February 20, 2009
NY POWER LINE OPPONENTS WIN COURT FIGHT
Opponents of a proposed 190-mile high-voltage power line in upstate New York claim a federal court ruling as a victory for state jurisdiction over the project, but the developer says...
REX: JETS SET AT QB
Rex Ryan might be at the NFL Scouting Combine looking for a quarterback to draft, but he said today he's happy with the three already on the Jets roster. "I...
Rex Ryan transcript from Combine
New Jets coach Rex Ryan addressed the media today at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.Here's what he said, courtesy of the New York Jets: On facing the other teams...
CHADO RALPH RUCCI
Ralph Rucci is such a talented designer that many believe he is the best designer working in American fashion today. And his collection for fall did contain some of the...
DAMON: 'I CAN'T PAY BILLS RIGHT NOW'
R. Allen Stanford's alleged $8 billion fraud has claimed its most high-profile victims yet: Yankee outfielders Johnny Damon and Xavier Nady. Damon and Nady are among the investors whose assets...
Manuel: Mets to ride Schneider
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Now that the admitted shock of playing full-time on the big stage in New York has worn off, Brian Schneider will be counted on to carry...
Isles trade Comrie to Ottawa
From the IslandersThe Islanders have acquired center Dean McAmmond and a 2009 first-round draft pick from the Ottawa Senators in exchange for defenseman Chris Campoli and center Mike Comrie."We're excited...
ZAC POSEN
Eschewing the restraint shown by so many designers this season, Zac Posen lined his runway with five pianos and five gorgeously outfitted classical pianists, who provided the austere, yet august,...
Myers, Hilton Take Top Razzies Honors; 'Seven Pounds' Shut Out
Mike Myers and Paris Hilton were the big losers tonight at the Razzies. Myers was named worst actor for the flop comedy "The Love Guru,'' which was also named worst...
BROOKLYN MODEL LEAVES SUICIDE NOTE ON FACEBOOK
An aspiring actor and model hanged himself on the monkey bars of a Brooklyn playground early this morning - hours after hinting at his plans to friends on Facebook, police...
Chris Baker released
The Jets have released tight end Chris Baker, and NFL.com is reporting it was done, in part, because he is owed a $9 million roster bonus next month.Baker was a...
ISAAC MIZRAHI
There's something witty, effusive, brilliant and devastatingly charming about Isaac Mizrahi's personality (we know, we've watched "Unzipped" 500 times) that always shines through in his designs. Season after season, on...
CUSTO BARCELONA
In Custo's world, there's no such thing as OTT (over the top). While most of this collection belonged strictly on this Spanish label's strobe-lit runway, it offered up a much-needed...
QUEENS CHARITY FLB FOUNDATION SUING BERNIE MADOFF
A Queens charity is suing Bernie Madoff after it lost $2.5 million - almost all of its assets - in the financier swindler's Ponzi scheme, according to court papers. The...
RALPH LAUREN
Ralph Lauren is sticking close to home for fall. This designer, who's often inspired by far-flung places, seemed to be designing for the city/country on the weekends life he's so...
The Next Maradona
The Maradonas Breathless media reports always proclaim The Next Pele, or The Next Ronaldo. Well, we really do have The Next Maradona. No, for real. The 48-year-old Argentine legend's progeny...
NYU STUDENTS SUSPENDED OVER BARRICADE
Dozens of New York University students were suspended Friday after barricading themselves in a school cafeteria to draw attention to their concerns about tuition costs, the school's investments and other...
RIHANNA'S DAD SPEAKS OUT ABOUT PHOTO
Battered R&B chanteuse Rihanna's dad today called the police photo of her badly bruised face "terrible," but it shows the world what his daughter endured allegedly at the hands of...
Pitching set for intrasquads
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Jerry Manuel has announced the pitching rotations for the Mets' two intrasquad games at Tradition Field next week. Here is the breakdown:MONDAY, FEB. 23, GAME (9...
Oscar Watch: Supporting Actress, Screenplay Awards Reportedly Lead off The Endless Night
A plausible-sounding awards lineup for Sunday night's Oscars has been posted at Cinemascope, which claims to have been tipped by "a source close to the...production.'' According to this schedule, the...
Unfinished Business
By FRED KERBERWe're going back to a chat we had with Vince Carter in October. At the time, there were dire predictions for the Nets. Winning 20 games, many said,...
Favre's lasting impact
Newyorkjets.com is reporting from the scouting combine in Indianapolis, where Jets brass addressed the media today.GM Mike Tannenbaum had this to say about Brett Favre's one season in New York,...
DEPARTMENT SLAMS MILEAGE TAX
President Obama's transportation department slapped down a plan by its own secretary today that the feds tax motorists based on how many miles they drive rather than how much gas...
ILLINOIS GOV: BURRIS SHOULD RESIGN
CHICAGO - Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn says Sen. Roland Burris should resign his post for the good of the state. Quinn said Friday that his fellow Democrat, Burris, is an...
Leadoff Luis isn't bad idea
By any measure, Luis Castillo was a complete disaster last season, limited to 87 games by injury, and batting .245 when he was healthy enough to play.But consider this:Castillo's on-base...
MAYOR'S RATING DROPS 7 POINTS IN 3 MONTHS
Mayor Bloomberg isn't as popular as he used to be. A new poll released today shows that only 52 percent of city residents believe the mayor is doing a good...
'Project Runway': The Lost Season
Check out the collections look by look below and leave your opinions in the comments:Photos: Designer #1Photos: Designer #2Photos: Designer #3Click here for complete Fashion Week coverage- By Jackie Strause
PLEASE SLOW DOWN
Excessive speeding has long been a concern for residents of the Bronx, but one woman has had enough after a car struck and killed her beloved pet. Paulding Avenue resident,...
BENJAMIN BANKS ON CLAREMONT
When Assemblyman Michael Benjamin ran for office in 2003, he made only one campaign promise: a bank for the residents of Claremont Village. Six years later, Benjamin could make good...
FOOD, DRUGS COMING TO GUN HILL ROAD MALL
It appears that T.G.I. Fridays will have company when it opens at 1700-1800 E. Gun Hill Road, as Duane Reade has also broken ground on a retail store in the...
I.S. 192 GETS NEW SCHOOL
Because of the success of the two smaller academies that replaced I.S. 192, the Department of Education has decided to add a third middle school to the same building in...
HEALTH CARE PRIORITY IS TOPS: KLEIN
Senator Jeff Klein addressed the annual luncheon of the influential Health Care Association of New York State (HANYS). Klein spoke to the crowd of roughly 500, emphasizing that although the...
Lee: We can't afford adjustment period
By MARC BERMANDavid Lee made the best point at the morning shootaround. With 29 games left and the 22-31 Knicks three games out of the eighth seed, there's no time...
Brodeur long shot for Feb. 26
By MARK EVERSONMartin Brodeur declined to discuss it, and Devils coach Brent Sutter firmly refused to confirm it.The Avs' visit on Feb. 26, heralded by suburban papers as Brodeur's comeback...
Expect third-rounder from Saints
The Jets would receive the Saints' second-round draft pick if New Orleans signs Jonathan Vilma before free agency begins Feb. 27.However, if the Saints do, they would owe the Giants...
Don't expect 1st-rounder from Saints
The Giants would receive the Saints' first-round draft pick (as part of the Jeremy Shockey trade) if New Orleans signs Jonathan Vilma before free agency begins Feb. 27.That's because, if...
Broncos looking at Ward
The Denver Post reports "The Broncos may be among the teams interested in New York Giants running back Derrick Ward when he becomes a free agent on Feb. 27."
Joba's contract status
Joba Chamberlain hasn't signed a contract for this season and could be renewed between March 2-11.Chamberlain, who was renewed a year ago at $390,000, might accept the Yankees' formatted offer...
The Daily Whacks, Friday Edition
I know how this is going to sound, but watching the endless procession of "ER" alums make their way back to County General for a final victory lap this year...
Franco returns in guest role
PORT ST. LUCIE -- The Mets are bringing back relief great John Franco as a guest pitching instructor for one week next month, then will use him in a marketing...
Oscar Watch: Yikes! Custody Battle Over Heath's Oscar?
The motion picture academy hasn't announced who will accept the late Heath Ledger's Oscar if he wins Sunday night, which seems awfully likely. Tom O'Neil at The Envelope reports that...
LIVEBLOG: Why are all you people in Costa Rica?
Floating in the pool at the Flamingo Beach Resort, I could have sworn this was Miami Beach, circa 1980. Same architecture, same New York accents. Everywhere. Only this time, we...
IOC CHIEF: GIVE PHELPS A 2ND CHANCE
BRUSSELS - IOC president Jacques Rogge says Michael Phelps deserves a second chance after being photographed with a marijuana pipe. Rogge says the American swimmer should receive the benefit of...
3 UP: MORE THOUGHTS ON A-ROD
1. I believe Alex Rodriguez has not yet come close to publicly revealing the whole truth about his association with illegal performance enhancers. I believe new information is going to...
3 UP: MORE THOUGHTS ON A-ROD
1. I believe Alex Rodriguez has not yet come close to publicly revealing the whole truth about his association with illegal performance enhancers. I believe new information is going to...
Box Office: Cross-Dressing Auteur Goes Up Against the Oscars
Tyler Perry's "Madea Goes to Jail'' will collect a plus-sized $23 million over Oscar weekend, predicts Steve Mason at Big Hollywood. Per Tyler and Lionsgate's usual policy, there were no...
DWINDLING NUMBER OF PROTESTING STUDENTS IN NYU CAFETERIA
A dwindling number of student activists remained barricaded inside a New York University cafeteria early Friday morning after dozens of supporters scuffled with police outside the building overnight and one...
'ZUNE GOON' AT DA'S OFFICE
In the world of crime, there's dumb, and then there's really, really dumb. A Brooklyn man who visited the DA's office to comfort the mother of a murder victim used...
AMERICA SPLIT OVER BIG RESCUE
President Obama's massive housing bailout plan ignited a furious national debate yesterday, with advocates calling it a godsend and critics demanding to know why homeowners who pay their mortgages on...
CAN-DEAD CAMERA
She spent her life on reality television shows and now Jade Goody is going to die on one. The 27-year-old, who's rapidly succumbing to cervical cancer, became a star in...
PHOTO REVEALS RIHANNA'S HELL
Here's the sickening first photo of a bruised and battered Rihanna - reportedly taken right after R&B boyfriend Chris Brown allegedly slapped her around during an argument on the eve...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Just having the guy spit in the coffee would have been preferable. A man who had argued with a Dunkin' Donuts employee in Natick, Mass., walked out - only to...
JUDGE BARS KEY BONDS' EVIDENCE
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge ruled late yesterday that prosecutors cannot use three positive steroid tests and other key evidence in Barry Bonds' trial next month. The decision is...
SPORTS SHORTS
SPORTS SHORTSNBA: Alston to Magic in 3-team deal The Rockets traded point guard Rafer Alston to Orlando and acquired Magic forward Brian Cook and Memphis guard Kyle Lowry yesterday. Memphis...
CELTS LOSE GAME, GARNETT
SALT LAKE CITY - Deron Williams had 18 points and 10 assists and the Jazz rallied to beat the Celtics 90-85 last night. The Celtics were playing for the first...
NO. 9 BLUE DEVILS WEAR DOWN RED STORM
St. John's got worn down last night. But the Red Storm are not down and out, not if you listen to one of the greatest coaches in college basketball history....
ST. JOHN'S BETTER OFF WITHOUT DUKE
IT'S not that Duke has bigger fish to fry than St. John's, says Mike Krzyzewski. Basically, the question is when should the fry take place? "We love the St. John's...
MARCH COMES EARLY IN KILLER CONFERENCE
It is that time of year when bubbles burst for some teams and when others finish strong, earning one of the elusive spots in the NCAA Tournament. That is no...
PREVIEWS
"GUYS AND DOLLS": Oliver Platt and Craig Bierko head the cast of the 1950 classic. Nederlander Theatre, 208 W. 41st St.; 212-921-8000. Opens March 1. "33 VARIATIONS": Jane Fonda and...
WEEKEND HOT PICKS IN ENTERTAINMENT
BEFORE AMAZON Nothing against new books, but this weekend's Greenwich Village Antiquarian Book Fair is all about texts that are long in the spine. More than 60 sellers will offer...
STARR REPORT
Yeah, about that Memo to "Octomom" Nadya Suleman: TLC isn't interested in your story. The network that's home to kid- friendly shows "The Duggars" (18 kids) and "Jon & Kate...
JERRY: 'WHY I LEFT NBC'
JERRY Springer says he could return to hosting "America's Got Talent" after leaving the show to focus on his upcoming role in "Chicago" on the London stage. "I would like...
TIGHTER BELT$ AT FASHION WEEK
D-listers are warming the front-row seats where A-listers used to preen, McDonald's swill has replaced Starbucks, and goody bags are filled with K-Y Jelly instead of NARS cosmetics. It's Fashion...
POLAR WEAR
SMILEY or sober? That's the choice this fall if you go by a quartet of artsy designers who showed yesterday. Vera Wang, who often gets her inspiration for collections from...
A NOSE FOR FASHION WEEK?
DID Helen of Troy get a nose job? Diane Kruger, who played Helen alongside Orlando Bloom, stayed hidden behind her Ray-Bans while backstage for the Tommy Hilfiger show yesterday. Only...
HEY ALEX: EMULATE GEORGE & ASPIRE TO BERNIE'S STATUS
TAMPA - Two Yankees institutions returned to spring training yesterday as Bernie Williams rejoined the team on the field and George Steinbrenner returned to his office high over a stadium...
A-ROD DUMMIES UP WHEN 'ROIDS RAISED
TAMPA - Alex Rodriguez did yesterday what he should have done years ago: He shut up. Rodriguez not only refused to discuss his steroid use and the fallout from it,...
THE BOSS COMES BACK FOR RARE SPRING VISIT
TAMPA - George Steinbrenner made a rare visit to the Yankees' spring training stadium named after him yesterday morning. Steinbrenner was taken from the parking lot to the elevator area...
RODRIGUEZ'S COURIER COUSIN NAMED
Alex Rodriguez's mystery cousin has been named. ESPN reported yesterday that the cousin Rodriguez says supplied and injected him with performance enhancing drugs from 2001-03 is Yuri Sucart of Miami....
PAVLIK A HOME HIT
Normally when a boxer suffers a defeat, his so-called fans desert his bandwagon faster than rats fleeing a sinking ship. But that hasn't happened to Kelly Pavlik, who despite losing...
LOSING '03 MVP TO A-ROID NO STICKING POINT FOR 'CLEAN' CARLOS
PORT ST. LUCIE - More than five years after Carlos Delgado finished second to Alex Rodriguez in the 2003 American League MVP voting, it was a question worth asking here...
MANUEL FIRES UP HIS TROOPS
PORT ST. LUCIE - Jerry Manuel apparently is quite the motivational speaker. The Mets raved about the closed-door, roughly 40-minute speech their manager gave yesterday before the team's first full-squad...
BERNIE VISITS
TAMPA - Bernie Williams returned to Yankees camp yesterday after two years away and it looked like the beloved former All-Star was at home. Williams was headed for the nearby...
A-ROID SURPRISES FORMER RANGERS PRESIDENT
Mike Cramer's name was on the $252 million contract that Alex Rodriguez signed with the Rangers in 2001, and to him it was just another business deal. Cramer was the...
SELIG IS ERA'S ORIGINAL SHAME
WHEN I was a kid, my parents let me do as I pleased. I'm sure they suspected that I was up to no good; it's not as if I didn't...
GAME-BY-GAME TRIAL UNFAIR TO CLASSY RANGERS COACH
IF GLEN Sather is evalu ating Tom Renney's status on a game-by-game basis, then whether he knows it or not, the GM has made up his mind that the head...
JETS RELEASE LB BOWENS
The Jets yesterday released linebackers David Bowens and Brad Kassell and signed several players to reserve/future contracts. Bowens, one of the most versatile players on the team and a locker...
JELENA AMPED FOR MSG
Jelena Jankovic would like to make her first appearance at the Garden a memorable one. Pairings released for the inaugural BNP Paribas Showdown for the Billie Jean King Cup on...
METS NEED BAT DELGADO SHOWED IN 2ND HALF
PORT ST.LUCIE - The low point probably was Shea Stadium, late June, the Mets struggling just to take one out of three from the dreadful Seattle Mariners, the fans getting...
TWO OK MOVES
Nothin' from nothin' leaves nothin'You gotta have somethin'If you wanna be with me- Billy Preston, 1975 CONSIDERING the squall of trade winds that relayed the names of Amare Stoudemire, Vince...
STEPH UP NEXT FOR WALSH
Knicks president Donnie Walsh said yesterday he believes Stephon Marbury's situation could heat up with the trading deadline in the league's rearview mirror. "As I've told you before, I've dealt...
NO TAKERS FOR VINCE
There was lots of talk, lots of offers and counter offers. But when yesterday's 3 p.m. NBA trading deadline arrived, there was nothing that made the Nets want to part...
TIGER BACK FOR NEXT WEEK'S MATCH PLAY
The king is back and he's ready to rule. Tiger Woods will make his return to competitive golf after nearly eight months away from it next week at the WGC-Accenture...
'SLOPPY' ISLES HIT LOW POINT
The Islanders haven't won much this season, but they've been competitive in most games - something they have used as a positive during a long campaign. Last night, however, was...
KNICKS ACQUIRE HUGHES, WILCOX BEFORE DEADLINE
After yesterday's two trades, the Knicks are deeper and more athletic, and they also didn't sacrifice a chance to make a run at a big-name free agent in 2010. The...
GUTSY DEVILS FIND ANOTHER WAY TO WIN
TAMPA - These Devils keep finding different ways to win, and different ways to impress. Last night, it was comeback hockey from the sick bed and a two-goal hole for...
AILING BURNS VISITS DEVILS
TAMPA - The last Devils coach to win the Stanley Cup strolled down the hall last night to see his old team again. Pat Burns has always been a strong...
UCONN SET TO DEFEND BIG EAST TRACK TITLES
Connnecticut will defend the men's and women's titles when the 30th annual Big East Indoor Track & Field Championships is held at the New Balance Track & Field Center at...
INDIAN BUMMER
AUBURN - The Cayuga Indian Nation cannot continue selling untaxed cigarettes to non-Indians at its two upstate stores, a state judge has ruled. State Supreme Court Justice Kenneth Fisher ruled...
ISRAELI SCORES ACE VS. DUBAI
The United Arab Emirates bowed to international pressure and agreed to give a visa to Israeli tennis star Andy Ram to play in Dubai, the state news agency said yesterday....
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan This frustrated thief (above) gave up and fled a Midtown bank after a teller repeatedly told him he had no money, police said yesterday. The middle-aged suspect strolled up...
IN-HOUSE 'THIEF'
A city Housing Authority worker was busted yesterday for pocketing $1,222 in agency funds, authorities said yesterday. Linda Atkinson-Jakes, 34, a former assistant in a Housing Authority print shop, was...
BX. BEEP GOES TO WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON - President Obama yesterday appointed Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión to be the nation's first director of urban affairs. "[This] will bring long overdue attention to the urban areas...
'GAY' PROBE OF LBJ AIDE
WASHINGTON - Longtime Hollywood lobbyist Jack Valenti was among the Washington figures whose sex lives were secretly investigated by the FBI in the 1960s. Valenti, who died in April 2007,...
A JOLT OF REALITY
WASHINGTON - Patients suffering from obsessive, distressing thoughts have a new treatment option: a pacemaker-like device that relieves anxiety with electrical jolts to the brain. The Food and Drug Administration...
GOV RETHINKS TAX-WOE AIDE
Gov. Paterson said yesterday he's considering bringing back his former chief of staff Charles O'Byrne - four months after O'Byrne quit under pressure for failing to pay $293,000 in taxes...
EX-COP GUILTY IN SI WIFE SLAY
A retired NYPD sergeant was convicted yesterday of gunning down his ex-wife - a member of the Kane Sisters, a popular '60s singing group of triplets - in a desolate...
LANCE GETS BACK BIKE
Lance Armstrong's $10,000 custom racing bike is safe and sound - after a mystery man returned it to a Sacramento police station. The unidentified man strolled in Wednesday morning wheeling...
COCKY PATAKI FLIRTS WITH 2010 SENATE RUN
ALBANY - Two years after leaving office and abandoning White House fantasies, former Gov. George Pataki is entertaining talk of a US Senate run, sources said yesterday. A Pataki spokesman...
RUSSIAN RENEGING ON RECORD $634M HOUSE BUY
No one is safe from the housing mess - not even a billionaire Russian oligarch. Moneybags Muscovite playboy Mikhail Prokhorov has been hit so hard by the worldwide economic downturn...
RECORD 5 MILLION JOBLESS
WASHINGTON - The number of laid-off workers receiving unemployment benefits has jumped to an all-time high near 5 million, while weekly new jobless claims remain well above 600,000. Both figures...
'DOG' 'NETS OSCAR
And the virtual Oscar goes to - "Slumdog Millionaire." That's according to a Moviefone online poll that asked fans for their picks for Sunday's Academy Awards. Nearly 300,000 votes were...
SUBWAY STOPS ILLEGAL: SUIT
A native New Yorker of South-Asian descent claims police have stopped and searched him 21 times in the subway because of his race. In a lawsuit filed yesterday by the...
NYU'S SNIT-IN
THEY don't make radicals the way they used to. Some 60 students - all elite, lily white and whiny - took over the cafeteria at New York University's Kimmel Center...
NORTHERN EXPOSURE
WASHINGTON - In his first foray abroad as commander-in-chief, President Obama flew to Canada yesterday for a quick visit to cement its status as the United States' biggest trading partner...
EM-BURRIS-ING
CHICAGO - A Chicago minister who had supported Roland Burris in his struggle to keep his US Senate seat now says he and other black pastors plan to ask the...
'SOPRANOS' THUG TELLS HOW HE FELL
Former "Sopranos" actor Lillo Brancato admits he "squandered" a free ride to stardom on drugs until his life was out of control. "It just came so easily for me," Brancato...
ART 'CHEAT': NUNSENSE
An art dealer who bought a painting from an upstate convent for $450,000 and then immediately resold it for $2.2 million says it's not his fault nuns are bad business...
MIKE TAKES A BIG DIG AT 2ND AVE. SUBWAY
Construction of the Second Avenue Subway is "destroying every business" in its wake, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday in an unprovoked dig at the MTA's handling of the project. Business owners...
MAKING SENSE OF PRESIDENT'S PLAN
Questions and answers on President Obama's housing plan: Q What is its purpose? A To let struggling homeown ers renegotiate their mortgages with lenders in order to get more favorable...
'BAN ISRAEL' BID MUSHROOMS INTO B'KLYN FOOD FIGHT
A proposal to ban Israeli products from the Park Slope Food Coop to protest the fighting in Gaza has stirred up angry opposition in the yuppie Brooklyn neighborhood. "I think...
A V-DAY PRANK TO WHALE ABOUT
A Texas woman found herself in a Sea World of hurt after a former co-worker posted a phony personal ad on Craigslist inviting men to meet her and saying she...
GOV RECALLS THAT '70S $LOW
Gov. Paterson invoked the 1970s fiscal crisis yesterday in urging New Yorkers to make sacrifices to get through the current turmoil. "We're all going to have to tighten up our...
JFK IN A REAL FIX
Passengers at JFK Airport can expect delays next year when the Port Authority closes its largest runway for repairs, officials said yesterday. The PA also announced that it was raising...
BIKE-HIT COP FIRED
The rookie cop who body-checked a bike-riding protester in Times Square last July has been quietly tossed off the force, The Post learned. Patrick Pogan, 23, was caught on video...
HEATH'S PARENTS IN LA FOR CEREMONY
Heath Ledger's family has arrived in Los Angeles to accept a posthumous Oscar for their son, if the late "Dark Knight" actor wins the honor. Dad Kim Ledger said the...
'WRESTLER' SUSPECT'S '150G STASH'
An accused steroid dealer who plays a life-imitating-art character in "The Wrestler" movie had a $150,000 cash stash and 1,500 bottles of steroids when cops collared him, officials said yesterday....
'SEAL' DEAL FOR JOHNS
A federal judge yesterday ordered prosecutors to release sealed wiretap documents tied to the prostitution ring that counted ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer as one of its 67 wealthy johns, court papers...
FED BONU$ FOR CITY ED. 'INNOVATION'
The city's "innovative" education reforms have made it a front-runner in the competition to win additional funds from a $5 billion pot contained in the mammoth federal stimulus bill passed...
INSIDE $10M MORTGAGE SCAM
A team of fraudsters ran a shocking $10 million mortgage scam by persuading felons and housing-project residents to buy dozens of New York properties they couldn't afford - taking advantage...
TOO BIG HAIRY APE
For years, Sandra Herold knew her beloved chimp, Travis, had grown too large and powerful for her to handle, but she could not bring herself to put him in an...
'BROOD'ING GRAMPS
Octogramps is mad at his daughter. Ed Doud, whose 33-year-old, unmarried daughter, Nadya Suleman, just added eight new babies to her brood of six, told Oprah Winfrey in a show...
TIMES, GAL SETTLE MAC 'AFFAIR' SUIT
The New York Times yesterday settled a lawsuit by a Washington lobbyist who was featured in a notorious article that seemed to imply she had an affair with Sen. John...
SLAY WIFE'S GRILLER: SHE ACTED IN BAD 'FAITH'
The wife of a slain dentist stonewalled cops for several hours shortly after witnessing his murder just 15 feet away - insisting she was too religious to be involved in...
LI BLAZE HORROR
An early-morning arson fire tore through a Long Island apartment yesterday, killing a mother and three children while neighbors, her husband and two sons escaped by jumping out a second-story...
5 QUESTIONS FOR... RON DARLING
IT'S been a long offseason, but it's about to end. The spring training schedule kicks off Thursday for the Mets on SNY. Their analyst Ron Darling talked to the Post's...
NEW YORK (OSCAR) MARATHON
CAN'T wait to get your "Slumdog" on? Some Manhattan theaters are offering fans special ways to enjoy Sunday night's Academy Award ceremonies over the weekend. On Saturday, for the third...
TO WALK OR NOT TO WALK... THE RED CARPET
RED-carpet treatment? Not so much at this year's Oscars. The academy is trying to roll up the famous rug for Sunday night's star-studded event in an effort to increase viewership....
BOMBABY!
IT'S the princess and the Prada - a starlet about to be born, on the brink of a Hollywood explosion. The girl who would run to her family tailor with...
EUROPEAN DISUNION
THE European Union faces its first existential crisis. The EU worked well in the good times, when dissenting voices could be bought off, but worsening hard times threaten to knock...
POST'S MONKEY BUSINESS: RACISM OR SATIRE?
THE ISSUE: The controversy surrounding Sean Delonas' Page Six cartoon on Wednesday. *** If your goal is to polarize the country more, then the cartoon making a veiled reference to...
FOOD STAMPS: THE MAYOR'S GOOD CALL
A DISPUTE over whether New Yorkers should be expected to work or at least look for work if they get food stamps provides a disturbing preview of what welfare policy...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
No class A lawsuit claiming people were fleeced by the way Microsoft Corp. advertised some Windows XP comput ers as capable of run ning the new Vista op erating system...
DEAF FALL INTO NEW PONZI HOAX
The US Securities and Exchange Commission sued a Hawaii company for allegedly running a Ponzi scheme targeting investors in the US and Japan, many of whom are deaf. Billion Coupons...
SPRINT'S LOSS NARROWS
Sprint Nextel Corp., the third-largest US mobile-phone carrier, reported a smaller-than-anticipated fourth-quarter loss and said customer defections will ease up this year, sending the company's shares up 20 percent. The...
SECRET STORM OVER UBS
A badly tarnished UBS is fighting to keep the names of tens of thousands of deep-pocketed US tax dodgers under lock and key - a move that's drawing the ire...
OUT OF FASHION: SCOOP CEO FIRED AS RETAIL FLAILS
Grappling with a brutal shopping climate, the trendy fashion boutique Scoop has ousted its CEO, sources told The Post. Melanie Cox - a 49-year-old veteran of bigger retail chains like...
AD BUDGETS NIPPED IN BUD
At the rate Anheuser-Busch is going, maybe the Budweiser Clydesdales should be looking for a new gig. Since InBev paid $52 billion for Anheuser-Busch in November, Madison Avenue has been...
MADOFF ENSNARES NYSE STAFFER
The son of one of Bernard Madoff's top "enablers" was put on administrative leave from his job at the NYSE's security and investigative unit after questions were raised about confidential...
GREENSPAN'S CONFLICT
ALAN Greenspan showed incredible chutzpah when, just a week after resigning as chairman of the Federal Reserve, he promptly began to cash in on his fame by "earning" $250,000 from...
TEXAN ENDS UP PINCHED
Federal investigators yesterday tracked down missing Texas billionaire and alleged $8 billion swindler R. Allen Stanford to Stafford County, Va., as evidence emerged that he's on the hook to pay...
WEAK LINK AT MAG GROUP DRAWS MEMBERS' IRE
THE crisis that has rocked the nation's magazine publishers is also affecting its chief lobbying group, putting its president and CEO in the crosshairs. The Magazine Publishers of America has...
CASH-POOR TIMES KILLS STOCK DIVIDEND
The New York Times slashed its dividend to zero yesterday, as the financially strapped newspaper company sought to preserve as much cash as it could. The Times had already cut...
BEAR BOTTOMS OUT
Wall Street yesterday lost its wrestling match with the bear that's been lurking in the shadows, as the Dow sank to its lowest level in six years and established a...
THAT CARTOON
Wednesday's Page Six cartoon - caricaturing Monday's police shooting of a chimpanzee in Connecticut - has created considerable controversy. It shows two police officers standing over the chimp's body: "They'll...
STICKING WITH WELFARE THAT WORKS
What is it about personal responsibility that so offends the hunger lobby? The activist set is in a frenzy this week over Mayor Bloomberg's decision to forgo extra federal food-stamp...
A SERIOUS PLAN
Make no mistake: President Obama's $275 billion foreclosure-prevention package is expensive, risky and unfair to homeowners who played by the rules all along. But does anyone have a better idea?...
CUOMO TO GRILL BOFA BOSS LEWIS
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has set his sights on Bank of America honcho Ken Lewis, issuing him a subpoena to testify about what he knew about the 11th-hour...
FILM
ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES: You can no longer grab a beer at the Village's Cedar Bar (a k a Cedar Tavern), but you can relive the storied joint's heyday Sunday night...
DANCE
JOYCE THEATER: Aspen Santa Fe Ballet performs three NYC premieres in a tribute to the late Clive Barnes tonight and tomorrow night at 8, Sunday at 2 p.m. and 7:30...
CLASSICAL
AVERY FISHER HALL: The American Symphony Orchestra plays versions of Luigi Dallipicolla's operas "Night Flight" and "The Prisoner" tonight at 8. Lincoln Center; 917-441-6109. CARNEGIE HALL: The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra...
JAZZ
BLUE NOTE: David Sanborn performs through Sunday at 8 and 10:30 p.m. 131 W. Third St.; 212-475-8592. DIZZY'S CLUB COCA-COLA: Vocalist Ann Hampton Callaway and her supporting trio performs for...
POP, ROCK, FOLK
GEORGE CLINTON & THE PARLIAMENT PSYCHEDELIC/ FUNKADELIC ALL-STARS: The legendary bandleader and his gang give up the funk Thursday at 8 p.m. at B.B. King's, 237 W. 42nd St.; 212-997-4144....
OFF-BROADWAY
(Starred reviews by Frank Scheck) "BECKY SHAW": *** 1/2 Gina Gionfriddo's scathingly funny, class-conscious comedy about a blind date gone horribly awry. Second Stage Theatre, 307 W. 43rd St.; 212-246-4422....
A HIT IN EVERY LANGUAGE
THERE'S no sexier lan guage lesson these days than the one given nightly at the Café Carlyle, where Ute Lemper sings in German, French, English and Yiddish and manages to...
TO YELL AND BACK
IT'S not often you find jokes - some of them fairly funny - about Spencer Tracy, Alvin Ailey and Nathan Lane (not to mention the first mention of President Obama...
TRUTHS BURIED IN POLISH SOIL
SPLINTERED and uncertain, "Katyn" re- creates Po land's experience of denial, rumor and finally the dreadful truth about the Soviet massacre of 15,000 Poles in a forest in 1940. The...
'STORY' ISN'T LONG FOR LIFE
JUST because the economy is shrink ing, must Broadway musicals down size, too? "The Story of My Life," which opened last night, is even more minimalist than the late, unlamented...
REALITY BITES ON RUNWAY
MICHAEL Selditch and Rob Tate's "Eleven Minutes" is an attempt to extend the proverbial 15 minutes of fame enjoyed by flamboyant fashion designer Jay McCarroll, who won the competition during...
NO PLACE LIKE THIS HOME
AN upper-crust Hartford, Conn., family collapses in slow motion in "Must Read After My Death," a spare but riveting documentary. Allis and Charley raised three sons and a daughter in...
IT'S NOTHING PERSONAL
I surely hope Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor doesn't think I have it in for her. Back in 2007, I gave a negative review to her first movie, "Saawariya." Today I...
JIMMY'S 'LATE' EDGE
JIMMY Fallon says he intends to shake up the late-night scene when NBC's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" premieres on March 2. Fallon, 34, says his goal is "to give...
'CHANCE' MEETING
This is a feel-good story about a bad situation attempting to shed light on an awful tragedy. ON the very week that the Obama administration is looking into lifting the...
MOTHER AND CHILD REVIVAL
SEND in the Redgraves! The great Vanessa Redgrave and daughter Natasha Richardson (none too shabby onstage herself) had such a good time performing a benefit concert of Stephen Sondheim's "A...
BROADWAY
(Reviews by Clive Barnes, unless noted otherwise)"THE AMERICAN PLAN": ** 1/2 Richard Greenberg's intermittently intriguing 1990 play is a bit like "Glass Menagerie" set in the "Dirty Dancing" era. Samuel...
J. MENDEL
Edgy quilted black leather, evocative of slick uptown bikers, in Gilles Mendel's signature, slim, uptown classic-cuts made for an interesting twist for J. Mendel's autumn-winter collection. Every socialite's favorite designer...
SHOCKING PHOTO SHOWS BATTERED RIHANNA
The first photo of what appears to be Rihanna after she was allegedly beaten by boyfriend Chris Brown surfaced today.TMZ.com obtained the police photos of what it said it was...
CORONA MAN ARRESTED IN CHRISTMAS EVE MURDER
A violent felon who spent nearly a decade in prison for killing a person in 1989 was responsible for shooting a Corona bartender in the face on Christmas Eve 2008,...
CHRISTIAN SIRIANO
Christian Siriano is all about skinny legs and cool, voluminous pieces. His coats had all kinds of interesting billowy, stacked, winged and sculpted sleeves. In fact, these kinds of fabric...
THAT CARTOON
Wednesday's Page Six cartoon - caricaturing Monday's police shooting of a chimpanzee in Connecticut - has created considerable controversy. It shows two police officers standing over the chimp's body: "They'll...
TIGER WOODS TO RETURN NEXT WEEK AT MATCH PLAY
Eight months after winning the U.S. Open on one good leg, a healthy Tiger Woods is returning to golf. Woods said on his Web site Thursday that he will defend...