August 30, 2008
BLOWHARD MOORE ROOTS FOR DISASTER
August 30, 2008 | 11:12pmHe said what? Political hothead Michael Moore apparently thinks God is a Democrat - and a vicious one at that. The confrontational filmmaker put his foot in his mouth on...
GUSTAV NO 'EASY ' DECISION
August 30, 2008 | 11:06pmNEW ORLEANS - An uneasy mood settled over the Big Easy as thousands fled town and others battened down the hatches today in the face of Hurricane Gustav, which ramped...
GIANT CUTS
August 30, 2008 | 10:22pmAre the Giants ready to defend their Super Bowl title? Well, after setting their final 53-man roster, the group that will attempt to repeat came into sharper focus. The Giants...
SLAY HEIR IS BAFFLED
August 30, 2008 | 10:14pmThe strange wishes of a slain Brooklyn couple who bequeathed money to their pals and angrily omitted kin in their wills may be as baffling as their murders, says one...
Game 136: Mets at Marlins
August 30, 2008 | 9:43pmMIAMI -- Mike Pelfrey will try to snap the Marlinsâ hex over him this season when he leads the Mets against Florida right-hander Ricky Nolasco here tonight in the second...
DOUBLE TEAM
August 30, 2008 | 9:23pmThere are 11 games remaining in the current Yankee Stadium, but forget the nostalgia for a minute. How many of these Yankees actually will make it across the street to...
GOP'S RNC 'CANE PLAN
August 30, 2008 | 8:47pmJohn McCain and the GOP are considering scrapping political speeches and turning their Minnesota convention into a "service program" to help victims of Hurricane Gustav, The Post has learned. MORE:...
Candid Favre reveals the real story
August 30, 2008 | 8:46pmBrett Favre wants to make one thing perfectly clear: He's not a wishy-washy, high-maintenance, selfish diva who can't make up his mind.This, of course, is the way the Packers, the...
Giants add K John Carney
August 30, 2008 | 8:10pmBy PAUL SCHWARTZWith Lawrence Tynes still hobbled with an injured left knee, the Giants signed veteran John Carney to handle ther place-kicking duties for Thursday night's season-opener against the Redskins.Tynes...
Triple-A Zephyrs cancel season
August 30, 2008 | 7:11pmHurricane Gustav, which was upgraded to a potentially catastrophic Category 4 designation this afternoon, prompted the Mets' Triple-A affiliate in New Orleans to cancel the final three games of their...
SPECIAL COACH COMING BACK TO JETS
August 30, 2008 | 6:54pmOn the day when the Jets made their final cuts to pare the roster to 53 players, they were poised to make a significant addition to the team. Mike Westhoff,...
Waiting for De Palma
August 30, 2008 | 5:10pmFrom V.A. Musetto at the World Film Festival in Montreal: Every morning I stop in at the press office to ask about Brian De Palma, who is alleged to be...
Is Berbatov headed to Manchester?
August 30, 2008 | 5:09pmBy BRIAN LEWISThe Dimitar Berbatov-to-Manchester United saga may finally be coming to a close. This seems like itâs been dragging on longer than the English Patient but multiple outlets are...
Coverage in today's Post
August 30, 2008 | 3:29pmThe Mets are now two games up on the Phillies in the NL East after a wild, roller-coaster ride of a 5-4 comeback win over the Marlins on Friday night....
Should Ewing Jr. wear 33?
August 30, 2008 | 2:52pmBy MARC BERMANPatrick Ewing has already endorsed the idea. The son did it at Georgetown so I'm sure he'd want to do it in New York. Will Donnie Walsh allow...
Which is Better: EPL or Serie A?
August 30, 2008 | 1:53pmAnother Serie A season starts up again on Saturday and calcio fans have a lot to look forward to.Or do they?The Times of Londonâs Oliver Kay went out of its...
TEDDY'S SMOOTH SAIL INTO DEMS' HALL OF FAME
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amTHE ISSUE: Ted Kennedy's convention speech, his biggest address since his cancer diagnosis. Sen. Ted Kennedy, a liberal lion ("Old Lion Roars," Aug. 26)? Don't insult the memory of those...
ROCKY MOUNTAIN LOW BLOW
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amTHE ISSUE: Cindy Adams' Democratic convention coverage and her comments about Denver. I'm not sure why Cindy Adams refers to Denver as a "cow town" ("DNC's Mile High City Tries...
PUTIN'S PICK FOR US PREZ
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amRUSSIAN Prime Minister Vladimir Putin doesn't play defensive ball - he's all offense, all the time. First, he invaded Georgia. Now he's invading our presidential election. Thursday, Putin and his...
DEMOCRATICS' SECURITY VOID
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amAMERICA is in its darkest hour - again. It happens every four years when the Democrats take center stage for their national convention. In 2004, we heard that we were...
THE REAL THING
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amIF it were the plot of a political movie, it'd be too cheesy to watch. An obscure governor of a small state, a working mom of five, is secretly spirited...
LOTTERY
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amNEW YORK Midday Nos. Fri.: 186; Lucky Sum: 15 / Midday Win-4 Fri.: 3593; Lucky Sum: 20 / Evening Nos. Fri: 700; Lucky Sum: 7 / Evening Win- 4 Fri.:...
BARACK BOUNCES HIGHER
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amBarack Obama bounced a little higher - to an 8-point lead over John McCain - as the Democratic Convention ended, the latest Gallup Poll shows. The margin is a sharp...
'HILL' HATH NO FURY LIKE A WOMAN SCORNED
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amDENVER - Hillary's got to be seething. Picking political unknown Sarah Palin for the No. 2 spot on the GOP ticket is opening old wounds for Barack Obama and the...
MOM'S A RISING NORTH STAR
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amJohn McCain's vice-presidential pick may be from the coldest state - but she's one of the hottest governors in the country. A self-described "hockey mom" and one-time Miss Alaska runner-up...
DISS AND MAKE UP: O'S CAMP RIPS THEN FLIPS
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amPITTSBURGH - John McCain's surprise move to make Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin the first woman to get a place on a GOP ticket set Barack Obama's camp on its heels,...
GOP TWISTIN' IN WIND
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amGustav's soggy, windy march toward the Gulf Coast couldn't come at a worse time for planners of the Republican convention. White House officials reportedly debated delaying President Bush's planned appearance...
CALL IT THE BIG QUEASY
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amGet out! Officials are telling Louisiana residents to run for the hills or suffer the consequences as Hurricane Gustav - which is expected to strengthen into a monster storm as...
ALASKAN LASS IS MAC'S WILD CARD
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amDAYTON, Ohio - Hoping to woo disaffected women and charm conservatives, John McCain yesterday tapped a virtual political unknown as his running mate - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a mom...
FIRING PUT SARAH IN TROOPER TROUBLE
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amIt turns out that Sarah Palin has a "Troopergate" of her own. While the Alaska governor and Republican vice-presidential pick has blown the whistle on corruption in her state, she...
SCANDAL PAYS FOR JOHN
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amJohn Edwards' career may be in a shambles thanks to a humiliating sex scandal - but his side job on the lecture circuit is booming. The fallen Democratic presidential hopeful...
'FIRST DUDE' A RUGGED INDIVIDUAL
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amHe calls himself "The First Dude." Todd Palin, the snowmobile-racing hubby of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, eschews the formal title of "first gentleman" for the more rugged moniker. And he...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amQueens A thug was arrested yesterday for raping and robbing a teenager in Ozone Park, police said. Gentle Bonds, 20, approached the young woman as she was walking along 103rd...
WEE THE PEOPLE: LEGAL 'WHIZZES' IN BRAWL
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amA Legal Aid defense lawyer dropped his briefs in a Brooklyn bar and made a motion to relieve himself - sparking a brawl that landed him and a colleague in...
SAMARITAN MURDER RAP
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amA jujitsu black belt who pulled a knife while fending off a group of muggers has been indicted for murder for accidentally stabbing a good Samaritan who had jumped into...
A QUICK CHANGE ARTIST
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amA Brooklyn man with a penchant for pilfering parking meters is on the prowl. Maurice Mizrahi, 34, is wanted for stealing 87 coin-collecting machines from around the borough, cops said...
'ID THIEF' LANDLORD $CAMMED 50G IN TENANT'S NAME: DA
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amA Queens landlord assumed a tenant's identity, bought himself a BMW and racked up more than $20,000 in credit-card debt, the Queens District Attorney's Office charged yesterday. Phivos Ioannou, 47,...
'COMMUTER' NAILED IN 31 BANK JOBS
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amCops yesterday nabbed an alleged serial bank robber who scored nearly $100,000 from heists across the Big Apple and hauled the cash off to Georgia where he lived cheaply. Richard...
MIKE'S TERM TEASE
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amMayor Bloomberg invited the City Council yesterday to send him a bill to amend term limits so he and all other city officials could serve an extra four years -...
'HERO' TO HEISTS
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amHe battled the Viet Cong and infiltrated the Black Panthers, but ex-cop Athelston Kelson turned to crime after a yearlong struggle with liver cancer left him a beaten man, friends...
ALT ENERGY FANS
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amInvestors looking to catch some air from gale-force interest in wind energy now have a chance with a new exchange-traded fund that tracks companies throughout the world that are active...
NEWSDAY CIRC SCANDAL EXECS SENTENCED
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amNine people who schemed to inflate circulation figures for Newsday and its former sister paper Hoy were sentenced yesterday to probation and ordered to pay thousands of dollars in fines...
NINTENDO UPS GROWTH GAME
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amNintendo says growth in its current fiscal year won't be so slow after all, thanks to stronger-than-expected sales of its Wii and DS gaming systems. The Japanese video game giant...
NORTH TO ALASKA
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amSarah who? America is about to find out. Sen. John McCain yesterday named Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate this fall - and the 44-year-old mother of five...
PLAY BALL, SELL BEER
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amInstant replay has come to baseball. Let the howling begin. This week, as the season winds down, Major League Baseball unveiled technology ostensibly designed to let umpires take a second...
A BRILLIANT TRAP MAKES DEMS THE MALE CHAUVINISTS
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amSHE'S just a beauty queen. She's another Dan Quayle. And ironically, the biggest criticism of Sarah Palin, John McCain's veep choice, is she has no experience. Funny, coming from the...
BOLD MOVE THROWS A 'CHANGE'-UP AT O
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amDENVER - Whoever said old dogs can't learn new tricks? Whether Sarah Palin, a former beauty-queen contestant, turns out to be a disastrous gamble for 72-year-old John McCain, or a...
'BATTERED' CHATMAN MADE CASE FOR JET SPOT
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amAnyone looking for Jesse Chatman yesterday better have checked the massage table or hot tub in the Jets' training room. Chatman, the reserve running back who was signed as a...
SHOWDOWN AT SARATOGA
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amPost handicappers John DaSilva, Ed Fountaine and defending champion Vic Cangialosi challenge former champion steeplechase jockey, OTB backstretch insider and co-publisher of the Saratoga Special, Sean Clancy, as they battle...
TRAFFIC DELAYS A-ROD
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amAlex Rodriguez might want to invest in a helicopter to go with the earplugs he needs to drown out the Yankee Stadium boos. The slumping third baseman was a late...
BOMBERS HAVE ONE MO' DAY OF HOPE
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amALL else has failed, but the Yankees still have Mo. And for one more day they have a flicker of hope. Lost in this season of woe for the Yankees...
'IDLE' PAVANO BECOMES IDOL
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amCarl Pavano can knock a few hundred grand off that $39.95 million refund he owes the Yankees. There was almost a better chance of Tommy John winning two games for...
CUTTING CORNERS
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amAround the 12th week of last season, Sam Madison began feeling lousy. Getting up off the couch was a nightmare. Rolling out of bed was a chore. When he felt...
CUTS HAVE BUBBLE PLAYERS SWEATING
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amA player to keep an eye on today, as the Giants trim 22 players to get down to the 53-man roster limit by 6 p.m., is veteran running back Reuben...
RAGS TO RICH-ES
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amANN ARBOR, Mich. - What would you think about during the moment when a childhood dream and a lifetime of work were about to come to fruition? Rich Rodriguez has...
HONDO: PHIL THE BILL
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amHondo, who had won five straight, re-routed big time last night as he went triple-draino with the White Sox, Orioles and Giants to lower his earnings to 480 ozarks. Today,...
SPORTS SHORTS
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amHOOPS: Liberty lose again In Auburn Hills, Mich., Deanna Nolan scored 26 points and Katie Smith added 14 as the Detroit Shock returned from the Olympic break with an 83-69...
KNICKS GET EWING JR. IN WEIS DEAL
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amNew Knicks acquisition Patrick Ewing Jr. could wear the retired "33" - his father's number when he played at the Garden - if he makes the roster out of training...
TIME FOR PELFREY TO MASTER MARLINS
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amMIAMI - The Marlins' mastery of Mike Pelfrey remains a mystery to the Mets. The big right-hander leads the Mets in victories with 13, is riding a three-game win streak...
RALLY BIG 'BELT' BOOSTS METS
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amMIAMI -- There's nothing subtle about these Mets. Interim manager Jerry Manuel's club packed an entire game's worth of ups and downs into one inning last night, riding a roller...
UMP NO FAN OF 'INSTANT' ACCESS
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amMIAMI - It was fitting the Mets' first chance at encountering instant replay would come at Dolphin Stadium. It's fitting because a blown call here April 2 cost Mets center...
JOLLY ROGER
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amIf Roger Federer is obsessed with Rafael Nadal, he is not acting it. After winning a tougher-than-expected second-round battle over 137th-ranked Brazilian qualifier Thiago Alves, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4, the Swiss...
FRENCH FRIED
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amLindsay Davenport has fought hard to come back from a litany of health woes all year. She was knocked out of Wimbledon with a knee injury and has not playing...
NO DJOK: SERBIAN WINS, BELIEVES HE'LL PLAY SPOILER
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amNovak Djokovic is making quite a name for himself. After reaching the U.S. Open final a year ago, he jokingly said before this year's tournament that he would get in...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 30, 2008 | 8:50amAs if small rural towns in Georgia didn't already have a reputation for rube-ish behavior, the town of Hoschton is trying to go one better. The town's 1,700 residents are...
LONG HOT WEEKEND
August 30, 2008 | 5:48amNOT going to the Hamptons this weekend? Good for you! It's not like you needed another opportunity to fork over major cash at a Southampton nightclub, anyway. And now that...
WHAT'S UP?
August 30, 2008 | 5:48amTODAY NEARLY COURTSIDE: Skip the crowds and see the US Open broadcast live on a giant screen at Madison Square Park, where those with tiny attention spans can take plenty...
SO LONG, SUMMER
August 30, 2008 | 5:48amMAIREAD O'NEILL, 4 1/2 Next stop: Preschool, year two Psyched about: Going to the little playground Advice? My teacher needs to know I have a turtle. What she'll wear: This!...
READ 'EM AND SLEEP!
August 30, 2008 | 5:48amEVERYONE gets back-to-school jitters, even teachers. Really. (My family tree's full of 'em, and they're shaking like leaves right now.) Books to the rescue! Reading together is a great way...
OBAMA BOOSTS RATINGS
August 30, 2008 | 5:48amRATINGS soared for the fourth and final night of the Democratic National Convention. Barack Obama's dramatic acceptance speech at Denver's Mile High Stadium drew 38.4 million viewers to the 10...
'CALI' ROLLS ON
August 30, 2008 | 5:48amDAVID Duchovny's sud den stint in rehab for sex addiction will not effect the new season of his Showtime series, "Californication." All 12 episodes for the second season of "Californication,"...
BURNIN' 'LOVE'
August 30, 2008 | 5:48amHALLMARK Channel, which became sort of the place of last resort for entertainment in the past several years, is mid-makeover via a new head honcho. And after watching their latest...