August 14, 2009
Con Ed might have to power canal clean-up
National Grid may have some welcome company to help it foot the bill to clean the heavily polluted Gowanus Canal, this paper has learned.Utility giant Consolidated Edison and the troubled...
Circus dream come true for 'Wish' girl
West Virginia teen AlisaAnne Scamehorn’s dream has always been to see “the big circus.” This week her wish came true in Coney Island.“She was ecstatic,” dad John Scamehorne said. “She...
A-Rod scratched with back spasms
By GEORGE A. KING IIISEATTLE -- Alex Rodriguez was scratched from the Yankees' lineup tonight against the Mariners with back spasms.The spasms started after Rodriguez braced himself while being hit...
Fun and Faith Mingle At St. Albans
Friends, food and fun were on the menu as congregants from Canarsie’s St. Albans Church got together for another memorable block party celebration.Worshippers spent the day feasting on goodies that...
Joba will start Sunday
By GEORGE A. KING IIISEATTLE -- Joe Girardi announced that Joba Chamberlain will start Sunday against the Mariners instead of Wednesday against the Athletics in Oakland."After an 11-inning game on...
Manuel 'optimistic' about Beltran
Carlos Beltran took part in outfield drills today at Citi Field, and Jerry Manuel said how Beltran feels Saturday will go a long way to determining if the All-Star center...
Livan staying in the rotation
After thinking it over for roughly 48 hours, Jerry Manuel is leaving Livan Hernandez in the Mets' rotation. Manuel, who had said after Hernandez's awful outing Wednesday at Arizona that...
Heyer: Fight MTA booth closings on Monday
City Council candidate John Heyer has found an issue that he hopes to ride all the way to office. On Monday, Heyer will rally at the Carroll Street F- and...
Landon Donovan has swine flu
APLOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Galaxy forward Landon Donovan has tested positive for swine flu, although the team is optimistic he can play Saturday night. Donovan will be evaluated by...
CONTROLLER FAILED TO WARN PILOT IN MID-AIR CRASH
An air traffic controller making a personal phone call initially failed to warn a small plane of other aircraft in its path and then tried unsuccessfully to contact the pilot,...
The Vick Factor
You remember the play.Michael Vick drops back against the Vikings, breaks to his left around the 50 and then zips down the field. Two Vikings slam into each other as...
Frank talk about Joe Sitt's Coney Island plan
Frank Hoier is fightin’ mad about Joe Sitt’s plans for Coney Island, so he wrote a new song, “Talkin’ Joe Sitt Blues” for this week’s “Rhythm and News” feature. Take...
Mets unveil Citi Field changes
A press release from the Mets ...The Mets today unveiled several enhancements to Citi Field, highlighted by new high definition video boards in right field and on the Promenade level...
RBNY updates: Garcia gets p-1 & arriving tomorrow, Santana not signed
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!Updates from Red Bull land:Argentine signee Walter Garcia has received his P-1 visa. He is scheduled to arrive in New York tomorrow morning. The...
STATE SENATE DEMOCRATS PAYING $100K A YEAR FOR 'CREATIVE DIRECTOR'
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Democrats in control of the state Senate are paying $100,760 a year to a "creative director" who was a former DJ for Mick Jagger and Prince. Thirty-two-year-old...
Game 115: Giants at Mets
Fresh off a 2-5 Western road trip and a much-needed day off, the Mets return to action tonight at Citi Field when right-hander Bobby Parnell takes on the Giants in...
Woods tees off with lead
By GEORGE WILLISCHASKA, Minn.--Tiger Woods still held the lead at the 91st PGA Championship when he teed-off for second-round play today.Woods, who fired a 5-under-par 67 during Thursday's first round,...
CREWS ACCIDENTALLY REMOVE PART OF NY'S OLDEST FORT
FORT EDWARD, N.Y. -- Crews dredging PCBs from the Hudson River on Friday ripped away remnants of what was once Britain's largest fort in Colonial America, a mistake that incensed...
GRAD STUDENT RETURNS TO L.A. AFTER 10-MONTH ITAN CAPTIVITY
LOS ANGELES -- A graduate student detained for nearly a year in Iran has returned to Los Angeles. Esha Momeni (ESH'-ah moh-men-EE') was detained Oct. 15 while researching women's rights...
GOV. PATERSON VETOES NEW HOTLINE BILL
ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York Gov. David Paterson is vetoing a bill that would create a new hot line for the public to report suspected physical, sexual or emotional abuse...
RBNY notes: Angel iffy, Rojas & Pacheco practice, no claim on Vincenzo Bernardo
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!Here are some Red Bull notes to chew on before they start the Dead Man Walking portion of the season Saturday against Chivas USA:Captain...
GROUNDBREAKING HELD FOR OVER 120 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
A groundbreaking was held for two affordable buildings in Longwood. On Thursday, August 6, Comunilife Inc, along with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development and Blue Sea Development Company,...
BRONX CANDIDATES GET BALLOT BOOT
So long, Miguel Santana. Adios, Algernon Quattlebaum. Sayonara, Daryl Johnson. Au revoir, Myra Bon. On Tuesday, August 4, the New York City Board of Elections dismissed a slew of Bronx...
INSOMNIA LOUNGE KEEPING NEIGHBORS UP ALL NIGHT
Does Insomnia Lounge evoke a family-friendly environment to you? Months ago, after numerous violations had been issued and complaints poured in from the community, owner of Café Déjà vu met...
49TH PRECINCT CHECKPOINT LEADS TO 2 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA
In the continuing effort to get drugs off the street, the 49th precinct has yet again made an arrest for possession of illegal drugs. In response to numerous complains of...
The Most Off-Base Stats in Sports
Just a reminder - I'm on Twitter. Come follow me.OK, a few thoughts before the list:-As much as I enjoy Hard Knocks on HBO, why isn't there a similar program...
GLAXCO TO TEST SWINE FLU VACCINE
LONDON -- Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline PLC said Friday it has started testing its swine flu vaccine in humans. Glaxo said it plans to conduct 16 clinical trials of its swine flu...
NY SENATE'S 'CREATIVE DIRECTOR'
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Democrats in control of the state Senate are paying $100,760 a year to a "creative director" who was a former DJ for Mick Jagger and Prince. Thirty-two-year-old...
VICK SEEKS FRESH START WITH EAGLES
PHILADELPHIA -- Michael Vick, now a Philadelphia Eagle and crusader for animal rights, says he knows words won't convince people of his sorrow at having participated in the murder and...
SUBWAY PERV'S EXPLANATION -- IT JUST POPPED OUT
Now that's whack! A drug-addled grandfather gave cops the following explanation after getting photographed allegedly masturbating on a northbound 3 train: "It just popped out!" "Yes, that's me in the...
Giants practice vs. Wildcat
BY PAUL SCHWARTZALBANY - It sure seemed like an immediate reaction to the news that Michael Vick signed with the arch-rival Eagles - a team the Giants play twice a...
Rogers Returning
By FRED KERBERRoy Rogers, the assistant coach who worked so diligently with the Nets' big men, including center Brook Lopez, is returning to coach Lawrence Frank's staff. Rogers had an...
COPS: MAN LEFT AILING MOTHER ON FLOOR FOR 2 DAYS
FREEPORT, N.Y. -- A nursing home worker let his ailing mother lie on the floor of their home for two days, stepping over her when he had to and not...
FIREFIGHTER DIES FOLLOWING STROKE
A New York City firefighter has died after suffering a stroke while on the job. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and fire officials say firefighter Paul Warhola died Friday morning at Bellevue...
MAN IN WOMAN'S SWIMSUIT GETS PROBATION
XENIA, Ohio -- An Ohio man accused of harassing women and girls while wearing a green, one-piece woman's swimsuit has been sentenced to three years' probation. Forty-one-year-old Kevin Miller of...
YANKEES POWER, METS SOUR
My favorite stat of the year, so far.The Yankees have hit 178 home runs, 109 more than the Mets.109!!!!!!!That's also two short of last season's Yankee total.
ATL 'Wives' Takin' It to the Streets
File this under Best Clip of the Week...When "The Real Housewives of Atlanta's" Kim, Sheree and NeNe meet for dinner with intentions to patch up their deteriorating friendships, the sit-down...
HARLEM STORE OWNER: I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO SHOOT THUGS
Charles Augusto, Jr., bought a gun 20 years ago after he was first robbed, but never discharged it until yesterday, when four would-be robbers entered his Harlem restaurant-supply company yesterday...
Pitching set for Giants series
The pitching matchups are set for the Mets' four-game series with the Giants that starts tonight at Citi Field.Here is the breakdown:Tonight -- LHP Barry Zito (8-10, 4.40) vs. RHP...
Coverage in The Post
It could be another newsy day for the Mets as they open a four-game series at home against the Giants. Word is supposed to come down on Livan Hernandez likely...
SEN. KENNEDY MISSES SISTER'S FUNERAL
HYANNIS, Mass. -- Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the presidential sister who founded the Special Olympics, was celebrated Friday at a funeral Mass as a fearless warrior for the voiceless who changed...
CHARLES MANSON FOLLOWER 'SQUEAKY' FROMME OUT OF PRISON
The Charles Manson follower convicted of trying to assassinate President Gerald Ford was released Friday from a Texas prison hospital after more than three decades behind bars. Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme,...
DEATH BY CELLPHONE
THE BOSTON HERALD PROBES BOSTON CABBIES' CELLPHONE USE
PROBE 'EM ALL, ANDREW
THE ALBANY TIMES-UNION SAYS IT'S TIME FOR SEN. ESPADA TO RESIGN, TOODAN JANISON THINKS ESPADA NEEDS A PR MAKEOVER
AEROSMITH CANCELS SUMMER TOUR AFTER TYLER'S FALL
LOS ANGELES -- Aerosmith has canceled the remainder of its summer tour. In a statement issued late Thursday, the band's publicist MSO said "it is with great regret" that the...
HARLEM ROB VICTIM CUTS DOWN THUGS
A 72-year-old Harlem business owner turned Bernhard Goetz on four robbers yesterday, pulling a shotgun from beneath his desk and opening fire, killing two and wounding the others, cops said....
HE'LL FIT RIGHT IN
NEWSDAY REPORTS ON SENATE DEMS' NEW HIRING PANEL
Omarosa Entering a Seminary
We wonder what Donald Trump will have to say about this. Reality TV villain Omarosa, who came to fruition on the first season of "The Apprentice," is entering a seminary...
THE WRONG WAR
KIMBERLY KAGAN THINKS WE CAN STILL WINM K BHADRAKUMAR THINKS KARZAI MIGHT LOSE
DRILL, BABY, DRILL
REUTERS REPORTS ON CORPORATE INTEREST IN MARCELLUS SHALE EXPLORATIONTHE NY TIMES' VERLYN KLINKENBORG WILL MISS THE TREES
GOV'S LOW-WATT ENERGY PLAN
READ THE PLANNEWS: FEDS SAY INDIAN POINT IS SAFE TO OPERATE FOR 20 MORE YEARS
Reality TV Casting: 'What Not to Wear'
TLC is launching a search for the worst-dressed woman in America.It's tied into the network's "What Not to Wear," which is celebrating its 250th episode with hosts Stacy London and...
SORRY, SNOBS: TOWN-HALL RAGE IS REAL DEMOCRACY
BLOOMBERG NEWS PROFILES THE LOBBYISTS BEHIND THE SCENESTHE BOSTON GLOBE'S SCOT LEHIGH TAKES A LESS CHARITABLE VIEW OF THE PROTESTERS
3 UP: JOBA'S ROLES, JOBA'S RULES AND MATSUI
Yes, I am on Twitter.1. In today's Post I wrote about why I believe it is wise to limit Joba Chamberlain's innings. Here is something else to consider: Let's say...
Bronx candidates get ballot boot
So long, Miguel Santana. Adios, Algernon Quattlebaum. Sayonara, Daryl Johnson. Au revoir, Myra Bon. On Tuesday, August 4, the New York City Board of Elections dismissed a slew of Bronx...
Groundbreaking held for over 120 units of affordable housing
A groundbreaking was held for two affordable buildings in Longwood.On Thursday, August 6, Comunilife Inc, along with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development and Blue Sea Development Company, a...
49th Precinct checkpoint leads to 2 pounds of marijuana
In the continuing effort to get drugs off the street, the 49th precinct has yet again made an arrest for possession of illegal drugs.In response to numerous complains of excessive...
Insomnia Lounge keeping neighbors up all night
Does Insomnia Lounge evoke a family-friendly environment to you?Months ago, after numerous violations had been issued and complaints poured in from the community, owner of Café Déjà vu met with...
Eli deal finally signed
BY PAUL SCHWARTZALBANY - Eli Manning is in the house.Officially that is.Nine days after agreeing to terms on a six-year, $97.5 million contract that on average makes him the highest-paid...
Box Office: Something for Everybody
Can a starless, critically acclaimed $30 million sci-fi mockumentary shot in South Africa knock a named-filled, critically reviled $175 million Hollywood blockbuster from the top spot this weekend? Prognosticators have...
A big win for the Cyclones
Cyclones 2Scrappers 1Thursday, Aug. 13, at Mahoning Valley Great pitching and a two-run eighth was the key to this important, come-from-behind win. The Cyclones needed this game to stay two-and-a-half...
LPGA'S KERR FIGHTS CANCER WITH TOURNEY
Cristie Kerr has been making birdies on the LPGA tour since 1997, but for the last six years they have meant a lot more. LEADERBOARD Since founding Birdies for Breast...
LIBERTY WON'T THROW IN PLAYOFF TOWEL
Anne Donovan was listening to the television commentators who worked the Liberty's 65-61 win at Los Angeles Tuesday night when it dawned on her that virtually no one gives her...
5 QUESTIONS FOR... NICK FALDO
CBS analyst, six-time major winner and the recently knighted Nick Faldo talked with The Post's Justin Terranova about Tiger Woods' chances of winning his first major of the year at...
NEW YORK QBS SET TO FACE THE HEAT
In baseball, the tie goes to the runner. In football, the tie goes to the $30 million quarterback.GIANTS BLOG AT CAMP While Kellen Clemens will start for the Jets in...
PUTTER FAILS PHIL
CHASKA, Minn. -- Phil Mickelson, playing in his second tournament since his wife underwent surgery for breast cancer, finished yesterday with a 2-over-par 74, leaving him seven shots behind Tiger...
SANCHEZ ERA BEGINS TONIGHT WITH SNEAK PEEK
Here comes The Kid.JETS BLOG AT CAMP Expectant Jets fans get a first chance to see the unveiling of Mark Sanchez, the team's $50 million man and new face of...
CONDUCTING SOME FAMILY BUSINESS
CHASKA, Minn. -- All eyes were on Tiger Woods and Padraig Harrington yesterday morning as the first round of the 91st PGA Championship got under way at the Hazeltine National...
FROM SUNDAY SHOWDOWN TO FIRST-ROUND THROWDOWN
CHASKA, Minn. -- Nobody put Tiger Woods and Padraig Harrington on the clock yesterday for slow play. If anything, they could have been ticketed for their fast start in the...
SHOWDOWN AT SARATOGA
Post handicappers John DaSilva, Ed Fountaine and two-time defending champion Vic Cangialosi challenge former champion steeplechase jockey, OTB backstretch insider and co-publisher of the Saratoga Special, Sean Clancy, as they...
LATE ACTION NO FLUKE
THE last weekend of the fluke season shows a lot of promise, with an increasing number of keepers along the South Shore. Hudson Canyon, particularly the 100 Square area, has...
S.I. REACHES REG. FINAL
The South Shore National Little League team from Staten Island defeated Delaware, 7-1, in the semifinals of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Tournament, yesterday in Bristol, Conn. With the win, undefeated New...
CAN'T COMPARE JOBA'S INNINGS TO OLD TIMERS'
I KNOW this is going to annoy many people of a certain age, but please stop comparing Joba Chamberlain's innings to those of Tom Seaver and Bob Gibson and Nolan...
ONLY FAIR THAT VICK HAS 2ND CHANCE
MICHAEL Vick comes back now not as The Lethal Weapon that he was once for the Falcons before Bad Newz Kennels, he comes back to the NFL now, hopefully, as...
VICK COULD MAKE $6.8 MILLION IN RETURN
Michael Vick's dog days of summer are behind him. The disgraced former Falcons quarterback returned to the NFL yesterday after signing a two-year contract with the Eagles. According to multiple...
BRADY POWERS PATRIOTS PAST EAGLES
Tom Brady threw two touchdown passes in his first game since tearing ligaments in his left knee in Week 1 last year, leading the Patriots to a 27-25 victory over...
HIDEKI, CC HELP RED-HOT YANKEES
SEATTLE -- With Alex Rodriguez and Jorge Posada nursing bruised body parts, the Yankees were without considerable ammunition last night against the Mariners. BOX SCORECan't Compare Joba, Old TimersJoba Likely...
CHAMBERLAIN LIKELY TO START SUNDAY
SEATTLE -- Joe Girardi didn't make it official before last night's game, but it appears Joba Chamberlain will start Sunday against the Mariners and not Wednesday in Oakland. The announcement...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Victorino files report Phillies center fielder Shane Victorino filed a police report yesterday, a day after getting doused with beer while making a catch at Wrigley Field. Police charged...
GUY'S GOT A MIND TO SUE
LAS VEGAS -- A local hypnotist and motivational speaker is suing a charter-jet company for allegedly playing its own mind games. Former casino headliner Marshall Sylver claims Executive Jet Management...
'PAPA' JOHN TO FESS UP: REPORT
Former Sen. John Edwards will admit he's the father of his ex-mistress' baby, it was reported yesterday. WRAL-TV in Raleigh, NC, quoted sources saying the admission could come before the...
FORECLOSE FEE-ASCO
The state is suing a Uniondale, LI, foreclosure-rescue company and its owner for allegedly engaging in deceptive business practices and false advertising. The American Modification Agency, or Amerimod, charged thousands...
RX DOC: I LEFT JACKO ALONE
Michael Jackson's doctor told cops he shot up the singer with a powerful anesthetic early June 25 and left him alone to make phone calls -- then found the King...
'FAKE KID' SLAP
A Manhattan federal court jury has found a Brooklyn foster-care agency's fiscal director guilty of mail fraud and money laundering in a $150,000 kickback scheme involving phantom kids. Stay Thompson,...
NEW HILLARY SLIP ON TRIP
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has kicked up another firestorm in Africa. Two days after losing her cool in the Congo, Clinton bizarrely compared political corruption in Nigeria to...
TAXI RIDERS, TAKE A 'HIKE'!
Taxi riders can rant about the new 50-cent "MTA surcharge" at a Sept. 17 public hearing, but nothing will change. The state Legislature and the governor already passed the fare...
LEWD-CLIP LEGAL STALL
Nearly a month after a lawyer for Erin Andrews confirmed that naked videos of the ESPN reporter had been posted online, the Web site at the center of the scandal...
BRAVEST OF BROTHERS
In the midst of the death and chaos of Sept. 11, 2001, two FDNY brothers -- one on his first day on the job -- feared they might never see...
COP-SLAY OFFICER CLEARED
A white cop has been cleared of criminal charges for mistakenly shooting and killing an off-duty black rookie officer this past May in East Harlem, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office...
SPEND ETERNITY WITH MARILYN
It's one of the most expensive pieces of real estate in LA. The wife of a man interred in a crypt right above Marilyn Monroe's wants to move him out...
PHELPS OK IN CAR CRASH
BALTIMORE -- Michael Phelps was driving an SUV that collided with another car last night, but the Olympic gold medal swimmer was not injured, police said. The woman driving the...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
This is not a good habit. A 55-year-old man walked into the Salisbury, Mass., police station to apologize for trashing the place 12 years ago -- only to wreck the...
$1.5B TRANSIT STIMU-LOSS
Transit agencies in the city have received $1.57 billion in federal stimulus funds for capital projects, but so far have only spent a tiny fraction of the money that was...
DAY-CARELESS OUTRAGE
JOHNSTON, RI -- A 9-month-old boy was left alone at a locked Rhode Island day-care center for nearly an hour when workers closed the place, apparently forgetting the child was...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan A violent mugger whacked a man in the head and ironically asked if he was OK in Greenwich Village, police sources said yesterday. At 2:55 a.m. Tuesday, the mugger...
TEHRAN 'TORTURE'
TEHRAN -- Defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mehdi Karoubi claimed yesterday that some protesters arrested after the June election were tortured or killed. The allegations have created a rift among hard-line...
BLOOMY'S 'JOB MARKET' SCHOOL
Mayor Bloomberg plans to open a new community college in Manhattan where the curriculum will be geared exclusively to fields with openings. "It will only offer majors in fields that...
BERNIE 'STRAY' FIRE
The husband of a woman claiming she had an affair with Bernie Madoff complained in June court papers that the fraudster had "strained" their marriage. Ron Weinstein urged a judge...
HEAVENLY GUITARIST
Les Paul, one of modern music's greatest thinkers and technical innovators -- credited as a father of the electric guitar -- died yesterday in White Plains from complications of severe...
SORRY, SNOBS: TOWN-HALL RAGE IS REAL DEMOCRACY
THE best moment of almost every YouTube video of the raucous town-hall meetings on health care is the same: It's the nonplussed look on the face of the senators and...
GRANNY LIVES! 'END OF LIFE' OUT OF HEALTH PLAN
WASHINGTON -- Chalk one up for Grandma. The town-hall protests against health-care reform scored their first big victory yesterday when key senators agreed to eliminate the so-called "death panels" from...
UNION KEEPS ON RAT-TLING CHURCH
The rat is back. Unrepentant union painters yesterday returned to St. Monica's Catholic Church on the Upper East Side with their 12-foot-tall inflatable rat to protest the hiring of non-union...
PAPI PULLED JOB STRINGS
ALBANY -- Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. personally requested that his son be put on the Senate payroll, a senior Senate Democrat told The Post yesterday. PEYSER: Cackling Pol's...
DC 37 TOUTS THOMPSON
District Council 37, the city's largest municipal union, yesterday tossed its support behind Comptroller Bill Thompson for mayor -- and one official said he knew what cost Mayor Bloomberg the...
MESSED MISCHA
Get the hair and makeup department here pronto! A pale, haggard- looking Mischa Barton arrived on the Manhattan set of her new TV series, appearing little like the stunning former...
PUSH FOR SI FERRY CARS
Honk if you love the ferry. Some Staten Island pols are making a renewed push for the federal government to allow cars on the ferry once again. Vehicles were banned...
GOV'S SECRET DEAL TO CLIP RAVITCH'S WINGS
ALBANY -- Gov. Paterson has secretly offered to restrict the authority of Richard Ravitch, whom he named lieutenant governor, if state Senate Republicans agree to drop their lawsuit challenging the...
'DUNK' GUARD BACK AT POOL
It's all good. The lifeguard busted for dunking a teen at a Washington Heights pool was all smiles as he gleefully returned to his post yesterday -- even though he...
CACKLING POL'S SLEAZE LEVEL 'HIRE' THAN EVER WITH FIBS ABOUT SON
WHY is this man howling? Could he be thinking . . . A. I just won the lottery! Jobs for everyone! B. My suit -- so fashionable, yet so cheap!...
GABBY CABBY SLAY
A distracted cabby talking on his cellphone while speeding yesterday struck and killed an 8-year-old boy in Harlem -- and then continued to yak away, oblivious to the carnage until...
'I WANTED THE BABY BUT RICK SAID NO ... I LIVED IN FEAR'
When Karen Sypher caught Rick Pitino's eye across the bar, the famous basketball coach motioned to the empty seat next to him. "He had a glass of red wine ready...
COLLISION COURSE!
A chilling new home video surfaced yesterday, revealing the tragic collision course of a private plane and a sightseeing helicopter over the Hudson River last Saturday and their terrifying point...
CRASH MA WAS A TOKER
Her family knew she was a pothead. Deadly wrong-way driver Diane Schuler relied on marijuana to fall asleep, her family told People magazine in an exclusive interview. Brother-in-law Jimmy Schuler...
GUY '$TEALS' 2 NY HEARTS
He stole their hearts -- and then their money. Two New York women were conned by a Florida lothario who courted them with promises of marriage, drained their bank accounts...
AIR-TRAFFIC GUY WAS GABBING WITH GAL
The Teterboro air traffic controller handling the single-engine Piper plane that slammed into a chopper was gabbing on the phone to his girlfriend when the horrific midair collision happened, sources...
LAZY COP A NUMBER BUMBLER
What's the difference between 311 and 911? The lazy Harlem cop who blew off a straphanger trying to report a subway pervert admitted she told the woman to call 311,...
B'KLYN STUDENT'S $CRATCH BONANZA
He'll be able to afford his own apartment now. A 19-year-old college student from Brooklyn who's still living with his parents is one of two Big Apple residents who suddenly...
ESPN DESTROYING LIVE GAME TELECASTS
SINCE 2003, when this column began to include an e-mail address, two regularly scheduled live game telecasts have provoked the most infuriated feedback: ESPN's Monday Night Football and ESPN's Sunday...
CITI FIELD STILL HAS GAMES OF GIANT IMPORTANCE
At least there are meaningful games remaining at Citi Field. CHAT REWINDMETS BLOGHUBBUCH ON TWITTER None of them will be relevant to the Mets, but the Giants are the first...
LIVAN TRIES TO HANG ON; METS WAITING ON BELTRAN
Wallowing in your own stench is done best from the comfort of home. CHAT REWINDMETS BLOGHUBBUCH ON TWITTER There is no use in the Mets even fantasizing about a pennant...
SENTINELS NEW KIDS ON UFL BLOCK
Winning baseball departed Citi Field about two months ago when the Mets sent more players to the disabled list than your corner fruit stand sells over-ripened bananas. So what's a...
HONDO SWEEPS!!
The Tigers and Phillies took care of business for struggling Hondo yesterday, breezing to victories that trimmed his deficit to 420 guillens. Tonight, he'll leave it to the good Weaver...
HAGAN COULD GRAB SPOT WITH RECEIVERS
ALBANY -- Derek Hagan spent parts of three seasons with the Dolphins before the Giants signed him late last season. The 24-year-old has definitely made a positive impression in camp...
ROSS ON REBOUND FROM UNHAPPY '08
ALBANY -- Players are not supposed to face a career crossroads after their first season, especially if that season ended with significant individual success and a remarkable Super Bowl triumph....
NO SWEEP FOR RED SOX
Justin Verlander allowed four hits in eight innings, Ryan Raburn homered and the Tigers beat the Red Sox 2-0 yesterday at Fenway Park to avert a four-game sweep. Verlander (13-6)...
HOWARD: TRADE NOT MAGIC-AL FOR LEE
Time heals all wounds. And regarding Courtney Lee, the Nets hope the time is coming very soon. According to Dwight Howard, Lee's good friend on the Magic, the young 6-foot-5...
WADE NOT THINKING KNICKS, NETS IN 2010
One pervading thought about the upcoming 2010 free agent NBA class is that some teams (read Knicks, Nets) hope to attract two max-out players. The thinking is one might attract...
BAFFERT SADDLES UP FOR HALL CALL
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- When the California-bred gelding Cavonnier was beaten a nose in the 1996 Kentucky Derby, his trainer, Bob Baffert, was despondent. "It was the worst defeat ever," said...
STARR REPORT
Ch. 2 sportscaster Sam Ryan will leave at the end of this month -- but will remain with CBS on a national level. Ryan took over as Ch. 2's lone...
'MEN' WORKING
DON Draper you're so Dapper! What a babe! OK, that's the closest I hope to ever come to poetry. But Don Draper of the Sterling Cooper Ad Agency, the coolest...
RATINGS BUMP
KHLOE Kardashian's problem is being addressed on TV. But it's not what you think. Just in time to promote the debut of her new E! reality series, "Kourtney & Khloe...
'KOTTER' WON'T BE BACK
WELL, so much for Tony Danza's "Welcome Back, Kotter" moment. Plans have fallen through for Danza, a Brooklyn native, to shoot an A&E reality show in which he would return...
MILEY REPLACES MARIAH
TWEEN sensation Miley Cyrus will replace Mariah Carey on the "Today" show's concert series. Cyrus ("Hannah Montana"), who's got a best-selling album, "Breakout," will perform an outdoor concert Aug. 28...
DORMANT DAVE BEATS CONAN
DAVID Letterman's hot streak continues -- even when he's on vacation. Letterman's "Late Show" beat NBC's "Tonight Show" in total viewers last week. The catch? Letterman was in repeats, while...
DRESS DISTRESS
TLC is launching a search for the worst-dressed woman in America. It's tied into the network's "What Not to Wear," which is celebrating its 250th episode with hosts Stacy London...
NY'S POWER NEEDS: DRILL, BABY, DRILL
WITH the unveiling this week of the draft state energy plan, Gov. Paterson continues his policy of professing support for producing natural gas from the vast Marcellus Shale -- even...
GOV'S LOW-WATT ENERGY PLAN
SIX years ago today, countless New Yorkers had to walk home in the dark after a historic blackout hit the entire Northeast. The exact fluke behind that mess is unlikely...
THE WRONG WAR
OUR troops are performing superbly in Afghanistan. They can seize any objec tive or defeat any enemy on the battlefield. And it doesn't matter. Using Afghan bases to strike al...
OBAMACARE OVERREACH: POLICING OUR LIVES
THE ISSUE: Whether health-care reform will spur greater government regulation of lifestyles. *** You published a good column concerning health care ("Hidden 'Reform' Costs: The Health Cops," Adam Brodsky, PostOpinion,...
FORD WILL RAMP UP ITS OUTPUT
Ford Motor Co., benefiting from the Obama administration's "cash-for-clunkers" program, said it's boosting factory output by 26 percent in the second half to meet the increased demand. Ford, the only...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Blackstone Blackstone Group LP, through its Blackstone Holdings Finance Co. unit, sold $600 million of 6.625 percent bonds due in 2019.Sallie's stake Sallie Krawcheck, the former Citigroup exec utive named...
PONZI'S LEGAL FREEZE
R. Allen Stanford, the Texas financier accused of running a $7 billion Ponzi scheme, has found himself in the legal equivalent of being between a rock and a hard place....
IBM'S FUTURE LOOKS CLOUDY
International Business Machines Corp. aims to grab a piece of the more than $1 trillion in global stimulus spending by pitching cloud-computer projects for health care and energy. The world's...
TICKETMASTER TAKES HIT AMID MERGER
Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. said yesterday its second-quarter net income plunged 70 percent as ticket sales volumes fell and the company booked expenses over its pending merger with concert promoter Live...
SHOPPING DROPPING
Not even Uncle Sam using billions to lure people back into car showrooms was enough to put Americans in a shopping mood. Retail sales unexpectedly dipped slightly in July, stoking...
BLOCKBUSTER POSTS $39.7M SECOND-QUARTER LOSS
Blockbuster Inc. said its second-quarter loss narrowed as the struggling video rental chain cut costs amid declines in revenue. The results, however, missed analyst estimates, sending shares of the company...
EX-MADOFF CFO DODGES GUN, DRUG CHARGES
Bernie Madoff's right-hand man Frank DiPascali may have confessed to his role in Madoff's $65 billion fraud to purge himself of his sins -- but it also appears he did...
THE SQUEEZE PLAY
Hedge-fund titan Ken Griffin yesterday made waves when his Citadel Investment Group announced plans to shed a sizable stake in E*Trade Financial, though in the end Griffin may wind up...
CONDé NAST-Y RUMORS
RUMBLINGS are growing louder inside and outside Condé Nast's 4 Times Square headquarters that Paige Rense, the imperious and longtime editor-in-chief of Architectural Digest, will be gone before year's end,...
WEAKEND CIT GIVES IN TO CLIENT DEMANDS
Embattled finance company CIT has relented to a skittish apparel manufacturer that sued to end its business relationship with the lending giant, The Post has learned. By settling the case...
ZUNE PRICED BELOW IPOD
Microsoft Corp put its new Zune HD digital music and video player on sale yesterday, pricing it below comparable Apple Inc. iPod devices, in an attempt to claw some market...
PAULSON'S BOFA BUY IS VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
It's hard to know what hedge-fund maven John Paulson is ever really thinking, but Wall Street is betting that his recent investment in Bank of America means the billionaire is...
JOBLESS CLAIMS ROSE LAST WEEK
WASHINGTON, DC -- The number of US workers filing new claims for jobless benefits rose unexpectedly last week by a slight amount as the weak labor market struggled to stabilize,...
HE'LL FIT RIGHT IN
Actually, you don't even need the right father to land a cushy state Senate job these days. Consider Khari Edwards, hired last month as a "special assistant" to another member...
PROBE 'EM ALL, ANDREW
Pedro G. Espada, son of state Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., re signed yesterday from his new $120,000-a-year Senate job after Attorney General Andrew Cuomo began probing the hire...
DEATH BY CELLPHONE
OK -- now will Mayor Bloomberg start enforcing the laws against cell- phone use by cab drivers? Eight-year-old Axel Pablo was crossing E. 112th Street and Lexington Avenue with his...
CASELLA WINES' INFRINGEMENT SUIT
The wine world is getting too wild for Yellow Tail and its popular animal mascot. Casella Wines, the maker of the best-selling Australian brand, is suing rival Bronco Wine for...
DON'T BE CAUGHT 'SPREAD'
ASHTON Kutcher has lots of boring simulated sex with fellow tabloid legend Anne Heche in David Macken zie's "Spread," a witless homage to "Shampoo" and "American Gigolo" that's brain-dead on...
BANDSLAM
THERE are no drugs or sex -- but lots of rock 'n' roll -- in "Bandslam," which basically grafts an old John Hughes movie onto the squeaky-clean world of "High...
IT MIGHT GET LOUD
JIMMY Page, The Edge and Jack White get together for an axman summit in Davis Guggenheim's documentary "It Might Get Loud." For rock fans, hearing many Led Zeppelin and U2...
YASUKUNI
THE Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo doesn't mean much to Americans, but in Japan it's the source of a bitter, long-running controversy. The documentary "Yasukini" -- directed by Li Ying, who...
LOLCATS LEAP ONTO THE STAGE
IT'S a classic theatrical tale: An lolcat, trying to survive on his own in an unforgiving world, embarks on a quest for the one thing in life that has meaning...
B'KLYN BLUES LIGHTS FUSE
ANYBODY who believes that ya gotta suffer to sing the blues didn't see Bonnie Raitt and Taj Mahal join forces Wednesday at the Celebrate Brooklyn! benefit concert in Prospect Park....
RUSTY, BUT STILL LUSTY
GERMAN seamstress Inge is one hot granny. At age 67 she enjoys noisy sex with two men: Werner, her husband of 30 years, and Karl, a customer 10 years her...
SEA-ING IS BELIEVING
WITHOUT the works of Hayao Miya zaki, often de scribed as the world's greatest animator, there would be no "Up." Pixar and Disney have returned the favor by bringing his...
THIS HAS FAR TOO MANY GAGS
AND now a word of advice from your friendly film critic: If you go to see the Hungarian black comedy "Taxidermia," don't plan to eat afterward. That's because the film...
CAPTAIN ABU RAED
MOVIES from Jordan rarely make their way to the US, so let's be thankful for "Captain Abu Raed," written and directed by Amin Matalqa, who was born in Jordan and...
REICH STUFF NOT 'SPRINGTIME FOR HITLER'
THE Germans have never been noted for their screen comedies, especially ones about a man they'd rather forget: Hitler. That fact makes "My Fuhrer" -- written and directed by Dani...
SLOPPY AS A JALOPY
JEREMY Piven's infa mous "sushi de fense" for skipping out on a Broadway role is easier to swallow than his performance as a scuzzy auto liquidator who sees the light...
ONLY A PRAWN IN GAME OF LIFE
JUMBO shrimp have justly built up a lot of hostility over the years: "Who you callin' oxymorons?" "District 9" brings their vengeance. Ten-foot alien creatures given the derogatory nickname "prawns"...
EARTH DAZE REVISITED
CRUSTY eco-hippies spin random anecdotes about olden times in "Earth Days," a turgid documentary on the environmental movement in the 1960s and '70s. The movie, which grandly introduces authors and...
TOO MUCH FILLER ON THESE KILLERS
THE more serious the true-life subject matter, the more important it is do it justice. That much is demonstrated by "The Columbine Project," a well-intentioned but ultimately reductive dramatization of...
'SPIDER-MAN' LOSES THE GIRL
HELLO Entertainment, the com pany run by twisting-in-the- wind "Spider-Man" producer David Garfinkle, continues to issue press releases insisting that this $45 million fiasco, which has suspended production, will start...
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC.
SUMMER SEAPORT FESTIVAL:A street fair on Water Street between Fulton and Broad streets tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. MADISON AVENUE SUMMER FAIR:On Madison Avenue between 42nd and 57th...
FILM
BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK: Steven Spielberg's "Catch Me If You Can," starring Leonardo DiCaprio, screens Thursday at sunset. 1 Main Street, at Plymouth Street, Brooklyn; 718-802-0603. BRYANT PARK:Paul Newman and Robert...
DANCE
DAMROSCH PARK BANDSHELL:"Heritage Sunday" brings performances by dance troupes from Cuba, Peru and Guinea on Sunday at 3 p.m. Lincoln Center; 212-875-5766. JOYCE THEATER:Tulsa Ballet returns to New York for...
CABARET
FEINSTEIN'S:Peter Lemongello sings tomorrow at 8:30 p.m. 540 Park Ave.; 212-339-4095. METROPOLITAN ROOM:A cabaret fixture for more than half a century, Annie Ross performs Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. 34 W....
CLASSICAL
AVERY FISHER HALL:Osmo Vanska conducts the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra and pianist Yevgeny Sudbin tomorrow at 8 p.m. Lincoln Center; 212-875-5030. (Go to lincolncenter.org for a listing of all Mostly...
JAZZ
BIRDLAND:Singer Hillary Cole performs Sunday at 6 p.m. 315 W. 44th St.; 212- 581-3080. BLUE NOTE:Revolutionary jazzman Gil Scott-Heron performs Sunday at 8 and 10:30 p.m. 131 W. Third St.;...
POP, ROCK, FOLK
KASEY CHAMBERS & SHANE NICHOLSON:The married Aussie duo play old-timey country music to perfection. Tuesday at 9:30 and 11:30 p.m. at Joe's Pub, 425 Lafayette St.; 212-967-7555. RICHIE HAVENS:He opened...
LONG-RUNNING OFF-BROADWAY
"BLUE MAN GROUP":*** Astor Place Theatre, 434 Lafayette St.; 212-254-4370. "MURDERED BY THE MOB": Arno Ristorante, 141 W. 38th St.; 800-687-3374. "NAKED BOYS SINGING!": New World Stages, 340 W. 50th...
OFF-BROADWAY
"AL'S BUSINESS CARDS": Josh Koenigsberg's comedy about a business-card mix-up that wreaks havoc in New Jersey. Lion Theatre, 410 W. 42nd St.; 212-279-4200. "THE BOYCHICK AFFAIR - THE BAR MITZVAH...
LONG-RUNNING BROADWAY
"AVENUE Q":*** John Golden Theatre, 252 W. 45th St.; 212-239-6200. Closes Sept. 13. "BILLY ELLIOT: THE MUSICAL":**** Imperial Theatre, 249 W. 45th St.; 212-239-6262. "CHICAGO":**** Ambassador Theatre, 219 W. 49th...
BROADWAY
"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 hard to...
TIME BOMB!
A "Twilight Zone" premise written like a Mariah Carey song, "The Time Traveler's Wife" is destined for a warm welcome on an obscure cable network. The Spinster Movie Station? The...
CALENDAR
16 - CELEBRATEHOLIDAY It seems like just yesterday that a young, fresh-faced Madonna was rolling around the MTV stage in a wedding dress and shocking Midwesterners. But come Sunday, Madge...
MICHAEL VICK SIGNS WITH PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
Michael Vick is back in the NFL, landing a job with the Philadelphia Eagles. "He signed with the Eagles," agent Joel Segal told The Associated Press in a telephone interview...
Nothing left for RBNY to play for but pride
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!Mike Petke called the Red Bulls' Champions League loss to W Connection the low point of his career. It essentially ended their season with...
SIDESHOW BACKLASH!
Animal rights activists smell a rat in Coney Island. A capybara, the world's largest rodent, is the victim of a daily assault of noise, cramped conditions and inhumane treatment ""and...
Here's how to watch our TV debates!
Some people wait all year for “Shark Week” on the Discovery Channel, but political junkies will be glued to the screen for “Debate Week” on BrooklynPaper.com and the Brooklyn Independent...
FIRST VIDEO OF HUDSON MID-AIR CRASH SURFACES
The first video of Saturday's mid-air collision over the Hudson River has surfaced, showing the dramatic moment when the helicopter and plane collided. MORE: AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS SUSPENDED NBC News...