July 20, 2010
Jesse James wins custody battle for eight-year-old daughter Sunny
Jesse James, ex-husband of Sandra Bullock, was awarded physical custody of his eight-year-old daughter with former porn star Janine Lindemulder Tuesday, when a California family court attorney ruled James could...
Parking company employees swindled unemployment and stimulus money
A company that handled parking and security for New York movie shoots — including "Rent" and "The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3"— was able to undercut the competition with swindled stimulus...
Alleged JFK bomb plotter was only playing around, he says
He was just playing John Wayne. Abdul Kadir, a former member of the Guyana parliament and an alleged co-conspirator in the JFK fuel line terror plot, was just play-acting with...
Alleged cleaver killer David Tarloff wants a new lawyer
Schizophrenic alleged cleaver killer David Tarloff says he wants a new lawyer because he’s "suspicious" of his current one. "He said he never lied to anyone but his hand was...
British Open has record-low ratings
Little drama and a little-known champion sent the British Open's television ratings plummeting to a record low. South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen led over the last 48 holes and won by...
Ex-Raider Russell pleads not guilty in codeine case
MOBILE, Ala. -- Former Oakland Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell pleaded not guilty to a charge of illegal drug possession Tuesday in Alabama. Russell, 24, is a former LSU star who...
Poll: Jeter behind Tiger, Kobe as America's favorite sports star
Tiger Woods has dropped into a tie with Kobe Bryant as the favorite American sports star. Woods had held the position alone since 2006, but the Los Angeles Lakers guard...
$2.5 M in renovations to Bushwick Playground complete
City officials today held a ribbon cutting ceremony today to celebrate $2.5 million in needed renovations to Bushwick Park in Brooklyn. "All across the city, in every neighborhood, we are...
Teacher's reason for controversial Cuba trip: I'm a communist
A Manhattan high school history teacher, who resigned under fire after taking students on a spring-break "Club Red" field trip to Cuba three years ago, is a self-proclaimed Communist who...
Lohan to serve only 14 days of 90-day jail sentence: report
Lindsay Lohan will spend just 14 days of her 90-day jail sentence in actual incarceration due to prison overcrowding, The Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday, citing police documents. The fallen...
Cavaliers fans give LeBron gear to Miami's homeless
Cleveland Cavaliers fans are sending their LeBron James gear to South Beach, something Knicks fans never had the luxury to experience.Since his notorious "Decision" on July 8, Cavaliers fans have...
Red Bulls, Henry to see familiar foes against Tottenham
Manhattan is 3,500 miles from London, and the EPL's Tottenham Hotspur is in a different league than MLS' Red Bulls, literally and figuratively. But there will be plenty of personal...
NHL rejects Kovalchuk's deal with Devils
This Ilya Kovalchuk Saga grows weirder and weirder. Now Lou Lamoriello is going to have to rely on the leaderless NHL Players Association to file a dispute and demand arbitration...
Witness describes failed mob murder plot
The failed murder-for-hire of a Connecticut businessman was the latest in a string of botched jobs orchestrated by a Genovese gangster who's long been in league with the feds, a...
Apple earnings soar in third quarter
Apple Inc. reported a sharp jump in earnings for its third fiscal quarter on Tuesday -- blowing past Wall Street's estimates -- thanks in large part to booming demand for...
Google strikes wind-power deal
Google Inc. struck a 20-year deal to buy clean energy from a NextEra Energy Inc. wind farm, a move that places the internet search giant in the wholesale energy market,...
Jennifer Aniston gets restraining order against duct tape wielding stalker
American actress Jennifer Aniston is the object of a "delusional stalker's" affection. According to court documents obtained by TMZ, Aniston applied for a restraining order against a man caught outside...
Officer charged in collision between police cruiser and bicyclist pleads not guilty (video)
A Transit Bureau cop accused of running down a bicyclist with his patrol car pleaded not guilty today to charges of reckless driving, assault and leaving the scene of an...
Pettitte hits DL, Yankees call up Albaladejo
The Yankees recalled reliever Jonathan Albaladejo from the minors to take the place of Andy Pettitte, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained groin. Albaladejo was...
Jets create Ring of Honor with six inductees led by Namath
This is what happens when you finally get a stadium to call your own.The Jets went about correcting a long-overdue aspect of the franchise today by announcing the creation of...
Python captured near Bronx gas station
A 5-foot-long, green Python snake was captured early yesterday morning by cops after it was found near a gas station in the Bronx. A worker at the Extra Gas Station...
Gametracker: Mets at Diamondbacks
The Mets are still in contention in the NL East, but their play over the last month has them falling further back in the division. The visiting Mets look to...
Matsui hits one of three 2-run homers for Angels
Hideki Matsui, Maicer Izturis and Mike Napoli hit two-run homers to back a crisp effort from spot starter Sean O'Sullivan, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the New York Yankees...
Namath heads first group inducted into Jets’ Ring of Honor
The Jets will open the New Meadowlands Stadium with a ceremony inducting six members into their Ring of Honor. Joe Namath leads the 2010 Class, and he will be joined...
Obama’s new jobless program
President Obama is pushing Congress to hurry up and pass the fifth extension of unemployment benefits. The Wall Street Journal points out that all the economic evidence proves the longer...
Mel Gibson tells ex-girlfriend 'nobody will believe' claims he struck baby: report
There have been many audiotapes featuring a foul-mouthed and out-of-control Mel Gibson, but the latest recording could be the one that destroys the actor's reputation for good, according to a...
Piniella plans to retire at end of season
CHICAGO -- Cubs manager Lou Piniella announced Tuesday that he will retire at the end of the season, ending a storied and often colorful career that included 18 years in...
Gun play on Manhattan
94th PrecinctGreenpoint–NorthsideGun jerkPolice are looking for the idiot who shot a 19-year-old man at random on Manhattan Avenue on July 18.Details are few, but the victim — who wasn’t mortally...
Someone broke into Cono's!
90th PrecinctSouthside–BushwickCono’s cookedA hungry thief held up a beloved Italian restaurant on Graham Avenue on July 15 and took $200.The thief entered Cono’s Restaurant near Ainslie Street at 10:00 pm....
Mets calls for umpire to be punished won't be granted by MLB
PHOENIX --- Give the Mets another loss. Despite calls from within the team’s clubhouse for umpire Phil Cuzzi to be disciplined for a heated discussion he appeared to initiate with...
Lots of crime underground
84th PrecinctBrooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–DowntownTrain troubleAt least two incidents went down on the subways within the confines of the 84th Precinct last week.? A creep pickpocketed a woman while she rode...
Ferocious food hounds go gum-to-gum in Coney
Hot dog-eating tourneys are for weiners, it’s the big kings who down the wings — and the burgers.Coney Island retained its crown as the competitive chow-down capital of the world...
What goes around comes around
A blood money deal is a blood money deal,” said Sen. Charles Schumer. I called it a crock of steaming haggis last year when I wrote about Abdel Baset Ali...
Kylie Minogue not high on Lady Gaga's fashion choices
Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue told OK! Magazine Tuesday that she could not imagine dressing in Lady Gaga's "outlandish outfits." Minogue, 42, who is working to promote her latest album...
Our weekly events calendar!
Fri, July 23Green Girls: Teen girls participate in a program that encourages girls to excel in the sciences. 9 am–4 pm. The Young Women’s Leadership School [228 Graham Avenue in...
Black British couple shocked by 'miracle' blonde, white baby (video)
A black British couple told Tuesday of their amazement after their baby girl was born white, with blue eyes and blonde hair. Doctors say baby Nmachi Ihegboro is not an...
Bostonian Kevin Convey named to replace Dunn as editor of Daily News
Martin Dunn is out as the editor-in-chief of the Daily News, ending a seven-year run as the top editorial person in the Mort Zuckerman-owned paper. Kevin Convey, the Boston Herald...
Knicks keep Stoudemire off Team USA
Amar'e Stoudemire will not participate for Team USA this summer in the World Championships, according to Knick president Donnie Walsh.The Knicks have asked Stoudemire to withdraw because Team USA won't...
Report: CBA rule limits Jets offer to Revis
The "reallocation rule” in the NFL’s bargaining agreement is one of the reasons the Jets and CB Darrelle Revis are so far apart in their talks for a contract extension,...
Parasailing donkey shocks Russian beach-goers
Russian beach-goers got a shock when they saw a donkey soaring in the blue skies over the balmy beaches on the Sea of Azov in southern Russia last week, police...
The game of the week
Scrappers 1Cyclones 2Friday, July 16 at MCU ParkUndefeated starter Angel Cuan gave up lots of singles, but got outs when he needed them, giving up just one run on eight...
Ice-T busted for driving with a suspended license
Looks like Ice-T has a "Law & Order" problem. Ice-T was allegedly driving with a suspended license after he was pulled over for driving without a seat belt in Chelsea....
'Scared' Lindsay Lohan begins jail sentence; will serve just 14 days
A "scared" Lindsay Lohan was taken to jail this morning to begin her 90-day sentence after strolling into court with her off-again, on-again lawyer. But she'll serve just 14 days,...
New Fort Hamilton chief wants to open the gates
The new commander of Fort Hamilton plans to continue what his predecessor began, building bridges between the garrison and the community in which it sits.Chief among these, said Col. Michael...
Purse poach at Perch
78th PrecinctPark SlopePerch purse poachSome jerk nabbed a woman’s bag from under her table at Perch Café around 7 pm on July 11.The victim told cops that she didn’t see...
Serena hopes to play in U.S. Open
Serena Williams is hoping to recover from a right foot injury in time to play at the U.S. Open, the agent for the 13-time Grand Slam singles champion said Tuesday....
French stars Ribery, Benzema?questioned in child prostitution ring
French police questioned soccer internationals Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema Tuesday as part of an investigation into an alleged underage prostitution ring, a legal source told AFP. The players were...
Oh the irony: City honors Hook vendors and DUMBO archway
The Red Hook Food Vendors have finally gotten their proper respect.Last week, the Department of Small Business Services honored the Brooklyn food institution with an “achievement award,” which recognizes the...
Report: Marquez near Red Bull
Mexican National Team captain is moving toward a transfer to the Red Bulls, according to Sport.es. "I want to leave Barcelona well, I hope to get my pass to speed...
Sumner Redstone offers bribe to reporter for name of MTV leaker
Media mogul Sumner Redstone, upset over leaks at his MTV unit, has offered a bribe to a reporter for the name of the leaker, according to a shocking voice mail...
39 states report unemployment rate decreases in June
Thirty-nine states and the District of Columbia reported unemployment rate decreases in June, while five states had increases and six states had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics...
UK boy has near miss playing 'chicken' with train
Shocking CCTV footage of a young British boy playing "chicken" with a high-speed train was released Tuesday, as new figures revealed dozens of recent railway deaths. A camera in the...
Mass. cop resigns after deserting patrol to see porn star: report
A Stoughton, Mass. police officer resigned after leaving his beat to see a dwarf porn star, local newspaper The Patriot Ledger reported Tuesday. Officer Richard P. Bennett, 28, deserted his...
West Virginia Gov. Manchin announces run for Byrd's Senate seat
West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin announced Tuesday he will run for the U.S. Senate seat long held by late Sen. Robert C. Byrd. The announcement, which was widely expected, came...
Eight lives left! Abandoned cats need new home
They sweated it out, but they survived.Two cats abandoned in a sealed, airless tub outside a Stillwell Avenue pet store on a sweltering hot day were saved by animal rescue...
Don't hit snooze! Wakey!Wakey! to play Brooklyn Bowl on Friday
Mike Grubbs grew up under a piano. As a kid, you could usually find him playing with his toys under his parent’s baby grand while his mom gave lessons. He...
2 ’Entourage’ stars among new owners of NY eatery
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — “E” and Johnny Drama own a piece of a restaurant catering to the horsey set. Kevin Connolly and Kevin Dillon, two stars of the HBO series...
Goldman Sachs 2Q profit drops 82% on SEC deal, UK bonus tax
Goldman Sachs Group second-quarter earnings slid 82 percent as the giant investment bank was socked by its settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.K.'s payroll tax,...
Officials to say more about NJ shooting of Ga. CEO
NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey prosecutors plan to release more information Tuesday about the fatal shooting of an unarmed Georgia banker by an undercover police detective. Officials say the detective,...
DVD Extra: Brown directs Garbo, Crawford; Turner vs Day
Contemporary writers on classic films consider George Cukor as the top director of MGM's Golden Age, but the studio itself thought otherwise. The only director consistently billed above the credits...
Playboy launches new work-safe website
CHICAGO — Finally, something for those guys who say they read Playboy for the articles: a chance to prove it. Playboy Enterprises Inc. launched a website Tuesday that it swears...
NY man’s Facebook ownership claim lands in court
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Lawyers for Facebook are expected in federal court in Buffalo, where a New York man has filed a lawsuit claiming part ownership of the social network site....
Senate committee sends Kagan's Supreme Court nomination to full Senate
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted on a near party line Tuesday to move Elena Kagan's Supreme Court nomination to the full Senate for its consideration, putting President Barack Obama's pick...
In Pennsylvania, Sestak getting buried but just keeps digging
Rep. Joe Sestak, who beat?Sen. Arlen Specter in the?primary to become Pennsylvania's Democratic candidate for Senate has an Israel problem. Earlier this week we reported on Sestak's efforts to shut...
What a shock! Liberal journalists did everything to bury Jeremiah Wright story
Jonathan Strong has all the gory details here, but the basic story is that left-wing journalists for both mainstream and more progressive news outlets conspired to defuse, deflect and counter...
US study links household cleaning products to breast cancer
The regular use of basic cleaning products in the home may double the risk of women developing breast cancer, a U.S. study found. The study, published Tuesday in the international...
One in three US spies ‘are contract staff’
Nearly a third of U.S. spies are contract workers supplied by the burgeoning private security industry, reported Tuesday's The Washington Post on the second day of its investigation into how...
Kabul conference backs Karzai's Taliban peace talks
Afghan President Hamid Karzai won backing at an international conference Tuesday for his plan to make peace with the Taliban as he pledged his government could assume security responsibility of...
UN corruption investigator says Ban is “embarrassing” himself
The woman in charge of investigating corruption at the United Nations is leaving her post, but not before letting UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon how lousy a job he’s doing....
Water torture for ma
The heartbroken mother of a teenage girl who drowned while frolicking with pals in the Bronx River broke down in tears yesterday as she described how she'd been trying to...
Former Blue Jays GM: Burnett is own worst enemy
J.P. Ricciardi can relate to what the Yankees are feeling about A.J. Burnett right now. As the Blue Jays general manager, Ricciardi signed Burnett to a five-year deal in 2005...
Yankees not buying? Don’t buy it
Not that Brian Cashman is A.J. Burnett or anything, but it’s a little difficult to believe the tale that the Yankees’ GM won’t be on the lookout for a starting...
Cashman: Yankees won’t trade for starter
With 12 days to go before the trade deadline, Yankees GM Brian Cashman is sticking to his plan, even with Andy Pettitte on the shelf for 4-5 weeks with a...
Look ma, I've got 5,000 friends on Facebook
FACEBOOK junkies say there’s no such thing as too many friends. Technically, however, there is: The site caps the number at 5,000 per person. According to Facebook spokeswoman Meredith Chin,...
Break the lunch crunch
Cubicle dwellers of the world, stop scarfing salad over your keyboards already! It’s gross, depressing — and believe it or not, an epidemic. The American Dietetic Association found that 75...
Where best to take back your lunch?
We asked Steven A. Shaw, director of culinary Web site eGullet.org and author of "Turning the Tables: The Insider’s Guide To Eating Out" for the best secret spots in the...
Business briefs
SEC jobs The SEC will need to add about 800 employees to its already growing staff to carry out the re sponsibilities given it under a financial overhaul bill. Trump...
Far from home: Sapp learns life lessons overseas
Jessie Sapp left home for the second time, just this time it was a little bit further. The Harlem native played his high school ball at National Christian Academy in...
Woman about town
Since it opened a year and a half ago, nothing about this acclaimed revival of "Our Town" has suggested that it might become a star vehicle. Stripped to its raw...
School days, lot o' clichés
Don't expect any infectious covers of pop hits at "With Glee." This new musical from the Prospect Theater Company -- about five troubled boys who bond at a boarding school...
The gangstas all here
RICK ROSS "Teflon Don" *** YOU can't help but get a little suspicious of a hip-hop artist who makes an album on which nearly every track features another artist who's...
'Rehab' Trumps 'Apprentice'
Donald Trump is withdrawing the job offer to Tiger Woods' mistress Rachel Uchitel to be on the next edition of "Celebrity Apprentice." After reading in The Post yesterday that Uchitel...
Why teen needs Botox for 'Glee'
Filipino teenage singer Charice Pempengco says she prepared for her debut on the hit TV show "Glee" by getting Botox and an anti-aging procedure "to look fresh on camera." Eighteen-year-old...
TV's dirty looks
Prime-time TV just lost its brakes. A federal appeals court last week threw out the FCC's ability to punish the TV networks for profanities uttered on their airwaves -- even...
H'wives book a series?
The book that exposed "Real Housewives of New Jersey" psycho Danielle Staub's drug-dealing past is being shopped as a possible TV series, according to TV sources. The book, "Cop Without...
'Jersey' cast on verge of new contracts
There might be an end in sight to the "Jersey Shore" stalemate. It's been reported that the GTL (gym, tan, laundry) advocates, who've been fist-pumping their solidarity and holding out...
Justice re-served: Stand on that, Stewart!
I definitely think Lynne Stewart's sentence is too long -- she should have received a death sentence or been executed immediately ("Crying Time for Lynne Stewart," Editorial, July 19). Stewart...
Finders peepers
What big eyes you have -- for an 8-inch-long critter we thought was extinct. This is the first-ever snapshot of a Horton Plains slender loris, a bug-eyed, 8-inch-long primate so...
The ObamaCare lies are still coming
Does President Obama have any idea what's in his own health-care reform law? Since he signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act a bit more than 100 days ago,...
Anti-HIV gel a real lifesaver
WASHINGTON -- A gel made using the HIV drug tenofovir reduced infections in women by 39 percent over 2? years -- the first time such an approach has worked against...
GOP gives Kagan a healthy dose
WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan said yesterday that she would weigh recusing herself from matters related to the new health-care law on a case-by-case basis. Kagan was responding...
Ready to Rahm-ble
CHICAGO -- A lawyer for Rod Blagojevich said yesterday the defense plans to call White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel as a witness in the ousted Illinois governor's corruption...
What's killing jobs
The 19th-century academic William Graham Sumner had a famous for mulation for The hidden costs of feel-good economic legislation. Persons A and B, he wrote, usually get together to decide...
After the pharaoh
President Hosni Mubarak's busy Sunday underlined his prominence as America's most trustworthy Arab ally. But will Egypt still be our friend after Mubarak? Washington can no longer afford to just...
'Sanctuary' is lawless and deadly
Last week, the Justice Department made an astonishing statement about its unprecedented lawsuit to stop the Arizona illegal-immigration law. Attorney General Eric Holder's spokeswoman, Tracy Schmaler, claimed that it was...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan An ex-con allegedly raped a woman after they met in a Harlem restaurant, police said yesterday. Charles Brown, 48, struck up a conversation with the 24-year-old woman while they...
Silver will lack his top flack
ALBANY -- Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's top spokesperson, Dan Weiller, is leaving to join the lobbying firm of his predecessor. Patricia Lynch Associates, headed by the longtime Silver adviser and...
Gov't lets BP mind the 'cap'
NEW ORLEANS -- The federal government yesterday allowed BP to keep the cap shut tight on its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well for another day, despite news the well...
New push for 'coast' guard
WASHINGTON -- The White House yesterday announced the creation of a new National Ocean Council to strengthen US management of its oceans and coasts and the Great Lakes. The council...
4 NY Plaza signs News
The New York Daily News has signed a lease for new space in lower Manhattan and will leave its 450 W. 33rd St. headquarters for 4 New York Plaza next...
Ground Zero fire defense
Prosecutors are "scapegoating" three construction officials for a blaze that killed two city firefighters at a condemned Ground Zero skyscraper, a lawyer argued yesterday. Mitchel Alvo, Jeffrey Melofchik and Salvatore...
Distraught dad's dual blow
An Upper East Side man was dealt a double dose of cruel fate. First, he learned his toddler had been diagnosed with a serious disease. Then, hours later, bat-wielding thugs...
Bam gets scorched in Arizona
WASHINGTON -- President Obama's support in Arizona has plummeted to a record low. A paltry 28 percent of Arizonans give Obama a positive review for his job performance, a 12-point...
Uh, owe! NY plunges into $87M hole as cash runs out
ALBANY -- The red ink keeps running. State government ended the quarter in deficit for only the second time in modern history last month and could go broke again before...
Skydive pals' chute horror
Two longtime skydiving buddies -- both in their 70s -- were killed after their parachutes became tangled high above the Poconos and sent them into a free fall, authorities said....
Katy shows off her 'butt'
Cigarettes may not be sexy, but Katy Perry is smoking hot! The bodacious bikini babe lights a fan's fire while vacationing at Atlantis in the Bahamas sans fiancé Russell Brand,...
Apple loses, regains tech market cap crown
Adding insult to his recent reputational injury, Apple CEO Steve Jobs saw rival Microsoft pass his company in market cap and temporarily steal his crown as king of Silicon Valley...
Regents to get tougher
The state Board of Regents yesterday agreed to make standardized math and English tests more difficult, admitting the current exam system sets the bar too low and doesn't prepare students...
'Snub' EMT fought to the death
The disgraced medic who was fatally shot in a SoHo brawl had been standing over one of his assailants and punching him when a friend of the man he was...
Obama lobs jobs grenade
WASHINGTON -- President Obama and congressional Republicans went to war yesterday over extending unemployment benefits for millions of out-of-work Americans. "It's time to stop holding workers laid off in this...
Party gal pays for blond scambition
A beautiful blond socialite yesterday was sentenced to seven days of community service for charging up a storm on a frenemy's credit card. Kashmir Snowdon-Jones also had to pay $4,260.89...
Osama kin hoping for US haven
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A son of Osama bin Laden said about 20 members of his family stranded in Iran are seeking sanctuary in a third country -- and...
Chilling toll of Times Sq. 'bomb'
Thankfully, it didn't go off as planned. A secret FBI test of a correctly made version of the Times Square bomb revealed that it "would have killed thousands of people"...
Prez uses Queens gal as photo-op prop
WASHINGTON -- Denise Gibson of Queens faces losing her unemployment benefits next month unless Congress extends the program -- and President Obama held her out as an example of the...
Teen wasteland
The kids are not alright. Teenagers -- traditionally some of the most resilient consumers of discretionary goods like apparel -- are not spending at their usual robust rate this summer,...
Cuban eyes lone bid for Rangers
Maverick billionaire Mark Cuban is throwing Major League Baseball a curve ball. Cuban is now eyeing a solo counterbid for the Texas Rangers baseball team despite publicly saying he is...
Gotta have art!
Art vendors who long had peddled their wares in some of Manhattan's busiest parks protested a new city policy yesterday to limit their numbers, saying it will turn them into...
Jeter's brand slam
As long as Derek Jeter keeps smiling and stays out of trouble, he'll remain baseball's $200 million man. The Yankee slugger, who turned 36 last month, was named yesterday by...
Player beans helmet firm with lawsuit
A promising young baseball player whose career was cut short by a 93-mph fastball to the head is suing the helmet manufacturer and Major League Baseball for failing to provide...
Robber dropped for a loss
When push comes to shove, don't mess with the O'Connor brothers. Faced with a hard-charging hotel thief trying to outrun cops in the West Village Sunday night, musician P.J. O'Connor...
Milford Plaza's on sales block
The "Lullaby of Broad way" might become The Lulla-buy of Broadway. The owners of The shuttered Milford Plaza Hotel, which used The slogan for decades, have tapped a top hotel...
Indy Party chief in jam over wife loan
The wife of the chairman of the state Independence Party solicited and received a $10,000 business loan from a candidate who got the party's coveted endorsement days later, The Post...
Rigger is crane 'fall guy,' lawyer
The master rigger on trial in the deadly crane collapse that killed seven people is a "fall guy" for a haphazard government investigation into the deadly incident, his lawyer said...
Probe pol's nonprofit link: foe
A fellow candidate for the state Senate seat from Washington Heights yesterday called for an investigation into the hiring practices of a nonprofit that relies on government grants secured by...
Dodd: Warren's not a cinch for agency chief
Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) may have squashed the notion that brainy Harvard professor Elizabeth Warren is a shoo-in to head a new agency to protect average folk. Warren currently serves...
For his next scam . . .
Retired FDNY Lt. John "Johnny Lungs" McLaughlin, who collects a tax-free, $86,000 disability pension despite being an accomplished triathlete and marathon runner, has also muscled into line for a cut...
A not-so-savage cut
Let it never be said that New York school districts don't have fat to trim. Facing budget pressure, Westchester County's tiny North Salem school system is considering scrapping a generous...
Jobs would help more
At President Obama's insistence, Sen ate Democrats today are expected to almost quadruple the amount of time out-of-work Americans can receive unemployment insurance benefits -- adding yet another $34 billion...
City will be taken by storm
First the brutal heat, and now thunderstorms. July came in like a blowtorch. Now we can expect at least a week's worth of thunder and lightning with sporadic storms barreling...
Black to go free on bail
Conrad Black will be released from a Florida prison on bail, a federal appeals court ruled yesterday. The former chief executive of Hollinger International, imprisoned since March 2008 after being...
Vogue Sept. surge won't kick InStyle off throne
The gun has been sounded for the final lap in the battle for the ad page crown among the fashionistas, pitting Vogue against InStyle, Elle and Harper's Bazaar. Vogue editrix...
Coach faces LI teen-sex rap
A former North Carolina youth-basketball coach faces prosecution in Long Island on charges he had sex with a 16-year-old autistic girl who played on his team. Freddie Lamont Wilson, 62,...
NBTY may get higher bid
One of the year's biggest buyouts may get even bigger. Rival suitors in the $3.8 billion auction for vitamin giant NBTY, who did not get a chance to bid, are...
Womb to spare
A Utah woman reportedly is pregnant with two babies -- who are not twins and have two different due dates. That's because she has two uteri, the London Sun said....
Upper W. Side war of Roses
A battle for control of a popular Upper West Side wine bar turned exceptionally bitter yesterday as investors kicked out the beautiful owner and her husband -- who are vowing...
Kindle sales turn a page
Amazon's Kindle e-book sales have overtaken its hardback book sales, the company said. Over the past month, the Seattle-based Internet retailer sold 180 Kindle e-books for every 100 hardcover books...
City gov't is lost in $pace
Maybe New York can run a giant garage sale. A comprehensive review of waste in city government has uncovered an astounding 8,000 unused desks sitting in offices -- just one...
USDA big quits in bias-boast shock
A black official in the US Agriculture Department resigned yesterday after a video surfaced of her bragging to the NAACP that she didn't do everything she could to help a...
Bouquet bandit's dollars & scents
This bandit came armed to disarm bank tellers -- with a bouquet of flowers. The chrome-domed thief packed a romantic assortment of fresh flowers instead of a weapon when he...
3 killed on bloody night in Brooklyn
A 15-year-old boy was killed by a bullet that cops said was meant for his pal early yesterday -- in one of at least six shootings over a 24-hour period...
Judge blocks HIV perv's release
BUFFALO -- New York can continue to keep a sex offender who infected at least 13 women with the AIDS virus locked up beyond the 12-year prison sentence that he...
Gibson's $15M 'hush money'
Mel Gibson reportedly offered his baby mama $15 million to keep secret the vile tapes on which he's heard threatening her and using racial slurs. The actor and Oksana Grigorieva...
Bollinger post
Columbia University President Lee Bollinger has reportedly been named chairman of the board of directors for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Bollinger will replace state AFL-CIO President Denis...
Brit PM blasts terror release
LONDON -- British Prime Minister David Cameron criticized the decision to free Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi from jail last year, saying yesterday that the move had been "completely and...
Fiend rapes woman, 79, in elevator
This twisted pervert raped an elderly woman yesterday in a Bronx elevator, police said. The sicko followed the 79-year-old woman into the elevator at her Westchester Square building at 2...
Crazed man kills his dad
A deranged son fatally stabbed his 70-year-old father last night in their Upper West Side home before trying to take his own life, cops said. Julian Kurita, 33, plunged the...
Lohan's former lawyer representing her again: report
Lindsay Lohan's former lawyer will be by her side today in a Los Angeles courtroom after Robert Shapiro bailed on LiLo. Shawn Chapman Holley quit earlier this month because Lohan...
Tea time for all races
The Tea Party and its members have had meetings and rallies for more than a year without incident, yet these concerned citizens are now being smeared as racists by the...
How model behavior is rewarded by scammers
This is not going to be the story of an ordinary Internet fraud. Trust me on this. Laura is a 27-year-old former beauty queen with a lot of friends and...
Attendance, wagering dip at Hollywood meet
INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Attendance and wagering during Hollywood Park's spring-summer meet dropped by 10 percent each, extending a trend at many U.S. tracks as the economy continues to sputter. Attendance...
Former Giants safety Brown says media controlled Giants
Imagine the smirk on the faces of general manager Jerry Reese and coach Tom Coughlin when they learn the media has control of their team. Who knew? C.C. Brown thinks...
Hondo goes Fishin'
It took a while, but Hondo finally Cruz'd with the Rangers in Detroit last night, which caused his defi cit to drop back into three figures at 980 magadans. Tonight,...
Avery Net-ting top-notch staff
The Nets may have lost out on big-name free agents, but top coaches keep rolling into New Jersey. New coach Avery Johnson continues to shape his staff, hiring former NBA...
Oosthuizen still in shock after British Open dominance
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen, clutching the Claret Jug that's his to keep for the next year, still wore a look of disbelief yesterday morning when...
Thrilled Devils welcome Kovalchuk back
The Devils reenergized themselves by signing Ilya Kovalchuk yesterday. The players reacted with stunned jubilation to the superstar's decision to return to New Jersey. "Absolutely unbelievable," returning center Jason Arnott...
Philadelphia Park Analysis
Today's analysis.1.?4 1/2f; $20,000; mdn cl($12,500); 2YORED BIRD SOLDIER shows steady works while prepping for career debut. ZORRO'S PRIDE showed some closing ability going longer in career debut. TRAIN DERAILMENT...
Kovalchuk signs with Devils; $102M over 17 years
A new era is dawning for the New Jersey Devils. Martin Brodeur's torch is being passed to Ilya Kovalchuk, who has signed what is believed to be the longest standard...
Pagan, not Francoeur, will get most starts in right field
PHOENIX -- Jerry Manuel's right-field platoon lasted all of four games. The Mets manager all but announced an end to the platoon yesterday, saying Angel Pagan will receive the vast...
NFL searching for important answers
Time hasn't exactly flown since the Saints' Super Bowl XLIV upset in February. The NFL has endured The Offseason From Hell, a dreadful stretch filled with arrests, suspensions and just...
Pondexter, Liberty try to crawl out of last place against Sun
Finishing in last place for the first time in franchise history last season, the Liberty found reason for optimism in the offseason after acquiring Cappie Pondexter, a two-time champion who...
Wade apologizes for 'World Trade' crack
Credit Dwyane Wade for realizing his gaffe and making amends. Wade issued an apology yesterday to those offended by his referencing the World Trade Center when discussing the pressure the...
Sports shorts
MLB: Spring hero Weber suspended Jon Weber, who led the Yankees in batting during spring training as a 32-year-old rookie hopeful, has been suspended by MLB for 100 games following...
Today's Sports on Air
Baseball7 p.m.Angels at YankeesWWOR, WCBS (880 AM)7 p.m.Rangers at TigersMLBN7 p.m.Lowell at CyclonesWKRB (90.3 FM)9:40 p.m.Mets at DiamondbacksSNY, WFAN (660 AM)10 p.m.White Sox at MarinersWGNBasketball8 p.m.WNBA: Liberty at ConnecticutESPN2Cycling6:30 a.m.Tour...
Shaky K-Rod looks as if he needs a save
PHOENIX — At this rate, Francisco Rodriguez is going to have to change his nickname to Hit-Rod. His numbers lately have been more like K-Fraud. K-Rod was saved by a...
Injuries mar Rangers' 14-inning win
Nelson Cruz's two-run homer in the 14th inning gave the Rangers an 8-6 win over the Tigers last night in Detroit in a game that was marred by two injuries...
Mitre scuffed in final tune-up before Yankees return
MOOSIC, Pa. — In his final rehab start ahead of replacing Andy Pettitte in the Yankees starting rotation Saturday, Sergio Mitre allowed three runs — all earned — on four...
For Woods and Mickelson, 'Open'-ended questions
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- For the world's top two players, the British Open at St. Andrews this past week represented a crucial milestone for different reasons. Tiger Woods, who'd already...
Diamondbacks rock Mets in desert disaster
PHOENIX -- Is he Big Pelf or Big Stiff? Mike Pelfrey said the stiff neck that caused the Mets to push back his Saturday start to last night wasn't lingering....
Punchless Mets can only pitch and moan
PHOENIX -- Don't worry, Mets fans, Ollie Perez is the new sheriff in town. He's set to join the Mets' Wild West gang today. And with the Mets getting their...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYJuly 20WEDJuly 21THUJuly 22FRIJuly 23SATJuly 24SUNJuly 25 MONJuly 26YankeesLos Angeles Angels7:05TV -- Channel 9Radio- WCBS 880 AML.A.A.1:05YESWCBSK.C.7:05YESWCBSK.C.7:05YESWCBSK.C.1:05YESWCBSK.C.1:05YESWCBSCle.7:05YESWCBSMetsArizona9:40TV -- Sportsnet NYRadio--WFAN 660 AMAri.9:40SNYWFANL.A.D.10:10SNYWFANL.A.D.10:10SNYWFANL.A.D.4:10FOXWFANL.A.D.4:10WPIXWFANNOGAMELibertyConnecticut8:00TV -- ESPN2NOGAMENOGAMEChi.8:30No TVNOGAMEAtl.3:00No TVNOGAMERed BullsNOGAMENOGAME#Tott.8:00FSCNOGAMENOGAME$Man.3:30FSCNOGAMEStaten Island YankeesHudson Valley7:00No...
Weird but true
A military museum in New Orleans is honoring some of America's least-known heroes -- in an exhibit called "Loyal Forces: The Animals of World War II." Among them are Lady...
Work in progress: Dickerson looks to make strides in senior season
Jordan Dickerson arrived at Lincoln last fall with a nearly 7-foot bull’s-eye on his back. The native of Alexandra, Va. with sparse basketball experience was thrust into a no-win situation:...
The Sooner he goes home!
88th PrecinctFort Greene–Clinton HillRolling robberyA pistol-packing bicyclist held up a 45-year-old Oklahomian visiting Fort Greene on July 18.The Sooner told police that he was strolling along Putnam Avenue between Classon...
Heights residents complain of noise from Park movie series
Even a park is too loud for Brooklyn Heights residents!After the July 8 screening of “Annie Hall,” the first of Brooklyn Bridge Park’s “Movies With a View” series this year,...
Hotlantic's old guard — the Arabic shops
Years before there was a Trader Joe’s or Crop to Cup, there was Sahadi Importing Co. and Damascus Bread and Bakery.For decades, Atlantic Avenue has been a Mecca for Middle...
Vito to rivals: You want a spot on the ballot? Fight for it
Kings County Democratic Party Chairman Vito Lopez has a message for insurgent party members: the fight is on.The county’s Democratic Party leadership took advantage of its experience in such matters...
Teflon grassroots titan Lou Powsner -- going strong at 90
When Neil Sedaka kicked off the summer concert series in his native Brighton Beach earlier this month, little did he know that in the audience sat a man who remembered...
Embattled EMT gunned down in SoHo
Through fate or bad karma, Jason Green, the EMT who allegedly stood idly by as an asthma-stricken pregnant woman suffered and died just steps away from him, breathed his last...
Get on the pole! Strip-club fitness craze comes to Brooklyn
Stephanie Mancuso’s got legs — and she knows how to use them.Mancuso, 26, is the woman behind the borough’s first pole dancing studio, a plum-painted sanctuary of sexy fitness on...
Downtown boosters high on City Point project
Workers finally broke ground on Monday on the long-stalled retail center that’s supposed to be the savior of the Fulton Mall.The first segment of the Downtown City Point project —...
Son stabs his father to death in their UWS home, then tries killing himself
A deranged son fatally stabbed his 71-year-old father tonight in their Upper West Side home before trying to take his own life, cops said. The 33-year-old man plunged the knife...
Bodega bash
77th PrecinctProspect HeightsUnruly customerAn angry thug entered a late-night grocery on July 6 and took out his aggressions on the man he found behind the counter.The 51-year-old employee was inside...
Illegals should be dealt with the Arizona way
New York could do with another Jan Brewer.Fed up with the drug-fueled violence on her doorstep from neighboring Mexico, the Arizona governor has introduced the nation’s toughest bill on illegal...
Dangerous intersection gets a party
A Ditmas Park intersection has become so dangerous, residents held a block party in its dishoner.People living near the corner of Stratford and Cortelyou roads say Sunday’s traffic-calming party was...
Pump it up! New system will help stanch the stink in the Gowanus
A temporary system that will pump oxygen into the Gowanus Canal will also inject recreational opportunities along the still-fetid waterway, officials insisted this week.Yesterday, engineers with the Department of Environmental...
'Whole' lotta indecision! Clean-up done, but Whole Foods isn't sure about Gowanus site
To build or not to build? Whole Foods has finished a pricey clean-up of a contaminated site along the Gowanus Canal, but the grocery chain still won’t commit to building...
An ugly loss for the Cyclones
Cyclones 4Valley Cats 7Monday, July 19 at Tri-CityThe Cyclones hit three home runs, but still lost, thanks to some poor fielding and some lousy relief pitching.Rylan Sandoval led off the...
The secret of the Cyclones: Power!
Since the start of the season, the Cyclones hitters have been told to be aggressive and to approach each at bat with a plan, and so far, the plan has...
Noah excited for next season, New York holds special place in his heart
There was nothing quiet about Joakim Noah’s entrance. It was hard to miss the long-haired, chiseled, 6-foot-11 guy wearing sunglasses as he arrived at Hoops in the Sun’s Bash at...
Johnny Cash and carry
76th PrecinctCarroll Gardens-Cobble Hill–Red HookMen in blackA gun-toting thug who had Johnny Cash as a style icon robbed a wholesale business on Columbia Street on July 15.Victims told cops that...
Gametracker: Mets at Diamondbacks
The second half of the season didn't get off to as good a start as the Mets would have wanted, but three key players making their first appearances since the...
Manuel: Pagan will get majority of starts in right field
PHOENIX --- Jerry Manuel’s right-field platoon lasted all of four games in San Francisco.The Mets manager all but announced an end to the platoon today, saying Angel Pagan will receive...
Gibson's ex signed then axed $15M deal to keep rant tapes hidden: report
Mel Gibson’s former flame Oksana Grigorieva signed a $15 million deal to keep the actor’s obscenity-laden recordings under wraps -- but then walked away from the deal, TMZ reported Monday....
Palin family refutes talk of reality TV show deal for Bristol and Levi
Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston have not signed a deal for a reality TV show, a spokesman for the Palin family said Monday. Speculation had been mounting the pair would...