November 10, 2009
Possible homeless housing pops up in Hunts Point
Candido Resto wants to stay in Hunts Point. But he claims that his apartment building has quietly become a de-facto homeless shelter and that his building management company wants him...
This crook really takes the cake!
76th PrecinctCarroll Gardens–Cobble Hill–Red HookTook the cakeA thief broke into an Entenmann’s truck making a delivery on Bond Street on Nov. 7 — and got away with a cellphone and...
Islanders' Okposo has swine flu
Just in time for a seven-game road trip, Kyle Okposo became the second Islander to come down with swine flu. Okposo, perhaps the team’s top all-around player, was diagnosed and...
Fighters, Celebs & Athletes Predict Pacquiao-Cotto
THE BOXERS ARE PICKIN'... "I think there would have been a good opportunity for Pacquiao to win if he faced Cotto before he fought Clottey, but now Cotto is thinking...
Slimmed down Curry really looks different
Eddy Curry practiced for the first time today since hurting himself on the first day of training camp, and the huge center looked like an entirely different person. Or more...
Qns man accused of fraud to get foreclosure cash
A New York City man has been accused of filing forged court papers to try to collect just over $128,000 in proceeds from a victim’s home foreclosure sale. Queens District...
Mangini defends time with Jets
Former Jets coach Eric Mangini tells CBSSports.com that he is "proud of what we did in New York," specifically the quality of the players brought to the team while he...
DVD Extra: Warner Archive adds Tarzans, Powells, 'Under the Rainbow'
The busy folks at Warner Archive have added 6 Gordon Scott Tarzan movies (in addition to its earlier 5 Lex Barkers) as well as "Small Town Girl'' and "Holiday in...
And from the old-style mailbag…
To the editor,In last week’s letter’s column (“Reader already missing Muessig,” Nov. 6), reader Thomas Hilton said that Rep. Mike McMahon’s health care forum was “not a ‘Town Hall meeting’...
Cleaning Newtown Creek could take decades
The Environmental Protection Agency announced it could take 16 years to fully clean Newtown Creek, though local businesses and property owners fear that the effects of the agency’s Superfund recommendation...
Curating sparkle motion in Williamsburg
A makeshift Wailing Wall on a chain link fence in an alley next to Waste Management. A U-Haul truck decorated with glittery foil strips with the words “Sparkle Motion” above...
Rutgers expects to improve under Hill
After three lean years that have yielded 32 wins, Rutgers coach Fred Hill thinks change is finally on the way. Heading into the Scarlet Knights season-opener on Saturday against Marist,...
'Unity and healing' for St. Saviour
The Diocese of Brooklyn hopes to bring “unity and healing” to St. Saviour in Park Slope. “On [November] 18th, a facilitator from the Diocese of Brooklyn is meeting with three...
Civic calendar
Mon, Nov. 16Community Board 2 Parks and Recreation Commitee. Monthly meeting. 6 pm. Brooklyn Hospital [DeKalb Avenue at St. Felix Street in Fort Greene, (718) 596-5410]. Community Board 6 Economic...
It's a drive-by shooting!
84th PrecinctBrooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–DowntownPelting pelletsA man was struck in a driveby shooting on Nov. 4 — but the shooter’s weapon was only a pellet gun.The victim told police that he...
Billy Martin on Hall voting list
COOPERSTOWN -- Billy Martin is among the former managers who will be on the ballot when the Hall of Fame Veterans Committee votes next month. Davey Johnson, Whitey Herzog, Gene...
NY Senate won't vote on gay marriage
ALBANY, N.Y. — After weeks of uncertainty and pleas for action by Gov. David Paterson, New York’s Senate wasn’t expected to vote on a bill legalizing same-sex marriage during Tuesday’s...
Tourist injured during USS New York tour
A woman injured herself this afternoon after she fell into a boat while touring the USS New York that was docked on the West Side, police said. The tourist, who...
Ex-Bear Stearns hedge fund managers exonerated
Uncle Sam suffered a major setback and black eye this afternoon when a federal jury in Brooklyn acquitted two former Bear Stearns hedge fund mangers accused of lying to investors...
Giants' playoff chances plummet
The Giants' seemingly inevitable journey to the playoffs after a 5-0 start has been derailed by a four-game losing streak that gives them a 36 percent chance of reaching the...
'Drunk' pilot suspended by United Airlines
CHICAGO -- United Airlines has suspended a pilot who was arrested in London on suspicion that he was about to fly a Boeing 767 with 124 passengers while drunk, the...
Ex-NYPD commish Kerik makes bail
A federal judge gave disgraced former NYPD Commissioner Bernie Kerik an early Christmas present this afternoon, saying he can get out of jail for the holidays before he is sentenced...
No change to baseball instant replay
Upon further review ... baseball general managers like instant replay the way it is. GMs failed to take a vote Tuesday on expanding instant replay following a postseason filled with...
'Up' to an Oscar
Disney and Pixar's enchanting epic "Up" hits DVD and Blu-Ray today, and I can't wait to see it again. The movie has as much heart and humor as any of...
Another 'new' Chaplin film -- 'The Matrix'
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Leno becomes butt of the joke
Things are so bad for NBC's new "Jay Leno Show" that one of President Obama's top security advisors compared its futility to the war in Afghanistan in a confidential memo....
Jeter, Teixeira win Gold Gloves
Shortstop Derek Jeter has won his fourth Gold Glove at shortstop, joining Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira among the American League players honored for fielding excellence. "I’ve said it time...
Lohan 'dating Ledger' when he died: Dina
Lindsay Lohan was dating Heath Ledger at the time of his death, Dina Lohan claims in yet another shocking recorded phone call divulging details about the pop star's life. "And...
DOD investigated Ft. Hood suspect months ago
WASHINGTON — A Defense Department worker on a terrorism task force looked into Fort Hood shooting suspect Nidal Hasan's background months ago, officials said Tuesday — providing fresh evidence the...
Reforming Islam from Within
Madeline Brooks on the intolerance of anti-Jihadists (Hudson Institute)
New NY license plates unveiled
It’s back to the blue and gold for New York drivers. State-registered cars will be outfitted with new retro-style license plates starting next April -- for a fee. Car renewals...
Hasan Revelations
David Frum asks if we can now stop taking off our shoes (Frum Forum)
Explaining the Stupak vote
Ramesh Ponuru looks at who votes against abortion amendment (NRO)
More thoughts on "Quartett"
In today's paper I reviewed Robert Wilson's staging of "Quartett," at BAM until Saturday. I had caught the show in Paris back in 2006 and deeply disliked it then, so...
Yankees, Mets brush off Holliday pursuit
CHICAGO -- At this moment, the Yankees have downplayed any desire to get into a Matt Holliday derby and the Mets are telling outside executives they could not imagine chasing...
UPDATE: Campeones
Opening a Mexican-themed, ESPN Zone of sorts that doesn't showcase lucha libre is like opening a Thai-themed one that doesn't feature Patpong Ping Pong -- straight sacrilege, I tells ya!Still, legendary Mexican pugilist Julio...
Obama honors 13 slain at Texas Army base
FORT HOOD, Texas — Somberly reciting 13 names and 13 stories, President Barack Obama saluted the Americans killed at this Army post as heroes who died for their country -...
Good news — no violent crime!
78th PrecinctPark SlopeCar rescueA thief thought he could take advantage of a rental car company, but wound up in cuffs after an attempt to swipe some wheels on Nov. 7.A...
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More time to comment on gas drilling
There’s more time for the public to comment on a controversial upstate plan that could have a devastating impact on downstate regions like Brooklyn, a local lawmaker said this week.The...
Lisa Nowak pleads guilty to avoid trial
ORLANDO, Fla. — A former astronaut charged with confronting a romantic rival in an airport parking lot has pleaded guilty to felony burglary of a car and misdemeanor battery. Lisa...
Judge orders temporary restraining order on J.Lo sex tape
A California judge today pulled the plug on a sexy movie about Jennifer Lopez, telling her ex-husband to can a steamy flick filled with risqué footage from their 1997 honeymoon....
Gym Class Heroes' McCoy documentary airs Dec. 1
This summer, Gym Class Heroes' Travis McCoy went all around the world working on MTV's HIV and AIDS prevention and awareness campaign. Now, the fruits of his labor, a new...
Mets have no interest in Varitek
CHICAGO -- Scott Boras definitively said to ignore reports to the contrary that Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek has not decided whether to pick up his $3 million player option...
Your weekly newsbriefs
Not enough H1N1 vaccineStrong demand for the swine flu vaccine is straining supplies, according to the city Health Department.The agency says New Yorkers have turned out in “record numbers” for...
From Week 9 of the NFL season
Here is a sad fact about the local football teams: The only win each team has earned since Oct. 4 came against the Raiders. A discouraging realization the Giants failed...
Letters with white powder found at two UN consulates
Two "suspicious" letters containing white powere were discovered at different UN consulates today -- a day after diplomatic missions in New York discovered similar letters, authorities said. The latest letter...
Damon won't give Yankees discount
CHICAGO – So much for the hometown discount. The Yankees have been hoping Johnny Damon’s desire to stay a Yankee is great enough that he agrees to return on a...
Kerik hopes for bail at hearing today
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Former New York police Commissioner Bernard Kerik is hoping to be free for the holidays despite pleading guilty to eight felonies. A bail hearing has been...
Seton Hall's Lawrence charged with DWI
As the college basketball season tips off, Seton Hall is widely considered to have the most talent of any team in the metropolitan area. But the biggest question about the...
Frustration about District 18’s CEC vacancy
School District 18’s Community Education Council (CEC) is struggling to cope with member absences and council vacancies.“It’s necessary to have parent volunteers because without six parents we can’t function,” explained...
Hardball at the GM Meetings
Joel Sherman has all the inside info from the baseball GM Meetings in Chicago. Check back with his Hardball blog throughout the day.
Judge: Bruno not on trial for 'quid pro quo'
ALBANY – The federal judge presiding over former Senate boss Joseph Bruno's political corruption trial this morning scolded prosecutors for over-reaching and called for an immediate course correction. "This trial...
Boeheim gets 800th win
After dropping an exhibition game to local Division II school LeMoyne the week before, Syracuse won its season opener last night, 75-43, over Albany to make head coach Jim Boeheim...
Accused Ft. Hood gunman: Hard for US Muslims to fight in Islamic nations
The Fort Hood killer accused of gunning down 13 people reportedly warned a roomful of senior Army doctors nearly two years ago that to avoid "adverse events," the military should...
Denzel swings for the 'Fences'
Denzel Washington will star in a revival of August Wilson’s “Fences” on Broadway this spring, The Post has learned exclusively. The two-time Oscar-winner will play Troy Maxson, a volatile former...
Isiah loses college coaching debut
Isiah Thomas' debut on the sidelines for the Florida International Panthers went much like the vast majority of his tenure with the Knicks: with his team losing the game.The Panthers...
The Post's college basketball preview
With last night's games, including Isiah Thomas' debut as Florida International's head coach and Syracuse winning its season opener against Albany (the alma mater of Knicks beat writer Marc Berman),...
Your weekly newsbriefs
Not enough H1N1 vaccineStrong demand for the swine flu vaccine is straining supplies, according to the city Health Department.The agency says New Yorkers have turned out in “record numbers” for...
Accused killer can not use battered wife syndrome defense: judge
The Queens woman who said she killed her ex-cop husband after years of abuse will not be able to use battered woman’s syndrome as a defense, a judge ruled today....
Cardinals hope to keep Holliday
CHICAGO – The Cardinals want to retain Matt Holliday, but worry about his free agency lingering into the holidays.Holliday projects as the free agent who will receive the most money...
Giants to sink cash into offense
CHICAGO -- The Giants theme this offseason is dollars for their offense and a Penny for their rotation.San Francisco feels it has some flexibility to pursue help for its woeful...
Yankees intend to keep Mitre
CHICAGO -- The Yankees have until a week from Thursday to pick up Sergio Mitre’s $1.25 million option for 2010. But even if they do not pick up the option,...
Mets on fence about Bay, Holliday
CHICAGO -- Philosophically, the Mets are still trying to determine whether to big-game hunt this offseason for offense (Jason Bay or Matt Holliday) or simply augment around their core of...
Your weekly newsbriefs
Not enough H1N1 vaccineStrong demand for the swine flu vaccine is straining supplies, according to the city Health Department.The agency says New Yorkers have turned out in “record numbers” for...
Lawyer: Letterman to take stand against alleged extorter
Coming up next: David Letterman on the witness stand? The late-night TV king is ready to testify against his alleged extorter, the TV host's lawyer announced today -- offering a...
Pastor confesses to 11-year-old murder
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo police say a pastor has confessed to the unsolved shooting death of a 17-year-old nearly 11 years ago. Detectives say a tip led them to 31-year-old...
Trial delayed for four hours after Gotti refused to leave jail cell
John "Junior" Gotti refused to leave his jail cell this morning for four hours, forcing the court to temprarily suspend the trial against the accused mobster before he changed his...
House Health-care Horror
William McGurn says Stupak made Pelosi cry 'uncle' (Wall Street Journal)
ELC: What's in a name?
What's in a name? It depends on whom you ask. For Newcastle United supporters, there is nearly nothing more sacred than our beloved Magpies, hapless as they may be ......
The Daily Whacks, Tuesday Edition
OK. This is as good a time as any, I would think, to take stock of the football locals, both of whom have an awful lot of heavy lifting ahead...
Man gets 25 years for killing wife while scuba diving
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands — A British Virgin Islands judge has ruled that a Rhode Island man must serve at least 25 years for killing his wife while diving in...
Gunman surrenders after holding NY principal hostage
PINE PLAINS, N.Y. — A 42-year-old man accused of holding a New York middle school principal hostage at gunpoint has told a judge that he needs psychiatric care. When told...
Deadly Denial
Eugene Robinson on failing the troops at Ft. Hood (Washington Post)Daniel Pipes says excuses are inexcusable (Brisbane Times)
3UP: Matsui, Pettitte and Minaya
1. I wrote about the Yankees’ interest in trying to keep their three main free agents – Johnny Damon, Andy Pettitte and Hideki Matsui – for next year. The Yanks...
TV footage shows insurgents with US ammunition
KABUL — Television footage broadcast Tuesday showed insurgents handling what appears to be U.S. ammunition in a remote area of eastern Afghanistan that American forces left last month following a...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has leukemia
Basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is being treated for a rare form of leukemia, and he said his prognosis is encouraging. The NBA's all-time leading scorer was diagnosed last December with...
Ever wonder how well the children of parenting experts turned out?
Like many overly educated, overly neurotic moms and dads, whenever my wife Asia and I reach our wit's end, we search for salvation on Amazon.com. Books, after all, are the...
Conductor stops on a dime when woman falls on tracks
Talk about a close call! An apparently blind-drunk Boston woman was nearly killed after she stumbled onto a train track -- but a quick-thinking conductor was able to pull to...
Eyes Wide Shut
How did the army miss so many signs? (Dallas Morning News)John Podhoretz on the Hasanity defense (Commentary)Odd handwringing in Ft Hood aftermath (Trentonian)
Reality TV Tryouts: Extreme Weight Loss Show
Saturday: Extreme Weight Loss Show Personal training in the convenience of your own home -- for men at least 200 lbs. overweight and women 150 past a healthy weight. If...
St. John's storms to first NCAA tournament bid
The announcement on ESPNews took about 16 minutes, but it was 16 years in the making for St. John’s women’s soccer coach Ian Stone. The Red Storm earned its first...
Giants' playoff mission: Impossible
LOOK at the way the Bad News Giants have played for the past month. Now look at the schedule. The new slogan for the Bad News Giants must now be...
Padavona's hat trick gives Fontbonne B/Q title
Kristiana Padavona was limited to a spectator, watching her team struggle through a semifinal win over Christ the King. The sophomore striker had been sick for a few days and...
Curry to practice, Milicic a DNP
On the eve of Eddy Curry's return to practice, Mike D'Antoni did not use backup center Darko Milicic for the first time in tonight's 95-93 loss to the Jazz, sticking...
NYC football rankings: Week 10
After one week of playoff football, we have some changes in The Post's top 10, as expected this time of year. St. Joseph by the Sea drops to fourth while...
Fit in close quarters
Maybe you’re sick of going to the gym — or just plain sick of shelling out for it. Don’t sweat it (pun intended). We tested out some new fitness, fitness-dance...
How to stay safe from predators
Headlines about predators like Anthony Sowell, whose “House of Horrors” in Cleveland contained the remains of at least 11 victims, are evidence that too many people put themselves in harm’s...
Guns, dames and hot coffee
Gloria Grahame gets a scalding-hot pot full of coffee right in the kisser in Fritz Lang’s “The Big Heat” (1953), the centerpiece of Sony’s admirable new DVD set “Columbia Pictures...
'Dear Aerosmith...'
The boys are at it again. Not unlike their late ’70s cocaine-fueled feuds, Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry are once again talking some serious trash about...
NJ rockers come full circle
After the band’s country-flavored detour on 2007’s “Lost Highway,” Bon Jovi has taken a very right turn back onto the New Jersey Turnpike for “The Circle.” “The Circle,” the band’s...
Is that you, Mrs. Draper?
Betty Draper has made her way back home — or, at least, the actress who plays her has. Here’s January Jones in modern-day apparel, sans her TV alter-ego’s perfect 1960s...
Editors' picks
SundayNovember 15Double Dutch treatYou get two chances to celebrate our Dutch ancestry today, what with the Old First Reformed Church hosting an authentic 17th-century service with period costumes, music and...
Two divos & a queen
Beefcake and haman taschen may seem an odd menu, but in the New York City Opera's first season in two years, they somehow make a balanced meal. The beefcake is...
Troubles between dad, sun
British playwright Matt Wilkinson seems fixated on the metaphorical aspects of the sun. His last work here was titled "Sun Is Shining." In "Red Sea Fish," the first entry in...
Marquise a gem, but play fails to shine
At its worst, "Quartett" looks like a parody of '80s music videos. Minute sounds are overamplified. Actors in dramatic costumes freeze in Expressionist exaggeration. An old man in a nightshirt...
What's 'V' really about?
At last, conservatives have our Tina Fey. ABC's thrilling and politically potent new sci-fi series "V," whose second episode airs tonight at 8 on ABC, pits the paranoids against the...
Michelle Obama's cousin?
They don't look alike -- but a blue-eyed Alabama white woman insists that she is Michelle Obama's long, lost relative. In an interview that aired last night on "Inside Edition,"...
US Open to take prime time
Get ready for prime time golf -- again. NBC will air the 2010 US Open at night, hoping to replicate the nighttime success of the 2008 US Open. The 2010...
'Real' hubbies get the spotlight
Ladies, step aside -- the boys are coming to town. The people responsible for Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Orange County" are looking to capture lightning in a boob tube...
Heist cash found
PARIS -- A French prosecutor says investigators have found $14.25 million in cash believed stolen from a Lyon branch of France's central bank last week. Lyon Prosecutor Xavier Richaud said...
FBI blew off killer e-mail to al Qaeda
The FBI knew for nearly a year before his murderous Fort Hood rampage that psycho Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan had repeatedly contacted al Qaeda -- but the blundering agency...
Philly back on track
PHILADELPHIA -- Subways, buses and trolleys were running again in Philadelphia yesterday after an early-morning agreement ended a six-day strike. Service was restored in time for the morning rush. Commuters...
When terror hits home: america's PC suicide
I am a longtime reader of The Post and was reminded of why I like your paper when I read Ralph Peters' article "Call This Horror by Its Name: Islamist...
Doctor's note required to read this column
WERE you shocked that the nation's unemployment rate in October jumped to 10.2 percent, the first time it has been in double digits since 1982? Did the fact that another...
Where NJ must cut
In his election-night acceptance speech, New Jersey Gov.-elect Chris Christie aimed straight at the Garden State's entrenched political class, vowing to "turn Trenton on its head." As his victory suggests,...
NJ M&M factory sweet & sunny
HACKETTSTOWN, NJ -- Those green M&M's really are getting greener. The New Jersey candy factory that produces M&M's flipped the switch yesterday on a new solar array that provides clean...
Docs mull DNA ethics
LONDON -- British scientists began a study today to consider how human DNA is used in animal experiments and to determine what the boundaries of such controversial research should be....
Deadly denial
As President Obama belatedly appears at Fort Hood today, will he dare to speak the word "terror?" He won't use the word "Islamist." If he mentions Islam at all, it'll...
'Bomber' tipped off probers to NY plot
The Queens coffee-cart vendor-turned-alleged al Qaeda operative accidentally tipped off authorities to his bomb plot by using an e-mail account that was secretly monitored by Scotland Yard, according to a...
US hikers spies: Iran
TEHRAN, Iran -- A senior Iranian prosecutor accused three US hikers detained on the border with Iraq of espionage yesterday, the first signal that Iran intends to put them on...
'Tiniest' ma defies docs
It's a tall order for a 2-foot-4-inch Kentucky woman who may be the world's smallest mom -- she's expecting her third child. Doctors have warned Stacey Herald, 35, that the...
Hachette shutters Met Home
Metropolitan Home is the latest shelter magazine to collapse in the ad recession. Alain Lemarchand, CEO of parent company Hachette Filipacchi Media, gave the word to editorial staffers early yesterday....
$708M more for city plan
In a surprise, the city's capital spending plan for the next four years has increased by $708 million over what was proposed in June, the Independent Budget Office reported yesterday....
Sorry, this killer's no victim
MAJ. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army psychiatrist who killed 13 of his fellow soldiers in a rampage at Fort Hood, is a most unlikely victim of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)....
Site to cease its 'e-theft'
The social networking Web site Tagged.com has adopted reforms on the use of invitation e-mails after being accused of essentially stealing the e-mail addresses of some 60 million Internet users,...
Refinance nix sparks suit
Four city homeowners have filed a lawsuit charging they were denied access to a federal home-refinancing program. The plaintiffs are Brooklyn and Queens homeowners who have mortgages serviced by Aurora...
Apology by heathen pol
Facing a storm of criticism, a newly minted city councilman who practices a "neo-heathen" religion apologized for how he characterized Greek Orthodox Easter celebrations as he discussed animal sacrifices in...
Prof busted in Columbia gal 'punch'
A prominent Columbia architecture professor punched a female university employee in the face at a Harlem bar during a heated argument about race relations, cops said yesterday. Police busted Lionel...
Business briefs
EA cuts Electronic Arts plans to eliminate 1,500 jobs and close several facilities after reporting its 11th straight quarterly loss. The maker of "Madden NFL" reported its sec ond-quarter loss...
We must get health reform right
On Saturday, the House debated and passed landmark health-care legislation. As much as I wanted to vote for reform, I stood as the only downstate New York member of Congress...
You bet OTB is hurting
The city's teetering Off-Track Betting Corp. will seek permission to close as many as two-thirds of its 68 branches when it files a bankruptcy reorganization plan, The Post has learned....
Quinn: House new war vets
Veterans of the Iraq, Afghanistan and Gulf wars should get priority in one of the city's affordable-housing programs, according to the City Council. On the day before Veterans Day, Council...
Deadbeat butt-head owes 'red' state NY $19M
The No. 1 New York state tax deadbeat is a Queens man who owes an eye-popping $19 million on cigarette taxes, newly released records show. Gui Hong Chen, an Elmhurst...
Scot lady $ings for the Met
A globetrotting Edinburgh opera buff willed a $7.5 million windfall to New York's Metropolitan Opera, stunning family and friends who didn't realize she was so rich. The generous gift amounted...
Quinn says hail 'marry' for gay nups
Christine Quinn, the openly lesbian speaker of the City Council, made a heartfelt plea yesterday to state lawmakers to legalize same-sex marriage -- admitting the possibility has her dreaming of...
Google's mobile message
A giant in search, Google now wants to be a monster in mobile. Google announced yesterday that it was buying Silicon Valley start-up AdMob for $750 million in stock, a...
Drink a 'toast' to history
Have a Blowenbrau. A charred bottle of beer that survived the explosion of the Hindenburg will be auctioned off this month for an estimated $7,500. Although its contents are undrinkable,...
Fed says most banks have ample reserves
The Federal Reserve said nine of 10 bank holding companies deemed short of capital in May have raised their reserves enough to withstand the risk of higher unemployment and slower...
StuyTown tremors
In a major signal of defeat in its once-grand plans to turn Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village into a cash cow, Tishman Speyer has handed over its $3 billion mortgage to...
NYPD daily blotter
Manhattan A pervert sexually abused a woman in a bathroom at a Greenwich Village watering hole, sources said yesterday. Junior Loarte, 29, allegedly followed the victim into the bathroom at...
Taconic gets Little W. 12th
Taconic Partners, owner of mammoth 111 Eighth Ave., is going to finish what party planner and budding real estate mogul Robert Isabell started at a much smaller property a few...
Fatalities afoot
Don't forget to look both ways -- and run for your life. If you need any more proof that city pedestrians are in the crosshairs of drivers, a new study...
Finger-slicing stroller recall
WASHINGTON -- About a million Maclaren strollers sold by Target and Babies "R" Us were recalled yesterday after 12 reports that the hinge mechanism had severed 12 kids' fingertips. The...
'Cult' class $lid under radar
A controversial teaching program linked to an alleged cult leader managed to slip into 44 New York City public schools because it didn't cost enough to trigger detailed background checks,...
Marts jump on pump
In an about-face, the world's central bankers pledged to keep stimulus dollars flowing in the coming year, spurring broad rallies in stocks, gold, grain and bonds. Stocks soared throughout world's...
MTA dogging it - upstate
The 50 Labrador retrievers and golden shepherds that make up the MTA's K-9 unit are moving upstate -- to a multimillion-dollar, 71-acre training facility. The agency is prepared to pay...
It's eBay for world's mega rich
A new auction site aimed at the super rich is just another clearinghouse -- for $10 million yachts and $25 million mansions. The minimum bid on Billionairexchange.com is $1,000, but...
Saks guy in 130G 'swindle'
A Saks Fifth Avenue employee has been busted for siphoning off more than $130,000 from the famed Fifth Avenue department store, authorities said yesterday. Sales associate Kashien Mercer, 23, allegedly...
Wall St. clueless about economic hardship in US
Call it Wall Street's Rhett Butler moment. Stocks are at their highest levels in a year, bank profits are up and three of The Street's biggest firms are on deck...
Slash or we run out of cash: Gov
ALBANY -- A grim-faced Gov. Paterson, warning of unprecedented financial perils facing the state, told a rare joint session of the Legislature yesterday that New York is "running out of...
Central Pk. show of 'force'
The NYPD is beefing up the police presence in Central Park in the wake of a two-week string of violence, police sources said yesterday. Patrols were added a day after...
$igning off on SI covers
The self-proclaimed Sports Illustrated magazine cover king is no super athlete. He's a super collector who, over the last three decades, has amassed 2,584 signed copies of Sports Illustrated magazines...
He's 'quid pro' Joe
ALBANY -- A labor boss had special favors in mind when he invested the union's pension funds in a financial firm that paid former Senate leader Joseph Bruno, according to...
New Gotti 'family' war
The former wife of the star witness against John "Junior" Gotti yesterday lashed out at the feds for helping her "liar" ex-husband skip out on more than $30,000 in child...
Lazard eyeing new leadership structure
Investment banking powerhouse Lazard may be leaning toward a multi-headed management structure in the wake of CEO Bruce Wasserstein's death last month. Sources told The Post that the investment firm's...
Steamy Lopez vid sparks $10M suit vs. ex
This is one hot video Jennifer Lopez doesn't want to see shooting up the charts. Thanks to a first husband she cannot seem to shake, the "Jenny from the Block"...
Kraft-ing a deal
Kraft's CEO and chairman is all in. Irene Rosenfeld, who has been seen by many as a mediocre chief executive, yesterday made her $16.4 billion formal offer for British chocolate...
Sosa's swing is 'lightening' fast
Did Sammy Sosa throw fans a curve? Many who have seen Internet photos of the disgraced former slugger's shocking new look at last week's Latin Grammys in Las Vegas can't...
Wishing those deficits away
Gov. Paterson called lawmakers to Albany today to address the state's $3.2 billion cash shortfall. "We're running out of money," he told them yesterday. Indeed, the state's coffers may be...
The house's health-care horror
Late Saturday night, House Democrats slipped through the largest piece of legislation America's seen in decades. If it becomes law, it would radically alter American life in countless ways --...
Live Nation deal fallout
LOS ANGELES -- Proposed merger partners Live Nation Inc. and Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. both said yesterday that their earnings were hurt by costs related to the deal, which is expected...
Suicide note reveals Taser-tragedy anguish
The tormented NYPD lieutenant who killed himself last year after ordering the Tasering of a deranged man left an anguish-filled suicide note for his wife and kids -- saying he...
Feds alone in charge of health
WASHINGTON -- Health-care legislation moving through Congress will create nothing less than a government-run system like that in Canada, according to a study released yesterday. "Regardless of whether a public...
Intrigue deepens as massacre monster shoots off his mouth
The Fort Hood killer has refused to speak to investigators, but has been talking a mile a minute to his lawyers and doctors, officials said yesterday. Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan,...
Obama set for Afghan surge
WASHINGTON -- President Obama is close to a final decision to add 30,000 to 40,000 more troops to the 68,000 already in Afghanistan -- a move that likely will enrage...
CBS cut$ off Letterman 'blackmailer'
Accused David Letterman extortionist Robert "Joe" Halderman will try to wiggle out of his indictment with a thick packet of pretrial motions when he comes to court today -- and...
Couples' $40m art of war
It was a picture-perfect arrangement. As the girlfriend of internationally renowned art collector Udo Brandhorst, gallery curator Venetia Kapernekas lived the good life, even receiving $1 million from him as...
Sniper death bed
At 8:30 p.m. tonight, Beltway sniper John Allen Muhammad will shower in his Virginia cell and begin his countdown to death. The 48-year-old former Gulf War marksman will be led...
Gorby hailed at 'wall' fete
BERLIN -- As her country celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, German Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday thanked former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev for making change...
Boy, 13, in suicide over hoops
A Bronx youngster pulled from his school's basketball team because of poor grades jumped 23 floors to his death yesterday, officials said. Judah Aghemang, 13, a student at Our Lady...
Eyes wide shut
Didn't anyone in the US Army notice what Sen. Joe Lieberman says were "very, very strong warning signs" that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the alleged Ft. Hood gunman, had become...
UN sites in 'thrax scare
Forty people underwent precautionary decontamination last night after a suspicious white powder was mailed to the Midtown diplomatic outposts of three countries. There were no reported injuries in what officials...
Levi, Bristol in custody fight
Levi Johnston is reportedly going to file for joint custody of the baby son he shares with Sarah Palin's daughter, Bristol. Johnston, 19, told the TV show "The Insider" yesterday...
Fill-in sparks Steelers to 5th straight
DENVER -- Rarely has playing it safe paid off so well for the Steelers. Tyrone Carter started in place of safety Ryan Clark as a precaution last night and made...
Giants report card, Week 9
Paul Schwartz grades the Giants' 21-20 loss to the Chargers on Sunday. QUARTERBACK B+ Eli Manning is accurate (25 of 33), patient (215 yards), smart with the ball (no INTs),...
Islanders set goals for DiPietro
Rick DiPietro’s slow comeback from injury should take another step forward today, when the goalie is scheduled to practice on consecutive days for the first time this season. “After that,...
The Post Line
NFLThursdayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) Underdog49ERS 3 3 (43½)BearsSundayJETS 6 6½(40) JaguarsREDSKINSOFFOFF(OFF)BroncosSTEELERSOFFOFF(OFF)BengalsTITANS 6 6½(41) BillsVIKINGS15 16½(48) LionsSaints14 13½(50) RAMSFalcons 2 1½(44½)PANTHERSDOLPHINS 9½ 9½(43½)BuccaneersRAIDERS 2 1½(36½)ChiefsCARDINALS 7½ 8½(47) SeahawksCHARGERS+1 2½(47½)EaglesCowboysPick 2 (48½)PACKERSCOLTS 3 3...
Coughlin defends limiting Jacobs to 11 carries
Did Brandon Jacobs get the ball enough in Sunday's 21-20 loss to the Chargers? Despite getting out of the gate quickly, gaining 31 yards on four rushing attempts on the...
Meadowlands Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 6f; $16,000; cl($5,000); 3upMARQUIS JET switches to bug for local debut after finishing second this level in first start off the claim. LIGHT SENTENCE was a gate to wire...
Drury may 'head' back to center of ice soon
If it is any consolation to Chris Drury, the blind-side hit he suffered from Curtis Glencross that will penalize the Calgary winger three games may not cost the Rangers' captain...
Jets fight to regain spark as tough schedule awaits
The Jets yesterday returned to work after their six-day, bye-week hiatus much the same way they left -- a bit subdued from their 4-4 first half. Following their light, pads-free...
Giants: Season not doomed
The evidence is mounting, not only in the most recent debacle and the current four-game losing streak, but over a longer and more damning sample, that these Giants are simply...
Strategy split hangs over Omar's survival
CHICAGO -- You remember the Mets, don't you? Opened a new park last year, too; run by the owner's son. There was something about a lot of injuries, but it...
Rested Jets likely must win 6 of last 8
Bart Scott's philosophy is a simple one. "When I break," the Jets linebacker said, "I break." So Scott spent the Jets' bye Sunday otherwise occupied, as far away from football...
Rangers legend Leetch enshrined in Hall of Fame
TORONTO -- Perhaps the former Rangers captain, Cup-winner, Norris Trophy winner, Calder Trophy winner and Conn Smythe Trophy winner thinks everybody gets those. Clearly humbled by it all, Brian Leetch...
Washington at Jets practice following gruesome injury
Three weeks after suffering a gruesome, season-ending compound leg fracture in Oakland, Jets running back Leon Washington returned to the practice field yesterday -- an inspiring sight to his teammates....
Halladay a hot topic in pitch-poor market
CHICAGO -- One of the most intriguing questions now was the most intriguing at the July 31 trade deadline as well: Will Toronto trade Roy Halladay? In some respects, little...
Yankees plotting to keep Damon, Pettitte, Matsui
CHICAGO -- The Yankees are strategizing ways to retain all three of their major free agents -- Johnny Damon, Andy Pettitte and Hideki Matsui -- sources told The Post. Damon...
Bucks star was dissed by Arizona
MIKE Breen needs to get his MSG-TV facts straight. So does studio host Al Trautwig. So do a multitude of reporters and broadcasters who claim Brandon Jennings -- the point...
CD-R swine, not dandy
Swine flu might keep Chris Douglas-Roberts out for at least one more Nets game. Douglas-Roberts, the Nets small forward who's suffering from the H1N1 virus, has missed two straight games,...
Bad ending at Oak Tree
ARCADIA, Calif. -- Attendance was down 11 percent and on-track wagering declined 16 percent during Santa Anita's recently concluded 31-day Oak Tree meeting. Track officials blamed the struggling local and...
Delgado, Tatis worth draft picks if they leave Mets
The Elias Sports Bureau released its official free-agent rankings yesterday, and only two of eight eligible Mets -- Carlos Delgado and Fernando Tatis -- were declared worthy of draft-pick compensation....
Knicks care ... sure they do
IF Mike D'Antoni said it once, he must have said it a thousand . . . well, at least several . . . times last night: "They care." He was...
Knicks' Curry set for latest comeback attempt
"Eddy Curry: The Comeback, Part V" is unveiled today. The Knicks, who suffered a 95-93 loss to the Jazz at the Garden last night, are so desperate, coach Mike D'Antoni...
Sports shorts
MLB: Sawx keep Martinez, decline 'Tek The Red Sox exercised their $7.7 million option on Victor Martinez and declined options on Jason Varitek and Alex Gonzalez. The club option for...
Knicks fall again, but find spark in Douglas
The Knicks may have found their new starting point guard, but they sure didn't find a victory. There is a point-guard controversy in Knickland. With struggling Chris Duhon on the...
Weird but true
Drop the Bazooka and come out with your hands up! There's a crime wave in Connecticut: sticky-fingered thieves are stealing chewing gum at stores statewide. In one of the biggest...
Tar Heels spoil Isiah's FIU debut
Deon Thompson scored 20 points to help No. 6 North Carolina spoil Isiah Thomas' college coaching debut and beat Florida International 88-72 last night in the 2K Sports Classic in...
CHSFL rankings: Week 9
The city Catholic High School Football League teams took a hit last week, especially in the Class AAA playoffs where every team but Holy Cross lost. In the Class AA...
Vermes remains KC coach: Sources
Peter Vermes will remain on as Kansas City Wizards coach, sources told The Post Monday night. Vermes, also the team’s technical director, told the team of his decision Monday and...
Notre Dame turned back in first B/Q final appearence
It was a stage unfamiliar to Notre Dame. The Dragons beat defending champion Bishop Kearney in the semifinals to reach their first championship games in three seasons in CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens....
PSAL Cup division football roundup: South Bronx completes second straight undefeated regular season
Sunday’s 34-20, come-from-behind victory held little meaning for the South Bronx football team as far as the Cup division playoffs are concerned. The second-seeded Phoenix were going to face No....
PSAL football rankings: Week 10
We, at NYPost.com, don’t like to brag, but take a look at our top eight. It’s the same as last week. It’s also the final eight teams remaining in the...
PSAL Class A girls volleyball seedings announced
The PSAL seeding committee has spoken.On Monday, the seeds for the PSAL Class A volleyball were released and they’re very similar to my mock ones from last night. Here’s what...
PSAL Bowl division football roundup: Martin makes playoffs
The August Martin football team got its wish. Not only did the Falcons earn a berth into the PSAL Bowl division football playoffs Friday with a 7-6 win against Tilden,...
NYC girls volleyball rankings
The CHSAA diocesan playoffs are over with St. Francis Prep and St. Catharine Academy winning their respective titles. Both are dynasties at this point – Prep has won three straight...
Jazz win in New York for first time since 2004
Carlos Boozer and Andrei Kirilenko each scored 23 points, and the Utah Jazz won in New York for the first time in more than five years by beating the Knicks...
A Christmas Carol: humbug
We all know the story. We all know the story because most articles written on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol normally start with "We all know the story…." And then...
Delgado, Tatis declared Type Bs
The Elias Sports Bureau released its official free-agent rankings today, and only two of eight eligible Mets -- Carlos Delgado and Fernando Tatis -- were declared worthy of draft-pick compensation....
Our weekly events calendar!
Fri, Nov. 13Art, Self portraits by Kiseok Kim and works by Alex Pimienta: 5-8 pm. Tabla Rasa Gallery [224 48th Street in Sunset Park, (718) 833-9100], www.tablarasagallery.com. Music, Opera songs:...
