August 12, 2009
PEREZ FRUSTRATES AGAIN IN WIN
PHOENIX -- The Mets didn't accomplish much except to return to New York a little less red-faced. They averted a sweep at the hands of the lowly Diamondbacks with a...
Fiery Furnaces Heat Up East River
Two weeks of rain has dampened the East River Pool Parties (North 8th and Kent), leading to cancellations and last-minute relocations, but cloudy skies held, and The Fiery Furnaces worked...
Warehouse wall collapses — just as Guskind said it would!
A Smith Street warehouse, which had received numerous safety complaints and inspections this year, partially collapsed on Monday night, damaging seven cars and fulfilling a prophesy of a local blogger....
Tunnel Tour on Tap
History has never felt this cool. Urban explorer Bob Diamond is gearing up for his next tour of the once forgotten Long Island Railroad tunnel, 30 feet below Atlantic Avenue...
Oyster intro could revitalize bay
A new study aims to determine whether Jamaica Bay is clean enough to one day make oysters — and environmentalists — happy as clams.Researchers announced this week an effort to...
Towns mortgages may lead to House investigation
The House Ethics Committee last week declined comment on whether they will investigate two questionable home mortgagesthat Rep. Edolphus Towns received from Countrywide Financial Corp.The possible investigation comes after the...
More Mets history set for Citi Field
Stung by intense fan criticism since the opening of Citi Field, the Mets announced today that they have begun installing large pictures of famous players and historic moments in team...
Mets donning throwback uniforms
A press release from the Mets ...The Mets today announced they will honor their National League heritage by wearing throwback uniforms inspired by the turn of the century New York...
Faneca breaks finger
By BRIAN COSTELLOHere at the Jets practice at Hofstra, filling in for Cannizzaro. The team made a couple of roster moves.They signed kicker Parker Douglass, a 2007 grad of South...
It's fair fowl at one Red Hook restaurant
First, they moved the restaurant three blocks up Van Brunt Street — and turned it into an Amish barn-raising. Now the owners the Red Hook eatery Home/Made — formerly the Tini...
Delgado's season now in doubt
PHOENIX -- Carlos Delgado's planned comeback from hip surgery is on hold after the veteran slugger suffered a strained right oblique muscle last weekend. Delgado, who has been sidelined since...
WOMAN SAYS COP REFUSED TO TAKE PERV COMPLAINT
A lazy Harlem cop is in hot water after telling a woman subway rider -- who had photographed a man masturbating in front of her on a train -- that...
CANO DELIVERS; JETER, POSADA, A-ROD HURT
On the first pitch Robinson Cano saw in the bottom of the 11th inning, he joined the Yankees' walk-off brigade this season. But four Yankee players also are hurting --...
Several Mets, Yankees prospects NY-Penn All-Stars
You can now follow Beating the Bushes on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NYP_Bushes**********Both the Brooklyn Cyclones and Staten Island Yankees will be well-represented at next week's New York-Penn League All-Star Game in State...
Mets slash some ticket prices
From The APWith the Mets fading from contention, the team has cut ticket prices up to 50 percent for some seats for 13 of 26 remaining home games.Metropolitan Box seats...
PEDRO ESPADA'S SON IS QUITTING STATE SENATE JOB
Pedro Espada's son is quitting the $120,000-a-year state Senate job he just got. The decision by Pedro G. Espada comes on the same day that news broke that Attorney General...
DOUGLAS' SON TAKEN TO JAIL
Cameron Douglas was reportedly taken to the Metropolitan Correctional Center in lower Manhattan today after he violated the terms of his home detention by allegedly asking his girlfriend to bring...
Manuel mulls yanking Livan
PHOENIX -- Jerry Manuel claims he is "still sleeping" on whether to yank Livan Hernandez from the rotation, although the Mets' manager appears to be leaning toward a move. Manuel...
JAMAICA FATHER MISSING IN ROCKAWAY WATERS
A Jamaica father who was trying to beat the heat with his longtime girlfriend in Far Rockaway was carried away by dangerous currents early Wednesday morning, authorities said. Heyward Patterson,...
LURID DETAILS OF COACH PITINO'S EXTORTION CASE
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The woman accused of trying to extort Louisville men's basketball coach Rick Pitino approached him in a restaurant six years ago, and the two had sex at...
No return date set for Wagner
PHOENIX -- Billy Wagner is getting close, but the Mets say they still don't have any date set for the veteran reliever's return to the major leagues.The only firm dates...
GANGS ON THE RISE IN EAST FLATBUSH
Two clusters of gangs are being monitored closely and are largely blamed for the uptick in violent crime on the streets of East Flatbush, police officials said last week. One...
FUN IN THE SUN AT MCCARREN PARK
There may not be pool parties in McCarren Park this summer but the Open Space Alliance has a bevy of activities planned for the remainder of the season, including a...
CONCRETE EXEC SAYS RED HOOK A GOOD FIT
A few more trucks a day shouldn't faze Red Hook residents, an executive with a concrete firm intent on opening a plant in the neighborhood said last week. "The area...
Why Cervelli isn't in Yankees Top 10
You can now follow Beating the Bushes on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NYP_Bushes**********I have been asked a couple of times since the Yankees Top 10 prospects list went up why Francisco Cervelli isn't...
SITT STILL PLANS NEW RED HOOK RETAIL
Developer Joe Sitt is still sweet on retail along the Red Hook waterfront, a company spokesperson insisted this week. Despite the demolition of a 19th century warehouse on the Revere...
CANDIDATES IN 33RD CITY COUNCIL RACE SLAM IT OUT
Those battling candidates for the open 33rd City Council district seat continued to get in their digs at each other and plead their case last week. The latest forum where...
FED KEEPS KEY INTEREST RATE STEADY
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve delivered a vote of confidence in the recovery on Wednesday, declaring that economic activity is "leveling out." The central bank also signaled that it would...
MACY'S POSTS LOWER 2Q PROFITS, BOOSTS OUTLOOK
NEW YORK (AP) -- Macy's Inc. posted a lower second-quarter profit Wednesday as the department store chain's results were weighed down by costs for consolidations and efforts to tailor merchandise...
ALASKA JUDGE: GOV CAN USE PERSONAL EMAIL ACCOUNT
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A judge has ruled that the Alaska governor's office can use private e-mail accounts to conduct state business, as former Gov. Sarah Palin sometimes did. Superior Court...
GOV. PATERSON HITS HEALTH INSURANCE CO. WITH $700G FINE
ALBANY, N.Y. -- The Paterson administration has slapped a nationwide health insurer with a $700,000 fine after it was accused of selling policies that failed to cover what was promised...
NYC GETS NEW IMMIGRATION CHIEF
NEW YORK -- Mayor Michael Bloomberg has named one of his education advisers as head of the city's immigrant affairs office. Fatima Shama will succeed the previous commissioner, Guillermo Linares....
Jeter pulled with bruised foot
APThe Yankees have lifted Derek Jeter from their game against the Toronto Blue Jays after the All-Star shortstop was struck on his right foot by a pitch in the first...
Game 114: Mets at D-backs
PHOENIX -- The Mets will try to salvage this miserable Western trip and avoid a three-game sweep here today when Oliver Perez takes the mound against the Diamondbacks at Chase...
COPS ARREST TEEN IN PRATT INSTITUTE ATTACK
A 16-year-old boy was arrested today in the brutal beating of a Pratt Institute student, police said. Eugene Adams was charged with assault, robbery and criminal possession of a weapon...
Defense deflects attention
BY PAUL SCHWARTZALBANY - Once again, the Giants defense showed itself to be one step ahead of their offensive counterparts during the morning practice. The evidence coming out of this...
'Toto, We're Not in Kansas Anymore' -- Well, Actually, They Are, As Well as in Queens, The Bronx and NYFF
"The Wizard of Oz,'' which had its last theatrical reissue in 1998 via Warner Bros., is getting a one-performance revival around the country to celebrate its 70th anniversary and and...
NASA TOLD TO MONITOR ASTEROIDS, BUT GIVEN NO FUNDING
WASHINGTON -- NASA is charged with seeking out nearly all the asteroids that threaten Earth but does not have the money to do the job, a U.S. government report says....
Cast, Crew Hold Memorial Service for 'Guiding Light'
TV's longest-running soap has shot its final scene.The cast and crew of "Guiding Light" gathered at Peapack Reformed Church -- which has served as the site for weddings and funerals...
BILL CLINTON: I HAVEN'T SEEN VIDEO OF HILLARY'S OUTBURST
Bill Clinton today dodged questions about his wife's now-infamous outburst when asked a question about his views, telling reporters in Harlem simply, "She's had a great trip." Clinton made the...
NEESON WALKS 1ST RED CARPET SINCE DEATH OF WIFE RICHARDSON
NEW YORK -- Actor Liam Neeson has walked the red carpet for the first time since the death of his wife, actress Natasha Richardson. Publicists at the New York City...
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MCGRAW, BLACK EYED PEAS TO PERFORM AT NFL OPENER
Tim McGraw and the Black Eyed Peas are scheduled to perform before the NFL season opener. The NFL announced the musical artists Wednesday for the game between the Super Bowl...
Coverage in The Post
PHOENIX -- Going into today's series finale here, Jerry Manuel said Livan Hernandez's rotation spot is in jeopardy after yet another miserable outing Tuesday night in a 6-2 loss to...
REMAINS OF 5 ITALIAN TOURISTS RETURN HOME
The remains of five Italian tourists killed in the air collision over the Hudson River were taken to Kennedy Airport to be sent home Wednesday as divers recovered 30 pieces...
DETECTIVES IDENTIFY 3RD VICTIM IN L.I. SHOOTING
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. -- Homicide detectives have identified the third shooting victim found in the smoldering ashes of a suspicious Long Island house fire. Mykier Daniels was identified following a...
CHILD WHO SURVIVED TACONIC CRASH REHABBING IN QUEENS HOSPITAL
The 5-year-old survivor of the wrong-way crash that killed eight people has begun a rehabilitation program at a New York City hospital. Leslie Johnson, spokeswoman for St. Mary's Hospital for...
NEW EVIDENCE MAY CLEAR NY PRISONER
NEW YORK -- A New Yorker who's been in prison nearly three years says a new DNA test proves he's not guilty of rape. Court papers say William McCaffrey's accuser...
FDNY HONORS HERO TOT WHO CALLED 911
A 5-year-old Queens boy saved his pregnant mother's life with a quick-thinking 911 call - and was amazingly able to pass on her medical history along with their home address....
ARREST IN LONDON $65M JEWEL HEIST
LONDON -- Police said Wednesday they have arrested a suspect in connection with a daring daytime heist that netted $65 million worth of jewelry from a prominent London diamond merchant...
Trouble still awaits Yankees
Help me reach my modest goal of 10010 100 followers on twitter.By JUSTIN TERRANOVAIn all likelihood the Yankees will return to the playoffs this season, but it won't be the...
4 BOATERS RESCUED ON LONG ISLAND
Four boaters trying out a new motor had to be rescued after its battery conked out near the Long Island Sound. A Suffolk County police marine unit responded to a...
ATL 'Wife' Loses House
One of "The Real House wives of Atlanta" is moving house. Lisa Wu-Hartwell and husband Edgerton Hartwell, a former Oakland Raiders linebacker, have had their multi-million dollar Duluth, Ga. mansion...
TV JUDGE PIRRO RULES IN FAVOR OF SIDESHOW OWNER IN 5-LEGGED DOG CASE
CHICAGO -- Thanks to a Chicago TV judge, a Coney Island freak show operator is up $4,000, but he's still down one five-legged puppy. Judge Jeanine Pirro ruled Wednesday that...
SPECTER FACES HEALTH CARE DISSENSION AT 2ND RALLY
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Sen. Arlen Specter faced more jeers and taunts during another town hall meeting that turned into a vocal debate about health care reform. More than 400...
Kill the umpire!
It’s the minors for umps, too: Nick Santomauro was called out on this inning-ending double-play, but our photographer captured the unbelievable truth. We guess we’ll cut first-base umpire Garrett Corl...
This week's calendar, Aug. 13 to Aug. 19
Thursday, Aug. 13 National Realty Club Cigar Event If your interests include real estate and cigars, attending this networking event is a no-brainer. In addition to hob-knobbing, you'll get dinner,...
MAN VANISHES OFF FAR ROCKAWAY SHORE
A drunk Queens man looking to cool off from the sweltering heat drowned off a Far Rockaway beach during a late-night swim as his terrified girlfriend looked on in horror,...
Sitt still plans new Red Hook retail
Developer Joe Sitt is still sweet on retail along the Red Hook waterfront, a company spokesperson insisted this week.Despite the demolition of a 19th century warehouse on the Revere Sugar...
Concrete exec says Red Hook a good fit
A few more trucks a day shouldn’t faze Red Hook residents, an executive with a concrete firm intent on opening a plant in the neighborhood said last week.“The area already...
Thumbs up for mayoral control, thumbs down for social promotion
Mayor Michael Bloomberg was awarded control of the city’s public schools just days ago but that isn’t stopping him from introducing new rules and regulations.The reauthorized version of mayoral control...
Gangs on the rise in East Flatbush
Two clusters of gangs are being monitored closely and are largely blamed for the uptick in violent crime on the streets of East Flatbush, police officials said last week.One of...
Fun in the Sun at McCarren Park
There may not be pool parties in McCarren Park this summer but the Open Space Alliance has a bevy of activities planned for the remainder of the season, including a...
MAYOR MIKE'S COMPLICITY
ANOTHER MONEY-SUCK: NICOLE GELINAS BLAMES ALBANY DYSFUNCTION FOR MTA NOMINEE'S HUGE SALARY
HILLARY'S MELTDOWN
TINA BROWN ON THE CLINTONS' MARRIAGE
AN UNDESERVED AWARD
JAMES KIRCHICK WONDERS HOW OBAMA NEGLECTED TO VET MARY ROBINSONTHE WASHINGTON POST'S CHARLES LANE RAISES ANOTHER OBJECTION TO ROBINSON'S MEDAL
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OBAMA'S DRUG DEAL
THE CEO OF WHOLE FOODS PROPOSES SOME ALTERNATIVES TO OBAMACARE
BEHIND THE 'BASH INSURERS' STRATEGY
NRO'S REGINA HERTZLINGER ON HOW TAXES SKEW THE HEALTH-CARE INDUSTRYTHE WASHINGTON POST'S SIMON JOHNSON AND JAMES KWAK ON WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE CURRENT INSURANCE MODEL
US, SWISS REACH DEAL ON SECRET UBS BANK ACCOUNTS
MIAMI -- The U.S. government and Swiss banking giant UBS AG have reached a long-awaited agreement in a case over secret Swiss bank accounts for alleged American tax evaders, lawyers...
OBAMA HOSTS RECEPTION FOR SOTOMAYOR AT WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says Justice Sonia Sotomayor's achievement in becoming the first Hispanic member of the U.S. Supreme Court is an inspiration for young and old alike. Obama...
TRAINWRECK OF A CONTRACT
UP NEXT: CONFORMATION HEARINGS FOR NEW MTA CHIEF
DISSENT: THIS AWARD WAS TOO GENEROUS
THE MTA'S JUST-ANNOUNCED CAPITAL PLAN -- POTENTIALLY PUT AT RISK BY THE TWU CONTRACT
SMALL PLANE CRASHES NEAR SUSSEX AIRPORT IN NJ
SUSSEX, N.J. -- New Jersey State Police say a small plane crashed after taking off from Sussex County Airport Wednesday. Sgt. Stephen Jones says the plane is nose down in...
MILITANT CLASHES KILL AT LEAST 70 IN PAKISTAN
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan -- Clashes between fighters loyal to Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud and a rival pro-government group in northwestern Pakistan's tribal belt have killed at least 70 fighters,...
Candidates in 33rd City Council race slam it out
33citdebateBH/WB8-13-09newsno picseditedCandidates in 33rd City Council race slam it outBy Stephen WittThose battling candidates for the open 33rd City Council district seat continued to get in their digs at each...
This crime is half-baked
88th PrecinctFort Greene–Clinton HillHalf-baked A villain bit off more than he could chew in a failed robbery at a Waverly Avenue bakery on Aug. 6. Police arrested a 42-year-old man...
SWASTIKA PAINTED OUTSIDE GA. CONGRESSMAN'S OFFICE
WASHINGTON -- The FBI and police were investigating after a swastika was painted outside Rep. David Scott's district office in Georgia, an act the suburban Atlanta Democrat said reflects an...
RAMS QB EXPECTS TO PLAY FRIDAY
ST. LOUIS -- Starting quarterbacks usually ease into the preseason, often playing no more than a series or two in the exhibition opener. JETS BLOG AT CAMP But when the...
HELP WANTED FOR FISHING CLINICS
There is a need for anglers and educators who would like to share their knowledge and passion for fishing and teaching a new generation of sportsmen and women. The I...
HOMERS GIVE YANKEES POWERFUL WIN
You've heard the term a bloop and a blast. Last night, it was more like a blast and a bloop. First up was Hideki Matsui. Second up was Jorge Posada....
GAUDIN LIKELY TO START SUNDAY
Joe Girardi indicated yesterday that righty Chad Gaudin is all but set to make his first Yankees start Sunday. Girardi didn't directly admit that, but when asked before the game...
B'KLYN TOT IN 3-STORY FALL
A 3-year-old boy was critically injured last night when he fell from a third-story window of his Brooklyn home, police said. The 30-foot fall from the home on Westminster Road...
LAUNDRY WASH & SSSSSSCARE
A Manhattan Laundromat worker thought the 4-foot-long boa constrictor behind a sack of clothes she was about to wash yesterday was a giant toy -- and then it moved. "It's...
HEDGE FUNDS 'SWING' TO LOSS IN $4M CON: LAWSUIT
That's not what we thought you meant by trading partners! A group of hedge funds says that instead of investing in a software program involving stock trading, a fraudster took...
LEONA'S TRUST JOINS DOGFIGHT
The trustees of Leona Helmsley's multibillion-dollar estate are biting back. A day after three animal-welfare groups accused them of ignoring the late hotel queen's last wishes by not spending more...
DOUGLAS SON 'SMACK' DOWN
The gal pal of Michael Douglas's drug-addled son apparently needs to brush up on her smuggling techniques. Kelly Sott, the girlfriend of troubled acting-family scion Cameron Douglas, was busted for...
JOEY HITS MARY JO WITH SUIT
Joey Buttafuoco didn't appreciate being called a "sociopath" by his ex-wife -- and now he's taking her to court. The Long Island lothario said he's filing a lawsuit against ex-wife...
TACONIC CLAN SPLIT
Blood is not thicker than alcohol. The father of three young girls who died in a horrific crash caused by his sister wanted nothing to do with the woman's husband...
GRILL OF YOUR DREAMS
THE Standard Grill makes the High Line/Meatpacking party whole. In a zone cluttered with cuisine of all kinds, who needs another restaurant with 285 seats? We all do, if it...
THESE ARE PURR-FECT PETS
LIFE can be a bitch for the wrong breed. According to petfinder.com, older animals, special needs pootches and pets raised in ruff neighborhoods are often bypassed by potential adopters. So,...
THIS SHOW IS ONE LAUGH RIOT
COMEDY'S biggest heavy hitters -- from Dane Cook to Andy Samberg to Artie Lange -- are scheduled to play this year's sixth annual New York Comedy Festival, organizers announced yesterday....
BRUNCH HUNCH
FROM five kinds of bacon to fresh takes on eggs, new East Village eatery Permanent Brunch appears to have all the trappings of a fabulous midday meal. So it wouldn't...
AFTER NOON DELIGHT
IT'S 2 o'clock, champagne is pouring and party people are queueing behind velvet ropes at Manhattan's hottest hotel bars. Did we mention it's 2 o'clock in the afternoon? For New...
'YOUK' EJECTED IN BOSOX BRAWL
After entering the game when Kevin Youkilis was ejected for charging the mound, Mike Lowell hit two home runs to lead the Red Sox beat the Tigers 7-5 last night...
U.S. FACES UPHILL BATTLE VS. MEXICO
Much has changed since the United States defeated Mexico in their previous World Cup qualifying meeting in February; from the American's run to the Confederations Cup final to El Tri...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Stallworth allowed to train Suspended Browns receiver Donte Stallworth will be allowed to leave home confinement to train with a strength-and-conditioning coach, a Florida judge ruled yesterday. Stallworth, who...
LIVAN LOUSY IN LOSS TO D'BACKS
PHOENIX -- In a minor upset, the Mets actually scored a run here last night. Two, in fact. Their ability to cross home plate even once was in doubt as...
AILING WRIGHT DOESN'T START
PHOENIX -- David Wright was given a rare break yesterday, in part due to an unspecified stomach ailment that caused him major problems earlier on this trip in San Diego....
NICE BRASS (IN POCKET)
CHRISSIE Hynde is underrated and over looked in the pantheon of rock's greatest frontmen (probably because she's a chick). But her exciting and aggressive performance Monday at Central Park's SummerStage...
HOME'S BAD BUT ROOFTOP IS BLISS
ONE of the edgiest movies at last year's New York Film Festival, "I'm Gonna Explode," today be gins a week's run at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater. The absurdist comedy,...
LA TOYA MAY TANGO ON 'DWTS'
ADD La Toya Jackson's name to the rumored cast of "Dancing With the Stars." Jackson, who's enjoyed renewed media attention in the wake of brother Michael Jackson's death, is in...
OKLAHOMA MERELY OK IN TULSA'S NYC RETURN
IT seemed as if all of Oklahoma was at Monday's opening of Tulsa Ballet at the Joyce -- the governor, Tulsa's mayor and the company's hometown fans filled the theater,...
ONLY DWELLING IS COMPELLING
YOU know a play isn't working when the main thing it inspires is real estate envy. In Cusi Cram's "A Lifetime Burning," it's hard to concentrate on the plot --...
LAMAS DRAMA
HOLLYWOOD, if reality shows are to be believed, has the highest concentration of low IQs and lowlife humans of any single locale in the world. I'd say it's the water,...
ATL 'WIFE' LOSES HOUSE
ONE of "The Real House wives of Atlanta" is moving house. Lisa Wu-Hartwell and husband Edgerton Hartwell, a former Oakland Raiders linebacker, have had their multi-million dollar Duluth, Ga. mansion...
COOKIN' SHERRI
SHERRI Shepherd's new Lifetime sitcom, "Sherri," will premiere Oct. 5, The Post has learned. And Lifetime will use Shepherd's show to help launch the second season of "Rita Rocks," starring...
'SPIDER-MAN' A NO-SHOW
SPIDER-MAN has vanquished Green Goblin, Electro, Doc Ock and Lizard. But when it comes to the greatest supervillain of them all -- The Riedeler -- Spidey has met his match....
IT'S A BOY FOR HUDSON
FORMER "American Idol" fave and Oscar winner Jenni fer Hudson is a new mom. Hudson, 27, gave birth Monday to David Daniel Otunga Jr., named after Hudson's fiance, David Otunga....
NO JOKE -- MTV COMEDIES
ONCE again, music is out and comedy and reality series are in at MTV. The network has committed to 12 episodes of the half-hour single camera comedy "Hard Times," produced...
STARR REPORT
Quick! Look busy!Oprah Winfrey, who's co-producing "Dr. Oz," paid a surprise visit to show host Dr. Mehmet Oz and staffers Monday to wish them luck ("Dr. Oz" starts taping this...
IN JOBA MATH, LESS MEANS MORE
IN the Bizarro World that Joba Chamberlain inhabits, the better he pitches, the fewer times he'll get the ball, while the worse he pitches, the more starts he'll get between...
GRIMSLEY MEETS WITH CLEMENS PROSECUTORS
WASHINGTON -- Former pitcher Jason Grimsley, a key figure in the federal investigation of steroids in baseball, met with prosecutors yesterday at the courthouse where a grand jury is looking...
'RACHEL' WORKS LIKE A CHAMP AT SARATOGA
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- At the crack of dawn yesterday, equine lightning streaked down the stretch of the Oklahoma training track to the thunder of hooves as Rachel Alexandra breezed through...
WOODS MAY TAKE SHOT AT OLYMPICS
CHASKA, Minn. -- Tiger Woods has done everything in golf except win a gold medal. That could become a possibility if the International Olympic Committee adds the sport to the...
CLAIMS HE WASN'T FINED FOR RIPPING TOUR OFFICIAL
CHASKA, Minn. -- Tiger Woods will be seeking his 15th major at the 91st PGA Championship at Hazeltine Golf Club this weekend, but he spent much of yesterday continuing to...
BUCKEYES LB GONE FOR '09
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel says linebacker Tyler Moeller will miss the upcoming season. The fourth-year junior from Cincinnati injured his head when it hit the...
SANCHEZ IN 'WRIGHT' MINDSET
CORTLAND -- If Mark Sanchez wins the Jets' starting quarterback job, keep a close eye on Wallace Wright. Based on the on-field relationship he's developed with the No. 1 pick...
PHILLIPS EYES SECONDARY GROWTH
ALBANY -- Kenny Phillips knew what was coming his way and he relied on his instincts.GIANTS BLOG AT CAMP It was midway through the first practice of Giants training camp,...
KELLEN GETS CALL IN PRESEASON OPENER
CORTLAND -- It's official: Kellen Clemens has been designated to start Friday night's preseason opener against the Rams at the Meadowlands. JETS BLOG AT CAMP But Mark Sanchez is scheduled...
YANKS' GODZILLA AWAKENS WITH BANG
The Yankees' crowd had gone to sleep, as had their bats, seemingly lulled into a slumber either by a post-Boston hangover or Toronto starter Scott Richmond. That is, until Hideki...
HONDO: TRIO GRAND!
Hard-luck Hondo dropped another tough one last night when the Marlins brought down the Astros in the 11th hour, which inflated the deficit to 470 ortas. Tonight, he'll go with...
WELCOMING SOTOMAYOR: NOW, BALL'S IN HER COURT
THE ISSUE: The confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor as the 111th United States Supreme Court Justice. *** Now that Sonia Sotomayor has been confirmed by our partisan Senate, it's time to...
BEHIND THE 'BASH INSURERS' STRATEGY
PRESIDENT Obama and his allies are shifting their health-reform rhetoric into an attack on the insurance industry -- but their goal remains universal government health coverage. Speaking on Capitol Hill...
'DUNK' JERK IS BUSTED
A lifeguard was arrested yesterday for dunking a teen swimmer who had jumped into an Upper Manhattan pool after it was cleared of swimmers. It's the latest in a string...
SPECIAL CRUSADER
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, whose advocacy for the mentally disabled helped bring people with special needs into the mainstream of American life, died yesterday at 88. Shriver, the sister of President...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn A deranged man was arrested early yesterday after he trashed a Laundromat in Brownsville, authorities said. Dawine Black, 32, was screaming as he walked into the coin laundry on...
SUBWAY HERO
Sometimes it gets him a black eye -- or two -- but college student Hassan Askari tries to do a good deed every day, even if it's merely helping someone...
TRAINWRECK OF A CONTRACT
THE MTA just managed to give away the store in the new Transport Workers Union contract -- and they couldn't have done it without Albany and City Hall. This, in...
LOTS OF TWEET NOTHINGS COMING FROM CITY HALL
Assigned story on mayor's 1st Twitter experience. Figured I had time to get coffee first. Took cream, no sugar. Mayor's brief messages to 6,650 followers about as riveting as footnotes...
WATERFRONT STENCH
ALBANY -- The Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, created decades ago in the "On the Waterfront" era to fight corruption, is itself corrupt and mired in illegal conduct, a...
OBAMA'S DRUG DEAL
THE White House has yet to entice any members of the Axis of Evil to the negotiating table, unless Billy Tauzin counts. The former Louisiana congressman heads, not a rogue...
DIMON MINES BUYOUT EXECS
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is taking the rare step of meeting with the heads of the biggest buyout shops to assure them that he's behind his new -- but...
INMATES SCORE 30G IN JOBLESS-BENEFITS SCAM
ALBANY -- Crime really does pay. Nearly a dozen inmates illegally raked in $30,000 in unemployment benefits while they were supposed to be cooling their heels in prison, a state...
FLU-DEATH KIN EYEING $40M SUIT
Relatives of the city's first swine-flu fatality say they are ready to sue for $40 million. Mitchell Wiener's widow, Bonnie, and his three sons, Adam, Jordan and Farrell, filed a...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Work harder! The productivity of US workers grew in the sec ond quarter at the fastest pace in almost six years as employers slashed pay rolls to bolster profits. Productivity...
IT'S THE LAW AGAIN! GOV INKS MAYORAL CONTROL
Gov. Paterson signed legislation into law yesterday extending mayoral control of New York City's 1.1 million-student school system -- the nation's largest -- through June 30, 2015. Paterson quietly signed...
'MALIGNANT' RAGE AT SPECTER
WASHINGTON -- An angry town-hall meeting about health care turned personal yesterday when a critic of the reform plan brought up Sen. Arlen Specter's own battle with cancer. "You're here...
MURAL CONTEST FOR WTC FENCE
Artists looking for somewhere to display their work now have a chance to be seen at one of the city's most high-profile places -- the World Trade Center site. The...
REWIND ON2 SALE DEAL
Shareholders of On2 Technologies, the video-software maker that Google agreed to buy for $106.5 million in stock, are blasting the deal, saying the sale process was rigged to favor the...
BARAKETT'S ATTICUS TO CLOSE 2 OF ITS FUNDS
Former highflying hedge-fund manager Tim Barakett is throwing in the towel and liquidating the two funds he ran following two difficult years for his New York firm Atticus Capital. In...
Lost leverage sinks owners
IF you've played the real-estate game since 2005, you should be quaking in your kishkas. "Our steroids were leverage and the buyers were way over-financing," admitted one investment broker who...
'WE WON'T PULL PLUG ON GRANNY'
Old folks can rest easy -- President Obama promised yesterday that his health care plan won't "pull the plug on grandma." Obama made his good-humored comment to address a growing...
ACKMAN SEES A SHRINKING TARGET
Hedge-fund tycoon Bill Ackman converted most of his options in Target to stock, effectively lowering his interest in the cheap-chic retailer after a failed effort to shake up the company's...
GOOGLE'S SEARCHING FOR SPEED
Taking aim at its rivals, Google revealed it's working on a new version of its popular search engine that strives to deliver faster and more comprehensive results. Google invited Web...
'LATE' HEARINGS ON SCHOOL-AID
The city's Department of Education is more than two months late in scheduling public hearings on how it intends to spend $645 million in state aid, The Post has learned....
TWU PAY-RAISE RAGE
The MTA will have to raid $360 million from its federal stimulus dollars, the budget that funds mega-projects like the Second Avenue Subway, and from its reserves to fund fat...
COUP POL'S SON IS 'NOT SO SMART'
ALBANY -- A prominent Senate Democrat blasted the son of turncoat Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. as "lazy and not so smart" yesterday as the Senate majority leader denied any quid...
'NO NOD' GOV STUNS DEMS
Gov. Paterson delivered a jolt yesterday to Comptroller Bill Thompson by saying he hasn't decided if he'll back him for mayor. "I haven't announced the person that I think should...
CO-CONSPIRATOR
Bernie Madoff's top lieutenant yesterday admitted in federal court he helped his boss "and other people" carry out the fallen financier's $65 billion Ponzi scheme, shattering Madoff's claim that he...
NO HOLD ON MSG
The "Radio City Christmas Spectacular" generated $120 million in revenue last year, 12 percent of Madison Square Garden's overall revenue -- which helps explain why owner Cablevision recently sued a...
SKATEBOARD KING DEAD AFTER STING
The godfather of New York City skateboarding died unexpectedly in Montauk after he was stung by an insect, authorities said yesterday. Andy Kessler, 49, fell sick after being stung --...
'MAD DOG' GOES WILD AT CONDé AS MCKINSEY WATCHES
IT hasn't taken long for Richard "Mad Dog" Beckman to rile up the troops in his new role as CEO of Condé Nast's Fairchild division. Sources said Fairchild insiders are...
HILL HATH A FURY OVER NOTHING JOB
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's fury over a question about her husband's views shows she's clearly not loving the job that she never really wanted anyway, several insiders told...
COUNCIL POL'S 'CATH'-FLOW PROBLEM
With the city's public schools bracing for a lean year, Bronx City Councilwoman Maria del Carmen Arroyo has set aside thousands of dollars in taxpayer funds for education -- of...
34TH ST. BUS COUNTDOWN CLOCKS TICKING
Go grab that cup of coffee, straphangers -- the bus won't be there for another two minutes. Eight new digital screens showing the arrival times of two crosstown buses --...
COPS EYE 'HIT' TV HOST IN SLAYINGS
SAO PAULO, Brazil -- In one murder after another, the "Canal Livre" TV show had an uncanny knack for being first on the scene, gathering graphic footage of the victim....
DISSENT: THIS AWARD WAS TOO GENEROUS
EDITOR'S NOTE: Below are excerpts from the dissenting opinion released yester day by arbitration-panel member Dall W. Forsythe, who served as budget director under Democratic Gov. Mario Cuomo. I BELIEVE...
Q'S AND A'S FOR THE PHYSICIAN-IN-CHIEF
President Obama fielded questions on everything from prescription drugs to the nearly trillion-dollar cost of his health-care plan at a town hall meeting in Portsmouth, NH yesterday. Here are excerpts:...
DASH FOR THE CASH
Pandemonium plagued the launch of a state cash-giveaway program yesterday as hordes of low-income New Yorkers swarmed banks and check-cashing offices after hearing a false rumor that they had only...
SUBWAY NUTJOB ROUGHS UP ASTOR JUROR
It ain't easy being an Astor swindle-trial juror. Not only have jurors had to sit through 16 weeks of prosecution testimony -- the equivalent of 14,000 transcript pages -- but...
'SLAY' KIN MEET WITH COMMISH
Family and friends of a Brooklyn man fatally shot in a struggle with an undercover narcotics cop he mistook for a bum met privately with Police Commissioner Ray Kelly yesterday...
BANKS LEAD STOCK DROP
US stocks dropped the most in a month, led by financials, after JPMorgan Chase said credit losses may overwhelm capital at MBIA and bank analyst Dick Bove said earnings won't...
HEY, SEX CELLS!
Alex von Furstenberg's frisky fiancée struck a sultry pose in a revealing black camisole and sent it to retired NBA star Reggie Miller during a three-month sexting marathon, photos show....
AN UNDESERVED AWARD
This one baffles even us: President Obama today will grant the Presiden tial Medal of Freedom to a key critic of the United States and Israel and protector of regimes...
HILLARY'S MELTDOWN
Hey, what about Secretary of State Hill ary Clinton's meltdown this week in the Democratic Republic of Congo? Because of a mistranslation, Hillary thought a student was asking, "What does...
MAYOR MIKE'S COMPLICITY
Mayor Bloomberg was pretty steamed in anticipation of an arbi tration panel's award of 11-percent pay hikes to transit workers -- asserting that "straphangers don't have the ability to pay...
BIG WARNING FROM BIG BAD GOVERNMENT'S OVERSEER
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- The most devastating at tack on President Oba ma's Big Government health-care plan yesterday came not from any of the famously independent voters here but in a...
SONGMAN: TRY 'RAPES' SEPARATE
The Oscar-winning songwriter of the sappy '70s hit "You Light Up My Life," accused of 11 violent casting-couch sexual assaults on actress wannabes, yesterday asked a judge to try the...
RX RAID TIES JACKO DOC TO FATAL ANESTHETIC
Federal agents hit the jackpot at a Las Vegas pharmacy yesterday, finding records linking Michael Jackson's embattled doctor to powerful anesthetics the pop icon used just before he died. Agents...
FINAL CRASH VICTIMS ARE BROUGHT UP
The fuselage of the single-engine plane that collided with a helicopter was removed from the murky Hudson River yesterday and the two missing bodies were found inside, police said. The...
PITINO BOMBSHELL
Vaunted University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino has reportedly told cops he had sex with -- and then financed an abortion for -- a woman charged with trying to...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
A mad dash for freedom this wasn't. Two women in Columbus, Ohio, scoured their neighborhood after their pet tortoise escaped and finally found the slow-moving amphibian five days later --...
Skaller and Lander trade more barbs — this time over campaign shenanigans
For the second time in as many days, the race to succeed Councilman Bill DeBlasio has turned into a vicious, mud-slinging scrape between rivals Josh Skaller and Brad Lander —...
REPORT: PITINO TELLS COPS HE PAID FOR ABORTION
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Louisville men's basketball coach Rick Pitino told police he had sex and paid for an abortion for the woman accused of trying to extort him for $10...
Cyclones beat the best team in the league
Cyclones 4Scrappers 2Tuesday, Aug. 11, at Mahoning Valley The Cyclones won the first game of a three-game set from the only team in the New York Penn League that will...
Here they are — your Police Blotters
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Congregation Cut Up
Congregation cut upA Sunday service at a Flatbush house of worship was interrupted Sunday when a man addressed the flock with a machete in his hand.Officials said that worshippers at...
Our weekly events calendar!
Fri, Aug. 14Fulton Art Fair: In collaboration with the KIDFlix film fest of Bed-Stuy. Free. noon-6 pm. Fulton Park (Stuyvesant Avenue and Fulton Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant), www.fultonartfair.com. Music, Animal Collective:...
And from the mailbag...
To the editor, Ignorance is a terrible thing. It enables those who know very little to spew ill will and breed contempt among citizens whose efforts are pure at heart...
Jewelry jacked
Jewelry jackA diamond-encrusted Star of David was among the items taken from a Bay Ridge Avenue home last week.A 64-year-old woman told police that someone snuck into her first-floor apartment...
Handball court blasting
Handball court blastingAn 18-year-old was listed in critical condition after he was struck in the chest with a BB gun pellet at a neighborhood basketball court.Police said that the teen...
Fidler Challengers Tune in and Drop Out
And then there were... none.Using petition challenges as a scalpel, supporters for City Council incumbent Lew Fidler managed to cut out all three challengers in the race for the 46th...
MTA NAMES MANAGERS FOR ALL SUBWAY LINES
The New York City Transit Authority has finished appointing separate managers for each line of the subway system, completing a plan the agency began with successes on the No. 7...
Wright under the weather
PHOENIX -- David Wright was given a rare day off tonight, in part due to an unspecified stomach ailment that caused him major problems earlier on this trip in San...
U.S. braces for Mexico, Azteca
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!Much has changed since the U.S. beat Mexico in the their last World Cup qualifying meeting in February; from the U.S.' run to the...
Oyster intro could revitalize bay
A new study aims to determine whether Jamaica Bay is clean enough to one day make oysters — and environmentalists — happy as clams.Researchers announced this week an effort to...
Manuel wants Sheff in 2010
PHOENIX -- If Jerry Manuel is back as manager of the Mets in 2010, he wants Gary Sheffield in his lineup.Manuel today endorsed the Mets re-signing Sheffield next season, even...