August 24, 2009
Faneca in a surprise start
By MARK CANNIZZAROBALTIMORE _ My mistake. Jets left guard Alan Faneca, who was not supposed to play according to Rex Ryan all week, is in uniform and warming up with...
Jay Feely stays home
By MARK CANNIZZAROBALTIMORE _ Greetings from the Baltimore Ravens' press box.Jets kicker Jay Feely didn't make the trip for tonight's Jets preseason tilt against the Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium...
Nicks has best practice
BY PAUL SCHWARTZALBANY - The Giants have been waiting for rookie first-round pick Hakeem Nicks to have a day like he did this afternoon."It's the right time to have that...
Santana's season in jeopardy
From MIKE PUMASometime the Mets might fondly recall the good old days when they only had to worry about injuries that affect 2009.In potentially the most sobering development of all...
COPS MAKE ARREST IN MANHATTAN BOUNCER'S DEATH
Police have arrested a man in the shooting death of a Manhattan bouncer. Eric Pagan was killed outside Forbidden City after a fight inside spilled onto the street and a...
Rockies sign Giambi
APThe Colorado Rockies have signed former AL MVP Jason Giambi to a minor league contract.The 38-year-old Giambi will report to Triple-A Colorado Springs, hoping for a September call-up to help...
CORONER RULES MICHAEL JACKSON'S DEATH A HOMICIDE
LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles County coroner has ruled Michael Jackson's death a homicide, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press, a finding that makes it more likely...
Mayweather-Marquez Hits Big Screen
Mayweather-Marquez will be offered in movie theaters By GEORGE WILLISFloyd Mayweather and Juan Manuel Marquez are going to the movies. The mega-fight set for Sept. 19 at the MGM Grand...
POLICE: DRUG RING USED COMIC BOOKS TO LAUNDER CASH
DENVER -- Two brothers accused of running a drug ring that imported and distributed millions of dollars worth of methamphetamine in Denver bought hundreds of collector comic books to launder...
Report: Chicago's Bakary Soumare sold to France's Boulogne
Chicago defender Bakary Soumare is reportedly headed to Europe. He was sold to French club Boulogne for an undisclosed fee, according to L'Equipe.OK, I haven't taken French since high school,...
NYC TESTING HYBRID GARBAGE TRUCKS
New York City is testing hybrid sanitation trucks to see if the cleaner models could someday replace the old ones. Mayor Michael Bloomberg says three hybrid trucks will begin picking...
CIA THREATENED TO KILL 9/11 SUSPECTS' CHILDREN: REPORT
WASHINGTON -- CIA interrogators threatened to kill the children of one detainee at the height of the Bush administration's war on terror and implied that another's mother would be sexually...
NEW YORK CITY CHILD SWEPT TO SEA IN MAINE
AUGUSTA, Maine -- Beauty suddenly turned brutal on a rocky outcropping at one of the nation's most popular national parks as a huge, hurricane-generated wave sent spectators scattering and dragged...
After rough start, Bisons playing solid ball
You can now follow Beating the Bushes on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NYP_Bushes**********After what I would like to think was a much deserved week away from the computer almost entirely (which coincided with...
Carr not riding smoothly
BY PAUL SCHWARTZALBANY - You have the feeling that David Carr hasn't looked very good as the backup quarterback to Eli Manning? You are not alone."I'm not pleased with David...
TENNIS, GOLF, READING FOR OBAMA ON 1ST PRESIDENTIAL VACATION
CHILMARK, Mass. -- President Barack Obama played tennis with his wife and planned to golf with his buddies Monday, starting his first vacation in office on Martha's Vineyard, a picturesque...
ELEVATOR OPERATOR PLEADS NOT GUILTY IN CLEANER'S DEATH
A Manhattan elevator operator has pleaded not guilty in the death of a cleaner whose body was found in a skyscraper's air conditioning shaft. Joseph Pabon appeared in state Supreme...
VH1 PULLS 'I LOVE MONEY 3' AFTER CONTESTANT KILLS SELF
VH1 has pulled the plug on "I Love Money 3"--which featured Ryan Jenkins, a suspected murderer who committed suicide Sunday in a Canadian motel room.Reality TV Guy Commits Suicide in...
BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY PULLS RACIALLY OFFENSIVE BOOK
The Brooklyn Public Library pulled a book off the shelves after it was deemed racially offensive. "Tintin au Congo," written and illustrated 79 years ago by Belgian writer and illustrator...
TRAGEDY TOMORROW, COMPTROLLERS TONIGHT
One year after organizing hundreds of phone banking and fundraising events to elect Barack Obama President of the United States, Brooklyn For Barack members have turned their attention to raising...
SENIOR WOES DRAW POLICE
An NYPD Emergency Service Unit (ESU) crew was brought to a home on 57th Street last week following a series of tragedies that ended with an elderly woman barricading herself...
LAWSUIT: COMPANY WIGS OUT DUE TO JACKO COSTUMES
Talk about a hairy situation. A British company that makes Michael Jackson-theme costumes and wigs claims it has a license to market Jacko stuff and has sued a Manhattan costume...
Brooklyn Public Library pulls racially offensive book
The Brooklyn Public Library pulled a book off the shelves after it was deemed racially offensive.“Tintin au Congo,” written and illustrated 79 years ago by Belgian writer and illustrator Georges...
The New Up is a downer!
A band called The New Up has a new album out — and a gig set up at Trash Bar in Williamsburg on Sept. 5. But what did the “Smash...
Two more interns leave — but not without a tribute!
We’ve lost two more great interns — Robin Riskin and Jared Foretek. Please join us for this donut-filled tribute.
'Law and Order' on Court Street
TV’s long-running “Law & Order” lensed a scene on Court Street near Wyckoff Street on Thursday — and the good guys got their man.
All the president's men: Woodstein — and Redford — 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...
The first no-hitter in Cyclone history — and a sweep of the Ironbirds!
Cyclones 5Ironbirds 0 (Game 1)Sunday, Aug. 23 at State College Brandon Moore pitched the first no-hitter in Cyclone history — albeit a seven-inning version, thanks to the day’s double-header, a...
A humiliating loss in Pennsylvania
Cyclones 0Spikes 8Friday, Aug. 21 at State College In one of the worst losses of the year, the Clones were blanked by the mediocre State College Spikes — dropping their...
A win increases the first place lead
Cyclones 4Spikes 3Thursday, Aug. 20 at State College Another big win — another loss by the Staten Island Yankees. The Cyclones are now four-and-a-half games ahead of their hated cross-Harbor...
Pulaski Bridge to go under the knife
You might want to avoid the Pulaski Bridge starting on Monday when the Greenpoint-to-Long Island City span gets a make-over. Next week, workers will begin removing the upper layer of...
MTA still has no 'Hewes' for station entrances
Stairways to heaven they ain’t. A pair of long-closed subway entrances at the Hewes Street J and M train station are a constant annoyance to Williamsburg commuters, who say the...
‘Rocky Philly’ comes to the Bushwick Starr
For those looking for inspiration, the typical command is to go west.For Ronnie Marmo, he does just that in his new film, “West of Brooklyn.”The film, written and produced by...
Spike Lee honors King of Pop with block party
The Borough of Kings is doing what it does best— the block party — in honor of the King of Pop.According to published reports, Spike Lee, the heralded Fort Greene-raised...
Rockabilly Festival: Four days of burlesque, sideshow and more
Benjamin Wilson has always been inexplicably drawn to Coney Island.“I think it’s always been in me. I’ve found different things in my life that I’ve identified with,” says Wilson, who...
‘Rocky Philly’ comes to the Bushwick Starr
Get ready to search for your inner Rocky.Beginning September 9, The Bushwick Starr and Van Cougar theater company will present “Rocky Philly,” a 90-minute play that interweaves the classic story...
Kenny Vance: keeping the doo-wop tradition alive
Today, Long Island University students fill the Brooklyn Paramount Theatre with the sounds of squeaking sneakers and buzzers in its current incarnation as a gymnasium. But during the 1950s, Chuck...
East 35th Street puts on block party to remember
It’s official: Residents of Fillmore Avenue know how to put on a block party!Organizers for the fun-filled Saturday made sure that the car-free block between East 37th and East 38th...
Wagner to Red Sox in doubt
APBilly Wagner wants to be a closer next season, regardless of which team he's on.That's why the Mets reliever says Boston must guarantee it will decline his contract option for...
Go, go, go, go the trolleys!
Just as Mayor Bloomberg hinted that he was interested in bringing streetcar service back to Red Hook and other waterfront areas, a local businessman is looking to divest himself of...
Seniors Meet Pols, Eat Steak
Sixty-five buses transported over 3,000 seniors and 250 volunteers for a picnic by the beach.Volunteers worked round the clock grilling thousands of steaks for lunch and sausages and peppers for...
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 know.A...
Compassion - I don' think so
On December 21, 1988, just four days before Christmas, my husband and I were putting up our tree and getting ready to celebrate our first Christmas in our new apartment....
Brooklyn Museum Sacked in Epic Naval Battle
Like the Roman naval Battle of Actium in 31 BC, where a fleet of mobile Octavian vessels sacked Mark Anthony’s artillery, thus beginning the Roman Empire, the Brooklyn Museum’s battleship...
GOV. PATERSON: 'NO ACCIDENTAL' GOVERNOR
WASHINGTON -- Gov. Paterson is at it again. The embattled governor now says he is tired with racist media coverage ridiculing him as an "accidental governor" after he was sworn...
STEEL BEAM RETURNS TO GROUND ZERO
It became a makeshift memorial to the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. Now a massive steel column has been returned to ground zero as a symbol of rebirth. After...
LEAVING BOSTON
I'm leaving on a train, not a jet plane.You can think better on a train and Boston to NJ is a great ride. Love the views, sit on the left...
POLICE: MAN ARRESTED IN BRONX CABBY SHOOTING
Police made an arrest today in the deadly shooting of a livery cab driver in the Bronx last night. Benny Delgado, 31, was allegedly seen running from the cab after...
FORT GREENE: UPDATE! JACKO TRIBUTE WILL BE IN PROSPECT PARK THIS SATURDAY
City officials have told hordes of Michael Jackson fans to beat it from Fort Greene Park - and head for Prospect Park's Nethermeade for Spike Lee's posthumous birthday party and...
2 FIREFIGHTERS KILLED IN BUFFALO BLAZE
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Officials in Buffalo, N.Y., say two firefighters have been killed when the first floor of a burning convenience store collapsed into the basement. The Rev. Derren Young,...
S.C. FIRST LADY STILL WANTS TO REPAIR SHATTERED MARRIAGE
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- South Carolina's first lady Jenny Sanford is working to fix her shattered marriage after her husband admitted a yearlong affair. Two longtime friends of the governor's wife...
POLL: CUOMO LEADS PATERSON IN POTENTIAL 2010 RACE
State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's standing has reached near-record high levels among voters, while Gov. Paterson would lose to him in a 2010 Democratic primary -- even among blacks, according...
MALAYSIA DELAYS CANING OF WOMAN WHO DRANK BEER
KARAI, Malaysia -- Malaysia abruptly granted a Ramadan reprieve to the first Muslim Malay woman to be sentenced to caning for drinking beer, but insisted Monday the thrashing would still...
Game 125: Phillies at Mets
Still reeling from Sunday's game-ending, unassisted triple play, the Mets now face the daunting task of taking on the practically unhittable Cliff Lee today in the series finale with the...
CONEY ISLAND: UPDATE! LOCKED OUT CONEY CARNY VOWS TO REOPEN ON TUESDAY
The amusement park operator who was locked out by developer Joe Sitt on Friday claims he'll be back in business on the old Astroland site by tomorrow - with a...
WHITE HOUSE OPENS NEW INTERROGATION UNIT
WASHINGTON-- President Barack Obama has approved creation of a new, special terrorism-era interrogation unit to be supervised by the White House, a top aide said Monday, further distancing his administration...
Coverage in The Post
Everything else has happened to the Mets this season, so why not the first unassisted triple play since 1927 to end a game? The Phillies' Eric Bruntlett pulled it off...
The Daily Whacks, Monday Edition
You can count me among the tweetin' Twitterers (or is that the Twitterin' tweeters?) now: http://twitter.com/MikeVacc*******There really are times when the only thing you can do is laugh, right? If...
3UP: HR RELIANCE, GETTING TO 95 WINS, MET FOLLIES
Yes, I am on Twitter.I have to be quick this morning to get on road from Boston home, so sorry to be brief:1. The Yankees can hit homers on the...
DEALS: $79 OW to Puerto Rico
So you're digging the steam bath that is this neck of the woods right now. With a bit of advance planning, you can lock in more of the same, for...
Serie A: 'Inter'-esting Start for Juve
Former Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o converted a penalty kick in his league debut Sunday, but champions Inter Milan were held to a 1-1 home draw by Bari in their league...
Sky Blue Take First WPS Title
APThe first champion of an unlikely league had an even less plausible rise to the top.Sky Blue FC won the Women's Professional Soccer title on Saturday by beating the Los...
KILLING TIMES SQUARE
Obscuring billboards in Times Square reports Crain's New York BusinessTimes Square as suburban mall says Washington Square Park blogProfile of Janette Sadik-Khan from Fast CompanyYassky says bike to work reports...
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...
OBAMACARE ON LIFE SUPPORT
At Salon, Thomas Schaller gives the liberal view of what went wrongYour taxes to pay for abortions says The Washington TimesInvestors Business Daily warns of burden on Middle Class from...
Pulse sales
JIMMY CHOO 125 W. 18th St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues; 866-524-6687 Sale: Aug. 26. Wed., 1-6 p.m. Shoes up to 70 percent off. INTERMIX 125 W. 18th St., between...
MATCH POINT
BEING sporty doesn't mean you can't dress with a little spice. Take a cue from tennis' golden girl, Maria Sharapova. When she's not busy winning Grand Slam titles, this Russian-born...
60 SECONDS WITH CHRISTINE PEARSON
CHRISTINE PEARSON, management professor and co-author of "The Cost of Bad Behavior: How Invicility Is Damaging Your Business and What To Do About It" You say incivility is screwing up...
DREAM JOB: NATASHA FERGUSON
The dog days of August are upon us, and it's steamier out there than a bathhouse in Istanbul. What's an aspiring model/R&B singer do for a job while waiting to...
WHERE I WORK: LINDA SAWYER
Job CEO of Deutsch, the high-powered ad agency founded by adman-turned-boob-tube-star Donny Deutsch. Sawyer, 48, began working at the firm -- which serves clients such as Johnson & Johnson, Kodak,...
QUITTING THE PLAYERS' CLUB
Your mom said it best: "Just because other kids are doing it doesn't mean you have to." OK, she may have been talking about smoking dope, but she could just...
BETWEEN THE TWEETS
Pity the Twittering worker, whose need to spew constant updates while fielding a barrage of others' missives can butt up against more mundane obligations -- like, say, getting actual work...
SEEKER'S CORNER: JOB HUNTING TIP OF THE WEEK
HAVE A MESSAGE "Your Web site, profiles, cover letter, resume and conversations should have a consistent message about who you are, what you love to do and the results you...
GO TO GREG
Q: I recently found out a co-worker makes $20,000 more than I do. I have two vital financial licenses this person does not have, and more responsibility. We have the...
GAME TIME!
Even at the best companies, there's a certain amount of pointless balderdash that comes with the territory. Meetings are held to weigh the merits of a decision that's already been...
NO RELIEF FOR PAPELBON, WAGNER TIFF
BOSTON -- They may or may not become teammates, but there is no love lost between closers Jonathan Papelbon and Billy Wagner. BOX SCOREPAPELBON: RED SOX DON'T NEED WAGNERRICE SAYS...
ANGEL ANSWERS RED BULLS' PRAYER
After scoring his dramatic goal, Juan Pablo Angel ran to the fans in the corner of Giants Stadium and leapt up the wall, unleashing a primal roar months in the...
WINFREY'S MAG-BASH ROAD SHOW
Daytime gab queen Oprah Winfrey is planning the mother of all parties in Manhattan -- one that could turn the West Side Highway into the city's biggest dance floor. In...
CAR HITS PLANE - ON FREEWAY
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- A small plane yesterday made an emergency landing on a freeway -- only to be struck by a car, the Federal Aviation Administration said. Remarkably, neither...
REID IN POLL LOT OF TROUBLE
LAS VEGAS -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid faces formidable opposition next year when he seeks a fifth term, a new poll shows. A survey of 400 registered voters for...
DISCOVERY GETS A GO FOR LAUNCH
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has cleared space shuttle Discovery for liftoff tomorrow, and the weather is looking even more promising. After meeting yesterday afternoon, managers decided Discovery was in...
BOUNCER SLAIN IN VILLAGE
A bar bouncer at an East Village hot spot was shot dead yesterday morning after helping a customer try to find his keys on the sidewalk, and ending up intervening...
BREAK-IN AT LOHAN LA HOME
Things have gone from bad to worse for Lindsay Lohan. The troubled actress' Hollywood Hills home was apparently burglarized yesterday -- and it looks like it was an inside job,...
SOC. SEC. PAY TO 'DROP' IN '10
WASHINGTON -- Millions of people face shrinking Social Security checks next year for the first time in a generation. The program's trustees project no cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for the...
HOCUS SOAKUS
Magician David Blaine, who famously survived seven days submerged in a water tank, was escorted out of the ocean yesterday by two furious lifeguards in the Hamptons who had warned...
GET RICH SCHTICK
Apiece of free investment ad vice: don't watch ABC's new show "Shark Tank" for the Sharks. Despite what its title may lead you to believe, "Shark Tank," as it turns...
'BOYS OPEN BIG
THE new $1.2-billion Dallas Cowboys stadium made its debut in a pre-season game Friday night -- and gave Fox a decisive ratings win. The Cowboys and Tennessee Titans even managed...
HIDDEN CAMERA TRICK
THE new Tony Danza reality show, where the former "Who's the Boss" star becomes a teacher in a North Philadelphia high school, will keep one thing hidden from the kids:...
ANCHOR OUTFITS ON SALE
WANT to look just like the anchors and reporters on the news? Well, now you can. In fact, you can buy the clothes right off their backs. A new web...
WIVES' TALE
THE fall shows aren't even out of the starting gate and the usual suspects are chomping at the bit. There are large-cast medical dramas ("Mercy," "Trauma," "Three Rivers"), remakes ("Eastwick";...
ONE-TRICK PONY IS NOT VERY EVENTFUL
A man stands onstage. He describes the situation to the strangers fac ing him, talking about what he sees, what goes through his head. But the man is an actor,...
MACKIE'S BACK IN TOWN
IT'S an hour before showtime, but Anthony Mackie isn't sweating it. Sitting on a bench near Central Park's Dela corte Theater, one of the stars of "The Bacchae," opening tonight,...
TOLINOS MAKE TRIP TO PA.
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- Nearly 10 family members, including two of his sons, of deceased South Shore Little League founder Tom Tolino drove up from Staten Island across the weekend to...
'RACHEL' GETS NOD FOR WOODWARD RUN
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- The guessing game is finally over: Rachel Alexandra will make her next start in the Grade 1 Woodward Stakes here on Sept. 5, the final Saturday of...
DEPTH PERCEPTION WAY OFF
ALBANY -- Enough already about all that great depth filling the Giants roster. GIANTS BLOG So says Tom Coughlin. "I don't know what you're watching," Coughlin said yesterday. "The players...
CITI CHEERS 'BETTER' PETE
The way Pedro Martinez performed at Citi Field yesterday as a Phillie, he thinks he showed New York fans something. "It shows that I'm in better shape than I was...
SANCHEZ SETS SIGHTS ON JETS STARTING GIG
BALTIMORE -- Put simply, Mark Sanchez can win the Jets' starting quarterback derby with a strong performance against the Ravens in tonight's preseason game at M&T Bank Stadium. JETS BLOG...
TIME TO FOLD TENT ON OLLIE'S FOLLIES
YOU knew with Pedro Martinez on the mound at Citi Field yesterday, Omar Minaya might come away looking like a fool. You just didn't count on it happening with Martinez...
U.S. SEMIFINAL BERTH ON THE LINE FOR S.I.
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- Despite Saturday's 6-3 loss to Georgia, the Staten Islanders still are celebrities at the Little League World Series. Manager Mike Zaccariello accepted phone calls from local politicians...
LACK OF SPORTSMANSHIP AT SERIES NO SURPRISE
EVERY August, if you're interested in gauging our starts-young "sports culture," especially in the hands of TV, there's the Little League World Series on ABC/ESPN. It can cure stomach discomfort....
LIBERTY PRIMED FOR PLAYOFF PUSH
Believe it or not, the last-place Liberty are still alive in the playoff race.KNICKS BLOGNETS BLOG Yesterday's 80-67 victory over the Minnesota Lynx at the Garden put the Liberty (11-16)...
UNASSISTED TRIPLE PLAY ENDS LATEST METS FIASCO
The Mets yesterday found one more way to lose a game. They had exhausted just about every other possible means of defeat this season. Why not a game-ending, unassisted triple...
PRESSEL, U.S. WIN 3RD STRAIGHT SOLHEIM
The United States didn't want to be called the favorites at the Solheim Cup. Winners has a much better ring to it. Morgan Pressel delivered the clinching point with her...
TIDE TURNED QUICKLY IN YANKS-SOX RIVALRY
BOSTON -- Let's see if we've got this all straight. There was a time, not so long ago, when the Red Sox offense was thought to be unstoppable. Yet two...
SCOUTING REPORT ON URBANDALE
The Hawkeye State never has won a World Series, and this is Urbandale's first appearance in the Little League World Series. After getting clobbered by Georgia 11-3 in their opener,...
BABY BLUE BOMBERS LIE IN WAIT
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- If South Shore gets by Iowa tonight and advances to the U.S. semifinals, it likely will face a wall of baby blue that looks as dangerous as...
YANKEES HRS BOOST AL EAST LEAD TO 7½ GAMES
BOSTON -- When it comes to the AL East, the Red Sox are 3-D. That's morgue talk for the stiffs on slabs who are Definitely . . . Done ....
YANKEES POWER TOO MUCH FOR RED SOX
BOSTON -- It turns out these Yankees do not need short right-field porches and quirky wind currents. Or as hitting coach Kevin Long said, "Give credit where credit is due,...
GIRARDI WON'T SPLIT BURNETT, POSADA
BOSTON -- Despite communication problems between A.J. Burnett and Jorge Posada during the three most recent games they worked, Joe Girardi doesn't plan to split them on purpose. BOX SCOREPAPELBON:...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Smoltz dominates in Cards debut In San Diego, John Smoltz had a brilliant debut with the Cardinals, striking out nine -- including seven straight -- and holding the Padres...
SABATHIA ACES BECKETT IN 'BIG' WIN
BOSTON -- This is why the Yankees got CC Sabathia. He's a big man who's going to win big games. BOX SCOREPAPELBON: RED SOX DON'T NEED WAGNERRICE SAYS HE WAS...
NOT FIRST 'ODD' BALL ENDING
Yesterday's game was not the first time the Mets have been involved in a game-ending triple play. METS BLOGHUBBUCH ON TWITTERBOX SCOREPAPELBON: RED SOX DON'T NEED WAGNER In the 1968...
HONDO COPS SOME Z'S
Hondo flopped with the Fish yesterday but came back strong with the Yanks last night to leave the debt holding steady at 420 marichals. Tonight, he's going to the 'dogs...
'GLOURIOUS' OPENING WEEKEND FOR TARANTINO & PITT
Being in the "killing Nazis business" made big bucks for director Quentin Tarantino over the weekend. The "Pulp Fiction" auteur scored the best opening of his colorful career with his...
PATERSON PAL SUOZZI: GOV'S A GONER
NASSAU County Executive Thomas Suozzi, a close polit ical ally of Gov. Paterson, has told Democratic activists that he doesn't expect the embattled governor to seek election next year, sources...
SEX-STUDY 'STIMULUS'
WASHINGTON - The stimulus package is living up to its provocative name by funding a bacchanalia of behavioral sex research, a Post analysis reveals. The next fiscal year is set...
AFGHAN WAR IS 'DETERIORATING'
WASHINGTON -- The situation in Afghanistan is deteriorating, Washington's top military officer said yesterday. Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, added: "I think the Taliban insurgency...
BIBI SLAMS GHOUL RAP
JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday called for the Swedish government to condemn an article in a Stockholm newspaper that suggested Israeli troops harvested the organs of Palestinians...
TERRIFIED JEWS FLEE YEMEN
SAN'A, Yemen -- Three more Jewish families will leave Yemen for Israel this week, according to a Yemeni rabbi who laments the dwindling of a community unnerved by threats and...
ILLEGALS SENT FLYING
MEXICO CITY -- The feds have started flying illegal migrants caught in the Arizona desert to Mexico City, rather than just across the border, to discourage repeat crossings. Mexico's Foreign...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan A pedestrian got smoked by a thug who asked him for a cigarette in the West Village, police sources said yesterday. The 40-year-old victim was confronted by the assailant...
CITY DEALING TO MAKE LUXE CONDOS CHEAPER
The owners of two distressed luxury condo buildings -- one in Harlem and another in Downtown Brooklyn -- are in talks with the city to unload their unsold units at...
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER FOR O'S VACATION
CHILMARK, Mass. -- President Obama arrived in Martha's Vineyard yesterday amid the clatter of three Marine helicopters to begin a weeklong vacation. He and his family delayed their arrival to...
IT'S BALL IN THE FAMILY
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- Two proud poppas who grew up playing Little League together for Staten Island's South Shore Nationals are now cheering from the bleachers for their sons -- who...
'REPUTATION' COST DJ'S LIFE
Trying to defend his reputation as a party promoter may have cost the life of the Brooklyn deejay who was shot and killed during a jampacked yacht party near the...
DEATH DEFIER
Blinded by the black smoke billowing from a third-floor window, Brooklyn firefighter Giovanni Martinez guided his rescue bucket toward the screams of a panicked pregnant woman and her husband, who...
THRONG FOR PLUMB JOBS
It looked like Woodstock, minus the music and mud. But the more than 1,000 campers staked out along several Queens streets all weekend meant business -- lining up for a...
BANKERS' MANTRA: KEEP INTEREST RATES LOW
If there was one message from central bankers gathered at Jackson Hole, Wyo., over the weekend, it was: Don't expect us to raise interest rates any time soon. A series...
UPSTATE BLUES: CITY DEMS SWITCH VOTER REGISTRATIONS
ALBANY -- Mary Woods, a real estate manager in Greenwich Village, is a Democrat in Manhattan, where there are six Democratic votes for every Republican. There, her ballot is a...
KILLING TIMES SQUARE
IS Mayor Bloomberg determined to destroy Times Square? Bloomberg and Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan can believe, if they wish, the praise for their ruinous redesign of the city's most iconic...
COP-VS.-COP 'THIEF' SIDES WITH SHOOTER
The homeless man whose alleged break-in of an NYPD officer's car sparked a deadly cop-on-cop shooting has offered his first public account of the tragic incident -- insisting that the...
IT'S NO CANE DO IN MALAYSIA
SUNGAI SIPUT, Malaysia -- Religious authorities in Malaysia early today freed a model who had been sentenced to be caned for drinking beer. "The warrant cannot be executed," Sharafuddin Zainal...
'COP' CAR BLOCKS HYDRANT AT FIRE
A car sporting an official NYPD placard issued to cops blatantly blocked a fire hydrant yesterday in The Bronx -- as a blaze broke out in the apartment building directly...
KHADAFY SON SAYS RELEASE WHEELS WERE GREA$ED
Like father, like son. While he didn't take over a country at the tender age of 27, Moammar Khadafy's favored son, Seif al-Islam Khadafy, shares his father's penchant for troublemaking....
GETTING OFF SCOT-FREE: NO JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS
THE ISSUE: Scotland's early release from jail of Pan Am bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi. *** There is no more compelling argument for the swift imposition of capital punishment upon heinous...
BMW KILLS TWO LI BROTHERS IN 'DWI' HORROR
A suspected drunken driver mowed down two brothers crossing a Long Island street early yesterday, authorities said. James Farr, 33, of Garden City, was in custody last night, and charges...
BERNIE 'DYING' IN JAIL
Bernie Madoff had little to lose by confessing to masterminding the world's biggest Ponzi scheme -- he's dying of cancer, sources told The Post. Madoff, who is serving 150 years...
PATERSON PLAN FROM REV. 'ALE'
The Rev. Al Sharpton yesterday weighed in on the tension between President Obama and Gov. Paterson, and even took a page out of the president's playbook. In the wake of...
RACE MURDER REMEMBERED
In 1989, after a white mob killed a black teen in Brooklyn, the Rev. Al Sharpton led black demonstrators down streets where angry whites confronted them. Yesterday, exactly 20 years...
O'S INSURANCE SCAM
PRESIDENT Obama and con gressional Democrats are now fixing their gun sights on health insurers, but their broader, underlying goals remain unchanged: socializing costs and extending Washington's control of the...
WHY BAM'S TROOPS ARE AWOL
'I AM a pessimist by nature, which is why I have spent my life as a journalist in stead of trying to be a leader, which requires optimism." So wrote...
MIRACLE GIRL'S MOM: CITY WANTS TO GRAB MY KIDS
As miracle girl Destiny Antonio recovered from a seven-story plunge from a Bronx apartment window, relatives yesterday circled their wagons to prevent the city from removing six other kids from...
PM'S LOCKERBIE SECRET
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown discussed the "compassionate" release of the convicted Pan Am Flight 103 bomber with Libyan strongman Col. Moammar Khadafy more than six weeks ago, it was...
UNDER THEIR NOSES
A 17-year-old girl says she was raped by an ex-con outside her Bronx apartment building while neighbors ignored her frantic screams for help. "I got to scream like two or...
REALITY-TV WIFE KILLER A SUICIDE
HOPE, British Columbia -- For Ryan Jenkins, life ended in a suicide in a remote Canadian motel room, and police who had sought the reality show contestant in the killing...
CABBY SHOT DEAD IN BX. ROBBERY
A heartless robber fatally shot a livery-cab driver in the Bronx last night and then took money from him as he lay dead at the wheel, police sources said. The...
HALLMARK HURT
Although Hallmark Channel is known for uplifting family fare, its own story could have a less happy ending. Crown Media Holdings, the cable network's parent, is undergoing a painful process...
LOOKING FOR MISTER RIGHT
For many, last week's death of columnist Robert Novak creates a void in conservative thought, triggering questions of who might be able to fill the breach. Perhaps, the best of...
OBAMACARE ON LIFE SUPPORT
The more Americans hear about President Obama's health-care agenda, it seems, the sicker they get. A Washington Post-ABC News poll Friday shows that fully 50 percent of Americans dislike Obama's...
AN UGLY ENDORSEMENT
The quid pro quo behind District Council 37's endorsement of Bill Thompson for mayor couldn't be more clear. As The Post reported, the city's largest union asked candidates, "What is...
THE ESPADA 'STIMULUS'
Speaking of public employees, a new report from the Albany-based Rockefeller Institute of Government reveals that, since the onset of the recession, US state and local government payrolls have grown...
NO, 30G ART'S NOT IN BOX - IT IS BOX
It doesn't come filled with $100 bills. So why is this box worth $30,000? Because it's not just a cardboard box. It's a work of art. Titled "Brillo 5," the...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Drug deal Specialty drug maker Warner Chilcott is ex pected to announce as early as today the acqui sition of Procter & Gam ble's prescription-drug business for about $3 bil...
LAST DASH FOR CLUNKER CASH
Get the old jalopy down to the car dealer quick -- today's the last day of the government's "Cash for Clunkers" program. The program officially shuts down at 8 p.m....
TAXI GPS IS A 'LOST & FOUND' LIFESAVER
For absentminded taxi passengers, the new GPS system in every yellow cab is worth its weight in gold -- or violins, or laptops, or cold, hard cash. More than $1...
HIGH LINE IS A LUST CAUSE
Note to parents strolling the High Line: Don't let your kids look up. The Meatpacking District's newly opened, much-touted urban park along an elevated, former railroad trestle has unwittingly turned...
JACKO OFF TRACKO
Who's bad? The MTA -- for refusing to honor Michael Jackson at a Downtown Brooklyn subway station, a local politician says. The Gloved One rocked the bustling Hoyt-Schermerhorn station in...
NEW INFO ON 1972 COP SLAY
The NYPD is about to release to the Manhattan District Attorney's Office "new information" regarding the infamous 1972 murder of Officer Philip Cardillo in a Harlem mosque, The Post has...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Crikey! Four seasons just aren't enough. A scientist at Sydney's Royal Botanic Garden says Aussies need at least five or six seasons to account for all the climate changes Down...
'Disco' Lives
One of my favorite filmmakers of the 1990s, Whit Stillman, hasn't released a film in over a decade so it's high time you went back and watched his sublime trilogy...
Harvey Weinstein Proud of His 'Basterds'
The Weinstein Co. Box office prognosticators couldn't see Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" earning more than $25 million or so in its opening weekend -- but preliminary estimates are over $36...
A Movie for Grownups: 'Duplicity'
Universal Pictures If you're among those who complain that Hollywood movies are always about robots instead of humans, or that they're about effects instead of words, or engineered for 15-year-old...
SOUTH SHORE SLUGGERS TOP IOWA, 8-3
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Through hamstring and highwater, South Shore has advanced to the U.S. semifinals of the Little League World Series. Anthony Scotti, whose status for yesterday's game was questionable...
FUGITIVE IN MODEL-MURDER RAP DEAD IN CANADA
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- A reality show contestant wanted for murder in the gruesome death and mutilation of his ex-wife was found dead Sunday of an apparent suicide after hanging...
Richie Williams snaps 16-game slide in his interim debut
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!"I told them to go out there and play with pride and play for themselves, their teammates and the fans. At the end of...
Juan Pablo Angel breaks RBNY scoring record; Gio Savarese philosophical
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!Juan Pablo Angel's brace today _ capped by an 88th-minute winner in a 3-2 victory over Dallas _ gave him 42 regular-season MLS goals...
Pigs fly. Hell freezes. Red Bulls finally win in Richie Williams' debut
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!After Juan Pablo Angel's dramatic goal, he ran to the fans in the corner of Giants Stadium and leapt up the wall, unleashing a...