May 1, 2009
Red Bulls at Galaxy advance
The Red Bulls are hoping Wednesday's U.S. Open Cup play-in victory will jump-start their MLS campaign. They play tomorrow (10:30 p.m., MSG) at a team struggling even worse than they...
Omar backs off 'edge' comment
PHILADELPHIA -- Omar Minaya moved quickly tonight to douse a potential brushfire of his own making, contradicting himself wildly in the process. Disturbed by his team's disappointing 9-12 mark in...
Oprah Wishes Ellen Happy 1,000
Oprah Winfrey "Skyped" in to congratulate fellow day-time talk show host Ellen DeGeneres on her 1,000th episode today.With her puppy on her lap and a glass of champagne in her...
Overheard at the theater
I usually can't stand people who talk during plays but I was so bored at "Accent on Youth" last week that I was actually glad to sit in front of...
Rex Ryan transcript
Here's what Rex Ryan had to say after his first minicamp practice as head coach, courtesy of the New York Jets: Opening Statement...This is pretty funny you have to admit....
REX ON PLAX: 'WE WILL SEE'
New Jets coach Rex Ryan wouldn't admit he wants Plaxico Burress on his team. But he wouldn't deny it, either. "We will let that situation happen and we will see,"...
ANOTHER SEVEN AT-BATS FOR A-ROD
BRADENTON, Fla. -- Alex Rodriguez took another step toward rejoining the Yankees following hip surgery, batting seven times in an extended spring training game against Pittsburgh Pirates minor leaguers. "I...
Knicks' Nate jersey ranks 8th
NBA.com says Nate Robinson's Knicks jersey was the eighth most popular sold last season, and the Knicks, despite failing to make the playoffs for the fifth straight year, placed third...
Game 22: Mets at Phillies
PHILADELPHIA -- Carlos Delgado (pictured) and Luis Castillo will not be in the lineup tonight when the Mets open a three-game series here against the rival Phillies behind starter Mike...
Mark Sanchez transcript
Here's what Mark Sanchez had to say after his first practice, courtesy of the New York Jets: On his first practice...It was fun. It was loud. It was intense. It...
REPORT: VICK COULD SERVE AS PETA SPOKESMAN
Former NFL great Michael Vick has a new job offer waiting for him -- PETA spokesman. The former Atlanta Falcons quarterback, who is currently serving a 23-month prison term for...
Updated: Day 1 of Sanchez Era
By BRIAN COSTELLOMark Sanchez began his Jets career today, albeit in shorts and with no pads. It's hard to make many judgments on what we watched this morning, but here's...
RBNY's Osorio: "I want to play D.C. again''
After suffering a gut-wrenching 3-2 loss to D.C. last weekend, Red Bull coach Juan Carlos Osorio said he wanted a piece of archrival United in the U.S. Open Cup. And...
DOLAN BLESSES TUNNEL BORING MACHINES
God save the MTA! Transit chiefs and Archbishop Timothy Dolan appealed to the great train operator in the sky today, asking him to protect sandhogs digging a new 7 line...
'Favre Flu' hits Minnesota
Our Back Page Blog looks at what the Minnesota media has to look forward to now that Brett Favre has been given his relase by the Jets.
BERLUSCONI SAYS HE'S WORLD'S MOST POPULAR LEADER
NAPLES - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who has compared himself to Jesus Christ and Napoleon, boasted on Friday that he was the world's most popular leader. The conservative premier,...
FORMER A-ROD TEAMMATE: PITCH-TIPPING WORSE THAN STEROIDS
A former teammate of Alex Rodriguez says if A-Rod did tip pitches to opposing players it would be "worse than steroids or HGH." Pitcher R.A. Dickey told SI.com, if true,...
EPL: Team in Wolves Clothing
You have to at least dress for success if you want to compete with the likes of Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool.EPL-bound Wolves unveiled its new team jersey on...
'Favre Flu' grips Minnesota
Well, now he's somebody else's problem.The Brett Favre Buzz (which inevitably leads to a Brett Favre Hangover) has gripped Minnesota, leading the St. Paul Pioneer-Press down the winding road of...
Boldin shows, sits at Cardinals camp
The Arizona Cardinals Web site says WR Anquan Boldin arrived at the team's facility for a physical in advance of a mincamp.The site speculates, "Doesn't make much sense to do...
TIMES CO., BOSTON GLOBE NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE
BOSTON -- Contract negotiations continued Friday between unions at The Boston Globe and its owner, The New York Times Co., on the day the Times Co. set as the deadline...
Wolverine sideburns up for grabs
Having had the opportunity to see "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" last night at a Marvel screening, I am compelled to say that the movie was a heck of a lot of...
BLIND MAN DIED IN ELEVATOR SHAFT FALL
A blind man plummeted 25 feet to his death after stepping into an open elevator shaft in his Bronx apartment building, cops said today. Sheldon Scott, 67, was found dead...
34 CHARGED IN MOB-LINKED GAMBLING RING
HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Thirty-four people in New Jersey and New York face charges in what authorities say was sports betting ring run by the mob. Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli...
LONG ISLAND TEACHER FACES CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. -- A Reserve Officer Training Corps teacher at a Long Island high school faces a charge of possessing child pornography. Suffolk County prosecutors say James Finch pleaded not...
BLOOMY PUSHES FOR EVEN BIGGER SALES TAX HIKE
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is doubling the sales tax hike he proposed a few months ago for New York City. Bloomberg wants to raise the city sales tax by 0.5 percent....
MAMA GOTTI: FEDS TRYING TO 'KILL' MY SON
Talk about being a mama's boy. The mother of mob scion John "Junior" Gotti disrupted a hearing in Manhattan federal court today -- shouting that the feds are trying to...
DUTCH 'ASSASSIN' DIES AFTER PLOWING CAR INTO PARADE
AMSTERDAM - A Dutchman who tried to drive his car into a bus carrying Queen Beatrix at a royal parade died from his injuries on Friday. A military policeman hit...
Reality Pop-up Pairing
Kelly Bensimon ("Real Housewives of New York") and Erin Lucas ("The City") host the launch party for Belvedere Black Raspberry in SoHo (at the accursed "private pop-up space"). Brooke Shields,...
LAWMAKERS PUSH FOR BCS PLAYOFFS
WASHINGTON -- Tackling an issue sure to rouse sports fans, lawmakers pressed college football officials Friday to switch the Bowl Championship Series to a playoff, with one Texas Republican calling...
MID-RISE READY TO BUILD
A Coney Island developer is determined to build on the corner of Roberts and Parkview avenues. Pending Department of Buildings approval, ITG Development Group will demolish 1701 Parkview Avenue, a...
H' DEPOT OPENS AT GATEWAY
Gimme an H! Gimme an O-M-E! Gimme a D-E-P-O-T! On Thursday, April 23, Home Depot employees welcomed an enthusiastic crowd to the borough's newest big-box store. Between now and September,...
GOVERNMENT VEHICLES HOG PARKING SPOTS
With street parking in the Bronx always scarce, the Westchester Square business community is upset over the recent abuse of parking by government agencies. Members of the Association of Merchants...
DIAZ, JR. DEFEATS RIBUSTELLO FOR BP POST
As was expected, Assemblyman Ruben Diaz Jr. easily coasted to victory over Republican district leader Anthony Ribustello in a special election held on Tuesday, April 21 for former borough president....
CHARRED RESTAURANT RELOCATES
Peking House is back. Jackie Huang's restaurant reopened on Thursday, April 9 at E. Tremont Avenue and Lyvere Street, a block east of Castle Hill Avenue. Less than a month...
Coverage in The Post
PHILADELPHIA -- The Mets open a key early-season series here tonight against the Phillies fully expecting to play with fire and intensity after a sluggish 9-12 start. They also admit...
NYC JUDGE AMONG POTENTIAL SUPREME COURT NOMINEES
A federal judge in Manhattan is among the people President Barack Obama may consider to replace U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter. Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the 2nd U.S. Circuit...
Swine Flu Forces More Stadium Closures
APWeekend soccer in Mexico is colorful, just like the red and green sauces splashed on tacos and hawked by hundreds of food-sellers who overrun stadium grounds.The atmosphere resembles a market...
Ed Westwick Transfers to 'Californication'
"Gossip Girl" star Ed Westwick will trade in his private school education to become a student of Hank Moody (David Duchovny) on the upcoming season of "Californication."The Brit star, known...
COUPLE ARRESTED FOR HAVING SEX NEAR WINDSOR CASTLE
LONDON -- Queen Elizabeth II was at home at Windsor Castle, the sentries who guard her were on duty, and the large park surrounding the magnificent building was full of...
CITY BUDGET: MORE LAYOFFS, SPENDING CUTS, TAX HIKE
Mayor Michael Bloomberg's final budget plan for the next fiscal year will include layoffs, more spending cuts and a sales tax hike. Administration officials say the plan being presented Friday...
English Ref in 'Webb' of Mistakes
Here's something you don't hear often -- a referee has actually admitted to making a bad call.English referee Howard Webb admitted that he was wrong to award a penalty kick...
DEAR JOE ...
To: Vice President Joe Biden The Naval Observatory One Observatory Circle NW Washington, DC, 20008 Re: Your Big Mouth Dear Mr. Vice President, If you're so concerned about the health...
No Grace Period for New Bayern Boss
ReutersNew Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes could not have asked for a more demanding start to his brief tenure in charge of the German champions.Heynckes, who has taken over from...
DEALS: $159/night on Grand Cayman
This summer, plan on writing your own ticket to the Caribbean. Maybe not everywhere, but to lots of places. Places that are actually nice. Example - $159/night at the Westin...
MAN UP, BIDEN!
Vice President Joe Biden yesterday jammed his foot -- make that a pig's foot -- into his big mouth again, when he said he's telling family members to stay off...
3 UP: A-ROD, TEIXEIRA AND MANUEL
1. Mike Lowell is fourth in the majors with 23 RBIs. Chase Utley is eight with 20. Both are batting over .300 with Utley at .342. Both of these players...
It's 'Cad to the Bone' as Michael Douglas Channels Evans
I'm quoting the headline my whip-smart boss, Katherine Pushkar, wrote for my 2.5 star review of the guilty pleasure "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past,'' which she describes in the subhead as...
SOUTER TO STEP DOWN
WASHINGTON -- Justice David Souter, the Republican-appointed New England jurist who has become a reliable member of the liberal bloc on the Supreme Court, has told friends he plans to...
RELIEF FOR RENTERS
Mayor Bloomberg predicted yesterday that hikes for rent-stabilized tenants will be a "lot lower" this year than last year's 4.5 and 8.5 percent. "My guess is that they'll have a...
CRAIGSLIST GAL STILL CRAZY IN LOVE
She won't get to become "Mrs. Craigslist Killer" anytime soon, but the fiancée of accused psycho slayer Philip Markoff says she's still in love with him. A lawyer for Megan...
CREDIT-CARD REFORM WINS OK IN HOUSE
WASHINGTON -- The House yesterday approved the Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights aimed at shielding consumers from what proponents call "predatory lending" practices. The bill would prohibit credit-card companies from...
EXPERT DISHES ON 'WASHED' SI SLAY GUN
The gun used to kill a Staten Island fire marshal was run through a dishwasher to remove all traces of blood -- an indication that his wife cleaned up the...
WE ALL FALL DOWN-TOWN
A crumbling, violation-riddled TriBeCa landmark destined to be a luxury hotel partially collapsed yesterday, burying cars and sending shock waves through the tony area. "We heard cracking, and then there...
MORTGAGE BILL DIES IN SENATE
WASHINGTON -- The Democratic-controlled Senate yesterday defeated a plan to spare hundreds of thousands of homeowners from foreclosure through bankruptcy, a proposal that President Barack Obama embraced but did little...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
This was one fowl fish fry. An osprey knocked out power to hundreds of Salem, Ore., residents when it dropped its aquatic meal onto a high-voltage power line. Line workers...
BACK IN BOX, RODRIGUEZ DUCKS LATEST ALLEGATIONS
So much for Alex Rodriguez savoring his first game action since undergoing March hip surgery. On the same day Rodriguez was hitting a home run in an intra-squad game in...
EVEN ALEX'S GOOD DAYS GO BAD
This is supposed to be the thing every little kid dreams about, right? This is supposed to be the summit. You grow up to become the greatest player in the...
TEX, A-ROID NEED EACH OTHER
THE city of Alligators awaits the re-acquaintance of Alex Rodriguez, who is out of sight, but out of his mind if he believes an acknowledged steroid cheat is instantly eligible...
THREE-RUN BURST IN 8TH LIFTS YANKEES
The late-inning fog that enveloped the Stadium last night was replaced by Yankee thunder. Not the loud booms you might expect from this lineup, but a few quick claps. For...
SOME PRICES IN THIS WIDE-OPEN FIELD
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Against a backdrop of injured dropouts, confusing surface switches, weird speed figures, unseasoned horses and shippers from the Middle East, the 135th Kentucky Derby will be run...
JONES' COLT AMONG FAVORITES IN 20-HORSE DERBY
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- There's just one sure thing when it comes to tomorrow's 135th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. About two minutes after the gates spring open in the "mile-and-a-quarter...
BETTER'S GUIDE TO THE 135TH KENTUCKY DERBY
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METS RELYING ON OLLIE TO TAKE OUT PHILLIES
Two late-season collapses spearheaded by a bullpen that made you wince every time the outfield fence swung open has stripped Mets fans of any patience they had left.METS BLOGBOX SCORE...
PHILLIES PREVAIL AT CONFIDENCE GAME
THERE is not as much a talent gap between the Mets and Phillies as there is as a confidence gap. The Phillies have confidence, the Mets do not. METS BLOGBOX...
LITTLE CHEER IN BRONX FOR ABREU
Bobby Abreu figured he would get an offer from the Yankees. "Well, I did a pretty good job for two years," he theorized. COMPLETE YANKEES COVERAGEYANKEES BLOGBOX SCORE In those...
YANKEES EXPLAIN VACANT SEATS WITH EMPTY WORDS
EVERYTHING sports in this town is now fastened to a con. And while all sports patrons are now supposed to wear a "Kick Me" sign -- front or aft --...
SANCHEZ SET FOR 1ST JET FLIGHT
The education of a quarterback begins today in Florham Park. Mark Sanchez, the Jets' big prize from last week's NFL Draft, will step on the practice field as a member...
'GQ' WILL BE KICKING BARN DOORS DOWN
Trainer Tom McCarthy, 75, a former biology teacher and high school principal in Louisville, has his first Derby starter this year, Blue Grass win ner General Quarters. This week he...
TORTORELLA APOLOGIZES FOR BOTTLE TOSS
The Water(bottle)gate coverup is over. "It was a bad mistake and I regret it," John Tortorella said yesterday before conducting individual player meetings. "I put the Ranger organization in an...
QUESTIONS AND REGRETS AS DEVILS SAY GOODBYES
Captain Jamie Langenbrunner swore his T-shirt, portraying the flaming Hindenberg, a la Led Zeppelin, crashing in Lakehurst "wasn't trying to make a statement" that there were worse crash-and-burn disasters in...
SCHNEIDER CATCHES BAD BREAK ON ROAD BACK FROM DISABLED LIST
PHILADELPHIA -- Omir Santos and Ramon Castro are getting a reprieve this weekend when it comes to worrying about their roster spots now that regular catcher Brian Schneider has been...
TIGER CLAWS WAY INTO LEAD
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Masters is over. The Tiger & Phil show might just be getting started. Tiger Woods matched the course record with a 30 on the front nine,...
JACOBS HAS SHOT ON UNDERCARD
LAS VEGAS -- James Kirkland's misfortune, some might call it stupidity, is Danny Jacobs' gain. Jacobs, a promising middleweight from Brooklyn, has been added to the undercard of Saturday's pay-per-view...
EX-EXEC: NO SIGN ALEX TIPPED FOES
There's a difference between cheating baseball and cheating your team. When Alex Rodriguez admitted using steroids from 2001-03, he admitted to cheating the game. If he tipped pitches to an...
METS MUST BRING WINNING MINDSET INTO FOCUS
PHILADELPHIA -- Though David Wright fully expects the Mets to play well here this weekend, he also thinks that's part of their problem. METS BLOGBOX SCORE The struggling third baseman's...
RANGERS RUE SERIES, SEASON THAT GOT AWAY
Breaking up is hard to do, unless you're the Rangers following a season in which the team got Tom Renney fired after 61 games; finished 12th in the NHL overall...
CALL IT MIXED MARTIAL HOOPS
EVIDENTLY with the approval of fashion editor David Stern, the NBA and his court marshals made alternations from the regular season to the first round of the playoffs; the league...
'RACHEL' ONE TO BEAT AT OAKS
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- It's a little-kept secret on the Churchill Downs backstretch that the best 3-year-old in America might not be running in tomorrow's Kentucky Derby, but rather in today's...
NEXT TEST FOR ALEX: PLAY THIRD BASE
Alex Rodriguez can concentrate on his swing today, but Yankee manager Joe Girardi also is anxious to hear how his third baseman fares in the field. That opportunity for Rodriguez...
SPORTS SHORTS
NHL: Canucks clip Chicago in openerSami Salo scored on a 3-on-1 rush with 1:13 left as the Canucks beat the Blackhawks 5-3 last night in Vancouver in the series opener....
BULLS BLOCK CELTICS' BID TO ADVANCE
Derrick Rose scored 28 points and blocked Rajon Rondo's potential game-winner, John Salmons scored 35, and the Bulls beat the defending champions, 128-127, in triple overtime last night in Chicago...
HONDO: LET'S GO METS!
Home Run Heilman didn't give up any dingers but did the job for Hondo last night, paving the way to a Marlin victory that increased the earnings to a crisp...
JOE PATERNO: BIG TEN NEEDS TO EXPAND
Penn State coach Joe Paterno wants the Big Ten to expand to 12 teams so it can have a league title game, and he's got his eye on three Big...
5 QUESTIONS FOR... GARY STEVENS
HRTV and NBC analyst Gary Stevens won the Kentucky Derby three times as a jockey. Stevens talked with The Post's Justin Terranova about Saturday's Kentucky Derby. Q: What effect does...
CALIF. GAL: DAD WAS ZODIAC
A Southern California real-estate agent claims her father was the Zodiac killer who terrorized San Francisco 40 years ago -- and says she tagged along on parts of the slay...
MASSACRE AT ROYAL PARADE
A crazed assassin raced his car toward Holland's royal family yesterday, turning a festive parade into a gory scene of horror as he plowed into a crowd, killing five people....
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Bronx Police are hunting for Kevin Lopez (above), who escaped from their custody at Lincoln Hospital Wednesday. Lopez, 26, had been arrested in Hunts Point Tuesday at 8 p.m. on...
SUBWAY KID STABBED FOR 'KICKS'
A group of hoodlums stole the sneakers right off the feet of a Long Island teen after brutally beating and stabbing him aboard a Brooklyn subway train, authorities said yesterday....
STATE: COME GET YOUR $$
Here's one way to cash in like a celebrity -- find a check in your name registered with the state's unclaimed-funds kitty. State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's office is publicizing the...
TYRA'S STALKER GUILTY
A deranged drifter was convicted yesterday of stalking supermodel and TV host Tyra Banks -- but he won't become America's next top inmate, because a judge wants him counseled, not...
METROCARD SCAMMER HELL-BENT
Bending MetroCards to trick turnstile readers into permitting a free ride could send a scammer to the slammer, the state's highest court said yesterday. Creasing a MetroCard's magnetic strip can...
300G PENSION RAP AIN'T 'PEANUTS'
ALBANY -- A "little peanut of a man" from Texas was charged yesterday with kicking back $300,000 in state pension-fund placement fees to already-indicted Democratic guru Hank Morris, and steering...
PATERSON BURNED BY A RACIAL 'FIRE'
ALBANY -- Gov. Paterson, who raised state taxes by $8 billion last month, just cost state taxpayers $300,000 more. The state has secretly settled an embarrassing federal racial-discrimination lawsuit, The...
BANDI-DON'T: CITY OFFICIAL'S APOLOGY
A Mayor Bloomberg appointee said lo siento yesterday for writing that swine flu might make the country "get a grip on its banditos." Betsy Perry, of the City Commission on...
FINEST'S 'FRISKY' BIZ CARD
People who are stopped and frisked in the city's most crime-ridden precincts are now getting a business card for their troubles. Under intense pressure from civil-rights groups and lawsuits slamming...
'COURT SOUSE' ARREST
If you're too boozed up to drive, sleep it off -- but not in a car idling in front of a courthouse. Court officers reporting for work yesterday found a...
CRUEL FATE FOR GRANDE DAME OF NY
IT is to cry. Louis Auchincloss -- that's "Louie" to you -- is no spring chicken. At 91, the American blueblood, who was raised not on Park Avenue but in...
NEW BID TO HANDCUFF MAYOR OVER SCHOOLS
A proposed law advancing in the state Assembly would gut mayoral control of the city's schools, The Post has learned. Democratic Brooklyn Assemblyman James Brennan's legislation would dramatically scale back...
NYERS RIDING OUT CHAP. 11
President Obama's upbeat speech yesterday about Chrysler's prospects certainly sold Mary and Dennis Saleeby. On the very day the country's No. 3 automaker declared bankruptcy, the Manhattan couple picked up...
GREEDY ASTOR SON AN ARTFUL CODGER
Nice work if you can steal it. Anthony Marshall paid himself more than $200,000 an hour for his efforts in selling his mother's favorite painting out from under her, according...
BIG BOOST IN IMETTE-SLAY TRIAL
Prosecutors mounting the case against the alleged killer of Imette St. Guillen -- slain after leaving a SoHo club in 2006 -- got a huge win yesterday when a Brooklyn...
LAWYER'S '$CAMPTONS' HOMES FOR SALE
Three of disgraced attorney Marc Dreier's Hamptons homes are being rushed to market in hopes of attracting a buyer looking for an "ideal vacation property." A Manhattan federal judge yesterday...
GOV'S $ECRET MTA PLAN IS REVEALED
Gov. Paterson's secret plan to sway state Senate Democrats holding out on an MTA bailout vote is to reimburse school districts that would have to pay the proposed payroll tax,...
CARTIER'S 'ROCK' HALL OF FAME
Diamonds may be an extravagance in these tough times -- but that isn't stopping Cartier from blinging it on. The famed French jeweler has been outfitting American "royalty" in baubles...
CITY CAN HANDLE 1 MIL ILL
The city can treat more than 1 million New Yorkers with drugs if the swine-flu outbreak gets much worse, officials said yesterday. "Within hours, we could stock every hospital in...
MAN UP, BIDEN!
Hardy New Yorkers yesterday scoffed at Vice President Joe Biden for worrying about catching swine flu on the subway, saying they will keep riding the rails despite the veep's "fear-mongering."...
CHARTER BOSS VS. UNION BOSS IS NO CONTEST
One came to soothe, the other to fight. An unusually conciliatory Randi Weingarten, head of the city's teacher union, took a flurry of jabs yesterday from Harlem charter-schools operator and...
HERO CAPTAIN: ARM OUR SHIPS
WASHINGTON -- Hero skipper Richard Phillips wants armed security personnel on commercial ships in pirate-infested waters. "I do not mean a mall cop," he said yesterday while testifying before a...
SAUDI GIRL, 8, DIVORCES HUBBY, 50
An 8-year-old Saudi girl divorced her middle-aged husband after her father forced her to marry him last year in exchange for $13,000, her lawyer said yesterday. Saudi Arabia has come...
GAL BEHIND 'GOLDEN FLEECE'
Meet the "gold digger." Teresa Tambunting, who is charged with stealing as much as $12 million in gold from her Queens jewelry-manufacturer employer, gave a wry grin when she spotted...
BID TO PUSH NICKEL BAGS
The city is moving closer to a 5-cent tax on plastic bags. Democratic Assemblyman Micah Kellner announced yesterday he has introduced a bill in the state Legislature authorizing the tax...
MIKE BUDGETS FEWER LAYOFFS
Next year's city budget will call for 3,750 layoffs -- about half the number Mayor Bloomberg threatened just three weeks ago -- and fewer givebacks from municipal unions, sources said...
SCREW-LOOSE COP STABBER
Cops shot a psycho panhandler on a crowded Brooklyn subway platform after he asked a plainclothes officer for a cigarette and then tried to stab him in the chest with...
THE PAK CIVIL WAR
OUR diplomats and generals can't understand why Pakistan's million- man military avoids confronting the Taliban as the extremists tear into the country's flesh. Admiral Michael Mullen, our chairman of the...
WEEKEND HOT PICKS IN ENTERTAINMENT
GOLDEN OLDIES, Film In an inspired bit of programming, BAM Rose Cinemas is presenting a 23-film showcase of movies made by directors in their twilight years. Tomorrow: the 1946 comedy...
TURTLE BAY'S TUT-TUT OVER POST-9/11 'TORTURE'
THE ISSUE: A UN envoy's call to prosecute those responsible for 'harsh' post-9/11 interrogations. *** Reading Charles Hurt's article ("Targeting 'Torture' Attorneys," April 25), I felt a surge of rage...
SAVE STREET SIGNS FOR REAL HEROES
THE ISSUE: A proposal from a Queens community board to name a street after Sean Bell. *** The community now wishing to honor Sean Bell with a street sign is...
'TORTURE' REGRETS CHEER OUR ENEMIES
IF President Obama were as crafty as, say, Osama bin Laden, you might wonder if his decision last week to release new "torture" photos this month was part of some...
BULLS-EYE BY THE SUPREMES
Appellate judges, especially those on the Supreme Court, generally issue complex rulings that can run on forever. Sometimes, though, everything that needs to be said about a case can be...
DINAPOLI'S DUTY
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli needs to make crystal clear that there will be no trickery allowed in bailing out the MTA. None whatsoever. Specifically, DiNapoli needs to make clear that...
JOE'S PIG PANIC
Just what does the Obama administration have against New York City, anyway? Consider: Mere days after an Air Force One backup buzzed Lower Manhattan for a top-secret photo shoot, panicking...
BROADWAY
"ACCENT ON YOUTH": * There's no accent of any kind in this flat comedy starring a badly directed David Hyde Pierce. Rent one of the classic movies author Samson Raphaelson...
OFF-BROADWAY
"BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?": *** Moving musical revue featuring songs and stories of the Depression era. Triad Theatre, 158 W. 72nd St.; 212-352-3101. Closes June 14. "DISTRACTED": **½...
POP, ROCK, FOLK
BOYS II MEN: The R&B '90s hitmakers responsible for "I'll Make Love to You" and "One Sweet Day" perform Thursday at 8 p.m. at B.B. King's, 237 W. 42nd St.;...
JAZZ
BLUE NOTE: Singer-guitarist John Pizzarelli leads a quartet through Sunday at 8 and 10:30 p.m. 131 W. Third St.; 212-475-8592. DIZZY'S CLUB COCA-COLA: The Julliard Jazz Orchestra celebrates Duke Ellington...
CLASSICAL
AVERY FISHER HALL: Alan Gilbert conducts as violinist Joshua Bell joins the New York Philharmonic in works by Dvorak, Saint-Saens and more Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Lincoln Center; 212-875-5656. CARNEGIE...
DANCE
BAM: The Trisha Brown Dance Company fuses classic and modern dance with original performances, including 2004's "Planes" and 1979's "Glacial Decoy," today and tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. 30 Lafayette Ave.,...
FILM
IFC CENTER: A wife and a mistress plot to kill the man they have in common in Henri-Georges Clouzot's "Diabolique" (1955), showing at 11 a.m. today through Sunday. 323 Sixth...
CABARET
FEINSTEIN'S: It's Lesley Gore's party and she'll perform her hits Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 8:30 p.m. 540 Park Ave. South; 212-339-4095. JOE'S PUB: Susan Werner covers Porter, Gershwin and...
JAZZ IN THE DIAMOND DISTRICT
FORGET West 47th Street -- and the only Jazz in Lindsey Christian's dull indie soap opera is an aspiring funk singer by that name (Monique Cameron) who lives in a...
THE MERRY GENTLEMAN
AT the end of "The Merry Gentleman," I consulted the press notes to find out what it was about. It's a crime movie, but no one spends much time gathering...
PREVIEWS
"EVERYDAY RAPTURE": Sherie Rene Scott stars in a coming-of-age story about a Mennonite in Manhattan. Second Stage, 307 W. 43rd St. 212-246-4422. Opens Sunday. "OFFICES": From "Fargo" director Ethan Coen...
THREE MONKEYS
'THREE Monkeys" marks the third winner in a row (after "Distant" in 2002 and "Climates" in 2006) for Turkish critics' darling Nuri Bilge Ceylan. In the best tradition of Antonioni...
STARR REPORT
Reege, squared It'll be back-to-back Regis Philbin in prime-time this summer, on two different net works, yet. On May 24, Reege returns for a six-week run as host of CBS'...
SAVED BY THE BELGIAN
THIS is a fortuitous day for fans of Jim Jarmusch. Not only is his newest (the appealing "The Limits of Control") opening, but "Eldorado," a Jarmusch-ian black comedy from Belgium,...
BROWN TROUPE IN THE PINK
THE Brooklynerati were out in their finery Wednesday night at BAM to celebrate Trisha Brown's evolution over four decades from Judson Church austerity to the epitome of Opera House chic....
'I LET THEM DOWN'
EX-Jenny Craig spokeswoman Kirstie Alley, who's piled on the pounds -- again -- has apologized for reverting to her weighty ways. "I really am sorry for the people I let...
AGELESS AZNAVOUR DOES SHOW HIS WAY
ASPIRING singers should head to City Center this weekend, where one of the 20th century's greatest performers is delivering a master tutorial. He is Charles Aznavour, whose nearly 85 years...
BROTHEL-LY LOVE IN VIENNA
I'M sure Dr. Phil will back me on this: It is never a good idea for lovers to work at the same place -- espe =cially if that place is...
ASSASSINATION BY COMMITTEE
'SOMETIMES I like films where people just sit there not saying any thing," says a character in hipster icon Jim Jar musch's latest snoozer, "The Limits of Control." These lines...
FOX BEATS OBAMA
FOX'S risky gambit to not air the latest presiden tial press conference paid off -- just barely. The network ran a fresh episode of "Lie to Me" instead of President...
NEAR NUDITY AT ITS WORST
LAST week I thought watch ing women take their clothes off was sexy. This week I saw "A Wink and a Smile." The movie is an excruciating documentary about ordinary...
BIG WASTE OF SPACE
AGGRESSIVELY ugly and intergalactically boring, the dismal sci-fi kiddie cartoon "Battle for Terra" is too weak to be shown anywhere except maybe on the next flight to Saturn. On the...
PARTON'S MUSICAL WORKS
THE star can barely sing or dance, the composer's never written for Broadway before -- and the whole thing's based on a 1980 film some think is outdated. But since...
GOGO TO SEE THIS MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
'NOTHING happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful!" It's not a very eventful day for Estragon, half of the couple at the heart of "Waiting for Godot." Actually, all his...
HARD PICKS IN TONY PACK
GEOFFREY Rush, who's dying in "Exit the King," has ad mired Angela Lans bury, who talks to the dead in "Blithe Spirit," for many years. "I danced and leapt around...
ADAM REALLY WAS IN THE BOTTOM 3
SET those conspiracy theories aside -- "American Idol" wasn't trying to fake you out with Wednesday night's Bottom 3 results. But Adam may not have been one of the Bottom...
PREGNANT PAUSE
THIS one's a match made in talk-show heaven. "Maury" is teaming with The National Campaign to Prevent Teen And Unplanned Pregnancy in an effort to help raise awareness of this...
SET DEATH
NBC exec Nora O'Brien died suddenly Wednesday night on the set of NBC's upcoming drama pilot, "Parenthood." O'Brien, 42, died of a brain aneurysm, ac- cording to The Hollywood Reporter....
X-MEN PREQUEL ROARS TO LIFE
X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE *** The summer's first blockbuster delivers nonstop action, cutting-edge special effects, great stunt work and taut direction, with Hugh Jackman's Wolverine pitted against his evil half-brother, Sabretooth,...
CAD TO THE BONE!
AS someone who generally finds Matthew McConaughey comedies less fun than a root canal, I'm almost embarrassed to admit I found "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" the season's first genuine guilty...
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...
NYC BUSINESS EXPO: A street fair on Greenwich Street, between Barclay and Warren streets, today from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. ROMANIA DAY FESTIVAL: Tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 6...
TIME WARP AT THE 'ELLIES'
IN a somewhat subdued National Magazine Awards gala last night at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall, the beleaguered industry still managed to relax and enjoy itself for...
FOR NEW EXEC, AOL GOOGLES
Newly anointed AOL chief Tim Armstrong wasted no time raiding his old employer, recruiting a former Google colleague to shore up the company's faltering ad business. Jeff Levick, who was...
NADEL PLEA: NOT GUILTY
Arthur Nadel, the jailed Florida hedge-fund adviser arrested in January, pleaded not guilty to a 15-count federal indictment accusing him of fraud. Nadel, who is being held in prison until...
NEW JOBLESS FILINGS DOWN
Initial claims for state unemployment insurance benefits fell by 14,000 to a seasonally adjusted 631,000 last week, suggesting the pace of layoffs was easing, even as benefit rolls in mid-April...
DISNEY IS BUYING STAKE IN HULU.COM
Walt Disney Co. is acquiring a stake in Hulu.com, gaining a new Internet outlet for films and television shows on the third-most popular video Web site. Disney joins NBC Universal,...
GM'S BONDHOLDERS SEEK DRIVER'S SEAT
General Motors Corp.'s bondholders are proposing a plan to President Barack Obama's auto task force that would give them control of the carmaker being propped up with $15.4 billion in...
BITE YOUR TONGUE, SUMNER
Sumner Redstone earlier this week said in a speech that he doesn't think newspapers are going to be around in 10 years, but observers are starting to whisper the same...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Delayed stress The Federal Reserve will postpone the release of stress tests on the big gest US banks, originally set for Monday, while executives debate pre liminary findings with examiners,...
BAD NEWS AT EXXON HITS MARTS
US stocks dropped, reversing a 1.7 percent surge in the Standard & Poor's 500 index, as Exxon Mobil drove energy companies lower and the government pushed Chrysler into bankruptcy. Exxon...
AD AGENCY BBDO IS MAJOR CREDITOR
Count one of the country's biggest advertising agencies as one of Chrysler's biggest unsecured creditors. The now-bankrupt automaker owes BBDO Detroit, Chrysler's lead ad agency, $58 million, which sets the...
PETER MADOFF DENIED $500K IN COURT RULING
Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff's brother tried to squeeze $500,000 out of Madoff's bankrupt securities firm, a lawyer for the trustee liquidating the business said yesterday. Peter Madoff demanded the dough...
EX-CITI BANKER FINGERED
A former top investment banker at Citigroup is accused of giving valuable insider tips to friends and family on merger deals in 2007. Maher Kara, 37, an ex-director in Citigroup...
A BOY AND HIS TOYS
Forget Optimus Prime -- yesterday's deal with Hasbro establishes Discovery Communications CEO David Zaslav as the cable industry's true transformer. Zaslav continued his aggressive makeover of Discovery's cable network portfolio,...
HEAT ON HOLDOUTS
The US Treasury spent yesterday putting the screws to a group of 20 dissident investors that refused to accept a 70 percent cut on up to $1 billion of debt...
SPEED OF BANKRUPTCY DEPENDS ON JUDGE
The success of the government's drive to move Chrysler through a quick bankruptcy over the next 30 days to 60 days could be decided today by a US Bankruptcy Court...
GLOBAL STAKES FOR NY TIMES
Arthur "Pinch" Sulzberger faces the uncomfortable task of having to shut down the Boston Globe today if holdout employees refuse to fork over $20 million in savings to his family....
JUSTICE SOUTER RETIRING: REPORT
News media reports say Justice David Souter plans to retire from the Supreme Court at the end of the court's term in June. Speculation that the 69-year-old justice will be...
CABRERA'S SINGLE LIFTS YANKEES OVER ANGELS 7-4
Melky Cabrera spoiled Angels manager Mike Scioscia's strategy, hitting a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning that led the New York Yankees over Los Angeles 7-4 on Thursday night for...
PATERNO WANTS BIG TEN TO EXPAND
Penn State coach Joe Paterno wants the Big Ten to expand to 12 teams so it can have a league title game, and he's got his eye on three Big...
Tribeca: Kazan, Hinds Take Acting Awards
Zoe Kazan, granddaughter of legendary director/ HUAC informant Elia Kazan ("On the Waterfront'') won the best actress prize last night at the Tribeca Film Festival for her riveting performance as...