May 12, 2009
Coke sidelined with bad back
By GEORGE A. KING IIITORONTO -- The Yankees bullpen took another hit when effective lefty Phil Coke wasn't available due to a balky back."His back is a little stiff and...
DELGADO COULD LAND ON DISABLED LIST
Carlos Delgado's aching right hip is expected to sideline him for at least a few days, and the Mets plan to decide by Friday whether to put him on the...
Cannes: Early Raves for Pixar's 'Up'
Pixar's 3-D "Up'' opens the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday, but already the trades are weighing in with early rave reviews. "Depending on what you think of 'Cars,' Pixar makes...
Fable II DLC images: pretty tasty
Another DLC for Fable II is now on XBL. For a mere 560 Microsoft points, you'll get "See the Future," in which you'll meet Murgo the Trader who happens to...
JETER OUT OF YANKEES LINEUP
TORONTO -- Derek Jeter was scratched from the Yankees lineup tonight against Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay. Jeter was in the leadoff spot but was removed due to a right...
EVANS BOUND FOR DOUBLE-A
A little less than a year ago, Nick Evans made a splash in his major-league debut, going 3-for-4 with three doubles and two RBIs in the Mets' 9-2 win over...
WiiWare celebrates its first bday
That's right, folks. WiiWare, the downloadable video game service for the (duh) Wii, is officially one year old today.Here are a few of the current 81 worth checking out:-Tetris Party:...
Nintendo to get two more Spores
Am I alone in thinking that "spore" is almost as grody a word as "moist" is? Huh.Anyway, EA has announced that the Spore franchise is getting two new growths: Spore...
BAR OWNER LIED TO COPS ABOUT ST. GUILLEN SLAY
The scion of a Big Apple bar-owning family made infamous in the notorious preppie killer case, admitted today he callously lied to cops hunting for the killer of a woman...
Former Cosmos coach Mazzei dies
APSAO PAULO -- Julio Mazzei, who helped persuade Pele to play in the United States and coached the Cosmos to a North American Soccer League title in 1982, has died....
Evans to Florida, then Double-A
Updating an earlier post, the Mets have sent the badly slumping Nick Evans to extended spring training in Florida from Triple-A Buffalo, where he was hitting .093 with 27 strikeouts....
Jeter, Swisher not in lineup
Derek Jeter and Nick Swisher are not in the Yankees' lineup tonight. Jeter has a strained oblique muscle; no word on if Swisher is injured.The Yankees are coming off an...
$300K Plasma TV Taller Than You
Think bigger means better when it comes to TVs? Here's the set for you: a Japanese TV manufacturer yesterday unveiled a, big enough for all but a few NBA stars...
TRUSTEE SUES AGAIN IN MADOFF CASE
NEW YORK (AP) -- The trustee overseeing the liquidation of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's assets sued another investment fund on Tuesday, claiming it owes Madoff's victims more than $1 billion...
Gilbride: Plax tough to replace
With the Giants seemingly out of the chase for Braylon Edwards and Anquan Boldin with draft picks Hakeem Knicks and Ramses Barden, offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride said today he still...
Lucas, Peyton Leaving 'One Tree Hill'
"People always leave," according to Peyton. So now Peyton is leaving - and she's taking Lucas with her. Chad Michael Murray and Hilarie Burton, who star as leading lovers Lucas...
Pagan headed to Buffalo
Angel Pagan -- remember him? -- was sent by the Mets to Triple-A Buffalo today on a rehabilitation assignment. Pagan, who came out of nowhere to win the Opening Day...
FDA SCOLDS CHEERIOS-MAKER FOR HEALTH CLAIMS
WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators have scolded the maker of Cheerios, saying the company made inappropriate claims about the popular cereal's ability to lower cholesterol and treat heart disease. The Food...
DR. SEUSS WIDOW OKS 'CAT IN THE HAT' SERIES
The widow of Dr. Seuss, apparently has had a change of heart about the most famous character created by her late husband, Theodor Geisel. PBS said yesterday it has gotten...
NORWEGIAN MAN FINED $109G FOR DRUNK DRIVING
OSLO -- A rich Norwegian has been ordered to pay a 700,000 kroner ($109,000) fine after driving his car 400 yards while drunk. Police stopped the 49-year-old man in October...
Isiah: I tried my best with Knicks
By JUSTIN TERRANOVASometimes trying your best just isn't good enough, at least not in New York.Isiah Thomas talked about his failures with the Knicks on Dan Patrick's radio show today."I...
Kate Gosselin 'Horrified,' Denies Cheating on Jon
Hold the babies, now Kate Gosselin is cheating on Jon? Well, that's what People magazine wants you to believe.But the reality TV star and mom of eight says she is...
GIANTS, YANKEES, DEVILS HAVE TOP OWNERS
Sports Illustrated says New York is home to some of the best -- and worst -- owners in sports. SI.com has ranked the five best and worst owners in each...
Game 32: Braves at Mets
The Mets hope to bounce back from Monday night's error-ridden loss to Atlanta in the series opener when Mike Pelfrey takes the hill at Citi Field. Pelfrey is undefeated in...
PART II: TRANSCRIPT FROM COCKPIT OF BUFFALO PLANE CRASH
Buffalo Crash Pilot's Final WordsPART 1: Transcript From Buffalo Crash 22:02:09.7 HOT-2 oh no. they didn't like him doing that? 22:02:12.3 HOT-1 I said well uh if if you need...
NY AMISH BOY BUSTED WITH BEER IN HORSE-DRAWN BUGGY
Talk about giving a new meaning to chugging along in a horse-drawn buggy. Police cracking down on rowdy Amish youths ticketed an upstate teenager for having beer in his horse...
More on MLS academy rules & Dilly Duka
Red Bull academy prospect Dilly Duka being named to the U.S. Under-20 National Team camp today won't surprise anyone. It was the Montville native and Rutgers sophomore's quick jump from...
YANKEES WATCHING WIND, TICKETS
The Yankees today said they are monitoring the wind, home runs and empty seats close to the field at their new ballpark. Chief operating officer Lonn Trost said more wind...
Favre works out with high school
By JUSTIN TERRANOVAThe longer this Brett Favre saga plays out, the more it feels like last year all over again.The camped-out journalists, the conflicting reports, and now Favre working out...
GI CHARGED WITH MURDER AFTER IRAQ SHOOTINGS
BAGHDAD -- An Army sergeant who was due to leave Iraq soon after three tours has been charged with murder and aggravated assault in the fatal shooting of five fellow...
MIAMI JURY CONVICTS MEN IN TERROR PLOT
MIAMI -- A federal jury in Miami has convicted five men of plotting with al-Qaida to topple Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices in hopes of igniting an anti-government...
REPORT: NYPD HAS STOPPED RECORD NUMBER IN EARLY 2009
A new report shows that New York City police stopped, questioned and frisked a record number of people during the first three months of the year. A report of police...
EPA HONCHO: SUPERFUND CAN'T STOP THE STINK!
The proposed federal clean-up of the Gowanus Canal would not correct the deficiencies of the aging city sewer system that dumps untreated sewage into the foul waterway each year, a...
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW COMPLAINED ABOUT ASTOR'S LONGEVITY
The daughter-in-law of Brooke Astor openly complained about the philanthropist's longevity -- saying the socialite would outlive her husband and ensure that she get almost no money. "[Astor] is killing...
Michael Landon's Son Dies
Mark Landon, the eldest son of legendary TV star Michael Landon, was found dead today at his home. He was 60. Michael Landon, known for his roles as Little Joe...
Evans' nightmare worsening?
Wow, talk about a complete free fall: Word out of Buffalo today indicates the Mets are on the verge of demoting the struggling Nick Evans to Double-A Binghamton -- and...
Roger Clemens on 'Mike & Mike'
Today's Roger Clemens interview with "Mike & Mike in the Morning," as it aired on ESPN2.:
'Idol' Fix: Simon Predicts Adam Will Win
Simon says... vote for Adam Lambert. The acerbic "American Idol" judge sat on Oprah's couch yesterday and told the talk show host his prediction for this season's reality competition."I would...
EX-DEMOCRATIC FUNDRAISER ON TRIAL IN NYC
NEW YORK -- A federal prosecutor in New York City has accused former top Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu of forcing others to make illegal political contributions. Assistant U.S. Attorney Rua...
PART I: TRANSCRIPT FROM COCKPIT OF BUFFALO PLANE CRASH
Transcript from the cockpit voice recorder of Flight 3407 which crashed near Buffalo. Buffalo Crash Pilot's Final Words: 'Jesus Christ' Hot-1 is the pilot, Captain Marvin Renslow, 47, and Hot-2...
Pulse Sales: Ksubi
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TEEN FIREFIGHTER INDICTED
MINEOLA, N.Y. -- A New York grand jury has indicted a teenage volunteer firefighter on murder, arson and other charges stemming from a February blaze that killed four people. Caleb...
WRs coach Sullivan ready for challenge
BY PAUL SCHWARTZGiants receivers coach Mike Sullivan has seen his two starters, Plaxico Burress and Amani Toomer, leave the team and there's been no veterans signed to pick up the...
PIECES FROM OLD YANKEE STADIUM FINALLY GO ON SALE
Bidder up! Fans can now own a piece of the old Yankee Stadium starting today when collectibles from the famed ballpark hit the auction block. The Internet auction, run by...
RAMSAY DROPS F-BOMB 115 TIMES
F-bomb king Gordon Ramsay has run afoul of British TV officials for an episode of "Great British Nightmare." Ramsay dropped the f-bomb an incredible 115 times in the first 40...
FORMER MILWAUKEE ARCHBISHOP REVEALS HE IS GAY
NEW YORK -- A Roman Catholic archbishop who resigned in 2002 over a sex and financial scandal involving a man describes his struggles with being gay in an upcoming memoir...
84 AFGHAN GIRLS HOSPITALIZED
MUHMUD RAQI, Afghanistan -- At least 84 Afghan girls were admitted to a hospital Tuesday for headaches and vomiting in the third apparent poison attack on a girls school in...
VATICAN DEFENDS POPE FROM ISRAELI CRITICISMS
JERUSALEM -- The Vatican defended the pope Tuesday from a growing chorus of Israeli critics who accused the German-born Benedict XVI of failing to express enough remorse for the Holocaust...
TEARFUL YOKO ONO TALKS ABOUT JOHN LENNON EXHIBIT
NEW YORK -- A new John Lennon exhibit is particularly emotional for his widow, Yoko Ono. Besides Lennon's guitars, letters and other personal effects, it also includes a paper bag...
Bushes in this week's paper
Here is the link to this week's Bushes article in the Post. It's about the continuing comeback from rotator cuff surgery for Yankee farmhand Alan Horne.The right-hander is slated to...
CA. BUSINESSMAN PLEADS GUILTY IN PENSION PROBE
A California businessman has pleaded guilty to securities fraud in connection with an investigation of alleged corruption at New York's public pension fund. The attorney general's office says Julio Ramirez...
Teixeira out of excuses
By JUSTIN TERRANOVAMark Teixeira got a little more leeway than most high-priced players who got off to slow starts in The Bronx.The Yankees new first baseman had two ready-made excuses...
Oprah Forgives James Frey
Lesson learned: don't betray Oprah Winfrey. The talk show host finally forgave James Frey, the writer who tried to pass his book "A Million Little Pieces" off as a memoir...
Report: Man United's Tevez to Liverpool?
Manchester United striker Carlos Tevez reportedly wants to cross enemy lines and join Liverpool, the Red Devils' fiercest archrival. I guess if you can't beat them, pilfer from them.Now this...
TRUMP: MISS CALIFORNIA TO KEEP CROWN
She's keeping her crown. Donald Trump said today that Miss California USA Carrie Prejean can retain her crown -- even though she violated contest rules by posing nude beforehand. PHOTOS:...
A hot front
Last night I went down to the Lower East Side to check out the new Dixon Place on Chrystie St. Okay, it's not brand-spanking new anymore, but it was my...
FORMER NY HEALTH CHIEF PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO DEFRAUDING GOV'T
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Former U.S. surgeon general and New York health commissioner Antonia Novello has pleaded not guilty to charges she forced state employees to work overtime to handle her...
Mets attendance down 23.4%
It's not an apples-to-apples comparison, of course, but the Mets' average attendance has dropped 23.4 percent this season compared to last year. That fall-off is the fourth-largest in baseball, according...
TRUMP TO MAKE MISS CALIFORNIA DECISION
Donald Trump plans to make an announcement regarding Miss California USA Carrie Prejean. Trump, who owns the Miss USA pageant, will make the announcement Tuesday at Trump Tower in New...
Report: Leon a no-show
NJ.com reports that running backs Leon Washington and Thomas Jones both skipped a voluntary workout yesterday because they are upset about their contracts.Jones' absence was expected; he has not attended...
Coverage in The Post
Monday provided a double whammy to the Mets: A typically superb Johan Santana was betrayed once again by a lack of run support in an 8-3 loss to the Braves...
BUFFALO CRASH PILOT'S FINAL WORDS: 'JESUS CHRIST!'
"Jesus Christ!" Those were the last, desperate words uttered by the inexperienced pilot of Flight 3407 as it plunged into a Buffalo home in February, killing 50 people, according to...
LIRR TRAIN HITS MAN IN HICKSVILLE
A Long Island Rail Road train bound for New York City has struck a man on the tracks at the station in suburban Hicksville, Long Island. The LIRR's Rich Mendelson...
The Daily Whacks, Tuesday Edition
This seems as good a time as any to revisit a favored subject of mine. As a kid -- back when fathers and son could afford to do this --...
SMILING SABERI HAPPY TO BE OUT OF IRANIAN JAIL
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- American journalist Roxana Saberi said Tuesday she is very happy to be free and reunited with her parents and thanked those who helped win her release...
DVD Extra: Charles and Elsa
Before and after her famous title role in "The Bride of Frankenstein'' (she also played Mary Shelley in the prologue), Elsa Lanchester supported her closeted husband, Charles Laughton, in two...
Santana and Lowe
From JOEL SHERMANWatching Johan Santana on Monday night made me think of Bob Gibson's 1968. Despite a magical 1.12 ERA, Gibson still lost nine games that season. In that Year...
3 UP: CELEBRATIONS, SANTANA AND LOWE
1. A few times a year now we find ourselves in the stupid discussion about if some player celebrated inappropriately or not. This very often -- in recent years --...
Revival Circuit: Laying Down the Lawes at Film Forum
Wednesday night, Dawson Brown, acting superintendent of the famed state correctional facility in Ossining, will participate in a panel discussion of "20,000 Years in Sing Sing'' at Film Forum as...
Reality TV Tryouts: 'The Real World'
How to get your 15 seconds of fame.Breakthrough with Tony RobbinsYou can really gauge how bad the recession is by how many down-on-your-luck reality shows are out there. If you...
'ANGEL' FIGHTS TILL THE END
Farrah Fawcett's sad march to death has become her life's work. The "Charlie's Angels" beauty is going public with her heartbreaking fight with cancer, saying not a day goes by...
MLS RULE CHANGES COULD HELP RED BULLS
Red Bull fans have clamored for the club to sign _ or at least take a look at _ their youth academy prospects. The Post has learned MLS has loosened...
BOY PLUCKED FROM ELEVATOR NIGHTMARE
A 7-year-old Bronx boy who wound up dangling upside down in an elevator shaft was pulled to safety yesterday in a harrowing FDNY rescue. Milton Apolinaris and his kid brother...
PAKS' POKER HAND
FACED with catastrophe, Pakistan still has time to play the dead-man's hand it holds. The question is whether its leaders are betting or bluffing. The recent, belated military response to...
HOW BANKS SLIPPED THE FED'S NOOSE
THE government's stress tests for banks were similar to medical stress tests in one respect -- it's a great re lief that they're done. Financial stocks rallied when the stress...
DRUGS AND GREED: 2 STRIKES ON BASEBALL
Manny Ramirez is the last straw ("Manny Strikes Out," Editorial, May 8). Baseball is finished and is now relegated to the dustbin of history.Carl DiMedio The Bronx *** My father...
LET PAKISTAN FIGHT ITS OWN WAR
Ralph Peters hits the nail on the head, again ("The Casualty Con," PostOpinion, May 8). If the Pakistanis won't fight for their country, why should we? It's a lost cause....
MED STUDENT SUES
A former student is claiming in a lawsuit that the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey discriminated against him for discussing his background. Mozambique-born Paulo Serodio, now a...
SLAIN CO-ED FUNERAL
Slain Wesleyan University student Johanna Justin-Jinich was laid to rest in her Colorado hometown yesterday, with about a dozen people at the burial. Justin-Jinich, 21, was shot to death last...
MAC-STORE STALKER IN MUG SPREE: COPS
A serial robber who wanted his slice of Apple targeted customers as they left the computer company's popular SoHo store, stalking them, roughing them up and swiping their new electronics,...
HOW THE BOND MARKET COULD BE EATING YOUR LUNCH
BEFORE you do anything today check the money you have invested in fixed-income funds. Oh, you don't think you have anything like that! Well, put down that bagel and listen....
DEUTSCHE BLAZE SPURS CRACKDOWN
City lawmakers unveiled stricter regulations for building demolitions yesterday, nearly two years after a blaze at the condemned former Deutsche Bank building killed two firefighters and stalled rebuilding at Ground...
DOLAN DOUBLE SPEAK
Deciphering between what Cablevision's founding Dolan family says and what they actually mean requires a degree in linguistics. The Dolans released another one of their typically cryptic statements yesterday, this...
FEDS DROWNING IN RED INK
WASHINGTON -- With the economy performing worse than hoped, revised White House figures point to deepening budget deficits, with the government borrowing almost 50 cents for every dollar it spends...
O SEES TURNING POINT IN HEALTH CARE
WASHINGTON -- President Obama yesterday portrayed the health-care industry's promise to cut $2 trillion in costs over 10 years as "a watershed event" in the long search for a solution...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Goldman Goldman Sachs agreed to pay about $60 million to settle a Massachusetts probe of the packaging of mortgage securities at the root of the collapse of the US housing...
ENTER, BLOOMBERG
SO Mayor Bloomberg has invited all of Ground Zero's squabbling tribes to Gracie Mansion soon "to find a way to align incentives and keep progress moving," he said. That's good...
EX-COP SHOT IN QNS. ROB
An ex-cop who works for a Manhattan real estate firm was shot and critically wounded last night when an assailant carjacked the luxury vehicle he was driving outside his Queens...
M'SOFT TO RAISE $3.75B
Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, plans to sell $3.75 billion of debt in its first bond offering, taking advantage of its top credit ratings to help fund a...
BAM'S SCARE FORCE ONE SCAPEGOAT
THE Obama administration is pointing so many fingers over the Air Force One photo flop that it's starting to run out. But it's already seemingly decided who should be the...
GREEN'S ASSETS RISE FOR CPA FIRM
THERE'S life in the old beast yet -- that is, in the sluggish Midtown office leasing market. Accounting firm Marcum & Kliegman has just signed the year's largest Midtown relocation...
LUXURY LIVING AT WTC
With a glut of commercial office space and the financial industry in meltdown, the Port Authority is actively looking to develop World Trade Center Tower 5 as a luxury hotel...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Queens A dapper robber pushed his way into an Ozone Park home yesterday, grabbed cash and fled -- while firing bullets behind him, authorities said. The unidentified suspect came to...
HARBINGER STUCK WITH NYT STOCK
Harbinger Capital Partners held talks with Hollywood billionaire David Geffen and Google co-founder Larry Page about unloading its 19-percent stake in The New York Times, but neither one bit. According...
WAITERS MAY DINE OUT ON TAX HIKE
A proposal to raise the sales tax is emerging as the core budget fight between Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council this year -- but it could prove a boon...
FREE ADVICE ON THE MONEY
New Yorkers stressed out over their finances can now get free one-on-one counseling -- on the city. Mayor Bloomberg yesterday announced the opening of three more "financial empowerment centers," in...
PILOT'S FATAL 'DISTRACTION'
The inexperienced captain of Flight 3407, which crashed into a Buffalo home, killing 50 people in February, flirted and discussed relationships with his much younger female co-pilot moments before the...
GI GOES BALLISTIC
WASHINGTON -- A US soldier went berserk and killed five of his comrades at a counseling center in Iraq where soldiers get treated for traumatic disorders, the military said yesterday....
'KILLER' DIALED LONG DISTANCE
An upper Manhattan drug dealer used his cellphone as "a deadly weapon" to order his enemies assassinated back home in the Dominican Republic, prosecutors charged yesterday. Rafael "Rafi" Alvarez and...
ACKMAN'S SOFT SELL
Bill Ackman accused Target of being an "insular" company with a board of cronies that treated him like an "evil outsider" when he floated ideas to boost the retailer's stock...
BAR-FIGHT CLUE IN GRAD KILLING
An argument over a woman may have sparked the deadly Mother's Day shooting of a promising electrical-engineering student from The Bronx who hours earlier had graduated from the University of...
GOLDMAN CAN'T BEAR BEING OUT
As Bear Stearns careened toward its eventual collapse, Wall Street golden child Goldman Sachs swooped in several times to offer aid -- but was dismissed out of fear the investment...
DAY OPRAH FORGAVE ME
In an "Ah-Ha Moment" of her own, Oprah Winfrey has forgiven memoir faker James Frey. The talk-show guru had an epiphany while meditating, and called the author to apologize for...
BROOKE'S NIGHT A B'WAY TRAGEDY
Ferris who? Brooke Astor was so addled with Alzheimer's by 2001 that she couldn't remember one of her favorite actors, Matthew Broderick -- even though he'd been a guest at...
WATCH THE BIRDIE! PLANE RUFFLES FEATHERS
There was a wing but no prayer when a pelican was obliterated in an explosion of feathers as it collided with a plane over San Diego Bay. The doomed bird...
COPS: WE WARNED BOSS OF RAGE POL
ALBANY -- State Police warned state Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith (D-Queens) about Sen. Kevin Parker's temper just days before the Brooklyn Democrat flew into a rage and attacked a...
BANK BEARS CHASE OPTIMISM OUT OF STOCKS
Wall Street got back on its well-worn track of taking profits and running with the bears. Traders cashed out yesterday from four-month highs in a wide range of stocks --...
SMITH TO ESPADA: $COFF IT UP
ALBANY -- State Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith yesterday publicly scolded fellow Democrat Pedro Espada Jr. -- ordering the campaign-finance scofflaw from The Bronx to clean up his act or...
VICTIM WAS 'GUILTY' - OF BEING 24
SHE looks exactly like her little sister, down to the lus trous brown hair cascading down her slim shoulders. But Alejandra St. Guillen lives. Imette is gone. Now it is...
DEBT OF GRATITUDE
Think of it as Carl's debt rattle. Billionaire corporate raider and activist investor Carl Icahn plans to continue his assaults on companies he feels need change, but he's doing it...
NOW SHE'S EVICT-ORIA GOTTI
They Gotti find a new home! Victoria Gotti's palatial Long Island estate -- which she and her sons once flaunted in the reality show "Growing Up Gotti" -- is now...
THE POPE STANDS UP
In an action that spoke far louder than words, Pope Benedict yesterday walked out of an interfaith meeting in Jerusalem after the chief Islamic judge of the Palestinian Authority launched...
LAW & ORDER: STATE CAPITAL
The state lawmaker most recently to feel the long arm of the law on his shoulder is Sen. Kevin Parker, a Brooklyn Democrat charged with attacking Post photographer William Lopez....
SPEAKING POWER TO JERSEY
Way to go, Shelly Silver. "Seven years and eight months after the [9/11] attacks," Silver fumed on Friday, "I am fed up with the stalling and exasperated with the current...
MONEY-LOSING FREEBIE US METRO PAPERS SOLD
Metro International, the Swedish-based freebie newspaper publisher giant, is selling its money-losing USA operations to Seabay Media, an investment concern run by Pelle Tornberg, Metro International's former CEO. Over the...
GALS, 56,SWITCHED AS BABIES
A hospital nurse took two newborn girls from their mothers to give them a quick bath 56 years ago -- and changed their lives forever. In what is every parent's...
FAA & BLOOMY SHOOT DOWN ANOTHER FOOLISH FLYOVER
Not again! The military tried to take another pointless joy flight over the city yesterday, but this time, sanity prevailed. A Navy base in Maine requested permission to let a...
BEBE, LANE IN 'ADDAMS'
It's official. Stage stars Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth are altogether ooky -- they've signed on to appear in a musical version of "The Addams Family" on Broadway. The Post...
JOURNO FREED
WASHINGTON -- The White House yesterday welcomed as a "humanitarian gesture" Iran's release of US-born journalist Roxana Saberi, who had been jailed on spying charges. "[President Obama] was relieved to...
GASPS OF SHOCK AT IMETTE TRIAL
They'd been inseparable since the eighth grade. But Claire Higgins tearfully told a Brooklyn jury that the last time she saw her best friend, Imette St. Guillen, the two had...
SHALOM, YOUR HOLINESS
Making his first visit to Israel, Pope Benedict XVI yesterday sought to repair frayed relations with the Jewish state by pledging to remember the millions of Jews killed in the...
O TO VISIT RUSSIA
MOSCOW --President Obama plans to visit Russia from July 6 to July 8 for talks expected to focus on reducing nuclear weapons and improving US-Russian relations. The trip will precede...
ATTORNEY: I AM A CROOK
Disgraced attorney Marc Dreier returned to his luxury East Side condo last night after pleading guilty to selling $700 million in phony promissory notes. Manhattan federal Judge Jed Rakoff said...
FARE BOOSTS ARE ON TRACK FOR JUNE 28
The MTA board yesterday approved an across-the-board 10 percent fare hike, and set out a timetable for implementing the increases, less than a week after the agency got a $2.3...
TOP US GENERAL GETS AF-CANNED
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon replaced its leading general in Afghanistan yesterday as President Obama tries to turn around a stalemated war. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he asked for the...
HOMER BID TO STAMP OUT RECORD
Can the Simpsons stick it to Elvis? Don't have a cow, but Homer and his family could peel the King off his throne as the nation's most popular US commemorative...
LIGHTS OUT AT BEAR BOOK PARTY
An electrical power failure in the Seagram Building that houses the famed Four Seasons restaurant last night plunged the book party for Kate Kelly's "Street Fighters" into darkness. The book,...
HUBBLE REPAIR CREW BLASTS OFF
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Atlantis and a crew of seven thundered away yesterday on one last flight to the Hubble Space Telescope to make repairs. For the first...
KLEIN DIGS IN HIS HEELS ON MAYORAL CONTROL
Schools Chancellor Joel Klein drew a line in the sand last night, saying the city will fight any efforts to weaken the mayor's authority over running the schools. But Klein...
ROBBER COP GETS 10 YRS.
PHILADELPHIA -- Former New York City cop Christian Torres, who pulled a gun on three tellers -- including a nine-months-pregnant woman -- during a $113,000 Reading, Pa., bank heist was...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
An aspiring rapper in Gainesville, Fla., has allegedly told cops he robbed a convenience store and shot a clerk in the head with a BB gun in an effort to...
THIS MUSIC BYTES
THE Black Eyed Peas have some nerve bragging about throwing major "digital spit" on their hit "Boom Boom Pow." Because if someone owns that expression, it's Peaches. The Berlin-based Canadian...
FIT FACTS
HOW do you avoid yo-yoing like Kirstie Alley, who regained 83 pounds in two years? Look at weight loss and maintenance as one continuous process. "What helps people lose weight...
HEY LOSERS!
IN tonight's finale of "The Biggest Loser," the contestants will unveil their new svelte selves. But how long will it take before they return to their fat forms? It may...
CONCERN RISES OVER DELGADO'S LATEST INJURY
The previous time Carlos Delgado had to miss a game because of his ailing right hip, he could not come back right away. Delgado missed four games before returning, and...
PENS CAP-SIZED IN OT TO SEND IT TO GAME 7
David Steckel scored on a deflection of Brooks Laich's shot and the Washington Capitals finally won an overtime playoff game, beating nemesis Pittsburgh 5-4 last night on the Penguins' home...
LEAGUE TO RAMIREZ: 'URINE' FOR IT
Manny Ramirez's positive urine test showed an elevated testosterone level, and a lab used a test to determine whether the hormone was naturally produced to build evidence against him, ESPN.com...
SWEEPING SUCCESS FOR CAVALIERS, LEBRON
LeBron James didn't come close to matching his performance in Game 3. He did enough to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to another playoff sweep -- and got in a few...
JETS RE-SIGN BUBBA FRANKS
The Jets brought back an old friend yesterday, re-signing tight end Bubba Franks to a one-year contract. After releasing Chris Baker, their one every-down tight end who can block well,...
CARLESIMO WANTS TO COACH
P.J. Carlesimo, who was fired by the Oklahoma City Thunder after a 1-12 start this season, wants to coach in the NBA next season. "When the year's out, I'll see...
C'MON, REFS, GET IT RIGHT
THERE'S been so much official misconduct lately, the only way the league may be able to restore any shred of referee respect is to rehire Tim Donaghy. Clearly, these guys...
DAVIDSON STAR CURRY EYED BY KNICKS
During the Jimmy V Classic in December, Donnie Walsh was a rapt spectator at the Garden. He may have been visualizing the future. While the Knicks were losing in Chicago...
NO JAYS FOR HONDO
Hondo bounced back beautifully from Sunday's double-drubbing, as Los Bravos bailed him out last night at Taxpayer Park to boost the bank account to 385 mohorcics. Tonight, he doesn't envision...
CUBAN DISSED K-MART'S MOM
DALLAS -- An unlikely sideshow developed prior to last night's Game 4 of the Mavericks-Nuggets series: Mark Cuban vs. Kenyon Martin's mother. The billionaire team owner and local mom became...
KORDA'S CUT ON DVD CLASSICS
THREE-QUARTERS of a century before "The Tudors," Alexander Korda peeked into royal bedchambers looking for scandal in "The Private Life of Henry VIII." Credited with creating an international market for...
STEWART SWITCHES IT UP
JON Stewart is branching out from Comedy Central. After years of putting his signature spin on "The Daily Show," he has signed with the History channel to produce a show...
'WIVES' SPINS
ARE you ready for a new "Golden Girls"? Lily Tomlin and Kathryn Joosten, who play scheming sisters Roberta and Karen McCluskey on "Desperate Housewives," are in talks to play those...
THINKIN' CENTER
HOW do you mark a miracle? Well, if you're running Lincoln Center -- which trans formed a gritty part of the city into a world-class performing arts center 50 years...
WENDY WON'T TALK
WENDY Williams returned to WBLS yesterday after a two- week suspension -- but didn't mention why she was taken off the air. "This is our first live show in ages,"...
'REAL' ISSUES
JUST when you thought it was safe to go back to the couch, the braying yentas of NYC, aka "The Real Housewives of New York City," are reunited tonight for...
'JON & KATE' DEBUT RECUT
'JON & Kate Plus Eight" producers still haven't finished the upcoming season premiere because of Jon Gosselin's titillating tabloid behavior. Gosselin's alleged infidelity with a school teacher, the subject of...
LOWE SUPERIOR TO OLIVER PEREZ
It sounds as if the Mets were a long shot for Derek Lowe even if the Braves never had given him a four-year deal. Lowe revealed last night that other...
VIKINGS PRESIDENT INTERESTED IN FAVRE
The latest on-again, off-again Brett Favre-to-the-Vikings saga is on again -- and it's on the record for a change. The Vikings, who have been mum on the subject as the...
BYE BIRDIE: CALVIN'S SWITCH SHAMEFUL
BALTIMORE -- So Calvin Borel is going to jump ship. Shame on him. Borel, everyone's favorite jockey after winning the Kentucky Derby on 50-1 shot Mine That Bird, has run...
'PAPA' HAS PLENTY OF HORSE SENSE
Gary Stute, 52, trains Arkansas Derby winner Papa Clem, a solid fourth in the Kentucky Derby. This week, Stute shares his thoughts with Post readers as he prepares Papa Clem...
DERBY HAD NO POSITIVE STEROID TESTS
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Mine That Bird won the Kentucky Derby without the help of anabolic steroids, and for the first time in the 135-year history of the race, officials have...
BOREL TAKES A FAST RIDE ON 'BIRD' DESPITE CONTROVERSY
BALTIMORE -- Now that the flash-fire controversy over whether superfilly Rachel Alexandra can run in Saturday's 134th Preakness Stakes has fizzled out, we can focus our attention back on the...
YANKEES SEEK CURE FOR 'STAFF' INFECTION
TORONTO -- Thirty-one games into a disappointing season, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman insists it's time for his star-studded club to improve on the mound and in the clutch at...
CASHMAN STUCK WITH UGLY BULLPEN
TORONTO -- The calendar is the Yankees' biggest enemy when it comes to any attempt to upgrade their awful bullpen. "This time of the year forces you to stay with...
CHURCH KEEPS FAITH ON BENCH
Ryan Church could use a bowl of water and chew toy for life in Jerry Manuel's doghouse. The struggling right fielder was absent from the Mets' starting lineup last night...
WARRIORS EXIT FREES MULLIN FOR KNICKS JOB
The Warriors announced yesterday general manager Chris Mullin'scontract will not be renewed, leaving open the possibility of the former St. John's superstar joining the Knicks' front office. Knicks president Donnie...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Eli 'happy' with receivers Brandon Jacobs said a week ago that he was "glad" the Giants didn't trade for Cleveland's Braylon Edwards or Arizona's Anquan Boldin. Quarterback Eli Manning...
AMAZIN'LY, SANTANA'S GETTING NO SUPPORT
MY advice to sports editors is to get their best investigative reporters off of those steroid stories and onto something really important in baseball: What the heck did Johan Santana...
BRAVES' LAUGHER ENDS METS' STREAK AT SEVEN
Johan Santana got Madoff-ed yet again last night. It's been well-established that when Santana pitches, the Mets are lucky to score, but now they have to add defensive follies to...
Thinkin' Center
HOW do you mark a miracle? Well, if you're running Lin coln Center -- which trans formed a gritty part of the city into a world-class performing arts center 50...
50 STATES: New Hampshire
DO you have any idea how to survive in the wilderness? Have you ever built a campfire, or made a shelter when there was none around? Do you know which...
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LOWE OUTLASTS SANTANA, BRAVES BEATS METS 8-3
Derek Lowe outlasted Johan Santana in a matchup of aces, pitching the Atlanta Braves to an 8-3 victory Monday night that ended the New York Mets' seven-game winning streak. In...
Cavs sweep bad news
By MARC BERMANThe Cavaliers are through to the conference finals after another sweep, getting past Atlanta 4-0 after romping past Detroit 4-0.Eight straight playoff wins by double-digits. It's plaln scary....
Delgado a DL possibility
Carlos Delgado could be headed for the disabled list after his chronic hip ailment flared up over the weekend, the Mets said before tonight's game with the Braves. Delgado isn't...