June 5, 2009
Is Agent the new GTA? Time will tell
But Rockstar is certainly hoping that it's true/possible.Earlier in the week, the makers of Grand Theft Auto (and Table Tennis) announced that they'll be releasing a game called Agent exclusively...
Game 53: Mets at Nationals
WASHINGTON -- Tim Redding will get one more -- and perhaps final -- chance to prove himself to the reeling, injury-ravaged Mets tonight when he takes the hill here against...
NY 'NUT' ARRESTED FOR DEATH THREAT AGAINST OBAMA AND SOTOMAYOR
A Manhattan man has been arrested for threatening to "blow up" President Obama and Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, officials said today. John Zaubler, a 48-year-old with a history of...
Iron Maiden DLC on Rock Band
"Put them in the Iron Maiden.""Iron Maiden? Excellent!""Execute them.""Bogus!"Coming your way Tuesday (or Thursday): 12 downloadable tracks from Iron Maiden for Rock Band.The DLC comes just in time to celebrate...
BLOOMBERG: HOMELESS IN LUX CONDOS WON'T STAY LONG
Homeless families who hit the jackpot by landing in luxury condos in Brooklyn shouldn't get too comfortable, Mayor Bloomberg recommended today. "We're not going to let people just sit there....
BLOG GIANTS
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Yankees-Rays rained out
Tonight's Yankees-Rays game has been rained out.There has been no announcement on when the game will be made up. The teams still have three games left in the four-game series...
COUPLE INDICTED ON CHARGES OF SPYING FOR CUBA
WASHINGTON -- A retired State Department worker with top secret security clearance and his wife have been indicted on charges of spying for Cuba. The indictment handed down by the...
Overlord II: Death to cute baby seals!
Yes, it's true! Clubbin' seals is the new kickin' puppies! Oh, calm down. It's not true: Clubbin' seals is the new pouring salt on slugs!At any rate, It's just one...
NYPD NOT SO 'SMART'
The NYPD really jumped the gun today in announcing the potential for "smart" guns that could prevent friendly-fire shootings. Police announced this morning that Pacific Northwestern Laboratory was in the...
CAVALIERS DOING THEIR BEST TO RE-SIGN LEBRON THIS OFFSEASON
The city of Cleveland could breathe a collective sigh of relief if LeBron James re-signs with the Cavaliers this offseason, instead of waiting to hit the open market following next...
COUPLE INDICTED ON CHARGES OF SPYING FOR CUBA
WASHINGTON -- A retired State Department worker with top secret security clearance and his wife have been indicted on charges of spying for Cuba. The indictment handed down by the...
WIFE: PHIL SPECTOR IS A SEX GOD
Phil Spector's a rock god -- in the bedroom. "We had sex. We were doing it all the time," his hot, blond and much, much younger wife Rachelle told the...
GOV REACHES DEAL WITH UNIONS TO AVOID MASS LAYOFFS
Gov. Paterson and the state's two biggest labor unions reached a tentative deal today to avoid mass layoffs and controversial contract givebacks in exchange for buyouts and more modest retirement...
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY NOMINEE DROPS OUT
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's pick to be the top intelligence chief at the Homeland Security Department withdrew from consideration Friday after questions were raised about his role in the...
Nieve called up, Misch claimed
WASHINGTON -- The Mets called up right-handed reliever Fernando Nieve from Triple-A Buffalo and claimed lefty reliever Pat Misch off waivers from the Giants after putting J.J. Putz on the...
Exclusive 'Spider-Man 4' News: Black on Dunst, Villain
1. Kraven the Hunter. He's a former big-game hunter who captured and tormented Spider-Man in a famously dark story from the 1980s. But as far as his ties to New...
FAR ROCKAWAY SOLDIER KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN
Queens has lost another of its military servicemen in the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan this week, the Department of Defense said. Spc. Roberto Hernandez of Far Rockaway was killed Tuesday...
FEDS HUNT FUGITIVE BROKER
A former Wall Street broker facing criminal charges linked to the subprime mortgage meltdown has become the target of an international manhunt, federal authorities said Friday. Prosecutors notified a judge...
RESTAURANT OWNER: 'GHETTO' GIRL WAS 'VERY FILTHY,' TOO
Ho no he didn't! A woman who claims she was told she's "too ghetto" to work at Hawaiian Tropic Zone is also too racy to get a job there, a...
'Birthday' Present
After a week's run at the Museum of Modern Art, the delicious dark comedy "Laila's Birthday'' has moved to the Cinema Village (12th Street, east of Fifth Avenue). It tells...
Live from L.A.
Most of the recent chatter about L.A. has been revolving around Conan O'Brien's relocation there. But I'm with James Wolcott when he writes "Are you as excited by Conan O'Brien's...
SD MAN IN FINANCIAL PERIL WINS $232.1M POWERBALL
PIERRE, S.D. -- A 23-year-old rancher whose family has fallen behind in their taxes and recently had a mobile home repossessed has claimed a $232.1 million Powerball jackpot on Friday,...
SUSAN BOYLE RELEASED
The brother of "Britain's Got Talent" contestant Susan Boyle says the singer has left a mental health care facility and is doing better. Gerry Boyle told GMTV Friday that his...
MANY AIRPORTS DOING LITTLE TO STOP BIRD STRIKES
A third of the nation's commercial airports are not taking legally required steps to reduce the danger of potentially deadly bird strikes, according to a report on a government study...
ATTY: 'LIFE-ALTERING INJURIES' IN 'BRUNO' CASE
The lawyer for a woman suing actor-comedian Sacha Baron Cohen over a scuffle at a charity bingo tournament said Friday that his client suffered "life-altering injuries." Attorney Kyle Madison released...
4 BRONX ASST. PROSECUTORS LIKELY HAVE SWINE FLU
Don't forget to wash your hands really well once you leave the Bronx courthouse. Four assistant Bronx prosecutors are believed to have contracted swine flu, officials told The Post this...
Putz having elbow surgery
(UPDATED) WASHINGTON -- As expected, a Mets official confirmed this afternoon that struggling reliever J.J. Putz will have surgery to remove a bone spur in his right elbow and miss...
'SLUMDOG' CHILD STAR TO PUBLISH LIFE STORY
One of the child stars of the Oscar-winning movie "Slumdog Millionaire" is to publish her life story. Transworld Publishers says Rubina Ali's book will tell the story of her life...
COLBERT TO BROADCAST 4 SHOWS FROM BAGHDAD
Stephen Colbert will broadcast four shows next week from Baghdad, where he says he'll be "Bob Hoping" it for the troops. Colbert arrived at the former Al Faw Palace at...
Can CC win 300?
By JUSTIN TERRANOVAAfter Randy Johnson won his 300th game yesterday, ESPN was running down the pitcher most likely to reach the milestone next based on wins and age.Second on that...
BERLUSCONI: 'I'LL STEP DOWN'
ROME -- Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Friday he would resign immediately if he were shown to have lied about his relationship with an 18-year-old model at the heart of a...
UPDATE: Utah's breaking bad
Maybe it finally caught something after all those years of rubbing up against Nevada, but something's definitely up with Utah.Not only has the state legislature recently passed a law --...
More room, longer throws for Giants
By PAUL SCHWARTZThe sight of rookie Ramses Barden, Domenik Hixon and Sinorice Moss all getting deep to haul in passes during today's Organized Team Activity practice is not a sight...
Sneak Peek: Premiere Episode of 'NYC Prep'
For those who simply can't wait until June 23 to watch Bravo's latest bunch of trainwrecks, Hulu has a Friday present for you.Below, watch the entire first episode of "NYC...
LIBYA'S GADDAFI ASKS TO MEET 700 ITALIAN WOMEN
Call him a lady's man. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has requested a meeting with 700 Italian women during his historic visit to Rome next week when he plans to set...
FEDS: BRONX SYNOGOGUE BOMB PLOTTERS CAUGHT ON VIDEOTAPE
The four men accused of plotting attacks on two Bronx synagogues and upstate New York military targets were secretly caught on videotape talking about their diabolical terror plot. At a...
'ENTER THE DRAGON' ACTOR DIES
HONG KONG -- Veteran Hong Kong actor Shih Kien, who played Bruce Lee's archrival in the 1973 movie "Enter the Dragon," has died at age 96. "With his death, Hong...
The Songs That Would Rack Up The Saves
Probably the most important thing to me when it comes to a great entrance song for a closer is how it opens. They say the most important guy for a...
BRITISH PM SHAKES UP CABINET IN EFFORT TO KEEP JOB
LONDON -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown shook up his Cabinet on Friday in hopes of hanging on to his job in the midst of a scandal over lawmakers' expenses,...
PAULA ABDUL STILL 'NEGOTIATING' 'IDOL' CONTRACT
Paula Abdul says she's "not sure" if she will be returning to "American Idol." "It's called, I'm negotiating," said Abdul to David Letterman on last night's "Late Show." Abdul, who...
BLOOMBERG: MIDTOWN STREET CLOSURES ARE A HIT
Mayor Bloomberg said today that the city's plan to close stretches of Sixth and Seventh avenues to cars and convert them to pedestrian malls has actually helped traffic. "It is...
Coverage in The Post
WASHINGTON -- Wow, Thursday was quite a day for the Mets -- none of it good. Not only did their 11-6 loss to the lowly Pirates complete a Pittsburgh sweep...
Raymond Chandler's Secret Cameo in 'Double Indemnity'
Novelist Raymond Chandler ("The Big Sleep''), who famously didn't get along with either Billy Wilder or Alfred Hitchcock when he worked for them as a co-screenwriter, has a long-undiscovered cameo...
Craig Ferguson to Host Emmys?
The Emmys are learning from past mistakes.After a boring 2008 show - which was badly co-hosted by reality TV hosts Tom Bergeron, Heidi Klum, Howie Mandel, Jeff Probst and Ryan...
SUSAN BOYLE RELEASED FROM MENTAL CLINIC
LONDON -- The brother of talent-show contestant Susan Boyle says the singer has left a mental health care facility and is doing better. Gerry Boyle told GMTV Friday that his...
LEGISLATION WOULD REDUCE PLANE NOISE OVER SI
New legislation introduced by a Staten Island lawmaker will aim to reduce airplane noise over the borough. Rep. Michael McMahon (D-Staten Island) has penned two amendments to a federal aviation...
MCCARTHY ENDS TALK OF SENATE RUN
Long Island congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy said she has decided not to challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in next year's Senate race. A spokesman said McCarthy, 65, decided not to run for...
SEXTING FLAP AT NY SCHOOL
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- A suburban New York school board is considering a demotion for a security guard who tried to confiscate a student's sexually explicit cell phone pictures. New...
Stan blew it with Jameer
By MARC BERMANLOS ANGELES - Since Jeff Van Gundy won't say it on the air, I will.Stan made a mistake in thrusting Jameer Nelson solidly in the rotation, giving him...
PILOT WHO FAKED HIS OWN DEATH TO PLEAD GUILTY
PENSACOLA, Fla. -- An Indiana money manager is scheduled to appear in court to plead guilty to crashing an airplane near a Florida Panhandle neighborhood in a botched attempt to...
OBAMA: THINGS ARE FINE WITH ME AND MERKEL
DRESDEN, Germany -- President Barack Obama chastised German media Friday for their "wild speculation" about allegedly strained relations between him and Chancellor Angela Merkel. "Your characterization of 'wild speculations' is...
Oscar Watch: Eastwood vs. Jackson
Warner Bros. announced it plans to open the flick wide on Dec. 11, a date it shares with Jackson's adaptation of Alice Sebold's "The Lovely Bones,'' which is being distributed...
3 UP: CANO JUST CAN'T WALK
Remember earlier in the year when there was so much talk of the new, more patient Robinson Cano? Well, that didn't last long. Cano walked on Thursday, which ended a...
GM TO SELL SATURN TO PENSKE
DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. has a tentative deal to sell its Saturn brand to former race car driver and dealership group owner Roger Penske, according to two people briefed...
The Mets' sorry injury history
From JOEL SHERMAN Perhaps the most important job the Mets could undertake now is to completely review -- and fix where necessary -- their training and medical protocol. They must...
DEAD NY MAN GETS PARKING TICKETS
A New York City woman says her father apparently lay dead for weeks in a minivan while police repeatedly left parking tickets on the vehicle. Jennifer Morales of Manhattan says...
WESTCHESTER MAN GETS 15 YEARS TO LIFE FOR WIFE SLAY
A New York man who stabbed his wife 30 times while their son was at home with them has been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison. A Westchester...
OFFICIALS: CARRADINE'S DEATH MAY BE ACCIDENTAL
As investigators try to determine how actor David Carradine wound up dead in a Bangkok hotel closet with a rope tied around his neck and genitals, it was revealed today...
NJ PLANS TO COUNT BAT POPULATION
Need something to do this summer? A wildlife group is looking for volunteers to count New Jersey's bats. The group said this year's count -- organized by the Conserve Wildlife...
Dratch Distances Herself From New Movie's Gay-Bashing
Among the many problems with the alleged comedy "My Life in Ruins'' is a hideously unfunny scene involving predatory gay Greeks and a straight American tourist who is unwittingly wearing...
AIR FRANCE TO REPLACE INSTRUMENTS THAT MEASUER AIR SPEED
RECIFE, Brazil -- An Air France memo to its pilots Friday about the crash of Flight 447 said the airline is replacing instruments that help measure airspeed on all its...
UNEMPLOYMENT AT HIGHEST RATE IN MORE THAN 25 YEARS
WASHINGTON -- With companies in no mood to hire, the U.S. unemployment rate jumped to 9.4 percent in May, the highest in more than 25 years. But the pace of...
FBI SEARCHING FOR MAN WHO THREATENED TO KILL OBAMA
An upstate New York man is being sought by the FBI after allegedly telling a Utah bank teller that he was on a "mission" to kill President Obama. The Secret...
STAR ARCHITECT OUT OF NETS ARENA PROJECT
By RICH CALDER Scrambling to shave costs on a planned Brooklyn arena for his NBA Nets, developer Bruce Ratner announced yesterday that star architect Frank Gehry would no longer be...
QUINN BACKS DUMBO RENTAL TOWER
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn last night confirmed she will support a controversial rental tower planned for DUMBO that opponents say would block views of the Brooklyn Bridge - a...
OBAMA: ISRAEL, PALESTINE NEED 2-STATE SOLUTION
WEIMAR, Germany -- President Barack Obama toured a World War II concentration camp Friday after prodding the international community to redouble efforts toward separate Israeli and Palestinian states in hopes...
3 UP: MET INJURIES, WANG/HUGHES, CANO
Yes, I am on twitter1. Perhaps the most important job the Mets could undertake now is to completely review - and fix where necessary - their training and medical protocol....
The Daily Whacks, Friday Edition
You can count me among the tweetin' Twitterers (or is that the Twitterin' tweeters?) now: http://twitter.com/MikeVacc*******In today's column, I find what may well be the lone silver lining in what...
Drama Mama: The other 'Wives'
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....
BETTOR'S GUIDE TO THE BELMONT STAKES
View Bettor's Guide to the Belmont Stakes.
RED BULL PLAY SAME OLD SONG
Despite yet another new lineup and yet another different formation, the Red Bulls' are a broken record playing the same sad song. They do just enough to lose, settling for...
CABRERA CLUTCH IN ANOTHER COMEBACK YANKEE WIN
At this rate, the Melky Cabrera Yankeeography will be on the air by the All-Star break. From left out to right answer, Cabrera yesterday added one more highlight to his...
RANGERS GIVE CHIEN-MING UP-AND-DOWN REVIEW
Nelson Cruz was 0-for-4 against Chien-Ming Wang before going hitless in his first two at-bats yesterday. Cruz's dry spell against Wang, who made his return to the Yankees starting rotation...
YANKEE GAMBLE PITS EX-ACE'S PAST VS. HUGHES' FUTURE
CHIEN-Ming Wang produced his best start of the season and the Yankees won. Now for the bad news, Yankees fans: Wang's best start of the season was five runs in...
YANKS READY TO SERVE SOX FIRST TASTE OF POWER PAIR
The Red Sox ended 86 years of frustration thanks in large part to the emergence of a 3-4 combo in the lineup that tortured the Yankees. Now the Bombers are...
MUSLIMS HAIL HOPE
Muslims around the world welcomed President Obama's call for a "new beginning" yesterday, but said he must back up his historic speech with deeds. Shahinda al-Bahgouri, a 20-year-old student at...
WAY TO MECCA GOOD IMPRESSION
President Obama spoke their language--literally. In his major Middle East speech in Cairo yesterday, the president referenced the Koran four times, in one instance alluding to a miracle called al-Isra,...
STRIPERS AND BLUEFISH GALORE IN NEW YORK'S WATERS
The saltwater action in New York's marine waters is holding up quiet well for stripers and bluefish with keeper fluke continuing to come from the East End. Those fishing lower...
LONGTIME FDU COACH FURIOUS OVER FIRING
After 26 years on the sidelines that were highlighted by four trips to the NCAA Tournament and two NIT berths, Fairleigh Dickinson University unceremoniously fired basketball coach Tom Green last...
THROUGH THE PRISM OF HIS RADIANCE
Vintage Obama: It was fundamentally about him. THERE'S one thing about President Obama's speech in Cairo that critics and supporters can agree on: It was vintage Obama. As an Obama...
OBAMA'S MUSLIM SPEECH: SILKINESS AND STEEL
PRESIDENT Obama fulfilled a campaign promise yesterday by delivering an eloquent, important speech to Muslims that should prompt Middle Eastern soul-searching for months to come. Much of what he said...
5 QUESTIONS FOR... MARK JACKSON
FORMER Knicks guard and ESPN/ ABC analyst Mark Jackson talks with The Post's Justin Terranova about the NBA Finals, LeBron James and the greatest playground baller in the history of...
PENGUINS RALLY TO EVEN SERIES
PITTSBURGH -- The Stanley Cup finals won't duplicate last year's, and a momentum-swinging period by the Penguins put in doubt whether there will be a repeat champion. Jordan Staal's short-handed...
MAGIC LOOK LIKE FINALS IMPOSTERS
LOS ANGELES -- While league MVP LeBron James was absorbing a $25,000 fine from commissioner David Stern last night, Kobe Bryant moved closer to his fourth championship by bagging 40...
LANCE ANNOUNCES BIRTH OF SON
This was one special tweet for Lance Armstrong. Armstrong, who won the Tour de France seven straight years after overcoming testicular cancer, announced the birth of his son on the...
MANNINGHAM RUNNING GIANT REDEMPTION ROUTE
So many questions for Mario Manningham. How frustrating was the training-camp injury that set back the Giants wide receiver? How disappointing was his lack of playing time and production? How...
DON'T SELL LONGSHOTS SHORT
THE biggest racing event of the year in New York, the Belmont Stakes, will be run tomorrow for the 141st time, the oldest and longest classic of the American turf...
BOREL: DERBY CHAMP WILL GO THE DISTANCE
The first time most of America even heard the name Mine That Bird, he had just burst through a narrow hole along the rail in the Kentucky Derby and was...
WOOLLEY WISHES NY SLOTS OF LUCK
If you have ever wondered why Mine That Bird's owners paid $400,000 to buy a little gelding that originally cost $9,500 at auction, the answer is simple: slot machines, and...
OUR HORSE IS ONE HOT COMMODITY
Bennie "Chip" Woolley Jr., 45, trains Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird, a fast-closing second in the Preakness, and the favorite for tomorrow's Belmont Stakes. This week Woolley shares his...
BELTRAN 'EMBARRASSED' AS PIRATES SWEEP METS
PITTSBURGH -- What Carlos Beltran saw from the Mets here this week made the center fielder sicker than any stomach illness. BOX SCOREPHOTO GALLERYMETS BLOGTONIGHT'S PREVIEW: Mets at Nationals A...
BURNETT TO APPEAL SUSPENSION
A.J. Burnett expected some punishment, just nothing close to the six-game suspension he received from MLB yesterday for his up-and-in heater that sailed past Nelson Cruz on Tuesday. "Any time...
NET-TING A 'GOOD' DRAFT
Nets fingers are crossed. Maybe 2008 will repeat itself in terms of the draft. No, they don't think they'll get a talent comparable to Brook Lopez, whom they scooped up...
'OFFICIAL'-LY, FINALS A JOKE
LOS ANGELES -- With apologies to Pete Seeger, Where have all the veteran referees gone? Long time passing ... gone to graveyards, everyone. Well, put out to pasture, anyway. Add...
LUKE 'PUTTS' ON A SHOW
DUBLIN, Ohio -- Tiger Woods hardly missed a fairway, a big improvement. Luke Donald hardly missed a putt, and that was far more rewarding yesterday at the Memorial. Donald set...
PSAL FANS FEELING LEFT OUT
Mike Turo was thrilled when he first learned that his Monroe team was scheduled to play at the new Yankee Stadium for the PSAL title game against Norman Thomas on...
AT OLD STADIUM, FIRST STEPS IN FINAL LAP
DAVE Brown and Richard Todd got buried at Giants Stadium, no question. Yet, with six months remaining in its life, time dwindles for confirmation that Jimmy Hoffa met the same...
MANUEL'S 'DISCOURAGED' BY SHAKY PELFREY
PITTSBURGH -- Carlos Beltran wasn't the only Met handing out verbal jabs yesterday. Jerry Manuel was hardly as emotional or biting with his comments, but the manager took aim nonetheless...
LEBRON WON'T WALK OFF FREE, AFTER ALL
LOS ANGELES -- LeBron James is not a Finals Participant, but his presence still hovers over it. On second thought, commissioner David Stern has decided to fine James $25,000 for...
ALL-RUSSIAN GALS FINAL
PARIS -- Dinara Safina cursed at herself in English, muttered to herself in Russian and generally carried on in much the same manner of older brother Marat Safin. Both have...
EMOTIONS HIGH AFTER HISTORIC 'W'
The emotions finally flowed for Randy Johnson when the final out was made. A hug for his son, who was serving as batboy. Hugs for every teammate, plus a really...
QUIET CARLOS FUMES AT AMAZIN' DOWNTURN
AT a time when the only thing more grim than the proceedings on the field are the medical reports -- and attendant slapstick -- off it, the Mets yearn more...
REYES HAS TORN HAMMY; PUTZ MAY NEED SURGERY
PITTSBURGH -- Just call them the Ailin's. The path to the disabled list is starting to look like a painful conga line for the Mets, who in just a few...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: NFLPA settles with retirees The NFL Players Association has reached a $26 million settlement with retired players who had successfully sued the union for cutting them out of lucrative...
HONDO: WHADDUP, GS?
Hondo came away with a Giant infusion of dead presidents last night when he hit with SF in Game 2 to put the earnings at a portly 455 poquettes. Tonight,...
PATERSON'S VETO PEN
GOV. Paterson deserves much credit for his surprise veto of a bill granting already- too-expensive police and fire pensions to employees hired after July 1 of this year. He should...
BROOKLYN BISHOP'S BATTLE AGAINST ANTI-CHURCH BILL
THE ISSUE: A Brooklyn bishop's threat to close churches in opposition to a sex-crimes bill. *** If Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio was confident that no priests in his diocese were pedophiles,...
MEEK PREZ ROLLS OVER & LETS FANATICS SET MUSLIM AGENDA
PRESIDENT Obama's "ad dress to the Muslim world" was a masterwork of equivocation and political naiveté. Let's start with a sentence buried within his text -- possibly in hopes that...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan The 40-year-old driver was dropping off the woman in her 40s at Lexington Avenue and East 51st Street at 12:10 p.m. Wednesday when the woman, who for unknown reasons...
RETAIL NIGHTMARE
Retailers' dismal May sales reports missed Wall Street's already-modest forecasts, deflating hopes that the nation's shoppers are poised for a rebound. With unemployment high and home values still sagging, consumers...
BOYLE'S BITTERSWEET FINAL ACT
THE ISSUE: Overnight sensation Susan Boyle's second-place finish on "Britian's Got Talent." *** Susan Boyle is still a winner, win or lose ("A Tragic End to Susan Boyle's Sudden Stardom,"...
SOTOMAYOR: 'DIVERSITY' IT AIN'T
THE diversity crowd doesn't really believe in diversity. In fact, what it's really aiming for is conformity of opinion. This crowd expects that members of racial and ethnic groups will...
CFTC PONDERS GREATER OVERSIGHT
Derivatives dealers would face new regulations under a Commodity Futures Trading Commission proposal that seeks to ensure privately negotiated contracts are subject to the same oversight as trades on an...
NY CHARTERS CITED AS CLASSIC SUCCESS TALES
WASHINGTON -- Some New York charter schools were hailed yesterday as models in a nationwide effort to break decades-long achievement gaps plaguing poor minority students. At Uncommon Schools -- which...
APPEAL MAY NIX UNION
The United Auto Workers' plan to walk away with a 55 percent stake in Chrysler is at risk of crashing if a federal appeals court sides with lenders who argue...
LOCKER LOUSE
A Queens man gave new meaning to the term "dumbbell" after he was arrested for swiping wallets, BlackBerrys and credit cards from lockers at Manhattan health clubs, officials said. John...
RAW DEAL-ERS PROTEST CHRYSLER'S CLOSING PLAN
A parade of Chrysler dealers slated to lose their franchises took the stand yesterday in the automaker's bankruptcy protection case, many of them touting their sales and service records over...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Wal-Mart Wal-Mart plans to add more than 22,000 US jobs this year, spurred by store openings and ex pansions. Wal-Mart said in an e-mailed statement it will hire store manag...
STRA-HAND IT OVER!
A New Jersey judge yesterday told ex-Giants star Michael Strahan to turn over documents for his child-support trial. Ellen Marshall, lawyer for Strahan's ex-wife, Jean, told Newark Judge James Convery...
KERIK'S NEW TRICK OF TWEET
WASHINGTON -- Bernard Kerik's latest indictment has him all a-Twitter. The disgraced former top cop blasted prosecutors in an update on his Twitter account shortly before pleading not guilty yesterday...
CO-STAR: CAN'T BE SUICIDE
THE idea that David would do himself in is impossible. David was the opposite of suicidal. At 72, whatever issues he had to work through, he had already worked through....
NYERS WORST BEHIND WHEEL
New York drivers aren't the brightest headlights on the highway. In fact, motorists in New York state are the nation's worst, finishing dead last for the second time in three...
LI DELI HERO IN BONG BUST
The beneficent bodega owner who became a worldwide sensation for giving a would-be robber money and food has been busted for selling bongs and other smoking paraphernalia. Mohammad Sohail, 47,...
COMFORT SCORES WORLDWIDE DEAL
In what will be the city's largest office transaction this year, Worldwide Plaza is in contract to be sold to a joint venture led by George Comfort & Sons that...
$5M BRONX WAR OVER THE NEW MENUDO
Talk about trying to make some Menu-dough! Two Bronx businesses filed a $5 million lawsuit against former Sony record honcho Oscar Llord, charging that he duped them into recruiting a...
WOW, WHAT A DUMP!
Someone sent a Long Island building contractor a message he can't ignore -- by dumping a huge load of trash on his front yard. Chris Yanza, 32, said a Dumpster-sized...
LIBERTY MEDAL WINNER DIES
Paul Nicholls, a cancer victim who created a New York Marathon team to help other cancer patients, died yesterday. He was 61. In 2004, Nicholls won a New York Post...
JOBLESS CLAIMS DROP
Fewer American workers filed claims for jobless benefits last week, signaling that the worst phase of the employment slump has passed. Initial applications for unemployment insurance fell by 4,000 to...
AIRPORTS' SUPER X-RAY VISION
Luggage scanning at New York airports has gone high-def. The feds were at La Guardia Airport yesterday to unveil X-ray machines that will give Transportation Security Administration workers the ability...
BAM IN LAND OF PHAR-'O'
He's the pharaoh-dynamic prez! A relaxed President Obama turned tourist at the Pyramids yesterday, even joking that an ancient Egyptian in a hieroglyphic had big ears and looked just like...
FAREWELL TO A TRUE-BLUE COP
Omar Edwards wanted to be a cop since he was 5 years old. PHOTOS: OMAR EDWARDS NYPD FUNERAL At 10, he hung around the 73rd Precinct station house in Brooklyn,...
GOTTA GO, GORDO
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was dealt a devastating blow last night when another member of his Cabinet quit -- and told him to step down to save the Labor...
SEC SLAPS MOZILO WITH FRAUD SUIT
Angelo Mozilo, the sun-kissed, former highflying Countrywide Financial boss, got slapped yesterday by the Securities and Exchange Commission, which accused the fallen mortgage king of deceiving investors about the true...
'SPEED' DOOMED FLT. 447
Air France Flight 447 was either flying too fast or too slow for the conditions it encountered inside a monstrous thunderstorm cloud over the South Atlantic, investigators suggested yesterday. Air...
PENSION RETRENCHIN'
ALBANY -- Lawmakers said yesterday they were in no hurry to override Gov. Paterson's surprise veto of a perennial pension-sweetener for cops and firefighters, suggesting the Legislature would let unions...
A JOYFUL DAY FOR NY ARABS
New York City Muslims yesterday watched President Obama address the Islamic world with overwhelming pride in his acceptance of a religion they feel has been vilified by Americans. BARACK: SALAAM...
MORTGAGE-GO-ROUND
Despite President Barack Obama's new struggle to hold down soaring mortgage rates, he's being stymied by his own efforts to jumpstart the economy. The rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage...
PUBLICIS OWED FOR GM'S ADS
Ad giant Publicis Groupe, which counts GM among its biggest clients, tried to downplay the potential hit from the carmaker's bankruptcy amid concerns about its financial exposure. Publicis' Starcom MediaVest,...
ASTOR HAD SON PEGGED
"Do you want all of my money?" Brooke Astor, then 101 years old and in her third year of advanced Alzheimer's disease, asked that of her son Anthony Marshall in...
FIVE HACHETTE TITLES SET SAIL FOR BONNIER SHORES
SWEDISH publishing giant Bonnier Publications has picked up five magazines from Hachette Filipacchi Media for the rock-bottom price of less than $5 million in cash -- less than $1 million...
MIKE'S AIDES RIP CONTROL FOES
Mayor Bloomberg's top aides yesterday blasted efforts to curb the mayor's control over the panel on educational policy. Both Schools Chancellor Joel Klein and Deputy Mayor Dennis Walcott flatly rejected...
EMT'S RAP FOR GHOUL 'NET PIC
A retired NYPD detective who made daring rescues was busted yesterday for snapping a "ghoulish" photo of a slain young woman while working as an EMT, and then posting it...
BRONX LOVE SPAT SPURS SICKENING KITTEN SLAY
A cat-hating Bronx teen roasted a helpless kitten alive in a heartless attempt to get revenge on her lesbian lover, authorities said yesterday. Cheyenne Cherry, 17, and an accomplice allegedly...
KUNG-FU STAR MYSTERY DEATH
Farewell, Grasshopper. Actor David Carradine, famous for interspersing philosophical quips with flying kicks on the 1970s TV series "Kung Fu," was found dead yesterday in a Bangkok hotel room. PHOTOS:...
GEHRY GETS SLAM-DUNKED
Scrambling to shave costs on a planned Brooklyn arena for his NBA Nets, developer Bruce Ratner announced yesterday that star architect Frank Gehry would no longer be designing what is...
CHRISTIANS AND JEWS GIVE THUMBS-UP TO SPEECH
As President Obama was in the Middle East reaching out to Muslims abroad, he was also winning points with Christians and Jews back home. "I thought it was the best...
BARACK: SALAAM ALEIKUM, ISLAM!
WASHINGTON -- President Obama yesterday called for a "new beginning" to the strained relationship between the United States and Muslims across the globe -- invoking his own heritage and quoting...
DAVE'S NEXT TEST
When it comes to Albany's annual Christmas-in-June pension party for government employees, David Paterson would do well to remember: One veto does not a serious governor make. Paterson on Wednesday...
BAM'S ONE-WAY OUTREACH
President Obama reached out to the Muslim world yesterday, hoping to put to rest the idea that America is at war with Islam. And there's nothing wrong with that --...
SOFTEE TRIO 'SHAKES' UP RIVAL: COPS
This Mister Softee is playing hardball. An ice-cream truck driver and two cohorts gave a Good Humor operator in Queens more than just a cold shoulder when they threatened to...
ARREST IN 620G BITE AT THE MUSEUM
A former payroll manager at the Brooklyn Museum was busted yesterday for brazenly stealing more than $620,000 and depositing it in bank accounts he jointly held with his detective wife....
IMETTE KIN EYE KILLER'S 'RICHES'
Who knew Darryl Littlejohn had such deep pockets? Tragic Imette St. Guillen's family -- which has a pending civil lawsuit against the ex-bouncer -- recently learned that the fiendish, hulking...
CLEAR CHANNEL WARNINGS
The static between Clear Channel Communications and its lenders is getting louder. Clear Channel announced this week that the outdoor unit may borrow $2.5 billion which it would use to...
MADOFF $$ IS WASTED, VICTIMS SAY
The liquidators in charge of Bernard Madoff's British company are wasting money that should go to his victims, a group of burned investors charged yesterday. The "Unofficial Committee" of Madoff...
QUEENS SOLDIER KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN ATTACK
A Queens soldier scheduled to come home on leave at the end of the month has died in Afghanistan, military officials said yesterday. Spc. Roberto Hernandez II, 21, of the...
LUNATIC SLASHER SHOT AT COP SHOP
A crazed man wielding a carving knife stabbed a stranger outside a Queens station house yesterday, then was shot by cops after he charged inside and lunged at them, police...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
She's a would-be cereal killer. A California judge tossed a lawsuit filed by a woman who sued the manufacturer of "Cap'n Crunch with Crunchberries," claiming she'd been eating it four...
WEEKEND HOT PICKS IN ENTERTAINMENT
NATURALLY It's the best of both worlds when very forward-thinking Fader magazine sponsors a big bash tonight at the American Museum of Natural History. Guest deejays include Brooklyn's Holy Ghost!...
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. "CORALINE": **...
POP, ROCK, FOLK
BLIND PILOT: The ethereal indie band from Portland, Ore., jams tomorrow at 8 p.m. Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey St.; 212-533-2111. DIFIBULATORS: The Brooklyn roots-rock, post-punk band plays a free 10:30...
JAZZ
BIRDLAND: Five jazz guitarists and a sax player try to raise the roof -- and money -- for a fellow musician at "An All-Star Benefit for Guitarist Joe Diorio," Tuesday...
CLASSICAL
ALICE TULLY HALL: Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble performs the New York premiere of Giovanni Sollima's "The Taranta Project" tonight at 8, and then plays it again tomorrow at the...
DANCE
LINCOLN CENTER: The New York City Ballet performs "Swan Lake," "Concerto Barocco" and "Les Noces" tomorrow at 2 p.m. David H. Koch Theater; 212-721-6500. JOYCE THEATRE: Trey McIntyre Project presents...
FILM
IFC CENTER: Stanley Kubrick's nightmare-inducing thriller "The Shining" (1980) screens tonight and tomorrow at midnight. 323 Sixth Ave., at Third Street; 212-924-7771. LANDMARK SUNSHINE: Television star Kermit the Frog leaps...
PREVIEWS
"OUR HOUSE": Theresa Rebeck's dark comedy about a news anchor turned star of reality TV. Playwrights Horizon, 416 W. 42nd St.; 212-279- 4200. Opens Tuesday. "TWELFTH NIGHT": Anne Hathaway heads...
DOWNLOADING NANCY
MARIA Bello stars as one of those, "Hi, I like to cut myself" women in "Downloading Nancy," an icky S&M thriller. The plot could be fully told in about five...
SERAPHINE
IT has taken the better part of a century, but French artist Séraphine Louis is finally making a comeback. She was, as you probably don't know, a humble, middle-age maid...
THE SINGING FUN AT CARLYLE
DEBBIE Reynolds. The very name makes you think of the fresh-faced ingénue who stole your heart in "Singin' in the Rain." Or perhaps the innocent "Singing Nun" or "The Unsinkable...
FERRELL A 'LOST' CAUSE
PITY the unwitting par ents who take their kids to see "Land of the Lost," Will Ferrell's terminally stupid, sloppy, campy and cheesy -- and thoroughly unexciting and unfunny --...
GREEK RECIPE GOES FLAT IN SECOND TRY
BEWARE Greek-Canadians bearing comeback vehicles. At least if they're Nia Vardalos, who quickly disappeared from sight after improbably turning 2002's "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" into the most successful romantic...
NEEDED: MORE MANDY
THE virtues of minimal ism came into ques tion at Mandy Moore's showcase at Joe's Pub: Sometimes, less is less. At this one-night club stand, Moore presented the music from...
AFFECTION FOR SMALL COLLECTION
THOSE elongated, asym metrical faces, the blank, staring eyes . . . if you ever wondered where Picasso and his peers got their ideas about the human form, check out...
STARR REPORT
Frankly speaking Actor Frank Vincent isn't happy that his humorous Miller Lite "protection" ads have been pulled after MillerCoors caved to com plaints from the Chicago- based Italian American Human...
EVEN MARIAH CAN'T MAKE DULL INDIE GLITTER
TWO brothers slowly make their way from New Mexico back to their home in "Tennessee" in a watery indie drama. One of the two brothers (Adam Rothenberg, Ethan Peck) has...
WE'LL DRINK TO THAT!
WAYNE Newton, Cher, Criss Angel. How can you make a comedy about Vegas that's funnier than them? Generally, "What Happens in Vegas" movies is . . . not much. But...
BIG BOOB TUBE
THE E! channel thinks we should give a rat's rear end about the ongoing non-adventures of a young woman who became famous for being one of three busty blondes who...
EM: I FAKED IT
RAPPER Eminem yesterday confirmed that last Sunday night's butt stunt with Sacha Baron Cohen at the MTV Movies Awards was staged. "We pulled this off better than we rehearsed it,"...
HOST CRAIG
THE Emmys, which had a dreadful year in 2008 when it tried to split hosting duties among five reality TV hosts, is going back to basics. Late-night CBS talk-show host...
OPRAH TRIAL BEGINS
THE trial against a former dormitory matron ac cused of sexually abusing her charges at the Oprah Winfrey-funded South African school is finally underway. Testifying in the Sebokeng Magistrate's Court...
JUST QUIT NOW
CONAN O'Brien ends his first week as host of the "Tonight Show" tonight. And he's off to a hair-raising start. His ratings so far are terrific. His guests seem to...
THE FURTHER THE BETTER
BURT (John Krasinski) is 33. Verona (Maya Rudolph) is 34. They suffer -- or make us suffer -- Severe Whimsy Disorder. Symptoms may include excruciatingly playful dialogue and underemployment. Treat...
'BEAST'-LY NEWS FOR STAR
PATRICK Swayze's cop series, "The Beast," has apparently been canceled, as the star battles pancreatic cancer. Swayze, 56, was diagnosed with the disease just before shooting began on "The Beast"...
'CARNAGE' ON- & OFFSTAGE
THE decision by CBS and Tony Award officials to jet tison a raft of awards from Sunday night's telecast -- a decision that Tony winner Kevin Spacey called "bone-headed" in...
CHANGE COMES TO CHINA
ON paper, the idea for the Chinese film "24 City" sounds like a real snoozer. In reality, it isn't, thanks to the talents of its director, Jia Zhang-ke, one of...
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...
TRIBECA COMMUNITY FAIR: A street fair on Greenwich Street between Barclay and Warren streets today from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. STUYVESANT PARK FAIR: On Second Avenue between 14th and...
RBNY starts road swing w/ 3rd straight loss
Despite yet another new lineup and yet another different formation, the Red Bulls' are a broken record playing the same sad song. They do just enough to lose, settling for...
'Kassim The Dream' Visits Nightmare
A doctumentary chronicles Kassim Ouma's rise from child soldier to boxing champion. BY GEORGE WILLISI just finished watching the powerful documentary that chronicles the life of former junior middleweight champion...
MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER IN WIFE'S DEATH
A MAN charged with the murder of his new wife on a Barrier Reef diving holiday has pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter. American David Gabe Watson, 32,...
Torn hamstring for Reyes
PITTSBURGH -- In another huge blow to the Mets, Jose Reyes is expected to miss 4-to-6 weeks with a slightly torn right hamstring. The Mets in a statement described the...