July 4, 2009
METS CAN'T BEAT PHILLIES, MOYER
PHILADELPHIA -- Jamie Moyer pitched neatly into the seventh inning, Jimmy Rollins hit a two-run double and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Mets 4-1 on Saturday. Moyer (7-6)...
MAN DIES AFTER BOAT CAPSIZES DURING REGATTA
WEST ISLIP, N.Y. -- Police say a Long Island man died after his boat capsized during a regatta on the Great South Bay. Suffolk County police say John Everitt was...
TV NETWORKS TO AIR MICHAEL JACKSON MEMORIAL
The memorial for Michael Jackson may be a tough ticket live, but it shouldn't be hard to find it on television. ABC, CNN, MSNBC and E! Entertainment are among the...
EX-TITANS QB STEVE MCNAIR SHOT TO DEATH
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair and a woman were found shot to death Saturday afternoon inside a condominium in downtown Nashville, police said. Police spokesman Don Aaron...
POSADA HITS GAME-WINNING RBI
Jorge Posada hit a game-ending RBI single in the 12th inning to lift the New York Yankees to a 6-5 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday. With one...
COPS: LI MAN SOLD FIREWORKS TO PRETEENS
NEW CASSEL, N.Y. -- Police say a man turned his aunt's Long Island home into an underground fireworks shop, selling the devices to children on the eve of July Fourth....
SENATE MEETS IN ALBANY, FAILS TO END STANDOFF
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Battling leaders of New York's Senate met for a brief Independence Day session, but the standoff remains unchanged with no agreement on who controls the chamber. Senators...
REIGNING CHAMP JOEY CHESTNUT WINS HOT DOG EATING CONTEST
Joey Chestnut chomped down a record 68 hot dogs, capturing his third straight July Fourth hot-dog eating contest at Coney Island, an annual showcase for flamboyant hot dogging contestants eager...
TEEN BECOMES 5TH VICTIM OF SUSPECTED SERIAL KILLER IN S.C.
GAFFNEY, S.C. -- A teenage girl shot while helping her father in their family's small furniture and appliance store died Saturday, becoming the fifth victim of a suspected serial killer...
PALIN: I'M FOLLOWING 'HIGHER CALLING'
JUNEAU, Alaska -- Outgoing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Saturday laid the groundwork to take on a larger, national role after leaving state government, saying she was seeking a "higher...
MARINES MARCH ACROSS AFGHAN DESERT IN GRUELING HEAT
NAWA, Afghanistan -- Taliban militants were nowhere in sight as the columns of U.S. Marines walked a third straight day across southern Afghanistan. But the desert heat proved an enemy...
F-Mart out with knee pain
PHILADELPHIA -- Rookie outfielder Fernando Martinez is sidelined indefinitely by pain behind his right knee, although F-Mart and the Mets say they are hopeful he can return "in a couple...
BRONX TEDDY BEAR DRUG BUST
They're cute, fuzzy -- and stuffed with smack. A massive Bronx drug cartel was busted today for using brown teddy bears to move more than $30 million worth of heroin...
FIREWORKS EXPLOSION KILLS 1 ON NC ISLAND
OCRACOKE, N.C. -- A worker preparing for an Independence Day celebration was killed and four colleagues critically injured after fireworks exploded Saturday morning on a remote North Carolina island dock,...
TSA AGENT ARRESTED AFTER AVOIDING SCREENING
NEWARK, N.J. -- A Transportation Security Administration agent was arrested at a New Jersey airport after authorities say she avoided a pre-flight screening and boarded a plane. Authorities say Wanda...
NJ MAN DROWNS IN POCONO STREAM
DINGMAN'S FERRY, Pa. -- Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania say a 25-year-old New Jersey man died as he was trying to aid another swimmer in a Pocono Mountain stream. The Jersey...
Lee needs Portland interest
Starting in Las Vegas summer league, you can follow me with updates on Twitter.By MARC BERMANWe had heard so much about how David Lee was coveted around the NBA, specifically...
Perez in, Redding to the bullpen
(UPDATED) PHILADELPHIA -- The Mets threw caution to the wind today by throwing Oliver Perez back into their rotation. The loopy left-hander, on the disabled list since May 3 as...
EMPIRE STATE BUILDING GETS GREEN MAKEOVER
When owners of the Empire State Building decided to blanket its towering facade this year with thousands of insulating windows, they were only partly interested in saving energy. They also...
Game 80: Mets at Phillies
(UPDATED) PHILADELPHIA -- The Mets will try to bounce back from Friday night's 7-2 pounding here by the Phillies when Fernando Nieve -- as close to a stopper as Jerry...
CROWN REOPENS TO DELIGHT OF NEW YORKERS, TOURISTS
Lady Liberty became a Yankee Doodle Dandy once again today, as her crown opened to the public for the first time since the Sept. 11 attacks.PHOTOS: Statue of Liberty ReopensScalpers...
S.KOREA SAYS NORTH FIRED 7 MISSILES OFF EAST COAST
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea fired seven ballistic missiles off its eastern coast Saturday, South Korea said, a violation of U.N. resolutions and an apparent message of defiance to...
SERENA BEATS SISTER VENUS IN WIMBLEDON FINAL
WIMBLEDON, England -- Serena Williams fell to her knees on the grass, eyes closed, arms raised, and threw back her head. After six years, it was her turn to hold...
Coverage in The Post
PHILADELPHIA -- The defense was an issue, of course, but look no further than Livan Hernandez's awful pitching for the real reason behind the Mets' 7-2 whipping here Friday night...
JACKO'S A HOT 'LOTTO' TICKET
Scoring tickets will be like hitting the Jacko-pot. Organizers of Michael Jackson's memorial service yesterday announced a complex lottery system for fans to land tickets to the free event --...
ARGUELLO WAS A WARRIOR IN THE RING
ALEXIS Arguello might not have been as widely known as Michael Jackson, but in boxing circles he was definitely a thriller. Arguello, who was a champion in three weight divisions,...
HOJO HAS TOUGH JOB OF FINDING MAKESHIFT MOJO
Mets outfielder Fernando Martinez is just a kid, and he's learning and developing on the job. But there's a fear that he might get into bad habits in an effort...
TEIXEIRA'S DEFENSE DRAWS RAVE REVIEWS
During spring training, Brian Cashman saw Mark Teixeira on a treadmill. But, as the general manager put it, Teixeira wasn't running, he "was flying." "I've never seen a guy on...
TURLEY'S WHISTLING WHILE HE WORKED WAS BOON FOR MANTLE
CALLING pitches is an art that can help your teammates, and Bob Turley did all he could to help Mickey Mantle.FAN POLL: YANKEES AMONG WORST FRANCHISESBOX SCORE When Turley was...
EXPECT FANTASY FIREWORKS FROM THESE GUYS
HAPPY Fourth of July, fantasy baseball fans!FAN POLL: YANKEES AMONG WORST FRANCHISESBOX SCORE Today marks the 70th anniversary of Lou Gehrig's "Luckiest Man" speech. In 1960, Mickey Mantle hit his...
ED FOUNTAINE'S STAKES SPOT PLAYS
DWYER Belmont Park, 8th race. Grade 2. Purse: $200,000. Mile-and-a-sixteenth, 3-year-olds. Post: 4:44 p.m.LOWDOWN: Just Ben stretches out and makes his stakes debut for Nick Zito after an explosive, Commentator-like...
SUBURBAN OFFERS SHOT AT 'OLD' GLORY
The older horse division on the East Coast is a pack in search of a leader, and one could step forward today in the 123rd running of the Grade 2,...
TRACKS GAMBLING ON FUTURE TO STAY AFLOAT
The AMERICAN racing business is bankrupt. It can no longer sustain itself. It is bereft of funds, profits, leadership, ideas, energy and optimism. From New York to Los Angeles, and...
WHERE IS IT NOW?
WHILE there are no more drugs at Studio 54, the Dodgers have been gone from Brooklyn for decades and George Washington was quite dead last time we checked, relics of...
POW, WOW!
WITH apologies to Katy Perry, girl-on-girl fantasies are so last year. As much as we "love the concept of girls kissing," says Ebro Darden, program director of Hot 97, this...
WHAT'S UP?
Today YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION: Leave it to Van Cortlandt Manor to get all 18th century on us. Its Independence Day celebration promises a parade, fiddle music, military...
WATER'S EDGE
WHO needs sprinklers? After a long soggy June, that quick summer cool-off has lost its charm, at least for now. Give us the beach. When it's hot and humid, there's...
BENEDICT IN 'BEATIFUL' STEP
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI placed Cardinal John Henry Newman, an influential 19th-century Anglican convert, on the path to sainthood yesterday. Newman, a hero to many Anglicans and Roman...
ARTWORK 'FALL'OUT
A massive waterfall built at the base of the Brooklyn Bridge as part of a much-touted art project left a famed restaurant swimming in bills after it was doused with...
TEXAS HEAT KILLS TWINS, 82
Eighty-two-year-old identical twin sisters were found dead in their San Antonio, Texas, home after days of 100-degree heat. The bodies of Florence and Emma Jernigan were found Thursday in their...
SAD SALUTE IS PITCH PERFECT
McKEES ROCKS, Pa. -- References to television pitchman Bill Mays' trademark image were everywhere at his funeral yesterday near Pittsburgh. Most mourners wore stickers showing a cartoon image of his...
GIS' YANKEE DOODLE TRIUMPH
US Marines had the Taliban on the run yesterday, as beefed-up American forces drove deeper into southern Afghanistan, chasing the extremist forces away and assuring terrified villagers they will no...
HIT-RUN KILLS CHURCH TEACHER
A beloved Sunday-school teacher trying to cheer up a friend who had just lost his mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident early yesterday two blocks from his Queens home,...
TACKY T FITS DEBBIE WELL
She married the King of Pop -- and now Debbie Rowe is wear ing the King of T-shirts. The late Gloved One's ex-wife Thurs day was spot-ted at her Palmdale,...
$TIFFED ATT'Y SLAMS JAY-Z
The lawyer defending Jay-Z against claims that he failed to pay his staff wants to fire him -- for not paying the law firm. A federal lawsuit claims the music...
POWELL'S ADVICE TO PAL BAM
WASHINGTON -- Colin Powell, the former Republican secretary of state who voted for President Obama, warned yesterday that the commander in chief was getting in too deep on too many...
AWFUL SOUND TRACKS
Say what?! Noise from screeching brakes and roaring trains on subway platforms is so harsh on the ears that it can cause "permanent, irreversible, noise-induced hearing loss," a new study...
CHECK $WING ON BASEBALL AUCTION
Authorities are looking into whether a newly discovered trove of letters to one of baseball's founding fathers contains documents that disappeared long ago from the New York Public Library. They...
LOYAL SIS STICKS UP FOR RUTH
The public doesn't know the real Ruth Madoff, the older sister of the world's most despised wife yesterday told The Post. Joan Alpern Roman stuck up for her sibling, who...
E-MAILS WARNED LOVE GOV
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and his Argentine mistress received threatening e-mails from the person believed to have leaked their steamy love letters to the media, it was reported yesterday....
IT ALL 'ADS' UP: MIKE
Mayor Bloomberg yesterday took his fight for control of city schools to the airwaves. Bloomberg -- seeking re-election to a third term this fall -- released two new campaign ads...
PAL QUINCY RED OVER HUE TURN
Even record producer Quincy Jones admits longtime pal Michael Jackson was freaky -- and said he's angry the superstar wanted to turn himself white. "It's ridiculous, man! . . ....
A-ROD'S BIG DOUBLE PLAY
Alex Rodriguez pulled a day-night doubleheader yesterday, bidding farewell to ex-wife Cynthia and his kids before new gal pal Kate Hudson showed up at his Upper West Side apart ment...
CROWNING INSULT
Nearly eight years after it was closed by the 9/11 attacks, the Statue of Liberty's crown reopens to tourists today -- and following American tradition, ticket scalpers are trying to...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Queens The NYPD yesterday released the above sketch of a man wanted for sexually assaulting a young woman in a College Point park. The suspect approached the 19-year-old victim at...
MIDGET MYSTERY
The world of Mexican midget wrestling was rocked to its tiny foundations this week, when a pair of pint-sized, twin performers were murdered -- apparently by poison-wielding hookers they met...
LAND SPECULATOR: I'LL 'NEVER' $AY DIE
Neverland's fate is in the hands of a billionaire real-estate genius who purchased the rundown property just this year. THE POST'S ONGOING JACKO COVERAGE Tom Barrack bought the 2,600-acre estate...
QUEENS THUGS BEAT OLD-TIMER
An elderly man was pistol-whipped and robbed yesterday at his Queens home in broad daylight, authorities said. The 77-year-old victim was accosted by two armed men as he entered his...
SC SERIAL SLAY TOLL NOW AT 4
Residents of a small South Carolina town are being warned to have "their guard up and their gun handy" because a serial killer is on the loose. The mystery murderer...
IRAN TO TRY BRIT 'INSTIGATORS'
Iran will stage a show trial of British Embassy staffers arrested for allegedly instigating postelection chaos, a top cleric announced yesterday. Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati claimed the staffers "made confessions." The...
N. KOREA JULY 4TH FIREWORKS
North Korea fired four missiles off its eastern coast today in a provocative Fourth of July display, South Korean officials said. The first two rockets were fired at about 8...
PALIN PACKING IT IN AS GOV, FUELING PREZ TALK
WASHINGTON - In a surprise move that stunned the political world, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin,(right) in her hometown of Wasilla yesterday, said she is resigning at the end of the...
BURN NOTICE ON HOT NEW IPHONE
Apple's iPhone is a hot seller -- in more ways than one. Users report that the 3GS model is too hot to hold to their ears on routine phone calls,...
NEW TWIST IN TANKLEFF SLAY
The man being eyed as the real killer in the Tankleff double-murder case on Long Island has been arrested for an unrelated theft, police said. Joey Creedon, 50, was busted...
PITCHER TAKES A WALK
AMSTERDAM -- A Cuban pitcher considered by many baseball scouts to be the No. 1 left-handed prospect in the world left his hotel and vanished before the first ball was...
TEAM TENNIS TAKES GAME TO PEOPLE'S COURT
If you have been watching Wimbledon and have found yourself screaming at the players "Come to the net!" or "Cross court, man, cross court! Watch the backhand!" then World Team...
MINOR LEAGUE, MAJOR IMPACT
Though there isn't a Major League Baseball team in Newark, the city is synonymous with America's pastime. Newark was home to several minor league teams throughout the first half of...
RED BULLS, SEASON HEAD SOUTH
Some think the Red Bulls' season went sour in April, when they gave up a pair of 90th-minute goals to turn a win into a loss against D.C. But many...
AFTER CONFED SILVER, U.S. CHASES GOLD
A week after grabbing the attention of the soccer world with its stunning run to the Confederations Cup final, the U.S. National Team returns tonight against Grenada (9 p.m., FSC)...
LANCE RIDING FOR 8TH TOUR TITLE
MONACO -- The Tour de France is ready for another edition with Lance Armstrong, and today's opening stage may show whether he's ready to challenge for another title. Armstrong's 37-year-old...
TIM ROONEY TO ENTER HARNESS RACING HALL
Yonkers Raceway president Tim Rooney will enter harness racing's hallowed halls -- The Living Hall of Fame -- in Goshen, N.Y., tomorrow. Tim Rooney has been at the helm of...
BIRTHDAY BOSS IS ON THEIR MINDS
George Steinbrenner will celebrate his birthday today removed from the scene, but that doesn't mean the Yankees won't have The Boss in their thoughts. FAN POLL: YANKEES AMONG WORST FRANCHISESBOX...
FEDERER CAN BREAK SAMPRAS' MARK VS. RODDICK
WIMBLEDON, England -- Rising, rising, rising, high above the most famous patch of grass in tennis, Roger Federer channeled Pete Sampras on match point in the Wimbledon semifinals yesterday, tucking...
GAME, SIS, MATCH: WILLIAMSES PUT FINAL AHEAD OF FAMILY
WIMBLEDON, England -- Venus Williams is just about the perfect older sibling: She supports Serena endlessly, protects her fiercely and even lets her pick which bedroom she wants when they're...
PHIL'S WIFE RECOVERING
BETHESDA, Md. -- Phil Mickelson's wife, Amy, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in May, is recovering from surgery that was performed on Wednesday at MD Anderson Cancer Center in...
TOURNEY HOST LEADING THE WAY AFTER 2ND ROUND
BETHESDA, Md. -- Tiger Woods has done everything else in golf, so why not win his own PGA Tour event? After shooting a second-round 66 yesterday in the AT&T National...
MONEY TO BURN' LOOKS WELL-SPENT
IN AN offseason of economic hardship all around, it was nice to be the Yankees. They were able to scrounge up $423.5 million to buy the best position player on...
SORE POSADA SITS OUT AGAIN
Jorge Posada wasn't in the lineup for the second straight game yesterday because of a sore left thumb after taking two foul balls off it Wednesday night. FAN POLL: YANKEES...
A.J. & CO. ACCEPT SLOPPY JAYS' GIFT
"From Canada, with love. P.S. Happy birthday, George." That's what the card should have read on the Fourth of July present the Blue Jays dropped off a day early at...
TIGER: AT &T TIX MORE 'FAMILY FRIENDLY' THAN YANKS'
BETHESDA, Md. -- Tiger Woods, who publicly straddles the fence on all topics of even remote controversy, took a shot at the Yankees yesterday -- though it was a deserved...
'RED' ALL ABOUT IT
Under orders from Major League Baseball, all teams yesterday wore red hats (the same ones they wore on Memorial Day) to celebrate July 4 weekend. Teams will wear the hats...
GIRARDI HAS COKE AND A SMILE
The Yankees haven't discovered the secret formula for Coke, just maybe one that involves Coke. FAN POLL: YANKEES AMONG WORST FRANCHISESBOX SCORE It's Phil Coke to face tough lefty hitters...
APOLOGETIC RAMIREZ GOES HITLESS IN RETURN
SAN DIEGO -- Manny Ramirez returned to the big leagues as only he could. Wearing sunglasses and with his famous dreadlocks in a ponytail, the Dodgers' slugger apologized to fans...
DAVID MAY LEE-VE THE BIG APPLE
Hedo Turkoglu has backed out of negotiations with the Blazers, which could pave the way for David Lee to Portland. KNICKS BLOGREPORT: KIDD WILL RE-SIGN WITH MAVERICKS "We had been...
SPORTS SHORTS
SPORTS SHORTSMLB: Bosox sunk by M's in 11 In Boston, Rob Johnson doubled home two runs in the 11th inning and the Mariners beat the Red Sox 7-6 last night....
HONDO A MET MAN
Hondo posted a modest gain last night when he tossed a splitter with Sox and Sawx to bump the earnings up to 95 berenyis. Today, he expects Looper to be...
DEFENSE PITI-PHIL IN UGLY LOSS
PHILADELPHIA -- Want to get better in a hurry? Play the Mets. That strategy certainly worked for the Phillies here last night as they handed manager Jerry Manuel's injury-ravaged club...
PEREZ LEAVES MINAYA SCRATCHING HIS HEAD
PHILADELPHIA -- The Mets had no better idea of what to do next with Oliver Perez last night than they did before his latest rehab start. METS BLOGHUBBUCH ON TWITTERBOX...
HORROR SHOW TOUGH TO WATCH
PHILADELPHIA -- It is a sim ple game sometimes. It was old Crash Davis who boiled it down in the simplest terms possible, right? Sometimes you win. Sometimes you lose....
WEIRD BUT TRUE
And you thought taxis usually smelled bad. A Chicago cabdriver fended off a knife-wielding passenger by spraying him in the face with a can of aerosol deodorant. The stunned thief...
RULING'S SUPREME LESSON: SOTOMAYOR IS UNSUITABLE
I can't think of anything more insulting than to promote people solely because they are part of a minority group ("A Slap at Sotomayor," Editorial, June 30). This strongly reinforces...
'BLONDE3' BACK AS TV FLICK
'LEGALLY Blonde 3" will move from the movie theater to TV -- and from the courtroom to a fancy prep school. Reese Witherspoon, who produced the new sequel, called "Legally...
'MTP' DOWN
'MEET the Press" is falling off its Sunday-morning news pedestal for the first time in years. Recently released numbers put "Meet the Press" at only 2.56 million viewers, down by...
A PIECE OF 'CAKE'
'CAKE Boss," TLC's quiet hit (well, quiet compared to the Octo parents), is another show also based on a big family. And big cakes. Because it seemed to be one...
FOUNDING SKEPTICS
AS a nation, we were extraordinarily blessed in our revolutionaries. It wasn't just that they were brave and determined. So were the avatars of revolution throughout the 20th century who...
RED, WHITE & BLUES
When it comes to shopping trends, don't be fooled by the fireworks. This year, sales of bottle rockets, jumping jacks and roman candles may surge as much as 30 percent,...
HOME SWEET HEDGE IN A FALLING MARKET
It's the kind of hedge every home could use. For the first time, investors can make bets in the safety of regulated exchanges on whether home prices will rise or...
THE NEVER-ENDING PORK PARADE
THERE'S an old joke about a fantastic three- legged pig and a farmer. It comes in many versions. In some tellings, the pig saves the farmer's life. In another, it...
SALUTE TO OLD GLORY
On July 4, the nation's thoughts traditionally turn to the hopes and virtues that the Stars and Stripes represent -- thoughts that have inspired America's poets since the Republic's early...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Foreign marts US markets were closed for the Indepen dence Day holiday. Stocks fell in Europe and Asia, extending the MSCI World Index's longest weekly losing streak since March, as...
Minaya: Help likely from within
PHILADELPHIA -- Impatient with the team's 39-39 start, Mets fans continue to push for a big trade that sounded unlikely to happen anytime soon from listening to GM Omar Minaya...
Perez shaky in rehab outing
PHILADELPHIA -- It was potentially his final minor-league rehab start, but the Mets still don't know what to make of Oliver Perez after his uneven outing tonight for Triple-A Buffalo...
TANKER SPILL SHUTS CONDO COMPLEX
NANUET -- A spill from a tanker carrying 3,500 gallons of chlorine has shut down a street in a suburban New York condominium complex in Nanuet. Nanuet authorities say the...