June 17, 2010
Brutal Mass. murders occurred after marital disagreement:DA
The brutal murders of four family members in Winchester, Mass. occurred after a disagreement between Thomas Mortimer IV and his wife, with marital discord a frequent occurrence in the home,...
Five bin Laden relatives off the hook in civil suit over 9/11
A judge today dismissed civil claims against five relatives of Osama bin Laden accused of helping fund the Sept. 11 terror attacks on grounds that they don't have sufficient ties...
Mail handler goes postal at JFK
A disgruntled mail handler went postal at JFK this afternoon, maniacally stabbing his female supervisor and claiming he was "morally right!," sources said. The shocking attack happened late this afternoon...
Stadium outfield took beating from fight
The Yankees' $1.5 billion stadium currently has a $2 outfield.The Yankee Stadium outfield remains torn up from the Miguel Cotto-Yuri Foreman fight on June 5. Dead spots and dirt patches...
Report: Devils' Martin may still test free agency
The Devils' hiring John MacLean as head coach may not be enough to retain their top defenseman.Paul Martin told NJ.com that while he appoves of MacLean's hiring, he can still...
Mayor's Cup PSAL-CHSAA baseball all-star game preview
The Post’s baseball beat writers, Zach Braziller and Dylan Butler, break down tomorrow’s inaugural Mayor’s Cup PSAL-CHSAA all-star game at MCU Park in Coney Island. What: Mayor’s Cup PSAL vs....
Live blog recap: Mayor's Cup PSAL-CHSAA baseball all-star game
We’ve written about them all year and now the best players from the CHSAA and the PSAL will battle for citywide bragging rights Friday night in the first annual Mayor’s...
'Hot' playground equipment at Brooklyn Bridge Park to be removed after scorching toddler
They were hot enough to fry an order of eggs on – and now they’ve about to be toast. Three metal play domes that were a major recreational feature at...
U.S. team ready for Slovenia
JOHANNESBURG -- They played 62 games over four years just to get ready for the World Cup, convinced obsessive preparation and attention to detail would turn around their fortunes after...
Former Seton Hall player Dalembert traded by 76ers to Kings
PHILADELPHIA -- Samuel Dalembert got his wish. The Philadelphia 76ers traded Dalembert to the Sacramento Kings on Thursday for Andres Nocioni and Spencer Hawes. Dalembert asked for a trade last...
Queens native Davis picks FDU
Ryan Davis had another year left at Broward Community College (Fla.). So much can happen between now and this time next year. Yet, the Queens native was enthralled with Fairleigh...
Man set ablaze fingered defendant before he died: witness
The Queens District Attorney’s office helped straighten out the legal problems of an illegal alien who provided key testimony in the murder trial of the woman who torched her ex,...
Report: Giants question new turf; Jets fine with it
Antrel Rolle is afraid of the New Meadowlands Stadium turf. Two days after Giants teammate Domenik Hixon tore his anterior cruciate ligament during the first football drills on the new...
If you give it away, they will come
At least that's the hope of The Collective. The new company is giving away tickets to its first outing -- a revival of Frank McGuinness' "Someone to Watch Over Me" (1992). Well,...
Pope's paper reverses thumbs down on 'The Blues Brothers'
Looks like the ink-stained wretches at L'Osservatore Romano, the official Vatican newspaper, have to worry about web traffic just like the rest of us. They've just rolled out a list...
Times Square bomber indicted on 10 terror charges
Accused terrorist wannabe Faisal Shahzad was slapped yesterday with a 10-count indictment that says his fizzled plot to blow up Times Square with a crude car bomb was paid for...
Ryan more hated than Saban, Belichick in Miami
Miami fans have given a big middle finger to Rex Ryan. A poll being conducted by a Dolphins-related website asked users who they hate most, and Ryan was a runaway...
Parent crusade loses some steam in protest rally outside P.S. 14
The same P.S. 14 parent group that packed the house at Bronxonia Yacht Club last Tuesday, June 7, to hold an emergency meeting about the school’s principal, banned together again...
Tree planting honors businessman
The New Bronx Chamber of Commerce took time during its annual golf outing recently to plant a tree in honor of the memory of someone who helped the organization with...
Employee steals Qns. family business while widow buries kin
A ghoulish employee of a Queens sewer business stole ownership of the company from the owner's widow as she was burying her husband and son in Israel following a work-related...
Bushman's stellar career ends with title, Wingate
Will Stasiuk vividly remembers the first time he watched Alexandra Bushman play. The PSAL girls soccer commissioner went to check out a non-league game between Bronx Science and Stuyvesant and...
Fordham Road reports business is brisk
Despite the current economic climate around the country, the Fordham Road Business Improvement District saw growth in 2009, and members expect the trend to continue through 2010.About 25 Fordham residents,...
Girls Take Top Honors At Annual Mentor Program Dinner
Since the Big Sister/Little Sister Mentor program at the Preston Center of Compassion started 10 years ago from a $500 federal grant, it has expanded into a $100,000 program that...
Billboard: 'Say Say Say' most popular Jackson song
Michael Jackson had dozens of hits, but his most popular one wasn't a solo smash or a tune with his brothers. It was a song with another icon. Billboard says...
Collecting on loans was like 'Social Security payments' for aging mobster: turncoat
A mob turncoat spilled the beans today on his former employer -- saying the geriatric Colombo underboss on trial for racketeering loved collecting high interest on loans he doled out....
Student Gets to Be Top Cop
On a whim, Cardinal Spellman High School sophomore Lauren Ruthie Graham became the Commanding Officer of Patrol Borough Bronx for a day. A flute player and enthusiastic student, Graham submitted...
Pelham Parkway South Neighborhood Association Continues to Tackle Graffiti
If it were up to the members of the Pelham Parkway South Neighborhood Association, they would paint the whole neighborhood. But at the graffiti clean up on Tuesday, June 1,...
New Security Cameras Ease Seniors Concerns
For the past few years residents at the city-owned Boston Road Plaza senior center have been the victims of break-ins, robberies and muggings. But now the 216 senior citizens that...
Rabbi pleads guilty in NJ corruption sting
NEWARK, N.J. — A prominent rabbi who was among those arrested in the state’s largest corruption sting pleaded guilty Thursday to money laundering charges and admitted using his network of...
Mexico beats France 2-0, needs draw to advance
POLOKWANE, South Africa — Substitutes Javier Hernandez and Cuauhtemoc Blanco each scored in Mexico’s 2-0 win over France at the World Cup on Thursday, leaving Mexico needing only a draw...
Mets, Dickey win again
CLEVELAND — R.A. Dickey won his fifth straight start and the New York Mets stretched their winning streak to seven games by beating the Cleveland Indians 6-4 Thursday night. The...
Kendrick, Polanco team up to lead Phils over Yanks
Kyle Kendrick kept the New York Yankees guessing and got the win. Placido Polanco, Jayson Werth and Jose Contreras all earned saves. Kendrick stayed ahead for seven innings and Polanco's...
Angled parking to be studied on Bronxdale
Angled parking will now be studied by NYC Department of Transportation on Bronxdale Avenue between Pierce and Morris Park avenues in an effort to create more parking spaces and slow...
Sustainable Bronx grads to assist in oil spill clean up
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill, now an infamous and embrrassing stain on the record of both BP oil and the President Obama’s administration, has only seemed to grow worse in...
Beacon 158 girls going to Garden again
The Beacon 158 Lady Lions are making an appearance at Madison Square Garden their annual rite of spring. For the third straight year, the squad from MS 158 in Bayside,...
Nets looking forward to 'D-day' workouts
While a lot of players the Nets truly like -- Wesley Johnson, Greg Monroe, Ekpe Udoh -- parade in and out of workouts, Monday is D-Day.Derrick and DeMarcus Day.The general...
A-Rod, Posada aiming to play field vs. Mets
Alex Rodriguez will be the Yankees designated hitter for the second straight night as he deals with tendinitis in his hip flexor, keeping Jorge Posada from DH.Rodriguez took extra hitting...
Is the BP $20 billion account a ‘slush fund’?
During the opening statements at today’s Energy and Commerce committee hearings on the Deepwater oil spill, Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.) made big news by calling the fund BP has set...
Miley Cyrus won't press charges for Perez Hilton up-the-skirt pic
Miley Cyrus and her parents, Billy Ray and Trish, won't press charges against gossip blogger Perez Hilton after he posted an explicit photo of the teen superstar on his website,...
Markowitz sued over Coney Island concert series
Local synagogues and worshipers filed a lawsuit filed today that threatens to pull the plug on Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz’s longtime Coney Island summer concert series – along with...
Word Cup Free For All
Soccer fans rejoice! The biggest event of the sport will be broadcast free to all residents.Sandwiched between the borough president’s office and Yankee Stadium, the 161st Street Business Improvement District...
Street paving with new kind of asphalt
What seemed like a routine street paving in Country Club turned out to be a test of a new, more eco-friendly asphalt that can be put in place quickly and...
Management of Mangia e Bevi attempts to pacify critics
Mangia e Bevi, a nighttime spot at 702 Morris Park Avenue, has been taking heat from residents of the community for some time now. But on Wednesday, June 2, its...
DOT studies Morris Park street
Community Board 11 has moved to request that the NYC Department of Transportation study the possibility of making an increasingly congested street in Indian Village one way only for vehicular...
Reports: Devils name Robinson assistant; Langenbrunner to remain captain
Fomer Devils head coach Larry Robinson will return to the club as an assistant coach, new head coach John MacLean told NJ.com. MacLean, named today to succeed Jacques Lemaire, also...
Facebook, MySpace to use NY info, block child porn
BUFFALO, N.Y. — New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo says a new initiative will make it harder for people to use social networking sites to share child pornography. Cuomo says...
Senator Klein and Neighborhood Fights Underage Drinking
To fight an ongoing problem for bar owners and teens, Senator Jeff Klein and local agencies are working together to curb teenage drinking.The senator met with community leaders, residents and...
Yet another toddler falls, but this time a happier ending
A three-year-old toddler, who happens to be the son of two city police officers, tumbled from the family’s apartment window on Monday evening, June 14, at 7 p.m. The long...
Hutch center to glow for Mother Teresa
The Empire State Building may have snubbed her, but the Hutchinson Metro Center will not. The two buildings in the sprawling office complex will be lit blue and white in...
Dina Lohan gets into ice cream cake brawl at LI shop
No cake for you! Lindsay Lohan's mom reportedly got into a scuffle with a staff member at a Long Island ice cream shop while trying to buy a cake for...
Sully’s revenge — wider goose cull planned this summer
Goose hunters are casting a wider net this summer for the pesky, plane-threatening flyers. This year’s Canada goose cull will expand to a seven mile radius around Kennedy and LaGuardia...
Bay not in Mets lineup tonight
CLEVELAND -- Jason Bay won't be in the Mets' starting lineup tonight, a day after the left fielder incurred what he described as a charley horse in his left leg.Jesus...
Phillies GM says trading away Lee hurt team's 'karma'
There could be a very good reason the Phillies reportedly are looking to get Cliff Lee back. GM Ruben Amaro Jr. agrees with the thought that trading away Lee messed...
Sully’s revenge — wider goose cull planned this summer
Goose hunters are casting a wider net this summer for the pesky, plane-threatening flyers. This year’s Canada goose cull will expand to a seven mile radius around Kennedy and LaGuardia...
Van der Sloot's ex-girlfriend calls Dutchman 'Prince Charming'
Joran van der Sloot's ex-girlfriend says the accused killer "was amazing" and a "romantic" -- and that she never witnessed his dark side, according to a bombshell interview. Melody Granadillo...
Bobby Fischer’s body to be dug up in $2 million love child case
Two years after he was buried in a frozen Icelandic graveyard, Bobby Fischer’s body will be dug up to determine if a 9-year-old Filipino girl is his love child and...
US consular officials meet with Osama hunter
Islamabad, Pakistan - US consular officials in Pakistan were allowed to meet with "Rambo"-wannabe Gary Faulkner on Thursday, who was arrested while on a mission to hunt down Osama Bin...
Bobby Fischer’s body to be dug up in $2 million love child case
Two years after he was buried in a frozen Icelandic graveyard, Bobby Fischer’s body will be dug up to determine if a 9-year-old Filipino girl is his love child and...
Victim's kin lashes out at L.I. DWI mom
"It means nothing!" That was the enraged response of a sobbing Long Island mom to a desperate apology offered by the DWI driver who struck and killed her teenage son...
Bosh considering Knicks, with or without James
Free-agent-to-be Chris Bosh said the Knicks are one of the teams he's considering, with or without LeBron James. And Bosh said he won't wait to see what James will do...
Mohegan Sun casino owners received $54M in stimulus cash
Talk about winning the jackpot! The feds awarded a staggering $54 million to Connecticut's politically-connected Mohegan Indian tribe, which runs one of the highest grossing casinos in the country, according...
Deal close to pay for free student MetroCards
The MTA and state lawmakers are finalizing a bill to save free student MetroCards for the next school year - a deal that could sink the transit agency further into...
'The Mentalist' Simon Baker tipped to star in film about the financial crisis
Easygoing Aussie surfer-turned-actor Simon Baker looks poised to join the cast of a new big-screen financial thriller, the Herald Sun reported Friday. Baker, who has found huge acclaim for his...
OTAs are latest battleground in NFL labor war
The NFL Players Association keeps turning up the heat on the league in the ongoing labor dispute.The NFL today was forced to dock the Lions and Jaguars practice days from...
Giants will miss Hixon as much off field
Giants offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride spoke today about several issues involving his side of the ball and offered some interesting information on many fronts.The highlights:-- The season-ending loss of Domenik...
Giants players hate 18-game idea
The NFL is seriously considering expanding the regular season to 18 games, a plan that Giants players overwhelmingly despise."The product would suffer on the field if the players weren't on...
DOJ: Nearly 500 arrests in mortgage fraud probe
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced Thursday that investigators have made nearly 500 arrests since March in a major crackdown on mortgage fraud. The nationwide initiative called Operation Stolen Dreams...
Reel good
LOVE WITH THE PROPER STRANGER (1963) Monday, 1:15 a.m., TCM Natalie Wood is Angie, an Italian-Catholic salesgirl who finds herself pregnant after her one and only one-night stand with a...
Rangers release preseason schedule
The days of preseason hopscotching across the country on road trips in order to pocket appearance fees for exhibition games are at an end. The Rangers are staying close to...
Low-cost power for NY companies threatened
ALBANY, N.Y. — The Power for Jobs program that provides low-cost energy to New York manufacturers, companies and nonprofit groups is threatened, because competing legislative proposals to extend and improve...
Live U.S. Open leaderboard
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- Follow the leaderboard at the U.S. Open championship here.
Now Bloomberg defends Obama on oil spill
Say this for Mayor Bloomberg when it comes to the BP oil spill -- he's consistent.The mayor today defended President Obama's response to the disaster usuig the same reasoning as...
Kate Gosselin gets bigger boobs after bodyguard advice
Kate Gosselin added two more to the family. No, not kids. The reality TV mom underwent breast enhancement surgery last year after getting advice from her ever-present bodyguard, Us Weekly...
Greece defeats Nigeria, 2-1
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa -- Greece claimed its first World Cup win, rallying to beat 10-man Nigeria 2-1 in a World Cup Group B match on Thursday. Vassilis Torosidis poked home...
Big East isn't adding Central Florida, Memphis
The Big East Conference flatly denied a bogus Florida TV report stating that the league would issue invites to Central Florida and Memphis. WKMG made the report early Thursday morning...
Ex-waiters sue Artisanal restaurant over "cheesy" tip policy
Four ex-waiters say the wage and tip policies at Artisanal restaurant stink worse than the ripest offering from the famed French bistro's walk-in cheese cave. A suit filed this morning...
NY jail guard arraigned on murder charges
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — A jail guard accused of killing her ex-girlfriend and uncle and injuring her elderly grandfather in a shooting rampage was ordered held without bail Thursday. Kim Wolfe,...
NYC man returns from 1,152-day sea voyage
After a record-setting 1,152 days at sea, a New York sailor was welcomed home today by a 22-month old son he was meeting for the first time. "My son has...
DA: Probe nets illegal knives at major NYC stores
Home Depot, Orvis and five other retailers have acknowledged stocking illegal knives in New York City stores after undercover investigators said they were sold banned switchblades and gravity knives. Manhattan...
Boy, 8, dies in Queens inferno after trying to save baby brother
A courageous 8-year-old Queens boy died in a blazing house fire early today, along with his 17-month-old brother, after he ran back inside the burning home to try and rescue...
Is 'Toy Story 3' a Holocaust allegory?
Are the folks at Pixar -- who some thought mocked millions of overweight Americans with "Wall-E'' -- entering even more emotionally fraught territory with their latest film? "The shocking parallels...
MacLean named Devils coach; Langenbrunner remains captain
It took nearly two months to make the obvious choice, but the Devils today finally selected John MacLean as their 15th different head coach and sixth in six years. Immediately,...
Brooke Hundley speaks out, says ESPN ignored her sex-harass complaints
A former ESPN production assistant whose affair with ESPN analyst Steve Phillips that led to their firings said today that she's suing the company because employees at the 24-hour sports...
US rapper Snoop Dogg banned from The Hague
Dutch festival organizers were forced to cancel a Snoop Dogg open-air concert, after city authorities said Thursday the U.S. rapper was not welcome in The Hague. "Snoop Dogg will not...
BP CEO Tony Hayward pilloried by lawmakers
WASHINGTON — Channeling the nation's anger, lawmakers pilloried BP's boss in a withering day of judgment Thursday for the oil company at the center of the Gulf calamity. Unflinching, BP...
Big Papi offers to settle Jay-Z suit
Big Papi avoided a called "strike three" in court this morning. After a judge threatened him with a default judgment, Red Sox star David Ortiz sent a lawyer to answer...
DNA test proves Tiger did not father porn star's son: report
A DNA test disproves the claim of porn star Devon James that Tiger Woods fathered her 9-year-old son, according to a report on TMZ.com.A source told TMZ that the DNA...
Low-scoring World Cup turning off many Americans
Many Americans are enjoying the World Cup -- but a majority still think there should be more scoring at the tournament, according to a new poll. A poll conducted by...
Required reading
Pomodoro! A History of the Tomato in Italy by David Gentilcore (Columbia University Press) Italy today produces 6.6 million tons of tomatoes a year, worth $2.2 billion. But in this...
Diamonds are forever
Audrey Hepburn sat anxiously in the back of a yellow taxi. It wasn’t the clothes — the Givenchy black dress so tailored that she couldn’t walk, nor the infamous 128.54...
NY jail guard due in court on murder charges
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — An off-duty jail guard is facing murder, kidnapping and other charges. Kim Wolfe was due in a Long Island court on Thursday. Wolfe is accused of killing...
Plea in NY landlord carbon monoxide deaths
A Long Island landlord has pleaded guilty to the 2007 carbon monoxide deaths of three tenants. Wilson Milord, of Brentwood, will serve one to three years in prison under the...
Ark. coroner launches probe as 40-60 human heads found in plane shipment
An Arkansas coroner was investigating after a cargo shipment of 40 to 60 human heads was discovered by a Southwest Airlines employee, NBC DFW reported Thursday. The container of heads...
Higuain's hat trick leads Argentina to 4-1 win over South Korea
JOHANNESBURG -- With Gonzalo Higuain scoring a hat trick and Lionel Messi in the thick of the action, stylish Argentina is on the brink of advancing in the World Cup....
Maine mom thought to be escort missing in NY
Police in Maine and New York are investigating the disappearance of a 22-year-old mother believed to have advertised as an escort on Craigslist. Police say 22-year-old Megan Waterman of Scarborough...
Danny Boyle to oversee 2012 Olympic ceremony
LONDON — Danny Boyle, the Oscar-winning director of "Slumdog Millionaire," will oversee the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics. Boyle was introduced Thursday as the artistic director of the...
US weekly jobless claims up 12,000 to 472,000
In a dim sign for the job market, the number of U.S. workers filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased last week as states reported more claims in the construction,...
AOL sells social networking site Bebo to Criterion
AOL Inc. unloaded its social networking site Bebo to turnaround specialist Criterion Capital Partners LLC, exiting a disastrous investment for the company, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Terms of...
Celtics' Perkins needs knee surgery; out for Game 7
LOS ANGELES -- There will be no Willis Reed-limping-out-of-the-tunnel-Game 7-miracle on its 40th anniversary in Hollywood. Celtics starting center Kendrick Perkins is out tonight for Game 7. Perkins was diagnosed...
Israel agrees to ease Gaza land blockade
JERUSALEM — Israel agreed Thursday to ease its land blockade on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, hoping to quell growing worldwide outrage following a deadly raid on an international flotilla bound...
Paterson to Ravitch: Just watch me
ALBANY – A day after rejecting the hallmark of Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch’s borrow-and-spend budget plan, Gov. Paterson took a pointed shot at the man he appointed in part to...
3UP: Burnett, Brackman, Mejia
1. I wrote this column today about the contrast between Jamie Moyer and A.J. Burnett – craft and daft. I wondered what Burnett might look like if you could airlift...
Drama Mama
As the weather heats up, TV dramas start to chill out. Some of the coolest picks this week: “Burn Notice” (Thursday, 9 p.m., USA) In honor of Michael’s explanatory voiceovers,...
Nelson Mandela attends funeral of great-granddaughter
Nelson Mandela on Thursday attended the funeral of his great-granddaughter Zenani Mandela, who was killed in a car accident coming home from a concert on the eve of the World...
Iran defying toothless sanctions – big surprise
Iran has announced that in contravention of week-old, newly-minted sanctions it will be building four new atomic reactors. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran will not make "one iota of concessions."...
Extension of jobless benefits dies in Senate test vote
Senate Democrats are finally hitting the spending wall. Whereas President Obama is urging more spending for states to ease their financial difficulties, and spending on extending unemployment benefits and spending...
Jersey-sized nation to battle U.S. squad
JOHANNESBURG — OK, time to grab a map or look at a globe. The mission: finding Slovenia. When Slovenia faces the United States tomorrow, it will be one of those...
Hosts close to buzzing off after loss to Uruguay
South African fans blew their vuvuzelas long and loud, hoping to bring their team luck in the World Cup. Uruguay’s Diego Forlan had other ideas and brought the party to...
Watson won’t let game pass him by
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — The hole that made Tom Watson famous is now his nemesis. The par-3 17th at beautiful Pebble Beach, where he chipped in for birdie at the...
High rollin'
Far West Chelsea’s early adopters will argue that the area was destined to become a hot spot come hell or High Line, er, high water. But it was last summer’s...
I saved $30K on my NYC wedding!
A diamond is forever, but paying off the bills for a Manhattan wedding can take even longer. When Christina Rosas began planning her New York nuptials last spring, she was...
Love Jones
It was 1964 and Peter Jones was newly arrived in the city from Pennsylvania and, his friends thought, about to make a terrible mistake. Jones, who would later become one...
Beacon soccer star learns the game and reaps the rewards
Pascal Louis considers his four years at Beacon as "the American Dream.” He went from a hopeful tennis player to a soccer star for one of the city’s elite powers,...
Tottenville gymnast overcomes potentially career-ending injury
There was plenty of pain and just a “weird” feeling, Brittanie De Meno said. The Tottenville gymnast was practicing one day back in November 2008 and her arm gave out...
Plug ugly
Do you have an ugly body?” That’s the question a woman thought she heard from the lips of Mark Simon, the president of BC Exchange (a k a Brooklyn Carpet...
Just sold!
Manhattan BATTERY PARK CITY $888,000 300 Albany St. Two-bedroom, two-bath condo, 1,119 square feet, with renovated kitchen with new appliances, wine cooler, new Brazilian cherrywood floors and new AC units;...
It’s all white to dress for less!
Wear white. Save green. Perfect for pretty procrastinators, frugal fashionistas or last-minute nuptials, there are plenty of beautiful bridal gowns for less than $500. So save your pennies for the...
Mother's memory motivates Cardozo's Raude
Some speeches were short and sweet. Others dragged on. Almost all of them were filled with thank yous and appreciative words. None of the other 37 athletes honored during the...
Big game Jon: Silva makes senior year a memorable one
Tottenville’s lineup was the deepest and most potent in the city during the regular season. Its defense was air tight, particularly up the middle with catcher Kevin Krause, second baseman...
Sweetness shines when songs get Foster care
With her wholesome beauty, big-toothed grin and powerful voice, Sutton Foster has become Broadway's go-to musical sweetheart -- albeit one with a wicked comic sensibility. These attributes are on ample...
Carole King and James Taylor's intimacy wilts in Garden
James Taylor and Carole King are like a frumpy flan nel shirt matched with rip ped blue jeans -- an ensemble that may be fine to wear around the house,...
Drama mama
As the weather heats up, TV dramas start to chill out. Some of the coolest picks this week: * "Burn Notice" (Thursday, 9 p.m., USA) In honor of Michael's explanatory...
First look: Jacko's pampered kids
Michael Jackson wasn't the kind of dad you'd catch flipping burgers on the barbecue. But cable channel TLC is out to prove that -- despite all the weirdness that enveloped...
'COPS' killer plea
A 22-year-old Houston man facing the death penalty in a murder case wants to show an episode of the Fox series "COPS" to the jury -- because he was on...
Soul train
Move over, Gabourey -- it's mama's time to shine. While auditioning for "America's Got Talent," Alice Tan Ridley -- Oscar nominee and hometown girl Gabourey Sidibe's mom -- wowed judges...
'Scoundrels' are not your average criminals
You know how every network pilot has to open with the fake sex scene with the female lead sporting a giant bra outfit? Well on Sunday night's premiere of ABC's...
Oprah's big give
O my goodness! Oprah Winfrey yesterday sauntered into the offices of her O magazine -- and gave each staffer an Apple iPad and a $10,000 check as a thank you...
Cop-beating 'vic' missing
A city housing cop on trial for the caught-on-video baton beating of a cuffed and cowering Army vet in a Upper West Street housing project in 2008 got some good...
Expecting a sellout
Is the Obama administration going to let the United Nations launch a biased investigation of the Turkish flotilla incident? The US has rightly stuck by Israel on the issue so...
Playing with numbers: NY's 'partial' standards
Awarding kids partial credit on the state math exam may be terrific for their self-esteem. It may also inflate passing rates and make teachers look better ("Friends of Junk Testing,"...
Why a second Enron/Skilling trial is a great idea
Free Jeff Skilling -- please. They just don't make corporate trials anymore like the one endured -- and lost -- in 2006 by the former chief executive of the now...
'Tough' O won't face real oil threat
Barack Obama has finally become a wartime president. Unfortunately, the enemy happens to be an oil com pany. Talk about missed opportunities: In Tuesday's Oval Office speech, the president could...
'La Cage' a folly in school
A manhattan dad nearly choked on his Wheaties when his 14-year-old son ti midly asked: "Dad, do I have to wear a dress to school?" No joke. These conversations went...
Union boss hog in $300K hooker scam
A married, obese former president of a Port Authority union admitted yesterday in court to embezzling nearly $300,000 in member dues and using the cash for tawdry hook-ups with prostitutes,...
Crews suck it up more
HOUSTON -- BP started up a second system to siphon oil from its gushing Gulf of Mexico leak yesterday, the company said. It also said its containment cap system installed...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan It was a four-star robbery. Two brazen serial thieves were busted after swiping a handbag in a Mario Batali restaurant and going on a high-end SoHo larceny spree, authorities...
Gov's budget ultimatum
ALBANY -- Gov. Paterson played headmaster yesterday and ordered reluctant lawmakers to hand in a balanced budget in two weeks -- or else. The tough-talking executive used a public budget...
Outrage at haughty 'small' talk
NEW ORLEANS -- The BP chairman's comment that the oil giant cares about "the small people" received an icy reception yesterday from residents along the Gulf Coast. BP Chairman Carl-Henric...
Thiel's fall from Grace
Proving New York City is still a tough town, Facebook angel investor and Silicon Valley golden boy Peter Thiel is hightailing it out of the Big Apple just two years...
Vile scam hit troops
Staten Island con men ripped off more than $5 million from 200 victims, including members of the military whose accounts were emptied as they fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, cops...
'Suicide assist' rap softened
Prosecutors are cutting a so-called "Kevorkian-for-hire" a break, acknowledging for the first time that a despondent Long Island motivational speaker who'd taken out $18 million in life insurance for his...
105 yrs. for slay barber
He lost his barbershop. And then he lost his mind. Gunman Eddy Espinal was sentenced to 105 years to life in Manhattan yesterday for opening fire out of jealousy and...
Big loan arranger charged by feds
A grand jury has indicted the former CEO of what was once among the nation's largest independent home-loan providers on 16 counts of fraud. In documents filed in federal court...
Sorry BP puts up oozey money
Fifty-eight days into the crisis, BP's humbled chairman apologized to America for the first time yesterday for the Gulf oil spill and agreed to pony up $20 billion to compensate...
Feds order Fannie, Freddie: Delist stock
The Federal Housing Finance Agency, the regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, ordered them to voluntarily delist their shares from US stock exchanges yesterday, underscoring that the once-mighty mortgage...
Business briefs
Marts mixed Stocks were mixed, with a late-day rebound failing to extend yester day's S&P 500 index rally, after housing starts dropped and the profit forecast at bellwether FedEx trailed...
Investors see 36% chance of BP default
The doomsday needle in Wall Street's countdown to a possible BP bankruptcy hardly moved yesterday despite a meeting of the minds between the oil giant and the White House over...
Spirit pilots end walkout
Spirit Airlines made a deal with its pilots yesterday that will end their five-day-old walkout, the union said. The union and the airline were still working out the details of...
Dems' NY bank $hot
At least 40 House Democrats have joined together to beg lawmakers tinkering with the final version of the Wall Street reform bill to drop a controversial provision that could cost...
Climate heat on O from both parties
WASHINGTON -- President Obama was skewered from the right yesterday for using the Gulf oil spill to advance his climate-change agenda, and at the same time lambasted from the left...
Racing for the Afghan exits
Evidently Hamid Karzai did not get the memo on termi nology. US military com manders have stopped using the word "operation" to describe the drive, now delayed, against the Taliban...
Worse than the disease
Washington in the Obama era seems bent on imposing "solutions" that not only fail to solve Americans' problems, but make us poorer in the bargain. In a direct attack on...
Deadly push-in rob
A Long Island robbery turned deadly early yesterday after one of the victims was abducted and shot as he tried to escape. The victim, in his 20s, was entering his...
Right to bare legs at Disney
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Female workers at Disney theme parks have won the right not to wear tights. Walt Disney Co. adopted a new dress code that frees women from having...
Rangel in the money
WASHINGTON -- Don't feel too bad for Rep. Charles Rangel. The Harlem Democrat has an investment fund worth between $250,000 and $500,000, and four investment accounts valued at $100,001 to...
NYPD lab tech gushed in her diary about con man who killed her
A lovesick NYPD criminologist gushed in her personal journal how much she adored her on-again, off-again boyfriend -- just days before the con man stabbed her to death and brutalized...
Prosecutor whacks weed
The city's top drug prosecutor is campaigning to stop a bill that would legalize medical marijuana -- warning state lawmakers that the current proposal could boost crime by creating more...
Coney I. school gets 1st gym
Students at a public elementary school in Coney Island will no longer have to eat lunch and play ball in the same space. The city broke ground yesterday on a...
Union honcho talk$ tough
Speaking at a massive rally City Hall yesterday, a municipal union leader warned City Council members that they risk the wrath of organized labor at election time if they don't...
City schools jolted by electrician's $1M 'bilk'
Shocking! A Queens electrical contractor has been zapped by investigators for allegedly bilking the city's school system out of more than $1 million. Kostas "Gus" Andrikopoulos, owner of Hara Electric...
Boffo iPhone 4 sales
Apple said pre-orders for its iPhone 4 rang up a new single-day advance-sales record -- despite massive ordering glitches that left many potential buyers hanging. The company said it took...
LimeWire lawsuit II
EMI Music Group Publishing and Universal Music Publishing Group are among eight publishers that sued file-sharing Web site LimeWire for copyright infringement on a "massive scale." The suit was filed...
Lover rampage
An off-duty Long Island correction officer went on a deadly rampage yesterday, killing her ex-girlfriend at the hospital where the victim worked before fatally shooting her uncle, wounding her grandfather...
Shut the truck up!
Don't be so hard on Mr. Softee. That was the plea that food-truck operators brought to the City Council Consumer Affairs Committee yesterday during a passionate debate on a proposal...
'Millionaire' a$ big a$ NFL: Eisner
Former Walt Disney CEO Michael Eisner said in a 1999 e-mail that "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" was as important to Disney's ABC network as its National Football League...
Carl Icahn nears proxy fight to win control of Lionsgate
Activist billionaire investor Carl Icahn yesterday inched ever so close to becoming the largest shareholder of Tinseltown studio Lionsgate Entertainment -- thereby allowing him to launch his proxy fight to...
City takes over bridge park
The state yesterday voted to officially turn control of the long-delayed Brooklyn Bridge Park project over to the city -- helping stabilize the 85-acre plan with much-needed cash and ensuring...
Yanks ban vuvuzela pests' instrument of torture
Those vuvuzela horns may be all the rage at the World Cup in South Africa, but the Yankees won't let fans toot, toot, toot for the home team. When "bleacher...
Organ-pitch 'con' bust
A pair of grifters tried to con an elderly Queens man out of $5,000 pretending to be a mother and daughter who needed the dough to buy a black-market kidney,...
Barneys' $60M loss
Barneys New York is bracing for a red Christmas. The swanky retail chain expects to lose more than $60 million this year -- including a multimillion-dollar loss during the crucial...
David's finest hour?
Is Gov. Paterson finally getting a handle on the duties -- and powers -- of his office? At a meeting with legislative leaders yesterday, the lame-duck governor made two specific...
Bam's economy-killer
Political reaction yesterday to President Obama's prime-time Gulf oil spill speech was surprisingly biparti san: Democrats and Republicans alike thought the address was a dud. Especially when Obama veered from...
Boxer nearly beats the 'rap'
Undefeated boxer Floyd "Money" Mayweather Jr. avoided a knockout to the wallet yesterday when a judge ruled he owes a Long Island management firm less than $6,000 for poaching a...
Nokia cuts earnings forecast
The insanely popular iPhone is giving more than just Apple and AT&T fits. Nokia, the Finnish mobile-phone giant playing catch-up in the smartphone race, slashed its profit outlook yesterday after...
Fuller is empty on 'Idol'
The bidding process for CKX Inc. is starting to look like an "American Idol" audition -- as one strong contestant is now out while another dark horse is suddenly back...
6-figure retirees jeopardize $tate
They're living large at the expense of tapped-out taxpayers. About one out of every seven workers in the state Police and Fire Retirement System who retired last year is receiving...
Crane-slay trial to skip jury
Accused killer crane-rigger William Rappetti has decided to go to trial next week without those pesky, emotional jurors. Rappetti -- charged with manslaughter for the 2008 crane collapse on East...
Tiki throws Ginny some 'fakes' in divorce court
Former Giants' great Tiki Barber can still fake out the opposition. The ex-running back was all smiles when he saw his estranged wife, Ginny, before their first appearance in divorce...
Judge slaps indicted pol
A judge yesterday threatened to revoke bail for indicted Bronx Councilman Larry Seabrook for holding up the proceedings in his corruption case while he shops for new lawyers. Manhattan federal...
'Proof' of Aqueduct bid sleaze
Investigators have ordered a former state senator to hand over a confidential Senate memo they believe provides smoking-gun proof that a politically connected gaming firm used inside information to win...
Arrow goose on the loose
Prospect Park rangers went on a wild goose chase yesterday, looking for a wounded bird with an arrow through its neck. The injured Canada goose eluded rangers, who wanted to...
State Indy Party pair cashed in on Mike
Two leaders of the state Independence Party reaped windfalls from a $100,000 contribution that Mayor Bloomberg delivered to the party last year, months before a similar donation, for $1.2 million,...
Bus-lane cam boost
A long-awaited bill that allows cameras to enforce 50 miles of bus-only lanes cleared its toughest hurdle in Albany after two years of languishing at the hands of an upstate...
'Rambo': Osama hunt my holy war
He was on a mission from God. "Rambo" wannabe Gary Brooks Faulkner was told by God in a dream to kill Osama bin Laden to avenge the 9/11 terror attacks,...
Arubans seek to grill Sloot
Prosecutors in Aruba said yesterday they want to take Joran van der Sloot up on his offer to discuss the unsolved disappearance of Natalee Holloway. Judicial authorities in Peru are...
Slay-fume landlord guilty
A Long Island landlord pleaded guilty yesterday in the 2007 carbon-monoxide poisoning deaths of three tenants, including a young mother and her 4-year-old daughter. Wilson Milord faces up to four...
Heiress' big $$ goes to the dogs
She's the Leona Helmsley of the Sunshine State. Gail Posner, the daughter of infamous corporate-takeover king Victor Posner, has bequeathed her seven-bedroom, $8.3 million Miami mansion and a $3 million...
Revis, Ryan talk masks Jets' contract trouble
The Darrelle Revis contract controversy lingered like a storm cloud over the Jets' otherwise upbeat minicamp finale yesterday at New Meadowlands Stadium. Following a two-hour workout that drew an estimated...
Jets' fans: Pay Revis!
''Please pay Re-vis. . . . Please pay Re-vis." The chant erupted several times during the Jets' open minicamp practice yesterday and it was music to the star cornerback's ears....
Monroe earns passing grade from Nets
Throughout the college season, pro scouts who watched Georgetown's Greg Monroe were flat out impressed by his passing skills. But they were equally concerned about his strength, his ability to...
Yankees' Posada may need day off
For the second straight game Jorge Posada's right foot tired toward the end of a game he caught. Sunday, in his first action behind the plate since May 16 because...
Changes will provide extra challenge
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Phil Mickelson called the conditions here this week "the best U.S. Open set-up that I've seen," but added this cautionary observation: "I think the one area...
Kiwanuka won't cede Giants' starting job to Umenyiora
One day after Osi Umenyiora stated he believes as one of the best defensive ends on the team he should once again be a starter, Mathias Kiwanuka -- Umenyiora's competition...
The Post Line
NBA Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog LAKERS 7 (187) Celtics Home team in CAPS World Cup Soccer Today Group B At Johannesburg Favorite Fav. Line Draw UD Line Underdog Argentina...
Maradona to Pele: 'Go back to the museum'
Diego Maradona launched a scathing attack on fellow football legends Pele and Michel Platini yesterday in response to criticism of his performance as Argentina coach, Sky Sports reported. The 49-year-old,...
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Hondo's Rockin'
Hondo did more trimming on his deficit last night when he breezed with the Metamucils in Cleveland to slash the negative numeral to 815 meles. Today, Mr. Aitch expects Ubaldo...
Giants lose Hixon after knee injury at New Meadowlands Stadium
There was relief on the face of Tom Coughlin when yesterday morning he reiterated that he believed the knee injury suffered the day before by Domenik Hixon was not serious....
Sports shorts
NFL: Favre's surgery goes well In Charlotte, Brett Favre's doctor said the QB's recent ankle surgery went well and Favre has a few more weeks of rehabilitation before he will...
Crafty ol' Moyer is Phil-ing fine
Roy Halladay vs. CC Sabathia failed to honor the ace vs. ace hopes Tuesday as last year's World Series participants reunited. But Jamie Moyer and A.J. Burnett played their historic...
Same old story for Moyer
It wasn't a win for the ages, but rather the aged. Jamie Moyer, 47, became the oldest pitcher ever to beat the Yankees, limiting the Bombers to three hits and...
A-Rod's 9th-inning jog leaves room to worry
On other days, with an other player, this would have been nothing more than a garbage-time moment, a fatten-the-average RBI double that sliced a four-run deficit to a three-run deficit...
Report: Phillies, Pedro talk
Pedro Martinez could add another second-half act to his career. The former Mets ace turned Phillies second-half savior has talked with the Phillies again about another return after the All-Star...
Niese stifles Indians as Mets' road streak hits five
CLEVELAND -- Jon Niese doesn't have to worry about being remembered solely as a one-hit wonder. The Mets left-hander is fast compiling a greatest hits album that would make any...
Mets' Bay hurts leg
CLEVELAND -- The Mets are calling it a left quadriceps contusion, but Jason Bay prefers a simpler term: charley horse. Bay left last night's 8-4 Mets victory over the Indians...
Phillies hand Yankees' Burnett third straight loss
The ammunition was low grade and his head empty. Was it any surprise that A.J. Burnett placed the Yankees in an early grave they couldn't climb out of last night...
Young guns have eyes on old master
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- Phil Mickelson may well break through and finally capture the title he covets most at the U.S. Open, which begins with today's anticipated opening round at...
Union boos NFL's 18-game plan
As if the NFL's labor talks weren't contentious enough, the league injected another thorny issue -- an 18-game regular season -- into the proceedings yesterday in Manhattan. NFL negotiators, meeting...
History on line for Lakers, Celtics in Game 7
LOS ANGELES -- Lakers owner Jerry Buss is obsessed with two topics -- surpassing the Celtics' record haul of championships and having Kobe Bryant's legacy shine alongside Michael Jordan's. It's...
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Weird but true
An Orlando teenager helped deliver her 16th-birthday present -- a new sister. Kaitlyn Carrick was driving her pregnant mom to the hospital when the baby decided it was time to...
Utah likely to join Pac-10
Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott likely will have an impossible task today of trying to spin the addition of Utah as a decent consolation prize after failing to lure Texas and...
Big East eyes Memphis, Central Fla.
The Big East will issue invitations to Central Florida and Memphis as early as next week, WKMG, a Florida TV station reported last night. With two more schools, the Big...
Making a Bond
The landmarked cast-iron Bouwerie Lane Theatre keeps bringing in the A-list celebs. You might recall that Hugh Grant and Gerard Butler both came by earlier this year, and now Sarah...
Kid’s stuff
As much as kids (and parents) welcome the arrival of summer and long days spent outdoors, it’s inevitable that there will be times when it’s too hot or rainy to...
Midwood's Williams adds Wingate to season filled with hardware
The laundry list of symptoms makes you wonder how Donald Williams was even functioning, let alone running. The Midwood senior got sick two days before last weekend’s New York State...
Bronx bomber makes good on goal
Nelyssa Rosario has a one-track mind. And ever since she was a little girl, her life has centered around softball. “When I was 5 years old, I went up to...