May 23, 2009
YANKEES 5, PHILLIES 4
Alex Rodriguez hit a tying homer off Brad Lidge in the ninth inning and Melky Cabrera capped the three-run rally with an RBI single, giving the New York Yankees a...
'JIHAD' GIRLFRIENDS: FBI SNITCH USED GIFTS TO TRICK OUR MEN
A slick FBI informant roped four Muslim converts into a horrific terror plot to blow up synagogues and military jets by handing them piles of cash and gifts and even...
Game 42: Mets at Red Sox
BOSTON -- Mike Pelfrey will find out if his emergency session with a sports shrink was a success tonight when he takes the mound at Fenway Park in the second...
RUDY GIULIANI STANDS UP TO CRAZED ATTACKER ON HAMPTONS STROLL
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani didn't blink today when a surly passer-by threatened to knock his lights out as Rudy strolled with wife Judi in the Hamptons, challenging the wacko to...
SOLDIER OF THE FUTURE
It's the year 2030. As a soldier enters a crowded marketplace, sensors mounted on his helmet automatically scan faces in the crowd, identifying a known insurgent; a cursor in the...
US DEPORTS GAMBINO MAFIA BOSS TO ITALY
Italian authorities took into custody on Saturday a top boss from the Gambino Mafia clan who was deported from the United States after spending more than two decades in jail...
2 BOATS COLLIDE ON NJ RIVER; 1 TEEN DEAD, 4 HURT
A collision between two boats on a New Jersey river left one man dead and four other people hospitalized, including two who were in critical condition Saturday. Coast Guard officials...
Vick
By Jay GreenbergThere has to be a hole in Michael Vick's soul if he could hang dogs and bankroll an operation that stole beloved pets for the training of the...
Vick
There has to be a hole in Michael Vick's soul if he could hang dogs and bankroll an operation that stole beloved pets for the training of the vicious canines...
Sakiewicz: Seedorf interested in MLS
Photo from Getty Philadelphia Union CEO Nick Sakiewicz said he spoke to Clarence Seedorf in Milan and the AC Milan midfielder is interested in playing in MLS.But Sakiewicz _ whom...
AS Roma Up for Sale
ReutersSoccer agent Vinicio Fioranelli says the Swiss consortium he represents is keen to buy Italian club AS Roma, but the outlook for the deal remains clouded.Serie A side Roma, owned...
PASSER-BY PUSHES SUICIDE JUMPER
Chen Fuchao, a man heavily in debt, had been contemplating suicide on a bridge in southern China for hours when a passer-by came up, shook his hand - and pushed...
Red Bulls' Mike Petke: "We need Chicago, for many reasons''
The Red Bulls need tomorrow's game against Chicago for a myriad of reasons. To move on from Wednesday's U.S. Open Cup embarrassment. To climb out of the Eastern Conference cellar....
DANGEROUS BIKE RIDERS RUN WILD WITH IMPUNITY IN NYC
One Saturday afternoon in the fall of 2007, I lay picking pebbles and asphalt from my epidermis on the jogging path in front of the U.S.S. Intrepid. The top layer...
KEVIN BACON ROBBED
KEVIN BACON ROBBED
Box Office: 'Museum' Leading 'T4' Over 4-day Weekend
Proving once again that you can never go broke underestimating the intelligence of the moviegoing public, Fox's dopey "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smith'' will end up with...
EMBATTLED SOUTH KOREAN EX-PRESIDENT JUMPS TO HIS DEATH
Former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun - whose hard-won reputation as a corruption fighter was tarnished by bribery allegations that drew in his family and closest associates - jumped to...
RADICALS IN OUR PRISONS
Amid all the shocking details in the disrupted plot to bomb Bronx synagogues and fire missiles at American military aircraft, one component of the case should come as no surprise...
Coverage in The Post
BOSTON -- Even with Johan Santana on the mound, the Mets couldn't make it easy on themselves here Friday night. But despite three errors, another baserunning blunder and more injuries...
Champions League: Previewing the Final
APWhat better way to finish off Europe's biggest club competition than a showdown between two of the most famous names in soccer: Manchester United and Barcelona?A little like a long-awaited...
METS FANS IN BOSTON; SANTANA THE COMPETITOR
Back on the road here in Boston with the Mets. Fenway Park is always a blast because it's so real, it's not a new stadium built to look like an...
Serie A: Round 37, The Drop
With the title race all wrapped up, the focus in Italy is on the teams that may be relegated over the final two Sundays.Reggina, who has staved off relegation at...
Bundesliga: Wonderful Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg are only a mere 90 minutes away from winning their first-ever German league title -- and they have already equalled or broken several records with one matchday to go.No...
SYRACUSE LOOKS TO DEFEND LACROSSE TITLE
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Syracuse has dealt with the pressure of high expectations and losing a sick goalie in a big game. To defend their national title, the Orange lacrosse team...
STOKES GIVE UP FLYING? CHANCES ARE REMOTE
Flying is the way Brian Stokes escapes the pressures of everyday life -- but it's not what you think. Stokes, who isn't an amateur pilot and who doesn't even like...
MO OF THE SAME: A RISING SON AT IONA PREP
No. 42 isn't an option because. As Mariano Rivera Jr.'s coach points out, the team's numbers only go up to 30. Rivera Jr., who wears No. 2, is forced to...
PELFREY RUNS TO SPORTS SHRINK TO GET OVER YIPS
BOSTON -- An epic case of the yips sent Mike Pelfrey scurrying to the comfort of a sports psychologist this week. The Mets' big right-hander admitted yesterday that the club-record-tying...
SERRA HAS EYES ON HUGHES' SUCCESS
THE WAY Matt Serra views it he will be settling two scores with one day's work when he meets Matt Hughes tonight at UFC 98 in Las Vegas. Serra finally...
LIGHT TRAINING REGIMEN IS NOT PATH TO CROWN
RACHEL Alexandra and Mine That Bird hardly had flashed under the wire in their stirring Preakness showdown, before Birdie's trainer Chip Woolley announced he was heading straight for the Belmont....
FRUSTRATED BRUNEY EXPERIENCING MORE ELBOW PROBLEMS
Just days after his return form the disabled list, Brian Bruney again has concerns about his pitching elbow. BOX SCORESTADIUM 'BIGGEST JOKE' The right-hander underwent an MRI exam Thursday night...
FORMER FOULKE HERO TOILING IN NEWARK
Keith Foulke has thrown thousands of balls in his career, but it is a delicate underhand toss that he will be best remembered for -- the one that sealed the...
GOING VERSATILE GIVES YOU SOME FANTASY FLEXIBILITY
DANIEL Murphy's struggles in left field for the Mets reminded us that you can't take multi-positional competence for granted.METS BLOGBOX SCOREARE METS GETTING MESSAGE?JAPANESE FANS RALLY FOR BOBBY V Murphy...
FORMER SUPER SUB MCEWING STARTING ON MANAGERIAL ROUTE
YOU JUST know that Super Joe is going to make a super manager. Joe McEwing is taking the first steps of his managerial career with the Winston-Salem Dash of the...
PIG FLU FLEW UNDER RADAR
WASHINGTON -- The most complete analysis yet of the H1N1 swine-flu virus reveals that it must have been circulating undetected for years, most likely in pigs, an international team of...
'ACCIDENTAL' HEIST
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- A couple whose bank accidentally handed their gas-station business a $6.1 million credit line has fled New Zealand with $2.3 million in cash taken from the...
THE TERRORISTS' BEST US HOPE
PRESIDENT Obama is attacking a red herring when he defends his decision to send the worst terrorists at Guantanamo to United States prisons by saying the likelihood of escape from...
NY'S TAX GRAVY TRAIN: HEADING TO FLORIDA?
Tom Golisano is right on the mark ("Adios, New York," PostOpinion, May 20). Unfortunately, he points out what will become this state's downfall. The wealthiest have the most portability, and...
GM MAY NEED $9B MORE FROM US
General Motors Corp., facing a probable bankruptcy filing by June 1, said it may need an additional $1.4 billion in US aid by that date and $7.6 billion more from...
SHARP EYE ON LASIK
Doctors, clinics and others promoting LASIK corrective eye surgery need to make sure their advertisements tell consumers about possible risks, regulators said yesterday. The Food and Drug Administration, which has...
DEFENSE BOSS HAILS NO-PANTS HERO
Defense Secretary Robert Gates yesterday saluted a 19-year-old solider from Texas who was caught in his pink boxers -- which read, "I Love New York" -- last week during a...
ITALY SNARES 9 PIRATES
NAIROBI, Kenya -- An Italian warship arrested nine pirates after helping a US-flagged container vessel and another ship evade brigands off the coast of Somalia yesterday, a naval spokesman said....
AN OFFICER AND A LADY
WEST POINT -- Caroline Miller, a saber in her white-gloved hand, leads cadets of Company D with crisp commands. "Ready -- eyes right!" As hundreds of West Point cadets march...
DC GETS PIECE OF CONEY
A small but famous piece of Coney Island's Astroland Park will live on at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. The boardwalk park's owners, Carol Hill...
OBAMA SALUTES MCC SON
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama congratulated the nation's newest crop of naval officers yesterday -- including the son of Obama's 2008 election rival, Sen. John McCain. The president told the...
GOOD NEWS FOR PRE-K KIN
The wait (list) is over. Greenwich Villagers told that their neighborhood public schools might not have room for their kindergartners come September got a reprieve. PS 3 and PS 41...
HARTMARX OKS $85.5M BID
Hartmarx Corp., the bankrupt US suitmaker that made President Barack Obama's inauguration day suit, and is fighting to avoid liquidation, agreed to sell itself for $85.5 million to the British...
KIEFER ON FIGHT: I WAS A BUTT-HEAD
Alleged head-butter Kiefer Sutherland has taken it on the chin and expressed his regrets. The actor, who plays Jack Bauer on the hit show "24," made a public mea culpa...
MAFIA BANK SCAM BUST
It could have been a face-off between a mob boss and Bank of America honcho Ken Lewis. It could have happened had Italian police not thwarted a $2.2 billion scam...
'GRAND' LIRR LINK STALLS
The mammoth $7.2 billion project to extend the LIRR from Penn Station to Grand Central Terminal is not on track to make its February 2015 deadline, according to a new...
B'KLYN CLASS PLUNGE
Dozens of girls at a private school in Brooklyn who gathered on an outdoor metal grate for a yearbook photo were injured when the structure collapsed -- hurtling the stunned...
HERE'S LATEST POOP-SCOOP ON 'LIBERATED' DUBYA
Now that he's no longer commander in chief, George W. Bush's life has gone to the dogs. The former president -- talking for the first time about his post-White House...
GOP PUTS UP ITS 'DAISY' DUKES
Republicans yesterday unleashed an attack on President Obama's plan to close Guantanamo -- by resurrecting a controversial 45-year-old Democratic-campaign ad that warned of nuclear war. A Web ad released by...
CIPRIANI OVER'THYME' WAR
A former Cipriani chef has cooked up a court case claiming his ex-employers cheated him out of overtime. Aurelio Caruso, of Staten Island, alleges that the famed restaurant group --...
DOG SPARED UNKIND CUT
A prized German shepherd was spared the cruelest cut yesterday after the escaped pet's owner won a courtroom dogfight with a Manhattan animal shelter. Clyburn Sowell, 50, said he was...
MEET THE 'BOMBER' BUSTERS
They could barely squeeze into the Blue Room of City Hall, but 110 members of the NYPD, FBI and other law-enforcement agencies won commendations yesterday for their roles in thwarting...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Exec pay Morgan Stanley more than doubled the base salaries of several top executives, but left CEO John Mack's base pay unchanged at $800,000, an SEC filing said. Mor gan...
GISELE 'CARRYING' BABY BRADY
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady may have gone limp against the Giants in the Super Bowl, but at least he's proved he can be potent with his wife Gisele...
LESSON TENSIONS
Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday that parents should butt out of trying to dictate educational policy as the debate over mayoral control of the schools intensifies. "You do not want parents...
MARY KAY LOWERING BAR AGAIN
The mother of all cougars is coming out of retirement. Mary Kay Letourneau -- the middle-school teacher who had sex with a sixth-grader in the 1990s -- will be hosting...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan A thug who shot at a pack of suspected drug dealers he was trying to rob at a Lower East Side housing project yesterday took a dive into the...
APPLE APP RAPPED IN $UIT
Timekeeping software for the iPhone has landed Apple in an app flap. Luxury watchmaker Cartier yesterday sued the computer company over two "look-alike" timepieces featured in the "Fake Watch" and...
POLS TRASH MIKE'S 'LAG' GARBAGE DEPOT
Congress is moving against Mayor Bloomberg's plan to build a trash transfer station in Queens that critics say would draw a dangerous number of birds to La Guardia Airport. The...
TICKET AGENT MOWED DOWN
An Bronx driver plowed over a traffic agent yesterday after realizing he was getting a summons, breaking both of her legs, police said. The horrific incident occurred at 1:15 p.m....
BAM & THE RIVERDALE 'BOMBERS'
President Obama has done a lot of speechifying in recent days about America's "responsibilities" in fighting terror. So you'd think he'd have a word of encouragement for the team of...
BLOOMBERG'S BOZO-BIKER BOOST
Mayor Bloomberg says he wants to make New York more pedestrian- friendly. But instead of summarily banning motor-vehicle traffic from Broadway in Times Square -- which he's doing starting tomorrow...
DEADLINE PRESSURE
Seven of the most powerful men in the greater New York region (well, six plus Gov. Paterson) gathered on Thursday at Gracie Mansion to rescue Ground Zero from its latest...
O SO ABOVE IT ALL
PUT Barack Obama in front of a Tele PrompTer and one thing is certain -- he'll make himself appear the most reasonable person in the room. Rhetorically, he is in...
TISHMAN IS SUED BY STUY TOWN TENANTS
The problems stymieing Tishman Speyer's efforts to turn the Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town apartment complexes into moneymakers got even more complicated this week after a group of tenants...
A FINAL BOW FROM HEATH
Heath Ledger, who died while working on a movie, is now making his final film bow -- and the first glimpse of him on the big screen may give some...
CSI RUSE IN NYPD GAL'S SLAY SCENE
A creepy con man charged with murdering his criminalist ex-girlfriend used his forensic expertise to try covering his tracks by making her death look like a kinky sex crime, police...
CREDIT BAM FOR CARD-FEE FREEZE
Taking a swipe at banks' onerous credit-card rules, President Obama yesterday signed a law that promises fewer surprises to those who say, "Charge it." But critics warn the measure will...
CREDIT-CARD LAW PUTS NEW PRESSURE ON BANKS
Life just got harder for the nation's credit-card issuers. On a day when consumers are likely cheering President Barack Obama's signing into law a bill that makes it more difficult...
WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE, HERO GRANNY WINS
Pin a badge on this granny. When a deranged, bleeding man who had eluded police on a 20-block car chase tried to climb through a first-floor kitchen window, Angela Travaglione...
ACKMAN TARGETS 2 ON BOARD
The battle over Target's board grew increasingly noisy, as activist shareholder Bill Ackman clamored for two of the retailer's directors to step down because of recent changes in their employment...
NEW YORK MAG TIGHTENING BELT
New York magazine is paring its circulation and raising its annual subscription price as billionaire owner, Bruce Wasserstein, struggles to control costs amid mounting losses. As part of the changes,...
HARVARD ROCKED BY SLAY
A talented young songwriter -- and son of a retired NYPD cop -- threw away his promising music career in a botched plot to rob a drug dealer at Harvard...
COP MAKES SHOT-GUN PASS
Struggling to subdue a crazed suspect, an NYPD cop broke a cardinal rule of law enforcement and handed his gun to a Manhattan janitor, telling his stunned new deputy, "I...
SEC OUTLINES NEW REFORMS
WASHINGTON -- Responding to the news that two Securities and Exchange Commission attorneys are under investigation for possible insider-trading, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro outlined a series of internal compliance reforms....
DOLLAR IN DISTRE$$
The greenback tumbled to its lowest level of the year on global fears that Uncle Sam is borrowing too much with credit that's already stretched too thin. Investors around the...
A BUNCH OF TERROR DUMMIES
Federal agents meticulously crafted the most realistic weapons possible for the Bronx terror suspects so they wouldn't realize the whole thing was a government setup, sources said yesterday. GOP PUTS...
NC CAR CRASH KILLS 4 QNS. KIN
Four members of a churchgoing Queens family -- including two young children -- died in a horrific car wreck yesterday as they drove through North Carolina on their way to...
DUO'S $6M SUIT OVER KINKY 'REAL TO REEL' TV EPISODE
A couple has slapped a writer for the TV show "CSI" with a $6 million suit for allegedly trying to make them look like a pair of kinky, psychotic sickos...
GORE-KIN DIVORCE
A daughter of former Vice President Al Gore has filed for divorce, according to court documents. Kristin Gore, 31, a screenwriter, cited irreconcilable differences in the petition to separate from...
QNS. RAPIST ON THE LOOSE
Cops are hunting for a sexual predator (sketch, right) who raped a woman walking alone along a Forest Hills street. The assailant set on the victim, in her 20s, at...
NUGGETS, LAKERS LET ONE SLIP AWAY
DENVER -- The Nuggets left Los Angeles with homecourt advantage in the Western Conference finals after beating the Lakers in the postseason for the first time since 1985. They didn't...
JAMES HITS 3 AT BUZZER TO STEAL GAME 2
CLEVELAND -- The Cavaliers needed a miracle. LeBron James delivered. James made a fadeaway 3-pointer over Orlando's Hedo Turkoglu as the final horn sounded last night to give the Cavaliers,...
BLACKHAWKS LOOK SHARP IN OVERTIME WIN
CHICAGO -- Patrick Sharp and Cristobal Huet rescued the Blackhawks after a 3-0 lead evaporated against the defending Stanley Cup champions. Sharp scored at 1:52 of overtime last night, giving...
HOLIK SET TO RETIRE, FOCUS ON FAMILY
The great career of a great Devil is over. Bobby Holik told The Post yesterday that he is retiring from hockey after 18 NHL seasons, 11 of those with New...
KOOSMAN GUILTY OF TAX EVASION
MADISON, Wis. -- Former Mets pitcher Jerry Koosman pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion yesterday and could face up to one year in prison. METS BLOGBOX SCOREARE METS GETTING MESSAGE?JAPANESE...
KOTWICA, WHO FOUGHT IN IRAQ, WON'T GET RATTLED
There's one assistant coach on Rex Ryan's Jets staff who will not be rattled by any adverse situation that arises on the football field -- whether it's a preseason game...
'RACHEL' IFFY FOR BELMONT
A dream rematch in the June 6 Belmont Stakes between the king and the queen of this year's Triple Crown is getting iffier by the day. The decision on whether...
SUTTER NOT THINKING CALGARY
Devils coach Brent Sutter told The Post last night that the firing of Mike Keenan by elder brother Darryl Sutter in Calgary "has zero impact" on whether he will return...
'CANES SKATIN' ON THIN ICE
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Playoff comebacks have been commonplace for Carolina, and for the Hurricanes to make the Eastern Conference finals a series again, they will need their biggest one yet....
HONDO HAS A BREW
Hondo drew a blank with the formerly hot Bucs last night, which caused the bankroll to tumble to a still beefy 495 boswells. Tonight, he'll go back to the big...
PHILS SWING TO BEAT THE 'BANDBOX'
THE manager of the world champions wanted to talk about his pitcher, because that is what managers always want to talk about first. Besides, Phillies skipper Charlie Manuel wasn't going...
SPORTS SHORTS
SPORTS SHORTSNFL: Home-confined Vick appears in public Michael Vick walked into a federal courthouse yesterday to meet his probation officer, ignoring questions from waiting reporters about his life under home...
CHAMPS' POWER STOPS 9-GAME STREAK
It turns out the new driving range in town disguised as a ballpark isn't as much fun when the visiting team wins the longest-drive competition in what seemed like a...
SANTANA FEN-TASTIC IN SNAPPING 4-GAME SKID
BOSTON --Even with Johan Santana on the mound, this one defied almost all explanation. Battered by so many injuries that the lineup had almost a Triple-A feel to it, the...
THE HURTS KEEP ON COMING FOR AMAZIN'S
BOSTON -- The Mets' injury picture started out bleak yesterday and got worse from there. Not only was Jose Reyes unavailable again because of tendinitis in his right calf that...
OMAR, TIME TO BRING IN A BAT
BOSTON -- This is why general manager Omar Minaya has to make a deal. This is why the Mets have to find a way to make it to October this...
HERE'S HOW TO SPELL RELIEF: W-A-N-G
Though there were problems during Chien- Ming Wang's first appearance for the Yankees in more than a month, neither the right- hander nor pitching coach Dave Ei land complained too...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
These creatures have no bark and no life, but they may do a town some good in the hereafter. The sheriff's department in Saginaw, Mich., is auctioning off a menagerie...
STORM'S LEAD WASHED AWAY
Eight was not enough. St. John's led 10-2 before rain halted play for over two hours and Notre Dame rallied for an 11-10 win yesterday in Clearwater, Fla., that eliminated...
RBNY separating the Wheat from the Chaff
If there is a silver lining in the Red Bulls' 5-3 U.S. Open Cup loss at D.C. Wednesday _ and I don't think even Little Orphan Annie could find anything...
SUMMER PREVIEW
IT'S on! Everyone knows Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial kickoff to summer vacations (i.e., that long period of no school!). Even if you're staying put, there are lots of...
THIS BIG APPLE CORPS REALLY SHINES
BALLET fans are like baseball fans. We have our favorites and we watch them, clucking with hope like mother hens. Wednesday night's program at New York City Ballet was not...
HE'S ALL EARS
SPOCK is famously half-Vulcan, half-earthling. But the 14-year-old who plays young Spock in the hot new "Star Trek" film is another species altogether: an Upper West Sider. Eighth-grader Jacob Kogan,...
WEATHER OR NOT
By BRIAN NIEMIETZ YOU bet your straw hat it's Memorial Day weekend. And while we're all excited to start wearing white with impunity, word is the weather might not be...
LIPSTICK JUNGLE
Think of 'Diamonds' as a Canadian industrial film with 10 carat actors. IF lipstick were dia monds, Judy Davis would have the inter national gem market cornered. But this you...
BRIT KIDS IN UK'APPRENTICE'
THE BBC is prepping "Junior Apprentice," which is set to air next year as a five-part series -- featuring 16- and 17-year-old contestants, according to The Guardian. The show will...
CLAY: ADAM 'AWFUL'
SURPRISE! Clay Aiken isn't an Adam Lambert fan. Aiken, the Season 2 "American Idol" run ner-up (he lost to Ruben Studdard), dissed fel low sec ond- place finisher Lambert yesterday...
Santana fires back at Youkilis
BOSTON -- Here is video I shot after the Mets' 5-3 win over the Red Sox tonight of an angry Johan Santana blistering Boston's Kevin Youkilis for nearly prompting a...
4 MORE NYC SCHOOLS CLOSE FOR SWINE FLU
Four New York City school buildings are closing because of swine flu, as teachers and students returned Friday to four reopened schools. The school buildings closing Saturday are P.S. 58...
QUEENS MOM, DAD, 2 KIDS DIE IN NC CAR CRASH
DOBSON, N.C. -- North Carolina authorities say a mother, father and two children died in a three-vehicle wreck on Interstate 77 in Surry County after the father fell asleep and...
GA FATHER GETS 100 YEARS FOR POISONING KIDS' SOUP
JONESBORO, Ga. -- A Georgia man was sentenced to 100 years in prison for poisoning his two children to extort money from Campbell Soup Co. William Cunningham was sentenced Thursday...
INTERPOL JOINS HUNT FOR CHEMO-EVADING CANCER BOY
MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota authorities said Friday they were turning to an international law enforcement agency for help finding a woman and her 13-year-old son on the run from court-ordered cancer...
Mets: Still no DL for Reyes
BOSTON -- The Mets still insist Jose Reyes is day-to-day and don't expect him to go on the disabled list despite tendinitis in his right calf that doesn't seem to...
The Post sneaks its way in
BOSTON -- What is this I spied in the Mets' clubhouse this afternoon? Yes, it's an actual copy of today's Post. It somehow found its way there despite that supposed...