August 7, 2009
U.S. roster named for pre-Mexico camp
U.S. National Team coach Bob Bradley has picked the 20-man training roster that will prepare for the all-important World Cup qualifier in Mexico City. This group will be cut down...
ELECTION: CHUCK WAGON! SCHUMER MAKES THE STEVE LEVIN ENDORSEMENT OFFICIAL
City Council hopeful Steve Levin, slammed by his opponents in the Greenpoint to Park Slope district as the "machine candidate" because of his relationship with Brooklyn Democratic Party boss Vito...
GOVERNOR BACKTRACKS ON SPECIAL ELECTION FOR SEMINERIO'S SEAT
Whoopsy. Hours after announcing a special election to fill disgraced former Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio's (D-Richmond Hill) seat, Gov. David Paterson reversed himself, saying "no final decision has been made." At...
Afternoon practice report
By PAUL SCHWARTZALBANY -- If you blinked you missed the first live goal-line drills of camp. There were only two plays run and both were dominated by the defense."Give 'em...
Game 109: Mets at Padres
SAN DIEGO -- The Mets hope to snap a six-game losing streak at Petco Park that dates to 2007 here tonight when Oliver Perez takes the mound against the last-place...
ATM SCAM BACKFIRES ON FOUR
It was so very simple, it was criminal. A Park Slope lawyer was one of four people netted in a wild and widespread reverse ATM scam: they allegedly managed to...
COCAINE CONTRIBUTED TO BILLY MAYS DEATH: AUTOPSY
TAMPA, Fla. -- An autopsy shows that cocaine use contributed to the heart disease that suddenly killed boisterous TV pitchman Billy Mays in June, officials announced Friday. The 50-year bearded...
TWINS TRADE FOR PAVANO
MINNEAPOLIS -- Craving help for their starting rotation, the Minnesota Twins have turned to Carl Pavano. The Twins agreed Friday to send the Cleveland Indians a player to be identified...
EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER IN CRITICAL CONDITION
BARNSTABLE, Mass. -- Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the sister of President John F. Kennedy and a longtime champion for the disabled, was in critical condition Friday at a Massachusetts hospital. Shriver,...
Red Sox dump Smoltz
By BRIAN COSTELLOThe final image of John Smoltz's career may be him on the Yankee Stadium mound searching for answers in the marathon fourth inning Thursday night.The Red Sox designated...
Blame it on the MTA
My lukewarm review of the double bill of "After Luke" and "When I Was God" at the Irish Repertory Theatre is in today's paper. But something funny actually happened when...
ATM scam backfires on four
It was so very simple, it was criminal.A Park Slope lawyer was one of four people netted in a wild and widespread reverse ATM scam: they allegedly managed to get...
SCHUMER LOVIN' LEVIN
New York's senior U.S. Senator Charles Schumer endorsed the youngest candidate in the 33rd District City Council race, Steve Levin, on the steps of Borough Hall in downtown Brooklyn, praising...
Schumer lovin' Levin
New York's senior U.S. Senator Charles Schumer endorsed the youngest candidate in the 33rd District City Council race, Steve Levin, on the steps of Borough Hall in downtown Brooklyn, praising...
Isiah lands top recruit
The Miami Herald reports that Indiana high school star Dominique Ferguson will play for Isiah Thomas at Florida International."The main thing in my decision to come to FIU is Coach...
INMATE MAKES MAD DASH FOR FREEDOM AT RIKERS
It was hardly the "Escape from Alcatraz." A jailed petty crook was nabbed today trying to bust out of out Rikers Island, making as far as a parking lot before...
Pena back, Clagett back down
By GEORGE A. KING IIIUtility man Ramiro Pena was promoted from Scranton Wilkes-Barre (Triple-A) when the Yankees sent out right-handed reliever Anthony Claggett.Pena, an infielder, was sent to SWB on...
MALONEY ABANDONS PLANS TO CHALLENGE GILLIBRAND
U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Astoria) announced Friday that she will not launch a campaign against U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), eliminating a major obstacle to the upstate Democratic senator's spot...
NIGHTMARE OF ELM STREET
Roslyn Heights, N.Y. - Three people are dead after a shooting inside a house in Roslyn Heights on Long Island. A fourth person is hospitalized in very bad shape. Nassau...
BEWARE: JOAN BITES BACK
About ten minutes into her roast, Donald Trump's boardroom must have looked to Joan Rivers like a garden party. Nothing was off limits - age, surgery, race, family, religion, crotch...
Why we're steamed
Maybe it's the rising temperatures, but we're so angry about so many topics that it's time for our annual summertime catch-all editorial. Consider it a summer salad of things that...
Baseball's Best Ballparks
Just a reminder - I'm on Twitter. Hope you come follow me.It's Friday, so a quick and casual list today. I was on the Mets beat for several seasons, and...
AEROSMITH GUITARIST SAYS CURRENT TOUR IN QUESTION
STURGIS, S.D. -- Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry said Friday he doesn't know if the band will keep its current tour going because of injuries lead singer Steven Tyler suffered when...
PATERSON CALLS SPECIAL ELECTION FOR SEMINERIO SEAT
Gov. David Paterson called a special election Friday to fill disgraced former Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio's (D-Richmond Hill) for Sept. 15, the same day the city will be holding primary elections....
A's release Jason Giambi
By JANIE McCAULEY, APOAKLAND, Calif. -- Jason Giambi's second stint with the Oakland Athletics didn't pan out as either side had hoped.Friday, they parted ways -- most certainly for good...
LEBRON KEEPING 'OPTIONS OPEN'
AKRON, Ohio -- LeBron James is going to make the Cleveland Cavaliers wait -- and sweat -- which could be good news for the Knicks. James said today he is...
COURT DATE SET FOR BURRESS ARRAIGNMENT
Former New York Giants star Plaxico Burress will be arraigned later this month on a weapons charge for shooting himself in the thigh at a New York City nightclub. He...
EXCLUSIVE Sneak Peek: 'The Cleveland Show'
Below, watch a first look at Seth MacFarlane's highly anticipated "Family Guy" spinoff "The Cleveland Show" below and tell us what you think in the comments.
POLICE ARREST 2 BROTHERS IN EAST SIDE SLAYING
Police today arrested two brothers for the brutal murder of 91-year-old Holocaust survivor Guido Felix Brinkmann. Aljulah Cutts, 27, and Hasib Cutts, 30, were picked up this morning for their...
COURT: GOV'T CAN WITHHOLD SPITZER DOCUMENTS
An appeals court says the federal government does not have to release information about wiretaps from the investigation that brought down former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer. The 2nd Circuit...
LeBron: I didn't ask for tape
LeBron James told the Cleveland Plain Dealer he didn't ask anyone from Nike to take the tape of a college sophomore dunking on him at a camp."I never told anyone...
Coverage in The Post
SAN DIEGO -- Livan Hernandez looked like the journeyman that he is Thursday night, getting blasted from the outset by the last-place Padres in an 8-3 loss at Petco Park....
KIDS AND COPS FIGHT CRIME TOGETHER
Borough cops and community kids walked the beat together last week as they celebrated yet another round of successful National Night Out Against Crime celebrations. From Coney Island to Canarsie...
S.C. FIRST LADY MOVING OUT OF GOVERNOR'S MANSION
The wife of philandering South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is moving out of the official governor's residence with their four sons for the school year. First lady Jenny Sanford and...
Seventeen: September 1944
To celebrate the magazine's 65th birthday, the new September subscriber edition of Seventeen magazine features a replicate souvenir cover (printed on matte pink paper!) of Seventeen's first cover ever --...
DISPLACED BROOKLYNITES AT OLD OAK HOTEL
At least two of the people now residing at the old Oak Hotel on East 12th street are the recent victims of a devastating fire in Bay Ridge, this paper...
PARKWAY FILES SUIT TO REOPEN, CITING FAILURE TO BRIBE SEMINERIO
New Parkway Hospital in Forest Hills and its former chief executive officer, Robert Aquino, have filed a lawsuit against New York state that alleges the medical center was forced to...
DOCTOR ALSO GAVE JACKSON POWERFUL SEDATIVE: OFFICIAL SAYS
LOS ANGELES -- Hours before Michael Jackson's death, his doctor administered multiple sedatives along with a powerful anesthetic the pop star used to sleep, according to a law enforcement official....
OBAMA SIGNS 'CASH-FOR-CLUNKERS' $2B BOOST BILL INTO LAW
WASHINGTON -- Car shoppers caught up in the frenzy of the "cash-for-clunkers" program now have more time and a $2 billion reason to trade in their old gas guzzlers. President...
MICKY DOLENZ WIFE ARRESTED IN NYC
The wife of Monkees vocalist Micky Dolenz was arrested Friday on charges that she defrauded an affordable housing program in New York City. Authorities in the city's Department of Investigation...
CAROLYN MALONEY DECIDES NOT TO CHALLENGE KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND
Rep. Carolyn Maloney has decided not to pursue a challenge against appointed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in the 2010 Democratic primary, just weeks after her advisers were quoting saying she was...
HEALTH-CARE MEETINGS TURN VIOLENT
Town hall meetings called to discuss proposed health care legislation turned violent Thursday, with a meeting in Tampa, Fla., descending into shouting and one in St. Louis ending in arrests....
COWBOY TAKES NAKED AMBITION TO BOROUGHS FOR MAYOR PITCH
As a fixture in Times Square, the "Naked Cowboy" has made a living strumming his guitar and singing to tourist in his underwear. But this week, he traveled outside his...
EMPLOYERS CUT FEWER JOBS IN JULY
WASHINGTON -- Employers throttled back on layoffs in July, cutting just 247,000 jobs, the fewest in a year, and the unemployment rate dipped to 9.4 percent, its first decline in...
The Daily Whacks, Friday Edition
You can count me among the tweetin' Twitterers (or is that the Twitterin' tweeters?) now: http://twitter.com/MikeVacc*******John Hughes won't leave the kind of legacy Steven Spielberg will leave, or Martin Scorsese,...
World Burns As 'Doc O' Fiddles
Gary Schmitt in The American Enterprise blog
15 BUILDINGS FLOODED AFTER WATER MAIN BREAKS IN LOWER MANHATTAN
A 140-year-old water main burst in Lower Manhattan early this morning, soaking businesses and closing down blocks of the city for hours. Emergency services evacuated residents as the torrent gushed...
THE KIDS WIN
Reaction From Gotham GazetteQueens Chronicle on Bloomberg's Record
3 UP: GAUDIN, MITRE, SMOLTZ
Yes, I am on Twitter.1. I heard that very close to the deadline that Yankees GM Brian Cashman and his pal, Padres GM Kevin Towers, were nearing a trade for...
SAY IT AIN'T SO, 'G.I. JOE'
Formerly a real American hero, "G.I. Joe" is no longer a hero (it's a group) or American. (It's a multinational team of military superstars, though the way it does business,...
Box Office: Joe vs Julia
The season's most incongruous boxoffice matchup pits two American icons, G.I. Joe and Julia Child, and I bet the final results will not be quite as lopsided as the experts...
Mission Accomplished! The Post Has NYC's Only Opening-Day Print Review of 'G.I. Joe'
A veteran of the first Gulf War, my intrepid colleague Kyle Smith was not deterred by Paramount's determination to shield its $175 million bomb "G.I. Joe: The Rise of the...
KNICKS STILL HIGH ON WILLIAMS' LIST
The Knicks' exclusive negotiating rights with point guard Jason Williams ended yesterday, but his agent said "White Chocolate" still considers the Knicks his favorite flavor.KNICKS BLOGBERMAN ON TWITTER "Intriguing is...
LIBERTY NEED TO END FUNK
If the Liberty needs more motivation, if the humiliation of a five-game losing streak and the realization that there will be no WNBA title for the 13th straight season isn't...
THE RIGHT GUY GOES TO JAIL
This time, they got the right guy. A violent robber freed by mistake after a blundering lawyer forgot what his client looked like was jailed for seven years yesterday. Victor...
EX-GAL PAL TESTIFIES IN FED $$ PROBE OF JOHN EDWARDS
RALEIGH, NC -- The former mistress of John Edwards spent much of yesterday in a federal courthouse reportedly testifying before a grand jury examining the two-time presidential candidate's finances. Rielle...
SCORNED GAL 'STABS' BEAU DEAD
A Staten Island man was fatally stabbed by his longtime girlfriend early yesterday after telling the woman he had fathered a child with someone else, authorities said. James Braddox, 43,...
JACKO GETS A BRAIN
Michael Jackson's body and brain have finally been reunited. An LA County coroner's investigator confirmed yesterday that his office had returned the entirety of Jackson's remains to his family, weeks...
IRANIANS PROTEST A'JAD
TEHRAN, Iran -- Hundreds of supporters of Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi chanted "death to the dictator" in Tehran yesterday, a witness said. The renewed protests, a day after...
BUBBA VISIT BOOSTS KIM
WASHINGTON -- North Korea's crackpot dictator Kim Jong Il is making hay out of former President Bill Clinton's visit to his isolated country -- using photos and news coverage of...
OBAMA GETS 'CLUNKER' BILL
WASHINGTON -- Congress sent President Obama legislation last night with an additional $2 billion for the "cash for clunkers" rebate program. The Senate approved the money on a 60-37 vote...
TALIBAN CHIEF KILLED IN MISSILE STRIKE
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan -- Pakistan's Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, who led a violent campaign of suicide attacks and assassinations against the Pakistani government, has been killed in a U.S....
ANOTHER MELKY MOMENT
It wasn't a cycle, but it was still a pretty good night for Melky Cabrera. The Yankees' center fielder had another multi-hit game last night, including another homer, when the...
JOBA WINS GAME -- BUT FLUNKS TEST
JOBA Chamberlain was the best starter yesterday and the winning pitcher. And that says a bunch more about John Smoltz's fade than Chamberlain's rise.BOX SCORE Chamberlain was given a test...
EIGHT-RUN FOURTH HELPS YANKS BUST OUT
Tired of being asked about not having beaten the Red Sox, the Yankees used their bats to administer a ruthless beating to their blood rivals last night.BOX SCOREJorge Blasts OffJoba...
PEDROIA UPSET AFTER GETTING HIT
It's been a while since any fists flew between the Yankees and Red Sox, but last night it seemed like that might change before cooler heads prevailed. BOX SCORE Dustin...
ORTIZ TO CLEAR AIR ON TEST
The answers David Ortiz promised may be coming tomorrow. The Red Sox slugger, who confirmed last week that he was among the 104 positive steroid tests in 2003, plans to...
JETS' GHOLSTON LOOKS TO END BUST WHISPERS
CORTLAND -- Vernon Gholston knows all about the numbers. Most of them he would prefer to forget. Start with being the No. 6 overall pick in the 2008 draft, playing...
LEE FUELS PHILLIES
Cliff Lee pitched seven impressive innings in his home debut, Paul Bako hit a tiebreaking homer and the Phillies beat the Rockies 3-1 yesterday. Lee (2-0) allowed one run and...
PARAGALLO INDICTED FOR HORSE CRUELTY
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Former thoroughbred owner-breeder Ernie Paragallo, whose upstate Center Brook Farm was raided by state police April 8 after reports that many of the horses on the farm...
SANCHEZ SOLID IN SCRIMMAGE
CORTLAND -- After a week of sparsely-attended training camp practices, more than 6,000 fans turned up for last night's Jets green and white scrimmage. JETS BLOG AT CAMP The person...
PADRES ROLL PAST REELING METS
SAN DIEGO -- If Livan Hernandez would like to get traded to a contender down the stretch, last night wasn't the way to do it. Hernandez was pummeled from the...
PARNELL TO MOVE INTO ROTATION
SAN DIEGO -- The Mets' long-discussed experiment with Bobby Parnell begins tomorrow. Manager Jerry Manuel said the young right-hander will move from the bullpen into the rotation full-time for the...
YANKEES NOT WAIVING GOODBYE TO CANO
In what amounts to probably nothing more than paperwork, the Yankees put second baseman Robinson Cano and pitchers Brian Bruney, David Robertson and Mark Melancon on trade waivers Wednesday. If...
TRADE MAY NOT CHANGE MUCH FOR RED SOX
The Red Sox were 8-0 against the Yankees and then they added Victor Martinez at the trade deadline. But anyone who thinks the Red Sox are now the favorites to...
WHERE BAM BREAKS WITH JEWISH DEMS
JEWISH Democrats strongly agree with the Israeli position and dis agree with President Obama's on issues such as a Palestinian state, settlement construction and trading land for peace. Does the...
WORLD BURNS AS 'DOC O' FIDDLES
THIS week, as President Obama's surro gates denounced worried citizens as a "mob," leftist leaders abroad cracked heads. More than a few Obamacrats may long for the same freedom of...
TIME TO PUSH ARABS
THE supposedly "moderate" Palestinian party remains steadfast in its refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state. But then, this week's Fatah gathering in Bethlehem won't even help promote the...
BAM'S 'NAM SHAM
THE ISSUE: Similarities between the situation in Afghanistan and what America faced in Vietnam. *** Ralph Peters hits the nail on the head again ("Vietnam-istan," PostOpinion, Aug. 3). As a...
PRETTY WOMEN POLS: ARE LOOKS EVERYTHING?
THE ISSUE: Whether members of the media engage in sexist behavior toward female politicians. *** Can it be true that Kirsten Powers has finally seen the light ("Time for a...
'THANKS' FROM PRINCIPAL BEHIND BIG TURNAROUND
As the principal of PS 272, the Curtis Estabrook School in Canarsie, Brooklyn, I would like to express my gratitude to legislators for supporting the extension of mayoral control. When...
O'S CZAR: NATION COULD LEARN FROM NYC
President Obama's education czar hailed the extension of Mayor Bloomberg's control of public schools as a "a big victory for the children of New York City" -- with national implications...
WARNING SIGN
THE Pentagon says it's not worried about a couple of Russian Akula-class attack submarines patrolling some 200 miles off the US Eastern coast -- that it raises no "red" flags...
LA GUARDIA NUT INDICTED
La Guardia loon Scott McGann was indicted for sparking a phony explosives scare that caused an airport evacuation, authorities said yesterday. McGann, 32, faces charges of making a terroristic threat...
W. POINT SALUTED AS NO. 1 COLLEGE
The US Military Academy at West Point is rated the best college in the country in this year's Forbes magazine rankings. The upstate academy beat out No. 2 Princeton and...
CYPRESS GROUP FACES VOTE FOR SURVIVAL
What was once one of the hottest private-equity firms of the 1990s is now fighting for its very survival. The fate of Cypress Group, a PE firm founded in 1994...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Bronx A 63-year-old man was stabbed to death in his Fordham home, cops said yesterday. David Holmond was found with two wounds to his back at around 10:40 p.m. Wednesday...
WARNER LOSS IN 3Q: $37M
Warner Music Group reported a wider third-quarter loss on declining CD sales and costs to retire debt. The firm posted a net loss of $37 million, or 25 cents a...
IT PAYS TO BE NICHE IN RETAIL
Sluggish consumer spending is forcing retailers to either find a niche, cut prices or risk losing business. Concerns mounted about the crucial back-to-school season as July sales dipped 5 percent,...
JOBLESS CLAIMS
The number of Americans filing claims for jobless benefits fell more than economists predicted. Applications dropped by 38,000 to 550,000 in the week ended Aug. 1, figures from the Labor...
HACKERS TAKE TWITTER DOWN FOR 2 HOURS
Hackers fired a broadside at the Web yesterday, crippling Twitter and LiveJournal and giving Facebook fits. Twitter appeared to be hit the hardest. The site was brought to its knees...
A MILESTONE FOR OUR KIDS' FUTURE
THE state Senate's vote yesterday to extend mayoral control of New York City's public schools is a powerful signal that our schools are making real progress and transforming opportunities for...
BOFA OWES JUDGE DATA
A federal judge said he needs more information on the basis for Bank of America Corp.'s $33 million settlement of a lawsuit filed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Golub get AIG named board member Harvey Golub its non-executive chair man, replacing Edward Liddy after he steps down next week. Golub, 70, the former CEO of American Express, takes...
NICHE'S BINN MAY UNLOAD TONY DOWNTOWN SPACE
It turns out Niche Media CEO Jason Binn needs less space for his magazine empire than he originally thought, and is trying to either share or unload the more than...
GOV'S PARTY PAL
ALBANY -- The "other woman" spotted on the arm of a partying Gov. Paterson at a Chelsea nightspot last week is a longtime friend who was put on the state...
MINORITY RETORT BLASTS BIZ PLAN
Even some of those who stand to benefit say it isn't right for the Bloomberg administration to enact a policy excluding white-owned companies from competing for small city contracts so...
RAT SQUEALS IN '$1B FRAUD'
A former Credit Suisse broker who was nabbed as a fugitive in Spain last month took the witness stand in Brooklyn yesterday to finger a close pal in a $1...
'SOMETHING WRONG WITH AUNT DIANE'
IN THE minutes before Diane Schuler drunkenly smashed her vehicle while traveling in the wrong direction on the Taconic Parkway -- murdering seven innocents and herself -- her little niece...
CITY COUNCIL HIKES STAFFERS' SALARIES
The City Council followed in lock-step with Mayor Bloomberg yesterday, announcing an 8 percent raise for staff members that will cost the city about $3.9 million. The raises match those...
BARNEYS BATTLE IS SET TO BEGIN
The tug-of-war for control of Barneys New York has officially begun. Istithmar -- the Dubai-based private-equity firm that owns the struggling luxury chain -- this week hired boutique adviser Perella...
TIME LOSES ITS ACCENTS
TIME Inc. shut down Southern Accents yesterday, in what is believed to be the first rumble of a new earthquake of cuts that will shake the nation's largest publishing company...
FURY FUELED BY EMPTINESS
GEORGE Sodini, the man who opened fire in a Penn sylvania health club Tuesday night, felt decimated by his own mother and very likely killed because of it. Sodini wrote...
DON'T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME!
John Hughes, who redefined Hollywood comedy in the '80s as the writer and director of offbeat teen movies like "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," died yesterday in Manhattan of a heart...
POST SALUTED FOR CLASS ACT
Mayor Bloomberg led a chorus of praise yesterday for The Post's series highlighting the improvements under mayoral control, saying the paper's coverage helped pave the way for extending the system....
MOONVES RISING
Sumner Redstone's CBS saw its second-quarter profit get nearly swept away after taking a 96 percent plunge on soft advertising sales and losses on two tax-related items -- but that...
NYT SAYS GLOBE PUT ON BLOCK
Arthur Sulzberger Jr.'s New York Times Co. yesterday finally confirmed what everyone else has known for months -- that it is seeking a buyer for the beleaguered Boston Globe. The...
WAVE OF CRITICISM FOR UNION CHIEF
The longtime boss of the city lifeguard supervisors union -- whose fleet of beach protectors has come under fire in recent drinking and headphone incidents -- is a power-hungry dictator...
V-DAY FOR BOY LOST ON TRAIN
Now that's one quick-thinking straphanger! Sarah Kranzberg, 28, watched in stunned disbelief Tuesday morning as a young boy mistakenly hopped onto a rush-hour V train at 47-50 Streets/Rockefeller Center --...
DOUGLAS SON WAS 'PASTRY' PUSHER: FEDS
Cameron Douglas, the son of actor Michael Douglas, had been pushing crystal meth since 2006, drumming up sales for what he nicknamed "bath salts" and "pastry," court papers revealed yesterday....
A TRIUMPH FOR SCHOOL SPIRIT
ALBANY -- Mayor Bloomberg will remain the undisputed educator-in-chief of New York City public schools. The state Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation yesterday renewing for six more years mayoral control of...
TROUBLE BREWS
The Parks Department has launched a full investigation into beer drinking at the Orchard Beach lifeguard office. "Everyone's entitled to have a beer after work but certainly not on the...
EX-NET'S FOUL BLOCK ON 'BRIDE'
First, he left her at the altar -- then NBA star Richard Jefferson kicked his jilted bride to the curb. Just days after he boasted about how he intended to...
DA DEMANDS LIRR SECURITY FIX
Security-related changes must be made at the LIRR in the wake of the arrest of an engineer who allowed an untrained passenger to take the helm of a rush-hour train...
FANNIE'S CAP CALL: $10.7B
Fannie Mae asked the US Treasury for a $10.7 billion capital investment as an eighth straight quarterly loss drove its net worth below zero once again. A second-quarter net loss...
SEC SHAKEDOWN
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro yesterday added ex-American International Group boss Hank Greenberg to her growing list of people and companies from whom she's collecting millions for corporate...
ORGANIZING THE 'WRONG' COMMUNITY
Get this: The party of "community orga nizers" is now whining that President Obama's critics are organizing com munities -- against his health-care scheme. The nerve of 'em, huh? Faced...
THE KIDS WIN
Chalk one up for New York's kids. By a 47-8 margin, the state Senate yesterday voted to renew mayoral control over city schools -- ensuring that 1.1 million city kids...
MASS KILLER'S TWISTED VIDS: MY SELF-HELP QUEST WILL WIN ME THE BABES
Newly emerged videos of the creepy loner who shot up a gym full of women show his pathetic efforts to connect with the opposite sex -- including dabbling in self-help...
SNEAK & SPEAK ON HEALTH RX
Congressman Anthony Weiner yesterday held the city's first town-hall meeting on health-care reform -- and, with little advance notice, it was free of the angry protests that have marked forums...
SMASHUP DAD'S SAD DELUSIONS
He swore she wasn't a drinker and their marriage wasn't on the rocks. The husband of the Long Island mother who killed four children, three adults and herself in a...
CHRIS BROWN CHEWED OUT
LOS ANGELES -- Chewing gum-maker Wrigley said yesterday it had ended a commercial deal with R&B star Chris Brown, following his guilty plea on charges of assaulting his former girlfriend,...
IRE-STORM OVER BERNIE TRUSTEE'S PAYDAY
Nice work if you can get it. A bankruptcy judge yesterday approved about $12.6 million in fees and expenses for the lawyers liquidating Bernard Madoff's securities firm. Judge Burton Lifland...
SUPREME JOY FOR LATINOS
Latino pride swept across the city yesterday after Sonia Sotomayor's historic climb from a Bronx hous ing project to a seat on the nation's highest court was completed with her...
A BIG SPLASH
Former Olympic performance swimmer Jane Katz wore her 2008 New York Post Liberty Medal on a ribbon over her bathing suit at a poolside graduation this June to show her...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
If at first you don't succeed . . . A Pennsylvania man who spent six years in prison for robbing a South Jersey bank was arrested again for allegedly trying...
AGE, INJURIES CATCHING UP WITH SMOLTZ
THESE are the nights when you can best appreciate what Mike Mussina did last year, what Joe DiMaggio did once upon a time, and Rocky Marciano, and Jimmy Brown, leaving...
YANKEES TRADE FOR GAUDIN TO BOLSTER STAFF
Brian Cashman's quest to find pitching depth continued last night when the Yankees made a deal with the Padres for right-hander Chad Gaudin. BOX SCORE Gaudin will start in the...
JORGE BLASTS OFF
Jorge Posada might want to keep the legendary Daffy Duck in mind the next time he's headed home on a potentially close play. BOX SCORE Slide, DiMaggio! Slide! Nevertheless, Posada's...
ESPN IGNORES CONTEXT OF VENTURA-RYAN FIGHT
LIKE soft shell crabs and hay fever, serious brush-back pitching and mound-charging is seasonal. And 'tis must be the season. BOX SCORE In fact, during Tuesday's "SportsCenter" -- a day...
AUGUST IS GOOD MONTH FOR SALTWATER ANGLERS
THE dog days of summer have not taken much of a bite out of saltwater fishing. Striped bass and bluefish are still plentiful and so are the porgies. There has...
GIANTS MATES: ELI DESERVES BIG BUCKS
ALBANY -- The pass from Andre Woodson hung in the air and then descended into the end zone. Hakeem Nicks was there, but his body on this play in yesterday...
DEFENSE DELIVERS HUGE HITS
ALBANY -- For the first time in training camp the Giants yesterday morning put on what linebacker Bryan Kehl called "the big- boy pads." That triggered the most physical practice...
A.J. HOPES 3RD TIME'S THE CHARM
When the Yankees signed A.J. Burnett in the offseason, they weren't doing so simply for big wins over the Twins and Orioles.BOX SCORE Sure, those are nice, but Burnett came...
STADIUM: LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE GREATEST
Muhammad Ali, who beat Ken Norton at the old Yankee Stadium more than 30 years ago to retain his heavyweight title, made his first appearance at the new Stadium last...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Fielder, Mota fined Brewers star Prince Fielder and Dodgers pitcher Guillermo Mota have been fined but not suspended for their run-in this week. Mota hit Fielder in the ninth...
PADRAIG'S 64 LEADS BRIDGESTONE
Padraig Harrington feels good enough about his swing to concentrate on his results, and it finally paid off yesterday in the Bridgestone Invitational at Akron, Ohio, with a 6-under 64...
HONDO GOES TO K.C.
Hondo bounced back from Wednesday's double downer, scoring easily with the Yanks last night to slash the deficit to 450 dragos. Tonight, he's figuring on Bannister to help the Royals...
5 QUESTIONS FOR... BOB PAPA
THE Giants have fewer questions entering training camp now that Antonio Pierce has been cleared. But Sirius Radio host and Big Blue's play-by-play man, Bob Papa, answered some of them...
NEW 'IDOL' SHOCK
'AMERICAN Idol" is looking for a new judge to replace Paula Abdul. It had widely been expected that the hit show would go back to its original three-judge format --with...
WEEKEND HOT PICKS IN ENTERTAINMENT
REED AND RIGHT TALK, 9 The Velvet Underground once sang, "Sunday morning brings the dawn in." On Sunday afternoon, Comix brings the Velvet Underground in, sort of. Rock 'n' roll...
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC
GREENWICH VILLAGE FESTIVAL: A street fair on Greenwich Avenue between Sixth and Seventh avenues, tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. LEXINGTON AVENUE SUMMERFEST: On Lexington Avenue between 42nd and...
FILM
p> BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK: "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969) on Thursday at sunset. 1 Main St., at Plymouth St., Brooklyn; 718-802-0603. BRYANT PARK: John Sturges' classic Western "The...
DANCE
DAMROSCH PARK BANDSHELL: Choreographer Ana Maria Alvarez leads Contra-Tiempo as they perform "Against the Times" and "Plastico." The ABAKUA Afro-Latin Dance Company performs "Island Fever" and "After Hour Funk." Sunday...
CLASSICAL
ALICE TULLY HALL: French pianist and conductor Pierre-Laurent Aimard and his Chamber Orchestra of Europe perform works by Haydn, Ligeti and Mozart on Sunday at 5 p.m. and Monday at...
JAZZ
BIRDLAND: TRIO 3, featuring saxophonist Oliver Lake, bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Andrew Cyrille, is joined by special guest Geri Allen on piano tonight and tomorrow at 8:30 and 11...
POP, ROCK, FOLK
BLONDIE & PAT BENETAR: Female rock icons Deborah Harry and Pat Benatar take the stage for the Seaside Summer Concert Series. The Donnas open. Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Asser Levy/Seaside...
OFF BROADWAY
"THE BOYCHICK AFFAIR - THE BAR MITZVAH OF HARRY BOYCHICK ": **½ Interactive theater piece à la "Tony n' Tina's Wedding." This one includes Glatt kosher chicken. Times Square Arts...
BLISS
ANOTHER month, another movie about "honor" killings in a far-off land. But there's a major difference. While the Iranian-set "The Stoning of Soraya M." (released here in June) contained a...
I SELL THE DEAD
GRAVE robber Arthur Blake has "five hours to kill" (his words) before he becomes a headless body, courtesy of the guillotine. (His partner in crime, Willie Grimes, has already lost...
STARR REPORT
These are busy times for 13-year-old Bobb'e J. Thompson ("Tracy Morgan Show," "That's So Raven"). He was nominated for a 2009 MTV Movie Award (for "Role Models") and also appeared...
BROADWAY AND LONG RUNNING
"HAIR": **** Director Diane Paulus and an incandescent cast turn "the American tribal love-rock musical" into a can't-miss event. Hirschfeld Theatre, 302 W. 45th St.; 212-239-6200. "MARY STUART": *** It's...
CROSSING PATHS WITH DEATH
DAVID Twohy ("Pitch Black," "The Chronicles of Riddick") returns to his B- movie roots for "A Perfect Getaway," a not-bad little thriller about a serial killer on the loose on...
GO WITHOUT RESERVATIONS
'THIS is not dinner theater!" the cast of "Conni's Avant Garde Restau rant" proclaims, and they're right. For one thing, the food is much better. For another, this latest offering...
TIME TO PUT A CORK IN IT
IN 2005, Irish playwright Cónal Creedon put to gether a "Second City Trilogy" of one-act plays, as part of Cork's year as European Capital of Culture. Two, "After Luke" and...
BUMBLEBEE MUMBLE
AS Mark Twain didn't say, reports of the death of mumblecore are greatly exaggerated. As proof, I offer Andrew Bujalski's wise and wondrous "Beeswax." Bujalski has been called the godfather...
MAKE LOVE, NOT DOCUMENTARIES
'PAPER Heart" is like a really special five-minute YouTube clip that goes on for an hour and a half. This (I am really tired of typing the following two words)...
THE SPIRIT IS CHILLING
LITTLE chuckles rather than the big laughs you keep waiting for are what you get in "Cold Souls," a mildly funny metaphysical comedy about a famous actor who takes desperate...
KATE SPEAKS
KATE Gosselin is return ing to NBC's "Today" show for her first sitdown interview since separating from husband Jon Gosselin. The "Jon & Kate Plus 8" star will chat with...
IPHONE MOVIE APP RATED PEE-GEE
IF your iPhone didn't do enough be fore, now you have another reason to be thankful for the do-all gadget -- the well-being of your bladder. RunPee, another application for...
DAVE CREAMS CONAN
ANOTHER week, an other win for David Letterman over arch-rival Conan O'Brien. Letterman's "Late Show" beat O'Brien's "Tonight Show" in total viewers last week for the fourth consecutive time --...
TAKE ME OUT TO THE WALL GAME
IF your idea of fun is being stuck at somebody else's block party and everyone gets a beer but you -- have I got a show for you. "There Goes...
CHILD'S PLAY
THE two heroines of "Julie & Julia" never meet, but there's very little doubt in my mind that somewhere, culinary legend Julia Child is fuming about being consigned to a...
FINAL HOURS OF '24'
THE upcoming season of "24" might be its last, officials say. "It's our last contractual season of '24'," said Fox programming boss Kevin Reilly. "There are a lot of moving...
'SPIDER-MAN' NEEDS RESCUE
THERE was a twitching on my web this week, and when I crawled out to see what I'd caught, there -- all tangled up and weary from the struggle --...
Douglas son was 'pastry' pusher: feds
Cameron Douglas, the son of actor Michael Douglas, had been pushing crystal meth since 2006, drumming up sales for what he nicknamed "bath salts" and "pastry," court papers revealed yesterday....
BATS MORE LIKE IT!
Muhammad Ali and a starry crowd watched as the Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox for the first time in nine games this season, with Cabrera and Jorge Posada hitting...
Sanchez rocks Jets scrimmage
By MARK CANNIZZAROCORTLAND _ Moments before the Jets began their scrimmage tonight at SUNY Cortland, myself and Times reporter Greg Bishop walked past nose tackle Kris Jenkins pedaling on the...
Manuel discusses Parnell switch
SAN DIEGO -- The Mets' long-discussed experiment with Bobby Parnell begins Saturday.Jerry Manuel announced here today that the young right-hander will move from the bullpen into the rotation full-time for...
HEALTH CLUB KILLER MIGHT NOT HAVE GONE THROUGH WITH PLAN
The deadly health club shooting that claimed the lives of three innocent women might not have happened if the twisted shooter had gotten the right signals from the right gal,...
Evening practice report
By PAUL SCHWARTZALBANY -- If this keeps up the Giants may have to re-think having Adam Koets as their backup center.Koets has struggled this summer with his snaps and, incredibly,...