April 22, 2009
APPLE REMOVES DISGUSTING IPHONE INFANTICIDE APP
Apple yanked a despicable iPhone application from its online store today, putting to bed the "Baby Shaker" program that directs users to simulate infanticide. The 99-cent download brings the image...
DEVILS' BRODEUR CALM DAY AFTER OUTBURST
The hockey world and even his family got to see a rare side of Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur in Game 4 against the Carolina Hurricanes: the livid Marty. The NHL's...
TRANSPORTATION CHIEF REJECTS SECRECY ON BIRD DATA
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is scrapping a proposal by the Federal Aviation Administration that would make secret its data on when and where birds and airplanes collide. Transportation Department spokeswoman...
GM TO SHUT MANY US PLANTS UP TO 9 WEEKS
General Motors Corp. is planning to temporarily close most of its U.S. factories for up to nine weeks this summer because of slumping sales and growing inventories of unsold vehicles,...
MELKY'S HOMER WINS IT IN 14TH
Melky Cabrera has packed a lot of ups and downs into a short career. Once the Yankees' starting center fielder, Cabrera was banished to the minors last season. Then, given...
Game 14: Mets at Cardinals
ST. LOUIS -- The Mets will try to bounce back from Tuesday's mistake-filled disaster of a loss to the Cardinals when John Maine takes to the mound here tonight. Like...
YANKEES, METS STAY ATOP FORBES LIST
New stadiums are paying off for the New York baseball teams, even in this economy. The value of the Yankees and Mets increased in the past year, keeping them atop...
Pepe goes postal
OK, so what left you more stunned: Real Madrid pulling off their shocking rally against Getafe, or Pepe losing his damn mind, kicking a player lying prone on the ground...
Indecision Day
By FRED KERBERThe team president always has been in his corner. The owner said he was, the players gave support.So what's the hold up on the announcement of coach Lawrence...
A-Rod runs bases
APTAMPA, Fla. -- Alex Rodriguez ran the bases Wednesday for the first time since undergoing right hip surgery.Rodriguez ran 10 times between first and second base at the Yankees' minor...
CORRECTION: B.J. RAJI NOT ON NFL'S DRUG LIST
Based on a report that originated on SI.com, The Post reported on April 20 that Boston College defensive tackle B.J. Raji's name would appear on the NFL's list of players...
NETS' LOPEZ THIRD IN ROOKIE VOTING
Nets center Brook Lopez finished third in the NBA Rookie of the Year voting, behind winner Derrick Rose of the Bulls and runner-up O.J. Mayo of the Grizzlies. Lopez received...
MTA IN FRENZY TO SAVE MONEY
Hiring and spending freezes have been ordered at the MTA in a drastic effort to "conserve cash," the agency said today. The MTA "is facing deficits for the remainder of...
CLINTON: DIPLOMACY BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH IRAN
WASHINGTON -- By trying to talk Iran out of its nuclear program, the U.S. is in a better position to win tougher international sanctions in the event that diplomacy fails,...
A look ahead to Red Bulls-Wizards
After getting their first goals _ and first win _ of the season Saturday, the Red Bulls are at Kansas City tomorrow (8 p.m., ESPN2) to open a grueling gantlet...
CONTROVERSIAL DUMBO PROJECT GETS OK
The City Planning Commission gave the green light to a controversial plan to build a condo tower that opponents say would block views of the Brooklyn Bridge - only shaving...
Freddy Garcia to start for Triple-A Buffalo tonight
After spending the first two weeks of the season in extended spring training, Freddy Garcia will get his official Mets minor league debut when he starts for Triple-A Buffalo tonight...
Bushes in this week's Post
I wasn't around to post this story on Sunday, but I wanted to post a link to this week's newspaper column on Dellin Betances, one of the Yankees top pitching...
'DOG THE BOUNTY HUNTER' SHOT AT IN COLO. SPRINGS
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- Police in Colorado say shots were fired at TV bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman and a bail bondsman when they tried to apprehend a man...
Update: Pedro closer to deal
FOXSports.com reports "Pedro Martinez will resume throwing off a mound Friday and could make a decision [to sign with a team] within the next two weeks."Ken Rosenthal writes, "[Martinez] has...
Bushes Pitchers of the Week: April 13-19
A vacation has kept me away from the blog for several days, but hopefully everything will be caught up by tonight. After giving you the Players of the Week from...
TRIO ROBBED QUEENS HOMES WITH KIDS IN TOW
A Queens dad and another man robbed homes while his girlfriend drove the getaway minivan with the kids in tow, prosecutors charged yesterday. The three have pleaded not guilty to...
Bushes Players of the Week: April 13-19
With the season fully underway, it's time for the latest editions of the Beating the Bushes Players of the Week, this time for the week of April 13. The award...
MTA BAILOUT VOTE COMING NEXT WEEK
The state Senate will vote by early next week on the MTA bailout that calls for a $1 tax on all cab rides and other driver-related fees, Majority Leader Malcolm...
Beckham: Not In It For the Money
England midfielder David Beckham willingly gave up a large portion of his salary to extend his loan deal at the club from the Los Angeles Galaxy -- and now claims...
A YANKEE HOLLIDAY
Matt Holliday could be the Mark Teixeira of the next free agent class, someone the Yankees and Red Sox both want to have on their team.The outfielder makes a lot...
Jets quiet with Sanchez
Read into it what you will but USC quarterback Mark Sanchez said this morning the Jets have not contacted him since his workout for them last month."I haven't talked to...
TRIBECA FILM FEST BOWS AMID TURBULENT TIMES
The eighth annual Tribeca Film Festival bows amid a turbulent time for movies, which is evident at this year's festival both on screen and off. The epicenter of the festival,...
Chat rewind: April 22
Click on the replay arrow in the graphic below to revisit my hour-long live chat on the Mets:Mets chat with Bart Hubbuch
NY STUDENT BEATEN INTO COMA SPEAKS
His speech was halting and slurred, but his message was clear -- hatred is a waste of time. Bryan Steinhauer, a Binghamton University student beaten into a coma in a...
NEW GUINEA TRIBESMEN SUE AUTHOR FOR $10M
Two New Guinea tribesmen have filed a $10 million lawsuit claiming Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jared Diamond falsely accused them of murder and other crimes. The lawsuit was filed by Henep...
REPORT: 'CRAIGSLIST KILLER' COLLECTED WOMEN'S PANTIES
Accused "Craigslist Killer" Philip Markoff had a fetish for women's panties and collected underwear, which cops believe were "souvenirs" from his alleged victims, two law enforcement sources told ABC News....
DUO TRIES TO BREAK RECORD WITH 217,000 TEXT MESSAGES
PHILADELPHIA -- Their thumbs sure must be sore. Two central Pennsylvania friends spent most of March in a text-messaging record attempt, exchanging a thumbs-flying total of 217,000. For one of...
Jets Draft Preview: CBs
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...
No Decision on Frank
By FRED KERBERTeam president Rod Thorn said he has not reached a decision yet on whether coach Lawrence Frank, whose job security came in question when the Nets finished with...
Coverage in The Post
ST. LOUIS -- The Daniel Murphy Experiment continues to blow up in the Mets' faces, at least on defense, as the young left fielder's eighth-inning misplay Tuesday night led to...
Maybe Yanks wanted this kind of park
By MIKE BATTAGLINOMaybe the Yankees knew what they were doing. They are called the Bronx Bombers, after all.Maybe the Yankees are OK with their new Stadium playing short, a bandbox...
COPS: HUSBAND KILLED WIFE, DAUGHTERS IN MD. HOTEL SLAY
A Long Island man beat and choked his wife and two daughters - then committed suicide - following a violent afternoon at a Maryland hotel, authorities said today. Baltimore County...
Serie A: 'Race' For A Cure
Inter striker Mario Balotelli has done very little to endear himself to Italian fans. His poor attitude and arrogance is incredibly ugly, making him one of the most unlikeable players...
Did 'Idol' Judges Waste Their Save?
Two "American Idol'' wannabes will groove off the disco floor tonight and three performers seem to be the most likely candidates: Lil Rounds, Matt Giraud and Anoop Desai. But on...
CASTRO: OBAMA 'MISINTERPRETED' RAUL'S WORDS
HAVANA -- Fidel Castro says President Barack Obama "misinterpreted" his brother Raul's remarks regarding the United States and bristled at the suggestion that Cuba should free political prisoners or cut...
'REFRIGERATOR' PERRY HOSPITALIZED IN S. CAROLINA
CHICAGO -- Former Chicago Bears defensive lineman William "The Refrigerator" Perry is in serious condition at a South Carolina hospital, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. Perry, 46, was hospitalized to deal...
Tribeca: Rosenthal Now Neither Confirming Nor Denying Move to Fall
Tribeca Film Festival co-founder Jane Rosenthal, who last month adamantly denied rumors the festival will be moving to a late fall schedule that would follow the New York Film Festival,...
FREDDIE MAC'S ACTING CFO DEAD IN APPARENT SUICIDE
WASHINGTON -- David Kellermann, the acting chief financial officer of money-losing mortgage giant Freddie Mac, was found dead at his home early Wednesday in what police said was an apparent...
Met fundamental problems
From JOEL SHERMAN Here's another storyline that should have been ignored: The Mets' concentration on fundamentals in spring training. Remember Jerry Manuel's drills in which the Mets speed-hit curveball after...
3 UP: GIAMBI'S LEGACY
1. Jason Giambi has returned to New York and I will say that it is hard to sum up his time as a Yankee better than my pal, Ken Davidoff...
3 UP: GIAMBI, TEIXEIRA, MET FUNDAMENTALS
1. Jason Giambi has returned to New York and I will say that it is hard to sum up his time as a Yankee better than my pal, Ken Davidoff...
TIGHT GENES
Don't look now, but the new faces of primetime TV look a lot like some of the old ones -- with good reason. With names like Grammer, Cassidy and McQueen,...
MURPHY SLIDES, BELTRAN DOESN'T; METS FALL
ST. LOUIS -- What Daniel Murphy's bat gives the Mets, his defense continues to take away. The Mets insist they're willing to live with Murphy's misadventures in left field because...
STARR REPORT
Chalk one up for "The Early Show," which beat Oprah Winfrey to the punch. The CBS morning show has sitdown interviews today and tomorrow with Cindy and George Anthony, the...
NOT AVAILABLE IN STORES
WHO in their right mind would buy a product they've never touched, tried, or even seen in person from a screaming guy on TV who acts like the demented spawn...
HELL, NO! BLAGO CAN'T GO
B LAGO'S reality-TV career is over before it ever got started. A federal judge in Chicago yesterday ruled that disgraced Illinois ex-governor Rod Blagojevich cannot appear on NBC's "I'm a...
BELTRAN CAN'T AVOID TAG -- OR BLAME
ST. LOUIS -- Carlos Beltran said he was trying to keep a bad situation from getting worse in the pivotal eighth inning last night. The Mets' veteran center fielder put...
HONDO LOVES L.A.
Hondo went down in a heap like Daniel Murphy last night, losing with the pitiful Pods to reduce his collection of dead presidents to 160 demeters. Tonight, he'll take aim...
GIANTS MAY TRADE FOR EDWARDS ON DRAFT DAY
Justin Tuck figured Plaxico Burress would be done in by the legal system or NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, not by the Giants themselves. Tuck was surprised the team took the...
JETS NOT NECESSARILY LOOKING FOR OFFENSE IN DRAFT
Someone might want to keep sharp objects away from Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer during the first round of Saturday's NFL Draft. After a winter of shoring up a leaky...
D'ANTONI MIGHT BE NEXT OLYMPIC COACH
Mike Krzyzewski yesterday told The Post his status as U.S. Olympic head basketball coach is up in the air and suggested the possibility of remaining with Team USA but in...
YANKS MAY HIDE WANG ON THE DL
Don't expect Chien-Ming Wang to suddenly delete his mechanical problems tomorrow in Tampa when he makes an extended spring training start. And since GM Brian Cashman believes it's going to...
TORTORELLA ISSUES 'BIG' CHALLENGE
John Tortorella laid it on the Rangers' best players yesterday, the head coach challenging his top guys to elevate their performances in tonight's Game 4 at the Garden the way...
NADY AVOIDS SURGERY, EXPECTED BACK IN 4-6 WEEKS
Between Alex Rodriguez's absence and Chien-Ming Wang's ineffectiveness, the Yankees needed some good news, and they got it before last night's tilt with Oakland. Xavier Nady was diagnosed with a...
SPORTS SHORTS
NBA PLAYOFFS: Kobe & Co. go up 2-0 Kobe Bryant scored 26 points and Pau Gasol added 22 as the Lakers recorded a 119-109 home victory over the Jazz, giving...
DAMON MARKS MILESTONE IN STYLE
Johnny Damon's cash may be frozen, but his bat is heating up. The 35-year-old celebrated the 2,000th game of his career with a 2-for-5 night, including a home run and...
NEW HOME, SAME OLD ANDY
NEARLY everything is new in the Yankees' world, except Andy Pettitte. Somehow the left-hander keeps chugging along. New ballpark, tons of home runs surrendered, none of that matters when you...
BRODEUR CRIES FOUL AS DEVILS FALL AT :00.2
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Devils worked such comeback wonders that they must wonder how they got in that three-goal hole to begin with -- and how they lost anyway with...
PETTITTE KEEPS OAKLAND IN BANDBOX FOR WIN
In a ballpark that quickly developed a reputation for producing home runs, there were more singles inside Yankee Stadium last night than at a bootleg strip club. Twenty home runs...
SPEEDY CB GARVIN ON RIGHT TRACK
This is the third of a series of position previews heading into Saturday's NFL Draft. Today: Defensive backs. When Michael Ray Garvin was eight, he beat his father, former NFL...
COACH K STANDS BY ISIAH
Squeaky clean Mike Krzyzewski claims to be friends with Isiah Thomas, both from Chicago, both of whom played for Bobby Knight. Krzyzewski said yesterday Thomas called him before accepting the...
ADD ONE PLANET
HATFIELD, England -- Scientists say they've discovered a planet outside our solar system that is close to Earth in size, far different from the behemoths they had previously seen so...
KIDS' SHORT LIVES
A Harvard study done in India found that children born to short women were 70 percent more likely to die before age 5 than those born to taller mothers. Those...
IRAN OFFERS JAILED JOURNO HOPE
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran may reconsider an eight-year jail term for an American journalist during her appeal, the judiciary spokesman said yesterday in an indication her sentence will be commuted....
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan A crook who tried to hold up the Angelika theater threatened a teenage worker with a gun before spraying liquid -- thought to be lighter fluid -- at her,...
BAM IN TORTURE HEDGE
WASHINGTON -- President Obama left the door open yesterday to prosecuting Bush administration officials who devised the legal authority for severe interrogations of terrorists, saying the United States lost "our...
SENATE PANEL OKS SEBELIUS
WASHINGTON -- Democratic Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius won Senate committee approval as health and human services secretary yesterday, despite opposition from Republicans critical of her ties to a late-term abortion...
SEGER CRASH SUIT
PONTIAC, Mich. -- Rocker Bob Seger and a bandmate are named in a negligence lawsuit filed by a man who says he suffered injuries in a crash involving a car...
FOUL-PLAY PROBE LAUNCHED IN POLO-PONY DEATHS
WELLINGTON, Fla. -- * Investigators have opened a criminal probe into whether someone poisoned 21 polo horses that died during preparations for the sport's top championship in Florida, officials said...
ROT FOR LIFE, WIFE
The Queens doctor who hired a hit man to kill her husband in a custody battle will spend the rest of her life in an "8-by-8, above-ground" grave, a judge...
QNS. HS KID IN A GUN JAM
A 14-year-old student was arrested at a Queens high school yesterday after a .380 handgun was found in his backpack, authorities said. He was entering John Adams HS in Ozone...
NY EYES LOW RENT HIKES
More than a million rent-stabilized tenants can expect modest rent hikes this year after the Rent Guidelines Board reported yesterday that landlords' operating costs went up by a mere 4...
WELL $UITED
Men with deep pockets are tailor-made for this -- it's the world's most expensive suit and costs nearly $103,000. The dark-blue striped duds made of rare luxury wools with nine...
$185 FEE PLAN KEEPS DRIVERS ON THEIR 'TOWS'
Adding insult to injury, the City Council is considering a bill that would more than double the cost of towing a car from an accident scene. The bill would hike...
BROADWAY BUS AXED
The main bus route that runs down Broadway through Midtown is getting axed. The MTA will soon eliminate the M6 as part of an overhaul of eight bus lines to...
WATT A SWITCH: LOWER CON ED BILLS EXPECTED
Lower energy prices likely will reduce monthly Con Ed electric bills this summer by $4 to $9 -- savings that would be much greater without ratepayer tax increases approved by...
ROBBER LEAVES HIS FOOTPRINT
A thief ransacked an actor's Chelsea home -- and then hotfooted it from the apartment so fast, he left his socks behind, cops said. Matthew Staley, who's had bit parts...
'NOOSE' PROF SUES FOR $200M
She first made national headlines when a hangman's noose was found dangling from her Columbia University office door. Now, Madonna Constantine, the controversial former Teachers College professor fired last year...
RX FOR FOREIGN TONGUES
Big drugstore chains will habla espaÑol, parlez francais or speak just about any other language anyone needs under agreements announced yesterday by state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. Druggists will have...
POOR BAILOUT WIFE: I CAN'T FLAUNT MY $$
The wife of a top financial exec who feels obligated to be have in public like one of the common people is deeply unhappy living life under a tarp. The...
HOOTIE'S FIRING IS SHOCKING
Add "Hootie" the owl to the ranks of the recently unemployed. Con Ed workers yesterday "fired" the mechanical bird, which failed to scare parrots off a Queens electrical transformer, repeatedly...
CENTRAL PARK LOW ON CASH, HIGH ON TRASH
Central Park officials are bracing for the picnic panic of 2009. With record crowds anticipated this summer as many New Yorkers stay home to save money, the Central Park Conservancy...
OBAMA CALLS MIKE ONE 'OUTSTANDING MAYOR'
WASHINGTON -- Mayor Bloomberg, who is expected to get the Republican line on November's mayoral ballot, won the ultimate seal of approval in Democratic politics yesterday when President Obama called...
HOWL OVER LEONA WILL
Who cut the dogs out? Trustees for Leona Helmsley's estate yesterday said they are giving $136 million of the Queen of Mean's money to charity -- with only $1 million...
MISS SUBWAYS' NOSTALGIA TRIP
Twenty-seven former Miss Subways took a ride down memory lane yesterday. The state of the subways -- and the $2 fare that will soon soar to $2.50 -- was a...
O'S PEACE STATE-MENT
President Obama urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday to pursue the goal of a Palestinian state and pressed both sides to "step back from the abyss." "My hope would...
THE RENTS ARE TORTURE
Maybe it was the pliers on the table that shook the victim up most. Or the hammer. Or the screwdriver, the burning candle and the tarp on the floor. Manhattan...
'BUC' UP, BAWLING BRIGAND
THE dread pirate of the high seas shuffled into the court room, standing all of 5-foot-2 and 90 pounds soaking wet. He looked more like an urchin seeking adoption by...
COLD, HARD CASH
Renowned Morton's steakhouse in Midtown is hitting the rocks -- it's charging an extra $2.50 for a cocktail with ice. Last week at the Fifth Avenue steak joint, where a...
'NO CLUE' THOMPSON PROBES PENSION MESS
City Comptroller Bill Thompson yesterday launched a probe into a private-equity firm after he was stung by revelations that an accused pay-for-play political consultant earned fees off deals with the...
LI FAMILY SLAIN
A Long Island couple and their two beautiful young daughters were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide at a hotel outside Baltimore, authorities said yesterday. The bodies of William Parente,...
PANEL TO RULE ON CHARTER-UNION TUG-OF-WAR
A state labor board is expected to rule today on the first of three tugs-of-war between the teachers union and one of the country's most prominent charter-school operators. The Public...
POL HAS BONE TO PICK
When it comes to excuses, this pol shoots from the hip. It was a busted pelvis, not orders from her teachers-union benefactors, that caused Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan to block an...
GAL PAL CAN VISIT JAILED PREPPY
After 22 years of sharing kisses through prison glass, countless bags of heroin and an indictment on felony cocaine sales, Shawn Kovell still loves her Preppy Killer. Now, she can...
SOMALI PIRATE IN PRIVA-TEARS
A Somali teen sailed into Manhattan federal court yesterday -- where a judge wiped a grin off his face and left him in tears, realizing he faces life in the...
MOTHER CHUCKER
A prominent Park Avenue lawyer was busted after tossing her bratty 10- and 12-year-old daughters out of her car in the middle of a Westchester street and driving off, authorities...
REPUBLICANS SLAM BRAKES ON SMITH'S TAX-I PLAN
Bailing out the MTA with a $1 surcharge on taxi trips is apparently as unpopular in Albany as it is in Manhattan. The very Republicans whom Senate Majority Leader Malcolm...
2 FACES OF THE 'WEB FIEND' PHILIP MARKOFF
Fresh off a vicious murder-kidnapping spree and armed with cash he filched from his prey, the Craigslist killer was on his way to feed a gambling fever at a Connecticut...
EX-ASTRONAUT: ALIENS HAVE VISITED EARTH
The sixth man to walk on the moon says we are not alone in the universe. Former NASA astronaut Edgar Mitchell, who took part in the 1971 Apollo 14 lunar...
DIAZ WINS BX. BEEP CONTEST
A state assemblyman from a political family has beaten a former "Sopranos" actor for the Bronx borough president's job, after the last winner took a White House post. Assemblyman Ruben...
A LITTLE 'WIDOW' SHOPPING
The murdered Staten Island fire marshal who mercilessly taunted his wife about her weight was a gun-loving "Rambo" killed by mysterious intruders while she was out shopping, her lawyer argued...
SO FAR, IT'S STIMU-LESS
ALBANY -- Two months after President Obama signed the massive American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and sent billions of dollars in stimulus aid to Albany, New York has yet to...
BRESLIN'S DAUGHTER DIES AT 44
The daughter of writer Jimmy Breslin died last night at Bellevue Hospital, after falling unconscious at a Gramercy-area restaurant early Friday. A hospital spokeswoman said that 44-year-old Kelly Breslin died...
38G SNARES MADOFF TIX
While Bernie Madoff watches the Mets on a prison rec-room TV, two lucky fans will be occupying his season seats at Citi Field for a bargain price. The two seats...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A man who organized a "flash mob" pillow fight in Vermont has been charged with disorderly conduct. Darin Cassler, 21, planned the event and blew a whistle to start the...
BX. CUB PLAYS HIDE & PEEK
H e l l o , k i tty! The Bronx Zoo's first lion cub in 31 years is still a little bit shy. Conservationists at the zoo would like...
MORGAN'S MAD MASH-UP
WHAT would J.P. Morgan buy? Apparently, all the art he could lay his rich mitts on. No wonder the Morgan Library & Museum's new show is so much fun. Following...
GOURMONSTERS
THEY glare at you at the market when you ask for a bag, think nothing of forking over $8 for two measly organic chicken breasts and favor restaurants with tiny...
LILY BLOOMS AT ROSELAND
SHE could barely be heard over the din of her band when she played the Bowery Ballroom a couple of months ago, but Lily Allen more than made up for...
SPANKING THE MONKEY
WAVERLY Inn . . . Waverly Out? That could be the Monkey Bar, the oft-reinvented Hotel Elysee dining venue reborn yet again, most glamoriciously, at the hands of Graydon Carter...
FEDS HAVE US WAITING TO EXHALE
ONE of the most important events of our lifetimes may have just transpired. A federal agency has decided that it has the power to regulate everything, including the air you...
IT'S (TEA) PARTY TIME: NO MORE TAX & SPEND
THE ISSUE: Nationwide Tax Day protests against excessive government spending and taxes. *** The surprisingly heavy turnout at tea parties across the nation is a wakeup call to all politicians...
STRENGTH'S NEW FACE
RIGHTIES have been railing against President Obama's recent foreign-policy for ays. When Obama allegedly "bowed" to Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, they screamed. When he told Europeans that at times America...
ROTTEN RESCUE
STATE Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith has announced a new rescue plan for the MTA, and Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver has signaled that it's a good start. But if Albany...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Bad BoNY Bank of New York Mellon said that its first- quarter profit dropped an unexpectedly steep 57 percent -- 9 cents a share from 24 cents. Icahn bid Activist...
MACKLOWE'S FT BUILDING TO BE AUCTIONED
A building bought by Harry Macklowe nearly three years ago is set to be auctioned off today in the second high-profile foreclosure auction of a US skyscraper in less than...
$1.3B DEBT RATTLE
As The New York Times Co. tries to bask in the glory of having bagged five Pulitzers, the company is facing a cash crunch that could put it on the...
LANDLORDS WILL NEED MORE GREEN
TO celebrate Earth Day, Mayor Bloomberg, the City Council and green advocates are set today to unveil four proposals that could have some building owners seeing red as they're being...
TIM CALMS WATCHDOGS
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner assured congressional watchdogs yesterday that banks have enough cash to stay in business but face more struggles from toxic paper and a flood of consumer loans...
KIRK'S MIRAGE MAY DISAPPEAR
Sun-drenched casino mogul Kirk Kerkorian is fighting to save his MGM Mirage empire from the clutches of billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn -- and may go as far as selling...
INSIDER TRADER RAIDING
Wall Street pioneer Muriel Siebert is facing scrutiny from state and federal investigators probing allegations that she paid friends to buy Siebert Financial Corp. stock in a bid to boost...
FAST COMPANY CEO SAILS OFF INTO SUNSET
JOHN Koten editor- turned-CEO of Fast Company and Inc, has had his reign come to an abrupt end. Sources confirmed that he stepped down from Mansueto Ventures, effective immediately. Koten...
SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING AT CITI SURE AIN'T PRETTY
He's been gone for months, but the ghost of Robert Rubin still looms large in the minds of Citigroup shareholders. The former chairman, who came to symbolize the Citi board's...
HOLDER WANTS LEWIS' EXIT
The overseer of $20 billion in Connecticut retirement money is joining in the growing shareholder movement to boot Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis and the board of directors. Connecticut...
YAHOO! PROFIT DROPS 78%, SLASHES 700 JOBS
Yahoo! is shedding another 5 percent of its workforce, or as many as 700 jobs, as the company copes with an online ad slump and an increasingly competitive market. Along...
SMITH'S MTA TRAINWRECK
Another day, another charade from New York's fearless "leaders" in Albany. This time, it's Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith pretending he's found a way to stave off severe mass-transit service...
THE NEXT MELTDOWN
Here we go again: Washington pols are sticking their noses into lenders' businesses -- in this case, those of credit-card companies -- just as they pushed banks in the 1990s...
LATEST CHRYSLER PLAN KO'D
The latest debt reduction offer by Chrysler LLC's lenders is unacceptable because it would yield the lenders an unjustified return, an Obama administration official said. "It is neither in the...
RANGERS KNOW SCORE WITH LUNDQVIST
BECAUSE the two goals that changed everything in Game 3 came on shots taken from behind Henrik Lundqvist, it is of tremendous reassurance that he has nothing to put behind...
CAPITALS GOALIE DOES TALKING IN NETS
Simeon Varlamov is a man of few words -- especially the English kind. The surprise top goalie for the awakening Washington Capitals is a virtual unknown to not only the...
TERMS OF ABANDONMENT
PREPARE to shed a tear or two when you see "Treeless Mountain," directed by So Yong Kim, a South Korea-born Brooklynite. Only a Republican could not be moved by the...
JUST GRIN & BEAR IT
'EARTH," you had me at baby polar bears. Those cubs, poking their heads out of the snow for their first fresh air after wintering in their mom's den, pop up...
MAN BEHIND 'DREAM' WORDS
SIMON Cowell, Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden all have given the thumbs up to Susan Boyle's rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream," now clocking more than 50 million hits on...
MURPHY'S FLAW
Rick Ankiel hit a go-ahead RBI double after Daniel Murphy misplayed Brendan Ryan's liner to left field for a triple, and the St. Louis Cardinals rallied from four runs down...
JOKINEN SCORES FOR 'CANES WITH 0.2 SECONDS LEFT
Jussi Jokinen deflected in Dennis Seidenberg's slap shot with 0.2 seconds remaining and the Carolina Hurricanes evened their series with New Jersey at two games apiece by beating the Devils...
PETTITTE LEADS WAY TO YANKEES' VICTORY
Johnny Damon hit the only home run in the first night game at the new Yankee Stadium and Andy Pettitte pitched New York to a 5-3 victory over the Oakland...
STATE POL WHACKS 'SOPRANOS' ACTOR IN BRONX RACE
A state assemblyman from a political family has beaten a former "Sopranos" actor for the Bronx borough president's job after the last winner took a White House post. Assemblyman Ruben...
Fulham's Al-Fayed: EPL "run by donkeys.''
I admit I've had a soft spot in my heart for Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner, primarly because he brought the Browns back to Cleveland (a city that deserves football),...
Red Bull notes
The Red Bulls actually fielded a fairly-complete team at practice today, albiet a different-looking one.I'm actually at the Yankee game, but wanted to drop some Red Bull notes on you...