February 3, 2010
StuyTown rents stay down, appraisal imminent
Tenants at Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village will be able to enjoy lowered rents for five more months. Tishman Speyer the soon-to-be-departed owners of StuyTown announced today that the agreement they...
Brooklynite wins 'Worst Cooks in America'
A Brooklyn gal is No. 1 on the “Worst Cooks in America.” And that’s a good thing! Rachel Coleman, 23, won the Food Network reality show — and $25,000. “It’s...
Sausage adds heft and spice to main dish pasta
There are times when the troops are tired of the same old foods. Favorite dishes are all very well, but they would truly like something new, please, something original, something...
Person of interest sought in Red Hook slaying
Police say they have identified “a person of interest” in the murder of a 26-year-old Red Hook resident killed earlier this week.The victim, Shawn Quamina, was found shot in the...
High hopes for Livingston Street
It may not be Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, but developer Joe Sitt is seeing a more high-end retail and restaurant corridor emerging on Livingston Street in downtown Brooklyn.Sitt, whose company Thor...
Cops raid car service
Cops raid car servicePolice from the 76th Precinct are attacking the neighborhood’s car break-in problem on both ends.Investigators executed a search warrant at the Cobble Hill Car Service near the...
Oliver House work continues
A flurry of activity has returned to 360 Smith Street/ 131 Second Place, where a 48-unit, 70-foot residential building atop the Carroll Gardens stop on the F train will one...
Four of a kind: Knights enjoy largest signing class ever
National Signing Day is nothing new at Holy Cross HS. After all, this is where Kevin Ogletree went before starring at the University of Virginia and enjoying a stellar rookie...
Brooklyn’s new official poet tapped
A Park Slope teacher has been named the new poet laureate of Brooklyn.Tina Chang, the fourth poet to hold the post, was chosen from a field of 22 applicants from...
Man starts fight on Internet
Since we came across his site a few months back, blogger/broker Malcolm Carter has become one of our regular reads. After all, how can you not love a guy who calls out his co-op board on the...
Shockey, Vilma practice for Saints
CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- The New Orleans Saints looked healthy and active in their practice Wednesday, with starters Jeremy Shockey, Darren Sharper and Jonathan Vilma all participating, Each of them...
Quickie: Serious Sam HD
Sam "Serious" Stone, the wisecracking, Converse & jeans-wearing, gun-toting savior of humanity, has been around for a while now. He first started his mission against psycho aliens on blood-stained sand...
Meeks, Smith nonprofit funds questioned
Several southeast Queens political leaders’ involvement in a neighborhood nonprofit has been called into question amid a report in the New York Post that the group’s tax returns failed to...
Bloomberg heads underground for 7 train extension
Manhattan straphangers, meet your newest subway stop. MTA brass yesterday revealed the incredible underground cavern that in several years will become the 34th Street top platform on the 7 line....
Top prospect not sure he'll make it with Mets
Heralded Mets prospect Fernando Martinez says he might have to play for someone else if he wants to make the major leagues.Martinez, an outfielder who got major-league playing time last...
Setback for Summit
Summit Academy Charter School isn’t broken up about opposition to its proposed move to Butler Street.“That [site] is one option of many that we are exploring right now,” Summit Principal...
LICH nurses grow leery as merger nears
Sonia Taylor stepped off the nurses’ picket line in front of Long Island College Hospital and tightened the hood of her red sweatshirt to combat the cold winter early afternoon.“We...
Rolling iPhone raider
Rolling iPhone raiderCops are looking for a free-wheeling fiend who snagged an iPhone from a woman’s hand on Union Street.The woman told police that she was on her phone between...
Berkeley Carroll hearing delayed
Objections made by a city agency have delayed the airing of a Park Slope private school’s controversial plan to a commission that could ultimately decide its fate.The Department of Buildings...
No common ground found in boro Assembly debate
The two candidates vying for the state Assembly seat vacated by City Councilman Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gardens) pulled no punches during a debate Monday night in Glen Oaks.“I believe you...
SEC reaches out to billionaire hedgie John Paulson
In its quest for information about whether Wall Street firms misled investors about the fate of complex mortgage securities leading up to the credit crunch, the Securities and Exchange Commission...
1 on 1 with Stuff Hipsters Hate
Andi Bartz and Brenna Ehrlich, who hail from Spanish Harlem and Greenpoint, respectively, are the authors of the popular Tumblr blog “Stuff Hipsters Hate ”. They have been posting their...
Dominican Williamsburg helps Haitians
In the heart of the south side, Williamsburg’s Dominican community has responded to the devastation that has ravaged the nation of Haiti on Caribbean island where many trace their ancestral...
Windsor Terrace’s butterfly lady working to enlarge flyers’ habitat
Many of her Windsor Terrace neighbors know Jennifer Hopkins as the butterfly lady. Hopkins, who has lived in the community for the past two decades, has built a reputation on...
New Events in 16 Sycamores
Could a new comfort station and several new events in a tiny downtown park be coming to Boerum Hill this year?That is the plan that Boerum Hill Association (BHA) members...
Umenyiora: I'll quit if Giants don't start me
Osi Umenyiora has an ultimatum for the Giants: start me or live without me. Umenyiora was relegated to a third-down specialist in the latter parts of the season, but he...
Astoria power plant closes under pressure
It took eight years to shut down the Charles Poletti Power Project, but Astoria leaders and the New York Power Authority said it was better late then never for the...
Cuomo hires Singer as consultant
As he gears up to run for governor, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has hired longtime Sen. Chuck Schumer adviser and former Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential spokesman Phil Singer as a...
Boro keeps Haiti on its mind
Alexandra Cothia has left the tremors of Haiti, but the tremors have not left her.Cothia, 25, the niece of Laurelton resident and Haitian-American Marie Sylvia Cothia, has been staying in...
St. John’s students use food stamps for 100 hours
For St. John’s University student Meredith Chesler, a plate of pasta last week had never tasted so good.The food was her first large meal in 100 hours, during which time...
Flushing murder inspires tougher stand on stalkers
Elected officials have rushed in to help the family of a Flushing woman who was viciously murdered last week by exploring legislation to keep better tabs on violent predators and...
Emanuel meets with Special Olympics chief after 'retarded' comment
White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, under fire for making an "f-ing retarded" comment during a strategy session months ago, met Wednesday at the White House with Special Olympics...
Road to Jamaica HS closing long, rocky
Over the last 2 1/2 years, the fate of Jamaica High School has been shrouded in controversy and uncertainty as the city and state flip-flopped on their evaluations of the...
Gunman found dead after five-hour standoff in Illinois store
A gunman involved in a five-hour standoff with police at Macomb Farm King in Illinois has been found dead by what officials believe is a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said...
Loss of Jamaica HS peeves pols
Last week’s decision to shut down Jamaica High School has angered several of the borough’s elected officials who tried to save the 107-year-old institution and now they are condemning the...
Pool’s leaky boiler leaves swimmers out cold
A popular neighborhood pool’s broken boiler is raising shivers among Williamsburg’s swimmers used to exercising in warmer waters. Beloved by serious swimmers, seniors and novices alike, the Metropolitan Pool and...
Hating hate: Pols, religious leaders decry anti-Semitic fliers
Somewhere out there is an unhinged anti-Semite distributing tiny strips of paper reading “Kill Jews.”These menacing missives were left blowing along Sixth Avenue last week, falling in the hands of...
Book your party at Kevin Ryan’s
Sláinte! A party is more than just a revel at Kevin Ryan’s — it’s an experience that you and your guests are unlikely to forget. For the past three years,...
Red Bulls announce schedule
The Red Bulls announced their full 30-game season schedule for their first campaign in Red Bull Arena. They'll open the building with a 6 p.m. March 20 friendly against Pele's...
Las Vegas mayor: Obama has hang-up about our city
Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman on Wednesday said President Barack Obama was a “real slow learner” for once again insulting Sin City as a place of reckless spending, the Las...
Republican Coats to challenge Bayh in Indiana for Senate seat
Former United States Senator Dan Coats announced Wednesday that he is considering a run for the Senate in 2010 against incumbent Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN). In a statement to reporters,...
Nicholson's daughter ready to make acting debut in surfer film
The sexy daughter of legendary actor Jack Nicholson is following in his giant footsteps with an upcoming big screen appearance of her own -- a biopic about a surfer who...
Mass. Sen.-elect Brown expected to be sworn in Thursday
Republican Sen.-elect Scott Brown is expected to be sworn in Thursday, Fox News reported Wednesday. Brown sent a letter to Massachusetts’ Governor and Secretary of State Wednesday asking them to...
FBI: Man blames pot cookies for unruly behavior on plane
PITTSBURGH — A San Francisco man claims he was high on a double dose of medical marijuana cookies when he screamed, dropped his pants and attacked crew members on a...
Coach says affair hurt '98 U.S. soccer team
Breaking more than a decade of silence, former U.S. soccer coach Steve Sampson said Tuesday he dropped John Harkes from the national team roster two months before the 1998 World...
Shockey hopeful Plaxico will play again
MIAMI -- As Jeremy Shockey prepares for Super Bowl XLIV with his new team, the Saints tight end today said he hopes his former teammate with the Giants, Plaxico Burress,...
DEA: Buffalo football coach sold coke at practice
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Authorities say a Buffalo sports bar owner who coached a youth football team sold cocaine during team practices while running a drug ring. Officials with the U.S....
Coroner: Leg found in Pa. belonged to missing NJ teen
EASTON, Pa. — DNA tests indicate a leg found on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River last summer belonged to a missing New Jersey teen. Northampton County Coroner Zachary...
The Brooklyn Paper — scoops aplenty!
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Principal-curse mom now suing school over son's 'pantsing'
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. — A New Jersey mother facing charges over swearing at a school principal says she may sue the school district for $3 million. The intent to sue...
Report: Long Island's hungry up 20 percent
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — A new study by a national hunger relief organization finds there are an estimated 283,700 Long Islanders — including nearly 110,000 children — who face the risk...
Knicks Hall of Famer Dick McGuire dies
Knicks legend and Hall of Famer Dick McGuire, who helped shape the franchise’s destiny for more than half a century, passed away today on Long Island at the age of...
Gas prices are nothing compared to Super Bowl tickets
Stephen Schork, editor of energy and shipping newsletter The Schork Report, is tired of complaints about outrageous price of gasoline and the demonizing of big oil companies who profit from...
'Terror mom' found guilty of attempted murder of US serviceman
An MIT-trained Pakistani woman was convicted this afternoon for trying to kill Americans while detained in Afghanistan in 2008. The tirade-prone Aafia Siddiqui, 37, was found guilty of attempted murder...
Penn State to investigate global warming scientist
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Penn State University says it will proceed with an investigation into a leading climate scientist after an internal inquiry into alleged research misconduct stemming from leaked...
Jets' Sanchez isn't worried about surgery
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Mark Sanchez, speaking publicly today for the first time since the end of the Jets season two weeks ago, said he’s looking forward to having surgery...
Muslim chaplain 'smuggled' box-cutter blades into jail
A city Department of Correction Muslim chaplain who served 14 years in prison for murder and robbery was arrested today for carrying three utility blades and a pair of scissors...
Holder: It was my decision to charge crotch bomber as civilian
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday he made the decision to charge the Christmas Day terror suspect in the civilian system with no objection from all the other...
2 dead after car crashes into Las Vegas casino
Police say two casino patrons are dead and six people are hurt after a vehicle crashed through the entrance of a hotel in the southern Nevada resort town of Laughlin....
Watch the Oscars in style at Lincoln Center
New York City is selling tickets to the Oscars. No, not in Los Angeles, but for live viewing at a posh Manhattan theater on March 7 — complete with a...
1 World Trade Center hits 20th floor
The tower that will be known as 1 World Trade Center has reached the equivalent of the 20th floor. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said Wednesday...
Syracuse set to sign 30 recruits, 3 from City
SYRACUSE -- Syracuse’s recruiting class was expected to reach 30 as head football coach Doug Marrone continues to reshape the team he inherited just over a year ago. Include are...
Islanders waive Witt
In another sign of the Islanders’ youth movement, veteran defenseman Brendan Witt was placed on waivers today. NHL teams have until noon tomorrow to claim him or he will be...
British scientist claims we're all aliens on Earth
The human race began as microbes brought to Earth by comets millions of years ago according to a British scientist, The Sun reported Wednesday. British professor Chandra Wickramasinghe said: "We...
Walking on beach helps Colts' Freeney
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- For Dwight Freeney, South Florida is the perfect locale for a Super Bowl — and a sore ankle. The Colts All-Pro defensive end said he’s been...
Toyota wrestles with recall woes
Even as Toyota promised it has found a fix for its stuck accelerators, the automaker's woes worsened today. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told owners of recalled Toyotas to stop driving...
LI driver caught using dummy in carpool lane
ISLANDIA, N.Y. — The tipoff was the sunglasses. A New Yorker faces a $135 traffic fine for using a mannequin as her plus-one in the high-occupancy lane of the Long...
California woman: I was groped on Disney ride
This wasn’t the Happiest Place on Earth for one California woman — and she has photos to prove it. Cops are looking for this man (photographed below) for allegedly groping...
Luxury apartments, walk-up prices
There was talk the other day that Manhattan landlords might be getting a bit of their swagger back, but the opening of Chelsea's new Ohm rental building makes us wonder...
Geithner: 'Our deficits ... are alarmingly high'
Treasury secretary admits what everyone already knows (Don Surber)
Schumer's approval rating at 58 percent: poll
After two weeks of reports of a downslide, Sen. Charles Schumer got a good-news poll today - a Quinnipiac University survey that showed his approval rating at 58 percent. That's...
Jets coach won't be fined by NFL
Jets coach Rex Ryan will not be fined by the NFL for making an obscene gesture at a mixed martial arts event last weekend. League spokesman Greg Aiello confirmed to...
Edwards hit wife during heated fight: report
Disgraced former presidential candidate John Edwards reportedly beat his cancer-stricken wife during a horrific marriage-ending fight. "John lost his temper big time," a close friend of Elizabeth's revealed to the...
Report: Thrashers scout Islanders; Kovalchuk trade talks heat up
Two people familiar with the situation told the Atlanta Journal Constitution that trade talks around Thrashers’ star winger Ilya Kovalchuk have heated up in the past few days.Atlanta’s GM Doug...
Editorial: More Sitt and spin from Joe
Joe Sitt is stirring the pot again. The developer — who once fashioned himself as the savior of both Downtown and Coney Island, yet ended up selling his holdings in...
Spitzer laughs off Colbert's mocking of sex scandal (video)
Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer laughed as comedian Stephen Colbert playfully mocked him without mentioning the prostitution scandal that led to his resignation. During an appearance taped for Tuesday...
Community affairs officer honored as Cop of the Month
Community Affairs Officer Samuel Perez of the 49th Precinct was honored in January for his unstinting dedication to the people of the community and for the great success of the...
Report: Torrealba wraps up deal with Padres
Free-agent catcher Yorvit Torrealba has signed with the Padres, not the Mets.It's a one-year deal worth $1.25 million guaranteed, with a mutual option worth $3.5 million for 2011, according to...
Ruff rent leads to pet groomer move
Morris Park pets will soon enjoy a change in scenery. Pet Parlor plans to move from Williamsbridge Road to Morris Park Avenue.For more than a decade, pet owners brought their...
Mace Avenue tenant turns up the heat
Tenant Bobbi Brooks has had enough. Brooks has demanded an end to icy conditions inside her 776 Mace Avenue apartment.When frosty winds reached the Bronx in October, Brooks found her...
Reports: Tigers 'not close' to signing Damon; Braves won't rule him out
Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski says the team is not close to signing Johnny Damon despite claims from the outfielder's agent that he wants to play there. Dombrowski told the Detroit...
Jenny Sanford: Salacious e-mails were last blow to marriage
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford says the final blow to her marriage came with the publication of racy e-mails between Gov. Mark Sanford and his mistress....
Raiders CB says he was joking about joining Jets
Well, we knew Nnamdi Asomugha could play defense.Days after saying he and Darrelle Revis talked about teaming up in the Jets' defensive backfield, the Raiders Pro Bowl cornerback claims it...
Collegetown, Red Hook! Sitt eyes land for dorms
Red Hook already has a furniture store and a supermarket — how about some frat houses?Developer Joe Sitt sent shockwaves through a monthly gathering of real estate executives on Tuesday...
Grocer to expand
Noah and Daniel Katz hope to open an 11,000 square foot Foodtown where the old supermarket and American Diner stood before the blaze. As of Friday, January 28, the NYC...
Our exclusive family calendar!
Fri, Feb. 510:30 am and 12:30 pm: “Great Mummy Adventure.” The Paper Bag Players perform short plays, rousing songs, dance, and mime. Kumble Theater at Long Island University [DeKalb and...
Editors' picks
FridayFebruary 5Man of van PebblesMelvin Van Pebbles’s 1971 blaxploitation classic “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song” inspired generations of filmmakers (and, possibly, fugitives). Now it’s been re-worked for a new generation and...
Our weekly events calendar!
Fri, Feb. 5Library exhibit: “Images and Representations: African Americans in the Media.” 9 am–7 pm. New York City College of Technology [300 Jay St. between Tillary and Johnson streets in...
Civic calendar
Tues, Feb. 9Community Board 1. Monthly full board meeting. 6:30 pm. Swingin’ Sixties Senior Center [211 Ainslie St. at Manhattan Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 389-0009]. 72nd Precinct Community Council. Monthly...
It's a wild ride on this 'Ferris' wheel
To get in the proper mindset for his new book, “The Unnamed,” about a man with a mysterious affliction that forces him to walk for days on end, writer Joshua...
An excerpt from 'The Unnamed'
He walked from the main road to the subdivision. His body trembled with cold. It had let him know, five minutes earlier, that the walk had come to its end....
Lost and found! Two books about finding your way
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Nick Flynn loses himself and his country in new memoir
If you were in love with two people at the same time and could not pick between them, you might feel at times that you had lost your way.But if...
An explosive excerpt from 'The Ticking is the Bomb'
The function of torture in our society is not about getting information, in spite of what we might want to believe. It is merely about power. It tells the world...
New Bushwick gym is clean and green
— Andy Campbellacampbell@cnglocal.com
Hook 'Academy' gets more time in PS 15
The city approved a charter school’s controversial expansion within a Red Hook public school early last Wednesday morning — despite the efforts of scores of teachers and parents to prevent...
Fowl play? A chicken has flown the coop on First Street
If Park Slope residents see something — namely a disoriented chicken — they should say something. A Slope family’s dream to become a mini dairy farm had its wings clipped...
Another sick call to 'KILL JEWS'
and Claire GlassIn a stunning display of intolerance, Sixth Avenue in Park Slope was littered with strips of papers reading “KILL JEWS” in capital letters from Fourth to Ninth streets...
Lights out at Keyspan Park as naming rights deal ends
The Brooklyn Cyclones will no longer call their homefield “Keyspan Park,” ushering in a new era for the beloved minor league baseball team.The team announced today that it has ended...
Man bites dog! Someone is hurling eggs at cute pups in J.J. Byrne Park
An irate tenant in an apartment complex adjacent to a Park Slope dog run has been hurling eggs out his or her window in an apparent attempt to scramble the...
Bridge over troubled mugging
84th PrecinctBrooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–DowntownCheap thievesTwo roustabouts held up a man at gunpoint and knifepoint on a Jan. 25 subway ride over the Manhattan Bridge — all for a measly $10...
In the mailbag: A man who found a Hasidic comment bike-noxious
Gene Kahn,Windsor TerraceFord’s EdselTo the editor,Rest assured, Brooklyn Democratic Party boss Vito Lopez and former Tennessee Rep. Harold Ford didn’t drive by Park Slope to visit Senator Chuck Schumer at...
iPhone thief strikes again!
The bike-riding iPhone thief has struck again!In what has become a reign of terror in the northern part of Park Slope, a 5-foot-6 cyclist has swiped another of the expensive...
Here they are — your Police Blotters
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More thefts of iThings
78th PrecinctPark SlopeTwo more iThings were swiped — this time underground. But one of the incidents led to an arrest.In the first crime, a man told cops that he was...
Homicide in the Hook
A 26-year-old Red Hook resident was shot and killed in his apartment on Monday — the first murder of the year in the confines of the 76th Precinct.Few details were...
Bike thief caught!
76th PrecinctCarroll Gardens–Cobble Hill–Red HookBike thief caught!Police have finally put a chain on a man wanted in at least five bike thefts last month.Cops say that they found their suspect...
Little time left for 'Little Room'
A prominent special education program in Cobble Hill was all but snuffed out this week after yearlong relocation talks with the state collapsed.The “Little Room,” a special-ed program within the...
Stat! Merger takes Long Island College Hospital off intensive care
Long Island College Hospital’s financial malaise is about to run its course, thanks to an agreement that would merge it with another medical center, officials say.LICH’s current operator, Continuum Health...
They stole his salami
94th PrecinctGreenpoint–WilliamsburgSalami swindlerLook out Katz’s, some homemade meats are more sought after than yours!A hungry crook stole six salamis out of his storage shed on Frost Street on Jan. 26....
Red-light special
90th PrecinctWilliamsburg–BushwickRed-light specialTwo pilfering pedestrians mugged a man at knifepoint — while he was still in his car on Jan. 29.The man was stopped at the corner of Bushwick Avenue...
Diaz Jr. backs Van Nest bank
Van Nest has added an important backer. Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. has signed on to a plan to bring a bank to the neighborhood.At a Thursday, January 28 borough...
Merchants to re-argue St. Peter's
Attorneys for Westchester Square merchants and residents have moved to re-argue a case against the Department of Homeless Services. They want the judge that shot them down, Geoffrey Wright of...
St. Paul Avenue reversal hearing set
Residents of the blocks surrounding St. Paul Avenue in Pelham Bay, who claim they were not sufficiently notified when the direction of one portion St. Paul Avenue was reversed, will...
Truman, Lehman next to fall?
Walton, Kennedy, Stevenson, Evander Childs, South Bronx, Clinton, Morris, Monroe. Early on Wednesday, January 27, the city Panel for Educational Policy voted to phase out yet another traditional Bronx high...
DOE deep sixes six Bronx schools
Weeks of protests, hip-hop videos, tears and a raucous nine-hour meeting in Brooklyn failed to rescue six Bronx schools on Wednesday, January 27.At 3 a.m., the city Panel for Educational...
DOE says goodbye to CCHS
The Columbus High School family was dealt a devastating blow last week, when the city Panel for Educational Policy voted to phase out two schools located on the Columbus campus.Early...
'White Castle' in limbo
An apartment building that neighbors have nicknamed the “White Castle,” a reference to its heavy white brick façade is nearly complete but its future is in limbo. Not completed within...
Creating a disparity to reduce a disparity
Rick Richman on the Orwellian reasoning behind Obama's budget (Commentary)
Update: CFL sacks leader signs with Seahawks
CFL sacks leader Ricky Foley signed with the Seahawks, according to the Seattle Post Intelligencer.The Jets were looking at Foley to possibly boost their pass rush.Foley's agents said on their...
Thanks Kristen, I mean Kirsten
Senator who?President Obama is huddling with Congressional Democrats at the Newseum in DC this morning to talk to the caucus and answer questions, much like he did last week with...
DiNapoli, Paterson: Budget gap may hit $1 billion this month
ALBANY – Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said this morning that the hole in state budget could actually reach $1 billion this month – double the sum projected by Gov. Paterson.The comptroller...
Solidarity could bolster Iranian Green Revolution
Michael Gerson says foreign policy idealists and realists now intersect (Washington Post)
4 women avoid jail in penis-glue plot
CHILTON, Wis. — A Wisconsin woman who tied up a cheating lover and glued his penis to his stomach said Tuesday that she didn't mean to hurt him and only...
Cowher says he could coach again, not just Giants
Maybe Jerome Bettis fumbled this one.Bill Cowher says he's not holding out to become coach of the Giants, despite what his former running back said last month.“That’s Jerome,” Cowher told...
What we lost while Abdulmutallab was silent
Stephen Hayes analyzes the failures of Obama administration terror policies (Weekly Standard)
Beluga whales blow bubble hearts
A pair of Beluga whales in China formed a fantastic bubble act, The Sun reported Wednesday. The white whales, from the Polarland Aquarium in Harbin, China, were photographed blowing bubble...
'A perfect fit': Winn ready to get going with Yankees
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Randy Winn believes his versatility makes him a good addition to the Yankees, and he's eager to get started with the reigning World Series champions come...
Watson: Tiger needs to show humility when he returns
UBAI, United Arab -- Tom Watson says Tiger Woods needs to "show some humility to the public" when he returns to golf after sorting out his personal life.Watson also said...
KSM will never get civilian trial
Monica Crowley says Obama has finally met reality (Washington Times)Move the trial from New York but don't make it military (San Francisco Chronicle)
Tiger Woods could return to links in 2 weeks: report
Superstar Tiger Woods is poised to make a stunning comeback to competitive golf in just two weeks at the Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona.Only two weeks after checking himself...
Rising Revolt in Pennsylvania
Toomey outraises Specter in 4Q (Politico)Sestak blasted for supporting KSM trial in PA (Pennsylvania Ave)Specter admits Employee Free Choice Act is in trouble (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Lou's Oscar picks
Lou's picks in bold and italics. Best lead actress:A first-time nominee at 45, Bullock is better known for her silly roles -- but landed her serious gig in "The Blind...
Oh (no) Canada
Lorne Gunter asks why Canadians can't have the same options as Danny Williams (National Post)Tim Powers says Williams' health choices should be his own (Globe and Mail)
New Zealand virgin auctions herself for tuition
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A New Zealand teenager who says she auctioned her virginity online for $32,000 to raise tuition money did not break any laws but it might be...
3 US soldiers killed in Pakistan blast
SHAHI KOTO, Pakistan — Three U.S. soldiers traveling with Pakistan security force members were killed Wednesday and one wounded in a roadside bombing in northwest Pakistan that also injured dozens...
Poll: Race not in issue in Paterson, Cuomo race
ALBANY – Race issue? What race issue?Voters overwhelmingly reject arguments by allies of Gov. Paterson that a primary between Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and the state’s first black governor would...
3UP: How to Use Hughes and Joba
In today’s Post I wrote this column about how Joba Chamberlain probably is destined to wind up back in the bullpen, in some large part because of how his confidence...
Time for St. John's to fire Roberts
By now, it has to be abundantly clear to the men who run St. John's basketball what needs to be done. Nobody wants to see Norm Roberts, a good man...
O is an Ideologue
Tanya Davis talks to Shelby Steele about why Obama isn't an ideologue (Huffington Post)Obama's reading list sure looks like revolutionary ideology (Reformed Conservatism)
Unmuzzeled for Now
Angela Epstein says John Terry story is about press freedom and bad behavior (Manchester Evening News)Victory for press freedom: Britain can publish names of suspeced terrorists (Daily Mail)
A $2 Trillion Tax Hike
Obama budget like Bush-era spending on steroids (Orange County Register)Robert Robb says Obama can't claim spending isn't his fault because it is (Ariona Republic)
NCAA tournament poised to expand 96 teams; NIT doomed
The Big Dance could turn into a Mosh Pit and, as a result, the National Invitation Tournament, the oldest college basketball tournament in the nation, could be phased out as...
Plaxico Burress vows return in jailhouse interview
Former Giants star Plaxico Burress has vowed “I will play again” in his first interview since being imprisoned for accidentally shooting himself in the leg in a Manhattan nightclub. Burress...
Jets can’t have it both ways with Rex
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Let’s say you walked into a rowdy room — doesn’t matter how big, doesn’t matter how many people, just one of those feisty places you find...
Jets fine Ryan $50,000 for middle finger
Rex Ryan needs to make out a check. The Jets coach was fined $50,000 by the team, a response to Ryan’s photographed act of flipping off fans in Sunrise, Fla.,...
Shockey is Super trooper
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — There are no crutches this time, no broken leg, no shattered dream. Jeremy Shockey won’t be sitting high and far away from his lifelong field of...
Docs say it’s possible Freeney could play
Dwight Freeney remains questionable for the Super Bowl, and it’s clear that what happens between now and Sunday will play a large part in whether the Colts defensive end makes...
Experts: Even if Freeney is in game, he won’t be the same
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Dwight Freeney is the most dynamic defensive player on either team in Super Bowl XLIV. If he plays or not, and how effective he can be,...
A winter’s tale of two eateries
Openings and closings make the biggest splash in the dining world. But life’s a journey for a restaurant, just as it is for a person. And this winter, there’s been...
Victorian cut-ups
It was the Facebook of its time — the photo album filled with “cartes de visites,” those little calling cards picturing friends, family and royals. In the 1860s and ’70s,...
Oscar game on!
Much like the judge in their divorce proceedings, the motion picture academy may be forced to divide assets to settle the Oscar battle between former spouses James Cameron and Kathryn...
Stand off
With a little more than a year to go on her contract, Katie Couric is dressing up her resumé. The CBS anchor, now 53, is facing a huge pay cut...
DaMarcus Beasley's BMW burned
Maybe it really is time for DaMarcus Beasley to get out of Rangers. The U.S. National Team midfielder had his BMW set on fire outside of his Glasgow home Monday,...
Girls basketball roundup: Royals roll past SFP
Junior forward Nia Oden scored all 15 of her points in the first half as Chist the King pulled away before halftime. The Royals left Fresh Meadows with a 55-34...
CHSAA boys basketball roundup: Marchiano beats buzzer, St. John's Prep
Vinny Marchiano was held to just 13 points, but nailed a game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift St. Edmund Prep to a 45-42 win against St. John’s Prep in...
Mel Gibson's new meltdown (video)
Oops, he did it again, It didn't rise to the level of his drunken anti-Semitic rant of 2006, but Mel Gibson put his foot in his mouth again by calling...
Starr report
I don't know if this can be attributed to anything in particular -- or if it's just an aberration -- but several networks, including HGTV, Nickelodeon, Disney XD and USA...
'Ajami' worth extra thought
Life is cheap in Ajami, a tough neighborhood in the historic Israeli port city of Jaffa. The film "Ajami" -- nominated yesterday for the foreign-language Oscar -- is a complex...
There's a Situation with the trademark
'Jersey Shore" star Mike "The Situation" Sorren tino is at the center of a patent war between his brother and a rival businessman. Both Marc Sorrentino, Mike's brother, and a...
Broderick teams up with Lorne
Broadway and movie vet Matthew Broderick could be coming to the small screen as a sitcom star. Broderick ("The Producers," "Glory," "Ferris Bueller's Day Off") is teaming with "Saturday Night...
Seacrest's nightmare
Ryan Seacrest's alleged stalker has pleaded not guilty to harassing the E! and "American Idol" host. Chidi Benjamin Uzomah Jr., who was busted last fall for rushing the E! News...
Stewart vs. O'Reilly
Jon Stewart is entering the "No Spin Zone" again. "The Daily Show" host will be the guest interview during tonight and tomorrow's editions of "The O'Reilly Factor." Fox News Channel...
NBC may lo$e the Olympics
NBC might lose the rights to air the Olympics for the first time in 14 years. Fox and ESPN are planning to bid for the broadcast rights to air the...
O is an ideologue
'I am not an ideologue," President Obama insisted at his truly refreshing confab with the Republican caucus last Friday. When he heard some incredulous murmurs and chuckles from the audience...
KSM will never get a civilian trial
Though New York City will apparently be spared the unnecessary expense and disruptions of a civilian trial of Khalid Sheik Mohammed & Co., President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder...
Hangover for hi-priced booze biz
Americans' love affair with top-shelf booze cooled last year as the recession took a toll on high-priced tipples. A new report by an industry group shows people drank more but...
Business briefs
Marts gain The S&P 500 gained 1.3 percent to 1,103.32 and jumped 2.7 percent over the past two days. The Dow Jones indus trial average climbed 111.32, or 1.1 percent,...
'Satanic' fire-slay bust
The devil made him do it. An illegal immigrant who allegedly set the Brooklyn fire that killed five neighbors told cops the demons in his head led him to torch...
Say It Again, Sam! O's False Facts Rebuked
THE ISSUE: Justice Samuel Alito's response to President Obama's criticism of the Supreme Court. *** Good for Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito ("Judging Bam's Supreme Slam," Editorial, Feb. 1). What...
Rex Ryan, King of the Birds
THE ISSUE: Jets coach Rex Ryan's obscene gesture at an event in Miami. *** Steve Serby writes of Rex Ryan's giving the middle finger to fans in Miami: "There are...
Bibi, not Bam, has Iran plan
TEL AVIV, Israel -- Here's the nightmare scenario. Prime Minis ter Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel requests an urgent, private meeting with President Obama. At the White House, the two men...
Batman & sobbin'
Holy humiliation, Batman! The 1997 flick "Batman & Robin," starring George Clooney, is the worst movie ever made, according to a new poll. Clooney, nominated yesterday for a best-actor Oscar...
Pilots talked 'em to death: report
The gabby pilots of a doomed turboprop plane flying from Newark to Buffalo had plenty of time to pull their craft out of a deadly stall -- if they'd just...
Rising revolt in Pennsylvania
'I'm running like I'm 20 points behind and I'll continue to run like I'm 20 points be hind," says Pat Toomey, the presumptive GOP nominee for Senate in Pennsylvania --...
Unmuzzled for now
LONDON The captain of England's soccer team is supposed to be not only very good at the game, but a paragon of moral virtue, too -- a sort of amalgam...
Ex cop jailed for crack link
A former NYPD sergeant was sentenced to six months in jail yesterday for giving a crack dealer inside information. Roosevelt Green pleaded guilty last year to federal charges he lied...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Queens--Two men got into a gunfight with cops yesterday after going on a wild robbery spree in Ozone Park, police said. No one was hurt. The mayhem began at 7:40...
'No support' Dave puts off official campaign kickoff
ALBANY -- Gov. Paterson has postponed the official launch of his election campaign for at least two weeks because of a lack of support from Democratic officials and disorganization in...
Manhattan trash plan rolls
After more than six years of planning, the city is moving ahead with a controversial $385 million sanitation garage in lower Manhattan when it puts the massive project out for...
Brass: open 'closet'
The top US uniformed officer said yesterday it was time to end the military's 17-year-old "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays because it was costing the country good service...
Mike's elex-$$ poll dance
Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday that he had no idea that $750,000 of the $1.2 million he donated to the state Independence Party last year for poll-watching would end up at...
Stein slay alibi a hard cell
The woman charged with killing "Realtor to the Stars" Linda Stein allegedly tried to cover her tracks by coolly leaving her boss a cellphone message -- nearly six hours after...
Developers sued for $25M
The developers of luxury apartment building One Madison Park are the target of another lawsuit -- this time from a branding guru who claims he was never paid for work...
River Café song 'n' dance
A swank Brooklyn waterfront eatery operating under a sweetheart lease with the city is now seeking its blessing to expand operations with live music and dancing. The River Cafe, which...
Daughter laments Rip's wasted talent
'My father is a brilliant man, but so much has been wasted," actress Angelica Torn says of her father, Rip. "He's pissed away so much -- so much of his...
Eagle has landed SoHo space
Popular teen clothier American Eagle is moving its nest in SoHo into a bigger and more prominent space. After company executives' eyes bulged at the numbers from the retailer's Times...
Bam's budget bash
WASHINGTON -- President Obama took his message to New Hampshire yesterday, slamming Senate Republicans for flip-flopping on a key vote to try to rein in the nation's ballooning debt in...
Fraud crackdown shocks Condé Nasties
Conde Nast is asking employees to rat out fellow staffers, using its new 24/7 fraud hotline. Insiders got a memo yesterday from Chief Financial Officer John Bellando, revealing that the...
Ford is king of the road
Ford and General Motors roared back from one of their worst years ever with surprising double-digit sales gains during a usually dull January while industry leader Toyota's showroom deals collapsed...
Goldman to defer Brits' $
Don't worry -- we'll get you later. That's what Goldman Sachs is telling partners in London, who have had their bonuses capped at $1.6 million, sources said. Most of the...
Cerberus' SEC registry
Cerberus Capital Management has registered as an investment adviser with the Securities and Exchange Commission, sources told The Post. Some hedge and private equity funds are fighting reform measures that...
It's a human wrongs dept.
A former top official at the state agency charged with cracking down on harassment and discrimination was fired and then smeared for trying to crack down on rampant harassment and...
Cop sodomy likely: doc
A doctor testified yesterday that alleged cop-sodomy victim Michael Mineo was suffering from an anal tear when he appeared at Brookdale University Hospital immediately after the alleged attack -- and...
Chuck's $$ wagon rolls in Senate
WASHINGTON -- Sens. Chuck Schumer and rival Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) each doled out huge amounts of campaign cash to buy goodwill with their colleagues, as the pair ramped up their...
Model's tears over cop 'grope'
A beautiful young model yesterday broke into sobs as she testified how an NYPD cop allegedly molested her in her family's Brooklyn home after picking her up on the street...
Elin's pain etched on her beautiful face
Tiger's jilted bride Elin Nordegren has finally shed her oversized sunglasses to reveal a world of pain in her tired eyes. Though the stylish Swedish stunner flashed a faint smile,...
Oh (no) Canada
You've heard the mantra, chanted by everyone on the left, from Michael Moore to The New York Times: America's profit-centric health-care system is dismally inferior to that of Canada's purely...
A $2 trillion tax hike
Look out, America: President Obama is coming for your money. And this time, almost no one is safe. The budget he proposed Monday sucks a mind-blowing $2 trillion in new...
Madoff case is tossed
Uncle Sam's hot pursuit of Bernie Madoff's associates hit a roadblock yesterday when a federal judge dismissed civil fraud charges against the top officers of Cohmad Securities, a major promoter...
Pooch-beat rap on beau
The boyfriend of a Big Apple stage actress has been charged with savagely beating and blinding her 6-pound dog with a belt after she left the pup with him for...
Thong gone
So long, thong! Panty lines are visible once more. "The thong is dead," Cosmopolitan magazine proclaims in its latest issue. "Its popularity seems to be fading, and recent figures show...
'Charter' bus trip
ALBANY -- A crush of parents and children from Harlem angrily confronted the state Senate's leading charter-school foe yesterday as Gov. Paterson and Schools Chancellor Joel Klein called on lawmakers...
Broadway is safe way: Bloomberg
A decreasing number of pedestrian injuries is Mayor Bloomberg's new selling point for closing sections of Broadway in Times and Herald squares, after city officials earlier touted how it would...
Bettor wait a minute
Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos yesterday moved to halt the award of a contract to build a slot-machine casino at Aqueduct race track -- suggesting Gov. Paterson's selection of a...
Prof among 24 tax 'crooks'
Maybe they've been afflicted with "non-filer syndrome." Two dozen professionals from around the state, including a college professor, attorneys and doctors, face criminal prosecution for failing to file state income...
Heart of the issue
Canada's health-care system is as beloved by the American left as Birkenstocks and Barbra Streisand, but one of the country's leading politicians was forced to come to the United States...
Not guilty plea from ex-trader
A 33-year-old trader nicknamed "Octopussy" pleaded not guilty to charges of insider trading yesterday, setting the stage for him and at least six of his pals to battle the securities...
'Weak' ethics fix is nixed
ALBANY -- Gov. Paterson yesterday vetoed an ethics bill which he says is too weak to get Albany lawmakers out of their long-standing ethical muck. The bill would require lawmakers...
Girl decks principal at troubled Qns. school
The principal of a rough-and-tumble Queens middle school that has made headlines for its violence in recent years was knocked down and out by a student's flying fist, witnesses told...
AnnTaylor up on sales
Shares of AnnTaylor surged nearly 18 percent yesterday after the women's clothier said fourth-quarter results will be "substantially higher" than last year. The New York-based company -- which is revamping...
'Fiend' lived on victims' charity
They welcomed him with open arms -- and he burned them out of house and home, police said. The man charged with setting the horrible fire that killed five people...
Love gov Sanford 'vowed' to cheat
She should have seen it coming all the way down the Appalachian Trail. South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's long-suffering wife said her philandering husband insisted on striking the promise to...
Super perv stripped of apt. keys
An Upper West Side super no longer has the keys to apartments in the buildings where he works -- after The Post exposed his child-molesting past and accusations by tenants...
SEC staff monitors stocks & bond-age
The Securities and Exchange Commission may have found the real reason it missed giant frauds such as Bernie Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme: Its employees were too busy trying to...
Dad overheard son talk of teacher 'fight club'
The "fight club" scrap at a Queens elementary school was uncovered only after the father of one of the combatants heard his son whining that he didn't have enough fans...
Vaccine 'autistic link' KO'd
The explosive study that first linked autism to childhood vaccines -- and spurred a generation of parents to consider spurning the disease-preventing inoculations -- got a final nail in the...
MTA 'upgrades' bad contractors: report
It's grade inflation, MTA-style. Shoddy contractors who botch MTA projects worth millions of dollars repeatedly get good evaluations -- and sometimes score new jobs as a result, according to a...
Digital dividend
While big media is still grappling with the ad downturn and the digital transition, News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch is feeling emboldened as the media giant's latest financial performance proves...
Charges today on Jacko doc
Michael Jackson's doctor will be allowed to quietly surrender today on a charge of manslaughter -- disappointing relatives of the King of Pop, who wanted a public spectacle so his...
Reid: Don't mess with Vegas
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) lashed out at President Obama yesterday for once again sliming Las Vegas. "The president needs to lay off Las Vegas and stop making it...
Gabby Gotti's trial boycott
John "Junior" Gotti briefly boycotted his last racketeering trial -- and delayed closing arguments for several hours -- because his lawyer wouldn't let him testify, according to a letter the...
Top Brooklyn HS coach in bet probe
One of Brooklyn's most successful high school baseball coaches is under investigation by the District Attorney's Office for his alleged involvement in a multimillion-dollar, mob-linked online sports-gambling operation, sources told...
BofA's average bonus: $400G
Bank of America Corp., the nation's largest lender, will pay investment-banking employees bonuses of about $4.4 billion for last year, or an average of $400,000 each, a person close to...
Terror attack due: CIA
The United States can expect a terror attack within its borders in three to six months, top US intelligence officials told Congress yesterday. Al Qaeda operatives are being sent here...
AIG staff agree to le$$
American International Group Inc.'s derivatives staff agreed to forgo about three-quarters of the $26 million in retention bonuses that the US paymaster asked be forfeited. Employees in the bailed-out insurer's...
Klein bid to ease 'ax' rule
ALBANY -- Citing a Post story about a rogue Queens teacher who manages his real-estate empire from a Department of Education "rubber room," schools chief Joel Klein pleaded with lawmakers...
Hiram fate next week
ALBANY -- The state Senate will decide next week whether to expel or censure disgraced Queens Sen. Hiram Monserrate, the body's top Democrat said yesterday. "There will be a resolution...
Times Square club-slay guy guilty
A bartender's assistant admitted killing a patron at a popular Times Square nightclub after singer Lil' Kim's birthday party there. Syed Rahman will be sentenced to 20 years to life...
Toyota's new woes
WASHINGTON -- Toyota has hit another pothole. The company has gotten over 100 complaints in the US and Japan about brake problems involving it popular Prius hybrid, the National Highway...
Ill. wind hits Dem hopes
In a telling sign of the voter discontent sweeping the country, the Democratic governor of President Obama's home state -- once expected to be a shoo-in -- was in a...
Coach: Sex scandal doomed 1998 World Cup team
Breaking more than a decade of silence, former U.S. soccer coach Steve Sampson yesterday said he booted the captain of the American team before the 1998 World Cup because he...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 1m; $38,000; str hcp; 4upPLATINUM COUPLE stretches out after coming off the pace to defeat claimers last out. MORINE'S VICTORY stretches out after closing to finish second as the...
Collie stepped up when Colts needed him
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The man who ruined the Jets' joyride of a season doesn't smoke, doesn't drink, doesn't swear, and doesn't wear No. 18. The baby-faced Colt who all...
D'Antoni calls for Knicks' gut check
After three straight losses, the last a disturbing capitulation in Minnesota, Knicks president Donnie Walsh and coach Mike D'Antoni were critical of their team, unhappy with their lack of fire,...
Ex-Jets LB Vilma using Super stage to help Haiti
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Jonathan Vilma is used to being back home in Miami at this time of year. He's just not used to still be playing at this time....
Peyton deal will set mark: owner
MIAMI -- Colts owner Jim Irsay said yesterday it is his intention to make Peyton Manning the highest-paid player in NFL history. Irsay said negotiations to extend the contract of...
Keeping up Kardashian's boyfriend: Reggie Bush
MIAMI -- Not long after checking into the Saints' hotel Monday, Reggie Bush stepped into the elevator when he was immediately recognized. Sort of. A young woman perked up upon...
The Post Line
NFL Sunday Super Bowl At Miami Favorite Opening Current (O/U) Underdog Colts 3 5 (56½) Saints Home team in CAPS NCAA Basketball Favorite Line Underdog OHIO ST. 14½ Penn St....
Joba's bullpen call
It was impossible to ignore, and the Yankees didn't ignore it. Words were not needed. Joba Chamberlain's body language screamed confidence and the scoreboard flashed 97 mph. Here at the...
Jokinen looks for chemistry with Rangers
LOS ANGELES -- While his new linemates Marian Gaborik and Vinny Prospal both suggested that it would naturally take time to develop chemistry with Olli Jokinen, the Rangers' new Finnish...
Mays: Bonds is Hall-bound
What's a godfather supposed to say? Willie Mays said all-time home run leader Barry Bonds will someday join him in the Baseball Hall of Fame despite the steroids cloud that...
Joba wouldn't pitch fit over shift to Yankees' relief
Joba the starter is open to becoming Joba the reliever, especially if the Yankees want to groom him as Mariano Rivera's heir apparent. Speaking to reporters last night before the...
Punchless Devils blanked in Toronto, 3-0
TORONTO -- The hunt is on, if a little late. Sources say Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello is already pursuing the center he will need even after his injured stalwarts...
Sports shorts
Scott McCarron has apologized to Phil Mickelson for using the word "cheating" when he disagreed with Mickelson and others who use the Ping Eye2 wedges that are only allowed because...
At last, Kangaroos are alone at the top
It's been six years, but Boys & Girls is back on top of Brooklyn all by itself. The Kangaroos survived a late scare by bitter rival Lincoln, but prevailed, 71-65,...
Pistons stars keep their old coach Calhoun in mind
The Pistons are in unfamiliar territory as they sit in 14th place in the Eastern Conference. The only team lower is the Nets. Also in unfamiliar territory are the UConn...
Remy's perfect record qualifies for Saint-hood
MIAMI -- Bob Remy remembers the chilly March 1967 morning in New Orleans with the clarity of high-definition television. In the shadows of the towering monument to Robert E. Lee...
Assistant coach Harris leaves Nets after another loss
Del Harris, in four-plus decades of coaching, probably thought he'd seen it all. Then he got a gander of this 4-43 Nets team. He's calling it quits. Harris, 72, who...
Abysmal offense foils Jokinen's debut with Rangers
LOS ANGELES -- The faces change. The scoreboard doesn't. It was one game, the first with Olli Jokinen in the lineup, and thus the attempt to draw any far-reaching conclusions...
Weird but true
What were they smoking? Two men were busted in Tennessee for stealing $300 worth of Twinkies from a bakery. Cops caught up to the two by tracking their footprints in...
St. John's rocked by Rutgers, 84-72
It's worse than anyone could imagine, worse than the players and coach ever foresaw, worse than the most pessimistic fan dared to consider. St. John's is in a freefall, and...
Seton Hall stays close, but Villanova too much in 83-73 win
VILLANOVA -- There was a point in last night's game when Seton Hall, at least according to the scoreboard, was the equal of No. 2 Villanova. It withstood a 12-point...
Fludd makes an impact in his Boys & Girls debut
Leroy (Truck) Fludd III was a fixture for the Boys & Girls basketball team the first three months of the season. Everywhere, except on game day. He attended practice and...
PSAL boys basketball roundup: Hall sparks Jefferson to rout of Transit Tech
In his return from academic ineligibility, sophomore Thaddeus Hall scored 16 points, leading Thomas Jefferson past Transit Tech, 72-49, in Brooklyn AA boys basketball. Shamel Williams added 16 points and...
Columbus creeping into 'A' contendership again
There’s something innate in Aday Eguaze, something that just tells her to go hard to the rim. Sometimes it even demonstrates itself in odd ways. Late in a game Tuesday...
The High is on the rise
It’s been six years, but Boys & Girls is back on top of Brooklyn all by itself. The Kangaroos survived a late scare by bitter rival Lincoln, but prevailed, 71-65,...
Endless Ocean: Blue World impressions
The original Endless Ocean was a big, wet playground. It's focus was squarely set on exploration. The game was not so much about adventure as immersing yourself in the giant...
If Senesh plan advances, CGNA says no to free space
It might be back to the drawing board — and the funeral home — for a local civic group at odds with a school that donates its space for the...
Come Surf on Ben Sargent’s Turf
If something in your Greenpoint building smells fishy, it might actually be fish.Former Surf Bar owner, Boston native, and self-proclaimed chowdahead Ben Sargent has been so frustrated in his citywide...
If you prick us, do we not bleed?
If you prick us, do we not bleed?The press surrounding Borough President Marty Markowitz’s recent purchase of a home in Windsor Terrace seems to be getting to him. “Don’t I...
Bounced: Mount falls to Iona Prep in controversial ending
The anticipated CHSAA A-North clash between Mount St. Michael and Iona Prep came down to the wire – literally. Sandro Carissimo’s turnaround jumper as the shot clock expired caromed off...
CB15 approves live entertainment for restaurant/nightclub
Wedding and bar mitzvah music is in, adult dancing is out.That was the promise that owners of the Baku, a nightclub and restaurant at 2001 Emmons Avenue, made in writing...
CB15 approves live entertainment for restaurant/nightclub
Wedding and bar mitzvah music is in, adult dancing is out.That was the promise that owners of the Baku, a nightclub and restaurant at 2001 Emmons Avenue, made in writing...
Community urged to get involved with fate of canal
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Five dead after booze leads to blaze
Cops investigating the blistering Saturday morning blaze that took the lives of four men and a woman didn’t have to look too far to find the man who set the...
Walsh says again Knicks won't make deadline deal
With the NBA trade deadline approaching Feb. 18, and reports swirling that the Knicks are actively shopping guard Nate Robinson and defensive-minded big man Jared Jeffries, president Donnie Walsh reiterated...
Trade changes Rangers' chemistry
LOS ANGELES -- The acquisition of Olli Jokinen not only provides the Rangers with a potential game-changing, upper-echelon talent in the pivot, but equally as important, it changes the conversation...
Mardis Gras Party Making Wavves
Known for its ostentatious pageantry, sparkly purple and gold beads, and ebullient brass ensembles, Mardis Gras is coming to williamsburg in a way more befitting of Bedford Avenue than Bourbon...
Spirited away
Spirited awayIt’s believed that the seven-year-old boy who disappeared after he ran away from his foster parents at Spring Creek may be as far away as Baltimore or Florida --...