September 24, 2008
REPORT: BURRESS HAD PAST DOMESTIC DISPUTES
September 24, 2008 | 11:43pmNorthjersey.com reports tonight that "Totowa (N.J.) police responded to two domestic disturbance calls at Giants receiver Plaxico Burress's home the past few months," borough police confirmed. The Web site for...
MYSPACE SET TO UNVEIL MUSIC VENTURE
September 24, 2008 | 9:57pmMySpace Music, MySpace's new digital music joint venture with the major record labels, will launch tomorrow with an eye on cashing in on the growing demand for advertising-supported song streaming....
MCCAIN OUT, OLBERMANN IN ON 'LETTERMAN'
September 24, 2008 | 9:24pmKeith Olbermann replaced John McCain on last night's "Late Show With David Letterman." Talk about adding insult to injury. McCain pulled out of his "Late Show" appearance in the wake...
COPS TASER DERANGED NAKED MAN
September 24, 2008 | 9:03pmA deranged Brooklyn man ranting in his birthday suit from a second floor ledge was shot by cops with a taser gun and fell to his death, this shocking video...
BUSH SPEECH SUSPENDS BLAINE HANG
September 24, 2008 | 8:38pmshowvideo("NY Post","1458_384536"); PRESIDENT Bush's speech tonight will leave magician David Blaine hanging - literally for an extra 15 minutes. Blaine, who has spent most of the week suspended upside down...
BOB'S RETURN TO OLE MISS A 'BIG MOMENT'
September 24, 2008 | 8:31pmTHE last time Bob Schieffer visited the University of Mississippi he was dodging bullets, but he may be lobbing a few bombs of his own when CBS' chief Washington correspondent...
GIANTS HAVE OPTIONS TO REPLACE PLAXICO
September 24, 2008 | 8:28pmThe good news for Giants offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride is that he has 10 days to devise a game plan that won't include star receiver Plaxico Burress. And even without...
NEXT UP: JETS
September 24, 2008 | 7:36pmIf not for a jump ball that went the wrong way, the Cardinals would be entering Sunday's game against the Jets 3-0. A slightly under-thrown Kurt Warner pass was deflected...
LOHAN DECLARES HER LOVE FOR SAM RONSON
September 24, 2008 | 5:35pmLindsay Lohan unabashedly declared her love for girlfriend Sam Ronson, a day after she finally confirmed her long-rumored relationship on a radio talk show. "I care for her very much...
NOW BIDEN'S A 'CRASH' DUMMY
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amAdd another two gaffes to Democratic vice-presidential hopeful Sen. Joe Biden's list of campaign-trail flubs. "When the stock market crashed," Biden told CBS on Monday, "Franklin Roosevelt got on the...
PALIN GATHERS CRUCIAL 'INSIGHT'
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amSarah Palin got tutored on world affairs yesterday during whirlwind meetings in New York with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and the leaders of Afghanistan and Colombia. The Republican...
DAD AT PLAY ON SARAH'S BIG DAY
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amWhile Sarah Palin huddled behind closed doors with global leaders yesterday, hubby Todd and baby Trig took off for some real fun - on the famous carousel in Central Park....
AN UP-'HILL' VOTE BATTLE FOR OBAMA
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amBarack Obama has hit a roadblock as he tries to woo backers of former rival Hillary Rodham Clinton - making no gains among that group since June, a surprising new...
JOE GETS TAKEN TO WOODSHED
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amWASHINGTON - A civil war broke out on the Democratic ticket yesterday, as Barack Obama slapped down a comment by running mate Joe Biden just a day after Biden ripped...
BAILOUT HAZARDOUS TO MY HEALTH PLAN: OBAMA
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amWASHINGTON - Barack Obama said he may have to put the brakes on some of his ambitious plans to spend billions on health-care and infrastructure improvements because of a multibillion-dollar...
FAREWELL TO A FRIEND: YANKS FOR THE MEMORIES
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amTHE ISSUE: The final game held at Yankee Stadium last Sunday night. What do you do when a dear friend of 50 years dies ("Last Night at the Stadium," Sept....
HOUSE OF CARDS
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amHOW did America wind up in its worst financial crisis in decades? Sen. Barack Obama explained it this way last week: "When sub-prime-mortgage lending took a reckless and unsustainable turn,...
RACE EXPLAINS ALL?
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amTHE news media have been shamefully stoking the idea that the only way Barack Obama could possibly lose the presidential election is if racists have their way. Indeed, CNN's Jack...
A CHANGE FOR A CLEANER QUEENS
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amTHE City Planning Commission will vote today on the Bloomberg administration's plan to transform the Will ets Point peninsula. The proposals would turn what's probably the most polluted 60 acres...
ILLEGAL ALIENS & THE MORTGAGE MESS
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amAS panicked politicians prepare to fork over $1 trillion in taxpayer funding to rescue Wall Street, they've fingered regulation, deregulation, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Community Reinvestment Act, Jimmy...
IRAN'S THUMB BUM
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amPresident Bush yesterday challenged the United Nations to join hands to stop state-sponsored terror - but Iran's boorish leader gave him a very visible thumbs-down instead. Bush ticked off a...
RANTING LOON GETS HIS 15 MINUTES OF BLAME
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad used his annual 15 minutes of attention to predict doom for Israel, the "American empire" and "the bullying powers" of the West. PHOTOS: Busy Day At...
LOTTERY
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amNEW YORK Midday Nos. Tue.: 875; Lucky Sum: 20 / Midday Win-4 Tue.: 2796; Lucky Sum: 24 / Evening Nos. Tue.: 185; Lucky Sum: 14 / Evening Win-4 Tue.: 7577;...
WEBMASTER TO 'RING' MASTER
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amGoogle is calling. The Internet giant's first foray into cellphones looks and feels a lot like Apple's iPhone, but the company contends its real aim is to replace the computer...
CONTRIBU-SHUN
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amWASHINGTON - The House Ethics Committee today meets for the first time to consider Rep. Charles Rangel's fate - just as one of his colleagues announced he was ridding himself...
RON'S GHOST TO HAUNT O.J.
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amProsecutors got the green light last night to bring Fred Goldman's lawyer to the witness stand - outraging O.J. Simpson's lawyers. The purpose would be to show how the disgraced...
OVERSEERS ON SENATE'S GRILL
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amFour federal moneymen, architects of the government's proposed $700 billion bailout of Wall Street, sat for a five-hour grilling by a skeptical Senate Banking Committee yesterday.Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Federal...
BAILOUT 'BIG 4' IN FRAUD PROBE
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amThe FBI has four major US financial institutions in its crosshairs for triggering the potential collapse of Wall Street and the need for a $700 billion federal bailout plan, law-enforcement...
DIRTY NBA REF'S NOW A JAILBIRD
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amTim Donaghy went from wearing referee stripes to prison stripes yesterday as the rogue NBA official turned himself in at a federal prison camp in Florida to begin serving his...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amManhattan Two bandits were busted in a pair of Starbucks gunpoint robberies, authorities said yesterday. Angel Sauri, 27, and Ronald Maldonado, 29, first struck at 5 a.m. on Aug. 29,...
DRUG FIENDS TOY AROUND
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amA drug gang that hid huge amounts of cocaine in toys and smuggled it into the city has been smashed with the arrests of nine people, cops said yesterday. Police...
SKIMPY SWIM '$UIT'
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amIf you don't want to get photographed topless wearing a mermaid costume, don't go to P. Diddy's star-studded White Party topless wearing a mermaid costume. So ruled Manhattan Supreme Court...
GYMNAST $UIT CLEARS HURDLE
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amA Long Island judge refused to dismiss a blind gymnast's suit that claimed his instructors failed to hold him as he crashed into a mat and injured his back. Michael...
HI-TECH LAB FOR CITY KIDS
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amMove over, Bunsen burners. Schools Chancellor Joel Klein unveiled a state-of-the-art biotech lab yesterday that will serve as a field-trip magnet for thousands of city students. Housed on the second...
MAN SHOOTS BED-MATE
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amA Queens man spooked by a strange noise outside his apartment took an illegal handgun to bed - and accidentally shot his girlfriend, cops said. Larry Smith, 58, was arrested...
PUNCH IN 'FACE BOOK'
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amA man harboring a five-year gym-class grudge finally got revenge on his rival - brutally beating the stunned man at a high-school reunion organized through Facebook in a Gramercy Park...
HARLEM MATH STUDENTS DIVIDE & CONQUER
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amNo pressure. Eighth-graders at a charter school in Harlem are facing one of the toughest tasks in the city this year - they're trying to duplicate perfection. That's because last...
KERIK ASKS FEDS TO FLIP ON 'SNITCH'
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amEx-city top cop Bernard Kerik wants the feds to tell him how they got his big-shot former lawyer, Joseph Tacopina, to allegedly flip on him - and what the legal...
JOY FOR CARLA & HER WORLD BODY
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amFrench cruller Carla Bruni was one sweet sight everywhere she went in Manhattan yesterday. The sexy model-turned-singer first performed her duties as France's first lady by attending meetings at the...
RAID ON LIRR-WORKER 'GRAVY TRAIN' AGENCY
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amFederal agents yesterday swooped down on the Long Island office of an obscure US agency that's been dispensing disability checks "like candy on Halloween" to LIRR retirees, scooping up documents...
REAL TROUPER
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amBritish-born Hazel Cathers' dream of "making my millions" in America came true - but not in money. "I got a million smiles and a million thank-yous," said Cathers, who worked...
BAT-BEAT SUSPECT'S 'REMORSE'
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amA suspect in the brutal assault of a Boston-area radio talk-show host had second thoughts about the Bronx baseball-bat attack - but not until after he watched his pal beat...
DEFENSIVE DAVE STANDS BY 'PIZZA' TAX ATTACK
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amGov. Paterson yesterday defended efforts by the revenue-strapped state to squeeze extra dough out of pizzeria owners and other small businesses with threats of audits and jail time. "We are...
VITO VETOES NEW BID AT RE-ELECTION
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amRep. Vito Fossella maintained he's "not a candidate" for re-election yesterday, after The Post reported that the Republican running for Fossella's seat was nominated for a judgeship - possibly clearing...
CLUMSY THUG NOT GUILTY
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amA Brooklyn jury yesterday found an ex-con mugger not guilty of accidentally blowing away his accomplice in a stick-up. The jury of 11 men and one woman did, however, convict...
JUDGE TELLS CAT-SLAY JURY: KICK IT AROUND SOME MORE
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amAfter a day and a half of deliberations, a bizarre "self-defense" cat bludgeoning trial ground to a halt last night with jurors hopelessly deadlocked - but the judge ordered them...
NY'S PROPERTY-TAX TOPPER
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amNew York state has just landed the dubious distinction of having the county with the highest property taxes in the nation, according to a new Census Bureau study released yesterday....
PUBLIC ART BRANCHES OUT
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amFirst came "The Gates," then "Waterfalls." Now comes the city's latest public art installation: "Tree Huts." The project features a dozen pinewood tree houses perched 30 feet up in the...
MIKE'S CHOPPING SPREE
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amMayor Bloomberg dropped the budget ax yesterday, ordering across-the-board cuts of 2.5 percent this year and 5 percent next year to reduce city spending by $1.5 billion in the midst...
HEY, FEDS, HERE'S THE WAY TO DO IT: MAYOR
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amPerhaps Mayor Bloomberg should be named the nation's chief mortgage officer. With once-mighty financial institutions around the United States reeling from the subprime-mortgage crisis, the mayor announced yesterday that only...
STRAPHANGERS CAN TRAIN-'SURF'
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amFinding your way around New York City just got as easy as Googling it. The Internet giant yesterday extended its Google Maps service to give point-to-point trip planning using public...
THE NEW ODD COUPLE
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amIt didn't take very long for Barclays Capital to put its stamp on what used to be home to 10,000 Lehman Brothers employees in the heart of Times Square. Yesterday,...
BYE-BYE BONUSES
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amWith large standalone investment banks suddenly extinct, the Street sees the end of an era for the infamous pay package. "Most bonuses will decrease on an absolute dollar value," predicted...
WARREN BUFFETT GRABS $5B STAKE IN GOLDMAN
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amBillionaire Warren Buffett is using his cash hoard to snatch up a safe and high-yielding chunk of Goldman Sachs for $5 billion as it hangs up its Wall Street banking...
CONDE NIXES FLICK SCHTICK
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amTHE rock may be crumbling a bit. Condé Nast's "Movies Rock" concert, which last year was a Hollywood counterpart to the successful, Emmy-winning "Fashion Rocks" concert at Radio City Music...
GOOGLE NOT HUNG UP BY PHONE MAKERS
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amThe new Google-powered G1 cell phone from T-Mobile and Taiwanese handset maker HTC is being billed as an Apple iPhone-killer, but as a strategy, Google's move into the mobile business...
LAST SIP FOR STARBUCKS' AD TEAM
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amFor Starbucks and its lead ad agency, Wieden & Kennedy, there were no parting shots - espresso or otherwise. After four years of doing business, the companies said yesterday they...
VIACOM MAY LEAVE ROACH MOTEL
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amPOSTURING has always been a big part of negotiating and now it seems Viacom and the owners of its Times Square headquarters are ratcheting up their stances. Sources close to...
BIG-NAME INVESTOR MIGHT PUT BITE ON PLUM TV
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amA number of potential suitors have developed a taste for Plum TV, The Post has learned. The nascent niche cable network targeting the supremely affluent has had conversations focused on...
CUTTIN' & RUNNIN' AT LINENS 'N THINGS
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amAs Linens 'n Things faces liquidation before year's end, another top executive has thrown in the towel. Frank Rowan, chief financial officer at the struggling home-furnishings chain, has left the...
LOOKING FOR LEADERSHIP
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amIt was almost impossible yesterday to tell the difference between John McCain and Barack Obama on the White House's $700 billion economic rescue plan. They both waffled. Obama, not surprisingly,...
MIKE'S MOXIE, DAVE'S DITHERING
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amAs Wall Street teeters on the edge of even greater turmoil, Mayor Mike is taking swift anticipatory action - demanding that city agencies pull in their belts by another 2.5...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 24, 2008 | 7:51amNew Zealanders were scrambling to a beach near Wellington to get a piece of a disgusting 44-gallon blob - thought to be whale vomit. But one man's vomit is another...
THE SECRET SCHOOL
September 24, 2008 | 6:41amWritten by Avi Illustrated by Brian FlocaSTORY SO FAR: It's 1925. Ida, fourteen, and her brother Felix, seven, attend a one-room school in Elk Valley, Colorado. When they arrive, the...
HE DOES IT HIS WAY!
September 24, 2008 | 6:41am'THE a - - holes I get are no different from the a - - holes they get at Per Se." Only Kenny Shopsin doesn't put up with them. Rather,...
SPARE CHANGE
September 24, 2008 | 6:41amIT'S time to drag yourself out of the gutter and into the bowling alley. Because the Dow may be down but bowling futures are up. Later this month, a Manhattan...
'KNIGHT'MARE
September 24, 2008 | 6:41amYOU'VE heard of artificial intelligence? How about no intelligence, which is the sum total of what went into transforming a 1980s TV show nobody cares about into a new, updated...
MOHR DRECK
September 24, 2008 | 6:41amNOT to spoil the fall season for you, but there's a rumor that there will be at least one new show in which the premiere episode will not open with...
DEBATABLE
September 24, 2008 | 6:41amFRIDAY'S first presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama could draw big numbers. But it's really a roll of the dice in the unpredictable TV landscape. Since 1960, the...
'90210' GOES FULL SEASON
September 24, 2008 | 6:41amTHE students of West Beverly High will complete the school year. Whether they return next season is anyone's guess. The CW has given a full-season order to "90210," its updated...
STARR REPORT
September 24, 2008 | 6:41amRocco redux It took Rocco DiSpirito about four years to live down NBC's "The Restaurant" and the attendant publicity (over exposure?) - and now he's back with a vengeance. He's...
FLEMING SHINES IN MET MEDLEY
September 24, 2008 | 6:41amYOU can be an extraordinary singer - all that's required are a superbly beautiful voice and impeccable training - and still lack that final gleam of genius.Discover a Different New...
NURTURING THE WELL-KNOWN
September 24, 2008 | 6:41amI go away for a couple of weeks and miss the big news of the year: Tony Kushner has won an other award! It's a new award, something called the...
BLISS ON A BUN
September 24, 2008 | 6:41amFive Napkin Burger 626 Ninth Ave., at 44th Street 212-757-2277 FIVE Napkin Burger came along just in time for the End of the World as We Know It. No $40...
JETS REPORT CARD
September 24, 2008 | 6:41amQUARTERBACKS: C- Brett Favre (30-of-42, 271 yards, 3 TD, 2 INTs, 92.5 rating) had a rough outing, with miscommunication with receivers and some errant throws. RUNNING BACKS: F Thomas Jones...
COACH EXPECTS BRETT TO PLAY
September 24, 2008 | 6:41amEric Mangini said he is confident Brett Favre's Iron Man streak will continue Sunday against the Cardinals. "Brett usually plays," Mangini said on a conference call. "I would anticipate the...
BASHING BY BOLTS JOLTS JETS PSYCHE
September 24, 2008 | 6:41amAs they quietly showered and dressed in the cramped visitor's locker room in the bowels of Qualcomm Stadium, there were more than a few dumbfounded looks on the faces of...
PUNTER GETS HIS KICK BACK
September 24, 2008 | 6:41amBen Graham's outlook on the NFL changed dramatically in the last week. His life, too, took an interesting twist. Graham, the Jets' punter since 2005, was released last week after...
CURLIN MAY RETURN FOR CLASSIC
September 24, 2008 | 6:41amReigning Horse of the Year Curlin, after breezing a half-mile in :51.85 over the Oklahoma training track at Saratoga on Monday, arrived yesterday at Belmont Park, where he'll be the...
DEVILS' MADDEN ISN'T READY FOR RANGERS
September 24, 2008 | 6:41amThis Devils' VIP, very important player, approaches exhibition games with relish. Jumping into preseason against the Rangers tonight in Newark slathers on the mustard. "We're looking to turn things around...
PLAYOFF RUN ENDS AFTER 13 YEARS
September 24, 2008 | 6:41amTORONTO - Last evening the Yankees met the fate predicted by The Post in late March: Sunday will be the final game of the season. On the same night Mike...
HANK JABS TORRE'S DODGERS
September 24, 2008 | 6:41amYankees Senior VP Hank Steinbrenner isn't all that impressed that Joe Torre has the Dodgers on the brink of the playoffs in his first season managing in L.A. "I'm happy...
SORE MOOSE HOPES TO GET SHOT AT 20TH
September 24, 2008 | 6:41amTORONTO - If Mike Mussina's bruised right elbow allows him to pitch Sunday in Boston, he will chase 20 wins. Following last night's 3-1 victory over the Blue Jays, Mussina...
NFC EAST LOOKING LIKE GIANT HURDLE
September 24, 2008 | 6:41amTHE defending Super Bowl champions are undefeated, on a roll and possibly the third-best team in their own division. So it goes in the NFC East, the gritty neighborhood the...
HUNTERS AND ANGLERS READY FOR THEIR 'DAY'
September 24, 2008 | 6:41amNATIONAL Hunting and Fishing Day will be celebrated on Saturday throughout the country, but I wonder how many of you are aware of the contributions that sportsmen and women make...
HONDO: SHAZAM!
September 24, 2008 | 6:41amHondo threw the no-blood splitter last night, hitting with the Yanks and missing with the Indians to leave the earnings holding steady at an even-steven 700 turleys. Tonight, he'll return...
SPORTS SHORTS
September 24, 2008 | 6:41amHORSE RACING: Trainer retiring Trainer Larry Jones plans to retire after next year's Breeders' Cup, ending a career in which his filly Eight Belles collapsed and died after finishing second...
HAMPTON & BRAVES DERAIL PHILLY EXPRESS
September 24, 2008 | 6:41amPHILADELPHIA - Hold the celebration, Philliesfans. Turns out your team can lose in September, too. Just when it looked as if the Phillies were ready to put the NL East...
HOU'S BACK; STEPH, TOO ... FOR NOW
September 24, 2008 | 6:41amNot only will Stephon Marbury be at training camp next Tuesday in Saratoga, but so will Allan Houston. Again. Houston has accepted the club's offer to attend training camp, two...
SANTANA CLUTCH ON NIGHT PHILLIES FALL
September 24, 2008 | 6:41amJohan Santana gave a demonstration of the Heimlich Maneuver last night that should be posted in every kennel as the proper method to saving a choking dog. There is no...
DAVID MAKES IT ALL WRIGHT
September 24, 2008 | 6:41amIt was such a huge spot and a critical situation - for the Mets and David Wright. The Mets found themselves in a 2-0 hole in the fifth inning versus...
SHEA MEMORIES
September 24, 2008 | 6:41am1970: The Mets come up six games short in a three-way race with the Pirates and Cubs, despite leading the division as late as Sept. 14. Along the way, Shea...
REYES SCARES AWAY GHOSTS FOR NIGHT
September 24, 2008 | 6:41amFOR two Septembers the Mets had waited for an at-bat like this one, for a moment like this one. For 17 games last season, and for 11½ games of this...
SOURCE: 4 MORE YEARS FOR MINAYA AS A MET
September 24, 2008 | 6:41amFunny, but the chant "Four more years!" wasn't on the menu last night at Shea Stadium. Nevertheless, according to a high-ranking team official, the Mets are on the verge of...
NETS' PATIENCE HAS ITS LIMITS
September 24, 2008 | 6:41amPatience is a virtue, possess it if you can. . . And if not, then start changing things again. That was one of many messages put out yesterday by Nets...
COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOTES
September 24, 2008 | 6:41amCases for the defense: Case 1. BYU is 4-0 and the Cougars, as you would expect, are scoring like a Vegas call girl (43 points per game). But BYU, coming...
BAILOUT 'BIG 4' IN FRAUD PROBE
September 24, 2008 | 1:06amThe FBI has four major US financial institutions in its crosshairs for triggering the potential collapse of Wall Street and the need for a $700 billion federal bailout plan, law-enforcement...