February 5, 2010
Spring Training Round One: Fantasy Baseball Begins
After a long offseason, we are less than two weeks away from the first wave of pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training. Just as the players and managers begin...
Orange county exec wants to be Lazio's LG
ALBANY – Barely five days after Rick Lazio's long shot gubernatorial run got an unofficial blessing from the state's Republican chief, at least one GOP county executive is already floating...
Goldman's Blankfein gets $9 million bonus package
Goldman Sachs' CEO Lloyd Blankfein is set to take home compensation worth about $9 million for 2009, ending a high-stakes staring contest over bonuses with JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon.And...
Injured Syracuse star could sit out Sunday
SYRACUSE -- Syracuse forward Wes Johnson is still sore but expects to play in the third-ranked Orange’s game Sunday at Cincinnati. “I feel a lot better than I did after...
Sanchez says Jets coach was 'in character' with finger
Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez said today that coach Rex Ryan was totally caught up the MMA atmosphere when he gave the finger to a heckling fan in Florida last weekend....
Welcome back Totonno’s! We hope!
Totonno’s will reopen next Wednesday — uh, maybe!Co-owner Cookie Ciminieri told this paper that staffers are “breaking our necks” to open the famed Coney Island pizzeria in less than a...
Colts' Wayne leaves practice; Freeney sits out
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Reggie Wayne gave the Indianapolis Colts quite a scare Friday when he pulled up short on a pass route. He’s still expected to play in Sunday’s...
Bove: Cuomo is more to blame for Wall Street's meltdown, not BofA's Lewis
Bank analyst Dick Bove had some choice words today for New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and the fraud charges he filed against Bank of America.A day after Cuomo filed...
FDNY commish to review tape of B'klyn bar brawl
FDNY Commissioner Salvatore Cassano today said he plans on viewing a shocking surveillance video showing a horde of drunken firefighters beating seven men in a Brooklyn bar. "I'm trying to...
Report: Isiah could take over Clippers
Former Knicks coach and president Isiah Thomas is a candidate to become coach and GM of the Clippers, FOXSports.com reports."According to a source close to the situation, the Clippers have...
The weekly wrap-up, February 5
This week we learned that...... There are people who have it even worse than Lou Reed. [AP via Yahoo!]... Alaska's property tax laws are apparently quite hard to keep up with. [Gawker]......
Jersey man charged with conning 86-year-old woman
A New Jersey man is accused of conning an 86-year-old motorist into paying him $11,200 after he flagged down her car and told her it needed immediate repair. Queens District...
Family gets $2.9M in 6-year-old boy’s MRI death
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The New York family of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in an MRI chamber has settled a lawsuit for $2.9 million. Michael Colombini of Croton-on-Hudson...
Millionaire fights to keep his $380-a-month Park Avenue apartment
A Manhattan hedge fund honcho has gone to court in a bid to keep the best deal in New York - his $380-a-month deluxe duplex Park Ave. apartment. In papers...
NY1's Dominic Carter busted for domestic abuse in 1997: report
Disgraced TV journalist Dominic Carter was arrested and charged 13 years ago for hitting, choking and threatening his wife -- and then growled "I am not your boy!" at cops...
Cox donated $1,500 to liberal-leaning group
Christopher Cox, the son of state GOP chair Ed Cox who is running in a primary for a Suffolk congressional seat, made a $1,500 donation to a group that's favored...
Strahan to Osi: Stop saying stupid stuff
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Even the master of this sort of controversy said what Osi Umenyiora has been blathering on about is "stupid stuff'' and no one should pay any...
Matt Fraction talks Iron Man (and a bunch of other stuff)
Matt Fraction is the go-to guy for Iron Man. Hell, he won an Eisner Award for The Invincible Iron Man, he's been to the Iron Man 2 film set to...
Weprin campaign sends mailing with swastika accusing friedrich of extremism
State Assembly candidate Bob Friedrich and his supporters are livid over a campaign piece from his opponent that hit mailboxes Thursday that painted Friedrich as an “extremist” who opposes “extra-tough...
Nets desperate to avoid THAT record
BOSTON – Jarvis Hayes said the Nets don't want to be "THAT team." You know, the team that can't win nine games in a season and would then break THAT...
Report: Giants' Jacobs should've had surgery sooner
Given a chance to do it over, Giants RB Brandon Jacobs says he would've had surgery on his injured knee sooner after it happened instead of trying to play on...
Jackson death case to be filed Monday
LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson’s doctor wanted to seek his day in court Friday by surrendering before being charged in the singer’s death, but prosecutors upstaged the plan by announcing...
Knicks' Gallinari named to 3-point contest
Knicks forward Danilo Gallinari was named today, as expected, into the NBA 3-point shooting contest next weekend in Dallas. Paul Pierce and Chauncey Billups also will compete, but it will...
Criticism over 7-year-old 'queen' of samba in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO — She is the Shirley Temple of samba, a 7-year-old named to a coveted Carnival role normally reserved for barely clad models who have undergone more plastic...
Accused killer claimed 'racist' Stein would 'curse people out': cops
Accused Realtor to the Stars murderer Natavia Lowery painted the most unflattering portrait of her bludgeoned boss during early questioning by homicide cops, according to trial testimony today. To hear...
A-Rod's 500th HR ball sells for $103,000
LAGUNA NIGEL, Calif. -- The ball Alex Rodriguez hit for his 500th home run has sold at auction for $103,579. SCP Auctions said Thursday the buyer decided to remain anonymous....
2 Killed in helicopter crash en route from Haiti
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- A U.S.-owned helicopter involved in Haiti aid efforts crashed in the Dominican Republic, killing the two Americans on board, an official said Friday. Pilot John...
Hawaii man pleads guilty to child porn charges
HONOLULU -- A Hawaii man accused of filming himself as he sexually assaulted three young children and trading the images on the Internet faces up to 100 years in prison....
Update: Giants sign Wellemeyer
The Giants have signed pitcher Todd Wellemeyer to a minor league contract, according to MLB.com.Wellemeyer reportedly told a St. Louis radio station the Mets were one of three teams interested...
AIDS activist cutting 14-inch ponytail for Haiti benefit
A New York City activist is auctioning off his 14-inch ponytail to benefit a temporary HIV/AIDS clinic in Haiti. Charles King is president and chief executive of Housing Works in...
DOB, HPD re-fence Glennon eyesore
Neighbors of an unfinished two-family home on Glennon Place in Locust Point were relieved when the city erected yet another fence to keep vandals and teenagers off the property.It appears...
United Coalition, Rivera raise money for Haiti
“We are enormously pleased by the fundraiser’s success, with over $24,000 raised and another $6,000 pledged,” said Daniel Figueroa, chief of staff for Assemblyman Peter Rivera.The fundraiser took place at...
Rebekah is 'nursing home without walls'
Rebekah Rehab & Extended Care has completed construction on a new, state-of-the-art nursing home, started construction on a new, state-of-the-art senior housing development and expanded into patients’ homes. Although the...
Report: Damon will 'be lucky' to sign somewhere
A baseball executive says former Yankees outfielder Johnny Damon "is going to be lucky to get whatever he gets," if he signs somewhere.The AL exec told MLive.com that Damon and...
HPD demolishes long-standing Zerega eyesore
The city demolished a pesky vacant house in Zerega after a wall collapsed in October.The house at 1629 Parker Street racked up $65,000 in buildings and housing violations for abandonment...
Ladder 53 may close
Rumor has it that City Island’s Ladder Company 53 may be on the city budget chopping block again.The isolated island’s only ladder company, which performs search and rescue operations from...
Ford tackles media on his blog
After a week of less-than-favorable headlines, Harold Ford Jr. is starting to hit back --taking to his blog to refute bad news stories. Under the headline "setting the record straight,"...
Parkway break-ins spike
The 49th Precinct has stepped up its efforts to end a wave of vehicular vandalism in response to an increased number of such crimes and has made two arrests.Residents from...
Police suspect 15-year-old shot ice cream vendor
VALLEJO, Calif. -- Authorities are searching for a 15-year-old boy suspected of shooting a Vallejo ice cream truck driver near a middle school. Det. John Whitney told CBS-5 that Peter...
Lawyer seeks release of US missionaries in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A lawyer for 10 U.S. Baptist missionaries who tried to take three dozen children out of the country said Friday he would ask a judge to let...
JPMorgan reports comp, now it's Goldman's turn
Your move, Lloyd.That’s what JPMorgan Chase’s top boss, Jamie Dimon, might be saying to Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein today, after Dimon announced that JPMorgan would pay him a bonus of...
Dems deny Monserrate vote has been nixed
ALBANY – Senate Democrats are denying reports circulated by GOP rivals this morning that chamber boss John Sampson had decided to nix a highly anticipated vote to expel Hiram Monserrate.A...
Bloomberg tech commish shuts down Florida voting status
Mayor Bloomberg's technology commissioner has finally shut down her active Florida voter registration - but only after The Post reported she and her husband were potentially involved in a double-dipping...
Report: Former Jets QB considers options
One day after saying his preference would be to stay with the Dolphins, former Jets quarterback Chad Pennington told the Florida Sun-Sentinel he "would be foolish to 'scoff at' any...
Drama Mama: King of the 'Castle'
This week begins with the Super Bowl and ends with the Winter Olympics. Fortunately, there are plenty of dramas to watch in between: "Castle" (Monday, 10 p.m., ABC): Mama has...
MHHC's Harrison Circle fully funded
Morris Heights Health Center had a dream. To house 70 low-income seniors. To treat an additional 18,000 patients annually. To create 45 permanent jobs.On Tuesday, January 19, MHHC announced that...
St. Barnabas docs return to Haiti
“Throughout the surgery they chanted, ‘Thank you’ and ‘Praise the Lord,’” Ford said. “I had goose bumps. Not one time in five days did I see anybody angry or bitter...
Boy, 8, allegedly murdered by his mother at swanky Peninsula: cops
An 8-year-old Manhattan boy was allegedly killed by his mother at the posh Peninsula Hotel in Midtown during a botched-murder suicide attempt, police said today. Gigi Jordan, 49, tried to...
Police thank fugitive for posting Facebook info that led to arrest
LOCKPORT, N.Y. — Police in western New York say a fugitive all but turned himself in by posting his workplace on Facebook and MySpace. Police in Lockport passed along the...
Hoboken to crackdown on St. Patty's revelers
HOBOKEN, N.J. — Those who drown the shamrock during next month's St. Patrick's parade in Hoboken risk paying a steep price. Police Chief Anthony Falco says he'll have his whole...
Commissioner calls New York Super Bowl 'interesting'
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says the prospect of a potentially cold-weather Super Bowl at the new Giants Stadium in 2014 is “interesting” to him. Goodell adds...
Report: 13-year-old phenom has college picked out
A 13-year-old quarterback has given a verbal commitment to play his college football at USC, an unprecedented move for the sport. David Sills of Bear, Del., is already 6-feet tall...
Subway finder wins BigApps competition
An application that helps people find the nearest New York City subway and commuter rail stations has won a City Hall competition. Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced last year the city...
Philanthropist to be sentenced for conspiracy fraud
Opera-loving philanthropist Alberto Vilar is facing the prospect of a lengthy jail sentence. The 69-year-old Vilar is scheduled to be sentenced in Manhattan on Friday by Judge Richard Sullivan. He...
New video shows Taliban flogging men in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD -- Taliban militants flog two men and a teenage boy in a video that has emerged from Pakistan's tribal belt along the Afghan border, showing the hold of insurgents...
Judge says ex-Edwards aide in contempt, wants sex tape returned
PITTSBORO, N.C. -- A judge declared today that a former aide to John Edwards was in contempt of court, demanding that he turn over a "personal" videotape being sought by...
Terry stripped of England captaincy
LONDON — John Terry was dropped as England’s soccer captain by coach Fabio Capello on Friday, a week after allegations became public that the defender had an affair with the...
USC coach recruits 13-year-old boy
A 13-year-old football phenom gave a verbal commitment to the University of Southern California to be their quarterback in 2015, MyFox NY reported Friday. David Sills is a wunderkind in...
Banker caught looking at Miranda Kerr photos keeps his job
Macquarie Group broker David Kiely, who was seen live on TV opening an email carrying pictures of model Miranda Kerr, will remain at the investment bank. Macquarie said in a...
Sources squashed Maldini-to-Red Bull rumors; Dane Richards OK
Yesterday, SerieACalcio reported that Paolo Maldini reached an agreement in principle with the Red Bulls on a one-year deal for three million euros. But today a league source is telling...
Ilya excited by trade to Devils
Fresh from his first practice trip around the rink with his new Devils teammates, star winger Ilya Kovalchuk reveled today in his first real shot at hockey's ultimate prize. "My...
Brooklyn Booster Boasts of Boro in Annual Address
The best of Brooklyn strutted its stuff during the annual extravaganza put on by Borough President Marty Markowitz during his State of the Borough address.This year, the newly renovated Park...
Help victims of the 86th Street arson
Justice may have been served by the arrest of the man responsible for killing five people in last week’s devastating Bensonhurst fire, but the pain lingers.Alleviating just a small amount...
Yucon't always get what you want
More affordable housing could be coming to williamsburg, but community leaders are critical of a development proposal that they believe does not go far enough to meet the neighborhood’s needs.At...
Crime ticks up in 76th Precinct
The new decade has seen an increase in crime reported in the 76th Precinct, police statistics show.All major categories, save for one, are up for the year for the week...
Suffolk Co. Dems to honor Cuomo
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo -- who's gearing up for an all-but-declared run for governor -- will be the honoree at the Suffolk County Democratic party's annual dinner in April. Cuomo's...
Charlie Sheen's SUV crashed in ravine
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police say an SUV belonging to actor Charlie Sheen has been found crashed in a steep ravine near his Sherman Oaks home. Officer Bruce Borihanh...
New Marilyn Monroe photos up for sale
Photographs of Marilyn Monroe appearing relaxed and lounging around a New York apartment nine months before she died were unveiled on Friday after being held in a private archive for...
Tiger Woods leaves rehab: report
He's free to prowl again. Golf superstar Tiger Woods has reportedly left rehab after his wife flew to Mississippi earlier this week so they could fly home together today. Woods'...
Bodies of woman, toddler found shot to death in LI woods
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — Long Island homicide detectives are asking for the public's help in identifying the bodies of a young woman and toddler found shot to death in a...
Dept. of Bad Movie Ideas: Crowe, Beyonce in 'A Star is Born'
I've had my share of disagreements with L.A. Times blogger Patrick Goldenstein, but I totally agree with him that the fourth version of "A Star is Born'' Warner Bros. reportedly has...
Mayor urges city workers: Demand higher pay for Wall Street
He said it with a chuckle, but Mayor Bloomberg suggested today that city workers descend on Washington to demand bigger bonuses for Wall Street executives."Our cops, firefighters, teachers -- all...
Blasts kill 32 at height of Iraq Shiite pilgrimage
BAGHDAD — A twin car bombing Friday targeted a crowd of Shiite pilgrims packing a highway as they walked to a holy city south of Baghdad for a major religious...
2 bombs hit Pakistan city, 22 dead
KARACHI, Pakistan — Two bombs targeting Shiite Muslims exploded in Pakistan's largest city Friday, one outside a hospital treating victims from the first blast hours earlier. At least 22 people...
Bloomberg gives grim diagnosis for St. Vincent's
It'll soon be time to deliver last rites for beleagured St. Vincent's Hospital, Mayor Bloomberg predicted today. Asked on his weekly WOR Radio show if he thought the 160-year Greenwich...
Jobs report for January better than expected
The unemployment rate dropped unexpectedly in January to 9.7 percent, while employers shed 20,000 jobs, according to a report that offered hope the U.S. economy will add jobs soon. The...
Toyota president deeply sorry for car safety concerns
Toyota president Akio Toyoda on Friday offered a heartfelt apology for the recall of millions of cars around the world due to faulty accelerator pedals but insisted the company's vehicles...
Mayor: NYC is ready for snow storm
Mayor Michael Bloomberg says New York City is “on the ready” as the winter storm approaches. The National Weather Service expects it to start snowing on Friday night and continue...
Kirk Says So Long
Nick Gillespie on Dems who can't understand what they are doing wrong (Reason)
Box Office: Guess who's going to win Super Bowl/Oscar bounce weekend?
With Nine Oscar nominations and middling competition, box office forecasters say it will be smooth sailing for Fox's long-legged "Avatar'' in its eighth weekend, topping the charts yet again with a...
Franken vs. Axelrod
Senate Democrats upset with White House lack of game plan (Politico)
Tim Shea pays tribute to Dick McGuire
Tim Shea, who grew up in Dick McGuire's Rockaway Beach in the 1960's, worked under Ernie Grunfeld as the Knicks director of international scouting from 1994-2000. Here's Shea's rememberance of...
Obama vs. Blanche Lincoln
Charles Lane says president dismissed her concerns and her political future (Washington Post)
Terrorist Dropouts
Michael Jacobson on why some Jihadists leave the movement (Couterterrorism Blog)
Gut Check for Illinois Democrats
Ed Kilgore suggests that Illinois Dems ought to take care who they nominate for elections (Democratic Strategist)
3UP: F. Martinez, Hudson and Liriano
1. Fernando Martinez told MLB.com that he had hoped the injury to Carlos Beltran would create an opportunity for him to play center field, but that the acquisition of Gary...
Obama vs. Las Vegas
The President ought to stop using city as a punchline (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Goldstone Hustle
Evelyn Leopold reports that liveliest debate over Goldstone is in Israel (Huffington Post)Ban says too soon to know if Israel and Hamas probes are credible (Business Week)
Cooking the Goose
Wall Street losses add to New York's problems (Watertown Daily Times)Vast majority of voters support wage freeze for gov't employees (Business Week)
The Obvious Deficit-Closers
Sen. Gregg demands that Obama obey TARP law (New American)Blue Dog Democrats may not toe Obama's spending line (Washington Independent)
Rolling in Dough
Martin Hutchison says US could save by cutting public sector salaries (Reuters)Ed Feulner says public sector emmployment defies recession (Holland Sentinel)
Cap issues stopped Rangers from snaring Kovalchuk
Understand this. Once Atlanta Thrashers general manager Don Waddell decided to move Ilya Kovalchuk yesterday — why the rush, is a mystery — the Rangers could not have acquired the...
Manning’s Colts get the goods
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Mystery solved. Turns out, there’s a reason Peyton Manning gets sacked less than any other starter in the league. A lot of reasons, actually. "Watches. Suits,...
Caldwell’s low-key approach key to Colts’ success
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Since Monday, when the Colts arrived to South Florida, Jim Caldwell has stood at a podium each day dutifully conducting press conferences in front of large...
Hackers go green
Even computer hackers are trying to get in on the green movement. In a sign that credit-card scams are so last year, a team of hackers last month managed to...
Super Bowl XLIV: the matchups
The NFL may be a league of parity, but the powerhouses are in the house for Super Bowl XLIV. For the first time in 17 years, the No. 1 seeds...
DeVan in whole new ‘arena’ now
FORT LAUDERDALE — A year ago, while trying to figure out what to do with his wayward life, Kyle DeVan was a substitute teacher, enduring the kind of cruel treatment...
Manning’s men get the goods
FORT LAUDERDALE — Mystery solved. Turns out, there’s a reason Peyton Manning gets sacked less than any other starter in the league. A lot of reasons, actually. “Watches. Suits, custom...
Colts lay it on line to protect Peyton
FORT LAUDERDALE — He has coached for 36 consecutive seasons and has seen everything in football, and heard everything —including talk of bounties on the head of Peyton Manning. “There...
Post Staff Super Bowl Picks
Here's how the Post's sports staff sees the Super Bowl playing out: GREG GALLO Colts, 27-20 STEVE SERBY Colts, 27-24 MARK CANNIZZARO Colts, 31-24 PAUL SCHWARTZ Saints, 34-24 TIM BONTEMPS...
Super Bowl XLIV can keep Saints' Bush from fraud fame
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Every now and again, some football wonk will assemble a list of the greatest busts in the history of the NFL, a determination generally based on...
PSAL boys basketball roundup: Boys & Girls wins first outright division title in six years
Jeffland Neverson scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Leroy (Truck) Fludd had 17 points and 12 rebounds and Antione Slaughter added 11 points and nine assists as Boys &...
With Saints: Dat's a winner
Three years ago in this space, I wrote that you could take the millions of words written in the lead-up to Super Bowl XLI and reduce them to two: Peyton...
Hondo gripped by Super spirit
Gather round the Bettor’s Guide, sports fans, it’s Super Friday — time for Hondo to serve up a big tasty bowl of Supe gumbo that includes some picking, a dash...
Slow start dooms Wings as division title gets away
Maybe it was the MSG Varsity television cameras. The pressure that comes with one game deciding the division title or the large crowd that filled up Bronx Regional HS. Whatever...
Moore Catholic rolls over St. Joseph Hill
Moore Catholic doesn’t believe in comfort zones – at least for its opposition. Just ask St. Joseph Hill. The Mavericks suffocated the Hilltoppers with their man-to-man defense, cutting off driving...
Peyton’s legacy on the line
The last time he was in the Super Bowl, the question surrounding Peyton Manning was: Can he win the big game?. If he loses this time, the question, says CBS...
Motivated Rubin a budding star for Moore Catholic
If basketball doesn’t work out, Christina Rubin has a future as a motivational speaker. “You always have to know you can do it,” she said. “Before anyone can believe in...
Girls basketball roundup: Upstart Scholars upsets Edison
Fallon Mullen had 16 points and Rebecca Moers had 11 points to lead Scholars Academy to a 45-41 upset of first-place and host Thomas Edison in PSAL Queens B East...
Adriano's got it like that, trains when he wants
Coaches and execs in every sport, from Pop Warner to Little League, from the NFL to the NBA, claim all their players get treated the same and play by the...
Starr report
Ex-anchor/reporter Carol Iovanna has inked a deal with Kaufman Films (the “Real Housewives” franchise”), which will work with Iovanna’s Illumination Productions (“Journey Out of Silence: The Heather Whitestone Story”) to...
Wings wins first division title
Juan Gonzalez had a game to win and seniors to honor at halftime. But there was one underlying concern as time was ticking off the clock. “I was hoping they...
Weekend Calendar
PHOTOBAMA Not many people get their picture taken as often as the president of the United States. Few people know that better than official White House photographer Pete Souza. He’s...
Weekend Guide
Cabaret ALGONQUIN HOTEL: Steve Ross debuts his new show, "Puttin' on the Ritz," a tribute to dancing great Fred Astaire. Today and tomorrow at 8:30 and 11 p.m., 59 W....
Weekend Guide: Music
Pop, Rock, Folk ALICIA WITT: The actress shows her talent as a singer/songwriter and award-winning classical pianist tonight at 8 at The Living Room, 154 Ludlow St.; 212-533-7237. CHROMEO: This...
'Awake' will make you fall asleep
'Falling Asleep" might be a more appropriate title for the singularly named Augustin's overlong and soporific vanity project, which tries to be a "Mean Streets" of The Bronx. Andrew Cisneros...
'Eyes Wide Open' lacks emotional firepower
A sort of "Brokeback Menachem," Israel's "Eyes Wide Open" explores a lust-driven affair between two men, one of whom is married, in Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox community. Aaron, a butcher and father...
Marine Park woman targeted by gunman
A masked man opened fire on a 47-year-old Marine Park woman as she took her 13-year-old son to school Thursday morning.A bullet grazed the woman’s head and the gunman ran...
Brooklyn day care centers in danger
Brooklynites plan to protest the proposed closure of 10 day care centers in the borough. “We’re mobilizing and we’re going to fight this thing because this is simply the wrong...
18-years for Brooklyn Heights bomber
The man responsible for smearing swastikas across Brooklyn Heights and hoarding a secret cache of guns and explosives in his apartment won’t be coming back to the neighborhood any time...
HBO renews 'Love' vows
'Big ratings for "Big Love" have earned the show an other season. HBO has renewed the polygamy drama for a fifth season, based on its increased viewership so far this...
Weekend Guide: Theater
Previews “CLYBOURNE PARK”: Bruce Norris’ new play revolves around a neighborhood in flux. Playwrights Horizons, 416 W. 42nd St.; 212-279-4200. Opens Feb. 21. “FANNY”: George Hearn and Rondi Reed head...
Autism speaks in 'Temple Grandin'
Maybe there really are no coincidences in the universe. What are the chances, for example, that HBO's terrific biopic about autistic animal scientist Dr. Temple Grandin would debut in the...
The French disconnection
Sporting a Charlie Brown head of perfect bald round ness and a dangly earring, John Travolta's "From Paris With Love" assassin/ superagent Charlie Wax is the master of whatever the...
Moving Minnesotans are a real attraction
Like a Toyota with its pedal stuck to the metal, Motion City Soundtrack is all acceleration. At the Fillmore Wednesday, supporting its new CD "My Dinosaur Life," the Minnesota quintet...
Deep secrets buried amid shallow graves
You can't trust nobody -- not the police, the clergy, the rich nor, of course, the lawyers. That is the overriding message of "Red Riding Trilogy," three films about the...
Pam to shine 'Dance' shoes?
It's time for the semi-annual "Dancing With the Stars" contestant guessing game. First up: Pamela Anderson. The busty ex-"Baywatch" star has signed on for the upcoming season of "Dancing," according...
Little thriller never gets bogged down
I can't say for certain whether Danish helmer Henrik Ruben Genz is a fan of David Lynch, but judging by Genz's neat little thriller "Terribly Happy," I'd say he's seen...
Icy premise slaloms into silliness
A great premise -- three idiots trapped on a stalled ski lift for days -- and first-rate photography are largely wasted in the poorly directed, written and acted "Frozen," which...
'Bachelor' Bronx bust
Turns out "The Bachelor" babe Gia Allemand is a real New York story -- in more ways than one. Allemand, a Howard Beach, Queens native, is also the former flame...
Museum show a real stretch
At first, it looks like any other Valentino bubble dress -- so elegant, so easy on the eyes. Only this one comes with built-in birth control. Made of more than...
A Green Day at box office
Broadway's award show -- the Tony telecast -- is a pretty dorky affair enjoyed by about 12 theater geeks and ignored by everybody else. Musicals that appear on the Tonys...
'Dear' and loathing
Even more than eight years later, it’s not a great idea to use 9/11 as a device to juice up the old plot about the soldier dumped by letter, as...
Sheen facing menace rap
"Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen is expected to be charged with felony menacing for a Christmas Day confrontation with his wife, Brooke Mueller, in Aspen, Colo., according...
Really bad brake for the Prius
Toyota is set to pull 270,000 of its eco-friendly Prius vehicles off the road because of dangerously faulty brakes, just days after the company issued a recall for eight other...
Go south, rich pol: Canada's health exodus
THE ISSUE: A Canadian politician's decision to seek medical treatment in the US. *** Canada's government-run, universal health-care system has spawned a cottage industry that is the northern equivalent of...
Trust the troopers
Regarding recent stories about protocols our troopers follow in and around the Governor's Mansion, I would like to set the record straight. ("Shock for Dave Mansion Cop," Page Six, Jan....
If Bloomberg can't cut now . . .
Mayor Bloomberg issued a stern warning to state lawmakers last month: Gov. Paterson's budget cuts would meet stiff resistance in the Big Apple. "Let me tell you," Hizzoner huffed, "the...
Tiger $till No. 1
Despite Tiger Woods' serial-cheating scandal and lost corporate sponsors, the world's No. 1 golfer remains the top athlete brand as ranked by Forbes. Woods' ongoing sponsor deals with Nike, Electronic...
Plug pulled on St. Vincent's deal
The healthcare giant that offered a lifeline to ailing St. Vincent's hospital reportedly yanked it back -- burned by the negative reaction from residents, state officials and the hospital's own...
The obvious deficit-closers
As he tells us he wants to reduce the dangerous budget deficit, President Obama brings to mind the hapless engineers at Toyota who find that their vehicles accelerate whether or...
Gov trashes Cuomo for code of silence
ALBANY -- Gov. Paterson yesterday continued to goad potential Democratic primary rival Andrew Cuomo by accusing the popular state attorney general of waging a strategy of saying nothing. During an...
Crook pol: I'm off to die in jail
Crooked former Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio said he expects to die in the slammer after getting slapped yesterday with a six-year sentence for raking in more than $1 million by peddling...
The Goldstone hustle
An important battle in the global War on Terror takes place today on the East River, as the UN General Assembly resumes its hearings on knocked-together allegations that Israel committed...
Gains for chains
Retailers delivered better-than-expected January sales reports, reversing the declines that were suffered in the depths of the Wall Street crisis a year ago. Renewed luxury demand helped drive the rebound,...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan--A Murray Hill bank robber was seeing and wearing red after a dye pack in his loot exploded all over him, cops said yesterday. The suspect slipped a demand note...
18 years for swastika man
A dog-walker accused of scrawling scores of swastikas around his Brooklyn Heights neighborhood and harboring an arsenal of homemade bombs in his apartment will spend 18 years in prison after...
Epix picks up Charter
Epix, the fledgling premium movie channel jointly owned by three of Hollywood's biggest studios, is gradually getting traction among television distributors. The channel inked its latest distribution deal with Charter...
Exodu$$$! Wealthy flee NJ
Wealthy New Jersey residents -- hit with some of the highest taxes in the country -- are flooring it out of state. The Garden State lost $70 billion from 2004...
Business briefs
Deutsche IPO Deutsche Telekom AG is preparing for a possible initial public offering or spinoff of its US wireless arm, T- Mobile USA, The Wall Street Jounal reported on its...
'Dopey' cop loses job bid
Bummer, man. A hero cop whose NYPD career went up in smoke after his wife allegedly spiked his meatballs with marijuana has lost his bid to get his job back....
A mu$ical family feud
Money squabbles have put this sister act in a deep funk. The ousted member of an all-family funk band -- whose music has been sampled by the Beastie Boys, Wu...
First Data having hard time paying its debt
First Data, the world's largest processor of credit card payments, is having problems processing the loans used to take the company private, and has forced out key executives in order...
Rolling in dough
For most Americans, the Great Recession has been an occasion to hold on for dear life. For public employees, it's been an occasion to let the good times roll. The...
Spooky 'end' at Stein slay trial
"We're going to put an end to this." Accused killer Natavia Lowery made this chilling prediction when asked how she liked her job as personal assistant to Realtor to the...
SL Green sued over 485 Lex.
The buyer of a 49.5 percent stake in 485 Lexington Ave. is suing SL Green Realty Corp., claiming the commercial real estate giant stymied the completion of the deal and...
Snow is inching forward
The Big Apple can expect to get dumped on today -- but how much snow depends on what path an incoming storm decides to take. "We're looking at 3 to...
Berkshire cut down by S&P
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. was stripped of its last AAA credit rating by Standard & Poor's after the billionaire investor agreed to buy railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp....
AOL boss raids former company
AOL boss Tim Armstrong continued to raid his former company Google, snagging perhaps his highest-profile plunder to date. David Eun was hired as president of AOL Media and Studios, effective...
Rebels with a cause
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- No body ever said tea parties have to be pretty. At least, not the kind of tea party gathered here in the thumping heart of gaudy country...
Mike aide hit with a 'tech'nical
One of Mayor Bloomberg's new commissioners is being probed in Florida for possible double-dipping -- illegally getting two property-tax breaks at once, The Post's learned. Palm Beach County Property Appraiser's...
Mike adds to fare 'beware'
Mayor Bloomberg warns that another MTA fare hike could be rolling into the station -- and soon. Albany has "to come up with some ways to fund the MTA, or...
Las Vegas Observed
J ared Kushner, publisher of the New York Observer, is invading Sin City. His Observer Media Group is part of the joint venture behind Vegas Seven, a new weekly that...
Foreigners' debt woes, US job worries jolt stocks
On Wall Street yesterday, Greece was most certainly the word. The European country, whose financial woes have put the investment community on tenterhooks for weeks, yesterday triggered a near panic...
Toyota lawsuits are coming fast and furious
Toyota may have found a way to stop its gas pedals from sticking, but nothing will hit the brakes on the lawsuits stemming from the defect. A Queens dad driving...
Principal pulled over boozer rap
A principal of a Brooklyn high school slated for closure was yanked this week after allegations surfaced that he had been drinking on the clock, sources told The Post. City...
Owe, no! Debt ceiling soars as Dow sinks
Congress voted yesterday to raise the US debt ceiling by a staggering $1.9 trillion — putting every man, woman and child in the country $6,000 deeper in the hole —...
Better check under LaHood
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood put Toyota's stock price into free-fall Wednesday, telling a House committee that Americans with cars made by the Japanese auto company should stop driv ing them....
Another chaplain outrage
It's time for City Hall to take the chap laincy program at the Department of Correction and shake it like the dirty rug it has become. Wednesday, Imam Zulqarnain Abdu-Shahid...
Cooking the goose
Former British Prime Minister Maggie Thatcher once noted that the prob lem with socialist government is that it eventually "runs out of other people's money." Fast forward to Albany, circa...
Brooklyn pup is one lucky dog
She was this dog's best friend. A hero firefighter came to the rescue of a poor pooch overcome by smoke yesterday, performing CPR on the dog after it had been...
Penthouse petting suit
It's equal opportunity for sexual harassment at the Penthouse Executive Club, according to a fired cocktail waitress. In a lawsuit filed yesterday against the Hells Kitchen skin palace, Lourdes Garcia...
GMAC lender Ditech stops advertising
Absence may make the heart grow fonder, but in the case of GMAC's lending unit Ditech, it's made some people worry. Ditech, which for years has been an active advertiser...
New BofA boss Moynihan escapes Cuomo's net
Talk about being at the wrong place at just the right time. While Bank of America, its ex-CEO Ken Lewis and former CFO Joe Price were all the targets of...
Lost ID spurs 'bogus-inspector scam'
He was the hardest-working con man in New York, authorities claim. A scam artist found a Health Department worker's ID on the ground -- and used it to pose as...
FDNY bar brutes are left to burn
So much for the "red wall of silence." Several off-duty firefighters who were working at a Brooklyn bar when a drunken horde of smoke-eaters attacked a group of civilians have...
Ketch-cup a Heinz slam-dunk
Now if only science could find a way to get it out of a bottle quicker. For decades there was only one way to use the humble ketchup packet, and...
No Google deal yet
The US Justice Department urged a federal judge to revise an agreement between Google and copyright owners over creation of a digital book library. Justice Department lawyers, calling an amended...
NBC's lost 'soul'
A special NBC Black History Month lunch spread -- featuring fried chicken, collard greens and black-eyed peas -- sparked a commissary controversy yesterday, but the African-American chef who planned it...
Tweet not sweet for Sun boss
Tech titan Jonathan Schwartz has lived by the Internet and checked out with the Internet. Hailed as the only Fortune 500 CEO to maintain a blog, the CEO of Sun...
'Slots' of doubt
The group awarded the contract to install and manage 450 video slots terminals at Aqueduct Racetrack was initially deemed "not qualified" by the state, The Post has learned. The revelation...
Final death verdict on 2 beauties
They had it all -- fame, fortune and access to the best medical care money could buy. But nothing could save them from themselves. Brittany Murphy and Casey Johnson came...
Scott's hot start
Vowing to be an independent voice among the partisan sniping in the Senate, Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown yesterday officially took over the seat that belonged to the late Ted Kennedy...
Feds to sell jewelry Anne Hathaway got from imprisoned ex-boyfriend
Want to accessorize like Anne Hathaway? The feds are preparing to auction off the jewelry that the Oscar-nominated actress got from her imprisoned ex-boyfriend. Legal papers filed yesterday in Manhattan...
Ill-suited for the Boss
This lawsuit sure struck a sour note with the Boss. Rock legend Bruce Springsteen wants his name taken off the suit demanding fees from a Midtown bar where cover bands...
Shark horror
STUART, Fla. -- There was blood in the water, the sharks were circling and grievously hurt kite-surfer Stephen Schafer -- his thigh gashed and his hand mauled -- was screaming...
Edwards in full gal-lop
John Edwards is still carrying on with his baby mama -- and the smitten mistress is hoping for happily ever after, family and ex-friends revealed yesterday. When asked when the...
Safir skates on 'hit-&-run'
Ex-Police Commissioner Howard Safir will not face charges for hitting a pregnant woman with his SUV on the Upper East Side last month, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office announced yesterday....
Kiss and makeup for first lady and Obama
She sealed it with a kiss -- and made sure no lipstick was left behind. First Lady Michelle Obama leaned in to give the president a smooch at the annual...
Navy flyover today
Heads up, New York! A Navy jet is scheduled to do a military flyover this morning between 9:30 and 10, officials say. The EA-6B Prowler will pass over the Verrazano...
Sather's Jokinen gamble wasn't pointless for Rangers
Sure, Olli Jokinen is not Ilya Kovalchuk, who is going to the Devils for little they will miss, but more value than represented by Ales Kotalik and Christopher Higgins, for...
Sports shorts
MLB: Selig backs McCain's supplement bill Sen. John McCain has introduced legislation requiring manufacturers of dietary supplements to register with the Food and Drug Administration and to disclose the ingredients....
Islanders defeated by Lightning
TAMPA, Fla. -- Just when it looked as if the Islanders were snapping out of an offensive funk and were ready to end a five-game losing streak, the Lightning scored...
Devils' Lemaire: Elias 'not ready'
The good news is Patrik Elias is close. The bad news is he's not close enough. For the first time since being knocked unconscious by Avalanche defenseman Ryan Wilson on...
Devils score big by landing Kovalchuk
The general manager didn't say so, but his players believe Lou Lamoriello declared his pursuit of his fourth Stanley Cup with last night's rental acquisition of Ilya Kovalchuk, the NHL's...
D'Antoni points to Nate for start for Knicks
Nate Robinson is the Knicks' starting point guard. For tonight, anyway. After first mentioning it following the game on Wednesday, coach Mike D'Antoni told Robinson yesterday that he would be...
Bench players Net-ting results
BOSTON -- Dwight Freeney's ankle will go a long way in deciding the Super Bowl. And see where Justin Verlander is re-upping with the Tigers for five years? Nate Robinson...
Still-angry Osi: Start me or I'm gone
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- Remember the ugly spat that led the Giants to trade Jeremy Shockey? It could be happening again two years later, this time featuring Osi Umenyiora as...
Colts' Mathis: Rex Ryan a 'cool guy'
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Robert Mathis showed Rex Ryan some love yesterday. One mention of the Jets head coach to the Colts defensive end by The Post and it drew...
Hebert: Who Dat ambassador to the world
MIAMI -- They don't call former Saints quarterback Bobby Hebert the "Cajun Cannon" for offering up soothing, erudite, philosophical observations on the current electrified state of the Who Dat Nation....
Coyer not 'defensive' about short stint with Jets
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- In quiet moments during breaks from the coaching grinds, Larry Coyer used to lean against a brick wall on the side of the Jets' Hofstra practice...
Saints coach has rejuvenated New Orleans
MIAMI -- There were at least 10 guys "strongly recommended" to Jim Fassel back in 1999 when he was looking for a quarterbacks coach for the Giants. Fassel interviewed six...
Union: Look out for lockout
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Against the backdrop of Super Bowl XLIV, the war drums that threaten the NFL as we know it -- an uncapped year in 2010 and a...
Brookshier was good listen, good guy
While it's neither in our DNA nor our souls to hurt for them, it has been a rough stretch for our brothers in Philadelphia. In April, they lost Harry Kalas,...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 6 fur; $42,000; alw; 4upRICORIATOA cuts back to sprint and drew the rail after tiring to fourth as the favorite in first off the claim. CAME EAST tired badly...
5 Questions for ... Jim Nantz
CBS play-by-play man Jim Nantz's 25th year in broadcasting will be a special one. Nantz talked with The Post's Justin Terranova before the start of a three-month stretch when he...
Rachel-Zenyatta showdown in works
Racing fans have been clamoring for a showdown between the super filly Rachel Alexandra and the undefeated super mare Zenyatta since last summer, and now they may finally get their...
Witness: Fan abused Jets coach
Rex Ryan flipped the bird at a heckling Miami Dolphins fan last Saturday night at a mixed-martial arts show only after having been accosted by the man on three different...
Hank: Yankees looking like champs again
The Yankees won the offseason, too. At least that seems to be Hank Steinbrenner's opinion after watching general manager Brian Cashman make two moves in particular this winter that Steinbrenner...
Dynamic Duo push JFK toward title
Batman and Robin have brought order to The Bronx -- for the JFK Knights. John F. Kennedy's Jeffrey Short and Nauqan Pierce, nicknamed after the caped crusader and his trusty...
Wizards Arenas' motives become clear in bogus op-ed
NOW THAT the local football season is over, I can put away my Jim Turner jersey and give my undivided attention deficit to basket cases. Here's the thing about Gilbert...
Rangers pay for sins in loss to Capitals
This might have been the cruelest loss of them all in a season where they are piling up on the Rangers, one after another after another, seven over the last...
Eli: I'm rooting for the Colts
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Eli Manning grew up in New Orleans a fan of the Saints and has many fond memories of going to games with his father, Archie, and...
Colts lay it on line to protect Peyton
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- He has coached for 36 consecutive seasons and has seen everything in football, and heard everything --including talk of bounties on the head of Peyton Manning....
Colts' DeVan in whole new 'arena' now
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A year ago, while trying to figure out what to do with his wayward life, Kyle DeVan was a substitute teacher, enduring the kind of cruel...
Who dat? The Who
The Who, the Super Bowl halftime performers, yesterday delivered a three-song acoustic set at a press conference. Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey first entered the stage carrying helmets -- Daltrey...
Recreation fishing on the rise
Campaigns to get people to enjoy the great world of fishing seem to be working. In 2009, more anglers got out of the house and out on the water as...
The Post Line
NFL Super Bowl Sunday at Miami Favorite Opening Current (O/U) Underdog Colts 3 5 (56½) Saints NCAA Basketball Favorite Line Underdog CORNELL 21 Yale DARTMOUTH 3½ Penn COLUMBIA 7 Brown...
Weird but true
He went from the doghouse to the big house to the unemployment line. A drunken off-duty Tennessee sheriff's deputy had to be put into a police car's dog cage after...
UConn hoop grads think Huskies can rebound
The Detroit Pistons are in unfamiliar territory as they sit in 14th place in the Eastern Conference. The only team lower than them, is the Nets (if they can even...
Fontbonne star juggles hoops, soccer
Just like her teammates on the Fontbonne Hall girls basketball team, Katie Henderson dribbles a ball during pre-game warm-ups. Except, with Henderson, the practice causes coach Steve Oliver to scream....
City of Light tale heavy on racism
The best Parisian action movie of the week is "District 13: Ultimatum," a serviceable thriller with a lefty message. As in "District 13" (also known as "District B13"), to which...
Roy Miller gets P-1, other Red Bull notes
The Red Bulls flew home from Spain today, and after an undefeated three-friendly stay in Europe they'll get a much-deserved weekend off. But before we try to catch up with...
Batman and Robin defend Bronx for JFK
Batman and Robin have brought order to The Bronx – for the JFK Knights. John F. Kennedy’s Jeffrey Short and Nauqan Pierce, nicknamed after the caped crusader and his trusty...
Backstrom, Ovechkin help Caps win 12th straight, beat Rangers
Nicklas Backstrom's third-period, power-play goal - his fifth point of the night - snapped a tie and gave the Capitals a 6-5 victory over the New York Rangers on Thursday...
Paterson comes face-to-face with ex-Gov Cuomo at dinner
Talk about agita.Gov. Paterson treaded into Andrew Cuomo's traditional territory tonight - a pricy Italian-American group's dinner in Manhattan - and came face-to-face with the man who unleashed his likely...
NKorea says it will free detained US missionary
North Korea says it has decided to free a detained American missionary who crossed its border to raise human rights issues. Robert Park slipped across the frozen Tumen River into...
Michael Jackson's doctor to surrender Friday: lawyer
Michael Jackson's doctor will surrender to authorities in Los Angeles on Friday to face criminal charges filed against him arising from the pop star's death, his lawyer said Thursday. "Dr...
Springsteen wants name off lawsuit against NYC bar
Bruce Springsteen wants his name off a lawsuit demanding licensing fees from a Manhattan bar where a band played his songs. A statement on Springsteen's Web site Thursday said he...
Devils push for Cup in trade for Kovalchuk
The Devils GM didn't say so, but his players believe Lou Lamoriello declared his pursuit of his fourth Stanley Cup with Thursday night's rental acquisition of Atlanta's Ilya Kovalchuk, the...
Ex-Penthouse Club waitress sues over 'lesbian come-ons'
It’s equal opportunity for sexual harassment at the Penthouse Executive Club, according to a former cocktail waitress there. Lourdes Garcia filed suit today against the West Side skin palace, claiming...
NFL players, owners say 2011 season may not happen
National Football League owners and players union leaders are gearing up for a possible 2011 shutdown even as they negotiate over how to divide riches of $8 billion in total...
Former NYPD big won't be charged for hitting pregnant woman with car
Former police Commissioner Howard Safir will not face charges for hitting a pregnant woman with his SUV on the Upper East Side last month, a law enforcement source said. Safir...
Vince Lombardi's grandson has title chance with Saints
MIAMI -- With the NFL championship game barely 72 hours away, coach Lombardi took a break from his team’s preparations to revisit the notion that winning is the only thing....