January 7, 2010
Bengals still mourn Henry
CINCINNATI -- Four pairs of cleats are neatly arranged on a lower ledge. The tiger-striped helmet hangs from a black hook on the left side of the wooden cubicle. T-shirts...
Red Sox get Hall from Mariners
SEATTLE -- The Mariners finalized the trade with the Red Sox on Thursday that brings first baseman Casey Kotchman to Seattle for outfielder Bill Hall, a player to be named...
Crennel could interview for Giants' job
It appears Tom Coughlin wants to speak with several candidates before filling the Giants' vacant defensive coordinator job.First up Thursday was Perry Fewell, most recently the Bills interim head coach...
Compromise in Norah Jones’ Windowgate plan
In the end, Norah Jones opted to be more neighborly – even at the expense of losing a little sunlightThe sultry, introspective Grammy winner has quietly amended her controversial city-approved...
Tickets for Saturday available
CINCINNATI -- A limited number of tickets remain for Saturday's playoff game here between the Jets and Bengals. The Bengals said they have a few seats grouped together and several...
Jets 'unsure' about DB Strickland
It looks like Jets nickel CB Donald Strickland (quad) might not play Saturday.Strickland was limited in practice, but Rex Ryan said, “I’m not sure about him right now. We’ll see....
'Orange County' star Tamra Barney's husband files for divorce
Simon Barney has filed for divorce from his reality star wife of 11 years Tamra, reports RadarOnline.com. “Petitioner contends that Respondent has been verbally abusive and has committed acts of...
Cops catch man seen beating dog on surveillance video in Harlem
Five officers assigned to a unit that monitors closed-circuit cameras at a Harlem housing project zeroed in on two suspects in the same night: a man accused of stabbing his...
Enchanted April
Broadway cavalcade ... or running of the bulls? A few Broadway shows have closed recently, or are in the process of shutting down, but a new bunch has just been announced --...
Obama plans to boost anti-terror security
WASHINGTON -- President Obama took responsibility for the botched Christmas Day bombing aboard a Detroit-bound flight yesterday, saying that he plans to boost security measures in order to keep Americans...
Jersey Senate shoots down gay marriage bill
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey's state Senate has defeated a bill to legalize gay marriage, the latest in a string of setbacks for advocates. The defeat, by a vote of...
U.S. Soccer to run NASL/USL second division
U.S. Soccer has brokered the peace between the United Soccer Leagues and North American Soccer Leagues, announcing a joint venture for a second division league the USSF will oversee in...
Woman accused of poisoning boyfriend with deadly cocktail
CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. — A western New York woman is accused of mixing up a batch of antifreeze-laced margaritas for her live-in boyfriend, who died four days after drinking the toxic...
Kumar pleads guilty in Galleon case, says he was paid
A former technology consultant today pointed his finger at Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam, saying Rajaratnam paid him roughly $1.75 million in exchange for leaking confidential information about his publicly...
City haul: NYC pulls in $11.1M with Penatly Relief Program
The city has hauled in $11.1 million after offering to waive penalties and interest for businesses that owed $200 million in fines to the Environmental Control Board, officials said today....
Lawmaker predicts MTA student fares won't be cut
A lawmaker with oversight of the MTA predicted today that student fares won’t be cut for hundreds of thousands of students – and that the state and city will be...
Thumbs up for Van Nest Park expansion
To expand, or not to expand, that was the question. Community Board 11 asked and Van Nest residents responded with several suggestions for the future of dilapidated Van Nest Park....
Melrose jigsaw puzzle complete
In August, affordable housing builders gathered atop a mountain of gravel at E. 156th Street to break ground on St. Ann’s Terrace, a 600-unit mixed-income development. One builder gazed down...
Liu breaks racial barrier, takes oath as comptroller
History was made on the steps of City Hall Friday morning as John Liu, the outgoing two-term Flushing Councilman, was sworn in as city comptroller, making him the first Asian...
Mold scares P.S. 106 parents
Parents of first-graders at P.S. 106 took to the street in front of the school after a city Department of Education report stated that ten classroom portables no longer had...
Ride honors fallen cyclists
Pablo Pasaran became a statistic Aug. 8 as he rode his bicycle to make a food delivery near the Ravenswood Houses in Long Island City. The 26-year-old Bronx father of...
Jankowski shooting her way to fresh start at St. Mary's
Madeline Jankowski is of the belief that great shooters need to shoot. That’s why she doesn’t stop. The Middle Village, Queens resident was at St. Sebastian’s in Woodside hoisting up...
Domenic Recchia named City Council Finance Chair
Coney Island City Councilmember Domenic Recchia will be named chair of the Council’s finance committee, according to sources close to negotiations with City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. Sources said the...
City Planning certifies Domino waterfront project
For Domino Sugar’s developers, it’s a sweet start to the new year. After four years of planning, Williamsburg’s waterfront is set to transform yet again. On January 4, the City...
White House defends terror aide's vacation day after Dec. 25 attack
The White House acknowledged Thursday that Michael Leiter, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, had taken six days annual leave after the Dec. 25 attempted plane bombing but said he...
De Blasio takes new Advocate position by storm
When he packed his bags and headed over to Centre Street in lower Manhattan last week, Bill de Blasio made sure he took a bucket full of Brooklyn moxie with...
Brooklyn Drinks Liberally
A new chapter has opened in Drinking Liberally’s rapidly expanding social network empire, and it is in downtown Brooklyn. For Brooklyn’s left-leaning socialites looking to gather in the warmth of...
Markowitz OKs Rose Plaza project
Borough President Marty Markowitz unexpectedly approved the Rose Plaza development project this week, according to sources close to the applicants, Isaac Rosenberg. The move comes after Community Board 1 last...
Hedge funds ended 2010 up 24 percent
Hedge fund performance numbers for December are trickling in and according to Hennessee Group's hedge fund index, the average fund is up 24.6 percent for 2009. On the surface, that...
Mangini staying with Browns
CLEVELAND -- Eric Mangini came up with his biggest win yet. The former Jets coach will return for a second season in Cleveland, a stunning personal victory following a four-game...
Gary Coleman released from hospital
LOS ANGELES — Gary Coleman's agent says the "Diff'rent Strokes" actor is fine after a slight seizure sent him to a Los Angeles hospital for less than a day. Agent...
Newark Airport video shows guard leaving post for minute and a half (VIDEO)
The shocking surveillance video of a man who intentionally breached a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Newark Airport and plunged the facility into more than six hours of chaos while...
Rex: Revis best defender by far
Rex Ryan disagrees with Deion Sanders when it comes to Defensive Player of the Year.The Jets coach said at his press conference today that not only should Darrelle Revis take...
The Butler Did It
He has two tattoos on his left arm, “Mama’s Boy” and “Rest in Peace, Mom,” that speak of love and loss. But Akim Neverson’s teammates and coaches on the Queens...
NBC reacts to reports of Jay Leno show cancellation
Bowing to pressure from local stations, NBC is planning to overhaul Jay Leno’s primetime show. Although NBC denied a report that it is scrapping the "Jay Leno Show," the Peacock...
Bengals practice in snow
CINCINNATI -- The temperature was 20, the wind chill was numbing and snowflakes filled the air when the Cincinnati Bengals shuffled onto the field at Paul Brown Stadium for a...
Pataki's daughter joins Bloomberg administration
Emily Pataki, eldest daughter of former Gov. George Pataki, has joined the Bloomberg Administration as a $70,000-a-year aide to the mayor's criminal justice coordinator, officials said today. "We've hired her...
Video of Arenas gun incident may exist: report
Gilbert Arenas' locker-room gun stunt might be caught on tape, it was reported today. Law enforcement officials told TMZ.com that Arenas' stunt, who admitted to having guns in the NBA...
Playboy model's body found burned in North Miami dumpster
A Playboy model whose badly burned body was found Sunday in a Miami dumpster expressed fear of her current boyfriend — even text messaging a former boyfriend, "he's trying to...
2 more Sept. 11 attack victims identified
New York City has positively identified two more victims from the Sept. 11 attacks after retesting DNA on remains found in and around the World Trade Center site. The medical...
Consultant charged in Iran Trade Embargo case
Prosecutors are using the arrest of a management consultant accused of violating the Iran Trade Embargo to show they are aggressively trying to stop money from flowing to Iran. U.S....
Oscar Watch: Cameron, ex-wife Bigelow nominated by DGA
In a likely preview of the Oscars, James Cameron ("Avatar'') will be going up against former spouse Katherine Bigelow ("The Hurt Locker'') when the Directors Guild of America hands out...
Bronx Marine charged in weekend shooting outside NC bar
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Authorities say a Marine combat veteran is charged with shooting a man outside a restaurant near Camp LeJeune. The Marine Corps said Thursday that 28-year-old Sgt....
Jets' Harris returns to practice, ready to 'introduce' himself to Bengals' Benson
David Harris isn’t quite sure how Cedric Benson isn’t aware who he is. The Jets star linebacker suggests the Bengals running back try looking at the stats.“I’m only the leading...
Study: Calorie counts minimized by chains, diet meal brands
A new study says food at popular chain restaurants and in the frozen food aisles can be more fattening than advertised. A study of meals from 10 restaurant chains including...
Video shows endangered Sumatran tiger cubs born in wild
BANGKOK -- A video camera in the jungles of Indonesia has captured the first known footage of Sumatran tiger cubs in the wild, boosting efforts to conserve the endangered species,...
Plaxico Burress denied work-release program
Manhattan prosecutors have successfully blocked Plaxico Buress' bid for a furlough. The state's Department of Corrections have denied the former Giants star's work-release application -- meaning that he won't get...
H&M’s Herald Sq. store stops trashing unsold clothes
Clothing retailer H&M has promised to stop destroying new merchandise that it can’t sell at one of its Manhattan stores. The chain said it will instead donate the garments to...
Rutgers puts call out to bring concerts to stadium
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rutgers University is looking to fill its field of dreams with the sound of music. The school has requested proposals from promoters to stage concerts and other...
NY Army officer acquitted of bribery
A US Army officer has been acquitted of taking bribes from military contractors in Iraq. Joseph Crenshaw, of Watertown, NY, was found not guilty on Wednesday by a Brooklyn federal...
Naked jogger arrested near White House
WASHINGTON — Authorities say a man who took off his clothes and began jogging in near-freezing temperatures near the White House has been taken into custody and hospitalized for a...
2 from Brooklyn dead in Pa. I-80 crash
CLINTONVILLE, Pa. — A 10-year-old boy and a newly married woman, both from Brooklyn, have been killed in a multi-vehicle accident that also killed a Michigan man on Interstate 80...
NJ judge: B'klyn woman can stand trial in starvation case
NEWTON, N.J. — A New York woman accused in northern New Jersey of starving four of her children has been ruled competent to stand trial. A judge in Sussex County...
U.S. Soccer to announce resolution in USL/NASL dispute
One week after rejecting USL and NASL’s bid for second-division status, the United States Soccer Federation has scheduled a 3 p.m. media conference call to announce a resolution in the...
Gov pushes to nix charter school cap
ALBANY – Gov. Paterson called on the Legislature this morning to immediately pass a series of dramatic education reforms, including eliminating altogether the statewide cap on charter schools. GOV: JUDGE...
Obama orders changes to air security after Christmas Day terror attempt
WASHINGTON — The name of the would-be Christmas Day bomber came to the attention of border patrol officers as his Northwest Airline flight was headed for Detroit, and customs agents...
Rested Knicks look to keep rolling against Brown's Bobcats
It seems like forever since the Knicks last played. Since the final buzzer of their last game, the Jets weren't a playoff team, Larry Hughes was keeping his mouth shut...
Jayson Williams ordered to wear alcohol monitoring device
Disgraced NBA star Jayson Williams was formally charged with misdemeanor drunk driving this morning at Bellevue Hospital, still wearing the plastic neck brace that's part of his treatment for a...
Vallone, Gianaris protest MTA plan to ax W subway
More than 30 western Queens residents braved the cold with City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria) and state Assemblyman Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria) this week to protest the MTA’s decision to...
Forest Hills consultant introduces digital relief for stress
Forest Hills resident and stress management consultant Robert Lawrence Friedman has been helping clients relax since 1993. Now he has brought his techniques to iPhone users with the new application...
Drop in tax revenues means state is out of cash: DiNapoli
The state will probably be forced to borrow from its other funds to continue paying its bills, officials said Monday as they tallied up the last of 2009’s tax revenue.“New...
Red Bulls name Hans Backe coach
Red Bull New York announced today that it has named Hans Backe as the club’s new head coach. While their fans had clamored from an American coach and backed interim...
Shore Road fix could cost city $3M: CB 11
A city project to fix a section of Douglaston’s Shore Road along Little Neck Bay that has collapsed could begin next year and cost more than $3 million, the district...
CB 5, city clash over reservoir plans
After a two-month delay, plans for the future of Ridgewood Reservoir will finally be unveiled to Community Board 5 probably later this month, officials told a Borough Board meeting Monday...
Who Cares About Some Dead Christians?
Martin Peretz says Obama foreign policy is collapsing (The New Republic)
Teen charged in Queensbridge slay
Did Cyan Brown kill a 29-year-old Queensbridge man in an act of self-defense or in cold blood? It depends on whether you ask Queens prosecutors or Brown’s defense attorney.Brown, 16,...
Pimp gets 3-9 years for Ozone Park bust
A Queens pimp who pleaded guilty in November to prostituting a 15-year-old girl in the borough was sentenced Monday to three to nine years in prison and has to register...
Queens College professor takes aim at phobias
A Queens College professor has launched a new study he said could help city residents deal with their fear of those unpleasant creatures that inevitably come with city life —...
City approves street rename for Betty Pegen
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the City Council last week found a new way to honor a recently deceased woman whose dedication to the beauty of College Point lasted more than...
Why Obama should meet with Dick Cheney
Jonathan Alter says if he can engage with Iran why not the former veep (Newsweek)
11 sites in Queens offer Xmas tree mulching program
City officials are encouraging residents to recycle their Christmas trees this weekend at sites throughout the city, including 11 places in Queens.“Last year was one of the biggest years we’ve...
Denying the Undeniable
Stephen Hayes says White House is trying to erase its Yemen detainee policy (Weekly Standard)
Healthcare: Tax Which Cadillac?
Bob Herbert thinks Democrats are acting like Republicans (The Hill Blog)
Straphanger advocate members lose their spots on MTA board
The MTA next meets Jan. 27, but unless the state Legislature acts quickly, the proceedings could get underway without six members whose mission is looking out for straphangers. The law...
Fairway work to begin in May
Construction on a planned Fairway Market to replace Waldbaum’s at the Douglaston Plaza Shopping Center probably will begin in May, Community Board 11 Chairman Jerry Iannece said this week.The market...
Trattoria takes top honors
The owner of Astoria’s popular Trattoria L’incontro said he was proud his restaurant was recently chosen by the Zagat survey as the best place to eat Italian food in the...
Tequila unleashes on Casey Johnson's family, friends
So much for mourning quietly and privately. Casey Johnson's girlfriend Tila Tequila has hit the Internet with a fury of nasty messages today -- aiming her ire at her fiancee's...
Boro’s first Leandra’s Law bust made on Grand Central Pkwy
A Brooklyn father who was allegedly speeding on the Grand Central Parkway while intoxicated on New Year’s Day has become the first person charged in Queens under the state’s tougher...
Koslowitz back on City Council
Sitting in her new 17th-floor office overlooking an expansive view that includes Citi Field and the Manhattan skyline, City Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) joked it will be easy for...
Parents to have say on DOE plan to close Jamaica HS
Parents and school administrators were set to pursue their fight to save Jamaica High School this Thursday with a public meeting at the historic campus’s auditorium.The city Department of Education...
Jamaica Hospital workers receive housing tips
A housing advocacy group made a house call to Jamaica Hospital last month to give the medical staff a lending hand at preparing to own their first home.The Housing Partnership...
Dolphin with throat slashed dumped on yard in Australia
Wildlife officers have appealed to the public for information about a dolphin that was slashed across the throat and left on the lawn of a house in Western Australia on...
Halloran sworn in as GOP councilman for northeast Queens
Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) celebrated Sunday his election to his first term as city councilman for northeast Queens in the company of the elite of Queens politics from both sides of...
Ex-Assemblyman Grodenchik named deputy borough president
Borough President Helen Marshall appointed former state Assemblyman Barry Grodenchik as her new deputy borough president Tuesday. Grodenchik replaces former Deputy Borough President Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills), who was just...
Singh denies Friedrich endorsement for Assembly
Sikh community leader Swaranjit Singh is accusing Glen Oaks Village President Bob Friedrich, his opponent in the 2009 City Council Democratic primary, of mailing out fund-raising letters to Sikhs saying...
NY Hospital Queens revels in first baby born in 2010
A woman from Flushing gave birth to New York Hospital Queens’ first baby of the decade 34 minutes after the ball dropped in Times Square, hospital officials said.Guiming Ren, of...
Queens Astor judge found parking at expired meters
A northeast Queens-based judge who oversaw the trial of Brooke Astor’s son admitted to misusing a police placard to park his SUV at meters in Manhattan’s Upper East Side, the...
Census Bureau begins campaign to track city residents
The U.S. Census Bureau kicked off its 2010 Census Portrait of America Road Tour in Times Square Monday, a public awareness campaign to get city residents to participate in the...
Family grieves for slain man
A fight on the streets of East New York in Brooklyn early New Year’s Day led to the first New York City murder of 2010 and left a South Jamaica...
Flushing man among new Lottery winners in boro
The state Lotto announced this week that a group of Queens lottery players hit the jackpot last year.Six individuals from neighborhoods such as Ridgewood, Floral Park, Jamaica and Flushing playing...
Queens students ring in 2010 with mayor
For Townsend Harris High School senior Jeannette Raymond, being chosen to help lower the Times Square ball to usher in the new decade was especially good news for the Astoria...
Third robbery strikes Bell Blvd.
A women’s clothing outlet became the third store on Bell Boulevard to be robbed within the past two months after an armed man made off with thousands of dollars in...
Former nonprofit prez pleads guilty to destroying papers
The former president of the nonprofit that acts as landlord to Woodside’s Razi school and is suspected of laundering money for the Iranian government pleaded guilty last week to destroying...
Sanders calls for body scanners at Queens airports
The attempted Christmas Day terrorist attack in Detroit has sparked calls from elected officials to bring high-tech body scanners to LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy International airports. Although there are...
Corona woman stabbed to death
Domestic violence was again the cause of a murder in Corona, the family of a slain woman believes. Diana Bolivar, 29, was found stabbed to death Dec. 29 in her...
Crime down but rape, assault rise in 114th
Crime dropped 9.7 percent in Astoria’s 114th Precinct as the number of murders stayed the same and rape and felony assault complaints rose just slightly. But the number of incidents...
Crime falls 20% in 112th Precinct but rapes on rise
The number of major index crimes fell nearly 20 percent overall in 2009 since the previous year, though the number of rapes and murders rose this year in Forest Hills...
Crime low, rapes up in 111th
Crime dropped 9.5 percent in Bayside’s 111th Precinct in 2009, but the number of rapes increased and there was one murder in the community, the precinct’s year-end crime statistics show....
Gov to public: Judge what I say, not what I get passed
ALBANY – Gov. Paterson asked the public to judge him for what he says, not what he accomplishes, as he took to the airwaves this morning to promote his tough-talking...
Teen slain in Briarwood apt.
A stabbing in a Briarwood apartment building following a more than hour-long shouting match between a woman and a teenage girl left one dead Friday afternoon and neighbors stunned that...
Crime down in ’09 in Fresh Meadows
The number of murders, rapes and other major index crimes dropped in Fresh Meadows, Cunningham Heights, Hilltop Village, Electchester and Pomonok in 2009 compared to the previous year, according to...
Windows 7 was Norah Jones's idea
Score one — or make it three — for Cobble Hill preservationists in their war against Norah Jones’s windows.The sultry singer quietly amended her bid to punch 10 windows into...
Gunman kills 3, injures five at St. Louis power company
An employee armed with an assault rifle and a handgun walked into a manufacturing plant Thursday morning and opened fire, killing at least three people and wounding five others, authorities...
The Retirement Flu
Gerald Seib tries to explain what's behind the retirements (Wall Street Journal)S.A. Miller says GOP recruitment fills party with Glee (Washington Times)
Hasselhoff quits 'America's Got Talent'
David Hasselhoff quit U.S. series America's Got Talent on Wednesday, after four years as a judge. The actor, famed for his roles in Baywatch and Knight Rider, sat on the...
Mark Cannizzaro's Jets chat rewind
Mark Cannizzaro answered your questions about the Jets-Bengals matchup. See what our beat writer had to say about the NFL playoffs and Gang Green's chances to reach Super Bowl XLIV...
Bangng on the Bankers
Megan McArdle says defaulting on your debt is not a solution (The Atlantic)
Can David Deliver?
A Desperate Man (Syracuse Post-Standard)Paterson Musn't Give in on State Spending (Poughkeepsie Journal)Winter of Reckoning? (Buffalo News)
Another 'Jersey Shore' fight under investigation
TOMS RIVER, N.J. — Prosecutors in New Jersey are investigating another fight involving a cast member of MTV’s “Jersey Shore” reality show. Seaside Heights police arrested Ronald Ortiz-Magro, a.k.a Ronnie,...
Our Afghan Intel Mess
In Afghanistan, Not So Smart Intelligence (Los Angeles Times)C Tuttle on the major failure in Afghanistant (Fire Dog Lake Blog)Joe Klein on how bad this hurts our Afghanistan efforts (Time)
Best and worst of the bowls
It only walked away with a 4-3 record, and perhaps that will keep the offseason buzz tempered, but what the Big Ten did during this bowl season should not be...
Texas vows not to come up soft against Alabama
PASADENA — What beats deep in the heart of the Texas Longhorns? Is it the pounding thunder of the fearless warrior or the feint thump of the timid? Is it...
Big talk, crowd, weather — nothing bothers these guys
For Rex Ryan and his swaggerlicious Jets, it isn’t if they beat the Bengals Saturday in Cincinnati, it’s when they beat the Bengals. It isn’t even if they win a...
Mary Louis vs. Christ the King a ticket-only event
The Mary Louis Academy’s clash with girls basketball rival Christ the King Saturday on Jan. 9 in Jamaica Estates will again be a ticket-only event, according to TMLA head coach...
In Battle of Blowhards, Gang Green showing no lack of confidence
Reality TV’s got nothing on the Jets and Bengals. Welcome to the Battle of the Blowhards, and it’s a beautiful thing. If Chad Ochocinco isn’t filling us in on his...
Ryan declares Jets should be Super favorites
Underdogs? Yes, the Jets are 2 1⁄2-point underdogs against the Bengals in Saturday’s AFC wild-card playoff game in Cincinnati. That was news to Rex Ryan ... until yesterday. “I wasn’t...
Bengals brush off effects of 37-0
CINCINNATI -- The Bengals’ helmets will still be orange with black stripes on it. Other than that, they would like you to believe nothing else will be the same Saturday...
Braylon won't guarantee another Jets win
Braylon Edwards only will guarantee that the Jets will be ready for the Bengals on Saturday. A week after guaranteeing victory in the win-and-in finale against the Bengals — “We...
Girls basketball roundup: Stanners stunned by LuHi
Archbishop Molloy has been tough to figure out this season. The Stanners nearly knocked off 11-time defending PSAL champion Murry Bergtraum on its home court and beat defending CHSAA Nassau/Suffolk...
Deion: Revis great, Packers' Woodson better
Deion Sanders has to admit it. In his eyes, Darrelle Revis falls short to Charles Woodson for the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year. Revis is the Jets’ otherworldly star...
Harris expected to answer bell
Jets linebacker and leading tackler David Harris didn’t practice for the second consecutive day yesterday because of his sprained right ankle, but Rex Ryan said he expects him to play...
This might be final shot for Eagles' McNabb
PHILADELPHIA — Michael Vick, who did time even harder than Donovan McNabb’s 11 years of quarterbacking in this town without winning a Super Bowl, says the man he backs up...
Defensive line coach latest to get ax by Giants
The purge continues. The dismantling of the Giants defensive coaching staff did not end with the firing on Monday of coordinator Bill Sheridan. Mike Waufle, the well-liked defensive line coach,...
Aguilar leads red-hot Mount
What longtime Mount St. Michael coach Tom Fraher knew last year, the rest of the city is finding out now. Peter Aguilar can score the basketball. The Bronx native provided...
PSAL boys basketball roundup: Springfield Gardens earns share of first place in Queens A East
Timothy Johnson narrowly missed a triple double, with 31 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists, as Springfield Gardens topped Grover Cleveland, 72-58, in Queens A East boys basketball action. Terrence...
CHSAA boys basketball roundup: St. Ray's edges Farrell
Daniel Dingle had 13 points and 12 rebounds to help lead St. Raymond’s to a 62-59 victory against Monsignor Farrell Tuesday in The Bronx. Kerwin Okoro had 13 points and...
Cropper's big first half jets Jefferson by Boys & Girls
Alicia Cropper isn’t used to losing games. In the last two years, the Thomas Jefferson girls basketball team lost just three games combined. But over this past holiday break, the...
Verizon profit dims
Pension costs will sting Verizon’s full-year earnings, which are projected to decline between 13 cents and 15 cents a share, missing analysts’ estimates. Chief Executive Ivan Seidenberg said 2009 was...
A-plus
In fashion, thin has always and forever been in. Until, maybe, kind of, now. For a while. The shift has been under way for quite some time (more on that...
Finish line
The construction work on Paul and Carolyn Zweben’s Upper West Side apartment began exactly a year ago this week. Both agents with Prudential Douglas Elliman, the busy couple (Paul is...
Kearney stumbles again in fourth
For the second straight game Bishop Kearney held a slim fourth-quarter lead at home against one of the top teams in CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens and let it slip away. The reasons...
Know the drill
Expect to spend more: “There’s no question you’ll go over your budget,” Paul Zweben says. The Zwebens’ original $200,000 budget ballooned to $300,000 by the end of the project. Move...
David does it all in Boys & Girls loss
Boys & Girls was right back in the game. The Kangaroos scored 10 straight points in the third quarter, but, a little more than a minute later, sophomore forward Levonna...
Wolves on the prowl: Grand Street Campus' fortunes take extreme turn
Talk about an abrupt about face. In just two years, Grand Street Campus’ boys basketball program has transformed from a winless cellar dweller to a confident, never-say-die first-place outfit. After...
Mayweather-Pacquiao fight dead
Thanks for nothing. That's going to be the universal response from the boxing community after talks for a proposed bout between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao ended Wednesday night without...
Just sold!
Manhattan FLATIRON $750,000 33 E. 22nd St. One-bedroom, one-bath penthouse co-op, 800 square feet, with windowed kitchen, stainless-steel appliances, ebony-stained hardwood floors, beamed ceilings and crown molding; building features laundry...
Big time
Want the rare opportunity to buy an 8,000-square-foot high-floor condo at the Time Warner Center? It’s now available for $57.5 million — if you buy two apartments and then pay...
Lost 'Love'
I'm just not feeling the love. The "Big Love," I mean. When the show returns Sunday night, it's all business and not much pleasure for the Henrickson clan -- and,...
Her mom likes to watch
Phyllis Volgyi never leaves a burlesque show early. Though at 54 she is a good two or three decades older than most of the audience at events like the Sunday...
Troupe taps into Gershwin melodies
The real novelty at New York City Ballet's season opening Tuesday wasn't the new ballet, but a nearly forgotten bonbon by George Balanchine. "Who Cares?" -- a Jazz Age salute...
Songs in a Cuban accent
He's probably best known for that anguished cry, "Lucy, you have some 'splainin' to do!" But Desi Arnaz was more than Lucille Ball's hapless foil: He was also a terrific...
Oprah role in talking stage
Oprah is in talks right now over whether she will appear on the cable channel that will bear her name when it launches next year. "We are working through how...
Cablevision gets 'Super Chef Battle' leftovers
'S uper Chef Battle: An Iron Chef American Event" is getting reheated for Cablevision subscribers. The Food Network has arranged for a special one-time repeat of the "Iron Chef" extravaganza...
Prop. 8 on TV
The Prop. 8 trial will be televised -- kind of. A San Francisco federal judge announced that cameras will be allowed to broadcast the trial of a lawsuit that challenges...
'Bachelor' gal booted after crew affair
The pretty finalist tossed off "The Bachelor" this season for reportedly having an affair with a member of the show's production crew has been outed. According to several accounts, Rozlyn...
Bin Laden's allies tied to deadly CIA base blast
Osama bin Laden's close allies helped plan the suicide bombing that killed seven CIA officers in Afghanistan, US intelligence officials believe. The Dec. 31 attack on Forward Operating Base Chapman...
AG subpoenas Espada records
ALBANY -- Attorney General Andrew Cuomo ratcheted up the heat on State Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. yesterday with a broad subpoena of Senate records related to the Bronx lawmaker and...
Blaming truth-tellers: Obama fans rip Cheney
Dick Cheney is right: If a clueless President Obama refuses to acknowledge that America is engaged in a war on terror, what kind of commander-in-chief is he ("Unwelcome Truths," Editorial,...
Corbitt's cooperation
Our investigation and report involved only a single unit within the State Police laboratory, the Trace Evidence Section, and the misconduct we detailed, which commenced in 1995, occurred prior to...
Our Afghan intel mess
'Eight years into the war in Afghanistan, the US intelligence community is only marginally relevant to our overall strategy." That's the opening line from a courageous, heartfelt report, "Fixing Intel,"...
State, city eye shady use of check-cashing firms
Investigators for New York City and State are zeroing in on corporate cheats that have allegedly been using storefront check-cashing operations to launder money and evade possibly hundreds of millions...
Keystone Kops put a bomb on jet
In a bizarre anti-terror blunder, police in Slovakia used an Ireland-bound passenger as a guinea pig, hiding powerful plastic explosives in his bag to test airport security -- and then...
Polaroid goes Gaga
Lady Gaga has signed a multiyear deal with Polaroid -- not only to be a face for the instant-photography brand, but also to help the company develop new cameras and...
The retirement flu
Other than the H1N1 virus, the most contagious disease in our nation's capital is retirement. The more Democrats that quit, the more others are also encouraged to hang it up....
Vet cleared in Iraq scam
A former US Army officer with 20 years of service was acquitted in Brooklyn federal court yesterday of charges that he took more than $20,000 in kickbacks from military contractors...
Brander-in-chief
A larger-than-life Barack Obama became the pitchman-in-chief yesterday on a Times Square-area billboard that used his photo without permission. The outerwear company Weatherproof used a November news photo of the...
UBS client gets fine, probation
A New Jersey businessman who admitted using a UBS AG account to hide $6.1 million from US tax authorities was sentenced to five years probation by a judge who credited...
Cops: Queens principal asked students for oral sex
School officials waited nearly a year after getting complaints that a Queens principal was propositioning male students for oral sex before booting him, The Post has learned. Although HS for...
'Percy made everyone feel like he was somebody'
Charles Rangel was walk ing along 125th Street, past the drugstores and shopping centers some said would never be, when a woman stopped him, crying uncontrollably over the death of...
Gensler's $300T brief
The US should "explicitly" regulate derivatives dealers, said CFTC head Gary Gensler, who has pushed Congress to impose new rules on the $300 trillion over-the-counter derivatives market. Gensler has asked...
AT&T will go Android
AT&T plans to sell seven new smartphones in the first half of this year, including two phones from Palm and five Android phones from vendors, including handset newcomer Dell. The...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan-- Somebody hire this burglar as a barista! A caffeine-craving crook took a 10-minute coffee break while breaking into an Upper East Side restaurant, stopping to make himself an espresso...
The college pigskin piggy bank
In 1957, Queen Elizabeth, attending a Maryland-North Carolina football game, asked Maryland's governor, "Where do you get all those enormous players?" He replied, "Your majesty, that's a very embarrassing question."...
Fresh proof: charters work
For the second time in six months, a promi nent researcher has put New York City's public charter schools under a microscope and found that, overall, they're outperforming the city's...
Moinian's big triple play pays
Building owner Joseph Moinian's company, the Moinian Group, yesterday said it obtained $634 million in fresh financing for three Lower Manhattan properties, including insurer American International Group's headquarters at 180...
Tough talker sets stage to upset Andy
ALBANY -- Maybe Gov. Paterson can save himself after all. If the unpopular governor can achieve even 75 percent of the sweeping reform agenda he laid out in yesterday's State...
Business briefs
Lehman debt Lehman Brothers Hold ings, trying to trim more than $830 billion in claims filed by creditors, was ac cused by European banks of seeking unprecedented powers to reject...
Rampage elephant kills mom & baby
NAIROBI, Kenya -- A lone elephant charged out of the brush as an American family was hiking near Mount Kenya and trampled to death a Long Island woman and the...
Justice cops to probe Comcast merger
The Department of Justice -- not the Federal Trade Commission -- will conduct the antitrust review of Comcast's pending merger with NBC Universal, the DOJ said yesterday. That means the...
Kumar plea deal
A former McKinsey & Co. consultant charged with being part of a major insider-trading ring is expected to plead guilty today, setting the stage for him to sing about hedge...
Abandon ship! Party is sinking
WASHINGTON -- You know the ship is in serious trou ble when even the rats start jumping into the frothy abyss rather than risk sticking it out on the cracking...
Fear for this state's sanity
In this state, the in mates control the asylum. Be afraid. Here's a tough one: Your son/brother/ sig nificant other hears voices and wanders off, hurting himself and others, when...
Reformer gov gives 'em hell
ALBANY -- Gov. Paterson received a chilly reception of folded arms and dour faces yesterday as he called on lawmakers to end Albany's addiction to spending and resist the "soldiers...
'Pill-pop' model hit joggers
A pill-addled Brooklyn woman admitted she lost consciousness when she mowed down two joggers in Staten Island, authorities said yesterday. "I blacked out at the wheel. I can't believe I...
Buffett's Mars bar
Billionaire Warren Buffett's decision to weigh in on Kraft's hostile pursuit of Cadbury may land him in hot water with Uncle Sam's antitrust cops. In voicing his opposition Tuesday to...
Security's new metal muddle
Leave the bottled water, take the titanium. Passengers can still walk through Kennedy Airport security scanners with pieces of the durable metal -- used in knives, brass knuckles and even...
Where's Tiger?
For a man in hiding, Tiger Woods gets around. The fallen golf great has proven to be more elusive than Osama bin Laden or Waldo, yet he's been sighted around...
Don't bank on it
Though some experts believe the upcoming departure of Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd, who runs the Senate Banking Committee, could open the door for compromise on financial regulatory reform, Wall Street...
Glitter on the Green
Tavern on the Green's twinkling lights have gone dark, but now its spectacular chandeliers can hang from your ceiling. The contents of the famed Central Park eatery, including 59 chandeliers,...
2010 too 'tough' for Dodd
Embattled Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut called it quits on his 30-year Senate career yesterday -- acknowledging he was in the "toughest political shape of my career" after a bruising...
Farewell, Mr. Chairman
Civil-rights legend and Harlem power player Percy Sutton was remembered yesterday at a stirring, VIP-studded funeral service as the man who paved the way for generations of black leaders. With...
Punishment where due
New York's need for proper representation in Washington grows more dire by the day. So kudos to Mayor Bloomberg for exploring a somewhat creative solution to the problem. Mike is...
Dodd dumps himself
Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut an nounced his retirement yesterday, relieving his constituents of the responsibility of booting him from office. Polls showed that the jig was up for Dodd...
Can David deliver?
In his State of the State Address yesterday, Gov. Paterson proposed a plan to end political corruption in New York -- and lawmakers politely applauded. It was like the Mafia...
'Scam' by Long Island Mega winners
The Long Island couple who won a $162 million Mega Millions jackpot will today receive $1 million less of their winnings, the million bucks being put aside to pay back...
Obama's budget boss jilts baby mama
President Obama's geeky budget guru has a secret love child -- with the Greek shipping heiress he jilted before hooking up with his hot new ABC News fiancée, The Post...
Warner Bros. OKs Netflix 28-day delay
Netflix Inc. will delay sending out Warner Bros.' latest movies by nearly a month in a concession that the DVD-by-mail service made so it could gain rights to show its...
Ex-AIG executive seeks dismissal
Former American International Group Chief Financial Officer Howard Smith asked a New York judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought in 2005 by former state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. Smith and...
My son, the rat
Talk about family feuds! Scorned father and Colombo crime-family soldier Frank "Frankie Camp" Campione, 65, lashed out at his son Michael for ratting him out to the FBI in an...
Baltimore suit nixed
Wells Fargo said it won dismissal of a lawsuit by Baltimore claiming its lending practices led to foreclosures that harmed the city. US District Judge Frederick Motz in Baltimore threw...
Hanes KOs Sheen ads
Hanesbrands is ending its ad campaign featuring Charlie Sheen because of domestic-violence charges against the actor. A spokesman for the underwear company said yesterday that it was a "pretty standard,...
City uninsured over 1 million
More than 1 million New Yorkers lack health insurance and are relying on Big Apple hospitals and city-run health clinics to provide their medical care, according to new data. The...
Wedding bling stolen
A lot of things go wrong when planning a wedding -- but this was a nightmare few brides-to-be could ever imagine. An engaged New Jersey couple taking an evening stroll...
Alzheimer's phone 'cure'
Researchers have found that electromagnetic waves emanating from cellphones may prevent -- or even reverse -- Alzheimer's. Normal mice who had long-term exposure to such electromagnetic waves avoided developing Alzheimer's,...
Gilbert Arenas gets $hot down
The NBA fired back at pistol-packing hoopster Gilbert Arenas yesterday suspending the Washington Wizards sharpshooter in a move that could cost him every penny of the $89,150,060 left, on his...
Tragic body 'ID bungle'
Richard Massey disappeared in 2002, and his body was found floating in the East River three months later -- but his parents weren't informed about the horror for five years,...
Newark TSA guard halted violator, then got the slip
Shocking video shows that the Transportation Security Administration agent who was chatting on a cellphone when a trespasser strolled unchecked into a secure area at Newark Airport had actually stopped...
Feds were on to Umar as jet was in midair
While underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was still in the air, US security officials learned information that made them want to question him the second he landed, it was reported...
Hosp court for Jayson
Former Nets star Jayson Williams will be arraigned in his hospital bed today on DWI charges, law-enforcement sources said. Williams, who broke his neck when he smashed his SUV into...
Tila Tequila howls as Nicky Hilton grabs Johnson's dogs
Baby-oil heiress Casey Johnson's rich-and-famous friends went to the dogs for her yesterday, wresting her orphaned pooches from weepy and whiny fiancée Tila Tequila -- along with a Range Rover-load...
Prez pushes insurance tax
President Obama signaled to House Democratic leaders yesterday that they'll have to drop their opposition to taxing high-end health-insurance plans to pay for coverage for millions of uninsured Americans. At...
Avery busts out against former team; Rangers top Stars, 5-2
This was the exception that proved the Avery Rule, which, quite simply is that when Sean Avery acts like the "delinquent," he was called last night by Dallas netminder Marty...
Defensive line coach latest to get ax by Giants
The purge continues. The dismantling of the Giants defensive coaching staff did not end with the firing on Monday of coordinator Bill Sheridan. Mike Waufle, the well-liked defensive line coach,...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 6 fur; $20,000; clm($25,000); 4upTURAATH finished third at this distance and level when making first start off the claim. CARDIOLOGIST drops in class for local debut for new barn....
The Post Line
NFLSaturdayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogBENGALS 1 2½(34) JetsCOWBOYS 3½ 4 (45) EaglesSundayPATRIOTS 4 3½(43) RavensCARDINALS 1½ 1 (47½)PackersHome team in CAPSNCAA FootballBCS ChampionshipAt Pasadena, Calif.FavoriteCurrent (O/U)UnderdogAlabama 4 (46)TexasNCAA BasketballFavoriteLine UnderdogXavier2LA SALLEW. Kentucky2SOUTH...
The Battle of the Year: 'Rachel' vs. Zenyatta
It's the most heated debate in thoroughbred racing since the Sunday Silence-Easy Goer rivalry 20 years ago. Which of these two great fillies should be 2009 Horse of the Year:...
Cone leaving YES Network
What The Post reported on Dec. 18 -- David Cone apparently leaving the YES Network, where he was an analyst on Yankees telecasts, the last two seasons -- yesterday became...
D'Antoni shifts Knicks into playoff drive
Since starting the season a franchise-worst 1-9, the Knicks have gone 13-11 to claw their way back to 10th place in the Eastern Conference, within one game of a playoff...
Surging Devils not resting on laurels
If the remarkable play of the Devils continues, there might not be enough superlatives left in the dictionary to heap upon the Eastern Conference leaders. After Tuesday's 4-0 win over...
Andre Dawson in baseball Hall of Fame, but Blyleven, Alomar belong, too
Sometimes baseball writers need a little extra convincing. It took nine years for them to realize Andre Dawson was a Hall of Famer. They finally elected him yesterday; a sort...
Sports shorts
GRID: Shanahan takes chargeMike Shanahan made his formal debut as Redskins coach yesterday, one day after signing his contract and just two days after Jim Zorn was fired following a...
Hunter to throw 50th birthday party
For the past 50 years Hunter Mountain has been offering up good skiing, and this weekend they will continue the fun. On Saturday, they will be having a 50th birthday...
Jets' Harris expected to play
Jets linebacker and leading tackler David Harris didn’t practice for the second consecutive day yesterday because of his sprained right ankle, but Rex Ryan said he expects him to play...
Big talk, crowd, weather — nothing bothers these Jets
For Rex Ryan and his swaggerlicious Jets, it isn't if they beat the Bengals Saturday in Cincinnati, it's when they beat the Bengals. It isn't even if they win a...
Nets' nightmare continues; crushed by Hawks, 119-89
ATLANTA -- There's no real easy way to break this to the Nets, so here it goes: The dream of a 50-victory season is all but dead. Yup, after falling...
Mitre staying with Yankees
Pitcher Sergio Mitre and the Yankees have agreed to an $850,000, one-year contract that leaves the team with two players eligible for salary arbitration. The Yankees had declined a $1.25...
Newly acquired Quinn may help Nets' backcourt
ATLANTA -- Chris Quinn didn't see a losing record of astronomical proportions when he joined the Nets from Miami last night. Instead, he saw an opportunity on a team where...
Rangers' Tortorella exchanges harsh words with Stars coach
It was 5-2 Rangers over the Stars, there were 30 seconds to play in what had been an occasionally chippy match at the Garden heightened by Sean Avery's virtual dance...
Okposo's late goal lifts Islanders over Avalanche, 3-2
DENVER -- Kyle Okposo's shooting luck finally turned in his favor. Okposo scored on a 3-on-1 rush with 3:17 left, and the Islanders beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 on Wednesday...
Weird but true
It didn't just roll away. The mystery of a missing 4-ton sculpture of a motorcycle outside a Utah bike shop was solved when the sculptor admitted he had quietly taken...
Seton Hall comes up short against UConn, 71-63
STORRS, Conn. -- Seton Hall went to No. 13 Connecticut last night carrying the weight of a three-game losing streak. And after leading the Huskies in the final minutes, on...
Listen, Boise & girls, title isn’t last word
You know who would make tonight's BCS must-see TV? Our good friend Chad Ochocinco, that's who. Because if he were playing for Alabama or Texas, and he had the opportunity...
Texas vows not to come up soft against Alabama
PASADENA, Calif. -- What beats deep in the heart of the Texas Longhorns? Is it the pounding thunder of the fearless warrior or the feint thump of the timid? Is...
BCS title game matchups
The Post's Lenn Robbins breaks down the BCS title game unit-by-unit. Alabama OL vs. Texas DL Alabama's defense is terriffic, but Texas led the nation in rush defense (62.2). The...
Benjamin big on the boards in fourth for TMLA
Avis Benjamin wasn’t happy with Mary Louis just getting its fair share of rebounds. “We want to monopolize the second chances we get and minimize what they get,” she said....
Jayson Williams to be arraigned from hospital bed: report
Jayson Williams, who fractured his neck after smashing his SUV into a tree in an early morning East Side crash, will be arraigned from his hospital bed at Bellevue in...
Gowanus wall may get city protection
The city said this week it plans to investigate whether to landmark a revered Gowanus wall that some believe has a place in the annals of baseball history.The Landmark Preservation...
Avery's 4 points lift Rangers to win over Stars
Sean Avery exacted revenge on the Dallas Stars a year after they dumped him, scoring a goal and setting up three others in the New York Rangers' 5-2 victory Wednesday...
Hawks end 4-game skid, top Nets 119-89
Jamal Crawford and the Atlanta Hawks used one of their best shooting nights of the season to end a four-game losing streak and beat the struggling New Jersey Nets 119-89...
Local pols react to Paterson reform proposals
State lawmakers representing Brooklyn had mixed responses to Gov. David Paterson’s “State of the State” address, in which he set forth sweeping proposals to root out political corruption in state...
Markowitz gives OK to Rose Plaza
Borough President Marty Markowitz unexpectedly approved the Rosa Plaza development project this week, according to sources close to the applicants, Isaac Rosenberg. The move comes after Community Board 1 last...
Committee OK's Berkeley Carroll plan
A construction plan by a Park Slope private school received a passing grade from a community board committee this week, overcoming the first in a series of hurdles the controversial...
Council member Levin sets sights on his administration
Newly elected 33rd District City Councilmember Steve Levin is vowing to hit the ground running - or at least with his eyes open.The 20-something political wunderkind’s district encompasses Brooklyn Heights,...
Murdered at pool hall
Murdered at pool hallCops have arrested a 49-year-old man in connection with a murder at an underground pool hall on Broadway.The January 2 slaying was the first murder to take...
Gowanus and Newtown not created equal
What’s good for Newtown isn’t good enough for Gowanus — and some observers are wondering why.On Dec. 23, The Bloomberg Administration announced that it would be supporting the designation of...
Holiday B.B.s
Holiday B.B.sPolice have apprehended a B.B. gunner allegedly responsible for a robbery inside the Holiday Inn on Union Street near Fourth Avenue.According to published reports, Fatmir Dajbabic, 28, allegedly entered...
The public wades into Newtown Creek
While community leaders throughout North Brooklyn are encouraged about the eventual cleanup of Newtown Creek, many caution the federal agency about harming small businesses and endangering affordable housing projects during...
Atlantic Ave. 3rd most dangerous for pedestrians
Atlantic Avenue and Fourth Avenue have been deemed among the most dangerous for pedestrians in the tri-state region, according to a new report. The two thoroughfares are both thru-truck routes...
Atlantic Ave. BID moves forward
Atlantic Avenue’s desire to form a Business Improvement District (BID) in the Downtown Brooklyn area is making serious headway. “We’re in the public outreach phase of the process and gathering...
Teen recruited by Al Qaeda to bomb target in Yemen
DUBAI — Counter-terrorism authorities are hunting for a 16-year-old boy from northern Yemen suspected of having been recruited by al-Qaeda to be a homicide bomber at foreign targets in the...