June 24, 2009
ONE LONELY PUP
The woman who claims she left her Yorkie temporarily with a friend only to have him claim it as her own said today the man holding on to the tug-of-love...
Maine, Perez close, but no Subway
The Mets' phone-book sized disabled list is about to get shorter and their rotation a lot more crowded, although not in time for the Yankees. John Maine and Oliver Perez...
LITTLE ITALY BUILDING EVACUATED AFTER 20-FOOT CRACK DISCOVERED
Authorities evacuated a five-story Little Italy building this evening, fearing a giant bottom-to-top crack in its facade could be a prelude to disaster. City inspectors called to 273 Mott St....
U.S. win helps image
By ROBERT MILLWARD, APJOHANNESBURG -- The United States' amazing 2-0 victory over Spain at the Confederations Cup on Wednesday night sent out a loud and clear message that no one,...
Last predraft words from Curry
Davidson guard Stephen Curry said one final time that he would like to be drafted by the Knicks tomorrow night and run Mike D'Antoni's fast-paced offense."Who wouldn't?" Curry said on...
A. Reyes promoted from Buffalo
The Mets tried to bolster their depleted middle-infield ranks today by promoting Argenis Reyes from Triple-A Buffalo. Left-handed reliever Jon Switzer was designated for assignment to make room for Reyes,...
STATEMENT FROM WIFE OF S.C.'S CHEATING GOVERNOR SANFORD
South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford issued the following statement Wednesday after her husband's admission to an extramarital affair: I would like to start by saying I love my husband...
Sheff trying to avoid DL trip
Gary Sheffield is not the Mets' lineup again tonight, and the 40-year-old slugger is trying valiantly to avoid a trip to the disabled list despite what he described as an...
LB Boley will miss training camp
By PAUL SCHWARTZMichael Boley was the first player the Giants signed in free agency this offseason and was expected to move in as the starting weak side linebacker.Boley, though, figures...
PERV TUTOR CONVICTED OF SEXUAL ABUSE
A bar mitzvah tutor and social worker hired to help Orthodox Jewish boys was found guilty today of sexually abusing two of them. Yona Weinberg, 31, from Flatbush, was convicted...
SURFING IN THE SURF
Now you can surf the Internet this summer while surfing the waves of one Long Island beach, officials said. The town of Babylon will officially announce tomorrow that they will...
MTA: LOCKHEED MARTIN SCREWED UP ON SUBWAY SECURITY
The MTA fired back at a major defense contractor today, saying Lockheed Martin bungled an anti-terror program to link 2,000 subway security cameras capable of "intelligent video" to huge surveillance...
CC 'FINE' AFTER BULLPEN SESSION
ATLANTA -- CC Sabathia's stomach wasn't bubbling over how his left arm would come through his bullpen session. However, he understood others in the Yankees' universe were stressing. "Everybody else...
Shakespeare's sister
Okay I'm bit late opining on this, but what can I say -- I've been busy.On Monday evening I attended a presentation by Princeton economist Emily Glassberg Sands, who spent...
Box Office: 'Transformers' Does $16M Midnight
Paramount is reporting that "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' took in a massive $16 million during midnight shows early today, a record for a film opening on a Wednesday. The...
UNITED STATES SHOCKS NO. 1 SPAIN
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa -- The United States stunned top-ranked Spain 2-0 Wednesday night on goals by Jozy Altidore and Clint Dempsey, advancing to the Confederations Cup final with one of...
PENTAGON CALLS N. KOREA THREAT 'SILLY'
The Pentagon shrugged off a threat from North Korea Wednesday to wipe the United States off the map.Read the Full Story From FOXNews.com "I don't even know how to respond...
SIMON COWELL ON OPRAH'S HEELS AS TV'S RICHEST
Look out, Oprah--here comes Simon Cowell. The "American Idol" judge could replace Winfrey as TV's richest star under terms of a new, transatlantic megadeal that's expected to be finalized within...
Veras sent to Cleveland for cash
APReliever Jose Veras was traded by the Yankees to a Cleveland Indians team seeking to bolster an overworked and ineffective bullpen.The Yankees received cash in Wednesday's deal.Follow Joel on Twitter...
JUDGE STOPS RELEASE OF 'REAL HOUSEWIVES' SEX TAPE
An alleged sex tape showing Real New Jersey Housewife Danielle Staub getting hot and heavy with her ex-boyfriend won't be getting a public airing anytime soon, after a judge issued...
PEREZ HILTON SUES BLACK EYED PEAS MANAGER
A new front has opened in the battle between Perez Hilton and the Black Eyed Peas manager accused of hitting him: a civil lawsuit. The celebrity blogger sued the Peas'...
EX-PRISONER TESTIFIES IN GUARD ABUSE TRIAL
A former inmate took the witness stand against four prison guards today and tearfully testified that he was beaten and humiliated as punishment for complimenting a female guard on her...
DOC: MARSHALL CLAIMED ASTOR WAS 'CONFUSED'
Mother must be going crazy -- she forgot my birthday! Four days after Brooke Astor forgot his 73rd birthday, accused swindling son Anthony Marshall dialed her doctor to complain mom...
FDNY DISCIPLINES 7 IN 2007 GROUND ZERO FIRE
The FDNY has disciplined seven commanders for mistakes that led to a deadly fire at a ground zero office tower in 2007, officials announced today. The fire at the former...
Game 70: Cardinals at Mets
(UPDATED)Fernando Nieve will seek to keep his surprising run going tonight when the right-hander takes the mound for the Mets against St. Louis in the third game of a four-game...
AMC Picks Up 'Rubicon'
First came the adulterous, chain-smoking ad men of the 1960s, next came a cancer-stricken high school chemistry teacher turned crystal meth cook and now, AMC believes its time for a...
SC GOV ADMITS TO AFFAIR; APOLOGIZES TO FAMILY AND STAFF
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admitted to an affair today and apologized to his family and friends "for letting them down."PHOTOS: Mark SanfordGov's Wife: I'll Stand by My Man During...
Rangers passing on Pedro, too
MLB.com reports the Rangers no longer are interested in Pedro Martinez, whose options continue to dwindle.T.R. Sullivan writes, "word is that he's still looking for a $5 million salary that...
MTA APPROVES ATLANTIC YARDS BAILOUT PLAN
Bruce Ratner got his own MTA bailout today. The agency approved a revised plan for Brooklyn's controversial Atlantic Yards project that lets the mega-developer pay off $100 million he owes...
Psycho T or T-Will or. . .
By FRED KERBERRod Thorn held a long chat with the ink-stained media wretches (okay, nobody really was covered in ink) and discussed tomorrow night's draft.And while the Nets team pres...
What's Your Obsession?
With the summer TV season comes a much emptier DVR queue. But we think less is more. Now, we can narrow down the list and focus on the shows we...
2 CITY COUNCIL AIDES TO PLEAD GUILTY TO EMBEZZLEMENT
The two City Council aides charged with embezzlement in the ongoing Council slush fund scandal will plead guilty tomorrow in Manhattan Federal Court, sources told The Post. Asquith Reid and...
Oscar Shocker: 10 Nominees Next Year!
In an apparent attempt to include more popular flicks like "The Dark Knight,'' the motion picture academy announced today that the list announced next year will include ten Best Picture...
LYNX DEFEAT LIBERTY
MINNEAPOLIS -- Candice Wiggins' scoring struggles ended at the right time for the Minnesota Lynx. The second-year forward ended a four-game slump by scoring 18 of her season-high 25 points...
CEO TO PLEAD GUILTY OF SELLING FAKE PARTS TO MTA
The CEO of an industrial supply company is expected to plead guilty this afternoon to selling counterfeit parts for city subways and buses, authorities said. Joseph Ungar, 47, is facing...
HASSELBECK: NO MERIT TO PLAGIARISM CLAIM
"The View" co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck says a claim that she plagiarized parts of her best-selling diet book is "without merit." Hasselbeck defended her book "The G-Free Diet: A Gluten-Free Survival...
ARCHAEOLOGISTS DISCOVER ANCIENT WELL AND SKELETON
NICOSIA, Cyprus -- Archaeologists have discovered a water well in Cyprus that was built as long as 10,500 years ago, and the skeleton of a young woman at the bottom...
COLORADO POLICE FIND 53 BIRDS IN TEEN'S BEDROOM
LONGMONT, Colorado-- Police in Colorado have confiscated 53 baby birds from a 15-year-old boy who apparently took them from neighborhood nests and stored them in his bedroom. Police believe the...
FORMER STATE ASSEMBLYMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUD
Former Queens Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio pleaded guilty today to fraud charges. Seminerio, who resigned yesterday, could face up to 13 years in prison when he is sentenced in Manhattan federal...
Does Bus still work for Brett?
Conflicting reports -- imagine that -- are coming out of Minnesota regarding Brett Favre participating in Vikings training camp on time.WCCO Radio's Mark Rosen reported yesterday that "Barring some unforeseen...
STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY SURPA$$ES GOAL
STONY BROOK, N.Y. -- Stony Brook University has surpassed its fundraising goal in a seven-year campaign that ends this month. The Long Island school has received gifts and pledges totaling...
NO BAIL FOR L.I. PONZI SCHEMER
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. -- A New Yorker accused of orchestrating a $413 million Ponzi scheme will remain in jail for the time being. A federal judge on Tuesday refused bail...
MIRACLE BOY ESCAPES CAR CRASH UNHARMED
THIS dramatic image shows the heart-stopping moment a four-year-old boy cheated death when he was hit by a maniac driver.See More Photos of the Crash Little Muhammet Dirlik was out...
4 KIDS HOSPITALIZED AFTER BUS CRASH
Four children were hospitalized after a school bus collided with a car in Far Rockaway this morning. The small bus was traveling to a nearby school, shortly before 7:30 a.m....
Heeeeeere's the sidekicks!
A few years ago when I was on the Mets beat, my friend Steve Popper from the Bergen Record and I had an NBA debate. I claimed that during the...
Conan's Ed McMahon Tribute
Conan O'Brien took a serious pause during the "Tonight Show" last night to honor the late Ed McMahon."Ed's laugh was really the soundtrack to [the "Tonight Show"]," says O'Brien of...
MTA FULL BOARD RUBBER-STAMPS RATNER BAILOUT
As expected, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority approved a massive public bailout of the struggling Atlantic Yards project today, changing the project's financing to save developer Bruce Ratner hundreds of millions...
BOY DECLARED CLINICALLY DEAD
WORCESTER, Mass. -- A 7-year-old boy who came to Massachusetts to spend the summer with his father and who, prosecutors say, was severely beaten by him on Father's Day was...
Iranian players/protesters forced to retire
If you read this space, you know every now and then I'll get political for a hot minute. And no matter what your particular bent is _ bleeding-heart, tree-hugger, or...
DEALS: OC Ritz-Carlton for $205/nt
Numerously toothed...ginormously lipped...blubbery a$$ed... the megamouth shark is the Baba Booey of the sea. Filter-feeding up to 1 ton of plankton in a single day, they probably have similar breath,...
No one hitting for Yankees
By JUSTIN TERRANOVAIt's easy to gather our hatred and point it directly at Chien-Ming Wang, who dropped to 0-6 last night.But for the second straight start, Wang threw five innings...
MONEY MATTERS AND MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICE
Just think where the Yankees and Mets would be without their huge payrolls. Maybe the solution for both teams is to start making believe they are small market teams and...
Chat rewind: June 24
Click on the replay arrow in the graphic below to revisit my hour-long live chat on the Mets:Mets chat with Bart Hubbuch
JUDGE: PLEADS WITH STATE SENATORS TO 'RESOLVE THIS'
ALBANY -- An upstate judge pleaded with state lawmakers this afternoon, urging them to "sit down and address" the senate deadlock and "resolve this." Hours after the judge's stern warning,...
Coverage in The Post
As depleted by injury as they are, the Mets still didn't expect to run into a buzzsaw the way they did Tuesday night when St. Louis' Joel Pineiro tossed a...
SPECTOR MAKES PRISON WISH LIST
LOS ANGELES -- Phil Spector is hoping to get a few comforts of home in his new prison cell, and a television, iPod and computer access are at the top...
ANOTHER BAILOUT! THIS TIME, ESDC LETS RATNER OFF THE HOOK
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...
MP3 COP FOUND GUILTY OF PERJURY
The detective on trial for perjury after a 17-year-old secretly recorded the cop questioning him on an MP3 player was found guilty today by a Bronx judge. Det. Christopher Perino,...
NJ TESTS HACKED
TENAFLY, N.J. -- School officials and police are trying to figure out how students at a New Jersey high school got access to final exams before they were given. Tenafly...
THOUSANDS TO MARK ANNIVERSARY OF RABBI'S DEATH
Tens of thousands of people will gather at a Queens cemetery tonight to mark the 15th anniversary of the Orthodox rabbi Menachem Schneerson. Known as "The Rebbe," Schneerson, who died...
SC GOV ADMITS HE WAS IN ARGENTINA DURING FIVE-DAY ABSENCE
Where in the world is the governor of South Carolina? Turns out that Gov. Mark Sanford was in South America during his unexplained absence -- and not hiking the Appalachian...
NY DA'S SON CHARGED WITH RAPE
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- State police are charging the 22-year-old son of an upstate New York district attorney with raping a 16-year-old girl. Robert Suben of Cortland is charged with third-degree...
HHS SECRETARY TO PRESS LAWMAKERS ON HEALTH CARE
WASHINGTON -- Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told lawmakers Wednesday that President Barack Obama is willing to listen to suggestions on how to pay for a health care...
Page Six spots Ronandinho downtown
Our dogged folks over at PAGE SIX scouted out Ronaldinho in the house at Frederick's Downtown yesterday. Apparently the Brazilian superatar was being swarmed by a mob of fans, including...
N. KOREA THREATENS US; WORLD ANTICIPATES MISSILE
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea accused Washington of seeking to "provoke a second Korean War" as the regime prepared to hold maritime military exercises off the eastern coast. U.S....
INVESTIGATORS TO TEST AUTOMATED DC TRAIN CONTROLS
WASHINGTON -- Federal investigators are going to test the automated system that is meant prevent train crashes like the one in Washington, D.C., that killed nine people. Debbie Hersman of...
PROTESTERS CLASH OUTSIDE IRANIAN PARLIAMENT
CAIRO -- Protesters and riot police clashed in the streets around Iran's parliament Wednesday as hundreds of people converged on a Tehran square in defiance of government orders to halt...
WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY IN DRUNKEN BREAST-FEEDING CASE
GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- A North Dakota woman accused of breast-feeding her 6-week-old baby while drunk has pleaded guilty to child neglect. Twenty-six-year-old Stacey Anvarinia could face up to five...
EX-COP TO GET PSYCH TEST IN SCHOOL GUN INCIDENT
CITY, N.Y. -- A former New York City police officer accused of holding a suburban schools superintendent at gunpoint will undergo a psychiatric examination. Peter Cocker's court case has been...
The Daily Whacks, Wednesday Edition
You can count me among the tweetin' Twitterers (or is that the Twitterin' tweeters?) now: http://twitter.com/MikeVacc*******That time, the statistical oddity barely made a ripple, as the Yankees were 2 1/2...
THE NO. 1 NO. 2S
GOD bless the second banana. Saying goodbye to Ed McMahon reminds any pop culture fanatic just how much we love our sidekicks. From Gayle and Oprah to Boo Boo and...
POOL TO DOCK AT HUNTS POINT
Splash! The Floating Pool Lady will reopen on Saturday, June 27, docked at Barretto Point Park in Hunts Point. Last summer, more than 35,000 people used the seven-lane pool. "The...
CB 10 VOTES TO HONOR PB CHEESE MAN
At the Community Board 10 general meeting on Thursday, June 18, the board unanimously voted to honor a Pelham Bay merchant who recently passed away for his dedication to the...
HANKY PANKY RAIDS
Enough with the hanky-panky. Police from the 45th Precinct hit two massage parlors on Saturday, June 6. At Sun Spa on City Island Avenue, the raid netted two prostitution arrests....
BOAT EXPLOSION SHAKES THROGGS NECK
An explosion on a boat in the Hammond Cove Marina near Locust Point literally shook nearby homes, but resulted in no injuries thanks to a little bit of luck and...
93-UNIT RENTAL FOR STILLWELL
A new development will be breaking ground later this year, adding many new apartments to Morris Park. The underutilized area around 1600 Pelham Parkway South will soon be home to...
'The Anti-Lumenick' Raves as Hollywood Reporter Pans 'Enemies'
Ever-amusing blogger and self-described Michael Mann loyalist Jeffrey Wells has dubbed movie awards blogger Kris Tapley "the anti-Lumenick'' because Tapley filed an embargo-breaking "Public Enemies'' review that Wells more closely...
3 UP: ROCKIES, MARLINS AND PUNCHLESS NY
Yes. I am on Twitter.1. The Rockies had won 17 of 18 games before losing Tuesday night to the Angels. That enabled them to vault into wild-card contention, which was...
Box Office: Bay Looking to Blow Up the Record Books, Too
A working definition of critic-proof, the proudly stupid and incoherent "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,'' which bowed at 12:01 this morning, is widely expected to demolish box office records. Both...
GET REEL! IT'S FREE-FISHING WEEKEND
This is a free weekend for those wanting to try their hand at freshwater fishing in New York. The DEC's regional offices sponsor clinics to help teach adults and children...
AFTER GRIFFIN, POWER FORWARD CLASS WEAK
With tomorrow night's NBA Draft fast approaching, and the Knicks and Nets in need of players that can provide immediate help, The Post breaks down the five positions. Here's a...
NETS GET GOOD LOOK AT HANSBROUGH
Tyler Hansbrough did everything expected, even more. He wowed them with his jumper, showing not just accuracy but impressive lift. He ran the floor. He played as hard yesterday as...
T'WOLVES TRADE LIKELY DASHES KNICKS' RUBIO HOPES
The Knicks hopes of trading up in the draft for Ricky Rubio -- always a longshot -- looked to be dashed last night when two NBA GMs told The Post...
POP GOES THE DEMIMONDE
CABARET hasn't always been hoity-toity singers performing the tunes of yesteryear. In its golden age, it took place in louche boites and tackled current hits -- an approach picked up...
CREDIT IN CARDS FOR OLD-SCHOOL EATERY
CHANGE is not exactly something that's embraced at Gino, the circa 1945 red-sauce Italian restaurant so evocative of old New York it's been immortalized in a Woody Allen movie ("Mighty...
BLUE LA LA
NO ketchup for you! The Peter Luger of Paris has come to town, but those who like the red stuff with their steak frites are in for a shocker: The...
LOTSA PASTA!
IT'S the killer comfort cuisine for bad times. It tastes better than any other kind of comparably priced food. Whatever the reason, the mind-boggling Italian restaurant invasione is this year's...
SMARTIFACTS
TIMES Square is normally on our list of places to avoid -- crowds, chain restaurants and shoddy lawn chairs hold little appeal. Still, the opening of the new 60,000-square-foot museum...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn Walgreens at Atlantic and Third avenues at 7:30 a.m. on March 4, cops said. A security guard witnessed Turner walking with the bag past the registers toward the exit,...
MRS. BLAGO IS 'OUT OF HERE'
At least she wasn't impeached like her husband. Former Illinois First Lady Patti Blagojevich last night was voted off NBC's reality series "I'm a Celebrity . . . Get Me...
SILVIO: ALL MY SEX IS FOR FREE
ROME -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi denied ever paying a woman for sex, as he faces growing political pressure over allegations that he slept with an escort who was...
BRAKE CLUE IN DC TRAIN CRASH
The operator of a Washington subway train that rear-ended another in a crash that killed nine people desperately slammed the emergency brake moments before the disaster, evidence at the scene...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Oh, boy, does that stink! A trucker hauling a load of manure went off the road in the upstate town of Oswegatchie after a wild turkey flew into the cab...
STARR REPORT
If that face on Friday's pre miere of Fox's "Virtuality" looks familiar to David Let terman fans, there's good reason: he's Jimmi Simp son, who's made over 10 appearances on...
STARS BRIGHT, 'LAKE' LIGHT
AMERICAN Ballet The atre's "Swan Lake," which returned to the Met on Monday night, is heavy on stars and light on style. Long-limbed Ukrainian ballerina Irina Dvorovenko led the evening...
GOOD NIGHT, ED
ED McMahon has reunited with Johnny Carson on the big couch in the sky. The world's most famous TV sidekick died at 86 early yesterday of unannounced causes. McMahon, Carson's...
NEW 'WIVES' TALES
'REAL Housewives of New Jersey" lightning rod Danielle Staub has a much more sordid past than she's copped to on Bravo's hit reality show. Staub, 46, has only admitted to...
IT'S SURREALLY STIMULATING
EROTICA is in the eye of the beholder. In other words, sometimes a banana is just a banana. Such are the thoughts that came to mind at "The Erotic Object,"...
'PHILANTHROPIST': WHEN RICH GUYS SEE THE LIGHT
CRITICS, in whatever medium, tend to rave about anything that stands out -- since they've waded through so much garbage that even the smallest spark of originality appears like the...
'JON & KATE' TAKING 6-WEEK BREAK
THE TV cameras that have been following Jon and Kate Gosselin for two years are being turned off -- at least for a little while. The cable network that made...
FIRST-STRING ACTOR STRUM & STRUMMER
WHEN the image of Jeff Daniels with his tongue stuck to a frozen metal pole in the comedy classic "Dumb and Dumber" is etched into your brain, seeing the man...
DAMON DOESN'T START AGAIN
ATLANTA -- Even after a full day of rest Johnny Damon's right calf wasn't strong enough to get him back in the lineup last night against the Braves at Turner...
TATIS A MESS AT CLEANUP
Jerry Manuel said the Mets need Fernando Tatis to start hitting, but maybe that isn't going to be possible. On Monday, Carlos Beltran went on the disabled list, forcing David...
CARDINALS' PINEIRO INDUCES SINKING FEELING IN METS
As resilient as the Mets have been, there will be nights when they are what they are -- a team with nine important pieces on the disabled list. Last night...
LUCAS' 'GLOVE' AFFAIR WITH NEW YORK
Lucas Glover may have become the surprising U.S. Open champion on Monday, but his whirlwind tour of the Big Apple yesterday is nothing new for him. The 29-year old Glover...
BULLS SEEK ROAD WIN
The Red Bulls will try to snap their MLS-record 20-game road winless streak -- and seven-game winless skid overall -- tonight in Toronto (7:30 p.m., FSC). And they'll have to...
YANKS WAIT ANXIOUSLY FOR CC'S PEN SESSION
ATLANTA -- Rarely does a bullpen session between starts, one of baseball's most mundane exercises, create a full-blown buzz. It does, though, when it involves the staff ace who had...
EX-DEVILS COACH LANDS IN CALGARY
It would be the worst hockey treason around here since Mike Keenan was caught talking about jumping from the Rangers during the 1994 playoffs, except that the guy who would...
LEETCH FIRST U.S. DEFENSEMAN IN HOCKEY HALL
Brian Leetch could handle anything and everything that was thrown at him on the ice. But the phone call yesterday from Toronto in which No. 2 was informed of his...
U.S. MEETS NO. 1 SPAIN
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa -- Talk about tests: After reaching the Confederations Cup semifinals in unlikely fashion, the reward for the U.S. soccer team is a matchup today with top-ranked Spain....
VENUS STUMBLES TO EASY VICTORY
WIMBLEDON -- Five points into her opening match at Wimbledon, Venus Williams slipped and went sprawling on the grass she loves. The five-time Wimbledon champion recovered from her stumble at...
RYAN BATTLED DYSLEXIA
Rex Ryan has overcome a lot of hurdles en route to becoming the Jets head coach, but one of them is little known to the public. Ryan recently revealed to...
DEVILS' LAMORIELLO CALLS HALL SELECTION 'COMPLETE SURPRISE'
His voice, even more than his words, told how much his long, long overdue election to the Hockey Hall of Fame means to Devils GM Lou Lamoriello. Lamoriello was selected...
FIRE ENGINE COLLISION ALARMS JOSE REYES
Jose Reyes was shaken up by his Monday car accident on the RFK (Triborough) Bridge, though no one was hurt. Reyes and Mets trainer Ray Ramirez were sitting in traffic...
CITY QB HEADS 'DUE' WEST
Najee Tyler doesn't have the resume of a typical Big Ten quarterback. He grew up in Fresh Meadows and played at Xaverian High School in Brooklyn before signing with Purdue,...
HONDO A RANDY GUY
Chicago's lovable losers stuck it to Hondo last night -- just as they did Monday night -- getting dinged in Detroit to trim the earnings to 280 gilliams. Tonight, he's...
SPORTS SHORTS
BASEBALL: Red Sox romp in D.C. In Washington, Jason Bay had four hits, including his 19th homer, and Jacoby Ellsbury had two triples in the Red Sox's 11-3 victory against...
LISTLESS METS LINEUP MAY DRIVE MANUEL BATTY
THE Mets' margin for error is even thinner than their fans' patience. They are missing three of their four best hitters and two middle-of-the-rotation starters, and are hoarding canned goods...
BRAVES ROOKIE BLANKS YANKEES
ATLANTA -- Forget the blather about the Yankees struggling against pitchers they aren't familiar with. These days they couldn't hit their fathers in the backyard hard enough to crack a...
PETS GETTING PAW UP IN FAMILIES
Pets are people, too, many Americans feel. A poll released yesterday by The Associated Press and PetSide.com found that half of all pet owners consider their animal companions as much...
DRIVING MS. ASTOR
The chauffeur heard it all -- especially when it came to the daughter-in-law with the unworthy neck. "I don't want that woman to wear my jewelry because she doesn't have...
FIANCéE DUMPS 'CRAIGSLIST KILLER'
The former fiancée of a man accused of killing a masseuse he met on Craigslist has ended the relationship and wants to get on with her life. Megan McAllister's lawyer,...
15 YRS. IN GOOD SAM MURDER
A mugging victim who killed a good Samaritan he thought was one of his attackers was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison during an emotional court hearing yesterday....
$4.9B FOR ATL. YARDS
All the bells and whistles have been stripped from it, but the cost of developer Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards project has ballooned by nearly a billion dollars, state officials said...
'VIEW' HOST STOLE MY BOOK: SUIT
BOSTON -- Elisabeth Hasselbeck, co-host of "The View," has been sued for allegedly plagiarizing another author's health book. Hasselbeck's best-selling "The G-Free Diet: A Gluten-Free Survival Guide," lifted "word for...
PROSPECT LANDMARKS
More than 850 buildings in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, were added to the city's roster of historic structures yesterday when the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the neighborhood a historic district. The...
THE PIZZA PIED SWIPER
This kid's got some garlic knots. A Brooklyn teenager swiped a pizza deliveryman's car for a joyride, repeatedly circled the block and flipped his victim the bird each time he...
'SEXTING' RAP NIXED
Child-pornography charges against a 14-year-old New Jersey girl who posted nude pictures of herself on MySpace.com will be dropped if she has at least six months of counseling and stays...
FRAUD-FUNDED 9/11 STATUE A REAL 'CAST'-OFF
HAGERSTOWN, Md. -- A towering sculpture in the Maryland mountains depicting three New York City firefighters raising the US flag at Ground Zero was financed by investor fraud, federal regulators...
WARNING OVER 'GITMO' TRIALS
WASHINGTON -- A top New York anti-terror official said yesterday that US trials of Guantanamo Bay detainees could weaken the ability of the FBI and other agencies to chase new...
INHALE TO THE CHIEF: O ADMITS HE STILL SMOKES
A day after he signed the nation's toughest-ever anti-smoking laws, President Obama confessed yesterday that he hasn't kicked his decades-old cigarette habit. Comparing his plight to that of an alcoholic's...
BETTER THAN CAIROPRACTY
Getting a CT scan can leave you a bit claustrophobic, but not if you've spent the past 2,700 years in a sarcophagus. Four Egyptian mummies from the Brooklyn Museum made...
NY SENATORS $CORE ON RAISER'S HEDGE
WASHINGTON -- New York's senators have received more campaign contributions from the hedge fund-industry than all but one other member of Congress, according to a new report. Sen. Charles Schumer,...
KINISON WIDOW IN ESTATE BATTLE
The widow of comedian Sam Kinison is suing her former brother-in-law for allegedly cheating her out of her hubby's estate. Malika Borghese had been married to the preacher turned foul-mouthed...
POL GRIDLOCK SNARLS MTA
The MTA's most expensive project is facing delays because of the power vacuum created by bumbling Albany lawmakers. A crucial contract for extending the LIRR to Grand Central Terminal --...
PONZI KING TAKES CHUTZPAH CROWN
He's got some nerve! In a four-page letter to the Manhattan federal judge who will sentence Ponzi king Bernard Madoff, his lawyer yesterday not only asked for extraordinary leniency but...
UFT'S CHARTER BARTER
Call it teachers' contract 2.0. The city's teachers union has signed a one-of-a-kind labor contract with a prominent charter group that eliminates longstanding teacher protections like tenure and seniority rights...
PRINCIPAL STARES DOWN 'DISASTER'
Queens PS 49 Principal Anthony Lombardi says that the failure of the state Senate to renew mayoral control would be a complete nightmare for the kids. "It would be a...
WIN-AT-ALL-COST FOES NEED MIKE TO MAKE PEACE
HOW best to describe the situation in Albany now -- clowns armed with machine guns? It's hard to see a power-sharing arrangement between Republicans and Democrats taking hold: Somebody has...
DIFFERENT PENSION PLAN FOR EACH UNION: MIKE
Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday the historic contract the city struck with the United Federation of Teachers this week, which includes greater pension givebacks, will not necessarily set a precedent for...
TOURIST HELL RIDE
Five French tourists were taken on a hair-raising, seven-mile "ride from hell" yesterday when an illegal van picked up the unsuspecting passengers at JFK Airport and raced through two boroughs...
THEY WANNA BEE LEGAL
They were buzzing around City Hall like, well, bees. More than a dozen amateur beekeepers gathered yesterday to support a bill legalizing their hobby. "I grew up in the '60s;...
COP BUSTED IN TICKET FLAP
An off-duty rookie cop was arrested after snatching a hand-held parking ticket computer from a traffic agent trying to cite her for blocking a Bronx bus stop, sources said yesterday....
'POISON PILL' FOR MAYOR
Defiant state Senate Democratic leader John Sampson proposed 11th-hour legislation yesterday to curb City Hall's control over schools by imposing fixed terms on appointees to the Panel for Educational Policy...
ALBANY'S DUELING DOLTS
ALBANY -- The state Senate yesterday went from clown college to theater of the absurd. Gov. Paterson's efforts to break its circus-like 31-31 deadlock collapsed as bickering senators refused to...
COLLEGIATE BREINDEL HONOR
A Stanford University student yesterday received News Corp.'s prestigious Eric Breindel Collegiate Journalism Award. Carl J. Kelm, 21, a native of Modesto, Calif., received a $10,000 prize along with a...
'NO PICNIC' FOR BEATER BROWN
Jail may have been an easier option for Chris Brown, Rihanna's ex-beau, who must perform 1,400 hours of labor-intensive community service in his native Virginia after confessing Monday in Los...
POLS IN BETSY'S BAWL GAME
Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum and her whining wannabes yesterday decried again the 40 percent budget cut to the watchdog's office. "No single person or official should have as much power...
QUEENS NARC'S GUN STOLEN
A Queens narcotics cop was robbed of his weapon and his car in an undercover gun-buy operation gone bad yesterday, law-enforcement sources said. It was the latest embarrassment for the...
CAROLINE: CY'S MY GUY FOR DA
In her first foray into politics since her ill-fated bid for Hillary Rodham Clinton's Senate seat, Caroline Kennedy last night announced she was backing Cyrus Vance Jr. for Manhattan district...
ALL-OUT RENT WAR!
With members wearing headphones so they could hear each other over the roar of angry tenants, a sharply divided Rent Guidelines Board last night approved rent hikes of 3 and...
JON & KATE A BIG MINUS FOR KIDS, VIEWERS AND THE TRUTH
I DON'T know how you feel, but I'm beginning to feel used and abused by media multiples parents Jon and Kate Gosselin and their enabler, TLC. It's clear we've all...
EVIL LURE OF 'SEX' MUSICIAN
The Oscar-winning composer of the schmaltzy hit "You Light Up My Life" raped 11 young women he lured to his apartment with Craigslist ads promising to turn them into stars,...
INDICTED QNS. POL RESIGNS
Queens Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio, charged with taking $1 million from people who did business with the state, has resigned. Seminerio sent a short letter of resignation to the Assembly speaker...
PREZ'S IRAN 'HEARTBREAK'
WASHINGTON -- President Obama said yesterday he was deeply disturbed after watching the horrifying video of Neda Agha-Soltan being brutally slain in Iran, and shares in the outrage felt around...
TIMES' DOUBLE STANDARD FOR REPORTER -- AND US
THE ISSUE: The New York Times' decision not to report that its reporter was being held hostage. *** Did I read correctly about the recent kidnapped New York Times reporter...
DEAL STRUCK BY BOSTON GLOBE AND UNION
The Boston Globe and its largest union late last night reached a tentative deal that spares employees a deep pay cut in exchange for giving up certain benefits. The pact,...
A WISE PUNT?
THE Supreme Court on Monday punted on the most an ticipated case of the year -- but perhaps that was the wisest move. In what had been billed as the...
SENATE CIRCUS SQUEEZES LOCAL GOV'T
LATE-night comics can afford to laugh at the mess in Albany. But for New York's local governments, it's no joke: At stake are thousands of jobs, essential services, property-tax reform...
ELECTRIC CAR BOOST
Ford Motor is going for the "green:" $5.9 billion in US government loans to spur development of more fuel-efficient vehicles. Other recipients, according to the White House, are Japanese automaker...
FACE FACTS, BARACK
HERE is the one immutable fact of President Obama's foreign-policy agenda as it relates to Iran: It's over. The rule book he came in with is as irrelevant as a...
LIBERTY MEDIA GROUP'S MALONE TO PAY $1.4M
John Malone, chairman of the board of Liberty Media Corp., will pay a $1.4 million penalty to settle charges he violated pre-merger requirements when he acquired Discovery Holding Co. stock,...
THE ASTROTURF DRIVE FOR OBAMACARE
IF you believe the White House, 30 million Ameri cans support a govern ment health-care takeover. But if you look at the funding behind the ObamaCare campaign, it's the same...
HEDGES SCALE DOWN TO MUTUAL LEVEL
After making billions off the backs of rich people, a growing number of hedge funds are betting they can strike gold by morphing into mutual funds and targeting the middle...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Apple a day A Memphis, Tenn., hos pital is confirming that Apple founder Steve Jobs received a liver transplant and that he has an "excel lent prognosis." Dr. James D....
WORLDWIDE SALE NIXED BY BANK
IT'S back to the drawing board for the sale of Worldwide Plaza. Insiders said it looks like high-level suits in Germany have nixed Deutsche Bank's plan to provide financing and...
MYSPACE TIGHTENS REINS WITH 300 GLOBAL LAYOFFS
The bloodletting at MySpace continues. Just a week after the social networking Web site laid off 420 people in the US, MySpace yesterday said it planned to pink- slip 300...
ED MCMAHON: ONE OF A KIND
THE ISSUE: The death of television personality Ed McMahon. *** Ed McMahon, who recently passed away ("Johnny Carson Sidekick Dies," June 23), was the master of the second banana. He...
MATRIXX SNIFFED BY SEC
It looks like the maker of Zicam has a nose for trouble. Less than a week after the Food and Drug Administration warned consumers that the nasal spray might cause...
KATE PLUS COVER
IN the hotly contested world of celebrity weeklies, industry sources were buzzing this week about People magazine taking a rare tumble from atop its throne as the segment leader. In...
AG COPS TO DEBT SCHEME
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said his office has obtained a court order to shut down a Buffalo-area debt collection operation that allegedly used improper tactics, including posing as...
SALE OF AIG ADVISOR GROUP SEEMS DOUBTFUL AS REPS HEAD FOR EXITS
American International Group's efforts to sell its broker-dealer business, AIG Advisor Group, have hit a snag -- and it's causing jitters among the firm's 6,000 representatives and financial advisers. Division...
STEAL ALL THEIR CHEESE, PLEASE
Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum and her would-be successors took to the steps of City Hall yesterday to bemoan the 40 percent budget cut her office suffered at the hands of...
THE ORIGINAL DEAL -- OR NONE
After pleading poverty, jacking up fares and squeezing $2 billion from Albany, the MTA is now flush with cash. Or so one might think -- if the agency OKs a...
CLOWNS HAVE MORE DIGNITY
How many state senators does it take to humiliate New York? That would be 62. Yesterday was Day One of the series of "extraordinary" Senate sessions Gov. Paterson had vowed...
CITIGROUP WEIGHS HIGHER SALARIES FOR RANK & FILE
Troubled banking giant Citigroup has been discussing a proposal to raise employees' base salaries by as much as 50 percent this year, according to a published report. The measure is...
Kims Video Update
As reported here, the Kim's Video on Christopher Street in the West Village is closing forever at the end of the month, and every DVD in the place is being...
PINEIRO DOMINATES METS WITH 2-HITTER FOR CARDINALS
Joel Pineiro pitched a career-best two-hitter to end a five-start losing streak, dominating the New York Mets again and leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a rain-delayed 3-0 victory Tuesday...
HANSON, MCCANN HELP BRAVES BEAT YANKEES 4-0
Rookie Tommy Hanson won his third straight start, Brian McCann had two RBIs including a solo homer and the Atlanta Braves threw consecutive shutouts for the first time in four...
ESPN's Keith Law on Mets draft
ESPN's Keith Law on the Mets overall draft philosophy and several picks: On the Mets' draft strategy:"Ultimately, you have to evaluate their drafts with the caveat that you have to...
ESPN's Keith Law on Yankees draft
ESPN's Keith Law on the Yankees draft philosophy and several picks: On Slade Heathcott:"I never felt comfortable with how to rank him ... he just hasn't played well when I...
BA's John Manuel on Yankees draft
Baseball America's John Manuel on the Yankees overall draft strategy and several picks: On Pat White:"You lose everybody's rights at the signing deadline (August 17) ... But it really doesn't...
Fulham renames pub after Brian McBride
For everybody that's wailed and cried that American soccer players don't get much respect and even less love in Europe, I counter with this. Brian McBride has received the highest...
BA's John Manuel on Mets draft
Baseball America's John Manuel on the Mets' draft and several of their picks: On The Mets Overall Draft Philosophy:That's very accurate. "There are no obvious players who are going to...
Rubio chances being dashed
By MARC BERMANThe Knicks hopes of trading up in the draft for Ricky Rubio - always a longshot - looked to be dashed today when two NBA GMs told The...