March 25, 2010
Phelps proves to be a quick study as coach
Instead of a pair of shorts, Robert Phelps is dressed in a suit, shoes, pants, dress shirt and sports jacket. His team, Bedford Academy, is seconds away from its first...
Judge rips pretend princess Antoinette Millard's $1.1M lawsuit against jeweler
The pretend princess was on the witness stand, but it was the judge who delivered the royal smackdown. On day 3 of former phony royal Antoinette Millard's civil trial against...
Linda Stein killer back in court over 'threat' shouted by relative
Realtor to the Stars murderess Natavia Lowery is back in court today, so her judge can deal with her latest family morass -- a threat one of her relatives allegedly...
Tiger Woods shoots new commercial for Nike: report
The embattled golf star shot the commercial at the Isleworth Country Club golf course in Windermere, Fla., where he resides, according to the entertainment website. Sources told TMZ that Tiger...
Mets' Maine has longest spring outing
JUPITER, Fla. -- John Maine delivered his longest performance of the spring, allowing two hits in five innings in the Mets' 2-1 loss to the Cardinals. “John Maine competed today,”...
'Teeth' are really, really apart
I was blogging earlier today about how the Roundabout seems to have broken its bad spell with an excellent "Glass Menagerie," but clearly I spoke too soon as the beleaguered...
Suns' Gentry doing it better than D'Antoni
PHOENIX – MARK WEISS, a longtime Suns season-ticketholder, former pro tennis player, attorney and sportswriter-wannabe, is a buddy of mine and gave me a dead-on account of the Suns' success...
Ex-NY1 anchor Dominic Carter making way back into media
Dominic Carter has begun a quiet foray back into media, blogging for a local open political site with an initial column about Andrew Cuomo and the Democrats. The former NY1...
Watch for flubs, ignore the movie
The Wall Street Journal has a funny article about the nitpickers who watch movies hoping to prove their own genius by spotting minor continuity flaws -- at, one assumes, the...
Game Change authors get $5.3 million for sequel
John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, authors of the surprise bestseller Game Change, about the 2008 presidential campaign, have snagged an estimated $5.3 million advance from Penguin for the sequel, publishing...
Barron blasts Yassky TLC appointment as political reward
Firebrand City Councilman Charles Barron blasted the appointment of his former colleague David Yassky to head the Taxi and Limousine Commission as a political reward for Yasskys support of the...
MMA closer to NYC
Mixed martial arts star Georges St. Pierre worked out Thursday in a gym on the eighth floor of a Manhattan office building. He’s among the featured athletes in the Ultimate...
Yankees miss point: Bullpen more important than final rotation spot
It’s more important for the Yankees to have a dominant bullpen than an effective fifth starter. The spring training-long competition for the fifth-starter’s job ended today with Phil Hughes declared...
CC rocked in minor-league game
Facing Triple-A players from the Phillies, CC Sabathia was rocked in a minor-league game Thursday, shelled for seven runs on seven hits in 3 2/3 innings. Sabathia gave up two...
Emotional Aceves hit hard in Yankees loss
SARASOTA, Fla. -- Yankees pitcher Alfredo Aceves took the disappointment of being passed over for a starting role to the mound today. And Orioles pitcher Brad Bergesen got the confidence...
NYC Dem fundraiser will have Obama, Pelosi, 'celebration' of health care reform passing
The May 13 fundraiser that President Obama will be in New York City for will also feature House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the New York Congressional Delegation - and is...
Rep. Hall took money from groups opposing health care reform
Upstate Rep. John Hall - who's one of the targets on national Republicans' radar in the fall and sent out a fundraising appeal blasting opponents of the health care reform...
Rep. Weiner confirms white powder, threatening letter
Queens Rep. Anthony Weiner just confirmed that "white powder and a threatening letter" were sent to his Kew Gardens community office earlier today, and said that location will be shut...
Quinn: State better come to its senses
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn said she hopes Albany comes to its senses before slashing the city's budget further."I hope that in the weeks ahead, the state of new York...
DEALS: 11th hour triplet
Life is short — deal-booking windows are shorter. Death catches up with all things. A sad truth for procrasti-Nazis like you and me who demand everything be available to us, whenever...
Former Christ the King coach Oliva charged with child rape in Massachusetts
Bob Oliva, the iconic Christ the King Regional High School basketball coach who resigned in disgraced amid sex abuse allegations last year, was charged today with child rape by Massachusetts...
Rep. Weiner's office gets letter with white powder in it, NYPD says substance non-hazardous
Rep. Anthony Weiner's office in Queens was sent a package with suspicious white powder in it today -- with the writer complaining about the health care overhaul that was recently...
Horses gallops through San Diego County suburb
CHULA VISTA, Calif. — Manes and tails flying, a herd of horses galloped along paved streets of this San Diego suburb, through a parking lot, fields and an Olympic training...
3D prices soaring
Greedy theater owners, who cleaned up with the 3D engagements of "Avatar'' and "Alice in Wonderland,'' are thanking moviegoers by hiking prices as much as 26 percent for the opening...
Ryan not pleased about Washington’s absence
New York Jets coach Rex Ryan is disappointed that injured running back Leon Washington is staying away from the team’s voluntary workouts. “He may have reasons for not being here...
Red Bulls not interested in Rodgers, van den Bergh -- for now
Hans Backe knows Luke Rodgers and he’s spoken to him recently. But at the moment, the Red Bulls coach doesn’t anticipate the Notts County striker will be joining him in...
Senate OKs health care fix-it bill, House is next
WASHINGTON — Democrats muscled legislation through the Senate on Thursday reshaping parts of the new health care overhaul law, sending it back to the House for what is expected to...
'Go for it,' Obama tells GOP on health bill repeal
IOWA CITY, Iowa — President Barack Obama mocked Republicans’ campaign to try to repeal his new health care law, saying Thursday they should “Go for it” and see how well...
Mets give second base prospect Valdespin a chance
JUPITER, Fla. -- There was an interesting twist to the Mets lineup today in the 2-1 loss to the Cardinals at Roger Dean Stadium with young Jordany Valdespin batting leadoff...
Tennessee Williams at his best
I loved loved loved Gordon Edelstein's staging of "The Glass Menagerie," which opened last night at the Laura Pels (review here). "The Laura Pels? Isn't that a Roundabout house?" you may...
TLC chief: 'Distressed' cabbies snookered passengers out of $8.3M
Per The Post's ace transit reporter, Tom Namako: In his first public words on the taxi overcharge scandal, new TLC chief David Yassky said he was "very distressed" when he...
Johnny Maestro, Brooklyn Bridge singer, dies of cancer at 70
Singer Johnny Maestro, who performed the 1958 doo-wop hit "16 Candles" with The Crests and enjoyed a decades-long career with The Brooklyn Bridge, has died of cancer. He was 70....
Levy offers budget plan as Lazio meets with Republicans in Albany
Steve Levy sought to rain on Rick Lazio's parade as he meets with state Republican lawmakers in Albany just now, seizing on his "read my lips" pledge of no new...
Con Ed to hike rates -- again
America's highest big-city electric rates are heading up again. Con Ed won a power boost from the state Public Service Commission today that will hike a typical city apartment dweller's...
Tommy Hilfiger would like to go luxury (if he could)
Speaking at Wharton right before his namesake company agreed to be bought by Phillips-Van Heusen, Tommy Hilfiger was asked if he would like to be a luxury brand."Absolutely," he said...
Giants' Diehl plans to fight to keep left-tackle spot
One of the Giants' more interesting position battles to watch could come at left tackle.David Diehl has been the starter there for three seasons, but GM Jerry Reese said at...
Hewitt says 'No' to St. John's
Georgia Tech's Paul Hewitt has turned down an offer to become St. John's head coach, The Post has learned. Sources in college basketball told The Post that Hewitt contacted Red...
WTC rebuilding deal reached
World Trade Center developer Larry Silverstein and government agencies that control the trade center site have reached a deal to resolve a 16-month stalemate over rebuilding at ground zero. The...
Adam Clayton Powell IV acquitted of DWI charge, found guilty of driving while impaired
Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV was acquitted today of driving while intoxicated, but a Manhattan jury did find him guilty of the lesser charge of driving while impaired. Jurors weighed...
Report: Henry in New York, negotiating move to Red Bulls
Since you know we never tire of a good Thierry Henry story, so here is the latest tale. According to the Telegraph, the Barcelona star was in town in January...
State Dept. to re-bid $5.4M cystral stemware contract after admitting to goof
WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton's State Department admitted it goofed big-time and has told lawmakers it is going to re-bid a $5.4 million contract for crystal stemware at U.S. embassies that...
Report: Jets' Sanchez called Marshall on birthday
"Happy birthday, what do you think of the Jets?"The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported in its "Sightings" column that Jets QB Mark Sanchez called Brandon Marshall on his birthday while the...
EXCLUSIVE: De Niro's driver pepper sprays videographer at LaGuardia Airport
You talkin' to me? Roberto De Niro's driver used pepper spray today against a videographer who had filmed the actor while at LaGuardia Airport, authorities said. The driver, who was...
Republican Rep. Cantor's office shot at in Virginia: report
Republican Rep. Eric Cantor's Richmond campaign office was shot at Wednesday night, Fox News has learned, the latest in a rash of apparent threats and acts of intimidation against members...
HBO thinks they have winner with Ryan's team on 'Hard Knocks'
HBO knows they have a TV star in Rex Ryan. And they are pretty high on the Jets, too. “After last year’s postseason run, this is certainly a championship-caliber team...
Up to $1M fine sought from Con Ed for blast that killed Queens mom
State utility regulators want Con Ed to fork over a $1 million fine over a gas blast that killed a Queens mom. Ghanwatti Boodram, 40, died in the explosion that...
Families: United 93 Pa. memorial on track
WASHINGTON — Families of those who died on United Airlines Flight 93 told lawmakers Thursday that plans for a 9/11 memorial at the crash site in Pennsylvania are on track....
3 plead not guilty in Madoff scam
A former executive with disgraced financier Bernard Madoff’s investment firm and two other ex-employees pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges that they were in on his massive Ponzi scheme....
Bullock's choice words for Elin
Just 10 weeks before Sandra Bullock would learn of her own marital problems, she had some words of advice for Elin Nordegren. When asked on the People's Choice red carpet...
Hughes named Yankees' 5th starter
SARASOTA, Fla. -- Phil Hughes was named to the Yankees' starting rotation today by manager Joe Girardi. Hughes won the spring training competition over Joba Chamberlain, Sergio Mitre and Alfredo...
Appeals court upholds conviction of LI slave holders
A federal appeals court has upheld the forced-labor convictions of a Long Island couple sentenced to prison for enslaving two Indonesian housekeepers. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in...
Wily coyote caught on West Street
The coyote madness gripping TriBeCa ended this morning. A wily coyote who was seen roaming the streets of lower Manhattan was caught today at about 11 a.m. on West Street,...
A special prosecutor might help
Rep. Joe Sestak, the man running against Sen. Arlen Specter in the rimary for the Democratic nomination, says that the White House offered him an administration job in return for his dropping...
Canadian pensions cutting out private equity
A well of money that private equity firms tap may be running dry.Two sizable Canadian pensions are moving quickly from investing in private equity funds to buying businesses directly, sometimes...
Lazio's money guy has history of donating to Dems
Rick Lazio's campaign finance co-chair, who recently asked state GOP chair Ed Cox to "rejoin" the Republican Party, has a lengthy history of donating megabucks to Democratic candidates -- including...
Ecclestone hoping for 2012 New York Grand Prix
ROME -- Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone is bidding to take the sport back to the United States for a 2012 New York Grand Prix, he said on Thursday. "I'm...
90-year-old man in court on charge of murdering wife of 68 years
AMHERST, N.Y. — A 90-year-old man charged with murdering his wife of nearly 68 years is due in a New York courtroom Thursday. John Bunz was charged with second-degree murder...
NJ Transit gives riders a chance to talk hikes, cuts
NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit riders will get to address officials about proposed fare hikes and service cuts. The nation’s third-largest commuter mass-transit system has scheduled public hearings in Newark,...
H&M goes green
Calling all tree huggers! H&M is jumping on the eco-friendly bandwagon with its first fully sustainable collection, which hits stores today. All 80 items — and the 10 accessories —...
Osi smiling, but still not crazy about Giants situation
Just like Tom Coughlin promised, Osi Umenyiora was at the Giants complex today for offseason workouts with a smile on his face.But it's clear that just because he's smiling does...
Pentagon changes rules for discharging gays
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates Thursday approved new rules that will make it harder to discharge gays from the military, calling the changes a matter of “common sense and...
TLC to air 'Sarah Palin's Alaska' TV show
Former Alaska governor Sarah Sarah is getting some TLC from yet another cable network. TLC announced today that it will air an eight-part documentary series -- called "Sarah Palin's Alaska"...
Bill will make businesses pay for employee sick days
Businesses would be required to offer employees paid sick days under a new version of a controversial bill the City Council is planning to introduce today.The primary change in the...
Formula 1 boss wants New York Grand Prix
MILAN -- Formula One cars could be racing with a backdrop of the Manhattan skyline if Bernie Ecclestone gets his way. The F1 boss wants to help set up a...
Yankees release Gaudin; A-Rod still quiet
The Yankees released Chad Gaudin because he wasn’t going to be on their Opening Day roster and they couldn’t find a trade for him.Gaudin entered camp as a contender for...
Pelosi, GOP decry threats against Congress
WASHINGTON -- A fax bearing the image of a noose. A bullet through a window. Bricks thrown, a gas line cut. Democrats and Republicans revealed new details of threats against...
Inter enters crucial Serie A weekend with Roma clash
Inter Milan is facing one of the key weekends of its campaign as it bids to land a fifth successive Serie A title.Jose Mourinho’s team plays AS Roma knowing a...
Gov now says Dems' 'pay for play' scheme is an 'outrage'
ALBANY – Two days after The Post broke the story about a top Senate Democrat’s cash-for-access fundraising pitch, Gov. Paterson has decided the ploy was “an outrage" after all.The Democratic...
Deadly triple shooting In Queens, 3 arrested
One man is dead and two others are seriously injured following a shooting at a housing project in Long Island City. Police responded to a 911 call just after midnight...
More women claim to have had affairs with Sandra Bullock's hubby
Looks like Sandra Bullock's hubby has really been a bad boy. Two women have come forward -- making them No. 3 and 4 -- claiming to have had an affair...
New Lazio attacks are just like 2000, all over again
The line of attack that Steve Levy's chief consultant opened against Rick Lazio yesterday hits on a point of vulnerability for the former Long Island congressman - the memories voters...
Osama bin Laden: Americans will die if Khalid Sheik Mohammed is executed
CAIRO -- Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden threatened in a new audio recording released Thursday to kill any captured Americans if the U.S. executes the self-professed mastermind of the...
3UP: Hughes, Vazquez and Takahashi
1. In today’s Post I wrote a column about how the Yankees can restrain Phil Hughes’ innings in a way that might not be as awkward as occurred last year...
Morning buzz
Here's the rundown: * The prospect of a potential deal that would allow forward movement at the World Trade Center site is very real, sources say.* The march toward the...
Helping kill the middle class
Bank of America is going to forgive up to 30 percent of some customers’ total mortgage balance. “The homeowners must be at least 60 days delinquent on their loans and...
Hidden signing ceremony
It’s no wonder that President Obama signed the executive order reaffirming a ban of federal funding for abortions without fanfare or cameras. After all everyone who was present had to...
Chalk talk: Elite teams will end Sweet 16 rides
Each day during the NCAA Tournament, The Post’s Tim Sullivan offers his plays: It's hard not to get caught up in the magic Cornell has orchestrated this month. In many...
Former Princeton coach Carril keepin' the Ivy faith
Pete Carril knows something about competing against college basketball’s brand names with an Ivy League team. In 1989, his Princeton Tigers nearly authored the biggest upset in the tournament’s history,...
Kentucky braces for Cornell’s best
SYRACUSE — The captivating clash of contrasts that will be on display when Cornell takes on Kentucky in tonight’s Sweet 16 showdown has hijacked the March Madness spotlight. And the...
Niese carves a notch in Mets rotation
PORT ST. LUCIE — Jon Niese has all but locked up the final spot in the Mets’ rotation. Manager Jerry Manuel made that pronouncement yesterday after watching the lefty fire...
Reyes' focus needs to be on closing stretch, not Opening Day
PORT ST. LUCIE — All the Jose Reyes talk is about Opening Day, but that should not be the Mets’ main concern. Reyes, you can be sure, will be ready...
Just sold!
Manhattan CHELSEA $540,000 420 W. 25th St. One-bedroom, one-bath condo, 730 square feet, with custom kitchen, washer/dryer and floor-to-ceiling windows; building features doorman, theater, gym and sundeck. Common charges $840,...
Movin' in
Billy Joel’s New York state of mind has taken him downtown to 211 Elizabeth St. in Nolita, where he just bought a $3.3 million apartment. For a superstar like Joel,...
Put down Roots
Brooklyn is full of musicians living in squalor, but Owen Biddle isn’t one of them. Biddle, bass player for the Roots, the house band of “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,”...
Hot Mod
Architecture fanatics might find themselves salivating when they walk around the “Usonian community” in Pleasantville, NY. A “Usonian” house was the kind of Modernist structure that architect Frank Lloyd Wright...
Fresh direct
There’s nothing more enticing than a pot of homemade spaghetti sauce simmering on the stove: the smell of garlic, fresh herbs and ripe tomatoes right off the vine. And there’s...
Welcome to the designer dollar store!
Who needs a Benjamin when you’ve got a Washington? To celebrate its first birthday, theOutnet.com is hosting a one-day sale April 16. It’ll discount more than 1,000 must-have designer goods...
It's a tee party!
Just a simple jeans and T-shirt kind of gal? With jeans from French fashion house Balmain topping out at $2,000 and cotton T-shirts from The Row priced at $250, the...
The sweet six
Easter’s only 10 days away, so book your seasonal mani/pedi this weekend — and ask for the new candy-colored polishes that look good enough to eat. * Deborah Lippman “P.Y.T....
Softball roundup: Four-run second lifts Sea over Madison
If there was a unified city championship game at the end of the season St. Joseph by the Sea and James Madison would be among the favorites to make it...
Potent Monroe prepared to be road warriors
Before the James Monroe baseball team straps on its uniform, from cleats and eye black to bats and gloves, they already break a sweat. At 2:50 p.m., on school days,...
CK takes time to relax as things get serious
If you got to Christ the King's practice late you wouldn’t believe you were watching a team that was leaving for the state Federation Class AA girls basketball tournament in...
Kennedy JV wins PSAL city title
John F. Kennedy girls basketball does things a little differently than its PSAL brethren. The junior varsity team is very much part of the program, along with the varsity. While...
Bergtraum blasts past Manhattan Center in softball opener
Murry Bergtraum pitcher Holly Garcia returned to the mound Wedneday after a year-long layoff. Things could have went better, but they definitely went well enough. After giving up four first-inning...
McClancy could be a hit if pitching matures
On every lap around the field at Monsignor McClancy, every trip to the batting cage and every practice during the summer, Rob Mongiori used last year’s second-round playoff loss to...
Report: FC Dallas waives van den Bergh
OK, brace yourself Red Bull fans. Sit down, get ready for the news.Dave van den Bergh has been waived by Dallas, according to three.four.three.fc. The man who put the Red...
Too many tricks and kicks
You know that old saying, variety is the spice of life? DanceBrazil's program at the Joyce has all the right ingredients for an entertaining show -- good dancers, exciting tricks...
Revived belles ring true
Too many times, a mediocre production of a play her alded as a classic leaves you wondering what the fuss is all about. A dull "Othello" -- oh, the agony....
Checker's game: Move those pieces
He may be 69 years old, but he can still do the twist. Yes, at an age when many people are having hip replacements, Chubby Checker's still doing what he...
Authors don't support LMN movie
The authors of the book from which the Lifetime Movie Network's "Amish Grace" was adapted are not fans of the film. Donald B. Kraybill, Steven M. Nolt and David L....
'Grace' under fire
Lifetime Movie Network breaks every rule the Amish people live by to bring to the screen the truly awful "Amish Grace," a "based on truth" fictional account of the attack...
More Demme
Few people make their directorial stage debut at age 66. Then again, Jonathan Demme’s no novice: He’s the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind “Philadelphia,” “Something Wild” and “The Silence of the Lambs.”...
Old meets view at city museums
As you jump from museum to museum this season, don't be alarmed if you feel as though you have actually stepped back in time. Nostalgia is the recurring theme at...
Making a pointe
What does the PATH and New York City Ballet have in common, besides moving bodies? They're both using the same superstar architect -- Santiago Calatrava. New York City Ballet is...
The boos are old news
Mary Zimmerman, director of the Met’s new production of Rossini’s “Armida” starring Renée Fleming, isn’t who you’d expect when you hear the word “opera.” Under the work lights of a...
Chelsea whirl
Chelsea Handler would rather be drinking. “I definitely enjoy my Belvedere,” the comedian laments. “But I have a day job now.” Or three. The sun-kissed queen of sarcasm is working...
Everything’s coming up Sondheim
He helped make Ethel Merman a monster Momma in “Gypsy,” put words to Maria and Tony’s love in “West Side Story,” sized up the single life in “Company” — and,...
And the bands play on
From Radiohead's brainy Thom Yorke to Courtney Love's Hole -- who haven't performed in a decade -- some of 2010's most wanted artists are here this spring. And some of...
Izzie already gone
Katherine Heigl has finally succeeded in pulling the plug on Izzie Stevens. ABC has confirmed that Heigl is officially done with "Grey's Anatomy" after having played cancer-stricken Dr. Isobel Stevens...
Is this Christ?
News flash: Jesus was five-foot-eight, quite swarthy, not blond and looked nothing like James Caviezel or Willem Dafoe. Jesus was not movie-star handsome, nor even handsome at all. And he...
Robert Culp dies from fall in LA
ACTOR Robert Culp, who starred in the groundbreaking 1960s television series "I Spy" with Bill Cosby, died Wednesday morning after a fall near his home in LA, officials said. A...
'Lips' loses Mullally
Megan Mullally, who won two Emmys as the pill-popping Karen Walker of TV's "Will & Grace," has walked -- right out of "Lips Together, Teeth Apart," two weeks before its...
81-year-old Queens woman shoots elderly neighbor: cops
Here's an idea for a new reality show: Queens Grandmas Gone Wild. Maria Cartagena, 81, got fed up with the noise from upstairs neighbor Iraida Palmieri's Forest Hills apartment Tuesday,...
Cop hurt by raging B'klyn teen
A cop got clocked with a chair lobbed by an out-of-control young teen last night in Brooklyn, gouging a gash on his nose, sources said. The officer, who was not...
Octomom favor$ neutering
Cash-strapped "Octomom" Nadya Suleman has reportedly agreed to advocate animal neutering in exchange for a payment that may help her save her house from foreclosure. E! Online said yesterday that...
Bibi leaves US at odds over housing
WASHINGTON -- The United States and Israel failed to heal their deepest dispute in decades as a two-day visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ended last night without resolving...
O's softening Iran stance
The United States has reportedly backed away from pressing for tough measures against Iran to win support from Russia and China for a new UN Security Council resolution on sanctions....
Save NYC a bundle: dump the beeps
The Post is correct in wanting to have the borough presidents' offices padlocked ("Idle Beeps," March 21). One borough president names streets and the other demands establishments to display addresses...
The dollar's danger
The ratings agency Fitch just cut Portugal's bond rating to AA- -- a clear sign that the insolvency crisis that began in Greece is far from over. And don't think...
Saving minority lives
The New York Police De partment recently released its stop-and-frisk data from 2009, triggering the usual denunciations from anti- cop activists and pundits -- none of whom understand policing or,...
Bank bandits phoned it in
Two would-be bank robbers called in an order of dough to go -- and the dopey desperadoes didn't mean pizza, Connecticut police said yesterday. A 27-year-old man and a 16-year-old...
Remember: chill
LONDON -- Stronger and more long-lasting memories are likely to be formed when a person is relaxed, scientists said yesterday. US researchers said findings of an extensive study of "theta...
'Find' art: Klee comes home
A painting by Paul Klee stolen from a New York gallery in 1989 was recovered after a Montreal gallery owner became suspicious and turned it over to US authorities. Robert...
Tax refunds are raising the nation's deficit
It's lucky nearly everyone will soon have health care because what I'm about to tell you is gonna make you sick. On March 2, 2009 the federal debt -- to...
UBS exec nabbed for insider trading
Igor Poteroba, an executive director at UBS Securities, was arrested on federal insider trading charges and accused of leaking merger tips about health-care companies to another man, Alexei Koval. Koval,...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan What a butthead! Jose Sayego, 54, was charged with grabbing the behinds of three women during the St. Patrick's Day Parade. Sayego fondled the victims, two of them teenagers,...
BofA helps borrowers
Bank of America Corp. is giving some of its most troubled mortgage borrowers relief from the threat of foreclosure. The bank, the largest mortgage servicer in the country, said yesterday...
Saudis thwart Qaeda oil hits
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia said yesterday it has foiled several planned attacks on oil installations with the arrests of 113 suspected al Qaeda militants in a months-long sweep....
Ask NY teachers to sacrifice
New York is in the midst of the worst crisis it has faced since the Great Depression. As a state, we face high unemployment, financial collapse and a deficit in...
Saint's alive?
Mt. Sinai-St. Vincent's hospital? Could be! Mt. Sinai Medical Center is in talks to save cash-starved St. Vincent's in Greenwich Village, The Post has learned. Mt. Sinai officials estimate they'd...
FBI's Web watch on robbers
The FBI launched a new Web site yesterday designed to help bust armed bank robbers in New York and New Jersey. The site bandittrackernortheast.com features color surveillance photos of the...
Come to your Census: Mike
In some neighborhoods of the city, not one resident has returned a US Census form, Mayor Bloomberg reported yesterday. "This really is worrisome," the mayor said at his second press...
No levy for Steve Levy
Some may say that Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy is a little nuts, but maybe that's what New York could use -- a little bit of a wild man ("Andy...
Gooden in 'drugged driving'
Former star pitcher Dwight "Doc" Gooden was charged in New Jersey with driving under the influence of drugs when he got into a car crash -- with his 5-year-old son...
Mike rips pay-to-play amid push for probe
ALBANY -- Mayor Bloomberg yesterday branded efforts by state Senate Democrats to extract $50,000 campaign contributions from union leaders "the ultimate pay to play," as outraged good-government groups urged a...
'Blow up' at Meeks office
A man yesterday threatened to "blow up" the Queens office of Rep. Gregory Meeks during a visit there, police said. The man entered Meeks' office on Jamaica Avenue at 10:40...
Galleon wins wiretap stay
Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam, accused of insider trading along with several associates, won a suspension of a court order to hand over wiretap evidence to US market regulators,...
Warning on 'killer' baby sling
Baby-sling loving uber-mommies got new reason to fear yesterday, after more than 1 million units of a popular child carrier were recalled because of a string of suffocation deaths, according...
Peltz passes on CKE deal
Fast-food tycoon Nelson Peltz will not make a play for CKE Restaurants, owner of the Hardee's and Carl's Jr. hamburger chains, a source close to the process said. Peltz had...
Tiger in 'LeAnn hook-up'
Apparently, the world's greatest golfer wasn't good enough for daddy's little girl, LeAnn Rimes. The country songbird dated then-single Tiger Woods when she was a teen in the early 2000s,...
HS brainiacs cop prize
Four sophomores at Stuyvesant HS took first prize yesterday in the regional division of one of the country's most prestigious science competitions. Mimi Yen, Angela Fan, Donna Lee and Michelle...
Judge rips 'charlatan' Dr. Phil
A California judge slammed "Dr. Phil" and called the TV shrink a "charlatan" for allowing a shoplifting couple to boast about their sticky-fingered ways on his show. Matthew and Laura...
Campbell Brown's hubby Dan Senor decides not to join NY Senate race
Dan Senor, the Bush administration adviser on Iraq and husband of CNN's Campbell Brown, has opted not to run for the Senate against Kirsten Gillibrand. "Over the past few weeks,...
'Fraud' docs' 500G foot rubs
A $300 foot rub! That's what three Brooklyn podiatrists charged the government over and over in a half-million-dollar scheme to defraud Medicare, federal prosecutors said yesterday. Investigators yesterday arrested the...
Lives on hold
The wait ain't over. Nearly 80,000 anxious city eighth-graders and their parents reacted with fury and tears yesterday after learning that their high-school placements are on hold in the wake...
Euro hammered
The euro yesterday tumbled to its lowest level in 10 months as Europe's leaders bickered deeper into a deadlock about how to deal with debt-ridden countries like Greece and Portugal....
Starbucks brews up dividend
Starbucks, the world's largest coffee-shop operator, announced a quarterly dividend of 10 cents a share, its first since going public in 1992, to return cash to shareholders. The board also...
Gushing blood
Angel Loja watched in horror as his childhood friend was dying in front of him. "As I started to get closer to him, I started to hear this sound, a...
'81 Bronx slay linked to serial fiend
A nearly 30-year-old Bronx murder mystery was unraveled after DNA linked the crime to a serial killer responsible for two 1981 homicides -- and now authorities believe the same fiend...
Elusive coyote outfoxes cops
This cagey canine sure earned his "Wily" name yesterday. TriBeCa became the latest neighborhood gripped by coyote madness when one of the hounds was sighted darting through afternoon traffic before...
Feds bare a shock gap in NY test scores
Reading scores for New York state's fourth- and eighth-grade students have flatlined on a national benchmark exam since 2007 -- even as their scores on state-issued reading tests skyrocketed over...
Shia's 'slick' tip
Actor Shia LaBeouf appears to be taking his role as Gordon Gekko's protégé in the upcoming "Wall Street" movie a little too seriously. After preparing for his turn as a...
$6M SI Ferry 'tug' of war
A tugboat owner and its crew are looking for a $6 million payday for coming to the rescue of the Andrew J. Barberi after the Staten Island ferryboat's deadly crash...
Jesse James' ex: Everyone knew he cheated -- except for his wife
His ex-wife knew. His employees knew. Every one knew Jesse James was a bad-boy womanizer with a string of ink- stained strumpets on the side -- except for loving, devoted...
Debtholders fight lowball MGM bids
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's ability to find a buyer fell into doubt yesterday after some debtholders balked at the bargain-basement prices being offered for the venerable but debt-laden studio. Meanwhile, MGM was said...
$harp MTA ax to up-route New Yorkers
It's the end of the line for millions of straphangers. The MTA yesterday approved its most devastating slew of service cuts in decades -- a desperate cost-savings measure that will...
Smothering dirty bombs
Call them snuggies for dirty bombs. Some of New York's newest high tech weapons in the war on terror look like ordinary blankets. Others resemble bulletproof vests or shields commonly...
Mother lode of suit vs. Goldman
A former Goldman Sachs vice president claims she was "mommy-tracked" to the unemployment line after getting pregnant. Charlotte Hanna sued the investment bank yesterday over allegations that it derailed her...
Fed Arab-school rap eyed vs. city
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has asked the Justice Department to consider legal action against the city based on the EEOC's ruling that the removal of the principal of an...
MTA cuts could mean extra train and pain for Borough Park resident
Anne Barletta (pictured) is worried she'll soon be a sardine. The 46-year-old Borough Park resident said she has no idea how the other subway lines will handle the storm of...
MTA cuts will drive Queens commuter crazy
In her corner of Queens, Joann Mazzarese (pictured) doesn't have many transit options. For years, she's taken the Q75 bus from her home in Oakland Gardens to her job at...
Emanuel Ungaro abandons boutique; eyes buyer
Lindsay Lohan may have been the straw that broke the fashion house's bank. Emanuel Ungaro, which disastrously hired Lohan as an artistic adviser last fall, is looking for a buyer,...
Citi, Terra Firma to face music in NY
A federal judge yesterday turned down Citigroup's bid to move its nasty legal battle over the purchase of record label EMI to the UK. The ruling might sound like a...
Madoff ops chief charged in fraud
Ponzi king Bernard Madoff's longtime director of operations was hit with an additional charge of falsifying records in a new indictment handed up yesterday. Daniel Bonventre, who was busted last...
Way to go, Bam!
President Obama's decision yesterday to get his personal medical insurance through the exchanges that will be set up under his health-care reform speaks to his confidence in it. Or, perhaps,...
The ones who don't suffer
The MTA board yesterday took a broad sword to the agency's budget, deeply cutting bus and subway service in an effort to save $93 million. It goes without saying that...
For sale -- and stupid
New York's state Senate Democrats aren't the least bit subtle. Post State Editor Fredric U. Dicker reports that Bronx Sen. Jeff Klein, who chairs the Democrats' Senate Campaign Committee, sent...
A sobering argument
Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV is hoping his Manhattan DWI jury takes a good, hard look at his so-called "drunk test tape." "The video is the best evidence here," his...
Mystery at CBOE
Acclaimed writer Mary Higgins Clark hopes to solve the unending mystery of how to make a killing in the esoteric world of financial derivatives. The millionaire author has paid $2.95...
City seeking pier review
The city is looking to awaken two acres of sleepy waterfront property near Brooklyn's cruise ship terminal with live shows, festivals, flea markets and other public events. The Economic Development...
Business briefs
Carl's bite Lionsgate pursuer bil lionaire Carl Icahn said the studio's directors failed shareholders and called its interest in ac quiring film libraries a "delusion."Yes-mura Nomura Holdings, Ja pan's biggest...
Raging taxi ride from hell
Everyone knows the Van Wyck Expressway is a horror show -- but this takes the cake. A road-raging cabby took a frightened tourist and her son on a 10-minute terror...
$cammer's kids' getting apt. boot
Convicted con man Hassan Nemazee's kids have less than a week to vamoose from their luxury TriBeCa condos so the feds can sell them to satisfy a pending forfeiture order...
Gov calls Assembly budget DOA
ALBANY -- Gov. Paterson warned New Yorkers to brace for a late budget and week-to-week austerity yesterday as the state Assembly passed a spending plan that he said would borrow...
Prez: I'll switch insurer
WASHINGTON -- President Obama yesterday bowed to criticism that his new health-care laws exempt him from buying coverage at the government-run "exchanges" and announced the first family will get its...
Hopper downturn
Terminally ill actor Dennis Hopper is too sick to give a deposition in his divorce case, his lawyer wrote in a court filing. The "Easy Rider" star has prostate cancer...
Bieber pal busted in tweet tiff
As 3,000 Justin Bieber fans massed at Long Island's Roosevelt Field mall on Nov. 20, the teen heartthrob's manager refused for 2½ hours to call off the dangerously overcrowded event,...
City erases kiddie 'jail'
The city yesterday painted over part of a Brooklyn housing-project jungle gym that was made to resemble a jail after a resident complained it was insensitive because of the neighborhood's...
The Post test-rides new, light-up Jimmy Choos, just $2,495 a pair
There was a time when most of the footlights in town were on Broadway -- now you can see them all over. The latest fad in footwear is a $2,495...
Reyes fields grounders, takes swings, declares he is 'ready to go'
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Jose Reyes was only a few minutes into fielding grounders yesterday when he made his intentions known. "I'm ready to go," Reyes shouted toward manager Jerry...
Coughlin: Osi in good place
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Osi Umenyiora seemingly has moved past his spat with the Giants, judging from coach Tom Coughlin's upbeat comments yesterday about the All-Pro defensive end. Umenyiora recently had...
UFC in New York state of mind
The press conference for UFC 78 was held in a small room at a hotel near the Newark Airport with less than 50 people in attendance. That was in November...
Future looks bleak for Rangers
The Rangers now have it going, just in time to cost them better draft position. Freed by their failures, suddenly as loose as Sean Avery's old set of lips, last...
Islanders embarrassed by listless effort against Rangers
The Islanders talked about finishing the season strong, being spoilers and the excitement of playing at Madison Square Garden. That was before they were down 3-0 just 8:30 into last...
Devils want to knock Rangers out of playoff picture
There's no sympathy from the Devils. They want the Rangers to miss the playoffs. "If they don't make the playoffs, it's a good thing," defenseman Paul Martin said. "It's a...
Fans, players give thumbs up to Rangers 3D broadcast
The NHL can't get anyone to watch its games in 2D, but maybe it will have better luck with 3D. When the Rangers played host to the Islanders at the...
Giants coach may pay visit to Plaxico
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Coach Tom Coughlin all but sealed the door on the Giants ever bringing back Plaxico Burress, but the imprisoned receiver could soon have a familiar visitor. Coughlin...
Giants safety Phillips may not be ready for training camp
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The outlook for Giants safety Kenny Phillips just keeps getting dimmer and dimmer. Coach Tom Coughlin said yesterday that the Giants don't expect Phillips to be available...
Jets ready to take their 'Hard Knocks'
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A source said the Jets are expected to reveal today that they will be this year's subject of the popular HBO series "Hard Knocks." The Jets intensely...
For Nets fans, it's in the bag
A game after Nets CEO Brett Yormark laced into a fan sitting at courtside wearing a brown paper bag over his head, at least the team is keeping a sense...
Kiki returns; Nets pull out eighth win
Coaching the Nets this season has been a painful, job-killing, often humiliating experience. But it was exactly what Kiki Vandeweghe wanted last night. Vandeweghe's mother, Colleen Kay Hutchins, 83, who...
Following Arnie's advice, Tiger to talk first
Arnold Palmer has a suggestion for Tiger Woods. "I suppose the best thing he could do would be open up and just let [the media] shoot [questions] at him," Palmer...
Lottery win more likely than playoffs for Rangers
It flatters the home team to call last night's match at the Garden against the Islanders a last stand for the Rangers, for that carries the connotation that the Blueshirts...
The Post Line
NBA Favorite Line Underdog BULLS Pick Heat ROCKETS 6 Clippers BLAZERS 2 Mavericks NHL Favorite Line Underdog DEVILS $170-200 Rangers Flames $110-130 ISLANDERS FLYERS $155-175 Wild Blackhawks $135-155 BL. JACKETS...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 6 fur; $14,000; clm($10,000); 3upFLAMING PUNCH came off pace to break maiden last week. She is entered in a similar conditioned claiming race but going longer. CRAZY CHARLIE removes...
Sports shorts
NFL: Eagles weigh McNabb deal The Eagles are entertaining trade offers for all three of their quarterbacks, but head coach Andy Reid signaled yesterday that a deal was unlikely. Eagles...
Knicks' McGrady happy to be on display
Fans stood in line at the NBA Store in Midtown, wondering when they were going to get to see Tracy McGrady. What fans won't see from the former All-Star this...
Yankees need new rules for Hughes
TAMPA -- The Joba Rules will now become the Joba Lessons. With Joba Chamberlain heading back to the eighth inning, what can the Yankees learn from his handling to apply...
Serena wins WTA honor
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. -- World No. 1 Serena Williams won the 2009 WTA Tour Player of the Year award and also took the Doubles Team of the year honors with...
A-Rod set to talk with FBI tomorrow
TAMPA -- Alex Rodriguez is reportedly headed to Buffalo tomorrow for an FBI meeting about his involvement with controversial doctor Anthony Galea, who is in the center of drug investigations...
Another strong outing for Yankees' Vazquez
TAMPA -- Javier Vazquez was dominant last night, as the Yankees' newly acquired right-hander continued to dominate this spring. Vazquez worked six-plus innings in the Yankees' 3-1 victory over the...
MLB axes an off-day from LCS
For all the talk about tightening the postseason, Major League Baseball made only one slight change this year and held off on major revisions. The awkward off-day between Games 4...
In 3-D game, Rangers end 3-game skid
The Rangers are wearing blinders now, focused only on what is directly in front of them. While they are aware of the mathematics and the standings, they understand they are...
Weird but true
In Tampa, Fla., the homeless are a reflection on society. A new ordinance compels roadside panhandlers to don $10 reflective safety vests. The city council says it can't impinge on...
Carril: Donahue should look before he leaps Cornell
With the kind of success Cornell has enjoyed recently, the team's coach, Steve Donahue, has begun to receive interest from other schools - including for the open St. John's, Seton...
West Virginia aims to keep on 'Truck-in' without Bryant
SYRACUSE -- In the wake of West Virginia's starting point guard Darryl "Truck" Bryant's season-ending foot injury, the Mountaineers -- including Bryant -- were remarkably upbeat yesterday as they prepared...
Butler & Purdue make Indiana the state to beat
HOUSTON -- Mark Jackson was an Indiana Pacer in the spring of 1999, preparing to play the Knicks in the Eastern Conference finals in a few days, and after practice...
St. John's hoping Ga. Tech coach Hewitt accepts its offer
St. John's, hoping to make an announcement as soon as tomorrow that it has found its next coach, is anxiously awaiting word from Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt. The former...
Seton Hall, Rice have 'productive' talks
Seton Hall officials interviewed Robert Morris coach Mike Rice yesterday, as the Big East school continues to search for Bobby Gonzalez's replacement. Talks were "productive, and went well," a source...
Pecora lands Fordham job
With an increased budget and a committee intent on searching at a national level, Fordham seemingly had every opportunity to find the best possible head basketball coach anywhere in the...
Defending the 3 key for Orange vs. Butler
SALT LAKE CITY -- In the true spirit of the Wild West, stenciled on every door leading into Energy Solutions Arena is the warning, "No Weapons Allowed," which leads us...
Collegiate seniors aim to go out on top
No matter what happens this weekend in Glens Falls, it will be the end of a mini-dynasty at Collegiate. One way or another the careers of the six-player senior classled...
Eye on the prize: Royals see Class AA state Federation title in sight
Bria Smith and Nia Oden share a secret hand signal that dates back to Glens Falls two years ago. The then-freshmen were a part of Christ the King’s Class A...
Nets win turns into Westphal rant
How embarrassing must it be to lose to the Nets these days? Just listen to Sacramento coach Paul Westphal after the Nets' rare 93-79 triumph, turning in a rant that...
Bieber manager pleads not guilty in NY mall frenzy
The manager for teen pop sensation Justin Bieber surrendered to police Wednesday in connection with a fan frenzy last year at a mall that sent five people to a hospital...
Vazquez shuts down Nats to lead Yankees to 3-1 win
Javier Vazquez allowed one run and four hits over six-plus innings and the New York Yankees beat the Washington Nationals 3-1 on Wednesday night. Vazquez, the Yankees' No. 4 starter,...
Lopez scores 26, Harris 24 as New Jersey Nets WIN
Brook Lopez had 26 points and 13 rebounds, and New Jersey Nets moved a step closer to avoiding a dubious date with NBA history by beating the Sacramento Kings 93-79...
Gaborik scores 2, sets up another in Rangers win
Marian Gaborik had a goal and an assist during a three-goal first period and the New York Rangers began a last-ditch push for an unlikely playoff spot with a 5-0...
MLS commissioner talks about what's next
Now that MLS and its players hammered out a new CBA, league commissioner Don Garber discussed what's next on the agenda, including the five-year deal's fine print, potentially adding more...
Report: Red Bulls after Notts County's Luke Rodgers
The Red Bulls are reportedly closing in on a move for Notts County striker Luke Rodgers. And even though and I _ well, at least I _ may not be...
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Tiger to hold press conference April 5 at Masters
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Tiger Woods will speak before he plays in the Masters. Woods is scheduled to hold his first press conference in nearly five months at 2 p.m. on...