November 3, 2009
Pedro pumped up for Game 6
Pedro Martinez can hardly imagine a place he would rather be than starting the Phillies' do-or-die World Series Game 6 matchup at Yankee Stadium."I look at this situation as a...
Bloomberg's last-minute Kelly flier
The largest picture in a last-minute flier mailed by Mayor Bloomberg's campaign wasn't of the mayor but of Police Commissioner Ray Kelly."With crime at record lows, why does Bill Thompson...
Curtis sees red -- twice -- against King
There was one thing Curtis was determined to do against Martin Luther King Jr. in the PSAL Class A boys soccer quarterfinals Tuesday morning: match the Knights’ noted physical play....
Francis Lewis blanks Stuy, earns another trip to semis
For more than 70 minutes, Francis Lewis separated itself from Stuyvesant. The Patriots won 50/50 balls, finished off scoring opportunities and dominated time of possession. Lewis’ play deteriorated slightly, but...
Injured Sea Gulls battle past Petrides
When the McKee/Staten Island Tech girls soccer team takes the field, it wouldn't be a stretch for someone to mistake them for a group rehabbing from injury rather than the...
Garden State Data
Curious about the outcome of the Corzine-Christie slugfest -- and other New Jersey races? When the polls close at 8 PM, here's a good list of county election Web sites that...
Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth
Ask not what Brooklyn can do for you, but what you can do for Brooklyn.The sentiment was dear to the heart of prolific late Carroll Gardens restorer and sculptor Santo...
Mariano ready to do ‘whatever it takes’
Mariano Rivera has been one constant in the Yankees bullpen this postseason and Joe Girardi may turn to his closer for longer than usual even by postseason standards. Rivera was...
Historic day for Ocean Avenue homes
A row of Ocean Avenue homes built on land once owned by a forebear of one the country’s wealthiest families was designated a historic district last week by the city’s...
Shooting on Election Day
A shooting occurred in mid-afternoon in Williamsburg, steps from a polling site where Councilmember Diana Reyna was encouraging registered voters to reelect her.At 2:40 p.m., a man was shot near...
Gun collar lead to Cop of the Month awards
When crime spikes in an area of a precinct, a police conditions team is dispatched to catch the bad guys and bring order back to the streets.And four members of...
MLK in 15th straight semis
Martin Luther King Jr. looked to be in top form and it didn’t take long for the Knights to show it. Right off the opening kickoff, Cristian Batista made a...
Lawmakers come up with $21 million for Luna Park
Several lawmakers representing Coney Island’s Luna Park announced last week a $21 million grant for critical structural repairs of the complex if it remained in the Mitchell-Lama program for at...
PS 58 holds literacy parade
Spooktastic Public School 58 students received an A-plus for creativity when they hailed the year’s zaniest day with a literacy parade. Dressed up as their favorite storybook characters, the boo-erific...
Plan to save arts education in District 18
School District 18’s Community Education Council (CEC) is fighting to save arts programs.The council, which advocates for public schools and parents in Canarsie and East Flatbush, has launched a campaign...
Manhunt remains for killer caught on videotape
While crime continues to plummet on the streets of Flatbush, one killer remains at large and police continue to seek the public’s help.The incident, caught on videotape and shown on...
Girardi mum on Game 6 lineup
Joe Girardi benched a struggling Nick Swisher in favor of Jerry Hairston Jr., who had enjoyed success (10-for-27) against starter Pedro Martinez in the past.With Martinez heading back to the...
Video games are just all Mickey Mouse to us
M-I-C...see you real soon...K-E-Y...why? because we like you. M-O-U-S-Eeeeee. Yes, that's right folks. Mickey Mouse is going to get a starring role in a video game. "Epic Mickey" - it's...
Here they are — your Police Blotters
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Court Street vandals
76th PrecinctCarroll Gardens–Cobble Hill–Red HookSign of the timeVandals ran wild on Court Street early on Oct. 30, tossing a metal sign through the back window of a car parked at...
Upstate Race Reality Check
Will outcome in New York's 23rd congressional district race forever change politics? Uh, no. RealClearPolitics' Jay Cost provides five reasons why experts may be exaggerating its importance.
Champions League: Chelsea, Bordeaux, Man United and Porto reach last 16
Didier Drogba scored twice on his return from a three-match European suspension as Chelsea drew 2-2 at Atletico Madrid to seal their place in the knockout round of the Champions...
Champions League: AC Milan and Real Madrid draw
AC Milan striker Alexandre Pato was controversially denied a winning goal in the 1-1 home draw with Real Madrid in Champions League Group C on Tuesday.France striker Karim Benzema put...
Mass. lawsuits: 2 kids ill from E. coli meat
BOSTON — Lawsuits against two meat companies claim a Massachusetts girl and a Rhode Island boy were sickened by ground beef contaminated by E. coli bacteria. The lawsuits filed Tuesday...
B'klyn shooting death after 'dare'
A Brooklyn driver was gunned down after a heated argument that ended with the victim fatally daring the other driver to shoot him, police sources said. After taking one or...
Lehman stunned in 78th minute
The look on the faces of the Lehman players as they walked off the field at New Dorp HS Tuesday morning was that of astonishment. The fifth-seeded Lions came in...
Deja vu for Columbus as Beacon ends Explorers season yet again
Forgive Jason Renick if his stomach gets queasy and his head hurts at the mere sight of the Beacon boys soccer team. For, the last three years, the Columbus coach...
Humble Kligler leads Beacon past LaGuardia
From the start it was obvious that not only was Beacon going to dominate, but that Sophie Kligler was the best player on the field. Her control of the ball...
Time for Pettitte to leave 'everything out there'
Tomorrow Andy Pettitte starts on three days' rest, but after that there is no tomorrow for the 37-year-old. It will be Pettitte’s final start of 2009 and that could be...
Louis leads Beacon back to semifinals
When the season began, the Beacon boys soccer team wasn’t just breaking in four new starters. Sure, they had a new goalkeeper, Max Brown, and three other sophomores, Ryan Cupolo,...
Mayor Mike's Munchies
Nothing could possibly be wrong with patronizing a school bake sale after you've done your civic duty. Except, perhaps, if you're the mayor of New York City -- and those...
Laptop looting
Laptop lootingThirty-two mini laptop computers were swiped from I.S. 259, the William McKinley school, in what police described as a well-thought-out heist.Police were told that someone entered the school between...
'Microtarget' expert watching Bloomberg's results
Mayor Bloomberg's camp was running a presidential-level operation monitoring the fruits of his microtargeting operation on Election Day, where he tried to identify the mayor's voters in a race where...
Wounded Wolverines earn fourth straight semifinal berth
Bronx Science players were down on one knee and huddled around Taylor Murtaugh. The senior midfielder, one of the team’s stars, was rolling in pain after hitting legs with Francis...
Nice weather may give nod to Corzine
It’s a beautiful day in New Jersey — unfortunately for Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie. "Having a nice day is typically perceived as being a benefit for the Democrats in...
Rangers name Prospal second alternate captain
VANCOUVER, British Columbia --After searching for one month, John Tortorella has found his second alternate captain, and it is the player the head coach knows better than anyone on the...
Purple reign: Tottenville boys soccer makes first semis in decade
Arlind Nika has been itching to score more goals all season. The Tottenville junior is a natural offensive player, but coach Ron Nathanson has used him as a fullback to...
A 23rd Congressional District Guide
Trying to figure out voting patterns in the big 23rd congressional district in upstate New York?Timothy Meyer provides a handy cheat-sheet.
Kirstie Alley to star in A&E reality series
LOS ANGELES -- Kirstie Alley is going to star in a new A&E reality "docu-series" about her life as a single mom and her efforts to lose weight. The network...
More bodies found in Cleveland rapist's home
CLEVELAND — A Cleveland television station reports that two more bodies have been removed from a convicted rapist's home where police last week recovered the bodies of six women. WKYC-TV...
Nets lose Yi for several weeks
This just keeps getting better and better. Yi Jianlian went to the Hospital For Special Surgery in Manhattan for his MRI and the results confirmed a sprained right MCL, Grade...
Suspect taken into custody for Qns rapes
Police in Queens have taken a suspect into custody after a DNA hit linked him to two sex assaults reported last week in the Rockaway section, sources told The Post....
Our exclusive family calendar!
Fri, Nov. 611:30 am: Learn about apples. Brooklyn Children’s Museum [145 Brooklyn Ave. at St. Marks Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 735-4400], www.brooklynkids.org. Sat, Nov. 711 am-2 pm: Meerkat madness. Special...
Nowhere couple talk of the London Film Festival
At the London Film Festival: The 53rd edition of the event, sponsored by a Post sister paper, The Times of London, wrapped with a black-tie screening of "Nowhere Boy,'' the...
Gay marriage hot topic in city council race
Support for gay marriage has become a last-minute campaign issue in the competitive City Council race between Democratic incumbent Elizabeth Crowley and Republican challenger Tom Ognibene, a former Council GOP...
Former presidents to face off in debate
Bubba and Dubya are going to engage in a presidential debate for the ages. Former President Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will square off on the same stage at...
23-Skiddooo!
A rare moment when all national political eyes are on New York during an off-year election. Nope, not the Big Apple mayor's race, but the tumultuous congressional special election in...
Corzine's Dirt-Digger
Wonder where Gov. Jon Corzine got all that juicy info to hurl at challenger Chris Christie? NBCNewYork.com reports that it was from a laid-off Newark Star-Ledger journalist whose previous beat...
Midler opens Highbridge garden
Broadway legend Bette Midler and Target opened an elegant community garden off Woodycrest Avenue in Highbridge on Tuesday, October 6. The Target Bronx Community Garden, built and owned by the...
Stella D’oro workers get boot
Sandrino Franco knew the day would come. In September, when Brynwood Partners announced plans to sell the Stella D’oro brand and shut down its legendary Bronx cookie factory, Franco began...
Protest against homeless shelter goes on for fourth week
More than 50 protestors showed up for the fourth straight week of Saturday picketing outside of Mayor Bloomberg’s Pelham Bay Campaign office. There are no signs that organizers have any...
Pelham Parkway barrier chosen: 87 trees to be removed
With the final barrier now cleared it looks as if the Pelham Parkway reconstruction will finally become a reality. John Fratta, district manager of Community Board 11, has been waiting...
Jeanne Jugan Residence celebrates canonization
Nuns and religious pilgrims from around the borough are off to Rome’s Vatican City for the canonization of St. Jeanne Jugan, founders of the Little Sisters of the Poor. The...
Déjà vu owner fights liquor license cancelation
The Déjà vu saga continues as the local night spot owner is fighting the cancelation of the establishment’s liquor license in order to remain open for business. On Wednesday, October...
Diaz Jr. rips armory environmental statements
Diaz Jr., who issued a “no” recommendation on Related’s planned armory shopping mall in September, when the developer turned down his community benefits agreement, condemned the city and its consultants...
BID event promotes awareness
Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed the 161st Street BID into law in 2005 but when leadership faltered and property owners waffled, it floundered. BIDs offer supplemental sanitation and public safety, promotions...
St. Simon Stock School hosts Yankee players
Hundreds of elementary and middle school children got the thrill of a lifetime when seven Yankees showed up at their school to give them a few words of encouragement.Players Ian...
Sources: Kerik may cop plea
Bernie Kerik is reportedly close to copping a plea to federal charges in exchange for a prison term of 27 to 33 months behind bars. The former NYPD Commissioner finalized...
Coney Island streets change directions, motorists surprised
In Coney Island, modifications to help calm snarled streets are causing stress for motorists who say they had no clue when the changes would be initiated, or which streets would...
Ingram's son -- a Heisman contender -- talks to jailed dad regularly
USA Today has a story on Alabama running back Mark Ingram -- a Heisman Trophy contender -- and his realtionship with his dad, former Giants Super Bowl winner Mark Ingram...
Mangini won't talk about friend fired as Browns GM; Accorsi in mix
The convoluted ouster of George Kokinis as Cleveland’s general manager barely made a ripple in the Browns’ locker room. These guys are accustomed to losses. Pro Bowl tackle Joe Thomas...
Parks doesn't rule out amphitheater ULURP
The “as-of-right” plan to construct a new $64 million amphitheater inside Asser Levy Park on Sea Breeze Avenue might require community input after all, this paper has learned.Critics of the...
House Republicans introduce 230-page health bill
WASHINGTON — After months spent criticizing Democrats' health overhaul plans, House Republicans have produced a draft proposal of their own. It's much shorter and focuses on bringing down costs rather...
Polanski makes new bail appeal to Swiss court
BELLINZONA, Switzerland — The Swiss Criminal Court says director Roman Polanski has filed a new bail appeal to be released from prison. Confirmation of Polanski's request came Tuesday, a day...
BK's National Park
Nationally, parks mean Old Faithful, Yosemite and delightful black bears hungry for picnic baskets. Here in Brooklyn it’s swings, a seesaw - maybe a ball field or two.Well, not exactly....
El Puente Garden Rises From the Dead
In most cultures, death is a somber affair, but in the Mexican tradition on one day a year, the Dia de los Muertos, the spirits of the deceased are revered...
Late borough bard Ken Siegelman gets street named for him
Brooklyn’s late poet laureate along with several longtime community activists will soon have intersections in southern Brooklyn named for them.Community Board 15 unanimously recommended to rename the corner of West...
It’s a Dog Day Afternoon
Halloween in Brooklyn is further proof that nothing puts people in a good mood faster than little dogs in little costumes.At District Dog’s 3rd Annual Halloween Parade and Costume Contest,...
Jeers for 'Soulless' CB13
Community Board 13 members are “soulless” for failing to join Brighton Beach residents in opposing Borough President Marty Markowitz’s controversial $64 million amphitheater project for Asser Levy Seaside Park. So...
Gotti may testify in his murder trial
John “Junior” Gotti may take the stand in his own defense in his murder and racketeering trial. The defense has notified the judge that he may decide to testify. Gotti...
Bank robbery on DeKalb
84th PrecinctBrooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–DowntownStuck upA low-key robber got away with hundreds of dollars from a Chase bank branch on DeKalb Avenue after slipping the teller a note on Oct. 26.The...
The Halloween Parade pictures you know you want
Saturday night’s annual Park Slope Halloween parade was a big success — judging from these pictures of ghouls, ghosts and other very scary monsters.gkuntzman@cnglocal.com
From Week 8 of the NFL season
It’s officially time to panic. Once is a blip, twice is a coincidence, but getting lit up three weeks in a row is inexplicable for the Giants' supposedly vaunted defense....
$1.26M for 5 men detained in NYC post-9/11
Five immigrant men who were detained in roundups in New York and eventually deported following the Sept. 11 attacks have reached a $1.26 million settlement with the U.S. government. The...
NY DOT worker struck, killed at upstate work site
FORESTPORT, N.Y. — Authorities say a state transportation department employee has been struck and killed while directing traffic at a work zone in central New York. The Oneida County Sheriff’s...
Bx man charged in companion’s shooting death
A New York City man has been arrested in the shooting death of his live-in companion. Police on Tuesday announced the arrest of the 40-year-old Bronx man on charges including...
Our weekly events calendar!
Fri, Nov. 6Workshop, Getting on the road to economic recovery: Free. 8-10 am. Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce [25 Elm Pl. at Livingston Street in Downtown Brooklyn, (718) 875-1000 X127], www.ibrooklyn.com....
Civic calendar
Sat, Nov. 7Composting pumpkins. Bring your pumpkin for composting — because the Department of Sanitation won’t take it. 1-3 pm. Old Stone House [336 Third St. between Fourth and Fifth...
ACORN at work in the 23rd?
The Hoffman camp says it's keeping an eye out today for aggressive get-out-the-vote tactics by the labor-backed Working Families Party and its allies from the lightening rod community group, ACORN,...
Bloomberg tweets Election Day away
So what does a mayor do all day while he waits for the polls to close at 9 p.m?Aides said Mayor Bloomberg is spending the anxious hours making calls to...
CBS' Nantz to pay nearly a $1 million a year in divorce
HARTFORD, Connecticut -- CBS sportscaster Jim Nantz must pay $916,000 yearly in alimony and child support to his ex-wife and give up their Connecticut home under terms of a newly...
Sing Sing corrections officer runs over, kills Brooklyn woman
A state corrections officer on his way to work at Sing Sing prison this morning ran down and killed a Brooklyn woman, police sources said. Damon Padmore, 38, was driving...
DNC downplays election results
Polls aren't even closed yet and Democrats are playing down the results of today's voting in New York, Virginia and New Jersey, where polling suggests they might strike out quicker...
Bloomberg shakes hands, razzed on street
You never know who you're going to run into on the campaign trail.In the 10 minutes he spent outside the subway at at 72d Street and Broadway this morning, Mayor...
Your weekly newsbriefs
Scribe alert!If you’re conversant with iambs and dactyls, couplets and sonnets, and have made your mark as a poet from Brooklyn, Marty Markowitz wants to hear from you.The borough president...
Your weekly newsbriefs
Scribe alert!If you’re conversant with iambs and dactyls, couplets and sonnets, and have made your mark as a poet from Brooklyn, Marty Markowitz wants to hear from you.The borough president...
This teller is a crook!
78th PrecinctPark SlopeInside jobA Citibank teller helped herself to nearly $25,000 in someone else’s hard-earned cash by closing out a customer’s accounts at the Seventh Avenue branch.Cops say that the...
Giuliani, Pataki robocalls in the 23rd
Two late-comers to Conservative Doug Hoffman's congressional campaign - ex-Mayor Rudy Giuliani and ex-Gov. George Pataki -- have lent their voices to robocalls now flooding phones throughout New York's 23rd...
Christie, Corzine vote in NJ
Locked in a dead heat on the day of the elections, Republican challenger Chris Christie and New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine this morning made certain to get in the only...
Cuomo: 23rd House race does not reflect on Obama
The man widely viewed as the frontrunner in next year's gubernatorial race, Democratic Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, rejected the notion this morning that the hotly contested battle for the 23rd...
Psyche exam ordered for LI murder suspect
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — A Long Island woman accused of killing her husband will undergo a psychiatric exam to determine whether she is fit to stand trial. Kathleen Prisco, who’s...
We know how Oliver Douglas would vote on this one
Funding for open-space preservation and acquisition was put before New Jersey voters Tuesday in what was expected to be a barometer of attitudes about the state’s fiscal woes. The “Green...
Why one man voted for Bloomberg
Brooklynite Owen Sadlier, a standout as a Brooklyn Heights resident and registered Conservative, was among those today who cast a ballot for Mayor Bloomberg -- saying he had nothing against...
Sarah Jessica Parker joins Obama's arts committee
WASHINGTON -- A year after President Barack Obama’s election, the White House is enlisting “Sex and the City” star Sarah Jessica Parker, Forest Whitaker and others from Hollywood and beyond...
Election Day blog: Updates all day long
Complete coverage of all the hot races in NY and around the US. Get updates on the hotly contested race in New York's 23rd Congressional District, Maine's gay marriage vote...
Did Al Gore endorse Bloomberg?
What gets you votes on the Upper West Side?Perhaps endorsements by Ed Koch, Colin Powell, NARAL. Or the NYC LGBT Chamber of Commerce. Or, better yet, some appreciate words from...
NYC turnout looks better than September runoff
The steady stream of voters heading to the polling booths at 71st Street off Columbus Avenue was a welcome sight for election coordinator Patricia Franklin.During the September Democratic runoffs turnout...
Facebook friends of a different sort
Place this in the overkill category.Mayor Bloomberg's campaign has bought so many ads on the Web that one of them turned up on rival Bill Thompson's Facebook page."Mike Bloomberg's economic...
Report: Phillies Hamels, Myers spar in locker room
Yahoo! Sports reports that Phillies pitchers Cole Hamels and Brett Myers "had a short but tense confrontation in the team’s clubhouse following Game 5 of the World Series, according to...
Maine sees big voter turnout with same-sex marriage law on ballot
Maine voters are swarming to the polls this morning to vote on a referendum that would overturn a new same-sex marriage law – with turnout spiking to big numbers typical...
Madoff auditor pleads guilty, but says he never knew of Ponzi scheme
Bernie Madoff’s longtime auditor pleaded guilty to securities fraud this morning in Manhattan federal court, where he told a judge he’d been oblivious to the massive fraud he was rubber-stamping....
Colbert goes for gold, sponsors US speedskating
Of the many countries participating at the Vancouver Olympics, add Colbert Nation to the list. On Monday's "The Colbert Report," Stephen Colbert announced his show has become the primary sponsor...
Obama's approval rating at 54 percent: poll
With today considered a referendum on his popularity, a new poll shows that a majority of Americans approve of the way President Obama is doing his job. A CNN/Opinion Research...
Human bones found in Bx park
New York City police are investigating the discovery of human remains in a park in the Bronx. Police on Monday say a Parks Department employee found human bones in Seton...
Bloomberg: Turnout a toss-up
A confident Mayor Bloomberg shrugged off expectations of low voter turnout after he cast his ballot at P.S. 6 on the Upper East Side of Manhattan this morning."I've heard estimates...
3 people shot, 1 fatally, outside Bklyn nightclub
Three people have been shot, one of them fatally, outside a Brooklyn nightclub. Police say officers responding to a report of gunfire early Tuesday found two men with gunshot wounds....
Heaven-sent robocalls? Almost
Heaven-sent robo calls? AlmostBrooklyn residents received a higher calling last week: an automated message from Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio urging voters to support Assemblymember and Kings County Democratic Chair Vito Lopez...
Tough Times for Newkirk Plaza
With the holiday season right around the corner, merchants at Newkirk Plaza could find their business significantly impacted by station work being done along the Brighton line.In particular, plans by...
Martha Stewart takes Brooklyn!
Holy cupcakes! Martha Stewart’s in Brooklyn!Well, she was. The TV/magazine/home goods mogul spent a recent Sunday afternoon at the Brooklyn Flea, which is an immensely popular outdoor market featuring more...
Williamsburg Runs!
Bedford Avenue became Brooklyn’s loudest and longest block party this weekend, as tens of thousands of marathoners ran through the typically quiet streets of Williamsburg Sunday morning in the ING...
Crime begins to ebb in Coney Island
The crime spike plaguing western Coney Island is beginning to come down thanks in part to the hardworking 60th Precinct anti-crime team.The latest evidence of this crackerjack plainclothes unit was...
Man accused of torturing girlfriend's kitten
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Police are accusing a 22-year-old Syracuse man of hanging a four-month-old kitten and making a video of the animal struggling. Joanne Cichy told police she couldn’t find...
Enhanced photos of Madeleine McCann released
LONDON — British police on Tuesday released a new video imagining what missing girl Madeleine McCann would look like now, at age six, and urged Internet users to spread the...
Your weekly newsbriefs
Scribe alert!If you’re conversant with iambs and dactyls, couplets and sonnets, and have made your mark as a poet from Brooklyn, Marty Markowitz wants to hear from you.The borough president...
Your weekly newsbriefs
newsbriefs11.5All11.5No piceditedScribe alert!If you’re conversant with iambs and dactyls, couplets and sonnets, and have made your mark as a poet from Brooklyn, Marty Markowitz wants to hear from you.The borough...
DVD Extra: Saint, Landau and that 'NxNW' blooper
It was Eva Marie Saint who brought up the famous blooper in "North by Northwest'' when I was interviewing her for the print edition in connection with the film's 50th-anniversary-themed...
Hughes stepping up with increased playing time
Not to second-guess Mike D'Antoni tonight after getting his first win of the season - I'll leave that to Stephon Marbury - but the play of Larry Hughes in the...
NYU student commits suicide at school library
A young man jumped to his death this morning from the 10th Floor of NYU's main library, the university said today. The body of Andrew Williamson-Noble, 20, of Irvington, NY...
Joba's mom faces prison for drugs
LINCOLN, Neb. — The mother of New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain faces up to 20 years in a Nebraska prison on a felony drug-sale charge. On Monday in Lincoln,...
3UP: Gaudin, 3-Man Rotation and Posada
1. Chad Gaudin? Really? This is the guy who a certain segment was championing to start Game 5. This is the World Series, and every game is precious. Gaudin hasn’t...
Reality TV Tryouts: 'Top Chef' with dessert
Sunday "Top Chef" and "Top Chef: Just Desserts" "Top Chef" has always catered to the appetizer-through-entre creators, but now the dessert designers can have their day. Tryouts are at the...
No Flu Vaccine, Here's Why
Department of Health and Human Services should come clean (Project on Government Oversight)Hay Thuppal has a prescription for H1N1 (Pitt News)
On Afghanistan, Times Up
Max Boot on how we can win in Afghanistan (Commentary)Gordon Lubold asks is troop decision coming soon? (Christian Science Monitor)
How to Fix Afghan Government
Jean MacKenzie on Karzai vs. Abdullah (The New Republic)Simon Denyer says results are a minefield for Obama (Reuters blog)Conrad Black sees a new American isolationism (National Post)
Too Busy for Liberty
Kyle Wingfield says Obama could celebrate America (Atlanta Journal Constitution)Boris Johnson says anniversary is about freeing millions (Telegraph)David Charter says infantile Europe should stop courting Obama (Times)Abby Schachter says if it's...
Paterson Butts Out
Senecas target state pols who favor butt tax collection (Turtle Talk)Is money the state needs going up in smoke? (WIVB TV)Paterson says no new taxes except this one (Americans for...
Still ‘North by North’-best 50 years later
Eva Marie Saint was best known for playing Marlon Brando’s mousy girlfriend in “On the Waterfront” when Alfred Hitchcock asked her to be a sexy double agent in “North by...
Clive Barnes remembered
Nearly a year after his death, luminaries of drama, dance and journalism gathered yesterday to remember legendary New York Post arts critic Clive Barnes. For decades, Barnes was a familiar...
Ultra-fame game
Travis frontman Fran Healy is at Caffé Reggio in the Village Googling the word “torso.” Strange? Yes, but he’s doing this because his latest tour — alongside guitarist Andy Dunlop...
Online star search
Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey is a big believer in “sending the elevator back down,” an expression his acting teacher, Jack Lemmon, used to describe boosting up the next generation of...
LOL NYC!
‘Comedy is my mistress, and I’m having dalliances with her every night,” confesses Dane Cook as he prepares to play the New York Comedy Festival, which starts tomorrow. “I can...
A beast, never a burden
It may have opened right after Halloween, but "Creature" doesn't concern things that go bump in the night. Rather, it's about Margery Kempe, a 15th-century Englishwoman who wrote a classic...
Fall for versatile West and warm up to Cole
There aren't many sing ers around who can handle Bob Dylan and Cole Porter with equal authority -- which makes Paula West's annual fall sojourn at the Oak Room a...
Joined in matrimony
Even Alfred Kinsey might have been shocked by "Made in Heaven." This new comedy about conjoined twins linked by a part of the male anatomy adds a whole new meaning...
Yanks game 4 homerun
Sunday night's nail-biting Game 4 of the World Series was a ratings bonanza -- the most-watched baseball game in five years. An estimated 22.8 million viewers, according to Nielsen, watched...
Jess Simpson bashes 'Melrose' after they fire Ashlee
Now she's a TV critic. Sexy singer Jessica Simpson had nothing but sour notes for "Melrose Place" -- a week after the show fired her sister, Ashlee Simpson-Wentz -- calling...
Affair helps Dave
Perhaps David Letter man should root around in his closet and see if he has any more skeletons to reveal. Turns out that -- rather than hurt him -- Letterman's...
'24' villain back
The most delightfully devious enemy from "24" is back. Gregory Itzin is returning to the hit Fox series, reprising his Emmy-nominated role as slimy, traitorous ex-president Charles Logan. Logan returns...
Bungalow 8 owner flirts with reality show
Reality TV is going to club land -- with New York nightlife impresario Amy Sacco as the guide. The force behind legendary hotspot Bungalow 8 is finishing a pilot for...
Joke's on fat-crack attorney
A defense lawyer was fined $2,500 and barred from city administrative court after throwing tantrums and cracking fat jokes about an overweight prosecutor during a sexual-harassment hearing. Raphael Scotto, 62,...
NY made his charter move Big Easy as pi
Ben Kleban's charter school was the second-highest performing start-up in New Orleans in its first year, and boosted its students' proficiency on state exams by an average of 17 percent...
Cyprus: We're still cat's meow
NICOSIA, Cyprus -- The island that gave the world its first domesticated cat 9,500 years ago is trying to bag a couple of breeds of its own. International recognition is...
Why you can't get swine-flu vaccine
The shortage of swine-flu vaccine results not from drug- company greed or outsize demand but almost entirely from the government's decision to pander to unfounded and unscientific fear. As The...
Fastest man & cat
NAIROBI, Kenya -- Olympic and world sprint champion Usain Bolt yesterday adopted a cheetah cub in Kenya's Nairobi National Park. The head of the Kenya Wildlife Service, Julius Kipng'etich, described...
Final shot for fotog
A paparazzo collapsed and died last night after taking pictures of songstress Lady Gaga in Midtown, witnesses said. The 52 year-old lensman, whose name was withheld pending family notification, was...
Prez's pet project: repressing the press
The awkward and outrageous attempts by President Obama and his associates to repress any criticism of his administration should have only one outcome: the American public standing up for a...
NY hemorrhaging health-care bucks: study
New York wastes hundreds of millions a year on unnecessary hospital care -- ranking it lowest among all US states, a new study has found. The Commonwealth Fund Commission ranked...
Bustin' baby fat
No more cookies and milk for these kids! Appearance-obsessed parents in the Big Apple are hiring personal trainers for their preteens, shelling out $95 an hour to whip their little...
How to fix the Afghan government
Afghanistan's long electoral imbroglio came to an abrupt end yester day when the Electoral Commission declared President Hamid Karzai the winner -- thus canceling a runoff against his challenger, Dr....
Repeal seal ban: Canada
OTTAWA -- Canada is seeking to overturn a European Union ban on imports of seal products sparked by animal-rights groups' claims of brutality in the seal hunt, the government said...
Spit, polish & a near-shiner
An attaché case flying toward his head is an occupational hazard for Don Ward. A passer-by less than thrilled with the Midtown shoeshine hustler's sales pitch yesterday "took his anger...
Rx linked to birth defects
Researchers studying antibiotics in pregnancy yesterday reported a surprising link between common drugs used to treat urinary infections and birth defects. Mothers of babies with birth defects were likelier to...
Geneticists' hog heaven
WASHINGTON -- Researchers said yesterday they had mapped the DNA of a domestic pig -- work that they say could help lead to better breeding techniques and improve vaccines against...
No-prison deal 'cemented'
A civil engineer won't go to prison for his role in a scheme that prosecutors say compromised concrete tests for Ground Zero rebuilding, the new Yankee Stadium and other major...
Hudson national park eyed
KINGSTON, NY -- Rep. Maurice Hinchey wants the Hudson River Valley to become part of the National Park system. The Hudson Valley Democrat has introduced legislation that would authorize the...
Czartwork fetches cool mil
A miniature portrait of Czar Peter the Great in a diamond-encrusted frame was sold here yesterday at auction to an anonymous telephone bidder for $1.3 million. The rare Russian treasure...
Calif. bridge reopens week later
SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is open to traffic again after undergoing emergency repairs that left frustrated Northern Californians desperately seeking alternate routes for their commute. Engineers...
Anti-woman crackdown
NAIROBI, Kenya -- Somalia's hard-line al Shabaab insurgents closed three grassroots women's organizations in the rebel-held town of Balad Hawa yesterday to stop women from going to work, a rebel...
Car czar's roundabout ties to General Motors
CADWALADER, Wickersham & Taft, the big law firm that was hired earlier this year by the government to advise General Motors and other failing automakers, doesn't want me to write...
Jackie's jersey a 'steal' at 250G
A 61-year-old gray flannel jersey worn by a black sharecropper's son could fetch more than $250,000 at auction this month -- because a Dodger-blue No. 42 is sewn on its...
Restaurant brings new tenor
THE big, glass-fronted retail box at the base of Charles S. Cohen's 622 Third Ave. at 40th Street, vacant since Jeffrey Chodorow lost his lease last year, will be dark...
Cat-kill deal scratched
A judge yesterday tossed a one-year prison deal offered to a teenage girl accused of burning her ex-lover's cat to death. Judge Margaret Clancy, who had earlier approved the plea...
Bet-site big loses
ST. LOUIS -- The founder of the online gambling site BetOnSports.com has been sentenced to more than four years in prison. Gary Kaplan was sentenced yesterday in federal court in...
Too busy for liberty
In his first year in office, Bar ack Obama has visited more foreign countries than any other president. He has touched ground in 16 countries, easily outpacing Bill Clinton (three)...
T'day parade finds new way
Get ready to see a spectacular off-Broadway production: The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will boast four new balloons -- and a different route. The extravaganza has marched down "parts of...
LI teen's death a Yale mystery
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The cause of death of a 19-year-old Yale University sophomore from Long Island remained undetermined yesterday, one day after he was found unresponsive in his dorm...
VIPs' NY 'House' calls
ALBANY -- Vice President Joe Biden, former GOP presidential hopeful Fred Thompson, and robo calls from Rudy Giuliani headlined the final push in the hotly contested race for the 23rd...
Imam calls terror lie a bum rap
A Queens imam pleaded not guilty yesterday in Brooklyn federal court on charges that he lied to the government about tipping off a suspected terrorist being tracked by the FBI....
Tort-Bar treat
In his Sept. 9 address before Congress, President Obama noted that litigation "may be contributing" to increasing health-care costs and promised to fund "demonstration projects" in the states to improve...
Holidazed won't tip
Many recession-hit Americans say they'll tip less this coming holiday season. Twenty-six percent who usually tip or give a gift to a service provider -- like their newspaper deliverer, barber,...
Dr. Carly will sing you now
LOS ANGELES -- She's so "vein." If you want to hear Carly Simon sing these days, you might have to hire her boyfriend to operate on you. She rarely performs...
Business briefs
Ford up Ford Motor Co., the only major US auto maker to avoid bank ruptcy, rose after posting unexpected third-quarter net income of $997 mil lion, its first operating profit...
Dreier accomplice pleads guilty to fraud
The Wall Street broker who helped lawyer Marc Dreier pull off his $400 million swindle pleaded guilty yesterday to the scam and faces up to 25 years in prison. Broker...
Mike's goal: Just win, baby
Tamping down expectations that he might be headed for a rout, Mayor Bloomberg declared yesterday that his margin of victory in today's mayoral election won't matter, because "nobody's going to...
Vessel fires upon pols' ship of fools
Funny, you don't look like 7.5 tons of twisted, black ened steel harvested from the World Trade Center's ruins. But USS New York's 684-foot, stem-to-stern profile is a thing of...
NYPD daily blotter
Manhattan This guy could go from the Pourhouse to the big house. Charles Muller, 29, slugged a 23-year-old man in the face as the victim chatted with a friend in...
Where's the biz?
No more "Pizza! Pizza!" or "Where's the Beef?" will come out of an iconic New York ad agency. The loss of major clients and turnover at the top finally pushed...
Ex-spy-turned-bizman blown away
MOSCOW -- A Russian businessman who had been convicted in Israel of being a KGB spy was shot dead here yesterday, police said. Shabattai Kalmanovich, 61, was gunned down near...
Flu Rx supply gets shot in the arm
WASHINGTON -- Up to 30 million doses of vaccine against the pandemic H1N1 flu have been delivered to the federal government and production is now picking up, officials said yesterday....
This is the UPS-impostor thug: cops
Cops are looking for this thug (pictured)suspected in five home-invasion robberies in the West Village and Upper West Side -- including two in which he posed as a UPS deliveryman....
Gifted cla$ses: Brain power & drain power
The Department of Education is shelling out nearly $1 million to fund empty seats in underenrolled gifted and talented programs, DOE documents show. It's the second straight year since education...
Foul bawl over Series-tix rip-off
Alex Rodriguez isn't the only one cleaning up during this World Series. Police are investigating a ring hawking counterfeit Series tickets on Craigslist, The Post has learned. Capitalizing on Yankee...
Homecoming for USS New York
The Twin Towers rose again in lower Manhattan yesterday as USS New York sailed into the city. With a bow made from 7.5 tons of steel salvaged from the wreckage...
Cop's killer 'buzz'
An off-duty NYPD detective had more than 2½ times the legal limit of booze in his system even five hours after he fatally mowed down a 67-year-old Bronx woman, authorities...
Time online boss resigns
An executive once pegged as a rising star on the digital side of Time Inc., submitted his resignation yesterday. As the publisher of People, Time and Sports Illustrated gets ready...
Your vote counts
Today is Election Day. Polls are open from 6 a.m. until 9 p.m. in New York and 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. in New Jersey. The Post has made the...
Ex-prez of TWU dies
Willie James, who rose from being the son of single mom in Harlem to a city cop and later the first black president of the union representing rank-and-file transit workers,...
Housing honcho beats corruption rap
A state housing official charged with selling lists of rent-regulated tenants to builders has been found not guilty in Brooklyn Supreme Court. Keith James, 54, of Brownsville, who worked for...
Bear lawyers ask for hedge case dismissal
The lawyers for two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers accused of criminal fraud have asked the judge to throw out the case. The government just finished its arguments against...
A fashion coup
There is a new player in the international bidding war for a European luxury brand. The owner of Faconnable has emerged as one of the buyers likely to scoop German...
'Archer' takes a bow
A long-lost fragment of Michelangelo's legacy -- and the subject of a war of words among art historians -- gets its first public perch in New York today as part...
Jerry back with a Mac
Jerry Seinfeld has pulled the old switcheroo. No more Windows for Bill Gates' former best pal -- the comic has apparently gone back to his first love, Apple computers. In...
Fed reads riot act to US bank chiefs
The heads of Wall Street's top 28 banks got hauled into the federal woodshed yesterday. Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs, Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase and John Mack of Morgan...
NJ race down to the wire
The New Jersey governor's race was too close to call last night on the eve of the election, amid new reports of political dirty tricks marring the end of the...
On Afghanistan, time's up
So what's the delay now? The White House says an an nouncement on whether President Obama will give Gen. Stanley McChrystal the 40,000 troops he's asked for in Afghanistan is...
Paterson butts out
Looks like Gov. Paterson was just blowing smoke when he asked the feds to assess the risk of violence from attempts to collect cigarette taxes from state Indian reservations. At...
Italian co. eyes NYC landmark
The Woolworth Building, the neo-Gothic Manhattan skyscraper that was once the world's tallest building and a symbol of American capitalism, may soon gain Italian owners. Sorgente Group is in talks...
Law firm fires 9/11 'arsonist'
The Harvard Law School grad charged with torching a 9/11 memorial has lost the job he had lined up with one of the nation's biggest law firms. The law firm,...
Teen's phone frenzy
You can bet this talkative teen didn't call her dad from jail. Reyana Santiago, 17, allegedly stabbed her police-officer father with a knife after he chastised her for gabbing too...
'Crooked' Joe Bruno show kicks off
ALBANY -- Prosecutors pledged yesterday to prove that former Sen. Joseph Bruno "exploited his office" to get rich as the once-powerful legislative leader's federal corruption trial got under way in...
Jailbird Bernie gets psych 'out'
Bernie Kerik is off the brink and back in the clink. The former police commissioner was his dapper, swaggering self yesterday as a White Plains federal judge announced he had...
Rihanna opens up about Chris and brutal beating
Rihanna is getting ready to sing about her relationship, past and present, with Chris Brown -- her "first big love" and the man who turned her into a poster girl...
Kosher clashers
A long-standing rivalry between two Orthodox Jewish neighborhood patrols took center stage yesterday in the trial of a half-dozen men accused of assaulting yeshiva students in Crown Heights two years...
No one on top of Marilyn
LOS ANGELES -- A second attempt to sell a crypt on top of Marilyn Monroe's final resting place has failed, with not a single bid received for the burial spot...
Apple on eve of iTV
Apple is at it again -- but this time it's taking on the cable companies. The iPod purveyor wants TV networks to get on board with an all-you-can eat iTunes...
Jury mob scene
There were more fireworks in the jury room than in the courtroom at the John "Junior" Gotti trial yesterday. A fight nearly erupted between two jurors when a young woman...
Barclays is working on a bonus template
British-based Barclays Capital may be a bellwether for Wall Street's bonus season. The bank is ratcheting up stock payments to its execs and axing the amount of cash it pays...
ESPN issues warning to staffers
Stung by the seedy sex scandal of baseball analyst Steve Phillips and a production assistant, ESPN has hauled in its top on-air talent to warn them of the perils of...
New 'Civil War'
LOCKPORT, NY -- Officials in a western New York county are hoping to claim a Medal of Honor awarded to a Civil War sailor who died before he could receive...
Bx. tot found with dead ma
A 3-year-old girl was discovered in a Bronx apartment -- along with the body of her mom, police said yesterday. The tot was found in good condition in her crib...
Killer gal gets paltry payout
Two months in the hole netted notorious "To Die For" seductress Pamela Smart an $8,750 settlement from the state yesterday -- but her lawyers are taking home even more for...
Astor jury jolted by war of words
It was the worst moment in the Brooke Astor trial -- two female jurors reduced to shouting, profanity and tears in the deliberation room, with five months of testimony teetering...
Afghan Karzai wins by default
KABUL -- Afghanistan's election commission proclaimed President Hamid Karzai the victor of the country's tumultuous ballot yesterday, canceling a planned runoff and ending a political crisis 2½ months after a...
Archbishop's blog slams Gray Lady's
New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan has condemned The New York Times -- blasting the Gray Lady and its columnist Maureen Dowd for what he says are examples of unfair, prejudicial...
Cheer up, pal! Yank loss means big win in NYC
PHILADELPHIA -- Time for some good ol' home cooking, fellas! Last night's Yankee loss in Game 5 of the World Series may have been a blessing in disguise for their...
Andy must rise on three days' rest
PHILADELPHIA -- Andy Pettitte needs to fare better on short rest than A.J. Burnett did last night or the Yankees could be in deep trouble. It's rest today. Then it...
Aw-Phil funk finally ends for hitters
PHILADELPHIA -- After playing with all the spark of a wet firecracker for three straight games, the Phillies finally produced some offensive fireworks last night. The Phils' dormant bats showed...
Meadowlands Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 6 fur; $14,000; clm($7,500); 3upENDURO drops in class after tiring to fourth in first start since breaking maiden for new barn. SAL PARADISE drew the rail after an impressive...
Rangers' Avery revisits scene of his crime
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The trip begins here tonight and after a layover in Edmonton on Thursday, it concludes in Calgary on Saturday for the Rangers and for Sean Avery....
Phillies star 'Ut'-terly brilliant
PHILADELPHIA -- Move over, Mr. October. The Phillies still face an uphill climb to win the World Series, but Reggie Jackson got some company from Chase Utley in Philadelphia's 8-6...
Bottom of lineup hurts Yankees
PHILADELPHIA -- Cliff Lee already proved he could handle the Yankees at full strength, so he had to love the "B" lineup of sorts he faced last night. Of course,...
DaSilva divulges Cup picks
Post ace handicapper John DaSilva gets to vote twice on Election Day. First, he goes to the polls, then, he heads to Gallagher's Steak House to meet his public, where...
Hughes relief for Yankees
PHILADELPHIA -- Phil Hughes might have made some postseason progress last night, but Phil Coke admitted his night was embarrassing. The Yankees had four relievers come in for a putrid...
Devils welcome back out-of-shape Elias
After missing the first several weeks of the season recovering from groin surgery Sept. 15, Patrik Elias made a successful return to practice for the Devils yesterday. Elias had no...
Giants report card, Week 8
Paul Schwartz grades the Giants after their loss to the Eagles. QUARTERBACKS F Eli Manning (20 of 39, 222 yards, 1 TD, 2 INTs) says his foot isn't bothering him,...
Saints 7-0 as Falcons' rally falls short
The Saints have tied their best start to a season. Drew Brees had 308 yards passing, Pierre Thomas scored two touchdowns and Jabari Greer returned an interception for a score...
The Post Line
NFLSundayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogGIANTS 3 4 (47½)ChargersJAGUARS 7 6½(42) ChiefsRavens 3 3 (43½)BENGALSCOLTS10 9 (48) TexansFALCONSOFFOFF(OFF)RedskinsPackers10 9½(43½)BUCCANEERSBEARS 3 3 (44½)CardinalsPATRIOTS10½10½(47) DolphinsSAINTSOFFOFF(OFF)PanthersSEAHAWKS 9½10 (43) Lions49ERS 6 5 (41) TitansEAGLES 3 3 (47½)CowboysMondaySteelers...
Time for Giants to find their swagger
ON HIS way out of the locker room yesterday, someone asked Justin Tuck whether Sunday's game against the Chargers might be a season-defining game. "Could be," Tuck said. Welcome to...
Jets report card, Week 8
Mark Cannizzaro grades the Jets after their loss to the Dolphins. QUARTERBACKS B Mark Sanchez (20-of-35, 265 yards, 2 TDs, 100.3 rating) was inconsistent at times early in the game,...
Thumb surgery for Mets' Francoeur
PHILADELPHIA -- Mets right fielder Jeff Francoeur yesterday had the long-planned surgery to repair a torn collateral ligament in his left thumb, an injury he suffered making a diving catch...
Mine That Bird looks like champ
ARCADIA, Calif. -- How quickly they forget. Five months ago, Mine That Bird and his black-hat cowboy trainer Chip Woolley were the toast of America after coming from a furlong...
Watch Europe's best
ARCADIA, Calif. -- The British are coming! So are the Irish, and the French. Horses, that is, coming by the planeload for the Breeders' Cup this Friday and Saturday at...
Jets must learn to win together
THE Jets left their practice facility at Florham Park, N.J., yesterday afternoon ready to take a week-long vacation where getting away from football has been encouraged, but might be hard...
Madson makes it interesting
PHILADELPHIA -- Brad Lidge tried a new role in the ninth inning last night -- spectator. And he got to see some drama. Charlie Manuel called on Ryan Madson to...
Rangers' top unit looks for 3rd skater
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The most coveted spot in the Rangers' lineup is the opening on the first line, which features Marian Gaborik on right wing and Vinny Prospal either...
Frye, Ariza, Randolph fly out the gates
IN an impromptu Saturday night conversation of the league's elite point guards on active duty, MSG TV's Mike Breen and Walt Frazier failed to so much as mention (not even...
Marbury: Fire D'Antoni!
Had Stephon Marbury stayed longer at the Knicks game Saturday night, he might have broken into a chant: "Fire D'Antoni!" Marbury had no complaints that Garden security did not let...
Sports shorts
NBA: Rondo signs extension Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo says he has agreed to a five-year contract extension with the Celtics, keeping the star point guard from entering the market...
For A.J., fear strikes out in Game 5
A.J. Burnett just looked plain scared last night. He had already allowed a three-run homer to Chase Utley in the first inning and seemed determined not to let the Phillies...
Isles strike Oil! Win 4th straight
Until last night, the Islanders had not been over .500 in more than a year. And Brendan Witt hadn't scored two goals since . . . ever. Well, that changed...
Believe it: Buck, McCarver not playing favorites
MANY YANKEES fans will disagree, but if by now I was supposed to have piles of hard, irrefutable evidence proving the Fox World Series team of Joe Buck and Tim...
Nets 'embarrassed' after sinking to new low
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Nets center Brook Lopez expressed confidence going into last night's game against the Bobcats. "Got nothing to lose," he said. "We can't get any worse." Wanna bet?...
Hondo's mulling
Hondo's winning skein was stopped at four last night when Burnett failed miserably in Philly to ele vate the debt to 1,765 howards. Tonight, he'll devote to intensely mulling the...
Hughes' big night lifts Knicks to first win
The Knicks have a new savior -- not LeBron James but a close friend of his. Out of the picture when the regular season began last Wednesday, Larry Hughes has...
Burnett's big chance goes to hell in Game 5
PHILADELPHIA -- When it was over, the clubhouse boys were stuffing gear into bags rather than wrapping plastic over lockers. Instead of uncorking champagne, the Yankees were tossing socks and...
Girardi's pitching plan hits bump in the road
PHILADELPHIA -- In its lust for dollars, Major League Baseball was providing its richest team an unintended benefit this postseason. To maximize revenues, the Commissioners Office constructed a playoff schedule...
Lee 'ready' to go if Phillies force Game 7
PHILADELPHIA -- Cliff Lee wasn't dominant or even particularly sharp here last night, but he did enough to help the Phillies live to see Game 6 of the World Series....
Game 5: Burnett bombs, says 'I let the city down'
PHILADELPHIA -- By the time the Yankees got into the suspect Phillies bullpen late in Game 5 last night, the early ditch A.J. Burnett had driven them into was too...
Derek's DP in 9th squashes Yankees' comeback bid
PHILADELPHA -- Derek Jeter occasionally wears postseason goat horns, too. Last night the Yankees captain had a chance to embellish his November legacy -- he is, after all, the original...
Yankee nation smelled blood
PHILADELPHIA -- Yankee Nation moved in last night for the kill, risking the desperate Philadelphia resistance of Cliff Lee, thrown foodstuffs, profane insults, even physical threats. "This is too good,"...
Pedro ready for real 'blood' battle
PHILADELPHIA -- This is the way it has to be for the Yankees. They will get the chance to win the World Series at home. They can spear the frog....
Teixeira's struggles continue
PHILADELPHIA -- Mark Teixeira is in a prolonged slump right now that's starting to become alarming. The All-Star first baseman went just 1-for-5 in the Yankees' 8-6 loss to the...
Victorino angry at Bowa for saying Phillies steal signs
PHILADELPHIA -- The accusations of sign-stealing at Citizens Bank Park by the Phillies that resurfaced during the World Series yesterday are nothing new to the Mets. The Mets were so...
Hartsock may pay the penalty on Jets bench
On some teams coached by some coaches Jets backup tight end Ben Hartsock might have been cut by now. Coach Rex Ryan, at least for the moment, hasn't cut Hartsock...
Jets upset with 4 losses going into bye
In the wake of their disappointing 4-4 record at the halfway point -- unfortunately punctuated by the bleeding away of a 3-0 start -- the Jets yesterday embarked on a...
Ailing Cabrera yanked from Fall Classic roster
PHILADELPHIA -- If the Yankees are going to win their 27th World Series title against the defending champion Phillies it's going to be accomplished without their starting center fielder. Yesterday...
Return of Boley, Canty provide Giant upgrade
Help is on the way to aid the ailing Giants defense. Linebacker Michael Boley and defensive tackle Chris Canty are both scheduled to take part in practice tomorrow when the...
Giants cannot 'wait' for big turnaround
The core of this Giants team has risen to the challenge so often the past few seasons that even when darkness is shrouding the light there's the belief that some...
Weird but true
The crime matched the costume. A man, dressed for Halloween as a Breathalyzer unit was busted in Albany County for DWI. Theodore Piel, 24, of Colonie, actually refused to take...
Burnett can't cash in this time
PHILADELPHIA – When it was over, when A.J. Burnett's workday was done and the champagne was thrown back in the ice chest, the Yankees starter didn't even wait for Joe...
Islanders win fourth in row, 3-1 over Oilers
Brendan Witt was already having the game of his life when chants of his name echoed around Nassau Coliseum. The hard-hitting defenseman had two goals in the bank when fans...
NYC football rankings: Week 9
What do you get after compiling a second straight perfect regular season, win 29 of your last 31 games and six of your nine victories come against playoff-bound teams? The...
Knicks get first win, 117-111 over Hornets
The Knicks finally got off to a good start, then were even better at the finish. David Lee scored a season-high 28 points, Al Harrington had 13 of his 24...
Nets' Yi injured in loss to Bobcats
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Nets forward Yi Jianlian injured the medial collateral ligament in his right knee in Monday night’s 79-68 loss to Charlotte. Coach Lawrence Frank called the injury a...
Mary Louis, Molloy prevail in consolations
It was a match Mary Louis coach Mike Schober didn’t want to play and his fears came to fruition. Hilltoppers junior outside hitter Alison Sito twisted her ankle and sat...
Girls volleyball roundup: Gjini, Columbus slip past Walton
Pashke Gjini had 11 assists and five kills to lead Columbus to a 23-25, 25-14, 25-20 win at Walton in PSAL Bronx A1 girls volleyball Monday. Tina Tinaj had nine...
CHSFL playoff schedule set
The Catholic High School Football playoff matchups and schedule for this weekend are set. Class AAA quarterfinals No. 8 Chaminade @ No. 1 Holy Trinity (Sunday, 1 p.m.)No. 7 Xaverian...
CHSFL rankings: Week 8
St. Joseph by the Sea has occupied the top spot in the Catholic High School Football League ranking since the day the season opened, but no more. Holy Cross went...
Magic says he did push Knicks to Isiah
Magic Johnson confirmed he helped convince the Knicks to put Isiah Thomas in charge of their team while admitting that the superstars' relationship was fractured at the time.SI.com reports that...
Future uncertain for Phillies Hamels, Lidge
PHILADELPHIA — Entering this season the Phillies looked as if they had a dependable ace and closer for several years to come in Cole Hamels and Brad Lidge. As this...
NYC girls soccer playoff schedule
Tues Nov. 3 PSAL CLASS A Quarterfinals @ Newtown No. 1 Bronx Science 1, No. 9 Francis Lewis 0No. 4 Tottenville 3, No. 5 Cardozo 2@ John Adams No. 2...
Yankees cause MLB to look into mound meetings
All those meetings on the mound called by catcher Jorge Posada and the Yankees are giving Major League Baseball pause, too. Posada and pals visited pitcher CC Sabathia eight times...
Davis tabbed an AFL 'Rising Star'
Mets first-base prospect Ike Davis was given a well-earned spot in the Arizona Fall League's Rising Stars Game that is set for this Saturday.Davis has been tearing up AFL pitching, hitting .340...
Live blog: Yankees-Phillies (Game 5 of World Series)
A.J. Burnett had nothing, and his night is now finished. The Phillies just scored three runs to take a 6-1 lead. Walks to Utley and Ryan Howard leading off the...
Ryan tells 'sick' Jets to go home
Rex Ryan is giving his players six days off, and he’s pushing his assistant coaches out of the Jets’ facility by Thursday. He wants his entire team to use the...
3 keys for Yankees vs. Lee
Cliff Lee has been the best pitcher in this postseason and tonight he faces a diminished Yankee lineup. Jose Molina catches A.J. Burnett, Brett Gardner is in rather than the...
Yankees' loss sends Series back to Bronx
PHILADELPHIA -- By the time the Yankees got into the suspect Phillies bullpen late in the game, the early ditch A.J. Burnett drove them into was too deep to escape....
PSAL Class A boys soccer quarterfinals preview
New York Post PSAL boys soccer beat writer Zach Braziller breaks down Tuesday’s PSAL Class A quarterfinals at Canarsie HS in Brooklyn and New Dorp HS in Staten Island. Here’s...
PSAL Class A girls soccer quarterfinals preview
New York Post girls soccer beat writer Joseph Staszewski breaks down Tuesday’s PSAL Class A quarterfinals. Here’s the schedule: At Newtown 9:30 a.m. – No. 1 Bronx Science vs. No....
Nets' Harris out indefinitely
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Back in the summer, the depth chart at point guard for the Nets looked as deep as the Pacific: Devin Harris, Keyon Dooling, Rafer Alston. "Right now,...