July 20, 2009
Gallo on being Knicks core: I want pressure. Great players need that
By BRIAN LEWISIf Knick fans think LeBron James _ or even Dwyane Wade or Chris Bosh _ is the savior of their franchise, Mike D'Antoni has charged Danilo Gallinari and...
Hal: We 'absolutely' can win title
By RONALD BLUM, APHal Steinbrenner was direct and to the point, much as his famous father always was."I think we've got a championship-caliber team," he said. "I absolutely believe that...
Torn muscle for Nieve
WASHINGTON -- The official result from Fernando Nieve's MRI exam today was not good: Nieve suffered a torn muscle in his right thigh and will miss at least six weeks.
Train service to debut for Gold Cup final
A new rail link taking passengers from Secaucus Junction to Giants Stadium will open this Sunday. And while it'll make things a lot easier for Giants and Jets fans to...
Wang has setback playing catch
By RONALD BLUM, APChien-Ming Wang had a setback in his recovery from a strained right shoulder, making it unlikely he will return to the Yankees anytime soon.Wang's biceps felt tender...
TOMBSTONES USED TO PROP-UP GOLF COURSE WERE DONATED
The partially engraved Jewish tombstones used to shore up a Long Island golf course were donated by two former members roughly 50 years ago, according to the facility's president. The...
Manuel: 'I never got that call'
(UPDATED: 6:55 P.M.) WASHINGTON -- Jerry Manuel today denied his part in an SI.com story that said he had met with Mets chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon recently and been...
WILPON ASSURES JOBS OF MINAYA, MANUEL
By JOEL SHERMANIn the midst of being swept in a three-game series against their cross-town rival at Citi Field, Jeff Wilpon met with both Omar Minaya and Jerry Manuel to...
Nieve DL'd, Sullivan promoted
WASHINGTON -- As expected, the Mets put pitcher Fernando Nieve on the disabled list today and promoted outfielder Cory Sullivan from Triple-A Buffalo to take his spot on the roster.The...
JETS, GIANTS HAVE NO INTEREST IN VICK
The owners of the Jets and Giants have no interest in signing Michael Vick now that the disgraced quarterback has finished his federal dogfighting sentence. Giants owner John Mara and...
Giants could leave Albany
APGiants chief executive John Mara said today the franchise has not made a decision on whether to continue holding its training camp in Albany after this season. "We have the...
RBNY notes: Ernst Obster gets P-1, Goldie & Johnson close, no official Paunovic offer, Jeremy Hall to the left?
Follow the Post's Red Bull coverage on Twitter!Some notes from out in Red Bull camp today:Austrian winger Ernst Obster got his P-1 visa issued already, while defenders Carlos Johnson and...
POLICE: JEFFREY DONOVAN ARRESTED, SUSPECTED OF DUI
MIAMI BEACH -- Miami Beach police say they arrested "Burn Notice" star Jeffrey Donovan on suspicion of drunken driving. The arrest report says an officer pulled Donovan over on July...
AND THEN THERE WERE EIGHT: CROWD OF CANDIDATES FILES FOR 45TH C.D.
They just keep on coming. As of midnight on July 16th, a whopping eight candidates had filed petitions to run in the Democratic primary in the 45th Councilmanic District, including...
THREE COUNCIL CANDIDATES CHALLENGED
The challenges are already pouring in. Since filing their petitions on Friday, July 20, three City Council candidates are facing challenges to them, raised by their rivals who have been...
SEX ED MAY STOP BROOKLYN DREAMS CHARTER SCHOOL
The Brooklyn Dreams Charter School is eyeing a parochial school building "" but the Diocese of Brooklyn's refusal to allow sex education instruction in its facilities may quash the deal....
HAIR'S TO YOU: CONEY ISLAND GIRL DONATES LOCKS TO LESS FORTUNATE PEERS
When you're tangling with a 21-inch pony tail all day, every day, your hair can become a burden. Yet Coney Island teen Mariela Villatoro knows that one's burden can become...
DIAMONDSTONE CHALLENGES CHALLENGERS
On the eve of the petition filing deadline, 33rd District City Council candidate Ken Diamondstone has challenged his fellow opponents to refrain from challenging each other's petitions to get on...
LIVERY CAB CRASHES INTO WASHINGTON HEIGHTS FLORIST SHOP
A livery cab was struck by a van in Washington Heights this afternoon and sent careening into a florist shop, narrowly missing a female pedestrian in its path, witnesses and...
Pedro says he's ready to pitch
The Philadelphia Daily News says Pedro Martinez likely will start a minor-league game on Sunday as he prepares to join the Phillies.That game would be against the Mets -- of...
REP. CAROLYN MALONEY APOLOGIZES FOR USING 'N WORD'
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Carolyn Maloney issued a statement yesterday apologizing for using the "N word" when she was telling a story attacking Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. "I apologize for having repeated...
CHRIS BROWN APOLOGIZES ON YOUTUBE FOR RIHANNA 'BEATDOWN'
A remorseful Chris Brown apologized today for beating up former gal pal Rihanna earlier this year, regretfully saying that his mother -- herself a victim of domestic violence -- "taught...
SUSAN BOYLE ON 'TODAY SHOW': FAME WAS LIKE A 'DEMOLITION BALL'
Internet phenom Susan Boyle says her sudden fame was "a lot like a giant demolition ball." "Anyone who has has that kind of impact...finds it really hard to get a...
All-time Cruel
I wonder when Tom Watson will get around to congratulating himself on his near miracle? Hopefully, sometime before his last breath, but who would blame him from taking it to...
Giants, Jets have no interest in Vick
By TOM CANAVAN, APThe owners of the Jets and Giants have no interest in signing Michael Vick now that the disgraced quarterback has finished his federal dogfighting sentence. Giants owner...
COTTO, PACQUIAO TO FIGHT IN NOVEMBER
Miguel Cotto is next on Manny Pacquiao's hit list for what's likely to be the biggest fight of the fall. Pacquiao and Cotto will meet Nov. 14 at the MGM...
CBS WILL STILL USE CRONKITE'S VOICE
NEW YORK -- CBS says the voice of Walter Cronkite will continue to be heard announcing the "CBS Evening News with Katie Couric." Cronkite recorded the introduction to the newscast...
GOOGLE TAKES OUTERSPACE
Google Inc. is offering a more wide-ranging view of the Moon, 40 years after humans first landed there. To commemorate Monday's anniversary of the Apollo 11 crew's first steps on...
HILLWOOD CENTER PARTNERS SUES CUBAN
DALLAS -- A lawsuit accuses Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban of wrongfully diverting millions of dollars from the NBA franchise's home arena to make up for shortfalls incurred by the...
REPORT: TARP COULD COST $23.7 TRILLION
The total price tag for federal support stemming from the financial crisis could reach $23.7 trillion in the long run, the government's top bailout watchdog says in a new report...
ROBERT GATES ANNOUNCES ARMY TO INCREASE BY 22,000
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Monday that the size of the Army is being increased temporarily by 22,000 soldiers to help meet the needs of the wars...
SHAQ TO STAR IN TV SPORTS REALITY SERIES
CLEVELAND -- Shaquille O'Neal would deluge Michael Phelps in a cannonball competition. What about a race across the pool? We'll see. The NBA superstar will star in "Shaq Vs.," a...
REPORT: FEWER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD
Here's good news for people looking to hit the road for a summer vacation - there's fewer drivers jamming up the city's bridges. For the 19th month in a row,...
QUIZ ANSWER
On June 28 last year, Arizona's Brandon Webb won his 12th game.Webb is an example of how fragile pitching is. From 2005-08, he won more games than anyone in the...
Game 92: Mets at Nationals
WASHINGTON -- Livan Hernandez is looking to bounce back from consecutive horrendous outings here tonight when he takes the mound against his former team at Nationals Park in the opener...
ROOKIE COP ACCUSED OF RAPE: I SLEPT WITH WRONG GIRL
A former rookie cop accused of raping a sleeping woman in an East Side hotel said he thought he was having sex with a different woman, a friend of the...
OBAMA CHALLENGES GOP CRITICS ON HEALTH CARE
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama pushed back hard against Republican critics of his health care overhaul plan Monday, vowing to fight "the politics of the moment" and press for passage...
Gillick keeps eye on Halladay
Pat Gillick, a former general manager of both the Blue Jays and Phillies, was in Toronto on Sunday to watch Roy Hallday pitch, according to the Toronto Sun.Gillick, now the...
BROOKE ASTOR WANTED TO DIE AFTER SON TOOK HER MONEY: PROSECUTORS
"I want to die!" prosecutors say poor Brooke Astor wailed to her nurse, after her son allegedly tricked her into signing over her fortune. "They took everything away from me!"...
REPUTED MOBSTER 'MIKEY CIGARS' WENT ON LAM TO AVOID JUSTICE: US ATTORNEY
Reputed Genovese capo Michael "Mikey Cigars" Coppola packed up his wife and spent nearly 11 years as a fugitive to avoid what is happening to him today -- his fate...
ERIN ANDREWS NUDE VIDEO FOR SALE TO HIGHEST BIDDER: REPORT
The people behind the video that shows Erin Andrews walking naked around a hotel room reportedly now are trying to sell it to the highest bidder. The attractive ESPN sideline...
NY WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY BUSINESS TO PAY OUT $250G
MINEOLA, N.Y. -- A defunct New York wedding photography and video business will pay $250,000 in restitution to more than 500 customers who were left hanging when the company went...
Rutgers joins Yankee Stadium mix
Post Staff ReportRutgers will play Army in 2011 in the second football game at the new Yankee Stadium, The Post has learned. The two schools will meet a second time...
BEASTIE BOY HAS 'VERY TREATABLE' CANCER
NEW YORK -- Beastie Boy Adam Yauch has what is described as a "very treatable" cancerous tumor in his salivary gland. An announcement came Monday from the group, which is...
BEASTIE BOY ADAM YAUCH HAS CANCER
NEW YORK -- Beastie Boy Adam Yauch (yawk) has what is described as a "very treatable" cancerous tumor in his salivary gland. An announcement came Monday from the group, which...
NATO: 4 US TROOPS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN-- NATO says four more American troops have been killed in Afghanistan. A NATO statement says the four died Monday when a roadside bomb exploded in eastern Afghanistan. The...
Expect Yankees-Red Sox race till end
Expect the Yankees-Red Sox race in the AL East to go to the final day of the season.AccuScore.com projections show the Yankees finishing one game behind the Red Sox when...
BRONX MAN KILLED AFTER COMING TO AIDE OF HIS BROTHER
A 50-year-old Bronx man was tragically shot to death while trying to protect his brother from a mugger who had followed him home, cops said today. The bloody incident occurred...
RBNY offers Veljko Paunovic a contract
Follow the Post's Red Bull coverage on Twitter!The goal-starved Red Bulls have offered a contract to trialist Veljko Paunovic. Now they can only sit and wait, and hope it's enough...
Nash to sign extension with Suns
By BOB BAUM, APPHOENIX -- Steve Nash and the Phoenix Suns have agreed on a two-year, $22 million contract extension, his agent said.Bill Duffy confirmed the agreement Monday in an...
US, SOUTH KOREA EYE NEW PLAN TO DISARM N.KOREA
SEOUL, South Korea -- The U.S. and South Korea are hatching a "comprehensive" strategy for persuading North Korea to dismantle its nuclear weapons program, breaking from the step-by-step process that...
20 DEAD IN NORTHWEST PAKISTAN CLASH
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Clashes between security forces and militants have left 20 people dead in northwest Pakistan over the past 24 hours, officials said Monday, in the latest violence in...
CLINTON, INDIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER ANNOUNCE TRADE AGREEMENT
NEW DELHI, INDIA -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna are announcing agreements to expand American access to key Indian markets. Clinton said...
Coverage in The Post
WASHINGTON -- Fernando Nieve is getting an MRI exam in New York today after the Braves added the insult of a 7-1 thrashing of the Mets to his leg injury...
FRAUD SUSPECT HEADING BACK TO US TO FACE TRIAL
A U.S. judge delayed the trial of two former Credit Suisse Group AG employees on securities fraud charges to await the return on Monday of one of the defendants who...
FORMER NYC MAYOR ED KOCH UNDERGOES GALLBLADDER SURGERY
NEW YORK -- Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch has undergone gallbladder surgery. Spokesman George Arzt says the surgery to remove Koch's gallbladder was Monday morning. The procedure was...
POLL: VOTERS ANGRY AT SENATE STANDOFF DEBACLE
ALBANY - New York voters are seething over the recently resolved Senate stalemate and will remember the names of do-nothing senators at the polls, according to a new poll out...
BROOKLYN COFFEE SHOP GETS STATUE OF LIBERTY REPLACEMENT
The Brooklyn coffee shop that had its Statue of Liberty replica stolen -- and later beheaded in a shocking video -- now has a replacement. Manhattan restaurant One if by...
WOMAN KILLED IN HARLEM HIT-AND-RUN: REPORT
A woman was hit and knocked 10 to 15 feet in the air this morning by a SUV in Harlem. The SUV didn't stop and the victim later died. A...
LONG ISLAND WOMAN BITES FIRST RESPONDERS: REPORT
First responders on Long Island last night were bitten, kicked and punched by the woman they were trying to aid, authorities said. When two cops and an ambulance worker arrived...
RNC CHIEF: OBAMA'S HEALTH CARE PLAN IS 'SOCIALISM'
WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the Republican Party on Monday called President Barack Obama's plan to overhaul health care "socialism," accusing the president of conducting a risky experiment that will...
VIDEO CAPTURES DRAMATIC RESCUE FROM BURNING SUV
MILWAUKEE -- A mother and her two young children survived a fire that engulfed their SUV when they were pulled from the burning vehicle by off-duty firefighters and bystanders. The...
3 FASCINATING STARTERS ON MONDAY
The three most interesting starting pitchers Monday night:1. John Smoltz, Red Sox. It is an utterly fascinating matchup in Texas as Smoltz goes against former Braves teammate and current Rangers...
MAN STABBED TO DEATH ON LONG ISLAND
BRENTWOOD, N.Y. - Suffolk County cops called to Brentwood early this morning found a man in the road who was stabbed to death. Cops were called by neighbors who heard...
MUMBAI ATTACK SUSPECT PLEADS GUILTY IN SURPRISE TWIST
MUMBAI, India -- The lone surviving gunman in the Mumbai attacks pleaded guilty Monday and gave a detailed account of the plot and his role in the rampage that left...
MICHAEL VICK COMPLETES SENTENCE FOR DOGFIGHTING
HAMPTON, Va. -- Suspended NFL star Michael Vick's federal dogfighting sentence ended Monday, freeing him to lobby for a return to the field. GIANTS, JETS HAVE NO INTEREST Vick's attorney...
POLICE FIND BODY IN QUEENS
Cops in Jamaica this morning found a man's dead body. The officers were on patrol when they came upon the body, which had puncture marks in his torso and neck....
QUIZ
Did anybody have Colorado's Jason Marquis in the office pool for the first in MLB to 12 wins? Quiz: Who was first in MLB last year to 12 (answer in...
3 UP: THOUGHTS ON YANKEE FARM AND RIVERA
Yes, I am on Twitter.1. I wrote my Sunday Hardball column on the Yankees' desire to try to be more self-sufficient through their farm system and avoid having to spend...
The Daily Whacks, Monday Edition
You can count me among the tweetin' Twitterers (or is that the Twitterin' tweeters?) now: http://twitter.com/MikeVacc*******This isn't necessarily what any athlete wants to be remembered for, and it certainly isn't...
AUSSIES HERE FOR SAIL OF THE CENTURY
It took 101 years, but one good deed Down Under finally rated another. The Australian frigates HMAS Sydney and HMAS Ballarat sailed into New York yesterday for a four-day stay...
JOBA CHAMBERLAIN DELIVERS LENGTH AT LAST
Joba Chamberlain lives. Not Joba the Mutt, but Joba the potentially magnificent -- the guy who cranks his fastball into the mid-90s and puts a little extra boogie into his...
Beckham booed in his Galaxy return
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!Loud boos. Angry banners. Even a pitch invader arrested. Things got kinda ugly when David Beckham made his much-hyped return to L.A. last night,...
LANCE CEDES TOUR AS RIVAL DONS TOP JERSEY
VERBIER, Switzerland -- Lance Armstrong all but conceded the Tour de France yesterday to his teammate and rival Alberto Contador after the Spaniard blew away the pack and seized the...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Childress: Favre's throws 'looked fine' Vikings coach Brad Childress says he has watched video of quarterback Brett Favre throwing a football and his motion "looked fine" to him. "I...
GO TO GREG
Q MY employer is dealing with a severe reduction in business. As a result, I didn't get a bonus last year, and it looks like I won't this year, either....
PEST CONTROL
The best jobs might be better and the worst jobs might not be so bad if boorish bosses and catty co-workers didn't ratchet up the difficulty of getting through the...
WHAT'S UP WITH THAT JOB?
What do mediators do all day? Also known as arbitrators or conciliators, mediators help settle conflicts outside of the courtroom, in a process known as alternative dispute resolution (ADR). There...
ROMPER BLOOM
Just in time for a good old-fashioned summertime romp, one-piece dressing is back in a big way. Enter the romper -- the baby sister to fall's jumpsuit trend -- a...
FRYIN' ON A WING & A PRAYER
A Long Island KFC devotee who ditched his Wall Street job in a quest to unravel the food court's best-kept secret believes he's finally figured out Colonel Sanders' 11 herbs...
HELI HELL FOR BROOKLYNITES
There's a nonstop buzz over Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO -- an around-the-clock air assault by noisy helicopters flying over the East River, angry residents say. While helicopter traffic has previously...
DUNKIN' COP IS A MUNCHKIN MOOCH
Time to take the doughnuts. A Queens cop has been helping himself to doughnuts and coffee at a Rockaways Dunkin' Donuts -- even jumping behind the counter to make himself...
YANK JUICE PRESS
When Long Island man Steve Lore trademarked the phrase "the house that juice built" to express his disgust over steroid use in baseball, the Yankees' legal team came out swinging....
MONTHS-LONG JACKO INQUIRY
LA cops have told Michael Jackson's kin the inquiry into his death will last months, a family friend said yesterday. But the News of the World newspaper in London yesterday...
NETANYAHU NIXES US
JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu -- saying he would not take orders on Jewish settlements -- yesterday rejected a US demand to stop building homes in a disputed...
JAILED HUNK IN DENIAL
He's a stunner even in prison gray -- unblemished skin, perfect hair and a body that makes a jailhouse jumpsuit look stylish. But then high-fashion Hugo Boss catwalker Joshua Walter,...
KATE'S NY DISTRESS TEST
A stressed-out Kate Gosselin -- her marriage and her family falling apart around her -- shields one of her distraught eight from onlookers after a photo shoot in Manhattan yesterday....
HOSTAGE-VID GI'S FAMILY: PLEASE SEND HIM HOME
The family of an Idaho soldier being held by the Taliban yesterday begged for his safe release. "We hope and pray for our son's safe return to his comrades and...
QNS. BOY, 4, DIES IN FIRE
A 4-year-old Queens boy died yesterday in a blaze at his home -- but his younger sister was saved by their grandmother. Little Mekhi Fingal, his 3-month-old sister, their mom...
POOL-PARTY TOT DROWNS
A 3-year-old boy drowned in the backyard pool of his Staten Island home last night, cops said. Ryan Pisapia was at a pool party with other kids at the house...
SEVENTH-INNING STRETCH MARKS
It's not the usual pre-game warm-up. The Brooklyn Cyclones offered a Lamaze class in centerfield before yesterday's game. It's one of the activities for "Bellies and Baseball: A Salute to...
GROWING PAINS
THIS was supposed to be the season of "Entourage" where A-list Hollywood ingénue Vincent Chase (played by Adrian Grenier) and his ever-present posse grew up. This was the year that...
MILEY SQUEEZES SPONGE
HANNAH Montana vs. Sponge- Bob SquarePants turned out to be a walkover for the teen idol. Disney Channel combined three of its hit shows -- "Wizards of Waverly Place," "The...
MORE 'IDOL' $$$$ DRAMA
IS Paula Abdul serious? Over the weekend, the sometimes unpredictable "American Idol" judge's manager said that it was becoming increasingly unlikely that she would return to the show. "Very sadly,...
WATCH YOUR STEP
THE timing of History Chan nel's "Moonshot" func tions on two levels -- only one of which squarely hits its mark. As a celebration of Apollo 11's historic moon landing,...
STARR REPORT
The road to 'Oz' Tickets for "The Dr. Oz Show" (Mehmet Oz) are available beginning 9 a.m. today (212-664-3056; call Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.). "Dr. Oz" starts taping at...
STRUGGLING WITH SUBURBAN LEGENDS
THE next time you're driving past Levittown, LI, you may want to speed up a little: Within those bland, cookie-cutter houses may lurk a hotbed of seething family dysfunction. It's...
TIGER NOT ONLY STORY GOLF HAS TO OFFER
WE'D never seen that before. As Tom Watson, nearly 60 and leading the British Open with three rounds nearly done, walked up 18, the ovation began. And on ABC, in...
SHEFFIELD'S INJURY MORE THAN CRAMP
ATLANTA -- Here we go again. Despite suffering from what the Mets initially described as a cramp in his right hamstring, Gary Sheffield wasn't in the starting lineup here last...
KNICKS GO 0-FOR-VEGAS
This hasn't been a July to remember for the Knicks. The Knicks got spurned in free-agency by Jason Kidd and Grant Hill despite offering the latter more money. KNICKS BLOGBERMAN...
WATSON BOGEYS 18 TO MISS SHOT AT HISTORY
TURNBERRY, Scotland -- A treasured piece of sports history sat tantalizingly before us yesterday, like a golf ball at the edge of the cup for a hole in one, peering...
NO APOLOGY NECESSARY FOR CHAMPION'S FIRST MAJOR WIN
TURNBERRY, Scotland -- Sure, Stewart Cink crashed the party yesterday. Sure, he marched in, eyed the prom king's date and stole his girl. Sure, he altered a piece of history...
DOC GOES 9 TO STOP BOSOX
Roy Halladay pitched a six-hitter and Rod Barajas drove in three runs, leading the Blue Jays past the Red Sox 3-1 yesterday in Toronto. Halladay struck out six and walked...
SNOWMAN ON THE FIFTH HOLE DERAILS FISHER
TURNBERRY, Scotland -- Ross Fisher, who is looking forward to becoming a father for the first time, will not be able to bring the Claret Jug home to his soon-to-be...
ZIMMER: INVITATION MEANT A LOT
Returning for his first Old-Timers' Day with the Yankees yesterday, Don Zimmer wasn't completely sure who invited him. Being back, though, meant a lot to the former bench coach. TONIGHT'S...
HONDO BIG ON GIANTS
Hondo, locked in the throes of the debtor's death spiral, plunged deeper and deeper into the abyss yesterday, losing with the Brewers and Tigers to put the negative number at...
MORE MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT FOR WESTWOOD
TURNBERRY, Scotland -- Lee Westwood had one hand on the Claret Jug. He was on the cusp of becoming the first Englishman to win the British Open since Nick Faldo...
YOUNG GUN, OLD FORM
GRANTED, if Pat Kelly was 10 years younger he should have made the play behind second on Ron Bloomberg's grounder. But in his first Old-Timers' Day game yesterday, Mike Mussina...
CHRISTON, LIBERTY LIVIN' THE DREAM
Shameka Christon has been the bright spot on the Liberty all season and yesterday she outplayed Atlanta's six-time all-star Chamique Holdsclaw. Christon, a guard/forward, scored a career-high 32 points, including...
GOOSE: HELP-PHIL ADVICE FOR HUGHES
The Phil Hughes fan club includes a certain Hall of Fame reliever. Though Hughes' conversation yesterday with Goose Gossage wasn't long, the Yankees' right-hander liked what he heard. TONIGHT'S PREVIEW:...
YANKEES' TEIXEIRA BACK ON THE MARK
After the Yankees' 2-1 win over the Tigers yesterday, Alex Rodriguez said how impressed he is with Mark Teixeira's everyday work. What, specifically? TONIGHT'S PREVIEW: Orioles at Yankees BOX SCOREPHOTOS:...
METS AGAIN SUFFER INSULT, INJURY
ATLANTA -- The Mets' capacity for medical misery does seem bottomless, doesn't it? Just when they thought it couldn't get any worse on the injury front, the Mets added starter...
BOOST FOR BLOOMY
The do-nothing state Senate's refusal to renew mayoral school control is having an unintended political consequence: It's boosting Mayor Bloomberg's re-election prospects, campaign insiders for Hizzoner said. Bloomberg is unveiling...
DEMS EYE $1.6M SO MIKE'S FOES CAN TRAIN PARENTS
Democrats in the state Senate want to shower enemies of mayoral school control with up to $1.6 million a year to operate a citywide parent-training center, The Post has learned....
MATCHMAKER, MATCHMAKER, GET ME A DIVORCE
AND you thought you had trouble committing. Thirty years after divorce became all the rage in America, the pastime is catching on like wildfire in the kid-rich, ultra-Orthodox Jewish community,...
GOV'S RAVITCH BID 'ILLEGAL'
FORMER Lt. Gov. Stan Lundine has a dramatic message for Gov. Paterson: You're breaking the law by trying to name Richard Ravitch your new lieutenant governor. Lundine, in his first...
EXAM SCORES TOSSED DUE TO SEATING SNAFU
Their Advanced Placement test grades are history -- and so is their carefree summer. An administrative error is forcing more than 300 students at Queens' Bayside HS to return to...
TOO BAD, TYKES
Getting into the city's most sought-after public pre-kindergarten programs is no small feat -- they accepted as few as 4 percent of their applicants this year. At PS 163 on...
'REFORM' WILL COST US MORE FOR LESS
HEALTH-care reform is turning into the ultimate bait and switch. Candidate Barack Obama promised Americans savings of $2,500, expanded coverage and no generalized tax increase in the form of an...
FIRE-ALARM FLAW RIPPED
The FDNY's system for inspecting and tracking fire alarms that are not up to code is broken, according to a city comptroller audit. The comptroller said the self-certification process was...
GATES TO SWING OVER TO ISRAEL
JERUSALEM -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates plans to go to Israel on July 27 for talks likely to focus on Iran's nuclear ambitions and US-Israeli strategic ties, officials said yesterday....
DAUGHTER 'STEPS' UP
PENSACOLA, Fla. -- The eldest child of a slain Florida couple that had adopted 12 special-needs kids says she's moving back home -- to finish raising her stepbrothers and -sisters....
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn Two men were shot to death in a parked car after an argument at a Crown Heights block party, police said yesterday. Vance Rock, 23, and Darrian Delk, 19,...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
GDP outlook Second-quarter US gross domestic product figures are likely to be better than the first quarter's 5.5 percent contraction, showing some signs of improve ments in the economy, the...
SWISS, US TO MEET ON UBS TAX CASE
The Swiss foreign minister is due to meet US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on July 31, just days before a deadline to reach a settlement in a damaging US...
A 'HARRY' $ITUATION
Harry Potter is working box-office alchemy, turning his latest movie adventure into an overnight blockbuster. The sixth installment, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," took in $79.5 million domestically over...
SWEET 16 HORROR IN THUG ATTACK
It was supposed to be a pretty cheerleader's dream Sweet 16 party. But the $50,000 celebration turned sour when thugs attending a wedding at the same Queens catering hall crashed...
AIRLINE SWOOPS IN ON SWINE FLU
LONDON -- British Airways' check-in staff is on the lookout for passengers showing symptoms of swine flu and may bar them from boarding, the airline said yesterday. The directive is...
SPOOKY FIND IN THE ROUGH
The manicured sprawl of a chic Long Island country club holds a morbid mystery. Hundreds of partially engraved Jewish tombstones shore up portions of the Woodmere Club golf course against...
SCHUMER TAKES AIM AT GUN BILL
WASHINGTON -- Out-of-staters visiting New York could be allowed to legally carry concealed firearms under a measure up for debate in the Senate today. New York Sen. Charles Schumer, a...
GOWANUS HAS FARM CHARM
She's living the country life in Brooklyn -- next to the toxic, rat-infested Gowanus Canal. Rose Unes, who grew up on a Minnesota farm, is raising chickens in the back...
RAPPER WANTS 'MOE' MONEY
How ya' like me now? Pioneering rapper Kool Moe Dee said radio stations that fill the airwaves with his edgy, urban classics used to like him just fine -- until...
NYC'S BAD AIR POLLUTES KIDS' BRAINS BEFORE BIRTH
Researchers have discovered a link between air-pollution exposure before birth and lower IQ scores in childhood. The finding came from a study of 249 children of New York City mothers...
CHUCK LEANS BILL'S WAY
Sen. Charles Schumer yesterday all but endorsed city Comptroller Bill Thompson to unseat Mayor Bloomberg. "I always endorse the Democrat. It will be up to the Comptroller's Office and my...
HEALTH RX BY AUGUST: TEAM BAM
WASHINGTON -- The White House yesterday stuck by President Obama's summer deadline for completing work on a health care overhaul, even though no single version of the troubled legislation has...
MORGY'S PICK HAS BIG PLANS
This is the second in a series focusing on the can didates for Manhattan district attorney -- a job held for three decades by Robert Morgenthau. When word got out...
WEE HAVE A PROBLEM
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Astronauts on the International Space Station yesterday installed some new gear -- but at break time, the bathroom line may have been longer than the robot...
'ONE GIANT LEAP'
Forty years ago today, for the first time in history, a man planted a footprint on the surface of the moon. Then he planted an American flag. It's easy to...
SAVE THE AIRPOWER MUSEUM
You might not think of the FAA as the enemy of museums and historical sites, but when it comes to Republic Airport on Long Island, that's exactly what it is....
HILLARY'S TOUGH TALK
To hear Secretary of State Hillary Clin ton tell it, America under President Obama is every bit as strong and as willing to use military force as it was under...
INTELLIGENCE GAMES
THIS month has brought a sudden surge in partisan ship, accusations and calls for investigations on intelligence matters by House Democrats. Democrats are claiming they were lied to by the...
DECISION DAY IN BOSTON AS GLOBE VOTES ON PAY
The New York Times Co. will get an answer to its $10 million question today as members of the biggest union at its Boston Globe vote today on a new...
STANDING BY HER 'MAN-IAC'
He's accused of sadistically tying up and gagging a coworker, downtown cleaning woman Eridania Rodriguez, and stuffing her down an air shaft -- where she choked to death. But to...
BERNIE IN THUGS' SIGHTS
Watch your back, Bernie! Bernard Madoff's fellow inmates at a North Carolina federal prison -- where the Ponzi schemer arrived just last week -- are discussing beating him up to...
AWOL AT CITY HALL
Want to get away with playing hooky? Get elected to the City Council. One-fifth of its membership -- 10 legislators -- showed up at 75 percent or fewer mandatory hearings...
ONE GIANT DAY
America is reliving one of its proudest moments today, as space buffs and patriots celebrate the 40th anniversary of man's first steps on the moon. Science fiction came to life...
OIL FALLS ON CONCERNS
Crude oil fell from a two-week high on speculation further gains may be limited as US fuel stockpiles increase faster than the nation's economic recovery. Rising equity markets and a...
CIT REACHES $3B RESCUE DEAL
Commercial-lending giant CIT reached a tentative $3 billion deal with its bondholders to avoid bankruptcy court and keep cash flowing to its thousands of small and midsize business customers, sources...
SICKENING HEALTH-CARE RX: SAY GOODBYE TO FREEDOM
Why are the supposed guardians of liberty unconcerned about the president's efforts to destroy America's capitalist system ("It's a Job Killer," Michael Tanner, PostOpinion, July 16)? Doesn't anyone realize that...
REB SENS. RIP MAYOR 'DICTATOR'
The two flip-flopping state senators who helped engineer the coup that paralyzed Albany for a month joined a group of their colleagues at a City Hall press conference yesterday to...
CHERISHED 'ANGELA'S' SCRIBE DIES
Frank McCourt, the beloved raconteur and former city schoolteacher who enjoyed post-retirement fame as the author of "Angela's Ashes," the Pulitzer Prize-winning "epic of woe" about his impoverished Irish childhood,...
POLICE PUT HEAT ON 'PETTY' PERPS
There's more quantity in the city's "quality of life" enforcement. The NYPD handed out about 297,000 criminal summonses to people who urinate in the streets, aggressive panhandlers, drunks, rowdy nightclub...
LADIES WHO LAUNCH
With Oprah Winfrey's eponymous TV show starting to show some ratings cracks, Media City thought it would be a good time to check out how another part of her media...
PERILS OF OBAMACARE: THE THREE BIG LIES
IN making his case for a gov ernment takeover of the US health-care system, President Obama is going far beyond the usual Washington truth-stretching. Take a look at just a...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A 151-pound cupcake has been certified as the world's largest. The foot-tall, 2-foot wide pastry, on display over the weekend at the Mall of America in Minnesota, has 15 pounds...
Decision day in Boston as Globe votes on pay
The New York Times Co. will get an answer to its $10 million question today as members of the biggest union at its Boston Globe vote today on a new...
NIEVE LEAVES WITH INJURY
ATLANTA -- The Mets' capacity for medical misery does seem bottomless, doesn't it? Just when they thought it couldn't get any worse on the injury front, the Mets added starter...