January 28, 2009
HOUSE OKS $819B STIMULUS BILL IN WIN FOR OBAMA
WASHINGTON -- In a swift victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House approved a historically huge $819 billion stimulus bill Wednesday night, filled with new spending and tax cuts...
Gordon Ramsay: Big Weenie
A group of reporters didn't do much reporting--failing to ask "Hell's Kitchen" host Gordon Ramsay about his alleged affair with Sarah Symonds or about reports that his restaurant empire is...
"Wanted" box art grand reveal
And here it is.Part of me thinks it would have been more effective, sales-wise, if they'd put Angelina Jolie on the cover. But, the rest of me thinks that it's...
STARBUCKS TO CUT EVEN MORE STORES
Starbucks Corp. announced a new round of store closures and layoffs as it reported Wednesday that its profit dropped 69 percent in its fiscal first quarter with sales continuing to...
JABIL CIRCUT TO CUT 3,000 JOBS WORLDWIDE
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Electronics parts maker Jabil Circuit says it is cutting 3,000 jobs, or nearly 4 percent of its work force, because of the global economic turmoil. St....
Jets hire '46' Plank; Sutton stays
From the JetsThe Jets today officially announced the hiring of Doug Plank as assistant secondary coach. Plank was the namesake of the "46 Defense," wearing No. 46 as a safety...
SICKO HITMAN KEPT FINGER OF VICTIM
A drug-addled Gambino hitman who dumped bodies in vats of acid once kept a sick memento of a important job - the finger of a man who'd killed John Gotti's...
Own a Piece of 'Battlestar Galactica'
What does it take to get into Caprica Six's dress?$13,000.The red dress, worn by "Battlestar Galactica's" Tricia Helfer, was one of the biggest sellers during a charity auction last week...
POST OFFICE MAY CUT SERVICE
Looming deficits and growing costs could force the US Postal Service to stamp out delivering mail six days a week, the postmaster general warned lawmakers this afternoon. Postmaster General John...
Report: Favre, GM could meet next week
The Brett Favre saga will almost certainly wrap up quicker than it did last year.And it could even be done next week, accoding to a report on NFLcom, that says...
FED PLEDGES TO USE ALL TOOLS TO HELP ECONOMY
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve, acknowledging the economy has continued to deteriorate, signaled Wednesday that it will keep using unconventional tools to cushion the fallout, including keeping a key interest...
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK GRIM FOR QUEENS IN '09
Queens is reeling. Rising unemployment rates, falling home sales, a skyrocketing number of foreclosures and sagging retail sales paint a grim picture of how the borough is being affected by...
STATE HELP FOR HOSPITALS NOT LIKELY: CARITAS
Teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, Caritas Health Care Inc. sent a letter to the more than 2,500 employees of St. John’s Hospital and St. Mary Immaculate Hospital this week...
GILLIBRAND DROPS IN ON QUEENS
She may not have been a household name just days ago, but newly minted U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) wasted no time in making sure southeast Queens’ political leadership knew...
ATLAS PARK FOUNDER HEMMERDINGER OUT AS LENDERS TAKE OVER
Neighbors of the struggling Shops at Atlas Park in Glendale reacted with mixed feelings to developer Damon Hemmerdinger’s announcement last week that he was out of the project, leaving his...
UNPAID LOAN COULD HALT SKY VIEW PARC: SOURCE
Complications with a primary lender could threaten the construction of Muss Development’s Sky View Parc on College Point Boulevard, according to sources familiar with the planned Flushing megacomplex. Arbor Realty...
David Weathers signs with Reds
The Reds avoided arbitration with David Weathers by signing the bulldog reliever to a one-year contract with an option worth $3.9 million, the Post has learned.Weathers will make $3.5 million...
Linda Stasi and Blago's Hair 'Piece'
Take "The View" please. During his appearance, Barbara Walters grilled him remotely from LA. Nothing. Then at the end of the interview, in a nearly breath-taking moment, Joy Behar leaned...
Bowa: Dodgers need Manny
At least one person is ready to admit his team needs Manny Ramirez. Dodgers third-base coach Larry Bowa is adamant that his team should bring back Ramirez, who is a...
CIA OFFICIAL EYED IN RAPE OF MUSLIM WOMEN
It's a case of sex, lies and videotape - CIA style. A CIA official working in Algeria is under investigation by the US Justice Department for allegedly raping two Muslim...
SHOW 'BUZZ' FOR YAHOO!
Yahoo! is going on TV. The popular search engine is turning its pop culture site, "Yahoo! Buzz" into a new show. The show will use Yahoo!'s search engine to identify...
Pat Burns doing his best
TSN.ca reports that Pat Burns is continuing his role with the Devils despite being diagnosed with cancer for the third time."I love working for New Jersey," Burns told the Canadian...
BROOKLYN LAWYER CHARGED IN $4M THEFT
Stealing candy from just any old babies allegedly wasn't good enough for one Brooklyn lawyer. Big-shot guardianship attorney Steven Rondos was indicted on charges he stole more than $4 million...
DELAYS AT NYC AIRPORTS DUE TO WEATHER
Due to the bad weather, arriving flights to all three of the New York City area's major airports are being delayed. The Federal Aviation Authority says Newark is seeing arrivals...
'DESPERATE' MOVE
IT'S going to get a whole lot cozier on "Desperate Housewives" this year. Lovestruck 40-somethings, Katherine and Mike (Dana Delany and James Denton) are moving in together, according to Entertainment...
WINTER STORM BATTERS MIDWEST, EAST COAST
PHILADELPHIA - A destructive winter storm left more than a million customers in the dark before barreling into the Northeast on Wednesday, delaying flights and turning the morning rush into...
OBAMA TO HOST COCKTAIL PARTY FOR LAWMAKERS
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has invited Republican and Democratic lawmakers for drinks at the White House as they consider his economic recovery bill that still faces opposition.House OKs $819B...
No surprise, Lopez in rookie game
By FRED KERBERBrook Lopez seems better suited for an earlier time. He's fundamental over flash. His dunks are often two-handed, instead of the look-at-me highlight stuff so prevalent in the...
Pulse Sale: Chloe & Reese
CHLOE & REESE888.317.1695Sale: until Feb. 1.Snag the perfect red party dress for $230 (reg. $480).
Jack-of-All-Trades Bauer
Kiefer Sutherland can add Photographer to his resume - right below Playing World-saving Badass Jack Bauer on "24."Sutherland took the below photo while on location in South Africa for the...
Toomer: I could've saved season
BY PAUL SCHWARTZTAMPA, Fla. - The Giants might not have cleared out of their locker room and might be here participating in Super Bowl XLIII if they did not make...
NEWTON-JOHN'S MISSING EX MAY BE FOUND
He's the one that they want - to find. The one-time lover of "Grease" star Olivia Newton-John, who has been missing for four years and presumed dead following a 2005...
HATE CRIME SUSPECTS FACE CHARGES IN MORE ATTACKS
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. - Seven Long Island teenagers already accused in the stabbing death of an Ecuadorean immigrant are facing new charges they attacked other Hispanics. The seven are set to...
MLS releases schedule
MLS has released its full 2009 schedule here. And the Red Bulls have some of the tastiest parts of the slate.They kick off the season with a historic tilt against...
Heilman traded to Cubs
Former Mets pitcher Aaron Heilman was traded from the Mariners to the Cubs, according to the Seattle Post Intelligencer.FOXSports.com also reported the deal.The trade sends Heilman to Chicago in exchange...
Another pitching option eliminated
Jon Garland was not at the top of the Mets list, but had to be considered an option if they are unable to sign Oliver Perez (pictured). But that is...
TREASURY REFORMING $700B BAILOUT PROGRAM
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, trying to signal a fresh start with the government's troubled $700 billion bailout program, is discussing a variety of reforms with the congressional oversight panel that...
PHIL-ING THE GAP
DETROIT -- Bathing in the sugary taste of success after producing the best start by a Yankees pitcher this season, Phil Hughes returned to the gloomy days of last year....
CONOCOPHILLIPS REPORTS $31.8B LOSS ON CHARGES
ConocoPhillips said Wednesday it lost $31.8 billion in the final three months of 2008 as the third-largest U.S. oil company recorded massive, previously disclosed one-time charges to write down assets...
NY TIMES 4Q PROFIT TUMBLES
The New York Times Co. said Wednesday that fourth-quarter earnings plunged 48 percent and online sales fell for the first time as the recession depressed spending by advertisers. The results...
DEALS: Hawaii for $79nt, 1/2 off 2nd
You might say the tiny bubble that is Hawaii's tourism economy has burst as the homeland of the late, great Don Ho reports its lowest occupancy levels since 9/11. Strangely,...
Lee an All-Star? Yes or no (update)
By MARC BERMANWe'll take our own David Lee All-Star Poll here. YES or NO,.Lee is surely popular at the NBA Store but we'll see how he fares with NBA coaches...
SENATE COMMITTEE APPROVES HOLDER
Senate Republicans, who acted like lions in challenging Eric Holder, turned into lambs Wednesday as they joined Democrats in recommending President Barack Obama's choice for attorney general. The Judiciary Committee...
Don't Stop Believing Just Yet
There was one contestant we had to mention, even though he didn't make it. Michael Perrelli, 18, Orlando wasn't allowed to play his guitar, but you can hear him playing...
School House Rock
You know you've made it when "Guitar Hero" picks up your song.The band Crooked X, whose members are all younger than 14, are making a heavy metal name for themselves...
Fitzgerald wants Boldin in Arizona
NFL.com reports WR Larry Fitzgerald "is willing to restructure his contract so the Cardinals can redo [WR Anquan] Boldin's and keep him in Arizona long-term."Boldin is thought to be a...
NEW YORK TAKES $1B TAX REVENUE HIT
New York state will lose a whopping $1 billion in tax revenues this year because cash bonuses to Wall Street employees plummeted 44 percent in 2008, according to a bombshell...
Manny, Ollie updates
Manny Ramirez's agent, Scott Boras, told The Los Angeles Times he expects the outfielder to be signed before the start of spring training. The paper says Ramriez, 36, is seeking...
Brady 'on track' for '09 opener
The Boston Globe reports that despite some early setbacks in rehab from knee surgery, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is "on track to be fine for the opening game of the...
GOP REP BACKS OFF RUSH
A day after accusing Rush Limbaugh of trying to "stir up a bit of controversy" when the conservative radio king blasted Republican leaders as weak, Rep. Phil Gingrey did an...
IRAN PREZ: SHOW US CHANGE
TEHRAN - Iran said on Wednesday it would welcome President Barack Obama's offer of a change in U.S. policy provided it involved a withdrawal of U.S. troops from abroad and...
OBAMA MAKES PLEA FOR STIMULUS PLAN
WASHINGTON -- Looking beyond expected House approval of his $825 billion economic stimulus plan, President Barack Obama said Wednesday the nation is at a "perilous moment" requiring swift and decisive...
DEVILS' MADDEN DROPS CHECKER PAST
KANATA, Ontario -- Always adept at reading what's in front of him,John Madden sees the writing on the wall. The four-time Selke Trophy finalist, and 2001 winner as the NHL's...
SERENA HANDLES SVETLANA'S HEAT
MELBOURNE - After struggling under a searing sun, Serena Williams found her rhythm today when the Rod Laver Arena roof was closed and advanced to the Australian Open semifinals. Williams,...
MARGARITO UNDER FIRE
Antonio Margarito was the toast of boxing last week. Now he could become its latest example of going from adored to despised in a matter of hours. The California State...
MASS. COPS RECOVER GIANTS' STOLEN SUPER BOWL RINGS
LYNN, Mass. - Authorities said yesterday they have found 27 Giants Super Bowl rings, valued at more than $170,000, stolen last June from a Massachusetts jewelry manufacturer. The Essex District...
KENNEDY SHOWING RED STORM THE WAY
St. John's forward D.J. Kennedy didn't see this coming. The sophomore from Pittsburgh had never before been ejected from a game at any level, so there was no way of...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn Cops are hunting for this armed rapist (above), who attacked a teen after she exited an L train at East 105th Street in Canarsie. He forced her into a...
GET READY FOR AN ICECAPADE
The Big Apple is bracing for a winter wallop today, a tricky brew of snow, sleet and freezing rain. "You're going to face the whole mixed bag" in the city...
STARBUCKS' DECAF JITTERS
Now even Starbucks thinks its coffee is too expensive. The java giant plans to stop brewing decaf after noon - a move the Seattle-based company says will help save $400...
BRANGELINA FAMILY CIRCUS
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrive with their entire "cast" at the Tokyo airport yesterday for the Japanese premiere of Pitt's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." Pitt totes 6-month-old...
INSIDE 'PLOT' VS. TRAVOLTA
Extortionists allegedly threatened to embarrass John Travolta with a document that released medics from liability for not taking his dying son to a hospital in the Bahamas - a paper...
AXED DAD SLAUGHTERS FAMILY
WILMINGTON, Calif. - Medical worker Ervin Antonio Lupoe, beyond desperate after he and his wife lost their jobs at an LA hospital, fatally shot her and their five young children...
BAD TIMING, GOOD DINING
JUST in time for the End of Eating As We Know It, along come three - count 'em, three - big, new restaurants sporting unfamiliar, lofty "concepts." All were set...
BREW LOVE
SWIRL, sniff, sip . . . belch? The refined air of Restaurant Daniel may be punctuated by the occasional hiccup tonight. That's because the beverage selections won't hail from the...
STEELERS D VS. WARNER BATTLE OF PREDATORS & PRAY
TAMPA, Fla. - You kill the head of the snake so Larry Fitzgerald can't kill you, which means one thing to the men carrying the torch for Mean Joe Greene...
DEVOUT QB COULD MAKE 'ZONA LORD OF THE RINGS
TAMPA, Fla. - There are two very good reasons why Kurt Warner doesn't fear the Steelers; why he doesn't cower at the thought of a black-and-gold wave of doom closing...
HE'S IN A FARR BETTER PLACE NOW
TAMPA, Fla. - James Farrior remembers the doubters. He remembers the people who thought the Jets blew it by trading out of the top spot in the 1997 draft and...
A SUPER ENDING FOR THRICE-CUT GRAHAM
TAMPA, Fla. - Ben Graham was cut not once but twice this season by the Jets, and come Sunday, he'll be punting for the Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII. The...
PIERCE TALKS WAY TO TAMPA AFTER ALL
TAMPA, Fla. - Antonio Pierce made it to the Super Bowl once again, but not the way he wanted to. The Giants were eliminated by the Eagles in the divisional-playoff...
CARDS' UPSET BID HAS GIANT FEEL
TAMPA, Fla. - As the buses carrying the Cardinals pulled into their accommodations for the week, Maurice Carthon glanced out the window and smiled. At a time when everyone involved...
STARR REPORT
Ch. 5's Dari Alexander, who's been co-anchoring with Ernie Anastos since Rosanna Scotto moved to mornings, can remove the "temporary" tag - she's now officially Anastos' co-anchor at 5 and...
FALSE 'IDOL'
'AMERICAN Idol" has be come sec ond-chance "Idol" for Season 8's Joanna Pacitti - and it's got some of the show's fans up-in-arms. Like Carly Smithson, whose record deal with...
ROSIE O NO BLOGO
ROSIE O'Donnell's blog ging days are over. O'Donnell says she's finished with posting her e.e. cummings-style, lower-case poems and musings on rosie.com - and will re-focus the site on other...
'BACHELOR' BOOM
SINGLE dad Jason Mesnick, star of "The Bachelor," is the reason the show is so popular again, says former "Bachelorette" troublemaker Deanna Pappas. "It's pretty hard not to love him,"...
'JUNGLE' HOPE
'LIPSTICK Jungle" may still be in the woods. The ratings-challenged drama may shift from NBC to one of its sister cable channels, the network boss, Ben Silverman, told Broadcasting &...
NOT ALL RIGHT IN THE 'HEDDA'
GENERAL Gabler's dueling pistols better be under lock and key backstage at "Hedda Gabler." Because if Mary-Louise Parker and British director Ian Rickson get hold of them, there's going to...
INCONSISTENCY GIVING JERSEY FITS
Sigmund Freud would enter culinary school rather than try to figure out these Nets. Forget youth and inexperience, the Nets have shown enough maddening inconsistency all season to send an...
MUSSINA SAYS TORRE BOOK WON'T HURT
As the season nears closer, Mike Mussina sounds very confident that A-Fraud-gate won't hurt Alex Rodriguez too badly. In a phone interview yesterday, Mussina - the Yankees' retired 20-game winner...
BELMONT TRAIN HEARING TODAY
If you take the LIRR to Belmont Park from Penn Station or Brooklyn, it's time to speak up. Among many cuts the MTA is considering to rail service is elimination...
CHANDLER ACCEPTS, THRIVES IN NEW ROLE
When Wilson Chandler was pulled from the starting lineup on Monday, he didn't put up a fight. For one thing, it's not in his nature. But it also helps that...
MARBURY FEELS HEAT
Stephon Marbury officially added Miami to the list of serious suitors during an interview on ESPN's SportsCenter yesterday. "I've spoken to Boston, to Miami, Mark Cuban (Dallas owner)," Marbury said....
MANUEL ON BOARD FOR MANNY, HAS NEW PLAN FOR JOSE
Jerry Manuel declared how much Manny Ramirez would boost the Mets yesterday, and he also offered a revelation about his plans for Jose Reyes. Manuel was part of a City...
SPORTS SHORTS
SPORTS SHORTSBASEBALL: Varitek faces deadline The Red Sox have given catcher Jason Varitek until Friday to accept or reject a one-year, $5 million contract offer with options for 2010. Varitek,...
ISLANDERS VET DONE FOR YEAR
Mike Sillinger's year is over - and perhaps his career, as well. The Islanders announced yesterday that the 37-year-old center had hip resurfacing surgery on Monday and will miss the...
TICKET SALES STRONG AT METS, YANKEES STADIUMS
Just 1 to 2 percent of people who placed deposits for season tickets at Citi Field failed to follow through with their purchase, and the Mets have sold about 25,000...
GOMEZ MAKES IT WORK
It's one thing for a team not to be able to identify its first line when, say, one unit is centered by Sergei Fedorov and another by Steve Yzerman. It's...
FOUR SCORES AND CLEM'S YEAR'S A GO
KANATA, Ontario - The Devils move from strength to strength, and Scott Clemmensen's Season of Wonder stands at 20 victories. "Twenty looks a lot bigger than three," Clemmensen said of...
BC'S RALLY TOPS TERPS
Rakim Sanders and Corey Raji fueled a second-half comeback that carried resurgent Boston College past Maryland 76-67 last night in College Park, Md. Sanders scored 11 of his 16 points...
'EX' FACTOR IN CRICHTON WILL
LOS ANGELES - The will left by author Michael Crichton has been filed - and while his widow gets provided for in a prenup, the rest has been pumped into...
ISLAM CAM ON BAM
CAIRO, Egypt - President Obama chose an Arabic satellite TV network for his first formal television interview as president, part of a concerted effort to repair relations with the Muslim...
GALA AT THE APOLLO
Harlem's Apollo Theater is celebrating the 75th anniversary of its "Amateur Night" - a starting stage for stars like Ella Fitzgerald, Stevie Wonder and James Brown. The first 750 tickets...
STADIUM'S PARKS $OAR
This tab is out of the park. The cost to city taxpayers for recreational facilities replacing the parks that were taken over by the new Yankee Stadium has skyrocketed from...
NOVELLO FACING FELONY CHARGES
ALBANY - Former Health Commissioner Dr. Antonia Novello, blasted by the New York inspector general for the massive misuse of state workers, could be indicted within weeks on at least...
BLOOMBERG, WEINER REMAIN 'POLLS' APART
Less than 24 hours after a TV poll indicated Mayor Bloomberg faces a tough re-election fight against Rep. Anthony Weiner, a second poll released yesterday by a university showed the...
CITY OFFERS POOR 50% INVESTMENT GUARANTEE
If someone guaranteed you a 50 percent return on your investment you'd call the cops, but that's the extraordinary deal Mayor Bloomberg offered yesterday to convince poor New Yorkers to...
TRAGIC MARINE'S WEDDING SECRET
Lance Cpl. Julian Brennan (right) took a secret with him when he shipped off with the Marines to Afghanistan last November. He got married the month before to Bettina Beard,...
ABSENT BLAGO 'SPEAKS' AT TRIAL
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Gov. Rod Blagojevich was hundreds of miles away, but his voice boomed through the Illinois Senate's chambers yesterday as his impeachment jurors listened to FBI wiretaps of...
$16M A YEAR FOR PLANNED B'KLYN PARK
The controversial Brooklyn Bridge Park project will cost $16.1 million a year to maintain -- making it the city's second-most-expensive park per acre to operate. Officials yesterday overseeing construction of...
'WE ARE ON FIRE! MY BABY! MY BABY!'
Five members of a Queens family were critically hurt yesterday when a fast-moving blaze sent the father leaping from a third-story window while his trapped wife huddled with their young...
FAULTY DOORS HAVE SUBWAYS OFF-TRACK
Stand clear of the not-quite-closing doors, please. Subway cars on at least 10 different lines are causing more delays because doors are wobbling, opening too fast, and sometimes failing to...
BUBBA'S $6M BILL
WASHINGTON - Bill Clinton raked in $6 million last year from a series of corporate speaking gigs in countries wife Hillary Rodham Clinton now deals with as Barack Obama's secretary...
SCHUMER TOUTS 'RAIL'IEF PLAN
Commuters could see more tax-free rides if a measure inserted into the federal stimulus package yesterday becomes law. Sen. Charles Schumer inserted a plan that would let businesses offer employees...
STREET SWEEPERS
It's "zero-tolerance" policing straight out of the Giuliani administration - and residents of a crime-plagued Manhattan corner are glad to see it back A day after The Post reported menacing...
BLACK SUNDAY'S 'TIDAL WAVE' OF HEAT
A firefighter testified yesterday that he thought half of his face "was burning off" when a fireball erupted during the Black Sunday blaze. Brendan Cawley recalled for jurors that he...
UNHAPPY MEAL
Forget about French wines and fois gras - the hottest spots in town are serving up fries, fountain drinks and Filet-o-Fish sandwiches. The recession has driven droves of penny-pinching execs...
DAVE WON'T LOOK INTO THE SMEARER
ALBANY - Gov. Paterson yesterday again claimed he didn't have a clue about who close to him had smeared Caroline Kennedy - even as reporters said his top aides were...
JAMES BRADY - DEATH OF A POST LEGEND
James Brady, a New York Post legend and a gentle giant of American military and media history, died yesterday at his Manhattan home. He was 80. Brady was a prince...
CITI FATCATS DITCH $50M JET
Citigroup grounded its plan to buy a $50 million luxury jet yesterday after a public outcry - including flak from the White House - made it all but impossible for...
HOT BABE HOPES TO 'RACK' UP
She had everything a bikini-themed restaurant could want - waitressing experience, ample motivation and a more than ample bra size of 34D. But pretty Melody Morales says she was still...
FREED FROM GITMO - TO MURDER
A terrorist who was released from the Guantanamo Bay prison and later blew himself up - along with 12 other people - in Iraq thanked God for his release in...
GLORIOUS 'RABBIT' RUN ENDS
Novelist John Updike, the Pulitzer Prize-winning chronicler extraordinaire of suburban angst and one of America's most eminent men of letters, died yesterday. He was 76. Updike, best known for his...
LI 'PONZI' BIG HIRED PRISON CHURCH CON
The suspected mastermind of a $370 million Ponzi scheme that wiped out the life savings of innocent people recruited a fellow inmate to be one of his top salesmen as...
NON-TAXPAYERS GET TOO MUCH STIMULUS: GOP
WASHINGTON - President Obama's nearly $1 trillion economic-stimulus package includes more than $80 billion in redistribution of wealth from taxpayers to non-taxpayers, Republicans charged yesterday. The legislation also includes a...
CHURCH SUES FOR 'PERV' INSURANCE
Insurance giant AIG is short-changing the Catholic Church by refusing to pay on a policy the Brooklyn Diocese took out for claims against pervert priests, the church claims in a...
NY HOME$ IN RECORD PLUNGE
Home prices in the New York area took a record tumble last November, according to a survey released yesterday. The 1.6 percent plunge from October to November was the worst...
TWU CANDIDATE
A track inspector said yesterday he'll run for president of the Transport Workers Union, after its current chief said he won't seek re-election. John Samuelsen will oppose a slate backed...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Those in search of the ultimate Super Bowl party, look no further than Fairfield, Conn. The town's main artery was closed after a massive spill of Buffalo-wing sauce clogged the...
Think Red Bull Arena will look this nice?
I know some of you guys are still in mourning over the opening of Red Bull Arena being pushed back to 2010. Hopefully this animated video of the stadium will...
O GOES UNILATERAL
PRESIDENT Obama spent his first week in office dismantling a number of Bush policies. Demanding reports on a faster Iraq withdrawal or closing Gitmo amount to no more than political...
TRASHING THE PRESIDENT: HEY, AN EYE FOR AN EYE
THE ISSUE: Whether all Americans, regardless of political affiliation, should support the president. *** Adam Brodsky is right: It's in the best interest of our nation to back our president...
ACTION NEEDED AGAINST GEESE
SINCE the miracle of US Airways Flight 1549, when everyone on board survived the emer gency landing into the Hudson River, most of us have moved on. People assume that...
QUALITY POLICING
CRIME in New York began to fall under Mayor David Dinkins and continued to drop under Mayor Rudolph Giuliani - to the point that in 2002 many thought it had...
HOW 'CHILD SAFETY' MAY KILL NYC JOBS
IF Congress doesn't act quickly, tens of thousands of Americans will lose their jobs - and several hundred New York businesses will get hit particularly hard. The problem is the...
BANKS GIVEN $386M MORE
WASHINGTON, DC - The Treasury Department says it distributed another $386 million to 23 banks on Friday, the first awards from the federal bailout fund since President Barack Obama took...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
GE rating GE's Aaa long-term debt ratings and that of its finance arm GE Capital may be lowered by Moody's Investors Service because "deepening global weakness" may hurt GE Capital's...
MERRILL BROKERS IRKED AS 'BIZ' TRIPS BANNED
Merrill Lynch brokers, already frustrated by Bank of America's purchase of their company, are crying foul over their firm's decision to slash hundreds of rookie brokers and ban trips for...
OFFICE CONDOS GROWING TREND
THE office building at 575 Fifth Ave. has been quietly turned into a commercial condominium by owner MetLife. The 35-story tower on the southeast corner of East 47th Street has...
KNICK'S NEW DRIVE TO 'NET
Stephon Marbury hasn't lost a step off his game. Not basketball, mind you, where Marbury's career hangs in limbo because of an ongoing dispute with the Knicks, but his business...
NADEL HAD CASH PILE FOR WIFE
Arthur Nadel, the Florida hedge-fund manager who turned himself in after being on the lam for nearly two weeks, set aside a stash of cash to ensure his wife survived...
SCHUMER: MOVE SEC TO NEW YORK
Some angry senators think the Securities and Exchange Commission isn't smart enough anymore to catch swindlers, and must relocate to New York so it can keep closer tabs on Wall...
BOFA'S LEWIS IS NEXT
John Thain may not be the only one having to answer questions posed by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo about Merrill Lynch's controversial 11th-hour bonus payments. Sources tell The...
SUPER BOWL ADS STRUGGLE IN NOT-SO-FLUSH TIMES
The Super Bowl kicks off in five days, but some of the game's biggest sponsors are still deciding what spots to run and how to set the right tone in...
BARTZ PLAYS IT CAUTIOUS AS YAHOO! POSTS $303M LOSS
Yahoo!'s fourth-quarter results illustrate the Herculean task facing new CEO Carol Bartz as she attempts to clean up the operational mess left by Jerry Yang's 18-month reign as chief executive....
STILL NO 7 CENTS SOLUTION
BATTLE lines have now been drawn in the magazine-wholesaler war. Time Inc. yesterday became the first major publisher to say it won't distribute magazines through Ron Burkle's Source Interlink Cos....
$825B, KEEP THE CHANGE
President Obama traveled to Capitol Hill yesterday to persuade politicians to hand out free money. Right. Like that's a heavy lift. Specifically, Obama was pushing the $825 billion stimulus package...
BAILOUT BANDITS
Citigroup seems to have gotten the message: You can't go buying private luxury jets when you're on the dole. Yesterday, it scrapped plans to take delivery of a plush, $50...
Mexican paper offer voodoo dolls in hopes of beating U.S.
If you can't beat 'em, hex 'em.The Mexico City-based sports newspaper Record has offered fans of the Mexican National Team a coupon to be redeemed at Radio Shack for a...
LA MAN UPSET OVER JOB KILLS WIFE, 5 KIDS, HIMSELF
LOS ANGELES -- A man who fatally shot his wife, five young children and himself Tuesday had earlier faxed a note to a TV station claiming the couple had just...
MORE MANUEL ON MANNY
With or without Manny Ramirez, manager Jerry Manuel thinks his Mets are good enough to win next season. He'd love to put Ramirez in the middle of that lineup, though....