December 7, 2010
Wannstedt out as Pitt coach
PITTSBURGH -- Dave Wannstedt is out as Pitt football coach following a disappointing season in which the Panthers were big favorites to win a weak Big East Conference, only to...
Patriots plan to move on from Jets
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The Patriots left little doubt. They are the class of the AFC East. For now. By Sunday night, Tom Brady’s team knows it may be tied again...
New Civil Affairs Command chief at Fort Hamilton
There’s a new chief in town for the fearless military unit which deploys American soldiers to the planet’s far-flung combat zones to act as umpires between us and our enemies.Colonel...
flatbush Park Jewish Center draws flock for Hanukkah revel
Hebrew School student Ethan Brod gleamed with pride on Sunday as he showed his teachers and classmates the menorah he made from pasta for Hanukkah.The sweet taper-holder was among the...
Raccoon tests positive — but park critics are rabid
A Prospect Park raccoon has tested positive for rabies — and park advocates are slamming city and park officials for being part of the problem.On Dec. 2, the raccoon was...
Kim Kardashian on the rebound after split from Halle Berry-ex Gabriel Aubry: report
Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has been spotted out-and-about with New Jersey Nets player Kris Humphries after her split from model Gabriel Aubry, People magazine reported Tuesday. Kardashian, 30, and...
Khloe Kardashian slammed for comparing TSA searches to rape: report
Jet-setter Khloe Kardashian was slammed Tuesday for comparing the security measures at US airports to rape during an interview with George Lopez. "Well, they basically just are raping you in...
'Ice pick mugger' arrested
The suspected ice pick mugger waived extradition in a New Jersey court earlier today and was hauled back to the city for a string of robberies. Four NYPD detectives looked...
Puccini not pure gold
A century after its world premiere, “La Fanciulla del West” (“The Girl of the Golden West”) returned to the Met Monday night in a performance more dutiful than golden. The...
This week's calendar, Dec. 9 to 15
Wednesday, Dec. 8 to Sunday, Dec. 12 NY Creates Holiday Craft Festival The Holiday Crafts Festival features an array of unique, handcrafted gifts including ceramics, jewelry, apparel, plush toys, organic...
Lady Gaga is the year's 'Most Provocative Celebrity'
The Starr Report has learned exclusively that HLN’s “Showbiz Tonight” has chosen Lady Gaga as its “Most Provocative Celebrity of The Year.” Gaga bested finalists Charlie Sheen, Mel Gibson, Lindsay...
Gun-wielding thug fires weapon, menaces Coney Island store clerk (Video)
A gun-wielding thug fired two shots into the ceiling of a Brooklyn bodega, then menaced the store clerk before leaving the store, according to a surveillance video made public today...
Favre will skip practice, but Vikings plan he'll play
Brett Favre is not going to practice Wednesday as he deals with a sprained right shoulder, a new injury that could put an end to his streak of 297 consecutive...
Snackin' in Singapore
WHEN Singapore street food expert KF Seetoh judged "Top Chef" recently, the producers had a request. "They asked me if I could say something nice," he recalls. "They told me...
Parker beats the rap in 'assault' on Post photographer
State Sen. Kevin Parker escaped serious jail time — and will likely get to keep his office — as a jury on Tuesday acquitted him of felony assault charges stemming...
Fantasy Tracker Week 13 recap: Giant questions
Week 13 marks the end of the regular season for most fantasy football leagues, and there are no fewer questions now then there were entering Week 1, so for this...
Elizabeth Edwards dies at 61 after long battle with cancer
Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of former presidential candidate John Edwards, died after a six-year battle with breast cancer Tuesday at the age of 61. “Today, we have lost the comfort...
Google shows off new laptops in major challenge to Microsoft
Google demonstrated Tuesday its first laptops running on the company's coming Chrome operating system, a move by the internet giant to challenge Microsoft's lucrative Windows franchise. The Chrome laptops --...
Aunt pleads not guilty in stabbings of nieces
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A woman accused of stabbing two young nieces at their home across from Martha Stewart’s estate north of New York City told police she didn’t know...
Playwright David Mamet to guest on 'The Simpsons': report
Playwright David Mamet will lend his voice to an upcoming episode of “The Simpsons,” playing a fictionalized version of himself, Entertainment Weekly reported Tuesday. “The Simpsons” executive producer Al Jean...
NY Senate rejects OTB rescue; doors to shut
ALBANY -- The New York Racing and Wagering Board took steps Wednesday to capture at least some of the revenue the state and its racing industry stand to lose to...
Board game promotes get-rich strategy: stealing
The rich play by different rules.That’s the takeaway from a new board game that encourages players to resort to fraud and thievery on the road to wealth. Launched by two...
Safety turns down Jets to keep day job: report
Former Jets practice squad player Kevin Fitzhugh has turned down an offer to return to the team in order to keep his job as a railroad conductor, NJ.com reports. The...
Anonymous targets Swedish prosecutor’s website over Assange arrest
The group Anonymous launched a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack Tuesday against the website of the head office of the Swedish Prosecution Authority in response to the arrest of...
Redskins' Haynesworth won't play in finale vs. Giants
ASHBURN, Va. -- Defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth was suspended without pay by the Washington Redskins on Tuesday for the last four games of the regular season, capping a saga that...
PPW hates the bike lane
Not in our front yard! That’s what a majority of Prospect Park West are saying about their boulevard’s controversial bike lane, according to a survey conducted by Park Slope’s two...
Kim Kardashian highest paid reality TV star of 2010: report
The ubiquitous Kim Kardashian earned the top spot as the highest paid reality TV star in 2010, according to The Daily Beast Tuesday. The website estimates the 30-year-old "Keeping Up...
Torre mulls return to broadcast booth
Joe Torre reiterated from the Winter Meetings that he is done managing, but is considering a return of another kind. The former Yankees and Dodgers manager said he has had...
Sentence in minor drug conviction balloons to 15 years for ex-con
It's 15 years in prison for the drug dealer accused of raping a City College student just days after a judge cut him a jail break. Violent ex-con Lawrence Elliot,...
Another Hasidic man beaten in hate crime
Police arrested two teenage suspects for beating up a Hasidic man on Monday night — and charged them for a similar bias attack against a Yeshiva teacher on the same...
Jeter 'angry' that talks with Yankees were so public
Derek Jeter is officially back with the Yankees, but that doesn’t mean he’s put the contentious contract negotiations completely behind him. “I was pretty angry about it and I let...
Narrows Community Theater stages holiday extravaganza at St. Pat's Church
Saint Patrick’s Church was alive with the sound of Yuletide music when the Narrows Community Theater performed a song and dance extravaganza with enough cheer to fill Radio City Music...
Obama defends tax deal, says best for the nation
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday staunchly defended his decision to compromise with Republicans and temporarily extend about-to-expire tax cuts for all Americans. "There are some who would have...
Brutal stabbing of teen on way to school
90th PrecinctSouthside–BushwickTeen stabbedA teenage perp stabbed a 16-year-old boy in his stomach on Nov. 29 as he made his way to school.The thug confronted his victim on Moore Street at...
How the press captured the historic moment
Press accounts from December, 1960, detailed the horror of the crash, still indelibly imprinted on the minds of anyone who experienced it. Here are some synopses:“Brooklyn never looked more drab....
The day death came from the sky
Fifty years have passed since United Airlines Flight 826 crashed into Seventh Avenue and Sterling Place, but Vito Fiumefreddo still can’t get the ghastly smell of death out of his...
Madoff-victim lawyers sue Mets parent company
Lawyers trying to recover money for Bernard Madoff’s victims today went after one of his richest former clients -- the family-controlled company that owns the Mets. Because the suit was...
Horrifying home invasion — with curses, too!
94th PrecinctGreenpoint–NorthsideHouse robbery Two perps forced their way into a man’s Leonard Street house on Nov. 30 and robbed him blind.The perps knocked on the apartment door at 7:30 pm,...
Amnesia Supper Club helps provide memorable Xmas for kids in need
Big-hearted staff and patrons at Amnesia Supper Club in Bay Ridge made sure children in need had an unforgettable Christmas Day when they teamed up with one of the nation’s...
DEALS: Dec. 7
■ VERMONT $82pp per night “Ski Week” rates at Killington (shown above) when you arrive Sunday, depart Friday, during peak season (off-peak’s even better; $58pp). Kids 6-12 ride and ski...
Ryan says Jets won't panic following loss to Patriots
The mood was somber at the Jets facility hours after they were routed by the Patriots on Monday night in what Rex Ryan had called “the marquee game of the...
Wyckoff farmhouse Museum hosts 'Sinterklaas' for St. Nick's Day
This Santa was no pot-bellied man in a red suit.Svelte “Sinterklaas,” the fabled bishop from Holland and the real-life inspiration behind Yuletide’s most iconic figure, arrived on horseback in East...
A vendetta in a Jetta
68th PrecinctBay Ridge–Dyker HeightsJetta vendettaThree thugs threatened a pedestrian with a gun from a black Jetta on 72nd Street, then stolethe cash he had in his pocket on Dec. 12.The...
Bury the bodies, its business as usual
Censure, smensure — who cares. We should all have to go through such horrors as Charlie Rangel has when we mere mortals commit felonies.Let me steal and cheat on my...
Patriots' Brady: No pity for Jets
Don’t expect the Patriots to throw a pity party for the Jets after beating them down 45-3 on Monday night. “I would never, never feel sorry for the Jets,” Patriots...
Hoop legend John Starks gives Lincoln coach a grand greenback boost
Varsity gridiron gladiators at Abraham Lincoln High School are also dairy kings — thanks to Coach Shawn O’Connor.Hoop legend John Starks helped O’Connor milk the moment when he gave the...
Stabbed over cigarettes
84th PrecinctBrooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–DowntownStab over cigsA knife-wielding thug stabbed a 49-year-old sidewalk cigarette seller on Dec. 5 during a bloody clash at Livingston Street and Flatbush Avenue.The victim was selling...
Sony’s Weiss defects to rival Universal Music
Sony and Universal are playing a game of musical chairs. One of Sony Music Entertainment's top executives, Barry Weiss, is leaving the company to join Universal Music Group. As the...
1st chewing tobacco deal reached in Conn.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A smokeless tobacco company has agreed to pay $5 million to the family of a man who died of mouth cancer in what the family’s attorney...
SI minister who embezzled $84K for Botox accused of drunken driving
A disgraced ex-minister from Staten Island who embezzled $84,000 from his former parish to pay for plastic surgeries and Botox treatments has been arrested for drunken driving, authorities said. William...
NY's oldest inmate dies at 101
A child molester who was New York’s oldest prison inmate died this morning at age 101. Theodore Sypnier was pronounced dead at 12:35 a.m. of natural causes, the state Department...
Gun bust highlights uptick in teen gun possession
A 20-year-old gun kingpin was facing a 25 year prison sentence in Manhattan today, as prosecutors noted an uptick in teen gunslingers. A quarter of the 240 defendants prosecuted for...
Pistol punk on Conover Street
76th PrecinctCarroll Gardens-Cobble Hill–Red HookPistol punkA thug robbed a woman at gunpoint on Conover Street on Dec. 3.The 30-year-old victim said that she was between Sullivan and Wolcott streets at...
2 teens accused of hate crimes against Hasidic man in Brooklyn
A pair of teenage thrill seekers have been charged with hate crimes for assaulting a Hasidic man outside a Brooklyn yeshiva, authorities said today. The 14- and 15-year old admitted...
Buddhist monks fight to evict one of their own
He’s New York’s crudest Buddhist. Instead of emptying his mind, Xiao Dan Wu has been emptying his bladder into a washbasin used by his fellow monks at a Canal Street...
Mets interview Long for hitting coach opening
The Mets continued their search for a hitting coach Tuesday, interviewing Don Long in Orlando.Long was the hitting coach in Pittsburgh the past three seasons, where he worked with Jason...
State Sen. Kevin Parker guilty in Post photog scuffle
A Brooklyn state senator was found guilty yesterday of two counts of criminal mischief stemming from an assault on a Post photographer. The Brooklyn jury found State Sen. Kevin Parker...
Our weekly events calendar!
Fri, Dec. 10Music, “A Christmas Carol”: $10. 11 am. Genesis at The Block [376 Bay 44th St. (347) 492-0534], www.Genesis-Repertory.org. Benefit for Needy children: Guardian’s Association of the Courts of...
McCourt marital deal on Dodgers said to be invalid
LOS ANGELES — A judge has ruled that a postnuptial marital agreement giving sole ownership of the Los Angeles Dodgers to Frank McCourt is not valid, a spokesman for his...
Yankees president: Jeter negotiations in the past
Yankees president Randy Levine is confident there will be no rift between the team and shortstop Derek Jeter after a rocky contract negotiation. "I'm sure it's not (going to linger)"...
Half-and-half court ruling in S&M case
An appeals court this morning re-instated the conviction of a bondage freak who forced a female sex slave to recount her humiliation on his kinky S&M Web site. But Glenn...
Despite public's fascination, Angelina Jolie describes herself as boring
Angelina Jolie is undoubtedly one of the world’s biggest movie stars, whose every action seems to be the subject of public fascination. But despite the world’s fascination with this thick-lipped...
Nets recalling Williams from D-League
ATLANTA -- Terrence Williams' D-League exile is over. The Nets recalled their 2009 first-round pick who was sentenced to the Springfield Armor for three games. Williams will rejoin the team...
Drink to that! Ridge artist is drawn to bars
FridayDecember 10Up close and personalPhotographer Kurt Kietrich Wilberding wants to bring you closer to Carroll Gardens senior citizens — closer than most of us ever get (except when our Nana...
Back Page: Ryan knows Jets' season far from over
On a night when Rex Ryan, and his Jets, were thoroughly dominated in all phases of a football game, the head coach said one thing in his postgame press conference...
Nazi hunter skeptical about SS officer
BERLIN — The Simon Wiesenthal Center’s top Nazi hunter says he’s skeptical any charges can be filed against a 97-year-old former SS officer who allegedly admits his signature is on...
NJ teachers union says tenure cases should be heard in arbitration
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey's largest teachers union says it has its own way to make it quicker for schools to fire bad teachers. The New Jersey Education Association wants...
NY attorney sentenced in $300K adoption scheme
MINEOLA, N.Y. — A New Yorker claiming to be an adoption expert who stole $300,000 from prospective parents for babies that did not exist has been sentenced to a maximum...
Bomb kills toddler in India holy city of Varanasi
LUCKNOW, India — A bomb hidden in a metal canister exploded Tuesday evening as thousands gathered for a Hindu ceremony, killing a toddler and triggering a stampede that left many...
UPS to require photo IDs for shipping packages
UPS is now requiring photo identification from customers shipping packages at retail locations around the world, a month after explosives made it on to one of the company's planes. The...
Mets looking for catcher at Winter Meetings
The Mets are in search of another catcher and are "talking" to free agent catcher Ronny Paulino, but are not close to a deal, according to an official.Paulino is just...
Five Columbia students busted for selling drugs at three frat houses and dorms
Five brainy Columbia University students were busted at its Upper Manhattan campus this morning after undercover cops bought $11,000 worth of cocaine, marijuana, LSD and Adderall from them at frat...
L.I. crime lab on probation after review
MINEOLA, N.Y. — A national agency has placed a Long Island police department crime lab on probation after a recent review. The American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board...
Survey says! Prospect Park West bike lane is a hit!
Mend it — don’t end it! That’s what Park Slopers are saying about the controversial Prospect Park West bike lane, which has been a lightning rod since it was installed...
Manhattan's M42 wins 'Pokey' award for second straight year
Put that $2.25 fare toward Christmas gifts, riders. The crosstown M42 bus, which runs right through Times Square, was ranked the slowest in the entire system for the second year...
Quirky Cantona's anti-bank 'revolution' fails
Quirky ex-Manchester United star Eric Cantona's bid to destroy global banking failed Tuesday as his French compatriots ignored his call to withdraw cash en masse and it emerged his wife...
Burmese dictator wanted to buy Manchester United -- The Sun
Burma's dictator wanted to buy Manchester United soccer club to boost his popularity, The Sun reported Tuesday. General Than Shwe considered a $1 billion (£634 million) bid for the English...
Wisconsin woman jailed for biting off husband's tongue
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — A Wisconsin woman is accused of biting off her husband's tongue as he was giving her a good night kiss. Sheboygan police say the man in his...
Conn.’s tougher teen driving rules save lives
HARTFORD, Conn. — State officials say Connecticut’s tough new restrictions on teenage drivers are saving lives. There were six fatal crashes involving 16- and 17-year-old drivers in 2009, the lowest...
Sen. Snowe hints at 9/11 health bill vote
New York lawmakers have lined up the remaining Senate Republican vote needed to pass the 9/11 health bill – but the long-stalled legislation could still die in a vote tomorrow...
Yankees GM plans to meet with Lee's agent again
The Yankees’ courtship of Cliff Lee will continue when GM Brian Cashman meets with the pitcher’s agent, Darek Brauneker, later Tuesday. Cashman, on his way out for a morning jog,...
Former Yankees DH Matsui has ‘strong interest’ in A’s: report
Hideki Matsui could be staying in the AL West. The former Yankees DH/outfielder is in talks with the Athletics and has “strong interest” in signing with them, according to a...
Judge dismisses case against killing of Awlaki
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday threw out a case aimed at preventing the killing of radical Yemeni-American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and questioning whether the US has the...
Jwoww's lawyers request nude photos from former beau
Oh Woww!"Jersey Shore" star Jenni "Jwoww" Farley’s lawyer sent a letter to her former business manager/boyfriend Thomas Lippolis, informing him that final payment was being prepared for him and that...
Pellet gun madman loose in Slope
78th PrecinctPark SlopeBB rebozoA gunman fired a pellet at a man as he walked with his family on Fourth Avenue on Dec. 3, striking him in the head and sending...
Job openings rise sharply to most in 2 years
WASHINGTON — Employers posted a sharp increase in job openings in October, raising hopes that hiring could pick up in the coming months. Businesses and government advertised nearly 3.4 million...
'Being liberal was cool'
Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau told Stephen Colbert that life used to be good for liberals. "We were respectable," Trudeau claimed. "We were like bankers before they were hated." Well, given...
Depp in the shallows?
Sony's "The Tourist," which opens Friday (you haven't heard? I'm not surprised) is already looking like a non-success. Even in its heyday the Euro-thriller was a tough sell and audiences...
DVD Extra: Hope and the Foys
None of the five films in Shout Factory's "The Bob Hope Collection,'' out today, are new to DVD, but these Paramount theatrical releases previously owned by Bob Hope Enterprises haven't looked anywhere...
Experts to probe cause of Sharm el Sheikh shark attacks
A squad of internationally renowned shark experts was traveling Tuesday to the Egyptian vacation resort of Sharm el Sheikh to investigate the cause of the series of attacks that culminated...
Accused Russian 'spy' vows to fight UK deportation attempts: report
A woman accused of spying for Russia while working as a parliamentary researcher in the UK said there is "no truth" to the allegations, The (London) Daily Telegraph reported Tuesday....
NY pension costs could explode: think tank
ALBANY, N.Y. — A think tank projects that taxpayer-funded contributions to the pension systems for New York’s public employees could balloon by billions over the next five years, diverting scarce...
Former Giants star Lawrence Taylor in court seeking dismissal in rape case
LT is looking to sack the police. Former Giants great Lawrence Taylor said today that the rape indictment against him should be dismissed because police did not have a warrant...
Iran calls for world powers to lift sanctions as nuclear talks end in Geneva
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told world powers Tuesday to lift sanctions against Tehran if they want the latest talks to succeed, as negotiations over the country's disputed nuclear program came...
Government checking 1.1B new $100 bills for flaws
WASHINGTON — The government said Monday it will need to check more than 1 billion new $100 bills because of production problems that have left unwanted creases in many of...
School bus accident on Garden State Parkway
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. — Emergency crews are on the scene of a school bus accident on the Garden State Parkway. State Police Sgt. Stephen Jones says the bus, carrying 14...
WikiLeaks boss Assange will make renewed bid for bail, lawyer
The founder of the WikiLeaks website, Julian Assange, will make a renewed bid for bail despite being remanded in custody Tuesday on alleged sex offenses, his lawyer said. Assange, 39,...
Compton parents take charge
Let's hear it for local solutions to local problems. In Compton, Calif., parents at McKinley Elementary School want to invoke a recent law to have a private charter school company take over...
Jets blitz
HERO How much more can you say about the greatness of Tom Brady? The Patriots’ first-ballot Hall of Fame quarterback picked the Jets apart when they rushed only three and...
Jets crash and burn in AFC East ‘showdown’
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — That hostile AFC East takeover the Jets were poised to execute against the Patriots? That’ll have to wait for another day — maybe another decade. As the...
Jets report card
OFFENSE F Mark Sanchez (17-for-33, 164 yards, 3 INTs, 27.8 rating) looked bad early and got worse as the game went on. All three of his INTs led to second-half...
Jets outclassed by Patriots
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — It was billed as The Game of The Year. For Rex Ryan and the Jets, it turned out to be The Shame of The Year. Here’s the...
Patriots leave mouthy Jets speechless
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- In the cold truth of the locker room, the chatter had been silenced, the swagger kneecapped. Players shook their heads a lot. They offered up explanations, understanding...
Girls basketball roundup: Roberts, Railsplitters upset Grand Street
Simone Roberts had 14 points and Janera Roper had 11 points and nine rebounds to lead Lincoln to a 49-47 win over Grand Street Campus in PSAL Brooklyn AA girls...
LeGrande performance not enough for SIA against Kearney
Mayana LeGrande underwent a transformation over the summer. The Staten Island Academy forward scored her 1,000th career point last season, but rededicated herself for her senior year. “I put it...
The Post's All-Manhattan girls volleyball honors
There weren’t many big surprises in Manhattan. Stuyvesant and Hunter College HS dominated their divisions in the PSAL and George Washington, which has become an elite ‘B’ program, made its...
Smith shines yet again, but Midwood the story in rout of rival FDR
Bryan Smith’s recent exploits drew three college coaches and renowned New York City talent evaluator Tom Konchalski to Midwood’s gym in Brooklyn. By halftime, they were still waiting to see...
US to turn $12B profit on Citi bailout
Uncle Sam is about to ring up a whopping $12 billion profit on its $45 billion bailout of former “problem child” Citigroup. Late yesterday, the Treasury Department said it would...
History, legacy to be decided in trenches
Ivan Foy shies away from the limelight. He’s not comfortable with a tape recorder in his face, with his name being mentioned among the other star players for Fort Hamilton....
Nazareth coach could face discipline for recruiting
CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens big wigs are in an uproar over published reports of controversial Nazareth girls basketball coach Apache Paschall’s alleged recruiting of eighth graders. An article printed two weeks ago...
Retas' big night pushes Kearney past SIA
Rocco Sellitto believes he can get an early read on what kind of a game he is going to get from star Sam Retas. The Bishop Kearney girls basketball coach...
Parker to the pokey? His fate is in the jury's hands
A jury began deliberating felony assault charges against state Sen. Kevin Parker as the four-term lawmaker’s trial for attacking a New York Post photographer concluded on Monday.Everything is on the...
NYC boys basketball rankings
The season is barely two week old, but already there is so much to talk about: No. 1 Christ the King edging fourth-ranked Thomas Jefferson, No. 7 Wings Academy starting...
Adams: I did not lie about Aqueduct gaming debacle
Aqueduct race track into a video gaming hall.State Sen. Eric Adams (D–Park Slope) invited all of Brooklyn’s Democratic district leaders to dial into a rare conference call on Monday afternoon...
All for Emmanuel: Lincoln plays for fallen former teammate
Motivation won’t be a problem for top-seeded Lincoln tonight when it meets No. 2 Fort Hamilton in the PSAL City Championship game tonight at Yankee Stadium. The Railsplitters are looking...
PSAL boys basketball roundup: Snagg guides Bedford Academy past Tilden
Sean Snagg scored a game-high 24 points and Darian Best and Theophus Everett added 10 apiece as Bedford Academy (2-1) won its second straight in Brooklyn A East, blasting Tilden,...
For sale! City puts two floors of Municipal Building on the market
The Municipal Building could become a place to buy things rather than pay parking tickets under a city plan to convert two floors of the stolid Downtown office building into...
Bells or bellows: Ringing controversy at Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Quasimodo has nothing on Bethlehem Lutheran Church.The bells at the venerable house of worship, at Fourth and Ovington avenues, have been ringing hourly between noon and 6 pm, and some...
Which tree costs $225?
‘Tis the season to get hoodwinked. If you just bought a Christmas tree from the vendor nearest your apartment, odds are good you could’ve gotten a better deal elsewhere. In...
Name that bar! New space in Greenpoint is cool, but lacks a moniker
Greenpoint’s most anticipated bar opening is so new it doesn’t even have a name yet.The nameless unmarked bar, located on a quiet stretch of Manhattan Avenue between Nassau and Driggs...
The sexy hunks who sell your Christmas tree
They descend on our city each December, smelling of pine needles, whispering of foreign lands. They are nothing like your ex-boyfriend the i-banker. They know how to do things, like...
Parents: We don't trust city on school plan
Angry parents gave a resounding “no” to city officials who they’re afraid want to fill 300 empty seats in Marine Park JHS with a new, autonomous high school, claiming that...
Practice makes perfect ending for Tigers' Raymond
Starting in late August until the start of December, a select few PSAL football teams practice every day. The process can grow tiresome. Some players will go through the motions,...
Jingles Yule love
With more new yule tide CDs being released than Santa's got elves, it's not always easy separating the chestnuts from the coal. That's where we come in. Here are six...
Stunning Egon trip doesn't paint full picture
Sausage, anybody? Actually, John Kelly's "Pass the Blutwurst, Bitte" has nothing to do with meat products and everything to do with Austrian painter Egon Schiele. A skilled chameleon, writer-director-performer Kelly...
Ramsay lawsuit: Mum's the word
Call it the mother of all lawsuits. Embattled "Hell's Kitchen" chef Gordon Ramsay, who's already warring with his in-laws and trying to save his restaurant empire, is now being sued...
Ed O'Neill disses 'Glee' star
Ed O'Neill isn't what you'd call a diehard "Gleek." O'Neill, who plays pater familias Jay Pritchett on the hit comedy "Modern Family," has admitted that he doesn't think that Jane...
Record-breaking 6M watched 'Dead' finale
Now that's a season finale. AMC's "The Walking Dead" ended its first season with a record 6 million viewers Sunday night. Including the show's 11 p.m. repeat, "Dead" snared over...
'Raven' comic to turn into series
'Raven" could be the next big superhero to grace the small screen. With "Smallville" counting down the hours until its series finale -- the Superman origin series is on its...
'Boy' friends
While the title of this new reality series sounds like the title for "The Life and Times of Liza Minnelli" -- it's not. In fact, it's not even about women...
Starr report
Comedy: Lisa "The Queen of Mean" Lampanelli, who just shot her next Comedy Central special, "Tough Love," headlines the Beacon Theatre (2124 Broadway) for two nights this Friday and Saturday....
Hizzoner for Prez? Let's hope it's not so
Adam Brodsky's column, "No Labels = No Ideas," (PostOpinion, Dec. 3) is great. Mayor Bloomberg should run, and keep running, until he is as far away from New York City...
Ending one-party rule in New York
A Month after Election Day, Republicans have finally won a majority in the state Senate come January, thanks to last week's Democratic concession in Erie County and a GOP win...
Navy man sold secrets: feds
RALEIGH, NC -- A US Navy sailor stationed at Fort Bragg passed classified documents to someone he thought was a foreign intelligence agent in exchange for cash, according to a...
Adirondack blues
To deliver on his promises to bring economic growth and jobs to upstate New York, Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo will have to rein in rogue state bureaucracies -- which means confronting...
UFT's gag reflex
The UFT wheeled out its big guns yesterday to poke holes in the city's teacher-rating system, submitting arguments in court to prevent the public release of individual teacher evaluations. The...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn This mom gets an F for conduct -- she allegedly attacked her daughter's teacher during a private meeting at an East New York elementary school. Startesh Alston, 27, allegedly...
Less b.s., Ben
Back by popular demand (OK, only three people asked for this), here are my predictions on the future job market. I am not talking about the real job market here....
Dems' bitterest pill
The Bush tax cuts exist in the liberal imagination some where in a ring of hell be tween "torture" and the Iraq War. For President Obama to endorse their across-the-board...
Obamanomics: Only fat cats prosper
For all of President Obama's rhetoric about "fat cat" investment bankers who gambled the country into economic decay, he sure seems to have a larger soft spot for big Wall...
State pol guilty of charity scam
A disgraced state legislator pleaded guilty yesterday to taking kickbacks from a charity he founded -- and funded with millions of taxpayer dollars from Albany. Vincent Leibell, who served nearly...
Sprint eyeing future without Clearwire
Sprint Nextel's planned $5 billion network upgrade lays the groundwork for a future without 4G wireless partner Clearwire. Sprint is modernizing its 3G network over the next three to five...
Aspirin cuts cancer risk
It really is a wonder drug. Aspirin, the 100-year-old painkiller, has been found to cut the risk of dying from a range of common cancers if taken at a low...
1M feds tell O: Freeze thi$
WASHINGTON -- More than a million federal workers will get salary boosts despite President Obama's recently proposed pay freeze. Under increased pressure to control the debt, the president suggested freezing...
Researchers don costumes to aid panda cub's introduction into the wild
See the cuddly giant pandas looking after their 4-month-old cub so tenderly? Now, look again. The adults are actually scientists wearing panda costumes, grinning and bearing it to make sure...
Jumbo lease on Park
Many large office leases are talked about for so long before they're completed, they can seem like old news by the time they're actually signed. But a very few seem...
Attention, thugs! Most cabs have cams
Two out of three city livery cabs are equipped with security cameras like the one that captured a gun-wielding robber shooting a mild-mannered driver in Queens on Saturday. About 70...
Coffee suit
Kraft Foods sued Starbucks seeking to enforce an agreement the foodmaker claims gives it exclusive rights to sell Starbucks coffee in grocery stores through 2014. Kraft claims that Starbucks has...
Business briefs
NJ lot$ New Jersey Transit Corp. selected seven teams, including KKR, Morgan Stanley and Mac quarie Capital, to bid for rights to lease, operate and retain the revenue from the...
'Bum'med out
Chelsea's curbside hoarder has packed up and moved -- at least for now. Homeless man John Gunn drove his garbage-packed, mechanically challenged 1977 Toyota Chinook camper from a tony block...
Columbus Circle in checkmate
The battle for 3 Columbus Circle will continue in court after Deutsche Bank and Stephen Ross's Related Cos. rejected a $258.55 million check from SL Green Realty Trust and Joseph...
Holiday perils at the pump
The gas pump is poised to be the Grinch that stole Christmas -- with average prices rising toward $3 a gallon. At $3 a gallon, the average price would make...
Fraud fighters working o'time
He used his victims' millions to hang out with Shaquille O'Neal, to keep a fancy yacht, and to acquire a pair of diamond-studded handcuffs. Nevin Shapiro, who pleaded guilty in...
Clean up Lionsgate
Billionaire Carl Icahn, an investor in two Hollywood studios, said Lionsgate Entertainment must be "cleaned up" before any merger with bankrupt MGM. MGM creditors "don't want to do a deal...
Bad to wor$e
The city's budget gap could swell to a monumental $4.4 billion next year because Albany is so strapped for funds that it might have to cut more than $2 billion...
Gov grant Super gift - for NJ
What state budget crisis? Gov. Paterson last week quietly authorized $16.7 million in grants, including to promote the Super Bowl -- in New Jersey. The money is included in the...
Mike casts ballot for major voting reform
Voters around the state would be able to cast their ballots a week or more before Election Day under a series of reforms proposed yesterday by Mayor Bloomberg. Joined by...
Union blasts health cri$is
In a boost to Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo's cost-cutting agenda, the powerful health-care workers union, SEIU 1199 East, yesterday recommended an overhaul of New York's out-of-control home health care funded through...
A deal on taxes
With the deal President Obama announced yesterday to avoid the tax hikes set for January, Americans may be about to reap the first big dividend of last month's voting. Elections...
A Basilica in the Apple
It is a singular honor for one of New York's singular houses of worship. St. Patrick's Old Cathedral -- the city's first Catholic church, whose cornerstone was laid in 1809...
The GOP's OTB backtrack
No sooner do Republicans recapture control of the state Senate than they're back to their old habits of parochially motivated horse-trading -- in this case, to preserve the political-patronage dump...
HBO's big drama
HBO could one day be offered as a standalone service, not tied to any specific level of pay-TV subscription, Time Warner chief Jeff Bewkes said yesterday. Such an a-la-carte offering...
Oprah's pickin' Dickens
LOS ANGELES -- Saying she had never before read a book by Charles Dickens, Oprah Winfrey yesterday announced two of the 19th century British author's novels as her latest Oprah...
Gifts from governor: 6 pardons, 1 clemency
ALBANY -- Gov. Paterson announced yesterday that he had pardoned six people facing possible deportation over prior convictions and granted clemency to a former drug addict who had turned her...
LIRR gay toots 'sex-bias' case
A Long Island Rail Road engineer is suing the commuter line, saying she was the victim of discrimination because she's gay. The railroad claims that Melissa Stampf, 43, was disciplined...
Even odds to save OTB
ALBANY -- It comes down to the wire for the New York City Off-Track Betting Corp. today as senators gather in Albany to consider a do-or-die rescue bill. Just hours...
Cop casts doubt on Bx. man's police sodomy claim
A cop testifying yesterday at the civil trial of a Wall Street financial worker who claims police sodomized him with a baton said he saw no one wielding such a...
Bill's book ends
Bill Ackman may have finally found a way to merge Borders with Barnes & Noble. The hedge fund tycoon yesterday announced he would pony up more than $900 million in...
Tribune lenders targeting Zell
Tribune lenders are expected to file a lawsuit by midnight against real estate mogul Sam Zell alleging the leveraged buyout he engineered caused the business to quickly collapse, The Post...
Angie gets a 'Depp' charge
Even the most hardened New Yorkers would gladly welcome these "tourists." Gorgeous Angelina Jolie and dashing Johnny Depp tread the red carpet at the world premiere of their action-romance flick,...
Ice-pick mug suspect slipped up on curfew
The suspected "ice-pick mugger" was nabbed on a parole warrant -- for thumbing his nose at his curfew, authorities said yesterday. And suspect John Martinez's mother told The Post that...
Assange ready to surrender
Julian Assange, the wanted founder of WikiLeaks, will surrender to British police for questioning in a sex-crimes investigation after three months of dodging authorities, his lawyer said yesterday. But his...
Google-goon bust
An unscrupulous online merchant who bullied his way to the top of Internet search engines was busted by the feds yesterday for allegedly cyberstalking customers after selling them counterfeit goods...
Bernie secretary's pals all deadbeats
Ponzi king Bernard Madoff's ex-secretary should be tossed in jail because the proposed co-signers on her $5 million bond include a tax deadbeat and a relative who's more than $100,000...
Cremate order for on-ice aunt
A 105-year-old widow who died last September can finally be laid to rest -- or at least cremated -- a Manhattan judge ruled yesterday, rejecting the claim of a family...
State used GPS tracker on 'slacker'
ALBANY -- Talk about keeping a close eye on your staff. The state Department of Labor found a high-tech solution in 2008 when it tried to find out whether a...
Dirty dozen schools face ax
City officials put a dozen failing schools on the chopping block yesterday -- including five that they attempted to close last year. The struggling schools include John F. Kennedy HS...
Feds sued in 'pizza' case
A former suspect in the "Pizza Connection" heroin-smuggling case is suing the feds for $9 million over his 2007 arrest. Enrico "Kiko" Frigerio spent three months behind bars before charges...
Elizabeth Edwards at death's door
Cancer-stricken Elizabeth Edwards has taken a tragic turn for the worse -- with doctors giving her only weeks to live, family and friends revealed yesterday. "Elizabeth has been advised by...
This pact may spell 1 & done for prez
WASHINGTON -- President Obama made the first decision of his 2012 re-election bid yesterday, but may have done himself irreparable political harm. His decision to swallow the Bush tax cuts...
DNA find cracks '99 SI murder
An 11-year-old homicide has been solved with newly acquired DNA evidence, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. The cold case involved the 1999 murder of Staten Island mother Naomi Ortiz. Prosecutors recently...
Bam 'cuts' tax deal with GOP
WASHINGTON -- Finally, change you can believe in! President Obama and congressional Republicans yesterday reached a deal to temporarily extend the Bush tax cuts for everyone at all income levels,...
Taxi big: fair to profile
The head of a city taxi-drivers union is urging hacks to use "racial profiling" when deciding whether to pick up passengers, after a Queens livery driver was shot by an...
Really ruff flight
A dogfight in the skies over New Jersey forced a packed airliner to make an emergency landing yesterday. A 12-pound Manchester terrier -- apparently channeling Snoopy's Red Baron -- got...
Meredith dies at age 72
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Don Meredith, the ex-Cowboys quarterback who served as a folksy foil for Howard Cosell on ABC's "Monday Night Football" and helped carve out the niche for colorful...
Tomorrow's Aqueduct Entries
Post Time: 12:30 pm. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST6f; $23,000; cl($25,000); 3up; (f&m)PNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1Olive Eye(L),119J Espinoza10-9-8Lostrtto 20-12Northern Warrior(L),109F Petrecca6-3-7Ubillo 8-13Sultrysilver(L),115JRodriguez2-1-4Levine 5-24Spoleto(L),119RDominguez1-6-xMcLaghln 2-15Giuseppina(L),120F Jara3-8-1Hertler 6-16Disarming,123A Solis1-4-8Duggan 15-17Bobity Boo(L),119JVelazquez11-3-7Benzel...
Leonhard's sub for Jets takes it on chin
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Playing without starting safety Jim Leonhard was far from the only reason the Jets lost 45-3 to the Patriots last night. But the play of his replacement,...
Affrunti's Turf Paradise Grade
Post Time: 2:30 pm.FIRST-3f; $3,300; cl($6,250); 3up9-DiegosFloJo 1242-HezaQuickSctr 1224-OurRoyalSnow 1221a-Juscocktail 1246-NoSignofBono 1223-Camp Crook 1221-Hawkin Jet 1227-SpectacularFt 1208-MissMyFriend 1225-CatchFllngStr 122SECOND-5 1/2f; $6,300; mdn cl($12,500); 3up2-Sabino Storm 1201-Gummy Runner 1204-Mudd Pie 1235-SoulshineBrew...
Patriots' Brady makes Jets pay
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Tom Brady made the Jets pick their poison. When Gang Green rushed just three linemen and dropped back into heavy zone coverage, the Patriots' all-world quarterback cut...
Calder Charts
Dec. 6, 2010 Clear And Fast. Turf: Firm. ©2010 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST6f; $16,000; mdn clm; 3up; (f&m)Off: 12:25. Good. step slow st, drew offTime: 23.22, 48.12, 1:00.82, 1:14.03.Trainer: Steve...
Bill Smith At Yonkers
Post time: 7:10 pm.Best Bet: Lake Shark (8th)FIRST-mile; pace; $10,000; cl($12500)2The X-Man (J Bartlett)8-4-48-54ReverseTheCurse (BHollnd)8-1-23-17The Real Dan (L Stalbaum)2-8-34-11Badlands Josh (M Forte)7-8-48-13Superbe Rulah (B Dobson)4-8-512-15Safe Sex (C Manzi)5-8-730-16FourStarzDylan (JStrattn)4-4-612-18Kandi Chip...
Philadelphia Park Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 5 1/2f; $22,000; mdn cl($12,500); 2YO; (f)SPLENDID AGAIN races with Lasix and shows good works while prepping for career debut. OK LET'S ROCK shows a bullet work two back...
Philadelphia Results
FIRST-1 1/16m; $22,000; mdn clm; 2YO1a-PrnceAnshd (Rqlme) 21.808.604.803I'm Broke (Moya)3.803.204Mr Shadoan (Arroyo)6.20 Off 12:27. Time 1:50.31. Fast. * Ex. (1-3) $55.60 * Tri. (1-3-4) $385.20Winner picked by Vic C.SECOND-6f; $27,000;...
Pinkston suspended, to re-enroll at Villanova in June
Brooklyn native Jayvaughn Pinkston has been suspended by Villanova University for the spring semester following his involvement in a frat house fracas last month, the school announced yesterday. Pinkston, the...
Inspired Lincoln ready
Motivation won't be a problem for top-seeded Lincoln tonight when it meets No. 2 Fort Hamilton in the PSAL City Championship football game at Yankee Stadium. The Railsplitters are looking...
No way Yankees don't pay Lee
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Cliff Lee is enjoying the equivalent of winning multiple state lotteries simultaneously. So many moons are aligning in his favor that even the lefty's agent,...
St. John's looks to shut down St. Bonaventure star
Steve Lavin has had tremendous success on the recruiting trail because he has a proven record of sending players to the NBA. So maybe it isn't hyperbole when the St....
Cashman, Yankees begin romancing Lee; Pettitte return in doubt
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- A river of agents and teams flowed into Brian Cashman's hotel suite yesterday at the Winter Meetings. None brought more to the table than Cliff...
Jeter could talk today on deal with Yankees
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The Yankees were making plans yesterday for a news conference in Tampa today to announce Derek Jeter's three-year deal for $51 million that includes a...
Yankees-Red Sox rivalry got better with Gonzalez
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- There is a demarcation point in The Rivalry that dates to two offseasons ago, and to this fact: The Yankees secured Mark Teixeira and the...
Mets search for pitching bargains
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Will the Mets veer left or get Young? Maybe the only drama at the Winter Meetings for the Mets concerns which veteran starting pitcher they...
Amar'e lifts Mike where others laud
I fully expected Kevin Love -- in town with the Timberwolves last night to kneel for the Knicks -- to tell us how much he thoroughly enjoyed practically playing for...
NFL: Broncos fire coach; Cowboys' Bryant out for season
Josh McDaniels, whose team was 3-9 this season, was fired yesterday as head coach of the Broncos. Running-backs coach Eric Studesville will serve as interim coach for the final month....
Sports shorts
GRID: Newton Heisman finalist Auburn QB Cam Newton was named as one of the four finalists for the Heisman Trophy, which will be announced Saturday in New York. He'll be...
Today's Sports on Air
Basketball7 p.m.Jimmy V. Classic: Memphis vs. KansasESPN7 p.m.Georgia at Georgia TechESPN27 p.m.St. Bonaventure at St. John'sSNY, WBBR (1130 AM)7 p.m.Nets at HawksYES, WFAN (660 AM)8 p.m.Northern Iowa at IowaBIG TEN9...
The Post Line
NFLThursdayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogColts 2 2½(46½)TITANSSundayVIKINGSOFFOFF(OFF)GiantsJETSOFFOFF(OFF)DolphinsJAGUARS 4½ 4½(43) RaidersSTEELERS 9 9 (40½)BengalsBEARSOFFOFF(OFF)PatriotsBILLS 1½ 1½(41) BrownsPackers 6½ 7 (47½)LIONSFalcons 7 7 (42) PANTHERSBuccaneers 1 3 (41) REDSKINSSAINTS 9½ 8½(47) Rams49ERS 4 4½(40½)SeahawksCARDINALSOFFOFF(OFF)BroncosCHARGERS...
Devils see roster changes coming after loss to Penguins
PITTSBURGH -- Jamie Langenbrunner expects Lou Lamoriello to do something now about this Devils disaster, even if it's almost too late. But the captain said the players should be the...
Knicks beating bad teams with defense
After a decade of getting punched in the mouth, the new horse is putting too big a smile on Knicks faces for them to suffer any skepticism. They beat another...
Timberwolves forward 'Loves' playing in Garden
Three-and-a-half weeks ago, Kevin Love had 31 rebounds in a victory over the Knicks. Last night was a different story. "I had 16 [fewer] rebounds, I'll tell you that much,"...
Knicks scouts at MSG
Embattled Knicks scout Rodney Heard was in the house last night as the club is holding college-scouting meetings this week run by team president Donnie Walsh. Heard, who is being...
Vikings coach expects Favre to play vs. Giants
Will he or won't he? History says Brett Favre will. Either way, the Giants this week will have to prepare for two quarterbacks leading into Sunday's game against the Vikings....
Giants remember '09 finale rout by Vikings
Not long after the Giants put the finishing touches on an easy 31-7 rout of the Redskins, but before Tom Coughlin in the victorious postgame locker room was finished lauding...
Nets practice hard after beating by Celtics
After Sunday's 100-75 beating at the hands of Boston, a display so sorry coach Avery Johnson told his players they looked like imposters in Nets uniforms, he put them through...
Jets coach angry after Patriots get 'payback'
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- With leads over the Jets of 31-3, 38-3 and then 45-3, the Patriots not only still had Tom Brady in the game but they had him throwing...
Steinbrenner snubbed in Hall of Fame voting
No Boss in the Hall. George Steinbrenner didn't make it into the Hall of Fame yesterday, as the late Yankees owner was not named on the required 12 of 16...
Stoudemire's MVP performance leads Knicks over Wolves
Amar'e Stoudemire won the Eastern Conference's Player of the Week for the second time in three weeks hours before last night's game at the Garden. Then he went about working...
Sweet revenge for Patriots' Woodhead against Jets
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Danny Woodhead played like he had a point to prove last night. The former Jets running back gained 115 total yards for Patriots last night, helping his...
Walsh gives Williams 'shot' at redemption with Knicks
Knicks president Donnie Walsh knows better than anyone to be cautious when it comes to Shawne Williams and seeing whether the Cinderella story he is penning will have a happy...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYDec. 7WEDDec. 8THUDec. 9FRIDec. 10SATDec. 11SUNDec. 12MONDec. 13KnicksNOGAMETor.7:30MSGESPNNOGAMEWash.7:00MSGESPNNOGAMEDen.NoonMSGESPNNOGAMENetsAtlanta7:00TV -- YES NetworkRadio -- WFAN 660 AMNOGAMEDal.8:30YESWFANNOGAMENOGAMEL.A.L.1:00YESWBBRNOGAMERangersNOGAMENOGAMEOtt.7:30MSGESPNNOGAMEClmb.7:00MSGESPNWash.7:00MSGESPNNOGAMEIslandersNOGAMENOGAMEBos.7:00MSG+WHRUNOGAMEAtl.7:00MSG+2WHRUNOGAMENash.8:00MSG+WHRUDevilsNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEOtt.7:30MSG+WFANDet.7:00MSG+WFANNOGAMENOGAME
Weird but true
Just imagine how much easier this would have made things for the Three Wise Men. Churches around the country are fitting their Baby Jesus statues with GPS trackers to keep...
Syracuse, Michigan State face off at Garden
The good old days of last season, when Jim Boeheim could roll out the balls at practice and check his smart phone to keep track of his 401k are over....
Oregon coach shows he's no quack
The lead Duck stayed out of the crosshairs. Oregon football coach Chip Kelly would not boast that no team, given any amount of time to prepare, could stop his high-scoring,...
CHSAA boys basketball rankings
All but three of our top 10 were in action this week and only two teams – No. 3 Rice and No. 6 Bishop Loughlin – have yet to play...
Patriots rout Jets, 45-3
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tom Brady turned this anticipated classic into a classic rout. Brady doesn't lose many big games, certainly not at home and definitely not with so much on...
A real low 'Budget' crime
88th PrecinctFort Greene–Clinton HillDrag ’n’ mugA thug robbed a 24-year-old woman on Dec. 1 after dragging her into the driveway of a Budget Rental Car franchise at the corner of...
Stoudemire scores 34, Knicks win fifth straight
Amare Stoudemire scored 34 points to lead the surging New York Knicks to their fifth straight victory, 121-114 over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night. Wilson Chandler added 21 points...
US sailor accused of trying to sell secret military documents
A US sailor was under investigation Monday after he allegedly tried to sell classified military information. Bryan Minkyu Martin, a Navy Reserve Intelligence Specialist 3rd Class, was arrested in Fayetteville,...
Dozens remember beloved yeshiva teacher killed in crash
The energetic Midwood yeshiva teacher killed in a booze-fueled crash on Ocean Avenue was a gifted instructor, mentor and breakdancer, dozens of friends, family members and students remembered last week...
Assange may surrender to British police
LONDON — Julian Assange's lawyer was arranging to deliver the WikiLeaks founder to British police for questioning in a sex-crimes investigation of the man who has angered Washington by spilling...
It's Christmastime — and Chanukah and Kwanzaa — in Canarsie
No one can accuse Frank Seddio of being a Christmas Grinch — or of being tight with the light.The Democratic district leader donned his red Santa hat on Sunday and...
Giant Hanukkah menorah sheds light at Holocaust Park
The headstones at Holocaust Park glistened like proud beacons of hope as flames in enclosed lanterns bathed them with incandescent light from above.From his plum seat on a cherry picker,...
Christmas in Cambridge
SEEN the Weather Channel lately? Or, if you live in Buffalo, looked outside, lately? Yep — it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Not feeling it? Understandable. After all,...
Inside NYC's newest hotels
THOUGH the talk on politicians’ lips has been of recession this year, there’s hardly a sign of it in New York City’s hotel market. For years ,lacking in enough inventory...
