July 21, 2007
Two quick notes
About to hit the clubhouse but Jose Valentin is on the 15-day DL and the Mets have brought up Anderson Hernandez. I thought David Newhan would have been recalled, but...
DVD Extra: Mickey and Esther
Explains WHV's George Feltenstein, who lured her back before the cameras when he co-produced "That's Entertainment 3'': "Ms. Williams was unfortunately unavailable during what was a very narrow window of...
POTTER PLOTTERS
BROOKLYN is the county of Kings - but judging from all the Harry Potter fans out there, it's a wellspring for wizards, as well. For this, our latest writing contest,...
WHAT'S UP
TODAYMAGIC MORSELS: Stock up on chocolate frogs ($4.50 a pair), Bertie Botts jelly beans (free) and other snacks for your "Deathly Hallows" reading marathon at Dylan's Candy Bar, where an...
SECRET LIFE OF 'ROCK WIVES'
IF you want to be a rock star's wife, the path is clear: Sing, fling, bling and ring with a stopover at "Who are you again?" Today's 90-minute "Rock Star...
FIRE BRASS PAY RAISE
The Fire Department's 2,400 officers will get raises of nearly 17 percent over four years under a tentative new contract announced yesterday. The deal is retroactive to March 20 and...
YANKS & BRONX ON RIGHT TRACK: POLS
The official groundbreaking for a $91 million Metro-North station at Yankee Stadium provided officials yesterday with the chance to declare that The Bronx is on the permanent comeback track. Gov....
VEHICLE FEE 'HELPS POOR'
The poor won't suffer because of congestion pricing simply because very few of them can afford to drive into the city under any circumstances, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. Responding to...
DISGRACED HEVESI TEARS INTO HIS FOES
ALBANY - Former Comptroller Alan Hevesi yesterday spoke out for the first time in the face of new corruption accusations, denying any wrongdoing with the state pension fund and bitterly...
PICTURE PERFECT SURVIVOR
Eileen Barry's mud-soaked and bloodied face is one of the most memorable images from Wednesday's steam-pipe explosion on East 41st Street - but the 64-year-old retired actress says she only...
BUSINESSES BLEEDING AS BLAST ZONE STAYS FROZEN
City officials yesterday warned that several blocks surrounding the crater left by Wednesday's titanic explosion would remain a "frozen zone" well into next week - and beyond, providing little relief...
IT'S NOT FARE!
Ray Kottner's taxi was free until the city locked it up. The 80-year-old hack, who for the past four years has offered rides at no charge to anyone fortunate enough...
KIN FINALLY GET JUSTICE IN '03 SLAY
After nearly four years and two hung juries, the family of a brutally slain young Yonkers man has finally received justice. Yesterday, a Manhattan judge declared the killing of Christopher...
'MAKE-OUT' STUDENTS FACE BOOT
"Tonsil hockey" in city schools could put student lovebirds on ice with automatic suspensions under new rules proposed yesterday. The Department of Education wants to revise its "Citywide Standards of...
'HALLOW' & BYE TO POTTER
New York muggles went Hogwarts wild over Harry as the clock struck midnight this morning, sweeping up copies of the final Harry Potter book in a frenzied bid to find...
WINDOW-SHOT SLAY IN QNS.
A Guyanese immigrant was mysteriously gunned down through his apartment window, police said yesterday. Investigators weren't sure if Urtiz Burnett, 22, was the intended target or was hit by a...
'FLAMING' DIDDY GETS PUNCH PASS
Sean "Diddy" Combs is off the hook - at least criminally - for a bizarre, Oscars afterparty brouhaha in which he's accused of punching a romantic rival while threatening "I'll...
2 GALS 'KILLED GRAN'
A tipster led cops to two killer women, allowing them to close the books yesterday on the murder four years ago of a beloved Bronx granny, officials said. Sparkle Daniel,...
LADY, 73, DIES IN B'KLYN HIT-RUN
Was crossing street. An elderly grandmother was left dying on the street by a callous driver on a Brooklyn street in a hit-and-run accident last night, police said. Jozesa Dzwigaj,...
BLACKMAIL LET MOB 'OWN' REF
Tim Donaghy, the NBA ref at the center of a federal investigation into fixing games and betting on contests he officiated, was forced into helping crooked gamblers by a fledgling...
DISGRACED HOOPS GUY WAS A NIGHTMARE OF A NEIGHBOR
WEST CHESTER, Pa. - The NBA referee in the middle of the gambling scandal is a man of contradictions known as both a hot-tempered firebrand and a helpful do-gooder in...
BEST BET IS 'FOUL' PLAY
There's nothing "free" about free throws, especially when you're betting on an NBA game. As first reported in The Post, the FBI is investigating allegations that veteran referee Tim Donaghy...
HILLARY KICKS BRASS
WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton hit back yesterday at "outrageous and dangerous" Pentagon conduct after military brass accused her of emboldening terrorists by calling for Iraq pullout plans. Clinton...
RUDY FIRES UP S.C. RESCUERS
Facing opposition from fire unions, Rudy Giuliani told South Carolina firefighters yesterday he's a fan and friend - saying they're on "the front lines" in the war against terrorism. The...
ACTIVISTS DOGGING NFL'S VICK
Enraged animal lovers brought their pooches to the NFL's Midtown headquarters yesterday to demand that quarterback Michael Vick be banished to the doghouse of professional football - bolstered by support...
50 CENT SUES 'POP'-GUN AD
Fitty doesn't want to be shot at any more - not even online. Rapper 50 Cent filed a $1 million Manhattan lawsuit yesterday against an Internet advertiser who created a...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Manhattan Police are asking for the public's help to find a teenager missing for four days. Rodney Cokley, 15, was reported missing Wednesday. He was last seen with a relative...
INVISIBLE MEN OF SPORTS ARE IDEAL TARGET
THE wonder is that we haven't read a story like this before, because in many ways there is no more vulnerable - or valuable - a person in the whole...
LOTTERY RESULTS
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Fri.: 250; Lucky Sum: 7 / Midday Win-4 Fri.: 7226; Lucky Sum: 17 / Evening Nos. Fri.: 798; Lucky Sum: 24 / Evening Win-4 Fri.: 0376;...
PLAME GAME LIMPS ON
Valerie Plame and Joseph Wilson say they're not surprised that a federal judge threw out their lawsuit against four top Bush officials, vowing to prevail in "a higher court." Actually,...
COMFORTING THE ENEMY
Don't be misled by the outraged tone of Sen. Hillary Clinton's response to a top Pentagon aide who accused her of "reinforcing enemy propaganda" on Iraq. The Democratic presidential front-runner...
ELIOT'S RENT WRONGS
New York City has made modest gains in phasing out its disastrous 60-year experiment with rent control, but now Gov. Spitzer seems to be pushing things back the other way....
PARDON THE LITTLE GUYS, W
FOR President Bush, one controversial act of clem ency shouldn't be enough. Justice demands that he follow up his commutation for former Dick Cheney chief of staff I. Lewis "Scooter"...
DEMOCRATS' NEW WAR
BARACK Obama and John Edwards want to get us out of one war and into another. The two Democrats vying for their party's presidential nomination want to end the war...
THE FEDS VS. MDS
AT a recent congres sional hearing, Joseph Rannazzisi, an official in the Drug Enforcement Administration's Office of Diversion Control, proclaimed his agency's "firm commitment to the balanced policy of promoting...
FRED FISHING FOR FUNDING
IN advance of a formal solicitation for funds or an announcement of his candidacy, Fred Thompson's presidential campaign is qui etly organizing its first Washington fund-raiser at the downtown J.W....
PENANCE FOR CHURCH: REPENT & PAY $660 MIL
Los Angeles' Roger Cardinal Mahony apologized to hundreds of victims who were abused by priests in his archdiocese ("Cardinal Apologizes to Victims," July 16). Why did he not apologize for...
STRAPHANGERS SIGNAL FOR SILENCE
Cellphones on public transportation are a very bad idea ("MTA Plan Has Nice 'Ring' to It," July 12). Aside from the risk of a terrorist rigging a bomb, passengers should...
BLACK-$TONED
Investors in The Blackstone Group are feeling swindled by boss Stephen Schwarzman and are hoping the "King of Wall Street" does something soon to boost the buyout giant's beaten-down stock....
TIMES MAY PULL PLUG ON PAY SITE
The New York Times' subscription-only online service TimesSelect could be nearing its end. Long a favorite of Times Co. Chairman Arthur "Pinch" Sulzberger Jr. and President Janet Robinson, insiders say...
EMI TENDER OFFER IS EXTENDED
Just over one-quarter of EMI's shareholders have tendered their shares to British buyout firm Terra Firma Capital Partners as part of its $4.9 billion takeover of the struggling record company,...
REDSTONE SLAMS DAUGHTER
Sumner Redstone all but dashed any hope that he and his daughter Shari could resolve their recently revealed dispute amicably, claiming in a public letter that she has made "little...
FAST FADE FOR DOW 14,000
Wall Street's summer bull rally can't keep up with the stampeding herd of bad news cows running the other way. Stocks tumbled yesterday to erase the ballyhooed, but brief, 14,000...
BECKS TO THE FUTURE
CARSON, Calif. - From the day David Beckham signed with the Los Angeles Galaxy to his MLS debut - potentially tonight vs. Chelsea (9 p.m., ESPN), if his gimpy left...
FRANCELLA SHOCKS OCHOA
That must be some fine chow and even better vibes they're serving up at the Francella home in Port Chester this week. Not only did hostess Meaghan Francella knock off...
HOPKINS, WRIGHT BRAWL AT WEIGH-IN
LAS VEGAS - Bernard Hopkins is getting ornery in his old age, or maybe he's just getting more savvy. What had been a routine weigh-in yesterday at the Mandalay Bay...
SPITZER WANTS NEW PROPOSALS FROM BIDDERS
The seemingly endless process of deciding who will take over the thoroughbred racing franchise in New York once the N.Y. Racing Association's charter expires Dec. 31 took another twist yesterday....
OCTAVE LOOKS TO HIT RIGHT NOTE IN OAKS
When superfilly Rags to Riches, the first in 102 years to beat the males in the Belmont Stakes, was declared out of today's 90th running of the Grade 1, $300,000...
CHAVEZ SNAPS WINLESS SKID
The track was fast, no turf racing for last twilight racing card this year at Belmont Park. There will be two at Saratoga. FIRST RACE - Thunder Rain, Storm Whirl,...
SPORTS SHORTS
NFL: Jets sign Stuckey The Jets yesterday announced they signed wide receiver Chansi Stuckey, the team's seventh-round pick. Stuckey, 6-foot and 196 pounds, was the 235th overall selection in the...
HONDO NEEDS A HIT
Webb was a worldwide disaster yesterday for D'back backers, including Hondo, who saw his defi cit climb to 635 lonborgs with the loss at Wrigley. Today, Mr. Aitch will play...
BUD ON BOARD
MILWAUKEE - If Barry Bonds hits any home runs here this weekend, baseball commissioner Bud Selig will be there to see it. Selig attended last night's game between the Giants...
'GAR' NOUSTIE'
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland - Sergio Garcia, with his opening-round 65 still fresh in mind, had just pumped his tee shot deep down the left side of the fairway on the opening...
'LEFT' BEHIND
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland - For the first time in his career, Phil Mickelson has missed the cut in two consecutive majors. Mickelson bowed out of the British Open yesterday with a...
THE TAOOF BOO
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland - One of the most priceless moments in golf history could unfold tomorrow if Boo Weekley were to win the British Open and, in tournament tradition, make a...
SUMMER OF '77
Remember the sizzling, scintillating summer of 1977 when Billy Martin's Yankees stormed past the Red Sox and went on to capture their first World Championship in 15 years by beating...
THE ACE IS UP
LOS ANGELES - The break appears to be almost over for Pedro Martinez. Martinez threw a 60-pitch bullpen session in the Dominican Republic on Thursday and should arrive in Port...
PAINFUL WIN
LOS ANGELES - The offense was doing so little last night, and one of the starting players was already out. The Mets were heading into the eighth inning at Dodger...
RAMIREZ ROCKED
Of the 19 pitches Yankee reliever Edwar Ramirez threw last night, two were strikes. One of those landed in the right-field seats - for a grand slam. It's hard to...
SOURCE: D'RAYS WOULD TRADE TY FOR PROCTOR
Earlier this week the Devil Rays believed it would take more than Scott Proctor for the Yankees to pry utility man Ty Wigginton away from them. Now, according to multiple...
TORRE: MELKY CAN STOMACH START TODAY
Joe Torre said he doesn't believe Melky Cabrera's stomach muscle strain is a serious problem. Nevertheless, the switch-hitting outfielder wasn't in the starting lineup last night against the Devil Rays....
DEVIL-STATING
Mike Mussina getting spanked and booed out of Yankee Stadium was certainly disconcerting to a Yankees team whose season is circling the drain. However, it wasn't the most disturbing development...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Bad dog! Debbie Hulleman's pooch almost became more than she could bear when it swallowed $750 in cash. "This is probably the worst," the Menomonie, Wis., woman said after having...
Valentin fractured tibia
The Mets have just announced that Jose Valentin, who fouled a ball off his right shin earlier in the game, has a fractured tibia.There's a line in "A Few Good...
Pedro
Pedro Martinez, still essentially on his break, threw 60 pitches in a bullpen session yesterday. He's headed to St. Lucie next week."Everything is fine," Omar Minaya said.Pedro still has to...