October 26, 2009
CHSFL/Independent roundup: McCombs leads undefeated Sea
Lyle McCombs rushed for 210 yards and three touchdowns on 28 carries and had an 85-yard kickoff return and Nick Aimetti had a 52-yard interception return for a touchdown to...
Yankees could add Hinske, Bruney to roster
Yankees brass and coaches discussed the possibility of adding left-handed hitter Eric Hinske to the World Series roster. They also talked about adding a 12th pitcher, who could be right-handed...
Syracuse set for No. 5 Cincinnati
SYRACUSE -- Syracuse coach Doug Marrone doesn’t have much time to think about the emergence of the Orange’s run game. He’s already thinking about playing fifth-ranked Cincinnati. “You look at...
Maccabi coach apologizes to Knicks
The president of Maccabi Tel Aviv has apologized to the NBA and the Knicks for its coach’s behavior during an exhibition game at Madison Square Garden. Pini Gershon, the coach,...
Borderlands: an addictive apocalypse
I'll be the first to admit that as the opening cinematic played, I was nervous about what Borderlands was going to do with its premise. Namely: you're a scavenger looking...
Indians introduce Acta
Manny Acta had two choices for his second job managing in the majors. He picked Cleveland over Houston, where his baseball career began. Acta, Washington’s former manager who turned down...
Phillies wanted to face Yankees
Now the Philadelphia Phillies can say it: The defending champs wanted the Yankees all along. Beating the Tampa Bay Rays in last year’s World Series was nice. Facing the Los...
Civic calendar
Fri, Oct. 30Seniors, Reduced-fare MetroCards. Find out about senior discounts and more aboard the MetroCard Mobile Bus. 10 am-noon. Assemblymember WIlliam Colton’s district office [155 Kings Hwy. between West 12th...
Our weekly events calendar!
Sat, Nov. 7OUTDOORS AND TOURSTour, Forage with Wildman Steve Brill: Learn what you can eat in our city parks with the man himself. $15. 11:45 am. [Grand Army Plaza at...
Line jumpers
Line jumpers Crossing party lines, three Democratic Brooklyn City Councilmembers last week endorsed Mike Bloomberg for mayor over Democratic challenger William Thompson. The three are Councilmembers Domenic Recchia, Simcha Felder...
Full speed ahead for O'Keefe Tribute
Rosemarie O’Keefe loved Bay Ridge, and it’s clear that Bay Ridge loved her, too. Just a few months after her untimely death from cancer, the residents of the neighborhood that...
Construction at Fort Hamilton will support specialized hazmat team
There’s going to be even more construction at Fort Hamilton. The latest addition to the Bay Ridge-situated base will be a facility to store vehicles belonging to a National Guard...
Campaign aims to put pressure on DOE to restore arts education
In order to retain arts in public education, parents need to make some noise. That is the contention of Tony Dandridge, the president of the District 18 Community Education Council...
Giants' McKenzie hopes to play Sunday
Right tackle Kareem McKenzie said standing on the sideline and watching the Giants play and lose to the Cardinals this past Sunday was ""Very difficult'' and that "to have it...
A busy weekend
So much to see, so little time. I made use of the weekend to catch up with shows I'd missed or which fall slightly outside of my regular turf. First, I...
Braylon Edwards charged in Cleveland
Jets receiver Braylon Edwards has been charged with misdemeanor assault over accusations he punched a man outside a Cleveland nightclub. Edwards, traded by the Cleveland Browns to the Jets two...
Your weekly newsbriefs
No love for WebberAdd City Councilmember Domenic Recchia to the chorus of Coney Island watchers directing jeers at Broadway bigwig Andrew Lloyd Webber.The celebrated composer drew cheers from Brooklynites when...
TV star hearts Brooklyn
He’s a TV star, author, executive chef and Brooklynite! Bensonhurst native Michael Lomonaco was honored during Borough President Marty Markowitz’s Italian-American Heritage Month celebration for his contributions to the borough....
Dolphins down to rookie CBs vs. Jets
DAVIE, Fla. -- Will Allen’s season-ending knee injury will force the Miami Dolphins to go with two rookie cornerbacks beginning Sunday against the Jets. Allen, a former Giants player, hurt...
Witness: Anna Nicole Smith an 'addict'
LOS ANGELES — Anna Nicole Smith was addicted to prescription drugs and her psychiatrist should have known it, an expert witness testified Monday. Dr. Timothy Botello, an expert in psychiatry,...
Peak experiences in St. Lucia
IF heart-shaped Antigua is the ticker of the Caribbean (as it likes to remind everyone), then St. Lucia is most definitely its ample bosom. Just check out the emerald island’s...
Sheldon Silver won't comment on being called anti-Christ
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver isn’t commenting on a Republican who said the orthodox Jewish lawmaker might be an anti-Christ. Erie County Executive Chris Collins, who’s...
Judge found not guilty of spanking inmates
MOBILE, Ala. — A former Alabama judge was cleared Monday of charges that he spanked and sexually abused male inmates. Former Mobile County Circuit Judge Herman Thomas was found not...
Woody's latest gets a title
"You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger'' is the title of Woody Allen's next picture, its Spanish financiers announced today. Josh Brolin, Naomi Watts, Frieda Pinto and Anthony Hopkins star in a...
Living off 5th Avenue
Brooklyn’s 5th Avenue Committee brought its board members and financiers on a Prevost bus this week for a tour of its latest construction projects, and its staff members were repeatedly...
Man arrested in triple stabbing; 2 dead
WYANDANCH, N.Y. — A Long Island man was in police custody after his wheelchair-bound mother and stepbrother were fatally stabbed in what appeared to be a domestic dispute. His stepfather...
Breaking out in Jamaica
WITH her right hand, my girlfriend has a white-knuckle grip on the torn, dingy back seat. Clenched in her left, my thigh is on fire. We weren’t expecting any frights...
50 STATES: Ohio
IF you are the sort of person who likes to look for a silver lining to every cloud, there is an upside to the decline of the domestic automotive industry....
Total gross for latest Ice Cube movie: $9,000
Ice Cube's movies have consistently made money in the '90s and '00s, so it was a shock when I looked up the numbers for "The Janky Promoters,'' which the financially-stressed Weinsteins...
AccuScore: Yankees win Series easily
The Yankees win a World Series matchup with the Phillies two out of every three times, according to simulations by AccuScore.com. The Web site projects a 66 percent chance for...
Bk. contractor admits sub-par pay at US Open site
MINEOLA, N.Y. — A Brooklyn contractor has pleaded guilty to accusations it failed to pay a prevailing wage to 17 employees who performed work at the site of this year’s...
Laptops, flight attendant part of distractions for overshoot pilots
The pilots of Northwest Flight 188 have told federal investigators that a bathroom break, chatting with a flight attendant in the cockpit and then taking out their laptops to discuss...
Officials probe why police didn't respond to call from slain priest's phone
NEWARK, N.J. — A phone call made to 911 from the phone of a priest who was stabbed to death went unheeded by police, authorities charged today. Prosecutors in Morris...
Mayor Bloomberg to target voters with phone calls
Mayor Michael Bloomberg's campaign has phone numbers for hundreds of thousands of New York City voters. Each will get an automated phone call in the next week that is narrowly...
Muscle-bound kid new Web sensation
Muscle-bound Giuliano Stroe has become an internet sensation with incredible feats of strength - aged five. The lad shows off his amazing six-pack as he performs a gruelling stunt walking...
New York, Pennsylvania senators make wager on World Series
Will it be cheesesteaks or cheesecakes? The U.S. senators representing the states of Pennsylvania and New York are betting local delicacies in a friendly wager over the World Series. If...
Gervais to host Globes
Next year's Golden Globes might actually be worth watching. British funnyguy Ricky Gervais has been tapped to serve as the show's first host in 15 years. Gervais delivered the funniest...
Madonna plants tree in Malawi to launch girls school
LILONGWE, Malawi — Madonna marked the start of construction of her school for girls in Malawi on Monday by planting a tree at the planned site of the $15 million...
Yankees dominate Giants in New York ratings
The postponement that pushed Game 6 of the ALCS back to Sunday night turned out to be a bad break for NBC.The Giants-Cardinals Sunday night game was crushed in the...
$1,000 award offered in 'Little People' attack
Someone's put the Big Hurt on "Little People" star Matt Roloff and his family. Vandals have struck the family's Forest Grove, Ore. farm, taking 14 signs and riddling another "Welcome"...
4 California cops on leave after student beating
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- San Jose police say four officers present at the beating of an unarmed student have been placed on leave. A cell phone video shows police repeatedly...
$1,000 award offered in NY decapitated goat probe
SPCA officials are offering a $1,000 reward for information about a decapitated goat found in a wooded area on Long Island. The carcass of the headless goat was found on...
Couple found dead in Ohio day-care parking lot
FAIRFIELD, Ohio -- Police say a man and woman found dead in an SUV parked at a southwest Ohio day care center had both been shot in the head. The...
Yankees are what Red Sox wanted to be
When the Red Sox knocked off the Yankees in 2004, won the World Series, and then won the World Series again in 2007 everyone thought this was going to be...
Jay-Z to perform at Series opener
The Yankees have been blasting Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind” during their playoff run. Now, the team is having the rap king perform the song live to kick off Game...
Bravo sweetens the deal with 'Top Chef' spinoff
How sweet it is.Pastry junkies will get their fix when "Top Chef: Just Desserts" makes its debut sometime in 2010, Variety reports. The spinoff comes on the heels of the...
Devils' Martin, Pandolfo each out 4-6 weeks
The Devils will be without D Paul Martin and LW Jay Pandolfo for 4-6 weeks, the team said today.Martin has a non-displaced fracture of the left forearm, and Pandolfo a...
Jay-Z, Alicia Keys to perform at World Series
The New York Yankees have been blasting Jay-Z's "Empire State of Mind" during their playoff run. Now, the team is having the rap king perform the song live to kick...
Rachael Ray teams up with DOE
Rachael Ray is partnering with New York City's Department of Education. The celebrity chef will visit a Manhattan school on Monday to launch her Rachel Ray Yum-o! Program. The city's...
Putnam man dies in DWI crash
HUNTER, N.Y. -- State police say one man has died and another has been charged with driving while intoxicated after a one-car crash in the northern Catskills. Troopers say 41-year-old...
Biggest Hits of 2010?
Several critics of my acquaintance have already written off 2009 as pretty much of a bust at the movies, so it's small wonder that our colleagues at the Times of...
Mercedes-Benz replaces Lexus as US Open sponsor
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Mercedes-Benz USA has agreed to a four-year marketing partnership with the U.S. Open, replacing Lexus as a sponsor of the Grand Slam tennis tournament. The deal...
Bronx man charged in deadly arson fire
NEW YORK -- A New York City man accused of setting a fire that killed a Yonkers firefighter has been charged with murder. Rafael Roldan of the Bronx was charged...
Gal pal canned; Phillips treated for 'sex addiction'
Schlubby seductress Brooke Hundley today was fired from her job at ESPN – less than a day after her former married lover, baseball analyst Steve Phillips, was canned by the...
Michael Jackson items to go on display in London
LONDON -- Rare Michael Jackson memorabilia will go on display in London later this week. The official exhibit opens Wednesday and includes one of the late singer's Rolls-Royces, some of...
New court date set in Kerik corruption case
A federal judge in Westchester ordered disgraced ex-top cop Bernie Kerik to stand trial starting Nov. 9. Jury selection was originally slated for this morning, but was moved after both...
Caterpillar cuts 2,500 laid-off workers
PEORIA, Ill. -- Caterpillar Inc. said Monday about 2,500 laid-off employees will be permanently cut from the company and 550 others will be brought back to work by the end...
FBI, police rescue 52 kids in prostitution probes
WASHINGTON -- FBI officials say they have rescued 52 children in a series of raids around the country aimed at under-age prostitution. Authorities say the youngest victim was just 10...
Guv woes? No! K-Bridge a go-go
Kosciuszko Bridge plans are moving forward. Less than two days after Governor David Paterson announced that the state may not have enough money to pay for bridge repairs, state Department...
Board sets budget priorities for next fiscal year
For those who have attended Community Board 10 budget hearings over the years, the board’s choice of priorities will come as no surprise. Of the top five items on the...
Slap Shots: Higgins will keep spot in Rangers lineup
Chris Higgins, benched for third period and OT of Saturday's 5-4 defeat in Montreal, and whose status was left in doubt yesterday by head coach John Tortorella, will retain his...
O surpasses Bush as 'Golfer-in-Chief'
President Obama has played more golf over the past nine months than President Bush did in over two years, according to a new report. CBS' Mark Knoller -- described as...
Gallery Players' new comedy is just not funny
The Gallery Players has done the impossible: presented a musical about two comedians that doesn’t have a single laugh in it.Make no mistake: That’s not the fault of the wonderful...
Eli off the mark
Eli Manning threw as many interceptions (three) in the 24-17 loss to the Cardinals as he did in the first six games combined. He was off-the-mark in last week's 48-27...
Jon Gosselin accuses Kate of not returning $33,000 to account
Reality TV star Jon Gosselin today claimed he put $180,000 back into a joint account he shares with his estranged wife Kate and wants to know what she did with...
Bloomberg lead at 18 points: poll
A new Quinnipiac University poll out today showed Mayor Bloomberg pulling ahead of Democratic rival Bill Thompson 53-35 percent, with 10 percent undecided, just eight days before Election Day. "It's...
The Daily Whacks, Monday Edition
There was a story that used to go around the house that feels especially relevant this morning. There was this Friday morning years ago when my Pops decided to call...
Serie A: Juventus snap four-game winless streak
A struggling Juventus defeated Siena 1-0 on the road Sunday to end a winless four-match run in Serie A, while two late goals from defender Alessandro Nesta earned AC Milan...
3UP: Pettitte to Posada and Pettitte vs. Mussina
1. In the 22nd round of the 1990 draft, the Yankees selected an overweight starting pitcher out of Deer Park High in Texas, who did not like the Yanks’ initial...
Brooklyn senior poses nearly nude
A 90-year-old borough native has become a pin-up in an upcoming 2010 calendar. Joe Manzo, who was born and raised in Brooklyn, is the oldest model in the soon-to-be-published “nearly...
Madoff investor had heart attack, then drowned
PALM BEACH, Fla. — A man accused of making more than $7 billion off the investment schemes of jailed financial manager Bernard Madoff drowned after having a heart attack, authorities...
Sebelius admits delays in H1N1 flu vaccine
WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Monday the swine flu vaccine "is coming out the door as fast as it comes off the production line." But...
The Civilians have their eye on divorce
You might need to sit down for this play.The latest production from local theater company The Civilians, a recent transplant to Fort Greene that has covered topics ranging from the...
Brooklyn Brewery receives state funds
The bootlegging barons of the prohibition era must be smiling in their graves.The state government last week awarded $800,000 to the Brooklyn Brewery to jump-start their $6.5 million expansion in...
East Flatbush streets plagued with violent crime
Despite hard-working cops, violent crime continues to ebb up on the streets of East Flatbush, according to police statistics. “We’re doing well overall with major crimes down 200 incidents over...
CB18 wishes for survival
High on Community Board 18’s list of items it wants the city to address in next fiscal year’s budget is something close to its heart — its own existence.On the...
Police on high alert at Jerusalem holy site
JERUSALEM — Hundreds of Israeli police patrolled Jerusalem’s most volatile holy site on Monday, a day after fierce clashes with Palestinian protesters turned the quiet hilltop compound into a battleground....
Saudi king waives 60 lashes for woman involved with sex talk TV show
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The Saudi king has waived a 60 lashes punishment for a female journalist charged with involvement in a TV show in which a Saudi man publicly...
14 US troops killed in copter crash in Afghanistan
KABUL — A helicopter crash and separate collision involving two other choppers killed 14 Americans on Monday in one of the deadliest days for U.S. troops in the war in...
Business Fights back
Kimberley Strassel interviews the head of Chamber of Commerce (WSJ)
Behind Small-Business Drop
Simplify taxes before subsidizing small business loans (The Foundry)Fred and Harry Siegel ask if Bloomberg's 'luxury' city can survive (Wall Street Journal)
Randi's Red Herring
Contract negotiations and the mayoral election (Ed in the Apple)Anna Philips says contract will likely skirt big issues (Gotham Schools)Sol Stern says Bloomberg and teachers' unions are more allies than enemies...
O's Embarrassment
Roger Pilon asks is O punting on human rights? (Cato)Bret Stephens asks does Obama believe in human rights? (Wall Street Journal)
Christie for NJ
Corzine in Trouble (Washington Post)Kevin Ferris makes the case for Christie (Philadelphia Inquirer)Endorsements from around NJ (Associated Press)
St. John's falls to Marquette on late goal
Ian Stone sat in his chair in disbelief. His St. John’s women’s soccer team shut out No. 18 ranked Marquette for 85 minutes, only to give up a late goal...
Defending 'B' champ Jamaica shocks No. 6 Riverdale/Kingsbridge
Jamaica had to win its final three regular-season matches just to qualify for the postseason. Riverdale/Kingsbridge would’ve liked to see the Beavers fall short. No. 27 Jamaica, the defending PSAL...
This Halloween, Rocky Horror is a glam dunk!
THIS fall, fashion designers may not be breaking out the water pistols and rice for a midnight show, but they have unwittingly pillaged the wardrobe of a ’70s cult classic,...
PSAL girls soccer playoff roundup: Goalie kicks Tech past Edison
Thomas Nguyen knew exactly who was taking the final penalty kick if it got that far. The Brooklyn Tech girls soccer coach made it clear to the referees that his...
Go to Greg
Q My son graduated from Fordham and is working with the plumbers union as an apprentice. In two years he’ll become a journeyman; at that point he plans to come...
Dream Job: Joel Peresman
The show must go on — actually make that “shows” — and it’s Joel Peresman’s job to make sure it happens. Peresman, 52, is the CEO of the Rock and...
Beyond the cubicle: JWT
When Rosemarie Ryan became president of JWT New York in 2004, she swept into the office determined to change the company’s culture. When she caught sight of its Lexington Avenue...
Beyond the cubicle: Bloomberg
Peter Grauer, the chairman of Bloomberg L.P., says he can always tell a first-time visitor to the firm’s New York offices. The “deer-in-the-headlights” look gives them away. Picture a hushed,...
Beyond the cubicle: Google
Search Google for the terms “Google” and “free food” and 639,000 hits result. Which is not surprising given that an oft-envied part of the tech titan’s legendarily generous roster of...
60 seconds with Frank Duffy
As one of the foremost thinkers and writers about workplace design, tell us, what’s wrong with the modern office? For one thing, it’s not modern. It’s 100 years old, in...
This is an office?
Ask Manhattan-based interior architect Maria Lopez what’s wrong with office design, and she looks like she just bit down on a fluorescent light fixture. “It’s not conducive to humanity!” she...
Chill factor
Top music downloads 1. Best I Ever Had, Drake 2. Run This Town, Jay-Z 3. Knock You Down, Keri Hilson 4. Successful, Drake 5. Down, Jay Sean 6. Break Up,...
Vaccaro: A-Rod finally fulfilling role he was born to play
It was with one out that the alternating cheers began, a few thousand voices starting with "We want Philly!" before the majority responded with the old standby, "Let's go, Yankees!"...
PSAL football rankings: Week 8
For the first time in what seems like a long time, there weren’t any shocking results in Week 8. The favorites, for the most part, held serve. Our top five...
Yankees beat Angels, 5-2; back in World Series
When it comes to possessing a thirst for winning World Series, the apple didn’t fall far from the Steinbrenner tree. Instead, it hugged the bark on the way down. Not...
Music & effects both quite special
IN "La Damnation de Faust," even Robert Lepage's dazzling high-tech production cannot overshadow the Metropolitan Opera's towering musical performance of this masterpiece by Hector Berlioz. The composer conceived this version...
'Cake Boss' a sweet surprise hit
IF someone had told me that yet another Italian-American family from New Jersey was going to be the hit of cable, I would have said: "Oh, no. Not another mobbed-up,...
Aniston talk show?
Jennifer Aniston may be coming back to TV as a -- wait for it -- talk show host. Aniston has agreed to do a weekly show for Oprah's new cable...
Swayze widow speaks for first time since death
FOR the first time since his death six weeks ago, the widow of actor Patrick Swayze is talking publicly about it tomorrow. Lisa Niemi will appear at a women's conference...
Simple Simon, simply said
THE only way "Brighton Beach Memoirs" could be any cozier is if we watched it in pajamas while sip ping an egg cream. Like a cruise ship returning to port,...
Starr report
Comedy Central scored big with "The Jeff Dunham Show" Thursday night -- 5.3 million viewers, the big gest premiere in net work history in total viewers and key demos (including...
'Zoey' pal gets own show
NEAR the end of what turned out to be the final season of "Zoey 101," Victoria Justice -- who was playing Jamie Lynn Spears' sidekick, Lola -- was summoned, with...
NYPD in a liar storm
THEY swear to tell the whole truth -- some times. Prosecutors and NYPD Internal Affairs probers have identified as many as two dozen cases in the past year in which...
Navy's booty probe adrift
The Navy investigation of its elite assault team over the disappearance of Somali pirate booty is moving slower than a peg-legged buccaneer. Detectives with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service have...
Birdbrained club battle
Maybe "Minotaur" was taken. The owner of the Hollywood, Fla., nightclub Gryphon has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the owner of the Manhattan nightclub Griffin -- complaining that he ripped...
Subway signs for your home 'station'
Next stop: your home? An Internet startup -- www.underground-signs.com -- is customizing MTA subway signs for use in offices and homes. The site creates made-to-order metal boards that are dead...
MTA plan cuts B-bus in half
It's splitsville for the B61. The MTA wants to chop up the chronically late bus line -- which averages 18,500 riders a day -- in a desperate attempt to dodge...
She went through a stage
It's a school fit for a lion queen. Cypress Smith went from spending 14 months on Broadway as young Nala -- the eventual bride of Simba in Broadway's "The Lion...
Reeling Rangel hitches ride on his lobby hor$e
WASHINGTON -- Embattled Rep. Charles Rangel's flagging fund-raising efforts are being kept afloat by lobbyists who round up and deliver donors for the powerful committee chairman, new campaign-finance filings reveal....
Rivals swap slur claims in Qns. race
The Republican candidate in a Queens City Council race has accused his rival's camp of filing a phony police report to gin up racial fears and increase turnout in next...
Bubba MIA for fellow Dem Thompson
He's had time to stump for New Jersey's embattled Gov. Jon Corzine, but former President Bill Clinton has been a glaring absence from mayoral hopeful William Thompson's campaign. "I don't...
Randi's red herring
THE New York City teachers union master contract is set to expire on Saturday, and American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten is touting the "reform" teachers contract recently negotiated...
Charter is 1st in its class
There were no role models. When the Sisulu-Walker Charter School of Harlem opened its doors in September 1999, there was nowhere to look for guidance. It was the state's first...
'Paranormal' #1 screamer
"Paranormal Activity" won a weekend battle of fright films over part six of the "Saw" franchise. The upstart chiller went into nationwide release and grabbed the No. 1 spot with...
Grim Queens vigil for hero son
More than 400 friends and relatives held a candlelight vigil over the weekend for Gerardo "Jerry" Antoniello, who was killed last month protecting his pizzeria-owner dad from robbers. Antoniello, 29,...
O's embarrassment
PRESIDENT Obama, who found time to go on a 24-hour jaunt to Copenha gen on Oct. 2 to seek the 2016 Olympic Games for Chicago, apparently can't find the time...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan A Manhattan man was robbed by a mugger in Central Park after the crook asked him for the time, police said yesterday. The unidentified suspect, in his 20s, confronted...
O's Afghan 'ploy'
WASHINGTON -- A senior Republican senator said yesterday that President Obama's critics are increasingly suspicious that he is playing politics with troop levels in Afghanistan. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said...
Iraq massacre
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Two powerful suicide car bombs blew up outside the Justice Ministry and city government offices in downtown Baghdad yesterday, killing at least 147 people in the deadliest...
Peek at sneak Iran nuke site
TEHRAN, Iran -- UN inspectors yesterday got their first look inside a once-secret uranium-enrichment facility that has raised Western suspicions about the extent of Iran's nuclear program. A four-member team...
Harass suit vs. Suttons
An award-winning radio reporter is causing static for the media empire owned by Harlem big shot Percy Sutton. Wayne Gillman, former news director at black-oriented WLIB and WBLS radio stations,...
Ivanka Trump weds Jared Kushner
Here are the first photos of power newlyweds Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. The real-estate scions tied the knot yesterday at the father of the bride's golf course in Bedminster,...
Dem health scare's 'phantom' menace
WHO is Jenny U.? Is she real? Or does the "U" stand for "unknown?" This urgent e-mail, courtesy of Barack Obama.com, landed in my inbox: "Jenny U. from Missouri did...
Mike, Bill stump in boroughs
Mayor Bloomberg campaigned with Newark Mayor Cory Booker at African-American churches in Queens yesterday to shore up the black vote in next week's election, while Bill Thompson greeted Bronx residents...
Unmentionable loans in Russia
When Russian billionaire Alexander Lebedev's OAO National Reserve Bank seized collateral offered against a loan from a cash-strapped borrower, a health quarantine was slapped on the security: 40,450 pigs. The...
'This' isn't all Mike: Jacko dad
Michael Jackson's dad has panned "This Is It" and accused makers of the documentary of using Jacko body doubles to fool viewers. "This movie features body doubles, no doubt about...
Thompson taps union's ad firm
The consulting firm behind the hard-hitting union ads slamming Mayor Bloomberg as an out-of-touch billionaire was also hired by Bill Thompson's campaign, records show. Aides to Thompson and officials at...
Business briefs
Wipeout Capmark Financial's bankruptcy filing yester day amounts to the wip ing out of the private eq uity investments of buyout giant KKR, Gold man Sachs Capital Part ners and...
Unfare spray hit on cabby
A California woman took a cab from Manhattan to Long Island yesterday, then gave the driver a faceful of pepper spray when she realized she had only about half the...
Pols blast 'deadline' credit fees
"Greedy credit-card companies" are trying to bilk New Yorkers out of millions in hidden fees before tough new federal rules go into effect next year, two lawmakers said yesterday. New...
Andrew Lloyd Webber fighting cancer
LONDON -- Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his spokeswoman said yesterday. The 61-year-old's condition is in the early stages, and he's hopeful of making a...
Holy hell in priest slay
Grieving New Jersey parishioners yesterday attended their first Sunday service since the murder of their beloved "Father Ed" -- and were in no mood for forgiveness, despite being in church....
Bernie's buddy drowns in cash
PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Jeffry Picower, who allegedly pocketed billions of dollars as the biggest beneficiary of Bernie Madoff's sham investments, drowned in his swimming pool yesterday, officials said. Picower...
'Tot slay' guy blasted mom
A Brooklyn man accused of beating his girlfriend's 4-year-old son to death felt he had to be the disciplinarian of the house, authorities said. "He said the mother was too...
Andy warns Rudy: Psst! I'm running
Andrew Cuomo has secretly notified Rudy Giuliani that he will run for governor next year, The Post has learned. The confidential message, conveyed through intermediaries, was delivered to Giuliani recently...
Times Square amnesia gal is ID'd
The 18-year-old amnesiac found wandering around Times Square has been identified as Kacie Peterson, a troubled teen from rural Washington reported missing Oct. 2, police said. Peterson's relieved father, Henry,...
Behind NY's small-business drop
DOING business in Gotham has rarely been easy for the nearly 200,000 small firms that form the local economy's backbone. But in the last few years, small businesses' woes have...
Christie for NJ Governor
Jersey voters had hoped that Gov. Jon Corzine's grand vows would lead to real relief from their killer tax bur den and endless state budget woes. But taxes and spending...
The Great Crash, 80 years later
Eighty years ago this week, the Great Crash of 1929 rocked Wall Street and the world -- wiping out billions, in today's dollars, in wealth and sparking the decade-long Great...
Minnesota's Republican firecracker
WHEN Marcus Bachmann came home that Saturday evening in 2000, he checked the telephone answering machine and was mystified by the many messages congratulating his wife for something. "Michele," he...
Anka’s away in gym flap
She's a lady -- but Paul Anka's wife says an Equinox gym didn't treat her like one. Anna Anka, 38, was ejected yesterday by a manager accusing her of running...
911 calls show frantic bid to find Taconic crash mom
Never-made-public 911 tapes reveal that cops were in a dramatic race against the clock to locate the five kids in a van driven by wrong-way DWI mom Diane Schuler --...
You're out! ESPN cans Phillips; he heads to rehab
Steve Phillips is out at ESPN. The married baseball analyst was booted from his high-profile TV post after being caught in a sordid love tryst with a production assistant. The...
Harvard lab poisoning
BOSTON -- Six Harvard University medical researchers were poisoned in August with coffee laced with a chemical preservative, according to school officials. In an internal memo reported in yesterday's Boston...
Painters in brush with law
Five people were arrested yesterday for defacing billboards in an effort to replace ads with art. The five were among dozens armed with paint and brushes who spread out over...
Jacko estate is heating up rights war
Representatives of Michael Jackson's estate are talking to Universal Music Group and others about submitting a competing bid -- just as Sony Music is close to inking a deal for...
Native Indians' rights
We are well aware of The Post's bias against Indians and your failure to acknowledge our historic treaty rights in past editorials. However, "Dave's Smokes Signals" (Editorial, Oct. 22) is...
A third term for Mike: blessing, curse or both?
THE ISSUE: The Post's endorsement of Michael Bloomberg for mayor of New York City. *** I agree with The Post's endorsement of Michael R. Bloomberg for mayor ("Bloomberg for Mayor,"...
A Leno letdown
Six weeks after Jay Leno moved to primetime, NBC's wait-and-see approach to his sinking ratings is testing the patience of affiliate stations across the country. The Peacock network maintains that...
Geek boutique
For the computer geeks out there, last week was like a double-shot of espresso, what with the arrival of Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system and a couple of upgrades to...
Yanks' costly error
John Lefkus paid $2,000 to own the seats where for 23 seasons he cheered his beloved Bronx Bombers, but when the relics of the old Yankee Stadium arrived at his...
Meadowlands analysis
Today's analysis. 1. 6f; $17,000; mdn cl($25,000); 2YO FUZZY'S STORY drops to 25G after just missing in his last two starts. FIRST AND BAY was well bet in debut but...
Nets' Harris says he's fit for opener
Two things have been disturbingly rare throughout the Nets' 1-6 preseason: the sight of point guard Devin Harris and the taste of victory. The Nets are hoping the return of...
Pedro may start Game 2 against Yankees
PHILADELPHIA -- Charlie Manuel answered one question about the Phillies yesterday, but raised quite a few more. While the Philadelphia manager went ahead and named Cliff Lee his starter for...
Tortorella: Rangers can correct problems
In going 7-1 out of the gate, the Rangers outscored their opponents 32-15 while surrendering two goals or fewer in six of the eight games. But in losing the next...
D'Antoni singing Douglas' praises
If Toney Douglas can orchestrate the offense and defend the perimeter as well as he sings and dances, he will be a big hit at Madison Square Garden, if not...
Friars need Signa to boot Holy Cross
Jesse Signa spent his junior year as a spectator on the St. Anthony's sideline, watching Maryland-bound kicker Nick Ferrara help lead the Friars to the CHSFL Class AAA title game....
Heart attack kills Mets prospect, 18
More turmoil struck the Mets' Latin America farm system Friday when 18-year-old pitcher Rafael Castro died in Venezuela of what the club said was an apparent heart attack. Castro, a...
Sports shorts
MLB: Tribe hires ActaManny Acta was hired by the Indians yesterday to be their manager, taking the job about three months after he was fired by the Nationals. Acta, who...
Yanks save Hondo
Hondo hit the double with the Yanks last night (game and ALCS) to greatly offset his losses with the Giants and Falcons and trim the debt to 1,780 van brocklins....
Rangers coach has his eye on Gaborik
Regarding recent defensive diligence (or the lack thereof) from Marian Gaborik, the elite goal-scorer who has gone minus-four in the Blueshirts' current three-game (0-2-1) losing streak: "Fair; fair," was the...
Injuries to Martin, Pandolfo pain Devils
Defenseman Mike Mottau is expected to rejoin the Devils in practice today, and Patrik Elias, the franchise's all-time leading scorer, is anticipated to make his practice debut "more toward the...
Saints march back to stay perfect
LaMarr Woodley returned Brett Favre's fumble 77 yards for a touchdown and Keyaron Fox ran back an interception 82 yards for another score during the closing minutes, and the Steelers...
Big boo for Manning, offense
The Bronx is burning. And Giants fans are burning along with it. Now, one week after the defense needed fixing, it is Eli Manning and his offense, 24-17 losers to...
Late fumble, interception hurt in Giants' home loss
One week after their defense barely showed up at all, the Giants went down again, this time because their offense imploded in last night's 24-17 loss to the Cardinals. At...
Off night for Feagles
The goal each week for Jeff Feagles is to limit the return game of the opponent by punting the ball out of bounds or as close to the sideline as...
Sanchez sorry for hot doggin'
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Jets rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez sounded like a scolded teenager after yesterday's 38-0 victory over the Raiders when asked about the hot dog he was seen eating...
Washington out for the season
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Damien Woody witnessed what he described as "something I've never seen before," and he violently waved his arms toward the Jets' sideline to summon over some medical...
'Ground and Pound' pays big dividends for Jets
OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Dolphins will come into the Meadowlands on Sunday with their new-fangled offense with all of its special effects. The Wildcat relies on deception to keep defenses...
Jets, Sanchez rip Raiders to snap skid
OAKLAND, Calif. -- This is the way the Jets want to live and breathe: Play suffocating defense, dominate with a powerful running game and sprinkle in some timely passing from...
Run game abandoned in Giants' defeat
After saying the Giants had to get back to their old smashmouth ways, Brandon Jacobs had his best game of the season last night, yet he saw the Giants go...
Receiving corps let Eli down
Eli Manning threw three interceptions, but he was betrayed by his receivers. Steve Smith came into last night's game leading the NFL in catches, and the Giants' receiving corps was...
Yankees set to get their Phil
The Yankees can start concocting a recipe for Philly Cream Cheese. Here come Ryan Howard, Jimmy Rollins and Pedro Martinez. The Whiz Kids they aren't, but the Phillies' first World...
Damon scores chance for second ring
Johnny Damon, bases loaded at the Stadium and the World Series a possibility. Where have we seen this before? Actually, Damon had two such opportunities last night. After misfiring in...
Andy dandy in postseason again
Andy Pettitte was the lone figure on the field at Yankee Stadium early Saturday night. The lights were off and a strong rain was falling. Game 6 of the ALCS...
Yankees clinch Series return, favored to beat Phillies
When it comes to possessing a thirst for winning World Series, the apple didn't fall far from the Steinbrenner tree. Instead, it hugged the bark on the way down. Not...
Hal: Boss a big part of this flag
This one's for The Boss. That was the pronouncement last night from Hal Steinbrenner, moments after the Yankees clinched their 40th pennant with a 5-2 victory over the Angels in...
Nothing Rodriguez can't do this October
Maybe for his next trick, in the World Series, Alex Rodriguez can throw a couple of innings of relief, too. Maybe he can make a few pitching changes, hit a...
Joba celebrates with Brut force
The celebration had begun before the media were allowed into the Yankees' locker room, so there was no confirmation that Joba Chamberlain got to start the celebration, or that there...
Hunter: Phillies will have tough time with Yankees
The Angels learned in this ALCS that the Yankees can beat you in many ways. Little Ball and Big Pitching by Andy Pettitte paved the way last night for the...
Girardi feeling bubbly buzz
Joe Girardi took an ocean of heat for moves that didn't work out during the ALCS. Now that he is going to the World Series for the first time as...
A-Rod gets 1st shot at championship
After 16 seasons in the major leagues and six as a Yankee, Alex Rodriguez finally is about to play in his first World Series -- and Yankees manager Joe Girardi...
Boone, Bernie: Erase taste of '03
Aaron Boone perfectly recalls something about the last time the Yankees were in the World Series. The ending to that Fall Classic six years ago was filled with both unwanted...
One Mo time: Rivera closes out ALCS win
Once again, Mariano Rivera was center stage for a crucial Yankees victory. And once again, he shut the door on their opponents. This time, Rivera got the final six outs...
Figgins unable to spark Angels -- again
The final straw for the one who stirs the Angels' drink was running into his own pathetic topper in front of the plate for an out in the sixth inning...
Sabathia named ALCS MVP
Though starting three times in the World Series means CC Sabathia would have to pitch two of them on short rest, he said he will do whatever the Yankees ask...
Weird but true
Yeccchh! A Michigan pet-store worker stuffed 16 live cockroaches into his mouth in hopes of breaking the world record. Sean Murphy, of Preuss Pets in Lansing, said it was a...
Lenn Robbins' Top 25
Post college football writer Lenn Robbins breaks down his Top 25 after a busy Saturday on the gridiron. Florida remains in the top spot after a closer-than-expected win over Mississippi...
Robbins Nest: Pitt has potential to become national power
One of the great debates that have been taking place since the Big East was forced to remake itself is which program has the best chance of emerging as a...
Giants dropped by Arizona, 24-17
One week after their defense barely showed up at all, the Giants went down again, this time because their offense imploded in last night's 24-17 loss to the Cardinals. At...
Moore's Ray dies in car crash
Johnny Ray, a star athlete at Moore Catholic, crashed his parents' 2004 Chevy truck into a utility pole on Father Capodanno Boulevard in Midland Beach, Staten Island and died Saturday...
Gallery Players' new comedy is just not funny
The Gallery Players has done the impossible: presented a musical about two comedians that doesn’t have a single laugh in it.Make no mistake: That’s not the fault of the wonderful...
NYC volleyball rankings
There are plenty of changes this week as the CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens regular season came to an end, the playoffs started and one huge non-league tournament took place. Cardozo took a...
PSAL boys soccer playoff roundup: No. 3 Columbus survives and advances
Jorge Palacios, Michael Asante and Trey Tully each scored once and Besim Berisha had eight saves for third-seeded Columbus (11-1-1) to help the Explorers knock off No. 30 Brooklyn International,...
Tigers tamed in first playoff appearance
Julia Silverman saw what she thought was the tying goal knocked away early in the second half. Leon Goldstein keeper Sasha Hernandez got her finger tips on a rising shot...
Hilltoppers trying to climb out of late-season funk
Mary Louis stumbled to the finish in CHSAA Queens last week. The Hilltoppers had already secured second place, but fell to Archbishop Molloy, a team it already beaten, on Wednesday....
Kearney comes together in quarters without star
Bridget Kinane almost didn’t come to her Bishop Kearney girls volleyball team’s playoff match Sunday. She had work and was having trouble getting out of it. But when coach Kristin...
Malik Thomas picks Boston University
In five years as the Wadleigh boys basketball coach, Mike Crump has coached plenty of talented players, high-flying slam-dunk artists, 3-point specialists and fierce rebounders and defenders. He has had...
ESPN fires Phillips after sex scandal
Steve Phillips is out at ESPN. The sports network tonight abruptly announced that the married baseball analyst — who was caught in a sordid love tryst with a portly production...
Cajuste encouraged despite heartbreaking loss
The Holy Cross football team was one first down away from upsetting perennial powerhouse St. Anthony’s (L.I.) Sunday afternoon at Bayside Athletic Field. But Devon Cajuste didn’t want to focus...
Saints rally past Dolphins, 46-34
For most of the first half, the New Orleans Saints could hardly make a first down. Later there was no stopping them, as usual. The unbeaten Saints overcame an early...
Gametracker: Eli, Big Blue try to rebound after first loss
Eli Manning and the Giants are back in the Meadowlands trying to come back after their first defeat of the season to the Saints last week.
Gametracker: Bombers three outs away
The Angels cut the Yankees lead to 3-2 on a Vladimir Guerrero single off of Mariano Rivera in the eighth inning. They are headed to the bottom of the eighth...