June 12, 2008
Harris or Rhodes to wear mic'ed helmet
Sportingnews.com says the Jets will have either LB David Harris or SS Kerry Rhodes wear the specially wired helmet that allows a defensive player to receive coaches' signals.
Crane accident at Cowboys Stadium
APA cable snapped as a construction crane was being lifted off the ground today at the Dallas Cowboys’ new stadium, injuring at least three people, a team spokesman said.One worker...
Deal of the Day-J Brand
It’s summer. Time to bust out a pair of crisp white jeans, and these J Brand Kat Wide Leg trousers are a great pick.With a medium rise and roomy leg,...
SHOCKING VIDEO SHOWS THUG ATTACKING WOMAN
Here's one way to assure a place in hell. Shocking video emerged today of a young thug setting upon a 62-year-old Catholic School teacher in Brooklyn, pummeling and knocking her...
JULIUS HODGE TRYING AGAIN WITH NETS
Julius Hodge's attitude is one of maturity and gratitude. Hodge was dealt a bad hand but he somehow has found the positives and is trying for another chance at the...
Del Piero to Captain Italy
AFPAlessandro Del Piero will lead Italy in their fight for Euro 2008 survival with Romania here on Friday after the Juventus star was restored to the world champions' starting line-up.Coach...
WAGNER BLOWS IT AGAIN IN 5-4 LOSS
The Mets need Billy Wagner to knock off the BS and start performing like a $10.5 million-a-year closer. Willie Randolph's beleaguered crew made plenty of mistakes today, but ultimately it...
SWB sends Cox to DL, activates Karstens
J.B. Cox was placed on the disabled list yesterday, retroactive to Sunday, June 8, with a sore shoulder, and was replaced on the roster by Jeff Karstens, who SWB activated...
Austria Keeps Euro Dream Alive
APIvica Vastic scored in the closing moments of injury time with a penalty kick Thursday, giving European Championship co-host Austria a 1-1 draw with Poland.Mariusz Lewandowski pulled the shirt of...
After two months off, Horne returns to Triple-A
After missing the last two months with right biceps tendinitis, the Yankees top pitching prospect in the minor leagues, Alan Horne, had a solid return to the hill for Scranton/Wilkes...
Bilic Masterminds Another Big Victory
APSlaven Bilic played in defense when Croatia earned its most famous victory over the Germans in the 1998 World Cup quarterfinal.This time, he had to stand and watch in a...
More Workouts and Other Stuff
The headliner was Danilo Gallinari, the 19-year-old Italian star who worked out in private and has proclaimed his desire to play for the Nets or Knicks."I like New Jersey and...
HEAD OF SPITZER HOOKER RING PLEADS GUILTY
The operator of a high-priced escort service that counted New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer among its clients pleaded guilty Thursday after a criminal probe put the company out of business...
DE LA HOYA SLAMS EX-STRIPPER OVER FISHNET PHOTOS
Boxer Oscar De La Hoya is still throwing jabs at the stunning model who circulated embarrassing snapshots of the pugilist dressed in drag. "This world is full of bad people,"...
R.KELLY SEX TRIAL GOES TO JURY
R. Kelly's fate now rests in the hands of a Chicago jury. Nine men and three women will soon start deliberations in the R&B superstar's child - porn trial after...
Mets, Yankees represented in CWS
Both the Mets and Yankees have two draft picks from the 2008 draft class playing in the College World Series. Stanford teammates Jeremy Bleich (LHP, 2nd round, Yankees) and Sean...
Red Bulls set to ink Rojas, expect Argentinean signings
Zurdo Rojas set to sign? By BRIAN LEWISJuan Carlos Osorio said he expects to have three new players once the summer transfer window opens next month.The Red Bull coach’s scouting...
GRAND JURY WON'T INDICT FRENCH SKYSCRAPER CLIMBER
A Manhattan grand jury has refused to indict a French daredevil who scaled the 52-story New York Times building to draw attention to global warming. The grand jury has, however,...
Yankees begin signing draft picks
With the 2008 draft class now a week old, the Yankees have begun to sign their draft picks, with many of them likely making an appearance in the NY-Penn League...
Red Bulls' Reyna and Angel out for D.C. and likely New England, too
Angel out until Dallas? By BRIAN LEWISThe news goes from bad just plain terrible from the Red Cross _ er, I mean Red Bull injury department. Captain Claudio Reyna was...
Croatia Stuns Germany
APCroatia stunned pretournament favorite Germany 2-1 Thursday, taking control of Group B at the European Championship. Croatia took the lead in the 24th minute after Danijel Pranjic swapped passes with...
LIVEBLOG: L'Ouest side story
Continuing from yesterday, when we learned about how famed chef Paul Bocuse has the Lyon market cornered with - count 'em! - five casual bistros. Our correspondent ate at the...
OMG - it's the Jonas Brothers!
Tweens swarmed to Manhattan's Ziegfeld Theatre yesterday in hopes of catching a glimpse of Nick, Joe and Kevin Jonas walking the white carpet at the premiere for the new Disney...
Pervy Spice and Cackle Puss kick-off 'SYTYCD'
Rayven and Jamie: Disaster Rayven and Jamie – Hop-HopRayven is the oldest dancer in this season’s competition – 28 years old – and she’s not going to let her hip...
Lineups ready for D'backs finale
The orders are set as the Mets ride ace Johan Santana (pictured) in their afternoon bid at Shea Stadium today to win the series with the Diamondbacks. The Mets won’t...
Coverage in today's Post
The Mets have a quick turnaround today with a 1 p.m. series finale at Shea with the Diamondbacks. Billy Wagner will be there with a new best friend in Carlos...
Whoa! Another Nintendo DS color on horizon
For those about to rock, we salute you! There is no end to the number of colorways that the Nintendo DS will be produced in. And, of course, I want...
ELIZABETH SMART: I'M NOT SORRY I WAS ABDUCTED
Elizabeth Smart, who was taken from her home six years ago, said she's no longer sorry she was held captive for nine months. "I feel so fortunate that I was...
DEALS: $9*/OW to Trinidad
TnT for a sawbuck? Sort of. Spirit launches a new service to Trinidad's Port of Spain airport with one of its trademark ridiculous sales. Don't be be surprised to learn...
FEDS: MISSING SWINDLER IS 'ARMED AND DANGEROUS'
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Federal marshals in New York have issued a "Wanted" poster that says a missing hedge-fund swindler should be considered "armed and dangerous." A car belonging to...
SUPREME COURT: GITMO DETAINEES HAVE RIGHTS IN COURT
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts. In its...
'Incredible Hulk': Good Enough
Despite the presence of such "serious" as Edward Norton, William Hurt (who seems to have borrowed Sam Elliot's eyebrows for the occasion) and Tim Roth, "The Incredible Hulk'' is thankfully...
BILL WALTON SLAMS SHAMED REF DONAGHY
LOS ANGELES - Legend Bill Walton, who broadcast the suspicious Game 6 of Lakers-Kings in 2002, sliced up Tim Donaghy yesterday. "I'm saddened and disheartened by Donaghy comments, but not...
3 UP: Omar, Pelfrey and Alou
1. I wrote in today's Post that GM Omar Minaya is as responsible for the Met problems this year as Willie Randolph. I particularly cited the age that Minaya has...
Utensils down, hands up!
Fourth time's a charm."Top Chef: Chicago's" Stephanie Izard out-cooked 15 contestants to become the first woman to ever snag the coveted "Top Chef" title.The thirty-one-year-old Chicago native out-cooked apparent-favorite Richard...
Euro '08: Day Six
Day Six of the Euros is a chance for Germany to live up to its billing as they face Croatia at 11:55 a.m. ET., followed by co-hosts Austria getting into...
FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED
Today's page looks at the father of American landscape architecture, who was the designing mind behind New York's Central Park. FREDERICK Law Olmsted is responsible for the design of some...
LEGS WIDE OPEN
IMAGINE all the comforts of the womb combined with the complicated choreography of "So You Think You Can Dance." Add to that a few yoga positions more dazzling than the...
ART FOR BUYERS WITHOUT LOTS OF MONET
WHAT is art? In the pantheon of philosophical queries, the question ranks with "Does God exist?" and "Why do hot women date magicians?" While there will never be a clear...
THE COURTSHIP OF MICHAEL STRAHAN
CBS and Fox are putting the rush on gap-toothed Giants defensive end Michael Strahan to spend his Sunday afternoons with them - now that he's retired from football. Strahan is...
PBS SHOW LOOKING FOR NYC HOME TO REDO
BROOKLYN homeowners have leapt at a once-in-a- lifetime opportunity to have their homes renovated under the supervision of "This Old House." Since Monday's announcement that the venerable PBS series is...
STARR REPORT
Coppin' seats The Police have an nounced their final reunion- concert gig will unfold Aug. 7 at Madison Square Garden - and public TV is getting into the act (literally)....
HEIGL OUT OF EMMYS
KATHERINE Heigl, who's rarely at a loss for words, says she removed herself from Emmy consideration this year because the "Grey's Anatomy" writers failed to give her juicy material. "I...
MR. ROGERS CUTS BACK
'MR. Rogers' Neighborhood" is about to get a bit exclusive for the first time in 40 years - PBS is yanking the beloved children's show from its daily schedule this...
LEAVE MY MILEY ALONE
THE co-creator of "Hannah Montana" has a message for the media - lay off Miley Cyrus. Cyrus, 15, whose alter ego is the Disney Channel's Hannah Montana, has become one...
HAUTE LIST
PHOTOS: Haute ListLINDA Farrow is the coolest sunglassess company you've probably never heard of. Worn by celebs such as Kanye West and Kate Moss, the '60s-, '70s-, '80s-era brand relaunched...
MASTERS BY DEGREE
NOT since Bruce Springsteen sang a duet with opera great Leontyne Price (he singing "It's Now or Never," she crooning "O Sole Mio") has there been as unlikely a pair...
GREEN DAY
FIVE years after the pretentious "Hulk'' crashed and burned, "The Incredible Hulk" aims much lower - basically at fans of the comic book and the TV series - and squarely...
'HIRED' GETS BIG HAND
THERE are just eight performers, a single piano and a largely barren stage, but few musicals have conjured up a bygone world as beautifully as "The Hired Man." This British...
JOE: MO NEEDED NIGHT OFF
OAKLAND - Joe Girardi doesn't like telling the media what reliever is or isn't available before the game. Better to let the other team guess. Nevertheless, because Mariano Rivera had...
ROUGH NIGHT FOR RASNER
OAKLAND - With their team comfortably ahead in the sixth inning last night at McAfee Coliseum, a small group of A's fans in the intimate gathering started chanting, "Yankees [stink],...
PLAX MEANS BUSINESS
We interrupt the ongoing and very real Jeremy Shockey saga to bring you the newest controversy to hit the Super Bowl champion Giants: Plaxico Burress yesterday refused to practice because...
SUPER DISTRACTIONS
IF Osi Umenyiora, Chris Snee and Brandon Jacobs want new contracts, they will have to get in line with Plaxico Burress. But if it is any consolation to general manager...
IMMELMAN MASTERS NEW DOMAIN
SAN DIEGO - When we last gathered at a major championship, there were extended discussions about a potential Grand Slam Tiger Woods said was "easily within reason.'' But the only...
TIGER, PHIL READY TO DUKE IT OUT
SAN DIEGO - Major championship golf will take on the vibe of a heavyweight title fight today when Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson walk to the first tee for the...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Soriano may miss six weeks In Chicago, Alfonso Soriano could miss up to six weeks with a broken left hand after the Cubs star was hit by a pitch...
NEGATIVE REACTION TO DONAGHY'S CHARGES
Here are some reactions to the charges made by former referee Tim Donaghy, who pleaded guilty last August to wire fraud and gambling, that top NBA executives rigged playoff series...
X-RATED KOBE
LOS ANGELES - Kobe Bryant has become a Yankees fan because of Curtis Schilling's blog. Asked by The Post his reaction to the Red Sox pitcher portraying him in an...
GARCIA FACES 'MAJOR' DILEMMA
SAN DIEGO - If there's one player who should win this week whose name is not Tiger or Phil, it's Sergio Garcia. It's time for Garcia to win a major....
HONDO'S DOUBLE-DIPPING
Lincecum, the stable stalwart, did his part, but Hondo ended up on the short end with the Giants last night, which caused the earnings to dwindle to 235 hubbells. Tonight,...
'BIG' SHOWDOWN
Jockey Kent Desormeaux did a lot of talking yesterday about his much-criticized ride on Big Brown in Saturday's Belmont Stakes, but not much of it was for public consumption. Desormeaux,...
RANGERS EYE WHEELER
The Rangers spent yesterday romancing a free agent right wing, and his name isn't Jaromir Jagr. Rather, even as No. 68 told The Post that he hasn't spoken to general...
MAYO ON KNICKS' MENU
LOS ANGELES - O.J. Mayo, who was considered the third best talent in the NBA Draft, will work out for the Knicks today at their Westchester campus. It is unsure...
IMPRESSIVE PELFREY ROBBED OF WIN
Mike Pelfrey hadn't won in nearly two months before last night. After a sterling performance in the Mets' 5-3 victory over Arizona, that didn't change. The right hander pitched as...
MINAYA IS MAKING SAME OLD MISTAKES
THE All-Star Game is shaping up as potential humiliation in the Bronx for the Mets. Willie Randolph is scheduled to be there as an NL coach, though he might not...
BELTRAN BLAST BAILS OUT BILLY
It wasn't Billy Wagner who got the save last night - it was Carlos Beltran. After Wagner flushed Mike Pelfrey's gem, Beltran smacked a two-run, walk-off home run with two...
MOISES BACK ON SIDELINE
Well, that didn't last long. Moises Alou, activated from the disabled list on Tuesday, was out again last night after hurting the same strained left calf that forced him out...
STARRY-EYED GOOGLE GUY
Now that he's conquered cyberspace, Google co-founder Sergey Brin wants to visit outer space. The billionaire mogul has made a $5 million down payment to reserve a seat on a...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK-Midday Nos. Wed.: 610; Lucky Sum: 7 / Midday Win-4 Wed.: 1799; Lucky Sum: 26 / Evening Nos. Wed.: 928; Lucky Sum: 19 / Evening Win- 4 Wed.: 8533;...
R. KELLY JURY CAN REVIEW TAPE
A Chicago jury deciding the fate of R&B star R. Kelly can watch the raunchy 27-minute sex tape at the center of his child porn trial as much as they...
GO, BROOKLYN!
WASHINGTON - Two Brooklyn natives will receive the country's highest civilian award from President Bush. Anthony S. Fauci, an AIDS scientist, and Gen. Peter Pace, former chairman of the Joint...
A GIANT HEIST
Thieves made off with a sack of Big Blue Super Bowl rings during a crafty heist in the heart of New England Patriots country, officials said yesterday. The burglars broke...
JOHN TARGETS FLA. CUBANS
John McCain made a big play for Florida's Cuban-American voters yesterday with a radio ad chiding those who "support a dialogue" with Cuban dictators - a sly reference to Barack...
TRADITIONAL 'FIRST LADY' CINDY MAC
Cindy McCain vowed to be an active first lady if her husband John is elected president, but said she won't try to use her position to influence administration policy. "I...
MISSING SCAMMER 'SCARED TO DEATH' OF JAIL
Missing hedge-fund swindler Samuel Israel III "was scared to death" of going to prison for 20 years, a close friend revealed yesterday as the manhunt for the presumed fugitive continued....
O'S VEEP HUNTER QUITS
WASHINGTON - The chief of Barack Obama's vice-presidential search committee quit yesterday amid a brewing storm over his ties to the head of a leading subprime mortgage lender. Democratic heavyweight...
BARACK HAS 6-POINT LEAD IN TWO POLLS
Barack Obama leads John McCain in a new presidential poll, and has made some inroads attracting Hillary Rodham Clinton's supporters now that she has dropped out of the race. But...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
The Bronx The elderly Alzheimer's sufferer pictured right wandered away from his Concourse apartment after using a butter knife to unlock an interior door, authorities said yesterday. Conrad Hunte, 86,...
GOV RIPS WTC MONEY PIT
Weary of continued delays in the rebuilding of the World Trade Center, Gov. Paterson yesterday demanded that his newly appointed Port Authority director conduct a far-reaching audit of the massive...
FACE-SLASH SUSPECT KEPT CAGED
An Albanian national who allegedly hired two goons to slash the face of his beautiful ex-girlfriend in Chinatown last month, was ordered held without bail yesterday. At his arraignment in...
EATERY 'COOKS BOOKS'
A thriving Queens restaurant and catering hall - which has a contract with the Parks Department despite alleged mob ties - keeps such shoddy records that it's impossible to tell...
GOV GIVES ON SECURITY HEAD
ALBANY - Gov. Paterson yesterday agreed that the head of his scandal-scarred State Police security detail should be picked by the state's top cop and not by the governor himself....
SETBACK IN 'ROID PROBE
The Brooklyn DA's office has pulled the plug on the bombshell grand-jury investigation into an illegal steroid ring that sold to NYPD officers, and demoted the prosecutor in charge to...
SUIT: DJ'S HUBBY PUT HIT ON RIVAL
Talk queen Wendy Williams' husband planned to rub out a rival radio DJ who used her own show to badmouth his wife, a lawsuit filed yesterday claims. Kevin Hunter tried...
REV'S BAIL BID FOR LILLO
Former "Sopranos" actor and accused cop killer Lillo Brancato has enlisted a cast of characters - including a movie producer and a Catholic priest - in a bid to get...
AN EVIL INTERLUDE
Here is some of the strongest evidence a Manhattan jury has seen against the violent ex-con now on trial in last year's shocking, 19-hour rape-torture of a Columbia University graduate...
'COLLAPSE SLAY' RAP ON BUILDER
A Brooklyn developer was slapped with manslaughter charges yesterday for alleged shoddy construction practices that led to a fatal collapse. William Lattarulo, 63, was released on $25,000 bail following his...
JUDGE RULES: GIVE US OUR PAY HIKES OR ELSE
Gov. Paterson and the Legislature "unconstitutionally abused their power" by refusing to give judges a pay raise - and they have 90 days to pay up or face the consequences,...
'BIAS' BEACH BUST
Cops barred black teens from using a public beach in a predominantly white community, a Brooklyn lawyer claims - adding that when he tried to get the youths in, officers...
BIO FATHER GAVE AWAY TRAGIC TOT
The biological father of the boy allegedly abused and beaten to death by a Brooklyn couple gave the woman charged in the killing a thumbs-up to "provide necessary care to...
RACE TO REACH OTB DEAL GOES DOWN TO WIRE
ALBANY - The 1,500 New York City Off-Track Betting Corp. workers facing dismissal Sunday got some last-minute good news yesterday as a deal turning the money-losing entity over to the...
HUDSON PIER EYED FOR SCHOOL
Education officials yesterday said they'd like to build a 1,650-seat high school at Pier 40 off the Hudson River in downtown Manhattan. In a letter to the Hudson River Park...
CLIMBER WANTS A FAIR SHAKE
Give to me zee honors from zee mayor! The flamboyant French daredevil who climbed the 52-story New York Times Building says Mayor Bloomberg should shake his hand - the same...
WHAT A GOOD 'BOY'
Boy George is making his own karma. After having to perform five days of community service sweeping for the Sanitation Department in 2006, the '80s Brit pop icon is showing...
WEINER HOT FOR EMIGRE MODEL BABES
Seems Anthony Weiner is working hard to increase his dating pool. The New York Democratic congressman, who has wooed a bevy of beauties from the Big Apple to the Beltway,...
HEAT KILLS 6 IN CITY
Six New Yorkers were killed by this week's scorching four-day heat wave, the city medical examiner's office said yesterday. Five of the dead were over 70. The sixth person was...
DEAD GAL'S BEAU GRILLED
Police were questioning the boyfriend of a woman who was discovered dead in Queens yesterday, killed by a wound in the back of her head that may have been an...
$ECURITY SUIT HITS CIPRIANI
The swank Cipriani restaurants rake in big bucks from star-studded parties, but skimp on security costs by short-changing the guards hired to protect famous guests, a federal lawsuit alleges. Guards...
MTA GIVES FARE WARNING OF COSTLIER RIDE
ALBANY - Straphangers could get railroaded with another 25-cent fare hike next year if the state doesn't pony up hundreds of millions of dollars in new aid to cover the...
MOVIN' ON UP!
A beloved Park Avenue doorman who won $5 million in the state lottery wants to move on up - and into the elegant, pre-war building where he works. That way,...
IT'S HEBREW HEAVEN
I'VE just seen the Jewish promised land. The place my people wind up when they die and go to heaven. And since I'm bound for more nefarious places, I figure...
THE TRUTH ABOUT DELAY OF DA LAND
SO, Gov. Paterson has directed his newly appointed Port Authority executive director, Chris Ward, to "audit" the state of Ground Zero construction. Having followed the story for more than six...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Deja DUI! Cops in Sheboygan, Wis., busted a man for drunken driving twice within two hours. First, the 24-year-old man was stopped by an officer for driving the wrong way...
CLINTON HILL, BROOKLYN
Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 3 Square feet: 2,400 So many details in this three-story Putnam Avenue family brownstone date back to the original 1901 construction - the mantels, shutters, moldings, tin...
FLORAL PARK, LI
Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 2½ Square feet: 1,742 Built in 1928, but with a full renovation done 10 years ago, this Colonial in the "desirable" West End features an open floor...
UPPER WEST SIDE
Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 700 Common charges: $624 A condo loft for well under a million dollars is a rare find. And this one, in a full-service building...
WEST VILLAGE
Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 Square feet: 600 Maintenance: $831 If you're going to go with a "junior" one-bedroom, why not get one with senior-level amenities? This Jane Street co-op has...
UPPER EAST SIDE
Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1½ Square feet: 1,100 Maintenance: $1,602 It's nice to have choices, like, say, a bigger dinner party or a bigger family. This high-floor East 83rd Street co-op...
NEW CANAAN, CONN.
Bedrooms: 5 Bathrooms: 3½ Square feet: 3,194 This "pristine" Colonial is truly colonial - it was built in 1760. Of course, while retaining some "lovely" pre-independence details (three working fireplaces,...
KIPS BAY
Achieving the ideal live/work balance is tough, but this four-story townhouse on East 31st Street makes it a whole lot easier. In addition to the lavish living space - 3,700...
BROOKVILLE, LI
The brochure on this "modern masterpiece" contends it was "inspired" by Le Corbusier (who more or less inspired most modern masterpieces). The 9,000-square-foot home, recently renovated, includes six bedrooms, 7½...
UPPER EAST SIDE
It's all about the finishes when it comes to this five-floor, 6,200-square-foot townhouse on East 81st Street. The wood floors are imported from South America, the stucco walls are Venetian,...
DANGER ZONE
How big has New York City's foreclosure problem become? "Two years ago, there were just a few selected ZIP codes where [foreclosures] were bad," says Matthew Haines, the founder of...
NOT 'FORE' US
Even a couple of foreclosed homes can drag down a neighborhood. That's the lesson Throgs Neck residents learned the hard way by watching two houses in their Bronx neighborhood decay...
NORWALK THIS WAY
Norwalk, Conn., sits right on Long Island Sound, it's about a 60-minute train ride from Manhattan and much of its housing stock is in beautifully forested - and increasingly affordable...
TAKE A 'WALK
Cruise Norwalk's marine-inspired nabes (Harbor View, Shorefront Park) and darn it if every other house doesn't have a For Sale sign. "There's quite a bit of availability," says Prudential Connecticut...
JUST SOLD!
Manhattan EAST VILLAGE $2,060,000 115 Fourth Ave. Two-bedroom, two-bath loft condo, 1,800 square feet, with dining room, granite kitchen countertops and S/E exposures; building features doorman and roof deck. Common...
HEIDI, HO!
Heidi Klum is strutting down a new hallway after selling her West Village penthouse. According to city records, the supermodel/mother of three sold her six-room duplex co-op on Bank Street...
Jozy officially unveiled
By BRIAN LEWISGoodbye to New York, hello to Spain. Goodbye to MLS, hello to La Liga, as ex-Red Bull forward Jozy Altidore was officially introduced as Villarreal’s newest signing.The 18-year-old...
ART HOUSE
Carol Wax tried to make art in Brooklyn for decades. But living in cramped spaces with insufficient light curtailed the artist's printmaking career. In 2002, she relocated to Peekskill and...
SHARPTON SEES THE LIGHT OR PULLS ANOTHER STUNT?
If the Rev. Al Sharpton suddenly realizes, after 20 years of community involvement, that "we must confront" civilian-upon-civilian violence, then he should follow the example of those already concerned ("The...
BLOOMBERG'S BICYCLE BYE-BYE
Thumbs up to Mayor Bloomberg for his comments about restricting bicycles from the subways and calling people who climb buildings "stupid" ("Mayor: I'd Ban Bikes on Subway," June 7). Now...
GATES THE GREAT
MIRACLES do happen: A Bush Cabinet officer has proven not only competent, but wise, honest, independent and courageous. That man is Defense Secretary Robert Gates - who just may be...
A NEW ASSAULT ON NY CHARTERS
WITH a stroke of a pen, a single judge in Albany last month cost the state's public charter schools millions of dollars. It's the latest special-interest assault on charter schools:...
NUMBERS GAME
PRESIDENTIAL politics, like football, chess and other rule-bound competitions, is simple in objective but complex in execution. The objective is 270 electoral votes. This year the execution will turn on...
THE MORAL IMPERATIVE FOR DRILLING
THE other day in a poor part of Central California, I talked with a number of folks at a rural gas station. Most drove second- and third-hand pickups, large cast-off...
CARL IS NO BLOG ICON, JUST YET
It's been 4½ months since financier Carl Icahn announced he would join the wonderful world of blogging. And starting next week, it may finally happen. Or not. Approached while eating...
LUMPS FOR LEHMAN
The hits just keep coming at Lehman Brothers. Yesterday, Guy Moszkowski, a top-ranked Merrill Lynch analyst who has been a big booster of Lehman, downgraded the investment firm to "hold"...
LYNE DANCES OUT
Susan Lyne's resignation yesterday as CEO of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia might not signal the end of her career in magazines. The Post has learned that Lyne and Time Inc....
AUTO GIANTS APPLY THE BRAKES ON AD SPENDING
Chrysler stalled its ad spending this year as its private-equity owners struggled with soaring gas prices and a sputtering turnaround. The ailing Detroit automaker slashed ad expenditures by 42 percent,...
OIL-RICH FUNDS EYEING TROPHIES
A Middle East oil-rich fund is in talks to swallow a 75 percent chunk of the Chrysler Building, but sources say control of iconic buildings isn't the priority for most...
REEK-O RAP AT CHICO'S
An activist shareholder is turning up the heat on the board and management at Chico's, with the beleaguered women's clothier's annual meeting slated for later this month. New York-based Spotlight...
BELGIAN BUD DEAL ON TAP
America's fabled Budweiser beer empire could be swallowed by a giant European brewer in a $46.4 billion cash deal. Shares of Bud's parent, Anheuser-Busch, surged nearly 10 percent just minutes...
CSX JUDGE SAYS FUNDS BROKE LAW
Railroad giant CSX was handed a hollow victory yesterday in its heated battle with two secretive hedge funds seeking to oust five of the company's board members. Federal District Court...
LIVE NATION EXECS FEUD OVER DEALS
Live Nation's senior executive ranks have been roiled by an internal feud over the company's strategy to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on big-name acts including Madonna, Jay-Z and...
BERTELSMANN LOOKING TO UNLOAD SONY BMG
Bertelsmann is fast-tracking its efforts to sell its half of music giant Sony BMG to Sony Corp., with a deal on tap for as soon as the end of the...
MARKETS ROIL ON CRUDE OIL
Ben Bernanke is getting outflanked in his struggle against inflation as oil soared again toward records and stocks tanked. Speculators ignored the Federal Reserve chief's assurances of a strong-dollar economy,...
THINK OF WHAT WASHINGTON COULD DO WITH $51B CACHE
THERE'S a curious $51 billion pile of money sitting at the US Treasury in Washington that the American public ought to know about. Yes, $51 billion - an amount so...
NBC EYES WORLDWIDE PLAZA
Worldwide Plaza, the old New York Times Building in Times Square and 11 Times Square are among the buildings that NBC Universal is considering as it looks for an environmentally...
MUSIC FOR MSG
Cablevision's MSG Entertainment has acquired a minority stake in Front Line Management, the artist management firm headed by music biz power broker Irving Azoff. MSG is buying its position from...
OBAMA'S BUS
It's getting a little crowded under Bar ack Obama's bus. Washington power broker James Johnson got tossed under yesterday - joining Chicago wheeler-dealer Tony Rezko, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and...
DINAPOLI'S DUBIOUS DECISIONS
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli ad mitted Tuesday to giving remarkably generous raises to members of his staff - despite a state economic environment that some characterize as a catastrophe in...
HOLD SILVER IN CONTEMPT
Here's a no-brainer: If you had the power to order up a pay raise for yourself and all your buddies, would you do it? Why, of course you would. So...
MONEY-HUNGRY YANKEES PLAY GALL
The Yankees want the city to sell $350 million more in tax-free bonds so they can finish their new stadium, officials said tonight. And state Assemblyman Richard Brodsky (D-Westchester), whose...