August 21, 2009
Sheffield to finish year as a Met
From MIKE PUMAGary Sheffield is stuck with the Mets, so he might as well make the most of it.The disgruntled outfielder today pledged allegiance to his team, a day after...
PERV COP POSED AS TWIN IN SEX ASSAULT CASE: POLICE
MILFORD, Conn. -- An Orange police officer has been charged with sexual assault and placed on administrative leave for allegedly posing as his twin brother to have sex with a...
Report: Red Bull for sale, talking w/Barcelona. Haven't we seen this before?
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!On the day he had to deal with his coach quitting, Red Bull managing director Erik Stover was also trying to squash a report...
Red Sox pursuing Wagner
Billy Wagner could be calling Fenway Park home by Tuesday. Fresh off Wagner's impressive return Thursday night from Tommy John elbow surgery, the Red Sox put a waiver claim in...
Omar: Sheffield staying here
Omar Minaya said today the Mets have no intentions of releasing Gary Sheffield or putting him on irrevocable waivers.And, according to SNY's Kevin Burkhardt, "Sheffield said he never asked for...
UPDATE: Hawaii at 50
Little Hawaii. It's been a state for 50 years. To commemorate the event, the Times rang up travel writer Paul Theroux, one of the genre's most notorious cranks. Theroux has...
Webster iffy, Ross out
By PAUL SCHWARTZCB Corey Webster (hip flexor) finally made it back to practice after missing most of the first two weeks of camp. He might play against the Bears, but...
Another Mets prospect banned 50 gms.
APMets pitcher Santiago Valdez has been suspended for 50 games under baseball's minor league drug program after a positive test for a performance-enhancing substance. The suspension of Valdez, who is...
Brooklyn's Jacbos expects mental test
By GEORGE WILLISHOUSTON -- Unbeaten Brooklyn middleweight Danny Jacobs says his fight against Ishe Smith Saturday night at the Toyota Center will likely be more of mental test than a...
Keepin' It Real: Cancun Commando Goes MIA
By: Anthony Sulla-HeffingerThis week's episode opens up with the ever-entertaining Bronne planning to prank one of his fellow roommates by creating a booby trap by filling a "mine" with "shrapnel."Enlisting...
RBNY boss Stover: We need to restructure
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!That's a lot of turning, with the two-win Red Bulls on pace to set MLS marks for fewest victories and fewest goals in league...
Oscar Watch: Fuhgettabout 'Shutter Island'
In case anyone had any doubt after that cheesy trailer, Paramount has bitten the bullet and moved Martin Scorsese's thriller "Shutter Island'' with Leo DiCaprio out of the Oscar race...
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OBAMAS LEAVE DC FOR 10-DAY VACATION
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama left the White House on Friday for a 10-day vacation away, taking with him the beloved family dog and leaving behind an acrimonious debate about...
STATEN ISLAND WINS LITTLE LEAGUE OPENER
Staten Island opened the Little League World Series today with an impressive 10-2 win over Washington. Angelo Navetta pitched 5-1/3 innings, and Nick Pucciarelli had a two-run homer and two-run...
THREE MORE STATIONS ALONG 1 LINE CLOSING
Three more stations along the 1 line will close due to the recent ceiling collapse at the 181 Street station. Both uptown and downtown stops at 168th, 157th, and 145th...
COPS LOOK FOR ANSWERS IN FATAL BEATING OF JAX HEIGHTS HANDYMAN
Police in the 115th Precinct were searching for information Friday on the fatal beating of a well-liked Jackson Heights building worker. On Monday morning between 4 and 9 a.m., Rafael...
REWARD OFFERED FOR REALITY TV STAR
BUENA PARK, Calif. (AP) -- A reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of a reality TV contestant accused of killing an ex-model, removing her teeth and...
POLICE QUESTION LEANN RIMES IN CALIF. COLLISION
LOS ANGELES -- Authorities say Grammy-winning country music star LeAnn Rimes has been involved in a traffic collision in West Los Angeles. No one was injured. Police Officer Norma Eisenman...
Game 122: Phillies at Mets
Thanks to their season-long rash of injuries, the Mets will have to settle for the role of spoiler during their four-game series with the first-place Phillies that starts tonight at...
BEACH LANDSLIDE KILLS FIVE IN PORTUGAL
LISBON, Portugal -- A landslide at a Portuguese seaside resort killed five people and injured at least four Friday, officials said. Part of a cliff collapsed and buried bathers at...
CHILE CONFIRMS SWINE FLU IN TURKEYS
SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chile said Friday that tests show swine flu has jumped to birds, opening a new chapter in the global epidemic. Top flu and animal-health experts with the...
WHITE HOUSE TO HOLD HIV/AIDS DISCUSSIONS
WASHINGTON -- The White House will hold a series of community discussions on HIV and AIDS throughout the country beginning next week. In a statement, President Barack Obama said HIV...
Pitching set for Phillies series
With the release of Livan Hernandez on Thursday, the pitching matchups are now set for the Mets' four-game series with the first-place Phillies at Citi Field. Here is the breakdown:Tonight...
MAN ACCUSED OF BEING SERIAL CAT KILLER
A downtown graphic designer is accused by animal control officials of methodically murdering his girlfriend's cats. Alleged kitty killer Sean Lynde, 36, faces felony animal cruelty charges and a slew...
FORT GREENE: UPDATE! JACKO TRIBUTE LOOKS TO BE HEADED TO PROSPECT PARK
City officials are poised to tell hordes of Michael Jackson fans to beat it from Fort Greene Park. The deceased superstar's much-hyped posthumous birthday celebration - planned by Spike Lee...
Heatley unhappy with lesser role
APKELOWNA, British Columbia -- Ottawa winger Dany Heatley reiterated his desire for a trade Friday, saying he's unhappy with his diminished role. Heatley spoke during a conference call, the first...
Marte expected back tonight
By GEORGE A. KING IIIBOSTON -- Reliever Damaso Marte, out since April with an injured left shoulder, is expected to rejoin the Yankees bullpen tonight for the series opener with...
Staten Island 10, Washington 2
Here is a recap of today's Little League World Series game between Staten Island and Washington.Staten Island 10, Washington 2BOX SCOREBOTTOM 6THWashingtonAidan Plummer reached on error.Brandon Lawler single to center.Max...
Favre, Vick on 'Madden NFL 10'
By LOU KESTEN, APIt's been a busy week in professional football, with a couple of big, controversial stars -- Brett Favre and Michael Vick -- joining NFL rosters. No worries,...
GOV. DAVID PATERSON SAYS RACIST MEDIA TRYING TO DRIVE HIM OUT OF OFFICE
ALBANY -- Gov. Paterson has officially played the race card. The beleaguered Democratic governor in a radio interview this morning blamed his troubles on a racist media that he said...
Friday Festivus
Just a reminder - I'm on Twitter. As Charlie Steiner said in the old SportsCenter commercial - "Follow me! Follow me to freedom!"A couple things:Two movies were on recently and...
LOHAN PHONE DRAMA UNFOLDS AT SOHO DELI
Talk about making a bad call. A distraught Lindsay Lohan went nuts Thursday night after a deli worker refused to return her cell phone after she mistakenly left it inside...
CINEMA: ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN: WOODSTEIN â" AND REDFORD â" AT BAM ON SEPT. 12!
Two of the most important journalists of the 20th century - and the actor who brought their story to life in one of the greatest movies of the same century...
BIG PURSE FOR FILLY SHOWDOWN
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Thoroughbred owners Jess Jackson and Jerry Moss have talked the talk. Now let's see if they'll walk the walk. All summer, racing fans and the media have...
Under-fire Juan Carlos Osorio steps down as coach of Red Bull New York
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!Juan Carlos Osorio has stepped down as coach of the Red Bulls, to be replaced on an interim basis by assistant Richie Williams."I want...
JACKSON BURIAL POSTPONED
Michael Jackson will have to wait a little longer before he can rest in peace. A Jackson family spokesman said today that the date of Jackson's burial has been pushed...
CONEY ISLAND: LOCKOUT! JOE SITT SHUTS DOWN HIS OWN CONEY AMUSEMENT PARK
Developer Joe Sitt abruptly shut down the Dreamland amusement park on his land in Coney Island, the site of the old Astroland theme park, on Friday morning, saying that the...
WTC BEAM RETURNING TO NYC SITE
After more than seven years in storage, a large steel column found beneath ground zero after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks is returning to the site. Candace McAdams, a spokeswoman...
BLOOMBERG: DRUG COMPANY CEOS 'DON'T MAKE A LOT OF MONEY'
Mayor Bloomberg is defending pharmaceutical companies and their CEOs, declaring that they "don't make a lot of money" and shouldn't be scapegoats in the health care debate. The billionaire mayor...
DEALS: $79/night on St. Kitts
The super-sized (really, this place needs its own zip code) St. Kitts Marriott Resort is offering a $79/night "Residents Rate" to New Yorkers; St. Kitts is one of those lucky...
Avid Anticipation for 'Avatar'
James Cameron's long-awaited Dec. 18 sci-fi adventure "Avatar" is going to be one of the hottest tickets at the movies this weekend -- even though Fox is only showing 20...
THREAT OF HURRICANE BILL CLOSES CITY BEACHES
The Parks Department has closed all but one of the city's beaches as Hurricane Bill slowly makes its way up the East Coast. Swimming along 13 miles of Rockaway, Coney...
Boston beware Billy blowups
It looks like the Red Sox have claimed Billy Wagner off waivers for the stretch drive and possible postseason.The question is:Why would they want Billy Wagner to pitch in the...
PILOT: I PLEADED TO GET PASSENGERS OFF PLANE
WASHINGTON -- Federal officials said Friday that the airline whose passengers were stranded overnight on a Minnesota airport tarmac wasn't at fault, but they blamed another airline for refusing requests...
BERNANKE: ECONOMY IS ON CUSP OF RECOVERY
JACKSON, Wyo. -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke declared Friday that the U.S. economy is on the verge of a long-awaited recovery after enduring a brutal recession and the worst...
South Africans Get Free World Cup Tix
Over 100,000 free tickets will be given away for next year's World Cup to ensure that poor South Africans can attend matches, organizers said.Organizers are worried that despite a special...
TOM RIDGE: I WAS PRESSURED TO RAISE TERROR ALERT LEVEL BEFORE 2004 ELECTION
WASHINGTON -- Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge says pressure from fellow Cabinet members to raise the nation's terror alert level just before the 2004 presidential election helped convince him...
CITY CLOSES ROCKAWAY BEACH AS HURRICANE APPROACHES
Tthe Parks Department announced Friday it would close Rockaway Beach, along with a number of beaches in Brooklyn and Staten Island, because of the projected approach of Hurricane Bill. Officials...
33RD DISTRICT CANDIDATE PROFILE: DOUG BIVIANO
For the affable Brooklyn Heights resident and 33rd District City Council candidate Doug Biviano, his campaign can be distilled into two fundamental issues: affordable housing and health care. He would...
Box Office: Bait and Switch
I'm taking a very-much-needed vacation and won't be back until after Labor Day, so I'll keep this short and sweet so I can get back to finishing my review of...
ANGOLAN AD AGENCY PARODIES 'THE SIMPSONS'
LUANDA, ANGOLA - An Angolan advertising agency has given Homer Simpson and his family an African makeover, raising eyebrows among fans of one of America's most cherished sitcoms. PHOTOS: Parodies...
SPIDER-OPOSSUM ATTACKS BRIGHTON BEACH
What do you get when a radioactive spider bites a opossum? You get a spider-opossum -- much like the one seen scaling a wall in Brighton Beach Wednesday. Residents of...
Surprise day off and 'King Ugly'
By MARK CANNIZZARORex Ryan surprised the players last night by telling them there would be no practice today.The Jets were scheduled to conduct one final practice today before breaking camp,...
Coverage in The Post
The Mets had drama on and off the field Thursday in an otherwise typical, 3-2 loss to the Braves at Citi Field. While Gary Sheffield was creating waves by threatening...
Champions League: Teams Rake in Cash
APThe world's most lucrative club soccer competition, the European Champions League, will earn a record $1.55 billion in marketing and television revenues for clubs and organizer UEFA this season.The recession-defying...
POLL: AMERICANS LOSING CONFIDENCE IN OBAMA
WASHINGTON -- A new poll says that Americans, concerned over the future of health care reform and anxious about the growing federal budget deficit, are losing faith in President Barack...
MEET THE SOUTH SHORE LITTLE LEAGUE SUPERSTARS
The Staten Island squad will need big contributions from these key players if they want to advance deep in the Little League World Series:Angelo Navetta - Pitcher/First base The poised...
PREVIEW OF SOUTH SHORE STATEN ISLAND'S LITTLE LEAGUE OPPONENTS, MERCER ISLAND
Mirror images of Staten Island, unbeaten Mercer Island (15-0), the North west representative out of Washington, is built on pitching and defense. The Seattle suburb league is just 4 years...
2 WALK AWAY FROM FIERY PLANE CRASH AT TETERBORO
TETERBORO, N.J. -- Two men walked away from a fiery small-plane crash Friday morning and were found by emergency responders at a bus stop minutes later -- alert and conscious...
3 UP: SHEFFIELD, METS MISERY AND MILLEDGE
Yes, I am on Twitter.1. Here is my column on Gary Sheffield's latest bad act. Sheffield's request for a contract extension and his petulant behavior when the Mets refused not...
Drama Mama: See you next summer
Summer's coming to an end, and so too are most of the cable series that kept us entertained between the regular network TV seasons. Here are the highlights of season...
A SUICIDAL 'COMPASSION'
Dale McFeatters on thet ainted releaseAt The Daily Beast, Katty Kay describes the outrage gapTNR editorial says guilty Gadhafi still hasn't been punished
Upstate Rube Only?
Planet ALbany on the fight to lead NY state GOP
STAY HEALTHY, DAVE
Patererson says Ravitch is needed reports Politics on the HudsonWhat's next for Ravitch asks Newsday
MESSAGES FROM MIKE PIAZZA SPUR STATEN ISLAND ALL-STARS
Alot of talent has gotten a team of 11- and 12-year-olds from Staten Island to the Little League World Series. And a little advice from Mike Piazza hasn't hurt, either....
MEET STATEN ISLAND SUPERSTARS
The Staten Island squad will need big contributions from these key players if they want to advance deep in the Little League World Series:PREVIEW OF SOUTH SHORE'S OPPONENTSAngelo Navetta -...
Local squad's quest for Little League crown begins
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- Bring it on! South Shore manager Mike Zaccariello, in typical Staten Island swagger, loves his club's chances today in the opening round of the Little League World...
YANKEE ARMS LINED UP TO END AL EAST RACE IN BOSTON
BOSTON -- What happened in the 2004 ALCS will never be deleted from every mainframe in the Yankees' universe. Not even a World Series title this season completely will erase...
REALITY LIVES BETWEEN SERIES OF SWEEPS
BOSTON -- There is nothing so manic as Yankees fans who have seen their team lose eight times in eight games to the hated Red Sox . . . unless,...
MORE THAN DIVISION ON LINE FOR RED SOX
Six remaining games against the Red Sox means the Yankees' division lead is far from safe. It also means they have an opportunity to keep Boston out of the playoffs...
GOOD ENDING TO FLUKE SEASON
AS the summer begins to wane this could be a good time to take the kids fishing before they head back to school. The fluke season closed on a high...
YANKEES-RED SOX: THE MATCHUPS
CATCHER JORGE POSADA vs. JASON VARITEK Varitek has been bothered by a neck/shoulder injury, and Sox pitchers miss him when he's not behind the plate. Baserunners can have a field...
FORMER TEAMMATES RUE BURRESS' FALL
ALBANY -- They made an example out of Plaxico. That was the pervasive sentiment in Giants camp yesterday after players and coaches caught word their former teammate, Plaxico Burress, pleaded...
NFL UNION WANTS NEW DISCIPLINE RULES
ALBANY -- Plaxico Burress will be suspended from the NFL during his prison stay, but will be reinstated once he is released, according to Commissioner Roger Goodell. GIANTS BLOG AT...
STUDENT IN SLAY PUZZLE
A college student on his way to visit a friend was mysteriously shot to death near his Brooklyn home, police said yesterday. Patrick Nicolas, 20, a sophomore at Kingsborough Community...
TED: ALTER SUCCESSION LAW
BOSTON -- Cancer-stricken Sen. Ted Kennedy has asked Massachusetts leaders to change state law to allow a speedy replacement if it becomes necessary for him to surrender his seat, fearing...
OPEN SEASON ON DEER
Wanted: Bowhunters to help curb northern Westchester County's growing deer population. The hunting program was among recommendations contained in a recent county study on how to control its deer population....
BLOOD INVESTMENTS
IN Washington, politicians of all persuasions toss around the word "strategy." But it's rare to meet anyone inside the Beltway who understands what it means. A strategy applies the necessary...
SHADY IMMIG FIRMS GET SHUT
The state Attorney General's Office has shut down three companies that aid immigrants for operating illegal businesses. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said yesterday his office also sued three other companies....
A CLASSY TEACHER
Even at the age of 5, Giovanni D'Amato knew he wanted to be a teacher. Next month, the now-24-year-old D'Amato will begin his third year teaching US history and government...
OCEANS HEAT UP
The world's oceans this summer are the warmest on record. The National Climatic Data Center says the average global ocean temperature in July was 62.6 degrees, the hottest since record...
IRANIANS LET IN UN NUKE INSPECTORS
VIENNA -- Iran has lifted a yearlong ban and allowed UN inspectors to visit a nearly completed nuclear reactor, as well as granted greater monitoring rights at another atomic site,...
TAKE THAT, TALIBAN!
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Millions of Afghans went to the polls yesterday, defying Taliban threats of violence and sporadic attacks to choose a president in the midst of a worsening war....
NO BANDS IN VIETNAM -- NO HEROES AT WOODSTOCK
I want to express my sincere appreciation for printing "As Hippies Partied," (Richard K. Kolb, PostOpinion, Aug. 17). I served in Vietnam when I was 18 years old. I rarely...
RUNNER DEFINITELY A GAL: DAD
BERLIN -- South African runner Caster Semenya's dad yesterday dismissed speculation that she is not female. "She is my little girl . . . I raised her, and I have...
ON-JOB SUICIDE SURGE
WASHINGTON -- Workplace suicides surged 28 percent last year, the Labor Department said yesterday, as experts said anxious workers watched colleagues depart in a rash of layoffs and faced survivor's...
THE 'STUPID' STRATEGY
THE Obama team is saddled with a foundering health- care strategy. But it has a fallback plan -- relying on the sheer dimwitted gullibility of the American public. How stupid...
BARNEY EXPLODES OVER 'NAZI' SLUR
WASHINGTON -- Sharp-tongued Rep. Barney Frank ridiculed one of his constituents at a heated town-hall meeting in his home state of Massachusetts when a woman compared President Obama's health plan...
BRONX KID IN TRAGIC PLUMMET
An 8-year-old Bronx girl yesterday survived a horrific seven-story plunge from a housing-project window that was supposed to have been fixed last month, police and relatives said. Destiny Antonio slipped...
CAMPAIGN 'FOUL'
Comptroller Bill Thompson's mayoral campaign filed a complaint with the Campaign Finance Board yesterday charging that Mayor Bloomberg -- who has so far spent $36.6 million on his third-term quest...
NEW YORK'S CHARTER-SCHOOL CHALLENGE
NEW York is lagging behind as other states move to make their laws more charter-school friendly to compete for $4 billion in federal Race to the Top aid. Several states...
TAXPAYERS HOUSE SEX FIENDS
WASHINGTON -- A few thousand lifetime registered sex offenders illegally live in federally subsidized housing at taxpayers' expense, investigators say in a new report. Investigators projected that the Department of...
CORPORATE SHILLS FOR 'CHANGE'
MONEY from pharmaceutical firms and health-care companies is evil and corrupting -- except when key members of Team Obama are pocketing it. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs derides grassroots opponents...
LEGAL 'VITCH SLAP
A mid-level state appeals court yesterday struck down Gov. Paterson's appointment of Richard Ravitch as his lieutenant governor. The appointment in July to break up a Senate leadership logjam was...
EXPERTS: NO CLOAK FOR 'NET DAGGERS
Bloggers beware: You're not as anonymous as you might think. Legal eagles said yesterday that a Manhattan judge had no choice but to order Google to out "Skanks of NYC"...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
AIG boost Robert Benmosche, the newly appointed CEO of AIG, says he expects the bailed-out insurer to be able to repay its federal debts and to boost value for shareholders....
LAWYER GUILTY OF WITNESS THREATS
The former lawyer for "Goodfellas" turncoat Henry Hill was convicted yesterday on a slew of witness-tampering charges. Robert Simels, 62, glowered as the jury handed down its guilty verdict on...
M'SOFT WINS WORD DELAY
Microsoft won a quick hearing on its request to delay imposition of an order that would affect its ability to offer features in its popular Word program. An appeals court...
TIMES' 50G AD-VANCE
Four days after receiving a glowing endorsement from The New York Times, Manhattan DA hopeful Cyrus Vance Jr. began forking over what is expected to total nearly $50,000 for campaign...
TWITTER RULING NOT SO 'TWEET'
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone has learned the hard way that just because he uses the term "tweet" doesn't mean he owns it. After he set the blogosphere atwitter with a...
CHARTER IN BOND-AGE
Efforts by Paul Allen's cable company Charter Communications to restructure its nearly $22 billion debt load have reached an impasse -- and Allen, as a result, may pay more than...
BANK CHEATS INDICTED
A former UBS AG manager and a Swiss attorney were indicted yesterday in a widening US crackdown on bankers and lawyers who helped wealthy Americans hide their assets from the...
PALM EXEC FEARED JOBS' 'ILLEGAL' IDEA
Former Palm Inc. Chief Executive Officer Ed Colligan rejected a proposal from Apple Inc.'s Steve Jobs to refrain from hiring each other's employees two years ago, calling it wrong and...
AUTHORITIES RAID PORSCHE
Porsche, the sports-car maker being bought by Volkswagen AG, was raided by German prosecutors in an investigation of possible violations of securities law and market manipulation. Officials seized documents from...
CHEERS FOR MONSTER
The mass-murdering bomber of Pan Am Flight 103 received a grotesque hero's welcome in Libya yesterday after his release from prison in a so-called "compassionate" ruling that outraged the victims'...
FDIC FEELING OUT FEES
Colonial BancGroup Inc.'s collapse and the prospect of mounting failures among regional lenders may prompt the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to impose a special fee as soon as next month...
LAST LAP FOR 'CLUNKERS'
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration will bring to an end the popular $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program, giving car shoppers until Monday to take advantage of big government incentives....
CENTRAL PK. 'BLOWN' APART IN JUST 15 MINUTES
In the span of 15 minutes, Tuesday's storm wiped out more trees in Central Park than normally die in 15 years, officials said yesterday. Crews continued to haul away fallen...
DAY-CARE THIEF STRIKES AGAIN
A thief posing as a parent hit a ritzy Midtown day-care center for the second time this summer -- this time swiping a laptop and an iPod from a roomful...
DC 'ALL WEE-WEED UP:' DR. BAM
WASHINGTON -- President Obama yesterday called it "a good idea" that health-reform legislation include a "public option" as a way to drive competition with private insurance firms -- just days...
Hizzoner rooting on Staten Island kids
There will be a very recognizable fan in the stands when the Staten Island team takes the field today to compete in the 63rd Little League World Series -- Mayor...
MIKE'S 'FLIP' ON TRANSIT RAISES
Mayor Bloomberg backed raises for transit workers during private conversations last year, only to publicly bash the pay package after it was officially awarded last week, the union's boss charged...
GAP PROFIT STAYS COURSE IN 2Q
Gap Inc., operator of the Old Navy and Banana Republic chains, reported second-quarter profit that was little changed and said it would work to regain market share. Net income was...
BOSOX BANDIT IN SUBWAY STRIKES
A knife-wielding mugger wearing a Boston Red Sox cap has been targeting mostly young women in a seven-month reign of terror on the subways. The thug has struck 13 times...
POST WINS HONORS
A Post editorial blasting the teachers union for standing in the way of school reform under Mayor Bloomberg earned first-place honors in the New York State Associated Press Association writing...
JACKO SUIT GREEN LIGHT
Michael Jackson might be gone, but a New Jersey company's lawsuit against the late King of Pop lives on. A federal judge gave the green light yesterday for a civil...
SEARS' RESULTS STIR TALK OF MORE PAIN TO COME
Sears startled investors yesterday with a $94 million quarterly loss, raising fresh questions about the strategy of the run-down retailer owned by Eddie Lampert. The Connecticut hedge-fund tycoon -- who...
5 WAYS O CAN SAVE REAL HEALTH REFORM
WASHINGTON -- With all the recent unpleasantness about "death panels" and "pulling the plug on Grandma," it is time now for President Obama to set a new course -- otherwise,...
TEACH SUES OVER 'KID GLOVES'
A Brooklyn high-school teacher who says she was threatened, sexually harassed and verbally harangued by her students is suing the Department of Education for turning a blind eye. Theresa Reel,...
HUNK & A TRUNK FOR JEN
Detroit could sell a lot more cars if Jennifer Aniston came standard in the trunk. The "Friends" star gets tossed in the back of the car by Scottish actor Gerard...
R&R FOR BILL & HILL
Looks like the country's top diplomat and her headline-grabbing hubby have reached a détente while on a romantic Bermuda vacation yesterday. The laid-back Clintons looked like any other happily married...
SENATE EYEING ETHICS VOTE
ALBANY -- The state Senate may finally get ethical -- after Labor Day. The chamber, which in recent weeks has been beset by seemingly endless reports of nepotism, petty feuding...
INVESTORS PUT PEDAL TO METAL ON GM
Maybe it's the hope of some kind of payday, or simply confusion, but shares in the old General Motors have lately become one of the most hotly traded stocks on...
ISUE: APPLE STOLE MY PIC, LENSMAN SNAPS
An acclaimed photographer yesterday slapped Apple with a $2 million-plus lawsuit for allegedly stealing one of his "iconic" images for an iPhone application. Louie Psihoyos -- who recently directed the...
NOT YOUR BEST ISSUE, MIKE
Mike Bloomberg is an amazement. He spent more than $160 million to become and remain mayor -- not counting the off-the-official-books millions dispatched to strategically situated charities and such. And...
A SUICIDAL 'COMPASSION'
Scottish officials cited reasons of "com passion" in freeing the Libyan bomber of Pan Am Flight 103, Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, yesterday. But what families of the 270 victims -- including...
STAY HEALTHY, DAVE
A mid-level appellate court did right by New York's Constitution yester day -- even though the state, in the short term, may be the worse for it. The four-judge panel,...
BLOGGER MAY HAVE A PAST
A 30-year-old New Yorker who was barred from the securities industry last year may be behind an increasingly popular financial blog known as Zerohedge.com, which is catching flack for its...
ARIZONA ICED TEA PUTS OFF PATRIARCH
Vulture investor Lynn Tilton's deal to buy a stake in Arizona Iced Tea has been thrown into a deep freeze. A New York judge ruled that Arizona co-founder John Ferolito...
RAPE CABBY PLEADS GUILTY
A brutish livery driver pleaded guilty yesterday to sex attacks on two young women he picked up outside Manhattan clubs -- including a 23-year-old Scores West stripper who bravely escaped...
VOGUE'S SUITE DEAL
So gut-wrenching is the bean counting at struggling magazine publisher Condé Nast that it has led some in the company to consider roughing it when it comes to attending upcoming...
NONNI'S FOOD CO LOOKS TO BUY STELLA D'ORO FACTORY
The private-equity firm that has threatened to shut down Stella D'Oro Biscuit's Bronx plant after losing a labor dispute earlier this year may have found a local buyer. A person...
'CAT' CHAT BANNED
Teterboro Airport controllers on duty during the deadly mid-air collision over the Hudson were subject to a strict set of rules banning distractions like personal phone calls, federal regulators said...
SAVE A FEW BEAN$ AT STARBUCKS
Better latte than never. Starbucks is lowering the prices on some of its coffee drinks -- the first time the chain has slashed its vente-size prices. A small -- or...
NADA FOR THIEF SHOT BY COP
A thief shot by an off-duty cop in a Bronx scuffle nearly two decades ago walked away with a big fat zero from a $500,000 excessive-force lawsuit he filed against...
THE LUCKY $TIFFED
Call them Ponzi policies. Insurance giant AIG has paid out millions of dollars to hundreds of victims of Ponzi king Bernard Madoff under a rare homeowners' policy clause, the company...
BANKS OK TO READER'S DIGEST DEBT PLAN
MORE banks have OK'd Read er's Digest Association's plan to take the company into a pre-packaged Chapter 11 filing, even though it means they'll take close to a $1 billion...
2 EMTS ENTER BANK & 'SAVE'
It was the quickest bank bailout New York will ever see. FDNY medics Glenn Steinle and Jeffrey Jovin went to the Chase bank at 1380 Fulton St. in Brooklyn at...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan * Freedom was anything but free for a hapless West Village man held up by two thugs posing as cops, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. The crooks confronted the victim...
$750M IPO FOR DOLLAR GENERAL
Dollar General Corp., the discount retailer owned by private-equity firm KKR & Co. LP, filed to raise as much as $750 million in an initial public offering. KKR, which took...
MODEL-CASE MURDER RAP
A reality-show contes tant has been charged with killing his swimsuit model ex-wife, sparking a massive manhunt for the suspect, who is be lieved to have escape to his native...
SECRET GRUDGE OF NY 'SKANKIES'
If you can't say anything nice ... A brunette beauty anonymously slimed model Liskula Cohen -- creating a blog called "Skanks in NYC," whose sole purpose was to blast the...
BULLIES, BEWARE A PRETTY TOUGH FOE
DON'T mess with Liskula. She will scare you. Fresh from her victory against a cyberbully who called her a "skank" and a "ho" online, comely model Liskula Cohen sat down...
GLIDE & SEEK AT JFK
A wingnut piloting a motorized paraglider buzzed two Kennedy Airport runways, landed in a cargo area and flew off before he could be arrested. The flaky flier circled into the...
SATMAR RIVALS IN BURIAL FEUD
Hundreds of Brooklyn Satmars descended on a rival faction's cemetery to protest the blocked burial of a member who died yesterday. The Satmars controlling the faction based in Rockland County...
9 ARRESTS BY THE NUMBERS
These numbers could add up to five years in the slammer. The FBI busted nine people yesterday for allegedly running an old-fashioned numbers racket that drew in hundreds of postal,...
PLAXICON SIGNS 2-YR. PRISON DEAL
This time, he didn't catch a pass. GIANTS BLOGVACCARO: Plaxico Got Every-Man TreatmentPHOTOS: JAILED ATHLETES In a surprise move, ex-Giants superstar Plaxico Burress pleaded guilty yesterday to attempted gun possession...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Memo to bank robbers: Be careful what you use for scrap paper. A bandit in Murray, Utah, passed a demand note to a teller, got some money and left. When...
SPORTS SHORTS
NHL: Kane pleads not guilty Blackhawks star forward Patrick Kane and his cousin pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges that they beat up a cab driver over a fare. Patrick...
SHORE TEAM HONORS ITS FOUNDER
Staten Island's Tom Tolino had long retired as Little League coordinator and manager but still trekked to Williamsport for the World Series the past several years before getting sick in...
5 QUESTIONS FOR... JASON SEHORN
JASON Sehorn was back in New York this week to prepare for his new role as an analyst for Army games for CBS' College Network. The former Giants and USC...
REVIS A BIT TOO EAGER TO RETURN
CORTLAND -- As the Jets began 11-on-11 drills yesterday morning, cornerback Darrelle Revis was in the defensive backfield for the first time since tweaking his hamstring last week. JETS BLOG...
TRAVERS TAKING SHAPE
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Only three colts are definite for next Saturday's 140th Travers Stakes, two others are likely to run, a pair of long shots are sitting on the fence,...
JETS DEFENSIVE AIDE IN SPOTLIGHT ... FINALLY
CORTLAND -- This is a story about shadows. Rex Ryan casts a large shadow -- literally and figuratively. JETS BLOG AT CAMP The Jets' rookie head coach is a large...
FAN MAN FINE WITH RAIDERS ROUGH-UP
DOES sports-talk radio stunt your growth? Not ours, the hosts'? Do sports-talk hosts ever grow wiser while on the job? Or are they never any sharper than they were their...
LIBERTY LOOKING TO END SKID AT GARDEN
Anne Donovan hasn't done the math because she doesn't need to. The Liberty coach said she is pleased her players have performed better, but even the improvement of going 3-3...
FAVRE'S GUNSLINGER REP MAY NOT SUIT COACH
MINNEAPOLIS -- Vikings coach Brad Childress wants his quarterbacks to play a certain way. Make the safe pass, keep an even keel, and follow the scheme how it's coached. Now,...
COACHES HAVE NO DOUBT ABOUT THIS SCOUT
BOSTON -- Charlie Wonsowicz doesn't pitch, hit or coach for the Yankees, but the Staten Island native and former St. John's pitcher is getting a lot of credit for the...
BOSTON BATTLING, NOW IT'S FOR WILD CARD
The Red Sox always have been good at refocusing under Terry Francona. If they can't win the division, it's onto the wild card. In a way, the Red Sox are...
MEMPHIS BLUES: 38 WINS STRIPPED
When the St. John’s coaching job opened five years ago there were three schools of thought: * Hire John Calipari, who had taken UMass to the Final Four, but had...
HONDO'S SNAKEBIT
The Phillies rattled the Diamondbacks last night, causing Hondo's deficit to snake its way back up to 270 parkers. Tonight, he's figuring on the Angels to start a new hot...
ROETHLISBERGER INJURES ANKLE
Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger injured his right ankle or foot during the last half-hour of the team's final training camp practice. It was not immediately certain how badly he was...
BOLT GOLDEN IN 200M
BERLIN -- Usain Bolt shocked the world again. The Jamaican sprinting great captured the 200-meter gold medal in 19.19 seconds yesterday, yet another world record. His time in the 200...
SHEFFIELD THREATENS TO LEAVE METS
The ever-combustible Gary Sheffield was overdue for some drama this season, and he finally provided it last night. BOX SCORECHAT REWINDCHAT REWIND The veteran slugger was a late scratch from...
'LOADED HANDGUN' FINALLY GOES OFF
IT is the 2009 Mets. So, of course, the story never gets better. Only more humiliating. Only more dispiriting. Only more bizarre. BOX SCORECHAT REWINDCHAT REWINDHARDBALL BLOGSHERMAN ON TWITTER Gary...
METS RELEASE LIVAN HERNANDEZ
Livan Hernandez will not be around to witness the completion of this mess. BOX SCORECHAT REWINDCHAT REWIND The Mets released the veteran right-hander yesterday -- just a week after manager...
RED SOX CRUISE INTO SHOWDOWN
BASEBALL ROUNDUP J.D. Drew homered twice, Jon Lester pitched eight strong innings and the Red Sox beat the Blue Jays 8-1 in Toronto last night to complete a three-game sweep...
OCHOCINCO KICKS BENGALS PAST PATS
Chad Ochocinco showed he can kick as well as catch. And Tom Brady showed he can take a hit -- a very hard one. With Shayne Graham nursing a tender...
WAGNER'S RETURN CAN'T SAVE METS
There hasn't been much drama or emotion in this lost Mets season, but Billy Wagner provided a host of both last night at Citi Field. BOX SCORECHAT REWINDCHAT REWIND Just...
WEEKEND HOT PICKS IN ENTERTAINMENT
LET THERE BE GASLIGHT FILM, 23 "Gaslight," the thriller about a man in Victorian London driving his unsuspecting wife insane so he can get his hands on hidden jewels, has...
FAIRS, FESTS, ETC...
THIRD AVENUE MERCHANDISE FAIR: A street fair on Third Avenue between 23rd and 34th streets on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. THE GREAT IRISH FESTIVAL: On Sixth Avenue...
FILM
BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK: Tim Burton's love affair with Johnny Depp begins in "Edward Scissorhands" (1990), also featuring Vincent Price, screening Thursday at sunset. 1 Main St., at Plymouth Street, Brooklyn;...
DANCE
DOWNTOWN DANCE FESTIVAL: The Battery Dance Company is joined by 13 other troupes for its annual outdoor series, which runs through Sunday. IsadoraNOW, the Jamal Jackson Dance Group and others...
CABARET
FEINSTEIN'S: Peter Lemongello sings tomorrow at 8:30 p.m. 540 Park Ave.; 212-339-4095. METROPOLITAN ROOM: Jason Danieley and his string band, the Frontier Heroes, perform today and tomorrow at 7:30 p.m....
CLASSICAL
AVERY FISHER HALL: Louis Langrée conducts the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, soprano Carolyn Sampson and tenor Matthew Polenzani in Haydn's "Creation," today and tomorrow at 8 p.m. Lincoln Center; 212-875-5030....
JAZZ
BIRDLAND: The Richie Beirach Quintet, led by the pianist who combines his jazz and classical skills, performs through Sunday at 8:30 and 11:30 p.m. 315 W. 44th St.; 212-581-3080. BLUE...
POP, ROCK, AND FOLK
AMY RAY: Half of the folk duo Indigo Girls, Ray brings her solo act to the stage at The Bell House tonight at 7:30. Toshi Reagon opens. 149 Seventh St.,...
OFF_BROADWAY
p> "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...
X GAMES 3D: THE MOVIE
SKATEBOARDERS, snowboarders and motocross bikers go up and down ramps in the documentary "X Games 3D: The Movie." Sometimes they stay upright, sometimes they wipe out. Then they get back...
ART & COPY
WELCOME to the hit parade of ads, also known as "Art & Copy," a lively but one-sided documentary by Doug Pray. The movie traces the history of modern advertising, introducing...
PASSING STRANGE THE MOVIE
SPIKE Lee's "Passing Strange: The Movie" is basically canned musical theater, but this is one Tony-winning Broadway show that's well worth preserving and seeing. The singularly named Stew (formerly Mark...
OCTO DOC FLOP
OCTOMOM Nadya Sule man failed to deliver -- in terms of ratings -- during Wednesday night's "Incredible Unseen Footage" premiere. The two-hour special, which aired on FOX, garnered 4.2 million...
BROADWAY AND LONG RUNNING
"HAIR": **** Director Diane Paulus and an incandescent cast turn "the American tribal love-rock musical" into a can't-miss event. Hirschfeld Theatre, 302 W. 45th St.; 212-239-6200. "NEXT TO NORMAL": **...
TAKE A RENéE CHECK
FLOUNCING across the country like Miss Piggy, Renée Zellweger makes "My One and Only" a fabulous bore. At least now we have answer to the question, "Would a random scattering...
'JOCKEYS' IS UNEXPECTED TRIFECTA OF REALITY TV
POSSIBLY the most exciting unscripted show on TV is one you probably haven't ever watched -- or, at least, one I've never watched before. And what a loser I am...
BAD DEATH, GOOD GRIEF
'EVERYTHING is copy," Nora Eph ron has often quoted her writer mother as saying. In fact, Ephron's parents turned her awkward teenage years into a Broadway and Hollywood comedy, "Take...
YOU'LL GET SHORT SHRIFT IF YOU GO TO THIS
IT might be time for Rob ert Rodriguez to fire his story-development execs -- his sons Racer and Rebel. Rebel Rodriguez helped daddy dream up the slapdash plot of the...
CONAN CAN'T EVEN BEAT DAVE'S REPEATS
DAVID Letterman can beat Conan O'Brien in the ratings game -- even when he stays home. For the second week in a row, reruns of "The Late Show," brought in...
Four fans obsess to impress
SHARON Lintz's "Groupies," now play ing the Fringe Festival, is better than you might think it would be. Composed of four short monologues by characters explaining their obsessions, it initially...
FASHION WEEK SITE
THE Sundance Channel is tak ing on New York Fashion Week in a big way. In conjunction with Full Frontal Fashion, Sundance will launch a Web site devoted entirely to...
MARXISM BROTHERS
'THE Baader Meinhof Complex" isn't, very: This saga of Communist terrorists sowing mayhem in 1970s Germany treats a bloody band as a unit of stouthearted warriors sallying forth to fight...
LIFE IN THE BELFAST LANE
IT'S hard to come up with a new take on the violence that wracked Northern Ireland in the '70s and '80s, but "Five Minutes of Heaven" does it very effectively,...
JACKSON PILOT TO AIR
BEFORE Michael Jackson died, the Jackson brothers filmed a one-hour pilot for A&E that was supposed to include a reunion performance of the famous Jackson 5. However, the King of...
UNIQUE MAN MAKES A FUN SHOW OF HIS LIFE
RENAISSANCE man Melvin Van Pee bles has lived life to the fullest, as a filmmaker ("Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song," 1971), play wright, novelist, musician, ladies' man, world traveler. Now...
OUT OF BOUNDS
SHAQUILLE O'Neal tow ers over his teammates -- but that doesn't mean he won't stoop to taking their ideas. Turns out that Shaq may have stolen the premise for his...
PROGRAM HAS STRINGS, IVORIES ATTACHED
THERE wasn't a single note by Mozart at the Mark Morris Dance Group's performance Wednesday for the Mostly Mozart Festival. With Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax leading a stellar group...
GIRL'S MORE THAN GILMORE
IN "Post Grad," Alexis Bledel plays an overconfident college grad ready to take the world by storm. In real life, although Bledel never finished college, she's still somewhat of a...
THE GRADUETTE
EXCESSIVE niceness may be an unfair charge to lob at a movie, but "Post Grad" is so swaddled in good intentions that it's like taking a very short journey cushioned...
FROM ANGELA TO ZETA
SEND in the stars! Just a week ago, Trevor Nunn's revival of Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music" was on the verge of falling apart. The great Angela Lansbury had...
Unhappy Sheffield's status unclear
Gary Sheffield is in uniform tonight, but his future with the Mets is up in the air. The veteran slugger was a late scratch from the lineup, and a high-ranking...