August 10, 2009
'OCTOMOM' TWO-HOUR SPECIAL
The Fox network said Monday it will air a two-hour special on the life of "Octomom" Nadya Suleman, based on footage bought from an online company that paid for access...
ARREST IN QUEENS FIRE THAT DESTROYED 38 GOLF CARTS
A teenager from Queens is accused of setting a fire that destroyed 38 golf carts and caused more than $400,000 in damages. Prosecutors say 17-year-old Christopher Casella is expected to...
Game 112: Mets at D-backs
PHOENIX -- Fresh off Sunday's win in San Diego, the Mets will try to keep their history of road domination over the Diamondbacks alive here tonight when Mike Pelfrey takes...
Pedro to start Wednesday
APPedro Martinez will make his return to the majors Wednesday when he starts for Philadelphia against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said Monday that the three-time...
NTSB: HUDSON RIVER MID-AIR COLLISION WAS 'AVOIDABLE'
The mid-air crash between a helicopter and a small plane over the waters of the Hudson River was avoidable had the FAA implemented safety standards put forward by the NTSB...
EARTH QUAKES ROCK JAPAN, INDIAN ISLANDS
WASHINGTON - A massive magnitude 7.6 quake struck in the Indian Ocean off India's Andaman Islands, triggering a tsunami watch for India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh, the U.S. Geological...
Jacko Flick Set for Halloween Eve
Sony announced today that it plans to release a film crafted from footage of Michael Jackson's final rehersal on October 30 after striking a deal with the late singer's concert...
47 SPEND NIGHT ON PLANE ON TARMAC IN MINNEAPOLIS
MINNEAPOLIS -- Forty-seven passengers were forced to sit in a cramped, smelly plane on an airport tarmac for six hours after their flight was diverted because of bad weather. The...
SWIMMER TOOK DAUGHTER ON FLIGHT WITH SAME HELICOPTER PILOT
Swimmer Dara Torres says she took a New York helicopter tour last week with the same pilot who died in a crash with a small plane over the Hudson River....
Mangini in trouble again
Eric Mangini's controversial offseason with the Browns continued yesterday when an agent for receiver Syndric Steptoe blamed the team's new head coach for his client's season-ending surgery.Mangini had the team...
YANKEES ARE VIRTUAL LOCK FOR PLAYOFF SPOT
With their four-game sweep of the Red Sox, the Yankees took a commanding 6 ½ game lead in the AL East and are a virtual lock to make the playoffs,...
HILLARY CLINTON GETS ANGRY OVER QUESTION ABOUT WHAT HER HUSBAND THINKS
KINSHASA, Congo -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's temper flared on Monday when a Congolese university student asked her for her husband's thinking on an international financial matter. A...
No Baby; Bright Side of the Sked
By FRED KERBERAs the Nets privately believed all along, they could find no way to bring Glen "Big Baby" Davis into the fold. The Celtics officially re-upped their guy for...
PLANE PILOT IN HUDSON CRASH HAD CLEAN RECORD
PHILADELPHIA -- It was a perfect summer day when Steven Altman set out from a suburban airstrip in his single-engine plane, heading up to northern New Jersey to pick up...
OBAMA PREDICTS HEALTH CARE WIN
GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- President Barack Obama predicted Monday that Congress would pass his sweeping health care overhaul this fall as more "sensible and reasoned arguments" prevail. But he said immigration...
DVD Extra: What's on the 70th Anniversary 'GWTW'
Warner Home Video has finally confirmed Nov. 17 as the release date for the 70th anniversary edition of "Gone With the Wind,'' which will also be the first time the...
MARSHALL: 'CHARITY' BEGINS AT HOME
Accused swindling son Anthony Marshall had a set rule when it came to the multi-million-dollar fortune of his frail mother, Brooke Astor: Charity should begin -- and end -- at...
Jozy Altidore granted UK work permit
Follow the Post's soccer coverage on Twitter!Jozy Altidore got his work permit today, Hull revealed on the official team website. That means the 19-year-old striker will be eligible to play...
Chansi making the best of his chances
By MARK CANNIZZAROCORTLAND _ Rex Ryan wasted little time today getting into who impressed him most in the morning practice.The star of the morning was WR Chansi Stuckey, who made...
REPORT: ITALIAN PROSECUTORS TO PROBE HUDSON RIVER TRAGEDY
Italian prosecutors have reportedly opened a manslaughter investigation into the crash over the Hudson River that left nine people -- including five Italian tourists -- dead on Saturday. NTSB: Midair...
Holocaust survivors get federal funds
Two Jewish non-profit organizations are divvying up $300,000 in federal money to bring community support services to Brooklyn's Holocaust survivors.Half of the money will go to the Jewish Community Council...
ANDREW CUOMO WARNS NY DEALERS ABOUT 'CLUNKER' ADS
ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is warning 40 auto dealers that their ads for cash-for-clunkers are clunkers themselves. Cuomo calls the ads misleading and deceptive. He...
'SPIDER-MAN' PLAY HITS FINANCIAL SNARE
NEW YORK -- Has "Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark" been caught in a web of financial difficulties? Hello Entertainment, one of its producers, says work on the lavish Broadway-bound musical...
'DEAD' BABY WAKES UP BEFORE FUNERAL
A baby boy born 16 weeks prematurely was declared dead by doctors at a hospital in Paraguay only to wake up in time for his funeral wake hours later. Dr....
BROOKLYN POST OFFICES TO REMAIN OPEN
Stephen Witt Rumors of several Brooklyn post offices' demise are greatly exaggerated, postal officials said last week. "There is a consolidation, but there will be none in Brooklyn," said Unites...
HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS GET FEDERAL FUNDS
Two Jewish non-profit organizations are divvying up $300,000 in federal money to bring community support services to Brooklyn's Holocaust survivors. Half of the money will go to the Jewish Community...
NY POLICE DIVERS FIND MAN'S BODY IN PLANE WRECKAGE
HOBOKEN, N.J. -- Hudson River divers on Monday found the wreckage of a small plane and one of two victims missing following a midair collision with a sightseeing helicopter that...
PENTAGON USED TWITTER TO TRACK AIR FARCE ONE BACKLASH
WASHINGTON -- As the Pentagon warns of the security risks posed by social networking sites, newly released government documents show the military also uses these Internet tools to monitor and...
Studs & Duds of the week
Help me reach my modest goal of 10010 100 followers on twitter.By JUSTIN TERRANOVAYankees stud -- Andy PettittePettitte faced off against two of the best starters in the American League...
At 40, Irabu attempts Japanese comeback
APFormer Yankees pitcher Hideki Irabu was introduced as the newest member of the Kochi Fighting Dogs on Monday, saying his ultimate goal is a return to Japan's top professional league."As...
40 YOUTHS RIOT IN PARIS AFTER TEEN DEATH
PARIS -- About 40 rioters in a Paris suburb hurled Molotov cocktails at police and firefighters and torched cars in a rampage prompted by the death of a teen pizza...
DA MAY SEEK DEATH PENALTY FOR OPERA KIN
HONESDALE, Pa. -- A prosecutor says he may seek the death penalty against a man who is the son of a Metropolitan Opera star and who stands accused of sexually...
JUDGE OKS MICHAEL JACKSON MOVIE DEAL
LOS ANGELES --Audiences will get to see the King of Pop perform one more time after a judge approved a major deal to produce a movie fashioned from footage of...
600 MISSING AFTER MUDSLIDE IN TAIWAN
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A typhoon-spawned mudslide engulfed a mountain village in southern Taiwan, burying up to 600 people, a police official and a rescued villager said Monday. Typhoon Morakot dumped...
COPS QUESTIONED GYM SHOOTER WEEK BEFORE SLAYING
PITTSBURGH -- The man who carried out a massacre in a women's aerobics class had been questioned a week earlier by police because he matched the description of a man...
Is this a landmark? For 'Shore' it is!
Landmark status awaits — at long last, some say — at least two historic buildings in Coney Island, including the derelict Shore Theater, but possibly not the most famous site in the...
The weekender! Here's what you should do on Saturday and Sunday
It's that time of the week again — the weekend. So let The Weekender be your guide: · Need some peace and quiet this weekend? Check out our guide on...
Could this building become a McDonald's?
The MTA is about to sell its much-bemoaned monolithic building on hip Smith Street — and the purchaser could be McDonald's. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority confirmed that the agency is...
Joe Sitt sours on Revere Sugar mini-mall
Real-estate mogul Joe Sitt began demolishing the remnants of the 19th-century Revere Sugar refinery in Red Hook last week — an indication that the developer has soured on his plans...
Concrete plant plan is a real Red Hook dust up
The planned opening of a concrete plant in Red Hook has flown into a cloud of opposition from residents who fear the company will release harmful airborne dust into homes,...
Finally, a weekend win
Jammers 4Cyclones 8Sunday, Aug. 9, at Keyspan Park Brooklyn avoided a three-game sweep with a commanding win backed by a 13-hit barrage and a good outing by ace Mark Cohoon...
Friday night massacre!
Jammers 4Cyclones 0Friday, Aug. 7, at Keyspan Park Six hits. That's all the Cyclones managed against Jamestown. Clone starter James Fuller only gave up one run in five innings, but...
How sweep it is!
Cyclones 5Muckdogs 4Thursday, Aug. 6, at Batavia The Cyclones bullpen did everything it could to blow this game, but Sam Honeck's two-run single in the ninth sealed the victory. The...
Hey, political junkie! Get your fix at our new election Web site
The Brooklyn Paper Local political junkies finally have a place to call their own on the Web. On Friday, the Community Newspaper Group — of which this newspaper is a...
Fireworks explode at comptroller debate
Hometown favorite David Yassky responded to tough questioning at this week's debate among the four City Council candidates running in the September Democratic primary for City Comptroller.The Brooklyn Chamber of...
BABY ELEPHANT STUCK IN MANHOLE
THIS baby elephant suffered a trunkful of trouble when it fell through the manhole of a drainage ditch.Get the Full Story from The Sun The beast kicked up a right...
Robbins getting better
BY PAUL SCHWARTZALBANY - Eleven players sat out the morning practice but most notable was one player who was on the field: Defensive tackle Fred Robbins.Robbins was activated Sunday off...
The Daily Whacks, Monday Edition
You can count me among the tweetin' Twitterers (or is that the Twitterin' tweeters?) now: http://twitter.com/MikeVacc*******Here is a somewhat astonishing baseball thought for a Monday morning: The Rockies and the...
SCHOOLS TO STOP SOCIAL PROMOTION IN 4TH, 6TH GRADES
The city's old practice of sending students on to the next grade even if they are failing will now be abolished in grades four and six. The city had already...
Coverage in The Post
PHOENIX -- For a change, the Mets' Sunday was as pleasant as the San Diego weather. It won't alter the path of their season, of course, but a 5-1 win...
KATE GOSSELIN: MARRIAGE WOULD'VE FAILED EVEN WITHOUT TV SHOW
Kate Gosselin said her marriage to Jon would have failed whether it played out in the glare of a TV reality show or not. "Was (divorce) a product of the...
FEDS RAID LONG ISLAND BARS IN ALLEGED SEX TRAFFICKING RING
The feds arrested nearly two dozen people this morning after raiding two Long Island bars in a giant sex trafficking ring. Antonio Rivera and his sister, Jasmin Rivera, were two...
'SAVING' AT AMERICANS' EXPENSE
National Review Online's Jim Geraghty on Congressional Budget Office Analysis of Health Reform Costs
3UP: YANKEE EUPHORIA, TEIXEIRA, JOBA
Yes, I am on Twitter.1. In today's Post, I wrote a column about the euphoric feeling surrounding the Yankees after the sweep of the Red Sox. And, of course, they...
HIDDEN 'REFORM' COSTS: THE HEALTH COPS
Robert Reich on pharmaceutical industry in SalonFormer Speaker Newt Gingrich and former DNC Chairman Howard Dean debate health care
Flights Of Fancy
Peter Roff at US News.comEditorial from the Valdosta (Geo.) Daily Times
Free Money!
Howie Rich at Get Liberty.org Discusses overturning welfare reform
MET OPERA STAR'S SON BUSTED IN 1991 RAPE & MURDER
The son of a famed New York opera star shot a young Pennsylvania camp counselor in the head at point-blank range, brutally raped her as she lay dying and then...
Rush to Judgement
"I'm more troubled about the haste to declare that 'Funny People' failed to connect with its audience,'' says A.O. Scott of the New York Times in a Sunday column about...
LOOSE TALK
To find out what gets NYC workers' jaws flapping, we trolled Bryant Park and dished on dish.Anthony Patterson, 31, Mount Vernon; Craig Harrison, 26, Queens Is gossip big at your...
ERIC RIPERT
JOB: Chef of the haute seafood mecca Le Bernardin. In his 14 years on the job, Ripert, 44, has seemingly harvested every gastronomic distinction there is, including three stars from...
GO TO GREG
Q I write a blog on my personal time where I opine on all sorts of current issues. My bosses are clearly uncomfortable with it, and have told me that...
EAR FACTOR
Sam Chapman had a problem. The Chicago public relations CEO thought his employees were merely being chummy. He'd see a few of them huddled together in a corner, talking. Although...
WANTED!
IT could be an Indian summer in more ways than one.PHOTOS: Wild Wild West Queens of the wild frontier are playing cowboys and Indians, borrowing looks from the reservation and...
AIR TRAGEDY WAS WAITING IN WINGS
It was a disaster waiting to happen. The city's worst air catastrophe in eight years resulted from a lethal combination of a crowded, uncontrolled flight corridor and an appalling lack...
HUNT FOR MARINA SHOOTER
Detectives yesterday were scouring Brooklyn for the gunman who shot a man dead and critically wounded another man in a fight over a Jet Ski, cops said. The bullets started...
JACK'S BRONX BABE
The hot dish spotted shaking it with Jack Nicholson on the French Riviera is a Bronx-born and-bred daughter of one of New York's Finest. Burlesque dancer Dakota Ferreiro's photo was...
DEM FEUD SPARKED GOV'S BUNGLE
GOV. PATERSON'S bizarre ac tion Friday announcing and then canceling a special Assembly election resulted from secret pressure from three powerful Queens Democrats who are on the outs with their...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn An thug who assaulted and robbed a man was arrested weeks later -- as he strolled past a cop interviewing the victim about the incident, authorities said yesterday. Mickey...
COUNCIL POLS DOLE OUT LEFTOVER$ TO STAFFERS
Wall Street firms aren't the only places giving out questionable staff bonuses during the recession. Despite raising taxes and cutting government services, individual City Council members showered their staffs with...
'SWALLOWED' UP IN B'KLYN
A Brooklyn woman was trapped underground after a sidewalk collapsed beneath her, says a lawsuit. Faye Brod was unloading groceries when a sink hole swallowed her on East 55th Street,...
SHORT AND TWEET
'DANCING With the Stars" romantics Derek Hough and Shannon Elizabeth have broken up. On matching Twitter posts. "Hi everyone, we wanted you all to know directly from us, that Shannon...
JON RESPONDS TO KATE
JON Gosselin, who said last season that he was having a hard time living with all the cameras, now can't seem to live without them. Immediately after wife Kate's live...
BOOMING HD
THE US has passed another TV landmark -- more than half of all American homes now own a high-definition TV. According to a survey by Cable & Telecommunications Association for...
'PREP' FOR THE FINALE
THE incredibly annoying be comes positively unbearable tomorrow night as "NYC Prep" wraps its first season with a finale that looks ripped right from the even phonier and more soul-free...
FATAL MIS-STEAKS
IS Gordon Ramsay losing his Midas touch? Time was that when Ramsay showed up at a failing restaurant -- with the "Kitchen Nightmares" camera crew close behind -- his chef's...
STARR REPORT
Transitions . . . "Guiding Light" tapes its final episode (airing Sept. 18) tomorrow, ending its 72-year combined radio and TV run. Susan Lucci, meanwhile, guesting on "Live with Regis...
MEMBERSHIP HAS REWARDS
IF there were any remaining doubts about the superiority of the female gender, they are fully erased by "Puppetry of the Penis." After all, as "The Vagina Monologues" proved, the...
RESTLESS ENERGY ON CANVAS
GUSTAV Klimt called him a genius. And Alma Mahler -- Gustave Mahler's widow, the Madonna of her time -- also had high hopes for her young lover, Oskar Kokoschka. You'll...
SANCHEZ OFF THE MARK IN WORKOUT
CORTLAND -- One day after taking a significant step forward in the quarterback competition, Mark Sanchez took a mini step back yesterday, completing only one of six passes in 11-on-11...
GILES: NO 'KNEED' FOR BELTRAN TO RUSH BACK
SAN DIEGO -- Brian Giles feels Carlos Beltran should think twice about trying to come back this season. BOX SCOREMETS BLOGHUBBUCH ON TWITTER Giles should know: The Padres' veteran outfielder...
REDUNDANT 'ROID FACTS IMPORTANT, NOT BORING
BORED by the truth? Tough. Every time the David Ortiz "thing" came up during Saturday's Red Sox-Yankees Fox telecast, there also arose a sense of dread and tedium; words were...
'FABULOUS' SPRINT TO VICTORY LANE
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Fabulous Strike laid his claim to being the best sprinter on the East Coast, if not the nation or the world, with a resounding victory in yesterday's...
GIANTS EXPECT AHMAD TO STEP UP
ALBANY -- No telling how Ahmad Bradshaw feels about his new responsibilities, because, irresponsibly, he is not talking. On the eighth day of Giants camp, Bradshaw went 8-for-8 blowing off...
COUGHLIN PLAYING 'WHAT'S MY LINE?'
ALBANY -- Now we know what the Giants are planning to do with all these accomplished defensive linemen, two of whom (Chris Canty and Rocky Bernard) were signed as free...
SANTANA USES BAT, ARM TO SNAP METS' SKID
SAN DIEGO -- The Mets' season might be essentially over, but at least their Petco Park drought is, too. BOX SCOREMETS BLOGHUBBUCH ON TWITTER Johan Santana took care of that...
NOT ONLY ARE YANKS UP, RIVALS ARE ALL DROPPING
MAYBE life could be better for the Yankees than it is right now. But please send in postcards to explain how. HARDBALL BLOGSHERMAN ON TWITTER Humiliating the Red Sox is...
A-ROD FINALLY FEELIN' FANS' LOVE
AS the Yankees laid the Red Sox out for good in the seventh inning and the eighth inning last night, pummeling Boston with bats and belts and battering rams, you...
RED SOX ROOKIE HIT HARD
Daniel Bard looked like he had just been hit with a 1-2 punch, and in some ways he had. The Red Sox rookie pitcher sat at his locker, slipping on...
GIRARDI KEEPING FAITH IN MITRE
If your biggest pitching worry revolves around a No. 5 starter, life must be good. Welcome to Joe Girardi's world. With CC Sabathia, A. J. Burnett, Joba Chamberlain and Andy...
ZENYATTA WINS
DEL MAR, Calif. -- Sensational mare Zenyatta improved her record to 12-0 with a narrow victory in yesterday's Clement L. Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar. She ran four horses wide...
DAMON, TEX A 1-2 PUNCH
Before last night's series finale against the Red Sox, Mark Teixeira said that "every day is a playoff atmosphere here." That was especially true last night -- and Teixeira was...
WOODS CLOCKS IN FOR ANOTHER TITLE
AKRON, Ohio -- The battle was everything Tiger Woods expected. The finish was nothing anyone imagined, except for Woods hoisting another World Golf Championship trophy at Firestone. Woods was in...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Leyland 'sick' of steroid talk Tigers manager Jim Leyland said he is "sick and tired" of baseball's ongoing drug saga and laments the way names have trickled out in...
HONDO GUNS FOR RAYS
Hondo, who's been in an epic funk, found his broom and swept with the Yanks and 'Stros yesterday, which decreased the deficit to 360 pearsons. Tonight, he's looking for a...
COLLINS SOLID IN FAME WIN
Kerry Collins was sharp and Vince Young tentative for the Titans in overshadowing Terrell Owens' debut for the Bills. With a little trickery and a solid performance by the Collins-led...
LOST WEEKEND FOR RED SOX
At least the Red Sox left town not feeling like a bunch of zeroes. About the only solace the Sox can take after getting swept by the Yankees is breaking...
YANKEES UP 6½ AFTER BOSTON MASSACRE
A Red Sox lineup that couldn't score in a brothel with a fistful of hundreds had done just enough to win thanks to Victor Martinez's eighth-inning homer. BOX SCOREA-ROD FEELS...
ANDY PITCHING LIKE PETTITTE OF OLD
That $5.5 million incentive-laden contract Andy Pettitte received last offseason is starting to look like a great deal for both the pitcher and the Yankees. BOX SCOREA-ROD FEELS FANS' LOVESOX...
NIGHT OFF FOR HUGHES
Manager Joe Girardi didn't have relievers Alfredo Aceves or Phil Hughes for last night 5-2 victory over the Red Sox at the Stadium. Aceves was down with a barking lower...
PUNTERS LOOK FOR LEG UP IN JETS CAMP
CORTLAND -- Uncertainty rules at a number of positions for the Jets -- quarterback, of course, garnering the most attention as rookie Mark Sanchez and veteran backup Kellen Clemens do...
US BELIEVES TALIBAN THUG DEAD
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- The United States said yesterday the evidence was "pretty conclusive" that Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud is dead, while a senior Taliban commander denied reports of infighting...
THREAT VS. A'JAD RIVAL
Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard said yesterday that opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, a defeated presidential candidate and former prime minister, should be tried for inciting unrest after a disputed presidential...
STAKES RISE OVER HELD HIKERS
WASHINGTON -- The White House has sent Iran "strong messages" urging the release of three American hikers, a security official said yesterday. "We've sent strong messages that we'd like [them]...
NAZIS CREATED OWN HELL: POPE
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy -- Nazi concentration camps were "extreme symbols of evil" and hell on earth, Pope Benedict said yesterday. The pontiff was remembering two saints who had died at...
FATAH CASTS VOTES FOR NEW LEADERSHIP
BETHLEHEM, West Bank -- The congress of the leading Palestinian party, Fatah, voted yesterday for a new executive body and assembly filled with fresh faces to regain the lost trust...
FOR SALE: DUD METER MONEY
The city is looking to get rid of some spare change. The Department of Transportation is auctioning off 289 pounds of foreign coins collected from parking meters over the past...
CAR TOWED AFTER SIGN SWITCHEROO
First, they towed a sign. Then they towed a legally parked car. A Manhattan man had to pay $280 when a city crew, without warning, uprooted a diplomat-parking-only sign and...
NEW NYPD BREW: FEWER COPS, MORE GRIPES
Despite a shrinking NYPD, the number of mistreatment claims against city cops jumped 7 percent in the first six months of 2009 -- a pace that would shatter the annual...
BX. WOMAN SUES OVER ADOPTION TAKE-BACK
A New York woman has sued two adoption agencies, saying she was given an infant boy for about a month before he was taken because the study of her home...
POLICE-BRUTE SUIT IN BRONX
A Bronx man has sued the city, charging that cops -- hell-bent on busting a murder suspect -- barged into his home in the early morning, beat him and wrongly...
CRAZE ANATOMY
Warning: Health news can be bad for your health. So says University of Minnesota professor Gary Schwitzer, a longtime health journalist who sounded the alarm this week after analyzing hundreds...
HOPE FOR KIDNAP GI
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan -- A Taliban commander who is holding a US soldier abducted in Afghanistan said yesterday that his leaders are waiting for a response to their demands...
'PERMIT' TO STEAL
Nothing gets between this thief and an East Hampton beach parking spot -- not even Calvin Klein. The designer fell victim to a new Hamptons crime last month when his...
WEB POKER BIZ MOGUL MURDERED
A SoHo Internet poker mogul was apparently assassinated while visiting his native Sweden. Andreas Oscarsson was shot to death last Monday while sleeping in his father's house, and there was...
CAMPUS HERO
It's so close to his heart that Queensborough Community College President Eduardo Marti can't wait for the official grand opening on campus of The Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Resource...
DEUTSCHE RAZING $TALLS WTC RAISING
Continuing delays in the deadly task of taking down the Deutsche Bank tower at Ground Zero have driven up the cost of rebuilding the World Trade Center by an estimated...
BEDBUGS IN THE COURT!
Manhattan's prettiest little courthouse has been invaded by blood-sucking pests. No, not lawyers. Just more bedbugs than you can shake a gavel at. The itchy problem erupted in the past...
KEEP BOROUGHS' POUNDS OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT: POL
If city officials insist on towing cars to raise money, they should at least make them available to owners before the day is over, a lawmaker said yesterday. Calling the...
GIFT AND A DREAM PERISH IN SECONDS
She overcame her fear of flying to visit New York as part of a wedding-anniversary gift to her husband and to help fulfill a dream for her son -- only...
BAM AT MEXICO SUMMIT
GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- Leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada -- also known as "the three amigos" -- began a summit yesterday in Mexico. President Obama, Canadian Prime Minister...
US: WE'LL TALK NUKES WITH KIM
WASHINGTON -- One week after North Korea released two imprisoned American journalists, the Obama administration announced its willingness yesterday to hold direct talks with the rogue nation over its nuclear...
FAA'S ATTITUDE ON ALTITUDES MUST CHANGE
Paul Tanico is a licensed helicopter pilot who has many hours flying in and around New York City. He has flown with several Liberty Helicopter Tours pilots. WE NEED to...
'VIEW' STAR HAS BABY BOY
The Hasselbecks have added another potential gridder to their team. Outspoken "View" TV co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck, 31, gave birth to her third child -- a boy -- with quarterback hubby...
'OLIVER' STAR IN JACKO STUNNER
You be the judge: Do these photos help prove that former child star Mark Lester is the real dad of Michael Jackson's daughter? One of the pictures shows Lester's daughter,...
SKILLED PILOTS' FRIENDS SHOCKED
They were both considered consummate pilots, and extremely cautious when it came to the rules of the air. So when a small plane flown by respected businessman Steve Altman, 60,...
CAMS MISSED 'BOMB'
In a stunning lapse of airport security, surveillance cameras at La Guardia Airport failed to capture even a single frame of the dramatic moments when would-be suicide bomber Scott McGann...
BRIDGE DRIVER TERROR
A 75-year-old woman drove the wrong way on the Tappan Zee Bridge yesterday, terrifying motorists before cops pulled her over and averted tragedy, authorities said. The driver entered the span...
TYPHOON TURNS HOTEL INTO A DIVE
Typhoon Morakot tore through Southeast Asia yesterday, flooding villages, wrecking homes and toppling this hotel in Taiwan. High winds blew down the six-story Hotel Chin Shuai, pushing it into a...
PIRATES FREE ITALIAN BOAT
ROME -- An Italian tugboat and its crew of 16, seized by Somali pirates off the Gulf of Aden in April, have been released, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Inmates at a Tampa jail are really feeling the heat. Prisoners at the minimum-security lockup are selling bottles of hot sauce made from peppers grown at the jail. The $7...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Good news The US economy may be on the cusp of a recov ery and the impact of the nation's stimulus plan should increase this quar ter, said Laura Tyson,...
JAMIE DIMON'S JUBILEE
JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon is taking an unusual tack in buying back the warrants Uncle Sam now holds to acquire more shares in the banking giant -- he's doing it...
PUBLICIS ADDS AN AD WING
Publicis Groupe SA, owner of the Saatchi & Saatchi ad firm, said it is buying Microsoft Corp.'s Razorfish advertising agency for $530 million in cash and stock to expand in...
WELFARE: A STEP BACK
A SECRET memo from the state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance looks to be a key step in rolling back welfare reform in New York. It outlines a "Back...
DEMOCRATS TO PUBLIC: 'SHUT UP, ANGRY MOB'
THE ISSUE: The Democrats' response to right-wing opposition to their health-care reform plans. *** I rarely agree with Michelle Malkin, but she's exactly right in her column "Bashing ObamaCare: The...
'SAVING' AT AMERICANS' EXPENSE
ARE the "savings" promised for health-care reform wise ones? Some cost-savers just aren't worth it: Skipping a mammogram when you have a family history of breast cancer is a bad...
HIDDEN 'REFORM' COSTS: THE HEALTH COPS
EAT your vegetables. Avoid sweets and fats. Never smoke. And do your calis thenics. Or be ready to pay a hefty tax. Ridiculous? Sure. But under ObamaCare, Americans may well...
EPIX GETS COLD SHOULDER FROM TV OPERATORS
Epix, the premium movie channel from Viacom, Lionsgate and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, is facing an epic battle gaining acceptance from some of the largest and satellite TV operators. Executives from DirecTV, the...
FLIGHTS OF FANCY
Remember the outrage from members of Congress when the auto industry executives flew private jets to Washington to plead for bailout money? Apparently, House Democrats don't. Or, if they do,...
FREE MONEY!
Gov. Paterson had to know that his Christmas-in-August plan for any one getting welfare or food stamps would draw stiff criticism. Why else would he have kept it so secret?...
TRAVEL DISCOVERY
The August vacation season is in full swing, yet we're all splurging less on airline tickets and hotels. With consumer spending in free fall, why do we need another travel...
BLINKING RED IN TIMES SQ.
Owners of the 150 flashing signs in Times Square have formed an advertising coalition to promote the industry when it feels threatened by the city's plans to transform the Crossroads...
A PAIN-FREE FIX TO BOOST CITY GROWTH
Even as City Hall simultaneously struggles to close multibillion dollar deficits and revive the city's struggling economy, it mustn't given up on its grand vision for rebuilding New York so...
SANTANA PITCHES, HITS METS OVER PADRES
Johan Santana threw eight strong innings and tied his career high with two hits and an RBI as the New York Mets avoided a four-game sweep with a 5-1 win...