May 26, 2007
Tocchet Could Coach Again
Rick Tocchet's plea to gambling charges may mean he can return to work.Tocchet has been on a League-sanctioned leave of absence since the case broke in February of last year....
Captain Jack's Performance Anxiety
Looks like Captain Jack can forget about taking his record back from Spidey. Steve Mason at Fantasy Moguls says early studio estimates have "Pirate of the Caribbean: At World's End''...
DVD Extra: The Duke Turns 100
Warners has also released a special edition of "The Cowboys,'' as well as six lesser Wayne titles previously unavailable on DVD. That's for you completists who want to see him...
AWAY GAMES
NOT everyone it seems has a house in the Hamptons, Catskills or on the shore to kick off the summer season. Still, just because you were too busy or broke...
WHAT'S UP
TODAY EAST MEETS FEST: If your family's taste is more downtown than Disney, Kids' Day at the Lower East Side Festival of the Arts has all the edgy entertainment you...
GREECE IS THE WORD
IF your kids' idea of an odyssey is transferring from the 6 train to the F train, or if the name Homer has them channel-surfing for "The Simpsons," the new,...
MY FATHER, MY HERO
Post readers just finished honoring their mothers - now it's time to make room for daddy! We're asking you - especially those ages 18 and younger - to tell us...
SENIOR WARS
YOU don't have to go to college to learn the deep meaning of "Star Wars." But you will feel like you're attending the world's most boring college lecture if you...
'SORRY' FOX APOLOGIZES FOR 'IDOL' DVR FOUL UP
FOX is apologizing to hundreds of thousands of fans who missed the climactic moment of this week's "American Idol" finale because the show ran over its allotted two hours. Unsuspecting...
CUBAN OFFERS TO FACE TRUMP
BILLIONAIRE Mark Cuban is challanging Donald Trump to a head-to-head "Apprentice" competition. "You can go back to NBC and ask for one more season of The Apprentice," Cuban writes on...
MIKE: 'BOX' BLITZ IS KEY TO GRID-UNLOCK
A crackdown on drivers who "block the box" would eliminate many of the city's worst traffic jams, Mayor Bloomberg claimed yesterday. "If you stopped that, you would stop a lot...
COP-PAY CLASH MAKES CITY LESS SAFE: MAYOR
Mayor Bloomberg conceded yesterday that public safety would be "endangered" if the contract dispute with the police union drags on and recruits continue to shun the job because of the...
BEEP'S TRIP A GIFT FOR GAB
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz got his free trans-Atlantic vacation on the luxurious Queen Mary 2 in exchange for giving three talks to passengers on borough tourism. As The Post...
COP-SHOT DRIVER 'DRUNK'
An unarmed Honduran immigrant was drunk when he was shot and killed by an off-duty cop as he drove from an accident scene, people familiar with the toxicology test said...
NYPD WANTS "WORLD CLASS" NEW SCHOOL
City officials are seeking "a world class design team" to bring to fruition a plan for its new, $1 billion police academy. "Through this project, the City of New York...
MA'S PAL GAVE KID GUN: COPS
The 14 year-old brother of the pistol-packing Queens second grader received the gun as a sick gift from his mothers boyfriend, who told the teen he needs it for school,...
BIG CHILL FOR PAPA RUDY
The big chill between Rudy Giuliani and ex-wife Donna Hanover was on full display yesterday when both attended their daughter Caroline's high school graduation - but sat as far apart...
HAIR SNIP ATTACK HATE CRIME: DA
A Pakistani high school student admitted to cops that he cut the hair of a Sikh classmate despite knowing its religious significance, prosecutors said at his arraignment yesterday on hate...
WOW, WATER PLAY
Mets superstar slugger David Wright cracked a financial grand slam that could be worth as much as $20 million when Glaceau - the Queens company whose VitaminWater drinks he endorses...
MIMS THE (BAD) WORD
A talent agent claims a chart-topping rapper was a no-show for her event in a Chelsea club just because she's a woman - and she's filed a $7.5 million civil-rights...
WATER TORTURE
A top city official conceded for the first time yesterday that it might be necessary to shut off water to residents who don't pay their bills. Budget Director Mark Page...
ELAINE FOE IS KILLED
An East Side tenant who once had famed restaurateur Elaine Kaufman arrested on assault charges after an angry spat at her celebrity eatery died yesterday in an apartment fire caused...
RAY-DIANT WEEKEND WEATHER
Today is set to be a beachy keen start to the Memorial Day weekend as New Yorkers mark the unofficial start of summer and pause to remember the men and...
HUBBY BUSTED IN BAGEL-SHOP SLAY
A mother of four involved in an acrid legal battle with her estranged husband over a Long Island bagel shop was gunned down by the bitter beau inside the store...
HUBBY $CHOOLED
The husband of a disgraced bookkeeper who allegedly stole $500,000 from the tony Riverdale Country School won't be charged in the case - but the scandal has turned his world...
MIKE'S A 'ZERO': POL
A downtown lawmaker blasted the Bloomberg administration over its handling of Ground Zero issues yesterday as he and others called on the medical examiner to reconsider dozens of dust-related deaths...
HERE'S THE SKINNY ON SONY'S ULTRA-THIN TV
The latest addition to man's eternal quest for the tiniest gadget is a paper-thin television with a display so slender that it bends. Sony yesterday released video footage on its...
THE PIGGEST EVER
An 11-year-old Alabama boy killed the King Kong of wild boars - bringing down a 1,051-pound pig after a threehour chase. "It wasn't Wilbur," the junior hunter, Jamison Stone, told...
THORNY ROSIE IS OFF 'THE VIEW'
The tumultuous reign of Rosie O'Donnell on "The View" ended yesterday when ABC gave her permission to quit the show. The parting of the ways - which came 3 ½...
MCC & OBAMA IN BONG-UP BRAWL
White House hopefuls John McCain and Barack Obama engaged in a nasty firefight yesterday, with the McCain campaign blasting Obama as a dope-headed dove ready to surrender to al Qaeda....
HARD-NOSED HILL SAVED HORNDOG BILL
WASHINGTON - Two new biographies depict Hillary Rodham Clinton in full damage control as she scrambled to keep a lid on Bubba's bimbo messes - vowing to destroy Gennifer Flowers...
PICNICKERS: WE'D GET BARBECUE-SAUCED WITH GIULIANI
Rudy Giuliani wins the Memorial Day picnic poll - 37 percent of Americans would want to chat with the Republican presidential contender at the family barbecue. Democratic hopeful Barack Obama...
COW OW! MILK PRICE IS SOARING
Milk will cost another 33 cents a gallon in the metro area from next Friday, as prices head beyond stratospheric levels to Milky Way heights. The 9.3 percent price hike...
FEDS SLAM H'WOOD'S 2-BIT IDEA
Sounds like somebody dropped a dime on 20th Century Fox's effort to promote the new Fantastic Four movie. Fox had the Franklin Mint stamp 40,000 California statehood quarters with a...
ALL BETS ARE OFF
Retired NHL star Rick Tocchet pleaded guilty yesterday to running a New Jersey-based sports gambling ring that counted hockey legend Wayne Gretzky's wife among its clients - but he's likely...
FAA PUSH OVER LIDLE
Federal investigators yesterday backed the idea of permanently requiring planes flying over the East River to be in touch with air traffic control. Federal Aviation Administration officials temporarily banned unmonitored...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan * Police say this man (pictured) held up six lower Manhattan cabbies at gunpoint in past nine days. The first robbery occurred on West 13th Street near Fifth Avenue...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Fri.: 765; Lucky Sum: 18 / Midday Win-4 Fri.: 9606; Lucky Sum: 21 / Evening Nos. Thu.: 086; Lucky Sum: 14 / Evening Win-4 Thu.: 7497;...
TOMORROW'S SUBWAYS
New York City Transit's new chief, Howard Roberts, this week outlined an ambitious rethinking of subway infrastructure to accommodate the city's growing population in the years ahead. Roberts' vision adds...
THE CLINTON-OBAMA WHITE FLAG
Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, both hurtling ever-leftward, covered themselves with the Move-On.org crowd this week by voting against the Iraq war-funding bill because it no...
WELCOME TO THE FLEET
USS Intrepid may be "on leave" for overhaul in Bayonne, N.J., but that hardly means tourists and New Yorkers are without an impressive array of warships to explore during this...
TRADE TROUBLE NAGS NANCY
NANCY Pelosi staved off the biggest intra-party challenge during her brief tenure as speaker of the House Monday, standing her ground in support of two free-trade treaties during an uproarious...
COLLEGE CRISIS
A UNIVERSITY'S excellence depends directly on its faculty. Understanding this basic truth, we at The City University of New York have been working hard to expand and fortify our teaching...
RX FOR 'SICKO' MOORE: GO TO CUBA & JOIN FIDEL
THE ISSUE: Michael Moore's latest documentary, comparing Cuban and American health care. * It's only fitting that Michael Moore named his new movie after himself (" 'Sicko': Whitewashing for Fidel,"...
THE FDNY ON THE HOTSEAT
THE ISSUE: A Justice Dept. suit against the FDNY for alleged discrimination against minorities.* For the past 15 years, the FDNY has been bending over backwards in order to increase...
EX-EMI BOSS FIFIELD CONFIRMS INTEREST IN BID
The bidding war for EMI has begun. Former EMI Music CEO Jim Fifield yesterday confirmed that he was exploring a bid for his old company, which already has a 265...
NO SMILEY FACE
Fired Wal-Mart ad chief Julie Roehm accused top executives at the retail powerhouse of engaging in cozy business dealings and love affairs with underlings while accepting gifts like jaunts aboard...
AMI REPORTS MORE RED INK
Tabloid publisher American Media managed to squeeze out another of its long overdue fiscal quarterly reports, this time for the period ending last September - and it remains awash in...
BELMONT RUN MIGHT NOT MAKE 'SENSE'
To racing fans itching to know if Kentucky Derby champ Street Sense and Preakness Stakes winner Curlin will face off at the June 9 Belmont Stakes: Chill out! Carl Nafzger,...
SPORTS SHORTS
OBIT: Dowd's mother dies Kelly Jo Dowd, a cancer-stricken mother whose dream of seeing her teen daughter Dakoda play in an LPGA event was realized last spring, has died. She...
HONEY RYDER SEEKS REPEAT
Todd Pletcher has a double-barreled shotgun aimed at today's Grade 2, $150,000 Sheepshead Bay Handicap, for fillies and mares going mile-and-three-eighths over the inner turf course at Belmont Park. Honey...
HONDO'S PRAYING
Hondo split the bit with the Indians and Marlins last night, hitting with the former and missing with the latter to raise the earnings to 45 amalfitanos. Today, he'll go...
JOCKEY CRITICAL
Jockey Andrew Lakeman, 36, an obscure journeyman who hasn't won a race since 2005, was listed in critical condition at North Shore Hospital on Long Island last evening after being...
CLINTON STORMS PAST NEW UTRECHT
Jon Candelier said he expects to be taken in the MLB draft in early June and had a workout recently with the Royals. But while his goal of playing professional...
KNICKS RETAIN MICHEAL RAY
One day after Micheal Ray Richardson was hired to coach the CBA's Oklahoma City franchise, the Knicks have decided to retain their former star guard in a community-relations role, The...
VALENTIN NEARLY SET FOR RETURN
MIAMI -- In a surprising revelation, Jose Valentin is almost ready to come off the disabled list. Valentin has been out since April 29 due to a partially torn ACL,...
PEDRO PEP
MIAMI - Roger Clemens is nearly ready to return for the Yankees, but the Mets' Pedro Martinez, the other legendary pitcher who is going to return to New York this...
A WIN AND A LOSS
MIAMI -- The injury front was both positive and negative last night. The former was Orlando Hernandez, the latter Shawn Green. In the Mets' 6-2 win over the Marlins at...
SETBACK AS HUGHES TWISTS HIS ANKLE
Rehabbing Phil Hughes twisted his left ankle Thursday, and even though the Bombers insist it's no big deal, they scheduled their young phenom for an MRI. "Hughes turned his ankle...
GLASS IS CALF-EMPTY FOR DAMON
Just when Johnny Damon had gotten on a roll, and was playing his best ball of the year, his battered body betrayed him yet again. Suffering cramps in both calf...
RAGING ROCKET
Yankee GM Brian Cashman said Roger Clemens is itching to get back to the majors and pitch, and likened the Rocket to a raging bull being caged in. But with...
HALO OF A NIGHT
The Boss said GM Brian Cashman is "on a big hook," and appartently Tyler Clippard is on quick hook. After George Steinbrenner declared Cashman is responsible for the Bombers' crummy...
BOSS: CASH IS ON 'HOOK'
Ready ... aim ... Fire? George Steinbrenner finally came out swinging yesterday, and his target this time wasn't manager Joe Torre. Instead, The Boss directed his anger at general manager...
EMPTY RESPONSE
The pattern became a familiar one as early as the fifth inning last night. A Yankees relief pitcher would enter the game, get pounded, and the crowd would boo until...
CLEMENS COULD SERVE AS SAVIOR FOR CASHMAN
GEORGE Steinbrenner once was an active volcano prone to frequent eruptions when his discontent built enough pressure within. That's how he got the nickname "The Boss" - by imposing his...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A swarm of bees got sucked into the jet engines of a Palmair flight heading from Britain to Portugal and the pilot was forced to abort minutes after takeoff. Huge...