February 11, 2010
Levy pushing forward with fundraising
Democratic Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy is soldiering on with efforts to raise big piles of cash for his gubernatorial exploratory committee, after efforts by state GOP chairman Ed Cox...
St. John's honors 1985 Final Four team
Twenty-five years ago, the St. John’s Redmen were the toast of New York City. A team loaded with local talent good enough to produce four first-round draft picks. A team...
PBS NewsHour turns cameras on Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs is still not out of the spotlight. The gold-plated investment bank run by CEO Lloyd Blankfein is the focus of a multi-part newscast on The PBS NewsHour.Airing on...
Knicks' Lee named to replace Iverson on All-Star team
The Knicks have their All-Star after all. David Lee will replace Allen Iverson on the Eastern Conference team after Iverson dropped out for personal reasons. Lee is averaging 20 points...
Knicks' Lee named to replace Iverson
The Knicks have their All-Star after all. David Lee will replace Allen Iverson on the Eastern Conference team after Iverson dropped out for personal reasons. Lee is averaging 20 points...
Rangers' Gaborik 'feels better' after scary cut
Rangers leading scorer Marian Gaborik did not practice Thursday, but spent 20 minutes riding a stationary bike and said the swelling in his lacerated thigh is down. Gaborik said he...
Giants captain loves team despite release
There are times -- plenty of them -- when bitterness follows a player out the door. This is not one of those times as the Giants today released linebacker Antonio...
Rachel to race Zenyatta on April 9 for $5M
The “Race for the Ages” that racing fans have been clamoring for since last summer is a go. Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta, two of the greatest racemares in history, will...
Ports 1961
Designer Tia Cibani tends to like to work in chunky, textural fabrics that aren't especially flattering to those who wear them. There's something to be said for an artist who...
Giants captain loves team despite release
There are times -- plenty of them -- when bitterness follows a player out the door. This is not one of those times as the Giants today released linebacker Antonio...
Mets sign Japanese lefty
The Mets have signed Japanese pitcher Hisanori Takahashi to a minor-league contract.The left-hander could challenge for the fifth starter's spot or pitch out of the bullpen if he does not...
Bill Clinton hospitalized in NYC
Former President Bill Clinton was taken to a Washington Heights hospital today with chest pains and was later operated on by doctors, according to a spokesman. The fast food-loving Clinton,...
5 US soldiers injured in Afghanistan explosion
An explosion at a combat outpost in eastern Afghanistan injured five U.S. soldiers Thursday evening local time, Fox News reported. There were no fatalities, NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)...
DEALS: Mexican Riviera
Actor Richard Burton loved three things in this world: booze, smokes and dames. It's up for debate which contributed most to his fatal brain hemorrhage back in 1984 — he...
Holyfield's wife says boxer hit her several times
FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. — Evander Holyfield's wife claims the boxing great hit her several times after an argument about her payments to their church, and she has received a temporary protective...
NYPD cop charged with having sex with girl when she was 10
A New York City police officer has been charged with having sex with a young girl while off-duty. Internal Affairs Bureau investigators arrested Mackenson Jacques just after midnight on Thursday....
Fence me in
Foodies and, uh, fence lovers rejoice! In an unlikely instance of urban synergy, a long-delayed "sustainable" fence on the Upper West Side is finally being built, thanks to funds from area culinary event New Taste of the...
Red Bulls hire assistant, deny Raul link
Red Bull New York has hired Goran Aral to be an assistant coach today. He'll join holdover assistants Richie Williams and Des McAleenan. It's not exactly new news, reported about three weeks...
Jersey City deputy mayor convicted in corruption trial
NEWARK, N.J. — A city official in New Jersey has been convicted on two of six corruption counts in the first trial stemming from the state’s largest federal sting. The...
Hughes plans fight to be Yankees' fifth starter
Pitching out of the bullpen, Phil Hughes helped the Yankees win the World Series last season. This year, he hopes to make another championship run as the team’s fifth starter....
US troops close Taliban escape route before attack
NEAR MARJAH, Afghanistan — U.S. and Afghan soldiers linked up with Marines on the outskirts of the Taliban stronghold of Marjah on Thursday, sealing off escape routes and setting the...
Haitian judge says 10 US missionaries should be released
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- The Haitian judge deciding whether 10 U.S. missionaries should face trial for trying to take a busload of children out of the country said Thursday he has...
Calhoun returns to coach UConn
STORRS, Conn. -- Jim Calhoun is back coaching the Connecticut Huskies. Calhoun returned to his coaching duties Thursday after a medical leave of more than three weeks forced him to...
Hotel slay mom to be arraigned next week in son's death
Accused psycho-mom Gigi Jordan will be arraigned Tuesday on murder charges in the prescription pill overdose death of her autistic 8-year-old son, a knowledgable court source said this afternoon. Jordan,...
Judge sets date for Monserrate expulsion hearing
ALBANY, N.Y. — A federal judge set a hearing next week on whether to temporarily block the expulsion of a New York lawmaker whose colleagues voted to remove him because...
Kudlow's taxing issue
Possible US Senate candidate Larry Kudlow routinely calls on the government to cut taxes — but the supply side economist and CNBC commentator wasn’t always so diligent in paying his...
Missing student from NJ confirmed dead in Haiti
HOPEWELL, N.J. — A college student from New Jersey has been confirmed dead in last month’s earthquake in Haiti. Christine Gianacaci of Hopewell was a 22-year-old sophomore at Lynn University...
Don't Let Iran on the Human Rights Council
Claudia Rosett on what United Nations members should do (Forbes)
The governor’s closet, take 3
There’s some skeptical feedback from Gov. Paterson latest claim that it couldn’t be true that he was caught with a woman in a “close encounter of the closet kind” at...
Former Met Glavine retires, will work for Braves
Tom Glavine, who won his 300th career game while with the Mets in 2007, will not play again in the major leagues and instead work for the Braves as a...
Feds probe Sen. Smith grants to firm he founded
Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed the state Senate for records related to grants secured by Senate President Malcolm Smith for a controversial group he founded — Queens-based New Direction Local Development...
Life after Flushing murder
Yongwei Guo, the husband of Qian Wu, who was gruesomely murdered two weeks ago in Flushing, attended a court appearance for Huang Chen, the suspect in her murder, last Thursday.He...
Work complete on TimesLedger’s Bayside office
TimesLedger Newspapers has moved into new offices on the same floor at its longtime Bayside headquarters at 41-02 Bell Blvd. following a two-month renovation.The chain, which has 14 weekly papers...
Padavan backs stronger abuse protection bill
State Sen. Frank Padavan (R-Bellerose) is introducing legislation this week aimed at strengthening protections for women who are victims of abusers.Padavan joined the bill with Sens. Marty Golden (R-Brooklyn) and...
Cause unknown for 3-alarm St. Albans fire
A three-alarm blaze that damaged three homes and engulfed a St. Albans block in smoke Friday may have started in a home that was occupied by squatters, according to eyewitnesses.The...
Two charged in wild St. Albans crime spree: Brown
Two Ozone Park men are facing serious charges after they allegedly led police on a wild chase last week that began with a car theft in St. Albans and ended...
Clarium’s Thiel re-ups contribution to sci-fi ocean society
Peter Thiel’s hedge fund, Clarium Capital, may be suffering, but that isn’t keeping him from coughing up a second round of money toward building a floating utopia. The Seasteading Institute,...
Richmond Hill readies for Census
The last time the Census was taken in 2000, Richmond Hill’s response rate was lower than 40 percent — well below the national and citywide averages.But this year a number...
Boro Chamber of Commerce to hold conference on green biz techniques
QUEENS COLLEGE — The Queens Chamber of Commerce will be holding a special conference next Friday that will explore the ways borough businesses can improve the economy by becoming more...
Boro gears up for Fashion Week
This year’s hottest trends will be strutting down the Queens runway this weekend as the borough kicks off its annual Queens Fashion Week. The fun kicks off this Thursday night...
Schools, civics, electeds protest proposed Q74 cuts
Queens elected officials, civic leaders and area residents rallied against the MTA’s proposal to eliminate the Q74 bus last Thursday and said the plan would place undue hardships on the...
Richard Chai LOVE
Richard Chai seems to love the '80s for his secondary LOVE collection. And we don't mean the big hair, shoulder pads '80s -- this was more along the lines of...
Swimmers hit Rockaway Beach to fight cystic fibrosis
Rockaway Beach was a wintery mess Saturday afternoon, far south enough to have a few inches of slushy snow to go with 40 mph winds, 36-degree ocean water and 24-degree...
Finances threaten Belmont Stakes
The president of the New York Racing Association told a state Senate hearing on Long Island that the corporation would be forced to cancel the Belmont Stakes in June if...
Feds probe nonprofit with Meeks ties: Post
Two top southeast Queens politicians’ involvement in a controversial charity group has put them in the spotlight of a federal investigation into the nonprofit, a published report said.The New York...
Bloomy rips guv’s plan to help MTA
Gov. David Paterson has come up with a new business tax plan to rescue the financially beleaguered MTA that Mayor Michael Bloomberg said was unfair to New York City “and...
Parents fret over Flushing High School’s uncertain future
Flushing High School’s listing on the state’s persistency lowest achieving school list two weeks ago has worried parents, students and teachers that the long-running campus would suffer the same fate...
Meeks reaches out to Haitians in boro
Haitian-American immigrants living in the United States can get free help applying for temporary protected status from U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Jamaica), his office’s executive director Brian Simon said Sunday...
Finalists picked for NYC condom contest
A top hat, a suggestive train tunnel and even a sewer manhole cover have made it to the finals of New York City’s condom wrapper design contest. The NYC Department...
FINRA eyes Wall Street’s Facebook posts
It looks like Wall Street self-regulatory watchdog FINRA is telling hedge funds, brokers and other financial workers under its care to watch what they say on social media sites like...
Report: Smoltz says 'nothing in works'
Free agent pitcher John Smoltz says “Nothing is in the works right now" regarding a team for 2010, and he has not ruled out returning to the Braves.Smoltz, rumored to...
Artists flock to see Dutch Kills Gallery’s new exhibits
Dutch Kills Gallery, an art space that opened last year in a Long Island City industrial building in the shadow of the iconic red- and white-striped Ravenswood Power Plant smokestacks,...
Ladder 128 in Long Island City toasts 100 years
There has been death, laughter and camaraderie to last a lifetime.In the past 100 years, firefighters at Blissville’s Ladder 128 in Long Island City have put their lives on the...
QCC to show Holocaust art
A Lithuanian painter who survived the Holocaust as a teenager will exhibit his substantial body of work, which depicts Nazi atrocities, this month at Queensborough Community College’s Kupferberg center in...
Rangers waive Brashear
Donald Brashear was brought in to serve as the physical enforcer for the Rangers. Now, less than a year into his two-year deal, Brashear is the one being pushed around....
Kaufman Astoria studio leads city in producing green energy
Kaufman Astoria Studios is going green after the movie and television complex recently switched its heating fuel source to an oil that is blended with biodiesel, making the western Queens...
Jets' Ellis should be ready for workouts after surgery on hand
Pro Bowl defensive end Shaun Ellis is recovering from surgery on his broken left hand and should be ready in time to participate in most offseason workouts. Ellis told The...
Jax Heights worker falls to death
A construction worker from Jackson Heights fell to his death Friday while working on a building in Manhattan — two days after his birthday, police and family members said.Jozef Wilk,...
Jamaica senior home boss stole $1 at a time: DA
A dollar may not seem like much these days, but the owner of a Jamaica nursing home allegedly bilked his employees of that amount for so long that he collected...
Marriage bad for actor Dennis Hopper's health: lawyer
Marriage can be bad for your health. Ailing actor Dennis Hopper -- currently embroiled in a bitter divorce battle with wife No. 5 -- claims that his doctor told him...
Iannece will stay on CB 11, run for re-election as chair
Jerry Iannece said he will run for another year as Community Board 11’s chairman at the board’s March 1 meeting and if elected will continue to push for more northeast...
Women’s center gets praise from CB 4
Ordinarily one might expect a community board to react with suspicion and disdain to news that a residence for recently released prisoners was about to open in its neighborhood.But not...
Come back to NY, Annette Bening
After starring in "Medea" at UCLA Live back in October, Annette Bening is about to open in Joanna Murray-Smith's "The Female of the Species" at the Geffen Playhouse. It's great...
Hevesi bill to make NY green
A bill sponsored by state Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills) and passed last week by lawmakers attempts to give legislators a platform on which to build a more comprehensive alternative...
Halloran, CB 11 chair spar over appointments
Tension is brewing between City Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) and Community Board 11 Chairman Jerry Iannece over Halloran’s role in appointing members to the board, which covers Bayside, Douglaston and...
Haitians raise funds in Hollis for homeland
More than 100 Christian Haitians congregated at IS 192 in Hollis Sunday for an evening of prayer, song and mourning for those who lost their lives in the earthquake that...
Giants release Pierce
The Giants aren’t paying lip-service to making major changes to a 2009 defense that embarrassed the franchise. This afternoon they released Antonio Pierce, who not only was their starting middle...
Olympic skier Vonn says injury 'painful' but 'progressing'
WHISTLER, British Columbia -- Aided by painkillers and numbing cream, Lindsey Vonn tested her badly bruised right shin Thursday by skiing for the first time since getting injured last week...
John Haggerty focus of Manhattan DA probe: Post
A $750,000 personal campaign contribution from Mayor Michael Bloomberg that went through the state Independence Party and wound up in the hands of a firm headed by Queens Republican operative...
Report: Endy could be back with Mets
The Mets could be one of several teams interested in outfielder Endy Chavez when he fully recovers from knee surgery.FOXSports.com lists the Mets along with the Mariners, Blue Jays, Astros...
Local mumps outbreak tops 1500 cases
ATLANTA — A mumps outbreak among Orthodox Jews in New York and New Jersey has now surpassed 1,500 cases and shows no sign of ending soon, health officials said Thursday....
Police: Deadly cocktail of diet pills, energy drinks, nasal spray may have led to mom's end
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — Police in New York say a combination of diet pills, energy drinks and nasal spray may have contributed to the death of a 25-year-old mother, whose...
Court orders psych test for Flushing murder suspect
The man accused of brutally murdering Qian Wu in the hallway of her Flushing apartment building Jan. 26, was ordered to undergo a psychiatric examination and DNA swab in Queens...
Couple charged with robbing boro driver
A New Jersey couple has been charged with stealing more than $11,000 from an 86-year-old driver they flagged down in Forest Hills and told her her car was dangerously in...
Forest Hills school under fire for handcuffing girl
The New York Civil Liberties Union took the city to task for last week’s arrest, handcuffing and suspension of a 12-year-old female student at a Forest Hills junior high school...
MLS, players, reportedly near deal
Have we moved two steps closer to avoiding an MLS work-stoppage? The league and the players' union have come to an agreement on a pair of the biggest issues in...
Guv’s veto of ethics bill upheld
Gov. David Paterson’s veto of the state Legislature’s home-grown ethics reform package was upheld Monday after the state Senate failed to gather enough votes to override it.“Last month, I introduced...
Damon decision could drag into next week
Without mentioning teams by name, Johnny Damon said the number of clubs he his considering signing with isn’t limited to the Braves and Tigers.“We have others,’’ Damon told The Post...
FDNY diversity lacking: Comrie
City Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans) joined Latino and black watchdog groups and other city leaders on the steps of City Hall last week to call on the mayor to...
CB 4 fights city school plan
Corona desperately needs another school, residents and members of Community Board 4 agreed, but they balked last week at the city’s plan to put the facility on a street with...
Boro to fete Black History Month with music, poetry
Queens residents will have the choice to attend everything from an off-Broadway musical and poetry readings to house tours and a quilting workshop as a variety of borough institutions celebrate...
Bayside High School students recall surviving quake
As children and teachers at Queens Village Day School were doing their part for Haiti by marching down the street in their tie-dyed finest, another worker at the school was...
Queens reps seek school holiday on Lunar New Year
A group of New York state lawmakers has called for legislation to establish the Asian Lunar New Year as an official school holiday in New Year in recognition of what...
Man fatally struck by LIRR train
COPIAGUE, N.Y. — A man in his 50s has died after being struck by a Long Island Rail Road train. LIRR spokesman Sam Zambuto says the unidentified man was standing...
Titus tours Arverne Library
The chief executive officer of the Queens Public Library and state Assemblywoman Michelle Titus (D-Far Rockaway) last week toured the renovations being made to the Arverne Library, which is set...
Bin Laden's son warns father's followers are much worse
Osama bin Laden's son has warned that if his father were killed, the al Qaeda leaders who succeed him are likely to be far worse, ABC News reported Thursday. "From...
Addisleigh Park nears landmarking
For years, residents in the Addisleigh Park section of southeast Queens took pride in living in the now 108-year-old community because it was home to some of the leading black...
Transformer explosion rocks Chelsea building
An explosion in a transformer underneath a Manhattan sidewalk sent flames up the front of a landmark building Thursday, shattering windows and blackening the front of several stories. No injuries...
LIC condo regains parking
After several months of complaints from residents of a new condominium tower in Long Island City, the police have moved a restricted parking area that was in front of the...
Titanic relics take anchor at Astoria history group
Were you ever curious about that home on 11th Street in Long Island City festooned with memorabilia from the doomed ocean liner Titanic? The opportunity to see it there has...
Hunter threatened to expose Edwards affair: aide
The mistress of former presidential hopeful John Edwards would "get extremely upset and threaten to go public" whenever he discussed his love for his wife Elizabeth in the media, a...
Cop testifies: I didn't sodomize man with police baton
The Brooklyn cop accused of sodomizing a man with his baton took the stand today in his own defense -- saying he never assaulted anyone and didn't know he was...
Slain Realtor jury shown videotape of alleged killer's confession
Riveted jurors watched a chilling videotape confession today of the personal assistant accused of killing Realtor to the Stars Linda Stein. The jury assembled in Manhattan Supreme Court watched intently...
People StyleWatch publisher jumps to Lucky
Michelle Myers, the publisher of People StyleWatch, one of Time Inc's few hot titles through the recession, is returning to Condé Nast as the new publisher of Lucky magazine.She replaces...
Morgan Stanley hit with bonus lawsuit
A pair of pension investors have slapped Morgan Stanleywith a lawsuit over its bonuses.The suit, which alleges that Morgan breached its fiduciary responsibility and enriched employees of the bank, was...
HOSPITAL CRISIS: St. Vincent’s troubles led to two shutdowns
2000 — St. Vincent’s Hospital in Manhattan merges with Catholic Medical Centers of Brooklyn and Queens, bringing together eight hospitals across the city.November 2003 — St. Vincent’s announces it will...
HOSPITAL CRISIS: Marshall dismayed at hospital shortage
A decade after the health care merger that brought St. John’s and Mary Immaculate hospitals under the aegis of St. Vincent’s and five years after that organization filed for bankruptcy,...
HORSE RACE: Aqueduct decision two years in the making
February 2008 — Gov. Eliot Spitzer and legislative leaders select the New York Racing Association to continue its lease for Aqueduct Race Track, Belmont Park and Saratoga Race Course for...
HORSE RACE: AEG has history in Las Vegas, Queens
From a gaming company to developers and construction firms, eight entities make up Aqueduct Entertainment Group, which was selected to install and operate 4,500 video lottery terminals and redevelop Aqueduct...
Fox hearts Obama
He may not be as popular as his predecessor with the pundits at the Fox News Channel, but President Obama is apparently a demi-god to the folks at Twentieth Century...
Korean church gets OK after city audit
Bayside community activists said they were upset to find out the city has allowed a controversial project to develop a Korean church along 210th Street to move forward despite an...
Loyal customers bid adieu to beloved Jax Heights eatery
Dozens of people packed the Cavalier Restaurant, an old-fashioned neighborhood eatery, Sunday evening to say goodbye to the Jackson Heights institution that was like a second home for many of...
Weprin wins state Assembly seat
The 38-year Weprin legacy in the state Assembly will reach a 39th year after former City Councilman David Weprin soundly defeated Glen Oaks Village President Bob Friedrich in a special...
HOSPITAL CRISIS: Qns. reacts to St. Vincent’s shaky future
As city and state officials race to keep Saint Vincent’s Medical Center afloat in the face of $700 million of debt, Queens leaders differ as to whether the Manhattan institution...
Source: Pitino's camp tried to reach new Nets owner
Rod Thorn insists Louisville coach Rick Pitino or his intermediaries never reached out to the Nets president regarding the team's head coaching position. But sources said Pitino backers apparently tried...
NYC to keep parts of Broadway closed to traffic
The city green-lighted a plan today to keep Broadway permanently closed to traffic in Times Square and Herald Square. The pedestrian plazas -- created along two stretches of Broadway last...
Opposition leader's wife attacked by militia in Iran
The wife of Iran's main opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi was attacked by government militia Thursday, according to a report on his official Facebook page. Dr. Zahra Rahnavard was on...
Senate votes to expel Monserrate immediately
After long deliberation, the state Senate has ousted embattled Sen. Hiram Monserrate (D-East Elmhurst) — at least until he appeals the decision in court like he has vowed to do...
Army to discipline at least six over Fort Hood massacre
The U.S. military will formally discipline at least six officers, mostly from Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, for failing to take action against the officer accused of carrying...
Obama: US will add 95K jobs a month this year
WASHINGTON — The U.S. is likely to average 95,000 more jobs each month this year, while personal savings will remain high as credit remains tight, according to a White House...
Security guards who watched beating followed orders (video)
SEATTLE — Three unarmed security guards were following orders last month when they stood by without intervening as a 15-year-old girl was badly beaten in a downtown Seattle bus tunnel....
Fashion designer Alexander McQueen found dead
Britain's top fashion designer Alexander McQueen was found hanged Thursday. Celebrated designer to the stars McQueen, 40, was found dead at his luxury million pound flat in central London's exclusive...
Ahmadinejad says Iran is now a 'nuclear state'
TEHRAN, Iran — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed Thursday that Iran has produced its first batch of uranium enriched to a higher level, saying his country will not be bullied by...
DEP to hold water rate public hearing
On the heals of news that the city is considering several different new methods of billing customers for water usage, homeowners who have seen their water bills rise in recent...
St. Ben's concludes baby drive
In the spirit of Catholic School week, St. Benedict’s School, St. Benedict’s Parish and Playhouse lent a hand to those in need, the women and children of Concourse House.From Tuesday,...
Ice skating rink opens on E. 161st Street
Bronx children finally have a spot to ice skate, thanks to a partnership between the 161st Street Business Improvement District and the United States Figure Skating Association.Dr. Cary Goodman, executive...
Puppy-nap unsolved
Bugzy isn’t back. The whereabouts of the year-old Yorkie pup, who disappeared near Ferry Point Park on Saturday, January 16, remain unknown. Neighbors witnessed an apparent puppy-napper yank Bugzy into...
P.S. 89 robbed again
Tragedy has struck P.S. 89 again and the school needs help to replace a boatload of stolen technology equipment.P.S. 89 has suffered several break-ins in recent years and has lost...
Army Corps to restore ecosystem at Soundview Park
The Parks Department and United States Army Corps of Engineers are going the extra mile to turn a damaged land at the mouth of the Bronx River in Soundview Park...
Morris Park Dental helps clergy help Haiti
A neighborhood dental office has gone the extra mile to help victims of Haiti’s tragic January 12 earthquake. Morris Park Dental Associates has chosen to celebrate Dental Health Month in...
Center Stage looks to the Future
Center Stage Community Playhouse will continue a tradition that stretches back more than 40 years with two plays that artistic director Donna Bellone thinks will spark interest in the neighborhood.The...
Bronx Haitian worries about family
When news from earthquake-shattered Port-au-Prince reached the Bronx, Haitian-American doctors packed for home. Haitian-American clergyman gathered donations.Beckson Ganiche failed to reach his mother by phone. Then Ganiche, 22, unleashed his...
P.S. 71 student moonlights at Guggenheim
Modern art, meet paper mache. Upper East Side, meet Pelham Bay. Tino Sehgal, meet Hannah Ludemann.The Guggenheim Museum selected Ludemann, a Pelham Bay resident and sixth grader at the P.S....
Homeowner wants Marvin mapped
No one seems to know why Marvin Place, a block-long street near the New York Westchester Square Medical Center, was never added to the city map.Not that Ragnauth Singh cares....
Van Nest Neighborhood Alliance elects board
The Van Nest Neighborhood Alliance formed in response to crime but plans to address many more issues soon. The new group held its first official meeting on Wednesday, January 13...
Paterson: People are plotting against me
Gov. Paterson, still battling rumors of improper personal conduct as well as new speculation on the just-launched federal Aqueduct gambling deal probe, continued to assert this morning he's a victim...
Reports: Raul to Red Bull this summer
After Raul's name surfaced with Red Bull last month, sporting director Erik Soler jokingly said this week that he'd gladly take any out-of-contract stars from Real Madrid. Well, today both...
Ten Years Ago? Seriously?
Keith Hennessey explains why Obama's excuses are poor policy (Keith Hennessey.com)
Jobs Bill sans Jobs
Even Obama administration admits proposed bipartisan legislation won't create jobs (Yahoo! News)
Actor Alec Baldwin tried to threaten daughter with taking sleeping pills
Emmy Award-winning actor Alec Baldwin was taken to a Manhattan hospital early today when his teenage daughter frantically called 911, claiming he had threatened to take pills after they got...
3UP: Yankees Lineup, Jeter and Halladay
1. In today’s Post I wrote why Curtis Granderson should bat second for the Yankees against righty pitching. In talking to Joe Girardi on the subject of his lineup, he...
Tea Party Confidential
Mark Davis identifies the new movement and defines what it isn't (Dallas Morning News)
The Empire State Republican Surge
Daniel Meyer says Rick Lazio should have challenged Senate seat (Hamburg Sun)Josh Goodman on promising gains in Westchester County (Ballot Box)
No New Jobs Here
Another gimmicky tax break won't cure ailing jobs market (USA Today)Give us Jobs, Not Posturing (Tennessean)
A Dem Saying 'No'
James Taranto on the Democratic Dealignment (Wall Street Journal)Ellis Cose on the tragedy of American prisons (Newsweek)
Ice storms always swirl around Olympian Davis
The question about Shani Davis entering these Olympics is not how many medals he can win but what sort of controversy he’ll find himself in this time. America’s best speedskater,...
Lindsey Vonn doesn’t actually need to ski to be winner
There's still a tiny part of the Olympic myth that survives the decades of greed and avarice that have turned so much of the Games into a cynical corporate parlor...
Shin injury imperils Lindsey Vonn’s gold rush
The Vancouver Olympics have not even begun and America’s top star — and NBC’s ratings — already may be on ice. Skier Lindsey Vonn said yesterday that she is concerned...
Hurricane Ryan’s wardrobe malfunction hard to stomach
First it was Rex Ryan flipping his middle finger. This week he’s flashing his belly. As the Jets head coach takes an offseason tour of sporting events around America, he...
Jeter keeping quiet on contract for now
Never one to chew the fat more than necessary, Derek Jeter is waiting until the media that covers the Yankees arrives in Tampa next week to discuss his contract situation....
'Grand' plan for No. 2 spot in Yankees order
Joe Girardi sees a lineup puzzle. Johnny Damon, Hideki Matsui and Melky Cabrera have been removed. Curtis Granderson, Nick Johnson and probably Brett Gardner have been added. The puzzle has...
Back to the Future: BA's Top 10 Yankees prospects in 2003
Beating the Bushes is counting down to the start of the 2010 baseball season, which kicks off April 4 at Fenway Park when the Yankees take on the Red Sox.In...
Back to the Future: BA's Top 10 Mets prospects in 2003
Beating the Bushes is counting down to the start of the 2010 baseball season, which kicks off April 4 at Fenway Park, when the Yankees take on the Red Sox.In...
Barneys bargains
Sale in to Fashion Week with some of the best bargains in Manhattan at the semiannual Barneys warehouse sale, starting today. The Post got an exclusive sneak peek at the...
You can buy Oprah’s clothes, too!
O no she didn’t! Oprah is cleaning out her cluttered closet, and you can get in on the action. With the help of O magazine creative director Adam Glassman, the...
The top tent moments at Bryant Park
It’s the end of an era at the Bryant Park tents. For 17 years, it’s been the official home of New York Fashion Week, and next season, the whole shebang...
Just sold!
Manhattan GREENWICH VILLAGE $320,000 24 Fifth Ave. Studio co-op, 325 square feet, with walk-in closet, beamed ceilings and galley kitchen; building features doorman, restored lobby, gym and storage. Maintenance $614,...
Freeze frame
If you were walking along lower West Broadway recently, you might have noticed the handsome, gold-colored structure at the southwest corner of Leonard Street. The building, 34 Leonard, looks ready...
34 Rock
It's complicated for actor Alec Baldwin. We’re talking about his apartment hunt (although the same might be said for the bachelor’s search for a soul mate). We had previously reported...
Lafayette looking to repeat as 'B' champ
Lafayette isn’t the same team that won the PSAL Class B girls basketball title and took a memorable trip to the New York State Federation tournament in Glens Falls last...
Blanchard hopes to guide athletes down The Road to college
Since Liz Blanchard became a guidance counselor at St. John Villa five years ago she has fielded many questions from athletes about looking for scholarships or how to make sure...
Felix quietly succeeds for Holy Cross
Jahleel Felix knew he had to pick up his game heading into the season. After all, he’he was a senior, this was his time to be a leader, especially on...
BCC to boot University Heights High School
How does one persuade a high school student from a rough Bronx neighborhood to try college? The answer, teachers at University Heights High School argue, is simple. Plunk that student...
BBC to Bronx: Give us your strictest parents
The British Broadcasting Company is in search of strict Bronx parents prepared to help two troubled English teens on an eight-day journey to self-discipline and enlightenment. The parents would star...
St. Peter's Avenue hearing set
The Department of Homeless Services is ready to award a four-year, multi-million dollar contract to the operator of its St. Peter’s Avenue homeless shelter and the Westchester Square community will...
Tame library teens
The struggle continues in a joint effort to tame the wild teens responsible for havoc in and around the Morris Park public library. Morris Park residents have been upset for...
Menna can't make ends meat
Some fifty years of rib eye and rump roast, spare rib and tenderloin on E. Tremont Avenue in Throggs Neck ground beef to a halt in late January, when Menna’s...
Racial charges filed
A Manhattan-based group that promotes fair housing practices filed a federal lawsuit against a long-established Throggs Neck realtor and the Silver Beach and Edgewater Park co-op boards alleging racial discrimination....
Tuna hooks a show at Hunts Point market
Joe “Tuna” Centrone, gregarious wholesaler at the Fulton Fish Market, cast a new line on life in 2005. Heavy since childhood thanks to his calorific Italian grandmother, Tuna underwent lap-band...
Afrika Bambaataa goes Mojofiti
Peace, love, unity and…Mojofiti?Bronx legend and hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa, who played early “break beats” at the Bronx River Houses and coined the Universal Zulu Nation motto – “peace, love,...
13-story development divides Belmont
They waved signs. They chanted. They testified.“If not for my sisters – the nurses at Med Alliance, I would not be here today,” said Theresa Camp-Castro, partly paralyzed in 2006.Med...
Bronx champ, Clottey, unknown
Near Yankee Stadium on Anderson Avenue, a muscle-hound man slams the door to his modest apartment. On the street, he starts to jog. No one gasps. No one points. No...
London couples' 'Happy' medium
It's tough to have it all, and pressure is mount ing in two yuppie London households. The women slide into frustration as they juggle personal and professional stress, the men...
'Clothes' not a good Fitz
Those volatile Southern lovers, F. Scott Fitzgerald and his emotionally fragile wife, Zelda, always seemed like characters from a Tennessee Williams play. Apparently, Williams thought so, too. Their troubled relationship...
Jon frees kids?
If, after digging your car out from under 10 inches of snow, you're wondering, 'What are Jon and Kate Gosselin up to these days?,' we've sort-of got an answer for...
Grief over 'Catch' captain
The death of Phil Harris, the cranky, crab-boat captain who became an underground TV star on the reality show "Deadliest Catch," has set off an outpouring of grief and reminiscence...
'Make it' is 'Entourage' with NY attitude
If you're tired of twenty- something shows that are supposed to be about New York but the settings and characters could just as easily be smack in the middle of...
Teen-tummy op beats diet
Weight-loss surgery was more effective at slimming severely obese teens and improving their health than two years of diet and exercise, a study found. Adolescents fitted with Allergan's Lap-Band device...
The broken promise that's undoing O
How could such smart people do so many stu pid things? That ques tion, or variations on it, is being asked in Washington and around the country about the Obama...
Plot thickens in the battle of 'The Plunge'
The Treasury Department has records of the secret meetings that its President's Working Group on Financial Markets held to discuss the troubled financial markets, after all. That doesn't mean Washington...
O's deaf ear on NYC and terror
There is a simple explanation for why this administration is clinging to the idea of trying Khalid Sheik Mohammed in New York -- President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder...
The Empire State Republican surge
With the pickup of two state Assembly seats in Tuesday's special elec tions in Westchester and Suffolk counties, New York Republicans are following up on Scott Brown's historic win in...
NY's public fat cats
New Yorkers don't get what they pay for when it comes to government employees. The issue recently sprang to life on Long Island: In Nassau, one of the first acts...
NYC spurns scouting: disservice to our youth
Justin Szlasa bemoans the decline of support for the Boy Scouts in New York City, which he attributes to the organization's ban on gays ("Kids Lose as NYC Kills Scouting,"...
Ill. quake shake
GILBERTS, Ill. -- A small earthquake woke residents and shook furniture in northern Illinois early yesterday, causing no major damage or injuries but startling people as far away as Michigan...
'DWI' guy is 5 times the limit
CATSKILL, NY -- A Hudson Valley man is being held at a hospital after he was arrested for driving with a blood-alcohol level five times the legal limit, police said....
4,000-yr.-old man's genetic portrait
Scientists have pieced together most of the DNA of a man who lived in Greenland about 4,000 years ago, a pioneering feat that revealed hints about his appearance, including his...
Kerrigan bro's rage
BOSTON -- A woman who was once married to Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan's brother Mark said he is "a very angry man" who gets violent when he drinks. Janet Kerrigan...
Hill nut rearrested
CONCORD, NH -- New Hampshire authorities said the man who took hostages at a Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential-campaign office in 2007 is back in custody a day after he cut...
A Dem saying 'No'
Sen. James Webb wrote six novels before he tried his hand at nonfiction. His 2004 history of the Scots-Irish in America owns a memorable name: "Born Fighting." The Virginia Democrat...
Q Investment not 'amused' by offer
Apollo Management's quest to buy amusement park company Cedar Fair has turned into a rather unpleasant roller-coaster ride thanks to a little-known Texas hedge fund. Q Investments, a $2.5 billion...
Village inferno
An early-morning blaze yesterday gutted a well-known West Village party store and sent two firefighters to the hospital, authorities said. It took less than an hour to contain the 7:16...
Fed plan: focus on bank rate
Chairman Ben Bernanke said yesterday the Federal Reserve will shift its focus from the federal funds rate to boosting the rate it pays banks on money they leave at the...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Staten Island--A fleeing motorist with a suspended license nearly ran down a cop in Graniteville, police said yesterday. Lawrence Browning, 29, was driving along Victory Boulevard near Christopher Lane at...
Bx. perp flees using ID ruse
A violent prisoner charged with attacking his girlfriend and a cop brazenly walked out of the Bronx Criminal Courthouse after posing as a defendant facing a lesser charge, authorities said...
'Wilson's War' pol dies
DALLAS -- Charlie Wilson, the former congressman from Texas whose funding of Afghanistan's resistance to the Soviet Union was chronicled in the movie "Charlie Wilson's War," has died at 76....
Damn work jerks!
If you hate the office, your co-workers are probably to blame, according to a new survey. Having "grumpy or moody" colleagues pushes people's buttons even more than do slow computers,...
Google readies super-fast Web experiment
Google is planning to sell super-fast Internet access to a small number of consumers, in a move that challenges phone and cable companies. The online giant is creating a fiber-optic...
Donor: Have a cow, school
A Bensonhurst middle school whose beloved replica cow was stolen by heartless rustlers is getting a new bovine. Connecticut-based CowParade, organizers of the global public-arts initiative that displayed decorative cows...
Nix terror error
WASHINGTON -- By a nearly 2-to-1 ratio, American voters reject President Obama's plan to try the plotters of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in civilian courts rather than military tribunals, according...
Hiram takes legal swing at Senate today
ALBANY -- Disgraced former Sen. Hiram Monserrate will be in Manhattan federal court today seeking to reverse his ouster from the Senate, as well as Gov. Paterson's plan to fill...
Bride is a harem scare 'em
An Arab ambassador lifted his "beautiful" bride's veil to find that she was really as ugly as a camel's behind. The unnamed envoy from the United Arab Emirates -- who...
Tech big to repay in double-dip tax slip
Mayor Bloomberg's new technology commissioner has agreed to return $2,800 she received in property tax benefits after The Post revealed she claimed two homes -- one in New York City...
Facebook 'em!
More people are cheating on their spouses using Facebook -- and more divorce lawyers are returning to the scene of the crime for evidence. A whopping 81 percent of matrimonial...
Sale seen for Four Seasons
The luxurious Four Seasons Hotel may be up for grabs. Ty Warner, the creator of Beanie Babies and owner of the hotel on East 57th Street, has been quietly talking...
B'klyn hot spot
Brooklyn's fastest-growing residential neighborhood isn't in the Brownstone Belt from Brooklyn Heights to Park Slope -- it's all happening Downtown. New data show that since 2000, Downtown Brooklyn has gone...
Red blood alert
The New York Blood Center is making a donor appeal due to the snowstorm. Dozens of blood drives have been canceled, and blood center officials expect donations to drop severely....
Girl's a doozy of a dozer
They call her the real "Sleeping Beauty." A 15-year-old English girl suffers from a rare disease that forces her to sleep for nearly two weeks at a time. Louisa Ball...
Meeks aide's wife got campaign $$
Queens Rep. Gregory Meeks paid $27,000 in campaign funds last year to a company set up by his treasurer -- whose husband is on the congressman's government payroll, federal filings...
Ye oldest tavern is tapped out
New York's oldest restaurant survived a 1775 British cannonball attack and a 1975 bombing by Puerto Rican terrorists -- but it's wobbling in tough economic times. The current eatery operators...
EMI's Hands is down on buyout biz
Guy Hands seems to have a well-developed sense of irony. At an industry conference yesterday, the head of Terra Firma Capital Partners -- which is trying to convince investors to...
Gundlach fires back at TCW
Star Los Angeles money manager Jeffrey Gundlach has fired a counter-suit at his former employer, TCW, claiming that the firm owes him a whopping $1.25 billion in back pay and...
Business briefs
MySpace exit Owen Van Natta will step down as CEO of News Corp.'s MySpace. (News Corp. owns The Post.) He will be re placed by co-presidents Mike Jones and Jason...
High school $ports will try networking
It's like ESPN for the high-school set. In a bid to drum up money and interest for academic sports, the city Department of Education is putting out feelers for a...
Now here's a worthy $177 bagel
Hey, Larry Seabrook, you don't need to fudge your expenses to get a $177 bagel in New York. This is the restaurant capital of the world, and our chefs had...
Feel the warming
If, like everyone else from New England to Virginia, you spent the last 24 hours watching the global warming fall from the sky, you may agree that Sen. Jim DeMint...
Talk to the hand
Say one thing for White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs: The hypo crite's got chutzpah. Too bad he's so dumb. Gibbs took a moment from his Tuesday press briefing to...
No new jobs here
The monster snowstorm that pum meled the Eastern Seaboard yester day put a temporary hold on Wash ington's latest effort to bury the entire country in a blizzard of debt....
Bloomberg Xs & O
A business headline has the White House hopping mad. Bloomberg News yesterday ran a story that suggested President Obama had reversed course on fat-cat compensation, and -- surprise -- doesn't...
Valentine's gives me a heart attack
The day I dread more than flying coach is almost here. No, it's not Christ mas, Super Bowl Sunday or Ramadan, but every festival you've ever celebrated, rolled into one...
Horndog of a dilemma
ALBANY -- Gov. Paterson continued his assault on the media yesterday, bemoaning what he called a "racialized" and "hypersexualized" portrayal of himself amid a weeks-long cyclone of speculation. A day...
It doesn't ad up for The NY Times
The New York Times Co. yesterday issued a murky outlook for the ad market, disappointing investors eager to get a good read on newspaper advertising. Despite higher profit and smaller...
Perfume thieves scent packing
Five armed men burst into a northern New Jersey perfume warehouse, tied up 11 employees and then loaded at least four trucks with products before police arrived and took two...
5 get zapped by stray voltage in Herald Square
Stray voltage shocked at least five people in Herald Square during yesterday's blizzard, including a woman who was sent to Bellevue Hospital after she stepped on an electrified street grate....
New Universal era promises scrutiny for L.A. Reid
Now that Lucian Grainge has officially been promoted to CEO of Universal Music Group, Island Def Jam leader Antonio L.A. Reid is going to be under increasing pressure to score...
Feds wade into the Aque-muck
Federal prosecutors have seized records involving the controversial Aqueduct Racetrack video-slots project awarded to the AEG group as part of a sweeping corruption probe, officials said yesterday. The US Attorney's...
Hooters' assets seeking support as family feud drives sale plans
The cleavage has run deep at the House of Hooters. As reported exclusively by The Post, Hooters is of fering a glimpse of its assets to pri vate equity. But...
Daily Beast boots investigative reporter for plagiarism
The investigator got investigated -- and now he's out. Investigative reporter and author Gerald Posner and Tina Web site Brown's The Daily Beast have parted ways after a probe by...
Machine politics
Federal prosecutors have opened an investigation into how the city's Board of Elections awarded a $50 million contract for electronic voting machines, The Post has learned. Two sources said US...
NY schoolkids do A-OK on AP tests
More city and state students are taking and passing their college-credit-bearing Advanced Placement exams. City kids aced nearly 1,400 more AP exams last year compared with 2008 -- an increase...
Suspect grilled in jewel heist slay
Police were questioning a suspect last night in the fatal shooting of an elderly employee at a Madison Avenue jewelry store two weeks ago. Cops pulled the man into the...
Iran rounds up dissidents
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Iranian authorities have rounded up alleged opposition activists ahead of today's celebrations marking the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, the country's top police official said....
Pooch-poop prosecutor
A Manhattan prosecutor broke out in laughter yesterday while reading a suspected animal abuser's incriminating statements to the ASPCA. Assistant District Attorney Steven Constantiner began laughing while reading Tiara Davis'...
Pols jittery over 'Dirty Larry'
Nervous City Council members are hoping that freshly indicted Bronx politico Larry Seabrook will be the last of their colleagues brought down by the ongoing slush fund probe -- but...
Wife wins new trial in milkshake murder
Nancy Kissel is getting another shake. In a stunning reversal, a Hong Kong court overturned the conviction of the "milkshake murderess" yesterday and ordered a retrial in the gruesome slaying...
Toyota models suffering cash crash
"Who could ask for anything more?" -- apparently, not Toyota sellers. The value of new and so-called "pre-owned" Toyotas is falling faster than skyscrapers in Godzilla's path as the automaker's...
Gotham's great white wheeeee!
A nor'easter brought the Big Apple to a near-standstill yesterday -- dumping mounds of snow around the city and whipping it around with brutal wind gusts. By late last night,...
Obama rethinking tax-hike pledge
President Obama says he is "agnostic" about raising taxes on households making less than $250,000 as part of a broad effort to rein in the budget deficit. In a Feb....
Sheffield mulling options; Mets not one of them
Gary Sheffield says his 41 year-old body is ready for the rigors of a 22nd major league season. Now, it's just a matter of deciding if he wants to do...
Beltran expected to show for start of Mets spring training
It will not be surprising if this changes, but the Mets believe Carlos Beltran will head to spring training when position players report, even though the star center fielder will...
Gulfstream Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 6 1/2 fur; $13,000; clm($12,500); 4upCAUGHT IN ACTION drops in class for local return after having the lead and tiring to second as the favorite while going shorter. CANT...
The Post Line
NCAA Basketball Favorite Line Underdog DUQUESNE 6½ UMass MINNESOTA 9 Michigan SETON HALL 5½ Notre Dame FLA. ATL. 1 La.-Lafayette OHIO 6½ Cent. Mich. CLEVE. ST. 8 Valparaiso WRIGHT ST....
Aqueduct cancels
Due to the lingering effects of yesterday's blizzard, Aqueduct canceled today's live racing card yesterday afternoon. The track will be open for simulcasting, and phone and Internet wagering will be...
'Rachel' owner proposes 3 races against Zenyatta
The owner of Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra says his filly will not run against Zenyatta in a $5 million race in Arkansas, but he's proposing a three-race series...
Sports shorts
GRID: Jets' Ellis recovering from surgery Jets Pro Bowl defensive end Shaun Ellis is recovering from surgery on his broken left hand and should be ready in time to participate...
Knicks slide into disarray ... again
Irate Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni waved his arms at Nate Robinson as Robinson approached the bench during a timeout in the third quarter on Tuesday night. D'Antoni barked at Robinson...
Knicks in 3-way trade talk for McGrady
If the Knicks deal for Tracy McGrady by next Thursday's NBA deadline, it will have to be a three-team trade, with Al Harrington headed to the Wizards, a source confirmed....
Ex-Knick Braun dies at age 82
On Feb. 3, Dick McGuire died. Seven days later, venerable Knicks teammate Carl Braun, in failing health for years, passed away. Maybe Braun couldn't die until he knew there was...
Wang near deal with Nationals or Dodgers
The heart wanted the relationship with Chien-Ming Wang to continue. The head, influenced by medical reports, was willing to only go so far. So, the not-so-long-ago ace of the Yankees...
Thorn mum on Harris; Nets plunge to 4-48
Nets president Rod Thorn is scheduled to meet with incoming owner, Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, this weekend in Dallas. The meeting could determine Thorn's future with the team. And interim...
Del Zotto's 4-minute penalty costs Rangers in loss to Predators
A small, snow-affected crowd of 13,128 grew weary at Madison Square Garden as open shots sailed wide and pucks trickled over sticks. The fans' impatience with the Rangers finally was...
Parise sits as reeling Devils fall to Flyers
It's not just a Devils' concern anymore. It's a national issue, and the U.S. Olympic team can breathe a sigh of relief that its top player, Zach Parise, doesn't believe...
Penguins defeat Islanders
PITTSBURGH — Unfortunately for the Islanders on a night they outplayed by the Penguins for some lengthy stretches, Evgeni Malkin knows what to do when the puck finds his stick....
Inside the alliance of fashionistas & TV stars
Setting up a front row at Fashion Week is the clothes-horse equivalent of casting actors in a TV show. Not a lot of room for error. Just as networks want...
Stars put on their 'heals' at amfAR
A-listers from entertainment and fashion blew off a blizzard last night to gather for the glittery kick-off to Fashion Week at amfAR's annual New York Gala. The American Foundation for...
Weird but true
This is what you get for having no manners! A Virginia man is suing the Roanoke police, alleging they beat him up in the city jail because he kept belching....
Tough test in Cards for Red Storm
This might be too much pressure for one beaten team to bear. Or this might be exactly the big pot St. John's has been waiting to take. Surely the backdrop...
Rutgers unveils 2010 football schedule
Rutgers will play six teams next season that played in bowls this past year, but only one from outside of the Big East. The Scarlet Knights released their 2010 schedule...
Murry Bergtraum boys Blazing their own trail
Murry Bergtraum has received notoriety for its powerhouse girls basketball program, which has won the last 11 PSAL city titles and has claimed five state Federation crowns. But the boys...
Kunitz, Malkin lead Pens past Islanders, 3-1
Evgeni Malkin took advantage of a couple of favorable bounces to score a goal and set up one of Chris Kunitz's two goals and the Pittsburgh Penguins bounced back from...
Gagne scores in overtime, Flyers beat Devils
Simon Gagne scored at 3:27 of overtime and the Philadelphia Flyers rallied once again to beat the New Jersey 3-2 on Wednesday night. Gagne had chances on a wraparound and...
Wilson, Ellis lift Predators over Rangers
Rookie Colin Wilson scored the go-ahead goal on a second-period power play, Dan Ellis made 37 saves and Nashville Predators snapped a five-game road losing streak with a 2-1 victory...
Snowstorm, wind disrupt NYC but school open Thurs
The wild winds and swirling snow seemed like the perfect reason to stay home. But there were George and Natividad Sanchez, bundled up and braving the winter weather. They came...
AIG to implement bonus calculating system
A new day, a new say on AIG pay.Insurance giant American International Group said today that it plans to roll out a new compensation plan that pays employees based on...