February 24, 2010
Get union cash, attack Toyota
Mark Tapscott reports on all the members of Congress who are sitting in judgment of Toyota while they accept campaign contributions from the union that co-owns General Motors, “Toyota’s main...
CD reviews: Week of Feb. 23
Day late, but not quite a dollar short since CD purchases for all of this week count towards those all important first week sales. Post music critic Dan Aquilante's got...
Frosty February for Silver and Paterson
ALBANY - Need another indication of how chilly things have gotten Gov. Paterson and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan)? The two top Democrats haven't spoken yet in February.Silver told The...
Ford team takes aim at Gillibrand on
As Harold Ford Jr. prepared to take the stage at the Stonewall Democratic Club - and anticipated protesters - his team took aim at Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, insisting his conversion...
Like.com launches new styling site
Fashion Web site Couturious.com will be launching tonight and will allow visitors to use virtual models to mix and match clothes from different designers, and then buy the items online.The...
Patriots plan to pay price to win
INDIANAPOLIS -- Robert Kraft insists the New England Patriots will pay whatever it takes to win. And the team owner has the paycheck stubs to prove it — regardless of...
Monserrate fights to regain lost Senate position
Ousted state Sen. Hiram Monserrate (D-East Elmhurst) has filed petition signatures for the special election for his seat and appealed a federal court ruling last week that declined to interfere...
Meeks says AEG scrutiny is unfair
U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Jamaica) said two figures who were part of the group selected to operate and install 4,500 video lottery terminals at Aqueduct Race Track — Darryl Greene...
Lunar New Year roars in with Flushing parade on Main Street
The streets of Flushing were strewn with confetti and filled with music last weekend as thousands of borough residents lined up along Main Street to watch the Flushing Lunar Parade,...
Bid revision put AEG on top
Aqueduct Entertainment Group, which was awarded the controversial contract to install and operate 4,500 video lottery terminals at Aqueduct Race Track in Ozone Park, was in last place out of...
Patriots favorite Tatupu dies, 54
BOSTON -- Mosi Tatupu, one of the most popular players in New England Patriots history known for his inspired special teams play, has died. Tatupu died Tuesday at Sturdy Memorial...
Remembering the fight for justice in Little Rock
The Little Rock Nine are drawing Social Security now, more than a half century after they made worldwide news by trying to go to school — in this case, Central...
Saks doubles down on exclusive designs
Saks Fifth Avenue aims to double the amount of exclusive fashions it carries in a bid to increase sales at its luxury stores.On a conference call this morning, Saks CEO...
Rep. Weiner accuses Republicans of 'chutzpah' during House debate
Rep. Anthony Weiner nearly ground business on the House floor to a halt today when he tried to import some of the rough rhetorical tactics he picked up after far...
Bathroom break costs Astorian his vendor license
An Astoria man has the dubious distinction of being the first street vendor in the city to lose his permit for leaving his cart to go to the bathroom under...
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Bayside students land scholarships
Queens Borough President Helen Marshall honored six borough students with scholarships ranging from $500 to $1,000 at an annual awards reception in Corona which celebrates African-American heritage.The Langston Hughes Community...
Hit and run raises questions about Flatbush Ave.
The hit and run that left a 22-year-old Mayoral staffer brain dead has raised questions about traffic conditions on Flatbush Avenue’s northern end.In a morbid coincidence, City Councilmember Letitia James...
Marine Park eyesore
A vacant home in Marine Park is a “blight on the neighborhood.”So said Josephine Longo, who lives next door to the abandoned home located at 3614 Avenue P.The two-story home...
Local legends to be memorialized
A legendary Coney Island strongman and a devoted local volunteer are on their way to being remembered on the streets of Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights.At the February meeting of...
Parise's goals put USA in hockey medal round
VANCOUVER -- The longer it went, the tighter the Americans got. They clanged shots off the post, then the crossbar. A wrist shot early in the game by Phil Kessel...
City issues plans for Kosciuszko
The state Department of Transportation unveiled four potential designs last week for the reconstruction of the Kosciuszko Bridge, which connects Brooklyn to Maspeth, and the project’s manager said work at...
EXCLUSIVE: NY Liquor Authority shuts down Club Touch
Club Touch — a popular Midtown nightclub that’s given NYPD cops fits due to its allegedly chronic over-crowding, underage drinking, drug use, aggressive bouncers and random acts of violence –...
Rego Pk. family return to home after March fire
Almost one year after a fire destroyed the Zeltser family’s Rego Park home, their lives are finally returning to normal.Diana Zeltser, 46, her husband and their two children have moved...
JFK’s busiest runway to close for 4 months to be resurfaced
The busiest runway at John F. Kennedy International Airport will be shut down for four months, but two of the airport’s major airlines said they are prepared to deal with...
Bayside auto dealer gets flak
Members of a massive citywide union that covers carpenters and industrial workers protested along the curb at Bayside Mercedes-Benz dealership Helms Bros. Inc., alleging that a construction project at the...
Iceland's most glamorous couple sued for being bad landlords
Beware falling chicken wings! A Manhattan couple are suing their landlords and upstairs neighbors at 50 Gramercy Park North, charging they've been cutting corners in their $26,000 a month apartment...
USA, Canada ready for women's gold-medal game
VANCOUVER -- This border rivalry has raged for two decades now, since even before women’s hockey was an Olympic sport. Canada and the U.S. team have won every gold medal,...
Good news for people who love bad news
January housing numbers (PDF) are in from the Census Bureau and, well, the recovery continues to look as if it's run out of steam. January saw 309,000 new single-home sales...
Champions League: Inter defeats Chelsea
Diego Milito and Esteban Cambiasso scored a goal apiece as Inter Milan beat Chelsea 2-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday.Milito scored in the third minute, Salomon Kalou equalized for...
Biz summit brings green thinkers to Queens
Eco-friendly technology and policies are making their way into Queens and the rest of the city, but legal conundrums are hot on their heels, experts told entrepreneurs at the second...
Electeds want MTA to nix Q79 bus cuts
A bevy of Queens elected officials at the city and state level joined borough bus drivers and mechanics last weekend at a Little Neck Parkway bus stop to protest proposed...
Planned Flushing Commons parking unfair: BID
The debate over downtown Flushing parking issues heated up Tuesday afternoon as Flushing BID Chairman James Gerson came out strongly against plans for the $800 million Flushing Commons mixed-use development...
Boro school pushes fieldwork
The Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School slated to open in Forest Hills this fall will be the first of its kind in Queens.New York City Outward Bound, a nonprofit, announced last...
Pilot project brings security cameras to E trains
Some may say “it’s about time” and others might see it as Orwellian, but regardless cameras are now recording everything in some subway cars of the E train.So far four...
City to include ambulance corps on 911
After catching flak from elected officials, including City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village), the city has agreed to repeal a policy change that excluded volunteer ambulance corps from the 911...
MTA to hold hearing on toll for Cross Bay
If Rockaway residents want the plan to rescind the rebate they receive when they cross the Cross Bay Bridge revoked, they better show up in large numbers at the MTA...
City touts plan to ease traffic on Main Street
The city Department of Transportation presented to Community Board 7 last week its proposal to table a long-awaited plan to convert Main and Union streets in Flushing to one-way in...
Hair Man Shines on Celluloid
Finally a film about hair that is not a musical!The nefarious williamsburg Hair Man, whose recognizable brown hair spikes obscuring a bald oblong forehead earned him a nomination as Hipster...
Friends to conduct massive search for missing Sloper
As the search for 45-year-old 14th Street resident Marion McCleneghan languishes into its third week, concerned friends and family members are preparing an intense grid search of Park Slope and...
Cops' plan to catch car vandals
Thanks to a prop car and borrowed laptop, the 63rd Precinct has hatched a plan to catch criminals in Marine Park.Responding to a series of car break-ins, cops will leave...
Death Bear afoot in Brooklyn
Death Bear may reside in Harlem, but he roams Brooklyn, exclusively.The seven-foot-tall character created by performance artist Nate Hill visits homes across the borough, a furry spectre acting as part...
Atlantic Avenue BID moves forward
As far as downtown Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) go, the one proposed for Atlantic Avenue appears more accommodating to many of the small shops that line the strip.That was the...
Drug collar earns canarsie officers cop of the month honors
Two canarsie crime fighters have been honored as cops of the month by the 69th Precinct Community Council.Police Officer Paul O’Connor and Police Officer Brian McHenry snagged the honor, at...
Crime remains higher in nabe
Crime continues to remain above 2009 levels in canarsie.Seven weeks into the new year, the 69th Precinct posted a 30.9 percent increase in the seven major crime categories, compared to...
Giants could have interest in safety Sharper
It looks as if ball-hawking safety Darren Sharper is set to become an unrestricted free agent and there's every reason for the Giants to be interested.The Super Bowl champion Saints...
CB 1 OKs rezoning plan
A massive plan to rezone sections of Astoria for the first time in 49 years moved one step further last week as Community Board 1 approved the project, which will...
Mercury rising
Back before the recent financial unpleasantness, Metrovest Equities president George Filopoulos had planned to put 104 new condo units on the market as part of the second phase of sales at Metrovest's...
Hedge fund objects to StuyTown foreclosure
David Tepper’s hedge fund, Appaloosa, is fighting recent moves to start foreclosure proceedings on Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village. In a filing with the Manhattan federal court overseeing the foreclosure process...
Hudson's Rooms presents a pleasant puzzle world
In the realm of video game genres that I am bad at, there lie two distinct branches: sports and rhythm. Everything else, I excel at. Need something blown up? I'm...
Husband killed wife, hid body in park: DA
Nearly two years after his wife’s dismembered body was found in a suitcase in Forest Park, a former Woodhaven man has been charged with her murder, Queens District Attorney Richard...
Police say mother strangled NY college student
HARRISON, N.Y. — A student found slain on a college campus in suburban New York was strangled by her mother, who then tried to kill herself, police said Wednesday. Stacey...
Sugar Shock! Committee Sours on New Domino
The protracted effort to redevelop the former Domino Sugar refinery stumbled unexpectedly on February 24, as a key committee disapproved of a plan to rezone 11.2 acres of the williamsburg...
Bayside bar owner held in double murder
A Bayside bar owner from Richmond Hill was charged Saturday in the murders of a Howard Beach man and an Ozone Park resident in a northern New Jersey town in...
Report: Jets to meet with Jones' agent
The Jets will talk with Thomas Jones’ agent, Drew Rosenhaus, during this week’s NFL Scouting Combine, according to NJ.com.The report says the Jets will try to rework Jones’ contract before...
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Corona co-op to honor first black man to win Navy Cross
The first black man to win the Navy Cross was born in Waco, Texas, and probably never set foot in Queens. And yet the figure of Doris “Dorie” Miller looms...
Astoria tenant killed while leaving home
Police said they were searching for suspects in the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old Astoria man who was killed while in the process of moving out of his apartment.Kalif Canady,...
MTA slammed at LIC meeting for work on 7 train
Half a decade of pent-up commuter frustration poured out on a group of MTA officials who came to Long Island City last week at the request of City Councilman Jimmy...
Little steps for little feet
As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks of resuming stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, she and every other supposedly well-intentioned member of the Obama administration might want to look at this...
Whale kills trainer at Orlando SeaWorld
A veteran female trainer was slain by a killer whale at SeaWorld’s Shamu stadium in Orlando, Florida on Wednesday. There were conflicting reports about the incident, with authorities saying the...
How Swede it isn't: Commander testifies he was duped on Seventh Ave.
You don't mess with the commander of the Swedish Navy's forces in Afghanistan -- even if he looks like just another sightseeing rube on Seventh Avenue. Lt. Commander Peter Palm...
Gary Busey, girlfriend welcome baby boy
Gary Busey's girlfriend, Steffanie Sampson, has given birth to a boy named Luke Sampson Busey. Manager Scott Vandiver says the boy was born Tuesday and weighed 6 pounds, 7 ounces...
Gillibrand won't re-release taxes
Call it seasonal transparency. As she continue to ramp up the attacks on her likely opponent over tax disclosures, Sen. Gillibrand is refusing requests to turn over her tax returns...
Ex 'Heroes' star pleads not guilty to drunken driving
Adrian Pasdar has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor drunken driving charge. The former "Heroes" actor entered the plea through his attorney and did not attend a court hearing on...
PROMOS: March Madness
Not that the Omni San Diego is enabling our country's lethal, $380-billion-dollar-a-year sports betting habit or anything, but they're offering a free night future stay to those who book their...
J.Lo announces Sony split
Jennifer Lopez is off of Sony's block. The singing and acting diva has confirmed she has split from Sony Music after more than a decade. Sony's Epic Records put out...
Canada coach takes shot at Brodeur
First, Canada coach Mike Babcock benched Martin Brodeur. Now he's taking a shot at the NHL's all-time winningest goalie. Roberto Luongo became the starter after Brodeur let up three on-the-ice...
CHSAA Archdiocesan semifinals preview
CHSAA boys basketball beat writer Dylan Butler breaks down the Archdiocesan semifinal games being played at Mount St. Michael Thursday. For live updates during the games, click here. Here’s the...
CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens Diocesan semifinals preview
CHSAA boys basketball beat writer Dylan Butler breaks down the Brooklyn/Queens Diocesan semifinal games being played at St. Francis Prep Wednesday. For live updates during the games, click here. Here’s...
Farrell can't survive slow start in second round loss to Stepinac
Anthony Keane could tell from the moment Monsignor Farrell arrived in The Bronx, things weren’t right with the Lions. “Our heads weren’t in it from the beginning,” the Farrell senior...
Defeated NJ Gov. Corzine alleges Goldman 'envy' (video)
Gold-plated bank Goldman Sachs is taking heat for its role in the financial crisis because everyone’s jealous of its success, former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine told Bloomberg television today....
Ex-Bloomberg aide also gave Schumer fundraising support
Mayor Bloomberg's political alter-ego, his longtime accountant, wasn't alone in forking over money to Sen. Charles Schumer last year -- he was doing it at the request of none other...
Dems grim after polling meeting with Silver
ALBANY -- Grim-faced Assembly Democrats emerged from the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Albany a little while ago after receiving a private briefing from Speaker Sheldon Silver on the results of...
Woods wife would have dumped him if not 'for the kids': report
Tiger Woods' wife would have dumped the sex-crazed golfer months ago -- but has reportedly decided to stand by him for the sake of their two kids. Woods "has a...
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Octomom: Can't rule out another kid in future (video)
Octuplets mother Nadya Suleman says she doesn't plan on having more children unless she gets married someday "far" in the future. She says if that ever happens, she would only...
This week's calendar: Feb. 25 to March 3
Thursday, Feb. 25 Women in Housing and Finance Film Screening and Fundraiser WHF presents a benefit screening of “American Casino,” a documentary film that follows the subprime lending crisis and...
Former Eagles star Westbrook open to joining Giants
Brian Westbrook spent the first eight years of his career torturing the Giants. Now he could join them. Westbrook, who was released yesterday by the Eagles, was asked today if...
Mets won't rush Escobar after making that mistake with Garcia
The eighth-inning is a puzzle for the Mets and will be for most of the spring. Japanese pitcher Ryota Igarashi is in the mix. The Mets like his splitter with...
'Mini Madoff' pleads guilty in Ponzi scheme
A Florida money manager dubbed the "mini Madoff" said he was "profoundly sorry" before pleading guilty this morning to all charges in a $397 million Ponzi scheme. "I understand the...
Poll: New Yorkers want wine in supermarkets
ALBANY, N.Y. — The wine war is heating up again, with the latest poll showing a majority of New Yorkers support selling wine in supermarkets and liquor store owners renewing...
Top Palin advisor resigns
A top communications adviser and confidante to unsuccessful vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has resigned, leaving the former Alaska governor without one of her most trusted aides as she navigates...
2 bodies found in Bronx apartment
New York City police say two people have been found dead in a Bronx apartment. The medical examiner will determine what caused the deaths. The bodies were found late Tuesday...
Exclusive: Ex-Bush adviser Dan Senor weighing run against Gillibrand as Republican
Dan Senor, the husband of CNN's Campbell Brown and a former Bush administration foreign policy adviser, is eyeing a run as a Republican against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, The Knickerbocker has...
'Attila' wore Prada
After 130 years, you’d think the Met has done everything at least once. But Tuesday was a night full of firsts — the premiere of a Verdi opera, the debut...
Vonn breaks pinkie in crash; delay angers teammate
WHISTLER, British Columbia -- Lindsey Vonn crashed and failed to finish the first run of the fog-shrouded Olympic giant slalom race Wednesday and broke her right pinkie. It was undecided...
School fires entire teaching staff
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. — A Rhode Island school district has voted to fire all the teachers at an underperforming school. The Central Falls School Committee voted Tuesday evening to fire...
Cornerback Cromartie wants to play in defense ... just like Jets'
It's an unhappy divorce for cornerback Antonio Cromartie and the Chargers, with the team willing to trade the former first round pick.Cromartie is happy to be going, too, and according...
Madoff investors to sue SIPC directors for fraud
Investors duped by Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff say they’re planning to file a lawsuit against the Securities Investor Protection Corporation – the federally mandated non-profit responsible for protecting securities investors...
Man accused of throwing baby off bridge charged with murder
NEWARK, N.J. — Authorities have charged a New Jersey man who told police he threw his 3-month-old daughter off a bridge with murder. Shamsid-Din Abdur-Raheem had pleaded not guilty last...
Ex-sportscaster denies child rape claims
Former WABC sportscaster and accused child rapist Marvell Scott proclaimed his innocence today and insisted the case against him is built entirely off "the testimony of criminals and liars." "I...
Fire at Macy's Herald Square store, customers evacuated
An electrical fire in Macy’s Herald Square flagship sent shoppers fleeing the Seventh Avenue side of venerable department store early this afternoon, authorities said. The fire broke out in the...
Cuomo gets extra help for NY Toyota owners
ALBANY, N.Y. — Toyota Motor Corp. has agreed to guarantee for New York owners of its vehicles subject to safety recalls that it will pick up cars and trucks at...
Woman accused of killing husband with poisoned margarhitas indicted
CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. — A western New York woman accused of killing her boyfriend by lacing a jug of margarita cocktails with antifreeze has been indicted on a manslaughter charge. Cynthia...
Prosecutors point to man they say financed Jakarta bombings
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Prosecutors told a court Wednesday that a retired Saudi Arabian school teacher who ran an Internet cafe in Indonesia helped finance militants responsible for suicide bombings at...
Toyoda arrives, driving a Toyota
Akio Toyoda arrived on for his grilling on Capitol Hill this morning in a police-escorted motorcade of all Toyota cars and trucks.The soon-to-be apologetic head of the embattled automaker, showed...
Liu wants to examine if Council pork is tied to campaign cash
Comptroller John Liu said today that he intends to examine the connection between campaign contributions and City Council discretionary grants if it's determined that his office has the authority to...
GOP targets Gilly over health care
The state GOP is taking fresh aim at Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand today, slamming her over the Democrats' move toward reconciliation on health care and using it to paint her as...
SEC short-selling proposal pisses everyone off
SEC commissioners are meeting this morning to decide on a rule to prevent abusive short-selling, ending more than a year of waiting since the issue cropped up at the end...
Kerrigan's brother freed on bail in dad's assault
WOBURN, Mass. — The brother of figure skater Nancy Kerrigan has been released on bail after being charged with assaulting his father at their Boston-area home shortly before he died....
Bernanke: Record-low rates still needed
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress on Wednesday that record-low interest rates are still needed to ensure that the economic recovery will last and to help ease...
Bayonne Bridge the next stop for city unicyclists
The Unicycle NYC Bridge Tour will wheel through Staten Island today via the Bayonne Bridge. The one-wheeled riders will pedal from the St. George Ferry Terminal to the borough bridge...
Congress passes scaled-down jobs bill
WASHINGTON — Companies that hire the unemployed would claim new tax breaks under a jobs-promoting bill the U.S. Senate passed Wednesday, delivering President Barack Obama and Democrats a much-needed victory....
EXCLUSIVE: Indicted Seabrook refuses to resign
Indicted City Councilman Larry Seabrook said he has no plans to resign and laughed at the notion that he took a $50,000 bribe, in his first comments since being charged...
Son of Hamas founder was spy for Israel
Claims by the son of a Hamas founder Wednesday that he was a long-term spy for Israel exposed a new side of the Islamic militant group's vulnerability and punched a...
No doctors allowed
Rep Tim Murphy complains that none of the Congressional invitees to President Obama’s health care summit are doctors or other health-care professionals. “There are nearly 20 [doctors] in the House...
Man busted for trying to buy dead boy's ID on Staten Island
A Pakistani-born deli worker who police claim allegedly agreed to pay $10,000 to buy the identity of a child who died 14 years ago is expected to be arraigned today...
Why Bill Walker will see time with Knicks this year and possibly beyond
Whenever asked about Bill Walker, Mike D'Antoni has his stock, sarcastic answer. He wants to look at Walker mostly because they both hail from West Virginia. In truth, the coaching...
Better late than never for newest Met Barajas
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Rod Barajas was starting to wonder if he would have a job this season.The veteran catcher had waited patiently for an offer, confident something would materialize,...
Did stimulus create any jobs?
Lee E. Ohanian disputes the claim that the stimulus package, which celebrated its first anniversary last week, created or saved 2 million jobs. As he writes, “Some components of the...
Jeter concerned with Yankees, not contract, as free agency looms
TAMPA -- If Derek Jeter’s future beyond this upcoming season makes your skin tingle, be prepared to soak in this morning’s words. That’s because the Yankees’ captain vowed never to...
Champions League: Italy takes interest in England’s own Azzurri
To many Italian observers, Inter Milan v Chelsea feels a bit like a derby. There is a familiarity with the Stamford Bridge club that dates back some 15 years, the...
Lambert blasts Boyle's album, wishes her well
"American Idol" runner-up Adam Lambert launched a stinging attack on Scottish sensation Susan Boyle, describing her album as “terrible," The Sun reported Wednesday. The face-painted 28-year-old laid into his reality...
Math teacher hailed a hero in Colorado shooting
A math teacher was credited with saving countless lives Wednesday after he disarmed a gunman who shot and wounded two students waiting outside Deer Creek Middle School in Littleton, Colo....
Mullahs kill their own
Want further proof that the Obama administration’s policy of engagement with the Iranian regime is a morally bankrupt notion? Take a look at this report and video courtesy of The...
Champions League: Barca salvages draw versus Stuttgart
Zlatan Ibrahimovic's second-half equalizer earned holders Barcelona a 1-1 draw at VfB Stuttgart in their Champions League last-16 first leg on Tuesday.Brazilian-born German international Cacau headed the mid-table Bundesliga team...
A big Domi-NO from CB1 panel
The Community Board 1 Land Use Committee voted against the $1.2-billion redevelopment of the old Domino Sugar factory on Tuesday night, the first public rejection of the project as it...
What budget crisis
Is the United States facing a budget crisis? Not if you consider the planned $1 billion U.S. embassy in London, complete with 100ft. moat. Apparently no one at the State...
Jagr hurt in Czech Republic win; uncertain for tonight's quarterfinal
VANCOUVER -- Jaromir Jagr has an undisclosed upper body injury that could prevent the Czech Republic's star forward from playing in the Vancouver Games men's hockey quarterfinal against Finland. Following...
DVD Extra: 'Make Way' for a masterpiece, plus 3 by Shaw
Today in The Post's print edition, I have a review of a genuine movie event: yesterday's very belated but highly welcome home video debut of Leo McCarey's "Make Way For Tomorrow''...
Cut in thirds
Gunning for cell phonesPolice may have apprehended one third of a three-man crew responsible for last week’s robbery spree in Red Hook.Police said that the would-be mugger, an unidentified 14-year-old,...
Gunning for cell phones
Cut in thirdsTwo women were held up at gunpoint for their phones, possibly by the same man, last week, according to officials.A 35-year-old woman told police that she was walking...
$1 million dollar leap in a single bound
It’s a price tag that would even make the Man of Steel stop mid-flight and say, “Hey, that’s pretty super.”An original copy of Action Comics #1 — the one that...
Elin refused Tiger Woods' request for family photo
Tiger Woods' wife refused to pose for a family portrait the night before his TV apology, it was reported yesterday.The cheating golf ace, 34, thought he had made progress toward...
Puzzle players cross the bridge for annual tournament
Ann Erdmann stood in front of a large dry erase board with a crossword puzzle as hundreds of spectators watched her in the Brooklyn Bridge Marriott Hotel ballroom.With a marker...
Michael Jackson '911 call' released: report
A dramatic recording revealed today is believed to detail the moment paramedics broke the news of Michael Jackson's death. A voice is heard calling ahead to a hospital on a...
Australian judge allows video of woman throwing baby to ground to be aired
CCTV footage made available to the media yesterday shows the moment a Territory mother is alleged to have thrown her baby on to a concrete footpath. Yesterday, the NT News...
Dubai identifies 15 new suspects in murder of Hamas official
Dubai Police General Headquarters said Wednesday 15 new Western passport holders were identified in the Jan. 20 killing in the emirate of top Hamas militant Mahmoud al Mabhouh, including six...
Italian court convicts Google execs over online video
A court in Milan convicted three Google Italy executives Wednesday over an internet video showing a handicapped teenager being bullied, in an unprecedented ruling that the U.S. internet search giant...
Toyota head chief 'deeply sorry' for car problems
WASHINGTON — Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda raised his right hand and promised to tell the truth. Then, speaking in English, he apologized to Congress — and millions of American Toyota...
Bloomberg pal broke ranks on Chuck buck$
Six days before Mayor Bloomberg warned both of the state's U.S. senators that the health care reform bill they were supporting would disproportionately hurt the city, one of the mayor's...
Hero teacher thwarted Colo. gunman
LITTLETON, Colo. — Math teacher David Benke says he had no time to fear for his life when he tackled a man he said was preparing to reload a rifle...
Obama to pick Liu for the bench
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that President Obama’s appointment to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is Goodwin Liu who opposed the nomination of Samuel Alito to the...
Staten Island stands up
The forgotten borough may not be forgotten much longer. With two teams in the PSAL boys basketball playoffs’ highest qualification in several years, Staten Island has the chance to earn...
CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens D-II quarterfinals roundup: SJP, St. Saviour ready for Round 4
St. John’s Prep and St. Saviour may be getting to know each other too well. The two teams met three times during the regular season, splitting the first two and...
Nets' Douglas-Roberts back on the court
With Jarvis Hayes sidelined and Trenton Hassell starting, Chris Douglas-Roberts was out of Kiki Vandeweghe's doghouse and back in the rotation for the Nets' 102-93 loss to Portland. But when...
Locals cry, woe Canada
VANCOUVER — Her name is Teresa Conklin, and she was riding the SkyTrain yesterday to meet up with her grandchildren and take some pictures of the Olympic Cauldron at Jack...
Americans still have plenty of work to do
VANCOUVER — So it turns out there was no fire. No brimstone. No overturned tables or benches or buffet spreads. It turns out that U.S. GM Brian Burke didn’t need...
Mets' Martinez likely to be left out
PORT ST. LUCIE — Fernando Martinez probably doesn’t have much future in left field for the Mets, so the team will start evaluating him in center. Jason Bay is signed...
Veteran Bay provides instant leadership
PORT ST. LUCIE — The Mets grew up a lot the moment Jason Bay walked through the clubhouse door yesterday. Don’t underestimate what Bay is going to bring to this...
Bay knows his Canadian curling
PORT ST. LUCIE — Jason Bay can deliver the rock, too. Bay, who grew up in Trail, British Columbia, knows his curling. His high school didn’t have baseball, but he...
New Mets LF Bay optimistic
PORT ST. LUCIE — Jason Bay is either a breath of fresh air for the Mets or the most naive player in baseball. When the team’s new left fielder takes...
Today in Vancouver
Don’t-miss event Coming off its upset win of Canada, the U.S. hockey team will try to keep its momentum going against Switzerland (3 p.m., NBC), which advanced after defeating Belarus...
PSAL girls basketball playoff roundup: Beach Channel advances past August Martin
Cynithia Smalls and Whitney Brown each had 10 points to lead No. 16 Beach Channel to a 34-30 win against No. 17 August Martin in the PSAL Class AA girls...
Senior Duffie leads young South Shore past Van Buren
When freshman guard Terrence Samuel threw down a huge dunk on a fast break with just over four minutes to play in the fourth quarter, it seemed South Shore was...
Dishing delish fish and fun
‘How is that rock shrimp taco treating you this time?” the Choptank waitress said more nervously than I think she meant to sound. “Just dandy,” we reply. The blue corn...
The breakfast of champions
The Regency better watch its back. A new generation of fashionable restaurants is looking to create buzz with a morning mogul scene fueled by killer coffee, protein-packed plates and deal-worthy...
'Layoff' helps Bishop Ford prepare for playoffs
Layoff? Don’t talk about a layoff. Are you kidding me? No, Diani Mason isn't Jim Mora, but she didn’t want to hear about Bishop Ford’s near three-week layoff as much...
Even in defeat, Galan shows promise for Gompers
Ned Jackson made sure to shake each and every one of his players’ hands at they passed him in the narrow hallway outside of the locker room. The Gompers boys...
PSAL boys basketball playoff roundup: Transit Tech shakes skid, blasts Manhattan Center
Transit Tech may have ended the regular season by losing three of its last four, but there were hardly any signs of such struggles Tuesday night. The 12th-seeded Express led...
Bruns buries buzzer-beating bucket for Xavier
It was a new play, but a familiar hero for Xavier. Bobby Bruns, who earlier this year converted a 4-point play to beat Mount St. Michael, buried a 15-foot jumper...
Hopkinson enters 'The Zone' and leads West 50th Street past Gompers
Yunus Hopkinson describes “The Zone” as a place he visits on occasion. He feels unstoppable, no matter the opponent or defender, when he’s there. “The rim looks like the ocean...
Sylvester beats buzzer, Hayes beats Fordham in OT
Bryant McAdoo said what everyone on Cardinal Hayes was thinking. Davon Sylvester had just hit an improbable, bank 3-pointer at the buzzer to send the game into overtime and McAdoo...
Our exclusive family calendar!
Fri, Feb. 2611:30 am: Storytime with Emily. Weekly event. Moxie Spot [81 Atlantic Ave. between Hicks and Henry streets in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 923-9710], themoxiespot.com. 6:15 pm: Movie night. Weekly...
Pooper!
A drunken defecator entered a Livingston Street apartment building on Feb. 12 and left residents a deposit that they’ll never forget.The dazed dumper entered the building, which is near Court...
Where is Marion
Where is Marion McCleneghan?The Park Slope woman’s disappearance two weeks ago has stunned the neighborhood — and riven residents with a details including a broken marriage, a fight with a...
Editors' picks
FRIDAYFebruary 26Food fightAll right, ever since you read Foer’s new book, you realize you’re not as “green” as you’d like to be. So here’s a chance to get that monkey...
Our weekly events calendar!
Fri, Feb. 26Theater, “Wonderneath”: New circus theater adventure set in turn-of-the-century New York. 6 pm and 9 pm. $20 ($15 in advance). House of Yes (342 Maujer St. between Waterbury...
Civic calendar
Tues, March 2Community Board 2 Economic De-velopment Committee. Monthly meeting. 6 pm. Long Island Univer-sity [Flatbush Avenue at DeKalb Avenue in Downtown, (718) 596-5410]. Wed, March 3Community Board 2 Health...
Celebrate the mutt in all of us at the Brooklyn Lyceum
It really is true that every dog has his day.In the wake of last week’s blue-blooded Westminster Kennel Club dog show, the Brooklyn Lyceum has announced its own version: the...
The crawl: Hit Columbia Street hard this weekend
Like many neighborhoods on the edge of Brooklyn’s bustling Downtown, the Columbia Street Waterfront District has been struggling under the weight of being “the next Williamsburg” for a few years...
Got a buck? You can get a burger
The McDonald’s value menu — with its stale apple pie and wan burgers — is no match for the “Dollar Menu” at One Front Street. Every Wednesday through Sunday next...
Hole Foods! Clean-up of toxic site has begun!
The toxic hole where Whole Foods should be will be decontaminated by April — but it won’t necessarily house the grocery store, an environmental official revealed on Monday night.John Bogdanski,...
Union Street Bridge out this weekend!
dreaded out-of-service F train this weekend, think again — the Union Street Bridge will be closed for repairs the next three Saturdays.Beginning this weekend — and continuing for three subsequent...
Call it the War of the Rosé! Red Hook wine shops battle it out
It’s all-out wine war in Red Hook!In a neighborhood once known only for bulletproof liquor stores, a just-opened upscale wine and spirits shop is attempting to sabotage the opening of...
Rabid response! Health Dept. nabs foaming raccoon
Four years into a raccoon invasion of Brooklyn, the borough’s first-known rabid varmint has been taken off the streets, leaving many residents of Boerum Hill still shaken by the unsettling...
Crash on Flatbush! Locals not surprised along Slope's speedway strip
— with Claire Glassacampbell@cnglocal.com
Landslide! Liberal clubhouse pol swept aside in centrist uprising
Brooklyn’s best-known political club voted its president out of office in a landslide on Thursday night in an effort to move on from the internal strife that plagued it in...
Horror show at moviehouse
84th PrecinctBrooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–DowntownMovie madnessTwo moviegoers at the UA Court Street had their experiences ruined last week in separate incidents. Here’s a round-up:• A thief snatched a woman’s purse on...
Windows 7 begins at Norah's place
As you can see, sultry songstress Norah Jones has begun the controversial window work on her Amity Street townhouse. Our shutterbug captured all the action: two windows have been installed,...
Rudy scrubs endorsement for Grimm day after Kerik debacle
So much for that Rudy Giuliani photo op! One of the two Republicans hoping to unseat Rep. Mike McMahon (D-Bay Ridge) hastily scrubbed a planned endorsement rally with the former...
G-saster! Train cut on weekends
Greenpoint will remain cut off from the rest of the city for another two weekends, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority quietly revealed this week.The agency, which curtailed weekend G-train service last...
Here they are — your Police Blotters
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Dead woman scammed!
78th PrecinctPark SlopeLandlord pawnDead men may tell no tales, but a dead woman with a signed FedEx receipt may have given cops the break they needed on a case last...
Terror trio!
76th PrecinctCarroll Gardens–Cobble Hill–Red HookTerror trioA trio of thugs terrorized two men in rapid succession in Red Hook on Feb. 15 — but the youngest of the teen terrors was...
Fake cops in cuff-and-mug debacle!
88th PrecinctFort Greene–Clinton HillPretendersThugs impersonating police officers pulled a driver over and stole his wallet under the guise of arresting him early on Feb. 21. The victim told cops that...
Man defiles classy building — with his own feces!
84th PrecinctBrooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–DowntownNude awakeningA drunken defecator entered a Livingston Street apartment building on Feb. 12 and left residents a deposit that they’ll never forget.The dazed dumper entered the building,...
Cruise ship concert hall coming to Red Hook?
The city is planning to turn the mostly unused parking lot at the Red Hook Cruise Ship Terminal into a functional community resource, officials announced on Monday.The huge, roughly two-by-two...
You pick the new Kosciuszko Bridge design!
www.nysdot.gov. To vote on your favorite design, e-mail kosciuszko@dot.state.ny.usacampbell@cnglocal.com
An F-ing G-saster! Trains cut this weekend
The F and G trains — which form the main circulatory system of Brownstone Brooklyn — will be severely disrupted again this weekend, with the G train providing more pain...
Cold comfort at Bedford Avenue pool
Taking a dip in your local indoor pool shouldn’t qualify you for membership in the Polar Bear Club.But that’s just what users of the city’s Metropolitan Pool on Bedford Avenue...
Beer bash
94th PrecinctGreenpoint–WilliamsburgDrink specialAn armed jerk held up Garden Candy and Grocery for a beer and $200 on Feb. 17.The thug entered the bodega, which is between Manhattan and Nassau avenues,...
Vikings fight off St. Edmund rally, advance to 'A' quarters
Scott Welle had just one piece of advice for his team and it was something he repeated liberally throughout. “Don’t give up that lead,” the St. Joseph by the Sea...
Starr report
Cable ratings: Sunday's "Sins of the Mother" was the second-most-watched flick ever on Lifetime Movie Network (2.7 million viewers), while Disney Channel finished last week as the top network in...
Judge: 'Shore' brawl A-OK
A "Jersey Shore" video showing a barroom beatdown can be released on DVD, a judge has ruled. Stephen Izzo Jr. of Bayville, who says he's the guy punched by a...
Timeless 'Tomorrow' is on DVD
An elderly couple loses their home because of the economy. Their adult children want to help but have great difficulty accommodating the parents' needs in addition to their own. It's...
'Evita' to repeat-a
Cue the balcony -- here comes Eva Peron! Deals were being finalized this week on a Broadway revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's enduringly popular musical "Evita." The...
Charlie's now in rehab, too
Troubled "Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen is in rehab -- and off his top-rated sitcom for a while. Sheen -- whose wife, Brooke Mueller, is also in...
'Law & Order' song drives dogs crazy
Dick Wolf's "Law & Order" is raising a howl among the canine set. A slew of videos have popped up on the Internet showing dogs of all shapes and sizes...
Is Koenig alive?
There's new hope in the case of missing "Growing Pains" star Andrew Koenig. The Vancouver Police Missing Persons Unit has received "a substantial amount of tips and information" regarding Koenig's...
'Blues Bros' TV show
'The Blues Brothers" are returning to action. Scripts for the TV version of the classic "Saturday Night Live" sketch-turned-movie are in the works, Judy Belushi Pisano -- John Belushi's widow...
Jessica talks to Oprah
Jessica Simpson is heading to "Oprah," sparking rumors that she'll finally speak out against ex-boyfriend John Mayer. Although no date is scheduled yet, tvguide.com has confirmed that she'll be a...
Ex-Street big snared in domestic, SEC battles
Joseph Jett, Wall Street's one-time "Man of the Year" who was smeared by a fraud scandal, is reviving a 17-year legal battle against the Securities and Exchange Commission in an...
Tiger's tawdry tale: too sorry for words
THE ISSUE: Tiger Woods' apology in his first public appearance since news broke of his affairs. *** I wholeheartedly agree with Andrea Peyser: Tiger Woods' self-styled "press conference," a rehearsed,...
'Washington knows best'
'Washington knows best" is in full swing: President Obama hasn't invited any governors to tomorrow's health-reform summit -- even though states have overseen health insurance for six decades. Indeed, states'...
Derby 'starve' breeder on trial
CATSKILL, NY -- A prominent thoroughbred-horse breeder who was banned from racing after 177 malnourished horses were seized in a raid of his upstate farm has gone on trial. Ernie...
ACORN's fruits
ACORN may be fading away, thanks to government restrictions on its funding in the wake of the scandal in which its counselors advised undercover journalists on how to evade the...
NJ crash cause
Federal investigators say a piece of the wing of a small plane broke off before it crashed in Farmingdale, NJ, killing all five aboard. After the section of the outer...
Business briefs
Market woes Consumer confidence hit a 10-month low, send ing the Dow Jones indus trial average down 100.97 points to 10,282.41. Mar kets shrugged off strong earnings by retailers and...
Collectors' rage takes toll
A harrowing number of New Jersey Turnpike token booth attendants have chucked change at drivers, cursed at them and even tried to illegally strip-search them, according to documents released by...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn He couldn't keep his rage under lock and key. A bicycle rider was arrested in Greenpoint after smashing the window of a taxi and threatening the driver, cops said...
Race-based gov't: the aloha land grab
A bill surfing through Congress would create a separate race-based government for ethnic Hawaiians -- clearing the way for the transfer of public lands, assets and political power from those...
Bloomy's girls are furry kind
A foundation run by Mayor Bloomberg's daughters delivered $195,700 in grants to more than a dozen charities -- many of which help animals, according to its most recent filing covering...
Sears' Lampert blasts critics
Sears Chairman Eddie Lampert fired off a grumpy letter to investors, taking aim at the media, Internet tax rules, debt-ratings agencies and government pension regulations. Sears yesterday said fourth-quarter earnings...
PC-TV link
Cablevision today is expected to unveil a new service that allows subscribers to view any computer-related content on their television, The Post has learned. Through the service, called PC to...
Hiram 'rerun'
ALBANY -- Queens Democrat Hiram Monserrate has filed a petition to run in a special election to fill his former seat. He said supporters collected more than 5,500 signatures to...
Hit Lynne hard: jurists
Five appeals-court judges want a longer prison term for disbarred radical lawyer Lynne Stewart, who is up for resentencing for helping a jailed terror leader exchange messages with his followers....
WFP retools to duck trial
The Working Families Party's corporate arm yesterday agreed to annual audits, more detailed contracts with political candidates and a new board of directors with no ties to the labor-backed political...
Snow way! City to get 6 to 10 in.
Yes, again. City residents should brace themselves for yet another big snow storm that could dump 6 to 10 inches on the Big Apple tomorrow and Friday and also wallop...
StuyTown tenants gear up
The tussle over downtown Manhattan apartment complex Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village is heating up -- and this time it's the natives who are girding for battle. Al Doyle, head of...
Bronx court merger KO'd
An appeals court ruled yesterday that merging Bronx Criminal and Supreme courts in 2004 was unconstitutional, a decision that prosecutors fear will cause "chaos." The Appellate Division said then-Bronx Chief...
Zazi rats on fellow fiends
Subway suicide bomb plotter Najibullah Zazi is not only flipping on his co-conspirators -- he's turning on the whole al Qaeda network, sources said yesterday. Zazi has given feds information...
New $4B NY 'health tax'
WASHINGTON -- President Obama's new plan to pay for health care reform by taxing investment income would force New Yorkers to pay an additional $4.8 billion a year -- the...
Jayson Williams a crying killer
It took eight years, but Jayson Williams finally ran out of shots yesterday. The deeply troubled ex-NBA star was sentenced to five years in prison for the accidental shotgun slaying...
Baring the Bam myth
Something very good al ready has happened as a result of President Obama's strange entry into the health-care sweepstakes. Think of it as the death of a myth. The myth...
Toyota holds on
Honda and Subaru were ranked the best overall car manufacturers in the new Consumer Reports auto survey released yesterday -- but recall-battered Toyota did surprising well, too, coming in a...
Big bonus reprise ramps up backlash talk
In case you haven't heard, the bucks didn't stop here. Wall Street bonuses were up a whopping 17 percent in 2009, only a year after banks rang up losses on...
3 fire-brawl arrests due
Three city firefighters will be arrested as early as tomorrow on assault charges for their roles in a wild off-duty drunken brawl inside a popular Brooklyn bar that left several...
340 Madison Ave. is a gem
The office building at 340 Madison Ave. is on the block, and thanks to its current cash flow it could be one of the few prime city offerings to fetch...
DMV duo's license to 'scam'
Two DMV workers were busted yesterday in a brazen scheme to sell phony driver's licenses to hundreds of criminals and other shady characters -- including a fugitive featured on "America's...
'Bummer' rental
Two hundred grand apparently doesn't buy what it used to. A real-estate big claims in a lawsuit that he paid $195,000 for six weeks in a luxury Hamptons home that...
Vendors make a 'splash'
Hell no, we have to go! Street vendors were fighting for their right to potty yesterday, rallying outside the city Department of Health's headquarters in Manhattan to protest a crackdown...
Pol won't back prop trade ban
The so-called "Volcker rule" lost a key potential supporter yesterday, after a top Republican senator who proponents had hoped would back the plan to ban proprietary trading at banks questioned...
A Kong no longer king at modern luxury
The founder of Modern Luxury Media, which publishes Manhattan and Angeleno magazines, has been pushed out, an apparent victim of a superheated expansion that could not be sustained in the...
Firefighter-death slap tossed
More than a year after a jury found that a Bronx building manager and owner were responsible for the "Black Sunday" blaze that killed two firefighters, a judge yesterday tossed...
Aqueduct deal gets bad 'rap'
A rapper war erupted yesterday over the controversial Aqueduct slot machines project. Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons fired the first salvo, saying that Aqueduct Entertainment Group, which had courted Jay-Z as...
ABC-ing you later
In what it calls a "fundamental transformation" of its business, ABC News plans to cut about 20 percent of its workforce -- or around 300 people -- through buyouts or...
Holder's tainted justice
Attorney General Eric Holder says the corralling of Afghan native Najibullah Zazi before he could bomb New York subways proves the Justice Department is well equipped to combat terrorism. Not...
NY budget-cut kabuki
Think the NYPD is really going to slash city parade routes by 25 percent? Or that Gov. Paterson will actually close 41 state parks and 14 historic sites, and cut...
Fire away, Jay
MTA Chairman Jay Walder, in office not even six months, already seems the right man for the job. And his decision yesterday to lay off 1,100 staffers isn't the only...
Trump, Icahn trade insults in NJ court
The long-simmering spat between billionaires Carl Icahn and Donald Trump over the fate of bankrupt Atlantic City casino operator Trump Entertainment Resorts boiled over yesterday in a Camden, NJ, courtroom,...
Ford's 'call-up' for support
Harold Ford Jr. is polling to test his support statewide as he nears a final decision about challenging Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in a Democratic primary, sources said yesterday. Pollster Doug...
'Constitutional' conservatives -- not
The day before last week end's Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, a group of prominent conservatives gathered a few miles away at the Virginia estate of our first president....
Madoff due to get pol pen pal
Crooked ex-pol Anthony Seminerio could soon be neighbors with arch scammer Bernard Madoff. The former state assem blyman from Queens has been told to report to the federal prison in...
Better check again for lost 'cane $$
How could you possibly lose a check this big? Angry performers -- who volunteered their voices in a concert for a Hurricane Katrina charity founded by Rep. Gregory Meeks and...
New raps on 'perv' pediatrician
DOVER, Del. -- Prosecutors expect to add more counts to a lengthy indictment against a Delaware pediatrician charged with molesting 103 children -- and videotaping the acts. A grand jury...
ESPN sidelines 'sexist' male colleague
ESPN could change its motto to "The Worldwide Leader in Jerks." For the third time in recent months, ESPN has suspended an on-air personality -- this time, Tony Kornheiser --...
Hit-run gal: Sis to blame
The elusive owner of a speeding Acura that mowed down two women in a Brooklyn hit-and-run finally surfaced yesterday -- only to tell cops her sister was behind the wheel...
Cheap shots at Liz
High-priced talent at Liz Claiborne hasn't been kind to CEO Bill McComb. Late last month, the founders of the struggling apparel maker's Lucky Brand division -- Gene Montesano and Barry...
Gals sub-merge
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon said yesterday it is moving ahead with plans to end the US military's ban on allowing women to serve on submarines. Defense Secretary Robert Gates sent...
City: Bounce rubber room
Their cards are on the table. The city's normally hush-hush wish list in its bargaining with the powerful United Federation of Teachers is detailed in a three-page document obtained yesterday...
Gilly's pork Butts
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand pushed for more than $3 million in pork-barrel grants to the Harlem-based development corporation chaired by the Rev. Calvin Butts, one of the city's most politically influential...
'Snatch' and grabbed
As jewel heists go, this one was a real fugazi. The owners of a Diamond District wholesaler were arrested yesterday in charges of staging a bizarre New Year's Eve robbery...
Google EU antitrust case
Google Inc., owner of the world's most popular Internet search engine, faces European antitrust scrutiny after three companies filed complaints about unfair competition. A UK price-comparison site called Foundem, a...
3 years in DWI slaying
A drunken Jersey City cop whose speeding car mowed down an aspiring lawyer in the Financial District last year was sentenced yesterday to serve at least 3½ years of prison....
Pension war turns 'silly'
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, accused by Gov. Paterson of having "mismanaged" the huge state pension system, yesterday refused to respond in kind and instead lightly slapped the governor for using...
Card-scam rob spree
A team of Porsche-riding thieves swiped nearly $8,000 in electronic equipment and accessories from posh Manhattan stores in a credit-card scam, authorities said yesterday. Jimmy Aiken, 29, and Quanaeshia Phillips,...
Rape rap on TV guy
Former WABC/Channel 7 sports anchor Marvell Scott, who left television to practice medicine, was charged yesterday with raping a 14-year-old hooker he picked up near Times Square. Scott, 36, allegedly...
The truth hurts rape liar
A young mother who falsely cried rape, sending an innocent man to prison for nearly four years, will experience firsthand what he suffered -- she'll spend one to three years...
Stein jury quick to convict killer
The pretty murderess left court smiling. But last night's lightning-fast guilty verdict in the "Realtor to the Stars" murder trial brought tears of relief to two other women -- Samantha...
'Shame on you, Toyota!'
There was no stopping the rage and tears of Toyota drivers at yesterday's congressional hearing on the Japanese automaker's massive recall -- as they angrily testified against company execs after...
McGrady plays but struggles in Knicks loss to Celtics
BOSTON -- Tracy McGrady decided his bruised left knee was good enough to play through last night. It's just his game wasn't good enough. McGrady doesn't have only knee problems....
The Post Line
NCAA Basketball Favorite Line Underdog Ohio St. 6½ PENN ST. TEMPLE 5 Dayton G. Mason 2 DELAWARE DREXEL 12½ UNC Wilm. NOTRE DAME Pick Pittsburgh BOST. COLL. 1 Virginia Tech...
Giants' Phillips eyes May for return
Kenny Phillips is still at least a month away from attempting to run, but the star-in-waiting Giants safety says his rehabilitation from a serious knee injury is going smoothly, and...
Miller's missed gate foils giant slalom bid
WHISTLER, B.C. -- The Bode Miller redemption tour took a detour yesterday. Suddenly, it felt a lot like 2006. The 32-year-old American skied off the course in the first run...
A-Rod arrives, won't discuss Damon
TAMPA -- Alex Rodriguez was at George M. Steinbrenner Field yesterday for a physical in preparation for the World Series champion Yankees' first full-squad workout today. Judging by the way...
After tasting title with Yankees, Teixeira wants another even more
TAMPA -- Mark Teixeira has only one year of Yankees experience, but he is familiar with the "Win Every Year" mantra that smothers the team's universe. Asked why complacency won't...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 1m; $32,000; cl($25,000); 3YOMISSING LINK last three trips were rough, including poor breaks in last two. Now gets extra two furlongs for barn successful with these and has proven...
Granderson's challenge similar to O'Neill's
TAMPA -- The lefty-hitting outfielder had played his entire career in the Midwest for the team that drafted him. He was then traded to the Yankees in his prime, and...
Sports shorts
NFL: Eagles release Westbrook Brian Westbrook was released by the Eagles, ending an often-dynamic eight-year run with the team. Westbrook spent much of last season on the sidelines, missing eight...
Jets sign kicker Folk
The Jets gave Jay Feely some competition yesterday by signing former Cowboys Pro Bowl kicker Nick Folk to a one-year contract. The move also provides insurance for the Jets if...
Nets lose another
A wise poet once wrote, "Of all the words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these . . ." "The New Jersey Nets." OK, so actually it was "what...
Nate off the mark in Celtics debut
BOSTON -- Nate Robinson got a standing ovation when he checked in late in the first quarter, but the Boston crowd got introduced quickly to the erratic nature of the...
Stud DL, OL top crop at NFL combine
INDIANAPOLIS -- Where's the beef? Here at this year's NFL scouting combine, that's where. Scouts and personnel executives can't remember a deeper crop of offensive and defensive linemen than the...
NFLPA leader prepares for uncapped year
INDIANAPOLIS -- Get ready for a year without a salary cap in the NFL. NFL Players Association chief DeMaurice Smith delivered that message to the players and their agents yesterday...
Canada, Russia to clash in hockey quarters
VANCOUVER -- That sound you heard? That was a nation exhaling. That other sound you heard? That was Canada taking another deep breath. After taking out two days of frustration...
Rochette warms hearts after tragedy
VANCOUVER -- Two unbelievable performances and an unforgettable one last night proved once again that women's figure skating is Olympic theater at its best. World Champion Kim Yu-na of South...
Weird but true
That's one way to demolish a relationship. A jealous husband in upstate Lyon, NY, used a backhoe to trash 30 demolition-derby cars because he thought his wife was having an...
Syracuse outlasts Providence, 99-85
Rick Jackson scored a career-high 28 points, 17 in the second half, and No. 4 Syracuse recovered from an eight-point deficit to beat feisty Providence 99-85 last night in Providence....
Bad blood needed for New Jersey 'rivalry'
They must have been laughing on Tobacco Road if they were watching last night's Rutgers-Seton Hall game. You call this a rivalry?! Seton Hall gets out to an 18-point lead...
Mason the man for St. John's
There are some who will only remember that Anthony Mason Jr. didn't turn out to be the basketball savior he was expected to be. There are others who will appreciate...
Seton Hall proves to be best of metro teams with win over Rutgers
Seton Hall still has some work to do to be considered for an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. But the Pirates took a step toward that destination and solidified...
New look Stanners get past St. Francis Prep again
It was St. Francis Prep that inspired Molloy coach Tom Catalanotto to experiment in the first place. He sent struggling Mount St. Mary’s-bound guard Kelly Guerriero to the bench and...
Heavy-hearted Hilltoppers down Bishop Kearney
Karin Robinson and The Mary Louis Academy wanted to do what they could to ease Joe Lewinger’s mind. The 10th-year coach spent parts of the team’s playoff game going in...
Rondo carries Celtics to 110-106 win over Knicks
Rajon Rondo scored 15 points and had 16 assists to lead the Boston Celtics to a 110-106 victory over the New York Knicks on Tuesday night in a matchup of...
Skaller in Lowy’s camp
Skaller in Lowy’s campDuring all of the back and forth at the Independent Neighborhood Democrats’ (IND) Thursday meeting regarding the fate of President Kenn Lowy, a former Central Brooklyn Independent...
Senesh letter writing campaign initiated
A local civic group has embarked on a letter writing campaign to show its distaste for a Carroll Gardens private school’s plan to expand into an adjoining courtyard.The Carroll Gardens...
Sneaking in
Sneaking inCops are looking for the tunnel rats who dug their way into Sneaker Palace on Rockaway Parkway early Tuesday morning.Workers told police that an alarm inside the sneaker store...
USA ready for rematch with Swiss
VANCOUVER -- Call it the Swiss sequel. The United States’ men’s hockey team will start the medal round just as it began the preliminaries with a matchup against seemingly overmatched,...
Robinson glad to be with Celtics, away from Knicks
BOSTON -- Nearly 45 journalists jammed into an interview room for Nate Robinson's introductory press conference at the new Boston Garden before he made his Celtics debut against the Knicks....
2 youngsters injured in middle school shooting at Littleton, Colorado
Two juveniles were injured in a shooting at a middle school in Littleton, Colo. on Tuesday. The shooting took place at Deer Creek Middle School in the afternoon, authorities said....
Poor conditions haunt Canarsie Cemetery
If those interred in the Canarsie Cemetery stepped out of their graves and looked at the deplorable condition the historic boneyard’s been left in, they’d keel over and die all...
Going no where fast
Going nowhere fast If he’s lucky, he’ll get out of jail at the ripe old age of 468. A 31-year-old man who raped three women, burglarized three others and held...
Snow, NYPD freezes would-be criminals
Crime remains low in Northside williamsburg and Greenpoint, with an assist from the region’s winter storms which depressed criminal activity throughout North Brooklyn.Yet at a recent 94th Precinct Community Council...
Committee weighs canal cleanup plan
A Community Board 6 committee this week raised a stink about whether to endorse a Park Slope man’s plan to help clean up the noxious Gowanus Canal.Retired engineer Bart Chezar...
Crime continues decline in 68th precinct
So far this year, New York City as a whole is down ever so slightly in crime.But, in the 68th Precinct – which comprises Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Fort...
MPFree: Blake Lewis 'Heartbreak on Vinyl'
Of all the "American Idols" (winners and runner-ups) from the series' past eight seasons - and there are many - only two have full albums that have ever stood out...