January 27, 2010
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The MTA's big bollards are an affront to Brooklyn
We were pleased that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority spent $106 million on an attractive new Long Island Rail Road terminal at Atlantic and Flatbush avenues.But the end result of the...
Nominate Burg’s Most Eligible Bachelor!
Have you ever attended an East River summer concert, hung out at Union Pool or wandered into a community board meeting and thought, “Who’s that cute boy in the corner?”...
Public schools in danger
The city Department of Education (DOE) will close Metropolitan Corporate Academy — and possibly eight other schools in the borough.Prior to the nine-hour Panel for Educational Policy (PEP) meeting which...
Charter school relocation
The Summit Academy Charter School may have found a new home.Summit currently shares space at P.S. 27, located at 27 Huntington Street. The charter school is searching for a new...
City Reliquary Needs Your Help
The little storefront museum that celebrates Brooklyn’s underdog spirit with exacting curatorial detail and a passionate devotion to artifacts large and small may be in danger of closing.The Williamsburg-based City...
Cops to target Park Slope egg bandit
Hard-boiled cops are vowing to step up patrols in order to scramble Park Slope’s egg-tossing bandit.The egg fiend has been terrorizing the Park Slope dog run in Washington Park, randomly...
DOE: PAVE can stay at P.S. 15
The PAVE Academy Charter School is staying put in P.S. 15’s building.The city Department of Education’s Panel for Educational Policy, which counts schools Chancellor Joel Klein and several mayoral appointees...
Stew is 'Making It' in Brooklyn
Stew is going from Broadway to Brooklyn.Last seen in New York in his Tony awarding-winning musical, “Passing Strange,” the songwriter will next be on stage at St. Ann’s Warehouse.“Making It,”...
Darling Diva Pageant gives shine to Downtown Brooklyn
Kianna Beckles, 13, of Canarsie, looking radiant and confident, gave a toothy smile as she stood just outside the dressing room.“My favorite diva is Beyonce because she has that fierceness...
Neighbors at odds over health care reform
Brooklynites this week demonstrated just how split they are on the future of health care reform.At a meeting with Reps. Yvette Clarke and Anthony Weiner held in Park Slope over...
Ebony Bones coming to Brooklyn
Like a lot of acts these days, thanks to the powers of DIY, Ebony Bones is a self-taught musician, picking and mixing from different genres on her laptop using Pro...
Crime in Canarsie heading upwards at start of year
Crime in Canarsie may have hit a historic low in 2009, but, so far, in 2010, it appears to be going in the opposite direction.In the 28-day period ending January...
Canarsie cops honored for key collars
Four of the 69th Precinct’s officers were honored as cops of the month during the most recent meeting of the precinct’s Community Council.Homage was paid to P.O. Lutfi Dalipi, P.O....
Pre-SOTU Fact Check
Tim Carney of The Washington Examiner anticipates various assertions in tonight's State of the Union -- and rebuts them.
HAIKU-PON: Europe
It's opposite day When amphibians want us To do the hopping.--Air France is pushing some pretty decent product as far as early-bird spring fares to Europe go. But you only have the few...
Bernie Madoff's brother subject of criminal probe
The brother of convicted Ponzi scheme operator Bernard Madoff is the subject of a criminal investigation by federal prosecutors in Manhattan, according to a Tuesday court filing. In the filing,...
Rhodes wants to be a Jet, but could ask for trade
Two days after Rex Ryan raised significant questions about whether Kerry Rhodes was wanted back by the Jets next season, Rhodes addressed the situation for the first time Wednesday.Appearing on...
Man wrestles live chicken on subway (video)
Next stop: the chicken coop. Straphangers on the uptown 6 train had to stand clear of the clucking poultry last night when a man wearing a shirt with an MTA...
Marquette stays in race for at-large NCAA bid, defeats Rutgers
Marquette entered Tuesday night's game at home against Rutgers as one of the teams on the outside looking-in for the NCAA Touranment, according to ESPN's bracket guru Joe Lunardi. The...
Karaoke Revolution: embarrassing yourself at home
We get it. You want to be a rock star. Thank god, too. Because there are about ten thousand games encouraging kids to pick up a piece of plastic that's...
'Hope for Haiti Now' is No. 1 on Billboard chart
The all-star "Hope for Haiti Now" album has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, making it the first digital-only album to hit the top spot. Nielsen SoundScan...
MidVil man admits guilt in fatal hit-run
The drunk driver who mowed down two people in a stolen car in Middle Village last year has pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said.Kenneth Guyear,...
JetBlue may move to LIC
JetBlue representatives said they will announce in March whether they will remain in Queens or move the company’s headquarters from Forest Hills to Floridaand elected officials are crossing their fingers...
Advanced medical center opens in Cambria Heights
Doctors and elected officials cut the ribbon last Thursday on a state-of-the-art medical center in Cambria Heights they said would help fill the health care void in Queens after the...
Queens College talks 'guidos'
When Johnny DeCarlo tried out for MTV’s reality show “Jersey Shore,” he did so because he wanted to portray Italian Americans in a positive light. DeCarlo, 29, who spoke at...
Monserrate, lawyer slam Senate report
With about 100 supporters surrounding him, state Sen. Hiram Monserrate (D-East Elmhurst) denounced the Senate report that may lead to his expulsion from the body and introduced his new legal...
Marshall lays out agenda for third term
Borough President Helen Marshall struck an optimistic tone despite the harsh economy and the loss of two borough hospitals last year as she addressed the crowd assembled for her ceremonial...
Girl, 10, recalls Haiti horror
Jamaica resident Victoria Milord remembers everything shaking, the bricks falling and being pulled out of her house in Haiti by her grandmother.As the 10-year-old Queens girl stood on the street...
Obituary: John Hogan Jr., 71
John J. “Jack” Hogan Jr., a lifelong resident and business leader in Flushing, died Monday. He was 71.He was born and raised and worked in Flushing his entire life. He...
The iPad is skinny, but Jobs is heavier
Everyone in the tech world is so obsessed with the looks of Apple's new iPad that few noticed that CEO Steve Jobs is also looking pretty good these days. Sporting...
Congress would rather smack Geithner than Paulson
Time ran out on Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's testimony in Congress today, creating a minor uproar among lawmakers who didn't get a chance to grill him. Committee Chairman Edolphus Towns...
Mets close to re-signing Tatis
PORT ST. LUCIE --- Omar Minaya is deep into negotiations with Fernando Tatis for a return engagement, and could have a deal complete within a matter of days, according to...
Morgan Harrington search ends sadly
It was an ending as dark as one of Metallica’s songs. The search for a missing college student who vanished from a concert by the legendary heavy metal band turned...
The Box, M2 may lose licenses over indoor smoking
New York City wants to yank food and alcohol licenses from five of Manhattan’s hottest clubs, claiming they allow their guests to smoke inside. The city’s Department of Health and...
Concluding the 'Orphans' Home Cycle'
With the opening of "The Story of a Family" last night, all three parts of Horton Foote's sprawling "Orphans' Home Cycle" are now up and running at the Signature. If...
'Terror mom' not nuts, should take the stand: feds
The MIT-trained Pakistani woman accused of firing at US Army officials and FBI agents should testify on her own behalf because she's not crazy, the feds said today. The US...
Some Real Federal Savings, Please?
Instead of the "freeze" on spending and the deficit commission being proposed, Fox Business's Elizabeth MacDonald identifies $1.5 trillion worth of deficit cutting ideas.
Giants hire Nunn as defensive line coach
The one vacant spot on the Giants coaching staff was filled today, as Tom Coughlin hired NFL coaching veteran Robert Nunn as the new defensive line coach. Nunn takes the...
Primary Wave does deal with The Agency Group
Primary Wave Music Publishing, the marketing home to the music of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, Daryl Hall & John Oates and others, yesterday struck a strategic alliance with...
Is HCR Still DOA?
At National Review Online, Grace-Marie Turner assesses the political landscape for health-care reform -- and whether Obama and the Democrats can still push it through later this year.
Rays have interest in Damon
A darkhorse has emerged in pursuit of Johnny Damon, and it is an AL East rival of the Yankees.The Tampa Bay Rays have been in regular contact with Scott Boras...
Mickelson says golf needs Woods back
Speaking prior to this week's PGA Tour event, Phil Mickelson said, "The game of golf needs [Tiger Woods] to come back." "I mean, it's important for him to come back...
NBA player Gilbert Arenas suspended for rest of season
Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton were suspended for the remainder of the season Wednesday by NBA commissioner David Stern, who said guns in the workplace "will not be tolerated." Stern...
This week's calendar, Jan. 28 to Feb. 3
Thursday, Jan. 28 Developing Your Business When You are New This sales agent boot camp is open only to sales agents licensed three years or less who are REBNY members....
Panel: New schedule needed for WTC rebuilding
An arbitration panel has sent the developer and owners of ground zero back to the negotiating table to hammer out a new schedule for rebuilding the World Trade Center site,...
Queens psycho ripped neighbor's lungs & heart out
A psychotic neighbor with a festering rejection complex was arrested for brutally butchering — and stealing organs from — a Flushing woman who owned an employment agency and declined to...
Yankees sign Winn; Damon won't be back
The Yankees have agreed to a one-year contract with outfielder Randy Winn. The deal is believed to be in the $2 million range that the Yankees had allocated for the...
Levy: we need to declare 'a fiscal emergency'
Suffolk County Executive and long-shot gubernatorial hopeful Steve Levy has just urged the Legislature to declare “a fiscal emergency’’ to deal with the state’s on-going financial crisis.Levy, a Democrat who...
Group sets rules for 'State of the Union' drinking game
Americans abuzz with anticipation ahead of President Barack Obama's first State of the Union address Wednesday can host their own beer summit and play along with the State of the...
Are Oregon's New Taxes a Solution?
Megan McArdle offers some insights on decision to tax rich and corporations (Atlantic)
Barack Obama's whipping boy
Don Surber explains why Democrats are dumping on Geithner
Obama's goal: get the agenda moving
WASHINGTON — His presidency at a crossroads, President Barack Obama is promising in his first State of the Union address to solve the economic worries foremost on Americans' minds and...
Mets OK with Murphy at first base
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Daniel Murphy is the first option at first base for the Mets. For now, anyway. Murphy was the only position player to attend minicamp this week,...
'Crippling Sanctions' bandwagon gets bigger
Jennifer Rubin on bipartisan group of senators who want to change Iran policy (Commentary)
Smallest victims are hardest to help in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — In a quake-smashed city where hundreds of thousands go to sleep hungry and hurting in sordid street camps, 8-year-old Benoit Wodson has at least a bunk bed,...
Fed holds rates at record low to aid recovery
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve has decided to hold interest rates at a record low and pledged to keep them there for an “extended period” to nurture the economic recovery...
9/11 commission chiefs find fault
Kean and Hamilton don't like Miranda for Underwear bomber (Washington Times)
100,000 New Government Jobs
Meanwhile, says Mark Perry bleak picture of 7 million private sector jobs lost (Enterprise Blog)
Steve Jobs looks thin, again
Steve Jobs wore his usual jeans and black turtleneck today to unveil Apple's iPad tablet computer. But he also wore the look of a man still suffering at least some...
Manhattan jury convicts mom in beating kid
A homeless mother will stay in prison for the 2004 beating and starvation death of her three-month old baby boy, thanks to a Manhattan jury. Little Colesvintong Florestal had spent...
Harlem thugs plead guilty to robbery
It wasn't shotgun justice this time -- but it'll do. Two young men who dared to rob a Remington-shotgun-toting Harlem restaurant supply store owner last August pleaded guilty today. Bernard...
FOX Sports writer says firing Omar won't fix awful Mets
"One day, maybe soon, the Mets will fire general manager Omar Minaya." That's what Ken Rosenthal writes today on FOXSports.com, but he says the move that many fans may want...
CK's Edwards has taken game to another level
One of the reasons Christ the King is considered one of the top boys basketball teams in New York City is because of its versatility -- from a rising star...
Manhattan construction company stole $7M: DA
Big buck bilking may run in the Figliolia family. A Manhattan construction company run by George Figliolia, 52, of Roslyn, LI, stole $7 million from five renovation clients, prosecutors announced...
Final day of minicamp: Mets focus attention on fixing Ollie's motion
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Here’s the view from the Mets minicamp that wrapped up with another day of sunshine. This camp was all about the pitchers the Mets do have...
Nets Undermanned Tonight; A Net at All-Star Weekend, Though
The Nets start an incredibly important 4-game homestand – important in the sense of avoiding the worst-ever tag – tonight against the Clippers. Now when you're 3-40, no game is...
Ford heading back to Brooklyn Friday to meet with pols
If it’s Friday, it must be Harold Ford Jr. -- in Brooklyn that is.Last Friday, the former Tennessee congressman crossed the East River to lunch in Williamsburg with powerful Kings...
Worker killed in Madison Avenue jewelry store robbery
An elderly Madison Ave. jewelry store worker was shot dead during a brazen daytime heist today after the cold-blooded thief taunted him for not moving fast enough, police sources said....
We need better friends
Every so often we come across a reminder that, as much as we love our friends, as funny and good-natured and generally swell to hang out with as they may be, they...
British bookies lower odds on Woods playing Masters
LONDON -- British bookmaker William Hill has cut the odds on Tiger Woods playing at the Masters. The world’s No. 1 golfer is taking an indefinite break from the game...
Michael Douglas' son pleads guilty to drug trafficking charges
Michael Douglas’ druggie son pleaded guilty today to trafficking meth and cocaine. Cameron Douglas, the son of the Oscar-winning actor was arrested in July 2008 at a Manhattan hotel, entered...
Islanders' Hillen out 6-8 weeks after Ovechkin slap shot broke his jaw (video)
Jack Hillen, who was hit in the face by an Alex Ovechkin slap shot in last night’s 7-2 Washington win on Long Island, suffered a broken jaw and damaged teeth....
Sept. 11 terror trials could cost city $1 billion: Bloomberg
Facing increasing pressure from distressed Lower Manhattan residents and elected officials, Mayor Bloomberg reversed himself today and said he'd be "very happy" if the federal government moved the trials of...
Geithner, Paulson defend $182 billion AIG bailout
Facing sharp criticism on Capitol Hill, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and his predecessor, Henry Paulson, on Wednesday defended their decision to complete a $182 billion bailout of American International Group...
City traffic fatalities drop to all-time low
City traffic fatalities fell to an all-time record low last year, officials said today. Last year, the Department of Transportation said there were 256 traffic fatalities across the five boroughs...
Bernanke to Issa: I already answered your damn questions
Maybe we're reading into it, but Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s letter to California Rep. Darrell Issa about the AIG bailout is a little testy. The letter is in response...
Knicks' Gallinari, Nets' Lopez invited to All-Star weekend
Danilo Gallinari is headed to Dallas next month. The NBA made its announcements this morning on the Rookie-Sophomore Team and Gallinari got the nod. It's an achievement considering his injury-ravaged...
Queens priest in kiddie porn investigation
A long-time Queens priest is the target of a federal criminal investigation for allegedly viewing child porn on the Internet, his bishop has announced. The cleric, 77-year-old Monsignor Michael Dempsey,...
Ex-con's bizarre 'assisted suicide' defense may be true
Maybe the victim did thrust himself into the stabber's knife seven times on purpose! Manhattan prosecutors are giving credence to the bizarre-sounding "assisted suicide" defense of an ex-con charged with...
Officials: Zazi's uncle indicted in NYC terror probe
The uncle of a Colorado airport driver charged with plotting to attack New York City with homemade bombs has been indicted in a widening terror probe, two law enforcement officials...
Advice for Obama
Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie tell POTUS what's not working (Reason)
Budweiser benches the Clydesdales
For the first time in at least eight years, Budweiser's high-stepping horses -- arguably the most recognizable mascots in the beverage business -- are sitting out this year's Super Bowl....
Sheets chose 'confident' A's over Mets
Maybe Ben Sheets' will change his son's name to Catfish. Sheets, who has a 7-year-old son named after Tom Seaver, confirmed that the Mets were interested in him before he...
Report: Cashman, Girardi don’t believe Damon will return to Yankees
GM Brian Cashman and manager Joe Girardi would both like to see Johnny Damon back in pinstripes next season, but neither think it will happen. Cashman has tried to get...
Apple unveils tablet computer called iPad
Behold, the iPad. In a presentation today that bred more anticipation than tonight's State of the Union speech, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the company's new tablet computer, the touch-screen...
Shadows of Russia Finale: 'My Son John' and lots more paranoia
Fans of vintage movies should absolutely not miss tonight's showing of "My Son John'' (at 8 p.m. EST on TCM) which begins the final, six-feature evening of "Shadows of Russia,''...
Japanese gangster
Sleeping with the fishes isn’t a pleasant end for any gangster, but in the nation that invented sushi, the rules of organized crime are seriously lost in translation. As notoriously...
John Edwards and wife have legally separated: report
Disgraced former presidential contender John Edwards and his wife have reportedly legally separated after he admitted he is the father of a baby girl whose mom he repeatedly bedded during...
Paterson: Central Park horses need to be treated better
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. David Paterson is taking on the two-century old tradition of horse-drawn carriage rides in Manhattan’s Central Park, saying the horses need to be treated...
Gov. Paterson may take charter school issue into his own hands
ALBANY – Just over a week after he was stymied by the teachers union-dominated Legislature, Gov. Paterson is suggesting he will act on his own to meet the federal Race...
Report: Nikolov bolts Bundesliga's Eintracht, likely for Red Bulls
Days after Red Bull sporting director Erik Soler tried to squash reports of the club's interest in Eintracht Frankfurt keeper Oka Niklolov, the Macedonian international is reportedly leaving the Bundesliga and...
Dying Dennis Hopper's wife: He threatened to kill me
The wife of dying Hollywood legend Dennis Hopper claimed he made death threats against her, The Sun reported Wednesday. Victoria Duffy, 42, also alleged the cancer-stricken star, 73, kept loaded...
Conan sells two pilots to NBC
Days after he was ditched as host of "The Tonight Show" by NBC, Conan O'Brien's production company has sold an hour-long pilot to the network, it was reported Wednesday. The...
3UP: Cone, Mets Rotation and Damon
1. I hear that since David Cone left the YES Network that ESPN has made a run at trying to recruit him without success. Sources tell me Cone also has...
Metro-North New Haven line back to normal
A Metro-North spokesman says service on the New Haven line has returned to normal after having been completely shut down during the early morning commute because rail wires came down...
Painful, Necessary Cuts
Tom Robbins reports on Bloomberg bucks to Independence Party (Village Voice)Krueger, Kruger and Bloomberg (Gotham Gazette)
Taliban for Sale?
Kaveh Afrasiabi says Iran waits in the wings (Asia Times)Tony Karon on fighting to a draw in Afghanistan (Time)
Rage as 19 schools get the axe
Some pleaded, some jeered. Some rationally cited statistics, while others flew off the handle. But the 2,000 parents, teachers and students who were at Brooklyn Tech HS through the early...
Being kosher nothing to wine about
In the mind of every Jewish gourmand looms a question: Am I drinking a good wine — or is it just good for a kosher wine? Thanks to many years...
Alain vs. NYC
Lunching recently at Alain Ducasse’s Benoit on West 55th Street, enjoying its luscious salmon en croute and pate for just $19, I mentioned to my friend that Ducasse — after...
Meet the new players
In the back of Brooklyn’s Manhattan Inn, stylish 20- and 30-somethings sip well-crafted cocktails, some lounging on salvaged theater seats that ring the room. As music plays, all attention is...
Late miscues doom Terriers
The St. Francis Prep team in the game’s final minute looked nothing like the one which had twice built fourth-quarter leads. “We broke down in the fourth quarter,” junior Jenna...
Stingy Royals trip up Clippers
In addition to going over strategy and diagramming plays, Joe Arbitello sends his players out for each quarter with one mission: to hold the opposition under a certain point total....
Offensive struggles cost Xaverian in loss to Christ the King
Jack Alesi spent 30 minutes speaking to his players after Xaverian’s 55-38 loss to Christ the King in Middle Village, Queens. He wasn’t upset with the Clippers, nor was he...
Starr report
In all the hand-wringing and spilled ink (including yours truly) over the Jay Leno/Conan O'Brien fiasco, much was made of O'Brien's numbers among young viewers, and how important that demo...
'Like It' for the Brits, hate it thanks to Yanks
How great to see that Shakespeare play about a smart, cross-dressing girl who runs rings around everybody. No, not "Twelfth Night" -- the other one. It's puzzling that "As You...
Foote's fine 'Family' goes whole nine yards
Closure at last! With a total running time now up to nine hours, Horton Foote's "The Orphans' Home Cycle" finally draws to an end with the opening of its third...
Martha goes cable
'T he Martha Stewart Show" is getting wired for cable. The syndicated daytime series will move to Hallmark Channel in September as part of a new deal. Stewart's company, MSLO,...
Blue Collar History
History Channel is about to "Git-R-Done!" with Larry the Cable Guy. The comedian, known for his redneck shtick, will host "Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy," a new...
God on our side
College football star Tim Tebow is defending his decision to star in an anti-abortion TV ad that is set to air during the Super Bowl. "I know some people won't...
Nancy Grace wants to ban TVs
In-your-face TV host Nancy Grace, who once worked for Court TV, doesn't want cameras to record her testimony in a wrongful death lawsuit. Grace's attorneys have filed an emergency motion...
They'll cross that 'Bridge'
It's always fun to watch Hollywood types come to Broadway and fall flat on their faces. Oh, those giddy, heady days of Quentin Tarantino in "Wait Until Dark" (acting of...
Fox News top in cable TV
Something unusual happened last week -- Fox News Channel was No. 1 in prime time for all of cable TV. Fox News topped the usual front-runners, entertainment channels such as...
Taliban for sale?
A highlight of this week's "what do we do about Afghanistan?" conference in London will be the announcement of a $500-million program to bribe low-level Taliban fighters to quit. I'm...
Welfare warriors attack New York
New York's poverty industry is launching a renewed attack on welfare reform -- and the Obama administration is taking the wrong side. Mayor Bloomberg has always resisted the advocates' pressure...
Cuba: A catastrophe in waiting
Much has been written about Haiti being a failed state in the wake of its devastating earthquake. But just to its west lies another human catastrophe in the making --...
2 murder raps vs. Yale tech
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- An animal-research technician charged with killing a 24-year-old Yale University grad student pleaded not guilty yesterday to a murder charge and a new count of felony...
Gender-Bending Education
THE ISSUE: Whether our nation's schools teach in a way that favors female learning. *** Bravo, Maggie Gallagher. We, men, could use more common-sensed strong women like you ("The Nation's...
Nose doc in coke bust
A Long Island ear, nose and throat specialist apparently is less concerned with his own nose than the ones he treats. Dr. Eliot Danziger, 53, of exclusive Brookville, was busted...
Edwards' Recovery Act: A Sad Try To Save Face
THE ISSUE: John Edwards' attempt to revamp his image after months of lying about his love child. *** I was a supporter of John Edwards when he was running for...
ACORN enemy busted in caper
NEW ORLEANS -- A hero of conservatives who posed as a pimp on a hidden camera to get the goods on the liberal group ACORN has been accused of trying...
Stripper gets off the hook
Another lap dancer wiggles free! The second of two strippers accused of servicing the laps they danced upon was cleared of all charges yesterday, ending a wacky Manhattan prostitution trial....
NYPD Daily Blotter
Queens - A dispute over a mahjong game in a Flushing apartment last night led to the fatal stabbing of a 46-year-old woman, police sources said. The victim was found...
'Freeze' foolery
There are more loopholes in President Obama's proposed "spending freeze" than in an Olympic volleyball net. Government entitlements (Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid) are exempt. A half-trillion in unspent stimulus...
Bloomberg honors NY rescuers
The mayor didn't forget the dogs. After awarding commendations yesterday to an elite squad of cops and firefighters who performed rescue work in Haiti, Mayor Bloomberg pulled out four keys...
Tot-scald bust
A Queens mother burned her 3-year-old son in scalding water because the toddler soiled himself, authorities said yesterday. Regina Owens, 30, of Rockaway Park, flipped out after Barkim Owens soiled...
Business briefs
Looking up -- Home prices and con sumer confidence in the US climbed further from the depths of the reces sion. The S&P/ Case-Shil ler home-price index in creased 0.2...
GM selling Saab brand
General Motors Co. agreed to sell its Saab unit to sports-car maker Spyker Cars NV in a deal that would save the 72-year-old Swedish brand from extinction. The transaction, subject...
Video harms cop-sodomy claim
A surveillance video shown in court yesterday shows the Brooklyn man who claims cops sodomized him with a police baton in a Flatbush subway station walking normally, showing no signs...
Co-op owners vent rage at MTA
Residents of an East Side co-op are suing the MTA over plans to build a huge ventilation plant next to their building that will seal up 32 windows. The facility...
Galleon defendant turns
A high-profile defendant in the government's wide-ranging insider trading case is expected to plead guilty and provide damning information about the alleged ringleaders, Raj Rajaratnam and Danielle Chiesi. Prosecutors told...
Meredith looks for shelter
The publisher of Better Homes & Gardens is itself searching for a better home. Sources say that Meredith Corp., the publishing giant that owns that title along with 172 others...
'Parakeet' flips the bird
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand went ballistic on potential rival Harold Ford Jr. yesterday, unleashing a barrage of attacks a day after he rapped her as a "parakeet" for Democratic insiders in...
Facing hardships
She's only 13, but this British girl has suffered a lifetime of insults -- thanks to a rare genetic disease that makes her look decades older than she actually is....
'Obama Girl' now falling out of love
First, Massachusetts turned on the president. Now, the bikini-clad "Obama Girl" -- who fa mously cooed about her "crush" throughout the presidential campaign on YouTube videos -- admits the thrill...
Hairy harassment suit
An ex-model's career in follicle replacement was hair today, gone tomorrow after he complained about being sexually harassed by his co-workers. In a $3 million lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme...
Khalid's NY trial: Stop the insanity!
First, the news. Some of it is good. The best is that Harold Ford Jr. told me yester day he wants the 9/11 trial moved out of New York. That...
Terrifying arms bust
A Navy washout with a map of a US military base and enough firepower to take out a flotilla was busted in a New Jersey trailer park yesterday, authorities said....
Malone in the mix
As if Barry Diller and Irving Azoff weren't enough of a handful -- now Live Nation Entertainment CEO Michael Rapino has to wrangle with John Malone, too. One day after...
Freddie Mac may aid StuyTown
Freddie Mac, the US-backed mortgage buyer that is a creditor of Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village, would consider providing financing to an eventual buyer of the Manhattan apartment complex, according to...
Come clean, Mr. Holder
Whose side is the Justice Department on: America's -- or the terrorists'? It's just insane that a lawyer who defended Osama bin Laden's driver and bodyguard -- and who sought...
Painful, necessary cuts
Mayor Bloomberg paid a call on Albany on Monday to protest the $1.3 billion in cuts Gov. Paterson has proposed in state aid to the city. That's his obligation, of...
Prayin' for St. Vinny's
Archbishop Timothy Dolan and community leaders launched a campaign yesterday to save St. Vincent's Medical Center, which state officials warned is so broke it can't survive as an independent hospital....
Five talking pointers for clueless prez
Here are five things President Obama needs to do when he appears before Congress tonight for his State of the Union Address: 1. Take the voodoo out of your economics....
Microsoft-shoe
"I'm a PC," and I know how to partaaaay! Here are the photos that show Microsoft computer-geek mogul Bill Gates partying like a rock star at the Sundance Film Festival,...
MTA security is in$ecure
The MTA's most wide-ranging subway anti-terror initiative is in shambles because the agency doesn't have enough money to finish the project, a report claims. Only $59 million remains in the...
Anderson gets a hot property
Globetrotting newsman Anderson Cooper will soon be able to cool his heels in an old Greenwich Village firehouse -- complete with brass fire poles -- that he's turning into a...
'Terror Mom' lawyers: Keep her off the stand
Defense lawyers yesterday sought an "unprecedented" ruling to keep alleged al Qaeda associate Aafia Siddiqui from testifying in her own defense on grounds she's too nuts to know what she's...
NY pension chief trimming PE exposure
New York state's pension fund is ratcheting down the risk by pulling back on private-equity investments. The state is one the country's biggest leveraged buyout investors, and as of September...
'Kid hogtie' slap at jails
The state has been routinely -- and illegally -- "hogtying" juvenile suspects, a Manhattan judge has found. In a decision released yesterday, Supreme Court Justice Milton Tingling found the state...
Dolan's paper cuts
It's starting to get nasty at Newsday. Just days after unionized workers overwhelmingly rejected a new contract proposal that included pay cuts, vacation reductions and a longer workweek, the Cablevision-owned...
Geithner to face a critic
A Republican congressman will likely call for Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's resignation at a hearing today about the 2008 bailout of insurance giant American International Group. California Rep. Darrell Issa,...
Subway-ad slicer 'cuts loose' again
Some cut-ups just can't stop. Subway art-vandal Henry Matyjewicz, who is doing community service after pleading guilty to defacing subway-station ads, allegedly is at it again. Prosecutors said Matyjewicz, a...
Haiti miracle man
Rescuers miraculously pulled a Haitian man alive from beneath the rubble of a crushed Port-au-Prince building yesterday -- two weeks after the devastating earthquake that destroyed much of the city....
Yahoo! profits on improving ad mart
Her first year was a "very bumpy ride," Yahoo! Chief Executive Carol Bartz admitted as the company reported a profit in its quarterly results yesterday. While Yahoo!'s ad slump eased,...
Video ‘bags’ suspect in star realtor slay
The accused murderer's walk is brisk; her face is blank. There's a green handbag -- victim Linda Stein's -- slung over her shoulder and a red shopping bag in her...
IRS' company line
It appears the Internal Revenue Service doesn't have the gray matter to root out gray areas in the US tax code -- and wants to rely on big corporations to...
O knows it's the stupid economy
An embattled President Obama will try to stop his skid in the polls and jump-start his agenda tonight in a crucial State of the Union Address that will emphasize his...
Toyota halts most US sales
Toyota Motor Corp., struggling to stem record US recalls, is suspending production and US sales of eight models that use a pedal component that triggered a recall of 2.3 million...
Old-digging gal in 200G 'rip-off'
She's a 28-year-old gold digger with a heart of steel. As if marrying and then fleec ing a physically and mentally handicapped man weren't enough, Cher Thompson of Manhattan turned...
Kiefer bum invest $teer
STOCKTON, Calif. -- Actor Kiefer Sutherland was among cattle speculators roped into an alleged investment scam. Suspected scammer Michael Wayne Carr had agreements to buy steers in Mexico for his...
The thin win a fat discount
Being thin never tasted so good -- or cheap at Whole Foods. Company employees, who already enjoy a 20 percent store discount, now can earn up to 30 percent off...
Mike: 'No plans' for prez run
It's déjà vu all over again for Mayor Bloomberg. The Republican-turned-independent Hizzoner yesterday said he has "no plans" to run for president. But that hasn't kept him from reveling in...
John Paul II whipped self
VATICAN CITY -- Pope John Paul II whipped himself with a belt, even on vacation, and slept on the floor as acts of penitence and to bring him closer to...
'Luna' back at Coney Is.
The future of Coney Island will take a cue from its past with plans to resurrect the venerable name Luna Park for the soon-to-be-reopened amusement venue. The leading candidate to...
Unanimous! Move 9/11 trial
Downtown community leaders voted last night to demand that US Attorney Eric Holder consider a new location -- possibly West Point -- to hold the 9/11 terror trial now slated...
Truck kills sanit man
A city sanitation worker -- and father of two young girls -- was killed on the job yesterday when he was struck by a milk truck in Queens. Frank Justich,...
Spending freeze to have lukewarm effect
Even with the three-year budget freeze President Obama will announce tonight, federal agencies will be spending much more -- in some case, two and three times more -- than they...
Work to be done for Jets to join the elite
At the risk of being a downer to Jets fans after such an uplifting 2009 season, before we anoint the Jets as being perched on the doorstep of Super Bowl...
Jets final report card
QUARTERBACKS Mark Sanchez had a volatile season to say the least. His final numbers (196-of-364, 53.8-percent, for 2,444 yards, 12 TDs, 20 INTS, 63.0 rating) were proof of that. Fifteen...
Yankees should up offer for Damon
Brett Gardner is a useful player. But he is useful in that good third-down back kind of way, more Darren Sproles than Chris Johnson. His speed can change the pace...
'Excited' Santana re-armed and ready
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Groundhog Day arrived a week early for the Mets, with Johan Santana proclaiming yesterday from a bullpen mound that just maybe his team isn't headed for...
Rangers look to power play to spark anemic offense
There's more to the Rangers' paltry offensive numbers than meets the eye -- they're even worse than they seem. The Rangers have lost three games in a row, scoring just...
Sheets to A's, Garland to Padres; only Smoltz left for Mets
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Two more starters are gone from the free-agent pool, and there is still a big question mark at the back of the Mets' starting rotation. Ben...
Juventus fans banned
MILAN -- Juventus fans were banned from the Italian Cup match at Inter Milan tomorrow because of race-related incidents involving supporters in games between the teams. Milan prefect Gian Valerio...
Johan provides good news amid Amazin' gloom
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Yesterday was a good day for a Mets club that has dealt with nothing but bad news in recent years. It might be the best day...
New defensive coordinator Fewell doesn't plan on 'Giant' changes
One day after the Giants ended their season, Tom Coughlin fired defensive coordinator Bill Sheridan and two days after that, Coughlin fired defensive line coach Mike Waufle. It seemed like...
Former PGA player Ken Green's son dead
DALLAS -- Hunter Green, the son of former professional golfer Ken Green, was found dead in his dorm room at Southern Methodist University last week, authorities said. SMU officials said...
Sports shorts
NFL: Childress will wait on Favre The Vikings must wait to hear from Brett Favre about whether he'll play next season. Coach Brad Childress says he won't set a deadline...
Wakefield: I belong in Red Sox rotation
Tim Wakefield said he has not given any thought to shifting to the Red Sox bullpen. The 43-year-old knuckleballer is coming off back surgery and the Red Sox have six...
With spotlight on Knicks, it's time for them to step up
To borrow a phrase from Jets coach Rex Ryan, this is the time of year when the Knicks are supposed to be "the biggest show in town." The football Giants...
D'Antoni on struggling Duhon: He can't make a shot
Even though Mike D'Antoni said Chris Duhon "can't make a shot," the Knicks point guard knows he can't lose confidence. The Knicks coach flat out admitted last night that Duhon...
Timberwolves GM: Rubio won't go to Knicks
Timberwolves eccentric GM David Kahn is friends with Donnie Walsh, serving as understudy to Walsh with the Pacers. They had dinner together Monday night in Manhattan. But Kahn won't do...
Islanders ripped by Capitals, 7-2
Prior to last night's game at Nassau Coliseum, Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau said of the Islanders: "People underestimate them and they shouldn't. I think they're a really good team and...
Knicks rebound from 50-point loss with rout of Timberwolves
Poor Minnesota. Not only do the Timberwolves stink, they have horrible timing. After being embarrassed by 50 points Sunday by Dallas, the Knicks let out all their fury on the...
Brodeur pulled, Devils blanked by Senators
OTTAWA -- Not even the great Martin Brodeur was able to match Brian Elliott, who is playing as well as any goalie in the NHL right now. Elliott earned his...
Former manager Davey: Time for Mets to put it all together
Former Mets manager Davey Johnson said it saddens him to see what has happened to the franchise he led to its last World Series title. "I don't like to see...
Nets' Douglas-Roberts: Times are tough
If you think watching the Nets' historically bad season is tough, imagine having to live through it; loss after loss, blowout after embarrassing blowout. Even though they used words like...
Serena survives; Venus bows out at Australian Open
MELBOURNE -- Defending champion Serena Williams survived against Victoria Azarenka today in a classic comeback win, preventing back-to-back upsets after her sister Venus lost to Li Na. Li rallied from...
The Post Line
NFLPro BowlSundayat MiamiFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogNFC 1½ 2 (56½)AFCSuper BowlSunday, Feb. 7,at MiamiFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogColts 3 5 (56½)SaintsNCAA BasketballFavoriteLine UnderdogPENN ST.PickIllinoisx-VILLANOVA12Notre DameConnecticut4PROVIDENCEWill-Mary1J. MADISONGEO. WASH.5Saint LouisHOFSTRA6½UNC Wilm.G. MASON13DelawareN'EASTERN9½DrexelWICHITA ST.6½Illinois St.E. MICHIGAN4Bowl. Gr.Akron1½W....
Weird but true
One man's trash is another man's treasure. A Florida man who fished a photo of a space shuttle out of the garbage found $3,100 in cash stuffed behind the picture...
No. 1 Kentucky upset by South Carolina
Kentucky's return to No. 1 might not last very long. Devan Downey scored 30 points and South Carolina sent No. 1 Kentucky to its first loss of the season with...
Dingle, St. Ray's escape St. Francis Prep
The game was a shootout. St. Raymond and St. Francis Prep combined for 168 points and the Terriers notched their highest total of the year. But, to St. Ray’s coach...
Terriers scratch and claw, but fall short of snapping league losing streak
It looked like that elusive first league win in almost three seasons was a possibility. St. Francis Prep led St. Raymond by six points late in the third quarter and...
Holy upset: Knights cook Rice
Led by a career-high 30 points by sophomore Will Davis, Holy Cross stunned defending CHSAA Class AA intersectional champion Rice, 75-66, last night at William J. O’Meara Gym in Flushing....
Tatum, Archbishop Molloy tame Terriers late
Amani Tatum proved once again that she is just a freshman in name only. The Archbishop Molloy guard put together a sequence of plays down the stretch worthy of a...
Senators shut out Devils, extend win streak to 7
Brian Elliott earned his third shutout, Alex Kovalev, Milan Michalek and Jason Spezza scored, and the Ottawa Senators extended their winning streak to seven games with a 3-0 victory over...
Knicks on other end of blowout, rout Wolves
David Lee had 28 points and 10 rebounds, and the New York Knicks rebounded from a lopsided beating by administering one, routing the Minnesota Timberwolves 132-105 on Tuesday night. Al...
Beep in siren song
Brooklyn’s top boss sure knows how to make a grand — and noisy — entrance.Borough President Marty Markowitz’s SUV recently did its best impression of an emergency vehicle, flashing lights,...
Mortgage man runs for Congress
After a life of advising New Yorkers on obtaining mortgages to buy their homes, Bruce Hirschfeld wants to help his neighbors in an even more profound way: as a U.S....
84 Precinct honors Cop of the Year
Local streets are safer thanks to the efforts of Police Officer John Bolden, named Cop of the Year by the 84th Precinct Community Council last week.Bolden, who has been on...
Angry brokers hold indoor Obama protest
A group that calls itself SaveWallStreet.org is holding a rally tomorrow to protest “recent comments of President Obama on the banking industry.” Normally rallies occur on streets or in other...
NY pension exec takes swipe at Steve Rattner
The chief investment officer for New York State's pension, Raudine Etienne, took a not-so-veiled swipe at Steve Rattner’s Quadrangle at an industry conference today.“What is of particular interest to us...
Our Web readers speak! The bollards are a hot topic
Peter from Park SlopeSo my guess from seeing them and looking at the photos is that they aren’t well anchored, meaning that they need to be that much more massive...
Angelina Jolie and brother post YouTube tribute to late mother (video)
Actress Angelina Jolie and her brother James have posted a video tribute to their late mother Marcheline Bertrand featuring footage of the family from 1981, TMZ reported on Tuesday. The...
In the mailbag: A man who wants to put the brakes on Ford
Judah Spechal, Bedford-StuyvesantWater foulsTo the editor,I frequent Prospect Park daily and enjoyed watching the waterfowl preening and playing at the pond, so I was saddened by your article regarding the...
Mass Effect 2: the greatest RPG ever made
There's always a feeling of unease when exclaiming something ultimately subjective that you want to be taken objectively. And so I write the following with minor trepidation. Ready?Mass Effect 2...
Infamous Idiotarod Rides Again
Registration has been a discombobulated mess, no one knows the route, and it is expected to be 26 degrees with a 50 percent chance of snow on Saturday, but that...