September 18, 2009
Mayweather 146, Marquez 142
LAS VEGAS—Floyd Mayweather weighed in two pounds about the agreed upon 144-pound weight limit for his welterweight fight with Juan Manuel Marquez Saturday night and will receive a "substantial" financial...
High school football scores from the weekend
Check out the results from a busy week on the high school gridiron. PSAL Sheepshead Bay 41, Midwood 8 Grand Street Campus 22, Grady 0 New Dorp 49, Bayside 14...
Carlos' time with Mets likely over
Carlos Delgado may have played his last game as a Met. The first baseman, who will be a free agent this winter, admitted today that a return this season is...
Zimmerman hits 30th homer, Nats hold off Mets 6-5
Ryan Zimmerman hit his 30th homer, Josh Bard drove in three runs and the Washington Nationals held off the free-falling New York Mets 6-5 on Friday night. New York rallied...
Cavaliers' West arrested with three loaded guns
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. -- Cleveland Cavaliers guard Delonte West was arrested Thursday after officers pulled him over for speeding on a motorcycle while carrying two loaded handguns and a loaded...
Surge started with Alex’s return
SEATTLE — So, who is the Yankees’ MVP? Throughout most of the summer, Mark Teixeira was the popular choice. Then Derek Jeter put himself into the discussion. Of course, Mariano...
Game 148: Nationals at Mets
Fresh off a sweep in Atlanta, the Mets return to Citi Field tonight looking to snap a five-game losing skid when they open a series with the Nationals behind Mike...
Cincinnati-Oregon State highlights weekend's Big East contests
With the season now in full swing, this week’s slate of games in the Big East offer several interesting challenges, as four teams – Cincinnati, Connecticut, Louisville and West Virginia...
MUSEUMS: Cleveland kink
Ohio loves its rubber -- and we're not talking Goodyear tires.Just opened at Case University, the Dittrick Medical History and Museum's "Virtue, Vice and Contraband: A History of Contraception in America" is a...
Islanders' Morency suspended indefinitely
Islanders forward Pascal Morency has been suspended indefinitely after leaving the bench to start a fight with Calgary defenseman Dion Phaneuf. The NHL announced the suspension Friday. No date for...
RBNY's Bouna Coundoul talks keeping, fasting & Ramadan
For the better part of a month, Red Bulls goalkeeper Bouna Coundoul has been observing the Muslim holiday of Ramadan, fasting from sunup to sundown every day. The Bronx native...
B'klyn foreman's past comes back to bite him
A jury of your peers, sure. But this is too far. A Brooklyn jury foreman is in hot water after failing to reveal his criminal past and concealing that he...
Oprah storms NYC with Central Park show
Lucky Oprah fans flocked to Central Park today where the TV diva taped her show at Summerstage. A star-studded guest list -- including Mayor Bloomberg, Mariah Carey and Hugh Jackman...
Gov suspends NY's work with ACORN
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. David Paterson is ordering state agencies to put a 30-day hold on contracts with the community organizing group ACORN and its affiliate New York Agency for...
Preseason with a Postseason Feel
There is no love lost in the classic Hudson River Rivalry between the Devils and Rangers.Since the lockout ended, both teams have made the playoffs in four straight seasons. Each...
Fire destroys Bronx mosque
A fire ripped through a Bronx mosque where funerals were held in 2007 for nine kids and a woman killed in one of the city’s deadliest blazes. The FDNY said...
Middletown standoff ends with man's surrender
An escaped parolee who was convicted for his role in a burglary that led to the killing a retired city transit cop in 1990 surrendered to cops in Middletown today...
The weekly wrap-up, September 18
This week we learned that...... Defying the expectations of, well, just about everyone,The Novo has sold out. [Brownstoner]... The Stuytown Follies have traveled to Brooklyn. [Flatbush NYC]... Big doings are afoot...
Second man questioned in terror probe
A man under investigation in a terrorism probe in New York and Denver has indicated he is associated with al-Qaida and played a key role in a planned terror attack,...
Kiddie stuff
By the time I got to Under St. Marks last night, the waiting list to get into "MilkMilkLemonade" was up to 25 people. Quite a feat considering the theater has...
Italian tax police seize Maradona's earrings
Italian tax authorities seized earrings worth 4,000 euros -- about $1,400 -- from visiting soccer legend Diego Maradona on Friday to help pay off his back taxes, they said in...
Swine flu vaccine may be in nasal spray form
ATLANTA — The first doses of swine flu vaccine may all be the nasal spray version, government health officials said Friday. The government has said a trickle of vaccine will...
21 cigarette 'smugglers' up in smoke
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Officials say agents posing as illegal dealers of untaxed cigarettes have brought down 21 middlemen who cheated New York City and state of at least $21...
CHSAA boys soccer roundup: Stanners, Terriers tie 2-2
Few coaches are happy about losing a two-goal lead, especially in the second half. But St. Francis Prep boys soccer coach Franco Purificato was thrilled with a 2-2 draw against...
Suspect spinach recalled after salmonella detection
SALINAS, Calif. — A Salinas Valley distributor is recalling two brands of bunched spinach after routine testing detected salmonella. The California Department of Public Health announced Thursday that Ippolito International...
Dannon settles lawsuit, to pay yogurt buyers $35M
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Dannon Co. will reimburse consumers for up to $100 of Activia and DanActive yogurt purchases and change its marketing and labeling to settle a class-action lawsuit....
NY man gets 23 1/2 years for killing ex-girlfriend
MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. — A Staten Island, NY man sat silently today as a judge sent him to prison for 23 1/2 years for killing his ex-girlfriend and burying her...
Colo. man questioned for 3rd day about terror plot
DENVER — FBI agents will question the father of a man being investigated in a terrorism probe in New York and Colorado, a spokeswoman for the defense team said Friday....
Russian tycoon may help fund Nets arena
MOSCOW — Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov is considering a deal with the New Jersey Nets to help fund the construction of their new arena. Igor Petrov, spokesman for the tycoon’s...
San Diego ACORN worker fired following sting
ACORN officials in San Diego have fired an employee caught on video providing advice about human smuggling to a couple posing as a pimp and a prostitute. David Lagstein, the...
Astor 'confused' when she gave son $5M
A Manhattan prosecutor says a feeble Brooke Astor signed a letter giving her son $5 million on the same day that she was too confused to know she was in...
Ivy League football preview
The longest hiatus in Division I college football is over: Finally, after almost 10 months, Ivy League play resumes tomorrow with a full slate of non-conference games. Last heard from,...
Baseball Classic left long list of subpar players
Good thing big league All-Stars and organizations have until 2013 to decide whether they will play along with the next World Baseball Classic, because the rosters for the international tournament...
VOTE: How will Jets, Giants do this Sunday?
Optimism is fine and can even be great, but cautious optimism is what Giants and Jets fans should be feeling heading into Week 2 of the NFL season. That’s a...
Knicks tickets on sale Tuesday
Single-game tickets to Knicks 2009-10 regular season home games at Madison Square Garden will go on sale Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 10 a.m. Tickets can be purchased online at nyknicks.com,...
Bronx home invasion leads to hanged dog
A pitbull who ran after its owners during a home invasion in the Bronx accidentally hanged itself early today after jumping out a second-story in an effort to escape three...
Tommy Hilfiger
Tommy Hilfiger is the American Boy Estelle was singing about. And for Spring 2010, he'll take her to New York and to see L.A., just like she asked. Inspired by...
Naeem Khan
Naeem's Khan's spring presentation -- at his Garment District studio -- was more beautiful than any of his previous Bryant Park shows. Amid glasses of champagne, real fluttering butterflies and...
Seeing double
The front row at Tommy's show was interesting. Rosario Dawson, Penn Badgley and Taylor Swift all sat front and center. But the thing that really threw us was that his...
Bedazzled
The jewels in the back-room solarium and Naeem Khan's spring presentation at his garment district studio? His wife Ranjana Khan's exquisite vintage-style necklaces, earrings and headpieces. The real butterflies flitting...
Man accused of beheading wife to use psychiatric defense
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A man accused of beheading his wife at the television station they founded to counter stereotypes of Muslims is likely to claim emotional distress was behind the...
Student launches 'apocalype' attack on school
ANSBACH, Germany — An 18-year-old who stormed his school armed with an ax, knives and Molotov cocktails in an attack that injured nine people had marked the date in his...
The Daily Whacks, Friday Edition
See, here's the problem with trying to be a shoot-from-the-hip, take-no-prisoners guy: sometimes, people want to mention inconvenient truths about you -- so if you are Rex Ryan, it means...
Record lows in NYC
The city is on pace to record a record low number of murders this year -- about 457 -- that would break the low of 497 set in 2007. There...
My Second Decade
It was 10 years ago today that I started reviewing movies for the Post with a critique of Audrey Wells' "Guinevere.'' This forgotten Miramax release starred Stephen Rea and Sarah...
S. Africa tested runner's gender: report
JOHANNESBURG — A South African newspaper has published what it says are e-mails showing local track officials authorized gender tests done in the country on runner Caster Semenya. South African...
Dugard's captors lived in filth
Jaycee Dugard's alleged kidnappers, Phillip and Nancy Garrido, lived in a filthy home surrounded by piles of garbage, hazardous wiring and an open septic hole, according to inspectors who have...
Getting a head start on July 4, 2010
The Fourth of July 2009 may be history, but local cops are already starting to think about next year’s festivities. To that end, they are trying to get a handle...
Good times with Bushwick's .357 Lover
If you ever see Corn Mo (he of the white suit, baby face and long, dirty blonde hair) walking down Knickerbocker Avenue in Bushwick talking on his cell phone, you...
Precinct zeroing in on quality of life offenses
There’s been a crackdown on quality-of-life offenses in Bay Ridge. Deputy Inspector Eric Rodriguez, the commanding officer of the 68th Precinct, told members of the precinct’s community council, gathered at...
Fill out your census questionnaire
Brooklynites who fail to complete the 2010 U.S. Census questionnaire will be in for a big surprise.A representative for the U.S. Census Bureau revealed that residents who do not mail...
3UP: Mauer, Damon and the Coin Toss
1. Derek Jeter and Mark Teixeira are now among those playing for second in the AL MVP race. Joe Mauer pretty much ended all discussion about who is first. The...
Anchor's 'chicken' comment goes viral
A veteran New York City news anchor flubs a line and an obscene catch phrase goes viral on the Internet. Ernie Anastos of Fox affiliate WNYW was bantering with the...
Okposo hurt in Islanders' loss
CALGARY, Alberta — New York Islanders forward Kyle Okposo was removed from the ice immobilized on a stretcher after taking a big hit from Calgary Flames defenseman Dion Phaneuf early...
NATO chief proposes linked US/Russian/NATO defense
BRUSSELS — The head of NATO called Friday for the U.S., Russia and NATO to link their missile defense systems against potential new nuclear threats from Asia and the Middle...
From 'House' to 'Dollhouse'
Tired of Jay Leno already? Don't worry: NBC may be out of the drama business, but other networks are picking up the slack now that the fall TV season has...
Nanny Mike
NJ wants beach ban (Newark Star-Ledger)
Appeasing Putin
Smiles to Russia (Washington Post)
O/U Rico
Rico had a so-so first week, going 7-9 (1-2 Best Bets). The selections for Week 2: OVER: Cowboys / Giants; Patriots / Jets; Titans / Texans; Eagles / Saints; Jaguars...
Miss Charleen
SUNDAY: Patriots, Cowboys, Chiefs, Texans, Packers, Lions, Eagles, Falcons, Redskins, Cardinals, Seahawks, Buccaneers, Broncos, Chargers, Steelers MONDAY: Colts BEST BETS: Seahawks, Patriots, Eagles
Tim Sullivan
SUNDAY: Patriots, Cowboys, Raiders, Titans, Bengals, Vikings, Eagles, Falcons, Redskins, Cardinals, 49ers, Bills, Browns, Chargers, Bears MONDAY: Colts BEST BETS: Cardinals, Chargers, Cowboys
Illegal is no Problem
Sol Stern says Acorn is Dem Albatross (Forbes)
Putin Pushed
Missile Offense (Wall Street Journal)
Economic Vandalism
Obama's Tire Tariff bad in so many ways (Economist)
Tough-talkin’ Jets out to back up Ryan
THE Jets promise they are ready to back up all their tough talk, from Rex Ryan on down. A tough town deserves a tough team, and here come the Jets....
Old school is out in New England
The Patriots defense the Jets will face Sunday will be almost unrecognizable to a lot of people. Cornerstone starters from their Super Bowl run, LBs Tedy Bruschi (retired), Mike Vrabel...
Sanchez bracing for Belichick
A sinister licking-his-chops smirk appeared on the face of Rex Ryan when asked how he feels when playing against a rookie quarterback. “I would feel confident against any rookie quarterback,”...
AFC East is goin' Green
It’s better to embrace the future than to live in the past. Yet just last week, my pal Steve Serby picked the Patriots to win Super Bowl XLIV. Even today,...
Humbled Hondo has a sorry week
Hondo, taking his cue from Joe Wilson, Serena Williams and Kanye West, would like to apologize to all the members of Reverse HondoNation for the winners he came up with...
Calif. eyes ratings biz
California’s attorney general said his office is investigating Wall Street’s big credit rating agencies to determine what role they may have played in the collapse of the financial markets. Attorney...
Fashion buzz
* Star-less Fashion Week finally shone bright last night at Tommy Hilfiger's pre-show store opening: Naomi Campbell, January Jones, Mary-Louise Parker, Penn Badgley, and Emily Blunt as well as Anna...
Final Fashion Week fantasy
RALPH Lauren evoked “the resilient spirit of America” with his 1930s dust-bowl chic collection for spring. In his show notes, Lauren said he was inspired by “the character of the...
Wheeler puts cramp in Fieldston's upset bid
Devante Wheeler collapsed to the turf in pain and then limped to the Poly Prep sideline. The Blue Devils were without their quarterback and defensive back, but Sean Ryan wasn’t...
Cabaret
FEINSTEIN'S: John Secada celebrates the release of his new jazz album "Expressions" with performances today and tomorrow at 8 and 10:30 p.m. 540 Park Ave.; 212-339-4095. METROPOLITAN ROOM: Nick Rosen,...
Classical
AVERY FISHER HALL: Alan Gilbert leads the New York Philharmonic and mezzo-sporano Petra Lang in Mahler's Symphony No. 3 and more. Today at 2 p.m. and Tuesday at 7:30 p.m....
Pop, Rock, Folk
THE DECEMBERISTS: The Oregon band, led by Colin Meloy, perform tomorrow at 7 p.m. Terminal 5, 610 W. 56th St.; 212-260-4700. THE DRUMS: This group of Brooklyn natives releases "Summertime!"...
Weekend hot picks in entertainment
CITY COUNTRY MUSIC, 18Brooklyn’s about as urban as you can get, but the brownstone borough still has a thriving indigenous country music scene. Don’t believe it? See for yourself at...
Girls soccer roundup: Svitsky moves Forest Hills into first
Julia Svitsky had a goal and an assist to give Forest Hills a 2-1 win over host Newtown in PSAL Queens A girls soccer Thursday. The win moves Forest Hills...
Night of living Ted
HE'S been a womanizing bartender, an anti-social doctor and a corrupt billionaire. Now, Ted Danson is a pompous, pot-smoking, herpes-plagued New York magazine editor in HBO's quirky, new comedy series,...
Starr report
Ellen's indie route? Ellen DeGeneres likes to dance on her show, but shehas a music problem -- and Tom Monday thinks he has a solution. Monday is direc tor of...
Being John Malkovich -- on a farm
I cannot tell a lie. I derive great satisfaction watching John Malkovich act. It has something to do with the way he gives grand performances while maintaining an air of...
Nothing 'Happens'
'LOVE Happens" is a weepie about the grieving process, mainly my own. Two hours of my life have been brutally stolen from me, and I need closure. So here goes....
Canned 'Paris' in syrup
'PARIS" when it fizzles -- which is most of the time -- is a dismal series of character portraits about a cross-section of Parisians mulling turning points in their lives....
French twist on immigration
FRENCH director Claire Denis' warm fam ily drama "35 Shots of Rum" opens with a young woman named Josephine waiting for the older Lionel, a subway driver, to come home...
Panning 'Pandorum'
THE horror flick "Pandorum" opens today, but it is not reviewed because there were no advance screenings for critics. We all know what that means.
Forecast: Fishy
'CLOUDY With a Chance of Meat balls" doesn't lack for ideas. It's the Food Network meets The Weather Channel meets . . . the Scary Doomsday Preachers Channel. The animated...
Seeing this isn't a burning issue
AT work as the man ager of a suit-and- tie (ugh!) restaurant in Portland, Ore., Sylvia is the model of propriety and elegance -- just watch her talk four guys...
New Yukkers laugh local
PERHAPS unsurprisingly, it began as a big joke. "I said, 'I'm going to do the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival,' " says Eugene Mirman, comedian. "And then I said, 'Well, obviously...
'Light's out
SO long, old friend. Veteran soap opera "Guiding Light" fades to black today -- after an astonishing 72 years on radio and TV. Today's finale (10 a.m./Ch. 2) was taped...
Stossel gets in last word
JOHN Stossel's only got a few weeks to go before starting with Fox News, but he's still talking about his old job. "It was frustrating," Stossel wrote on in a...
Econ 101: nonprofit & loss
YOU'D think the worldwide financial collapse would be fertile ground for New York's nonpro fit theater companies, which should be in the business of producing hard-hitting, topical works. After all,...
Bronx bus-ride 'Beauty' is just the ticket
THE enterprising Foundry Theatre has staged shows ev erywhere from an East Village coffee shop ("Etiquette") to private apartments ("Open House"), but it has outdone itself with "The Provenance of...
2 join Kate's talk tryout
LEE Woodruff and former "Early Show" anchor Rene Syler are joining Kate Gosselin's "View"-type talk show pilot, The Post has learned. The pilot, fronted by Gosselin, the newly-single "Jon &...
Serious Coen Oscar buzz
TORONTO -- With Oscar's Best Picture race expanding to 10 nominees for the first time in 60 years, the handicapping is fast and furious at the longtime unofficial starting line...
'Jennifer's' hottie
NOBODY can accuse Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody of trying to top “Juno” with the light-on-scares horror spoof “Jennifer’s Body,” though fans of the amply displayed Megan Fox will probably not...
Mattletale!
MATT Damon is goofy perfection as a corporate whistleblower with a secret life and serious credibility issues in “The Informant!,” Steven Soderbergh’s playful companion piece to “Erin Brockovich.” Loosely based...
Broadway
"BURN THE FLOOR": **½ Broadway succumbs to the craze for ballroom dancing with this plotless revue, energetically delivered by sexy and athletic (if personality-free) performers. Longacre Theatre, 220 W. 48th...
Lohan-rob bust
Tinseltown pretty-girls-about-town Lindsay Lohan and Audrina Patridge, whose homes have recently been burglarized, can rest a little easier -- cops yesterday busted a teen suspect. LA detectives arrested Nicholas Prugo,...
Whitewashing 9/11
Preserving the history of 9/11, including who was responsible for the attacks, is a primary responsibility of the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum ("Adding Insult to Atrocity," Editorial, Sept. 11)....
St. John's threat
A St. John's University student threatened to kill people on campus in messages posted on his Facebook page, the Queens District Attorney's Office said yesterday. Radames Santiago, 18, of Manhattan,...
Pedro-son victim calls pop 'thug'
An elderly blogger charged yesterday that state Sen. Pedro Espada "acted like a common street thug" when he did nothing to stop his son from attacking the 76-year-old man and...
Illegal? No problem!
THERE'S one thing more shocking than the illegal- alien smuggling advice that an ACORN official in San Diego gave undercover journalists James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles: It's the illegal-alien home-loan...
Appeasing Putin
IF diplomatic pusillanimity were the aim, President Oba ma's decision to abandon our current missile-defense plans in Eastern Europe must be regarded as a masterstroke. With just one announcement, the...
Queens 'Qaeda' how-to
A suspected al Qaeda terrorist from Queens was grilled for a second day by FBI agents in Colorado yesterday -- as a report emerged that bomb-making diagrams were found on...
Can-do spirit
Manhattanite Cheri Melillo is dedicated to feeding the hungry -- and the can-do contest she founded has resulted in donations of millions of cans of food across North America over...
Lab tech may have had help
The Yale lab technician busted yesterday in the murder of brilliant grad student Annie Le may have had help hiding her body -- and there could be another arrest, it...
Bam slammers echo Milk-slay era: Pelosi
WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday that the anti-government rhetoric over President Obama's health-care reform effort is concerning because it reminds her of the violent debate over gay...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan It may or may not have been a weapon, but the victim wasn't taking chances. At 4:30 a.m. Saturday, a crook came up behind a 33-year-old pedestrian at Third...
Facing the next real-estate collapse
THE next wave of the credit crisis is about to hit -- a collapse in com mercial real estate and potential explosion of bank failures. With its resources tapped out...
4M-to-1 lottery same-6 shocker
SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Investigators yesterday said they had found no evidence of manipulation involving Bulgaria's national lottery -- after the same six winning numbers were picked in consecutive draws four...
By George! Even Pataki outpolls Gilly
ALBANY -- Former Republican Gov. George Pataki has leapt ahead of Democrat Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in a hypothetical US Senate match-up, according to a new poll. The statewide Marist College...
'Misguided' missile furor
President Obama's decision to scrap a controversial Bush-era missile shield for Europe yesterday calmed Russian fears of a new Cold War -- but outraged critics, who said it weakened the...
Gov taps elex guru
ALBANY -- Gov. Paterson yesterday picked longtime Democratic operative Richard Fife to head his uphill effort to win election on his own next year. Paterson said he was "thrilled" to...
86G allowance for Jacko mom
LOS ANGELES -- Michael Jackson's estate is paying his mother more than $86,000 a month to cover her living expenses and those of his three children, according to papers filed...
O hails valor of slain GI
WASHINGTON -- Presenting his first Medal of Honor, President Obama yesterday praised the sacrifice of a soldier who braved enemy fire while attempting to save a comrade during the war...
Prez praises health Rx even as Dems balk
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- President Obama yesterday called reinventing health care a "defining struggle of this generation," even as several Democrats criticized some of the fine print in a Senate...
Megadeal fraud bust
Manhattan prosecutors are probing whether the Hong Kong-based investors behind the $1.8 billion Riverside South land deal -- the largest residential sale in city history -- stashed $17 million in...
City jobless rate at 16-yr. high
The city's unemployment rate rose from 9.5 percent in July to 10.3 percent in August -- the highest it's been since 1993. Statewide, the rate jumped from 8.6 percent in...
Klein: End wa$te of teachers
Schools Chancellor Joel Klein is tightening the screws on principals to hire from a pool of more than 1,500 unassigned teachers collecting full pay to work as substitutes. In an...
Crying wolf really hurts true victims of assault
Who gets hurt when a Hofstra student cries "Gang rape!" -- when she really issued an engraved invitation to an old-fashioned gang bang? It's not who you think. The five...
Smoking in the City? It's No Walk in the Park
THE ISSUE: The widening scope of the Bloomberg administration's anti-smoking agenda. *** Health Commisioner Thomas Farley is carrying nanny statism too far with his proposal for a ban on smoking...
'Net' gain for Ratner
State officials yesterday approved a revised plan for Brooklyn's embattled Atlantic Yards project. The Empire State Development Corp.'s step allows developer Bruce Ratner to secure private land needed for the...
US net worth grows
Americans' wealth rose this spring for the first time in nearly two years, with stocks and home values gaining as the recession faded. Still, household net worth remains about 19...
Hedge fund headway
Hedge funds are going out of business less quickly this year than last year, according to data released yesterday that offers fresh evidence of a recovery in the $1.4 trillion...
Madoff's mansion has buyer
Uncle Sam has found a buyer for the $8.75 million Montauk beach house that once belonged to Ponzi king Bernie Madoff. A contract for the property was signed late Wednesday...
MTA jab at Paul's gal
Gov. Paterson should be able to boot "rogue" MTA board members, especially those with flimsy attendance records, such as trucking heiress -- and Paul McCartney girlfriend -- Nancy Shevell, a...
AMR rides $2.9B high
AMR shares jumped 20 percent on news the American Airlines parent raised $2.9 billion in funding and announced plans to adjust its flight schedule. The company also said it would...
Thain says BofA knew everything
Bank of America Corp. knew about Merrill Lynch & Co.'s impending losses and plan to award bonuses when the lender made its takeover bid last year, said John Thain, the...
Obama feeds allies to bear
Still determined to "push the reset button with Rus sia," President Obama hit the delete key on our allies in Eastern Europe. Obama's decision to abandon missile defense as we...
Lehman gone, shares show signs of life
Call it the ghost of Lehman Brothers' past. Days after the anniversary of the investment bank's collapse, its shares are seeing an uncanny amount of trading activity. The stock's high...
Northeast lifts housing data
Housing construction rose in August on a double-digit increase in the Northeast region. But the results were mixed, with the single-family sector falling for the first time in six months....
Unsweet tweet
Twitter may make millions of dollars this year -- just not for Twitter itself. Founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams are reportedly shopping for $50 million in funding for the...
Business briefs
Andreesen Internet-browser pio neer Marc Andreessen, who sold his software company Opsware to Hewlett-Packard two years ago for $1.6 billion, joined H-P's board. He will receive $100,000 a year in...
Motown mogul dances off hook
Baby, baby, where did his indictment go? Former Motown Records CEO Kedar Massenburg is dancing in the streets after Manhattan prosecutors yesterday dropped felony assault charges claiming he smashed a...
Man nabbed in Qns. arson-assault
A crazed Queens man set fire to the home of a couple he knew and then returned to the scene to brutally beat the woman before mowing down the cops...
Bad day for flash orders
Flash orders could soon be banned from all markets after the Securities and Exchange Commission voted yesterday to propose prohibiting them. The practice -- which allows some traders to get...
4 firms settle with Cuomo
HM Capital Partners LLC and three other private-equity firms agreed to pay a total of about $4.5 million to settle with New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo in his probe...
Big Ben wants penalty called
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger wants a Nevada judge to penalize a lawyer representing the woman suing the signal-caller for rape. Big Ben has filed a motion against accuser Andrea...
There's no class room
City public-school students are in a crunch -- with more than 7,200 classes currently exceeding size limits dictated by the teachers union contract, new data show. That's 1,300 more crammed...
Nanny Mike meddles again
Will Mayor Bloomberg and his newest Dr. Buttinsky ever let New Yorkers live in peace? Don't bet on it. Indeed, Mike's new health commissioner, Tom Farley, seems determined to top...
Mom makes a racket
Hey, kids: Looks like mom's fairy tales can come true, after all -- especially if your mom is Kim Clijsters. Last weekend, only months after ending a two-year retirement, the...
Putin pushed, Bam buckled
President Obama cited technical fac tors yesterday that might, arguably, justify his scrapping of a planned European shield against Iranian missiles. But as political strategy, there's just one way to...
Condé's out of fashion
Conde Nast Chief Operating Officer John Bellando's budget talks with the company's editors and publishers look like they've scared fiscal responsibility into some of the highest-rolling titles at the glitzy...
Allen's cable is fraying
Billionaire Paul Allen is in danger of getting his cable cut off. The Microsoft co-founder may lose control of bankrupt cable company Charter Communications after talks with the company's senior...
Palm lost $161M in Q1
Palm Inc.'s fiscal first-quarter loss -- its ninth in a row -- widened to $161.1 million, or $1.17 a share, as smart-phone sales fell despite the launch of its new...
Good Sam halts 'DWI' principal
A sloshed Bronx assistant principal with a history of DWIs was busted for driving drunk to work with her 10-month-old son in the back seat -- thanks to a good...
DC axes ACORN $$ tree
WASHINGTON -- The House yesterday approved a cutoff of all ACORN funding by an overwhelming margin, as the nonprofit faced a barrage of negative publicity over a video-sting scandal. Sixteen...
Food-cart kebab and ka-pow!
Feathers flew outside Kings County Hospital as rival halal chicken vendors got into a vicious food fight that ended with one slashed and two arrested. In one corner was Walid...
Smirking Gambino 'acid' killer gets life
A ruthless Gambino henchman who killed for John "Dapper Don" Gotti and dissolved bodies in acid was sentenced yesterday to life in prison for four slayings. Charles Carneglia, 63, callously...
Wall St. on notice
Call it the battle of the Wall Street titans. BlackRock Chairman and CEO Larry Fink yesterday had some choice words for some of Wall Street's biggest banks, and declared that...
EU calls for national limits on bonuses
European Union leaders said the Group of 20 nations should agree on binding rules backed by national sanctions to curb bank bonuses, a week before a summit of the top...
Bronx 'bombers': We were set up
Four ex-convicts accused of a bomb-and-missile conspiracy appear to be planning a defense claiming they were lured into the plot by a federal agent. The defendants' lawyers demanded yesterday in...
Twisted motive behind rape story
The Hofstra freshman who had a raunchy restroom romp and then cried rape made up the twisted tale because she didn't want her schoolmates -- particularly her new boyfriend --...
Suit over Beatle pix
Just days after the rerelease of the entire Beatles' catalog of albums, a Manhattan man filed suit yesterday over the sale of books and DVDs containing his copyrighted photos of...
A'jad gets heave-ho from Helmsley Hotel
No vacancy! The New York Helmsley Hotel last night abruptly canceled a long-planned banquet for next week after finding out that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was scheduled to attend and...
Bill rich-slaps Mike in TV ad
Class warfare erupted in the race for mayor yesterday, with Democratic nominee Bill Thompson charging that Mayor Bloomberg has tilted his administration in favor of "the rich and powerful." The...
School space war in B'klyn
Parents at a public elementary school and a charter school that shares its Brooklyn building battled it out over limited classroom space last night. They clashed at a raucous hearing...
What rhymes with plucking?
What the pluck, Ernie? Newsman Ernie Anastos apologized last night for his chicken-flavored cussing during the 10 o'clock news a night earlier, when he blurted out, "Keep f- - -ing...
Upper E. Side jewel heists
A suave-looking gem thief managed to get into two apartments in an Upper East Side high-rise and steal jewelry from both. The crook, whose image was captured on elevator-surveillance video,...
Feds look to set bankers' salaries
The government may soon assume a big role in setting bankers' salaries, it was reported today. The Wall Street Journal web site said a plan under consideration would give the...
Low five for Mets
ATLANTA -- The Braves' first seven-game winning streak since 2006 might deserve an asterisk. The last three wins, after all, are over the reeling Mets. Brian McCann hit a tiebreaking...
Buckeyes focused on playoffs
Brooklyn International boys soccer team. The Buckeyes claimed Brooklyn A Central by gaining at least a point in five of their last six matches. When the season ended in the...
City Crown Goal for Francis Lewis Girls
The memories of walking off the field at Tottenville are still fresh in the minds of the Francis Lewis girls soccer players. The Patriots lost to eventual city runner-up Beacon,...
Dent wins 'break' point
Taylor Dent was overjoyed in the interview room last night after his 4-6, 7-6, 6-3, 7-5 upset win over Feliciano Lopez drew a standing ovation on Court 11. Once the...
Bettor's Guide
The experts make their picks:THE LINEGREG GALLOSTEVE SERBYMARK CANNIZZAROPAUL SCHWARTZTIM BONTEMPSRICOPatriots 3½ (46) JETS (Sunday, CBS, 1:00)JetsJetsJetsPatriots★ PatriotsJetsCOWBOYS 3 (44½) Giants (NBC, 8:20)★ GiantsGiantsGiantsCowboysGiantsGiantsCHIEFS 3 (38½) Raiders (1:00)RaidersRaidersRaidersChiefs★ ChiefsRaidersTITANS 6½...
'Age' suit vs. Yanks
A senior-citizen waiter claims a Yankee official pitched him a curve when he interviewed for a job. "What could someone 73 years old offer the Yankees?" the man says he...
It's prime time for area anglers
YOU can tell fall is just around the corner by all the albies being caught. False albacore, also called little tunnys, have arrived in good numbers both off the East...
Red Bulls need 'W'
In a season full of losing, the Red Bulls have a chance to end a winless streak against one of their most frustrating opponents tonight when they host New England...
Briatore quitting may not 'save' F1 team
LONDON -- Flavio Briatore said he quit as Renault's leader to "save the team" as it deals with a scandal involving a crash during a race last year. The team,...
On further review, rule stinks
BY now you've likely seen a clip of the play. With :45 left in the half, Monday, WR Louis Murphy caught a 20-yard pass in the end zone to give...
Dubinsky lowers his asking price
Entering the seventh day of the negotiating stalemate that has kept unsigned free agent Brandon Dubinsky out of training camp, the Rangers' projected first-line center has reduced his asking price,...
Devils have time to test rookies, veterans
Conventional wisdom, for a team knowing it would have a new coach, a new system and six holes from departures and retirement, would mean a long slate of exhibitions to...
Damon stumbling to finish
As he gears up for both the playoffs and his upcoming free agency, Johnny Damon isn't exactly having a great September. The left fielder goes into tonight's opener against the...
This swing almost anticlimactic
THESE are the spoils of a sea son well spent, these games the Yankees will play on the West Coast across the next six days, three in Seattle, three in...
Mariners, Angels aren't pushovers for Yankees
The Yankees begin a road trip tonight that warrants all the hyperbole manager Joe Girardi can muster. The Yankees play three games in Seattle, beginning tonight, then head to Anaheim...
News flash: Floyd's got good side, too
LAS VEGAS -- Floyd Mayweather returns to the ring for the first time in nearly two years tomorrow night when he takes on Juan Manuel Marquez at the MGM Grand....
Eagles: Don't count out McNabb
The Eagles aren't giving up hope of having Donovan McNabb on the field when they play their home opener Sunday against the Saints. McNabb made a brief appearance on the...
Hondo's a winner
Hondo, whose resiliency is being tested almost daily, bounced back from Wednesday's disasters by clicking with K.C. yesterday to lower the deficit to 1,355 gehringers. Tonight, he'll try the Porcello...
Containing Dallas QB Giant task
It might as well have been a playground game for Tony Romo, who opened this season by chucking the ball this way and that, seemingly without a care in the...
Parnell demoted after latest Mets fiasco
ATLANTA -- Even in a lost season, the Mets decided it was pointless to keep letting Bobby Parnell learn on the job. To the surprise of no one, the Mets...
Feds fight to admit evidence vs. Bonds
SAN FRANCISCO -- Federal prosecutors urged a federal appellate court to reverse a trial judge and let them present critical evidence they say shows Barry Bonds knowingly used steroids. Both...
Grammy nod for Bernie
Former Yankees center fielder Bernie Williams has been nominated for a Latin Grammy in the instrumental category for his album, "Moving Forward." The nominations were announced yesterday in Los Angeles....
Sports shorts
TENNIS: Federer fined for profanity Roger Federer has been fined $1,500 for using a profanity while arguing with the chair umpire during the U.S. Open final. CBS microphones picked up...
Giants' Canty will sit out against former team
Of all the games for Chris Canty to miss. The towering defensive tackle hasn't missed a game in his NFL career, playing in all 66 (including two in the postseason)...
Hurricanes swat yellow jackets
Georgia Tech's hex over Miami? It's over. Cool and in control throughout, quarterback Jacory Harris completed 20 of 25 passes for 270 yards and three touchdowns, and the 20th-ranked Hurricanes...
Weird but true
What else would you plant on High Street? Cops in Millville, NJ, discovered marijuana plants growing out of a basket hanging from a lamppost along High Street. Officials with the...
Mets announce system awards
The Mets today announced that Ike Davis was named the Sterling Minor League Organizational Player of the Year, while right-handed pitcher Jeurys Familia earned Sterling Pitcher of the Year honors....
Pitching set for Nationals series
The pitching matchups are now set for the Mets' three-game series with the Nationals that starts Friday night at Citi Field.Here is the breakdown:Friday -- RHP Marco Estrada (0-1, 19.29)...
Game 147: Mets at Braves
ATLANTA -- The Mets hope to avoid a sweep at the hands of the Braves here tonight when Nelson Figueroa takes the hill in the finale of a three-game series...
Fikke's goal lifts Horace Mann over Poly
Whenever Horace Mann and Poly Prep meet there is always a feeling that one goal will be enough for victory. That was again the case in the teams’ first meeting...
Multi-tasking Murtaugh, Science off to fast start
Taylor Murtaugh is used to juggling soccer and basketball, just not this way. The Bronx Science senior has been a four-year player at the school in both sports, in the...
PSAL Manhattan girls volleyball preview
Nicole Zelek wasn’t just surprised, she was crushed. Her ninth-seeded Hunter College HS girls volleyball team was upset in the first round of the PSAL Class A playoffs by No....
When does a blowout go too far?
There is a fine line between playing your game and going too far, battering an opponent so much it turns the event sour. Did Dominick Stanco’s Beach Channel boys soccer...
Brooklyn Tech's rally falls short
Brooklyn Tech outgained Fort Hamilton, 161-73, on offense and out-rushed them, 125-4. The turnover battle was even, as was the scoreboard. Unfortunately, that was just the second half. Taking advantage...
Fort Hamilton continues to roll
When Fort Hamilton held on for a one-point win in overtime over Sheepshead Bay to start the PSAL season, the Tigers wildly celebrated the victory. The euphoria quickly faded for...
New leadership, same high hopes for Stuyvesant girls volleyball
Alex Albright knew Tina Khiani was the captain of the Stuyvesant girls volleyball team last year. But what Albright didn’t know was the lengths the four-year setter went in her...