May 14, 2009
Reyes deemed day-to-day
SAN FRANCISCO -- As if the uncertainty surrounding Carlos Delgado and J.J. Putz wasn't bad enough, the Mets also had to pull Jose Reyes from the lineup tonight. Reyes was...
Wang to pitch again Sunday
APChien-Ming Wang (hip) will make a second rehab start with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Sunday. Wang allowed three hits in six scoreless innings in his first rehab start on Tuesday."We want...
Deal of the Day-United Bamboo
Instead of reverting back to those old gladiators, pick up these Tassel Sandals. They're a preppy spin on the old Roman classic.Try them out with slouchy cropped trousers or a...
Noose Tightens on Leo the Lion
MGM's increasingly nervous creditors are reportedly exploring restructuring options. The cratering DVD market has created such severe cash-flow problems that the studio is having trouble getting any of the many...
JIM LEYRITZ 911 TRANSCRIPT
Operator: Fort Lauderdale be advised she is calling from out of state. Be advised that she got a call saying that someone is trying to hurt themselves, trying to commit...
Ewing snubbed by Webber
By MARC BERMANPatrick Ewing, "The Greatest Knick Ever'' has been demoted to Sixth Man by Chris Webber of TNT.C-Webb is doing a Fab Five video franchise for NBA.com in which...
BROOKE WHITE, RANDY JACKSON TEAM UP FOR 'IDOL' ALUM'S DEBUT ALBUM
Brooke White is Randy Jackson's ultimate "dawg." The music producer and "American Idol" judge picked the quirky, yet soulful White as the first "Idol" alumni to transform into an artist....
NYC CLOSING SCHOOLS TO DEAL WITH BIG FLU OUTBREAK
New York City has closed three schools in response to a swine flu outbreak that has left an assistant principal in critical condition and sent hundreds of kids home with...
Game 34: Mets at Giants
SAN FRANCISCO -- With Jose Reyes getting the evening off (calf strain), the Mets will be even more shorthanded here tonight when John Maine takes the mound in the opener...
WOODHEAD JETS' STARTER, FOR NOW
Danny Woodhead is the Jets' new starting running back. Well, at least for now. With Pro Bowlers Thomas Jones and Leon Washington sitting out organized team activities while in contract...
Pulse Sales: Elizabeth & James
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Today's Leon update
Leon Washington's agent Alvin Keels told SIRIUS Radio he thought negotiations with the Jets would be further along, but he remains confident the two sides can reach an agreement.READ STORY...
My head, it hurts
In a recent interview, Steven Weber, currently appearing in "The Philanthropist," complains about the dismissive way in which some critics dispatched his show. "It's not fluff," Weber says of Christopher...
Delgado decision delayed
SAN FRANCISCO -- It doesn't look promising, but the Mets now plan to wait until Sunday before making a decision on Carlos Delgado and the disabled list. The Mets said...
Putz out at least two days
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Mets confirmed today that reliever J.J. Putz has a bone spur in his right (pitching) elbow and will be unavailable for at least the first two...
'FARRAH'S STORY' LAWSUIT
Farrah Fawcett's former business partner claimed he was unjustly dumped from a documentary based on the TV icon's bout with cancer, according to a lawsuit filed today. Craig Nevius blasted...
ATLANTIS CREW INSTALL NEW CAMERA ON HUBBLE
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida -- A pair of spacewalking astronauts overpowered a stubborn bolt and successfully installed a new piano-sized camera in the Hubble Space Telescope on Thursday, the first step...
LITTLEJOHN'S CELL PHONE TRAIL
Detectives learned through cell phone tower records that the bouncer accused of killing Imette St. Guillen was near the Brooklyn dump site where her body was found, according to testimony...
Jeter, Matsui in lineup
By GEORGE A. KING IIITORONTO -- Derek Jeter and Hideki Matsui are in the Yankees' lineup tonight.Jeter (oblique) missed the first two games of this series and was iffy for...
JETS, LEON NOT WHERE AGENT WANTS
Leon Washington and the Jets are moving closer to a new contract, but not as fast as the player and his agent would like. "We are progressing along, obviously they...
GOV. PATERSON VETOES OPEN MEETINGS BILL
ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York Gov. David Paterson has vetoed legislation that would have allowed judges to fine school boards, municipal councils and other public bodies up to $500 for...
EX-YANKEE HOSPITALIZED AFTER SUICIDE THREAT
Ex-Yankee slugger Jim Leyritz is a "Bomber" yet again. Leyritz, who is awaiting trial for a fatal drunk-driving crash, was hospitalized last night after threatening suicide when he failed a...
GOP SENATE HOPEFUL CALLS SCHUMER 'THAT JEW'
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- A Republican state lawmaker hoping for his party's nod to run for Senate reportedly referred to Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer as "that Jew" during a recent...
Updated: Cardinals could keep Boldin
After all the speculation and rumors, Anquan Boldin may just end up re-signing with the Cardinals.For months, Boldin and his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, have said the wide receiver would not...
DANNY GOKEY: I WANT TO 'CHANGE PEOPLE'S HEARTS'
Danny Gokey, 29, who lost his wife to heart disease only 10 months ago, has been a fan favorite since the beginning of this season's "American Idol." "I had to...
SENATE CANDIDATE CALLS SCHUMER 'THAT JEW'
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- A Republican candidate for U.S. Senate from Arkansas reportedly referred to Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer as "that Jew" during a recent appearance before a Republican group....
OBAMA EXPANDS MORTGAGE AID PROGRAM
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration expanded its $50 billion mortgage aid program on Thursday, announcing new measures that would help homeowners avoid a foreclosure if they don't qualify for other...
POLICE: SON FOUGHT WITH MOTHER BEFORE HER DEATH
The estranged wife of a millionaire mattress king got into screaming match with her mentally unstable son the day before she was found dead at their Long Island home, a...
BROOKLYN LIVERY CAB DRIVER SHOT AND KILLED
A livery cab driver was gunned down in an ambush outside his Brooklyn home early today -- and cops are now looking for a former lover as a potential suspect,...
'ABFAB' DEAD
ONCE again, "Absolutely Fabulous" fails to make the transatlantic jump. BBC Worldwide has confirmed that Fox decided not to pick up the series, despite shooting a pilot for an American...
Curry: Knicks would be 'dream come true'
By JUSTIN TERRANOVAMaybe the Knicks didn't tell Stephen Curry they would pick him if they have the eighth pick in the NBA Draft, but it sounds like he wishes they...
FORMER K-MART CEO BEGINS SEC TRIAL
ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- A civil trial is under way in a federal court in Michigan where former Kmart Chief Executive Charles Conaway could be barred from serving as an...
WITNESS: MARSHALL TOLD ASTOR HE HAD TO SELL PAINTING
The son of philanthropist Brooke Astor, on trial for allegedly looting his mother's estate, said he had to sell her ailing mother's beloved artwork just so she could afford to...
CHRYSLER LLC TO ELIMINATE 789 DEALERSHIPS
NEW YORK -- Chrysler LLC wants to eliminate roughly a quarter of its 3,200 U.S. dealerships by early next month, saying in a bankruptcy court filing Thursday that the network...
EPL: Round 36, The Drop
As the Premier League season heads into Round 37, the bottom of the table finally looks a little different than it has the last few weeks.Hull City have dropped into...
CARLYLE GROUP FINED IN NY PENSION SCANDAL
One of the nation's largest private equity funds has agreed to pay $20 million over its role in a corruption scandal involving New York's public pension fund. The Carlyle Group...
Jay Leno's Last 'Tonight' Guest Is...
Conan O'Brien - the host who will be replacing Leno come June 1. How apropos.Leno wraps up his 17-year-run as host of NBC's late-night show on May 29 to launch...
VICTIM'S KIN: BUFFALO CRASH DIDN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN
WASHINGTON -- After three days of testimony about pilot fatigue, failed flying tests and cockpit warning systems, the uncle of a victim of crashed Flight 3407 summed it up: "No...
NIGERIAN MILITANTS HIJACK OIL SHIP
LAGOS, Nigeria -- Nigerian militants hijacked an oil industry ship and were holding 15 Filipino sailors hostage Thursday as the gunmen demanded that all oil workers leave the southern Niger...
MADOFF SENTENCING PUSHED BACK UNTIL THE END OF JUNE
The sentencing of disgraced financier Bernie Madoff has been pushed back two weeks until the end of June, according to documents released today. At the same time, the trustee overseeing...
BONE MARROW DRIVE FOR LITTLE KAI
Just shy of five years old, little Kai Anderson's only concern should be looking forward to kindergarten. Instead, the little tyke is routinely subjected to a concoction of seven powerful...
POSEIDON ADVENTURE IN THE BAY
A funâ'filled cruise to nowhere for a group of Xaverian High School graduates ended in a rescue operation as the ship's helmsman deviated from his course to save six stranded...
BRAWLING POL GETS SOCKED
State Senator Kevin Parker's impulse control issues are starting to cost him â" dearly. The embattled brawler known for responding to some challengers (particularly meter maids) with his fists was...
CHANGES TO HOLOCAUST PARK
Let not one victim be forgotten. That was the message city officials relayed to members of the Holocaust Memorial Park Committee last week when they authorized one group's longtime bid...
DOORS SWINGING SHUT ON BRIGHTON BEACH POST OFFICE
Concern is sweeping Brighton Beach as the area's only post office is scheduled to close at the end of the year. United States Postal Officials confirmed that the post office...
PELOSI: CIA, BUSH MISLEAD ME ON WATERBOARDING
WASHINGTON -- Under strong attack from Republicans, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused the CIA and Bush administration of misleading her about waterboarding detainees in the war on terror and sharply...
Chat rewind: May 14
Click on the replay arrow in the graphic below to revisit my hour-long live chat on the Mets:Mets chat with Bart Hubbuch
Kate Gosselin Picks the True Cover Story
The cheating rumors are not going away for married TV couple Jon and Kate. "This week I'm on the cover of four magazines - one is true, three are not,"...
Stammler a rock in the Red Bull midfield
Juan Carlos Osorio called Seth Stammler the Red Bulls' best player in Friday's 4-1 rout of San Jose. And if they plan to make up ground on this much-needed four-game...
Celades: Friday win changed our mentality
Red Bull midfielder Albert Celades may be new to MLS, but the ex-Barcelona and Real Madrid man is no stranger to victory. The former Champions League winner knows what it...
Yankees first-fifth grades
By JUSTIN TERRANOVAThe Mets (18-15) and Yankees (16-17) have played 33 games, which is approximately 1/5 of the way into the season. Each team has produced more questions than answers....
PFIZER TO GIVE FREE VIAGRA TO UNEMPLOYED
Here's one way to pump up the economy. Drugmaker Pfizer announced today that it will provide 70 of its most widely prescribed drugs --- including the wonder-drug Viagra --- for...
Sneak Peek: 'Housewives' Reunion 2.0
We're pretty sure that if we shook Kelly Bensimon's head, it would rattle. The former model and newest NYC "Housewife" is as aggressive as she is nonsensical when she defends...
The Worst Movie of 2010?
"Abel Ferrara is taking another walk on the wild side with a re-imagining of Robert Louis Stevenson's 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,' which will be contemporized...
EX-AGENT GETS PROBATION FOR HOLLYWOOD WIRETAPS
WASHINGTON -- A disgraced former FBI agent was sentenced today to just one year probation and a $5,000 fine for using the bureau's computers to dig up information on Hollywood...
NEW YORKERS SPLIT ON GAY MARRIAGE
New Yorkers are split when it comes to legalizing same-sex marriage even as the state Legislature moves closer to a vote, according to a poll released today. A Quinnipiac University...
BLOOMBERG DEPOSED IN FEDERAL DISCRIMINATION SUIT
Mayor Bloomberg was grilled under oath today by the federal government in connection with a discrimination suit filed against the financial news company he founded, saying he "is responsible" for...
The Manny Effect
The baseball world was hit with yet another jaw-dropping revelation regarding performance-enhancing drugs last week. (I use the term jaw-dropping loosely because nothing should surprise any of us nowadays.)Hollywood's superstar...
Mets first-fifth grades
By JUSTIN TERRANOVAThe Mets (18-15) and Yankees (16-17) have played 33 games, which is approximately 1/5 of the way into the season. Each team has produced more questions than answers....
Leo as Marty's Sinatra? Don't Hold Your Breath
Producer Cathy Schulman is suggestingLeonardo DiCaprio is a candidate to play Frank Sinatra in Martin Scorsese's long-rumored Sinatra biopic, which was finally announced yesterday by Universal and Peter Guber's Mandalay...
US NAVY DETAINS 17 SUSPECTED PIRATES
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A team of specialized American sailors apprehended 17 suspected pirates who attacked an Egyptian merchant ship in the dangerous waters off Yemen, the U.S. Navy...
Coverage in The Post
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Mets are still in first place, but they start a 10-game trip here tonight on a down note after putting on an epic display of bad...
HOUSE OF 'SLUMDOG' STAR BULLDOZED IN MUMBAI
MUMBAI, India -- City workers bulldozed the home of a "Slumdog Millionaire" child star Thursday as part of the demolition of dozens of shanties in a Mumbai slum. Azharuddin Mohammed...
EPL: No Time for United to be 'Wigan' Out
Manchester United moved within one point of a record-tying 18th English league title, mounting a dramatic comeback to win 2-1 against Wigan on Wednesday at the JJB Stadium behind second-half...
Barcelona and Lazio Win League Cups
In the Italian Cup final in Rome, Uruguayan goalkeeper Fernando Muslera saved efforts from Antonio Cassano and Hugo Campagnaro before Ousmane Dabo scored the decisive spot-kick to give the Romans...
WHY ADAM SHOULD WIN 'AMERICAN IDOL'
THERE'S no question who should win: Adam Lambert. Never mind that he's an over-dramatic theater ham who caterwauls his way through songs each week. Or that he dresses like a...
Reyes' bad run
From JOEL SHERMAN There is a difference between poor baserunning and indifferent baserunning. That Jose Reyes found himself in both camps in Wednesday's Met matinee loss to the Braves at...
3 UP: ARE THE YANKS MENTALLY TOUGH ENOUGH
1. In today's Post I wrote a column about where the Yankees are as an organization right now, with their high-priced stadium and high-priced roster both not bringing praise and...
3 UP: YANK TOUGHNESS, MET SKED AND REYES
1. In today's Post I wrote a column about where the Yankees are as an organization right now, with their high-priced stadium and high-priced roster both not bringing praise and...
AFGHAN GRAVEYARD
THE conflict in Afghanistan was a special-operations war in 2001, and it's a spe cial-operations war in 2009. Everything in between was deadly make-believe. The latest casualty of our incoherent...
THEY'RE BIRDS OF EXTINCTION
GENEVA -- An Ethiopian lark, a Galapagos finch and a spectacularly colored hummingbird only recently discovered in Colombia have been added to the list of the world's most threatened species,...
BAM'S BOLD AGENDA: RANK FAVORITISM
ANYONE, said T.S. Eliot, could carve a goose, were it not for the bones. And anyone could govern as boldly as their whims decreed, were it not for the skeletal...
THE MIDEAST NUCLEAR-ARMS SCRAMBLE
FEARS that the Obama administration intends to let Iran become a nuclear power has sent other Middle Eastern countries shopping around for partners to help them join the nuclear club....
THE CRU-LESS CUT OF ALL
PARIS -- The French have confronted their worst recession in 30 years. Now comes the worst: pawning wine. Over the past year, Parisians have handed over thousands of bottles of...
ALAN GREENSPAN SO SPEAK FOR NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS
WHO the hell would be stupid enough to pay to hear Alan Greenspan's opinion of anything! Notice, that isn't a question because I already know the answer. Rather, it's a...
STATE SWINE CASES AT 214
ALBANY -- Health officials say the state has six new cases of swine flu, bringing the total confirmed to 214. Health Commissioner Richard Daines says the latest confirmed cases reported...
CHOKING NY CHARTERS
CHARTER schools are under increasing attack, even as evidence mounts that they are a huge success in New York. The latest salvo: a bill to strip the State University of...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn A young woman assaulted her girlfriend in an East New York home, authorities said yesterday. Shevron Esquilin, 22, clashed with her 38-year-old girlfriend in the victim's apartment at Union...
NASA HUBBLE HEROES
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Atlantis' astronauts reached out and grabbed the Hubble Space Telescope yesterday, setting the stage for five days of treacherous spacewalking repairs in a lofty orbit littered...
IRVING PICARD DEFERS MADOFF VICTIM CASES TO SEC
Investors wiped out by Bernie Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme could face even longer delays in getting a payout from trustee Irving Picard after the SEC decided to step into...
PREZ KIDS' PRINCIPAL VOUCHES FOR AID
WASHINGTON -- The headmaster of the private school where President Obama sends his children pleaded with lawmakers yesterday to continue the government program that allows underprivileged students in the city...
MIKE'S GRADE GETS A BOOST
With the debate raging in Albany over who should control the city's schools, a new poll released yesterday showed that voters have reassessed Mayor Bloomberg's stewardship and a majority now...
SUPERMAN TRUNK SALE
This Superman costume worn by Christopher Reeve could fly off the auction block when it goes under the hammer in Australia. The late actor wore the leotard, with its iconic...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
MBIA sued Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, UBS AG and 15 more of the world's largest financial firms sued MBIA, saying the biggest bond insur er's split of its guarantee...
FAIRFIELD GREENWICH HANDS OVER FUNDS
Fairfield Greenwich, a hedge fund ensnared in Bernie Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme, is handing over $2.5 billion remaining in four funds to Sciens Capital as Fairfield looks to salvage...
INTEL'S $1.45B ANTITRUST FINE MAY GO TO EUROPEAN UNION
Intel could find itself in the business of propping up Europe's failing economies, if its top antitrust cop has her way. To add insult to injury, the European Union's competition...
APPLE'S JOBS TO SKIP SHOW
Apple Inc. said marketing chief Philip Schiller will give the keynote speech at its developers' conference in June, quashing speculation CEO Steve Jobs might return early from leave to unveil...
SLAIN NJ VET LIVED A 'DREAM'
Relatives in Paterson, NJ, are mourning a 25-year-old GI who fulfilled his dream of being a soldier -- only to die when a fellow sergeant went berserk in Iraq. A...
MAUL APE DOPED UP ON XANAX
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The chimpanzee that mauled a Stamford woman had the anti-anxiety drug Xanax in his system, test results show, but it hasn't been determined whether the drug...
CRAIGSLIST IS OFF THE HOOKER
Craigslist is replacing its "erotic services" ads with a new "adult services" category in a bid to end flagrant prostitution. First-time ads cost $10, double the current price, and repeat...
PRINCE OF PARTYING DUE HERE
Better brush up on your polo and protocol -- Britain's bad-boy Prince Harry is heading for his first visit to the Big Apple. Harry, 24, who enjoys a party-hearty lifestyle...
STRIPPER TIP SPURS BIG BOOB'S BOGUS-BUCKS BUST
There was no happy ending for this dopey ex-con. A savvy stripper at a Times Square peep-show parlor exposed a patron for trying to pay for her performance with a...
GEITHNER: SMALL BANKS CAN STILL APPLY FOR TARP
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said small banks will have an additional six months to apply for capital injections from the $700 billion financial rescue fund. Banks with total assets under...
STADIUM LOTS TRY TO SLIP FA$TBALL BY PARKERS
What screwballs! Two parking firms want commuters to pay game-day rates to park at lots near Citi Field and Yankee Stadium -- even though those drivers aren't attending the game....
BLACK EXEC: I GOT FIRED FOR BACKING WHITE MIKE
One of Mayor Bloomberg's first black supporters this year claimed yesterday that she was fired for endorsing a white candidate. Joyce Johnson, the former president and CEO of the nonprofit...
CONGRESS CRITICIZES AIG CEO ED LIDDY
American International Group CEO Ed Liddy met some harsh criticism at a congressional hearing yesterday as lawmakers demanded answers on the taxpayer bailout of the giant insurer. Rep. Dennis Kucinich...
BIG APPLE EYE ON PARK WIFI
City officials want to bring wireless Internet service back to parks and other public spaces in a way that would click both with users and the companies that pay for...
MGM MIRAGE RAISES $2.5B IN STOCK AND DEBT
It seems Kirk Kerkorian's luck has finally returned. Less than a month after the sun-drenched casino mogul was staring at having to fold his MGM Mirage into bankruptcy, Kerkorian yesterday...
DANNY BOY BLANKS OUT JUST LIKE A BAD DRUNK
DADDY to the rescue! It was a brutal morning in court for Danny Boy Dorrian, the spoiled rich kid and never-was actor who won't get his hands dirty, never takes...
RECENT RETAIL FIGURES CAUSE MARKETS TO DROP
Macy's and Liz Claiborne widened their quarterly losses, deflating hopes that shoppers are poised for a rebound sending stocks lower. Government data yesterday showed that retail sales fell for the...
CO-PILOT WAS PAID JUST 16G
The regional airline that employed the woefully inexperienced crew of doomed Flight 3407 to Buffalo pays its pilots peanuts, lets them commute cross-country and doesn't provide a proper place to...
IMETTE PUB BOSS SHAMED
The bad-boy son of a famed tavern-owning family is a spoiled rotten, drug-addled loser who relied on daddy's connections to get himself out of trouble, a defense attorney seethed yesterday...
TREASURY WANTS BANKS TO REGULATE DERIVATIVES MARKET
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner urged banks to increase transparency in the over-the-counter derivatives market by making prices available on centralized computer platforms. Increased regulation is needed to reduce risk to...
YA CAN'T MUSCLE ME OUT
With all the defiance of a spoiled mob princess -- and the dramatic acting chops of an Oscar diva -- foreclosure victim Victoria Gotti vowed yesterday that no one will...
NYU GRADS KICK YANKS IN THE SEAT
Angry NYU graduates claim the Yankees deserve an anything-but-honorary "BS" -- for barring them from the best seats in the new Stadium during their commencement yesterday. Unlike at Bombers home...
AN 'ASS'ET TO HIS FIRM
Don't bet your bottom dollar. A Queens plumber and diehard Mets fan told cops he ditched his duds and streaked across Citi Field after his boss dared him to do...
PULLING STRINGS
Your article about Class Size Matters is riddled with factual errors and innuendo ("UFT's New Puppet Act," May 10). We are a parent organization with no paid staff, and the...
LINKING ISRAEL & IRAN: O & CO.'S WRONG FOCUS
Alan Dershowitz logically contradicts the Obama administration's position that the resolution of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict would increase the possibility of successfully solving the Iranian nuclear problems ("Blaming Israel," PostScript, May...
ANGELO MOZILO MAY FACE SEC FRAUD CHARGES
The Securities and Exchange Commission may slap civil fraud charges against Countrywide's former highflying CEO, Angelo Mozilo. Mozilo, a butcher's son from the Bronx, is known as much for his...
AN ENERGY BOOST FOR NEW YORK
Team Obama dealt the New York region a swift kick last month when it nixed plans by Broadwater Energy to park a liquefied-natural-gas terminal in Long Island Sound. That makes...
OBAMA'S PICTURE-PERFECT FLIP
The Obama administration yesterday decided, wisely, to block the release of photos of alleged prisoner abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan. The ACLU has sought the photos for years, which is...
THE BATTLE IS JOINED
The Campaign for Better Schools, a teachers-union front that's leading the push to kill mayoral control of public education in New York City, has rolled out its own school-governance scheme....
DETROIT AD FIRM, DONER, FACES PENSION SUIT
A former top executive is suing Detroit ad firm Doner over its handling of its pension plan, fueling questions over whether the agency properly disclosed the plan to employees. The...
CLEAR CHANNEL SHOWS SIGNS OF FINANCIAL DISTRESS
Radio and billboard giant Clear Channel Communications has begun reaching out to lenders about restructuring the company's massive debt load just nine months after the company was acquired in a...
JIM SIMONS ANSWERS QUESTIONS ABOUT RIEF
Hedge-fund bigwig Jim Simons, who won the title last year of top hedge-fund earner for pocketing a whopping $2.5 billion, is battling questions of poor performance in an equity fund...
CHARLENE IS 'SWORN' IN
But Charlene, how did you really feel about Mrs. Astor? Charlene Marshall, the unindicted villainess of the Brooke Astor swindle trial, was center stage again yesterday, this time for allegedly...
ETHICS CHIEF NAILED AS A SPITZER FIXER
Gov. Paterson ordered a shakeup of the state's ethics commission yesterday after an inspector general's report found its chief executive illegally fed secret information to aides of then-Gov. Eliot Spitzer...
BAM IN PHOTO FLIP-FLOP
In an abrupt U-turn, President Obama announced yesterday he will try to block the release of hundreds of photos showing prisoners being abused in Iraq and Afghanistan, saying they could...
6 TOP O'S SUPREME LIST
WASHINGTON -- President Obama is considering more than six contenders for the Supreme Court, a list dominated by women and Hispanics. Among those under consideration are Solicitor General Elena Kagan,...
'CHEERS' GUY FEARS FIERY EX
John Ratzenberger, who played barfly postman Cliff Clavin on "Cheers," wants an order of protection against his ex-girlfriend -- reportedly afraid the country-music-loving chick will torch his car. Citing legal...
PARTING SHOTS
A woman who claims she shot her abusive, cross-dressing, ex-NYPD husband in self-defense told Oprah Winfrey she was so frightened for her life, she opened fire with two guns. Barbara...
COP BUSTED IN $1M HEIST BID
An NYPD cop was busted yesterday, just hours before he planned to retrieve nearly $1 million for a drug dealer who had stashed it in a Manhattan apartment before being...
OPERA GAL SINGS IN COURT
This Madame Butterfly had a nose for coke, flitted around with crooked campaign dough, and harvested a boatload of money from a Ponzi scam. On Day 2 of disgraced Democratic...
BOOZE MIX KILLED TOP ATHLETE
A star college athlete from New Jersey died from a lethal combination of booze and painkillers, an autopsy revealed yesterday. Warren Kimber IV, 20, of Summit, a sophomore who played...
VAN CRASH CUTS OFFBOY'S LEG
An 8-year-old Brooklyn boy's right leg was severed by a flying chunk of metal in a freak accident just after he got off a school bus yesterday, police and witnesses...
SALE PAINTS ROSY PICTURE
At least one market is still looking good. Deep-pocketed art buffs opened up their wallets last night to rack up an impressive $93.7 million in sales at a Christie's auction...
1-800-MATTRESS SLAY
The wife of the millionaire founder of 1-800-Mattress was discovered dead in her Long Island home yesterday -- and her troubled son was charged with murder, authorities said. Kay Barragan,...
O: DON'T PULL A BERNIE
President Obama last night delivered the commencement address at Arizona State University -- telling the graduates not to live their lives like Ponzi scammer Bernie Madoff. "The leaders we revere,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Pigs may not fly, but apparently, a moose can. A man in Maine reported that "a moose just fell out of the sky" when the 500-pound beast jumped from a...
ISIAH DISCUSSES OVERDOSE
Isiah Thomas said yesterday his accidental overdose last Oct. 24 was not a suicide attempt and addressed for the first time his bizarre quotes in The Post on the day...
BIG CATS FOR HONDO
Hondo, who went belly up with the Bombers Tues day night in Toronto, continued to give back yester day, losing with the Pale Hose to lower the dead presidents to...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Zimmerman's streak ends In San Francisco, Ryan Zimmerman's 30-game hitting streak ended when he went 0-for-3 with two walks in the Nationals' 6-3 victory over the Giants . ....
DL LIKELY FOR DELGADO
Carlos Delgado was headed to San Francisco with the Mets yesterday, but it didn't sound as if the first baseman will need a uniform anytime soon. Manager Jerry Manuel said...
ROUGHED-UP NIESE SHUFFLED TO BUFFALO
Mets rookie right-hander Jonathon Niese wanted to play his own brand of fantasy baseball after he pitched his way back to the minors yesterday. But returning for a do-over in...
WIN DOESN'T ERASE WOES
THIS is beautiful karmic justice. The Yankees build a $1.5 billion temple to exclusion and greed, and end up with a much-criticized homer arcade with too many hard-to-fill seats. They...
REAL TEST WAITING IN UPCOMING ROAD TRIP
AFTERWARD, it was impossible not to smile at the sight: Streaming out from behind the right-field fence there came a stream of humanity, hundreds of stragglers among the announced crowd...
SHEFFIELD GETS BIG HIT IN 8TH
Gary Sheffield felt in control, up 2-0 in the count. But Braves closer Mike Gonzalez had redemption on his mind. Sheffield lost, Gonzalez won in the final confrontation of the...
METS STUNG BY MISCUES ON BASES
What a bunch of fundamental midgets. There is no disputing the Mets have plenty of talent, too bad they can't play the game right.METS BLOGBOX SCORE The latest ringleader is...
DERBY CHAMP DRAWS POST 2, FILLY FLIER STARTS FROM 13
BALTIMORE -- He's Mr. Inside, she's Ms. Outside. Mine That Bird, who skimmed the rail to win the Kentucky Derby at 50-1, drew post 2 in a field of 13...
HAUTE LIST
Steven Dann, women's luxury footwear guru, honed his impeccable taste through years of working for fashion houses such as Giorgio Armani, Gucci, Burberry, Escada, Donna Karan, Hogan and Versace, where...
RALLY OF THE DOLLS
GINA Rolo holds a pair of small, expressionless eyeballs in her hands. They look so real, it would not be entirely shocking if they blinked. But they would need eyelids...
COUP DE BRA
SLURRING along the words to "Single Ladies" on a Saturday night yet again? No worries, sister: All you need is Japan's new magical man-nabbing bra! This week, lingerie company Triumph...
PETTITTE BACKED BY GARDNER'S FIRST HR
TORONTO -- Brett Gardner & The Kids were wonderful filling in for the wounded. Mark Teixeira went north of the Mendoza Line. Alfredo Aceves offered zeroes out of the shaky...
OLD COACH SEES CALMER ARTEST
Ron Artest has emerged as one of the leaders of a Rockets team that will try to stay alive in its Western Conference semifinal series against the Lakers tonight in...
CHELSEA
Do you think you could live comfortably in an area that measures 500 square feet? Well, that's the size of the living room -- just the living room -- of...
MIDTOWN WEST
Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,338 Maintenance: $2,848 -- Two bedrooms, two bathrooms -- two kitchens? Yup. This West 56th Street co-op is full of extras that impress, including...
WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN
Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,230 Common charges: $349 -- This Stagg Street penthouse triplex condo offers not just a hip location and lofty 14½-foot ceilings -- with two...
WHITESTONE, QUEENS
Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,100 -- This raised Ranch on 10th Avenue has raised the standards for an affordable family home within city limits. There's a formal dining...
UPPER EAST SIDE
In a part of town known for eight-figure townhouses, you might want to consider this luxury value at just under $8 million on East 61st Street and Third Avenue. This...
CARNEGIE HILL
Like fresh water in the middle of a desert, this oasis of a townhouse just off Fifth Avenue makes it easier to survive the tough times of the surrounding city...
RHYTHM SCHTICK
'GLEE" is full of it. Glee, I mean. This quirky, wonderful new show -- which won't actually start until next fall but is getting a sneak preview next Tuesday after...
WHY KRIS ALLEN SHOULD WIN 'AMERICAN IDOL'
ADAM Lambert has been the odds-on favorite since the start, sure, but consider the boy from Conway, Ark. Kris Allen has played an instrument more than any other "Idol," giving...
OPEN-AND-SHUT CASE OF PREDICTABILITY
IT seems the library of the Su preme Court of the United States is a hotbed of flirta tious bickering and eloquent debating among nocturnal lawyers. Or so Canadian playwright...
HATCH LET OUT OF JAIL
'SURVIVOR" winner and tax-evader Richard Hatch was released from federal prison on Monday, May 11, prison officials have confirmed. Hatch, 47, was indicted in 2005 of failing to pay taxes...
TEYONA TAKES 'ANTM'
'AMERICA'S Next Top Model" is... Teyona Anderson. After 12 weeks of striking poses and strutting her stuff, the 20-year-old loss-prevention specialist from Woodstown, NJ was crowned the Cycle 12 winner...
'NYC' BEATS 'JERSEY'
'THE Real Housewives of New York" high-decibel reunion show was a big draw for Bravo this week -- bigger even the first episode of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey."...
OBLIQUE INJURY MIGHT KEEP JETER ON BENCH
TORONTO -- Derek Jeter had a one-word answer to a question about him landing on the disabled list. "Nope," said Jeter, who missed a second straight game last night when...
SURGING NUGGETS ELIMINATE MAVS
DENVER -- The Nuggets are leaving all the animosity with the Mavericks' players, fans and owner behind and are heading to their first Western Conference finals since 1985. Behind 30...
HOW GREAT IT'D BE TO WIN ONE
Gary Stute, 52, trains Ar kansas Derby winner Papa Clem, a solid fourth in the Kentucky Derby. This week, Stute shares his thoughts with Post readers as he pre pares...
WIE FINALLY ON RIGHT CAREER PATH
MY first vision of Michelle Wie spurred this unmistakable thought: She was a can't-miss star in the making who would dominate and revolutionize women's golf. This was in 2003 when...
DUEL FIT FOR A KING -- AND QUEEN!
BALTIMORE -- Mine That Bird, the Kentucky Derby idol, and Rachel Alexandra, his filly nemesis, took up their stations at Pimlico yesterday, spaced a few yards apart, but ready for...
TOP-RANKED OCHOA SHOOTING FOR FOUR-PEAT
The Sybase Classic tees off today with what likely is the strongest -- and most-hyped -- field in its history. Former phenom Michelle Wie's Sybase debut, as well as the...
LEON'S BOYCOTT MIGHT BE OVER
There appears to be a thaw in the Jets-Leon Washington contract impasse. Washington, who's been boycotting the first in a series of organized team activities (OTAs) because he's unhappy with...
'RACHEL' OWNER: AIN'T SEEN NOTHIN' YET
Rachel Alexandra, the early 8-5 favorite, will try Saturday to become only the fifth filly to win the mile-and-3/16th Preakness. Jess Jackson, her co-owner, thinks the boys in the field...
BROWN FITS IN WITH BIG BLUE
What happened yesterday with the Giants never happened in C.C. Brown's four years in Houston. More than 40 players got together for a friendly round of paintball, a team-bonding excursion...
SID, PENS CAP-TURE GAME 7
WASHINGTON -- So much for all of the hype about Sidney Crosby vs. Alex Ovechkin, Penguins vs. Capitals, Game 7. This second-round series ended with a thud, thanks to a...
UMPS REVERSE TWO HRS
Soon after Pittsburgh's Adam LaRoche became the first player to have a home run taken away following a video-replay review, the Marlins' Ross Gload lost one the same way last...
ROUGH SEIZE
When platinum-collar criminals get pinched, their pricey property is sometimes seized by the feds. It happened to Bernie Madoff (who lost his five-bedroom residence in Palm Beach, Fla., a 55-foot...
JUST SOLD!
Manhattan CHELSEA $1,575,000 16 W. 16th St. Two-bedroom, three-bath penthouse co-op, 1,800 square feet, with dining area, windowed kitchen, renovated marble bath and terrace; building features doorman. Maintenance $2,445, 51...
NEXT WEST THING
If you had to pick a time to launch a five-building, 710-unit residential complex in New York City, now probably wouldn't be it. Nonetheless, that's exactly what developers Stellar Management...
AND NOW FOR THE SIDE DISHES
The Upper West Side has never been much of a dining destination -- until recently, that is. In just the past year, some of the city's top chefs have opened...
WEST SIDE STORIES
You can add the Upper West Side to the list of neighborhoods that have officially stopped playing hard to get. Consider two very different projects currently in the pipeline. The...
THREE'S COMPANY
As the lecherous, chauvinistic boss Franklin Hart Jr. in the Broadway musical "9 to 5," Marc Kudisch makes life hell for his office underlings: the buxom Doralee Rhodes (Megan Hilty),...
WINDSOR TERRACE DELIMAN DARES THUGS TO COME BACK AND ROB HIM
A gang of armed robbers has been hitting Windsor Terrace hard, holding up neighborhood bodegas and getting away with lots of cash - but one of their victims is daring...
GOKEY'S GOING HOME
Even the parking lot security guards were arguing just moments after Wednesday night's "American Idol." "I TOLD you it was gonna be Adam and Kris," said one guard. He had...
GARDNER HITS TWO-RUN HOMER AS YANKS BEAT BLUE JAYS
Brett Gardner hit his first major league homer and drove in three runs, Andy Pettitte won for the first time in four starts and the New York Yankees beat the...
Live chat: 1 p.m. Thursday
SAN FRANCISCO -- I will be holding another of my weekly, hour-long blog chats on the Mets tomorrow (Thursday) at 1 p.m. EST. So be sure to check back then...