November 25, 2009
Report: Iverson to retire after Knicks passed
PHILADELPHIA -- Allen Iverson is set to retire from the NBA, according to an online report. Commentator Stephen A. Smith published a statement on his Web site Wednesday attributed to...
Girls volleyball championship set
The PSAL Class A girls volleyball championship match between Francis Lewis and Cardozo will be played Tuesday at York College at 5 p.m., Cardozo coach Danny Scarola told The Post.The...
Atlantic Yards nets big court win
New York’s top court ruled this week that the state is within its right to seize privately held land required for the $4.9 billion Atlantic Yards project to proceed.The Court...
Soler says he took Red Bull post
Erik Soler announced on a Champions League broadcast today that he has been hired as the sporting director for Red Bull New York.Soler _ capped 39 times for Norway _ played for Lillestrøm and Brann...
Cops bust grade school thugs planning attack
A trio of grade school students were busted after cops foiled their planned attack on a faculty member at a Bronx school. The three children, all students at PS. 2...
Finally healthy, Mendoza ready to make impact for Tots
Gil Mendoza never put his head down. Not when he sprained his left MCL in September, an injury that threatened to end his season. Not when Marvin Staten, who started...
Sex slave horror in Brooklyn
A sex slave trafficker lured a love-smitten 15-year-old girl to from Mexico to Brooklyn, turned her into a prostitute and then let their infant child die without medical care, authorities...
Bailey's big day leads Jeff to historical crown
Kadeem Bailey can’t be pigeon-holed into one style. The Thomas Jefferson senior running back can run around you or he can run through you. Either way, there’s a good chance...
Santos a surprise All-Rookie pick
The Mets’ award drought ended in bizarre fashion today with catcher Omir Santos’ inexplicable selection to the prestigious Topps Rookie All-Star Team over the Orioles’ Matt Wieters. Santos, 28, was...
Brooklyn kids ready to rock
Forget getting the rush of playing in a band through video games like Rock Band – how about the real thing!That’s what scores of Brooklyn teenagers, and some adults too,...
Young Picassos Honored for Halloween Art Efforts
Dozens of students from area schools, accompanied by proud parents, filled the auditorium at Fort Hamilton High School for the Bay Ridge Community Council’s presentation of its annual Halloween Art...
Renewed Call for Tree Pruning to Protect People and Property
For residents of Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights, overhanging branches on street trees are not only unsightly, they are potentially dangerous.Never mind the inconvenient fact that -- following the most...
Park Circle slated for improvement
For years, Park Circle at the mouth of Prospect Park has been more akin to the seven circles of hell.The confusing, often unsafe area, where Prospect Park abruptly meets traffic...
Tropico 3: tongue-in-cheek dictatorship
Someone got totalitarianism in my capitalism.Though depending on your viewpoint, maybe the two are inseparable...The Tropico series holds a special niche in the realm of city-building/strategy games. First is the...
Pitt has turned the tables on West Virginia in Backyard Brawl
Dave Wannstedt will answer questions about it for as long as he remains Pittsburgh’s coach. He knows it. He understands it. He respects it. And deep down inside, he loves...
Nets won't go outside organization if they fire Frank
PORTLAND – Someone, somewhere -- no doubt in the bowels of the Andrea Doria or something -- once claimed that often you have to go to Hell and make a U-Turn before a...
Duncan leaves Yankees for free agency
Fan favorite and workaholic Shelley Duncan is looking for a fresh start.Duncan, 30, was dropped from the Yankees’ 40-man roster today, refused an outright assignment to the minors and became...
Another “unity” boost for St. Saviour
It’s time for phase two of the “unity and healing” plan for St. Saviour in Park Slope.On December 16th, an independent facilitator, not employed by the parish or Diocese of...
Bus stop in front of home leads to a barrage of summonses
Rosanna Gennarelli didn’t ask the city to put a bus stop in front of her E. Tremont Avenue house. Gennarelli hasn’t encouraged bus passengers to toss trash on her sidewalk...
Broncos lineman Harris won't be back to face Giants
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- The Denver Broncos will be without right tackle Ryan Harris again for their game against the New York Giants on Thanksgiving. Harris dislocated two toes in a...
CB10 controls growth
At its general monthly meeting on Thursday, November 19, CB10 voted overwhelmingly to include parts of Pelham Bay, Zerega and Waterbury-LaSalle in Lower Growth Density Management amendments that would close...
Homeless siting court date
The ongoing protest against a St. Peter’s Avenue homeless shelter that opened in August with little prior notification to the community is headed to court on Monday, December 7. Bus...
Bronx outraged at gun violence
“We aren’t the problem,” 18-year old Christopher Hill told Bronx leaders and parents at the Bronx County Court Building on Monday, November 23. “We’re the solution.”Hill, who belongs to the...
Drama, Comedy at Broadway Triangle Hearing
Drama, Comedy at Broadway Triangle HearingThey say the neon lights are bright on Broadway.The predictable drumbeat of arguments for and against the Broadway Triangle, the controversial Williamsburg rezoning plan which...
St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church to mark World AIDS Day
Mark World AIDS Day in Park Slope with a candlelight service and memorial ribbon project at the St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church.One of two Roman Catholic churches in Brooklyn that...
Zoning Does Not Have Rose-y Outlook
This project isn’t so rosy for Community Board 1.A developer’s plans to rezone almost four acres of manufacturing property on the South Williamsburg waterfront is facing opposition from community board...
Good Cooking
Now I know how Bobby Flay feels.For an hour at a time I got my butt handed to me in cooking competitions while playing Cook or Be Cooked. Like Mr....
Right on cue! It's our guide to the best pool halls in town!
Whether you’re a pool shark, a mark, or a stakehorse, Brooklyn’s pool halls are the best place to play a couple rounds. The stereotypes of the past — think Minnesota...
Obama pardons turkey named 'Courage'
WASHINGTON — After 10 months in office, President Barack Obama granted his first pardon Wednesday to "Courage," a 45-pound turkey spared from the Thanksgiving table. Accompanied by daughters Sasha and...
Adam Lambert music video finally unleashed
With all the news coverage that Adam Lambert AMA-gate has been getting over the last three days, you're either dying with curiosity over what kind of shenanigans he gets into...
Subway stabbing suspect hospitalized, misses court date
A suspect accused of fatally stabbing a man on a New York City subway in front of horrified passengers has missed his court appearance because he was hospitalized. Gerardo Sanchez...
A year after fatal stampede, Walmart changes its practices
VALLEY STREAM, N.Y.— Victoria Rogers had originally planned to make an early stop the day after Thanksgiving last year at the Walmart store in Valley Stream on Long Island. Her...
MLS Expansion draft
The MLS expansion draft is over, and the Philadelphia Union have plucked their ten players for their inaugural season. There were some pretty big names to choose from, including Amado...
Gotti jury goes home for Thanksgiving break
Jurors in the John "Junior" Gotti trial were sent home for an extended Thanksgiving break today after a 10th day of deliberations failed to break their deadlock on murder and...
Pager messages sent during WTC attacks posted on Web site
Hundreds of thousands of electronic messages from 9/11 – including panicked exchanges from the Pentagon and the NYPD – were released today by a nonprofit activist group. The riveting pager...
Kernan's Wednesday rewind: Manny only reason Red Sox won titles
It’s the middle of the day in the middle of the week, it’s time to rewind, not relax.Got some interesting comments on my Tuesday Top Ten List – Most overrated...
Video: Robber hits victim in face with gun
A surveillance camera in a Bronx apartment building recorded shocking video of a robbery suspect hitting a man in the face with his gun as he robbed him. The NYPD...
Lou Dobbs tones down illegal-immigrant talk
Just days after revealing that he’s mulling a White House run, Lou Dobbs is already acting like a seasoned politician by toning down his TV rhetoric and sounding sanguine on...
Quote of the day
"The Court is constrained, solely as a result of Plaintiff’s affirmative acts, to conclude that Plaintiff’s conduct is wholly unsupportable at law or in equity, greatly egregious and so completely...
If struggles continue, Jets should pull Sanchez
With the Jets trailing 24-14 in the fourth quarter against the Patriots, Mark Sanchez rolled left deep in his own territory and saw that nobody was open. He bought time,...
Holiday travelers trying to save a buck
The bargain-hunting spirit that is expected to dominate the holiday season got started today with the annual trip to grandma’s house. Thanksgiving travelers who usually fly were riding the rails....
Flushing ushers in holidays
The Flushing business community and political leadership joined hundreds of cheery residents Monday night to ring in the start of the holiday shopping season with the annual lighting of decorations...
Councilman-elect Halloran lays out agenda for district
Dan Halloran said he is vowing to get more money for his district after having been elected Nov. 3 to replace City Councilman Tony Avella (D-Bayside) as the representative for...
Queens DWI court keeps many offenders sober: DA
Just days after Gov. David Paterson signed a new law that cracks down on drunk drivers who endanger the lives of children, the Queens district attorney touted the success of...
Tensions rise over boro rail
Residents of Glendale, Maspeth and Middle Village have long had a tempestuous relationship with the freight railroad that runs through the heart of the area, but an uneasy peace that...
Boro criminal court officer cleared of stalking women
A 43-year-old Queens criminal court officer was cleared last week of charges that he stalked a borough woman, followed her in disguise and approached her on several occasions in Astoria...
Sen. Smith hosts town hall on health care for seniors
Senior citizens were guided through the complicated web of health insurance during a town hall meeting in Cambria Heights Friday sponsored by state Senate President Malcolm Smith (D-St. Albans).One of...
Your weekly newsbriefs
Atlantic Yards faces new lawsuitWhile New York’s Court of Appeals ruled in favor of developer Forest City Ratner in the Atlantic Yards eminent domain case this week, another lawsuit was...
Woman’s Judo pioneer dies
Rena “Rusty” Kanokogi, a Coney Island scrapper who will always be remembered as the Mother of Woman’s Judo, has died following a prolonged bout with leukemia. She was 74.Her daughter,...
City targets SJU student apts.
City officials are ramping up efforts to inform individuals about illegal apartments following complaints by state Sen. Frank Padavan (R-Bellerose) and borough residents that too many college students are crammed...
Brown touts DA office’s record during CB 13 meet
Queens District Attorney Richard Brown touted the successes of his office this year during Community Board 13’s monthly meeting Monday night, where he also installed the board’s new officers.Brown said...
CB 12 extends time to strapped builder
Following the advice of its Land Use Committee, Community Board 12 voted to allow a developer extra time to complete its projects, which had fallen behind schedule because of difficulty...
'Rocket Man' ends up in Atlantic instead of Africa
ATLANTERRA, Spain — A Swiss pilot ditched safely into the chilly waters between Morocco and Spain Wednesday after a technical malfunction ended the first attempted intercontinental crossing on jet-powered wings....
Holiday deals with Heart of Brooklyn
Enjoy the holidays in Brooklyn thanks to with special initiatives through Save Heart.With their “Extraordinary Deals in the Heart of Brooklyn” holiday coupon circular, save at Brooklyn’s cultural institutions and...
Cardozo pianist to compete at Carnegie Hall
A 17-year-old junior from Bayside’s Benjamin Cardozo High School is preparing for a major city piano competition and a recital at Carnegie Hall next year after placing as a semi-finalist...
NYPD taps SE Queens deputy for terror trial detail
NYPD Deputy Chief Michael Blake spent years helping to clean the streets of southeast Queens and now he is assigned to keep the city safe as it hosts the trial...
Preservationists want Astoria stones honored
Western Queens community activists said last week they hoped the city’s plan to preserve a European artifact believed to be the oldest in the borough was not set in stone.The...
18 charged in airport taxi scam: DA
Just in time for the holidays, the authorities said they had arrested 18 people in a crackdown designed to round up unlicensed drivers who scam unsuspecting tourists arriving in New...
109th Precinct helps holiday shoppers stay safe
Crime has declined for the year in the 109th Precinct, but as the holidays approach, police want to ensure that people remain diligent to avoid becoming victims.Community Affairs Detective Kevin...
Man shot to death on street near PS 132
A Springfield Gardens block woke up to a shock Tuesday morning after a 24-year-old man was shot to death the night before down the block from an elementary school.Officers arrived...
Boro hungry fed in Forest Hills
Those whose lives have taken a turn for the worse came into the rooms in Forest Hills’ Queens Jewish Community Council this week mostly with their heads down, pushing carts...
City warns boro Auto Mall using deceptive tactics
A city agency wants to revoke the license of a Richmond Hill used car dealership along with obtaining $700,000 in restitution and fines from the company for what it called...
Boro backs bill to control store stampedes
City Councilmen James Gennaro (D-Fresh Meadows) and Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) will soon appeal to Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his administration to push forward a bill to prevent a repeat...
Flushing teen injured by kite string sues city
A young Flushing resident who was severely injured and nearly garroted by a razor-sharp kite string while skateboarding Oct. 9, 2008, is suing the city Parks Department and the owner...
Justice for Bianca wants probe into fatal building fire
About a dozen women from throughout the city have formed Justice for Bianca, a group calling for an independent investigation into an Oct. 18 fire in Kew Gardens Hills that...
Artest may have a point on Knicks' free-agent chances
LOS ANGELES – Ron Artest's remarks yesterday at the Lakers' shootaround were poignant and potentially alarming when it comes to the Knicks’ 2010 free-agent chances. Does the intense scrutiny, the...
Controversial imam visits QC
Imam Sirah Wahhaj emphasized the importance of openly discussing him being named an unindicted co-conspirator of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing at a talk attended by hundreds of Queens...
No more F stopages until 2010
Feel free to take the F train this holiday season.So says the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, who assured this paper that there will be no more weekend stoppages until next February.“We...
College Point church rises from the ashes
College Point’s First Reformed Church reopened last weekend with its first Sunday worship service in nearly a year and a half following a June 6, 2008, fire that engulfed its...
City to change call system after Woodside fire kills 3
In the wake of the fatal Nov. 7 fire that killed three people in Woodside and another blaze that caused three deaths in Brooklyn last week, the city’s police and...
Far Rock teen dies in hail of 14 cop bullets
Police say three officers were acting in self-defense over the weekend when they fired off 14 bullets and killed an 18-year-old man who they contend aimed a loaded gun at...
Cupboard is bare for pantries and families
A simple note is posted in thick permanent marker on the door of the Hour Children food pantry in Long Island City: “I’m very sorry, but we have no turkeys...
Jets bench Rhodes in favor of Smith
After Rex Ryan told Kerry Rhodes that he was demoting him from the starting safety spot he’s held with Jets since 2005, Rhodes did some serious soul searching Tuesday night.“When...
City to pay autistic man $340G after being wrongly jailed in killing
The City of New York has agreed to pay $340,000 to an autistic man who spent a year in jail for a killing he didn’t commit. Ozem Goldwire, of Brooklyn,...
Oscar Watch: Brit Critics jump 'Lovely Bones'
We're not going to see this in New York until next week, but most of the London critics had their knives out for Peter Jackson's "The Lovely Bones,'' which had its premiere last night in Leicester Square...
This week's calendar, Nov. 26 to Dec. 2
Tuesday, Dec. 1 Randall Mason Book Talk and Signing Author of “The Once and Future New York: Historic Preservation and the Modern City,” Mason will discuss how preservation has been...
Curtain Up on Broadway Triangle
During the two-year battle over the development of the Broadway Triangle, several North Brooklyn community groups have voiced concern over their lack of involvement in the planning process.As the fight...
Mayor pushes Albany to act on education reform
Mayor Bloomberg took a hard line with Albany lawmakers today, urging them to make a string of education policy changes that would bolster New York's chances of winning billions in...
Ratner's winless Nets stay 'undefeated' ... in court
Meet Bruce Ratner.He’s a Brooklyn developer who loves to boast about being “undefeated” in court -- even while his New Jersey Nets are winless on the court.The developer yesterday scored...
Doctor: Vada Vasquez expected to make full recovery
A 15-year-old girl who was shot in the head by a stray bullet on her way home from school has a lot to be thankful for – her doctor said...
Winner Takes All on Healthcare
Jonah Goldberg says GOP should run on repeal in 2010 (National Review)
Review roundup: dogs, turkeys, etc.
No box office predictions for this five-day holiday, when none of the new entries seems strong enough to challenge the second weekend of Summit's "New Moon,'' let alone Warners' surprise...
Stimulus Bogus 'Jobs Saved'
Questioning California prison jobs saved (Associated Press)Stephen Spruiell on seven big lies about the stimulus (National Review)Interactive map of bogus stimulus jobs (Washington Examiner)
A 'Streetcar' named sellout!
Want to catch the hot new revival of “A Streetcar Named Desire”? You just missed it.The entire 24-day run of Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Liv Ullmann–directed production of the Tennessee...
OSA Auctions Art For Parks
Some lucky Brooklyn resident could own a silkscreen digital print by artist Fred Tomaselli or an etching by artist Richard Serra if they show their support for North Brooklyn parks.The...
Brooklyn teen eyed in fourth robbery
The teen busted for allegedly robbing three people on Nov. 14 now has a fourth arrest on his jacket. Prosecutors allege that Lamel Best, 17, was recently charged with another...
Man shot in leg in Gowanus
A 27-year-old man was shot in the leg during a violent exchange on Third Avenue. Cops were told that the victim and an unidentified man were arguing near Warren Street...
Cops nick note-passing bandit
Cops nick note-passing banditDetectives from the Major Case Squad have allegedly connected a 28-year-old area man to two attempted bank robberies – including the near hold-up on Fulton Street.Police said...
Hipsters score free stuff, help charity
Helping charitable organizations like City Harvest or Rock and Wrap It Up while also helping yourself to a gently used pair of jeans or a sweet amplifier sounds like a...
Polanksi granted bail but held in prison pending appeal
GENEVA — A Swiss court granted Roman Polanski bail on Wednesday, accepting $4.5 million to allow him to remain under house arrest at his chalet. The director will stay in...
Obama to reveal Afghanistan strategy in Tuesday address
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will address the nation on his new strategy for the war in Afghanistan Tuesday night from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The president...
Obama to attend global climate summit in Copenhagen
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will go to Copenhagen next month, a White House official said Wednesday, to participate in a long-anticipated, high-stakes global climate summit. The president will...
Dobbs considering US senate run in NJ
TRENTON, N.J. — Former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs is seriously considering running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey as "an intermediary step" that could lead to a run for the...
Let Dave Do It
Albany dysfunction on gaudy display (Syracuse Post-Standard)Tom Precious says Paterson's dramatic cuts go nowhere (Buffalo News)
Why the Gov't Could Lose
Charles Stimson says Holder failed to convince him (Fox News)Mark Thiessen says years of delay saved lives (USA Today)
More drug busts in Clinton Hill
Cops have busted 11 alleged crack dealers who “controlled” an intersection with their brazen sales.District Attorney Charles Hynes said the bust was the result of an undercover operation that began...
HARP volunteers keep history flying at Floyd Bennett Field
By Joe ManiscalcoFloyd Bennett Field’s Hangar B isn’t some super-secret black ops outpost nestled alongside Flatbush Avenue, and there isn’t anything even remotely Roswellian going inside this part of Gateway...
O/U Rico
Rico went 6-9-1 (0-3 Best Bets) on the over/unders last week bringing the season record to 70-87-3 (10-22-1). The selections for Week 11: OVER: Packers / Lions; Jets / Panthers;...
Miss Charleen
TOMORROW: Broncos, Packers, Cowboys. SUNDAY: Jets, Texans, Browns, Eagles, Dolphins, Seahawks, Buccaneers, Bears, Titans, Jaguars, Chargers, Ravens. MONDAY: Saints. BEST BETS: Cowboys, Texans, Chargers.
Tim Sullivan
TOMORROW: Giants, Packers, Cowboys. SUNDAY: Jets, Colts, Bengals, Bears, Redskins, Dolphins, Cardinals, Seahawks, Falcons, 49ers, Chiefs, Steelers. MONDAY: Patriots. BEST BETS: Cardinals, 49ers, Steelers.
DOT: Let's pluck parking from Union Street
In a neighborhood where parking spots are at a premium, the city’s Department of Transportation (DOT) wants to remove some from Union Street – all for the good of the...
Oprah to interview President Obama next week
Oprah Winfrey has snagged an interview with the president. Or vice-versa. President Obama plans to sit down for an interview with the talk show empress next week at the White...
Lambert on CBS: I'm not sorry for AMA show
Adam Lambert says he understands the outrage over his racy performance at the AMAs, which prompted ABC to cancel his "GMA" show this morning. The "American Idol" contestant was singing...
Giants' Bradshaw likely out with new injury
And then there was Danny Ware. That might be the sum total of the completely healthy running backs for the Giants for tomorrow night’s game against the Broncos. Already hobbled...
Giants' Jacobs eyes big stretch run
Brandon Jacobs was nursing a toothache yesterday that was causing more pain than a 300-pound defensive lineman could inflict. “It’s enough to make a grown man cry,” he grumbled while...
Giants' defense must stand tall in crunch time
They should feel sick about it, every one of them. It sounds as if they do. “It almost feels like we lost because the defense didn’t help us to win...
You can blast the results – just not Sanchez’s work ethic
You’re entitled to knock Mark Sanchez for a lot of things, and goodness knows the Sanchez bashers have formed an overcrowded parade that’s marching down Broadway right now. When you’ve...
Ref 'caught' red handed
Sure looks like NFL ref Jerome Boger ditched his impartial role and shared a high-five with Vince Young on Monday night, doesn’t it? The NFL says it was nothing of...
Thanksgiving a real feast ...
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. An awful lot. As part of its NBA double-header, tomorrow, Thanksgiving, TNT will feature chats from the studio, live and via satellite,...
A mile - high miss
The Giants got the skid-breaking win they needed against the Falcons, but their defensive collapse produced more questions than answers. They have a better team than the fading-fast Broncos, but...
’Skins make case
Winner of multiple major handicapping championships against top competition, The Wildcat returns. Including the 1997-2008 seasons at The Post, Cat’s record in print stands at 375-320 (54 percent) against the...
Hondo’s cooking — just in time for the holiday
Scorching Hondo continued to amass winners at an incredible rate last weekend, blazing his way to an 11-5 mark (3-0 in Best Bets) that pushed him six games over .500...
Fight in Irish
The coach appears all but gone. The quarterback, who probably would follow his coach to the NFL, was punched by a fan. There’s talk that even though the team is...
PSAL's final decision was the correct one
Here’s the most important thing that happened Tuesday night at Hunter College: The right decision was made in the end.The PSAL Class A girls volleyball championship match between Francis Lewis...
Stuyvesant wins second straight PSAL girls swimming title
Geyanne Lui heard all the stories about the Stuyvesant swimming team’s city championship last season when she entered the Manhattan school in September. She was told about how they did...
Enchanted!
The Disney magic — not to be confused with the delights of its Pixar subsidiary — is finally back, after a decade in the animated wilderness, with the tunefully delightful,...
Days of their ‘Wives’
‘The Real Housewives of New York City” have gotten a jumpstart on their holiday weekend. Here they are, frolicking in the pristine waters off secluded Gibney Beach in the Virgin...
Patriots' Pawelec picked as All American
Alicja Pawelec had barely touched a volleyball three years ago. Lately, she’s been recognized as arguably New York City’s best player. And Tuesday she was honored on the national level....
Cougars claim second 'B' title in three years
Ka Kio Lei always seems to find herself in tough situations – like serving late with the match on the line. It happened again Tuesday with FDR trying to secure...
Visit convinces Fieldston's Schoninger on Brown
Everyone around Jacqueline Schoninger told her she should attend Brown for the next four years. No matter where she turned to, her parents, friends, coaches, and teammates, that is all...
Starr report
Dr. Travis Stork ("The Doctors") will be in Kibaha, Tanzania, on Tuesday for World AIDS Day. Stork, who's participating in Bicy cling magazine's BikeTown Africa program, will help build bicycles...
This 'Road' couldn't be a bleaker street
'Some movies you watch, others you feel," ran a 1980s ad campaign. Still others you withstand. Black, bleak and tiresomely blunt, "The Road," a reverent adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy...
Ruff going with these 'Dogs'
'Old Dogs" does to the screen what old dogs do to the carpet. It's un- fortunate that only the latter can be taken out and shot. Robin Williams -- it's...
Favre saves NFL
More proof that the star attraction of the NFL this season is 40-year-old quarterback Brett Favre: Yesterday, NBC kicked the scheduled New England Patriots-Miami Dolphins game out of primetime next...
Oprah pushes OWN
Prah's gotten a head start on shilling for her new network. OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) won't launch until January 2011, but Winfrey is already plumping for her startup channel, which...
All's Welles and good
It's quite a leap for Zac Efron from the "High School Musical" series to "Me and Orson Welles," a coming-of-age comedy set against the background of Orson Welles' legendary, fascist-themed...
Ninjas slash as slash can
Not to brag, but who is this "Ninja Assassin" fellow compared to me? He: gets sliced to the bone by whirling blades, is blasted unconscious by stun guns and does...
Mother i$$ues
Oprah Winfrey's mother has settled a lawsuit with a high-end Milwaukee clothing store that claimed she owed them over $155,000 -- seven years after she ran up a $174,000 bill...
Robin Williams unleashes new 'Weapons'
Robin Williams has endured a string of trials lately: divorce, a stint in rehab for alcohol addiction -- even open-heart surgery. But neither time nor tribulations have dimmed the 58-year-old...
Gilded 'Cage' for TV 'Crane'
What does a big TV star whose latest sitcom just got canceled do next? Why, Broadway, of course. Kelsey Grammer, whose ABC show "Hank" got yanked after a couple of...
Hillary nut is plug ugly
DOVER, NH -- A man just released from prison for taking hostages at one of Hillary Rodham Clinton's New Hampshire campaign offices in 2007 has been arrested again. Leeland Eisenberg...
School attacks raise 'red' flags
CALABASAS, Calif. -- Authorities say there were at least five attacks on red-haired students at a Southern California middle school after a Facebook group announced "Kick a Ginger Day." However,...
The Enemy Within
One soldier attacking others, as Bob McManus lays out, is not the only "strike two" that Maj. Hasan represents; there's also the case of Ali Mohamed, who was in contact...
iTunes is now iLive
Concerts are now available on iTunes in a deal Apple struck with events company Live Nation. iTunes has a section featuring the concerts of about 20 artists ranging from Jesse...
The icebergs cometh
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Ships in the south Pacific Ocean have been alerted that hundreds of icebergs believed to have split off Antarctic ice shelves are drifting north toward New...
Kong-sized model sale
LONDON -- The model used to film the final scenes of the 1933 film "King Kong" sold for $200,000 at auction yesterday. Barely recognizable as the giant ape that scaled...
E-shop 'til you drop . . . your job
One-third of American employees plan to shop online while at work this holiday season, according to research released yesterday. They should be careful -- 20 percent of employers have fired...
Escort tells all about night with Italian's PM in book
The escort at the heart of a sex scandal involving Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gives graphic details of their alleged lovemaking in a book published yesterday, and says she...
$tarving artists
A national survey of how artists are faring in the recession found most earn less than $40,000 a year, including income from a second job. Many are worried about health...
Wyeth on block
Three generations of Wyeth artworks will be auctioned next month, including 14 original oil canvases by N.C. Wyeth that were used to lavishly illustrate the classic adventure tale "Robinson Crusoe."...
Read Kennedy His Rites: Bishop's Abortion Stand
THE ISSUE: A RI bishop's request that pro-choice Rep. Patrick Kennedy not receive Communion. *** I commend Providence Bishop Thomas Tobin for barring pro-choice Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) from receiving...
WMG loss masks strength
Restructuring charges ate into Warner Music Group's fourth-quarter earnings, resulting in a loss, but Edgar Bronfman's record label is doing relatively well in a challenging environment. Revenue for the quarter...
Why the gov't could lose this case
BY the real-world standard of how lawyers act, Attorney General Eric Holder's professed certainty about his decision to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed and his co-defendants in federal court is strictly...
Cuba hijack witness ailing
Talk about trying to beat the reaper. Prosecutors preparing the case against accused 1960s hijacker Rafael Pena Soltren want to depose an aging accomplice who's in failing health and may...
NY's bloated Legislature
With a current-year short fall approaching $4 billion, New York state's finances are running on fumes. Yet the Legislature can't even control its own spending. Asking these lawmakers to pass...
The stimulus' bogus 'jobs saved'
According to a report from a shoe store in Campbellsville, Ky., the Army Corps of Engineers "created or saved" nine jobs when it used money allocated by the American Recovery...
Godmother jailed
A Brooklyn woman accused of beating her 3-year-old godson to death with a hairbrush copped a deal yesterday that should have her out of prison by 2025. Nymeen Cheatham, 32,...
S@les are virtual, LOL for Black Friday retailers
Everything is here at @DesperateRetailer: Check out my Black Friday coupon for 20 percent off and please send it to all your friends!!! http://tinyurl.com/fake25. In a test of whether social...
Drizzle may dampen Turkey Day march
Ahoy! If you're heading out tomorrow to cheer Sailor Mickey and the other balloons at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, take an umbrella just in case. "There could be just...
Court OKs RDA's plan
Reader's Digest Association, the magazine publisher in bankruptcy protection, won approval of a revised outline of its turnaround plan subject to changes after bondholders withdrew objections. US Bankruptcy Judge Robert...
Barack & Sarah's reversal of fortune
Last year at this time, Bar ack Obama was fresh off his historic election, riding a honeymoon high that would see him hit 70 per cent approval. Voters gave his...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Queens Police are hunting for this ex-con (above), who allegedly pushed a cop down a flight of stairs at an elevated subway station in Woodside. The officer was trying to...
J Crew profit soars to $44M
J Crew Group's quarterly net profit blew past Wall Street estimates due to strong autumn sales at the upscale apparel retailer and expanded profit margins from depressed year-ago levels. Third-quarter...
Nets get first court victory
Boosters of Brooklyn's proposed Nets arena scored a slam-dunk yesterday: The state's highest court ruled that officials can use eminent domain to take property needed for the project. The 6-1...
Galleon wiretaps targeted
Lawyers for Raj Rajaratnam, the hedge fund maven accused of insider trading, claim that the government wiretaps used against him were illegal and should be tossed out as evidence. Responding...
Business briefs
Saab story GM may shut its Saab unit after sports-car maker Koenigsegg Group AB canceled a planned acquisition of the Swedish company, a source said.Tax cheats Swiss tax authorities said...
Posh liquor thief takes the fifths
A career criminal broke into a posh Upper East Side French eatery five times, making off with 80 bottles of booze, cops said yesterday. Clifford Freeman, 47, was caught over...
These killers don't deserve the rights of Americans
Excerpts from Peter Regan's remarks yesterday at a press conference on protests against the "9/11 trial" being held in New York. I AM here today to express my opinion on...
Wii now interrupt this game
In the event of an emergency, the state of New York may seize control of your Xbox. Video games will pause and warnings about imminent danger, severe weather or Amber...
JFK 'hustle' real hassle
There are fewer plainclothes police patrolling JFK Airport for taxi hustlers because of Port Authority budget cuts, officials said yesterday. This year, the agency reduced the number of two-officer teams...
StuyTown feud heats up
The lawsuit over rents is over, but the tenants and landlords of Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village are continuing to fight over $16 million in potential rent overcharges. Yesterday, lawyers representing...
More charter schools OK'd
The city's Department of Education yesterday agreed to let five more charter schools open next year -- raising to 15 the number of approved schools awaiting state authorization. If the...
Paul Weiss passes up terminal lease for renewal
West Side law firm Paul Weiss Rifkind Garrison & Wharton, which holds down a chunk of 1285 Avenue of the Americas, has decided to expand there to 550,000 feet rather...
Ex-state cop boss admits Troopergate role
ALBANY -- Former acting State Police Superintendent Preston Felton admitted breaking state law in connection with the Dirty Tricks scandal involving Eliot Spitzer's use of the state police against a...
High-rise meat-backing
The Meatpacking District will get even glitzier and a bit less grungy with the city's approval yesterday of a plan to replace an old meat-processing plant with a 10-story glass...
Hershey, Ferrero eye Cadbury split
Hershey wants the chocolate and Ferrero wants the chewing gum. Details of the talks between the two candy makers are starting to emerge, as they work out how they would...
Miracle Vada utters first word: 'Mom'
The Bronx girl struck in the head by a stray bullet during a street fight looked up at her mother yesterday and whispered her first word since being shot: "Mom."...
Frustrated Gotti jury keeps at it
They're not deadlocked yet. Jurors at the John "Junior" Gotti trial completed a ninth day of deliberations yesterday after sending out a second note saying they were "unable to reach...
B'klyn drug crack-down
Cops and prosecutors in Brooklyn rounded up 11 drug dealers and took more than $10,000 worth of cocaine off the street after residents of Clinton Hill asked the authorities to...
Parkinson's teach lawsuit
A teacher at the prestigious Beacon HS in Manhattan who developed Parkinson's disease claims that coldhearted administrators launched a campaign to drive him out of the classroom rather than accommodate...
Stadium sale a Lion $hame
PONTIAC, Mich. -- Talk about getting stuck with the cheap seats. The Pontiac Silverdome in suburban Detroit was built three decades ago for $56 million. Now, it's being virtually given...
Turkey Time Inc.
The list of staffers downsized from Time Inc. yesterday grew by another 25 people, even though it appeared that CEO Ann Moore and Editor-in-Chief John Huey would wait until after...
Setback for 'Deutsche 3'
The three construction supervisors charged with manslaughter for the fatal 2007 Deutsche Bank fire got a bad break yesterday -- a judge nixed their bid to see grand-jury minutes they...
Social media profit
Mark Zuckerberg revealed yesterday how he intends to become an overnight billionaire without giving up control of Facebook. The 25-year-old founder of the social network, which boasts 300 million users...
Stocking ruff-ers
It looks like Christmas will be a treat for dogs and cats -- 52 percent of pet owners plan to buy holiday gifts for their Fidos and felines, a new...
Juice $queeze
America's priciest big-city electric rates will jump another 4 to 6 percent next year if a deal reached yesterday between Con Ed and state and city officials is approved. Consumers...
Unsettling 'science'
Man-caused global warming, the experts assure us, is a matter of "settled science." Could be -- though newly revealed documents are raising serious questions as to how that science got...
Let Dave do it
'Give the governor some credit," Mayor Bloomberg insisted yesterday, after Gov. Paterson threw a Hail Mary and asked lawmakers to close a $3.2 billion budget hole -- or let him...
Growing problem
The number of troubled banks soared by a staggering one-third since the summer, and the government's safety net for depositors is in the red for the first time in 16...
Judge blasts bad bank, erases 525G debt
A Long Island couple is home free after an outraged judge gave them an amazing Thanksgiving present -- canceling their debt to ruthless bankers trying to toss them out on...
Sexist firm slurred my faith: suit
They allegedly made fun of her Muslim religion and snorted sexist comments, and now Lobna Abdelrehim is fighting back against the "Animal House" antics of her Wall Street business-publishing firm...
Aww, poor mafia
Even mobsters are feeling the squeeze in today's tough economy. A bizarrely sympathetic judge took pity on a reputed Colombo family associate yesterday, saying he can keep his job at...
$lasher gov to pols: I'm axing you nicely
ALBANY -- A frustrated Gov. Paterson yesterday boldly asked the Legislature for one-time emergency powers to unilaterally slash state spending -- and said if lawmakers don't have the guts to...
Climate bill on thin ice
Federal bills aimed at climate change are "on life support," Rep. Peter King said yesterday, as fellow Republicans launched probes into shocking e-mails suggesting that scientists cooked the books to...
Reward for bird of 'pray'
The only bird a heartbroken Upper East Side woman wants to see on Thanksgiving is her African Gray parrot, Zoe, who flew the coop a month ago during a trip...
Ex-Knick star in hosp burn unit
Former New York Knick star Dean "The Dream" Meminger, who suffered lung damage in a Bronx fire, was transferred yesterday to a special burn unit at Jacobi Hospital, sources said....
LI teen charged in lacrosse-team 'gang rape'
A Long Island youth is among three lacrosse players accused of sexually assaulting a fellow student in a dorm at a Connecticut college, authorities said yesterday. Nicholas Travers, 18, and...
Bam to reveal Afghan victory plan
WASHINGTON -- President Obama said yesterday he will address the nation after Thanksgiving to tell the American people about his plan to succeed in -- and then get out of...
Ex-Tenn. Dem eyes bid vs. Gilly
WASHINGTON -- A former Tennessee congressman has reportedly told people he's toying with making a Democratic primary challenge against appointed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who polls show is struggling to connect...
Palin's write $tuff beats out Hillary's
Hillary Clinton, read this and weep. Sarah Palin's autobiography, "Going Rogue," handily beat out the secretary of state's memoir, "Living History," in terms of first-week sales, moving 700,000 copies compared...
Sex-rated Adam's no idle 'Idol'
Adam Lambert's kinky moves are too hot for ABC but just right for CBS -- from early morning to late at night. Booted from ABC for his sexed-up shenanigans on...
Hero SEALS face rap for fiend's bloody lip
Three Navy SEALs involved in nabbing one of Iraq's most wanted terrorists are reportedly facing criminal charges related to his capture -- all because he claimed he had a bloody...
Miracle doubt
A leading bioethicist yesterday cast doubt on the sensational story of a Belgian man who was diagnosed as comatose for 23 years -- but who doctors say may have been...
Amazing feet!
Showbiz vet Donny Osmond waltzed off as the winner of "Dancing With the Stars" last night. Osmond, 51, defeated singer-songwriter Mya and "The Osbournes" star Kelly Osbourne to win the...
Presenting glam Bam and ma’am
WASHINGTON -- They were putting on the ritz last night at the White House as President Obama and First Lady Michelle hosted their first state dinner. The affair, honoring Prime...
The Post Line
NFL Tomorrow Favorite Opening Current (O/U) Underdog Giants 5 6½ (42) BRONCOS Packers 11 10½ (47½) LIONS COWBOYS 14 13½ (40½) Raiders Sunday JETS 3 3 (41½) Panthers Colts 3½...
Winless wonders: Nets fall to 0-14
DENVER -- For the most part, the Nets have been playing hard, giving effort, busting their butts. But you don't get to 0-14 without stinking out a few joints along...
Courtney's return gives boost to Nets
DENVER -- Courtney Lee was back on the game floor for the Nets after straining his left groin Nov. 6 and missing seven full games. He felt no pain. At...
Feds appeal drug-list ruling
SAN FRANCISCO -- U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan asked for an unprecedented reconsideration of an appeals court ruling that government agents illegally seized drug-testing samples and records of baseball players...
Sunday's Best
The experts make their picks: THE LINE GREG GALLO STEVE SERBY MARK CANNIZZARO PAUL SCHWARTZ TIM BONTEMPS Giants 6½ (42) BRONCOS (Tom., 8:30, Ch. 11, NFLN) Giants (L) Giants (L)...
Saturday's Heroes Tackle The Spread
The experts make their picks:THE LINEGREG GALLOTIM SULLIVANLENN ROBBINSBRIAN LEWISTexas 21 TEXAS A&M (Tom., 8:00, ESPN)★Texas A&MTexasTexasTexas A&MRutgers 3 LOUISVILLE (Fri., 11:00, ESPN2)Rutgers★RutgersRutgers★RutgersCINCINNATI 20.5 Illinois (Noon, ABC)IllinoisIllinoisCincinnatiCincinnatiAlabama 10.5 AUBURN (2:30,...
Rangers energized by seven-goal explosion
With Thanksgiving a day away, the Rangers can give thanks that they are finally scoring. After scoring just 10 goals in six games, the Rangers exploded for seven in a...
Aqueduct analysis
Today's analysis. 1. 6f; $20,000; cl($12,500); 3up; (f&m) BOSS TIFFANY drops in class after finishing fourth as the favorite at this distance. Entrymate ONLY A VISION lost three-race winning streak...
Broncos shrug off civil war
Knowshon Moreno lost the ball Sunday -- and shortly after, lost his composure. As the Denver rookie running back was about to breathe life into the comatose Broncos offense, his...
Cashman to agents: Sit tight
When Brian Cashman leaves Tampa next Friday, the Yankees GM will have a firm idea how much money the Steinbrenner family will give him to spend on retooling a World...
Damon keeping eyes on Bronx -- elsewhere, too
Johnny Damon posed for a photo with his wife Michelle on the observation deck of the Empire State Building yesterday. The question now is: Will it serve as a memento...
Mets' 'new' uniforms Amazin' retros
In another attempt to appease their angry fans, the Mets are going back in time -- specifically, to the earliest days of the franchise -- with one of their home...
Goodell tackles concussions
Commissioner Roger Goodell sent a wide-ranging memo about concussions to NFL teams yesterday, saying the co-chairmen of the league's committee on brain injuries have resigned and that he is examining...
Hernandez back in booth for Mets
The Mets are on the verge of making their first big signing this offseason. SNY and analyst Keith Hernandez have agreed in principle to bring the former first baseman back...
Pujols repeats as MVP
Albert Pujols' third National League MVP award put him in select company. Only Barry Bonds has more. "I'm just humbled," Pujols said. Pujols won unanimously yesterday, becoming the first player...
Sports shorts
COLLEGE: ND's Clausen gets punched Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen is nursing a black eye after getting punched outside a South Bend bar early Sunday morning. According to a university...
Separated shoulder keeps Devils ' Niedermayer out
The coach's hopes failed to materialize, but Devils' forward Rob Niedermayer is believed to be on the verge of returning from what The Post has learned is a shoulder separation....
Islanders 'Weight' for captain's return
Doug Weight hasn't seen the Islanders play in person too many times lately. Not with the team having just completed a seven-game road trip and Weight still recovering from a...
Nov. turkeys prove to be rare birds
The first turkey hunting season on Long Island has been a big success, if you are a turkey. The season opened on Saturday in Suffolk County and as of yesterday...
Knicks lose to Lakers, 100-90
LOS ANGELES — The Knicks couldn’t beat the L.A. traffic or the world champion Lakers last night at Staples Center. The night started with a bad omen when half the...
Jackson worried about Meminger
LOS ANGELES -- Phil Jackson was hoping to see former Knicks guard Dean Meminger in August when a contingent of the 1973 Knicks championship team -- their last championship team...
Artest: Fans, media may keep free agents away from Knicks
LOS ANGELES -- Lakers forward Ron Artest thinks the Knicks may face a giant hurdle in July, 2010, saying players are "scared" of signing with the Knicks because of the...
Weird but true
Some people will be forgiven for complaining about getting s- - - for Christmas. An Illinois zoo has added sparkling reindeer-dung necklaces to its gift shop for the holiday season....
Walker gives UConn Apple flavor
Here comes another powerhouse UConn team that owes some of its good fortune to the Big Apple. When the No. 13 Huskies take the floor at the Garden tonight in...
Red-hot Syracuse defeats Cornell
Freshman guard Brandon Triche scored a season-high 21 points, Andy Rautins added 18, and No. 10 Syracuse beat upstate foe Cornell, 88-73, at home last night. It was the 32nd...
Veteran vendor bust in Met beef
The hot-dog vendor who cost the city big bucks by setting up shop in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art was in hot water yesterday. The disabled vet, Dan...
Expectations sky high for deep, talented Rice
Shane Southwell knows better than most about the rich history of Rice High School basketball. He was on the court celebrating a city championship with the Raiders as a fifth...
PSAL 'A' girls volleyball final postponed
A leaky pipe on the ceiling of the Hunter College gym forced the PSAL to postpone its Class A girls volleyball championship between Francis Lewis and Cardozo on Tuesday night....
And where to play at a bar
Not everyone plays pool simply to play pool. If you like to drink or hang out with friends while playing stripes and solids, here are the five best places in...
Here it is: Our guide to the best pool halls in town
Whether you’re a pool shark, a mark, or a stakehorse, Brooklyn’s pool halls are the best place to play a couple rounds. The stereotypes of the past — think Minnesota...
The greatest! Jean Balukas — pool legend — speaks!
Don’t know the name Jean Balukas? Then you don’t know jack about pool. Balukas, a Brooklyn native (how about a proclamation, Marty?), is simply the greatest female pool player ever,...
Subway beat fresh
84th PrecinctBrooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–DowntownSubway muggingsThe subway system itself was an accessory to at least two crimes last week.• A man pickpocketed a woman while she was going down the stairs...
A 'Streetcar' named sellout!
Want to see the hot new revival of “A Streetcar Named Desire”? You’re too late.The entire 24-day run of Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Liv Ullmann–directed production of the Tennessee Williams...
Lowe's down dirty crime
78th PrecinctPark SlopeHome improvementA renegade handyman took matters into his own hands at the Lowe’s Hardware Store, getting behind the wheel of a forklift and passing pallets onto a shady...
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For Curtis, there is life after Kanacevic
Several players had a hand in Curtis’ run to the PSAL Class A city championship, but the accomplishment began and ended with Halil Kanacevic, the Warriors’ 6-foot-7 forward who is...
Assisted Living Facility Clears Hurdle
A subsidized assisted living project which would largely serve individuals on Medicaid has moved one step closer to fruition.At its November meeting, members of Community Board 18 voted unanimously to...
Brooklyn Collegiate's fate tied to improving junior Arnold Fripp
Brooklyn Collegiate’s transition to the ‘A’ division was seamless last winter. The Lions finished second in Brooklyn A East, arguably the league’s toughest division, and made the quarterfinals. Arnold Fripp,...
Extra police near Kings Plaza
The NYPD is stepping up its patrol of Kings Plaza this holiday season.“Brooklyn South Task Force is coming in with other specialized units to keep everything at bay,” Lieutenant Robert...
P.S. 69 divided “along ethnic lines”
A change in P.S. 69’s zoning lines may decrease diversity at the school, P.S. 69’s principal says.The city Department of Education’s (DOE) proposed zoning changes, which are intended to alleviate...
School bake sale battle
Brooklyn parents groups are waging war against the city Department of Education (DOE).The reason? Cupcakes!So far, two local Community Education Councils (CEC) have passed resolutions opposing the DOE’s decision to...
Lakers get same old Knicks
LOS ANGELES – The Lakers would've had to rip up their Knick scouting report if the Knicks signed Allen Iverson over the weekend. The Lakers' game likely would've been his...
Manuel's staff finally announced
Confirming earlier reports, the Mets tonight made official Jerry Manuel's staff next season while announcing Razor Shines will coach first base after his disastrous stint at third base last year.As...
No presidential pardon for him
No presidential pardon for himHal Turner, a self proclaimed “white nationalist,” white supremacist, blogger and radio host who was arrested this summer for encouraging his listeners to take up arms...
Community Groups Collecting Toys for Military Kids
As they do every year, activists in Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights are going the extra mile to make sure that the children of military personnel based at Fort Hamilton...
Amphitheater backlash shuts CB 13 meeting down
Community Board 13 is way too amped up over Borough President Marty Markowitz’s controversial $64 million amphitheater planned Asser Levy Seaside Park.Salvos in the ongoing battle over the project exploded...
School bake sale battle
Brooklyn parents groups are waging war against the city Department of Education (DOE).The reason? Cupcakes!So far, two local Community Education Councils (CEC) have passed resolutions opposing the DOE’s decision to...
Quarreling couple force cops into turkey trot
A quarreling couple sent borough police in a tailspin Tuesday morning after bogus claims were made that a man had abducted his estranged girlfriend and child.Believing the report to be...
EPA not ready to name Gowanus superfund site
The future of the Gowanus Canal will not be made less murky at a Dec. 3 meeting being convened by the Environmental Protection Agency.“There will be no big announcement at...
Giants pick brain of former Bronco
D.J. Johnson doesn’t know whether he has a long-term future with the Giants. He is sure he will be with the Giants at least through Thursday night, when they play...
'Emotional' Broncos try to move forward
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- The Denver Broncos have lost four straight games and, now, their cool. So, among the things they’re hoping to fix during their short week of preparation leading...
Got guests?
The New York Harbor is hosting the first annual holiday lighted-boat parade this Saturday evening. Beginning at Chelsea Piers at 6.30 p.m., 50-plus vessels draped in decorations and lights will...
There’s an app for that!
▪ Local Concerts from iLike finds concerts based on your GPS reading. Sort by date, distance and popularity. Provides previews and links to online ticket sales where available. Free, iPhone...
May the games begin!
Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year, is notorious for discounts, markdowns and trampling crowds. But it need not be as scary as it sounds. We’ve got some...
Farm fresh fare
When families and friends gather around the holiday table for the annual Thanksgiving feast, many bless the table and give thanks for the food. But rarely do we think about...
Where the farmers are
Manhattan Union Square West 15th to 17th Streets from Broadway to Park Ave. south Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. year round. Upper West Side 97th...
Happy hour
Whether you toast the season at one of these top New York City bars or relax in the comforts of home, these drinks are a magical blend of the flavors...
Bargain hunting
▪ Target Atlantic Terminal Store, 139 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn 718-290-1109; target.com Opens at 5 a.m. Best Buys: TomTom XL340S GPS with case, $97; Philips Sonicare Essence Toothbrush with Two-Minute Smarttimer,...
