July 29, 2009
Beltran aiming for 2-3 weeks
From MIKE PUMACarlos Beltran isn't gunning for 100 percent with his right knee, just enough spring in his step for a return to the lineup.The injured center fielder said he's...
Game called; day-night Thursday
The Mets' game tonight against the Rockies was postponed by rain. The teams will play a day-night doubleheader tomorrow; starting times are 12:10 p.m. and 7:10 p.m. Tickets marked "July...
JCPenney grand opening celebrations
Saturday, August 1:1:30 to 3 p.m. Miss Universe Dayana Mendoza in-store appearance4 to 6 p.m. Telemundo novela celebrity Catherine SiachoqueMonday, August 3:10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Bra fit eventTuesday, August...
ERIN ANDREWS CALLS 911 OVER POSSIBLE PEEPHOLE VIDEO PAPARAZZI
A 911 call released today features a curse-laden rant by ESPN's Erin Andrews complaining that the paparazzi are stalking her house.PHOTOS: Erin Andrews "I have been in the news recently...
No Wang timetable after surgery
APST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Chien-Ming Wang has had season-ending arthroscopic surgery on his injured right shoulder.Noted orthopedist Dr. James Andrews performed the procedure Wednesday to repair what Joe Girardi said...
THIS BUD'S FOR YOU
Make it a Bud Light. That's the brand of beer that will be on tap for President Obama when he practices Suds Diplomacy at the White House tonight with esteemed...
THE BIV BITES BACK
City Council candidate Doug Biviano went on the attack at a candidates' forum in Williamsburg this week, accusing his opponents of acquiescing to the Brooklyn Democratic Party and kowtowing to...
TEXAS MOM: I DIDN'T MEAN TO DECAPITATE BABY
SAN ANTONIO -- A Texas mother accused of decapitating her 3½-week-old son screamed "I didn't mean to do it. He told me to" while her sister pleaded for an ambulance...
This week's calendar, July 30 to August 5
Thursday, July 30Professional Women in Construction (PWC) Developers Forum The Post's own Lois Weiss will moderate this breakfast panel with speakers including Peter Fine, principal of Atlantic Development Group, and...
BKLYN MAN KILLED AS SON, 2, WATCHES
A terrified 2-year-old boy was sprayed with his father's blood - but otherwise unharmed - when a gunman opened fire on the man in front of his Brooklyn home after...
COUNCIL APPROVES CONEY ISLAND REVELOPMENT PLAN
Mayor Bloomberg can now boast of a big victory: The New York City Council has approved his plan to redevelop Coney Island. This afternoon, the Council voted overwhelmingly in favor...
COPS: WRONG-WAY DRIVER HAD 'TROUBLE SEEING'
The Long Island woman who drove the wrong way along the Taconic State Parkway -- causing a crash that killed eight people including herself -- told her brother 30 minutes...
9 to closing time
So "9 to 5" is closing at the end of the summer. I can't say this is a big surprise, and I can't say I'm not disappointed.I was one of...
A FEW ODDS AND ENDS
--The Rockies have tried to get left relievers Joe Beimel from Washington and Josh Grabow from Pittsburgh, but the price was prospect Eric Young Jr. and they refused. So they...
Game 100: Rockies at Mets
Winners of four in a row, the Mets hope to continue their climb back into contention tonight when Johan Santana takes on the Rockies in the third game of a...
'Mad Men' Season 3 Art
Pour yourself a scotch and light up that cigar, because the "Mad Men" season 3 promo art has arrived.The chain-smoking ad men will return to the offices of Sterling Cooper...
NEW MAYORAL CONTROL BILL 'USELESS,' SAY LOCAL PARENTS
The revised mayoral control bill supported by the State Senate fails to ensure true parental input in public schools, parents claim. "It's useless," said Christopher Spinelli, president of School District...
SCOUTING THE LEE TRADE
Talked to four executives/scouts who cover the Phillies organization and -- sing Kumbaya here if you'd like -- all said they thought the Cliff Lee trade was good for both...
Lucas on difference between Mangini and Ryan
Help me reach my modest goal of 10010 100 followers on twitter.By JUSTIN TERRANOVAEric Mangini may have coached under Bill Parcells, but Ray Lucas says that it's Rex Ryan who...
HOLOCAUST MUSEUM SHOOTER MAY FACE DEATH PENALTY
WASHINGTON -- A federal grand jury has indicted an elderly white supremacist on charges that could earn him the death penalty in the fatal shooting of a security guard at...
S.C. MAN ACCUSED OF HAVING SEX WITH HORSE
COLUMBIA, South Carolina -- A man has been arrested for having sex with a horse after police say the animal's owner caught him on surveillance camera. Police say this isn't...
Songwriter Releases Statement on Kelly Clarkson/Beyonce Drama
The songwriter being accused of pulling a fast one on Kelly Clarkson is speaking out. Ryan Tedder, who co-wrote Clarkson's latest single "Already Gone" with the "American Idol" winner, came...
D.C. held in Champions League prelim
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!MLS has never won a CONCACAF Champions League preliminary series. The Red Bulls open theirs tomorrow night, and the team D.C. put on the...
RIVERS SLAMS LENO IN FEUD, PT. 2
First it was Joan Rivers v. Johnny Carson. Now the Jurassic comic is taking aim at newly ousted "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno. "I think it is brilliant that they...
LAWYERS: ASTOR WAS HAPPY, DANCING SOCIAL ANIMAL
Defense lawyers for Brooke Astor's son today painted her as a lucid, dance-happy social animal during her final years -- proof that she might have had enough left in her...
Let Devin Do It
By FRED KERBERNot too long ago it was written about how much the Nets will miss Vince Carter's leadership - beyond his 20 points-plus scoring and passing.Some laughed it off....
JAYS GM THINKS HALLADAY WILL BE IN TOR IN 2010, TOO
J.P. Ricciardi said he now not only expects Halladay to be a Blue Jay for the rest of this season, but for the rest of his contract, which runs through...
Pedro on track to join Phillies
The Philadelphia Daily News reports that Pedro Martinez threw a 56-pitch bullpen session yesterday and wants to make one more minor-league start before joining the Phillies."I hope that if everything...
U.S. wins Gold Cup Fair Play Award, 4 on all-tourney team; but the loss still stings
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!The U.S. National Team has won the Gold Cup's Fair Play Award, and put four players on the Gold Cup all-tournament team _ defenders...
JAYS SURPRISED BY LEE DEAL
The Blue Jays would not accept Jason Knapp as the key player in a trade for Roy Halladay and that, more than anything, redirected the Phillies' attention to Cliff Lee.Toronto...
DE BLASIO BACK ON THE BALLOT
City Councilmember and public advocate candidate Bill de Blasio, who had been removed from the ballot in the Democratic primary because of a one-digit typographical error accompanying his 125,000-plus petition...
DAVID ALAN GRIER JOINS CAST OF BROADWAY'S 'RACE'
NEW YORK -- David Alan Grier is joining the cast of David Mamet's (MAM'-eht) Broadway-bound play "Race." The 53-year-old actor will star in the production along with the previously announced...
MAN HIT BY TREE BRANCH IN CENTRAL PARK IN COMA
A 33-year-old man walking in Central Park this morning was hit by a falling tree branch and sent into a coma, police said. The unidentified man was walking on the...
HOUSE DEMS TO MOVE AHEAD ON HEALTH CARE
WASHINGTON - The House is moving ahead on health care legislation after the leadership and fiscally conservative lawmakers worked out a deal. Rebellious Democrats who have stalled work said Wednesday...
LEE TO PHILS CLOSE
After being so closely linked to Roy Halladay, the Phillies have shifted and, according to a source, were "very close" to obtaining Cliff Lee from the Indians.The key player going...
DEALS: 9 Beaches Bermuda for $99
Remember those June 6, 2006 hotel promotions that were so popular? Enter promo code 666, lop the head off a chicken for Satan and get your sixth night free? This...
MADOFF TRUSTEE: WIFE RUTH OWES VICTIMS $44 MILLION
The trustee overseeing the liquidation of Bernie Madoff's assets today sued the disgraced financier's wife -- asking for a staggering $44 million spent on a "life of splendor" at the...
The Pitching Curse of the 2006 NLCS
By JONATHAN LEHMANThe 2006 NLCS between the Mets and Cardinals was memorable even by playoff standards. It featured seven games of dramatic baseball between two of the league's most recognizable...
GATES 911 CALLER: I'M GLAD THE TRUTH IS OUT
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The woman who reported a possible break-in at the home of black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. says she tried to be careful and honest with...
YANKS STILL NOT PLAYING ON HALLADAY, LEE
Yankees GM Brian Cashman did check in Tuesday with Toronto officials about Roy Halladay and Indians officials about Cliff Lee. But with roughly 48 hours until the deadline, the Yankees...
KATE GOSSELIN BUYS PAD NEAR BODYGUARD
Kate Gosselin is getting her own digs. The "Jon & Kate Plus 8" star is buying a condo in Rockville, MD, a tony suburb of Washington DC, reports RadarOnline.com. It...
FSC replaces outspoken Steven Cohen with outspoken Eric Wynalda
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!Fox Soccer Channel has replaced Steven Cohen _ whose comments about the Hillsbrough tragedy got him in all kinds of trouble _ as host...
Burton's Lost 'Hansel and Gretel' Turns Up at MOMA
Tim Burton met the press at MOMA today and he showed clips from two of his early short works, the Super-8 Euro sci-fi spoof "Doctor of Doom'' (1980, with Burton...
BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD JOINS 'ECLIPSE'
LOS ANGELES -- Bryce Dallas Howard is sinking her teeth into a role in the "Twilight" series.POPWRAP: 'Twilight' Star Makes Biggest Mistake Of Her Career Howard has been cast as...
PREGNANT WOMAN FOUND DEAD WITH FETUS MISSING FROM WOMB
WORCESTER, Mass. -- A pregnant woman was found dead in her apartment with her fetus cut from her womb, and police on Wednesday were trying to find the missing baby,...
YONKERS WATER TAXI FERRIES SAVED BY LOAN
YONKERS, N.Y. -- New York state has provided a loan to prevent the shutdown of commuter ferry service between Yonkers and lower Manhattan. The Empire State Development Corp. says the...
L.I. WOMAN, 68, KILLED BY DRIVER
EAST MEADOW, N.Y. -- A Long Island woman has been struck and killed by a car as she tried to cross a road. According to Nassau County police, 68-year-old Purabi...
B'KLYN DA: MIAMI MAN SUPPLIED NYC DRUG RING
NEW YORK -- The Brooklyn district attorney's office says a Miami man is accused of being a major supplier to New York City drug dealers. Six people were indicted last...
MTA PROMISES NO HIKES IN 2010 DESPITE FALLING REVENUE
Despite the ongoing recession, the MTA said today that it still expects to get through next year without raising fares or cutting service. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said a state...
MAJORITY OF NEW YORKERS FAVOR MAYORAL CONTROL OF SCHOOLS
A majority of New Yorkers back Mayor Bloomberg's control of city public schools, a new poll released today reveals. A whopping 57 percent favors Bloomberg maintaining control of public schools...
1-800-FLOWERS.COM LAUNCH FACEBOOK STORE
NEW YORK -- In a first, but likely not last for Facebook, a retailer is setting up shop inside the popular social-networking site. Flower and gift retailer 1-800-Flowers.com plans to...
BELUGA WHALE SAVES DROWNING DIVER
W-hail the rescuer. A beluga whale saved a drowning diver by hoisting her to the surface, carrying her leg in its mouth. Terrified Yang Yun thought she was going to...
TERRORIST TAKES CREDIT FOR JAKARTA BOMBINGS IN INTERNET MESSAGE
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Police are investigating an Internet message purportedly posted on behalf of a top Southeast Asian terror suspect claiming responsibility for the hotel bombings in Indonesia's capital nearly...
DOG REUNITED WITH FAMILY 9 YEARS AFTER IT VANISHED
A flea-bitten dog rescued from a squalid Melbourne back yard is to be reunited with her overjoyed Brisbane owner - nine years after she disappeared.Get the Full Story From The...
Manuel deserves credit
Help me reach my modest goal of 10010 100 followers on twitter.By JUSTIN TERRANOVAIt looked like the Mets were dead after a 5-4 loss to the Astros on Friday night...
Mr. Met reacts to firing
Help me reach my modest goal of 10010 100 followers on twitter.We can only speculate how Tony Bernazard reacted when GM Omar Minaya gave him the ax.But thanks to Conan...
CHEF: I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG ON DAY JACKSON DIED
LOS ANGELES -- On the day Michael Jackson died, his personal chef says her first hint of something amiss was when his doctor didn't come downstairs to get the juices...
LOPEZ READY TO TAKE ON LATE-NIGHT TRIO
George Lopez is bringing out the big guns to promote his entry into late-night TV. President Barrack Obama recently filmed a promo for the upcoming TBS chat-fest "Lopez Tonight," which...
EX-BUYER SUES TRUMP CASINOS FOR FAILED MARINA DEAL
A company that once planned to buy the Trump Marina Hotel Casino in Atlantic City is suing Trump Entertainment Resorts for a whopping $17 million. Coastal Marina LLC claims the...
JUDGE: TERROR SUSPECT COMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL
A federal judge in Manhattan has found a MIT-trained scientist accused of being an al-Qaida operative competent to stand trial. Judge Richard Berman made the ruling this morning, saying Aafia...
BADILLO ENDORSES BLOOMBERG FOR MAYOR
Former Congressman Herman Badillo today endorsed Mayor Bloomberg's re-election bid. Badillo, a lawyer who also served as a former Bronx borough president and CUNY chairman, said Bloomberg "has successfully transformed...
Report: Leon talks 'at a stalemate'
The Star-Ledger reports, "Talks are continuing between the Jets and the agent for running back Leon Washington, but they remain at a stalemate ..."The paper reports agent Alvin Keels said...
Chat rewind: July 29
Click on the replay arrow in the graphic below to revisit my hour-long live chat on the Mets:Mets chat with Bart Hubbuch
Coverage in The Post
The Mets are rolling, winners of four in a row after Tuesday night's 4-0 blanking of the Rockies at Citi Field, and say they won't shave until they get back...
PLAXICO BURRESS TESTIFIES IN GUN CASE BEFORE MANHATTAN GRAND JURY
Embattled former Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress emerged this afternoon from a Manhattan courthouse after nearly three hours of testifying before a grand jury considering an indictment against him on...
Rival GM: Yankees 'all in' for Halladay
Yankees GM Brian Cashman did check in Tuesday with Blue Jays officials about Roy Halladay and Indians officials about Cliff Lee, Joel Sherman reports.Now, with Lee heading to the Phillies,...
The Daily Whacks, Wednesday Edition
You can count me among the tweetin' Twitterers (or is that the Twitterin' tweeters?) now: http://twitter.com/MikeVacc*******The Yankees are 22 games over .500, and they are presently on a pace to...
'The Wolf Man' Postponed...Again
The bad news keeps a-comin' at Universal Pictures, which has had a dreadful summer with "Land of the Lost'' tanking and "Drag Me to Hell,'' "Public Enemies'' and "Bruno'' all...
TRIALS FOR PROTESTERS IN IRAN BEGIN
CAIRO -- Iran on Wednesday announced that the first trials of postelection protesters will begin this weekend, as anger grew even among some government supporters over abuse of those detained...
STATEMENT FROM TACONIC CRASH VICTIMS FAMILIES
Statement released by the Hance and Schuler families. The Hance and Schuler families would like to express their deep sorrow for the loss of five beloved members of our family....
CAR BOMB IN SPAIN DESTROYS POLICE BARRACKS
BURGOS, Spain -- A powerful car bomb destroyed a police barracks housing officers and their families in northern Spain on Wednesday, slightly injuring about 60 people and causing major damage...
3 UP: WILPON, MET WIN STREAK AND YANK ROTATION
Yes, I am on Twitter.1. Off of yet another Mets public humiliation there is now a wave of suggestions that Jeff Wilpon needs to be more front and center with...
MICROSOFT, YAHOO AGREE TO SEARCH DEAL
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Microsoft has reached a deal with Yahoo for an Internet search partnership, ending years of back and forth negotiations. The agreement announced Wednesday gives Microsoft access to...
STARR REPORT
Stars cookin' Veteran actress Valerie Per rine has snared a recurring role opposite Dennis Hopper and Keith Carradine in the upcoming season of "Crash" (Starz). She'll play Suzy Fields, a...
AGAIN FAVRE CAN'T DECIDE
PACKERS, Jets, Vikings, retirement -- when re tail giant Sears needed a celebrity who personified indecision, there was only one man for the job: Brett Favre. This fall, the legendary...
MJ MANIA COOLS OFF
MICHAEL Jackson may have died four weeks ago -- but, according to the latest ratings, he wasn't finally buried until last week. For the first time since news broke about...
HERE IN ANDY LAND
BRAVO'S Andy Cohen doesn't sing or dance -- his talent is knowing how to get people talking. This past season, the man behind the "Real Housewives" franchise (his proper title...
THE GREAT INDOORS IN THE HAMPTONS
THE best place to eat in the Hamptons is in a garden or on a porch -- at your house or a friend's. In a land blessed with luminescent air...
GROUNDHOG DAY
GREEN Day should be ashamed. AT Madison Square Garden Monday night, the Grammy-winning punk band -- famous for leftist politics hitched to mainstream pop -- presented what was essentially the...
WHAT YOU'LL BE WATCHING
Don't look now, but fall is a little more than a month away. And, like any new class of kids just starting school, the new fall shows have their promising...
'CSI' SPLIT
THE "CSI" lab is getting another staff shake up. Executive producer Naren Shankar has confirmed that CSI Riley Smith (Lauren Lee Smith) is not returning for the series' 10th season,...
DON'T RULE OUT TRADES BY YANKEES
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Don't ever believe the Yankees won't do something before the trade deadline. It might not be a sexy deal, but the Yankees have a history of...
SOUTH FORK EVENT BENEFITS WOUNDED WARRIORS
Lots of stories coming out of the South Fork this past weekend, but none more important than the Soldier Ride, an event that raises money for the Wounded Warrior Project....
'ADAM' SHOWS AUTISTIC MERIT
'I'M not Forrest Gump," says Adam when his first girlfriend, Beth, gives him a box of chocolates in a perhaps unconscious acknowledgement that the hero of Max Mayer's bittersweet romantic...
BROOKLYN BOOST FOR LOCAL FASHION
OK, so you splurged on that "handmade" Italian silk top from an expensive department store -- but when you took off the tags, a "Made in India" label tragically appeared!...
SLUSH FUN!
THE frozen drink, that redheaded stepchild of the cocktail family, is finally coming into its own. Once the province of 7-Eleven, the formerly lowbrow libation is getting a glam makeover...
MARKOWITZ WANTS FOE ELIMINATED
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, who pushed hard for a citywide term-limits extension because he claimed it gives voters "more choices," is now petitioning to kick his only Democratic primary...
BAD IPG QUARTER 'ADS' TO CONCERN
Ad giant Interpublic Group reported worse-thanexpected results for the second quarter, heightening concerns that the ad slump will prove worse and longerlasting than anticipated. The marketing firm, which owns ad...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan A woman who hooked up with a man she met online swiped nearly $5,000 from him -- along with his pants, police sources said yesterday. Junay Adams, 20, ordered...
NOTHING FUNNIER THAN 'YOU'
PRESENTING the funniest movie of 2009 (so far). It's "You, the Living," a collec tion of 50 absurdist sketches written and directed by Roy Andersson, a talented gentleman from Sweden....
THIS 'DOG' FINALLY HAS HIS DAY
YOU know the face but you probably don't know the name -- John Cazale, who unforgettably played the unfortunate Fredo Corleone in the first two "Godfather" movies. BAM today begins...
FEEBLE '9 TO 5' GETS PINK SLIP
DOLLY'S done for. The musical version of "9 to 5," which probably seemed like a good idea way back when, will close around Labor Day, several theater sources say. It...
A'S RALLY PAST SOX
BOSTON -- Rajai Davis singled home Mark Ellis in the ninth to send the game into extra innings, then did it again in the 11th last night and the Athletics...
SIZZLING METS MOW DOWN ROCKIES
The front office is not the only place things have gotten hairy around the Mets this week. Several Mets players have made a vow not to shave until the team...
HONDO PLAYS HIS CARD
The Phillies Cole-cocked the Diamondbacks last night, which enabled formerly ice-cold Hondo to slash his accounts payable to 410 frisches. Tonight, Mr. Aitch will direct his disposable dinero toward Pineiro...
FILLIES GRAB SPA OPENING SPOTLIGHT
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- And they're off at Saratoga! The Old Spa throws open its doors today for its 141st summer stand, with a very bettable 10-race card highlighted by the...
'RACHEL' ON TRACK FOR SHOWDOWN
As the racing world anticipates today's start of the prestigious Saratoga season, the focus shifts south this weekend as two superstars -- Mine That Bird and Rachel Alexandra -- return...
PHILLIES CAN'T LET DRABEK DERAIL DEAL
AFTER the 1997 season, when they had just lost the World Series, the Indians were offered Pedro Martinez by the Expos as long as they included Jaret Wright in return....
WILPON MUST LEAD TROUBLED METS
WHAT the Mets long for, what they yearn for, what they need now as much as at any time in their history, is leadership that is not only less prone...
PHELPS MAY BOYCOTT OVER SWIMSUIT ISSUE
ROME -- No bodysuit ban, no Michael Phelps. That was the essence of what the Olympic great's coach said yesterday after swimming's governing body confirmed bodysuits will be outlawed next...
FAVRE WON'T JOIN VIKINGS
MINNEAPOLIS -- Brett Favre has handed the Vikings one more loss. The 39-year-old Favre called Vikings coach Brad Childress yesterday to tell the coach he won't be coming out of...
PHIL TO PLAY NEXT WEEK
Phil Mickelson, who has been out of action since his heartbreaking U.S. Open loss at Bethpage last month, announced he will return to PGA Tour competition next week at the...
WILPON NOT HAPPY, BUT BACKS MINAYA
Jeff Wilpon made it clear yesterday: Omar Minaya isn't going anywhere. "Omar's our general manager," the Mets' chief operating officer said. "Omar's going to be our general manager." That endorsement...
AS METS MISTAKES PILE UP, MINAYA HAS TO GO
JEFF Wilpon apologized yester day only for Omar Minaya, not for still employing him as his baseball boss. "Right now, the idea is Omar is our general manager, period," the...
SURGERY ENDS WANG'S SEASON
ST. PETERSBURG -- Chien-Ming Wang's worst fear came true yesterday, when it was decided the right-hander will undergo season-ending shoulder surgery today. Dr. James Andrews will perform arthroscopic surgery on...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Buehrle retires 45 straight Coming off a perfect game in his last start, White Sox lefty Mark Buehrle retired the first 17 Twins batters to set a major league...
YANKEES BURNED BY RAYS
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- CC Sabathia's broad and expensive shoulders were strong enough to carry the blame for a sub-par Yankees performance last night. Yes, Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez...
FRANCOEUR CATCHES A BREAK
The best sign the Mets' luck might be changing is that Jeff Francoeur was OK after getting hit in the left hand with a pitch last night. Rockies starter Jason...
'STING' TARGET IS DEAD
A top New Jersey political consultant busted in a massive corruption and money-laundering sting was found dead in his apartment yesterday, and authorities were eyeing the possibility he committed suicide....
FEDEX TRUCK DEATH
A pedestrian was killed by a FedEx truck in Long Beach, LI, yesterday. The truck struck several parked cars before hitting a middle-aged man, who was not immediately identified, said...
NEW VA. TECH PROBE SOUGHT
ROANOKE, Va. -- Families of the Virginia Tech shooting victims asked Gov. Tim Kaine yesterday to reopen a state commission's investigation of the 2007 massacre. The families' statement followed disclosure...
TANNING-BED CANCER LINK
International experts have moved tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation into the top cancer-risk category, calling them as deadly as arsenic and mustard gas. For years, scientists deemed both "probable carcinogens."...
NEW PLEDGE TO ARM IRAQ
BAGHDAD -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki discussed plans yesterday to leave US weapons behind after American troops leave. But Gates sidestepped media questions about...
THE BIG 9-OH
It's his last birthday in office, and it's a big one. Legendary Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau turns 90 on Friday, and he says he plans to spend the day...
JFK'S $376M PROJECT RUNWAY
JFK's largest runway is getting a makeover. A $376 million rehab began yesterday on the airport's longest landing strip, and is expected to last until November 2011. Even though the...
HEALTHY GIFT TO NY POLS
WASHINGTON -- Two New York lawmakers involved with crafting health-care legislation have received big-bucks campaign donations from the insurance and health industries, according to an analysis by a government watchdog...
ADVOCATE-ING AN END
If Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum thought Councilman Simcha Felder was just mouthing off when he called for the elimination of her office, she's in for a big surprise today when...
'RAIL'-TIME INFORMATION
The state Department of Transportation has set up Twitter accounts for all of the city's subway lines, so now you can receive a warning on how bad -- or good...
ARCHER TARGETED
Riverdale's "Robin Hood" has the sheriff on his tail after skipping a Bronx Supreme Court hearing yesterday. Eric Collins, 27, was charged in March with shooting an arrow in his...
IT'S TICKLE ME BLOOMY
These days just about every politician can use a hug, so it was only fitting that Mayor Bloomberg got one yesterday from the "Sesame Street" character Rosita after he announced...
ASTOR COULDN'T RECALL 9/11: DOC
Two days after terrorists ravaged New York, ailing socialite Brooke Astor was virtually oblivious to the 9/11 attacks and couldn't identify President Bush, jurors heard yesterday. The philanthropist's neurologist, Dr....
DEUTSCHE CHECK 'SCAM'
The investigation into the fatal Deutsche Bank fire has netted a Jordanian who allegedly helped 380 shady businesses hide $40 million from banking regulators, including two contractors implicated in the...
ACTIVISTS: WEED SHALL OVERCOME
SAN FRANCISCO -- Oakland activists fresh off a victory at local polls on the taxing of medical marijuana took their first official step yesterday toward asking California voters to legalize...
DR. OBAMA GETS 'LIFE OR DEATH' QUIZ
WASHINGTON -- President Obama fended off skeptical questions yesterday from elderly voters wary that the federal government would be making life-or-death health decisions for them in the twilight of their...
ERIN ANDREWS WEB SITE YET TO BE GRILLED
The Web site that was the first to post voyeur videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews naked in her hotel room still has not been contacted by authorities, The Post...
MULLAHS MULL BOOT FOR A'JAD
Iranian political hard-liners have warned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that he could be deposed, as previous Iranian leaders have been, if he continues defying the country's supreme religious leader, Ayatollah Ali...
The next and last stop is Easy St.
Surrounded by the sacks of money he hauled around each day, transit worker Aubrey Boyce would often get lost daydreaming how his life would change if the money were all...
NO DEAL FOR 'POST-MAN PUNCH' POL
A state senator accused of battering a New York Post photographer is still facing seven years in jail -- despite desperate efforts by his legal team to cut a deal....
SUBWAY CAMS TO BE SURVEIL-LENT
The first round of subway spy-cams will come at no cost to the MTA as it tests them, sources said yesterday. The agency "reached an agreement" with a vendor to...
BITTER TWITTER LAWSUIT
On Twitter, moldy walls apparently have ears. A Chicago woman has been slapped with a $50,000 defamation lawsuit by her landlord after she Twittered angrily about the freaky fungus on...
ACTOR WOODS TO GIVE 9/11 'TEST-RUN' TESTIMONY
Actor James Woods could be a "star" witness when the first wrongful-death case from the 9/11 attacks goes to trial in April. The Oscar-nominated performer was deposed five months ago...
WING DING-DONG
A blundering small-town pilot nearly caused a disaster over Kennedy Airport when he steered his single-engine plane for a landing in front of a Boeing 747 and forced controllers to...
GIANTS OWNER BACKS PIERCE, RIPS D.A.
Free Antonio! Giants brass had nothing to say about their former star, Plaxico Burress, as the knuckleheaded gunslinger prepared to throw himself on the mercy of a Manhattan grand jury...
BIG SHOTS FEEL LEFT AT STATION
One out of three MTA board members say they're not involved in crucial decisions about day-to-day operations and multimillion-dollar financial decisions, according to a shocking survey obtained by The Post....
DEMS AND UNIONS SET DUMP-DAVE DEADLINE
In a stunning development reflecting growing panic over Gov. Paterson, powerful union leaders and Democratic officials yesterday gave him an ultimatum: Shape up by October or we're taking our support...
COLIN BACKS BLOOMY
Colin Powell made a surprise endorsement in the mayoral race last night, saying that Mayor Bloomberg "is working for the whole city" and deserves a third term. "When he was...
2 SLAPPED FOR TRAIN-KID RIDE
A subway-train operator and conductor have been suspended without pay for allegedly allowing a young boy into the operator's cab, officials said. Riders complained that the child was actually running...
GATES FLAP NAILS BEEP AIDE
An aide to Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer has resigned under pressure after she labeled Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. a "racist" and dubbed President Obama "O-dumb-a" in a...
BEER SEERS PICK POWWOW FAVE
Never in the history of hops has a choice of beer taken on such huge national importance. With the country looking on, President Obama will be serving up the suds...
HICKS $TICK IT TO NY
Terror target New York City got beat out by sleepy burgs like Frenchtown, NJ, and Broken Bow, Okla., when it came to the Justice Department's allocation of stimulus money to...
HIGH LINE EYES TAX ON ITS NEIGHBORS
Open less than two months, the High Line already has its hand out. Facing crowds that are much larger than expected and with the recession putting a crimp in fund-raising,...
SONIA CLEARS PANEL HURDLE
WASHINGTON -- The Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday voted to approve Judge Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice over nearly solid Republican opposition, paving the way for a...
PARK BIKE AT YOUR DESK
Make room in that cubicle -- desk jockeys around the city will soon be allowed to take their bikes off the road and into their offices. As long as an...
GOV HONORING TIMOSHENKO
Gov. Paterson is giving the state's Police Officer of the Year award to two NYPD cops involved in a deadly street stop in Brooklyn. Officer Russel Timoshenko died and his...
POST OFFICE DIGITAL PAIN
WASHINGTON -- The Government Accountability Office yesterday added the US Postal Service to its list of federal agencies in need of change. The Post Office has been struggling with a...
DA: CASH-HOLES GOT 422G IN ATM SCAM
Four financial whizzes forged a bond at NYU -- then joined forces to devise an incredibly simple ATM scheme that wound up bilking up to $1 million from scores of...
WIFE BURNED HIS JOB, TOO
The hot-blooded wife who allegedly poured boiling water on her sleeping hubby's genitals was so jealous that she once forced him to quit a $140,000-a- year job because she thought...
CRACKDOWN ON 'REAL' TOY GUNS
Despite years of enforcement stings, many New York stores still aren't complying with state rules banning the sale of toy guns that could be confused with the real thing, state...
AUTOPSY MYSTERY
An autopsy on the Long Island mom behind the wheel in a fiery wrong-way crash that killed her and seven others has only deepened the mystery of why she drove...
NEW MICHAEL JACKSON DOC RAID
Federal agents raided the Las Vegas home and office of Michael Jackson's personal doctor yesterday after it emerged that the shady physician shot up the King of Pop with the...
'SILENCE THE WITNESSES' ATTORNEY CAUGHT ON TAPE
A prominent Manhattan lawyer who has represented everyone from notorious gangsters to football stars has been caught on bombshell tapes allegedly coaching an informant on how to silence witnesses in...
STEVE PLACES BET ON A BIG A 'WYNN'
Giddy-up! Casino impresario Steve Wynn yesterday said he's champing at the bit to build and run a planned big video-lottery complex at the legendary -- but fading -- Aqueduct racetrack...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Sounds like this guy has snakes on the brain. A man in New Britain, Conn., blamed a car crash on two pet baby snakes he claims escaped from his pants...
LAW FIRM'S BIG CHANCE
THE downtown law firm of Holland & Knight is thisclose to a move uptown through an 80,000 foot sublease from another law firm, Clifford Chance. Clifford Chance has 380,000 square...
IN THE EVENT OF FIRE . . . EMPLOY ONLY THE BEST
THE ISSUE: A Brooklyn federal judge's ruling that the FDNY's old written test was racially biased. *** Your opinion that the primary concern of the fire department is the public's...
AN EMPTY BOOM
OVER the last two years, it has looked like New York would have to adjust to living without so many golden eggs from the Wall Street goose. But now Wall...
CONDEMNED BY THEIR OWN LAPTOPS
THE latest twist in the saga of how the British government banned talk-radio host Michael Savage from entering Britain is straight out of the sitcom "Yes, Prime Minister," in which...
'CHANGE' WITH BRASS KNUCKLES
SIX months into the Obama ad ministration, it should now be clear: Hope and Change came to the White House wrapped in brass knuckles. Ask the Congressional Budget Office. Last...
JCPENNEY BETTING ON MIRACLE ON 33RD ST.
JCPenney is digging deep under Midtown in search of big sales. The 107-year-old department store chain -- which had been based in Manhattan for many decades before moving to Texas...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Pay bill The House Financial Services Committee ap proved legislation that would let regulators ban incentive pay at banks and give shareholders a vote on bonuses in re sponse to...
SEC YIELDED ON STANFORD
The US Securities and Exchange Commission "effectively halted" a probe of R. Allen Stanford's alleged $7 billion fraud last year while federal prosecutors weighed their own investigation, the agency's watchdog...
PRICES OF US HOMES UP IN MAY
A gauge of US house prices posted its first monthly gain in three years, providing some solace to consumers shaken by rising joblessness. The S&P/Case-Shiller home-price index rose 0.5 percent...
THAT WAS THEN
PRESIDENT Obama and con gressional leaders are des perately searching for a way to finance their fast-track power grab over the health-care sector. Both the House and Senate bills, backed...
REDSTONE'S VIACOM SLIPS 32% IN Q2 EARNINGS
Sumner Redstone's Viacom yesterday reported a 32 percent decline in second-quarter earnings but still managed to beat analysts' expectations due to aggressive cost-cutting. Yesterday also marked the deadline for final...
LOOSE THREADS HANG UP BRIT FIRM'S HARTMARX BUYOUT
A British buyout firm's deal to acquire Hartmarx -- the Chicago-based suitmaker for President Obama -- is in jeopardy because of a flap over costs related to closing the acquisition,...
HACHETTE JOB FOR ELLE
PARIS-based Lagardére is said to be in talks with Hearst Corp. about taking over the US operations of fashion magazine Elle, a source tells Media Ink. According to the source,...
SCOTT'S USELESS SECOND-STRINGER
Looks like the controversy over the ar rest of African-American Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. is starting to bear real fruit -- in cutting waste from New York City...
GILLIBRAND COMES AROUND -- AGAIN
Another day, another Kirsten Gillibrand flip-flop. Ho-hum. Six months after being rescued from upstate obscurity by Gov. Paterson, Hillary Clinton's successor has abandoned so many moderate positions on so many...
CRIMINAL-PROBE TIME
Whoa. It's looking like Sen. Chris Dodd's involvement with a sub prime-lending company warrants far more than a mere Senate Ethics Committee look-see. Or so suggests closed-door committee testimony from...
GOLDMAN DISPUTES 'EVIL' TAG
Goldman Sachs is again taking umbrage at a magazine article about the investment bank's ability to make money in the worst of times, this time blasting a piece in New...
BERNIE: SEC WAS ASLEEP
In an extraordinary 4½-hour interview from behind bars, convicted Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff told a San Francisco trial lawyer yesterday that he got away with his $65 billion scam because...
SEARCH & RESCUE
Microsoft and Yahoo! are close to completing a long-anticipated search ad deal after months of back-and-forth negotiations. The pact could be announced as early as today, although there is the...
MJ mania cools off
MICHAEL Jackson may have died four weeks ago -- but, according to the latest ratings, he wasn't finally buried until last week. For the first time since news broke about...
Criminal-Probe Time
Whoa. It's looking like Sen. Chris Dodd's involvement with a sub prime-lending company warrants far more than a mere Senate Ethics Committee look-see. Or so suggests closed-door committee testimony from...
The next & last stop is easy st.
Surrounded by the sacks of money he hauled around each day, transit worker Aubrey Boyce would often get lost daydreaming how his life would change if the money were all...
No deal for 'Post-man punch' pol
A state senator accused of battering a New York Post photographer is still facing seven years in jail -- despite desperate efforts by his legal team to cut a deal....
Mara stays 'true blue'
Free Antonio! Giants brass had nothing to say about their former star, Plaxico Burress, as the knuckleheaded gunslinger prepared to throw himself on the mercy of a Manhattan grand jury...
Big shots feel left at station
One out of three MTA board members say they're not involved in crucial decisions about day-to-day operations and multimillion-dollar financial decisions, according to a shocking survey obtained by The Post....
Search & rescue
Microsoft and Yahoo! are close to completing a long-anticipated search ad deal after months of back-and-forth negotiations. The pact could be announced as early as today, although there is the...
Gates flap nails beep aide
An aide to Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer has resigned under pressure after she labeled Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. a "racist" and dubbed President Obama "O-dumb-a" in a...
A's rally past Sox
BOSTON -- Rajai Davis singled home Mark Ellis in the ninth to send the game into extra innings, then did it again in the 11th last night and the Athletics...
Step up, Jeff!
WHAT the Mets long for, what they yearn for, what they need now as much as at any time in their history, is leadership that is not only less prone...
Colorado waives midfielder Terry Cooke; RBNY should pounce _ but probably won't
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!Colorado waived British midfielder Terry Cooke today to make room for the younger Scot Jamie Smith. Cooke piled up a stunning 31 assists over...
PELFREY PITCHES METS TO FOURTH STRAIGHT WIN, 4-0
Mike Pelfrey pitched out of trouble into the seventh inning, the New York offense kept pecking away, and the Mets beat the Colorado Rockies 4-0 on Tuesday night for their...
KAZMIR, LONGORIA STAR IN RAYS' 6-2 WIN
Scott Kazmir outpitched CC Sabathia to win for the first time in more than two months, and the Tampa Bay Rays slowed down the streaking New York Yankees with a...