August 4, 2009
Jets get physical
By MARK CANNIZZAROCORTLAND _ One day after three fights broke out in camp, things got really physical in today's practice thanks to goal line and short yardage drills.The Jets practiced...
SEARCH CONTINUES FOR BKLYN SWIMMER
The search for a Brooklyn man presumed drowned off the Rockaways has been expanded 20 miles east to Jones Beach, searchers said. Anthony Bolden, 21, was pulled into the water...
A look ahead to the Red Bulls' pressure-packed Champions League tilt
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!To salvage their sorry season _ and perhaps coach Juan Carlos Osorio's job _ the Red Bulls must do something no MLS team has...
Rex Ryan transcript, Aug. 4
Here are Rex Ryan's remarks to the media from Aug. 4, courtesy of the New York Jets:...Opening Statement...First off, it was great to be out there on the grass field....
Game 106: Cardinals at Mets
Johan Santana will be in search of his 15th win in 17 decisions at home as a Met when he takes on the Cardinals tonight in the opener of a...
Joba's mom gets ticket for threat
APLINCOLN, Neb. -- The mother of Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain has been ticketed for allegedly leaving a threatening phone message for another woman.Lincoln police spokeswoman Katie Flood said 44-year-old Jacqueline...
Sanchez takes first-team snaps
AP; N.Y. JetsQB Mark Sanchez took snaps with the first-team offense in the afternoon practice for the first time since Sunday."I feel a lot better. This is the third time...
Afternoon practice report
By PAUL SCHWARTZALBANY -- The interception parade continued this afternoon, with four more to bring the two-day and four-practice total to 11. That's a lot of turnovers and good news...
Reyes back to visit doctors
Jose Reyes has returned to New York to have his ailing right leg seen by a specialist. His return this season is looking doubtful.Reyes has been on the disabled list...
Real Madrid adds Xabi Alonso, too
Real Madrid have added Xabi Alonso to their trophy case, and Liverpool to the list of teams that just couldn't say no.They've been after the Spanish National Team star for...
CLINTON BEGINS AFRICA TOUR IN KENYA
NAIROBI, Kenya -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is bringing a message of tough love to Kenya: you are a key American friend in east Africa, but you...
NYC FORECLOSURES DROP IN 2008
NEW YORK -- Foreclosures are tapering off in the nation's largest city after spiking last year, but hundreds of families still saw their homes go to auction in the last...
SEPT. 11 VICTIMS STILL AT RISK FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
People who were heavily exposed to the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center still had elevated risks of developing post-traumatic stress disorder even five years later, according to...
HUMAN FOOT FOUND IN SENECA, NY, RECYCLING PLANT
SENECA, N.Y. -- Officials in western New York are trying to figure out how a human foot got mixed in with recyclable trash on a conveyor belt at the Ontario...
OBAMA CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY WITH HELEN THOMAS
WASHINGTON -- You say it's your birthday. It's my birthday, too. And so it went at the White House on Tuesday. On the day he turned 48, President Barack Obama...
Mark Sanchez transcript, Aug. 4
Here are Mark Sanchez's remarks to the media from Aug. 4, courtesy of the New York Jets:On diving into the end ne during the goal-line drill...I had a touchdown for...
Kennedy throws 25 pitches
APRight-hander Ian Kennedy, still recovering from an aneurysm this year, threw 25 pitches off a mini-mound Tuesday and hopes to play in minor league games before the season ends.Kennedy had...
Alt Job
Those of you who had good attendance at Sunday school are no doubt familiar with the story of long-suffering, long-tormented Job.It's about how Satan goads God into punishing a perfectly...
LAGUARDIA EMPLOYEE: TACKLING WOULD-BE BOMBER IS PART OF THE JOB
It's all in a day's work. That's what quick-acting Port Authority officer Robert Keane called his daring takedown of a crazed man who walked into LaGuardia with a real-looking bomb...
Toomer signs with Chiefs
APEx-Giants receiver Amani Toomer has agreed to a one-year deal with the Chiefs.Toomer played the first 13 seasons of his career with the Giants before he and the team parted...
RBNY agrees to terms with Walter Garcia
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!The Red Bulls have agreed to terms with Walter Garcia, and will add the Argentine defender as soon as he receives his P-1 visa...
PIERCE: I'M NOT SORRY FOR PLAX GUN REACTION
ALBANY -- Breaking his silence, Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce said he is not remorseful for his actions last Nov. 29 in the moments after his former teammate, Plaxico Burress, accidentally...
JOHN 'JUNIOR' GOTTI PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO NEW MURDER CHARGES
John "Junior" Gotti pleaded not guilty today to new murder charges that could have brought him the death penalty for allegedly ordering the rub-out of two Queens drug dealers more...
Tom Coughlin transcript, Aug. 4
Here are Tom Coughlin's remarks to the media today, courtesy of the New York Giants: Q. How happy was the team when they heard the news about Antonio Pierce?A. Without...
Vince In First
By FRED KERBERVince Carter and the Orlando Magic are first up on the Nets' home schedule.After opening their season in Minnesota Wednesday, Oct. 28, the Nets' get their latest big...
Morning practice report
BY PAUL SCHWARTZALBANY - After three practices what is clearly evident is that the Giants defensive backs are in an aggressive mode.That was on display in the morning workout, with...
Antonio Pierce transcript
Here are the remarks Antonio Pierce made to the media on Aug. 4, courtesy of the New York Giants: I would like to make a statement. It's been a long...
Pierce not sorry for actions
By PAUL SCHWARTZALBANY -- Breaking his silence, Antonio Pierce said he is not remorseful for his actions last November 29 in the moments after his former teammate, Plaxico Burress, accidentally...
LeBron visits just once
Starting in Las Vegas summer league, you can follow me with updates on Twitter.By MARC BERMANLeBron James will visit the Garden just once this season - and early. The Cavaliers...
DEALS: Penny for your thoughts
The jamooks behind the Currency Overhaul for an Industrious Nation (COIN) Act have one sinister goal: kill off the penny and make the nickel our smallest coin.In other words, assassinate...
Rangers walk away from Zhredev
From the RangersGlen Sather announced today that the Rangers have exercised its right to walk away from the arbitrator's award to Nikolai Zherdev, thereby allowing him to become an unrestricted...
PIERCE: NO REGRETS HELPING PLAXICO
Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce says he has no regrets about his actions in helping Plaxico Burress after his former teammate accidentally shot himself in the leg last November. Speaking a...
POLICE: WRONG-WAY DRIVER WAS 'DRUNK' ON VODKA AND 'HIGH' IN TACONIC CRASH
The Long Island mom behind the wheel in a fiery wrong-way crash along a Westchester highway was drunk on vodka and had high levels of marijuana in her system --...
Clemens can't afford any mistakes
Help me reach my modest goal of 10010 100 followers on twitter.By JUSTIN TERRANOVAKellen Clemens got his first shot to prove he was a starting NFL quarterback two years ago...
DEALS: $1 to DC (and elsewhere)
If Washington, Baltimore, Toronto or similar are on the docket for you this fall, you should probably consider Megabus. They've just released a whole bunch of $1 seats, which, of...
Where is Jozy Altidore headed?
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!It's becoming more and more obvious that U.S. National Team striker Jozy Altidore is going out on loan this season. But the question is...
HEROIN FOUND STASHED IN SUSPECT'S SHOES
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. -- New York authorities say they've seized 17 pounds of heroin found stashed inside plastic shoe insoles. Prosecutors announced Tuesday that two New Jersey men were arrested July...
'G.I. Joe' Bans Print Critics in N.Y., LA, and Maybe Everywhere in U.S.
This voicemail message just in from a Paramount rep: "We are not screening 'G.I. Joe' for critics -- broadcast critics or print critics -- in New York and Los Angeles....
Taste of White Chocolate
By MARC BERMANCan't believe it is the first week of August and the Knicks are still working out point guards. Wonder if Toney Douglas looked more solid in summer league...
FUNDRAISER FOR MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY CANDIDATE CANCELED
Talk about trying to avoid an awkward situation. Manhattan DA candidate Cy Vance Jr. announced that he has canceled a fundraiser at former Gov. Eliot Spitzer's apartment just as convicted...
Coverage in The Post
So much for thinking about the postseason. After showing signs of wild-card life recently, the Mets now appear poised to play out the string after a 6-5 loss Monday to...
DVD Extra: Screwballs
In today's print edition I review Sony's very welcome "Icons of Screwball Comedy,'' a pair of four-title sets spotlighting a quartet of actresses -- Irene Dunne, Jean Arthur, Rosalind Russell...
MAN, 50, STABBED TO DEATH IN CHELSEA
A 50-year-old man is dead and his wife and elderly father-in-law are being questioned about the death in Manhattan.Get the Full Story and Video From MYFOXNY.com Police say a domestic...
The Daily Whacks, Tuesday Edition
You can count me among the tweetin' Twitterers (or is that the Twitterin' tweeters?) now: http://twitter.com/MikeVacc*******Antonio Pierce caught a break from the Manhattan grand jury yesterday, the kind of break...
POLICE: WOMAN WANTED IN LONG ISLAND CREDIT-CARD SCAM
Police are looking for a woman who used a stolen credit card in an attempt to buy nearly $2,500 worth of electronics at a Long Island store. The woman, who...
IRAN CONFIRMS ARREST OF 3 AMERICANS
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran said Tuesday the three Americans who strayed across the border from Iraq are under arrest for illegal entry and claimed their case is being used by...
CONSUMER SPENDING RISES IN JUNE, 2ND STRAIGHT GAIN
WASHINGTON -- Consumers opened their wallets and pocketbooks a bit more in June, increasing their spending for the second straight month while saving a bit less, even as incomes fell...
DAVE DOES SOMETHING
The Gotham Gazette on Paterson's tough spotGlobe St on Paterson's proposal of WTC without SIlverstein
HONORING AN AMERICA-HATER
ABC's Jake Tapper on the Mary Robinson controversyPowerline wonders if Robinson should thank Samantha PowerAt BeliefNet, David klinghoffer thinks there's an even worse pick than Mary Robinson
BILL CLINTON IN NKOREA SEEKING REPORTERS' RELEASE
North Korea welcomed former President Bill Clinton to Pyongyang with flowers and hearty handshakes Tuesday as he arrived in the communist nation on a surprise mission to bring home two...
3 UP: WRIGHT, FIGUEROA, PEDS AND THE NFL
Yes, I am on Twitter:1. Much is being made about how Mark Reynolds has as many homers (4) at Citi Field after starting three times in a four-game series as...
Reality TV Tryouts: "Next Top Model"
How to get your 15 seconds of fame."America's Next Top Model"Your chance to become the 14th season's Top Model. Does that mean you're 14th from the top or does everyone...
Donovan believes in Liberty
Anne Donovan's tenure as Liberty coach didn't start the way she hoped. After predecessor Patty Coyle was fired on Friday, Donovan's debut didn't go the way she planned, thanks to...
JACK BE NIMBLE!
It's good to be Jack. Jack Nicholson made sure to check a few things off his "Bucket List" over the weekend -- whooping it up with hotties and lounging on...
ISRAEL-US 'CROOKS'
JERUSALEM -- Israeli police said yesterday that they had broken up an Israeli-American crime ring specializing in tax fraud and money laundering. A joint probe with US authorities led to...
4 SAVED FROM BOAT
CAPE MAY, NJ -- The Coast Guard rescued four people after their 75-foot fishing boat began taking on water. The Coast Guard said it received word from the Alexander II...
HONORING AN AMERICA-HATER
THE Medal of Freedom is the nation's highest civilian honor. Past recipients include John Wayne, Norman Rockwell and Vaclav Havel. This year, one of the 16 recipients President Obama selected...
GI BILL GOOD INVESTMENT: O
President Obama said yesterday a new GI Bill for those who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan is an investment in both a new generation of veterans and the future of...
NY PATIENT'S HEP C SUIT
A 53-year-old man treated at Northern Westchester Hospital is the first New York patient to allege he got hepatitis C from a drug-crazed surgical aide. David Swift, of Newburgh, who...
'NET-NAME 'THEFT'
A New Jersey man is charged with stealing a prime piece of Internet "real estate" and reselling it for more than $100,000. Authorities say Daniel Goncalves, 25, of Union, hacked...
TILDA TRUCKING IT
LONDON -- Oscar winner Tilda Swinton is hauling a movie theater across the Scottish Highlands. The actress and other volunteers are driving and tugging a 40-ton truck through remote villages...
AUSSIES FOIL TERROR PLOT
MELBOURNE -- Australian cops foiled a terrorist plot for commando-style suicide attacks on at least one army base, arresting four men today with suspected links to a Somali Islamist group....
NO MORE 'SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMER'
ANYONE who came of age during the 1970s likely remembers the Alice Cooper hit song "School's Out," featuring the refrain "school's out for summer." Kids today most likely know the...
'CLUNKER' DEBUNKER
WASHINGTON has finally found a runaway hit of a stimulus program: Paying people to buy cars. The "Cash for Clunkers" program offering people a rebate worth as much as $4,500...
DON'T STOP WITH CLUNKERS, JUST BAIL EVERYONE OUT
CASH for Clunkers -- a way to sell cars and supposedly help the environment -- is working so well for auto dealers that, heck, why not extend it to other...
'CLUNKER' PRE$$URE ON SENATE IN HIGH GEAR
WASHINGTON -- The Senate came under increasing pressure yesterday to refuel the stalling "cash-for-clunkers" initiative amid uncertainty over how much money, if any, is left in the fund bankrolling the...
REELY FISHY BANK HEIST
A Long Island angler who went fishing for cash inside a bank's night-deposit box could soon find himself hooked by the cops. "They were trying to fish money out of...
NYPD DAILY CRIME BLOTTER
Queens A career criminal, weeks away from getting off parole, was busted for burglarizing homes in Forest Hills and Douglaston, authorities said yesterday. John Cavanaugh, 52, was allegedly spotted by...
TOTS DO GET DEPRESSED
Depression in children as young as 3 is real and not just a passing grumpy mood, according to provocative new research. Until recently, "people really haven't paid much attention to...
MADOFF VICTIMS CRY FOUL
Angry victims of convicted Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff are up in arms over as much as $250 million in legal fees they claim will be paid to Irving Picard, the...
BRATTON BACKS ABORN PLAN
Former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton, who developed the computerized crime-fighting CompStat system, is back in the Big Apple today to throw his weight behind a plan for a similar model...
KICKING MORE TIRES
Uncle Sam proved it can run Detroit after all -- just pay the biggest showroom incentives ever, and the buyers will come. By the droves, consumers poured into dealers last...
15 YEARS FOR DRUG DEATH
LOS ANGELES -- A man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for selling hallucinogenic mushrooms to a teen who was killed when she wandered naked into traffic....
MGM SHARES RISE DESPITE 2Q LOSS
MGM Mirage, the biggest casino owner on the Las Vegas Strip, reported a $212.6 million second-quarter loss after a writedown and drop in gambling revenue, but shares rose 3 percent,...
DOUBLE DIPPER$ DUNKED
Undercover state investigators nabbed a number of New York City medical providers red-handed filing bogus Medicaid claims, and auditors fingered others for double-billing, a review of inspection reports revealed. The...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Buffett's back Warren Buffett's Berk shire Hathaway reached $100,000 a share for the first time since January as its derivative bets and holdings in firms includ ing Goldman Sachs and...
BIG PAYDAY FOR PIRATES
BERLIN -- Somali pirates released a German freighter after a ransom was paid yesterday, nearly four months after the ship was seized in the Indian Ocean, a European Union naval...
EX-GOLDMAN COMPUTER WHIZ SEEKS PLEA DEAL
A former Goldman Sachs computer whiz is negotiating a possible plea deal in the alleged theft of powerful stock-trading technology from the investment bank, court papers revealed yesterday. Sergey Aleynikov,...
STIMULUS FEEDS YESHIVAS
WASHINGTON -- Dozens of New York yeshivas are keeping kosher with the help of government pork -- winning grants of up to $20,000 each for new commercial-grade kitchen equipment from...
THE BIG APPLE HAS SPOKE-N
Building owners who try to keep bikes out of their office space are going to face an uphill battle. Commercial landlords who claim there would be a safety risk if...
STOCKS UP ON RISING RISK APPETITE
Stocks crossed two milestones yesterday as investors continued to ratchet up their risk appetites amid growing economic optimism. The Standard & Poor's 500 index broke the 1,000-mark for the first...
LEGAL FIGHT LOOMS FOR SHIP BRIDE
A Connecticut man whose son mysteriously disappeared during his honeymoon cruise said yesterday that his daughter-in-law "has the right" to remarry -- but wants her booted as executor of the...
AIG PICKS NEW CHIEF
American International Group, the troubled insurer rescued by Uncle Sam, selected ex-MetLife CEO Robert Benmosche as the company's fifth leader since 2005. Benmosche will take the post next Tuesday, the...
GUARANTEES HELPING GMAC BEAT PEERS
GMAC, the money-losing lender labeled too big to fail by the US, has used government guarantees to slash its borrowing costs and undercut profitable lenders, lifting its bond prices by...
'LONELY GIRL' JEN BARES LOVE WOES
How can this be the girl nobody wants to love? Sultry Jennifer Aniston -- striking a sexy, shirtless pose for Elle magazine -- says she doesn't mind that her dismal...
O SAYS NO TO AIDES' TAX TACTIC
The White House said yesterday that President Obama won't raise taxes on the middle class, correcting two senior administration officials who said over the weekend that hikes couldn't be ruled...
LOTS & LOTS OF EMPTY LOTS
THE city's Buildings Department's list of "stalled construction sites" keeps inching up -- but it has a long way to go to catch up with reality. It's commendable that the...
O.J. PANEL EYES BOND
LAS VEGAS -- A three-judge panel focused yesterday on whether O.J. Simpson and a former golfing buddy received a fair trial in a gunpoint hotel room heist and whether the...
FED-UP GOV WARNS HE'LL SKIP WTC DEVELOPER
Gov. Paterson yesterday warned developer Larry Silverstein to strike a deal with the Port Authority -- or step aside as the agency makes plans to rebuild without him. In a...
CAR-FREE STREETS
The wildly popular Summer Streets program -- a car-free boulevard from the Brooklyn Bridge to East 72nd Street -- will return for three Saturdays in a row starting this week....
GOLDMAN PRINCES TOLD: SPEND LIKE PAUPERS
Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein has warned his employess to avoid making big-ticket, high-profile purchases as the gold-plated Wall Street firm hunkers down amid a firestorm of public and political...
JURORS INDICT PLAXICO
Former Giant Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress was indicted yesterday for the fumble of a lifetime -- the wayward Glock that went off in his jeans at a Midtown nightclub...
FAREWELL TO PIONEER POL
Hundreds of mourners -- including Gov. Paterson, Mayor Bloomberg and even the opponent who won the Senate seat she held for 26 years -- gathered in Harlem yesterday for the...
LEWIS' LYNCH PINCH
Bank of America yesterday agreed to pay $33 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges that it made "materially false and misleading" statements about its controversial 2008 merger with...
WASHED UP! IPOD GUARD WHISTLED
Now he's in deep. The city yesterday suspended the lifeguard photographed by The Post Sunday as he relaxed in his chair listening to his iPod through a headset on Rockaway...
GOOGLE CHIEF STEPS DOWN FROM APPLE'S BOARD SEAT
Call it another Silicon Valley relationship gone sour. Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt and Apple CEO Steve Jobs are parting ways after months of denying there was friction or conflicts...
'QUOTAS' KEEP NYPD DRIVERS ON THEIR TOWS
It's hook, line and stinker for city drivers. NYPD tow-truck operators are hauling away cars at an alarming pace because of ramped-up pressure to meet a shocking four-car quota per...
RUTH HIT WITH CAP OF $100
It's all about the Benjamins for Ruth Madoff. The wife of the jailed Ponzi schemer can no longer spend more than $100 on herself without documenting it to the trustee...
BLOOMY MADE MCCAIN VEEP LIST
Perhaps that talk of Mayor Bloomberg becoming a vice-presidential contender wasn't so nutty after all. A new book by Washington Post writers Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson, "The Battle for...
CLEAR CHANNEL BUYING ITS JUNK
As Clear Channel Communications inches ever closer to defaulting on its debt, the company is using its dwindling cash to buy back junk bonds in what some investors say is...
RABBI GUILTY IN TAX RIP-OFF
A Brooklyn rabbi yesterday pleaded guilty in an $8.5 million tax scam that involved charities run by the Spinka Hasidic sect. Grand Rabbi Naftali Tzi Weisz, 61, admitted conspiring to...
FRENZY OVER WOODS' WIND
What a stink that video made! The PGA Tour yesterday ordered YouTube and other Web sites to remove a video that purports to show Tiger Woods farting on the 18th...
MURDER 'LOOT' IN HER HAND
The mystery woman charged with the vicious slaying of a Holocaust survivor in his Upper East Side apartment was caught red-handed with his safe, photo identification and tax documents, authorities...
DEMS THREATEN HEALTH 'TRICK'
New York Sen. Chuck Schumer jumped smack into the middle of the war over health care yesterday, warning that congressional leaders may resort to a rarely used maneuver to ram...
BONUS CUT FOR BLOOMBERG EMPLOYEES
Like the big banks it counts among its most important clients, Bloomberg LP's business slump is taking a bite out of the bonuses the firm pays to its employees. Every...
MELKY'S REMARKABLE FEAT
You don't see this every day. Yankees center fielder Melky Cabrera hit a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game on Sunday in Chicago...
A HERO REPATRIATED
At long last, the remains of Navy Capt. Michael "Scott" Speicher are coming back home -- and a family's nearly two-decade anguish is at an end. The 33-year-old naval aviator...
DAVE DOES SOMETHING
Gov. Paterson is often accused of being disengaged, which is true enough. But not always. Alas. Yesterday, he jumped into the Ground Zero fray, demonstrating a loose grasp of the...
FOUR FACE TRIAL IN AC POL SEX-TAPE BLACKMAIL
Four Atlantic City men -- including a local politician -- have been ordered to trial in an alleged plot to blackmail another pol by secretly videotaping him with a hooker...
A FREE RIDE (HONEST)
Mayor Bloomberg offered a sweeping plan yesterday to reform the MTA and speed commuting citywide -- including eliminating the $2.25 fare on Midtown crosstown buses. Ticking off 33 new mass-transit...
MARTY'S FOE BUMPED OFF BALLOT
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz all but locked up a third term yesterday when the Board of Elections knocked his only challenger off the September primary ballot. The commission ruled...
FERRY SAVES MAN IN RIVER
Three ferry workers yesterday rescued a drowning man who had fallen into the Hudson. The crew of the Thomas Jefferson -- a New York Waterway boat that also helped save...
'JUNIOR' SPARED THE NOOSE
The feds yesterday slapped John "Junior" Gotti with two murder charges that carry the death penalty -- but said they won't seek execution of the jailed mob scion. The new...
CHEATING HUBBY IS STUCK UP
WAUSAU, Wis. -- A married man who planned to rendezvous with one of his handful of lovers at an eastern Wisconsin motel instead found himself bound, blindfolded and assaulted by...
JACKO DOC SHOCK
LOS ANGELES -- Michael Jackson's dermatologist -- the suspected daddy of two of his kids -- yesterday triggered a bizarre courtroom drama when he demanded to help raise the children....
GOTHAM EYED FOR GITMO DETAINEE TRIALS
WASHINGTON -- Dozens of Guantanamo Bay detainee cases have been referred to federal prosecutors for possible criminal trials in the nation's capital, Virginia and New York City, officials said yesterday....
MOM FEARS FOR US HIKER MISSING IN IRAN
MINNEAPOLIS -- The mother of an American freelance journalist missing in Iran yesterday said she was concerned for his safety and welfare and that of two others believed to have...
HEAL THYSELVES
More than half the Big Apple's hospitals fall "significantly below" the national average in terms of patient satisfaction, a new study says. Of 43 hospitals surveyed in the five boroughs,...
HELL ON WHEELS
The Long Island woman who drove her minivan for nearly two miles the wrong way on a Westchester County parkway before crashing in a fiery wreck that killed eight people...
B'KLYN PAL DROWNS IN RESCUE BID
A Brooklyn man was feared drowned last night after he tried to rescue a friend in the waters off Riis Park, authorities said. Anthony Bolden, 21, went with his sister...
NEW DAN LAWSUIT VS. CBS PAIR
Dan Rather is going after his old bosses at CBS like a tornado through a trailer park. The former "CBS Evening News" anchor yesterday filed a $70 million lawsuit against...
DOUGLAS SON BUST
And the Oscar for biggest ne'er-do-well brat child of a legendary acting family goes to -- Cameron Douglas. The son of Academy Award winner Michael Douglas has been arrested once...
CUBA FRIENDS WALK THE WALK
BUFFALO, NY -- Nearly 300 travelers who defied the federal government's ban on most travel to Cuba returned to the United States with some fanfare but no holdups yesterday, passing...
O'S HEALTH MYTH
AT his July 22 press conference, President Obama explained that under his health-care plan, doctors would be "free to provide Americans with the best care -- just not the most...
CAN CLUNKER WHITE HOUSE RUN OUR HEALTH CARE?
The "Cash for Clunkers" program definitely reflects poorly on the government's ability to administer an effective health-care reform program ("Health-Care Clunker," Editorial, July 31). Taxpayers now own most of General...
TLC HIT 'SET' ME UP: SUIT
The show's hosts, Stacy London and Clinton Kelly, may be experts at shopping for clothes. But a lawsuit claims the TLC reality hit "What Not To Wear" isn't great at...
SUED CITY PUTS HEAT ON BURN KID'S KIN
A young Queens girl was burned twice by the city -- first by overheated rubber mats in a park, and then by a suit demanding her grandmother pay any damages,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Nobody complains about the fare on Recession Ride Taxi. Cars run by the Essex, Vt., company sport big signs saying, "Pay What You Want!" Eric Hagen, who came up with...
JETS FISTS ARE FLYIN'
CORTLAND -- And on the fourth day, there was anger. The Jets' sixth full training-camp practice in four days, for a frantic few minutes yesterday morning at SUNY Cortland, morphed...
POCONO WIN ENDS HAMLIN'S DROUGHT
LONG POND, Pa. -- Denny Hamlin ended a 50-race winless skid yesterday, holding off Juan Pablo Montoya over the final riveting laps at Pocono Raceway before choking up with grief...
PICK-PRONE KELLEN THROWS ANOTHER
CORTLAND -- Kellen Clemens again appeared on his way to making a significant step forward in the Jets' quarterback competition yesterday when a costly interception stalled him in the red...
INJURY TALE RILES EAGLES COACH
Upset by press reports that starting middle linebacker Stewart Bradley could miss the season with a knee injury, Eagles coach Andy Reid said yesterday he's not talking about it --...
ROOKIE, CUBS STAY RED-HOT
Rookie right-hander Randy Wells (8-4) took a shutout into the eighth inning, and Mike Fontenot hit a three-run homer off slumping Aaron Harang, leading the Cubs to a 4-2 victory...
HONDO HAS PETT
The Little Team That Can't couldn't get it done against the Diamondbacks last night in the big Citi, so Hondo's debt was jacked up to 470 chesbros. Tonight, it's back...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Reds' Volquez goes under knife Reds right-hander Edinson Volquez is expected to miss a year after having reconstructive surgery on his right elbow. After going 17-6 last year, the...
LACK OF PLANNING, NOT INJURIES, DOOM METS
SO, I ran into two season ticket holders in the elevator in the second inning last night at Citi Field. No, they were not just getting to the game. They...
FRANCOEUR HAS NIGHT TO '4'-GET
Jeff Francoeur didn't get the ball out of the infield last night. He also didn't see many pitches he didn't want to swing at in his four at-bats. Actually, the...
SHEFFIELD AT HOME IN LINEUP
The closest thing to a Mets power threat was back in the cleanup spot last night. That would be Gary Sheffield, who made his first start since July 17 when...
THE PLASTICS
I don't know what would be scarier: Being forced to watch Oxygen's horrible, new "reality" show, "Addicted to Beauty," or being forced to look at the women who run the...
CLOTHES CALL
'CSI" hopes to curb its recent ratings skid and appease disgruntled view ers -- by giving star Laurence Fish burne a "wardrobe makeover." "Our research and our fans said they...
LIL WAYNE AND TI KIDS GET SHOW
MOVE over Miley Cyrus, the OMG Girls are ready for their close-up. Eager for a slice of the preteen fan pie, Reginae Carter -- rapper Lil Wayne's 10-year-old daughter --...
'DANCING' WRESTLER
ADD pro wrestler Kurt Angle to the list of po tential "Dancing With the Stars" contestants. Angle, a former Olympic gold medalist and current TNA (Total Nonstop Action) wrestling champ,...
FRANKEL STAYS 'WIFE'
BETHENNY Frankel fans can relax, she's not ditching her fellow "Real Housewives of New York City" stars. "I'm definitely going to do the 'Housewives' this season," she told People, adding...
Report: MLS players union wants free agency, guaranteed contracts
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!With the Collective Bargaining Agreement between MLS and the MLS Players Union expiring Jan. 31, this league can ill afford a work stoppage. But...
ELOQUENT MARTYRS
A blockbuster hit opera of the 1800s, Meyer beer's "Les Hugue nots" fell out of fashion a century ago. Now a revival at Bard SummerScape offers a hint of what...
SCREWBALLS LET LOOSE ON DVD
IT'S even more slippery to define as a genre than film noir, but that hasn't stopped Sony from dipping into its Columbia Pictures vaults for a pair of sets titled...
SOBERING TRUTHS ABOUT ALCOHOL'S SUBTLE GRIP
OVER the course of my work, I end up treating many patients for alcohol abuse. But in the beginning, very few of them actually come to me worried about whether...
SCHOOL'S IN SESSION FOR RUTGERS RECRUIT
NEWPORT, R.I. -- Any resident of the Garden State will tell you his traffic horror story -- the one in which an hour drive to the Jersey shore turned into...
GATORS GIVE MEYER RAISE
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida coach Urban Meyer has two national championships in the last three years and the same number of raises. Meyer signed a six-year contract yesterday worth $4...
ZHERDEV LIKELY TO LEAVE RANGERS
Glen Sather is taking all of his allotted 48-hour time period to announce whether he is accepting or renouncing Nikolai Zherdev's $3.9 million arbitration award. But when the Rangers general...
'RACHEL' WAITS AT SPA
Whom will they send against her now? Rachel Alexandra, fresh off another spectacular score against colts in Sunday's Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park, towers like a Colossus over the racing...
PIERCE CLEARED IN PLAXICO GUN CASE
ALBANY -- The training camp drama and distraction of Antonio Pierce's tenuous legal status did not make it into a second day before the Giants and the linebacker got the...
GIANTS WRS NEED TIME TO CATCH ON
ALBANY -- Replacing two tall and talented veteran receivers will take some time. That was clearly evident yesterday as the Giants hit the field for their first training camp practice....
UNRETIRED WILLIAMS TO WORK OUT FOR KNICKS
"White Chocolate" has a chance today to replace "KryptoNate." According to a source, the unretired Jason Williams will be at the Knicks' Westchester campus today for a workout/interview as he...
ANTONIO GUILTY OF 'BAD JUDGMENT'
ALBANY -- Basically, the grand jury bought the idea that on the morning of Nov. 29, Antonio Pierce freaked as if Michael Westbrook was running toward him. "Without his testimony,...
A-ROD HR DROUGHT RAISING EYEBROWS
TORONTO -- Alex Rodriguez can't win. When the Yankee third baseman slugged six homers in eight May games not long after returning from hip surgery, the critics pointed to a...
WAIVER DEALS ON RADAR FOR YANKEES
TORONTO -- The Yankees believe reliever Alfredo Aceves' right shoulder is OK after a bout with fatigue and two poor outings. They need Sergio Mitre, tomorrow night's starter, to pitch...
D'BACKS POUND FIGUEROA, METS
Any chance Mets GM Omar Minaya dialed the wrong number and actually called up Ed Figueroa for last night's start? Then again, the 60-year-old former Yankees pitcher might have given...
CARPOOLING THE FRIENDLY SKIES
JETTING around the world on a private plane just ain't what it used to be. Not since that whole, you know, recession thing came along and spoiled all the fun....
INDIE JOE HAS GOT WRITE STUFF
READING indie pop musician Joe Pernice's debut novel, "It Feels So Good When I Stop," is like being assaulted by Charles Bukowski after listening to Dusty Springfield. The artist's pretty...
ESCORT SERVICES DISCO ITCH
YOU have a better chance of seeing Sasquatch than the city's best live band. Since its inception four years ago, Escort has played only about 15 times. Thursday's gig in...
A TAN FOR ALL SEASONS
WITH the recent news that tanning beds cause cancer -- a report from the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer says they're as deadly as tobacco, hepatitis...
YOU'RE A NEW YORKER IF...
IN this great city we call home, there are two kinds of residents: New Yorkers and people who've just lived here a while. Sorry, kids. It doesn't matter how much...
CITY STICKERS
'ONE belongs to New York instantly. One belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years," Thomas Wolfe once wrote. Well, the "Look Homeward, Angel" author would...
Pitching set for Cardinals series
The pitching matchups are ready for the Mets' two-game series with the Cardinals that starts Tuesday night at Citi Field.Here is the breakdown:Tuesday -- RHP Joel Pineiro (9-9, 2.84) vs....
PAULA ABDUL QUITS AMERICAN IDOL
- Paula Abdul will not return as a judge for the mega-hit AMERICAN IDOL, according to the singer's Twitter feed. "With sadness in my heart, I've decided not to return...
APP HAPPY
GUIDEBOOKS go stale quickly -- that's no secret. And as their printers lose market share to the web, the cost of these morbidly obese tomes rises. One way they're fighting...
HOT DEALS!
* HAWAII $143 and up at the Ka'anapali Beach Hotel, 9/21-12/22. That's nearly 30 percent off (kbhmaui.com). * LIMA, PERU $473 for RT airfare from New York on LAN Airlines....
NEWS + NOTES
ON HOLIDAY TALK about signs of the times. The Maldives, known for its exclusive resorts, gets its first Holiday Inn on Sept. 1, according to Travel Weekly (holidayinn.com). REALLY? WHO...
50 STATES: Wisconsin
TRACING America's food history often requires a strong stomach, what with all the twists and turns. Take, for instance, frozen custard. (If you haven't had it, think ice cream, but...
'Net-name 'theft'
A New Jersey man is charged with stealing a prime piece of Internet "real estate" and reselling it for more than $100,000. Authorities say Daniel Goncalves, 25, of Union, hacked...
Chola Makeup Tutorial
Youtube is full of "Chola Makeup Tutorials" -- I'm kind of obsessed with the chola makeup look (tons of eye makeup, lipliner and no lipstick...). The videos are all really...
GOSSELINS ARE NEWLY SPLIT AS 'JON & KATE' RETURNS
NEW YORK -- Reality TV mom Kate Gosselin says she feels a sense of peace after making the decision to separate from her husband, Jon. So should fans of "Jon...
REPORT: EX-PRESIDENT CLINTON HEADING TO N. KOREA
SEOUL, South Korea -- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton is heading to North Korea for negotiations to secure the freedom of two detained American journalists, a news report said Tuesday,...
AUSTRALIA FOILS TERRORISM PLOT; ARRESTS 4 SUSPECTS
MELBOURNE, Australia -- Police foiled a suicide plot in Australia on Tuesday, arresting four men suspected of links to a Somali Islamic extremist group who were allegedly planning commando-style attacks...
Red Bull schedule, trialists & notes
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!CONCACAF released the rest of the schedule for the Champions League. The Red Bulls host W Connection in the second leg of the preliminary...
MICHAEL DOUGLAS' SON ARRESTED FOR METH
The son of actor Michael Douglas was arrested in New York for possessing a massive amount of crystal meth with intent to distribute it, law enforcement sources said this evening....
Tom Coughlin transcript, Aug. 3
Here are Tom Coughlin's remarks to the media on Aug. 3, courtesy of the New York Giants: Good morning, good morning. It is a nice beautiful day and everybody decided...