January 25, 2010
Stop That Big Government Train!
The Economist takes note of the discontent on the rise over "the size and power of the state."
Jets' Ellis added to Pro Bowl
Jets defensive end Shaun Ellis has been added to the AFC Pro Bowl roster, replacing the Indianapolis Colts’ Robert Mathis. Mathis is unable to play in the NFL’s all-star game...
Obama says one good term is better than two bad ones
President Obama said in an interview today that he would rather be a good one-term president than a mediocre leader who served a full eight years. As he navigates his...
Wall Street talent ready to jump to competition
Wall Street’s version of musical chairs is about to kick into high gear.Bankers at Goldman Sachs, Barclays Capital and other financial institutions are preparing to jump to smaller, nimbler and,...
Mauer, Twins could talk this week
Possible free agent catcher Joe Mauer could resume contract talks with the Twins this week, FOXSports.com reports.Mauer, agent Ron Shapiro and Twins general manager Bill Smith will be on hand...
Wang's agent confident pitcher will get deal
Chien Ming-Wang's agent anticipates "a major-league offer with a substantial guarantee and substantial upside," FOXSports.com reports.Wang, who is expected to throw off a pitcher's mound this month, has six teams...
Chicago's cheap eats revolution
IT HAS always been pretty good eating in Daleytown. When I moved back east in the late 1990s after nearly four years on the shores of Michigan, I was all...
Our weekly events calendar!
Fri, Jan. 29Art, “The Ant”: Display of Xavier Roux’s 60-foot long sculpture. 1–7 pm. Invisible Dog [51 Bergen St. in Cobble Hill, (347) 981-4186], www.theinvisibledog.org. Music, Eric DiVito Group: $6....
Judge finds city rent increases invalid
The city Rent Guidelines Board has overcharged hundreds of thousands of tenants since October of 2008, a Manhattan judge has ruled. In a decision issued today, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice...
Lousy weather hammers the city
What a way to start a Monday. Torrential rain and wind gusts that topped 60 mph wreaked havoc on the city and suburbs today, knocking out power, toppling trees, snarling...
Ryan says five Jets assistants won't return
Jets coach Rex Ryan says five assistant coaches will not be back with the team next season, including assistant quarterbacks coach John DeFilippo. Ryan said Monday that the contracts of...
Coaches feel CHSAA girls basketball should super size
Several coaches believe that times have changed and so should the landscape of CHSAA girls basketball in New York City -- that it is time for the girls to catch...
VEGAS: 21 essential off-Strip bars and restaurants
AT THIS point, talking about Strip versus off-Strip in Las Vegas seems unfair — it’s like saying Times Square versus not-Times Square when offering up a guide to Manhattan. Sure,...
Zombie Power Plant Dies Quiet Death
Williamsburg residents are claiming victory and relief after the State Court of Appeals refused to hear TransGas Energy’s appeal to be allowed to build an underground power plant on the...
Woman struck down on Ralph Ave.
Police said that the woman was crossing the heavily-traveled thoroughfare near Avenue K at 8:30 p.m. January 21 when she was hit by a passing vehicle. Members of the Flatlands...
Fire rips through Midwood Home
A firefighter from Ladder 157 takes a quick breather as he and his team put out a near-fatal fire on East 15th Street near Avenue K in Midwood.Officials said that...
Apple earnings surge, driven by iPhone sales
Apple on Monday reported a fiscal first-quarter profit that surged 50 percent from the same period a year ago as the tech-industry icon saw its results driven by strong sales...
Williamsburg Bank building a work of art
Wherever artist Robert Goldstrom walked in Brooklyn he could not get away from that tower. Poking through the borough’s skyline, visible at odd angles and corners, the Williamsburg Savings Bank...
Canarsie church remembers Haiti victims
Misty eyes accompanied the solidarity when Rep. Edolphus Towns organized a prayer service for Haiti’s earthquake victims at Beraca Baptist Church. The congressman, an ordained minister, and Pastor Mullery Jean-Pierre...
Marine Park residents challenge cops
Marine Park residents want answers from the 63rd Precinct about a series of robberies.“I’m not happy that there’s been nine robberies since November. I want to know, what are you...
8 culinary adventures for 2010
LOOK — so it wasn’t the greatest decade. From 2000 to 2009, New York definitely took its lumps. It wasn't all bad news, though; when you compare how we eat...
Zubrus will play in Devils' next game
Devils forward Dainius Zubrus joined the team today for his first full practice since cracking his right kneecap Nov. 19.After viewing Zubrus' stiff-legged and slow skating, Jacques Lemaire pronounced the...
Oprah most popular on TV, followed by Beck: poll
TV talk queen Oprah Winfrey may be America's most popular boob tube celebrity -- but she has some surprising new company near the top of that list. A new Harris...
Obama to Dems: I won't let 1994 repeat happen
President Barack Obama told a group of House Democrats not to fear big losses in the 2010 midterm elections similar to those in 1994, saying House Democrats didn't have him...
Civic calendar
Sun, Jan. 31Citywide education teach-in. Immigrant Affairs Commissioner Fatima Shama leads program on “Compassion and Action.” 1:30 pm. Grace Church [254 Hicks St. at Grace Court in Brooklyn Heights, (718)...
Paraguay's top World Cup player shot in Mexico City
MEXICO CITY -- Salvador Cabanas, the top player on Paraguay’s World Cup team, was shot in the head before dawn Monday in the bathroom of a bar in a well-off...
Schroders alums dominate Kraft-Cadbury deal
The $19 billion Kraft acquisition of Cadbury felt at times like a Schroders investment bank reunion. About half of the bankers key to advising Kraft and hostile target Cadbury once...
Tracking the awards leading up to the Oscars
As awards season winds down and the Academy Awards near, "Avatar" has emerged as a favorite. Can "The Hurt Locker," "Up in the Air" or "Inglourious Basterds" compete with the...
ComScore's online traffic jam
Depending who you ask, comScore is the best source of online traffic data or the Internet's "biggest bully."Over the weekend Jason Calacanis, a high-profile blogger and Internet entrepreneur, accused comScore...
Mets' Santana to test elbow Tuesday
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Mets ace Johan Santana is set to throw off a mound, hoping his left elbow has recovered from surgery late last season. Santana is scheduled...
No-Strand Avenue Being Cut from Junction Streetscape Project
If Nostrand Avenue were a person, it would undoubtedly be feeling pretty left out.After all, when the $ $4.5 million Junction streetscape project finally gets underway next year, after more...
New life for Herr’s
Marine Park is trading potato chips for pediatricians. According to city records, a medical facility is currently being constructed at the site of the former Herr’s building, located at the...
29-year-old challenger to Golden's seat
Twenty-nine-year-old Gravesend resident Mike DiSanto is still in grad school, but he wants to be your next state senator. “We need more regular citizens to stand up and run for...
CB 10’s first female chair sworn in to lead through 2010
With a fair amount of pomp, and some serious warnings about the future of community boards, as an institution, Community Board 10’s officers were sworn in, during the board’s January...
Enthusiastic support for changes in curb cut rules
After extensive study and discussion, Community Board 10 has voted resoundingly to support changes to the city’s zoning code that will curtail the creation of new curb cuts.The vote occurred...
VEGAS: 10 Strip restaurants to skip
Because life — like most trips to Las Vegas — is too short to waste on less-than-excellent food, here are ten spots to knock off your list before you even...
Neighbor: Stacy Peterson said 'I'm already dead'
JOLIET, Ill. — The fourth wife of former Illinois police officer Drew Peterson was sure her husband would murder her, even telling a neighbor before her disappearance in 2007 that...
VEGAS: 10 top tables on the Strip
IN today’s Las Vegas, if you’re not blown away by the food, you just need to stop going to the wrong places. Like here in New York, it’s easy to...
Casey Anthony pleads guilty to check fraud
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida mother charged with killing her toddler daughter has pleaded guilty to check fraud charges. Casey Anthony pleaded guilty Monday to 13 counts of check fraud....
Saints' win puts two more Giants in Pro Bowl
The Giants contingent of Pro Bowl players doubled today with the announcement that guard Chris Snee and tackle David Diehl have been added to the NFC team.Snee and Diehl were...
Dancers with Oscar dreams audition for big show
BURBANK, Calif. -- Lined up in sweats and leotards, hundreds of sinewy dancers wait with paper numbers pinned to their chests and a singular hope within. Under gray, rainy skies,...
Rex gets Jets ready for next year
Rex Ryan saved his best motivational speech for the day after the Jets were eliminated from the playoffs. "The best thing he said, maybe the entire year, was today: ‘It’s...
Justice Dept. OKs Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger
The merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster received regulatory approval today, but not without major concessions. Lawmakers were worried that the deal would be anticompetitve and harmful to the consumer...
Trial for Body armor execs accused of insider trading starts
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — Two former top executives of the nation’s leading supplier of body armor to the U.S. military accused of insider trading in an alleged $190 million scheme...
Jets' run hid failures of other local teams -- but not anymore
I wish there were better news for those of you just waking up from the Jets’ dream run that came up short in Indianapolis yesterday. The Jets’ success at least...
Man gets 10 years jail for lopping off rival's nose with sword
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A Buffalo man who lopped off a rival’s nose with a sword after a barroom skirmish over a woman has been sentenced to 10 years in prison....
Red Bull friendly & trialists
The Red Bulls played to a 1-1 tie with CSKA Moscow in a preseason friendly today; and their training camp has gotten a little bigger with a few more (familiar)...
Bloomberg won't allow Kruger to rewrite history
ALBANY -- Mayor Bloomberg was on his best behavior during testimony today before a legislative budget committee, but he couldn't hide his ire when state Sen. Carl Kruger blamed the...
LeFrak stalking StuyTown
Now that Jerry Speyer is on his way out the door, Richard LaFrak hopes to take over the lucrative contract for managing the 11,000-plus units at Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village....
Sundance 2010: A sad and lovely 'Valentine'
As a Starbucks-stoked crowd setted into a packed Raquet Club Theater in Park City for this morning's screening of "Blue Valentine," the programmer who intoduced it warned us that this...
To help Main Street, pay Wall Street in cash
If Obama really wants to make a difference, he should force Goldman Sachs to pay bonuses in cash, not stock.That might sound like an odd proposition, as Wall Street is...
A Fawning Press Produces A Detached Presidency
In Commentary's Contentions blog, Jennifer Rubin notes how press was aware of Obama's leadership deficiencies during campaign, yet downplayed them: "The press went to the mat for Obama, yet now we...
Aol buys StudioNow for Seed.com
Aol is trying to build up its fledgling content-creation venture, Seed.com, after its much ballyhooed announcement a few months ago. The Internet pioneer is paying $36.5 milion in cash and...
Mets' Manuel isn't impressed with free-agent pitching pool
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- The Mets are still in the market for starting pitching, but Jerry Manuel won't lose any sleep if the team doesn't make a move.Last week,...
Why Wal-Mart's layoffs are a good thing
There’s a upside to Wal-Mart’s announcement that 12,700 heads will roll at its Sam’s Clubs unit, says Craig Johnson of Customer Growth Partners.The firings appear to be the largest downsizing...
Rhodes won't say if he'll be back with Jets
Jets safety Kerry Rhodes says now is "not the time to discuss" if he will be back with the team next season -- and Rex Ryan agrees.Rhodes, who lost his...
'Terror mom' and two jurors tossed from trial
Another day in the trial of Aafia Siddiqui, another outburst. The MIT-educated Pakistani "terror mom" turned into a holy terror today when a federal judge booted her from a federal...
Facing The Facts on Fake States
AEI's Thomas Donnelly identifies the four "essential" rules to follow in helping reconstruct "weak or collapsed states" such as Haiti.In Canada's Chronicle Herald, Scott Taylor urges international community to "learn from...
Javaris Crittenton charged, sentenced for firearm possession
A second Washington Wizards player was charged today with weapons violations following a plea deal with the feds. As part of the deal, federal prosecutors agreed to drop a second...
Bam's Bank Bumble
The Washington Times editorial decries Obama's "demonization" of the banking industry. Lefty blog Axis of Logic calls Obama's bank plan a "fake anti-Wall Street stance." Eli Lehrer says at the Frum Forum that...
Chandler, Robinson could miss Knicks game vs. T'wolves
The Knicks news keeps getting worse. Wilson Chandler sat out today's practice with a strained groin and is listed as questionable tomorrow vs. Minnesota. Nate Robinson, who has a strained...
Our exclusive family calendar!
Fri, Jan. 2911:30 am: Storytime with Emily. Weekly event. Moxie Spot [81 Atlantic Ave. between Hicks and Henry streets in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 923-9710], themoxiespot.com. 5 pm: Teen writing workshop....
Life in a Blender makes the big time
Q: There’s something of a Life in a Blender juggernaut going on right now.A: It’s a juggernaut, all right. We’re wrapping up a new album called “Kill the Bottle.” And...
As who likes it? BAM's Bard comedy is a true tragedy
And they call “As You Like It” a comedy?Shakespeare’s cross-dressing pastoral frolic has been known to churn up some mirth on occasion, but the version of the Bard’s wordiest play...
The L.A. story — Cynthia Wade quits Slope for Hollywood
Park Slope is losing an Oscar-winning director to Los Angeles.The westward move of Cynthia Wade is no minor blow to Brooklyn’s star power — Wade wins prestigious awards everywhere she...
Trolley trash! Workers tear up history near Brooklyn Bridge Park
and Will YakowiczFulton Ferry Landing preservationists are fuming that construction workers trashed a piece of history at the entrance to Brooklyn Bridge Park — set to open this month —...
What happened to the Prospect Park West bike lane? Ask Marty!
Did Marty Markowitz bring the Prospect Park West bike lane to a skidding halt?What was once billed as a way of keeping bicyclists off the sidewalk and perhaps reduce traffic...
Beat up before going down
88th PrecinctFort Greene–Clinton HillTrain troubleA brutal brigand socked a woman in the head before snatching her purse as she walked into the Clinton-Washington subway stop on Jan. 22.The victim told...
Arby's? In Gage and Tollner? See for yourself!
The old Gage and Tollner restaurant has been turned into an Arby’s, so naturally, The Brooklyn Paper team checked out whether a fast-food joint could properly fill the landmarked shoes...
Harold Ford in Brooklyn — kissing Vito's ring!
The path to the Senate obviously goes through the stomach of Assemblyman Vito Lopez.Would-be New York senator and former Tennessee congressman Harold Ford, Jr. journeyed to Cono’s restaurant in Williamsburg...
Brownstone is down zone, says new report
took a nose-dive two years ago.New numbers released last week show steep declines in the fourth quarter of 2009 in all manner of luxury housing — including the borough’s iconic...
New front in Vietnam war opens at Park Slope sandwich joints
Perhaps we should start calling Sixth Avenue “the de-sandwiched zone” (DSZ).Residents of Park Slope will certainly feel that way, now that the notorious Vietnamese sandwich renegade Henry Huynh has abandoned...
Residents question homeless proposal
A crowded question and answer session with Praxis Housing Initiatives in Wakefield on Thursday, January 7 resulted in more questions than answers. Praxis suggested that it establish an advisory board...
DHS revises shelter rules
The Department of Homeless Services has revised its open-ended request proposals to require community board notification prior to any shelter agreement with a homeless services provider. But plaintiffs in the...
New name for Mama Maria
Mama Maria restaurant has new owners, a new look and will soon boast a new name: 900Park. The remodeled restaurant includes a lounge that offers finger foods like nachos and...
Real estate agents talks growth despite recession
Although unemployment is high and the economy remains in turmoil, some Bronx residents still have cash to invest. Just ask NAI Friedland senior commercial real estate broker Rick Stassa, who...
Passion Pit to help celebrate Brooklyn
While we may be in the throes of winter, the summer will be here before you know it. And it’s not a bad time to think about it either, with...
One Hanson Place is back!
They came, they saw, they ate cupcakes.The who’s who of the borough lived it up at the “It’s All About Brooklyn!” party launching Skylight One Hanson.The ground floor of the...
Marine Park receives high marks for mulching
Marine Park is mad about mulching.The tree-lined community had the undue distinction of chipping down nearly one third of the Christmas trees sent to Brooklyn shredders during the city’s MulchFest...
Ford comes to Brooklyn seeking support
Potential U.S. Senate candidate Harold Ford came a-courting on Kings County Democratic County leader Vito Lopez in Brooklyn last week.The sit-down came at Williamsburg’s Cono Restaurant where pictures of visiting...
Kings Plaza to shoppers: buck up!
Note to consumers: take an extra buck with you if you want to park your car inside the Kings Plaza Shopping Center garage.The Brooklyn mall at Flatbush Avenue and Avenue...
CB 18 butt heads with DEP over new digs
They got the rent money and the nod from City Hall. They even got the boxes.But the city’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) seems less than thrilled about having Community...
Embattled EMTs back at work; Rennix family outraged
The family of the young East Flatbush woman who died at a downtown Brooklyn cafe were “upset” that the EMTs accused of doing nothing to help her were back on...
Changing of the guard at the 66th Precinct
In a ceremonial changing of the guard, Inspector Peter DeBlasio handed over the reins of the 66th Precinct to his successor as he bid farewell to residents of Kensington and...
EWVIDCO “Cooks” Up Industrial Space in Burg
Light manufacturing is dead. Long live light manufacturing!A new 3,200-square-foot space is available for rent in East Williamsburg, but it is not for the typical loft-dwelling artist that has moved...
New Yorkers' life-expectancy hits new high
Congrats, New Yorkers -- you've broken the record.City residents are living longer - in fact, the longest they ever have in history - while deaths due to chronic respiratory ailments,...
Jets-Colts highest rated AFC Championship game in 16 years
The Jets lost yesterday, but CBS won thanks to Gang Green bringing in the New York market. The Colts’ 30-17 win was the most watched AFC Championship game since 1994...
The 1994 Nightmare
"Can Democrats Reverse Free Fall?" asks Congressional Quarterly. The Centrist blog notes retiring Arkansas Democrat Marion Berry amazement over President Obama's dismissing of any comparison between 1994 and 2010. Reaganite Republican blog catches Demcoratic...
Jury hears harrowing 911 tape in Linda Stein murder case
"My mom! She's dead I think! I don't know! Please! Help me! Help me!" Jurors in the Realtor to the Stars murder trial heard the wrenching 911 tape of victim...
High winds, falling debris cause street closures
New York City officials say some streets have been closed near City Hall Park in lower Manhattan after high winds caused falling debris. The street closings have forced Pace University...
Alleged victim testifies in cop assault case
The Brooklyn man who claims cops sodomized him inside a Flatbush subway station calmly told jurors this morning how the officers tackled him to the ground, cuffed him and kicked...
NHLPA reaches tentative agreement with former executive director Kelly
The NHLPA has reached a tentative settlement with Paul Kelly in which the union will pay its former executive director $1.5M plus $200,000 in attorneys’ fees, The Post has learned....
'Chemical Ali' hanged for ordering gas attack
BAGHDAD — Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid, who was hanged Monday, ordered the infamous poison gas attack on the northern Iraqi Kurdish village of Halabja in 1988 that killed...
Newsday union rejects pay cuts, longer work week
Angry unionized workers at Newsday overwhelmingly rejected a tentative proposal that would have slashed most salaries by 10 percent, raised the work week to 40 hours from 35 hours and...
Ford likens Gillibrand to a parakeet
Harold Ford Jr. laced into Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand this morng in a stop to Albany, saying New Yorkers don't need "parakeets" as their leaders. Ford made the comments in an...
Jayson Williams wearing alcohol monitor on ankle
NEWARK, N.J. — Ex-NBA star Jayson Williams is wearing an alcohol-detecting ankle bracelet while he awaits sentencing for accidentally shooting a limousine driver. A New York judge ordered the former...
Oscar Watch: 'Hurt Locker' Back in the hunt
"The Hurt Locker'' is back in serious Best Picture contention after winning the Producers Guild of America award Sunday night, upsetting the heavily favored "Avatar.'' The producers, whose choices have...
Ethiopian Airlines plane with 90 onboard crashes; 30 bodies found
BEIRUT — An Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 90 people caught fire and crashed into the sea minutes after taking off from Beirut early Monday, setting off a frantic search as...
Serie A: Inter go up nine points following derby win
Inter Milan all but won the Serie A title on Sunday -- going up nine points following a 2-0 win over city rivals AC Milan. Argentine striker Diego Milito set...
Pop and the musical
We're reaching critical mass, people -- now let's hope producers start really paying attention. The Times' Jason Zinoman seems to have had an epiphany at the Lady Gaga concert (and really,...
Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan’s dad dead; son pleads not guilty to assault
WOBURN, Mass. — The brother of figure skater Nancy Kerrigan pleaded not guilty today to assaulting their 70-year-old father, who died over the weekend after a disturbance at the family’s...
Joe Biden's son Beau decides not to run for Senate
Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden wrote a letter to supporters Monday announcing that he will not seek election to the US Senate. Biden had been rumored to run for his...
New details on night of Tiger Woods' crash
Embattled golf great Tiger Woods was doped up on sleeping pills the night he crashed his car -- fleeing his Florida home in a hurry after his club-wielding wife chased...
GM names Ed Whitacre as permanent CEO
Ed Whitacre Jr. is dropping the interim from his CEO title at General Motors Co. and he reaffirmed Monday the automaker would repay in full its loans from the U.S....
Bloomberg warns of 19,000 layoffs if state cuts aid
Mayor Bloomberg warned today that he would have to lay off nearly 19,000 city employees - including 3,150 cops -- if the state Legislature cuts aid to the city."Let me...
Woman trips, falls into rare Picasso at Met
A clumsy art lover damaged a rare Picasso painting after losing her balance and tripping onto the masterpiece, Sky News reported Monday. The woman collided with the century-old work, called...
Car bombs kill at least 36 in Baghdad
BAGHDAD — Suicide bombers struck near three hotels popular with Western journalists and businessmen Monday just as Iraq announced the execution of Saddam Hussein's notorious cousin known as "Chemical Ali."...
Staten Island granny taxed 20 years later
The state is so hard-up for cash that it sent a tax bill last week to an 82-year-old Staten Island woman for a tiny business that shut down over 20...
Shocker! Cops taser Jets fan
The Jets’ loss wasn’t the only thing that shocked Gang Green fans yesterday. Cops sacked a Jet diehard before the big game, throwing him against a squad car outside the...
NYC girls basketball rankings
In a wild season, this week might have been the wildest. Bishop Ford beat St. Michael Academy, which is now on a three-game losing streak. John F. Kennedy defeated Mary...
CBS' Simms lets Colts coach off hook
How nice is Phil Simms? Very nice, sometimes too nice. Yesterday on CBS, he politely, quietly watched with us as Colts head coach Jim Caldwell tried to remove the late...
Jets report card
OFFENSE Mark Sanchez played a sound game, completing 17 of 30 passes for 257 yards, 2 TDs and a late INT. He hit TE Dustin Keller (6-63) on a 9-yard...
Oliver Stone: US in denial over JFK assassination
BANGKOK — Hollywood filmmaker Oliver Stone said Monday the United States remains in denial over the possibility that someone other than Lee Harvey Oswald could have assassinated John F. Kennedy,...
Key moment and player from Jets' AFC Championship loss
KEY MOMENT Though the Colts scored 17 unanswered points in the second half, their most important score was the one right before the end of the first half. Down 17-6,...
CHSAA girls basketball rankings
So the Royals are kings of the CHSAA again – at least for now. Christ the King has been a juggernaut since returning from the Nike Tournament of Champions in...
PSAL girls basketball rankings
Take everything you know – or think you know – about PSAL girls basketball and toss it in the nearest trash receptacle. Too much craziness occurred this week – Midwood...
Ryan’s hopes will have to wait till next year
INDIANAPOLIS — Rex Ryan ate a heaping helping of humble pie last night. He thought his Jets were better than Peyton Manning’s Colts. He thought wrong. “We want to have...
Sundance 2010: 'Runaways' rocks the Rockies
Kristen Stewart plays Joan Jett in "The Runaways," Jett's first, all-girl punk band in 1975 LA, but to my surprise this standard (with a small twist) sex-drugs-and-rock (chick) flick actually...
Go to Greg
Q I was laid off six months ago. At the time I was earning $150,000 per year. I have not been able to find a job paying at that level...
Pulse sales
ALOHA RAG 505 Greenwich St., at Spring Street; 212-925-0882 Sale: ongoing. Mon.-Sat., 11 a.m.-7 p.m./Sun., noon-6:30 p.m. Up to 70 percent off Alexander Wang, Elizabeth & James, Lanvin and more....
The ex factor
If there's a company where you want to work, everyone knows networking with people who work there is a good move. But there's an even better one, says "guerrilla” job-search...
Outside the box
To the jaded hacks at @work, it often seems there are as many job-search experts as actual people looking for jobs. While some of their counsel is terrific, it’s rare...
Paint the town
Lighten up your winter blues with one of this season’s best and most colorful trends: wearable art. Designers produced painterly dresses aplenty, drawing inspiration from graffiti, watercolors, sculptures, even confetti....
A spiritual lift
Elan Nieves, a recent Fordham Law graduate who passed the New Jersey bar last month, has been going on job interviews lately. She’s also sung “This Little Light of Mine”...
Chill factor
Top music downloads 1. Down, Jay Sean 2. I’m Goin’ In, Drake 3. I Can Transform Ya, Chris Brown 4. Money to Blow, Birdman 5. Paparazzi, Lady Gaga 6. Bad...
Senior moments: Lassiter, Perry lead West 50th past FDA
If there was one big reason why West 50th Street Campus lost to rival Medgar Evers last week at the PSAL ‘A’ Girls Basketball Showcase, it was that seniors Shanequa...
Starr report
Some news, of late Kudos to "Jimmy Kimmel Live" for its hilarious parody of Ken Burns' "The Civil War" — with Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien and Jeff Zucker as the...
Sundance 2010: 'Cyrus' enjoys life of Reilly
John C. Reilly and Jonah Hill are hilarious in the dark relationship comedy "Cyrus," which Fox Searchlight will be releasing this year and which got a lot of big laughs...
Peguero, Hornets buzz by Bloomfield Tech
There has been no questioning Midwood’s frontcourt this season. Northeastern-bound center Jewel Tunstull is a major presence in the paint. Junior small forward Francess Henry has emerged as one of...
Sundance 2010: High on 'Get Low'
"My pick for movie of the festival is 'Get Low,'" said a lady standing next to me in line tonight at the Eccles Theater in Park City, to no one...
Federer, Serena crush Aussies' dreams
Lleyton Hewitt and Sam Stosur faced the best in the business and could be excused for wishing they had skipped work when a half million other Aussies took a day...
Washington shakes Bergtraum from slow start
Shukurah Washington calmly brought the ball up the court with Murry Bergtraum in the midst of a fourth-quarter run. The DePaul-bound forward sized up University’s Mecca Newton from the top...
Girls basketball roundup: Molloy drops fifth straight
The Stanners' skid continues. Archbishop Molloy fell behind Mount Vernon early behind poor shooting and a bevy of matchup problems on defense trying to contain West Virginia-bound guard Taylor Palmer...
St. Michael's comeback falls short against Colts Neck
The difference between this season and last for St. Michael Academy starts with the Eagles’ mentality, coach Apache Paschall says. “Last year, we came in with the attitude that we’re...
CHSAA boys basketball roundup: Dingle leads St. Ray's in OT win
Daniel Dingle had 27 points and eight rebounds, leading St. Raymond’s to a 75-72 overtime victory at St. Peter’s Sunday afternoon. Kerwin Okoro had seven points and 15 rebounds and...
Sea stuns Stanners in Sunday matinee
Joe Stabach has heard the chatter. He knows the reputation Staten Island basketball has throughout the rest of the city. “Not a lot of people expect teams from Staten Island...
On point: Edwards leads CK over Bishop Loughlin
Corey Edwards loves everything about Bishop Loughlin -- climbing the three flights of stairs to the cramped gym, playing in front of a large and boisterous crowd. But most of...
Street 16 party
BBC America's new high- school sitcom, "The Inbetweeners," maps every intricate conception of the teen lad's mind, capturing the nuances of four boys' pursuit of lager, booze and . ....
Hulu mulls $5 charge for shows
HULU, the free TV web site, has been floating the idea that it may start charging -- and now it's talking price. How much to watch shows online? About $5,...
Fox ready to swoop in on Conan
FOX is set to move fast to pick up Conan O'Brien for a rival late-night show, according to sources. Talks between O'Brien and Fox could start as early as this...
'Idol' cut for spilling beans
An "American Idol" contestant picked last week for the Top 24 was booted over the weekend, according to reports. The reason: his father told a local newspaper that his son...
Uncle left weak in the niece
At the end of the day, you just can't beat a good, taut yarn. And that's exactly what Arthur Miller's "A View From the Bridge" is, barreling down toward an...
New character on 'The Simpsons'
Meet the newest mem ber of "The Simpsons" family -- Ricardo Bomba, aka "La Bomba." This chiseled, suave South American ladykiller, who works with Homer as a safety inspector in...
Surgery racial shocker
Minority New Yorkers are 60 percent likelier to die after major surgery than are whites -- and an alarming 20 percent likelier to die even after simple hip-replacement or other...
90 feared dead in Beirut jet crash
BEIRUT -- An Ethiopian Airlines plane with at least 90 people on board crashed into the Mediterranean shortly after taking off from Beirut yesterday. Officials believe that stormy weather, not...
Sully's jet set to fetch 100G
It took just four minutes for a flock of geese to slash the value of a $70 million jet to $100,000. That's roughly what an aircraft-salvage expert plans to bid...
Why we oughta ax these DC Stooges
Wer're in trouble. The Three Stooges of the Apocalypse were sum moned to Washington to explain how a known al Qaeda-trained savage with murder on his mind and explosives in...
Shelly certain Paterson is going belly-up
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver be lieves embattled Gov. Paterson is "history" and may not win enough votes from his own party leaders to be on the primary ballot in September,...
$90M err-ports
A nearly $90 million security system designed to thwart terrorists trying to get onto runways at the metro area's four major airports still isn't up and running four years after...
Kabul terror-attack leader arrested
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan authorities have arrested the ringleader of a group that staged a brazen attack in Kabul, and now believe the assault was coordinated by al Qaeda, an...
America is joining our party: tea team
The tea-party revolutionaries who rallied behind Scott Brown are crowing that the Republican's stunning capture of Ted Kennedy's Senate seat will be the shot heard around the political world. "It's...
Highway robbery
Calling all cars. A Long Island official's threat to call the cops and report 192 Nassau County-owned trucks, cars and other equipment as "stolen" got some results -- but unless...
Osama: Hey, call ME the crotch king
Osama bin Laden yesterday took credit for ordering the failed attempt to bomb a Detroit-bound airliner -- but the State Department said his claim is only a pathetic attempt to...
Happy birthday, Pop! Pop! Pop!
Bubble Wrap, once envisioned as a new type of wallpaper, turns 50 this month. The manufacturer of Bubble Wrap is Sealed Air, based in Elmwood Park, NJ. Spokesman Ken Aurichio...
Israel in W. Bank forever: Bibi
JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed yesterday that Israel would never leave parts of the West Bank. "We are planting here. We will stay here. We will build here....
Hiram slams ouster efforts
State Sen. Hiram Monserrate yesterday blasted the "political bosses" he said were illegally trying to strip him of his seat after his misdemeanor-assault conviction. "No one else can decide but...
What a wa$te
What garbage! In a twist on the City Council's much-maligned practice of including lawmakers' names on taxpayer-funded public trash cans, one politician actually promoted himself on the steel bins by...
Sudden cloud over Deutsche fire cases
The assistant district attorney at the helm of multiple prosecutions in the fatal 2007 fire at the former Deutsche Bank Building will retire next month -- throwing the future of...
Buddy brain drain
Facebook "friending" may fry your brain. The social-networking site lets users rack up as many as 5,000 friends, but the mind cannot handle more than 150 relationships at one time,...
Facing the facts on fake states
What do Haiti and Afghanistan have in common, other than the presence of our military? They're both profoundly failed states that we pretend just need the right encouragement. We told...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan--A woman was struck by a stray bullet in East Harlem yesterday -- and the punk who shot her laughed about it, she said. The unidentified woman, in her 50s,...
Time to re-State job plan
WASHINGTON -- President Obama is moving on from health care -- focusing his upcoming State of the Union speech on a plan to provide jobs. Obama is going to lay...
How UFT torpedoed NY's shot at $700m
The city teachers union did its best to scuttle the state's application for $700 million in federal school aid by refusing to embrace reform measures required to compete for the...
Business briefs
Wal-Mart cuts Sam's Club, the ware house club division of Wal-Mart Stores, is cut ting roughly 11,200 jobs -- or about 10 percent of its work force -- as it...
Hospital 'apartheid'
New York City's medical care is a mostly segregated, two-class system -- with poor and uninsured minority patients crammed into municipal hospitals, and most everyone else treated in private institutions...
Gang Green lovers try to shake off loss
The house money finally ran out. But soaring Jet fans dragged back down to Earth by yesterday's heartbreaking defeat said the season was not a total loss. "It hurts bad,...
Elin visits Tiger at sex rehab - report
Tiger Woods' wife, Elin Nordegren, visited her sex-addicted hubby at a Mississippi rehab clinic, vowing to save their tattered marriage, according to a published report. The Swedish beauty returned home...
Gary Coleman busted on home-violence rap
Gary Coleman's in a little trouble. Again. The diminutive former "Diff'rent Strokes" star was picked up in his Utah hometown yesterday on a domestic-violence warrant, sources said. Cops in Santaquin,...
To hell - and back
Mission accomplished. An elite team of city cops and firefighters yesterday returned from Haiti after rescuing six people from the rubble of that nation's devastating earthquake. Nearly 80 members of...
A heavy levy on granny
Talk about desperate! The state is so hard-up for cash that it sent a tax bill last week to an 82-year-old Staten Island woman for a tiny business that shut...
UK clinics in embryo imbroglio
The next Abraham Lincoln, Pete Sampras or Sergei Rachmaninoff may never be born under new fertility guidelines adopted in Britain permitting the destruction of embryos with minor genetic disorders. The...
Sidewalk decycling
Cops are cracking down on cyclists riding on sidewalks, issuing 43 summonses in Gramercy and Chelsea in the last month. About 90 percent of those ticketed were restaurant deliverymen, police...
Prez called for jury duty
He has one hell of an excuse. President Obama was called for jury duty in his home state of Illinois -- but informed the court he won't be able to...
Sex life 'in the Pitts'
The once-electric sex life of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie has run so cold that the couple rarely slept in the same bedroom in the past year, a source said...
End of an error: Tishman giving up StuyTown
Tishman Speyer's days as the landlord of the massive Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village apartment complex are coming to an end. A group led by the real-estate developer has reportedly thrown...
Expired excuses: O's bad Bush-bash
THE ISSUE: President Obama's blaming George W. Bush for his administration's shortfalls. *** After Scott Brown's victory, the Democrats are pointing fingers, still blaming George W. Bush and saying the...
Doing right by New York schools
Last week, my support for strong legislation to reform New York's education system and my subsequent opposition to an alternative "consensus" measure were both praised and derided by Albany's political...
Calling Grammy
With the Grammys coming up next Sunday, Media City is taking a look at what the music magazines are offering. No word, yet, on whether Kanye West will charge the...
New York's fading Glory
A priceless piece of New York history is decaying in a closet at the State Capitol building -- ostensibly the victim of Albany's fiscal woes. It's no excuse. The state...
The EPA's next victim
The Environmental Protection Agency is at it again. Only this time, the federal eco-commissariat -- whose pettifogging was largely responsible for leaving the former Deutsche Bank building at Ground Zero...
A slap at the Bravest
The judicial keelhauling of New York's Bravest continues apace. Federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis -- without a shred of evidence that the FDNY had discriminated against minority applicants -- last week...
MDC lighting up Madison Ave.
Despite a slump that has left ad giants battered and bruised, MDC Partners thinks now is the time to bust a move. With the big conglomerates retrenching, Miles Nadal, CEO...
Apple turn over
AT&T may have a bitter tablet to swallow. Apple is expected to name Verizon Wireless as one of its carriers with its anticipated unveiling of a new tablet device on...
Bam's bank bumble
In the wake of last week's Democratic loss in Massachu setts, President Obama launched an all-out war on finance. The assault isn't targeted at the sources of the 2008 crisis...
'Avatar' a 'Titanic' success
James Cameron's "Avatar" is on a course to sink "Titanic" at the box office. No. 1 for the sixth straight weekend, with $36 million, the 20th Century Fox sci-fi spectacle...
The 1994 nightmare
For Democrats willing to see what's before their eyes, the nightmare came into sharper focus over the last week. Another 1994 might be in the offing. Back then, the beginning...
Foreclose threat hits Hamptons big shots
Hamptons homeowners are facing foreclosure at a staggering rate, a new report has found. The number of property owners on the East End of Long Island missing three mortgage payments...
E. End heavyweights slug it out in Round 4
Money may not buy happiness, but it sure can pay a lot of legal fees. A border skirmish between high-powered Hamptons neighbors Terry Semel, the former Yahoo! chief, and investor...
Gov says: Bring it on, Andy!
After months of saying nothing about Andrew Cuomo's plan to run for governor, Gov. Paterson's campaign committee yesterday challenged the attorney general to come forward with ideas to solve some...
Kidd-less Mavericks hand Knicks worst home defeat, 128-78
Somewhere, Isiah Thomas must be smiling. David Lee had modest goals as he sat glumly on the bench in the fourth quarter, watching the Knicks' worst Garden loss in their...
Devils' Zubrus may be out until March
If it seems the Devils haven't had a full, healthy lineup yet this season, it's because they haven't. Not for one game. It's not likely to happen until after the...
Santana, Maine attending Mets' three-day minicamp
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Time to take a look under the hood and see if the parts are functioning correctly. Who is ready for spring training? Who still needs to...
Rangers rookie Anisimov needs a re-charge
The roster is pockmarked with deficiencies, the players are not buying whatever it is the head coach is attempting to sell, and the season is unfolding with all the joy...
Spiraling Nets hit new lows
The Nets have plunged to a mental low, agonizingly discovering the bottom they hit long ago has new depths to attain, new revulsions to experience daily. Some claim they can...
D'Antoni's crew soft vs. top teams
If it gets worse than 128-78, or going 2-6 in the last eight games, it is the Knicks being 6-18 this season against teams currently occupying playoff positions. Or, as...
27 Super minutes not enough for Jets to get it done
INDIANAPOLIS -- The clock had hit zero and midnight at the same time, ending both a season and one of the most magical carpet rides you ever will see. Inside...
Venus rallies past Schiavone at Australian Open
MELBOURNE -- Venus Williams advanced to the Australian Open quarterfinals for the seventh time to set up a meeting with China's Li Na, who never has made it this far...
Jets' grieving owner Johnson takes time to offer his thanks to fans
INDIANAPOLIS -- Woody Johnson stood outside the Jet locker room, as he always does, and shook the hands of every one of his players. These handshakes, though, held a little...
Vaunted Jets defense sliced, diced by Peyton
INDIANAPOLIS -- The grind began early in the week, when Peyton Manning began watching film of the Jets defense, trying to get into the mind of Rex Ryan. He played...
Raptors edge Lakers as Kobe misses game-winner
Hedo Turkoglu made two free throws with 1.2 seconds left as the Raptors beat the Lakers 106-105 last night in Toronto. Andrea Bargnani scored 22 points, Chris Bosh and Jarrett...
Legendary Jets RB Curtis Martin: Future bright for Ryan's crew
INDIANAPOLIS -- Eleven years ago, Curtis Martin felt a similar pain. Martin, the legendary Jets running back and one of the greatest players in Gang Green history, was at Lucas...
Feely's missed kicks no help to Jets
Two weeks ago, Jay Feely had played the football equivalent of the one-man band: kicking off, kicking field goals and punting for the Jets. He quickly emerged as a feel-good...
With Colts' Wayne held in check, Garcon goes off
INDIANAPOLIS -- Pierre Garcon says Peyton Manning told him just before the third quarter "to get ready, that they were going to go to me." Manning insists he never told...
Humbled Jets tip hats to Peyton
INDIANAPOLIS -- The Jets knew their margin for error against Peyton Manning was tighter than Rex Ryan's sweater vest. The defense that rarely stumbled this year made some errors and...
Colts' touchdown before half changed game
INDIANAPOLIS -- There's no question how much things changed yesterday when the Colts scored a touchdown in 58 seconds right before the first half ended. And Jim Leonhard thinks the...
Miami Super Bowl nothing new to Colts
INDIANAPOLIS -- If familiarity means anything, the Colts, who will be trying to win a Super Bowl in the same place where they won one three years ago, will have...
Bubba Watson hopes for 1st PGA Tour victory
Bubba Watson, Alex Prugh and Joe Ogilvie all had late chances yesterday to create a little separation atop the Bob Hope Classic field. All three made mistakes better suited to...
Don't blame the Sanchise
INDIANAPOLIS -- The Jets were certain the Road to Miami, The Road to Super Bowl XLIV, was going to start on Rex Ryan Drive and proceed to Mark Sanchez Way...
Sports shorts
COLLEGE: Tebow ready to go A day before the players participating in Saturday's Senior Bowl go through their first practices in front of a few hundred NFL personnel, former Florida...
Jets missed injured Greene in second half
INDIANAPOLIS -- Shonn Greene had become indispensable for the Jets, rushing for 263 yards and two touchdowns in their two playoff wins. But yesterday, Greene was shelved after suffering a...
Marty: Brian will get another Schott
INDIANAPOLIS -- Marty Schottenheimer knew what his son was feeling. To be 60 minutes away from the Super Bowl and come up just short, that's something the elder Schottenheimer knows...
Jets' secondary exposed by Manning
INDIANAPOLIS -- No passing defense was better than the Jets', which held opposing quarterbacks to an average of a little over 150 yards passing per game. None of that mattered...
Jets look to next season
INDIANAPOLIS -- The 2009 season barely had ended when the Jets turned their eyes toward the 2010 season. Year 2 of the Rex Ryan/Mark Sanchez era has plenty of Jets...
Finally! Saints make first Super Bowl in 43-year history
NEW ORLEANS -- What does 43 years of pent-up frustration look like? How can you measure 43 years filled with so much losing that all the beads worn and Hurricanes...
Colts 4-point favorites over Saints in Super Bowl
LAS VEGAS -- Peyton Manning and the Colts opened as a four-point favorite to beat New Orleans in the Super Bowl. Oddsmaker Sean Van Patten of Las Vegas Sports Consultants...
Saints' victory lifts team -- and city -- to glory
NEW ORLEANS -- Inside the Superdome, which less than five years ago during Hurricane Katrina became a palace of pain and death, the Saints brought grown men to tears last...
Vikings' Favre: No decision on future
NEW ORLEANS -- The last time he was in an NFC Championship Game, Brett Favre's final pass was thrown to the wrong team, with Corey Webster of the Giants two...
Saints' defense good enough
NEW ORLEANS -- It's not too often that a defense can feel good about giving up 475 yards on 82 plays, 31 first downs and 28 points. But as someone...
Playoff taste has Sanchez hungry for more
INDIANAPOLIS -- All you had to do was look at Mark Sanchez's face to know the outcome of yesterday's AFC Championship game. No, it wasn't the frustrated look Jets fans...
Jets crash in second half, lose to Colts 30-17
INDIANAPOLIS -- The Jets began the day 60 minutes from their first Super Bowl in 41 years. Then they found themselves 30 tantalizing minutes from the Promised Land, leading the...
Jets CB Sheppard dazed by demotion
INDIANAPOLIS -- When Peyton Manning stood under center for the first time yesterday, one of the first things he noticed was that Lito Sheppard wasn't in his usual starting cornerback...
Knicks president Walsh still has eyes on Rubio
When the Timberwolves visit the Garden tomorrow, they'll be without the 19-year-old floppy-haired Spanish point guard the Knicks still covet. Ricky Rubio, whom the Wolves drafted sixth, is playing in...
Weird but true
Call it reef madness. A US border inspector thought he smelled something fishy about a truckload of white sea bass headed into San Diego from Tijuana, Mexico. It was a...
Pope, Seton Hall upset No. 9 Pittsburgh, 64-61
Bobby Gonzalez is a Rex Ryan fan, which shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who has heard the respective coaches speak. They are confident. They are brash. They occasionally...
Siena too much for hard-luck Manhattan to handle
The Jaspers did what they could to keep it close, but when the final buzzer sounded yesterday the outcome was as expected. Siena defeated Manhattan 66-58 at Draddy Gym in...
Jets' Rex to visit with Seton Hall players
Seton Hall hoops coach Bobby Gonzalez is going to have a chance to meet Jets coach Rex Ryan sooner than either wished. When Gonzalez learned several months ago that Ryan...
Iona tops Fairfield for sixth straight win
Jermel Jenkins scored 14 points and had seven assists in Iona's 68-58 win over Fairfield yesterday in New Rochelle. Jonathan Huffman and Milan Prodanovic added 13 apiece for the Gaels,...
Precise St. Peter's routs Francis Lewis
Catherine Lewis finished her third 3-pointer with her hand held high and a bounce in her step. That’s never a good sign for the opposition. “When we are shooting the...
Saints win in OT after Favre's interception costs Vikings chance in regulation
NEW ORLEANS – It wasn’t pretty. Balls were sliding all over the Superdome turf, and the mistake-prone Vikings committed five turnovers. But in the end, the Saints ended 43 years...
Report: Pitt bro begged Brad to split
Brad Pitt’s brother begged the Hollywood star to leave Angelina Jolie because their family was being torn apart, The Sun reported Monday. The Sun said the couple have struggled during...
Jets owner Johnson feels for the fans
INDIANAPOLIS — Woody Johnson stood outside the Jets locker room, as he always does, and shook the hands of every one of his players. These hand shakes held a little...
McCain: Campaign finance KO'd
WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain says the movement he led to reform how political campaigns are financed is dead. McCain says the Supreme Court has spoken on the constitutionality of...
Gary Coleman in domestic assault rap
Former Diff'rent Strokes star Gary Coleman was arrested in Utah today accused of domestic assault, the Post has confirmed. The 41-year-old star - who recently suffered a health scare -...
'Wasn't our day': Jets, Rex quiet in defeat
INDIANAPOLIS – Someone finally silenced the Jets. The Jets postgame locker room tonight was remarkably quiet, as players got dressed, reflected on the missed opportunity and looked ahead to next...
Key moment and player from today's Jets' loss
KEY MOMENT The Colts scored a touchdown in the third quarter to take the lead and a touchdown in the fourth quarter to ensure the victory. But their most important...
This time, Jets' Feely the one missing kicks
INDIANAPOLIS — Two weeks ago, he'd played the football equivalent of the one-man band: kicking off, kicking field goals, punting. Jay Feely quickly emerged as a feel-good hero, a significant...