August 18, 2009
Nicole Kidman to guest star on 'Project Runway'
From her Oscar gowns to her Chanel ads, Nicole Kidman sizzles with style. Next on her sartorial schedule: "Project Runway." Cable's Lifetime network says the actress will make a cameo...
CHURCH SAYS MANUEL TOOK 'CHEAP SHOT'
The mysterious feud between Ryan Church and Jerry Manuel spilled out into the open today, even though -- or perhaps because -- Church is now wearing a Braves uniform. The...
Church fires back at Manuel
The mysterious feud between Ryan Church and Jerry Manuel spilled out into the open today, even though -- or perhaps because -- Church is now wearing a Braves uniform.The former...
DVD Extra: Warner Archive Sells Shorts
Back when the Warner Archives was launched in March, George Feltenstein promised us that collections of theatrical short subjects would be offered along with features, and the first three sets...
WORKER FALLS FOUR STORIES TO HIS DEATH IN PARK SLOPE ACCIDENT
A construction worker plummeted four stories to his death today while two co-workers who narrowly missed the same fate watched in horror. All three of the men were working on...
Burnett, Posada were crossed up
By GEORGE A. KING IIIOAKLAND -- A.J. Burnett and Jorge Posada need to tighten up their communication skills with each other.After a 7-3 victory Aug. 12 over the Blue Jays,...
Watch our debate now!
The podcast includes a spirited forum, with all the candidates -for the 33rd District seat: Isaac Abraham, Ken Baer, Doug Biviano, Ken Diamondstone, Steve Levin, Jo Anne Simon and Evan...
Champions League: Arsenal Blanks Celtic
APA fluke goal by William Gallas and an own goal by Gary Caldwell gave Arsenal a 2-0 victory at Glasgow Celtic on Tuesday night in the first leg of the...
PS3 sheds unnecessary mass/height
Tell me you didn't see this one coming. Because you know you did.Sony has announced that coming Sept. 1, there'll be a new PS3 on the market. This one, in...
Shot over diss
Shot over dissingA 21-year-old man was hospitalized last week after he allegedly “dissed” a girl on East 82nd Street.Officials said that they responded to East 82nd Street near Flatlands Avenue...
Funeral Arrangements for late firefighter, Paul Warhola
Friends and family attended funeral services on Long Island for Paul Warhola, one of Williamsburg’s veteran firefighters, who died last week from an apparent stroke suffered while answering an emergency...
Challenger: Stewart grows rich from landlord loot
Flatbush City Councilmember Kendall Stewart’s campaign is being built on the backs of local landlords, one of his challengers alleged last week.Gathering with local tenants outside the Flatbush Gardens apartments...
Cora's season over with surgeries
The Mets today put infielder Alex Cora on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Aug. 13, with ligament injuries to his right and left thumbs. The Mets selected the contract...
American Tycoon Buys Bari
ReutersBari have struck a preliminary deal to sell the Serie A club to American real estate businessman Timothy Barton's company, the club's owners said on Tuesday."This is a fantastic opportunity,"...
'JOCKEYS' RETURN ON ANIMAL PLANET SERIES
The second season of "Jockeys" packs quite a punch. According to Animal Planet executive producer Jason Carey, the objective of the series is to show an absolutely realistic portrayal of...
Iverson waiting for Knicks' call
Allen Iverson used his Twitter page to say he's planning to continue his NBA career and is waiting for a call from the Knicks.Iverson wrote, "If you think that I...
TAXI CRASHES INTO UPPER WEST SIDE SUBWAY STATION
A yellow cab jumped the curb and crashed today near the entrance to an Upper West Side subway station, police said. The car crashed into the West 72nd Street and...
NY PROSECUTOR: NO CHARGES IN TACONIC CRASH
Neither the husband of Long Island mom Diane Schuler nor anyone else will be criminally charged in connection with Schuler's horrific, drunk-driving accident on the Taconic Parkway that killed her...
CEILING COLLAPSE KEEPS TWO STATIONS ALONG 1 LINE CLOSED
Two stations along the 1 line will be closed until the weekend as crews work to repair a partial subway ceiling collapse. The 181 St. station will be outfitted with...
Coughlin reviews first game
BY PAUL SCHWARTZTom Coughlin reviewed the tape of the Giants preseason-opening 24-17 victory over the Panthers. A few of his observations:Coughlin singled out rookie LB Clint Sintim as having "a...
Many mourn the loss of Jacqueline Randazzo Page
Sheepshead Bay lost a giant personality this week with the death of Jacqueline Randazzo Page. She was 69.If you ever frequented Randazzo’s, the legendary Sheepshead Bay Clam Bar & Restaurant...
19-Year-Old Boy is New York Lottery’s Millionaire
A 19-year-old from Midwood is the latest winner of the New York Lottery’s Millionaire instant scratch-off game.Waquas Mazhar, a student at Kingsborough Community College, is one of four New York...
Game 119: Braves at Mets
The Mets' fateful offseason comes to life once again tonight when Oliver Perez takes on the Braves' Derek Lowe in the opener of a three-game series at Citi Field.The Mets...
Pedro starting Sunday at Citi
The Mets will be reacquainted with a big piece of their recent past Sunday at Citi Field when Pedro Martinez starts for the Phillies against Oliver Perez. Pedro's first appearance...
WOMAN CHARGED WITH CYBERBULLYING
ST. LOUIS -- A woman has been charged with cyberbullying for allegedly posting photos and personal information of a teenage girl on the "Casual Encounters" section of a popular advertising...
Rex delivers a few more body blows
By MARK CANNIZZAROCORTLAND -- Rex being Rex.It's a natural and refreshing rite of passage delivered in nearly every one of Rex Ryan's press conferences, and it was present again today.Ryan,...
NY LAWMAKERS COLLECT PENSIONS AND PAYCHECKS
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Four veteran New York lawmakers who have reached retirement age are collecting state pension payments at the same time they continue to get their regular paychecks. In...
NY SEN. HAS PROSTATE CANCER
ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York Sen. Thomas Libous, the second in command in the Republican minority, announced Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The Broome County lawmaker,...
NEW YORK MAN GETS 25 YRS. IN TRANNY SLAY
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- An upstate New York man has been sentenced to the maximum 25 years in prison for the hate crime killing of a transgender woman. Dwight DeLee was...
CUOMO LOOKS TO SHUT DOWN DEBT-COLLECTOR
ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is trying to shut down a debt-collection agency that he claims uses sexual harassment and threats while impersonating police to exact...
DEALS: Cali's capital is 60% off
With the coast doing its best impression of foil origami in a microwave, all of a sudden inland California looks like a picnic. A cheap picnic, at that. Sacramento --...
LONG ISLAND MAN DENYS HIT ACCUSATIONS
MINEOLA, N.Y. -- A Long Island man already facing murder and other charges is now denying accusations he tried to hire a hitman to kill his sister-in-law. Nassau County prosecutors...
INSURGENTS KILL 8 IN KABUL
KABUL -- Insurgents struck twice in the Afghan capital Tuesday, two days before national elections, firing rockets or mortars at the presidential palace and unleashing a suicide car bomber on...
64 FEARED DEAD AFTER RUSSIAN POWER PLANT FLOODS
MOSCOW -- Divers scoured the near-freezing waters flooding the cavernous rooms of Russia's largest hydroelectric plant on Tuesday but the owner said it was doubtful that any of the 64...
RACOON ESCAPES CITY HALL AFTER BEING CAUGHT
A wiley raccoon that escaped after being caught on the roof of City Hall has been nicknamed "Houdini." The 25-pound male raccoon was captured midday Tuesday after he was spotted...
BRONX DRIVER CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER
The crazed driver who allegedly mowed down a young father in a 20-block, car-ramming rampage was indicted today on second-degree murder charges, Bronx prosecutors said. Mark St. Pierre, 36, was...
Favre pushes Vikings past Packers
As if Green Bay fans weren't upset enough.AccuScore.com says the Vikings' signing of Brett Favre makes Minnesota the favorite in the NFC North, passing the Packers.Before Favre came out of...
WILD DOGS KILL ELDERLY COUPLE IN GEORGIA
LEXINGTON, Ga. -- An elderly woman killed by a pack of wild dogs had been out for a walk when she was attacked, and her husband died trying to fight...
Ubisoft Just Dance teaches fly moves
Having recently watched - and thoroughly enjoyed - "17 Again" with that dance fiend Zac Efron, I gotta say that I am intrigued by Ubisoft's announcement that they're releasing a...
Serie A: Mourinho Blasts Lippi
The start of the Serie A season may just be days away, but that doesn't mean Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho can't get upset."The Special One" accused Italy coach Marcello...
GIBBS: OBAMA NOT BACKING OFF PUBLIC OPTION
WASHINGTON -- White House spokesman Robert Gibbs insists the Obama administration has not shifted its goals on health care reform or distanced itself from a government-run public insurance option. He...
No Longer Unknown, Small Bay Ridge Street Gets Identification
They knew where they lived, but no one else did.Residents of Colonial Gardens, a tiny byway off Shore Road, between 89th and 90th Streets, had struggled for years with city...
Inter-generational fun on 72nd Street
Summertime smiles could be found all over 72nd Street as residents celebrated yet another fun-filled block party.From 16th to 17th avenues and everywhere in between, kids could be found playing...
AIRPORT BOMBER 'NOT MENTALLY FIT' FOR COURT
A homeless loon who carried a fake bomb into LaGuardia Airport and caused a massive scare was deemed unfit to stand trial by a Queens judge today. Wearing a light-blue...
Tarantino's Burning 'Church' Shares Inspiration with 'Reader,' 'Patriot'
Many early reviews have mentioned that "Inglourious Basterds'' centers partly on a plot to lock the Nazi High Command in a burning Paris cinema during a premiere, but I haven't...
JOURNALIST ROBERT NOVAK DEAD
CHICAGO -- Political columnist Robert Novak, who was a central figure in the Valerie Plame CIA leak case, has died after a battle with brain cancer. His wife, Geraldine Novak,...
Favre signs with Vikings
APThe Minnesota Vikings say they have a deal to bring Brett Favre back to the NFL.The 39-year-old former Jets quarterback took a plane to Minnesota on Tuesday, drove to Vikings...
Sessions' options running out
Now that the Bucks have traded for former Raptors PG Roko Ukic, it seems unlikely they will have room for restricted free agent Ramon Sessions.Knicks president Donnie Walsh is interested...
Lee showing Knicks patience
Marc Berman is on vacation, but here are some comments David Lee made this weekend that I thought might be interesting.David Lee knows his remaining time in New York will...
MICHAEL JACKSON TO BE BURIED AUG. 29
The King of Pop will finally rest in peace. Michael Jackson will be laid to rest Aug. 29 -- to coincide with what would have been his 51st birthday --...
ANTI GAY EPITHETS FOUND IN HOLOCAUST PARK
The push to honor gay victims of the Nazi regime at Holocaust Memorial Park took an ugly turn last week. Officials said that someone smeared anti-gay epithets on two stones...
BIV SHARPENS MESSAGE
Sparks continue to fly between two Brooklyn City Council candidates in an increasingly negative Democratic primary race to replace Councilmember David Yassky (D-Brooklyn Heights, Williamsburg). The exchange between the two...
KENT AVE GOES 1-WAY
Just as an online petition to keep Kent Avenue a two-way street has been circulating throughout Williamsburg email groups, Department of Transportation (DOT) officials quietly announced that two sections of...
HEALTH CARE TOWNHALL DRAWS CHEERS AND JEERS
Claims of moving toward Communism and taxes paying illegal immigrants' medical bills were heard, but last week's town hall meeting on establishing a National Health Care (NHC) system proved tame...
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR LATE FIREFIGHTER, PAUL WARHOLA
Friends and family are mourning a firefighter who died last week after suffering an apparent stroke while answering an emergency call in Williamsburg. Warhola, a 15-year veteran of the FDNY's...
Parked cars on Bay Ridge streets have been having a hard time in recent days.
Several car break ins were reported around the neighborhood, with items stolen ranging from electronics to loose change left in the vehicles. In addition, there has been some vandalism, with...
Blaze threatens 62nd Street home
Firefighters swarmed 62nd Street between Third and Fourth Avenues Saturday to put out a two-alarm fire that threatened to destroy an area home.Officials said that the semi-detached home caught fire...
Anti gay epithets found in Holocaust Park
The push to honor gay victims of the Nazi regime at Holocaust Memorial Park took an ugly turn last week.Officials said that someone smeared anti-gay epithets on two stones in...
Biv Sharpens Message
Sparks continue to fly between two Brooklyn City Council candidates in an increasingly negative Democratic primary race to replace Councilmember David Yassky (D-Brooklyn Heights, Williamsburg).The exchange between the two candidates,...
2 TEENS CHARGED IN DRAG RACE THAT KILLED BOY
Two New York City teenagers accused of drag racing have been charged in the death of a 12-year-old boy who was injured when the cars collided. Queens prosecutors say the...
Ex-Duke PG Paulus to start at QB for Syracuse
APFormer Duke point guard Greg Paulus is the starting quarterback at Syracuse.He won the job after transferring and getting an NCAA waiver to play football as a graduate student at...
Coverage in The Post
While the Mets were dropping a 10-1 decision to the Giants thanks to another awful outing from Livan Hernandez, David Wright appeared at Citi Field on Monday vowing to return...
RUSSIA ARRESTS 8 SUSPECTS IN ARCTIC SEA HIJACKING
MOSCOW -- The Russian navy has arrested eight men accused of hijacking the Arctic Sea freighter near Sweden and forcing the crew to sail to West Africa -- the latest...
Berlusconi: Bring in a Salary Cap
The economy may be ailing and a global recession in full swing, but that didn't stop Real Madrid, for example, from spending this summer like there was no tomorrow.Now, some...
Jets injured players slowly returning to field
By MARK CANNIZZAROCORTLAND _ Good morning from Cortland.More good news for the Jets: Center Nick Mangold, who's been nursing a left knee injury suffered in practice last week, is in...
Champions League: Preliminary Round Begins
AFPCeltic and Arsenal will battle for a place in the lucrative Champions League group stages on Tuesday in a mouthwatering play-off clash.Both teams are among the 20 who will be...
3 UP: AL MVP, STRASBURG, LIVAN
Yes, I am on Twitter.1. There has been a lot of internet chatter recently about the identity of the AL MVP, mainly centering around the candidacies of Mark Teixeira and...
English Ref Blunder Reignites Goalline Debate
ReutersEngland's refereeing supremo has called for goalline technology to be introduced following the first major controversy of the season when Crystal Palace failed to have a legal goal awarded against...
JERSEY'S TRUE TEST
Doug BAndow on cost of government dayNew Jersey report card from Governing magazine
STUNT DEATH IS 3RD AT DISNEY WORLD IN 7 WEEKS
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A 30-year-old performer at Disney World is dead after rehearsing for a stunt show, the third worker to die in seven weeks at the Orlando, Fla., park....
THE HOPES OBAMACARE WOULD KILL
Thomas Soweel on whose medical decisions is it?Keith Hennesey debates Obama's health care pitchAt The Atlantic, David Goldhill on how American health care killed his dad
A CHORUS LINE
ABC is not messing with success with the cast for the new season of "Dancing With the Stars." Announced yesterday, the stars in this year's edition fall neatly into categories...
HOT DEALS!
* MAINE $149 and up at Linekin Bay Resort when you stay the week of 8/22-29. After that, fall rates plummet to $69 midweek -- stay 2, get the third...
Top tables in Las Vegas
AFTER a snooze of a fifth season, we thought we were bored with "Top Chef." But Season 6, which premieres tomorrow night on Bravo, is set in Las Vegas. Good...
ANALYZE THIS
IT'S August, the traditional time for psychologists and psychiatrists to skip town. But the timing couldn't be worse. You, the patient, have a horrible job dilemma or a stressful visit...
OY, CARAMBA!
LONG before DJ Danger Mouse's controversial "Grey Album" mash-up of The Beatles' "White Album" with Jay-Z's "The Black Album," there was an even more unlikely melding of popular musical styles....
THINNER IS IN FOR FALL MAGAZINES
NEARLY every book looks a bit slimmer this fall, which is not entirely unexpected. Which means before you plunk down your ducats, The Post's fall fashion issue review is the...
STATEN HIGH-LAND!
BRISTOL, Conn. -- You go, boys! A team of plucky youngsters from Staten Island is headed to the Little League World Series for the first time after shutting out their...
A HEAT 'WAVE'
A broiling day in the Big Apple sent city dwellers scurrying for the surf and air-conditioned shelter. "It's hot enough to cook an egg on the sidewalk," said John Robinson,...
TOOT ON OUR LOOT
There's more white powder on George Washington's nose than on his wig. About 90 percent of paper currency now carries small traces of cocaine -- a nearly 20 percent spike...
TACONIC HUSBAND IN THE CLEAR
An upstate prosecutor yesterday said he's seen no evidence to warrant charging the husband of drunk-driving mom Diane Schuler in connection with her wrong-way Taconic Parkway crash that killed eight...
JACKO MERCH GETS GREEN LIGHT
Official Michael Jackson merchandise soon will be hitting stores, after a judge yesterday approved a deal sure to generate millions of dollars for the late singer's estate. The merchandise will...
GREY'S ANATOMY EXPOSED
Here's an anatomy lesson you won't see in school. "Grey's Anatomy" star Eric Dane took his show's title a little too literally, prancing around in the buff with his model...
TIME TO TEST THE TESTERS
Once more, Diane Ravitch provides excellent insight into the dumbing down of today's education system ("Toughen the Tests," PostOpinion, Aug. 13). If David Steiner wants to really restore integrity in...
JERSEY'S TRUE TEST
NEW Jersey Gov. Jon Cor zine has been running TV ads that make liberal use of President Obama's mid-July visit to buoy Corzine's faltering re-election bid. But Corzine's support continues...
BOOMER BOOZE BINGE
A significant percentage of people older than 50 are binge drinking, according to a Duke University Medical Center survey, and experts fear the trend could cause severe health problems for...
SURE SHOT AT SECURITY: A MESSAGE TO ROBBERS
It's a shame about the two dead alleged robbers, but, as a store owner and taxpaying member of the community, I believe that Charles Augusto had every right to do...
SHOPLIFTING FAMILY BUST
A mother and daughter's shoplifting spree began at Saks Fifth Avenue -- and ended with them behind bars, authorities said yesterday. Svetlana Kosholkina, 37, and her daughter, Ekaterina, 18, went...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan Two out-of-town women stole a man's passport and credit cards during a night out, then tried to sell them back to him, authorities said yesterday. Jennifer Hansen, 24, of...
Now's a pretty scary time to invest in the markets
WALL Street seems to be finally catching on to what you already know: Despite all the hopeful chatter about the recession ending, the US economy still isn't right. I have...
TIMES SQUARE YAWN CHAIRS
IT TOOK 25 years to save Times Square from its dark age, and it took City Hall just three months to turn it into a squatters' camp. Despite all of...
BLOODY BRONX
Seven people were shot in four separate attacks in one Bronx neighborhood during a six-hour period over the weekend, police sources said yesterday. The bullets started flying at 11 p.m....
JURY FINDS BUTLER DID IT
Eric Butler, one of two ex-Credit Suisse brokers charged with duping investors into buying bonds backed by junk loans, was convicted yesterday by a Brooklyn jury. After less than three...
AIG CEO LANDS $7M SALARY
AIG CEO Robert Benmosche will get a $7 million annual salary after his predecessor worked for $1 and said better pay is needed to retain a qualified leader. Benmosche, who...
AFFORDABLE-HOUSING BOO$T
Federal stimulus money is paving the way for four affordable-housing developments in Harlem and East New York. Mayor Bloomberg and Gov. Paterson yesterday announced that $60 million in federal cash...
AN AFGHAN SURPRISE?
MILLIONS of Afghans are preparing to take part tomorrow in what some see as decisive elections in this war-torn land. Unlike previous elections since the 2002 fall of the Taliban,...
THE HOPES OBAMACARE WOULD KILL
FOR generations, we doctors have promised our patients that medical advances will allow us all to live longer, more comfortable lives. Now that these results are finally arriving, "health-care reform"...
GOLDMAN GEEK SEEKS RELEASE
Former Goldman Sachs computer programmer Sergey Aleynikov, who was charged last month with stealing sophisticated trading software, wants his criminal case dismissed. At a hearing in Manhattan federal court on...
HARLEM KIDS START SCHOOL
Summer vacation officially ended for 50 kids yesterday -- the first in the city to return for the new school year. Just seven short weeks after classes let out in...
GRISLY FIND ON BEACH
The body of a Queens man swept out to sea last week in the Rockaways washed up on a Long Island beach yesterday, Nassau County police said. Two joggers discovered...
'PEEPER' PROBE ON ROAD TO NOWHERE
Erin Andrews' lawyer yesterday refused to reveal details of alleged "investigations" into an Internet voyeur video of her naked in a hotel room. The continued stonewalling by the sexy sideline...
EXTERIOR DECORATOR FURNISHES THE PLAZAS
The city finally trotted out its new furniture in the shut-down section of Broadway along the Crossroads of the World yesterday, eliminating the crumbling patio pieces that preceded it. A...
UNION PICK BILL EYES TWEAK IN TAYLOR LAW
City Comptroller Bill Thompson won the mayoral endorsement of the city's largest municipal labor union after telling its officials he's open to a change in the state's Taylor Law --...
Cuomo sues Schwab over 'riskless' paper
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and Charles Schwab Corp. spent yesterday trading barbs after Cuomo sued the online brokerage house for misleading investors and Schwab blasted the suit as...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
DreamWorks Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks SKG se cured the $325 million in loans it sought to help fi nance movies, allowing the company to move ahead with production. JPMorgan Chase ar...
CUTE CHICK SAVED FROM GANG ATTACK
Alice rocks. This rare American kestrel -- who bears more than a passing resemblance to ghoulish rocker Alice Cooper -- is alive and well after being rescued by a good...
TALF program extended
The Federal Reserve extended by three to six months an emergency program aimed at restarting credit markets, a move that may cushion the commercial real-estate industry from rising defaults and...
No signs of relief for CIT
CIT Group Inc., the commercial lender seeking to avert collapse, reported a wider-than-expected loss as more customers defaulted on loans. The ninth consecutive quarterly net loss was $1.62 billion, or...
DIRTY ERIN'S XS AND OOH'S!
That's one dirty girl we'd just love to get tackled by! ESPN reporter Erin Andrews suited up and got down in the mud with some hunks from the Columbia University...
YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WASTE
Here's a new one: The state Senate has earmarked $10,000 to finance a study by ex-cons to determine whether state laws are racist. Gee, wonder what they'll find? The funding,...
THE DEUTSCHE BANK DEBACLE, CONT'D
Say what you want about Robert Moses; he knew how to tear a building down. That's more than Mayor Bloomberg can claim on the second anniversary of the blaze that...
JUNK IT ALL
Either President Obama is about to scrap a key feature of his health-care scheme -- a government-run insur ance plan -- or the signals he's been sending amount to smoke...
FEELING 'LEFT' OUT AND BETRAYED BY THEIR PREZ
ONE of the few strictly accurate things that President Obama routinely says about his health-care reform is that it's much bigger than just the so-called public option. Yet when his...
POLITICAL PAY 'DIRT'
Manhattan DA candidate Richard Aborn's campaign recently paid out $55,000 to the for-profit arm of the Working Families Party -- two months after he got its coveted endorsement, according to...
Easier to digest
The publishing company best known for its pint-size monthly magazine has now managed to shrink its debt load, too. Reader's Digest Association yesterday said it struck a deal with its...
Could be water over the bridge
IT'S been a long time since we last saw a battle between the city and New Jersey over a big corporate tenant, but a tug-of-war has broken out over Depository...
Not buying into it
Wall Street stocks plummeted the most in a month and a half yesterday after signs kept piling on that American families are too skittish about losing their jobs to dig...
PROTESTER BUSTS OUT THE BIG GUN FOR OBAMA RALLY
A man with a semiautomatic rifle hanging from his right shoulder was part of a group of about a dozen gun-toting, Second Amendment-touting spectators outside President Obama's speech in Phoenix...
Sun of Sam eclipse
So much for Sam Zell, newspaperman. The developer, who arranged a controversial $11.7 billion employee buyout of newspaper giant Tribune only to see the company careen into bankruptcy a year...
500G VIOLIN FOUND
This taxi ride could have ended on a very bad note. Musical prodigy Hahn-Bin -- who is preparing to make his Carnegie Hall debut in October -- left a rare,...
'$HAKEDOWN' BY GUN-WAVING CAPT.
A US Army captain was charged yesterday with shaking down two military contractors at gunpoint while he served as a procurement officer in Iraq. Bryant Williams, 38, is accused of...
DRAG-SLAY RECHARGE
Prosecutors plan to upgrade the charges against two drag racers involved in a crash that killed their 12-year-old cousin. David Badalov, 18, and David Lakhchakov, 16, will be charged with...
'HO' NO YOU DIDN'T
No skanks, bloggers. A Manhattan judge ruled yesterday that a blogger can't hide behind a web of anonymity while flinging the ugly words "skank" and "ho" at somebody online. The...
BX. CABBY SHOT DEAD IN ROBBERY
A Bronx livery-cab driver was shot and killed during an apparent robbery yesterday, just days after starting work driving the dangerous night shift. Amadou Ndiaye, 47, was found shot once...
Sinking Stone
Rosetta Stone Inc., the maker of software for learning languages, had its biggest decline as a public company yesterday after reducing profit forecasts and canceling plans for another stock sale....
MIKE LEAVES A BAD TASTE
A group of fed-up restaurant workers yesterday took aim at Mayor Bloomberg for touting that he was endorsed by their boss -- whom they're suing for allegedly cheating them out...
HUDSON-CRASH FEDS EASE UP ON CONTROLLER
The NTSB yesterday backpedaled on its own report blaming an air-traffic controller for failing to warn a small-plane pilot there was a helicopter in his path before the two crafts...
CITY SUED FOR PIT-BULL SLAY
A Bronx man yesterday sued the city for $2 million over the fatal police shooting of his pit-bull puppy during a drug raid. Joseph Friday, 40, was holding the pooch...
FEDS TEAR UP B'KLYN HOUSE IN GAL HUNT
Feds yesterday tore apart the basement of a Brooklyn home searching for the body of a Russian court translator who vanished two years ago, after getting tipped off that she...
FITTY TO KEEP RAP SHUT
Bullet-magnet gangsta rapper 50 Cent won't be performing at an upcoming neighborhood fair in his old stomping grounds of Jamaica, Queens, the mayor said yesterday. "Our understanding after talking with...
SPITZ PROBER A RISING STAR
Boyd Johnson III, the prosecutor who headed the Eliot Spitzer call-girl probe, is now the No. 2 man in the Southern District of New York's US Attorney's Office. Johnson, formerly...
GOLISANO IS OUT TO $HELL SILVER
ALBANY -- Politically active billionaire Thomas Golisano has Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in his sights. The businessman and owner of the NHL's Buffalo Sabres, who played chief carnival barker in...
CONDITION IS CRITICAL: LIBS
WASHINGTON -- Liberal supporters of President Obama were up in arms yesterday over signs from the White House that it was ready to pull the plug on a key aspect...
ANDY'S 61-15 POLL DANCE
Democrats favor Attorney General Andrew Cuomo over Gov. Paterson by 61-15 percent in the 2010 gubernatorial race, a poll found yesterday. Cuomo has not said he is running, but his...
HAVE A SEAT; THEY'RE ONLY $53 ONLINE
Pedestrians who actually like the Great Walkway's new patio furniture can buy it themselves. The tables and chairs in Times and Herald squares were purchased by the city at relatively...
TAX MAN LATEST BEACH BREACH
Being a lifeguard can be taxing. Just ask Alfredo Williams, a Coney Island beach watcher who prepares taxes in the off-season -- and is accused of continuing his accounting work...
FDR 'DRIVE' ANYTHING BUT
A portion of the northbound FDR Drive will be completely closed from 9 p.m. tonight until 9 p.m. tomorrow for construction. All three lanes from East Houston Street to East...
CANDIDATE SEX BUST
A candidate vying for a City Council seat in Brooklyn is facing sex-abuse charges and once served time for impersonating a cop, The Post has learned. George Smith, a Republican...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
This Brooklyn man has a unique way to call for his dinner. Andrei Melnikov (right), a computer tech who lives in Midwood, was amazed to discover that when he left...
TLC BLURS JON
TLC has put the kibosh on Jon Gosselin's aspirations of becoming a human billboard. On recent episodes, Jon's favorite Ed Hardy T-shirts were blurred by the network. The decision to...
MY KID'S A KILLER
'SECRET Lives of Women" returns tonight with a painful look into the devastated lives of mothers whose sons have murdered others. I don't know about you, but when I read...
DI$PUTE THREATENS OPEN ON CABLE
THE early rounds of the US Open tennis tournament may be blacked out in much of the New York area because of a dispute between Cablevision and the Tennis Channel....
GOOD UPSET
TIGER Woods' loss was CBS' gain. Woods' upset at the hands of South Korea's Y.E. Yang during Sunday's PGA Championship final round was watched by 12.6 million viewers, according to...
TAKE A CHANCE TO FIND A FRIEND
THESE days, the things that pass for friendship make me think that people have forgotten about the real thing. People busily count their Facebook "friends" (my own profile has collected...
TYREE RECEIVES NO HELP TO KEEP JOB
THIS was David Tyree's first game since Super Bowl XLII, so it was the first time Giants fans had seen him since Catch 42 against Rodney Harrison and the Patriots,...
GIANTS RUNNING BACKS CARRY LOAD IN VICTORY
Sometimes lost amid the legitimate concern over the quality of the young receivers on the Giants' roster is the team's ability to replace the multi-talented running back Derrick Ward, a...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Nats agree to deal with Strasburg The Nationals say they agreed to a contract with No. 1 overall draft pick Stephen Strasburg, worth a reported $15.67 million over four...
HONDO: CARDINALS RULE
Red-hot Hondo rolled to his sixth straight victory last night, collecting with the Cardinals in Loss Angeles to trim the deficit to 220 labines. Tonight, he'll stick with'em -- 10...
SETBACK FOR 'BIRD'
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird will undergo minor throat surgery today to correct a breathing problem, jeopardizing his start in the Aug. 29 Travers Stakes. After...
'RACHEL' HITS TRACK
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Charging through the early-morning mist, super filly Rachel Alexandra worked five furlongs in a bullet 1:00.37 over the Oklahoma training track yesterday with jockey Calvin Borel and...
YANG'S DREAM TAKES SWING
CHASKA, Minn. -- It was on the driving range at Poppy Hills before the AT&T Pro-Am at Pebble Beach where Brain Mogg saw something in Y.E. Yang's swing, something good,...
UPSET PUTS PAWS IN TIGER'S RECORD HUNT
CHASKA, Minn. -- The road to the coronation already was paved. Tiger Woods would win the 91st PGA Championship for his 15th major title, then win at Augusta in April...
PLAX ON MCNABB'S MIND
PHILADELPHIA -- Donovan McNabb lobbied for the Eagles to sign Michael Vick. Could Plaxico Burress be next? It's highly unlikely, but McNabb joked yesterday about urging the team to sign...
SYRACUSE TO PLAY ND, USC AT MEADOWLANDS
Syracuse has agreed to play three home games against Notre Dame and Southern California over the next seven years in the new stadium at the Meadowlands. Two people with knowledge...
RULAND LANDS COACHING JOB
Former Iona coach Jeff Ruland will be introduced today as the new head coach at the University of the District of Columbia, where he will oversee a dramatic transformation in...
Mets reel in top pick Matz
(UPDATED: 1 A.M.) It went right down to the wire, but the Mets reportedly signed top pick Steven Matz at tonight's midnight deadline with a bonus of $895,000. Club officials...
BAILOUT! Stalled Downtown tower get $20 million in federal aid
The city breathed new life into a comatose Downtown Brooklyn development last week, issuing $20 million in tax-exempt federal stimulus bonds to jumpstart the stalled plan to construct housing, retail...
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BOTTLE SERVICE GRAPEVINE, Texas, is hosting its 23rd annual GrapeFest Sept. 17-20; it's the (self-proclaimed) largest wine festival in the Southwest. Over 125 vinos will be eligible for sampling at...
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MAINE $149 and up at Linekin Bay Resort when you stay the week of 8/22-29. After that, fall rates plummet to $69 midweek -- stay 2, get the third free....
Delaware Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 6f; $27,000; cl($25,000); 3upLIGER drops in class after finishing third this distance and was claimed in June. FAYREGAMMO scratched yesterday to run in this spot. CLASSIC WAGER tired to...
Mets go over slot to sign Dotson
The Mets have gone far over slot to sign Zach Dotson, their 13th round selection in June's First-Year Player Draft. Dotson, a left-hander from Effingham County High in Georgia, received...
'Debate Week' continues with a fight to succeed DeBlasio
The Brooklyn Paper and Brooklyn Independent Television’s “Debate Week” continues with an exciting forum on the BCAT TV Network — a battle featuring the five men who hope to succeed...
Biv Sharpens Message
Sparks continue to fly between two Brooklyn City Council candidates in an increasingly negative Democratic primary race to replace Councilmember David Yassky (D-Brooklyn Heights, Williamsburg).The exchange between the two candidates,...
Cora out for the season
(UPDATED: 10: 45 P.M.) Veteran infielder Alex Cora became the latest Met to go on the disabled list tonight after deciding to have season-ending surgery Thursday on his right thumb.Cora...
Back on the Ballot
Back on the ballotIt’s been a long, hard battle, but Erlene King is back on the ballot in the fight to unseat Flatbush City Council incumbent Kendall Stewart.Board of Elections...
Blaze threatens 62nd Street home
Firefighters swarmed 62nd Street between Third and Fourth Avenues Saturday to put out a two-alarm fire that threatened to destroy an area home.Officials said that the semi-detached home caught fire...
Pitching set for Braves series
The pitching matchups are set for the Mets' three-game series with the Braves that starts Tuesday night at Citi Field. Here is the breakdown:Tuesday -- RHP Derek Lowe (12-7, 4.08)...