March 11, 2009
ST. MARY'S CCP EXPANDS HOME CARE SERVICES
St. Mary's Community Care Professionals, Corp (CCP), a licensed home care service agency for children and adults, has expanded its services, with new offices in Elmhurst, Queens. Part of St....
Champions League: Manchester United and Arsenal March On
Those of you who missed the end of the Manchester United and Inter match because ESPN decided the World Baseball Classic game between Puerto Rico and the Netherlands was far...
TOP 10 RICHEST MEN IN THE WORLD
Here is Forbes magazine's Top 10 list of the world's richest men and their net values (this year compared to last year). Read the full story here. 1. Bill Gates...
BLOOMBERG IS THE RICHEST MAN IN NYC
Looks like the rich aren't getting richer - unless you're Mayor Bloomberg. As the recession continues to chew away at everyone's wallets, the net worth of the world's billionaires has...
SABATHIA SHELLED IN LOSS TO TIGERS
LAKELAND, Fla. - CC Sabathia allowed too many hits. Justin Verlander walked too many batters. Despite struggling in the Tigers' 7-4 win over the Yankees today, both pitchers were not...
BAD DAY FOR ST. JOHN'S
Maybe it is better to look toward next season when this one ended the way it did. St. John's followed their first Big East Tournament win in six years with...
Jets sign Larry Izzo
The Jets have signed Patriots LB and special teams star Larry Izzo.Izzo is scheduled to testify at Barry Bonds's perjury trial that Bonds' personal trainer, Greg Anderson, gave him performance-enhancing...
ROCKLAND RABBI FOUND GUILTY OF MOLESTING DAUGHTER
A Hasidic rabbi from Rockland was found guilty today of molesting his daughter - and now faces 50 years in prison for his sordid crimes. Israel Weingarten, 59, was convicted...
'IDOL' Q&AS
The Post caught up with the last seven of the "American Idol" finalists to see what they had to say about making it into the first-ever Top 13.Lil Rounds got...
A stake through the heart of Twilight?
It seems pretty clear that, with a few exceptions, franchises work best when a single creative team is in place for the long-term who can execute a consistent vision. It...
No Interest in Marcus, High Praise for Sean
By FRED KERBERSAN FRANCISCO - One former Net first round pick, Marcus Williams, is looking for another chance anywhere while another, Sean Williams, is making the most of his latest...
MALFUNCTIONING PLANE DUMPS SHRAPNEL ON COLLEGE POINT CORPORATE PARK
Hundreds of pieces of shrapnel rained down on a Flushing business Wednesday morning when a plane departing from LaGuardia Airport experienced engine failure, forcing it to make an emergency landing...
Review: 50 Cent: Blood On The Sand: Wait, It's Pretty Good
Bad:- Character models other than 50 Cent are kinda crap. Not terrible, but not very good either. G-Unit looks OK.- Repetitive as holy hell. I understand that the game is...
US, CHINA SEEK TO EASE TENSIONS
Three days after a serious confrontation between Chinese ships and a U.S. Naval vessel, the two nations today sought to tamp down rising tensions. While neither side yielded in their...
Bubble Watch, volume 6
BY TIM BONTEMPSIt's tournament time, Bubble Watchers.Well, not that tournament. But this week, when most of the conferences play their postseason tournaments, can often offer as much or more drama...
Red Bull notebook
Whenever Carlos Johnson officially signs and gets his P-1 visa, he would immediately have a leg up as the Red Bulls' starting right back; but in coach Juan Carlos Osorio's...
Carlos Johnson signing imminent for RBNY
Carlos Johnson hasn't completed all his paperwork yet to officially join the Red Bulls, but it's a fait accompli that he will. And coach Juan Carlos Osorio couldn't be happier,...
What you'll be watching in Tribeca come April
The annual Tribeca Film Festival announced its line up today, and as always, its a diverse selection of Hollywood films from known commodities, indie dramas, low-budget documentaries and stuff we've...
BED-STUY MAIL CLERK WINS $3M LOTTO
The check is in the mail. A Brooklyn mail clerk who won $3 million after buying a scratch-off game said today that a funny TV ad featuring a man sorting...
OBAMA SIGNS $410B SPENDING BILL
WASHINGTON - Calling it an "imperfect" bill, President Barack Obama signed a $410 billion spending package Wednesday that includes billions in earmarks like those he promised to curb in last...
'SKANK' MODEL BREAKS DOWN IN COURT
Skanks, but no skanks. Labeling someone a "skank" and "ho" online may be "vulgar," "snide" and "odious," but it shouldn't get you sued, the lawyer for an anonymous blogger argued...
Rodney Rogers interview
Charlotte Observer columnist Scott Fowler has the first interview with Rodney Rogers since the former Nets player was paralyzed in a dirt-bike accident.Rogers played for the Nets from 2002-04.
Marquette 74, St. John's 45
Well, here we go -- St. John's looking for back-to-back upsets against Marquette after knocking off Georgetown yesterday, 63-59.St. John's cannot buy a bucket early. They really haven't made a...
Albert Celades unveiled
When Spaniard Albert Celades came to training camp with the Red Bulls last month, in many ways they were as much on trial as he was. It would appear both...
FASSEL BACK IN COACHING
Jim Fassel finally got another head coaching job. The former Giants Super Bowl coach will coach the Las Vegas team in the new United Football League, which begins play in...
Rivera 'no doubt' for opener
APCloser Mariano Rivera threw 30 pitches in his first spring training batting practice session today. He will throw BP again Saturday then likely will make his first exhibition appearance early...
A-ROD TELLS JOE: 'I'M DOING WELL'
TAMPA - Alex Rodriguez is pleased with his recovery from arthroscopic hip surgery. "He left me a message," Joe Girardi said today. "He sounded good. Said: 'I'm doing well.' Good...
'IDOL' TWIST: JUDGES GET VETO POWER
For the first time in "American Idol" history, the judges have the power to change America's vote. The new rule, which will be revealed on tonight's results show, gives the...
NYC: FAULTY RIGGING CAUSED DEADLY CRANE COLLAPSE
NEW YORK - Workers used the wrong kind of slings and attached them in the wrong place to a crane that toppled and killed seven people in midtown Manhattan last...
Updated: Boldin being shopped
ProFootballTalk.com reports "the Arizona Cardinals are shopping receiver Anquan Boldin to potential trade partners." SI.com's Peter King reported earlier this week the Giants and Eagles seem to be the two...
Bowens bolts to Browns
David Bowens made his reunion with Eric Mangini on the Browns official, "signing a four-year contract worth as much as $7.2 million, according to ESPN.com."The Cleveland Plain Dealer also reports...
Should Jets get Cutler?
Our Back Page Blog checks in on Jay Cutler's trouble in Denver and wonders whether the Jets would think about trading for the troubled qaurterback.
Checking in on Cutler
The Jets continue to say they like the quarterbacks they have (though the door is open, as you shall see); the Broncos continue to say they want to work things...
Niese throws three hitless
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Long-shot fifth starter candidate Jonathon Niese threw three hitless innings in a minor-league intrasquad game here this morning. Niese was forced to throw against prospects to...
Big East Tournament, Day 2
Day 1 of the Big East Tournament saw two early surprises with DePaul, who had not won a conference game all season, stunning Cincinnati and St. John's knocking off Georgetown.Does...
FORMER GITMO PRISONER GETS TALIBAN PROMOTION
The Taliban's new top operations chief in southern Afghanistan was once a prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention center -- the latest example of a freed detainee who has now...
GOV. PATERSON ABANDONS 'ITUNES TAX' PLAN
ALBANY - With his approval ratings at an all-time low, Gov. Paterson announced today that he will drop the so-called "iTunes" tax and other surcharges as potential revenue generators -...
EX-GITMO DETAINEE TOP TALIBAN LEADER
WASHINGTON - Abdullah Ghulam Rasoul, formerly Guantanamo prisoner No. 008, was among 13 Afghan prisoners released to the Afghan government in December 2007. He is now known as Mullah Abdullah...
PLANE MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING AT JFK AIRPORT
An American Airlines plane bound for Chicago made a safe emergency landing at Kennedy Airport this morning after the pilot reported "engine trouble," officials said. American Airlines Flight 309 took...
U.S. must do better than D.R. without A-Rod
Let's just hope the Yankees fare better than the Dominican Republic team did without Alex Rodriguez.The heavily favored D.R. was bounced out of the first round of the World Baseball...
Wednesday's Bracket
Today's bracket did not change much. The game that changed things was Cleveland State's upset of Butler in the Horizon final. That pushes Butler out of the automatic qualifiers and...
Blog poll: Duaner Sanchez
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Jerry Manuel didn't appear to be entirely on board with GM Omar Minaya's abrupt decision to release reliever Duaner Sanchez on Tuesday. I want to know:...
The Office Pool Bettor's Guide: 'American Idol' (Week 1)
Was that Secretariat at the '73 Belmont, or Adam Lambert? It looks pretty black-and-white that Adam will go all the way. But who will be kicking at his heels?It was...
Reyes, Tatis back by Friday
PORT ST. LUCIE -- The Mets expect Jose Reyes and Fernando Tatis back in camp no later than Friday, team officials said this morning. However, they will not play in...
Pelfrey throws, set for Saturday
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Mike Pelfrey threw a lengthy bullpen session with no physical problems here today and declared himself set to start Saturday at home against the Nationals. Pelfrey...
GUNMAN KILLS 15 PEOPLE IN GERMANY
WINNENDEN, Germany - A 17-year-old gunman dressed in black opened fire at his former high school in southwestern Germany on Wednesday then fled in a hijacked car, killing at least...
The Daily Whacks, Wednesday Edition
I would really, really like to find something terrible about the supermegasized 16-team, five-round Big East Tournament, the way my friend Steve Politi does in his column this morning, the...
HEY, REFS: GIVE AVERY A BREAK
IT'S one thing for a player to be shadowed on the ice by a checker, the way Jaromir Jagr was for a time by Jay Pandolfo, or Bobby Hull was...
Sundance: John Cooper Succeeds Gilmore as Fest Honcho
I'll be back tomorrow, but I couldn't resist interrupting my trip to North Carolina long enough to congratulate John Cooper, who today is being named director of the Sundance Film...
DEALS: Garden State from $159/nt
Whether your work in Jersey involves RICO predicates or Rice Krispies treats, that's your business. Our business is making sure you're able to do it for as few Benjamins as...
GAME PROVES RED STORM RIVALRY STILL ALIVE
Lou Carnesecca - whose name is synonymous with St. John's basketball - said despite the program's flagging fortunes, its rivalry with Georgetown is alive and well. And he predicts beating...
RED BULLS SIGN ALBERT CELADES
The Red Bulls' defensive makeover took a huge step forward yesterday with the signing of former Spanish World Cup midfielder Albert Celades. The 33-year-old played for both Barcelona and Real...
CHEESY DOES IT!
MELTED cheese between toasted bread turns me to mush. The grilled cheese sandwich has been my No. 1 comfort food since birth. It soothed childhood hurts. It's the first thing...
'CHOP' CHEF
TONIGHT an English celebrity chef with a famously short temper and oversized ego will take 16 contestants to task for feeding him "a dog's dinner." But this guy won't be...
TEAM USA FEELING ALL WRIGHT
TORONTO - Even 1,100 miles removed from the mother ship, David Wright doesn't feel as if he's missed a beat with the Mets. The updates come in the form of...
AQUEDUCT SLOTS? NOTS!
The company that was to provide the cash-strapped city with hundreds of millions of dollars up front to install video slot machines at Aqueduct race track has withdrawn from the...
JON'S JER$EY JOLT
New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine proposed a budget yesterday that slices property-tax rebates, calls for state worker furloughs and a wage freeze to avoid layoffs, and imposes new taxes on...
TRACK-ING B'KLYN TRASH
Mayor Bloomberg visited a waste-transfer station in East Williamsburg yesterday to witness Brooklyn's first garbage shipment to a Virginia landfill via rail instead of truck. The mayor said one train...
THE OTHER WOMAN
The mystery woman whose text message sparked Chris Brown's alleged beatdown of girlfriend Rihanna was identified yesterday as his much older manager and long-rumored paramour. The brawl on Feb. 8...
FUZZY LOGIC IN MOBSTER TRIAL
An accused mob killer is gunning to beat five murder raps by a hair - or a whole beard full of them. A lawyer for Charles Carneglia, 62, said the...
REVEALED: PELOSI'S 'AIR RAGE'
WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has gone from frequent flier to jet-aircraft connoisseur, with aides berating military officials to get the best planes, e-mails revealed yesterday. Pelosi, who clashed...
GUNMAN KILLS 9 IN ALABAMA RAMPAGE
SAMSON, Ala. - A gunman killed at least nine people on a terrifying rampage across two southern Alabama counties yesterday, burning down his mother's home, killing members of his own...
Albert Celades Q & A with Spain's sports.es
I'm hoping to get ahold of new Red Bull Albert Celades when I swing by practice Wednesday morning on my way to the Garden for the Big East quarterfinals. But...
STARR REPORT
ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" got off to a rip-roaring start Monday, snaring 23 mil lion viewers to become the biggest season premiere in se ries history and ABC's biggest...
'REAL WORLD'S' PEDRO: THE MOVIE
MTV is taking time out from its reality se ries-and-competition show-heavy lineup to present the world television premiere of "Pedro," a biopic about Pedro Zamora, the openly gay, HIV-positive cast...
DUKING IT OUT AFTER 64 YEARS
WHO says theater crit ics have the last word? Take "The Firebrand of Florence": When it premiered on Broadway, the reviews were largely dismissive, despite the talent involved. But here...
CZECH FAIRY TALE HAS JUST THE RIGHT TENOR
MONDAY night's per formance of the fairy tale "Rusalka" gave the Met a traditional happy ending: the arrival of a prince. The new vocal royalty is dramatic tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko,...
'W'INGING IT
GWB was wrong. And not just about WMD, CIA and POWs. The 43rd president of the US famously predicted last May: "I'll be long gone before some smart person ever...
'BIG' TROUBLE
THE Mormon Church has had enough of "Big Love," the HBO series about a polygamous family, and has thrown down the gauntlet over an episode that portrays one of the...
BAD FIRST 'IMPRESSIONISM'
'IMPRESSIONISM," a new Broadway play about the healing power of Art, is in desperate need of the heal ing power of Cutting. Preview audiences have been deserting the two-hour-plus production...
SHOOTING FOR THE 'STAR'
FANBOYS and girls, get ready - the fabled live-action "Star Wars" TV series is one, tiny step closer to fruition. Rose Byrne ("Damages") told reporters at a "Knowing" press junket...
RAMSAY SELLS LA RESTAURANT
HIS restaurant empire under threat, Gordon Ramsay has sold his Hollywood restaurant, Gordon Ramsay at The London West Hollywood, less than a year after it opened, according to reports. The...
NICK KEEPS CHRIS
NICKELODEON says it has no plans to remove Chris Brown from its annual Kids' Choice Awards list, despite charges for allegedly beating up his girlfriend Rihanna. An online petition asking...
BIG EAST HONORS BLAIR, THABEET
Pittsburgh's DeJuan Blair and Connecticut's Hasheem Thabeet, two of the top centers in the country, were named Big East Co-Players of the Year yesterday. They helped their teams to 15-3...
LARRY, NATE KEEP KNICKS' HOPES ALIVE
MILWAUKEE - They're not dead yet! The Knicks are not dead yet because Larry Hughes and Nate Robinson combined to knock out the Bucks with a spectacular backcourt tag-team performance...
LEAFS' OT GOAL STOPS ISLES
TORONTO - Mikhail Grabovski scored 50 seconds into overtime to give the Maple Leafs a 3-2 victory over the Islanders last night. The Islanders blew a chance to clear the...
D'ANTONI'S HALFTIME SPEECH HAS FULL EFFECT
MILWAUKEE - Mike D'Antoni knew the Knicks were one half away from realistically ending their chances of staying in the playoff race. Before the game, he called their playoff hopes...
NETS NEED DEVIN AT BEST OUT WEST
Devin Harris has done everything that has been asked of him in his first full season with the Nets: He has emerged as one of the top point guards in...
ROUGH DAY DOESN'T GET MAINE DOWN
VIERA, Fla. - After beating himself up for his previous outing, John Maine was upbeat yesterday despite a very rough outing here against the lowly Nationals. Maine allowed five runs...
METS CUT SANCHEZ; MANUEL BLINDSIDED BY MOVE
VIERA, Fla. - Jerry Manuel's body language betrayed him yesterday. The Mets manager obviously wasn't happy with GM Omar Minaya's abrupt decision to release reliever Duaner Sanchez just hours before...
FRANCESA & KELLERMAN WOULD BE EGO MANIA
IS WFAN mega enough for two afternoon show megalomaniacs? We may soon find out. Two, four, six, eight; stand up, sit down, spec-u-late! Max Kellerman, whose resignation was accepted and...
RANGERS GAIN DRAFT PICK FOR CHEREPANOV'S DEATH
NHL general managers have given their approval to the Rangers' request for a compensatory pick in June's Entry Draft in the wake of the death of 2007 first-round selection Alexei...
VENEZUELA OUSTS ITALY
TORONTO - Italy's dream of whirling into Miami as a Cinderella story came to a crashing conclusion last night with a 10-1 loss to Venezuela in a Pool C elimination...
MCNAMEE LAWYER RIPS CLEMENS
The lawyer for Roger Clemens' former trainer yesterday said he was not surprised federal authorities reportedly have found performance-enhancing substances on the materials Brian McNamee said he used to inject...
GRAND NIGHT FOR BRODEUR
The records are coming fast and furious for the Devils, a sure sign of a superior squad. If they break their home winning streak record tomorrow, Martin Brodeur can tie...
SPORTS SHORTS
NBA: Lakers' Odom hit with 1-game ban The NBA suspended Lakers forward Lamar Odom yesterday one game without pay for leaving the bench area during the altercation that ensued when...
THIRD BASE LIKELY RANSOM'S UNTIL MAY
TAMPA - When Dr. Marc Philippon said Alex Rodriguez would miss from six to nine weeks due to hip surgery performed Monday, it was assumed by many Rodriguez wouldn't be...
CHAMBERLAIN KICKS SPRING SLUMP
TAMPA - Pitching coach Dave Eiland took care of a mechanical fault in Joba Chamberlain's left leg. More importantly, Jorge Posada, Jose Molina and Andy Pettitte put their cleats into...
DOMINICANS KO'D IN FIRST ROUND
SAN JUAN - Honk if you love the Netherlands. The Dutch shocked the international baseball world again last night, scoring two runs in the bottom of the 11th to eliminate...
BING'S RESUME DISPUTED
DETROIT - Syracuse University said Detroit mayoral candidate Dave Bing, who has claimed repeatedly he completed college in 1966, didn't receive an undergraduate degree until 1995. The 65-year-old NBA Hall...
CLEVELAND ST. SERVES BUTLER UPSET SPECIAL
Cedric Jackson scored 19 points and Cleveland State used a flurry of 3-pointers to beat No. 16 Butler 57-54 last night in Indianapolis, winning the Horizon League tourney championship and...
POWERFUL STORM OUT TO RECLAIM GARDEN
SOME things stay with you. Sometimes you see things, and no matter how much you try you can't un-see them. You can't undo them. You can't make them dissolve out...
ST. JOHN'S NETS 1ST TOURNEY WIN SINCE '03
As they rode up the elevator to their rooms Monday night in the Hotel Athena from the ballroom that had been transformed into a makeshift basketball court, the St. John's...
DEPAUL MAKES MOST OF INVITE
Considering the alternative, DePaul has already enjoyed a successful stay in the big city no matter how much longer it lasts. In every other year since they joined the conference,...
IRISH MCDREAMIN' OF G-MAC REPLAY
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have yet to invoke the legend of the greatest performance by an Irish-American player in the history of the Big East Conference Tournament. It was...
HALL USES A LITTLE PIRATE MAGIC TO STOP BULLS
Bobby Gonzalez looked for help. He went with what was successful years ago. Back in the 1988-89 season, Seton Hall rolled all the way to the NCAA title game, and...
ETHICS PROBE DOPP-OUT
ALBANY - Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer's communications director has refused to participate in his ethics hearing scheduled for today, claiming that the state Public Integrity Commission violated his due-process rights...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan The savvy bank thief pictured above escaped with $2,389 from a Midtown branch after warning the teller not give him marked bills, police said. The 6-foot-3, 190-pound suspect passed...
SICK ECONOMY CAUSING UNHEALTHY CHOICES
Americans infected by the bad-economy bug are gambling with their health, putting off checkups and important medical procedures to save money, a poll shows. Nearly 40 percent of people said...
LINCOLN SECRETS
Abraham Lincoln's pocket watch was pried open yesterday to reveal 148-year-old secret messages about the Civil War. But instead of a long-rumored declaration - "Slavery is dead" - the antique...
TERRORIST THUGS 'TO THE BONE'
Five al Qaeda thugs being held in Guantanamo prison proudly admitted in writing of plotting the 9/11 attacks - bragging they're "terrorists to the bone" while mocking US intelligence and...
IT'S LAST CALL FOR 'CHEERS' BARMAN
Eddie Doyle, the Boston bartender who became famous as the inspiration for Ted Danson's Sam Malone character on "Cheers," has lost his job - laid off because of the moribund...
DAD AND 2 SONS BUSTED IN PROSPECT PARK ATTACK
A Brooklyn father was busted along with his two sons and their pal for beating up a teenager who was defending a girl from "Ugly Betty" taunts, cops said. The...
O MAKES PITCH FOR TEACHER MERIT PAY
WASHINGTON - Breaking with Democratic dogma and the teacher unions that supported him, President Obama yesterday strongly endorsed paying educators based on their performance in the classroom as part of...
IT'S A BAD CONSIGN OF THE TIMES
With the economy in shambles, women accustomed to wearing different posh handbags on their arm every night are now finding themselves selling beloved Louis Vuittons at pennies on the dollar...
ARTIST NOW IN ROGUE GALLERY
A top Japanese pop artist in town for a big gallery opening was busted the night before his show when cops spotted him drawing a smiley face on the wall...
STRIPPER TAX IS HARD TO 'BARE'
ALBANY - Call it an un-cover charge. A Brooklyn assemblyman introduced a bill yesterday that would require patrons to pay the state $10 every time they visit a strip club...
NOTHING CAN KEEP ORGAN-IC KID DOWN
A brave 7-year-old girl survived a groundbreaking surgery that removed six of her vital organs - and grinned as she left the hospital yesterday at the thought of playing with...
CITY CALLS FAULT ON CENTRAL PK. TENNI$
The operator of the Central Park tennis concession owes the city $110,347 because it underreported its income over a six-year period, according to an audit by Comptroller Bill Thompson. Thompson...
$OBERING BUS-VICTIM VERDICT
A Manhattan jury awarded $1.8 million to a man after deciding he wasn't drunk when he was hit by a city bus. "The jury found that the bus driver ran...
'PORK' BILL LANDS ON O'S DESK
WASHINGTON - Congress yesterday sent President Obama a once-bipartisan bill to fund the domestic Cabinet agencies that has evolved instead into a symbol of lawmakers' free-spending ways and penchant for...
STUY TOWN COURT FIGHT
Tenants of rent-stabilized apartments in the Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village apartment complex have asked a court to block evictions or rent increases based on a resident's income. Last...
MURDER MOM IS ICE COLD RIGHT UP TO JURY'S 'GUILTY!'
They married 40 days after they met - but passionate love soon turned to blinding hatred. Like characters in a Russian novel, Mazoltuv Borukhova and her estranged husband, Daniel Malakov,...
CITY AHEAD OF THE GAME
The city has already launched two school incentive-pay programs that reward outstanding teachers. "What President Obama is doing is really significant because it's the first time an administration is saying...
SENATE KILLS DC SCHOOL VOUCHERS
WASHINGTON - The Senate effectively dealt a death blow to a federally funded District of Columbia voucher program that helps send poor and mostly minority DC kids to private schools....
GIANTS, JETS ARE BEAMING
They're moving closer to the goal line. The final steel beam has been put in place at the new Giants' and Jets' stadium in the New Jersey Meadowlands. Owners of...
HUH? GOV'S 'FIRE & HIRE' WILD DEFENSE
ALBANY - Gov. Paterson was on the defensive yesterday as he scrambled to explain why he secretly rehired a top aide one day after the governor publicly announced his dismissal...
MADOFF 'FAMILY PLOT'
Bernard Madoff's wife, Ruth, is now an "object of the investigation" by federal authorities probing her husband's $64.8 billion Ponzi scheme, a report claimed last night, hours after the accused...
MIKE EYEING TRANSIT $TIMULUS
Mayor Bloomberg is expected to identify city transit projects that will benefit from federal stimulus funds, possibly this week, sources told The Post. A massive overhaul of the deteriorating Brooklyn...
PARKGOERS: BENCH THE DIRTY CROOK
Outraged New Yorkers plan to park their assets elsewhere - and not on benches donated by swindler Bernard Madoff. "I think someone will absolutely vandalize these if they realize they're...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Crooks just have a way of making Weird But True's job too easy. A would-be burglar climbed through a hole in the roof of an Atlanta liquor store with completely...
U.S., Red Bull academy's Dilly Duka, clinch spot in U-20 World Cup
The U.S. clinched a spot in the FIFA U-20 World Cup with a 2-0 win over El Salvador last night in their final Group A match in Tobago. It marks...
MORTGAGE INJUSTICE
THE federal govern ment's decision to bail out homeowners in trouble, with mortgage loans up to $729,000, raises some questions. Since the average American never took out a mortgage loan...
LOOKING FOR LEADERSHIP
THE ISSUE: President Obama's handling of the economic crisis and his overall job performance. *** "Just Fix It, Barack" (Editorial, March 7) really hits the nail on the head regarding...
ROME IS BURNING . . . QUICK, BLAME RUSH
THE ISSUE: Whether President Obama should concern himself with Rush Limbaugh's comments. *** Rush Limbaugh has been entertaining and espousing his view over the airwaves for more than 30 years...
CEO SEES ONCE IN LIFE EVENT
Blackstone Group CEO Stephen Schwarzman said yesterday that up to 45 percent of the world's wealth has been destroyed by the global credit crisis. "Between 40 and 45 percent of...
TRUMP'S VEGAS CONDOS DELAYED
Developer Donald Trump said the majority of buyers at his Las Vegas condominium project haven't closed on their purchase because they can't obtain mortgages. "We sold 100 percent of the...
'AIR NANCY': PLANE OUTRAGEOUS
HOUSE Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the Jennifer Lopez of con gressional travel - fickle, demanding and notoriously insensitive to the time, costs and energy needed to accommodate her endless demands....
LABOR'S LOVE LOST?
DID Nancy Pelosi just throw Harry Reid under the bus? The controversial "Em ployee Free Choice Act" - known to its foes as "card check" - looks to be withering...
THE 'SCIENCE' DODGE
THE new "post-partisanship" was on full display Mon day in the East Room of the White House - where President Obama revoked Bush-era policies that, while providing the first federal...
CITI, GM COULD FACE DOW DELISTING
If the US government assumes greater control over US bank Citigroup or automaker General Motors, that might "trigger" their removal from the Dow index, the Dow Jones Indexes said yesterday....
NEW LEASE JUST LIKE OLD TIMES
AFRICA Israel USA is lucking out big time. The company that bought the landmarked old New York Times building at 229 W. 43rd St. has signed its first lease -...
GLOOM & DOOM FOR DAILY NEWS
A popular Wall Street blog has named the New York Daily News as one of 10 big-city newspapers that will either fold or go all digital in the not-too-distant future....
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Take's take Take-Two Interac tive, publisher of the "Grand Theft Auto" video games, reported a first-quarter loss after spending more to create and sell its titles. The net loss of...
UPTICK RULE'S RETURN
The Securities and Exchange Commission's new boss Mary Schapiro is hammering out plans to revive a controversial Depression-era rule that could curb short-selling by hedge funds and other traders. The...
MYSPACE GETS SCARED OFF BY THE 'UNDEAD'
Red-hot rap-rock band Hollywood Undead could have been MySpace Records' breakthrough act, but the record label arm of the social-networking Web site missed out after trying to censor the group's...
MARKETS' U-TURN
Teaming up to spread a dose of banking news, Vikram Pandit and Ben Bernanke triggered a stock rally heard around the world yesterday. Citigroup chief Pandit got the ball rolling...
'LEAKED' MEMO ON PROFITS LIFTS CITI 38%
He may have won a small victory yesterday, but Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit's war is far from over. Its shares surged 38 percent to $1.45 after Pandit wrote in a...
RIVAL CABLE HOSTS TO FACE OFF OVER CRAMER BLAMER
They don't call him "mad" for nothing. CNBC's crazed stock picker Jim Cramer has agreed to step into the ring with Comedy Central's Jon Stewart tomorrow, appearing on "The Daily...
ALL IN THE FAMILY (LAW FIRM)
David Paterson is a bewilderment. On Feb. 25, he fired his chief of staff, Long Island attorney William Cunningham - reportedly having found him "weak and indecisive." But on Feb....
BAM'S BOOST TO B'BERG
Mayor Bloomberg's fight to retain control of city schools got a boost yesterday from a formidable source: the president of the United States. OK, President Obama didn't explicitly call upon...
TB SCARE AT BOFA HQ
Bank of America's Ken Lewis can't seem to catch a break, unless it's an outbreak. Yesterday, BofA was informed by NYC's Department of Health that an unidentified employee at its...
JOBA CHAMBERLAIN REBOUNDS AFTER 2 BAD STARTS
Joba Chamberlain and the New York Yankees can relax a little bit. Chamberlain rebounded from two bad starts by allowing one run and three hits over three innings in the...
JOBA CHAMBERLAIN REBOUNDS AFTER 2 BAD STARTS
Joba Chamberlain and the New York Yankees can relax a little bit. Chamberlain rebounded from two bad starts by allowing one run and three hits over three innings in the...
ALA. GUNMEN KILLS 10, HIMSELF IN SHOOTING SPREE
A coroner says the suspect in a shooting rampage that killed at least 10 people in south Alabama began his day of bloodshed by burning down his mother's house where...
Bubble Watch, volume 5
BY TIM BONTEMPSIt's tournament time, Bubble Watchers.Well, not that tournament. But this week, when most of the conferences play their postseason tournaments, can often offer as much or more drama...