April 20, 2009
Gooden's 'waltograph' staying
Upon futher review, Doc Gooden's autograph will stand at Citi Field. The Mets buckled under to a heavy fan outcry yesterday and decided to preserve Gooden's impulsively scribbled signature at...
SOMALI PIRATE ARRIVES IN NYC
-- The sole surviving Somali pirate from the hostage-taking of an American ship captain arrived in New York on Monday, smiling for a gaggle of cameras and reporters as federal...
Mets: Doc decision stands
The Mets are sticking to their squirt guns when it comes to scrubbing away Dwight Gooden's autograph. The team reiterated today that the signature Gooden impulsively scribbled on a wall...
Pena signed to minor deal
The Mets signed veteran outfielder Wily Mo Pena to a minor-league deal today and assigned him to extended spring training. Pena, 27, will report to Triple-A Buffalo after that. The...
METS WON'T ERASE GOODEN DECISION
ST. LOUIS -- The Mets are sticking to their squirt guns when it comes to scrubbing away Dwight Gooden's autograph. The team reiterated that the signature Gooden impulsively scribbled on...
SUSPECT NABBED IN CRAIGSLIST KILLING
A man was arrested Monday in the shooting death last week at a luxury hotel of a woman who advertised massage services on Craigslist, Boston's police commissioner said. Phil Markoff,...
Matsui had knee drained last week
By GEORGE A. KING IIIBrian Cashman revealed today that Hideki Matsui has had his injured left knee drained of fluid.The procedure was performed April 16. Cashman admitted the team has...
Warner Archive's Second Set Includes 6 Hepburns, Discount
Warner Archive, the DVD (and download) on demand service launched last month, today added 15 more titles to the 150 originally offered. Six of them star Katharine Hepburn: Dorothy Arzner's...
YANKEES 'MASCOT' FORCED TO BEG FOR TICKETS
Freddy "Sez" Schuman, the one-eyed, cookware-clanking octogenarian who's been an unofficial pinstripe mascot for 22 seasons was forced to panhandle for tickets at the new Yankee Stadium this past weekend....
A-Rod increases drills
APTAMPA, Fla. -- Alex Rodriguez increased his on-field drills Monday as the three-time AL MVP started his second full week working out at New York's minor league complex in Florida.Rodriguez,...
Game postponed; Wang will be skipped
APAfternoon showers and a forecast for more rain in the evening caused the Yankees to call Monday night's game against the Oakland Athletics.It will be rescheduled for a date to...
Joan Rivers Calls Annie Duke 'Hitler' on 'Celebrity Apprentice'
Joan Rivers is the "Celebrity Apprentice" - whether she wins or not.Week after week, the tart-tongued comedienne has been the one to watch, and this week was no exception.When called...
RED SOX DEFEAT ORIOLES
BOSTON -- A couple of slumping sluggers broke out on Patriots' Day for the Red Sox. Dustin Pedroia went 4-for-6 with three run-scoring singles and David Ortiz had a two-run...
STOCKS TUMBLE ON FEARS ABOUT BANKS
Investors are back to worrying about banks. Long-present unease about soured loans bubbled over on Monday after Bank of America Corp. said it set aside $13.4 billion to cover lending...
Look out 1-15
The Detroit Lions showed off their new logo today in hopes of drumming up some news other than the fact that the team went 0-16 last year and have the...
Another former Raven signs
The Jets have signed free agent OT Michael Kracalik.Kracalik (6 feet, 8 inches; 337 pounds) spent the past three seasons with the Baltimore Ravens (2006-08), for whom he played in...
MEGHAN MCCAIN CALLS ROVE 'CREEPY'
GOP strategist Karl Rove gives Meghan McCain the creeps. The daughter of 2008 GOP presidential candidate John McCain called President Bush's political mastermind "creepy" today because he follows her on...
COPS SHOOT ARMED BRONX MAN
Cops shot and injured a Bronx man early today after he pointed a gun at his girlfriend and her family and threatened to shoot them, authorities said. Yancy Jiminian, 21,...
JUDGE BLOCKS MADOFF ASSETS TRANSFER
A judge blocked the transfer of the personal wealth of swindler Bernard Madoff and his wife because it could be subject to forfeiture as various parties compete to lock down...
Grey Baby Boom
Here come the McBabies. Ellen Pompeo is preggers - and so is her "Grey's Anatomy" sis.Which means, Pompeo, who stars as Meredith Grey, and Chyler Leigh, who plays her on-screen...
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Eagles still interested in Boldin
The Eagles are still interested in Anquan Boldin, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer report.Philadelphia dealt one of its' two first-round draft picks to the Bills for OT Jason Peters, but...
Bumpy 'Bus' Reunion For Mindy
For a moment during last night's "Rock of Love Bus" reunion special, we thought we were in for a repeat of "Bachelor" Jason's "After the Rose" show.When runner-up Mindy took...
FAMED PHYSICIST HAWKING 'VERY ILL'
LONDON -- Professor Stephen Hawking, one of the world's foremost physicists and the acclaimed author of "A Brief History of Time", has been urgently admitted to hospital, Cambridge University said...
CAROLINE KENNEDY TO PROMOTE NYC PUBLIC SERVICE
Caroline Kennedy is making another foray into the public spotlight, this time to promote a New York City-sponsored public service effort. Mayor Michael Bloomberg's office says Kennedy will read a...
EPL: Fizzy-pop is Being Poured
Newcastle may have pulled off an undeserved draw against a superior Stoke City, but they couldn't stave off a superior Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday. If not for Stoke's own offensive...
OPRAH CANCELS COLUMBINE ANNIVERSARY SHOW
Oprah Winfrey has put the kibosh on today's show--which would have focused on the 10th anniversary of the Columbine High School tragedy. "I decided to pull the Columbine show today,"...
Rangers take 2-0 Lead into Garden
The Rangers and the Capitals are learning exactly how important a hot goalie can be come playoff time.On the positive side of the coin, the Blueshirts are reaping the rewards...
A-Rod could dominate at new park
By JUSTIN TERRANOVAThe balls -- 20 of them to be exact -- were flying out of the new Yankee Stadium this weekend in the opening series against the Indians.Fourteen of...
GINGRICH RAPS OBAMA ON CHAVEZ HANDSHAKE
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich slammed President Obama's cordial greeting with Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez - saying "taking a picture that clearly looks like they're buddies hurts in all of...
Jets Draft Preview: DL
By BRIAN COSTELLOIn the days leading up to the NFL Draft on Saturday, we will examine the draft position-by-position through the eyes of the Jets. Today we take a look...
B OF A PROFIT BETTER THAN EXPECTED
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Bank of America Corp. posted strong first-quarter earnings Monday as higher revenue from the purchase of Merrill Lynch & Co. helped offset a surge in credit costs....
AHMADINEJAD CALLS ISRAEL 'RACIST REGIME'
GENEVA -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accused Israel of being the "most cruel and racist regime," sparking a walkout by angry Western diplomats at a U.N. racism conference and...
Coverage in The Post
Stop us if you've heard this before: The Mets can't hit in the clutch. Their situational hitting was awful once again Sunday afternoon against Milwaukee as they stranded a whopping...
Pulse Sale: Mara Hoffman
MARA HOFFMAN120 W. 28th St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues; 212-505-3020Sale: April 23-25. Thurs.-Fri., 10 a.m.-7 p.m./Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m.Dresses starting at $50.SIGERSON MORRISON/ME&RO/ZERO + MARIA CORNEJO125 W. 18th St.,...
PATERSON'S POPULARITY FALLS - AGAIN!
ALBANY -- Voters have mixed reviews when it comes to Gov. Paterson. New Yorkers continue to be down on him personally, but support his push for same-sex marriage, according to...
OBAMA SEEKS $100M IN BUDGET CUTS
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama convenes his first formal Cabinet meeting Monday and will ask department and agency chiefs to look for ways over the next 90 days to cut...
HIJACKER CAPTURED IN JAMAICA
Police say a gunman who hijacked a plane in Jamaica has been captured after an eight-hour standoff with police. Police spokeswoman Camille Tracey says authorities disarmed the young man whom...
Marbury dissected
Our old friend, Art Rondeau, who specializes in the mental aspect of an athlete's performance, has noticed an unusual obsession on this blog with former Knicks point guard Stephon Marbury,...
Serie A: Promotion
After looking at which teams may drop to Serie B at the end of the season, here's a look at the clubs currently vying for promotion into the top flight.After...
PLANE HIJACKED IN JAMAICA; CREW HELD
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- A gunman described as "mentally challenged" hijacked a Canadian jet on the tarmac near the resort city of Montego Bay and was holding six members of...
3 UP: YANKEE PROBLEMS AT THE 13-GAME MARK
In my column in today's Post, I wrote about how close the Yankees were to the humiliating weekend double of having allowed 22 runs on Saturday and then losing to...
3 UP: YANKEE PROBLEMS AT THE 13-GAME MARK
In my column in today's Post, I wrote about how close the Yankees were to the humiliating weekend double of having allowed 22 runs on Saturday and then losing to...
ADAM BEFORE 'IDOL'
'AMERICAN Idol"-favorite Adam Lambert is about to rewrite the mythology of TV's most successful talent show ever. He was not a waitress or a college student or a church singer...
SANJAYA, HEIDI GO 'OUT'
THE train-wreck show of the summer is shaping up to be "I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!" Sanjaya Malakar, the "Idol" contestant no one can forget, and Heidi...
JT, IS THAT YOU CALLING?
AND in the role of Ashton Kutcher is Justin Tim berlake! Yes, Timberlake has, like Kutcher, jumped into the reality TV game as executive producer with his own well, reality...
STARR REPORT
Nick's big surprise An upcoming episode of "The Doctors" holds a special surprise for a teenager battling diabetes. The May 1 episode features Rachel, a 13-year-old from Manhattan Beach, Calif.,...
GOMEZ PICKS 'PIONEER'
One of the big mysteries surrounding this year's Triple Crown was solved yesterday when jockey Garrett Gomez and his agent, Ron Anderson, chose to ride Pioneerof the Nile in the...
DOPEY METS WANT TO ERASE DWIGHT'S CITI AUTOGRAPH
WHEN Dwight "Doc" Gooden attended the Mets' Opening Day ceremonies at Citi Field last week, he stopped by the Ebbets Club along the first-base line and mingled with fans who...
BLOWOUT TAKES BACKSEAT TO BIGGER PROBLEM
THE next time you hear a team executive or a sports radio host rationalize $150 tickets as similar to the cost of tickets to a Broadway show, remember Saturday's 22-4...
RANGERS MUST REV UP OFFENSE TO GO UP 3-0
The goalie, says John Tortorella, is the "mind of a hockey team." In the playoffs, he can become the mind of the other hockey team, too. If the Capitals really...
PAVANO 'IDLE' OF ALL THE FANS
Carl Pavano threw one pitch. Some fan couldn't resist. "He's getting tired." After Pavano finished off the Yankees 1-2-3 in the first inning for the Indians, another fan had his...
FIGUEROA SENT BACK DOWN AFTER START
Thrust into a spot start because of Mike Pelfrey's tendinitis, Nelson Figueroa turned in a quality start for the Mets yesterday. But with the Amazin's mired in an offensive malaise,...
GIAMBINO RETURNS TO THE BRONX WITH HIS 'STACHE
He is big, he is strong, he is . . . The Giambino! And he's back! Jason Giambi will return to The Bronx today as a member of the Athletics...
ROCKIE NIGHT FOR HONDO
Hondo, who'd been sizzling, cooled off in Fenway yesterday when his fine-feathered friends from Bal timore failed to take flight, causing the earnings to dip to 265 lowensteins. Tonight, Marquis...
POSADA'S FAN-AIDED BLAST POWERS YANKS
Jorge Posada turned the Yankees' fortunes around with one swing yesterday -- but his game-changing home run was nearly caught and nearly reversed. COMPLETE YANKEES COVERAGEYANKEES BLOGTHE BACK PAGE: WHAT...
ZAJAC'S OT GOAL GIVES DEVILS SERIES LEAD
RALEIGH, N.C. -- There the Devils go, being resilient again, the trademark of their remarkable season. What they gave away in Newark, they took right back on the road --...
YANKEES GET SOME BREATHING ROOM
THIS was evolving into among the worst regular-season weekends in Yankees history. Just when you thought it couldn't get worse than 14 runs allowed in an inning, here comes Carl...
AMAZIN' BATS DOZE IN CLUTCH
Can't anybody around here get a hit when it matters? You have to put yesterday in the "bad" loss category for the Mets, simply because they had every opportunity to...
INDIANS: BAD CALL ON JORGE'S HOMER
Pinch-hitter Jorge Posada drove a 1-1 Jensen Lewis fastball toward Yankee Stadium's right field, where for four Yankees-Indians games, the motto had been: "Hit a fly, get a homer." TONIGHT'S...
NO FUN IN CITI'S RIGHT FIELD SUN
The sun will be a factor in right field during day games at Citi Field, something that became clearly evident to Gary Sheffield and Corey Hart yesterday. COMPLETE METS COVERAGEMETS...
SPORTS SHORTS
SPORTS SHORTSMLB: Lester, Bosox beat O's In Boston, Jon Lester pitched seven shutout innings, leading the Red Sox to a 2-1 victory over the Orioles. . . . In St....
YANKEES MAY SKIP STRUGGLING WANG
Chien-Ming Wang's next start remains in jeopardy, as manager Joe Girardi said the team has not determined what to do with the struggling righty. TONIGHT'S PREVIEW: A's at YankeesCOMPLETE YANKEES...
PHILLY 'BULLIES' PENS FOR BIG WIN
The Flyers opened to a throwback video from the Stanley Cup glory days, then displayed a quick fuse that showed flashes of the old Broad Street Bullies spirit and revved...
BRYANT LEADS CHARGE FOR LA
Pardon Phil Jackson's lack of enthusiasm for how the Lakers played in the second half. They piled up 62 points on Utah in the first half, then got outscored over...
PULSE SALES
SIGERSON MORRISON/ME&RO/ZERO + MARIA CORNEJO 125 W. 18th St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues; 212-219-3893 Sale: April 22-24. Wed., 10:30 a.m.-7 p.m./Thurs., 8 a.m.-7:30 p.m./Fri., 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Boots for...
DATE KNIGHTS
ON the outs with your unemployed banker boyfriend? Did his mojo take a hit along with the economy? Take this opportunity -- a k a, dip in the Dow --...
Pitching set for Cardinals series
Revised due to St. Louis' rainout Sunday night, the pitching matchups are now set for the Mets' three-game series with the Cardinals that begins Tuesday night at Busch Stadium. Here...
IMETTE SLAY TWIST
Lawyers for the bar bouncer accused of kidnapping, raping and murdering Imette St. Guillen hope to get him off the hook by shifting the focus to his former boss --...
STEPSON IN SLAY BUST
A Long Island woman whose body was found in a Dumpster two days after she was reported missing was killed by her stepson, police said yesterday. Nassau cops arrested William...
REVEALED: SECRETS OF 'CLEOPATRA TOMB'
Here are the first pictures of the astounding discoveries made be neath a 2,000-year-old temple that could mark the tomb of star-crossed lovers Cleopatra and Marc Antony. Archaeologists began excavations...
GO TO GREG
Q: I'm collecting unemployment and looking for a job full-time. The benefits aren't enough to make ends meet, so I've been doing handyman work on the side, getting paid in...
WHAT'S UP WITH THAT JOB?
What does a funeral director do all day? Also known as morticians or undertakers, funeral directors prepare bodies for burial or cremation, and arrange most aspects of death-related services such...
DIVINE AND CONQUER
It's early on a Monday morning, and in a conference room at the Midtown offices of the commercial real estate firm Grubb & Ellis, managing partner Alan Lurie is addressing...
TOOLS OF ENGAGEMENT
WHEN Scott accepted a position with a big-four accounting firm five years ago, the path to success was laid out for him. Work hard, bill lots of hours, do an...
QUEENS FOR ANY DAY
SPRING has brought plenty of hyped shows and stars to Broadway. But don't let those high- wattage marquees blind you to this sleeper, which delivers plenty more thrills than most...
BANE OF NAZIS IS $TRUGGLING
THE Nazis couldn't kill the dream that was started by Simon Wiesenthal after World War II. But the rotten economy, government cuts and Bernie Madoff seem to be doing the...
TEACHER TENURE BULLIES
It was child's play for the almighty United Federation of Teachers: Destroy attempts to reform lax tenure rules -- and then brazenly write the very law that preserved the status...
DANGEROUS DEBT: NY'S BOND GIMMICK
A MEASURE buried in the latest budget gives the state dangerous new borrowing powers: As first re ported in the Bond Buyer, five designated New York Authorities can now issue...
BONE-DRUG BONUS
CHICAGO -- Bone-strengthening drugs could also protect people from developing leukemia -- a common side effect of radiation treatment -- researchers reported yesterday. They said two compounds in a class...
IN$URE POORHOUSE
ALBANY -- How absurd is the price of health care in New York City? It now costs more to buy health insurance than it does to rent a two-bedroom apartment...
TRAINERS GETTING AN OUT-OF-WORK WORKOUT
With the economy in worse shape than that flabby guy in the "before" picture, personal trainers thought they would find themselves power-walking to the unemployment line. Instead, they're finding that...
RUDY RIPS GOV'S BID FOR GAY NUPS
RUDY GIULIANI is declaring war on gay marriage -- vowing to use his strong opposition of it against the Democrats if he runs for governor next year. BUT HIS GUY...
HOMELESS IN HAMPTONS
They are homeless in the Hamptons. No longer able to find work, Hispanic day laborers have forged a hidden network of about 20 cleared wooded campgrounds in the shadow of...
POLS BLAST FEE RIDE BY PENSION PLACERS
Top city officials are considering whether to ban private equity firms that serve the mammoth municipal pension funds from using middlemen, in the wake of a scandal that has rocked...
BRIT PM HIT BY SCANDAL
LONDON -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown's bid to restore confidence in his government days before he presents the budget for recession-hit Britain is being thwarted by a sleaze scandal. Despite...
TIVO TRIES LOCAL SETTING IN BATTLE WITH NIELSEN
TiVo is stepping up its turf battle with ratings-data giant Nielsen, unveiling a product that will capture ratings data for local television markets. The provider of set-top boxes, which already...
POL'S PLAN FOR MCD-FREE ZONES
A city councilman yesterday unveiled a healthy plan requiring fast-food joints to keep their distance from schools, saying Big Apple children "are literally being poisoned" by their eating environments. Eric...
DEMS GO WHOLE HOG IN BID FOR MTA HELP
Let's make a deal! Senate Democrats this afternoon are expected to announce a plan that would dangle millions of dollars in pork-barrel funds, money for new staffers, and tax revenues...
MAHMOUD SPEAKS OUT FOR US 'SPY'
An American journalist convicted of spying for the United States should be allowed to offer a full defense during her appeal, Iran's president said yesterday. The message was seen as...
HUGO GIFT ONE FOR THE BOOKS
A book that inspired a generation of Latin-American leftists is ringing up big sales after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez gave it to President Obama in an effort to ease diplomatic...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Exxon on top Exxon Mobil unseated Wal-Mart at the top in the 2009 Fortune 500 list, shrugging off the oil- price bubble and weath ering what the magazine called the...
DRIVER ON FIVE KID-SLAY RAPS
HOUSTON -- Police will charge a driver who lost control of his car after using his cellphone, sending the vehicle into a rain-swollen ditch and killing five children. Cops said...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan A man was stabbed to death on a Harlem street during a confrontation with his assailant yesterday, police said. The 26-year-old victim clashed with the suspect on West 145th...
FAILURE INSPIRES SUCCESS
Controversial A-to-F report cards -- the heart of Mayor Bloomberg's new accountability system in education -- have helped spur improvements in low-performing schools, two preliminary studies reveal. Kids in elementary...
THIS TIME AROUND, THEY LOVE THE US
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago -- If President Obama needed a reminder that times have changed in the Americas, his fellow presidents gave him one when Air Force One...
'17' NO. 1 AS ZAC TOPS MILEY IN MOVIE SHOWDOWN
Zac Efron has taken the box-office crown from his Disney teammate Miley Cyrus. Efron's comedy, "17 Again," in which he plays the youthful version of a middle-aged man magically transformed...
DOLAN COUNTS HIS BLESSINGS
Archbishop Timothy Dolan yesterday celebrated his inaugural Sunday Mass at a jampacked St. Patrick's Cathedral, drawing rave reviews from churchgoers who said he's a breath of fresh air. Dolan gave...
SPITZER DODGES ON SHRINK
Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer still has a problem coming clean -- about whether he's seen a therapist to delve into how his lust for prostitutes destroyed his political career. Spitzer...
TURNAROUND SCHOOL SOARED FROM F TO A
PS 272 in Brooklyn represents the turnaround Mayor Bloomberg envisioned when the city started grading schools. The Canarsie elementary school received an A last year after getting a fat F...
SAILOR & WIFE OCEANS APART
The East Harlem sailor who was aboard the Maersk Alabama when it was attacked by Somali pirates said yesterday he's raring to return to life on the high seas --...
'SLUMDOG' SHOCK
The father of an adorable "Slumdog Millionaire" star allegedly offered to sell the young girl for nearly $300,000, claiming his impoverished family "got nothing" from the Oscar-winning flick, according to...
O WON'T PROSECUTE BUSH 'TORTURE' TEAM
WASHINGTON -- President Obama does not intend to prosecute Bush administration officials who devised the policies that led to the harsh interrogation of suspected terrorists, White House Chief of Staff...
BATTLE OF THE GOUGE
A crackdown on greedy credit-card companies may finally be at hand -- as Congress and the White House aim to curb steep fees and deceptive practices that have saddled consumers...
BUT HIS GUY PALS PLAN TO WED
While Rudy Giuliani is waging war on gay marriage, his pals Howard Koeppel and Mark Hsaio are planning to go to Connecticut next month to tie the knot. They see...
SUSAN'S SONG IDOL EYES DUET
British stage legend Elaine Paige is considering singing a duet with overnight sensation Susan Boyle, the golden-throated spinster who has won admirers across the globe. Boyle, a frumpy 47-year-old who's...
PRAYERS FOR BRESLIN KIN
The daughter of Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Jimmy Breslin is clinging to life after choking at a Gramercy restaurant, her family said last night. Kelly Breslin, 44, was on life support...
3 KIDS DROWN AS MA'S CAR PLUNGES INTO LAKE
PLUMERVILLE, Ark. -- Three young brothers died early yesterday when the car their mom was driving plunged into a lake, authorities said. Family members said it was a tragic accident,...
COPS: ANTI-'FREEZE!'
A trail of leaking antifreeze led Queens cops to the home of a suspected drunken hit-and-run driver whose car killed a Chinese-restaurant worker on his last delivery of the night,...
HE'S 'O' POSITIVE
President Obama said yesterday he saw "potential positive signs" of better relations with Cuba and Venezuela, but said Havana must give its people more political freedom. ANALYSIS: THIS TIME AROUND,...
JACKIE CHAN KUNG PHOOEY
Hong Kong-born action-movie star Jackie Chan is in hot water for saying the Chinese people would be better served by authoritarian rule than by democracy. "I'm not sure if it's...
GRAZIANOS KO FIGHT OVER BELT
Rocky Graziano's widow died last week, but before the final bell rang on her long life, she oversaw a happy ending to a family slugfest involving the fabled fighter's most...
WRIGHT ON, GUGG!
Even 50 years later, this gem is still oh so Wright. The Guggenheim Museum turns 50 this year, and to celebrate, it's putting together a major exhibit on its designer,...
IT'S UP TO MIKE
JUST when we need him most, Mayor Bloomberg has lost interest in the World Trade Center site. Fussing with the Thanskgiving Day parade route to accommodate his traffic-thinning scheme clearly...
FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES NO LONGER SO FORTUNE-ATE
Corporate America suffered its worst year in more than half a century, according to new Fortune 500 rankings released yesterday. Profits plunged from a 2006 peak of $785 billion to...
MADGE GIDDY-UP & AT 'EM
Madonna was back on her feet and enjoying a sunny Hamptons afternoon yesterday (right), less than 24 hours after taking a nasty horse-riding spill (below). The Material Mom spent most...
WHO'S A BIGGER THREAT -- VETS . . . OR DEMS?
THE ISSUE: The Dept. of Homeland Security's warning about military vets as a potential threat. *** I am surprised that we ever survived as a country with all those "terrible"...
BLAME SPITZER
SO maybe Eliot Spitzer did kill AIG, after all. Nobody doubts the in surance giant is basically kaput, or that the promix ate cause is billions in losses in obscure...
BASEBALL AND BULLETS
No, The Bronx isn't burning again -- but the Yankees can't be happy about an ill-timed gunfight that punctuated the Opening Day festivities at their new ballpark last Thursday. Just...
TONE DEAF ON TERROR
If nothing else, President Obama's decision to overrule his own intelligence officials and release Bush-era legal memos justifying what The New York Times sanctimoniously described as the CIA's "brutal" interrogation...
HEROES OF THE HIGH SEAS
"I'm not a hero, the military is. They're the superheroes. They're the titans. They're impossible men doing an impossible job, and they did the impossible with me." -- Richard Phillips,...
GET INTO THE GAME
Finally, spring has sprung -- well at least a couple days of it -- which means its high time to check out the pro sports mags. Baseball and the NFL...
ABRAMS READIES MEDIA SITE
Hey media watchers, Dan Abrams is watching. The former MSNBC host revealed more details about his soon-to-launch media news Web site Mediaite.com, which he said will, in addition to aggregating...
PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTMENTS A TIME BOMB
The balance sheets of New York City's pension funds may include a ticking time bomb -- the unknown value of billions of dollars they poured into private equity firms over...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A 100-year-old New Jersey woman doesn't want to stroll down memory lane -- she prefers the bowling variety. Great-great-granny Emma Hendrickson, of Morris Plains, became the oldest competitor in the...
COPS FOLLOW LIQUID TRAIL TO DAMAGED 'HIT-RUN' CAR
A trail of leaking antifreeze led police in Queens to the home of a suspected hit-and-run driver whose car killed a Chinese-restaurant employee making his last delivery of the night,...
JACKIE CHAN: 'CHINESE NEED TO BE CONTROLLED'
Hong Kong-born action-movie star Jackie Chan is in hot water, after he said Chinese people would be better served by authoritarian rule and not democracy. "I'm not sure if it's...
Figgy sent back, Fossum recalled
From MIKE PUMAOne journeyman pitcher is headed out to make room for yet another on the Mets' roster. It was a job well done today for Nelson Figueroa in his...
INDIANS WASTE SOLID PERFORMANCE BY PAVANO
Carl Pavano threw one pitch. Some fan couldn't resist. "He's getting tired." After he finished the Yankees 1-2-3 in the first for Cleveland, another fan had his say. "You still...