February 4, 2009
Avery plans to skate on own
SportsNet.ca reports that former Rangers forward Sean Avery plans to skate on his own starting within 10 days while continuing to receive counseling.The Web site says, "Sources say the Stars...
'JACKASS' STEVE-O TO 'DANCE WITH THE STARS'
You can lead a "Jackass" star to rehab - but can you make him waltz? Wild man Steve-O, who shot to fame on MTV's anything-goes show "Jackass," is in line...
NTSB CONFIRMS BIRDS IN ENGINES OF US AIRWAYS PLANE
WASHINGTON -- Federal safety officials confirm there were birds in both engines of the US Airways airliner that ditched into the Hudson River last month. The National Transportation Safety Board...
ORIGINAL SIN - INTRO
Dear You: My biggest surprise going back through our archives - starting in the 1970s - was that we didn't get it wrong very often. Over the years, the various...
BARRY BAD
Barry Bonds, baseball's all-time home run king, tested positive for steroids on at least three occasions in 2000 and 2001 - contradicting his testimony to a federal grand jury in...
Mets fans really don't like logo
The New York Post's Mets beat writer Bart Hubbuch posted the Mets' new logo on his blog on Jan. 15 with a poll to get fans reaction.It hasn't been good...
QUEENS RESIDENTS, LEADERS SPLIT OVER HOW MAYOR RUNS SCHOOLS
At the state Assembly's first hearing on mayoral control of city public schools last Thursday, Queens residents and lawmakers both assailed and praised the way city administrators have run the...
MARY IMMACULATE, ST. JOHN'S HOSPTIALS SEEK CASH TO STAY ALIVE
Warning that "time is running short," the parent company of Mary Immaculate Hospital and St. John's Queens Hospital said Monday it would need $6 million in interim funding from the...
QUEENS COLLEGE COMMUTERS RALLY TO SAVE Q74
More than 50 Queens legislators, college students and seniors railed against the MTA's proposal to eliminate the Q74 bus line at a rally Friday afternoon outside the Pomonok Houses in...
MONSERRATE PAYS PR FIRM TO BOOST IMAGE
State Sen. Hiram Monserrate (Dâ'East Elmhurst) paid a Manhattanâ'based public relations firm $15,000 from his campaign funds shortly after his arrest on suspicion of allegedly slashing his girlfriend's face with...
BOMB CRITICALLY WOUNDS ARKANSAS DOCTOR
WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. - A car bomb explosion critically wounded the head of the Arkansas panel that licenses and disciplines doctors, detonating in his driveway as he was leaving for...
LOPEZ, ROY?
By FRED KERBERWASHINGTON - We're going back to a recent conversation with a veteran scout who has seen Brook Lopez frequently this season.He says Lopez would be his choice for...
PUNISHMENT PRACTICE FOR RANGERS
A half hour of slothful practice this afternoon accounted for 30 minutes more than Tom Renney could bear. So the head coach of the Rangers stopped the workout and proceeded...
TEXAS WOMAN BREAKS BREAST IMPLANT RECORD
Sheyla Hershey's massive 38KKK breasts have been declared the world's biggest boob job, according to Britain's Daily Star.PHOTOS: Sheyla Hershey The 28-year-old, a Texas housewive, has had nine operations to...
BOFA TO SELL 3 CORPORATE JETS, MERRILL HELICOPTER
Bank of America is selling some of its corporate aircraft fleet as the bank looks to scale back costs. Many financial firms are giving up private jet travel as scrutiny...
Today in Manny-land
Agent Scott Borastold MLB.com that he expects negotiations between Manny Ramirez and the Dodgers to resume, and that his client should not have to settle for a one-year deal. The...
MAN SUES EX-WIFE OVER LOST MADOFF FUNDS
READ THE ENTIRE LIST OF MADOFF VICTIMS (PDF) A Manhattan man is suing his ex-wife, claiming she owes him a staggering $2.8 million he gave her in exchange for their...
TIGER PRACTICING 'FULL-BORE'
Tiger Woods today announced on his Web site that he is "full-bore with his practice sessions and has no restrictions," the first time he has been able to say that...
DEALS: Paris's raddest hotel for $101
"Every social, racial, religious or sexual group is placed in a particular category that can be assessed in terms of how much revenue they can bring to a particular industry...
TRIAL STARTS FOR SLAIN DENTIST
The hit man hired by a Queens woman to kill her husband had "evil in his heart and murder on his mind" after he pumped two bullets into the victim,...
Blagojevich to Letterman: 'I'll Be Vindicated'
Blago and his hair 'piece' hit the late-night TV circuit with a visit to the "Late Show" last night."I did nothing wrong, and I'll have an opportunity to be able...
DROP IN THE BUCKET
The search for assets of accused Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff's securities firm has so far turned up about $950 million of the $50 billion he confessed to stealing, the firm's...
Reggie rips new Knicks fans
As if Reggie Miller hasn't tortured Knicks fans enough.Miller ripped into Monday's Garden crowd for cheering on Kobe Bryant with 'MVP' chants on a night when Bryant poured in 61...
Red Bulls lose to U-17s. Yes, U-17s!
The Red Bulls' preseason started in earnest today, and they dropped a 1-0 decision to a grade-school team. Actually it was a humiliating loss to the U.S. Under-17 National Team,...
HEAVY LOSSES FOR TIME WARNER
LOS ANGELES - Media and entertainment giant Time Warner Inc. reported a fourth-quarter loss, hurt by a previously expected $24.2 billion writedown for its cable, publishing and AOL assets. The...
Report: Brodeur could return Feb. 26
Martin Brodeur has a tentative return date of Feb. 26 when the Devils play the Avalanche, NorthJersey.com reports.The news comes from "a source familiar with the goalie's recovery schedule." And...
FBI CRACKS DOWN ON NY MOB FAMILY
The FBI has made several arrests in an investigation of New York's Genovese organized crime family. The suspects were named Wednesday in a racketeering indictment charging them with extortion, loan...
PELOSI'S 500-MILLION-PERSON SLIP
Looks like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will say anything to get support for President Obama's $900 billion stimulus package. Pelosi publicly stated that "every month that we do not have...
'Dollhouse,' 'Terminator' Do the Grind
The only thing the below promo is missing is a machine-gun leg.In the new promo for Fox's sci-fi Friday night line-up, the leading ladies of "Dollhouse" and "Terminator: The Sarah...
PATERSON ADMITS: THERE WAS A LEAK
ALBANY, N.Y. - After denying involvement in the leak of damaging claims about Caroline Kennedy after she withdrew from consideration for New York's U.S. Senate seat, Gov. David Paterson now...
MADOFF TIPSTER ASSAILS SEC
The whistleblower who waged a decade-long campaign to alert federal regulators to problems plaguing embattled money manager Bernard Madoff said today that the SEC "roars like a lion and bites...
No one here wants Manny, Yanks come out of hiding
METS AND YANKEES DON'T WANT MANNYBoth team general managers have come out and denied that they will be pursuing Manny Ramirez.Mets GM Omar Minaya, ""There's not going to be any...
PASSENGERS LEAD REVOLT AGAINST 'DRUNK' PILOT
It is normally a moment of cheery reassurance when an airline pilot greets passengers during preparations for take-off. But Alexander Cheplevsky sparked panic on flight Aeroflot 315 when he began...
CROCK POT SAFETY TIPS
Safety tips: It's all clear for the crock FOR the crock-pot newcomer, it can be slightly unnerving to leave food cooking all day in your empty, flammable apartment. So we...
CROCK POT COOKING TIPS
CROCK POT COOKING TIPS * Always spray pot with cooking spray before using. * Pot should ideally be half to three-quarters full. * No peeking, especially when on low setting...
RECIPE: TACO SOUP
TACO SOUP "Taco Soup is hands-down our family's favorite recipe," says A Year of Crockpotting blogger Stephanie O'Dea. "It's foolproof, it tastes good, there's a lot of leftovers, and it...
GOOGLE LAUNCHES MOBILE PEOPLE FINDER
SAN FRANCISCO - With an upgrade to its mobile maps, Google Inc. hopes to prove it can track people on the go as effectively as it searches for information on...
$500G PAY CAPS FOR BAILOUT CEOS: OBAMA
WASHINGTON - Call it a salary cap for Wall Street CEOs and executives. President Obama imposed tough new rules today on executive compensation in an effort to rein in corporate...
DVD Extra: Revisiting Natalie Wood
Another film that could really use a commentary track is the remastered version of Elia Kazan's "Splendor in the Grass,'' where Natalie is terrific as a high-school student in 1928...
THOUGHTS ON THE TORRE BOOK
FROM JOEL SHERMANAnother quick 3 UP today because I am again hosting the Sirius-XM baseball show this morning from 7-10 a.m. on Sirius 210 or XM 175. My co-host is...
3 UP: Torre, Castro, Zambrano
Another quick 3 UP today because I am again hosting the Sirius-XM baseball show this morning from 7-10 a.m. on Sirius 210 or XM 175. My co-host is Jim Duquette,...
RANGERS RETIRE GRAVES' NUMBER
THE MAN of the People had a number retirement ceremony of the people, by the people and for the people of New York. And what else would anyone have expected...
TWO OTHER GREATS DESERVE A NIGHT
After Rangers Adams Graves won with, current Rangers he counsels, and the tiniest fraction of persons whose lives he has touched had been introduced on his night, he asked one...
BLUESHIRTS' 'O' WOES CONTINUE
The Rangers watched with rapt attention from their bench as Adam Graves, his No. 9 soon headed to the rafters, repeatedly expressed the joy of playing in the World's Most...
FLASH FINISH
HANNAH Montana is back on the range. Miley Cyrus (right, with Emily Osment as her best friend) returns with the second half of the third season of "Hannah Montana" on...
DVD SET KNOCKS ON WOOD
NATALIE Wood was a rare child star - "Miracle on 34th Street" is perhaps her best known film these days - who easily transitioned into adult roles, most famously in...
REAL-LIFE TRAUMA MEETS TV
BODIES buried in walls, bloody murders in alleyways, human trafficking and botched plastic surgery - yawn. Been there, done that. Repeatedly. With more than a dozen crime or medical-based TV...
WHAT A CROCK!
'WHAT my mother believed about cooking," Nora Ephron once wrote, "is that if you worked hard and prospered, someone else would do it for you." Well, yes. Why else would...
STARR REPORT
Politics of change TV legend Norman Lear's new initiative, Born Again American (bornagainameri can.org), has a JFK-era ring - with its call for citizens to get involved in their commu...
NY: 'ACTRESS TYPE THINGY'
NEW YORK is taking her act downstairs - the saucy reality star has been tapped to appear in an all-black traveling production of "The Vagina Monologues." New York, whose real...
WOMEN POUR THEIR ARTS OUT
THE lives of five New York-based fe male artists - differing greatly in age and formats - unfold in the tightly edited (no intercuts, for example) documentary "Our City Dreams."...
'TONIGHT' TRIES TO WOO MAX
CONAN O'Brien's drum ming sidekick, Max Weinberg, is not expected to be joining "The Tonight Show" when O'Brien takes over the show next month. Weinberg, the longtime anchor of O'Brien's...
'TOP CHEF' TRYOUTS AT CRAFTSTEAK
THINK you can make the cut? Wannabe chefs can try out for Bravo's "Top Chef" March 1, when the show touches down in New York to hold auditions. Potential kitchen...
SHOW NOT OGRELY OPTIMISTIC
THE green ogre's drowning in a sea of red ink. Box-office grosses for "Shrek," DreamWorks' $30 million flagship musi cal, have crashed through the subbasement as the recession continues to...
BASEBALL BOB
BOB Costas yesterday left HBO, where he was host of "Costas Now," for the MLB Network to do play-by-play for "at least half" of the network's 26 live game broadcasts...
JOE BOOK BROKE CODE - YOU CAN LOOK IT UP
JOE Torre is so good at putting out fires, even ones he started. That's what he's doing on his book tour for "The Yankee Years," and that's fine. That's exactly...
TORRE DENIES HE BROKE CLUBHOUSE CODE
If baseball truly has a code about clubhouse secrets, Joe Torre insists his new book doesn't break it. "I really don't think I violated anything," Torre said yesterday during his...
REPORT: FEDS FOUND BONDS TESTED POSITIVE
This morning in San Francisco, some of the evidence the government has gathered against Barry Bonds will be made public. And, a positive drug test for Bonds from 2003 reportedly...
LEBRON ARRIVES ON HEELS OF KOBE'S 61
Tonight, just 48 hours after Kobe Bryant dropped 61 points, a record at the new Garden, on the Knicks and turned their own crowd against them, now they must face...
ASSISTANT WOULD TAKE ANOTHER 'SCHOTT' ON FAVRE
Brian Schottenheimer - like Brett Favre since the Jets' season of promise crashed and burned into a bitter, playoff-less disappointment - needed to get away. So after Eric Mangini was...
METS INSIST RAMIREZ ISN'T FLUSHING-BOUND
Mets fans can hold all the "Million Manny Marches" they want. Manny Ramirez won't be wearing a home jersey in Flushing this season. Management made that crystal clear yesterday, saying...
JETER: I SUPPORT ALEX
Derek Jeter spoke to SI.com today and fully backed teammate Alex Rodriguez, who has taken more heat since it was revealed in Joe Torre's new book that the third baseman...
SPORTS SHORTS
NBA: Nelson may miss season All-Star Magic point guard Jameer Nelson is optimistic he can play again this season, despite a torn labrum in his right shoulder. Nelson said he...
DEVILS' STREAK GOES CAP-UT
They've had only four longer winning streaks in their history, but that gave the Devils no solace. They were baffled and annoyed by the way their run of eight straight...
LOYAL DAMON DEFENDS A-ROD
A-Fraud? Not in Johnny Damon's book. "All I know is, A-Rod is such a great teammate," the Yankee center fielder said last night at the 29th annual Thurman Munson Awards...
BRIAN'S LOYAL TO HIS BOSS
If Brian Cashman didn't offer Joe Torre the support Torre expected to remain as Yankee manager after the 2007 season, it's probably because Cashman's primary loyalty has always been to...
ISLES CONTINUE MYSTIFYING HOT STREAK
Where did this come from? Just when the Islanders were given up for dead, when even the coach said he was no longer concerned with wins and losses, the team...
CARTER'S TRIPLE-DOUBLE RUINS RJ'S HOMECOMING
The Nets turned Richard Jefferson's homecoming into a true team house party, featuring Vince Carter's fifth career triple-double. "This is what you call a team victory and I think it's...
CASHMAN: YANKS ARE TAPPED OUT
Forget about Manny Ramirez coming to the Yankees, either. GM Brian Cashman reiterated yesterday the Bombers will not pursue the free-agent slugger. "I do hear the rumblings," Cashman said. "People...
KNIGHTS ASSIST HOYAS OUT OF RUT
Jessie Sapp scored 11 points and Georgetown's defense forced 21 turnovers in a 57-47 victory over Rutgers in Washington last night, ending the Hoyas' five-game losing streak. Greg Monroe added...
BRUTAL BRONX THUG CAUGHT IN THE ACT
This cowardly thug is responsible for mugging three women in The Bronx last month, cops say. In chilling video released yesterday, he's seen lurking in the stairwell in the lobby...
'NET-CENSOR FOE
STRASBOURG, France - A European Union law to reinforce Internet freedom would be unnecessary, a top EU regulator said yesterday. Congress has drafted a Global Online Freedom Act. Some European...
TROUBLE IN PARADISE
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - With two private jets on call and a Hollywood wife, the Turks and Caicos prime minister lived like the rich and famous who have made...
DENIALS BY 'HATE THUG'
A Long Island teenager accused of participating in an attack that left an Ecuadorean immigrant dead is denying charges that he also assaulted other Hispanics. Kevin Shea pleaded not guilty...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn A man was shot and killed outside his home in Bedford-Stuyvesant, police said yesterday. Cops responding to a 911 call reporting gunfire found Corey Allen, 30 slumped on the...
SHUTTERING NEWS FOR BRANDEIS HS
Brandeis HS in Manhattan will be closing, education officials announced yesterday, making it the second high school and the 15th school overall to get the grim news this school year....
FIGHT OVER SPILL BILL
With ExxonMobil reporting a record $45 billion in profits in 2008, the oil giant should dig deeper into its pockets to complete a cleanup of the nation's largest oil spill...
2ND AVE. SUBWAY $TILL A RAIL HELP: POL
After years of cost overruns, shuttered businesses, and several groundbreakings, one lawmaker still says the Second Avenue Subway is good for the city's economy. The everlasting construction on the mega-project...
SNOWBOARD FEST AT FDR
This ramp off the FDR Drive is built for speed. The snowboarding ramp put up in East River Park will draw 16 top pros of the sport tomorrow, including Olympic...
CITY LOWERS BOOM ON UNSAFE CRANES
Proposed new Buildings Department rules are aimed at preventing another crane collapse like the Upper East Side disaster in May that killed two construction workers, officials said yesterday. The city...
GITMO TERROR ALARM
President Obama's plan to close the Guantanamo Bay prison within a year could endanger Americans by releasing terrorists to their less secure homelands - particularly Yemen, an explosive GOP analysis...
BREEDING DISORDER
Octomom multiplied because she was an only child, which made her lonely, her mom says. "She has always talked about having children and always being upset that she didn't have...
BITTEN BY REMORSE
The Staten Island groundhog who chomped on Mayor Bloomberg's left hand Monday is a lover, not a biter, his handlers insisted yesterday. "He kind of feels embarrassed," Staten Island Zoo...
EYE'M NOT SORRY
The sightless man ripping Gov. Paterson in a statewide TV attack ad came forward yesterday to insist the governor's blindness had nothing to do with the de cision to take...
AUTHOR-CHEF TAKES LID OFF LE BERNARDIN
'ON THE Line: Inside the World of Le Bernar din," by Eric Ripert and Christine Muhlke, is the most fun book you'll ever read about a restaurant you love. Chaotically...
NY 'NUT' TOLL: 21
A peanut-linked health crisis that has sickened 550 people nationwide and is being blamed for killing another eight has left 21 New Yorkers ill, state officials said yesterday. Although none...
$9M ID-THEFT HAUL BY GLOBAL ATM HACK SQUAD
A global network of cyber-thieves unleashed a coordinated ATM strike that swindled a staggering $9 million and collected the sensitive personal data of about 1.5 million victims, authorities said yesterday....
JAIL FOR SHEEPSKIN SCAMMER
Maybe now he can sell fake juris doctorates at the prison law library. A Touro College administrator who masterminded a six-figure scheme for selling phony degrees, transcripts and letters of...
SULLY IS ONE FOR THE BOOKS
A California university let hero pilot Chesley Sullenberger slide on a misplaced library book. He had a good excuse: Losing it while saving 155 lives during his Hudson River splash...
THUG BEAT VICKY'S GUY
John Gotti sicced his most sadistic hit man on his future son-in-law for smacking around gal pal Victoria Gotti, the Dapper Don's daughter. Accused killer Charles Carneglia, 62, was part...
HEALTH CHOICE DASCHLE PULLS OUT IN TAX STORM
WASHINGTON - Tom Daschle, Barack Obama's pick to oversee a massive health-care overhaul, withdrew his Cabinet nomination yesterday amid a boiling controversy over his late payment of $128,000 in taxes....
VIDEO NAILS SUBWAY CUTUP
A YouTube video in which guerilla subway artist Poster Boy all but thumbs his nose at cops as he slices and dices platform ads played a role in his downfall...
GOP YELLS 'CUT!' TO BOO$T FOR H'WOOD
WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans yesterday stripped a special $246 million tax break for Hollywood producers from President Obama's stimulus package. "This isn't stimulus. This is a gift," said Sen. Tom...
CITY'S 'GAME' PLAN
Now all they need are pro athletes and furry mascots running the hallways. The city's Department of Education is teaming up with ESPN to create a new spin on career...
JUDGE: GAY SPOUSE GETS ESTATE
A New York man who's the surviving partner in a same-sex marriage is legally entitled to inherit his late spouse's estate, a Manhattan judge has ruled. The decision by Surrogate's...
PROTESTERS CRASH BASH TO BOO BLOOMY
* A horde of angry protesters chanting, "This is what democracy looks like!" burst into a fancy ballroom to interrupt a speech Mayor Bloomberg was delivering on the city's economy...
COLUMBIA 'THIEF' BUST
A one-man crime wave from Massachusetts road-tripped it to Columbia University every weekend for the past two months - stealing wallets from gymnasium lockers and a dozen laptops, The Post...
'DWI SLAYER' SKIPPED BAIL
The career criminal who drunkenly mowed down two people in a stolen car in Queens had skipped bail on a separate criminal case in Brooklyn, prosecutors said yesterday. Kenneth Guyear,...
MILLIONAIRES TOLD TO BITE SILVER TAX BULLET
ALBANY - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver yesterday issued his strongest call for a massive tax hike on the wealthy to help close the state's $13 billion budget gap. "Is it...
SONGWRITER DENIES RAPE
An Academy Award-winning songwriter accused of drugging and raping an aspiring actress claims the woman agreed to have sex with him inside his Upper East Side apartment. Joseph Brooks -...
MEAT-HEAD$ AT TAVERN
A meat supplier has a beef with Tavern on the Green. In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, the London Meat Co. says the storied Central Park restaurant owes it...
GOODBYE, DOLLY FOR 1ST KIDS
Marvelous Malia and Sweet Sasha, the unauthorized dolls that bear the same monikers as the president's daughters, are getting a name change. Ty Inc. yesterday announced it's bowing to pressure...
SNAFU HITS WHEEL MEALS
Mayor Bloomberg's Meals on Wheels reforms hit a bump in Queens this week, with hot food deliveries never reaching dozens of homebound seniors, sources said last night. The mayor streamlined...
OBAMA KEEPS VOW ON CIGS
The butt stops here at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., says President Obama. The puffing prez, who has struggled to kick his nicotine habit, said in a TV interview yesterday that he...
THIEF 'COPS' DEAL
A Connecticut accountant was sentenced to a year in prison for stealing more than $5 million from clients, but dodged a much stiffer penalty because he helped put away two...
WOE IS O ON WORST DAY YET
President Obama admitted that yesterday was a mess for his new administration, thanks to tax problems that forced two appointees to withdraw - and the commander-in-chief even fled the White...
END OF ERA FOR GAY BOOKSHOP
New York's last gay and lesbian bookstore is closing. The Oscar Wilde Bookshop, named after the gay writer, will sell its last book on March 29. Owner Kim Brinster blamed...
CUOMO'S COURTING THE RIGHT
ALBANY - In a surprise move, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has accepted an invitation to address the state Conservative Party on Monday, further fueling speculation he may run for governor...
VANISH CO-ED COMES CLEAN
A St. John's co-ed who "disappeared" two weeks ago after a flight from her native North Carolina surfaced yesterday and admitted she was hiding out the whole time with a...
FROM POT TOKES TO STROKES
Hey, bud! Let's . . . go swimming. That's super-Olympian Michael Phelps strolling from a Baltimore natatorium yesterday after resuming training and - hopefully - putting his pot-smoking past behind...
ANXIETY AT IRAN SATELLITE
TEHRAN - Iran's announcement yesterday that it launched its first domestically made satellite into space stirred worldwide concern, and prompted words of warning from Washington. "This action does not convince...
SANIT-GARAGE SUIT IN SOHO
Residents and community groups that want to trash a proposed city sanitation garage in SoHo filed a lawsuit yesterday to stop it. The city has to vacate the current Sanitation...
ALL BETS OFF FOR FARGO
When will they ever learn? Wells Fargo abruptly cancelled a pricey Las Vegas casino junket for its employees last night after a torrent of criticism that it was misusing $25...
CIPRIANIS END RAINBOW WAR
The Rainbow Room is over the Ciprianis. The Cipriani family has agreed to give up operations of the famed restaurant and nightspot, and will clear out of the space by...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
It was a family affair. A Maryland man, his wife and his son allegedly took turns trying to stab cops who were breaking up a fight among them. First, the...
ADVICE FOR THE GOV
How can Gov. Paterson and his staff lead New York out of its worst fiscal crisis in at least a generation? The Post asked some key staffers from the last...
ADVICE FOR THE GOV
How can Gov. Paterson and his staff lead New York out of its worst fiscal crisis in at least a generation? The Post asked some key staffers from the last...
'JUST SAY NO' TO MEXICAN DRUGS
THE ISSUE: Whether the US should get involved with Mexico's battle against drug cartels. *** Peter Brooks is right: If Mexico becomes a failed state, it will spell trouble aplenty...
DODD'S NEW DODGE
SEN. Chris Dodd is hoping to make his sweetheart deals with Country wide Mortgage - which saved him tens of thousands of dollars on two mortgages - disappear. Dodd, the...
EMPTY 'STIMULUS'
THE economy's worsening by the day and in need of a quick boost. Yet the $800-plus billion "economic-stimulus" bill now being rushed through Congress is anything but. Democrats tend to...
ADVICE FOR THE GOV
How can Gov. Paterson and his staff lead New York out of its worst fiscal crisis in at least a generation? The Post asked some key staffers from the last...
MAUREEN'S THE SNARKIEST - WITHOUT A DOWD
THE ISSUE: The chapter featuring Maureen Dowd in David Denby's new book "Snark." *** According to Oscar Wilde, "the first duty in life is to assume a pose," and one...
WALD PLANS CNBC EXIT AFTER LOSING TO HOFFMAN
A years-long battle between CNBC President Mark Hoffman and business news chief Jonathan Wald over who saved the business cable channel ended yesterday when Wald threw in the towel. CNBC...
LIZ SET TO FASHION 725 JOB CUTS
Liz Claiborne said it will cut 725 jobs, or 8 percent of its work force, as demand for department-store fashions continues to tank. The owner of Juicy Couture, Kate Spade...
JAN. AUTO SALES TANK
Detroit's wrecked sales of autos continued to litter the profit highway with some of the worst January results in 27 years. General Motors, Ford Motor, Toyota and Nissan were among...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Fortunoff Fortunoff, which The Post reported last week is close to bankruptcy, closed its Manhattan store and is in talks with companies to liquidate most of its merchandise. A spokeswoman...
ECONOMY HITS DISNEY
The Walt Disney Co. finally succumbed to the effects of the souring economy, reporting a 32 percent drop in fiscal first-quarter profit as its movie studio, TV networks and theme...
NY METS BANKING ON CITI
Both Citigroup and the New York Mets yesterday insisted that their $400 million stadium-naming-rights deal is still on, while the team's owners blasted opponents of the plan, saying other banks...
UK ATT'YS CA$H IN ON MADOFF
Bernard Madoff's bankruptcy could mean big bucks for British lawyers, who soon might be hired at rates approaching $800 per hour to help liquidate the overseas assets of the alleged...
EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS, IT SEEMS
YESTERDAY, The Post had a list of all 24,111 properties in the city that owe back taxes and large water bills, and as such are facing foreclosure. We reviewed the...
NO PEOPLE AT WAL-MART
CHAOS from the ongoing maga zine wholesaler war has officially arrived, and it looks likely that many celebrity weeklies won't be heading to many local Wal-Marts this week. Wal-Mart, the...
TIMES MAY REVIVE ITS FAILED PAY-FOR-WEB EXPERIMENT
The New York Times is still debating whether to ask readers to pay for access to its Web site, two years after the paper ended a controversial experiment to charge...
GROUNDHOG DAY: LINGERING QUESTIONS
Regarding the Groundhog Day attack on Mayor Bloomberg by Staten Island Chuck, the rambunctious rodent trotted out by borough zookeepers each year to search for his shadow, we have two...
CITIFIELD FOREVER?
Citigroup hasn't seen a quarterly profit in more than a year and has scarfed up at least $45 billion in taxpayer cash - so some folks think ditching the bank's...
DO-NOTHING DAVE
Gov. Paterson and the Legislature were on track to raid every piggybank in New York last night, seeking to scare up $1.6 billion to balance Albany's books for the current...
BLOOMBERG TO CUT TV, RADIO STAFF
Bloomberg LP's long-running streak of no layoffs will end today as the company founded by Mayor Mike Bloomberg hands out pink slips to 60 people in the company's unprofitable TV...
HUDSON YARDS DEAL DELAYED
Tough economic times have put off the closing of a $1 billion deal to build office towers and apartments over a huge stretch of railyards, transit officials said yesterday. The...
OBAMA EYES EXECUTIVE PAY LIMITS
The Obama administration today is set to unveil a plan to cap at as much as $500,000 salaries of executives at companies that are receiving rescue money from Uncle Sam....
JUST THE TICKET
In a blockbuster deal that will realign the music industry's balance of power, concert-promotion giant Live Nation and Ticketmaster Entertainment, the nation's largest ticketing operation, are planning to merge, The...
ROYALS SIGN BANNISTER
By JOEL SHERMANThe Royals signed pitcher Brian Bannister to a one-year $1,737,500 contract, avoiding arbitration, the Post has learned.Bannister can earn an additional $25,000 by pitching 200 innings and also...
JUST THE TICKET
In a blockbuster deal that will realign the music industry's balance of power, concert-promotion giant Live Nation and Ticketmaster Entertainment, the nation's largest ticketing operation, are planning to merge, The...
TiVo Alert: 31 Days of Oscar, Day 4
Wednesday night is devoted to biopics in TCM's "music department,'' and my not-on-DVD pick is Irving Rapper's "Rhapsody in Blue'' starring Robert Alda as George Gershwin (10:30 p.m. EST) which,...
GRAVES JOINS RANGERS GREATS
After Rangers he won with, current Rangers he counsels, the tiniest fraction of persons whose lives Adam Graves has touched had been introduced on his night, he asked one question....
JETER: I SUPPORT A-ROD
Yankees captain Derek Jeter wants to reiterate it yet again: Alex Rodriguez has the support of his teammates. Rodriguez became an offseason focal point again this winter with the release...