May 22, 2009
FLAMES FIRE KEENAN; DEVILS' SUTTER MAY REPLACE HIM
CALGARY, Alberta -- Mike Keenan was fired as coach of the Calgary Flames yesterday, possibly opening the job for Devils coach Brent Sutter. Keenan spent two seasons with Calgary, and...
Bruney sidelined again
By MIKE PUMADays after a return form the disabled list, Brian Bruney again has concerns about his pitching elbow.The right-hander underwent an MRI exam Thursday night and had additional testing...
SWINE FLU UPDATE: WORRIES GRIP CORONA PARENTS AS SCHOOL CLOSINGS SPREAD
As schools in Queens continued to close amid swine flu scares, politicians and officials from a number of city agencies gathered in Corona Thursday night to try to assuage residents'...
Beltran shifts to DH
BOSTON -- Jerry Manuel revised his lineup tonight after Carlos Beltran reported soreness in his right knee during pregame warmups. Beltran will now serve as the DH, with Gary Sheffield...
Diehl mocks Favre in routine
NJ.com provides this report on the comedy routines done by Giants lineman David Diehl, who used the opportunity to mock former Jets quarterback Brett Favre.Mike Garofolo writes, "For the first...
KIEFER, DESIGNER SETTLE ISSUES
Kiefer Sutherland and the fashion designer he's accused of head-butting at a Manhattan night club said Friday they resolved their differences, clearing the way for the charges to be dropped....
WANG BACK WITH YANKEES
The Yankees had a different plan for Chien-Ming Wang, but the they had to call an audible after Joba Chamberlain found himself on the wrong end of a line drive...
FORMER METS PITCHER KOOSMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO TAX CHARGE
MADISON, Wis. -- Former Mets pitcher Jerry Koosman pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion on Friday and could face up to one year in prison. Koosman, an All-Star who helped...
RBNY's Osorio on Austria adding another DP for 2010: "I think so, yes. Absolutely''
Anyway, Figo told Chinese daily Titan Sports that he was putting off any retirement ideas and was awaiting offers from MLS and Japan. So I can sense the questions on...
Cannes: The Last of Ledger
Terry Gilliam's's "The Imagnarium of Dr. Parnassus,'' the last movie with the late Heath Ledger, bowed today at the Cannes Film Festival. Reviews in Variety and The Hollywood Reporter are...
EX-BEAU ACCUSED OF KILLING SUNNYSIDE CRIME LAB TECH
The ex-boyfriend of a civilian crime lab technician was accused of beating and stabbing her to death in her Sunnyside apartment last month, the Queens district attorney said Friday, amid...
Red Bulls pass on Johnny X...for now
Red Bull fans hoping for the club to sign their first academy product will have to wait at least a little longer. Johnny Exantus' two-week trial finished today, and the...
Blockbuster Overload!
I doubt there has ever been a May that featured six -- six! -- big-budget-special-effects blockbusters. This May has already brought us "Wolverine," "Star Trek," "Angels & Demons." This week...
I Am...Sasha Grey
Who is Sasha Grey? I'm gonna go ahead and guess that it isn't her birth name, but she's a porn actress turned "mainstream" (-ish) star of Steven Soderbergh's latest low-budget...
Game 41: Mets at Red Sox
(UPDATED 2.0) BOSTON -- With the Mets losers of four in a row, Johan Santana will try to live up to his well-earned reputation as a streak buster here tonight...
YANKEE STADIUM: BIGGEST JOKE IN BASEBALL
With the slugging Phillies heading into The Bronx to face the streaking Yankees, guesses on the number of home runs hit over the holiday weekend are high and higher. According...
STEELER HARRISON'S PIT BULL ATTACKS YOUNG SON
PITTSBURGH -- A pit bull owned by Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison has reportedly attacked the player's young son, but police, hospital and team officials are releasing little information. "We're...
Nationals offered Johnson to Red Sox
If the Mets want to trade for Nick Johnson, they'd better hurry.ESPN's Peter Gammons this morning said the Nationals have offered the first baseman to the Red Sox."I know they...
STUDENTS INJURED IN GRATE COLLAPSE
Dozens of students at a private school in Brooklyn who were horsing around on an outdoor metal grate were injured after the structure collapsed today -- sending them tumbling down...
JAPANESE FANS RALLY FOR BOBBY V
CHIBA, Japan -- Bobby Valentine put the fans first in Japan, and in his moment of need, they're paying him back. An increasing number of fans of the Chiba Lotte...
DRUG-ADDLED MAN CAUGHT AFTER 20-BLOCK CHASE
A bloodied, drug-addled man eluded cops in a crazed 20-block car chase -- in which he hit the same pedestrian twice -- before finally getting tackled by a police officer...
Box Office: $13.3M Thursday for 'T4' as It Goes Into Battle With 'Museum'
"Terminator Salvation'' rang up a solid but unspectacular $13.3M on opening day, including $3 million for midnight shows, says the Hollywood Reporter, which is predicting it will take the weekend...
'8 ½' is so passé...
Well, this is unfortunate. "9" and "Nine" are both out this fall, and both seem to have decided on the EXACT SAME poster art. Directors Rob Marshall and Shane Acker...
Are Mets getting Manuel's message?
"That has been the theme of Jerry Manuel's mantra from day one of spring training: We are not gonna leave anything to chance. We are gonna pay attention to every...
Kevin McHale -- TV Cameo Champ
We keep it light here at Mark My Words, so as my friend Arthur Staple from Newsday suggested, today - and perhaps every Friday - will be a "less serious"...
DEFENSE CHIEF PRAISES SOLDIER IN PINK BOXERS
Defense Secretary Robert Gates says American soldiers have more than their military might and training on their side in the war in Afghanistan. Some have pink underwear. Gates told an...
Braylon happy to stay with Browns
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that wide receiver Braylon Edwards isn't upset the Browns talked to the Giants about trading him, and he's looking forward to erasing bad memories of...
CB 2: NO MORE SHELTERS
The Department of Homeless Services wants to move NYC families off the street. Community Board 2 and Councilwoman Maria del Carmen Arroyo want DHS to let Hunts Point and Longwood...
Kardashians Dash to Miami
Let them eat cake!Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian aren't going to let a little act of vandalism stop them from partying.The reality trio celebrated the grand opening of their boutique,...
Season-ticket spike
By MARC BERMANLearned of a very interesting stat this week from a very proud Knicks brass regarding their season-ticket sales and wrote about it in today's Post.Apparently because of all...
Soderbergh's Heavyweight Discovery -- The New Welles or Laird Cregar?
A clever line, but I still think Glenn's work here is more accurately compared to the '40s character actor Laird Cregar -- specifically Laird's creepy detective in "I Wake Up...
'LEDGER AND FRIENDS' PRESENT ACTOR'S FINAL ROLE
Heath Ledger's zeal roused his co-stars to up their game in his final film, and his death inspired them - and three A-list friends who completed his role - to...
READY TO CATCH THE FALLING SKY
The new memoir by defense attorney Claudia Trupp, Hard Time & Nursery Rhymes, starts off with a retelling of the well loved tale of Chicken Little. No, not really, but...
VICK MAKES FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE
NORFOLK, Va. -- Michael Vick walked into a federal courthouse on Friday to meet his probation officer, ignoring questions from waiting reporters about his life under home confinement after being...
BP PROMOTES PEDAL POWER DURING BIKE TO WORK DAY
Jose Benitez pedaled past Fordham Road, blew by Tremont Avenue, drifted down the Grand Concourse and smiled. Benitez, a retiree from Parkchester, loves to bike the Bronx. On Friday, May...
RESTAURANT HIT WITH TAX EVASION
When did paying taxes become optional? A Pelham Gardens restaurant has been taking more than people's orders, it seems, having been recently convicted of evading taxes since 2004. Fratelli's Restaurant,...
P.S. 72 CAFETERIA NAMED FOR SUPERINTENDENT
Students at P.S. 72 choose to name their cafeteria in honor of a man who already is the namesake of their school. He helped shape educational policy in the Bronx...
NO PLACE TO PARK
The Westchester Square business owners are outraged at the disrespect shown by the government agencies occupying customer parking. In recent months, government vehicles from the Air Force, Navy, and Army...
The Daily Whacks, Friday Edition
While the Knicks and their fans try to figure out which of Cleveland's fates best suits their own needs to woo LeBron James in 13 months, the rest of the...
ARREST MADE IN CSI WORKER'S MURDER
Cops made an arrest in the murder of Michelle Lee, the crime lab worker who was found last month in her bedroom with a knife sticking from her throat. Gary...
Coverage in The Post
BOSTON -- Fenway Park isn't the ideal place for any visiting team to try to turn itself around, but that is the task awaiting the Mets starting tonight with a...
The unsettled Mets
From JOEL SHERMANYes, I have surrendered to the evil of Twitter. You can follow me at nyp_joelsherman. In fact, that is an order. OK, please. Anyway: It is late May....
3 UP: THE NEW RAMIRO MENDOZA?
Yes, I have surrendered to the evil of Twitter. You can join me at nyp_joelsherman. In fact that is an order. OK, please.1. Ramiro Mendoza was not the most valuable...
3 UP: ACEVES, UNSETTLED METS, RIVALS
Yes, I have surrendered to the evil of Twitter. You can join me at nyp_joelsherman. In fact that is an order. OK, please.1. Ramiro Mendoza was not the most valuable...
Drama Mama: Rescued
Dramatically speaking, the networks may have pretty much closed up shop for the summer, but Mama is still on the hunt for decent scripted fare up and down the dial....
CHAMBERLAIN HIT WITH LINE DRIVE, YANKEES WIN 9TH STRAIGHT
Lucky and good is a tough combination to beat. Throughout a Yankees winning streak that swelled to nine games last night, they have been plenty good. They have hit in...
CHAMPION PHILLIES BRINGING BIG BATS TO BRONX
Maybe the Phillies can receive a little respect in The Bronx this weekend.BOX SCORETONIGHT'S PREVIEW: Phillies at YankeesSELIG DEFENDS 'MOAT' We all know it's a different story in Queens, where...
YANKEES BULLPEN EARNING ITS MEAGER KEEP
AFTER four batters and one Adam Jones smash off the side of the right leg, Joba Chamberlain was gone. And the stumpy, flimsy mop the Yankees bought for clean-up emergencies...
DANICA, CASTRONEVES LOOK TO SET SEASONS STRAIGHT AT INDY
IndyCar Series officials are hoping their circuit has made it through the harsh times, just like one of their biggest stars. The two faces of the series -- Danica Patrick...
VIKINGS GET FAVRE FATIGUE
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Words about Brett Favre's retirement always include a qualifier, and Vikings coach Brad Childress offered the latest: "As far as I know." SANCHEZ IN GQHILARY RHODA...
THESE FLUKE ARE FOR 'REEL'
IF you are looking for fluke this Memorial Day weekend, go east young man. If it is blues or stripers, you will not have to go far. Fluke weighing up...
LI BEACHES A SHORE THING ON US TOP 10 LIST
Two Long Island beaches are getting their moment in the sun -- they've been named to an annual list of America's Top 10. Cooper's Beach in Southampton came in third...
BERN CREW SECRECY BID
Oh, the shame! The bankruptcy trustee liquidating Bernard Madoff's securities firm wants to keep secret the identities of the Ponzi schemer's ex-employees to spare them any further humiliation. Citing the...
PILOTS FEAR TRASH BIRDS
Airline pilots fear a planned city trash-transfer station near La Guardia Airport will draw birds that could force planes down. The Air Line Pilots Association wants assurances that federal aviation...
COP NAILS 'RAPIST'
An eagle-eyed Bronx police lieutenant helped nab a sex fiend, cops said yesterday. Lt. William O'Toole, head of the Bronx Homicide Task Force, recognized ex-convict Stephen Robinson, 48, from a...
BOSS RIGHT
Some things are totally right, like seeing King Tut's mummy in Egypt, a grizzly bear in Yosemite -- or Bruce Springsteen in the New Jersey swamplands. Springsteen (at left, last...
NUGGETS STEAL GAME 2
Similar game, different ending for the Los Angeles Lakers. Their 24-year playoff dominance of the Nuggets dissipated over the final 29 seconds of the fourth quarter in the second down-to-the-wire...
5 QUESTIONS FOR... STEVE PHILLIPS
With Carlos Delgado on the disabled list, the Mets have some tough decisions to make. Former GM and current ESPN analyst Steve Phillips talked with The Post's Justin Terranova about...
ZITO WORKS 2 FOR BELMONT
Call him the "Triple Crown Killer." Trainer Nick Zito, who sent out improbable longshots Birdstone and Da' Tara in the Belmont Stakes to upset the Triple Crown bids of the...
KNICKS FANS BUYING INTO FUTURE
You can't blame Knicks executives if they are wearing Orlando Magic jerseys under their corporate suits this week. Speculation the Knicks might land LeBron James with their cap space in...
SHOOT! NO MERCY FOR JETS' SANCHEZ
Mark Sanchez was just about to approach his locker yesterday when a teammate's voice called out, "Shirt on or shirt off?" The sarcastic reference was about the recently published steamy...
LEBRON, 'MATES CAV 'MUST WIN' MENTALITY
CLEVELAND -- The 24-second shot clock has been fixed. The Cavaliers are next on the repairs-to-do list. The Magic caused some extensive collateral damage with their stunning win in Game...
A 1986 HISTORY LESSON FOR 2009 CLUB
BOSTON -- As the 2009 Mets drag themselves to Fenway Park tonight lugging a four-game losing streak, they can learn a great lesson from the last Mets team to win...
LIBERTY BRASS MUST 'CUT' TO THE CHASE
For the Liberty coaching staff and management, the evaluation process began the day after the 2008 season ended. For the fans it began yesterday. The Liberty played its first preseason...
GOOD NEWS AT LAST: REYES WON'T NEED DL STINT
BOSTON -- The Mets finally got some good injury news yesterday when Jose Reyes avoided a trip to the disabled list. Reyes was determined to have nothing more than tendinitis...
RIP VAN SELIG FINALLY WAKES
THE beautiful thing about Bud Selig is that he reminds us that anyone can grow up to become the commissioner of baseball. Anyone. Anyone. Commissioner Selig, after all, is always...
FACING RED SOX IS NO WAY TO END METS LOSING STREAK
BOSTON -- The reeling Mets couldn't have picked a worse time to roll into Fenway Park for their first visit here since 2006. Losers of four in a row, battered...
BUD ON ATTENDANCE DROP: BASEBALL'S GLASS IS HALF-FULL
Bud Selig doesn't believe it's fair to compare decreased attendance figures this year to those of the last few years, saying last season's MLB attendance was stunningly high. The baseball...
NOT LEBRON & CO. -- AND CERTAINLY NOT REFS
IF you're not employed by the NBA and its TV partners, a funny thing happened Wednesday night on the way to Kobe vs. LeBron. After Mo Williams dropped one in...
ND MIGHT PLAY YANKEE STADIUM
It was the greatest rivalry of the greatest generation. And if officials at Notre Dame, Army and Yankee Stadium can make it happen, the football rivalry that once riveted the...
SPORTS SHORTS
SPORTS SHORTSMLB: Peavy rejects trade to White Sox Padres ace Jake Peavy turned down a trade to the White Sox, choosing to remain with his longtime team. The Padres and...
HATS OFF FOR MALKIN
PITTSBURGH -- The Hurricanes talked and talked before the Eastern Conference finals about the importance of slowing down Sidney Crosby. Maybe they forget about the Penguins' other star, Evgeni Malkin....
BAY, LESTER HELP BOSOX SWEEP JAYS
Jason Bay set a Red Sox record with his 11th straight homer with runners on base and Jon Lester rebounded from two bad outings as Boston completed a three-game sweep...
ORIOLES PERFECT TONIC FOR CANO
Look who's awake again. Robinson Cano has played most of this month in a haze after virtually carrying the Yankees' lineup during Alex Rodriguez's five-week absence, but the second baseman...
HONDO GRABS BUCS
The Brewskis were heroic for Hondo last night in Houston, rallying to bring down the Astros and lift up the earnings to a season-high 545 hooks. Tonight, he'll go back...
KEY REHAB START FOR WANG
Wanting to see a repeat of the stuff he displayed Tuesday in a bullpen session, the Yankees will start Chien-Ming Wang tonight for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in Pawtucket. "We want to see...
TOP SEED WAGNER CRUSHED
On land, on a baseball diamond, the Hawks were too much for the Seahawks. Fourth-seeded Monmouth used a pair of six-run innings and a defensive triple play to topple No....
JASPERS WIN PITCHERS' DUEL
Mike Gazzola threw a complete-game five-hitter to lead top-seeded Manhattan past Rider 2-1 in its MAAC Tournament opener. Gazzola, the conference pitcher of the year, allowed one run on five...
DIVA-SLAY MOGUL GETS DEATH
CAIRO, Egypt -- A real-estate mogul with political ties to Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's son was sentenced to death yesterday for ordering the slaying of a Lebanese pop star who...
KIWI PAIR FLEES WITH CASH
SYDNEY -- New Zealand police have launched an international search for a couple who fled with millions of dollars that was accidentally deposited into their bank account. New Zealand's news...
NJ TO O: GET COP KILLER FROM CUBA
TRENTON, NJ -- New Jersey lawmakers plan to introduce a bipartisan resolution calling for President Obama and Congress to urge Cuba to return a woman convicted of killing a state...
BIBI VOWS JERUSALEM WON'T BE DIVIDED
JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday Jerusalem would "never be divided" and would remain the capital of the Jewish state, drawing an angry response from the Palestinians....
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
The Bronx Two men were found shot to death yesterday in a Morris Park apartment building. Cops arrived at the Pelham Parkway Houses on Waring Avenue near Bronxwood Avenue just...
HOUSE-TRAINED
HAMPTON, Va. -- Suspended NFL star Michael Vick arrived at his Virginia home yesterday after being released from federal prison to begin home confinement and try to resume his pro...
NYC JOBLESS RATE LEVELING OFF
There's a smidgen of good news on New York City's unemployment rate. It ticked down last month to 8 percent, a slight drop from 8.1 percent in March, the state...
BEEP BOPPED ON CAMPAIGN $$
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer has agreed to pay a $73,743 fine for exceeding the spending limit in his 2005 race, the Campaign Finance Board announced yesterday. Stringer exceeded the...
FROM A GO-FER TO OSAMA'S TOP GOON
WASHINGTON -- The first Guantanamo detainee chosen for trial in New York City is a man officials say began his terrorist career on a bicycle, delivering bomb parts, and rose...
JET SKI JERK: DA
A Brooklyn teen who killed another youth in a horrific high-speed Jet Ski collision did nothing to help his mortally injured victim and coldly ordered his friends to lie about...
YANKEES HAVE WEE PROBLEM
Don't go looking for the restrooms at the new $91 million Metro-North station at Yankee Stadium that opens this Saturday. There aren't any. Reporters noticed the lack of facilities at...
WIPE THE SLATE KLEIN
Hamptons motorists will soon be driving on designer dust, thanks to Calvin Klein. Concrete rubble from the famed designer's Southampton manse Dragon's Head, which is being torn down, will be...
THE INVASION OF CONEY ISLAND
Rifle-toting Marines invaded Coney Island by helicopter yesterday morning -- and the city quickly surrendered to their demands for rides on the Wonder Wheel and the Cyclone. A dozen members...
MTA EYES 'E-ZIER' PASS FOR RIDERS
Today's MetroCard will soon go the way of the subway token. The "next generation" of subway-swiping will treat straphangers like cars buzzing though E-ZPass tolls, outgoing MTA chief Elliot Sander...
PREZ FINDS NYC PLOT 'UNSPEAKABLE'
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S speech on homeland security was 6,072 words long. Curiously, he chose not to spare an "a," "and" or "uh" on the New York City terror bust that dominated...
TOWERS OF POWER SET TO CRAFT A WTC DEAL
Redevelopment of the World Trade Center site took a big step forward yesterday as all the key players agreed at a summit conference to a three-week deadline for hammering out...
'SPIDEY' ACTRESS SUICIDE
PARIS -- British actress Lucy Gordon, who appeared in "Spider-Man 3," was found dead yesterday in her Paris apartment, an apparent suicide, French police said. She would have turned 29...
O, CHENEY IN WAR OF WORDS
WASHINGTON -- President Obama and former Vice President Dick Cheney went head-to-head yesterday in a stark cross-town debate over closing Guantanamo Bay prison and the best way to stop terrorists...
'EXPLOSIVE' EVIDENCE DOOMS THESE GOONS
When four would-be bombers actually planted "explosives" outside two Bronx synagogues, they sealed their fate, defense lawyers and prosecutors said yesterday. PATH TO RADICAL ISLAM BEGAN IN JAILS'TERROR' THUGS' SICK...
EAGLE-EYED SARGE SAVES JET FROM DISASTER
Here's a way to get a first-class upgrade: Help the airline crew cope with a dangerous situation -- and maybe save the lives of 300 people. From his window seat...
TONY'S NO MATCH FOR MOM IN STAR WARS
ACOMPETITION between rich, famous and powerful New York ers is under way in the downtown courthouse where Anthony Marshall faces trial for robbing his dear, addled mother, Brooke Astor. After...
MOSQUE'S IMAM IS A PRISON CHAPLAIN
The imam of the Newburgh mosque where the Bronx-plot terror cell was organized has worked for more than 20 years in the New York state prison system converting inmates to...
FDNY'S BLACK WIDOW
The murderous wife of a Staten Island fire marshal who repeatedly made barbs about her ballooning weight was convicted yesterday of his "cold and calculated execution." Janet Mercereau, 40, sat...
GUILTY AS CHARRED
Big-city District Attorney Robert Morgenthau experienced a rural farmer's worst fear when his barn went ablaze on his upstate ranch, creating a smoke plume visible for miles around. There was...
BABA'S SAD 'VIEW' OF AILING BROOKE
She snapped at a defense lawyer, nearly cried over a photograph and cordially braved an icy stare from the dreaded Charlene. PEYSER: TONY'S NO MATCH FOR MOM IN STAR WARS...
INFORMANT FINGERED $$ LAUNDER DUO
The FBI informant in the Bronx synagogue terror plot helped convict two Albany Muslims on terror-related money-laundering charges three years ago. Shahed Hussain, 52, an upstate motel owner, turned informant...
BOXER SOCKED BY 600G SUIT
Undefeated boxer and record-firm exec "Pretty Boy" Floyd Mayweather Jr. was walloped yesterday with a lawsuit that claims he stole a rap artist for his label, Philthy Rich. A Long...
PATH TO RADICAL ISLAM BEGAN IN JAILS
They were like a million other petty criminals -- until they embraced radical Islam behind bars, launching a terrifying march to a planned mass murder that ended only when authorities...
SWINE-VIRUS VICTIM ON A VENTILATOR
At least one city swine-flu victim is hospitalized on a ventilator, The Post has learned. In all, 56 people are now hospitalized with swine flu across the city, officials said...
SCHOOL 'HITLER' BUSTED
A meeting to discuss accusations that a teacher used corporal punishment at a Brooklyn school turned violent when the principal began kicking and beating the school's union rep, authorities said....
FLU SON IS PITCH PERFECT
Jordan Wiener, mourning the loss of his father to swine flu, nevertheless showed the heart -- and the arm -- of a champion yesterday. The left-hander, with the initials of...
NYER HELD IN HARVARD SLAY
A New York City resident has been charged with murder in the shooting of a 21-year-old man at a Harvard dorm. Jabrai Jordan Copney, 20, turned himself in last night....
'TERROR' THUGS' SICK BLOODLUST
Four Muslims accused of trying to bomb two Bronx synagogues and shoot down military planes "are extremely violent men who eagerly embraced any opportunity" to kill Americans, a prosecutor said...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A Michigan man gave new meaning to "firebug" when he caused a blaze that engulfed an acre of woods after trying to burn out an ant hill. Lakeview firefighters were...
WEEKEND HOT PICKS IN ENTERTAINMENT
CONTINENTAL DRIFT - Dance A cartographer might tell you Africa's a bit of a commute from New York City, but it's only a hop, skip and pirouette away when the...
SAVING US LIVES
Following are excerpts of for mer Vice President Dick Cheney's address at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington yesterday. NOW and for years to come, a lot rides on our...
TARGET SAYS REPORT IS INACCURATE
A report by a leading proxy advisory firm that sided with activist hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman in his attempt to win seats on Target Corp.'s board contains statements that are...
OBAMA & NETANYAHU: A STUDY IN OPPOSITES
THE ISSUE: Pres. Obama's White House meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. *** The recent meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Obama resulted in the outrageous...
STOCKS FALL ON JOBS DATA, OVERSEAS NEWS
Investors sold stocks yesterday as recent optimism over a quick economic recovery soured amid news of growing joblessness and questions about whether the United Kingdom can maintain its AAA rating...
HORMEL POSTS 2ND QTR PROFIT
Hormel Foods Corp., the second-largest US turkey processor and the maker of Spam luncheon meat, said fiscal second-quarter profit rose 3.6 percent as falling feed costs boosted earnings at its...
PLAYBOY IN MARKET FOR A SUGAR DADDY WITH $300M
PLAYBOY Enterprises, the far-flung empire founded by Hugh Hefner in 1953, is quietly being shopped around for $300 million, sources tell Media Ink. But so far, well-heeled suitors that have...
SIGNS OF TROUBLE FOR CLEAR CHANNEL
Clear Channel Communications' efforts to avert bankruptcy hit a patch of static this week after two senior lenders opposed the company's debt-swap proposal, sources told The Post. Only nine months...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Gap falls Gap said first-quarter profit dropped 14 per cent to $215 million, or 31 cents a share, from $249 million, or 34 cents, a year earlier. Midway bid Warner...
FREDDIE MAC ROLLOUT HELPS CREDIT MARKET
The long-frozen credit markets appear to be set for a spring thaw. Government-owned mortgage financier Freddie Mac as early as Tuesday is set to roll out the first mortgage securitization...
BRITAIN BESIEGED
The economic mess that's rocking the United Kingdom took a dire turn yesterday after credit rating agency Standard & Poor's threatened to strip the country of its AAA credit rating...
SEARS SURGE STIRRED BY SURPRISE PROFIT
Sears Holdings Corp., the largest US department-store chain, surged 18 percent in late trading after posting an unexpected first-quarter profit, helped by cuts to advertising and payroll expenses. The stock...
CHENEY'S WISE WORDS
President Obama made a strong case yesterday for American values, the rule of law and constitutional principles -- at least as he sees them. Former Vice President Dick Cheney offered...
THE ENEMY AMONGST US
It's scant comfort that the four men ar rested Wednesday night as they car ried out what they thought was their own private jihad -- attempting to car-bomb two Riverdale...
LIDDY EXITS AIG WITH NO THANKS
American International Group Chairman and CEO Ed Liddy plans on leaving the insurance giant the same way he found it: headless. Yesterday, Liddy said he would step down and make...
BROADWAY
"ACCENT ON YOUTH": * There's no accent of any kind in this flat comedy starring a badly directed David Hyde Pierce. Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, 261 W. 47th St.; 212-239-6200....
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. "CHRISTMAS IS...
NEW WORLD ORDER
THE documentary "New World Order" is bizarro journalism -- instead of digging up and making sense of true information, it tracks half a dozen boring conspiracy theorists spouting balderdash and...
GHOSTS OF THE HEARTLAND
A not uninteresting experiment in period noir filmed in black and white, Allen Blumberg's "Ghosts of the Heartland" resembles an Allied Artists programmer of the 1950s -- with 21st-century attitudes...
THE BOYS: THE SHERMAN BROTHERS' STORY
AN absorbing study in creative tension, Robert B. Sherman and younger brother Richard M. Sherman wrote the songs for "Mary Poppins" and many other classics despite barely getting along personally....
MILTON GLASER: TO INFORM & DELIGHT
THE name Milton Glaser might not ring a bell, but his best-known creation -- the I(heart)NY logo -- certainly does. "Milton Glaser: To Inform & Delight," directed by Wendy Keys...
BLEAK PEEK
JON and Kate Gosselin's scandalous marital problems have taken their toll on the embattled cable couple. The stars of TLC's "Jon & Kate Plus 8" appear somber, beaten down and...
STARR REPORT
Schieffer's facelift CBS' "Face the Nation" (Bob Schieffer) will introduce a new graphics package this Sunday (10:30 a.m./ Ch. 2), which includes a newer ver sion of the show's theme...
MOTHER'S WARTIME BATTLES
ENOUGH tears to sink a battleship flow during "Kabei: Our Mother," an old-fashioned soaper from Japan. The image is apt because the film, directed by 77-year-old Yoji Yasmada, is set...
MUCH BETTER THAN A POP IDOL
SOMETIMES you don't even have to turn on a TV to discover the next American Idol. At tiny Mercury Lounge, guitar-toting newcomer Will Dailey mostly engaged a packed club with...
NO 'EASY' LAUGHTER
THE first Noel Coward play to hit the big screen in more than 40 years, "Easy Virtue" is a crass, heavy- handed and -- most unfor givably -- largely laugh-free...
FLAT-FOOTED FILM BAD IN EVERY WAYANS
SO I sat down to watch "Dance Flick" and learned it stars, and was directed by, a new generation of Wayanses -- cousins, including another Damon (the star), a Damien...
PHONY DOCUMENTARY DOESN'T DO THE TRICK
TIME for another of Steven Soderbergh's "experimental," i.e., half-assed, films. This fake documentary (which is being sold as a download online), "The Girlfriend Experience," about a series of boring conversations...
YOU CAN'T DEBATE A GOOD PLAY
SEEING as "The Rivalry" depicts impassioned debates between two ambitious politicians, you'd be excused for expecting the Obama-Clinton faceoffs. But Norman Corwin's play -- which had a brief Broadway run...
NETWORK ON TYRA'S SHOULDERS
IF Tyra Banks gets hit by a car this year, the CW network will have to go out of business. The little network aimed at younger women has signed over...
ENJOYABLY ENGINEERED
NORWEGIAN director Bent Hamer crafts a small mas terpiece of poignant dead pan humor in "O'Horten," where the O stands for the main character's first name, Odd. Odd, brilliantly played...
NIGHTMARE
'THERE'S just too much going on here," says somebody in "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian," a bigger, dumber and even less funny sequel to the inexplicably popular...
VERY FRIENDLY TONY COMPETITION
DIRECTOR Matthew Warchus faces some stiff competition at the Tonys this year: Matthew Warchus. And while Bartlett Sher and Phyllida Lloyd are also in the running, the big money's on...
BACK TO THE DEADLY FUTURE
Either a solid B-movie or a disappointing A-movie, "T4" finds a crusty-faced John Connor (Christian Bale) battling the killer robots of the post-apocalypse, joining forces with a mysterious convict (Sam...
WHY ADAM LOST
'AMERICAN Idol" fans were left won dering what happened yesterday in the wake of Kris Allen's stunning defeat of clear-cut frontrunner Adam Lambert. Fox refused to say if the vote...
'RAW' STICKS IT TO NUGS
SCORE one for the WWE in its grudge match with the Denver Nuggets. Vince McMahon is moving next week's "Monday Night Raw" to LA's Staples Center, home of the LA...
THE AFROBEAT GOES ON
'FELA," Bill T. Jones' rousing and irre sistible musical about Nigerian po litical activist and Afrobeat creator Fela Kuti, is coming to Broadway. The show, which had critics practically dancing...
PREVIEWS
"CORALINE": Indie band the Magnetic Fields' frontman, Stephin Merritt, wrote this musical about a girl's fantasy world. Lucille Lortel Theatre, 121 Christopher St.; 212-279- 4200. Opens June 1. "OUR HOUSE":...
IT MUST BE SUMMER â " THERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE WEARING NOTHING! (CLICK NOW!)
Yes, the politicians and the Parks Department bureaucrats set up their own photo opportunity on the beach at Coney Island yesterday, but who wants to look at Borough President Markowitz...
COUNCIL PANEL TROUBLED BY DOCK STREET PROJECT
Widely hyped concerns that a controversial residential tower and middle school on Dock Street in DUMBO would block views of the Brooklyn Bridge took a back seat at a City...
Beep bopped on campaign $$
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer has agreed to pay a $73,743 fine for exceeding the spending limit in his 2005 race, the Campaign Finance Board announced yesterday. Stringer exceeded the...
SWINE FLU UPDATE: CITY CLOSES SIX MORE SCHOOLS IN QUEENS
The city closed two schools in Bayside and Flushing Thursday and instructed four more in Flushing, Corona, Bayside and Maspeth to close Friday after a high number of students exhibited...