April 29, 2009
OBAMA PIVOTS FROM FIRST 100 DAYS TO REST OF AGENDA
President Barack Obama expressed optimism Wednesday night that Chrysler could remain a "going concern," possibly without filing for bankruptcy, a generally upbeat assessment on one of numerous challenges he has...
Live chat: 1 p.m. Thursday
I will be holding another of my weekly, hour-long blog chats on the Mets tomorrow (Thursday) at 1 p.m. EST. So be sure to check back then and have your...
AN ANGRY ACTOR
It's no secret that A-list celebrities (as well as B, C, and D-listers) are paid to show up at events to promote everything from fashion to nightclubs. But when you're...
'PRIME' TOME
She's been robbed by an assistant, betrayed by her husband, almost kidnapped in Mexico and escaped trampling by elephants in Africa but don't think that Maria Celeste Arraras, host of...
LEWIS OUT AS BANK OF AMERICA CHAIRMAN, REMAINS CEO
Ken Lewis was ousted as chairman of Bank of America Corp. Wednesday after shareholders angry about the company's acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. voted to separate the job from...
SWINE FLU OUTBREAK STRIKES ST. FRANCIS
St. Francis Preparatory in Fresh Meadows shut down this week after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 44 students and staff at the nation's largest Catholic high...
CUNY LAW SCHOOL EXHIBITS ART BY EX-RIKERS INMATES
Twenty-two days out of jail, former Rikers inmate Kornan Bascombe has already become something of a star. Bascombe, a 31-year-old who spent 13 months imprisoned at Rikers Island, was the...
MTA SINKS DEEPER IN DEBT AS FARE HIKES LOOM
The news from the MTA keeps getting worse. Transit officials warned Monday they would have to impose not only the severe bus and subway service cutbacks they have been talking...
CON ED FINDS GAS LEAK BEFORE FATAL FLORAL PARK BLAST
Shortly before 4:50 p.m., the two-story home on 260th Street near 80th Avenue blew up, sending a huge column of smoke billowing into the sky, Fire Department officials said. Ghanwattie...
SEAN BELL FORUM AT YORK HOPES TO ENLIGHTEN
On the first anniversary of the Sean Bell verdict, the slain bridegroom's fiancée and her family, the Rev. Al Sharpton and elected officials got together with southeast Queens residents Saturday...
Producer: Swine Flu Didn't Affect 'Real World: Cancun'
The party's over just in time for the cast of "The Real World: Cancun." Filming for Cancun, the 22nd season of the MTV reality series, wrapped on April 17th amid...
Manuel explains Santos move
Jerry Manuel defended his odd move to pinch-hit a cold Omir Santos for Ramon Castro in the ninth inning of today's 4-3 loss to the Marlins, saying he felt Santos...
LACK OF SCORING DOOMED RANGERS
Last summer, the Rangers decided not to bring back aging veterans Jaromir Jagr and Brendan Shanahan. When the season ended with a frustrating 2-1 loss in Game 7 to the...
A-ROD'S DOCTOR: HE LOOKS 'AWESOME'
TAMPA -- Alex Rodriguez could rejoin the Yankees within 10 days, according to the doctor who operated on his hip March 9. Dr. Marc Philippon watched the three-time AL MVP's...
TRIBECA FILMS FRAME ECONOMY
Movies generally take a long time to make, but thanks to foresight and quick work, several films at the Tribeca Film Festival constitute the first wave of what's sure to...
WHO RAISES SWINE FLU ALERT LEVEL AS VIRUS SPREADS
The Geneva-based World Health Organization on Wednesday raised its alert level for the fast-spreading swine flu to its next-to-highest notch, signaling a global pandemic could be imminent. The move came...
Champions League: United Defeats Arsenal 1-0
John O'Shea scored the game's lone goal to give Manchester United a 1-0 victory over EPL rival Arsenal on Wednesday in the first leg of the Champions League semifinal at...
RIHANNA GETTING BACK $1.4M IN EVIDENCE
Rihanna's bling has been set free. The pop star will soon be getting back the $1.4 million in jewelry that was seized by cops as evidence on the night she...
40th anniversary ceremony set
The Mets announced today that they will honor the 40th anniversary of their famed 1969 championship team on Aug. 22 before a 7:10 p.m. home game against the rival Phillies....
GOVERNMENT ADVOCATES CRITICIZE NY'S STIMULUS SPENDING
ALBANY, N.Y. -- As the Paterson administration starts to dole out $24.6 billion in federal economic stimulus money, good-government groups and some legislators warn projects are being chosen in secret...
June-October ticket sale ready
A press release from the Mets ...The Mets today announced that single-game tickets for their June-October regular season games at Citi Field will go on sale this Sunday, May 3,...
Agent: Favre has no comeback plans
Forgive us for doubting him, but after last summer's Brett Favre circus no one is quite ready to believe that No. 4 has hung it up for good.Especially not after...
Slashy slashy: Red Steel 2 on way
"There is a house in New Orleans...they call the Rising Sun..."Of all the early Wii games that came out, Red Steel was probably my favorite. (And the most entertaining to...
Pitching set for Phillies series
The pitching matchups are now in for the Mets' three-game road series with the rival Phillies that opens Friday night at Citizens Bank Park. Here is the breakdown: Friday --...
L.I. man has NASCAR race named after him
By JUSTIN TERRANOVAServe your country proudly and you can have a NASCAR race named after you.Well, not every soldier, but one Long Island man will have Saturday's Sprint Cup race...
Lane Garrison Free From Prison
Former "Prison Break" actor Lane Garrison is a free man. Garrison, who existed as David "Tweener" Apolskis in TV "Prison," was paroled early from the real-life California Correctional Institution in...
Davis finally goes yard
It only took him 282 at-bats, but Ike Davis, the Mets' top draft pick in last year's First-Year Player Draft, hit his first professional home run yesterday in High-A St....
WOMAN ACCUSED OF STEALING $12M OF GOLD
A long-time employee of a major Queens jewelry manufacturer walked off with a staggering $12 million worth of gold over the course of six years, prosecutors said. Teresa Tambunting, 50,...
WITNESS: ASTOR'S SON ARGUED MOM WAS 'POOR'
Talk about being a heel! The son of philanthropist Brooke Astor constantly bickered with her that she couldn't afford to buy shoes -- and needed to be more frugal with...
The Hires Never Fall Far From the Tree
BY JAY GREENBERGThree days later, John Tortorella finally admits to regretting being suspended for a potentially clinching Game 6, but can't bring himself to admitting he hurt his team because...
Kentucky Derby: Post Positions, Odds
The post drawings for Saturday's Kentucky Derby was this morning. I Want Revenge drew the 13th position and is the 3-1 favorite. Here's a look at the draw and updated...
MTA FACES EVEN MORE SERVICE CUTS, LAYOFFS
A new round of fare hikes, service cuts and layoffs that goes "beyond doomsday" could be in place by the fall, covering an additional $1.6 billion deficit in the MTA's...
SWINE FLU FEAR CLOSES 2 BROOKLYN SCHOOLS
Two suspected cases of swine flu today forced the closure of two Brooklyn grammar schools, officials said this afternoon. The Rev. Kieran Harrington, a spokesman for the Roman Catholic Diocese...
NBC Wants More 'Celebrity Apprentice'
Donald Trump will continue firing celebrities when his next batch arrives for the ninth season of "Celebrity Apprentice" next year. NBC announced the new season will air in Spring 2010.Good...
Jolly Old English (Club) for MLS All-Stars
Not again!English club Everton will play the MLS All-Stars at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah, on July 29, the league announced on Wednesday.Once again, the league's all-stars will play...
Boston-Chicago: A classic
By MARC BERMANFigure a lot of you are watching the exhilarating Bulls-Celtics series to see if ex-Knicks Tim Thomas or Anthony Roberson can ever get into a game. Guess the...
FBI DATA: ALLEGED TERRORISTS CAN GET GUNS LEGALLY
NEW YORK -- FBI data shows that suspects on the watch list for terrorists and violent gang members make hundreds of gun purchases every year that are totally legal. Mayor...
He's Coming Back
By FRED KERBERTeam president Rod Thorn just announced that Lawrence Frank will return to coach the Nets next season."Lawrence will be coming back as coach," Thorn said. "We're happy to...
5TH FORT DIX PLOTTER GETS 33 YEARS IN PRISON
CAMDEN, N.J. -- A fifth man convicted of plotting to kill military personnel in the Fort Dix trial has been sentenced to 33 years in prison. Twenty-five-year-old Philadelphia convenience store...
A-Rod close to crucial return
By JUSTIN TERRANOVAThe Yankees have clearly missed Alex Rodriguez.When the slugging third baseman returns, and it seems it will be sometime next week, it will be his most crucial regular-season...
Perez throwing live BP
Interesting (but not exactly surprising) sight this morning at Citi Field: The Mets have struggling left-hander Oliver Perez on the mound throwing live batting practice to several of their top...
Game 21: Marlins at Mets
The Mets will be counting on Johan Santana to provide his usual lift today when they face the Marlins in the rubber match of a three-game series at Citi Field....
The Daily Whacks, Wednesday Edition
If This Were Another Sport Besides Hockey Files, Part II -- Think about Jerry Manuel allowing the Mets to blow a 3-1 lead in the NLCS Think about Joe Girardi...
BANKS STARES DOWN ACCUSED STALKER DURING TRIAL
Supermodel-turned TV daytime talk show star Tyra Banks stared down her accused stalker in a Manhattan courtroom today, recalling that she told cops she "was scared" right after he was...
OFFICIALS BLAME MINERAL OVERDOSE FOR HORSES' DEATH
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Florida's top veterinarian on Tuesday blamed the deaths of 21 elite polo horses on an overdose of a common mineral that helps muscles recover from...
'Wolverine' is Sharp Enough To Kick Off Summer Season
You wouldn't know it from this morning's 50-degree weather in the Big Apple, but Hollywood's summer season begins at midnight tomorrow night with "X-Men Origins: Wolverine.'' Here's my three star...
OBAMA: US MAY CLOSE SCHOOLS TO BATTLE SWINE FLU
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama suggested Wednesday that school closings may be necessary, in an escalating global health emergency that claimed the first death in the United States and swept...
Simon Kiss-of-Death For 'Idol' Allison
Since when do the words "great performance'' go along with an invitation to go home? That's what happened last night when "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell praised Allison Iraheta's spectacular...
UPDATE: The swine flu mess
Were you planning a trip to Mexico? At this point, the CDC is saying that non-essential travel to Mexico is a bad idea, and that those who go should be...
EPL: Craven Success at Fulham
Also adding to Fulham's success is experienced manager Roy Hodgson. Under him, Fulham has played like a team loaded with stars -- even though they lack household names -- after...
Coverage in The Post
The Mets went retro Tuesday night, flashing back to 2008 with a 7-4 loss to the Marlins that featured a bullpen meltdown and an offense that did not nothing over...
ECONOMY SHRANK AT 6.1% PACE IN 1Q
WASHINGTON -- The economy shrank at a worse-than-expected 6.1 percent pace at the start of this year as sharp cutbacks by businesses and the biggest drop in U.S. exports in...
Murphy and patience
From JOEL SHERMAN Let's see if I can do this magic trick: Show how struggling Mets left fielder Daniel Murphy has something in common with the Yankees' Joba Chamberlain. Like...
3 UP: HUGHES AND JOBA
1. You know what Phil Hughes looked like on Tuesday night? He looked like a guy worth waiting for. He looked like the kind of guy you do think long...
3 UP: HUGHES, JOBA AND MURPHY
1. You know what Phil Hughes looked like on Tuesday night? He looked like a guy worth waiting for. He looked like the kind of guy you do think long...
FIRST VICTIM DIES IN US FROM SWINE FLU
HOUSTON -- Health officials said Wednesday that a nearly 2-year-old Mexican boy is the first confirmed U.S. death from swine flu. The child had traveled with family from Mexico City...
1ST-TIMERS GET AWARDS
LAST year's three most ingenious brokers and deals were finally revealed last night by the Real Estate Board of New York at its annual cocktail party at the 101 Club....
ZOO HOGS IN DOGHOUSE
There they stood, Tabitha and Sabrina, the loneliest animals at the Queens Zoo in Flushing. Despite the name "swine flu," it's extremely rare for humans to be infected by being...
HUGHES COMES UP HUGE IN YANKEES' ROUT
DETROIT -- Bathing in the sugary taste of success after producing the best start by a Yankees pitcher this season, Phil Hughes returned to the gloomy days of last year....
A COMEBACK FOR IRABU
Hideki Irabu is ready to hit the comeback trail. Seven years since the "fat, puss-y toad" last pitched in the majors, the former Yankee signed a contract with the Long...
LIBERTY ADD LEGEND TO STAFF
The NY Liberty took a huge step toward increasing their chances to win their first WNBA title, but it was not in the form of a player. The team introduced...
DRURY'S HAND WAS BROKEN
WASHINGTON -- When the series ended, when the Rangers went through the handshake line following last night's 2-1 Game 7 defeat, Chris Drury used his left hand to congratulate the...
ROLSTON'S GOAL FOR NAUGHT
It could have been a season-changing goal for Brian Rolston. The expensive signing -- the Devils' priciest free-agent acquisition ever -- had suffered through a disappointing first year with the...
'TRL' REFASHIONED FOR TWEETS
FIVE months after canceling "TRL," MTV is finally ready to announce its replacement: "The Alexa Chung Show." The new, live daytime program will be hosted by 25-year-old Chung, a British...
JETS RELEASE FAVRE
Although it's really been over since January, Brett Favre's ballyhooed stint as a Jet came to an official end yesterday when the team released the Hall of Fame-bound quarterback from...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Cards cut RB James The Cardinals released running back Edgerrin James with one year remaining on his contract, a development expected since late in the season. His resurgence during...
PIERCE'S HEROICS LIFT CELTICS IN OT
Paul Pierce made three straight jumpers in the final 77 seconds of overtime and the Celtics held on to beat the Bulls, 106-104, last night in Boston to take a...
Eli endorses Giants' young WRs
David Tyree is not the most accomplished receiver ever to wear a Giants uniform, but he did make the greatest catch in team history, his miracle helmet grab in Super...
ADORABLE 5-YR.-OLD IS PATIENT ZERO
A 5-year-old boy is the earliest patient diagnosed with swine flu, suggesting his rural hillside town of La Gloria, Mexico -- surrounded by pig farms -- is the ground zero...
BUYER IS 'AD' AS HELL
An angry Long Island consumer is out to take "truth in advertising" to a whole new level -- demanding $300 million because he insists a retailer didn't back up its...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan The would-be Greenwich Village bank robber pictured above threatened to shoot a teller who kept her cool and walked away from him, police said yesterday. Cops say a man...
MADOFF SON'S SPLIT ON HOLD
Bernard Madoff's son will have to wait a few months longer to divorce his wife. Andrew Madoff, 45, and wife Deborah, 41, have to hold on until November to finalize...
POLO HORSES 'OD'D'
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A mineral overdose has been called the probable cause of death for 21 polo horses that fell ill as they prepared for a championship match...
750G FOR GIRL WHO LOST EYE
A 9-year-old girl who lost an eye to retinal cancer was spared from having to take the witness stand against doctors who failed to spot the disease, as her mother...
$25 BILLION BUDGET GAP SHOCK
ALBANY -- New York state faces massive budget gaps totaling almost $25 billion over the next three years despite a record high new state budget that increased taxes by some...
CRAIGSLIST 'BED' STASH
Panties taken from robbery victims were found under the bed accused Craigslist killer Philip Markoff shared with his devoted fiancée, according to a report yesterday. Cops also discovered under Markoff's...
TEACHERS FILL DEMS' COFFERS
Members of state Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith's education panel -- which issued a report that would gut mayoral control of city schools -- feasted on $100,450 in campaign contributions...
SPECTER OF DOOM FOR GOP
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Arlen Specter threw Congress into chaos yesterday with the blockbuster announcement of his defection from the Republican Party, potentially giving Democrats the ability to quash any effort...
CITY LAGS AS NATION HITS HOME RUNS
Home prices in the New York metropolitan area continued to drop at record levels through February, even as the real-estate crisis in most other parts of the nation showed signs...
NEW WATER TORTURE: BIG RATE HIKES
The 14 percent water rate hike on tap this year could be followed by another wallet-crunching 12 percent increase in 2010, officials reported yesterday. That would represent the fourth double-digit...
MTA ISSUES FIRE ALERTS
And so it begins. The MTA sent out layoff notices to at least 480 bus and subway workers yesterday, telling them their jobs would be cut without a state bailout...
COPS' DAY IN COURT FOR RAPE RAPS
Two disgraced NYPD cops surrendered to authorities yesterday on charges they raped a drunken, incapacitated woman in her East Village apartment. "The allegations are so egregious here that it's imperative...
BENEDICT ARLEN FREES A MON$TER
WASHINGTON -- George W. Bush never had this much unchecked and complete power. Nor did Richard Nixon or Harry Truman. Sen. Arlen Specter's defection to the Democrats yesterday will place...
GOV A 'BIGOT' ON GAY NUPS
ALBANY -- Religious groups accused Gov. Paterson of "bigotry" and "Catholic baiting" yesterday after the Democratic governor claimed some opponents of gay marriage had earlier failed to stand up against...
CARLA FACES SEX-POSURE
Quelle Horreur! Several hundred "highly intimate" photographs and videos of Carla Bruni, France's sexy first lady, and her former lover, have been stolen, it was reported yesterday. The images were...
DEFENSE LAWYER: ANTHONY A LEECH
WE DON'T talk much about Mrs. Astor's son, Anthony, the way one doesn't speak ill of idiot children. But talk we must, now that Sonny Boy is on trial for...
STARK REALITY: SHE'S OUT AS FINANCE BOSS
Embattled city Finance Commissioner Martha Stark quit yesterday amid a probe of her dating a former subordinate, who quickly moved up the ranks at the agency. Mayor Bloomberg had tried...
THE FLU PIGS OUT ON NY
Swine flu forced the closure of two Queens schools yesterday and threatened to shut down another in Manhattan as the city's health commissioner said "many hundreds" of students have been...
CITY PENSION-FUND BIGS NIX MIDDLEMAN 'PAYOFFS'
The board of the city's largest pension fund, the New York City Employee Retirement System, unanimously voted to suspend the use of placement agents this morning. The practice of using...
LADY ASTOR WAS WILL-ING & ABLE
Lady Astor was not a vegetable in a fancy hat. In dramatic, sometimes highly snarky opening statements yesterday, defense lawyers portrayed donations doyenne Brooke Astor as many things, even in...
TAIL WIND BLOWS PUP NEARLY A MILE
Dorothy lost her tiny dog when a gale wind picked it up and carried it almost a mile -- for real! Dorothy Utley of Michigan says she and her husband,...
YANKS FINALLY $LIDE AT HOME
The Yankees have finally admitted what every fan knows. Team officials acknowledged they struck out by charging astronomical prices for the best seats in the brand-new Stadium -- so yesterday,...
MAKING IT ON 'BOARD'WAY
Not since the Depression have so many people paraded through Times Square as living, breathing billboards. But as gigs go in this recession-stressed burg, wearing a sandwich board advertising a...
NEW WARNINGS ON PAINKILLERS
WASHINGTON -- Over-the-counter pain relievers will carry new, bolder warnings about the risk of liver damage or stomach bleeding, the Food and Drug Administration said yesterday. Products containing acetaminophen, such...
JAYSON WIFE: THAT'S WHY
The violent, suicidal outburst by ex-Net star Jayson Williams "is exactly the type of behavior" that led his estranged wife, Tanya, to sue for divorce, her lawyer said yesterday. "It's...
OBAMA AT WORK & PLAY
Marking the first 100 days of the Obama administration, the White House yesterday released some never-before-seen photos of the commander-in-chief, his family and members of his administration. 100 PHOTOS IN...
CAPTAIN: I WAS READY TO DIE ON PIRATE BOAT
Hero ship skipper Richard Phillips yesterday detailed for the first time how he desperately plotted to escape from four bloodthirsty pirates on the high seas off Somalia -- and how...
MARSHAL-SLAY DEFENSE BOOST
A medical examiner who performed the autopsy on a slain Staten Island fire marshal admitted the victim could have been killed a full day earlier than prosecutors have claimed. The...
SCHOOL-BUS 'PERV' ARREST
A Queens school-bus aide was charged yesterday with sexually abusing a 9-year-old boy -- and then was found in possession of a cache of kiddie porn, cops said. Darnell Washington,...
DUO DUE FOR MATT & SARAH
It's "Surrogate Sex and the City." Sarah Jessica Parker and hubby Matthew Broderick yesterday confirmed they're expecting twin girls -- with the help of a surrogate mother. The pair "are...
CSI: NY MOURNS
This time, the samples came from one of their own. Stunned colleagues from the NYPD's crime-scene unit spent yesterday and Monday painstakingly scouring every inch of forensic expert Michelle Lee's...
THEY KNEW!
The FAA knew letting a presidential jumbo jet and an F-16 fighter fly ominously near Ground Zero Monday might cause panic in the streets -- but the White House still...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
They must be flushed with pride. The Hermitage Hotel in Nashville, Tenn., has been voted as having the best bathroom in the United States. The ground-floor men's room is Art...
RHYMING COUPLINGS
"HEY, baby. Want to go someplace private and... read poetry?" Last heard from junior-year dorm-room Lotharios, lines like this are making a comeback. Meet New York City's poetry "whores": men...
BEEFED UP!
LED by Eater.com, the blogs went bananas over the closing of Kobe Club last week. Ha, ha!, they belly-laughed at the expense of owner Jeffrey Chodorow. He thought he'd prove...
HUGH GOTTA BELIEVE!
AFTER hosting the Oscars, jumping nude into a waterfall -- as Hugh Jackman's title character does in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" -- must have seemed almost easy. The first blockbuster of...
TV IS GOOD FOR LONELY PEOPLE
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...
LOVELY 'BONES'
A visit from "Family Guy" baby Stewie Griffin and a performance by Motley Crue? Seems strange on paper, but "Bones" star Emily Deschanel swears it'll all make perfect sense within...
'ORDER' RESTORED
AS interesting as it is to watch new shows for the first time, sometimes, there's nothing better than a slow week. That's when the old clicker digs around-- like a...
STARR REPORT
Dr. Mehmet Oz, whose talk show starts in September (on Ch. 5), wears a different cap tomorrow when he hosts, with wife Lisa, the Health Corps benefit at the World...
STUFF OF ARTHURIAN LEGEND
BEA Arthur seemed the very definition of a tough showbiz broad. Tall, astringent, imperious -- she looked like someone who didn't suffer fools and could cut them down with a...
BLAKELY'S BACK
VETERAN actress Susan Blakely is joining the cast of NBC's "Southland." Blakely, 56, will play the mother of rookie cop Ben Sherman (Ben McKenzie) on the Thursday-night police drama, which...
A-ROD INCHING CLOSER TO RETURN
DETROIT -- Having participated in sliding drills for the first time yesterday since March 9 hip surgery, Alex Rodriguez cleared the last hurdle before playing in minor league rehab games....
DELGADO 'SORE' AFTER SHOT TO HIP
Omar Minaya said Carlos Delgado has received a cortisone shot in his inflamed right hip, and the ailing first baseman is expected to miss his third straight game today. Delgado,...
METS REMAIN AMAZIN'LY POWERLESS
Jerry Manuel took his Mets lineup to task, saying anxiety gets the better of them when they fall behind late in games. And Gary Sheffield -- the man Manuel has...
METS HAVE TO FOLLOW SANTANA'S LEAD
THE METS need to toughen up a bit. As if they don't have enough problems, it seems their hitters may be suffering from some form of late-inning anxiety attack. Jerry...
SHOCKED BRODEUR KNOWS LOSS WILL BE FROZEN IN TIME
WITH the Hurricanes pounding, pounding like the headache the Devils must now endure for another summer, Joni Pitkanen finally found a seam to Jussi Jokinen before Eric Staal fired one...
METS GO MEEKLY AFTER RELIEVER BURNED
Sean Green had plenty of problems on the mound in the top of the seventh inning last night. But Jerry Manuel seemed more bothered by his team's performance at the...
SQUARE EDDIE PULLED
Square Eddie, one of last year's top 2-year-olds whose 3-year-old campaign was interrupted when he suffered a stress fracture to his left front leg in February, was withdrawn from the...
FORMER KNICK GONDREZICK DEAD AT 53
LAS VEGAS -- Former UNLV basketball star Glen Gondrezick, who later played for the Knicks and Nuggets before turning to broadcasting, has died. He was 53. School officials and close...
ARAB OIL BARON SEEKS DERBY CROWN
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- For the first time in its 135-year history, the Kentucky Derby on Saturday could be snapped up by the Arab oil barons of Dubai. Launching their most...
DERBY FAVORITE'S TRAINER HAS QUESTIONS TO ANSWER
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- For the second straight year, controversy swirls around the Kentucky Derby favorite, under very similar circumstances. In 2008 Big Brown, owned by Long Island-based IEAH Stable, dominated...
'GQ' A DREAM CLAIM TRUE
Trainer Tom McCarthy, 75, a former bi ology teacher and high school principal in Louisville, has his first Derby starter this year, Blue Grass winner General Quarters. This week he...
HONDO'S ALL 'WRIGHT
Hondo kept it reel last night with the Fish, who did a number on the Flushing Metamucils to give him a third straight victory that widened the wad to a...
LATE CAPITALS GOAL SINKS RANGERS' DREAM
WASHINGTON -- And so at the end of this unsettled and ultimately unsatisfying season, the Rangers are left with a gigantic, "What if?" As in, "What if they'd played with...
DEVILS SUFFER HELLISH GAME 7 DEFEAT
The Devils' special season is over, and the stunning, almost unbelievable way it ended will be long remembered in New Jersey, longer than the special season itself. The Devils were...
GO GREEN, SAVE GREEN
"Landlords Will Need More Green" (April 22) reports industry objections to proposals made by the mayor and City Council speaker requiring property owners to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions...
THE OBAMA DOCTRINE
AFTER a mere 100 days, the "Obama Doctrine" for our foreign and security poli cies has emerged. And it's terrifying. The combination of dizzying naivete, dislike of our allies, disdain...
ABROAD, BAM STILL WALKS ON WATER
IF all world citizens could have cast votes in last November's election, Barack Obama would've won a landslide. Worldwide Gallup polls in late October 2008 showed the Democrat triumphing in...
OBAMA'S 100 DAYS: MODELING ROOSEVELT
PRESIDENT Obama is now thinking about what comes after his "Hundred Days." Although the president's first legislative period was modeled on Franklin D. Roosevelt's original "Hundred Days," Obama, a big...
WHAT ABOUT THE NEXT 1,361 DAYS?
IF Barack Obama's presidency were to end on Day 101, it would be a smash success. He's popular, the nation's mood is lifting, he's adored abroad, and he's already put...
OBAMA'S KOWTOW TOUR: TOSSING US UNDER A BUS
THE ISSUE: Pres. Obama's approach to dealing with European and Latin American regimes. *** President Obama came back from the G20 with an empty basket because Europeans are two-faced ("Strength's...
CYPRESS IS SEEN CLINGING TO 'CLAWBACK$'
One investor in a group -- that includes New York State's pension fund -- says it will demand that Cypress Group return $50 million from a fund that is scheduled...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Les pay CBS CEO Leslie Moon ves was awarded com pensation in 2008 valued at $20.8 million, down 69 percent from a year earlier. Moonves, 59, took in a salary...
NADEL FACES FRAUD CHARGE
Jailed hedge-fund adviser Arthur Nadel faces a 15-count federal indictment that accuses him of securities fraud, wire fraud and mail fraud, unsealed yesterday in Manhattan federal court. Prosecutors also are...
GERMAN BEER FALLS FLAT
The CEO of Hugo Boss' US division has stepped down after just six months on the job, and his position is being eliminated by the global fashion giant, The Post...
WAMU SAYS DIMON TOOK ILLEGAL WINDFALL
Jamie Dimon is being accused of wrongfully hoarding an $8 billion windfall gleaned in Washington Mutual's collapse -- and using the cash to prop up profits at his JPMorgan Chase....
NASTY NEWS AHEAD
THE demise of Portfolio, and its $120 million in cumulative losses, has not halted the sense of unease inside the $2 billion Condé Nast empire. One insider said that many...
JUDGE TELLS ARNELL: PAY PUBLISHER
Marketing and design guru Peter Arnell loves to talk about branding, but getting him to write about it is another matter. A judge ordered the controversial ad man to return...
ON DAY 101: AGITA
The 100-day benchmark has had no real significance since FDR sat in the White House, but taking note of it is traditional, so here is the call on President Obama:...
SPECTER'S 'PRINCIPLE': HE COMES FIRST
Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania switched parties yesterday. Again. Specter says the Republican Party has drifted too far to the right -- by which he appears to mean that a...
THE MTA ALLIANCE
It was hard to miss the desperation in the letter Mayor Bloomberg, union boss Randi Weingarten and business leader Kathryn Wylde sent Albany yesterday, begging for action to save the...
M'SOFT, VERIZON MAY GO UP AGAINST IPHONE
Microsoft may develop a touch-screen mutimedia cellphone in an attempt to compete with Apple's iPhone, The Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site. The company is talking with Verizon...
SKIN OF HIS TEETH
Despite mounting shareholder rage against Bank of America's Ken Lewis for concealing material information about the acquisition of Merrill Lynch, the beleaguered chairman and CEO is set to win today's...
BACK-SEAT DRIVER
A government-led plan to salvage Chrysler by merging it with Italy's Fiat may turn out to be a big fat lemon that could cost taxpayers billions more in rescue cash...
FINANCIER PANG GETS ARRESTED
Danny Pang, the founder and former chief executive officer of Private Equity Management Group, was arrested on federal charges that he cashed checks for amounts of less than $10,000 to...
CITI BONUSES
Citigroup is asking the Treasury for permission to pay special "retention" bonuses to many employees, The Wall Street Journal reported. The Journal said Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has not decided...
THERE'S MORE BEA TO SEE
Can't quite say goodbye to Bea Arthur? Thanks to Hallmark Channel, you don't have to. The station is imbuing its regular "The Golden Girls" programming with a "Best of the...
JAM-PACKED 'FOREST' NOTHING TO SING ABOUT
IF ambition counted for everything, Craig Lucas' supremely loopy "The Singing Forest" would be a masterpiece -- a nearly three-hour, genre-bending, time-jumping comedy/drama that mixes Nazi atrocities with boulevard farce....
THE GREAT GAEL
Gael Garcia Bernal plays a corny soccer player with musical aspirations in his latest film, "Rudo y Cursi," and the beautiful Mexican actor says he enjoyed every single minute of...
PEER PLEASURE
MUSICAL luminaries Cheo Feliciano, Willie Colón, Tito Nieves, José Alberto "El Canario," Johnny Pacheco, Larry Harlow and others are coming together to toast the 40-year musical career of Puerto Rican...
LATIN OUT LOUD
Girl power Amandititita combines electro-cumbia with sarcastic lyrics and bright, girly vocals to create music that is both political and playful. Like her father, Mexican rockero "Rockdrigo" González, she comments...
KITCHEN 'CINCO'
Cinco de Mayo may commemorate the Battle of Puebla in Mexico, but here in New York, it's just another excuse to enjoy tacos and tequila. Here's a list of the...
LET THEM EAT CAKE
THE BIGGEST spectacle at Celines Toribio's nuptials last week to celeb manager Giancarlo Chersich wasn't actress Michelle Rodriguez' bad-girl antics (the star pushed fully-clothed guests into the pool, broke up...
YANKEES SCORE 10 IN 7TH
DETROIT -- Phil Hughes went six innings in his first start and left fielder Josh Anderson's error led to a 10-run seventh inning as the Yankees ended a four-game losing...
METS BLOW ANOTHER LEAD
Jorge Cantu homered twice and drove in five runs and the Florida Marlins ended one of the wilder rides in baseball history, beating the Mets 7-4 Tuesday night to snap...
DEVILS LOSE GAME 7
The Carolina Hurricanes stole their thrilling first-round series from the Devils in the final 80 seconds. Jussi Jokinen and Eric Staal scored in a 48-second span late in the third...
Jets set Favre free
APBrett Favre was released from the reserve-retired list by the Jets on Tuesday night, making the quarterback a free agent if he decides to again come out of retirement.When Favre...
PARKER & BRODERICK HAVING TWINS - THROUGH A SURROGATE
LOS ANGELES -- Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick will be taking on new roles: parents of twin girls. The "Sex and the City" star and her actor-husband are expecting...