July 15, 2009
Becklash! Goldenballs meets the press
Follow Becks, Landon and tomorrow's tilt on Twitter!Tomorrow at Giants Stadium, Galaxy stars David Beckham and Landon Donovan will take the field for the first time since the release of...
McAllister starts, throws scoreless inning
You can now follow Beating the Bushes on Twitter, including live coverage of tonight's Eastern League All-Star Game in Trenton: https://twitter.com/NYP_Bushes**********Zach McAllister, one of the Yankees' top pitching prospects, started...
Clifton's Danny Szetela to D.C. United
Follow the Gold Cup and rest of the MLS season on Twitter!Well, folks, Jersey boy Danny Szetela is coming back to MLS. And not only isn't the Clifton native coming...
Cashman expects Marte to move up
By TIM BONTEMPSBrian Cashman said left-hander Damaso Marte, who has been sidelined for over two months with weakness and tendinitis in his pitching shoulder, will start his rehab assignment Thursday...
POLICE SEAL OFF PART OF CAPITOL
Gunfire erupted just off the fringe of Capitol Hill on Wednesday, and eyewitnesses and officials said one person was shot. Police briefly sealed off part of the Capitol as a...
COP KILLER'S BROTHER HITS NYPD WITH BRUTALITY LAWSUIT
The brother of convicted cop killer Dexter Bostic hit the NYPD with a police brutality lawsuit today, accusing a team of detectives of wrongly arresting him and threatening to kill...
SPACE SHUTTLE BLASTS OFF AFTER MONTH'S DELAY
After more than a month's delay, space shuttle Endeavour and seven astronauts thundered into orbit Wednesday on a flight to the international space station, hauling up a veranda for Japan's...
TEEN ACCUSED OF BAKING CAT TAUNTS ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
The fur started flying in a Bronx Courthouse when a teenager charged with baking her ex-girlfriend's cat in an oven taunted animal rights activists minutes after she pleaded guilty to...
Oscar Watch: 'Ponyo' for Best Animated Feature
Disney has embargoed reviews of its English-language version of the great Hayao Miyazaki's stunningly gorgeous, traditionally animated "Ponyo'' until the Aug. 14 opening even though this opened in Japan last...
WOUNDED COP GETS HEARTFELT B'KLYN VISIT
He felt his pain. A full time NYPD cop who lost his right leg in an off-duty motorcycle accident three years ago made a heartfelt hospital bedside visit to a...
Box Office: 'Potter' Sets Record
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' sold an estimated $22 million for midnight shows, blowing away the $17 million record set exactly one year ago by "The Dark Knight.''
'NINJAS' IN FLORIDA ATTACK FAILED TO TURN OFF SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS
PENSACOLA, Fla. -- The accomplice assigned to turn off surveillance cameras before an elaborate, deadly break-in at a sprawling Florida Panhandle home never showed up, but the seven people accused...
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Giants are NFC favorites
According to the Las Vegas Hilton, the Giants are 9-2 favorites to win the NFC and 10-1 to win Super Bowl XLIV in Miami.The sports book puts the Giants ahead...
MADOFF'S EX-ACCOUNTANT TAKES STEP TOWARD GUILTY PLEA
Bernie Madoff's former accountant is expected to plead guilty to criminal charges, federal authorities said this afternoon in court papers. The filing -- signed by a federal prosecutor and David...
Scout slams Bisons
You can now follow Beating the Bushes on Twitter, including live coverage of tonight's Double-A All-Star Game in Trenton: https://twitter.com/NYP_Bushes**********Just got off the phone with a scout who saw Buffalo...
Cashman on hand in Trenton
You can now follow Beating the Bushes on Twitter, including live coverage of tomorrow's Double-A All-Star Game in Trenton: https://twitter.com/NYP_Bushes**********Brian Cashman is also here in Trenton's Waterfront Park today to...
Preview: 'Hell's Kitchen' Season 6
If you thought Gordon Ramsay would change his ways, you were wrong.The foul-mouthed chef has spent the last year defending himself against allegations of infidelity, denying rumors that his restaurant...
COPS: GRISTEDES' TREASURER TARGETED 'TEEN' FOR SEX
The treasurer for the Gristedes supermarket chain was busted for trying to have sex with a 14-year-old girl he met on the Internet who turned out to be an undercover...
This week's calendar, July 16 to 22
Saturday, July 18Art in General Cocktail Benefit, The HamptonsThis cocktail benefit features music, drinks and dancing along with previews and presentations by upcoming artists' exhibitions opening in fall 2009. All...
Tekken 6 is ready for your pre-order
Namco Bandai has announced two Tekken 6 pre-order scenarios:A Tekken 6 Wireless Fight Stick Bundle for a complete home arcade experience and a GameStop exclusive which comes with a 2009-2010...
FEDS: FUGITIVE BROKER CAUGHT
Federal authorities say they have captured a former Wall Street broker who became a fugitive after being charged in a securities fraud case. Julian Tzolov had been the subject of...
Live coverage of Double-A All-Star Game
Beating the Bushes is live in Trenton all day following the action here at the Double-A Eastern League All-Star Game. You can follow what's happening both here on the blog...
BROOKE ASTOR USED AUTOBIOGRAPHY TO REMEMBER PEOPLE
Brooke Astor was so out of it during the final years of her life that she often asked her nurse to read her a page from her autobiography in order...
SC GOV SKIPS STATE MEETINGS FOR TRIP WITH WIFE
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford headed out of state Wednesday for personal time with his wife, as the two try to reconcile, and skipped a meeting with...
Favre blames injury ... again
Brett Favre again blamed a throwing-arm injury for his subpar performance with the Jets last season."I felt like going to New York last year that I still had it," Favre...
US MAN CHARGED 23 QUADRILLION DOLLARS FOR PACK OF SMOKES
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire -- A New Hampshire man says he swiped his debit card at a gas station to buy a pack of cigarettes and was charged over 23 quadrillion...
Pedro prediction: Slight improvement
AccuScore.com forecasts that the addition of Pedro Martinez increases the Phillies' chances of making the playoffs only slightly.Without Martinez, the Phillies have a 68 percent chance to win the NL...
EAST RIVER POOL PARTIES OPEN
Music fans rejoiced at the return of the JellyNYC Pool Parties to Williamsburg, the popular summer concert series that has been a neighborhood staple for the past four years. This...
GO SLOW ON SHORE, SAYS LOCAL POL
As a winding street, Shore Road is unquestionably scenic. It's also potentially dangerous, as motorists often come around the bends more quickly than they should. This is particularly significant, given...
SMOKY BLAZE RIPS THROUGH OCEAN AVENUE HOME
Checking everything out... Firefighters check out the attic of an Ocean Avenue home to make sure that a one-alarm fire that erupted inside the basement had not spread to a...
PEDRO WANTED TO STAY WITH METS
Pedro Martinez said he would have re-signed with the Mets instead of joining the Phillies if his former team had shown an interest in him. Speaking at a press conference...
'SUPERMAN' ARRESTED AGAIN FOLLOWING DUST-UP WITH COPS
Here's one Man of Steel who has a knack for finding himself behind bars. Maksim Katsnelson, who got into a fracas with cops just last week in Times Square while...
HALLADAY BIG IMPROVEMENT FOR YANKEES
Roy Halladay would increase the Yankees' chances of making the playoffs by 15 percent. Forecasted to make 15 starts if acquired by the Yankees this week, their winning percentage in...
Cashman: No obvious need for Halladay
By TIM BONTEMPSBrian Cashman would not discuss trading for Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay today, citing Major League Baseball tampering policy."I'm not really allowed by baseball rules to comment on...
SAM ISRAEL GETS SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS FOR PRISON SKIP-OUT
Hedge-fund swindler Samuel Israel will spend an extra two years behind bars for trying to skip out on serving his 20-year sentence for fraud. Federal Judge Kenneth Karas blasted Israel...
ARREST MADE IN UPPER EAST SIDE STARBUCKS BLAST
A 17-year-old Manhattan boy who modeled himself on Brad Pitt's violently anti-consumerist character in the movie "Fight Club" has been arrested for the Memorial Day blast at a Starbucks on...
Fashion in Space
The hottest accessory this season -- no, not the Chanel ankle purse -- the ankle monitoring device. Available in a chic matte black finish, custom-fitted for optimal comfort, so rare...
CONVICTED SWINDLER GETS 2 EXTRA YEARS FOR PRISON SKIP-OUT
Hedge-fund scammer Samuel Israel will spend an extra two years behind bars for trying to skip out on serving his 20-year sentence for fraud. Federal Judge Kenneth Karas blasted Israel...
7 TRAIN IS TOP OF THE LINE
It's 7th heaven for some straphangers. The No. 7 line was rated the best ride in the subway system by a new Straphanger's Campaign report released today. It's the first...
Chat rewind: July 15
Click on the replay arrow in the graphic below to revisit my hour-long live chat on the Mets:Mets chat with Bart Hubbuch
Agent: Deal delay not Leon's fault
Leon Washington's agent says a contract extension with the Jets "means a lot to LW. We will see what happens."Alvin Keels also used his Twitter page to add: "I can't...
TWO DIE IN FIERY BRONX CAR CRASH
Two people died last night in a horrific car accident in the Bronx, police said. A car driven by a 41-year-old man was struck by a Mazda SUV at the...
MONSERRATE GETS KEY CHAIRMANSHIP BACK
ALBANY -- A Democratic senator stripped of a lucrative committee chairmanship after he was charged with assault has been quietly reappointed to the job in the aftermath of the coup...
Report: MacLean OK in Lowell
NJ.com reports that though John MacLean was passed over for Jacques Lemaire, the former forward is happy to become a first-time head coach for the AHL Lowell Devils."At this point...
Coverage in The Post
On the same day it first became widely known that Fred Wilpon lost $700 million in the Bernie Madoff scheme, David Wright told The Post that he hopes to remain...
SOTOMAYOR WON'T DISCUSS ABORTION
WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor declined repeatedly at Senate confirmation hearings Wednesday to disclose her views on abortion rights, and said President Barack Obama never asked her about...
Dept. of Dubious Projects: 'Bridget Jones,' Part 3
You know the UK's Working Title are both in trouble when they resort to exhuming the Bridget Jones franchise with Renee Zellweger, whose career hasn't exactly been soaring lately. The...
The Daily Whacks, Wednesday Edition
You can count me among the tweetin' Twitterers (or is that the Twitterin' tweeters?) now: http://twitter.com/MikeVacc*******It is still the All-Star Break, an interminable time of inactivity if you're used to...
PRISON COACH: MADOFF WILL BE FINE IN PRISON
NEW YORK -- A prison coach who helped Bernard Madoff get ready for his 150-year sentence says the disgraced financier was not afraid before starting his term at a federal...
STATEN ISLAND ASSAULT INVESTIGATED AS BIAS ATTACK
The NYPD is investigating the brutal beating of a Hispanic man last month on Staten Island as a bias attack, it's being reported. Three white men with baseball bats savagely...
Behind the scenes at yesterday's photoshoot
Two locations, two models -- check out the results of yesterday's photoshoot in Sunday's New York Post. Here's a sneak peek at hair and makeup...
TSUNAMI THREAT AFTER 7.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRIKES OFF NEW ZEALAND
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck off New Zealand's western coast Wednesday generating a small tsunami. No injuries or major damage were reported. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center...
3 UP: WRIGHT, METS ROTATION, SHEFFIELD
Yes, I am on Twitter.Yesterday was three things I think about the Yankees. Today we move to three things I think about the Mets at the break:1. The Mets have...
IRAN PLANE CRASHES, ALL ON BOARD FEARED KILLED
TEHRAN, Iran -- A Russian-made Iranian passenger plane carrying nearly 170 people crashed shortly after takeoff Wednesday, smashing into a field northwest of the capital and shattering to pieces. State...
20-FOOT-LONG SHARK WASHES UP ON LI SHORE
He was more Flipper than Jaws. A massive but harmless Basking shark spent its final hours washed up on a Long Island beach this morning after a group of stunned...
DEVIOUS DEBBIE ROWE 'FESSED KID PLOY
Human incubator Debbie Rowe sneered, "Hell no" she doesn't want the two kids she bore for Michael Jackson -- then coldly added, "Does it look good for me to ask...
REPORT: PEDRO DEAL DONE WITH PHILS
Pedro Martinez admits he doesn't excited easily. "I'm an old goat. I'm very hard to get excited," Martinez, 37, told The Post yesterday. "Probably maybe a good-looking woman will get...
WAGNER DOESN'T SEE BIG COMEBACK ROLE
The Mets are set at closer. They're not quite set with the rest of their late-inning relievers. But Billy Wagner doesn't think he'll be setting up Francisco Rodriguez if and...
YANKEES TARGET FIRE-BALLING DEFECTOR
The topic de jour at the All-Star Game is Roy Halladay, being dangled as the big pitching prize of this trade deadline. But the most intense bidding this winter may...
HUNTERS GET BREAK ON ANTLER RESTRICTIONS
NEW York will not expand its antler restriction program after hearing hunters' comments on the subject. You may recall that in April, the Department of Environmental Conservation proposed a regulation...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Jets ink Owens The Jets signed veteran free agent Richard Owens. The 28-year-old tight end has 17 career catches for 141 yards and a touchdown in four NFL seasons...
NO COOPERATION FOR WILCO
CONEY Island's KeySpan Park was packed for the Wilco concert Monday night -- but for all the crowds and the high-quality performance, the band sure got one hell of a...
CHOW DOWN!
WITH restaurants closing and others practically giving food away, the dining scene needed some laughs -- and now, along comes the Apocalypse of the Chows to take your mind off...
ALL JAZZ HANDS ON DECK
YOU'RE standing there, on the street or in a store, when suddenly there's music -- and everyone drops their bags to sing and dance. No, it's not your Prozac speaking....
OPERA STARS UNDER THE STARS
BROADWAY star Paulo Szot crossed back over to his classical music roots Monday night at Central Park SummerStage in the first in a series of Metropolitan Opera summer recitals in...
HOT SEAT!
DINING out is still a cutthroat sport in New York, where the line between club and restaurant continues to blur. For maximum hotness, it's of utmost importance to have the...
Coaching staff stressing D
Starting in Las Vegas summer league, you can follow me with updates on Twitter.By MARC BERMANLAS VEGAS - Toney Douglas is a refreshing breath of fresh air because of the...
'MICHAEL & MICHAEL' TRY 'CURB' THING
BASING a TV comedy on real life is a hit-or-miss proposition, but everyone's doing it these days. Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter are hoping that there's room on the...
STARR REPORT
Oy vey. Those of you who haven't had enough of either the "Real Housewives of New York City" and/or "The Real House wives of New Jersey" will have the best...
FRISKY BUSINESS
IF porn is a $13-billion-a-year industry, why, you ask, shouldn't CNBC -- a business network, after all -- cover it? Why not, indeed. Let's face it, porn is good for...
VMAS BACK IN NYC WITH BRAND
MTV is bringing the VMAs back to New York. Broadcasting live from Radio City Music Hall -- with additional musical performances staged throughout Manhattan -- the "2009 MTV Video Music...
TIN-EARED 'RAG' MISSES CHANCE
IMAGINARY encounters have fired up play wrights' imaginations for a while: Friedrich Schiller dreamed up a confrontation between the Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I in "Mary Stuart," and Tom...
POLE FINDS A LOW MAN
IF Bart Simpson were British, and black and white instead of yellow, he'd be a lot like Tomo (Thomas Turgoose), the indestructible young street scamp who saunters through "Somers Town,"...
TRADING DEPTH FOR SPECTACLE
PILOBOLUS' blend of movement and acro batics looks like a circus act -- but its show Monday night was more for your inner child than your children. The company opened...
LOUNGE LIZARDS
SO, when did reality star Kim Kardashian morph into a lounge act? And how is it that the tattoo parlor where they film the reality series "LA Ink" is being...
STARS DELIVER BROADWAY FOR LUNCH
WATCHING Broadway stars perform in street clothes is a little weird, but watching the cast of "Avenue Q" perform without their puppets is downright bizarre. "You would never see us...
NEW 'HOUSEWIFE' IN OC
"THE Real House wives of Orange County" are breaking out the welcome wagon for a new cast member. Alexis Bellino, a stay-at-home mom who spends her free time working out,...
MARTE TO START REHAB
Yankees reliever Damaso Marte, sidelined for 2½ months with weakness and tendinitis in his pitching shoulder, is to start an injury rehabilitation assignmen tomorrow with the Gulf Coast Yankees. Marte...
MARIANO RIVERA CLOSES ALL-STAR GAME
ST. LOUIS -- The American League ruined Albert Pujols' party last night, and once again it was Mariano Rivera who blew out the candles on the All-Star victory cake. Rivera...
OBAMA HAS BALL WITH 1ST PITCH
ST. LOUIS -- This surely wasn't a Bob Gibson fastball, more like a Folly Floater, but President Obama at least didn't throw it in the dirt, thanks to an assist...
DUHON RUES KIDD, HILL SNUBS
Chris Duhon did something a year ago that no one has done this offseason: Sign with the Knicks. While Donnie Walsh & Co. wait for the vaunted Class of 2010,...
TIGER, MAJOR-LESS IN 2009, ACHES TO TACKLE TURNBERRY
TURNBERRY, Scotland -- Tiger Woods' comeback from knee surgery has been a process. He has won three times this year, but none was a major championship, the barometer which judges...
EARPIECE BAN RAISES TOUR IRE
ISSOUDUN, France -- The tension is clear between teammates Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong. That's nothing, however, compared to the anger many riders feel toward Tour de France organizers. On...
TAVARES IMPRESSES ISLANDERS TEAMMATE
Josh Bailey scored seven goals in 68 games during his rookie season with the Islanders last year and knows there are higher expectations for him -- and for this year's...
BAD BLOOD BOILS BETWEEN MONTY, LYLE
TURNBERRY, Scotland -- The British tabloid back pages were burning about Scottish golfer Sandy Lyle calling fellow Scot Colin Montgomerie a cheater. Lyle, who's bitter about being passed over as...
WATSON HOPES TO AVOID BOOTH
Tom Watson is signed on to be an analyst for ESPN/ABC during their British Open weekend coverage, but Watson is hoping it's an obligation he won't have to fulfill. "I...
'POUND'-ING THE DRUM FOR FLOYD-MANNY
WITH all due respect to Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather should be considered the top pound-for-pound fighter in all of boxing -- even though it's nothing more than rhetoric. Mayweather left...
BUD SCOFFS AT COLLUDE CLAIM
ST. LOUIS -- Baseball commissioner Bud Selig denies that teams conspired against free agents after the 2008 season. As Michael Weiner prepares to take over from Donald Fehr as head...
SELIG: NO REHAB UNTIL DRUG BANS END
ST. LOUIS -- Baseball commissioner Bud Selig wants to keep players on drug suspensions from going to the minor leagues before they return. Manny Ramirez drew sellout crowds last month...
NATE ROBINSON MAY PLAY IN GREECE FOR $5M
LAS VEGAS -- Eric Goodwin, agent for Nate Robinson, said the Knicks' 5-foot-7½ guard is considering an offer to play for the Greek team Olympiacos. Robinson's preference, however, is to...
'RACHEL' IN HASKELL
Rachel Alexandra will run in the 1 mile, Grade 1, $1 million Haskell Invitational Handicap at Monmouth Park on Aug. 2, according to owner Jess Jackson. The announcement came a...
FORMER JAZZ PICK SWEET FOR KNICKS
LAS VEGAS -- Jordan Hill and Toney Douglas, the Knicks' 2009 first-round picks, showed flashes in their Summer League debuts last night -- but it was the Jazz' 2007 first-rounder,...
SOURCE: ALL-STAR GAME AT CITI FIELD IN 2013
ST. LOUIS -- The Yankees had their All-Star party last year, with an All-Star farewell to Yankee Stadium. The Mets and Citi Field will be having their All-Star Summer hello...
DAVID WRIGHT: I WANT TO STAY WITH METS
ST. LOUIS -- In many ways, this has been the most difficult season of David Wright's career. But in some ways, it has been a positive learning experience, because it...
HONDO'S HOT TO TROT
Hondo cashed last night with the AL, which more than offset his loss with One Cookie Edna, who came up one day late and one dollar short in the 4th...
MARK TEIXEIRA: I'M READY TO PLAY BETTER
ST. LOUIS -- For the Yankees to be better in the second half, Mark Teixeira must be a better hitter. That's the word from Teixeira. "We need to play better,"...
THE GREAT STEM-CELL-RESEARCH SCAM
MEDICAL-RESEARCH insiders know that embryonic-stem-cell technol ogy is proving a dead end -- Dr. Bernadine Healy, a former director of the National Institutes of Health and once an ES-cell-research enthusiast,...
BRIT JOY OF SEX
LONDON -- Britain's National Health Service has a message for teens: Sex can be fun. Officials are urging teachers to emphasize that sexual relations can be healthy and pleasurable instead...
RACIAL POLITICS ON TRIAL: SONIA'S SUPREME TEST
THE ISSUE: The Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice nominee Sonia Sotomayor. *** The media are treating Judge Sonia Sotomayor as a shoo-in, due to the fact that the...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn A young man was arrested in Brownsville for choking his lover and threatening him, authorities said yesterday. Richard Phipps, 20, allegedly attacked the 23-year-old man in the victim's apartment...
IN BIG GOVERNMENT WE TRUST?
THE ISSUE: Whether the economic crisis is pushing Americans to favor bigger government. *** Michael Barone is totally out of touch with the American people -- we do love big...
NINJA EVIL HITS HOME
They came in from the shadows. Five armed men, masked and dressed in ninja outfits, strode up the fine-trimmed lawn of Byrd and Melanie Billings' rural home west of Pensacola,...
GOP: JOIN US
The first-ever African-American Republican Party chief yesterday reached out to the NAACP, saying he was trying to "renew our relationship" and prove that his party has "a way forward" in...
RFK JR. FOR VANCE
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. yesterday followed his cousin Caroline in backing Cy Vance Jr. for Manhattan district attorney, calling the candidate a progressive on environmental issues. The family ties go...
PERILOUS MTA PICK
JAY Walder, named yester day by Gov. Paterson to be the next MTA chief, seems smart and competent -- but it may not be good enough. Taxpayers and transit riders...
COMCAST'S 'ON DEMAND' SNAGS CBS
Add CBS to the growing list of television networks signing up to participate in Comcast's "On Demand Online" broadband video authentication service. CBS yesterday agreed to make some of its...
MTA PICK IS WELL TRAINED
Gov. Paterson's pick to run the MTA said yesterday the agency "faces serious challenges," but he's ready to make "difficult decisions" if he's confirmed to the post by the state...
RUNNING FROM HER PAST
WASHINGTON -- You don't have to be too "wise" to realize you have to run very fast and very far away from past statements espousing reverse discrimination. SOTOMAYOR: MY BAD...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Goldman gains Goldman Sachs posted second-quarter profit of $3.44 billion, or $4.93 per share -- up 65 percent from a year ago and ahead of the $3.65 per share anal...
RAPE TERROR ON SUBWAY
An ex-con with a long rap sheet brutally beat a woman and tried to rape her during a robbery in a Manhattan subway station, authorities said yesterday. Michael Gomez, 30,...
HUEY: NEW FORTUNE TELLER
FORTUNE is back in the sights of Time Inc. Editor-in-Chief John Huey, who has assembled a high-level SWAT team of in-house and external experts to revamp the biweekly business magazine....
NO FIRE SALE FROM ROCK'S SLIDE
THE office building at 183 Madison Ave. and the office condos at 100 Fifth Ave. are now part of Rock Investment parent company's UK insolvency proceedings. The company, headed by...
BAZILLIONAIRE DUD GEORGE DAVID IS SOMEHOW A STUD
HARTFORD, Conn. -- His ill-fitting Turn- bull and Asser suit still bears creases from the package it came in. His mussed hair looks as if he cut it himself. With...
NYPD PHEW!
With a troubling lesson in state politics under their belt, 274 NYPD recruits were sworn in yesterday to begin six months of schooling at the Police Academy. The swearing-in had...
JON'S WEIRD WAY TO MEET BABES
Love blooms in strange places. TV reality star Jon Gosselin of "Jon & Kate Plus 8" began seeing a lot of his new 22-year-old lover, Hailey Glassman, at the home...
DE NIRO ART DEALER HAS $1M BRUSH WITH THE LAW
You stealin' from me? A disgraced art dealer was charged yesterday with ripping off more than $1 million in paintings from Robert De Niro -- all done by the actor's...
DI$GRACED COUNCILMAN CALLS IT QUITS
City Councilman Miguel Martinez resigned yesterday, becoming the first elected official to become a casualty of a sweeping probe into whether government funds given to nonprofit groups were misused. Martinez...
ACTION ON EDDIE BAUER
A formidable bidding bloc has emerged in the auction of Eddie Bauer, with the bankrupt clothing company's two key creditors looking to liquidate its stores and cash in on the...
BUBBA BACKS GAY NUPS
WASHINGTON -- Bill Clinton has come out as "basically in support" of same-sex marriage -- endorsing the top goal of many gay rights groups after signing legislation during his presidency...
BONUS GRAVY TRAIN
Some bankers could soon learn that what their employer giveth, it can taketh away. As a growing number of shareholders threaten to sue financial firms that doled out fat bonuses...
TRAGIC LAST PARTY
The beautiful FIT student found slain in her bed was likely followed home from a late-night house party she attended, and the killer kicked down her door and strangled her,...
BALLET LAWYER IN SCAM BUST
A labor lawyer was busted yesterday for allegedly misappropriating $350,000 in union dues paid by dancers and stagehands with the famed American Ballet Theatre. Leonard Leibowitz, 70, was accused of...
ALL'S WELLS ON BOTH SIDES OF FLORIDA MORTGAGE SUIT
When a bank sues itself, it would seem there'd be a lot of confusion, since there's little precedent on how to pull off a victory. But not in the case...
MIDTOWN BANK ROB IS SHORT & TWEET
When her bank near Penn Station was robbed, she made sure 1,900 people instantly found out. "My bank was just held up -- with me in it. HSBC 34 and...
SOTO: MY BAD 'WISE' CRACK
WASHINGTON -- Sonia Sotomayor yesterday tiptoed away from her infamous remark that a "wise Latina" would make better judicial decisions than a white man, insisting it was a "rhetorical flourish...
BROOKE AIDE STUMBLES
Lawyers for Anthony Marshall roughed up a key prosecution witness yesterday, forcing Brooke Astor's nurse to recant some of her testimony against her accused estate-thief son. Witness Pearline Noble had...
FEDS EYE RENT PLAN TO STOP EVICTIONS
Federal officials are weighing a plan to let borrowers who have fallen behind on mortgage payments avoid eviction by renting their home instead, sources said yesterday. One proposal is for...
HOLY WAR ERUPTS OVER FATE OF HISTORIC CHURCH
It's a battle between church and state on the Upper West Side. A move by the city to list historic West Park Presbyterian Church as a landmark had residents and...
TIMES CO. SELLS WQXR TO UNIVISION
The New York Times is unloading its classical radio station, WQXR-FM, in a complex $45 million deal as the struggling publisher sheds assets to stay afloat. The deal with Univision...
BURNING WHILE BIN LADEN FIDDLES
Let's see if we have this straight: For years after 9/11, the CIA conspired to kill Osama bin Laden. The terror chief wasn't actually harmed by the plotting -- but...
SOLID GUY, IMPOSSIBLE TASK
The first question to ask Jay Walder, named by Gov. Paterson yesterday to run the MTA, is this: Why the hell do you even want the job? A 12-year MTA...
IT'S A JOBS THING
With state senators set to vote, possi bly today, on whether to keep the mayor in charge of New York City's public schools, a new report from City Comptroller Bill...
GM'S WAGONER RIDES OFF WITH $8.5M
Former General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner, who was eligible for $20.2 million in retirement pay under previous agreements, will get about $8.5 million over the next five years, the company...
RICHARD JEFFERSON LEAVES BRIDE AT THE ALTAR
Now that's a flagrant foul. Former New Jersey Net star Richard Jefferson bailed on his stunning fiancée -- pulling the plug on his posh Manhattan wedding at the 11th hour...
BOOM AND BUS
Welcome to the Big House, Bernie! Convicted megaswindler Bernard Madoff yesterday checked into his new digs in decidedly low-rent fashion -- a prison bus backing up to the medium-security federal...
DEMS WANT WEALTHY TO PAY 'HEALTHY' TAX
WASHINGTON -- House Democrats yesterday unveiled their plan to pay for a massive government overhaul of health care with a string of taxes on high-income earners and an astounding new...
'BETTER' IS WRONG
RAISE your hand if you're sick of the phrase "wise Latina." By now, most of America must be able to recite verbatim the assertion of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor...
'90 SLAY RAP VS. MOGUL'S WIFE TOSSED
A Manhattan judge yesterday tossed murder charges against a so-called "black widow" accused of having her hubby gunned down outside his mistress' apartment in 1990. Barbara Kogan, now 65, had...
COUNTESS' EX GAVE LOVER $1,500 BEAUTY CREAM, HIGH-END UNDIES
La Perla lingerie from two continents. A $13,000 Dennis Basso fur. Some $10,000 worth of Manolo Blahniks. And $1,500 for a couple of jars of La Mer beauty cream. PEYSER:...
MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS LOWERS FORECAST
Martin Marietta Materials, the second-largest US supplier of crushed stone, lowered its 2009 earnings forecast by as much as 27 percent because of a slower-than-expected recovery in construction. Martin Marietta...
PEACEMAKING AT FRIDAY PRAYERS?
JUST over a month after a controversial election split Iran's ruling elite into two openly hostile camps, there are signs that the adversaries may be taking a step back from...
NEW BOOK BY BASS HEIRESS IS ABOUT A FAMILY-IAR SUBJECT
Call it a case of art imitating life -- with perhaps a few daddy issues mixed in. Hyatt Bass, daughter of billionaire oilman Sid Bass, has a new book out...
FOR MOB AND FOR COUNTRY
Geriatric Genovese turncoat George Barone fought for his country in World War II and murdered for the Mafia, but yesterday the bitter old gangster made it clear he's loyal to...
CUOMO, RATTNER EYEING SETTLEMENT
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is pressing former car czar Steven Rattner to accept a legal settlement to avoid civil charges in an influence-peddling case, The Post has learned....
HARVARD MBA ENROLLS RECORD
Harvard Business School enrolled the largest incoming class ever for its Master of Business Administration program, partly to raise money in what it calls "challenging times." The 101-year-old business school,...
DA RACE IS VERY CLO$E
Former Judge Leslie Crocker Snyder is leading the pack of candidates vying for Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau's job, at least in fund-raising. But her two challengers are hot on...
JON TRAILS BY 12
New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine's popularity is at an all-time low, and his Republican challenger has widened his lead to 12 percentage points, according to a poll released yesterday. Republican...
VICTIM'S KIN SLAM POLICE
The family of the man shot dead by an undercover cop during a drug sting in Brooklyn lashed out at police yesterday. "Those sorry bastards killed my father," Shemeka Walker,...
ALL-STAR O IS A LEFT WINGER
He delivered a changeup we can believe in. President Obama hung one over the plate and was lucky St. Louis Cardinal slugger Albert Pujols was there only to catch the...
ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL
When it comes to driving, the city's streets might as well be the Wild West, where lawlessness abounds, sheriffs look the other way -- and people die as a result....
HONEYMOON'S OVER
Chaos gripped the state Senate anew on the eve of the long-awaited mayoral-control vote, as some Democrats balked at passage -- and a leading proponent was on his honeymoon. As...
COP MAIMED IN FREAK MISHAP
A Brooklyn narcotics cop lost part of his leg yesterday after he was struck by a car while loading prisoners into a van, police sources said. The officer had taken...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A South Carolina judge ordered the closing of a funeral home after a worker there cut the legs off a body that was too tall to fit into a coffin....
Babajide Ogunbiyi trialing at Oldham
When the Red Bulls started tinkering with their roster for the summer transfer window, a lot of you started asking "Whatever happened to Babajide Ogunbiyi?'' Well, apparently the Red Bulls'...
Live chat: 12 p.m. EST Wednesday
I will be holding another of my weekly, hour-long blog chats on the Mets tomorrow (Wednesday) at 12 p.m. EST. So be sure to check back then and have your...
Tonys kick critics to the curb
Earlier today, Tony Award Productions announced that "Tony-voting privileges will no longer be extended to members of the First Night Press List."In other words, journalists can still see shows but...
SOUTHPAW-IN-CHIEF
He delivered a changeup we can believe in. President Obama hung one right over the plate and was lucky St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols was there to catch...
Almond shines, Hill comes on late
Starting in Las Vegas summer league, you can follow me with updates on Twitter.By MARC BERMANLAS VEGAS - Jordan Hill and Toney Douglas were respectable in the summer-league opener tonight...
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PITCH
President Obama became the first president to throw out a ceremonial first pitch at the All-Star Game since Gerald Ford in 1978. He became the fifth president to throw out...