Legislature making unnecessary most of the MTA's doomsday budget plan to impose large fare hikes and heavy...
LENNON ON DISPLAY
YOKO Ono, the slight 76-year-old widow of John Lennon, speaks with hesitation, guarding her words in the same way she has protected Lennon's worldly possessions and legacy since his murder...
FIRST LOOK: Manta @ SeaWorld
It's not officially opening until the 22nd, but SeaWorld Orlando's newest coaster, Manta, is currently in previews --Â if you dare. Learn more here.
KIEFER NOT INSTIGATOR OR WRONGDOER: LAWYER
Actor Kiefer Sutherland says he was "neither the instigator nor the wrongdoer" in an incident that saw him charged with assault for headbutting a fashion designer who bumped actress Brooke...
Selena Roberts is officially the bad gal
Alex Rodriguez's life would have been a lot easier if SI reporter Selena Roberts had never started digging into his past.But after the original steroids scandal that erupted, Rodriguez hasn't...
WHITE HOUSE: STIMULUS PLAN STILL ON TRACK
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration defended its claim Monday that the $787 billion economic stimulus plan will save or create 3.5 million jobs before 2011, an assertion questioned by some...
U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE SENTENCED IN SEXUAL ABUSE CASE
HOUSTON -- A disgraced federal judge was sentenced Monday to nearly three years in prison for lying to investigators about whether he sexually abused his secretary. U.S. District Judge Samuel...
Game 31: Braves at Mets
The scintillating pitching matchup of Mets ace Johan Santana against Braves ace Derek Lowe highlights tonight's series opener at Citi Field as the streaking Amazin's try to make it eight...
Early Prince of Persia footage here
Uh...can't say it looks all that promising, but it's early yet...
MLS loosens academy rules; prospects Dilly Duka and Jonnny X practice with RBNY
NJSportsPhoto Red Bull fans have clamored for the club to sign _ or at least take a look at _ their youth academy prospects. Well, the Post has learned MLS...
Kim Kardashian Spills Surgery Secret
"It's Bruce!!" Kim Kardashian reveals on her blog today, regarding the mystery family member who goes under the knife on next week's "Keeping Up With the Kardashians."Sparking curiosity after an...
U.S. SWINE FLU CASES HIT NEW HIGH
WASHINGTON -- The United States now has 2,600 cases of the new H1N1 influenza across 44 states, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Monday. The outbreak...
LITTLEJOHN KILLED IMETTE IN 'EXCRUCIATING' MANNER: PROSECUTORS
Brooklyn prosecutors presented their case against the man accused of killing 24-year-old Imette St. Guillen to a jury this morning -- arguing that a former bar bouncer strangled the woman,...
Worst first pitch probably ever
Gary 'BaBa Booey' Dell'Abate of the Howard Stern show threw out the first pitch at the Mets game against the Pirates on Saturday afternoon and it was truly an awful...
WITNESSES: ASTOR'S MEMORY WAS IN DECLINE
The fight over Brooke Astor's brain continued today in a Manhattan courtroom, with prosecution testimony from two personal assistants -- one who worked for Astor and another who worked for...
JON STEWART GETS 'NATURALIZED'
JON Stewart is branching out from Comedy Central to tackle the immigration process. After years of putting his signature satiric spin on the news for "The Daily Show with Jon...
Vikings co-owner confirms Favre interest, nothing else
Vikings president and co-owner Mark Wilf talked with reporters today at a charity event and to no one's surprise Brett Favre was the main topic of discussion.It should also come...
BANK FORECLOSES ON VICTORIA GOTTI'S ESTATE
Here's the reality: the Gotti's gotta go. The bank has been given the go-ahead to foreclose on Victoria Gotti's palatial estate on Long Island -- the same used in the...
OBAMA WANTS TO CLOSE 5,000 FAILING SCHOOLS
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama wants to see 5,000 failing schools close and reopen with new principals and teachers over the next five years. Education Secretary Arne Duncan says kids...
Why 'Housewife' Ramona Shouldn't Blog
This topic later leads into a conversation between Jill Zarin, who clutches Bethenny's hand during the oral smackdown, and Ramona, regarding a very insulting blog Ramona posted about her single...
US TO REPLACE TOP GENERAL IN AFGHANISTAN
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon will replace its top general in Afghanistan as President Barack Obama tries to turn around a stalemated war, defense officials said. The exit of Gen. David...
MILITARY FLIGHT UP HUDSON CANCELED
The military tried to take another pointless joy flight over the city this morning, but this time sanity prevailed. A Naval base in Maine requested permission to let a veteran...
Did Red Sox teach players how to juice?
Former Red Sox infielder Lou Merloni has caused a bit of a storm lately with comments that the Red Sox taught players how to use steroids.This is a hot topic...
GIANT FEDERAL DEFICIT SWELLS EVEN MORE
The Obama administration revised its estimate of U.S. budget deficits, adding $176 billion to the already huge federal government shortfall for this year and next. The higher short-term deficits will...
GM BANKRUPTCY MORE PROBABLE
DETROIT -- Bankruptcy protection for the nation's biggest automaker is becoming more probable with a deadline just over two weeks away, the company's top executive told reporters Monday. General Motors...
MTA APPROVES SMALLER BUS AND FARE HIKES
The MTA today approved a new package of fare increases that will raise the cost of a bus and subway ride from $2 to $2.25. The vote by the Metropolitan...
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Let the good times roll! The first-place Mets are winners of seven in a row and completed their third consecutive series sweep Sunday by topping the Pirates 8-4 at Citi...
Sunday Night Winners
Last night, both "Celebrity Apprentice" and "The Amazing Race" crowned this season's winners. If you don't want to know the results from the Sunday night finales, stop reading here. Otherwise,...
Swine Flu Kills Mexico-CONMEBOL Marriage
Swine fever is being blamed for killing yet something else -- the relationship between Mexico and the South American soccer federation.Nothing to sneeze at is the severed relationship between our...
US SOLDIER KILLS 5 FELLOW TROOPS IN BAGHDAD
A U.S. soldier opened fire at a counseling center on a U.S. base Monday, killing five fellow soldiers before being taken into custody, the U.S. command and Pentagon officials said....
Report: Knicks eye Curry in draft
NBADraft.net is pushing a rumor that the Knicks are likely to select Davidson's Stephen Curry in the draft.The Web site suggests the Knicks assured Curry they would take him with...
SHUTTLE BLASTS OFF ON HUBBLE REPAIR MISSION
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Atlantis and a crew of seven thundered away Monday on one last flight to the Hubble Space Telescope, setting off on an extraordinarily ambitious...
OBAMA TO VISIT RUSSIA IN JULY
The Kremlin says President Barack Obama will visit Russia July 6-8. The dates were posted on the Kremlin Web site Monday. Obama had his first face-to-face meeting with Russian President...
Pulse Sales: Theory
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LIRR MAY BAN EMPLOYEE CELL PHONES
The Long Island Rail Road is reviewing its cell phone policy after the recent trolley crash in the Boston area. Friday's accident occurred when the trolley operator was reportedly sending...
METRO-NORTH TRAIN HITS, KILLS MAN
DOVER PLAINS, N.Y. -- A man has been hit and killed by a Metro-North Railroad train near an upstate New York station. Railroad officials say the man was on the...
The Daily Whacks, Monday Edition
Johnny Damon is a free agent at the end of this year, and he is off to the kind of epic salary-drive walk year that Jorge Posada and Alex Rodriguez...
Is Parnell a future closer?
From JOEL SHERMAN Talked to a scout recently who said this was included in his report on Bobby Parnell: "Future closer." The scout said he, in particular, liked that "[Parnell]...
3 UP: IS HUGHES TRUSTWORTHY?
1. Proponents of sending Joba Chamberlain to the bullpen always had this in their hip pocket: The Yankees could do that because Phil Hughes could then be slotted into the...
3 UP: HUGHES, DAMON AND PARNELL
1. Proponents of sending Joba Chamberlain to the bullpen always had this in their hip pocket: The Yankees could do that because Phil Hughes could then be slotted into the...
IRAN FREES JAILED AMERICAN JOURNALIST
TEHRAN, Iran -- An American journalist jailed for four months in Iran was freed Monday and reunited with her parents after an appeals court suspended her eight-year prison sentence on...
JOSH SPEAR
JOSH Spear is living the slacker dream come true. A 24-year-old college dropout dressed in a T-shirt and sneakers, he's the in-the-know guy corporate suits call into their boardrooms to...
GO TO GREG
Q I'm tired of the corporate world, and working for someone else only to be rewarded with a layoff notice. I want to start my own business, but I'm not...
PROGNOSIS: JOB-HEAVY
A funny thing is happening in the healthcare field: Jobs are on the rise, even as the economy shrinks. And as baby boomers continue to age, with a life expectancy...
60 SECONDS WITH PAMELA SLIM,
You tell would-be entrepreneurs that just hating your job isn't a wise business plan. Why not? It's definitely the starting place, right? People need motivation. And the first step is...
25 ITEMS UNDER $100
Pictured: Splendid "Rugby" striped tank, $47 at Bloomingdale's, 1000 Third Ave. Boyfriend chino, $44.50 at American Eagle Outfitters "Green with Envy" sunglasses, $20 at thelimited.com See by Chloe tote, $95...
PLAYING FOR BOTH TEAMS
IS Stephen Colbert faking it? It seems that way to liberals who watch his late-night show, "The Colbert Report," according to a new study. Seems that left-leaning viewers believe "Colbert...
HITTING HOME
NEARLY 10 years after graduating, "American Idol" favorite Adam Lambert went back to the San Diego high school where, he told a TV reporter, he was the "weird kid." On...
NASCAR LAPS NBA
NASCAR is still king compared to the NBA. A Saturday night match-up between the NBA Playoffs -- a conference semi-finals game between Cleveland and Atlanta -- and a NASCAR race...
STARR REPORT
'Super Dave' returnsBob Einstein, better known to current TV viewers as Lar ry's pal Marty Funkhouser on "Curb Your Enthusiasm," is gearing up to revive his other alter-ego -- bumbling...
COEN'S OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
ETHAN Coen's characters talk, talk, talk. They attack and parry and revel in wordy digressions. And although the lifelike sets and costumes in Coen's "Offices" reek of Staples and Men's...
PRISON FILM FESTIVAL OFFERS GUILTY PLEASURES
YES, they do show prison movies in prison. So reports Dawson Brown, acting superintendent of that famous prison in Ossining, who will participate in a panel discussion following a showing...
'LOST' FOR DUMMIES
AS all "Lost" fans know, the show's storyline is a spa ghetti tangle of flashbacks, flash forwards and a lot of baffling stuff happening in between. As the series zig-zags...
STEROID CLOUD DARKENS '98 REPLAY
THE timing couldn't have been better. Or worse. Saturday, YES televised FOX's Game 4 broadcast of the 1998 Yankees-Padres World Series. Early in the game, FOX rover Steve Lyons found...
CALL THIS MY RUN FOR REDEMPTION
Gary Stute, 52, trains Ar kansas Derby winner Papa Clem, a solid fourth in the Kentucky Derby. This week, Stute shares his thoughts with Post readers as he pre pares...
SANTOS CATCHING ON AS KEEPER
Omir Santos has become a keeper for Jerry Manuel. Santos is the Mets' third catcher. He was promoted from Triple-A only when starter Brian Schneider went on the disabled list....
GIRARDI'S NEW RELIEF RECIPE
BALTIMORE -- Phil Coke and Mariano Rivera. That recipe worked well yesterday for manager Joe Girardi, who leaned on his only two reliable relievers to protect a two-run lead across...
STRUGGLING GREEN NOT LOOKING AMAZIN'
Sean Green no longer looks like the steal of the J.J. Putz trade. Green was battered once again yesterday, giving up a monstrous two-run homer to Nate McLouth in the...
BEATTY CONN-ECTS TO GIANTS' FUTURE
The usual plan for a second-round draft pick is to immediately or at least eventually earn some quality playing time as a rookie. That plan, though, does not apply to...
BELTRAN PROVING TOP BANANA IN BIG APPLE
THIS was the question posed to David Wright yesterday after the Mets won their seventh straight game, crushing the Pirates 8-4 at Citi Field. TONIGHT'S PREVIEW: Braves at MetsCOMPLETE METS...
RED-HOT JOHNNY'S ON THE SPOT
BALTIMORE -- Some times, you can feel a baseball game teetering on the edge, you can actually see the tipping point as it's happening. A baseball rolls on the ground,...
THIS TIME, BAD JOBA DOESN'T SPELL DEFEAT
BALTIMORE -- Joba Chamberlain dug himself and the Yankees into a hole again yesterday, but this time that hole didn't turn into an early grave. That, however, doesn't mean the...
PITT POUNDED FOR 7TH IN A ROW
Yes, it really was just two weeks ago when Jerry Manuel threatened to blow up his starting rotation. Look how far the Mets have come in the meantime. TONIGHT'S PREVIEW:...
SLOW START FOR HONDO
Hondo took a double-beating yesterday when he had a problem in Houston with the Padres, which preceded a Beantown beatdown with the Rays that sliced the earnings to 305 malzones....
FEHERTY APOLOGIZES FOR JOKE
CBS Sports golf analyst David Feherty apologized yesterday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for a morbid joke that went bad in a Dallas magazine....
STENSON RUNS AWAY WITH TPC VICTORY
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Henrik Stenson was famous for reasons he never imagined. Two months ago, he was best known as the Swede who stripped down to nothing but...
FILLY'S IN AFTER WILD SOAP-OPERA DAY
Talk about a tempest in a Triple Crown teapot! Saturday's 134th Preakness at Pimlico erupted into controversy yesterday morning when Mark Allen, co-owner of Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird,...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Manny apologizes Manny Ramirez apologized to Dodgers owner Frank McCourt during a meeting to discuss his 50-game suspension for using a banned drug. Next, the slugger might face his...
THOMAS, BRUINS KEEP CUP DREAMS ALIVE
Tim Thomas stopped 19 shots for his first NHL playoff shutout to help the Bruins keep their season going with a 4-0 victory over the Hurricanes in Game 5 of...
OH, BABY! CELTS ALL EVEN
Glen "Big Baby" Davis made a 21-foot jumper as time expired to help the Celtics hold off a furious rally and defeat the Magic 95-94 last night in Orlando to...
'MONSTER' RBI IN EIGHTH BOOSTS BOSTON
Jonathan Papelbon powered his way out of a ninth inning jam with three straight strikeouts after Jason Bay doubled home the go-ahead run in the eighth, and the Red Sox...
MA, SON SHOT BY BRONX TEEN
A Bronx man and his mom spent Mother's Day in the hospital yesterday after they were shot during an argument with a group of teens, witnesses said. Residents of Olinville...
SHE'S A REAL ESC-APE ARTIST
Meet Karta -- a "tech-savvy" orangutan who short-circuited an electric fence and broke free at an Australian zoo yesterday. The Adelaide Zoo was immediately evacuated when the 137-pound primate got...
B'KLYN GAS STOP A KOSHER DELIGHT
It's a fill-up with a schmear. A gas station in one of Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish communities is offering up more than just candy and soda -- it's also peddling hearty...
NEW PRINCIPAL GETS GRIP ON TROUBLED HS
Jamaica HS, once considered one of the city's most dangerous schools, is on the rebound. Complaints of violent crimes at the Queens school plunged 81 percent last year, to five...
SCHOOL CRIME GETS EXPELLED
Mayor Bloomberg knew that students could not learn in an atmosphere of violence and chaos. So when violence spiraled out of control at some of the city's large high schools...
TEAM MARSHALL STARTS TO LOSE IT
IN THE sad and wretched case of the indomitable Brooke Astor, I believe those defending her hated son, Anthony Marshall, are becoming unglued. Stick a fork in this turkey of...
LIBRARIES: $PEAK UP!
Even librarians want you to shout about this: Facing a potential $28.2 million funding cut in Mayor Bloomberg's budget, the book lenders of the New York Public Library are protesting....
HERE COMES THE PITCH
David Cone is the Yankees' new relief pitchman. With the team's sales department lacking a closer crafty enough to persuade fans and corporations to spend $2,500 on luxury seats in...
OT-SOAK TEACHERS UP THEIR PAY GRADE
Who says teachers can't live the good life? Some have been capitalizing on bountiful overtime gigs in the city's school system, managing to push their annual earnings up to $150,000...
CUT-RATE HAMPTONS
It's a scramble to the sand. With nervous East End landlords desperate to generate income this summer, bargain hunters are suddenly hustling to take advantage of discounted prices and unusually...
DEMS SET TO NIX GOV'S MTA PICK
GOV. PATERSON'S likely nominee to head the newly re constituted Metropolitan Transportation Authority will be rejected by the Democratic-controlled Senate, a senior official has told The Post. Former MTA Executive...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn A youth was shot dead as he left a house party in Canarsie yesterday, police said. Frank Jones, 18, and another victim, 21, were walking with friends on Rockaway...
DISCONNECT CAR-SCAM SPAM: SCHUMER
Unsolicited calls warning of a final notice and expiring vehicle warranties are "robo-dialer harassment" and should be probed by the feds, Sen. Chuck Schumer said yesterday. More Americans are receiving...
POPE'S JORDAN MASS
AMMAN, Jordan -- Pope Benedict XVI yesterday praised the courage of Mideast Christians who cling to their faith despite war and adversity, as he conducted a Mass before a crowd...
OSAMA? WHO KNOWS?: GEN.
WASHINGTON -- President Obama's national security adviser says he isn't sure if Osama bin Laden is dead or alive. Retired Marine Gen. James Jones said yesterday that US intelligence agencies...
CHIRP CHAMPS
CAPE MAY, NJ -- This competition is for the birds. Bird enthusiasts making their way through New Jersey on Saturday catalogued a total of 269 different species as part of...
SPACE $HOT: 'TREK' PROSPERS IN DEBUT
"Star Trek" beamed itself to the top of the box office, earning $76.5 million in its opening weekend. Paramount Pictures had estimated that the movie would make about $50 million...
REP. PUSHES STIFF AD BAN
Ads for erectile-dysfunction drugs could be banned from daytime and prime-time TV, under a bill sponsored by Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.). The ads would be labeled "indecent" and could be...
IMETTE'S MOM HAS TRYING DAY
Imette St. Guillen's mom spent Mother's Day living every parent's nightmare -- steeling herself for the trial of her daughter's accused rapist and murderer. "Normally, she'd spend the day with...
CHILD-CARE COSTS SOAR
WASHINGTON -- The cost of child care in New York City has skyrocketed 20 percent over the last four years, according to a study released yesterday by Rep. Anthony Weiner....
IRAQ SPY-BOOST CALL
BAGHDAD -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called yesterday for greater intelligence cooperation between the United States and Iraq as the American military moves to withdraw its forces from the country...
BRONX BOMB MAKES SEATS A STEAL FOR FANS
The scalpers are getting scalped at Yankee Stadium. Overpriced seats, tough economic times and sub-.500 baseball have made for the perfect storm of a Yankee-ticket collapse that's soaking speculators who...
CAPTS. COURAGEOUS IN CAPSIZE RESCUE
Two hero skippers raced to the rescue of a group of anglers stranded in Jamaica Bay yesterday after their boat capsized, spilling the hapless passengers into bone-chilling, 50-degree waters. Capts....
PHELPS 'IN MARATHON SEX ROMP'
Michael Phelps deserves another gold medal -- for stamina in the sack, according to a stripper who claims she had a threesome with the swim champ. "The sex lasted for...
POL: PUT NY PARENTS ON E-LERT FOR PERVS
East Harlem is home to the largest number of sex offenders in the city, according to a lawmaker who wants residents to get an e-mail when a new name joins...
3-TIME SEXTORT CHUMP
A married, multimillionaire DuPont heir was extorted three times after meeting women for sex and online chats through a "sugar daddy" Web site, court records reveal. Stephen Dent -- a...
ASTOR & COMMANDER
Charlene's in charge. Anthony Marshall didn't visit his mom Brooke Astor's grave on Mother's Day yesterday because he was too busy taking orders from the woman who replaced her --...
TRAGIC CO-ED IS FLOWN HOME
The body of slain Wesleyan student Johanna Justin-Jinich has been returned to her Colorado hometown for burial. Dozens of relatives and friends convened at a funeral home in downtown Fort...
GIVE ME MY BONUS!
He's a bonus crybaby. A former big-time Bear Stearns banker downsized when his firm went under has gone to court for his $2 million bonus in the first of what...
$2T SHOT FOR O HEALTH BID
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's plan to provide medical insurance for all Americans took a big step toward becoming reality yesterday after leaders of the health-care industry offered $2 trillion...
CRASH PILOT WAS A FAILURE
The captain of the commuter plane that crashed near Buffalo, killing all 49 people aboard and one person on the ground, flunked five flight tests during his career, it was...
PARKER AN 'ULTIMATE' FIGHT FAN
Maybe he was just trying to publicize his "ultimate fighting" bill. Pugnacious pol Sen. Kevin Parker, charged Friday with punching Post photographer William Lopez, is the sponsor of pending legislation...
JOY TO TRAGEDY FOR GRAD
A Bronx honors student was shot dead early yesterday -- less than a day after his proud mom and dad watched him graduate from the University of Buffalo. "This was...
CRASH DUMMY KILLS LIVERY DRIVER: COPS
A hardworking livery driver who was saving money to bring his family from Ecuador was shot and killed by a robber -- who was then trapped in the cab after...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
"Footloose" has come to life in Findlay, Ohio. Tyler Frost, 17, who attends the fundamentalist Heritage Christian School, is being threatened with suspension for attending a public-school prom with his...
PATERSON'S FALL GUY
FRESH from the Metropoli tan Transportation Authority bailout, Gov. Paterson said last Thursday that "the public doesn't trust anything the MTA says." True. But that's how Albany likes it. And,...
BAM'S DARFUR SINS
OFTEN accused of taking on too many issues, President Obama is catching flak from some of his most ardent liberal supporters, who say he's neglecting the paramount international human-rights crisis...
GM'S DESTINED FOR B-WORD; AND IT'S NOT BAILOUT
For General Motors, the task at hand is so hard that experts say a bankruptcy filing is all but inevitable. To remake itself outside of court, GM must persuade bondholders...
YAHOO! FOR BUFFALO?
State officials are working with Internet giant Yahoo! to establish a data center in Western New York. The center would house computer systems and other equipment. State officials say it...
LENO'S (COMIC) RELIEF MISSION
Comedian Jay Leno gave a little comic relief yesterday to residents of an area battered by layoffs and the fear of long-term unemployment. Hundreds of people waited in lines for...
LEFT'S TORTURED LOGIC AND TERROR AMNESIA
THE ISSUE: The release of memos and pictures that reveal US terrorist-interrogation techniques. *** War is hell ("Torture Regrets Cheer Our Enemies," Adam Brodsky, PostOpinion, May 1). The men who...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Port play DP World, the Middle East's biggest port opera tor, said a private equity investor approached its parent Dubai World about buying a minority stake in the ports com...
FOREIGN 'TORTURE' PROBE'S THREAT TO US
PRESIDENT Obama's passivity before the threatened foreign prosecution of Bush administration officials achieves by inaction what he fears doing directly. This may be smart politics in the Democratic Party, but...
SCIENCE TREKKIN'
With "Star Trek" likely to be what everyone talks about this morning, there's a good chance people will have science on the brain. Here's a look at what the top...
THE CHARTER CHALLENGE
Looks like Albany pols are mounting yet another push to slow New York's charter-school revolution -- while they still can. The latest scheme comes from Assembly Education Committee Chairwoman Catherine...
SCALP NO. 1 IN FLYOVER FLAP
A head surely had to roll in the wake of the incredibly stupid decision to fly an Air Force One backup plane and an F-16 Falcon jet fighter over Lower...
HAPPY 50TH, LINCOLN CENTER
It's a very happy birthday for Lincoln Center. New York's performing-arts mecca turns 50 this week -- and, as organization President Reynold Levy explains on the preceding page, it has...
RUN OUT OF TIMES
The family that controls The New York Times empire has lost more than 86 percent of its fortune and may have sell their controlling stake to get out of debt....
BRONX MAN KILLED AFTER GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE
A shooting in Buffalo has claimed the life of a Bronx man who had just celebrated his college graduation. Police say 23-year-old Javon Jackson was shot around 3 a.m. Sunday...
PHELPS 'IN MARATHON SEX ROMP'
Michael Phelps deserves another gold medal - for stamina in the sack, according to a stripper who claims she had a threesome with the swim champ. "The sex lasted for...
Red Bulls hail Celades debut
Jorge Rojas got the brace in the Red Bulls' 4-1 win over San Jose. Mac Kanji was their most explosive player, Seth Stammler and Kevin Goldthwaite the best according to...
ROBBER TRAPPED AFTER KILLING CABBIE
An hardworking livery driver who was saving money to bring his family from Ecuador was shot and killed by a robber - who was then trapped in the cab after...
Red Bulls loan out Matt Mbuta
The Red Bulls have loaned midfielder Matthew Mbuta out to the Richmond Kickers. The 23-year-old from Cameroon played the full 90 minutes in the USL2 side's 1-0 loss at the...
Wright, Santos talk win streak
Here is video I shot of David Wright and catcher Omir Santos after today's 8-4 win over the Pirates, which completed a three-game sweep and marked the Mets' seventh consecutive...