June 11, 2009
Delgado pain-free, on schedule
A healthy looking and reputedly pain-free Carlos Delgado spoke to reporters today and said his rehab from hip surgery last month is on schedule. Although Delgado still is expected to...
CONCACAF Champions League draw set; Red Bull to face W Connection
The Red Bulls may be out of the U.S. Open Cup and in dead-last in the MLS' Eastern Conference, but they still have a chance for hardware. They were drawn...
El Duque signs with Rangers
APOrlando Hernandez has agreed to a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers.El Duque, part of World Series championships with three teams, is expected to join Triple-A Oklahoma City for...
MTA PULLS PLUG ON EMERGENCY TEAM
MTA bigs quietly disbanded a team of emergency personnel two months ago who acted as a go-between for the police and fire departments and subway officials during a crisis, officials...
PATRIOTS' THOMAS WON'T JAW WITH RYAN
BOSTON -- Adalius Thomas loves to joke around, just like the brash defensive coordinator he played for with the Ravens. Unlike Rex Ryan, though, the Patriots linebacker isn't shooting barbs...
Mets' draft list revealed
The Mets have released the list of their selections from this week's first-year player draft. Here is the breakdown:ROUND/OVERALL NAME POS. HT WT B/T DOB SCHOOL (STATE)2 72 Steven Matz...
Hold 'Em or Fold 'Em
This week I figured I could play to two audiences, the usual fantasy baseball crowd and the gamblers who are addicted to America's new national pastime, poker.Poker and fantasy baseball...
VIKINGS PLAYERS WAIT ON FAVRE
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Eventually, the Minnesota Vikings will need to know: Is Brett Favre going to play or not? The Vikings aren't showing any public impatience with the NFL's...
FAKE 'COPS' IN VILLAGE HOLD UP MAN FOR $200
Two thieves impersonating cops jumped out of a black car in Greenwich Village today, ordered a man up against a wall, quickly rifled his pockets and sped off with his...
METS WANT TO FEEL RIGHT AT HOMER
Jerry Manuel thought about taking his home run-challenged Mets to the new Yankee Stadium for the first time and laughed. "I might try to swing a couple times or two,"...
SCHOOL LIBRARIAN ARRESTED FOR TOUCHING STUDENTS
A 56-year-old male librarian at the city's most prestigious public high school has been arrested for inappropriately touching four male students, authorities said yesterday. Christopher Asch, 56, was accused of...
ATTORNEY: COP FACING PERJURY CHARGE 'JUST DOING HIS JOB'
The lawyer defending a veteran Bronx detective caught perjuring himself after a savvy 17-year-old secretly recorded the officer questioning him on an MP3 player said today that finding his client...
Extended 'Melrose Place' Promo
One by one, meet the characters who will be calling "Melrose Place" their home this fall.Does it look better or worse than you expected?
CITY TO KILL GEESE IN EFFORT TO PROTECT PLANES
Pluck 'em! The city and the Port Authority plan to trap and kill up to 2,000 Canada Geese this summer in a bid to avoid the type of collision that...
WOMAN WHO MISSED FLIGHT 447 KILLED IN CAR CRASH
An Italian woman who missed doomed Air France Flight 447 was killed days later in a car accident, it was revealed today. Johanna Ganthaler and her husband Kurt showed up...
Shoulder bothering Maine
(UPDATED) John Maine finally admitted today that his surgically repaired right shoulder is "acting up" and indicated it will need to be looked at by team doctors. Maine will make...
Trenton releases schedule of events for Eastern League All-Star Game
The Trenton Thunder, the Yankees Double-A affiliate and hosts of this year's Eastern League All-Star Game at Trenton's Waterfront Park, have announced the schedule of events for the event, which...
Yankees draft a quarterback
By TIM BONTEMPSWith their pick in the 48th round of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft, the Yankees selected a name familiar to college football fans around the country, former All-American...
FRACAS OVER TRAFFIC TICKET BILL
It was the picture of chaos. A heated argument broke out today between the NYPD and a City Council committee over a bill that would make all traffic agents take...
BABY BORN ON SUBWAY PLATFORM
The Whitehall subway station became a maternity ward this afternoon when a quick-thinking transit employee helped a woman give birth to a baby girl on the subway car seats. Train...
LI ABUSE SHOCK
Cops on Long Island have locked up a mother, her boyfriend and a grandmother and charged them in the abuse and neglect of three children in a horrific case of...
FORENSICS EXPERT: CARRDINE DIDN'T KILL HIMSELF
LOS ANGELES -- The forensics expert hired by David Carradine's family has concluded that the "Kung Fu" actor did not commit suicide, but said Thursday that more information was needed...
CONTRACT WON'T BUY SANCHEZ JETS JOB
Fifty million dollars will buy you a lot of things, but not the Jets starting quarterback position. The day after Mark Sanchez signed a 5-year, $50 million deal, Rex Ryan...
A complete list of the Yankees draft picks
As with the Mets, the Yankees have also completed the First-Year Player Draft. Here is a complete list of their draft picks from Round 1-50:1. Slade Heathcott, OF, Texas High...
A complete list of the Mets draft picks
With all 50 rounds of the First-Year Player Draft finally in the books, here is a list of all of the Mets draft picks from the three day ordeal.Like the...
HEALTH OFFICIAL: SWINE FLU COSTS NYC $4M
The city's health commissioner says the swine flu outbreak will cost the city $4 million this fiscal year. Dr. Thomas Farley described the cost of the city's emergency response in...
Game 58: Phillies at Mets
Despite Wednesday's excruciating loss in 11 innings, the Mets can still take the series tonight when Tim Redding takes on Jamie Moyer and the Phillies at Citi Field. Redding has...
WHO ANNOUNCES SWINE FLU PANDEMIC
GENEVA -- The World Health Organization declared a swine flu pandemic Thursday - the first global flu epidemic in 41 years - as infections in the United States, Europe, Australia,...
STATEMENT: DISGRACED NBA REF BEATEN BY MOBSTER IN PRISON
Disgraced NBA referee Tim Donaghy would like to call a flagrant foul. A press release to announce his release from a Florida prison next week also claimed that Donaghy was...
Bret's Busted Face
Brett Michaels, who racked up YouTube hits when the clip of his "head banging" performance hit the web, just posted pictures of his face, post Tony Awards injuries. Check them...
'VIEW' CO-HOST LANDS 'JOY BEHAR SHOW'
Joy Behar has too much to say for just one hour a day, so the veteran co-host of ABC's "The View" plans to double up with her own show on...
No Brooklyn, no LeBron for Nets
The clock is ticking on the Nets if they want to complete their move to Brooklyn.And no Brooklyn means no chance at LeBron James. Brett Yormark, the Nets chief executive,...
PRIVATE EQUITY FUND TO PAY FINE IN NY PENSION SCANDAL
The private equity firm Riverstone Holdings has agreed to pay $30 million and abide by a new code of conduct to resolve its role in a corruption scandal at New...
ESPADA: FILES STOLEN FROM WESTCHESTER HOME
ALBANY -- One of the Democratic state senators who defected to the GOP in a legislative coup earlier this week said today that his Westchester home had been broken into...
$24,584 IN FINES FOR NYC COUNCILMAN
A New York City councilman is being fined more than $24,000 for elections violations in three 2007 campaigns. The city's Campaign Finance Board said Councilman Mathieu Eugene racked up 29...
BLOOMBERG: JAIL BAR MITZVAH SHOULD 'NOT HAVE TAKEN PLACE'
Not in our jails. Mayor Bloomberg said today that the city has launched an investigation into who allowed a wealthy inmate to host a lavish bar mitzvah behind bars for...
Megan Fox, Vampire Slayer?
Rumors are swirling that Megan Fox is a prime candidate for the proposed "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" remake. Which does makes a certain amount of sense, given her upcoming role...
FULL COVERAGE OF CHAOS IN ALBANY
June 12: Turncoat's Vote Is Up for GrabsIT'S DISORDER IN THE COURTGOV BITTEN BY HIS WATCHDOG'PEDRO'GATE' BURGLARYEDITORIAL: KEEPING UP WITH THE SENATE June 11: -- GOP Uses Key to Open...
Gooch to Fulham?
It's a fait accompli that U.S. National Team Oguchi Onyewu defender is leaving Belgian side Standard Liege for a bigger league. The question has been where will Gooch end up?...
Robert Buckley Raises 'Tree Hill's' Temperature
"Lipstick Jungle" hottie Robert Buckley is moving to "One Tree Hill." Buckley, who played Kim Raver's on-screen boy toy on "Lipstick," will slide into the vacant role of Clayton on...
OTAs nearing an end
By PAUL SCHWARTZAnother rainy day forced the Giants inside to practice in their new fieldhouse for their ninth Organized Team Activity workout of the off-season. There will be a 10th...
Better luck next time
I'm not entirely sold (euphemism!) on Theresa Rebeck's "Our House" at Playwrights Horizons, and one of the things that bummed me the most is Morena Baccarin's performance as power anchor...
HOLOCAUST MUSEUM SHOOTER CHARGED WITH MURDER
WASHINGTON -- An 88-year-old white supremacist has been charged with murder for killing the security guard who had opened the door to let him into the U.S. Holocaust Memorial and...
Time for Jets to trade Thomas Jones
By JUSTIN TERRANOVAThomas Jones led the AFC in rushing last season and believes he deserves a re-worked contract.But it should be the Jets, not Jones, trying to take advantage of...
Update: Palin Declines Letterman Invite
Sarah Palin isn't letting David Letterman off the hook. In the latest in the back-and-forth chatter between Letterman and Palin, the Alaskan governor has declined Letterman's invitation to appear as...
Bushes Top 10 Yankees Prospects
Outside of Robinson Cano, and to a lesser extent Melky Cabrera and Brett Gardner, the significant contributions to the Yankees roster and biggest names thrown around from their minor league...
AKON CANCELS 'EARLY SHOW'
Akon has cancelled his scheduled appearance on tomorrow's "Early Show" following the death of Gabon President Omar Bongo--a friend and mentor of Akon's family. Akon is already on his way...
NY COACH ACCUSED OF SENDING SEX MESSAGES RESIGNS
BALDWINSVILLE, N.Y. -- The women's soccer coach at Le Moyne College in Syracuse has resigned after being accused of sending sexually explicit cell phone messages to a girl he coached...
GOLDEN CHEERS ALBANY COUP
New York State is back in good hands, according to a Bay Ridge Republican who cheered the coup that wrested control of the State Senate from the Democratic majority this...
BK TEENS ON TOBACCO ROAD
More teens in Brooklyn use tobacco than in any borough, according to a federal lawmaker promoting legislation he hopes will help young lungs curb the harmful habit. Nearly a third...
BRONX COP SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON
A former NYPD cop convicted of shooting an unarmed man to death while off-duty was sentenced today to a maximum of three years behind bars. Rafael Lora had been convicted...
TOO MUCH DEMOCRACY FOR MARKOWITZ
Former President George W. Bush was always fond of saying how much easier governing the United States would be if only it were a dictatorship. Old Number 43 may be...
GOP OPENS SENATE CHAMBER
Republicans unlocked the doors to the state senate chamber this morning for the first time as the majority party after Monday's historic coup -- but said the Democratic conference they...
Letterman to Palins: 'Am I Guilty of Poor Taste? Yes'
Update: Palin Declines Letterman InviteDavid Letterman wants to clear the Alaskan air with Sarah Palin.The late-night host took a timeout from last night's "Late Show" to personally address Gov. Sarah...
Coverage in The Post
The Mets have only themselves to blame after stranding a season-high 16 runners Wednesday night in a 5-4 loss to the Phillies in 11 innings. The frustrating setback dropped the...
OBAMA WANTS TO LINK EXEC PAY TO LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration says executive compensation must be better managed to prevent the sort of risk-taking that jeopardizes the economy. Gene Sperling, who advises Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner,...
FORMER HAUPPAUGE OFFICIAL TO SURRENDER TO AUTHORITIES
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. -- A former official of an eastern Long Island town facing a budget shortfall of as much as $18 million has been ordered to surrender to authorities to...
BOY, 3, FOUND WANDERING STREETS
A three-year-old boy was reunited with his mother this morning after an NYPD Transit Bureau officer found the boy was found wandering the streets alone near 147th Street and St....
Janeane Garofalo Dishes on Drugs
Janeane Garofalo may play a nerdy, do-gooder of a computer genius on "24," but in real life, she's pretty funny. The Post visited the set where Garofalo performs a stand-up...
BOY, 10, KILLED BY LIGHTNING
Indianapolis police say a 10-year-old boy was killed by lightning at a campground while he and his father walked to their car to seek shelter from a thunderstorm. Jeremiah Miller...
LETTERMAN SORT OF APOLOGIZES ABOUT PALIN WISECRACK
"Late Show" host David Letterman is apologizing, sort of, for jokes about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and one of her teenage daughters. Letterman made several wisecracks on CBS' "Late Show"...
ROCKEFELLER JURY RESUMES DELIBERATIONS
BOSTON -- Jurors have resumed deliberations in the parental kidnapping trial of the man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller. The jurors had asked a judge Wednesday if prosecutors had to...
DISGRACED FORMER GOV. SPITZER CALLS ALBANY MAYHEM 'STEP FORWARD'
Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer actually thinks the current chaos gripping the State Senate is a good thing. "Yes, the Senate takeover is being orchestrated by a rogue's gallery of politicians...
Ronaldo to Real (for real)
And where does Manchester United go to spend all this money? Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery and French phenom Karim Benzema have been long-standing targets, and Wigan's Antonio Valencia has come...
IRAN'S RAUCOUS ELECTION CAMPAIGN GOES QUIET
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's raucous election campaign fell silent a day before the vote as rallies were barred Thursday to give the public time to reflect on whether they want...
MORE SICKENED WITH FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS AT STATEN ISLAND HS
Twenty-nine students went home sick with flu symptoms at Susan E. Wagner HS on Wednesday -- bringing the number to 57 students who have gotten sick since the city Health...
3 UP: DO SOX INTIMIDATE YANKS?
Yes, I am on twitter.1. The Red Sox are very good and maybe what they are best at is making the Yankees look bad.That is why I look at the...
CONNECTICUT LURES GAY COUPLES FOR MARRIAGE
New York City same-sex couples are flocking to Greenwich, Conn. to get married. Greenwich officials say 139 same-sex couples applied for a marriage license and wed there from Nov. 12,...
3 UP: RED SOX SUPERIORITY, WANG AND JETER
Yes, I am on twitter.1. The Red Sox are very good and maybe what they are best at is making the Yankees look bad.That is why I look at the...
MAN GETS 25 TO LIFE FOR KILLING BABYSITTER
NORWICH, N.Y. -- A New Jersey man convicted of intentionally running over a 12-year-old baby sitter is headed to state prison for 25 years to life. George Ford Jr. of...
4 CHINESE MUSLIMS RELEASED FROM GUANTANAMO
WASHINGTON -- Four Guantanamo Bay detainees have been released and resettled in Bermuda, U.S. officials said Thursday. The four are part of a group of 17 Chinese Muslims who have...
The Daily Whacks, Thursday Edition
You can count me among the tweetin' Twitterers (or is that the Twitterin' tweeters?) now: http://twitter.com/MikeVacc*******The fallacy, of course, is that the Mets don't -- or can't -- beat the...
CITI'S BITTER PILL
On the same day that embattled banking giant Citigroup laid the groundwork to dilute investors' current stakes by converting $58 billion worth of preferred shares into common stock, the bank...
GIANTS' JACOBS WANTS TO BE BOXING MANAGER
Brandon Jacobs isn't waiting until his NFL playing days are over before deciding what he wants to do next. The Giants star is breaking into professional boxing, but not as...
CIRCUS MAXIMUS GETTING ZANIER
ALBANY -- Officials unexpectedly postponed a meeting of the state Senate yesterday in a third day of high farce at the Capitol as Republicans and Democrats fought over a few...
HATE-SLAY HORROR
An 88-year-old white supremacist coolly strode into the Holocaust Museum in Washington yesterday armed with a rifle and set off a wild shootout that killed a security guard. James von...
NEW FLIGHT 447 TERROR LINK EYED
Two of the doomed passengers on Air France Flight 447 that went down in the Atlantic on the trip from Brazil to Paris may have links to Islamic terrorism, it...
MULLAHS IN THREAT TO STEAL ELEX
TEHRAN, Iran -- In the final hours of Iran's election campaign, the top pro-reform challenger to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad got a sharp warning yesterday that authorities would crush any attempt...
INFLATION LOOMS:
IT'S increasingly looking like President Obama may be sunk by his own deficit. Yes, the recession started under George W. Bush -- and voters will still blame him for unemployment...
ASTOR JUDGE COURT JESTER
The Brooke Astor swindle trial ground to a halt when the guest of honor -- Astor's defendant son, Anthony Marshall -- called in sick yesterday so he could see a...
CAT-KILLER'S MONSTROUS DEED
I was horrified to read "Bronx Love Spat Spurs Sickening Kitten Slay," (June 5) about a cat burned alive. There is nothing more upsetting than hearing of an innocent creature...
N. KOREA FACING UN BLOCKADE
Western powers joined with North Korea's key allies at the United Nations yesterday on a proposal that would impose tough new sanctions against President Kim Jong-Il's communist nation for its...
PHOTO NO-NO BY KHA-DAFFY
Libyan dictator Moammar Khadafy -- accompanied by 40 female bodyguards -- began a bizarre four-day visit to Rome yesterday, brazenly wearing a photo of a guerrilla leader hanged by Italy...
A PREJUDICE AMERICA CAN'T AFFORD
WHY is the Obama administration defending the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military? This doesn't just break his past promises -- it conflicts with his oath...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan A thug assaulted a man in a Greenwich Village bar after a confrontation at another saloon, police sources said yesterday. The 6-foot-2, 190-pound attacker confronted the 22-year- old man...
THOSE OIL BANDITS NEED A GOOD PISTOL-WHIPPING
HERE we go again! Around this time last year everyone started subscribing to the notion that I had been selling for two years: that speculators -- and not market forces...
BAM ADDS TO THE 'COOL' MIX
President Obama has made it cooler to be biracial. Membership in civil-rights and cultural groups that advocate for people of mixed heritage has skyrocketed under an Obama White House. The...
OOPS, I TOSSED $1M
JERUSALEM -- An Israeli woman mistakenly threw out a mattress that she said had almost $1 million inside, setting off a frantic search through tons of garbage at a number...
CBRE INC. SOARS ON DEBT PLAN
CB Richard Ellis Group Inc., the commercial property broker with $2.4 billion in debt, surged 14 percent after announcing plans to raise up to $550 million selling shares and debt...
POL: ENEMIES NOW GIVEN RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT
The Justice Department has quietly ordered the FBI to warn captured fighters in Afghanistan of their "Miranda" legal rights, a senior member of the House Intelligence Committee said. Rep. Mike...
MISS CALIF., YOU'RE FIRED
LOS ANGELES -- Beauty queen Carrie Prejean, who ignited a furor at Donald Trump's Miss USA pageant by taking a stand against gay marriage, has been fired as Miss California,...
WIGGED-OUT 'KINK FU'
David Carradine was wearing a dark wig and fishnet stockings when a chambermaid discovered his body hanging in the closet of a Bangkok hotel room last week, according to reports....
20G THEFT FROM 'THAT '70S DO'H!'
An actor who co-starred with Ashton Kutcher on "That '70s Show" got "Punk'd" by a thief who swiped his $20,000 watch while he was playing a charity softball game in...
HIKIND HULLABALOO: ENOUGH GRIEF TO SHARE
As a Jew, I appreciate and understand the devastation of the Holocaust to our people ("Hikind: Jews Only" June 8). I am, however, dismayed by Assemblyman Dov Hikind's sense of...
SPECTOR WIGS OUT IN PRISON
Phil Spector's lost that lovin' feelin' -- of hair on his head. PHOTOS: Phil Spector's Hair Through The Years The mad maestro surrendered his freedom and wild wig after checking...
INDI-BAMA JONES & THE TEMPLE OF DEM
He may be leader of the free world, but can he crack a bullwhip? President Obama does his best Indiana Jones impersonation as he models the iconic hat he was...
SLAY RAP ON TEEN DRIVER
A teen Brooklyn driver was charged with manslaughter yesterday for running over an elderly man at a bus stop, authorities said. The victim, Stanislaw Zak, 65, was standing at a...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Neiman loss Neiman Marcus posted a third-quarter net loss of $3.1 million vs. earnings of $55.4 million in the prior year as sales continued to slide. In stores open at...
COMPLAINTS VS. COPS UP AGAIN
The number of civilian complaints made against the NYPD continues to rise, new data shows. Gripes made to the city's Civilian Complaint Review Board in the first half of 2009...
AIRLINE'S REP GETS 'SULLY'D
The pilots who ditched their goose-crippled Airbus jet in the Hudson River last January are enthusiastic about flying and speak highly of each other -- but their feelings for their...
ECONOMY'S STILL WEAK
A Federal Reserve survey released yesterday shows that economic conditions remained weak and even deteriorated in many regions of the country as recently as last month, with commercial real estate...
PARADISE 'LOST' FOR GITMO GANG
WASHINGTON -- Hell no, Uighurs won't go! A leading advocate for 17 ethnic Uighurs from China held at Guantanamo Bay prison is throwing cold water on the Obama administration's plan...
SLAY TALK GETS JUROR A WALK
A juror was released from a Brooklyn manslaughter trial yesterday after she complained a prosecutor's long-winded ramblings threatened to put her out of business. Eilene Block, 47, pleaded to be...
DRAMA GROWS AT GLOBE
Guess he's not such a mensch after all. Two days after The Newspaper Guild voted down a contract at The New York Times-owned Boston Globe and then tried to schmooze...
WTC MESS AT DEADLINE
Mayor Bloomberg's deadline to hammer out a new deal for rebuilding Ground Zero arrives today with the Port Authority and Larry Silverstein nowhere near agreement, and another developer pitching a...
SLUSH FUN: SCION IN 200G 'SPLURGE'
A member of one of the Bronx's most powerful political families went on a lavish spending spree with taxpayer money -- taking trips to Puerto Rico, dining at fancy restaurants...
BIZARRE BIG TOP NEEDS RINGLEADER
ALBANY -- Duh! Who's in charge? The capital of the formerly greatest state in the nation yesterday was transformed into Upstate Clown College, taken over by a slew of nincompoops...
JUDGE KOS A 'PRIVATE' DELPHI SALE
A Bankruptcy Court judge said yesterday that a formal sale process needs to be put in place in order to ensure that the potential sale of Delphi's assets results in...
JUDGE BLASTS 'KABUKI' DEAL
The judge overseeing a historic settlement among securities regulators and Wall Street firms over conflicts of interest that tainted research has reluctantly ordered millions of dollars in funds set aside...
BARGAIN BID IN DIVORCE
The head of Tanger Outlets really is all about savings -- he's looking for a discount in his divorce. Steven Tanger, CEO of the chain of outlet malls, wants to...
GOOGLE GETS HITS
Google is learning the hard way that $704,000 in political donations to Barack Obama doesn't buy itself much protection from the Justice Department. The Internet search giant is the subject...
OBAMA NAMES FEINBERG AS TARP'S NEW SALARY CZAR
The Obama administration yesterday clamped down on pay for bailed-out financial firms, outlining a series of compensation restrictions for companies that have received funding under the Trouble Asset Relief Program....
9/11 KIN GET MORE INPUT
Families of all the victims of 9/11 and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing will get a chance to say where their loved ones' names will be displayed at the...
PUSH FOR NEW PILOT CHECKS
WASHINGTON -- Senators yesterday urged the Federal Aviation Administration to implement a 2005 recommendation that airlines be required to check the training histories of pilots they hire, an issue in...
IPO PLAN: PUT A ZIPCAR IN IT
The urban car-sharing cult Zipcar is planning to sell shares to the public with hopes they won't go flat in the rough economy. The discount car provider has grown rapidly...
BENNY 'THE ENFORCER' MADE LEWIS AN OFFER . . .
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's team used strong-arm tactics to force Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis to follow through with the ill-fated merger with Merrill Lynch, going so far...
CONEY MAN KICKS SAND IN MIKE'S FACE
Coney Island's biggest landlord has a message for Mayor Bloomberg -- "I'm not going anywhere!" Speaking about Coney Island publicly for the first time in two years, developer Joe Sitt...
SHOWING UP FOR SUCCESS
Woody Allen once said, "Eighty per cent of success is showing up." One New York high school senior is about to prove Allen's adage -- and go him one better....
BAM'S DOUBLE TALK
How dumb does President Obama think the American people are? On Tuesday, he and a cross-section of congressional Democrats assembled at the White House to declare an urgent need to...
ALBANY HELD HOSTAGE
On Day Three of Albany's agony, David Paterson went before the cameras to plead piteously for lob byists, and the bidding was brisk for Hiram Monserrate's -- dare we even...
BOTTLE-$$ BATTLE
It's not just a drop in the bucket. New York state is losing $235,000 a day in revenues because of a Manhattan federal judge's order blocking the new bottle bill,...
'I'LL PLAY BALL AGAIN'
The Little Leaguer shot in the head by a stray bullet during a game in Brooklyn walked out of Brookdale Hospital yesterday vowing to take the field again -- and...
BITTER PILL FOR FRAUD DENTIST
A crooked Brooklyn dentist is going to be feeling the pain of prison after he pleaded guilty to a brazen $600,000 insurance fraud he carried out while treating dozens of...
'SWAP' TO A CHOP FOR TV WIFE
A former New Jersey beauty queen and "Wife Swap" reality star has been busted for stabbing her husband with a kitchen knife in a furious fight, The Post has learned....
'500K' HERE HAD THE FLU
The city Health Department says that more than a half-million residents of the Big Apple may have contracted swine flu. Roughly 6.9 percent of the 1,006 residents surveyed by the...
IVY SLAY EXTRADITE FIGHT
A Mount Vernon man charged yesterday with murdering a drug dealer suspected of selling pot to Harvard University students is fighting extradition to Massachusetts and is jailed in New York...
BREAK FOR LOHAN DAD
Lindsay Lohan's father can avoid prosecution on a misdemeanor charge of aggravated harassment if he stays out of trouble for the next year. That's the ruling of a Suffolk County...
NEW RAP ON PAROLED PERV
A convicted New Jersey sex offender recently paroled from state prison has been charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year- old girl. Union County prosecutors say 41-year-old Eduardo Serrano lured the...
BRIDGE PEDICAB HORROR
A pedicab speeding down the bike lane of the Williamsburg Bridge crashed into a yellow cab on the Brooklyn side yesterday, seriously injuring the pedicab driver and two of his...
SILVER SIGNS OFF ON MAYORAL SCHOOL CONTROL AMID CHAOS
With the state Senate mired in chaos, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver took charge last night -- signing off on a plan that preserves the major elements of mayoral control of...
RITE IS WRONG FOR SON OF CON
Who needs the Waldorf? A wealthy inmate was allowed to host a lavish bar mitzvah behind bars for his son at the downtown lockup known as the Tombs, The Post...
NO BAIL FOR 'KID SLAY' MA
The Bronx mom of a dead tot was thrown in jail without bail yesterday after authorities told a judge she confessed to repeatedly punching her 7-month-old boy in the head,...
'SAFE' RX FOR MORNING ILLS
For the first time, a large study shows that pregnant women who suffer morning sickness are not risking harm to their babies if they take a certain anti-nausea drug. The...
SCHOOL FOOD RULES 'JUNKED'
Schools are a bunch of Cheetos when it comes to abiding by school nutrition rules, a new audit has found. Of 30 city schools state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's office inspected,...
TERROR TAPER GUILTY
ATLANTA -- A court yesterday convicted a naturalized American citizen who made videos of landmarks of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists. A federal judge in Atlanta convicted Syed...
PHONE WOE IN SUBWAYS
It's easier to find a late-night G-train than a working pay phone down in the subway. About one-quarter of public phones in the system are busted, a problem for millions...
CONSPIRACY MADMAN'S CAREER OF CRIME AND SLIME
Hatemonger James von Brunn, who shot up Washington's Holocaust Museum, writes anti-Semitic books that nobody will publish, and once earned the ire of famed spy novelist Tom Clancy for using...
ASIAN-HATE SLAY
Two Asian-hating teen pals, one the stepson of a cop, have been busted for robbing, beating and strangling a Chinese newspaper executive, police said. Corey Azor, 16, of Queens, and...
BISHOP HEART OP
Brooklyn Diocese Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio will undergo heart bypass surgery next Tuesday to correct cardiac blockages, he said yesterday. "I have great trust in my surgeon, but ultimately place myself...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Maybe they think it's the Garden of Eden. A Colorado couple is facing eviction for gardening while nearly nude. Robert and Catharine Pierce like to tend their piece of paradise...
LIBS TAKE FALL IN PHOENIX
PHOENIX -- Cappie Pondexter scored 26 points, and Diana Taurasi had 21 points and five assists in the Mercury's 91-84 victory over the Liberty (0-2) last night. Tangela Smith had...
CLOTTEY IS TOUGH FOE FOR COTTO
When Joshua Clottey was a youngster growing up in Ghana, he saw the success fellow African Azumah Nelson was having and wanted to try boxing. So he went to a...
JETS COACH FLOGS DOLPHINS LB AGAIN
Rex Ryan was at it again yesterday. One day after playfully firing back at a verbal barb thrown at him by Dolphins' chatty linebacker Channing Crowder, Ryan took another swipe...
HONDO'S PENN. PALS
Hondo encountered problems in Houston last night when he crashed with the Cubs for a third straight loss that shrunk the wad to 460 monbouquettes Today, Mr. Aitch will test...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Manny's visit a no-no There will be no more visits by Manny Ramirez to the Dodgers' clubhouse during media access periods for the remainder of his 50-game suspension. The...
MAKE A NIGHT OF 'SKY'
SUSAN Yankowitz's "Night Sky," about a woman suffering from aphasia (the inability to speak or understand language clearly), is much like its heroine. It doesn't always manage to say what...
BROTHERS GRIM-FACED
MEET Francis Ford Coppola 5.0: The Interesting Failure phase. Which cer tainly beats 4.0, the paycheck period of 1990s films like "Jack," in which Robin Williams made the stretch of...
BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE LOOKS BACK WITH LOVE
THE Alvin Ailey dancers are blowing out the candles on the troupe's 50th birthday cake at BAM this week -- the finale to a 50-city tour -- and if Tuesday...
ADDING ADS
'MAD Men" will run a few minutes longer this season because AMC is adding two more minutes of commercials to each episode. The Emmy-winning, '60s-era advertising drama will now run...
'LOOK'S GOOD
IN the strange, primitive world of reality TV, a land rife with "reality stars," for whom no chance to appear on TV is too degrading, it's a wonder to watch...
RISKY BUSINESS FOR PROS WHO APPEAR ON 'TOP CHEF'
SOME of the finest rock- star chefs in America came close to losing their five-star ratings on "Top Chef Masters." In last night's premiere, Christopher Lee of Aureole on the...
CONAN KEEPS DROPPING
THE honeymoon is over for Conan O'Brien. On night seven of the Conan vs. Letterman war, Dave beat the new "Tonight" show host for the first time. And it wasn't...
RAMSAY'S BLUNDER DOWN UNDER
TRYING to put an end to his latest PR nightmare, Gordon Ramsay early yesterday apologized for insulting popular Australian on-air personality Tracy Grimshaw. "[I'm] deeply mortified that the whole thing...
WANG MUST BE PURGED FROM ROTATION
BOSTON -- Let's work on our fake injuries for Chien-Ming Wang. How about sprained right eyebrow? Or contusion of the left pinkie nail? Or how about hyper-extended ERA? TONIGHT'S PREVIEW:...
PHILLIES MAKE WINNING PLAYS; METS DON'T
THE TRASH talk doesn't really mean very much in the end. All the chatter of chokes and jokes and teams to beat, all the hard slides and brush-back pitches and...
SABATHIA WON'T GO CHANGING FOR FENWAY
BOSTON -- CC Sabathia understands the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry, knows what it means in the AL East and to the fan base of each club. TONIGHT'S PREVIEW: Yankees at Red...
UTLEY BLAST IN 11TH SEALS METS' DEMISE
Those disgusting LOBs got the best of the Mets last night. Determined to set a world record in the left-on-base category, the Mets did nothing to make Phillies blabbermouth Cole...
YANKEES WINLESS VS. RED SOX
BOSTON -- Ten minutes after the latest loss to the Red Sox, Joe Girardi said he needed a night's sleep to decide if Chien-Ming Wang will start Tuesday. BOX SCOREA-ROD...
BOSTON'S PEN EDGE IS NO BULL
BOSTON -- There are many reasons the Yankees need to be worried about the Red Sox, but the big difference between the two teams right now is in on the...
MISTAKE PITCH DOOMS METS' PARNELL
Through a half-dozen appearances last season and 29 more this year, Bobby Parnell hadn't suffered a loss or surrendered a home run. Both streaks came to an end last night...
CATCH WAS RISK WERTH TAKING
Maybe there is a confidence carried by champions that those with naked fingers can't understand. Maybe the Phillies are battle-tested and clutch and the Mets are choke artists who can't...
YOUKILIS, BAY SPARK RED SOX
BOSTON -- One's a silent start. Jason Bay has replaced Manny Ramirez in the Red Sox lineup. The other is always in the middle of the action and keeps getting...
PELFREY GIVES UTLEY HARD TIME
Don't mess with Mike Pelfrey's timing. Angry with the fact Chase Utley called time out as Pelfrey was about to deliver a pitch in the sixth inning last night, the...
YOUTH, EXPERIENCE, SKILL IS BOLEY TRINITY
The term Michael Boley uses to describe what he's going through nowadays with the Giants is "get readjusted." After spending all four of his previous NFL seasons playing linebacker for...
WITH AMY ON MIND, 'SCARED' PHIL RETURNS
Phil Mickelson always has been known as one of the most fearless players in golf. He tries shots in the heat of competition that most players don't even think about...
CURRY STARS IN KNICKS WORKOUT
Stephen Curry didn't sign a contract with the Knicks yesterday at their Westchester compound, but he may have sealed the deal. KNICKS BLOG During his pre-draft workout, the former Davidson...
KOBE'S UP FOR ROUND 4
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The evidence sure seemed overwhelming. Kobe Bryant, brilliant at the outset, was teetering down the stretch of Game 3 Tuesday night. His lungs seemed vaporized, his legs...
SANCHEZ SIGNS RECORD DEAL WITH JETS
The Jets avoided a major summer headache when they signed quarterback Mark Sanchez yesterday. JETS BLOGRYAN SPARS WITH DOLPHINS LBPHOTOS: Mark Sanchez Stripped Down Sanchez, the new face of the...
FORMER LIU STAR GOES TO SEATTLE
When James Jones had a workout at Safeco Field in Seattle, he hit a home run. "It was only batting practice," Jones said. "It wasn't during a game or anything."...
HAUTE LIST
OWN Rihanna's tuxedo swimsuit from the "Umbrella" (ella, ella, ella) video (right) and Rachel Bilson's "Awake" premiere dress (right) and more at Abaete's combination archive auction and sample sale (117...
SHE'S A GRACEFUL GISELLE
AS she winds up a nearly 30-year career -- 16 years of it with American Ballet Theatre -- Nina Ananiashvili no longer dances Giselle, but rather the idea of Giselle....
SEEN IN A NEW LIGHT
IF there's one thing Americans love more than beer, it's light beer -- so much that the three best-selling brews in the US are all of the light variety, averaging...
DIG IT?
WANT to get in on the gold rush? Try one of these outlets: * Ex-Boyfriend Jewelry (exboyfriendjewelry.com): Buyers' market, where you can upload pictures and descriptions of jewelry you want...
BLING YOUR OWN
'THE first time I sold, I made $1,500," says Jackie Stone. "I sold my Sweet 16 jewelry, I sold my old-boyfriend jewelry, I sold my bat mitzvah jewelry." Welcome to...
Draft continues tomorrow
Although 30 rounds have been completed, the First-Year Player Draft is not yet completed. Rounds 31-50 will take place tomorrow. We'll have more on the first 30 rounds, as well...
Mets draft picks, rounds 1-30
Like the Yankees, the Mets have finished Day Two of the First-Year Player Draft. Here's a complete list of the team's picks through the first 30 rounds:2. Steve Matz, LHP,...
Yankees draft picks, rounds 1-30
We are now through two days of the draft. Here is a list of the the Yankees draft picks through the first 30 rounds of the First-Year Player Draft:1. Slade...
KITCHEN STADIUM
My childhood home always smelled of freshly baked goods thanks to my stout Polish grandmother, who pulled trays of mandel brot (almond bread), cream cheese cookies and challah out of...
A WRITER'S LIFE
It was 1958, and a young Gay Talese was just starting out in the city as a sports reporter. He didn't have much money, but a friend told him about...
STAY-MOS
John Stamos, who played the studly doctor on "ER," is on the prowl for a New York apartment. Now that his TV show has ended, Stamos is moving to the...
JUST SOLD!
Manhattan LOWER EAST SIDE $440,000 266 East Broadway One-bedroom, one-bath co-op, 750 square feet, with foyer, windowed kitchen, four closets and window AC; building features garage, garden and gym. Maintenance...
SWITCH SIDES
How much does it cost to live in one of the city's poshest 'hoods? Not as much as it used to. If you're seeking a rental near many of the...
SUTTON
Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 750 Maintenance: $1,183 -- Skylines are like children -- they should be seen and not heard. Fortunately, this "spacious" co-op on East 53rd Street...
HUNTINGTON, LI
Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 1 Lot square feet: 5,227 -- It takes a village (location) to properly serve as the setting for this "charming" European fieldstone Tudor home, complete with slate-roof...
RIVERDALE, THE BRONX
Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,427 Common charges: $1,072 -- West 237th Street is worth the trip for affordable luxury like this sixth-floor condo with floor-to-ceiling windows, classy finishes,...
FORT GREENE, BROOKLYN
Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 600 Maintenance: $490 -- Located on a "prime park block," this Oxford Street junior one-bedroom features 10-foot ceilings, a new kitchen and a new...
UPPER WEST SIDE
This "enormous" two-bedroom at Trump International, at the southwest corner of Central Park, started out as a three-bedroom and has since been converted into a "one of a kind" home....
OYSTER BAY COVE, LI
One way of imagining the size of this estate: Invite nine friends over and each of you would have a whole acre to yourself. OK, so not everyone would get...
WAKEFIELD HELPS RED SOX BEAT YANKEES AGAIN
Mike Lowell homered off struggling Yankees starter Chien-Ming Wang, and Kevin Youkilis also connected to help the Red Sox win 6-5 on Wednesday night and improve to 7-0 against New...
More on Matz, Mets draft
From BRIAN LEWIS Space constraints kept us from bringing you any more info on the Mets' draft picks last night, but they've completed their entire draft now and we've got...
WOMAN IMPRISONED BY BOYFRIEND TELLS OF ESCAPE
A woman imprisoned in her own home for nearly three weeks by her boyfriend who chained her to a baby's crib and whipped her explained today how she waited until...