May 29, 2009
Dead Space Extraction for Wii action
Wii owners who were bummed about not getting space horror game Dead Space when it came out earlier this year now have something to live for.EA has announced that they've...
First Couple's visit to NYC
President Obama will personally give his regards to Broadway this weekend during a private visit to the city with First Lady Michelle - his first trip to the Big Apple...
RBNY's Kandji may play 10, not just wear it
Macoumba Kandji wears No. 10, but since joining the Red Bulls last year he has been deployed more like a 9, or even an 11 _ a forward or a...
Halo: Uprising comic lands on Weds
Marvel's shipping the hardcover collection of the Halo: Uprising comic on Wednesday. To celebrate, they've got a special site up for you to get more details about it...as well as...
Red Bulls looking ahead to Colorado
A four-game homestand that was supposed to vault the Red Bulls back into Eastern Conference contention has them in the conference cellar. Now they admit they need to close out...
Catcher situation cloudy
The Mets' catching situation is in flux after Jerry Manuel announced that Brian Schneider would be activated off the disabled list in time for tomorrow afternoon's home game with the...
RBNY boss reaches out to Osorio; Juan Pablo Angel weighs in
In the wake of a recent report that Red Bull upper management was growing impatient with coach Juan Carlos Osorio, managing director Erik Stover reached out and called his beleaguered...
Yanks Abroad go for glory this weekend
Torres' Pachuca already played the first leg of the Mexican Championship, losing 1-0 at UNAM Pumas. But now they get the home leg Sunday (8 p.m., Telemundo), and the little...
RACHEL ALEXANDRA WON'T RUN IN BELMONT
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Preakness winner Rachel Alexandra will not run in the Belmont Stakes, opening the way for jockey Calvin Borel to return to Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird...
Mangini in day-camp flap
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that Browns roookies are unhappy that Eric Mangini will be taking them on a 10-hour bus trip to work the coach's football camp in Hartford,...
ROCKEFELLER CON-MAN A NERVOUS WRECK DURING KIDNAPPING
BOSTON - The crafty con-man who posed as a Rockefeller was a nervous wreck as he kidnapped his daughter - demanding that the woman who he paid to drive them...
Betances, Gee hit the disabled list
Both the Mets and Yankees have lost one of their top pitching prospects to the disabled list this week, as Dillon Gee (shoulder) and Dellin Betances (elbow) have both hit...
Longshot Lawson less than 6-feet
By MARC BERMANCHICAGO - The heights and weights are in from the NBA Draft Combine.Stephen Curry came in at 6-2 without shoes and just 181 pounds. His build is an...
JET SKI DEATH WITNESS: NO ONE HELPED
A witness to the tragic Jet Ski collision that killed a Brooklyn teenager described in court today how no one helped after the high-speed crash. Samantha Randazzo, now 17, said...
SOTOMAYOR TO MEET WITH SENATE NEXT WEEK
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee will hold her first meetings with senators next week. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor...
MONTANA TOWN WANTS GITMO PRISONERS
HARDIN, Mont. -- On Capitol Hill, politicians are dead-set against transferring some of the world's most feared terrorists from Guantanamo to prisons on U.S. soil. But at City Hall in...
QUEENS SEX TEACHER HELD ON $100,000 BAIL
The Queens teacher charged with having steamy after school romps with her 14-year-old student went from the schoolhouse to the jailhouse today when a judge ordered her held on $100,000...
Brown acquired in minor deal
Running short on Triple-A outfielders due to all the injuries at the major-league level, the Mets acquired veteran Emil Brown from the Padres' system today and immediately assigned him to...
'JON & KATE' INVESTIGATED BY PA. OFFICIALS
WERNERSVILLE, Pa. - Jon, Kate and their eight have attracted a huge TV audience, screaming tabloid headlines and, now, a state labor investigation. In a possible wake-up call to reality...
FAMILY MOURNS COP KILLED BY FELLOW COP
Details of the shooting death of an off-duty cop last night in Harlem slowly started to emerge today as family members mourned the loss of the rookie officer. Officer Andrew...
PHIL SPECTOR GETS 19-T0-LIFE FOR LANA CLARKSON'S MURDER
LOS ANGELES -- Phil Spector was sentenced Friday to 19 years to life in prison for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson, who was shot through the mouth in the...
Game 47: Marlins at Mets
Mike Pelfrey looks to turn the tables on his career nemesis tonight when the pesky Marlins invade Citi Field for a three-game series. The big right-hander has been tormented by...
PRINCE HARRY VISITS NEW YORK
NEW YORK -- Prince Harry bowed his head in prayer at ground zero Friday "in admiration of the courage shown by the people of this great city" -- as he...
METS DEFEND WAY THEY HANDLED ROOKIE
Omar Minaya has a message for Mets fans: Don't worry about rookie Fernando Martinez. "Let me tell this to Mets fans: They should not be concerned," Minaya said today on...
Reyes will go to Florida first
Mets GM Omar Minaya said today that Jose Reyes will be with the team this weekend, then go to Florida to get some game action before coming off the disabled...
Thole continues hot hitting in Binghamton
Catcher Josh Thole has refused to cool off after a hot start to the season for Double-A Binghamton. The 22-year-old went 2-for-3 with two doubles and two RBI in Binghamton's...
Montero hits two homers for Tampa
After tearing up the Low-A South Atlantic League last year, the Yankees No. 2 prospect, catcher Jesus Montero, hasn't missed a beat with High-A Tampa this season. Montero went 3-for-4...
Real Madrid to play at Toronto Aug. 7; RBNY game moved from Aug. 9 to June 13
Real Madrid will play Toronto in a friendly at BMO Field on Friday, August 7. As a result, the Red Bulls' tilt at Toronto originally slated for Sunday, August 9...
Amare: Knicks should take me over Bosh
By MARC BERMANCHICAGO - Here in Chicago waiting for the next wave of potential first-rounders to fill into The Westin for the final media availability..Back in New York, ESPN Radio's...
WE'RE BA-ACK! HOME DELIVERY OF THE BROOKLYN PAPER RETURNS
You love our print edition - and now we're making it easier to get! Starting this weekend, The Brooklyn Paper's popular free home delivery service is back, meaning that you...
OBAMA CREATES CYBER CZAR POST
WASHINGTON -- America has for too long failed to adequately protect the security of its computer networks, President Barack Obama said Friday, announcing he will name a new cyber czar...
Coverage in The Post
Speaking for the first time since his extensive hip surgery last week, Carlos Delgado told reporters Thursday night that he isn't sure when -- or if -- he will be...
3 DIE IN QUEENS CAR ACCIDENT
A car accident in Queens has claimed the lives of the driver and his two passengers. New York City police say the driver apparently lost control of the 1993 Volvo...
Box Office: How High is 'Up'?
Most forecasters seem to agree that Pixar's sublime "Up'' have no trouble opening in the same neighborhood ($63 million) as the studio's last effort "Wall-E,'' a year ago. The interesting...
US OFFICIALS: N. KOREA MAY PLAY LONG-RANGE MISSILE TEST
WASHINGTON -- U.S. officials say there are new signs North Korea may be planning even more missile launches in a show of strength following worldwide condemnation of its underground nuclear...
ERA ENDS FOR 'LATE' GREAT
JAY LENO'S departure from "The Tonight Show" reminds me of that old song: "How can I miss you if you won't go away?" Sure, Jay's leaving his 11:35 p.m. roost...
3 UP: MATTINGLY AND BEING CAPTAIN
Yes, I am on twitter1. My friend Jayson Stark wrote a terrific piece in his weekly Rumblings and Grumblings column in which he examines how a manager has to handle...
Champions League: Thousands Celebrate Barcelona Win
APThousands of fans packed the streets of Barcelona on Thursday to hail the return of the soccer team after its victory over Manchester United in the Champions League final.In a...
3 UP: MATTINGLY, MANNY AND MONTERO
Yes, I am at twitter.1. My friend Jayson Stark wrote a terrific piece in his weekly Rumblings and Grumblings column in which he examines how a manager has to handle...
HOW CAN A GAL FALL FOR THIS ALI-ASS?
BOSTON -- At least he was straight. We think. As the kidnapping trial of the man who called himself Clark Rockefeller gets under way in this frigid town, now might...
FLU SHUTS 6 MORE SCHOOLS
The city today is shuttering six more schools, in Manhattan and Brooklyn due to the swine flu -- making it 12 citywide. East Harlem's PS 83 and 182, located in...
ON CLOUD $9: CHEAP AIRLINE'S SALES TAKE OFF
Nine flies. A day after offering $9 flights from Newark Airport, startup airline JetAmerica says it has already sold out its first week. The airline sold a total of 11,000...
CABS SHARE & SCARE ALIKE
It doesn't matter if they stink, if they're sloppy drunk or if they look like Charles Manson's twin brother. Taxis designated as "share cabs" will have to pick up anybody...
NYERS HALVE & HALVE NOT
New York may be known as a city full of greedy capitalists looking out for No. 1 -- but that doesn't mean people here won't share. After hearing about the...
VIRUS KOS FBI E-MAILS
A vicious cyber-virus is crippling the FBI's computer and e-mail systems -- continuing to jam the G-men's vast communications network more than nine days after being first detected, The Post...
LADY TEACHER HAD SEX TRYSTS WITH BOY, 14: COPS
A Queens teacher had sex with her 14-year-old student, hooking up with the boy after school in an empty classroom, then bombarding him with hundreds of cell calls and texts,...
REGULAR JOE WRITING GOOD TORRE OF HIS OWN
IF SOME other Joe had the Yankees half a game out of first despite all their injuries and everything else going on around this team, he'd be nominated for sainthood....
GIRARDI MY BEST SKIPPER BY FAR, YANKEES' TEIXEIRA SAYS
CLEVELAND -- Ten months ago, there were people wearing pinstriped uniforms who weren't sure Joe Girardi was the right man to manage the Yankees. Two weeks ago, the Yankees were...
YANKEES, RANGERS WILL PUT ON SHOW AT BANDBOX IN BRONX
And you thought there were a lot of home runs already. MLB's top two home run-hitting teams will have a chance for their own private derby at baseball's newest homer...
BARKLEY: I'M DRINKING, BUT NOT DRIVING
RENO, Nev. -- Charles Barkley says he is still not gambling but might again someday. The NBA Hall of Famer and TNT analyst also said he's still drinking, but not...
5 QUESTIONS FOR... REGGIE MILLER
Former Knick killer and now TNT analyst Reggie Miller talked with The Post's Justin Terranova about the surprising turn the NBA playoffs have taken, why he's disappointed with the MSG...
BOLDIN COULD HIRE ELI'S AGENT
If receiver Anquan Boldin hires Tom Condon as his new agent -- that's where Boldin reportedly is leaning -- might the Giants have an edge if Boldin is traded, considering...
METS RIDING REPLAY WIN STREAK
The banged-up Mets suddenly have a new asset: video replay. Fernando Tatis, Omir Santos, Gary Sheffield and, after Wednesday night, Daniel Murphy, all have benefited from the umpire's call to...
LEBRON'S HUGE FOURTH KEEPS CAVS BREATHIN'
CLEVELAND -- LeBron James made a new guarantee: Game 6. With Cleveland's wondrous season on the line, James had 37 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists, and Mo Williams, who...
TNT'S COLLINS IN LOVE WITH NUMBERS, NOT ANALYSIS
IMAGINE having had sweet seats for Tuesday's fabulous Cavs-Magic game, but the guy next to you all game hollered numbers in your ear: "Sixty-eight percent!" "Twelve for 29!" "Third in...
MEMORIAL DAY FISHIN' NO FLUKE
BIG stripers, weakfish and fluke kept anglers busy over the Memorial Day weekend and there is no reason this type of fishing should not continue into June. A number of...
HONDO: PETT ROCKS
The dreaded Bosawx took care of business in Minne sota yesterday as Varitek creamed the Twinkies to send Hondo about a quarter-mile north of solvency at 440 carbos. Tonight, there'll...
JETS' RHODES MUM ABOUT PROBE
Kerry Rhodes, whose name came up in a rape investigation that allegedly took place at his Morristown, N.J., home last weekend, spoke publicly yesterday on the matter for the first...
FEDERER SURVIVES 'CLOSE' 2ND-ROUND MATCH
PARIS -- Close doesn't count. Roger Federer knows that as well as anyone. Still, even Federer had to acknowledge he found himself in a much tighter and tougher match than...
JONES HAS JETS BAFFLED
Just in case anyone wondered what kind of shape Thomas Jones would be in after boycotting the Jets' offseason program until his arrival Wednesday, the running back sported his customary...
NUGGETS' DISAPPEARING ACT AS OFFENSIVE AS OFFICIATING
SURE, there was odious officiat ing in Game 5 at the Office Supply Center. These are Bernie Fryer's NBA playoffs, are they not? And Nene's sixth foul was as flagrantly...
WOOLLEY HOLDING OUT HOPE BOREL WILL RIDE 'BIRD'
Trainer Chip Woolley reaffirmed yesterday he is calling owner Jess "Stonewall" Jackson's bluff by waiting until the last possible moment to name a rider for Mine That Bird in the...
U.S. TRIES TO GET BACK ON TRACK
In many ways, Jamaica's supplanting of the U.S. as the world's preeminent sprint power started at last year's Reebok Grand Prix and finished at the Olympic Games, began when Usain...
JOBA STAYS PUT IN YANKEES ROTATION -- FOR NOW
CLEVELAND -- The Joba To The Eighth Inning fraternity should save its lungs the stress. Having watched Phil Hughes pitch well in his last three starts and hearing Joe Girardi...
GUERIN ENJOYING CUP RUN
Less than three months ago, Bill Guerin was in limbo. His time with the last-place Islanders appeared to be over, but he hadn't been traded and didn't play in consecutive...
DIFFERENT STROKES FROM DIFFERENT FOLKS
NATURE has done for the Mets what Omar Minaya could not bring himself to do over the winter. For though the general manager refused to break up his Gang of...
METS AIM TO BREAK 'CURSE OF THE MARLINS'
The Marlins have been the Mets' season-ending worst nightmare the past two years. CHAT REWINDMETS RIDING REPLAY WIN STREAKTONIGHT'S PREVIEW: Marlins at Mets So much so, in fact, that the...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Zambrano gets 6 games Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano has been suspended for six games for his tirade this week during a game against the Pirates. The Cubs ace threw...
TWO CURRYS IMPRESSING KNICKS' WALSH
CHICAGO -- Knicks president Donnie Walsh's past two days have been a tale of two Currys -- one player too heavy, one too light. But right now, Walsh is ecstatic...
REHABBING DELGADO NOT SURE WHEN -- OR IF -- HE'LL MAKE METS RETURN
If the Mets want a slam dunk, they should trade for LeBron James. Carlos Delgado returning to the lineup this season? Not a slam dunk. That assessment comes from none...
RED SOX'S VARITEK TOSSED AFTER 2 HRS
Jason Varitek hit two home runs, then was one of four people ejected by young umpire Todd Tichenor during separate arguments in the seventh inning of the Red Sox's 3-1...
MARTINEZ TO SIT, BUT NOT FOR GAFFE
Fernando Martinez isn't scheduled to start tonight against the Marlins, but not as punishment for his bone-headed gaffe on Wednesday. Manager Jerry Manuel indicated last night that he plans to...
MICKELSON OPTIMISTIC ABOUT WIFE
LOS ANGELES -- Phil Mickelson expressed optimism yesterday about his wife Amy's breast cancer, saying that doctors believed they had diagnosed the condition early. "We have a wonderful team of...
MEMPHIS COULD LOSE WINS
Memphis athletic director R.C. Johnson defended the men's basketball program yesterday, saying the school checks out all potential players. He would not confirm that Derrick Rose, who led Memphis to...
HENSHAW SET FOR BIG KNIGHT
Joey Henshaw thought about playing in the SEC and talked to schools like Georgia Tech when he was starring at North Hall High School in Lula, Ga. "I had always...
JACKPOT IN THE TOWN OF WINNER
PIERRE, SD -- The town of Winner, SD, has produced a winner -- and a $232 million one at that. The winning ticket for Wednesday night's $232 million Powerball jackpot...
COP-KILLER BULLETS IN CASINO SLAY
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ -- A man charged with gunning down a supervisor at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort used illegal hollow-nose bullets, designed to inflict maximum damage, according to...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Staten Island A man raped his daughter's mother after dragging her to a next-door neighbor's home at knifepoint, police sources said yesterday. On May 18, Olydaar Reddick, 26, allegedly kicked...
RIHANNA MAY SING IN COURT
Rihanna's next gig could be on a Los Angeles witness stand. Her ex-boyfriend, R&B star Chris Brown, was ordered to appear in court on June 22 for a preliminary hearing,...
SUBPRIME 'SCAM' BUST
Thirteen people have been arrested on charges they ran a subprime-mortgage fraud scheme involving properties on Long Island and elsewhere in the New York City area. Many of the defendants...
ARREST IN GRAD SLAY
BUFFALO -- A 20-year-old man has been charged in the fatal shooting of a Bronx man who had just graduated from the University of Buffalo, authorities say. Buffalo police announced...
O'S PLEA FOR HEALTH CARE
WASHINGTON -- President Obama warned yesterday that if Congress doesn't deliver health-care legislation by the end of the year, the opportunity will be lost -- a plea to political supporters...
MATADOR'S STICK-ER SHOCK
Oww-lé! A Spanish matador gets the point after trying to take the bull by the horns. The massive beast skewered Israel Lancho, tossed him into the air, shook him around...
PLASTIC-SACKS TAX AXED BY COUNCIL
The City Council is bagging a plan to tax plastic bags, sources said yesterday. The proposal, which Mayor Bloomberg initiated and two Albany lawmakers recently introduced in the Assembly and...
JERSEY'S SHORE SHOT IN VILLAGE
Hoping to lure New Yorkers from the city to the sea this summer, New Jersey tourism officials set up shop yesterday in Greenwich Village. The Jersey Shore Store, on Broadway...
POSTAL-PACKIN' ROBBER BAGS 93G
A bandit posing as a postal worker made off with $93,000 after sticking up a Brooklyn check-cashing store owner at gunpoint, police sources said yesterday. The imposter, carrying a "post...
NRA'S BIG GUNS HOLDING FIRE - FOR NOW
WASHINGTON -- Lurking in wait, carefully watching Sonia Sotomayor sail toward what appears to be certain confirmation, is one of the most powerful lobbying groups in the country. For now,...
CITY GOES 'OLD SCHOOL' TO EASE KINDERGARTEN CRUNCH
An unprecedented demand for public-school seats is compelling the city to reopen an Upper East Side elementary school closed eight years ago for low enrollment. The long-sought resolution will let...
$TIMULATING WAY TO LEARN A TRADE
If you're looking for a job as an emergency medical technician, the city is ready to pick up the $7,933 cost of a 12-week training program for 90 applicants. If...
DADDY'S A MAD CHAMELEON
BOSTON -- The enigmatic shape-shifter who posed as a member of the Rockefeller family and abducted his daughter is either a lunatic or a brilliant scammer -- or both. Prosecutors...
BLOG TEEN'S SUPREME IRE
A Connecticut teen who used a vulgar epithet on a personal blog to describe her school's administrators never imagined someone like Sonia Sotomayor would stand in the way of her...
SINGIN' 'BLUES' OFF LI
They're lonesome and blue. Blue whales, the largest creatures known to man, have been identified in the waters off Long Island -- performing love songs. Scientists from Cornell University's Bioacoustics...
DEMS WANT SHELLY'S PLAN WATERED DOWN
Democratic lawmakers are heavily pressuring Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to curb Mayor Bloomberg's control over city schools by requiring that appointees to the citywide Panel on Educational Policy serve fixed...
OH, WHAT A TWIT!
Al Roker showed up for jury duty yesterday in Manhattan Criminal Court -- but by the end of the day, he was the one feeling guilty. The "Today" show weatherman...
OZZY'S SOUR SABBATH NOTE
Rocker Ozzy Osbourne is going off the rails against one of his Black Sabbath bandmates. The "Godfather of Heavy Metal" claims guitarist Tony Iommi illegally claimed sole ownership of the...
A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW
They're the only maternity wards with toll booths. Five fuzzy falcon chicks were born in the past month atop the Verrazano, Throgs Neck and Marine Parkway bridges. "We have a...
IT'S VERONICA!
Blondes have more fun, but brunettes get the world's oldest teenager. Archie is spurning longtime love Betty and proposing to Veronica in August's "Archie" No. 600. "Yes!" Veronica Lodge yells...
LIVE ON $3M? HA!
Poor little millionaire! Charlene Marshall would have had to subsist on a measly net worth of $3 million had her husband Anthony not started shaking his Alzheimer's-addled mother down for...
JOYOUS INTERRUPTUS
Some researchers are pulling out all the stops on contraception -- a new study finds that withdrawal is almost as effective as condoms when it comes to preventing pregnancy. Rachel...
CHANEL SUES: KNOCK IF OFF
Chanel claims it's caught a whiff of trademark infringement coming from a Manhattan jewelry store. The famed French fashion house is suing Joseph Anthony Inc. for allegedly selling "counterfeit jewelry,...
JON & KATE PLUS BIG-$$ PERKS
The "Jon & Kate Plus 8" gravy train has been running full steam for five years now, picking up tummy tucks, clean teeth and hair implants along the way. But...
BRAVEST NAB 'THIEF'
Two city firefighters teamed up yesterday to chase down a mugger who swiped a cellphone from a pedestrian in front of their Greenwich Village firehouse, authorities said. The men, from...
BULLET GRAZES GIRL
A 5-year-old girl was grazed by a stray bullet outside a Queens housing project yesterday. She was standing outside the Astoria Houses near a 33-year-old man when he was shot...
BQE CRASH HURTS 60
About 60 people were hurt in a massive pileup on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway when a casino bus, a school bus and tractor-trailer collided yesterday morning, snarling rush-hour traffic for almost...
BAM, ABBAS TALK PEACE
WASHINGTON -- Keeping up his push for Mideast peace, President Obama yesterday sat down with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in the White House and kept pressure on Israel, as Jerusalem...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Get your Bubba on! The official Summer Redneck Games in East Dublin, Ga., are back, even though the radio station that has sponsored it pulled out following a lawsuit last...
WEEKEND HOT PICKS IN ENTERTAINMENT
X MARKS THE SPOT X, the prototypical Los Angeles punk band founded in 1977, is taking requests for its "X-TRL" tour, which hits the Bowery Ballroom tonight through Sunday. Fans...
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. "DANNY AND...
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 Monday. "OUR HOUSE": Theresa...
POP, ROCK, FOLK
GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS: Not only is this Motley Crue tribute band made up of women, but it's heading a double bill including Misstallica, an all-female band that plays Metallica tunes....
JAZZ
BIRDLAND: Tenor sax star Pharoah Sanders leads his band today and tomorrow at 8:30 and 11 p.m. 315 W. 44th St.; 212-581-3080. BLUE NOTE: Frank Sinatra Jr. leads a 36-piece...
CLASSICAL
AVERY FISHER HALL: Barbara Cook sings Sondheim, Porter and more with the New York Philharmonic tomorrow at 8 p.m. On Sunday at 3 p.m., the American Symphony Orchestra honors Israeli...
DANCE
GOVERNORS ISLAND: Modern dance troupe ZviDance's free performance of its original work "White" honors its host site, Fort Jay (where the ferry drops passengers off), Sunday at 3:30 and 4:30...
FILM
IFC CENTER: Costumes are encouraged, gift bags are handed out and live entertainers run about the theater at an interactive screening of Joel Schumacher's 1987 vampire flick "The Lost Boys"...
COWBOY DIPLOMACY FOR NUKE KOREA
AS President Obama and UN diplomats mull a response to North Korea's latest nu clear blast, the hermit tyranny's southern neighbor may have unearthed the best one: the Proliferation Security...
O, INCORPORATED
THE interlocking directorate is anathema to trustbusters and corporate watchdogs. It occurs when a board member or top executive of one company sits on the board of another company, accumulating...
D-DAY FOR THE DEMS
EVER since November, Democrats and Republicans alike have wondered how the GOP would rebuild -- as the press mischievously stoked the "rift" between party moderates and conservatives. Just Monday, The...
SOTOMAYOR'S SUITABILITY: DO RACE, GENDER COUNT?
THE ISSUE: Pres. Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Bronx-born Latina Sonia Sotomayor. *** Bronx-born federal appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor will be the first Hispanic on the Supreme Court thanks to the...
BING IS THE THING
Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer has Bing on the brain. In his latest salvo against Google, Ballmer debuted Microsoft's revamped search engine, Bing, for the first time yesterday at The Wall...
LIONSGATE TO SELL 49% TV GUIDE STAKE
Lionsgate Entertainment Corp agreed to sell a 49 percent stake in the TV Guide channel for about $123 million, hoping to help turn the network into a dynamic entertainment channel....
BANKRUPTCY FILING FOR LACROIX
Christian Lacroix SNC said yesterday it had launched insolvency proceedings after the 22-year-old French fashion house fell victim to the global recession. The fashion house said it is seeking protection...
HOMES GO OFF FLOOR
Purchases of new homes in the US rose in April for the second time in three months as lower prices and cheaper financing stabilized demand. Sales increased 0.3 percent to...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Foreclosures A record 12 percent of homeowners with a mortgage are behind on their payments or in foreclosure as the hous ing crisis spreads to bor rowers with good credit,...
OIL PUMPS MARKETS HIGHER
US stocks climbed yesterday as rising oil prices drove up shares of energy companies and falling yields in the bond market eased concerns that higher borrowing costs would delay an...
CONDé NAST'S LEX-ODUS
THINGS might begin to get a bit lonely for Fairchild Publishing CEO Richard "Mad Dog" Beckman at both the old Fairchild Building and an adjacent building where parent company Condé...
ACKMAN MISSES TARGET
It looks like billionaire activist investor Bill Ackman's high-profile battle with Target missed its mark. Target investors yesterday soundly defeated Ackman's efforts to get himself and other nominees elected to...
GUY 'HANDS' OVER $45M GIFT TO EMI
Private-equity firm Terra Firma plowed more cash into debt-laden record label EMI as the struggling recording giant treads dangerously close to violating the terms on billions in loans used to...
VERSACE'S BUSINESS MODEL STUMBLES ON THE CATWALK
While Versace's leadership gets a shuffle in Europe, the fashion brand's US business has been drifting for months -- as one top executive has quietly left the company and another...
TIME TO LET FORDHAM BUILD
Enough talk: It's time to expedite Ford ham University's redevelopment plan. In the next few weeks, the City Council will vote on the project. It should give it an unconditional...
MIKE'S CAB-KILLING CRUSADE
First Mayor Mike's nostrum elves undertook to make taxis too small for normal-sized folks. Now they want to turn those mini-cabs into what would amount to tiny buses. It's all...
LESSON OF A UFT SCHOOL
Charter schools have been a huge blessing for New York -- but that doesn't mean they're all created equal. Or perform that way. Witness the charter run by the United...
FINALLY, IT'S CURTAINS FOR AOL TALE
After nearly a decade of dysfunction and more than $100 billion in lost shareholder value, Time Warner is finally filing for divorce from AOL. The media giant confirmed yesterday that...
FINAL COUNTDOWN
Restive bondholders howling about the government's plans to restructure General Motors in bankruptcy court were given a last-minute sweetener to help round up more support ahead of Monday's deadline to...
STARR REPORT
The power of television: Wednesday night's premiere of A&E's "Tattoo Highway" featured Thomas Pendleton ("Inked") taking his tattoo parlor-on-wheels cross-coun try. His first client, Heather from Phoenix, talked about the...
FATE WORSE THAN DEBT
THERE'S an evil spirit on the loose: It's got hooves and horns and fur and it's really messing up the house. It's . . . Poltergoat! "Spider-Man" director Sam Raimi's...
DEATH'S CALL-IN SHOW
WHAT'S a zombie movie without zom bies? A dull zombie movie. Take "Pontypool" by Canadian cult director Bruce McDonald, whose work includes the quirky road movie "Highway 61" (1991) and...
A CHILD STAR IS BORN
'OWL and the Sparrow" is a beautifully com posed romance from Vietnam. Yes, the nation in which the US fought a divisive war is now a budding movie powerhouse. "Owl...
BOYLING MAD
THE pressure's getting to Susan Boyle. The Scottish singing sensation and "Britain's Got Talent" favorite flipped out at journalists -- then tearfully threatened to quit the show, officials said yesterday....
BENIGNI'S UNDAUNTED DANTE
ROBERTO Benigni isn't one to defy expectations. Speaking about his new one-man show, the voluble Italian lets loose an exuberant torrent of words in heavily accented English while barely pausing...
DEARLY DEPARTED, WASHED IN TEARS
THE greatest mystery of this year's Oscar ceremony was why the tear-jerker "Departures" won the foreign-language award. Of the five nominees, "Departures" is definitely the weakest. It isn't a bad...
UP, UP & HOORAY!
PIXAR extends the longest winning streak in Hollywood history with "Up," an exquisite work of cinematic art that also happens to be the funniest, most touching, most exciting and most...
CLASSICS GET A BIT WIGGY
IRA Siff wears many hats: opera coach, director at the Tanglewood Music Festival, commentator on the Metropolitan Opera's radio broadcasts. Now and then he wears a wig, too. For 30...
WANTED POSTER
IF you thought the women on the "Real Housewives of New Jersey" were as hardcore as can be, you may soon be in for a bigger surprise. In the weeks...
HAVE AN ICE DAY
DISCOVERY, a channel which, like nature it self, never fails to fascinate, does not fail big time tonight when it begins one of its most extraordinary limited series ever, "Nature's...
FAMED COMIC GETS PLUCKY
STRAPPED into a vintage five-string banjo, Steve Martin looked from face to face among the crowd at the Rubin Museum of Art Wednesday night. The audience was there to hear...
FLICKING THE FORMULA
THE "MTV Movie Awards" this year will be the only awards show in the world that puts more emphasis on clips of upcoming movies than it does on the flicks...
'BRIDGET' FLIRTS WITH BROADWAY
WORKING Title, the prolific London-based movie company, has caught the theater bug. And why not? Its first foray through the pro scenium arch is "Billy Elliot," which by my count...
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...
LEXINGTON AVENUE SPRING FESTIVAL: A street fair on Lexington Avenue tomorrow between 42nd and 57th streets from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. LEXINGTON AVENUE SPRING JUBILEE: The weekend's second Lexington...
RBNY boss Erik Stover: "We have not lost patience with Juan Carlos Osorio''
When asked about a report that Red Bull upper management had grown impatient with beleaguered Juan Carlos Osorio, sporting director Jeff Agoos praised his coach but passed the buck to...
Drama Mama: Pushing the Pie Hole
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....
6 MORE SCHOOLS CLOSE AS NYC FIGHTS SWINE FLU
Six more public schools are shutting down as New York City continues combatting swine flu. The closings announced Thursday follow dozens of others in recent weeks. City officials say the...
RIVERDALE TERROR PLOT FOILED
Four would-be terrorists wanted to blow the Bronx apart. Fortunately, FBI agents and police officers snuffed the plot. On Thursday, May 21, the Riverdale Jewish Center and the Riverdale Reform...
OBAMA TAPS BRONXITE FOR SUPREME SPOT
President Barack Obama picked federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court on Tuesday, May 26. If confirmed by the senate, Sotomayor would be the first Hispanic justice in...
DIAZ JR. GIVES INAUGURAL ADDRESS
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli referred to Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.'s inaugural address as a love fest, and it was. Diaz Jr., elected on April 21, received a standing ovation...
MUSIC FEST PLANNED FOR COMRAS MALL
Whether you are looking to take a stroll in the park or a place to gather the family together, Pelham Parkway South will be your solution during the first ever...
CITY ISLAND MOLESTER, SUSPECTED MURDERER, RELEASED
Robert Fioretti, a convicted molester and suspected murderer who shocked City Island 21 years ago, is free. On Thursday, May 14, he left prison for a halfway house in Brooklyn....