October 12, 2009
Racist Obama stencils hit Mill Basin
It’s a sad commentary on today’s world but, yes, we can find President Barack Obama’s name in hate-filled messages about race.Workers at Brooklyn’s Best Locksmith and Hardware found several of...
Party in Brooklyn this Halloween
Unhinged musicians. Acrobatic burlesque. All female Led Zeppelin tribute band. Oh yeah, and costumes.This year, Halloween in Brooklyn is a mixed trick-or-treat bag. Here’s a look at some highlights happening...
Cotchery plays
MIAMI _ Despite much speculation that he wouldn't be able to play tonight's game against the Dolphins because a hamstring injury, Jets receiver Jerricho Cotchery is on the active list and...
Local Not-for-Profit Asks for Help
A Bay Ridge-based organization dedicated to helping individuals with developmental disabilities is turning to the community to help it cope with funding shortfalls.The Guild for Exceptional Children has mounted a...
BC Dorm Could Open This Coming Spring
Brooklyn College’s new dormitory could be open as soon as next spring.Steve Little, the vice president of finance and administration for the college, and Sefi Zvieli, of New Brooklyn Development,...
Wishart sisters enjoying opponents role
Pamela Wishart could be seen on the Midwood track lying down on her stomach or curled up into a half ball before her team took the field. The Leon Goldstein...
Recession takes its toll on Brooklyn
The borough is bleeding jobs and personal income continues to fall, according to the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce’s annual Labor Market Review.On the plus side, the borough is seeing growth...
Oleanna, where wheat and corn just plant themselves
In case you were wondering, the subject line is taken from "Oleanna," a Norwegian folk song that inspired the title of the David Mamet play currently on Broadway. I didn't...
Gametracker: Phillies at Rockies
Cliff Lee, after throwing a complete-game shutout in Game 1, will look to pitch the Phillies into the NLCS with another win over the Rockies at Coors Field.
EATS: Short stop
Hey there, food lovers. Didn't witness enough New York Wine & Food Festival drama over the weekend? Here’s a little something for your Monday afternoon. Warning! Severe inside baseball (and...
Tyson: I'm over the 'rage' of daughter's death
Mike Tyson says his daughter's death still pains him--but that he's gotten over the rage he felt after little Exodus Tyson, 4, was found strangled on a treadmill last May....
Astoria spa under fire over 'fish pedicures'
A state senator representing the Bronx wants to ban a procedure secretly practiced at city salons during which customers receive pedicures through fish nibbling on their toes, citing one Astoria...
Starters the difference for Yankees
MINNEAPOLIS -- CC Sabathia was superb, A.J. Burnett followed suit and Andy Pettitte added to his resume of postseason success. While everyone was talking about Alex Rodriguez's breakthrough playoff performance,...
Renelle's first goal gives Goldstein tie
Taylor Renelle has been bugging Joanna Soares to move her up front all season so she can have a better chance to score her first career goal. “She always asks...
Ft. Greene, Clinton Hill crime blotter
88th Precinct Fort Greene–Clinton Hill Fast food, brutal crime Gun-toting robbers posing as restaurant inspectors raided a Fulton Street fast food joint on Oct. 6 and tied up an employee...
Red Bulls ink Patterson-Sewell
The Red Bulls added keeper Caleb Patterson-Sewell on a single-game contract after getting MLS approval in a case of extreme hardship. He'll be available to back up presumed starter Danny...
Islanders remain winless; fall to Kings, 2-1
It's four games into the season - and the Islanders earned points in the first three - but they still haven’t won yet. And although this team is built more...
Las Vegas waits for City Center
THE Monte Carlo announces a VIP level, with free limo service to guests. MGM Grand brings sexy back at Wet Republic, one of the hottest pool parties in town (why,...
Hynes’ Thirteen: Over a dozen scammers busted for fraud
Thirteen Brooklyn con artists were pulled from a life of riches and luxury cars to a jail cell and a shared toilet after falling into Kings County District Attorney Charles...
Additional Funds for CB 11
There was a great deal of applause as City Councilmember Vincent Gentile delivered a check for $1,000 to Community Board 11.Gentile presented the funding -- which represents an additional city...
Legal Services Makes Motion to Merge Brooklyn Offices
Legal Services of New York City, the largest federally-funded civil legal services program in the country is considering a move to consolidate its Brooklyn offices in order to centralize operations.Senior...
NBC boots 'Glee' from Thanksgiving Day parade
Despite being one of fall's most popular TV shows, the cast of popular musical comedy sitcom "Glee" won't be featured in this year's Thanksgiving Day parade.The parade lineup change came...
50 STATES: Wyoming
THOUGH she turned 8 only last July, Cora Wood is already a star. From her home in rural Wyoming, Cora’s been traveling round the West, performing as the youngest addition...
'NCIS' and 'American Chopper' making good music
TV soundtracks are usually borderline lame - if they're not packed with songs you can't remember hearing, then they never seem to have the songs that you want on them....
Photos: Yankees-Angels regular season matchups
Heading into Friday's ALCS, we take a look back at the regular season battles between the Bombers and the Halos. Each won five games with the Angels starting off hot...
South Asian group protests widespread raids in boro terror investigation
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder called the ongoing federal terror investigation in Flushing one of the most significant since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, but leaders from the borough’s...
Teens break NJ man's arm after he tried to rob them at gunpoint
NEWARK, Del. — Police in Delaware say a New Jersey man robbed two teens at gunpoint at a Newark-area shopping center and ended up with a broken arm. New Castle...
Finally — you be the reporter!
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Eli feeling much better; hopes to practice Wednesday
One day after he played the statistical equivalent of a perfect game, Eli Manning today said he came out of the 44-7 thrashing of the Raiders having experienced no setback...
No Fresh here, thank you: Board withholds okay from 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...
Teams face off in citywide Bocce ball tourney
The young and the young-at-heart had a ball in Marine Park, squaring off for the playoffs of the 15th Annual Citywide Bocce Championships. New Yorkers come from all over the...
'New' GTA almost ready for release
It's been a while since "GTA IV" hit stores, but Rockstar is still making cash off of it, most lately thanks to "The Lost and the Damned" DLC, apparently the...
Our weekly events calendar!
Fri, Oct. 16Film, “Gigante”: Plus a Q&A with director Adrián Biniez and producer Fernando Epstein. Part of the ¡Go Uruguay! retrospective. $11. 7 pm. Brooklyn Academy of Music [30 Lafayette...
Auction house all shook up over Elvis hair
CHICAGO -- The King may be dead, but that doesn't mean it's too late to run your fingers through his hair. A Chicago auction house is putting a clump of...
St. Anselm's welcomes new pastor to Bayridge
The faithful at St. Anselm’s Church have a new pastor. Monsignor John W. Maloney, formerly of Queens, was installed as the incoming spiritual leader of the house of worship, 356...
Bikers team up to fight breast cancer in Coney Island
Health crusaders took their battle against breast cancer on the road when Maimonides Medical Center and Brooklyn Harley-Davidson teamed up with the Brooklyn Cyclones for a benefit motorcycle tour through...
Custom Winers: Restaurant-Bar Divides Community
A restaurant applying for a liquor license in the ground-floor space of a building off a quiet stretch of Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg has divided a community frustrated with outdoor...
Obama song video prompts protests at NJ school
BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- Protesters brought some different songs Monday to an elementary school where students sang in praise of President Barack Obama, bringing criticism from conservative commentators who said...
Worker falls 125 feet in Philadelphia crane accident
PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia Fire Department says a crane accident in downtown Philadelphia sent two people to the hospital, including a construction worker who fell 125 feet. A department supervisor...
Muddah knows best at Meatball Madness
"1-800 how's my balls?" -- Chef Dave Pasternack, Esca The competition was fierce at Sunday night's "Meatball Madness," the blowout party for the New York City Wine & Food Festival....
Bloomberg wants ombudsman to go
Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to get rid of the citywide office that acts as City Hall’s ombudsman. The billionaire mayor told the Staten Island Advance editorial board that the office...
Travel with this talented songwriter
After touring with the likes of Ani DiFranco and the Indigo Girls, Gregory Alan Isakov is heading out on his own. Brooklynites are lucky enough that the talented songwriter, named...
War is hell (of a book!)
War is hell — but it’s also one hell of a subject. Just flip through the 512 pages of Dwight Jon Zimmerman’s new military reference, “The Book of War,” and...
'Overwhelmed' W'burgers oppose $11 Cabernet bar
About a dozen opponents focused their assault solely on the owners of Custom American Wine Bar at the CB1 Public Safety Committee hearing, clashing with at least 30 supporters of...
Walgreens opens in Sheepshead Bay
A milestone was reached when the “nation’s largest drugstore chain” opened shop in Sheepshead Bay with its 7000th store. Walgreens celebrated its arrival at 2590 Coney Island Avenue, off Avenue...
Columbus Day parade features Buzz Aldrin
New York City’s Columbus Day Parade features a modern-day explorer. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin is among the participants in the parade, which stepped off at midday Monday in Manhattan. The 65th...
Lil' Mama delights student readers
Lil’ Mama was in da house to take budding bookworms on a record-breaking word journey at the Brooklyn Public Library. The ebullient rapper from East New York, who attended Edward...
'Green' students walk for awareness
Young eco-buffs pounded the pavement to promote a healthy, safe and green life during an awareness walk at Public School 255. The bright-eyed bunch strode alongside their teachers for the...
Top Russian general challenges US on missiles
MOSCOW -- A top Russian general says Russia will deploy multiple-warhead missiles in December, the same month a nuclear arms control treaty expires. His comments are not new but are...
Emirates court convicts American on terror charges
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- Using sweeping security codes passed after the Sept. 11 attacks, the United Arab Emirates' highest court convicted an American citizen Monday on terrorism-related charges...
FINRA fines Citigroup $600K over tax trading plans
WASHINGTON -- Citigroup Inc. has agreed to pay a $600,000 fine and be censured to settle regulators' charges that it failed to supervise complex stock-trading strategies aimed at reducing the...
Cops hunt 5 suspects in Ohio bar gunfight
TOLEDO, Ohio — A wild shootout involving at least five gunmen sent patrons fleeing from a northwestern Ohio bar near the University of Toledo campus. No injuries were reported. The...
Kernan's California dreamin'
Now that the Yankees have finally made it past the first round since 2004, Where’s Kernan? officially goes Old School, back to it’s traveling roots or routes, whichever you prefer....
New York City Wine & Food Festival wrap-up
David Chang was named as a "warrior against fine dining" at the "Is Fine Dining in New York City Over?" panel. [Grub Street]The Village Voice has a photo diary of...
Hillary Clinton: No more president runs
Hillary Clinton has made her first, and last, run for the presidency. The secretary of state replied “no” when asked in an interview that aired this morning on NBC’s “Today”...
Chicago Cubs file for Chapter 11 to speed up team's sale
NEW YORK -- The Chicago Cubs baseball team filed for Chapter 11 protection Monday, a step that will allow its corporate parent to sell the team in an $845 million...
Server failure causes Sidekick owners to lose personal data
Owners of Sidekick phones may have lost all the personal data they stored on the phone, including contact numbers. The phones are made by a Microsoft Corp. subsidiary and sold...
Sharpton tries to block Limbaugh's bid to buy Rams
The Rev. Al Sharpton wants the National Football League to block conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh from bidding on the St. Louis Rams. Sharpton sent a letter to NFL Commissioner...
The Daily Whacks, Monday Edition
We have four full baseball-free days ahead of us, which will allow plenty of time for the Hype Machine to crank into overdrive. One thing I am sure of: we...
Orlando Bloom named UNICEF's goodwill ambassador
NEW YORK -- UNICEF has named Orlando Bloom its goodwill ambassador in recognition of his commitment to children's rights around the world. Bloom, best known for his roles in the...
Trash can thieves strike Victorian Flatbush
It could be dubbed the Case of the Traveling Trash Pails. Residents of Ditmas Park West who have been hit by a crew of garbage pail thieves brought their problem...
Canarsiens seeing double over double-parking tix
Canarsiens are tired of being ticketed. At the October meeting of the Friends United Block Association (FUBA), which was held at Temple Shaare Emeth, 6012 Farragut Road, they made their...
Police honor community members in 70th precinct
Local law enforcement officers saluted members of the public who went above and beyond to aid the police and and the neighborhood in which they live. At the 70th Precinct...
French physicist questioned as terror suspect
PARIS -- A French physicist working at the world's largest atom smasher who is suspected of links to al-Qaida appeared Monday before a magistrate who will decide whether to file...
Libyan explodes small bomb at Italy army barracks
MILAN -- A Libyan man set off a small bomb while trying to enter an army barracks in Milan on Monday, seriously injuring himself and slightly wounding the guard who...
American is first woman to win Nobel in economics
STOCKHOLM -- Elinor Ostrom became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in economics, honored along with fellow American Oliver Williamson on Monday for analyzing economic governance - the...
Google board member steps down
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Google Inc. said Monday that a board member who also serves as a director for computer maker Apple Inc. is stepping down, removing a potential conflict...
NYC safety radio network nears completion
New York City is nearing completion of a $75 million public safety radio network. Emergency teams - for instance fire, police and the Coast Guard - will be able to...
Klein: NYC schools are improving
Chancellor Joel Klein says New York City schools made more progress in the last seven years than schools anywhere else in the state. Klein said Monday that the number of...
Top court to hear Atlantic Yards case
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s top court is set to consider whether the state had the authority to condemn property and force its sale to a developer as part of...
Man beaten in apparent anti-gay attack
New York City police say a 49-year-old gay man leaving a 24-hour corner deli near his home was beaten by two men in an apparent hate crime. Jack Price remained...
41 killed in Pakistan market bombing
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide car bombing targeting Pakistani troops killed 41 people Monday, the fourth grisly militant attack in just over a week, as the Taliban pledged to mobilize...
Delayed arrest for drug-related murder
Two young men from Staten Island have been busted in connection with a month-old murder over a botched drug deal, police said. Kevin Cocozello, 21, of Elm Park and Edward...
Flabby Thinking
Norman Tebbit on why we can't go soft on terror (UK Telegraph)
Why China Won't Help
Ahmadinejad says talk are no problem (Bloomberg News)Fred Hiatt says Obama helping Tyrants (Washington Post)
New Battle for Iraq
Opposition to election plan (Wall Street Journal)Critical moments ahead for Kurdish-Arab relations in Iraq (Daily Star)Maliki may be in trouble (Ground Truth in Iraq)Michael Rubin on Bad News for Iraqi...
Standing By Kevin Jennings?
Byron York isn't sure Obama is sticking with his Gay nominee (Washington Examiner)
Houses used in anti-slavery movement may get historical designation
A group of mid-19th century Manhattan row houses associated with the anti-slavery movement and the 1863 Civil War Draft Riots is being considered for historic designation. Spokeswoman Elisabeth de Bourbon...
Obama's Nobel Miracle
John Kass says it took 12 days of hopium to win (Chicago Tribune)
Redistributing Health
Robert Samuelson on the path to downward mobility (Washington Post)Matthew Continetti on Baucus' Tax Hike in a lab coat (Weekly Standard)Michael Barone says conceptual language hides real costs (Washington Examiner)
Report: N. Korea tests 5 short-range missiles
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea test-launched five short-range missiles Monday, reports said, in what analysts said was an attempt to improve its bargaining position ahead of possible talks with...
3UP: A-Rod, Dynasty Boys and Defense
1. I wrote about Alex Rodriguez in my column today. In the post-game celebrations, Rodriguez was not merely a tolerated participant like in good times in previous seasons. His attitude...
TWU's Next Outrage
TWU protests too much (2nd Ave Sagas)Nicole Gelinas says outrage gets fuzzier (Fiscal Watch)Orson Scott Card on why union leaders are trying to destroy themselves (Greensboro Rhino Times)
Live from Hill Country with Paula Deen
More than 300 people packed into Hill Country on Saturday night for Paula Deen's "Down South Up North" party, one of the marquee events of this year's NYC Wine &...
O's Albatross
Robert Tracinski says it's a prize for moral posturing (Intellectual Activist)Eleanor Clift says Nobel feeds Obama parodies (Newsweek)Lynn Sweet says prize is potential liability (Chicago Sun-Times)David Von Drehle says for...
Kelly Bensimon is a 'Real' reporter
Kelly Bensimon was taping the new season of “Real Housewives of New York” yesterday, trying her hand at “man on the street” interviews. Here she is on Madision Avenue, looking...
The natural
Burgers and a chocolate shake for Alicia Silverstone? As if! These days it’s all animal-loving, happy hippie veganism for Silverstone, arguably the most non-annoying vegan on the planet. Sure she’s...
Brooklyn Tech picks up signature win over Canarsie
In two previous statement games, Brooklyn Tech fell short. The defense yielded 25 points to Fort Hamilton and 34 to Erasmus Hall in the setbacks, but it was the inability...
60 seconds with Matt Morris
Before you became a millionaire, you had some rough times. What was your lowest moment? I was selling aboveground swimming pools door to door in Louisiana. I got a draw...
Go to Greg
Q When does criticism from a superior become harassment? My wife works in sales for a large pharma company. At every opportunity her boss has to criticize, whether just or...
Textual overtones
Digital technology has enabled workers to be more productive, allowed them to communicate around the world instantaneously and generally redefined almost every job description on Earth. But it’s also given...
Chill factor
Top music downloads 1. Best I Ever Had, Drake 2. Knock You Down, Keri Hilson 3. Run This Town, Jay-Z 4. Successful, Drake 5. Break Up, Mario 6. I’m Me,...
Extra anguish for Columbus
Their eye black smeared, cheeks moist and bodies bruised, Columbus players walked to the 50-yard line at Clinton High School in the Bronx with a collective limp. It was equal...
Taking a step up in class, Flushing takes a step back
Jim DeSantis was so aggressive in moving up his Flushing football team through the PSAL’s three levels because of afternoons like these. He didn’t want to simply win as a...
PSAL football rankings: Week 6
We have settled on a clear top four: Fort Hamilton, Curtis, Erasmus Hall and DeWitt Clinton, in that order. The Warriors jumped the Dutchmen after throttling sixth-ranked Tottenville, 36-14. Sheepshead...
As DeJesus progresses, Clinton's success follows
Entering training camp, Howard Langley had one immense question mark. Despite graduating 15 seniors, he was blessed with speed, athleticism and experience at running back, on each lines, at linebacker...
Remaking 'Upstairs Downstairs'
THAT classic of high-brow PBS soap operas, "Upstairs Downstairs," is being remade. Filming on a new version of the 1970s series begins in Britian sometime next year but won't hit...
Departed 'Mad Men' writer
KATER Gordon, who won an Emmy just a month ago as the co- writer of "Mad Men," has been dumped. No reason was given for her abrupt departure but it...
Gay games
'THE Newlywed Game" will make a little TV history tomorrow night when it feature its first same-sex couple contestants. And it's not just any gay couple, but George Takei, who...
Starr report
The new DVD, "The Who, The Mods and the Quadro phenia Connection," makes an interesting case regarding the influence of The Who's 1973 album, "Quadrophenia," the "Mod" movement it chronicled...
Latino music doc suits Smits
AS The Beatles and the Rolling Stones were exploding in the US, a pre-adolescent Jimmy Smits was uprooted from his East New York home to move with his family to...
Beauty & beast
'Dancing with the Stars" is in expansion mode. The hit series started the new season with its largest cast ever -- 16 celebrities -- and, frankly, it's taken three weeks...
Young Giuliani: the hole story
ANDREW Giuliani, the 23-year-old son of former Mayor Giuliani and Donna Hanover, says he's put all of his eggs in one basket -- or bucket of balls maybe. He says...
'Oleanna': Slash and burn
IN 1992, when David Mamet wrote "Oleanna," America was embroiled in a di visive culture war. Nowhere was the battle around political correctness more deeply fought than on campuses --...
Canvassing the country: Met looks at life
WE may never know how the Met's new exhibit got started, but it probably went something like this: "Hey, gang! Let's put on a show!" That gee-whiz sensibility shines through...
Trashy Halloween costumes for kids worry parents
Trick-or-treating -- or turning tricks? Trashy Halloween kiddie costumes -- from a slutty thigh- and chest- baring "French maid" number to a skin- tight, mid- thigh "Major Trouble" skirt-and- shirt...
Wrath of a fallen 'Angel'
It took fewer than 10 seconds for actor and stuntman Chuck Zito to wipe out on Mickey Rourke's motorcycle on a road in The Bronx. But his role as plaintiff...
Sextortion claim vs. cop
A Long Island cop is under investigation for trying to date a 20-year-old he met while she was being arrested for DWI -- and allegedly offering to fix her case...
Pol pushes to ban fish pedicures
ALBANY -- A big fashion fad may soon be sleeping with the fishes. Barely a year after the fish-pedicure phenomenon arrived from Asia, an influential state lawmaker has crafted a...
Mother's milk a sour point
What a bunch of boobs! A security guard at a Medicaid office in Midtown ignored the state's breast-feeding-friendly laws and demanded that a mother stop nursing her baby, according to...
Gov's casino flip stirs fears of rigging
There's growing fear that Gov. Paterson is manipulating the bidding process for the long-delayed, multibillion-dollar contract for a massive video-lottery casino at the Aqueduct Race Track, The Post has learned....
Students sued over fatal rite
A Queens man has filed a $12 million lawsuit against SUNY Geneseo students who allegedly plied his son with enough booze to kill him during an initiation. Arman Partamian, of...
Breast case is worst-case scenario
The verdict was as lopsided as the boob job. A Bronx woman who claimed plastic surgery left her with a big right breast and a smaller, sagging left one walked...
'2012' a real zero
MEXICO CITY -- Hollywood's latest doomsday film, "2012," opens next month -- with earthquakes, meteors, and a tsunami dumping an aircraft carrier on the White House. But archaeologists say that...
'Couples' swings to box-office win
LOS ANGELES -- Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau, who scored in "Swingers," have scored again -- their new comedy, "Couples Retreat," was atop the weekend box office. The movie pulled...
Pope names 5 new saints
VATICAN CITY--Pope Benedict XVI yesterday named five Catholics saints. One, Belgian Jozef De Veuster, also known as Father Damien, died from leprosy in 1889 after contracting the disease while working...
Palin still GOP asset: McCain
WASHINGTON -- Sen. John McCain says Sarah Palin remains a formidable force in the Republican Party, despite widespread criticisms of his 2008 running mate. McCain still has great affection for...
UCLA knew all about student stabber: prof
LOS ANGELES -- A UCLA professor said he told a university administrator 10 months ago of his concerns about the mental health of a student now accused of stabbing a...
Gee, tanks, this really works well
The fish circling around the tank reminded me of bite-sized piranhas. "They're always hungry," Sun King, the owner of the popular Ritz Nails and Spa in Astoria, Queens, told me....
Charter teachers $oar as their pupils score
Nearly 350 teachers and other staffers at 10 city charter schools raked in more than $1.5 million this year in a groundbreaking merit-pay program that ties bonuses directly to how...
Priest kidnapped in Philippines
MANILA, Philippines -- Heavily armed men barged into a convent and kidnapped a 78-year-old Irish priest late yesterday in the volatile southern Philippines, an official said. The six gunmen entered...
Gay-rights marchers in plea to O
WASHINGTON -- Thousands of gays and lesbians marched from the White House to the Capitol yesterday, demanding that President Obama keep his promises to let gays serve openly in the...
Holidaze for PC campus clowns
I wish everyone a happy and joyous Columbus Day. That is, unless you attend Columbia University, that lefty Ivy campus uptown that is -- holy irony! -- named for none...
3 die as train slams van
POMFRET, NY --Three people were killed when a train struck their U-Haul van in this Western New York village. State Police say those killed Saturday were 24-year-old Sean O'Rourke, William...
Tilson touts the little hedge that could
With one of the few hedge funds to have completely recovered from last year's financial meltdown, noted manager Whitney Tilson went on the road to crow about it. Tilson, after...
Cash-strapped march left holding the bag
The foundering economy has spooked even the most loyal spon sors away from the Village's famed Halloween Parade. "Last year, we had 11 floats, and that was when the economy...
A skinny wife is worth the weight
NEWRY, Maine -- A Maine man carried his 97-pound wife over a muddy water hole, two logs and other obstacles in less than a minute to win the 10th annual...
Dollar gets short thrift
Central banks flush with record reserves are snubbing dollars in favor of euros and yen, further pressuring the greenback after its biggest two-quarter rout in almost two decades. Policy makers...
Gorman gamble
There's growing fear among the ranks at Morgan Stanley that their new boss might be inclined to dial down the bank's risk taking. Risk is a sensitive subject at Morgan,...
Jacko's 'This' is really big
AT THE stroke of midnight this morning, more than three months after the death of Michael Jackson, the title track to the "This Is It" documentary hit the Web at...
Thompson lets parades pass by
Mayor Bloomberg marched in two Columbus Day parades yesterday, but his opponent, Bill Thompson, took an unorthodox pass on the traditional campaign stops. Instead of attending the events, Democrat Thompson...
Juggling teaches brain new tricks
LONDON -- Adults who learn to juggle three balls in the air at a time can improve their brains' "wiring," British scientists say. Research found that connectivity in those parts...
NJ paper backs indie for gov
TRENTON, NJ -- Independent candidate Chris Daggett has picked up a key endorsement in New Jersey's governor's race. The Star-Ledger of Newark, the state's largest daily newspaper, gave Daggett its...
Astor daughter-in-law irked staff
NORTHEAST HARBOR, Maine -- Miss Piggy was openly contemptuous of her husband -- even in front of the hired help. Charlene Marshall would stand behind her 20-years-older husband, Anthony, and...
Ahnold bares his tweet treat
Talk about a Happy Meal. Mr.-Universe-turned-action-star-turned-California-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger snapped a cellphone picture of his bowl of oatmeal with a blueberry-raspberry-and-banana smiley face -- and immediately posted it to his Twitter...
Wall St. banker Pincus, 78, dies
Wall Street titan Lionel Pincus, whose private equity firm invested nearly $30 billion in businesses around the world, has died after a long illness, his family said yesterday. The Warburg...
China giant yuans to shop
The Chinese factory giant that's filled shelves of Wal-Mart and Target for years is launching a $1 billion shopping spree here to snap up retail chains for its own hungry...
Business briefs
'Green' issues George Soros is pledg ing to invest $1 billion in green companies -- if they're profitable and make a contribution to solutions of climate is sues. Soros, 79,...
15-year-old, arrested 14 times, eyed in 25 more burglaries
A baby-faced, 15-year-old burglar with more than a dozen busts already under his belt is being eyed as an Oliver Twist-like thief who ransacked up to 25 more apartments, mostly...
New battle for Iraq
THE next general election is three months away, but Iraq is already in high gear for what promises to be a hard-fought campaign over the future of the newly liberated...
Redistributing health
PROPONENTS of compul sory, government-designed health insurance can't seem to understand why others disagree. Perhaps the public is realizing that these proposals are fundamentally about redistributing health? Health-care "reform," that...
JFK hijacker behind bars - after 40 yrs.
A hijacker who went on the lam for 40 years after commandeering a plane-load of New Yorkers and hijacking them to Cuba was hauled back to the United States yesterday...
Why China won't help stop Tehran
SO why did President Obama opt last week to become the first presi dent since 1991 to not meet the Dalai Lama during his visit to Washington? Most figure Obama...
Chief: MTA must get smart (card)
The MTA's new chief wants straphangers to be able to use the same card to pay the subway fare and get money out of an ATM. After his first week...
Firefighter rescues man from 'ripping' E. River
A firefighter jumped into the East River yesterday to rescue a man being dragged by powerfully "ripping" currents. A passer-by spotted the shirtless, 30-year-old man in the water near East...
Kid dies in 'drunken' car crash
Moments before killing a girl in a car crash, an allegedly boozed-up mom joked, "Who thinks something's gonna happen? Raise your hand. Who thinks we're gonna get into an accident?"...
Customers will pay big for health fix: insurers
WASHINGTON -- The insurance industry yesterday charged that the proposed Senate health-care bill would shift costs to privately insured people, raising the price of a typical policy by hundreds --...
Peace Prize mystery: Why did Bam get it?
THE ISSUE: The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama last Friday. *** Since when does the Nobel Prize Committee give the award for giving speeches about peace...
Leftover choices
With last week's shocking closure of foodie mag Gourmet, Media City thought it would be fitting to review the final issue of that 68-year-old title -- along with its surviving...
Scoppetta steps down
City Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scop petta will step down at year's end -- marking the close of an impressive, though not wholly unblemished, career in public service. Yes, we called...
The TWU's next outrage
What exactly does the Transport Workers Union have planned for city bus and subway riders this Wednesday -- when it launches what it's called a "day of outrage"? If past...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *This man, pictured below, is the one who tied up and robbed a woman in her Greenwich Village apartment. The thug slipped into the 53-year-old victim's home on Ninth...
Adding Edwards more than a small gamble for Jets
It must be the position. We mean, historically some running backs have chafed when their numbers aren't called, but the pounding they take must sap any energy they have for...
Players pose, TV voices just doze
What once, and for only good reasons, was rare, now is so common -- even in the biggest games -- that it hardly causes a grunt. Friday, Game 2 of...
A-Rod passes test with flying colors
MINNEAPOLIS -- Alex Rodriguez is comfortable in his skin, which has allowed us to remember that skin is wrapped around the most talented player on the planet. He stopped trying...
Belmont park analysis
Today's analysis. 1. 1m(T); $44,000; str alw; 3up MOON ALA MODE closed to finish second by a length at this distance and level two back. DANTASTIC closed to finish second...
Eli's heel no problem in Oakland rout
The odds were against Eli Manning describing his day as "kind of picture perfect," considering he missed most of practice last week while dealing with the painful after-effects of an...
Lopez comes up big in Nets loss
BOSTON -- Paul Pierce scored 25 points and Kevin Garnett backed up claims that his knee is just fine, adding 12 points and six rebounds in the Celtics' 100-93 victory...
Bradshaw deserves more carries for Giants
There is an instant energy when Ahmad Bradshaw is in the game. It's one of those things you sense more than see. The rhythm quickens, the excitement level rises and...
Mannings always answer the bell
Sometimes we forget, or fail to appreciate, the mettle of this man, this quarterback, this Giant. He delivered a Super Bowl, against all odds, and still there were cries of...
The Post Line
NFLTonightFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogJets 2½ 3 (36) DOLPHINSSundaySAINTS 3½ 3 (48) GiantsJETSOFFOFF(OFF)BillsREDSKINS 4½ 6½(38) ChiefsBENGALS 4½ 4½(45) TexansSTEELERS14 14 (38) BrownsVIKINGS 3 3 (43½)RavensJAGUARS12½10 (41) RamsPanthers 4 3 (39) BUCCANEERSPACKERS11½11½(48) LionsEagles13½14...
Perfect Broncos ring Pats' Bel'
On a day that was all about Broncos history, this might ring a bell: A 98-yard, fourth-quarter drive to save the game and get a city thinking Super Bowl. Kyle...
Field day for Giants' defense
David Carr had some flashbacks watching JaMarcus Russell try to survive on a terrible team against the Giants' defense. "I've definitely been there," Carr said of his days in Houston....
Angels slay Red Sox hex -- brace for Yankees
BOSTON -- The Hex is dead. The Curse is alive again. Down to their last strike, the Angels turned the tables on history yesterday at Fenway Park, leaving Red Sox...
Carr runs smoothly off bench
David Carr has been on the scene for two years, long enough to know this about Eli Manning: "I knew he was going to definitely try to play," Carr said....
Jets' fate could rest on bounce back
MIAMI -- How do they get up off the mat? That is perhaps the most compelling question to tonight's Jets-Dolphins AFC East showdown: How the Jets respond from their first...
Devils demoted Shanahan to avoid payout
WASHINGTON -- In order to avoid paying Brendan Shanahan his $1 million salary, and to wipe it off their books for salary cap purposes, the Devils assigned the NHL's leading...
Darko into the spotlight
Home in Serbia with his wife and baby son, Darko Milicic would not return Mike D'Antoni's calls all summer. Milicic and D'Antoni did not speak until the 7-foot-2 center arrived...
Red Sox miss Manny
BOSTON -- Manny Ramirez is moving on in the playoffs. The Red Sox aren't. So, who really is the baseball genius? Last season, the Red Sox were so happy to...
Cotchery may not go against Dolphins
MIAMI -- Quietly, injuries have begun mounting up on the Jets and could be a significant factor when they play the Dolphins tonight at Land Shark Stadium. Top receiver Jerricho...
A-very happy return as Rangers roll
They have won four straight since an opening-night defeat, but the Rangers won't make the same mistake they did last year when they got way too full of themselves after...
Hondo goes Green
Hondo went oh-for-Boston yesterday, getting baked with the Patsies and Sawx (ALDS only), but was spared a total wipeout when the Yankees sent him to the winner's circle twice (game...
Yankees Old Guard glory never grows old
MINNEAPOLIS -- The celebration on the field was muted and reserved, the nine men in road grays honoring the old directive to act like they had been here before. Derek...
Yankees know Angels will be tough test
MINNEAPOLIS-- Bring on the Angels. Unlike last week, when the Yankees didn't learn of their ALDS opponent until 20 hours before the first pitch, the ALCS already is set. Several...
Sports shorts
AUTO: Johnson's win boosts 4-peat chances In Fontana, Calif., three-time defending champion Jimmie Johnson easily pulled away from Jeff Gordon following a restart with three laps remaining to win the...
CC could start three games in ALCS
MINNEAPOLIS -- By eliminating the Twins in three games, the Yankees now can send CC Sabathia out three times in the ALCS vs. the Angels if they want. Had there...
Tiger clinches the Presidents Cup
SAN FRANCISCO -- Tiger Woods provided a fitting conclusion yesterday to a perfect week at the Presidents Cup, for him and an American team that remains perfect at home. With...
Homers power Yankees -- Bring on the Angels
MINNEAPOLIS -- Alex Rodriguez wrapped his dock rope of a left arm around Derek Jeter's neck and let out a howl right before the best player in pinstripes showered the...
Jeter's defense delights again
MINNEAPOLIS -- Derek Jeter's instincts strike again. This time the Yankees captain managed to catch a glimpse of Nick Punto motoring around third base in last night's eighth inning. Jeter...
Breath of err dooms Pavano
MINNEAPOLIS -- Carl Pavano's Hall of Shame plaque won't include a line mentioning his work for the 2009 Twins. With his team's season on the line last night, Pavano showed...
Joba could replace Hughes in eighth-inning role
MINNEAPOLIS -- Joba Chamberlain outpitched Phil Hughes in the three-game ALDS. So, will Yankee manager Joe Girardi think of using Chamberlain in the eighth inning and Hughes before him? "Right...
Mo overpowers Mauer when it counts
MINNEAPOLIS -- Cy Young got the best of MVP. You certainly can make a case for Mariano Rivera and Joe Mauer to win those respective awards in the American League....
Phillies top Rockies in frigid weather
DENVER – The Phillies biggest question mark became an exclamation point last night. Closer Brad Lidge, who blew 11 saves in the regular season, slammed the door on the Phils'...
Weird but true
Maybe they're happy, but skinny, cows. A Pennsylvania couple was charged with animal cruelty after 12 allegedly malnourished cows were seized at their Pocono farm. Leonard Manhart, 52, said his...
Snubbed Gators coordinator deserves head-coaching job
BATON ROUGE -- This should be a great story. With its star quarterback returning after suffering a concussion, Florida put the burden on its defense Saturday night's SEC showdown at...
Lenn Robbins' top 25
Post College football expert Lenn Robbins breaks down his top 25 after another exciting Saturday on the gridiron. Florida solidified themselves as the top team in the country thanks to...
McCombs serves up tasty win for Sea
If Greg Manos ran a restaurant instead of coaching the St. Joseph by the Sea football team, the menu would likely be very limited. None of this nouveau fusion stuff....
Girls soccer roundup: Riverdale/Kingsbridge rallies past Clinton
Lea Cohen scored a goal and added an assists on Isabel Allen’s score to help Riverdale/Kingsbridge rally to a 2-1 victory over host DeWitt Clinton in PSAL Bronx A-1 girls...
Yankees top Twins, 4-1, on way to ALCS
MINNEAPOLIS -- Alex Rodriguez wrapped his dock rope of a left arm around Derek Jeter’s neck and let out a howl right before the best player in pinstripes showered the...
For Yankees stalwarts series win was five years in the making
MINNEAPOLIS – You want to act like you've been there before, and the Yankees did that. But facts are facts. It has been a long time since they had been...
CHSFL/Independent football roundup: Kobena has record day for Hayes
For a split second, Jeramiah Kobena looked like he was back on the track rather than the football field. The Cardinal Hayes senior running back hurdled a St. John the...
What the F? Agency admits that the F train has problem
The F train is slower, dirtier and less reliable than other lines in the subway system, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority finally admitted in a bombshell report released on Friday.Bolstering what...
Vital veers Lincoln toward bounce-back win
Andrew Vital has mastered the art of deception. The Lincoln quarterback does his best Houdini impression every time the play "Veer" is called. Tailback Doug Butler runs up the gut...
PSAL football roundup: Raiders snare big win, still alive in playoff race
Port Richmond coach Lou Vesce has been nursing bronchitis all weekend. On Saturday night, his team gave him a respite. Playing its best football of the season, defending PSAL city...
Wilson's bump and run lifts Xavier over St. Peter's
John Gearity wasn’t sure what he was getting John Wilson into. He said the pass left his hand weird, like it was going to sail and become an interception and...
Eagles can't spread wings in loss to Xavier
There were glimmers of hope for St. Peter’s, but that’s all they were The Eagles opened the game driving to the Xavier 23-yard line, but botched the snap on a...
New York City girls volleyball rankings
How good is Susan Wagner? That’s one of the biggest questions of the season so far. The Falcons lost three sets to John F. Kennedy last weekend at the Tottenville...
Patriots fall to 5-0 Broncos, 20-17
DENVER -- On a day that was all about Broncos history, this might ring a bell: A 98-yard, fourth-quarter drive to save the game and get a city thinking Super...
Girls volleyball roundup: Wagner wins Aviator tournament
The Susan Wagner girls volleyball team beat Fontbonne Hall in three sets to win the Aviator tournament Sunday in Brooklyn. Emily Burke was named tourney most valuable player for the...