September 25, 2009
Early season busts
In a season that only lasts 14 weeks in most formats, an early round bust is the fantasy equivalent of an obituary for your team. I understand it may still...
Cuban phenom Chapman now free agent
As the Yankees and Red Sox begin another battle on the field in the Bronx this weekend, they could be engaged in one off the field soon, as well.Left-hander Aroldis...
Mets at Marlins
The Mets try to ruin the Marlins' fading wild-card hopes tonight in Miami. FOLLOW GAME HERE
Red Sox at Yankees
The Yankees try to move closer to the AL East championship tonight at the Stadium. FOLLOW GAME HERE
Student told to turn Yankees shirt inside out
BALDWINSVILLE, N.Y. -- A fourth-grader in the Syracuse suburbs has found out first-hand about the heated rivalry between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox. Nathan Johns says when...
Young Wings, joined at hip, set to take off
When Billy Turnage is asked to point out his go-to guy, the player he has the highest expectations for, the Wings Academy basketball coach simply smiles. Turnage talks about Deonte...
Poll puts Yankees in Series vs. Cardinals
Ask around for a World Series prediction, and many baseball fans forecast a November classic: Albert Pujols and his St. Louis Cardinals vs. Derek Jeter and the Yankees. And about...
Killers and other problems
In today's paper I reviewed Lucy Thurber's "Killers and Other Family," at Rattlestick until October 11, and I wanted to expand on it a bit. Both the play and the...
Phillips' agent: Don't worry
Kenny Phillips' agent says the safety's knee injury is not career-threatening and he'll be back with the Giants next season."After discussing Kenny Phillips' medical situation with several specialists, I'm pleased...
Hofstra rape accuser to get
The woman who wrongfully accused four men of rape at Hofstra University will have to get mental health treatment and do 250 hours of community service -- or else face...
Tuck questionable; Canty, Nicks out
Defensive end Justin Tuck is questionable for the Giants’ game this weekend against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Tuck hurt his left shoulder last Sunday night against the Cowboys when tripped...
Mangini's Browns fighting in locker room
BEREA, Ohio -- Cleveland rookie cornerback Coye Francies, incensed over a prank, threw a bucket of ice and at least one errant punch during a skirmish in the Browns’ locker...
Jets' Sheppard, Strickland out Sunday
Cornerbacks Lito Sheppard and Donald Strickland are out for the team’s game against Tennessee. Rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez was listed as probable Friday, as expected, and will play Sunday despite...
Deals for Lee, Nate position Knicks in 2010
The Knicks re-signed David Lee and Nate Robinson on Friday, two of their only moves in a quiet offseason. The plan remains to make their noise next summer. Though they...
UEFA investigating 40 cases of match-fixing
Soccer’s European governing body is investigating 40 cases of match-fixing involving Champions League and UEFA Cup matches.Peter Limacher, head of disciplinary services at UEFA, told The Associated Press on Friday...
It's "Statement Week" for the Big East
During college basketball season, ESPN seems to come up with a new name for every week on the schedule: Rivalry Week, Judgment Week, Showdown Week. For the Big East, this...
The weekly wrap-up, September 25
This week we learned that...... Atlantic Yards' newest savior is a Russian nickel magnate. Also, he has a blog. [The New Yorker]... Now, Max Abelson's not saying she's a gold-digger... [NY Observer]... The NYC market...
Khadafy met with Lockerbie bombing victims in NY
Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy met with the relatives of the victims of the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jet over Lockerbie, Scotland -- saying it was a "friendly" gathering...
Game 154: Mets at Marlins
MIAMI -- The Mets hope to play spoiler against their nemesis Florida here tonight when Tim Redding faces the Marlins in the opener of a three-game series at Land Shark...
Nets owner confident sale will lead to Brooklyn
The New Jersey Nets are moving to a new arena in Brooklyn, and Bruce Ratner believes the remaining obstacles won’t be a problem. Ratner, the Nets principal owner, confidently predicted...
Still more Favre fallout
Former Jets assistant Jimmy Raye, now with the 49ers preparing to face Brett Favre's Vikings on Sunday, is the latest to join a long line who think bringing Favre to...
Hate-mongering Kansans begin their assault on NY Jews
A Kansas-based anti-gay Baptist church began its promised three-day assault on Brooklyn with a brief rally this afternoon at a Fort Greene high school, two days before they vow to...
Shaky buildings set back MTA's 2nd Avenue project
Construction on the Second Avenue Subway has suffered yet another setback, this time due to shaky apartment buildings. MTA crews can’t carry out permits for blasting underground rock near two...
D'Antoni talking like playoffs possible with Gallinari
Mike D'Antoni used the words "overachieve'' and "question marks'' several times in today's 40-minute meeting with the media. But the more he talked, the more he sounded like he believed...
Catching up with Kenny Anderson
Washington Post writer Dave Sheinin has a profile of former New York City high school legend and former New Jersey Nets point guard Kenny Anderson, described as "an aspiring college...
'Crook': I'm too 'dumb' to pull off heist
One day after Spider-Mannequin Kirsten Dunst fluttered and giggled her way through testimony about getting her $2,000 Balenciaga purse stolen, the alleged thief himself took the stand in the same...
Fireman Ed gets game ball from Jets
Fireman Ed has something new to cheer about. The Jets’ most famous fan received a game ball from coach Rex Ryan during the team meeting Friday for helping lead a...
Chicago cabbies want a 'vomit tax'
Call it the puke tax. Chicago cab drivers not only want a rate hike -- they are also demanding that riders who throw up in their cabs get slapped with...
LI anti-Jewish rally leads to counter-protest
Nearly two dozen members of the Jewish Defense Organization came out today and protested an anti-Semitic group from Kansas that spewed hate outside a Long Island synagogue just days before...
Lee, Nate officially back
The Knicks today officially announced the re-signing of David Lee and Nate Robinson, along with signing Marcus Landry and Ron Howard.Of Lee, Donnie Walsh said in a statement: “While this...
With Nets sold, what about LeBron?
With a possible future owner worth almost $10 billion, and his money likely clearing the way for an arena in Brooklyn after all, it's possible the Nets could lure LeBron...
Yassky Pulled Into Broadway Triangle Vortex
With less than one week before a runoff election between comptroller candidates David Yassky and John Liu, a group of Williamsburg residents demonstrated in front of Councilmember Yassky’s downtown Brooklyn...
Brooklyn author's latest finds her 'In-Between'
Nuneznovel24/SevenDated: 10.10Pix in systemBy Meredith DelisoAs a novelist, Elizabeth Nunez finds inspiration everywhere in Brooklyn.“You look out of your window in Brooklyn and life happens,” says Nunez, who splits her...
Devils sign Rob Niedermayer
The Devils today signed center Rob Niedermayer as an unrestricted free agent, perhaps to help fill the voids left by the departures of John Madden and Bobby Holik. "I felt...
Synagogues, church set to make history
Their prayers have been answered. Four Brooklyn houses of worship were nominated for listing on the State Register of Historic Places, a designation that could make the structures eligible for...
A life examined in 'County of Kings'
Lemon Anderson comes a place where you don’t talk about it, you be about it.That place is Brooklyn.Growing in Sunset Park during the 1980s, the birth of hip-hop, that part...
Plaxico mugs for the camera
Here is inmate 09-R-3260. Authorities today released the mugshot taken of former Giants star Plaxico Burress after he was sentenced earlier this week to two years behind bars. The glum-looking...
Stalled development projects to be kept on the straight and narrow
While stalled condo projects and big blue “death fences” may be the order of the day throughout Brooklyn, the City Council is taking steps to make sure that the community’s...
Public art installation evokes Flatbush of bygone days
The intersection of past and present can’t be found on any map.Nonetheless, memory meets a contemporary reflection of itself where Ocean and Parkside Avenues intersect in Flatbush.A new art installation...
Sisters 'knew' of sex between dad and Mackenzie
Former Wilson Phillips singer Chynna Phillips said she believes her father had an incestuous relationship with her sister Mackenzie Phillips. In Mackenzie's first interview that aired Wednesday on "The Oprah...
Ryan to Titans talker: Scott will 'accomodate him'
Titans fullback Ahmard Hall -- who? -- is the latest NFL player to take a verbal shot at Jets linebacker Bart Scott, saying he'd "fight the guy" if Scott wanted...
Ruth Bader Ginsburg leaves hospital
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who had cancer surgery earlier this year, planned a quick return to work Friday after feeling ill at the office and spending...
CT owner sells Stella D’oro brand
The union workers at Stella D’oro went on strike. They marched. They sang. They appealed to teachers and nurses, congressmen and borough presidents. They won a National Labor Relations Board...
Residents, merchants come together to fight ‘stealth shelter’
243 residents, merchants, and elected officials came to the Westchester Square Public Library on Saturday, September 12 for an “organizational meeting” to fight a new homeless shelter at 1564 St....
WSMC gets a year extension on its operating certificate
The state Department of Health has granted Westchester Square Medical Center an extended operating certificate, allowing the hospital to remain open through December 31, 2010, and a ray of hope...
City Island man allegedly threatens neighbor and fires shot
A City Island man is accused of threatening a neighbor, and then firing a shotgun into a wall in his own home, causing a hole the size of a baseball,...
SLA issues penalty for Insomnia Lounge
Opposition continues to grow against the Morris Park nightspot, now advertised as Insomnia Lounge,.During a State Liquor Authority Full Board meeting held on August 26, Insomnia Lounge, once known as...
The Bronx now has its own soda
Three native Bronxites are bringing their own flavor back to the Bronx, igniting peoples’ taste buds with the old school flavor of fountain soda.Sitting on the stoop of 2315 Cambreleng...
Residents say ‘NO’ to Astor development
Residents of Pelham Parkway and Allerton spoke out against the proposed medical facility that they fear will diminish the quality of their neighborhood, in preparation for the upcoming Board of...
Armory opposition mounts
The battle for development at the Kingsbridge Armory has taken on biblical proportions. At City Hall, members of the Kingsbridge Armory Redevelopment Alliance and Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. testified....
Jacobi remembers twin tower tragedy
The 9/11 memorial garden for Bronx victims of the World Trade Center tragedy was abuzz with activity as mourners came to pay tribute to their fallen brethren.On Friday, September 11,...
Zazi to face charges in Brooklyn
DENVER -- An Afghan immigrant who was on the verge of unleashing a terrorist attack on New York City on the Sept. 11 anniversary arrived in the city today. Najibullah...
Trezeguet grabs late draw for Juve
A header by substitute David Trezeguet four minutes from time gave Juventus a battling 2-2 draw at Genoa in Serie A on Thursday.It was the first time Juve had failed...
Obamas' Broadway seats on the block
The Broadway theater seats the president and first lady sat in last spring are being auctioned. A theater-based charity, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, will auction the seats Sunday in Manhattan....
VOTE: How will Jets, Giants do this Sunday?
With quality wins by the Jets and Giants last week, they showed they should be teams to reckoned with for the rest of the season. Gang Green beat the Patriots,...
American, United add holiday-travel fee
American and United airlines this week have added $10 surcharges for most of their tickets for travel on three busy days around Thanksgiving and New Year's holidays. According to FareCompare.com,...
9/11 plotter Moussaoui asks for new trial
RICHMOND, Va. — Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui's guilty plea was invalid because he was denied potentially helpful evidence and the right to choose his own counsel, his lawyer told...
Man wanted to burn home, kill couple: DA
A Corona man has been charged with attempted murder after he allegedly doused a Fresh Meadows couple’s home with gasoline and lit it on fire, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown...
Olmert claims innocence as corruption trial starts
JERUSALEM (AP) — Ehud Olmert became the first current or past Israeli prime minister ever to go on trial Friday, insisting in a Jerusalem courtroom that he is innocent of...
Osama: Al Qaeda may retaliate against Europe
CAIRO — Osama bin Laden is warning that al-Qaida could retaliate against Europe for its alliance with the United States in the war in Afghanistan. Bin laden says in a...
Child clings to life after accident
A 10-year-old boy is clinging to life following a horrific accident in Midwood. Witnesses told police that the child, a member of the area’s close-knit Orthodox community, allegedly ran out...
GOP tries to block swearing in of Kennedy successor
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Republican Party asked a judge Friday to delay the swearing in of the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's replacement, arguing Gov. Deval Patrick did an end-run...
Pop star called dictator 'genius'
Michael Jackson praised the showmanship of Adolph Hitler -- describing him in a bombshell taped interview as a "genius." Jacko was also convinced he could have got rid of the...
'Ecks' tops decade's worst movies
The worst movie of the last 10 years is the action flick "Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever'' with Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu, says the review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes. This...
Ky. Census worker died from asphyxiation: police
BIG CREEK, Ky. — Authorities said a U.S. Census worker died by asphyxiation but were releasing few other details about the mysterious case nearly two weeks after Bill Sparkman's body...
The Daily Whacks, Friday Edition
I make this point in the middle of my column today: as good a job as Joe Girardi has done with the Yankees this season in Year Two on the...
Yassky for Comptroller
Yassky for Comptroller (Daily News)
O's Gitmo policy collapses
Closing deadline is never going to happen (The Weekly Standard)
West side story
"West Side Story" came to the western part of the Island when a bloody clash between rival gangs in Woodrow landed six men behind bars, authorities said yesterday. The groups...
O's Losing Credibitlity
Stuart Taylor says health reform lacks candor (National Journal)
Over the Rainbow
I'm not much for parties, but I went from a MOMA reception celebrating the 75th anniversary of the New York Film Critics Circle to a vastly larger soiree at the...
Prez blasts Iran for new nuke plant
PITTSBURGH — President Barack Obama and the leaders of France and Britain declared Friday that the revelation of a previously secret Iranian nuclear facility puts heavy new pressure on Tehran...
Box Office: MGM's last gasp?
Today brings a dismal remake of Alan Parker's "Fame'' -- MGM's only 2009 release, and I pray its last ever as the long-ailing studio continues its slow-motion descent into oblivion. I give this...
3UP: Lidge, Rivera and Harden
1. Brad Lidge has 11 blown saves this year. Mariano Rivera has 10 blown saves over the last four years combined. To encompass the last 11 blown saves for Rivera,...
Drama Mama: Half 'Mad'
Does the inundation of new and returning premieres render you confused? Never fear--Drama Mama is here with her recommendations of what she's making a point to watch this week. Here's...
Double Agent
Steve Emerson worries that 'conspiracy' hasn't been stopped (Investigative Project on Terrorism)Len Levitt accuses NYPD intelligence of botching investigation (Huffington Post)Michael Cutler isn't sure whole plot has been uncovered (News...
Hairston has tendinitis in wrist
Considering the list of possible alternatives, tendinitis to Jerry Hairston Jr.'s left wrist doesn't sound like such a bad thing to general manager Brian Cashman. The Yankees received that diagnosis...
A bottle-blond WMD
The government charges Najibullah Zazi with trying to build a bomb using stuff that can be bought in local beauty-supply and hardware stores — and it’s considered a “weapon of...
Fire on ice, but some burning issues for Yankees
WE HAVE officially reached the dress-rehearsal portion of the Yankees season, where you can derive hours of enjoyment pretending the three games the Yankees just played in Anaheim, and the...
David Wells: Joba getting short straw
David Wells pitched 21 years in the big leagues. And while he often saw things with eyes that produced different visions, when it came to pitching Wells possessed above-average intelligence....
AL East title within weekend reach
Uncork the champagne and use red socks to mop up spills on the clubhouse carpet. That would be quite a Yankee Stadium party. Lights, camera, AL East title. The Yankees...
Manson follower Susan Atkins dies
LOS ANGELES — Charles Manson follower Susan Atkins, who admitted killing actress Sharon Tate 40 years ago, has died. She was 61. California Department of Corrections spokeswoman Terry Thornton said...
Yankees fans need to restore fear factor
Manager Joe Girardi might want to take a lesson from Rex Ryan as the Yankees prepare for the postseason. The Bombers are nine years removed from their last World Series,...
Yankees-Red Sox matchups
Here are the position-by-position matchups for this weekend's series between the Yankees and Red Sox at the Stadium. CATCHERJORGE POSADA-VICTOR MARTINEZ: Posada is having arguably the most productive month of...
Failure created motivation for Kennedy's Short
Jeffrey Short attacks the rim with abandon. First it’s in transition, then off a set play, followed by a broken one, a steal, and later a rebound, scoring a team-high...
Jim & Pam say 'I do'
LOOKS like “The Office” sweethearts Jim and Pam are giving new meaning to the term “A Bird in the Hand.” The longstanding workplace couple finally tie the knot in a...
A little piece of Oz
JERRY Maren, 18 when he made “The Wizard of Oz” in 1939, is one of five Munchkins who will appear when a newly restored version of the classic is shown...
Business Briefs
Off the RIM Research In Motion, the maker of the BlackBerry, forecast sales that missed analyst estimates, sending shares lower in afterhours trading. Sales in the quarter ending Nov. 28...
CHSAA boys soccer roundup: Eberts strikes again for Regis
Will Eberts’ sliding goal with 16 minutes left in the second half, his fifth of the season, lifted Regis to a 1-0 victory against Holy Cross in a CHSAA Class...
Updated: Sidiki Johnson leaves St. Ray's for St. Benedict's Prep
Arizona-bound forward Sidiki Johnson became the sixth player to leave St. Raymond’s in recent months, transferring to New Jersey power St. Benedict’s, The Post has learned. Johnson, who averaged 11.3...
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...
Off-Broadway
"AFTERMATH": *** Powerful piece about Iraqi refugees living in Jordan. New York Theatre Workshop, 79 E. Fourth St.; 212-239-6200. Closes Oct. 4. "THE BEREAVED": *½ Thomas Bradshaw's dark absurdist comedy...
Jazz
IRIDIUM: Singer Karen Oberlin and the Tedd Firth Septet pay homage to singer Doris Day with performances of her songs on Tuesday at 8 and 10 p.m. 1650 Broadway; 212-582-2121....
Girls soccer roundup: Blue Devils stay perfect
Beacon remained unbeaten this season, but it was a win that did not come easy. Sophie Kligler scored both goals for the Blue Demons in a 2-0 win over Hunter...
Classical
AVERY FISHER HALL: Alan Gilbert leads the New York Philharmonic and violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann in Brahms' Violin Concerto, along with Schoenberg's "Pelléas and Mélisande," today at 11 a.m. and...
Cabaret
CAFÉ CARLYLE: Gearing up for her return to “South Pacific” on Oct. 13, Kelli O’Hara comes back to the Café Carlyle tonight at 8:45 and tomorrow night at 8:45 and...
Dance
DANCE THEATER WORKSHOP: German performer and choreographer Raimund Hoghe makes his US debut with "Boléro Variations" -- set to Maurice Ravel's "Boléro," fado and folk songs -- at 7:30 tonight....
Film
ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES: The "Warhol/Whitney Program" tomorrow at 6 p.m. includes Andy Warhol's "Eat" (1963), John and James Whitney's "Film Exercises" (1943-45) and James Whitney's "Lapis" (1963-66). 32 Second Ave.;...
The blue tooth virgin
RUSSELL Brown's indie "The Blue Tooth Virgin" is a cautionary tale for struggling writers: Never ask your best bud's opinion of something you've just penned. Screenwriter Sam (Austin Peck) makes...
In search of Beethoven
DA-DA-DA DUM! Da-da-da dum. I doubt there is a person, sane or not, who doesn't get goose bumps listening to Beethoven's Fifth -- or any Beethoven, for that matter But...
Simoniello smothers Sea Gulls hopes
George Kaplan knows Julia Simoniello doesn’t look like much between the posts, almost like she is lounging around on the field and not into the game. That changes when it’s...
I hope they serve beer in Hell
A cocky pickup artist swaggers through the night being aggressively offensive to women -- who fall cooing onto his lap. In the grainy, grubby, homemade-looking film "I Hope They Serve...
Rex Express detour
THE Jets argument around our office this week has been about the possibility of a letdown. All of the elements are there for one, from the troublesome 2-0 vs. 0-2...
Celades can key Red Bulls
A host of Red Bulls have played better under interim Richie Williams, chief among them Dane Richards. But if there’s one player who’s been allowed to play more under the...
Chances go wasted for MSIT
Nicole Brennan fell to the floor in disgust and disbelieve as she saw Tottenville goalie Julia Simoniello gobble up her shot on a breakaway. She stayed back down in the...
Miss Charleen
SUNDAY: Giants, Jets, Texans, Chiefs, Browns, Redskins, Rams, Vikings, Patriots, Seahawks, Saints, Chargers, Steelers, Raiders, Cardinals MONDAY: Cowboys BEST BETS: Jets, Raiders, Cardinals
Fresh flavored dip studded with herbs is fabulous foil for chips or crudites
In many ways, I’m a traditionalist.When I find a recipe I like, I stick with it. That doesn’t mean I don’t tamper with it at all; rather, my repertoire classics...
Money for District 21 schools
Public schools in Coney Island and Bensonhurst will receive $13.6 million to lower class size and fund after-school programs.The money, dubbed Contracts for Excellence, is an offshoot of the Campaign...
NYPD Pilot Program in East Flatbush Deemed a "Home Run"
A pilot program that was launched some months back in East Flatbush has been so successful that it is being replicated elsewhere by the NYPD.The 67th Precinct started the Precinct...
No Fresh Here, Thank You: Board Gives Thumbs Down to City Initiative
While Community Board 17 may have had concerns about the city’s proposal to create financial and zoning incentives to attract supermarkets to open in New York’s food deserts, the City...
Wounded Rams survive Stanners in scoreless draw
Pete McNamara saw the small army of Archbishop Molloy players march onto Murphy Field and felt a bit like Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn. “The kids very...
Starr report
One of NBC's chief selling points for stripping "The Jay Leno Show" across 10 p.m. weeknights was that it would help boost local newscasts at 11 p.m. But, so far,...
DJ AM show to air
DJ AM's untimely death isn't stopping MTV from airing his drug-intervention reality series. Eight episodes of the series, titled "Gone Too Far," were completed a mere three days before DJ...
Lift a skirt, raise a dynasty
'COCO Before Chanel" begs to be compared to "La Vie en Rose," each being about a French ragamuffin who made it big after picking up a nickname in a saloon....
Trying to mend fences leads up a blind alley
STANLEY Tucci, who showed once again he is one of our finest character actors in "Julie & Julia," has also directed small, good movies like "Big Night" and "Joe Gould's...
All talk and no attraction
'BRIEF Interviews With Hideous Men" is a blast from the 1980s, when the idea that men were essentially rapists and women rapees was a popular way to score chicks on...
Haven and Hell
'KILLERS and Other Family" is far from perfect. Some of it defies common sense, the plot isn't airtight, and the wild variations in tone can be trying. Still, by the...
Musicals front & center
POOR, frazzled theater lovers. Just after the New York International Fringe Festival and in the midst of the annual fall deluge, we've got the New York Musical Theatre Festival to...
Docu not very effective
THE all-black Providence St. Mel School is situ ated on Chicago's im poverished and gang-infested West Side, yet it is noted for its high academic standards. For nine years it...
U2 at warp factor heaven
CALL it close encounters of the U2 kind. During a two-night engagement at Giants Stadium Wednesday and last night, the Irish quartet advanced the art of stadium rock -- again....
Next 'Musical'
FILMING started yesterday in the LA on a new made-for-TV Disney movie that will inevitably be called the next "High School Musical" -- for good reason. It's about a regular...
Father and sons get outback to basics
CLIVE Owen's astringent, good- natured performance saves "The Boys Are Back," an uneven quasi-weepie about a newly widowed father raising two boys on his own in Australia. It's loosely based...
It's a wry-tech future
AMONG cheesy sci-fi movies meant to make you think, I'll take "Surrogates" over "District 9." Both are highly derivative, but in the course of recombining the basic chromosomes of "Blade...
Happy homemaker
DREA deMatteo moves to Wisteria Lane this Sunday and -- although, according to early reports, her character was supposed to be Italian-American -- the tough-tawkin' broad has undergone a vowel-ectomy....
Lame!
FINANCIALLY ailing MGM calls its new edition of Alan Parker’s classic 1980 movie “Fame” a “reinvention.” I call it a desperate, cynical — and most likely unsuccessful — attempt by...
Fishburne gives character Seoul
THIS season on "CSI," you'll learn that Lau rence Fishburne's Dr. Raymond Langston got promoted, has a wife and was born in Seoul. The writers came up with the first...
Moore is less in new rant
Documentarian Michael Moore returns with his usual mix of would-be comic harangues, self-contradiction (one moment Barack Obama looks sinister for accepting donations from bankers; the next he's a hero), shoddy...
Fairs, fests, etc...
BROADWAY AUTUMN FAIR: A street fair on Broadway between Waverly Place and 14th Street, tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. LEXINGTON AVENUE FALL FESTIVAL: Sunday on Lexington Avenue between...
Top cop honored
Supermom Tyeis Mojica is also a super cop, the 84th Precinct Community Council determined last week.On August 24, Mojica was walking the beat on Atlantic Avenue when she was waved...
'Tosca' tumult mars Met again
The curse of "Tosca" continues. Starting with the boos that rained down on a pared-down production debut Monday, the Metropolitan Opera presentation seems to have suffered a string of bad...
B'klyn man charged in terror plot
A wannabe terrorist from Brooklyn was indicted yesterday for allegedly seeking training and weapons from Islamic militants to fight US troops overseas. The FBI said Betim Kaziu, a US citizen,...
Antsy About A'stan: Obama's Troop Choice
THE ISSUE: Whether President Obama should send more troops to fight in Afghanistan. *** This is the first time that I've hoped that Ralph Peters is wrong ("Afghan Agony: More...
Giving pays off
Melony Samuels was earning a "substantial income" selling life insurance when she met an ailing woman struggling to feed her four kids. "I jumped in and helped her," Samuels said....
Feds eye AIG exec Cassano
Former American International Group Inc. executive Joseph Cassano, who is under criminal investigation by federal prosecutors, may be asked to submit to questioning from US lawyers in a civil tax...
Madoff victims make problems for Picard
A group of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme victims asked a judge to bar US prosecutors from hiring Irving Picard, the liquidator of Madoff's defunct firm, to help distribute forfeited assets...
Warming is 'worst-case'
WASHINGTON -- Droughts from Australia to the US Southwest, acidic ocean water and melting glaciers are signs that the pace of climate change is surpassing the worst-case scenarios scientists predicted...
Olmert on trial today
JERUSALEM -- Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert goes on trial today on corruption charges that forced him to resign last year. Prosecutors say Olmert, 64, accepted hundreds of thousands...
NJ cops shot in raid
A gunman opened fire yesterday on a SWAT team that burst into a New Jersey home during a drug and gun raid, wounding four officers while spraying bullets from atop...
'Have you no shame?'
Excerpts from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu's address yester day to the United Nations General Assembly: NEARLY 62 years ago, the United Nations recognized the right of the Jews,...
Uneasy at e-zpass
The company that has made the E-ZPass transponders and receivers for 15 years is in jeopardy of losing its contract, because of its dated technology and financial woes. Mark IV's...
Liquidation threatens debt-laden MGM
The efforts to restructure Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's massive debt load are beginning to play out like a war movie that, at this point, the studio itself could have trouble financing. According to...
Vegas underground
Viva Lost Wages! When you crap out in Sin City, there's nowhere to go but down -- as in the 350 miles of underground flood channels, which 700 mole people...
Fiend rapes Qns. woman
A woman heading home from a late-night session with a hairdresser was raped outside Forest Park in Queens early yesterday, police said. At about 2:55 a.m., the 29-year-old woman was...
Poll to O: Let NYers fire Dave
ALBANY -- Excuse us, Mr. President! It's our job to toss the governor! Six in 10 New Yorkers believe President Obama was wrong in his attempt to force Gov. Paterson...
Mackenzie: Papa's pal Jagger bedded me
You can't always get what you want -- but Mick Jagger did. He bedded an 18-year-old Mackenzie Phillips on a steamy New York night in the late 1970s, she claims....
Travolta's tape worms
NASSAU, Bahamas -- Prosecutors going after John Travolta's alleged extortionists have a videotape of the defendants admitting to a $25 million plot, a Web site reported. Radaronline.com posted transcripts of...
MTA sprucing up filthiest stations
The ugly ducklings of the subway system are finally on track for makeovers. Fifty decrepit, ignored and possibly dangerous stations -- some in the farthest-flung areas of the system --...
Twitter investment and skepticism, rising
If skeptics start doubting that Twitter's a gold mine for investors, just keep pounding them with bolder promises. That's the latest strategy from the Silicon Valley venture-capital crowd, which claims...
Nets sale embarrasses Marty
He's been the biggest booster of the controversial Atlantic Yards project that includes bringing the New Jersey Nets to Brooklyn, but Borough President Marty Markowitz has been oddly silent since...
Goldman holds on to first in M&A fees
Morgan Stanley has the lead in the M&A league tables as we reach the third-quarter pole -- but reigning champ Goldman is still ahead in fees. Upstart Morgan Stanley, which...
Facts can't es-Skype
Justice really knows no bounds anymore. A Queens judge solved the problem of a civil trial that involved a plaintiff in India by simply having the man testify yesterday using...
Bowlmor Lanes in gutter fight
The owner of Bowlmor Lanes sued its lender, Golub Capital, accusing the private investment company of trying to extract money by threatening the lanes' relocation from Greenwich Village to Times...
Bugs bite at Health offices
New York's bedbug problem has gotten so bad that the feared bloodsuckers are even in the city Health Department -- just blocks from City Hall. Workers in the department's tuberculosis-prevention...
Lehman owes Canary $4.3B
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., the securities firm that filed the biggest bankruptcy in US history one year ago, owes its London landlord $4.3 billion in rent and charges, according to...
Lefty stars all flock to 'sí' Chavez
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez got a warm Hollywood embrace this week at the New York premiere of an Oliver Stone documentary featuring the South American heavy. Chavez cozily held hands...
Scam holy inappropriate
A former Long Island village official yesterday admitted swiping $432,000 from his ailing cousin, a Catholic priest, who'd given him power of attorney to pay his medical bills, prosecutors said....
Netanyahu uses Holocaust file against Iran
Brandishing blueprints of the Auschwitz death camp, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday blasted the United Nations for turning a blind eye to terrorism and urged the world leaders to...
Home sales drop 2.7%
Sales of existing US homes unexpectedly fell last month for the first time since March, signaling the housing recovery will be slow to gain speed. Purchases dropped 2.7 percent in...
Sliwa to take stand in imam-slander case
Even as he's set to take the stand for a fourth time against John "Junior" Gotti in Manhattan federal court, radio talk-show host Curtis Sliwa is getting ready to take...
Bribery charges at Coat Factory
Accusations of mid-level bribery and corruption have spurred a shakeup at Burlington Coat Factory, as well as a lawsuit from an ousted supplier. Liberty Apparel, a New York-based pants manufacturer,...
Hiram slashed my face!
"You want the water? You want the water? Here's the water!" With those angry words, state Sen. Hiram Monserrate smashed a glass into his girlfriend Karla Giraldo's face, an ER...
Blue moon: Water on lunar surface
There's water all over the moon -- maybe enough to support manned bases and to fuel human travel around the solar system. Water is "widespread" on the topmost layer of...
NY couples have fewer 'split' ends
Despite the hustle and bustle, and all the temptations that lurk in the Naked City, New York state had one of the lowest divorce rates in the nation last year,...
From bad blood to good $$
Two weeks ago, tennis superstar Serena Williams was disqualified for cursing out a US Open lineswoman. Now she's doing ads for Tampax. The feminine-products giant says the ads were commissioned...
Laying a TARP on thick
The US government's $700 billion effort to stabilize banks and other companies played a "significant role" in reviving the financial system, the program's special inspector general said. Almost a year...
SpongeTech client records spring leak
Someone appears to be pulling the strings on the biggest clients of New York sponge maker and US Open sponsor SpongeTech. In its third-quarter SEC filing, SpongeTech said that six...
World's cowards exposed
WASHINGTON -- It's amazing how simple moral clarity slices through the toxic drivel that has come to define the United Nations. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strode into the world's billion-dollar...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn Now that's really adding insult to injury. A Sunset Park man on crutches threatened a guy he claims once sent him to jail -- only to land behind bars...
Kirsten dunce
Maybe Spider-Man could have saved her -- from herself. Actress Kirsten Dunst giggled her way through a half-hour on a Manhattan witness stand yesterday, apparently at sea when it comes...
Sparrin' with Spitz
Eliot Spitzer appears to be ready to re-enter the ring with insurance titan Hank Greenberg, having blasted the former head of American International Group for claiming the former New York...
Hoping it will be OK!
THERE'S more turnover at the top of Richard Desmond's embattled celebrity weekly OK!, which is getting its fourth top editor in a year. Mark Pasetsky, who has been appearing every...
Yassky for Comptroller
Democrats on Tuesday will vote in a runoff race for city comptroller, New York's top financial officer. And with no viable Republican foe, this will be the vote that counts....
Netanyahu's warning
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netan yahu yesterday gave the speech that President Obama should have given at the UN General Assembly. "The greatest threat facing the world today is the...
A 'double agent' informant
Najibullah Zazi planned for more than a year to manufacture and detonate bombs, with New York's transit system the likely target. Those are among the terrorism charges lodged yesterday against...
Beauty shops' ugly ingredients
Five simple, easily purchased ingredients were all accused terror plotter Najibullah Zazi needed for a plan to unleash "mass destruction" on New York City, the feds said yesterday. Zazi's recipe...
NY judicial bigs fete Sonia
Newly minted US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor did a victory lap in Manhattan Supreme Court last night. "There's no place like home," Sotomayor told the adoring crowd, which included...
John Liu: in denial
IT'S never easy to sustain interest in the race for comptroller -- the official who watches over the city's $60 billion budget and helps oversee $83 billion in public-employee pension...
250G deal in 9/11 bust
The FBI has paid $250,000 to an Egyptian man who sued over being arrested after a pilot's aviation radio was found in his hotel room overlooking the World Trade Center...
Fiend put out SOS for bomb mix: feds
The Muslim fanatic charged with planning massive terror attacks on New York was frantically trying to get recipes for building a diabolical "weapon of mass destruction" in the days before...
Own aide baffled by 'Dafy-ese
After struggling to turn Moammar Khadafy's insane ramblings at the United Nations into English for 75 minutes, the Libyan dictator's personal interpreter got lost in translation. "I just can't take...
Even Madoff shirt for sale
The feds are moving ahead with plans to liquidate Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff's filthy lucre -- right down to the shirt off his back. Court papers filed yesterday in Manhattan...
Flat-ulence tax is moo-t
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Charles Schumer helped snuff out an odorous "gas tax" that could have fined upstate cows for their flatulent contributions to global warming. The Interior Department Appropriations Bill...
Green Gore steps up to the Mike in Qns.
Al Gore has welcomed Mayor Bloomberg into the green room. The former Democratic vice president all but endorsed the mayor's re-election bid -- a slap to Bloomberg's Democratic opponent, City...
Gotti trial scare
A woman whose brother was allegedly whacked by John "Junior" Gotti -- and whose husband is testifying against him -- complained yesterday that she was threatened in court by a...
Yassky lashes Liu on pensions in debate
In what has suddenly become the nastiest race in the city, the two Democratic candidates for comptroller clashed sharply last night over pension reforms, integrity and just about everything else...
Change for a Fitty: Big gig now a picnic
Fitty, say hello to the kiddies. After backing out of a controversial bid to host a blowout concert in the Queens neighborhood where he grew up, superstar rapper 50 Cent...
Giant ACORN nuts in 'shell game' : report
WASHINGTON -- The embattled community group ACORN, comprising a mind-boggling 94 different affiliates, amounts to "a big shell game," a biting Senate Finance Committee study shows. The study, by the...
G-20 to call the $hots over G-8
The G-20 is about to trump the G-8 on coordinating the world's economic issues. An Obama-administration official said last night the Group of 20 Nations, meeting in Pittsburgh, will announce...
Mike's pilot in a whirl
Mayor Bloomberg's driver made a practice run to Giants Stadium last night that ended in the parking lot. Unfortunately, he was piloting a helicopter. The chopper, which belongs to Bloomberg's...
Long wait for N.Y. saltwater fishing licenses
If you are wondering what happened to New York's saltwater fishing licenses, there has been a delay because of a computer glitch. New York's Dept. of Environmental Conservation says the...
Giants' Phillips out for season
Just how good has Kenny Phillips been for the Giants in his second season? "He's been tearing it apart, man," linebacker Danny Clark said. "I'm such a fan of that...
Don't count on Donovan vs. Chiefs
Donovan McNabb still is not able to practice, and it appears unlikely the Eagles quarterback will play this week. McNabb, who suffered a broken rib in a season-opening win over...
5 questions for...Howard Cross
THE host of "This Week in Football" on YES and Giants sideline reporter Howard Cross talked to The Post's Justin Terranova about New York's pair of 2-0 football teams. It's...
Sunday's Best
The experts make their picks: THE LINE GREG GALLO STEVE SERBY MARK CANNIZZARO PAUL SCHWARTZ TIM BONTEMPS RICO Giants 6½ (44) BUCS (Sunday, 1:00, FOX) ★ Giants Bucs ★ Giants...
Sanchez gets passing Marks
"Sanchise" or "Franchez" -- depending on which of the nicknames his teammates have given their new franchise quarterback you prefer to use -- hasn't had to perform for the Jets...
'Great One' steps down
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Wayne Gretzky's tenure as coach of the Coyotes, a period marked largely by on-ice futility, ended abruptly yesterday when the "Great One" announced he would be stepping...
Renault loses two F1 sponsors
Renault lost sponsorship deals with insurance companies Mutua Madrilena and ING yesterday in the wake of the Formula One team's race-fixing scandal. "Mutua Madrilena has communicated to Renault F1 Team...
Jets want to fine-tune run game
When you're 2-0 and feeling good about yourselves, you can afford to nit-pick. Despite the fact the Jets are No. 7 overall in the NFL in rushing offense, they aren't...
No huddle? No muddle for 'MNF'
THE best thing to happen to football on TV? The no-huddle offense. Consider the Colts' no-huddle act on Monday night: With Peyton Manning immediately bringing the team to the line,...
David won't pack it in, but he's set for Mets to be done
MIAMI -- The Mets can exact a sliver of revenge on the Marlins this weekend by eliminating their nemesis of the past two seasons from playoff contention, but you won't...
Giants' Jacobs in rush to get back on track
After a miserable first half (eight rushing attempts, 8 yards), Brandon Jacobs bolted out of the gate in the third quarter last Sunday night with runs for 9 and 31...
Gang's gotta show Leon some Green
LEON Washington is the best bargain in football. During the Jets running back's 40-yard kickoff return against the Patriots, Lethal Leon put a "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" move on...
Devils sign enforcer Peters
PHILADELPHIA -- Trying to keep pace with a trend in the Atlantic Division, the Devils have signed enforcer Andrew Peters to a two-year contract, The Post has learned. The former...
Tiger's tip helps Sean card 66
ATLANTA -- Sean O'Hair knew he would need some help from Tiger Woods to win the FedEx Cup. He got more than he expected. And it was about putting, not...
Rangers running low on defenders
If it were up to John Tortorella, the Rangers would go into next Friday's season-opener in Pittsburgh with only six defensemen on the roster. At least that's what the coach...
Lee, Krypto-Nate stick with Knicks
Credit Donnie Walsh for this one. The Knicks president got his men -- David Lee and Nate Robinson -- for one-year deals, at fair market value and with his 2010...
Hondo eyes Tiger
South Carolina took care of business for Hondo last night, giving him a second straight victory that lowered his debt to 1,360 gulletts. Tonight, he likes Bonine as a canine...
Sports shorts
MLB: Red Sox rip Royals In Kansas City, Mo., David Ortiz homered and drove in three runs, and Clay Buchholz took a shutout into the seventh inning to help the...
Weird but true
The driver was smashed -- and so was the liquor store. An 83-year-old man was charged with DWI after slamming his car into a liquor store in upstate Bristol, near...
CHSFL predictions, Week 3
Each week in the fall, NYPost.com's Dylan Butler and Joseph Staszewski will attempt to prognosticate the coming Catholic High School Football League weekend. RECORDS AFTER WEEK 2 Butler: 14-2 (8-1...
Girls volleyball roundup: Dodgeball the motivation for Kearney victory
The Bishop Kearney girls volleyball team has a favorite sport and it might not be what you guess. “All they want to do is play dodgeball,” coach Kristin Wulff said....
Levine, Molloy prevail in marathon five setter
The match was a little more than a minute old when Ariella Levine bolted out of the gym and raced down the hallway toward the girls locker room. The Archbishop...
Storm falls short of comeback bid against Stanners
The St. John’s Prep girls volleyball team simply ran out of gas. The Red Storm fought hard to force a fifth set against rival Archbishop Molloy, but could not complete...
Justice Ginsburg hospitalized after feeling faint
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized Thursday after becoming ill in her office at the court following treatment for an iron deficiency. The 76-year-old justice, who underwent surgery...
Vets salute war heroes
If you love freedom, thank a vet. The valor of Brooklyn war heroes was delivered a tall salute during a memorial service presented by Corrigan-Kiernan Memorial Post 8160, which also...
Carrol Gardens block honors Verderame
A grassroots gladiator and a former state assemblyman, who was “involved in just about every issue in the community,” was immortalized with tears and cheers when his brother helped pave...
Cuff Khadafy for crimes against humanity
Phew! Gotham’s air just got stinkier with the arrival of the “mad dog of the Middle East.” Ronald Reagan’s assessment of Moammar Khadafy is as apt today as it was...