June 2, 2009
OBAMA PICKS LAKERS TO WIN NBA TITLE
OK, Mr. President, let's see how you do picking the pro game. Barack Obama was on his way to the Marine One helicopter on the South Lawn on Tuesday when...
2 ARK. PRISON ESCAPEES CAPTURED IN NEW YORK STATE
A pair of convicted murderers were captured in New York state Tuesday after a 20-mile chase in the same car they used to flee from an Arkansas prison last week...
REYES, CHURCH HEADING TO FLORIDA
The Mets announced today that injured regulars Jose Reyes and Ryan Church reported to Port St. Lucie, Fla., to participate in extended spring training games as part of their rehabilitation....
PRESIDENT OBAMA MISSES THE 'RHYTHM OF LIFE'
WASHINGTON -- President Obama misses the "rhythm of life" that he enjoyed with his family before entering the White House where every walk with his dog, ice cream outing with...
Swine flu hitting the Mets?
(UPDATED 4.0) PITTSBURGH -- A member of the Mets' traveling party is in isolation at a New York hospital with a possible case of swine flu, the team revealed today....
FOUR INDICTED IN NY BOMBING PLOT
Four men were indicted today after the feds claim they hatched a plot to detonate explosives near a synagogue and a Jewish community center in Riverdale, officials said. Read The...
BROOKLYN DA: JEWELERS ALLEGEDLY EVADED SALES TAXES
Three Brooklyn jewelers traded in their diamond-encrusted bracelets for handcuffs after they were indicted today for tax evasion after selling a whopping $12 million worth of jewelry off the books,...
A NOVEL IDEA
As literate as pop music stars David Byrne, MIA and members of Vampire Weekend may be, it's rare -- perhaps unprecedented -- to find them all in a bookstore at...
MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER IN ABORTION DOCTOR'S KILLING
WICHITA, Kan. -- Scott Roeder has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of late-term abortion provider Dr. George Tiller in church. The 51-year-old Roeder was charged Tuesday...
DEFENSE: BOUNCER ACCUSED OF MURDER WAS FRAMED
The bouncer accused of murdering a college student was framed by his boss during an elaborate cover-up -- and he only got involved after being ordered to "dispose of the...
Pretzel logic
If there's one thing that drives me crazy at the theater, it's when people aren't paying attention. And I don't mean the people in the audience but the ones behind...
SAY IT AIN'T SO JOE: VEEP PULLS BACK PATERSON SUPPORT
Talk about doing an about-face. A day after the White House charged headlong into the state's brewing Democratic civil war, when loose-tongued Vice President Joe Biden offered Gov. Paterson a...
MSG RELEASES RENDERINGS OF AREA FACELIFT
New York is getting a brand new Garden. Without moving off its current site over Penn Station, Madison Square Garden will be rebuilt from top to bottom in time for...
WOMAN RAPED IN QUEENS PARK
A 47-year-old woman was raped as she walked through a Queens park on Monday night, police said. The victim was attacked in Forest Park, near Freedom Drive, at 7:45 p.m....
Gov. Schwarzenegger joins World Cup bid
ISI photos "The millions of fans from around the globe that will travel to the United States to cheer their teams will prove a great benefit for our state, our...
Report: Tim Howard inks new Everton deal
Tim Howard may not have gotten a second FA Cup championship, but it does look like he's about to get some more coin. The Mirror claims the U.S. National Team's...
Game 51: Mets at Pirates
PITTSBURGH -- As usual, the Mets will be counting on the incomparable Johan Santana to help them bounce back from a disaster when he takes the mound here tonight against...
Funny Ferrell Goes 'Wild'
If you thought Will Ferrell was going to take his "extreme adventure" seriously - think again.When the funnyman tackles the great outdoors for tonight's episode of Discovery's "Man vs. Wild,"...
Guzan: EPL everything I expected & more
U.S. National Team keeper Brad Guzan spent this season stuck on the bench behind fellow American Brad Friedel, while his former Chivas USA Team has run off to the best...
Valverde to lead Villarreal, Altidore
Jozy Altidore and Villarreal lost their manager on Monday, and replaced him on Tuesday. The club replaced Manuel Pellegrini today by signing fast-rising Ernesto Valverde.The team inked Valverde to a...
COWELL'S REP: SUSAN BOYLE IS RECOVERING FINE
LONDON -- Susan Boyle is getting better after an anxiety attack caused by the pressures of her overnight fame and celebrity judge Simon Cowell plans to help her launch a...
COWELL'S REP: SUSAN BOYLE IS RECOVERING FINE
LONDON -- Susan Boyle is getting better after an anxiety attack caused by the pressures of her overnight fame and celebrity judge Simon Cowell plans to help her launch a...
Blazers might steal Curry
It's been widely reported the Knicks are eyeing Stephen Curry with the eighth pick of the NBA Draft, but the Charlotte Observer reports the Blazers may try to move up...
Federer Can Pinch Himself, but He's Not Dreaming
BY JAY GREENBERGNow even Andy Murray, another in a series of Roger Federer nemeses since going down to him in the U.S, Open final, is gone from Roland Garros. Opportunity...
Roger can pinch himself, but he's not dreaming.
Now even Andy Murray, another in a series of Roger Federer nemeses since going down to him in the U.S, Open final, is gone from Roland Garros. Opportunity knocks so...
LAWYER: ASTOR CONSIDERED SETTING UP TRUST FOR DESPISED DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
Long before even the hint of Alzheimer's, Brooke Astor mulled bequests to her son and daughter-in-law that are similar to the subsequent will changes and "gifts" her son is now...
Horne activated from the DL, will start tonight
Once one of the Yankees most promising pitching prospects, right-hander Alan Horne will begin his path back towards regaining that status tonight, as he comes off the disabled list and...
CONAN GETS TOP RATINGS IN 'TONIGHT' DEBUT
NEW YORK -- Conan O'Brien has reason to smile after his debut as "Tonight" show host. His first Nielsen Media Research report card shows a 7.1 rating and 17 audience...
Plax has Florida tickets dismissed
The South Florida Sun Sentinel reports, "Four Broward County traffic tickets have been dismissed against former New York Giants football player Plaxico Burress, who still faces another case in which...
SNAKE SLITHERS INTO BRONX HOME
One Bronx apartment became a zoo this morning after a 4-foot-long snake slithered through a family's living room, authorities said. Police said they removed the reptile from the home after...
Brian Austin Green Back on Teen Scene
Brian Austin Green is about to become the new Chad Michael Murray. "One Tree Hill" may have lost leading man Murray, who reigned for six years on the CW drama...
CHILD BECOMES 5TH NYC SWINE-FLU FATALITY
NEW YORK -- A child has become the fifth person in New York City to die with swine flu. The medical examiner is conducting tests to determine what role the...
JOCKEYING BEGINS WITH NY REP. MCHUGH'S NOMINATION
ALBANY, N.Y. -- The names of several New York politicians are already being considered to replace Republican Rep. John McHugh if he's confirmed as secretary of the Army. President Barack...
EX-WIFE: ROCKEFELLER WAS A LIAR, 'NOT DELUSIONAL'
BOSTON -- The ex-wife of the man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller said today she tried to leave her husband several times -- and said he wasn't crazy, just a...
SEN. HARRY REID PRAISES SOTOMAYOR
WASHINGTON -- The Senate's top Democrat praised federal judge Sonia Sotomayor Tuesday as an extraordinarily well-qualified Supreme Court nominee whose background as an "underdog" appeals to Americans. "We have the...
Will Smith to Play Captain America?
Some are speculating that the big announcement will be that an actor has been selected to star in the film, set to hit theaters in 2011. Then again, the big...
FORD SALES UP 20% FROM APRIL
DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday its U.S. sales fell 24 percent in May from a year ago, but sales rose 20 percent from April as the automaker continues...
LONG ISLAND STORE OWNER GIVES WOULD-BE ROBBER $40, FOOD
A Long Island store owner who came face-to-face with a bat-wielding robber whipped out a shotgun in self-defense -- then showed the down-on-his-luck thief the ultimate sign of compassion by...
'DANCING' SMASHUP
Shipping workers dropped the ball on Shawn Johnson and dance partner Mark Ballas -- literally. The couple's separate "Dancing With the Stars" winner's trophies, shipped from New York, arrived at...
U.S. SALES OF PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED HOMES JUMP 6.7%
WASHINGTON -- The number of U.S. homebuyers who agreed to purchase a previously occupied home in April posted the largest monthly jump in nearly eight years, a sign that sales...
GM TO SELL HUMMER TO CHINESE COMPANY
DETROIT -- A person briefed on the deal says General Motors Corp. has a tentative agreement to sell its Hummer brand to Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co. of China....
RANGEL FACES ANOTHER ETHICS INQUIRY: REPORT
WASHINGTON -- The House ethics committee is looking into yet another possible breach of ethics by Rep. Charles B. Rangel, just as the New York Democrat was gearing up to...
KIM JONG IL CHOOSES SUCCESSOR FOR N.KOREA
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea's Kim Jong Il has anointed his 26-year-old son - said to be competitive, proficient in English and a heavy drinker - as the next...
CITY LABOR UNIONS AGREE TO NEW HEALTH CONTRIBUTIONS
NEW YORK --- The city's labor unions are agreeing to contribute more to their health benefits under a new budget agreement with Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The deal with the Municipal...
U.S.' Onyewu sues foe for racist insult
U.S. National Team defender Oguchi Onyewu is suing an Anderlecht's Jelle Van Damme over a racist insult. Gooch claims Van Damme called him a "dirty monkey" while his Standard Liege...
RANT: Why I still don't like Priceline
The last time I used Priceline.com, it was to purchase cheap airfare to Chicago. My outbound flight was cancelled due to weather, leading to a game of phone-tag that went...
'New Moon': This Could Get Hairy
I'm probably the only contributor to this blog who's been eagerly awaiting the trailer for "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" - but then, I'm also the only one who's ever...
U.S.' Edu to miss Confederations Cup
Apparently U.S. National Team midfielder Maurice Edu's knee injury is worse than we knew.The Rangers standout got hurt in last week's Scottish Premier League-clinching win, missing the Scottish Cup final...
'Prepping' For Manhattan's Privileged
"Everyone's having sex with everyone" - and by everyone, we mean the super snobby elite prep school kids of Manhattan. The intent was to bring viewers a real-life version of...
DEALS: Fly to Fiji for under $600/RT
I could drum "Wipe Out" on my dome with two ball-peen hammers 'til my brains leak out and still think up about 2,000 reasons why the Pacific Ocean kicks the...
OBAMA BRANDED BILL CLINTON A 'LIAR' DURING '08 CAMPAIGN
The bitter rift that developed between Barack Obama when he was running for president last year and Bill and Hillary Clinton was one mean fight. In the new book, "Renegade,...
OBAMA NOMINATES NY REP FOR ARMY SECRETARY
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama picked a Republican congressmen to be the next secretary of the Army Tuesday, bringing another member of the opposition into his administration's fold.Jockeying Begins for...
SUSAN BOYLE CRIED FOR 24 HOURS, HAD 2 TANTRUMS
Shattered Susan Boyle was rushed to a rehab clinic after she collapsed following an emotional rant at Britain's Got Talent chiefs. The singer, dramatically beaten in Saturday's thrilling telly final,...
Coverage in The Post
PITTSBURGH -- "What's the matter with J.J. Putz?" is suddenly the most pressing question for the Mets after the former All-Star closer failed again in his new role as set-up...
Devils coach still thinking
NJ.com reports that Devils coach Brent Sutter still has not made a decision if he will coach the team next season, but he said it has to come soon."My obligation...
Movie Cliche of the Year Contest
What is the biggest new cliche at the movies? I've seen three movies in the past couple of weeks where the key was a lump of some substance that could...
Tea, Sympathy and Will Ferrell
Playwright Robert Anderson, who died in February, didn't live quite long enough to see his most famous line quoted, almost verbatim, by Will Ferrell in his cultural-reference-crammed new comedy-adventure "Land...
BRAZIL'S AIR FORCE FINDS PLANE DEBRIS IN ATLANTIC OCEAN
FERNANDO DE NORONHA, Brazil -- An airplane seat, a fuel slick and pieces of white debris scattered over three miles of open ocean marked the site in the mid-Atlantic Tuesday...
3 UP: A REASON JOBA SHOULD START
Yes, I am at twitter at http://twitter.com/nyp_joelsherman1. So Joba Chamberlain delivered his best start of the season and the longest of his career Monday night. That means most of the...
Niese's fall hurts Mets
From JOEL SHERMANIn the offseason, the Mets imagined Jonathon Niese was going to afford them rotation depth. There were, in fact, a few Met officials who were championing Niese to...
The Daily Whacks, Tuesday Edition
Yes, you can count me among the tweetin' Twitterers now: http://twitter.com/MikeVacc*******It seems that Phil Mickelson has the ability to be as polarizing as any player on Tour, but there is...
TOMATO SCOOP
AN apple a day is no longer the only fruit that will keep the doctor away. The tomato, often misrepresented as a vegetable, is the new fruit that British scientists...
ANDY PETTITTE: I'LL START TOMORROW
CLEVELAND -- Joe Girardi thinks Andy Pettitte will start tomorrow night against the Rangers at Yankee Stadium. The veteran lefty is convinced. "I feel good. We haven't even talked about...
HONDO: HAPPY TWOSDAY!
Hondo drew a blank last night with the Mariners, who looked like fools against Hill as they caused the earning to tumble to 440 freehans. Tonight, Mr. Aitch will try...
TEIXEIRA DEAL BOOSTS YANKEES OVER RED SOX
THE YANKEES have not won a game in 2009 vs. the Red Sox, and yet may have one of the most important victories in years over their main rival. That...
CHANDLER EYES ANKLE SURGERY
Wilson Chandler, the Knicks' most pleasant surprise of last season, is expected to have surgery on his left ankle to remove a bone spur, a league source said last night....
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Feds appeal Bonds ruling Federal prosecutors in San Francisco urged an appeals court to let them present evidence they say shows Barry Bonds knowingly used steroids, arguing yesterday it...
SIGN OF THE TIMES: SUNDAY'S TIMES MAGAZINE SHRINKS
The New York Times Magazine has long been venerable -- but now it's vulnerable. In a bid to wring out more savings at the teetering publisher, the cashstrapped The New...
VA'KATE'TION
KATE Gosselin hit the beach to show off her bikini-fit body. Not bad for someone who has had eight kids, though the tummy tuck she got during an episode of...
BUMPER MUSIC CROP
DECIDING what albums to get has been a snap so far this year, with just a few A-list acts such as U2, Eminem, Green Day and Bob Dylan releasing new...
HEALTH MYTHCONCEPTIONS
STOP taking your vitamins. Lay out in the sun. Don't eat so much fruit. This may run counter to just about everything you've heard from your mother -- and everyone...
CONAN UNFUNNY IN 1ST SHOW
UPDATE: Conan Gets Top Ratings in 'Tonight' Debut CONAN O'BRIEN got a full 20 commercial-free minutes to open his first night as host of "The Tonight Show" last night and...
OFFICER EDWARDS' DEATH: TRAGIC, BY ANY MEASURE
The news of off-duty NYPD officer Omar Edwards' death takes my breath away ("A Cop's Tragic Death," Editorial, May 30). May God sustain his grief-stricken survivors. Regardless of how rare...
IRAN: ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
UNFORTUNATELY, Presi dent Obama is likely to use this week's visits to Saudi Arabia and Egypt as stops on his Apology World Tour, repudiating Bush-era Middle East and War on...
JUST DON'T APOLOGIZE
PAKISTAN'S ex-ambassador to Britain, Akbar Ahmed, a leading authority on Islam, has some advice for President Obama on his speech to the Muslim world this week. Because Obama's father was...
UNCORKING NY'S ECONOMY
NEW York state has been in the wine cellar for too long. In March, a state budget proposal that would have allowed wine to be sold in grocery stores was...
ISRAEL: BAM VOYAGE'S 'MISSING LEG'
BARACK Obama's first Middle East trip as president has some Israelis focusing on the journey's "missing leg." Obama's purpose is to make nice to Muslims, a goal that even Israeli...
LUCKY ME, I'M A DOUBLE HOLDER OF GM SHARES
YESTERDAY morning I woke up to find that I was one of the owners of General Motors Corp. Isn't this a great country we live in? All you have to...
A GROVELPALOOZA
ONE question remains about President Obama's upcoming schlock-concerts in the Middle East: "How deeply will he grovel?" With top tour dates in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, the political message is...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan Two thieves who swiped tenderloin steaks, juice and a vacuum cleaner in three separate incidents at a Times Square Hotel were finally captured by security, authorities said yesterday. Between...
GM'S BITTER REALITY
IN declaring bankruptcy, Gen eral Motors appears to have finally accepted reality: In terms of employment, America is no longer in the transition to a services economy from a manufacturing...
SPACE RACE ON FIFTH AVENUE
THE only large vacant store front on Fifth Avenue's prime shopping stretch won't likely stand vacant for very long. Sources said trendy downtown retailers are swarming like bees over the...
CITY RUNS NICE BIKE RACK-ET
It just got easier to find parking -- for your bike. The locations of about 6,000 bike racks are mapped out on a new city Department of Transportation Web site...
FLU HITS VOGUE
Swine flu is en Vogue. Condé Nast workers received a memo telling them that "an employee working on the 12th floor at 4 Times Square" has tested positive for the...
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL INDEX NIXES CITI, GM
General Motors and Citigroup were removed from the Dow Jones industrial average, replaced by Cisco Systems and Travelers, after the first global recession in 70 years crippled their earnings and...
JPMORGAN OFFERS STOCK
JPMorgan Chase and American Express will sell at least $5.5 billion of stock to satisfy a new Federal Reserve rule forcing firms that took bank rescue funds to tap equity...
COURT APPROVES FIAT'S CHRYSLER PURCHASE
Chrysler won court approval to sell most of its business to a group led by Italy's Fiat, in a deal intended to fire up its idled manufacturing plants and resume...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Kmart case The former head of Kmart was found liable for misleading investors about company finances before a bankruptcy pro tection filing in 2002. The SEC had accused Charles Conaway...
PREZ PLUNKS DOWN $50B FOR GM JALOPY
We own it -- but we're not going to run it, President Obama said yesterday after pushing General Motors into bankruptcy. Obama said the federal government will act as "reluctant...
AD FIRMS BUYING TIME WITH GM
Although GM already owes millions of dollars for ad time and space, it probably won't have any trouble buying even more. The now-bankrupt carmaker owes nearly $167 million to ad...
FLA. JURY TELLS R.J REYNOLDS TOBACCO TO PAY WIDOW $30M
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., the second-biggest US cigarette maker, was told by a Florida jury to pay $30 million to a woman whose husband died of lung cancer after years...
CHENEY: YES TO GAY NUPS
WASHINGTON -- Former Vice President Dick Cheney yesterday threw his support strongly behind gay marriage. In a speech at the National Press Club, Cheney reminded reporters that his daughter, Mary,...
HEAD-IN-SAND MOM CHOSE 'BLIND' AMBITION DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL
"Clark Rockefeller" (a k a Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter) and his daughter, Reigh "Snooks" Boss, before he allegedly kidnapped her last July. BOSTON -- Sandra "I married a Rockefeller!" Boss wants...
JUNE'S BUSTING OUT
Wall Street started June with a bang yesterday as investors sent stocks soaring to their highest levels in seven months by shrugging off the day's depressing news about General Motors...
RANGEL REVELS IN A PAST OBAMA HAS MOVED BEYOND
WASHINGTON -- A family weeps over an unimaginable horror. The city mourns the loss of a hero and the shattered heart of another. And a department wrenches itself over how...
UNCLE SAM'S YOUR BROKER
Never before have so many received so much from a sow's ear. For the first time, Uncle Sam has jammed a ready-made portfolio into every taxpayer's pot, with a market...
TALIBAN KO IS SO TWEET
KABUL, Afghanistan -- American and Afghan forces killed four militants in Wardak province, the US military tweeted yesterday. The military is using Twitter, along with Facebook and YouTube, to tell...
JUDGE HAS UNWOUND OTHER COS.
The judge assigned to handle the massive General Motors bankruptcy is no stranger to drawn-out, complicated cases. During his nine years as a US Bankruptcy Court judge, Robert Gerber, 62,...
CHARLIE'S LAME 'APOLOGY'
No sooner did Rep. Charles Rangel apologize for one tasteless gaffe -- implying that trigger-happy NYPD cops might mistake President Obama for a street criminal -- than he again stuck...
A TRAGIC END TO SUSAN BOYLE'S SUDDEN STARDOM
Susan Boyle had lived her entire life as an anonymous, plain-Jane hermit until her heavenly voice lifted her out of obscurity, captivating the world with its breathtaking range as a...
OWN FAMILY SUES MTA'S BIG BOSS
As if he didn't have enough trouble running the MTA. The agency's chairman, real-estate mogul Dale Hemmerdinger, is being sued by members of his own family who say he tried...
FIRE HEROINE'S BRIDE & GLORY !
Here comes the bride -- to the rescue! Georgette Clemons had just left her wedding reception and was on her way to her Bridgeport, Conn., home when she spotted a...
'TWISTED' TONY COERCED $5M FROM ASTOR: LAWYER
Trust Fund Tony already had $2 million a year interest from the fortune of his mother, Brooke Astor, coming to him for life -- but still "twisted" her arm for...
SALES TAX SET TO RISE
Get ready to pay more for everything from toilet paper to cars starting July 1. The City Council last night approved Mayor Bloomberg's proposal to raise the sales tax here...
CHARTER IS GRADE A IN SPITE OF POVERTY
They've got math on their minds at the Carl Icahn Charter School in The Bronx. In nearly every grade from third through eighth, 100 percent of students passed this year's...
NEW CEO TO AUGMENT PLAYBOY
Playboy Enterprises yesterday named Scott Flanders as CEO, ending a five-month search for a successor to Christie Hefner, who officially stepped down as CEO in January and resigned from the...
WIFE A FOOL FOR LOVE
BOSTON -- She was dressed as Miss Scarlet and he as Professor Plum on the night they met -- but it would take another 13 years for Clark Rockefeller's wife...
RANGEL'S RUDE RANT
Charlie Rangel now says his snide little joke about President Obama needing to "make certain he doesn't run around in East Harlem unidentified" was "entirely inappropriate." But he certainly didn't...
RIGHT ON, RANDI!
Randi Weingarten, mayoral-control booster extraordinaire? So it seems. The powerful teachers-union boss, who'd previously vowed to gut City Hall's control over the schools, yesterday delivered a nearly full-throated endorsement of...
TRAINING-VID REVAMP AFTER TRAGEDY
The NYPD has revised a training video depicting "cop-on-cop" confrontations -- including scenarios in which one officer is undercover, in plainclothes or off-duty -- in the wake of last week's...
EXTRA EFFORT BREEDS SUCCESS IN BROOKLYN
At one Brooklyn middle school, there's little room for improvement. That's because more than 900 students at IS 187 in Dyker Heights aced this year's state math tests -- one...
OIL PRICES ON AGENDA FOR O AND SAUDI
WASHINGTON -- President Obama is likely to discuss sky-high oil prices when he meets Saudi King Abdullah later this week, the White House said yesterday on the eve of the...
J.D. SUES FOR 'RYE' 'RIP-OFF'
His Holden Caulfield character once opined that "People never notice anything," but reclusive writer J.D. Salinger took very careful note of an unauthorized sequel to his "Catcher in the Rye."...
BLOOMY: $400,000? POOR O!
The billionaire mayor doesn't think $400,000 a year is "that much" of a salary. Mayor Bloomberg's assessment of what constitutes big bucks came as he defended President Obama for using...
THEATER COMPANY STAGES PRODUCTION IN BATHROOM
The show is about to start. Please turn off your cellphones and don't flush the toilets. "Dark Horse/Black Forest," a very unorthodox dance performance choreographed by Yanira Castro, will be...
LING PLEADS FOR JAILED SIS
A terrified Lisa Ling yesterday pleaded for the release of her sister and another jailed journalist who go on trial in North Korea this week for "hostile acts" against the...
COUNCIL IN SKETCHY SPENDING SPREE
A review of the City Council's spending records from July 1, 2008, through April 20, 2009 highlights a series of eyebrow-raising expenditures of taxpayer funds, The Post has found. Councilman...
DEMS MULL STALLING FIX OF DRUG LAW
ALBANY -- Under pressure from Republicans, Senate Democrats yesterday said they may delay the portion of the Rockefeller drug-law overhaul that lets courts seal the records of some narcotics criminals....
DILLER DOLLARS FOR HIGH LINE
Media mogul Barry Diller has reportedly donated $10 million to the soon to be opened High Line park. Diller and his wife, fashion designer Diane Von Furstenberg, announced the gift...
SPITZER'S LONG 'PRO' CAREER
Ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer may deny it, but he regularly hooked up with high-priced harlots in a slew of cities for nearly two years, according to the woman who arranged the...
TUMOR TURNS EVERYDAY PAINTER INTO AN ARTIST
A life-threatening brain tumor has miraculously turned a New Jersey painter from an ordinary artist into a promising Picasso -- who now sells her masterpieces for as much as $7,500...
YANKEE BIG$ PLAY HARDBALL
ALBANY -- Yankee officials said yesterday that taxpayers would face more than $5 million in document costs if the team is forced to provide internal records sought by lawmakers looking...
D'OH NO! JOE WEIGHING IN FOR PATERSON
The White House charged headlong into New York state's brewing Democratic civil war last night when loose-tongued Vice President Joe Biden offered Gov. Paterson a seeming endorsement for the 2010...
DINO NETS 242G
A Triceratops made a killing in the city yesterday. A skull of a Triceratops horridus sold at auction at Bonhams for $242,000 -- nearly double its pre-sale top estimate of...
MIKE HAS THE LOOK OF A WINNER
The city's third- through eighth-graders dramatically boosted their performance on state math tests by 7.5 percentage points compared with last year -- stunning results that had even teachers-union boss Randi...
AIR NIGHTMARE OVER ATLANTIC
A doomed Air France jet flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris ran into a towering wall of storms and developed a catastrophic series of electrical problems before vanishing over...
FATHER & CHILD REUNION
A New Jersey dad has been awarded custody of his 9-year-old son in a heart-wrenching tug-of-love case that pitted the father against a Brazilian stepfamily that's been raising the boy...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
She's one classy kid. Brittani McCalister graduated high school Sunday without missing a day of school since kindergarten. "Every day, she has made it to school and stayed the entire...
THINK OTHERWISE
THE single greatest idea in "Coraline" was to cast middle-age Jayne Houdyshell in the title role, a 9-year-old girl. Houdyshell ("Well") is one of our most sensitive actresses, and her...
EMMY MOVES FOR FOOTBALL
THE Emmy awards -- supposedly TV's biggest night of the year -- is being moved to make way for football. The Emmys will air this year on Sept. 13 because...
PITCH YOUR IDEA ON TV
ABC is looking for New Yorker entrepreneurs to swim in its "Shark Tank." Mark Burnett's newest reality show will hold auditions Saturday, June 13 at the Marriott at the Brooklyn...
NO END IN CYRUS
MILEY Cyrus, who hinted last year that she was ready to call it quits as "Hannah Montana," is coming back for another season. Just as filming is set to end...
Eminem stunt faked
There's a reason Slim Shady didn't stand up. Bruno's rear-landing on rapper Eminem during Sunday night's MTV Movie Awards appears to have been staged. "There's no way it was an...
'IDOL' BACK ALREADY
"AMERICAN Idol" is ramping up auditions for Season 9 -- but not in New York. Auditions for the upcoming season, airing early next year, will open July 12-14 in Boston's...
LOVE'S AFTERLIFE
PEOPLE are stories. Our lives proceed through childhood to adolescence and then into adulthood, much like chapters of a book. One experience builds on another. That's why figuring out what...
DASILVA HEADLINES BELMONT SEMINARS
Post ace handicapper John DaSilva has a unique daily double today as he previews Saturday's Belmont Stakes. First, at noon at Gallagher's Steak House, DaSilva will be joined by Dave...
LAID BACK 'BIRD' READY FOR FLIGHT
Bennie "Chip" Woolley Jr., 45, trains Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird, a fast-closing second in the Preakness, and the favorite for Saturday's Belmont Stakes. This week Woolley shares his...
BOREL, GARCIA SET FOR THRILLING RIDE
TWO celebrated jockeys, light years apart in every way but riding at the peak of their form, will square off in Saturday's Belmont Stakes in a showdown that could turn...
CONFIDENT JOCKEY PROMISES VICTORY
Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird, who just missed catching super filly Rachel Alexandra by a length in the Preakness, is a lock to win Saturday's 141st Belmont Stakes. So...
LEON WASHINGTON TROTS INTO JETS CAMP
Finally, the Jets have a full backfield. Both of the team's top running backs, Thomas Jones and Leon Washington, reported to camp for yesterday's organized team activity (OTA) practice at...
COHESIVE GIANTS GET HIGH MARKS FOR ATTENDANCE
Of the 89 players the Giants have on their roster, 88 of them were on the scene yesterday for the third organized team activity practice of the offseason. That's a...
MICKELSON PLANS TO PLAY U.S. OPEN
Golf fans from all over the globe got some surprising news yesterday when it was learned that Phil Mickelson will play the U.S. Open in two weeks on Long Island...
ROGER SURVIVES; RODDICK OUT IN DARK
PARIS -- Roger Federer knows full well, of course, that Rafael Nadal is no longer around this year to befuddle him, to beat him, to stand between him and a...
NFL PUTTING OFF PLAXICO PUNISHMENT
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell yesterday refused to discuss the reinstatement, or disciplinary status, of Plaxico Burress or Michael Vick. "Those are decisions I'll make as they come to me," Goodell...
MAGIC MATCHUP OK WITH STERN
The upcoming NBA Finals was supposed to be the new school version of Bird versus Magic. You saw all those commercials during the conference finals: Kobe or Lebron? No. 23...
NBA COMMISSIONER: LEAGUE DOESN'T NEED LEBRON IN NEW YORK
Surely the NBA would love to see a superstar of LeBron James' caliber in the world's largest media market, right? "Those are only the questions New Yorkers ask," NBA commissioner...
DON'T GANG UP ON QUIET LEBRON
THE biggest mistake the Cavaliers made in Game 6 of the NBA's Eastern Conference finals was not freezing out LeBron James after intermission. He'd lost his legs, touch, rhythm, handle,...
PSAL FINAL SEEMS LIKELY AT STADIUM
There might be a game at the new Yankee Stadium where the tickets won't be overpriced and the players aren't overpaid. For one night, anyway. The PSAL announced yesterday that...
PAGAN'S LATEST MET TO HEAD FOR DL
PITTSBURGH -- The Mets' already ridiculous injury situation turned absurd yesterday when outfielder Angel Pagan was forced to the disabled list with a strained right groin. Thanks to that and...
J.J. PUTZ'S MELTDOWN DOOMS METS
PITTSBURGH -- J.J. Putz's inexplicable meltdown continued last night, and this time it cost the Mets a game. Jerry Manuel gave the veteran reliever another chance just one day after...
JOBA CHAMBERLAIN'S LONGEST OUTING LIFTS YANKEES
CLEVELAND -- Joba Chamberlain is the answer to the Yankees' eighth-inning bullpen problem, the club's only weakness. Yet, when Chamberlain pitches like he did last night, it's easier to understand...
After a long hiatus, Davis' power stroke returning
It took Ike Davis almost 300 at-bats to hit his first professional home run. But with the first one out of the way, Davis is starting to find his stroke...
Niese's struggles continue
After a breakout 2008 season, the Mets top pitching prospect, Jon Niese, has suffered through a miserable start to the year with Triple-A Buffalo. His struggles continued during his start...
BIG SHOT
WHEN checking into one of Mexico City's Grupo Habita hotels, you might notice a large, squarish bottle of mezcal sitting on the counter. Rafael Micha, one of the hotel's four...
50 STATES: Maine
WANT to learn a lot about a state? Check out their license plate. No, not the color scheme — though that Vermont green sure is pretty — but the taglines...
NEWS + NOTES
SUMMER OF LOVE FOUR decades after Woodstock, Bethel, NY, is still rocking. The summerlong concert series marking this year's 40th anniversary -- hitting the outdoor Pavilion stage at the town's...
HOT DEALS!
RICHMOND, VA $205 a night at The Jefferson Hotel, valid tomorrow through Sept. 7. The "Shoestring Package" includes a traditional southern breakfast, a $25 hotel gift card and complimentary downtown...
DEALS MIO
IT'S the Rasputin of nations, that Mexico. Shot by drug-cartel shenanigans, poisoned by the H1N1 virus, beaten with a global economic meltdown -- it just refuses to say die. That's...
McAllister named EL's Pitcher of the Week
It's been a terrific year for Yankee prospect Zach McAllister so far with Double-A Trenton, and he's been honored with the Eastern League's Pitcher of the Week award. The 6-foot-6...
Putz talks latest disaster
PITTSBURGH -- Here is video I shot tonight of Mets reliever J.J. Putz explaining the four singles and four runs he allowed in the decisive eighth inning of an 8-5...
PIRATES RALLY TO BEAT METS 8-5
Andy LaRoche had three RBIs and the Pittsburgh Pirates scored five runs in eighth inning to beat the New York Mets 8-5 on Monday night. Adam LaRoche and Jack Wilson...
YANKEES SET ERRORLESS RECORD IN 5-2 WIN
Joba Chamberlain allowed two runs in a career-high eight innings and the New York Yankees set a record for consecutive games without making an error in a 5-2 victory against...
STATE DEPT: 2 US CITIZENS ON MISSING JET
The State Department says two Americans were among the passengers of a missing Air France jet carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. No names were released. Spokesman...
Critics Applaud 'The Hangover'
You don't come across this very often, but at the Warner Brothers screening room in the general vicinity of Sixth Avenue today, a gang of critics seemingly burst into applause...