July 22, 2009
Cora aggravates thumb injury
WASHINGTON -- Another day, another Mets injury. Veteran shortstop Alex Cora is the latest potential casualty after aggravating the torn ligament in his right thumb that he had been gamely...
BERNANZARD, K-ROD BATTLED ON METS' BUS
WASHINGTON -- Initial signs indicate Tony Bernazard's job is safe for now, but the Mets' embattled vice president of player development is on shaky ground. Bernazard has been sent home...
OBAMA SEEKS TO RALLY SUPPORT FOR HEALTH CARE BILL
Six months in office, President Barack Obama sought to rally support for sweeping health care legislation Wednesday night as Congress struggled to find agreement on a historic overhaul. He vowed...
Minaya: Mets buyers, not sellers
WASHINGTON -- Omar Minaya veered off into fantasy land here today.Incredibly, the Mets' GM said he doesn't expect to be a seller before the July 31 non-waivers trade deadline because...
Update: Nike gives back LeBron tapes
Perhaps because it finally is all over the Internet (including below), Nike says it is returning videotapes it confiscated of NBA star LeBron James getting dunked on at a recent...
BACKUP LIFTS LIBERTY TO WIN
CHICAGO -- Sidney Spencer caught the Chicago Sky defense flatfooted and made them pay. The reserve guard scored 12 of her 15 points in the fourth quarter to help the...
HONOR THE APPLE CORPS WITH A LIBERTY MEDAL
Calling all hometown heroes! Today begins the eighth annual New York Post Liberty Medal search. We're asking you to introduce us to the city's everyday guardian angels so we can...
Report: Red Sox trade Lugo to Cardinals
The Boston Herald reports the Red Sox have traded infielder Julio Lugo to the Cardinals for outfielder Chris Duncan.It had been speculated Lugo would join the Mets after being designated...
E! Renews 'Kendra'
It's a marriage, a baby and a renewal for Kendra Wilkinson. E! has ordered 12 more episodes of the former Playboy bunny's series "Kendra," which follows the buxom blonde as...
Bernazard also in K-Rod incident
WASHINGTON -- It turns out that ripping his shirt off and challenging minor-league players to fight him isn't even Tony Bernazard's most recent incident of outrageous, hot-headed conduct. Mets All-Star...
Newest 'Melrose Place' Promos
The new "Melrose Place" makes its debut Sept. 8 at 9 p.m. on The CW. Until then, watch the show's newest promo below, which features none other than Ashlee Simpson-Wentz....
Why Kris Allen Dropped 'No Boundaries' From American Idols Live! Tour Set List
"We were talking to the tour director and stuff, and it kinda just didn't work with the set," says "American Idol" winner Kris Allen to MTV. "No Boundaries," co-written by...
End of the line for Giambi?
An MLB.com blog speculates that because Jason Giambi is not traveling with the A's while sidelined with an injured quad, his career might be coming to an end.The former Yankee...
Igawa, while not in majors, setting records
You can now follow Beating the Bushes on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NYP_Bushes**********I can't imagine any Yankee fan thinks the $46 million dollars spent on Kei Igawa was money well spent. But despite...
ISLANDERS ADD ANOTHER GOALIE
The Islanders won't be caught short again. Ensuring stability in nets regardless of the state of Rick DiPetro's health, the Islanders have signed free agent goaltender Martin Biron to a...
JUDGE RULES FDNY RACIALLY DISCRIMINATED
The FDNY has discriminated against black and Hispanic applicants for years through written exams that bear "little relationship to the job of a firefighter," a judge ruled today. Brooklyn Federal...
'Family' Guy Begs For Emmy Votes
This is why e-mailing can be dangerous. An e-mail from "Family Guy" writer Patrick Meighan hit the web today that is being blasted as pathetic to some -- but it...
'Jay Leno Show' Launches Site
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DISCOVERY CHANNEL TO RE-AIR 'CRONKITE REMEMBERS'
NEW YORK -- Discovery Channel says it's re-airing "Cronkite Remembers," an eight-part look at the 20th century through the eyes of veteran newsman Walter Cronkite. The encore presentation honors Cronkite,...
FERRY FROM B'KLYN TO GOV ISLAND MIGHT COST YOU
A far shorter trip to Governors Island from Brooklyn might wind up costing a couple of bucks -- unlike the free rides now offered out of Lower Manhattan. State and...
DON MATTINGLY'S SON ARRESTED
EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- The son of former Yankees star first baseman Don Mattingly was arraigned Wednesday on misdemeanor charges of shoving his mother and spitting in her face after she...
This week's calendar, July 23 to 29
Thursday, July 23Home Staging Tool Kit Get a leg up on selling your home by learning the benefits of staging. Removing clutter and depersonalizing your place allows the potential buyer...
PETA: VIDEO SHOWS ELEPHANT ABUSE AT CIRCUS
An animal-rights group has released a video showing what it says is the abuse of elephants and tigers used in Ringling Bros. circuses. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals...
3 IN OHIO ACCUSED OF LETTING RATS CHEW TOES OFF BABY
Three people have been accused of letting rats bite a 6-week-old girl and chew off her toes at their cluttered Ohio mobile home. Pike County prosecutor Rob Junk says the...
FREEDOM MARCH: LADY LIBERTY RETURNS TO VOX POP
Singing the National Anthem at the top of their lungs, an assemblage of Lady Liberty lovers escorted a replica of the statue across the Brooklyn Bridge to its new home...
OFFICE OF MICHAEL JACKSON'S DOCTOR RAIDED
Los Angeles police and federal drug agents searched the Houston clinic of Michael Jackson's doctor Wednesday, while investigators in California sought more information from him. The lawyer for Dr. Conrad...
ARREST MADE AS SLAIN TEEN MOURNED
Justice in the form of an arrest was little comfort for family members of 13-year-old Miguel Saavedra, who came out in droves Friday, July 17, to trace the youngster's steps...
DIRTY PROJECTORS CLEAN UP THE EAST RIVER
In the second week of the Pool Parties on the East River (North 9th Street and Kent Avenue), music fans enjoyed the softly eclectic voices of the Brooklyn-based Dirty Projectors....
BROADWAY TRIANGLE: NEXT STEPS
Now that Community Board 1 has approved the Broadway Triangle rezoning (Broadway and Flushing Avenues and Throop Street), an opposition group is planning a two-pronged strategy to delay or derail...
RED LIGHT CAMERA THIEVES CAUGHT
Stop! That message was made abundantly clear to an area couple this week when they were arrested and arraigned for stealing red light cameras from intersections throughout the borough --...
Bosh laughs at idea of Knicks
You can follow Knicks beat writer Marc Berman with updates on Twitter.By MARC BERMANIsmail Humet is a huge Knicks fan who attends Hofstra University and had high hopes about his...
Game 94: Mets at Nationals
WASHINGTON -- While their front office deals with the Tony Bernazard controversy, the Mets are hoping Mike Pelfrey can get back on track tonight when he takes the mound here...
RYAN SAYS GHOLSTON WILL START FOR JETS
Vernon Gholston will get his chance to prove his awful rookie season was a fluke. Jets head coach Rex Ryan said Gholston will start at outside linebacker the first four...
Rubio planning to leave Spain
APGERONA, Spain -- Ricky Rubio plans to part ways with Spanish basketball club DKV Joventut even if the Minnesota Timberwolves cannot reach a deal to bring their first round draft...
MENTAL HEALTH RECORDS OF VA. TECH SHOOTER FOUND IN EX-DIRECTOR'S HOME
RICHMOND, Va. -- Mental health records for Virginia Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho that were missing for more than two years have been discovered in the home of the university clinic's...
DA: OFFICE MANAGER STOLE $1.7M FROM FIRM
An office manager at a Manhattan-based investment firm was swimming in money she stole from the company, authorities announced today. Diana Lucretia Montague-Griffin stole $1.7 million from Arcadia Investment Partners...
Mason Jr. gets another season at St. John's
St. John's forward Anthony Mason Jr. received a medical hardship from the Big East conference and will be granted another year of eligibility, the university announced today.Mason Jr. was averaging...
Mets investigating Bernazard
WASHINGTON -- The Mets have had little to say today on a published report that club vice president Tony Bernazard recently challenged the players on Double-A affiliate Binghamton to a...
Decoding 'Bachelorette' Jillian Harris
4. "The decision I made at the end of the show is my biggest priority right now," says Jillian. Girl (TV Blog) on girl (Jillian) vote: Ed, Kiptyn or ReidReason:...
PELOSI INDICATES HEALTH CARE BILL ISN'T CLOSE TO DONE
WASHINGTON -- Conservative House Democrats signaled on Wednesday that Congress is far from fulfilling President Barack Obama's goal of overhauling health care, just hours before the president planned another televised...
The Daily Whacks, Wednesday Edition
You can count me among the tweetin' Twitterers (or is that the Twitterin' tweeters?) now: http://twitter.com/MikeVacc*******Sorry we're up a little later than usual today, and I was very nearly going...
Seattle's Fredy Montero: Fulham want me
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter. Or I'm putting my man Tony Bernazard on all your asses!Sounders striker Fredy Montero _ arguably the best young player in MLS _...
POLICE: LONG ISLAND TEACHER HAD SEX WITH MINOR
WEST ISLIP, N.Y. -- A Long Island math teacher is denying charges that he had sex with a 15-year-old girl in an elementary school parking lot. Daniel Rothbard was freed...
CLINTON PUSHES FOR NORTH KOREA DENUCLEARIZATION
PHUKET, Thailand -- North Korea must completely and irreversibly end its nuclear weapons program or face further isolation and "the unrelenting pressure" of international sanctions, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary...
MAN CHARGED IN NIGHTCLUB KIDNAP, RAPE
Prosecutors say a man abducted a woman after finding her passed out on a couch at a swank Manhattan club and raped her twice at his home. Prosecutors say Luis...
Thanks for the Memories
Just a reminder - I'm on Twitter. Hope you come follow me.A few things:First of all, In the Line of Fire was on last night, and since Lists Are What...
FLIGHT 1549 SURVIVORS HONOR FIRST RESPONDERS
NORTH BERGEN, N.J. -- Two passengers from the U.S. Airways Flight that made a dramatic landing on the Hudson River in January want to honor the New Jersey emergency personnel...
RBNY boss Jeff Agoos on Paunovic: "It's more of a longshot than anything''
Follow the Post's Red Bull coverage on Twitter! (Or I'll put my man Tony Bernazard on all your asses!)The Red Bulls have given ex-Serbian National Team striker Veljko Paunovic an...
More thoughts on "Life and Fate"
My review of Lev Dodin's staging of "Life and Fate" was in yesterday's paper, but I wanted to come back to this show and especially its source material, Vasily Grossman's...
LONG ISLAND MAN CHARGED WITH ATTACK ON US BASE IN AFGHANISTAN
A 26-year-old Long Island truck driver -- who went to Pakistan to be trained by al Qaeda -- fired rockets at a US military base in Afghanistan and provided information...
Red Sox trade for Pirates' LaRoche
By ALAN ROBINSON, APPITTSBURGH -- The Boston Red Sox added one of the Pirates' middle-of-the-order hitters for the second time in as many seasons, acquiring first baseman Adam LaRoche on...
Rutgers-Army at Stadium in 2011
By RACHEL COHEN, APThe Army football team will play Rutgers, Air Force and Boston College at Yankee Stadium in addition to the Black Knights' matchup there against Notre Dame.The game...
SENATE REJECTS MEASURE TO ALLOW CONCEALED GUNS ACROSS STATE LINES
WASHINGTON -- In a rare win for gun control advocates, the Senate on Wednesday rejected a measure allowing a person with a concealed weapon permit in one state to also...
DEALS: Buy in bulk, 320 Guest Ranch
The good news is that you can get a room at the 320 Guest Ranch, sitting on as many WiFi-enabled acres in pristine Big Sky country, for $59pp a night,...
EX-WALL ST. BROKER PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUD
A former Credit Suisse broker who was nabbed as a fugitive in Spain pleaded guilty to fraud and bail-jumping charges today and is weighing whether to testify against his accused...
QUEENS MAN INDICTED FOR KIDNAPPING, ABUSING DRUNK WOMAN
A Queens man was indicted today on charges he kidnapped and sexually abused a drunk woman at a Chelsea celebrity hangout. Authorities said it wasn't the first time Luis Zambrano...
Report: Brewers 'threat' for Halladay
A day after saying it's unlikely Roy Halladay will be traded, Blue Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi told ESPN that talks to deal the ace would pick up next week."But we're...
A-ROD DONATES $250G TO DENTAL CLINIC
Yankees player Alex Rodriguez has donated a quarter of a million dollars toward a mobile dental clinic that will serve his old New York City neighborhood. Columbia University says the...
BERLUSCONI: 'I'M NO SAINT'
ROME -- Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi joked Wednesday that he is "no saint," in his first public comments on his sex scandal since a news weekly released what it said...
YANKEE STADIUM BUZZ
Got a special feeling about this Yankees team as I wrote in today's Post, here's the link.The Yankees still have to prove it against the Red Sox, but there is...
NFL LOOKING INTO BEN ROETHLISBERGER SEX SUIT ALLEGATIONS
The NFL and the Steelers are investigating the stunning claim made yesterday by a Nevada hotel employee who says in a lawsuit that she was sexually assaulted by quarterback Ben...
Chat rewind: July 22
Click on the replay arrow in the graphic below to revisit my hour-long live chat on the Mets:Mets chat with Bart Hubbuch
Devils sign Zajac, avoid arbitration
By MARK EVERSONAvoiding an arbitration case that could have left the sort of scars that prompted Doug Gilmour, Bobby Holik and Scott Gomez to depart, the Devils today announced the...
BUS CRASH AT NEWARK LIBERTY AIRPORT KILLS ONE
A courtesy bus crash at Newark Liberty International Airport this morning left one person dead and two in critical condition. The bus, operated by the nearby Marriott hotel, collided head-on...
3 MEN HIT BY CAR IN BROOKLYN, ONE DIES
Three men in Sunset Park Brooklyn were hit by a car this morning. One died. The men were crossing Fourth Avenue and 39th Street when they were struck, WABC-TV reported....
Coverage in The Post
WASHINGTON -- The Mets keep finding embarrassing new low points in this lost season, as witnessed by Tuesday night's 4-0 blanking by the worst-in-baseball Nationals. Not only were they blanked...
Mets not good enough for Halladay
The Mets' continued nose dive could cost them Roy Halladay, if they were willing to trade for the Blue Jays ace, SI.com speculates.Jon Heyman writes, "Halladay, who has suggested it's...
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NBA STAR'S JILTED BRIDE: I'M OVER IT
Jilted bride Kesha Ni'Cole Nichols, who was dumped over e-mail by NBA star Richard Jefferson less than a week before their wedding, said today there are no hard feelings between...
MAN FATALLY SHOT IN BROOKLYN
A man has been shot to death in Brooklyn. Police say officers responding to a 911 call found the 32-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his torso. The victim...
MAN ARRESTED IN HARLEM SLAY OF L.I. MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER
A Harlem man has been arrested in the brutal slaying of a Long Island self-help guru found dead in his car -- but claims his victim paid him with his...
3 UP: METS ASSESSMENT, LACK OF HRS AND A-ROD
Yes, I am on Twitter.1. In today's Post I wrote a column stating that the Mets must emphasize 2010 now. Among the items I suggested was to let the players...
PALIN'S PROBE PROBLEM
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- An independent investigator has found evidence that Gov. Sarah Palin may have violated ethics laws by accepting private donations to pay her legal debts, the latest distraction...
BURNETT COULD HOLD KEY TO SECOND HALF
With CC Sabathia a rock and the back end of the rotation a mess -- Joba Chamberlain's and Andy Pettitte's first starts of the second half notwithstanding -- A.J. Burnett...
EX FEARED OFFICE-SLAY SUSPECT
The elevator operator accused of killing a cleaning woman and stuffing her body in an office building's air duct has two orders of protection against him by his ex-wife, officials...
BAD BOY BERLUSCONI GETS CAUGHT ON HOOKER'S TAPE
A high-priced blonde prostitute recorded her pillow talk with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi -- who allegedly trysted with her on a huge, four-poster bed given to him by Russia's...
TOT SAFE AFTER WILD CARJACK RIDE
A young child was miraculously found unharmed last night after his dad left him in a car, a thief jumped in and drove off and then heartlessly left the toddler...
A'JAD HOPING FOR A LIFELINE FROM O
WILL President Obama help the Khomeinist re gime regain some of the legitimacy it lost in last month's rigged presidential election? Former President Muhammad Khatami raised that question Sunday while...
SLAMMING HARLEM
AFTER New York was held hostage for more than a month by a state Senate leadership dispute, some back-in-charge Senate Democrats are now out to kill both mayoral control of...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
At least he was trying to take care of his obligations. An Iowa City teen allegedly robbed a bank to get enough money to pay off the bond for an...
THEY KEEP COMING BACK
UPDATE: Decoding Jillian's Tuesday Conference Call AT this point in "The Bachelorette" season, Jillian Harris has narrowed a field of 30 bachelors down to two -- Ed and Kiptyn. But...
THE LITTLEST WILL
'TRUE Jackson, VP" is getting some Will Smith action -- Willow Smith, that is. The 8-year-old budding actress, daughter of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, is lending her comedic chops...
TIME TO PLAN FOR NEXT SEASON FOR METS
SHORT of a scandal or 15-game losing streak that gave them no other choice, the Wilpons were never firing Omar Minaya or Jerry Manuel during this season.HARDBALL BLOGSHERMAN ON TWITTER...
SHEFFIELD'S NEXT MOVE COULD BE TO DL
WASHINGTON -- The injury hits just keep on coming for the Mets. Gary Sheffield appears on his way to making it an even 10 players on the Mets' disabled list,...
INDOOR BEACH SHORE IS FUN
ARMED with 400 pounds of sand and a dress code that's more bikini than ball gown, an infamous den of debauchery on the Lower East Side has opened what may...
FANS CARRY 'TORCH' FOR SCI-FI HIT
GOOGLE "Captain Jack," and you'll find plenty of references to Johnny Depp's swishy pirate. But a different -- if no less swinging -- character is now running a close second:...
CLASSIFOOLED!
ANYONE who's ever tried selling goods or services online knows some offers are less credible than others. No, you probably won't take $50 and a neck massage in exchange for...
IT'S EASIER BEING GREEN
YOU don't have to have a lot of green to eat green -- as a new farmers market, officially opening today in the Tremont section of The Bronx, proves. Held...
IT'S SHO TIME AT WALL STREET
IF SHO Shaun Hergatt doesn't light a fire under the dining millions, the terrorists will have won. Snicker, if you must, over the cliché. But of all the liabilities that...
RANGERS BUST RED SOX AGAIN
Rangers rookie Tommy Hunter pitched six solid innings to beat Josh Beckett and Boston 4-2 last night in Arlington, Texas, knocking the Red Sox out of first place in the...
BUY LICENSE WHILE IT'S STILL FEE-SIBLE
IN April, the New York State legislature voted for an increase in hunting, fishing, and trapping license fees and many of you have asked how it will affect you. The...
JIM & TIM FOR HONDO
Hondo remained stuck on the down escalator last night, coming up minuscule with the Giants to fall 260 stankys into the cavern. Tonight, Mr. Aitch will strike up the band...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Red Sox put Wakefield on DL Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield is headed to the disabled list because of a lower back problem. Manager Terry Francona said Wakefield, who...
BLUE JAYS SET HALLADAY DEADLINE
It could be a ploy to get teams to up their offers or the Blue Jays may have decided to keep Roy Halladay rather than accept what they believe are...
CASH FLAP OVER JACKO CEREMONY
LOS ANGELES -- Investigators looking into the chain of events that led City Hall to spend an estimated $1.4 million for police protection and other services at Michael Jackson's memorial...
MORE TVS THAN HUMANS
THERE are now more TV sets than people in the US. How scary is that? In 2009, there were nearly 115 million TV homes in the US, each averaging 2.86...
MAMET PLOWS INTO RACE CASE
DAVID Mamet's new Broadway play "Race" is shrouded in as much secrecy as the Vatican is when the cardinals gather to choose a new pope. Potential backers aren't permitted to...
INABA HITS THE STAGE
CARRIE Ann Inaba is letting her star power shine on Broadway. The feisty "Dancing With the Stars" judge -- and former "In Living Color" flygirl -- is lending her name...
DITCHING BETTY DRAPER
JANUARY Jones can't escape her "Mad Men" persona. With all the accolades that the AMC series has brought her, "I get more offers, but a lot of them are for...
STARR REPORT
People meter: Broadway's Faith Prince ("The Little Mermaid") will guest star in an upcoming episode of Life time's "Drop Dead Diva," playing Jane's (Brooke Elli ott) mother, Elaine (who makes...
2009 HAS MAKINGS OF SPECIAL YEAR FOR YANKEES
THE BOYS of summer across town, the Mets, can't get out of their own way. Only one club, Joe Torre's Dodgers, have won more games than the Yankees. Torre's bombshell...
KNICKS, SESSIONS CONTINUE TALKING
Knicks president Donnie Walsh continued talks with reps for Bucks point guard Ramon Sessions yesterday, but delayed making a formal offer. KNICKS BLOGBERMAN ON TWITTER Perhaps the Knicks' patient president...
NFL COMMISSIONER MUM ON PLAXICO
Neither Michael Vick nor Plaxico Burress know when they'll be stepping on a football field again, but both will meet with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell before they do. And the...
STRONG KICK HAS LANCE FEELING ABLE TO STEP UP
BOURG-SAINT-MAURICE, France -- Lance Armstrong mustered one of his strongest showings yet at this Tour de France yesterday, a dazzling burst of acceleration from yesteryear that allowed him to keep...
NETS' 'BABY' TALK A LOT OF BABBLE
Glen "Big Baby" Davis? Yup, the Nets have inquired. Same with Lamar Odom and Marvin Williams and Drew Gooden and just about every other frontcourt free agent. But, of course,...
LIBERTY SHOOT FOR THE SKY
After holding a 20-point lead over the Atlanta Dream in the third quarter of Sunday's game, the Liberty ended up winning a thriller, 89-86. That was in large part due...
WATSON THANKS PAL NICKLAUS FOR CALL
British Open runner-up Tom Watson thanked his 'great friend' and former rival Jack Nicklaus for calling him after he came agonizingly close to becoming golf's oldest major champion at Turnberry...
LANNAN BLANKS METS IN D.C. DISASTER
WASHINGTON -- Say this for the Mets: They're losing, but at least they're quick about it. Jerry Manuel's putrid, Triple-A level lineup needed just 2 hours, 9 minutes to work...
MITRE FILLS IN NICELY FOR YANKEES
The starting rotation is the key to the Yankees' season, and the back end of it is shakier than a stilt hut in a hurricane. Auditioning for that troublesome fifth-starter...
YANKEES ALONE IN FIRST AS MITRE STOPS O'S
They can't beat the Red Sox, yet the Yankees are on top of their blood rivals in the AL East by a game. And after spending a shipload of money...
BOO JEANS
PRESSING national concerns: health care, Iran, North Korea, nukes and presidential pants. President Obama went on the defensive yesterday morning when "Today" co-host Meredith Vieira questioned his choice in jeans...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan This man is wanted for knocking a Harlem bicyclist to the ground -- killing him. The attack occurred last Friday at about 5 a.m., just before Juan Espinoza-Navarrete, 21,...
'KILLER' RECAUGHT
A murder suspect mistakenly released from a Westchester County jail has been recaptured. Vetal Bonhomme, 21, was free for four days after being released from jail in Valhalla on Friday....
TRUMP KEEPS GOOD NAME
There was one place Donald Trump didn't like seeing his name -- but he's gotten over it. Trump had sued the law firm of Morrison Cohen last year for using...
LATEST JOE GAFFE BEAUT
Wherever Joe Biden goes, so does his mouth. Meeting yesterday with Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko in Kiev, the vice president lived up to his reputation for loose lips, making himself...
THE ABCS OF NEW YORK
You've heard of Alphabet City -- now meet Alphabet State. Using Google aerial maps, a British researcher has selected Empire State images that make up all 26 letters of the...
BURGLAR WAS ON A ROLE: COPS
A career burglar with a limp skirted security at several posh TriBeCa high-rises by posing as a messenger or construction worker -- complete with white hard hat -- to swipe...
NO TAKERS FOR WATERGATE
WASHINGTON -- The Watergate Hotel, part of the complex made infamous by a presidential scandal, has failed to attract any bids at auction, and has been taken back by the...
LINE IN THE SAND AT CONEY
A developer who owns much of the land the city needs to redevelop Coney Island threatened yesterday to kick sand on Mayor Bloomberg's 47-acre rezoning plan for the area, saying...
AMA TAKES HARMFUL PILL
SINCE the American Medical Association has thrown its sup port behind the House version of President Obama's health-care bill, I've decided not to renew my membership. I'm sure I'm not...
YOUR TAXES BUILT THIS DRUG DEN
Two state employees, accused of fashioning a secret "man cave" at the Capitol Building in Albany so they could watch TV, smoke dope and zone out on the taxpayer's dime,...
CITY AND STATE MEDI-$HAME
The cash-strapped city and state governments have agreed to pay $540 million to the feds over allegations that they filed phony Medicaid claims for more than a decade, officials said...
BANKER A CARD 'CHEAT'
A poker-playing investment honcho was the victim who had his seven-figure bank account looted by a Chase financial adviser, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. Dorone Ilan Farber, 35, had $110,000 swiped...
ASTOR'S SON SCORES POINT
Defense lawyers in the Brooke Astor swindle trial got a big boost yesterday when a nurse testified that the philanthropist admitted to having more marbles than she was able to...
CUNY: UP WITH DOWNLOADED TEXTBOOKS
The City University of New York is eyeing a move toward electronic textbooks -- part of a growing trend among colleges for the cheaper alternative to traditional texts. The college...
THROGS REOPENING
Drivers jammed on the RFK and Whitestone bridges will soon get some relief -- the Throgs Neck Bridge will reopen fully on Aug. 10, officials said. Trucks have been banned...
PLAYING WITH FIRE
A licensed master electrician with contracts at four Midtown hotels apparently skipped the class where they teach that wood burns. He used homemade wooden collars to rig wires together --...
HIGH-TECH CLASSROOM E-MAZING
Check your white chalk at the door. City school officials yesterday unveiled a working model of the classroom of the future -- a tech-heavy environment where students work at their...
RULING SUITS DAN JUST FINE
If you believe Dan Rather's lawsuit against CBS is close to finished, folks, you'll believe rocks can grow. The anchor's $70 million suit against his former employers got a new...
CASE OF BLOCKAGE FOR DR. O
WASHINGTON -- Rebellious Democrats, opposed to costly health-care legislation, yesterday forced the cancellation of a key committee vote -- and President Obama rushed to repair the damage with an invitation...
$CAMMER 'BEARS' SOUL
A former securities-firm worker pleaded guilty yesterday to helping her bosses steal $131 million, some of which allegedly helped amass the world's largest collection of Steiff teddy bears. Former WG...
NEW GUN THREAT TO NEW YORK
WASHINGTON -- The Senate is expected to vote today on a controversial measure that would force New York to honor concealed-weapon permits from other states -- touching off outrage from...
BIG BEN FLAGGED IN 'RAPE'
In an allegation startlingly similar to the Kobe Bryant rape case, a hotel employee has accused Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger of raping her in a penthouse suite of a...
BUTTHEAD KIEFER OFF HOOK
Jack Bauer won't need a jailbreak after all. Kiefer Sutherland, who plays the bad-boy secret agent on TV's "24," won't be prosecuted for drunkenly head-butting a fashion designer at a...
CANARY WHO NAILED MOB COPS IS DEAD
This canary will sing no more. Burton Kaplan, the star turncoat who played a key role in bringing down mob cops Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa, died of prostate cancer...
SLAIN HEIR'S SECRETS
The wife of the Fontainebleu Hotel heir who was murdered in a Hilton in Westchester once told cops he had broken her nose -- and she swiped his amputee porn...
'MADOFF BILL': MAKE RICH CONS PAY FOR JAIL
ALBANY -- An upstate lawmaker is proposing a "Madoff bill" requiring wealthy prison inmates to pay at least part of the cost of their incarceration. Assemblyman James Tedisco (R-Schenectady) said...
JUDGE SAYS RAVITCH IS LIEUTEN-NOT GOVERNOR
ALBANY -- A state Supreme Court justice yesterday dealt Gov. Paterson a major setback, issuing a temporary restraining order blocking former MTA boss Richard Ravitch from serving as lieutenant governor....
Angry Erin Andrews won't rest until peep perv is jailed
Beautiful ESPN reporter Erin Andrews, who was secretly videotaped naked in her hotel room by a peephole pervert, is horrified and furious over the twisted act, her lawyer said yesterday....
2ND AVE. FLUBWAY DELAYED 'TIL 2017
The Second Avenue subway will be arriving late. Again. And it'll cost more to build. Again. Thanks to bungling by the MTA and its contractors, the city's most crucial transit...
A HUNGRY BUYER PAYS $8.2M FOR DREIER PAD
The posh Manhattan pad of Bernie Madoff's evil twin, rogue financier Marc Dreier, yesterday was sold at auction with all its contents -- including a half-eaten raspberry peach pie and...
MOBSTER GETS SPLIT DECISION
A Genovese capo who spent nearly 11 years on the lam to avoid arrest for a decades-old mob rubout was convicted of racketeering yesterday, but was cleared of the murder....
'CON MEN' FLEECED ELDERLY
Twelve members of an Israeli "boiler-room" scheme conned elderly Americans into shelling out big bucks to collect prizes from what they believed was the Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes, federal prosecutors...
HOOKY SPREE IN ASSEMBLY
ALBANY -- The no-shows in the state Assembly make even the do-nothing Senate look good. Fourteen Assembly members missed at least 10 percent of their legislative session days in Albany...
GITMO GOON'S TRIAL GETS 9/11 DELAY
The trial of the first terror suspect transferred from Guantanamo Bay has been pushed back so it won't begin right after the ninth anniversary of 9/11. A lawyer for alleged...
HARVARD PROF RELIVES ARREST HUMILIATION
The renowned black Harvard scholar mistaken for a burglar by a white Cambridge cop described in humiliating detail yesterday how he was busted and then grilled while cuffed to a...
ON THE GRILL IN HARLEM SLAY
A man wanted in the stabbing death of a motivational speaker from Long Island was taken into custody yesterday, sources said. The 29-year-old suspect, whose name was not immediately released,...
SPY-CAMERA SNATCH SHOT
Say "Cheese!" -- for your mug shot. Two oddballs have been busted for swiping nearly 20 percent of the city's red-light cameras right under Big Brother's nose, The Post has...
TWIN DEALS IN UNION SQ.
In two significant deals that will bolster the off-price Union Square shopping district, Nordstrom Rack and Best Buy are coming to Related Cos.' One Union Square South at 14th Street....
PUBLICIS GROUPE GETS GOOD NEWS ON GM ACCOUNT EXPOSURE
Ad giant Publicis Groupe, whose agencies work on General Motors' massive account, has far less to fear now that the automaker has emerged from bankruptcy. The French marketing firm, which...
BLEECKER ST. HAS CONDO SALE FEVER
A 100-foot swath of tony Bleecker Street that includes a Marc Jacobs store and Mulberry shop is going up for sale. Sources said Beck Street Capital has tapped CB Richard...
RX FOR DISASTER
AT tonight's press conference, someone should ask President Obama why he's endorsing, and not threatening to veto, the 1,018-page House health-care reform bill now being rushed to passage: It breaks...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
CIT loss CIT Group, the 101-year-old commercial lender seeking to avoid collapse, said it expects to report a loss of more than $1.5 billion for the second quarter and may...
APPLE UP ON MACS, IPHONES
Apple Inc. reported third-quarter profit that exceeded analysts' estimates after wooing customers with a faster iPhone and less-expensive Macintosh notebook computers. The company's forecast missed projections. Profit rose to $1.23...
THE PIRATE BAY SUITOR BACKPEDALS
AMSTERDAM -- The would-be buyer of Web site The Pirate Bay backpedaled in a Dutch court yesterday, saying that it is uncertain whether the purchase will ever be completed. Lawyer...
STARBUCKS TOPS GUESS
Starbucks Corp., the world's largest coffee-shop operator, posted a third-quarter profit that was more than analysts estimated as the company trimmed labor, dairy and other costs. The stock gained in...
PERRY GETS WRIST SLAP IN MERGER
New York hedge fund firm Perry Corp. will pay $150,000 to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges surrounding its controversial 2004 stake in pharmaceutical firm Mylan Laboratories -- effectively a...
MAFFEI, CHURCHILL VYING FOR DIRECTV CEO
Satellite television operator DirecTV hasn't had to look too far for a new CEO, as Greg Maffei, the CEO of parent company Liberty Media, and another internal candidate have emerged...
FATE OF DELPHI PLANTS COULD DETERMINE SALE
The ability of bankrupt auto-parts maker Delphi to sell itself is resting on the fate of four money-losing plants that buyers might have to inherit as part of a sale,...
CALPERS LOSS
The California Public Employees' Retirement System said the market value of its assets plunged 23.4 percent for the year ended June 30, marking the most severe annual decline the nation's...
BLUES FOR YAHOO!
Yahoo! reported a steep drop in second-quarter sales as the Internet giant struggled with competition from Google and a slumping online ad market. The company also issued sales and profit...
FASHION BACKWARD
IT seems that high ad-page counts are not in vogue this season, with most fashion books taking big hits in their crucial September issues. The only title to eke out...
STEVE MADDEN SUES EBAY
Steven Madden Ltd., the maker of fashion footwear, sued eBay over the sale of counterfeit and unlicensed watches on the most visited U.S. e-commerce site. EBay, based in San Jose,...
THOMPSON'S TEMPTATION
When a city watchdog runs against an incumbent mayor, he may be tempted to use his office for politi cal advantage, however unseemly. City Comptroller Bill Thompson -- who wants...
BAM'S UNHEALTHY DOLLAR DODGE
Reporters at President Obama's news conference tonight can add much to the health-care debate by asking a seemingly unrelated question: What is the state of the federal budget? Because once...
FRANK MCCOURT, 1930-2009
Though the world will remember him for his haunting tale of a poverty- wracked childhood in Ireland, Frank McCourt was very much a New Yorker: Brooklyn-born, educated at NYU and...
BERNANKE: WE CAN PULL RESCUE CASH BACK
* Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke tried to soothe panicked congressional members yesterday over the trillions the Fed has spent rescuing the financial system, saying that when the time is...
ENSURING INSURANCE FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS
DEMOCRATS want to ration health care for everyone in America -- except those who break our immigration laws. Last week, the House Ways and Means Committee defeated an amendment that...
REMEMBERING CRONKITE: THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS
THE ISSUE: The death last Friday of longtime CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite. *** Walter Cronkite's life and news career encapsulated my own life from the moment that CBS interrupted regular...
Wife stabs her man over Man United game
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!So you think your wife's tough on you? Get a load of this. A Malaysian woman is being detained after allegedly stabbing her husband...
YANKS' MITRE GETS FIRST WIN SINCE 2007
Sergio Mitre earned his first win in two years, Robinson Cano hit a two-run homer and the surging New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-4 on Tuesday night for...
LI MAN FACES 25 YEARS FOR DRAGGING COP
A Long Island man faces up to 25 years in prison after being convicted of dragging and seriously injuring an NYPD sergeant with his car as he tried to flee...
Live chat: 11 a.m. Wednesday
WASHINGTON -- I will be holding another of my weekly, hour-long blog chats on the Mets tomorrow (Wednesday) at 11 a.m. EST. So be sure to check back then and...
Report: Livorno to bid on Landon Donovan
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!You knew after Landon Donovan tore it up in the Confederations Cup he was going to star drawing interest from Europe. Well, we've finally...
LANNAN EARNS FIRST SHUTOUT IN 4-0 WIN
John Lannan threw his first career shutout, scattering seven hits in a 4-0 win against the anemic New York Mets on Tuesday night. Lannan (7-7) did not walk a batter...