November 9, 2010
City backs $15 M stimulus financing plan for Williamsburg hotel
The city today agreed to grant a Brooklyn developer $15 million in tax-exempt stimulus bonds to jumpstart a stalled project to build a boutique luxury hotel in Williamsburg. Father-and-son developers...
Cuomo says no tax hikes; will cut schools, health
Democratic Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday he would refuse to raise taxes to cover the state's budget shortfall and would seek cuts to politically popular programs like education and health...
Sept. 11 memorial reflecting pools tested
Officials today tested one of the reflecting pools at the National September 11 Memorial, turning on the water that cascades into the pool. The two pools reflect the original location...
Zeckendorf in deal to buy Wasserstein co-op for $27M
In baseball terms, developer William Lie Zeckendorf is making what could be called a double play. First, the real estate mogul began to quietly market his penthouse home on the...
Cee Lo Green does 'Lady Killer' live
Remember all that hubbub about Cee Lo Green's single "F--- You!" when it debuted over the summer? Well, here's your chance to listen to it live - along with the...
Mets GM impressed by 'excellent candidates;' Oberkfell will interview
New Mets general manager Sandy Alderson plans to hire a new manager by the winter meetings and has added Ken Oberkfell to his list of candidates. Having met with five...
15 city Catholic schools may face shut down
Up to 15 Catholic schools in Manhattan, The Bronx and Staten Island could be forced to close under a plan announced today that threatens to strip them of large financial...
Rachel Bilson and Hayden Christensen dating again after breaking off engagement: report
"The O.C." actress Rachel Bilson and "Star Wars" actor Hayden Christensen are giving their relationship another try just months after they announced they were calling off their engagement, People magazine...
Former Madam Kristin Davis gets off easy as Manhattan judge takes her off probation
A judge took Manhattan Madam Kristin Davis off probation today, slicing three years off her term and providing a happy ending for the balloon-chested, former gubernatorial candidate. Manhattan Supreme Court...
Pregnant Aussie supermodel Miranda Kerr poses nude for W magazine: report
Australian supermodel Miranda Kerr posed nude while six-and-a-half months pregnant for W magazine's December issue that will focus on celebrity families, the magazine revealed Tuesday. “For me, family is life,”...
Rutgers' LeGrand out of hospital, back in rehab center
Paralyzed Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand has been transferred to a rehabilitation center after being hospitalized with a high fever. The 20-year-old defensive tackle was sent back to Kessler Institute...
Steinbrenner, Shannon given awards posthumously
George Steinbrenner and baseball historian and official scorer Bill Shannon have been voted posthumous awards by the New York chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.Steinbrenner, who owned the...
Giants activate Boothe; could start against Cowboys
Not only did the Giants activate Kevin Boothe to the active roster from the physically unable to perform list today, they may have to put Boothe right into the action...
Disney Channel cancels 'Jonas' TV series: report
The Jonas Brothers' TV show on the Disney Channel will end its run after two seasons, MTV reported Tuesday. "Jonas L.A." premiered in May 2009 and featured the Jonas trio...
Movie critic Gene Shalit leaving 'Today' after 40 years : report
Gene Shalit, longtime entertainment critic for NBC’s “Today,” will leave the show after 40 years on Nov. 11, The Hollywood Reporter said Tuesday. “It’s enough already,” Shalit said in a...
Search on for missing Alzheimer’s afflicted grandfather
Distraught family members and police are desperately searching for an Alzheimer’s afflicted grandfather who went missing from his Howard Beach home last week. Search teams have scoured the area in...
Yankees' Jeter, Cano, Teixeira win Gold Gloves
Alex Rodriguez is the only member of the Yankees infield who did not earn a Gold Glove on Tuesday. Derek Jeter won his fifth Gold Glove at shortstop, Robinson Cano...
Littlest Pet Shop 3: conspicuous consumption on a cartridge
Littlest Pet Shop 3: Biggest Stars should be renamed to How I Can Dress My Pet like Lady Gaga. I consider Hasbro one of my favorite game making companies. But...
Royal treatment
Publicity royal Vanessa von Bismarck has just purchased a grand Greek revival townhouse on West 17th Street for $3.5 million. Not bad, considering the 4,361-square-foot Chelsea home was originally listed...
'30 Rock' star Alec Baldwin says he is not considering running for Congress -- Report
Alec Baldwin, famous for his role as TV executive Jack Donaghy on NBC's "30 Rock," on Tuesday denied a report that he is considering a run for Congress, the New...
Williams out for Nets on Tuesday, but expected back Wednesday
Terrence Williams will not play for the Nets against the Cavaliers tonight at the Prudential Center due to a lower abdominal strain. Williams did not do anything at the morning...
Joel Klein steps down as schools chancellor; replaced by mag exec Cathie Black
Schools Chancellor Joel Klein announced this afternoon that he is resigning from his post as head of the city's public education system after eight years -- replaced by magazine exec...
Jets knock Lions QB Stafford out for season: report
The Jets harassment of Lions QB Matthew Stafford may have ended his season. Reports out of Detroit suggest Stafford has a Grade 3 separation of his right shoulder and is...
Home invade death jurors take chauffeured trip from verdict to celebrity
Hours after condemning a man to death, half the jury in the Connecticut home invasion trial was whisked to New York in time for the network morning show rounds today,...
'Joker' creator selling prized original comic book covers
Holy Ka-ching Batman! The creator the Dark Knight’s psychopathic comic book scourge, the Joker, is reluctantly selling two of his prized, original comic book covers that he hoped would one...
Knicks' Stoudemire regrets foul that injured Bucks' Bogut
MILWAUKEE – Amar'e Stoudemire still has nightmares about it. Last April 3, Milwaukee All-Star center Andrew Bogut went in for a fastbreak dunk, hung on the rim and as he...
'All-clear' at SC elementary school after reports of gunman
Authorities gave the “all-clear” at a South Carolina elementary school after police responded to reports of a gunman Tuesday, Fox News Channel reported. Police officers and a SWAT team were...
New 'Tron' trailer sounds familiar
The latest trailer for "Tron 2" - for which we've been hype-targeted since, oh, summer 2009 - is visually impressive, as you'd expect, but relies in part on a familiar soundtrack...
VIDEO: High school coach ejected after silly trick play
Not all trick plays are created equal. In a North Carolina high school game between Watuga and St. Stephens, Watuga was attempting a two-point conversion from the 17-yard line when...
'Conan' debut snags 4.2 million viewers: report
The Monday night debut of Conan O’Brien’s new talk show on TBS drew 4.2 million viewers, making it the highest-rated late night show of the evening on broadcast television or...
Hit-mom private eye got tough-guy language from 'Sopranos'
A private detective - who yesterday testified in a Long Island courtroom that accused hit-mom Susan Williams asked him to find a hitman - said he got some of the...
Manhattan feds charge 17 people with massive $42.5M Holocaust reparations fraud
Seventeen people were busted for plundering a whopping $42.5 million meant to help survivors of the the Nazi Holocaust -- and instead gave the cash to people who were not...
No charges in destruction of CIA interrogation tapes
A federal prosecutor decided Tuesday not to bring charges after probing the 2005 destruction of Central Intelligence Agency tapes showing harsh interrogations of terrorism detainees. Special prosecutor John Durham "conducted...
Holocaust survivor pension fraud
This story is just plain ugly. It seems that as much as $42.5 million has been paid out to fraudulent holocaust survivors. "Officials at the Claims Conference, which acts as...
Trial begins for money manager Philip Barry
A Brooklyn money manager accused of securities fraud went on trial today for allegedly defrauding hundreds of investors across the U.S. Prosecutors argued that Philip Barry, 53, operated an investment...
DEALS: Nov. 9
■ COLORADO $113 grand-opening rates for a studio condo at One Ski Hill Place, in Breckenridge, valid 11/11-17 (the opening week of the mountain). That’s 60 percent off. The first...
Manhattan judge says Prince of Brunei lawsuit is 'not about sex'; jury will not see life-size sex statues
Jurors for the case of billionaire playboy prince of Brunei prince won't see any smut, but they'll hear plenty of dirt. The judge presiding over the case of Prince Jefri...
Week 9 Fantasy Recap: T.O.tal Dominance
I’ve already written about Terrell Owens in this blog this season, but he deserves another mention because he has been nothing short of a fantasy beast this season and has...
De Niro earns DeMille lifetime honor at Globes
LOS ANGELES — Robert De Niro will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement at next year's Golden Globe Awards. The honor was announced Tuesday by Kevin Spacey....
Moore point guard lands at Caldwell
Moore Catholic point guard Jessica Coscia will be joining her teammate Taylor Baggs at Caldwell College, Mavericks coach Rich Postiglione told The Post. The senior verbally committed to the Division...
Brooklyn woman who allegedly starved and beat kid is indicted
A Brooklyn woman who allegedly starved and beat her 4-year-old daughter while keeping the child tied to her bed has been indicted on murder charges, the Brooklyn DA announced today....
Cholera outbreak surges in Haiti, spreads to capital
Haitian officials on Tuesday confirmed the first death from cholera in the nation’s capital as the total number of people sickened by the disease surged to around 9,000 and the...
Oscar Watch: 'King's Speech' poster panned by director
The director of The Weinstein Company's "The King's Speech'' hates their poster, which makes the movie look like it's going straight to video (like star Colin Firth's 2009 release "Dorian Gray'') instead of contending for...
Thousands still stranded aboard Carnival cruise as US Navy races to help
Thousands of vacationers were stranded Tuesday aboard a massive Carnival cruise ship off the coast of Mexico, still without air conditioning, hot food and telephones after a fire broke out...
Did Indonesia minister shake Michelle Obama's hand? (Video)
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Once the wait for President Barack Obama's return was over, Indonesian anticipation turned to another question: Would a conservative Muslim government minister shake the first lady's hand?...
Saving Social Security
Even President Obama admitted in his "60 Minutes" interview that there is going to have to be entitlement reform and there's no "entitlement" that needs fixing faster than Social Security. ...
2 officers injured after SUV broadsided
Two cops were injured when their patrol vehicle overturned when they were broadsided by another vehicle in Sheepshead Bay earlier today. An NYPD housing bureau sergeant and one police officer...
Miller, Morgan out as ESPN's 'Sunday Night Baseball' team
The long-running and much-maligned duo of Jon Miller and Joe Morgan have been booted from the “Sunday Night Baseball” booth by ESPN. After 21 years doing the telecast, ESPN decided...
Actress Betty White now a forest ranger
WASHINGTON -- Betty White can now add "forest ranger" to her list of honors. The actress known for her roles on "The Golden Girls" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"...
Skip the movie; read David Thomson instead
You might define an essential critic as one who invariably starts an argument that you feel like joining in or against. English-born, San Francisco-based film historian David Thomson is one...
Hyper-texting teens more likely to engage in sex, booze, drugs: study
ATLANTA — Teens who text 120 times a day or more — and there seems to be a lot of them — are more likely to have had sex or...
Brodeur unlikely to start for Devils on Wednesday
The Devils are unlikely to have Martin Brodeur in net tomorrow when they face the Sabres, seeking to avoid their longest-ever winless home start to a season. Brodeur again is...
Gitmo detainee a ’dupe’ in bomb plot: defense
The first Guantanamo detainee to face a civilian trial was duped into doing dirty work for al-Qaida operatives who attacked two U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998, his attorney said...
RBNY to add assistant Halvorsen, expect Solli & Rodgers
The Red Bulls will do some shuffling with their coaching staff this offseason. Hans Backe told me that assistant Goran Aral _ hired in January _ will be leaving the...
McDs not fighting obesity? Of course not.
CBS News apparently thinks that corporations are supposed to be non-profits. That's the only way to make sense of this story about how fast food restaurants aren't doing enough to...
Manhattan DA says it's in talks with Jets wide receiver Braylon Edwards in drunk-driving case
Manhattan prosecutors said today they are discussing the possibility of reaching a plea deal with Jets wide receiver Braylon Edwards regarding his drunken-driving case. "We're still in discussions at this...
In Colorado, Obamacare wins one
Among the hundreds of ballot initiatives voted on across the nation last week was Amendment 63 to Colorado's state constitution which would have prevented the state from requiring anyone to...
Bret Michaels denies affair with Miley Cyrus' mom: FOXNews.com
Rocker Bret Michaels said Tuesday he absolutely never had an affair with Miley Cyrus' mom and that he has been friends with the Cyrus family for years. In an appearance...
Mysterious vapor trail 'more likely' caused by plane than missile, official says
The mysterious vapor trail spotted off the southern coast of California was “more likely caused by an airplane than anything else,” a senior military official told Fox News Channel Tuesday,...
Wealthy musician fleeced out of $6M: Westchester DA
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A suburban New York prosecutor says the owners of a computer repair company fleeced a wealthy musician out of at least $6 million. Westchester County District...
Accused murderer David Tarloff deemed unfit for trial
A schizophrenic accused of murdering a psychotherapist with a meat cleaver was ruled mentally unfit Tuesday for trial, indefinitely delaying a trial that came close to starting but has long...
Feds want $271M from NJ Transit for tunnel
NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit owes the federal government $271 million for the Hudson River rail tunnel that Gov. Chris Christie scrapped last month. The Federal Transit Administration on Monday...
Arraignment scheduled for suspect in Va. Metro terror plot
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A Pakistani-born U.S. citizen accused of attempting to help al-Qaida bomb the Washington Metro transit system is scheduled to make an appearance in federal court. Thirty-four-year-old Farooque...
DVD Extra: Groovy Coppola
The first movie I ever reviewed? That would be Francis Ford Coppola's "You're A Big Boy Now,'' which I wrote up for my high school newspaper in Astoria, Queens, in...
Fritzl's dungeon house to be demolished: report
The dungeon house where Austrian monster Josef Fritzl imprisoned and raped his daughter for 24 years is to be demolished, local media reported Tuesday. The judge dealing with Fritzl's bankruptcy...
Obama agrees partnership pact, terror cooperation with Indonesia
The US and Indonesia sealed a "comprehensive partnership" agreement Tuesday to boost ties across economic and other fields, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said during a joint media conference with...
Alleged Pakistani-trained Islamists arrested in Paris
French police arrested five alleged Islamists in Paris and at the city's Charles de Gaulle Airport who were suspected of having trained in Pakistani-Afghan tribal areas, AFP reported Tuesday, citing...
Brooklyn Community Foundation honored
The Brooklyn Community Foundation yesterday was honored with one of the annual Mayor’s Awards for Arts & Culture. A press release announcing the awards – which were handed out to...
Curtis' upset bid turned away by MLK
In over two decades coaching boys soccer at Curtis, two losses stand out to Joyce Simonson: The 1989 city championship game, in which the Warriors dropped a double overtime heartbreaker,...
PSAL girls volleyball mock seeding
There are just two things I knew when I left Bayside HS on Monday night as the doors of the 2010 PSAL girls volleyball regular season closed behind me.Francis Lewis...
Time for Ryan to get Jets to the next level
There is no denying what Rex Ryan has done for the Jets in just under 22 months on the job. He has led with his chin, with his mouth, with...
Lofty record masks Jets’ suspect play
Sure the Jets escaped Detroit with a win on Sunday. Sure they’re 6-2 and are tied for the best record in the NFL and for first place in the AFC...
PSAL football rankings
The PSAL playoff seedings look a little different than our rankings, but that’s fine with us. Either way, there are going to be some excellent matchups to look forward to...
Tigers again tamed by Fontbonne
Bishop Kearney walked off saddened, many of the players with an arm around one other. The Tigers couldn’t upset rival Fontbonne Hall like it had two years ago in the...
Girls volleyball roundup: Forest Hills finishes atop division for first time in decade
Tatiana Moore had 12 kills and Angelica Polanco had six kills to lead Forest Hills to a 25-15, 25-23 win over Flushing in PSAL Queens A8 girls volleyball Monday. The...
Fontbonne rolls past Kearney for Brooklyn/Queens crown
Colleen Ryan and Katie Henderson had a quick chat as they walked onto the full-sized field at Aviator Sports Complex. The senior duo was looking for more of the same...
NYC football rankings
Our favorites refuse to lose. Six of our top seven -- Poly Prep's season is complete -- all won, leaving little movement in The Post's NYC football rankings. Boys &...
No closing statement: Cardozo unable to finish off Lewis
Cardozo walked right up to the doorstep. It just couldn’t shut the door. The Judges came incredibly close to ending rival Francis Lewis’ four-year PSAL winning streak, but fell short,...
Young spinner takes all
Jon Wienner is too young to drink. But that hasn’t stopped the baby-faced 20-year-old from spending the past three years in some of the city’s most exclusive dens of debauchery....
Breadwinners at home: Big bucks a big pain
Just because she’s bringing home the bacon doesn’t mean he’s always willing to cook it (or that she trusts him not to burn it)! According to several studies, men in...
Rise of the power wives
Sara Moulton has always been the main breadwinner in her family — in more ways than one. Moulton is an award-winning chef who’s hosted multiple Food Network shows, served as...
Growing Spartans fall short in PSAL 'A' quarters
The tears were flowing Monday afternoon, but beyond the bitter disappointment of a 3-2 loss to fourth-seeded Beacon in the PSAL Class A quarterfinals at Randall’s Island is an appreciation...
In the Nikic of time: Senior scores hat trick in Beacon quarterfinal win
Joe Nikic wasn’t trying to fill the void left by Peter Poulos when Beacon’s leading scorer went to live with his mother on Long Island last week. But in the...
City Opera's on a roll
Following up on its brassy season opener, Bernstein's "A Quiet Place," New York City Opera is charming audiences with "Intermezzo," a comedy inspired by a real-life episode in the life...
Same Old'Brien
Conan O'Brien's new show, "Conan," finally debuted on TBS last night after months of hype -- looking pretty much like his two former shows, "Late Night" and "The Tonight Show."...
Kid has stuff of hip-hop legend
KID CUDI “Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager” 4 STARS In the follow-up to Kid Cudi's "Man on the Moon: The End of Day" debut last...
Skilled cast tackles rough draft
You may want to have a study guide handy during the Irish Rep's "Banished Children of Eve," a swirling historical drama that often feels like homework. Set during the 1863...
Murder in 'Wives' past
Another one of the "Real Housewives" has a dark past -- and, surprisingly, she's not one of the New Jersey wives. Until now, "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star...
Why Bristol the Pistol is bulletproof
What's the secret to Bristol Palin's shocking success on "Dancing With the Stars?" It's not a Right-Wing conspiracy, the show's top boss insists. "I think the Tea Party have proven...
'Dead' will walk again
AMC is grateful for its "Dead." The cable network has re newed freshman series "The Walking Dead" for a second season of 13 episodes -- after only two airings. That's...
Nancy Grace in clear
Melinda Duckett's family has settled its lawsuit against Nancy Grace. Duckett committed suicide in 2006, the day after taping a combative phone interview with the Headline News anchor about the...
O'Dell wins the 'ET' gig
NANCY O’Dell was named late last night as Mary Hart’s replacement on "Entertainment Tonight." It was widely reported that Lara Spencer, the host of “ET” sister show “The Insider,” had...
Starr report
I'm beginning to think that the age-old "Sophomore Slump" in TV is overrated -- at least in the case of ABC's "Modern Family." I was a little concerned that the...
'Brand' New York
New Yorkers may fancy themselves sophisticates, but asked to name their favorite brands, city residents say they like to wear Old Navy jeans, gulp down Dunkin' Donuts coffee and drive...
Misreading Muslim friends & foes
Official Washington has a dangerous knack for misreading Muslim friend and foe. Exhibit A is Anwar al-Aw laki, the al Qaeda leader suspected of masterminding the FedEx bomb plot and...
Bid to revive Jersey tunnel
Amtrak is in talks with NJ Transit to revive a plan for a commuter rail tunnel between Manhattan and New Jersey, a spokesman for the national railroad said yesterday. "We...
Why Taliban talks won't bring peace
The Afghan government and the Tali ban are preparing for face-to-face talks aimed at ending a conflict that started almost a decade ago. Yet, even before the talks begin (indeed...
Political death-wish? House speaker in denial
What a godsend for the Republican Party ("Run, Nancy, Run!" Editorial, Nov. 6). After the crushing defeat the Democrats suffered in the election, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, like the president,...
Voters got message -- too well
President Obama embodies the type of hubris that we associate with those who have come to redeem the unwashed and the deluded ("Before Obama's Fall," Rich Lowry, PostOpinion, Nov. 6)....
Pataki eyes 2012 prez run
Does the road to the White House run through Peekskill? Former governor George Pataki yesterday said he'll run for President if he thinks none of his fellow Republicans are able...
'Blood of hundreds on hands'
The first suspect transferred from the Guantanamo military prison to face civilian trial was described yesterday by a federal prosecutor as a mass murderer with "the blood of hundreds on...
Elizabeth Smart relives kidnap at trial
Salt LAKE CITY -- Elizabeth Smart told jurors yesterday how she was awakened with a cold knife on her neck, and initially thought her 2002 abduction was a nightmare. "It...
Bibi: Tell Iran nukes = war
NEW ORLEANS -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the West yesterday to convince Iran that it would be willing to take military action to prevent Tehran from producing...
Bernanke's QE2 needs a rising stock market
Ah, so that's what Ben Bernanke is up to! Bernanke, of course, announced last week that he would allow the Federal Reserve to purchase $600 billion more in government bonds...
Nancy, get lost - Dems
WASHINGTON -- Memo to Nancy Pelosi: Take a hike. House Democrats who were booted by voters in last week's midterm elections took a parting shot at the controversial House speaker,...
Dave: I'm 'gov-eject'
"Before we hear from the gov ernor-elect, we will hear from the governor-eject." That's how Gov. Paterson intro duced himself yesterday before his successor, Andrew Cuomo, took the podium at...
Doing right by India
President Obama's speech to the Indian Parliament contained a benign untruth: "In Asia and around the world, India is not simply emerging; India has already emerged." As a statement of...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Staten Island Police made a bizarre discovery over the weekend -- a middle-aged man sleeping with a cache of drugs, an imitation pistol and fireworks in a shed behind a...
Don't even think of raising taxes: Andy
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo bluntly warned lawmakers yesterday he won't let them try to tax their way out of the state's $9 billion budget deficit. In...
Letting the shuttle die
The space shuttle Dis covery soon will make its final voyage. The shuttle Endeavour is to blast off on Feb. 27, ending the shuttle program that began in 1970 at...
No soup for you! Mike targets salt sellers
Mayor Bloomberg's latest health campaign -- cutting salt intake -- has targeted soup as one of the big sodium offenders to be taken down with new city ads. The ads,...
GOP attempts woo d'etat
WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans are sweetening the pot to get newly elected West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin to switch teams. The GOP offered Manchin his pick of committee assignments and...
Mike daughter doing 'fine'
A much-relieved Mayor Bloomberg yesterday said his daughter Georgina appears to be on the mend after a harrowing fall from her horse during an equestrian competition in Syracuse over the...
Consumer debt tumbles $100B
US consumers, stung by the most vicious economic downturn in a generation, are still not ready to start spending. Household debt shrank by about 1 percent, or $100 billion, in...
Toilet blaze a real loo-loo
Holy crap! A heated portable toilet in an Upper East Side park erupted in flames, causing a chain-reaction blaze that gutted three of the toilets and knocked two others out...
'Toner' terror fallout
WASHINGTON -- The United States has expanded its ban on cargo shipments to include Somalia -- and is now prohibiting toner and ink cartridges weighing more than one pound on...
Prisoner slips out of hosp
Call him the Hospital Houdini. A shackled Long Island burglary suspect escaped police custody early Sunday -- shuffling out of a hospital, shoving aside a valet-parking-lot attendant and roaring off...
B'klyn wisecrack murder
A parolee 16 years on the lam for a senseless 1991 New Year's murder, fired simply because the victim had wised off to him, a Brooklyn Supreme Court jury heard...
Business briefs
Comcast hike Comcast's purchase of NBC Universal would add at least $2.4 billion to consumers' pay-TV bills over nine years be cause the combined company would gain power to raise...
NY gal's 'feeling' pays a 'Fortune'
She drew 27 blanks but had zero doubts. In what "Wheel of Fortune" host Pat Sajak dubbed the "the most amazing solve we've ever had," New York fashion editor Caitlin...
Charlie cool over bender
Charlie Sheen is shrugging off his naked, drug-fueled Oct. 25 bender with a porn star in Manhattan's Plaza hotel as just "one bad night." The "Two and a Half Men"...
Patrons ditching eateries branded with bad grades
Big Apple diners are taking a pass on their favorite restaurants when they spot a "C" grade -- the Health Department's lowest -- in the window. Patrons at some of...
Vacancy signs: Brokers' dark story
It's just dandy that asking rents for retail spaces in certain tourist-trampled parts of Manhattan are rising, as the Real Estate Board of New York reported yesterday. We're even told...
'Friedman' molest review
The co-founder of an organization that seeks to exonerate wrongly convicted people was one of four experts tapped yesterday to review a sensational child-molestation case on Long Island in the...
Prime rents seen as Manhattan 'malling'
The mall-ification of the Big Apple continues. This fall, rents for Manhattan retail space have bounced in tourist hot spots, including Fifth Avenue, Times Square and SoHo, the Real Estate...
Priceline's in the pink
Priceline.com rose as much as 8.1 percent in extended trading yesterday after forecasting fourth-quarter profit higher than analysts' estimates. Profit, excluding some items, will be $2.91 to $3.06 a share,...
Eatery is a fine mess for city big
The special at a restaurant near City Hall turned out to be a conflict of interest. A former housing official has agreed to pay a $20,000 fine for using government...
City's unhealthy loss
New York City's government workers are freeloading on the taxpayers to the tune of nearly $1 billion a year by contributing little or nothing toward their health-insurance coverage, according to...
BofA may give stock as bonuses
For Bank of America, even the sale of a large portion of its BlackRock stake may leave it with a shortfall in common equity before a year-end deadline. As a...
Mike's 'past' blast at pols
Some members of Congress "can't read," Mayor Bloomberg said last week. Yesterday, he explained that he didn't mean that literally, but was calling them out for lacking historical perspective. "People...
Custodians' wacky work rules a dirty scandal
They still don't do windows. Bizarre work rules that limit the duties required of school custodians have proven longer lasting than the Energizer bunny -- surviving despite decades of criticism...
Republican Conn.-cedes
Hartford, Conn.--Tom Foley, the Republican candidate for Connecticut governor, yesterday conceded to Democrat Dan Malloy, despite calls by the state GOP for investigations into the voting process in Bridgeport. Foley,...
Yahoo! on KKR radar
The list of private-equity firms circling Yahoo! is getting longer. PE giant KKR & Co. is among the parties interested in either taking Yahoo! private or helping finance a deal...
Dynegy's destiny
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn and hedge fund Seneca Capital are facing an uphill battle in their fight to block private-equity giant Blackstone Group from buying energy concern Dynegy Inc. for...
Ambac tumbles into bankruptcy
Ambac Financial Group, a holding company for the bond insurer being restructured by state regulators in Wisconsin, filed for bankruptcy to reschedule payments on more than $1 billion in bonds...
Justice served in Connecticut
"Vengeance belongs to the Lord. This is about justice. We need to have some rules in a civilized society." -- Dr. William Petit, yesterday, after Stephen Hayes was condemned to...
Making sure it won't be us
One of the happiest consequences of last week's Republican tsunami is that Long Island's Rep. Peter King is set to regain the chairmanship of the House Committee on Homeland Security....
Where custodians are king
After stunning reports of new abuses by school custodians, and decades of earlier transgressions, New York City's schools chancellor finally drew the line -- and vowed a complete overhaul of...
Gorman begs firms to curb traders' egos
Wall Street needs to tone down the rock-star hero worship of some of its top traders. That's the word from Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman, who said yesterday that the...
Bam makes Delhi order
WASHINGTON -- Speaking in New Delhi yesterday, President Obama urged the United Nations to accept India as a permanent member of the body's exclusive Security Council, a dramatic diplomatic gesture...
Kids sing dad Jacko's praises
The King of Pop never wanted his kids to know he was the most famous performer on the planet, the youngsters revealed yesterday in their first TV interview. "He tried...
Warhol pal: Heinz heisted
Socialite and former Andy Warhol protégée "Baby Jane" Holzer is expected to testify against an accused fraudster charged with stealing one of the late pop artist's works from an ailing...
Marathon 'winner'
She was dead last in the New York City Marathon -- and couldn't be happier. "I'm so satisfied. It's awesome," said Zoe Koplowitz, 62, a motivational speaker from Manhattan with...
Banks eased loan terms: Fed survey
Banks further eased standards and terms on some types of business and household loans in the past three months, a Federal Reserve survey showed, while many said it would take...
Err-head gave kids easy pass
Officials are out to bounce a Manhattan high-school administrator who said she was too lazy to correct dozens of students' grades -- which she wrongly changed from failing to passing....
A parting shot from Sen. Dodd
Even on his way out, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd isn't relenting when it comes to Elizabeth Warren. Months after torpedoing her candidacy to head a new consumer protection...
Hero owner 'trashes' thief (Video)
A gutsy Park Slope shopkeeper fought off a knife-wielding bandit using the only weapon at hand -- a plastic trash can -- and thwarted the thief's attempt to steal nearly...
$40 million penthouse is on top
The most expensive condo in the city is a Central Park West penthouse that a mystery buyer plans to purchase for $40 million, The Post has learned. It's the highest-priced...
Jefri's case tars royal Brunei bro, too
Lawyers for the British attorneys accused of bilking Prince Jefri Bolkiah out of millions not only want to air his dirty laundry -- they want to air his royal family's...
Suit: Jolly bad 'FELA!'
The producers of "FELA!" got slapped with a bitch of a suit yesterday. Cuban-born author Carlos Moore filed court papers seeking to shut down the Broadway smash hit, claiming it's...
Judge gags GZ lawyers as deadline looms
The judge overseeing the Ground Zero lawsuits yesterday imposed a gag order on all sides -- just hours before the deadline for striking a potentially $800 million-plus deal. Manhattan federal...
'Top Model' sex scandal
A former judge on "America's Next Top Model" propositioned a male model wannabe -- and then tripped up his catwalking career when he rebuffed his crude come-ons, a lawsuit claims....
No American is innocent: Awlaki
The US-born radical cleric linked to the Fort Hood massacre and the failed Times Square and Christmas airline bomb attacks said Muslims shouldn't think twice about killing American civilians. Anwar...
Prof gets slinky with Twinkies
Forget apples -- a Kansas State University professor says he's living proof that a Twinkie a day keeps the doctor away. Nutrition expert Mark Haub shed 26.6 pounds during a...
Seeing stars Grand again
The stars are shining bright in Grand Central these days. After nine months of darkness and six years of fading, the 59 stars that make up the terminal's 25,000-square-foot constellation...
Juror speaks out as Conn. family's killer gets death penalty
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- It's trash removal on a global scale, jurors said yesterday of their vote to put home-invasion monster Steven Hayes to death. "The earth will be a...
Waterboarding saved lives: W.
Former President George W. Bush says in his memoirs that waterboarding terrorist suspects led to information that foiled attacks on London's Heathrow Airport and American diplomatic locations. Bush writes that...
Peru frees Lori again
The New York woman who has been locked in a Peruvian prison for 14 years was freed for the second time yesterday. Lori Berenson was given a 20-year sentence in...
Amazon pays
Amazon.com Inc. said yesterday that it will pay publishers 70 percent of the retail price, after subtracting delivery costs, for each magazine or newspaper sold at its Kindle Store. Amazon...
Plea to Paterson: Don't raid MTA $$
Hands off the straphangers' cash! Transit advocates are demanding that Gov. Paterson refrain from raiding the MTA's coffers to make up for the state's midyear $315 million budget gap. "Straphangers...
Artie's son kept big band of weapons: cops
A tattoo-artist-to-the-stars whose dad was legendary bandleader Artie Shaw was arrested after movers found a frightening cache of weapons -- including an assault rifle, nearly 100 knives and almost 3,000...
Residents finger slay suspect walking past cop
A man suspected in a slaying outside a Brooklyn doughnut shop yesterday nearly dodged cops -- sauntering past them at the scene as if he had nothing to do with...
3 shot in B'klyn
Three men were shot last night inside a restaurant in Brooklyn, cops said. The bloodshed erupted around 11:20 p.m. inside Wien Far Kitchen on Church Avenue near East 48th Street...
Steelers hold off Bengals' comeback bid
CINCINNATI -- At the end of a night full of foibles, tricks and missed chances, the Steelers turned to their one constant to finish it off. That unyielding defense came...
Source: Auburn's Newton cheated at Florida
Foxsports.com has learned that Auburn quarterback Cameron Newton had three different instances of academic cheating while attending the Florida and faced potential expulsion from the university. According to a source,...
Lee just didn't fit into Knicks' plans
Knicks brass will do the right thing tomorrow night and show lots of love for David Lee with an expected video tribute upon his Garden homecoming with the Warriors. The...
Fish call for probe
Dolphins coach Tony Sparano said yesterday he wants the NFL to investigate the Dolphins' complaint that Ravens fullback Le'Ron McClain spat in the face of linebacker Channing Crowder. McClain denied...
Philadelphia Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 5 ½ fur; $22,000; clm($7,500); 3upCRUZIN WITH CASH returns to level of claim after closing to finish second by neck in starter allowance in first off the claim.JAZMAINIANSSUPERTAZ was...
Gaborik back at Rangers practice
When the Rangers face Alex Ovechkin and the Capitals tonight at the Garden, they will be without Marian Gaborik for the 12th straight game since he separated his left shoulder...
Nets focus on grit; Lopez on improving
For the Nets, when the going gets tough . . . they really need to get tough and get Brook Lopez going. Those were two major focal points yesterday in...
First women in Hockey Hall
TORONTO -- The Hockey Hall of Fame has opened its doors to women for the first time. Angela James of Canada and Cammi Granato of the United States received their...
Former Dodgers GM DePodesta joins Mets brass
Hale, Hale, the gang's all here. The number of candidates interviewed for the Mets' managerial opening will reach six today when Red Sox coach DeMarlo Hale speaks with general manager...
Injuries end Diehl's starting streak for Giants
The Giants will have to learn to live without David Diehl this weekend and for several weeks to come. The sturdy offensive lineman, who has not missed a regular-season start...
D'Antoni's Knicks showing progress
You know what really reeks about Isiah Thomas' despondent wail for attention is its inappropriate timing apropos to the college he coaches -- Florida International had just met the local...
Sports shorts
TV: Miller, Morgan gone Jon Miller and Joe Morgan are out as announcers on ESPN's "Sunday Night Baseball" after 21 seasons. The network did not announce replacements. Miller, the play-by-play...
Steinbrenner on veteran's Hall of Fame ballot
These are the days George Steinbrenner cherished, when the high-stakes poker of free agency ramped up, fueling the Boss' competitive jones. He wore out his general managers on the phone...
Slow going on Yankees pursuit of Lee, Jeter, Rivera
Dead quiet was the way the Yankees' pursuit of Cliff Lee and efforts to retain Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera were described yesterday by an MLB source with knowledge of...
Humiliated Cowboys fire head coach
It turns out Jerry Jones can fire a head coach in midseason. The Cowboys had never let a coach go during the season and Jones had given the embattled head...
Carmelo open to staying in Denver
Carmelo Anthony left open the possibility of re-signing with Denver -- something that has not come out of his mouth recently. With the Nuggets visiting Chicago yesterday, Anthony was asked...
Giants' game plan not altered by Cowboys coaching change
Jerry Jones finally firing Wade Phillips yesterday and replacing him on an interim basis with Jason Garrett ultimately should mean nothing to the Giants come Sunday. It is still Eli...
Coughlin wary of buying into Giants hype
The Giants, at 6-2, are rolling along with a five-game winning streak, scoring points at a record pace, allowing yardage grudgingly and hearing that they might not only be the...
Jets' Rex chuckles at foolish Folk story
Rex Ryan was utterly amused when he read in yesterday's Post that kicker Nick Folk was unaware that his 30-yard field goal in overtime clinched the victory for the Jets....
Ryan brothers share bond a game can't break
Buddy Ryan never worried about his twin sons as he was hopscotching the NFL coaching ranks in the 1970s, building a reputation as one of pro football's greatest defensive minds....
Weird but true
Four winners in last week's elections around the country died before their names could be taken off the ballot. But being dead was no guarantee of winning. Two deceased politicians...
Bishop Loughlin's Pinkston in Villanova altercation
Former Bishop Loughlin star Jayvaughn Pinkston, a freshman on the Villanova men's basketball team, is under investigation by Philadelphia-area police for his involvement in an off-campus altercation early Sunday, an...
PSAL boys soccer playoff roundup: Tottenville blanks Bayside, returns to 'A' semis
It may sound odd, but Ron Nathanson was more concerned about his Tottenville boys soccer team’s opening-round playoff match against No. 19 Long Island City last Thursday than Monday’s PSAL...
CHSFL rankings
Those two-a-days in the August heat, the long trip to preseason camp and countless hours of watching film, lifting weights and working on schemes in practice are to get to...
O'Dell replacing Mary Hart on 'ET'
Nancy O’Dell was named as Mary Hart’s replacement on "Entertainment Tonight." It was widely reported that Lara Spencer, the host of "ET" sister show "The Insider," had been the front-runner...
Still the King: Knights rally past Curtis
Martin Jacobson was on edge, more than usual this time of year. Moriken (Chelsea) Sangary was admittedly “nervous” and “scared.” Top-seeded Martin Luther King Jr., the shorthanded four-time defending PSAL...
Lewis lives: Patriots pull out three-set thriller over Cardozo
Francis Lewis was like a horror movie villain. Just when you thought the Patriots were dead, that their four-year winning streak in PSAL play was over, that their stranglehold on...
Call of Duty -- Black Ops: a masterpiece
(Eds. Note: We will be doing our own review of Call of Duty: Black Ops, but this has moved across the wires here, so, off we go! Having spend some...
Lawyers argue terror cleric Awlaki can't be killed by US, as he demands deaths of Americans
Yemeni-American cleric Anwar al Awlaki issued a renewed call for jihad against Americans in a video released Monday, as his father's lawyers went before a US judge to argue that...
American Lori Berenson freed from Peru prison
LIMA, Peru — American activist Lori Berenson walked free from a Peruvian prison Monday for the second time after serving three-quarters of a 20-year sentence for collaborating with leftist rebels....
Author files $5M copyright suit over FELA!
The producers of FELA! got slapped with a bitch of a suit today. Cuban-born author Carlos Moore filed court papers seeking to shut down the smash Broadway hit, claiming it's...