April 25, 2009
TORTORELLA EXPECTS TO COACH GAME 6
Rangers coach John Tortorella expects to be behind the bench for Game 6 of the first-round series against Washington, but declined to talk further about a water bottle-throwing incident that...
Giants draft WR Hakeem Nicks
The Giants stayed put and selected North Carolina WR Hakeem Nicks with the 29th pick in the NFL Draft.At 6-foot-1 and 212 pounds, some scouts compare him favorably with Anquan...
POLO TEAM VET GRIEF-STRICKEN AFTER HORSE DEATHS
When Argentine veterinarian Felix Crespo injected 21 elite polo horses with a vitamin supplement shortly before a championship match in Florida, he never imagined they would all be dead the...
A-ROD COULD PLAY IN MINORS NEXT WEEK
Alex Rodriguez, who had right hip surgery on March 9, could begin playing in minor league games in the next week after increasing his baserunning session on Saturday. He has...
Jets draft QB Mark Sanchez
The Jets traded up to pick USC QB Mark Sanchez with the 5th choice in the NFL Draft, giving the Browns their first-round pick (No. 17), second-round pick (No. 52),...
WHY SUSAN BOYLE IS MORE REAL THAN OUR PRETENDER IN CHIEF
Last week in this space (did you miss me?) my brilliant, lynx-eyed, severely misguided colleague Maureen Callahan took a big swing at a small target and proved herself an unfortunate...
`GOLDEN GIRLS' STAR BEA ARTHUR DIES AT 86
Beatrice Arthur, the tall, deep-voiced actress whose razor-sharp delivery of comedy lines made her a TV star in the hit shows "Maude" and "The Golden Girls" and who won a...
Could Man United be in for Kaka?
Could Manchester United be swapping the World's Best Player for the World's (Next) Best Player? Accoding to the Sun, the Red Devils had discussions with Kaka yesterday, with his people...
DEVILS HAVE HURRICANES ON BRINK
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Posted on the wall in the Carolina Hurricanes' dressing room is a rundown of the teams that remain in the East's playoff field. By Saturday's skate that...
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NFL Draft, first round
Here is how the picks were made in the first round of today's NFL Draft, analyzed by The Associated Press:1. Detroit: Matt Stafford, QB, Georgia6-2, 225: Experience and proven ability...
LI COP SUES OVER WORKLOAD DURING PREGNANCY
A Suffolk County parks police officer is suing because her department wouldn't put her on light duty while she was pregnant. A trial is scheduled to begin Monday in the...
6 QUEENS STUDENTS TEST POSITIVE FOR TYPE A INFLUENZA
A group of Queens high school students may have brought Mexico's deadly swine flu epidemic to the city after they went on a wild spring-break party to Cancun earlier this...
National joke
After watching Elijah Dukes and the Nationals for the last two days I am sick to my stomach. Poor Manny Acta, a good manager and person, has to put up...
Yankees call up Melancon
The Yankees have promoted right-handed reliever Mark Melancon from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. It is Melancon's first trip to the major leagues.He will replace Brian Bruney, who was placed on the disabled...
Figueroa comes back
After briefly flirting with free agency, right-hander Nelson Figueroa has re-signed with the Mets via a minor-league deal and will report back to Triple-A Buffalo. Upset at being called up...
PIRATES SEIZE GERMAN SHIP
A U.S. Navy spokesman says a German-owned ship has been hijacked in the pirate-infested waters between Somalia and Yemen. U.S. Navy 5th Fleet spokesman Lt. Nathan Christensen says pirates seized...
ETHIOPIA: PA PROF LED COUP PLOT
The Ethiopian government has arrested 35 people suspected of a coup attempt allegedly backed by an Ethiopian-American economist now teaching at a Pennsylvania university, an Ethiopian government spokesman said Saturday....
CLINTON TO IRAQIS: US NOT GOING TO ABANDON YOU
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to assure Iraqis on Saturday that the Obama administration would not abandon their country even as it presses ahead with plans to...
Lamb signed to minor deal
The Mets signed veteran utility infielder Mike Lamb to a minor-league deal today and assigned him extended spring training before going to Triple-A Buffalo. Lamb, 33, had been released at...
100 DAYS, 100 MISTAKES
100 PHOTOS OF OBAMA'S FIRST 100 DAYS 1. "Obama criticized pork barrel spending in the form of 'earmarks,' urging changes in the way that Congress adopts the spending proposals. Then...
Game 17: Nationals at Mets
After Friday night's big lift from Johan Santana, the Mets will try to keep the good vibes going this afternoon when Mike Pelfrey takes on the Nationals at Citi Field....
Serie A: Inter on the Verge
While Inter Milan chase a fourth straight league title this Sunday, the focus has now centered on the battle for Champions League places with a weekend of intriguing games on...
Keano Returns
Yes, Roy Keane is back -- and he's got a new gig as manager of Ipswich Town.Whatever else the appointment will do, this seems a surefire way for Ipswich to...
Coverage in The Post
What would the Mets do with Johan Santana? With the season already seemingly on the brink, the ace left-hander was his usual one-man tonic Friday night in a 4-3 win...
EXPLOSION DESTROYS GLEN OAKS HOUSE, KILLS WOMAN
A woman died and six others were injured when a two-story house in Glen Oaks exploded Friday afternoon, firefighters said. Shortly before 4:50 p.m., the house at 80-50 260th St....
CLINTON SAYS IRAQ ON RIGHT TRACK
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Saturday that this week's deadly suicide bombings in Iraq are a sign that extremists are afraid the Iraqi government is succeeding....
USC LB NOT HOME FOR LONG
Brian Cushing is back home -- but don't expect to see him for long. Since the Giants and Jets seem intent on upgrading their offenses in the first round of...
GAS BLAST KILLS QNS. WOMAN
A Queens woman was killed yesterday when her house exploded after an apparent gas leak, authorities said. The two-story home at 260th Street and 80th Avenue in Floral Park spewed...
ON HOLY GROUND
The atmosphere of pain and loss weighs heavily on visitors to Ground Zero, and it was no different for Archbishop Timothy Dolan yesterday when he visited the World Trade Center...
GOV SNUFFS OUT HARD-TIME 'ROCKY' DRUG LAWS
The Rockefeller drug laws officially went up in smoke yesterday when Gov. Paterson signed a bill reforming the tough 1970s-era legislation requiring mandatory jail time for lower-level felons. The sweeping...
BIRTH-CERTIFICATE TERROR ALARM
A stack of blank birth certificates has been stolen from the city Health Department's offices, leading investigators to worry that they may have fallen into the hands of terrorists, The...
'FRESH AIR' $LAP AT FRESHDIRECT
FreshDirect, the Big Apple grocery-delivery service, has agreed to a no-idle policy to help cut air pollution. State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo says FreshDirect will also pay a $50,000 penalty...
BABY WEST WINGS PEEPER'S CHOICE
WASHINGTON -- Meet another fledgling family at the White House -- a mama robin and her chicks. AP photographer Ron Edmonds first spotted the bird flitting into and out of...
FLYER TACKLED
Passengers on a New York to Israel flight leaped into action last night, wrestling an unruly passenger to the floor and tying him up with a seatbelt after he charged...
N. KOREA NUKE PLANTS ROLL AGAIN
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea has restarted its nuclear facilities to harvest weapons-grade plutonium, an official said yesterday, in an escalation of the communist state's standoff with the international...
CROOKED CHAMP KOS SELF
A former boxing champion has pleaded guilty to a money-laundering charge in New Jersey. Prosecutors say the charge against former light-welterweight champ Kendall Holt of Woodland Park stemmed from drug...
SUSAN'S EXTREME MAKEOVER
Frumpy singing sensation Susan Boyle has once again shocked Great Britain -- this time by swapping her homely gray-haired look for a salon makeover. PHOTOS: SUSAN BOYLE GETS A MAKEOVER...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
A dopey teen was busted in Great Kills for attacking a man and then bizarrely trying to bribe the arresting officer to "get rid of" marijuana for him, officials said...
LI'L MISS PERFECT
She's in a league of her own. Mackenzie Brown was invited to throw out the first pitch at tonight's Mets game at Citi Field after she became the first girl...
SUMMER-LIKE HEAT SPRINGS UP ON US
We're springing into summer. Temperatures in the city are expected to be in the unseasonable 80s today through Tuesday -- and tomorrow we could see a record-melting high approaching 90....
JUDGE KID-PORN REVERSAL TOSSED
A maverick federal judge crossed the line when he ruled that juries should be told about harsh sentencing rules before deciding accused criminals' guilt or innocence, an appeals court found...
O'S LOAN-LY CRUSADE FOR STUDENT AID
WASHINGTON -- President Obama yesterday renewed his campaign-promise call to scrap the Federal Family Education Loan program -- which costs taxpayers $15 million a day -- and to offer financial...
AHA! OPRAH WORD SPAT
Wait just one "aha moment"! That's what Oprah Winfrey is saying to Mutual of Omaha because the insurance giant is using one of her favorite phrases -- "aha moment" --...
BAD BLOW TO THIS BAT OUT OF HELL
LITTLE buddy, I can relate. The baby fruit bat showed classic signs of clinical depression as I stopped by yesterday to cheer him up. Stuck deep in a corner of...
POLS' FARE SUMMIT GOES OFF THE RAILS
A blowup between top negotiators for Albany's three most powerful officials derailed a meeting intended to iron out MTA bailout differences just after it began yesterday, sources told The Post....
SNEAK-Y OBAMA 'FORGERS'
Brooklyn authorities yesterday swooshed on $20 million in bogus designer goods, including knock-off Nike sneakers imprinted with a picture of President Obama. Six accused members of a counterfeit ring were...
NEIGHBOR GRILLED IN SLAYS
Investigators yesterday were questioning a person of interest in the beating deaths of a 70-year-old man and his 37-year-old lover, who were found Thursday in an apartment in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn....
AIR ATTACK ON JUNKETING DEM
ALBANY -- Globe-trotting Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith was blasted from both sides yesterday as government-reform groups panned the Queens Democrat's plans for several overseas junkets. "Campaign contributions should be...
TARGETING 'TORTURE' ATTORNEYS
WASHINGTON -- The United States must prosecute Bush administration lawyers who wrote policies permitting the use of harsh interrogation tactics against suspected terrorist, the United Nations' top anti-terror envoy said...
JFK GOES FROM BIRD TO WORSE
Kennedy Airport, right next to a bird and wildlife refuge, is the nation's most dangerous airport when it comes to bird and wildlife strikes, government data released yesterday show. Planes...
DC HEALTH-CARE BREAKTHROUGH
WASHINGTON -- Angling to award President Obama a victory by his 100th day in office, Democrats in Congress have reached tentative agreement on a budget pact that would prevent Republicans...
BX. KIDS BARING FANGS
There may soon be more animosity than animals at the Bronx Zoo if officials follow through on a plan to show hundreds of bats, antelope and monkeys the door. PEYSER:...
CAB RIDES PLUNGE AS ECONOMY TAKES A HACK
Yellow cab trips dropped by more than 12,000 between February and March, according to figures released yesterday that drivers are chalking up to the struggling economy. Layoffs and belt-tightening have...
'MOTHER CHUCKER' EXPLAINS DITCH-HIKE
The woman who allegedly ordered her squabbling young daughters out of her car in White Plains and drove off without them quickly returned to the scene expecting to pick them...
GILLY'S NY SEAT IS A DEM WIN
ALBANY -- Almost a month after a special election in a heavily GOP congressional district, the Democratic candidate claimed victory yesterday as his Republican rival conceded in a race that...
BLOOMBERG'S 'TERM' PAPER
When Mayor Bloomberg revealed his plans last fall to change the term-limits law so that he could run again for mayor this year, his inbox filled up with protests. City...
TEACH GOES BERSERK
A tenured teacher who did not "belong in a school, much less in front of children," because of his history of roughing up students went bonkers yesterday morning and barricaded...
SULLY PLANE'S OTHER MIDAIR COLLISIONS
Sully's plane was practically a bird magnet. The US Airways Airbus A320 Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger ditched in the frigid Hudson River in January suffered seven strikes before it was...
TWIN MIRACLES ON 5TH AVE.
A mom stopped traffic on Fifth Avenue yesterday when she gave birth to twins in the front seat of her car. Elisabeth Brew, 39, of Scarsdale, was outside Mt. Sinai...
'KICKBACK' FIRM $CORED BIG NYC PENSION BIZ
A politically connected California investment firm that paid more than $300,000 in alleged kickbacks to an indicted political consultant pocketed fees in four deals with the city's retirement systems, according...
SI SLAY DEFENSE SNOWED UNDER
An NYPD detective yesterday testified there were no footprints in the fresh snow outside the home of a Staten Island widow on trial for shooting her fire-marshal husband to death,...
A FOUL PLOT ON PITINO
Former Knicks coach Rick Pitino was the target of a brazen $10 million extortion scheme by the wife of his longtime aide, the FBI revealed yesterday. Karen Sypher allegedly threatened...
MCVEIGH MASS-SLAY PAL: MY JAIL FOOD'S BAD
The homegrown terrorist who helped Timothy McVeigh blow up a federal building in Oklahoma City is making a chilling ultimatum -- give me bran flakes, or my bottom will explode!...
PIRATE: SHIVER MEAT TIMBERS!
The scrawny Somali charged with piracy against a US cargo ship has been surviving on fruit and vegetables because he's afraid to eat the mystery meat served in jail. Abduwali...
FEARS OF DEADLY NEW MEX FLU COME TO QNS.
New York City health officials say about 75 students at a Queens high school have fallen ill with flu-like symptoms and testing is under way to make sure they're not...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A spree of spry ospreys halted a construction job. Federal officials were called in after a pair of the endangered hawks built a nest atop a 150-foot crane in Lenoir...
OMAR: NO MAJOR CHANGES
General manager Omar Minaya shot down reports that he is planning a major shakeup of the rotation and coaching staff in the wake of the Mets' 7-9 start. METS BLOGBOX...
SANTANA SUPERB, NAT-URALLY
They don't call him The Streak Buster for nothing. Bringing a badly needed boost to a struggling rotation and a reeling team, Johan Santana was Cy Young dominant for much...
HONDO: A.J. A-OK
The Reds were a real downer for Hondo last night as they failed miserably against Los Bravos to slash the earnings to 95 kaskos. Today, it'll be a fun day...
THRONE AWAY
KING Silas' throne room looks suspiciously like it's in the Time Warner Center, and indeed, it used to be. When the NBC pilot episode of "Kings" aired in March, viewers...
SUN SPOTS
AFTER the long, exceptionally lame winter, we bet you thought this day would never come. But folks, the day of sunning in the city is here! And if the forecasts...
WHAT'S UP?
Today SOME ENCHANTED READING: If you've dog-eared your copy of "Ella Enchanted," you'll probably want to toast its writer, Gail Carson Levine, at the BAMfamily Book Brunch. After the buffet,...
HOW'S YOUR MOMMA
CANDY and flowers? They're nice, but they'll cost you. On the other hand, telling your mother she's wonderful -- that's not only free, it's priceless. Give your mom a memorable...
ADVENTURE ISLAND!
CAMPS have come a long way since the days of Popsicle-stick birdhouses and singalongs over s'mores (not that there's anything wrong with s'mores!). Now the hottest ways to pass the...
AVERY SCRATCHED AS RANGERS BLOW CHANCE TO CLINCH SERIES
WASHINGTON -- The decision to scratch Sean Avery from what would become last night's 4-0 Game 5 debacle of a defeat to the Capitals, which forces this opening-round best-of-seven back...
LEBRON, CAVS GO UP 3-0
LeBron James had 25 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists, leading the Cavaliers to a 79-68 victory last night in Auburn Hills, Mich., and a 3-0 lead in the first-round...
NO PLAYER CLEAR-CUT FAVORITE FOR NO. 2 PICK
Something good finally happened for the pathetically woeful Lions, who turned in a worse year than the Big 3 automakers. Reports last night have Detroit making Georgia quarterback Matt Stafford...
MO'S UNLIKELY FAILURE SETS TABLE FOR HEARTACHE
BOSTON -- For a moment, maybe two, Fenway Park wasn't sure what to say, wasn't quite certain how to react. Mariano Rivera will do that to you. The Red Sox...
RIVERA, MARTE TURN VICTORY TO EXTRA-INNING LOSS
BOSTON -- When Black Friday comes . . . It throws a black drape over the Yankees' universe. Usually, it doesn't get any worse than a future Hall of Fame...
TORTORELLA COULD FACE SUSPENSION FOR BOTTLE TOSS
WASHINGTON -- John Tortorella faces disciplinary action from the NHL after throwing a water bottle from the Rangers' bench into the stands at 6:33 of the third period of last...
BAY NEWEST YANKEES KILLER
BOSTON -- Jason Bay, welcome to Yankees-Red Sox lore. It doesn't get much more dramatic than two outs in the ninth inning, tying run at the plate, facing Mariano Rivera....
WANG, RANSOM TO DL; BRUNEY HURTING
BOSTON -- The Yankees suffered a lot more than a killer loss to the Red Sox last night at Fenway Park. BOX SCOREWHO CAN HELP BULLPEN Before Mariano Rivera blew...
NFLPA PREZ SMITH FACES LABOR TALKS
The NFL Draft begins today, and as names of potential stars are tossed around, few people will be more important to whether those players stay on the field than DeMaurice...
GIANTS COULD GO FOR BRAYLON OR DRAFT WR
One quickie before we delve into the Giants and the NFL Draft, which finally arrives this afternoon: Given the reinforcements signed to fortify an already-sturdy defense and the returning talent...
DERBY IN DOUBT FOR QUALITY ROAD
Quality Road, who looked like the ironclad favorite for next Saturday's Kentucky Derby when he won the March 28 Florida Derby by nearly two lengths over Dunkirk, is now an...
EXPECT TO 'C' LANGENBRUNNER IN GAME 6
The Devils' captain is coming back to help prevent Carolina from doing that on them. Sources have told The Post that Jamie Langenbrunner is expected to rejoin the Devils in...
ALEX MAY RETURN BEFORE MAY 15
BOSTON -- If Alex Rodriguez can start playing in minor league rehab games by Friday, there is a chance he will be able to return from the disabled list before...
K-ROD SHAKY
Francisco Rodriguez had been brilliant thus far this season. Last night was a bit rockier. K-Rod managed to save the Mets' 4-3 win over the Nationals at Citi Field, but...
METS NEED ACE'S WINNING ATTITUDE
IF only all the Mets were as competitive as Johan Santana. There would be no September collapses. There would be sliding at home plate. There would be success and many...
SPORTS SHORTS
SPORTS SHORTSMLB: Phillies stage 9th-inning rally In Miami, Shane Victorino hit his first career grand slam to highlight a seven-run rally in the ninth inning against closer Matt Lindstrom, and...
GOING FOR SANCHEZ WOULD HIT THE MARK
IT WAS Bill Parcells who delivered the last franchise quarterback, Chad Pennington, to the Jets nine long years ago. And sometime after 4 p.m. today, inside an anxiety-filled war room...
IT'S 3-AND-OUT UNDER CENTER
Last of a series of position previews entering today's NFL Draft. Today, quarterbacks. He's out there, the surprise player who can save the quarterback position in this year's NFL Draft....
QB OR NOT QB, THAT IS THE QUESTION
OK, Mike Tannenbaum -- deal or no deal? The Jets' general manager can make a huge splash today in the NFL Draft or cause barely a ripple. The decision revolves...
ADVISOR REGGIE PASSING ON LESSONS, LEGACY
NO ONE knows the landscape of Yankees baseball better than Reggie Jackson. Mr. October's bat boomed in the biggest of games. Now he does his work quietly behind the scenes.BOX...
ROTO FILES
AFTER just one homestand of games at the new Yankee Stadium, chatter about the House That George Built shifted quickly from its palatial architecture and exorbitant price tag to its...
CHARLES IN CHARGE
ADD yet another weight- loss show to a genre that's already entered "enough already" territory. WE's "I Want to Save Your Life" doesn't particularly differentiate itself from, say, NBC's "The...
'CELEB' BLAG
NBC has finally an nounced the cast for "I'm a Celebrity. . .Get Me Out of Here!" The show, which debuts June 1, will air live from the jungles of...
JAY BACK MONDAY
JAY Leno was released from a Burbank hospi tal yesterday afternoon after spending the night there. He's expected back on NBC's "Tonight Show" Monday night. Sources say Leno is in...
SCHNEIDER FINDS FRIEND IN FORMER RAVEN SIRAGUSA
Brian Schneider owns two Shih Tzus, dogs former NFL lineman Tony Siragusa describes as "frilly" and having "little sparkly necklaces."METS BLOGBOX SCORE "You would think he would have like a...
DAMON HAS BLUEPRINTS FOR LIFE AFTER BASEBALL
A few years down the road, when Johnny Damon is done with the majors, he has got something in mind for a new career. "I'm starting to think about [what...
TRASH-TALKING KLITSCHKO FOE GUNS FOR HIS HAYE-DAY
MAYBE it's American arrogance talking when it's suggested boxing's heavyweight division is in its own recession. Just because we in the States can't get excited about the current reign of...
PLETCHER, VELAZQUEZ RUN FOR ROSES WITH DIFFERENT HORSES
POWERHOUSE trainer Todd Pletcher will saddle two major players in the Kentucky Derby next Saturday, but neither will be ridden by John Velazquez, his star contract jockey. What's going on?...
ED FOUNTAINE'S STAKES SPOT PLAYS
WITHERS Aqueduct, 9th race. Grade 3. Purse: $150,000. Mile, 3-year-olds. Post: 4:50 p.m. LOWDOWN: Mr. Fantasy, in just his third start, went head to head with Kentucky Derby favorite I...
CUSHING DOESN'T EXPECT HOMECOMING PICK
Brian Cushing is back home, but don't expect to see him for long. The Giants and Jets both seem intent on upgrading their offenses in the first round of today's...
LOCAL PLAYERS GLAD THEY ENTERED DRAFT
Maurice Evans and Kevin Ogletree both had a year of college eligibility left and opted to declare for the NFL Draft. They'll find out if it was worth it this...
HURRICANES' WARD ALMOST MATCHED BRODEUR
Hurricanes goaltender Cam Ward was almost as good as the Devils' Martin Brodeur on Thursday. But not good enough. Ward stopped 41 of 42 shots, giving up only a second-period...
PENN RELAYS
PHILADELPHIA _ The irony was so thick, so absurdly surreal, it almost seemed scripted. Just a day after disgraced, banned and eventually-jailed pariah Marion Jones gave a symposium at the...
SANYA RICHARDS
PHILADELPHIA _ Sanya Richards _ fiancée of Giants cornerback Aaron Ross _ suffered a crushing defeat at this summer's Beijing Olympic 400, ending her dream of she and her Super...
NOT SUCH A BATTY IDEA
Since the Bronx Zoo exhibit closures in question seem to be built on the backs of those animals best suited to work in the dark, why not employ these creatures...
CODDLING TERRORISTS: OBAMA'S TOP MISSION?
The Post's editorial, "Tone Deaf on Torture," (April 20) should be framed, copied, laminated and, above all, saved. It is an incisive, in-depth look at President Obama's shortcomings.James J. Ring...
GM KILLS PONTIAC
General Motors Corp., facing the threat of a bankruptcy filing if it can't meet a June 1 US deadline, will preserve the GMC truck line and drop its 83-year-old Pontiac...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Economy Orders for US durable goods in March fell 0.8 percent, less than fore cast, the Commerce De partment said. New home sales dipped 0.6 percent to a 356,000 an...
FORD BEATS ESTIMATES, STOCK SOARS
Ford Motor Co., working to avoid a federal bailout, posted a first-quarter loss that beat analysts' estimates as it cut cash use almost in half. The shares soared to the...
VAN NATTA NAMED AT MYSPACE
News Corp. yesterday tapped former Facebook executive Owen Van Natta as CEO of its popular social-networking site MySpace. Van Natta replaces MySpace co-founder Chris DeWolfe, who stepped down earlier this...
AN OBAMA OVERLOAD
We interrupt this regularly scheduled broadcast to bring you a special address from President Barack Obama. Again. For the fourth time since he took office, Obama's camp is asking the...
TIME WARNER EYEING JOOST
Online video service Joost is in talks to sell itself to cable operator Time Warner Cable Inc., a person with knowledge of the matter said yesterday. Joost approached Time Warner...
MORTGAGE BILL LOOKS DOOMED
The centerpiece of President Barack Obama's plan to keep thousands of people from losing their homes amid the worst economic crisis in decades is headed for defeat next week in...
TARGET HIT BY ACKMAN
Activist investor Bill Ackman fired off a nine-page letter to Target's shareholders, charging that the "cheap chic" retailer's board lacks the independence and expertise needed to guide the company. The...
NEW DRUG-FIGHT TACTICS NEEDED
DURING his visit to Mexico last week, Presi dent Obama suggested that Americans are partly to blame for the appalling violence associated with the illegal drug trade there. Obama is...
LENDERS WILL REDUCE CHRYSLER DEBT BY 46%
Chrysler LLC's lenders, holding $6.9 billion in debt, have offered to reduce their loan amounts by 46 percent to $3.75 billion, people familiar with the negotiations said. They also would...
FED'S STRESS POSITIONS MAY LET BANKS OFF EASY
When it comes to how bad the economy might get, Uncle Sam appears to be of two minds. Literally. For the closely watched stress test of the nation's 19 largest...
QUAD-BUNGLE FUND
Steven Rattner's probe-tainted Quadrangle Group fund suffered a major blow yesterday when New York's two biggest public pensions decided to yank their investments from the fund. Rattner is a close...
LEAVING 'EM AT THE ALTAR
You can't get a much better example of Gov. Paterson's meaninglessness than his decision this week to let Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith take the lead on his gay-marriage bill...
BAM'S GENOCIDE DODGE
It was presidential candidate Barack Obama who last fall loudly declared that "America deserves a president who speaks truthfully about the Armenian genocide" -- promising, "I will be that president."...
GEESE, EXPOSED
The Federal Aviation Administration yesterday finally released its data on bird strikes at the nation's airports, and guess what: Kennedy Airport -- hard by a gigantic bird "refuge" -- is...
FLIGHT TO ISRAEL DIVERTED, PASSENGER SUBDUED
BOSTON - An aircraft flying from New York to Israel with 206 people on board was diverted to Boston on Friday after an unruly passenger tried to break into the...
BAY HOMERS IN 9TH, YOUKILIS IN 11TH FOR RED SOX
Jason Bay homered off Mariano Rivera with two outs in the ninth to send the game to extra innings, and Kevin Youkilis hit a solo shot in the 11th on...
NYC HEATH DEPARTMENT: 75 KIDS SICKENED AT 1 SCHOOL
New York City health officials say that about 75 students at a Queens high school have fallen ill with flu-like symptoms and testing is under way to rule out the...
SANTANA LEADS METS OVER NATIONALS 4-3
Johan Santana stopped the New York Mets' free fall. Santana struck out 10 in six innings, and the offensively challenged Mets scored twice following failed sprawling catches that turned singles...
BRADLEY'S 2 EARLY GOALS LEAD CAPITALS PAST RANGERS
Thanks principally to Matt Bradley - yes, Matt Bradley, not Alex Ovechkin or another of Washington's stars - the Capitals get to keep playing this season. Bradley scored his first...
Yankee president blasts MLS, Garber
Seems to me the Yankees are just a wee bit sensitive about their inability to sell their high-priced premium tickets.MLS commissioner Don Garber mentioned the subject casually while at the...
Omar not planning shakeup
Mets GM Omar Minaya shot down a published report that he was planning a major shakeup of the rotation and coaching staff in the wake of a 6-9 start. "I...
'The Emperor' Has No Contract
That was quick.Inter Milan cancelled the contract of striker Adriano -- nicknamed "The Emperor" by Italian fans -- on Friday after the Brazilian said he wanted to take a break...
WOMAN GIVES BIRTH ON FIFTH AVE., PASSERS-BY CHEER
After nearly 40 years as a nurse, Lucille Nassery had no problem identifying the sounds coming in the window from Fifth Avenue. Those were definitely the sounds of childbirth. "There's...