December 24, 2009
Boy, NJ dad arrive in US from Brazil
ORLANDO, Fla. — A father and his 9-year-old son at the center of a five-year custody battle on two continents arrived in Florida from Brazil Thursday. Sean Goldman and his...
Venezuelan ex-President Rafael Caldera dies at 93
CARACAS, Venezuela — Rafael Antonio Caldera, the two-time president who helped establish democracy in Venezuela and issued the pardon that allowed Hugo Chavez to rise to power, died Thursday in...
School suspends girl, 10, for bringing peppermint oil to class
COMMACK, N.Y. — A 10-year-old suburban New York girl has been suspended for bringing peppermint oil to her middle school and distributing it to other students. The Commack School District...
NJ mom charged with murder in toddler’s beating death
MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. — A New Jersey woman has been charged in the fatal beating of her 21-month-old son. Tia Welles, a 23-year-old Willingboro resident, was being held in the...
Gunmen kill Israeli in West Bank shooting attack
JERUSALEM — Gunmen killed an Israeli man in a shooting attack in the West Bank on Thursday as local attention was focused on Christmas celebrations in nearby Bethlehem. A Palestinian...
Iran confirms Bin Laden daughter at Saudi Embassy
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran confirmed Thursday that a daughter of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden has turned up at the Saudi Embassy in Tehran, but said it does not know...
Woman knocks down pope at Christmas Eve Mass
VATICAN CITY — A woman jumped the barriers in St. Peter’s Basilica and knocked down Pope Benedict XVI at the start of Christmas Eve Mass, but the 82-year-old pontiff got...
Pa. student suspended for wearing Santa suit
WALLINGFORD, Pa. — A suburban Philadelphia teenager was suspended for a day for wearing a Santa Claus suit to school. Michael Hance says he told his principal that he planned...
Massive storm disrupts last-minute holiday travel
TOPEKA, Kan. — A slow-moving storm spreading snow, sleet and rain across the nation’s midsection glazed roads and disrupted flights Thursday, making last-minute holiday travel treacherous but promising a white...
Va. standoff suspect was angry at the government
WYTHEVILLE, Va. — A man accused of taking three people hostage in a Virginia post office told them he was angry at the federal government because his son had died...
Report: Mom of killed boy violated adoption rules
NEWARK, N.J. — The mother of a 5-year-old Paterson boy accidentally shot to death by his 6-year-old brother last weekend violated adoption rules by not telling officials her adult son...
Sex offender charged in Md. girl’s disappearance
SALISBURY, Md. — Police in Maryland were searching Christmas Eve for a missing 11-year-old girl last seen wearing fuzzy Christmas pajamas, and they have charged a registered child sex offender...
All his friends are wrappers
CHICAGO — A Chicago man could be unwrapping the hundreds of Christmas gifts spread around his apartment for days, even weeks. Trouble is, they aren’t really presents. They’re his own...
Rex to Sanchez: Remember beating Brady
Rex Ryan has a message for Mark Sanchez, one he said he was going to deliver over and over to his slumping rookie quarterback as the Jets prepare to play the...
Legendary sportscaster George Michael dies
George Michael, a mainstay on the Washington, D.C., sports television scene for decades who reached a national audience with “The George Michael Sports Machine” highlights show, has died. He was...
Madoff transferred to treat hypertension, dizziness
The stress of his 150-year sentence may finally be getting to Bernard Madoff. The mega-crook is being treated for hypertension and dizziness in a federal prison hospital in Butner, N.C.,...
Tom Couglin pessimistic on injuries
Perhaps it was the holiday season. Tom Coughlin was in a good mood this afternoon following practice despite offering up some less-than-encouraging news regarding injuries to several of his hurting...
Vanessa Hudgens sues over nude photos
"High School Musical" star Vanessa Hudgens has filed a federal lawsuit against the owners of a celebrity and gossip web site that posted nude cell phone pictures of the actress,...
Bridge-and-tunnel crowd ruins our columnist's night at Brooklyn Bowl
All I wanted was a real filthy, freaky, nasty Brooklyn dance party.I went looking for it on Dec. 17 at Brooklyn Bowl’s sold-out Neon Indian show, but I was sorely...
Flea of the lords!
One of the borough’s most glorious indoor spaces — a veritable cathedral to retail — is going to host a flea market.The landmark former bank space in the ground floor...
Theater company robbed!
84th PrecinctBrooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–DowntownPlayers playedA thief — apparently not a fan of community theater — swiped $2,800 from a locked file cabinet in a Willow Place theater operated by the...
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She's got Le Bleus
78th PrecinctPark SlopeGot le BleusA pickpocket nabbed a woman’s purse while she partied in the “VIP” area of Hotel LeBleu’s rooftop bar in the wee hours of Dec. 19.The victim...
This inspector is a thief!
68th PrecinctBay RidgeWatered downA poser pretending a water company inspector must have had some help robbing an elderly man at his 13th Avenue house on Dec. 15.The impersonator showed up...
Kingsland mugging
94th PrecinctGreenpoint–WilliamsburgInside jobThree weapon-wielding, ski-mask-donning brutes grabbed a man as he entered his Kingsland Avenue apartment on Dec. 18, then took him up to his room and stole everything on...
Broadway Triangle a Council 'hit'
For now it is an intermission.On the last day of the 2009 session, the City Council passed the Broadway Triangle rezoning plan by an overwhelming margin, 36 voting yes, 10...
Your weekly newsbriefs
Building a sense of communityTenants at one central Brooklyn housing complex are being offered financial remuneration for referring friends and family for apartments.The Resident Referral Incentive Program was kicked off...
Broadway Triangle moves 'Off Broadway'
A mere 24 hours after the City Council approved the rezoning of the Broadway Triangle, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Emily Goodman granted a temporary restraining order, freezing the project from...
Greenpoint hospital bid receives shot in arm
As the City Council was voting to rezone the Broadway Triangle, a Williamsburg-based nonprofit received a $500,000 private donation to bolster its bid to develop another long-dormant site in Williamsburg....
Red Hook residents urge safer streets
Red Hook’s main commercial thoroughfare is a hazardous stretch of asphalt desperately in need of more attention from city officials, critics charged this week. Residents are weary of the heaving,...
Car crash on Remsen avenue
Wrecked on Remsen: Firefighters and paramedics were called to the corner of Remsen Avenue and Farragut Road following a harrowing two-car collision.Two people were injured in the crash, none of...
Toot toot! Beep Beep! Nydia Velazquez parties down
It was two weeks before Christmas, but Rep. Nydia Velazquez had reason to celebrate. The Health Care bill passed the House, her friend and ally Councilmember Diana Reyna (D-Williamsburg) was...
Never-Nudes bike down Bedford anyway
The sixties are over.And so is the threat of topless bike rides.With the first blizzard of the season shelving plans of cycling activists to ride half-naked in Williamsburg in protest...
Meetup group funks up Williamsburg
For funk lovers, pledging allegiance to the funk or tearing the roof off the sucker in Williamsburg has long been a challenge. The indie-rock capital of New York has been...
MTA allows suburban kids to ride transit for free
While kids from some of Brooklyn’s lowest income neighborhoods face the prospect of paying to take the subway to school, some of their counterparts from well-to-do areas of Long Island...
A matter of pride
Michèle De MeglioCommunity Board 13’s head remains firmly in the sand this week after once more failing to heed neighbors’ demands for an active role in Borough President Marty Markowitz’s...
Manhattan Beach private security teeters on edge of closure
A longtime neighborhood security patrol is threatening to silence its sirens if Manhattan Beach residents don’t cough up more money by the end of the year.Beachside Neighborhood Patrol (BNP) board...
Flatbush resident blasts idling buses
Fumes from idling school buses have at least one Flatbush resident fuming himself.Robert Sapp, who lives above the business he owns, Lindell Supply, at 1352 Flatbush Avenue, is hopping mad...
Displaced tenants in Downtown Brooklyn rally against the city
Frustration is growing for several dozen families in three downtown Brooklyn apartment buildings who were promised new affordable housing digs in June 2008.But the city maintains they are working as...
Boards back off e-permitting for block parties
While a citywide switch to electronic applications may streamline the planning of block parties, the move is raising eyebrows at two local community boards.Up[ to now, the boards have processed...
Iraq veteran honored for taking gun off the street
From the war-torn alleys of Fallujah, Iraq to the rough and tumble streets of East flatbush, Police Officer Kevin Tagnosky has seen his share of conflicts.However, it was a recent...
Federal dollars flowing into Fort Hamilton
The federal defense-spending bill that passed Congress earlier this month contains good news for Fort Hamilton.The Bay Ridge installation, the only Army base in New York City, will benefit to...
PS 249 holiday cheer
Ho, ho, ho! Students united in cheer, ringing in the season with a merry mingle with Kris Kringle, during a holiday romp at Public School 249, hosted by Councilmember Mathieu...
Holiday cheer with the Madison-Marine Homecrest Civic Association
A a dollop of goodwill and cheer greeted seasonal frolickers as festivities got underway for the Madison-Marine Homecrest Civic Association’s annual holiday party at the King’s Chapel.The brisk weather didn’t...
Coronet of hope sparkles in Coney Island
The coronet of hope sparkled for a rainbow of people when the Amethyst Women’s Project presented a holiday party at KeySpan Park.The home of the Brooklyn Cyclones, 1904 Surf Avenue,...
70th Precinct fetes residents with a holiday party
Mirth and merriment reigned supreme when the 70th Precinct Community Council feted local residents with a holiday party in Flatbush.The revel offered neighbors an opportunity to meet their law enforcers...
Living Nativity at the New Utrecht Reformed Church
Parishioners felt the spirit of the holy night during a living Nativity at the New Utrecht Reformed Church in Bensonhurst. Celebrants assembled outside the house of worship, 18th Avenue and...
PS 238's got talent
Starry-eyed students took to the stage – drawing rave reviews for their stellar showmanship – during a talent show at Public School 238.The spring showcase – coordinated by the school’s...
Yuletide celebrations at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church
A tree glows in Bay Ridge.Seasonal cheer, holiday songs and the illumination of a festive fir marked Yuletide celebrations at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church.The house of worship, 8401 Ridge...
Fillmore Real Estate annual toy drive
Ebeneezer who? The borough’s underprivileged youngsters were in for a bright holiday season, thanks to the big-hearted efforts of Fillmore Real Estate, which launched its annual toy drive for the...
Igniting the spirit at St. Ephrem’s Church
Community cheer and the illumination of a festive fir ignited the spirit at St. Ephrem’s Church, where students and staffers joined festive forces with their neighbors to usher in the...
Holiday sounds from PS 198
The revel began at Public School 198, 4105 Farragut Road, and continued at nearby Paerdegat Park, where mom, dad and the kids joined their neighbors and community leaders for a...
Board backs full liquor license for karaoke club
After pressuring the proprietor of a karaoke club on the border of Dyker Heights and Sunset Park to make additional concessions to add to the safety of the establishment, Community...
Critics: Landmarking could further gentrify Carroll Gardens
Expanding the Carroll Gardens Historic District could chase out the last remnants of blue-collar families who once thrived here, opponents of the burgeoning preservation movement said this week.Critics contend that...
Squatter, not Santa Claus, Trespasses in Wburg Building
A Williamsburg building owner found an unwelcome guest this month that wasn’t jolly old St. Nicholas.A squatter, identified as Camillo Torres, repeatedly broke into a three-story building at 496 Grand...
It’s nice to be nice
Year 2009 ends on a sour note for foul-mouthed Senator Charles Ellis “Chuck” Schumer amid public astonishment that New York’s $174,000-a-year top representative on Capitol Hill – a husband and...
Lashed with chain
Lashed with chainTwo men were arrested after they whipped a third male with a nylon tow chain during a skirmish in Marine Park, police alleged.Officials said that 32-year-old Rafael Santiago,...
Shot in the leg
Shot in the legCops are trying to find the person who opened fire on a young man on December 18, leaving him with a bullet wound in his leg.Investigators were...
Dentist run down
Dentist run downA Bay Ridge dentist was killed last week following a harrowing scene that put him in the path of two passing cars.Officials said that 58-year-old Harry Lewner was...
Butcher blast
Butcher blastA worker at a 15th Avenue butcher shop was shot as a heartless thief raided the business last week.Police said that the woman, the wife of the owner, was...
In terms of job losses, Brooklynites battered by recession
Brooklyn residents, particularly those living in some of the borough’s less affluent neighborhoods, have been particularly hard-hit by the current recession.A recently released study by the Fiscal Policy Institute (FPI),...
Atheists sue Catholic Church
Charging that the Catholic Church should lose its tax-exempt status, a consortium of atheists and Catholic activists filed two lawsuits against Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, Assemblymember Vito Lopez (D-Williamsburg) and...
No 'Coney Island Center' without environmental study
Borough President Marty Markowitz’s drive to build his new $64 million “Coney Island Center” at Asser Levy Seaside Park will not go forward until an environmental assessment is done.The mayor’s...
Murder continues to rise in East flatbush
The most violent of crimes continues to plague East flatbush.According to the latest 67th Precinct statistics, there have been 20 reported murders so far in 2009 while there were 18...
Residents and local bars not making beautiful music together
Noise emanating from Third Avenue watering holes continues to plague nearby residents.At the December meeting of Community Board 10’s Police & Public Safety Committee, which was held in the board...
East Flatbush residents urged to participate in census
Residents of the heavily immigrant neighborhood of East Flatbush are being urged to overcome their skepticism and participate in the 2010 Census.It is urgently important that members of the community...
3UP: Reed Johnson, Bay and Happy Holidays
1. An NL executive and an agent told me the Yankees were talking regularly to the representatives for Reed Johnson. I can see the Yankee reasoning. As currently constituted, the...
EMTs say they weren’t asked to examine ill woman
The EMTs accused of refusing to help a dying pregnant woman say they were never asked to examine her or told the extent of her condition. Lawyer Douglas Rosenthal says...
Five Giants sit out practice
Of the 13 players who did not participate in Wednesday's jog-through workout, five of them did not make it back onto the field for today's full practice. That means those...
Body found wrapped in plastic under car in Bklyn
Police say they are investigating the death of an unconscious male found wrapped in plastic underneath a car parked on a Brooklyn street. Police say the 27-year-old owner of the...
Rudy Punts Again
Giuliani widens an open field (Poughkeepsie Journal)
Prison denies Madoff assaulted
Bernie Madoff's lawyer, Ira Sorkin, says his client was hospitalized due to dizziness and high blood pressure. The Bureau of Prisons said Thursday that the 71-year-old disgraced financier remains under...
'Reform' Bill's Likely Legacy
Karl Rove says deal will cost the Democrats (Wall Street Journal)Harry Reid's Impudent Tyranny (San Francisco Examiner)Senate Health Care Bill vs. Constitution (The Moderate Voice)
Senate approves health-care overhaul
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats passed a landmark health care bill Thursday that could define President Barack Obama’s legacy and usher in near-universal medical coverage for the first time in the...
Small But Telling Example of Government Waste
Why don't gifts to the president get auctioned off to reduce the deficit (Volokh Conspiracy)
McCain Hunting Another Democrat
But Rep Carney says he won't flip to GOP (Hot Air)
Brazilian family delivers boy to NJ dad
RIO DE JANEIRO - The 9-year-old boy at the center of an international custody battle was reunited in Brazil with his American father Thursday and prepared to fly to the...
Rahm Emanuel Must Resign
Jane Hamsher and Grover Norquist request investigation into WH Chief of Staff's time at Freddie Mac (Fire Dog Lake)
Harry Reid's Christmas Coal
Megan McArdle explains how Dems are Double Counting Medicare Savings (Atlantic)David Freddoso says it will add to the deficit (Washington Examiner)
Mayor calls Gilly to rip health fix as bad for NY
WASHINGTON — Mayor Bloomberg laced into New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in a tense phone call this week over the Senate health-care bill, a source told The Post yesterday. “The...
Colts’ hearts not about to grow 3 sizes that day
Rex Ryan can have his Christmas wish list, but if it includes the Colts taking the day off when they meet at Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday, then he can...
Sanchez details his frustrations
Still stinging from his latest fiasco — Sunday’s three-interception loss to the Falcons — Mark Sanchez yesterday opened up about the frustrations he’s felt in his rookie season. “You don’t...
Serby’s Q&A special with...John Mara
The Post’s Steve Serby asked the Giants’ co-owner to recall his (and late father Wellington’s) greatest memories about Giants Stadium just a few days before the team plays its final...
Tuck starting to feel some of that ’07 magic
Justin Tuck is experiencing Deja Blue. “I was talking about making history — repeating how we got in the playoffs the championship year, and . . . going back to...
Giants want last stadium hurrah
It just so happens that the game the Giants must win to keep alive their playoff hopes takes place in a building condemned to be torn down after this season,...
Lee might be playing too well to stick around
There is a sad irony to David Lee’s continued emergence as a budding All-Star power forward. The better he plays, the more likely Lee will command a contract too rich...
Knicks' surge gives hope for winter wonderland
This was the kind of soundtrack unique to the final seconds of a basketball game, those moments when an outcome is uncertain, when thousands of people take their feet and...
Hunter College HS enjoys a decided home court advantage
I walked into Hunter College High School’s gymnasium anticipating an interesting non-league contest but not expecting many people in the stands. This was, after all, the final day of classes...
Far from Holmes
Who the deuce decided to filter Sherlock Holmes through “Batman & Robin”? “Sherlock Holmes” dumbs down a century-old synonym for intelligence with S&M gags, witless sarcasm, murky bombast and twirling...
Balanced Hawks flying high
When the Hunter College HS boys basketball was locked in a tight game down the stretch last year, it was clear where the ball was going: Len Chenfeld. After the...
TV’s Top 10 moments of the decade
PHOTOS: TV'S TOP 10 MOMENTS OF THE DECADE 01 Sanjaya’s fauxhawk “American Idol,” Fox March 27, 2007 The most-watched show of the 2000s came of age when a young man...
Sun Spot
Louise Sunshine, the first lady of luxury residential marketing, is moving into another shiny new condo. Now that she’s leaving the One Beacon Court apartment she’s been sharing with husband...
Far East
There’s a lot going on in the streets of the Upper East Side. Horns honking, dogs barking, sirens blaring. But inside Josie Natori’s apartment, the hurly-burly of the city seems...
Just sold!
Manhattan FLATIRON $429,00066 Madison Ave. One-bedroom, one-bath co-op, 700 square feet, with dining area and renovated kitchen and bath; building features doorman. Maintenance $1,368, 66 percent tax-deductible. Asking price $429,000,...
Alvin & pals turned into hip-munks
Why "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel"? Be cause, as with "The Godfather: Part II," so much character was left to be explored. Because, as with "The Empire Strikes Back,"...
Eye-popping dark fantasy does the trick
Inspiration comes in odd forms. For director Terry Gilliam, the death of Heath Ledger during shooting seems to have helped him make one of his best films in years, "The...
Status update: It's cheesy
Slightly less expensive-looking than James Cameron's epic, Nancy Meyers' romantic farce "It's Complicated" is basically "Avatar" for women of a certain age, with blond highlights replacing blue skin. This is...
Dancers top, dances not
The Alvin Ailey com pany tried for a triple play Tuesday night with three new works. But while the dancers always score, the dances themselves only made it to first...
Romeo and . . . um, that girl
Anyone who's ever tried in vain to describe the plot of a long-ago-read book or play (and that's pretty much everyone) will relate to the Nature Theater of Oklahoma's "Romeo...
'Idol' back to Top 24 format
'American Idol" has real ized that less is more, so they're returning to the Top 24 format. Last season's reintroduction of the old Top 36 semifinalists proved too unwieldy, so...
'Idol' with or without Simon
So who needs Simon Cowell anyway? Fox plans to renew "American Idol" for several more years -- with or without Cowell, according to reports yesterday. All week, insiders have been...
'Blind Side' player to talk
ABC is doing a behind-the- scenes look at the box-office smash "The Blind Side." On Tuesday's special edition of "20/20" -- "The Blind Side: The Real Story Behind the Movie"...
'Twilight' town
ATTENTION "Twi"-hards: prepare to meet the real "Bellas" of Forks, Washington. Casting is underway for a new reality show about the everyday lives of the townspeople of Forks -- the...
Life is short
TV trends are usually pretty pre dictable -- doctors one year, law yers the next. No one guessed that 2010 would be the year of the little people. Spike TV...
Arrest in slay of pizza man's son
Cops have made an arrest in connection with the execution-style murder of a Queens pizzeria owner's son, police sources said. The suspect, a 37-year-old Brooklyn man, told cops he was...
Tavern on the Green goodies
Tavern on the Green has asked a bankruptcy court to approve the sale of its tableware and art, including Tiffany stained glass, murals and etched mirrors, at an auction next...
Move over, Ben, meet a real Man of the Year
Time Magazine has its Person of the Year. And, now, I have mine. Meet Trinie Jestine, who in 2009 accomplished what a lot of people couldn't: He landed a job....
Girl's body on W'chester road
Detectives in a Westchester County village are scouring surveillance tapes from a street where a teenager was found dead — in front of a church, while on her way to...
The price of blind hope: a radical left turn
I want to express my appreciation to Michael Goodwin for putting into words the fear that I, too, feel at this time ("Dreading Our Future," Dec. 20). I turn 80...
'Reform' Bill's likely legacy
It's time to blow the whis tle on two erroneous statements that opponents and proponents of the health-care legislation being jammed through Congress have been making. Republicans have been saying...
They're in with the sin crowd
The year 2009 was lean and dismal in most every way. Except one. Sin. From the insatiable Tiger Woods to the despicable Bernie Madoff. From sharp-shootin' Plaxico Burress to bitchy...
Gitmo could stay open 'til 2011
WASHINGTON -- The Guantanamo Bay prison might not close until 2011 because it will take months for the federal government to buy an Illinois prison and upgrade it. Congress must...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan -- Police are hunting for the man pictured below in the rape of a co-worker in their Midtown office. Santiago Coba Sanchez allegedly assaulted the 27-year-old woman last Friday...
Ho! ho! holdup!
You better not shout, you better not cry -- just hand over the cash. A gunman dressed as Santa Claus walked into a Tennessee bank demanding cash so he could...
Deal seals Ratner's Nets worth
As developer Bruce Ratner finally closed on his long-delayed Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn, state officials yesterday wasted little time kicking off eminent-domain proceedings to seize private land the arena...
Big date for bank CEOs
Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase, will be among the first witnesses to testify before a commission investigating last year's financial collapse. Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, Bank...
Winehouse bust over theatrics
Troubled singer Amy Winehouse wreaked havoc at a London production of "Cinderella," heckling Prince Charming from the audience and then allegedly assaulting a theater manager. "F- - - Cinders, Prince...
The art of the steal
A former payroll manager at the Brooklyn Museum pleaded guilty yesterday to embezzling $620,000 by cutting paychecks to phony staff. Dwight Newton, 40, admitted committing wire fraud by creating phantom...
B'klyn thugs 'fake & take'
Gun-toting thieves dressed in Housing Authority uniforms conned their way into two Brooklyn apartments, terrorizing the tenants and making off with thousands in cash and jewelry, police said yesterday. The...
Mystery 'Mega' winner on Long I.
It's going to be a very green Christmas for the super-lucky lottery player who hit a $162 million jackpot on Long Island. State lottery officials said yesterday that the winning...
Billy & Christie's kid now upbeat
Alexa Ray Joel is smiling once again. Just two weeks after her scary overdose, Billy Joel's daughter was spotted enjoying life again after a holiday lunch with her mom, Christie...
Citi finally wraps $20B TARP present
Citigroup said it completed its repayment of $20 billion in aid received from the US government at the height of the global financial crisis, becoming the last major bank to...
Homes slid in November
Sales of new homes plunged unexpectedly last month to the lowest level since April, a sign the housing market recovery will be rocky and heavily dependent on the generosity of...
Wait 'til Jan. on school aid: gov
ALBANY -- Gov. Paterson said yesterday he expects to repay his $750 million IOU to schools and local governments next month when tax money rolls in for the state. "When...
So seedy: He's pa to 400 kids
In this season of giving, no one has given more than Dr. Kirk Maxey. The Michigan man is a super sperm donor who has sired at least 400 children thanks...
Subway brings 'heroes' to WTC
Windows on the World, it's not. But for hungry hard hats, a Subway sandwich shop that will rise along with the Freedom Tower will be the next best thing. "I...
Rudy punts again
Rudy Giuliani won't be running next year. Not for governor. Not for the US Senate. That's a pity, because he'd likely have run a competitive race for either office --...
Harry Reid's Christmas coal
Harry Reid and his jolly elves today will deliver unto America a Christ mas gift it can ill-afford -- health- care "reform" -- and then vote to raise the federal...
B'klyn toddler plunges to death
A 3-year-old girl fell to her death from the roof of a Brooklyn apartment building yesterday, just hours after her once-homeless family moved in, police and relatives said yesterday. Kyrah...
Garson free to be smug
A Brooklyn judge convicted of fixing divorce cases left a Harlem halfway house yesterday and wasted no time stirring up outrage. "It's always nice to be with your family," a...
Berkshire tosses buckets of Moody's shares
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway cut its stake in Moody's Corp. for the sixth time since July after the ratings company was hit by profit declines, lawsuits and criticism from regulators....
Steak 'n breakin'
Activist investor and Warren Buffett wannabe Sardar Biglari's efforts to turn his fast-food chain into the next Berkshire Hathaway was dealt a setback yesterday after a Michigan insurance company rejected...
Jail for bal-loons
The Colorado parents who duped the nation with their "Balloon Boy" hoax had their hopes deflated yesterday when a judge sentenced them to jail time. Richard and Mayumi Heene were...
Riders wait - & 'see'
The MTA has finally taken the guessing game out of waiting on a few more subway platforms. Countdown clocks, which tick off the number of minutes until the next train...
Google's feeling FTC heat
Google said yesterday the Federal Trade Commission has asked for further information about its proposed $750 million acquisition of mobile advertising company AdMob. The FTC's request for additional information, which...
A Facebook face on Disney's board
Walt Disney nominated Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg as an independent director, adding a top executive from the world's biggest online social network to the largest media company. Sandberg,...
'Left'-behind foes launch air raid on Bam
WASHINGTON -- Already slipping in the polls, President Obama was broadsided yesterday by the left over health care. "President Obama should frankly feel ashamed that he promised Americans a public...
A butcher under the mistletoe
Wonder how the White House explains this security breach. Mao Zedong, the late Chinese Communist dictator responsible for the deaths of some 70 million of his own people (give or...
Madoff mystery illness
It isn't exactly a taste of his own medicine, but Bernard Madoff could spend his first Christmas behind bars in a backless hospital gown. The evil swindler is being treated...
EMusic mulls sale as digital market shifts
The biggest music company you've never heard of is looking to make a move. In the wake of several industry mergers, New York-based music site eMusic.com is examining strategic alternatives...
Sporty watches 'tick'-le bankers
You might call it a sign of the times. Wall Street's heavy hitters are set to divvy up huge bonus pools this year. But unlike in recent years, many won't...
Survivor tells of harrowing Jamaican jet crash
First the passengers applauded what seemed like a smooth, safe landing. Then all hell broke loose. In a horrid torrential tropical downpour, the mood on American Airlines Flight 331 instantly...
Business briefs
Fannie! Federal regulators plan to disclose today that the top execs of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac each earned between $4 mil lion and $6 million this year, two people...
Rescuers pull 2 from B'klyn blaze
Firefighters rescued a Brooklyn woman and her father yesterday morning after the two were knocked unconscious as a blaze ripped through their Park Slope apartment. An overloaded power strip sparked...
Cuomo vow on AIG bonuses falling short
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has scored wins against rogue used car dealers, shady mortgage brokers and Wall Street firms selling derivatives, but when it comes to dealing with...
Picard's math puts Madoff victims first
Be careful what you wish for. That's the message the Securities Investor Protection Corp. had for some victims of convicted Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff who think they're being short-changed by...
An early 'Bell' ringing
Community activists in Queens are taking it upon themselves to rename a street after police slaying victim Sean Bell next week -- ahead of the official ceremony next month. "We...
Buffett's back
Warren Buffett is in talks to buy GMAC's Residential Capital, one of the biggest residential mortgage-servicing firms and originators, sources told The Post. Buffett, along with Appaloosa Management and Avenue...
Stir crazy like a fox
Going bonkers! That's the claim of accused Texas swindler R. Allen Stanford, who says he's cracking up behind bars and simply must get out in time for Christmas. Indicted for...
Vital $igns wrong in fuzzy Dem math: CBO
WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats are using phony accounting to claim their health-care legislation isn't a budget buster, Congress' own nonpartisan auditors charged in a letter yesterday. The Congressional Budget Office...
NYU big nailed for spirit-ing out 400G: DA
For more than five years, the top bean counter in NYU's Chemistry Department has dug through the curbside trash of a nearby liquor store, fishing out $409,000 worth of discarded...
EMT identity crisis
"Don't put my name in it!" Disgraced EMT Melisa Jackson, accused of ignoring a dying, pregnant coffee-shop worker, was more interested in remaining anonymous than getting aid when she made...
Altruistic B'klyn medics show how it's done
Now that's more like it! Two brave FDNY paramedics rescued a woman from her crazed ex-boyfriend on a Brooklyn street -- just days after two of their EMT brethren were...
Money moving
Call it a cash dash. New Yorkers who flee the city are wealthier than those moving here, according to a report issued yesterday. The city's Independent Budget Office studied New...
Lynne facing more jail time
A federal appeals court yesterday took a sterner stance toward the upcoming resentencing of disgraced lawyer Lynne Stewart, convicted of aiding her jailed terrorist client -- saying it has "serious...
MTA stiffed on tax: Ravitch
Businesses that were supposed to help bail out the MTA with payroll-tax collections are instead getting a free ride that's costing the agency hundreds of millions of dollars, Lt. Gov....
A go-go for dancer suit
Two ex-strippers at Rick's Cabaret have gotten the green light to press a class-action suit charging the jiggle joint with short-changing its dancers. Sabrina Hart and Reka Furedi claim the...
New goal for NYPD's Grasso
George Grasso, the NYPD's second in command, is leaving the department after more than 30 years to pursue a judicial appointment, officials said yesterday. Grasso, 52, is the department's longest-serving...
Son shine for dad
The custody battle from hell is almost over. A New Jersey father is expected to be reunited with his kidnapped son in Brazil today after a grueling, five-year battle with...
Son of a pitch better pay up
Maybe he misread the signals. Pitcher Chan Ho Park is suing his former catcher, retired LA Dodger Chad Kreuter, over a $460,000 loan. In a lawsuit filed yesterday in LA...
Brittany 'death' shot pulled
A morbid promotional poster featuring an ashen-faced Brittany Murphy portraying a dead woman is being yanked from more than 19,000 DVD rental kiosks around the nation. The Illinois-based DVD rental...
Resurgent Drury scores again
The tipping point came last Thursday at the Coliseum, when coach John Tortorella made a handful of dramatic lineup changes for the back end of a home-and-home with the Islanders...
Rangers could add seventh defenseman
Rangers' management is using the eight-day holiday roster "freeze'' to evaluate the club while contemplating personnel changes once waiver and trade restrictions are lifted after midnight on Sunday. That's the...
The Post Line
NFLTomorrowFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogTITANS 2½ 3 (47) ChargersSundayGIANTS 7 7 (42½)PanthersCOLTS 7 5½(40½)JetsPACKERS13½14 (41½)SeahawksBROWNS 3 3½(38) RaidersBENGALS13½13½(40½)ChiefsFALCONS 7 9 (41) BillsDOLPHINS 3 3 (45) TexansSAINTS16 14 (49½)BuccaneersPATRIOTS 8 8 (43½)JaguarsSTEELERS 2...
Schu un-retires, will drive for Mercedes
BERLIN -- Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is coming out of retirement to drive for Mercedes in 2010, saying he expects to contend for the title again. The German,...
'Bi' George! U.S. in lead!
For the first time in history, an American leads the world in the biathlon. Tim Burke, of tiny Paul Smiths, N.Y., up in the Adirondacks, wears the yellow bib as...
Alfredsson knew Tiger's a cheat
Tiger Woods' rampant skirt-chasing was no secret inside the ropes of professional golf, according to a pro who broke the game's country-club code of silence about its biggest star. Swedish...
Pacquiao-Mayweather might be saved
The proposed bout between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao isn't dead yet, although an impasse has been reached on how many blood tests Pacquiao will take before the bout and...
Favre: Feud's over
Brett Favre and Vikings coach Brad Childress insisted yesterday their conflict is history, saying their sideline blowup last week was blown out of proportion. "I think it's all resolved, first...
He's jolly ol' Yank Nick
Nick Johnson's sense of smell is returning. After six years of not receiving as much as a sniff of the postseason while playing for Montreal, Washington and Florida, a reunion...
Lingering sore hamstring likely to sideline Ross again
The Giants thought Aaron Ross had a chance to recover from the tightness in his left hamstring and get on the field Monday night to face the Redskins, but it...
Oh, Bay-be! Mets cry out
Even if the Mets get nothing for Christmas, there still is a good chance they will have something worth celebrating for New Year's or shortly thereafter. Despite rumblings in recent...
Rex has bull's-eye on Peyton
Rex Ryan has a love-hate relationship with Peyton Manning. When asked yesterday why it's so difficult to sack the Colts quarterback, who has been taken down only 10 times in...
Tavares helps Islanders snap losing streak
It's not exactly something Knute Rockne would approve of, but at least coach Scott Gordon isn't fooling himself. "We're in a situation where realistically, we've gotta aim for that eighth...
Sports shorts
MLB: Rodney, Angels reach deal Reliever Fernando Rodney reached a preliminary agreement with the Angels on a two-year deal worth $11 million. Rodney, who spent the past seven seasons with...
Rangers win fourth in a row
Last night, for the first time in a long time, the Rangers looked like a pretty good team that may have to be reckoned with the rest of the way...
Lowly T'wolves too much for Nets
'Twas the night before the night before Christmas . . . and the Nets still lost. They had Yi Jianlian back from a knee injury, and he made a big...
Devils' Martin to miss 4 more weeks
Paul Martin's chances at making the U.S. roster for the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver suffered a major setback this week. The Devils defenseman underwent what general manager Lou Lamoriello described...
Mara has faith in Tom, Eli
The head coach and the quarterback become critical at this time of the year, and Giants co-owner John Mara likes having Tom Coughlin and Eli Manning on his side as...
Heat visit Knicks for Christmas showdown
Knicks president Donnie Walsh doesn't care if it is a white Christmas, just a winning Christmas. Traditionally, the Knicks have been to Christmas and the NBA what the Detroit Lions...
Jets' defense can't deliver lump of coal
With Christmas looming, Rex Ryan did everything yesterday but prop himself up on Santa's lap. To open his press conference, Ryan stood at the podium, pulled a sheet of paper...
Weird but true
It was "otter" disarray at Houston's airport. Two otters being shipped aboard a Continental flight to Columbus, Ohio, escaped from their crate and ran off the plane and across the...
Utah rally clips Cal
SAN DIEGO -- Jordan Wynn threw for a career-high 338 yards and three touchdowns to rally No. 23 Utah from an early two-touchdown deficit to a 37-27 victory over California...
Fordham beaten by JMU
Denzel Bowles recorded a double-double, scoring 24 points and grabbing 13 rebounds, to lead James Madison to an 85-73 win against Fordham last night in Harrisonburg, Va.. Fordham (2-8) led...
Johnnies face big concerns
With an 80-44 glorified-scrimmage victory over winless Bryant University last night in Carnesecca Arena in the books, St. John's closes out its non-conference schedule with a 10-2 record and one...
Sea Gulls' wings clipped without Astel
McKee/Staten Island Tech played Moore Catholic even for just about three quarters. The Sea Gulls were down four at the half and behind by just one heading into the fourth...
Holiday travel a great benefit to teams
The Christmas season means it's tournament time in the girls basketball world.There are plenty right in the five boroughs -- the Big Apple Recruiting Christmas Classic and the Bergtraum Holiday...
Jefferson scores 27 as Timberwolves beat Nets
Al Jefferson scored a season-high 27 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves got a favorable videotape review in the final minute to defeat the New Jersey Nets 103-99 on Wednesday night...
Hunter, Tavares lead Islanders past Maple Leafs
Trent Hunter and John Tavares scored 90 seconds apart in the second period, and Dwayne Roloson made 26 saves in the New York Islanders' 3-1 victory over the Toronto Maple...
Prospal scores twice in Rangers' 4th straight win
Vinny Prospal broke out of a 14-game scoring drought with a pair of goals, and the New York Rangers stretched their winning streak to four games with a 4-1 victory...
Arnone's fourth-quarter surge sends Moore past MSIT
Nicole Arnone wasn’t having her best game. Through three quarters against McKee/Staten Island Tech, the Moore Catholic junior was a non-factor on the offensive end, scoring just one point. The...
