May 20, 2008
Lineups ready for Game 2
The skies over Turner Field here in Atlanta are black, so Game 2 of the Metsâ day-night doubleheader with the Braves has been delayed. Weâll go ahead and give you...
GLAVINE SHUTS DOWN METS
ATLANTA -- About that momentum thing ... Any thought that the Mets' sweep of the Subway Series last weekend might turn into a bonafide roll died after the first inning...
A-ROD READY TO GO
There's really no issue for Alex Rodriguez when it comes to the Yankees being in last place or sitting there with a 20-24 mark. "I'm not concerned about our record....
FA Cup Final Moves to FSC
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Englandâs Football Association Cup final will move from pay-per-view to the Fox Soccer Channel under a four-year agreement that runs through the 2011-12 season.While FSC has...
Who doesn't love a good paint job?
Jeff Gordon helps you paint your ride real good Like I said, I'm super excited about "NASCAR 09," so any chance I can get to talk about it, I'll take...
JESSICA ALBA MARRIES CASH WARREN
Jessica Alba married Cash Warren Monday, according to People. Alba's rep told the magazine the couple had a quiet ceremony. She's pregnant with the couple's daughter. Alba, 27, recently told...
3 DOWN: Piazza, A-Rod and Zero HRs
1. Mike Piazza retires and that unleashes an expected question: Will he go into the Hall of Fame as a Dodger or Met. I always finds this conversation rather silly....
TE coach Pope praises Shockey
BY PAUL SCHWARTZSo, does tight ends coach Mike Pope think that Jeremy Shockey will be in attendance during the Giants mandatory mini-camp June 11-13?"I think he'll be here,'' Pope said.And...
FULL MIKE PIAZZA STATEMENT
After 19 wonderful years, I have come to the decision to officially retire from Major League Baseball. At this point in my career and after discussing my options with my...
Scene: NYC streets
Erin Crandall, a buyer for shopbop.com, wears cute Felix shorts, an American Apparel cardigan, a Harlow scarf and carries a Chanel mini clutch with her vintage belts and boots."I love...
The Mummy returns, again!
Brendan Fraser is so awesome I can't believe I didn't know that they were doing another "Mummy" movie. I know, right?! How exciting!"The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" hits...
FLASHBACK: PIAZZA SAYS FAREWELL
FROM OCTOBER 2, 2005 Certain snapshots are important to remember now, as Mike Piazza enters the final few hours of his career as a Met, specific memories that remind you...
Piazza hangs 'em up
After getting little-to-no interest as a free agent this season, former Mets catcher Mike Piazza has decided to retire after 16 seasons in the big leagues. Nearly eight of those...
SEAN BELL COPS HIT WITH NYPD CHARGES
Seven police officers involved with the Sean Bell shooting were slapped with internal NYPD disciplinary charges, The Post has learned. The charges, which could lead to loss-of-pay, suspension or dismissal,...
8 OFFICERS INVOLVED WITH BELL SHOOTING HIT WITH NYPD DISCIPLINARY CHARGES
Eight police officers involved with the Sean Bell shooting were slapped with internal NYPD disciplinary charges, The Post has learned. The charges, which could lead to loss-of-pay, suspension or dismissal,...
Bonds' Jail Odds
Will Barry Bonds go to jail for perjury? The oddsmakers seem to think so. BodogLife.com has put odds on how much time Bonds will spend in jail. And the lowest...
Dallas sacks Steve Morrow
By BRIAN LEWISJust two days after an undisciplined, sorry performance in a 5-1 loss to L.A. _ at home, no less _ FC Dallas fired coach Steve Morrow.On Sunday, they'd...
Deal of the Day-Kenneth Jay Lane
Though I suspect this would be the necklace of choice for some sassy, overly tanned, cheetah print-clad middle aged woman in Miami, I still kinda like it.This Panther Necklace from...
ON DECK: ORIOLES AT YANKEES
Alex Rodriguez is back in the Yankees' lineup tonight, not a moment too soon for the drowning Bombers (20-24). The Yankees went 6-11 in his absence, fell to last place...
Willie: Race talk 'tongue in cheek'
Willie Randolph made the preposterous claim today that he wasn't trying to bring up racism in this interview with the Bergen Record's Ian O'Connor as a factor in the criticism...
SEN. TED KENNEDY HAS BRAIN TUMOR
Sen. Ted Kennedy, the dean of American liberal politics, has a malignant brain tumor - and some doctors give him only six months to a year to live. "The prognosis...
Three more players sign
The Jets recently signed three more free agents: CB Jonathan Zenon, CB Kenny Patton, ad LS Nick Jarvis. Zenon (6-0, 176; LSU), who played in 41 games, starting 30 at...
SNY responds to Randolph
SNY just responded (sort of) to Willie Randolph's contention to the Bergen Record on Sunday -- and repeated here in Atlanta this morning -- that the team's own network portrays...
Willie: No Pedro before May 29
Pedro Martinez says he wants to return by the start of next week, but Willie Randolph told reporters that he doesn't expect the three-time Cy Young winner back in the...
Orders in for Maine vs. Glavine
It will be a case of the pupil taking on the teacher this afternoon when John Maine (pictured) takes on former Met Tom Glavine here in Atlanta in the first...
R.KELLY CHILD PORNOGRAPHY TRIAL BEGINS
CHICAGO -- Time for R. Kelly to finally face the music. Prosecutors warned jurors in the trial of the R&B star that they would have to watch a videotape depicting...
Stern still fears Donaghy
By MARC BERMANDisgraced referee Tim Donaghy, David Sternâs worst nightmare, filed a pre-sentencing letter in federal court Monday in which he crystallizes some of the NBA's ethic problems.Donaghy asserted not...
Violence Shadow Hangs Over Moscow
MOSCOW (AP) -- British soccer reverted to the bad old days when drunken Glasgow Rangers fans attacked police and went on the rampage after the UEFA Cup final in Manchester.It...
MAGS: Coup at Budget Travel!
The only place for donuts and coffee in New Orleans. Budget Travel magazine has long placed more importance on the views of its readership than any other travel glossy (wait,...
Detroit is In
The Red Wings celebrate their 4-1 win over the Dallas Stars. According to the bookies, Detroit are the favorites to win the Stanley Cup. As such, one might have expected...
Mets coverage in today's Post
The Mets are hoping yesterday's off day didn't do anything to the apparent momentum they built up with last weekend's Subway Series sweep at Yankee Stadium. They will find out...
A wedding , 2 breakups, 1 hookup and a socialite
Adios G! Over at Palace de Waldorf, Blair startles awake to a clothed and cuddling Chuck. After a moment of flirty banter (Chuck, who loves it when Blair talks dirty,...
Starr Report: It's news to them
Sunday's "Desperate Housewives" season finale rallied a bit, pulling in nearly 17 million viewers (9-11 p.m.) and giving ABC its largest audience, excluding Sunday Oscars, since November 2006. CBS' three-hour...
Reality TV Tryouts: "New York" spinoff
How to get your 15 seconds of fame."Jingles"Channel your inner "Mad Men" with one or two friends, and create two jingles for a new reality competition from Mark Burnett ("Survivor,"...
LESTER'S NO-NO AND YANKEE UH-OH
FROM JOEL SHERMANThe Yankees and Red Sox are constantly competing against each other and judging themselves by one another. In spring, there were questions asked if you would rather have...
3 UP: Lester's No-No and Yankee Uh-Oh
1. The Yankees and Red Sox are constantly competing against each other and judging themselves by one another. In spring, there were questions asked if you would rather have Clay...
TORNADOES: NATURE'S MOST VIOLENT STORMS
Imagine a towering column of air, whirling at speeds of more than 100 mph. Tornadoes are among the deadliest and most destructive storms on Earth. TORNADOES occur all over the...
THEY GOT GAME
IDOL, schmidol. There's another championship tomorrow - one that involves drinking, singing and more drinking. We're talking about soccer, of course. Manchester United and Chelsea face off in Europe's Champions...
YOUR FAVE DAVE
IT'S the most discussed contest in America. No, not Hillary vs. Obama, silly - "American Idol." Tonight, bad-boy crooner David Cook and angel-faced David Archuleta will sing one last time...
GOAL PUBS
THE Champions League Final between Manchester United and Chelsea begins at 2:45 p.m. local time on Wednesday. Here's where you can watch the game: * Nevada Smiths 74 Third Ave.,...
ELECTION NIGHT
THE details of this week's "American Idol" David vs. David showdown are finally beginning to emerge. This season's winner will be crowned tomorrow night, and it will either be 16-year-old...
'LIVING LOHAN' MINUS LINDSAY
SURELY you jest, Dina. Lindsay Lohan's mother, Dina Lohan, says her wild-child daughter won't appear on Dina's new reality show - because it wouldn't be good for her career. What?!...
STARR REPORT
It's news to them Bob Schieffer, who'd been leaning toward retiring after the election, has inked a new "long-term" deal with CBS News to continue as the net work's chief...
'S'VIVOR' DROPS AGE TO EIGHTEEN
'SURVIVOR" will pin its survival on younger blood. Producers have lowered the age limit for contestants to apply for the show, from 21 to 18 - presumably because younger contestants...
'QUEEN FOR A DAY' IS COMING BACK
ADD another TV remake to the pile. RDF will revive the classic '50s show "Queen for a Day," in which four women told their sob stories - with the winner...
MPFREES
Dresden Dolls, "Night Reconnaissance" The Boston-based duo get philosophical about being teenage outcasts in a sea of perfect people. Jesse McCartney, "Leavin'" A Caribbean vibe mixed with the New York-raised...
EX-TEEN POP STAR WILL GROW ON YOU
THERE'S a fine line between being a boy and being a man. Unfortunately, few male teen pop stars manage to make it across that line with their careers intact. For...
WHAT HATH GOTH WROUGHT?
UNIQUE, unusual, even kinky; these are the adjectives that best fit Boston's piano/drum duo the Dresden Dolls. Vocalist and pianist Amanda Palmer describes their brand of rock as "Brechtian punk...
DIRECTORS' STRUT
CANNES - Clint East wood has reportedly been inspired by the Cannes Film Festival to change the title of his new film with Angelina Jolie, which has its red-carpet premiere...
NOT SCHOOLED IN SCANDAL
'GOOD Boys and True" - about a sex scandal at an exclusive all-boys Catholic school - is full of juicy elements: a secret gay relationship between two students, a videotape...
THEY'RE FIT & THRIVIN'
THE Post's 15 Get Fit by Memorial Day challengers have lost a person. Not a real person, but the participants have lost as much collective fat to equal the weight...
JOHNNIES EYE SIXTH EAST TITLE
With its second straight Big East regular-season title in hand, the top-seeded St. John's baseball team (41-12, 20-7) begins its quest for its sixth Big East Tournament title when it...
ROSE GARDEN?
Tonight the Knicks will find out if Donnie Walsh will be building a Rose Garden at 33rd and Eighth Avenue. After seven years of torture, 23 years removed from winning...
SOUTHERN DISCOMFORT
ATLANTA - The Mets know full well that all of the momentum and good feelings they built up at Yankee Stadium last weekend could evaporate here in a matter of...
VARGAS GRATEFUL FOR NEW START
ATLANTA - It's been just six days since Claudio Vargas made his Mets debut, but it often felt like six weeks for the veteran right-hander. Vargas was so unexpectedly strong...
GLAV GOES FACE-TO-FACE WITH EX-MATES
ATLANTA - The moment Tom Glavine says he has been dreading finally arrives here this afternoon. Glavine, who returned to the Braves in the offseason after five eventful years with...
PEDRO CLOSER
ATLANTA - While Pedro Martinez remains at least 10 days or more from rejoining the rotation, he will meet up with the Mets tomorrow. The move is so Willie Randolph...
NETS HAVE EYE ON ANTHONY
The Nets want to do something, they need to do something and they will do something. The million dollar question is, What? They should start getting a better handle on...
CONN. UPS THE ANTE
THE HOOPLA in AC may snatch all the headlines (er, see left), but they'll only be able to pry Connecticut's share of the Northeast gaming market from its cold, dead...
WHADDA YOU LOOKIN AT?
I 'VE COVERED Atlantic City for three years now, and during this time, I've repeatedly heard how it's becoming more like Vegas, how it's going to finally become a world-class...
HOT DEALS
* COSTA RICA $149/pp all-inclusive at Hilton Papagayo Resort, through 10/31. 53% discount off high season (hilton.com). * MEDITERRANEAN $649/pp 7-night cruise out of Venice on the Costa Serena, stopping...
FARE BETS
WITH the exception of Borgata and a few valiant efforts over on the Boardwalk in the form of the Pier at Caesars and Tropicana's Quarter, Atlantic City casino dining is,...
NEWS + NOTES
* FACE RECOGNITION LONG before Facebook was busy socially networking people (or data mining, or whatever it is Facebook does), August Sander catalogued the faces of over 600 Germans, back...
PANDOLFO: 'NO RUSH' TO MAKE DEAL WITH DEVILS
The month since the Devils' season ended has helped Jay Pandolfo regain his fitness, but he hasn't yet heard from Lou Lamoriello about coming back to Newark next season. Agent...
HANK HAS 'LAST' WORD
THE Yankees are dead last in the AL East and the Subway Series was a disaster, but Hank Steinbrenner said yesterday it would be a mistake to count out Joe...
ALEX LOOKS LIKE OLD IN TAMPA
TAMPA - One after another Alex Rodriguez blasted moon-shot home runs into the overcast Florida sky. His stroke was smooth and effortless and the balls seemed to travel for miles,...
YANKEES FEELING 'LEFT' OUT
Since the Yankees were heavy on left-handed hitters, there was a chance they would struggle this year against lefty hurlers. And yet, in the first two dozen games, they saw...
A-ROD MUST PRODUCE A-SAP
ALEX Rodriguez's manager already has tried to shrink the expectations that will encroach him the moment he makes the familiar turn into the first-base clubhouse. His teammates have been quick...
IT'S BAT MAN TO YANKS' RESCUE
In A-god they trust. It is no surprise when you dial 242-211-5560 it is not a working number. Those digits represent the Yankees' run totals in the past 10 games,...
ELI READY TO 'SHOCK'
Eli Manning is still making the rounds as the reigning Super Bowl MVP, but with mini-camp less than a month away, the quarterback is looking forward to ending the tour...
THERE'S NO REST FOR WEARY CELTICS
BOSTON - After a grueling, emotional seven-game series - two back-to-back, in fact - the Celtics could use a few days of rest before lacing them up for a matchup...
BROWN'S GOTTA STOP CATERING TO LEBRON
LEBRON James tried to palm Game 7 when he should have made the Celtics' continuously converging cloud pay with infinitely less dribbling and considerably quicker passes. Consequently, his final significant...
BIG TWO-DO FOR HONDO
Hondo, with an assist from the one and only Jimmy Shields, found his way to a Ray payday last night, scoring in Oakland to move 330 ashburns north of solvency....
CHAMP HITS TOWN
When Big Brown left New York for Florida last winter, he had one start, one win, and two bad front feet. Although the young colt garnered some attention winning his...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Owners may opt out The league's owners meet today in Atlanta and could vote to opt out of the labor contract. Such a move could signal a protracted period...
CITY H.S. PLAYERS SHOW THEIR METTLE WITH WOOD BATS
The sight used to be a familiar one: After a high school baseball game in which a player who could be drafted was playing, scouts would gather near the backstop...
'BAM'S BEEF WITH BUSH - AND VICE VERSA
Bravo on your editorial, "Bush, Obama & Terror" (May 16). The president certainly hit a raw nerve with Sen. Barack Obama, who responded with his standard "that's unfair/dirty politics/see how...
SUCCESS IN IRAQ: A MEDIA BLACKOUT
DO we still have troops in Iraq? Is there still a conflict over there? If you rely on the so-called mainstream media, you may have difficulty answering those questions these...
PRISON TO WORK
THE welfare reform of the '90s was the most important so cial-policy change in the United States in recent decades. But it was, in a key way, narrow: It focused...
THE LIMITS OF 'TALK'
IN their litany of US presidents who met with hostile dictators, supporters of Bar ack Obama cite John Kennedy and his meeting with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna in...
MINDLESS '08 MANTRA
THE great Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said that a good catchword could stop people from thinking for 50 years. The big catchword this election year is "change" -...
ZEROING IN ON OLMERT
Israel's chief prosecutor laid out the corruption case against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for the first time in public yesterday, saying the leader personally received cash-filled envelopes several times from...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Mon.: 719; Lucky Sum: 17 / Midday Win-4 Mon.: 0741; Lucky Sum: 12 / Evening Nos. Mon.: 800; Lucky Sum: 8 / Evening Win-4 Mon.: 8114;...
REASON FOR CELL-IBACY
Researchers have found that pregnant women who regularly used cellphones were 54 percent likelier to have kids with emotional or behavioral problems, according to a study published in July's issue...
OPENING 'R'GUMENTS TODAY IN KELLY KID-PORN TRIAL
CHICAGO - R. Kelly will finally face the music today on child-pornography charges as prosecutors unveil their years-in-the-making criminal case against the singer in opening arguments. Media outlets from as...
DIRTY REF BLOWS WHISTLE ON NBA
The NBA is plagued by illicit gambling activity that extends well beyond disgraced ref Tim Donaghy betting on games he officiated, his lawyer said in papers filed yesterday. "Tim provided...
MIKE: OPEN DOOR TO IMMIGRANTS
The nation's restrictive immigration policy is the "greatest case of national self-sabotage and attempted suicide" Mayor Bloomberg has ever witnessed, he told graduates of the University of Pennsylvania yesterday. Bloomberg...
KENTUCKY AND OREGON POLLS APART
Although he's set to clinch the nomination soon, Barack Obama faces yet another humiliating defeat today in Kentucky, where Hillary Rodham Clinton has a 2-to-1 advantage. Meanwhile, Oregon is a...
MAC CALLS O POLICIES 'RECKLESS'
John McCain attacked Barack Obama on the Illinois senator's home turf of Chicago yesterday, charging that the Democratic front-runner's "inexperience and reckless judgment" on foreign affairs renders him unqualified to...
HUNT FOR MORE MANSON VICTIMS
Investigators will search a secluded ranch rumored to have been used as a hideout by the murderous Charles Manson clan after a 1969 killing spree, it was reported last night....
KEY HILLARY AIDE EYES LEAP TO BARACK
The woman who managed Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign - and coined the word "Hillaryland" to describe her loyal inner circle - is mulling a role with Obama Nation. Patti...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
MANHATTAN Police are asking for the public's assistance in finding an Upper West Side teen, who vanished last week. Tatiana Taylley, 15, was last seen leaving her home on Broadway...
YOUTUBE DIVORCEE OUT OF $$, NOT APT.
The peeved playwright who's been venting on YouTube about her ugly divorce from Shubert Organization head Philip Smith was in court yesterday, where she claimed she's now broke. "I've got...
KELLY: DON'T COUNT ON REACHING MANPOWER GOAL
Just hours before an arbitration board ruled to boost cops' salaries, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly yesterday warned that the NYPD's recruitment problems meant it would fall short of the already...
CHUCK: NY'S FED JAILS IN JAM SESSION
New York's federal prisons, including ones in Manhattan and Brooklyn, are "bursting at the seams" and in desperate need of more funding, Sen. Chuck Schumer warned yesterday. There were more...
BENCH $UPPORT LACKING
ALBANY - The verdict is in: New York's judges haven't made the case for a wage hike. More than half of registered voters oppose raising the salaries of the state's...
LI 'DRUNK' PRAYS FOR COP HE HIT
The alleged drunken driver who plowed into and nearly killed a Nassau County cop is praying for the officer's recovery from behind bars, his lawyer said yesterday. Rahiem Griffin, 27,...
SUICIDE TROOPER MOURNED
Hundreds of mourners filed past two silent state troopers at Coloni Funeral Homes in New Windsor yesterday to pay their respects to State Police Inspector Gary Berwick. The 26-year veteran...
$7.5 MIL SUICIDE ATTEMPT
The city has agreed to pay $7.25 million to a former Queens correction officer who has been a quadriplegic since she shot herself in the head - after being allowed...
DOC WANTED SLAY 'VICTIMS' TO DISAPPEAR: TAPE
Outlining a bizarre plan to murder up to seven people, a Long Island shrink told a patient he wanted them to disappear like slain Washington intern Chandra Levy, tapes of...
WII FIT FRENZY HITS MIDTOWN
Wii Fit, the Nintendo exercise game designed to separate the potato from the couch, made its US debut in the Big Apple yesterday - and immediately sent hearts pounding and...
DAS $LASHED AS CITY MAKES LAWYERS RICH: MORGY
Even as the city is trying cut the budgets of the district attorneys, it's "made a couple of firms rich" defending its conduct in the fatal Deutsche Bank fire, Manhattan...
FAVORITE NAMES FOR NY BABIES
Isabella and Michael have won the New York name game. Isabella tops the latest list of most popular names for baby girls across the state, knocking Emily out of the...
LINDSAY 'PELTED'
A Columbia University student filed a lawsuit yesterday against Lindsay Lohan for allegedly fur-napping her prized mink coat. Maria "Masha" Markova , 22, claims in a civil lawsuit filed in...
BACK ON TRACK
The billion-dollar deal to develop the MTA's West Side rail yards is on the agenda again - only now with a new developer. PHOTO GALLERY: MTA West Side Rail Yards...
JIM & DINA NOT CASHING IN ON FAME
The public's not buying anything Jim and Dina McGreevey are selling - and that includes book, movie and guest-lecture deals, an expert witness testified yesterday at their divorce trial. "Neither...
VIRTUAL DREAMGIRL
An NYU grad student has a unique, two-dimensional take on modern love. Drew Burrows, 28, rigged a mattress, computer and projector to simulate a slender brunette in bed, asleep by...
PAIN RX KILLS KID
A 6-year-old East Harlem girl died of an apparent overdose after her foster mom gave her an opiate pain patch designed for adults, authorities said yesterday. Joanne Alvarez, 54, allegedly...
NC BOY, 16, KILLED IN QNS. 'TURF WAR'
A 16-year-old boy visiting from North Carolina was executed on a Queens street yesterday in broad daylight - and cops think the slaying may be the latest in a Far...
COP BOO$T IS BLUE HEAVEN
Starting salaries for rookie cops will jump from a dismal $25,100 to $35,881 under a decision announced yesterday by a state arbitration panel - a move that could boost lagging...
HERO GRAMPS DIES
An elderly Staten Island man was killed by a van in a parking lot yesterday - as he pushed his wife to safety in a heroic last act of love,...
MOANING GLORY: ORGASMIC AD STAR BLOCKS X-POSURE
Oooooooooooooooohhh, judge, yes, yes! A woman who was featured writhing around a bed and moaning suggestively in a jewelry ad has won round one of her lawsuit against the racy...
YANK PRANK 'SAFE' PLEAS
The two Yankee fans allegedly caught stealing red, white and blue bunting from the stands on Opening Day pitched not guilty pleas at their arraignment yesterday. The lawyer for John...
FOSSELLA NOW VITO 'FINITO'
Staten Island Rep. Vito Fossella has decided not to seek re-election in the wake of his DWI bust and revelations about his long-term extramarital affair with a woman who bore...
TOY TOWER COMES DOWN
What goes up must come down - even when it's a beloved 65-foot tall tower of two-by-fours decorated with children's toys. About a dozen city Parks Department workers descended on...
SILVER SCREAM: KIDS TO PAY FULL FLICK FARE
Just in time for summer's throngs of pint-sized moviegoers come . . . higher ticket prices for kids. Clearview Cinemas on First Avenue and 62nd Street last week stopped offering...
3-SLAY RAP FOR LI MAN
A Long Island man will face triple-murder charges for allegedly wiping out a New Jersey family during a gruesome overnight killing spree, prosecutors said yesterday. Kang-Hyuk Choi, 32, of Valley...
BEANTOWN'S BAD NEWS FOR TIMES
The New York Times is getting dragged down again by declining business at its Boston Globe group, which Wall Street investors want the Times to dump to protect the mother...
RAPPER 50 CENT IS EYEING BIG PAYDAY
Soon-to-be-free-agent rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson could be the next major hip-hop star to score a big-bucks deal involving records, tours and other rights. Hoping to follow on the heels...
EQUITY FUNDS SUE DEADBEAT
Two of the biggest names in private equity say they're being left out in the cold in the case of a bankrupt homebuilder that they claim fraudulently obtained a credit...
TENSION BUILDS AT SYMS
Off-price clothing chain Syms has agreed to buy a small building adjacent to its store in Manhattan's financial district - the latest step in an apparent plan to redevelop the...
JULY FIREWORKS: INFLATION RATE WILL REFLECT GAS COSTS
A top government official who helps calculate the nation's inflation rate says gasoline costs in the consumer price index will surge in a couple of months - even if prices...
TAKE-TWO 'CHATTING' WITH POTENTIAL SUITORS
Take-Two Interactive still doesn't like rival Electronic Arts' $2 billion takeover bid and yesterday claimed it is talking to other prospective suitors about a deal. The publisher of the Grand...
DEAL COULD BE THE RAIL THING
IT'S almost too good to be true - but nothing less than momentous if it is true. The "conditional" deal announced yesterday between the MTA and Related Cos. to develop...
BALLMER BLINKS
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is as fidgety as the new Windows Vista operating system. His proposal over the weekend for a possible joint venture with Yahoo! has left many wondering...
ANOTHER EXEC BITES DUST AT MOBILE-PEDDLING MOTO
With Motorola perpetually on the rocks, its chief strategy officer has finally unveiled his newest strategy: "I quit." Rich Nottenburg, a 54-year-old technology veteran, is the fifth top executive to...
THE UNIONS' POODLE
OK, so who is Peter Abbate - and why did he sell his soul to New York's public-employee unions? Those are most relevant questions after the embarrassing disclosure that Abbate...
MIKE'S COP CHOP
State arbitrators yesterday pushed up salaries for rookie cops by a cool $10,000 - which should go a long way to help replenish the NYPD's dwindling ranks. But Mayor Mike...
ELIOT, YOU'LL GET HOOKED
NO DOUBT, when Eliot Spitzer was attorney general - or, as he was more fondly called, the Sheriff of Wall Street - you know he expected his high-profile cases to...
DaMarcus Beasley returns to the field
Run DMB is back! By BRIAN LEWISAfter six months, DaMarcus Beasley finally returned to the field for Rangers in Monday's 3-0 rout of St. Mirren. The bodes well not only...
VITO FOSSELLA WON'T SEEK RE-ELECTION
Embattled Staten Island Rep. Vito Fossella has decided not to seek re-election in the wake of his DWI bust and revelations about his long-term extramarital affair with a woman who...
PANEL GIVES ROOKIE COPS EXTRA 10G
Starting salaries for rookie cops will jump from a dismal $25,100 to $35,881, under a decision announced today by a state arbitration panel - a move that could boost lagging...
Pedro inbound -- for bullpen look
While Pedro Martinez remains at least 10 days or more from rejoining the Mets' rotation, he will meet up with the club in Atlanta on Wednesday. The move is so...