February 23, 2010
Drunk Jersey cop who mowed down woman sentenced to 3 1/2 years
A drunk Jersey cop whose speeding car mowed down a beautiful aspiring lawyer in the Financial District last year was sentenced today to serve at least 3 and a half...
USA will face shootout winner Switzerland in hockey quarterfinal
VANCOUVER -- Switzerland won a tighter-than-expected game against Belarus, a 3-2 victory Tuesday that sends the Swiss into the men’s Olympic hockey quarterfinals against the United States. Goalie Jonas Hiller...
Giants' Phillips says 'I feel real good'
Kenny Phillips is still at least a month away from attempting to run but the star-in-waiting Giants safety says his rehabilitation from a serious knee injury is going smoothly and...
New Bill Seeks to Federalize NYCHA
Brooklyn’s public housing buildings could receive a critical upgrade if Albany signals its approval this year.A new bill passed by the State Assembly this week will seek to qualify 21...
Fashion Week-end in the Burg
Fugghedabout Bryant Park, savvy hipsters headed to Glasslands for a stylish swoon over the take-no-prisoners aesthetic of fashion forward designers, who showcased their visions at the Williamsburg Fashion Weekend —...
Dragged in by DNA
A DNA match to a crowbar left behind at a Sheepshead Bay burglary spelled doom for a 50-year-old alleged thief last week.Police said that Steven Denker was taken into custody...
Whole Foods Gowanus site to be clean by April
Whole Foods remains intent on developing its property along the Gowanus Canal, a toxic site that should be cleaned by April, an environmental consultant for the company said this week....
Brave cop ends armed robbery pattern
Quick thinking and keen observation helped end a string of armed robberies of fruit stores and bodegas.It also earned the police officer who made the collar the 67th Precinct’s Cop...
Longtime Coney Island supervisor retires
With the chin whiskers of his goatee nearly down to his chest and a twinkle in his eye, Thomas “Duke” Schneider appears as your typical Coney Island character.Which makes sense...
Toyota slammed by drivers who say they couldn't stop
There was no stopping the rage of Toyota drivers who says they fell victim to runaway accelerators at a Congressional hearing on the recall that has embroiled the Japanese auto...
A-Rod won't talk about Damon leaving Yankees
Alex Rodriguez arrived at Yankees spring training today, and though it certainly was less controversial than last year's steroids-tainted appearance, the superstar third baseman still faced a tough question.Rodriguez was...
Hurricane-like snowstorm headed for Northeast
A monster snowstorm so powerful it is being described as a “snow hurricane” will target much of the Northeastern US toward the end of the week, AccuWeather.com reported Tuesday on...
PE firm teeing up golf course sale
Private equity firm GTCR Golder Rauner is early in the process of auctioning its company Heritage Golf, said a source who has seen the sales material.Heritage, which owns 15 courses,...
Charlie Sheen checks into rehab: report
Charlie Sheen has checked into rehab, the actor’s representative told entertainment website TMZ Tuesday. “He will take some time off from his series, ‘Two and a Half Men,’” Sheen’s rep...
Today, Manny says 'five more years'
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Manny Ramirez is having some fun with those quirky comments he made about his future. The enigmatic outfielder caused quite a stir Monday by saying this will...
Immigration advocates rally in Ridge
A dedicated group of advocates, volunteers and students took the long road to spread their message of immigration reform, culminating their five-day, statewide trek with a rally in front of...
Year of the Tiger celebration
Kung ha fa choy! The Chinese New Year greeting roared from the lips of revelers like a cavalcade of trumpets, bathing Eighth Avenue in the glow of ethnic pride as...
Model citizens
Beauty is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it’s a professional model’s most marketable asset, bringing work on runways and glossy magazine pages. But their looks are also an...
ABC News prepares to cut hundreds of jobs in major restructuring
ABC News on Tuesday was preparing to eliminate hundreds of jobs in a sweeping round of cuts that will reduce the company’s news division by up to 20 percent, the...
Premature death high here in Brooklyn
Life in Brooklyn ain’t that sweet if you’re broke and have poor access to health care. In fact, according to a new health report by the University of Wisconsin’s Population...
Rush Limbaugh most influential on talk radio: mag
Conservatives hosts rule the top spots of a new list of the most influential people on radio. Rush Limbaugh is the most influential person on radio, with Sean Hannity and...
UFO Spotted Over Williamsburg, Hipsters Shrug
In the borough that isn’t surprised by anything, an unidentified flying object that flew over Williamsburg in late January is raising little alarm.It may be a hoax, and in all...
Trash cans be gone, and the trash with them
Don’t look now, but, in a couple of weeks, a few trash cans may have gone missing along Fourth Avenue.Specifically, the garbage receptacles at the strip’s intersections at Bay Ridge...
86th Street fire victims mourned together
It was a semi-circle of anguish: five coffins lined up next to one another along the periphery of a Coney Island funeral chapel, one for each of the victims of...
Race for the Hard Core
A human ribbon of distance runners threaded the emerald empire when the Prospect Park Track Club held its 15th Annual Cherry Tree 10-Mile and 3-Person Relay. Aptly-named “A Race for...
Bid on Bravest
They don’t call ‘em the Bravest for nuthin’. The buck stopped with a group of dauntless, debonair, devil-may-care smoke-eaters who took to the stage at the Knitting Factory to strut...
Cats charm on pet adoption day
Forlorn felines were the cat’s meow as they slathered on the charm in hopes of gaining a foothold into a loving home during a pet adoption day at 8 of...
DEC Dives into Newtown Creek Sewage Bust
They may be small in number, but they have a disproportionate influence over environmental conservation in Brooklyn.Members of the Department of Environmental Conservation law enforcement division outlined how they sniffed...
Bonnie and Clyde in Ridge
Bonnie and Clyde in RidgeCops are looking for a Bonnie and Clyde crew responsible for mugging a woman on Fourth Avenue near 75th Street.The victim told police that she was...
Federalization of Bay View in view
A big change could be coming to Bay View Houses.With an eye to increasing revenue to maintain the housing projects it oversees, the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is...
Board members give MTA an earful
Bay Ridge needs a bus running along Third Avenue.To that end, Community Board 10 is recommending that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), if they insist on axing the B-37 which...
Changes for volunteer ambulance corps
Brooklyn’s volunteer ambulance corps are being reinstated.Last month, reports claimed that the Fire Department (FDNY) ended an Emergency Medical Service (EMS) practice of granting volunteer ambulance corps access to the...
Uptick in murder rocks East flatbush
With five murders in a little more than the first five weeks of 2010, violent crime continues to haunt the streets of East flatbush.Last year the precinct led Patrol Borough...
Disturbing accounts of NJ Turnpike toll booth attendant behavior
Seems like Turnpike toll collectors have been driven to insanity. A harrowing number of booth attendants have chucked change at drivers, asked to expose themselves, and even tried to illegally...
Dogs, cats, horses and chimps
A foundation run by Mayor Bloomberg's daughters delivered $195,700 in grants to more than a dozen charities -- many of which help animals, according to its most recent filing covering...
'Fake' rape victim sentenced to as much as three years behind bars
A young mother who falsely cried rape -- sending an innocent man to prison for four years -- was sent to prison herself today, for perjury. "What happened in this...
Tony Kornheiser suspended by ESPN for 'horrifying' comments about Hannah Storm
ESPN has suspended on-air big mouth Tony Kornheiser for two weeks starting Monday over snarky comments he made last week about "SportsCenter" anchor Hannah Storm's wardrobe. Kornheiser took a shot...
Tiger's future with Gillette uncertain
CINCINNATI -- The CEO of the Procter & Gamble Co. says he doesn't know whether golfer Tiger Woods will ever appear in another Gillette commercial, and everyone else wonders when...
Police: Irate NY man crushed 30 cars
LYONS, N.Y. -- Authorities said an upstate New York man angry with his wife used a backhoe to demolish more than two dozen demolition derby cars. The Wayne County Sheriff's...
Monserrate steals 'Yes We Can' slogan
Ousted state Sen. Hiram Monserrate is stealing President Obama's campaign slogan by running in the special election for his own vacant seat on the "Yes We Can" party line.The last...
ESPN suspends Kornheiser two weeks for comments on Storm
“Pardon The Interruption” host Tony Kornheiser has been suspended for two weeks by ESPN for comments he made about Hannah Storm, a "SportsCenter" anchor, on his radio show. Kornheiser announced...
Ford Jr. poll features note-worthy questions
Harold Ford Jr.'s weekend poll included note-worthy questions about his own finances - and ones suggesting he would do favorably as a "young black leader in the style of" President...
Woman cops sought in B'klyn hit-run says sister was driving
The elusive owner of a speeding Acura that mowed down two women in a Brooklyn hit-and-run accident finally surfaced today — only to have her lawyer tell cops her sister...
2 NY DMV workers charged in ID theft ring: feds
Two New York State DMV workers earned more than $1 million issuing driver's licenses with stolen identities to convicted felons -- including a sex offender, federal authorities announced today. The...
DEALS: Capella Ixtapa
If Toonces only drives you over one cliff this year, make it the one in Ixtapa occupied by the 59-suite Capella hotel. Overlooking the Pacific in Mexico's deep south, the luxury beach...
Teixeira expects Yankees repeat
TAMPA -- Mark Teixeira believes the defending World Series champion Yankees are the favorites again this season. The first baseman says that complacency won’t be an issue “because we’re the...
CDR back in Nets' rotation -- maybe
With Jarvis Hayes sidelined tonight with a calf injury and Trenton Hassell thrust into the lineup, Chris Douglas-Roberts should be back in the rotation. I said should because when dealing...
Real estate honcho sues over shabby summer rental in the Hamptons
A real estate big was shocked to discover his $195,000 six-week summer rental in the Hamptons wasn't a good deal. In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Keith Rubenstein says...
Eagles release RB Westbrook
PHILADELPHIA -- Brian Westbrook was released Tuesday by the Philadelphia Eagles, ending an often-dynamic eight-year run that was marred by various injuries. A former All-Pro, the 5-foot-10 Westbrook led the...
Report: Raiders have star CB on market
Nmadi Asomugha said he was joking about being traded away from the Raiders. The team might be serious.ESPN's Adam Schefter wrote today on his Twitter page, "Raiders been shopping much...
Convict digs her way out of Dutch prison with spoon
A violent criminal used a spoon to dig her way out of a Dutch prison, officials said on Tuesday. The 35-year-old woman, held for an unspecified "violent crime,” fled Saturday...
Bode out of giant slalom
WHISTLER, British Columbia -- Bode Miller makes no apologies for his high-risk, high-reward style. It’s what earned him three medals in the first three races at the Vancouver Olympics, and...
Panthers won't franchise Peppers
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Carolina Panthers have decided the price is too steep to keep their all-time sacks leader. Five-time Pro Bowl defensive end Julius Peppers is about to become...
UK movie chain boycotts 'Alice' in DVD dispute
LONDON -- British cinema chain Odeon will not show Tim Burton's fantasy adventure "Alice in Wonderland" in Britain, Ireland and Italy because of a dispute over the timing of the...
Jets sign kicker Folk; Feely not worried
The Jets gave Jay Feely some competition today by signing former Cowboys Pro Bowl kicker Nick Folk to a one-year contract.The move also might have been insurance by the Jets...
Former WABC sports anchor faces statutory rape charge
Former WABC sports anchor, Marvell Scott – who left television to practice medicine – was charged today with raping with a 14-year-old hooker he picked up near Times Square. Scott,...
O hears from human rights advocates
Human rights groups have a new plan of action for President Obama and the U.S. government. The president met with representatives from 22 countries and several human rights organizations to...
NFLPA big expects uncapped year
NFLPA chief DeMaurice Smith sent a memo to all players and agents today telling them that, as expected, 2010 is likely to be an uncapped year.Smith told the players he hopes...
N8's revenge
BOSTON – Nate Robinson, supposedly too flu-ridden to join the club out West, has saved his Celtics debut for tonight vs. the Knicks. Always a showman, it almost seems too...
New Celtic Nate says he was tired of losing with Knicks
Nate Robinson says he's a winner and he'll use his trade to the Celtics to prove it. Robinson said spending four years with the Knicks "takes a toll on you,"...
Purim some sugar on me
Beyond noshing on hamentashen from Lee Avenue in williamsburg and attending an all-day reading of the Book of Esther, there are four events to fill your weekend with Purim activities...
Officials doubt Natalee Holloway suspect's latest confession
Joran van der Sloot, the main suspect in the 2005 disappearance of American Natalee Holloway in Aruba, has made a second confession, the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reported Tuesday. The...
Jury finds Lowery guilty of murdering Linda Stein
Natavia Lowery was found guilty today of murdering Realtor to the Stars Linda Stein. Stein's daughter Mandy, who found her mother's body, began sobbing when the verdict was read. The...
Brooklyn community board suffers from budget request bupkis
Community Board 18 is having a tough time with the city’s fuzzy math.Every year when they put together their annual budget request and ask to have a street redone, they’re...
A rainbow spring
An article in today's Times (front page!) talks about the unusually high number of plays about gay life hitting the town: at least 7 in the next few weeks. But...
What’s in it for Andrew?
What’s in it for Andrew? Why would Attorney General Andrew Cuomo headline an early March fund-raiser for state Senator Carl Kruger, a powerful but polarizing pol who most recently alienated...
Parking ticket amnesty weighed by Bklyn pol
Parking ticket scofflaws might have a Brooklyn idol: City Councilmember Michael Nelson. Nelson has introduced legislation that if passed, would initiate an amnesty program for those who have amassed penalties...
General Growth Properties braces for bidding war
Simon Property Group is not "just saying." The largest mall owner in America appears to putting its money where its mouth is.Simon is hot in pursuit of bankrupt rival General...
Judge dismisses guilty verdicts in 'Black Sunday' fire
A judge has reportedly dismissed a guilty verdict in the tragic Black Sunday fire trial for lack of evidence. The owner and building manager of an apartment building in the...
StuyTown tenants gear up for battle
The inevitable struggle over downtown Manhattan apartment complex Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village is heating up -- this time with the natives being the ones who are gearing up for battle.Al...
Obama's ego driving reform
Cheri Jacobus says Obama’s ego is why he’s pushing health reform nobody wants. And as Patricia Murphy reports, the White House may not have the votes to pass its bill...
NY mom sentenced in children's fire death
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- A young New York mother has been sentenced to as many as four years in prison for leaving her three young children alone at home shortly before...
Tiger Woods, wife, apologize to pre-school parents
Tiger Woods and his wife Elin Nordegren have issued a letter of apology to the parents at the Florida school their two-year-old daughter Sam attends, entertainment Web site TMZ reported...
Where's Kernan: Bay looking to grow into leadership role
The New Mets are beginning to take shape as the final position players filtered into camp today. Jason Bay came here to Port St. Lucie following a short Disney World...
Ford Jr.'s advisers test numbers
Harold Ford Jr.'s advisors spent the past few days testing his own numbers statewide, with a poll conducted by adviser Doug Schoen, sources close to the potential candidate confirm.The survey-taking...
Bristol Palin to make acting debut on show about teen pregnancy
Bristol Palin, daughter of ex-Alaska Governor and 2008 Republican Vice presidential nominee, will make her acting debut on ABC Family, the network announced Monday Palin will play herself in an...
Yankees hero Boone retires, joins ESPN
Former Yankee Aaron Boone, who hit the ALCS-winning home run against the Red Sox in 2003, officially retired today. ESPN announced that Boone will join the network as an analyst,...
Animal cruelty trial begins for NY horse breeder
CATSKILL, N.Y. -- A trial is starting for a prominent thoroughbred breeder who was banned from racing after more than 170 malnourished horses were seized from his upstate New York...
Number of distressed banks rises
Driven in part by expanding problems with commercial real estate loans, the number of distressed banks in the U.S. rose to 702 in the fourth quarter, the highest level in...
No new home for 63rd Precinct
The search for a new home for the 63rd Precinct has slowly become a decades-long journey with no end in sight.As they’ve done for the past several years, Community Board...
Race heats up for 44th District City Council seat
With money to spare and endorsements raining down faster than a summer thunderstorm, the two frontrunners in the special 44th District City Council race are galloping toward the March 23...
Jayson Williams sentenced to 5 years behind bars in limo driver shooting
Tearful, troubled ex-NBA star Jayson Williams was sentenced today to five years in prison for accidentally killing a limo driver with a shotgun in his New Jersey mansion, and for...
Bay says Mets are better than you think
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Jason Bay says he is somewhat confounded by all the negativity that surrounds the Mets.The team's new left fielder arrived in camp today, anxious to get...
Reality TV Tryouts: 'The Biggest Loser'
"The Biggest Loser" Dig out those sweat pants for the 10th season of this weight-loss completion. They’re accepting singles or two-person teams, so you don’t even have to waste any...
British family accused of torturing, killing man kept as slave
A vulnerable man was kept as a slave and brutally tortured before being decapitated and dumped in a lake, a British court heard Tuesday. James Watt, 27, three members of...
Shooting victim: Love handles saved my life
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — A Florida woman says her love handles saved her life when she was shot entering an Atlantic City bar. Samantha Lynn Frazier says she heard two...
Jay Greenberg's 14th annual New York sports rankings
Jay Greenberg takes his 14th annual look at the good, bad and ugly of New York sports: YOU CAN VOTE HERE OVERRATED 1. Joba Chamberlain, Yankees: Three-plus pitches that recommended...
Let us know what you think of the New York sports scene
Jay Greenberg has told you what he thinks of the New York sports scene. Now you can tell us. Vote below for each category.
Toyota apologizes, again
WASHINGTON — The president of Toyota's operations apologized for the company's handling of safety issues Tuesday while insisting that electronic problems did not contribute to sudden acceleration of its cars....
What’s in it for Andrew?
What’s in it for Andrew? Why would Attorney General Andrew Cuomo headline an early March fund-raiser for state Senator Carl Kruger, a powerful but polarizing pol who most recently alienated...
Fight to prevent medical waste transfer station from opening reaches new stage
Local activists are bracing for the next battle in their effort to keep a medical waste transfer station out of canarsie.Earlier this month, Louis Alexander, an assistant commissioner at the...
Plaza pugilist busted
Plaza pugilist bustedShopping with a chip on your shoulder never works.A 43-year-old man learned that the hard way last week when he allegedly wigged out and punched someone during a...
Pols “haggle” with landlords to keep day care centers
When the city’s Administration of Children’s Services (ACS) announced recently that budget constraints were forcing them to close ten borough day care centers, City Councilmember Lew Fidler had a simple...
Race heats up for 44th District City Council seat
44challengeB/K/F/PSnewsone pic2-25-10editedRace heats up for 44th District City Council seatGreenfield and Lazar clear frontrunners By Stephen WittWith money to spare and endorsements raining down faster than a summer thunderstorm, the...
Gov. attacks DiNapoli with statement
ALBANY - Talk about burning your bridges, when you don't have many bridges left to burn.Gov. Paterson, abandoned by virtually the entire Democratic Party as he struggles to mount an...
Tanning tax is sinful
As S.A. miller reports, the awful 10 percent tax on all UV-tanning bed services is back as part of President Obama’s new health care reform proposal and it has New...
Shovel attack
Shovel attackCops are looking for the thug who mugged two people on Avenue R while armed with a snow shovel.Police said that the thief approached a 46-year-old woman and a...
$4M 'Hasidic' diamond heist staged: cops
Two Diamond District wholesalers were arrested yesterday for staging a bizarre $4 million jewel heist in 2008 involving two purported thieves disguised as Hasidic Jews, in a holdup straight out...
Bipartisanship a one-way street
Newly-elected Sen. Scott Brown may not get the stink eye from Democrats this week. Even though he’s the reason there is no longer a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, Brown...
Jacobs requested Ford Jr. meet to talk 'pros and cons'
State Democratic Party chair Jay Jacobs, who has made clear he hopes there will be no senate primary, says he is the one who asked for a meeting with Harold...
DVD Extra: Paramount unleashes Hope, Kaye, Preminger and 'Tropic of Cancer'
Paramount, which seems to have lost interest in debuting pre-1980 catalogue titles (except for "The African Queen'') on DVD, has thankfully licensed an interesting batch of 27 earlier films to Olive...
Thanks for the bailout! Wall Street bonuses up 17 percent: DiNapoli
ALBANY, N.Y. — Wall Street bonuses were up 17 percent to over $20 billion in 2009, the year taxpayers bailed out the financial sector after its meltdown, New York state...
CHSAA Class A intersectional second round preview
CHSAA boys basketball beat writer Dylan Butler breaks down the Class A intersectional second round games being played at Cardinal Spellman and Mount St. Michael on Tuesday. Here’s the schedule:...
Xaverian holds off Molloy in CHSAA B/Q quarters
Jack Alesi was searching for the right quote, the perfect way to sum up Xaverian’s wild 58-56 win against Archbishop Molloy in the CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens Diocesan first round at St....
Benching Brodeur could be 'net' loss
Well, Mike Babcock made the decision most of Canada was hoping he would make last night, sending Martin Brodeur to the bench, elevating Roberto Luongo, effectively casting his lot with...
Holy Cross uses third-quarter surge to beat rival St. Francis Prep
Heading down Francis Lewis Boulevard to face St. Francis Prep is always a difficult thing for Holy Cross. But add in the fact that its the first round of the...
Ins & outs on 57th Street
Prominent auction eer Phillips de Pury is probably coming. Fabled gadget emporium Hammacher Schlemmer will probably go. Both "probablys" reflect the uncertain, shifting retail sands of 57th Street, which still...
PSAL girls basketball playoff roundup: Gildea drops 27 for Curtis
Dana Gildea had 27 points, including four 3-pointers, to lead No. 20 Curtis to a 76-46 win over No. 13 Lab Museum in the PSAL Class A girls basketball first...
Better late than never: Cardozo's Outar finally makes grade, starts varsity career
Ron Naclerio cannot help but smile, a rare sight this time of year for the Cardozo basketball coach. He is fixated on Ryan Outar. Outar sinks a 3-pointer, Naclerio claps,...
CHSAA boys basketball rankings
With the regular season in the rearview mirror, the CHSAA heads into the postseason, the best month of high school basketball of the year. There are few changes in The...
Whole Foods begins Gowanus cleanup; new store still on hold
It’s anyone’s guess if Whole Foods Market will finally open a long-delayed superstore planned for the banks of Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal, but at least the organic specialty food chain has...
The new sweetheart deals
When Kristin Brennan, 24, and her boyfriend, Nick Lamplough, 26, moved in together nine months ago, they negotiated the usual household issues. Who makes the bed. Who handles the laundry....
Would you buy clothes from this man?
‘I’m obsessed with clowns,” says actor David Arquette, plucking a suit jacket from a clothing rack. “I think clowns get a bad name! I actually was talking to my wife...
Why Simon is picking a chick to win 'Idol' this year
The women start first tonight in the “American Idol” Top 24 round — and predictions are that a woman will finish first at the end of the season. Guys have...
Sloppy dish
Douglas Carter Beane does one-liners better than most. Remember his book for the musical "Xanadu"? Funny. The great Julie White vehicle "The Little Dog Laughed"? Very funny. But quantity has...
Girls basketball playoff schedule/results
Check out the girls basketball playoff schedule. CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens Division I Feb. 23 – Quarterfinals @ St. Francis Prep Archbishop Molloy 50, St. Francis Prep 34 Mary Louis 69, Bishop...
Boys basketball playoff schedule/results
Check out the boys basketball playoff schedule. CHSAA CLASS AA Feb. 22 -- Brooklyn/Queens Diocesan quarterfinals @ St. Francis Prep (PREVIEW) Holy Cross 55, St. Francis Prep 41 Xaverian 58,...
'Jersey Shore' scores
TOMS RIVER, NJ -- A man knocked unconscious by a cast member of MTV's reality show "Jersey Shore" failed yesterday to block the release of a video of the nightclub...
From top cop Kerik to big house Bernie
Your coverage of Bernie Kerik fails to mention his short stint in Iraq as President George W. Bush's interim minister of the interior ("The Fall of Bernie Kerik," Editorial, Feb....
More climate 'hot air'
The sad part about this debate is that it draws the focus away from the fact that mankind's traditional carbon-based energy sources are polluting the air, sea and water and...
Price controls by any other name
In 301 AD, the Roman emperor Diocletian imposed price controls on most commodities and professions in the empire. The penalty for raising prices was death. Yet the controls failed utterly,...
Pressure's on hypertension
CHICAGO -- America should step up the fight against high blood pressure by helping people eat better and encouraging doctors to treat it more aggressively, an expert panel said yesterday....
Boosting NYC biz
New York City is a lousy place to start up, run or invest in a small business, but city officials don't seem to have a clue as to what to...
Forget Fido - meet 'High'do
At 3 feet, 7 inches from paw to shoulder, Giant George, a 4-year-old blue Great Dane from Arizona, is the world's tallest dog, the Guinness Book of World Records declared...
World's priciest medicine a 400G 'money shot'
If you have a rare disease, just hearing how much it costs to treat it could make you sicker. The world's priciest medicine, Soliris, costs an astonishing $409,500 a year...
How rising interest rates could end up backfiring
As I was starting to say in last Thursday's column (before I ran out of space), the stock market's biggest problem this year might not be a suddenly weak economy...
Cheney suffered minor heart attack
Former Vice President Dick Cheney suffered a minor heart attack late Monday but is “feeling good” and resting comfortably, Fox News reported on Tuesday He was admitted to the George...
OTB bailout nixed
The state Assembly won't go along with the current bailout plan for the cash-strapped Off-Track-Betting Corp. -- which will run out money by the end of March, OTB Chairman Sandy...
Even Hiram bests gov
ALBANY -- Gov. Paterson loses out to Senate outcast Hiram Monserrate in the battle of Albany's pariahs, according a poll released yesterday. The statewide Siena survey shows more voters have...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan A Betsey Johnson store manager nabbed a shoplifter who swiped $1,600 in merchandise from the trendy East Side shop, authorities said yesterday. The manager, Meghan Dismuke, spotted Vanessa Gutierrez,...
The Samson option
In keeping with his new spirit of compromise, President Obama has offered a health- care bill staking out middle ground between House and Senate Democrats. At $950 billion, it's more...
Pop the trunk!
Federal prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into Toyota's safety problems, the company acknowledged yesterday as it prepared to answer questions on Capitol Hill about its widespread vehicle recalls. The...
Monserrate wants to run
ALBANY -- Talk about chutzpah! Ousted state Sen. Hiram Monserrate, booted after his conviction for roughing up his gal pal, is hoping to win back his seat by pushing to...
Stepping up subway repairs
MTA officials yesterday revealed a plan to make repairs at 100 more subway stations than normal over the next five years -- without raising costs. The repair budget will now...
State sales-tax hit
ALBANY -- Sales-tax collections tumbled 5.9 statewide in 2009 -- the sharpest drop in at least two decades -- Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced yesterday. Declines were across the board, with...
Judge OKs SEC's $150M deal with BofA
After seven months of haggling, Federal Judge Jed Rakoff "reluctantly" agreed to approve the Securities and Exchange Commission's $150 million settlement deal with Bank of America. The judge said the...
Prez's newest idea: Simply outlaw reality
WASHINGTON -- In cluded in President Oba ma's latest stab at health-care reform released yesterday is one of the more astonishing admissions of political deception in recent memory. After months...
Night Out is in for the fall
Fashion's Night Out will go primetime this fall. The citywide event -- in which clothing retailers lure shoppers into stores after normal hours with food, drink and celebrity appearances, but...
UFT 'tests' tenure tie-in
The United Federation of Teachers is challenging Schools Chancellor Joel Klein's decision to factor in student test scores before awarding teachers tenure. The union recently filed a complaint with the...
Tiger in heat (of the desert)
Tiger Woods has landed in the Valley of the Sun, in hopes of drying up his insatiable addiction to sex, according to a new report. The world's most famous golfer...
Greece-y swaps
A defiant Goldman Sachs says it did nothing wrong by concocting a deal that temporarily masked Greece's bloated government debt, an arrangement that has sparked outrage across Europe. A top...
Feds set sights on KeySpan
KeySpan is being accused by the US government in an antitrust suit of withholding output from the electricity-generating market in New York City and entering a swap with "a financial...
Al Haig, 1924-2010
It would be a mistake for Alexander Haig, who ably served his country for decades, to be remembered only for his "I am in control" remark following the shooting of...
Another cheap trick
You have to wonder why the Paterson administration even bothers to try to cover up its ethics gaffes anymore. Certainly, its transparently bogus response over the weekend to inquiries about...
Back from the grave
It's the health-care plan that just won't die -- and President Obama's tweaks yesterday only make it sicker. With New Yorkers likely to suffer greatly. ObamaCare 2.0 is based largely...
Volcker fooled
The Obama administration is backing off a plan to bar commercial banks from engaging in proprietary trading, favoring instead a watered-down version of a key tenet of the proposed "Volcker...
ACORN shell of itself as it renames office
ACORN is shutting its Brooklyn operation, only to replace it with another outfit by a different name. In what sources called a desperate attempt at rebranding, the new organization, called...
Wal-mart's show
Watch out, Apple and Netflix: The smiley face is coming after you. Wal-Mart is making a big push into the movie-download business. The retail behemoth -- already the country's largest...
Superman debut gets big red '$'
Man of Steel? Try Man of Platinum! A rare copy of a comic featuring the first appearance of Superman sold yesterday for $1 million, the highest price ever paid for...
Museum sued over 'stolen' art
A Catholic museum in East Harlem is accused of illegally exhibiting a 17th-century painting that belongs to a California lawyer. Barney Shiotani's Manhattan federal court suit says "unknown third parties"...
Burning mad over tan tax
WASHINGTON -- President Obama yesterday proposed slapping a tax on the tanning booth, looking to the cast of "Jersey Shore" and other bronzed Americans to help pay for the nearly...
Robber's bank cut
A small cut on an Albanian mobster's finger could earn him a big prison sentence. Afrim Kupa, 37, yesterday became the first person charged with a February 2009 burglary in...
Benihana investors dish out a diss to the Aokis
Benihana's shareholders served up a defeat yesterday to the heirs of company founder Rocky Aoki. Investors approved the Japanese steakhouse chain's controversial capital-raising plan, despite last-minute pleas by Aoki's descendants,...
$233M to Lehman's liquidator
Alvarez & Marsal, the liquidator of bankrupt Lehman Brothers Holdings, has collected $233 million in fees for "interim management" over 16 months, according to a regulatory filing. The restructuring firm,...
Eagles land - in Harlem
Yes, those are bald eagles -- the national symbols of the United States -- frolicking in the ice off Harlem. Birdwatcher James O'Brien, who has been looking for eagles off...
Business briefs
Oh Canada Canadian real estate giant Brookfield Asset Management is preparing a bid for a large stake in mall owner General Growth Properties, aim ing to top Simon Proper ty's...
All 3 cops cleared in subway sodomy
A Brooklyn cop charged with sodomizing a fleeing suspect with his police baton was cleared of all charges yesterday, while two other officers were acquitted of helping to cover up...
RDA's debt condensed
Reader's Digest Association emerged from bankruptcy protection yesterday, with a debt-for-equity swap cutting its debt load from $2.2 billion to $525 million. The company named a new board of directors,...
4 die in Qns. family massacre
A "quiet" school-bus driver -- whose wife pleaded with him not to keep a gun in their Queens home -- fatally shot the beloved high-school administrator and their two teenage...
NYPD to rain on parades
The long and short of it is, the city is cutting back on its famous parades to save money. The NYPD yesterday announced it would be trimming city parade routes...
Osama foe slain
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomber yesterday killed 15 people in eastern Afghanistan, including Haji Zaman, a key tribal leader who played a major role in a failed attempt to...
Massacre in Iraq
BAGHDAD -- Eight members of a Shiite family were killed near Baghdad, in the worst incident on a day of bloodshed that left at least 23 dead across Iraq. The...
NATO strike kills 27 civilians
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A NATO airstrike killed at least 27 Afghan civilians, officials said yesterday, in the third coalition strike this month to kill noncombatants and draw a sharp rebuke...
Study: Hosp stay a killer
WASHINGTON -- Pneumonia and blood-borne infections caught while hospitalized killed 48,000 patients and cost $8.1 billion in 2006, a shocking report revealed yesterday. The study is one of the first...
Opera man's new tune: Poor me!
How the mighty have fallen! The dramatic descent of opera-loving fraudster Alberto Vilar continued yesterday as he begged for "poor person" relief to appeal his conviction for fleecing investors to...
Stein kin flee slay re-enact
A defense lawyer's floor-slapping re-enactment of the bludgeoning death of "Realtor to the Stars" Linda Stein yesterday sent the victim's daughter running from court in tears. "One! Two! Three! Four!"...
Eli blitzed over 500G hosp deal
Giant quarterback Eli Manning got a lousy reception yesterday for a secret marketing deal with cash-strapped St. Vincent's Medical Center that paid him at least $500,000 over the last three...
LI mom sues Toyota over death crash
A Long Island woman claims her daughter was killed when the Toyota she was driving suddenly sped out of control near her school in Pennsylvania, according to a suit. Tyrene...
Aqueduct deal smells like horse %#!+: poll
ALBANY -- The controversial deal giving a lucrative Aqueduct casino contract to a politically connected firm stinks more than the stables at the faded Queens horse track, a new poll...
1K layoffs on track to save MTA $50M
The cash-strapped MTA is set to announce a plan today to lay off more than 1,000 employees this year in an attempt to dig out from a $700 million budget...
City to street vendors: Urine big trouble
Street vendors be warned: Take a bathroom break, and it may be your business that gets flushed down the toilet. That's what happened to Shiraj Islam, a nut vendor for...
Two sides sick over O's health plan
WASHINGTON -- More than a year after taking office, President Obama yesterday released his own health-care plan -- with a trillion-dollar cost, no public option and higher taxes on the...
In-Justice! Furor over O's 'Gitmo' appointees
The Justice Department's disclosure that nine of President Obama's appointees had either represented or advocated for Guantanamo detainees has touched off a firestorm of criticism. The surprising admission came three...
Orleans outraged over Meeks do-nothing 'charity'
New Orleans residents reacted with outrage yesterday to The Post's revelation that Queens Rep. Gregory Meeks had failed to deliver on a promise to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina. Folks...
WFP cuts off its arm
The questionable relationship between the labor-backed Working Families Party and its corporate arm, Data and Field Services, is expected to be dissolved today with the two organizations agreeing to operate...
Zazi: My subway terror mission
A former Queens man yesterday confessed that he was trained by al Qaeda -- and that he had plotted to blow up the city's subway system around the anniversary of...
'Hit-run' woman hunted
A 31-year-old woman with a lousy driving record is suspected in the horrific Brooklyn hit-and-run accident that left a beloved City Hall staffer clinging to life, authorities said yesterday. But...
Astor juror: I'm not a gangsta!
The television producer who allegedly threatened a fellow juror in the Brooke Astor swindle trial with "gang signs" says the accusations are "crazy." "I did not threaten her!" panelist Yvonne...
Philadelphia Park Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 6 1/2f; $30,000; mdn cl($40,000); 4upWOHALI ships in from Laurel and has hit board when running on an off track. Should sit and pounce. MOLTEN LAVA makes second start...
The Post Line
NCAA Basketball Favorite Line Underdog MIAMI 4½ Virginia LOUISVILLE 4 Georgetown Syracuse 7 PROVIDENCE SETON HALL 13½ Rutgers MICHIGAN 4 Illinois Old Dominion 10 GEORGIA ST. S. ILLINOIS 5½ Creighton...
Yankees Burnett, Posada on same page
TAMPA -- Joe Girardi's plan to have Jorge Posada catch for A.J. Burnett this spring started yesterday when Posada squatted for Burnett's initial bullpen session at George M. Steinbrenner Field....
Rehabbing Beltran no longer angry at Mets
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Carlos Beltran's anger toward the Mets is gone. That, at least, was the message Beltran tried to convey yesterday upon reporting to Tradition Field for the...
Mets' Escobar frustrated by having to take things slowly
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Kelvim Escobar understands the need to take things slowly, but admits the surroundings make it difficult. Though the veteran right-hander has begun playing catch, he still...
Sandy on hand to help problematic Perez
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Operation Ollie is in overdrive. The mission made a big push forward yesterday when baseball icon Sandy Koufax spent much of the workout with Oliver Perez....
Death of mother won't stop figure skater Rochette
VANCOUVER -- It won't be hard to find the sentimental favorite when tonight's women's figure-skating short program gets under way. Canadian Joannie Rochette is expected to skate two days after...
Nets' Lopez needs to get nasty
Brook Lopez may have to go a little Norman Bates if the Nets are going to avoid the infamy of the worst record in NBA history. By his own admission,...
Craig & Miller share special connection
VANCOUVER -- They kept coming after Ryan Miller as those final minutes peeled off the clock, real-time feeling like slow motion, wave after wave of red-sweatered Canadians rushing at him...
Manny: Dodgers days numbered
Manny Ramirez is known for saying some curious things. This is his latest pronouncement: The Dodgers star insists his days in Los Angeles are numbered. "I know I'm not going...
Could Phil, Kobe be Clipped from Lakers?
As long as Sunday's educated speculation in this space regarding rising free agents Kobe Bryant and Phil Jackson is still alive, let's advance it a bit. Say Lakers owner Jerry...
Canada benching Devils goalie Brodeur
VANCOUVER -- Martin Brodeur may have played his last game in these Olympics. Team Canada coach Mike Babcock announced last night he was benching the Devils goaltender for tonight's game...
Knicks' Rodriguez off point in first start
The Chris Duhon Era may be over as the Knicks named a new starting point guard for now and perhaps the distant future. The flashy Sergio Rodriguez, the Spanish bonus...
Legends: Knicks going in right direction
Last night at the Garden, the Knicks celebrated the 40th anniversary of their 1970 NBA championship team. This summer, Donnie Walsh will attempt to lay the foundation for the franchise's...
Legendary reminder: Teams win titles, not individuals
Legends Night last night at the Garden couldn't have come at a better time. While anyone interested in the Knicks seems consumed with getting this guy or that guy when...
Canada's chief hoists white flag
VANCOUVER -- Canada is trading in the Maple Leaf flag for a white one. The leader of the Canadian Olympic Committee yesterday admitted the Canadians will not be able to...
Sports shorts
NFL: Chargers cut L.T. loose LaDainian Tomlinson was released yesterday by the Chargers, ending a brilliant nine-year run in which he became one of the NFL's greatest running backs. Tomlinson,...
Nate the ex-mate awaits Knicks in Boston
Al Harrington and David Lee expect Nate Robinson to go all-out in his first crack at the Knicks. The Knicks visit the Celtics tonight (7:30; MSG, ESPN 1050 AM), and...
Vonn snit irks IOC
The International Olympic Committee's lawyers are always looking to go "faster, higher, stronger" -- but they may have gone too far this time. When a ski-equipment company that sponsors Lindsey...
USA hockey women earn shot at gold medal
VANCOUVER -- Monique Lamoureux scored three goals, Jessie Vetter made 11 saves and the U.S. women's hockey team rolled into the Olympic gold-medal match with a 9-1 semifinal victory over...
Rangers captain Drury relishes role on USA squad
It wasn't a miracle and it wasn't for a championship or a medal of any ore. But Chris Drury, who scored a critical second-period goal in Sunday's showdown against Canada,...
Damon loves Detroit, but belongs in NYC
LAKELAND, Fla. -- Johnny Damon sounded as if he were auditioning for the Detroit Chamber of Commerce yesterday. Short of wearing an "I [heart] Motown" bumper sticker on his forehead,...
Yankees' bullpen well-stocked after signing Park
TAMPA -- The addition of Chan Ho Park to the Yankees' bullpen doesn't present an over-crowding problem for general manager Brian Cashman or manager Joe Girardi. Although Cashman refused to...
McGrady hurt as Bucks roll over Knicks, 83-67
Uh-oh. Tracy McGrady's comeback took a troubling turn when the new Knick limped off the court in the final minutes of his second game. The cursed Knicks limped to a...
'Ugly' duo pretty good
If there's any solace for "Ugly Betty" fans since ABC decided to pull the plug after this season, it's that its talented cast is now free to pursue fresh opportunities....
Not like any gossip columnist I know
The root of the word gossip is "gospel." In fact, the first four gossips were Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. So gossip has been around since the beginning of time....
Something to shout about
SHOUT OUT LOUDS "Work" *** THE Shout Out Louds' third disc is a welcome record that nicely displays the band's very Swedish knack for melody and descriptive lyrics that are...
Sheen kids get checked on
Charlie Sheen's little "Men" got a visit over the weekend. The actor's rep, Stan Rosenfield, has confirmed that the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services stopped by the...
Leno back in saddle
Jay Leno's jumping back into "The Tonight Show" with a slew of gold-winning guests. For his first night back to late night on Monday, Leno will host Olympic gold medal...
Koenig's 'Pains'
Missing "Growing Pains" actor Andrew Koenig cleaned house before he disappeared. Without explanation, Koenig reportedly returned possessions he'd borrowed and been given as presents by collaborator Lance Miccio before leaving...
Looking for ancestors is so hot right now
It used to be you either had to be rich, a president or maybe a Mormon to find out what pool your genes swam in before they got to you....
Weird but true
A Western New York teen has boogied his way into the pokey. Erie County sheriff's deputies busted a drunken 18-year-old after he allegedly caused $3,000 in damage to a home's...
Calhoun's technical leads UConn to win over West Virginia
HARTFORD -- A veteran Connecticut basketball watcher was asked at halftime if 47 seconds into a game was the fastest Jim Calhoun has received a technical foul. "I'm not sure,"...
PSAL Class AA boys basketball first round preview
PSAL boys basketball beat writer Zach Braziller breaks down the opening round of the PSAL Class AA playoffs. All games will be played at home of higher seed unless otherwise...
CHSAA/Private girls basketball roundup: Spellman claims CHSAA Bronx/Westchester title
The Pilots couldn’t wrestle the top seed away from Moore Catholic last Saturday, but The Bronx remains theirs. Cardinal Spellman beat visiting Maria Regina, 60-49, in CHSAA Bronx/Westchester girls basketball...
Sharpton still backing Gillibrand - for now
The Rev. Al Sharpton is sticking with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand "for now" - but he said he talks to her potential challenger Harold Ford. quite frequently. "I talk to him...
School of the Future gets personal in playoff drive
Jumaane Saunders calls the PSAL Class A girls basketball playoffs his team’s own personal revenge tour. When the coach saw the Bulldogs’ bracket, he saw potential matchups with three teams...
Sollazzo, Poly Prep defense grounds Eagles
Erica Sollazzo welcomed the task of shadowing Fieldston star Jacqueline Schoninger in Poly Prep’s active box-and-1 defense. In fact, the senior captain even enjoyed the simplicity of the task, but...
Bogut's 24 points, 20 boards overwhelm Knicks
Andrew Bogut had 24 points and 20 rebounds in his third career 20-20 game, and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the New York Knicks 83-67 on Monday night for their third...
Ford Jr. plans meeting with NY Dem chairman
Harold Ford Jr. is set to sit down tomorrow with state Democratic chairman Jay Jacobs for the first time in his ongoing exploration of a potential primary challenge against Sen....
Police investigate death of student at NY college
Police are investigating the killing of a female student whose body was discovered in faculty housing on the Manhattanville College campus in suburban New York. Harrison Police Capt. Anthony Marraccini...
Canadian nuclear scientist vanishes without a trace
A Canadian nuclear scientist who has not been seen for more than a month has simply vanished, leaving "absolutely no trace at all," police told Fox News late Monday (EST)....
NYC boys basketball rankings
If the playoffs are anything like the regular season was we should be in for a bumpy ride for the next month. Not many changes in this week’s rankings, although...
PSAL boys basketball rankings
It’s go time. After nearly four months of exciting, unpredictable, topsy-turvy action, the city playoffs are upon us. The PSAL Class AA first round begins Tuesday and Wednesday, the second...
Red Bull trialists & notes
Hans Backe was just named Red Bull coach last month, but he's already got a crystal-clear idea of what his rebuilding team has, and what it lacks. He's targeted an...
MTA cutting over 1,000 jobs
The MTA is cutting the fat. Severe budget shortfalls will bring about 1,050 layoffs at the agency this year, with heads rolling in either administration or station agent positions. Officials...
Former VP Dick Cheney hospitalized with chest pains
An aide to Dick Cheney says the former vice president is in George Washington Hospital after experiencing chest pains. Cheney's assistant, Peter Long, said in a statement late Monday that...
Red Sox's Ortiz says he'll be better
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- David Ortiz was in no mood to chat after the worst game of his worst season with Boston. The struggling slugger had just gone 0 for...