July 16, 2010
Yankees honor Steinbrenner, Sheppard
The Yankees tonight honored late owner George Steinbrenner and public address announcer Bob Sheppard in a brief pregame ceremony at the Stadium. After a five-minute video tribute to Steinbrenner, Mariano...
Fitting tribute to Boss: Yanks win in 9th
Nick Swisher provided the most fitting tribute to George Steinbrenner. Swisher hit a game-winning single with two outs in the ninth inning and the New York Yankees ended a most...
Bay batting second for Mets with Reyes out again
SAN FRANCISCO -- With Jose Reyes out of the starting lineup for another game, the Mets tonight will bat Ruben Tejada leadoff and Jason Bay second against the Giants.Neither Tejada...
Woman who claims she found $10,000 LeBron pendant now facing criminal investigation
A woman who tried to sell a diamond-studded LeBron James pendant on eBay has now been linked to the suspected theft of the jewelry, according to police documents obtained by...
'Spelling' been
Coincidentally, three alums from the Broadway production of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" are on the boards right now. In today's paper, I reviewed "Falling for Eve," in...
Wesley Snipes' 3-year prison sentence upheld by federal panel
A federal appeals panel in Atlanta upheld the three-year prison sentence for actor Wesley Snipes for failure to file taxes, according to an opinion published Friday by the 11th Circuit...
South African leads at British Open after play suspended
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- Fierce wind wreaked more havoc than any player Friday at the British Open, even causing a rare weather delay. South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen surged to a...
Angling for fun at the Macy's fishing contest
Awesome Clinton Hill angler Athena Murray, 8, fished for fun and found it when she cast her line into Prospect Park Lake for the Macy’s Fishing Contest, and netted herself...
Stocks battered by bank, slowdown worries
Stocks fell sharply Friday and ended with weekly losses of about one percent, dragged lower by tumbling financial stocks as investors gave a thumbs down to the latest big bank...
Nintendo, Shawn Johnson hit NY for Wii Games
From Olympic Gold Medalist, to Dancing With The Stars champ to ... Wii Games Ambassador? If nothing else, 18-year-old phenom Shawn Johnson has had an interesting career. Now she's teaming...
Porn actors charged in murder of Florida tattoo artist
A part-time porn actor and his prostitute girlfriend are in custody, accused of the murder of a tattoo parlor owner who was brutally killed in his Florida home two months...
Miranda called up, in lineup as Yankees DH
The Yankees recalled Juan Miranda and inserted the left-handed power hitter into tonight's lineup as designated hitter against the Rays.Utilityman Kevin Russo was sent down.Miranda was batting .291 with 10...
Bieber video is most-watched video ever on YouTube
Justin Bieber's music video for "Baby" is the most-watched video ever on YouTube. The 16-year-old pop star's video passed Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" video to take the all-time lead. More...
Rubbing 'Salt' in Cruise's wound
Sony Pictures should send Tom Cruise a helicopter as a token of thanks for deciding not to do "Salt.'' It's hard to imagine this fading icon could have done half...
Texas fisherman bitten by shark off Galveston coast
A Texas fisherman is recovering Friday from injuries he sustained after he was bitten by a shark in the Texas coastal waters off Galveston, KPRC-TV reported. Charlie Gauzer was fishing...
Labor back$ Sen. Perkins
The teachers’ union and Big Labor are coming out to save Harlem state Sen. Bill Perkins. Trying to beat back a stiff primary challenge from insurgent Basil Smikle, Perkins raised...
Thorn says goodbye to Nets
He remembered all the good, like two trips to the NBA Finals. He recalled much of the bad, like the last two years and that Milt Palacio shot that will...
Sestak’s campaign for Senate: Stifling free speech
Rep. Joe Sestak, Pennsylvania's Democratic nominee for Senate seems to have decided that the best strategy for winning the election is to try and stifle free speech in the form of...
Nate to stay with Celtics; 2 years, $8M
The Celtics have agreed in principle with guard Nate Robinson on a new contract, a team official told The Associated Press on Friday. A Celtics spokesman did not immediately respond...
Paterson spent $850K dealing with his legal issues
Gov. Paterson spent $700,000 on legal fees and another $150,000 on crisis communications in the last quarter, according to the latest campaign finance filings.The legal fees went to Theodore Wells...
Wait, the Red Bulls have a big game?
With all the talk of Thierry Henry's arrival in New York, there's this little matter of the Red Bulls' first-place tilt at Columbus tomorrow (7:30 p.m., MSG), vying for the...
Belmont cancels Friday card due to power outage
Less than an hour before post time Friday, live racing and simulcasting were both cancelled at Belmont Park. The closure was due to power outages in the neighboring community of...
Apple to give iPhone 4 owners free 'bumper' case
Apple Inc., answering mounting criticism over the reception issue and antenna design of its recently launched iPhone 4, admitted Friday the phone drops more calls than the previous version, and...
Crooked union official cooperating with feds against ousted labor leader Michael Forde
A crooked carpenters union official pleaded guilty today as part of a cooperation deal with prosecutors and admitted sharing bribes with once-powerful labor leader Michael Forde. John Greaney, former president...
Henry pleased to join Red Bull teammates at training
The press conferences and talk show appearances are behind him. The media circus, at least for today, is over. Thierry Henry turned his focus to training with the Red Bulls...
RBNY 3rd DP coming sooner than later
The Red Bulls just finished unveiling Thierry Henry as their second Designated Player, but they're reportedly closing in on adding a third. GM Erik Soler said they've had a breakthrough...
Boys & Girls' Lee commits to UConn
Boys & Girls standout Wilbert Lee committed to the University of Connecticut Friday morning, his coach Barry O’Connor told The Post. The news was confirmed by several other reports. The...
Aerosmith guitarist injured after Mass. grandmother crashes into his motorcycle
Joe Perry, guitarist for the American rock band Aerosmith, was recovering Friday after his Italian racing motorcycle was hit by a 62-year-old grandmother as he drove through Middleborough, Mass., The...
Paterson signs law limiting stop-frisk database
Gov. David Paterson signed legislation Friday that eliminates a database of thousands of people stopped and frisked by New York City police without facing charges, calling the practice "not a...
UK envoy: Release of Lockerbie bomber was mistake
LONDON — Britain's ambassador to the U.S. says the decision to release the only man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing was a mistake. Ambassador Nigel Sheinwald says his government...
BBC: Bradley to get U.S. extension offer, out of running at Fulham
A BBC report states that United States National Team coach Bob Bradley is no longer in the running for the Fulham job. It adds that the U.S. Soccer Federation plans...
Box Office: Is 'Inception' another 'Matrix'?
This is one of the year's most interesting weekends at the box office, as we see just how high "Inception'' can open. Forecasts mostly range from $60 million to the...
Suspicious package found by federal office building in Atlanta ruled safe: report
A suspicious package found Friday underneath a vehicle in a parking garage across from the Peachtree Summit federal office building in downtown Atlanta was ruled safe by authorities, myFOXatlanta.com reported....
As many as two people trapped in Hackensack garage collapse
One person was confirmed trapped in the collapse of an apartment building’s three-story parking garage in Hackensack, N.J. Friday, but authorities said it was unclear whether the person had survived...
Watching 'Twilight' can kill
A 23-year-old New Zealand man was found dead in a movie theater showing the latest episode of the "Twilight" saga, causing the Hollywood Reporter wonder whether he was bored to...
Longtime adviser remembers Steinbrenner
NY Yankees legend George Steinbrenner died of a heart attack on Tuesday morning, July 13, in Tampa, Florida. Steinbrenner had been in failing health for a few years, and as...
Man points giant spotlight at cop chopper
When an NYPD helicopter was circling overhead late at night, making a lot of noise, an Edgewater Park man woke up and wondered what to do. Then, literally, a light...
Bronx biz is told to go green
Bronx businesses need to go green, and they need to do it as soon as possible.At least, that’s what the Hunts Point Economic Development Corporation advises. The HPEDC has released...
Throggs Neck comedian on Last Comic Standing
Mike DeStefano, a product of Throggs Neck, went from a needle to a microphone. Now he’s telling the story as part of his act on NBC’s hit comedy competition show,...
New crosswalk clocks count you down
Soon, pedestrians won’t have to worry about getting “caught” in the middle of intersections. The common problem, of when people cross the street only to have the walk sign run...
Stadium Ave swamped with buses
Country Clubbers are enraged.Residents of Stadium Avenue are so aggravated over the new bus route that they’re now logging the number of buses that go by each hour.The new Bx8...
Students harvest home-grown food
C.S. 211 kids ended their school year on a high note after growing their own food in a brand new edible garden.The school, which is at 1919 Prospect Avenue, held...
George Clooney radiates cool on witness stand
MILAN — It's no wonder the Italian businessmen claimed George Clooney was behind their fashion line — the actor knows how to wow an audience whether he's on the red...
NJ panel approves natural gas pipeline lease
WANTAGE, N.J. — Officials will lease environmentally sensitive land in northern New Jersey for $7,500 a year so a utility can build a 16-mile underground natural gas pipeline. The state...
Kovalchuk 50/50 to sign with Kings
A source on Friday told The Post the Kings consider their chances of signing Ilya Kovalchuk only 50/50. One report out of Toronto, from ex-Ranger Nick Kypreos, said the Kings...
Wind suspends British Open
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — The British Open has been suspended because of stiff winds that are making conditions unplayable. Tournament officials halted play at 2:40 p.m. local time Friday, shortly...
Second terror attack may have targeted city's clubs, restaurants
The failed bombing attempt over Detroit on Christmas Day may not have been the only attack that extremists planned for the 2009 holiday, with intelligence from overseas indicating three weeks...
3UP: AL East, NL East, Reyes
1, In today’s Post I wrote this column about how George Steinbrenner used to view games against Tampa Bay, and how that will be so different tonight in the first...
Former Yankee Dunn getting it done for Braves
After spending the first few years of his career in the Yankees organization, it came as a bit of a shock to Mike Dunn's system last winter when he was...
Massive federal sweep rounds up alleged Medicare frauds
Federal authorities said Friday they are conducting the largest Medicare fraud bust ever in five different states and arrested dozens of suspects accused in scams totaling $251 million. Several doctors...
Obama says cap on Gulf oil spill is 'good news'
President Barack Obama said Friday that the containment cap on the leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico and its accompanying equipment have the capacity to contain up to 80,000...
Yankee prospect Brackman gets first Double-A win
It took him five starts, but Andrew Brackman finally has a win with Double-A Trenton.Brackman allowed one unearned run on three hits in five innings last night, striking out five...
Janet Napolitano's excuse: We can't seal the border
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano blew an interview with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren when asked if it is possible to secure Arizona's border with Mexico. After some hemming and hawing Napolitano's...
One crazy night at the Board of Elections
How crazy was it at the Board of Elections as the witching hour for would-be candidates approached? It got so ugly that squeaky clean district leader wannabe Kevin Peter Carroll...
Democrats disease isn't the message, it's the policies
Dan Gerstein is a smart, centrist Democrat who usually has insightful things to say about the political landscape, but this column entitled, "Fire David Axelrod" is a symptom of the...
Mel Gibson, Oksana Grigorieva camps spar over damage to her mouth
A photo published today apparently showing Mel Gibson’s ex-lover Oksana Grigorieva with chipped teeth was purported to be evidence of the "Mad Max" actor's Jan. 6 assault on her. The...
Aaron Sorkin to make movie based on book about John Edwards scandal
It's coming! Aaron Sorkin, best know for his work on NBC'S "The West Wing" and "The American President" has purchased the rights to Andrew Young's explosive book about his time...
Dating site scam artist pleads guilty to stealing nearly $200,000 from women
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A man who lied about being rich and important has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $200,000 from women he met through online dating services. Westchester County...
Trump makes Woods' 'No. 1 mistress' an offer she cannot refuse: report
Real estate tycoon Donald Trump made Tiger Woods' "No. 1 mistress" Rachel Uchitel an offer she could not refuse -- a spot on the next season of hit NBC show...
Drama Mama: Miniseries back to 'Earth'
Just one more week until Mama’s boyfriend returns with a new season of “Mad Men.” Until then, there’s plenty of TV to keep her company. “Leverage” (Sunday, 9 p.m., TNT)...
Man hospitalized in Rochester after jumping out of moving ambulance
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Authorities say a man is hospitalized after he jumped out the back of a moving ambulance that was taking him to a Rochester hospital. The Monroe County...
Carte Goodwin officially named Sen. Robert Byrd's interim successor
West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin officially announced Friday that he was appointing his former aide Carte Goodwin to be the interim successor to the late Sen. Robert Byrd. “The time...
D.C. hit with minor earthquake
WASHINGTON — The DC area was shaken by a minor earthquake early Friday. The quake hit at 5:04 a.m. EDT and had a magnitude of 3.6. The quake was centered...
Major questions left unanswered after financial overhaul becomes law
Just as with ObamaCare, a massive piece of legislation, taking up thousands and thousands of pages, does not answer some serious questions. Over at NPR, Jacob Goldstein asks about three...
Germany rejects Spain's bid for octopus that correctly predicted World Cup matches
BERLIN — Octopus oracle Paul’s prescience wasn’t needed to predict how this one would turn out: His aquarium in Germany says there’s no way they’re sending the celebrity mollusk to...
Two 'search' cops indicted
Two Manhattan cops doctored reports and lied under oath to hide the fact that they made unlawful stops and searches and illegally detained people, according to a scathing indictment. Sgt....
'Award' out for Dave's blackmailer
David Letterman didn't get an Emmy nomination this year -- but the ex-CBS News producer who tried to shake him down for $2 million did. Jailed TV producer Robert "Joe"...
'Real Housewives' spreads to Europe
‘The Real Housewives” franchise has stormed the European shores. “The Real Housewives of Athens” — as in Greece, not Georgia — is currently being filmed and is expected to premiere...
To Age or Not To Age
Can the average length of human life be extended -- and if so, for how long? That's the question in Robert Lane Pappas' documentary "To Age or Not To Age."...
Alamar
The plot of the gorgeous Mexican film "Alamar" -- a father-son vacation -- isn't what Hollywood calls "high concept." But thanks to director-cinematographer-editor Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio, the film might be called...
Operation Endgame
A politically themed comedy- killathon, "Operation: Endgame" might be the first satiric thriller to play off President Obama's inauguration. During the ceremonies, two opposed teams of ruthless US government superspies...
Thierry Henry video
Check out the Post's video of Thierry Henry's unveiling as the newest Red Bull.
ESPN leaves its viewers hanging on for dear ‘live’
In a stretch, this week, and even in the wake of ESPN’s production of “LeBron au Follies,” one reasonably could conclude — again — that ESPN has become a put-on,...
Old Course is where
ST. ANDREWS — John Daly’s fascinating life has been a lot of things. Peaceful has never really been one of them. Yet peace is what Daly finds himself overcome with...
Dick Schaap, Part 3: Feuding Reggie, Billy push Steinbrenner to the brink
A born winner who hated to lose. A businessman-turned-showman who attacked his work with a vengeance. Generous to the needy but tough on his ballplayers — he paid them a...
George would have loved this statement series
This is the kind of series George Steinbrenner lived for. The first-place Yankees taking on the second-place Rays with the AL East lead on the line and both teams trying...
Giants shut out Mets, 2-0
SAN FRANCISCO — Tim Lincecum pitched a six-hitter for his fourth career shutout and Pablo Sandoval hit an RBI double to help the San Francisco Giants open the second half...
After Queens College falls through, Foriest lands at New Haven
July 1 felt like March 1 to Krystian Foriest, only the weather was warm, not cold, and he wasn’t preparing for the playoffs with Wings Academy. Again, the former Wings...
Veteran Brooklyn ref Zarba helping others chase NBA dream
Nike Pro City is respected for the professional players that grace the Baruch College court twice a week, many of them overseas stars. There are also NBA’ers that pay a...
City may not replace PS 107's stolen computers!
in the past two months may not receive replacement computers. The still new MacBooks, which were stolen from PS 107 on Eighth Avenue on two occasions over the past two...
The Fourth Avenue flood! Heavy rain brings not-quite-Biblical damage
Fourth Avenue and Carroll Street was inundated Tuesday afternoon with filthy water rising as high as car tires — once again infuriating locals in the flood-prone area.The incident — not...
New bid to save Minerva-Statue of Liberty view plane
Green-Wood Cemetery’s Roman Goddess of War is about to clash with her toughest foe to date: city bureaucracy.Area preservationists are seeking to secure a historic, though often threatened, view corridor...
Bust out? Report shows that the worst of the real estate crisis is over
The worst of the housing market crash is over.Sales in many neighborhoods shot up considerably in the second quarter of 2010 — by as much as 40 percent, according to...
With the Clones, the hits just keep on coming
Scrappers 4Cyclones 7Thursday, July 15 at MCU ParkYet another double-digit hit explosion — plus six RBIs by Brian Harrison — powered the first-place Cyclones to their third straight win.Brooklyn got...
Cyclones beat the Scrappers
Scrappers 4Cyclones 7Wednesday, July 14 at MCU ParkThe Cyclones offensive barrage continued, with a 13-hit attack, though problems in the field made this game closer than it really was.Brooklyn’s sluggers...
Lookout, lady! Van Brunt is hard to cross
Red Hookers are in for a dangerous summer, as the city has said it will not re-paint faded crosswalks on busy Van Brunt street until the fall.The Department of Transportation...
On the new mechanical bull — a video exclusive!
Some guy named Andy Campbell who said he was a reporter here got on the bull and rode it (more or less). Join Gersh Kuntzman as he covers this mediocre...
Buttermilk Channel's skirt steak is a heck of dish
Ordering the skirt steak at any ol’ eatery can yield a grab bag of results — a bland, heavily oiled or overcooked beef slab can leave you wishing you ordered...
Eat your heart out!
My most-recent recipe quest started because my daughter, who’s spending the summer in Peru, raved about some street food she’d eaten in Cuzco: heart on a stick.I made it clear,...
Valhalla Rising
Visually striking but por tentous and pretentious, Danish director's Nicholas Winding Refn's follow-up to "Bronson" (this one is also in English) is pretty much a love-it or hate-it proposition. Refn's...
Runaways from pain
It's not a very merry Christmastime for pre- teens Kylie and Dylan, neighbors on the fringes of Dublin in an area of rundown houses called kips in Irish slang. Kylie...
Musical not your Garden-variety Bible story
It's the oldest story ever told. No, really, it is: This new musical revisits Adam, Eve, the fruit-based temptation and the fall from grace. But though the York Theatre is...
Larry: Piers who?
Larry King is making it clear that Piers Morgan wouldn't have been his first choice to replace him. "I don't know if I'd recognize him if he was walking down...
Tooned to Spiegelman
The muscular, ripped members of Pilobolus tumbled back to the Joyce with two New York premieres, one of them a collaboration with the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Art Spiegelman ("Maus"). "Hapless...
Jack Johnson's mellow show
'Saturday Night Live" has lam pooned Jack Johnson's laid-back style, and there are entire Web forums devoted to explaining "why he sucks," but any of the 18,000 fans at Madison...
The 'O' list
Scratch another talk show off the possible "Next Oprah" list. Valerie Bertinelli's talk show pilot for CBS Television Distribution, which was tentatively called "Say It Now," won't go forward, sources...
You pet your life
Let's just call this one, "When TV Genres Collide!" Yes, just when you thought it couldn't get any more shocking than watching the horrifying conditions in which people live on...
A Will to make it on Broadway
On Broadway, they're calling it "the Denzel effect." Denzel Washington's tri umphant run in "Fences" -- which closed Sunday after breaking box-office records at the Cort Theatre and racking up...
Vandal out of his tree
If a tree grows in Brooklyn, don't show it to this guy. Steve Maynard, 35, spent the past few weeks, if not years, tearing limbs off trees across the borough,...
Banana steal
Someone has given police the slip after stealing a refrigerated trailer holding 980 boxes of bananas in New Jersey. Police say the trailer was taken from Vineland Produce Auction over...
Dems' $290M Bam-boozler gets 12 yrs.
A disgraced Democratic donor who swindled banks out of an eye-popping $290 million to court President Obama and others was sentenced to 12 years in federal lockup yesterday and ordered...
Now batting in heaven . . .
* For more than a half-century, Bob Sheppard's voice represented the power and glory of Yankee baseball ("Bob Sheppard, 1910-2010," Editorial, July 13). For Yankee fans, his voice will be...
Iroquois at default
An American Indian lacrosse team whose Iroquois-issued passports have been at the heart of an international dispute defaulted on the first game of the sport's world championship in England yesterday....
The cheating ways of the AMA
The American Medical Association wants me back -- but it's out of luck until it mends its cheating ways. The group's revenue is down by $13.4 million over the past...
Russian spy has 'Roosy' outlook now
Somewhere in Russia, sexy spy Anna Chapman is channeling Eleanor Roosevelt. Chapman sent a new Facebook message yesterday, quoting the former first lady on how to deal with setbacks. "You...
NJ Shore sharks
Lifeguards in three New Jersey towns told swimmers to get out of the water this week after receiving reports that two sharks were close to shore. Two 5-foot sharks were...
SpongeTech may get fed watchdog
The US Department of Justice may appoint a government watchdog to oversee the bankruptcy of SpongeTech Delivery Systems, The Post has learned. The Manhattan Office of the US Trustee, a...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan A sticky-fingered thief was bagged after an employee caught him swiping more than $300 in clothing from Macy's in Herald Square, cops said yesterday. Carrying two empty Macy's shopping...
Dems in denial
The great Democratic revolution of 2008 is entering its pitiful stage. If House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had a guillotine, Robert Gibbs' head would be rolling around in a basket. His...
Mike's record $109M elex tab
All of the bills are paid, and the price of the most expensive self-financed bid for office in US history -- Mayor Bloomberg's campaign for a third term -- totals...
Spillane pals' fond farewell
Family and friends of Robert "Bobby" Spillane laughed and cried during his funeral in a Hell's Kitchen church yesterday as "Saturday Night Live" comedian Colin Quinn remembered and roasted his...
Immig law tested in fed court
PHOENIX -- A federal judge did not rule on whether to block Arizona's new immigration law yesterday after two hours of testimony, in the first major hearing in one of...
Suing terror's gov't-backed funders
American victims of terrorism can sue their own government for damages -- but not, generally, foreign regimes or officials. It's a ludicrous approach to the War on Terror. Weren't we...
Second fiend allegedly tried to attack three women in Riverside Park
A sex-crazed homeless man allegedly tried to rape three sunbathing beauties in Riverside Park -- just a week after two women were attacked there by a vicious thug, The Post...
Lindsay Lohan checks herself into 'sober-living house'
Lindsay Lohan got a head start on learning what it is like to be locked up when she voluntarily checked herself into a rehab clinic. The hard-partying actress entered the...
Gibson rips into Oksana's 12-year-old son on tape #5
Mad Mel Gibson doesn't just hate his baby mama, he hates her 12-year-old son, too. The loony "Lethal Weapon" star was caught raging about the boy -- whose dad is...
Street jobs lift Gotham
New York City's unemployment rate fell for the sixth straight month in June -- fueled by job creation on Wall Street and by retailers, the state Labor Department said yesterday....
Business briefs
KKR limps Shares of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, co- founded by "buyout king" Henry Kravis, fell 3 per cent to $10.20 in their debut on the New York Stock Exchange.AIG, Citi...
What the Hef?
Penthouse boss Marc Bell is involved in some risqué business. Bell, the CEO of FriendFinder Networks, the parent of Penthouse, offered $210 million yesterday to buy rival Playboy, topping the...
$inging the blues
This could be one of the biggest bombs Live Nation Entertainment ever produced. Minutes after the concert promoter and ticket company told analysts at its first investor day that ticket...
Pol sued in crash
An 86-year-old state assemblywoman from Queens is being sued for allegedly causing a car crash that injured a pedestrian. According to the suit filed Monday in Queens Supreme Court, Democratic...
Ken the jobs-killer
When President Obama picked former Democratic Sen. Ken Salazar as his In terior secretary last year, the Coloradan donned a 10-gallon hat and dubbed himself "the new sheriff in town."...
Finally! BP caps the Gulf gusher
After 85 days, they finally plugged the damn hole! BP said oil from its crippled Gulf of Mexico well stopped gushing yesterday afternoon after the energy giant shut all valves...
SEC did not deliver justice for the American people
It's a start. Goldman Sachs is guilty of jaywalking. Yesterday the giant Wall Street firm with the outsized Washington connections agreed to pay a fine of $550 million -- which...
Surveys see back to school sales up
After a long, sluggish summer shopping season, US consumers will perk up during the crucial back-to-school season as the economy slowly improves, according to two new surveys. Back-to-school sales --...
Brooklyn sicko hurts dog: cops
A whacked-out Williamsburg woman throwing bottles out her window shifted her violent rage to her helpless dog -- body-slamming it onto the pavement in front of her home, sources said...
Didn't get paid by Louise Blouin? Get in line
Louise Blouin, once billed as one of the wealthiest women in Britain, appears to be struggling to pay bills at home and at work. Blouin, owner of a mini publishing...
JFK plot's sex twist
Infidel-ity! The FBI mole at the center of the airport fuel-line bomb trial could have jeopardized the government's entire investigation when he put the moves on one of the conspirators'...
Google's 2Q profit off mark
Search giant Google reported profit that missed estimates as the company ramped up spending to take on social-networking sites such as Facebook. The shares fell. Excluding some items, profit was...
Drown principal staff shout fire!
It's a mutiny. Angry teachers are revolting against a Harlem middle-school principal they believe should get the heave-ho for authorizing a beach trip on Long Island in which 12-year-old Nicole...
Andy's $23.6M bankroll
ALBANY -- Andrew Cuomo blew away his competition for governor yesterday as he reported raising $9.3 million during the last six months and having $23.6 million in the bank. Cuomo's...
Begging for more crime
Crime rises and falls, sometimes unpredictably -- but it's clear which way it'll go if Gov. Paterson signs one bill on his desk right now: straight up. That bill, sponsored...
A surplus of chutzpah
In introducing his new budget director Tuesday, President Obama just couldn't help himself: He had to take yet another swipe at George W. Bush. Jack Lew, who had the same...
Jealous of Jersey
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli yesterday confirmed what many already knew: New York's budget is a fiscal time-bomb, packed with huge risks, hit-or-miss revenue and one-time cash jolts sure to leave...
Apple is glitch slapped
Apple knew that something was rotten with its iPhone 4 during the gadget's early design stages, according to a report yesterday claiming that an engineer warned CEO Steve Jobs that...
Goldman fesses up
The cost of being Goldman Sachs just got a half a billion dollars more expensive. Lloyd Blankfein's gold-encrusted investment bank got slapped with a $550 million penalty by the Securities...
Finreg bill OK'd
The new rules of Wall Street, rewritten into 2,300 pages of red tape, greatly expand the government's powers to regulate banks while also giving the Big Apple's biggest industry some...
PA 'rotary clubbing'
The Port Authority yesterday scrapped its helicopter fleet to save an estimated $3.7 million, canning three civilian pilots after deeming the unit an unnecessary financial burden, sources said. The cut...
10-yr. jail stretch may be death of me
When she was sentenced to 28 months in prison for helping a terror mastermind, lawyer Lynne Stewart boasted she could do that time "standing on my head." She's not gloating...
W. Side tunnel vision now reality
Breakthrough! A giant spinning drill bit smashed through a bedrock wall 40 feet beneath the Port Authority Bus Terminal yesterday, completing a new tunnel for the extension of the No....
Yankees to honor Steinbrenner in pregame ceremony on eve of funeral
Legendary Yankees owner George Steinbrenner will be laid to rest tomorrow after a private service in Florida attended by The Boss' closest family and friends, sources said yesterday. Although details...
LIRR 'watch the gap' rap
Call it "Yo, MTA Raps." The LIRR is going old school with a public-service announcement urging riders to watch the gap between train doors and the platform. "Look down, step...
Counselors die in crash
Three young adults from Long Island who selflessly devoted their lives to helping the disabled were killed in a horrific car wreck yesterday as they headed to work at a...
Ex-Spitz aide pays 'Dirty' fine
ALBANY -- Former Eliot Spitzer aide Darren Dopp paid a $10,000 fine for breaking state law in the Dirty Tricks Scandal involving state troopers just three days after losing in...
Mel hit baby: ex
The allegations against mad Mel Gibson reached a shocking new level yet yesterday -- when he was accused of hitting his 9-month-old baby daughter and bruising her face during a...
Monster went home to rest as fire killed ex, tot: DA
A Queens man was charged yesterday with causing a horrific house fire that killed his ex-girlfriend, their unborn child, and her 2-year-old son, authorities said. The suspect, 23-year-old Jimmy Humphrey,...
Landon: Love child not mine
US soccer hero Landon Donovan says he doesn't have a British love child. "I will not be a dad anytime soon, which is good news for me," he told E!...
Racino eyes Met, 'jet' fans
The would-be builder of a video-slots complex at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens announced plans last night to lure JFK Airport passengers on layover and Mets fans from Citi Field with...
007 tax probe
Legendary James Bond star Sean Connery and his wife, Micheline, have been placed under investigation in Spain over allegations of tax fraud, the first step to formal charges, local media...
DiNapoli warns of NY kaboom time$
ALBANY -- The latest state budget is about to explode, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli warned yesterday in a damning analysis of the $134.4 billion spending plan. Proposals based on "risky"...
NYPD inspector commits suicide
An NYPD inspector who oversaw the department's construction projects died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound yesterday at a police facility in Fort Totten, Queens. Anthony Tria, 48, joined the department...
Mayor Bloomberg, cops fume as gov purges frisk list
Gov. Paterson today is expected to sign a controversial bill that would delete an NYPD database with the names of hundreds of thousands of people who were stopped and frisked...
The Gibson tapes: He needs to Mel-low
* My heart really bleeds for Mel Gibson and his present woes ("Lethal Wacko," July 15). First of all, why would a man want to leave a faithful, loving wife...
Strahan says Tuck ready to fill 'D' void with Giants
Just last week, Michael Strahan hung out a bit with Justin Tuck and the subject of leadership and the Giants came up. Strahan, for more than a decade, was an...
Giants sign Jennings to replace Hixon
The Giants have added another player to the mix to fill the void in the kick return game created by the season-ending injury to Domenik Hixon. The team yesterday signed...
5 Questions for ... Howie Rose
The Mets ended the first half with the NL East and wild-card leads in their sights. WFAN play-by-play man Howie Rose talked with The Post's Justin Terranova about what it...
'Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to heaven'
"The Voice of God" has been silenced, but the echo of his life continues to reverberate. More than 900 friends, family members and colleagues crowded in and around the Church...
Red Bulls introduce new superstar
Rumor became reality yesterday, when Thierry Henry was introduced as the newest Red Bull. The French forward should be as dangerous as any player who has come to MLS, and...
N.Y. is perfect fit for Thierry
This is how we already know the Red Bulls' signing of Thierry Henry is the biggest thing to happen for soccer in New York since Pele: The last question, not...
Emotions high -- but Yanks' desire is Boss-ness as usual
Tonight at Yankee Stadium will be the first game since the final one of the 1972 season that George Steinbrenner won't be the owner of the Yankees. Yet, don't look...
New Nets GM promises to work with Johnson to win title
Usually, the horse comes before the cart, the crawling before the walking, the general manager before the coach. "As a rule, yes. In this case, no," Nets outgoing president Rod...
Night of ceremony at Stadium
The Yankees plan to honor George Steinbrenner and Bob Sheppard at the Stadium before tonight's game with the Rays. The team plans a video tribute to Steinbrenner, and a moment...
Spaceman flies off the handle
Bill "The Spaceman" Lee's hatred of George Steinbrenner did not mellow at all with the Yankees owner's death Tuesday. Lee, who pitched for the Red Sox for 10 seasons, ripped...
Rook takes number intended for LeCon
LAS VEGAS -- Landry Fields figured to fly under the radar this season. But soon Fields, the Knicks' second-round pick some scouts didn't think would be selected, will have big...
Subplots secondary to this series
Chuck Knoblauch and I were chatting near his locker at Legends Field. It was his first spring with the Yankees, 1998, and, at some point, I mentioned, "You know, you've...
NFL commish subpoenaed in union's civil suit
The NFL's labor negotiations took a nasty and apparently unprecedented turn yesterday when the union had commissioner Roger Goodell slapped with a subpoena at the league's Park Avenue headquarters. Goodell...
Pondexter propels Libs
The Liberty sent just one player to the WNBA All-Star game, but for most of yesterday afternoon's 75-67 win against the Washington Mystics at the Garden, it was tough to...
Sports shorts
NBA: West pleads guilty Cavaliers guard Delonte West pleaded guilty to weapons charges yesterday in Upper Marlboro, Md. He was sentenced to eight months of electronic monitoring, two years of...
Hondo has Reds, Sox
Hondo, whose keen horse sense paid off big time Wednesday at Belmont, went to the window again last night when he scored with the Cards to lower the deficit to...
The Post line
CFLTodayFavoriteLine (O/U)UnderdogHAMILTON3½ (54½)WinnipegMontreal5 (54)BRIT. COL.TomorrowFavoriteLine (O/U)UnderdogSASKATCH.7 (56½)EdmontonHome team in CAPS
Hesitating on Jose hurting Mets' chances
SAN FRANCISCO -- For a smart guy, Jerry Manuel can make some dumb decisions -- and the manager and the Mets better start planning better. Though Carlos Beltran returned to...
Giants ace outshines Beltran debut in Mets' loss
SAN FRANCISCO -- Carlos Beltran is back, but that couldn't prevent last night's game at AT&T Park from becoming a total Freak show. Tim Lincecum owned Beltran and every other...
Strong week for saltwater anglers
It was another great week for saltwater fishing with big bass, big fluke and jumbo porgies all in the mix. The sultry weather has raised water temperatures and tuna have...
Koivu deal could benefit Kovalchuk
Waiting gave Ilya Kovalchuk a better argument last night after the Wild gave Mikko Koivu a stunning seven-year contract extension averaging $6.75 million per season. Koivu's $47 million deal kicks...
Yankees sticking with Joba
He has flushed three of five games. Too many times he doesn't finish his pitches out front and that results in a severe lack of command. Where he once injected...
Emotions high with Yankees' desire 'Boss-ness' as usual
Tonight at Yankee Stadium will be the first game since the final one of the 1972 season that George Steinbrenner won't be the owner of the Yankees. Yet, don't look...
Pondexter's late-game heroics spark Liberty
The Liberty sent just one player to the WNBA All-Star game, but for most of yesterday afternoon's 75-67 win against the Washington Mystics at the Garden, it was tough to...
South African Oosthuizen just two behind McIlroy
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- Rory McIlroy owned the headlines after storming to the British Open lead with a major championship-record-tying 9-under-par 63. But just two strokes behind McIlroy is little-known...
Tiger keeps on pluggin'
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- By the time Tiger Woods teed off in the British Open yesterday morning, he knew what he needed to do: Keep up. As Woods played his...
Old Course is where the Mild Thing roams
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- John Daly's fascinating life has been a lot of things. Peaceful has never really been one of them. Yet peace is what Daly finds himself overcome...
21-year-old finds right conditions to succeed
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- Take this to your nearest betting parlor: The winner of this week's Open Championship at St. Andrews will come from the morning side of yesterday's first-round...
Stormy start for Mickelson
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- Shortly after 8 a.m. yesterday, Phil Mickelson's caddie, Jim "Bones" Mackay, was walking up North Street in St. Andrews just having taken an early morning stroll...
Knicks rookie takes number intended for LeBron
LAS VEGAS -- Landry Fields figured to fly under the radar this season. But soon Fields, the Knicks' second-round pick some scouts didn't think would be selected, will have big...
Ewing surprised by James' choice
LAS VEGAS -- Magic assistant Patrick Ewing thought LeBron James would stay in Cleveland. Now his Orlando team may not be the best team in the East or the best...
Sore Reyes scratched from lineup again
SAN FRANCISCO -- You can't spell "Jose Reyes" without s-o-r-e. The Mets shortstop was scratched from last night's lineup after arriving at AT&T Park with continued soreness in his right...
New Yorker and longtime Giants fan gets trip of lifetime from sons
SAN FRANCISCO -- When you are a true fan, you are a fan for life. Your team may leave town, but you never leave your team. Ken Kelleher, 79, went...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYJuly 16SATJuly 17SUNJuly 18MONJuly 19TUEJuly 20WEDJuly 21THUJuly 22YankeesTampa Bay7:05TV -- WWOR NetworkRadio--WCBS 880 AMT.B.4:10FOXWCBST.B.1:05YESWCBSNOGAMEL.A.A.7:05WWORWCBSL.A.A.1:05YESWCBSKC7:05YESWCBSMetsSan Francisco10:15TV -- SportsNet NYRadio--WFAN 660 AMS.F.9:05SNYWFANS.F.4:05WPIXWFANAri.9:40SNYWFANAri.9:40SNYWFANAri.9:40SNYWFANLAD10:10SNYWFANLibertyNOGAMENOGAMEInd.4:00MSGNOGAMEConn.8:00ESPN2NOGAMENOGAMERed BullsNOGAMEClmb.7:30MSGWADONOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMETott.8:00FSNStaten Island YankeesJamestown7:05No TVVerm.6:05No TVVerm.1:05No TVVerm.7:05No TVH.V.7:00No TV*H.V.6:00No TVH.V.7:00No TVCyclonesMahoning...
Weird but true
You probably ought to think twice when part of your genius criminal plan is: "Have someone shoot me." One Dallas man didn't think of that, however, when he hired a...
Mets talking with MLS about soccer team
MLS commissioner Don Garber said the league has had ongoing talks with Mets CEO Fred Wilpon and COO Jeff Wilpon about bringing a soccer team to Queens. "We very much...
MLS boss Garber wants 2nd NYC team; so do Red Bulls
As the Red Bulls' signing of Thierry Henry thrust soccer back into the New York limelight, MLS commissioner Don Garber reiterated that the league is talking with the Mets-owning Wilpon...
Red Bulls third DP target NOT a creative midfielder
Thierry Henry’s long-awaited arrival as the New York Red Bulls second designated player became a reality on Wednesday and the legendary striker met the New York media Thursday afternoon at...
No good reason why Flushing's finest almost fell through cracks
It was a bittersweet feeling for Jim DeSantis. Sure, defensive lineman Jason Bromley has verbally committed to Syracuse and will be the first player from Flushing to go Division I...
Seeing Red: Former Molloy star Boyd completes journey to Cornell
Janelle Boyd was willing to do whatever it took to get into Cornell University. As a senior at Molloy she applied early and then applied normally. She called the process...
Warren latest Yankees pitching prospect promoted to Trenton
Adam Warren has had nothing but success since he was selected in the fourth round of last year’s First-Year Player Draft. The former North Carolina right-hander, who was drafted after...
Red-hot Rizzotti rips it up in Reading
TRENTON, N.J. – Matt Rizzotti returned to Archbishop Molloy over the winter at the crossroads of his professional baseball career. Selling tickets at the door of a boys basketball game...