October 9, 2009
Good vibrations
Good vibrationsPark Slope’s favorite sex shop is doing its part to fight cancer.During October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness month, Babeland will donate 20 percent of the sale of any...
Nets Lee Still Out
PHILADELPHIA – Courtney Lee swears he's going to play on the Nets' annual Thanksgiving week road trip. He just wasn't playing tonight against the Sixers, as hoped. The Nets are...
Legal Services Makes Motion to Merge Brooklyn Offices
Legal Services of New York City, one of the largest civil legal associations in the city and the parent organization of Williamsburg’s Brooklyn Corporation A and South Brooklyn Legal Services,...
'Yo Gabba Gabba' in yo' CD player
Without a doubt, "Yo Gabba Gabba!" is the hippest show on TV that's geared towards a pre-school crowd, largely thanks to its impressive list of musical guests doing kid-friendly versions...
A-Rod ties it in ninth, Teixeira wins it in 11th
Mystique, aura and the ghosts are all here at the latest Yankee Stadium. How else can you explain tonight’s 4-3 ALDS Game 2 victory over the Twins in 11 innings?...
'Damned United' isn't just for soccer fans
A 2007 countdown of greatest British wits placed some guy named Brian Clough at No. 9, just behind William Shakespeare. Never heard of him? That doesn’t make you ignorant; that...
Paterson signs new child protection law
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. David Paterson has signed a new child protection law named for Nixzmary Brown, a 7-year-old New York City girl who died of abuse and...
In a New York state of mind
It's a good time to be a New York football fan. The Giants are currently 4-0 and look to be the class of the NFC, while the Jets are 3-1...
Gardenhire: Pavano crucial for Twins
Team leader? Crafty veteran?That’s not the way many Yankees fans would choose to describe Carl Pavano.But that’s how Twins manager Ron Gardenhire did before Game 2 at Yankee Stadium. Pavano...
Edwards wows his Jets mates
There was a buzz in the Jets locker room yesterday about the practice Braylon Edwards, their newly-acquired receiver, had today.Rex Ryan was positively giddy about Edwards’ practice, his second since joining...
'Mass Effect's' newest lady
In its continuing effort to build interest in "Mass Effect 2," due out early next year, BioWare has released a trailer for a new character, Subject Zero. According to the...
Teen charged in stray-bullet slaying of Qns. boy
Prosecutors have charged a Queens teenager in connection with a shooting that killed a 13-year-old bystander. Eighteen-year-old Gregory Calas is accused of being one of two men who fired shots...
Travel with this talented songwriter
After touring with the likes of Ani DiFranco and the Indigo Girls, Gregory Alan Isakov is heading out on his own. Brooklynites are lucky enough that the talented songwriter, named...
Wine guy comes to the Bell House
This might not be the first time you’re hearing the name Gary Vaynerchuk. A social media junkie proficient in Facebook, Twitter and webcasts, he has built up a fan base...
'Electric' storytelling at St. Ann's
Loved Druid’s production of “The Walworth Farce” last year at St. Ann’s Warehouse? Ireland’s premiere company returns to the Brooklyn stage this season with more powerful storytelling in Enda Walsh’s...
Jets' Cotchery could be out Monday
Wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery missed practice with a hamstring injury, and Rex Ryan said he could miss the game against the Miami Dolphins on Monday night. “That’s a possibility,” Ryan...
Sliwa says he once respected imam
Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa testified today that he once respected a Brooklyn imam who is suing him for libel -- but his opinion radically changed when the local Muslim...
NYC dad admits killing daughter found in boiler
A father pleaded guilty Friday to strangling his 14-year-old daughter, who was 12 weeks pregnant with his child, then stuffing her body into his apartment building’s boiler and partially burning...
The weekly wrap-up, October 9
This week we learned that...... Jean Nouvel might just take his shiny new tower and go home. [CultureGrrl]... For a guy knee deep in one of New York's all-time great...
Food Network, the Veggie Version?
As the Wall Street Journal reported earlier today, Scripps Networks is launching the Cooking Channel early next year. Meanwhile, a little birdie at last night's "Chelsea Market After Dark" party...
CDC: 76 kids dead from swine flu
ATLANTA — Health officials said Friday that 76 children have died of swine flu, including 16 new reports in the past week — more evidence the new virus is unusually...
Catching up with Guy Fieri
In between snacking on pork skewers with mango salsa at this morning's "Search for the Next Pork Personality" event, we caught up with Food Network's Guy Fieri, who has definitely...
Pedro to start Game 3 for Phillies
Pedro Martinez will start NLDS Game 3 for the Phillies against the Rockies in Denver on Saturday. The former Mets ace signed with the Phillies in July and joined their...
Matsui DH, Posada not in lineup
Both teams lineups for Game 2 have changed from the series opener. In the most-discussed catching switch ever, Jose Molina will be behind the plate instead of Jorge Posada. Hideki...
Ring a ding dunce
Ring a ding dunceA bone-headed Brooklynite who tried -- and failed -- to hire a hit man to take out his estranged wife was singing the jailhouse blues Monday when...
Obama respects Bloomberg, but will support Thompson
The White House says President Barack Obama has tremendous respect for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg but is supporting the Democrat running against him. There have been questions about...
Times set for rest of Yankees -Twins series
Game 3 of the ALDS between the Yankees and Twins will start at 7:07 p.m. Sunday in Minnesota.Game 4 is scheduled for 5:07 p.m. Monday at the Metrodome, unless it...
Mom who carried gun to soccer games killed by husband
LEBANON, Pa. — Authorities say a Pennsylvania mother who became an unlikely gun-rights advocate was fatally shot by her husband while she was on a video chat with a friend....
Bayside HS student killed crossing the street in Whitestone
One teenager was dead and another was in critical condition Thursday night after a car struck two pedestrians crossing Francis Lewis Boulevard in Whitestone, police said.Officers responded to a 911...
'Mob man' arrested on honeymoon
HONOLULU — An alleged Mafia associate was arrested on racketeering charges while on his honeymoon in Honolulu. Twenty-seven-year-old Vito Pipitone is in custody awaiting a federal judge’s decision on whether...
LGBT Brooklynites to storm DC
Brooklyn will be well-represented in Washington D.C. this Sunday as hundreds of Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual and Transgender (LGBT) residents prepare to join the historic National Equality March. The National Equality...
With Yankees back, playoff ratings up
TBS and FOX executives have to be giddy with the Yankees back in the playoffs. With Game 1 of the Yankees-Twins series leading the way, TBS had the most-watched day...
Pork positive
Thought deep-fried bacon donuts were an urban food legend or only existed south of the Mason-Dixon line? Think again. The pork-friendly pastry, along with a bevy of other bacon bites,...
Rush Limbaugh to judge Miss America pageant
LAS VEGAS — The Miss America Organization says Rush Limbaugh will be a judge for the 2010 Miss America Pageant in Las Vegas. The pageant will be held at Planet...
Forecast improving for Game 2
The weather forecast for Game 2 of the ALDS has improved. Intermittent showers have already fallen in the area, but a steady downpour was expected to begin around 5 p.m....
Burglar gets 25 years in prison
MINEOLA, N.Y. — A man convicted of participating in a home burglary on Long Island that left a boy partially blind and paralyzed has been sentenced to 25 years in...
Long Island cops shoot, kill sex assault suspect
NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y. — A man who forced a woman into her car and then sexually assaulted her outside a Long Island supermarket was shot and killed by police...
2 dead, 19 others overcome at Arizona sweat lodge
SEDONA, Ariz. — Two people died and an estimated 19 others were taken to hospitals after being overcome while sitting in a sauna-like sweat lodge at a Sedona retreat Thursday...
Meatball Madness preview
For the scoop on Saturday's late-night Scarpetta soiree and Sunday's big "Meatball Madness" bash (29 kinds of meatballs!), check out Andy Wang's Pasta Perfect article in today's paper, which features...
Gallinari, Chandler back in Knicks' starting lineup
BOSTON – Mike D'Antoni's starting lineup is back to what it was to open training camp. Young guns Danilo Gallinari and Wilson Chandler are back in for veterans Jared Jeffries...
Bettor Believe It: End of an era?
If that all-important key word -- parity -- has indeed stormed out of the backdoor in the NFL (please see the Buccaneers, Chiefs, Raiders, and Browns) like so many are...
Braylon helps Jets' playoff chances -- slightly
Before the Jets traded for Braylon Edwards this week, AccuScore.com gave Gang Green a 56 percent chance of making the playoffs and a 34 percent chance of winning the AFC...
Famed Chelsea diner arrives in Alabama
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A 1940s diner, having run its course as a fixture in New York City’s Chelsea district, has been transported to Birmingham. The Birmingham News reports that the...
Officials: Permanent fix to Crown Point bridge several years away
ADDISON, Vt. — Officials say work to temporarily repair the Crown Point bridge will take several more weeks while the long-term plan for the bridge is uncertain. At a meeting...
Ithaca College offers up to $10K to defer enrollment
ITHACA, N.Y. — An upstate New York college is paying some students not to go to school this year. After Ithaca College saw enrollment decline last year, it adjusted admissions...
Marge Simpson poses for Playboy
Marge is about to do something Homer might not approve of. Playboy magazine is putting on its cover the matriarch of Springfield's first family: Marge Simpson. PHOTOS: SEXIEST MAGAZINE COVERS...
Actor Nic Cage owes $6 million in federal back taxes
Call him the $6 million man. Actor Nic Cage owes that whopping amount in unpaid back taxes. A notice of a federal tax lien shows that the "National Treasure" actor...
Kate Hudson at tonight's Burger Bash?
From NYC Wine & Food Festival organizer Lee Schrager's Twitter feed: "Back @ suite in Standard. Grill is sending us up dinner- didn't have 1 bite all night. Kate Hudson...
Nobel committee blunders Peace Prize pick
WASHINGTON -- In the great geo-political movements of modern history, today will forever be remembered as the moment when Obama's presidency officially jumped the shark. Peddling so much Hope and...
GOP Path to Urban Renewal
Charles Brackett says Republicans have what to offer (New Majority)
Alligator rips off golfer's arm in S.C.
BEAUFORT, S.C. — Officials say an alligator bit off part of a golfer’s arm as he leaned over to pick up his ball at a private South Carolina course. The...
Too Big to Fail needs to go
Bill Watkins explains why (New Geography)
Reading the Tea Leaves
Neo-Neocon on Obama and Iran (Pajamas Media)
Definitely Too Early
Adam Bink says Nobel for peace is for deeds not intentions (Open Left)
Braylon could be next Keyshawn
The Jets' new No. 1 receiver is a tall, physical downfield threat. He was a top-3 draft pick from one of college football's most storied programs. He also carries a...
Carr: 'I think Eli will go'
Tom Coughlin would not say if Eli Manning is well enough to play Sunday, but backup David Carr feels the Giants quarterback will start against the Raiders."I don’t want to...
Cannavaro awaits ruling after positive doping test
Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro is awaiting a decision on whether he will be punished for failing a doping test, allegedly for cortisone used to treat a bee sting.Ettore Torri, anti-doping...
Spilled drinks & hangovers at Chelsea Market After Dark
A ridiculously long line for Hale and Hearty soup! Sandra Lee in a flowy white peasant top! And wait, is that Seamus Mullen, Brad Farmerie and Jose Garces from "The...
The Brooklyn Paper-o-meter
We’ve grown very fond of using a meter to judge whether something — such as Atlantic Yards or the firing of an unsuccessful Cyclones manager — will happen. In fact,...
Marty is king of queens as Beep secures big bucks for gay center
Brooklyn’s wandering gays are one step closer to realizing a long-held dream of opening a permanent community center in the borough, thanks to a new pot of cash at the...
Hasselhoff hits doctor after bender
TROUBLED Baywatch star David Hasselhoff was taken to a hospital rehab unit after accidentally thumping a doctor at the end of a wild booze bender. The medic was called in...
Golf, rugby to return as Olympic sports in 2016 Games
COPENHAGEN — All those beautiful beaches and Tiger Woods, too! After more than a century on the sidelines, golf will return to the Olympics at the Summer Games in Rio...
Suicide bomber kills 49 in Pakistan market
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide bomber blew up his vehicle near a crowded market in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing 49 people and pushing the country closer to an offensive...
World leaders: Peace prize based on Obama's potential
LONDON — President Barack Obama was praised Friday as a worthy Nobel Peace Prize winner although many admirers said the award was based on his potential, not his accomplishments. The...
GOP chairman scoffs at Obama's peace prize
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Republican Party is contending that President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize as result of his "star power" rather than meaningful accomplishments. Michael...
School named for Willie Bowman
Family members, friends and dignitaries huddled against a cold wind on Wednesday, September 30 to christen the new Willie Ella Paschal Bowman Campus, also known as P.S. 169 and home...
Feds questions 2 more men in train terror plot
Federal investigators have questioned two men whose photographs were shown to a Muslim religious leader along with a picture of an Afghan immigrant accused of plotting a bomb attack in...
Union shift on Charters
Pat Wingert says teachers union trying to change its image (Newsweek)Rick Karlin on Ianuzzi's friends in high places (Albany Times Union)Ianuzzi says too many charters in Buffalo (Buffalo News)Teachers Unions...
Zerega business owner saves child in fire
A brave resident who runs a variety store on Zerega Avenue found himself in the national spotlight unexpectedly, when he rescued a young boy from a fire above his store....
Out2Play celebrates new schoolyard at P.S. 112
Out2Play was joined by students of P.S. 112, principal Susan Barnes, faculty and staff, and Councilman Larry Seabrook on Thursday, September 10 to cut the ribbon on the new playground.“We...
Winners of Nobel Peace Prize since 1980
Winners of the Nobel Peace Prize since 1980: -- 2009: U.S. President Barack Obama -- 2008: Martti Ahtisaari -- 2007: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Al Gore -- 2006: Muhammad...
Syracuse prepares for West Virginia
SYRACUSE -- Rookie Syracuse head coach Doug Marrone was in a foul mood early in the week, either because he was still trying to forget the Orange’s seven-turnover loss to...
V is for Veneto
IN the glory days of the Most Serene Republic of Venice, travelers knew that it was not an isolated treasure but a jewel in a crown of cities that glittered...
Pasta perfect
FIRST THERE was the pizza renaissance. Now there's the pasta renaissance, with star chefs all over the city and beyond using their noodles to dazzle diners. "My intention was to...
A chance to shine
KRISTINA RIPP screamed when she opened her letter informing her of a scholarship to Catholic high school. "I literally fell to the ground, crying," she remembers. An honor student with...
Prayers for slain mother
Friends and neighbors gathered on a Mott Haven sidewalk to pray for slain Aisha Santiago and her distraught mother on Wednesday, September 30. Santiago was headed home from a Laundromat...
Gauchos gym gets sparkle
The Gauchos hopped puddles, dodged debris and won trophies. The Gauchos sent players from a dilapidated warehouse gym on Gerard Avenue to the NBA. Imagine what the Gauchos will accomplish...
Columbus Day parade marshal a friend indeed
FINDING the right birthday gift for a billionaire isn't easy. But Ken Langone got a priceless, one-of-a-kind surprise for his 74th — leading the world's biggest Columbus Day parade. When...
St. Peter’s shelter protest goes on despite rain
Despite rain that seemed like it was coming down in buckets, a group gathered outside of Mayor Bloomberg’s campaign office for the third consecutive Saturday to protest the opening of...
Family room at St. Vincent de Paul honors Msgr. Smith
One of the most beloved religious figures in Hunts Point now has a visitors lounge named in his honor at the facility where he became a part of the patients’...
NEBCA eyes abandoned homes
The North East Bronx Community Alliance plans to monitor abandoned houses in Country Club, Ferry Point, Throggs Neck, Pelham Bay, Spencer Estate and Waterbury LaSalle. Members of NEBCA want to...
Columbus Day Parade Dinner/Dance celebrated 33rd annual parade
With the parade approaching this Sunday and all plans finalized, members of the Morris Park Community Association and Columbus Parade Committee celebrated the 33rd annual parade at the Columbus Day...
New campus for Casita Maria
The Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education surrendered its old Simpson Street building to the School Construction Authority in 2007. On Friday, October 1, the SCA returned to Casita...
Drug spots under watch
The 45th Precinct is eyeing spots where neighbors have reported drug activity. The corner of Philip and Hollywood avenues, near the Throgs Neck Expressway, has been problematic for years, a...
Car thief crashes
This suspected teen car thief might soon be making license plates. In a spree beginning Aug. 1, Dominique Henderson, 17, allegedly swiped five cars whose owners had left the keys...
Troopergate: Last Slap
Dan Janison on the neverending saga of Troopergate (Newsday)R Emmet Tyrell Jr on a real white collar hero (American Spectator)Daniel Collins says Albany news is all bad for NY (Huffington...
3UP: Joba in Pen, Nicknames and Matsui
1. In today’s Post I wrote this column on Joba Chamberlain being kept in the bullpen for the rest of the playoffs and why I thought it was a good...
Time for NY to punish property grab
Damon Root says Appeals Court should stand against Ratner's eminent domain abuse (Reason)
Baucus' Cooked Books
Kimbery Strassel on Baucus' deal vs The States (Wall Street Journal)David Harsanyi on Baucus' adventures in wonderland (Denver Post)Vote is coming now that numbers are out (Bloomberg)
The Daily Whacks, Friday Edition
Every year in the baseball postseason, there is a team that suffers a loss so galling, so appalling, that even if you hate that team, even if you hate the...
NASA spacecraft crash into moon
WASHINGTON -- NASA smacked two spacecraft into the lunar south pole Friday morning in a search for hidden ice. But the big live public splash people anticipated didn't quite happen....
Obama won Peace Prize -- but for what?
WASHINGTON — The awarding of the Nobel Peace Price to President Barack Obama landed with a shock on darkened, still-asleep Washington. He won! For what? For one of America’s youngest...
Un-reforming Welfare
Brit David Cameron is talking about welfare reform too (The Guardian)Schwarzenegger taking Cali back to the bad old days (Daily Finance)Welfare-to-Work gets trickier (Forbes)Welfare-to-work program is succeeding (Lincoln Journal Star)
Shock over President Obama Nobel Peace Prize award
What, too soon? The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to President Obama today for his work in easing tensions with the Muslim world after 9/11 and helping rid the world...
Spotlight hot as Yankees seek 2-0 lead
With the Yankees poised to put the Twins in an ALDS chokehold tonight in Game 2, the buzz around the club centers on Joe Girardi’s decision to use Jose Molina...
Molina handles A.J., controversy in stride
Jose Molina looks like a man who’s been falsely accused of a crime. The doors of the Yankees clubhouse have just swung open, a quick workout awaits, and in a...
With Jefferson on rise, LSU looks to take out Gators
It may not matter if Tim Tebow plays or not against LSU on Saturday night. The Heisman-winning quarterback’s status is up in the air for the big matchup following a...
Stay away from Raiders
To pick the Giants this week, you have to be willing to lay more than two touchdowns, with an injured Eli Manning, in a look-ahead situation (at Saints next week),...
Hondo has better week than Dave, Mark
It was another tough week for Hondo, who stumbled and bumbled his way to a 6-8 record. However, drinking from the half-full glass, Mr. Aitch’s performance was twice as productive...
Angels blast past Red Sox
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Right when Torii Hunter’s three-run homer hit the rock pile beyond center field at Angel Stadium, two bursts of fireworks shot up from the artificial boulders. The...
Girls soccer roundup: LIC closing in on division crown
Long Island City remained unbeaten and moved a step closes to a division title. Estefani Chimbo scored the winner off an assist from Geraldine Huisa in the second half to...
Weekend hot picks in entertainment
IMAGINE THERE’S NO DOOR CHARGE If you’re like a lot of New Yorkers who still haven’t seen SoHo’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC, it may be because...
In 'An Education,' ingenue soars to head of the class
Youth speaks in hyperbole: “Best night of my life,” exclaims 16-year-old schoolgirl Jenny, after a night of music and cigarettes with a mysteriously alluring older man. But she isn’t exaggerating:...
Weekend Guide
DANCE GIBNEY DANCE: Objects become screens for projected designs by Joshue Ott and move about the stage during Gina Gibney's "View Partially Obstructed." Tuesday at 8 p.m. Baryshnikov Arts Center,...
Weekend Guide: Music
POP, ROCK, FOLK RYAN BINGHAM: The Texan singer-songwriter throws a rock edge in with his softer border-town ballads. Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the Mercury Lounge. 217 E. Houston St.;...
PSAL boys soccer notebook
For the first time in four years, the Curtis boys soccer team will not finish the regular season on top of Staten Island. Star striker Christian Aldaz is spending every...
Free Style
Insistent, numbing niceness combines with sloppily edited motocross footage in "Free Style," Corbin Bleu's low-impact debut as a leading man. Bleu, the mop-topped best bud of the "High School Musical"...
Stingy Gators defense chomps down on powerful Hill attack
Notre Dame Academy knew it had its hands full with the talent St. Joseph Hill posseses on offense. Gianna Smith, Dana Draper, and Victoria Chirico are all talented scorers, who...
The Yes Men Fix The World
Capitalists aren't just greedy, they're stupid. Really stupid. How else do you explain the success of Andy Bichlbaum and Michael Bonanno, two ordinary guys who founded a group of political...
Begonja strikes again for undefeated Terriers
Franco Purificato is supremely confident in his defense. That’s why the St. Francis Prep boys soccer coach doesn’t get bent out of shape when his team fails to create many...
Adventures of Power
A very poor man's "Napoleon Dynamite," Ari Gold's cringeworthy Sundance bore stars himself as Power, a headband-wearing, borderline-spastic air drummer who leaves his Nevada home after his obsession leads to...
Peter and Vandy
Despite two very ap pealing leads in Jason Ritter and Jess Weixler, Jay DiPietro's bittersweet romantic comedy "Peter and Vandy" is yet another graduate of Sundance's Class of '09 that...
The Damned United
Enough with playing history's side men: Michael Sheen has a fine time as an obnoxious soccer coach in the 1970s period piece "The Damned United." Sheen -- who played David...
Bergtraum's Washington chooses DePaul
Shukurah Washington is a straight-shooter. She doesn’t mince words or pull punches. That’s also what the Murry Bergtraum senior forward was looking for in a coach at the next level...
Girls volleyball roundup: English's seven kills propel Pilots
Cari English had seven kills and five blocks to lead Spellman to a 25-15, 25-17, 11-25, 25-13 win against Sacred Heart (Westchester) in a CHSAA Bronx/Westchester Division I-II crossover match...
Starr report
John Cleese is having quite a month. In addition to IFC's six-part "Monty Python" spe cial (Oct. 18-23), celebrating the show's 40th anniversary, BBC Video is re-releasing Cleese's masterpiece, "Fawlty...
Brutal tale a tough cell
In 1974, a 17-year-old British bloke named Michael Peterson was sentenced to seven years in the slammer for a robbery in which nobody was hurt. It's hard to believe then...
'Couples Retreat' an island of lost laughs
Thirteen years after the smart "Swingers," actor-writers Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau have stranded themselves on a laughless island in "Couples Retreat," a schmaltzy, smutty and mean-spirited quasi-satire set in...
Girls like 'Girls'
No one has yet been able to explain why the hit show "The Girls Next Door" -- about a group of Playboy models who live together and act as Hugh...
Dreaded 'hair' woes come to a head
Did you know some black men are not al lowed to touch their women's hair for fear of disturbing hair extensions that cost upward -- sometimes way upward -- of...
Fitful fun but not a class act
Bad in ways that are almost endearing, "St. Trinian's" does offer the spectacle of Rupert Everett mincing around in drag as a headmistress bedeviled by Colin Firth, as an education...
Terrifyingly inexpensive
Less is usually more when it comes to scary movies. "Paranormal Activity," re portedly made for a pit tance of $11,000, delivers more shocks and shudders than most flicks costing...
'DWTS' not in monkey business
'Dancing With the Stars" nixed the idea of putting a chimp on the show after PETA went ape over the possibility. The chimp was supposed to appear on Tuesday's live...
For a boy & his mom, the truck stops here
MICHELLE Monaghan plays a trashy "Trucker" chick who finds the lug nuts of her heart being loosened by a new relationship with the son she barely knows. Benjamin Bratt plays...
'Restless' Braeden quits CBS soap
'The Young and the Restless" star Eric Braeden is livid after quitting the show in a salary dispute. Braeden, one of daytime's biggest stars, stormed off "Y&R" after refusing to...
Miley re-tweets
EARLY yesterday morn ing, shortly after midnight, Miley Cyrus killed her Twitter account. It may not seem that important to you, but to 2.1 million fans -- an audience the...
Wild, blue Wanda
WHEN Wanda Sykes starts her new late- night gig on Fox next month, even that Wild West network won't be able to let her get away with what she gets...
Tango tale tour de force
There are far worse ways to spend 90 minutes than watching good-looking, well-dressed couples slink around a stage. "Tanguera," a tango musical, debuted in Buenos Aires in 2002 and has...
A funny-ish thing happened to comedy
Watching the leaden first act of "The Royal Family," the 1927 comedy revived by Manhattan Theatre Club last night, I began to dread the next two. Actors run around an...
Cash flows to 'Phantom' 2
Andrew Lloyd Webber launched "Love Never Dies," his sequel to "The Phantom of the Opera," at a press conference yesterday in London. While the British composer pointedly refused to discuss...
Weekend Guide: Theater
PREVIEWS “AFTER MISS JULIE”: Sienna Miller stars in Patrick Marber’s re- imagining of August Strindberg’s 1888 play, set in the English countryside in 1945. American Airlines Theatre, 227 W. 42nd...
Twin twist in rape trial
MILFORD, Conn. -- A former Connecticut police officer has pleaded not guilty to allegations he posed as his twin brother to have sex with a woman and then raped her...
Wacky karaoke attack
Six young Connecticut women have been arraigned on assault charges accusing them of beating up another woman -- because they didn't like the way she was singing karaoke. Five of...
'Hoop'la at White House
It was the Obama All-Stars vs. the Capitol Hills. President Obama and a few members of his Cabinet played basketball last night at the White House, with some House members,...
Capone hideout sells for $2.6M
HAYWARD, Wis. -- Al Capone's old hideout in northern Wisconsin was auctioned off yesterday and drew just one bid -- $2.6 million, from the bank that foreclosed on it. Chippewa...
It's moon mania!
In the predawn hours today, a spacecraft is scheduled to punch a 13-foot-deep hole in the moon's south pole to a crater that hasn't seen sunlight in billions of years....
Safeguarding seniors
Dick Morris and Eileen McGann have now turned to conspiracy theories as a last-ditch effort to keep the health-care system status quo ("The Most Squalid 'Reform' Deal Yet," PostOpinion, Oct....
Baucus' hefty bill
SO the Congressional Budget Office has produced the product that Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus and President Obama needed: a contorted acknowledgement that -- if taxes are hiked, Medicaid...
Jacko doc facing arrest
LAS VEGAS -- The doctor under investigation for Michael Jackson's death may face arrest and could lose his medical license after missing a hearing about late child support, the Las...
That'll teach 'em: Harvard rules
Harvard is No. 1 for the sixth straight year. The school that put Cambridge, Mass., on the map not only retained its lead in a survey of the world's institutions...
Obama's real Afghanistan options
PRESIDENT Obama faces three options in Afghanistan. Hints from the White House suggest that he's going to choose the worst: a non-decision decision. Leaving Afghanistan entirely is not one of...
Un-reforming welfare
AT a time of unprecedented budget crises, it is unthinkable that we should roll back welfare reform -- yet that's what's happening. In New York and other states, and on...
Hiram rests case
The defense rested yesterday in the assault trial of Hiram Monserrate without calling the state senator to testify on his own behalf. The Queens Democrat is being tried on four...
'Curtain' razer wins
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Herta Mueller, a little-known Romanian-born author who was persecuted for her critical depictions of life behind the Iron Curtain, won the 2009 Nobel Prize in literature yesterday...
Behind the unions' shift on charters
NEW York's teachers unions have recently abandoned their open hostility to charter schools. To see whether the shift is real or merely rhetorical, it helps to look at the reasons...
French 'sex' pol won't quit
French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand yesterday rejected calls for his resignation for having written about paying boys for sex in Thailand, saying his partners had been consenting adults. The revelations...
LA's spray 'pain't
What may be the largest piece of graffiti in the nation is getting wiped out in Los Angeles. A contractor for the US Army Corps of Engineers yesterday began painting...
Contract with disaster: help kids and teachers
THE ISSUE: What City Hall should seek in negotiations over the teachers contract. *** I agree with Marcus Winters' details in "A Teachers' Contract That Helps Kids," (PostOpinion, Oct. 5),...
Corruption bill ignored
Assembly Democrats yesterday turned a cold shoulder to Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's attempt to overhaul the state's corruption-scarred pension system. On the steps of Manhattan's Tweed Courthouse, a reminder of...
Lawyer doubts Taconic kin
A lawyer for two victims killed in the horrific crash on the Taconic Parkway said yesterday the behavior of the family of wrong-way driver Diane Schuler is "very suspicious," adding...
Christie: NJ jolted enough
DAYTON, NJ -- Republican candidate Chris Christie yesterday told New Jersey voters that next month's gubernatorial election boils down to how they feel about taxes -- and about tax-happy Gov....
Hizzoner gets Bush-whacked
Comptroller Bill Thompson launched his most intense attack of the mayoral race yesterday, comparing Mayor Bloomberg to former President George W. Bush and charging that both were guilty of "hijacking...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan Charlie Chaplin would have had something to say about this. A self-portrait of the legendary actor, worth about $3,000, was swiped from a Chelsea antique shop by a 65-year-old...
Silvio musters bluster over two 'farce' trials
ROME -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said yesterday he will go on TV and appear in courtrooms to prove that corruption and tax-fraud charges against him are false. Two...
Gov: No more $$ for MTA
The money train to some of the MTA's biggest projects just got derailed. Gov. Paterson said yesterday the state won't supply any additional cash to the agency's capital budget, which...
It looks like GIs are on their own
WASHINGTON -- President Obama appears unlikely to accept his top Afghanistan commander's recommendation for a surge of 40,000 troops, and is inclined to send only as many more forces as...
Hillbilly pol takes shot at mayor
A Republican gubernatorial hopeful in Tennessee yesterday slammed Mayor Bloomberg's crusade against illegal guns -- and told him to "stay the heck out of" his state. Zach Wamp, who's running...
Mortgage scam shut down
Federal prosecutors yesterday foreclosed on a $9 million mortgage scam, busting a dozen brokers, loan officers and attorneys who used fake IDs and false documents to buy properties in New...
Albany's $3B tug-of-war
Gov. Paterson yesterday demanded that Democratic leaders of the Legislature outline plans by Wednesday to slash the budget gap, but they responded, "You go first." The game of chicken was...
Developer demanding old stories
A proposed Midtown tower that would rise as high as the Chrysler Building won key City Council approvals yesterday -- but the project beside the Museum of Modern Art may...
Pelosi: Make insurers fund reform
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi yesterday proposed paying for health-care reform by socking insurance companies with a "windfall" profit tax. The stocks of major medical insurers plummeted after word of the...
Business briefs
Jobless claims The Labor Depart ment said first-time ap plications for unemploy ment benefits dropped 33,000 to a seasonally adjusted 521,000 last week, the lowest since early January.Pirate Bay Lawyers...
Job cuts on the cheap
BLOWBACK from Condé Nast's surprise move to replace the ad-sales team of Brides magazine with staffers from a just-shuttered pub is intensifying as insiders warn that the company appears to...
Jayson awaiting slur ruling
SOMERVILLE, NJ -- The outcome of a seven-year-old manslaughter case against Jayson Williams now rests in the hands of a judge who will decide whether racial bias and prosecutorial misconduct...
Travolta gal burned
One of John Travolta's accused blackmailers knew she was wrong to shake down the actor, and flushed away evidence before cops could get it, an investigator told jurors yesterday. Defendant...
Retail sales stabilize
Retailers reported better-than-expected sales for September, boosting hopes that the holidays won't be as dreary as forecast. Major chains surprised Wall Street with a slight monthly increase in same-store sales...
Now hair's my side: Chris Rock
Funnyman Chris Rock denies he clipped a documentary maker's work on black hairstyles for his new flick "Good Hair." Click here for the review. Rock was sued for $5 million...
Pretty penn-y for pix
In life, legendary photographer Irving Penn's work commanded top dollar. In death, it's going through the roof -- and fast. Auctions of 14 of some of his lesser-known photographs yesterday...
Better targets than NBCU for Comcast
Comcast clearly craves content, but some analysts and investors think there are better companies to go after than NBC Universal. Comcast followers worry that the cable giant is rushing into...
Seeing red over greens
The president of the US Chamber of Commerce yesterday swung his ax at environmental groups, which he blames for pressuring companies to quit the trade group over its position on...
Geithner's phone line to power
It looks like former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson isn't the only one who has Goldman Sachs chief Lloyd Blankfein on speed dial. Records show his successor, Tim Geithner, over a...
Penney licensing deal lifts up Liz
Liz Claiborne shares surged 31 percent after the struggling apparel maker said it will license its namesake clothing label exclusively to J.C. Penney beginning next fall. The New York company...
Wringing Rangel
WASHINGTON -- The House Ethics Committee yesterday expanded its investigation into Rep. Charles Rangel to include millions of dollars in assets, outside income and business transactions that he had failed...
Brits fight big music tix merger
Ticketmaster's proposed merger with Live Nation suffered a setback yesterday after Britain's Competition Commission said it opposed the deal on the grounds that the combination could harm consumers by charging...
Sloop's on in Christie feud
They should have named it the Titanic. More than a year after their nasty divorce trial, supermodel Christie Brinkley and ex-husband Peter Cook are still brawling over a fishing boat...
Hudson horror tapes
Talk overtook action when a Teterboro air controller gabbed with his girlfriend instead of dealing with midair chaos that killed nine people, a newly released recording of control-tower conversations revealed...
Crane falls on Columbus
A crane being dismantled at an Upper West Side construction site collapsed yesterday afternoon, knocking down part of the building's outer scaffolding. No injuries were reported at the site on...
Hogs & kisses from boarish Charlene
DON'T mess with Miss Piggy. Anthony Marshall's wife, Charlene, was the only human who looked genuinely stunned as the guilty verdicts were read in the Manhattan courthouse. Convicted of robbing...
Hedge fund big Simons to retire
Billionaire James Simons, the founder of hedge fund firm Renaissance Technologies Corp., will retire from his post as chief executive officer, a person familiar with the matter said. Simons, 71,...
Baucus' cooked books
Before "fixing" health care, maybe Washington should focus on educa tion. Because it looks like no one in Congress ever learned basic math. How else to explain the Democrats' boast...
Troopergate: the last slap
The state's Public Integrity Commission slapped ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer's com munication director, Darren Dopp, with a $10,000 fine for his role in the Troopergate scandal. He's lucky the maximum isn't...
Dynamite nobel
In awarding this year's Nobel Prize for Literature to Romanian-born German novelist Herta Mueller, the Swedish Academy made a refreshing switch. True, as usual, it chose a writer who's almost...
Super cop new top detective
The NYPD has a new chief of detectives -- and his résumé reads like a compilation of "CSI" and "Law and Order" and "24." Philip Pulaski -- who has overseen...
FDNY boss to leave at end of year
FDNY Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta is resigning his post at the end of this year to pursue teaching jobs, it was disclosed yesterday. Scoppetta, who was appointed to lead the Fire...
Bear bombshell
The feds have uncovered new bombshell evidence against former Bear Stearns hedge fund manager Matthew Tannin -- diary-style e-mails he sent to himself in November 2006 saying, "We could blow...
Astor trial made the jury 'sick' & tired
Jurors who sat through 19 weeks of testimony detailing how Anthony Marshall fleeced his failing mother, Brooke Astor, likened the sordid family drama yesterday to a "Shakespearean tragedy" that left...
Energy $hortage
Billionaire Henry Kravis' plan to save the largest buyout in history is meeting serious opposition from key bondholders, including mutual fund giant Franklin Templeton Investments, sources told The Post. Franklin...
Cop car kills man, 79
A 79-year-old Harlem man was killed last night when he was struck by a police car speeding to assist an officer, witnesses said. Javier Jackson was crossing Broadway near West...
This would have killed Brooke: pals
Brooke Astor would have bowed her elegantly hatted head in sorrow at yesterday's verdict, say some of her closest friends. "She would feel sad for this," said Vartan Gregorian, who...
Sweet charity! Brooke Astor's will be done at last
The official verdict that Brooke Astor's son is a heartless criminal removes major hurdles that had kept her most beloved charities from tapping into the vast fortune she had left...
Dave pulls stupid trick on wife in Caribbean
And the No. 1 reason David Letterman is a cad: The "Late Show" host brought the assistant he was sleeping with on Caribbean vacations with his wife and their young...
Tony's Miss Piggy skewered in Astor verdict
"That bitch," Brooke Astor famously called her daughter-in-law. "No neck, and no class," the grande dame of New York society would sniff to friends -- certain that the ruddy wife...
Tony was always his mommy's little loser
He was the biggest disappointment in his mother's life. Legendary society doyenne and philanthropist Brooke Astor confessed that her only child, Anthony Marshall, turned out so badly she decided not...
Bullet grazes teen in class
A Long Island teen was nicked in the head yesterday by a stray bullet that smashed through a window screen at her high school, authorities said. The small-caliber slug skimmed...
'Skank' hackers' revenge
Hackers ambushed the Manhattan Supreme Court Web site and Google yesterday in a very specific attack that appears to be retaliation for the search engine exposing the identity of a...
Jr. explodes at court canary
Chaos broke out at the trial of John "Junior" Gotti yesterday as the mob scion went on a vein-popping tirade against his former best friend, who is now the prosecution's...
La Liz keeps on ticking
Actress Elizabeth Taylor yesterday declared her heart surgery went off "perfectly," adding, "It's like having a brand new ticker." Taylor, 77, made the announcement on her Twitter page. She revealed...
Gotti infuriated by turncoat's tale of '85 motel strangling
The ugly courtroom exchange between John "Junior" Gotti and the prosecution's star witness stemmed from questioning about the unsolved murder of a woman whose body was found in Brooklyn in...
Zazi's dad is indicted
DENVER -- The father of an Afghan immigrant accused of plotting a massive terror attack in New York City was indicted yesterday on charges of lying to the FBI, federal...
B'klyn surfer king of arts
A Brooklyn artist and surfing enthusiast won the top $250,000 prize yesterday in a new art competition, for his painting of an ocean swell. Ran Ortner, 50, of Fort Greene,...
Will Ferrell aids cop injured on Brooklyn set
The NYPD Pipes and Drum band just needed a little cowbell. Funnyman Will Ferrell -- famous for a "Saturday Night Live" skit in which he plays a cowbell-obsessed musician --...
Rob ordeal in Village
A burglar tied up a woman in her Greenwich Village home last night before making off with cash and valuables -- in the latest in a rash of break-ins to...
No reason for Eli to risk further injury
Eli Manning didn't like the news Giants trainer Ronnie Barnes gave him yesterday morning. "I can just tell how he was reacting in the training room when they put it...
Sunday's Best
The experts make their picks:THE LINEGREG GALLOSTEVE SERBYMARK CANNIZZAROPAUL SCHWARTZTIM BONTEMPSRICOGIANTS 15½ (38½) Raiders (Sunday, 1:00, CBS)★ GiantsRaidersGiantsRaidersGiantsRaidersVikings 10 (41) RAMS (1:00)VikingsRamsRamsVikingsVikingsVikingsCowboys 8½ (42) CHIEFS (1:00)CowboysChiefs★ Cowboys★ CowboysChiefsChiefsPANTHERS 3½ (37½)...
Cabrera plays tonight -- but Gardner in wings
It appears Melky Cabrera will patrol center field for the Yankees again in Game 2 tonight. But Brett Gardner might be needed off the bench, and he might also be...
Sports shorts
GRID: 'Huskers rollZac Lee threw a 56-yard touchdown pass to Niles Paul, and Ndamukong Suh and Dejon Gomes intercepted passes to set up two more fourth-quarter scores as No. 21...
Giants look forward to challenging Asomugha
The perspiration was not yet dry on the face of Steve Smith when Giants receivers coach Mike Sullivan turned congratulations into a challenge. Smith had just completed a career-best day...
Burn-ing for postseason success
A.J. Burnett owns a world championship ring, but the only line of his postseason resume reads: "Drank champagne with the Marlins to celebrate a wild ride through October 2003." Tonight...
Chamberlain likely to supply ALCS relief
Should the Yankees advance to the ALCS, they are leaning heavily toward using Chad Gaudin rather than Joba Chamberlain as the Game 4 starter, The Post has learned. The Yankees...
Braylon studies, bonds with Jets
After a late night Wednesday -- studying the playbook in Florham Park, not clubbing in the city -- Braylon Edwards was back in the Jets training complex yesterday by 7...
Ryan, Mayweather give Jets a fighter's mentality
Rex Ryan has brought a fighting mentality to the Jets. Yesterday, he actually brought them a fighter, with Floyd Mayweather stopping by practice. "I brought him in to give me...
5 questions for ... Ron Darling
Ron Darling is known for his time with the Mets and his role as an analyst on SNY, but this postseason he will have pinstripes on the brain. Darling is...
Cole, Phillies get 'Rock'-ed
PHOLADELPHIA -- Well, at least one person in the Hamels family delivered yesterday. Unfortunately for the Phillies, it was not starting pitcher Cole Hamels, but his wife Heidi. Cole Hamels...
Caray is master of the miscue
What happened? When did TV and radio, for baseball's biggest games, begin to replace, among others, Curt Gowdy, Vin Scully, Mel Allen, Bob Costas, Tony Kubek, Jack Buck, Bob Wolff...
Hondo: E-gads!
Happy Holliday, everyone! Hondo rolled with the Rockies yesterday and was all set to bag win No. 2 when the Cards left-fielder tried to catch the final out with his...
U.S. leads at Presidents Cup
San Francisco -- For the briefest moment, it looked as though Justin Leonard only had to pick up his coin for the Americans to win the final match yesterday and...
Cardinals error leads to Dodgers walkoff
LOS ANGELES -- How appropriate that the Mets are talking about Matt Holliday as their top offseason target. After what Holliday did here last night, paving the way for a...
Gritty Rangers stun Capitals
WASHINGTON -- Finally, after all these years during which ice time was assigned largely by the names on the players' backs and the numbers on their paychecks, accountability has a...
Islanders fall in OT
OTTAWA -- John Tavares continued his quick start, but it wasn't enough for the Islanders. Mike Fisher scored 32 seconds into overtime to give the Senators a 3-2 win over...
Hunter, Lackey propel Angels to 1-0 series lead over Red Sox
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Torii Hunter said it was time for his team to show some guts. No guts, no October glory. With Hunter and John Lackey boldly leading the way,...
Rangers' Gaborik puts on rally good show
WASHINGTON — Truth be told, it probably was Marian Gaborik's least impressive game as a Ranger, with the winger appearing a half-step behind all night, which is a most dangerous...
Brodeur, Devils avoid Lightning strike
TAMPA, Fla. -- Marty's better. Much better, thank you. And that was just enough, just barely, for the Devils to parlay into their first victory of the season. The franchise...
Simmons' versatility big asset for Nets
For the Nets, Bobby Simmons isn't really certain if he will start or come off the bench, play the small forward or power forward -- probably both. So he might...
For starters, Knicks wait on Gallinari
BOSTON -- During Wednesday's scrimmages, Danilo Gallinari took a fastbreak pass on a breakaway and leapt for a slam dunk. It clanged off the rim after he failed to get...
Pavano won't sit 'Idle' for Game 3
After stealing $40 million from the Yankees, Carl "American Idle" Pavano will face his former employer in Game 3 on Sunday at the Metrodome. Pavano was given the assignment by...
Battle of the Badges returns to the Garden
If there anything is closer than the mutual respect between New York's Police and Fire Department members, it's the results when they box. The Battle of the Badges, back at...
Even a wake-up call may not help groggy Twins
Down 0-1 and with Carl Pavano pitching Game 3, the Twins already can see the bright white light -- and it's not a gate to Yankee Stadium. For Minnesota, The...
Jax victim of Jordan's Hall snub
Phil Jackson's absence from Michael Jordan's Hall of Fame induction ceremony/celebration had everyone wondering why. He didn't attend because he wasn't invited. For two summers, Kobe Bryant pleaded Ron Artest's...
Manning's availability in doubt
Eli Manning spent another day inside while the Giants practiced, increasing the chances of him not playing Sunday against the Raiders because of an injury to the plantar fascia in...
Bergtraum senior Washington chooses DePaul
Murry Bergtraum senior Shukurah Washington verbally committed to play women's basketball at DePaul yesterday. The Lady Blazers forward, one of the top players in New York City, told the Post...
Peak season for saltwater fishing
THE next two weeks should offer the best saltwater fishing of the entire year. In fact we already are seeing some exceptional fishing off the East End of Long Island,...
Weird but true
A Sioux City, Iowa, man walked out of his house to find a dead deer dressed in a clown suit and wig lying on his front porch. Cops figured it...
Hilltoppers go quietly against Terriers
Mike Schober was giving his Mary Louis girls volleyball team the silent treatment. After the Hilltoppers were blown out in the first set against St. Francis Prep, Schober left the...
Hannigan sees SFP through victory over Mary Louis
Julia Hannigan’s biggest asset on the volleyball court is her vision. It made her one of the best setters in the city last year in helping St. Francis Prep to...
PSAL predictions, Week 6
Every week in the fall, NYPost.com’s Zach Braziller and Marc Raimondi will attempt to prognosticate the coming PSAL football weekend in the City Championship division. RECORDS AFTER WEEK 5 Braziller:...
Zajac's last-second goal lifts Devils to win
Travis Zajac scored with 1 second left in regulation, and the New Jersey Devils went on to a 4-3 shootout victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday night. Zajac...
Lawmakers play hoops with Obama at White House
You could call it the Obama All-Stars vs. the Capitol Hills. President Barack Obama and a few members of his Cabinet played basketball Thursday night at the White House with...
Prominent mathematician Irving Gelfand dies in NJ
Israel Gelfand, who was considered one of the world's top mathematicians and did work that was important in the development of medical imaging devices, has died at age 96. Gelfand's...
Fisher's OT goal leads Senators over Islanders
Mike Fisher scored 32 seconds into overtime to give the Ottawa Senators a 3-2 win over the New York Islanders on Thursday night. Fisher broke down the left side and...