May 7, 2010
Officers use Taser on fan at Players Championship
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- A 36-year-old man attending the second round of The Players Championship was subdued by a Taser on Friday. Travis Parmelee, of Jacksonville, was charged with...
Obama budget honcho’s fiancee named new GMA weekend co-host
Bianna Golodryga, the ABC newscaster and fiancee of Obama budget chief Peter Orszag, has been named the new co-host for ABC’s weekend "Good Morning America" broadcast, TVNewser reported Friday. Orszag...
Obama: Authorities investigating wild market swing
President Barack Obama said Friday that regulatory authorities are evaluating the "unusual market activity" on Wall Street this week in hopes of keeping such a sudden, violent drop from happening...
This 'Bad Idea' sounds pretty damn sexy
Jonny Porkpie has a bad idea.In a venue that already pushes the limits, the unofficial burlesque mayor of New York City is encouraging his burlesque beauties to do absolutely anything...
E. coli outbreak may be from Arizona lettuce farm
Lettuce grown in Yuma, Ariz., may be the source of a widespread E. coli outbreak in romaine lettuce that has sickened at least 19 people and prompted a recall in...
Spiked! Pro volleyball tourney to skip Coney Island this summer
The recession has claimed another casualty: Frolicking bikini-clad athletes in Coney Island.A professional volleyball league that has made the Boardwalk home for the past four years will skip Coney Island...
Seton Hall's Pope out of NBA Draft
Herb Pope of Seton Hall has filed the paperwork to withdraw his name from the NBA Draft. Pope, who averaged 11.5 points last season and led the Big East by...
Margarito returns from suspension to fight in Mexico
Former welterweight champion Antonio Margarito is ready to step back into the ring and leave behind an embarrassing one-year suspension for being caught with illegal hand wraps before a fight...
'Jersey Shore' looks for new cast for third season
Calling all self-proclaimed guidos and guidettes! Now is your chance to fist-pump like a champ on TV.According to BlackBook magazine -- which buries this tidbit all the way in the...
Divine design deals at Design on a Dime
Last night, the Metropolitan Pavilion was teeming with top designers and their fans at the preview for Design on a Dime, the Housing Works Thrift Shops’ annual benefit presented by...
Ex-Oasis frontman to make Beatles film
Liam Gallagher is set to make a movie about the final years of The Beatles, Sky News reported Friday. The former Oasis frontman's new film production company is developing a...
Andy angry Yankees will skip his turn
BOSTON -- Andy Pettitte's elbow doesn't hurt anymore, but the same can't be said about his feelings.The Yankees left-hander was informed he will skip his next start and he did...
Islam becomes taboo topic on TV in wake of 'South Park' threats and Times Square scare
Don't mess with Allah. That's the new, unwritten code in Hollywood following the one-two punch of Islamic extremists' threats against the creators of "South Park" and the failed bombing attempt...
A-Rod won't respond to threat from A's pitcher
BOSTON -- Instead of walking across the mound again, Alex Rodriguez took the high road today. Asked about comments made by A's pitcher Dallas Braden that he and Rodriguez might...
Let there be Science
Science -- and America's place in the scientific community -- is critical to our future. Sadly, scientific literacy among Americans is severely lacking. People simply don't know as much as...
Bay stays at cleanup for Mets tonight
Slumping Jason Bay remains in the cleanup spot for the Mets tonight against the Giants at Citi Field.Tonight's lineup:1. Angel Pagan CF2. Luis Castillo 2B3. Jose Reyes SS4. Jason Bay...
Bomb explodes on Russian train station platform -- report
A bomb exploded on a train station platform in the southern Russian region of Dagestan Friday, killing one woman and injuring five others, Reuters reported. The agency quoted a local...
Posada out, Winn in LF for Yankees tonight
BOSTON -- Jorge Posada will miss another start and Randy Winn gets the call in left field for the Yankees tonight against the Red Sox at Fenway park.Tonight's lineup:1. Derek...
Wikipedia’s parent company starts purging porn from its websites
The parent company of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia is rapidly purging thousands of explicit pornographic images from its websites as it prepares to announce a new policy regarding sexually explicit...
'Trash Humpers': a second opinion
With all due respect to my colleague Lou Lumenick, Harmony Korine's "Trash Humpers'' has hidden qualities. Sure, it's "mind-numbing,'' but that's exactly what Korine (you either hate him or love...
MLS wants second New York-area team by 2013, perhaps at Citi Field
Montreal will join Major League Soccer as its 19th team in 2012, and commissioner Don Garber hopes to add a second New York club as early as 2013. Across the...
Tribeca Film Festival 'compensates' celebs to attend its parties
As if you didn't know it already, you really can't afford to miss a day of Page Six. Today we learn of this tidbit from toothsome but not overtalented New...
Jets' Sanchez: Sigler can do better than me
Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez says he's hung out with actress Jamie Lynn-Sigler but they're not dating.Besides, Sanchez says, she's out of his league.Sanchez and Sigler were photographed together at the...
Tomlinson says he can start for Jets
LaDainian Tomlinson hasn't given up on being a starting running back in the NFL. He says the Jets don't want him to, either. Tomlinson, signed this offseason and thought to...
Woman who was attacked by chimp leaves hospital
HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut woman who lost her hands and much of her face when she was mauled by a chimpanzee has moved from an Ohio hospital to a...
Swisher homer, wild sixth carry Yanks to 10-3 win
The banged-up New York Yankees keep battering opponents. Nick Swisher hit a three-run homer before the Yankees added six runs while absorbing more bruises in a wild sixth inning that...
Barajas, Davis hit two homers each in Mets' win
Hot-hitting rookie Ike Davis and Rod Barajas both homered twice, with Barajas hitting his second of the night in the ninth inning Friday to give New York Mets a 6-4...
Agent says Giants continue to back LT
Lawrence Taylor's agent says he's heard from the Giants regarding Taylor's arrest on rape charges and believes the team continues to support one of its greatest former players. Speaking on...
Schneiderman grabs 32BJ endorsement
State Sen. Eric Schneiderman added to his credentials as the "progressive" candidate for state attorney general today by snaring the endorsement today of Local 32BJ, the politically-powerful building workers' union."My...
Streets reopen in Times Square after suspicious package scare
Parts of New York City's Times Square were shut down Friday over a report of a suspicious package that turned out to be a false alarm. The Office of the...
Giants sign Wake Forest QB Skinner
The Giants saw enough out of quarterback Riley Skinner during rookie minicamp that they signed him to join favorite Jim Sorgi and second-year Rhett Bomar in the competition for the...
'Washington makes Paris look frugal'
Matt Welch has the bad news: We are out of money and the politicians just won't admit it. "Governors, facing nearly $200 billion in budget deficits, are descending upon Washington...
Does RBNY's Angel finally have a partner?
Mac Kandji. Dane Richards. John Wolyniec. Mike Magee. Oscar Echeverry. Ever since they sold U.S. National Team striker Jozy Altidiore to Villarreal for $10 million, the Red Bulls have trotted...
Condi says 'Give O a break'
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told reporters yesterday that fighting terror is hard and that everyone should give President Oama the benefit of the doubt. "It's a very tough...
Blankfein vows to rebuild Goldman Sachs' reputation
Goldman Sachs' chairman and CEO, Lloyd C. Blankfein, took the stage Friday at the Goldman Sachs annual meeting pledging to rebuild the investment bank's reputation tarnished by government civil charges...
Mark Strong talks 'Green Lantern'
I spoke this week to Strong -- the British character actor who often plays villains, including in "Kick-Ass" and "Sherlock Holmes" -- for "Robin Hood," but I also wanted to...
Galleon founder charges FBI lied to get phone taps
Lawyers for Raj Rajaratnam, the Galleon hedge fund founder charged in a probe of illegal insider trading, said an FBI agent made false statements in obtaining court approval for investigators...
What caused the crash?
"I think the administration is ignoring a grave situation by kicking the can down the road with the [Government-Sponsored Entities]," Sen. Richard Shelby told the Washington Examiner. "If we are...
UConn gives Calhoun 5-year, $13M contract
STORRS, Conn. -- Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun, coming off a year marred by health problems, an NCAA investigation and a disappointing performance on the court, signed a five-year, $13...
'Sopranos' star blasts Obama for watching 'Jersey Shore'
“Sopranos” star Steve Schirripa blasted President Barack Obama for the comments he made at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner about the reality television series “Jersey Shore,” entertainment website TMZ...
Arizona was right
A majority of respondents to a new poll -- Republicans, Democrats and Independents -- all think Arizona was right to pass its new statewide immigration law and a majority of respondents also...
Two charged following false-alarm bus bomb scare
Two men were arrested in connection to the false-alarm bomb scare aboard a Maine-to-New York bus Thursday, police said Friday. A Maine resident was charged for resisting arrest, while a...
MLS grants expansion team to Montreal
In the worst-kept secret in North American soccer, Montreal will join MLS as the league's 19th club. MLS Commissioner Don Garber and expansion team owner Joey Saputo announced the deal...
Mickey Rourke: Movie actors suck
Another reason to love Mickey Rourke: he isn't sticking to the innocuous-sound-byte script while publicizing "Iron Man 2." In an interview with Parade.com he sounds off on what he really...
Jokes about TSA scanner's package lead to brutal beating
MIAMI -- Let's just say it was a small problem. A TSA screener was busted after allegedly beating a co-worker who joked about the size of the man's penis after...
Drama Mama: Finale watch begins
Season finale time is upon us, which means stunt casting, cliffhanger and major character deaths. This week offers all three: “Lost” (Tuesday, 9 p.m. , ABC): The (non-“V” countdown) clock is...
Gen. Petraeus: Times Square bomber acted alone
Gen. David Petraeus says the Times Square bombing suspect is a "lone wolf" terrorist who did not work with others. The general who oversees the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan...
Dow down again, off more than 50 points
The turbulence continued in the stock market Friday, a day after some of the most volatile trading in history. Traders looked past a surprisingly strong report on the U.S. jobs...
David Cameron says he's ready to govern Britain
LONDON — Conservative leader David Cameron claimed the right to govern Britain, appealing to the center-left Liberal Democrats on Friday to join him in forming a government and attempting to...
Box Office: 'Iron Man' aims to beat 'Dark Knight' record
There's no question that "Iron Man 2'' -- which opened last night at a record 4,380 locations in North America -- will far surpass the $102.1 premiere of its predecessor two...
'Shuttle' diplomacy — again! Buses to replace F train this weekend
Shuttle buses will replace weekend F train service between Jay Street in Downtown Brooklyn and Church Avenue in Kensington this weekend — the latest inconvenience along the troubled line.The service...
Bloomberg on Silver: 'A real adult'
It wasn't that long ago that Mayor Bloomberg was pulling his hair out over the actions of Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver, but on his radio show today the mayor praised...
Lawrence Taylor paid twice the going rate for sex romp: feds
Disgraced football legend Lawrence Taylor allegedly confessed to paying twice the going rate charged by the underage prostitute he's charged with raping, according to court papers filed today. A Manhattan...
Employers added 290,000 jobs last month
WASHINGTON — More confident employers stepped up job creation in April, expanding payrolls by 290,000, the most in four years. The jobless rate rose to 9.9 percent as people streamed...
Death stalks Prospect Park again as a dead possum is found
The Grim Reaper plied his deadly trade by the lake in Prospect Park yet again last week, leaving in his wake a dead raccoon, a possum and several gosling —...
Yonkers Good Samaritan stabbed
YONKERS, N.Y. — Yonkers Police say a man was stabbed in the stomach and robbed as he went to check on a bicyclist he believed needed help. Police say as...
Two parties work better
As the UK has learned from elections yesterday, a two-party system really isn't so bad when the alternative is no majority for any of the major parties who won seats...
Cosell’s barbs couldn’t get snarl out of Harwell
Leave it to me to find the one story in which Ernie Harwell, the sweetest, kindest man in baseball, bared his teeth, but barely. The story comes from Steve Hirdt,...
The Fen-way suits Yankees
The Yankees have created distance between themselves and Boston in the AL East in the most interesting of ways: By out-Red Soxing the Red Sox. Boston did not hide its...
Standings aside, blood still boils between Yankees and Red Sox
You think the Fenway Park denizens are going to care that the AL East standings in the left corner of the Green Monster lists Tampa Bay as the leader tonight?...
Yankees-Red Sox matchups
FIRST BASE MARK TEIXEIRA: Seems to be emerging from his early-season slump. Once the calendar hit May, he woke up. Batting .350 with five RBIs since Saturday. Even when his...
PSAL/Private baseball roundup: Kennedy rallies for three runs in seventh, tops Clinton
Two outs away from a second straight loss, John F. Kennedy rallied for three runs in the seventh inning to shock DeWitt Clinton, 4-3, in Bronx crossover baseball Thursday afternoon....
Center of attention: Lincoln's Williams explodes onto national recruiting scene
Compared to other New York City football coaches, Shawn O’Connor knows plenty about high-level recruiting. In a decade at Lincoln, he has coached three prominent prospects – Nyan Boateng (California...
Star shortstops have plenty in common
They are arguably the city’s two best shortstops, wizards with the glove and difference-makers at the plate. One is possibly slated to be taken in the top five rounds of...
Pitching woes leave Red Sox scuffling
And you thought the Yankees had problems with Javier Vazquez. If the Red Sox were to skip every starter this weekend who struggled through the first month of the season,...
Hilltoppers protest Senior Day loss to CK
Ginny Peiser felt that something wasn’t right. The Mary Louis Academy softball coach believed she had seen Christ the King leftfielder Amanda Gauthier before, but not with the school’s varsity...
Trash Humpers
A mind-numbing piece of would-be provocation from the button-pushing Harmony Korine, "Trash Humpers" gets no stars from me -- not because it's offensive and disgusting like his earlier "Gummo" and...
Confident Royals cruise past Mary Louis
Alyssa Paolicelli smacked what looked like a sure double to the gap in the left-center field. The Mary Louis Academy had runners at second and third, a hit from its...
The BYOF* boom
You’re an old pro at BYOB, but how about BYOF? That’s right — bring your own food. New York bars that lack full kitchens but want to create a relaxed...
Floored
Forget Wall Street -- one of the busiest trading floors on the planet is the fabled futures and options market at Chicago's Board of Trade, the subject of director James...
Bright idea for Grand Army Plaza — new traffic light in circle of hell
The hair-raising traffic pattern on the western side of Grand Army Plaza will soon be tranquilized by a new red light to deter drivers from jockeying for position at the...
Proxy battle! Race for district leader — what? — is really all about Vito Lopez
This year’s biggest election battle is being waged on the lowest rung of the political ladder — a fight for a district leader post in the heart of Brownstone Brooklyn.Now,...
Bklyn Bridge Park is half Manhattan! Two of four concessionaires are from the outer borough
The operators of Brooklyn Bridge Park have announced the four concessionaires who will be serving food and drink on Pier 1 — and two of them are from Manhattan!Yes, Blue Marble...
Fix the ditch! Locals uniting to solve the BQE divide
The Brooklyn–Queens Expressway trench has divided Carroll Gardens for more than 50 years, but now it’s bringing people together.More than 100 area residents met on Tuesday to devise a plan...
Talk about a HEYDAY
POYKPAC has the Internet to thank for its fame, but the Brooklyn comedy troupe still likes to do things live.At the new monthly show “Heyday” at Public Assembly, the troupe...
Raise your toes, raise some funds
All those kegstands will finally come in handy.On May 16, LAVA, a Prospect Heights-based performance troupe, holds its annual fundraiser — the Handstand-a-Thon.The studio encourages young and old, pros and...
Starr report
Bryan's song: "Mad Men" star Bryan Batt, who's promoting his new book ("She Ain't Heavy, She's My Mother"), proved quite the crooner during a visit to Bonnie Grice's "The Song...
Doc on lobbyist good bet
Watching "Casino Jack and the United States of Money" made me sick to my stomach. That's not because Alex Gibney's documentary about Jack Abramoff is so bad, but because it's...
Meal 'Worm'
God bless Syfy. For what? For "Dinoshark," for "Mansquito," for "Sharks in Venice" and now -- bless them again -- for the latest, "Mongolian Death Worm." Yes, "B" movies are...
'Babies' shows tots cry, eat, poop (repeat)
For exclusive footage of a San Francisco tot consuming a banana, "Babies" is the film to see. Eschewing narration and interviews, the doc lumps together assorted scenes of four infants...
Comedy's a sloppy French miss
OSS 117: LOST IN RIO I don't know about you, but I look to French films for stylish love stories and potent social dramas. I definitely don't look to Gallic...
Restored scenes flesh out sci-fi classic
Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" has long been recognized as a si lent-film masterpiece and a seminal science-fiction epic, even in versions that were as much as an hour shorter than the...
Taxing trek holds water
WELCOME There's not much of a welcome for Bilal, a 17-year-old Iraqi Kurdish refugee trying to reach London to save his girlfriend from an arranged marriage. His three-month, cross-Europe journey...
Nobody's betting on 'Idol'
"American Idol" isn't hurting just in the ratings these days. Now, no one wants to bet on it, either. Gambling911.com -- a Web site that tracks online sports betting odds...
Tangled in apron strings
High praise for the movie "Mother and Child": It's as good as a TV show. Although it's not as fine as HBO's "In Treatment," a show run by this movie's...
Midlife begins with a trip to the whine bar
It's no accident that the un happy architect played by Timothy Hutton in 1979-set "Multiple Sarcasms" spends his weekday afternoons at the Cinema Village playing hooky, repeatedly watching a big...
'Deadliest' bust
POLICE in the Alaska fishing town of Unalaska say a production manager for the hit show "Deadliest Catch" who bragged about his ability to deliver large amounts of cocaine is...
'Forest' lacks fire
When it comes to 19th-century Rus sian playwrights, Chekhov is it, at least in New York. So hopes were raised when Classic Stage Company decided to give his contemporary Alexander...
Truth is, 'Lies' just not funny
The subterranean the ater complex New World Stages has basically become a retirement home for Broadway shows past their prime ("Avenue Q," "39 Steps"). Now, with Bob Andron's farce "White's...
First Mohammed, now Jesus for Comedy Central
Comedy Central is hell-bent on pushing the comedy barrier. The cable network has announced that it's developing a series called "JC" -- a half-hour animated show about a dude named...
After Enron, on to Venice
You have to hand it to Broadway producer Jeffrey Richards. He's taken a beating this season with "All About Me," which closed after a few weeks, and "Enron," which closes...
Groomed for terror
The admitted Times Square car bomber looks nothing like a bloodthirsty jihadist as he sits beside his doe-eyed bride at their lavish wedding in Pakistan. Faisal Shahzad and Huma Mian...
Terror's close call: Time to face the threat
THE ISSUE: The arrest of Faisal Shahzad for Saturday's attempted car-bombing in Times Square. *** Faisal Shahzad comes from a middle-class background and enjoyed all the benefits America has to...
Later momhood
Women in the United States are giving birth later, fewer are marrying, and the percentage of teen moms has dropped over the last 20 years, a study reveals. In 1990,...
Water Board needs to set new course
In two months, New Yorkers will once again see their water and sewer rates rise by double digits. By July 1, the New York City Water Board will have soaked...
'Wick'ed burgers
Fans of White Castle's oniony hamburgers have a new way to indulge without any calorie guilt: a scented candle infused with the burgers' aroma. Proceeds from the sale of the...
Transplant vs. autopsy
BUFFALO -- The death of a baby has led to an unusual legal showdown that forced a judge to decide between an autopsy or organ donation. In the end, a...
O's Mideast 'win'
This week's start of Israeli- Palestinian "proximity talks" is a win for Presi dent Obama -- indeed, that's pretty much the whole point: These talks are more about the American...
How do you like Dem apples?
ALBANY -- Sen. Chuck Schumer wants the federal government to help apple farmers nationwide quickly convert some acres of trees growing McIntosh and other traditional varieties to hot new hybrids...
New School 'growing' on Village
The New School plans to build a $353 million Greenwich Village university center -- the largest construction project in its 91-year history. Trustees on Wednesday endorsed plans for a 16-story...
Bookies win British election by a land$lide
British bookmakers were the real winners yesterday. Election-mad voters have wagered more money on the unusually tight race for prime minister than ever before -- laying down a whopping $60...
NYPD daily blotter
Manhattan He had a hot date so he needed a hot car. And he wound up causing massive gridlock. Cops are looking for a truck-robbing Romeo who allegedly tried to...
British politician's election stunt ends in plane crash
It was an election stunt gone horribly wrong. A British politician suffered two broken ribs, a chip to his spine and painful injuries to his sternum after the banner on...
Business briefs
Bank vote The Senate rejected a proposal to required the nation's six largest banks, including Citigroup and Bank of America, to shrink as part of an over haul of the...
Sci prize for Stuy HS kids
An all-girl team of 10th-graders at Stuyvesant HS who had the idea for a bionic eye that may one day help people with age-related macular disease has been named a...
Keeping great teachers
Test scores are up across all the grades. Graduation rates are at record highs. How did New York City students make so much progress over the last eight years? In...
$12M suit over error$
Former Major Leaguers Rondell White and Cliff Floyd have filed a $12.5 million lawsuit in Newark federal court against two New Jersey financial advisers, alleging they lost millions of dollars...
Burkle bites back
The battle over Barnes & Noble's corporate governance has escalated into a legal beef. Los Angeles billionaire Ronald Burkle has sued the New York-based book retailer, accusing its founding Riggio...
Nursing ma's mammo-slam
A former receptionist at an Upper East Side mammography center claims she was fired for pumping breast milk. Yadiris Rivera yesterday filed a complaint accusing Medical Imaging of Manhattan of...
T. H. Lee set to purchase InVentiv
Thomas H. Lee Partners yesterday said it agreed to buy publicly traded InVentiv Health for $1.1 billion, or $26 a share, beating out several private-equity firms that had been in...
'Letter-stash' mail carrier pulls a 'Seinfeld'-esque stunt
Newman! A Brooklyn postal worker allegedly pulled a stunt worthy of the unscrupulous mailman from "Seinfeld" when he was caught red-handed hiding hundreds of undelivered letters in the trunk of...
Geezer wiseguy in denial
Ninety-three-year-old wiseguy John "Sonny" Franzese hobbled into Brooklyn federal court yesterday and pleaded not guilty to charges he shook down Manhattan strip clubs for cash. The reputed underboss of the...
Next stop: 1,000 MTA layoffs
The MTA will eliminate another 1,000 jobs this year as it scrambles to close a $378 million budget shortfall. Yesterday's announcement marks a second wave of layoffs, attrition and unfilled...
New 'fare' for B'klyn Bridge
Move over, River Café. Brooklyn Bridge Park will become a waterfront dining hot spot this summer with the addition of four gourmet food vendors at Pier 1. West Village restaurant...
Panic puts Dow into a nose dive
A trading error appears to have sent the Dow plunging 1,010 points yesterday -- a record intraday tailspin -- panicking a market already spooked by fears that Europe's debt crisis...
Times Square 'bomber' Faisal Shahzad caught on tape buying fireworks
Security cameras nailed Faisal Shahzad buying 23 kinds of fireworks for his failed bomb. Surveillance video released yesterday shows confessed Times Square terrorist Faisal Shahzad buying the fireworks he allegedly...
Bernie-bust club is sold
A posh Long Island country club that fell victim to the market crash and Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme was auctioned off yesterday for $19 million -- which could turn out...
Albany trying to '$tarve' us: Mike
An all-out war erupted yesterday between Mayor Bloomberg and Albany, with the mayor charging that Gov. Paterson was trying to balance the state's budget "by starving New York City." "Make...
'Nope' to 'hope'
Whitewashed again. The artist behind the iconic -- and controversial -- "HOPE" poster of Barack Obama is in the middle of another dispute. This one involves a mural that Shepard...
Liz Claiborne sinks on margin outlook
Claiborne's investors got smacked yesterday, as plunging sales and a lackluster outlook sent shares tumbling. The owner of Juicy Couture, Lucky Brand jeans and Kate Spade saw its stock fall...
Transit security lax: pols
The City Council yesterday ripped the MTA as soft on security and said the agency must get cameras and passenger intercoms up and running immediately. "It's 2010, almost 10 years...
Drug-rob raps for 'bad cop'
He was dirty from the start. Emmanuel Tavarez, 30, an 8-year veteran of the NYPD who was charged yesterday with being part of a violent crew that dressed as cops...
Model: I'm a credit ID thief
Pilfering party tart Kashmir Snowdon-Jones pleaded guilty in Manhattan yesterday to misdemeanor identity theft, admitting she ran up more than $4,000 in charges on the credit card of a frenemy's...
Slick's shore shot
Oil from a blown-out well deep in the Gulf of Mexico began washing up along Louisiana's barrier islands yesterday as crews at sea lowered a massive containment vessel in a...
Jones Apparel grabs Weitzman
Jones Apparel has agreed to pay $180 million in exchange for a 55-percent stake in Stuart Weitzman, a maker of upscale shoes and accessories for women. The New York-based owner...
Poster Boy dodges jail on judge's goof
The subway vandal known as Poster Boy just barely dodged jail yesterday, thanks to an oversight by the judge sentencing him. But Henry Matyjewicz, 28, was AWOL from court and...
Jet chunk plunks man in Bronx
This was hardly a penny from heaven. A Bronx man was struck by a coin-sized chunk of airplane metal after a Chicago-bound airliner experienced engine trouble over Hunts Point, authorities...
Mike's mad FDNY cuts
Mayor Bloomberg has announced that he intends to close 20 FDNY companies ef fective with the July 1 start of the city's new fiscal year. But the facts are clear:...
Slim has his pickings
MEXICAN billionaire Carlos Slim is wheeling and dealing his way through the media world. According to people familiar with the matter, Slim is sinking more money into The New York...
Bat-smash killer guilty
A Brooklyn jury yesterday convicted a man of manslaughter in the death of an Ecuadorian immigrant beaten with a baseball bat -- but it concluded that hate was not a...
April is cruel to retail sales
Shoppers' spring momentum faded last month, with some retailers reporting disappointing sales. Collectively, major retail chains eked out a slight gain of 0.8 percent in same-store sales for April, failing...
A web monster
Regulators want a do-over when it comes to governing the Web. After a court ruled it lacked legal authority over the Internet, the Federal Communications Commission is taking another stab...
Joe Bruno meets justice
Former state Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno yesterday got two years in prison and three years' probation on federal corruption charges. That's less than the eight years prosecutors demanded --...
Harlem gets 'choice'
As ye sow, Bill Perkins, so shall ye reap. That is to say, state Sen. Bill Perkins is trying his damnedest to make sure his Harlem constituents have no choice...
The irresponsibility race
The Paterson administration yesterday said Mayor Mike is "shirking respon sibility" in managing his budget. Simply breathtaking. "The mayor's budget uses the state as a scapegoat to shirk responsibility for...
Bawling rapist gets 12 years
A vicious serial rapist sobbed like a baby in a Manhattan courtroom as an angry judge sentenced him to 12 years for his knifepoint attack on a prostitute. "I'm sorry!"...
A soggy defense by sponge co.
Even as federal prosecutors were closing in on the top officers of SpongeTech Delivery Systems for allegedly hindering a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into their business dealings, the company's...
Giants legend LT is staring at a life in hell
For the last dozen years, Lawrence Taylor has kicked his drug addiction, one day at a time. If he is found guilty of third-degree rape of a 16-year-old runaway yesterday...
Fraudster Bruno gets 2 yrs.
ALBANY -- Former state Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, once one of New York's most powerful politicians, was sentenced yesterday to two years in federal prison for fraud. US District...
Kraft beats estimates
Kraft Foods Inc posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit as it showed improvement in legacy businesses like beverages in the United States, while absorbing recently acquired chocolate maker Cadbury Plc. But...
Union's station 'brake'
A judge's 11th-hour order yesterday keeping 475 station agents on the job will cost the MTA $100,000 per day, officials said. By laying off the workers before yesterday, the MTA...
Fed avoids audit plan
Sen. Bernard Sanders dropped a proposal to audit the Federal Reserve's monetary policy that the central bank's chairman, Ben Bernanke, had said posed a threat to its independence. The Vermont...
Maybe Albany learned a lesson (snicker)
ALBANY -- Joe Bruno's stun ning conviction didn't do it in December, but maybe the two-year prison sentence on federal fraud charges that he was slapped with yesterday will force...
Quick Navy SEAL acquittal
NORFOLK, Va. -- A military jury yesterday swiftly found Navy SEAL Matthew McCabe not guilty of charges he punched an Iraqi terror thug who was being detained. "This feels amazing...
Rattled investors taking refuge in US
America became the beacon for global investors looking for a safe haven in currencies and bonds amid the continuing economic turmoil in Europe. Investors on both sides of the Atlantic...
Big-bucks companies beaten cents-less
Fortunately for investors, yesterday's fast and furious stock plunge has been largely attributed to a trading glitch. Otherwise, lots of large, well-known companies, like Accenture and Boston Beer Co., would...
E-mini, max damage
It was either a case of "fat fingers" or a computer gone rogue. Those were the theories being floated last night to explain a record 1,010-point intraday plunge in the...
Goldman, Raj drama escalates
Rajat Gupta, the Goldman Sachs director who is being investigated by US authorities over his links to Galleon LLC founder Raj Rajaratnam, had a longstanding business relationship with the billionaire...
Paulson testifies
Former US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson testified yesterday to the panel investigating the causes of the financial crisis. Paulson said he made communications failures contributing to government bailouts later subjected...
It's Fred, Wilma - and you!
WASHINGTON -- We have met Neanderthal, and he is us -- at least a little. Between 1 and 4 percent of genes in people from Europe and Asia trace back...
Lawrence Taylor charged with raping 16-year-old runaway Bronx girl
LT has hit a new low. Giants great Lawrence Taylor was charged yesterday with raping a 16-year-old Bronx runaway who was forced to meet him at his upstate hotel room...
Simon makes 'final' bid for rival
Mall owner Simon Property Group Inc. has made what it is calling its "best and final" offer to acquire its biggest rival, General Growth Properties. Simon Properties says its latest...
Brit elex turmoil as Tories outpoll Labor
Britain's Conservative Party, led by David Cameron, won the most seats in national elections yesterday, but apparently failed to snag the majority needed to control the government -- plunging the...
Romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak hits NY
Cases of shredded romaine lettuce distributed to delis, schools and a host of institutions around the metropolitan area have been recalled because of a potentially deadly E. coli contamination --...
5 Questions for ... Roger Maltbie
Tiger Woods' on-course problems started long before his life started unfolding in November. NBC analyst Roger Maltbie talked about that and more with The Post's Justin Terranova as The Players...
Sports shorts
MLB: Robin Roberts dead Phillies Hall of Fame pitcher Robin Roberts died yesterday of natural causes in Temple Terrace, Fla. He was 83. Roberts, who won 286 games and put...
Mets' slumbering offense needs 3-4 punch
When Jerry Manuel shook up the Mets' lineup on April 23, the team won its second straight game and eventually extended its winning streak to eight before faltering in Philadelphia...
Knicks to work out BYU's Fredette
The Knicks are not going to turn their fortunes around in this June's NBA draft, but at the very least, team president Donnie Walsh is bent on finding a diamond...
Yankees won't put Pettitte on disabled list 'right now'
Does the fact that Andy Pettitte spent yesterday at home in Houston instead of traveling with the Yankees to Boston mean his ailing left elbow isn't that big a deal?...
Mets' season in arms' way
Rule of thumb about so licitations, from Mets ticket sellers or otherwise. If nine wins out of 10, Ike Davis, and a 0.69 ERA by Mike Pelfrey seemed too good...
Red Sox can't afford another Fenway flop
We should well have learned from last year that no baseball season can be defined by what happens in April and May, that the happenings of the second half of...
A's scrub to A-Rod: Let's use fists in Round 2
Based on what Dallas Braden has done in the big leagues, he should concentrate on becoming a better pitcher instead of going after Alex Rodriguez and foolishly challenging the Yankee...
Rebounding Tiger opens TPC with 2-under
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Curious eyes followed Tiger Woods' every move. The large crowds that watched Woods' opening round of The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass yesterday were largely...
Bengals sign Pacman
CINCINNATI -- Adam "Pacman" Jones agreed to a two-year deal with the Bengals yesterday, putting the troubled cornerback on a team with a history of giving players second chances. Jones,...
Raiders release Russell
ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Three years, more than $39 million and only seven wins as the starting quarterback for the Raiders. The verdict is in on JaMarcus Russell's career in Oakland...
Giants catcher hits big Citi after snub
Bengie Molina will make his first appearance at Citi Field tonight, about a month later than it looked like he might during the offseason. The Giants' catcher turned down the...
Games getting lost in 'Los' NBA
You gotta hand it to the NBA ... at the time of year when the game's supposed to be the thing, it ain't. And I'm not even talking about rounds...
Canadiens even series against Penguins
Maxim Lapierre and Brian Gionta scored 1:33 apart early in the third period to lift the Canadiens to a 3-2 win over the Penguins in Game 4 last night in...
Hondo has his Phil
The National Day of Prayer was held yesterday, and apparently the number of petitions was so great the gambling gods were unable to get to Hondo's. As a result, the...
Devils' Pandolfo on mend after shoulder surgery
The initial word is that Jay Pandolfo's right shoulder surgery Tuesday was a success and that the lifetime Devils left winger will be ready for training camp in September. Pandolfo...
Hawks grounded by Magic
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Maybe all the Magic needed after a slow start was a slap in the face. Dwight Howard came back from a bloody nose to finish with 29...
Jets' Sanchez runs on treadmill
Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez took an encouraging step in his comeback from left knee surgery yesterday, running on a treadmill for the first time since the February operation. Sanchez still...
The Post line
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Here's the catch: Fish are biting all over
Saltwater anglers are seeing good numbers of bass, blues and flounder being caught, because of the summer-like weather and large schools of bait fish. For those heading east there are...
Red Sox hot ... but still in fourth place
BOSTON -- Maybe the AL East won't be a two-horse race after all. When the Yankees arrive at Fenway Park today, they will discover the Red Sox have a pulse....
Hughes off to great start for Yankees
Phil Hughes went to training camp with his role as dead solid certain as next month's weather. In the rotation? Maybe. Late inning bullpen guy? Possibly. You don't need to...
Super Saver faces tough turn-around for Preakness
There is one sure thing about the 135th Preakness a week from tomorrow: Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver, looking to take his next step toward the Triple Crown, does not...
Harmon: Tiger will work it out
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Butch Harmon, Tiger Woods' former swing coach, weighed in with some strong opinions about Woods' controversial plight. "Tiger Woods is, to me, his game is...
Weird but true
The war on terror has another casualty -- this guy's ego. A humiliated TSA screener, whose small penis was revealed to all his colleagues at the Miami airport when he...
Lavin, St. John's land California recruit
The trading floor at midtown financial giant BTIG was organized chaos. Employees screamed out orders. Others yelled to pick up "Line 2!" Then the stars rolled in: Joe Girardi, Bobby...
New coach right for Rutgers
Mike Rice looked across the kitchen table at his wife, Kerry, earlier this week, and exhaled. "Can you believe I'm going to be a Big East coach in your home...
Victory over George Washington more than just a win for Poly Prep
James Friel kept on repeating the story as he laid on the trainer’s table, his sweaty uniform still on, his eye black smudged. It didn’t matter that everyone who walked...
Squat team
James Gandolfini (right), who starred as mob boss Tony Soprano in “The Sopranos,” was snapped jawing with former co-star Steve Schirripa (Bobby Bacala) in TriBeCa. Maybe they were talking about...
Softball roundup: Environmental picks up two wins over Center
When the game started, back on April 19, Jocelyn Jimenez was on the shelf with an injury. But when it resumed, the Environmental Studies ace was there to pick up...
PSAL boys volleyball playoff seeds, schedule
The PSAL announced its 2010 boys volleyball playoff seeding this afternoon. Check out the selections below:1. McKee/Staten Island Tech2. Walton3. Cardozo4. Bronx Science5. Brooklyn Tech6. John F. Kennedy7. Seward Park8....
Gunned down: Poly Prep bests GW on Friel's throw
In 24 hours, Poly Prep went from the lowest of lows to the highest of highs. One day after the Blue Devils’ 56-game Ivy League winning streak was snapped by...
Born to eat and run
Even by New York City’s fast and furious standards, time is accelerated with a new pop-up restaurant, The Hunger will open in the unused, finished basement of a SoHo restaurant...
RBNY's Tchani could make first league start Saturday at San Jose
When the Red Bulls made Tony Tchani the second overall pick in this year's SuperDraft, their fans expected to see the imposing 20-year-old from Cameroon careening all around their midfield....
Kirker, Poly Prep come back on Wagner
Erica Sollazzo told Katy Kirker, her Poly Prep teammate, that fate was coming into play. Kirker was having a great day at the plate, but had two costly errors at...
Hot picks
BAG MAN Men need bags, too. Sure, they’re not slaves to the It bag and shoe every season as women are. But they still need a functional, sharp-looking carry-all that...
Romaine lettuce recalled in 25 states due to E. coli threat
Romaine lettuce was being recalled in 25 U.S. states Thursday because of potential contamination with the E.coli bacteria, that may cause severe food poisoning. Freshway Foods was voluntarily recalling the...
Alan Wake: Stephen King, The Game
Remedy's Alan Wake is a fine game. It's look (especially the lighting) deserves all the praise it's receiving. The atmosphere is superb as well -- downright chilling at times. And...
Passenger surrenders after NH bus bomb scare
A passenger on a Maine-to-New York Greyhound bus has surrendered to authorities after a nine-hour standoff sparked by a bomb scare in Portsmouth, N.H. The man walked off the bus...
With new schools emerging, Jack delays decision
As he stood in the hallway outside the locker rooms at Madison Square Garden nearly three weeks ago, Rice senior Kadeem Jack informed a horde of reporters his plans to...
Time stands still for McClancy, Holy Cross
Holy Cross second baseman Steven Engleman had just shattered his bat, the barrel flying dangerously toward the mound as McClancy third baseman Jose Urena picked up the ball and fired...