March 26, 2010
Classic rivalry reprised Saturday
GLENS FALLS – Bria Smith wasn’t even in high school when she got her first taste of the Christ the King-Murry Bergtraum rivalry. When she was in seventh grade, she...
Greta the great
Sunday's New York Times will contain a story by critic A.O. Scott in which he sings the praises of Greta Gerwig. It doesn't mention that my Cine File column helped launch...
Illegal B'klyn hipster hostel shut down
An overpopulated, illegal hostel in Williamsburg that served as a frat house for hipsters and out-of-towners was shut down today by city buildings inspectors, leaving dozens on the street. Owners...
What's new?
The 2010 edition of New Directors/New Films is under way at MoMA and Lincoln Center. Since the first edition, in 1972, the festival has "discovered'' directors such as Steven Spielberg, Spike...
Tigers roar past another favorite, reach 'B' state final
GLENS FALLS – Queens HS of Teaching’s motto is “turn it up." The phrase is on the back of their warm-up shirts. But it may as well be “it’s not...
Goldstein falls in Federation semifinals
GLENS FALLS – Goldstein didn’t think of itself as the favorite coming into the game, but considering the circumstances a win wasn’t out of the question. Despite not playing well...
Stocks give up early gains for 2nd straight day
The stock market looks tired. Stocks closed mixed for a second day after investors grew pessimistic about the market's ability to keep its rally going. The Dow Jones industrial average...
Mets' Wright hits 4th homer of spring
JUPITER, Fla. -- David Wright homered and drove in three runs Friday, continuing his solid spring training for the Mets. Wright hit a solo drive in the third inning for...
Royals regroup, ready for state Federation tournament
Poll CHSAA and PSAL teams and you’ll get an almost unanimous answer. The ultimate goal is the city title, whether it is at Madison Square Garden or Fordham’s Rose Hill...
UPDATED: St. Michael Academy to close its doors
The St. Michael Academy girls basketball players will be looking for a new home next season. The Manhattan all-girls school announced Friday that it will close at the end of...
Thurman pic sells just one ticket on third day in UK
"Motherhood,'' starring Uma Thurman as a self-absorbed Greenwich Village mommy blogger, was one of 2009's biggest flops in North America, selling just $93,000 worth of tickets on a reported investment of $10...
Miller Wants To Be Jersey's UFC Hero
For Jim Miller, fighting in UFC 111 is a homecoming of sorts. While the mixed martial arts card is topped with UFC stars from other parts of the country and...
The weekly wrap-up, March 26
This week we learned that...... The government is taking another crack at keeping you current on your payments. [NY Times]... Not everyone is happy about your mortgage reduction, though. [Felix...
Gilbert Arenas avoids prison for 'stupid' gun conviction, gets 30 days in halfway house
Washington Wizards star Gilbert Arenas dodged jail time today and will instead have to spend 30 days in a halfway house on gun charges in connection with a locker room...
Curtis says Woods playing well, looked 'nervous'
ORLANDO, Fla. -- For players wondering what it will be like to play golf with Tiger Woods when he returns, Ben Curtis can speak from experience.Curtis, a member at Lake...
NYC crime slightly up; mayor calls it worrisome
NEW YORK -- Crime is up slightly over last year in New York City, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg says his police force might be stretched too thin. Bloomberg is angling...
Judge: Stein killer's family threatened defense lawyers
A judge says relatives of a New York City personal assistant convicted of murdering a former punk-rock manager have threatened defense lawyers. A Manhattan judge said Friday that members of...
Suns' Stoudemire making free-agent case with strong finish
PHOENIX -- While the Knicks' free-agent preference this summer may still be Chris Bosh – and that's whom LeBron James prefers teaming up with – Amare' Stoudemire is putting together...
A-Rod in Tampa with Yankees, says he didn't meet with FBI
TAMPA — Alex Rodriguez didn't shuffle off to Buffalo today, but he certainly did some dancing around the subject. Rodriguez, reportedly expected to meet with the feds in Buffalo yesterday,...
Carey, Zooey, Maggie, Ellen: Eat Your hearts out
We rarely link to our competitors here, but my jaw is still on the floor after seeing who the New York Times says "may well be the definitive actress of her...
Red Bull prodigy: 'Something I've wanted since I was little'
From watching Jozy Altidore and Michael Bradley leave for Europe to clamoring for but never getting academy products Johnny Exantus, Matt Kassel and Dilly Duka, Red Bull fans love their...
Porn star reveals e-mails from Tiger pal, promises to post photos of Woods
Porn star Joslyn James, who carried on an affair with Tiger Woods, said she is going to post photos of her and Woods to her Web site as a report...
TWill Should Play For Nets
Terrence Williams joined the big men session after shootaround and was jumping and shooting layups with a 20-pound weight ball. Certainly didn’t look like a guy who needed to wait...
Jets' Sanchez looking forward to 'Hard Knocks'
Mark Sanchez seems comfortable in front of a camera, as his photo spread in GQ magazine revealed. So it's no surprise the 23-year-old from Southern California is looking forward to...
Lead and asbestos inspector admits filing phony reports
The heartless owner of a lead and asbestos inspection company pleaded guilty today to certifying at least seven city buildings as toxin-free without actually conducting any tests. Saverio "Sam" Todaro,...
Drunk Pa. man tried to revive dead opossum
Police say they charged a Pennsylvania man with public drunkenness after he was seen trying to resuscitate a dead opossum along a highway. State police in Punxsutawney say several witnesses...
Feliciano wants Mets to give him 8th-inning role
While the Mets debate whether to bring rookie Jenrry Mejia to the majors and make him their eighth-inning reliever, Pedro Feliciano has another idea."I want to be the setup man,"...
Man who lured child with puppy gets 6-year term
TOMS RIVER, N.J. — A New Jersey man who snatched a child’s puppy and used it to lure the boy into his home where he sat naked has been sentenced...
Man in the middle: Lindpere adjusting to new life in New York
Joel Lindpere is still getting acclimated to his new life in the United States. He’s living in a New Jersey hotel while he searches for an apartment and has already...
Man charged in death of Fla. girl in landfill
ORANGE PARK, Fla. — A 7-year-old Florida girl whose body was discovered in a Georgia landfill was walking home from school when she was lured into a home by a...
Pelosi sends final piece of health bill to Obama
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is marking her 70th birthday by sending to President Barack Obama the final piece of legislation to overhaul the nation's health care system. The...
Former Devils coach Burns gets name on arena
STANSTEAD, Quebec -- A thin and frail Pat Burns said he’s honored to have an arena named after him, even as he conceded he likely won’t live to see it...
Jets coach would consider kicking off in overtime
Though the NFL's new overtime rules for postseason play seem to favor taking the ball if you win the coin toss, Rex Ryan said he would seriously consider kicking off...
In Cornell loss, ex-Citi boss Weill suffers another setback
It used to be that everything Sandy Weill touched turned to gold. Lately, not so much.The 77-year-old billionaire mastermind of the Citigroup banking behemoth has not only seen the financial...
Sampson mum on weekend plans
ALBANY – Senate Democratic Leader John Sampson – who The Knickerbocker caught up to as he was leaving a meeting in Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's office – demurred on whether...
Bloomberg doubts Ravitch plan will pass
Reform in Albany?Count Mayor Bloomberg as one of the many skeptics.The mayor said today that he doesn't believe that the reforms Lt. Gov. Dick Ravitch attached to a $9 billion...
Nevada's first legal 'prosti-dude' is off the hooker
Talk about falling on hard times. The 25-year-old beefy ex-Marine who put the "dude" in prosti-dude has reportedly decided to call it quits after getting fewer than 10 customers over...
Judge won’t undo former Alycia Lane co-anchor's felony plea
PHILADELPHIA — A judge is refusing to undo TV newsman Larry Mendte’s felony plea for hacking into his co-anchor’s e-mails. The 53-year-old Mendte remains on federal probation after serving six...
Smells and the city
From mystery odors to smelly fish markets, New Yorkers are constantly bombarded with the aromas of urban life. Rockefeller University researchers spent five years creating a “smell demography” of metropolitan...
Congressional insider's poll
National Journal does this feature of polling members of Congress on the say’s tope issues. In this week’s installment we get questions to Democrats and Republicans about which party’s base...
Red Bulls need new training ground ASAP: Backe
If the Red Bulls are to lure Thierry Henry to New York, Hans Backe knows one place he’d prefer the fabulous Frenchman not see. “When you have to travel to...
Must-see show of the week: The Fairy Queen
Quick, quick, get yourself to BAM where "The Fairy Queen" is playing until tomorrow. It's the most beautiful and clever show in town right now -- and the funniest as...
Judge rules Dept. of Ed.'s bid to close 19 schools violated state law
The teachers union won a lawsuit today in its bid to roll back the city's plan to close 19 low-performing public schools. The United Federation of Teachers filed the suit...
20 doctors subpoenaed in Corey Haim's drug death case
It's claimed the tragic "Lost Boys" star died after overdosing on a cocktail of medications prescribed to him by a horde of doctors. The medical pros have been handed subpoenas...
Mets' Reyes keeps adding to workouts
PORT ST. LUCIE -- It’s all about living the life. Francisco Rodriguez had his new white Lamborghini dropped off this morning in the player’s parking lot of the Mets complex,...
Upper West Side's Eighty-One closing
Ed Brown’s Eighty-One, the elegant restaurant that served possibly the best food in the Upper West Side’s history, will close after dinner service on April 4, Easter Sunday. Brown launched...
Obama 'dumped Netanyahu for private dinner'
For a head of government to visit the White House and not pose for photographers is rare. For a key ally to be left to his own devices while the...
Greenberg out of St. John's coaching search; Skinner interviews
St. John’s is now 0-for-3 in its slumping search for a new coach. Seth Greenberg is out as a candidate after agreeing to a new six-year deal to remain at...
Times of London, Sunday Times Web sites to start charging in June
News Corp (parent company of The Post) will charge readers for online versions of its UK Times and Sunday Times newspapers from June, becoming the first media firm to test...
'Princess' and Upper East Side jeweler settle case
The pretend princess has decided to settle. A day after she got a royal smackdown by a Manhattan judge, former phony royal Antoinette Millard's $1.1 million civil trial against an...
Cuomo's popularity rebounds
ALBANY – So much for the Cuomo nosedive.Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's approval rating recovered to a robust 61 percent according to the Marist poll released this morning. A similar survey...
Will Clint's biopic out Hoover? 'What do you think?' quips gay scribe
Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black ("Milk'') has all but confirmed that Clint Eastwood's upcoming J. Edgar Hoover biography will drag the longtime FBI director out of the closet. The Post's PopWrap blog...
6.2 earthquake hits northern Chile
A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck in the northern part of Chile Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The quake was measured at a depth of 36.7 miles (59 km) and...
Is anyone listening?
“The choices are clear: We can either rise up to our principles and defend the aspirations of the Iranian people for a free and democratic government, or we can continue...
Cops: NJ man used son’s donated money on escorts
SOMERVILLE, N.J. — Police say a Somerset County man accused of stealing more than $33,000 that was donated to his son after a deadly fire used some of the money...
LI 'hit-mom' to post bial
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — A Long Island mother of four accused of trying to hire a hit man to kill her estranged husband is expected to post bail after an...
'79 rape recapture on Long Island
MINEOLA, N.Y. — A man convicted of rape 29 years ago on Long Island is in custody again after living as a fugitive for decades. Nassau County Detective Sgt. Salvatore...
Qns school briefly evacuated after bomb threat
Hundreds of Queens elementary school students are back in school after their building was briefly evacuated due to a bomb threat. Police say the building on Central Avenue was cleared...
S. Korea ship sinks with 104 aboard near N. Korea; torpedo suspected
A South Korean navy ship with 104 people onboard was sunk near the North Korea border Friday and South Korea's navy opened fire on an unidentified ship, Yonhap news agency...
US, Russia reach deal to reduce nuclear arms
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed on Friday to a sharp cuts in the nuclear arsenals of both nations in the most comprehensive arms control...
Palin stumps for embattled McCain
TUCSON, Ariz. — Sarah Palin -- clad in a black leather motorcycle jacket -- on Friday urged Arizona voters to “send the maverick back to the Senate” as she lent...
Ravitch offers early praise of Assembly's budget plan
ALBANY - Lt. Gov. Richard Ravtich offered early support for the borrowing-based austerity plan passed this week by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's Democratic majority.The lieutenant governor dismissed criticism by some...
Sandra Bullock 'devastated' over hubby's cheating: report
Actress Sandra Bullock is "devastated" over her husband Jesse James' cheating ways after four women claim to have slept with him. Bullock has not released a public statement since it...
John Cusack: The lost movie
The production notes for MGM's "Hot Tub Time Machine'' claim that star John Cusack "was most recently seen in 'Shanghai,' a period piece in which he stars opposite Gong Li...
At least 11 feared dead in Kentucky interstate crash: report
At least 11 people were killed in a head-on collision between a tractor-trailer and a van on Interstate 65 in Hart County, Ky. Thursday, WSMV-TV reported. The crash occurred at...
Box Office: Hot tubs and dragons
"Hot Tub Time Machine'' -- quite possibly the venerable MGM's last release before it's sold or is forced into bankruptcy by creditors -- may have the big buzz this weekend,...
White House gatecrashers to star on DC 'Housewives'
The Salahis, best known for crashing Obama's first state dinner at the White House, will star in the U.S. reality series "Real Housewives of D.C.," according to current events blog...
Obama's dangerous Israel policy
Daniel Gordis has a well-reasonded, if worrisome, analysis of how President Obama’s attitude toward Israel and the peace process just might lead to another Intifada: “With his laser focus on...
Loud neighbors 'drove' gun-toting granny to shoot: husband
The gun-toting Queens granny who shot an upstairs neighbor over the noise they made went "berserk," her husband claimed today. "They were doing this on purpose to annoy us, they...
Gov helped write statement for Booker to deliver in aide-abuse scandal: sources
ALBANY - Gov. Paterson went beyond trying to convince Sherr-una Booker not to say anything negative about his now-suspended top aide -- he also helped write a statement he hoped...
3UP: A-Rod, Hughes and Gaudin
1. In the Post, I wrote a column on what Alex Rodriguez is expecting to tell the Feds today in Buffalo when it comes to his relationship with Dr. Anthony...
Cannes: 'Robin Hood' set for opener
Ridley Scott's "Robin Hood'' will open this year's Cannes Film Festival on May 12, it was announced today. Russell Crowe plays the title role and Cate Blanchett Maid Marion in...
Drama Mama: 'Melrose' reunion
As far as Mama is concerned, March is going out like a lion. Take a look at some of the must-watch stuff airing this week: “Caprica” (Friday, 9 p.m. , SyFy):...
Kentucky ends Cornell dream
SYRACUSE — The night for Cornell began with so much electricity coursing through the Carrier Dome that it had the hair on fans’ arms standing. Cornell, the No. 12 seed...
New ad: 'Obamacare is jobs killer'
Here’s the start of what should be a one-minute GOP ad running in Massachusetts: “You better believe I will work to make modifications” if the [health care reform] bill is...
With Jets coach as star, ‘Hard Knocks’ will be hit show
You'll have to excuse Ross Greenburg if he’s extra giddy the Jets will be featured in the up coming installment of “Hard Knocks,” HBO’s annual mini-series that offers an in-depth...
Northern Iowa, St. Mary’s could keep party going
This is usually the week when Cinderella puts on a few pounds and the slipper that was the perfect size during the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament no...
Yankees' A-Rod has legacy on line in sitdown with feds
TAMPA — Alex Rodriguez returns to a danger zone today. He faces the feds in Buffalo, and they are interested in what he knows about Dr. Anthony Galea. Rodriguez associates...
Long road got Cornell Red-dy
SYRACUSE — Most of the college basketball world was undoubtedly shocked to see Cornell locked in a Sweet 16 duel with national powerhouse Kentucky last night at the Carrier Dome....
Butler upsets top-seeded Syracuse
SALT LAKE CITY — There may not be a more naked, true grief than the shattered dreams of the young. It made reporters wince to see the tears and hear...
Seagram 'cult' sisters' trust fund on the rocks
Two Seagram’s liquor heiresses have blown nearly $100 million on an upstate group headed by a shady svengali — and their furious father now may cut his girls off to...
Selig turns a deaf ear to HGH doc saga
Did you hear the one about the three big-league baseball players — one from Florida, one from Puerto Rico, one from the Dominican Republic — who travel to Canada to...
New York State Federation Class A boys basketball tournament preview
GLENS FALLS, N.Y. -- Boys basketball beat writer Zach Braziller breaks down the New York State Federation Class A semifinals this weekend at the Glens Falls Civic Center. Bedford Academy...
State of 'Minds'
Fans of “Criminal Minds” will get their first look at a new BAU team — headed up by Forest Whitaker — when the FBI profiler series returns with its first...
Next stop: mosh pit city
Last Sunday at about 8 p.m., roughly 100 people swarmed a Brooklyn loft on Johnson Street for a hardcore punk show by the band Nomos. The singer is shirtless, overweight...
Hot picks
TENNES-SEE IT Marathon lovers should gobble up the LAByrinth Theater Company’s “Tenn 99.” This free event, from today at 6 p.m. to Sunday at 6 p.m., celebrates Tennessee Williams’ 99th...
Angel optimistic about return on Saturday
Hans Backe is excited about the start of the Major League Soccer season. Even more so after the Red Bulls coach saw who was on the training pitch on Thursday....
Live blog recap: New York State Federation boys tournament, Day 1
GLENS FALLS, N.Y. – After five months of action, it all comes down to this: the New York State Federation boys basketball tournament. For those unable to make it all...
Godspeed
The location -- Sarah Palin's beautiful old stomping ground of Wasilla, Alaska -- is the main attraction in Robert Saitzyk's talky and overwrought melodrama. Charlie Shepard plays a faith healer...
Christ the King basketball teams receive Royal send off
Call it the final hand shake, the final outpouring of well wishes and the final pat on the back before the Christ the King boys and girls basketball teams try...
Pesky Pilots pursuing playoff push
A year ago, Lou Brescia knew that his young team would go through its share of growing pains. With six sophomores on varsity, a solid junior varsity squad and a...
Live blog recap: New York State Federation girls tournament, Day 1
GLENS FALLS, N.Y. – The curtain closes on the girls basketball season this weekend and if you’re not willing to make the 200-mile journey up to Glens Falls, The Post...
Jones saves best for last for Bedford Academy
GLENS FALLS,. N.Y. -- Everyone in attendance left in awe of Brent Jones’ sterling performance. The Bedford Academy senior guard scored 34 points on 12-of-18 shooting and added seven steals...
Softball roundup: Madison gets past Moore
A day after falling to St. Joseph by the Sea, James Madison left Staten Island with a win over one of the city’s top squads. The Knights topped host Moore...
Historic church may become one for the ages
One of the most revered churches in Williamsburg is on its way to becoming a city landmark.St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, at the corner of S. Fifth and Rodney streets,...
Get a load of this
Sean Edward Lewis is used to doing underground theater. With his ensemble Lilac Co. and St. John’s Theatre, he’s performed primarily in a church basement in Greenpoint. Recent productions have...
Starr report
That was "Breaking Bad" star Bryan Cranston watch ing the Rangers-Islanders in 3D Wednesday at the Theater at MSG along with 2,500 (mostly Blueshirts) fans. Cranston has good reason to...
'Dragon' breathes little fire
You could say the 3-D animated kidpic "How To Train Your Dragon" is "Avatar" for simpletons. But that title is already taken, by "Avatar." In one of those movies that...
Indie pulls its weight
A heaping helping of Queens atmos phere with a central character who's like Rocky Balboa fighting himself instead of Apollo Creed, "Lbs." is a working-class hero of a film. This...
Ghostly visions amid lush Irish haunts
Playwright Conor McPherson ("The Seafarer") makes an auspicious filmmaking debut with "The Eclipse," which combines romance and the supernatural in ways that should not be confused with the upcoming "The...
'Chloe' steams up the screen
A Skinemax movie cloaked in art-house fancy dress, the sex thriller "Chloe" might have worked better as an out-and-out popcorn flick starring, say, Jennifer Lopez. Instead, it stars Julianne Moore...
Tooned to reborn Disney
Arriving at Disney shortly after it released the bomb "The Black Cauldron," Jeffrey Katzenberg urged the animators, "We have to wake Sleeping Beauty." Five years after the unit hit its...
Sandra Bullock may emerge from hiding by attending the 'Kids' Choice' awards
Update: Sandra Bullock will not be attending Nickelodeon's live "Kids' Choice Awards." "There were never any plans for her to attend," says the star's rep, reports People.com. Sandra Bullock, who...
Dancer's leap from Cambodia to NY
In 2000, on a trip to Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Anne Bass, a Manhattan socialite and patron of dance, discovered Sy Sar, a 16-year-old boy performing with a traditional dance...
Dancers spin a Frank story
If nothing else, "Come Fly Away" confirms that Twyla Tharp has created a Broadway category of her own: the jukebox dancical. The choreographer broke new ground in 2002 when she...
'Hot Tub Time' of their lives
John Cusack and his middle-aged loser pals revisit the ’80s in all of its mulleted glory in “Hot Tub Time Machine,” a raunchy, endearing and often hilarious cross between “Back...
Stylish take on fairy tale is to kill for
French director Catherine Breillat is noted for pushing the sexual envelope in films such as "Romance" (the sex was real) and "Anatomy of Hell" (the sex might have been real)....
Paige Miles exits 'Idol' with impressive performance --that didn't count
A funny thing happened to booted "American Idol" contestant Paige Miles on her way out the door Wednesday night. She gave the performance of her life -- just when it...
Chloe: 'Big Love' season 4 was awful
Golden Globe winner Chloe Sevigny has shocked Hollywood circles by trashing the show that revived her career. In an interview with The Onion, Sevigny, who plays Nicki, one of the...
Ebert wants own movie show
'At the Movies," which turned Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert into household names, is being canceled after 24 seasons -- and will end its run in August. But Ebert, who's...
Toyota poll crash
Americans are turning against Toyota after sudden-acceleration complaints forced it to recall more than 8 million vehicles, while Ford is the most popular automaker. More than four in 10 Americans...
NYPD army and fleet of cars take down Manhattan's little coyote
Boy, that was one tough collar! The NYPD took a break from catching criminals yesterday and turned their sights on the wily coyote that had slipped through their fingers for...
Bam's triple-diplo-whammy day
Wednesday, March 24, 2010, was the worst day for US diplomacy in recent memory. Between sunrise and sunset, we 1) handled our Israeli allies as enemies, 2) treated Pakistani gangsters...
Joe's way with words: Hey, it is a big deal
* Yes, I guess it really is a "big f- - -ing deal" when you do to the American taxpayers what the Obama administration just did with the passage of...
Axl Rose hit by $2M suit from powerhouse former manager
He's under the gun. Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose is being sued by a former manager who claims the singer stiffed him for nearly $2 million in commissions. Irving...
Flt. 93 memorial near
WASHINGTON -- Families of those who died on United Airlines Flight 93 told lawmakers yesterday that plans for a 9/11 memorial at the crash site in Pennsylvania are on track....
CIA's birthday 'blast'
Eager CIA officers in Afghanistan had prepared a birthday cake to welcome the Jordanian spy they thought would reveal al Qaeda's innermost secrets, it was disclosed yesterday. But Humam Khalil...
No bones about it: T. rex was everywhere
WASHINGTON -- A foot-long piece of bone unearthed in Australia is the first evidence that ancestors of the mighty T. rex once lived in the Southern Hemisphere. The remains are...
Pope's defense on perv priest
VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican yesterday strongly defended its decision not to defrock an American priest accused of molesting some 200 deaf boys in Wisconsin. Church and Vatican documents showed...
Suit vs. 'druggy' TMZ
A former TMZ producer filed a wrongful-termination lawsuit against the celebrity-news Web site, claiming his ex-bosses turned a blind eye to rampant alcohol and drug abuse on the job. Christian...
NY eyed as next Prix-mium spot
Formula One cars would race in front of the Manhattan skyline if Bernie Ecclestone gets his way. The F1 boss wants to help set up a New York Grand Prix...
Space pix a snap
A 38-year-old British father of three is on top of the world after snapping a series of sensational shots of the earth's surface -- with a point-and-shoot camera, a weather...
Bibi hopes to do better back home
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today tries to sell peace concessions to his Cabinet after he failed to repair relations with the United States during a chilly reception in Washington....
Weiner the latest threat victim
Rep. Anthony Weiner's Queens office was sent a package yesterday containing white powder and a threatening note complaining about the health-care overhaul, authorities said. The FBI confirmed that Weiner (D-Brooklyn/Queens)...
All Europeans now
We have met the enemy, and it is Jewish housing. The Obama administra tion says it won't tolerate an Iranian nuclear weapon. It has given no one any reason to...
InVentiv calls upon Goldman for help
InVentiv Health, a New Jersey-based pharmaceutical service provider, is quietly seeking a buyer. The company, whose shares and debt total $813 million, is using Goldman Sachs to conduct an auction,...
Huey goes kerflooey
TIME Inc. Editor-in-Chief John Huey's name used to sit proudly atop the masthead of Real Simple. Not anymore. Huey's name appeared above the title through the February issue, but was...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan We detect a pattern here. An accountant at a major realestate firm ripped off nearly $18,500 in unauthorized creditcard charges while she was awaiting sentencing for stealing thousands of...
Johnny '16 Candles' dies 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....
Fatal-blast $lap at Con Ed
State utility regulators want Con Ed to fork over up to $1 million in fines for a gas blast that killed a Queens mom. Ghanwatti Boodram, 40, died in the...
Lionsgate throws in towel over MGM bid war
And then there were two. Lionsgate, the film studio behind the "Saw" and Tyler Perry franchises, won't take another run at debt-laden studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, leaving the auction for the venerable...
Cruella loses slavery appeal
A Manhattan federal appeals court yesterday upheld the conviction of Mahender and Varsha "Cruella DeVil" Sabhnani -- the married millionaires who enslaved two poorly educated servants they'd brought from Indonesia....
A June doom for riders
There's a deadline for all this chaos. The MTA yesterday released the timelines for its wide-scale service cuts, with most hitting riders in early summer. Since the W and V...
9-day 'paid sick leave' law push
A controversial bill requiring any company in the city with more than 20 workers to give employees nine paid sick days was introduced in the City Council yesterday. Supporters said...
'Slay' aide irony
A home health-care aide accused of killing her 67- year-old client in a Brooklyn apartment had been hired to replace an attendant who turned out to be a thief, friends...
Osama says... No virgins for you!
Osama bin Laden must not want 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed to meet his 72 virgins. The al Qaeda chief claimed that if the United States executes Mohammed, the terrorist...
WTC cop's DUI bust
The top police commander at the World Trade Center site was arrested for drunken driving in New Jersey, The Post has learned. Port Authority Inspector Susan Durett, one of the...
Vig's up for mob-bet big
A Staten Island Gambino crime family captain will fork over $1.2 million in penalties and serve up to 4½ years in prison after admitting running a massive sports-betting and loan-sharking...
Viacom 'uploads' strategy
Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman yesterday said videos uploaded to YouTube that are at the heart of a billion-dollar lawsuit against the firm were not licensed. They were the media giant's...
Albany has no $hame
ALBANY -- Shameless Senate Democrats, exposed earlier this week for attempting to sell government access to labor leaders for $50,000 a head, are at it again, and this time they're...
Zapping us again
America's highest big-city electric rates are heading up again. Con Ed won a boost from the state Public Service Commission yesterday that will hike a typical city apartment dweller's bill...
'De Niro' assault & pepper
Robert De Niro's driver is a raging bull! After dropping the "Goodfellas" star and his family at La Guardia Airport yesterday morning, the chauffeur pepper-sprayed a paparazzo and hit an...
Famed high-school basketball coach charged with raping boy
Legendary Queens high-school boys basketball coach Bob Oliva was indicted on child-rape charges yesterday for an alleged attack that occurred 34 years ago in Boston, authorities announced yesterday. The longtime...
Best Buy's sales shine
Best Buy shares jumped on robust sales in the holiday quarter -- its first without one-time archrival Circuit City, which is now bankrupt -- beating Wall Street forecasts. The US...
Dubai World gets $9.5B
Dubai will support Dubai World's debt restructuring with $9.5 billion as the state-owned holding company asks creditors to wait up to eight years to get all their money back. The...
Citi wins court OK vs. Solow
Citigroup Inc. won a judgment allowing it to collect $85.7 million from billionaire real-estate developer Sheldon H. Solow. New York State Supreme Court Justice Bernard Fried said he was granting...
Hosp staff $tiffed: suit
Hospital employees across the city say they're fed up with being forced to work through lunch. More than 125,000 health-service workers claims they are routinely cheated by computerized time-keeping systems...
Getty oil heir's ex demands $314K-a-month in divorce
The estranged wife of the Getty oil heir is looking to strike it rich in divorce court. Jacqueline Getty claims she deserves to live the same opulent lifestyle she enjoyed...
Runaway money train
The MTA is scrambling to avoid a second doomsday. With the transit agency already whacking riders with a raft of service cuts, board members and transit advocates are urging the...
Hot $17M deal for Fire Island
Fire Island will have a whole new face this summer. A consortium of high-powered investors finalized a $17 million deal yesterday to acquire most of the commercial real estate in...
NYU sweetens growth plan
With the prospect of community opposition to NYU's massive expansion plan for its Greenwich Village campus, university officials announced yesterday that they would pay for a new public elementary school...
New TLC big vows fare ride
There's a new taxi chief in town. New Taxi and Limousine Commission chief David Yassky said he was "very distressed" when he learned that many cabdrivers snookered passengers out of...
Harlem pol beats DWI rap
Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV was not a drunken driver, just a somewhat soused one. The son of the legendary Harlem congressman was acquitted yesterday of driving while intoxicated, but...
'Bern'ed LI golf club fore-closin'
A venerable old Long Island country club, bankrupted in part because some of its members were wiped out by Bernard Madoff, is on the auction block and faces an uncertain...
Gun-toting Queens granny feared floozies hot for her hubby
Be still, mi corazon. The 81-year-old granny who shot a hat off the head of her Grammy-winning neighbor's wife was convinced that the ladies in her Queens building had their...
Pasture land for Plainfield
Hedge fund Plainfield Asset Management is heading for the bunker -- literally. Amid a slew of redemption requests and a wave of lawsuits, the hedge fund founded by Drexel Burnham...
Business briefs
Suisse gold Credit Suisse CEO Brady Dougan received 19.2 million Swiss francs ($17.9 million) in com pensation last year, boosting his salary al most seven-fold, the bank reported yesterday. Jobless...
Charter school diss-union
Educators in the city's unionized charter schools are claiming that the UFT is hanging them out to dry when it comes to charter-school funding. Not only does the United Federation...
Stein trial 'threat'
Natavia Lowery, the woman who murdered "Realtor to the Stars" Linda Stein, is due back in court today so her judge can deal with her latest family drama -- a...
Deutsche bankers are spitting mad over pay
Maybe more five-star retreats are needed to soothe Deutsche Bank execs who are fuming that they've been short-changed by the firm. Last week the German banking powerhouse, which has a...
Radioshack search
RadioShack is looking to shack up with a deep-pocketed investor. The Texas-based electronics chain is exploring strategic alternatives including a possible sale of the company that could fetch more than...
Marts slip on Greece
Wall Street's best session in more than a year got the wind knocked out of it yesterday after the head of Europe's central bank bad-mouthed outsiders for trying to help...
Towering deal
After years of delays and months of negotiations, Ground Zero developer Larry Silverstein reached a tentative deal yesterday with the Port Authority for him to build two of his planned...
LI man truly is snakebit
A Long Island man yesterday waited three hours to call an ambulance after being bitten by his pet -- a poisonous and illegal rattlesnake, police said. When cops arrived at...
Too tough for the TWU to stop
Even measured against the high standards of New York's Bravest, Matthew Long is made of stern stuff. Back in 2005, he lay near death after becoming the most prominent victim...
Do it for the children, judge
State Supreme Court Justice Joan Lobis sure has a misplaced sense of doing right by city schoolkids. Wednesday was to be the day when a nerve-racking process dating back four...
Profiles in pragmatism
What's this? Mutiny on the Good Ship Shelly Silver? Nine Assembly members who normally march in lockstep with Speaker Silver just said "no" on Wednesday to the Democratic speaker's improvident...
Treasury woes spike
Uncle Sam's borrowing binge caught a big snag yesterday as investors shunned an auction of seven-year Treasury bonds, capping a tough week in which the government tried to sell $118...
'Breakthrough' pact accomplishes 'Zero'
Do the Port Authority, Larry Silverstein, Mayor Bloomberg and Govs. David Paterson and Chris Christie think we're stupid -- or do they actually believe the richly seasoned baloney they recycled...
Fairstein smear rap
Famed former city prosecutor Linda Fairstein had unleashed a "litany of salacious statements" about exonerated sex-torture suspect Oliver Jovanovic to spur her career as a crime novelist, he alleges. Jovanovic...
1 for 2 on Series sex rap
She may have been a Phillie fanatic, but a woman accused of offering sex in exchange for tickets to last year's World Series was found not guilty of prostitution yesterday....
Cellphoning drivers blitzed
Some 3,800 Big Apple motorists were nailed yesterday for using their cellphones while driving in an NYPD crackdown. The summonses were issued during the first part of a routine 24-hour...
'Hit' mom $$ motive
The Long Island mom charged with trying to hire a hit man to kill her estranged hubby illegally signed his name to a $1 million life-insurance policy, making herself the...
Biz gets queasy feeling
WASHINGTON -- The immediate impact of President Obama's health-care laws wasn't on sick kids or the uninsured -- but on big-time employers whacked by a costly new tax on drug...
O mocks GOP repeal zeal
WASHINGTON -- President Obama took his new health-care law into the heartland yesterday and dared Republicans to run campaigns this fall pledging to repeal it. "Go for it," the president...
High-school-bid re-do looms
Not again! The city's 80,000 public-school eighth-graders -- forced into a learning limbo by an ongoing lawsuit -- are facing the grim possibility that they may have to go through...
O's home 'owe' aid
The Obama administration is set to unveil a plan today designed to ease the burden on homeowners with difficult mortgages. The program, which will be funded by $14 billion from...
Fat Cat hiss at Parole Bd.
He's as surly and unrepentant as ever. Lorenzo "Fat Cat" Nichols, the tough-talking, murderous southeast Queens drug kingpin serving 25 to life at the Clinton Correctional Facility, is due for...
Purring fat cat & kin feast for $27K (with 4G tip)
His ship has come in. Tanker-company honcho Evangelos Marinakis coughed up a cool $26,963.23 -- including a $4,184.40 tip -- for a steak dinner and wine with his wife, 10-year-old...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 6 fur; $13,000; mdn clm($10,000); 3upLUCY N THUNDER drops in class after finishing fourth as the favorite. Entrymate STRAIGHT A STUDENT closed to finish second in last two starts....
The Post Line
NBA Favorite Line Underdog SUNS 11½ Knicks Pistons 1 NETS MAGIC 15½ Timberwolves Jazz 5 PACERS Nuggets 3 RAPTORS Hawks 4 SIXERS BOBCATS 11 Wizards CELTICS 9 Kings Lakers 1...
Lopez keeping Nets afloat
There are the draft picks that, barring trade, will bring three of the top 34 college players. There is the money to entice free agents. There are a lot of...
Knicks' D'Antoni moves on from time in Phoenix
Things are only slightly different now for the Knicks compared to just over a year ago, when coach Mike D'Antoni made his first trip back to his old stomping grounds...
Girardi makes it official: Hughes gets No. 5 spot for Yankees
SARASOTA, Fla. -- Throughout the Yankees' Fifth Starter Derby, manager Joe Girardi saw highlights and saw potential. He also, however, saw Phil Hughes develop his new pitch. "Each guy had...
5 Questions for ... Bobby Ojeda
SNY's Bobby Ojeda wants to see a little more of the 1986 Mets in this year's team. The studio analyst told The Post's Justin Terranova that the injury to Carlos...
Lack of power at first base worries Mets
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Daniel Murphy is starting to get the first-base knack, but how about a little more knock? The Mets are sticking with Murphy, despite his spring struggles...
Soreness no problem for Mets' Reyes
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Jose Reyes seemed surprised yesterday at how well his body responded to workouts a day earlier. After spending nearly three weeks sidelined because of an overactive...
Giants' Jacobs in a rush to silence detractors
Brandon Jacobs has spent the past three months thinking about what went wrong in 2009 and focusing on fixing it in 2010. The Giants running back averaged just 3.7 yards...
Quiet Osi doesn't want to make Giant waves
Osi Umenyiora spoke volumes by saying very little yesterday. The disgruntled defensive end has taken part in the Giants' voluntary workouts over the last two weeks, but that does not...
Girardi: Chamberlain's Yankees saga not a waste
SARASOTA, Fla. -- Joe Girardi said the way the Yankees handled Joba Chamberlain the last two seasons was worthwhile, despite the fact the righty will begin the year in the...
Ryan: Washington needs to be at Jets workouts
Rex Ryan isn't happy Leon Washington is skipping the Jets voluntary offseason workouts. Ryan was hoping the running back would be at the Jets' training facility at Florham Park to...
Best you can say of this Mets staff
JUPITER, Fla. -- The Mets' pitching staff is all about what if? There is no wow factor. Can a staff survive and flourish when there is no wow to its...
Nobody's catching Cavaliers, Lakers
Would someone from Toyota please tell the Cavaliers and Lakers to take their feet off the accelerator? As the irregular season winding down, we hold these truths to be self-evident:...
Emotional win for an old-school Islander Nystrom
It wasn't exactly the overtime game-winner that he scored to give the Islanders their first Stanley Cup in 1980, but the goal Bobby Nystrom saw last night ranked pretty high....
Lefty open to pairing with Tiger at Masters
Another sensational Tiger Woods hook-up story! But this one is strictly golf. Phil Mickelson, competing in the first round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at the Bay Hill Club in...
Red Bulls sign phenom Agudelo
The New York Red Bulls have signed 17-year-old phenom Juan Agudelo to a home-grown Generation Adidas contract, Agudelo's New York-based agent Ron Waxman told The Post last night. The U.S....
Forecast improves for Garden State saltwater anglers
New Jersey sportsmen and women advanced on a number of fronts this week with a bill to create a free registry for anglers, a continued shark season and a step...
Rangers are riding Lundqvist
So John Tortorella, the head coach of the Rangers, had a better idea. You can ask him. Well, maybe it's best not to. But anyway, it was Tortorella's plan going...
Kovalchuk sits out shootout in Devils' loss to Rangers
The way Henrik Lundqvist was playing last night, Devils coach Jacques Lemaire could have chosen Maurice Richard, Gordie Howe and Mario Lemieux for the shootout and still not have scored....
Rangers still alive after beating Devils in shootout
If they didn't before, the Rangers believe now. They believe they can make up those three measly points. They believe they can make the playoffs. "You just gotta believe," Brandon...
Yankees' Jeter wants to be an owner
Derek Jeter wants to eventually be like Mike. The Yankees captain told The Associated Press that once his career is over, he envisions himself pursuing ownership of a professional sports...
Sports shorts
NFL: McNabb rumors swirling Teams interested in acquiring Donovan McNabb will have to part with a high draft pick to get him. A person familiar with trade discussions involving McNabb...
Weird but true
Here's one way to stem the red ink on the balance sheet. The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has switched its stationery font from Century Gothic to Arial, saying it will...
It's Tennessee 10 vs. Ohio State 6
ST. LOUIS -- They are the few, the proud, the Ohio State Buckeyes, the top seed remaining in the Midwest Region, yet possessing perhaps the worst depth of any of...
Pecora takes helm of 'sleeping giant' Fordham
Fordham started the city's biggest reclamation by landing the area's winningest coach. The struggling Rams pried highly-touted Tom Pecora away from Hofstra and charged him with returning them to what...
Seton Hall eager to talk to Cornell coach
Seton Hall officials continue to request and conduct interviews this week for the vacant head basketball coach position. But the big one appears as if it will happen next week....
Hofstra preps short list for coaching job
Hofstra athletic director Jack Hayes has a working weekend on tap. He has the next few days to compile a short list of candidates to replace former coach Tom Pecora,...
The smart play is the Spartans
Each day during the NCAA Tournament, the Post's Tim Sullivan offers his plays: This is clearly not a vintage, Tom Izzo-led Michigan State team, right? These Spartans have struggled in...
Once-hated Duke actually hearing cheers
HOUSTON -- There are still people out there who will never forgive themselves for allowing sentimentality to overcome the better angels of their nature, people who have devoted their sporting...
Hewitt tells St. John's he's staying with Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt told St. John's athletic director Chris Monasch yesterday that he will not take the Red Storm coaching job, throwing the university's coaching search into turmoil....
This is no way to run a coaching search
HOUSTON -- The thing that should worry St. John's fans isn't the fact that the school is now 0-for-2 in trying to locate a new basketball coach. Turndowns happen. If...
Kansas State nips Xavier in 2 OTs
SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah has big sky, beautiful mountains and terrific skiing. New York City has hardcore hoops players. Those players stole the show in one of the signature...
West Virginia moves a win from Final Four
SYRACUSE -- West Virginia is the only Big East team left standing in the NCAA tournament. Minutes after Syracuse was eliminated in the West Region by Butler in Salt Lake...
The Butler Did It
In Middle Village, Queens this afternoon, Father John Savage Gymnasium was packed for a pep rally as the Christ the King community wished its boys and girls basketball teams luck...
Two-headed monster: Senior right-handers have Lewis thinking big
Jeremy Rodriguez and Jonathan Bobea couldn’t be more different. Rodriguez is quiet and nondescript, Bobea gregarious, foolhardy and aloof. On the mound, Rodriguez has the look of a Secret Service...
New York State Federation Class B boys basketball tournament preview
GLENS FALLS, N.Y. – Boys basketball beat writer Zach Braziller breaks down this weekend’s New York State Federation Class B tournament, starting tomorrow at the Glens Falls Civic Center. SCHEDULE...
Rangers tie it late, top Devils in SO
Chris Drury scored the tying goal with 16.5 seconds left in regulation and Erik Christensen had the only tally in the shootout as the New York Rangers shook off three...
New York State Federation Class A girls basketball tournament preview
GLENS FALLS, N.Y. – Girls basketball beat writer Marc Raimondi takes a look at the New York State Federation Class A girls basketball tournament, which begins Friday at 1:30 p.m....
Islanders rally to beat Flames
Matt Moulson and Bruno Gervais scored third-period goals in the New York Islanders' 3-2 comeback victory over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night. Gervais blasted a point shot past a...
No. 1 seed Syracuse knocked out
Willie Veasley scored five of his 13 points during Butler's 11-0 run down the stretch, and the Bulldogs rallied to upset top-seeded Syracuse 63-59 on Thursday night in the West...
Congress completes overhaul of health care
Capping an epic struggle, congressional Democrats put the final touches Thursday to historic legislation enshrining health care as the right of every citizen. Republicans vowed to campaign for repeal in...
Ballet company, philharmonic targeted for proposed Coney amphitheater
Marty Markowitz wants to add a little panache to his planned Coney Island amphitheater. The borough president’s $64 million pet project is already slated to host his summertime concert series,...
Agudelo signs homegrown contract with Red Bulls
The New York Red Bulls have signed 17-year-old phenom Juan Agudelo to a homegrown Generation Adidas contract, Agudelo’s New York-based agent Ron Waxman told The Post Thursday night. The U.S....
New York State Federation Class B girls basketball tournament preview
GLENS FALLS, N.Y. – Girls basketball beat writer Marc Raimondi takes a look at the New York State Federation Class B girls basketball tournament, which begins Friday at 10 a.m....