June 16, 2009
7 MORE SWINE FLU DEATHS REPORTED IN NYC, 1 ON LI
New York City officials are reporting seven more deaths from swine flu, bringing the city's total to 23. The city health department didn't identify the victims or say when they...
Nyuk! Nyuk! Three Stooges Movie Off Again as Penn Ankles
The decades-in-development Three Stooges flick was finally supposed to begin shooting in August, but now Sean Penn has dropped out, the Hollywood Reporter scoops. The trade says Penn, who was...
'TARGET' ARSONIST STOLE TVS AFTER LIGHTING BLAZE
A recently fired ex-employee of a Brooklyn Target store set a fire that forced workers to run out the front door -- while he stole televisions and carried them out...
Epiphanny Prince leaving Rutgers
APRutgers star Epiphanny Prince is skipping her senior season to play professionally in Europe.Prince said she has not signed with an agent or chosen a team. She plans to enter...
THUMBS OF STEEL
Fifteen-year-old Kate Moore says the key to her texting success is "all in the thumbs." The Des Moines, Iowa, teenager is the new LG U.S. National Texting Championship winner. She...
Sanchez finally back in action
It's been a long time coming for Humberto Sanchez.The crown jewel of the ill-fated (for both sides) Gary Sheffield trade with the Tigers after the 2006 season, has been injured...
CITY SEARCHING FOR WAY TO FIX BQE DITCH
Get set for the biggest coverup in New York history. The city this week began accepting consultants' ideas on how best to "fix the ditch" of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway --...
SANTANA SAYS KNEE'S NOT HURT
BALTIMORE -- A perturbed Johan Santana fired back today at former Mets pitching coach Rick Peterson for saying Santana's surgically repaired left knee is contributing to the ace left-hander's woes....
Santana shoots down Peterson
BALTIMORE -- A perturbed Johan Santana fired back today at former Mets pitching coach Rick Peterson for saying Santana's surgically repaired left knee is contributing to the ace left-hander's woes....
This week's calendar, June 18-24
Thursday, June 18Private Spaces/Private AccessOpen House New York (OHNY) presents tours of five private city spaces -- including townhouses, penthouses, new architecture and historic homes -- every Thursday through the...
REPORT: SOSA TESTED POSITIVE IN 2003
A published report says slugger Sammy Sosa tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug in 2003. The New York Times, citing lawyers familiar with the case, reported Sosa is one of...
Musings from the Black
By MARK CANNIZZAROTwo days away from balls in the air at the U.S. Open at Bethpage Black and storylines are bubbling.I walked with Tiger Woods during the latter part of...
Audra and Betty bring up the rear
Here's part three of my recap of last night's benefit for the Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative. You can find part one here and part two there. Don't mess with...
Bruney active; Veras cut
APReliever Brian Bruney has been activated by the Yankees, who designated Jose Veras for assignment to open a roster spot.Bruney, a 27-year-old right-hander, started the season as Mariano Rivera's setup...
CONEY HOPES REST ON RINGLING BROTHERS
Coney Island's struggling amusement district is hoping to get a big boost later this week with the arrival of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, coupled with the return...
SICKO TORTURE BOYFRIEND CONVICTED
A thug who tortured his girlfriend while keeping her captive in his Bushwick home is about to find out what being a prisoner is like. Jason Page, 34, is facing...
TIGER PLAYS FINAL PRACTICE ROUND
Tiger Woods began his final practice round of the U.S. Open by hitting a 5-wood for his second shot on a par 4, which is rare for someone with his...
'KOSHER KING' QUITS
Rabbi Leib Glanz, the city jail chaplain under investigation for organizing a bar mitzvah in the Tombs, resigned today because of the scandal, The Post has learned. Glanz's move came...
50 Years Ago Today
This is the earliest New York Post front page I can remember, from June 16, 1959. It was quite a blow for this nine-year-old fan to read that "The Adventures...
L.I. TEEN SHOT WHILE PLAYING BASKETBALL
BRENTWOOD, N.Y. -- Police say a 13-year-old boy has been shot in the head while playing basketball in a Long Island park. Suffolk County police say Wilson Batista Jr. suffered...
HOW SENILE IS TOO SENILE TO SIGN A WILL?
So, exactly how many marbles does one need to be legally competent to sign a will? All of them? Several? At least a few? Jurors in the Brooke Astor swindle...
Game 62: Mets at Orioles
(UPDATED) BALTIMORE -- The Mets will try to put the memories of Sunday's 15-0 shellacking in The Bronx behind them here tonight when Mike Pelfrey takes the mound against the...
MTA PLANNING 4 RAPID BUS LINES
Call it a rubber-wheeled subway. The MTA is planning four new rapid bus lines across the city, part of a $7.2 million effort to speed up commutes for millions of...
3 CONTRACTORS CHARGED IN MTA THEFT
Three bumbling contractors were charged with trying to make a quick buck by stealing eight forklifts and seventeen batteries from an MTA warehouse and later peddling them to a junk...
TWITTER DELAYS UPGRADE, KEEPS IT AVAILABLE TO IRANIANS
Social networking service Twitter delayed a planned upgrade to avoid cutting daytime service to Iranians who have been using it to coordinate protests against a disputed presidential election. Iran's top...
Will Jordan Hill be there at 8?
By MARC BERMANJordan Hill, the 6-10 Arizona stud power forward, just finished his solo workout with the Knicks. It's only the second NBA workout he's done.Hill has workouts planned with...
'True Blood' Premiere Kills in Ratings
Watch out Tony, there's vampires on your tail. "True Blood's" second season premiere on Sunday was watched by 3.7 million viewers - making it the most watched HBO original program...
Krum promoted to Trenton
Outfielder Austin Krum has been promoted by the Yankees from High-A Tampa to Double-A Trenton.Krum was hitting .272 with 14 RBI and a team-high 35 walks for Tampa. He was...
QUEENS DA: THREE EMPLOYEES BUSTED FOR STEALING MTA FORKLIFTS
Three contracting company employees stole forklifts from an MTA warehouse and sold the equipment for scrap, Queens prosecutors said today. The employees were awaiting arraignment this afternoon on a variety...
Johnson and Clark and Conditioning
By FRED KERBERThe marquee names at this morning's pre-draft workout were two combo forwards who have been linked with the Nets in assorted mock drafts, James Johnson of Wake Forest...
Stoner promoted to Buffalo
Tobi Stoner was promoted by the Mets from Double-A Binghamton to Triple-A Buffalo yesterday.Stoner is 2-2 with a 2.68 ERA in seven starts. He's struck out 28 and walked 13...
TRUMP LOOKS TO REGAIN CONTROL OF CASINOS
CAMDEN, N.J. -- As the casino company that bore his name sank deeper and deeper into the red this year, Donald Trump went head to head with bondholders trying to...
Moss goes deep at minicamp
By PAUL SCHWARTZThe first practice of the Giants three-day mandatory minicamp turned into a showcase for Sinorice Moss, the still-young receiver who has kept everyone waiting for him to develop...
'HARRY POTTER' PUBLISHER DENIES PLAGARISM
LONDON -- The publisher of the wildly popular and very profitable "Harry Potter" books says it intends to fight a lawsuit alleging that author J.K. Rowling stole the idea for...
PRESIDENT OBAMA CALLS NORTH KOREA A 'GRAVE THREAT'
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama said Tuesday that a nuclear-armed North Korea poses a "grave threat" to the world and vowed to end a cycle of allowing Pyongyang to create...
Bebe and Andrea merrily roll around
Moving on to part two of my recap of the Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative fundraiser. Be sure to read part one here. Enter Bebe Neuwirth, poured into a form-fitting...
Roker: Speidi Couldn't Handle 'Today' Interview
Al Roker isn't taking Heidi Montag's comments against him lightly."The Hills" starlet accused Roker of "attacking" her during an interview with husband Spencer Pratt and warned women to beware of...
JUDGE: OK TO USE MILITARY LAWYERS
A judge says he expects he'll let military lawyers represent a Guantanamo detainee who was brought to the US for trial on terrorism charges. Federal Judge Lewis Kaplan said Tuesday...
BRONX RESTAURANT OWNER ROBBED BY FOUR MEN INSIDE HOME
A Manhattan man was arrested early today in connection with a home invasion in Westchester of a prominent city restaurant owner, authorities said. Three other men are still on the...
'Joe Buck' Starts With a Bang, Artie Lange Fires Back
Update: HBO Wipes Hands of ArtieJoe Buck said he wanted to create a sports talk and comedy show where he could "loosen up and have fun," and that's exactly what...
Coverage in The Post
BALTIMORE -- The Mets open a three-game series here tonight with the Orioles still answering lingering questions about Johan Santana's health after former coach Rick Peterson said he heard Santana's...
NYC DRIVERS NAMED US'S 'MOST AGGRESSIVE' AND 'ANGRY'
Honk if you think city drivers are too angry and rude. Then you're not alone. New York beat out Miami as the American city with the angriest and most aggressive...
JUDGE REFUSES TO RULE ON ALBANY POWER STRUGGLE
ALBANY -- An upstate judge said today that he won't rule on last week's takeover of the State Senate by a coalition of Republicans and dissident Democrats. This development came...
BRONX COP DOES 'NOT RECALL' SPEAKING WITH SUSPECT
The Bronx detective caught perjuring himself after a 17-year-old secretly recorded the cop questioning him on an MP3 player took the stand in his own defense this morning, saying his...
LINDSAY LOHAN POSES TOPLESS ON TWITTER
Lindsay Lohan has posted a topless picture of herself on Twitter. She took the saucy snap a while back, while preparing for an advert, but clearly Li-Lo felt the urge...
EX-COP IN SCHOOL MELEE APPEARS IN COURT
The former NYPD cop accused of threatening a suburban school official with a gun suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder stemming from 9/11, his lawyer said at his arraignment today. In...
NO GAY NUPS IN THE 'CARDS'
The City Clerk will no longer accept state benefits cards in order to conduct marriages, city officials said yesterday. The policy was changed after a story in The Post revealed...
DEALS: LA is money
It's riot season in Los Angeles right now -- the best time to visit. Hotel-wise, look no further than Beverly Hills where the Luxe Hotel Rodeo Drive (above) is going...
SARAH PALIN TO LETTERMAN: APOLOGY ACCEPTED
Sarah Palin has accepted comedian David Letterman's apology made during Monday night's broadcast of "The Late Show" for crude jokes made about her and her teen daughters last week.In a...
Nothing like six dames
I'm so sorry you couldn't make it! But I did, and I'll tell you all about it! (I might as well warn you now that this entry will have the...
Report: Rolston backs idea of Lemaire
NJ.com reports that Devils center Brian Rolston would like to see Jacques Lemaire return to coach the Devils.Lemaire, who coached Rolston as a young player in New Jersey then later...
LI VILLAGE BANS FIREWORKS SHOW
It's a burning issue for a New York waterfront community. A Long Island village board has banned the beach bonfires that have long been staples of local Fourth of July...
Reports: Jets' interest in Plax cools
By PAUL SCHWARTZToday on ESPN's "NFL Live," former Giants backup QB Tim Hasselbeck said teams -- including the Jets -- would be wise to stay away from Plaxico Burress."When you're...
BRONX MAN BUSTED FOR ID THEFT
Connecticut police arrested a Bronx man on ID theft charges, authorities said today. Stamford police said Touissant Vogelsang, 54, went into the Key Bank on Bedford Street on Monday afternoon...
POLICE: FIGHT LED HUSBAND TO KILL WIFE, SELF
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- Police say a domestic dispute led a 71-year-old upstate New York man to fatally shoot his wife before turning a shotgun on himself. Binghamton police identified the...
CAMELOT CREEP-OUT
Jackie Kennedy's half-brother -- newly ensnared in a high-profile kiddie-porn scandal -- was banished by the family decades ago because he became fixated on young John Kennedy Jr., The Post...
3 UP: WANG, JOBA/PRICE AND BRUNEY
Yes, I am on Twitter.1. In his ESPN blog on Monday, Buster Olney detailed some of the reasons the Rockies have reversed course and have an 11-game winning streak. Olney...
IRANIAN REGIME SENDS ITS SUPPORTERS INTO THE STREETS
TEHRAN, Iran -- Thousands of people waving Iranian flags and pictures of the country's supreme leader massed Tuesday at a rally organized by the clerical regime in an apparent attempt...
3 UP: WANG, PRICE/JOBA AND BRUNEY
Yes, I am on Twitter.1. In his ESPN blog on Monday, Buster Olney detailed some of the reasons the Rockies have reversed course and have an 11-game winning streak. Olney...
The Daily Whacks, Tuesday Edition
You can count me among the tweetin' Twitterers (or is that the Twitterin' tweeters?) now: http://twitter.com/MikeVacc*******One of my favorite movie terms of the past few years is describing a flick...
DVD Extra: Even Stevens
Winters is correct, though, in saying that the director played the novelty song "Purple People Eater'' to break tension on the set. "He had three tape decks on a big...
Early Reviews: 'Bruno' Has 'Acres of Kuglesack'; Sequel to 'Transformers' is 'Longer and Louder'
Early reviews have begun popping up for "Bruno'' and "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,'' even though neither film has been screened for critics in New York. The Post's sister paper...
UNION HAUL! VENDORS UPSET OVER CITY PLAN TO RELOCATE MCCARREN GREENMARKET
The produce sellers in McCarren Park's farmers market certainly have green thumbs - but the city says they've also got blood on their hands. The blood of innocent blades of...
MULLAH BUCKERS RALLY IN TEHRAN
TEHRAN -- Hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy Iranians braved their way past riot police to demand the annulment of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's "rigged" re-election, triggering attacks by hard-liners who killed...
SEVEN REPORTEDLY KILLED
Iran's powerful Guardian Council is ready to recount specific ballot boxes in last week's disputed presidential elections, a council spokesman said Tuesday, another twist in an election that has touched...
DO'S AND DON'TS
Renowned golf course designer Rees Jones, nicknamed "The Open Doctor" for his numerous redesign work on U.S. Open venues over the years, provided The Post with an exclusive analysis about...
STARS TREK TO CFDAS
IN a recession, do you give the fashion awards to whomever makes the most affordable dress? Pfft. As if. Last night's Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Awards --...
ONUS ON JONAS
IN what appears to be a near perfect transition, the Jonas Brothers have grown from Mouse House gimmick to music phenomenon. They earned a nomination as Best New Artist at...
METRIC SYSTEM WORKING
THERE are many reasons for never having heard of the indie band Metric. For one thing they're from Canada. And even though the band members shared a Williamsburg loft space...
CLUBLAND IS GETTING POLITICAL
YES they can. New York City club owners are taking a page from the community-organizer-in-chief and preparing to mobilize the voters. But instead of foreign wars and health care, the...
TRUE WOEMANCE
WOMEN love jerks. Sad and cliché -- but oh so true. "I used to become obsessed with changing them," explains recovering jerk-lover 23-year-old Amanda Slavin. "I create a potential for...
ACTIVISTS TAKE TO THE STREETS - AND THE TWEETS
CAIRO -- An opposition activist spreads word of an upcoming protest on the streets of Tehran. Another posts pictures of clashes between demonstrators and police. As Iran's government cracks down...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Lloyd joins Broncs; Marshall wants out The Broncos signed free-agent receiver Brandon Lloyd on the same day the Broncos' flagship radio network, KOA in Denver, reported Pro Bowl wideout...
FAVRE NOT SURE ABOUT COMEBACK
Brett Favre still isn't sure if he's going to be playing for the Vikings this fall. Favre, a guest on the HBO premiere of "Joe Buck Live" last night, said...
HONDO: IT'S TWOSDAY!
Hondo, who'd been struggling ever since the big changeover from analog to digital, received a timely jolt last night when the Brewskis rallied heroically in Cleveland to widen the wad...
JETS SIGN IOWA RB TO FOUR-YEAR DEAL
The Jets yesterday agreed to terms with running back Shonn Greene, their third-round draft pick and 65th overall player chosen in the April draft. Greene signed a four-year deal that...
BLUE SKIES FOR HEADACHE-FREE GIANTS
Can it be only one year ago? It was in mid-June of 2008 when the Giants convened for a veteran mini-camp that should have been staged under a circus tent....
CULTURAL AFFAIRS IN JAIL? SOMETHING'S NOT KOSHER
I want to thank The Post for exposing the large-scale city corruption in New York City's jail system under Commissioner Martin Horn ("Bars Mitzvah," June 11). Horn was looking to...
MEDICARE: A MODEL MESS
THE health debate is now fo cused on the question of a "public option" -- with most Democrats insisting that any reform package must include a government-run health-insurance program that...
PROTECT TERRORISTS, INVITE TERROR
Heaven forbid we insult terrorists while they kill innocent people by the thousands ("Terrorists' New Rights," Mike Rogers, PostOpinion, June 15). Stop taking these extremists into custody and getting them...
HATS OFF TO VIJAY SINGH'S DRIVE TOWARD LOYALTY
WHY is top professional golfer Vijay Singh still wearing that hat? Singh is having a so-so year going into this week's US Open out on Long Island. But even if...
HEALTH HUSTLE
WHERE does Newt Gingrich go to get his apology? Back in the mid 1990s, Gingrichproposed slowing the rate of growth of Medicare and Medicaid -- and was clobbered by Democrats...
FIT FOR A 1ST LADY
If you want to see the first outfit Michelle Obama wore as first lady, head to the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology. The sheath designed by Isabel Toledo...
THE OBAMA EFFECT
IT must have been the viewing angle: The despots who run Iran somehow missed the halo gracing President Obama during his recent sermon to the Muslim world. The ruling mullahs'...
CHARTER LAWS GIVE U$ EDGE
New York state's position on charter schools has positioned it well to rake in federal funds, according to a new study. Among the 41 states with charter-school laws, New York...
SHOPLIFTERS 'FOILED'
A group of thieves went on a whirlwind shoplifting spree in SoHo and on the Upper East Side using a crafty tactic -- a bag lined with aluminum foil to...
QUICK COUNT FUELS DOUBT
CAIRO -- International polling experts said the speed of Iran's vote count, coupled with a lack of detailed election data normally released by officials, was fueling suspicion about President Mahmoud...
FIDEL SON'S GAL A GUY
Antonio Castro's face is redder than his dad Fidel's politics nowadays -- after he was scammed by a Miami-based security consultant claiming to be a beautiful woman he'd met online....
A SWING AND A KISS FOR JOBA AND SON
It's a victory sealed with a kiss. Joba Chamberlain plants one on his 3-year-old son at Yankee Stadium Sunday after the Bombers' 15-0 thumping of the Mets. Following the kiss,...
100 GEESE ARE DEAD DUCKS
Nearly 100 Canada geese were killed yesterday, the first day of an effort to exterminate waterfowl that smash into planes. Agents from the US Department of Agriculture hit four city...
MAKE BERNIE SUFFER!
Throw the book at him -- and then some. More than 110 victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme have sent e-mails -- in turns scathing and heart-wrenching -- to a...
SITTER NIGHTMARE
A baby boy just weeks shy of his first birthday died yesterday at a Queens child-care home after falling into a mop bucket filled with water, sources said. James Farrior...
THESE COPS ROCK!
They're New York's Finest -- rockers. Voxhound last night won the title of best NYPD band, along with the chance to open for a famous recording artist at a Live...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Card defaults US credit card defaults rose to record highs in May. Bank of America said its default rate soared to 12.50 percent in May from 10.47 percent in April....
GLOBAL GLOOM WEIGHS ON STOCKS
US stocks extended a global slide as falling oil and metal prices weighed on commodity producers while Treasuries rose and the dollar strengthened. The S&P 500, which had climbed 40...
RAILROAD WI-FI
Call them cybertrains. The MTA plans to outfit LIRR and Metro-North trains for wireless Internet access, and yesterday said it would accept business proposals for the idea from July to...
NY WORKERS' JOBLESS SCAM
They claimed they lost their jobs, but 30 current and former state employees were hard at work scamming taxpayers out of tens of thousands of dollars in jobless benefits, officials...
IT'S OPEN SEASON ON FDIC
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner yesterday for the first time publicly referenced the tense power struggle that's playing out this year between his agency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. over...
LET'S SETTLE THIS: HEADS OR TAILS
Here's a simple solution to breaking the tie in the clownish state Senate. Flip a coin! That's how the Wyoming state Senate solved its partisan deadlock in 1974. New York...
BLACKSTONE & KKR BLOCKED FROM SARA LEE DEAL
Consumer products giant Sara Lee has a message for Steve Schwarzman and Henry Kravis: We don't want your kind. As Sara Lee nears the end of its long and winding...
GRADEN TUNES OUT
Brian Graden, president of entertainment of MTV Networks' Music and Logo group, is leaving as part of a broader reorganization at the cable outfit, The Post has learned. Multiple sources...
HEDGIE ENGAGES IN 'PUBLIC' FIGHT
New York hedge-fund manager Warren Lichtenstein has suffered a potential setback after a majority of the investors in his firm rejected his plans to go public -- but the tally...
HIGH TIME FOR HIGH LINE BLDG.
COMING soon to the new High Line Park: A gleaming, 15-story boutique office and retail building through which the park literally passes. Since the long-awaited elevated park between Gansevoort and...
FILENE'S RESCUED BY SYMS
Discount men's clothing chain Syms won a high-stakes battle for bankrupt clothier Filene's Basement Inc., beating out Men's Wearhouse Inc., a competing bidder and rival men's clothing chain. Syms, known...
HEALTH CARE NEXT CAR WRECK: BAM
WASHINGTON -- President Obama warned doctors yesterday that America's health-care industry could join ailing car companies in bankruptcy if the system isn't overhauled. "If we do not fix our health-care...
INTERVIEW MAG MESS
The war of words between Peter Brant, owner of Interview magazine, and recently ousted editorial director Glenn O'Brien escalated yesterday when Brant Publications sued O'Brien, claiming he breached a confidentiality...
B'KLYN LIFE IS IN TENTS
Two NYU grads and a pal who love living in the Big Apple but don't want to pay its high rents are happy campers -- each shells out $100 a...
GREENBERG JUDGE: IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TRUST
One of the most quirky boardroom battles ever waged against a billionaire -- in this case Hank Greenberg -- landed in court after simmering for years, but none of the...
SAMPSON IS MIKE ED. FOE
New Senate Democratic leader John Sampson is no fan of mayoral control -- he has signed on to legislation that would gut the system. Unlike Malcolm Smith, whom he succeeding,...
PLAXICO CATCHES A BREAK
In a sweetheart arrangement that will likely allow him to play for millions of dollars this season, gunslinging ex-Giant Plaxico Burress won't see a felony indictment for at least another...
HEAT GOT TO HIRAM: ESPADA
ALBANY -- Senate Republicans yesterday dismissed the latest defection of "double-crossing" state Sen. Hiram Monserrate -- who fellow renegade Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. said was threatened with investigations and political...
'DEEPLY TROUBLED'
After three days, President Obama broke his silence on the Iranian elec tions late yesterday and said that, well . . . he's "deeply troubled." But he won't be deterred...
REINING IN THE PEST-I-CABS
Mayor Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn say they've agreed on a plan to license and regulate the city's ubiquitous pedicabs -- days after an out-of-control cab nearly killed...
A RAY OF HOPE
There was one bright ray of sunshine in Albany's otherwise leaden skies yesterday: The Assembly, ignoring the Senate's continuing self-inflicted humiliation, took up a bill that essentially renews the 2002...
BOVIS EXEC DEPARTS
One of the city's top construction executives -- a major figure in downtown development -- abruptly quit yesterday amidst ongoing federal and state probes into his firm. James Abadie, the...
HUFFPO'S CEO EXITS WEB SITE
The Huffington Post shook up its executive ranks yesterday as former CBS executive Betsy Morgan resigned as CEO and was replaced by Eric Hippeau, a former top executive at Ziff...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan An 11-year-old boy and a 77-year-old man were wounded when they were caught in a crossfire at an East Harlem housing project yesterday. The violence erupted at 3:10 p.m....
ASTOR'S DARK-SUIT 'BADDIE' TAKES THE STAND
Prosecutors say he's right out of Brooke Astor's nightmares -- one of the dark-suited, briefcase-clutching "bad men" for whom the mentally feeble grande dame had her nurse check under the...
WHEEEE-GHURS!
WASHINGTON -- Four Chinese Muslim Uighurs are adapting swimmingly to their new lives in Bermuda after leaving the Guantanamo Bay prison -- taking a dip in the ocean in the...
'BOY BLUNDER' GENDER TEST
Congratulations -- it's a boy! Or a girl! A group of New York moms has filed suit against the makers of a "99.9-percent accurate" baby-gender test, claiming the results they...
'RYE' BOOK A PARODY: AUTHOR
J.D. Salinger may be America's "most controlling author," but his copyright suit shouldn't block publication of a book based on his "Catcher in the Rye," the new novel's creator claims....
BAR QUITS-VAH!
A top city Correction Department official under fire for allowing a bar mitzvah in the Tombs jail resigned yesterday. Correction Chief Peter Curcio's decision comes less than a week after...
GOOD-NEWS/BAD-NEWS BUDGET
The city will save 16 firehouses, keep libraries open six days a week and spare 100 animals from being shipped out of the Bronx Zoo -- but will charge shoppers...
PA BIG MISSES TALKS
Despite Mayor Bloomberg's demand that negotiations over rebuilding the World Trade Center continue though last weekend, the chief negotiator for the Port Authority left town to attend a wedding, sources...
LOHAN EYED IN GEM JAM
Say it ain't so, Lindsay. Scotland Yard reportedly wants to quiz "Mean Girl" Lindsay Lohan about $400,000 worth of missing bling that she sported for an Elle magazine fashion shoot....
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Lucky these guys aren't running Sing Sing. The guards at Baltimore's zoo were no match for the inmates. Keepers watched helplessly as a dozen prairie dogs escaped from their new,...
FILM FEST DEBUTS IN BROOKLYN
THE latest addition to the city's crowded film festival calendar is BAMcinemaFEST, which replaces the popular Sundance Institute-sponsored festival that ran for the past three years at BAM. Although Sundance...
FULL-FRONTAL REVIVAL
FOR its revival of "The Full Monty," the Paper Mill Playhouse has an ace up its sleeve. David Yazbek's musical about laid-off steelworkers who strip to pay their debts made...
BLU-RAY 'DIARY' HONORS ANNE FRANK
THE Holocaust wasn't even a term in general use when Hollywood made its first feature film on the subject 50 years ago. So says George Stevens Jr., who served as...
'HAWTHORNE' TOO FAR OUT
'EVERY patient needs a hero," reads the tagline for "Hawthorne," TNT's new drama series. Or, in this case, a superhero. "Hawthorne" star Jada Pinkett Smith (Will's wife) might as well...
OPRAH'S STAR PROFESSOR
THANDIE Newton is teaching her award-winning acting skills to students at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls. The British actress, who starred in the Winfrey-produced drama "Beloved," is leading...
WHINE & DINE
MORE fun than a barrel full of Botox is tonight's table-flipping finale of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" -- the episode that fans have been waiting for all season....
BOYLING OVER
THREE singing siblings whose voices brought their mother out of a coma after she was struck by a drunk driver may become the "YouTube moment" on this summer's edition of...
I'M SORRY FOR PALIN JAB: DAVE
IT WAS a lousy joke -- "beyond flawed" -- and last night, David Letter man apologized again for a bawdy crack he made about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter. On...
FOOD ADDICTION A REAL AFFLICTION
A lot of men and women have been turning up in my office lately because they haven't been able to lose weight through diets or exercise. Some are only 10...
JOHNSON, CLARK TO WORK OUT FOR NETS
Two forwards who project to be selected in the first round are among six draft hopefuls who will work out for the Nets today. Both 6-foot-8 James Johnson of Wake...
PERRY LOOKS TO BECOME A MASTER AT BETHPAGE
He made a world of new friends by losing with grace and class at the Masters. A sentimental favorite now, Kenny Perry can make some more admirers by finishing the...
TALENT'S THERE, BUT WOODS' RIVALS FALL SHORT
BY all accounts, when you consider the cardio and the equipment, this should be the greatest era of golf ever. Yes, ever. But it's riddled with underachievers, which is why...
RAINY FORECAST MIGHT AFFECT OPEN FORTUNES
Tiger Woods made his presence felt with an early nine-hole practice round yesterday at Bethpage Black, but there was no sign of Phil Mickelson, whose presence will be felt in...
KNICKS COVET JORDAN HILL
It would be a good night for the Knicks if guard Stephen Curry fell to No. 8. It would be a great night for the Knicks if Arizona power forward...
PETERSON SAYS JOHAN'S KNEE MAY BE ISSUE
BALTIMORE -- Rick Peterson just can't seem to quit the Mets. The team's former pitching coach caused a stir yesterday by passing along what he described as a "rumor" that...
NATIONALS RECIPE FOR RUNS IN BRONX
Bet the over with borrowed money and both hands. What happens when two walk-happy pitching staffs get together at Yankee Stadium? Arena Baseball. Starting tonight, the Yankees host the Washington...
SHEFFIELD'S KNEE DOESN'T NEED MRI EXAM
BALTIMORE -- The Mets now say Gary Sheffield will continue to play on his sore right knee after an exam by team doctors Sunday at Yankee Stadium showed the 41-year-old...
POULTER FASHIONS BETHPAGE CROWD
Ian Poulter, the Brit with the guts to wear pink at Bethpage Black, said galleries are great in New York. "They're cool," Poulter said of the metro fans. "We all...
OMAR MINAYA HAS TO FIX METS
NOT only did GM Omar Minaya watch the Mets lose two of three to the Yankees -- including the 15-0 Sunday slaughter and Friday night's ultimate give-away, when Luis Castillo...
WATCH OUT FOR SVOBODA
While on paper it might appear Andrew Svoboda has about as good a chance to win the U.S. Open this week at Bethpage Black as your local clerk at the...
A-ROD STILL IMPORTANT TO YANKEES
His batting average is .230. Since eight of his nine homers have been hit at Yankee Stadium the total has to be viewed with a skeptical eye because everybody homers...
JACKSON MAN OF THE AUER WITH 10TH TITLE
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Records were meant to be broken, Sam Jones philosophized several days before Phil Jackson went from NBA Title IX to sporting a flashy yellow (Malcolm) X cap...
LAKERS DRIVEN TO GLORY BY CELTICS
Roughly one year ago, Kobe Bryant and the Lakers walked off the court in Boston amid a wild Celtics celebration peppered with confetti and some indecipherable Kevin Garnett screams. They...
YANKEES HOPE BRUNEY'S RETURN FILLS VOID
AS it stands, as of this morning, as of right now, when you mention the name "Brian Bruney" there are only a few things that could possibly pop into your...
NEWS + NOTES
HERE ART THOU THE 23rd annual Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival is jumping off this Saturday at the Boscobel House & Gardens in Garrison, NY, with "The Complete Works of WIlliam...
HOME SWEET PARIS
WE'VE just gotten off the RER from the airport and are dragging our suitcases down Rue Montmartre when we see the seafood vendor's sign: Langoustines, 25 euros par 2 kilos....
HOT DEALS!
PHOENIX $109 per night at the Biltmore, through Sept. 13, in honor of its 80th birthday. Dining and spa specials, too (arizonabiltmore.com). CARIBBEAN 50 percent off the all-inclusive Almond Resorts...
GO DEEPER
www.chocolateandzucchini.com Five years old and counting, this is a foodie-centric blog written by Parisian Clotilde Dusoulier who's snagged a cookbook on its merits. www.theparisblog.com Written by a team of two...
STRATEGIES
1) Paris is one of those cities that, like Venice, London or New York, shines in the winter. When it's crisp, cold and dark early, the City of Lights can...
10 GREAT MEALS
L'AMI JEAN It's a difficult location to reach, but worth the hike. And expect elbow-rubbing at this Basque-inflected bistro -- the tables are crammed together and it's bustlingly cramped, reflecting...
10 BEST HOTELS RIGHT NOW
HOTEL AMOUR This Pigalle spot is raunchy but not sleazy, in the way only the French can pull off. Hotel Amour -- named for the fact that, like Japanese love...
10 SIGHTS YOU CANNOT MISS
CHAMPS-ELYSEES Nipped and tucked artfully in the last decade to simultaneously send much of its parking underground and radically widen its sidewalks, the Champs-Elysees is a pleasant, if people-choked, place...
DESTINATION: PARIS
The first thing to do when you arrive in Paris is to duck into a neighborhood boulangerie (bakery), soak up the buttery, just-baked smell wafting everywhere, scan the cases of...
50 STATES: Michigan
IF you really want to understand Detroit, you should probably go to Buddy's. The city's most famous pizzeria is located at the corner of Conant and McNichols, deep in the...
Favre filled with excuses
It's amazing the Jets won any games at all.Speaking on the premiere of HBO's "Joe Buck Live" Monday night, Brett Favre said he didn't understand the Jets' offense at the...
Reality TV Tryouts: Kid, Incorporated
How to get your 15 seconds of fame.Kid-mogul reality showIf your child runs his or her own successful business -- or helps you run yours -- ABC wants to meet...
U.S. loses 3-1 to Italy, Rossi brace
If some U.S. National Team fans were bitter about losing Giuseppe Rossi to Italy before, they're downright apoplectic now. The striker _ born in Teaneck and raised in Clifton _...
Beltran still third in fan voting
Carlos Beltran is clinging to third place in the outfield balloting for the NL All-Star fan balloting that was released today. The Mets center fielder owns less than a 30,000-vote...