August 25, 2009
Perez ailing, Putz shut down
(UPDATED: 8:50 P.M.) MIAMI -- Johan Santana's surgery wasn't the only downbeat pitching news for the Mets today, just the biggest. The club also announced Oliver Perez has returned to...
MEGAN FOX SIGNS ON AS CATWOMAN
Megan Fox has signed up to play Catwoman in the next Batman movie. Shooting starts next year but the film is not expected to be released until 2011. Real the...
VMAs Enlist Celebs For 'WSS' Promo
Check out Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Cobra Starship, Leighton Meester, Ne-Yo, and host Russell Brand in the below West Side Story-like promo for the MTV VMAs.
Gardner takes swings
By BRIAN COSTELLOBrett Gardner took another step toward returning to the lineup when he swung a bat for the first time in a month.If Gardner feels good tomorrow, they will...
Leon shows worth to Rex
By MARK CANNIZZARORex Ryan was left breathless by the performance of RB Leon Washington, who accounted for 176 total yards in Monday's game against the Ravens: 48 yards rushing, 35...
Candidates in 40th Council District Butt Heads
Sparks flew as candidates in the 40th Council District came face to face during a debate held at this newspaper’s office.The debate, sponsored by this paper’s publisher, Community Newspaper Group,...
Game 126: Mets at Marlins
MIAMI -- Amid all the off-field injury and trade chaos, the Mets still have a game to play here tonight as they open a three-game series with the Marlins at...
Isiah's debut causing controversy
By TIM REYNOLDS, APMIAMI -- It sounds like a made-for-TV matchup: Isiah Thomas making his coaching debut for FIU in the opening game of the season at defending national champion...
Altidore scores in first Hull start
U.S. National Team standout Jozy Altidore has opened his scoring account for Hull, bagging a goal in the Tigers' 3-1 Carling Cup win over Southend.The New Jersey-born ex-Red Bull got...
Thor brings hammer down on Dreamland
“This summer will be the best we have had in decades.”That was Thor Equities principal Joe Sitt before the start of this year’s summer season in Coney Island.Late last week,...
METS TRADE WAGNER TO RED SOX
BOSTON -- Billy Wagner is on his way to the Boston Red Sox, leaving the Mets for the chance to pitch in a pennant race as a setup man for...
Devils to wear vintage uniforms
From the DevilsThe Devils will wear their original red, green, and white uniforms for one night, Wednesday, March 17, 2010, when they play host to the Pittsburgh Penguins."The original red,...
4 LAWYERS ACCUSED OF $1.4M HOME EQUITY SCAM
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Four lawyers engaged in a $1.4 million scam with others to con desperate New York homeowners out of their equity, a prosecutor said Tuesday in announcing...
$425G IN STIMULUS CHECKS SENT TO PRISON INMATES
The federal government mistakenly sent out stimulus checks to 1,700 inmates, the Social Security Administration said Tuesday -- a $425,000 error. Read the Full Story at FOXNews.com Social Security spokesman...
Our exclusive family calendar!
Fri, Aug. 282 pm: Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Boom A Ring. One-ring verison of the Ringling Brothers show. $10-$65. [West 21st Street at the Boardwalk in Coney Island,...
PAPA JOHN GETS CAMARO BACK AFTER 26 YEARS
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The founder of the Papa John's pizza chain has finally reunited with the muscle car he sold years ago to help keep his family's business afloat. John...
AUTHORITIES FIND THREE DEAD AFTER STANDOFF IN TENN.
MOORESBURG, Tenn. -- Authorities were investigating a possible murder-suicide on Tuesday after three people were found dead in a barn in rural northeastern Tennessee following a standoff with police. The...
US IN TALKS WITH LIBYA FOR GADHAFI VISIT TO UN
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration says it will keep in mind the "raw sensitivities" of the families of Lockerbie bombing victims as Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi prepares for a visit...
Will 'Halloween II' Carve Out a Niche?
Dimension Films Somehow, "Halloween II" doesn't cut it as a title for a second attempt at a movie with that title. "Halloween II II" is more like it, or maybe...
TWU LOOKS TO PROTECT RAISES
The transit workers union wants to put another layer of legal protection on the fat raises awarded to the rank-and-file by an arbitrator earlier this month. Union chiefs at TWU...
Panic button irks many
What a sweet reunion!Brooklyn was reacquainted with Ralph Kramden, Alice and the gang as the U.S. Postal Service unveiled a new Honeymooners stamp.Borough President Marty Markowitz was one of the...
RBNY has 3 defenders called up. No, really
Hard as it is to believe, three Red Bulls defenders Andrew Boyens (New Zealand), Carlos Johnson (Costa Rica) and struggling Alfredo Pacheco (El Salvador) have been called up for their...
Hannah Montana? Blame David Lynch
It's spookier than anything in "Twin Peaks" or "Blue Velvet": The secret history of Billy Ray Cyrus, who credits David Lynch with launching his acting career and, by extension, that...
FORMER CLINTON FUNDRAISER CHARGED WITH FRAUD
NEW YORK -- An investment banker who has served as a key fundraiser for Bill and Hillary Clinton and other top Democrats was arrested Tuesday on charges he lied to...
SANTANA OUT FOR SEASON
Mets pitcher Johan Santana will undergo season-ending arthroscopic surgery to remove bone chips in his left elbow. The Mets said they expect Santana to be fully recovered for the start...
CHRIS BROWN'S SENTENCED TO PROBATION, COMMUNITY LABOR
LOS ANGELES -- A judge on Tuesday sentenced Chris Brown to five years' probation, six months' community labor for the beating of Rihanna and ordered the R&B singer to stay...
Santana's season is over
(UPDATED: 7:15 P.M.) MIAMI -- The Mets were breathing a sigh of relief this afternoon, even though it was determined Johan Santana will need season-ending arthroscopic surgery to clean out...
REPORT: RANGEL AMENDS 2007 RETURN
WASHINGTON -- Embattled Harlem Congressman Charlie Rangel, who has been plagued by a series of ethics investigations over the past year, has disclosed more than $500,000 in previously unreported assets,...
ACORN initiative aims at halting Brooklyn foreclosures
Several dozen members from the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) gathered outside a Midwood dwelling last week to spotlight mortgage lenders not adjusting loans under a federal...
APOLLO THEATER TO INDUCT JACKSON INTO HALL OF FAME
The Apollo Theater in Harlem is giving Michael Jackson a place in its Legends Hall of Fame. The theater made the announcement on Tuesday, although Jackson won't officially be inducted...
With friends like these…
88th PrecinctFort Greene–Clinton HillFrenemy A man’s friend tried — but failed — to tie him up, gag his mouth and stuff him in the trunk of his own luxury car on...
36 DEAD, 64 WOUNDED IN AFGHANISTAN BOMBINGS
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Five car bombs that detonated simultaneously rocked Afghanistan's largest southern city Tuesday, destroying a construction company office and damaging dozens of nearby buildings, officials said. At least...
VICK READY TO TAKE FLIGHT
PHILADELPHIA -- Michael Vick will make his preseason debut for the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday night. The three-time Pro Bowl quarterback hasn't played in an NFL game since Dec. 31,...
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Testing giant Stanley Kaplan dead
Testing giant Stanley Kaplan deadAnyone who’s taken an SAT or GRE knows the name Kaplan. This week, the man behind the testing center, Stanley Kaplan, died from heart failure. He...
AUTHORITIES FIND CRITICALLY WOUNDED MAN IN AIRPORT
NEW YORK -- Authorities are trying to figure out how a critically injured shooting victim ended up at a taxi area at LaGuardia Airport. John Kelly, a spokesman for the...
OBAMA SHOWS OFF POOR GOLF SKILLS AT MARTHA'S VINEYARD
It doesn't sound like the duffer-in-chief is playing too well. On the second hole, a Martha's Vineyard neighbor, where the president is vacationing, described Obama shooting -- at best --...
DOC DISPUTES POLICE AFFIDAVIT TIMELINE
Michael Jackson's personal doctor claims that a police affidavit timeline of the events before the pop star's death is dead wrong, his lawyer said today. "Much of what was in...
Wagner headed to Boston
(UPDATED: 7:45 P.M.) MIAMI -- A Mets official confirmed that Billy Wagner has accepted a trade to the Red Sox this afternoon in return for two players to be named.The...
QUICK STOP QUARREL
Thomas Tracy Cops were called to the Nostrand Quick Stop on Nostrand Avenue near Kings Highway Sunday after an unruly customer allegedly went berserk and started tearing the late-night business...
SHOT IN THE BACK
Thomas Tracy A 20-year-old college student died last week after being shot in the back on Lenox Road near Flatbush Avenue. Cops from the 70th Precinct were called to the...
Shot in the back
A 20-year-old college student died last week after being shot in the back on Lenox Road near Flatbush Avenue.Cops from the 70th Precinct were called to the block at 9:50...
SMALL PLANE CRASHES IN NJ MALL PARKING LOT
ROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- A small plane made an emergency landing in a mall's parking lot on Tuesday, stunning back-to-school shoppers, and the pilot and a passenger emerged with only...
GOV MAY OUTLAW SHACKLING PREGNANT INMATES
New York's governor is expected to sign a bill this week that would ban the shackling of inmates during childbirth. The practice is common at state prisons around the country....
TWO HOSPITALIZED AFTER FLOYD BENNETT CRASH
Two people were hospitalized after a harrowing car accident in Floyd Bennett Field that could have been sparked by drag racing. Officials said that the two vehicles, both 2006 Infinitis,...
VICTORY FOR ONE RIDGITE: UNJUST TICKET IS UPHELD, THEN REVERSED
One Ridgite appears to have bucked the odds, successfully fighting an unjust parking ticket. The possessor of a handicapped parking permit, Bay Ridge resident Sal Baratto was stunned, when he...
EASY RIDERS ROLL THROUGH BILLYBURG
Amid the Pool Parties, kickball games, and upscale bowling matches happening in Northside Williamsburg on Sunday, a group of motorcycle enthusiasts rolled up to North 14th Street for the 6th...
Two hospitalized after Floyd Bennett crash
Two people were hospitalized after a harrowing car accident in Floyd Bennett Field that could have been sparked by drag racing. Officials said that the two vehicles, both 2006 Infinitis,...
CABBY SHOT IN BRONX WAS VICTIM OF DRUG DEAL GONE WRONG
The murder suspect in the death of a Bronx cabby Sunday is a self-admitted "dope fiend" who says he shot the driver because someone had to pay for the pills...
MTA says beat it to Michael Jackson
A local City Council member wants some type of recognition at the subway station commemorating Michael Jackson’s video masterpiece, Bad, being filmed there.But the MTA doesn’t think it’s a thriller...
No much of an 'Edge'
The Seahawks added free agent RB Edgerrin James. This is a minor acquisition from a fantasy perspective.The biggest change will come in Julius Jones' value. Already deep down the list...
CONGRESS, WHITE HOUSE PROJECT RECORD DEFICIT
WASHINGTON -- The federal government faces exploding deficits and mounting debt over the next decade, White House and congressional budget officials projected Tuesday in competing but similar economic forecasts. Both...
LATOYA TO DISCUSS JACKSON'S MURDER ON '20/20'
ABC says LaToya Jackson will give her first one-on-one interview since brother Michael Jackson's death when she sits down with Barbara Walters next month. She will discuss her relationship with...
Santana awaits elbow verdict
MIAMI -- Johan Santana isn't supposed to have his ailing left elbow checked out by Mets doctors until this afternoon, and team officials say surgery has not been ruled out....
Wagner now open to Red Sox
(UPDATED: 1:25 P.M.) MIAMI -- After some serious lobbying by the Mets, Billy Wagner is now reconsidering his veto of a trade to the Red Sox, a team source said.Wagner...
WORKER KILLED IN CRANE ACCIDENT ON THROGS NECK BRIDGE
A worker died today following a construction accident at the Throgs Neck Bridge, authorities said. The FDNY said the worker, who was not immediately identified, was killed in a fall...
FORMER MISTRESS: MADOFF A 'GOOD KISSER' WITH A 'WELCOMING SMILE'
Ponzi scheme king Bernie Madoff may be a big liar to the thousands of investors he swindled over the years -- but to one woman he was "a good kisser"...
TIMELESS TUNES ARE ETCHED IN GRANITE
Descending into the subterranean lair that is the Granite Room, it's easy to believe you're entering a time warp. The city's newest nightspot -- underneath the City Hall Restaurant in...
Studs & Duds of the week
Help me reach my modest goal of 10010 100 followers on twitter.By JUSTIN TERRANOVAYankees stud -- Hideki MatsuiYou watch Matsui hobble around the bases and you wonder how he hit...
Bloomy still wants Gehry — plus other tidbits from the mayor in our endorsement sit-down
Mayor Bloomberg said on Monday that Atlantic Yards would be a better project if Bruce Ratner would bring back Frank Gehry’s much-hyped designs for the stalled and increasingly costly arena...
CB Aaron Ross reinjures hamstring
BY PAUL SCHWARTZALBANY - The Giants could not get out of training camp without suffering another injury, as in their very last practice this morning cornerback Aaron Ross re-injured his...
Victory for One Ridgite: Unjust Ticket is Upheld, Then Reversed
One Ridgite appears to have bucked the odds, successfully fighting an unjust parking ticket.The possessor of a handicapped parking permit, Bay Ridge resident Sal Baratto was stunned, when he parked...
BROWN REPULSED BY LOCKERBIE BOMBER'S WELCOME
LONDON -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he was repulsed by the welcome that Libya gave to the Lockerbie bomber. It was Brown's first reaction to the homecoming given...
Factory Freshens Up
East Williamsburg was buzzing with music, arts, and dance events all weekend long, kicked off by a concert by Factory Fresh (1053 Flushing Avenue), celebrating its latest show, the Brooklyn...
One Dirty Spot on the New, Cleaner Cortelyou Road
Cortelyou Road has new lighting, new paving, new bike racks, a decorative clock, and a whole host of new stores and restaurants that merchants and residents believe signal a sea...
Not So Fast, Mourinho
Inter coach Jose Mourinho is at it again.The "Special One" opened his big mouth once again this past weekend, claiming that Ghanaian midfielder Sulley Muntari, a Muslim, did not play...
DINKINS: PATERSON SHOULD BACK OFF RACE ISSUE
New York City's first black mayor says Gov. David Paterson should be more careful when discussing racial issues. On Friday, Paterson said the media has exploited stereotypes in coverage of...
This Brooklyn author is 'Breaking the Bank'
When Yona Zeldis McDonough was writing her third book, she knew exactly where she wanted it to take place.In “Breaking the Bank,” the author, who lives on Carroll Street in...
Coverage in The Post
MIAMI -- What else could possibly go wrong with this most cursed of Mets seasons, you ask? Well, how about Johan Santana possibly needing surgery to address discomfort in his...
OBAMA RENOMINATES BEN BERNANKE AS FED CHIEF
OAK BLUFFS, Mass. -- Praising him as the man who shepherded the United States past the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced plans...
The Daily Whacks, Tuesday Edition
You can count me among the tweetin' Twitterers (or is that the Twitterin' tweeters?) now: http://twitter.com/MikeVacc*******Yesterday, I said on this blog that if you are a Mets fan, you almost...
3 UP: SANTANA, SABATHIA AND O'DAY
Yes, I am on Twitter.1. The Mets have known for quite a while now - at least a month - that they had no shot at the playoffs this year....
RACE & POLITICS: NAVIGATING IN A NEW ERA
Race card didn't work for Paterson reports New York MagazineHinterland Gazette says Paterson should step aside
MIKE'S JUICE PROBLEM
Autospes review the new MINIIndian Point reactor restarted reports The Times-Picayune
BAM'S $2 TRILLION FRIDAY SURPRISE
Even more red ink says Jamie Dupree at KRMGWe can't afford health reform says Rep Tom Price at The Atlanta Journal Constitution
UPDATE: The Exumas
Remember the Four Seasons Resort Great Exuma? Us neither, really. The property, in the Bahama island's Emerald Bay area, wasn't long for this world, opening in 2004 and shuttering earlier...
PANETTA VILIFIED BY LIBERAL CONTEMPT
Sen Bond says witch-hunt targets terror fighters from ISRIAPanetta's letter to the CIA from The Washington Independent
TORTURING THE CIA
The DC Examiner reports probe could cost Obama politically
BROKE 'H'WIFE' DUMPS HUBBY
IS a "Real Housewife" still a housewife if she doesn't have a house? More importantly, what if she's no longer a wife? "The Real Housewives of Orange County" star Lynne...
PRIME MARITIME
As you enter the fishing village of Solomons Island, Maryland, a huge sign on your right reads "God Bless Y'All Real Good!" Attributed to the late state comptroller and local...
MJ FANS TO FLASH MOB
THE King of Pop has passed on, but that won't stop some New Yorkers from celebrating Michael Jackson's upcoming birthday in a big way. On Saturday, what would've been his...
JET ROARS BACK
JET "Shaka Rock" * * * * * The Aussie rockers, whose six-year-old debut single "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" is still on the radio, are back with a...
Songbird has 'Breakthrough'
ONCE upon a time there was a pretty, blond California girl named Colbie Caillat who wrote songs on her guitar and posted them on the Internet for anyone to hear...
Cocktail hour: slim pickin'
WAISTLINE expanding again in Margaritaville? With so many popular summer cocktails weighing in at 500-plus calories, it's enough to send you running for a vodka soda. But while such drinks...
FACEBOOK'S MULTIPLE-PERSONALITY DISORDER
WHICH "Breakfast Club" character are you? Which gang from "The Warriors" do you belong in? Which member of the 1986 Mets are you? There are a billion quizzes on Facebook...
SPACE CASE!
NEXT time someone says they "need their space," you can literally give it to them with the Personal Space Protector. It may not be a pretty contraption, but it definitely...
S.I. KIDS COME UP WITH SEASON-SAVING WIN
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- Through hamstring and high water, South Shore has advanced to the U.S. semifinals of the Little League World Series. Anthony Scotti, whose status for yesterday's game was...
WOODWARD TEST AWAITS 'RACHEL'
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- It's official: As first reported in Monday's Post, super filly Rachel Alexandra will make her next start against older male horses in the Grade 1 Woodward here...
HONDO'S BARKING
Hondo hit with the Tigers last night, but his Kiss Of Death exerted its wondrous powers on the Giants in the 14th inning, leaving him with a slightly reduced debt...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Chargers' Rivers inks 6-year extension Chargers QB Philip Rivers signed a six-year contract extension through 2015 worth a reported $92 million. Rivers, 27, threw 23 TD passes last season...
A WINNING WEEK FOR TERROR
LAST week, we learned the answer to the hoary question "What does a Scots man wear under his kilt?" When it comes to terrorism, the answer's "a white flag." But...
SHOT CLERK FOILS GUN THUG
A brave Bronx store clerk grabbed a gun from a robber who had shot him twice in the leg, cops said yesterday. The bandit was in the clothing store on...
TERMINAL HELP FOR LI FERRIE$
There's good news for Long Island ferry riders. The 72-year-old ferry terminal at Ocean Beach is being replaced and the Bay Shore terminal is being repaired and improved with a...
AN INSULT TO THE ROCKAWAYS
I give a standing ovation to Cindy Adams' column, "It's Broadway, Not Rockaway" (Aug. 23). I'm a born, bred and raised New Yorker. Bring back the sound of the hustle...
PICKING TED'S SUCCESSOR: CALL IT MASS. HYPOCRISY
Sen. Ted Kennedy, the lion of the Senate, is calling for the Legislature to allow Massachusetts' governor to fill his inevitable vacancy ("Ted: Alter Succession Law," Aug. 21). Kennedy says...
O'S RX: BREAK IT
PRESIDENT Obama and his allies in Congress seem to have decided that the best way to fix the private health-insurance market is to break it completely. Polls have prompted them...
BAM'S $2 TRILLION FRIDAY SURPRISE
THE Obama administration did it again last week -- getting bad news out on a Friday evening to minimize press coverage. Within hours after President Obama left Washington for his...
SOLEMN COLUMN RETURNS
The "Last Column" left standing at Ground Zero -- which became an enduring symbol of New York's resilience and grief in the days after the 9/11 attacks -- was returned...
THE KLUNKERS COMMENT ON 'CASH FOR CLUNKERS'
NOW that Washington has stopped giving away taxpayer money to people who want to own a new car, there's one question left unanswered: What do the Klunkers think? The giveaway,...
RI$KY CHICKS' HORMONE LINK
WASHINGTON -- Women with more testosterone tend to behave more like men when taking financial risks, according to a new study. "Women with higher levels of testosterone turn out to...
CANDIDATE'S ROLE GALL
Lights, camera . . . How did I end up here? An actress who has appeared on "Sex and the City" and "Law & Order" said she was duped into...
BIG HINT FOR RUN BY RUDY
In the strongest signal yet that he's thinking of running for governor, Rudy Giuliani's aides yesterday gauged support for a loyalist to run the state GOP after the party's longtime...
VIDEO KISS SAVED ME AFTER RAPE
The teenager caught on surveillance video screaming for help after she was attacked in The Bronx last month admits another security camera showed her kissing the alleged rapist -- but...
RACE & POLITICS: NAVIGATING IN A NEW ERA
RACE has always been a complex and emotional issue. Reference to it by elected officials or in the calculus of possible electoral contests is always sure to titillate the political...
APPLE IS HELL ON WHEELS
For drivers on the city streets, there's only one official rule of the road: anything goes! A staggering new report reveals that drivers are breaking traffic laws at a rapid...
CASH FOR CLUNKERS WEB SITE CRASHES
Car buyers in New York and across the country rushed to beat yesterday's Cash for Clunkers deadline -- but many were frustrated by government snafus when they tried to seal...
TEST-PREP KING KAPLAN PASSES
Stanley H. Kaplan, who built the nation's first test-preparation company, has died. He was 90. Kaplan, who was rejected from medical school, started his company from his parents' Brooklyn home...
$4.6M TO LIE ATOP MARILYN
LOS ANGELES -- Marilyn Monroe has been dead for 47 years -- yet her name still carries enough cachet that the crypt above hers sold for $4,602,100 on eBay yesterday....
VERIZON 'PHONE SEX' SUIT
Verizon field offices are run like frat houses, complete with blow-up dolls, pinups and group porn-flick viewing, according to a former technician for the firm. Sharmelle Hopkins, 37, claims "a...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn This must have been some hangover! An intoxicated guy stripped naked and offered sexual services to cops if they would let him go after he was arrested for attacking...
TRASH TRUCKS 'GREEN' MACHINES
Here's the dirt on the first-in-the-nation hybrid sanitation trucks that will start making collection rounds in Queens in two weeks -- each costs a cool $500,000. For that kind of...
HUGHES GETS NY FED JOB
Denis M. Hughes, president of the New York State AFL-CIO, has been designated chairman of the New York Federal Reserve Bank's board of directors for the remainder of 2009, the...
CHARLOTTE RUSSE GOES PRIVATE
Private-equity made a bet on the struggling retail sector as buyout firm Advent International purchased teen-apparel chain Charlotte Russe for $380 million. The all-cash offer of $17.50 a share would...
RACE NOT PRESS-ING ISSUE: O
ALBANY -- Distancing himself from Gov. Paterson's controversial racial remarks, President Obama said he doesn't believe black politicians get unfair treatment from the white-dominated media, an administration spokesman claimed yesterday....
FEDS SLAM JUVIE HORROR
WASHINGTON -- Juveniles housed at four state-run detention facilities were subjected to repeated shackling and suffered an "excessive" number of injuries, according to a scathing report by the US Justice...
OVERFLOW CROWD TURNS UP FOR A CRACK AT PLUMBER JOBS
Here's a sign that the economy is still in the toilet. An estimated 3,000 New Yorkers flooded the Queens headquarters of the Local 1 Plumbers Union yesterday for a chance...
PRINCIPALS & INTEREST
Graduates of a taxpayer-funded principal-training program have done a better job boosting reading scores of low-performing elementary and middle-school kids than other new principals, according to a study by New...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Yahoo! Yahoo! will keep inno vating its search engine and try to outsmart both Microsoft and Google even as the slumping In ternet company prepares to lean on rival Microsoft's...
MAID-SLAY 'FIEND' TOLD MANY TALES
He'd known for a week that cops considered him the prime suspect in the ghoulish murder of a mother of three, but Joseph Pabon still couldn't keep his story straight...
One Chase's great escape
THE leaseback terms for JPMorgan Chase's sale of One Chase Plaza are so unpalatable, the bank will have to sweeten them to avoid chasing away possible buyers, sources told The...
2ND CABBY SHOT DEAD IN BRONX
A thug paroled from prison just two years ago was nabbed for allegedly pumping a bullet into the head of a Bronx cabby -- the second fatal shooting of a...
WWE'S MCMAHON LOOKS TO CREATE CABLE NETWORK
World Wrestling Entertainment plans to get into the cable network ownership ring. A WWE representative said plans were still in their infancy, but the company is "exploring the creation of...
BIG STOCK RALLY FLOPS
US stocks ended the day barely changed as investors took a break from a four-day rally that lifted major indexes to 10-month highs. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 3.32...
STANFORD'S STAYING PUT
R. Allen Stanford, accused of swindling investors in a $7 billion Ponzi scheme, must remain in jail until trial, which could be a year away. A three-judge panel of the...
O'S PUTTING THE SCREWS TO CIA
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration announced yesterday that it was launching an investigation into whether CIA officials broke any laws while harshly interrogating terrorism suspects in the aftermath of 9/11....
SEC'S MERRILL CHARGES WERE 'IN ERROR': BOFA
Battered Bank of America again denied allegations that it duped investors into approving its merger with Merrill Lynch, but this time it also took a swing at the Securities and...
ARREST IN SLAY OF BOUNCER
Cops say they've busted the man who gunned down a bouncer for a popular East Village nightclub, who was slain trying to break up a fight. Louis Rodriguez, 29, was...
COPS SEEK 'REALITY KILLER'S' PAL
The mystery woman who dropped a reality-TV star and alleged wife-killer off at the Canadian hotel where he later hanged himself could face charges, authorities said yesterday. "We know who...
ODDS ARE PLAYERS WILL LOVE REVAMPED LOTTO
ALBANY -- It's makeover or bust for New York's classic Lotto game. The state Lottery Division has laid the groundwork for a new version of its flagship jackpot game in...
DUMBER THAN HIS RABBIT
Maybe "magician" David Blaine thinks he's special, having "survived" so many "death-defying" stunts. Or maybe he's just a jerk. Lifeguards had instructed Blaine and two friends to stay out of...
MIKE'S JUICE PROBLEM
City officials can now drive the streets of New York in search of graffiti, pot holes and other quality-of-life no-nos -- without choking the planet with toxic greenhouse gases. Pretty...
TORTURING THE CIA
How best for President Obama to re claim a left-wing base grown restive over what it sees as administration backtracking on health-care reform? Simple: Declare war on the CIA. George...
A 'LAW & ORDER' KIND OF HEROINE
A 24-year-old Midtown receptionist outsmarted a career criminal and even outdid the cops investigating his alleged thieving -- thanks to her addiction to "Law & Order: SVU." Justine Faeth, an...
CAN'T HOLD THE 'PIRATES' AT BAY
Tinseltown appears to be losing what is amounting to a game of Whac-A-Mole with a popular file-sharing Web site that Big Media is trying to shut down. A court in...
FEUDING FAMILIES TAKE TO STREETS IN WILD RIOT
MARION, Ala. -- Two Alabama families that had been fighting for years turned their feud into a full-scale riot yesterday outside a small-town city hall, with up to 150 screaming...
PANETTA VILIFIED BY LIBERAL CONTEMPT
PITY Leon Panetta. The CIA director counseled the Obama administration against releasing classified interrogation memos from the Bush years. And got ignored. Then, Nancy Pelosi said his agency lied to...
EYEFUL TOWER!
More people are flocking to the High Line's Standard hotel as word spreads of X-rated sights like these gals cavorting behind floor-to-ceiling windows. The city might want to rename its...
GOLDMAN CLIENTS UPSET OVER STOCK TIPS
Goldman Sachs once again found itself playing defense yesterday, this time having to explain itself to clients who weren't the beneficiaries of gold-plated stock tips reserved for only the choicest...
RDA BANKRUPTCY MAY CLOBBER BONDHOLDERS, PRINTERS
Some well known names have emerged in the Reader's Digest Association bankruptcy, ranging from law firms to printing companies. According to documents filed yesterday in connection with RDA's Chapter 11...
FACEBOOK SEES JOBS IN FUTURE
Facebook may expand its staff by 40 percent to 50 percent this year as it benefits from a surplus of engineers amid the recession, Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said....
MIKE BOOS BOOZE BAN IN PARKS
Mayor Bloomberg is the first to admit the booze ban in city parks stinks -- just not bad enough to change the policy. "I never understood why we don't let...
BERNANKE'S BACK
He's staying. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will get the chance to finish the economic recovery he started, as President Obama today is expected to nominate the Fed chief to...
HANG IN THERE, BERNIE
Keep breathing, Bernie! That's the surprising message Bernard Madoff's victims had for the Ponzi king yesterday after learning he's been telling his fellow inmates he's dying of cancer. "My first...
BARACK GETS INTO SWING OF VACATION
Golf and tennis were the main activities on the agenda for President Obama yesterday as he and his family spent the first full day of their summer vacation on Martha's...
DROWN GIRL A NY ANGEL
The little girl who drowned after being swept out to sea while vacationing with her parents in Maine was identified yesterday as a Manhattan youngster who had been adopted from...
PLAX TELLS OF FATEFUL NIGHT
Plaxico Burress said in a television interview he didn't realize he'd accidentally shot himself until he saw the blood dripping onto his sneaker.GIANTS BLOG In an excerpt of an ESPN...
SCOT CLOT SHOCKED - SHOCKED! - LIBYANS LIED
The dunderhead Scottish official who sprang a Lockerbie bomber so he could go home to die whined yesterday that he's also a victim. Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill said Libyan...
IT'S JACKO-CIDE!
Michael Jackson's personal Doctor Feelgood spent hours desperately dosing him with every drug in the book to get him to sleep -- finally administering the hospital-grade anesthetic Propofol just before...
SCANDAL NBA REF IN NEW BUST
That was fast. Crooked NBA ref Tim Donaghy -- just out of prison after serving time for betting on games he worked -- was rearrested yesterday on a probation violation,...
RIKERS LOOKS TO DEPORT INMATES
Authorities have begun deportation proceedings against an estimated 13,000 inmates at Rikers, immigrant advocates say. A coalition of advocacy groups says the data shows how the Department of Correction passes...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Golfers are swinging irons where cavemen once swung wooden clubs. A groundskeeper at a Saranac, Mich., golf course found a tooth from a prehistoric mammoth on one of the greens....
A rocky Zeus on the loose
EURIPIDES' "The Bacchae" is one of the wildest, most violent plays in the Greek canon. But until the very last minutes, you'd be hard-pressed to find much ferocity in JoAnne...
IS THERE LIFE AFTER 'IDOL'?
FREEDOM Day has arrived for last season's "American Idol" contestants. Last Thursday, the top 36 semi-finalists' contracts ended with 19 Entertainment, the company that owns "Idol." And that means if...
A GOODBYE KISS
AT what point did "Nurse Jackie" become "Nuts Jackie"? If you watched last night's season finale, you'll probably know what I'm talking about. Even the great Edie Falco can't make...
KID BLOWS $475G ON 'YOO-HOO'
MEET the man who lost nearly half a million dol lars on a guess. Ken Basin, a 24-year-old LA lawyer, said he still feels numb after the shocking Sunday-night finale...
BRIT-WIT PLAYS US FOR CLOWNS
AMID the flash, flesh and fantasy of Britney Spears' circus-themed extravaganza that pitched its tent at Madison Square Garden last night was the whisper of P.T. Barnum's key to success:...
REX SHOULD WAIT TO NAME STARTER
BALTIMORE -- A not-so-funny thing happened to Mark Sanchez on his way to a coronation. He was crowned. Not by Rex Ryan as the winner of the Jets' starting quarterback...
LEON ONLY HIGHLIGHT EARLY ON
BALTIMORE -- Thank goodness for Leon Washington. The Jets' first-half performance against the Ravens' starting defense would have been even uglier had it not been for the Jets' RB, who...
SANCHEZ NO MATCH FOR RAVENS DEFENSE
BALTIMORE -- With apologies to Plaxico Burress, what Mark Sanchez faced last night against the ravenous Ravens' defense were real, live NFL bullets. JETS BLOG Sanchez, making his first start...
PIERCE: NO REASON TO PANIC
ALBANY -- Tom Coughlin made it clear the other day he feels his club is reading too many positive press clippings and buying too much of what he characterized as...
GIANTS BOTHERED BY CARR TROUBLE
ALBANY -- If you have had the feeling that David Carr hasn't looked very good as the backup quarterback to Eli Manning, you are not alone. GIANTS BLOG "I'm not...
THE SPOILING POINT
DURING the Yankees dynasty years, I once was doing a TV show in which we were talking calls. One of the first people to phone in complained that he simply...
TIGHT LIBERTY NATIONAL COULD GIVE PLAYERS FITS
THIS was overheard at the driving range at Liberty National yesterday, where the world's best golfers were fine tuning their games for the start of The Barclays, the first tournament...
NATE, KNICKS TO TALK
Free agent Nate Robinson and Knicks president Donnie Walsh will meet tomorrow to discuss Robinson's status with the team in the wake of his arrest by the NYPD last week...
TIGER RETURNS TO TRY TO ERASE 0-FER
This is not only the chance to behold a legend, a best-ever contender, but also to witness Tiger Woods trying to conquer his second-worst career jinx. Woods has played the...
TORRID YEAR PUTS JETER IN MVP MIX
Baseball is a game of threes: Three strikes, three outs . . . and three of the most solid stars you can find in the game together on the Yankees....
WAGNER EXPECTS TO STAY A MET
Bye-bye Billy? Probably not. Billy Wagner had no clear answer about his future employment as he departed Citi Field yesterday, but was expecting he would remain Mets property heading into...
SANTANA BENCHED WITH SORE ELBOW
Sometime today, the Mets might fondly recall the good old days when they only had to worry about injuries that affect 2009. METS BLOGHUBBUCH ON TWITTERBOX SCORETONIGHT'S PREVIEW: Mets at...
NO EASY WAY TO FIX WHAT'S BROKE(N)
THE pain in Johan Santana's left elbow radiates a lot farther than tonight's cancelled start in Florida or any more starts the Mets surely have learned the hard way not...
HOWARD HAMMERS PARNELL
Hours before the Mets revealed ace Johan Santana had scratched himself from tonight's start -- his sore left elbow to be examined by Dr. David Altchek -- they were drilled...
Report: Wags staying with Mets
MIAMI -- FOX Sports is reporting that Billy Wagner plans to invoke his no-trade clause to nix a potential waiver-wire deal to the Red Sox.The teams have until 1 p.m....
Pitching set for Marlins series
MIAMI -- In the wake of the shocking news about Johan Santana, who was starting the opener until elbow problems cropped up, the pitching matchups are now set for the...
Dial it down in India
LET'S face it. India is really intimidating. The heartbreaking poverty, the heat, the crazy traffic, the begging. It's an unpredictable place, in fact, there are few things you can count...
50 STATES: Maryland
As you enter the fishing village of Solomons Island, Maryland, a huge sign on your right reads "God Bless Y'All Real Good!" Attributed to the late state comptroller and local...
Hot deals!
* COLORADO $159 and up at the Vail Mountain Lodge & Spa, valid 9/15-12/19, incl. breakfast (vailmountainlodge.com). * CHARLESTON $205 and up at the Charleston Place Hotel, valid 8/23-9/9, includes...
TED KENNEDY DEAD OF BRAIN CANCER AT 77
Sen. Ted Kennedy, the lion of the senate and the youngest and last surviving brother of the legendary political dynasty heralded as a modern-day Camelot, has died after a yearlong...
Delaware Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 5 1/2f; $22,000; str alw; 2YO; (f)SUBTLE SWEETNESS makes local debut for new barn after breaking maiden at Calder in career debut. COPY ME was a gate to wire...
Civic calendar
Fri, Aug. 28Blood drive. Sponsored by the North Flatbush Business Improvement District. Receive a free guest pass from Crunch and juice from Healthy Nibbles. 2 pm-7:30 pm. Crunch Fitness [300...
The first no-hitter in Cyclone history — and a sweep of the Ironbirds!
Lake Monsters 7Cyclones 6 (Game 1)Monday, Aug. 24 at Keyspan Park The Cyclones blew the game — and a chance to add another half-game to their lead over the second-place...
It's war as two Vietnamese sandwich shops do battle four blocks apart
Seventh Avenue in Park Slope just got its second Vietnamese sandwich shop — four blocks from the neighborhood’s first place — and not since the Vietnam War has there been...
Reality TV Tryouts: Moving Out
How to get your 15 seconds of fame.Getting ready for a big move?If you're packing up and starting over some place new, HGTV would love to follow your big move....
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION: SWINE FLU COULD KILL 90,000
The H1N1 flu virus could cause as many as 30,000 and 90,000 deaths in the United States and "poses a serious health threat" the Obama administration's advisory group on Science...
OBAMA WILL NOMINATE BEN BERNANKE TO A SECOND TERM AS FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN
OAK BLUFFS, Mass. -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, widely credited with taking aggressive action to avert an economic catastrophe after the financial meltdown last fall, will be nominated by...