June 25, 2009
A-ROD TIES REGGIE ON HOME RUN LIST
ATLANTA -- Alex Rodriguez homered in the first inning off Braves right-hander Derek Lowe, tying Reggie Jackson for 11th place on the all-time home run list. "I am glad to...
NBA Draft, first round
APThe Los Angeles Clippers selected college player of the year Blake Griffin with the No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft.Griffin, who led the nation with 14.4 rebounds per game...
NY CITY COUNCIL HOPEFUL SAYS VOLUNTEERS THREATENED
A candidate for New York City Council says two volunteers gathering signatures for him were threatened by armed members of a rival campaign. Tony Herbert says the volunteers were in...
CC throws; 'felt good'
By GEORGE A. KING IIIATLANTA -- CC Sabathia played catch with pitching coach Dave Eiland today at Turner Field and flew to New York later in the day prepared to...
Vince traded to Magic
By FRED KERBERSo after the Nets made another draft night trade, sending Vince Carter to Orlando, one major question was who would be their pick in the lottery.Again next year.The...
Tiger Woods Loses At His Own Game
Tiger Woods get schooled by comedian BY GEORGE WILLISTiger Woods played three more holes of Bethpage Black on Thursday, and he still hasn't figured out the greens.Three days after finishing...
SHAQ TRADED TO CAVALIERS
CLEVELAND -- One is the King, a reigning MVP who at age 24 needs only a championship to complete his resume. The other is a larger-than-life personality who may be...
MICHAEL JACKSON DIES AT 50
Legendary "King of Pop" Michael Jackson, who combined his singing talents, eclectic persona and ever-changing facial features to win over music fans around the world, died today from cardiac arrest....
Training camp practice schedule
By PAUL SCHWARTZThe Giants for the 14th consecutive summer head to the University at Albany for training camp and for the first time in team history open camp in the...
MICHAEL JACKSON DIES
Legendary "King of Pop" Michael Jackson reportedly died today from cardiac arrest. Jackson, 50, was taken to UCLA Medical Center by LA Fire Department paramedics after getting a call at...
TV SPECIALS PAY TRIBUTE TO FARRAH
With the death of Farrah Fawcett today, networks are scrambling to pay tribute to her life with a series of specials. NBC has announced that it will air a special...
NETS TRADE CARTER TO MAGIC
So after the Nets made another draft night trade, sending Vince Carter to Orlando, one major question was who would be their pick in the lottery. Again next year. The...
An overdose of Mamet
All signs point to 2009-10 being a Mamet season. To recap: starting September 9, the Atlantic will present a double bill of "Keep Your Pantheon" and "School," both new and...
Killer Dillingers
I'm away until Tuesday, but until my review of "Public Enemies'' with Johnny Depp here are a couple of other feature-length films about John Dillinger to keep you occupied --...
BRAZIL TO PLAY U.S. IN FINAL
JOHANNESBURG -- Just call Daniel Alves the spoiler. Alves scored the only goal on a free kick with two minutes left at the Confederations Cup on Thursday, sending Brazil into...
CBS picks Rutgers to win Big East
We are still two months away from the season's start, but it never hurts to talk a little college football.CBS Sportsline's Dennis Dodd picked Rutgers to win the Big East...
Maine, Perez joining Cyclones
John Maine (shoulder) will make a rehab start Saturday for Single-A Brooklyn at Aberdeen, Md. Oliver Perez (knee) will follow with rehab start of his own for the Cyclones at...
METS TAKE SERIES FROM CARDINALS
That's how you go into the Subway Series with some momentum. The replaceMets might be limping thanks to a nine-man disabled list, but their heads will be high this weekend...
KEY SENATOR SAYS HEALTH BILL MAY COST $1,000,000,000,000
WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of senators at work on health care reported progress Thursday in holding the cost of legislation to their $1 trillion target, but Republicans quickly added...
NY SENATE HOLDS 'SESSIONS' TO SATISFY GOV. PATERSON'S ORDERS
ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York's senators are expected to quickly gavel in and out of separate sessions to try to satisfy Gov. David Paterson's order, but insist they are progressing...
MOUSAVI WON'T END CHALLENGE OF IRAN ELECTIONS
Iranian authorities briefly arrested dozens of university professors who met with embattled opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, his Web site said Thursday, but he vowed to persevere with his election...
Today in Favreland
By JUSTIN TERRANOVAI have never met Rodney Harrison, but I already like him.The former Patriots safety said Brett Favre's colleagues in the league are less than enamored with him."From the...
Jets sign CB Barksdale
The Jets signed CB Rashad Barksdale off waivers from the Giants today.Barksdale was drafted by the Eagles in the sixth round of the 2007 draft, but was cut before the...
FOOTBALL BODY ASKS IRAN IF PLAYERS WERE PUNISHED
GENEVA -- FIFA, the international governing body for football, has asked Iran's soccer federation to respond to media reports that players who wore green wrist bands in solidarity with the...
GOV TAPS 'LOUIMA' ATTORNEY FOR NYPD TASK FORCE
Gov. Paterson has picked the former Brooklyn US Attorney who handled the sensational Abner Louima cop brutality case to help lead a task force to probe "police-on-police" shootings in the...
Players vote to keep cap close
By LARRY BROOKSMONTREAL -- The NHL players union has voted to trigger the 5-percent escalator on the 2009-10 salary cap, The Post has learned.This means that the 2009-10 cap will...
Mets, Yankees each have two in Futures Game
Both the Mets and Yankees will be well-represented at this year's Futures Game.The event, which will take place at Busch Stadium during All-Star Weekend, pits a team of American top...
VIDEO SHOWS SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR'S MISTRESS
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's mistress is a 43-year-old employee of an international agriculture company who speaks several languages and lives in an upscale apartment building in Buenos Aires, Argentina,...
NBC Announces Fall Premiere Dates
NBC announces its fall premiere schedule. Full listing after the jump... NBC's Fall 2009-10 Premiere Schedule:SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 137-8:15 p.m. - "Football Night in America"8:15-11 p.m. - "NBC Sunday Night Football"MONDAY,...
'LATE SHOW' BEATS 'TONIGHT'
Nielsen Media Research says the "Late Show With David Letterman" beat the "Tonight Show" last week - the first time in more than three years. Letterman scored a weeklong average...
NYPD GET FED FUNDS TO HIRE 128 COPS
The New York Police Department will be allowed to hire at least 128 new police officers using federal funding under a deal brokered by U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer. The department...
New list of Mets draft picks
The Mets have announced that they've signed 26 of their 49 draft picks from last week's First-Year Player Draft, including 15 of their picks through the 26th round.Here is a...
Box Office: 'Transformers' Demolishes Another Record With $60M Opening Day
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' sold an estimated $60.6 million worth of tickets on its opening day Wednesday, second only to last year's "The Dark Knight'' with $67.2M. "T:ROTF'' set...
'90210' Girl Wants 'Gossip' Guy
The CW wants to crossover "90210" and "Melrose Place," but AnnaLynne McCord wants to cross-under her character with Chuck Bass. "I think the Beverly Hills bad girl should team up...
St. John's tops NCAA soccer poll
St. John's reached the NCAA College Cup last year, but this time around College Soccer News predicts the Red Storm to do even better and take the whole thing, tabbing...
CBS Announces Fall Premiere Dates
Two women of TV's past are returning to the little screen this fall on CBS. "ER's" favorite nurse Julianna Margulies steps out of the hospital and into the courtroom as...
DOC: ASTOR'S LIFE TURNED INTO 'PAIN' AND 'PANIC'
On the December night when she signed $60 million over to her son, Brooke Astor was 101 years old, weighed 91 pounds, was taking two-dozen medications and supplements and had...
Knicks nab Lakers' 29th pick
By MARC BERMANThe Knicks have already used their financial might on Draft Day and have purchased the 29th pick in the draft from the Lakers, according to a Knicks source....
FARRAH FAWCETT DIES AFTER LONG BATTLE WITH CANCER
Brave beauty Farrah Fawcett lost her courageous battle with cancer today, bringing a sad curtain on the "Charlie's Angels" star's public fight with the deadly disease. Fawcett, who was 62,...
Pitching set for Subway Series
Now that CC Sabathia's biceps tendinitis issue has been settled, the pitching matchups are now set for when the Subway Series moves to Citi Field this weekend for a three-game...
BILLY BOB THORNTON'S ESTRANGED DAUGHTER INDICTED
The estranged daughter of actor Billy Bob Thornton has been indicted on several charges in the death of a 1-year-old girl she was baby sitting in central Florida. Amanda Brumfield,...
ROSIE O'DONNELL TO HOST SATELLITE RADIO SHOW
Rosie O'Donnell is returning to the airwaves. The former talk show queen will host a daily radio show for Sirius XM Radio Inc. Launching this fall, "Rosie Radio" will feature...
BLOOMBERG: MORE MIDDLE CLASS HOUSING COMING TO QUEENS
Mayor Bloomberg announced today the city's $100 million acquisition of 30 acres of Queens waterfront. The site -- acquired from the Empire State Development Corporation and the Port Authority --...
BLOOMBERG TO STATE SENATE: 'DON'T RETURN CHAOS' TO CITY SCHOOLS
Mayor Bloomberg isn't fooling around when it comes to maintaining mayoral control of city schools. He called on do-nothing state senators today to pass legislation to preserve mayoral oversight of...
Oscar Watch: 10 Nominees, but No More Than 5 Actual Contenders
They're going to increase the number of Best Picture nominees to 10 starting with next year's ceremony in a bid for more TV viewers. But there are not going to...
RAPPER BUSTED IN ALLEGED MANHATTAN STABBING DEATH
A rapper once signed to a record deal by Jay-Z was arrested for allegedly stabbing and killing a man during a fight inside a Manhattan building lobby, authorities said. Robert...
SC GOV FACES LEGAL, ETHICS QUESTIONS IN WAKE OF AFFAIR
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford faced legal and ethical questions Thursday as he fought to save his job after admitting having an affair with a woman from...
WEBSITE HINTS GOV BID FOR LAZIO
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Republican Rick Lazio is apparently running for governor of New York. He's made no public announcement, but has formed a campaign committee. His Web site uses language...
ROGUE DEM. SENATOR'S HEALTH CARE CENTER OWES TAXES
ALBANY, N.Y. -- The dissident Democrat who made a New York state Senate coup possible runs a health care center that owes $162,000 in taxes while it gets millions of...
MASS. MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO PONZI SCHEME
NEW YORK -- A Massachusetts investment manager has pleaded guilty to running a Ponzi scheme that prosecutors say defrauded investors of nearly $9 million. Michael C. Regan of Quincy entered...
Mayhem on Lafayette Street
Following up my preview of last night's "Our Hit Parade," I attended the show at Joe's Pub. Oh. My. God.Things started off mildly enough with the Varsity Interpretive Dance Squad's...
Daddy 'Dexter' Stills Kills
How cute.Below is the teaser poster for the fourth season of "Dexter," which premieres Sept. 27 at 10 p.m. on Shotwime.In the upcoming season, serial killer Dexter (Michael C. Hall)...
U.S. Gold Cup rosters set
With the U.S. preparing to face five-time World Cup winner Brazil or host South Africa for the Confederations Cup championship _ their first major FIFA final ever _ Bob Bradley...
ABC TO AIR FARRAH SPECIAL TONIGHT
ABC has moved its Farrah Fawcett special to tonight in the wake of Fawcett's death. "Farrah Fawcett: Her Life, Her Loves, Her Legacy," originally scheduled to air tomorrow, will air...
FUNNYMAN FALLON BEATS TIGER WOODS AT WII GOLF
Late-night TV funnyman Jimmy Fallon pulled a sports upset of epic proportions this morning in Times Square, beating Tiger Woods in a game of Nintendo Wii golf. Fallon had thrown...
Venditte blows SAL All-Star Game; NY-Penn League season begins
BY TIM BONTEMPSPat Venditte has been dominant this season for the Low-A Charleston RiverDogs. The ambidextrous pitcher from Creighton has been one of the best relievers in the minor leagues...
RANGEL FACES NEW ETHICS INVESTIGATION
WASHINGTON -- New York Rep. Charles B. Rangel's hopes that his ethics woes would be over within the next few week were dashed today when the House Committee on Standards...
BELT PKWY REDUX
Reconstruction of Brooklyn's Belt Parkway bridges is expected to begin soon, commencing a massive, half"'billion"'dollar project to replace the aged spans. In September, the city's Department of Transportation (DOT) will...
Knicks draft the past 20 years
With the draft about eight hours away, we look at the past 20 years of Knicks picks and who they should have drafted. Obviously with the who they should have...
FROM RICHES TO RAGS: STANFORD DONS CUFFS, JUMPSUIT
HOUSTON -- Billionaire R. Allen Stanford arrived at a federal courthouse Thursday wearing handcuffs and leg chains as he faces charges of fraud and conspiracy on allegations he swindled investors...
Shaq/LeBron dwarfs draft
By MARC BERMANNo matter what happens on Draft Night, the Knicks already got the worst possible news - Shaquille O'Neal to the Cavaliers, filling their interior void that Orlando exposed....
THE R IS THE DIRTIEST SUBWAY LINE IN THE CITY
That's rancid with a capital R. The R subway line is the dirtiest in the entire system, with only 25 percent of its cars in clean condition at any given...
SEMINERIO ADMITS TAKING PAYMENTS FROM JAMAICA HOSPITAL
Indicted former state Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio (D"'Richmond Hill) pleaded guilty Wednesday in Manhattan Federal Court to setting up a fake consulting business to collect corrupt payments from entities seeking his...
A FIRE AND GRISLY DISCOVERY AT A QUEENS GOLF COURSE
A Queens golf course was the site of a fire and a gruesome discovery early today when a body was found hanging from a tree, authorities said. The club house...
N. KOREA THREATENS 'FIRE SHOWER' OF NUKES IF ATTACKED
SEOUL, South Korea -- Tens of thousands of North Koreans shouted slogans to denounce international sanctions at a rally in central Pyongyang on Thursday, as the communist country vowed to...
DEALS: Nic's Hotel Contempo, $110
"[Nicaragua] is the largest nation in Central America and the safest."Cynics could argue that's like being the largest and safest gang in the Folk Nation. Luckily, we're not cynics --...
IT'S STOP AND GO AT LATEST TOWN HALL ON TRAFFIC
Those who have a speed bump on their block want it gone. Those who don't, want one "'"' and could the city please put in a stop sign, as well?...
MORE INPUT SOUGHT ON TILLARY MAKEOVER
All it takes is a dream, and a meeting to present it. At press time, the city's Department of Transportation (DOT) was holding its second meeting to seek public input...
JULY 4TH WITHOUT FIREWORKS
Local cops have already kicked off their anti"'fireworks efforts for 2009. With the Fourth of July just a couple of weeks away, the 68th Precinct is taking a "zero tolerance"...
A STARâ'SPANGLED SALUTE TO INDEPENDENCE
This Independence Day, Brooklynites will proudly show their true colors, marking the nation's birthday with a parade, a picnic and probably the world's most famous competitive eating event. The borough's...
LI WOMAN CHARGED WITH TRYING TO TORCH HUSBAND'S MANSION
A Long Island woman was arrested for allegedly trying to torch her husband's waterfront mansion, authorities said today. Esther Hershko, 49, will be arraigned this afternoon on five counts of...
Mejia, Flores tabbed for Futures
The Mets' two most promising prospects, right-hander Jenrry Mejia and infielder Wilmer Flores, have been selected to play for the World team in the All-Star Futures Game next month in...
MELTDOWN ENDANGERS PRO-TENANT RENT BILL
One of the state's most powerful lobbies, the real estate industry, has been dealt a favorable hand amid the chaos in Albany with rent regulation bills up in the air....
TSHAKA GETS SLAVES THEIR DUE
Congress will vote on a resolution to place a marker in Washington, D.C.'s Emancipation Hall to recognize the U.S. Capitol was built with slave labor after Bayside activist Mandingo Tshaka...
CIRCUS WITHOUT A RINGLEADER
Call it the greatest show on earth, but do not call it a functioning branch of government. As warring factions of the state Senate raised a cacophony Tuesday in attempts...
BAYSIDERS FACE DEPORTATION BECAUSE OF BROKER: ATTORNEY
A family of Korean immigrants who live in Bayside fear they may be split apart after a broker whom they paid to handle their green card applications failed to follow...
Game 71: Cardinals at Mets
(UPDATED) Fresh off their 11-0 win Wednesday night, the Mets will be in search of a series victory this afternoon when Johan Santana takes on the Cardinals' Chris Carpenter in...
MORGENTHAU ENDORSES VANCE FOR MANHATTAN DA
Retiring Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau today endorsed a former deputy, Cyrus Vance Jr., to succeed him in the office he has held for 34 years. Morgenthau, who had worked...
NJ LAWYER DISBARRED
TRENTON, N.J. -- A lawyer who won judgments for Holocaust survivors and victims of South African apartheid has been disbarred in a second state. The New Jersey Supreme Court agreed...
Coverage in The Post
It was all so predictable, right? One day after suffering a two-hit shutout and with a lineup that looked like something out of Triple-A, the Mets naturally exploded for a...
NY SENATE PLANS FIRST FULL SESSION IN 20 DAYS
ALBANY, N.Y. -- The state Senate plans to hold its first full session in nearly three weeks after Gov. David Paterson threatened to take lawmakers to court to get them...
3 UP: SUPER MARIANO, LIDGE AND SMOLTZ
Yes, I am on Twitter.If you a regular reader of this space (thank you), then you know that I do not have a ton of love for the save. My...
The Daily Whacks, Thursday Edition
You can count me among the tweetin' Twitterers (or is that the Twitterin' tweeters?) now: http://twitter.com/MikeVacc*******So it must be because the New York baseball teams each looked like legitimate major...
POTVIN: ONE TOP PICK CAN'T SAVE ISLES
Denis Potvin said he doesn't know whom the Islanders are going to take with the first overall pick in tomorrow night's NHL Draft in Montreal, but he doesn't think expectations...
NASH AND BOSH TALK KNICKS AND DRAFT
Tonight teams will converge on the Garden for the NBA draft, hoping to make the pick that changes their futures. But last night, Phoenix' Steve Nash and Toronto's Chris Bosh...
EVANS PROVIDES AMAZIN' POWER BOOST
Who needs Nick Johnson when you have got Nick Evans? The latter provided a needed jolt to this depleted lineup, blasting a two-run homer last night -- the offensive highlight...
BRAVE POLAR DOCTOR DIES
BOSTON -- Dr. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald, who diagnosed and treated her own breast cancer before a dramatic rescue from the South Pole, has died. She was 57. Her husband, Thomas...
TOTAL RAD-VOCATE
With eyesores like this, no wonder some people want to abolish the Public Advocate's Office. Here's Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum's community van (right) -- complete with heavy-metal lettering, breakdance-era graffiti...
POSSIBLE PICKS FOR NETS AT NO. 11
Maybe more than any year in recent memory, you can flip a coin when it comes to the Nets' draft pick. And it wouldn't hurt if you can find a...
POSSIBLE PICKS FOR KNICKS AT NO. 8
The Knicks, wrecked by Minnesota dealing for Washington's fifth pick, are not going to win the Ricky Rubio sweepstakes. Memphis point guard Tyreke Evans, whom the Knicks rate almost as...
DIAMOND DUDS
PLAY ball! Our favorite Yankee shortstop turns 35 tomorrow -- happy birthday, baby! -- and the Subway Series weekend is about to hit Citi Field. The best part? Girls heading...
THE OLD CALL GAME
Mariano vs. K-Rod. Wright vs. A-Rod. Cohen vs. Kay? The Mets and Yankees are at it again this weekend, and with more than a dozen local announcers and color commentators...
SUBWAY TECH FIRM BOOTED
The MTA yesterday said it fired contractor Lockheed Martin for bungling an anti-terror program to install nearly 2,000 subway security cameras and link them to a command center. Only 1,400...
TALK OF THE CLOWN
ALBANY -- Here's the new Senate Democratic leader admitting what much of New York laughingly recognized yesterday: The Post's front page got it right portraying the lawmakers as a bunch...
PUSH TO WITHHOLD SENATE'S CHECKS
ALBANY -- Gov. Paterson yesterday called on the state comptroller to withhold paychecks from Albany's feuding, do-nothing senators. EDITORIAL: DAVID HAS AN IDEATALK OF THE CLOWN Paterson made his angry...
US-SYRIA DIPLO TIES RESTORED
WASHINGTON -- President Obama will return an ambassador to Syria, ending a four-year cold shoulder to the Damascus regime. The move reinforces Obama's determination, outlined in his Cairo speech earlier...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan The polite robber pictured right made off with nearly $1,500 after he thanked a teller at an Upper West Side bank, police sources said yesterday. The suspect slipped the...
THUGS TOSS PROTESTERS OFF BRIDGE
Iranian riot police and club-wielding militamen trapped and savagely attacked pro-democracy protesters in Tehran yesterday, even throwing some of them off a bridge, witnesses said. The security forces vastly outnumbered...
TIMELY TALE OF 1986 EXECUTION BARES IRANIAN HORRORS
In 2005, when movie director Cyrus Nowrasteh began work on "The Stoning of Soraya M.," a horrifying true tale of an innocent Iranian woman who was put to death, he...
HAUTE LIST
A little bit disco, a little bit princess and a whole lot of fun -- party girls and Gossip Girls are both going to go gaga over Poppy, Coach's new...
TWILIGHT ZONE
IF you're strolling around SoHo and happen to see a movie trailer, run -- unless you want to get swept up in the crushed frenzy of paparazzi and crazed fans...
BIRDBRAIN KID RAIDED NESTS
LONGMONT, Colo. -- 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. "He and...
SHOCKING ANTI-GAY EXORCISM
The video shows the 16-year-old boy lying on the floor, his body convulsing, as elders of a small church in Bridgeport, Conn., cast a "homosexual demon" from his body. "Rip...
O TO MEET POPE
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI and President Obama will meet on July 10 in a much-anticipated Vatican audience. A papal spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said yesterday the Vatican...
HEAD OF THE CLASS!
Survey says: Schools are on the right track. On almost every measure, parents, students and teachers were happier with the public schools this year than they were two years ago,...
MELEE OVER NON-CENTS
A fistful of pennies caused a wild rampage in a Brooklyn liquor store, police said yesterday. Alfred Johnson, 60, refused to take the coins in change from Feng Lin, 27,...
PREHISTORIC FIND IS QUITE TRILLING
A 35,000-year-old bird-bone flute unearthed in a German cave is the oldest handcrafted musical instrument yet discovered, archaeologists reported yesterday. The flute offers the latest evidence that early modern humans...
O CALLS KOCH
Ed Koch, recovering from heart surgery at Columbia-Presbyterian, received a phone call from President Obama. "I'm just calling to tell you you are in my thoughts and I'm sure you'll...
POLS SEEK 9/11 CASH
WASHINGTON -- New York and New Jersey lawmakers are asking Congress to provide $12 billion in long-term medical care and monitoring to thousands of 9/11 workers who became sick after...
MTA BOGUS-PARTS SUPPLIER IS GUILTY
The CEO of an industrial-supply firm yesterday admitted selling counterfeit parts for use in city subways and buses -- a scheme that could have had disastrous consequences, officials said. Joseph...
YANKS NET AN ONLINE TV DEAL
Download ball! The Yankees will be the first Major League Baseball team to let hometown fans watch games via the Internet, team officials said yesterday. Major League Baseball already lets...
WEINER GETS HARD SLAP ON 'FANNIE'
WASHINGTON -- A leading congressional Republican lambasted Democratic New York Rep. Anthony Weiner yesterday for calling on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to lower lending standards even though defaults on...
COMPOSER 'RAPIST' IS GYM-NASTY
And the Academy Award for slimiest gym rat goes to -- "You Light Up My Life" composer and accused serial rapist Joseph Brooks. Employees at the Oscar winner's Equinox gym...
A $LUSH TO JUDGMENT
The two City Council aides charged with embezzlement in the ongoing slush-fund scandal will plead guilty today in Manhattan federal court, sources told The Post. Asquith Reid and Joycinth Anderson,...
GUARDS BEAT ME: EX-CON
A former inmate took the witness stand against four prison guards yesterday and tearfully testified that he was beaten as punishment for complimenting a female guard. Convicted heroin smuggler Rex...
TRAGIC COP DIDN'T HAVE OK FOR FERRARI JOYRIDE
A Hamptons cop who died Sunday after crashing a borrowed Ferrari did not have permission from the owner to go on a joyride, The Post has learned. Quogue Officer Richard...
7 DEADLY SINNERS
After two years, a city probe and a criminal investigation, the FDNY finally disciplined seven commanders yesterday over critical mistakes that led to the deaths of two Bravest battling a...
REALITY TV PREP TALK
One of the city's elite private schools featured on the new series "NYC Prep" is threatening future students who go on such shows with some harsh "reality." Two students at...
EX'S NAKED 'ATTACK'
A spurned Romeo hungry for revenge allegedly stalked and threatened his former lover -- a married teenager -- and plastered nude photos of her around her Queens neighborhood, authorities said...
'DOG' DAY$ FOR MADSEN
"Reservoir Dog" Michael Madsen is drowning financially. The actor filed for bankruptcy and is in deep debt to his Hollywood hot-shot friends Quentin Tarantino and Pierce Brosnan, according to court...
THE RUTH HURTS
Poor Ruthie -- she's reduced to riding the subway. The millionaire wife of Bernard Madoff, who ruined the lives of thousands of trusting friends and innocent investors, yesterday took a...
SHOOTER TEEN CAUGHT COP ON MP3
It was approaching midnight when Bronx Detective Christopher Perino confronted Erik Crespo in the interview room of the 44th Precinct station house on New Year's Eve 2005. Crespo, then 17,...
OUR HORNDOGS CAN'T MATCH DIXIE TRICKS
IT WAS a spectacle possible only in the South -- an acute case of speechus interruptus. Looking as if he had just stepped out of a skin-cancer ad, and sounding...
'HOUSEWIFE' SEX TAPE BLOCKED
She's already been called a drug dealer and an ex-con -- but "Real Housewives of New Jersey" star Danielle Staub still cared enough about what little is left of her...
MERCI, MY HERO: FRENCH TOURIST
You courageous men in bleu are formidable! French tourist Esther-Ethy Mamane thanks Port Authority Police Officer Kevin O'Connell in Times Square yesterday, a day after she and four other visitors...
SHOEBOX-MA BUST
Long Island cops have arrested the mother of a newborn found abandoned in a shoebox in the lobby of a Hempstead apartment building. Xiomara Gamez, 25, was charged with reckless...
LUST E-MAILS OF BUENOS AIRHEAD
Hours after married South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford bared his lies and cheating heart with a drawn-out, screwball mea culpa to everyone he's ever met, gushy e-mails emerged between the...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
It pays to advertise -- but not when you're selling pot on the Internet. A Quincy, Mass., resident posted a Craigslist ad reading "420 help is here. Give me a...
HS COACH GUNNED DOWN IN IOWA
PARKERSBURG, Iowa -- A high school coach who helped launch several professional football careers was gunned down in front of students yesterday by a former player who was to have...
REPORT: CAVS OK SHAQ DEAL
CLEVELAND -- The Cavaliers reportedly are close to acquiring center Shaquille O'Neal in a trade with the Suns. The teams have reached an agreement in principle on the deal, which...
MOSLEY STEPPING DOWN; F1 SAVED
PARIS -- The cash-strapped Formula One series prevented a break-up yesterday when the FIA's divisive and scandal-plagued president, Max Mosley, agreed to scrap a planned budget cap and step down...
WOLVES' GM GOES OUT ON LIMB BY TAKING THE 5TH
FOR a draft belittled by one and all as brittle, bunched and burdened with lottery land mines -- major mistakes are all over the place waiting to be stepped on,...
SPORTS SHORTS
BASEBALL: LSU wins CWS crown LSU won its sixth national title, breaking open Game 3 of the College World Series finals with a five-run sixth inning that carried them to...
HONDO'S VERY TIRED
Slumping Hondo, who's feeling fatigued like A- Rod but can't get a day off, went draino with the Dodgers last night and saw his earnings plummet to 230 andujars (still...
HOW HARD TO PUSH?
AS Iranians mark another day of mourning for demonstrators killed by the Is lamist forces last week, protest-movement leaders are engaged in behind-the-scenes debates over strategy. Pointing to the diminishing...
TROJAN HEARSE
THE House votes this week on the American Clean Energy and Security Act -- which claims to be about slowing global warming, but in fact is a massive tax hike...
CROOKED POL PLEADS GUILTY
Crooked former Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio pleaded guilty yesterday in an influence-peddling scheme that the feds say netted him $1 million in illegal payoffs. The 15-term Queens Democrat -- who on...
BERNANKE MAY BE FED UP WITH THE AGGRAVATION
BEN Bernanke is a very busy guy. But whenever the Federal Reserve chairman can retreat from the hubbub of Washington politics and the whirl of Wall Street finances he sneaks...
THE OSCAR FILES
The Oscars will expand the Best Picture race from five to 10 nominees next year in an apparent attempt to hype TV ratings by potentially opening the field to more...
WHAT A STEAL
This ring was some discount -- even for Target. A Long Island store employee handed over a lost $19,000 diamond ring to the wrong woman after the customer falsely claimed...
FOLLOWING THE MONEY MARKETS
The US Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rules aimed at preventing losses for money-market fund investors after last year's collapse of the Reserve Primary Fund triggered a run on the...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
WaMu A Delaware bank ruptcy judge yesterday refused to cede control over a dispute between Washington Mutual and JPMorgan Chase involv ing billions of dollars in bank assets. The court...
KKR MAY LIST SHARES ON EURONEXT
Private-equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. said that it plans to float shares via the Euronext stock exchange, by merging into an affiliate already trading in the European market....
WIRED EDITOR CHARGED WITH PLAGIARISM
The editor-in-chief of Wired magazine has gotten himself tangled in charges he plagiarized passages in his upcoming book from the popular Web encyclopedia Wikipedia and other sources without attribution. Calling...
COMCAST, TIME WARNER TEST TV ON THE GO MODEL
Comcast and Time Warner are teaming up in an effort to advance their "authentication" model as the standard for online video viewing of cable television content. Unlike broadcast networks, which...
POOR TONY'S B'DAY BLUES
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...
MILLIONAIRE MISERY
And then there were 8.6 million. The economic collapse that has inflicted pain on scores of middle-class families is walloping the world's wealthy set, too, as the number of millionaires...
CIG SCARE TACTIC
If the $10 pricetag on a pack of cigarettes doesn't deter smokers, perhaps this will: a graphic photo of a diseased lung accompanied by a notice that smoking causes lung...
SAMPSON: MAYORAL CONTROL WORKS - & I OPPOSE IT
State Senate Democratic leader John Sampson admitted yesterday New York City students have made important strides under Mayor Bloomberg's control of education -- but still refused to extend the law...
BUYERS EYE SUIT OVER WORLDWIDE
An investment group that inked a contract to buy the 47-story Worldwide Plaza office tower is expected to meet today to discuss their options -- including filing a lawsuit --...
BETSY: TIME SHE GOT A REAL JOB
I sure got a kick out of the picture of Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum in her diaper crying like a baby because of her funding cut ("Betsy-Wetsy Throws Fit," June...
CONVENIENT GREEN DELUSIONS
THE Spanish professor is puzzled. Why, Gabriel Calzada wonders, is the US president recommending that America emulate the Spanish model for creating "green jobs" in "alternative energy" even though Spain's...
THE SENATE CIRCUS: LOUSIEST SHOW ON EARTH
Your editorial about the childish behavior of some of our state senators is excellent ("Clowns Have More Dignity," PostOpinion, June 24). New York state needs a constitutional convention -- the...
TOYS LINES UP CREDIT
Toys 'R' Us announced yesterday that its has extended its credit line to May 21, 2012. The credit line will remain at $2.0 billion through July 21, 2010 and will...
FED LEAVES INTEREST RATES ALONE
The Federal Reserve decided to stand pat and leave interest rates where they are and leave its $1.75 trillion bond-purchase program alone, saying the pace of economic contraction is slowing...
'ATTACK' DEM FACES NEW HEAT
ALBANY -- Senate Republicans yesterday said they might file criminal and ethics charges against Sen. Kevin Parker, the violence-prone Democrat who Tuesday allegedly threatened a GOP lawyer. "We're looking at...
BERNANKE TO TAKE IT TO HILL
Ben the enforcer or Ben the patsy. That will be the main topic today as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke faces the House Oversight Committee in its inquiry into what...
LET'S BE FRANK, MR. PREZ
Hot dog! The president got it. Finally. The Obama administration yesterday put the kibosh on its bizarre foray into BBQ diplomacy, withdrawing invitations to Iranian diplomats to attend July 4th...
DEUTSCHE BANK WRIST-SLAPS
At long last, New Yorkers can now see the Fire Department's idea of accountability for the mistakes that cost the lives of two firefighters: Mid-level wrist-slaps -- two years after...
DAVID HAS AN IDEA
Gov. Paterson yesterday was threatening to sic the law on legislators who don't show up for today's special session of the state Senate. But why stop there? Why not accelerate...
DEBT HOLDERS SEE TRAGEDY IN LEAR CHAP. 11
Debt holders in car-seat maker Lear Corp. are bracing for impact, as the firm appears headed for a collision course with a Chapter 11 bankruptcy over the next several days....
BEDSIDE VIGIL FOR 'NEAR-DEATH' FARRAH
Updated: ABC Moves Up Farrah Special Cancer stricken "Charlie's Angels" star Farrah Fawcett is reportedly near death. A priest was called in to see the 62-year-old actress according to the...
The Showdown in Chinatown
For those of you who weren't able to make it out to the Showdown in Chinatown, a charity pickup soccer game put on by Phoenix guard Steve Nash _ a...
RODRIGUEZ SNAPS OUT OF COLD SPELL WITH BIG HIT
ATLANTA -- Pick a reason from an extended menu why the Yankees broke a three-game losing streak last night and you wouldn't be wrong. TONIGHT'S PREVIEW: Yankees at BravesBOX SCORERANGERS...
MAINE, PEREZ MAY RETURN NEXT WEEK
The Mets' phone-book sized disabled list is about to get shorter, though not in time for the Yankees. John Maine and Oliver Perez each threw a bullpen session yesterday at...
CASHMAN ARRIVES WITHOUT AX FOR GIRARDI
ATLANTA -- General manager Brian Cashman said the Steinbrenner Boys didn't send him to Atlanta to shake up their underachieving team. Nor did Cashman, who said manager Joe Girardi and...
CC: BULLPEN SESSION WENT WELL
ATLANTA -- CC Sabathia's stomach wasn't bubbling over how his left arm would come through yesterday's bullpen session. However, he understood others in the Yankees' universe were stressing. TONIGHT'S PREVIEW:...
SHARAPOVA FALLS AT WIMBLEDON
WIMBLEDON, England -- Give Maria Sharapova credit for honesty. Before Wimbledon began, she acknowledged that a recent comeback from shoulder surgery made it too much to ask for her to...
EXPECT TEAMS TO JOCKEY FOR GUARDS
This isn't what many of the projected lottery picks in tonight's NBA Draft were expecting. They have been advised by their agents, schooled by their media trainers and whispered to...
U.S. SOCCER TEAM SHOCKS NO. 1 SPAIN
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa -- The United States stunned top-ranked Spain 2-0 last night on goals by Jozy Altidore and Clint Dempsey, advancing to the Confederations Cup final with one of...
'RACHEL' TO RUN IN MOTHER GOOSE
The top two female thoroughbreds in America, and possibly the world, will see action Saturday on opposite coasts. Rachel Alexandra, making her first start since her historic victory in the...
IT'S NOT A STRONG YEAR FOR BIG MEN
The wait is over. The NBA Draft is tonight and the Knicks and Nets both need players who can provide immediate help. The Post breaks down the five positions. Here's...
GIANTS' BOLEY HAS HIP SURGERY
Michael Boley was the first player the Giants signed in free agency this offseason and was expected to move in as the instant starting weak side linebacker. Boley, though, figures...
SHEFFIELD: DISABLED LIST NOT AN OPTION
Gary Sheffield is watching his step, hopeful his next one won't make him the latest Met to hit the disabled list. It rains just about every day at Citi Field,...
RED BULLS BLANKED
TORONTO -- The road just isn't kind to the Red Bulls. Dwayne De Rosario and Pablo Vitti scored to give Toronto FC a 2-0 victory over the Red Bulls last...
METS' B TEAM PRODUCES A RESULTS
LOOKING at the Mets' starting lineup last night you might have thought you stumbled into an Atlantic League game instead of Citi Field. Until, of course, you looked at the...
NIEVE PROVES HE'S NO FLUKE
Manager Jerry Manuel officially has a wonderful problem on his hands. John Maine and Oliver Perez are on the verge of coming off the disabled list, but Manuel knows he...
Thierry Henry to the New York Red Bulls in 2011: "Yes, I think it will be"
Thierry Henry spent last night with stars like Steve Nash, Tony Parker and Chris Bosh, playing a pick-up soccer game for charity. But fresh off Barcelona's Champions League title, the...
NOW HE'S OPRAH
DON'T look now, Oprah, but Simon Cowell is gaining on you. Quickly. Cowell could replace Winfrey as TV's richest star under terms of a new, trans-Atlantic megadeal that's expected to...
MASK, AND YOU SHALL PERCEIVE
MANY artists have a dark side. Few have gotten more mileage from it than James Ensor. The Belgian avant-gardist delighted in the macabre. At times satirical, sometimes scatological, he had...
'NOT EXPECTED TO RECUPERATE'
WALTER Cronkite, legend ary newsman and recipi ent of countless reporting awards, is, ironically enough, now suffering himself from an assault of bad reporting. On Saturday, at a memorial service...
'TRUE' HITS 1M
THE "True Blood: The Com plete First Season" DVD has sold an astonishing 1 million copies, proving that HBO really does have a hit show on its hands. In the...
'HELL' WILL FREEZE OVER
GORDON Ramsay's banish ing the next "Hell's Kitchen" winner to Canada. The prize for winning the sixth season of the unscripted series is the head chef gig at Araxi Restaurant...
'NJ' GOLD
THE first of two "Real Housewives of New Jersey" reunion specials corralled good viewership Tuesday night. The special, hosted by Bravo's Andy Cohen, averaged nearly 3 million viewers -- the...
BACK TO SUMMER OF '69
WOODSTOCK is getting revisited again, this time by VH1 and History. The two networks have banded together to create a new two-hour documentary, "Woodstock: Now & Then," which will celebrate...
Knick targets Steve Nash & Chris Bosh on New York and free-agency
By BRIAN LEWISTonight teams will converge on the Garden for the NBA draft, hoping to make the pick that changes their futures. But last night, Phoenix' Steve Nash and Toronto's...
LOCK STEPS
Getting a good rate on a mortgage is a little like telling a joke -- timing is crucial. Right now, rates are favorable for anybody qualified for a mortgage or...
NOT IN STORE ANYMORE
There was some excitement back in October 2007 when Harlem soul food restaurant Amy Ruth's signed a lease for the old Gage & Tollner space in Downtown Brooklyn's Fulton Street...
BAILOUT! STATE CUTS NEW DEAL TO SAVE STALLED 'ATLANTIC YARDS'
State officials threw Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner two lifelines this week in an effort to salvage the bare bones of his original 16-skyscraper office, residential and basketball arena complex....
NICE KICKS
Adelino Da Costa kicks butt -- literally. The star kickboxer has come a long way since the days he lived in a shack in West Africa's Guinea-Bissau, one of the...
CLUTTER BE GONE!
If I had to box up the contents of my house, it would take five hours, maybe six. When I left the city for suburbia in 2005, it took a...
GO GREENE!
For years, people have commented on how smart Erik Falkensteen was to buy a home where he did (at Washington and DeKalb avenues, in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, just outside of...
BANK ON IT
Back in 2006, when One Hanson Place, the conversion of the historic Williamsburgh Savings Bank building in Brooklyn's Fort Greene neighborhood, began its renovation, there were big plans for the...
PINK $LIP
The pink Palazzo Chupi is getting chopped again. Its developer, artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel, has just cut the price of the two top-floor units, with a new price of...
JUST SOLD!
Manhattan EAST VILLAGE $1,220,000 38-40 Stuyvesant St. Prewar two-bedroom, three-bath condo, 1,441 square feet, with dining area, renovated eat-in kitchen with stainless-steel appliances and dishwasher, renovated marble bath and washer/dryer....
BEEKMAN
When it comes to real estate, it's less about "divide and conquer" and more about combine and renovate! That's exactly what the current owners did to create this 4,000-square-foot, "loft-style"...
BRYANT PARK
Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,300 Maintenance: $1,536 -- This "dramatic" duplex loft on West 40th Street offers full-service co-op living with overhead views of Bryant Park. Housed in...
DORSET, VT.
Bedrooms: 5 Bathrooms: 4½ Square feet: 3,660 -- Get a "million-dollar view" for a bit less with this "unique" chalet-style home set on 7 1/4 "emerald" acres in southern Vermont,...
KENSINGTON, BROOKLYN
Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 850 Maintenance: $634 -- A one-bedroom where you can entertain? Yup, the dining alcove in this "spacious and bright" co-op on Beverley Road can...
FRANKLIN SQUARE, LI
Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 3 Square feet: 3,000 -- Newly constructed, this Colonial boasts of "impeccable attention to detail" that yields charm in the form of crown moldings, a gas fireplace...
LITTLE ITALY
This 4,300-square-foot condo loft on Mulberry Street is touted as "a must-see for anyone wanting size." And sure, it's big, but this live/work space has plenty more to offer, including...
RUMSON, NJ
As you might expect, "The Pond House" -- as this custom Colonial home "with a hint of Southern flair" is called -- does indeed have lovely views of a pond,...
A-ROD FINALLY COMES THROUGH FOR YANKEES
The New York Yankees took their time scoring against the Braves. Then they got an unlikely home run - and a long-awaited offensive boost from Alex Rodriguez. Francisco Cervelli hit...
NIEVE EXTENDS SUPER START WITH 6 SCORELESS INNINGS
Fernando Nieve pitched six scoreless innings to extend his improbable stint with the New York Mets and recent callup Nick Evans hit a two-run homer in an 11-0 victory over...