July 27, 2009
AP SOURCE: JACKSON DOC GAVE HIM DRUG BEFORE DEATH
Michael Jackson's personal doctor administered a powerful anesthetic to help him sleep, and authorities believe the drug is what killed the pop singer, a law enforcement official told The Associated...
A FURTHER UPDATE ON HALLADAY
1. The Blue Jays are listening to whichever teams call, but feel the best matches are with the Phillies and Red Sox. All things being equal, Toronto would prefer to...
Omar's statement to the fans
Here is the statement GM Omar Minaya sent to Mets fans regarding Tony Bernazard, via the team's Flushing Flash newsletter: "I wanted for you to hear directly from me today...
A recap of Tony Bernazard's tenure
You can now follow Beating the Bushes on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NYP_Bushes**********BY TIM BONTEMPSAs the Mets Vice President of Player Development, Tony Bernazard was in charge of developing the organization's minor league...
Game 98: Rockies at Mets
Amid all the Omar Minaya-Tony Bernazard craziness, the Mets still have a game to play tonight. They will try to make it three wins in a row when Oliver Perez...
QUEENS EX-CON CHARGED AFTER COP SHOT
An ex-con from Queens was charged today with possession of an illegal handgun and assaulting a cop after the revolver went off and struck the officer. Edwin Santana, 33, was...
At Ricky's Soho location
There's a man in heels on a treadmill promoting Ricky's new "Help" line of products -- specifically, "I have a blister" kit:
Paramount: We're Not Hiding 'G.I. Joe'
Paramount is denying a report it's going to forego press screenings for "G.I. Joe'' before its opening next Friday -- invariably a sign that a movie is terrible. A rep...
GAL IN BIKINI ACCUSED OF CAR-JACKING
SOUTHAVEN, Miss. -- Police in Mississippi say a woman was carjacked by a bikini-clad suspect, who they say later tried to rob an RV dealership. Southaven Police Chief Tom Long...
MICHAEL VICK CONDITIONALLY REINSTATED BY NFL
Michael Vick has been conditionally reinstated by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. Vick can participate without delay in preseason practices, workouts and meetings and can play in the final two preseason...
Mets decide to fire Bernazard
The Mets have changed course and decided to fire vice president of player development Tony Bernazard after a string of bizarre incidents involving the hot-headed executive came to light in...
NOTHING HAS CHANGED WITH ROSE
The Commissioners Office has not undertaken a more serious consideration of Pete Rose's desire for reinstatement, the Post has learned.In a meeting at the All-Star Game, Bud Selig told the...
Raptors writer rips Knicks
Help me reach my modest goal of 100 followers on twitter.By JUSTIN TERRANOVARaptors beat writer Doug Smith called out the Knicks in a recent blog post saying the team was...
2 REASONS FOR BERNAZARD'S DISMISSAL
Two reasons the Mets rid themselves of Tony Bernazard:1. They were concerned that his conduct would be such a continuing story that it would detract from their need to concentrate...
US-BORN AL-QAEDA MEMBER GETS LIFE IN PRISON FOR BUSH PLOT
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- A U.S. man who became an al-Qaida terrorist while attending college in Saudi Arabia and plotted to assassinate then-President George W. Bush was defiant Monday as he...
SEN. GILLIBRAND FLIPS ON 'DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL'
WASHINGTON - Less than a year after refusing to sign onto legislation calling for the repeal of "Don't ask, don't tell," New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has about faced to...
TRANSCRIPT OF GATES 911 CALL
911 OPERATOR: 9-1-1, what is the exact location of your emergency? FEMALE WITNESS CALLER: Hi, I'm actually at (inaudible) street in Cambridge, the house number is 7 Ware Street. 911...
METS FIRE TONY BERNAZARD
Omar Minaya finally sent his old friend Tony Bernazard packing today, after a week of reports that the former vice president of player development had gotten into numerous confrontations with...
BERNAZARD FIRED
By JOEL SHERMANThe Mets haved fired Tony Bernazard, the Post has learned. GM Omar Minaya will make that official this afternoon at a press conference.Reached by phone, Bernazard did not...
LATEST ON HALLADAY, LEE AND V.MARTINEZ
FROM JOEL SHERMANStuff I have heard today so far:--The Rays and Red Sox are both talking to the Indians about deals that would bring them both Cliff Lee and Victor...
QUEENS MAN GETS 2 ½ YEARS FOR SHOOTING UP JUDGE'S HOME
A Queens man who shot up a judge's house was sentenced to 2½ years in the big house today. Ezra Barashy, 20, who fired four shots into the Oakland Gardens...
COLGAN CO-PILOT WANTED TO SKIP FATAL FLIGHT
WASHINGTON -- The co-pilot in February's airline crash in upstate New York complained to the flight's captain that she felt ill and would have skipped the flight but didn't want...
Bobby V leaving Japanese team
APCHIBA, Japan -- Bobby Valentine says he won't be back with the Chiba Lotte Marines next season even as the Japanese team's fans lobby management to keep him.Lotte management decided...
Some Giants thanking God Plaxico's gone
Help me reach my modest goal of 100 followers on twitter.By JUSTIN TERRANOVABrandon Jacobs, Eli Manning and other players wanted Plaxico Burress back in blue this season, but not all...
Halladay would put Phillies over top
Acquiring Roy Halladay would increase the Phillies' chances of winning the NL East from 74 percent to 80 percent, according to AccuScore.com.The Phillies went 5-2 last week, but their playoff...
BEEP! BEEP! NEWCOMER TRIES TO NUDGE MARKOWITZ OUT OF THE WAY
If Borough President Marty Markowitz is a political locomotive, then newcomer Eugene Myrick -- his challenger in the September Democratic primary -- is the Little Engine that Could, spouting the...
FIVE-LEGGED BROOKLYN DOG LOSES LIMB
Five-legged Lilly went from nature's oddity to normal pooch last week: The dog is back on her own four feet. The seven-week-old Chihuahua/terrier pup was an amputation away from becoming...
PARKS DEPT. OPTIMISTIC IN SPITE OF CUTS
While budget cuts have made their way into every major city department, the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation remains optimistic about its future. The Parks Department recently...
VELAZQUEZ GETS FUNDING FOR MOORE STREET MARKET, BROOKLYN HEIGHTS
Williamsburg's Moore Street Market and the Brooklyn Heights Association are set to each receive $400,000 for capital improvements under an appropriations bill Congress passed this week. Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-Brooklyn),...
MCCAIG WELLES GALLERY CLOSES ITS DOORS
McCaig-Welles, the playful Williamsburg gallery (129 Roebling Street) that has been on the scene since 2000, is closing its doors for good later this summer. In a letter e-mailed togallery...
Hail Heigl
The rather startling $27 million opening for "The Ugly Truth," a dirty-talking battle o' the sexes comedy with Gerard Butler, who as far as I can tell is still a...
ASTOR'S DAUGHTER-IN-LAW DROPS B-BOMB AS SHE EXITS COURT
The trial against the son of socialite Brooke Astor is getting bitchy. During a morning break in Manhattan Supreme Court today, Astor's daughter-in-law Charlene Marshall strolled out of the courtroom...
Long Live Saul Bass!
Kudos to the poster for the new Iraq War satire, "In the Loop" for its witty nod to the opening-credits designs and posters by Saul Bass, who dreamed up most...
Nets called worst team in NBA
FOXSports.com columnist Charley Rosen says the New Jersey Nets are the worst team in the NBA heading into next season.Rosen writes, "the Nets could easily be the worst team in...
POLICE: WRONG-WAY TACONIC DRIVER 'WASN'T FEELING WELL'
The wrong-way crash along a Westchester highway that killed eight people could have been caused after the woman who caused the accident became ill, authorities said today. The tragedy took...
SEN. PEDRO ESPADA'S SON PLEADS GUILTY TO HARASSMENT CHARGE
The son of State Sen. Pedro Espada pleaded guilty today to a second-degree harassment charge and forced to pay nearly $500 in damages for attacking a Bronx blogger during a...
Nothing Imminent
By FRED KERBERThere are reports that the Nets and Celtics are working on a sign and trade for Glen "Big Baby" Davis and that it could happen real soon with...
REP. CAROLYN MALONEY PUTS OFF SENATE CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCEMENT
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney said she won't unveil a primary challenge to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand today or tomorrow -- nixing the timeframe her campaign spokesman had laid out last week. Maloney...
STANFORD WHINES ABOUT LACK OF AIR CONDITIONING IN JAIL
The Texas financier accused of masterminding a $7 billion Ponzi scheme has reportedly complained that life in jail is "oppressive" and not as posh as his former mansion. In court...
SI.com: Leon to get 300 touches
Maybe Leon Washington isn't asking for enough money.The running back, seeking a reworked contract worth up to $30 million, could get up to 300 touches this season, Peter King of...
3 UP: WOULD YOU TRADE SORIANO FOR ZITO?
Would you trade Alfonso Soriano for Barry Zito?I ask this just as a question to stir some discussion. This is nothing I have heard is going on. Both players have...
Coverage in The Post
With 21 of their next 28 games at home, the Mets aren't yet ready to write off their season after taking two of three over the weekend in Houston. They...
Studs & Duds of the week
Yankees stud -- Phil HughesIt was another standout week for the Yankees' new set-up man.Hughes threw 4 1/3 scoreless innings to extend his streak 23 1/3 without giving up a...
NEARLY 10 PERCENT OF HEALTH SPENDING GOES TOWARD OBESITY
WASHINGTON -- Obesity's not just dangerous, it's expensive. New research shows medical spending averages $1,400 more a year for an obese person than for someone who's normal weight. Overall obesity-related...
FIZZY MILK TO BE TESTED IN NYC
Cows may not think it is the real thing, but Coca-Cola is preparing to launch fizzy milk on the world. The drink contains skim milk mixed with sparkling water, flavored...
WOMAN ACCUSED OF BEHEADING BABY HELD ON $1M BAIL
SAN ANTONIO -- A woman charged with murdering her 3½-week-old son used a knife and two swords to dismember the child and ate parts of his body, including his brain,...
CUNY DEAN VOTED NEXT NY EDUCATION COMMISH
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- New York's Board of Regents has chosen a downstate dean with a reputation as a reformer to take over the state Education Department. The board on Monday...
NBC'S BEN SILVERMAN TO LEAVE NETWORK
Party boy Ben Silverman is out as NBC entertainment chief, handing the job to Jeff Gaspin. The departure comes on the heels of NBC's confirmation that Silverman had recently extended...
19 ARRESTED IN CONNECTICUT BIRD FIGHTING RING
SHELTON, Conn. -- Police in Connecticut say their raid of an alleged bird fighting ring in Shelton over the weekend was the result of a lengthy investigation that led a...
NJ MAN ARRESTED IN DEATH OF EX-'IDOL' CONTESTANT
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. -- Authorities have arrested a man on charges stemming from an accident that claimed the life of an "American Idol" contestant at the Jersey shore. Daniel Bark...
CROWLEY TOLD DISPATCHER TO 'KEEP CARS COMING' WHEN HE ARRESTED GATES
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- A Cambridge police sergeant who responded to a 911 call about a possible break-in at the home of black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. told dispatchers...
Update: Red Sox holding high-level meetings
Another poor start by John Smoltz could force the Red Sox into trading for Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay.And with Tim Wakefield and Daisuke Matsuzaka on the disabled list, Red...
BODY FOUND ON BROOKLYN BEACH
An unidentified body has been discovered in Brooklyn. Police received a 911 call early Friday reporting a male lying in the Gerritson Beach neighborhood near Jamaica Bay. Officers who responded...
3 UP: YANK ROTATION, HALLADAY, CASTILLO
Yes, I am on Twitter.1. The Yankees are in a nice position as the trade deadline week begins. They lead the AL East by 2 1-2 games and are playing...
BY AN ACT OF GRACE
Laid off from her job at a Toys 'R' Us warehouse last year, Inwood resident Yasmin Garcia spent almost ten months hunting for a new job. But without adequate computer...
PUMPING 9 TO 5
When Mary Blackstock finished her maternity leave and returned to her design job, she wanted to continue breastfeeding her daughter -- which meant pumping at the office a few times...
60 SECONDS WITH CARMEN VAN KERCKHOVE
You're a big critic of corporate diversity programs. Why don't they work? A lot of them don't address the underlying structural issues that cause inequality in the workplace. They're well-intentioned,...
OLD WIDOW CLEARED IN DOC DEATH
Maybe she wasn't a wicked stepmom after all. An elderly woman accused by her stepchildren of knocking off their father to seize control of his millions didn't kill the man,...
LIGHTNING STRIKE!
A Brooklyn man was struck by lightning yesterday -- his body tossed into the air and his clothes shredded on his body -- when a ferocious storm whipped across a...
PA. MAN KILLED OUTSIDE BALLPARK
PHILADELPHIA -- A man attending a bachelor party at a bar next to the Phillies' ballpark was beaten to death during a melee with other patrons. The fight broke out...
DECOMPOSING VET WAS ALIVE IN APRIL: POLICE
A Vietnam vet found dead and badly decomposed Saturday in his garbage-strewn Brooklyn apartment after neighbors repeatedly complained of a foul smell was alive as recently as April, cops revealed...
CULTURE CLUBS
Diversity is our strength, quoth the corporate sensitivity trainer, but in the hands of the uninformed it can be a bomb. In today's ever-diversifying workplace, cultural ignorance is not only...
GO TO GREG
Q I've been offered a spot in an executive training program at my company that's aimed at minority employees. I'm interested, but I'm also conflicted about it. As a man...
'NET WORKING
One of the first things Vladimir Galashev will do upon arriving to install your air conditioner is apologize for his broken English. Born in Minsk, Belarus, he moved to New...
A NON-EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK
IF you've recently found yourself unemployed, welcome to my world. It sucks. I've been at it for a year and a half, so I know what you're going through. I...
TAR BEACH
PHOTOS: BIKINI MODEL'S BURN UP CITY ROOF TRACY REESE 641 Hudson St., between Gansevoort and Horatio streets; 212-807-0505 Sale: July 28. Tues., 6 p.m.-10 p.m. Eyelet corset dresses for $90....
QUENCH 'BLOOD' THIRST
THE HBO vampire series "True Blood" is going to start putting a blood soda on the market, the show's creator said over the weekend. And he wasn't kidding. To be...
COWELL LOOKS FOR ROCK BANDS
SIMON Cowell is creating a new talent show for rock bands. The as-yet-untitled show will be a cross between Cowell's "America's Got Talent" and his hit Brit series, "X Factor,"...
KELLY'S BEYONCE DRAMA
KELLY Clarkson is battling her record label over her new single -- because it sounds exactly like the new Beyoncé song. The winner of the first "American Idol" had been...
GUYS IN AUDIENCE NOT MAN-DATORY
WORD to the wise, guys: If you're ever asked to choose between "Girls Night: The Musical" or a rowdy evening at Chippendales, opt for the latter. You'll feel less out...
STARR REPORT
Why I oughta . . . Sirius will air "The Three Stooges: Lost and Found Interviews," hosted by "Dancing With the Stars" host Tom Bergeron, Friday at 2 p.m. Bergeron...
BIG NIGHT
'MORE to Love" has some thing less than meets the eye -- it's the first fat show where the contestants aren't trying to lose weight. The new Fox series, premiering...
MEXICO ROUTS U.S. IN GOLD CUP FINAL
It took the U.S. just a dozen minutes to throw away a decade of dominance against Mexico, each of three goals stripping away another layer of invulnerability vs. its rival....
SPORTS SHORTS
AUTOS: Johnson prevails at Indy In Indianapolis, Jimmie Johnson became the first driver to win back-to-back races at The Brickyard after Juan Pablo Montoya was knocked out of contention by...
HONDO GETS HELP
Hondo, who'd been laboring like Octomom, regained a small bundle last night when the White Sox sired a victory in Detroit to partially offset yesterday's twin beatings with the Brewers...
NO DISGUISING FANS AS EMPTY SEATS
THERE it was Saturday, couldn't miss it. A more revealing landscape shot Ansel Adams never snapped. This was the 2009 portrait that told the story that the shills on Yankees...
CONTADOR WINS TOUR; LANCE FINISHES 3RD
PARIS -- Lance Armstrong's children were dressed in yellow. He was not. When the seven-time Tour de France champion returned to the Tour podium yesterday, his family was there. His...
BOXING MOURNS FORREST
ALREADY reeling from the deaths of Alexis Arguello and Arturo Gatti, the boxing world received another blow Saturday night when former champion Vernon Forrest was shot and killed during an...
CASTILLO CONTINUES TO SIZZLE
HOUSTON -- The fans' favorite punching bag is quietly having one of his best seasons in years. Seemingly reviled for his untradeable contract, his injury-filled 2008 season and, of course,...
METS' OFFENSE ERUPTS AGAIN
HOUSTON -- The Mets allowed themselves to dream a little dream yesterday. Fresh from taking two of three from the red-hot Astros, and with 21 of their next 28 games...
RICKEY: REYES NEEDS TO GET BACK ON FEET
COOPERSTOWN -- Even dur ing Hall of Fame weekend the Mets are Team Chaos. Rickey Henderson, who was inducted into the Hall yesterday, said Jose Reyes has struggled with leg...
YANKEES CLOSE 9-1 HOMESTAND IN STYLE
Is there a better bullpen in baseball? Asking that question about the Yankees two months ago would have been tantamount to wondering if there's a bigger bastion of integrity than...
AGGRESSIVE ATTITUDE PAYING OFF FOR RANSOM
Cody Ransom's at-bats come with the seeming regularity of presidential elections. So, he said that when he gets a chance, he needs to be aggressive and seize his opportunity. TONIGHT'S...
LIBERTY CONTINUE TO FADE
The Phoenix Mercury took a lot of heat this preseason when the organization signed a lucrative sponsorship deal with the identity theft protection company LifeLock and had that name boldly...
MEXICAN PRIDE ON FULL DISPLAY
OUR "C" team drew about 10,000 American soccer zealots to the Meadowlands yesterday. The draw of Mexico's "B" team backed up the New Jersey Turnpike five miles south of Exit...
JETER SHUNS SPOTLIGHT, BUT MERITS FOCUS
YOU know what no memorable quotes plus no controversy equals in a columnist's world? No reason to write very often about Derek Jeter, that's what it equals -- when otherwise...
GARDNER PLACED ON 15-DAY DL
Brett Gardner was bummed by his left thumb after a hard first-inning takeout slide at second base on Saturday. So following the game, the center fielder went to the Yankees'...
CASHMAN, RED SOX OWNERS CHAT AT HALL
COOPERSTOWN -- Brian Cashman came here yesterday to honor the Yankees who were inducted into the Hall of Fame: Rickey Henderson, who was with the Yankees from 1985-89, second baseman...
MITRE UNHAPPY WITH START DESPITE WIN
Sergio Mitre doesn't want to hear that he kept the Yankees in the game yesterday. The right-hander was far from happy with his performance, after allowing four earned runs over...
3 DIE IN GRUESOME LI CRASH
Three people were killed and another was left brain dead in a horrifying two-car crash on a Long Island highway yesterday, cops said. Three others were injured in the wreck...
'AISLE' MAKE IT QUICK!
They'll hitch you up in a New York minute. The city's first and only Vegas-style wedding chapel has opened on the Lower East Side, boasting all the big-time ritual with...
SCHOOL MOVING DAZE
It's almost September -- do you know where your child's school is? Education officials are playing a big game of musical schools this summer -- moving 91 schools into buildings...
GOPER KALIKOW THROWS 'SWITCH' FOR CUOMO
FORMER MTA Chairman Peter Kalikow, a major Republican fund-raiser and activist, is endorsing Democratic Attorney General Andrew Cuomo for governor, a move certain to send shock waves through GOP circles....
$TEEP-DISH PIZZA
Mamma mia, that's a lot of dough! Di Fara Pizza, the famed Brooklyn pie joint that attracts famished fans willing to line up out the door, has raised its prices...
STINKY PLANE STOPS ON LI
A Southwest Airlines flight to Florida had to make an unexpected stop on Long Island yesterday after a flight attendant reported an electrical smell. Flight 693 had left Bradley International...
AXED BIZ: MTA OWES $137M
The MTA should shell out up to $137 million in damages to Lockheed Martin for pulling the plug on its contract to install a post-9/11 surveillance system, the defense contractor...
THE NAKED TRUTH ABOUT THE BUFF BUSKER WHO'D BE OUR MAYOR
The latest candidate to throw his 10-gallon hat into the race for mayor is a Nietzsche-spouting semi-nudist who lives in New Jersey, twice posed for Playgirl and regularly rakes in...
DON'T MESS WITH LADY JUSTICE
This is the third and final article in a series focusing on the candidates for Manhattan district attorney, a post held for three decades by Robert Morgenthau. Leslie Crocker Snyder...
A WALK IN THE 'PARK'
No stopping or standing? No problem. Despite a widely touted citywide crackdown on parking placards -- both real and counterfeit -- New Yorkers can apparently still easily flout the law...
MONEY DOWN THE TOILET: STIMULUS MILLIONS GO TO POTS
WASHINGTON -- The feds are spending tens of millions of stimulus dollars to repair and build toilets across the nation, in an outflow of taxpayer funds that critics have branded...
CITY TAKING A BATH ON NEW MILK-DELIVERY DEAL
Talk about milking the system! The city Department of Education is on track to spend $35 million more on milk contracts over the next five years after scrapping its old...
NEW ED. CHIEF
The dean of Hunter College's School of Education is set to become the state's new commissioner of education, sources told The Post. The appointment of Dr. David Steiner by the...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan A 63-year-old woman was terrorized by a hulking female thug nicknamed "Rocky" in a West Village senior-services center, police sources said yesterday. The victim was having lunch in the...
'G'-WIZ! RODENTS TOP POTTER
Three animated, secret-agent guinea pigs broke the spell of the new Harry Potter movie to take the top spot at the weekend box office, according to studio estimates. Disney's "G-Force,"...
MORGY OUT TO TACKLE PLAX
It's gonna be Sing Sing for Plaxico -- even if he cops to a lesser gun charge, says Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau. Negotiations in the gun-possession case against ex-Giants...
CHATTY TRAITOR
When Queens-born al Qaeda recruit Bryant Neal Vinas was captured in Pakistan late last year, he wasn't whisked off to a military prison or secret CIA facility to be interrogated....
PALIN GOES BUT STAYS IN PICTURE
Sarah Palin yesterday stepped down as Alaska's governor to write a book and build a right-of-center coalition, she said. But she left her long-term political plans unclear and declined to...
RIHANNA EX'S QUICK CHECKOUT
If Rihanna and Chris Brown made sweet music together at a Midtown hotel, it was just a few notes. Brown, under court order to avoid his ex-gal pal, checked out...
COP SHOT AS LOVERS FIGHT
A Queens cop was wounded when he waded into an ugly battle between a transsexual and her lover yesterday and a gun accidentally discharged, authorities said. Officer Rodney Lewis, a...
WRONG-WAY VAN IN FIERY HORROR
Eight people, four of them young girls from Long Island, were killed yesterday when their minivan -- going the wrong way on a Westchester highway -- slammed head-on into an...
CHUCK CHECK ON MALONEY SPEECH SITE
Aides to Sen. Charles Schumer -- who insists he's not trying to stop Rep. Carolyn Maloney from challenging Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand -- made a last-minute inquiry about whether he could...
BAM-AND-A-BEER PEACE PARLAY DAYS AWAY
President Obama hopes to meet with black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and white cop James Crowley "in the next several days," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs yesterday told...
END OF LINE FOR TEXTERS: CHUCK
Sen. Chuck Schumer yesterday unveiled legislation that would ban train and bus operators from texting on the job. Citing a train crash that killed 25 people near Los Angeles last...
MAYORAL CONTROL IS LATEST SHEL GAME
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver yesterday refused to endorse state Senate changes to his chamber's legislation that would extend Mayor Bloomberg's control of the city's schools. "The only guarantee that was...
GATES VS. COP: STAND IN EACH MAN'S SHOES
HENRY LOUIS GATES JR. felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up as he looked across the threshold of his home at Sgt. James Crowley. Looking back...
TREASURE CHEST SNAGS 'PIRATE' STAR
"Pirates of the Caribbean" star Orlando Bloom has reportedly chosen his sexy Victoria's Secret gal pal over more box-office booty. The 32-year-old actor has told producers of the hit movie...
PLAX NOT CATCHING ON WITH ANY TEAM
Plaxico Burress' NFL career -- at least what's left of it -- is likely to remain in limbo with news that Manhattan DA Robert Morgenthau is hellbent on seeing him...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Sharing a name with someone who lives in your area isn't usually a big deal -- unless your name is Neil Armstrong. Neil Allen Armstrong, a 38-year-old financial-services professional from...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Gas falls The average price of regular gasoline at US filling stations fell to $2.4859 a gallon as refin ery inventories rose to a 13-week high. Gasoline fell 7.14 cents...
IRS AGENTS TAILING UBS BANKER VISITS
US tax agents are tailing UBS bankers in an attempt to identify who their clients are to determine who may be evading taxes, a Swiss newspaper reported yesterday. The Internal...
UNSAFE AT HOME DEPOT
A former Home Depot employee killed himself in March after he failed to interest his superiors in alleged fraud at the company, The Post has learned. Francis "Nick" Leonard quit...
O'S WATCHDOG SNIFFING OUT RICH PAY PACKAGES
Six weeks into his tenure as President Obama's compensation czar, Kenneth Feinberg has his sights set on pay packages he thinks are too rich for companies propped up by Uncle...
CLOSING CRAIGSLIST'S 'INTERNET BROTHEL'
IT turns out that Craigslist is about a lot more than second-hand furniture or an apartment rental: Prosecutors charge that it's a prime part of the modern slave trade. The...
GOVS IN TROUBLE
WITH polls showing a drop in President Obama's job rating and sinking support for the Democrats' health-care plans, there is evidence of collateral damage where you might not expect to...
NAST-Y CLIMATE
July has been an especially cruel month for magazine giant Condé Nast, with word that the company has hired McKinsey & Co. to no doubt wring out more cost savings....
OBAMACARE FOLLIES: A PERILOUS RUSH
ON Tuesday, July 14, House Democrats unveiled a health-care-reform bill that was 1,018 pages long. The next day, after all of eight hours of debate, the House Ways and Means...
RESERVATION RACKET
You may have missed it, but New York got a brand-new Indian reservation this month -- consisting entirely of two Upstate convenience stores. A state appellate court ruled that the...
PUNISH THE CRIME, NOT THE THOUGHT
Senate Democrats achieved one of their longtime goals this month -- an ex pansion of federal "hate crime" law. Tacked on as an amendment to the defense-appropriations bill, the Matthew...
PROMOTING A RACIAL-SPOILS SYSTEM
PRESIDENT Obama used his considerable powers of persuasion to try to sell his health-care package in a nationally televised press conference this week. But Americans are growing skeptical -- and...
BAM'S SNAKE-OIL RX: LET BUYERS BEWARE
THE ISSUE: President Obama's performance at his recent press conference on health-care reform. *** I thank The Post for your willingness to call President Obama on his prescription of health-care...
U.S. rolls over in 5-0 Gold Cup loss
Carlos Vela _ who changed the game after he'd replaced ineffective Alberto Medina at halftime, interchanging with fellow 20-year-old Dos Santos on unpredictable runs _ beat defender Clarence Goodson down...
PALIN STEPS DOWN
Sarah Palin stepped down Sunday as Alaska governor to write a book and build a right-of-center coalition, but she left her long-term political plans unclear and refused to address speculation...
Karl Who? The bag.
A friend of mine told me he saw this bag all over Paris during men's collections. Loves it. Get it from Colette for EUR50.