April 24, 2009
HOME IN QUEENS EXPLODES
Police say they've recovered a body from the wreckage of a New York City house that exploded. The two-story home blew up Friday in a thunderous blast that destroyed the...
AVERY SCRATCHED FROM GAME 5
WASHINGTON -- Whether he likes it or not, John Tortorella has made tonight's Game 5 into a Sean Avery story. The Rangers head coach did that by scratching Avery from...
QUINN BACKS SEAN BELL STREET RENAMING
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is backing the controversial Sean Bell street renaming. "She's very open to the renaming and does not anticipate any problems moving it through the Council,"...
Do You Know Joe?
Have you heard about the twittering jockey?If not, Carson Daly wants to tell you all about him. His name is Joe Talamo and he may win next week's Kentucky Derby...
'CERTIFIED' DISASTER
A stack of blank birth certificates have been stolen from the city Health Department's offices, leading investigators to worry that they may have fallen into the hands of terrorists, The...
Jacobs wants best for Burress
APBrandon Jacobs hopes a fresh start will be just what his good friend Plaxico Burress needs."That's how I looked at it, and how he looked at it," Jacobs said Friday....
A-Rod moving forward quickly
APAlex Rodriguez is zooming along in rehab and remains on target for a May 15 return to the Yankees.Joe Girardi said before Friday's game against the Red Sox that he...
Game 16: Nationals at Mets
Losers of four in a row, the reeling Mets will try to get back on track tonight when Johan Santana takes on the last-place Nationals in the opener of a...
Devils Game 6 at 7:30 p.m. Sunday
The National Hockey League has set a game time of 7:30 p.m. Sunday for Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals series between the Hurricanes and the Devils.The game is...
CONEY CIRCUS SIGNED - RINGLING BROS. TO SET UP BIG TOP
Ladies and gentlemen, and children of all ages will have 84 opportunities to catch a miniature version of "The Greatest Show on Earth" in the heart of Coney Island this...
COUNTING CARS ON THE BRIDGE - SOME VIEW NEW TRACKING SYSTEM AS A PLUS FOR GRIDLOCK-BUSTING
Having antennas on the Brooklyn Bridge tracking your every movement may give some people reason to pause, but not everyone is convinced it's a bad idea - especially if it...
Devils' Parise up for Lady Byng
APDevils forward Zach Parise, Red Wings forward Pavel Datsyuk, and Lightning forward Martin St. Louis are finalists for the Lady Byng Trophy.The NHL made the announcement Friday for finalists of...
COMPLETE JETS DRAFT PREVIEW
Here's how we broke down the Jets' interests leading up to Saturday's NFL Draft:QUARTERBACKSRUNNING BACKSWIDE RECEIVERSTIGHT ENDSOFFENSIVE LINEDEFENSIVE LINELINEBACKERSCORNERBACKSSAFETIESSPECIAL TEAMS
Letterman 'Kinda' Wanted to See LC's Sex Tape
If Lauren Conrad's facial expressions could speak, they would say, "I am never coming on Letterman again."Dave Letterman's "Late Show" interviews with the stars of "The Hills" never disappoint, and...
DOE LOOKS FOR HEBREW HOME
While three local intermediate schools are being looked at by the Department of Education (DOE) as possible sites to house a new charter school on a temporary basis, there are...
STRAIGHT THROUGH THE FLOOR - BROOKLYN HOME SALES CONTINUE TO PLUMMET; OVERALL SALES DOWN 57%
Brooklyn's housing bottom has not yet been reached, a study released this week indicates. Residential home prices in the borough continue to decline, falling 9.9 percent in the first quarter,...
WORKING ON THE RAILROAD: STIMULUS CASH FOR D, M LINES
Federal stimulus money will be pouring into Brooklyn for work along the D and M subway lines. A whopping $242 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is being...
ONE NIGHT, THREE REZONING PROPOSALS!
Helen Klein Brooklyn residents have hit the rezoning trifecta. On Wednesday, May 6, beginning at 9:30 a.m., the City Planning Commission (CPC) will hold its required hearings on the rezonings...
LI MAN BOUGHT KNIFE AFTER KILLING FAMILY
The Long Island dad who killed his wife and two kids in a Maryland hotel room bought a knife from a store after the brutal slayings, returned to the room...
Adriano May Have Played His Final Game for Inter
Looks like Brazilian striker/world famous party animal Adriano has played his last game for Inter Milan after failing to return to the Serie A giants from international duty with Brazil...
Wang isn't in Boston
By GEORGE A. KING IIIBOSTON -- Pitcher Chien-Ming Wang is not with the Yankees today, though he was expected to rejoin his teammates here after throwing an extended-spring-training game in...
COPS QUESTIONING SUSPECT IN B'KLYN DOUBLE SLAY
Police are questioning a suspect today in the brutal beating death of a 70-year-old Brooklyn man and his 37-year-old lover, who were found dead in a Bensonhurst apartment Thursday. William...
Holt Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering
Former junior welterweight champ Kendall Holt pleas guilty to money launderingBy GEORGE WILLISFormer junior middleweight champion Kendall Holt plead guilty today to one count of money laundering in connection with...
MAYOR: WHAT'S NEXT? $1 SHOWER TAX?
Might want to check that water bill. Mayor Bloomberg, exasperated about an MTA bailout plan that would tax taxi rides $1, pondered whether Big Apple residents' bathroom activities might get...
Tannenbaum sounds iffy on trade
Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum appeared on Mike Francesa's show this afternoon on WFAN and gave plenty of vague answers about the draft. He did say one interesting thing, though. When...
WHAT WILL THEY DO?
Remember three years ago, when all the talk was about the Jets trading up and drafting USC running back Reggie Bush. Then, like a lot of pre-Draft chatter, it turned...
COMPUTER WORM STARTS ATTACKING COMPUTERS
The virus-spreading software program known as Conficker that many feared would wreak havoc on April 1 is slowly being activated, just weeks after being dismissed as a false alarm, security...
MADOFF TRUSTEE: INVESTORS NEED TO RETURN 'PROFITS'
That's not your money! The trustee attempting to unravel Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme is threatening legal action in a bid to recover a whopping $735 million from investors who unwittingly...
16 DEAD FROM SWINE FLU IN MEXICO
MEXICO CITY -- Mexico closed its schools across its capital Friday after at least 16 otherwise healthy people died and more than 900 others fell ill from what could be...
'Get Me Out of Here!' Should Do TV a Favor
"I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!" is a reality show for reality stars. NBC announced its "Celebrity" list today - Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, Stephen Baldwin, Sanjaya...
Rhythm Heaven rox sox off tonight
If you haven't already had a chance to check out the new Nintendo DSi, here's your chance.Nintendo is hosting a two-day event at the 300 New York bowling alley at...
HOTEL SLAY DAD HAD SIDE LOAN BUSINESS: FEDS
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. -- William Parente was a successful Manhattan lawyer who apparently had a side business lending money at high interest rates -- deals that may have cost investors...
FAA: BIRD STRIKES DOUBLE AT BIG AIRPORTS
WASHINGTON -- Airplane collisions with birds have more than doubled at 13 major U.S. airports since 2000, according to Federal Aviation Administration data released for the first time Friday. Eleven...
To get ready for tomorrow
Some of the Jets' classic first-round picks, captured by YouTube:
Terminator: Salvation gameplay
A look at what you can expect from the game out on May 18 for 360, PS3 and PC.Yee-haw!
Who can help the Yankees' bullpen
By TIM BONTEMPSWith the Yankees trading away Kyle Farnsworth last July, Bombers fans undoubtedly were hopeful they would be seeing some improvement from the bullpen this season.But so far in...
MARY-KATE OLSEN EXCITED TO BE TRIBECA JUROR
Mary-Kate Olsen is taking her duties as a juror at the Tribeca Film Festival as seriously as an A-student getting ready for the first day of school. "I wish there...
ACCUSED 'CRAIGSLIST KILLER' DESCRIBED AS 'CATATONIC'
A "catatonic" accused "Craigslist Killer" got Boston jailhouse visits from his mom, dad and brother yesterday -- while the anguished family of his alleged victim marked her 26th birthday in...
Sanchez scenarios growing
It seems everybody wants to draft USC quarterback Mark Sanchez on Saturday.Here's a look at the latest speculation on who could trade up to pick him: ESPN.com reports, "The most...
FORD POSTS $1.4B 1Q LOSS
DEARBORN, Mich. -- Ford Motor Co. reported a first-quarter loss of $1.4 billion Friday and said it used less of its cash, emphasizing that it doesn't expect to seek any...
BRONX TEACHER ARRESTED AFTER STANDOFF
A middle school teacher who barricaded himself in a Bronx classroom this morning and threatened to blow up the building as revenge for being disciplined by the principal was arrested...
EPL: Zola Manager of the Year?
What you are about to read is not a joke. I think Gianfranco Zola is a genuine candidate to be EPL manager of the year. He's certainly the managerial find...
A Lot to Like about Aston Villa
I've got a team that I support through thick and thin, disappointed as they may make me. I'm not going to jump ship from Newcastle whether they stay up or...
Jets Draft Preview: Special Teams
In the days leading up to tomorrow's NFL Draft, we have examined the draft position-by-position through the eyes of the Jets. We conclude with a look at special teams. Losses...
Coverage in The Post
Just 15 games into the season, the Mets are already reeling and Jerry Manuel is already vowing to revamp the starting rotation after a 5-2 loss Thursday to the Cardinals...
Box Office: End of Season Clearance
You wouldn't know it from the weather in New York, but Hollywood's summer season is just seven days away, and this weekend the studios are doing some final spring cleaning....
3 UP: ENDY, JOBA AND A TOP PROSPECT
1. The Mariners have Ichiro Suzuki, Ken Griffey Jr. and Adrian Beltre. But their best position player in their surprising start has been, of course, Endy Chavez. The Mariners, a...
Paying the Penalty
Although this is tax time, paying the penalty has nothing to do with the IRS. This penalty is the kind that makes grown men cry. Yes, it's the dreaded penalty...
NY'S CRISIS HITS HOME
As the housing bust finally bites the Big Apple, more sellers are slashing prices in the US financial and cultural capital than in any other big city, says the real-estate...
YOGA'S GRANNY SWAMI
This is no stretch of the imagination -- an 83-year-old yoga instructor is in a position to show others that you're never too old to be supple. "Yoga keeps you...
'HEROES' HOTTIE IS ROBBED
Actress Hayden Panettiere could have used some "Heroes" when burglars busted into her Los Angeles home while she was out of town, police said yesterday. The theft took place between...
STEVE SERBY'S MOCK DRAFT
MOST Jets fans I know crave Mark Sanchez at tomorrow's NFL Draft, so here's a mock draft that will cater to my long-suffering friends. My new, enterprising, two-pronged strategy to...
MULLIN LIKELY FIT AS KNICKS' NEXT GM
DESPITE an upsurge of chatter claiming Donnie Walsh only has eyes for Chris Mullin -- a couple NBA observers assert the apparently departing Warriors VP has been promised the Knicks'...
JAZZ DUMP LAKERS ON WILLIAMS' LATE SHOT
Deron Williams hit a fadeaway jumper with 2.2 seconds left to give Utah an 88-86 home win over the Lakers last night, getting the Jazz back into the first-round playoff...
RELYING ON ROOKIE WR FRAUGHT WITH PERIL
Getting a rookie to step in and immediately make an impact is tough. For the Giants, getting a rookie receiver to step in and make an impact is practically impossible....
TAYLOR HUNGRY TO RETURN TO NO. 1
Jermain Taylor was standing at the podium during a press conference at Gallagher's Steak House earlier this week, looking out at the crowd of media and various hangers-on and loving...
JETS TRADE TALK PICKS UP STEAM
Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum smiled at the question posed at last week's pre-draft news conference, dealing with his propensity for trading on draft day. JETS BLOGCHAT REWINDDRAFT PREVIEW: SAFETIES Entering...
NO EXCUSE FOR AVERY'S MELTDOWN
WASHINGTON -- It doesn't matter that the NHL has painted a bull's-eye on the back of Sean Avery's jersey even while marketing it to no end. OVECHKIN GETS LUNDQVIST'S MESSAGEBRUINS...
BIG DUO'S SLUMP-BUSTING HAS RED SOX ON ROLL
BOSTON -- In case the Yankees are interested, the Red Sox control Dustin Pedroia through the 2015 season. Why is that an issue? Only because Pedroia was quizzed by David...
LUNDQVIST SET TO CAP-TURE SERIES
WASHINGTON -- So what do you tell a team that's up 3-1 in a best-of-seven series despite being outshot by an aggregate 149-99 and out-attempted on shots by a slightly...
UNSAID QUESTIONS FOR METS' BAD PLAY
THE nature of televised interviews with Mets' managers is becoming predictable. And pathetic. The manager is politely -- in so many words -- asked to comment on why the Mets...
GUTSY JOBA KEY TO YANKEES RECLAIMING EDGE
BOSTON -- Tonight is as good a time as any for Joba Chamberlain to remind everyone who he is, what he is, how important he is to the Yankees and...
LIVAN LATEST PITCHER TO LET DOWN METS
ST. LOUIS -- Like some terrible virus, wretched pitching by the four starters not named Johan Santana is infecting everything about the Mets right now. Manager Jerry Manuel isn't going...
NEW YANKEES READY FOR BOSTON BARBS
Tell it to Mark Teixeira, while he stands on deck tonight at Fenway Park and hears his manhood challenged with screams that will include Joe Pesci's favorite word -- which...
FALCONS ADD GONZALEZ
ATLANTA -- The Falcons boosted their hopes for another trip to the playoffs by acquiring tight end Tony Gonzalez from the Chiefs yesterday for a draft pick next year. The...
TIANT'S TURNING INTO MOVIE STAR
Having pitched 187 complete games, Luis Tiant knows a thing or two about going the distance. Recently, he went a longer distance -- back to his native Cuba for the...
WANG MIGHT BE HEADED TO DISABLED LIST
Chien-Ming Wang will rejoin the Yankees tonight in Boston and throw a bullpen session at Fenway Park tomorrow. After that, there is a possibility the struggling right-hander will land on...
GIANTS' BRADSHAW HAS NEW BURDEN
During this offseason, the weight on Ahmad Bradshaw's shoulders has changed. Last year, the Giants' third option at running back was doing everything he could to play football without thinking...
METS ALTER LINEUP TO FACE NATIONALS' LEFTY
ST. LOUIS -- Jerry Manuel was starting to forget what a left-handed opposing pitcher looked like. A full 16 games into the season, the Mets will finally face a starting...
SELIG: METS, YANKEES TO TALK CHEAPER TICKETS
Bud Selig has noticed those empty seats at the new ballparks in New York, too. Should the Yankees and Mets lower their tickets prices? The commissioner said that's up to...
HONDO THROWS SPLITTER
The one and only Jimmy Shields gave up the one and only run last night in Seattle, but that was enough to make a loser of Hondo in the nightcap...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Panthers give QB new deal The Panthers gave Jake Delhomme a five-year, $42.5 million extension that keeps the 34-year-old under contract through the 2014 season. The deal includes $20...
CLARKSON'S HARD WORK PAYS OFF
Zach Parise wanted to make things hard on Carolina goalie Cam Ward last night. "We have to be more aggressive," Parise said before the Devils took a 3-2 series lead...
BRODEUR'S 44-SAVE SHUTOUT GIVES DEVILS SERIES LEAD
A perfect game was demanded, the perfect way to tie the all-time playoff shutout record. Great players perform their greatest feats in the great games, when they're needed most. Martin...
UCONN STAR COULD BE 'GROUND' BREAKER
Fifth in a series of posi tion previews heading into tomorrow's NFL Draft. Today, running backs. Donald Brown laughs easily, perhaps because he is accustomed to getting the last laugh....
RED SOX-YANKEES RIVALRY BECOMING PITCHED BATTLE
The Yankees-Red Sox rivalry has a different feel this year.COMPLETE YANKEES COVERAGEYANKEES BLOGWANG PLEASED WITH SPRING GAME It's the first time in a while the two rivals aren't clearly the...
'BOX' SCORES FOR CIRQUE
WITH its latest production, "Kooza," Cirque du Soleil has literally upped the ante. Everything seems multiplied: Instead of one contortionist, there are three; rather than one unicyclist, there's a duo;...
COMPETITIVE SPIRIT
GLITZ, meet glitches. Wednesday night's gala for the Youth America Grand Prix -- a major ballet competition now celebrating its 10th anniversary -- had its share of both. There were...
OVECHKIN GETS LUNDQVIST'S MESSAGE
ARLINGTON, Va. -- The world's greatest hockey player has his back against the wall, so he coped as only a modern athlete can: by logging on to the Internet. BRUINS...
BRUINS WAITING FOR NEXT OPPONENT
MONTREAL -- The Boston Bruins gave Claude Julien the best possible present leading into his 49th birthday on Thursday. Julien, Boston's head coach, gave his players a well-earned day after...
DEATH PUZZLE IN BROOKLYN
An elderly man and a much younger women, whom neighbors described as his girlfriend, were found mysteriously dead yesterday in his ramshackle Brooklyn home. Police did not immediately classify the...
BRYANT PARK GRENADE BUST
Cops closed tourist-friendly Bryant Park an hour early last night -- after busting a man who was trying to sell a hand grenade, police said. Authorities said narcotics police were...
EXTREMISTS REAL ENEMY: HILL
WASHINGTON -- Pakistan is beginning to recognize the severity of the threat posed by an extremist insurgency that is encroaching on key urban areas, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton...
AL QAEDA BIG 'CAPTURED'
BAGHDAD -- Iraqi security officials claim that they have captured one of the most-wanted leaders of the al Qaeda-linked Sunni insurgency, an arrest that could deliver a significant blow to...
S. AFRICA ELEX JOY
JOHANNESBURG -- Jacob Zuma's supporters danced and sang in the streets yesterday in celebration as partial results from South Africa's parliamentary elections showed him in line to become the country's...
NO CHARGES FOR 'SLUMDOG' DAD
MUMBAI, India -- The father of a girl who starred in the Oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" will not be charged with any crime, police said yesterday after ending their investigation...
PALIN BABY DRAMA
The father of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's grandson says that he will be willing to go to court for custody but that he hopes it won't come to that. Visiting...
STEM CELL BREAKTHROUGH
Researchers have developed a new way to make embryonic-like stem cells by soaking them in genetically engineered proteins, a step toward using ordinary cells to treat various diseases. A team...
PAK BOOMERANG
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Gunmen attacked a Pakistani paramilitary force sent to a Taliban-infiltrated district just 60 miles from the capital yesterday, killing a police officer and feeding growing doubts about...
MIKE TO AIDE: YOU DA MAN!
Mayor Bloomberg's senior criminal justice adviser, who's mulling a late entry into the race for Manhattan DA, got a big boost yesterday when his boss declared his support for him....
MOBSTER'S 'PEN' PALS
Life in prison is one thing -- but not being able to fraternize with other wiseguys is going too far. Brooklyn federal Judge Jack Weinstein denied a request by prosecutors...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan A fleeing pervert who had exposed himself to a woman in Central Park was nabbed by a police sergeant, sources said yesterday. George Harris, 68, of Brooklyn, exposed himself...
ISRAELI LINK TO PENSION SCANDAL
ALBANY -- The explosive probe of New York state's pension fund is going international -- with investigators looking into whether payments by an Israeli company were kicked back to a...
BIGS URGED TIME OFF FOR FREDDIE CFO
The day before he committed suicide, Freddie Mac's chief financial officer was told by management to take time off because he was showing signs of severe stress. Freddie Mac's human-resources...
SUPER MAN A SURVIVOR
A Brooklyn gang member fatally shot by a rival had tried to stave off gunfire by using a building super as a human shield -- but the shooter was able...
PAL DROPPED DIME BAG ON LIL WAYNE
With stoned friends like these, who needs prosecutors? Lil Wayne lost his bid to have his gun case tossed in part because his own personal assistant admitted that the rap...
BILLIONAIRE HITS A WALL
Mr. Baron, tear down this wall. Billionaire financier Ron Baron will have to demolish part of a wall that officials say he illegally built on his East Hampton property last...
DOCS BLAMED FOR KID'S EYE LOSS
A 9-year-old Bronx girl lost an eye to cancer because her doctors didn't catch the deadly disease in time and ignored her parents' desperate cries for help, the girl's lawyer...
COLLEGE DE-GREED
The mastermind of a six-figure scheme for selling phony Touro College degrees and transcripts yesterday began a one- to three-year prison term for bribe taking and forgery. Ex-computer honcho Michael...
OBAMA PUTS HEAT ON PLASTIC
WASHINGTON -- President Obama cracked down on credit-card companies yesterday, warning them that their days of confusing "fine print" conditions and seesawing interest rates are over. PHOTOS: President Obama In...
DEMS DO THE TERROR TWO-STEP
WASHINGTON -- Those dramatic new moves you're seeing to the strains of polka music these days out of Washington are called the Tango with Terrorists. It's become a favorite among...
GLOW IN THE BARK BEAGLE
Meet Ruppy, the glow-in-the-dark puppy. The cloned beagle -- her full name is Ruby Puppy -- and four other pups glow because they have genetic information from sea anemones, a...
WATT'S THAT? A 'PEA' GREEN ECO-AUTO
Here's a car even Mother Earth could love. It's the tiny Peapod, an electric-powered vehicle that has a top speed of 25 mph, using so little energy that it costs...
WILD-FIRED BY THE ZOO
Situation wanted: Will work for hay. Layoffs in the city have spread from the piggy traders on Wall Street to the animals at the Bronx Zoo. The institution is closing...
MIKE RIDES ROUGHSHOD OVER $1 TAXI-TAX PLAN
Mayor Bloomberg yesterday ripped an MTA bailout that would slap city cab riders with an extra $1 fee and split the revenue between upstate road projects and fixing the MTA...
STATE SENATE DEMS PLANNING TRAVEL JUNK-ET AMID CRISI$
While Rome burns, Malcolm Smith and his state Senate pals will be touring the world. Despite the crippling fiscal crisis and the threat of massive MTA fare hikes, the Senate...
'STOLEN' KISS RILES HERSHEY
Cease and de-kiss! Hershey's is threatening legal action against high-end New York chocolatier Jacques Torres for the Champagne Kiss confections that the corporation contends violate its century-old trademark. "Hershey is...
TRANSIT WORKERS RAIL AGAINST LAYOFFS
Nearly 1,000 seething transit workers yesterday let their bosses have it outside MTA headquarters, ripping a plan to lay off hundreds of employees and remove dozens of station-agent positions to...
RICHARDSON'S PAY- &-PLAY BALL
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson's campaigns and political-action committees received at least $102,300 from brokers hired by money managers seeking to handle $11.7 billion of state trust funds, campaign-finance records...
DA ADMITS WITHHOLDING DEUTSCHE BANK NOTES
Prosecutors yesterday admitted they erred by not turning over more than 100 pages of notes that could potentially help three construction supervisors charged in the deaths of two firefighters at...
YANKEE TAVERN OWNER IN $1M TAX BUST
The owner of a popular saloon near Yankee Stadium was busted yesterday for ducking out of $1 million in taxes, authorities said. Joe Bastone, 55, turned himself in on charges...
SPLASH & BLAB
Cops who busted a dumb-as-chum crook suspected of trying to steal an ATM won't have trouble finding the loot from his previous heists -- he used his one call from...
DEADLY HORSE PILLS
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Unable to legally bring a supplement into the United States to make their horses more resilient, a Venezuelan polo team used another way to get...
GATES HAS BAM'S BACK ON MEMOS
WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates yesterday said the Obama administration's release of explosive memos detailing CIA interrogation techniques could threaten Americans abroad, but he insisted he signed off because...
CRAIGSLIST BRIDE: IT'S A FRAME!
The wedding is still on. The fiancee of accused Craigslist killer Philip Markoff insists she's standing by her man, and friends say the nuptials haven't been canceled. "Philip did not...
CHARTERS CASH IN
One of the largest drawings for school seats in a network of Harlem charter schools was held last night, while charters statewide learned they won a separate lottery and will...
TIRELESS PREZ PUTS AIDE TO SLEEP
Apparently, not everyone is riveted by President Obama's sweeping oratory. White House National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers, who's helping steer the nation's economic ship, appeared to be asleep yesterday...
CITY RAIDS DEVELOPER
Authorities looking into alleged bribery schemes in the construction industry raided one of the city's biggest housing developers yesterday, sources said. At 7 a.m., representatives of the Manhattan District Attorney's...
SHE'S A 'THREAT' TO MIKE?
Get me the mayor! Now! A garrulous granny got the surprise of her life yesterday -- a visit from cops after she threatened to show up at Mayor Bloomberg's Upper...
911 CALLER ON IMETTE
The anonymous caller who directed police to the body of Imette St. Guillen told a 911 operator, "I found a DOA," according to a recording of the call obtained yesterday...
TEACH UNIONS IN TALKS ON TENURE
The state's top education official said yesterday that she is in "deep conversation" with the teachers unions to make student test scores a part of teacher evaluations. Merryl Tisch, chancellor...
8TH-GRADE SCORES RISE
Student scores on state exams in eighth-grade science and social studies rose sharply in the city from 2007 to 2008. Students showed similar gains in fifth-grade social studies last year....
THUMBS UP, BARACK! YOUR 'BERRY'S ALMOST READY
WASHINGTON -- The nation's commander-in-geek will finally get his new, souped-up, high-security BlackBerry, it was reported last night. PHOTOS: President Obama In TIME Magazine The Washington Times said the president's...
TRIAL TURNS EERIE, TEARY
Relatives wept yesterday in a Staten Island courtroom as they heard a voice from the grave -- that of Fire Marshal Doug Mercereau, spoken days before he was shot to...
KIN KILLER ALONE FOREVER
The Long Island lawyer who slaughtered his family before committing suicide as his alleged $20 million Ponzi scheme collapsed will not be buried with his wife and two daughters, devastated...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Perhaps gum will give us world peace, too. A study put out by the Wrigley Science Institute -- gee, of all people -- says that chewing gum will make kids...
5 QUESTIONS FOR... HERM EDWARDS
BEFORE 'You play to win the games,' you need the players to get you there. Former Jets coach Herm Edwards, now an analyst for ESPN, talked with The Post's Justin...
WILL VS. 'WILD'
Here's your first look at funnyman Will Ferrell as he tangles with the great outdoors on Discovery's "Man vs. Wild." And, as Ferrell learns, he's a long way from all...
WEEKEND HOT PICKS IN ENTERTAINMENT
CLOTHES MINDED Who can afford new clothes these days? Not many. But there will be no shortage of fine old duds looking for a second go-round at the Manhattan Vintage...
BROADWAY
"BLITHE SPIRIT": **½ Angela Lansbury and Jayne Atkinson prevent director Michael Blakemore from completely smothering Noel Coward's comedy. Shubert Theatre, 225 W. 44th St.; 212-239-6200. "GOD OF CARNAGE": *** A...
OFF-BROADWAY
"BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?": *** Moving musical revue featuring songs and stories of the Depression era. Triad Theatre, 158 W. 72nd St.; 212-352-3101. Closes June 14. "DISTRACTED": **½...
POP, ROCK, FOLK
DEL THA FUNKEE HOMOSAPIEN: The alternative rapper is Ice Cube's cousin -- and an old-school artist in his own right. He performs old and new tunes Wednesday at 8 p.m....
JAZZ
BLUE NOTE: Jazz pianist Michel Camilo plays Afro-Carribbean-infused jazz today, tomorrow and Sunday at 8 and 10:30 p.m. 131 W. Third St.; 212-475-8592. DIZZY'S CLUB COCA-COLA: Contemporary crooner Alyssa Graham...
CLASSICAL
AVERY FISHER HALL: Riccardo Muti conducts the New York Philharmonic through works by Verdi, Puccini and Respighi tomorrow at 8. Lincoln Center; 212-875-5656. CARNEGIE HALL: The great Andre Previn turns...
CABARET
FEINSTEIN'S: A Broadway vet of 50-plus years, Barbara Cook presents "Here's to Life" tonight at 8, tomorrow at 8 and 10 p.m., and Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 8:30 p.m....
DANCE
AILEY CITIGROUP THEATER: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs new and old works tonight at 8, tomorrow at 3 and 8 p.m., and Sunday at 3 p.m. Ailey Citigroup Theater,...
FILM
ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES: Shirley Clarke's faux documentary about junkies, "The Connection" (1962), screens tomorrow at 9:15 p.m. 32 Second Ave., at Second Street; 212-505-5181. IFC CENTER: Two down-and-out truck drivers...
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...
EARTH AWARENESS DAY FESTIVAL: A street fair on 46th Street between Broadway and Eighth Avenue, tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; 212-809-4900. MERCHANTS SPRING EXPO:A Sunday street fair on...
THROW DOWN YOUR HEART
"THROW Down Your Heart" follows Grammy-winning banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck on a tour through four nations -- Uganda, Tanzania, Gambia and Mali -- in search of the instrument's African roots....
EMPTY NEST
LEONARDO likes to go to the dentist. He's not a pain freak like Jack Nicholson in "The Little Shop of Horrors." It's just that Leonardo (Oscar Martinez), a middle-age Argentine...
INSUFFERABLE IRANIAN
IRANIAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may have shot himself in the foot. Ahmadinejad gave a vitriolic anti-American and anti-Israeli speech at the "Durban II" anti-racism conference in Geneva April 20 as...
MAKING BLOOD BOYLE: A UK STAR IS BORN
THE ISSUE: The seemingly unlikely emergence of the star of "Britian's Got Talent," Susan Boyle. *** I don't know what planet Maureen Callahan inhabits, but for her to declare that...
FOR STRONG SCHOOLS
NEW York needs to act immediately to decide whether student-performance data should be used to help determine teacher tenure and make key management decisions at our schools. At the very...
WHERE WEAKNESS WILL GET BAM
THE calendar says Presi dent Obama took office in 2009, although that's only a technicality. In his own mind, Obama ascended in Year Zero, a time of ritualistic cleansing in...
A PULITZER IN THE HAND, AND A BIOGRAPHY OF BUSH
PULITZER Prize-winning au thor Jon Meacham, whose day job is running Newsweek, has already picked his next project. He will write a biography of former President George H.W. Bush, Media...
GOING GREEN, OBAMA-STYLE
Add another name to the ever-growing list of environmental hypocrites: that of Barack Obama. The president celebrated the annual Earth Day festivities by jetting aboard Air Force One from Washington...
RANDI'S SECOND-STRINGER
Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan says it was a hip injury that kept her from creating a commission to study much-needed -- and union-resisted -- teacher-tenure reform. Well, if that's true, then...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
M'soft earns Microsoft reported third-quarter profit that met analysts' estimates after job cuts and lower expenses helped make up for slumping com puter demand. Net in come fell to $2.98...
SLICK MOVE: ASHLAND HOPES TO DUMP VALVOLINE
Chemical company Ashland, looking to lubricate its debt-laden balance sheet, has started shopping its Valvoline motor-oil division, which could fetch as much as $1 billion, sources familiar with the matter...
CREDIT-CARD ISSUERS MAY JACK RATES ACROSS THE BOARD
Washington's crackdown on credit-card issuers could end up hurting consumers more than banks. That's because credit-card issuers like American Express and Citigroup are expected to jack up rates across the...
SPINNING ITS WHEELS
General Motors is gearing up to buy commercial time during next month's "upfront" ad marketplace even as the struggling carmaker lurches toward bankruptcy. TV networks and ad executives have been...
RATTNER'S FUND SEES BIG VOTE
The fate of Steve Rattner's Quadrangle may be decided today when its investors vote on whether to invoke a clause that would get them out of their future commitments to...
BUDDY, CAN YOU PARADIGM?
Think of him as Malcolm Smith, travelin' man. Smith, the Queens pol who leads -- in the broadest sense of the term -- the state Senate's Democratic majority, yesterday took...
FEDS FOULED BOFA MERGER
A can of legal worms spilled into the open yesterday amid stunning claims that the US government defied laws and secretly forced Bank of America into absorbing nearly insolvent Merrill...
BANKS READY OFFER
Chrysler's major lenders expect to submit another counteroffer today for restructuring the hobbled automaker as it skids towards bankruptcy. The banks, which include JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Morgan...
CEO STRESSED OUT
Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit's job security is increasingly in jeopardy as momentum grows in Washington to oust him. With the bank stress tests wrapping up, sources tell The Post that...
PIRATE BAY RETRIAL WANTED
STOCKHOLM -- A defense lawyer for one of the four men sentenced to jail in the Pirate Bay case demanded a retrial, saying the judge's membership in several copyright protection...
TIMES COMPANY WON'T GO PRIVATE
The Sulzberger family that controls The New York Times is eager to shoot down any notions that it would be taken private by any deep-pocketed outsiders such as Mexican billionaire...
JOBLESS CLAIMS BEAT OUTLOOK
New jobless claims rose more than expected last week, while the number of workers continuing to file unemployment-benefit claims topped 6.1 million. Labor said yesterday initial claims for unemployment compensation...
HOME RESALES SLIDE
Sales of US previously owned homes fell in March after jumping a month earlier by the most in more than five years, indicating the market will remain depressed for much...
A TOUCH OF SPICE
GREECE'S all-time box-office champ and its submission for the 2004 foreign-language Oscar, "A Touch of Spice," is one big hunk of cinematic moussakawith lots of appetizing shots of food. George...
TRITE AT THE OPERA
THERE is a riveting tracking shot in "The Soloist" depict ing dozens of homeless peo ple sleeping in the streets of Los Angeles' Skid Row -- unlike anything I've ever...
SEX, DRUGS & TEDIUM
IF anything can kill America's long-running love affair with the '80s, it may be Gregor Jordan's "The Informers," a tedious and tawdry adaptation from that decade's self-proclaimed poet laureate, Bret...
TRIUMPHANT 'CONQUESTS'
A MERRY British sprite has been sprinkling magic dust all over Broad way. No, it's not Mary Poppins: It's Matthew Warchus. After last season's "Boeing-Boeing" and, more recently, "God of...
KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BRAWL
ILLEGAL street "Fighting" looks like a pretty stable oc cupation compared to, say, newspapering. If our industry keeps heading down the same path, maybe all of us journos will be...
HARRIED WITH CHILDREN AS THEY VIE FOR PRESCHOOLS
Await list for an application? Welcome to the preschool epic "Nursery Uni versity," about the fierce struggles to get Manhattan 3-year-olds into the most prestigious academies of dollhouses and finger...
STARR REPORT
The solid performance of NBC's "Southland," starring Benjamin McKenzie, has carried over to Alexander Poe's new short film, "The Eight Percent" -- which last night won the Delta Airlines Fly-in...
THE UNTOUCHABLE
MEET Italy's Teflon senator. For more than 50 years, Giulio Andreotti -- the centerpiece of "Il Divo" -- has been one of his country's most powerful and feared politicians. From...
KARA HEARTACHE
'AMERICAN Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi says she battled an eating disorder years ago. "I had kind of a binge disorder where instead of dealing with my emotions, I would stuff...
SOURCES: LENO IN 'GOOD CONDITION'
Jay Leno, who spent the night in an LA-area hospital, is in "good condition" and is expected to be released later today, sources say. Leno called in sick to work...
NO SURPRISE FOR LIL OR ANOOP
THERE'S strength in numbers when it comes to being voted off "American Idol," says recently eliminated contestant Anoop "Noop Dogg" Desai. "At the end of the day, it's our own...
COOK COULD BE KEY INGREDIENT FOR 'ISONDHEIM'
THE new Stephen Sondheim show with the title that makes me cringe -- "iSondheim" -- has been salvaged from the reces sion. The show, fashioned around several on-camera interviews with...
GLOVES OFF!
THE documentary "Tyson" may make you as woozy as if you'd taken a punch from Iron Mike himself. Listening to the street fighter recite the words of a 19th-century Oxford...
'GARDEN' MYSTERIES
HBO's "Grey Gardens" may be on the tip of everyone's tongue -- but don't expect to see the original documentary on TV anytime soon. An industry insider says that no...
FREEZE FRAME
FORTY thousand years ago, a 1-month-old baby mammoth fell into the mud of the thawing tundra and died. Forty thousand years later, in 2007, two other children -- the sons...
PREVIEWS
"ACCENT ON YOUTH": David Hyde Pierce stars in this 1934 tale of a playwright and his secretary-turned-muse. Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, 261 W. 47th St.; 212-239-6200.Opens Wednesday. "DESIRE UNDER THE...
RBNY lose Johnson (again), lose 1-0 at KC
The Red Bulls road winless streak reached a staggering 16 straight after a 1-0 loss at Kansas City and a historic red card by Carlos Johnson.The Costa Rican fullback founds...
BRODEUR HAS 44 SAVES IN RECORD-TYING 23RD SHUTOUT
Martin Brodeur tied Patrick Roy's NHL record for playoff shutouts, making 44 saves in New Jersey's 1-0 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night that moved the Devils within...
Around the Minors: Thursday, April 23
Freddy Garcia made his Buffalo Bisons debut yesterday, and while he was solid, it wasn't enough to give the Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees their second straight loss. The Scranton Times-Tribune's Chad...
MLS' Don Garber: "We got our $10mil'' for Beckham, D.C. United stadium or relocate?
"We asked for $10 million, we got our $10 million,'' Garber said. "We don't know where it's coming from, either. There's a lot of different ways it could happen: He...