November 9, 2009
8 reasons to go to New Orleans now
ALL things considered, these are pretty good days for New Orleans. The Saints are owning the NFC (8-0!). The fall weather’s fine, and is supposed to stay fine. (Well, at...
Youth in trouble? It's great theater!
Sex, drugs and family dysfunction — it’s all fodder for the young playrights of Off The Hook, a teen playwriting troupe that presents its sixth annual production on Nov. 20...
LeBron: Winning more important than money
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio -- LeBron James wants to be clear: Championships are more important than cash.James on Monday clarified a remark he made last week that a maximum contract next summer...
Leon Washington returns to practice
Three weeks after suffering his gruesome, season-ending compound leg fracture in Oakland, Jets running back Leon Washington returned to the practice field today _ an inspiring sight to his teammates....
Cruising for the holidays
IMAGINE actually relaxing over the holidays for once — no cooking, no hosting, no making 50 gallons of eggnog for your lush of a cousin (or Great Aunt ... or...
J. Lo wins restraining order against 1st hubby
LOS ANGELES — Jennifer Lopez won a court order Monday barring her first husband from making their sex life public — at least for a day. Los Angeles County Superior...
Unknown Chaplin film discovered
An unknown film by Charles Chaplin has been discovered in Britain -- on eBay. The Guardian of London reports a man named Morace Park found an item labeled "old film''...
Fort Hood shooter's lawyer: don't question my client
KILLEEN, Texas — A lawyer for the Army psychiatrist accused in a deadly shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, said Monday he asked investigators not to question his client and...
Follow me to travel know-how
FIRST there was the printed word — newspapers, magazines, books. Then radio, then television. Of course, we all know about the Internet, with it’s fancy Web sites, blogs, podcasts, videos....
50 STATES: Missouri
BY the time I made it to Kansas City’s Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, I felt like I already knew it. A friend of mine had been one of the architects...
Flavors of fall are full and fabulous in Vegetable Saute
The autumn harvest offers creative cooks a wide array of flavor options that can be contrasted and combined in innumerable variations, flirtatiously teasing the palate as they charm the eye....
Pop's parking restored
Pop’s Popular Clothing is getting its parking spaces back.The family-run Williamsburg-based work clothes store (7 Franklin Ave.), confirmed new parking regulations in front of its store after several months of...
Parents love Thompson
Parents love Thompson Bill Thompson may have lost the mayoral election, but he won parents’ votes. According to an exit poll by The New York Times, 55 percent of public...
Latke lovers wanted
Do you have the chutzpah to compete in this contest? The Chabad of Mineola is calling for contestants (and latke lovers) to participate in its first International Kosher Latke Eating...
Footwork for new dance studio
Brooklyn may have a plethora of recording studios, art studios and rehearsal studios, but one Brooklyn resident sees once area where the borough is lacking – dance studios. Since she...
'Fox'-y windows
At the press day for "Fantastic Mr. Fox" this morning, my fellow writers and I were all atwitter when someone placed a miniature version of Mr. Fox in the center...
Gwyneth to play tranny Nicole's wife
Just when I was convinced that no financing entity in its right mind would fund "The Danish Couple'' starring Nicole Kidman as the world's first post-op male-to-female trannsexual, word comes...
Civic calendar
Mon, Nov. 16Community Board 2 Parks and Recreation Commitee. Monthly meeting. 6 pm. Brooklyn Hospital [DeKalb Avenue at St. Felix Street in Fort Greene, (718) 596-5410]. Community Board 6 Economic...
Brooklyn Bridge Park getting green
Although only a tiny fraction of Big Apple parks recycle, a new one now under construction along the Brooklyn waterfront is set to take being green to another level. The...
Giants say they're still confident
The Giants are lacking in many things today. It does not sound as if confidence is one of those things the day after they came back, but then blew a...
Jason Schwartzman is far from 'Bored'
At this morning's press day for "Fantastic Mr. Fox," in theaters this Friday, we had a chance to ask actor Jason Schwartzman about working in different formats. "Fox" is Schwartzman's...
Dow climbs to new high for 2009
The Dow Jones industrial average stormed to its highest level in more than a year Monday as a falling dollar boosted prices for gold, oil and other commodities. Stocks also...
Gretzy will attend Hall of Fame ceremonies
Wayne Gretzky will attend tonight's Hall of Fame inductions in Toronto, The Post has learned.As reported in last Sunday's Slap Shots, Gretzky had been seriously considering staying away from the...
Retractable roof could cover Coney Island amphitheater
The costs for a controversial plan to build a $64 million amphitheater in Coney Island could balloon further as city officials are now considering topping it off with a retractable...
Our exclusive family calendar!
Fri, Nov. 136 pm: Movie night. ”Bambi” with Bugs Bunny shorts. Moxie Spot [81 Atlantic Ave. between Hicks and Henry streets in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 923-9710], themoxiespot.com. Sat, Nov. 1411...
Metropolitan Home folds
Metropolitan Home became the latest shelter magazine to collapse in the ad recession. Alain Lemarchand, CEO of parent company Hachette Filipacchi Media, gave the word to editorial staffers earlier today....
Man confesses to shooting Kan. abortion provider
WICHITA, Kan. -- The man accused of shooting a Kansas abortion provider has confessed to the killing to The Associated Press, saying he has no regrets. In a telephone call...
Dragon Age review: just go buy it already
I'm still playing Dragon Age: Origins, and I've actually found that I don't have the time to write several hundred words in the form of a review.Solution? Here's the only...
With mother ailing, Isiah coaching FIU opener
Isiah Thomas will coach FIU in its opener Monday night against No. 6 North Carolina, hours after his 86-year-old mother had open-heart surgery.Thomas arrived in Chapel Hill, N.C., early Monday,...
Neither drag nor a drag
As I said in my review today, Taylor Mac's new show at HERE, "The Lily's Revenge," is a wonderful thrill ride. Yes, it's five hours long, but as a friend...
Ownership situation will handcuff Rangers this offseason
CHICAGO – Here’s some more info on the Rangers: The most likely scenario is that they do not have an owner firmly in place before spring training. If that is...
Chew on this: Conn. police say gum thefts increase
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. -- Police in several Connecticut towns said they're dealing with a sticky situation - chewing gum thefts. According to authorities, the number of people caught stealing chewing...
4 NYC homeowners sue over mortgage program
Four New York City homeowners have filed a lawsuit charging they were denied access to a federal home-refinancing program. The plaintiffs are homeowners in Brooklyn and Queens who have mortgages...
Mets looking for power bat; Hawpe available, King Felix not
Joel Sherman is in Chicago at the GM meetings with all your updates as baseball's offseason heats up.
Rockies hoping to move Hawpe
CHICAGO – The Rockies will listen to offers for outfielder Brad Hawpe, who has one year left on his contract plus a team option for 2011. Hawpe, who made the...
Brazilian student suspended for mini-dress
SAO PAULO — The Brazilian government sought an explanation Monday from the private university that expelled a woman for wearing a short, pink dress to class, creating an uproar on...
Advice for Obama: Knock some heads together on health care
WASHINGTON — The most senior African American in Congress offered some unsolicited advice Monday to President Barack Obama on how to get his signature health care bill through a balky...
Formal charges expected in Seattle police killing
SEATTLE -- The man accused in the Halloween-night shooting death of a Seattle policeman remains hospitalized, and authorities were expected to talk more about why they believe the suspect is...
Mother of ex-Met Zambrano kidnapped
The mother of former major leaguer Victor Zambrano has been kidnapped.Zambrano's agent Peter Greenberg says Elizabeth Mendez Zambrano was abducted Sunday morning from her son's farm near Maracay in central...
Lombardi play coming to Broadway
OK, Cheeseheads. Get ready to visit Broadway. "Vince," a play about the legendary Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi, is planned for New York next season. Producers Tony Ponturo and...
Leetch, Lamoriello get their Hall of Fame rings
TORONTO -- The Hockey Hall of Fame's class of 2009 has received its rings. Steve Yzerman, Luc Robitaille, Brian Leetch, Brett Hull and New Jersey Devils executive Lou Lamoriello picked...
CHSAA boys soccer Class A all-league team
The CHSAA Class A boys soccer league has announced its first-ever all-league honors. Here is the list of the CHSAA soccer 2009 all-league teamDanny Begonja, Jr. MF – St. Francis...
Paulie Gets Rematch With Diaz
Paulie Malignaggi has his rematch with Juan Diaz. The two will meet in Chicago on Dec. 12 in a junior welterweight rematch of their bout held last August in Houston. Diaz, a...
1 in 3 NYC traffic deaths are pedestrians: study
A new study says that one in three people killed in New York City traffic incidents are pedestrians. But the New York metro area is the third-safest large metro area...
Knickets: Merge the local (and awful) NBA teams
The NBA is dead in this area if you're just awakening from the World Series hysteria.The Knicks and Nets have a combined 1-13 record. The Nets are still looking for...
Ancient Bible returned in NYC to Vienna community
NEW YORK -- A two-volume 16th-century Bible looted by the Nazis has been returned to Vienna's Jewish community. The Hebrew Bible was turned over by U.S. officials during a New...
9 executed over China's deadly ethnic riots
BEIJING -- China has executed nine men, including eight from the Muslim Uighur minority, for crimes committed during July riots that killed 200 people in far western Xinjiang region. The...
Google to buy mobile ad network for $750 million
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Google Inc. is stepping up its push to sell advertising on cell phones, announcing a deal Monday to buy a mobile ad network, AdMob, for $750...
Prosecutors say Chicago man had al-Qaida video
CHICAGO -- Federal prosecutors say a video produced by Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terrorist network was found in the home of a Chicago man charged with plotting an attack on...
Ex-SEC lawyer pleads guilty in Dreier case
A former lawyer with the enforcement division of the Securities and Exchange Commission has pleaded guilty to conspiracy in a fraud carried out by a prominent Manhattan lawyer. The lawyer,...
Ex-union prez: Bruno expected 'favors'
ALBANY, N.Y. — A former union president says his late boss expected "favors" from then New York Senate leader Joseph Bruno in return for investing union pension funds with the...
A-10 preview: Dayton could fly to the top
For the past several years, Xavier has been the standard-bearer for the Atlantic 10. Making it to the Elite Eight in 2004 and 2008, the Musketeers have arguably been the...
Mariners not interested in trading Felix
CHICAGO – The Mariners have multiple areas to address in their everyday lineup, but GM Jack Zduriencik indicated he will not use ace Felix Hernandez to solve any of the...
Widow of cop involved in stun gun death sues NYPD
BOHEMIA, N.Y. -- An NYPD lieutenant who committed suicide was treated by his superiors as if he had done something wrong and was afraid he might be prosecuted for ordering...
Supreme Court refuses to block DC sniper's Tuesday execution
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to block Tuesday's scheduled execution of sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad. The Court did not comment Monday on why it refused to consider his...
Mets desperate for power bat, but face competition
CHICAGO – Omar Minaya has told several of his friends in the industry that he badly wants to add a run-producing bat at either first base and/or left field.He is...
Trucker dies as big-rig plummets off SF bridge
SAN FRANCISCO -- A trucker died Monday after his big-rig plummeted 200 feet from a new section of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge that has seen more than 42 crashes...
4 people found shot to death in rural Texas home
CLEVELAND, Texas -- Authorities called to check on a family's well-being in a rural southeast Texas home found the bodies of four people who had been shot to death. San...
The mourning after the Giants fourth straight loss
Sometimes a team in the midst of a losing streak gets its act together, improves dramatically but still finds a way to lose a game, causing all sorts of anguish...
Hardball at GM meetings: Ownership issues cloud Rangers offseason
CHICAGO – The owners meetings are in the same place next week as the ongoing GM Meetings, the O’Hare Hilton, and no team needs its situation to clarify more at...
Brit spies foiled Sept. 11 plot to bomb subway
A deadly al-Qaeda plot to blow up the New York subway was foiled by British security forces. Scotland Yard alerted the FBI to the biggest terror plot against America since...
Feds: Gotti would do anything to protect drug ring
John "Junior " Gotti was a career criminal who ran a huge cocaine operation and would do "whatever was necessary" to protect it, a federal prosecutor said today. Assistant Manhattan...
The Next Bubble
Matt Welch highlights prophet of economic doom (Reason.com)
'There weren't 14 votes'
Jane Hamsher interviews Rep. Kuninich on heath care vote (FireDogLake)
Bully soccer player suspended as video goes viral
A New Mexico soccer player has become an Internet celebrity for the wrong reasons. Junior defender Elizabeth Lambert was last week for her infractions the day before during a 1-0...
Army: Ft. Hood suspect awake, able to talk
SAN ANTONIO — A U.S. Army hospital spokesman says the man suspected in a deadly shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, is conscious and able to talk. Dewey Mitchell, a...
Investigating Ft Hood
Evan Kohlmann on the radical imam and sermon's influence on suspect (Counterterrorism Blog)
Arne's full court press
Frederick Hess asks why education secretary is lobbying for health care? (Enterprise Blog)
Video: Lions kill baby deer as DC zoo visitors watch
WASHINGTON — Two female lions fatally injured a wild deer that jumped into their enclosure at the National Zoo as dozens of visitors looked on. Zoo spokeswoman Pamela Baker-Masson says...
Police: NY gunman likely killed by return fire
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse authorities say the armed intruder found dead after a shootout is a 32-year-old parolee evidently killed by return fire from police. Syracuse Police Chief Gary Miguel...
Schumer: Crack down on phony flu products
ALBANY, N.Y. — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is calling for a crackdown on what he says are phony pills, gloves, inhalers, masks, shampoos and even air fresheners sold on the...
Big rig fire closes I-95 in Conn. for hours
FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A fire in a big rig hauling flammable methanol closed a heavily traveled portion of Interstate 95 in southwestern Connecticut for hours early Monday, diverting tens of...
BK's National Park
Nationally, parks mean Old Faithful, Yosemite and delightful black bears hungry for picnic baskets. Here in Brooklyn it’s swings, a seesaw - maybe a ball field or two. Well, not...
'Curb Your Enthusiasm' coming to basic cable
TV Land and TV Guide Network say they are jointly acquiring basic cable rights to air “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” the HBO comedy series produced by and starring “Seinfeld” co-creator Larry...
Serie A: Inter supremacy makes league race dull
Talk to Italian soccer fans and they'll tell you that the Serie A season is effectively over. Once again, Inter appears to be on its way to another league title...
Alleged subway robber arrested in NC
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. — North Carolina police have arrested three New York City fugitives, including one accused in a series of subway robberies. Multiple media outlets reported that Rocky Mount...
From manhole to manhunt in 60 seconds
The mundane task of watching over an open manhole became pretty exciting for two area cops, who were suddenly recruited to chase down a would-be car thief. Police Officers Michael...
Report: CIA aware Ft. Hood shooter tried to contact terrorists
Army massacre fiend Nidal Malik Hasan reportedly tried to make contact with al Qaeda terrorists, something intelligence agencies were aware of months ago. It is not known whether the intelligence...
Bklyn unemployment above national avg
Brooklyn’s unemployment rate is higher than the national average and the future doesn’t look much brighter, according to the state Department of Labor. According to the DOL’s latest statistics, 11...
Fire rips through Plumb Beach home
Plumb Beach became a plum spot for firefighters last week as four companies converged on the small beach front community to put out an all-hands fire. FDNY officials said that...
Pounding the pavement for the American Diabetes Association
Big-hearted youngsters at Public School 52 learned a lesson in helping the afflicted when they pounded the pavement for the American Diabetes Association. Students put their best forward, encircling the...
76 Precinct cops earn accolades
Two on three isn’t usually a fair match-up — unless you’re a dynamic duo from the 76th Precinct taking on three thugs. On Sept. 27, Officers Marcos Diaz and Jiajia...
The Daily Whacks, Monday Edition
It tells you the kind of status the Giants have held in our sporting pantheon the past few years that this current four-game losing streak seems about as shocking a...
Hospital celebrates 25 years of changing kids' hearts
Nine-year-old Lauren Shields has no worries. The sweet-faced little lady received a new heart last March after doctors at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital gave her parents, Jeanne and David, the grim...
Cadbury rejects Kraft's hostile bid
Cadbury believes Kraft's offer for the chocolate maker is not sweet enough. Kraft this morning formally bid $16.4 billion for Cadbury, getting in just under a British Takeover Panel deadline....
3 US hikers detained in Iran charged with spying: report
TEHRAN, Iran — A senior Iranian prosecutor accused three Americans detained on the border with Iraq of espionage on Monday, the first signal that Tehran intends to put them on...
DVD Extra: GWTW, Butterfly McQueen and me
Butterly McQueen resented "Gone With the Wind,'' I wrote in a lengthy piece on "Gone With the Wind'' that appeared in The Post's print edition with two sidebars over the...
Freedom's Triumph
Freedom before and after the wall (Freedom House)Berlin Wall in 1981 (BBC)
Berlin Wall Blunder
Anthony Dolan on the power of Reagan's speech (Wall Street Journal)Mr. Obama stay away from this wall (Washington Times)
Nancy's Iron Hand
Jay Cost on how to divide a party in 3 easy steps (Real Clear Politics)Pelosi's campaign to pass health care (Politico)One-party health reform won't get far (Cincinnati.com)
King Moriken: Sophomore kicks MLK to fourth straight crown
Martin Luther King Jr. players were huddled together in a circle, joyously celebrating, shirts strewn all over the field, chanting “King,” until they were blue in the face. Coach Martin...
Hill claims first CHSAA Archdiocesan title
St. Joseph Hill added another piece of history to its already impressive list of accomplishments. Victoria Chirico scored to the top corner on a cross from Krysta Percaccio in the...
Vonk zonks Hackley, Trinity girls claim NYSAISAA state title
At the beginning of this season, Trinity coach Thomas Bolster wouldn’t have expected the team’s season would be decided by freshman Taylor Vonk with a squad featuring five key seniors....
Penalty kicks doom Beacon yet again in city final
All around them there was celebrating, hugs and high-fives and tears of joy. The Beacon girls soccer team ignored the jubilation. They were in their own world, a circle of...
Ailing Murtaugh sends Bronx Science to PSAL city title
The pain in Taylor Murtaugh’s right leg was nearly unbearable. The Bronx Science midfielder was playing with two stress fractures in her foot and a sore left knee. “My first...
Poly Prep's NYSAISAA three-peat falls one win short
Lacking talented strikers, the Poly Prep boys soccer team's strength was clear. “Poly is more of a defensive team that likes to suck teams in and hit them on the...
Issroff leads Dalton to state title
Danny Issroff never expected to finish his senior soccer season at Dalton as a champion. “You have no idea how long we have suffered, there has been a group of...
Freedom's triumph
When the Berlin Wall fell 20 years ago today, the euphoric East Germans who swarmed through the Brandenberg Gate into West Berlin were also walking into another world. So were...
Check points
You wowed them at the interview and have a job offer in hand. There’s just one more hurdle to clear before you enter your new workplace: the background check. So...
Liar’d? Fired!
Don’t believe stretchers can come back to haunt you? Read the business pages. Numerous bigwigs have walked the plank in recent years after resume lies were revealed. Like Radio Shack...
On a roll
As bicycle commuting proliferates, a growing number of city employers are offering bike parking. Now the ad firm Ogilvy & Mather is taking things a step further — by offering...
Go to Greg
Q I have a hearing problem that may require me to ask an interviewer to repeat a question. I do not wear a hearing aid. What is the best way...
Crock stars
Before starting his job search last April, Jim did what he calls a “little airbrushing” to his resume. To be specific, he took the three jobs he held between 2004...
Chill factor
Top music downloads 1. Best I Ever Had, Drake 2. Run This Town, Jay-Z 3. Down, Jay Sean 4. Successful, Drake 5. Break Up, Mario 6. I’m Goin’ In, Drake...
Molloy boots St. Francis Prep for second straight CHSAA title
At an Archbishop Molloy reunion Saturday night, longtime Stanners coach Andy Kostel met several former players and the conversation, as they often do on these occasions, turned to comparing players...
Terriers rue late missed opportunity in CHSAA title game
As Archbishop Molloy was taking a victory lap with the CHSAA Class A intersectional championship plaque, St. Francis Prep coach Franco Purificato could only stand, watch and shake his head....
CHSFL/Independent roundup: St. Francis Prep pounds Stepinac
Brendan Stackpole was 13-of-19 for 275 yards and threw for four touchdowns to lead fourth-seeded St. Francis Prep to a 34-21 victory against previously undefeated Archbishop Stepinac in a CHSFL...
On the Mark: Puma leads Queens Vocational to 'B' title
When Mark Puma was informed he had been cleared by the PSAL for the Class B championship, he shed tears of joy. There was no crying on Sunday, just goals...
Merchant rescues Clinton from Flushing's upset bid
On his way to Columbus HS for his DeWitt Clinton football team’s opening-round playoff game, Howard Langley told an assistant coach he hoped the Governors would be tested. He got...
PSAL girls volleyball mock seeding
So the PSAL girls volleyball playoff seeding committee will meet Monday and layout what should be a very exciting next few weeks. I’d like to be the first to wish...
Guenzatti, Patriots fume after loss to MLK
Sebastian Guenzatti took his silver runner-up medal off as quickly as it had been draped around his neck. The senior and No. 2 Francis Lewis had just lost for the...
Totally Anne Frank
It's Anne Frank for an MTV world -- cranky, worried about her looks and crushing on a boy. In a new adaptation of "The Diary of Anne," she's your average...
'Late' shifts
Wanda Sykes did three extraordinary things when her late-night talk show debuted on Fox Saturday night. One is that she made Saturday late night outrageously politically incorrect again (which "Saturday...
Diane's celeb swan song
IN what may be one of the last, big-time celeb rity interviews she does before taking over as anchor of ABC's evening newscast, Diane Sawyer went out with a bang....
Beck back to work
FOX News commentator Glenn Beck says he'll be back on the air tomorrow -- nearly a week after he underwent an emergency appendectomy. "My wife lays [down] the law: i'm...
Navy secretary goes on 'NCIS'
Everyone wants to get into the act! The US Secretary of the Navy, Ray Mabus, is making a guest appearance on an upcoming episode of "NCIS," according to TV Guide....
'Lily's Revenge' not garden-variety drama
IF there were a prize for Most Ambitious Nutty Project of the Year, "The Lily's Revenge" would win, hands down. Written by downtown luminary Taylor Mac, the show is spread...
Actress finds herself reflecting on Grandma
THOUGH she performs seated, script in hand, so transfixing an actress is Lynn Redgrave that we barely notice. Even so, "Nightingale," the one-woman show that opened this week at Manhattan...
'Teflon Jr.' will walk - court vets
Relax, Mama Gotti. The feds' five-year quest to convict "Junior" won't likely bear fruit when his latest racketeering trial goes to the jury, say lawyers who've worked for the mob...
Dave's budget cuts in trouble after poll purge
Tomorrow's special leg islative session will be an all but certain flop because nervous Democrats, eyeing last Tuesday's suburban voter revolt, are refusing to back Gov. Paterson's plan to slash...
Smackdown for one of Kelly's heroes
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has booted a top NYPD commander from his prestigious post and fined him a month's pay in a stinging move designed to force cops in the...
Cop dragged me: lawsuit
An explosive suit against the NYPD says a white cop handcuffed a black woman for no reason, then dragged her from her Bronx home in just a tank top and...
Car-rosive paint: suit
A lawyer in Queens didn't have to go very far to find his next client. Herbert Kellner says he's furious his 2008 Infiniti was damaged by corrosive paint dripping from...
Iraq clears vote hurdle
BAGHDAD -- Iraq's parliament yesterday passed a long-delayed election law paving the way for a national vote in January after overcoming a potentially explosive disagreement over the disputed city of...
Who'll dare to probe the WFP?
Short of printing out the city's campaign-finance statutes, dumping the pages on the street, dousing them with lighter fluid and striking a match, it's hard to see what else the...
'Cult' program in NYC schools
Thousands of city public-school students and teachers are participating in a "Brain Education" program run by a group with ties to an alleged cult. For the past three years, the...
Nancy's iron hand
Nancy Pelosi's Democrats operated under a moral and ideological compul sion to pass ObamaCare -- consequences be damned. The late conservative columnist Robert Novak liked to say that God had...
Dems run out of town
LEWISBORO, NY -- The voters' revolt against high taxes and a deep recession was so intense that even community leaders of New York's sleepiest hamlets got tossed. Nowhere was this...
Bam's Mideast course correction
President Obama's belief that his mere presence could usher in an era of Arab-Israeli peace has finally been mugged by reality. From the start, the administration tried to shift from...
Parks' recycling is out with the trash
Big Apple parks are anything but green. A Post investigation found there's little recycling going on in city green spaces, but the more shocking news is how waste collected in...
Hack halts cab nookie & now he's screwed?!
THIS man does not deserve to be treated like a criminal. Cabby Medhat Mohamed is the new poster boy for sexual intolerance in this libertine city. He's been branded by...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *A tourist was robbed by a creep who swiped his $6,000 Rolex watch at gunpoint on the Upper East Side after forcing him to withdraw $300 from an ATM,...
Business briefs
NBCU value GE and Comcast have agreed on a valuation of around $30 billion for NBC Universal, ironing out what has been a key obstacle in talks to form a...
Final picture of WTC hero
Jud Box has spent eight years coping with the death of his firefighter son at the World Trade Center -- but that didn't prepare him for what he saw posted...
Merrill flinch
Tensions are on the rise again between Bank of America's brass and Merrill Lynch's 15,000-person brokerage force known as the "thundering herd" as the company pushes them to sell checking...
'Christmas' comes early
Jim Carrey's Scrooge knocked the King of Pop off the top of the box-office over the weekend with a $31 million opening for "A Christmas Carol." "Michael Jackson's This Is...
Kiddie porn 'virus' threat
Of all the sinister things Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography. Heinous pictures and videos can be deposited...
Memorial preview draws thousands
The World Trade Center Memorial is almost two years from opening, but thousands of visitors turn out every day to glimpse the massive construction project. Since opening a little more...
ObamaCare legislation in trouble
Not so fast. President Obama's victory dance yesterday for the House-passed health-care bill came as Senate foes -- mainly Republicans with one key Democrat moderate -- pronounced the measure mortally...
Baby survives 'cellphone' crash
A driver distracted by her ringing cellphone smashed into a tractor-trailer in Brooklyn early yesterday -- injuring her two adult passengers but remarkably leaving her baby boy unscathed, witnesses said....
UConn stab shock
Two University of Connecticut football players sparked the bloody knife fight last month that ended with the shocking death of a teammate, according to a bombshell report yesterday. Brian Parker,...
KKR in $1.65B deal for defense assets
Northrop Grumman, the third-largest US defense contractor, agreed to sell a government-consulting unit to a group of investors led by General Atlantic and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts affiliates for $1.65 billion....
Health bill's bitter pill for small business
It just doesn't make any business sense. The owner of New York's famed independent bookstore, The Strand -- which spends more than $1 million a year on health care for...
Heathen pol standing up for his rites
Meet New York's first openly "heathen" City Council member. Dan Halloran, a cop-turned-lawyer, is the Theodism-practicing Republican who captured the Bayside, Queens, seat last Tuesday. He may be the first...
Indie-rocker tragedy
A drummer for a popular indie-rock band yesterday plunged to his death after trying to leap from a stuck elevator at a Williamsburg fund-raiser, police said. Jerry Fuchs -- who...
LI mom's yard was a pet cemetery
She's Long Island's own Cruella de Vil. Sharon McDonough's son Doug told The Post that his mother would buy dogs and then turn on them, killing them and burying them...
With this 'victory,' Dems might as well be whistlin' 'Dixie'
Saturday's vote to create a massive government-run health-insurance program is to Nancy Pelosi and her Democrats what the Battle of Gettysburg was to the South. It will be remembered as...
Ailing Condé looks to China for growth
Enter the Beijing Apple. With the gloss off the US ad scene, mag giant Condé Nast is looking to China, hoping to drum up business in the fast-growing nation. The...
3 robbed in Central Park
Three men were robbed at gunpoint in Central Park yesterday -- the third violent incident in the Manhattan oasis in 10 days, cops said. Police nabbed one suspect, Ramelle Moore,...
Taconic ma twice car sick
Wrong-way driver Diane Schuler -- whose autopsy showed 6 grams of undigested booze in her stomach -- was seen vomiting by the side of the road twice before her deadly...
Bx. witness relives end of Ft. Hood nightmare
FORT HOOD, Texas -- A Bronx native yesterday recalled how he followed bloodthirsty Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan after his rampage to try to help take him down -- and wound...
Taxicab confessions
THE ISSUE: Taxicab driver Medhat Mohamed's decision to order a gay couple out of his cab. *** For Mayor Bloomberg to say that the taxicab driver shouldn't have been distracted...
Firetrap complaints at tragic Qns. inferno home
The city Buildings Department first received a complaint in 1990 alleging the crammed Queens home where a fire killed three residents and critically injured four others early Saturday had been...
9/11 link in Ft. Hood slay spree
Army massacre fiend Nidal Malik Hasan attended a Virginia mosque at the same time as two of the 9/11 hijackers -- and the FBI is now investigating whether there is...
Flights $oar for holidays
If holiday travelers on the same plane compare what they paid to fly, they're likely to find quite a spread, depending on when they bought their tickets. Fares for travel...
High-school jocks itch to 'drink, fight'
Soccer moms are unwittingly leading their sons astray, a new study says. Male high-school athletes are 1.4 times likelier to binge drink and 1.3 times likelier to fight, the survey...
Teacher suspended for giving 'self-pleasure' reading to students
The first rule about having an edgy English teacher is don't talk about your edgy English teacher. A beloved city schoolteacher has been suspended by the Department of Education after...
DC sniper taking toll to grave
McLEAN, Va. -- It galled her to do it, but Sarah Dillon was desperate for answers, so she wrote letters to convicted snipers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo...
He's out! 'Bosox Bandit' busted
The "Red Sox Bandit" has been caught stealing, police said last night. Authorities in Rocky Mount, NC, arrested Rasheem Williams, 37, the knife-wielding subway mugger wanted by the NYPD for...
First peek at Jacko's tomb
Gone but not forgotten! Here is the first photo of Michael Jackson's final resting place -- a regal tomb adorned with flowers, framed photos, letters and other souvenirs. The tributes...
Bernie's bidder end
If you want to accessorize like Bernie and Ruth Madoff, here's your shot. Diamond earrings, rings and Rolex watches will be among the items belonging to the $65 billion Ponzi...
Louisiana storm emergency
NEW ORLEANS -- Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency yesterday as the Gulf Coast prepared for the arrival of Hurricane Ida, which was making its way across...
Ex-Giant Lawrence Taylor busted in Fla. hit-and-run
Former Giants great Lawrence Taylor was busted last night in Florida for taking off after he was involved in a car accident, authorities said. The 50-year-old NFL Hall of Famer...
The Fort Hood massacre: inexcusable & avoidable
THE ISSUE: The slaughter at the Fort Hood Army base that left dozens dead or injured. *** There is absolutely no excuse for the shootings at Fort Hood, and both...
Pampered pets
These days there's not a lot you can count on. Except for man's best friend, feline, and feathered pal. So, what could be better than getting a new leash on...
Kerik's comeuppance
With a guilty plea that will likely keep him in a federal lockup for nearly three years, former Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik's fall from grace is complete. Already in jail...
Berlin Wall blunder
World leaders past and present will be in Berlin today for the 20th an niversary of the fall of communist repression's most visible symbol: the 112-mile concrete wall that split...
Keystone diplomats
The UN General Assembly last week formally endorsed the odious Gold stone Report, which accuses Israel of war crimes for defending itself. Nearly all Western nations either opposed the Arab-sponsored...
Year's best has to be dead heat
ARCADIA, Calif. -- Zenyatta's memorable swoop down the lane to capture the Breeders' Cup Classic may have been one of the great moments in the turf year, but it has...
Meadowlands analysis
Today's analysis. 1. 5 1/2f; $14,000; cl($5,000); 3up; (f&m) NO SHOPPING MARIA has been a beaten favorite at this level in both starts since returning to dirt. BOLD 'N TRASHY...
Jimmy the Greek fired, Jay-Z embraced for similar stuff
For those inclined to consider collisions of circumstance, here's a good one: Tomorrow at 8 p.m., ESPN's "30 For 30" documentary series presents filmmaker Fritz Mitchell's superb one-hour take on...
Whitey impressed by Pettitte's perfect postseason
From one October pitching legend to another: Job well done. Whitey Ford won't see Andy Pettitte anytime soon to deliver that message, but yesterday Ford told The Post he's extremely...
Horse of Year down to wire
ARCADIA, Calif. -- The 2009 Breeders' Cup is in the books, but there's another race yet to be run: A match race in the Eclipse Award ballot box between the...
Bad year to be a free agent
CHICAGO -- The World Series is barely over, free agents are not yet done filing and the GM Meetings officially open today. Yet a major theme -- maybe the major...
Struggling Duhon's role on Knicks under scrutiny
Mike D'Antoni's man crush on Chris Duhon is over. In the summer of 2008, D'Antoni convinced Donnie Walsh that Duhon was the bridge to 2010 -- the point guard who...
Leetch, Lamoriello to be enshrined
TORONTO -- This Hall does not lead to the rocking chair, not for Lou Lamoriello. The NHL's longest-tenured general manager with the same team, the 67-year-old Lamoriello says he wants...
Mickelson topples Woods, Els in China
SHANGHAI -- Thousands of fans caused a bottleneck at the entrance to the HSBC Champions, all of them eager to see yesterday's showdown at Sheshan International between Phil Mickelson and...
Moss' big day fuels Patriots
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The Dolphins had just spent more than 10 minutes marching to a Wildcat touchdown when Randy Moss used one stiff-arm to wipe out their lead. Moss sped...
Rookie QB propels Bucs to first win
The Buccaneers saluted their past, then rookie Josh Freeman gave the struggling franchise hope for the future. Freeman passed for 205 yards and three touchdowns yesterday, including a 7-yard throw...
Dubinsky out up to six weeks tops Rangers' injury issues
The Rangers flew home from Calgary yesterday with their concussed captain, Chris Drury, aboard the charter. This should be interpreted as relatively good news, for the Blueshirts' medical team has...
Latest MIA leaves Giants DOA
It is risky business to stamp R.I.P. on an NFL team's gravestone, and certainly with seven games left, but if Chargers 21, Giants 20 was not the final nail in...
Jacobs' big start fades fast
It seemed as if Brandon Jacobs set a tone on the first drive of yesterday's 21-20 loss to the Chargers, as he rushed four times and gained 31 yards. Yet...
Rivers gets even for draft slap
After Eli Manning couldn't get the Giants into the end zone from four yards out, Philip Rivers took his team 80 yards for a dramatic game-winning touchdown that settled a...
Lamoriello credits many for his Hall success
TORONTO -- Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello said his first thoughts were of the people who helped him reach the Hockey Hall of Fame he enters here tonight. "It's a...
No defense for Giants' fourth straight loss
The unofficial end of the Giants 2009 season might have come yesterday on a holding call on usually-reliable Chris Snee followed by a massive breakdown by a defense that earlier...
Giants' 'D' better, but breaks at end
Antonio Pierce, the Giants' emotional leader, had vowed to take yesterday's game like a Super Bowl after seeing his struggling defense turn into what he called a laughingstock. That beleaguered...
And just like that ... a season short circuits
The season was about to be saved, and if you've never heard the sound of a football stadium simultaneously release sighs of relief and cries of approval, you should have...
Snee's holding call costs Giants
The Chargers' front seven gave the Giants' offensive line fits throughout Big Blue's crushing 21-20 loss yesterday. And for all the pressure Eli Manning faced, the hits and the hurries...
The Post line
NFL Tonight Favorite Opening Current (O/U) Underdog Steelers 2½ 3 (40) BRONCOS Thursday 49ERS 3 3 (43½) Bears Sunday JETS 6 6½ (39) Jaguars REDSKINS OFF OFF (OFF) Broncos STEELERS...
Dallas nips Philly, grabs NFC East lead
PHILADELPHIA -- Miles Austin punctuated his touchdown catch by emphatically firing the ball into the stands. Take that, Philadelphia. Tony Romo threw a 49-yard touchdown pass to Austin midway through...
Nets' Boone seeks more playing time
Josh Boone is like the major league player who doesn't care where in the lineup he bats — he just wants to be in the lineup, period. "I just want...
Weird but true
They had them cold. An Idaho junior hockey team was banished from a Boise rink after players engaged in a game of strip hockey -- shedding a piece of uniform...
Lenn Robbins' Top 25
Florida (9-0, beat Vanderbilt, 27-3) UP NEXT: at South Carolina PREVIOUS: (1) THE SKINNY: Not buying the diminished offense theory. 2. Texas (9-0, beat UCF, 35-3) UP NEXT: at Baylor...
New York can't Wynn
Even as taxpayers are being squeezed, Albany is turning away potential gold-chip investors who can generate new tax revenues. That’s just terrific. Las Vegas casino king Steve Wynn last week...
Freeze teacher pay
As last week’s elections demonstrate, middle-class New Yorkers are in open revolt over ever-soaring tax bills. But to cut taxes, officials first have to curb public spending. How? Here’s one...
Girls volleyball roundup: Appel, Midwood win Seward tourney
Thomasina Lenzi was unhappy with her team’s performance last week in the John F. Kennedy tournament. Midwood finished just third in its pool, including a split with Goldstein, from PSAL...
PSAL City Championship football first round roundup: Morgan back under center
The remaining PSAL playoff teams got some bad news Saturday: Wayne Morgan can still play quarterback. The Erasmus Hall sophomore, one of the most highly touted players in New York...
Sea sunk by Mack, Iona Prep in CHSFL 'AAA' quarterfinals
From long touchdowns to goal line stands to controversial decisions from the officials, yesterday’s CHSFL Class AAA quarterfinal between St. Joseph by the Sea and Iona Prep had a little...
St. Joseph by the Sea steamed by controversial call
A controversial call late in yesterday’s CHSFL Class AAA quarterfinal between Iona Prep and St. Joseph by the Sea left the Vikings fuming about what they considered to be a...
Jimenez scores four, leads Flushing to consecutive Class B titles
Andrea Jimenez felt the pressure in last season’s championship game. She said she was too aware of the New Utrecht goalkeeper's quickness and didn’t score a goal though getting multiple...
Sister act: SCA wins back-to-back Archdiocesan titles
The St. Catharine Academy girls volleyball team was already a family affair, with Melissa Rosso coaching and her younger sister, Alessandra, as the team’s star outside hitter. On Sunday, the...
Mount's Rembert dies from carbon monoxide poisoning
Mount St. Michael junior running back Kyle Rembert died from carbon monoxide inhalation at his Bronx home late Saturday afternoon, Mountaineers coach Mario Valentini said. Valentini said there was a...
'Cane coming, La. declares emergency
NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Ida, the first Atlantic hurricane to target the United States this year, plodded today toward the Gulf Coast with 105 mph winds, bringing the threat of...
Hasan linked to terror thugs' 'adviser'
WASHINGTON — The family of the alleged Fort Hood shooter held his mother's funeral at the same Virginia mosque that two Sept. 11 hijackers attended in 2001, at a time...
Bulldogs win first playoff game under Barnett
Eric Barnett felt like an outsider for four years, like there was a party going on and his Campus Magnet football team wasn’t invited. The Bulldogs, who have progressed every...
Falcons fall without star quarterback
Susan Wagner already had the short side of the odds as soon as the Falcons stepped on the field. Jordan Rodriguez, one of the best quarterbacks in the city, was...
Sheepshead runs past Wagner on final drive
Susan Wagner had all the momentum. The Falcons had just scored touchdowns on two of their last three drives, the last one a 21-yard rush by Willie Echevarria to retake...
Giants blow it in final minute; lose to Chargers, 21-20
Tom Coughlin earlier in the week set the stakes for his Giants, declaring today's meeting with the Chargers a "one-game season.'' If that's the case, consider the season over and...