June 21, 2009
SUNY PROF KILLED BY DRUNK DRIVER
A renowned autism expert and Stony Brook University professor was killed when a drunk driver veered into opposing traffic and smashed into his car, cops said today. Edward Carr, 61,...
PATERSON ORDERS SPECIAL NY SENATE SESSION
Gov. David Paterson on Sunday ordered New York's Senate into special session beginning Tuesday in a bid to end a partisan power struggle that has paralyzed the chamber for two...
GRAND JURY INDICTS 'CRAIGSLIST KILLER' PHILIP MARKOFF
A grand jury indicted suspected Craigslist killer Philip Markoff, linking him to victims through the victim's computer and disposable cell phones, Boston prosecutors said today. In a seven-count indictment, Markoff...
Favre throwing with 'a lot of zip'
This news should make Jets fans feel good.Peter King of SI.com, citing his Sirius Radio show, says, "Brett Favre is throwing the ball with the old zip, evidently."Neville Barr, coach...
RANDOM GUNFIRE HITS PRISONERS
A drug suspect being transported in a police van was hit with random gunfire that sprayed across a Brooklyn street early today, cops said. Edward Espinal, 26, was riding with...
QUESTIONS HOLD UP ATLANTIC YARDS PROJECT
Bruce Ratner has sparked new controversy with revised plans for his Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn. Empire State Development Corp. officials met privately with local legislators Friday to discuss the...
4-STORY FORT GREENE BUILDING COLLAPSES
A four-story Brooklyn building recently cited for a long crack in its facade dramatically collapsed this afternoon, stunning onlookers and spurring the evacuation of five nearby buildings. "It was pretty...
'WE CAN'T GO BACK NOW'
THE saga of "Jon & Kate Plus 8" is headed for its long-promised crescendo Monday night. The tabloid-hounded parents of eight young kids -- twins and sextuplets -- have been...
Chandler hobbling around
By MARC BERMANAt an NBA function, Wilson Chandler limped around the South Street Seaport yesterday in a walking boot on his left foot. He had ankle surgery to remove two...
Box Office: The New Queen of Romantic Comedy
The $34.1 million estimated opening of "The Proposal'' not only nearly doubles Sandra Bullock's previous best opening, the thriller "Premonition,'' but ranks No. 3 among all romantic comedy openings in...
Lost Thurs tickets to be honored
USGA will replace lost/damaged Thursday tickets with receipt. BY MARK EVERSONThe USGA is going the extra yardage to turn Thursday's PR debacle into something positive tomorrow, when Thursday's tickets for...
Karim Benzema to Manchester United?
After Manchester United saw Carlos Tevez follow Cristiano Ronaldo out the door, it looks like Sir Alex Ferguson is lining up French phenom Karim Benzema as CR&'s replacement.News from all...
Pitching set for Cardinals series
Highlighted by Thursday afternoon's duel between Chris Carpenter and Johan Santana, the pitching matchups are now set for the four-game series with the first-place Cardinals that starts Monday night at...
Game 67: Rays at Mets
(UPDATED) The Mets hope to avoid dropping their third consecutive interleague series today when Mike Pelfrey faces the Rays in the rubber match at Citi Field. The Mets have lost...
Coverage in The Post
With eight key pieces already on the disabled list and now Carlos Beltranpotentially set to join them, the Mets are going to have to scratch and claw for runs. Saturday...
More calamity at the Open
By MARK CANNIZZARORainy days and Mondays. Such is the theme of the 109th U.S. Open.Today's latest weather issues at Bethpage have confirmed what we've known in our hearts for several...
UNKNOWN NABS 2ND-ROUND LEAD WITH 132
Your U.S. Open leader through two rounds is ranked 519th in the world and has been in golfing no-man's land for the last six years, floundering mostly in vain to...
ISRAEL BETRAYED
When Barack Obama was running for president, he vigorously reassured voters of his firm commitment to America's special relationship with Israel. Indeed, he worked to beef up his pro-Israel bona...
SANTANA MAKES STRONG CASE DESPITE LOSS
JOHAN Santana should understand that even as he was presumed guilty of suf fering from a physical ailment until he could prove himself innocent on the mound, that was not...
TV GUYS TURN GOOD STORIES INTO TALL TALES
WHY do sports casters try to sell us what they'd never buy? Why embellish and decorate and add floral trim until it reaches silly, maudlin? Friday from the U.S. Open,...
MORE RECORDS IN JEOPARDY AT OPEN
Tied for 41st after two rounds, Tiger Woods put it succinctly. "This is very different from most U.S. Opens," the three-time winner said. The last four Opens have been won...
WEATHER PERMITTING, OPEN WILL FINISH TODAY
Although no golfer played more than six holes in the third round of the U.S. Open yesterday and 16 didn't even tee off before play was suspended, the USGA is...
DAVID GUNNING FOR GOLIATH COMEBACK
WHAT IS surprising is we don't see more of this. Sporting excellence can be so difficult to attain, so complicated to maintain, and for a hundred different reasons. Steve Blass...
RANGERS HAVE A SHOT AT SENATORS SNIPER
DANY Heatley, demanding to be moved out of his no- move contract with the Senators without sacrificing his negotiated ability to block moves to undesirable locations, wants to go west,...
BECKETT BLANKS BRAVES
Josh Beckett allowed just five singles for his first shutout since joining the Red Sox, and Jason Varitek doubled twice and scored twice to lead Boston to a 3-0 victory...
HONDO ROLLS WITH JAYS
Hondo, who'd been all wet lately, was singing in the rain yesterday when the Rays reigned in the big Citi to inflate the bankroll to 330 tovars. Today, Mr. Aitch...
MLB SHOULD LET EACH TEAM OUT FROM UNDER ONE CONTRACT
MAJOR League Baseball, more than most huge businesses in this country, is doing fine financially during these difficult economic times. Attendance is down (but not by nearly as much as...
SERBY'S SUNDAY Q & A WITH... JOBA CHAMBERLAIN
The Post's Steve Serby chatted with the Yankee righty about his dad, his DUI, the Red Sox and much more. Q: When your father (Harlan) collapsed 14 months ago ....
WAVE OF RUMORS, NO SUBSTANCE TO CARTER TRADE TALKS
WOULD Nets owner Bruce Ratner love to reduce payroll? Other than a select few, what NBA owner doesn't? League revenues are guaranteed to go down roughly 10 percent next season,...
IN (MOSTLY) TOUGH TOWN, SOME CAN DO NO WRONG
WE'RE supposed to be this rough, tough, hard-to-please and harder-to-satisfy town, aren't we? That's always the question people have when they're pondering whether or not they want to play in...
FOOTBALL & COACHING IN BLOOD FOR RYANS
Occasionally in the defensive film room, Rex Ryan will grow more animated than usual. The Jets coach will give a spirited introduction to the next clip. "This is how we...
THE RUMBLE
High 'Nooner'Umar has fun with games online "The Nooner presented by the Village Pourhouse" -- an Emmy-nominated show for the midday online audience -- is a humorous, biting, off-beat look...
HALL OF FAMER GETS 'PRO'ACTIVE
Nine-time pro bowler Mike Haynes' journey to the Pro Football Hall of Fame was the most important day of his life. Twelve years after gaining entry to the prestigious fraternity,...
ROGER WON'T SHED TEAR OVER NADAL WITHDRAWAL
WIMBLEDON, England -- Roger Federer is building something of a reputation as an on-court crier, and he remembers well the first time he wept after winning a match. It was...
THE WEEK'S WINNERS & LOSERS
WINNERSJOHN MARA Despite recession, CEO of the NFL Giants signs sponsorship with Timex. ARVIND RAGHUNATHAN Former Deutsche Bank trader opens his own hedge fund with more than $1B in assets....
WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS ...
Beginning this Friday through Aug. 1, the New York Public Library's Fifth Avenue branch will display one of only two surviving handwritten copies of the Declaration of Independence -- a...
THE HEROINES OF IRAN
To the iconography of revolution -- the man in front of the tank in Tiananmen Square, young people ripping shards off the Berlin Wall -- we can now add this:...
40 MORE DAYS OF UNREST
Tehran was the scene of hit-and-run battles between crowds of demonstrators and pro-regime vigilantes armed with knives and chains while a wave of arrests continued throughout the country. Twenty-four hours...
GILLY'S SELLOUT TOUR
Wow, it sure didn't take New York's very-junior Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand very long to toss her principles overboard. Such as they were. Gillibrand, elevated to the Senate by Gov. Paterson,...
THE REAL ROADBLOCK
Jimmy Carter is a meddlesome, self-righteous scold who has never met a left-wing dictator he didn't like. But his worldview increasingly sounds like that of the current White House --...
NOT-SO-INNOCENT MAN
Did we really think this was a love match ("Movin' Out," June 18)? If you are famous enough, man enough and money enough, you can get a young woman to...
JUSTICE DELAYED
The Eliot Spitzer scandal demonstrated that the entire oversight function of the New York state political class is a joke ("State Senate Goes Home, Leadership in Flux," June 19). But...
WHO'S WATCHING?
Michele Malkin hits a grand slam with her op-ed about AmeriCorps ("Shoot the Watchdog," PostOpinion, June 17). Finally, people are starting to wake up and look into this sham regime...
DIE WEIRD
It would seem that Bruce Willis has exposed his bald head to the direct rays of the sun for too long a time, affecting his ability to think and act...
STAY QUIET, O
Iran isn't Ukraine ("Deeply Troubled," Editorial, June 16). Warnings about the "consequences for our relationship" with Iran might have some effect if we actually had a relationship. Ukraine wanted our...
BUBBLE TROUBLE
Kyle Smith's "Life Inside the Media Bubble" (PostScript, June 14), which concludes that you can choose your own facts, is superb. The media are overwhelming us. The Founding Fathers thought...
REQUIRED READING
Soul Survivor The Reincarnation of a WWII Fighter Pilot by Bruce and Andrea Leininger with Ken Gross (Grand Central) In an astounding true story, the Leiningers' two-year-old son, James, had...
SHOOTING VID SHOCKER
A disturbing video of a young woman purportedly shot to death on the streets of Tehran during post-election protests is becoming a touchstone for the opposition. The horrific footage, posted...
'MARTYR' MAYHEM
Iran's reformist opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi vowed yesterday to keep up the fight over his nation's disputed election, saying he was "ready for martyrdom" as police attacked thousands of...
COP FIGHTS OFF MUGGER GANG
An off-duty cop fought off a group of muggers who walloped him with a crowbar in upper Manhattan last night, squeezing off a round that sent the assailants packing, police...
GROOM DIDN'T UNDO 1ST 'I DO'
It was their big fat bigamous wedding. Amir Bronstein, 32, and Deanna Goldstein, 24, threw a wallet-busting Manhattan wed ding -- despite the hitch that the groom is still legally...
MIKE GETS ED. TEST MILEAGE
Mayor Bloomberg got some free publicity on the state-created English Regents exam this month, scoring a positive mention in a reading-comprehension passage. "New York's Mayor Michael Bloomberg has spearheaded an...
OH, THE PAIN! PATIENTS RATE CITY HOSPS LOW
Patient satisfaction at 40 percent of 67 New York City hospitals fell below the national average, according to a new report card out today. Other hospitals were near the average....
WEIRD BUT TRUE
He had better odds of getting a hole in one. A golfer in Greeley, Colo., happened to be on the 13th hole when he was struck by lightning. The 41-year-old...
OBSESSION: AN EROTIC TALE
The most shocking thing about the new book of erotica by Gloria Vanderbilt -- socialite, designer of designer jeans, perfumer, and mother to a CNN anchor -- is not that...
IDIOT AMERICA
Anyone who has listened to a Miss South Carolina or watched anything on E! knows that America isn't exactly the smartest country on earth. Land of the free and home...
THE BOLTER
Idina Sackville, who Greta Garbo portrayed in the film "A Woman Of Affairs," is now the subject of her great-granddaughter's biography, in which Osborne tries to solve a mystery: What,...
THE BOOK OF DADS
"When the boys were a minute old, my wife held up [my son] Shepherd and asked, 'Don't you love him so much?' "I didn't really understand how she could ask...
EAT MY GLOBE
Ever find yourself on a food blog reading a lengthy diatribe on, say, Cantonese banquet dishes and wonder: Who the heck wrote this? Meet Simon Majumdar, a middle-aged Brit working...
IN MY LIBRARY: LYNDA CARTER
What would Wonder Woman read (WWWWR)? The closest we'll get to knowing is by asking Lynda Carter, the woman who played her. Carter grew up in Arizona, where "we'd all...
K BLOWS TOP
For 14 days in 1959, Nikita Khrushchev tore through the US, stopping at New York, DC, California, Pennsylvania and Iowa -- creating mischief and media mayhem everywhere he went. In...
Q&A WITH DOMINICK DUNNE
If you run in the right circles you already know Dominick Dunne -- and there's a good chance you hate his guts. Dunne, 83, has excelled at showcasing how the...
BLAST FROM THE REPAST
Lunch has rarely been a dawdling affair for working New Yorkers. But if you think fast food started with the Golden Arches, you'd be sorely mistaken. As early as 1902,...
MEET MARKET
Michelle, a 27-year-old digital media planner, wants a guy who loves tattoos (she has nine!), can hold down a job (even in the recession) and knows a mullet is a...
CURRENT AFFAIRS: HAPPILY OVER THE HILL
Having spent the best part of my 30s writing about being happily single, I finally married for the first time at the age of 43. Overnight, I became the statistic-defying...
INTERBOROUGH BUST
We learned what a difference a borough can make when Steven, a 27-year-old compensation consultant, met up with Brooklyn babe Dina for their blind date. Over vegetarian fare at East...
SINGIN' THE FUSE!
If there's a worse job in the world than working the Explosive Ordnance Disposal beat in Baghdad, we haven't seen it. It's even worse than being Joe Biden's barber --...
SONGS SUNG BLUE
When Pete Yorn writes a downbeat, weepy song, he usually has someone else's suffering in mind. But while assembling material for his latest effort, "Back and Fourth," out Tuesday, he...
No Doubt she'd be back
Gwen Stefani may be a superstar pop singer, hit songwriter, fashion maven and role model for millions of girls and young women, but on a brutally hot afternoon recently, on...
SCREAM MACHINES
The sound of a megaphone usually means one of two things: either the cops have the place surrounded, or naive college kids think that chanting really loudly will somehow end...
AGENDA
Hear This: - All the single ladies should head to the Garden tonight and tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. to catch Beyoncé, or rather Sasha Fierce, in action. Tickets are $21...
GM FUMBLES MOVIE, TOO
Step aside, President Obama. "Transformers" is here to save GM. Maybe. The sequel, opening Wednesday, again features GM vehicles, and the movie may be able to do what Congress can't:...
HEAVY METAL
LEAVE the winning of Oscars and the making of sensitive tear-jerkers about plucky children with terminal diseases to other filmmakers. For the guys behind Wednesday's "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,"...
MEET RUPERT FRIEND
IF you already know about Rupert Friend, it's probably for one of three reasons: He's extremely good-looking; he played the weasely Mr. Wickham in the recent film version of "Pride...
ONE HOT MOMMY
In all the homoerotic chaos at the MTV Movie Awards last month -- Sacha Baron Cohen's butt in Eminem's face, Andy Samberg's in Justin Timberlake's -- there was one girly...
ADOPT ME
Charlotte is a 1½-year-old German shepherd mix. She is very true to her breed: smart, loyal and always keeping an eye on everything. Meet her from 11 a.m. to 4...
QUEASY KITTY
IN my last column, I told you about a friend who recently rescued a homeless mother cat and her kittens. My husband and I decided this is the right time...
VETTEL ON POLE FOR BRITISH GRAND PRIX
Sebastian Vettel yesterday captured the pole for today's British Grand Prix, while Formula One championship leader Jenson Button will start from a season-worst sixth. In his revamped Red Bull car,...
LAST CHANCE FOR U.S.
RUSTENBURG, South Africa -- The United States and Egypt go head-to-head in their final Confederations Cup group match today (2:25 p.m., ESPN2) in a game that could have a semifinal...
ONE MISTAKE SADDLES SHARP BURNETT WITH 'L'
MIAMI -- Outside of making one costly mistake and being saddled with a 2-1 loss to the Marlins, A.J. Burnett could see a positive to his solid outing last night....
SUTTER CLOSE TO FLAMES JOB
Sources say former Devils coach Brent Sutter is close to becoming Flames coach under brother and Calgary GM Darryl Sutter. Those sources say Sutter is under serious consideration by Flames...
STRASBURG WORTH 50 MILLION? SURE THING!
STEPHEN Strasburg and agent Scott Boras are not the ruination of the base ball draft as many would have you believe. In fact, Strasburg is the best thing that could...
SPORTS SHORTS
SPORTS SHORTSCOLLEGE: USC hires O'Neill to replace Floyd Kevin O'Neill returned to the college ranks yesterday when he was announced as Southern California's basketball coach, taking over from Tim Floyd....
SOURCES: YANKEES, PROSPECT HAVE DEAL
MIAMI -- According to several connections in the Dominican Republic, the Yankees and catching prospect Gary Sanchez have agreed to a $2.5 million deal. Sanchez, 16, isn't eligible to sign...
REYES RETURN STILL UP IN AIR
Jose Reyes sat in front of his locker, bat in hand. He was asked before the Mets hosted the Rays yesterday if he had taken batting practice yet and responded,...
THESE GUYS ARE ALL WET
* This past rain-soaked Thursday, the Yankees finally played their game against the Nationals after a 5½-hour rain delay. The U.S. Open hardly got underway when the course was cleared...
LIBERTY LOOKIN' TO TURN 2
On the heels of their first victory, the Liberty will try to make it two in a row and inch toward the .500 mark today (3 p.m., no TV) when...
LEE'S CAREER REACHES 'HIGH PRESSURE TIME'
David Lee walked through a hard rain yesterday at an NBA function at the South Street Seaport in possibly his last public appearance as a Knick. The rain was a...
PLENTY OF TIME LEFT FOR MICKELSON TO MAKE MOVE
He hasn't lit Bethpage Black up with low scores yet, but Phil Mickelson, believes he's still got a great chance to win his first U.S. Open. Mickelson, who was 1-under...
TAMED TIGER WON'T GO BACK-TO-BLACK
IT CAME as close to a concession speech as you'll get from Tiger Woods after two rounds of a major championship: "I've got 36 more holes over the next three...
GLOVER EARNS HAND EVEN THOUGH HE MISSES MARK
Like Yogi Berra might say, hardly any timid putters tie the all-time U.S. Open and all-majors record. Lucas Glover had one of those once-in-a-lifetime putts yesterday on his final hole,...
DRY GOLFERS GETTING DISTINCT ADVANTAGE
This Dual U.S. Open has some frustrated players on its wet half. The breakdown was dramatic, the top six after 36 holes all came from the dry half. Those in...
BELTRAN'S KNEE HURTING AGAIN
Carlos Beltran is hurting again, adding more pain to an already thin Mets lineup. METS BLOGHUBBUCH ON TWITTER The Mets' center fielder recently began experiencing soreness in the right knee...
TURNOVER COSTS RED BULLS
If the Red Bulls have nightmares, they must be about stoppage time. And if their defenders wake up screaming, it's likely because of Fredy Montero. For the second time in...
CASHMAN: SITTING A-ROD WAS 'MEDICAL DECISION'
MIAMI -- Brian Cashman questioned an Internet report yesterday that he ordered Alex Rodriguez out of Friday night's lineup. "That's not true," the GM said before last night's 2-1 loss...
JOHNSON SILENCES YANKEES' OFFENSE
MIAMI -- There were plenty of goats grazing in lockers in the Yankees' clubhouse last night after their 2-1 loss to the Marlins. Never mind that Marlins right-hander Josh Johnson...
HOLT, MEJIA AMAZIN' PROSPECTS
When the 2009 sea son began, left- hander Jon Niese was considered by most observers to be the best pitching prospect in the Mets system. But after Niese has struggled...
PLENTY OF OPTIONS FOR TEAMS NEEDING GUARD
With the NBA Draft fast approaching on Thursday night and the Knicks and Nets in need of players that can provide immediate help, The Post breaks down the five positions....
YES TO PAY TRIBUTE TO MOLINA DAD
One wonders what might have happened had Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Molina of Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, had one or two more sons, or five more. The three they did...
REBUILDING THE SHAD
MOST anglers who fish the Delaware River are well aware of the de cline in shad population and that this fish is in serious need of rebuilding. This decline is...
LITTLE GOES WRIGHT IN FINAL AT-BAT
David Wright knew he'd be in for a battle against J.P. Howell with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. And the third baseman lost the battle, striking out...
METS NOT SWINGIN' IN RAIN
Stick a giant plunger in this clogged Mets lineup. Even Johan Santana's return to form yesterday couldn't rescue the Mets from another of those all-too-frequent games in which they simply...
HOUNDSTOOTH HERO
SHE'S New York's top aesthetic dentist, dubbed "The Tooth Fairy" by Men's Vogue. She treats the pearly whites of Ford Models and launches her "IntelliWhite" bleaching system June 30 on...
AN UNDIE ACHIEVER
LAUREL Nakadate is a 30-something resident of the West Village, with a master's from Yale. She is a photographer, video artist and moviemaker -- a very controversial one. Here's why:...
BRIDGE
AFTER some auctions, a trump opening lead is mandatory. If you double an opening bid of one club at your right for takeout and everyone passes, lead a club. Your...
GRANDMASTER WHO?
WHEN the new interna tional rating list ap pears in a little more than a week, many fans will be surprised to find someone they've never heard of has joined...
AX FALLING ON HEATH'S OLD HAUNT
The SoHo building where "Dark Knight" star Heath Ledger died is headed for foreclosure amid a bitter dispute between its investors. The foreclosure -- which has been weaving its way...
FEDS 'TAG' $3M TO WIPE GRAFFITI
Hey vandals, can you spell ERASE? Almost $3 million in federal stimulus cash will let the city wipe clean 10 million square feet of graffiti. The influx of $2.9 million...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Queens A man freely admitted to cops he had smashed a guy over the head with a beer bottle in Woodside, authorities said. Leonardo Olivos, 37, attacked a foe on...
WILD COP SQUAD IN QUEENS
The NYPD's Queens Narcotics Unit is a real madhouse. The troubled unit, in which a detective has been accused of sodomizing the girlfriend of a drug suspect, has been plagued...
WATCHING THE US PRINTING MONEY
Dear John: How can we monitor how much money is being printed? How do we predict the effect on the economy? I just want to know when I should switch...
ALBANY FIX NEAR: BX. DEM
Gov. Paterson said he'll bring in mediators if Albany's power struggle continues, even as one of the ringmasters responsi ble for the Senate circus said yesterday a deal could be...
CITY $TIMU'LOSS' ON CREATING JOBS
Four months after the passage of President Obama's $787 billion stimulus plan, the city has spent a tiny fraction of its share of the money -- and is probably "exaggerating"...
SHE'LL HAVE THE FISH
Did she take the bait? This bikini-clad babe (quite the catch!) let it all hang out in Coney Island yesterday, chatting up a fishy frolicker at the annual Mermaid Parade....
SINGING THE BLUES
Ashton Kutcher tweeted that they were his "all-time favorite choir" -- and they haven't even graduated elementary school. But now these adorable, pint-sized singing sensations -- fourth- and fifth-graders from...
OBAMA'S 'BIG BEN' DECISION AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE
IT'S the biggest guessing game inside the beltway this summer, and it will likely be the most important personnel decision President Obama will make in the next six months --whether...
DON'T GET SO EXCITED
Okay, the S&P 500 Index has climbed back from its early March lows and Main Street investors -- as they make their way to next week's close of the second...
IT'S ONLY LOGICAL
Brad Grey's Paramount Pictures is peaking at the perfect time -- when pressure by analysts and investors is mounting on Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone to sell his beloved studio. Movie-industry...
CORRECTION BIG 'DOUBLE DIPS'
It seems almost criminal. Embattled city correction chief Martin Horn is raking in a six-figure pension on top of his $178,156 annual salary -- and earns more than $288,000 annually....
JAIL BIGS WERE 'BROWN' NOSERS
It's a jailhouse crock. City prison officials acted like an entourage of fawning valets for rapper Foxy Brown when she was locked up on Rikers Island, hanging out in her...
CHOP OR I'LL SUIT!
He's chop suing. An Upper East Side dentist claimed his overly social doorman walloped him with a friendly but unexpected karate chop to the neck, causing him so much agony...
CALL HIM M.I.A.-ROD
Kate Hudson may be wearing A-Rod out. The slumping Yankee slugger missed most of last night's game against the Florida Marlins after riding the bench the night before as well...
NO CREDIT FOR TARP BANKS
The chief executives at 10 large banks were all smiles last week as they repaid a total of $68 billion of Troubled Asset Relief Program money -- but some on...
SQUEEZING LEON BLACK
New York cops, firefighters and teachers could see their pensions get a windfall of millions of dollars over the next few years -- money that would come directly out of...
DAD 'ADOPTS' FAMILY FROM PROJECTS
Wealthy real-estate developer Michael Rosen, his wife, Leslie, and their two adopted sons, Ripton, 7, and Morgan, 5, live in a luxury penthouse apartment in the East Village. One afternoon...
LOOKING TO KOBE TO SCORE LUCRATIVE ASSIST
JUST days after he helped the LA Lakers to an NBA title, Kobe Bryant is poised to post one of the most important -- and lucrative -- assists of his...
5G PORK LOONY BEYOND 'WORDS'
Here's your tax dollars hard at work. A city councilwoman set aside $5,000 in next year's budget for a wacky Brooklyn man with a rap sheet to teach courses in...
BEHIND-BARS GIG DREW BLOODS
Foxy Brown isn't the only rapper to get special treatment at Rikers -- or to cause trouble there. Hip-hopper Papoose put on a concert for low-risk inmates there in 2006,...
HOSTAGE REPORTER ESCAPES TALIBAN
A Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist abducted by Taliban fighters in Afghanistan seven months ago escaped by scaling a compound wall and high-tailing it to a nearby Pakistani army base. New York Times...
PRE$CRIPTION BRINGS RELIEF
A health-care deal struck yesterday could cut prescription-drug bills in half for some seniors. Drugmakers pledged to spend $80 billion over the next 10 years to beef up prescription benefits...
'MANSION' PERKS FOR CUNY BIGS
They may toil in ivory towers, but they live in million-dollar mansions. The presidents of five City University of New York colleges and the dean of the university's law school...
Carlos Johnson, Alfredo Pacheco, tough turf and other Red Bull notes
Some Red Bull notes for you cats to chew on.Right back Carlos Johnson said he'll get examined in two weeks, and if his broken foot has healed properly, he hopes...
SPOILED ROTTEN
WITH "Gossip Girl" on summer vacation, Bravo's hoping that people will tune into "NYC Prep" to get their vicarious fill of rich kid antics. The real-life take on the fictional...
PRIMETIME
Because none of us is perfect, the mark of a man or a woman often can be found in his or her apology. The unconditional apology - "No excuses, I...
REEL GOOD
LITTLE BIG MAN (1970), Wednesday, 12 midnight, Ch. 55 Satirical look at how the west was really won, as recalled by a 125 year old man (Dustin Hoffman) who recounts...
BILLIONAIRE GIVES BACK
Philanthropist Bobby Sager was in Kabul, Afghanistan, when a group of men- enraged by his attempts to train female doctors- threatened to hold him for ransom. Rather than let the...
BAD 'HAIR' DAY
Washington, D.C. is the "city that fashion forgot," according to Lacey Smithsonian, crime-solving heroine of "Killer Hair." Still, the nation's capital forms the setting for this breezy TV movie, which...
DON'T MISS LIST
DRAMAMERLIN, Sunday, 8 p.m., NBC - Series Premiere 'Merlin' magic - Nothing says "summer" like a fantasy series about sorcerers, knights and ladies of the lake. In the first episode...
Red Bulls draw Seattle 1-1
If the Red Bulls wake up screaming, it's probably about stoppage time. If their defenders have nightmares, they're likely about Fredy Montero.For the second time in as many meetings, a...
Wai to Go
The eighth New York Asian Film Festival opened Friday night with a small soiree in a spectacular West Village apartment honoring Wai Ka-Fai, who has won a loyal following among...
WHAT SPIKE LEE DIDN'T GET 'RIGHT' ABOUT RACE AND NEW YORK CITY
"I wanna clear up something once and for all," says Spike Lee in a new commentary track on the 20th anniversary DVD of "Do the Right Thing," which was released...