July 18, 2009
METS 5, BRAVES 1
Johan Santana threw seven scoreless innings to take some pressure off New York's struggling offense and the Mets beat the Atlanta Braves 5-1 on Saturday. The Mets scored two runs...
50 CENT SLASHES PRICE ON CONN. MANSION TO $10.9M
The price of the Connecticut mega-mansion owned by rapper 50 Cent has dropped again - to $10.9 million. The 50,000-square-foot mansion is in the Hartford metropolitan area suburb Farmington. It...
It always pays to comparison shop...
... even when shopping on "discount" websites. Or, especially when you think you're getting a deal on discount websites...I like to use Shopstyle.com, which is like Google for clothes --...
Kartell makes shoes
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Redding's status in question
ATLANTA -- Questions continue to swirl about the future of struggling reliever Tim Redding. A published report quoting an anonymous source said the Mets were ready to release Redding and...
MEN WORRY THEY'RE FALLING BEHIND IN A 'HE-CESSION' - THEY'RE RIGHT
There's been a lot of panic recently over the current state and uncertain future of the American male, most often expressed by the formerly stoical American male. Obviously, the recession...
YANKEES 2, TIGERS 1
CC Sabathia beat All-Star Justin Verlander in a prime pitching matchup that lived up to its billing, and Alex Rodriguez's pop-fly homer sent the New York Yankees to a 2-1...
REPORT: ARTURO GATTI MAY HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE
An autopsy indicates former boxing champion Arturo Gatti may have committed suicide, been accidentally killed or murdered, according to a Brazilian newspaper that said it obtained a copy of the...
WATSON STILL OUT FRONT AT BRITISH OPEN
Tom Watson took three practice swings without a club in his hand, then looked toward the green and pictured the shot he needed to play.British Open Leaderboard Standing on the...
OSCAR MAYER WIENERMOBILE CRASHES INTO HOME
One southern Wisconsin homeowner is probably not in love with the Oscar Mayer wiener. The famed hot dog's Wienermobile crashed Friday into the deck and garage of a home in...
WORLD'S OLDEST MAN DIES AFTER LIFE OF 'CIGARETTES, WHISKY AND WILD, WILD WOMEN'
Only death could silence Henry Allingham. He went to war as a teenager, helped keep flimsy aircraft flying, survived his wounds and came home from World War I to a...
OBAMA YOUTUBE ADDRESS: HEATH CARE REFORM CAN'T WAIT
President Barack Obama told the nation Saturday that his health care overhaul is financially sound and Congress should not squander the chance to make meaningful change. Republicans didn't relent in...
ASTRONAUTS EMBARK ON FIRST SPACEWALK OUTING
Two astronauts ventured out on the first spacewalk of Endeavour's space station visit Saturday to help install a porch on Japan's expansive lab. Veteran spaceman David Wolf and rookie Timothy...
Soccer world, meet Stuart Holden
Follow the U.S. Gold Cup run on Twitter!PHILADELPHIA _ The U.S. came into this Gold Cup with the last two titles, but a young and inexperienced team. Landon Donovan, Jozy...
POLICE FIND DROWNED BROOKLYN MAN IN ADIRONDACKS
Searchers have recovered the body of a 33-year-old Brooklyn man who drowned while vacationing in the Adirondacks. Police divers discovered Halit Seker's body in Lake George on Friday. He had...
'MOM KILLER' CRIES IN COURT
The thug accused of viciously killing a Manhattan cleaner cried his eyes out as he was dragged into court today. Joseph Pabon repeatedly wiped away tears as he waited to...
JOE BIDEN'S TERRIBLE TRUTHS
It takes years of yoga to learn the posture necessary for speaking clearly with all your feet in your mouth. But for some the skill comes naturally, which brings us...
Game 90: Mets at Braves
(UPDATED: 3:10 P.M.) ATLANTA -- Johan Santana makes his first start after the All-Star break here this afternoon when the reeling Mets take on the Braves at Turner Field.The Mets...
Coverage in The Post
ATLANTA -- It's only mid-July, but the season already is starting to look like a lost cause after the Mets' completely lifeless performance Friday night in an embarrassing 11-0 loss...
RBNY Potpourri: Hunting for a DP, JCO's defensive list, & Dilly Duka not done
Follow the Post's Red Bull coverage on Twitter!With Galaxy icon David Beckham in town, and the Red Bulls struggling at the gate and on the field, the topic de jour...
MIKE TAKES ON TRUANT POLS
A steaming Mayor Bloomberg unloaded on Albany yesterday, blasting state senators by name for failing to extend mayoral control of schools and urging Gov. Paterson to use state troopers to...
WATSON'S RUN STUFF OF LEGENDS
TURNBERRY, Scotland -- It's days like yesterday at Turnberry that draw me to the game of golf, make me crave being here year after year -- enjoying the work days...
UNKNOWN MARINO MAKING MOST OF HIS LONG SHOT
TURNBERRY, Scotland -- Steve Marino probably shouldn't even be here. Not long ago, he was the seventh alternate to get into the British Open field. Today, he takes a share...
NO. 1 IS DONE WITH SURPRISING IMPLOSION
TURNBERRY, Scotland -- Tiger Woods has done a lot of incredible things in golf that have left us shaking our heads in amazement. He did it again yesterday.SECOND-ROUND LEADERBOARDDAY 2...
TAVARES' UNCLE A LACROSSE LEGEND
You could make the argument, as people have, that John Tavares is the best ever to play his sport. Hyperbole about an 18-year-old who has yet to play an NHL...
MISCH BIG HIT OUT OF METS' BULLPEN
If you look at Pat Misch's career record or his numbers as a starter, it's not pretty. But he's certainly been outstanding out of the bullpen. And he's done the...
BROTHER OF ROYALS ACE BATTLING INJURIES AFTER BEING CUT BY YANKS
Last year the Yankees drafted Zack Greinke's brother out of Auburn. His name is Luke Greinke. He's a right-hander who pitched for Staten Island in A-ball last season. But Luke's...
GIVE THESE GUYS A SECOND SHOT IN SECOND HALF
THERE'S one thing in fantasy baseball that is as bad as having an ace pitcher with an injured shoulder or a slugger who will not slug: a good short-term memory....
MIRACLE MET TAYLOR NOW BLUE JAYS' DOCTOR
LIFE does not stop when you stop pitching. Sometimes, it is just beginning. There is no better example of that than Miracle Met Ron Taylor. The right-hander began his professional...
CARANO, CYBROG GEARED TO SHOW OFF GIRL POWER
GINA Carano keeps saying she fought with boys while growing up in Las Vegas. I'm sure that didn't last past puberty. If so, the boys she grew up with were...
52-YEAR-OLD NAVRATILOVA STILL SERVING UP SUCCESS
It's dead silent in the middle of New York City. The night's warm, with a slight breeze and even less humidity, while the sky unsuccessfully attempts to clear. Suddenly, ABBA's...
ED FOUNTAINE'S STAKES SPOT PLAYS
ROBERT G. DICK MEMORIAL Delaware Park, 9th race. Grade 3. Purse: $200,000. Mile-and-three-eighths, turf, fillies and mares. Post: 4:51 p.m.LOWDOWN: Winter View has won three straight on the lawn for...
LAWYER: ASMUSSEN WILL WIN SUSPENSION APPEAL
Steve Asmussen, the nation's leading trainer and conditioner of the super filly Rachel Alexandra, has been suspended six months and fined $1,500 by the Texas Racing Commission for a disputed...
U.S. STEWARDS NEVER QUESTION DUBIOUS JOCKEY TACTICS
ONE OF the puzzling omissions of American racing administration is the stewards' refusal to hold jockeys accountable for how they ride their horses. In the past, say, 10 years, I...
GOOGLE-EYED CITY OF ANGELS
LOS ANGELES -- Security and privacy concerns have been raised over a multimillion-dollar proposal by the LA government to tap Google Inc.'s services for government e-mail, police records and other...
A CHAIN OF 'BAR' BUCKS
Starbucks is trying to brew up new business by offering bottled beer and glasses of wine at one of its Seattle stores next week -- with a view toward expanding...
SUICIDE FEARS FOR MISCHA BARTON
She went from "The O.C." to an OD. Mischa Barton was so high on coke following a marathon three-day bender that friends called cops afraid she would kill herself, sources...
MOM-SLAY GOON BUST
With guns drawn and shouting, "Don't move! Get your hands up!" detectives busted a beefy Staten Island elevator operator last night suspected in the savage slaying of a Manhattan cleaning...
TALKS WITH LEE ENTER FINAL STAGES
Knicks team president Donnie Walsh predicted negotiations with David Lee will come to a head early next week, and indications were Lee will either sign an offer sheet with the...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Sawx smoke Jays In Toronto, Kevin Youkilis hit a two-run homer and Clay Buchholz pitched 5 2/3 innings as the Red Sox beat the Blue Jays 4-1. . ....
HONDO'S TEX. MESSAGE
Skipper Fredi Gonzalez's fingerprints were all over the Marlins' loss last night, as he pitched to Chase Utley with first base open in the 12th, but then inten tionally walked...
FATAL F-15 CRASH
An American F-15E fighter jet crashed in Afghanistan early this morning, killing two crew members. A second fighter aircraft traveling with the jet that went down saw no evidence of...
BERNIE PAL IN PLEA PLAY
Not so fast! Federal prosecutors yesterday got 60 more days to cut a deal with Bernard Madoff's longtime accountant after he denied helping cover up the mega-fraudster's $65 billion Ponzi...
PREGNANT MOM SLAIN
A pregnant 26-year-old mom was found stabbed to death inside her Brooklyn apartment early yesterday, police sources said. Cops responded to a call of a woman stabbed inside the 58th...
HARRIED POTTER
What's the spell for casting off drunken frat boys? Every time a new Harry Potter flick comes out, an upstate mailman with the same name has to fight off the...
BYE-BYE, TRASH - HELLO, SPLASH!
Dump right in! There's more trash in the Atlantic Ocean than in the three Dumpsters that a city group has converted into swimming pools in Brooklyn for the summer. Bleached,...
COFFEE MORON'S JAILHOUSE SHINER
A "Fight Club"-obsessed teen got a real-life, fist-to-eye screening of his favorite flick while in the slammer. Kyle Shaw -- charged with setting off an explosive outside an Upper East...
WALTER SOARED INTO HIS OWN STRATOSPHERE
THE news of Walter Cronkite's death broke just as I'd fin ished watching "Moonshot," a History Channel movie airing Monday about the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing....
INMATES: WE WUZ ROBBED
City inmates were the victims of an inside scam that siphoned more than $16,000 from their prison spending accounts, authorities said yesterday. Sonia Figueroa, 47, a veteran correction officer, and...
A'JAD FOES LAUNCH ISLAMIC POWER PRAY
TEHRAN, Iran -- Tens of thousands of government opponents packed Iran's main Islamic prayer service yesterday, chanting, "Freedom! Freedom!" and other slogans as their top clerical backer, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani,...
'PEACEFUL' END WITH FAMILY
The final chapter in Walter Cronkite's historic life came to a serene end at his East Side home last night, loved ones said. "He had a very exciting life and...
PAPAL 'WING' AND A PRAYER
AOSTA, Italy -- Pope Benedict XVI emerged smiling from the hospital yesterday after undergoing surgery for a broken wrist he suffered in a fall at his Alpine vacation chalet. Doctors...
MOTOR CITY'S JACKO TRIBUTE
DETROIT -- Two vaults filled with stuffed animals, photos and other items that were left outside Detroit's Motown Historical Museum in memory of Michael Jackson were buried yesterday. "Detroit was...
MADONNA CREW-DEATH PROBE
MARSEILLE, France -- Prosecutors opened a manslaughter probe in the collapse of a stage for a concert by Madonna that killed two, an official said yesterday. Eight others were injured...
ARMY INVADES FINGER LAKES
ROMULUS, NY -- The Army is returning to the Seneca Army Depot. Officials have signed a two-year agreement with Seneca County officials to hold up to 20 training operations at...
AMATEUR HOUR ON LIRR
An LIRR engineer who allegedly let a passenger friend take the controls of a Penn Station-bound train has been suspended and may face criminal charges, prosecutors said yesterday. Nassau County...
CASHING IN ON INMATES
Two city Correction Department cashiers have been charged with stealing thousands of dollars from inmates' commissary accounts, investigators said yesterday. The unidentified women, one 47 years old, the other 23,...
SOTOMAYOR WINS GOPER BACKING
WASHINGTON -- Sonia Sotomayor won her first public pledges of support from Senate Republicans and gained one prominent GOP opponent after a smooth performance at her confirmation hearings placed her...
. . . AND THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS
Walter Cronkite, the legendary CBS news anchor who became known as "the most trusted man in America" while reporting on some of the darkest and most joyous events of the...
'MODEL' PRISONER IS SCARED
The Hugo Boss model charged in a string of robberies may have strutted into a Queens station house, but was soon blubbering like a baby that he was afraid of...
CHILLING VIDEO OF INDO BOMB FIEND
A security camera captured the chilling image of a suicide bomber toting a suitcase at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Jakarta just before a devastating terrorist blast there rocked the Indonesia...
NEWSMAN-SLAY 'SATAN'
A self-described Satanist charged with killing radio newsman George Weber in a sex tryst gone bad strolled into court yesterday with "Prince of Darkness" scrawled on his shoes. John Katehis,...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Queens If the DNA fits . . . Evidence left behind in a glove during a break-in at a Chinese restaurant in Jamaica helped cops link an ex-con to the...
DNA A PAIN IN ASH FOR 'CIGARS'
It's never a good day when someone wants your DNA. Reputed Genovese capo Michael "Mikey Cigars" Coppola wrote in his date book that Aug. 8, 1996 -- the day the...
DR. O RUSHES TO STOP HEALTH-PLAN BLEEDING
WASHINGTON -- President Obama gave a hastily scheduled speech yesterday in a bid to reclaim control over his signature health-care reform pledge -- amid a growing swell of criticism about...
SLUSH-BUSTERS EYE A DOZEN MORE POLS
Authorities are poring over the spending of about a dozen city and state legislators to see if they followed the same shady path of former City Councilman Miguel Martinez, who...
CASH COUNTESS
HARTFORD, Conn. -- In the end, it took only an extra $8 million to make her go away. The marriage between Swedish countess Marie Douglas-David and United Technologies chairman George...
FATHER GOT 'SET UP' FOR TRYST SLAY
A married Christian motivational speaker slain in Harlem this week went to a housing project to meet up with a girlfriend who turned on him and had him robbed and...
DAVE PAL GUILTY
A top Senate Democratic staffer who got a pay raise during the messy Albany standoff pleaded guilty yesterday to charges stemming from accusations that she forged an underling's signature so...
FORMER OPEN CHAMP ON THE MARK AT TURNBERRY
TURNBERRY, Scotland -- Lost in the excitement of 59-year-old Tom Watson leading the British Open at 5-under is 49-year-old Mark Calcavecchia one shot off the lead at 4-under. SECOND-ROUND LEADERBOARDDAY...
MITRE WILL GET CALL VS. O'S
Sergio Mitre can start packing his bags for The Bronx. With the Yankees in need of a fifth starter to pitch Tuesday against the Orioles, manager Joe Girardi yesterday said...
SAYS NO PLACE FOR JUICERS IN HALL
Jim Rice doesn't think any steroid-stained stars should be elected to the Hall of Fame, no matter what they accomplished in their careers before performance-enhancing drug allegations came to light....
WAGNER STOKES RELIEVER'S FIRE
ATLANTA -- Brian Stokes doesn't like Billy Wagner giving a name -- specifically, Stokes' name -- to a nothing role in the Mets' bullpen. "He's nobody to me," an angry...
MISERABLE METS REACH NEW LOW
ATLANTA -- Just plain hideous. The Mets' long-running transformation from bad team to official laughingstock became complete here last night, courtesy of an 11-0 thrashing by the Braves at Turner...
JERRY'S JOKE KNOCKS DOCS
ATLANTA -- Manager Jerry Manuel figures to get an earful from his bosses -- if he hasn't already -- after an ill-advised joke last night following the Mets' 11-0 loss...
TEIXEIRA'S SHOT WINS IT AT SOGGY STADIUM
If Neil Armstrong and Co. could return to the moon 40 years after the fact, they might find the ball Mark Teixeira hit last night. This latest lunar landing came...
BOMBERS BLAST INTO SECOND HALF
AS MARK Teixeira's moon shot sailed high into the evening mist, finally settling in the mezzanine seats above the right-field wall, those in the crowd of 46,197 who had scurried...
YOUNGSTER PHILS UP SCORECARD WITH SIX K'S, ONE W
Phil Hughes allowed more hits last night than in his past nine outings combined, but he also struck out more batters than in his past seven outings combined. BOX SCOREHALLADAY...
DEPLETED U.S. EYES 3RD STRAIGHT CUP
PHILADELPHIA -- Between the United States' shocking run to the Confederations Cup final and the feud between David Beckham and Landon Donovan, soccer has seized the limelight. SOCCER BLOG If...
WRISTY BUSINESS: LANCE LOSES KEY TEAMMATE
COLMAR, France -- Lance Armstrong stayed in third place after a wet and chilly ride yesterday and lost a crucial ally for the rest of the Tour de France when...
CHRISTON SHOOTS TO STAR-DOM
The closest thing the Liberty have to a superstar is a 6-foot-1 forward who has unmitigated confidence in her 4-7 team. Shameka Christon's play over the first 10 games of...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
He won't fry for his crime, but this dumb jerk's got egg on his face. A Willow Street, Pa., teen had the bright idea to toss eggs at a police...
THE CLOWNS SKIP TOWN
Call the cops: New York's state sena tors have fled town. Seriously. As a furious Mayor Bloomberg fumed yesterday, state troopers need to "drag them back" to Albany -- and...
A RUSH TO DISASTER
President Obama yesterday ordered Congress to move full speed ahead on health care -- ignoring both growing resistance within his own party and a warning from Capitol Hill's top budget...
DEBATABLE LESSONS FROM 'MCNAMARA'S WAR'
Thanks for a great article ("The Wrong Lessons of a Botched War," Adam Brodsky, PostOpinion, July 10). Even though weapons of mass destruction were not ultimately found in Iraq, there...
WHAT'S UP?
TODAY BALLROOM BLITZ: Can summer really be half gone? Must be, because Lincoln Center's Midsummer Night Swing is having its Kids Day -- this time with Rodney Lopez, star of...
OTHER STAGES FOR ALL AGES
'CLICK, Clack, Moo" isn't the only ticket in town this summer. Here are a few other family-friendly shows: * "Life on a Desert Island" gives the Robinson Crusoe story an...
HOLY COW!
WHEN Theatreworks USA decided its big show this summer would be about typewriting cows, one director's name kept coming up: John Rando. That's right, Rando -- the man behind "Urinetown"...
MOVE OVER, MATCH.COM!
IF you're sick of being single, forget about joining a dating site or hiring a matchmaker. Instead, maybe it's time to try out a new dating service -- your friends....
NAVY SHIP SHOWS TRADE CENTER METTLE
TONS of steel from the World Trade Center were melted down to construct the bow of the new USS New York. But for her silver, the ship is relying on...
PAUL PLAYS 'LET IT BE' LIKE '65
It was déja vu all over again last night when Paul McCartney put in a Hard Day's Night baptizing Citi Field as a concert venue with two hours of fiery...
FLICK TOCK
IT'S easy to be amused, even frightened, on a Saturday night in the city -- just show up at a random nightclub and watch the booze-soaked chaos unfold. Luckily, several...
SAME OLD STORY
Kamilla is a Goth who looks . . . more like a Lancome ad. IN a radical departure for Hallmark Channel, their newest original movie, "Mending Fences," is not about...
'TOONED OUT
'FUTURAMA" could sound different when it returns to Comedy Central next year. Producer 20th TV is auditioning new actors after failing to reach an agreement with the original voice cast,...
JORJA'S 'CSI' RETURN
SARA Sidle is sidling back to "CSI" this fall. CBS announced that Jorja Fox, who left her full-time gig on the hit drama two years ago, will return as a...
ISSA BLASTS AIG'S HANK FIGHT
Lawmakers are taking on an entirely new role when it comes to fallen insurer American International Group -- angry shareholder. In a complaint letter more fitting for the boardroom realm...
FAILED 'PEACE' DEAL
IRAN moved a step closer to prolonged civil strife yester day when the government rejected a compromise offered by a key figure of the regime to settle the dispute over...
SLUMPING NBC PULLS AD SLOTS
Facing sluggish television sales, ratings-challenged NBC plans to sell fewer spots ahead of the new fall season in hopes that the abysmal ad market turns around later in the year....
GOV'T CARE COSTS MORE
THE testimony by Congressional Budget Office chief Douglas Elmendorf that the health-care legislation in Congress "significantly expands" costs shocked Capitol Hill. Yet the evidence shows that government-run care has always...
GOLDMAN SACHS, BLOGGER IN TRUCE
A Florida blogger who got under the skin of the bosses at Goldman Sachs can continue to rail against the Wall Street giant under an agreement that ends their David...
CITI, BOFA POST GAINS
Citigroup and Bank of America, two of the nation's largest banks, surprised Wall Street with second-quarter profit reports yesterday, but the news wasn't all good. Citigroup posted earnings of $4.28...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Big jump The S&P 500 closed at 940.38 for its biggest weekly advance since the week ended March 13. The Dow Jones industrial aver age jumped 32.12 points to 8,743.94...
SONIA'S LIFE IN IDENTITY POLITICS
THIS week, I testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. Here's what I said: I testify not as a wise...
THE PERILS OF POST-9/11 PROBES
WITH new reports trickling out about abusive CIA in terrogators and secret counter-al Qaeda programs withheld from Congress, there is new momentum to probe the Bush administration's post-9/11 response, particularly...
PROFIT FALL AT GE SPARKS SPLIT TALK
With General Electric's latest profits plunging by nearly half and gloom still ahead, chief Jeff Immelt could go down as the man who had to break up the once-mighty conglomerate....
VERIZON TO SHARE PHONES WITH RIVALS
Verizon Wireless said it will release smart phones to small wireless carriers sooner after lawmakers said keeping the devices from rivals may harm competition. The new deals with handset makers...
AMAZON'S ORWELLIAN KINDLE RECALL IGNITES FUROR
Big Brother is watching -- and evidently erasing -- your Kindle. In a move full of cryptic irony, users of Amazon.com's popular e-book reader Kindle discovered yesterday that Amazon tapped...
CUBAN WINS CIGAR
After playing hardball with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban won a legal battle to dismiss an insider-trading case against him. The SEC sued the billionaire...
POWER LUNCH PAYS: PABRAI
The $650,100 that hedge-fund manager Mohnish Pabrai and a partner paid to have lunch with Warren Buffett seems to be paying off. Following jaw-dropping losses of as much as 60...
Wilpons can't afford MLS team
From BRIAN LEWISFor years, the Wilpon family was consistently linked with Major League Socc, the Met owners repeatedly rumored to be interested in putting a soccer team in Queens. Then...
NEWS LEGEND WALTER CRONKITE DEAD AT 92
Walter Cronkite, the legendary CBS news anchor who became known as "the most trusted man in America" while reporting on some of the darkest and most joyous events of the...
MLS commish Don Garber talks expansion, says Wilpons, New York out...for now
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!For years, the Wilpon family was consistently linked with MLS, the Met owners repeatedly rumored to be interested in putting a soccer team in...
Knicks stink again
Starting in Las Vegas summer league, you can follow me with updates on Twitter.By MARC BERMANContinuing an eight-year pattern, the Knicks have a legit shot at going 0-for-Summer League.With their...