June 29, 2010
Boy shot over stolen bike
Shot over bikeFour teens were taken into custody after a 9-year-old boy was shot in the arm during a clash over a stolen bike on June 24.The victim told police...
Autopsy testimony begins in crane collapse trial
Accused killer crane rigger William Rapetti suffered through his trial's first autopsy evidence yesterday -- bowing his head with a pained expression as a coroner described the crushed bodies of...
Brick bash! Man attacked on his way home
Hit with brickA man was struck with a brick during a fierce exchange with three strangers on June 22.The 45-year-old victim told police he was on his way home from...
Mets are Amazin' at the Bed-Stuy Y
They’re even more Amazin’ with a brush.A day after trounching the Tigers, the New York Mets came to Brooklyn to paint the town red — and the roof of the...
Larry King ending show this fall
Larry King, who has interviewed statesmen and stars from a prime-time perch at CNN for 25 years but has seen his ratings sag recently, said Tuesday that he will step...
Quadrozzi's new cement 'Shoe'
The Shoe fits a lot better — thanks to a concrete mogul who helped cement an effort to rehabilitate the crumbling riding circle in Prospect Park.On Tuesday, workers put the...
Two nabbed for Sheepshead Bay murder
Nabbed for murderTwo men were arrested on June 25 following a shooting at the Sheepshead/Nostrand Houses that left one dead and one injured.Officials said two men were standing on Avenue...
Christian TV sings praise to the legal age
There are two versions of music videos for Christian TV's single, "When She Turns 18" - the sexy one and the sexier one. This should come as no surprise considering...
Jewish singer sentenced in Torah swindle
A mentally-ill Orthodox cantor who told jurors he was "The Michael Jackson of Jewish music" was sentenced in Manhattan today to at least a year in prison for swindling a...
Mets' rally falls short
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hanley Ramirez hit a grand slam and Dan Uggla singled home the winning run in the ninth inning for his third RBI, giving Florida a...
Lee, Mariners handle Yankees
Cliff Lee came into the Bronx and beat the New York Yankees again, pitching his third straight complete game to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 7-4 victory Tuesday night....
Foursquare raises $20M in venture capital funding
After a very long and decidedly strange funding journey, Foursquare has finally officially landed a new round of $20 million in venture funding, with Silicon Valley’s Andreessen Horowitz leading the...
City's traffic meeting gets little traffic
A virtually unpublicized meeting held by the city to go over its plans to deal with horrendous traffic on Flatbush Avenue attracted only three residents — and had some wondering...
Council, mayor cut deal to salvage $1.5 B 'New Domino' project for Willliamsburg
The City Council has gone sweet on a controversial plan to build a luxury apartment complex on the former Domino Sugar factory site on the Williamsburg waterfront after its developer...
What a fraud! Employee pulls badge after swiping money from till
Sticky badgesAn employee swiped $200 from his store’s cash register on June 17, and then made a hair-brained claim that he was investigating tax fraud when he was caught with...
Power failure leaves 1,100 Williamsburgers boiling mad
More than 1,100 Williamsburg residents were without power on Tuesday after ConEdison cut electricity to the area to make emergency repairs to its overloaded distribution system on one of the...
Ice creamed! Blue Marble's frosty debut on Pier 1 is delayed
The promise of summer ice cream in Brooklyn Bridge Park is melting away after the owners of Blue Marble Ice Cream revealed that bureaucratic snafus have delayed their Pier 1...
Led Zeppelin sued by folk singer for alleged plagiarism
A folk singer has sued Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page for allegedly stealing the Zeppelin hit “Dazed and Confused” from him, 41 years after the fact, TMZ reported Tuesday. Jake...
Oxygen to air ‘Glee’ reality show, syndicate original series
Cable TV network Oxygen will develop a reality series based on the hit high school musical series “Glee,” in addition to airing syndicated episodes of the original Fox series, Entertainment...
Pagan back in Mets lineup
Center fielder Angel Pagan is back in the Mets lineup tonight against the Marlins after missing five games with muscle spasms in his midsection.Fernando Tatis is at first base in...
Prepare to hoist the giglio!
Talk about heavy lifting.For more than 100 years, the Giglio has been delighting Brooklynites with the lifting of an 80-foot tall, three-ton tower.To unsuspecting visitors to Williamsburg during the 12-day...
Dow tumbles 268 points on growth fears
Stocks fell broadly Tuesday as a sharp decline in U.S. consumer confidence added to investors' worries about the global economy. The concerns sent investors fleeing to safety assets, sending the...
Spain into quarterfinals after 1-0 win over Portugal
CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- David Villa called it one of his best goals. He was talking about the timing but the effort was pretty nice, too. On a night...
Wrong-way-crash probe: NY driver was driving 85 mph at time of accident
HAWTHORNE , N.Y. — Police say the wrong-way driver blamed for eight deaths on a New York highway last summer was going 85 miles an hour when the wreck occurred....
PROMOS: $1 Spirit fares
Doing its best imitation of one of them WiFi'd, loo-fitted buses, strike-scarred Spirit Airlines is offering fares as low as $1 today and tomorrow in order to garner a little good press....
Putin criticizes U.S. arrests of spy suspects
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Tuesday criticized the arrests of suspects in an alleged Russian spy ring, saying U.S. law-enforcement authorities "went out of control." He voiced hope that...
NY lawmakers back bereavement leave for gays
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York businesses would have to extend funeral and bereavement leave to unmarried same-sex couples under a bill passed by the Legislature and awaiting Gov. David Paterson’s...
Hulu announces paid video-subscription service
Hulu Inc. on Tuesday announced a new paid subscription service for watching TV shows across computers, mobile devices and televisions, potentially creating a battle with cable-television operators that are planning...
Paterson says vetoes will continue
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. David Paterson says he is ending negotiations with the Legislature over the 6,900 vetoes he promises to make on every addition and pork-barrel grant in the...
Verizon to start selling Apple iPhone
The largest cell-phone company in the U.S., Verizon Wireless, is to start selling Apple's iPhone, ending an exclusive supply arrangement in America by telecommunication company AT&T, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. Citing...
Time to steal the donuts
78th PrecinctPark SlopeCoffee fiendA shoplifter swiped some victuals from the Dunkin’ Donuts in the Pathmark shopping center on June 21 — then punched out an employee who tried to stop...
Wish you were here: San Juan perfect setting for Mets-Marlins series
SAN JUAN -- If you are a Mets fan with nothing to do tomorrow, you might want to fly down for the final game of the San Juan Series 2010...
Gardner out of Yankees lineup
Brett Gardner was out of the Yankees lineup, recovering from a bruised right wrist suffered when he was hit by a pitch Sunday in Los Angeles."They're talking it could be...
McChrystal will retire as four-star general: White House
Gen. Stanley McChrystal will retire from the U.S. Army as a four-star general, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Tuesday. McChrystal is expected to retain his rank in his...
Nets building a foundation -- on Brooklyn arena
The Nets might be a dark horse in the LeBron James sweepstakes as they try re-building their fragile foundation, but at least the foundation of their long-delayed Brooklyn arena project...
Two rapes in Greenpoint
94th PrecinctGreenpoint–NorthsideViolent rapeA vicious, knife-wielding thug raped a prostitute in a Meeker Avenue apartment on June 20.The woman told cops that she went to the perp’s house, which is near...
Cleopatra and Marc Antony knew, so did Penelope and Odysseus
“I’m bored.” “There’s nothing to do.” “It’s too hot.” “What’s to eat?” “Do I have to get up now?”A whiney child the day after school is over? No, only my...
Queens 'madam' arrested for allegedly terrorizing sex slaves
A sex slave madam who lives in a million-dollar Queens mansion has been arrested for allegedly terrorizing sex slaves in her two Long Island locations, which were disguised as nail...
Mary Louis star point guard commits to George Mason
The coaches at George Mason were persistent and that’s exactly what Karin Robinson liked about them. “They called every week, e-mailed,” the Mary Louis rising senior said. “They were one...
ABT gazes back, looks forward
There's nothing quite like homemade. American Ballet Theatre is featuring a program of three ballets created on the company from 1944 to 2009. The oldest is a classic, but it...
Brother of hate crime victim applauds guilty verdict
On the Brooklyn corner where Ecuadorian immigrant Jose Sucuzhanay was savagely beaten to death, the man’s brother applauded today a jury’s decision to convict the killer. "We were afraid we...
Two knife attacks!
90th PrecinctSouthside–BushwickKnifePodA knife-wielding jerk threatened two people on Bushwick Avenue and made off with an iPod on June 25.The first victim told police that he was near Boerum Street at...
Quench your thirst with these
These mini-clutches are a perfect example of fashion over function: you can barely hold more than your ID and a few bills, but who cares!? Opt for these refreshing handbags...
Free-agency watch: Dirk, Yao, Stoudemire
A look at some free agent news from around the NBA today:Dirk opts out, will test free agency From the AP, Dirk Nowitzki has notified the Dallas Mavericks he is...
Smoked out
84th PrecinctBrooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–DowntownNewport newsThe high price of cigarettes might have motivated a pack of nicotine addicts to steal 30 cartons of Newports from a delivery van on Hoyt Street...
’Craigslist killing’ trial expected in March 2011
BOSTON — The trial of a former Boston University medical student accused of killing a masseuse he met through Craigslist is expected to take place in March 2011. Prosecutors and...
Bike lane backlash: Cyclists speak out against board votes
Bay Ridge cyclists are as divided as a two-way street over whether bike lanes in Bay Ridge will keep them safe.Last month, citing safety concerns, Community Board 10 and Community...
'Twilight: Eclipse' reviews trending up
"Twilight" fans apparently have stopped reading reviews (I got a bunch of hate mail after slamming the first movie, very little after slamming the second even harder) but if they...
Police: Alcohol not factor in Jones' accident
New Orleans police are still investigating the single-car accident in which Giants rookie Chad Jones was seriously injured but do not believe alcohol was a factor. Police were not able...
Super Bowl coach: Jets are a threat
Sean Payton views the Jets as a threat to take his Saints' Super Bowl title. "They're a threat to everyone," the New Orleans head coach said today. That's because the...
Son of Yonkers couple says Russian spying charges 'preposterous'
The son of a couple accused by U.S. federal prosecutors of working a deep cover assignment on behalf of the Russian government on Tuesday called the allegations against them “preposterous.”...
Walmart US promoting from within as CEO steps down
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Tuesday that Eduardo Castro-Wright is leaving his post as president and CEO of Walmart U.S., its largest sales division, and that his lieutenant Bill Simon will...
US singer Jennifer Hudson opens up about family murders
Oscar-winning actress and singer Jennifer Hudson has opened up about the vicious murder of three members of her family in October 2008, FOXNews.com reported Tuesday. In an episode VH1’s “Behind...
Boycott BP Facebook page deleted 'in error': Facebook
Facebook denied allegations Tuesday that it intentionally deleted a "Boycott BP" fan page that had amassed nearly 800,000 fans, TechCrunch reported. Lee Perkins, who created the fan page where users...
Sparkles for sale!
Score sparkly frocks aplenty for half the price during French Connection's summer blowout sale - including this striped mini for $119 (was $268). Check out frenchconnection.com for other steals between now and July...
Paraguay advances on penalty kicks after 0-0 draw with Japan
PRETORIA, South Africa -- The last thing Paraguay wanted was to wind up in a shootout with Japan. After all, the South Americans almost never practice penalty kicks — or...
Geronimo! Man publishes a 15-volume history of the Indian Wars
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Sampras will play Agassi at Garden in February
Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi are renewing their rivalry — and in the Big Apple, no less. John McEnroe and Ivan Lendl, too. Those four tennis greats — owners of...
Worldwide Wes will sit out LeBron meetings
LeBron James will be short one adviser come Thursday's meetings with the Nets, Knicks and other teams invited to the Akron, Ohio, area, The Post has learned.According to an NBA...
Lee could turn up the heat on Mets
Mets fans fawning for Cliff Lee could reach a fevered pitch tomorrow morning.There are some who believe the team needs to hold on to its prospects and not trade for...
JFK terror plot suspect pleads guilty to lesser charge
On the eve of his criminal trial, Abdel Nur, a Guyanese national charged in an international plot to blow up fuel lines at JFK Airport, pleaded guilty to providing material...
Mixed opinions on the new bike lane
Robert Rohr, Park Slope***To the editor,As a resident of Windsor Terrace for 22 years, I consider the new two-way bike path on Prospect Park West a dream come true (“Bike...
Gavel to Gavel
Phoenix fallingKeith Phoenix’s luck has just run out.After the first jury handling his murder trial ended up hopelessly deadlocked, it only took a second jury just seven hours to find...
Feds bust high-end Russian madam
An ambitious Russian madam was busted for running a high-end prostitution ring around Manhattan featuring a stable of hookers that included a lingerie model, an elementary school geometry teacher and...
Devils hire Oates as assistant
The Devils pulled a surprise today by going outside the organization to hire Adam Oates as an assistant to head coach John MacLean.Oates, 47, joins Larry Robinson and Chris Terreri...
Delaware North drops Aqueduct bid
Hospitality industry giant Delaware North dropped its bid today operate the Aqueduct racino, citing unfavorable business conditions and Albany’s volatile politics and unpredictable taxing policies, sources said today. Delaware North...
Nets send Yi to D.C.; now $30 million under cap
The Nets found a taker for Yi Jianlian. Yi is headed to the Wizards for Quinton Ross – actually, Yi and his $4.05 million salary are going to Washington for...
DVD Extra: Wyler vs. Boleslawsky, July 6 WAC schedule
By far the best-known version of "Three Godfathers,'' filmed five times for theaters and once for TV, is the very sentimental one John Ford did in 1949 starring John Wayne,...
Ringo Starr’s gold drum to be displayed at Met
New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art will display Ringo Starr’s gold-plated snare drum in a special exhibition honoring the ex-Beatle’s 70th birthday. The museum said Tuesday the drum will...
Ex-spy: May be 50 undercover Russian couples in US
MOSCOW — One of the Cold War's most famous defectors says Russia probably has about 50 deep-cover couples — and maybe even up to 60 of them — spying inside...
Giants transfer rookie Jones to New York
The Giants are bringing Chad Jones to New York. Jones, the rookie safety seriously injured last week in a car wreck, is being transferred today to New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill...
The charade of Kagan's confirmation hearing
Reason's Radley Balko ably explains why were aren't going to learn a thing about how Elena Kagan would rule as a Supreme Court justice. "If we can't use Kagan's time...
Brian Austin Green weds Megan Fox in private Hawaii ceremony
“Transformers” star Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green wed in a private ceremony at the Four Seasons Resort on the Big Island in Hawaii -- just one week after they...
3UP: Hughes, Burnett, Moyer
1. My colleague, Brian Costello, writes today in this piece about Phil Hughes returning to start tonight after being skipped as part of an overall plan to cap his innings...
Budget deadlines loom in NJ and PA
Pennsylvania may have a budget agreement. And if they suspend rules for actually giving time to read the proposal Gov. Ed Rendell could possibly sign a budget on time for...
House GOP sticks to spending cuts and earmark ban
House Republicans are sticking to their ‘no earmarks’ pledge. In the 2011 homeland security spending bill, there is exactly one Republican earmark and seemingly in response, Democrat earmarks dropped dramatically...
Report: Jets make call on JaMarcus
The Jets have made a cursory phone call about former Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell, ESPN.com reports. The former No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft was released by Oakland...
Report: James, Wade, Bosh didn't meet
So, maybe they didn’t meet after all. ESPN.com reported that a limited version of the Free Agent Summit took place over the weekend, with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris...
Here's what we want to know from PT Barnum
— Andy Campbellacampbell@cnglocal.com
Speak to P.T. Barnum — live!
The man who allegedly said, “There’s a sucker born every minute” is about to give us another earful.Phineas Taylor Barnum — the circus industry’s most notoriously irascible showman — will...
Google changes China access after Beijing objects
BEIJING — Google Inc. said Tuesday it will stop automatically routing users in China to its Hong Kong site after Beijing threatened the company with the loss of its Internet...
Venus upset, Serena wins at Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON, England -- There will be no all-Williams final at Wimbledon this year. Defending champion Serena has a good chance of playing for her fourth title on Saturday, but big...
Coastal rallyers form a human chain in Coney Island
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Exclusive: Budget war in Albany escalates as Legislature denies Gov.'s request
ALBANY – A day after the Legislature insultingly refused to accept receipt of Gov. Paterson’s budget bills, the legislative leaders have escalated their war with the governor.A source close to...
Long Island legislator sentenced for tax fraud
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — A Long Island legislator will served 18 months in federal prison for failing to report on his taxes $226,000 he received from a developer. Nassau County...
Downtown walls, if nothing else, start to look great
Lipstick on a pig, indeed — some abandoned construction sites in Downtown are looking a lot cooler these days now that local artists are turning the sites into canvases.Several blighted,...
Man found shot dead in Bronx elevator
The NYPD says a 26-year-old man was found shot dead in an elevator of an apartment building. Police say they responded to the East 149th Street address in the Bronx...
Teen sailor returns to port where her voyage began
MARINA DEL REY, Calif. — Abby Sunderland, the precocious 16-year-old girl who attempted to sail solo around the world, is returning to the port from which she launched her voyage...
He's in the kitchen!
88th PrecinctFort Greene–Clinton HillUnexpected guestA woman came home on June 22 to find a thief lurking in her kitchen — just paces away from where her elderly relatives slept.She told...
Cyprus police arrest man sought by US for involvement in spy ring
A man suspected of being the 11th member of a U.S. spy ring allegedly working for Russia was arrested and released on bail in Cyprus, AFP reported Tuesday. Christopher Robert...
Raise the roof this Fourth of July at a bar with a view
Don’t have rooftop access this Fourth of July? Don’t feel left out. These rooftop bars and restaurants provide some great views of Brooklyn and beyond, so you can catch a...
Monk 'filmed naked women bathing in holy water'
A Buddhist monk was charged Tuesday for secretly filming hundreds of women as they bathed naked with holy water at a temple in Cambodia, and then sharing the clips. Net...
Paterson threatens campaign season session
ALBANY – See you in the fall?Gov. Paterson – no longer running for election himself this year - said this morning he’ll gladly call lawmakers back to Albany during the...
Cyclones fall to Renegades — but retain first place
It was a bit of an up-and-down week for the Cyclones, who met our publication deadline in first place in the McNamara Division, but were starting to show some cracks,...
Gary Coleman's ex blames attorney for restraining order: report
Gary Coleman’s ex-wife Shannon Price said the dead actor’s attorney manipulated him into taking a restraining order against her, RadarOnline.com reported. The “Diff’rent Strokes” child star secretly obtained a restraining...
Dickey knuckles under as Marlins mangle Mets in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — R.A. Dickey’s knuckleball evidently doesn’t do the cha-cha. After seven scintillating starts this season, the veteran righty last night finally appeared mortal, finding no adjustment...
Minaya: Lee still in play for Mets despite Mejia setback
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Mets’ farm system is more than the Jenrry Mejia show. So claims general manager Omar Minaya, who yesterday said his efforts to potentially acquire...
Loss, Mejia injury point to Mets' need to make a deal
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — These are the kind of nights that make you believe the Mets are not contenders. R.A. Dickey’s knuckler couldn’t handle the tropical heat against the...
Knicks' plan ‘B’ stands for booby prizes
You can almost hear it now. In a few days, the Knicks will tell us they did all they could to convince LeBron James to come to New York, but...
Take my joke, please!
What happens when you put a bunch of old Jews on a soundstage and invite them to crack wise? Thirteen hours and about 140 video clips later, they’re still funny...
Clothes make the Mohan
Inside a stark office building across the street from Grand Central Terminal, a portly Indian man stands face-to-face with fame. All 6-foot-4-inches of it. With a measuring ribbon around his...
Motel's TV caper
76th PrecinctCarroll GardensCobble Hill–Red HookHot screensA guest at the hotel at the mouth of the Battery Tunnel left jaws agape when he stole two big TVs on June 22.Cops said...
Loprete to face United States Under-18 national team
On one of the hottest days of the year, Phil Loprete had the right idea. He headed to Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village, Queens on Monday. But the recent...
LIU hopes winning formula starts with locals
George Washington southpaw Nestor Bautista and John Adams right-hander Rafael Guerrero. FDR catcher Melvin Rios, Bishop Ford catcher Mike Molbury, and Telecommunications outfielder Stan Simmons. What do all these local...
Clones win second in a row
Renegades 2Cyclones 5Monday, June 27 at MCU ParkStarter Yohan Almonte scattered six hits and struck out five, while the Cyclone offense battered Renegades pitching with a 13-hit barrage that earned...
LC Fest, in fifth year, is perfect for short attention spans
For those with musical ADD, this one’s for you.Over five days, from July 7-11, the Local Correspondents festival, or LC Fest, presents more than 60 local acts in three songs,...
A big Domi-YES from the Council
A key Council committee unanimously approved the $1.2-billion Domino redevelopment project this afternoon — with the blessing of an anti-project Williamsburg lawmaker — thanks to a last-minute deal that would...
Tale of rising river gets diluted
LCT3 may be the newest and most intimate unit of Lincoln Center Theater, but its shows certainly don't think small. "On the Levee," which opened last night, tackles no less...
'Melrose' DUI
Former "Melrose Place" actress Amy Locane-Bovenizer was charged in a drunk driving accident Sunday night that killed a New Jersey woman. Locane-Bovenizer played Sandy Louise Harling on "Melrose Place," a...
Katie's mistake
Yesterday, Katie Couric turned into the new Kate Gosselin. On Monday, The Post reported that Couric had turned down an offer to take Larry King's gig when both of their...
'Office' losing its boss
That's what he said. Steve Carell con firmed that he will be leaving "The Office" after the 2010 season. At the Sunday night premiere of his movie "Despicable Me," Carell...
A nod to Prince on 'King'
THE-DREAM "Love King" ***½ ON his third (and he says last) solo record, R&B hit maker The-Dream -- famous for writing tunes such as Beyoncé's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring...
Prepare to pay for Hulu very soon
Get ready to kiss your cable bill goodbye -- Hulu Plus is preparing for takeoff. The on-demand, online, streaming TV Web site's paid subscription service is likely to begin testing...
Cop in 'video' beat acquitted
He beat the rap -- no baton necessary. The cop charged in the brutal 2008 beating of an prone, unarmed Iraq war Army vet that was caught on tape was...
Rethinking the way to win in A'stan
With the drama over Gen. Stanley McChrystal behind us, let's focus on bringing the near-decade-long US mission in Afghanistan to a successful conclusion. Start by remembering why we're there: America...
Obama vs. the Allies
A specter is haunting the world: the specter of Canada. To hear President Obama's supporters tell it, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is a one-man economic wrecking crew. He led...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan He's going need to need a lawyer now. David Farrell was charged with burglary after he slipped into the New York Law School in TriBeCa without a pass, police...
Senate fixture Byrd, 92, dies
US Sen. Robert Byrd -- the self-educated son of a West Virginia coal miner who triumphed over poverty and transcended his racist beginnings to become one of the most respected...
91% of docs overtest to duck lawsuits
CHICAGO -- Doctors overwhelmingly believe they overtest and overtreat to protect themselves from malpractice lawsuits. A survey of 1,231 physicians nationwide asked point blank: "Do physicians order more tests and...
Meals to make you airsick
Bacteria fly free. Federal inspection reports from plants where airline food is prepared turned up a nauseating array of health and sanitation violations -- from roaches, flies and mouse droppings...
Carey jumps ship
David Carey, a onetime golden executive at Condé Nast long rumored to be in line for the CEO job, has jumped to rival Hearst Magazines as its new president. He...
Teachers in deKlein
No contract, no love. Only one-third of public-school teachers said they were satisfied with Schools Chancellor Joel Klein's leadership this year in an annual survey that for the first time...
SI mini-Madoff is hit with fraud charge
A mini-Madoff conned seven Staten Island friends out of $2.5 million by promising them he was investing it in foreign currency trading -- but instead spent their cash on expensive...
NY stays 'course' as top ed. spender
New York state led the nation in education spending for the fourth straight year -- shelling out nearly $17,200 per student, compared to the national average of $10,259. Most of...
Cell-suicide cops yanked
An NYPD sergeant and police officer have been suspended after a prisoner hanged himself inside the holding cell of a Brooklyn station house in an apparent suicide. The officer, John...
Blindsided Sandra is single lady
The divorce between Sandra Bullock and Jesse James is final, just two months after the Oscar-winning actress announced she was splitting from her motorcycle-mogul husband in the wake of a...
Business briefs
Levy to prison Ezra Levy, a former trader and chief financial officer of Boston Provi dent Partners, was sen tenced to 67 months in prison for stealing about $3 million...
Look out below!
Please stand clear of the falling bricks. MTA officials knew the ceiling at the 181st Street station on the No. 1 line was a collapse risk for an entire decade...
McChrystal leaves Army
WASHINGTON -- Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who was fired last week as the top commander in the stalemated Afghanistan war, has told the Army that he will retire. Army spokesman Col....
Elevating stake in Facebook
Unlike some of its earlier investment flops, Bono's investment firm, Elevation Partners, is riding high on its stake in Facebook. Elevation -- a tech-focused private-equity firm that counts the socially-conscious...
Gun ruling not 'gat' bad: Mike
The Supreme Court's decision casting doubt on Chicago's tough gun ban won't have a "detrimental effect" on New York City, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. By a 5-4 vote, the court...
NBC sweatbox
It's going to be a long, hot summer at 30 Rock as NBC Universal senior staff sweat out who gets to stay with the company -- and on what terms...
Tree-trim after death
Tree-trimming crews descended on Central Park yesterday, cutting branches and pulling ivy from trunks in the wake of Saturday's horrifying accident in which a 6-month-old New Jersey girl was killed...
Paterson's last Silver bullet: veto
ALBANY -- Now that he's been out maneuvered and humiliated by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in the crucial struggle for a new budget, Gov. Paterson has no choice but to...
5-10% pay cuts at Newsday unions
Newsday's unionized workers voted to accept a Cablevision offer that will slice pay for most workers by 5 percent over three years, while truckers get a 10 percent whack. The...
Hardened con let down
No peeking! A prison inmate won't be allowed to review the medical records of two other cons as part of his suit against a jailhouse nurse he says didn't properly...
City bullish on Wall St. taxi shares
The city yesterday rolled out a new group-ride taxi stand catering to the Wall Street crowd. Set to rival the decades-old "Wall Street run" at 79th Street and York Avenue...
Loan woes at 757 Third
The latest commercial property loan to go into special-servicing is at a surprising address: RFR Realty's 757 Third Ave. at 48th Street, a nearly 500,000-square-foot office tower. The $126 million...
Struggling B&N posts Q4 loss
Barnes & Noble warned Wall Street yesterday that it may post a loss this year, as it struggles to step up its investment in the fast-growing electronic books business. The...
Andy urging Dave to slice foes' pork thin
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo sided with Gov. Paterson in his battle with state lawmakers yesterday, advising the governor to yank the Legislature's prized pork-barrel spending as punishment for rejecting...
Kick in the nanny
Supermodel Stephanie Seymour and her polo-playing husband aren't just fighting over the kids in their messy divorce. They're battling over the nannies, too. Seymour and her billionaire, paper-magnate husband Peter...
Douglas eyes escape from NY in new ex war
Oscar-winner Michael Douglas loves filming and living in New York -- just don't ask him to deal with his ex-wife's bid for half of his "Wall Street 2" money in...
Bats & 'bets' for HS coach
A former baseball coach at a Brooklyn high school played ball with the mob -- helping to operate an illegal sports-betting operation for the Genovese crime family, authorities charged yesterday....
Feds OK 2nd film options
Federal regulators have allowed a second online exchange to proceed to trade future box-office receipts for movies. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission yesterday approved the proposed futures contracts for the...
Sarbanes-Oxley ruling is co$tly
Accounting firms could lose as much as $30 billion a year in revenue from helping steer clients through the red tape of the controversial Sarbanes-Oxley anti-fraud law if the eight-year...
No joke: 'L' is for lovelorn
Lonely hearts are looking for love -- where else, but on the L train! The hottest subway spots for "Missed Connections" postings -- where riders try to reconnect with someone...
More kids at deadly beach
Students from a Manhattan elementary school were frolicking in the surf at an unguarded Long Island beach while a girl from another city school drowned there, sources said yesterday. Fifty-one...
Feather friends save hawk
A band of Bronx bird lovers joined forces over the weekend to save a baby red-tailed hawk — rescuing the frightened fledging from traffic then canoeing up the Harlem River...
Holy masquerade! Cat woman strikes
Cat Woman is on the prowl. A serial stickup artist with a penchant for disguises -- including a cat mask -- has sunk her claws into shoe and beauty stores...
Lenny nails Jim
You may want to call it one of Jim Cramer's worst Wall Street picks. Financial talking head Cramer has been ensnared in an alleged stock-picking scam by bankrupt Lenny Dykstra,...
Faking the grade
Those in charge of performance testing at the state Education Department aren't the only ones cooking books. As The New York Times reports, administrators at the Loyola Law School in...
Get mad, Mike
The death of 6-month-old Gianna Ricciutti -- ripped from her mother's arms by a falling tree limb in Central Park Saturday -- will haunt her parents to the end of...
Banks safe from BP
Wall Street's exposure to BP's mounting troubles is not as bad as some had feared, according to an internal investigation by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. After poring...
Riders: What's my line?
What a wild ride! Straphangers endured the first weekday of the MTA's massive service cuts yesterday, with baffling results. "It was like 'Groundhog Day,' " said Sara Sommers, 26, who...
Osama's out to get me, 'Rambo' says in NY
Now Osama bin Laden is gunning for him! "Rambo"-wannabe Gary Faulkner yesterday said bin Laden and fellow terrorists have put a bounty on his head after the wacky Colorado construction...
City Dem in assault probe
The City Council is investigating one of its members for possibly assaulting a staffer. The council's Standards and Ethics Committee yesterday opened a probe into Ydanis Rodriguez (D-Manhattan), who last...
Mike rips charity tax
An Albany plan to limit charitable tax deductions for those making $10 million a year or more was attacked yesterday as "devastating" by Mayor Bloomberg -- one of the nation's...
State raid$ racinos
Gov. Paterson and lawmakers are raiding cash from New York's racino operators to help balance the state budget -- even while entertaining bids today to open new slots at Aqueduct...
Obama aide 'forgot' 37G in union pay
WASHINGTON -- A former top official for a huge New York union who is now the White House political director failed to disclose more than $37,000 in income from the...
Council rolls out the pork barrel
Sure there’s a budget crisis, but there’s also music in the air at City Hall. The City Council is funding a summer music boot camp, a marching band and citywide...
Pols trash gov's budget bid
ALBANY -- Just a pile of trash. That's how the state's top lawmakers treated Gov. Paterson's last-ditch effort to balance Albany's books yesterday. They left his plan sitting on an...
Tesla's IPO
Electric carmaker Tesla Motors Inc. priced shares in its initial public offering above the expected range last night, according to a market source. The company sold 13.3 million shares for...
Capriati on mend after Rx OD
Former tennis star Jennifer Capriati was recovering last night from an accidental overdose of a prescribed medication, a family spokeswoman said. Capriati, 34, once ranked No. 1 in the world,...
Fighting the good fight
Gov. Paterson began vetoing budget bills last night after lawmakers callously thumbed their noses at him, his plan and, by extension, all New Yorkers. Indeed, they actually left the pages...
Window washers rescued
Firefighters pulled two window washers to safety at a Midtown high-rise after the motor on the men's scaffolding went kaput. The Bravest removed a 26th-floor window from the inside 575...
Dem Byrd's death imperils bank bill
WASHINGTON -- A major bill to clamp down on Wall Street got thrown seriously off track yesterday by the death of Democratic Sen. Robert C. Byrd -- as a group...
Spy ring's 'femme fatale'
A ring of 11 Russian moles right out of a Cold War spy novel was smashed yesterday — and among those busted was a flame-haired, 007-worthy beauty who flitted from...
Stupid is as stupid does: Fans' world cup delight
The US national football (soccer) team fought its heart out to get as far as it got in the World Cup ("This Sport Is Stupid Anyway," June 27). Those guys...
Rx for national vote-count chaos
The state Senate may be clueless about how to fix New York's fiscal mess, but it's absolutely confident that it knows how to reform the nation's electoral system. It just...
Kagan grilling is 'vapid' fire
WASHINGTON -- Let the "vapid and hollow charade" begin! Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's law-school criticism of the confirmation process came back to bite her yesterday as her own Senate...
Goldman makes nice with financial crisis panel
Apparently, all it took was a subpoena up the tush to make Goldman Sachs cooperate with a Washington committee looking into the financial crisis. A source at the Financial Crisis...
Hate-crime killer guilty
It took a Brooklyn jury only seven hours last night to convict a man for murder as a hate crime in the savage beating of an Ecuadorian immigrant. Keith Phoenix's...
Apple's mass appeal
With a slew of mental midgets lining up for hours in sweltering heat and torrential rain to waste their money on an electronic gadget, is it any wonder that most...
Stray bullets hit two boys
Two boys playing on a Brooklyn street last night were hit by stray bullets. The boys, 10 and 12, were on Legion Street near Sutter Avenue in Brownsville at around...
Baby talk OK with soccer wife
American soccer hero Landon Donovan's wife wasn't shocked or outraged to learn he may have fathered a child out of wedlock. "She was not blindsided by this and isn't angry,"...
The key to 'surge' success
A commander had just been removed from America's fight in a distant Muslim country, with another general about to take his place. Almost everyone agreed that the war so far...
Capriati said to be OK after 'accidental' OD
Former tennis star Jennifer Capriati was recovering yesterday from an accidental overdose of prescribed medication, a family spokeswoman said. The 34-year-old Capriati, once ranked No. 1 in a career sidetracked...
Unknown Lu shocks Roddick at Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON, England -- Three-time finalist Andy Roddick has been stunned in the fourth round at Wimbledon by an 82nd-ranked Taiwanese player who hadn't won a match at the All England...
Philadelphia Park Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 6f; $22,000; cl($10,000); 3up; (f&m)LOVE RIDGE drew the rail for return to conditioned claiming ranks after tiring to third in last two starts. UNBRIDLED NUNN drew the rail and...
Brazil roars into quarters
JOHANNESBURG -- As Brazil was dismantling Chile, a couple of fans delighted the crowd by parading around the stadium with two giant gold replicas of the World Cup trophy. Another...
Slovakia downed by Netherlands
DURBAN, South Africa -- Impressive as Arjen Robben and his Dutch teammates were in advancing to the World Cup quarterfinals, they seek much more. The Netherlands reached the final eight...
Boeheim: Rautins fits nice-Lee with Knicks
Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said he thinks the Knicks have pulled off another mid-draft steal along the lines of David Lee. Syracuse guard Andy Rautins, selected at No. 38 in...
England's Capello left hangin' for '2 weeks'
England's Football Association told Fabio Capello yesterday it will take two weeks to decide whether to retain him as coach of the national team. Capello, who has two years left...
Spain faces border threat
Soccer's Iberian heavyweights get their first look at each other as World Cup opponents today. In a match better suited for the later rounds of the tournament, European champion Spain...
No way will Cashman strip minors for Lee
Cliff Lee vs. Phil Hughes to night at Yankee Stadium is one of the match-ups of the season, conditions permitting. Thunderstorms are forecast to have passed, but a slippery field...
Limiting Hughes' innings a Series concern
Get your "Hughes Rules" T-shirts ready. Phil Hughes returns to the mound tonight after the Yankees skipped his last turn through the rotation in an effort to keep his innings...
Wetteland back in Bronx as Mariners pitching coach
There will be a familiar face in the visiting bullpen when the Mariners hit Yankee Stadium tonight -- former Yankees closer and 1996 World Series MVP John Wetteland. Now Seattle's...
Source: Nets have edge over Knicks in LeBron Derby
As the Knicks look to gain momentum in the LeBron James Sweepstakes, they appear to be losing ground even in their own town. One person with ties to James told...
Vick, Young on commish radar
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said he would look into legal incidents involving quarterbacks Michael Vick and Vince Young. Goodell told reporters at the NFL's rookie symposium on Sunday the league...
U.S. soccer president: Squad fell short of 'expectations'
JOHANNESBURG -- U.S. Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati says the American team did not meet his expectations at the World Cup and he likely will meet with Bob Bradley after...
Levine: Jeter, Rivera will remain Yankees
Yankees fans have nothing to worry about this winter if you listen to team president Randy Levine. Levine virtually guaranteed the return of icons and impending free agents Derek Jeter...
Hondo: Go Sox!
The Blue Jays, unlike the rest of the league, were unable to do any damage against the pushovers in Cleveland last night, so Hondo's deficit ballooned to 930 mcnertneys. Tonight,...
Moseley awaits call up from Yankees
SCRANTON, Pa. -- After being scratched from a start for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre last night, Dustin Moseley could be on his way to The Bronx. The 28-year-old right-hander, who is 4-4...
Sports shorts
MLB: Braves get to Strasburg in 7th In Atlanta, star Nationals rookie Stephen Strasburg had his toughest big league start in his fifth outing, allowing four runs -- all in...
Marbury wants LeBron with Nets
Stephon Marbury said he is rooting for LeBron James to sign with the Nets to rescuscitate Newark and, eventually, his home borough, Brooklyn. "LJ 23 should go to the Nets...
Liberty turn to rookie Greene as closer
With all the changes the Liberty have made since last season, coach Anne Donovan had a rookie on the court in the decisive final two minutes of a 77-68 win...
'Global' Prokhorov is set to offer James the world
If the Knicks thought being second in line to the Nets in the LeBron James interview process was tough, there may be more angst in the immediate future. Declining specifics,...
Get set boo-birds, angry West to ump Seattle series
Umpire Joe West will be reunited with one of his favorite baseball teams tonight. The ump who criticized the Yankees and Red Sox in April will work the Yankees' series...
The Post line
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Weird but true
Could this be the world's worst case of heartburn? Cops in Suffolk, Va., are looking for two men and a woman who swiped more than $3,500 worth of Prilosec OTC...
Pols sue MTA over cuts
An 11th-hour lawsuit filed by two Bay Ridge politicians and three of their disabled constituents has failed to derail the planned service cuts that went into effect on Sunday.The suit...
NY Panthers Elite win Long Island Bandits tournament, earn nationals berth
The NY Panthers Elite started the summer travel softball season off with a bang. The team, made up of some of New York City’s best players, won the Long Island...
Thierry Henry's Barcelona exit official; NY arrival next?
Red Bull target Thierry Henry's exit from Barcelona is official. Will the French striker's arrival in New York be far behind? "Barcelona director general Joan Oliver has said that the...
Mike Antonio signs with Royals, inches closer to start of pro career
Mike Antonio didn’t waste any time. Hours after he signed his first professional contract with the Kansas City Royals, the team that made the George Washington standout the highest New...
New look coming for CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens girls volleyball
The CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens girls volleyball league will be undergoing a facelift for 2010. The two-division structure, which is normally divided by borough, will now be separated by level of competition,...
Injured Sadewitz says Frontiersmen will rise again
It’s only the most important shoulder in the Brooklyn Kickball League.The New Frontiersman’s star player, Matt “Marquis De” Sadewitz, is expected to miss six weeks of play, according to league...
Boardwalk boards would make good wood
Last month’s nor’easter put a beating on the Sheepshead Bay footbridge, and one local official wants to see it rebuilt on the cheap — with free wood from the Riegelmann...
Model elders sparkle on the runway at Caton Pk. Nursing Home
Fugghedabout Bryant Park — Caton Park Nursing Home was the new kid on the style runway when the golden set teamed up for a fashion show to show ’em all...
Yankees have another big-time catching prospect in Gary Sanchez
When the Yankees signed Gary Sanchez for $3 million last summer, the third largest bonus for a prospect ever out of the Dominican Republic, they expected big things.But I think...
St. Ray's alum bent on giving back
Daon Merritt scoffs when asked if he has spoken to his old coach at St. Raymond HS, Gary DeCesare, lately. “I spoke to him on Father’s Day,” Merritt said. That...
Wally Backman is intense, man
How intense is Cyclones manager Wally Backman?Look no further than last Thursday night, when Backman’s team was up 16–3 in a laugher over the Hudson Valley Renegades. It was the...