October 22, 2009
Cardinals' Boldin does more at practice
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Anquan Boldin did not practice again on Thursday because of a sprained right ankle, but the Arizona wide receiver did go through some work with a trainer...
Citi Field UFL game moved
In arguably the first wise move of its brief existence, the United Football League has moved the Nov. 4 game between New York and Las Vegas from Citi Field to...
Yankees rally but fail to finish
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- A.J. Burnett placed the Yankees in a cavernous crater early. The trench Phil Hughes dug late wasn’t as deep, but together the right-handed ditch diggers cost their...
Matsui DH, Cano batting sixth in Yankees' Game 5 lineup
Joe Girardi kept Hideki Matsui as DH, leaving Jorge Posada out of the starting lineup in ALCS Game 5.Girardi again paired catcher Jose Molina with starting pitcher A.J. Burnett. The...
Fortune hopes for luck with fewer issues
Time Inc. is cutting the publishing frequency of business mag Fortune to 18 issues a year from 25, as the title grapples with a decline in advertising pages and the...
Bad calls force changes in World Series umpires
Stung by a rash of blown calls in the playoffs, Major League Baseball is breaking tradition and sticking with only experienced umpires for the World Series. Longtime crew chiefs Joe...
Ryan explains benching of punchers
Rex Ryan spoke for the first time about his benching of James Ihedigbo and Marques Murrell this week after they threw punches at Bills tight end Derek Fine in overtime...
NYPD officer indicted in off-duty crash in July
NEW YORK — Prosecutors say an off-duty police sergeant heading home from a Manhattan bar didn’t try to swerve or brake as his car slammed into a 68-year-old man crossing...
Indians talk to Bobby V again
Bobby Valentine got his chance to convince the Cleveland Indians that they should hire him as their manager. He may still need to convince himself. The former Mets manager, who...
PSAL girls soccer: Beacon bracket breakdown
New York Post girls soccer beat writer Joseph Staszewski breaks down what stands in the Blue Demons way as they try to make a return trip to the final. Teams...
Shanahan searching for team
The NHL's leading active career goal-scorer wants to remain that way, The Post has learned. Brendan Shanahan's agent, Rick Curran, told The Post that the 40-year-old right wing, cut by...
What if Broadway went GaGa
I wish Broadway producers and directors went to more large-scale pop concerts: They'd find real inspiration there. I dare say that two of the best musicals I've seen in recent months...
PSAL predictions, Week 8
Every week in the fall, NYPost.com’s Zach Braziller and Marc Raimondi will attempt to prognosticate the coming PSAL football weekend in the City Championship division. RECORDS AFTER WEEK 7 Braziller:...
Meat wrapper's 'beef' with boss
An aspiring meat wrapper has a bone to pick with her butcher boss who fired her after she spurned his sexual advances, a new lawsuit alleges. Jessica McCarthy claims in...
Clock tease! DUMBO mogul pitching $25M apartment
In the midst of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, DUMBO development titan David Walentas has put on the market the borough’s most-expensive apartment.All it takes is $25...
A two-man gun team is on the loose!
A pair of heavily armed muggers is running wild in and around Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO, robbing at least three men in a six-day blitz last week.Police said the first...
Report: City investigating Brooklyn mumps outbreak
The city's Health Department is reportedly investigating a mumps outbreak among children from Borough Park who attended summer camp in upstate New York. There are 57 confirmed or probable cases...
The crack-up
When we last checked in with Paul and Carolyn Zweben, the couple had reluctantly downgraded their renovation expectations. Instead of having the job finished by Thanksgiving, they were aiming now for Christmas....
Chelios turned down Rangers offer
Rangers GM Glen Sather recently offered Chris Chelios an AHL contract to play in Hartford, but the veteran free agent defenseman rejected that offer to sign a deal with the...
Bon Jovi gives Jersey a good name
IT was all hard hats and hard rock at the Meadowlands Stadium, still under construction, where Bon Jovi played a mini concert today. The purpose of the show was to...
Authorities seek to identify mysterious teen
Police are seeking the public's help in trying to indentify a young woman with no memory of her name, home or family. “We are asking anyone who may know this...
Nets Getting to the Point...Somehow
In a perfect world, Rafer Alston will be over the allergic reaction he suffered in time to play point guard for the Nets tomorrow night at St. John's against the...
Editorial: State must keep Ratner on hook for affordable housing
It’s just nine little words buried deep in an appendix to a document drafted after a renegotiation, but this week’s revelation that state officials have tinkered with the language of...
One win away, Yankees recall '04 collapse
When Derek Jeter recalls the last time the Yankees got this close to the World Series, he gets chills down his spine that have nothing to do with the cold...
Stern says Nets sale should go through, can play in Newark
NBA commissioner David Stern said that Mikhail Prokhorov, who has a deal to buy 80 percent of the Nets, had a positive introduction with NBA owners during their two-day Board...
And from the old-style mailbag…
Joe Nardiello, Carroll GardensThe writer is the Republican candidate for the 39th City Council District.Vito powerTo the editor,I couldn’t help but be disgusted by your article about Brooklyn Democratic Party...
Semi-tanker explodes on Indianapolis highway
INDIANAPOLIS -- A liquid propane tanker exploded on an Indianapolis highway ramp on Thursday, shooting a fireball of flames and black smoke into the sky and closing a section of...
18 busted in suburban Calif. pot operation
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Federal prosecutors in California have charged 18 people with operating an extensive marijuana-growing operation by converting upscale homes into high-tech pot nurseries. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent...
Mexico to play eight World Cup warm-up games next year
Mexico will play eight friendlies in the run-up to next year's World Cup in South Africa.Nestor de la Torre, the director of national teams, said on Thursday that Mexico-based players...
Northwest pilots may have fallen asleep at controls
Pilots of a Northwest Airlines flight approaching Minneapolis International Airport Wednesday night temporarily lost radio contact with air-traffic controllers and apparently overshot their destination by about 100 miles. The National...
That’s Paramore like it
FOUR years after they first played in New York (and nobody came), Paramore is easy to love and has emerged as one of rock’s premier acts. Their sold-out show at...
PSAL girls soccer: Tottenville bracket breakdown
New York Post girls soccer beat writer Joseph Staszewski gives an inside look at Tottenville's road to what would be its first city title since 2005. Teams (in seed order):...
'Sex and the City' writers bring new Texas-tinged soap opera to DUMBO
From “Sex and the City” to “Soap Opera on the Prairie”?That’s pretty much the back story behind “Cedar City Falls,” a new weekly serial that will make the big jump...
Rapist arraigned on five counts, smiles in court
Call him the happy rapist. A brutal serial rapist -- who terrorized his victims by holding knives to their throats and slammed one poor woman's head into her hallway stairs...
PSAL girls soccer: Bronx Science bracket breakdown
New York Post girls soccer beat writer Joseph Staszewski looks at Bronx Science's path to break a string of three straight semifinal losses and claim a title. Teams (in seed...
Court hearing postponed for 'Big Brother 9' winner
BOSTON -- A court hearing for a winner of the reality TV show "Big Brother" on drug charges has been postponed. Adam Jasinski, of Delray Beach, Fla., is charged with...
Lots of talk about the corrupt Broadway Triangle 'process'
Resident, WilliamsburgAs a member in Community Board 1, I am very shocked and disappointed at what is happening. This is the most brazen act of subversion of justice in the...
New state-Ratner deal has 'clause' for concern
State development officials are drafting a new deal with Bruce Ratner that will give the Atlantic Yards developer a loophole out of the project’s main selling point: thousands of units...
Dock holiday as Bay Ridge gets new ferry launch
Bay Ridge’s 69th Street pier is on its way to becoming a boating destination and transit hub, thanks to a $300,000 plan to outfit the fishing wharf with a dock.The...
Over, 5,000 join online fight against new license plates
CANTON, N.Y. — An northern New York county clerk is carrying out an online petition drive to thwart Gov. David Paterson’s plan to require all New Yorkers to purchase new...
Microsoft hopes for a fresh start with Windows 7
SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. finally got its chance to reboot its reputation Thursday, launching a new edition of Windows that it hopes will encourage more PC buyers to get back...
Brewer, Monster-maker settle 'Vermonster' dispute
MONTPELIER, Vt. -- The fight between Monster and Vermonster has been settled. A small Vermont brewery that makes a beer called Vermonster and the Nasdaq-traded maker of Monster energy drinks...
Rison on the radio
Former NFL wide receiver Andre Rison will be the host of his own radio show starting in early November."Wide Open" is an NFL sports talk show airing live on voiceamericasports.com...
PROMOS: Playboy + Vegas
No question, Clinton and Monica have the best cigar story of all time, but if you're harboring one only about an eighth that romantic, now's the time to let it out. It could...
Man pleads guilty to DWI for driving motorized La-Z-Boy while drunk
DULUTH, Minn. — A Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to driving his motorized La-Z-Boy chair while drunk. A criminal complaint says 62-year-old Dennis LeRoy Anderson told police he left a...
Champions League: United and Chelsea remain unbeaten
The Champions League heated up this week as English clubs Manchester United and Chelsea both recorded their third straight wins to inch closer to the elimination round. Manchester United defeated...
Staten Island man pleads guilty in pit bull attack
A New York City man whose two pit bulls fatally mauled an elderly World War II veteran has pleaded guilty to a felony assault charge. James McNair, who's 29, entered...
Attorney joins committee investigating Monserrate
A private attorney has been named counsel to the New York Senate committee investigating possible sanctions against Sen. Hiram Monserrate following his misdemeanor assault conviction. Committee Chairman Sen. Eric Schneiderman...
Rutgers ready for Army
WEST POINT -- Rutgers coach Greg Schiano has seen it before. He just doesn’t want his Scarlet Knights to get hoodwinked by Army’s tricky triple option. The teams meet Friday...
Guard charged with threatening Obama pleads not guilty
NEWARK, New Jersey -- A lawyer has entered a not guilty plea for a private security guard at a New Jersey airport who is accused of threatening President Barack Obama....
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Ethiopia seeks urgent food aid for 6 million
NAIROBI, Kenya -- Ethiopia said Thursday it needs emergency food aid for 6.2 million people, an appeal that comes 25 years after a devastating famine compounded by communist policies killed...
Cops nab teen suspect in Bronx granny shooting
A stray slug thought to have killed a 92-year-old woman in the Bronx was fired by a teenage gunman who was simply trying to disperse two rival gangs fighting on...
New lawyers for Jackson's mom in estate case
LOS ANGELES -- Michael Jackson's mother is changing the attorneys handling her interests in her son's multimillion-dollar estate case. Katherine Jackson's attorney, L. Londell McMillan, says the Jackson family and...
Billionaire in $25M insider trading case accused of funding terrorism
A billionaire hedge fund manager charged in a $25 million insider trading case now faces a lawsuit saying he helped finance Sri Lankan militants notorious for suicide bombings. The federal...
100,000 women say they're offended by Berlusconi
ROME -- More than 100,000 women have signed a petition saying they are offended by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi - an initiative launched by a newspaper after the premier made...
Two state workers indicted on 22 counts for 'man cave' in Albany
ALBANY – Two state workers accused in July of operating a “man cave” drug and party den near the Capitol were indicted on 22 criminal charges including cocaine and marijuana...
Number of NYers on food stamps surges
New York City’s Independent Budget Office says nearly 1.6 million residents are on food stamps — a pace of growth not seen since the early years of the program in...
Iran Buys Time
David Albright on the Vienna agreement (Council on Foreign Relations)
Former housing cop arrainged on assault charges
A former Bronx housing cop was arraigned this afternoon on charges he drunkenly plowed his civillian car into a 68-year-old man at York Avenue and East 86th Street this past...
City breaks ground on new SI police precinct station house
The city broke new ground today on a new police precinct station house on Staten Island. Mayor Bloomberg, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and Department of Design and Construction Commissioner David...
Serie A: Fiorentina surging on Inter
Fiorentina's strong start to the season has confirmed that the Florence side can be regarded as serious challengers to Serie A leaders Inter Milan.Joint-third in the table, four points behind...
Pants on fire?
It's a thin line between creative wording and something worse. In my review of "Memphis," I praised Sergio Trujillo's choreography, which I deemed superior to his Tony-winning one for "Jersey Boys."...
Chelsea appeals signing ban
Chelsea has filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against the ban on signing new players imposed on them by FIFA, officials said on Thursday.The Blues have...
Isiah-Magic feud heightens over book
If Magic Johnson felt so betrayed by Isiah Thomas, if he felt he was such a bad person, why in the world did the Lakers great recommend him to Steve...
Our exclusive family calendar!
Sat, Oct. 2410 am–7 pm: Bookstore opening day. Greenlight Books finally opens. Greenlight Bookstore [686 Fulton St. at S. Portland Ave. in Fort Greene, (718) 246-0200]. 10 am–4 pm: Harvest...
Has the bust gone bust? New report shows signs of life
The Brooklyn real-estate bust is showing signs of bottoming out.Sales figures in the third quarter of this year across Brownstone Brooklyn showed a 34-percent average increase in the number of...
Health care road show comes to Bay Ridge — and Rep. McMahon is too conservative!
and in some cas-es, handguns — this summer to protest “socialized medicine,” Bay Ridge residents stormed Tuesday’s town hall meeting on health care to demand that their Democratic congressman be...
Join our editorial board as it grills three Council hopefuls — live!
The two minor-party candidates battling Democratic nominee Brad Lander in his race to succeed Councilman Bill DeBlasio and represent a liberal swath of Brownstone Brooklyn hit the front-runner with their...
Ooh, that smell! Man battles Ridge ginkgo tree!
He’s mad as hell — and he’s not going to rake it anymore!Bay Ridge resident Richard Mahany is so angry that the city won’t chop down a stinky ginkgo tree...
Poll: Mayor beating Thompson by 16 points
A new poll shows that Comptroller Bill Thompson's quest to unseat Mayor Bloomberg is losing steam among city voters -- with the mayor doubling his lead compared to last month....
Rollins ready for Yankees
Who knew the Yankees (still pending) and Phillies would meet in the World Series? Way back in March, Jimmy Rollins and I both had the feeling that these two teams...
Poll: Fewer believe in global warming than 3 years ago
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans who believe there is solid evidence that the Earth is warming because of pollution is at its lowest point in three years, according to...
Giants' Pierce back at practice
Antonio Pierce was back at practice today after the middle linebacker on Wednesday left early when his back stiffened up.Back at it again was RT Kareem McKenzie, who appears to...
Warner impressed with Manning
Kurt Warner spent one season with the Giants, went 5-4 as a starter in 2004 and then gave way to a rookie named Eli Manning. The grizzled veteran and the...
Gotti trial delayed as Junior whines of stomach pains
Being on trial can sometimes be a real pain in the ... stomach? That's what John "Junior" Gotti complained of this morning for a second straight day -- forcing a...
Balloon mom will go 'down with the ship'
FORT COLLINS, Colorado -- On an episode of ABC's "Wife Swap," Mayumi Heene pounds her fists and shouts in frustration because she believes her co-star isn't paying enough attention to...
Olympic flame for Vancouver lit in ancient Olympia
ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece -- The flame for the Vancouver Olympics was lit by the sun's rays in an ancient ceremony Thursday, heralding the start of the torch relay for the...
Drug raids targeting Mexican cartel nab 300-plus
WASHINGTON — In the largest single strike at Mexican drug operations in the U.S., federal officials on Thursday announced the arrests of more than 300 people in raids across the...
NATO chief calls for perseverance in Afghanistan
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia -- Afghanistan is the most complex challenge that NATO has ever undertaken, but the alliance must remain engaged there to prevent the country from turning back into an...
Delta reports $161 million 3Q loss
ATLANTA -- Delta Air Lines Inc. will cut system capacity 3 percent next year and plans to shed more jobs, as it reported a quarterly loss Thursday bigger than a...
L.I. man accused of spray painting swastikas
Police on Long Island have arrested a man accused of spray painting swastikas on public property. Michael Nielsen of Seaford was awaiting arraignment Thursday on charges of criminal mischief and...
Lawyer: Alcohol not factor in fatal LI boat crash
A Long Island man was drunk and piloting a powerboat at “excessive speed” as he navigated a twisting channel at night before plowing into marshland, killing three people and critically...
Warner Music's Bronfman to stand trial in France
One of the worst media-merger flops of the last decade is coming back to haunt Edgar Bronfman Jr. and French entrepreneur Jean-Marie Messier in a widening scandal of alleged stock...
Nokia sues, claims Apple's iPhone infringes on its patents
The smartphone wars took on a new dimension this morning after cellphone giant Nokia slape Apple with a lawsuit claiming the iPhone infringes on 10 patents that Nokia owns. The...
Marty: This is a nice sandwich!
Manhattanites may have their Zagat Guide, but in Brooklyn, we have our Marty.The other day, Borough President Markowitz dropped by the always-excellent Mill Basin Deli to mark the eatery’s 36th...
J. Crew ups outlook on solid sales
J. Crew boosted its outlook for the second half of 2009, saying strong demand for its fashions that has kept sales and margins solid. The preppy clothing retailer's shares --...
3UP: Umps, Burnett and Phillies
1. In today’s column, I wrote about the need for MLB to use more technology – notably instant replay – to get a greater frequency of close plays correct. I...
Update! Nydia supports Newtown Creek superfund
One day after the federal government gave residents 30 more days to complain about the Newtown Creek, the fetid waterway’s congresswoman revealed last Friday that she supports designating the creek...
Jackson has 'strong' voice in new 'This Is It' clip
A 2-minute clip of the new Michael Jackson movie "This Is It" shows a strong-voiced King of Pop enthusiastically practicing some of his biggest hits. Jackson is shown warming up...
OUTRAGE Truck Survey Continues
One local group is tired of too much traffic.OUTRAGE members, are preparing to send a letter to Mayor Bloomberg, thanking him for passing the Solid Waste Management Plan (SWMP) and...
Fed money to remember Abolitionist movement
Remembering Brooklyn’s history in fighting off the evils of American slavery will get easier thanks to two federal grants totaling $1.336 million.The money will allow the recipients of the grants...
Total Recall: Brooklyn leads faulty foods
Every year since 2005, Brooklyn has been the borough with the greatest number of food products recalled because of a host of violations, data compiled by a federal lawmaker revealed...
Lander finds himself surrounded -- by Republicans!
Even though he’s already won the Democratic primary for the 39th District, City Council candidate Brad Lander is still learning a thing or two about “the game” -- especially the...
Vac's Whacks, Thursday Edition
At the top, I should say this: I feel truly sorry for Steve Phillips' family. I feel terrible for his wife, who has now twice publicly had to endure the...
Oscar Watch: 'Precious' backlash?
Every film that gets seriously mentioned as a Best Picture contender inevitably suffers from some sort of backlash, as "Slumdog Millionaire'' did last year. I stirred up a hornets' nest the other...
Newsday to charge $5 per week for Web access
Newsday plans to start charging $5 a week for access to its Web site in a move that could generate more revenue but risks driving away readers. The new fees...
Court rules rents improperly raised in Stuy Town
ALBANY – In a decision that could have costly implications for landlords across the city, the state's highest court this morning ruled that the owners of the sprawling Peter Cooper...
Lil Wayne pleads guilty in gun case
Rap superstar Lil Wayne is prison-bound after taking a surprise -- and surprisingly docile -- gun possession guilty plea this morning in return for a promise of one year behind...
Bloomberg: I was being 'polite' when I complimented foe
Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he was just being “polite” when he once said his Democratic opponent might be the best comptroller New York City has ever had. The billionaire mayor...
1962: A key year for movies, media
Was 1962 really the greatest year in movie history? I don't agree with Armond White, the chairman of the New York Film Critics Circle, who argues that year's releases were...
Stimulus = Lost Jobs
Seven months later 49 of 50 states have lost jobs (Committee on Ways & Means Republicans)
Unemployment up more than expected
WASHINGTON — The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for jobless benefits rose more than expected last week, after falling in five of the past six weeks, as employers...
Hope and Change in New Jersey
Corzine has made matters worse in the Garden State (National Review)
Fed to examine Wall Street pay; Treasury orders 7 firms to halve exec salaries
A day after Obama's pay czar said bailed-out banks may have to slash salaries, the Federal Reserve announced that it’s taking a hard look at Wall Street pay. The Fed...
Body found in landfill thought to be missing Florida girl's
ORANGE PARK, Fla. — Authorities believe a body found in a landfill is that of 7-year-old Somer Thompson, a north Florida girl who disappeared on her walk home from school,...
Doing well on the USS New York's well deck
As I said in an earlier blog, one of the main missions of this ship is to transport Marines and one way we do this is with our ship’s well...
Another Obama Test
Martin Peretz takes down J Street and Human Rights Watch (The New Republic)Isi Leibler on why to make a fuss about J Street (Jerusalem Post)Jeffrey Goldberg on Anti-Zionists and J...
Bone flexing in Brooklyn
You've heard of the “jitterbug,” “mambo,” and the “running-man” dance styles. Now, you might want to make a mental note of a fairly new dance called “flexing.” This bone-splintering style...
Dave's Smoke Signals
Tom Precious reports on Indian tax collection (Buffalo News)Violence and civil unrest? (Buffalo Post)Is this the way to cut the budget? (Newsday)
New York Times Co. narrows 3Q loss
The New York Times Co. narrowed its third-quarter loss to $35.6 million, compared with red ink of $106.3 million a year ago, as cost cutting helped partially offset another deep...
Obama Dithering
Vice President Cheney speaks out (Powerline)
'Reform' leads to more uninsured
Stephen Spruiell says New England already tried ObamaCare (National Review Online)What we can learn from state-run health care disasters (The Atlantic)
Afghanistan Angst
Karl Rove says Obama going wobbly on Afghanistan (Wall Street Journal)Simon Tisdall says Afghan run-off is chilling prospect (Guardian)Is Afghanistan too tough for Obama (ABC News)
Strumpet's sick sex-taunt script
The following is an email that ESPN production assistant Brooke Hundley sent Courtney Arp, a Connecticut waitress who responded to an ad Hundley had placed on Craigslist seeking someone to...
Legends of the Fall
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Reggie Jackson figures Mariano Rivera is at least as worthy of the nickname as he, and is leaving open the possibility that Alex Rodriguez, too, will join...
Time to make call on replay review
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The human element in baseball is that Jorge Posada is a bad baserunner, not that Tim McClelland will get a call wrong at whatever base Posada might...
Angels blocking Yankees' path to World Series
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Nine innings away from punching a World Series ticket, the Yankees acted yesterday like it was the middle of July. Privately, their hearts have to be pounding...
Posada possible DH in Game 5
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Because A.J. Burnett and Jose Molina have worked well together in two postseason starts, Joe Girardi is expected to use Molina to catch Burnett tonight in Game...
Expect a crew of veteran umpires for Series
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Don’t blow the call! That goes not only for the umpires, but to the MLB officials entrusted with choosing next week’s World Series crew. The selections will...
As McEneaney stands tall, Collegiate nears elusive Ivy crown
The fans banged drums and blew horns. The players scraped for every loose ball. The keeper made sure nothing got by him. After 80 minutes of riveting soccer, Collegiate was...
The Butler Did It
Put the pumpkin picking off, forget shopping for that Halloween costume. Couldn’t get your hands on Yankees tickets and the pro football teams have you down? No problem. Week 7...
Cheat sheet
Oh, Steve Phillips, you nutty, birthmarked-on-your-crotch gigantic dummy, you. Seriously? This is the girl you cheat with? The chubby, needy, crazy-eyed, always-the-bridesmaid-never-the-bride, way-beneath-your-league 22-year-old from your office? In the immortal...
Ba-dunk-a-dunk!
They’re saving the Garden one hair extension at a time. Ditch the hope of an NBA Championship trophy and give it up for the Knicks City Dancers and their new...
Post parses loco lover’s letter
The letter. It's all anyone’s talking about. The cojones on this girl. Part of what's so captivating is the subtext of Brooke Hundley's missive (read the whole letter here). The...
Everybody loves a nut
Poor Hundley! Lovesick Brooke Hundley, the 22-year-old ESPN intern who hopped in the sack with Steve Phillips and then left his wife a letter detailing (among other things) his strategically...
PSAL girls soccer playoff seedings
The PSAL girls soccer playoff seedings have just been decided with not too many surprises. The first four teams in Class A get a bye and the top 16 squads...
Judge orders retrial in Travolta extortion case
NASSAU, Bahamas — The trial of two people accused of trying to extort John Travolta following the death of his son in the Bahamas has ended in a mistrial after...
Girls soccer roundup: Poly Prep upsets Trinity
Poly Prep could have packed it in. The Blue Devils had yet to win an Ivy League game and trailed first-place Trinity by a goal twice in the first half....
NYers dish on Phillips affair
GALS: WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU GOT THIS LETTER? * “I’d want to kick his ass if he cheated on me. That little girl would catch it, too. I...
PSAL boys soccer mock seeding
It’s an exciting time of the year. We’ve seen six weeks of action and 30 teams remain with one goal in mind – to win the PSAL Class A city...
Show’s all gloom and tune
Who says recessions can’t be fun? The Citizens Band combines dancing, burlesque, songs from the Depression era, and, natch, trapeze artists. The politically oriented troupe might be singing about gloomy...
Phillies clinch NLCS, back in World Series
PHILADELPHIA — Ryan Howard and the defending champs are back in the World Series — proving last year was no fluke and looking even more dangerous this time around. Jayson...
Knicks' preseason ends 5-2*
It was appropriate the Knicks' preseason ended tonight in gritty Newark. The Knicks weren't necessarily good this preseason but they were gritty, not usually a staple of a Mike D'Antoni...
Girls volleyball roundup: Moore leads Forest Hills past Van Buren
Tatiana Moore had six kills and six aces to lead Forest Hills to a 25-14, 19-25, 25-17 win against Van Buren on Wednesday in PSAL Queens A8 girls volleyball. Latisha...
Just sold!
Manhattan CHELSEA $720,000 133 W. 22nd St. One-bedroom, one-bath condo, 643 square feet, with floor-to-ceiling windows, stainless-steel kitchen appliances and Empire State Building views; building features doorman, garage, gym, pool...
Five shows drive
Five for Fighting isn't really a quintet; it's just the moniker John Ondrasik uses. In a way, the pseudonym makes this sensitive singer-songwriter bigger than he actually is. On Tuesday...
'Smallville' drug bust
Another day, another TV personality busted for allegedly selling drugs. This time it's former "Smallville" co-star Sam Jones III, nabbed in a federal sting yesterday and charged with conspiracy to...
Cop show 'White Collar' holds its own
It's preposterous, it's been done to death, the supposed locales are enough to make a New Yorker have a nervous breakdown, and, oh yes, it's a whole lotta fun. I'm...
Danger: dancers talking
Sometimes it's better to just shut up and dance. There was good stuff in Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet's performance at the Joyce Tuesday night, but not when the dancers opened...
My oh maestra
In her first New York master class Tuesday night, Renée Fleming proved she could teach perhaps even better than she can sing. A capacity audience in the Juilliard School's Peter...
Film fest scratches cat tales
Here, kitty kitty. If you hear a whole lot of meows coming from Anthology Film Archives in the East Village, don't worry. It's not a cat-astrophe, it's just the first...
Uncritical success
The New York Film Critics Circle, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary, has presented its prestigious awards every year since 1935, with the notable exception of 1962. That year --...
ABC talks to George about 'GMA' spot
George Stephanopoulos, the pugnacious politico who swapped a Clinton White House job for a career in TV, is in talks to replace Diane Sawyer on "GMA." Just don't call him...
'Swap' pull of Heene ep
In a move sure to burst his balloon-bubble, Lifetime has pulled an episode of "Wife Swap" starring the Heene family. The episode featuring the Heenes, the parents behind the elaborate...
'Survivor' monitors reality
'Survivor" winner Yul Kwon has snagged a job at the FCC -- taking complaints about reality shows. Kwon, who won "Survivor: Cook Islands" in 2006, has been appointed deputy chief...
Jason & Molly engaged
Former "Bachelor" Jason Mesnick gave his love more than a rose -- this time, he gave her a ring. Mesnick, who originally chose Melissa Rycroft as the woman to have...
Bronx fury as gang kills 92-year-old
A 92-year-old woman killed by a stray bullet that smashed through the window of her Bronx home managed to crawl to a phone and make a desperate plea for help...
Fizzy fit over 'tax' on sodas
ALBANY -- The Senate's top Republican called on Gov. Paterson to put the cap back on plans for a soda tax yesterday, as the governor warned the state could run...
Afghanistan angst
After two months of bick ering over alleged fraud, Afghan authorities have agreed to hold a run-off of the presidential election on Nov. 7. Three things are certain: * The...
Thank our soldiers -- America's true heroes
I have been a big fan of Ralph Peters since "Red Army," and I really love his op-ed columns for The Post ("A Soldier's Soldier," PostOpinion, Oct. 20). Peters' recent...
Bridge closing a 'disaster'
ALBANY -- Gov. Paterson has declared a disaster in communities disrupted by the emergency closing Friday of the Champlain Bridge to Vermont. He says the goal is to speed repairs...
Another Obama test on Israel
J-street is a new Washing ton, DC-based Jewish lob bying group that is seeking a place at the table alongside more venerable organizations like the American Jewish Committee and the...
Sweeten the deal
Cadbury CEO Todd Stitzer yesterday had a not-so-subtle message for Kraft CEO Irene Rosenfeld: If you want my company, you'll have to pay up. While Stitzer in an interview with...
Dave's smokes signals
Gov. Paterson has asked the US Justice Department to back him up if any at tempt to finally collect unpaid ciga rette taxes at Indian reservations is met -- as...
Hyped fossil 'link' just a big boner
Remember Ida, the fossil discovery announced last May with its own book and TV documentary? A publicity blitz called it "the link" that would reveal the earliest evolutionary roots of...
Army covers its bases on supporting house prices
HERE'S a government deal I know you'd love to get in on. More than four years ago the US Army announced that it was closing its Fort Monmouth base in...
Bringing reality tv back down to earth
The father of the kid forever known as "Balloon Boy" did more damage than merely in ducing nausea in his pitiful son Falcon, as well as in the rest of...
How 'reform' leads to more uninsured
Imagine you're driving in a city, trying to find a place to park your car for the whole day. A parking garage costs $30. Right next to the parking garage...
NYPD daily blotter
Manhattan Brotherly love this was not! A self-professed debtor swiped $1,000 from his brother's Hell's Kitchen deli after threatening a clerk, police sources said yesterday. The 26-year-old bandit walked into...
Build biz in $6B plunge
A steep drop in housing and office construction has hit the city's building industry hard, with spending falling off 20 percent -- $6.6 billion less than last year, a report...
Paterson punts
GOV. Paterson's plan to close the state's budget gap in cludes $686 million in mid- year cuts in state aid to public schools. Yet even as he asks for these...
Use snus, you lose
I don't know what Jeff Stier is thinking, but using snus does not eliminate the risk of lung cancer ("Council Votes To Boost Butts," PostOpinion, Oct. 16). Smokers who use...
Dem health bill $oars
WASHINGTON -- The nation's health-care tab would increase even more under legislation in the House, according to a government report released yesterday. The analysis by the Health and Human Services...
Sometimes, stubbornness pays
Look up the word "pigheaded," and you might just find its definition illustrated with Mike Bloomberg's picture. This is not necessarily a bad thing. Sure, there is Mike the Nanny,...
Corner the market
The New York Giants and Jets have signed a deal for Pepsi to sponsor the last of the four entrances to their new ballpark in the Meadowlands. Even as other...
Guru ignored our 'sweat' torment
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- A woman who took part in an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony says the spiritual guru who led the event pushed participants too far in what was supposed...
Campaigning prez could get swamped in Jersey
WASHINGTON -- During the short, happy political life of Barack Obama, he has never faced anything this difficult. He promised to banish clouds of partisanship, halt rising seas of discontent,...
This is your captain sp-eek!-ing
Be sure your tray tables -- and mousetraps -- are in their upright position. A single pesky rodent managed to ground a London-bound jumbo jet at JFK Airport this week,...
GM, Chrysler were the clunkers: car czar
Steven Rattner, the Wall street banker turned car czar, says in a tell-all article on Detroit's rescue that General Motors was one of the worst-run companies he'd ever seen --...
Ebay's Q3 profits hit its stock
EBay's third-quarter profit fell 29 percent, despite higher revenue, as margins took a hit from the recently acquired Bill Me Later business, the weaker US dollar and the company's shift...
Ex-cop 'shoots' estranged wife
A former city cop shot his estranged college-professor wife five times because he was angry over being fired after she had him arrested for following her, police said yesterday. While...
Trim first lady gets a jump on physical fitness
WASHINGTON -- Chicago may not be getting the Olympics, but Michelle Obama is looking fit enough to compete in the Games. The first lady took part in a triathlon of...
Brooke Hundley's path from video geek to superfreak
On the surface, she was a wallflower, but underneath, she was a tiger hell-bent on clawing her way to the top. Brooke Hundley -- the 22-year-old production assistant who had...
Campaign's Ms.-stake
The campaign of an Upper East Side GOP City Council candidate posted a Craigslist ad seeking "young women" to hand out fliers and demanding they send their photos. The ad...
Galleon set to go under
Like many of his investors, fallen hedge-fund titan Raj Rajaratnam is abandoning the ship that is Galleon Group. Yesterday, Rajaratnam, who was busted Friday on insider-trading charges, told investors he...
Business briefs
Beige Book US economic conditions stabilized or improved modestly in most parts of the country, according to the Federal Reserve's "Beige Book" report, that suggested the economy was slowly clawing...
Bloom is off Rosie's marriage
It looks like corpulent comedienne Rosie O'Donnell and her lesbian wife, Kelli Carpenter, are going through a sapphic split. In an interview yesterday with USA Today, the former "View" loudmouth...
'Junior' runs into trouble
When he's Gotti go, he's Gotti go. John "Junior" Gotti's racketeering and murder trial was briefly delayed yesterday when the Gambino family scion was unable to immediately return to court...
Bank $hot by Obama pay czar
It's payback time. A lot of overpaid Wall Street bigwigs may soon get some bad news from their rich Uncle Sam -- they'll have to cut personal checks returning as...
4G apt. sublet 'scam'
A high-end hellion who has stolen everything from Dior cosmetics to a nose job was busted for an Upper East Side apartment-sublet scam -- though she tried to avoid arrest...
Midwife sued in labor death
"New York's most famous nurse-midwife" was grossly negligent and reckless in her handling of a Manhattan woman's labor and delivery, ultimately resulting in a stillborn child, a new lawsuit charges....
Microsoft, Google get anti-social
Microsoft and Google skirmished publicly over social media yesterday. First Microsoft announced at a San Francisco conference that Bing will include updates from Twitter and Facebook in its search results...
'I strangled her!' - hotel fiend
He doesn't remember stabbing -- only the pillow he held to her mouth. "I knew that she was dead," the housekeeping manager for the Essex House told cops of the...
Cyberspace sings
Google, Facebook and MySpace are playing your song -- or hoping to. Three of the Internet's biggest companies and fiercest competitors are all planning to unveil new services designed to...
Bank shot by BofA
A top Bank of America executive poised to become the bank's next CEO is garnering interest among government officials probing the bank's shotgun marriage to Merrill Lynch because of his...
Cop-tragedy crook jailed
The homeless addict who broke into the car of NYPD cop Omar Edwards -- setting in motion the tragic events leading to the officer's friendly-fire shooting death -- was sentenced...
Loony lover Brooke Hundley used Craigslist to 'hire' a phone stalker
After ESPN talking head Steve Phillips dumped his portly, production-assistant lover, the jilted woman posted a Craigslist ad offering $50 for someone to call Phillips' wife and cruelly taunt her,...
Ax swings at Condé
S.I. Newhouse Jr. is still swinging the ax at his magazine company, Condé Nast. Yesterday, cuts came to Condé Nast Traveler, Architectural Digest and Allure. Sources said seven staffers were...
'95 killer Breazil convicted again at 2nd trial
Brooklyn prosecutors pulled off a tough victory yesterday, reconvicting a killer they'd first sent away more than a decade ago -- even though the main witness against him recanted her...
Bove: Wells Fargo not 'sustainable'
Outspoken bank analyst Dick Bove yesterday knocked the wind of out Wells Fargo's stock after he said he doesn't buy that the bank's record-breaking third-quarter profit is the result of...
Prisoner # 210-717
Big, bad Bernard Kerik wants to bunk with the regular Joes -- even if they're accused killers, rapists and muggers. The disgraced former city police commissioner yesterday refused to ask...
'Race attack' victim: I lied
A troubled young woman whom the Rev. Al Sharpton championed as a victim of a horrific, racially motivated sexual assault now says she fabricated the incident -- despite the fact...
$1M thief had a Lotto nerve
A Texas store clerk pocketed a customer's $1 million winning lottery ticket, claimed the prize and skipped town, possibly back to his native Nepal, authorities said yesterday. Willy Willis, 67,...
Buy wheels from heels
Want to hit the open road like a big-time fraudster? The US Marshals Service is auctioning off a luxury station wagon once owned by swindler Bernard Madoff and the RV...
$500M mob betting ring busted
A mob-connected Internet gambling operation that was raking in $500 million a year has been smashed by Queens authorities -- thanks in part to an undercover NYPD detective who infiltrated...
Pol's bribe take $2M: feds
Federal prosecutors say a former Queens assemblyman took so many bribes, they doubled their first estimate to $2 million. Anthony Seminerio has admitted setting up his own "consulting" firm and...
Rape kits get DNA upgrade, 'SVU' star
Two decades after their first use in New York emergency rooms, rape testing kits are being updated for the DNA age. State officials today will unveil the new kits --...
ESPN's Phillips admits shame in sex scandal
He's benched! Married ESPN baseball analyst Steve Phillips yesterday began "an extended leave of absence," after admitting he had sex with a 22-year-old production assistant who allegedly stalked his family...
Newark guard arrested for Prez. threat
A private security guard at Newark Airport -- who kept an arsenal of 43 guns in his home -- was arrested after boasting he had cut through an airport fence...
Russian's positive Net result
If first impressions mean anything, Russian billionaire playboy Mikhail Prokhorov’s attempt to become majority owner of the New Jersey Nets and move them to Brooklyn appears to be a slam...
Wayne's fightin' lil DNA
Grammy-winning rapper Lil Wayne's future is hanging on a controversial DNA technique that uses a miniscule number of cells to ID a suspect -- a test that critics slam as...
Hack flack a phone 'taunter'
Manhattan p.r. princess Ali Wise would hack into the voice mails of one of her love rivals to gather ammunition against her -- then turn around and call her to...
Bracing for 2nd Ave. Subway
The MTA will shell out $500,000 to brace two shaky buildings for underground blasting along the Second Avenue Subway construction route, officials said yesterday. It's cheaper for the agency to...
Off-peak fare slash weighed
The MTA's chief will consider reduced night and weekend fares as part of the new "smart card" program, officials said yesterday. If the idea is implemented, it would be one...
Busts in dopey US jihad ring
A 27-year-old Massachusetts pharmacist teamed up with fellow Muslim fanatics in New England to plot a holy-war attack on a shopping mall and the assassination of Bush-administration officials, authorities revealed...
Travolta extortion mistrial
A judge in the Bahamas ordered a retrial in the John Travolta extortion case last night after a speech by a local politician raised fears of juror misconduct. Judge Anita...
Rex punches out Murrell & Ihedigbo
Coach Rex Ryan yesterday benched safety James Ihedigbo and linebacker Marques Murrell for throwing punches at Bills tight end Derek Fine in overtime Sunday. As first reported by The Post...
Warner looks like Giants' bull's-eye
Fresh off a historically bad defensive performance, the Giants yesterday put aside the debacle in New Orleans that resulted in 48 points for the Saints and vowed to clean up...
Don't count out McKenzie for Giants
Don't count out the streak just yet. The Giants' five-man offensive line has started 38 consecutive games together, a stretch of durability that appeared in danger of ending when right...
Angels look to get bats untracked
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- CC Sabathia had this message for Chone Figgins before the first game of the ALCS. "CC came out that first day and said he was not going...
Hunter: A-Rod proving he's a Hall of a player
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- When someone brought up an A-Rod question to Torii Hunter yesterday in a group interview, the Angels center fielder clearly wanted to move away from the subject...
Mattingly in hunt for managing jobs
PHILADELPHIA -- If you think Don Mattingly looks strange in Dodgers blue, how about with Chief Wahoo on his cap or in Nationals' red? The Yankees great is a hot...
Yankees can't let Angels up off mat
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Teams always talk this way, always talk about wanting to step on necks, wanting to kick teams when they're down, wanting to close series out at the...
Bombers, beware: These guys are dangerous
PHILADELPHIA -- Memo to Yankees fans: Don't expect a quick, easy World Series. These Phillies are going to be a one tough out. They proved that here last night, for...
The Post Line
NFLSundayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogGIANTS 7 7 (46½)CardinalsJets 7 6 (34½)RAIDERSChargers 4½ 4½(43½)CHIEFSColts13½13 (45½)RAMSBENGALS 2½ 1½(41½)BearsPackers 8 7½(42) BROWNSSTEELERS 5 4 (45) Vikingsx-Patriots14 14½(45) BuccaneersTEXANS 3 3 (44) 49ersPANTHERSOFFOFF(OFF)BillsSaints 7 6½(47) DOLPHINSCOWBOYS...
Hondo wants pie
Hondo, who lost with the Dodgers in the NLCS, off set much of that by shrewdly playing the Phillies last night. Tonight, with the debt up slightly to 1,770 lumpes,...
Saturday's Heroes Tackle The Spread
The experts make their picks:THE LINEGREG GALLOTIM SULLIVANLENN ROBBINSBRIAN LEWISRutgers 10 ARMY (Friday, 8:00, ESPN2)RutgersArmy★ ArmyRutgersPITT 6½ S. Florida (Saturday, noon, SNY)PittPittS. FloridaS. FloridaGeorgia Tech 5½ VIRGINIA (Noon)Ga. TechVirginiaGa. TechGa....
Brodeur knows hex in the City
Never is long enough to call a hex, especially for the winningest goalie in NHL history. Martin Brodeur said he isn't bothered by his recent futility against the Rangers, lowlighted...
Attitude adjustment could help Sanchez
You remember the scenes on the Jets sideline Sunday. With each of the five interceptions he threw against Buffalo, Mark Sanchez looked more and more distraught and despondent. At times,...
Warner looks like Giants’ bull’s-eye
Fresh off a historically bad defensive performance, the Giants yesterday put aside the debacle in New Orleans that resulted in 48 points for the Saints and vowed to clean up...
Nets are fighting multiple injuries
The Nets were down 18 at halftime. But by the time the representatives of proposed owner Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov left their courtside seats after the third quarter, the Nets...
Sports shorts
MLB: Valentine, Tribe to talk Former Mets manager Bobby Valentine will have his second interview with the Indians today. Former Washington manager Manny Acta met with Cleveland's owners and other...
Islanders savor first win
John Tavares took the ice during last night's shootout with a chance to seal the Islanders' first win of the season after six games without one. It's one of the...
Messier lauds Richter scale
Mark Messier raised the profile of the hockey in the United States by leading the NHL team from the media capital of the world to its first championship in 54...
For Knicks, a Hughes cut in playing time
A testy Mike D'Antoni said last night his decision to exclude Larry Hughes from the Knicks' nine-man rotation stems from not wanting to give a veteran token minutes. The coach's...
Nets fighting multiple injuries
The Nets were down 18 at halftime. But by the time the representatives of proposed owner Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov left their courtside seats after the third quarter, the Nets...
Rangers' mood on the upswing
Despite the end of their seven-game winning streak, the Rangers' locker room held a positive disposition after yesterday's practice. The confidence that comes from being the league's second-winningest team and...
Cuomo steers clear in saltwater dispute
In a surprising development, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo will not be representing New York in a pending lawsuit filed by the Towns of Southampton and East Hampton against the recent...
Oust L.A. to return to Series
PHILADELPHIA -- Maybe the Phillies and Yankees can meet at the Molly Pitcher Rest Stop. The Jersey Turnpike Series is one Yankees victory from being a reality. The Phillies took...
Cuban star could be meeting with Yankees, Mets
Aroldis Chapman, the 21-year-old flame-throwing Cuban left-hander who defected during the summer, arrived in New York yesterday and is expected to meet with several teams over the next week. The...
Phillies ditch Dodgers to return to Series
PHILADELPHIA -- Maybe the Phillies and Yankees can meet at the Molly Pitcher Rest Stop. The Jersey Turnpike Series is one Yankees victory from being a reality. The Phillies took...
Weird but true
An armed robber walked into an Indianapolis check-cashing store and, when the clerk started crying and talking about God, the gun-toting thief prayed with her. Then he walked off with...
Hatch wants BCS probe
Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah has asked President Obama to have the Justice Department investigate college football's Bowl Championship Series to determine if it violates antitrust law. In a letter...
Irish keep up the fight
ON SATURDAY in South Bend, Ind., two of the most cut-and-dried teams in the country will meet. It will not have the fanfare of some of this rivalry's previous installments....
Huggins' heroes not run-of-the-mill team
A national magazine recently published its preseason Top 25 college basketball rankings and the list is headed by the traditional powers -- Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan State, North Carolina, West Virginia....
Huskies don't feel very safe
The stabbing death Saturday night of a Connecticut football player also was a robbery, a theft of the soul. When starting cornerback Jasper Howard was killed outside the student union...
Pope follows path of pain & hope to Hall
Seton Hall's Herb Pope had known little but trouble since he was born, abandoned by his parents and thrust in foster homes. Sometimes he found the trouble, such as punching...
Pope follows path of pain & hope to Seton Hall
Seton Hall's Herb Pope had known little but trouble since he was born, bouncing from foster home to foster home and abandoned by parents who went from arrest to arrest....
Meli hurt, Molloy runs past Mary Louis
An impressive and easy win ended with a major concern for Archbishop Molloy. Star striker Kyra Meli went up for a header near the far sideline in the closing minutes...
Loss no help to Hilltoppers in playoff chase
Ariana Galluscio understood the game’s importance to Mary Louis. The Hilltoppers are battling for the final CHSAA Nassau/Suffolk division Class A playoff spot and getting a result against rival Archbishop...
Classic touch
Novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford was 7 years old and living in England when she started turning out short, handwritten stories. Three years later, she had a story, also handwritten, published...
Frank Laino is creating his own memories at Fort Hamilton
Before Frank Laino stepped foot at Fort Hamilton as a student, he was already part of the fabric of the proud football program. The son of longtime coach Vinny Laino,...
St. Francis Prep girls tennis wins CHSAA crown, streak now at 171
For all the enjoyment and fond memories the St. Francis Prep girls tennis team’s unprecedented decade-long winning streak has produced, there is one glaring negative: the area’s elite programs avoid...
Has the bust gone bust? New report shows signs of life
The Brooklyn real-estate bust is showing signs of bottoming out.Sales figures in the third quarter of this year across Brownstone Brooklyn showed a 34-percent average increase in the number of...
Health care road show comes to Bay Ridge — and Rep. McMahon is too conservative!
and in some cases, handguns — this summer to protest “socialized medicine,” Bay Ridge residents stormed Tuesday’s town hall meeting on health care to demand that their Democratic congressman be...
Clock tease! DUMBO mogul pitching $25M apartment
In the midst of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, DUMBO development titan David Walentas has put on the market the borough’s most-expensive apartment.All it takes is $25...
New state-Ratner deal has 'clause' for concern
State development officials are drafting a new deal with Bruce Ratner that will give the Atlantic Yards developer a loophole out of the project’s main selling point: thousands of units...
Join our editorial board as it grills three Council hopefuls — live!
The two minor-party candidates battling Democratic nominee Brad Lander in his race to succeed Councilman Bill DeBlasio and represent a liberal swath of Brownstone Brooklyn hit the front-runner with their...
Ooh, that smell! Man battles Ridge ginkgo tree!
He’s mad as hell — and he’s not going to rake it anymore!Bay Ridge resident Richard Mahany is so angry that the city won’t chop down a stinky ginkgo tree...
Deli-aster! Robicelli's closes in new cupcake push
Despite rave reviews and a dedicated following of foodies who flocked to their high-end deli, Allison and Matt Robicelli will shutter their year-old eatery on Sunday to fully devote themselves...
W is for wow
The W Hoboken sold the last of its 40 residential units in April 2007. By the time the building began closings in April 2009, however, the real estate market was...
War is hell (of a book!)
War is hell — but it’s also one hell of a subject. Just flip through the 512 pages of Dwight Jon Zimmerman’s new military reference, “The Book of War,” and...
Molloy upsets Mary Louis, earns playoff berth
The low point of Archbishop Molloy’s season came Monday. The Stanners almost fell to Christ the King, the next-to-last-place team in CHSAA Queens, before eventually winning in five sets. A...
A two-man gun team is on the loose!
A pair of heavily armed muggers is running wild in and around Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO, robbing at least three men in a six-day blitz last week.Police said the first...
Dock holiday as Bay Ridge gets new ferry launch
Bay Ridge’s 69th Street pier is on its way to becoming a boating destination and transit hub, thanks to a $300,000 plan to outfit the fishing wharf with a dock....
A Halloween roundup!
All day: “Boo at the Zoo.” Creatively costumed characters, craft-making, and haunted habitats will make this a frighteningly fun weekend. Pros-pect Park Zoo [450 Flatbush Ave. between Eastern Parkway and...
Nets New Guard
This particular new guard has nothing to do with the point or the perimeter. Rather, it's the proposed new ownership. While Russian billionaire and prospective owner Mikhail Prokhorov was not...
Crusaders march to sweep of Preston
Alessandra Rosso remembers St. Catharine Academy’s 2005 season well. She wasn’t on the school’s girls volleyball team yet, she was still in eighth grade. But her sister, Melissa, played and...
Our weekly events calendar!
Fri, Oct. 23Art opening: Daniel John Weiner’s “No Parking Funeral Today.” Free. 7 pm. 440 Gallery [440 Sixth Ave. in Park Slope, (718) 499-3844], www.nfbid.com. Art OPEning: Multi-media art and...
Civic calendar
Tues, Oct. 27Community Board 1 Land-use and Landmarks Committee. Monthly meeting. 6:30 pm. Capital One Bank [807 Manhattan Ave. at Calyer Street in Greenpoint, (718) 389-0009], www.cb1brooklyn.org. 78th Precinct Community...
'Sex and the City' writers bring new Texas-tinged soap opera to DUMBO
From “Sex and the City” to “Soap Opera on the Prairie”?That’s pretty much the back story behind “Cedar City Falls,” a new weekly serial that will make the big jump...
Boerum Hill looks to rezone the nabe
“It’s a hard knock life” for Boerum Hill and rezoning appears more than a day away.Calling itself the “orphan” neighborhood of Downtown Brooklyn’s brownstone belt, the Boerum Hill Association is...