June 4, 2010
Give your New York gift to LeBron
Fans who want to tell LeBron James how much he's wanted in New York can drop a note or gift off near Madison Square Garden starting Wednesday, June 9. According...
World Cup injury roundup
In a star-studded World Cup, some of the biggest stars are falling like flies. England captain Rio Ferdinand, Ivory Coast start Didier Drogba, Italian maestro Andrea Pirlo and Brazilian keeper...
Calm no more, Obama lashes out at BP on Gulf visit
Dogged for being too calm in crisis, President Barack Obama unleashed frustration for all to see Friday, warning BP it had better do right by the people whose lives it...
Red Bulls ready for Chivas
The Red Bulls snapped a four-game MLS losing skid Wednesday, and Saturday they face Chivas USA (7:30 p.m., FSC) trying to head into the three-week World Cup break with consecutive...
Niese on way to Mets, could push Perez out
With Jon Niese scheduled to be activated from the disabled list to start Saturday, the Mets will have to another roster move -- ideally sending Oliver Perez to the minors."We'll...
Dickey, K-Rod and Mets hold off Marlins 4-3
R.A. Dickey won his third straight start and the New York Mets improved their impressive record at Citi Field, beating the Florida Marlins 4-3 on Friday night. After the Mets...
Bautista hits 2 homers as Blue Jays beat Yanks 6-1
Jose Bautista hit two towering home runs, Edwin Encarnacion also connected and the slugging Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 6-1 on Friday night. Brett Cecil (6-2) pitched...
Tiger makes cut at Memorial
DUBLIN, Ohio -- Summer has arrived, the second major championship of the year is almost at hand and yet Tiger Woods’ game remains very much a work in progress. Woods...
Yankees picking Cotto in Stadium fight
The first fight in more than three decades at Yankee Stadium has just about everybody offering a prediction, including players on the team that usually calls the place home. Several...
Jets sign 5th-round pick Conner
The Jets have signed their fifth-round pick from this year's NFL Draft, Kentucky fullback John Conner. Primarily a blocker, Conner finished his collegiate career with 247 yards and four touchdowns...
Conservancy gala raises $250K for Brooklyn Bridge Park events
More than 1,000 people attended the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy’s 11th annual "Sunset Swing" fundraiser last night, raising $250,000 to support the nonprofit organization and its free public programming at...
Pitching coach Eiland takes leave from Yankees
TORONTO -- Pitching coach Dave Eiland wasn’t with the Yankees for Friday's game against the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.Eiland was granted a leave of absence by the organization to...
Dem strategists turning to Crist in Florida Senate race
WASHINGTON -- Top Democratic strategists are abandoning their party's frontrunner in the Florida Senate race in favor of Independent Charlie Crist, who bolted the Republican party over the state party's...
Report: LeBron tour to start in New York
LeBron James is coming to New York! For a visit. Fanhouse.com reports James plans to begin his summer of free agency with a tour of possible final destinations, beginning in...
Guilt-free zone
I just don't get the idea of guilty pleasure (unless you're talking about something that's actually illegal, that is). The expression is usually employed by people who are holding up their...
Brooklyn perv busted
Investigators nabbed a sicko who attacked two young girls in Brooklyn, police said today. Bjorn Daley, 31, of East Flatbush, was identified by the victims — ages 13 and 10...
Foreman ready for big Stadium stage
Yuri Foreman has one of the most engaging back stories in boxing, an aspiring rabbi from the former Soviet Union who came to the United States, took low-paying jobs and...
Nets work out 'Tiny' player from Oklahoma
Tiny Gallon is the first to admit it."I've never been tiny," said the 6-9, 295-pound double-digit scorer from Oklahoma who was among six collegians – four power forwards and two...
'SATC2:' The backlash backlash
I really thought I was done posting on the subject, but an interesting little crop of blog posts have sprung up decrying the viciousness with which critics (not that I'm...
New trial denied for woman in sex-for-tix case
PHILADELPHIA — A judge has denied a new trial for a Philadelphia woman convicted of attempted prostitution for sending an undercover officer topless photos and offering sex for World Series...
Mets' Beltran bats in rehab game
Mets center fielder Carlos Beltran took one of the most significant steps of his rehab Friday, playing for the first time in an extended spring training game in Port St....
Dearth's career with Jets over in a snap
James Dearth waited patiently at home for a call that never came. Unemployed and unwanted after nine seasons with the Jets, the free agent long snapper recently put his house...
Ventura: This hit streak tougher than mine
Former Mets and Yankees third baseman Robin Ventura can see for himself how his long-held college hit-streak record is being whittled away.Ventura says good for Garrett Wittels."It's tougher for him...
Weak jobs report, European debt worries push Dow down 323 points
Stocks tumbled, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling well below the 10000 level, after a weaker-than-expected jobs report hit investors already on edge over the possibility that a sovereign-debt...
Mets call up Tejada; Castillo on DL; Matthews let go
After trying to have Luis Castillo play on one foot -- then practically no feet -- the Mets finally opted to put the ailing second baseman on the 15-day disabled...
Moeller catching Burnett again for Yankees
Chad Moeller is catching A.J. Burnett for the Yankees tonight, with Jorge Posada the DH against the Blue Jays in Toronto.It's Moeller's third start -- second with Burnett -- since...
Banner plane down in Ocean City marsh; pilot OK
OCEAN CITY, N.J. — A city official says the pilot of a small banner plane that went down in an Ocean City marsh is OK. City Business Administrator Jim Rutala...
Cavaliers GM resigns
CLEVELAND -- Danny Ferry didn’t agree with the decision to fire Cleveland’s coach. He knew re-signing superstar free agent LeBron James would be difficult. He felt his authority as general...
4 wounded in northern NJ housing complex
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Police say four people were shot and wounded when a gunman opened fire at a northern New Jersey housing complex. Police say their injuries are not...
'Antichrist' redux
Guess what turned up on the IFC channel the other night. Lars Von Trier's notorious "Antichrist,'' and it didn't appear to have been censored. All the sex, full-frontal nudity and S&M --...
NY to help families living in shelters save money
ALBANY, N.Y. — Families who live in homeless shelters but have some wages and other income will soon be able to save some of that money rather than making required...
Report: Revis would risk $20M with holdout
After not showing up for yesterday's voluntary Jets practice, speculation has grown that cornerback Darrelle Revis will skip minicamp and/or training camp to protest his current contract negotiations. However, the...
State parole board votes to release 1973 cop killer
A state parole board has voted to release a cop-killing kidnapper involved in a 47-hour hostage standoff in Brooklyn in 1973, officials said today. Shuaib Raheem was initially granted parole...
Zito looking for third Belmont in six years
No one is in more of a New York state of mind these days than Nick Zito. And why not? The Brooklyn-born Hall of Fame trainer will be looking for...
Leading scorer leaving Manhattan to play overseas
All-MAAC guard Rico Pickett is leaving Manhattan after one season to play professional basketball overseas. Pickett, from Decatur, Ala., led the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in scoring last season with...
‘Shore’ cast to take over MTV Movie Awards
There is going to be a "Situation" at the MTV Movie Awards this year. The cast of the “Jersey Shore” will be presenting the first ten minutes of the show’s...
NY gets 5 bids to develop Great Lakes wind project
BUFFALO, N.Y. — New York state’s public power agency has received five proposals from developers who want to build and operate an offshore wind project in the Great Lakes. The...
'Charlybrown' running for late trainer
Uptowncharlybrown might prove to be the best horse Alan Seewald ever trained. Sadly, Seewald didn’t live long enough to find out. He died unexpectedly April 12 and colt was transferred...
Coaching legend Wooden treated for dehydration
LOS ANGELES -- Former UCLA basketball coach and Hall of Famer John Wooden has been hospitalized for dehydration since May 26, school officials said Friday, but they did not address...
Jimenez convicted in Kirsten Dunst purse-robbing case
Kirsten Dunst's purse-robber may or may not be a "Mongoloid," as his lawyer has called him -- but he's officially guilty. A Manhattan jury convicted Brooklyn car mechanic James Jimenez...
Soderling to play Nadal in French final
PARIS -- All that stands between Rafael Nadal and a fifth French Open title is the only player ever to beat him at Roland Garros. Nadal and Robin Soderling won...
Former Mets flop Samuel named Orioles manager
BALTIMORE -- Dave Trembley was fired Friday as manager of the Orioles, who have the worst record in the major leagues and are staggering toward a franchise-record 13th consecutive losing...
Queens woman mowed down near son's school
As a group of shocked parents looked on in horror, a Queens woman was run over this morning after she had accompanied her son to school, authorities said. The woman,...
England captain out of World Cup with injury
RUSTENBURG, South Africa -- England captain Rio Ferdinand was ruled out of the World Cup on Friday after injuring his left knee in the team’s first full training session in...
Revisit: 'The 39 Steps'
Its title may be "The 39 Steps," but this play feels like at least 3,900 of them by now. Between January 2008 and January 2010, it played 771 performances on Broadway --...
Paterson to include budget cuts in funding bill
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. David Paterson has released short-term funding legislation that cuts $775 million from state health care programs for the year, forcing legislators next week to...
The Post's Belmont Stakes Bettor's Guide
New York Post racing writer Ed Fountaine analyzes the 12-horse field in Saturday's Belmont Stakes.
RBNY notes: Mendes and Tchani to start, Petke to rest, Backe praises Woly & Ubi
The Red Bulls are expected to start Carlos Mendes at centerback tomorrow night against Chivas USA, and rest veteran Mike Petke. Rookie Tony Tchani the second overall pick, seems set...
Van der Sloot handed over to Peruvian police
Joran van der Sloot, the Dutchman suspected of murdering a Peruvian woman last week was in custody Friday in Peru after being deported from Chile. Van der Sloot, 22, was...
Cap collects some Gulf oil; crude washes into Fla.
GRAND ISLE, La. — Waves of gooey tar balls crashed into the white sands of the Florida Panhandle on Friday as BP engineers adjusted a sophisticated cap over the Gulf...
Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 6 opens this weekend!
The long-awaited Pier 6 of Brooklyn Bridge Park — the waterfront park’s main attraction for kids — will open on Saturday.The mega-playground at the foot of Atlantic Avenue, includes a...
Alaska is No. 1 because of tort reform
As former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin writes in her foreword to the Pacific Research Institute’s 2010 U.S Tort and Liability Index, Alaska ranks No. 1 for its tort climate. “As...
3UP: Selig, Cano and Rivera
1. In today’s Post I wrote this column defending Bud Selig’s unpopular decision not to reward a perfect game to Armando Galarraga after Jim Joyce’s imperfect call on what should...
Bret Michaels back on the road
LOS ANGELES — No groupies. No after-parties. No stage diving. These aren't typical doctor's orders, but bandana-clad Poison frontman Bret Michaels is no average patient. Despite suffering several medical maladies...
Report: Osi sorry he told LeBron to stay home
Osi Umenyiora can't seem to make up his mind. Weeks after telling LeBron James the NBA star was better off in Cleveland than New York, the Giants defensive end last...
'Black Widow' gets 10 years for 1990 slay
As her husband lay bleeding on a hospital operating table in October, 1990 -- dying from bullets she paid for -- killer millionairess Barbara Kogan had stayed home, handing a...
Texas woman flies out of DFW airport ... in her car (video)
Footage showing the moment a woman launched her car into the air when she clashed with a toll barrier at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport went viral Friday. Yasmine Villasana, of...
McDonald's pulls 12 million cadmium-tainted Shrek glasses
LOS ANGELES — Cadmium has been discovered in the painted design on "Shrek"-themed drinking glasses being sold nationwide at McDonald's, forcing the burger giant to recall 12 million of the...
Arenas becomes NBA commish’s whipping boy
Daniel Wattenberg tells the story of the prosecution and persecution of basketball player Gilbert Arenas, who received a felony conviction for gun possession but worse still was made a scapegoat...
17-year-old teen drowns
KENT, N.Y. — Authorities say a 17-year-old boy has drowned in a suburban New York lake. Lake Carmel Fire Chief James Hauth says Robert Cruz Garcia went under while swimming...
Waves of oil tar mount on Fla. Panhandle beaches
GULF ISLANDS NATIONAL SEASHORE, Fla. — Waves of gooey tar blobs were washing ashore in growing numbers on the white sand of the Florida Panhandle and nearby Alabama beaches Friday...
Sotomayor to return to Bx. for Hostos speech
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor returned Friday to the Bronx housing project where she spent part of her childhood, recalling how an unlikely encounter there with Robert F. Kennedy...
Drama Mama: Good news, bad news
There's a lot of good news and bad news in this week’s drama offerings. Here’s a peek at what’s happening: “Breaking Bad” (Sunday, 10 p.m., AMC) Walter White’s every day...
Box Office: 'Shrek' and the pretenders
This summer of Hollywood's growing discontent -- following the 3-D-fueled boom of winter and spring -- is going to continue this weekend, if forecasts based on audience-tracking surveys are correct....
Private companies added few jobs in May
WASHINGTON — Job creation by private companies grew at the slowest pace since the start of the year, as a wave of census hiring lifted payrolls by 431,000 in May....
Channeling Paul Wellstone, Boxer foe says Dems headed for doom
Mickey Kaus is still trying to get fellow Democrats to listen to him and to vote for him against Sen. Barbara Boxer in the Tuesday’s California Democratic Senate primary. He’s...
Trash piles removed by NYC sanitation department at Co-op City
About 100 tons of garbage piled high at the nation’s biggest cooperative housing complex was removed by the city Sanitation Department early Friday, though a labor dispute continued there. The...
Publicist: LeBron not trying to upstage Finals
LOS ANGELES — As the NBA Finals between the Lakers and Celtics take a two-day pause following last night's opener, LeBron James is filling the vacuum tonight with his already-taped...
Larsen perfectly understanding
Armando Galarraga came within one bad call by Jim Joyce from baseball immortality. And the man who pitched the most famous perfect game of all didn’t envy their situations. “Boy,...
Lakers couldn't win without 'soft' Gasol
Pau Gasol can't be just all right for an off night without having his testosterone quantity questioned. Yet, season after season, Gasol's value pack is unquestionable. In the final analysis,...
Selig's cautious path the 'perfect' answer
Bud Selig could have won a popularity contest and lost a historical battle. He could have surrendered to the emotions of the moment and reversed Jim Joyce and enjoyed the...
Fellow umpire: Use video
It’s time to expand instant replay in baseball, according to one of the most senior umpires in the game, Tim McClelland. “I know the commissioner isn’t for it, but I...
Tough job, tough guy
For 50 years, until this past January, Marty Springstead worked as an umpire and then an umpire supervisor. Five times, the Nyack native was part of a crew that umpired...
Colangelo to LeBron: 'Support' Team USA
LOS ANGELES — Jerry Colangelo said he expects LeBron James to be in New York in August when Team USA holds its training camp and faces France in an exhibition...
Umpire Joyce: 'Good, fair, friendly' — and infamous
Jim Joyce has long been considered one of the baseball’s best, and most respected, umpires. The 54-year-old Toledo, Ohio, native has been a Major League ump since 1989, and twice,...
Falcons fail to tack on runs in season-ending defeat
Bishop Ford scored two runs in the first three innings, a lead that held up until the bottom of the sixth. No. 1 Xaverian was on the brink of an...
No King, but plenty of intrigue in NBA Finals
Not even Celtics-Lakers can trump LeBron James these days. The NBA’s two marquee teams started the Finals last night, but former Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy said he believes the...
Late wake-up call lifts Xaverian over Bishop Ford
On Wednesday, Eric Wlasiuk was a victim of a hit-and-run when an MTA bus struck the car the Xaverian senior pitcher was traveling in and continued along Avenue U without...
Scanlan survives Storm, forces decisive CHSAA 'B' title game
It’s been 17 years since Monsignor Scanlan has played for the CHSAA Class B intersectional title so there was some understandable jitters coming from the Crusaders as they played under...
Live blog recap: CHSAA intersectional baseball playoffs
And then there were six. The CHSAA Class A intersectional tournament enters its third day and No. 5 Bishop Ford and No. 6 Monsignor Farrell are out, leaving six teams...
Ace in the hole: Maguire closes out Xavier win over Stepinac
Rob Maguire couldn’t help but look ahead. The Xavier right-hander was sitting in the dugout as this eam appeared in total control of No. 4 Stepinac and poised for a...
Live blog recap: PSAL Class A baseball semifinals Game 1
Twenty-eight teams have been eliminated. Just four remain. Two will survive the weekend and play for championship glory. Yes, the PSAL's best-of-three semifinals are here. They begin tomorrow night at...
Grounded RKA returns to 'B' semis ready to advance
Once Matt Arias’ ringing triple to the gap in right-center field stopped rolling and Bryan Suarez and Josh Lowe crossed the plate, Riverdale/Kingsbridge immediately lined up. The top-seeded Tigers’ celebration,...
Hot picks
ROLL WITH IT ‘We wanted to have a festival that spoke to the neighborhood,” says Egg Rolls & Egg Creams Festival organizer Hanna Griff-Sleven of the annual fete celebrating its...
Burzynski
When I want to see an infomercial, I'll turn on my TV in the middle of the night. I definitely won't pay good money to see one in a theater....
Living in Emergency
'Living in Emergency,' Mark Hopkins' documentary about the group Doctors Without Borders, needs some first aid itself. Don't get me wrong. I think the volunteer members do wonderful work treating...
PSAL Class A baseball semifinals preview
The Post’s PSAL baseball beat writer Zach Braziller breaks down this weekend’s Class A semifinal best-of-three series at MCU Park in Coney Island and the College of Staten Island. SCHEDULE...
Mock 'n' roll in 'Get Him to the Greek'
A question once posed by rockers applies to the rock comedy “Get Him to the Greek.” “Who are you? Who who, who, who?” Mostly, this frantic film is yet another...
A crisis the 6th Fleet might've stopped
The shocking video of Israeli commandos boarding a Turkish vessel, being attacked with knives and iron rods, then shooting back and killing nine, prompts one big question: Where was our...
CHSAA baseball playoff roundup: Confident Vikings run past St. Ray's in semifinals
St. Joseph by the Sea is brimming with confidence, which only keeps growing with every win. “We can take it all,” senior pitcher Frank Stavola said. “We have everything. We...
PSAL Class B baseball quarterfinals roundup: Luperon earns first semifinal berth
On paper, Gregorio Luperon is similar to the last three teams, successfully talented clubs that flamed out in the quarterfinals. This group is different in one way. “The team has...
Now hair this! B'klyn Salons to collect trimmings for oil spill relief
Hair’s a good idea. As the federal government and BP bungle the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, two Williamsburg salons — one for humans, one for dogs —...
Shooting in Owls Head Park!
A racially charged teen rumble in Bay Ridge’s bucolic Owls Head Park ended with gunfire on Wednesday, leaving one teen critically injured.Police said blood was spilled after a group of...
Marty's book fest lineup is released — and it's Oates of fun
Joyce Carol Oates, Rosanne Cash, Paul Krugman and Melvin Van Peebles — plus a long list of usual suspects — are the literary luminaries that will fill Borough Hall with...
More fancy fast food comes to Williamsburg
Two of Manhattan’s highest-minded low-end food purveyors will soon be selling upscale tacos and hot dogs in Williamsburg.By the end of the summer, Crif Dogs, known for its deep fried...
Nellie seizes the Day . . . and more
Tiny Tim aside, few performers can get away with playing a ukulele. But Nellie McKay, strumming away on it at Feinstein's, manages to make it seem both adorable and utterly...
Death, legends and a murky bogeyman
The absorbing documentary "Cropsey" -- taking its name from a bogeyman who has figured in Hudson Valley campfire stories for decades -- explores the creepy case of a homeless man...
Memories porn again on-screen
Inspired by her experiences as an editor at the Playboy Channel, Julie Davis' "Finding Bliss" is a mildly funny, stereotype-stuffed comedy about a straight-laced aspiring filmmaker who is forced to...
Her genes don't fit in 'Splice'
Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley play a superstar geneticist couple who at one point debate abortion in Vincenzo Natali's smart, scary -- and at times very funny -- horror movie...
Starr report
Former "Early Show" co- anchor Rene Syler has finally made it to Carnegie Hall -- in a manner of speaking. Syler narrates "Sing for the Cure," which is joining another...
Dad & grad
The following is a special an nouncement never heard be fore in the Continental US: I just saw a great Hallmark Channel original movie. OK, I've said it and I...
Lame duck for a movie
Just because you collect hundreds of hours of moving images doesn't mean you have a film. The fact is abundantly proven by "Convention," a documentary that covers the 2008 Democratic...
Barbara won't get O's spot
ABC has told the cast of "The View" that they will not be replacing Oprah after next year. The decision to keep "The View" at 11 a.m. will cost Barbara...
A star is born
'America's Got Talent" has just begun, but it's already found its first Internet sensation. Michael Grimm, a soft-spoken, 30-year-old singer from Mississippi's Gulf Coast, is shaping up as this year's...
Kevin or out?
Kevin Kline, who could have been the finest stage actor of his generation had he bothered to work more, is suddenly on the prowl for new plays. A few weeks...
This 'Hamlet' sucks
For the audience that believes "Hamlet" could use a few more vampires and a subplot about the Holy Grail, the slapdash comedy "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead" could be a...
'Marmaduke' is best in showbiz
Like "Sex and the City 2," "Marmaduke" features well-coifed bitches in heat, nonstop puns and its very own Mr. Big. Unlike "SATC 2," this one is harmless and, on occasion,...
Not a great yarn
Neil Jordan's "Ondine" has a split personality. It starts promisingly as a fantasy but ends disappointingly as a thriller. Come to think of it, Jordan's career has a split personality,...
Reality execs: STDs are constant concern
Reality shows such as "Celebrity Rehab" and "Jersey Shore" are so worried about sexually transmitted diseases, they pass out medication "like M&Ms" to cast members, say the shows' producers. In...
Natalee scam rap for busted creep
On-the-lam Joran van der Sloot was collared yesterday by cops in Chile for allegedly killing a Peruvian woman -- and faces a sensational new US rap accusing him of trying...
NASA flying Dragon
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- PayPal co-founder Elon Musk's new company is expected to blast a rocket from Cape Canaveral on a test flight today. Space Exploration Technologies owns Falcon 9,...
Life is haul for Co-Op City residents
About 60,000 Co-Op City residents are carrying out more than 40 tons of their own trash daily as a labor dispute at the nation's largest cooperative housing complex hit its...
Airlines' timely April
US flights were on time more often in April, and fewer passengers were stuck in long tarmac delays, the feds said yesterday. The 18 airlines that report statistics to the...
'Golden' Rue dies
Rue McClanahan, the Emmy-winning actress who brought the sexually liberated Southern belle Blanche Devereaux to life on the hit TV series "The Golden Girls," died in New York early yesterday....
Mass dishwasher recall
The Maytag repairman will have his hands full -- the appliance giant Whirlpool is recalling about 1.7 million dishwashers because of a potential fire hazard. The US Consumer Product Safety...
DC's Turkish denial
AS the Irish-flagged "aid" ship Rachel Corrie heads for Gaza and Act Two of this made-in-Turkey crisis looms, Washington still can't bring itself to accept that the entire script was...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Queens Three robbers were arrested for stabbing a teen in Maspeth, authorities said yesterday. Vlad Ianco, 21, Anthony Dalto, 25, and John Ogden, 24, surrounded the 18-year-old victim and his...
W: I'd still waterboard
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Former President George W. Bush says if he had it to do over, he would still waterboard the self-professed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks. Waterboarding...
'Titanic' shot at 'morons'
WASHINGTON -- "Titanic" director and deep-sea expert James Cameron is saying the people who keep botching a fix to the Gulf oil spill are a bunch of "morons." BP snubbed...
Turkey's evil mischief: hold Ankara responsible
THE ISSUE: Turkey's role in letting a flotilla test Israel's Gaza blockade, with fatal results. *** I vehemently denounce the role Turkey played in baiting Israel and agitating, in collaboration...
Another 'job offer'
After first stonewalling, the White House yester day confirmed that it tried to lure Andrew Romanoff out of the Colorado Senate primary with an administration job, to help its preferred...
Blago blitz on trial's 1st day
CHICAGO -- The corruption trial of Rod Blagojevich began yesterday, 18 months after authorities arrested him at home and accused him of trying to sell the Senate seat that President...
Get keyed into the Big Apple
Unlike the keys to the city the mayor bestows on champion athletes and hero cops, the ones now being given out in Times Square actually do open doors. More than...
DUI rap for 'mow' beau
The Long Island roofer whose doped-up girlfriend allegedly ran over a doctor doing yardwork was busted himself for driving under the influence of drugs, police said. Brian Steele, 29, of...
Whiz-bang brawl in B'klyn
It was a cat fight over a dog. A pair of pee-brained women viciously assaulted each other after one woman's dog urinated in front of the other's gal's Brooklyn home,...
JPMorgan's record fine
JPMorgan Chase's London unit has been fined a record $48.6 million by Britain's financial regulator for not properly separating client money from the firm's own accounts. An average of $8.6...
Slow start for gay vows
The city's first day of offering ceremonies for same-sex couples who register as domestic partners was less than huge yesterday. Only one couple showed up at the City Clerk's Office...
Cig makers rip gross-out signs
The nation's biggest tobacco firms are smoking mad over a new rule requiring city retailers to display grisly warning signs of the dangers of lighting up. The makers of Marlboro,...
Simon & Schuster reels in publisher Karp
Jonathan Karp, who is currently editing the boutique imprint Twelve at the Hachette Book Group, has been tapped to replace David Rosenthal as publisher of Simon & Schuster in one...
Blockade vic's NY link
Turkey buried a New York-born student and other victims of Israel's high-seas ship seizure, even as a second blockade-running boat delayed a repeat showdown -- possibly in hope of getting...
Spring sales slow
May wasn't a merry month for retailers, as a gyrating stock market spooked shoppers. Big discount chains like Target and Costco fared best last month, as headlines about the European...
Claire Galeazzi Machado dies
Funeral services will be held today for Claire Galeazzi Machado, a senior manager at News America Marketing, who died after a three-year battle with cancer. She was 34. Machado died...
$our note for P-Funk
Give up the funk! Parliament-Funkadelic frontman George Clinton was slapped with a $264,000 suit yesterday for allegedly stiffing his accountants. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer hired Wlodinguer, Erk...
Wandering Jews share genetic traits
Jews really are a tribe. The Chosen People have more than 5,000 years of history and culture in common -- they also share distinct genetic traits linking them by blood...
Irving Azoff will help Allen Shapiro secure 'American Idol' franchise owner CKX
Music industry titan Irving Azoff has decided to back Allen Shapiro's fight to buy "American Idol" franchise owner CKX Inc., The Post has learned. Azoff, while not putting up any...
BP boss to face shareholder heat over crisis
The runaway oil well fouling the Gulf of Mexico has cost BP more than $72 billion -- and could cost its baby-faced chief his job. Geologist-turned CEO Tony Hayward, who...
Cablevision eyes plan to board 'burbs trains
Cablevision has fast-tracked its battle with Verizon's FiOS in high-speed Internet service. Cablevision yesterday submitted a proposal to provide wireless Internet access to riders of the Long Island Rail Road...
Killer cop in reverse
A former transit cop who had his murder conviction overturned after 11 years behind bars was sent back to prison yesterday for gunning down a man during an off-duty fight...
Magazine is well red
The latest numbers on celebrity glossy OK! magazine appear to leave little doubt that it qualifies as the most expensive magazine launch in the history of American publishing -- with...
$10M for victim of mob cop
A Brooklyn man who spent 18 years behind bars after being framed for murder by a notorious, mobbed-up NYPD detective settled a lawsuit yesterday for $9.9 million -- a record...
Saver-ing rent reg
Tenants lucky enough to have snared rent-regulated apartments in Manhattan are getting larger subsidies than their counterparts in any other borough, according to a study released yesterday. The Citizens Budget...
B'klyn ferry to Govs Island
A water-taxi service set to launch this weekend will connect Brooklyn Bridge Park and Governors Island. Gov. Paterson and Mayor Bloomberg are expected to attend the event, when the newest...
Cereal 'fibber' ceases
WASHINGTON -- Kellogg Co. has agreed to drop ad claims that Rice Krispies strengthen kids' immune systems, the Federal Trade Commission announced yesterday. The cereal giant agreed in February 2009...
Falcon chicks' new high life
Think they have to pay the toll? Two peregrine falcon chicks have been rescued from an unsuitable nest in Queens and relocated to the top of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. As...
Top cop: I'll give pols a shot
The city's top cop, Ray Kelly, is inviting all City Council members to shoot guns at the NYPD's firing range -- as the state Assembly considers legislation to require police...
TV hub Hulu has Xbox plan
Companies with Web video businesses keep tinkering with the idea of moving from free to pay services, as ad revenue remains paltry. Hulu, the free online TV hub, may be...
The hidden cost of FDNY cuts
The evening of Sunday May 23, while most New York ers were eating dinner, watching TV or walking the dog, 250 of our city's Bravest were risking their lives in...
Dig this - the 1700s
A bit of the city's pre-Revolutionary history peeked through when archaeologists began digging test holes around City Hall as part of a $100 million renovation project and discovered remnants of...
GM Harvey blows Fuse
Madison Square Garden's music channel, Fuse, has blown more top executives than amps. Now the company is saying goodbye to General Manager Gavin Harvey, who joined the company just 10...
Imperfect ump cries 'play bawl'
There's no crying in baseball -- unless your blind-as-a-bat blunder derailed a perfect game. Remorseful ump Jim Joyce wiped away tears as he stepped onto the diamond at Detroit's Comerica...
Business briefs
Stocks up US stocks rose yester day, led by a late surge in technology shares. The Dow Jones industrial av erage rose 5.74 points, or 0.06 percent, to 10,255.28. The...
Sun-sational MTA plan
This is one bath the MTA wants to take. The city transit agency yesterday unveiled a 48-panel solar-heating project atop its massive Coney Island subway-cleaning facility -- already heating water...
Joyce's boner
They don't come any classier than Jim Joyce and Armando Galarraga -- who took an egregious error and turned it into a display of real sportsmanship. Less than 24 hours...
Spend for your friends?
What is it about the Greek financial model that appeals to Albany so? Surely there's got to be something about that all-but-insolvent nation that lawmakers covet -- because they're bending...
Andrew's half-step
Gubernatorial front-runner Andrew Cuomo yesterday made a tentative bid toward establishing himself as a genuine Albany reformer -- serving notice that he will not accept the nomination of the union-controlled,...
Hearst buys iCrossing
Hearst Corp. agreed to acquire Internet-marketing firm iCrossing Inc. to gain the company's Web-search and digital-advertising capabilities. Hearst expects to close on the transaction within 30 days, Paul Luthringer, a...
GMAC in chop shop
Government-owned Ally Bank, anxious to start repaying its $17.3 billion taxpayer bailout, is restarting its stalled sale of its ailing mortgage operation, Residential Capital -- and is getting early interest...
No dough to ship to Sotheby's
Fallen Internet tycoon Halsey Minor is so hard up for cash that he can't even afford to send Sotheby's his art collection to make good on his $6.6 million debt...
Lehman to sell off art
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., the investment bank liquidating in bankruptcy, asked a judge for approval to hire Sotheby's to sell off an art collection at a public auction in September,...
Taconic miracle
A Lower East Side man whose BMW went flying off the Taconic State Parkway in Dutchess County early Sunday was found badly hurt but alive yesterday in dense woods. "I'm...
W-hoops! Mike out of bounds
Mayor Bloomberg shot an air ball yesterday in the city's first big pitch to free-agent hoops star LeBron James. In a video posted on the city's Web site, Bloomberg said:...
Strife of the party for GOP
State Republicans wrapped up their disastrous convention in Midtown yesterday facing costly and divisive primary fights in races for three of the state's top posts, including the governor's office and...
Andy nixes nod of under-probe WFP
ALBANY -- Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Cuomo -- under pressure to reject support from the union-backed Working Families Party, which is being investigated by the feds -- said last night...
It's pre-K rationing
More tots have no slots. Nearly 7,000 wee ones have been shut out from seats in public pre-kindergarten programs for the fall -- more than twice the number left seatless...
'Con' Juan's date with jail
A notorious "Con" Juan who pursued lovelorn women online only to swindle them out of their savings won't be meeting any eligible bachelorettes for at least 2½ years. At sentencing...
This burglar a total Dunst
Here's the defense: I was there with the on-location drug dealer, and I'm a myopic, drunken Mongoloid. It was throw-everything-at-the-wall time yesterday in closing arguments for the Brooklyn mechanic accused...
Dolphin dies a day after washing up on LI beach
A dolphin that washed up on a Long Island beach Thursday died this morning after its health worsened, officials said. "Unfortunately, the dolphin died this morning," a Riverhead Marine Foundation...
LI brainiac offers oil giant a slick fix
SLIDELL, La. -- It just might work. A young Long Island genius took her oil-spill fix down to the Gulf yesterday, cornering a BP executive at a cleanup staging area...
Hookers swipe Staten Island Yankees coach's World Series ring
Talk about a double steal! The pitching coach for the Staten Island Yankees reportedly had his 2009 World Series ring and two cellphones stolen after he cavorted with two prostitutes...
BP fits cap on Gulf-gush pipe
WASHINGTON -- BP managed last night to place a containment cap on the recently sawed-off pipe that has spewed millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. But...
NY a 'nanny' state under rights bill
ALBANY -- Lawmakers have passed bills to require overtime pay after eight-hour workdays and at least one day off weekly for more than 200,000 housekeepers, nannies and other domestic workers...
Tiger's 7 back
DUBLIN, OHIO (AP) -- Tiger Woods will be playing again today with the cut in question. Woods, the defending champ, looked ordinary yesterday in the first round of the Memorial...
Hondo goes Fishing
In the words of Simon Cowell: That was appalling! The American Idle hit a sour note for the Twins last night in Seattle, which again left Hondo singing the blues...
5 questions for ... Jim Lampley
Big-Time boxing is back in The Bronx. Yuri Foreman will defend his junior middleweight championship against Miguel Cotto at the new Yankee Stadium on Saturday night. HBO play-by-play man Jim...
Stadium fight stirs up Ali debate
The last time Harold Lederman watched a fight in anything called "Yankee Stadium," he wound up ducking plenty of punches thrown his way. There were repeated phone calls to his...
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Don't be so quick to expand replay rules
Ready, fire, aim! Expanded use of replay in Major League Baseball? Be careful for what you wish, grasshopper. Knee-jerk responses cause us to look down, not beyond. Knee-jerk reactions eliminate...
Murphy suffers Amazin' setback
The Mets came limping home from a disappointing 2-4 road trip yesterday and learned that they won't be getting help from Daniel Murphy anytime soon. Murphy, who was injured while...
A-Rod thrilled to see Huff back on mound
After drilling David Huff in the head with a line drive off his bat last Saturday, Alex Rodriguez not only called to check on the Indians pitcher but also has...
With Cano on fire, Matsui not missed
Part of this season was about ghosts for the Yankees, and how much the departures of Johnny Damon and Hideki Matsui would impact the results. And though Damon remains a...
Sure bet? Fuhgeddaboutit!
It comes down to the Belmont Stakes, the last stop on the Triple Crown, the make-or-break mile and a half around the big sand trap, New York's best horse race,...
Yankees sweep Orioles, give Sabathia first win in a month
CC Sabathia looked more like himself yesterday. The Yankees' ace left-hander had gone a month since winning a game, struggling in four of his last five starts entering the matinee...
Sports shorts
TENNIS: Stosur, Schiavone roll It'll be Samantha Stosur against Francesa Schiavone in tomorrow's women's final of the French Open. In yesterday's semifinals, Stosur overpowered Jelena Jankovic 6-1, 6-2 while Schiavone...
Giants' Tuck likes 'hot seat'
Some like it hot. Justin Tuck, for one. Upon hearing that former Giants linebacker and captain Antonio Pierce believes head coach Tom Coughlin and almost every other Giants player is...
Lakers get tough to draw first blood in Finals
LOS ANGELES -- These are not the 2008 Lakers. It has -- if possible -- a more focused Kobe Bryant, a tougher Pau Gasol and the picture of toughness, Queensbridge's...
Old Liberty jerseys may pay dividends
Hang on to your Liberty jersey. It might be worth a little more than what you purchased it for. The Liberty announced earlier this week they had reached a partnership...
Bass are biting all over
The sea-bass season started on a high note and gave a lift to party -- and charter-boat captains struggling with the fluke regulations. Ocean reefs and wrecks along Long Island...
Islanders' Tavares broke foot at world championships
Now it seems impressive that John Tavares scored even once in Canada's final three games of the World Championships, after he piled up six in the first four games of...
Jim Joyce, meet Ed Hochuli
The Post -- amid all this talk about blown calls -- would be remiss not to bring up Ed Hochuli, one of the NFL's best, who also had one of...
Baseball will look at expanding instant replay
But Bud may consider instant replay -- eventually Congratulations, Armando Galarraga. You're a good sport. You pitched a great game for the Tigers. And you got hosed. Everybody from umpire...
Irate Revis skips workout; others mad at frugal Jets
Darrelle Revis' relationship with the Jets took a sudden and very ugly turn yesterday. Furious at the Jets' most recent contract offer, the All-Pro cornerback was conspicuously absent from the...
Jets' Sanchez on target for minicamp
Mark Sanchez is so eager to get back on the field that he sneaked into Jets practice last week. The second-year quarterback continued his impressive comeback from February knee surgery,...
Fight judge defends Ali-Norton decision
The last time Harold Lederman watched a fight in anything called "Yankee Stadium," he wound up ducking plenty of punches thrown his way. There were repeated phone calls to his...
Mets glad to be off road
The Mets continue to be maddeningly inconsistent this season, with one of the best home records in the league (19-9) and one of the worst road records (8-18) in baseball....
Belmont Stakes true long-distance call
Which horse is best suited to run a mile and a half? That's the most important question confronting the 12 3-year-olds running in tomorrow's 142nd Belmont Stakes. It's a distance...
Revis' absence from Jets practice calculated for maximum exposure
The HBO cameras were rolling at Florham Park, N.J., yesterday, capturing some early footage of the Jets to use for promos when "Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the New York...
Canseco backs Clemens in testimony
WASHINGTON -- Jose Canseco said he told a federal grand jury yesterday that he never saw Roger Clemens use steroids or human growth hormone, maintaining the support he's shown for...
Meadowlands
Bill Smith At Meadowlands Post time: 7:00 p.m. Best Bet: Don't Know Chip (9th) FIRST-mile; pace; $13,000; conditional 4Trust My Heart (D Dube) 1-2-8 5-1 6AshleysLuckyLady (TTtrck) 3-4-2 8-1 5FourStarzMelody...
Liberty's old jerseys may pay dividends
Hang on to your Liberty jersey. It just might be worth a little more than what you purchased it for. The Liberty announced earlier this week that it had reached...
Weird but true
A New Jersey man charged with DWI decided he needed some liquid courage prior to going before a judge. So he had a few more before driving to his court...
Wooden hospitalized, in 'grave' condition
LOS ANGELES -- Former UCLA basketball coach and Hall of Famer John Wooden has been hospitalized in Los Angeles, according to Bill Walton. The former UCLA star said last night...
Parque fuels St. John's College World Series hopes
Jimmy Parque did not want his senior season to end without a trip to the NCAA baseball tournament, and possibly the College World Series. A loss last Thursday against Louisville...
Gators put bite on Beavers, advance to first finals
Lab Museum United is so young and so exuberant that the Gators might not even realize the scope of what they have accomplished. After a semifinals victory Thursday, assistant coach...
Jamaica runs out of gas against LMU
If Jamaica was a car, it’s fuel meter would have been reading “E” in the late innings. The Beavers had a draining week. They had to play three games in...
Reports: Former UCLA coach Wooden hospitalized
Former UCLA basketball coach and Hall of Famer John Wooden was reportedly hospitalized in Los Angeles on Thursday night. Los Angeles television station KCAL and the Los Angeles Times reported...
BP trying to put a lid on the Gulf oil gusher
METAIRIE, La. -- BP was trying to put a lid on the Gulf oil gusher. Live video showed that an inverted funnel-like cap slightly wider than a severed pipe was...
Cuomo won't seek Working Families gov nomination
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo won't be seeking the nomination of the Working Families Party for governor at the party's convention this weekend. Cuomo adviser Phil Singer said Thursday...