April 8, 2009
Maurice Edu's first Rangers goal is a game-winner; DaMarcus Beasley hurt. Yet again.
Maurice Edu got handed a start for Rangers and made the most of it, scoring the game-winner in a 2-1 victory over St. Mirren today. His header marked the first...
WOMAN FALLS TO HER DEATH IN QUEENS CENTER MALL, INJURING TEENAGER
An Ozone Park woman plummeted four stories to her death inside the Queens Center Mall Wednesday in an apparent suicide, authorities said. Around 2:20 p.m., the woman, in her mid-50s,...
MADOFF'S METS TICKETS ON EBAY
Bernard Madoff is still making a market -- at least his Citi Field seats are. The two tickets for Monday's Citi Field opener owned by Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities...
COPS CATCH SUBWAY CREEP
Now he gets to pose for another picture -- his mug shot. The man caught on a cellphone after allegedly groping a woman straphanger was busted today, police said. Kevin...
PHILLIES RALLY TO BEAT BRAVES
PHILADELPHIA -- Four Phillies walked with the bases loaded during an eight-run seventh inning and Philadelphia rallied for a 12-11 victory over the Atlanta Braves. Raul Ibanez hit a two-run...
Game 2: Mets at Reds
CINCINNATI -- After an up-and-down spring, Mike Pelfrey takes the mound for the first time tonight as the Mets face the Reds at chilly (and empty) Great American Ball Park....
Cavalry coming for the Red Bulls
Here comes the cavalry, riding in over the horizon. Now the only question is will it be too late to save the Red Bulls season?With Alfredo Pacheco just an ITC...
AVELLA, HOWARD BEACH GROUP PRESS RELIEF EFFORT FOR ITALIAN QUAKE VICTIMS
City Council members Tony Avella (D-Bayside) and Vincent Gentile (D-Brooklyn) appealed to New Yorkers Wednesday to contribute to the relief effort for the earthquake-ravaged areas of Italy. "I would like...
Sheffield downplays his role
CINCINNATI -- Gary Sheffield didn't sound like someone about to take over as the Mets' predominant right fielder today, nor did he look like it. The 40-year-old slugger was the...
Dante's Inferno gets animated tie-in
I really hope the game features the kind of music they've got going on in this cinematic trailer. Anyway.In case you missed it, EA and Starz Media's Film Roman announced...
A's claim Giese off waivers
APThe Athletics claimed right-hander Dan Giese off waivers from Yankees, then optioned him to Triple-A Sacramento.Giese was designated for assignment on Saturday after going 0-1 with two saves and a...
Bat-alert: New "Batman" screenshots
More from the upcoming "Batman: Arkham Asylum" game - this time it's Batman fighting against Joker's minions inside Arkham.In case ya didn't already know, in this game, the Dark Knight...
Champions League: Chelsea and Barcelona Win Big
Chelsea is a shoe-in to reach the semifinals of the Champions League after Branislav Ivanovic scored his first goals for the English club and Didier Drogba added a third to...
Johan's handshake ritual
CINCINNATI -- Here is footage of Johan Santana's elaborate pregame handshake ritual that attracted so much national attention Monday when he did it before the season opener. Santana said today...
'GREEN MACHINE' DEBUTED AT AUTOSHOW
Here's comes the green machine. Carmaker Fisker unveiled the Karma at the New York car show today -- the first luxury plug-in hybrid to hit the market. The car, which...
RECESSION HITS NATIONAL PASTIME
The bad economy has hit baseball salaries. Major League Baseball teams cut payrolls for their active rosters and disabled lists by a staggering $47 million this season compared to 2008,...
VIJAY SINGH SKIPS BALL ACROSS WATER TO HOLE-IN-ONE
Take that, Tiger. During practice rounds at the Masters yesterday, Vijay Singh shot a hole-in-one when he skipped the ball across a pond and into the cup on 16. Players...
MASTERS: Shark Kills Turtle
Wednesday at the Masters By GEORGE WILLISAUGUSTA--t was quite an eventual day for Greg Norman. Playing his final practice round with Camilo Villegas, Sergio Garcia and Robert Allenby, Norman came...
Taylor has no love for Jets
By BRIAN COSTELLODon't count on seeing Jason Taylor in a Jets uniform.The longtime Dolphins defensive end has been rumored as a target of the Jets, but he made it clear...
WOMAN WHO KILLED SON AT SHOOTING RANGE CAUGHT ON TAPE
CASSELBERRY, Fla. -- A central Florida woman who fatally shot her son then killed herself at a shooting range said she was the anti-Christ and that she needed to save...
Yanks bullpen was bad, but not Farnsworth bad
By JUSTIN TERRANOVAA lot of baseball prognosticators predicted the Royals would win the AL Central this year, which was interesting because Kansas City has never won that division. They did...
MAN STABBED ON LES
A man was stabbed in his chest and buttocks after an argument on the Lower East Side today, cops said. The victim, in his 20s, was fighting with two thugs...
Flores, Marte top Savannah's opening roster
The top two infield prospects in the Mets farm system, Wilmer Flores and Jefry Marte, are the highest-profile (and youngest) players on the Opening Day roster for the Amazin's Low-A...
GRIER GONE FROM 'DANCING WITH THE STARS'
David Alan Grier may have to take his dancing back to Broadway, because the comedian was eliminated from "Dancing With the Stars." The 53-year-old was bounced from the ballroom Tuesday...
'IDOL' OVERTIME OOPS
Fox is red-faced today over last night's "American Idol" timing snafu. The competition show ran over an extra eight minutes and 32 seconds, ending at 9:08 p.m., instead of its...
NJ MAN HELD CAPTIVE IN PAKISTAN SAYS 'IT'S GREAT TO BE FREE'
A New Jersey man kidnapped and held for 61 days while working for the United Nations in Pakistan said today he is overjoyed to be home. John Solecki emerged from...
Puerto Rico Islanders loses heartbreaking CONCACAF Champions League semi
The Puerto Rico Islanders' dream run through the CONCACAF Champions League came to a crashing, gut-wrenching halt last night, as the USL minnow essentially blew a two-goal lead in their...
Trenton, Binghamton open 2009 season tonight
Spring has finally arrived, and with it the beginning of the 2009 minor league baseball season. Tonight at Waterfront Park in Trenton, the two-time defending Double-A Eastern League Champions (and...
Burress doesn't want to go to jail
According to a ProFootballTalk.com report, Plaxico Burress and his attorney, Benjamin Brafman, are not on the same page when it comes to the former Giants receiver's court case.The problem seems...
'Bound' For Season 2
HBO's out-of-control, disgusting, irreverent, moronically and maniacally funny new show "Eastbound & Down" is getting a second season. Danny McBride carries the show as the mullet-wearing ex-power pitcher Kenny Powers,...
NYC LIKELY TO CUT MORE JOBS
New York City agencies are being asked to cut their budgets again, and that likely means layoffs. Mayor Michael Bloomberg's budget director, Mark Page, told agency heads in a letter...
PROPHET MUHAMMAD CARTOON RESURFACES IN DENMARK
COPENHAGEN -- A Danish press freedom group said Wednesday it is selling copies of a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad that caused outrage across the Muslim World. Some 1,000 printed...
Bora Milutinovic to coach Iraq
Ex-U.S. National Team and MetroStar coach Bora Milutinovic has been hired by Iraq's Football Association to coach the National Team, replacing sacked Brazilian Jorvan Vieira.Milutinovic _ who has coached five...
'90210's' Silver Loses It Again, Again, Again
Last night, the kids of "90210" were introduced to a whole new side of Erin Silver - the usually laid back and too-cool-for-high school sister of Kelly Taylor took viewers...
US TO TAKE PART IN IRAN TALKS
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration said Wednesday it will participate directly in group talks with Iran over its suspect nuclear program, marking another shift from former President George W. Bush's...
Comrade Boki
By FRED KERBERBOSTON - Boki would love to come back to the Nets next season.Boki Nachbar never wanted to leave the Nets in the first place. But they were going...
AMERICAN JOURNALIST CHARGED WITH ESPIONAGE IN IRAN
TEHRAN, Iran -- An American journalist jailed for more than two months in Iran has been charged with spying for the U.S., a judge said Wednesday, dashing hopes of a...
US SEEKS RELEASE OF AMERICAN JOURNALIST IN IRAN
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that the Obama administration is deeply concerned by reports that a detained American journalist in Iran has been charged with...
FEDS TRY TO BLOCK INVESTORS FROM BANKRUPTING BERNIE
Federal regulators moved today to block a group of burned investors from forcing Ponzi king Bernie Madoff into personal bankruptcy. The Securities and Exchange Commission said the proposed bankruptcy action...
TREASURY: GM, CHRYSLER LAUNCH SUPPLIER SUPPORT
WASHINGTON -- The Treasury Department opened a $5 billion financing support program on Wednesday to help auto suppliers keep parts flowing to General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC as they...
Watch: 'Fringe' Final Minutes
Everyone has their "Idol" panties in a twist, but what about "Fringe" fans?Last night, Fox played DVR dominoes with its Tuesday night lineup when "American Idol" ran 8 minutes long,...
TOYOTA NOT CONCERNED ABOUT GM BANKRUPTCY
NEW YORK -- A top Toyota executive says the automaker is prepared to deal with a possible bankruptcy filing by rival General Motors. Toyota Motor Sales USA President Jim Lentz...
Pelfrey on injury watch
By JUSTIN TERRANOVAMike Pelfrey makes his first start for the Mets tonight, but if SI's Tom Verducci is right, there may not be too many more to follow.Verducci, a respected...
STRIKE CLOSES EIFFEL TOWER
PARIS -- An official at the Eiffel Tower says the attraction is closed to visitors because of a strike. The official said the tower did not open Wednesday morning and...
Beware Greeks Bearing Comebacks, Especially if Closing Tribeca
My good friends at the Tribeca Film Festival seem to have lost my e-mail address again, but the invaluable IndieWire is reporting that "My Life in Ruins'' will close the...
CYBERSPIES BREAK INTO US ELECTRIC GRID: REPORT
WASHINGTON -- Cyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the system, according to current and former national-security officials.Get the...
US SEEKS ANSWERS IN PIRATE-SIEZED SHIP
WASHINGTON -- Across the national security establishment, the United States urgently sought answers Wednesday for the first pirate attack against American citizens in recent memory -- an American-flag ship hijacked...
D'Antoni rating: 4.91
By MARC BERMANFLYING BACK FROM CHIT0WN - The tabulated results are in on Mike D'Antoni's approval rating in his first season as Knicks head coach.He averaged out to a 4.91...
Jets interested in Austin
By BRIAN COSTELLOThe Jets may address their hole at wide receiver before this month's NFL Draft.The team will meet with Cowboys restricted free agent Miles Austin this week, according to...
Coverage in The Post
CINCINNATI -- As the Mets prepare to resume their series against Cincinnati here tonight with Mike Pelfrey taking on Edinson Volquez, they hope the flashes of brilliance on Opening Day...
Too Close For Comfort
With rosters finalized and the 2009 baseball season finally under way, fantasy owners in search of a league title will be looking to jump out to an early lead.Relief pitching...
The rest of the rotation
From JOEL SHERMANI think the most telling part of the Met season is going to be about the 130-or-so games that Johan Santana does not start, a phase that begins...
The Daily Whacks, Wednesday Edition
I can tell you this: I hope the museum at The New Yankee Stadium (every time I type that it, with a capital T and a capital N, it sounds...
WHO'S THE REAL JOBA?
From JOEL SHERMANMy column in today's Post is about Joba Chamberlain in the aftermath of the release of the tape of his failed sobriety test from last October.I wondered was...
The Office Pool Bettor's Guide: 'American Idol' (Week 5)
On the other end of "Idol's'" spectrum, Lil Rounds and Scott MacIntyre could be sent packing tonight. Lil's "What's Love Got To Do With It'' was a strong vocal, but...
COPS SHOOT, KILL B'KLYN WOMAN AMID KNIFE FIGHT
A knife-wielding woman was shot dead by cops this morning as she lunged at an officer, slashing him across the chest and stabbing him in both hands as he searched...
Rangers on the Brink
Don't break out the champagne yet.The Rangers won last night but, even though some fans will be beside themselves with ecstasy and optimism, it's no guarantee they'll make the big...
COPS: 98 SHOTS FIRED DURING BINGHAMTON SHOOTING SPREE
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- The man who gunned down 13 people at an upstate New York immigration center fired 98 shots from two handguns in a little more than a minute,...
POPE TO VISIT EARTHQUAKE SITE IN ITALY
L'AQUILA, Italy -- Rescue teams Wednesday pulled more bodies from the buildings shattered by a deadly earthquake in central Italy and Pope Benedict XVI said he would visit the shocked...
OBAMA RETURNS AFTER JAM-PACKED TRIP
WASHINGTON -- "There is still a lot of work to do here," President Barack Obama declared in Baghdad. He could have been talking about every stop of his jam-packed, eight-day,...
4 SHOT, 1 DEAD AT KOREAN RETREAT CENTER IN CALIF.
TEMECULA, Calif. -- A gunman opened fire at a remote Korean Christian retreat center Tuesday night, leaving one person dead and at least three people injured, authorities said. Authorities were...
JUDGE DOESN'T BELIEVE COP'S DRUG TALE
A cop who claimed he tested positive for cocaine use after being exposed to the drug through sex with his girlfriend should take a powder, a Manhattan judge has ruled....
3 UP: CC/TEX, JOBA AND PELFREY
1. For a second time, I will try to explain my general policy on comments on this blog and also e-mails sent to my Post account: I try to not...
TROOPS IN IRAQ CHEER 'GI' O
WASHINGTON -- President Obama was welcomed like a returning war hero yesterday by hundreds of ecstatic US troops during a surprise visit to Iraq. The presidential pop-in provided Obama with...
FAVORITES FOR 2010 TITLE
DETROIT -- Now that, as the Detroit paper wrote, "Sparty's Over," Michigan State fans would be wise to buy their season tickets for 2009-10 now. Just as North Carolina used...
NEW YANKS GET STING OF EXPECTATIONS
BALTIMORE -- Two New York baseball icons offered counsel to Mark Teixeira and CC Sabathia following their disappointing Yankees debuts Monday in an alarming Opening Day loss to the Orioles....
REDS' FAILURES, TRIUMPHS CAN GIVE METS HOPE
CINCINNATI -- This is as good a place, as appropriate a place, as any for the Mets to begin whatever quest they began Monday afternoon, whatever journey it is that...
BULLPEN LANDS ON SEVENTH GREEN
CINCINNATI -- For a little-known throw-in to the J.J. Putz trade, Sean Green appears ready to take a prominent role in the Mets' bullpen this season. Green, a soon-to-be 30-year-old...
EARLY MURPHY SUCCESS IS NO AMAZIN' SURPRISE
CINCINNATI -- Daniel Murphy speaks in clichés but carries a very dangerous stick for the Mets. The young left fielder doesn't say much in part because he's too busy hanging...
PER SE WHAT?
PER Se needs a better stimulus plan. Thomas Keller's magnificent but unaffordable restaurant at the Time Warner Center, buffeted by the Great Recession, just launched an a la carte "salon"...
IT'S MINI DRIVER!
Facing bankruptcy and the collapse of its once-mighty auto empire, General Motors is pinning its hopes for the future on a two-wheeled vehicle with a top speed that wouldn't even...
LI BACK AND ENJOY IT
FRUSTRATED teens, the roar of the railroad, killer ticks and Alec Baldwin: pretty much the way I've always seen Long Island. A native, Derick Martini, sees it that way too,...
KEEPING UP WITH THE CULKINS
FOR brothers Kieran and Rory, the last name Culkin has to be a double-edged sword. Sure, the mere mention will open the door to any audition -- but who among...
GIRL NEXT DOOR, HEAR HER ROAR
THE girl power timeline is pretty simple: Joan of Arc, Cyndi Lauper, the Spice Girls and now Katy Perry. Perry, who finishes up her three-show residency at the Fillmore tonight,...
PEEP SHOW
THE colorful candy cavalcade marching into the local Duane Reade can mean only one thing: The sweetest time of the year is here! PHOTOS: Easter Candy After all, not even...
RAISING MILEY
TISH Cyrus, mother of reign ing tween-queen Miley Cyrus, opens up for the first time about her daughter's rise to fame and fortune in an E! special that airs tonight....
STARR REPORT
The third-season premiere of "The Tudors" snared 726,000 viewers last Sunday, up from last season's first-run average (638,000 viewers). Animal Planet's "River Monsters," meanwhile, notched the best series debut in...
'TOILET' PAPAL STORY
YOU will be happy to hear that John Paul II goes nowhere near a potty in "The Pope's Toilet." In fact, the pontiff is barely in the Uruguayan film, written...
NCAA FINAL DRIBBLE
CBS is paying the price for a slam dunk college basketball championship game. Ratings for Monday night's NCAA finals went down every hour after 9:30 p.m. -- when it became...
HIT PARADE'S NOT ROCK-SOLID
IT'S the gift that keeps on giving: You've played all your favorite '80s hits on "Guitar Hero" -- now hear them on Broadway! "Rock of Ages" is what it is:...
AX FALLS ON 'CHOPPER' DAD'S SON
'AMERICAN Chopper" patriarch Paul Teutul, Sr. opens tomorrow's season premiere with a roar -- by firing son Paulie in a fit of rage. The scene will shock the show's fans,...
'KINGS' MOVED
FRUSTRATED by poor ratings, NBC yesterday yanked "Kings" -- the weirdly biblical drama about what America might be like if it were ruled by a monarchy -- from Sunday night....
CRUEL AND 'UNUSUAL'
'THE Unusuals" is nothing if not, well, unusual -- in a usual sort of way. On the one hand, it's a standard cop procedural -- wherein a squad of NYPD...
FIRE YOUR CO-WORKERS ON THE AIR
FOX has picked up "Someone's Gotta Go," a reality show in which co-workers decide who among them deserves to stay -- and who should be fired. The show, developed by...
HONEST TO 'GOD' SUCCESS
IT'S Feb. 15, 1968, the day after Neil Simon's "Plaza Suite," head lined by George C. Scott and Maureen Stapleton, has opened to giddy reviews. The line outside the Plymouth...
DC JUST GOT COOLER
WASHINGTON, DC is getting hot. MTV's "The Real World" is reportedly looking for staff in the nation's capital -- tipping off that the next series of the famed reality show...
HUSKIES ROLL LOUISVILLE TO FINISH 39-0
ST. LOUIS -- Perfection, even at 39-0, is in the eye of the beholder. "We watch ourselves on film and we're not so great," insists point guard Renee Montgomery. But...
LAST LOOK FOR NETS ROOKIES
The Nets' playoff hopes are all but gone. With five games remaining, they're five games back of eighth place. To have any prayer of making the postseason, they need to...
AUGUSTA SHAPING UP FOR A TIGER-PHIL SHOWDOWN
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Admit it. You want it. I want it. We all want it. What could be better than Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson locked in a final-round Masters...
NORMAN MORE LOVABLE IN RETURN TO OLD HAUNT
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- When Greg Norman was in his prime and the No. 1 player in the world during a stretch from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s, he...
ISLES WON'T LOSE WEIGHT
The Islanders don't know if top prospect John Tavares will be on the team next season, but they made sure forward Doug Weight will be around. Weight said throughout the...
PACHECO JOINS RED BULLS
Newcomer Alfredo Pacheco practiced with the Red Bulls for the first time yesterday. After getting his P-1 visa Friday and passing a physical, the left back can play Saturday at...
JOBA VIDEO REWINDS WORRY
BALTIMORE -- The Joba Chamberlain who is on video failing a sobriety test last October is both polite and unsteady. He also is 23. MORE: DUI JOBA SLURVED UP JOKES...
SUBPOENA PARAGALLO IN CRUELTY OF HORSES
The N.Y. State Racing and Wagering Board yesterday launched an investigation into a horrifying case of animal cruelty involving four thoroughbred mares, described as "walking skeletons," that were rescued last...
LOTS OF 'IFS' ON YANKEES' SET-UP SQUAD
BALTIMORE -- CC Sabathia and Mark Teixeira are locks to improve on their miserable Opening Day performances against the Orioles. The same can't be said about the Yankees' band of...
BLOODY HONDO TURNS RED
The Tiger 'pen wrote a Hondo horror story last night in Toronto that ended with Mr. Aitch splatter ing into the red at 5 wockenfusses. Tonight, it's V for victory...
'SLAP SHOT'S' SON SCORES ON MARTY
It was embarrassing enough for the Devils to be blown away at home by the Northeast doormat Maple Leafs. But scorched by Son of "Slap Shot," too? Winners twice in...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Beckett shuts down Rays Reigning AL MVP Dustin Pedroia homered on the second pitch he saw this season and Josh Beckett struck out 10 in seven innings of two-hit...
VICTORY PUTS RANGERS ON PLAYOFF CUSP
And so the Rangers need just one more, need just one more victory in their final two games to clinch a playoff spot after taking advantage of Carey Price's slipshod...
A-ROD BOOK SET FOR MAY 12
Like a runner trapped between bases, the release date for a potentially scandalous Alex Rodriguez book keeps edging back and forth. Selena Roberts' unauthorized "A-Rod" was originally planned for May,...
KNEE SETBACK BAFFLES CURRY; KNICKS BULL-IED
CHICAGO -- Eddy Curry's left-knee injury is a mystery as big as his girth. Back in his hometown yesterday, Curry sounded like a confused soul, unable to play -- or...
HEELS THE BEST, TAR NONE
WHAT a disappoint ment. Part of me was riding the green wave and saying, "You never know." There wasn't a great team in college basketball, but there was -- North...
New Fab 4 foray
They'll never Let it Be. Apple Records and EMI digitally remastered the Beatles' entire catalog and plan to repackage and resell the albums to the insatiable fans who've purchased them...
GOV PLEA TO RANK- &-FILE
ALBANY -- Gov. Paterson sought to reach over the heads of union leaders yesterday with a letter to 141,000 state workers threatening 8,700 layoffs -- unless they agree to waive...
DUI JOBA SLURVED UP JOKES
Everybody knows Joba -- at least he thinks so. During his DUI arrest last year, Joba Chamberlain boasted to cops that he's a Yankee, dissed New York manners and had...
EASTER EGAN DELAYS OP
Edward Cardinal Egan checked out of a Manhattan hospital yesterday -- and will delay getting a pacemaker in the hope of conducting Holy Week services and participating in the installation...
RE-VOLT-ING SPIES HACK INTO US POWER GRID
Spies have reportedly hacked into America's electrical grid, and national security officials believe they could try to disrupt the system. Chinese and Russian cyber spies have been monitoring the grid...
EX-PERU PREZ TO ROT IN JAIL
LIMA, Peru -- Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was convicted of human-rights crimes yesterday and will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars. A three-judge panel found that...
RAZING 'CANES
MIAMI -- The Colorado State University hurricane research team yesterday lowered its 2009 Atlantic season forecast, predicting 12 tropical storms would form and six would become hurricanes. Its previous forecast...
AFGHAN SEDER SAVER
If you're the last Jew still living in Afghanistan, where do you get your traditional Passover food from? Apparently, Queens. Zebulon Simantov, 49, of Kabul, will receive a care package...
MAN, 75, DIES IN POLICE RAID
The 75-year-old manager of a Brooklyn social club died after being taken into police custody after he was handcuffed during a raid yesterday, cops said. Sam Nastasa, who was running...
HARRY POT-HEAD
He could get expelled from Hogwarts for this. Teen actor Jamie Waylett, who has played the student bully Crabbe in all the "Harry Potter" films, was arrested after cops found...
JESSE JR. COOPERATIVE IN ETHICS PROBE
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. confirmed Wednesday that he is the subject of a preliminary inquiry from a congressional ethics board looking into his attempts to be appointed to...
GUESS STAR RUNS FOR GOV
LOS ANGELES -- Georges Marciano, co-founder of the Guess clothing line, announced yesterday he's running for governor of California as an independent. Marciano, the designer and former part-owner of Guess,...
MAYOR BIDS TO BOOST CENSUS
Mayor Bloomberg is creating an agency to find and count people living in the city who might be missed by the 2010 census. Among its tasks will be to help...
CHIMPANZEE MEAT MARKET
Women may get offended at dates who expect a little something extra after they buy a steak dinner, but for chimpanzees, the exchange may be a fair one, German researchers...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Queens Smile, you're on pervert camera! A victimized, 33-year-old straphanger snapped a cellphone picture of a man (above) moments after he fondled her on a W train, cops said yesterday....
CRAMER A 'BUFFOON'
Controversial CNBC market guru Jim Cramer has another feud on his hands. Just weeks after "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart took Cramer to task for trying to turn finance...
MIKE'S COMMON TOUCH
Portrayed by his rivals as an out-of-touch billionaire, Mayor Bloomberg is hitting the airwaves today with a campaign ad that shows him in casual clothes interacting with everyday New Yorkers....
CITY HOME SLUMP
Average home prices in the city dropped 23 percent from a year ago to roughly $660,000 during the first quarter of this year, a new study shows. Manhattan had the...
OBAMA NOW DEFENDS BUSH WIRETAPS
The Obama administration is making a sweeping defense of government wiretaps that critics say goes far beyond the post-9/11 claims of the Bush administration. MORE: TROOPS IN IRAQ CHEER 'GI'...
GAY FAMILIES ON AN EGG ROLL
WASHINGTON -- The White House is allocating tickets for the upcoming Easter Egg Roll to gay and lesbian families as part of the Obama administration's outreach to diverse communities. Families...
11-YEAR-OLD 'SUICIDE BOMBER' ARRESTED
An 11-year-old schoolboy whose voice hasn't broken yet but who can fire a Kalashnikov was arrested in Afghanistan -- suspected of being the world's youngest terrorist. Abdullah, an orphan who...
COP'S VICTIM GETS $4.6M
A Brooklyn man who wound up a paraplegic after a rookie cop shoved him off a rooftop was awarded $4.6 million by a federal jury yesterday. Shawn Lewis, 32, claimed...
A TOWER OUT-AGE
The Freedom Tower may become a beacon of liberty, but it won't be beaming TV signals to homes around the region now that an alliance of broadcasters has pulled out...
JUNE 28 D-DAY FOR MTA CUTS
Without a state bailout, the first major MTA service cuts will come June 28, with the elimination of 21 bus routes and longer weekend wait times for lettered subway lines,...
TAX HIKE ON 'RICH' IS APPLE DUMPING
More than two-thirds of the new state income-tax increase on high-income earners will flow to Albany right from New York City and Long Island, according to a special analysis by...
DC ROLLS OUT THE BARREL FOR RECORD PORK PARTY
WASHINGTON -- Three months into the new administration, all signs point to 2009 being the porkiest year ever, according to a Washington watchdog organization that keeps tabs on lawmakers' earmark...
HACK 'WHACKS' HURL-Y GIRLY
A taxi driver with a short fuse is facing assault charges for walloping a Bronx woman who threw up in his cab, police sources said yesterday. The incident occurred Thursday...
KUMAR JOINS THE O TEAM
Who needs White Castle - Kumar's going to the White House. Actor Kal Penn, better known as Harold's partner in the stoner comedy movies, is joining the Obama administration as...
A MIRACLE AMID ITALY'S ANGUISH
L'AQUILA, Italy -- Strong aftershocks yesterday sent a fresh wave of fear across earthquake-shattered central Italy, and rescuers pulled a woman alive from a collapsed building about 42 hours after...
B'KLYN KIDS IN HELLHOLE
FBI agents investigating mortgage fraud stumbled across a Brooklyn house of horrors where children had been left home alone in such filth that it sickened hardened officers, police officials said....
'NET CARD SHARP TO PAY $105M
An Internet gambling firm will pay the Justice Department $105 million to avoid prosecution for letting Americans illegally use its online betting parlors. PartyGaming of Gibraltar "employed a variety of...
NIGHTMARE ATTACK
A late-night stop for a bite to eat left a beautiful student nearly blinded when she turned down a lecherous thug's come-on and he responded by punching her in the...
'GAY OLD TIME' TOURIST PITCH
New York City is banking on a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow this year. NYC & Company, the city's tourism and promotional branch, yesterday launched the...
IT'S IWAY ROBBERY BY APPLE
Call it iJacked. Apple's longstanding 99-cents-a-track fee on iTunes went the way of vinyl yesterday with a three-tier pricing plan that can cost a whopping 30 percent more -- $1.29...
PRINCIPAL EYED FOR 'ILLEGALLY' ADMITTING KIDS
A veteran Queens principal at a top elementary school is being probed for illicitly registering out-of-zone students whose parents are desperate to get them a good education, The Post has...
'RIP-OFF' REV. LOST HIS 'SOLE'
The Staten Island pastor charged with fleecing his flock to pay for plastic surgery is a real heel who also allegedly used church funds for a pair of $245 shoes....
MAKE SCHOOL LAST ALL WEEK, ALL YEAR: ED. CZAR
DENVER -- American schoolchildren need to be in class more -- six days a week, at least 11 months a year -- if they are to compete with students abroad,...
WOODY RIPS CLOTHING BIZ
Tell us how you really feel, Woody. In a deposition for his $10 million suit against American Apparel, filmmaker Woody Allen called the hipster clothing company's products "low-end" and their...
DOGGONE SHAME
They stole her late grandmother's diamond wedding ring, but that wasn't the most precious item burglars took from a deaf woman in Queens. They pinched her best friend -- her...
UNION'S 'CUE' TIPS
Now roll over! Now speak! The powerful teachers union had City Council members on a short leash this week -- crafting cue cards with questions for legislators to ask at...
BABY 'NET RAGE
The yuppie parents of Park Slope are facing a new crisis. Now that the dust has settled from their epic debate on gender-neutral children's clothing, there's a new threat to...
FEDS PUT HEAT ON BERNIE BRO
Now it's a full-fledged family affair. With the feds already going after the cash and assets held by Bernard Madoff's wife and sons, the trustee liquidating the scammer's business is...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
They're leaving nuttin' to chance. Officials at the statehouse in Madison, Wis., sent all personnel a memo asking whoever has been feeding peanuts to squirrels on the lawn to stop...
DREAMS DESTROYED: UPSTATE'S GUN TRAGEDY
THE ISSUE: Jiverly Wong's shooting spree on Friday, which killed 13 people in Binghamton. *** There should be no struggle to understand why mass killer Jiverly Wong committed this horrendous...
FROM JAIL TO A JOB
THE Legislature's revamping of the Rockefel ler drug laws will quickly lead to retrials -- and likely to freedom -- for thousands of drug criminals. Many criminal-justice experts warn of...
NOT AN EASY MULLAH TO BARGAIN WITH
PERHAPS President Oba ma's most significant deci sion in reaching out to Iran is to seek direct contact with Ali Khamenei, the cleric who holds the position of "supreme guide."...
O'S AMATEUR HOUR
THE real climax of President Obama's Spring Apologies Tour wasn't his photo op with our troops in Baghdad or even his "American Guilt" concerts in Western Europe. While fans in...
BAM'S STONEWALLER
IF you need a shining ex ample of the disingenu ousness of President Obama's commitment to government transparency, I have two words for you: Ron Sims. Announcing the nomination of...
$2 GM HURTLES TOWARD A TUNEUP IN BANKRUPTCY
A bankruptcy makeover of General Motors that's likely to hit within three weeks carries a price tag for Americans that exceeds $30 billion and ends 47,000 jobs. It includes a...
DELL LOSES ITS ONLINE SALVATION
The online evangelist who helped Dell deal with an onslaught of negative chatter on the Web is leaving after three years. Bob Pearson, Dell's vice president of communities and conversations,...
FRANCE DIGS 'BOSSNAPPING'
PARIS -- Almost half of French people believe it is acceptable for workers facing layoffs to lock up their bosses, according to an opinion poll published yesterday. Staff at French...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Less credit The pace of borrowing by US consumers fell in February as fewer Amer icans sought credit to make purchases. Con sumer credit fell by $7.48 billion, or 3.5...
GOLDMAN BOSS BACKS EXEC PAY CUTS
He may have been one of Wall Street's highest-paid CEOs in 2007, but two years later Goldman Sachs boss Lloyd Blankfein struck a more humble tone as he called for...
LUXE FURNITURE SHOP EYES CLOSE
LUXURY furniture retailer Maurice Villency is hoping to close its doors on the prominent southeast corner of 57th Street and Third Avenue. And aside from great deals on cool sofas,...
FEAR OVER EARNINGS HITS MARTS
Stocks resumed their slide toward a double-dip recession after Wall Street's earnings parade showed signs of a weak start. Traders dumped Alcoa, which opens the new quarterly profits season, in...
VIP TICKET TO DERIDE
Live Nation's VIP ticketing club is coming under fire from members who say the service is no better than the ticket resellers currently in the cross hairs of Congress. Members...
SEC TO TRY ON SHORTS
The Securities and Exchange Commission will take the first step today on long-awaited plans to reinstate a rule intended to curb short selling. SEC chief Mary Schapiro recently announced plans...
TIME INC.'S NEW LIFE.COM IS PICTURE PERFECT
THE fourth time may be the charm for Life. After being shut down three times over the past 70 years, most recently in May 2007, the venerable magazine appears to...
FDIC BAIR(S) TEETH
The stress tests the government are about to conduct on some of the nation's largest banks is being blasted by insiders at Sheila Bair's Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., who say...
COUNCIL FOR SALE
Speaking of prostitutes, have you heard what Christine Quinn's College of Clowns was up to Monday? The City Council -- as always, in pursuit of truth, justice and whatever the...
ELIOT, AGAIN
Eliot Sptizer's year in the wilderness seems to have taught him no lessons. Everything's still all about him. Client 9 popped up on national TV this week to describe the...
AUTO SHOWSTOPPER: CHRYSLER SUV
It sounds crazy: Just a week after the White House scolded Chrysler LLC for relying too much on gas guzzlers, the company is heading to a marquee auto show today...
Moral victory No. 48
By MARC BERMANCHICAGO - Mike D'Antoni came out for his post-game press conference at United Center before being summoned back by assistant coach Herb Williams. D'Antoni had forgotten to address...
Niese named Bisons Opening Day starter
Jonathon Niese, the Mets top pitching prospect, has been named the Opening Day starter for the Amazin's Triple-A affiliate, the Buffalo Bisons. The 22-year-old left-hander who wowed Mets fans with...
Charleston again has stacked roster
After sporting one of the most prospect-laden teams in all of the minor leagues last year, the Yankees Low-A affiliate, the Charleston RiverDogs, will once again have several big-name prospects...
FORGET WHITE CASTLE -- HEAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE
Who needs White Castle -- Kumar's going to the White House. Actor Kal Penn, better known as Harold's partner in the stoner comedy movies, is joining the Obama administration as...
Hollywood Addresses Newspaper Crisis, Kinda, Sorta, in 'The Soloist'
Robert Downey Jr. plays a Los Angeles Times columnist in "The Soloist,'' which to my knowledge is the very first Hollywood movie to make reference to the ongoing readership and...
History against Red Bull playoff berth
What started as a dry spell for the Red Bulls offense has officially become a drought of Biblical proportions. Real Old Testament stuff. After getting shut out by ten-man Chicago,...