December 11, 2009
Tiger Woods says he's taking an indefinite leave from golf
Tiger Woods said Friday he is taking an indefinite leave from golf to work on saving his marriage, using the word "infidelity" for the first time in a statement posted...
A clean slate
Week 14 has arrived and for many leagues and owners this means it is playoff time. From here on, the regular season means nothing. There's just one goal: be crowned...
Sanchez, Lowery out for Jets
QB Mark Sanchez has been ruled out for Sunday's game at Tampa Bay, along with CB Dwight Lowery (sprained ankle) and OL Robert Turner. OLs Alan Faneca and Wayne Hunter...
Senior Al Qaeda leader Al-Libi killed In US drone strike
NewsCore: Senior Al Qaeda Leader Al-Libi Killed In US Drone Strike - WSJ By Siobhan Gorman, Jay Solomon and Zahid Hussain A Central Intelligence Agency drone is believed to have...
Win over Steelers could save Mangini's job
BEREA, Ohio -- His boss sent a congratulatory text message. Hall of Famer Jim Brown delivered his to Eric Mangini in person. Eagles coach Andy Reid dropped him a note...
Eagles' Westbrook out vs. Giants
The Giants will again miss Brian Westbrook on Sunday night. The Eagles’ star running back is out for the fourth straight game thanks to a concussion.The Eagles, 5-1 without Westbrook...
Blue Jays' Wells: Halladay on Yankees would be a 'problem'
Blue Jays center fielder Vernon Wells had one of the best views to watch teammate Roy Halladay pitch. And Wells knows he doesn't want to see him too often from...
Jets' Rhodes: 'a lot of teams' would want me
Kerry Rhodes today used his Twitter page to declare that if the Jets don't want him anymore, there are other NFL teams that probably do."I promise alot of teams would...
Video: Brave man with gun to head wrestles assailant
A teenage thug has been jailed indefinitely for holding a gun to a drinker's head and threatening to shoot him. CCTV footage captured the moment gang member James Lee Drewitt...
The weekly wrap-up, December 11
This week we learned that...... Bernie Madoff is the coolest kid in school (by which we mean prison). [WSJ]... Opening doors all day can get quite exhausting. [Curbed]... Greenpoint is...
Red Bull Arena to host Big East tourney
The BIG EAST and Red Bulls have inked a three-year deal for the Conference’s men’s soccer championship to be held at the new Red Bull Arena from 2010 through 2012....
Sixth Annual Big Apple Basketball Challenge preview
New York Post boys basketball beat writers Zach Braziller and Dylan Butler break down this weekend’s sixth annual Big Apple Basketball Challenge, pitting the best PSAL teams against their CHSAA...
Brooklyn man sentenced to 20 years in NJ shooting
SOMERVILLE, N.J. — A New Jersey judge has sentenced a Brooklyn man to 20 years in prison for a fatal shooting outside a wedding reception. Hai Kim “Vincent” Nguyen pleaded...
Newsday's Mancini is out
John Mancini is out after five tumultous years as editor-in-chief of Newsday.One of Mancini's deputies, Managing Editor Debby Krenek, was named Mancini's replacement, as well as executive vice president of...
The Post's All-Manhattan girls volleyball honors
It might not have been a banner year for girls volleyball in Manhattan, but there was still plenty of success to be found. St. Vincent Ferrer won its third straight...
Cloutier could solve Rangers' backup problems
Perhaps the answer to both the Rangers' backup goaltending situation that John Tortorella called, “a mess,” following this morning’s practice and the team's lack of toughness might be found in...
Box Office: Black princess vs. black president
After two weekend of posting huge numbers in release at two theaters where tickets (including a live event) went for as much as $50 a pop, Disney "The Princess and the Frog''...
Harry slips in a Lifetime Limit
Jane Hamsher wants to know why Reid is adding things to health reform the president doesn't want (Fire Dog Lake)
Early raves for embargo-proof 'Avatar'
The funniest thing before the first press screening of "Avatar'' last night was a prominent blogger asking, with all seriousness, about the review embargo. As if you could keep opinions about James Cameron's...
Poll: Of all of Tiger's gals, who'd you rather?
As more and more of these women come forward, we want to know: who'd you rather? If you had to pick any of these ladies that Tiger has been linked...
Another MTA Meltdown
Doomsday Again for the MTA (New York Magazine)What's next for new MTA tax? (Times Herald-Record)
CHSAA boys basketball roundup: Regis rallies past Scanlan
Trailing by 11 with two minutes left in the fourth quarter, Regis forced overtime on Conor Prior’s 3-pointer with six seconds left and went on to beat Monsignor Scanlan, 83-74...
Kelly takes over at Notre Dame
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Brian Kelly has his dream job. Now he has to figure out how to turn a Notre Dame program mired in mediocrity back into a national...
Pay czar set $500K limit for some execs at bailed-out firms
The Obama administration's pay czar, Kenneth Feinberg, announced on Friday new limits on the pay of middle-level executives at four firms which received government bailout assistance. The new limits will...
Fund manager pleads guilty to $150M fraud
A fund manager accused of cheating investors of about $150 million has pleaded guilty, admitting he lied to hundreds of investors about the health of his business. James Nicholson entered...
Teen charged with running down nurse
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A 16-year-old boy accused of running down a nurse outside a Syracuse hospital has been charged with assault and reckless driving. Police say Andre Escobar surrendered Friday,...
Hale: Top 10 players to never make playoffs
The Yankees may or may not end up getting Roy Halladay this winter. But even if they don’t, if he does end up getting traded somewhere, he’ll probably get a...
Nets' Williams doesn't play, doesn't talk
INDIANAPOLIS -- Here's a delightful exchange I had with Nets rookie Terrence Williams this morning.I approached him with Al from The Record.Me: "How are you handling all this?"Williams: "What?"Me: "Have...
Slowing down helps Knicks
NEW ORLEANS -- Mike D'Antoni, inventor of the "Seven Seconds or Less'' offense, admits he has changed his stripes during the Knicks' surge, having slowed the attack. "As long as...
Putz signs with White Sox
Former Mets set-up man J.J. Putz has signed a one-year, $3 million deal with the White Sox.The Mets declined to pick up Putz's option last month after an injury-plagued debut...
Anna Nicole Smith's doctors, boyfriend plead not guilty
LOS ANGELES — Anna Nicole Smith’s two doctors and her lawyer-boyfriend have pleaded not guilty to drug conspiracy charges, and a judge has refused to suspend the physicians’ medical licenses....
Porn movie about Tiger Woods scandal in the works
It was only a matter of time: Someone has already put together a script for a Tiger Woods porn movie -- to be called "Tiger's Wood," natch.E! reports that it's...
Musician found dead in Brooklyn apartment
A musician was found shot to death in his Brooklyn apartment early today. Troy Young, 29, was discovered lying on the floor of his basement apartment at 36 4th Street...
Casey Anthony, facing trial in daughter's death, sobs during hearing
ORLANDO, Fla. — A Florida mother charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter sobbed in court Friday as a prosecutor speculated aloud that the toddler was methodically drugged and suffocated with...
New! Tiger Woods Blog
Get all your updates on the golfer's sex scandal in one place. Who's a hooker? Who's not? Who will be the next woman to come forward and say that she...
Former Devil Fetisov, 51, loses game in Russia, won't play again
There was no “Miracle on Ice” for 51-year-old Slava Fetisov. Shortly after Fetisov became the oldest Russian to play in the Continental Hockey League for CSKA Moscow, he said it...
Times Sq. shooting gives Bloomberg ammo for new gun laws
The mayor railed against gun violence on Friday, one day after a street peddler died in a shootout with police outside a hotel in bustling Times Square. Raymond Martinez, 25,...
DA: Slain teacher’s underwear found in suspect’s home
NEW CITY, N.Y. — A prosecutor says police found a murder victim’s underwear in the suburban New York apartment of the next-door neighbor accused of killing her. Rockland County prosecutor...
Rachel: I'm no hooker, but maybe I'll do 'Playboy'
Rachel Uchitel may be a lot of things (seriously, what is a "director of VIP services" in a nightclub anyway?) but she is not a hooker. Or so she is...
Tiger mistress says she's not a homewrecker
Porn star Holly Sampson wants everyone to know that unlike all the other women who've bedded Tiger Woods, she's not a homewrecker. See, she slept with the golfing great *before*...
Jamie Jungers tells steamy new details of Woods affair
Tiger Woods sure knows how to pick 'em. This morning, lingerie model Jamie Jungers sat down with The Today Show's Meredith Viera to talk about her affair with Woods. Here...
3UP: Bay, Damon and Jack Curry
1. I wrote this column today wondering if the Mets’ bid to Jason Bay was an initial offer designed to ignite successful negotiations or whether it was designed to essentially...
Diane Sawyer bids farewell to 'GMA'
Diane Sawyer exited ABC's "Good Morning America" on Friday with an emotional moment that recalled the biggest story of her time on the show: meeting the children born after their...
'Avatar' an 'overwhelming, immersive spectacle'
The premiere of much-anticipated sci-fi movie Avatar, directed by Oscar winner James Cameron, has been held in London to rave reactions before its worldwide release next week. The following is...
Tiger paid $15,000 for sex with a hooker, says madame
Ho that Tiger!Married golf great Tiger Woods hired high-priced prostitutes several times from a well-known Hollywood madam, she told The Post last night.Michelle Braun said she sent at least four...
Angelina's message to Obama
Don't forget justice for Darfur victims (Newsweek)
Jungers: I have no idea how relationship stayed a secret
Lingerie model Jamie Jungers, one of the women who's admitted to carrying on an affair with Tiger Woods, said she has no idea how his philandering stayed under wraps for...
How to Save $54 billion
Suggested savings from tort reform (Congressional Budget Office)
Health care's Missing Millions
Worse than the public option (Wall Street Journal)
SC Gov's wife files for divorce
CHARLESTON, S.C. — South Carolina’s first lady, a former Wall Street vice president who helped launch her husband’s political career, announced Friday she is filing for divorce months after his...
Cops charge housing project in wake of shooting
NYPD Emergency Services Unit (ESU) members descend on a Linden Boulevard apartment following a recent shooting. Officials said that two women and a male got into an argument in one...
'Yes' to District 20 rezoning
A controversial plan to rezone several District 20 schools got the A-OK. District 20’s Community Education Council (CEC) unanimously approved the zoning changes, which were proposed by the city Department...
Mysterious van still sought in hit and run
Police are continuing to look for the driver of a white van that nearly ended the life of a 12-year-old girl.Officials said that the van struck young Destiny Camacho as...
Senesh gets attention of Board 6
Community Board 6 threw several ounces of prevention at a proposal to amend the city code so that a Carroll Gardens private school may expand — even though the proposal...
Tiger comes clean to Elin: report
Tiger Woods has come clean to his stunning Swedish wife about ALL of his dirty horndogging, porn-star loving, cocktail-waitress chasing and general catting around with scads of ladies, according to...
McCoy bags 2 awards
Texas quarterback Colt McCoy won the Walter Camp Football Foundation's player of the year award for the second consecutive season last night at Disney World. He also won the Davey...
Vac's Friday Whacks on Notre Dame's Coach Poach and a Cautious Bay Bid
I understand the anger of Cincinnati Bearcats players, I do. I get why Mardy Gilyard, a receiver, would grumble about Brian Kelly, "He went for the money," and why star...
Yale lab tech found near home
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Police say they’ve found a missing Yale University lab technician who reportedly works at the building where a graduate student was killed in September. West Haven...
Guantanamo detainee's family sues Kenya for $30M
NAIROBI - The family of a man held at the U.S. Guantanamo Bay prison camp on suspicion of carrying out militant attacks has sued the Kenya government for 2.25 billion...
Drama Mama: TV Scrooge
Mama gave thanks in November for what was good about television this year, but the Scrooge spirit always gets the better of her the closer we get to Christmas. Here...
Bam Tells Tough Truths
Kathleen Parker says for once he wasn't apologetic (Washington Post)Is 'Law of Love' antidote to War? (Chrsitian Science Monitor)
Silver star for 'Avatar'
Zoe Saldana arrives in a gown almost as bright as her smile at the world premiere of “Avatar” in London’s Leicester Square yesterday. The 31-year-old actress — perhaps best known...
The good and bad of Jason Bay
THREE UP 1. He’s thrived in a pressurized environment: Playing in Boston isn’t easy — Bay’s success there is a good sign he’d be able to adapt to New York....
Mets' talks with Bay could be for appearances' sake
INDIANAPOLIS — Ticket sales are lagging and fans are screaming for the Mets to make a meaningful acquisition. And, poof, they suddenly were acknowledging making an offer yesterday to Jason...
Giants need to punch back vs. Eagles
The Giants have saved their two best performances of the year for the Cowboys, accompanied by talk of ‘hatred’ for their rivals. It is time for the Giants to point...
Tiger will get second chance Fuzzy didn't
What goes around . . . Now that we all know what many long suspected but few dare suggested — “Tiger Woods, World’s Greatest Golfer and Human Being” is only...
LIVEBLOG: Arkansas
There’s a reason why a lot of people never go to Alaska or Hawaii: They're both in the middle of nowhere. Still, even those few willing to make the schlep out to those guys will...
Mets make plays for Bay, Molina
The Mets crashed the Jason Bay party yesterday, joining the derby for the free-agent star, targeting him to be their biggest offensive addition since Carlos Delgado four years ago. In...
Jets in a runaway
Jets backers are in the double bonus this weekend. They are getting a 11⁄2- to 2-point bargain on the spread, but the reason for that, Mark Sanchez’s absence, will have...
O/U Rico
Rico went 9-7 (2-1 Best Bets) on the Over/Unders last week, bringing the season record to 85-104-3 (14-24-1). The selections for Week 14: OVER: Steelers / Browns; Colts / Broncos;...
Miss Charleen
LAST NIGHT: Steelers (L) SUNDAY: Giants, Buccaneers, Colts, Vikings, Chiefs, Bears, Falcons, Ravens, Jaguars, Patriots, Texans, Titans, Redskins, Chargers MONDAY: 49ers BEST BETS: Chiefs, Chargers, Titans
Tim Sullivan
LAST NIGHT: Steelers (L) SUNDAY: Giants, Jets, Colts, Bengals, Bills, Bears, Saints, Lions, Jaguars, Panthers, Texans, Rams, Redskins, Cowboys MONDAY: 49ers BEST BETS: Texans, Redskins, Cowboys
Formerly sizzling Hondo endures vicious beating
Hondo, who’d been on a brilliant 42-17, four-week run, was due for a major correction and he got it but good last week when the handicapping gods unleashed their fury...
Girls basketball roundup: Rohlehr, St. Mike's beat Hawaiian host
Allysia Rohlehr had nine points to lead St. Michael Academy to a 51-32 win against host Iolani (Hawaii) in the quarterfinals of the Iolani Classic on Thursday night in Honolulu....
The Post's All-Staten Island football honors
Staten Island owned the football scene in New York City this year, especially in the PSAL. Curtis and Tottenville both made the City Championship game and the Warriors, backed by...
The Slammin' Salmon
The restaurant comedy "The Slammin' Salmon" offers a menu stocked mainly with crudities. In the titular restaurant, a high-end Miami place owned by an ex-champion boxer (Michael Clarke Duncan), waiters...
Russell’s got nothing to Crowe about
Giving Mrs. Tiger Woods a run for her money as the most humiliated celebrity of the month, Russell Crowe accepts a third-banana role in the laughable weepie "Tenderness." Crowe is...
Weekend Calendar
CAJUN CHRISTMAS Trombonist, tuba player and composer Wycliffe Gordon mixes his swinging jazz with a flurry of Cajun Country snow for Jazz at Lincoln Center’s annual Red Hot Holiday Stomp...
Weekend Guide
DANCE ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER: Judith Jamison celebrates her long reign as the company's artistic director. Tonight at 8, they'll do "Suite Otis" with music by Otis Redding, the...
Moore Catholic muscles past inconsistent Midwood
Moore Catholic prides itself on its defense and rebounding, but even coach Rich Postiglione was impressed with the level its team reached against Midwood. On one play in the first...
Weekend Guide: Music
POP, ROCK, FOLK ARCTIC MONKEYS: Popular British indie group rocks Terminal 5 tonight at 7. 610 W. 56th St.; 212-582-6600. CHIP TAYLOR: Best known as the man who wrote "Wild...
'As The World Turns' to leave Brooklyn
“As The World Turns” is preparing for its final spin. The long-running soap opera has been cancelled and will leave its Midwood studio in nine months. “I’m sad to see...
Board 6 passes responsible development policy
Community Board 6 this week unanimously approved a policy it hopes will protect the district from the perils of unscrupulous contractors. Under the policy, all new construction, substantial renovations or...
Robeson beats buzzer, Lincoln
The gym grew quiet for a brief moment, the game hanging in the balance, ball caroming off the glass, all eyes on the road hoop. Soon, there would be nothing...
Starr report
"Cops" creator John Lan gley is happy to talk about the continued success of his Fox series, now in its 22nd season -- but it's his "Cops" racing team, which...
Weekend Guide: Theater
PREVIEWS “A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC”: Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury head this Sondheim revival, based on Ingmar Bergman’s “Smiles of a Summer Night.” Walter Kerr Theatre, 218 W. 48th St.;...
Killer son meets a Lynch mob
'MY Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done" is as nutty as you'd expect when two of our most eccentric auteurs join forces. Werner Herzog directed and David Lynch co-produced...
Afterlife in the fast lane
Whew. Color me relieved. There is no need to fear death, even the most horrifying kind of murder. Be cause the afterlife is ex actly like the album cover for...
Oprah down
It wasn't exactly a November to remember for Oprah Winfrey. Ratings for "Oprah" were down 4 percent last month compared to Nov. '08. And that was with shows featuring Sarah...
Goes Firth and prospers
Colin Firth finally leaves Mr. Darcy behind -- and will likely net an Oscar nomination -- with his deeply moving, career-redefining performance as a '60s gay man struggling with death...
Full Nelson in 'Invictus'
As he approaches 80, living legend Clint Eastwood shows no signs of slowing down, nor shirking from challenges as a filmmaker. The Oscar-caliber “Invictus” entertainingly delves into South African politics...
Overheated 'Engine'
CROSS a planetarium's laser light show with the inventive physi cal theater of Momix and you'd get Chunky Move's "Mortal Engine." Why Chunky Move? The dancers aren't chunky and there's...
It's 'Lost' in translation
WITH its labyrinthine plotting and intellec tual wordplay, "Love's Labour's Lost" is one of Shakespeare's less accessible comedies -- something London's Globe Theatre seems determined to change. Dominic Dromgoole's touring...
ABC Russian to get game show on air
ABC is looking to Russia to provide entertainment for the American masses. The network has ordered a pilot for a US version of Russia's No. 1 game show, "What? Where?...
Don't ask, don't watch
If I live to be 101, I'll never understand why marginal movies get theatrical runs while much better ones never see the dark of a theater. Take "Hannah Free," a...
Why Tiger won't talk
It's a sad day when professional talkers who would sooner become serial murderers than give up on the biggest "get" of the decade are turning in their mics and giving...
Flaws run in the 'Family'
CHICAGO -- "The Addams Family" is well-positioned to be the crowd-pleasing, commercial hit of the spring season. It's got a famous title, a big star (Nathan Lane), a script by...
'Gossip Girl' a real draw for manga fans
PSST, have you heard? "Gossip Girl" is getting the manga treatment. Starting next month, the Yen Plus manga anthology is going to start serializing "Gossip Girl: For Your Eyes Only,"...
Oscar won't go to O
Oprah Winfrey has many victories in her career -- but she won't be winning an Oscar for "producing" the movie "Precious." Winfrey and co-producer Tyler Perry signed on to the...
Falafel slay 'self-defense'
A man accused of fatally stabbing a teen who had cut in front of him on line at a Midtown falafel cart said the slaying was in self-defense, a cop...
Another MTA meltdown
Seven months after Albany "saved" the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's riders from doomsday service cuts, the MTA needs a bailout from its bailout. New Yorkers have just started to pay for...
Reforming New York, one politician at a time
THE ISSUE: Calls for reform following former Sen. Majority Leader Bruno's corruption trial. *** The first time I laid eyes on former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno, I knew he...
2nd Yale mystery
A lab technician is missing from Yale University, where a graduate student was found slain three months ago. John DiNello hasn't shown up for work in four days and hasn't...
Give back this season
Thank you for highlighting innovative ways for New Yorkers to volunteer their time and talents ("Mayor Puts Out Fat-Wah," (Dec. 9). Shape Up and Love Your (NYC) Block are two...
'Regretful' judge frees victim of rape lie
A construction worker who was convicted of a rape that never happened is officially a free man after the judge who had sentenced him to 20 years in prison dismissed...
US 'Qaeda' kids
WASHINGTON -- Five young American Muslims arrested in Pakistan met with representatives of an al Qaeda-linked group and asked for training, but were turned down because they lacked references from...
New York's job-killing climate
IT'S no secret what drives in novation, economic growth and job creation forward: It's entrepreneurs and investors taking risks and starting up, investing in and building businesses. New York policymakers...
Habla correctly
MADRID -- Can a Barcelona truck driver speak like a Buenos Aires banker? Can rules be imposed on a language spoken by 400 million people stretching from Madrid to Manila?...
It's animal house
Dorothy would think this is wild: a lion and tiger and bear -- oh, my! The three animals are living together like brothers at a Georgia habitat. Leo, an African...
Shoplifting spike
Worldwide retail losses from crime rose nearly 6 percent from last year to $115 billion -- and up 8 percent in the United States to $46 billion -- according to...
LA court weighs Polanski future
LOS ANGELES -- A hearing to determine the fate of Roman Polanski's long-delayed sex-abuse case began yesterday with three appeal-court justices repeatedly interrupting and questioning the fugitive director's attorney. The...
'Jersey Shore' slugger is a Qns. teacher
The drunken lout seen sucker-punching a "Jersey Shore" hottie in a video clip gone viral is a New York City public-school teacher, The Post has learned. And the sudden right...
Too bad, cats! Pups are better
The cat's out of the bag. Dogs are superior to felines as pets -- by a whisker. New Scientist magazine pitted the pets against each other in 11 categories, including...
Booze-board bribery raps
They didn't pull off the crime, but they might still do the time. A restaurant owner and an expediter have been indicted for scheming to bribe officials at the State...
Shut shops are blowing smoke: NY
New York City has accused several cigarette dealers on a Long Island Indian reservation of secretly defying a court shut-down order. The charge is the latest in a legal battle...
Christie & Bloomy are new BFFs
Chris Christie dropped into City Hall yesterday for a chat with Mayor Bloomberg, and the mayor wasted no time trying to create an alliance with New Jersey's governor-elect. "We will...
La Guardia fix-up won't fly
An ambitious plan to modernize La Guardia Airport has been grounded because fewer travelers are paying to cross the Port Authority's bridges and tunnels and use its airports, officials said...
Bus-taunt dad: I'll sue DA
A Staten Island dad is threatening to sue Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes, saying his office botched a case against an allegedly sadistic bus matron who taunted his mute autistic son...
Let health-care bill expire: poll
A majority of Americans want Congress to give it a rest when it comes to overhauling the health-care system this year, a poll released yesterday reveals. Fifty-four percent told the...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn -- Nathanie Adam was busted for allegedly putting the squeeze on a foe. The victim was trying to sleep at an East Flatbush homeless shelter at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday...
Pope nudges Cuba-US ties
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI said yesterday there are growing signs of religious freedom in Cuba -- and an opportunity for reconciliation between the communist nation and the United...
Why America fights for peace
Excerpts from President Obama's speech yesterday ac cepting the Nobel Peace Prize. PERHAPS the most pro found issue surrounding my receipt of this prize is the fact that I am...
Egypt digs in on Gaza
CAIRO -- Egypt has been digging trenches during the day and installing underground metal sheets at night along its Gaza border -- apparently to curb arms smuggling into the Palestinian...
Eco-vulture has a bone to pick
COPENHAGEN -- George Soros arrived on the scene here yesterday to once again save us from ourselves. The guy has tons of money and has no doubt whatsoever that global...
NYC says: No Chihuahuas left behind!
Look what Paris Hilton has unleashed -- California's animal shelters are flooded with abandoned Chihuahuas. The good news is that the Big Apple's ASPCA hopes to bring some of the...
$1.8 trillion question
Congressional Democrats are moving to raise the federal debt cap by as much as $1.8 trillion, in a year-end attempt to avoid politically dangerous news right before the 2010 midterm...
Ramsay hasn't a pot to diss in
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is going through his own Kitchen Nightmare. Ramsay has had to take drastic measures -- including shutting restaurants, eliminating floral displays and serving lower-quality meat --...
Business briefs
Jobless The average number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits over the past four weeks dropped to a one- year low. The four-week average declined to 473,750 last...
AOL slips in trading debut
AOL Inc., the Internet company spun off from Time Warner, declined on its first day of trading after the separation from the media giant. The firm, which was launched 24...
Hang 10 facing lawsuits
CBS Corp., Walt Disney Co.'s ABC and News Corp.'s Fox television networks sued a New Jersey company they claim is illegally retransmitting New York broadcast TV shows to mobile devices...
Ethics weaklings
ALBANY -- Ethics reforms touted by legislative leaders are doomed to fail because they would continue to let lawmakers police themselves, Gov. Paterson charged yesterday. "The real problem with reform...
Geithner warning on fed bailout front
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner conceded that Uncle Sam would take a bath on its bailout loans and aid to General Motors, Chrysler and American International Group. Under fire from some...
$1 McD's recession breakfast
McDonald's Corp. will begin selling a variety of breakfast items for $1 early next month, a spokeswoman for the world's largest hamburger chain said yesterday. The move to add to...
Paterson inks pension law
ALBANY -- Overtime spiking and payday retirement after five years will soon be things of the past as a result of a sweeping public-pension tier signed into law yesterday by...
Hibernation's over
Bear Stearns' former chief Alan Schwartz's long hiatus from media dealmaking ended yesterday when an investment group led by his Guggenheim Partners and Pluribus Capital Management bought entertainment trades including...
Darn it, my TV is shot
NEW ORLEANS -- A man who bet against the NFL Saints, his undefeated hometown team, lost his 60-inch, high-def, flat-screen TV to a backyard firing squad -- but became an...
Gov on comptrol race: Spitz fits!
Gov. Paterson gave a surprising boost yesterday to a potential campaign by Eliot Spitzer for state comptroller, saying his disgraced predecessor's management style could be put to good use in...
Betraying Washington's School Kids
Tucked on page 4 of the Metro section of yesterday's Wash ington Post is a story explaining that "Congress appears likely to keep the DC voucher program closed to new...
Galleon case nets lawyer
White-shoe law firm Ropes and Gray got scuffed again yesterday as a second attorney was snagged in the Galleon Group insider trading scandal. Brien Santarlas, 33, who worked in the...
NY Times prepares to cut two dozen positions
New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller and Chairman/Publisher Arthur "Pinch" Sulzberger are both gearing up to play the Grinch who stole Christmas and lay off a couple dozen staffers....
Cook beats crook in wacky car-theft 'scam'
A dim-witted duo stole a Lexus belonging to a Manhattan cookbook author in a half-baked scheme to sell it back to him -- but the car got towed before they...
Boost for pol's 'finance charge' suit
A Staten Island judge yesterday agreed to hold a trial on charges that a subsidiary of the Working Families Party subverted campaign finance rules to help a City Council candidate,...
Nobel winner O talks like hawk
WASHINGTON -- President Obama yesterday defended waging just wars while accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, in a powerful speech on the world stage that won praise even...
Driver hits teens
A drunken, unlicensed motorist plowed into two 17-year-old kids in Brooklyn yesterday, sending them to the hospital with serious injuries, cops said. Oliver Black, 54, was charged with DWI and...
TWU: cruisin' for a bruisin'
Who thought we'd ever see the day when Roger Toussaint -- who crippled the city for 60 hours with an illegal transit-workers strike four years ago -- would seem reasonable?...
Bam tells tough truths
The Nobel Peace Prize Committee probably wasn't expecting the traces of truculence it got yesterday in Oslo from the latest recipient of its award, Barack Obama. The president was in...
Health care's missing millions
The Democrats' sweeping health-care plans may bankrupt the nation, but every American will be insured. Except for 24 million of 'em. No kidding: The Congressional Budget Office figures that by...
Goldman blinks
Perhaps it should be called Gold-plated Sachs. The Wall Street giant that has become synonymous with outsize bonuses yesterday caved to public pressure, announcing that its top 30 employees would...
Barneys new year
Barneys New York may soon gain a new retail sibling: Lord & Taylor. As Barneys' owners in Dubai grapple with a debt crisis, at least one of the luxury chain's...
Gem-heist shootout
Three people were arrested after they tried to hold up a Long Island jewelry store but ended up in a shootout with the store owner, police said. Andrew Papandrew, the...
Dubai debt rescue sends stocks higher
Speculators drove up Dubai's battered stocks and bonds yesterday, as rumors spread that the royal family would rescue Dubai's portfolio from default. The Nakheel bonds on Dubai's troubled real estate...
Yanks top eBay, too
The Yankees took a bite out of a team of vampires -- on eBay. The 2009 World Series champs scored a home run on the online marketplace site, rating No....
Citadel's swan song
ABC Radio + Don Imus = bankruptcy for Citadel Broadcasting. Though the word "citadel" is defined as "a stronghold or fortified place," the nation's third-largest radio broadcaster of the same...
Salahi 'time' bomb
Like this is a surprise. The Patek Philippe wristwatch that White House party crasher Tareq Salahi turned over to pay off his lawn-care bills is as phony as his state-dinner...
Livery 'rip-off' drivers nailed
Port Authority cops have busted 21 taxi hustlers in a holiday crackdown on unlicensed livery drivers who try to gouge tourists, authorities said. Seventeen were picked up at Kennedy Airport...
Craigslist big hits back at eBay trial
Craigslist Inc. co-founder Craig Newmark said he would have canceled the sale of a stake to eBay Inc. had he known the auction company would use confidential data to start...
LI killer's cruel hoax
The coldblooded killer who hacked and burned the body of a 24-year-old Long Island woman has been tormenting her family with sick text messages -- using the slain woman's missing...
Gal is in running for FDNY commish
A woman is on the brink of crashing the famously "all boys club" FDNY, clawing her way to the top of a short list of contenders to succeed retiring Commissioner...
'Bias' fire promotions
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- White firefighters who won a discrimination case before the US Supreme Court received their promotion badges yesterday, in a ceremony that provided symbolic recognition of their...
Met Museum legend dies
Thomas Hoving, whose charismatic but controversial leadership of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is summed up in his autobiography, "Making the Mummies Dance," died yesterday. He was 78. Hoving died...
Woods 'bought' cathouse gals
Ho that Tiger! Married golf great Tiger Woods hired high-priced prostitutes several times from a well-known Hollywood madam, she told The Post last night. Michelle Braun said she sent at...
Jamie Jungers: Tiger earned the grief
Lingerie model Jamie Jungers says her former lover Tiger Woods "deserves everything he gets" after being exposed as an epic philanderer -- but admits she just loved getting it from...
Boxer Johnson pardon KO'd
The Justice Department yesterday rejected a request to grant a posthumous pardon to black heavyweight boxing champ Jack Johnson, jailed in 1913 in a racially charged case. Department attorney Ronald...
Tiger bares truth to wife
Tiger Woods has come clean to his stunning Swedish wife about ALL of his dirty horndogging, porn-star loving, cocktail-waitress chasing and general catting around with scads of ladies, according to...
Gunman fatally shot by cops amid Times Sq. panic
Bullets flew over Broadway yesterday, sending a crush of Times Square tourists and office workers "running for their lives" as cops shot and killed a MAC 10-toting thug. The broad-daylight...
Erin perv to plead guilty
An insurance executive has agreed to plead guilty to interstate stalking after nude videos were secretly made of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews, according to court documents filed yesterday. Michael Barrett...
Francoeur a fan of Mets' free-agent targets
Jeff Francoeur has noticed the kind of lineup the Phillies sport. One of their best hitters can't crack the batting order's top five. "You look at championship teams what they...
Sunday's Best
The experts make their picks:THE LINEGREG GALLOSTEVE SERBYMARK CANNIZZAROPAUL SCHWARTZTIM BONTEMPSRICOSteelers 10 (33½) BROWNS (Last night, Browns 13-6)Steelers (L)Browns (W)★ Steelers (L)Steelers (L)Browns (W)Browns (W)GIANTS 1 (44½) Eagles (Sunday, 8:20,...
The Post Line
NFLSundayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogGIANTS 1 1 (44½)EaglesJets 3 3 (37) BUCCANEERSCOLTS 8 7 (44) BroncosVIKINGS 7 6½(43) BengalsCHIEFS 1½Pick(37) BillsPackers 3½ 3 (41) BEARSSaints11 10½(50) FALCONSRAVENS13 13½(39½)LionsJAGUARS 2½ 2½(44) DolphinsPATRIOTS13 13½(44)...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 1m&70yds; $20,000; clm($12,500); 3upRAYNICKS FAN just missed vs. better on turf last out. VETTRIANO also drops coming off solid race on lawn. CROWN POINT rallied for second for 16G,...
Sports shorts
MLB: Harden inks deal Rich Harden and the Rangers completed a one-year contract yesterday that guarantees the right-hander $7.5 million. The deal calls for a $6.5 million salary next year...
Pitt goes Brown and out
CLEVELAND -- There's nothing Super about the Steelers anymore. The defending NFL champions lost their fifth straight and had their playoff hopes thrown for a loss by the lowly Browns,...
5 Questions for Joe Micheletti
Early in the NHL season, the Rangers were the best team in the league and the Islanders were one of the worst. Now the rivals have met in the middle...
Big Blue-print to beat Eagles
Here is The Big Blue-print for beat ing the Eagles Sunday night, from the mouths of the Giants themselves: I -- EXPECT TO WIN "Playing the way we played over...
Paul puts Knicks' streak in peril
The Knicks saw Atlanta's Josh Smith ejected against them in the second quarter, the woeful Nets come to the Garden, and then faced injury-depleted Portland. All of that, coupled with...
D'Antoni: No plans to lift Nate's exile
The Knicks keep winning -- and Nate Robinson keeps sitting. Coach Mike D'Antoni said yesterday that Robinson would sit again tonight when the Knicks visit New Orleans. That would make...
Giants' Jacobs can't wait for rematch
The lesson of all those cheesy, late-night horror movies is you need to kill the creature, not merely wound it. In other words, did anybody really envision the Giants still...
Yankees 3rd in chase for Halladay
INDIANAPOLIS -- You never count the Yankees out of anything. Watching Alex Rodriguez walk through the door in 2004 instilled the belief anything is possible. Nevertheless, when it comes to...
Devils growing with youngsters
With injury comes opportunity, and lately that opportunity has been seized by the Devils' youngsters. On the frontline, the Devils are still without stalwarts Dainius Zubrus, out since Nov. 21...
Nets need sync to chase away stink
INDIANAPOLIS -- Twenty-two games in, and the Nets pretty much are moving right along with training camp. For 16 games under Lawrence Frank (all losses), the Nets always were incorporating...
Damon unlikely to get more than 2 years from Yankees
INDIANAPOLIS -- Contract talks between Johnny Damon and the Yankees haven't reached the "Now or Never" stage. But . . . Though the Yankees want Damon to play left field...
At cross-Rhodes, Ryan must stand ground
Kerry Rhodes and Rex Ryan insist they are on the same page, but that's a lot like saying Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren are still married. Trouble is brewing. Rhodes...
Nets still on track for Brooklyn
What in the good name of Sharpe James is going on here? Seems a truce is in the works between New Jersey's two major sports arenas -- the Izod and...
Career likely over for Jets' Izzo
Quietly, it appears a standout, overachieving 14-year NFL career has come to an end with the Jets' placement of linebacker Larry Izzo on injured reserve yesterday with a neck injury....
Jets' Clemens heads for last stand
Upon hearing the official news that he would be the starting quarterback for the Jets against the Buccaneers, Kellen Clemens insisted, "It's not about me." Clemens is a nice fellow,...
Giants' Snee goes back to work
There is hope the Giants' offensive line will be at full strength on Sunday. After leaving last week's game against Dallas with a hyper-flexion of the knee and missing Wednesday's...
Cashman says Miranda can fill Yankees DH role
INDIANAPOLIS -- Brian Cashman sounds like a general manager who doesn't believe the Yankees' designated hitter hole needs to be filled by Hideki Matsui or anybody else outside the organization....
Successful Meetings gives Yankees options
INDIANAPOLIS -- The Yankees won the Fall Classic in November and now the Winter Meetings in December. They extended their winning streak by avoiding the two pitfalls that dominated the...
Rangers hurt by unmovable pieces
The Rangers' problems are of their own making. More to the point, they fall more on the doorstep of general manager Glen Sather and coach John Tortorella than they do...
New York Boat Show on the horizon
Now that winter-like weather has taken hold maybe we should start thinking of other ways to pass the time. The New York Boat Show is one, and this year they...
Weird but true
Boy toys for "sail!" Gals hungry for young hunks are setting out on the first ever Cougar Cruise, in which older women will sail from San Diego to Mexico with...
ND hires Kelly; Cincy players irked
Notre Dame got its man. Brian Kelly got his dream job. The result, both parties hope, will mark an end of the Fighting Irish's long, slow descent from the ranks...
McCoy's no 'Long'-shot for Heisman win
Memo to the Alabama Crimson Tide: It might be in your best interest if Texas quarterback Colt McCoy wins the Heisman Trophy. Laugh at your own peril, Tide fans, but...
Foul third quarter does in Center
Manhattan Center seemed to have the game well at hand. The Rams came out strong after halftime and took a six-point lead on McKee/Staten Island Tech. But then star guard...
PSAL boys basketball roundup: Harkless' big second half keys Forest Hills' victory over Edison
The day after he verbally committed to Connecticut, Maurice Harkless led Forest Hills past Thomas Edison, 76-69, in Queens AA action Thursday night. The junior forward scored 21 points –...
Star's benching leads to rare home loss for Lincoln
It was a wild evening in Coney Island. Lincoln lost a home league game for the first time in close to four years, snapping a 30-game winning streak. However, the...
MSIT's dynamic duo downs Manhattan Center
It didn’t have to be said. With McKee/Staten Island Tech down six points in the third quarter, senior Kristen Markoe and sophomore Kaitlyn Astel – the Sea Gulls’ dynamic duo...
Tiger ready to quit after Elin says 'choose golf or me'
Tiger Woods is ready to quit the game that made him a legend in a desperate bid to save his shattered marriage, The Sun reports.The world golf number one told...
Condo critics not ready to welcome city control of park
The Bloomberg administration’s goal of assuming control of the development of Brooklyn Bridge Park from the state and infusing it with $55 million has not assuaged critics who don’t want...
Tiger Woods hired pricey prostitutes from madam
Ho, Tiger! Married golf great Tiger Woods hired high-priced prostitutes several times from a well-known Hollywood madam, that woman has told The Post. Michelle Braun said she sent at least...
'Peeper' to plead guilty in Erin Andrews case
An insurance executive agreed to plead guilty to interstate stalking after secretly making nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews, according to court documents filed Thursday and first obtained by...
Swisher headed for 'How I Met Your Mother'
Nick Swisher will take a swing at comedy.Thewrap.com reports, "Swisher has been cast as himself on an upcoming episode of 'HIMYM.' The plot: When Swisher drops by MacLaren's bar, the...
