July 24, 2010
Why more Jedi don't rob banks
First there was the bouquet bandit, who walked into the Bank of Smithtown in Chelsea clutching some fresh flowers and a note, “Give me your fifties, hundreds.” He was nipped...
Giants sign veteran LB Bulluck
The Giants waited until just a week before the start of training camp to address one of their most pressing needs, yesterday signing former Pro Bowl middle linebacker Keith Bulluck....
RBNY search for 10 back on, JPA to play, Kandji, trialist Marcos Paullo shine
The Red Bulls' on-again, off-again search for a Classic 10 _ an attacking midfielder _ is back on. Well, at least on life support, at least. After coach Hans Backe...
Dodgers' 13th-inning homer ruins it for Mets, 3-2
LOS ANGELES — James Loney homered in the 13th inning, giving the Los Angeles Dodgers a 3-2 victory over the New York Mets today. Oliver Perez (0-4), starting his second...
RBNY GM Erik Soler on Thierry Henry's arrival: "This is a changing point"
Newcomer Thierry Henry's impact on the field for the Red Bulls was instant and obvious in Thursday's debut against Tottenham. But now, as the team prepares for Sunday's New York...
Oh crap! Diry bird shuts down Kings of Leon
Grammy-winning U.S. rock band Kings of Leon cut short their concert last night in St. Louis after a pigeon dropping landed in bassist Jared Followill's mouth, the Riverfront Times reported...
Lohan in lockdown after prison jeers: report
Fallen star Lindsay Lohan was in lockdown after having a "hysterical fit" in front of her fellow Los Angeles County jail inmates, British media reported today. The 24-year-old allegedly broke...
Pettitte plotting early return
Andy Pettitte has already been in Joe Girardi's ear, telling the Yankees manager at every turn that he feels fine and could be back soon, despite a left groin strain...
15 die in 'Love Parade' crush horror
DUISBURG, Germany — A stampede inside a tunnel crowded with techno music fans crushed 15 people to death and injured dozens at the Love Parade festival in western Germany on...
No. 600 eludes Rodriguez as Yankees lose to Royals
Jose Guillen homered and drove in two runs, Rick Ankiel also had a pair of RBIs and the Kansas City Royals pounded spot starter Sergio Mitre during a 7-4 victory...
Pre-game notes: Gardner out after hospital visit
Brett Gardner is out of the lineup today because the Yankees left fielder was at the hospital dealing with a problem related to acid reflux. Yankees manager Joe Girardi said...
Taliban claim to have captured 2 US troops
Afghan insurgents captured two U.S. soldiers and are holding them in southern Logar province, a Taliban official said today. A NATO statement today said the two service members left their...
Marbury: No to Heat
South Beach or Shanxi? Stephon Marbury told a Chinese newspaper that he passed on an opportunity to play with the Heat and is considering heading back to China, where he...
Liberty Media dissolves Overture Films; Relativity Media to take over distribution, marketing
LOS ANGELES — After months of unsuccessfully trying to find a buyer, Liberty Media Corp. is dissolving its Overture Films unit, sending its distribution and marketing staff to film financier...
Insiders: Yankees should keep red-hot Montero in minors
As it always does with a week to go before the trade deadline, the rumor mill is pumping out player after player the Yankees could be interested in. From Cody...
Strawberry says Mets need more fight
Darryl Strawberry says it’s time the Mets get their act together. His team won a World Series title in 1986, and there’s been a drought ever since. If the Amazin’s...
Old is in for NFL’s new coaches
When it comes to coaches, the NFL’s fall color is decidedly gray. After a run of young, inexperienced hires produced too many disappointing results, teams decided to turn back the...
Greene with envy: NYC falls to Long Island in men's hoops
BUFFALO – Justin Greene was scoring at will inside. Nick Walsh couldn’t miss from outside. The tandem helped give the New York City men’s open basketball team a 15-point halftime...
Medals are all in the family for father-daughter bowling tandem
WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. – It’s easy to figure out Lisa Laursen’s highlight of the 2010 Empire State Games and it has nothing to with an individual accomplishment. Sure, the Staten Island...
Empire State Games roundup: NYC falls at the buzzer to LI in boys hoops
BUFFALO – Another day, another-gut wrenching loss for the New York City boys scholastic basketball team. For a second straight day, NYC couldn’t maintain a double-digit lead and on Friday,...
Mets snap 4-game skid with 6-1 drubbing of Dodgers
LOS ANGELES — Johan Santana tossed seven strong innings, Ike Davis homered and the New York Mets beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-1 on Friday night, snapping a four-game skid...
Raimondi's observations from Friday's Nike/USJN National Championship
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – I complain about New York City traffic all the time. Sometimes I mutter under my breath that it couldn’t get any worse.Well, I found out Friday...
Big boats battle on the Hudson
On the Western edge of 42nd Street in the Hudson River, The Beast’s powerful engines rattle the bones of its white-knuckled passengers as the 70-foot speedboat — painted red, yellow...
Braziller heads to Orlando for AAU Super Showcase
At this time last year, I heard all about Las Vegas and the various AAU tournaments from my co-worker Marc Raimondi. He called frequently, asking me boys hoops questions. I...
Fighting fire with fire
The battle of the sexes is sizzling this summer. Elizabeth Karmel — one of the few women in New York to helm a top grill pit — rakes male cooks...
South Shore's Winter having big summer for Gauchos
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Jenice Winter was hesitant at first. She wasn’t sure if she was ready for the kind of competition the Gauchos AAU program plays against just about...
Kid stuff
TODAY WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE: Be among the first to hear tunes from “Jungle Gym,” the latest CD by Justin Roberts and the Not Ready for Naptime Players, when the...
Nike/USJN National Championship notebook: New Heights White jumps right into brutal pool
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – When Rock Rosa saw his New Heights White team’s pool for the Nike/USJN National Championship, he couldn’t help but smile. Two of the teams he would...
Burnett bounces back, Cano hits 3-run double in Yankees' 7-1 win over Royals
A.J. Burnett bounced back from a horrible start cut short by a self-inflicted injury to pitch five scoreless innings, Robinson Cano hit a three-run double and the New York Yankees...
Booming Afghan biz
What's the most under-re ported reason to feel opti mistic about Afghanistan? Its booming economy. Afghanistan has averaged over 10 percent growth a year since the Taliban's fall late in...
Gordon Ramsay searches for 'MasterChef'
Gordon Ramsay has worked with rude restaurateurs and know- it-all head chef wannabes -- and now he's being sicced on the public. In Ramsay's new show, "MasterChef," premiering Tuesday on...
'CSI': Justin case
"C SI" has caught a seri ous case of Bieber fever. Teenage singing sensation Justin Bieber is set to guest-star in the 11th-season premiere of "CSI" this fall. Bieber, 16,...
Schorr dies
Daniel Schorr, the vet eran CBS newsman who made the Nixon White House's "Enemies List," died yesterday. He was 93. Schorr, who later worked at CNN, had been a senior...
Widespread indolence
The musky odors of sweat, cannabis and spilled beer wafted through the air at Radio City Music Hall for a gathering of the vibe at the Wide spread Panic show...
Scribe, shrink get interesting treatment
If his plays are any indication, Mark St. Germain must throw some mighty in teresting dinner parties. One recent play, "Camping With Henry and Tom," depicted a meeting of Thomas...
'Family stampede'
The surprise box-office boom for the cartoon "Despicable Me" is making it clear again to Hollywood this sum mer that family films are the most likely to be top-grossing films....
Condé names new president
Condé Nast, publisher of New Yorker, Vogue and Vanity Fair, tapped group president Robert Sauerberg yesterday to be its overall president -- a move that signals the once-dominant print powerhouse...
Jailbird Kerik tweet-tweets
Even behind bars, Bernard Kerik is able to tell the world he's against a planned Ground Zero mosque, thanks to Twitter. The disgraced former police commissioner tweeted a link to...
Mike's mosque moxie: He's snubbing 9/11 kin
* I fully agree with Michael Goodwin -- promoters of the planned mosque near Ground Zero should show where their money is coming from ("The Real Issue in the Mosque...
Bret drug bus-t
Indiana police found marijuana and other unidentified controlled substances on rocker Bret Michaels' tour buses, The Fort Wayne News-Sentinel reported yesterday. Two tour buses, one of which carried the star,...
30G tix for O b'day
Feel like going to a Chicago birthday bash for President Obama, who turns 49 on Aug. 4? Be prepared to pony up a $30,000 donation to the Democratic National Committee,...
Vatican rattles 'closet' door
ROME -- The Catholic Church in Italy, still reeling from the clerical sex-abuse scandal, lashed out yesterday at gay priests who are leading a double life, urging them to come...
iPad knockoff for $35 in India
MUMBAI, India -- It looks like an iPad, only it's 1/14th the cost: India has unveiled the prototype of a $35 basic touch-screen tablet aimed at students, which it hopes...
Lightning-hit man is saved
A Good Samaritan and a group of medics teamed up to save a man who went into cardiac arrest after being struck by lightning last night while perched under a...
iPhone wait for a 'white'
The elusive white iPhone 4 has become the latest black eye for Apple. The company announced yesterday that it was delaying the release of the pale version of its popular...
N. Korea nuke warn to America
North Korea inflamed tensions over the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship by threatening the United States and South Korea yesterday with "nuclear deterrence" if they carry out naval...
Jail fears Lohan 'self-cutting'
Lindsay Lohan's problems may cut deeper than anyone knew. Officials at the Los Angeles jail where she's serving 90 days for drunken driving reportedly fear that the film star is...
Wife: Gooden left kids high and dry
Former Mets and Yankees ace pitcher Dwight "Doc" Gooden has abandoned his family -- leaving his two kids scrounging to survive on public assistance and food stamps, his wife told...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan A female burglar and her male partner slipped into at least three posh Midtown hotels posing as fix-it workers and swiped jewelry, cash and electronics, sources said. Cops said...
Silverstein puts brake on small-biz WTC payouts
Eight uninsured small businesses wiped out in the 9/11 terror attacks must wait to pocket payouts from their property-damage suits, due to legal maneuvering by developer Larry Silverstein. The plaintiffs...
Mel plot to 'kneecap a Jew': ex
Mel Gibson has been accused of his wildest anti-Semitic escapade yet -- plotting to kidnap and break the kneecaps of the Jewish head of a celeb-news Web site. "I want...
Get back to work!
ALBANY -- Gov. Paterson yesterday ordered the Legislature to return to Albany for a rare summer session to complete a state budget now 15 weeks late. Paterson called an extraordinary...
Midtown package bomb scare
A suspicious package left unattended on a busy Midtown sidewalk caused a bomb scare among a noontime lunch crowd yesterday. A caller to 911 reported the package, and police closed...
B'klyn pup's arf-fully cute
New York City has a new attraction. It's a baby California sea lion. The silky black pup is the first sea lion ever born at the New York Aquarium in...
Triple-digit sweat & wild
Record-tying heat will blister the city today -- making it feel like a 100-degree inferno even after midnight. Forecasters say the thermometer could hit 100 this afternoon, matching an 11-year-old...
Boom loon and bust
This East Harlem man's got a short fuse, police say. Dejesus Cruz allegedly phoned in a series of wacky bomb threats targeting Police Commissioner Ray Kelly's car, Gracie Mansion, the...
Closings begin at Apthorp
Apartment closings at the storied Apthorp condominium, a legendary Upper West Side luxury apartment complex, have finally begun, The Post has learned. And the value of closings at the 102-year-old...
Kerry's $lick sailing
Swift move, Sen. Kerry! John Kerry, the tax-happy Massachusetts Democrat, is docking his new, multimillion-dollar yacht in Rhode Island -- an eyebrow-raising decision that saved him an estimated $437,500 in...
Zsa Zsa critical
LOS ANGELES -- Zsa Zsa Gabor is in critical condition and not responding to human contact, her husband said yesterday. The Hollywood legend, 93, underwent hip-replacement surgery Monday after a...
US is seeing red
WASHINGTON -- New estimates from the White House yesterday predict the budget deficit will reach a record $1.47 trillion this year -- meaning the government is borrowing 41 cents of...
The Republicans' Achilles heel
If there is a dark cloud gathering on Republicans' cheery electoral prospects for this fall, it's this: the GOP's support of privatizing Social Security. Item: Sharron Angle is in some...
The trouble with outlawing porn
Last week, an appeals court in New York overturned the fed eral ban on broadcast indecency, and a judge in Washington, DC, dismissed obscenity charges against porn impresario John "Buttman"...
Don't shoot, Darth!
When Darth Vader robbed a Long Island bank Thursday, one foolish bystander wound up learning the true power of the Dark Side. A bank patron channeled his inner Luke Skywalker...
Slugged firefighter socks city
A Queens firehouse is feeling the heat after one firefighter viciously attacked another at the station and their lieutenant allegedly ordered a coverup. In a suit filed Wednesday in Queens...
Dem jumps into race-justice flap
RICHMOND, Va. -- Sen. Jim Webb yesterday called for an end to government-run diversity programs, arguing that they hurt struggling whites and imperil racial harmony -- a charge that drew...
Mafia cops lose appeal
An appeals court has upheld the murder-conspiracy convictions of two former NYPD detectives who led double lives as hit men for the mob. In a decision yesterday, the 2nd US...
Canaries take court pounding
The government trotted out the dregs of humanity to take the witness stand in the racketeering case against reputed Genovese capo Anthony "Big Nose" Antico, his defense lawyer said yesterday....
Ford dented by new regs
Ford Motor's best profits in more than a decade -- a whopping $2.6 billion in the past three months -- bumped up against some bad red tape news. Despite its...
Goldman gives up AIG counterparties
Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase were among banks that sold Goldman Sachs protection against the risk of a collapse of giant insurer American International Group, a source familiar with...
Wal-Mart clothes boss hangs it up
Wal-Mart's apparel chief has resigned -- the latest executive departure in a recent shakeup at the world's largest retailer. Dottie Mattison -- who, after three years at the helm of...
Bam booster 'mega-fraud'
A Manhattan businessman who once hosted a $1,000-a-ticket fund-raiser for President Obama was busted in a $21 million bank fraud yesterday. Courtney Dupree, 41, was snared by the president's new...
Duke mansion on Fifth Ave. sells for $40 million
A deep-pocketed buyer is set to shell out an eye-popping $40 million for the posh Duke mansion on Fifth Avenue -- the biggest townhouse sale in the city since the...
Business briefs
Stocks up US stocks climbed, with the Dow Jones industrial average up 102.32, at 10,424.62, the Standard & Poor's 500 index rising 8.99 to 1,102.66 and the Nasdaq composite index...
A casting call for lifesavers
They were lining up at the Minskoff Theatre yesterday not to catch "The Lion King" but to help an ailing 11-year-old Broadway star and others like her who need a...
$1M bounty for hedge whistleblowers
A Connecticut couple has been awarded a record $1 million for information that led to an insider-trading settlement against a prominent hedge-fund adviser and civil proceedings against the wife's ex-husband....
The thinking New York needs
Mayor Bloomberg's new deputy mayor for operations, Stephen Goldsmith, made an impressive public debut this week. The former mayor of Indianapolis, Goldsmith is seen as an innovative urban planner, and...
One giant leap . . . backward
How sad: NASA, under Team Obama, is finding itself increasingly "lost in space" -- even as Russia forges ahead with plans to boost its own exploration of space. On Monday,...
Charlie's fading friends
Just one day after learning that he will face a House Ethics Committee trial on multiple ethics allegations, it looks like Rep. Charlie Rangel is starting to turn toxic for...
Gov aide's accuser in meeting with DA
Investigators in the Bronx District Attorney's Office yesterday interviewed the woman whose domestic-violence allegations against a top adviser to Gov. Paterson led several of his top aides to quit and...
On the hybrid to hell
Trendy Manhattanites might be better off going Old School when shopping for a car. Howard Karasik, an Upper East Side bankruptcy lawyer who leased a $45,000 Lexus hybrid, is learning...
Ken a paper tiger
Pay czar Kenneth Feinberg turned out to be a whole lotta sizzle and no steak. Tasked by Congress with reining in lucrative bonuses on Wall Street during the credit crisis...
CEO exit slams A&P shares
Shares of A&P lost more than a third of their value yesterday, plunging to their lowest levels in decades after the struggling supermarket chain reported a gaping first-quarter loss and...
Slick move, guys!
IN THE GULF OF MEXICO -- Ships relaying the sights and sounds from BP's broken oil well stood fast yesterday as the leftovers of Tropical Storm Bonnie blew straight for...
'Mob' firm sues city
A mob-linked construction company is suing the city for more than $37 million over its work on the Macombs Dam Bridge. Schiavone Construction Co. claims the city shortchanged it by...
It's destination limbo for newly freed Black
He's free from prison for now, but Conrad Black can't go home just yet -- and might even wind up back in his cell. The disgraced former newspaper baron surrendered...
Two 9/11 families are $ettling for more
The families of two 9/11 victims are apparently poised to reach hefty out-of-court settlements. Relatives of American Airlines flight attendant Sara Low and United Airlines passenger Barbara Keating plan to...
Chilling note in ashes of SI massacre kid's home: 'am sorry'
"am sorry." Those chilling words were found scribbled on a note in the Staten Island home where a suicidal teenage pyromaniac slaughtered his mother and three siblings, cops revealed yesterday....
Newborn is well 'trained'
This newborn arrived on the express track! Two FDNY paramedics delivered a healthy boy on the platform of a downtown subway station yesterday. Pregnant mom Kelly Xion was waiting for...
Crash and burn
Here's what happens when you fly Scare Canada! These amazing pictures were taken yesterday as a Canadian Air Force CF-18 fighter jet crashed during practice runs for an air show....
SI ex-con shot dead
A dapper killer shot an ex-con to death yesterday morning in the doorway of the victim's Staten Island home, cops said. The shooter, in a gray suit and tie, knocked...
Rangel set to fight ethics rap as Dem calls for ouster
Embattled Rep. Charles Rangel said yesterday that he is looking forward to making his case before a special House panel Thursday on ethics charges -- even as a fellow Democrat...
Sitting gets you an early grave: study
Ladies, get off your butts. A shocking new study found that even women who hit the gym every day can die young -- if they spend too much time on...
A-Rod doesn't hit 600, but Yankees rout Royals
They came to see history and left having enjoyed the Yankees spanking of the pitching-poor Royals. Alex Rodriguez didn't become the seventh member of the 600 Home Run Club last...
Posada pumped after passing 1,000 RBIs
It was not the milestone hit everyone at Yankee Stadium was waiting for, but Jorge Posada added another line to his career resume last night. While Alex Rodriguez remained frozen...
Ex-Post columnist Ziegel dies at 72
Award-winning New York City sports writer Vic Ziegel, who spent his formative years as a baseball beat writer, columnist and night sports editor at The Post, died yesterday at Calvary...
'Alexandra' is no Shore thing
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Will the real Rachel Alexandra please stand up today at Monmouth Park? To almost anyone who followed Rachel through her Horse of the Year campaign in 2009,...
'Oaks' trots into the spa
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- One reason for switching the final weekend of the Belmont Park meet to the opening weekend of Saratoga was to resurrect the Grade 1, $250,000 Coaching Club...
Hondo likes L.A.
Hondo, who salvaged a split Thursday night with the Giants, kept the good vibe going yesterday when the Cubs chewed up the Cards in Wrigley to lower the deficit to...
Mets hope Pelfrey relies on sinker
LOS ANGELES -- Dan Warthen is planning a little tough love for his starting pitcher today. The Mets pitching coach indicated he will be all over Mike Pelfrey to ensure...
Mangold will be at Jets camp
Nick Mangold has made it known he wants a new contract. But the Jets Pro Bowl center isn't going to holdout and said he will be in Cortland for the...
Henry debut energizes Red Bulls
Good players make themselves better, and great players make everybody around them better. Thierry Henry showed that in his Red Bulls debut on Thursday, a 2-1 loss to Tottenham --...
Sports shorts
MLB: Halladay dominates Rockies In Philadelphia, Roy Halladay struck out nine in eight shutout innings and the Phillies beat the Rockies 6-0. . . . In Miami, Donnie Murphy delivered...
Today's Sports on Air
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The Post line
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'Roid or wrong, home run chase is tempest in a teapot
The tornado warning, either the cue for Alex Rodriguez to do it like Roy Hobbs did or a sign that the desperate baseball gods are throwing behind A-Rod's ear, arrived...
Yankees set sights on high-priced Haren
The Yankees and Diamondbacks have discussed a deal that would bring right-handed pitcher Dan Haren to The Bronx, but according to a Yankees official, nothing was close to happening last...
Warren Buffett cheering on A-Rod
As Alex Rodriguez chased home run No. 600, he had a fan cheering him on from Omaha, Neb. Warren Buffett, who advised Rodriguez in 2007 when he negotiated a new...
Manchester City interested in Donovan
It's smoke, not fire, but the smoke signal is genuine that Manchester City is interested in acquiring U.S. World Cup hero Landon Donovan. "Donovan is another player we would be...
Invite these slumbering bats for a 'sleep'-over
It's hard to say what was more surprising about Tuesday's Cubs-Astros boxscore: that Aramis Ramirez racked up three home runs and seven RBIs, or that Aramis Ramirez was starting at...
Mets, Bay break out against Dodgers
LOS ANGELES -- Who knew the Mets had it in them? The dam -- or is it the damn! -- finally burst in last night's eighth inning at Dodger Stadium...
Message to Minaya: It's time for Mets to get Lilly
LOS ANGELES -- The Yankees go after the big prey. They struck out on Cliff Lee, but they are in the thick of it for Dan Haren. The Mets always...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYJuly 24SUNJuly 25MONJuly 26TUEJuly 27WEDJuly 28THUJuly 29FRIJuly 30YankeesKansas City1:05TV -- YES NetworkRadio--WCBS 880 AMK.C.1:05YESWCBSCle.7:05YESWCBSCle.7:05WWORWCBSCle.7:05YESWCBSCle.7:05YESWCBST.B.7:10YESWCBSMetsL.A. Dodgers4:10TV -- FOXRadio--WFAN 660 AML.A.D.4:10WPIXWFANNOGAMESt.L.7:10SNYWFANSt.L.7:10SNYWFANSt.L.12:10SNYWFANAri.7:10SNYWFANLibertyNOGAMEAtl.3:00No TVNOGAMES.A.7:30ESPN2NOGAMENOGAMEL.A.7:30No TVRed BullsNOGAME$Man.3:30FSCNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEStaten Island YankeesBrooklyn7:00No TVBklyn.5:00No TVBklyn.7:00No TVNOGAMEConn.11a.m.No TVConn.7 p.m.No TVConn.7...
Weird but true
Third time's not a charm. A Montana woman arrested for two bank heists in a week was caught after her third robbery when she locked her keys in her getaway...
Big Ten might pick Big Apple
In about 10 days, the nation's college sports media will descend on Chicago for the Big Ten's football media days. No doubt the focus of attention will be on the...
Cyclones take the first game from the Yankees
Yankees 7Cyclones 12Friday, July 22 at MCU ParkDon’t let the score fool you — this game was all Cyclones.The Yankees got five of their runs as a result of a...
