September 1, 2009
Sheffield permanent pinch-hitter?
DENVER -- Gary Sheffield will remain in strictly a pinch-hit role for the foreseeable future, allegedly because his back spasms still aren't entirely gone.Sheffield, who still isn't happy about the...
Brooklyn plays host to Philly cheesesteak contest
Bensonhurst’s Bob Coccodrilli recently lost 20 pounds, but this weekend, he might be gaining it all back at a cheesesteak-eating competition in Clinton Hill.The six-foot tall, 200-pound police officer for...
Maine also on comeback trail
DENVER -- Carlos Beltran might not be the only prominent Met to make an unexpected comeback this season. Assistant GM John Ricco said John Maine, sidelined since June 7 by...
DAVID WRIGHT BACK IN METS LINEUP
DENVER -- David Wright doesn't believe in omens. The Mets' All-Star baseman was in the lineup for the first time since his Aug. 15 concussion, and it was in the...
Wright's new helmet
Here is the new s100 helmet from Rawlings with extra padding and ventilation that David Wright plans to wear the rest of the season in the wake of his Aug....
JACKSON DEATH CERTIFICATE REFLECTS HOMICIDE RULING
LOS ANGELES -- Michael Jackson's death certificate has been amended to reflect his cause of death as a homicide, specifying "injection by another" as the fatal injury. The designation was...
City offers swine flu shots to kids
Fear of a swine flu resurgence has led the city to offer free flu shots to public school students.Unveiling a prevention plan for the upcoming cold and flu season, Mayor...
Gaudin will start in Mitre's place
By GEORGE A. KING IIISergio Mitre said his right forearm felt good after a throwing session off flat ground but Chad Gaudin will start Thursday night against the Blue Jays...
VALENTINE'S DAY KILLER GETS LIFE
CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. -- A twice-fired nursing supervisor drew a life sentence Tuesday without the possibility of parole for shooting a couple to death during a Valentine's Day rampage that left...
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER FREEDOM FILES FOR CHAPTER 11
SAN FRANCISCO -- The company that owns The Orange County Register in California and dozens of other newspapers on Tuesday became the latest publisher to seek bankruptcy protection, driven into...
94th Precinct crime report
94 PrecinctGreenpoint and Williamsburg Tasti-denied!A crook tried to hold up a Bedford Avenue ice cream shop on Aug. 24, but the store’s coolheaded manager scared him away.The perp — who was...
90th Precinct crime report
90 PrecinctWilliamsburg and Bushwick J train painCrooks rode the rails last week, robbing at least two men on the J train in separate incidents. Here are the grisly details:• Four muggers...
Jets brace for Vick
By MARK CANNIZZAROMuch of the talk about tomorrow night's game around the Jets locker room has been about facing Eagles' backup QB Michael Vick, who's expected to play a lot...
REWARD HIKED TO $15K IN PASTOR'S KILLING
OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has released an incident report from police officers who initially found a pastor dead in an Anadarko church. According to the...
Gracie Mansion bound? Thompson makes his case for city’s top spot
It’s a numbers game that’s awfully one-sided: Mayor Michael Bloomberg has $36.5 million set aside for his re-election campaign while New York City Comptroller Bill Thompson, his Bed-Stuy born and...
Gowanus Lounge's Guskind OD'd
Robert Guskind, the prolific yet troubled force behind the Gowanus Lounge Web site, died of “an accidental overdose” from a combination of prescription medication, the city’s medical examiner said. Guskind’s...
Chiefs release Amani Toomer
APAmani Toomer played 13 successful seasons with the Giants, and was brought in by Kansas City to provide leadership to a young group of receivers. Alfonso Boone is a nine-year...
FORMER NEW YORK COP PLEADS GUILTY TO BANK ROBBERY
A former rookie police officer has pleaded guilty to holding up the same New York City bank twice -- both inside jobs with a teller. Christian Torres told a federal...
Major league thrill for Brooklynites
Brooklynites were in for a major league thrill last week when NY Met David Wright worked out with the Brooklyn Cyclones at KeySpan Park.It was the first time the all-star...
CORRECTIONS OFFICER SUES NYPD COPS
A city corrections officer charged with hitting a police officer has sued the NYPD -- claiming that cops beat him up, according to a lawsuit made public today in Queens....
Isiah's debut against UNC after all
APIsiah Thomas' last game as a college player was against North Carolina, when he and the Indiana Hoosiers won the 1981 national championship.A week of uncertainty now over, his first...
Help snap up camera thieves
Cops and one outraged photographer are looking for a crew of thieves who burglarized a Marine Park garage and looted thousands of dollars in camera equipment found in the victim’s...
Funerary performance at English Kills
One could be mistaken, stepping into the English Kills Art Gallery (114 Forrest Street) this past weekend, that a real funeral was taking place.There were uniformed soldiers, a wooden coffin,...
Game 132: Mets at Rockies
DENVER -- David Wright makes his first post-concussion game appearance here tonight when the Mets open a three-game series with the Rockies behind Mike Pelfrey at Coors Field.Wright has been...
GOV. PATERSON SETS STAGE FOR REORGANIZATION OF OFF-TRACK BETTING
ALBANY -- Gov. David Paterson says he's trying to save the long troubled New York City Off-Track Betting Corp. by signing an executive order that could send it to bankruptcy...
Back to (Public) School (90)
A few weeks ago, NYP Home reported on the somewhat wobbly Harlem real estate market. Some of the new buildings looked like they were in OK shape -- others looked...
SOLID WASTE TRANSFER STATION IN GRAVESEND BAY PASSES HURDLE
A state lawmaker last week appealed to the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) commissioner to prevent a waste transfer station from coming to Gravesend Bay. The lawmaker, Assemblymember William...
NYPD WOES COULD CONTINUE IN BLOOMIE'S NEXT TERM
Brooklyn won't be getting an influx of new officers anytime soon. So explained Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who couldn't say if the city's police force would be bulked up with new...
ELDERLY RUSSIAN LADIES BUSTED FOR SWIMMING AT BRIGHTON BEACH
Charges that the Bloomberg administration has enforcement agents ticketing residents and businesses to increase the city's bottom line surfaced again last week after Parks Department police (PEP) ticketed several elderly...
CONEY ISLAND CRIME CONTINUES TO FALL
With the exception of murder, major felony crime continues to plummet on the streets of Coney Island and Brighton beach, according to the latest police statistics. There have been eight...
PSAL Girls Volleyball Rankings
1. Cardozo (14-0) 2. Francis Lewis (11-4) 3. Stuyvesant (14-1) 4. Susan Wagner (15-1) 5. Cleveland (12-1) 6. Hunter College HS (14-1) 7. Bronx Science (14-1) 8. Midwood (11-2) 9....
CHSAA Girls Volleyball Rankings
1. St. Francis Prep (4-0) 2. Mary Louis (2-1) 3. Bishop Kearney (4-0) 4. St. Catharine Acad. (4-0) 5. Fontbonne Hall (5-0) 6. Archbishop Molloy (2-1) 7. Preston (2-0) 8....
OBAMA WARNS AMERICANS ABOUT SWINE FLU
WASHINGTON -- With a potentially deadly swine flu outbreak looming, President Barack Obama is urging Americans to take steps to prevent infection. Obama was briefed Tuesday on the nation's preparedness...
Dunkin
Brooklyn may be the borough of mom-and-pop shops, but it’s no slouch when it comes to national retail stores, according to a recently released Center for an Urban Future study.Leading...
Coney Island crime continues to fall
With the exception of murder, major felony crime continues to plummet on the streets of Coney Island and Brighton beach, according to the latest police statistics.There have been eight murders...
Grizzly Bear Sighting in Williamsburg
There was no question whether the popular concert series at East River State Park would reach its capacity of 8,000 for indie-favorite headliners (and Brooklyn residents) Grizzly Bear.The question was...
Unemployment Benefits Crisis Looms
Brooklyn’s unemployment numbers for the first half of the year are discouraging – over 10 percent of the population – and state labor workers warn that a crisis could be...
The Diana Reyna Monologues
This week, a crowd of approximately 70 residents, community leaders and reporters from nine newspapers gathered in the basement of 1st Spanish Presbyterian Church expecting a raucous debate among candidates...
Candidates Meet Their Match
Brooklyn’s City Council candidates entering the stretch run of their exhausting campaigns received a welcome pick-me-up last week: matching funds.So far this month, candidates have received two payments from the...
BRITAIN: NO LEGAL OBSTACLES TO RELEASING LOCKERBIE BOMBER
LONDON -- Newly disclosed letters indicate that Britain's Middle East minister and other officials advised Scotland's government that there were no legal obstacles to returning the Pan Am Flight 103...
MASS. AG FIRST TO SEEK KENNEDY'S VACANT SEAT
BOSTON -- Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley appears to be the first candidate in a special election for the Senate seat left open by the death of Edward Kennedy. A...
THREE DEAD AFTER STANDOFF AT TEXAS HOME
GALVESTON, Texas -- Three people died in an apparent double-murder suicide after an eight-hour, overnight standoff with authorities, police said Tuesday. The names of the victims - two women and...
PAKISTANI GOVERNMENT KILLS 40 INSURGENTS
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Government forces destroyed four militant bases and killed 40 insurgents Tuesday in a new offensive near Pakistan's famed Khyber Pass, the main route for supplies to U.S....
NYC Girls Volleyball Rankings
1. St. Francis Prep (12-1) 2. Archbishop Molloy (10-3) 3. Cardozo (14-0) 4. Fieldston (13-0) 5. Brearley (13-1) 6. Fontbonne Hall (7-5) 7. Francis Lewis (11-4) 8. Stuyvesant (14-1) 9....
NYC Boys Soccer Rankings
1. Martin Luther King (16-0-0) 2. Archbishop Molloy (1-1-4) 3. St. Francis Prep (10-1-3) 4. Francis Lewis (13-1-2) 5. Regis (8-5-3) 6. Dalton (12-4-1) 7. Beacon (11-5-0) 8. Fordham Prep...
NYC Football Rankings
1. Lincoln (11-0) 2. Xaverian (7-3) 3. Tottenville (10-1) 4. Erasmus Hall (8-3) 5. DeWitt Clinton (8-3) 6. Fort Hamilton (8-3) 7. Campus Magnet (7-4) 8. Boys & Girls (7-4)...
2 MEN FOUND DEAD IN BROOKLYN PARK
NEW YORK -- Police are investigating the deaths of two men found dead in a Brooklyn park with gunshot wounds. A police spokesman said Tuesday that no one had been...
NY CEO PLEADS GUILTY TO IDENTITY THEFT
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- A prominent Westchester County businessman has admitted that he stole his employees' identities to secure loans for his failing computer firm. Terrence Chalk faces up to...
L.I. HANDYMAN CHARGED IN BLUDGEONING
MANHASSET, N.Y. -- A handyman is charged with bludgeoning a woman at her Long Island home, leaving her hospitalized in critical condition. Nassau County police were called Aug. 23 to...
9-YEAR-OLD BRONX BOY DROWNS IN CT. POND
NEW FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- A 9-year-old Bronx, N.Y. boy has died after being pulled from the water at Squantz Pond State Park. The boy died Monday at Danbury Hospital, several...
NYC TO OFFER FREE SWINE FLU VACCINES TO STUDENTS
NEW YORK-- Any school-age child in New York City can get a free swine flu vaccination under Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plan to contain the deadly virus this fall and winter....
Jackson wants to rejoin Harrington
Golden State forward Stephen Jackson says he'd like to join the Knicks and play again with former teammate Al Harrington.JACKSON WANTS TO PLAY FOR KNICKS
Stephen Jackson wants to play for Knicks
Warriors forward Stephen Jackson told Dime Magazine that he would like to play for the Knicks with former teammate Al Harrington.After confirming that he wants out of Golden State, Jackson...
Nintendo to get new color makeovers
Let's just pretend that you were never tempted to bid on that $15,000 Darth Vader Wii that someone put up on eBay a few years ago, purely because it was...
Osi back at practice
APDefensive end Osi Umenyiora returned to practice on Tuesday, a day after leaving Giants headquarters without telling the coaches."Osi came in yesterday afternoon. We sat down, we had an opportunity...
Canty works at practice
By LENN ROBBINSDE Chris Canty who is recovering from a torn hamstring injury and hasn't practiced since Aug. 7, did some individual work during practice."We took him around and introduced...
Fall Guy! Eduardo Given Two-Game Ban
Arsenal striker Eduardo da Silva was handed a two-game ban for deceiving referee Manuel Gonzalez during last week's game against Celtic after diving in the box to earn a penalty...
Surgery success for Johan, Ollie
DENVER -- Johan Santana and Oliver Perez each underwent successful surgery this morning at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan. Santana had successful arthroscopic removal of multiple bone fragments...
Report: Broncos shopping WR Marshall
Pro Football Talk is reporting that the Broncos are "discreetly talking to a small handful of teams about (wide receiver Brandon) Marshall, but that they are not engaged in a...
JAYCEE LEE DUGARD KIDNAPPING SUSPECT HAS SORDID HISTORY
SAN FRANCISCO -- The man accused of abducting and sexually abusing Jaycee Lee Dugard testified during a previous kidnapping and rape case that he prowled through residential neighborhoods looking at...
Nancy Drew: Ransom Of The Seven Ships - or - I Played A 'Girl Game,' And I Liked It
The game starts off simply enough. Your friend, Bess, has gone and gotten herself kidnapped. You have to race to the Bahamas - Indiana Jones style - and locate a...
MARK THE DATE
The Yankees are storming into September, but this AL East race was won in the cold of winter. Here is the bottom line on that.http://bit.ly/1mpHfbAndy Pettitte showed what he is...
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S POLL NUMBERS CONTINUE TO TUMBLE
President Obama is having one bad summer. Only 46 percent approve of the job Obama is doing -- a 19-point slide since he took over the White House from President...
Lightning victim clinging to life
Lightning victim clinging to lifeAfter over a month of hospitalization, the 41-year-old cricket player struck by lightning July 26 after a freak storm swept across Marine Park, is still fighting...
Teal Ovarian Walk
In recognition of September as National Ovarian Cancer Month, the first annual 5K TEAL (“Tell Every Amazing Lady” about ovarian cancer) Walk will be held in Prospect Park on September...
BERNIE MADOFF'S BEACH HOUSE: NOT THAT PALATIAL
MONTAUK, -- Those who see Bernard Madoff as an evil purveyor of excess might be disappointed by his beach house: It's not that palatial. At 3,014 square feet, the home...
IT'S TIME TO LEAVE AFGHANISTAN
Fredrick Kagan slams George Will at The CornerPentagon worries about Obama's commitment to the war reports Yahoo! News
Coverage in The Post
DENVER -- As the Mets prepare to welcome back David Wright here tonight, pitching coach Dan Warthen is feeling the heat with the pitching staff on track to smash the...
Pet Shop Boys and theater
Pet Shop Boys are playing Hammerstein Ballroom tonight and tomorrow. Why do I mention this in a theater blog? Because as I explain the preview I wrote today, the Boys...
NANNY-STATE NIT PICKING
Stupid laws complains The Poli GazetteStogie Guys say cigar shop are under attackCigar Afficionado reports the story
Vicious beating in Fort Greene Park
88th PrecinctFort Greene–Clinton HillPark attack A woman cutting through Fort Greene Park early on Aug. 30 was beat up and robbed by two men. The 24-year-old woman later told police...
Here they are — your Police Blotters
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Summer Veggies Strut Their Stuff as a Sauce for Pasta
There’s a sense of community among the vegetables of late summer.Tomatoes, peppers and eggplant are all members of the nightshade family, and they blend together harmoniously, along with zucchini, onion...
On the Eighth Anniversary, Brooklyn Remembers the Heroes and Victims of September 11th
It’s been eight years since New York City suffered the wounds of the 9/11 attacks, and, as they have done every year since then, Brooklynites will gather together to remember...
Serie A: Grosso Returns to Italy
Fabio Grosso's return to Italy on Tuesday was the biggest signing coup on the last day of summer transfer window. The deal -- which is reportedly worth $2.5 million --...
Spalletti Resigns as Roma coach
That didn't take long. After just two matchdays (and no points), Luciano Spalletti resigned as AS Roma's coach on Tuesday.Former Juventus manager Claudio Ranieri is expected to replace the embattled...
3 UP: PETTITTE AND JOBA
Yes, I am on Twitter.1. Andy Pettitte has so often been the best supporting actor on the Yankees. Never the ace, but never just a hanger on. He wasn't overlooked...
The Daily Whacks, Tuesday Edition
You can count me among the tweetin' Twitterers (or is that the Twitterin' tweeters?) now: http://twitter.com/MikeVacc*******"Mad Men" is still Don Draper's (and Jon Hamm's) show, of course, but we are...
BUTTLEGGERS LOSE ONE
Philip Morris is fighting counterfeiting reports Smokers Info
SETTING UP THE NEXT STRIKE
The West's suicide from Thomas Sowell at Real Clear PoliticsThe Washington Post's Richard Cohen has questionsInterrogation drama continues reports Politico
Whitney's new 'look' cautiously optimistic
* Over the past decade Whitney Houston's career has been a long skid on a short ride, taking a back seat to marriage woes and drug abuse. So today's release...
KITTY DITHER
TALK about letting the cat out of the (hand)bag: While he can't hold lipstick or a cellphone, this kitty can swing. "The Young and the Restless" star Stacy Haiduk walked...
Pet Shop Boys have lots in store
IT'S a given by now that in the 25 years since their first hit, "West End Girls," Pet Shop Boys have revolutionized pop music by injecting dry wit and an...
MASTER THE DISASTER
DISASTER for some TV audiences is the meltdown of one Real Housewife of New Jersey calling another a "prostitution whore." Other (perhaps more manly) viewers want to see an actual...
Repeat offender
SO nice she wore it twice! Citigroup director and the mayor's gal pal Diana Taylor loves her big blue hat and belted shift so much, she wore it to this...
MOVIES ON TV FOR $40
SONY is looking to corner the market on a new way to watch new movies on TV. The electronics company has been making the rounds, quietly talking with feature film...
X-CRUCIATING
AMERICA'S got talent alright, just not as much talent as it had last year. Tonight, the 20 semi-finalists on the summer's biggest show drag their over-the-top costumes out of the...
PLAYING HARDBALL
YANKEES owner George Steinbrenner is getting a 90-minute special tomor row on the network he owns, YES. Awkward? Could be. But network officials insist it is an honest look at...
SINKING EMMYS
HOW low can they go? Sunday night's Daytime Emmys telecast averaged 2.2 million viewers on The CW -- an all-time-low for the broadcast which, in its heyday (1993), pulled in...
PAULA WANTS A TALK SHOW
PAULA Abdul took a break from Twittering yesterday to actually talk about quitting "American Idol." Without specifically stating that she left the hit competition show over an insufficient contract offer,...
BOLEY RETURNS TO GIANTS WITH A LAUGH
Give Michael Boley this: All these weeks on the physically-unable-to-perform list didn't dull his sense of humor. When asked yesterday if his goal was to be ready for the Giants'...
VERNON'S HIT ON CARR MAKES JETS OPTIMISTIC
When Vernon Gholston burst through the Giants' offensive line and leveled backup quarterback David Carr, eyes popped on the Jets' sideline. JETS BLOGVOTE ON JETS' RECORD Gholston, who hadn't recorded...
JETS' SANCHEZ TO PLAY 1 SERIES VS. EAGLES
If you're fired up to see what Mark Sanchez delivers as an encore to his performance against the Giants, tune into the Jets-Eagles game early and don't take any bathroom...
BELTRAN'S REHAB BEGINS IN BROOKLYN
DENVER -- Carlos Beltran's unlikely comeback bid is a go. The Mets' All-Star center fielder, out since late June with a bone bruise in his right knee, was cleared to...
WARTHEN UNDER FIRE AS WALKS PILE UP
DENVER -- With Mets pitchers on pace to smash the club record for walks in a season, pitching coach Dan Warthen says he has a plan to address the problem...
OSI UMENYIORA BOLTS GIANTS FACILITY, BUT SAYS 'THAT'S END OF IT'
Mystery and concern made an unwelcome appearance at Giants practice yesterday with the unexcused absence of star defensive end Osi Umenyiora. GIANTS BLOGVOTE ON GIANTS' RECORD A source told The...
BRUSCHI CALLS IT QUITS
FOXBOROUGH -- Tedy Bruschi retired yesterday after a 13-year NFL career in which he won three Super Bowl titles with the Patriots and made a gallant return from a stroke....
'MARK' THE DATE: AL EAST WON JAN. 6
THE Yankees come roaring into September nearly perfect, just like Andy Pettitte was last night in Baltimore. This AL East race was won Jan. 6, the day the Yankees signed...
RED-HOT A-ROD MAY NOT NEED SECOND SURGERY
BALTIMORE -- When Alex Rodriguez and the Yankees picked Dr. Marc Philippon to operate on the superstar's right hip in March, they did so because they believed the Vail-based surgeon...
FAVRE'S RIB NO PROBLEM
Brett Favre's ribs appear to be just fine. Adrian Peterson scored on the game's first play, Favre played three quarters despite saying he might have a cracked rib, and the...
PETTITTE LOSES NO-HIT BID AS YANKS STILL TOP O'S
BALTIMORE -- Andy Pettitte's bid for perfection vanished when Adam Jones' ground ball spilled out of third baseman Jerry Hairston Jr.'s glove with two out in the seventh. BOX SCORE...
EAGLES TRY TO SOAR UNDER NEW COACH
In a seven-part series ending on Saturday, The Post will break down the 2009 college football season. Today, Part 3: Boston College. Boston College defensive end Jim Ramella was relaxing...
WADE RIGHT MAN FOR BISHOP FORD
Jim Esposito's message to his Bishop Ford football team has centered around focus and remaining upbeat. Too many times last season the Falcons allowed mental errors to turn potential victories...
SKIN CANCER CAN'T STOP NEW DORP COACH
Chris App's cancer scare didn't alter his career plans. He will still retire from teaching and coaching in five years. But while he remains the New Dorp football coach over...
FLUSHING FULFILLS DREAMS OF BIG TIME
The Flushing football team played 10 games last fall and won eight, several in blowout fashion. For a program that was re-established four years ago, it was remarkably fulfilling. Instead...
TYREE'S DAYS WITH GIANTS NEAR END
David Tyree stood in front of his locker on Monday and flashed a big smile, answering questions about his future with the New York Giants. GIANTS BLOGVOTE ON GIANTS' RECORD...
RESPONSIBLE MOURNING: REMEMBER THE REAL TED
Bravo to Kyle Smith on his responsible reporting of the true Sen. Ted Kennedy ("The Kennedy Myth," PostScript, Aug. 30). The real scandal is my Catholic Church giving Kennedy accolades...
FATAL 'CIG' FIRE
LAKEWOOD, NJ -- Smoking likely caused a fire that killed a man in a New Jersey motel, investigators said yesterday. Smoke poured from the roof of the Capitol Motel in...
NEW NJ WAY AT PENN STA.
NJ Transit rail riders have a new entrance designed to ease a commuter bottleneck at Penn Station. The entrance at 31st Street and Seventh Avenue opened yesterday and includes escalators,...
BUTTLEGGERS LOSE ONE
CITY lawyers have come up with a novel way around Al bany's refusal to enforce state cigarette-tax law on New York's Indian reservations: Ask a federal judge to do the...
PUNISHING PATRIOTS
THE Obama administration's determination to hold witch-hunt "investigations" of CIA interrogators who did their patriotic best to keep us safe endangers us all. Castrate the CIA, and Americans will die....
IT'S TIME TO LEAVE AFGHANISTAN
'YESTERDAY," reads the e-mail from Allen, a Marine in Afghanistan, "I gave blood because a Marine, while out on patrol, stepped on a [mine's] pressure plate and lost both legs."...
JAYSON IN BIAS CLAIM
SOMERVILLE, NJ -- Attorneys for Jayson Williams say the retired NBA star's convictions related to a fatal shooting should be thrown out because of racial bias and prosecutorial misconduct. Williams...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Staten Island This discount was so good, it was criminal. A cashier at a Home Depot allowed construction workers to walk out with more than $40,000 in goods while having...
RIDGE: MEDIA HYPE ON RED
WASHINGTON -- Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said yesterday people "are hyperventilating" about his assertion that politics played a role in talk of raising the terror alert before the...
'HOT' STUFF PARIS GETS THE OK TO SUE
Paris Hilton may pursue her lawsuit against Hallmark over its use of her picture and catchphrase "That's hot" on a greeting card, a federal appeals court ruled yesterday. Hilton had...
NO SALE: CITY TAX REVENUE DOWN 10%
ALBANY -- Sales-tax collections plummeted in the city by 10 percent over the first seven months of 2009 -- taking a $285 million bite out of the Big Apple's budget,...
HE ACCEPTS 'EX'POSURE
City Comptroller Bill Thompson, slammed by his ex-wife in the pages of The Post, yesterday acknowledged he kissed his privacy goodbye when he decided to run for mayor. Responding to...
AMERICA'S NEW JAPAN CHALLENGE
THE rumbling you heard across the Pacific Ocean over the weekend was Japan moving further from the United States -- and closer to China. Japan's left-of-center opposition party, which has...
Facts, figures and fantasies
WARNING: What you are about to read contains an inordinate number of statistics and economic chatter that could cause brain damage. Do not read this column if you are pregnant,...
HEARING IS SET ON TED 'STAND-IN'
BOSTON -- Massachusetts legislators yesterday scheduled a Sept. 9 public hearing to decide whether to allow the governor to name an interim replacement for the late Sen. Edward Kennedy. Kennedy...
Nice upswing in lease deals
IN a pre-Labor Day gift to the re juvenated office-leasing market, two very different kinds of tenants just signed the year's largest and second-largest new, direct, long-term leases. Retail giant...
ID 'THIEF' IN BAD GETAWAY
A Ukrainian identity-theft suspect picked a bad spot for a vacation. Egor Shevelev, 22, left Ukraine, which has no extradition agreement with the US, for a vacation in Greece, which...
HSU IN WEIRD BID FOR MERCY
Politically connected Ponzi schemer Norman Hsu deserves leniency when he's sentenced this month because he only intended to fleece a handful of victims. That's the claim by a lawyer for...
9/11 RACE CAR HITS THE ROAD
A custom-designed race car bearing the phrase "Always Remember" was unveiled yesterday by NASCAR's Benny Gordon across from the World Trade Center site. Gordon will race the car on Sept....
BACK ON TRACKO
A Brooklyn politician says she's found a way to get a "Thriller" of a tribute to Michael Jackson inside the subway station immortalized in his "Bad" video. Councilwoman Letitia James...
SOME COMIC FANS DON'T LIKE THE MARVEL-DISNEY MIX
For some comic heads and cartoon freaks, the marriage of Snow White to Wolverine isn't made in heaven. News of the $4 billion Disney-Marvel merger sent shock waves through Internet...
HORRIBLE FINAL DAZE
Celebrity spinner DJ AM confessed to falling off the wagon and pledged to check himself into rehab just hours before his death, friends told investigators. MORE DJ AMVIDEO: Crack Was...
SHAVING GRACE FOR GOV. DAVE
ALBANY -- Maybe this will shave a few points off Gov. Paterson's negative polling numbers. The Democratic governor, who has sported whiskers of varying length for more than two decades,...
H2OWE TROUBLE FOR BILL
City Comptroller Bill Thompson was delinquent to the tune of nearly $1,000 in unpaid water bills on his Brooklyn and Harlem homes, city records show. The Department of Environmental Protection's...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
AIG American International Group Inc. and ex-CEO Maurice "Hank" Green berg said they will pri vately arbitrate one law suit and possibly another, potentially ending a long legal fight.Oil slick...
STUDY: 10% OF DRUNKS GO DRIVING
ATLANTA -- One in 10 binge drinkers got behind the wheel the last time they drank heavily -- and half left from a bar, restaurant or nightclub after downing five...
FRENCH TOAST: KERVIEL TRIAL IS SET
French judges are taking aim at ex-Société Générale trader Jerome Kerviel -- ordering him to stand trial over transactions that cost the bank billions of dollars, in a case that...
PARENTS PUT UP FOR SALE
You may think your parents are priceless, but a Connecticut man decided to test the market and see. "Perfectly good parents," read the ad that Michael Amatrudo put on Craigslist....
WHAT'S NEEDED FOR VICTORY
"The situation in Afghanistan is serious, demands a revised implementation strategy, commitment and resolve and increased unity of effort." -- Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top US military commander in Afghanistan,...
NANNY-STATE NIT PICKING
The soft tyranny of Mayor Bloomberg's anti-smoking jihad becomes ever more apparent. Witness the plight of Barclay Rex cigar shop in the Financial District, one of the last remaining establishments...
SETTING UP THE NEXT STRIKE
One thing about former Vice President Dick Cheney: He'll never be mis taken for a wallflower. And good for him. With the eighth anniversary of 9/11 rapidly approaching, Cheney took...
BLANKFEIN TOPS VANITY FAIR POWER LIST
Goldman Sachs may be "evil" according to some media outlets, but that didn't keep CEO Lloyd Blankfein from rising to the top of the world's "New Establishment," according to Vanity...
CABS ADD 'STICKUP' STICKERS
A controversial program that would allow cops to stop and search livery cabs and their passengers was launched yesterday after the recent deaths of three drivers in botched robberies. The...
AN UNHOLY MOVE BY ESPN
Major League Baseball and ESPN must be atone deaf. The Yankees' Sept. 27 home game against the Boston Red Sox has been rescheduled from 1 to 8 p.m. -- putting...
ADS A BIG FAT JOKE
Soft-drink makers yesterday threw cold soda on Mayor Bloomberg's latest anti-obesity campaign -- graphic subway ads slamming sugary beverages, iced teas and sports drinks as fattening. "It's absurd and over...
DON'T CLING TO THE BLING
Her neck's on the line now. A stunning young account executive at a high-powered PR firm took her specialty in jewelry a step too far -- snatching $97,000 worth of...
THE MOUSE SNARES SPIDEY
With the $4 billion acquisition of Marvel Entertainment, Walt Disney Co. is betting it can supercharge a crew of decades-old comic-book heroes whose best days may be behind them. The...
MARVEL ANIMATED BY DISNEY DEAL
Marvel Entertainment struck a deal with Walt Disney that gives its comic franchise superpowers. Marvel has had some dramatic successes in recent years, proving in 2008 that it could be...
GLAM SLAM TOURNEY
Even their sweatbands are fashion statements. Just about every top-seeded player at the US Open this year is trying to score points as a fashion plate. The spotlight on style...
TCW ASSET GRAB?
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is among a number of private-equity firms sniffing around asset-management outfit TCW Group with an eye toward arranging a buyout of the firm, sources told The Post....
GOV GOING FOR 'BROKE' TO SAVE OTB
ALBANY -- Gov. Paterson, citing runaway losses at the New York City Off-Track Betting Corp., will sign an executive order today clearing the way for an unprecedented, federally supervised, bankruptcy...
HYPOCRITE CHARLIE: PUNISH TAX SLIP-UPS
WASHINGTON -- Even as he fends off accusations about his own failure to pay taxes and fully disclose his financial dealings, Rep. Charles Rangel had quietly slipped into the health-care...
ESPADA BOUNCES BUDDY
ALBANY -- Ties to Pedro Espada Jr. might get you a Senate job, but they won't help you keep it. The lightning-rod Senate majority leader fired his deputy chief of...
BOATHOUSE DEAL A BREAK FOR NEW TAVERN OWNER
The winning bidder on the Tavern on the Green franchise has settled a contract dispute involving another restaurant he operates in Central Park, paying $113,854 -- less than a third...
GYM RAT OWES US: TENANTS
A Brooklyn muscleman who's opening a gym in Williamsburg, despite being banned from the fitness business for ripping off customers, also stiffed his dance-instructor tenants, according to court records. John...
OLDEST DOG DIES AT '147'
A Long Island wire-haired dachshund regarded as the world's oldest dog has died. She was 21 -- 147 in dog years. Chanel passed away Friday at her owner's home in...
BEAUTY SUES OVER MISS DISS
Carrie Prejean to the Miss California USA pageant: You're so sued. The 22-year-old beauty queen, who lost her Miss California crown after making controversial comments against same-sex marriage, filed a...
JERSEY LOCKDOWN!
It's 12 midnight. Do you know where your parents are? A controversial curfew is on the agenda this week in New Jersey's third-largest city, where a spate of gang violence...
AFGHAN WAR CLAIMS FOUR MORE LIVES
KABUL -- Bombs yesterday killed two American and two British troops in Afghanistan -- ending the war's deadliest month for US forces even as the top NATO commander called for...
ERIN TELLS OF PEEP SHOCKER
Vowing it will be her "first and last" interview on the humiliating matter, ESPN re porter Erin Andrews told Oprah Winfrey it was a "nightmare" to see a tape of...
'DROWNED' SUSPECT IS ARRESTED
A Bronx man presumed dead after diving into a river to escape a cocaine bust in 2007 was finally nabbed over the weekend after being stopped for riding an ATV...
YOU CAN'T KEEP A BAD MAN DOWN
Disgraced former Gov. Eliot Spitzer has been privately talking with friends about a possible comeback, and is considering a run for statewide office next year, several sources told The Post....
PRICE SLICE FOR YANK PLAYOFF TIX
Christmas will come in October for Yankee season-ticket holders. For the first time ever, playoff tickets will actually be cheaper than the astronomical prices the team charged during the regular...
KING ABANDONS PLAN FOR SENATE RUN
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Peter King (R-LI) announced yesterday that he will not be running against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand next year. King said he would have had a shot at overcoming...
PRINCESS 'PHOTO FINISHED' BEAU SONS
A Jordanian princess allegedly tried to get more of her ailing boyfriend's millions by keeping his sons out of the picture -- literally. Princess Firyal attempted to isolate former financial...
FATHER: SICKO CRAVED KIDS
Sex-obsessed freak Phillip Garrido wanted kids so badly that he and his wife hatched a twisted plan to kidnap 11-year-old Jaycee Dugard and make her his baby factory, his horrified...
I STILL LOVE HER: BROWN
Chris Brown still wants to make sweet music with Rihanna. "I never fell out of love with her," the disgraced crooner told People magazine. "That just wouldn't go away." Brown...
'IT'S BURNING EVERYWHERE'
LOS ANGELES -- A deadly wildfire destroyed more than four dozen homes as it blackened a wide swath of tinder-dry Southern California forest, forced thousands of residents to flee and...
FIRST WIFE: HE TRIED TO GOUGE MY EYES OUT
Sex fiend Phillip Garrido used a safety pin to cut up his first wife's face in a jealous rage -- and then tried to gouge her eyes out with it,...
CELEB DESIGNER GETS 59 YRS. IN MODELS SEX ASSAULT
LOS ANGELES -- Celebrity fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander was sentenced to a minimum of 59 years in prison yesterday for sexually assaulting aspiring models as young as 14. Alexander,...
'STONE' COLD CASE HEATING UP
Forty years after the body of Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones was found floating in his pool after a binge of drugs and drinking, British police yesterday said they were...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Short sellers may think the economy is still in the dumps -- but shorts sellers are a lot more upbeat. The Men's Underwear Index indicates skivvies sales will decline next...
PAYING ATTENTION TO ROOT OF ADHD
I'VE treated at least a few hundred people with at tention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The symp toms included lack of attention to detail, trouble listening, difficulty organizing tasks, a tendency...
VENUS SURVIVES INJURY, FIRST-ROUND SCARE
Venus Williams' sister, Serena, is coming out with her autobiography today. For a long while last night at the U.S. Open, it appeared Venus would have plenty of time to...
LIBERTY ON THE BRINK
This past weekend's home-and-home series with the Sky typified everything about the Liberty's season. The last-place Liberty traveled to Chicago on Friday night and demonstrated why they are where they...
ROGER STILL MOTIVATED TO SLAM COMPETITION
IN 100 degree heat in St. Louis, against the dreadful Browns, Joe DiMaggio would tell himself there was somebody in the stands who had never before seen him play, then...
SARATOGA'S MAD ABOUT 'RACHEL'
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- How special is Rachel Alexandra, the 3-year-old super filly who will tackle older male horses for the first time in Saturday's Grade 1, $750,000 Woodward Stakes? So...
BOREL'S BACK ON 'BIRD'
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Mine That Bird will be reunited with his Kentucky Derby-winning jockey Calvin Borel when he runs in the Oct. 10 Goodwood at Santa Anita, a prep for...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Braves reel in Marlins In Miami, Omar Infante hit a two-run triple in the seventh and Kenshin Kawakami pitched six effective innings to carry the Braves past the Marlins...
JUST LIKE OLD TIMES FOR AGASSI
Andre Agassi received another standing ovation at Ashe Stadium last night, this time for his charity work, not his tennis. During opening-night ceremonies, Agassi, 39, was feted for extraordinary work...
HONDO PLAYS RAYS
Hondo, closing the lid on the worst August in the history of handicapping, went double-draino with the Tigers and White Sox to put the number on the big red toteboard...
THOME, GARLAND DEALT TO DODGERS
The Dodgers made a big push to lock up the NL West, last night acquiring slugging first baseman Jim Thome from the White Sox and right-hander Jon Garland from the...
RODDICK WORKS LATE, MOVES ON
Andy Roddick didn't take the court for his first-round match until after 11 p.m., but the former U.S. Open champion didn't mind. "Late-night tennis is a part of the Open,"...
Last call for summer!
WITH summer as erratic as it has been, you may be tempted just to wave it off and hope for better luck next time. And yet! It may be September,...
50 STATES: Delaware
IN an age when many beach destinations are morphing into overcrowded and over-commercialized honky-tonk towns, traveling to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware — a place that's remained essentially unchanged since my childhood...
Hot deals!
* ARIZONA $109 and up at the W Scottsdale when you stay at least 3 over Labor Day, valid 9/3-9/8 (whotels.com). * LOS ANGELES $159 and up at both the...
VENUS SURVIVES INJURY, FIRST-ROUND SCARE
Venus Williams' sister, Serena, is coming out with her autobiography today. For a long while last night at the U.S. Open, it appeared Venus would have plenty of time to...
Meet Comptroller Bill Thompson
Mayoral candidate Bill Thompson visited The Brooklyn Paper’s office on Monday to outline his vision for the city — and his plans differ from his Democratic rival on just about...
This is getting ugly — another loss and the lead is down to a half-game
Cyclones 5Spinners 8Monday, Aug. 31 at Lowell This season is turning Met like, as the Cyclones dropped yet another game as the surging Staten Island Yankees won their ninth in...
Author, Mets debate sale talk
DENVER -- Here is video of Mets VP Dave Howard angrily sparring today on FOX Business with Erin Arvedlund, author of a new book on Bernie Madoff who predicted last...
PETTITTE RETIRES FIRST 20, YANKEES TOP ORIOLES 5-1
BALTIMORE -- Andy Pettitte retired his first 20 batters before a lamentable seventh-inning sequence spoiled both his perfect game and no-hit bid, and the New York Yankees beat the Baltimore...
WORLD'S OLDEST DOG DIES IN NY AT 21
NEW YORK -- A wire-haired dachshund that held the record as the world's oldest dog has died on Long Island at age 21 - or 147 in dog years. Chanel...
BLINK-182 CANCELS NY SHOW AFTER DJ AM'S DEATH
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- Pop-punk band Blink-182 has pulled out of its show at Saratoga Performing Arts Center, saying band members were grieving the death of their friend, celebrity disc...
LA FASHION DESIGNER GETS 59 YEARS TO LIFE SENTENCE
LOS ANGELES -- Fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander was sentenced Monday to 59 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting aspiring models he lured to Los Angeles. Alexander, 35,...
REP. KING WON'T CHALLENGE SEN. GILLIBRAND IN 2010
NEW YORK -- Republican New York Rep. Peter King announced Monday that he will not challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in 2010, saying he wouldn't be able to raise enough money...
YANKEES DISCOUNT PLAYOFF TICKETS
Christmas may come in October for Yankee season ticket holders. For the first time ever, playoff tickets will actually be cheaper than the astronomical face values the team charged during...
POLICE FIND BONE FRAGMENT AS SEARCH AT KINDAP SUSPECT'S HOME CONTINUES
ANTIOCH, Calif. -- Police say they have found one small bone fragment on the property next door to the home of a Northern California man charged with kidnapping a little...