April 1, 2009
ONE MORE TIME
Come the weekend you'll be able to ride the Cyclone - and soon even "Shoot the Freak" - just like you did last summer as Coney Island bounces back for...
NOOSE IMAGE FOUND IN COLUMBIA COLLEGE MAILBOX
A picture of a noose was found in a Columbia Teachers College mailbox -- addressed to a disgraced former professor who once found a noose hanging on her office door,...
Knicks' MVP is fans
By MARC BERMANBACK FROM DENVER - The Knicks return home Saturday to play the Raptors in a meaningless game against a team they are fighting for the second-worst record in...
'Wolverine' Pops Up on Web
"Last night, a stolen, incomplete and early version of 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine' was posted illegally on a website,'' says a statement just released by 20th Century Fox. "It was without...
'Wolverine' Turns Up on Web
"Last night, a stolen, incomplete and early version of 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine' was posted illegally on a website,'' says a statement just released by 20th Century Fox. "It was without...
COPS NAB SUSPECT IN DELI SLAY
A hulking pervert on parole for raping two 12-year-old girls on a Harlem rooftop has been busted as the suspected triggerman in the heartless slaying of a father and son...
NEW CHARGES FOR BRONX DAD ACCUSED OF STRANGLING DAUGHTER
A Bronx dad accused of strangling his pregnant teen daughter and throwing her body in a furnace last year was the father of her unborn child, authorities said yesterday. DNA...
FEDS SEIZE MADOFF MANSION
US Marshals swooped in tonight and seized Bernard Madoff's $11 million Florida mansion -- and all of the pricey contents inside -- hours after grabbing two prized boats belonging to...
WEINSTEIN, NBC SETTLE 'RUNWAY' SPAT
Harvey Weinstein and Jeff Zucker have kissed and made up. The dueling moguls today reached a settlement in their contentious legal standoff over hit reality show "Project Runway," with The...
QB Stafford to visit Jets
By BRIAN COSTELLOMatthew Stafford, the top-rated quarterback prospect in this month's NFL Draft, plans on visiting the Jets in the next few weeks. The Georgia quarterback appeared on Sirius' "Opening...
CC SURVIVES FINAL SPRING START
TAMPA -- The Yankees got a major scare in Opening Day starter CC Sabathia's final spring outing. The left-hander had Jason Ellison's line-drive RBI single go off his glove in...
OBAMAS MEET QUEEN ELIZABETH II
LONDON -- It's not every day the American president's driver is told to move his bulletproof car. But Queen Elizabeth II's handlers made the request Wednesday after President Barack Obama's...
SCORNED GAL PALS TIP POLICE OFF TO SERIAL BURGLAR
Police hath no ally like a woman scorned. Long Island cops nabbed a suspected serial burglar who made off with more than $1 million in stolen property yesterday after two...
WOODS GETS LIFE FOR COP'S MURDER
Justice was served in Brooklyn Supreme Court this afternoon when Lee Woods was sentenced to life behind bars for the murder of rookie cop Russel Timoshenko. Woods -- the last...
CHAMBERLAIN PLEADS GUILTY TO DRUNK DRIVING
LINCOLN, Nebraska -- New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a charge of drunk driving and was given probation. After a plea deal, prosecutors dropped the...
PLAYBOY MODEL AND THE WOZ STOP 'DANCING'
The Playmate and the Woz are done dancing. Playboy model Holly Madison and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak were booted from the "Dancing With the Stars" ballroom Tuesday during the ABC...
The End is Approaching
By FRED KERBERLawrence Frank was his usual self at the morning workout, although somehow you thought you heard the "dead man walking" shout in the background. It's not that bad....
MLG pros Season Opener
Admission to the event (for all three days) is $20, and attendance is expected to top 10,000 for the weekend. The best night for spectators will be Friday, when 2008...
HOUSE REPUBLICANS PROPOSE BIG TAX CUTS, SPENDING CURBS
WASHINGTON -- Republicans in the House Wednesday pressed a budget plan that would cut taxes and radically overhaul Medicare, offering a stark alternative to blueprints offered by President Barack Obama...
Red Bulls' Carlos Johnson got his P-1, Albert Celades arriving today
OK, here's some news on Red Bull defender Carlos Johnson, and it has nothing to do with agents or FIFA or grievances.After Spaniard Albert Celades got his P-1 Friday and...
Santana goes three in finale
JUPITER, Fla. -- As expected, Johan Santana's final start of spring training was a short one here today against the Cardinals. Santana threw 36 pitches (24 of them strikes) over...
Can Mets end SI's losing streak?
This week's Sports Illustrated proclaims the Mets their World Series pick.Gulp!2004 Cubs -- A year after the Steve Bartman debacle, the Cubs went 89-73 and finished third in the NL...
Joe will keep Jeter at top
By GEORGE A. KING IIITAMPA -- Without being specific, Joe Girardi said he liked what he saw out of Derek Jeter hitting first and Johnny Damon second enough to start...
Fox Fools
It's about time someone punked Gordon Ramsay.The "Hell's Kitchen" chef joins the list of Fox TV stars who fell victim to the network's April Fool's Day promotional pranks that will...
MTA SHOWS OFF YANKEE STADIUM METRO-NORTH STATION
Metro-North will begin taking fans out to the ballgame at Yankee Stadium starting May 23. The MTA today offered a sneak-peek of its almost complete Yankee-153rd Street Station, which will...
'GUIDING LIGHT' CANCELLED
CBS has cancelled "Guiding Light"--which has aired, in one medium or another, for 72 years. The veteran soap's last episode will air Friday, Sept. 18. The cancellation of "Guiding Light"...
The Sean Avery Effect
By JUSTIN TERRANOVA"I just want to comment on how it's become like a common thing in the NHL for guys to fall in love with my sloppy seconds. I don't...
COKE BUST AT BRONX PIZZERIA
Six people have been arrested on charges of selling cocaine out of a Bronx pizza parlor. Special narcotics prosecutor Bridget Brennan says investigators seized nearly 20 pounds of cocaine, about...
Report: Burress treated by team
A source told NJ.com, that Plaxico Burress was recently at Giants Stadium to have his ailing back checked out by team doctors.There were no specifics on the injury, but Burress...
TEAM TO FIGHT JEWISH SEX ABUSE
A team of prosecutors, counselors and religious leaders will work to combat sexual abuse in Brooklyn's ultra-Orthodox Jewish community. The initiative was announced Wednesday by District Attorney Charles Hynes. The...
New Jersey's Berhalter coming to MLS
After playing 15 years in Europe, Tenafly native Gregg Berhalter is finally coming home to MLS. Now the question is, which team will the former U.S. National Team defender land...
JUDGE: MOM ACTED AS A 'JUROR MISCONDUCT VIGILANTE'
The Brooklyn mom who set up an elaborate sting in which she dressed herself up as a sexy young California blonde to lure a juror into admitting he was unfit...
The Office Pool Bettor's Guide: 'American Idol' (Week 4)
Again, Anoop Desai and Megan Joy are staring elimination at point-blank range. Anoop's good vocals were overshadowed by a clownish Usher impression.Judges have been highly critical of Megan Joy's lame...
COMPTROLLER DINAPOLI SLAMS NY BUDGET
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli slammed the governor's new $131.8 billion budget, arguing that the spending spree is "not a long-term solution" to battling the recession and that it spends "more...
MADONNA'S NEW TOT READIES FOR NEW LIFE
Little Mercy James looks back at her orphanage home as she walks away to prepare for her new life as Madonna's adopted daughter.Get the Full Story at The SunPHOTOS: Madonna...
FEDS SEIZE MADOFF BOATS
Jailed financier Bernard Madoff's 55-foot luxury yacht and a smaller vessel have been seized by U.S Marshals in Florida. The boats were taken Wednesday from two different marinas. Marshals' spokesman...
Grapefruit: Mets at Cardinals
JUPITER, Fla. -- With just one more day after this left in spring training, the Mets are sending a backup- and prospect-filled lineup here today against the Cardinals for Johan...
G-20 PROTESTERS BREAK INTO BANK OF SCOTLAND
LONDON -- G-20 protesters clashed with riot police in downtown London on Wednesday, breaking into the heavily guarded Royal Bank of Scotland and smashing its windows. Earlier, they tried to...
OBAMA'S AUNT CAN STAY UNTIL 2010
BOSTON -- President Barack Obama's aunt will remain in the United States until at least next year as she awaits a chance to make her case before an immigration judge...
DEALS: STL luxury for $159/night
Saint Louis, Missouri -- namesake of a crusading French king who suffered a fatal case of the squirts -- is likewise a tragic figure, the victim of having a lot...
April Fools? 'Atlas Shrugged' Funding Reported Near -- But Will They Be Asking For a Gov't Handout?
Even as it climbs the best-seller lists (the paperback is currently No. 27 at Amazon) on the back of sentiment against government interventionism, Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged'' may be seeing...
US, RUSSIA: WE'LL MAKE ARMS DEAL
LONDON -- The United States and Russia committed Wednesday to resetting strained relations, as presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev issued sweeping statements on global cooperation, including a headline-grabbing agreement...
OBAMA CALLS FOR FIX TO GLOBAL CRISIS ON G-20 SUMMIT EVE
LONDON -- On the eve of a global economic summit, President Barack Obama promised world leaders he would listen, not lecture, as they seek a common fix to the financial...
A scout likes Murphy
From JOEL SHERMAN A scout who saw a lot of Daniel Murphy this spring liked what he saw and said: "He has a professional approach at the plate. He knows...
3 UP: WILL THE YANKS BE BRAVE WITH JETER?
Chipper Jones did not have a particularly good WBC. He struck out a lot, got injured and complained about spending so much time in Canada. Derek Jeter also did not...
3 UP: SHEFFIELD, CHIPPER/JETER, MURPHY
1. Is it just me or does it feel as if we are thinking about Hall of Fame candidacies earlier and more deeply than ever before? Maybe this is what...
DUMBO STUMBLE
Swayed by a developer's plan to include a new middle school in a controversial condo project, the city agreed to spend $43 million funding it "without doing its due diligence"...
BARGAIN
RESTAURANT "bar" "menus" are all the rage. But "bar" is in quotation marks because menus so named are not necessarily available at a restaurant's actual bar. And "menu" can mean...
METS HIT HOME RUN WITH BALLPARK EATS
EAT this, Yank fans. The Mets hit a home run with a tasty preview of their new ballpark eats yesterday - and it's not just fans who are excited. "[The...
RODRIGUEZ NEEDS TO USE COMMON SENSE FOR COMMON GOOD
SARASOTA, Fla. -- On the long drive here yesterday from Tampa, I spotted this bumper sticker on the back of a truck a few blocks from Ed Smith Stadium: "Engage...
A-ROD WANTS TO RETURN SOONER THAN EXPECTED; CASHMAN CAUTIOUS
SARASOTA, Fla. -- Alex Rodriguez thinks he can return from hip surgery prior to May 15, and though the Yankees would certainly welcome their cleanup hitter back before then, GM...
JOBA VELOCITY AN ENCOURAGING SIGN
SARASOTA, Fla. -- After a pedestrian beginning, Joba Chamberlain's fastball had more mphs to it and the slider was filthy. There were positives to take from his start against the...
EVANS MAKES METS' FINAL CUTS, BUT HAS LITTLE TIME TO IMPRESS
PORT ST. LUCIE -- The Mets chose potential in the bullpen and experience on the bench when making their final roster decisions yesterday. Pinch-hitting specialist Marlon Anderson and reliever Darren...
JINX IS IN: SI PICKS METS TO WIN IT ALL
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Even the Mets seemed surprised yesterday to hear Sports Illustrated is picking them to win the World Series. Despite two consecutive hideous September collapses, SI has...
FOR UCONN, IT ALL COMES INTO FOCUS
By all counts, this Connecticut team should be in a zombie-like state, a walking daze of a team. Its most fearless player, swingman Jerome Dyson, was lost late in the...
KENTUCKY LURES CALIPARI FROM MEMPHIS
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- John Calipari agreed yesterday to leave Memphis and the dominant program he built and take on the challenge - and riches - of returning Kentucky to college...
TOP OF THE SHOPS
AT long last, it's here. Fashion fans quivering with sequin and fringe excitement will finally be able to get their Topshop on. The three-ring circus of shopping experiences has come...
CRUNCH TIME
The Santa Barbara Bodega on 12th Street and Avenue B was jammed, as it usually is on early mornings, with locals ordering the store's specialty - the bacon, egg and...
HAT TRICKS
Hats grace the walls of Casa de Rodriguez -- a shop founded by married milliners David and Jody Rodriguez -- like the paintings in an art gallery, each telling its...
LATIN OUT LOUD
Carnival Games Fusion collective SambaDá blend sexy grooves, fast dance moves and gravity-defying capoeira stunts for a performance that's anything but ordinary. Their percussive music, a combination of samba, reggae...
STRINGS ATTACHED
In the liner notes to "Moving Forward," Bernie Williams' latest record, rock legend James Taylor writes that "Bernie is a champion athlete and a gifted musician." Then he asks --...
THE BEST IN NEW LATIN MUSIC
From a salsa legend Willie Colón to rock en espanol icons Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, this spring, there is a plethora of good 'ol music being released by the greats. But...
SPRING ANGLERS ARE HOT TO TROUT
Today marks the opening of both trout and winter flounder seasons in New York giving both salt and sweet water anglers an opportunity to enjoy a traditional rite of spring....
ADRIEN IS UCONN'S ROCK
STORRS, Conn. -- Connecticut's Jeff Adrien took it personally when he began hearing that his team couldn't win the big one. The doubters' worries grew louder after the Huskies' six-overtime...
'BACH' GIRL BACK
SHAYNE Lamas, the former fi ance of "Bachelor: London Calling's" Matt Grant, is getting her own series. The reality show will focus on the "crazy" life led by the 23-year-old...
STARR REPORT
Dr. Jennifer Ashton deliv ers her first report on this morning's "Early Show" as CBS News' newly minted medical correspondent. Ash ton is no stranger to TV viewers, having fulfilled...
AN AMAZING 'HAIR' DAY
I have zero nostalgia for the 1960s, but I love this "Hair." Everything aligned per fectly when Diane Paulus resurrected the 1967 epoch- making show in Central Park last summer....
LOVE STORY DRAPED IN SCENERY
THIS may come as a sur prise, but Kazakhstan, that mysterious land in Central Asia, has a thriving film industry. I'm not talking about Hollywood-produced "Borat" but about made-in-Kazakhstan features...
'OC HOUSEWIFE' GRETCHEN DATES HER CO-STAR'S EX
NEWS that "Real House wives of the O.C." star Gretchen Rossi is now going out with the ex of cast- mate Jo De La Rosa is not going over well...
SYKES SET FOR LATE
WANDA Sykes has been signed by Fox to host a late-night talk show similar to HBO's topical "Real Time with Bill Maher," it was reported last night. The hour-long show...
'REAL' PEDRO
LONGTIME fans of "The Real World" will never forget Pedro Zamora. He was the gorgeous, 22-year-old guy on the reality show "The Real World: San Francisco" who was the first...
LEN BERMAN CUT BY CH. 4
ONE of the best-known faces in New York TV, sports anchor Len Berman, is out at Ch. 4 as the station continues to cut high-priced talent. The well-respected Berman, 61,...
CURRY HEADED TO DOCTOR
DENVER -- Eddy Curry, after playing two straight games, missed last night's loss vs. the Nuggets with left-knee pain and swelling. He will see a doctor today, but claims he'll...
SLIDING DEVILS GOAL-ORIENTED
The Devils are in the midst of a season-worst five-game losing streak, and that won't change anytime soon if the team continues to struggle scoring goals. When the Devils play...
ISLES AIM FOR STRONG FINISH TO TOUGH YEAR
Starting with tonight's game in Washington (7 p.m., MSG+, WMJC 94.3 FM), the Islanders have seven games left until the end of the regular season and while it would be...
SURE LOOKS LIKE NETS HAVE QUIT
Two games are hardly a fair assessment of anything. But if the Nets' last two games are any kind of gauge, management would be backing up the truck to the...
VOLATILE TORTORELLA MOLDING RANGERS IN IMAGE
FIVE weeks and 16 games of 9-5-2 hockey into his tenure, what stands out about John Tortorella's crash course from behind the Rangers bench? NHL STANDINGS 1: Well, the head...
STEPHENSON: NO DECISION
Lance Stephenson insisted yesterday that despite the postponement of his college announcement, he still knows where he's going to school this fall. The Lincoln High senior was scheduled to verbally...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Tigers give boot to Sheffield The Tigers released nine-time All-Star Gary Sheffield yesterday. Sheffield is one home run shy of 500 career homers. "I wouldn't say I'm shocked, but...
JETS GOTTA BRING JAY INTO GANG
THE Jets are a team in need of a quarterback, and Jay Cutler is a quarterback in need of a team. Football can be a complicated game sometimes. There is...
HARRINGTON MYSTERY ENGULFS KNICKS
DENVER -- Al Harrington sat in the locker room last night before the game, soaking his feet in a mysterious bucket of green ice water. On a night the Knicks...
COMPETITION FOR QB WILL BE 'CUT' THROAT
The possibility of Jay Cutler lining up behind center for the Jets next season just became more realistic. The Broncos announced last night they will try to trade the disgruntled...
PENN. ST. ROLLS; BAYLOR ON DECK
Penn State attacked Notre Dame last night with a physical ferocity that must have brought a smile to the face of Joe Paterno, sitting three rows off the court. The...
'V-DAY' FOR CYBER VIRUS
Millions of PC users worldwide are praying today's threat of an elaborate virus assault is nothing more than an elaborate April Fools' joke. Fears are growing that the Conficker worm...
THREAT VS. W. HOUSE
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan -- The commander of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility yesterday for a deadly assault on a Pakistani police academy -- and said the group was planning...
BREAK FOR 'SPY'
A Newark federal judge yesterday reduced the sentence of a Filipino national who pleaded guilty to espionage-related charges for accepting classified documents from an ex-Marine who worked for Vice Presidents...
POPE PROBES PRIESTLY ORDER
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict has ordered an investigation of a Roman Catholic priestly order whose founder was discovered to be a sexual molester and to have had at least...
BIBI SOFTENS STANCE
JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struck a conciliatory tone as he took office yesterday, promising to seek a "permanent arrangement" with the Palestinians and full peace with the entire...
POSTAL SERVICE HITS A HOMER
WASHINGTON -- Don't have a cow, man! The Simpsons will appear on stamps. America's most enduring dysfunctional family will be honored, the Postal Service announced yesterday. It's been 20 years...
PRINCIPAL A KING IN QUEENS
For the first time, Queens Principal Anthony Lombardi has become a real school leader. He's now allowed -- thanks to changes under mayoral control -- to do things his way...
TRAINING HEADMASTERS IS ACADEMIC
In an effort to prepare better principals to take on troubled schools, Mayor Bloomberg inspired the creation of the corporate-style Leadership Academy to train a new generation of leaders. Six...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan Cops yesterday released an updated photo of a robber (above) who allegedly fled with $2,389 from a Chase branch. The suspect used his cellphone to shield a scar on...
DOUBLY DOPEY 'ROBBER'
A bumbling bandit was busted after robbing the bodega on his own Brooklyn block twice in the same night -- the second time losing his disguise and getting chased out...
TV GAL: I'M 'REAL' VICTIM!
In a plot twist worthy of reality TV, the "Real Housewives" star accused of assaulting her former boyfriend said yesterday that he was the one who started it. Kelly Bensimon...
OUR MAN IN AFGHAN TALKS WITH IRAN POL
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- In a cautious first step toward unlocking 30 years of tense relations, senior US diplomat Richard Holbrooke had a brief but cordial meeting with Iran's deputy...
MILEY'S 'AX' TO GRIND
Never mind the fake guitar-smashing antics -- Miley Cyrus says she's no party girl. The "Hannah Montana" sensation claims you won't see her hitting the town every night because she...
US POSTAL DISSERVICE
Three Manhattan post offices could be shuttered this year, making life miserable for snail-mail dependents. The possible closures come as the US Postal Service attempts to cope with a double...
LABOR HONCHO BIG ON BLOOMY
WASHINGTON -- Powerhouse labor leader Dennis Rivera heaped praise on Mayor Bloomberg yesterday as he all but endorsed the mayor. Rivera called Bloomberg, who is seeking a third term, a...
KIN SUE IN ORGAN HORROR
The parents of a Long Island teen whose cancer-ridden organs were mistakenly authorized for transplants have sued three hospitals and a slew of doctors for missing the signs of the...
'ALIENATOR' O NEEDS TO BE A LEADER
WITH "tea party" protests drawing thousands, and even Democratic lawmakers questioning the scope of his unprecedented spending proposals, President Obama has now entered a rocky patch here at home. But...
JUDGE HALTS MOM'S TRIAL
A Staten Island mom charged with murdering her fire marshal husband in his sleep had the start of her trial delayed yesterday as her lawyers waged a last-minute battle to...
KELLY SEEKS SECURITY BLANKET OVER MIDTOWN
The city wants to build a network of surveillance cameras and license-plate readers in Midtown, similar to a security system in lower Manhattan, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly announced yesterday. The...
TAKE THIS JOB AND TOSS IT
Dozens of jobless New Yorkers took a breather from trying to win a paycheck yesterday and took part in a different competition -- the Unemployment Olympics. The games at Tompkins...
QUEEN CALLS GITMO 'FUN'
MIAMI -- "A lot of fun" and a "relaxing, calm beautiful place" aren't words usually associated with the US naval facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. But that's how reigning Miss...
COPS KILL THUG IN PAROLE OFFICE
A convicted rapist waiting to meet his parole officer in Queens was shot dead yesterday after pulling a knife during a random search, police said. Eric Reid, 50, was in...
PACK-ING A WALLOP
Breathe in and exhale slowly, city smokers -- your cheapest cigarettes will soar past $10 a pack today. The federal excise tax on every pack of cigarettes is now $1.01...
NEW BISHOP WILL COME KNOCKIN'
Scripture says knock and the door shall be opened to you. Well, Archbishop Timothy Dolan will have to knock pretty hard on the massive bronze doors of St. Patrick's Cathedral...
COLUMBIA GETS PICKY
Columbia University posted its lowest admittance rate in school history this year, mirroring a trend among Ivy League schools and many top-tiered private colleges. Just less than 2,500 students --...
GOP SLAMS WORKING FAMILIES' 'GAME' PLAN
Republican lawmakers charged yesterday that a private company formed by the Working Families Party to run Democratic campaigns was designed to "game the system." "With this exercise, we're seeing a...
CHIMP-MAUL GAL IMPROVING
The Connecticut woman horribly mutilated by a chimpanzee is speaking, asking for her daughter and even responding to fairly complicated commands, her brothers said yesterday. Stephen and Michael Nash told...
DO IT THE APPLE WAY!
President Obama's education secretary said yesterday he'll wage a national campaign to convince cities across the country to put mayors in charge of their struggling public schools in a bid...
IT'S A NEW WORLD FOR SUMMIT ROOKIE BAM
WASHINGTON -- President Obama stepped onto the diplomatic stage last night for his first trip to Europe as a world leader, flying into England as he got ready for an...
'DARK' GREED EYED IN CONDO SLAYS
Two Liberian immigrants shot to death in a former Jets linebacker's Long Island condo may have been targeted for revenge over a scheme that conned gullible people into thinking black...
BARSTOOL FOOL ROLLS INTO DWI
He never got off his barstool -- but that didn't keep cops from charging him with DWI. Kile Wygle, 28, dialed 911 after his homemade vehicle -- a barstool mounted...
TAX-CRUSHED RUSH IS FLEEING NY
Rush Limbaugh is telling New York to drop dead. The high-rated radio ranter announced on his broadcast that he was "officially vacating New York after these stupid, punitive, massive tax...
NEWS GUY'S WHOA
Cop-turned-TV reporter Mike Sheehan was reined in at a Manhattan court yesterday after a bizarre -- and allegedly drunken -- fender-bender with an NYPD horse in TriBeCa. Sheehan, 60, a...
JFK DOOR MAN PLANE NERVOUS
The Scottish passenger who tried to tried to force his way off a plane stuck on the JFK tarmac was motivated by nerves rather than boredom, his daughter said yesterday....
GUN-SHY PLAX GONE IN A FLASH
He arrived to a crowd of media; he learned his new court date; he quietly shook a half-dozen hands. And then he hopped in his Escalade and was gone. New...
POI$ONED IVY
A former Columbia University scientist lost more than his job when he was busted for ripping off the school to pay for his Poconos wedding -- he also lost his...
FRAT-DEATH SLAY RAPS
Three upstate frat boys were charged yesterday with criminally negligent homicide for forcing a 19-year-old pledge from Queens to drink so much beer, champagne and vodka that he died of...
ACTION! GOV GIVES TAX BREAKS FOR TV
Gov. Paterson and legislative leaders yesterday announced $350 million in tax breaks to keep TV and movie production from fleeing the state. Paterson, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority...
SUBWAY RAPIST VICTIM'S SHOCK
A Queens judge ruled yesterday that subway employees do not have to do anything but pick up their phones if they see a crime -- as he threw out a...
PONZI VICTIMS EM'BIDDER'ED
In what may be their only shot at a payoff, victims of a $370 million Long Island Ponzi scam joined bargain hunters and the morbidly curious yesterday to pick through...
CITY & NASSAU IN CAB-SHARE DEAL
The taxi border wars are over. For the first time, black cars based in the Big Apple are allowed to take passengers in either direction between Nassau County and the...
SECTS & THE CITY IN CROWN HEIGHTS
No barns were raised when Hasidic Jews and the Amish joined together on the streets of Brooklyn yesterday, but eyebrows sure were. The 25-strong Amish contingent made the trip by...
HEARTACHE SMILES
This is not a picture of a happy reunion between a boy and his father -- rather, it's an introduction. Madonna promised to help keep adopted Malawian son David Banda's...
TAX-I! NEW HIT LOOMS
Pick your poison. If riders don't want to get hammered with crushing bus and subway fare hikes, they should instead fork over an extra 50 cents for all city cab...
CRUCIAL RACE FOR GILLY SEAT A SQUEAKER
President Obama's first White House foray into candidate endorsements was in doubt last night, with the special election to fill Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's upstate congressional seat too close to call....
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Killjoy! Remember that 4-pound, 4,800-calorie burger that hogged its way into Weird But True last week? Susan Levin, a dietician with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, sent a letter...
Red Bulls Notes
Some random Red Bull notes to chew on before I leave the Garden:While sports teams are seemingly squeezing every last coin out of their fans with PSLs, the Red Bulls...
FSC lands Champions League
Looks like Fox Soccer Channel _ our brothers in the Rupert Murdoch family _ have snagged the U.S. rights to the Champions League, starting in 2010-11 season. The Unprofessional Foul...
A GOV'T BOOK BAN
IN 1996, Milos Forman di rected "The People vs. Larry Flynt," the propa gandistic film that made a "First Amendment hero" out of the publisher of Hustler, a racist and...
CAUGHT OFFGUARD BY KOH: ANOTHER ODD OBAMA PICK
THE ISSUE: Pres. Obama's nomination of Harold Koh to be the State Department's legal adviser. *** President Obama's nomination of Harold Koh shows just how radical Obama is ("Obama's Most...
A WAR BY ANY OTHER NAME
THE ISSUE: The decision to refer to the War on Terror as an "Overseas Contingency Operation." *** How encouraging for the Obama administration to rename the Global War on Terror...
WHY HYBRID CABS ARE WRONG FOR NYC
MAYOR Bloomberg's goal of creating a green taxi fleet is commendable -- but limiting the solution to hybrids and diesels is wrong for New York. A federal court struck down...
OBAMA'S WORST JOBS-KILLER
MORE than anything else, business needs a predictable environment if it is to create jobs. Changes in the regulatory environment and the tax code make it almost impossible for businesses...
UNHAPPY WELCOME
A FEW months ago, the so phisticated view was that President Obama would be welcomed at the G-20 summit in London today not as America's first black president but as...
BEANTOWN TOWER SALE
Boston's John Hancock Tower, New England's tallest skyscraper, was sold at auction to Normandy Real Estate Partners and Five Mile Capital Partners LLC for $661 million, about half its price...
ICAHN EYES TROPICANA
A group led by billionaire investor Carl Icahn is offering $200 million to buy the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City. The low-ball offer shows just how steep a...
CARMAKERS START RETOOLING
US automakers moved to jumpstart dreary sales and implement restructuring actions yesterday, a day after the Obama administration warned that the government cash spigot could be turned off unless sweeping...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Goldman exit Mark Carhart and Ray mond Iwanowski, co- heads of Goldman Sachs' quantitative-investment group and Global Alpha hedge fund, once Gold man's largest hedge fund, quit the firm. Butt...
LET'S MAKE A DEAL
THE office building at 417 Fifth Ave. has quietly joined the meager list of city offerings. There is no asking price for the 412,000 square foot building, but sources say...
SUN-TIMES FADES TO (CONRAD) BLACK
Even in bankruptcy, the Sun-Times Media Group, a remnant of the newspaper empire once controlled by Conrad Black, can't escape the financial clutches of the jailed press baron. The Chicago...
GAO: TREASURY SHOULD TAKE HARDER LINE WITH AIG
The Treasury Department should deny American International Group Inc. a $30 billion "contingency" bailout until the company agrees to take back millions in bonuses and negotiate cheaper exits from its...
FACEBOOK TELLS CFO: WE'LL SEE YU LATER
Continuing a string of high-level executive departures, Facebook announced yesterday that CFO Gideon Yu was leaving and that the company had hired executive-search firm Spencer Stuart to find his replacement....
J'ACCUSE BOSSES
CEOs all over the world yesterday got a grim reminder of what can happen when jobs are cut after a mob of hooligans besieged a taxi in Paris carrying France's...
HOME PRICES FELL 19 PERCENT IN JANUARY
The glut of unsold homes continued to weigh on housing prices in January, as a closely watched home-price index that tracks prices in the top 20 cities took its biggest...
MADOFF'S SIB PETER FACES DEEP FREEZE
Bernie Madoff's investment business partner and brother, Peter, secretly signed a deal with federal prosecutors on Christmas Eve to voluntarily freeze his assets, it was revealed yesterday. That deal came...
MASTHEAD MASSACRE
RIGHT about now, U2 front man Bono is probably wondering what he's gotten himself into by buying such a big stake in Forbes Media. Yesterday, the company cut at least...
MARTS ARE MARCHING FOR MONTH
Wall Street ended March like a lion with all three major indices posting gains for the month and paring losses for the year. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index ended...
BOTTOM FEEDERS
The small town of Fairfield, Conn., is making a big accusation against the hedge funds that directed clients to convicted swindler Bernard Madoff, claiming the so-called "feeder funds" knowingly helped...
PORT AUTHORITY BIRD BRAINS
Barely had goose-crippled US Airways Flight 1549 pancaked into the Hudson River in January when the Port Authority -- which controls New York's three major regional airports -- insisted that...
FREEZING OUT THE CHILDREN
Want hard evidence of just who's driving the bus in Albany, and who's getting run over by it? Well, consider what De Facto Gov. Shelly Silver and his confederates did...
Eddy: Nice while it lasted
By MARC BERMANDENVER - Eddy Curry said he would see a doctor Wednesday to examine his swollen left knee that prompted him to sit out tonight's loss vs. the Nuggets....
Cutler officially available
Things just got interesting Jets fans. Broncos owner Pat Bowlen announced tonight that the team will grant Jay Cutler his wish and try to trade him. There is no doubt...
Maine is strong again
JUPITER, Fla. -- John Maine's continued to put his recent struggles behind him tonight, allowing just two runs on six hits and a walk in 5 2/3 innings of a...
NY HOUSE RACE TOO CLOSE TO CALL AFTER POLLS CLOSE
A New York congressional race that focused on President Barack Obama's popularity and his economic policy is too close to call. With 71 percent of the precincts in the 20th...
Mets begin to shore up minor league rosters
After updating you on what's happening with the Yankees last week, it's time to give you a quick look at what's going on with the Mets minor league system. As...
ACCUSED SCAMMER'S PROPERTY AUCTIONED
Bargain hunters and morbidly curious victims descended on the Long Island offices of an accused con artist yesterday to pick through property of disgraced money man Nicholas Cosmo. Bankruptcy auctioneers...
A closer look at Red Bull vs. Schienfloe
By now many of you may know about the complaint filed with FIFA against new Red Bulls defender Carlos Johnson. The Costa Rican's ex-agent Jan Schienfloe says Johnson dumped him...