November 5, 2009
Bloomberg re-elected in close contest
November 5, 2009 | 11:58pmIf the mayoral election were determined by Brooklyn votes alone, William Thompson would be doing a victory dance as the mayor-elect.According to unofficial tabulations, Thompson carried the borough with 51.8...
John Liu elected to city comptroller post
November 5, 2009 | 11:58pmIn a landslide election, Queens City Councilmember John Liu (D-Flushing) was elected as city comptroller and the first Asian-American to win a citywide election.According to Board of election uncertified results...
Canucks' O'Brien suspended for spearing Avery
November 5, 2009 | 11:31pmThe NHL has suspended Vancouver Canucks defenseman Shane O’Brien for one game. His stick made contact with the Rangers’ Sean Avery while both players were on their respective benches in...
Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth
November 5, 2009 | 11:27pmAsk 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...
Let the syrup flow
November 5, 2009 | 11:17pmA student, Dean Jeziorkowski, who attends Commack HS in Long Island, was tossed from school this past Halloween because he dressed as Aunt Jemima and wore black-face. As he went...
Obama laments 'horrific outburst of violence'
November 5, 2009 | 11:12pmPresident Barack Obama on Thursday called a mass shooting at a Texas Army base "a horrific outburst of violence." "We will make sure that we get answers to every single...
St. John's ready to grow up
November 5, 2009 | 10:40pmThere’s a word that has been banned around the St. John’s program this year. You won’t have to run a lap or drop a quarter in the jar when you...
Asked and answered
November 5, 2009 | 10:27pmPerhaps this was meant as a rhetorical question, but in any case, here's a stab at an answer:Average Sales Price Brooklyn Condo: Q4 2007 - $630,710Q1 2008 - $573,060Q3 2009 - $545,220Average Price...
Martha Stewart takes Brooklyn!
November 5, 2009 | 10:26pmHoly 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...
Petition Drive Underway to Fight Proposed New License Plate Requirement
November 5, 2009 | 10:26pmCall it a license to get New York residents to dig a little deeper into their pockets.Among the proposals put forth recently by New York Governor David Paterson to balance...
Chase caper
November 5, 2009 | 10:26pmChase caperA note-passing bandit scored a payday during a recent visit to a local bank.Cops from the 84th Precinct were told that a black male in his 20s entered the...
Brooklyn Bridge Park picks up national honor
November 5, 2009 | 10:26pmA national organization recently bestowed Brooklyn Bridge Park with an award for their Comprehensive Waterfront Plans.The Washington, DC-based non-profit Waterfront Center doled out the honor at their annual “Excellence on...
Prison guard sent to prison following woman’s death
November 5, 2009 | 10:16pmA 38-year-old woman was killed Tuesday by an unlicensed driver who, ironically, was already on his way to prison.Officials said that New York State Corrections Officer Damon Padmore, also 38,...
Improvements in store for Brooklyn Bridge ramp
November 5, 2009 | 10:16pmBy year’s end, roadway relief is in store for stressed-out travellers navigating across the Brooklyn Bridge, officials announced this week.The state Department of Transportation (DOT) has agreed to help facilitate...
London prizes
November 5, 2009 | 9:44pmThe French prison shocker "A Prophet,'' directed by Jacques Audiard, hits New York Feb. 12, and I recommend you catch it when it gets here. I just saw the movie at the London...
Bloomberg wins city, Thompson takes Bronx
November 5, 2009 | 9:37pmHundreds of Soundview residents demanded change at P.S. 47 on Tuesday, November 3 and mayoral candidate Bill Thompson won the Bronx in a landslide but incumbent Michael Bloomberg eked out...
Stella D’oro workers won’t quit
November 5, 2009 | 9:37pmIt appears that no one will rescue Stella D’oro, not even El Commandante. Brynwood Partners, the Connecticut-based firm that sold the Stella D’oro brand in September, has rebuffed offers for...
Final moments of St. Peter’s Protest ring loudly
November 5, 2009 | 9:36pmAs the final protest before Election Day against the opening of a St. Peters Avenue homeless shelter wrapped up, picketers – many in costume – raised signs high above their...
Renaissance HS receives technology grant
November 5, 2009 | 9:36pmCouncilman Jimmy Vacca secured a grant to bring new technology into Renaissance High School for Musical Theater and Technology.Through the $ 50,000 grant the school was able to purchase five...
Lohengrin Place to win recognition
November 5, 2009 | 9:36pmPot-holed and sewer-less Lohengrin Place is set to join the rest of Country Club on the city map. Thanks in part to Country Club resident Frank Menillo, the city plans...
Lehman principal under investigation
November 5, 2009 | 9:36pmLehman High School principal Janet Saraceno is under investigation. Saraceno, appointed to head the 4,000-student school in 2008, has changed grades to help students graduate, past and present teachers told...
Unease after rapes in Harding Park
November 5, 2009 | 9:36pm“Pugsely Creek Park is about to explode,” Gus Dinolis, president of the Waterfront Garden Homeowners Association, said.The first Harding Park rape occurred on Thursday, August 27 at 2 a.m., when...
City agencies, Diaz inaugurate new green apartment building
November 5, 2009 | 9:35pmA new green building that promises affordable housing for 63 families opened with fanfare and a ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday, October 27, that included city officials like Borough President...
Despicable duo still at large
November 5, 2009 | 9:35pmDetectives are still after the dastardly duo that robbed senior homeowners in Zerega, Pelham Bay and Throggs Neck. Last spotted in southern Brooklyn, the two men run a utility scam....
Calvary Hospital hosts pastoral care forum
November 5, 2009 | 9:35pmCalvary Hospital’s staff of priests, ministers, rabbis and other religious figures held its 3rd annual Pastoral Care Day recently, focusing on helping patients find a “supportive presence” while undergoing medical...
CAB to change its name
November 5, 2009 | 9:35pmThe Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB), a Bronx-based non-profit known for its remarkable range of social services, will announce its brand new name and logo on Friday, November 13 at its...
West Farms art wins respect
November 5, 2009 | 9:34pmWest Farms is no different from the rest of the Bronx. Ride the #5 IRT up Boston Road. Ride the Bx42 up East Tremont Avenue. West Farms sports a coat...
Blaze wrecks Bainbridge block
November 5, 2009 | 9:34pmIt damaged 17 businesses on Bainbridge Avenue between E. 204th and E. 205th streets, and around the corner on E. 204th Street. The Department of Buildings has ordered ten businesses...
Pelham Parkway building owner works to make repairs
November 5, 2009 | 9:34pmThe city, a tenant-advocacy group, and others are working together with the landlord of a 136-unit Pelham Parkway residential building to fix longstanding violations. Is reported to be moving slow,...
Bronx Council on the Arts may open office on the square
November 5, 2009 | 9:34pmBronx Council on the Arts may soon take an even more active role in the revitalization of Westchester Square. It is in talks to purchase a building that was formally...
Third round of tree planting on Bruckner Boulevard
November 5, 2009 | 9:34pmMany noticed that a lot of the saplings, which provide a barrier between the busy Bruckner Expressway and the service road between Coddington and Hollywood avenues, began to turn brown...
Potential free agents for 2010
November 5, 2009 | 9:18pmCourtesy of the players association, here are the players potentially eligible for the free-agency period that begins Nov. 20. Today is the first day of the 15-day period in which these players may give...
With Boss talking repeat, Girardi will change number
November 5, 2009 | 9:17pmLess than 24 hours after the Yankees won World Title No. 27, George Steinbrenner set his sights on No. 28. So did Joe Girardi. In a statement released today, the...
Not a Model for Health reform
November 5, 2009 | 9:17pmMegan McArdle on why the VHA example isn't useful for national debate (Atlantic)
Steele throws elbows
November 5, 2009 | 9:07pmGeorge Stephanopoulos on RNC chairman's critique of Palin, Pawlenty, selection process (ABC News)
Watch Rasmussen
November 5, 2009 | 9:03pmMickey Kaus says most accurate election polls shows most ObamaCare discontent (Slate)
Left-Wing Plutocracy
November 5, 2009 | 8:56pmVictor Davis Hanson on Liberals, money and populism (Pajamas Media)
Champions League: Watch out for the little guys
November 5, 2009 | 8:55pmReform-minded UEFA President Michel Platini couldn't wait to expand the Champions League to include teams from smaller nations. And even though this year’s group stage is stocked with the usual...
ALDS, ALCS games
November 5, 2009 | 8:50pmHere's a look at all the Yankees' games from the ALDS against the Twins and the ALCS victory over the Angels. ALCS VS. ANGELS ALCS GAME 6 ALCS GAME 5...
Communication 101 for Giants defense
November 5, 2009 | 8:44pm"What we've got here is a failure to communicate.'' That quote, from the 1967 movie "Cool Hand Luke,'' might have more to do with the Giants than anyone cares to...
Drug suspect fatally shot by Essex County officer
November 5, 2009 | 8:36pmNEWARK, N.J. — Authorities say a Newark man has been fatally shot by an Essex County sheriff’s officer during an undercover drug buy. The shooting occurred around 11:30 a.m. in...
Army: 12 dead, 31 hurt in attack at Fort Hood
November 5, 2009 | 8:25pmFORT HOOD, Texas — An Army psychiatrist set to be shipped overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post Thursday, authorities said, a rampage that killed 12 people and...
Former Jets coach Groh in trouble in Virginia
November 5, 2009 | 8:23pmVirginia coach Al Groh isn’t interested in talking about whether his time at his alma mater is soon to end. In his mind, it’s Miami week, and that means grinding...
Gotbaum blowing through budget before leaving office
November 5, 2009 | 8:22pmPublic Advocate Betsy Gotbaum hasn't been able to absorb a 40 percent budget cut imposed on her office and is spending at a rate that will leave her successor without...
Syracuse still confident with Boeheim on verge of 800
November 5, 2009 | 8:21pmSYRACUSE -- Maybe it was his new digs or maybe he knows he’s going to have a pretty good team again. Coach Jim Boeheim seemed so content at Syracuse’s basketball...
Abreu re-signs with Angels
November 5, 2009 | 8:19pmBobby Abreu had no interest in spending another winter — or even another week — without an employer. The Los Angeles Angels were only too happy to oblige the slugger...
Mets to decline Putz's option
November 5, 2009 | 8:09pmThe Mets have told reliever J.J. Putz that they probably will decline his $8.6 million option for 2010 and buy him out for $1 million instead.The club cited health concerns in...
What restaurants really think when you stroll in with toddlers
November 5, 2009 | 7:59pmIn old westerns, when the gunslinger dispatches the bad guys, trashing the whole saloon in the process, he then sidles up to the bar, tosses a gold coin to the...
Union official testifies in Bruno trial
November 5, 2009 | 7:58pmALBANY, N.Y. — A former Teamsters union official says then-Sen. Joseph Bruno told him in 1994 that Wright Investors Service wanted to manage his local’s pension fund and didn’t disclose...
MTA names new transit head
November 5, 2009 | 7:56pmThe chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority says the new head of the agency that runs New York City’s buses and subways will be Thomas Prendergast. MTA Chairman Jay Walder...
LI lawyer to repay $240G from improper pension
November 5, 2009 | 7:55pmA Long Island lawyer whose fat state retirement checks raised questions about public pension system abuses has agreed to give New York a $240,565 refund. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said...
NYPD: Scalper tried to bribe cop with Yankees tickets
November 5, 2009 | 7:52pmNew York City police say a scalper arrested for selling fake World Series tickets outside Yankee Stadium tried to bribe a cop with seats. The 50-year-old man was arrested before...
Mattingly in line to succeed Torre with Dodgers
November 5, 2009 | 7:30pmThe Los Angeles Times reports Dodgers hitting coach Don Mattingly has declined to be interviewed by the Washington Nationals for their vacant managerial position, according to GM Ned Colletti.Joe Torre...
EATS: New Orleans
November 5, 2009 | 7:26pmWe all have our hopes and dreams; personally I’m all about inventing a system that allows you to exercise in your sleep, ensuring that I’ll never have to waste a...
Serie A: Milan might versus Roman ineptitude
November 5, 2009 | 7:26pmFor Roma and Lazio, the Serie A season is not going terribly well. For Inter and AC Milan, things could not be going any better. The Serie A season hits...
Rutgers-Army will open college play at new Meadowlands stadium
November 5, 2009 | 7:03pmThe first major college football game at the new Meadowlands Stadium is going to feature Rutgers and Army. The schools and the New Meadowlands Stadium Corporation announced Thursday that the...
Rivera would have been hurting for Game 7
November 5, 2009 | 6:42pmIf the Phillies-Yankees World Series had progressed to a Game 7 tonight, the Yankees would have had a hurting Mariano Rivera to close it out.How effective he would have been,...
Dinkins takes Obama to task for not supporting Thompson
November 5, 2009 | 6:20pmThe city’s first African-American mayor blasted the country's first black president for leaving Bill Thompson in the dust in the mayor’s race this year. “The president should’ve done more. He...
Game 6 scores high TV ratings
November 5, 2009 | 6:09pmLast night’s World Series game -- when the Yankees won their 27th world championship -- was seen by an estimated 22.3 million viewers, capping the best ratings for a Series...
No setbacks for Boley, Canty
November 5, 2009 | 5:30pmThe sight of Michael Boley running around, smiling and laughing as he stretched and readied himself for today's practice was reason for smiles to be present on the faces of...
Girardi stops to help crash victim on way home after Series win
November 5, 2009 | 5:20pmAfter leading the Yankees to their 27th World Championship, Joe Girardi’s night was far from over.The Yankees manager was driving home from The Bronx early this morning when he pulled...
Girardi helps woman in car crash after winning World Series
November 5, 2009 | 4:57pmAfter leading the Yankees to their 27th World Championship, Joe Girardi’s night was far from over.The Yankees manager was driving home from The Bronx early this morning when he pulled...
Woman in wheelchair struck by truck in Manhattan
November 5, 2009 | 4:56pmA woman in a wheelchair has been struck by a New York City sanitation truck. Fire officials say the truck hit the 78-year-old woman Thursday morning in lower Manhattan, pinning...
Cops arrest fake UPS deliveryman
November 5, 2009 | 4:44pmCops have busted a career criminal suspected in seven home-invasion robberies across Manhattan, including two in which he posed as a UPS deliveryman, The Post has learned. The man, identified...
Kerik pleads guilty to 8 federal counts
November 5, 2009 | 4:37pmDisgraced former NYPD Commissioner Bernie Kerik pleaded guilty today to eight federal counts, including lying to the White House and filing bogus tax returns. As part of the plea deal,...
Isiah loses FIU debut to NAIA team
November 5, 2009 | 4:24pmEven one of Isiah Thomas’ awful Knicks teams would have won this one.Thomas made his college coaching debut with Florida International last night and fell to Northwood, an NAIA school...
Dina Lohan: Lindsay punched me
November 5, 2009 | 4:24pmLindsay Lohan once punched her mother and kicked her out of a car, a new audio recording released on RadarOnline.com reveals. "You don't even know what I'd go through trying...
Agent: Cuba's Chapman considering Mets, Yankees
November 5, 2009 | 4:03pmIt’s been a wild few months for Aroldis Chapman. The 21-year-old left-hander from Cuba defected in July while in the Netherlands for the World Port Tournament. He then established residency...
Stimulus fuzzy math
November 5, 2009 | 3:40pmStephen Hayes chronicles errors in White House jobs claims (Weekly Standard)
14 more charged in insider trading case
November 5, 2009 | 3:08pmCriminal charges have been filed against 14 people -- including lawyers and Wall Street traders -- in a widening $53 million insider trading probe that has already snared one of...
New TCM Film Festival goes head-to-head with Tribeca
November 5, 2009 | 3:06pmTurner Classic Movies, which is extending its highly respected brand into areas like DVDs, will hold the first TCM Film Festival from April 22 to 25 in Los Angeles, with...
Champions League: Late goals foil Liverpool, revive Inter
November 5, 2009 | 2:45pmTroubled Liverpool conceded a last-gasp goal in a 1-1 draw at Olympique Lyon on Wednesday, leaving them in danger of an early Champions League exit, while Inter Milan were on...
Baby missing for five days found under baby sitter's bed
November 5, 2009 | 2:44pmCHIPLEY, Fla. — A mother who reported her infant daughter missing had secretly turned her over to her baby sitter, who hid her in a box under a bed, authorities...
Suburban revolt
November 5, 2009 | 2:34pmKarl Rove says swing to GOP was important shift (Wall Street Journal)
Relive the Yankees' World Series ride
November 5, 2009 | 11:53amRelive the Yankees' wonderful ride to World Championship No. 27 with our special page featuring all the great stories, photos and videos from Game 1 through Game 6.
An Ugly Anniversary
November 5, 2009 | 11:10amObama snubs Iranian democrats (Wall Street Journal)Pamela Geller reports on day 135 of Iran's green revolution (Atlas Shrugged)
Brave Iranians ruin hate-fest
November 5, 2009 | 11:03amEyewitness acounts of Iranian protests (PBS)Tod Robberson on Iran's revolutionary correction (Dallas Morning News blog)Ben Cohen says don't forget the Arabs (Jewcy)
Taxpayers Wake Up
November 5, 2009 | 10:39amJoseph Spector on what NY state chairman have learned (Albany Watch)Fixing NJ taxes won't be easy (News Journal)Ben Adler on what should really worry Democrats (Newsweek)
Title shared by fathers & sons
November 5, 2009 | 10:01amEVEN in the middle of the clamor and the clatter, even at the top of the world, this remains a game about fathers and sons, about the passage of time...
Core earns one for the thumb
November 5, 2009 | 10:01amSomebody needs to take these guys’ thumb measurements. Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte and Jorge Posada will have one more piece of championship jewelry come next spring — and...
Crown was a long time coming for A-Rod
November 5, 2009 | 10:01amNow that Alex Rodriguez has his first championship, Brian Cashman says A-Rod can just play to further his own legend. “I think the rest of his career now he can...
Game 6: Matsui, Pettitte carry Yankees to Series title
November 5, 2009 | 10:01amBaseball’s penthouse is again decorated with hand-painted silk Yankees pinstripe wallpaper. Nine years after their last World Series title, the Yankees earned No. 27 last night when they spanked the...
PSAL football predictions, first round
November 5, 2009 | 7:48amEvery week in the fall, NYPost.com’s Zach Braziller and Marc Raimondi will attempt to prognosticate the coming PSAL football weekend in the City Championship division. RECORDS AFTER WEEK 9 Braziller:...
PSAL girls soccer Class B semifinals preview
November 5, 2009 | 7:44amNew York Post girls soccer beat writer Joseph Staszewski breaks down Thursday’s PSAL Class B semifinals. Here’s the schedule: At Flushing Meadow Park 2:30 p.m. – No. 1 Flushing vs....
3UP: Dynasty Boys, Rivera and Marte
November 5, 2009 | 7:06amIt is 1:35 a.m. as I begin to write the final 3UP of the baseball season. Even the cops are now leaving the field at Yankee Stadium and – thank...
Sesame favorites
November 5, 2009 | 6:17amWhen it comes to “Sesame Street,” everyone’s got a hands-down fave. We ventured over to Times Square to find out how the furry (and feathered) friends stack up, asking: “Who’s...
Determined Sheeran leads Tottenville to PSAL semifinals
November 5, 2009 | 6:16amA trip to the PSAL A semifinals has an added meaning for Tottenville’s Brittany Sheeran. The midfielder spent most of last season’s playoffs on the sideline with a hip flexor,...
A is for anniversary!
November 5, 2009 | 6:14amIf you know that “C” is for cookie and anyone living in a garbage can is likely to be grumpy, you probably know the way to Sesame Street. What’s hard...
Haute list
November 5, 2009 | 6:11amThese days, everyone from McDreamy to Fitty are making scents. Haute List is here to tell you what these celebrity sniffs really smell like (see gallery). 50 Cent will make...
Girls volleyball roundup: Yap, Moore lead Forest Hills
November 5, 2009 | 5:52amPamela Yap had 23 assists and Tatiana Moore had 10 kills to lead host Forest Hills to a 16-25, 25-23, 25-14 win Wednesday against Thomas Edison in PSAL Queens A8...
Imperial palace
November 5, 2009 | 5:43amIf James Bond star Daniel Craig wanted a respite from the intrigue and mayhem that surrounds his captivating film character, he picked the wrong building. There’s a real international man...
Rainbow rooms
November 5, 2009 | 5:42amTheater actors Kate Baldwin (starring in Broadway’s “Finian’s Rainbow”) and Graham Rowat (on the road in “Is He Dead?”) love to tease their out-of-town friends about New York real estate....
Trump up the volume
November 5, 2009 | 5:42amTrump SoHo, the 46-story hotel-condo development that’s set to shake up downtown when it opens early next year (target date: Feb. 1), isn’t really in SoHo. It’s at the corner...
Fans go wild as Yankees clinch World Series title
November 5, 2009 | 5:14amWhoop it up New York, we’re back where we belong! The Yankees took their rightful place atop Major League Baseball last night, spanking the Phillies, 7-3, to clinch the Bombers’...
PSAL boys soccer Class B semifinals preview
November 5, 2009 | 5:11amNew York Post PSAL boys soccer beat writer Zach Braziller breaks down Tuesday’s PSAL Class B semifinals at Newtown and Forest Hills in Queens. Here’s the schedule: Newtown HS 2:30...
New place has wonderful old feeling
November 5, 2009 | 5:03amThey had started in earnest about 20 minutes earlier, when the door of the bullpen had opened and "Enter Sandman" had come pouring out of the speakers. Suddenly, it was...
The dentalist
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amAfter too long a stretch, TV is getting back to my favorite scripted dramas -- true crime, in all its twisted gory. For one thing, no writer, no matter how...
Dafoe navigates offbeat path
November 5, 2009 | 5:00am'This is normal?" asks the title character of Rich ard Foreman's new play "Idiot Savant," before immediately answering himself, "Oh, this is so normal." Well, no. "Normal" is the last...
Austen's powers get a doting tribute
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amIt is a truth universally acknowledged that many people in possession of a working brain must adore Jane Austen. Not only that, but we want any little scrap of insight...
Army guys train kids
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amGettting revenge on the school bully is about to go to a whole new level. The Cartoon Network is casting for a potential pilot of a reality series called "Going...
World Series by the numbers
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amThe Yankees lead the world by a wide margin in the number of Series titles. But in terms of TV ratings, they still have a ways to go to catch...
Glenn Beck rushed to hospital
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amGlenn Beck yesterday was forced off the air by an attack of appendicitis. The attack came on mid-afternoon during his radio show. The controversial commentator began complaining on the air...
Jolly good hero
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amLONDON -- London Mayor Boris Johnson rescued a woman from teen muggers while he was on an evening bicycle ride. Documentary maker Franny Armstrong was confronted by the thugs, one...
Behind a vaccine's delay
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amThe live swine-flu vaccine, like all live vaccinations, does not contain thimerosal ("Why You Can't Get Swine-Flu Vaccine," Robert Goldberg, PostOpinion, Nov. 3). Novartis and Sanofi did not isolate the...
Defending the church: Dolan does his duty
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amNew York Times columnist Maureen Dowd's unfounded criticism of the Roman Catholic Church is both indefensible and reprehensible (" 'Bish' Bash Bull!," Nov. 4). Her mean-spirited hostility recalls the popular...
CIA spies guilty in Italy kidnap
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amMILAN, Italy -- A judge yesterday convicted 23 Americans of the 2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric on a street here, in a landmark case involving the CIA's extraordinary-rendition program...
Silvio rips crucifix shun
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amROME -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said yesterday a European Court of Human Rights ruling that called for crucifixes to be removed from Italian classrooms was a nonsensical attempt...
'Dead' drunk
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amRIO DE JANEIRO -- A Brazilian bricklayer believed to have been killed in a car crash shocked his mourning family by showing up at his funeral. Relatives identified the badly-disfigured...
Purpose-less
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amThe Reader's Digest Association is ending its high-profile joint venture with TV evangelist Rick Warren after less than a year. The quarterly magazine, Purpose Driven Connection, will stop publication after...
Amen to the gutsy Dolan - now fight back vs. the other lib bigots
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amNew Yorks archbishop has got the score only half-right. Bigotry is alive and well -- and it goes far beyond the Catholic Church. When Comptroller and failed mayoral candidate Bill...
Obama gibberish on jobs makes my job easy
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amI saved three lives yesterday morning. No, make that four; possibly five. You see, I was driving my car to work and there were these people crossing the street in...
Brave Iranians ruin hate-U.S. fest
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amYesterday marked the 30th anniver sary of the capture by Khomeinist "stu dents" of the US Embassy in Tehran, triggering the 444-day hostage crisis. The Iranian public seized the chance...
Three years in jail for horse-&-buggery
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amCONWAY, SC -- A South Carolina man caught on video having sex with a horse was sentenced to three years in prison yesterday after pleading guilty for the second time...
Israel nabs Iran arms ship
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amJERUSALEM -- Israeli commandos seized a ship yesterday that defense officials said was carrying hundreds of tons of weapons from Iran bound for Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas -- the largest arms...
Study lauds health plans
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amNew York's small businesses could save tens of billions in health-insurance costs over 10 years under ObamaCare or more conservative, market-based plans, a study released yesterday found. The bottom line:...
Fiorina Senate bid
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amSACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Former Hewlett-Packard Co. Chief Executive Carly Fiorina said yesterday she is running for the Republican nomination to battle liberal stalwart Barbara Boxer for her US Senate seat....
NYC's recipe for going bust
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amHow hostile is the city to its businesses? Consider the plight of Good Enough to Eat -- a renowned restaurant on Manhattan's West Side, that can't seem to reopen in...
2010: A perfect voter storm
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amEven with some returns from Tuesday still being counted, the curtain has been raised on the 2010 campaign -- which is shaping up as a political perfect storm that will...
Gun-play cop slay
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amNEW ROCHELLE -- An off-duty suburban New York City police officer has been charged in the shooting death of a friend. James Pileggi was being held on a charge of...
NY's tax revolt
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amTuesday saw a major tremor in the New York state politi cal landscape. Just a year after sweeping state and federal contests, Democrats were knocked back on their heels. Don't...
Man dies under 9th Avenue bus
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amA pedestrian crossing Ninth Avenue in Hell's Kitchen died yesterday after he was run over by an MTA bus, authorities said. The unidentified 22-year-old man was on the southbound avenue...
Comcast primed for NBC
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amComcast's third-quarter results spoke volumes about its attempt to get control of NBC Universal. Its cable unit is strong, indicating that Comcast isn't worried about a decline in video service...
Business briefs
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amGalleon funds Galleon Group LLC told investors it plans to return most of their money "shortly after" Nov. 30, when it calculates the value of the assets. Galleon, a hedge...
Dems banged up in 'burbs
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amVoter anger in the suburbs knocked three-term Westchester County executive Andrew Spano out of office and left Nassau County chief Tom Suozzi hanging by a thread. Both were considered stars...
Mozilo is shot down by judge
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amOnce high-flying CEO Angelo Mozilo has been told to face the music on charges he misled investors about the health of his mortgage company, Countrywide Financial Corp. US District Judge...
Senate Dem concedes liberal dose sickens voters
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amWASHINGTON -- Some moderate Democrats said yesterday they hope Tuesday's defeats in New Jersey and Virginia will show party leaders that their health-care legislation and other liberal priorities could ultimately...
iPhone for crybabies
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amMaybe now Yankee fans will better understand Pedro Martinez. There's a new killer app for the iPhone called the Cry Translator, which interprets babies' squeals and screams and tells parents...
NYPD daily blotter
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amBrooklyn Three teen girls pummeled an elderly woman for $35 and a cellphone in Canarsie, cops said yesterday. Mariah Green, 17, Damaris Bryan, 18 and Jasmine Day, 18, allegedly knocked...
Lefty TV talkers tap-dance around defeat
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amWASHINGTON -- Liberal TV commentators stressed localized reasons for Democratic defeats in Tuesday's elections, downplaying any role played by President Obama. MSNBC's Rachel Maddow minimized Republican Bob McDonnell's lopsided win...
Naval gazing
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amNew York, meet New York. The city's namesake naval warship, USS New York, opened its doors to the public yesterday and hundreds jumped at the chance to see the ship...
News Corp. lifted by cable, film nets
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amNews Corp., the global media empire controlled by Chairman Rupert Murdoch, reported an 11 percent increase in fiscal first-quarter profits. Strong results in its film and cable network businesses offset...
Ferry 'survivor' is all wet: judge
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amA Bronx man who sued the city for $1.5 million claiming he was hurt in the 2003 Staten Island ferry crash was never even on the boat, a federal judge...
Chef pawed me: H'ween lady 'lion'
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amA ghoulish chef at a trendy Manhattan club is in hot water for sexually attacking a reveler in the ladies room during a Halloween bash, authorities said yesterday. Carlos Angel,...
Ape-maul victim kin seek suit
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amNEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The family of a Connecticut woman mauled and blinded by a chimpanzee sought yesterday to sue the state for $150 million, saying officials failed to prevent...
Slain Realtor's family sues firm
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amReal-estate agent to the stars Linda Stein would be alive today if the firm she worked for had done a background check on the young woman hired as a personal...
'Perv' light$ up ex's life
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amThe ex-fiancé of the accused serial rapist who wrote the song "You Light Up My Life" gets to keep the Mercedes, $500,000 cash and a $60,000 Tiffany engagement ring he...
No joke: Ben gets dot-com
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amBen Silverman, the former NBC Entertainment head who left after failing to revive the struggling network's primetime slate, is getting some CollegeHumor. The one-time small-screen poohbah is busy doing deals...
NY1er a whiner
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amPoor Dominic Carter. The violent NY1 political anchor and his lawyer have whined and moaned for the past year about how "unfair" the prosecution has been to him, and how...
Christie hones Jersey's tax ax
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amA day after his dramatic victory over Gov. Jon Corzine, Republican Gov.-elect Chris Christie said yesterday his top priorities in office are slashing New Jersey's highest-in-the-country property taxes and solving...
Search for tragic mom
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amState police trawled an upstate river yesterday following the disappearance of a terminally-ill Staten Island woman whose father is serving life in prison for hiring a hit man to murder...
What's in your wallet?
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amWhat are they going to do, bust his kneecaps? A Long Island debt-collection law firm is suing the imprisoned boss of the Colombo crime family, Alphonse "Allie Boy" Persico, demanding...
O's losing team goes for a 'spin'
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amWASHINGTON -- The White House turned into a bunker yesterday as top aides to President Obama went into denial, insisting that the big Republican wins in New Jersey and Virginia...
Gold surges, dollar falls as Fed sits on rates
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amInvestors are struggling to find which way is up as the world's central bankers turned their backs on paper money and bonds to hoard more gold, now at highs near...
Time's ill fortune
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amFortune and Sports Illustrated will be the hardest hit magazines in the mass layoffs that just began at Time Inc. About 40 people will be laid off from Fortune, with...
Terra ties up deal in luxe real estate
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amThe assets of one of the city's top property-management firms are being swallowed by Terra Holdings, the owner of real estate firms Brown Harris Stevens and Halstead Property. Penmark Realty,...
'Frivolous' lawyer fined
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amA judge yesterday slapped more than $100,000 in fees and fines on the lawyer who's defending a hedge fund against sexual-harassment charges by two secretaries. Ron Green, lawyer for Titan...
Prescriptions for disaster
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amDon't buy the claim that the Sen ate health-care bill is substantially more moderate than the House measure. While Speaker Nancy Pelosi's legislation is even more onerous than the package...
Liz whiz fizzles
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amAs he prepares to celebrate his leather anniversary at Liz Claiborne, CEO Bill McComb is taking his licks. It will be three years tomorrow since McComb took the helm of...
Blowing up Gotti! Ma in court rage
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amMafia matriarch Victoria Gotti unleashed a fusillade of foul-mouthed fury yesterday at the murder and racketeering trial of her son John "Junior" Gotti -- leaving the mob scion pleading with...
An ugly Iranian anniversary
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amAnti-government protesters clashed with security forces across Tehran yesterday, severely complicating the Iranian regime's effort to ceremoniously bash America on the 30th anniversary of the US embassy takeover there. Indeed,...
Taxpayers wake up
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amWhen lawmakers meet next week to take up Albany's multibillion-dollar cash shortfall, they'd be wise to take careful note of Tuesday's election results. Taxpayers, it seems, have awoken. They're not...
Taxicab confession
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amThe prudish cabby accused by a gay couple of tossing them from his car for canoodling told The Post yesterday he was terrified they were about to do the dirty...
Peace treaty brews
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amDunkin' Brands, accused of squeezing profits out of franchisees by suing them, is trying to make friends before it's too late. Chief Executive Nigel Travis has been quietly meeting with...
'Batman'-pal cop on trial
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amA city narcotics detective is set to defend himself in Manhattan Supreme Court today against felony charges that he got too close to a pair of bad-guy confidential drug informants...
New Vogue exec named
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amSusan Plagemann, who was publisher of Hearst's Marie Claire, has been named vice president and publisher of Condé Nast's Vogue. She will replace Tom Florio, who has been bumped up...
Gov blew it for Thompson: labor big
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amALBANY -- A union leader yesterday said Democratic Bill Thompson could have won Tuesday's surprisingly close mayoral election if Gov. Paterson had backed an aggressive attack on Mayor Bloomberg. Stuart...
Drooling at lame duck
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amIt's time for the mayor to get a new playbook for dealing with the City Council. Members and political insiders predicted that Mayor Bloomberg, who turned back Democrat Bill Thompson...
Bye-bye Bubba, Dubya
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amA "debate" between former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush has been nixed because the promoter overhyped it as a death-match face-off between the men, The Post has learned....
Buffett's rating on the tracks
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amWarren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is more likely to be stripped of its AAA rating by Standard & Poor's after the company agreed Tuesday to pay $26 billion to acquire railroad...
Gal dies in West Side apt. blaze
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amA desperate Upper West Side mom struggled courageously yesterday to rescue her adult daughter from a blocked-off bedroom in their burning Upper West Side apartment, but the younger woman perished....
Coaching Kerik to be Mr. Humble
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amDisgraced former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik got a crash course on how to eat humble pie as he geared up to plead guilty today to federal corruption charges. The Post...
Traitor dad Lohan
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amHow Lo can Lindsay Lohan's dad go? Michael Lohan has released a recorded phone call from his weeping daughter -- who is heard crying her heart out to him for...
Bruno's 'biz tie' ethics surprise
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amALBANY -- An attorney for an investment firm that employed Joe Bruno told a federal jury yesterday she was "surprised" to learn that the former state Senate boss never cleared...
Mike is psyched despite thin win
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amDespite a shockingly slim election-night victory, Mayor Bloomberg insisted yesterday he "couldn't be happier" and decided to share a very public cup of coffee with one of his fiercest critics,...
Wynn a scratch at big A
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amCasino king Steve Wynn abruptly folded in the high-stakes -- and delay-plagued -- competition to run a video-lottery "racino" at Aqueduct. Wynn was one of six bidders for the multibillion-dollar...
Tie-up thug hits W. Side
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amA phony deliveryman who has staged a series of push-in robberies struck again yesterday on the Upper West Side -- tying up a nanny baby sitting an infant. The thief,...
Yanks on top of world!
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amWhoop it up, New York -- we're back where we belong! The Yankees took their rightful place as champions last night, spanking the Phillies, 7-3, to clinch their 27th World...
Sports shorts
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amMLB: Padilla recovering Dodgers pitcher Vicente Padilla is recovering from a bullet wound in his leg after a target shooting instructor accidentally shot him. Dr. Eduardo Reguera said Padilla, who...
No 'smart' baseball on TV this postseason
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amCOME to think of it, in TV terms, this was a traditional, early 21st century baseball postseason. Not only did TV pay MLB to push the postseason well beyond October,...
Cashman gets his vindication
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amBrian Cashman isn't interested in what people claim about the Yankees' payroll or their lavish spending last offseason. "You can call us anything you want," the victorious GM said in...
Japan followed Matsui heroics
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amIf New York toasted Hideki Matsui all night and morning after the Yankees' 7-3 World Series-clinching victory in Game 6 last night in The Bronx, imagine the reaction in Japan,...
Aqueduct Analysis
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amToday's analysis.1. 6 fur; $16,000; clm($10,000); 3up(f)ROYAL VESSEL cuts back in distance after running evenly to finish fourth this level. Entrymate NAVEDANO finished fourth this distance and level three back. MAGGIE'S...
Mig hopes lightning at Cup strikes again
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amARCADIA, Calif. -- Jockey Richard Migliore, who lobbed a grenade in the Breeders' Cup last year by winning the Turf Sprint on the 36-1 shot Desert Code, is back at...
The Post Line
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amNFLSundayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogGIANTS 3 4½(47½)ChargersJAGUARS 7 6½(42) ChiefsRavens 3 3 (43½)BENGALSCOLTS10 9 (48) TexansFALCONS10 10 (41½)RedskinsPackers10 9½(43½)BUCCANEERSBEARS 3 3 (44½)CardinalsPATRIOTS10½10½(46½)DolphinsSAINTS14½13½(51½)PanthersSEAHAWKS 9½10 (43) Lions49ERS 6 4 (41) TitansEAGLES 3 3 (47½)CowboysMondaySteelers...
Saturday's Heroes Tackle The Spread
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amThe experts make their picks:THE LINEGREG GALLOTIM SULLIVANLENN ROBBINSBRIAN LEWISBoise St. 21 LA. TECH (Tom., 8:00, ESPN2)Boise StateBoise State★ La. TechBoise StatePITT 21½ Syracuse (Sat., noon, ESPNU)SyracusePittsburghPittsburghPittsburghTEXAS 36½ C. Florida...
O'Brien shoots down rumor of foot problem
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amARCADIA, Calif. -- The sun had just risen above the San Gabriel Mountains yesterday morning when the rumor, fueled by internet reports in the European press, bubbled through the Clockers'...
Jones saying farewell
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amARCADIA, Calif. -- Larry Jones is in the final stretch of the long goodbye. Jones announced earlier this year that he was retiring at the end of this season. The...
Rangers scouting Forsberg in Sweden
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amEDMONTON, Alberta -- The Rangers are among the handful of NHL teams watching Peter Forsberg very closely when the 36-year-old free-agent center tests his chronically injured right foot in the...
Islanders' win streak snapped in Buffalo
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amBUFFALO -- The Islanders can't win them all. Ryan Miller made 24 saves for his second shutout of the season and 14th overall, and Thomas Vanek had a goal and...
Ex-QB Trent Green: Eli throwing 'blind'
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amFormer NFL quarterback Trent Green analyzed Eli Manning's three-game slide on the NFL Network recently and, using video as evidence, suggested that the Giants quarterback's mechanics are not what they...
Boley and Canty set to return
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amThe battered and beaten Giants defense plans to welcome back two key performers this week, as expectations are that linebacker Michael Boley and defensive tackle Chris Canty will be on...
Coughlin challenges Giants' big guns
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amNo one needs to hype the importance of Sunday's game against the Chargers to the Giants because Tom Coughlin already has. "The message really is that it is a one-game...
Devils eke out another home victory
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amThere was Jacques Lemaire, all but yelling 'Stop the Presses' because the Devils won in Newark. "That is news," Lemaire said after the Devils' 3-2 victory over the Capitals last...
Nuggets dominate Nets thanks to awful third quarter
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amThe undermanned Nets were playing hard, with effort. And against the Denver Nuggets, surprisingly, with success. Still, the Meadowlands was dead. Then a group of fans in the corner opposite...
Knicks just not fit for the 'King'; fall to Pacers, 101-89
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amBring on LeBron! Actually, not really a good time. If the Knicks were trying to impress LeBron James as he comes to town tomorrow night for his lone Garden appearance...
A terrible audition for LeBron
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amThe Knicks were still basking in the glow of their first victory of the season, allowing them to dream of an actual winning streak. Then came last night, a 101-89...
Szczerbiak's dream of playing for hometown Knicks is over
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amLong Island's Wally Szczerbiak will attend tomorrow's LeBron James Garden Classic, neither as LeBron's teammate nor in a Knick jersey he always dreamed of wearing. The unsigned Szczerbiak told The...
Damon hurts calf, exits big win early
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amJohnny Damon finally helped reverse the curse he was largely responsible for casting on the Yankees in 2004. So much for the theory the Yankees would go 86 years without...
Hondo a big winner
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amWhat a shame! Just when Hondo starts to get hot the season has to end. Mr. Aitch closed out the year in championship form last night at the Stadium, scoring...
Marte holds down Phillies
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amMariano Rivera wasn't needed for seven outs last night. Or even six. He stayed in the bullpen longer and came in later because Joe Girardi wanted Damaso Marte to face...
Manuel's decision to stick with Pedro aw-Phil
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amIt was not quite Grady Little, but it was close. Phillies manager Charlie Manuel left Pedro Martinez in Game 6 last night to face Hideki Matsui in the third inning...
'Daddy' sends Pedro packin'
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amHow do you say "Who's Your Daddy?" in Japanese? Hideki Matsui spanked Pedro Martinez last night in the Yankees' 7-3 Game 6 victory that ended the World Series and the...
Phillies' Howard hit .174 in Series
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amRyan Howard went into the World Series as the toast of Philadelphia, a Sports Illustrated cover boy expected to continue the MVP-worthy swath he had cut through the first two...
Yankees silence chatty Rollins
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amIn the end, Jimmy Rollins' bat couldn't keep up with his big mouth. The Phillies' veteran shortstop, so lippy when the World Series began, was awfully quiet while the Yankees...
Pettitte rewards Yankees' trust
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amANDY PETTITTE is like your favorite neighbor. He's there when you need him. He's the guy you want to hang with to watch the big game. When he's your teammate,...
Fans' wait finally over
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amGrown men cried when the Yankees won it all for the first time in nine years. Flash bulbs popped, beers were spilled, hugs were exchanged, conga lines formed in Babe...
Matsui brings Yankees elusive 27th title
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amThink of the procession and the price. Think of all the stars brought in for nearly a decade at a staggering cost to try to recreate the dynasty years. It...
Matsui makes it hard for Yankees to let him go
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amI'VE maintained for a while that the Yankees should get younger and let Hideki Matsui depart this winter, but how do you do that now? This wasn't Reggie Jackson hitting...
Embattled Girardi gets last laugh
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amManager Joe Girardi can say what he wants now. Jimmy Rollins talked the talk before the series, predicting that his Phillies would win in five games. But Girardi, whose bold...
Hank sees a repeat!
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amHank Steinbrenner is bold. He's already insisting the Yankees will win another championship next season. Shortly after the Yankees won their 27th World Championship last night at Yankee Stadium, beating...
Rivera was ready for some Mo if ...
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amThe entire Yankees organization was focused on putting the Phillies to sleep and celebrating a World Series title last night with a victory in Game 6 at Yankee Stadium. Of...
Fassel's squad KOs Sentinels
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amHundreds of empty metal bleachers and a slightly greater number of UFL fans fill James M. Shuart Stadium at Hofstra University, as the Las Vegas Locomotives take on the New...
Devils eke out another home win
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amThere was Jacques Lemaire, all but yelling 'Stop the Presses' because the Devils won in Newark. "That is news," Lemaire said after the Devils' 3-2 victory over the Caps last...
Weird but true
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amIt wasn't just the drugs that made everything go in slo-mo. A naked Virginia teen high on psychedelic mushrooms was hit by a train but was unhurt because it was...
Tide right side in Top 10 showdown with LSU
November 5, 2009 | 5:00amTHE SEC schedulemakers did Las Vegas a favor this year. Pitting No. 3 Alabama against No. 9 LSU on Saturday, in Tuscaloosa, is a spot that couldn't have come at...
CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens girls volleyball championship preview
November 5, 2009 | 4:54amNew York Post girls volleyball beat writer Marc Raimondi takes a look at Thursday’s CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens championship match. 6:30 p.m. – Fontbonne Hall vs. St. Francis Prep @ Christ the...
Pedro couldn't handle Hideki
November 5, 2009 | 4:53amHow do you say "Who's Your Daddy?" in Japanese? Hideki Matsui spanked Pedro Martinez lin the Yankees' Game 6 victory that ended the World Series and the Phillies' hopes of...
Rodriguez likes ring of new reputation
November 5, 2009 | 4:50amNow that Alex Rodriguez has his first championship, Brian Cashman says A-Rod can just play to further his own legend. “I think the rest of his career now he can...
Girardi gets last word with win
November 5, 2009 | 4:50amTold you so. Joe Girardi can say what he wants now. Jimmy Rollins talked the talk before the series, predicting that his Phillies would win in five games. But Girardi,...
How to get tickets to Yankees parade
November 5, 2009 | 4:50amThe World Champion Yankees’ ticker-tape parade will be held tomorrow beginning at 11 a.m. The parade will begin on Broadway at Battery Place and continue north up the Canyon of...
Marine Park becomes home for unlocked and looted cars
November 5, 2009 | 4:36amA man who motored through life by rifling through people’s cars was arrested for a string of thefts in Marine Park last week.Police said that they apprehended the suspect on...
Gun collar lead to Cop of the Month awards
November 5, 2009 | 4:36amWhen 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...
Williams coasts to victory over defiant Stewart
November 5, 2009 | 4:36amIt may have been one of the dirtiest campaigns in years, but City Councilmember Kendall Stewart’s Hail Mary pass sputtered and died as voters in the 45th Councilmanic District voted...
CHSAA boys soccer Class B quarterfinals preview
November 5, 2009 | 4:27amNew York Post CHSAA boys soccer beat writer Dylan Butler breaks down the CHSAA Class B intersectional quarterfinals. Here’s the schedule: Thursday 3 p.m. – Christ the King at Salesian...
Club carnage puts cops on edge
November 5, 2009 | 4:25amTwo shootings near Flatlands nightclubs -- one of which occurred just paces away from a crew of police officers -- took place within 45 minutes of each other last weekend,...
Ray's family overwhelmed by level of love, support
November 5, 2009 | 4:25amLori Morales has been having trouble sleeping because of the outpouring of love and support for her son Johnny Ray. The Moore Catholic junior was killed when he crashed his...
Stuy completes 11th straight undefeated league season, ready for playoffs
November 5, 2009 | 4:13amStuyvesant’s win Wednesday night against Murry Bergtraum was a milestone. The Vixens have now won 116 straight league matches, spanning 11 seasons. It was a nice way to end the...
CHSAA boys soccer Class A semifinals preview
November 5, 2009 | 4:08amNew York Post CHSAA boys soccer beat writer Dylan Butler breaks down Thursday’s CHSAA Class A intersectional semifinals at Belson Stadium on the campus of St. John’s University in Queens....
Historic day for Ocean Avenue homes
November 5, 2009 | 4:05amA 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...
Tough Times for Newkirk Plaza
November 5, 2009 | 4:05amWith 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...
"Rocking" Victorian Flatbush: Plans for H Station Rehab Include Artwork for Porch
November 5, 2009 | 4:05amThe long-awaited renovation of the historic train station at Avenue H will include something not often seen at Brooklyn stations: Sculpture that is not only meant for viewing, but also...
All Saint’s Day slaying in Brooklyn
November 5, 2009 | 4:05amResidents of Kensington are being haunted by a Halloween-weekend slaying that’s rattled a quiet, tree-lined block that most Brooklynites never heard of.For the foreseeable future, Clara Street between Dahill Road...
Manhunt remains for killer caught on videotape
November 5, 2009 | 4:05amWhile 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...
Local Civic to Hold Fundraiser
November 5, 2009 | 3:45amA local civic group is reaching out to the community for help.The Association of Informed Voices, a fixture in Canarsie for nearly a decade, will be holding a fundraising meal...
Shootist nabbed
November 5, 2009 | 3:44amShootist nabbedA local resident accused of firing three shots at a man he was arguing with ended up in deeper trouble when he pulled a gun on the 69th Precinct...
Greene gives Devils defense a boost
November 5, 2009 | 3:35amThat's 9-1 with Andy Greene in the Devils' lineup, and he scored their lone goal in that lone loss. "Coincidence. A big coincidence, that," Greene said. "It's just the way...
Student and Parents Want to Know: Where's the Soap?
November 5, 2009 | 3:34amWhile the city’s Department of Education (DOE) has been promoting free inoculations to protect students against the swine flu, at least one Canarsie school has been lacking until recently in...
In Canarsie, two grisly crimes don’t tell the whole story
November 5, 2009 | 3:34amThe gang-related slaying and sexual assault which made headlines recently may have left Canarsie painted in ugly shades, but they’re not the whole picture.So said Captain Milt Marmara, the commanding...
63 percent on 27-minute delay: It was 911 operator’s fault, not ours
November 5, 2009 | 3:34amCops from the 63rd Precinct weren’t sitting on their hands after all. The police’s much-decried 27-minute delay in responding to a mugging in Bergen Beach back in September was not...
Indians coveting Alomar Jr.
November 5, 2009 | 3:31amThe Indians are pursuing Sandy Alomar Jr. to be their bullpen coach under former Mets aide Manny Acta, but Cleveland isn't expecting to land its former catching stalwart.The Indians know their odds...
Laptop looting
November 5, 2009 | 3:14amLaptop 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...
Knicks fall apart in fourth, lose to Pacers
November 5, 2009 | 3:11amA couple of top players were already on the bench, then leading scorer Danny Granger joined them after fouling out with plenty of time left. No matter. The Indiana Pacers...
Nuggets push Nets to 0-5
November 5, 2009 | 3:07amDown by a point after sub-par first-half performances by Chauncey Billups and Carmelo Anthony, the Denver Nuggets become the latest team to take advantage of the Nets’ woes in the...
Moore remembers Ray, moving forward in his honor
November 5, 2009 | 3:06amThe absence of Johnny Ray and his contagious energy is palpable. The Moore Catholic star football and baseball player brought a special enthusiasm and positive feeling wherever he went. The...
Isiah loses debut in exhibition
November 5, 2009 | 3:04amIsiah Thomas lost his coaching debut at Florida International on Wednesday night when Northwood, an NAIA school coached By Rollie Massimino, beat the Panthers 71-61 in an exhibition game. Thomas,...
Sabres shut out Islanders, 3-0
November 5, 2009 | 3:02amBUFFALO -- After being shut out by the Islanders four days ago, Ryan Miller and the Buffalo Sabres returned the favor. Miller made 24 saves for his second shutout of...
Devils defeat Capitals, 3-1
November 5, 2009 | 3:00amNiclas Bergfors scored two power-play goals 3:13 apart in the third period to break open a tie game and send the Devils to a 3-2 victory over the Alex Ovechkin-less...
Board Calls for More Precise Language from DCP
November 5, 2009 | 2:53amThose on the front lines of the curb cut wars are pleased that the Department of City Planning (DCP) is trying to eliminate loopholes in the city’s zoning text that...
Bay Ridge's Storybook Home on the Market
November 5, 2009 | 2:43amA Bay Ridge popular landmark — which is also an official New York City landmark — has hit the market.The distinctive and beloved “Gingerbread House,” at 8220 Narrows Avenue, was...
Injured Damon replaced by Hairston
November 5, 2009 | 2:16amJerry Hairston replaced Johnny Damon in left field at the beginning of the fourth inning.Damon walked and scored from second base on Hideki Matsui’s two-run single in the third.Damon strained...
LoSasso, Glover named PSAL girls hoops co-commissioners
November 5, 2009 | 2:09amJohn LoSasso and Shavon Glover will be co-commissioners of PSAL girls basketball this season, coordinator Brenda Morgan told The Post on Wednesday night. The hires have long been rumored, but...
Your weekly newsbriefs
November 5, 2009 | 1:12amScribe 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...
Markowitz celebrates borough president re-election
November 5, 2009 | 1:11amHe isn’t often referred to as “Party Marty” for nothing.Borough President Marty Markowitz celebrated his re-election for a third term in Brooklyn before a crowd of several hundred supporters and...
Tenants Grouse over Kraus Louse
November 5, 2009 | 1:11amTenants of the Southside “Buff Houses” worried about the status of their housing were told to put their fears at bay.Despite the financial straights of the housing projects’ management company,...
Red Bull boss Beiersdorfer speaks
November 5, 2009 | 1:11amDietmar Beiersdorfer, the new sporting director for Red Bull soccer _ teams in New York and Salzburg, academies in Brazil and Ghana, you name it, he runs it _ took...
Yankees 4-0 when Rivera gets more than six outs
November 5, 2009 | 12:58amSince becoming the Yankees’ full-time closer in 1997, Mariano Rivera has registered more than six outs four times, twice in the regular season and twice in the postseason. The Yankees...
Improvements in store for Brooklyn Bridge ramp
November 5, 2009 | 12:51amBy year’s end, roadway relief is in store for stressed-out travellers navigating across the Brooklyn Bridge, officials announced this week.The state Department of Transportation (DOT) has agreed to help facilitate...
Millman meaculpa: Pol tries to explain backing Heyer
November 5, 2009 | 12:51amShe probably knew that this day would come.Facing the blowback from supporting John Heyer for City Council, Assemblywoman Joan Millman recently visited the Lambda Independent Democrats, the borough’s leading gay...
Chain gang busted
November 5, 2009 | 12:51amAn area teen was rushed to the hospital last week after a group of thugs whipped him with a chain. Police said that at least five teens were arrested in...
More than they bargained for
November 5, 2009 | 12:51amMore than they bargained forTwo would-be thieves ended up behind bars last week when they decided to mug the wrong guy on Eighth Avenue.Cops said that 20-year-old Michael Mills and...
Brooklyn Bridge Park picks up national honor
November 5, 2009 | 12:51amA national organization recently bestowed Brooklyn Bridge Park with an award for their Comprehensive Waterfront Plans.The Washington, DC-based non-profit Waterfront Center doled out the honor at their annual “Excellence on...
James won't attend Yankees parade
November 5, 2009 | 12:47amIf the Yankees stage their world championship parade Friday, a Cavaliers spokesman said noted Bronx Bombers fan LeBron James is not expected to attend the festivities, even though he will...
Live blog: Phillies at Yankees, Game 6
November 5, 2009 | 12:23amTop of the ninth: In the words of John Sterling, ‘Ballgame over, World Series over.’ Rivera gives up a walk to Ruiz, who has earned my respect this series, but...