November 13, 2009
Weigh in: Pacquiao 144, Cotto 145
LASV VEGAS -- The fight is on. Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto both made weight for Saturday night's pay-per-view bout with Pacquiao checking in at 144, while Cotto weighed 145, the contracted...
Odds and ends
Some various notes after a trip to Citi Field today for the annual New York chapter meeting of the Baseball Writers Association of America:* Acting on numerous complaints from fans...
Backman back in the fold
The Mets are letting former fan favorite Wally Backman back in the family. Backman, whose personal problems got him practically drummed out of baseball earlier this decade, is being hired...
The weekly wrap-up, November 13
This week we learned that...... Peace has come to Coney Island. [Curbed]... We had no idea how much we needed a dog shower. [Brooklyn Eagle]... The tenants at 650 Fifth...
Canarsie attack linked to second rape
The man who attacked a 14-year-old girl in Canarsie last month could be a serial rapist.Officials investigating the October 20 attack have connected their suspect to not one but two...
10 things to know about week 10
With week 10 upon us, there is no more room for error. A costly mistake with your roster could mean the difference between a playoff berth and ending your season...
FIT 'coke' gals get probation
Two Manhattan fashion students arrested in a cocaine sting won’t be jailed after pleading guilty to a felony drug-possession charge. Mickensie Dippenworth tearfully told a judge the arrest marked “the...
Lunardi's season-opening "Bracketology" lacking local flavor
Joe Lunardi, ESPN.com's resident "Bracketologist", who is without peer as the best prognosticator around for college basketball's annual tournament, has unveiled his first Field of 65 for the 2010 tournament....
New Google Maps feature plots flu and H1N1 shot sites
Still looking to get that flu shot? Now you're in luck. Because if its being offered anywhere near you, Google Maps can help you locate it. The new application maps...
Coney deal done; Lieber as 'Luca Brasi;' and Sitt 'riding' Mike’s 'coattails'
Mayor Bloomberg described yesterday as the “day people thought would never arrive” when announcing the city’s $95.6 million deal to buy 6.9 acres of coveted Coney Island beachfront property from...
Blue Redefined donates to Magee Rehabilitation in Philadelphia
A charity that I'm involved with (technically, VP, or director of games donations) and run by my brother (who acts as president, all of which I should mention lest I...
Yankees, Mets have interest in pitching phenom
Aroldis Chapman simply left his room at the Domina Hotel in Rotterdam last July and went down to the lobby. The Cuban pitcher’s defection during a tournament in the Netherlands...
SI bus driver gets away with ticket after fatal accident
A New York City bus driver who hit and killed a pedestrian on his first day back from a texting-while-driving suspension has been issued a traffic ticket. Police charged 39-year-old...
Art is plain 'English'
Characters emerging from surrealist paintings to confront the artist who created them? Sounds like the plot of a classic Twilight Zone episode. At least it did until a limo pulled...
OCD Archives: 'Penny Wisdom'
Thanksgiving month seems like a good excuse to trot out this delightful, Oscar-winning MGM Technicolor short, which turns up from time to time on TCM and is on the DVD...
Jack Welch ends BusinessWeek column
Former GE Chairman Jack Welch and his wife, Suzy, are resigning from the column they write for BusinessWeek. Welch, who recently ended a 14-week hospital stay, told the Post it...
Wetteland out of hospital
Former Yankees World Series MVP John Wetteland was released from a Texas hospital after police were called to his home to deal with a "suicidal person." “My wife and I...
Eight Mets are arbitration-eligible
Eight Mets are eligible for salary arbitration this winter if the club tenders them a contract offer by the leaguewide Dec. 12 deadline. If a player is not tendered, he becomes...
Ryan to Jets: No excuses
Rex Ryan's message to the Jets this week is simple: No more excuses."You can't have a good practice or a good game and then all of a sudden one or...
Jon Gosselin says he's too famous to find a regular job
Being famous has led reality TV star Jon Gosselin to think that he can't go out and get a regular job. In court papers obtained by the celebrity Web site...
Bigger fines for taxi drivers on cellphones delayed
Raising fines on gabby cabbies glued to their cellphones has been put on hold -- at least for the next six months, officials announced today. The move comes after the...
Roach: Paquiao 'Will Dominate'
LAS VEGAS—Freddie Roach is oozing with confidence and talking trash as the showdown between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto approaches. Roach, Pacquiao's trainer, said "I've never seen him better. He's...
GM: Niedermayer will retire with Ducks
Following comments from Scott Niedermayer that he could be traded back to the Devils, Ducks GM Bob Murray told the Los Angeles Times that will not happen."He's going to retire...
Women and theater ... again
Marsha Norman has an interesting article in "American Theatre." (Thanks to the Wicked Stage blog for the tip.) She looks at the under-representation of female playwrights, coming on the heels...
Shooting ends chicken wing gravy train at Buffalo Wild Wings
Buffalo Wild Wings has plucked the feathers off its weekly cheap wings promotion after hordes of rowdy students descended on the sports bar, resulting in two separate shooting incidents on...
Son of executed DC sniper: 'I am my own man'
BATON ROUGE, La. — Three days after his father’s execution, the 27-year-old son of D.C. sniper John Allen Muhammad said Friday that he doesn’t want to be judged by the...
Ohio paves way for new lethal injection dose
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio on Friday became the first state to adopt a procedure for lethal injections that uses one drug, a method never before tried on U.S. inmates. The...
NY dog Oreo put down despite pleas from activists
A young pit bull mix that survived being thrown off the sixth-floor roof of a Brooklyn building still was not fit to live because of her aggressive behavior, her caretakers...
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SI teen struck in front of high school
A 17-year-old senior leaving her Staten Island high school was struck and critically injured in a horrific chain-reaction crash in front of stunned fellow students today, authorities said. The victim,...
CHSAA girls soccer state semifinal preview
New York Post girls soccer beat writer Joseph Staszewski breaks down Saturday’s CHSAA State semifinals. Here’s the schedule: At Aviator Sports Complex 1 p.m. – Fontbonne Hall vs. St. Joseph...
Moon crash turned up evidence of water
LOS ANGELES -- NASA says a spacecraft that was intentionally crashed into the moon has turned up the best evidence yet of water. Scientists have been analyzing a mile- (1.6...
Scuplture attempt lands artist behind bars
A daredevil artist spent five minutes perched on a ledge outside the Sotheby's building early Tuesday morning, and the next 20 hours perched inside a city jail cell. Sam Bassett...
Mangini defends Browns' practice methods
BEREA, Ohio -- As Jamal Lewis backtracked on his stinging comments directed at Cleveland coach Eric Mangini for overworking his players, several of the Browns gathered near the running back’s...
Change those Knicks jerseys to '6' please
CLEVELAND -- LeBron James wants NBA players to give up their No. 23s to honor Michael Jordan. The Cavaliers superstar, who has worn 23 since he was a high school...
Garrido apologizes for kidnapping 11-year-old
Sex fiend Phillip Garrido, accused of kidnapping and raping an 11-year-old and then holding her captive in a makeshift tent for 18 years, apologized in a jailhouse letter sent to...
Meet the Brit who stops and shoots
No money, no contacts, no problem.That might as well be writer-director Daniel Johnson’s motto when it comes to making films.The 24-year-old Brit has a knack for rolling up on a...
Evening Star diamond to go on sale in NYC
A 39-carat pear-shaped diamond called the Evening Star is going on the auction block in New York City. Its pre-sale estimate is $3.6 million to $5.5 million. It comes from...
Nets back to nine -- or eight
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Courtney Lee is out for the weekend. Chris Douglas-Roberts has little strength. So all is status quo with the Nets. Lee, who felt a twinge in his...
'Moderate' Terror Pals
US Muslim Brotherhood leader chastizes reaction to Fort Hood (Family Security Matters)Frank Gaffney on incredible shrinking CAIR (Big Government)
Rahm Emanuel vs. Obamacare
James Capretta says WH chief of staff has admitted the ultimate problem (New Atlantis)
Election Day homicide remains unsolved
Police are still looking for the suspect in the homicide of a 39-year-old Hispanic man in Williamsburg earlier this month. Raymond Blas, a resident of 54 Maujer St., was shot...
Balloon boy's parents plead guilty to hoax
FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- The Colorado parents accused of pulling a spectacular hoax by reporting their son was aboard a runaway balloon have pleaded guilty to charges that could bring...
Can Palin Come Back?
Matthew Continetti on what Sarah has to do (Wall Street Journal)
Duct taped dog rescued upstate
PROVIDENCE, N.Y. — A dog found bound with duct tape, stuffed into a trash bag and left to die on the southeastern edge of the Adirondacks is recovering after being...
Bloody sock links suspect to Yale grad student slay
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — DNA evidence on a bloody sock found hidden in the ceiling and an ink pen found under the body of a Yale graduate student links an...
Judge rejects mistrial motion in Bruno case
ALBANY, N.Y. -- A federal judge in Albany has denied a motion for a mistrial in the corruption case of former New York Senate leader Joseph Bruno. Defense attorney William...
5 Brooklyn restaurants you should check out
1.) VINEGAR HILL HOUSE, DUMBO/Navy Yard This old-fashioned restaurant in the shadow of the Brooklyn Navy Yard features a giant wood-burning oven, where its delicacies, including a tart drizzled with...
Feds nab two of Bernie's computer programmers
Two former computer programmers for Bernard Madoff's investment firm were arrested Friday on charges they helped cover up the disgraced money manager's massive fraud for more than 15 years. The...
3UP: Minaya, Matsui and Rivera
I am about to take some vacation time, so I will not be blogging regularly. But I am sure that I will drop in now and then with some thoughts,...
World Cup playoffs start Saturday
The final four European spots for next year's World Cup will be determined over the next week (on Saturday and next Wednesday) in four home-and-away playoff series. The most riveting...
Boss at Yankees complex
TAMPA, Fla. -- George Steinbrenner returned to his office at the Yankees' spring training complex for the first time since they won the World Series last week. The 79-year-old owner...
Grilling adds dimension to flavorful salsa
To a grilling aficionado, pretty much everything tastes better when it’s been kissed by an open flame. I am certainly one of those, perhaps because I grew up in an...
Lawyer: Fort Hood shooter may be paralyzed
FORT HOOD, Texas — The Army psychiatrist accused in the fatal shootings at Fort Hood may be paralyzed from the waist down after being shot multiple times during the attack,...
Box Office: End of the World Redux
Just how well will Roland Emmerich's mother-of-all disaster epics "2012'' open in saturation release? Variety says tracking indicates a floor of $40 million, while the Hollywood Reporter says the damage could rival the...
Obama: 9/11 mastermind will get an 'exacting' form of justice
TOKYO, Nov 13 - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday he would insist on an “exacting” form of justice for alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. An Obama...
Accused Cleveland serial killer to make court appearance
CLEVELAND — An accused serial killer returns to court in Cleveland, though not in connection with any of the 11 victims whose remains were found at his home. Anthony Sowell...
Feds to seek death penalty for Sept. 11 suspects in Manhattan trial
Accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay prisoners will be brought to trial in a civilian federal courthouse in Manhattan, just blocks from site of the...
Jobs Pow-Wow More Photo-Op
Jim Mitchell is skeptical of Obama's job summit (Dallas Morning News)
Undecider-in-Chief
Max Boot on confusion and leaks hurting Afghanistan success (Commentary)Fred Kaplan says Obama hasn't decided on new troops' mission (Slate)
Four dead in Connecticut fire
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Bridgeport officials say a fire at a public housing complex has killed a mother and her three children Firefighters say they responded to the P.T. Barnum complex...
Judge goes ballistic on Joe Bruno
ALBANY — The judge presiding over Joseph Bruno’s federal corruption trial abruptly lashed out at the former state Senate boss yesterday. Northern District Court Judge Gary Sharpe blasted Bruno from...
'Dear Abby' family feud
The Alzheimer’s-afflicted creator of “Dear Abby” is being cheated out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by her daughter, her son says. Pauline Phillips, 91, turned her celebrated advice column...
Republican National Committee ends abortion insurance for employees
WASHINGTON — A chagrined GOP Chairman Michael Steele has told Republican National Committee staff to immediately stop providing RNC employees with insurance for elective abortions — an option that Republicans...
White House lawyer expected to resign
TOKYO — Senior Obama administration officials say White House counsel Greg Craig is announcing his resignation Friday. Craig’s future has been in doubt amid talk that President Barack Obama’s promise...
Miss Charleen
LAST NIGHT: 49ers (W) SUNDAY: Jets, Redskins, Steelers, Titans, Lions, Rams, Falcons, Dolphins, Raiders, Seahawks, Chargers, Cowboys, Patriots MONDAY: Browns BEST BETS: Lions, Falcons, Cowboys
Hot Hondo muscles way to 11th heaven
That’s what Hondo’s talking about! Mr. Aitch, picking up where he left off in the World Series, nearly ran the table in Week 9 as he emerged from behind the...
Ain't see nothin' Jet
If the Jets are going to make a run for a playoff berth in the second half of the season, they have to start with a decisive home victory over...
For decade, Patriots-Colts showdown the best NFL has to offer
With every decade that passes in the NFL, there emerges a rivalry that defines the era. Just so happens that the rivalry currently compelling every NFL observer may trump them...
Knicks' worst start a loss away
The Knicks have had plenty of sorry seasons, from the pre-Clyde days to the pre-Ewing era. But if they lose to Golden State tonight, they’ll be 1-9 and off to...
Things really as bad as they look for Knicks
Sometimes, a team can puzzle you, can perplex you, can turn your insides out and your outsides in. The Mets have done that to you a lot the past few...
LeBron is in an Empire State of mind
LeBron James is wearing a new Nike shoe saluting his favorite New York team — the Yankees, not the Knicks. Nike designed a Yankees shoe commemorating their World Series title...
Kennedy Challenge lineup announced
John F. Kennedy girls basketball coach O’Neil Glenn has released the lineup for the fifth annual JFK Challenge to The Post and it’s loaded – two days, two gyms and...
Midwood's Tunstull signs with Northeastern
Midwood senior center Jewel Tunstull, a recent transfer from L.C. Bird (Va.) HS, signed with Northeastern on Wednesday, Hornets coach Artie LaGreca confirmed with The Post.Tunstull, a 6-foot-3 center, is...
Lewis forward picks New Haven
Ayana Duncanson spent part of Thursday morning crying her eyes out in coach Steve Tsai’s office. The Francis Lewis senior is prone to that kind of emotion – “I cry...
Oh my God?
Have you ever wondered what Hugh Jackman and his "Australia" director, Baz Luhrmann, think of God and religion? How about Seal? Ringo Starr? David Copperfield? No, me neither. "God is...
Uncertainty
Excellent New York City location shooting and the ever-reliable Joseph Gordon-Levitt can't salvage this gimmicky, overlong thriller from Scott McGehee and David Siegel, who directed the far more compelling "The...
William Kunstler: Disturbing the universe
It is said that everyone either loved or hated radical defense lawyer William Kunstler. A documentary by his daughters asks, "Why choose 'or' instead of 'both'?" Emily and Sarah Kunstler...
Humble giant leading Lincoln
Ishaq Williams is one of the most feared defensive players in New York City. He’s a playmaker on offense. Lincoln coach Shawn O’Connor calls him “a great leader” and next...
Weekend Calendar
OLD IS NEW One person’s trash is another person’s treasure. Let “Antiques Road Show” contributor Gary Sohmers tell you which of those categories your heirlooms fall under at the Pier...
Timmins proves to be a quick study at defensive end
Lincoln did an adequate job on Dominique Easley in Week 1, limiting the hulking Penn State-bound lineman. Still, quarterback Andrew Vital went down 10 times in a season-opening 28-12 loss...
Weekend Guide
DANCE BILL T. JONES/ARNIE ZANE DANCE COMPANY: A celebration of Abraham Lincoln's bicentennial year, complete with deconstructed period costumes and a Civil War score. Tonight and tomorrow night at 8,...
Weekend Guide: Music
POP, ROCK, FOLK BOB DYLAN: Plays Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the United Palace Theatre, 4140 Broadway; 212-568-6700. GRAHAM PARKER: Keeping a 30-year career going, British rocker...
New core at Westinghouse eyes similar results, but different ending
The last two seasons ended in tears for the George Westinghouse boys basketball team. The Warriors won Brooklyn A West titles, reached the PSAL Class A boys final, but lost...
CHSFL predictions, second round
Every week in the fall, NYPost.com’s Dylan Butler and Joseph Staszewski will attempt to prognosticate the coming Catholic High School Football League weekend. RECORDS AFTER WEEK 9 Butler: 64-15 (8-1...
'Shoot the Freak' guy feels left out of the deal
The owner of the Shoot the Freak booth — longtime Coney carny Andrew Berlingieri — crashed the Mike Bloomberg-Joe Sitt lovefest at City Hall yesterday to complain that the city’s...
From the battle front to the soup line
War might be hell in the desert of Iraq and mountains of Afghanistan, but finding work back home in Brooklyn is no cakewalk, according to government statistics.Of the borough’s 57,612...
Gateway reaching out to public for suggestions on Canarsie Pier
Canarsiens who want to share their thoughts about Canarsie Pier with the powers-that-be can send their suggestions to the National Park Service in an email. The federal agency is soliciting...
Local leader urges civic participation
An active and involved community gets respect, and is also more likely to get its fair share of government resources as well as have an impact on local issues. That...
Double-parking dangers at Mary Queen of Heaven School
The streets in front of Mary Queen of Heaven School in Mill Basin aren’t safe for youngsters. So say police officers from the 63rd Precinct who are issuing $115 tickets...
A toast to community supporters
Better late than never, Friends United Block Association (FUBA) and the commanding officer of the 69th Precinct received Assembly proclamations marking the contributions they have made to the Canarsie community....
Early feminist featured in fine farce
THE music you hear before the curtain rises on "Or," about 17th-century playwright Aphra Behn, doesn't exactly conjure up thoughts of the period. She couldn't possibly have been listening to...
Docs notes
Also opening today are three documentaries: * "The Hand of Fatima," **: A loving tribute to the late Robert Palmer, a music critic and musician, by his daughter, Augusta, who...
Imperfect future for sci-fi tale
The first act of "What Once We Felt" raises many questions. Ann Marie Healy doesn't reveal how her play's futuristic women-only society came to be. What "the Transition" is. Or...
Starr report
Last week was a good one for Craig Ferguson's "Late Late Show," which beat Jimmy Fallon's "Late Night" in adults 18-49 for the first time ever (they've tied be fore)....
'Fox' is worthy
It's more Wes Anderson than Roald Dahl, but there's plenty for kids and adults to dig in "Fantastic Mr. Fox," a gorgeous and witty piece of stop-motion animation from the...
Self-made Man Ray
He was a painter and fashion photogra pher, writer and innovator, a maker of films and "objects." In fact, Man Ray (1890-1976) was a regular Renaissance man of the French...
Common sense a casualty of anti-war script
Bad news for "The Mes senger," a drama in which soldiers on the home front pass along the news about troops killed in Iraq: The similar Kevin Bacon HBO movie...
'Pirate Radio' shows when rock could float
"Pirate Radio" shines a light on a neglected little truth about rock music: Its true nature is less "Won't Get Fooled Again" or "Satisfaction" than "Yellow Submarine." All the bubble...
Sisterhood of struggle
Ten LA women in various stages of distress and undress work things out with laughter and tears in "Women in Trouble," a saucy Pedro Almodovar-style dramedy of errors. The loosely...
Weekend Guide: Theater
PREVIEWS “THE BROTHER/SISTER PLAYS”: “The Brothers Size and Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet” and “In the Red and Brown Water” comprise two parts of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s trilogy about...
'Dare' say, it takes risks
'Dare" is a high school coming-of-age film that dares to push the envelope. It doesn't always succeed, but that's not for lack of trying. Directed by Adam Salky and written...
Nielsen: not so ape for Oprah
If Oprah's contro versial show with chimp-maul victim Charla Nash was supposed to be a ratings blockbuster, it didn't work. Preliminary ratings for Wednesday's "Oprah" averaged only about 6 percent...
The color of Munny
Philatelists collect stamps, sneakerheads collect kicks and hoarders -- well, they collect just about anything. These days, one of the most sought-after and coolest things to collect is the Munny...
Apocalypse (and how!) in '2012'
I don’t know about you, but I’d gladly pay $12 to watch Los Angeles gloriously sliding into the Pacific like so much rubble in Roland Emmerich’s exhilaratingly nutty, mother-of-all-disaster movies...
'Jon & Kate' to be replaced by 'Cake Boss'
"Cak e Boss" will replace the moribund "Jon & Kate Plus 8" on TLC. The network is set to announce that "Cake Boss," now in its second season, will take...
The Who: Super Bowl halftime performers
The Who will perform during halftime at this year's Super Bowl, according to reports. The band, led by surviving members Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, are all set for Super...
O no, you didn't
Hurry! Hurry! Step this way! See the woman who had sex with her father, the little girl with one body and two heads and the woman whose face was bitten...
Stritch -- in time
Here's to the ladies who punch. Two Broadway legends -- and, some say, legendary rivals -- will square off next year in revues featuring the songs of Stephen Sondheim. As...
Very merry 'Saturday'
Thanksgiving is still two weeks away, but "SNL" already has its eyes set on Christmas. NBC announced that it'll air a special two-hour "Saturday Night Live Christmas 2009" on Dec....
Sharon Osbourne's sorry
Sharon Osbourne is eating a slice of humble pie. "Susan Boyle is a lovely gracious woman, and I took advantage of that by poking fun at her," Osbourne wrote on...
Couch potato recipe
WASHINGTON -- Pass the gravy -- plus the phone and the remote control. It's dinnertime in America. Between the blare of the TV, the ring of the phone and Junior...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn * A gun-wielding panhandler shot at a man who had refused to give him a dollar in Brownsville, authorities said yesterday. Jason McDonald, 27, asked the 41-year-old passer-by for...
Teachers: worth every penny
THE ISSUE: Whether the city should end routine salary hikes for NYC teachers to save the money. *** A great teacher is priceless and worth every penny ("Freeze Teacher Pay,"...
Paying proper tribute to Fort Hood's fallen
THE ISSUE: Pres. Obama's memorial address to the troops and victims' families at Fort Hood. *** More fancy words from a president who did not serve his country ("President Pays...
Bam at work on job forum
WASHINGTON -- President Obama plans to host a White House job forum next month, after returning from a weeklong, three-nation trip to Asia aimed at bettering US and global business...
'Harass' HS teach fights back
A Bronx teacher and high-school softball coach who says his career has been sidelined by false allegations that he sexually harassed a female student is suing the Department of Education....
USS New York bids Apple bye
Bon voyage! USS New York, the Navy ship built with steel salvaged from the fallen Twin Towers, yesterday sailed away from its namesake city. The ship left at 7 a.m.,...
GOP beating Dodd in poll
Connecticut's Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd is getting battered by Republicans in the latest poll. Ex-Rep. Rob Simmons opened up an 11-point lead over the five-term senator in the latest Quinnipiac...
Upstate Congress race still up in air
ALBANY -- It turns out that the special election in New York for a US House seat may not be over after all. After last week's election, Conservative Party candidate...
Hizzoner would die for this gig
If things break right, Mayor Bloomberg could actually find himself with a role in the same British mystery series that got him to sit still in front of a TV...
Gov 'calls' $$ audible
ALBANY -- After face-to-face meetings failed to solve New York's worsening fiscal problems, Gov. Paterson tried a public conference call with legislative leaders yesterday, but still wound up with no...
Harlem clears charter hurdle
The SUNY Charter School Committee voted yesterday to approve the application of a new Harlem charter school. If the full Board of Trustees follows suit next week, as expected, it...
Phillips' lover: Leno gibe drove me to brink
The ESPN temptress who had a torrid affair with married sportscaster Steve Phillips says she finally lost it after seeing TV funnyman Jay Leno skewer her looks on the air...
Twitter usage falls for second month
The number of Americans using Twitter dropped 8 percent in October from September, marking the second monthly decline for the social-networking site this year, according to research firm ComScore Inc....
Wal-Mart sees Yule as not gift-wrapped
Wal-Mart posted better-than-expected quarterly profits, but warned that its working-class clientele may clamp down on holiday spending. The world's biggest retailer said strong inventory controls helped it eke out a...
Business briefs
No hedging SEC Enforcement Direc tor Robert Khuzami said the recent insider-trading cases among hedge funds including Galleon Group reflect "systemic behav ior" in the industry.Kraft cut Billionaire Nelson Peltz...
War game is a hit for Activision
Christmas came early this week for Activision Blizzard. Despite releasing its new game, "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2," in the doldrums before the holiday shopping season, when videogame buyers...
Brooklyn is really cookin'!
Bon appétit, Brooklyn! Mayor Bloomberg has declared Kings County the new hot spot for good eats. "It is amazing the change in Brooklyn in the last dozen years or thereabouts....
'Moderate' terror pals
Just as security officials overlooked Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's links to al Qaeda cleric Anwar Aulaqi, who exhorts American Muslims to kill US soldiers, so did our leaders long turn...
My Tyson pain event
A photographer yesterday told what it was like to live through a real-life game of "Mike Tyson's Punch-Out." Tony Echevarria was trying to take video of the ear-chomping champ at...
King Tut back for an encore
You'll be tut-tutting if you miss the chance to visit a golden boy king on his first trip to the Big Apple in 30 years. More than 3,000 years after...
Mayor's imam 'oops'
Mayor Bloomberg expressed regret yesterday over having a controversial imam -- an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing -- at a City Hall meeting of Muslim leaders...
Project Everest sets massive restructuring charge at AOL
Project Everest, AOL's code name for its restructuring effort, is going to cost the struggling Internet outfit a mountain of money. AOL disclosed in a regulatory filing that it faces...
The Albany whine
THIS week's legislative "special" session was a pointless mess, suggesting that Albany has resigned itself to fiscal insolvency. The battle over education spending offers the most revealing glimpse into the...
Phony fixes for the Wall St. mess
Fixing the financial sys tem so that it doesn't blow up the economy again isn't hard. But complex solutions help Washington and the "too-big-to-fail" financial firms maintain the status quo...
Go fly a kite, Ida!
The remnants of Hurricane Ida began a vicious battering of the East Coast yesterday, churning up seas and threatening coastal areas with some of the worst flooding in more than...
Fed KOs some ATM charges
The Federal Reserve will prohibit banks from charging overdraft fees on automated teller machines or debit cards, unless a customer has agreed to pay extra charges for exceeding account balances....
Sex furor over priest with teens
A priest listed on the board of a Long Island nonprofit that counsels drug-addicted teens was once named in the out-of-court settlement of a sexual-abuse suit, says a group made...
Tragic 'cig' fire
An 86-year-old retired doctor and Holocaust survivor died in a fire in his Long Island, home and smoking in bed may have been the cause, authorities said. Adam Rufalowicz, of...
Video: State-paid dopey duo in 'man cave'
ALBANY -- Here are your tax dollars at work. This secretly recorded video shows two state employees sleeping, smoking dope and snorting coke in their "man cave" while they were...
Exec scandal at E-Sex-PN
The grope dopes go way back at ESPN. Bill Creasy, the cable network's first president of programming, was involved in a sex scandal with a production assistant less than half...
Big world of thanks: Mike
He didn't win by much, but you can't say Mayor Bloomberg's campaign team didn't pull out all the stops in grabbing a third term for their boss, including stalking New...
I'm not a drug dealer, I just play one on TV
A Brooklyn man says he was endangered by Spike TV when he acted in an episode of its reality show "DEA" that inaccurately portrayed him as a drug dealer, prompting...
Jeter plays a Bronx bummer for movie
Give that man an Oscar! No, Derek Jeter hasn't blown through his fortune al ready -- he's playing a be draggled bum in a movie. The Yan kees captain and...
Dobbs gave up on $9M
Lou Dobbs walked away from more than $9 million when he quit CNN, ending a long-running clash that boiled over during a debate about President Obama's birth certificate, sources said...
Hey, snobs: Best grub's off the eatin' track
I don't know where Mayor Bloomberg and his out-of- town friends had dinner in Brooklyn last night. But I'll go way, way out on a limb and bet it wasn't...
Buffett buck-up
It might be the oddest form of grief counseling to emerge on Wall Street thus far: America's most-loved billionaire giving America's most-hated Wall Street firm a pep talk. But that's...
Get ready to bleed
While Gov. Paterson channels Hamlet over license plates -- to impose new fees or not to impose new fees -- one fact is definitely not in dispute: Another tax is...
Mike's 'outreach' idiocy
Less than a week after the worst Islamist terror attack on American soil since 9/11, Mayor Bloomberg on Wednesday hosted at City Hall an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World...
Feds are planning to take the (650) Fifth
A gleaming Fifth Avenue skyscraper is being targeted again by federal prosecutors, who say its majority owner is illegally funneling money to the Iranian government. The move by prosecutors could...
Undecider-in-Chief
When the tall, skinny guy from Illinois was elected president a year ago, many Americans were hoping for another Honest Abe. Ironically, they seem to have gotten George McClellan --...
Naked ambition
The Playboy bunny is getting a lift from Wall Street. Shares of Playboy Enterprises soared 42 percent yesterday on bets the aging adult-entertainment empire could soon be the target of...
Time in union clash
TIME Inc. is battling the News paper Guild over union claims that the company is exploiting writers in People's crucially important Los Angeles office. The Guild claims that People Managing...
Mouse House switcheroo
Bob Iger may have found his replacement -- or at least his right-hand man. That was the chatter among observers yesterday after Disney announced that CFO Tom Staggs and Jay...
Ft. Hood killer's title was 'Soldier of Allah'
The Army knew him as Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, MD. But he gave himself another title -- "Soldier of Allah." Hasan, the man responsible for the Fort Hood massacre that...
Intel writes AMD $1.25B check to settle suit
Intel became the latest major corporation to write a whopping settlement check yesterday, agreeing to pay Advanced Micro Devices $1.25 billion to resolve a lawsuit. The pot of courtroom spoils...
Pay czar backtracks
The pay czar job may be getting to Kenneth Feinberg. The government's special master for executive compensation said yesterday that he is "very concerned" that plans to rein in Wall...
Dr. 'Jerk'-yll sperm probe
A Connecticut doctor is under fire after allegations surfaced that he substituted his own sperm for that of a patient's husband to conceive their twins. The shocking claim against Dr....
$2M car's dead in the water
Not even $2 million of high-speed European luxury could withstand two feet of Texas saltwater. The driver of this Bugatti Veyron took a wrong turn in La Marque, Texas, and...
ID ring 'devil in disguise'
A massive identity-theft ring -- complete with a band of pickpockets right out of "Oliver Twist" -- was brought down with the help of an eagle-eyed Chase Bank investigator who...
New hero emerges from Ft. Hood tragedy
Sgt. Kimberly Munley is still America's hero, but she may have to share some of the adoration. A more complicated chronology is emerging of the frantic few seconds when Munley,...
Ethics from pig man on campus
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Eliot Spitzer just wants to be loved by someone he's not paying. Smiling, waving and talking as fast as he could, the former Luv Gov came to...
Promoter sues 'idiot' Lil' Kim
Lil' Kim is in a lil' trouble. The hip-hop artist is being sued for $20,000 by British club promoters who claim she flaked out and didn't show up at events,...
'No adopt' dog tragedy
Some happy endings are just not meant to be. Oreo, the miracle dog who survived a six-story plunge after a heartless teen tossed her off a Brooklyn roof last summer,...
School-promote up'grade'
The city's education-policy board last night voted to impose tougher promotion guidelines on all students in the third through eighth grades. The vote to include fourth- and sixth-graders under the...
'Hair pull' record set
LONDON -- Manjit Singh, a 59-year-old security consultant from Leicester, England, known as the "Ironman," yesterday pulled a double-decker bus weighing more than 8 tons over a record distance of...
Balloon Boy folks set to plead guilty
FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- The Balloon Boy's parents will plead guilty to some charges so that the family can stay together, the attorney for the child's father said yesterday. Richard...
Cycle 'psycho' in Throgs Neck leap
A distraught motorcyclist is lucky to be alive after he sprinted through traffic and jumped from the Throgs Neck Bridge yesterday to avoid being cuffed, police sources said. "Oh, my...
Kiddie-pic 'extort' bid vs. Cindy
Cindy Crawford and her husband were targeted by a twisted extortionist who demanded that they fork over $100,000 in exchange for a photo of the couple's then-7-year-old daughter bound to...
Lundqvist shakes off rust in return
A slam dunk goal-against on a two-on-two just 19 seconds into last night's match sure didn't help Henrik Lundqvist shake off eight days of rust, er rest. "Of course I...
49ers hold off Bears
San Francisco -- Mike Singletary didn't exactly hand it to his old team. That didn't matter -- Jay Cutler handed the desperate 49ers a much-needed win. Frank Gore ran for...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 1 mile; $46,000; alw; 3upSTOPBLUFFING closed to finish second at this distance and level last out. He should get a good pace to close into versus these. BILLY BEAR...
Cops summoned to rescue Yankees' 1996 Series hero
John Wetteland -- MVP of the 1996 World Series for the Yankees -- was rushed to a hospital yesterday after police responded to a woman's frantic call from his Texas...
Cotto insisting he's not damaged goods
LAS VEGAS -- The last time Miguel Cotto fought in Las Vegas, he left the MGM Grand Garden Arena in an ambulance headed for a Las Vegas hospital. He had...
Dubious sales pitch for Jeter baseballs
For a fellow who so carefully protects his image, Derek Jeter might want to do more to protect his name. Not to mention his adoring fans. Ads heard this week...
Islanders' rehabbing goalie answers critics
With the Islanders in Carolina, preparing to play yet another game without their franchise goalie tonight, Rick DiPietro was working out at Iceworks in Syosset yesterday, still likely at least...
Jets' Jones keeps punishing defenses
THOMAS JONES is an iron tank with an iron will, 220 pounds of pride and passion and swagger who stands up unflinchingly to the violent mayhem of sadistic behemoths, who...
Sunday's Best
The experts make their picks:THE LINEGREG GALLOSTEVE SERBYMARK CANNIZZAROPAUL SCHWARTZTIM BONTEMPSRICO49ERS 3 (43½) Bears (Last night, 49ers 10-6)49ers (W)49ers (W)49ers (W)49ers (W)Bears (L)49ers (W)JETS 7 (40½) Jaguars (Sunday, 1:00, CBS)JetsJetsJaguarsJetsJaguarsJetsBroncos...
Short-handed Nets seeking some Magic
Orlando, Fla. -- The Nets might -- might -- have 10 available players tonight. Unfortunately, so will the Magic. There is a mighty "might" for the Nets, because though Courtney...
Leon 'optimistic' he'll be ready for next season
Leon Washington, one of the Jets' most indispensable offensive players, who was lost for the season with a compound fracture in his right leg suffered three weeks ago in Oakland,...
Hornets firing of Scott predictable
To Bee, or not to Bee. Hornets superiors maintain Byron Scott became the NBA's first head coaching casualty yesterday because the offensive predictably, stagnation and susceptibility to being bullied so...
The Post Line
NFLSundayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogJETS 6 7 (40½)JaguarsBroncos 4½ 3½(37) REDSKINSSTEELERS 6½ 7 (41½)BengalsTITANS 6 6½(41) BillsVIKINGS15 17 (47) LionsSaints14 13½(50) RAMSFalcons 2 1½(43½)PANTHERSDOLPHINS 9½10 (43½)BuccaneersRAIDERS 2 1½(36½)ChiefsCARDINALS 7½ 8½(47) SeahawksCHARGERS+1 1½(47)...
NFL Network loses audio
The NFL Network's season opener, Bears-Niners, last night, began with an unanticipated but not unanimously unappreciated start when the audio from the booth went unheard to much of America that...
One-time wild child became one tightly wound Yankee
CLOSERS as a genre tend to be flaky and wild. But even for the species, John Wetteland was different. He drank coffee obsessively, roller-bladed maniacally in the bowels of the...
Devils win 9th straight away from home
PITTSBURGH -- Others are coming down with swine flu. The Devils are finally catching record fever. They'll have to wait until after they play host to the Caps tomorrow, but...
Ailing, overworked Rangers Thrashed in return home
Defense and discipline were lacking last night for the Rangers in their 5-3 loss to the Thrashers at the Garden. So were alternatives to Marian Gaborik and Vinny Prospal with...
Wetteland's pals shocked by drama
With his faith in God and a loving wife, John Wetteland was the last person any of his former teammates ever would have imagined contemplating suicide -- though Wetteland last...
Devils GM against break for Olympics
PITTSBURGH -- Perhaps the most powerful general manager in hockey, Lou Lamoriello says he doesn't want NHLers playing in the 2014 Olympics in Russia. "That will be a CBA issue,...
RFA sues feds over sea bass
For whatever good it may do, a lawsuit has been filed against the federal government over the closure of the black sea bass fishery. The Recreational Fishing Alliance (RFA) and...
Jets' 'D' eager to intimidate foes again
If you're a Jets fan and you saw the dazed and defeated look on the face of Tom Brady as he trudged off the Giants Stadium field after Gang Green's...
Duhon still the starter for Knicks
A day after saying he didn't know if he was going to bench Chris Duhon, Mike D'Antoni backed his struggling point guard. Even with rookie Toney Douglas emerging and Nate...
Weird but true
Their story was all wet. Cops caught a couple of soaking-wet thieves who were trying to lift some pipe from an abandoned house in Pennsylvania -- not realizing that the...
Rutgers' rout of South Florida gets Schiano to .500
PISCATAWAY -- The last time Greg Schiano was a .500 coach was Sept. 8, 2001. After a harrowing 61-0 loss at Miami, the Rutgers coach was 1-1 and Darkness on...
5 questions for Seth Davis
The college basketball season has started, and it's about to get really rolling. Seth Davis of Sports Illustrated and CBS talked about the upcoming season with The Post's Brett Cyrgalis....
Excuses out door as St. John's opens season
In the last two seasons, St. John's coach Norm Roberts has had a number of key phrases at his disposal when asked about his disappointing team: It was young; there...
Cincy's lookin' to cash in
A $5 Cincinnati student ticket for tonight's showdown with West Virginia is going for $75 on Craigslist. The administration at Cincinnati ran out of parking passes some three weeks ago....
PSAL football predictions, second round
Every week in the fall, NYPost.com’s Zach Braziller and Marc Raimondi will attempt to prognosticate the coming PSAL football weekend in the City Championship division. This week, with the playoffs...
Oy vey, another Schleppie for B44
Another year, another Schleppie Award for Brooklyn’s B44 bus, the least reliable line in the five boroughs, according to a recent report.The inglorious recognition bestowed by the Straphangers Campaign and...
Navy and city may have to pay for Gowanus cleaning
The United States Navy and the City of New York could be the latest entities footing the bill for the clean-up of the fetid Gowanus Canal, this paper has learned....
Concord Village meeting draws official response
Crime is down in the area and the High Street subway station is manned every day on every tour of duty, transit officials and cops told a packed town hall...
Brother can you spare me a dime?
Brooklyn’s unemployment rate is higher than the national average and the future doesn’t look much brighter, according to the state Department of Labor.According to the DOL’s latest statistics, 11 percent,...
Community Board 2 greenlights Boerum Hill rezoning
All aboard the Boerum Hill rezoning!Community Board 2 this week unanimously supported the Boerum Hill Association (BHA) request to contextually rezone a 19-block swath of the neighborhood.With the support, CB...
Dew re-nominated to helm Community Board 2
Consistanccy appears to be the byword in Community Board 2.For the second year in a row, each member of the executive committee was renominated for their post unanimously and without...
76 Precinct cops earn accolades
Two on three isn’t usually a fair match-up — unless you’re a dynamic duo from the 76th Precinct taking on three thugs.On Sept. 27, Officers Marcos Diaz and Jiajia Huang...
Kid power powers Cobble Hill
By Joe ManiscalcoGood news. If you happen to live in tony Cobble Hill, you’re probably riding out the economic downtown just fine.“Economically, we’re doing pretty well,” Lauren Young, personal finance...
City to examine extension of Carroll Gardens historic district
The city is weighing whether to extend the Carroll Gardens Historic District, an increasingly controversial initiative backers hope will retain the neighborhood’s brownstone aesthetic.Elisabeth de Bourbon, a spokesperson for the...
39 CD loser embroiled in flier flap
Joe Nardiello just won’t let things go.A week after being trounced by Brad Lander in the fight to replace City Councilmember Bill de Blasio in the 39th District, the Republican...
Cómo lo estoy haciendo?
Cómo lo estoy haciendo? Did Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s awkward Spanish help him swing the borough’s Latino vote? Unlikely, says a usually tuned-in politico. Bloomberg improved his performance in neighborhoods like...
Your weekly newsbriefs
Not enough H1N1 vaccineStrong demand for the swine flu vaccine is straining supplies, according to the city Health Department.The agency says New Yorkers have turned out in “record numbers” for...
Senate punts gay marriage to another day
What a tease!The State Senate’s long anticipated debate over gay marriage slowly evaporated in front of everyone’s eyes Tuesday after the legislative body decided not to address the Marriage Equality...
Brooklyn Congressmembers weigh in on health care bill
Four of the five Brooklyn congress members voted for and hailed the recent passage of the Affordable Health Care for America Act.Under the House bill, about 96 percent of the...
Coney deal Struck - city now looks for amusement park operator
This week’s $95.6 million deal to buy almost seven acres of Coney Island real estate from Thor Equities has brought the city’s goal of constructing a new, year-round amusement park...
Brooklyn delegation angles for lucrative council positions
With the election year complete and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn’s job secure, Brooklyn’s delegation in the City Council are looking to increase their clout and pocketbooks through being named...
Jury chooses life sentence in TV anchor killing
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- The man convicted of killing Little Rock, Arkansas, television personality Anne Pressly has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. The jury that convicted Curtis...
Curating Sparkle Motion in Williamsburg
A makeshift Wailing Wall on a chain link fence in an alley next to Waste Management. A U-Haul truck decorated with glittery foil strips with the words “Sparkle Motion” above...
Revisiting Williamsburg Walks
Williamsburg Walks brought more foot traffic to a vehicle-free Bedford Avenue during the summer weeks, but local businesses are still clamoring about a decline in revenue they experienced during the...
Green Jobs for Brownfields
With two polluted waterways facing Superfund designation, scores of brownfields to remediate and countless buildings to abate, Brooklyn’s environmental workers will be busy in the coming years.The Williamsburg-based St. Nicks...
Pop's parking restored
Pop’s Popular Clothing is getting its parking spaces back.The family-run Williamsburg-based work clothes store (7 Franklin Ave.), confirmed new parking regulations in front of its store after several months of...
Williamsburg music community mourns on of their own
Williamsburg’s artist community mourned the death of a popular musician who gave the popular hipster community its beat.Gerhardt “Jerry” Fuchs, 34, a drummer with several bands, who grew up and...
You Could Be Miss G Train!
Brooklyn’s equally beloved and reviled subway line, the G train, is being celebrated in one of the more unusual ways to honor a mode of transportation: a pageant.The City Reliquary,...
Hannibal Buress at the Knitting Factory
Have your laughs in Williamsburg each Sunday, when comedy comes to the Knitting Factory.Starting November 15, Hannibal Buress hosts a weekly comedy show at the Williamsburg venue, inviting friends as...
Brooklyn Kitchen goes whole hog into 'Food Dork Community Center'
Taylor Erkkinen and Harry Rosenblum, the popular co-owners of the three-year old Brooklyn Kitchen, always wanted a place to experiment with unusual ingredients and offer a range of cooking classes...
Cleaning Newtown Creek could take decades
The Environmental Protection Agency announced it could take 16 years to fully clean Newtown Creek, though local businesses and property owners fear that the effects of the agency’s Superfund recommendation...
Pistoleer sought
Pistoleer soughtAn area man has been connected to a pistol-whipping and robbery in Brooklyn Heights, officials said.Police said that 32-year-old Tommy Hairston, a resident of George Street, was being sought...
Hot stuff
Hot stuffThieves broke into Atomic Wings, 321 9th Street, last week, taking nearly $7,000 in receipts.Workers at the scorching hot chicken wing chain said that someone broke into the eatery...
Yuri Foreman Fights For Title
LAS VEGAS--Yuri Foreman hopes to become a rabbi in two years, but first he wants to become a world champion boxer. Foreman gets his chance Saturday night when he meets...
Ford's Brown makes it official, signs with BC
Shayra Brown can remember life without basketball all too vividly. The Bishop Ford senior guard had her sophomore season cut short, right as it was about to take off. She...
Go get Rabbids Go Home ... now
Ever wonder what a thousand gibbering goofy looking rabbids sound like? Well, pick up Rabbids Go Home, and within the first five minutes you'll fall in love with every silly,...
Dough devil
Dough devilWorkers at the Brooklyn Bread Cafe, 436 Court Street, were a little light on dough last Saturday after a burglar snuck in and swiped the cash register.Cops were told...