June 29, 2009
BREAKING: Surgery for Beltran?
(UPDATED) MILWAUKEE -- In a ominous-sounding move, Mets center fielder Carlos Beltran flew to Vail, Colo., today for a second opinion on his ailing right knee from the inventor of...
2 Bachelors May Return on Tonight's 'Bachelorette'
Musician Wes, who is still vying for Jillian's heart despite his open, on-air admissions that he is using the show's publicity to further his music career, told Tanner P. --...
Video: 'Mad Men' Season 3
Romance:Comedy:Action:
TE Beckum signs
By PAUL SCHWARTZThe Giants selected nine players in this past NFL Draft and they are steadily signing them to contracts. The latest to agree to terms is tight end Travis...
TRANSCRIPT OF JUDGE SENTENCING BERNIE MADOFF
The following is a transcript of the sentencing read by Hon. Denny Chin at the sentencing of Bernie Madoff today in a Manhattan federal court. Madoff was given 150 years...
3 DIE AFTER FALLING INTO SLUDGE PIT AT WASTE CENTER
Three workers - including a father and son - were killed today in a horrific accident at a Queens recycling plant after they fell into a sludge vat and were...
COPS: MAN BREAKS INTO HOME, WATCHES TV, DRIVES CAR
CINCINNATI -- Police said a man broke into a Cincinnati home and proceeded to stay there for a week, watching television and sleeping in the master bedroom while the family...
COMMANDER CONFIDENT HOURS BEFORE US TROOPS PULL OUT OF IRAQ CITIES
BAGHDAD -- Hours before the deadline for U.S. combat troops to withdraw from Iraqi cities, the top American military commander in the Middle East expressed confidence Monday that Iraqi security...
Two Giants Stadium seats for $499
By PAUL SCHWARTZYou want a keepsake from Giants Stadium? If you've got about 500 bucks you can get a pair of seats.That's right. For $499 the Giants and Jets are...
LONG ISLAND WOMAN CAUGHT STEALING IN CHURCH
WESTBURY, N.Y. -- Nassau County police said a congregant at a Long Island church disregarded at least one of its commandments: Thou shalt not steal. Police said the 46-year-old woman...
CONN. EXPANDS LAW TO COVER SECURITIES FRAUD
HARTFORD, Conn. -- The state's organized crime law will be expanded to include securities fraud and state officials will be able to freeze the assets of anyone convicted of investment...
Game 75: Mets at Brewers
(UPDATED) MILWAUKEE -- The reeling Mets will be pleading for newfound stopper Fernando Nieve to live up to that role here tonight when they take on the Brewers and ex-Amazin'...
CITY HALL GUARDPOSTS GET ARTSY
NEW YORK -- The police guardposts at City Hall in New York City have been taken over - by art. The guardposts are about the size of a small backyard...
Our Mister Brook
By FRED KERBERBrook Lopez was working out at the Nets facility today - he's got a camp at Hoop Heaven in Whippany this week. So the guy who has to...
Video: Oprah's 1993 Michael Jackson Interview
In 1993, Michael Jackson let down his wall and opened the gate to Neverland Ranch for a world-exclusive interview with Oprah Winfrey. The 90-minute live, unedited broadcast was Jackson's first...
Nash or Kidd??
Starting in Vegas summer league, you can follow me with updates on Twitter.By MARC BERMANHere is a great question. Would D'Antoni prefer Nash or Kidd to run the point guard...
Conan Gives Middle Finger Back to Shatner
Conan O'Brien wasn't about to let William Shatner get the last bird.Two weeks ago, Captain Kirk went wacko on the "Tonight Show" and flipped host Conan the bird after simulating...
MADOFF VICTIMS SPEAK: THEIR STATEMENTS AT BERNIE'S SENTENCING
The following are transcripts of the statements given by victims of Bernie Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme at his sentencing hearing today. He received a 150 years in prison.Dominic Ambrosino,...
PATERSON'S DEADLINE FOR SENATE QUESTIONED
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Gov. David Paterson has drawn a red circle around Tuesday on the calendar, marking what he says is a critical deadline for New York's deadlocked Senate. In...
GARBAGE TRUCK FALLS ON CAR, KILLS DRIVER
EAST NORTHPORT, N.Y. -- Police say a driver was killed after a Long Island garbage truck fell on her car. Suffolk County police say the accident occurred in East Northrop...
It's Bouna Time!
It's Bouna Time!Goalkeeper Bouna Coundoul has signed with the Red Bulls, the Post has learned.The Bronx resident and Martin Luther King High grad had been on trial with the club,...
IRAN: RECOUNT SHOWS ELECTION RESULTS VALID
Iranian officials have declared the hotly disputed presidential election to be correct after a partial recount. State television reports that Guardian Council Secretary Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati presented Minister of the...
RUTH MADOFF SEEKS DISTANCE FROM HUSBAND AFTER SENTENCING
Bernard Madoff's wife says she feels "betrayed and confused" by the actions of her husband. Ruth Madoff said in a statement Monday that "the man who committed his horrible fraud...
Six of One on One Side, Half a Dozen of the Other On the Other Side
Last week we had Francisco Rodriguez face Albert Pujols at Citi Field. Last year we had Rafael Nadal face Roger Federer at Wimbledon.So today we have the best five confrontations...
Congrats Kendra & Hank!
Kendra Wilkinson tied the knot with fiance Hank Baskett during a white wedding at the Playboy Mansion over the weekend. The "Kendra" reality star, who is pregnant with her and...
JUDGE RULES STATE SENATE MUST MEET
ALBANY, N.Y. -- A judge ruled today that warring Republicans and Democrats fighting for control of the New York Senate must meet as one body to comply with Gov. David...
MEDICAL EXAMINER: BILLY MAYS HAD HEART DISEASE
TAMPA, Fla. -- A Florida medical examiner says television pitchman Billy Mays likely died of a heart attack but further tests are needed. VIDEO: Watch Mays on 'Tonight' Last Week...
Watch: Billy Mays' Recent 'Tonight' Visit
UPDATE & 911 CALL: Medical Examiner Says Mays Had Heart DiseaseBilly Mays, who became TV's best-known product pitchman largely because of his booming OxiClean ads, died in his sleep yesterday...
TRANSCRIPT OF MADOFF'S SENTENCING STATEMENT
The following is the full transcript of the statement given by Bernie Madoff at his sentencing today in a Manhattan federal court. He was given 150 years for his $65...
ROUGH, WILD NIGHT FOR K-ROD
On a night when the Yankees closer achieved another career milestone, the Mets closer suffered a career embarrassment. Francisco Rodriguez, who has been nearly perfect for the Mets this year,...
Studs & Duds of the week
Yankees stud -- A.J. BurnettBurnett continued a dominating stretch by shutting down the overmatched Mets on Saturday night.Burnett threw seven shutout innings, giving up one hit and striking out 10...
WHITE HOUSE CONFIDENT SENATE WILL PASS ENERGY BILL
WASHINGTON -- The White House says it's confident that the Senate will pass comprehensive energy legislation. President Barack Obama's top energy adviser, Carol Browner, made the comment in an interview...
SUPREME COURT: WHITE FIREFIGHTERS DENIED PROMOTIONS BECAUSE OF RACE
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court overturned a reverse discrimination ruling today of the circuit court that Sonya Sotomayor sat on, providing her critics with a fresh arsenal of ammunition for...
4 PITBULLS FOUND DEAD IN L.I. WOODS
MANORVILLE, N.Y. -- Authorities say four dead pit bulls have been found in the woods on Long Island. Suffolk County SPCA official Roy Gross says a passing bicyclist found the...
NY POLS TRY TO SAVE AIRPOWER MUSEUM
EAST FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- A senator and congressman are trying to save Long Island's American Airpower Museum. The museum is located in a hangar at Republic Airport. It's imperiled by...
'The City's' Port Reunites With Ex
Spotted: "City" star Whitney Port sucking face with ex-boyfriend Jay Lyon at NY hotspot 1Oak, which held a Michael Jackson tribute over the weekend. Get the full story here.
Janet Jackson at the BET Awards
Janet Jackson made a surprise visit to last night's BET Awards Show."My entire family wanted to be here tonight, but it was just too painful," Janet said just before the...
MAYOR OFFERS' SENATORS PHONE NUMBERS, HOME ADDRESSES TO VOTERS
Mayor Bloomberg today offered to not only give angry constituents the phone numbers of their do-nothing state senators, but also said he'd give out their home addresses. Bloomberg spoke via...
SUPREME COURT: 9/11 VICTIMS CAN'T SUE SAUDI ARABIA, PRINCES
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to allow victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to pursue lawsuits against Saudi Arabia and four Saudi princes over charitable donations allegedly...
FDA WEIGHS HOW TO REDUCE PAINKILLER OVERDOSES
WASHINGTON -- Tylenol, Excedrin, NyQuil. These household brands and others have come to symbolize safe, convenient relief from the aches and pains of everyday life. But this week the Food...
GOOD SAMARITAN DIES TRYING TO HELP MOTORIST ON BRIDGE
CATSKILL, N.Y. -- Police say a New York man running to the aid of another motorist fell to his death from a bridge, apparently because he didn't know there was...
The Daily Whacks, Monday Edition
You can count me among the tweetin' Twitterers (or is that the Twitterin' tweeters?) now: http://twitter.com/MikeVacc*******As I wrote in this column this morning, the Mets have officially reached Crisis Point...
3 UP: MO'S GREATNESS, YANK ROSTER AND A-ROD'S WALKS
Yes, I am on Twitter.A while back I was playing a game with a few colleagues trying to decide who was the best player we had seen play in our...
DOCTOR: I DIDN'T GIVE DEMEROL TO JACKSON
LOS ANGELES -- A lawyer for Michael Jackson's doctor said his client never gave or prescribed Jackson the painkillers Demerol or OxyContin, and denied reports suggesting that the doctor gave...
3 UP: RIVERA, YANKEE ROSTER, A-ROD
Yes, I am on Twitter.A while back I was playing a game with a few colleagues trying to decide who was the best player we had seen play in our...
BERNIE MADOFF SENTENCED TO 150 YEARS IN PRISON
Bernie Madoff was sentenced today to 150 years in prison for his $65 billion Ponzi scheme that wiped out the savings of thousands of investors. Cheers and applause broke out...
DVD Extra: Way Before Brangelina
You can't say I don't get around. Following last week's appearance of my Oscar story in The Post's business section, my interview with Jon Voight on his daughter Angelina Jolie's...
Coverage in The Post
MILWAUKEE -- It doesn't get much more embarrassing than this for the Mets: Not only did Mariano Rivera pick up his 500th career save Sunday night, but the All-Star closer...
JERSEY JACKO: FAMILY HOSTED SUPERSTAR AT THEIR HOME
When Michael Jackson's monumental career began what seemed to be an equally spectacular crash, he sometimes found solace and privacy in the home of a New Jersey family. Frank Cascio,...
KATHERINE JACKSON GETS TEMPORARY CUSTODY OF MICHAEL'S THREE CHILDREN
LOS ANGELES -- Michael Jackson's mother asked a Superior Court judge on Monday to name her administrator of her late son's estate so she can ensure the King of Pop's...
BURIAL AT NEVERLAND EYED
Never say never. Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch may be resurrected - as both a burial ground for the King of Pop and a Graceland-like mecca for his fans - if...
REVEALED: THE JACKO AUTOPSY
An autopsy on Michael Jackson revealed that the King of Pop's emaciated body was riddled with needle marks and scars, and his head was virtually bald, it was reported today....
THE FINAL SHOW GOES ON
Cameras captured Michael Jackson's final rehearsal -- the day before he died -- in footage that's already being compiled for a DVD and album, according to published reports yesterday. BURIAL...
GO TO GREG
Q I'm 58 and have been with the same company in a sales job for 35 years. I was recently laid off, and I feel age was a factor. I've...
BRIAN LEHRER
Warning: If you ever bump into Brian Lehrer, don't greet him with a casual "What's going on?" Not unless you mean it. As host of "The Brian Lehrer Show," weekdays...
HUNTING THE HUNTERS
GINA Rizzo needed a job, so she did what most unemployed folks do. She rolled out of bed, logged on to the Web and began to scour job boards looking...
60 SECONDS WITH GEOFF COLVIN,
In your book, you say the recession presents career opportunity. What kind of opportunity do you mean? One is the opportunity to get better at specific skills we need in...
EAST ENDERS
BANISH all thoughts of a low-key season as the Gossip Girls descend on the Hamptons. Decked out in their frills and frocks, they make the best of everything -- weather...
LOGANO YOUNGEST TO WIN SPRINT CUP RACE
LOUDON, N.H. -- There were questions about the judgment of team owner Joe Gibbs when he decided to replace departing two-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart with a 19-year-old rookie this...
GET TO THE BOTTOM
WHAT do you get if you combine "The Biggest Loser" and "So You Think You Can Dance?" One of the most fun competition shows to come along since Swing was...
NIGEL AND PAULA TWITTER MJ DEAL
PAULA Abdul and "So You Think You Can Dance" creator Nigel Lythgoe are in very public talks -- via Twitter -- to produce a Michael Jackson tribute episode as early...
CALL IT 2 SHIMMY SHIMMY COMEBACKS
A million years ago a pretty young blond Canadian girl named Joni Mitchell sang: "Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got till it's gone."...
'DWTS' JUDGE SECRET SURGERY
LEN Goodman, the senior judge on "Dancing With the Stars," has secretly undergone cancer surgery without telling anyone from the show. Goodman was operated on earlier this month in London...
WE LOVE MARY BUT...
GOOD news, everyone. We've figured out why your eardrums have been bleeding this summer. The blame falls squarely with resident ballroom spaz Mary Murphy, a permanent judge on "So You...
KATE'S BOOK DUE DATE
CHRISTIAN publisher Zonder van looks like it's going to postpone the debut date of Kate Gosselin's next book, "Love is in the Mix: Making Meals into Memories." It was due...
'JERSEY' TAKE 2
THOUGH there is no official word, "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" is coming back for a fiery second season, Life and Style Magazine reported yesterday, citing "insider" sources. Bravo...
PICCOLO 'FLUTE' PRESENTED IN PARK
AS omens go, this was a prom ising one: During the rainiest June in memory, the financially strapped New York City Opera dared to offer an outdoor performance -- and...
KNICKS TAKING A SHOT IN THE DARKO
Darko Milicic is still in Serbia, where he and his wife, Zorana, are awaiting the birth of their first child this week. Sometime in August, the 7-foot-1 Milicic will arrive...
BOYLE DEAL COST RANGERS SHOT AT KESSEL
IN SENDING a third-round selection in next year's Entry Draft to Los Angeles for fourth-line center candidate Brian Boyle, Rangers general manager Glen Sather traded his team out of the...
PORTE BONHEUR HANGS ON
Finishes of the weekend's two stakes for distaffers at Belmont Park were polar opposites. Whereas Rachel Alexandra won Saturday's Grade 1 Mother Goose by 19 lengths, with 12 lengths separating...
MANY FAVORITES ALIVE AS WEEK 2 BEGINS
WIMBLEDON, England -- As Week 1 gives way to Week 2 at Wimbledon today, the primary story lines have not shifted since the beginning of the tournament. Will Roger Federer...
STEPHENSON DUE IN COURT
The waiting game continues for former Lincoln H.S. star Lance Stephenson, who will be back in Brooklyn Criminal Court today stemming from an October arrest after he and teammate Darwin...
TEAM ZENYATTA DOESN'T RULE OUT FACING 'RACHEL'
Whenever two horses tower above the rest, racing fans and the media demand a title bout to determine the champion. After Preakness heroine Rachel Alexandra romped to a record-breaking 19...
WEEKEND ALL WRONG FOR WRIGHT
Carlos Beltran and Carlos Delgado were not the only Mets missing from this weekend's sweep by the Yankees. David Wright was nearly as invisible. The Mets third baseman had a...
METS' PEREZ SHINES IN REHAB START
If last night's start by Oliver Perez was any indication, the Mets should be able to shorten their litany of players on the disabled list by one before too much...
YANKEES' WANG CONTINUES IMPROVEMENT ON MOUND
Better. But Chien-Ming Wang has a lot of highway to negotiate before he returns to being the pitcher who was among the best starters in baseball a little over a...
VALIANT U.S. SQUANDERS 2-0 LEAD, TOURNEY TITLE TO BRAZIL
JOHANNESBURG -- Clint Dempsey sobbed as the Americans walked up to get their second-place medals, unable to hide the pain and the disappointment any longer. The euphoria of knocking off...
AMERICANS GOT A TASTE OF SOCCER WORLD'S BEST
WITH a stunning 2-0 half time lead over Brazil in the Confederations Cup final, the United States was a few naive moments from their first major title, a few tired...
HONDO PLAYS AN ACE
Hondo may have lost ground with the Bosawx yes terday, but he gained a fourth notch in his hole-in-one belt when he aced the demanding, uphill, 180-yard, par- 3 third...
SEASON ON THE BRINK AS METS HIT ROAD
BY THE end, the place was overrun with Yankees fans and Yankees chants, and the Mets were left to slink back to their clubhouse with all of that venom echoing...
YANKS' OFFENSE STAGNATES AFTER QUICK START
Thanks to first baseman David Murphy's ill-advised throw across the diamond and the Mets' inability to turn a double play in the first inning, the Yankees appeared to be on...
YANKEES DO LITTLE WANG IN SUBWAY SERIES SWEEP
Mariano Rivera's historic night only added to the Replace-Mets' shame. Rivera not only became just the second player ever to record 500 saves, but the Yankees' closer also notched his...
METS' MANUEL CLOSE TO BEGGING FOR HELP
Jerry Manuel is not banging down Omar Minaya's door begging for help . . . yet. But the Mets manager is definitely getting closer. In his strongest statement of the...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Braves nip Red Sox In Atlanta, rookie Tommy Hanson threw six scoreless innings despite a bout with the flu, and homers by Chipper Jones and Garret Anderson carried the...
YANKEES' RIVERA MAKES HISTORY WITH 500TH SAVE
A CRISIS had arisen. Tying run on base. Winning run, too. Two out. Eighth inning. Visiting ballpark. It is a trepidation moment in baseball. But not for the Yankees. Not...
JETER RETURNS TO YANKEES LINEUP IN STYLE
Derek Jeter not only didn't play on Friday or Saturday against the Mets, he didn't make it into the Yankees' dugout either. "I haven't even been on the bench," Jeter...
OMAR, GIVE METS A SHOT
THIS is all you need to know about the Mets offense. Yankees center fielder Brett Gardner went 0-for-5 Saturday and still had more hits than the entire Mets team in...
MARTINEZ COULD BE SENT BACK TO MINORS
The Mets finally brought 20-year-old prospect Fernando Martinez off the bench last night, but manager Jerry Manuel said the struggling outfielder could be headed back to Triple-A Buffalo soon. BOX...
YANKEES BUILD A BRIDGE
An inning before the Yankees started using their bullpen last night, manager Joe Girardi started plotting his relievers' course of action. YANKEES BLOG "We started setting it up in our...
OUTCRY OVER NUDE BONDAGE BLOCK PARTY
The NYPD issued a parade permit for a Chelsea block party that featured fetish freaks parading nude, fondling each other and whipping the bare buttocks of attendees -- all captured...
CITY CATHOLIC SCHOOLS TROUNCE REST IN READING AND MATH
Their enrollment may be dropping, but their test scores are soaring. The Archdiocese of New York's 132 city elementary schools continue to outperform public schools by leaps and bounds in...
RIVAL RIPS MARTY OVER YARDS WORK
An East New York activist is trying to parlay the contempt many Brooklynites have for the embattled Atlantic Yards project into unseating Marty Markowitz as borough president. Eugene Myrick, 37,...
GOV AIDE MEETS WITH TOP GOP MUDSLINGER
GOV. PATERSON'S top political ad viser has met se cretly with longtime Republican dirty trickster Roger Stone, who took credit for helping sink the governor's predecessor, Eliot Spitzer, The Post...
COLUMBIA TENURES AN ISRAEL-BASHER
JOSEPH Massad's schol arly contribution during his decade as a faculty member of Columbia University's Middle East Studies Department may be summed up as follows: Israel is racist, and homosexuality...
PAY SUIT VS. POSH SCHOOL
A tony Upper East Side girls school is stiffing the estate of a former worker, a new lawsuit alleges. Chapin School, the 108-year-old East End Avenue institution that has educated...
COURTS' RESPECT FOR OLD GLORY IS FLAGGING
How about a little respect for the flag, Your Honor! As the nation prepares to celebrate Independence Day this weekend, Old Glory is being improperly displayed in nearly two dozen...
LOSING HIS MOJO?
IS Barack Obama approaching the end of his masterly run? Starting with his win in the Iowa caucuses in January 2008, he has been, if not the one we've been...
LEGAL 'ACTION!' VS. FILM CATERER
TOMKATS, the caterers seen feeding movie stars at film locations all around the city, is being sued by Kaufman Astoria Studios, which says the firm stormed off the set owing...
STOP THE STATE-SENATE CIRCUS
THE New York state Senate's failure to act on the issue of school governance in New York City is cause for great concern for parents, students and those of us...
PERJURY COP BARES TORMENT
FOR nearly 20 years, Christopher Perino was the kind of detective the NYPD prays for. Toiling in the grittiest Bronx neighborhoods, the workhorse Perino racked up nearly 600 arrests of...
US GEN. HAILS IRAQ PULLOUT
The time is right for American forces to pull out of Iraqi cities, the top US commander in Iraq said yesterday. Speaking ahead of tomorrow's withdrawal deadline, Gen. Ray Odierno...
ARIZONA 'SHOT' OF WHISKEY
PHOENIX -- A bill moving through the Arizona Legislature has some bar owners fearful the state is turning back into the Old West. The measure would allow anyone with a...
MAYORAL CONTROL: NO GOING BACK
IN 2001, the Legislature gave Mike Bloomberg, then an untested new mayor, power to run the public schools. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, the key decision-maker, knew that Bloomberg had been...
OBAMA SENDS CONDOLENCES TO SINGER'S KIN
WASHINGTON -- President Obama has sent a personal note expressing his condolences to Michael Jackson's family, a White House aide said yesterday. "The president has written the family and has...
TROJAN GETS MARKET PENETRATION IN VIDEO
Cobra Starship's new music video "Good Girls Go Bad" shows gambling, drinking, carousing and -- here's the unusual part -- a paid reminder to practice safe sex. The maker of...
'O'PEN TO MORE BAILOUTS
President Barack Obama would be open to a second stimulus package to boost the economy, but at the moment it does not look as if more money is necessary, a...
PALS SWAYED ME TO STAY: SC GOV
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said yesterday that he contemplated resigning after the world learned of his extramarital affair and his secret visit to his lover in Argentina, but his...
BRAZIL FLU DEATH
SAO PAULO -- Brazil had its first swine-flu death yesterday, a 50-year-old man who became infected in Argentina, the Health Ministry said. The ministry has in recent days warned Brazilians...
HONDURAS TURMOIL
Soldiers seized the national palace and flew President Manuel Zelaya into exile yesterday, hours before a disputed constitutional referendum. Congress appointed a successor, but Zelaya, a leftist ally of Venezuelan...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn * A Sunset Park landlord tried to illegally evict an elderly tenant and tossed a bucket of water in his face, authorities said yesterday. Xi Jiang, 25, allegedly kicked...
MTV GAL FOILS UPPER E. SIDE 'SEX THUG'
A brave MTV employee turned the tables on an alleged sex predator who attacked her as she walked into her Upper East Side building. The 32-year-old woman said the thug...
'SUMMER STREETS' REPEATS
Manhattan's biggest block party is making a comeback. New Yorkers will take to the streets for three consecutive Saturdays in August as Mayor Bloomberg closes a 6.9-mile stretch of Manhattan...
'TRANSFORMERS' ARE MONEY MACHINES
Alien robots have transformed into box-office superstars, with $200 million in domestic ticket sales in just five days. "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" took in $112 million in the sequel's...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
UBSurrender Switzerland's UBS is to pay up to 5 billion Swiss francs ($4.62 billion) in the next two weeks to settle a US tax probe into the bank, according to...
CHUCK FLIES INTO RAGE AT SMALL-FLIER 'SWITCH'
Travel Web sites are using a "bait and switch" tactic to lure air travelers onto small, regional airlines that are "less safe and less reliable" than their brand-name counterparts, Sen....
UNITED ON SCHOOLS
Stop the scheming and vote to extend mayoral control of city schools! EDITORIAL: THE PRICE OF PARALYSIS Mayor Bloomberg joined forces yesterday with Gov. Paterson and teachers-union head Randi Weingarten,...
TWO OLDEST KIDS NOT HIS: FORMER WIFE
Michael Jackson is not the father of his two oldest kids, says their mom, Debbie Rowe. In an interview at her California ranch, Rowe -- mother of "Prince" Michael Joseph,...
JET SKI TRAGEDY HAUNTS TEEN PAL
A Brooklyn teen who was cleared of criminal charges after killing a friend in a Jet Ski crash in Mill Basin said the tragedy continues to haunt him three years...
NEXT: WEDS DAY
Marchers commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall uprisings said they were hoping to celebrate another monumental event at yesterday's annual Gay Pride parade. But with a gay-marriage bill stalled...
TAKING US FOR A RIDE!
They swiped, then they griped. Angry straphangers were hit with higher bus and subway fares yesterday, the second installment of the MTA's revenue plan that already raised prices on commuter...
WORTH EVERY PENNY
You are so predictable that you border on the boring ("Advocating for Zero," Editorial, June 23). You also don't care much for the facts when they are contrary to your...
RECALL BEEFED UP
GREELEY, Colo. -- JBS Swift Beef of Greeley is voluntarily expanding its beef recall to include about 380,000 pounds of products because of possible E. coli contamination. A recall earlier...
I SEE A LONG TRIP IN YOUR FUTURE
An eternity of isolation and "really bad nightmares" are in the cards for a cowering Bernie Madoff. Davinia, a British psychic who read the Ponzi schemer's palm six years ago,...
THE 'DOUGH' FUND
Helping the poor and homeless can be enriching work. Just ask George McDonald, who runs a not-for-profit agency for homeless men, The Doe Fund, where he earned $403,000 a year....
PATERSON IN PLEA TO DEMS
ALBANY -- Gov. Paterson made an unusual personal visit to a closed-door gathering of Senate Democrats last night in a dramatic effort to break the stalemate that has paralyzed Albany...
HOSP'S OFF ITS MEDS
Coney Island Hospital couldn't account for $3.75 million worth of drugs during an audit in 2007, according to city Comptroller Bill Thompson, who questioned if the medications were lost in...
NEW LIFE FOR JOLIE FLICK AT 5
It's Angelina Jolie as you've never seen her. The superstar made her big-screen debut at age 5, playing the daughter of her real-life dad, Jon Voight. "Lookin' to Get Out"...
TV'S PITCH KING DIES
UPDATE: Medical Examiner Says Mays Had Heart Disease TV pitchman Billy Mays, famed for his hyperactive spiels for products such as OxiClean, died in his sleep yesterday in Tampa, Fla....
JANET SURPRISES BET AWARDS
Heartbroken Janet Jackson made a surprise appearance at the BET Awards Show last night, thanking fans for their outpouring of sympathy over the loss of her brother Michael. Without any...
THE UPPER BEES SIDE
The "Bee" train roared down Lexington Avenue yesterday, sending startled Upper East Siders scurrying for cover. Some 8,000 to 10,000 honeybees had surreptitiously moved into the neighborhood sometime in the...
BERNIE GOES BYE-BYE
Today's the day when disgraced Ponzi- scheme fraudster Bernard Madoff gets his. Here's hoping he never sees daylight again. Madoff will stand before US District Court Judge Denny Chin for...
THE PRICE OF PARALYSIS
Squabbling senators in Albany could turn back the clock on 1.1 million city school kids -- tomorrow. All they have to do is . . . nothing. The 2002 law...
ADVICE FIRMS IN $3.5B DEAL
Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby Inc. and Watson Wyatt Worldwide Inc. agreed to merge in an all-stock transaction valued at $3.5 billion. The benefits-consulting firms will form a publicly traded...
DAY-CARE DRUG PAIR GETS BAIL
The owners of a Brooklyn day-care center that doubled as a drug stash house were released on bail yesterday. Donna Rogers, 37, and her husband, Sherwin, 36, were arrested for...
LA'S SUMMER SUIT
NBC Universal boss Jeff Zucker is so concerned about the poor performance of Universal Studios that he is dispatching the company's chief financial officer to Hollywood for a month to...
SHAME ON SANFORD: HE PUT STATE AT RISK
What would South Carolina have done and how would it have been explained if a 9/11-type emergency had occurred while Gov. Mark Sanford was in Argentina and circumstances prevented him...
FALL-ING FASHION
With the news that fashion magazine Elle for the first time ever beat Vogue in the year-to-date ad-page race, Media City thought it was high time to see what the...
RUTH-LESS LANDLORDS SLAM DOOR
Ruth Madoff's name used to open doors for her. Now, it only gets them slammed in her face -- to the point where she can't find a new apartment to...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
It turns out that every dog does have his day. Even Pabst -- who won the blue ribbon for World's Ugliest Dog in Petaluma, Calif. Pabst collected $1,600 and a...
THESE ARE R(EPULSIVE) AND N(ASTY) TRAINS
Now we know what the "R" and the "N" stands for in the names of two of Brooklyn's key subway lines: "Really" and "Nasty." That news comes from the Straphangers...
Rival rips Marty over Yards work
An East New York activist is trying to parlay the contempt many Brooklynites have for the embattled Atlantic Yards project into unseating Marty Markowitz as borough president. Eugene Myrick, 37,...
Gov aide meets with top GOP mudslinger
GOV. PATERSON'S top political ad viser has met se cretly with longtime Republican dirty trickster Roger Stone, who took credit for helping sink the governor's predecessor, Eliot Spitzer, The Post...
Honduras turmoil
Soldiers seized the national palace and flew President Manuel Zelaya into exile yesterday, hours before a disputed constitutional referendum. Congress appointed a successor, but Zelaya, a leftist ally of Venezuelan...
New life for Jolie flick at 5
It's Angelina Jolie as you've never seen her. The superstar made her big-screen debut at age 5, playing the daughter of her real-life dad, Jon Voight. "Lookin' to Get Out"...
TV's PITCH KING DIES
TV pitchman Billy Mays, famed for his hyperactive spiels for products such as OxiClean, died in his sleep yesterday in Tampa, Fla. -- hours after being hit on the head...
Is Curry the next Douby?
By MARC BERMANFor those still weeping that Stephen Curry is Warrior property, you can take solace in a quote I just ran across in the April issue of Dime Magazine.An...
Michael Jackson autopsy report is horrific
An autopsy on Michael Jackson revealed that the King of Pop's emaciated body was riddled with needle marks and scars, and his head was virtually bald, it was reported today....
Pitching set for Brewers series
The pitching matchups are now a go for the Mets' three-game series against the Brewers and former manager Willie Randolph that starts Monday night at Miller Park in Milwaukee. Here...
TWO OLDEST KIDS NOT FATHERED BY MICHAEL JACKSON: EX-WIFE
Michael Jackson is not the father of his two oldest kids, says their mom, Debbie Rowe. In an interview at her California ranch, Rowe -- mother of "Prince" Michael Joseph,...
Perez strong, might share starts
Oliver Perez fared well today in his minor-league rehab start for Single-A Brooklyn. Perez tossed five scoreless innings against Hudson Valley, giving up just two hits while striking out six...