April 28, 2009
FULL COUNT
Here's my Larry King impersonation: Overthinking Dept. Bobby Parnell was dealing when he came on in the sixth, striking out Cody Ross for the final out on a 97 mph...
Live chat: 1 p.m. Thursday
I will be holding another of my weekly, hour-long blog chats on the Mets on Thursday at 1 p.m. EST. So be sure to check back then and have your...
Game 20: Marlins at Mets
From MARK HALE Carlos Delgado and Daniel Murphy (pictured) are out of the Mets lineup again tonight, Luis Castillo is sideleined, and Omir Santos gets his fourth start in a...
NYC FINANCE COMMISSIONER QUITS
Embattled city Finance Commissioner Martha Stark quit today amid a probe of her dating a former subordinate, who quickly moved up in the ranks at the agency. Mayor Bloomberg had...
Champions League: Chelsea and Barcelona Draw 0-0
Chelsea and Barcelona played to a goalless draw on Tuesday in their Champions League semifinal first-leg at the Nou Camp Stadium.Although Barca pressed forward for much of the match, they...
'The Hills' Soldiers on Without LC
In recent photos from Heidi and Spencer's wedding, "Laguna Beach" pal Kristin Cavallari came back from the reality-TV dead to catch bride Heidi's bouquet, prompting bloggers and fans to predict...
REPORT: A-ROD MOVES UP TARGET DATE
SI.com today reports Alex Rodriguez has moved up his target date to return to the Yankees to the first week in May. The Post's Joel Sherman earlier reported Rodriguez could...
YANKEES LOWER TICKET PRICES
Those seats weren't going to stay empty forever. The Yankees today announced they are lowering ticket prices for seats located in the Legends Suite and a few other of their...
Melissa Rycroft Will 'Dance'
"Dancing With the Stars" favorite Melissa Rycroft will appear on tonight's show to talk about her injury, which forced her to miss last night's danceoff. Rycroft, who injured a rib...
Dead Rising 2 First Full Trailer: omgwtfbbq
I don't think the developers realize how long I've waited for this game. My entire life, really.... uh, I grew up very strangely.
New ticket pricing policy
Here are the new ticket-pricing policies for limited premium seats at Yankee Stadium, as announced by the Yankees: For the 2009 regular season only, the following price adjustments and benefits...
The Madden Curse
By Anthony Sulla-HeffingerLast week, EA Sports unveiled the new cover for Madden '10 in Times Square, NY. For the first time in franchise history, two players would be featured on...
Swine Fever Forces Beach Soccer to be Postponed
APAnother soccer tournament in Mexico has been disrupted by concerns over the swine flu.CONCACAF announced Tuesday it is postponing its beach soccer championship, scheduled to begin Wednesday in Puerto Vallarta,...
CDC: WE EXPECT SWINE FLU DEATHS IN US
ATLANTA -- A U.S. health official said at least five people are hospitalized with swine flu in the United States and deaths are likely. 'Many Hundreds' of Students Sick in...
'Idol' Fix: Will Susan Boyle Perform?
Ryan Seacrest is lobbying for "Britain's Got Talent" star Susan Boyle to skip across the pond and land on the "American Idol" stage. The host posted an update on his...
FEDERAL TESTS CAUSE CITIGROUP AND BANK OF AMERICA "STRESS "
WASHINGTON -- Citigroup Inc. and Bank of America Corp. will need to raise more capital if they can't convince regulators that "stress test" results were mistaken, according to two people...
ECONOMIC CRISIS CAUSES SCHOOLS TO CUT BACK ON PROM EXPENSES
This year's prom kings may swap their tuxedos for suits and some queens will accept their tiaras in secondhand cocktail dresses while they slow-dance in a decorated gymnasium. At high...
THE $2M SILVER DOLLAR
CINCINNATI -- The coin world is abuzz over the auction of a rare silver dollar, one of the most valuable in the world and one of only 15 known to...
OFFICIAL: MANY HUNDREDS OF KIDS HAVE SWINE FLU
"Many hundreds" of schoolchildren are sick with suspected cases of swine flu, City Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden also said Tuesday. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says two people are hospitalized...
Former Knick Gondrezick dies
Former Knick Glen Gondrezick died in Las Vegas on Monday of apparent complications from a heart transplant he received in September, according to the Las Vegas Review Journal.Gondrezick, 53, played...
RBNY's Osorio: I take full responsibility
Juan Carlos Osorio addressed the media before the U.S. Open Cup tilt tomorrow night in San Jose.He discussed a host of topics, including the coaching staff reassessing things after the...
L.I. MOTHER, DAUGHTERS MOURNED
Family and friends turned out in droves today to bid farewell to a Long Island woman and her two daughters killed by their father in a Maryland hotel room. Some...
LAWYER: ASTOR'S SON WAS HER 'ROCK'
Socialite Brooke Astor decided in her old age to alter her will and give her son $60 million originally destined for charity because he was "her rock of support" and...
ALL THE LONELY PEOPLE... WATCH TV
Watching too much TV may rot your brain, but the flip side is that it can make you feel popular -- or at least less lonely. According to four new...
Israel in the house
By MARC BERMANWith Italy out of the picture, the Knicks have again staged a preseason match against Maccabi Tel Aviv. The club will hold a press conference Thursday.Two years ago,...
FORT DIX PLOTTER GETS LIFE IN PRISON
Three immigrant brothers involved in a plot to kill military personnel, possibly on Fort Dix, were sentenced Tuesday to spend the rest of their lives in prison. The government had...
EX-NYPD COP NAMED TEACHER OF THE YEAR
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Connecticut's education department says a high school teacher who is a former NYPD officer is being named as the National Teacher of the Year. Anthony Mullen now...
Joking Jay Returns, Laughs Off Hospital Visit
Jay Leno proved every worrying mother right last night during his return to "The Tonight Show."Laughing off exaggerated health reports, the late-night host returned to his desk to tell viewers...
OBAMA: DEMS 'THRILLED' TO HAVE SPECTER JOIN PARTY
WASHINGTON -- A senior administration official says President Barack Obama has told Sen. Arlen Specter that Democrats are "thrilled to have you" after learning that the longtime Republican will switch...
INJURY CAUSES MELISSA RYCROFT TO MISS 'DANCING'
Melissa Rycroft was the top scorer on "Dancing With the Stars" last week, but she was absent from Monday's show. Host Tom Bergeron says Rycroft sustained a painful rib injury...
Game 7's this decade
The Rangers and Devils played perhaps the most memorable Game 7 in the history of New York sports.Stephane Matteau's double-overtime wraparound goal against Martin Brodeur gave the Blueshirts the win...
Champions League: Manchester United vs. Arsenal
Three-time European champs Manchester United host their EPL rivals Arsenal in the first leg of the Champions League semifinals on Wednesday, four days after a dramatic 5-2 victory over Tottenham...
SEN. SPECTER TO SWITCH PARTIES
WASHINGTON -- Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter says he'll become a Democrat, virtually guaranteeing the party a filibuster-proof majority. Assuming that Minnesota Democrat Al Franken is seated, Specter's switch gives Democrats...
Champions League: Barcelona vs. Chelsea
Barcelona's bid to win three trophies will undergo a big test on Tuesday when the Spanish club play Chelsea in the first leg of the Champions League semifinals.The game at...
OBAMA CALLS NYC FLYOVER A 'MISTAKE'
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says it was a mistake for one of his official airplanes to be sent zooming past the New York City skyline for a publicity photo...
KNIFE DEATHS UP IN NYC
Gun homicides were down last year in New York City. But authorities say the number of killings committed with knives or other "cutting instruments" rose 50 percent. New York Police...
COURT ALLOWS FCC CURSE-WORD FINE STAND
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled narrowly Tuesday in favor of a government policy that threatens broadcasters with fines over the use of even a single curse word on live...
Harley revealed in "Arkham Asylum"
Nope, she's not the Harley Quinn you remember from the comics. (Or rather, she's not the one I'm familiar with from the early morning Batman cartoons.)She kind of reminds me...
METS' GARCIA MIGHT BE DONE
It doesn't sound like Freddy Garcia is going to be pitching for the Mets anytime soon - and he may be shutting it down for good. After allowing seven runs...
Garcia: No plans to retire
Freddy Garcia has no plans to hang it up after his abrupt release by the Mets today, according to his agent. "Freddy is way too young to retire," agent Ed...
You Swine! Flu Cancels U-17 Tournament
APConcerns about swine flu prompted CONCACAF to cancel the rest of its under-17 soccer championship in Mexico, the epicenter of the outbreak.Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico and the United States had...
Coverage in The Post
Don't count on Omir Santos being the Mets' third-string catcher for long after his first-inning grand slam and John Maine's stout pitching powered them to a 7-1 win Monday night...
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE SOARS IN APRIL
Hopeful signs that the worst may be over for the economy boosted Americans' moods in April, sending a closely watched barometer of sentiment to the highest level since November. The...
MTA NOW PREDICTS DEFICIT AS $621M
The financial picture keeps getting darker for the MTA. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority issued a new estimate of its debt Monday, projecting a $621 million deficit by 2009 even after...
SHIP'S CAPTAIN DIDN'T REALIZE HE WAS BEING RESCUED
MONTPELIER, Vt. -- The cargo ship captain held by Somali pirates didn't know at first that the gunshots that killed his three captors came from the U.S. Navy, he said...
EPL: Rich Clubs Engaging in 'Financial Doping'
APThe most successful clubs in soccer's richest league have some of the biggest debts in the sport.A report by British lawmakers last week accused Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea --...
Garcia to retire?
In today's editions of The Buffalo News, Freddy Garcia tells my friend Mike Harrington that he has pain in the front part of his shoulder, and that's he's not sure...
SWINE FLU GOES GLOBAL
MEXICO CITY -- The swine flu epidemic crossed new borders Tuesday with the first cases confirmed in the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region, as world health officials said they...
LOBBYING $$ HELPS DUMBO CONDO PROJECT
A controversial condo project next to the Brooklyn Bridge is sailing through the city's land-use review process -- and that has caught the attention of good government groups, who say...
The Daily Whacks, Tuesday Edition
You know, there are very few days in a calendar like the one you're getting today if you're a sports fan. Right here, in our own back yard, we get...
3 UP: HUGHES' BIG CHANCE
1. Phil Hughes starts tonight and that is really important. For him. And for the Yankees. Obviously, the Yanks have lost four in a row and they want to stop...
3 UP: HUGHES, ZIMMERMANN, PHILLIES
1. Phil Hughes starts tonight and that is really important. For him. And for the Yankees. Obviously, the Yanks have lost four in a row and they want to stop...
Should Tribeca Be Renamed the American Express Film Festival?
I've complained a lot about the Tribeca Film Festival on this blog and in the Post over the past couple of years. I've griped, at various points, about its programming...
LOBBYING $$ HELPS DUMBO CONDO PROJECT
A controversial condo project next to the Brooklyn Bridge is sailing through the city's land-use review process -- and that has caught the attention of good government groups, who say...
HAWKS, DUCKS ADVANCE
The Blackhawks won a playoff series for the first time in 13 years, eliminating with the Flames with a 4-1 victory in Game 6 of their first-round Western Conference series...
GIANTS TRY TO MAKE THREE ADD UP TO ONE
What was so special about Plaxico Burress? * The ability to dominate by sheer physical force, using, if necessary, a devastating and rude stiff-arm to shed a cornerback. * The...
JETS NEED TO CATCH A BREAK
The Jets landed their quarterback. Now they face the question: Whom is he going to throw to? That question is the biggest one surrounding the Jets right now and surely...
LEE FACES REALITY ... TV
David Lee did not get "fired" by Donald Trump on "Celebrity Apprentice" Sunday night, but he was designated for a uniform change. As determined by Sunday's episode, Lee will don...
CURIOUS CASE OF JAYSON WILLIAMS
JAYSON Williams' life and relationships are stretch-marked with shock 'n' awe stories that habitually end unhappily . . . ever after. Based on past malice and by the looks of...
SANCHEZ THE JET MEETS THE METS
Two days after the Jets made Mark Sanchez the fifth overall pick in the NFL Draft -- and the future of their franchise -- the quarterback got an ovation for...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Bay powers Sox to 11th straight In Cleveland, Jason Bay hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning off the Indians' Kerry Wood to give the Red Sox their...
YANKS TURN TO HUGHES AFTER CC FAILS TO END SKID
DETROIT -- After spending sick money to rebuild an ill pitching rotation, the Yankees turn to Phil Hughes tonight in what can truly be called the Biggest Game Of The...
HIP, HIP HOORAY! A-ROD HAS 'GOOD DAY' IN TAMPA
DETROIT -- A batting practice that produced a parade of blasts well beyond the fences at the Yankees' minor league complex during his first live batting practice and an increased...
LAKERS FINISH OFF JAZZ
With Kobe Bryant making everything from 3-pointers to a fadeaway jumper while falling on his backside, the Lakers ran away from the Jazz, winning 107-96 to finish the opening-round series...
EVANS HARBORS GIANT-SIZED HOPES
Maurice Evans insisted he's not bitter and isn't looking back. A potential first-round pick in the NFL Draft going into his junior year at Penn State, the 6-foot-2, 270-pound Brooklyn...
RANGERS, CAPITALS PREPARE FOR INTRIGUING GAME 7
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Unencumbered by talk of possible bites or potential suspensions, Alex Ovechkin strolled into the locker room at the Capitals' training facility Monday wearing an Italian soccer club's...
SOURCE TO FILE FOR CHAP. 11
Source Interlink Cos., publisher of Motor Trend, Automobile and Hot Rod, is expected to file for a pre-packaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy today, which will remove Ron Burkle's Yucaipa Cos. as...
REPORT: FRANK TO STAY
As the Nets tighten their financial belt even more, team president Rod Thorn said he still was reviewing all aspects, looking at all angles regarding his coach, Lawrence Frank, while...
SANTOS SLAM SPARKS ROUT OF MARLINS
There are a bunch of things Jerry Manuel likes about third-string catcher Omir Santos. Last night Santos essentially ended the Mets' 7-1 victory over Florida with one swing of the...
DEADLY COLLISION MARS DERBY PREPS
LOUISVILLE -- There was a horrifying collision between two horses at Churchill Downs yesterday morning when several Derby contenders were on the track for their final workouts. Doctor Rap, a...
RANGERS, 'KING' HAVE CHANCE TO ADVANCE
WASHINGTON -- The Rangers have a chance here tonight in Game 7 against the Caps, you bet they do, the same chance the Americans had when they faced off against...
DERBY SETTING UP NICELY FOR JONES, FRIESAN FIRE
LOUISVILLE -- Last week Larry Jones, who trains Friesan Fire for Saturday's Kentucky Derby, was having dinner with John Velazquez, then scheduled to ride Quality Road in the Derby, and...
QUALITY ROAD WON'T RACE
LOUISVILLE -- Quality Road, ranked No. 1 on the Post's "Derby Dozen" since his victory in the March 28 Florida Derby, will not race in Saturday's Run for the Roses...
NO DE-NILE: BAFFERT FULL OF CONFIDENCE
LOUISVILLE -- Pioneerof the Nile served notice yesterday he is going to be a major player in Saturday's Kentucky Derby with a final drill that had his trainer and rider...
ATTENTION MAKING 'GQ' FEISTY
Trainer Tom McCarthy, 75, a for mer biology teacher and high school principal in Louisville, has his first Derby starter this year, Blue Grass winner General Quarters. This week he...
CAPITALS' GOON BRASHEAR SUSPENDED 6 GAMES
Blair Betts has a broken eye socket, for which the Capitals will be rewarded in tonight's Game 7 by the privilege of using a player in the place of Donald...
FIRED-UP DEVILS GO FOR THE KILL
This is the definition of a captain leading by example, what should be massive inspiration for the Devils in Game 7 tonight. The Post has learned that Jamie Langenbrunner underwent...
HONDO GOES FISHING
The Cards' trey beat the Braves' deuce so Hondo took the pot last night in Atlanta, which expanded his collection of dead presidents to 190 borbons. Tonight, the Metamucils are...
TORTORELLA MAKES BAD SITUATION WORSE
WE have only Jim Schoenfeld's word for it that John Tortorella is remorseful for throwing a water bottle, brandishing a stick toward a fan and ending up suspended for a...
IT'S STILL AMAZIN'LY EARLY
THIS is really all you need to know about the NL East. The first-place team lost its seventh straight game last night. Now you understand why the Mets keep saying:...
JOHN'S REJUVENATION A MAINE EVENT FOR METS ROTATION
Other than ace Johan Santana, the entire Mets rotation has been a question mark this season. John Maine had been as worrisome as any, still winless through three games and...
DELGADO NOT TOO HIP TO VISIT DOCTOR
Carlos Delgado will visit a doctor today, thanks to a sore right hip that kept him out of last night's game. Delgado was scratched before the game and Jerry Manuel...
CALL OF THE WILD
I fully expected that I'd have to call the National Italian American Foundation and file a formal complaint. I'm talking about "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" -- and the...
'GREY'S' WEDDING WEB SITE
'GREY'S Anatomy's" Izzie Stevens (Katherine Heigl) has been planning the wedding of the season -- and now you're invited to the shindig. ABC has created a faux wedding site through...
ROCK-SOLID PRODUCTION
'DESIRE Under the Elms" is the kind of play in which characters wail "Noooooooooo!" upon realizing they've killed the wrong person. At another point, someone actually shakes a fist at...
THE RAGING RIVERS
MELISSA Rivers' profanity-laced tirade on Sunday's "Celebrity Apprentice" was no reality-TV stunt -- nor was introducing the term "whore pit viper" to America. "You gotta admit it's a great line,"...
'IDOL'S' ITUNES SHOCKER
FOR weeks, "American Idol" fans have been pre dicting a finale between soulful Danny Gokey and the fiercely theatrical Adam Lambert. 'IDOL' FIX: Will Susan Boyle Perform? But now there...
FOX NIXES O'S TV BID
Fox will not air President Barack Obama's primetime press conference tomorrow as is usual for a major broadcast network. Instead, the network plans to shift coverage of the hour-long presidential...
OBAMA'S TORTURED LOGIC: BUSH SMEARS TRUMP ALL
*** After 9/11, the Bush administration set policies in place in order to protect our country ("Proof: Interrogations Made Us Safer," Post- Opinion, Marc A. Thiessen, April 22). These policies...
$70M PONZI NIGHTMARE
WASHINGTON -- A Long Island man and four others were charged with fraud yesterday in what prosecutors say was a mortgage scheme that defrauded more than 1,000 people of more...
CROCKEFELLER RAP STAYS
BOSTON -- A Massachusetts judge has refused to drop a false-name charge against the man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller. Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter (right) goes on trial next month in...
FLIPPING RELIGIONS
The United States is a nation of religious drifters, with about half of adults restlessly switching faith affiliation at least once during their lives, a new survey has found. And...
FINGER-FOOD PROTEST
BELGRADE, Serbia -- A Serbian union official who chopped off his finger and ate it in a protest over wages that in some cases have not been paid in years,...
PANEL URGES WIDER TESTS ON PROSTATE
CHICAGO -- A physicians' group is recommending that men 40 and older be offered a controversial prostate-cancer test that had generally been suggested for men over 50. The American Urological...
YEMENIS TAKE SHIP FROM BUCS
SAN'A, Yemen -- Yemeni coast guard forces have freed a hijacked Yemeni oil tanker and arrested 11 Somali pirates, the first time the country has successfully retaken a seized vessel,...
PIG-FLU FEARS ONLY FEED THE PROBLEM
THERE'S too much worry afoot about the swine flu, with sniffles cases filling our ERs. To gain control of the emerging outbreak, Americans must cooperate calmly with a measured public-health...
QUESTIONS ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS' ROLE IN MARKET
SOMETHING smells fishy in the market. And the aroma seems to be coming from Goldman Sachs. As you probably already know, stock prices have been roaring for seven weeks. This...
RUTGERS' OLD QUEENS TURNS 200
Rutgers University is celebrating the 200th birthday of Old Queens -- New Jersey's oldest intact higher-education building. Its cornerstone, on the New Brunswick campus, was laid on April 27, 1809....
HONOR REJECTED OVER BAM LINK
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- A former US ambassador to the Vatican says she won't accept the University of Notre Dame's top honor at commencement next month because of the Roman...
MILLION-DOLLAR BABIES
AS Mayor Bloomberg and Gov. Paterson ask for mod est reforms to public-sec tor pension benefits for new workers, labor unions have stuck to one argument: The private sector --...
CORRECTION
Due to an editing error, a story in yesterday's Post misattributed a quote explaining the cost of bread and butter at Company, in Chelsea, to restaurant spokeswoman Danielle Pagano instead...
SAILOR SEEKS BOOTY
The chief cook on the hijacked Maersk Alabama sued his employer and the ship's owner yesterday for knowingly sending him into pirate waters. Richard Hicks, 53, said he suffered "serious...
B'KLYN DA HAILS HEROES
A Brooklyn mother of three who leaped off a subway platform to rescue a woman who had been shoved to the tracks by her abusive husband was among five heroes...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Bronx Cops are searching for a 10-year-old boy (pictured) who vanished from his family's apartment. Henry Rivas, who police said has a history of running away, disappeared from his home...
MEXICO REALLY RATTLED NOW
As if swine flu weren't enough, Mexico was struck by an earthquake yesterday. The moderate 5.6-magnitude quake in the southern part of the country shook buildings as far away as...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Bair move FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair sought authority to close "systemically impor tant" financial firms, in stead of just failed com mercial banks. That would shield taxpayers from absorbing losses...
YESHIVA TEACH BUSTED ON KID-PORN CHARGES
A teacher who worked at two Queens yeshivas and a Long Island elementary school was arrested after cops found child pornography on his home computer, cops said yesterday. Two online...
ARABS VS. IRAN
A NUMBER of develop ments, notably out of Egypt, point to the emergence of a new Middle East coalition taking a more robust stance in response to Iran's dangerous mullahs....
NY FREELANCERS' TAXING PROBLEM
The city should lift a levy to help middle-class workers. NEW York City's tax policies are damaging what is now the primary job-growth area -- independent workers and freelancers. That's...
MYSPACE ADDS TWO WEB VETS
News Corp. continued its aggressive revamp of MySpace yesterday, adding two of the digital world's most respected executives to the social-networking Web site's management team. On his first day as...
FORECLOSING IN ON 90,000 APARTMENTS
As many as 90,000 city apartment units could go into foreclosure as the housing crisis spreads from single-family homes to rental properties, city officials warned yesterday. Rafael Cestero, commissioner at...
'MOM CRACK' LED TO CRACK ON THE HEAD
An offhand joke about a customer's mom turned an ordinary visit to a Brooklyn convenience store into a bloody melee that left a teenager unconscious from a hammer blow to...
JERKER HANDS OVER TITLE
Ousted UBS investment-banking CEO Jerker Johansson was an out-of-touch boss who lacked the respect of his troops, butted heads with his senior managers and even at times appeared to nod...
SLAIN MOM & GIRLS RECALLED AT WAKE
The caskets were closed at yesterday's Long Island wake for a woman and her two daughters, each murdered on April 19. But there were no images of the husband and...
HOLY HELL VS. UNKOSHER NAME
Even its name can be painful. An Israeli health official said yesterday that the swine-flu outbreak should be re-dubbed "Mexican influenza" because its reference to pigs is offensive to Muslims...
SOLID AS BARACK
WASHINGTON -- Hailed as something on the order of a Roosevelt or Lincoln in just his first 100 days in office, President Obama remains the apple of the media's eye....
MARSHAL TOOK 3 POINT-BLANK SHOTS TO HEAD
A Staten Island fire marshal never knew what hit him when his killer put a gun inches from his head as he slept and fired three shots, a city medical...
PAL TOOK TRIP - BUT I GOT SICK
A St. Francis Prep senior spent 10 minutes last Monday chatting with a pal who went to Cancun on spring break -- and became violently ill the next day with...
WHITEWASHING SLATE CLEAN
A team of vigilante vandals whitewashed more than 100 street-level billboards last weekend so artists could use them as blank canvases. These billboards are illegal under city law, said Jordan...
SMITH REPORT SEEKS BAD OLD SCHOOLDAZE
A report commissioned by Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith would gut mayoral control of education and make it harder to close failing city schools, The Post has learned. The draft...
JEN, YOU'RE BUSS-TED!
Hey, Jen: Didn't you get the memo from the feds about smooching? Guess not. Yesterday, as the national spotlight focused on the swine-flu outbreak, Dr. Richard Besser, acting director of...
PHOENIX BLINDSIDED BY PA SPLIT
PHOENIX Constructors, the consortium that the Port Authority dumped as its main contractor on the World Trade Center Transportation Hub, never saw it coming, real estate sources said. Last week,...
JAYSON IN NYC HOTEL MELTDOWN
A "suicidal" Jayson Williams went berserk and trashed his downtown luxury hotel room yesterday, forcing cops to Taser the ex-Net superstar, police sources said. Suicide notes, sleeping pills and empty...
TYRA'S CREW TESTIFIES
A Georgia drifter with a fixation on Tyra Banks refused to leave when he was shown the door at her Chelsea studio, employees of her show testified yesterday. Brady Green,...
SERRA ON PACE TO RETIRE AT FOOT LOCKER
After nearly a decade at the helm of Foot Locker, CEO Matt Serra is finally lacing up to take a hike. The hard-charging boss of the giant sneaker retailer --...
ALL FOR WIFE'S LOVE OF MONEY
HE DID it for geriatric love. Some of us look at Char lene Marshall and see only the stout ankles, support hose and generous double chins. But Anthony Marshall, who...
WOODY WINS ONE IN AD FLAP
Woody Allen does not have to justify his opinion that American Apparel's sexually charged ads are "sleazy," a judge ruled yesterday. The hipster clothing company had demanded that the Oscar-winning...
IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT
It looks a lot like Uncle Sam is finally in the car business. With the government calling the shots as backseat driver, General Motors yesterday unveiled its latest restructuring plan,...
CLOSED PORTFOLIO
Condé Nast's foray into business journalism ended abruptly yesterday as the publishing giant pulled the plug on Condé Nast Portfolio after two years and an estimated $120 million investment. About...
HUMBLE TINSELTOWN TALENT SHOPS CREATE MERGER
Only in a town built on fiction could a deal be sold on the basis of putting egos aside for the greater good of the business. But that's precisely the...
SMITTEN CABBIE 'CUT UP' BEAUTY
A demented Brooklyn livery cabdriver who obsessively fantasized about a beautiful woman in his neighborhood called 911 and told cops, "I killed her. Go inside," police said yesterday. Cops then...
BAM'S HEALTH-CARE DODGE
If President Obama believes so much in open government, why is he trying to block an honest, open debate in Congress over his health-care scheme? Blocking debate is precisely what's...
PLANE DUMB
The Federal Aviation Administration seems to see the public as Enemy No. 1. Why else, after all, would it re peatedly hide information about potentially dangerous situations -- as well...
MTA A TECH WRECK
MTA bumbling has imperiled a massive post-Sept. 11 security project that's months behind schedule and can't be completed, a blockbuster federal lawsuit charges. Lockheed Martin Corp., one of the nation's...
AIR HEADS IN DC TERRORIZE CITY
"Air Farce One" played out over lower Manhattan yesterday -- in a terrifyingly bizarre military photo op that sent office workers fleeing from their buildings fearing a new 9/11-type attack....
GOV HACKS AT $1 FEE FOR TAXIS
Gov. Paterson and the MTA's chief yesterday slammed a plan to bail out the agency with a $1 surcharge on taxi rides, as transit officials said they will announce tomorrow...
FEVER ON RISE AT 'FLU' HS
City officials yesterday revealed 20 new confirmed cases of swine flu at a Queens high school -- and warned that many more victims are in the pipeline. The new cases...
KEEPING EYE OUT FOR FLYING 'PIGS'
Local airport workers yesterday donned surgical masks, slathered their hands in sanitizer and were ordered to keep on the lookout for sick passengers amid the deadly swine-flu outbreak that has...
UAW BACKS CHRYSLER PACT
Factory-level leaders of the United Auto Workers union voted unanimously last night to recommend approval of concessions that could give a union-run trust 55 percent ownership of a restructured Chrysler...
DOWNLOAD MA FACES THE MUSIC, PAYS 7G
A suburban family that had fought the recording industry over its crackdown on illegal music downloads is shelling out 70 C-notes -- $7,000 -- to settle the dispute. Mom-of-five Patricia...
GUILTY AS 'CHARRED'
The owner of a popular Bronx steakhouse pleaded guilty to tax charges yesterday after the city held her to the flame. A city audit revealed Margaret Ryan, 55, the owner...
ASTOR CASE 'MAID' IN SHADE
The butler saw it. And the maids. And the nurses. The Brooke Astor swindle trial began yesterday with Manhattan prosecutors promising jurors they'll hear testimony by some of the beloved...
2 COPS TURN SELVES IN AFTER RAPE INDICTMENT
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly lashed out at two NYPD cops who surrendered to authorities today on charges that they raped a drunken, incapacitated woman in her East Village apartment. Kelly's...
BIN LADEN DEAD, SAYS PAK INTEL
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan's president said yesterday his intelligence agencies believe Osama bin Laden may be dead, but he added there is no proof. Other Pakistani officials said they think...
JUDGE OKS CONFESSION IN STEIN SLAY CASE
A judge has ruled that a confession from the personal assistant to slain real-estate-agent-to-the-stars Linda Stein is admissible, rejecting claims the statement was coerced. The ruling against Natavia Lowery is...
SEX-SLAY SHOCKER
An NYPD crime-lab worker yesterday wound up on the other side of the microscope -- the possible victim of a sex slaying similar to the ones she would typically be...
LOVE IS BLIND
Nothing can shake her love. Not a bombshell report that he targeted sexually adventurous men online. Or a revelation he allegedly used the Web moniker "sexaddict5385" to troll for hookups...
HIT-RUN THIEF KILLS B'KLYN WOMAN: COPS
A man driving a stolen minivan struck and killed a Brooklyn woman yesterday, cops said. Violetta Krzyzak, 37, was hit by the speeding Dodge Caravan as she crossed Manhattan Avenue...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
This gives a whole new meaning to "dirty sex." A Canadian cop in Saanich, BC, heard passionate sounds coming from a Dumpster -- and found that a 30-year-old woman and...
BOB DYLAN: TOGETHER THROUGH LIFE
THE creative renaissance that Bob Dylan has enjoyed for the past decade continues in today's release of "Together Through Life," a 10-song collection in which pop's poet laureate sounds spontaneous,...
YOUNG IDOL A SURE BET
WHEN Simon says: "She is by far the most talented youngster I've ever heard," you listen. Cowell, the viceroy of voice, was speaking of Faryl Smith, the 13-year-old English mezzo-soprano...
SWITCH IT UP: SWAP THIS, LOSE THAT
WEIGHT loss is an "either/or" situation -- you either cut the calories, or you won't lose the weight. For a painless approach, Tanya Zuckerbrot of skinnyandthecity.com told us how to...
WHEN IT COMES TO WEIGHT LOSS, CUT 100 -- CALORIES, THAT IS!
SLOW and steady -- and perfect for the lazy dieter -- we know how you can battle the bulge without doing a whole lot. So if your "New Year, New...
EARLY BIRDS
A TWO-BEDROOM, two-bath duplex on the beach: $150 a night. Surf-and-turf dinner for two at the Palm: $89. Hitting the Hamptons ahead of all those Beemers, Benzes and boors? Priceless....
HOT DEALS!
* SAN DIEGO 50% off stays at The US Grant, now through the end of September. Rates start at $269 a night -- call (866) 924-8746 or log on to...
50 STATES: New Mexico
BORDER towns in the United States are curious places. Sometimes, they're a preview of coming attractions -- like in El Paso, a town that is every bit as Mexico as...
Freddy Garcia fails to impress
With the struggles of the Mets starting pitchers, particularly Oliver Perez, Freddy Garcia had a chance to make a return to the major leagues if he pitched well tonight for...
Bushes Pitchers of the Week: April 20-26
Scranton/Wilkes Barre's Phil Hughes and St. Lucie's Nicholas Waechter claimed last week's Bushes Pitchers of the Week Honors. Hughes solidified his chance to get a start against Detroit tomorrow night...
Bushes Players of the Week: April 20-26
Charleston's Brian Baisley and BInghamton's Josh Thole took home last week's Bushes Players of the Week honors. Baisley had a terrific week for Charleston, recording hits in six of the...
METS MAUL MARLINS
Omir Santos hit the first grand slam in Citi Field history for his first career RBIs, and the New York Mets beat Florida 7-1 Monday night to extend the Marlins'...
TIGERS BEAT YANKEES 4-2 FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE WIN
Justin Verlander and Magglio Ordonez kept the Detroit Tigers rolling, and the New York Yankees slumping. Verlander had a season-high nine strikeouts and Ordonez hit a two-run homer off CC...
PUNCHDRUNK
Sitting here at spacious Citi Field watching the Mets beat up the punchless Marlins and thinking about Yankees-Red Sox, going into the ninth.Yankees haven't scored against Tigers tonight, going into...
Mark Sanchez throws out the first pitch tonight at Citi Field
By BRIAN LEWISTwo days after the Jets made Mark Sanchez the fifth overall pick in the NFL Draft _ and the future of their franchise _ the QB got an...
Sanchez throws out first pitch
From BRIAN LEWISTwo days after the Jets made Mark Sanchez the fifth overall pick in the NFL Draft -- and the future of their franchise -- the QB got an...