March 19, 2010
Hot Dogg! Snoop Dogg's Bklyn show tix on sale today!
Snoop Dogg is coming to Brooklyn, fo shizzle. On April 19, Snoop Dogg, the hip-hop hitmaker behind such singles as “What’s My Name” and “Gin & Juice,” will perform at...
Lucky B13! MTA takes part of lightly used bus off scrap heap
The B13 bus has been saved — somewhat.The Metropolitan Transportation Authority had originally hoped to eliminate the entire portion of the route north of the Mrytle Avenue-Wyckoff Street L and...
Pelosi potentially secures enough votes for health care passage
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday appeared to have reached 216, the magic number of votes she needs to pass the Democrats' health care reform bill, after Rep. Suzanne Kosmas,...
NYC cops sorry for pounding couple's door 50 times
Cheesecake in hand, the police commissioner personally apologized Friday for the 50 or so mistaken, door-pounding visits that police have made to the home of a bewildered elderly Brooklyn couple...
Shoe lovers, listen up!
Louboutins, Manolos and Choos for under $150? YES! This Sunday, high tail it to the Decadestwo Shoe Blowout at the Kiki di Montparnasse boutique on 79 Greene St. All shoes are marked down...
FTSE: Fantasy Tracker Stock Exchange
With the economy on the minds of most Americans, why not relate fantasy baseball to one of the biggest factors in determining the state of the economy, the stock exchange.Fantasy...
The weekly wrap-up, March 19
This week we learned that...... Heydar Aliyev must have gotten one heck of a great mortgage. [Washington Post] ... If you rent from one of these guys, well, we're sorry....
Report: Jets sign special teams star Laury
The Jets have signed special teams standout Lance Laury away from the Seahawks, according to NJ.com.Laury, a linebacker, made 63 special-teams tackles in four seasons with Seattle, according to the...
Pitt advances over Oakland
MILWAUKEE -- Jermaine Dixon and Gilbert Brown scored 17 points apiece and Pittsburgh avoided becoming the latest Big East powerhouse to get knocked off in the first round of the...
Cornell defeats Temple
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Confident, relaxed and definitely on their game. Cornell lived up to its billing as the best team to come out of the Ivy League in more than...
Siena loses; Wisconsin, Purdue advance
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Keaton Grant ignited the decisive run that rallied fourth-seeded Purdue past No. 13 seed Siena 72-64 on Friday in the first round of NCAA tournament’s South Regional....
MLB 2K10: stats-centric slugging
As I've written, about a million times, I'm terrible at sports games -- especially ones that work at being realistic. The BIGS? I'm there (and will be playing a lot...
JP Morgan CEO reports $1.3M total pay, down from $35.8M
J.P.Morgan Chase & Co. Chairman and Chief Executive James Dimon received compensation valued at $1.3 million last year, the bank said Friday. The compensation reflects Dimon's decision to forego any...
Brittany Murphy was an 'accident' waiting to happen: report
Actress Brittany Murphy was cut off by a Los Angeles pharmacist just months before her death because he though there "was going to be an accident." Eddie Bubar, owner of...
Clinton star Smith commits to Southern Connecticut
Sara Smith had the opposite feeling of almost every high school girls basketball player. A Division I scholarship wasn’t going to be her thing. The DeWitt Clinton senior was content...
Judge rejects settlement for sick WTC workers
A federal judge has rejected a multimillion dollar legal settlement for people sickened by dust from the World Trade Center. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein said in court Friday that...
Red Bull Arena grand opening live chat recap
Weren’t able to snag a coveted ticket for Saturday’s grand opening of Red Bull Arena? Check out Post writer Dylan Butler had to say from the big day, from the...
All about Edna and Michael
The reviews of Dame Edna Everage and Michael Feinstein's "All About Me" are out, and they aren't kind. As you can see in my assessment of the situation unfolding nightly...
Sabathia strikes out 8 in Yankees' win; A-Rod homers
CC Sabathia struck out eight in 5 1/3 innings today in the Yankees' 6-2 split-squad win over the Tigers. Sabathia walked two, throwing 77 pitches (47 strikes). He exited with...
PSAL Class B girls basketball championship preview
The Post’s PSAL girls basketball beat writer Marc Raimondi breaks down the PSAL Class B championship game, scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Francis College. SCHEDULE 11 a.m. –...
PSAL Class A girls basketball championship preview
The Post’s PSAL girls basketball beat writer Marc Raimondi breaks down the PSAL Class A championship game, scheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday at St. Francis College. SCHEDULE 3 p.m. –...
Mets' Santana gives up 9 hits in 3 1/3 innings
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Johan Santana lasted 3 1/3 innings, allowing nine hits and five runs in the Mets’ 7-3 loss to the Minnesota Twins on Friday. “I had a...
Our exclusive mus-o-meter registers A Sunny Day in Glasgow
A Sunny Day in Glasgow burst on the dream-pop, shoegaze scene in 2009 with its sophomore album, “Ashes Grammar,” a sprawling collection of experimental noise-pop. The band’s recent EP is...
LT gets early start with Jets
LaDainian Tomlinson worked out at the Jets' Florham Park complex today, even though official offseason workouts don't begin until Monday.Newyorkjets.com reports Tomlinson, "donning Jets gear for the first time, ran...
Red Bulls hoping to get off on right foot vs. Santos
After a decade of starts and stops, the Red Bulls finally have a new home and a sellout crowd of 25,000 will be on hand for the grand opening of...
Ellen presents $30K to Miss. lesbian in prom flap
JACKSON, Miss. -- A lesbian high school student embroiled in a legal flap over her school's prom policy has received a $30,000 scholarship on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." Constance McMillen...
Harris, Yi back for Nets tomorrow
Devin Harris will be back tomorrow. Apparently, so will Yi Jianlian as the Nets start a four-game homestand, facing the eighth place Raptors.So the 15th place Nets expect to be...
Anna Nicole Smith's estate denied any of late husband's fortune
SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal appeals court says Anna Nicole Smith's estate will receive none of the more than $300 million that she claimed her late billionaire husband had promised...
P. Diddy buying Crystal Palace? Or is it Cristal Palace?
P. Diddy is looking into buying a Premiership club, and Crystal Palace is the front-runner according to the Sun. If Diddy gets ahold of them, wouldn't he make them Cristal...
This isn't helping stop 'sexting'
Jacob Sullum does a good job of explaining the problem when prosecutors think they can take over parental duties of other children’s parents. Is ‘sexting’ a problem? Let’s say that...
City's homeless count rises 33%
A count of New York City’s homeless finds that more people are spending the night on the streets than last year. The city’s annual count was released Friday. It’s the...
Paladino asks Conservative Party to wait on picking gov candidate
ALBANY -- Buffalo mega-real estate developer Carl Paladino, who says he's running for the GOP gubernatorial nomination along with Steve Levy and Rick Lazio, just released this video appeal to...
Comrades in arms
Americans are not the only ones giving of themselves to fight the war on terror. Six British soldiers have been awarded the second highest military honors for their bravery and...
Cornell, West Virginia, Xavier win first-round games
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Louis Dale scored 21 points, Ryan Wittman added 20 and No. 12 seed Cornell beat fifth-seeded Temple 78-65 Friday in the opening round of the NCAA tournament....
Dutch fuming at retired US general's gays comment
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Dutch prime minister Friday denounced as "irresponsible" a claim by a retired U.S. general that gay Dutch soldiers were partly to blame for allowing Europe's...
Porn star: There's more where that came from
LOS ANGELES — A former porn actress says she may reveal more potentially embarrassing information about Tiger Woods after releasing sexually graphic text messages that she claims prove her affair...
2nd former Seton Hall player arrested
Police have arrested a second former Seton Hall men’s basketball player on charges stemming from an armed robbery in New Jersey. Police arrested Kelly Whitney in Newark on Thursday night....
Defense says NY synagogue-bomb plot was feds' idea
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Four men accused of trying to bomb synagogues and shoot down planes in New York last spring did little more than go along with a fake...
Lazio's campaign manager blasts Levy
This is the shot from Rick Lazio'scampaign that appeared to have prompted blowback from state GOP chairman Ed Cox - an email from campaign manager Kevin Fullington slamming Steve Levy...
City jonesing for Smith bike lane fix
Fresh on the heels of the new Flushing Avenue bike lane, the city unveiled plans for a bike-friendly facelift for Smith Street, turning the much-used approach to the Brooklyn and...
New York Mag takes top digital prize from National Magazine Awards
Adam Moss, editor in chief of New York magazine, took home the top honor of general excellence in the first-ever National Magazine Awards for digital media, sponsored by the American...
Suspect in Hell’s Kitchen bar beating: I made a mistake
A construction worker accused of viciously beating a nurse in a Hell’s Kitchen bar — and then outrageously blaming it on his victim — today said that after he saw...
Versatile Cardozo ready to rebound
If Benjamin Cardozo’s season is about comebacks, it certainly set that tone early. The Judges were just 3-11 last season after making two straight championship game appearances, but showed they...
Champions League: Quarterfinal draw set
The Champions League took a trip down memory lane Friday as the draw for the last eight set up rematches of two recent finals and kept Manchester United and Barcelona...
Legal challenges to 'deem and pass'
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s methods for getting health care reform passed could end up in court. The question is if what the House votes on is the exact same language...
Tiger's wife disappears from Florida home
Tiger's wife is AWOL.Swedish beauty Elin Nordegren has been completely absent for the last two days from the family home in Isleworth, Fla., where the golfer has been living since...
Morgan Stanley exec: "baseball bat" for Krugman
The debate over how to fix the economy is starting to get violent. Stephen Roach, chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia,, recently told Bloomberg TV that we should "take out the...
Defense says hotel 'slay' mom suffers from Munchausen by proxy
What is wrong with Gigi Jordan? And where should the millionaire pharmaceutical exec be caged as she awaits charges of murdering her own little boy inside the Peninsula Hotel? The...
Cox endorses Levy's run
State GOP chairman Ed Cox endorsed Steve Levy's "run for Governor" - although not the candidate specifically - in a statement released shortly after he served as quasi-emcee at the...
Deal near for closing Gitmo, holding trials for detainees
The White House is nearing a deal with a bipartisan group of senators to close the Guantanamo Bay prison and pave the way for more detainees to be tried before...
Tiger to use own logo at Masters
PALM HARBOR, Fla. -- Tiger Woods won't replace AT&T with a new corporate sponsor on his golf bag when he returns at the Masters, instead using his Nike brand.AT&T dropped...
Obama ‘does not particularly like Israel’
TNR’s Marty Peretz analyzes what is going between President Obama and Israel and it is a depressing analysis at that. His conclusion: “Obama seems to think that he is the...
Ground zero workers in court on 9/11 settlement
Ground zero recovery workers who say they suffered health problems after inhaling the ash and dust left by the collapse of the World Trade Center plan to go before a...
Tiger calls in the lawyers over porn company selling 'Tiger's Wood Cover' condoms
Tiger Woods is taking legal action against a pornography company which is using the shamed U.S. golf star’s name to sell sex toys, TMZ reported Friday (EDT).The company, Pipedream Products,...
Obama, Dems push health care ahead of Sunday vote
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders lobbied intensively for historic health care legislation Friday, striving to resolve a last-minute dispute over Medicare while gaining another precious "yes" 48...
A new website has launched to give Edgar Allan Poe fans and followers a new resource to remain up to date on renovations to the historical Edgar Allan Poe Cottage and to purchase items sold in the cottage store.
A new website has been launched to provide Edgar Allan Poe enthusiasts a resource to remain up-to-date on renovations to the historical Edgar Allan Poe Cottage in Poe Park on...
Conan O'Brien in talks with Fox for talk show
The next few months could keep Conan O'Brien very busy. For starters, he needs to keep posting those random tweets on his recently opened Twitter account. Then in April, he...
Manhattan judge comes out swinging against fraud accusations
Embattled Manhattan Surrogate Court Judge Nora Anderson came out swinging today against charges she illegally funneled $250,000 into her 2008 run for the bench -- portraying herself as a hard-working...
Man pops open beer after DWI hearing, gets prison
HERKIMER, N.Y. — A central New York man who popped open a beer just after a court appearance for drunken driving has been sentenced to prison. Eugene Havens was arrested...
Diamond Dolls now have a league of their own
The Yankees better watch out because there is a new team in town. The recently formed all-female Diamond Dolls are getting ready for the upcoming season and this weekend hosted...
DVD Extra: 'Nothing' absence may not last forever
"Nothing Lasts Forever,'' a notoriously unavailable 1984 comic fantasy with Bill Murray in a supporting role as a sardonic lunar tour guide "is in the consideration stage'' for its long-awaited...
LI man charged with DWI after school bus hit and run
BROOKHAVEN, N.Y. — Long Island police have arrested a 56-year-old man on drunken driving charges after they say he crashed into a school bus packed with children and fled the...
Port Authority proposal leads to 'I do'
TEANECK, N.J. — NJ Transit might want to call Bus 7174 The Love Bus. That’s because a man decided to propose to his girlfriend on the bus at New York’s...
Stars' Twitter accounts play part in suicide help
CASSELBERRY, Fla. — Actresses Demi Moore and Nia Vardalos were linked to an online chain of Twitter posts that ultimately led to Florida authorities intervening Friday when a young man...
Obama doesn't care what you think, cont'd
James Taranto is feeling uneasy about the fact that President Obama and the Democrats seem to be zealously committed to passing health care reform even in the face of much...
NARAL head weighs in on Levy conversion
Kelli Conlin, head of the local chapter of NARAL, weighed in immediately after Steve Levy made his conversion official - saying she has concerns about him "backtracking" on abortion rights...
Jesse James' 'mistress' in Nazi photo shoot
The tattooed temptress who allegedly had an affair with actress Sandra Bullock's husband is a racist who routinely gives the Nazi salute to her Jewish son as a joke and...
Levy announces party switch and plans to seek GOP nod
ALBANY – Turncoat Democrat Steve Levy, the Suffolk County executive, made it official here a few minutes ago, announcing he’ll switch to the Republican Party and then seek the GOP...
Faso to back Levy in gov race
John Faso, the GOP's nominee in 2006 who was also a close ally of Ed Cox who helped him secure the chairmanship last year, told The Knickerbocker he's backing Steve...
Immigration reform now
Sens. Chuck Schumer and Lindsey Graham have announced their plan for comprehensive immigration reform. “Our plan has four pillars: requiring biometric Social Security cards to ensure that illegal workers cannot...
Box Office: 'Bounty' sets sail amidst critical mutiny
Despite the year's worst reviews so far, Sony's "The Bounty Hunter'' is expected to score a solid second-place opening behind Disney's "Alice in Wonderland,'' which will easily lead again with...
Mayweather, Mosley Plot Drug Testing
NEW YORK -- Floyd Mayweather Jr. and welterweight champion Shane Mosley will undergo Olympic-style drug testing for their May 1 fight in Las Vegas, which they hope will set a...
Jacobs: Levy is like Espada
State Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs ramped up his hits on Steve Levy' "Republican conversion" today, comparing him to Pedro Espada - who joined forces with the state GOP in a...
Obama to meet with Israeli PM Netanyahu
President Obama will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, Fox News has learned. Israeli sources confirmed that Netanyahu, who will be in the United States for a...
St. John's fires basketball coach Roberts
In what sources described as an excruciating decision, St. John's announced today that is not retaining coach Norm Roberts. The Post exclusively reported the story last week but the official...
Lawsuit: Boy Scouts covered up sex abuse scandal
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Boy Scouts of America has long kept an extensive archive of secret documents that chronicle the sexual abuse of young boys by Scout leaders over the...
Rudy: Cox should stay neutral, Lazio is 'strong'
Mayor Giuliani last night cautioned that state GOP chairman Ed Cox should remain neutral as the party head is expected to endorse Democrat-turned-Republican Steve Levy today - and said he...
Levy's risk-averse choice
Steve Levy is said to have been assured that if his gubernatorial ambitions as a GOPer don't work out, he will be the Suffolk County GOP's nominee for County Executive...
Morning buzz
The twin main events of the day will be Steve Levy's upstate-downstate press conferences announcing he's planning to run as a Republican for governor -- and enroll as a Republican....
3UP: Yankees Extra Starters, Murphy and Mejia
1. The Diamondbacks are concerned about the depth of their rotation, especially with former Cy Young winner Brandon Webb continuing to work back from labrum surgery and not ready to...
Vac's Friday Whacks on the best Day One ever, Tex's template, and D-day at St. John's
This is was a day right out of the brochures, right out of the imagination, right out of everything we ever want the NCAA Tournament to be. If the tournament...
Drama Mama: Chemistry was never this fun
"Dancing With the Stars" premieres this week, but Mama prefers watching stars, you know, act. Here are some opportunities to do just that: “Spartacus: Blood and Sand” (Friday, 10 p.m....
Obama doesn't care what you think
The Gallup organization has some pretty terrible news for President Obama. Based on its survey of some 1500 Americans, more people disapprove of Obama than approve of him, 48 percent...
Safety Smith OKs Jets' offer
Let the competition begin to replace Kerry Rhodes as the Jets’ new starting safety. Just days after the Jets signed former Brown Brodney Pool to a one-year, $1.3 million free-agent...
Money and wins — not good images — rule NCAAs
SO NOW word comes that freshly removed Seton Hall Pirates coach Bobby Gonzalez is a bad guy — and always was. It hardly matters. He wasn’t hired to be a...
3-D footage out of this world
For years, IMAX was the province of short and sweet documentaries like "Hubble 3D," which follows the fascinating 20-year history of NASA's gigantic orbiting space telescope, including two crucial repair...
A Notre Shame for Harangody
NEW ORLEANS — He sat stunned on a small chair inside the Notre Dame locker room, an ice pack on his aching right knee, a Domino’s pizza box at his...
Washington dramatics a dagger to Marquette
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Lazar Hayward’s illustrious career was down to the final 1.7 seconds. Down 80-78 to 11th-seeded Washington after Quincy Pondexter’s short bank shot, Hayward, the Marquette senior...
Georgetown dismantled by Ohio
PROVIDENCE — What Ohio did to shockingly flat Georgetown wasn’t so much an upset as it was an undressing. They didn’t stun the third-seeded Hoyas, they slaughtered them, a 97-83...
Wake Forest defeats Texas in OT
NEW ORLEANS — This was March Madness at its maddening best, a knockdown, drag-out battle of wills that left both teams drained and exhausted, that left one team filled with...
Baylor almost gets ‘zoned’ out
NEW ORLEANS — Big, bad Baylor was rattled. Big, bad Baylor never had seen Sam Houston State play this way. Big, bad Baylor desperately wanted to win its first NCAA...
No. 1 seed Kentucky rolls
NEW ORLEANS — Close your eyes and imagine Bill Russell’s Celtics against the Nets. Or Lew Alcindor’s or Bill Walton’s UCLA Bruins against Fordham. Or Willis Reed and Walt Frazier’s...
Yankees' Jeter bangs hand, but he’s OK
TAMPA — Derek Jeter dove for a Pat Burrell single up the middle in the fourth inning last night at George M. Steinbrenner Field and got up shaking his right...
Duquesne glad it cut ties to Mitchell
Ron Everhart didn’t waste much time when it came to a decision on Robert Mitchell. It was swift, it was stern, and looking back on it three years later, it...
Longtime pals, Donahue and Dunphy, face off in first round
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — One of the most cherished moments for every successful college basketball program comes on NCAA tournament selection Sunday. Players and coaches gather around the TV holding their...
Villanova defeats Robert Morris
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Scottie Reynolds didn’t start Villanova’s first round NCAA Tournament game yesterday, but he finished it. The senior lifted Villanova from a second-half deficit into overtime and forced...
St. Mary’s runs boarding school
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Richmond has a history of NCAA Tournament upsets, but yesterday Saint Mary’s gave the Spiders a taste of their own poison. The Gaels battered and boarded their...
Tenn-se victory for Volunteers
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — All season, Tennessee has feasted on drama and last night was no different. The Volunteers were locked in a back-and-forth duel with San Diego State that went...
Rangers’ hopes fading fast
The Rangers aren’t so much running out of time as they are out of team. Boston lost again last night, keeping John Tortorella’s club, which has beaten the Bruins all...
Nets already feeling the draft
The 1963 draft had a big impact on how the Nets approach matters. "The San Francisco Warriors, picking third, had the greatest offensive center of all time, Wilt Chamberlain, and...
In La-La land, Islanders face big tests
If the Islanders had any chance of trying to get back into the playoff conversation, they needed to have a good West Coast trip. Things got off to a solid...
Rangers lack 5-on-3 power
So there were the Rangers, down 3-2 in the first minute of the third period when they found themselves with 1:17 of a five-on-three power play after the Blues took...
Coach K likes Pine Bluff’s guts
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Arkansas-Pine Bluff’s stay in the NCAA Tournament might be brief. After all, it plays No. 1-seed Duke in tonight’s South Region first round. But it’s one of...
Saltwalter Expo perfect bait for anglers
No doubt this first weekend of spring will bring the codfish anglers out in droves, especially after last week’s fierce nor’easter kept the boats tied up and everyone house-bound. If...
PSAL Class B boys basketball championship preview
The Post’s PSAL boys basketball beat writer Zach Braziller breaks down Saturday Class B championship game between No. 3 Queens HS of Teaching and No. 5 HS For Construction at...
Hot picks
PORT-AU-PRINCE OF THE CITY About 40 million Chinese kids are taking piano lessons these days — and it’s all because of Lang Lang. The charismatic 27-year-old Chinese native — who...
Goth girl hits the mark
Lisbeth Salander, heroine of the Swedish thriller “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” is a punk-Goth dynamo. An expert computer hacker, the sullen 24-year-old also is perfectly capable of exacting...
Chasing the dragon
‘She had a dragon tattoo on her left shoulderblade. She was a natural redhead, but she dyed her hair raven black. She looked as though she had just emerged from...
PSAL Queens A-II softball preview: Bryant looking for more success in coach's 30th year
More than 50 former players showed up at Bryant HS on Saturday to celebrate the start of coach Wally Hausdorf’s 30th season on the softball diamond. Players from his 1985...
Inexperienced Midwood opens season with thrilling win
Joseph Madrazo took one quick look back as he raced up the near side with the clock winding down and a defender at his heels. What he saw was Midwood...
Cornell, Siena primed for first-round upsets
Third time’s the charm is more than just an expression when it comes to the NCAA Tournament. Upstate underdogs Cornell and Siena are both making their third straight trip to...
PSAL Queens A-I softball preview: Bayside's boppers leading the way
Bayside softball is known for its pitching. Year after year, coach Steve Piorkowski, a windmill teacher, has put a team out there with a strong hurler. This season, though, the...
Judges jostling to be among PSAL's best again
Cardozo got its feet wet last year. The Judges made their first appearance in the semifinals in coach Larry Alberts’ 24 years at the Bayside school. And, more importantly, they...
The Butler Did It
It’s the greatest day in all of sports and yet there’s no area team in the Big Dance yet again. Fear not, because the NCAA tournament is not devoid of...
Boys & Girls makes memorable appearance on 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'
Boys & Girls already excelled under the bright lights of Madison Square Garden, winning its first city championship in 31 years March 6. Thursday night, the Kangaroos faced another kind...
Ibeam kicks some serious brass with trombone fest next month
It’s not often that trombonists get to toot their own horns in music circles. Typically, they’re one of many in a horn section or the punch line of a joke...
CB2: This project takes no 'Toll' on DUMBO
A “gritty” and very urban residential tower proposed by one of the nation’s largest suburban homebuilders breezed over the first hurdle of the public review process when a Community Board...
More Tish-grace! Councilwoman hires big-time personal injury lawyer in bump-and-scratch
Councilwoman Letitia James is vigorously pursuing her personal injury lawsuit, despite widespread ridicule over her contention that she suffered “permanant” injuries after bumping into the legal trailer hitch on his...
Parking? Lots! City says Park Smart is working!
Park Slope drivers can rest easy — a drastic increase in the rates charged by those no-arm bandits is not on the horizon.Rumors were swirling all month that the city...
Say hola to new Mexican joint by the owners of Lokal
Greenpointers looking for Mexican munchies will soon only have to head towards McCarren Park to have their craving sated — thanks to the brain trust behind Lokal.The owners of the...
Andy? That's dandy! Brooklyn Museum's late Warhol works
If Andy Warhol was right when he said, “Good business is the best art,” then the Brooklyn Museum can bet that business will be booming starting in mid-June, as it...
Here's one Ceol place with a menu to match
One of the old-school Cobble Hill chef moguls is back, baby, and he’s here to kick some serious apps.Marc Elliot just took over the kitchen of the Irish pub Ceol...
Bee-lieve it! I was bitten in the line of duty!
Never say that I don’t take one for the team.I went to Fort Greene on Wednesday afternoon to interview apiarist John Howe about the city’s stunning legalization of beekeeping.I figured...
You gotta bee-lieve! It's now legal to be an apiarist
Rogue beekeepers no longer have to worry about the cops anymore, thanks to a ruling last Tuesday by the Board of Health that has finally made their apiary activities legal.The...
Crackdown! Cyclists say cops are fining them on Downtown bike routes
Riding a bicycle in Downtown Brooklyn can be hazardous — to your bank account.Cyclists this week blasted what some describe as a ticket-writing blitz by cops on roadways in and...
Starr report
I was glad to see "Justified" get off to a strong start Tues day. The FX series, based on several Elmore Leonard short stories -- and starring Timothy Olyphant as...
Reign from Spain
Hitting the Big Apple less than two years after starting a company is a big deal. Corella Ballet Castilla y Leon, Spain's only classical ballet company, did just that, but...
Dirty 'Dancing'
By all rights, ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" should be about ready to hang up its high heels and call it a day after nine successful seasons. The format remains...
Kid $tar: iCarly
'i Carly" star Miranda Cosgrove is TV's new estteen titan after inking a big-bucks megadeal with Nickelodeon. Cosgrove's new deal, estimated to be "in the low- to mid-seven figures," according...
Depressing 'Greenberg'
To really pull off "Greenberg" would require a lead performance from a master actor. The actor it stars is . . . Ben Stiller. Greenberg -- neurotic, combative, narcissistic but...
Routine rock in 'The Runaways'
"The Runaways" features a "Twilight" star breaking free of kid roles and showing her wild side -- but it's Dakota Fanning, not Kristen Stewart. Stewart plays a very serious teenage...
Lies, sex and secrets run in their family
I have never particu larly warmed to Andy Garcia as an actor -- he always seems to be trying way too hard -- but he is quite wonderful as the...
Divorce from a dictator
John Edwards' secret life is nothing compared with Benito Mussolini's as presented in the melodramatic "Vincere" by Marco Bellocchio, one of Italy's most respected directors. Long before he became Il...
It's schlock and Law in 'Repo Men'
Title notwithstanding, "Repo Men" has nothing to do with the Emilio Estevez 1984 cult classic "Repo Man." This interminable, blood-spattered thriller with Jude Law and Forest Whitaker is more like...
Amanpour hosts 'This Week'
Christiane Amanpour will become the new anchor of ABC News' "This Week" in August. Amanpour will leave CNN, her home for the last 20 years, at the end of next...
No 'Star Search' for Paula
OK -- so now Paula Abdul won't be hosting ABC's "Star Search" revival. ABC insiders confirmed to The Post that Abdul, who'd been in talks to host the talent show,...
She's a perfect 10
It takes chutzpah to play a character who's de fined in the script as a "hard 10." In the parlance of "She's Out of My League," this translates to "flawless."...
'Wimpy Kid' tough not to like
A diminutive youngster tries to survive bullies and social ostracization during his first year of middle school in "Diary of a Wimpy Kid," an above-average and sometimes surprising kid movie...
Can't blame Dame
It's great to have Dame Edna Everage back in town, but she's part of a package that includes Michael Feinstein -- and that's no deal. The premise for "All About...
Bebe B'way house of horror
The scariest thing in the "The Addams Family" isn't the giant squid that lives under the stairs. It's Bebe Neuwirth backstage. The Broadway diva is said to be fuming that...
Food for thought
Some towns are known for their beaches, some for their quaint town squares, some for cultural activities. Huntington, W. Va., is known for its fatties. Yes, Huntington is, according to...
Painful 'Bounty' another Jennifer Aniston dud
I can believe a guy can be thrown off a downtown New York building (at “Sixth and Rivington”) and investigators would be too dumb to figure out it wasn’t a...
NY's top G-man probed over 'affair'
The head of the FBI's flagship office in New York is reportedly under internal investigation over an alleged affair with a subordinate who subsequently snagged a job promotion in Washington....
Casualty stamps
British artist Steve McQueen has called for portraits of soldiers killed in Iraq to be turned into postage stamps. At his installation as official war artist for Iraq at the...
He's a gentleman & a robber
Cops are seeking a gunman who minds his manners while sticking up suburban New York banks. FBI spokesman James Margolin says the courteous crook thanks tellers while holding them at...
Resort frees shark
A resort hotel on one of Dubai's manmade islands said yesterday it has freed a whale shark whose captivity had been criticized by environmentalists. The Atlantis hotel on the city-state's...
'Deeming' vs. the Constitution
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she will ram the unpopular Senate health bill through the House without a vote. Article 1, Sect. 7 of the Constitution says she can't. Many...
Meeks' Katrina saga: congressman's all wet
THE ISSUE: Funds raised for victims of Hurricane Katrina that can't be accounted for. *** It's funny how Rep. Gregory Meeks tried to play like some kind of hero after...
Cleared cop wants NYPD payback
A 25-year NYPD veteran yesterday slammed the Police Department, which fired him last week without explanation, and vowed to seek justice for what he called a "vindictive" prosecution. Former Sgt....
Glimmers of hope in rock-bottom NY
ALBANY is beyond hope -- and every one knows it. Corruption's rampant. No one gives a fig about taxpayers. The governor's MIA, the Senate's overrun by boodlers and bunglers. The...
Anything but moderate
One of President Obama's great political gifts is his moderate demeanor -- cool, reasoned, self-contained. It masks the frank immoderation of everything about his final push on health-care reform. His...
Nexus fight brews
HTC, the Taiwan-based maker of Google's Nexus One cellphone, says it plans to mount an aggressive defense against a patent-infringement suit brought by Apple. Apple filed suits early this month...
JFK gizmo wind-socked
Kennedy Airport controllers lost their wind-measuring equipment in last weekend's nor'easter, forcing them to resort to phone updates from Weather Service forecasters. "Wind-measuring equipment just shattered on the field," a...
Young docs' love 'match'
And the envelopes, please. Anxious graduating medical students across the nation yesterday tore open much-anticipated envelopes to learn where they'll head to do their residencies. One engaged couple, Molly Cason...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan A parolee was shot to death early yesterday in Hamilton Heights. Richard Cedeno, 25, was in a passenger seat of a parked 2003 Honda Accord on Convent Avenue near...
Andy rocks the 'bloat'
ALBANY -- Attorney General Andrew Cuomo yesterday began a probe of one of the longest-running scams in public employment history: dramatic hikes in overtime in the last years on the...
Council empties the chamber
The entire City Council will soon be tossed out of City Hall. But this shift has nothing to do with irate voters clamoring for change. Blame the impending mass exodus...
Dem donor admits fraud
Disgraced Democratic Party donor Hassan Nemazee has just six more weeks of freedom after pleading guilty yesterday to a $292 million bank-fraud scheme that could send him to prison for...
TW mull$ MGM bid
Time Warner is considering a bid of $1.2 billion to $1.5 billion for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions, as second-round offers come...
Ahhh, that 70s show!
Winter is so yesterday. The city is enjoying an end-of-season heat wave -- the first stretch of sun-filled 70-degree days in months. Forecasters said the thermometer will be in the...
B&N taps Web head as its CEO
Barnes & Noble named the president of its Web site as its new CEO -- a surprise move that signals a new focus on digital media for the book retailer....
Medicaid boost for NY's wealth care
WASHINGTON -- The health-care bill unveiled yesterday restored to New York billions of dollars in federal payments that would have been cut in the Senate's original version. The bill reworked...
Powers split on Greece debt
Europe's wounded pride flared up again as leaders in the eurozone remained split on whether to bail out Greece's debt crisis themselves or let the International Monetary Fund handle the...
2nd mystery 'hit'
In a possible sequel to the Dubai assassination, Israeli spy planes flew uninvited and unannounced over Budapest the same day a Syrian man was shot to death in his car,...
Jihad Jane aiding feds
PHILADELPHIA -- The American woman accused of trolling the Web as Jihad Jane and agreeing to marry a terror suspect and kill a Swedish artist targeted by radical Muslims has...
Ballad over for TV Davy Crockett
LOS ANGELES -- Fess Parker, the 6-foot-6 actor who, as TV's Davy Crockett, launched a 1950s craze for coonskin caps, died of natural causes yesterday. He was 85. Parker, who...
SC love gov pays 74G fines
COLUMBIA, SC -- Gov. Mark Sanford has agreed to pay $74,000 in fines to resolve dozens of charges that he violated state ethics laws with his campaign spending and travel,...
'Liquored-up' cop fired off gun on St. Pat's day: records
Erin go bang! An off-duty court officer, who reeked of more than just blarney after hitting a bar on St. Patrick's Day, pulled out his service weapon and fired off...
Apple seeks iPad content
Apple is still working to secure content for the iPad with just weeks ahead of the the tablet computer's April 3 release, said people familiar with the matter, as the...
Shrubbing himself
A Brooklyn federal judge is mulling the following legal question: If an ex-cop is pleasuring himself in the bushes and no one sees it, is it public lewdness? Retired Detective...
Rape-slay to jury
A Queens prosecutor accused a rape suspect of killing his alleged victim in a trade of "her life for his freedom," as the murder case of Hemant Megnath was handed...
Qns. clan's immigration 'scam'
Three members of a Queens family were indicted on charges they scammed almost $2 million out of fellow West Indian immigrants, authorities announced yesterday. Shane Ramsundar, 50, who was arrested...
Death ride into LI house
A Long Island woman's 72nd birthday turned terrifying and tragic early yesterday when a driver crashed his car into her basement, killing himself and injuring his two passengers. The bizarre...
Taxi-scam raps eyed
Thousands of cabbies accused of overcharging unknowing passengers could face criminal prosecution. The Department of Investigation is conducting a criminal probe into the hacks, and it could refer individual cases...
Furiou$ ex sues Lady Gaga, claims he created her
Now that's a bad romance -- Lady Gaga's ex-boyfriend says she's cheated him out of millions of dollars since he dumped her, a sensational new lawsuit charges. Songwriter and producer...
Ivanka 'stalker,' you're busted!
A 27-year-old man accused of stalking Ivanka Trump has been arrested in Reno, Nev. Police say Justin Massler was arrested Tuesday on a New York warrant alleging he used the...
Fiori on firing line
HEARST Magazines President Cathie Black is said to have quietly begun a search to replace Pamela Fiori, the longtime editor-in-chief of Town & Country. Like all magazines tied to the...
YouTube founders e-mails focus on money, not copyright
The three guys who founded online video giant YouTube had more than an inkling they might be breaking copyright laws by posting clips of popular TV shows on their Web...
'Family' ties haunt mob scion
What's in a name? Nothing good, according to Michael Persico. The attorney for the son of former Colombo Mafia boss Carmine "The Snake" Persico filed emotional appeals for bail on...
Invisibility cloak is in sight
Harry Potter better patent his invisibility cloak -- he soon may have some competition. A team of British and German scientists has created its own "cloak," made of special lenses...
Big banks swat 'Fly'
Theflyonthewall.com got smacked. A federal judge ruled yesterday that the financial Web site was infringing on the copyrights of several banks, including Barclays and Morgan Stanley, by publishing analyst recommendations...
40G 'theft' at 9/11 tribute
An assistant manager at Ground Zero's visitor center has been charged with stealing $40,500 in donations meant for the center, where relatives of 9/11 victims work tirelessly to tell the...
Filene's CEO is tossed in Syms vendor bender
Syms is cleaning out Filene's Basement -- but some apparel suppliers are still complaining about the mess. Off-price clothing retailer Syms, which bought Filene's Basement out of bankruptcy last summer...
Business briefs
Palm plunge Palm reported its 11th straight quarterly loss yesterday, as the com pany's smartphones failed to match the pop ularity of rival models running on Google's Android software. Palm's...
Sickening 'hunt'
To a marauding pack of Long Island teens, Marcelo Lucero was nothing more than prey to be stalked in the night for sport, prosecutors said yesterday. "On Nov. 8, 2008,...
Art honcho in rogue gallery
Disgraced Upper East Side gallery giant Lawrence Salander pleaded guilty yesterday to soaking John McEnroe, Robert De Niro and others in a $120 million art-fraud scheme. In a deal first...
Slay-rap mom got 200G in TV 'deal'
ABC News shelled out $200,000 in "a deal" with a Florida woman accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter, according to court testimony yesterday. An attorney for Casey Anthony told an...
'Tube dudes got big payday
If YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley is found liable for violating copyright laws by posting Viacom-owned content, it might be because he had 334 million reasons to do so. According to...
Alan's gloomy vision
Former Federal Reserve Chief Alan Greenspan has some wisdom to offer lawmakers attempting a sweeping financial regulation overhaul: Good luck with that. In a report that he's expected to present...
NYPD has a 'senior' moment
A computer database glitch has sent police to the home of an elderly Brooklyn couple more than 50 times since 2002, sheepish cops admitted yesterday. The glitch began when cops...
Sandra Bullock's hubby says he's 'sorry' for cheating
And the Oscar for "sorriest horndog" goes to . . . Celebrity mechanic Jesse James yesterday apologized to his Academy Award-winning wife, Sandra Bullock, after a heavily tattooed stripper tattled...
Kirk's ally York, dead
Jerome York, the West Point-trained engineer who helped billionaire Kirk Kerkorian build major stakes at Detroit's three automakers, died suddenly yesterday from a brain hemorrhage. The 71-year-old York was also...
Dem-turned-GOP gov hopeful Levy wields sharp ax
Steve Levy has garnered more than his share of detractors in seven years as Suffolk County executive -- but his supporters see that as a sign of his courage in...
Tiger Woods' porn mistress bares his XXX-rated text messages
Forget "Behind the Green Door." This is "Behind the Green Jacket." As Tiger Woods gets ready for his return to the Masters next month, his porn-star gal pal yesterday posted...
ObamaCare free lunch
President Obama and congressional Democrats got a huge gift yesterday from the Congressional Budget Office, which declared that their health-care overhaul would do everything they said it would -- cover...
Tax-hike back stab
Look out, suburbia: Here comes a big, fat school-tax hike! For real. The New York state Senate just voted, 56-2, to give local school boards the power to strong-arm through...
Toyota killed our kid
A Westchester couple is suing Toyota over a horrific 2008 crash in which they say their Lexus SUV went out of control and smashed into a wall, killing their youngest...
Kahane kin eye 'Iran' bldg.
Survivors of radical Rabbi Meir Kahane and of two people wounded during his 1990 assassination are suing the owners of a Fifth Avenue skyscraper that is secretly controlled, according to...
Tragedy in the making
The owners of the Murray Hill apartment building where a young man plunged to his death from a dilapidated balcony also failed to properly inspect some of its other Manhattan...
Jerusalem makes nice with US
JERUSALEM -- Israel tried to defuse a dispute with the United States today over plans to expand settlements, saying it would propose "confidence-building" steps to the Palestinians to encourage a...
Heroin how-to is shot down
Junkies won't be learning better ways to shoot up on the taxpayers' dime after all. A city-funded pamphlet instructing New Yorkers on ways to inject heroin will not be produced...
Marc Dreier's ex-wife awarded his Mercedes-Benz
While crooked lawyer Marc Dreier cools his heels in the slammer, his ex-wife can tool around town in his sports car. Prosecutors agreed to hand over the fraudster's 1997 Mercedes-Benz...
Corrupt politics as usual enough to make you sick
WASHINGTON -- This will be one unholy Sunday for any American suckers left who still believe in the "Schoolhouse Rock" version of how a bill becomes a law. Yes, Democrats...
Dems draw up final health bill, set for vote Sunday
WASHINGTON -- Picking up momentum toward a historic overhaul of the country's health-care system, Democrats yesterday unveiled the final version of President Obama's $940 billion plan, setting up a dramatic...
Google may shut China biz in April
Google may pull out of China on April 10, China Business News reported today, citing an unidentified Chinese sales agent for the company. The search engine may announce its exit...
'68 Pan Am hijacker guilty plea
A hijacker who helped commandeer a commercial airliner to Cuba more than 40 years ago pleaded guilty yesterday to charges that could send him to the slammer for the rest...
Jeter bangs his hand -- but he's OK
TAMPA -- Derek Jeter dove for a Pat Burrell single up the middle in the fourth inning last night at George M. Steinbrenner Field and got up shaking his right...
5 Questions for ... Nomar Garciaparra
Nomar Garciappara retired last week, but not before signing a one-day contract with the Red Sox. But that was just a formality before he joined ESPN. The new analyst talked...
The Post Line
NBA Favorite Line Underdog KNICKS 4 Sixers PACERS 3 Pistons RAPTORS Pick Thunder HAWKS 5½ Bobcats Cavaliers 12 BULLS Celtics 1 ROCKETS SPURS 10 Warriors SUNS 3½ Jazz T. BLAZERS...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 6 fur; $16,000; clm($10,000); 4up(f)SELINA MOON cuts back to sprint after finishing second at this claiming price and being claimed. PERSIAN HONEY debuts for new barn after finishing second...
Giants sign Aussie punter
The Giants aren't showing Jeff Feagles the door, but yesterday they did depart from their previous game-plan with the signing of punter Jy Bond, an Australian Rules Football player. Feagles...
Rangers coach shakes up lines
John Tortorella minced no words in explaining why he's breaking up the Vinny Prospal-Olli Jokinen-Marian Gaborik unit for tonight's match at the Garden against St. Louis. "They stink right now....
Hard, lonely workouts pay off for Mets' Beltran
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Carlos Beltran and I are sitting in the Mets dugout at Tradition Field. The ballpark is otherwise empty, except for three stadium workers power-washing the seats....
Yankees DH Johnson tweaks swing
TAMPA -- The replacement gets on base more than the previous DH. He runs like damp cement, but still better than the other guy. He can play a position, something...
Sports shorts
GOLF: Willis' 65 leads at InnisbrookGarrett Willis, who received a sponsor exemption, opened with a 6-under 65 at the Transitions Championship in Palm Harbor, Fla. Two shots back were six...
Teixeira a lesson in how to play big stage with Yankees
TAMPA -- There isn't another city that insinuates itself into the equation quite the way New York City does. Nobody ever wonders if a linebacker "has the makeup to make...
Francoeur gets license to steal with Mets
JUPITER, Fla. -- Last summer, after Jeff Francoeur was acquired from the Braves, Mets manager Jerry Manuel asked him to try to steal more bases. Francoeur, though, couldn't quite handle...
Opportunity knocks for Knicks' Giddens
With salary dumping comes opportunity, and for new Knicks swingman J.R. Giddens, that opportunity is now. Since being traded to the Knicks on Feb. 18 in the deal that sent...
Manuel: Mets youngsters need time to develop
JUPITER, Fla. -- Jerry Manuel said yesterday that if Jenrry Mejia or Ruben Tejada makes the Mets' Opening Day roster, they won't immediately be the eighth-inning reliever or starting shortstop,...
Devils flunk road test
TORONTO -- It's Newark or bust for the Devils lately, and that's a symptom of trouble for a team with silver ambitions. They lost last night for the 10th time...
Lundqvist no help in Rangers' loss
The Rangers might be able to overcome deficiencies on the power play, problems in their own end and the inability to create a sustained attack, but they simply cannot overcome...
Weird but true
This jogger was running off -- at the mouth. Craig O'Brien, 28, was busted in Portsmouth, NH, for cursing and screaming profanities as he ran. Like the bandits of the...
No. 1 seed Kentucky rolls
NEW ORLEANS -- Close your eyes and imagine Bill Russell's Celtics against the Nets. Or Lew Alcindor's or Bill Walton's UCLA Bruins against Fordham. Or Willis Reed and Walt Frazier's...
Fredette leads BYU Cougars to double-overtime win
OKLAHOMA CITY -- When Jimmer Fredette planted a seed with Florida's Chandler Parsons before their NCAA Tournament game, he couldn't have known it would sound prophetic. The BYU star told...
Kansas starts on 'high'
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Marcus Morris scored 26 points, Sherron Collins added 18 and No. 1 overall seed Kansas survived a 90-74 win over scrappy Lehigh in the Midwest Regional last...
New Mexico outlasts Montana
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Roman Martinez had 19 points, six rebounds and four assists and third-seeded New Mexico overcame a shaky start to beat 14th-seeded Montana 62-57 in the NCAA...
Report: 2nd former Seton Hall player arrested
The sordid goings-on surrounding Seton Hall got even dirtier last night, according to a published report. Two days after former Pirates player Robert Mitchell was arrested in New Jersey on...
Overachieving Pitt embraces high expectations
MILWAUKEE -- For Pittsburgh, making this year's NCAA tournament -- as a No. 3 seed, no less -- after losing four starters from last year's team was widely seen as...
Top-seed Orange raise red flags
BUFFALO -- Syracuse is the No. 1 seed in the West, and it has the advantage of playing its first two games in nearby Buffalo. The Orange were peppered with...
Siena playin' 'favorite' role
SPOKANE, Wash. -- No Robbie Hummel, no chance. That's the nation's consensus on Purdue, and we mean the top of the nation. As in, President Barack Obama. "Our president picked...
Upstart Murray State more dandy than Vandy
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Murray State coach Billy Kennedy went with his gut and drew up a play his team had never run before, with Isacc Miles the go-to guy...
End is near for Roberts
St. John's season ended in gut-retching fashion Wednesday night in a 73-71 loss at Memphis in a first-round NIT game. Now comes the hard part. As the Red Storm flew...
Clemson will find way to get it done vs. Missouri
Each day during the NCAA Tournament, the Post's Tim Sullivan offers his plays: OLIVER Purnell yesterday talked a big game about how his Clemson Tigers play in big games, but...
A Hurley could get Hall pass
With a Big East job open in the state of New Jersey, it was only a matter of time before the name Hurley popped up. But with Seton Hall now...
St. John's, get Mark Jackson!
Should St. John's spike Norm Roberts, it's unfathomable the university would contact or consider anyone without first feeling out Mark Jackson. Yet, supposedly, Virginia Tech's Seth Greenberg already is the...
Duquesne glad it cut ties to Mitchell
Ron Everhart didn't waste much time when it came to a decision on Robert Mitchell. It was swift, it was stern, and looking back on it three years later, it...
Kessel helps Maple Leafs beat Devils
Phil Kessel scored in regulation and in a shootout to help the Toronto Maple Leafs win for the fifth time in six games, 2-1 over the New Jersey Devils on...
Levy advisor takes aim at RNC, says RGA has 'keen interest' in his candidacy
A top Steve Levy adviser tonight took aim at the Republican National Committee while simultaneously making public what had been said privately in political circles for weeks - that the...
Bay, Francouer homer to lead Mets past Marlins 5-2
Jeff Francouer and Jason Bay each hit a two-run home run to lead the New York Mets to a 5-2 win over the Florida Marlins on Thursday night. Mets left-hander...
Crawford hitless in Rays' loss to Yankees
Carl Crawford went 0 for 2, walked and stole a base in the Tampa Bay Rays' 6-4 loss to the New York Yankees on Thursday night. Crawford is set to...
Kariya scores 400th goal, Blues top Rangers 4-3
Paul Kariya scored his 400th NHL goal to snap a third-period tie and the St. Louis Blues took advantage of uncharacteristically shaky Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist and beat New York...
14th seed Ohio blasts No. 3 Georgetown in NCAA shocker
Armon Bassett scored 32 points to help No. 14 seed Ohio beat Georgetown 97-83 and become the second team seeded in the teens to win in the NCAA tournament on...
Clint Dempsey's dazzler
U.S. National Team fans rejoice. Clint Dempsey is back to his old dramatic self.The midfielder had made an impressive recovery just to be on Fulham's bench for their Europa League...