June 21, 2008
Orders in for Mets-Rockies II
The resurgent Mets, winners of five of their past seven games, will try to clinch their third consecutive series victory tonight when they ride Pedro Martinez against the Rockies here...
Valentin taking rest of year off
The Mets had hoped to get veteran sparkplug Jose Valentin back, but Valentin (pictured) won't be rejoining them this season -- or possibly ever again. The 38-year-old infielder called the...
YANKEES FALL 6-0 TO REDS
As soon as Dan Giese let the throw go toward second, he wanted it back. "You know those balls with the strings you can yank back?" Giese said after his...
POST REPORTERS HONORED
Sunday Post reporter Susan Edelman was honored twice this month for her series of reports on the city-governed $1 billion World Trade Center insurance fund, which spent more than $100...
CHEVRON PIPELINE BLOWN UP IN NIGERIA
ABUJA, Nigeria - Armed youths blew up a crude-oil pipeline operated by Chevron, a militant group said today, cutting more output from the world's eighth largest oil exporter. The Movement...
Mets hire ex-Reds GM Krivsky
If the Mets want to replace Omar Minaya or embattled assistant Tony Bernazard, they now have a qualified replacement in the same building. Wayne Krivsky, a longtime baseball executive fired...
COP UNIONS' PLACARD PITCH
The NYPD's five uniformed unions have taken legal action against the Bloomberg administration's crackdown on government-authorized parking placards. The unions, which represent police officers, detectives, lieutenants and captains, contend the...
Coverage in today's Post
Now that the Willie Randolph soap opera is in their rear-view mirror, the Mets are looking relaxed and confident these days. They're also back to .500 for the first time...
Box Office: 'Love Guru' Tanks
Audiences weren't exactly lining up to see Mike Myers' first live-action flick in five years. Based on early Friday numbers, Steve Mason at Fantasy Moguls is predicting a $14 million...
Euro '08: Day 15
I'm sure you're just getting over the amazing, come-from-behind win Turkey pulled off after tying Croatia in the dying minutes of overtime and winning on penalty kicks.Day 15 of the...
WHAT GOV REALLY THINKS ABOUT 'MAD' MAYOR MIKE
THE ISSUE: Gov. Paterson's alleged criticism of Mayor Bloomberg after talks about OTB's future. New York's new governor has directed his wrath at the wrong target ("Gov. Blasts 'Nasty' Mike,"...
OUTSIDE GROUPS FUEL '08 AD WAR
LEADERS of Sen. John McCain's campaign are look ing toward "527s" as their principal means of attack ing Sen. Barack Obama because they have been given a green light by...
IRAQ FAIRY TALES
WORKING out last Monday, I heard a campaign flunky on TV insist that progress in Iraq is an illusion. "The war isn't over until all of the troops come home!"...
NY'S PRO-PIMP BILL
A BILL that the Legislature may pass in the next few days would inadvertently hand a big victory to pimps. The "Safe Harbor Act" would decriminalize prostitution for those 15...
ISRAEL'S IRAN TARGET PRACTICE
Fears of the Mideast erupting into a "fireball" of war rose sharply yesterday after US officials confirmed that Israel had sent waves of warplanes on a practice run for a...
TIME TO PRODUCE: OIL SUMMIT WILL NUDGE OPEC
The world's oil producers and major consumers will meet at a super-summit in Saudi Arabia tomorrow to talk about a boost in production that could bring pump prices down -...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Fri.: 148; Lucky Sum: 13 / Midday Win-4 Fri.: 0057; Lucky Sum: 12 / Evening Nos. Fri: 125; Lucky Sum: 8 / Evening Win-4 Fri.: 8119;...
BAM BOPPED OVER TRADE
John McCain was in Canada yesterday, pro- moting himself as a free trader and slamming Barack Obama for waffling on NAFTA. "Threatening to abrogate an agreement that has increased trade...
SPEARS' RETURN A SMASH HIT
Britney Spears' bodyguards snapped at a swarm of shutterbugs as the pop wreck made her grand entrance at the airport in L.A. last night after flying out to Louisiana to...
TA-TA, JAILBIRD! BRITS ORDER MARTHA TO KEEP OUT
There'll be no tea and crumpets for Martha Stewart. The lifestyle mogul's 2004 conviction for obstruction of justice barred her from obtaining a business visa to Britain to meet with...
BAM SLAMS MAC DRILL BIT
Barack Obama yesterday slammed John McCain's pitch to permit offshore drilling for oil and gas, saying the idea "makes absolutely no sense at all." Obama said the McCain plan to...
BRITS HIT F*@#ING NAOMI
Super-violent supermodel Naomi Campbell called a flight crew racist and slurred a female British cop as a "blond bitch" during the f-bomb tirade she launched at a London airport in...
NBA OUT TO DUNK BET REF
The NBA has called a personal foul on disgraced referee Tim Donaghy - demanding he pay nearly $1.4 million in restitution for back pay and legal bills. League officials argue...
POLL HAS MAC 15 PTS. BACK
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has opened up a major lead against Republican rival John McCain in new poll, breaking a long-standing dead heat between them. Obama holds 51-36 percent...
MIKE JUICES UP O
BOCA RATON, Fla. - In an unexpected move to bolster Barack Obama, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday told Jewish voters they have an obligation to repudiate persistent rumors that the Democratic presidential...
AIRLINE COMMAND: $TAY!
You can fly the friendly skies . . . but you'll have to stay awhile. United Airlines will be requiring minimum stays for most domestic flights beginning in October in...
SAUCE OF TOMATO WOE EYED
Food detectives said yesterday they're closing in on the source of salmonella-tainted tomatoes that have now sickened more than 552 people. Investigators believe they have identified farms in Florida and...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
The BronxPolice are hunting for the man pictured above in connection with a murder in Morris Heights. Cops said Lonnie McCray, 49, is wanted for questioning in the slaying of...
W. SIDE LANDMARK TO GO CONDO
The state has given the famed Apthorp apartment complex the go-ahead to undergo a billion-dollar condo conversion. The application for the 99-year-old Upper West Side landmark, which takes up the...
CRANE LAWSUIT SHOOTS FOR SKY
The owner of an Upper East Side building destroyed by last month's crane collapse wants $100 million from those whose "recklessness, carelessness and negligence" led to the accident, which killed...
WHY 50 CONS WERE SPRUNG
ALBANY - Gov. Paterson's administration revealed yesterday that more than 50 violent felons were released recently because of a Court of Appeals finding that judges failed to tell them they'd...
TEACHER'S COFFEE SPILL SCARS BOY
A Brooklyn 4-year-old was scalded when a teacher bumped into him in the school cafeteria and spilled hot coffee on his head, the boy's seething parents said yesterday. Colin Huston,...
PLUCKY DUCKS IN JAYWADDLE
Perhaps the mama duck thought the first day of summer seemed ideal for a trip for frozen yogurt at Bloomingdale's. She cheerfully led her ducklings east from Central Park yesterday,...
HEDGE-FUND FUGITIVE TRAVELS IN STYLE
Days before going on the lam, fugitive hedge-fund scammer Samuel Israel calmly took his newly purchased getaway RV to get inspected, and then tricked it out with a pricey stereo...
RAP DUE IN QNS. HORROR FIRE
A survivor of a horrific Queens blaze that killed her estranged boyfriend and three others will be charged in the case, sources said yesterday. Agnes Bermudez, 48, a former stock...
MTA BIG TO GOV: WE DESERVE FREE PASS
Memo to Gov. Paterson: We're priceless! Just days before the MTA board votes on whether to strip itself of free access to the system, the chairman wrote a petulant letter...
MODEL-$$ BOOST FOR WEINER
An immigration lawyer supporting a bill that Rep. Anthony Weiner is pushing to give foreign models easier entry is holding a fund-raiser for the likely 2009 mayoral hopeful, The Post...
IT'S COOL-HAND NEWMAN
A frail-looking Paul Newman stops to chat with a doorman outside his Fifth Avenue apartment building before heading off for a brief stroll. PHOTO GALLERY: Paul Newman Outside His Apartment...
2ND AVENUE BIZ STRAP-HANGING BY A THREAD
The gourmet grocery store Zeytinia is gone. The restaurant Kebap G is gone. The bar Red Rock Roadhouse is gone. And fellow shop owners in the crosshairs of the massive...
FOR WELL-HEELED FASHIONABLE TOTS
Now baby girls can really kick up their heels - in stilettos fashioned for the crib set. The soft crib booties designed to look like high heels are selling like...
CONCRETE EVIDENCE
Investigators are probing whether concrete strength tests were skimped on at the new Yankee Stadium, the Freedom Tower and as many as a dozen other of the city's biggest recent...
'TAX-HIKER' MIKE'S FOUL GAS ODOR
BOCA RATON, Fla. - Let the little people pay higher gas taxes. That was the harsh message for beleaguered motorists delivered yesterday by Mayor Bloomberg. With drivers around the country...
CAR CHAOS HURTS 18
Chaos reigned on the streets of Manhattan as out-of-control cars hurtled curbs and smashed into unsuspecting crowds yesterday in three terrifying incidents that left 18 people injured, including one in...
SLAY RAP FOR STARVE-BABY PARENTS
The parents of a 7-week-old boy have been arrested for their son's March death and charged with starving him in their Staten Island home, authorities said. Little Matthew Mason weighed...
'MUGGERS' CAUGHT IN THEIR OWN WEB
A mugging victim spotted pictures on the Internet of people wearing the jewelry snatched from him after a night of clubbing, authorities said yesterday. A short time after the May...
MIXED MARTIAL 'ARFS!!'
Two men rumbled at a Brooklyn dog run in a fight over their beloved pooches - ending when one whipped a water bottle into the other's face, breaking his nose,...
LAST CALL FOR BUD DIRECTOR
The resignation of Grupo Modelo chief Carlos Fernandez from the Anheuser-Busch board yesterday signaled to some investors that the Mexican beer company could help push America's biggest brewer into the...
NFL NETWORK, ESPN HUDDLE ON CABLE TV JOINT VENTURE
The NFL Network and ESPN are in talks about forming a joint venture deal that would allow the distribution-challenged channel to make its way onto most cable systems, The Post...
WORLD MARTS DOW-N
Wall Street's summer began with a bummer stock rout that pushed the Dow Jones average back down into the psychologically fragile 11,000 territory for the second time this year. Investors...
GETTING A KICK IN THE BLASS
Scrambling to avoid insolvency, the company that owns Bill Blass confirmed it is looking to sell the fashion brand as it slashes its work force and attempts to repair a...
HIZZONER GOES SOUTH
Mayor Look-At-Me took himself off to Florida yesterday to decry political rumor-mongering. Such is his right, but it has nothing to do with the fruitful administration of New York City,...
TEAR IT DOWN BEFORE IT KILLS AGAIN
New York's Bravest remembered one of their own this week: Fallen fire fighter Joseph Graffagnino was posthumously promoted to lieutenant. A wholly fitting honor - though we can think of...
EVER-CHANGING 'CHANGE'
Awash in campaign cash, Barack Obama this week announced that he's opting out of the public-financing system for presidential campaigns. He'll be the first general-election candidate to do that since...
YOU'LL CRY ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK
THESE aren't toys. They're breathing, plastic bandits! How appropriate that the movie based on the wildly popular American Girl doll line is set in the Great Depression. Because when you're...
DEVILS THINK SMALL, TRADE DOWN
Talk about trading down. Lou Lamoriello told The Post he might, then did it twice last night, all the way down to 5-foot-9 while piling up two extra picks. Having...
CALL TO ARMS NEEDED IN BRONX
JOBA Chamberlain is up to speed at almost warp speed, considering the perils of an in-season transition from bullpen to starter. Always, he is a hard act to follow, but...
CINCY PHENOM HAS YANKS RED-FACED
After Edinson Volquez turned their bats into dust the Yankees paid the pitcher the ultimate compliment. "He's got Pedro (Martinez) type stuff," Jason Giambi said of Volquez, who hurled the...
DAMON'S BLINDED BY THE LIGHTS
The criminal was the Yankee Stadium lights. The victim was Johnny Damon. In the top of the fifth inning of last night's 4-2 loss to the Reds in The Bronx,...
GRUMPY GRIFFEY STILL DISHIN' BRONX JEERS
Ken Griffey Jr. didn't make the walk out to Monument Park yesterday, and has no plans to do so this weekend. He won't stop to smell the roses, because Griffey...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Lynch to plead guilty Bills running back Marshawn Lynch will plead guilty next week in a hit-and-run accident involving his SUV, Erie County district attorney Frank Clark said yesterday....
HONDO SAYS HALO!
Hondo, who romped with the Rays over the Cubs Thursday, came right back with the Small Bears yes terday, scoring in Wrigley to increase his collection of disposable dead presidents...
BULLS LOOKING FOR NEW ANGEL
The Red Bulls will be without Designated Players Juan Pablo Angel and Claudio Reyna tonight against Dallas. As a matter of fact, Juan Carlos Osorio will likely stick with the...
ISLANDERS DEAL DOWN, TAP CENTER
OTTAWA - The Islanders apparently knew better than everybody else. For in position with the fifth overall selection of the NHL Entry Draft to select either highly regarded shutdown defenseman...
LET'S MAKE A DEL: RANGERS PICK ZOTTO
OTTAWA - When the 20th overall selection of the NHL entry draft came up here last night, Garden owner Jim Dolan mounted the podium only to be intercepted by Gary...
D'AN'S PLAN SIMPLE
Mike D'Antoni hopes fewer assistant coaches will mean more victories. In contrast to Isiah Thomas' massive stable of assistant coaches, D'Antoni is content to go with three, going against the...
BERN-ING QUESTION
DENVER - Jerry Manuel said he called Willie Randolph on Thursday but never mentioned The Post's report of perceived back-stabbing by Manuel and Mets VP of player development Tony Bernazard....
METS ROCK SOLID
DENVER - Maybe the Mets really were distracted by the whole Willie Randolph drama. Another day removed from Randolph's firing, the Mets continued to look relaxed and confident under interim...
NETS WONDER HOW LOW JOE CAN GO
The Nets watched West Virginia small forward Joe Alexander make a lot of impressive moves during his workout yesterday. He even reminded some in attendance of Kiki Vandeweghe. Alexander admitted...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Now this was a s-s-s-special delivery. A New Hampshire woman got the fright of her life when she reached into her mailbox and found a 3-foot-long snake. Experts said it...
INCREDIBLE BULK
WHAT can lift a tree trunk, tote an 800-pound tire and eat a dozen eggs? A very strong man - in fact, America's strongest. Meet Derek Poundstone, the 315-pound, 6-foot-1...
WHAT'S UP?
TODAYMORE THAN A MOVIE: They don't sound like Ben Stiller or Chris Rock, but that because the animals in the Bronx Zoo's new "Madagascar" exhibit are the real deal. Lemurs,...
AMPED FOR CAMP
FOR some parents, it's the most wonderful time of the year - when kids with trunks full of newly name-tagged togs set off for sleep-away camp. Color war, talent shows,...
TATS & SASS
FROM pirates of the high seas to the Hell's Angels, tattoos on men have long been the go-to symbol of rebellion. For women? Not so much. Inked arms on women...
STAR OF INDIA
WHEN a girl with eight limbs was born in a remote Indian village, the locals believed she was the eight-legged Hindu goddess Lakshmi, and her arrival meant they would be...
THEY DON'T LIVE UP TO THE STIPE
CALL their comeback concert at Madison Square Garden Thursday unR.E.M.arkable. Athens, Ga.'s favorite sons - who should be running at high revs on the power of "Accelerate," their best, most...
Man United: Ronaldo "not for sale.''
By BRIAN LEWISIf Cristiano Ronaldo thought yesterday’s declaration was going to prod Manchester United into letting him go to Real Madrid easily, apparently he was mistaken. The Old Trafford brass...
Rangers Select Defensman Del Zotto
By BRETT CYRGALISTonight the Rangers selected 18-year-old defenseman Michael Del Zotto from the Oshawa Generals (OHL) with their first-round selection (20th overall) in the 2008 NHL Draft.Del Zotto, a left-handed...
Manuel: Church getting close
Right fielder Ryan Church, on the DL since June 6 with post-concussion syndrome, could be close to returning. Jerry Manuel said before tonight's game that Church will take part in...