July 30, 2009
Maine's shoulder still weak
John Maine will return to Port St. Lucie to continue his rehab after Dr. James Andrews confirmed the original diagnosis of weakness in Maine's right shoulder. Maine appears no closer...
RICHARD RAVITCH CAN CONTINUE AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR: COURT
Richard Ravitch can continue serving as New York's lieutenant governor during a legal dispute over his appointment, but he cannot preside over the state Senate, an appeals court ruled Thursday....
Argentine Walter Garcia to trial w/ RBNY
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!The Red Bulls will bring in Argentine centerback Walter GarcÃa on trial Monday, the Post has learned.The 25-year-old is a veteran of the Argentine...
Life in Venice
American movies are making a comeback at the world's oldest film festival: Venice.Organizers report that six US movies will be in the main competition. "It seemed that the writers' strike,...
Shaq calls out Beckham (on Twitter)
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!First David Beckham gets called out by Landon Donovan. Now he's getting called out by Shaquille O'Neal, who used his Twitter account to challenge...
Jets arrive at home away from home
By MARK CANNIZZAROThe Jets today descended upon SUNY Cortland, the biggest thing that's happened in these parts of New York's "Southern Tier'' since I played soccer just down the road...
Arkadium Games does casual games
...like Power Shot Tennis (as seen above). It's "the only tennis game online truly made for the casual game demographic" through intuitive controls and modified physics that respond to individual...
Rex Ryan transcript, July 30
Here is the complete transcript from Rex Ryan's remarks today, courtesy of the New York Jets: Opening Statement...I am really excited about the excitement of the community here. I have...
LEON A NO-SHOW AT JETS CAMP
CORTLAND -- Jets running back Leon Washington, in a contract dispute while seeking a big raise, was a no-show as players reported Thursday for the start of the team's first...
Pace blames supplement for suspension
Calvin Pace blamed a change in the NFL banned substances list for the test that resulted in his four-game suspension."(It was) a workout supplement that I had previously taken before...
HOBOKEN MAYOR PETER CAMMARANO AGREES TO RESIGN
Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano III, who was arrested on federal corruption charges after just three weeks in office, is expected to resign soon, Gov. Jon Corzine said today. Cammarano, a...
Sanchez enters camp as backup
Even a long bus ride upstate -- and being a backup -- couldn't curtail Mark Sanchez's excitement.The Jets rookie quarterback said today he is eager to start his first NFL...
'Captain Blood' in Space? Well...
Warners has commission a script that moves the Rafael Sabitini swashbuckler "Captain Blood'' -- Michael Curtiz' 1935 version for the studio shot Errol Flynn to stardom -- into outer space,...
OBAMA: 'BEER SUMMIT' A CHANCE FOR COP, PROFESSOR TO LISTEN TO EACH OTHER
WASHINGTON -- President Obama sat down for a beer this afternoon with Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Cambridge cop James Crowley.PHOTOS: Obama, Gates, Crowley, Biden Share a Beer...
MONSERRATE ASSAULT CASE HEADS TO TRIAL IN SEPTEMBER
A Queens Supreme Court judge has denied motions by Hiram Monserrate to throw out his indictment and suppress evidence in his pending case on assault charges. The trial will begin...
FATHER MOURNS DEATH OF THREE DAUGHTERS IN CRASH
Warren Hance, devastated by the death of his three daughters in a crash on the Taconic Parkway, urged mourners packed into a Floral Park church Thursday not to take their...
Sintim, Beatty sign; only Nicks left
By PAUL SCHWARTZWith a hefty nine players taken in the NFL Draft, the Giants had plenty of negotiating work to do to get them all signed and at training camp...
Holt continues up-and-down Double-A season
You can now follow Beating the Bushes on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NYP_Bushes**********Brad Holt has vaulted to near the top of the Mets' list of prospects since he was drafted in the supplemental...
Game 101: Rockies at Mets
From BRIAN LEWISWith Luis Castillo returning from the birth of his child, the Mets follow up Johan Santana's masterful start in the matinee with a chance at a four-game sweep...
Kew Gardens man claims $82.7M lottery prize
Queens' newest multi-millionaire, who kept his identity hidden for three weeks after he won a $133 million jackpot, was all smiles Tuesday when he accepted his winnings at a special...
Jackson on his way to majors?
You can now follow Beating the Bushes on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NYP_Bushes**********According to my colleague George King, Austin Jackson could soon be on his way to the Bronx as a stopgap until...
Keepin' It 'Real': It's Not Cheating If...
By Anthony Sulla-HeffingerIt's to little surprise that, after his remarks last week, Joey and Ayiiia are still not speaking to one another. Do I blame Ayiiia? Absolutely not, but she...
KARA DIOGUARDI 'IDOL' RETURN OFFICIAL
As expected, Kara DioGuardi will return for another season of "American Idol." DioGuardi has reached agreement on a new deal, according to eonline.com. No financial figures were disclosed. With Simon...
Serie A: Another Season Takes Shape
The Serie A season will open the weekend of Aug. 22-23 and conclude on May, 16, 2010, league officials announced in Rome on Wednesday.The Milan derby between AC Milan and...
BLACK SUNDAY JUROR COULD GET CASE TOSSED
A Bronx juror whose online shenanigans with a firefighter could undermine the conviction of a landlord in the fatal Black Sunday blaze testified today that she reached out to the...
INFORMANT ADMITS TO DEVISING WITNESS HARMING PLAN
A key informant at the trial of Manhattan lawyer Robert Simels admitted today that he planted the seed in a diabolical plot to harm a witness's mother. "It was my...
Amy and Seth Together Again
NBC should call its Thursday night TV "Amy Poehler Night." The funnywoman will reprise her role as "Weekend Update" anchor alongside Seth Meyers for the first two episodes of "Saturday...
WITNESS: BROOKE ASTOR HAD NO CLUE 9/11 ATTACKS WERE HAPPENING
Brooke Astor had no clue the city was under attack on Sept. 11, 2001, and insisted on having lunch at her favorite club after the terror strikes, jurors heard today....
EMMY CHANGES: SOME AWARDS TO BE TAPED
LOS ANGELES -- Emmy organizers say they will tape the presentation of some awards to help make the ceremony more appealing to viewers. The Television Academy said Thursday the move...
Fantasy Tracker strikes back
After a long, long, loooong offseason, football is finally back. Well, almost.And the Tracker is here to get you prepped for your fantasy draft. Look for our draft tips, strategies,...
ARTURO GATTI COMMITTED SUICIDE: COPS
RIO DE JANEIRO -- A Brazilian police investigation has determined that the death of boxer Arturo Gatti was a suicide and a court has ordered the release of his wife,...
MOURNERS REMEMBER 5 KILLED IN NY WRONG-WAY CRASH
"Love your children. Cherish your children." Those were the words of Warren Hance, who kept his emotions in check as he delivered the eulogy today for his five family members...
Sneak Peek: 'Kate Plus 8'
We hope there were several lifeguards on-hand.After a month-long hiatus, "Jon & Kate Plus 8" returns Monday to follow Kate Gosselin and her tots to the beach, where the reality...
DEALS: Icelandair fares < $400/ow
It hasn't gotten quite so bad that Bjork's turning tricks at truck stops outside Reykjavik, but in the once proud viking den of Iceland, the plunderers have definitely become the...
GOOGLE ENGINEER HIT BY CENTRAL PARK TREE LIMB IMPROVING
The Google engineer clobbered by a falling tree limb in Central Park has begun to show signs of improvement, his family said today. "He seems like he is slowly improving,"...
JUDGE DENIES HIRMAN MONSERRATE MOTION TO DISMISS CHARGES
A Queens judge today rejected a motion to dismiss the indictment against State Sen. Hiram Monserrate and ordered him to stand trial in September. Monserrate (D-Queens) faces assault and weapons...
MINAYA MEETS MEDIA -- AGAIN
Beleaguered Mets GM Omar Minaya met the press before the first game of today's doubleheader, with attacks and accusations on a reporter now replaced by contrition and apology -- sort...
THE YANKS AND WASHBURN
Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik sounds like an executive stuck in the middle. His brain tells him that his club is just not good enough to make the playoffs this year...
JAYSON WILLIAMS' NC ASSAULT CASE DELAYED
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The assault case in North Carolina for former NBA star Jayson Williams has been continued until next month. Court officials said Thursday Williams' case is set to...
PORN STAR STORMY DANIELS HIT WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CHARGE
NEW ORLEANS -- It's been a tough week for porn actress Stormy Daniels -- complete with a domestic violence charge and a car explosion -- as she continues to mull...
Minaya repents ... sort of
From BRIAN LEWIS Beleaguered Mets GM Omar Minaya met the press before the first game of today's doubleheader, with attacks and accusations against Adam Rubin now replaced by contrition and...
REPORT: ORTIZ TESTED POSITIVE IN 2003
David Ortiz said today he was "blindsided" by a report that reveals he tested positive for a performance-enhancing substance in 2003. The New York Times says Ortiz and Manny Ramirez,...
GIULIANI TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR -- ONLY IF THINGS 'GET WORSE'
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani today dodged questions about his plans for a potential 2010 gubernatorial run -- but suggested that the chances for him getting elected depend on how bad...
Red Bulls waive Khano Smith
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!The Red Bulls waived Khano Smith today. No, it's not a shock, but I'm sure it has a lot of you Red Bull fans...
SENATE TO VOTE ON MAYORAL CONTROL NEXT WEEK
Mayor Bloomberg will be fully in charge of education again! Democratic leaders of the state Senate announced yesterday they will approve legislation to renew mayoral control of city schools on...
Pedro could go to Phillies bullpen
The Philadelphia Daily News reports the Phillies still plan to use Pedro Martinez as a starter -- even after trading for Cliff Lee -- but the former Met does have...
BOSTON COP SUSPENDED FOR RACIAL SLUR IN HARVARD PROF CASE
BOSTON -- A Boston police officer has been suspended for using a racial slur to describe black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. Commissioner Edward Davis put 36-year-old Justin Barrett...
PRESSURE ON RED SOX AND DODGERS
For most of this season, the Red Sox and Dodgers were viewed as the favorites to win their respective leagues. And nobody should exactly run away from those predictions. After...
MIND THE GAP: STATE DEFICIT REACHES $2.1B
ALBANY -- Plunging tax revenues and continued job losses have already torn an eye-popping $2.1 billion in the state's current-year budget, Gov. Paterson announced this morning. The economic woes will...
The Daily Whacks, Thursday Edition
You can count me among the tweetin' Twitterers (or is that the Twitterin' tweeters?) now: http://twitter.com/MikeVacc*******If it's true that love means never having to say your sorry, then that means...
LT. GOVERNOR DISPUTE HEADS TO COURT
The political dispute over New York's appointed lieutenant governor is headed to a Brooklyn appeals court. A hearing is scheduled Thursday on state Senate Republicans' challenge to the appointment of...
Game 100: Rockies at Mets
(UPDATED: 11:10 A.M.) With Luis Castillo unavailable due to the birth of his child, the Mets are reconfiguring their lineup for Johan Santana's pushed-back start today in Game 1 of...
LETTERMAN A COVETED BUCKET LIST-ITEM FOR NEW MTV SHOW
If you want to be a guest on the "Late Show," it's best not to make jokes about kidnapping David Letterman. That's a lesson four Canadian college students learned the...
Toronto: Clooney, Reitman on Latest List
Talented hometown boy Jason Reitman's first two films -- "Juno'' and "Thank You for Smoking'' -- premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, and his family (dad is director Ivan...
GRAND CONCOURSE CLOGGED
The Department of Transportation meant to install a breezy bicycle lane. Instead, the Grand Concourse south of E. Fordham Road has become a parking lot "" thanks in part to...
DOT REVISES ALLERTON LANE CHANGES
Community Board 11, local residents, and Allerton merchants rejoiced after the Department of Transportation returned with welcomed changes to the Pelham Gardens Safe Streets for Seniors Program. Following a meeting...
11 HURT ON RIDE MISHAP
The St. Theresa Feast was packed on the evening of Saturday, July 25 when a mini-roller coaster for children derailed, sending 11 to the hospital. The next day, Archbishop Timothy...
BENEDETTO THANKED FOR COMMITMENT TO PLAYGROUNDS
Bufano Playground is a abuzz with activity this summer, with children running under its spray shower, teenagers playing basketball, and a playground associate providing youngsters with everything from lunch to...
'FIRST NAIL' FOR WOUNDED VETERAN
U.S. Army Specialist Roberto Reyes had a special homecoming after four years in VA hospitals on Saturday, July 25, as he drove a ceremonial "First Nail" into a board symbolizing...
4 AND 5 TRAINS DELAYED BY PROBLEM AT WALL STREET STATION
Smoking electrical cables near the Wall Street station on the 4 and 5 suwbay lines have led to the evacuation of the Bowling Green station, the MTA said. It's unsure...
CABLEVISION SPINNING OFF MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
Cablevision Systems Corp. said today that its board had approved a plan to spin off its Madison Square Garden business, owner of the New York Knicks, Rangers and the famed...
FIREFIGHTERS HURT IN OVERNIGHT BROOKLYN BLAZE
Twelve firefighters were hurt in an overnight fire in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.See the PhotosGet the Full Story From MYFOXNY.COM A massive fire ripped through a four-story building at 6805 Third...
PIERCE TESTIFIES BEFORE GRAND JURY IN PLAX GUN CASE
Yesterday, Plaxico Burress. Today, Antonio Pierce. Pierce appeared today before a grand jury in his former teammate's gun case -- and will return to the Manhattan courthouse tomorrow to finish...
COP RECOVERING AFTER SHOOTING
A Queens police officer was recovering from a gunshot wound and his accused attacker was arraigned assault charges after a domestic violence call turned ugly in Ridgewood last weekend. Police...
CRASH CLAIMS FLORAL PARK GIRLS
The Village of Floral Park was reeling with grief and disbelief after three young sisters were among eight people killed when a Long Island woman drove the wrong way for...
Leon absent; Jones on hand
By DENNIS WASZAK Jr., APCORTLAND -- Running back Leon Washington, amid a contract dispute, is a no-show as players reported for the start of the team's first training camp under...
Rangers still trying for Halladay
MLB.com reports, "The Rangers still have significant on-going communications going on between them and the Blue Jays with under 24 hours to go before the Trade Deadline."T.R. Sullivan writes, "There...
BABY CUT FROM MOM'S WOMB FOUND SAFE; WOMAN ARRESTED
CONCORD, N.H. -- Police say a baby girl cut from her mother's womb in Massachusetts is in good condition at a New Hampshire hospital, and a woman arrested at homeless...
3 UP: WANG, JOBA AND PATTERSON
Yes, I am on Twitter.1. There were a lot of things that Chien-Ming Wang was not such as effective in the postseason or the kind of strikeout artist who engenders...
Coverage in The Post
The Mets can only hope Wednesday's rainout didn't wash away momentum as they try to keep their four-game win streak alive during today's day-night doubleheader. Johan Santana will take the...
FEARS ABOUT MILEY 'STALKER'
Jittery Disney officials, worried about a potential stalker targeting teen star Miley Cyrus, phoned the LAPD to warn them about the creep. Mike McLeod, 53, was arrested on June 22...
MOMS-TO-BE TOP SWINE RISK
ATLANTA -- Pregnant women should be the first to get vaccinated against the new H1N1 swine-flu virus, health experts told an advisory panel yesterday. Pregnant women are at special risk...
B'KLYN KID, 2, SEES DAD SLAIN
A churchgoing Brooklyn dad was gunned down on the street in front of his 2-year-old son after picking him up from day care, police and relatives said yesterday. Kester LaRoc,...
LIBERTY FACE MYSTICS AT HALFWAY POINT
It was reported this week that President Obama gave strikingly similar remarks to the WNBA champion Detroit Shock and the NCAA champion Connecticut Huskies when they visited the White House,...
CARTER BELIEVES IN MAGIC
Vince Carter isn't looking to replace Dwight Howard as the face of the Eastern Conference champion Orlando Magic. Not even close. The recently acquired Carter just wants to fit with...
SHOWDOWN AT SARATOGA
Post handicappers John DaSilva, Ed Fountaine and two-time defending champion Vic Cangialosi challenge former champion steeplechase jockey, OTB backstretch insider and co-publisher of the Saratoga Special, Sean Clancy, as they...
PHILLIES DEALS HURT METS
THE Mets' situation is growing worse and it has nothing to do with Omar Minaya opening his mouth or Tony Bernazard opening his shirt. The National League is getting better...
YANKEES PLAY IT COOL WITH HALLADAY
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman did check in Tuesday with Toronto officials about Roy Halladay and Indians officials about Cliff Lee. But with the non-waiver trade deadline at 4 p.m....
BELTRAN GUNS FOR 2 WEEKS
Carlos Beltran isn't gunning for 100 percent with his right knee, just enough spring in his step for a return to the Mets' lineup. The injured center fielder said yesterday...
BIG TRADE MIGHT BE LIFELINE FOR MINAYA
AFTER an extensive session in the batting cage, Carlos Beltran was in the Mets clubhouse yesterday talking about possibly returning to action in "2½ weeks." Meanwhile, Gary Sheffield was headed...
HAUTE LIST
GIVE a penny, take a penny. And now, save a Penney! PHOTOS: Haute ListFASHION BLOG: JCPenney Grand Opening Celebrations Discount department store JCPenney is back in Manhattan (it used to...
STEALTHY, WEALTHY & WISE
BLING is dead! Bigger is no longer better. The recession might be over-ish, but conspicuous consumption has a way to go before it's cool again. These days, showy displays of...
FINDING THE ECOLO-G-SPOT
SAVE the planet, one shtup at a time! With just a few tweaks to your sex life, the environment can "get lucky" whenever you do. Burn a soy candle when...
CHIN MUSIC
SANTA Claus. Honest Abe. The Taliban. And now sweet, sweet David Wright. When it comes to beards -- and only beards -- the Mets are batting 1.000. Wright is sporting...
ATOMIC RAIN IS UP IN AIR
OCEANPORT, N.J. -- A sore foot could keep Atomic Rain from taking on Preakness winner Rachel Alexandra and Belmont Stakes winner Summer Bird in the $1.25 million Haskell Invitational on...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Bosox lose againAdam Kennedy homered on the first pitch of the game and the A's outslugged the Red Sox 8-6 last night in Boston. Oakland started with five runs...
HONDO'S LUKE WARM
The Cards were especially heroic for Hondo last night, taking care of business by scoring in the ninth, 11th and 15th innings to lower the debt to a circular 360...
Central Park tree tragedy
A Google engineer enjoying a quiet walk in Central Park yesterday was hit on the head by a large branch that snapped from a tree -- a freak accident that...
BAM'S 'RATION'-AL CARE: LET SENIORS DO WITHOUT IT
I am horrified by Betsy McCaughey's piece "Deadly Doctors" (PostOpinion, July 24). In it, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel says that "doctors take their Hippocratic oath too seriously." Does President Obama take...
GUIDE DOGHOUSE
A New Jersey restaurant may have violated state anti-bias laws by refusing to seat a disabled man and his guide dog in its main dining room, the state's Division on...
CLEVER FUND DROVE OFF WITH DELPHI
* For Elliott Associates, it appears it only takes getting burned twice for the hedge fund to learn a valuable lesson. After being part of a group of creditors that...
GOOD SKEETERS BEAT MALARIA
Scientists revealed they have used mosquitoes as flying needles to deliver a "vaccine" of malaria parasites through their bites. The results were astounding: Everyone in the vaccine group acquired immunity...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Staten Island A pit-bull puppy put the bite on a cop trying to arrest a car thief, police said yesterday. The bizarre incident occurred at 11:40 p.m. Tuesday when patrol...
OIL SPECULATORS OWE YOU & ME A BUNDLE OF CASH
THE way I figure it, oil speculators on Wall Street owe me about $3,500. It's nice that commodities' regulators in Washington suddenly decided this week that these fast-money thugs were...
DODD'S DANGER
TWO cut-rate mortgages from failed subprime giant Countrywide Financial continue to cost Sen. Christopher Dodd, shredding the Connecticut Democrat's credibility as he faces re-election next fall. This week, news of...
STIMULUS IS GETTING US BACK ON TRACK: OBAMA
RALEIGH, NC -- President Obama launched a spirited defense of his economic policies yesterday, declaring they had helped save the nation from an economic depression. With a spate of polls...
HIZZONER NO 'ADVOCATE' OF BAGGING BETSY POST
He's had his share of run-ins with Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum, but Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday he'd have to think "long and hard" about supporting a referendum to abolish the...
SWAGGER'S GONE FOR STAR'S DESPERATE HAIL MARY
HE'S got good reason to sweat. Plaxico Burress stepped out into the steam bath that was lower Manhattan, ready for his close-up. The former Giants star receiver and chronic cool...
IT'S AN URBAN THING -- O WON'T GET IT
WHEN President Obama sits down for brewskis today at the White House to try to make peace with Harvard Prof. Henry Louis Gates and Cambridge Police Sgt. James Crowley, expect...
HEALTH-CARE 'COMPROMISE':
HOUSE Democrats are playing a game of Whack-a-Mole as they try to devise a health-reform bill to reengineer one-sixth of our economy, but the latest "agreement" announced Wednesday makes no...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
AmEx stake American Express bought back the last of the government's stake by paying $340 million for warrants held by the Treasury's bailout program. The warrants would have entitled the...
OLGA MENDEZ DIES
Former New York state Sen. Olga Mendez, the first Puerto Rican woman elected to a state legislature in the mainland United States, has died. A nephew, Erick Vazquez, said Mendez,...
STRIP-TRIP ENVOY JAILED
WASHINGTON -- A former official at the US consulate in Toronto was sentenced yesterday to a year in prison for expediting visas in exchange for gifts of jewelry and trips...
GE FINANCE UNIT SUPPORT
General Electric Co., Harley-Davidson Inc. and manufacturers with finance businesses should be allowed to keep them under a revision of rules to govern banking, US Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said...
ELECTRIC CHAIR FOR PAULSON
Coda Automotive said former US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will serve as an adviser to the start-up electric-car maker on partnerships in China. Paulson has "deep, personal relationships in China...
EBAY TRIES TO SKIP BY SKYPE
EBay Inc. is building new software to run its Skype Internet-calling service, a bid to sidestep a licensing dispute with Skype's founders, who have threatened to take back the underlying...
SPRINT HAS LOSS
Sprint Nextel Corp., the third-largest US mobile-phone company, reported a loss of $384 million, or 13 cents a share, more than analysts projected, as new devices failed to win customers...
SENATE DEAL: CHANGE A FEW NAMES
THE "compromise" health-care reform being negotiated by six members of the Senate Finance Committee is shaping up as a classic warning of the dangers of bipartisanship without principles: It looks...
OTB'S BLEAK ODDS
ALBANY -- New York City's OTB, saddled with a bloated payroll, too many outlets, a huge fleet of cars and several no-bid contracts, "is unlikely to avoid financial insolvency," a...
NET ISN'T A THRILLER FOR DILLER
Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp yesterday said it swung to a second-quarter profit after posting a massive loss last year, but the results fell short of what Wall Street was looking for,...
POLL GIVES MIKE A+
City voters support continuing mayoral control of education by a 2-to-1 margin -- an all-time high, according to a poll released yesterday. The Quinnipiac University survey showed that 56 percent...
A BALANCING ACT
Media giant Time Warner yesterday reported a 34 percent decline in second-quarter profit, driven mainly by the recent spin out of its cable unit. The company, whose assets include Time...
KKR MOVE SIGN OF COMING THAW IN IPO MARKET
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts' initial public offering for discount retailer Dollar General is likely to be the tip of a $120 billion iceberg, as Wall Street bankers brace for as much...
FLAP OF LUXURY
Only in America. Four homeless doves living by their wits in a Queens tree are now perching on crystal chandeliers in an Upper East Side mansion. They're among 45 albino...
HARVARD 911 CALLER RIPS RACE SMEAR
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The woman who dialed 911 to report a possible break-in at the home of black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. said yesterday she was wrongly labeled...
ATM 'SCAM' BANKED ON BANKS PAYING UP
The four alleged ATM thieves who were charged with scamming as much as $1 million over five years got away with their con job for so long because bank officials...
SUIT FOR MRS. MADOFF'S LOOT
Not so fast, Ruthie. The bankruptcy trustee liquidating Bernard Madoff's busted securities firm yesterday filed suit seeking a $45 million judgment against Ruth Madoff, charging she was "massively enriched" by...
MARTHA BEATS THE ESTIMATES
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia yesterday reported a quarterly loss because of an impairment charge on an investment and falling advertising revenue at its magazines. The loss beat analyst expectations as...
BARTZ'S ERSATZ WIN
Yahoo! boss Carol Bartz got dinged. No, that's not a typo for Microsoft's Bing search engine -- it's what CEO Steve Ballmer did to her reputation with the announcement of...
THIS BUD'S FOR BREW-HAHA
Make it a Bud Light. That's the beer that will be on tap for President Obama when he practices suds diplomacy at the White House tonight with esteemed black Harvard...
COUNCIL APPROVES PEDI-CURE
Pedicabs will no longer be allowed to operate on bridges or in tunnels and bike lanes under a City Council bill that passed yesterday. It also requires drivers of the...
MSG SUIT: SITE SCROOGED US
A Web site that claimed Jim Dolan was considering scrapping Radio City's Christmas Spectacular starring the leggy Rockettes has been sued for defamation by Madison Square Garden. CityFile acted maliciously...
DOUBLE TALK ON 'TIMES' WALK
Not in my back yard! Most New Yorkers say the pedestrian malls that have closed off Broadway to traffic at Times and Herald squares are a good idea -- but...
KROLL FRAUD PRO QUITS
Thomas V. Cash, a well-known fraud expert based in Miami, has stepped down from his job with consulting company Kroll Inc. amid the hubbub over his connection to accused Ponzi...
'THE DOCTOR'S SCREAMING. WE ALL PRAY - HELP MR. JACKSON!'
It had started as a normal day -- the kids were playing and lunch was being prepared -- but when Michael Jackson's doctor came racing down the stairs screaming for...
DOLLAR FLEXES MUSCLE AS COMMODITIES SHRINK
The greenback surged around the world yesterday, signaling its dominance as a global currency while pushing down oil and gold for the third straight day. Investors ducked into the dollar's...
FARE ENOUGH: $2.25 'TIL 2011
Sit easy, straphangers: the new $2.25 subway fare will stay that way -- at least until 2011. Despite plummeting ridership and tax revenues, the MTA yesterday said it won't hike...
CONCRETE SAFETY SCANDAL
Critical concrete safety tests were not performed at nearly 100 construction projects over the past decade, Manhattan prosecutors said yesterday. The projects included sites at three airports, two public schools,...
LOOKS A LOT LIKE BRAD LIT
Brad Pitt sure looked like one hell of a bleary-eyed "Basterd" as he partied it up in Berlin without Angelina Jolie after the premiere of his new Nazi-killing flick. The...
GOV: DEM HUDDLE IS NO THREAT
Gov. Paterson yesterday waved off a warning from powerful labor leaders and Democratic Party honchos who met privately and gave the governor until October to do better before they jump...
TAPED LAWYER: MAKE WITNESS PALS 'DISAPPEAR'
A well-known Manhattan attorney was ready to pay off witnesses against his drug-kingpin client and would have been happy to see them "disappear," according to tapes by a federal informant....
'DOZEN' DOCS EYED IN CASE
Dr. Conrad Murray may not be the only one who ends up on the hook for Michael Jackson's death. While Murray has emerged at the center of what has developed...
COUNCIL OKS CONEY PLAN
The Brooklyn home of the nation's largest freak show is getting a face-lift. Mayor Bloomberg's ambitious plan to remake Coney Island into a year-round entertainment complex -- complete with high-rise...
UNDER ONE ROOF
* Ben Silverman wants to be the capitalist version of Andy Warhol. According to multiple sources with direct knowledge of his plans, Silverman is pitching his unnamed new venture with...
AX THE ADVOCATE
Voters will have the chance to abolish the city's useless public advocate's office as early as 2010 -- if City Councilman Simcha Felder has his way. Felder yesterday introduced a...
SMALL STEPS TOWARD FIXING 'REFORM'
Score one for fiscal responsibility -- and the tenacity of moderate Democrats on Capitol Hill. The "Blue Dog" Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, who'd refused to knuckle...
FARE THEE WELL, RANDI
Randi Weingarten steps down tomorrow after 11 years as president of the United Federation of Teachers. Heaven knows we've had our differences with Weingarten -- who'll now devote her energies...
'BULL' SCULPTOR SNORTS OVER BOOK
The sculptor of the Financial District's famed "Charging Bull" statue is seeing red. Manhattan artist Arturo Di Modica filed suit yesterday over use of his Wall Street icon to promote...
ESPN GAL CALLS COPS ON FOTOGS
Distressed ESPN reporter Erin Andrews complained to cops that she was being treated like Britney Spears by journalists staking out her Atlanta home over an Internet voyeur video, a new...
UNSPEAKABLE PAIN
"Just enjoy every minute with your kids, OK, every single minute," a devastated father said through sobs yesterday at the wake for his three young daughters, tragically killed in a...
BLOOMY BACKS THE TAX ON HIGH LINERS
Mayor Bloomberg supports higher taxes along the High Line. The proposed business improvement district for the park, which would be the first in his administration to tax residents as well...
PLAXICO SPILLS HIS GUTS
Yesterday, Plaxico Burress. Today, Antonio Pierce. A Manhattan grand jury is getting a double dose of penitent football players this week. PEYSER: SWAGGER'S GONE FOR STAR'S DESPERATE HAIL MARY Burress...
PALIN MEDIA FUTURE DIMS
As former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin maps out her next career, there are signs it might not involve talk radio. Ever since Palin announced earlier this month that she was...
EX-COP BEATS HOTEL-RAPE RAP
It's the teeny-tiny-hotel-bathroom defense -- and for a former cop charged with rape, it worked. A Manhattan jury last night needed only five hours of deliberation to completely clear Kevin...
'DONUT' COP GETS DUNKED
A Queens cop who allegedly helped himself to donuts, coffee and sandwiches at a Rockaway Dunkin' Donuts without paying full price was slapped with NYPD departmental charges yesterday, sources said....
LONG ISLAND BEACH HAS A 'DIRTY' SECRET
You might want to pack more than just sunscreen if you go to Zach's Bay on Long Island -- it has been rated the worst beach in New York state....
'VANDALS' STRIKE OUT
Three Long Island high-school baseball players who decided to take 3 a.m. batting practice on car windshields were tagged out by Nassau County cops yesterday. Phillip Lenz, Michael Sorbara and...
BLUE DOGS IN DEAL ON HEALTH CARE
WASHINGTON -- A group of conservative House Democrats, balking at the staggering costs of health-care reform, reached a tentative deal with party leaders yesterday that keeps the top item on...
TV'S REV. IKE DEAD AT 74
Rev. Ike, the pioneering televangelist who preached the theology of prosperity from his Washington Heights church, has died at 74 after a long illness. "He was an extraordinary man, and...
2 BUSTED IN WOMB-RAID HORROR SLAY
WORCESTER, Mass. -- A baby girl who was cut from her mother's womb has been found alive and two people have been arrested in the woman's killing, police said last...
MIT JIHADI FIT FOR TRIAL
An MIT-trained Pakistani woman charged with trying to kill American interrogators in Afghanistan is fit to stand trial, a Manhattan federal judge ruled yesterday. Aafia Siddiqui, 37, a neuroscientist and...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
And these are the people running our economy? Nearly 8,000 employees at JPMorgan Chase in Columbus, Ohio, were evacuated when a black box with lights, wires and a timer was...
LABUTE IS PLEASURE, REST PAIN
NEIL LaBute's new play is aptly, if not entirely accurately, titled. His "A Second of Pleasure," part of the "Summer Shorts 3" series at the 59E59 Theaters, actually provides about...
STEELY DAN
THE kings of jazz rock -- Steely Dan -- are still reelin' in the ears for an eight-show Beacon Theatre residency that opened Tuesday with a towering performance. At this...
RIVERS SLAMS LENO IN FEUD, PT. 2
JOAN Rivers is settling an old score with former "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno. In an unusually bitter outburst yesterday, the Jurassic comic bashed Leno and the idea of putting...
STAGES OF CONFRONTATION
WHEN "The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side" ran at PS122 back in June, the play's poster bore a deadpan warning for "explicit sexual content and utopian ideals." In...
LUST IN SPACE
I'VE watched the first two episodes of "Defying Gravity" twice now. And you know what? It really is a lot like " 'Grey's Anatomy' in space." That's the nickname hung...
KATE GOSSELIN CHANGES MIND ABOUT ROCKVILLE CONDO
UPDATE: A mere two days after it seemed that Kate Gosselin was all set on buying a condo in Rockville, MD, sources are now saying that she's just had a...
LITTLE GIRL LOST
THE first man on the moon, the first singer ever to win "American Idol," the first African American president. They became famous. Not so the first-ever winner of "America's Got...
WHO FROM NEW YORK MADE SEMI-FINALS
A batch of New Yorkers have talent too -- and will be going to the quarterfinals in Los Angeles as part of the top 40. Dave and Zoe, an acrobatic...
YANKEES, JOBA STIFLE RAYS, BY GEORGE!
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Boss may not roar anymore. Bad knees have deleted the swagger and are the reason he uses a wheelchair. But George Steinbrenner's visit to the...
GARZA SENT 'TEX' A MESSAGE
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- After Joba Chamberlain sailed a pitch over Evan Longoria's head in the fourth inning of the Yankees' 6-2 victory last night at Tropicana Field, Rays starter...
JACKSON AWAITS CALL TO MAJORS
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Yankees are thinking about promoting top prospect Austin Jackson from Triple-A and playing him regularly in the outfield. BOX SCORE Because the bullpen wasn't spent...
KNICKS MEET WITH TINSLEY
Knicks team president Donnie Walsh and coach Mike D'Antoni met with former Pacers point guard Jamaal Tinsley yesterday in what was described as a feeling-out meeting to gauge mutual interest....
NASSAU OTB GETS SIGNAL FROM NYRA
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Just in time for opening day here, the New York Racing Association restored its broadcast to the in-home TV network of Nassau Off-Track Betting, allowing Nassau County...
'DIXIE' ROMPS IN SPA OPENER
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Did we see the second coming of Rachel Alexandra yesterday at the Old Spa? Hot Dixie Chick -- like Rachel trained by Steve Asmussen and owned by...
RED-HOT METS TO RIDE STREAK INTO TWINBILL
Jeff Francoeur may be new to the Mets, but he's well aware of what it's like to be involved in playoff races, and that's what he expected to be in...
PHELPS FLIES TO WORLD RECORD
ROME -- Michael Phelps bounced back from a stunning loss with something more familiar -- a world record in the 200-meter butterfly yesterday. For good measure, he surpassed another of...
MICKELSON WILL PLAY IN PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
In what only can be interpreted as good news for the health of Amy and Mary Mickelson, Phil Mickelson has confirmed that he will play the PGA Championship next month....
PHILS GRAB HOLD OF CLIFF
The Phillies acquired a former Cy Young winner yesterday, but it wasn't the one who has been talked about for weeks. With the asking price on Roy Halladay too high,...
WILL SUB FOR INJURED MASSA
ROME -- Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is making a comeback for Ferrari to replace injured driver Felipe Massa. Ferrari said in a statement yesterday that the German had...
VINCE RUES BAD NETS ENDING
Vince Carter left New Jersey with one primary regret: The Nets fell short of the playoffs last season. Throughout the campaign, Carter continually insisted the Nets could land in the...
TIME TO SADDLE 'ME' UP FOR A 'TRICKY' TREAT
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- The first jump race of the meet drew 13 entrants (12 can run). Each owns one career win over jumps. All can run a little. And all...
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS
Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 900 Maintenance: $807 This bright co-op on State Street features lots of light "streaming" through a bay window facing south, a brick woodburning fireplace...
JUST SOLD!
Manhattan CHELSEA $1,850,000 125 W. 22nd St. Two-bedroom, 2½-bath triplex penthouse condo, 1,826 square feet, with Bosch, Sub-Zero and Asko appliances, marble and quartz bath, walk-in closet, N/S/E exposures and...
BRUCE ON THE LOOSE
Bruce Willis could be returning to his old neighborhood. The recently remarried actor, 54, was spotted yesterday apartment hunting around Columbus Circle with lingerie-model wife Emma Heming, 32 (pictured at...
SUMMIT UP
Chef Franklin Becker's upscale hamburger has yet to be unveiled in New York City. He plans to introduce it to Manhattan when his new Meatpacking District restaurant, Abe & Arthur's,...
HARLAN HEAVEN
EIGHT-YEAR-OLD Eve Coben, the youngest of mystery writer Harlan Coben's four children, scampers up a tree on her front lawn, raises a triumphant arm and proclaims: "I'm queen of the...
SUTTON
Nowhere like Manhattan do people demand historic charm but with modern amenities. That's how you wind up with a landmarked, wood-frame, clapboard house like this one, built in 1866, but...
GREENWICH, CONN.
This "attractive and elegant" shingle-style house is touted as a rare opportunity to own new construction -- built this year! -- in the "heart" of the desirable Belle Haven area....
GRAMERCY
Bedrooms:0 Bathrooms: Square feet: 600 Maintenance: $864 Like "living in a tree house" but "with services," this 11th-floor alcove studio co-op on East 15th Street overlooks the "lush green" of...
WESTHAMPTON BEACH, LI
Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2½ Square feet: 900 Common charges: $450 No need to close up your waterfront Hamptons place for the winter -- it's a condo! This "gut-renovated" triplex-in-a-townhouse is...
UPPER WEST SIDE
Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 800 Maintenance: $1,385 Recently renovated (by an architect), this co-op on West 62nd Street counts a bay window, a large, tiled balcony, custom-designed California...
Badass Boots
Rainproof, too! By Hunter at ASOS:
RBNY opens Champions League Thursday; what's left of the season on the line
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!The Red Bulls know Thursday's CONCACAF Champions League prelim at W Connection will not only determine their season _ and it's already one of...