http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/city_unveils_new_anti_smoking_campaign_yyb8knPDNuiLholmrIPmeI Latest News from the New York Post Online Edition, which delivers the Post's world-renowned gossip, best sports in town, and more. http://www.nypost.com/rw/SysConfig/WebPortal/nypost/images/rss_nyp_logo.jpg http://www.nypost.com/ 120 18 Local New York City’s new campaign to help smokers quit reminds them of the damage to their bodies and how quickly it is possible to heal. The ad campaign by Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration was announced Wednesday. It will feature ads on subways and bus shelters, and television and... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:30:19 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/city_unveils_new_anti_smoking_campaign_yyb8knPDNuiLholmrIPmeI http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/city_unveils_new_anti_smoking_campaign_yyb8knPDNuiLholmrIPmeI Local The Fire Department is preparing to deactivate its street alarm boxes throughout New York City as a way to save money. Mayor Michael Bloomberg included the idea in his January budget proposal. Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano told the City Council on Wednesday that it would save $6 million in the... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:30:13 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/city_looking_to_save_by_deactivating_0z9doTvyJB5IruXSPGQZBL http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/city_looking_to_save_by_deactivating_0z9doTvyJB5IruXSPGQZBL By Andy Campbell and Stephen Brown Brooklyn The city on Wednesday officially took over development of — and funding for -— Brooklyn Bridge Park, an agreement that supporters say “guarantees” that the waterfront park will indeed be completed.The takeover plan, offered in part by state Sen. Daniel Squadron (D-Brooklyn Heights), includes an actual commitment from the city... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:10:08 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/city_seals_deal_to_take_over_brooklyn_QNdgJe0k5Tg0gtt21hx6AJ http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/city_seals_deal_to_take_over_brooklyn_QNdgJe0k5Tg0gtt21hx6AJ By BRUCE GOLDING Manhattan The city won the right to the name of the famed "Tavern on the Green" restaurant today when a judge ruled that its former operator fraudulently trademarked the moniker in 1976. The late Warner LeRoy "made deliberate misstatements and omissions" that included hiding the fact that the name had been... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:09:48 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/city_wins_right_to_keep_famed_central_eW8F0gejoXSamhjfTtqwqJ http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/city_wins_right_to_keep_famed_central_eW8F0gejoXSamhjfTtqwqJ By Gary Buiso Brooklyn The city this week approved the expansionist plans of a Park Slope private school, a controversial scheme that continues to vex some residents who fear the new building will catalyze the very dissolution of the district’s historic character. But Tuesday, the Landmarks Preservation Commission disagreed, voting 8-0 with one... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:00:14 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/city_oks_berkeley_carroll_plan_vzdUZTHwRVy9iEjfrQPXoN http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/city_oks_berkeley_carroll_plan_vzdUZTHwRVy9iEjfrQPXoN Local RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — A Long Island man has pleaded guilty to murder and other charges in the fatal stabbing of the wife of a State Department diplomat. Prosecutors say Robert Shiavo of Medford entered the guilty plea on Wednesday in Suffolk County Criminal Court in Riverhead. He faces a prison... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:59:31 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/li_man_admits_he_stabbed_diplomat_gJJFBZ7hLTRLOSj5Gn05PO http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/li_man_admits_he_stabbed_diplomat_gJJFBZ7hLTRLOSj5Gn05PO By Thurston Dooley III Brooklyn “Eyes and ears are much respected, but the butt has been neglected.”So says opening line of Artie Bennett’s astounding tour de force, “The Butt Book” — and, dare I say it, no truer words have been spoken in the children’s book world since a younger Mo Willems issued... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:40:12 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/dooley_has_no_butts_about_this_book_0ZWkMsv4yo0TtbC62HVjgK http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/dooley_has_no_butts_about_this_book_0ZWkMsv4yo0TtbC62HVjgK By Gersh Kuntzman Brooklyn Fri, March 12Film, “A Place In The Sun”: As part of “That’s Montgomery Clift, Honey!” a tribute retrospective of the Hollywood leading man. $12. 2, 4:30, 7 and 9:30 pm. BAM Rose Cinema [30 Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort Greene, (718) 636-4129], www.bam.org... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:40:09 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/our_weekly_events_calendar_wfec3IZnk7SUGZZ2jjD1nJ http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/our_weekly_events_calendar_wfec3IZnk7SUGZZ2jjD1nJ Brooklyn Hannah Springer, Bay Ridge Burg brainsTo the editor,You ran a story on your otherwise excellent Web site about a new tapas bar on Grand Street that referred to that part of the neighborhood as “East Williamsburg” (“Our first-ever Williamsburg tapas smackdown!” online, Feb. 25).As someone who grew up... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:30:12 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/in_the_mailbag_the_raw_milk_lady_C0QOJsaPYMUTssFXjl0f0J http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/in_the_mailbag_the_raw_milk_lady_C0QOJsaPYMUTssFXjl0f0J By DAREH GREGORIAN Local A Manhattan businessman has transformed his basement Tribeca condo into an "extreme party" spot -- complete with "fire massages," "flame feats" and a "stripper pole," court papers charge. In a bid to avoid possible legal liability for the bacchanalian bashes, the owner, James McGown, transferred the deed for the apartment... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:59:28 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/condo_dwellers_claim_neighbor_apartment_y8c4BS9cOZ9fJ4HJrUXiGM http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/condo_dwellers_claim_neighbor_apartment_y8c4BS9cOZ9fJ4HJrUXiGM Politics The Republican National Committee may have thought it was dogging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) by satirizing him as cartoon character Scooby Doo, but Reid is getting scrappy with the portrayal in his own fundraising appeal, Fox News reported Wednesday. Reid, who was caricatured as Scooby Doo in a... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:10:43 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/politics/sen_harry_reid_embraces_gop_scooby_qcQNhf8r5x8U6qk3x1EvbM http://www.nypost.com/p/news/politics/sen_harry_reid_embraces_gop_scooby_qcQNhf8r5x8U6qk3x1EvbM By Stephen Brown Brooklyn The federal government has widened its search for the culprits responsible for making the Gowanus Canal one of the most polluted spots in the nation.The Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund program does not dole out cash for a clean-up, but raises it by cajoling, strong-arming — and, in some cases... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:00:22 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/the_lavender_lake_list_more_possible_orWWAyKifyh9ZvjZWIi26J http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/the_lavender_lake_list_more_possible_orWWAyKifyh9ZvjZWIi26J By Andy Campbell Brooklyn The City Planning Commission voted on Monday to approve the controversial Rose Plaza on the River, a mixed-use, 800-unit apartment complex along the Williamsburg waterfront — a decision that bucks Borough President Markowitz’s rejection in January.The 7-5 vote was a rare close one, and suggests that the most-contentious issue... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:00:20 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/towers_rose_thorn_here_planning_uYdjAf6xtIxkunJwdZPbJK http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/towers_rose_thorn_here_planning_uYdjAf6xtIxkunJwdZPbJK By Gersh Kuntzman Brooklyn Developer Bruce Ratner appears to be bringing in an all-star team to Atlantic Yards — and we’re not talking about his Brooklyn-bound New Jersey Nets.Legendary architect David Childs — the Skidmore, Owings and Merrill emeritus who was the lead designer of the so-called Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:00:18 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/childs_play_bruce_may_work_bringing_SMKxCmQH8PlKr9u5Yci2QK http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/childs_play_bruce_may_work_bringing_SMKxCmQH8PlKr9u5Yci2QK By Stephen Brown Brooklyn After seven years of ups and downs starts, Bruce Ratner was poised to break ground on his $1-billion Barclays Center on Thursday, a mega-project that will radically change 22 acres in the heart of Brooklyn.A deep bench of Atlantic Yards supporters were expected to attend the symbolic event, including... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:00:16 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/dig_it_m2EekjTlQ7QR3h0olMcaeK http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/dig_it_m2EekjTlQ7QR3h0olMcaeK By Andy Campbell Brooklyn Community Board 1 rejected the $1.2-billion redevelopment of the old Domino Sugar factory on Tuesday night.The 23-12 vote, which backed the board’s land-use committee rejection last week, is the second hurdle for the Community Preservation Corporation, which will need the support of Borough President Markowitz, the City... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:00:14 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/big_domi_no_from_cb_orS8S1AghbzYNPQxM2ZJdJ http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/big_domi_no_from_cb_orS8S1AghbzYNPQxM2ZJdJ By Andy Campbell Brooklyn In all the talk about how to fix Fourth Avenue, a consensus is emerging around one single idea: slow those cars down!That’s the new message being touted by city planners, transportation officials and residents as more and more people get on the bandwagon to turn at least the... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:00:13 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/want_to_fix_fourth_avenue_slow_em_kB4TDBpXWhyRsJfGrcevaJ http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/want_to_fix_fourth_avenue_slow_em_kB4TDBpXWhyRsJfGrcevaJ International Three US hikers being detained in Iran for entering the country illegally were allowed to phone their families for the first time since their arrest, their supporters said Wednesday. The New York-based support group "Free the Hikers" said Iranian authorities have allowed Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal to... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:53:54 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/us_hikers_detained_in_iran_allowed_o9f6cn8swBLj6du8xbFYLN http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/us_hikers_detained_in_iran_allowed_o9f6cn8swBLj6du8xbFYLN International A missile strike by a US drone aircraft hit Pakistan's northwest tribal region near the Afghan border on Wednesday, killing at least four militants, security officials said. The strike took place at 8 p.m. local time in Mizarkhel village, some 31 miles west of Miranshah, the main town... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:53:54 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/us_missile_strike_kills_in_pakistan_8zjPjJ1daWuvw2ecPiXnpL http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/us_missile_strike_kills_in_pakistan_8zjPjJ1daWuvw2ecPiXnpL International OSLO — The committee that selects the Nobel Peace Prize winner will consider a record 237 nominations for the 2010 award, a Nobel official said Wednesday. Surpassing last year's record of 205 nominations, 199 individuals and 38 organizations have been nominated for the coveted prize, said Geir Lundestad, the committee... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:53:54 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/record_number_of_nominations_for_otZJ9ggtKalEzAMcG11MsK http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/record_number_of_nominations_for_otZJ9ggtKalEzAMcG11MsK International RAMALLAH, West Bank — Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday the Palestinians deserve a "viable" independent state with contiguous territory, seeking to reassure them of U.S. support after Israel announced plans to expand a Jewish neighborhood in disputed east Jerusalem. The Israeli move has overshadowed Biden's visit, meant to... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:49:07 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/biden_palestinians_deserve_viable_YBBSv2284W9qBvpl3YviyI http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/biden_palestinians_deserve_viable_YBBSv2284W9qBvpl3YviyI Local A suspected member of the Gambino crime family and two of his sons have been arrested on bankruptcy fraud charges in New York in a series of Mafia-related arrests in two countries, federal officials said Wednesday. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to talk... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:37:19 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/alleged_gambino_sons_arrested_on_chAejtxNp4ecnpDEV1t3uK http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/alleged_gambino_sons_arrested_on_chAejtxNp4ecnpDEV1t3uK By Stephen Brown Brooklyn The Red Hook wine war rages on!Triciann and Jeff Botta received unanimous approval from the State Liquor Authority last Wednesday to open their specialty wine shop on Van Brunt Street — but seconds after the approval was handed down, rival shop owners Ron and Mary Kyle, owners of the nearby... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:25:14 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/new_battle_in_the_war_of_the_rose_InUGovliw0MWl0YDOU7AYK http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/new_battle_in_the_war_of_the_rose_InUGovliw0MWl0YDOU7AYK By Andy Campbell Brooklyn Is Hollywood filming a remake of “Flipper” in the Newtown Creek?It certainly looks that way now that two dolphins have been sighted in and near the filthy waterway — a natural disaster that has grabbed the attention of local biologists, teachers and even the U.S. Coast Guard!The most-recent... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:45:20 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/not_fin_tastic_dolphins_spotted_y40pV9mCkLOlI4OP317GEK http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/not_fin_tastic_dolphins_spotted_y40pV9mCkLOlI4OP317GEK By Stephen Brown Brooklyn City officials have pledged — again — to improve conditions for pedestrians at the terrifying intersection of Eastern Parkway and Washington Avenue, but some locals are saying that they’ve heard it all before.In February, 2009, the Department of Transportation told residents that it would redesign the intersection to help pedestrians... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:45:15 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/city_says_means_will_fix_eastern_W4FexR7gjqjBzWKrdFZLWK http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/city_says_means_will_fix_eastern_W4FexR7gjqjBzWKrdFZLWK Brooklyn If it weren’t for comic acting talents of the Heights Players, the cross-dressing farce that is “Leading Ladies” would have been a real dog.Indeed, Ken Ludwig’s comedy about two Shakespearean actors who dress as women to gain money and love was already tired when it bowed in... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:35:21 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/heights_players_keep_the_laughs_IfinMlMxO5G9FtBbdFaAHK http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/heights_players_keep_the_laughs_IfinMlMxO5G9FtBbdFaAHK By Gersh Kuntzman Brooklyn — Gersh Kuntzmannewsroom@cnglocal.com... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:35:15 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/sparks_fly_at_bussaco_owner_responds_K2FVbgf3Iuvgyt6OTV3PuJ http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/sparks_fly_at_bussaco_owner_responds_K2FVbgf3Iuvgyt6OTV3PuJ By the GO Brooklyn Eating Team Brooklyn Gentlemen, start your entrees.On Monday, more than 200 restaurants from Greenpoint to Gravesend and from Red Hook to Bushwick will kick off the seventh annual “Dine in Brooklyn” week, a 10-day festival of three-course, (mostly) gourmet dinners for just $25. Lunches at participating restaurants are $20.10, which should... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:35:12 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/here_toothy_preview_to_dine_in_brookyn_U5mWHuccxlVn50u4Rj1nOK http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/here_toothy_preview_to_dine_in_brookyn_U5mWHuccxlVn50u4Rj1nOK By Andy Campbell Brooklyn The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has curtailed some of its Draconian transit cuts, including the Z train and a handful of bus lines, but now has its sights on curtailing nighttime service on Park Slope’s beloved B67, officials announced at last Wednesday’s community meeting at the Brooklyn Museum.The... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:35:10 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/were_were_brooklyn_really_cuts_aren_gP8ZJ8qST2Ri4GGuoY1WjJ http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/were_were_brooklyn_really_cuts_aren_gP8ZJ8qST2Ri4GGuoY1WjJ POST WIRE SERVICES Local A former state investment officer has admitted helping channel hundreds of millions of dollars in public pension fund money to politically connected investment firms in a “pay-to-play” scheme. David Loglisci pleaded guilty in a Manhattan courtroom today to a securities fraud charge. Loglisci had authority to recommend how to invest... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:58:46 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/former_hevesi_investment_chief_pleads_OYlt19xl6tY9bu6FeI3ihO http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/former_hevesi_investment_chief_pleads_OYlt19xl6tY9bu6FeI3ihO Local WEST CAPE MAY, N.J. — Someone is spinning quite a yarn over one New Jersey shore town. Dubbed “The Midnight Knitter” by West Cape May residents, someone is covering tree branches and lamp poles with little sweaters under cover of darkness. Mayor Pam Kaithern says police are looking into the... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:58:27 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/midnight_knitter_on_the_loose_in_kPl65Nosj8K4DBJKGLYfVM http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/midnight_knitter_on_the_loose_in_kPl65Nosj8K4DBJKGLYfVM Local GREECE, N.Y. — Three men were shot to death in a suburban Rochester housing complex and at least one assailant fled into the night, police said Wednesday. Police were trying to identify the victims and gather other evidence to shed light on the deaths. No weapons or drugs were found... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:10:56 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/men_shot_to_death_in_rochester_suburb_KYmht4L73NEvy2VSydWOXL http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/men_shot_to_death_in_rochester_suburb_KYmht4L73NEvy2VSydWOXL Movies SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Federal agents are investigating a high-end Santa Monica sushi restaurant for serving illegal whale, following a video sting orchestrated by the producers of the Oscar-winning documentary “The Cove.” U.S. attorney’s spokesman Thom Mrozek said Tuesday that Santa Monica’s The Hump restaurant is under investigation... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:48:45 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/movies/activists_target_calif_sushi_restaurant_G8hDelBqz72ZVZHDR05CiI http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/movies/activists_target_calif_sushi_restaurant_G8hDelBqz72ZVZHDR05CiI By CLEMENTE LISI National Former '80's teen heartthrob Corey Haim who later tried unsuccessfully to relaunch his career while spending most of his life battling drug addiction died early today of an apparent drug overdose in Los Angeles. The LA coroner’s office said “The Lost Boys” actor died at 2:15 a... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:09:48 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/actor_corey_haim_found_dead_at_report_INR3YYtYdKNUC0qjk8sY8M http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/actor_corey_haim_found_dead_at_report_INR3YYtYdKNUC0qjk8sY8M Politics BELMAR, N.J. — The Jersey Shore mayor whose blog offended Italian-Americans, Staten Island residents and blondes is calling it quits. Belmar Mayor Ken Pringle won't seek re-election in November after 20 years in office. Pringle says he was not asked by Democratic Party bosses to step down because of... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:52:26 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/politics/yo_staten_island_bashing_mayor_won_aAoOT2nmx0Hl3ZNUODLeBP http://www.nypost.com/p/news/politics/yo_staten_island_bashing_mayor_won_aAoOT2nmx0Hl3ZNUODLeBP Local HARRISON, N.Y. — The driver of a Toyota Prius told police in suburban New York that the car accelerated on its own, then lurched down a driveway, across a road and into a stone wall. The 2005 Prius was driving forward Tuesday down a curving driveway, which is several hundred... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:06:22 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/runaway_prius_in_westchester_8x8SiNWKbLQqCjRapn1LRI http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/runaway_prius_in_westchester_8x8SiNWKbLQqCjRapn1LRI Local A German creep was sentenced to two years in jail yesterday for trying to shake down supermodel Cindy Crawford by threatening to sell a picture of her bound-and-gagged 7-year-old daughter, Kaya. Edis Kayalar, 26, had confessed to trying to squeeze $135,000 out of Crawford and her husband after he... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:58:46 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/photo_creep_jailed_in_cindy_kid_q69sTyzK9cpCVUNmmIWo5H http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/photo_creep_jailed_in_cindy_kid_q69sTyzK9cpCVUNmmIWo5H By GEOFF EARLE Post Correspondent National WASHINGTON -- Big-business groups are launching a multimillion-dollar ad campaign to try to snuff out President Obama's last-ditch health-care push, arguing it will raise their bottom line and kill jobs. The campaign, by the US Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers, could spend $10 million for... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:28:05 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/big_biz_in_pu_to_ko_health_fix_U5091Pj38lrcLNo9MJ3eGP http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/big_biz_in_pu_to_ko_health_fix_U5091Pj38lrcLNo9MJ3eGP By LUKAS ALPERT Local A mammoth private collection of modern art valued at more than $150 million is set to hit the auction block in New York. The staggering collection -- which includes works by Picasso, Matisse, Giacometti and Degas -- belonged to the late Frances Lasker Brody and her developer husband, Sidney Brody... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:09:48 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/modern_art_cache_gets_auction_cFWkvs8FS5QVPfL65295XO http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/modern_art_cache_gets_auction_cFWkvs8FS5QVPfL65295XO By JAMIE SCHRAM Manhattan It was an assault with a deadly mannequin. Two men were arrested for igniting a brawl at the Herald Square Macy's that ended with a security guard being beaten with the pieces of a broken clothes dummy, police said. The drama began around 5 p.m. Saturday on the... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:06:07 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/dummy_uses_dummy_as_weapon_in_macy_wXsTuIdDMnwjcsfCK8KMtN http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/dummy_uses_dummy_as_weapon_in_macy_wXsTuIdDMnwjcsfCK8KMtN By LIZ SADLER and JEREMY OLSHAN Local New York's Mary Poppinses typically earn $12 to $15 an hour and don't pay taxes, according to a new survey of city parents. Only 9 percent of city parents pay their nannies completely on the books, with another 14 percent paying them partially above board, the annual study... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:58:45 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/itting_pretty_wBdHhGCifWrHWfuhaOV9AN http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/itting_pretty_wBdHhGCifWrHWfuhaOV9AN By LUKAS I. ALPERT Weird But True And you thought big banks couldn't make you like them less. A Pittsburgh woman is suing the Bank of America, claiming it not only foreclosed on her home, even though she was up to date on her payments, but also stole her parrot when they repossessed the house. The... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:50:15 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/weird_but_true/weird_but_true_uuEr3oUCl9N0s6Xha0U5VK http://www.nypost.com/p/news/weird_but_true/weird_but_true_uuEr3oUCl9N0s6Xha0U5VK By MAGGIE HABERMAN International A top White House official yesterday said it was up to Greece to clean up its own financial mess, as President Obama had a sit-down with the Greek prime minister to discuss the economic calamity overseas, which some are blaming on the United States. Obama and Prime Minister George Papandreou... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:14:07 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/greece_gets_lippery_i2rPzPRDzvJq9b7sjxgMWJ http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/greece_gets_lippery_i2rPzPRDzvJq9b7sjxgMWJ International JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A top-ranking Southeast Asian militant wanted for planning the deadliest terrorist attack in Indonesia's history has been killed in a shootout with police. Dulmatin, a 39-year-old Indonesian trained by al Qaeda in Afghanistan, was wanted for the 2002 suicide bombings that tore through two Bali nightclubs... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:46:32 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/bali_terror_master_slain_KWt5VZ2ZHWwPManvCFisFO http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/bali_terror_master_slain_KWt5VZ2ZHWwPManvCFisFO By ED ROBINSON National A former "Dating Game" contestant now has a date with death. A California jury yesterday recommended that convicted killer Rodney James Alcala be given the death penalty for murdering four women and a 12-year-old girl. During his trial, Alcala, 66, who acted as his own lawyer, used footage from his... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:14:07 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/game_show_death_penalty_oF5Dl04Pcg4Fkv7ZvpUbsN http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/game_show_death_penalty_oF5Dl04Pcg4Fkv7ZvpUbsN By MARYCLAIRE DALE National PHILADELPHIA -- A suburban woman "desperate to do something" to help suffering Muslims has been accused of using the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters and help terrorists overseas, even agreeing to move to Europe to try to kill a Swedish artist, prosecutors said yesterday. Authorities said the case shows how... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:14:07 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/suburban_jihad_jane_0Hbncvq66bBbMNTzhMZJ0M http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/suburban_jihad_jane_0Hbncvq66bBbMNTzhMZJ0M By JAMIE SCHRAM, KIRSTEN FLEMING, JOHN DOYLE and TIM PERONE NYPD Blotter Manhattan A high-school student was slashed in the face yesterday in Hell's Kitchen by a knife-wielding thug on Eighth Avenue near 49th Street at 3 p.m., cops said. Cops later arrested Isaiah Taitt, 17, and charged him with assault and criminal possession of a weapon. * A man stabbed... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:34:40 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/nypd_blotter/nypd_daily_blotter_sDrNZ4pTq3JsbUo8Z14peK http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/nypd_blotter/nypd_daily_blotter_sDrNZ4pTq3JsbUo8Z14peK By TIM PERONE Queens The burglar who stole two chalices worth a total of $10,000 from a Queens church was arrested yesterday by cops who recovered the gold plated cups, authorities said. Theodore Kurplewski, 20, allegedly broke into the sacristy of St. Helen's Church in Howard Beach on Feb. 26. Kurplewski, who... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:34:14 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/church_recovers_stolen_chalices_IJdK0vxPbigv98rsY9AwDJ http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/church_recovers_stolen_chalices_IJdK0vxPbigv98rsY9AwDJ By KIERAN CROWLEY and MURRAY WEISS Local Maybe these guys have seen too many Charles Bronson flicks. A Long Island fire chief and an FDNY cohort were busted for taking the law into their own hands -- hunting down a gunman who sprayed bullets blocks from the Hempstead firehouse, police said yesterday. Michael Charles, 51, the Hempstead... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:40:29 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/vigilante_fire_chief_arrested_iAKK6T7ZtSHjOMeslGdqSP http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/vigilante_fire_chief_arrested_iAKK6T7ZtSHjOMeslGdqSP By KIERAN CROWLEY and KIRSTAN CONLEY Local She's a coldblooded hottie. The Long Island mom of four charged with trying to hire a hit man to knock off her hubby looked in her mug shot like she had just walked out of a salon -- and it turns out she had. Susan Williams, 43, of Garden... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:50:15 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/beastly_beauty_UZKkdSngA0OqcA8dN71O3O http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/beastly_beauty_UZKkdSngA0OqcA8dN71O3O By JANON FISHER Brooklyn Ground Zero can't shake the mob. Eight members of the Colombo crime family were indicted yesterday for allegedly offering kickbacks to land a subcontract at the site -- and then threatening to use muscle to collect on late payments from the company. Prosecutors in Brooklyn federal court alleged the... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:06:07 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/mob_bribe_plot_at_wtc_uaeNvSpybQdwwp4DApTGwM http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/mob_bribe_plot_at_wtc_uaeNvSpybQdwwp4DApTGwM National WASHINGTON -- The government is preparing a safety warning about baby slings -- those popular and fashionable infant-carrier pouches. The concern is that infants can suffocate -- and a few have done so. Consumer Product Safety Commission Chairman Inez Tenenbaum says her agency is getting ready to issue a general... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:48:29 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/baby_sling_smother_risk_Ql5gfTEWtzW77zs6ZjfmwK http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/baby_sling_smother_risk_Ql5gfTEWtzW77zs6ZjfmwK National Annie Leibovitz, the photographer who mismanaged her fortune so badly that she faced losing legal rights to some of pop culture's most enduring images, has reached a long-term agreement with a private investment firm to help manage her debt and market her vast portfolio, both sides said yesterday. Leibovitz... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:35:48 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/leibovitz_debt_deal_is_picture_perfect_czbrx5gmchgpimLnrVjmMK http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/leibovitz_debt_deal_is_picture_perfect_czbrx5gmchgpimLnrVjmMK By ANDY SOLTIS International Israel humiliated visiting Vice President Joe Biden yesterday with a surprise announcement of Jewish settlement plans that pulled the rug out from under a long-awaited US peace push -- and drew a scathing response from the embarrassed veep. Biden, on a five-day trip to the Mideast, had just wound up... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:42:23 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/israeli_slap_in_joe_face_QLOhD9K7sq2aoC22EnGocI http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/israeli_slap_in_joe_face_QLOhD9K7sq2aoC22EnGocI By LORENA MONGELLI Local The mystery over the New York connection to the assassination of a Mideast terror chief deepened yesterday as the founder of a credit-card firm implicated in the plot disappeared. Employees of Yuval Tal's Payoneer Inc. said he wasn't at the company's Midtown headquarters, and Brooklyn neighbors of... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:06:07 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/nyer_linked_to_dubai_hit_disappears_ILkzvXvivqm91z6UhhkpTN http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/nyer_linked_to_dubai_hit_disappears_ILkzvXvivqm91z6UhhkpTN By CHUCK BENNETT National A stricken 61-year-old California man says his beloved Prius turned into the car from hell on a treacherous stretch of highway -- suddenly accelerating and careening out of control for 35 terrifying miles at speeds up to 94 mph. "My car can't slow down!" panicked real-estate agent James Sikes... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:36:18 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/pushed_the_gas_it_just_stuck_there_QRDuhLmxhCd8HUDMkaWyTL http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/pushed_the_gas_it_just_stuck_there_QRDuhLmxhCd8HUDMkaWyTL By CHUCK BENNETT National Toyota is gearing up to recall more than 745,000 Priuses to prevent stuck accelerator pedals -- but the embattled automaker's engineers first need to design a solution, experts say. The Prius is just one of eight Toyota models, encompassing 3.8 million vehicles in the United States, with... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:22:10 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/toyota_sticks_it_to_users_uCMM2vMrDbFCzV8orpJj6K http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/toyota_sticks_it_to_users_uCMM2vMrDbFCzV8orpJj6K By MICHAEL GOODWIN National Once again, Barack Obama is a happy pitch man. He's on stage with a microphone, jacket off, sleeves rolled up, his voice rising and falling as he tries to whip the big crowds into revival-tent fervor. He's still peddling Hope & Change, although now he calls it health-care reform... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:10:37 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/we_re_not_buying_it_Y3SdZ99rd5fHIxkSDWfliJ http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/we_re_not_buying_it_Y3SdZ99rd5fHIxkSDWfliJ By TIM PERONE Brooklyn Cops are hunting for five thugs who viciously attacked a man in Brooklyn while shouting anti-gay slurs at him, police said yesterday. The 22-year-old victim had just left a gay and lesbian event at a pizzeria in Carroll Gardens at around 12:50 a.m. on March 2 when he... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:16:35 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/klyn_gay_bash_MtoNz3o2xrdjHn8n0LZxkK http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/klyn_gay_bash_MtoNz3o2xrdjHn8n0LZxkK By LAURA ITALIANO and DAN MANGAN Manhattan A top CBS News producer yesterday admitted trying to extort $2 million from David Letterman -- but finagled a sweetheart deal after promising to keep his mouth shut about the "Late Show" star's office shenanigans. Robert Joseph Halderman will be sentenced to six months on Rikers Island -- but... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:23:40 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/cbs_man_guilty_in_dave_extort_Il1JXAob9NeoyW8qgTZVoM http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/cbs_man_guilty_in_dave_extort_Il1JXAob9NeoyW8qgTZVoM By JOHN DOYLE Brooklyn A Brooklyn man gunned down by cops after pulling an imitation handgun outside an elementary school was warned moments earlier that the weapon looked real and could be trouble, police sources said yesterday. "Stop playing, police will think it's real," a Housing Authority employee told George D'Amato Monday... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:58:39 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/slain_man_was_warned_8pMkq3KIVkTzzaRMp6RALK http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/slain_man_was_warned_8pMkq3KIVkTzzaRMp6RALK By TOM TOPOUSIS and DAVID SEIFMAN Local In a blistering attack on the Port Authority yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg warned the agency to dig deeper into its pockets and make a deal with developer Larry Silverstein to help finance his World Trade Center towers and fulfill a solemn mission to rebuild Ground Zero. "We are not going to... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:28:05 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bloomy_blasts_pa_over_wtc_QbGPqZ3ilnX4eKenmrIJjI http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bloomy_blasts_pa_over_wtc_QbGPqZ3ilnX4eKenmrIJjI By ED ROBINSON National Tiger Woods and his wife Elin Nordegen may have gotten out of the rough -- they've reportedly been seen kissing. One of Woods' Orlando neighbors spotted the smooch on Monday, according to Radar Online. "They were hugging and they were kissing right out in the open," the source said... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:48:29 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/tiger_elin_have_kissy_fit_oLUJAf6W9JEMMAAm7EF00O http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/tiger_elin_have_kissy_fit_oLUJAf6W9JEMMAAm7EF00O By LACHLAN CARTWRIGHT and JEREMY OLSHAN Manhattan No matter what the city says, Lori Mason insists the breast milk she supplied her cheese-making husband is more wholesome than anything on the shelves at Whole Foods. Her milk is 100 percent organic, free range, and foie gras-fed, she told The Post. "I eat healthier than your average cow... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:21:15 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/human_cheese_ma_don_have_cow_mspd5ZGAOOcFwi48jnErwN http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/human_cheese_ma_don_have_cow_mspd5ZGAOOcFwi48jnErwN By CHARLES HURT National WASHINGTON -- Disgraced former New York Democratic Rep. Eric Massa admitted yesterday to aggressively tickling one of his male staffers nearly to tears at a party, but strenuously denied it was a sexual advance. Massa's defense came just hours after it was reported that the House Ethics Committee has... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:18:46 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/pol_now_in_tickle_pickle_ojMX2sCyUzHSfyfGOaw3jL http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/pol_now_in_tickle_pickle_ojMX2sCyUzHSfyfGOaw3jL By YOAV GONEN Education Reporter Local The city's four-year public high school graduation rate hit a historic high of 62.7 percent this past school year, city officials said yesterday. The rate, which the city is hailing as "an all-time high," includes August diplomas, and was 2 points higher than in 2008, when those summer... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:26:10 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/city_hs_grad_rate_hits_high_mark_wl9OPLN8N0ZBbvG90ORq7I http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/city_hs_grad_rate_hits_high_mark_wl9OPLN8N0ZBbvG90ORq7I By TOM NAMAKO Local Some mass-transit routes previously slated for service cuts -- especially bus routes -- may be spared, MTA chief Jay Walder said yesterday. "We have listened closely to our customers and will respond by making changes where we can," Walder said in response to public hearings last week. He plans to... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:51:26 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/mta_eyes_bus_rescues_u66ROe7AjFtJgoMwhTdaMI http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/mta_eyes_bus_rescues_u66ROe7AjFtJgoMwhTdaMI By JAMIE SCHRAM Manhattan No, things aren't that bad yet. If you are in the Flatiron District in the coming days and think you see people about to leap to their death off buildings, don't panic -- it's just art. The installation of 31 life-size, humanoid figures by British sculptor Antony... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:47:21 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/don_jump_to_conclusions_GOWBcSf7gtWGQLhjmUk5cP http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/don_jump_to_conclusions_GOWBcSf7gtWGQLhjmUk5cP Local Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino said yesterday he will propose hundreds of layoffs, if necessary, to avoid raising property taxes. Astorino, a Republican who took office on Jan. 1 after campaigning as a tax fighter, said he inherited a projected $166 million deficit for 2011, far higher than the $60... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:28:05 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/chester_mulls_job_cuts_e2ENcxwQjdtALpWJ0znN5O http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/chester_mulls_job_cuts_e2ENcxwQjdtALpWJ0znN5O Local A Rutgers University student from China charged with a security breach at Newark Airport that led to worldwide flight delays pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge yesterday. "I want to deeply apologize to those people for my breach," Haisong Jiang said. "I just wanted to spend more time with my... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:56:52 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/rope_dope_guilty_gd5WWQtflMUDYbSs70yejO http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/rope_dope_guilty_gd5WWQtflMUDYbSs70yejO By LAURA ITALIANO Manhattan The pharmaceutical exec charged with killing her little boy in The Peninsula hotel last month begged to be taken in handcuffs to his funeral -- insisting through her lawyer that not going "will just cause her immeasurable pain." The request of 49-year-old Gigi Jordan to help bury the child she... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:16:35 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/hotel_slay_mom_bid_03VG7JPDTB3vkq79No6E8N http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/hotel_slay_mom_bid_03VG7JPDTB3vkq79No6E8N National The American millionaires' club grew by 16 percent in 2009, following a 27 percent decline in 2008. Families with a net worth of at least $1 million, excluding primary residences, rose to 7.8 million in 2009, an increase from 6.7 million a year earlier, according to a survey... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:14:07 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/millionaires_on_uptick_sBA83aDi2sGVQF2zecOMzM http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/millionaires_on_uptick_sBA83aDi2sGVQF2zecOMzM By BILL SANDERSON Local The horse was feeling his oats and the driver felt no pain. A Central Park carriage driver was fined $175 and suspended from his job for 30 days on a charge of operating a carriage under the influence of liquor, the ASPCA said yesterday. The driver, Saverio Colarusso, 49, of... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:06:07 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/cops_rein_in_buggy_drunk_asIfPX0zqJPn2j65vR8pLM http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/cops_rein_in_buggy_drunk_asIfPX0zqJPn2j65vR8pLM By KIERAN CROWLEY and KIRSTAN CONLEY National Lindsay Lohan is no "milkaholic," but she does cry like a baby. The "Mean Girls" star was left sobbing uncontrollably when she saw an E-Trade ad on Super Bowl Sunday about a ditsy, boyfriend-stealing infant named Lindsay she believed was created in her likeness, her irate mom told The Post... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:29:23 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/lindsay_super_bawl_time_out_2wZQWjTEKUokiMAmr0jNIL http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/lindsay_super_bawl_time_out_2wZQWjTEKUokiMAmr0jNIL By JAMIE SCHRAM Queens A 17-year-old Queens student scrawled on a school wall a giant hate-filled mural inscribed with Nazi swastikas, satanic symbols and a threat to blow up the building, police said. Anthony Anderson was hauled off in handcuffs from a classroom at Humanities and Arts Magnet HS in Cambria Heights and taken... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:06:06 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/satanic_hs_bust_UVCNdJK5kyXLMKuKNWbC1I http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/satanic_hs_bust_UVCNdJK5kyXLMKuKNWbC1I By FREDRIC U. DICKER in Albany and CARL CAMPANILE in NY Local AEG's bid to run video slots at Aqueduct looked ready to be put down yesterday. Queens minister Floyd Flake and rapper Jay-Z bailed out as key local partners in the Aqueduct Entertainment Group, while Gov. Paterson's office threatened to kill the deal. "The deal is circling the drain... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:06:07 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/backers_bail_on_slots_plot_at_aqueduct_qWtD8lvhc6Qr1T7IqzSdgP http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/backers_bail_on_slots_plot_at_aqueduct_qWtD8lvhc6Qr1T7IqzSdgP By FREDRIC U. DICKER Local ALBANY -- A week after State Police Superintendent Harry Corbitt quit amid scandal, his replacement, too, has resigned. Corbitt stepped down amid allegations his agency was used to pressure a Bronx woman not to seek a court order of protection against a top aide to Gov. Paterson. Now First Deputy... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:23:18 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/new_police_boss_quit_too_A5T0sQVa22wpkpeojHKDpN http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/new_police_boss_quit_too_A5T0sQVa22wpkpeojHKDpN By BRENDAN SCOTT Local ALBANY -- Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's sky-high popularity numbers have begun to come back to earth, a poll yesterday found. Marist pollster Lee Miringoff noted the all-but-certain Democratic standard-bearer has suffered a sudden drop-off since Gov. Paterson tapped him to probe potential witness tampering by members of the governor... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:28:05 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/scandal_poll_toll_on_andy_0RCSxHcbTj1pbObLsE4SuM http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/scandal_poll_toll_on_andy_0RCSxHcbTj1pbObLsE4SuM By DAVID SEIFMAN City Hall Bureau Chief Local Garbage in, garbage out -- but less frequently if the city decides to replace street litter baskets with solar-powered compactors that go for a hefty $4,000 each. Eighteen months after rejecting one version of a high-tech street garbage compactor as impractical, the Sanitation Department is quietly evaluating whether a... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:09:48 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/trash_with_flash_wveq6hvHsbDR2m0D7D4bFP http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/trash_with_flash_wveq6hvHsbDR2m0D7D4bFP By DAVID K. LI National "The Bounty Hunter" got his gal! Rumored real-life lovers Gerard Butler and Jennifer Aniston steam up the pages of the upcoming W magazine, in provocative shots taken in the California desert. The sweaty, sexy pair star in the comic thriller "The Bounty Hunter," opening nationwide next week. W will feature... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:59:26 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/jen_ger_desert_heat_CMMu56Qj0NYZcW4z2k9s4M http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/jen_ger_desert_heat_CMMu56Qj0NYZcW4z2k9s4M By GRACE-MARIE TURNER Oped Columnists The next act in the drive to pass ObamaCare is the mother-of-all political maneuvers -- in which Democrats will use an incredibly convoluted and possibly unconstitutional process. Things were already arcane: President Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid have been threatening to enact "health-care reform... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:57:51 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/nancy_nutty_new_rules_EX9ApnhgHZConMA7wxkMuN http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/nancy_nutty_new_rules_EX9ApnhgHZConMA7wxkMuN By MICHAEL TANNER Oped Columnists President Obama's attempts to ram health- care reform through an increasingly reluctant Congress are starting to resemble a really eventful episode of "The Sopranos." Whether or not you believe former Rep. Eric Massa's bizarre accusations of locker-room confrontations and conspiracies to drive him from office, there is no... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:57:51 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/final_reform_push_0pwRMzHMNshlHQZg8LWmcJ http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/final_reform_push_0pwRMzHMNshlHQZg8LWmcJ Editorials Don't blame Greece for its financial woes, Prime Minister George Papandreou said yesterday after meeting with President Obama. Blame "speculators." Which got us wondering: Just whom will Albany blame when its Day of Reckoning arrives? With tens of billions of dollars in shortfalls projected for the coming years, that... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:57:51 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/debt_addicts_ElSJGtPiB8VaCdjVRtCoJM http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/debt_addicts_ElSJGtPiB8VaCdjVRtCoJM Editorials Looks like the wheels are falling off the Aqueduct racino proposal. Queens power broker Rev. Floyd Flake yesterday walked away from the deal. Then Gov. Paterson did likewise. "I've recused myself from the process . . . on advice of my lawyers," Paterson said late in the day. The governor was instrumental... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:57:51 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/aqueduct_slots_all_lemons_U9m1hlFaUgiu0CbfmeadyL http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/aqueduct_slots_all_lemons_U9m1hlFaUgiu0CbfmeadyL Editorials Just last week, Queens Rep. Gregory Meeks said he couldn't wait to sit down for a TV interview to address all allegations raised by a series of Post articles about his supposedly nonprofit community group. That sounded promising -- because he's not talking anywhere else. But after promising... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:57:51 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/greg_meeks_loud_silence_K0YVuUVp2Z8JisgVuX5LXJ http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/greg_meeks_loud_silence_K0YVuUVp2Z8JisgVuX5LXJ Letters THE ISSUE: President Obama's latest campaign for his proposed heath-care reforms. *** We don't want ObamaCare, no matter what President Obama says or how many hundreds of speeches he gives ("Bam is Dr. Desperate," March 9). Save us a ton of our money and stay in Washington, DC. End... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:38:17 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/letters/dr_last_ditch_health_pitch_UhWmKtJij1HHgGmvOBdh7I http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/letters/dr_last_ditch_health_pitch_UhWmKtJij1HHgGmvOBdh7I Letters THE ISSUE: The release of "Green Zone," Universal's film about the Iraq War's start. *** I would like to thank Kyle Smith for his articulate review of "Green Zone" ("New Damon Flick Slanders America," PostOpinion, March 9). The movie appears to be everything I expected after seeing commercials for... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:38:17 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/letters/damon_green_zone_wood_true_colors_IZvFVyBjIEUEoQuANVoPSI http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/letters/damon_green_zone_wood_true_colors_IZvFVyBjIEUEoQuANVoPSI By NICOLE GELINAS Oped Columnists Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou came to Washington yesterday to ask President Obama to help save his nation from speculators. In other words, he wants America to help him shoot the messenger. Sorry, Greece is no innocent victim: It helped get itself into a mess -- by exploiting the bailout... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:10:37 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/it_all_greek_to_ny_2ML0dIswG4rKRcNjUD0T1L http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/it_all_greek_to_ny_2ML0dIswG4rKRcNjUD0T1L By LOIS WEISS Commercial Vornado Realty Trust is swooping in to buy the landmarked 510 Fifth Avenue. Sources say the real estate investment trust led by Steven Roth and Michael Fascitelli is trying to work out a deal for the five-story jewel box on the southwest corner of 43rd St., which has a small... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:33:48 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/realestate/commercial/vornado_wants_fifth_gd9yt9jozvKZPFUvY5O1pJ http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/realestate/commercial/vornado_wants_fifth_gd9yt9jozvKZPFUvY5O1pJ By KAJA WHITEHOUSE and BRUCE GOLDING Business Talk about adding insult to injury. After being bilked out of $65 billion by Ponzi mastermind Bernard Madoff, his victims suffered a second indignity this week when a Nigerian Internet scam sought to steal their personal information with promises of getting back money they'd lost to the fallen financier... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:23:22 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/internet_hustlers_go_after_madoff_WW0OB786QzZ9FVZEc3VfCJ http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/internet_hustlers_go_after_madoff_WW0OB786QzZ9FVZEc3VfCJ Business A coalition of cable and satellite companies will go to the Federal Communications Commission to create a new process to resolve bitter disputes over carriage fees paid to broadcasters. The group, which is led by Time Warner Cable and includes Cablevision, DirecTV and Dish Network, serves more than 65 million... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:23:22 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/cable_cos_eye_fix_to_retran_fees_EV0SATyM3lb4zkcBiNNc5N http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/cable_cos_eye_fix_to_retran_fees_EV0SATyM3lb4zkcBiNNc5N By MARK DeCAMBRE Business Freshly minted Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan is pressing to make the most significant hire of his short career: an ace chief financial officer to replace Joseph Price. It's a move that could help frame Moynihan's tenure as the boss of the sprawling Charlotte, NC, financial institution... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:23:22 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/serious_search_party_0jdp2MPagJXfMdMJW93qVN http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/serious_search_party_0jdp2MPagJXfMdMJW93qVN Business British bank Barclays Plc is looking to buy a retail bank in the US to extend its presence after buying Lehman Brothers North American operations in 2008, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday, citing people close to the matter. According to the report, the bank is not in talks with... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:49:05 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/barclays_eyes_us_bank_AB5VanTxvPzvbBwZUj8quM http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/barclays_eyes_us_bank_AB5VanTxvPzvbBwZUj8quM Business Google and Facebook are facing a patent-infringement lawsuit from Wireless Ink, a New York firm that charges the companies are using technology it invented that allows people to join social networks on their mobile phones. Wireless Ink, which runs Winksite, is looking for cash compensation and a ban on further... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:35:10 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/google_facebook_hit_with_suit_ct4f96aPxSgPWRPxZSnSgM http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/google_facebook_hit_with_suit_ct4f96aPxSgPWRPxZSnSgM Business Cisco Systems yesterday introduced a new Internet network router it said will handle Web traffic 12 times faster than rival products. The router is aimed at handling surging Internet use driven by smartphones and Web sites like YouTube. The company boasted that 72 of the new routers connected together could... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:48:37 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/web_router_faster_Ocx6z8cQZnsyYZDIGP4KPM http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/web_router_faster_Ocx6z8cQZnsyYZDIGP4KPM By PETER LAURIA Business Pink Floyd is suing EMI over online royalty payments and the ability to sell single tracks in a bid to make sure the record label doesn't, to borrow a line from the band's song "Money," "grab [its] cash with both hands and make a stash." In what could... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:04:13 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/hands_off_the_wall_2ERbmaVbJKfeNy2gW2gKDM http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/hands_off_the_wall_2ERbmaVbJKfeNy2gW2gKDM By KAJA WHITEHOUSE Business SpongeTech Delivery System's legal troubles are turning into a giant problem for the sponge peddler -- literally. The New York Giants have joined the growing list of sports franchises suing the company for allegedly skipping out on its bills, claiming the company has soaked the team for $360,000... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:35:10 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/giants_squeezing_spongetech_in_suit_Af2afSZWCK4zcL9GCaxO0K http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/giants_squeezing_spongetech_in_suit_Af2afSZWCK4zcL9GCaxO0K By KEITH J. KELLY Business The staff at Bloomberg BusinessWeek is bracing for a sweeping restructuring that will see many of the magazine's editorial staff reassigned within Bloomberg LP, while around 30 people are slated to get pink slips, sources tell Media Ink. An announcement is expected to come later this week, after editors... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:23:22 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/job_cuts_makeover_in_works_at_businessweek_as6kRLhOF55lyDWui3jyhK http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/job_cuts_makeover_in_works_at_businessweek_as6kRLhOF55lyDWui3jyhK By PAUL THARP and MARK DeCAMBRE Business It was the year of the bull, as the stock market staged one of the most spectacular comebacks ever recorded. Just 12 months ago, America's blue chips had bottomed to as little as $1 a share. Nest-egg investors dreaded peeking at their statements. But for those who rolled the... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:32:43 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/marts_ran_with_bulls_for_historic_kp8TZcIyYVrsmkzCJkXpMJ http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/marts_ran_with_bulls_for_historic_kp8TZcIyYVrsmkzCJkXpMJ Business Citi deal Apollo Management agreed to buy Citigroup's Citi Property Investors, a real estate investment unit with a portfolio val ued at $3.5 billion, according to a person fa miliar with the deal. In June, the properties were valued at $12.5 billion.Jobs pop Morgan Stanley econo... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:44:20 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/business_briefs_kNQwZzlCfWrBxjCbl3ejXP http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/business_briefs_kNQwZzlCfWrBxjCbl3ejXP Brooklyn His top aide allegedly beat up his girlfriend. He’s been charged with illegally taking free tickets to the World Series. He may have steered a state gambling contract to a bunch of crooks. And his cabinet members are bailing out like Puritans at a whore house.So what did... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:11:17 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/paterson_dog_and_pony_show_eGiQC85GlC1zBsDKO4YgjK http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/paterson_dog_and_pony_show_eGiQC85GlC1zBsDKO4YgjK Brooklyn One of the most maddening aspects of the Oscars is that performers — already living their lives on a pedestal — actually exalt their peers even higher. Rare is the touch of modesty in the face of excessive attention.But that admirable quality is on full display in the St. Ann’s... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:11:10 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/this_bourne_identity_is_hit_at_st_wZDgzsy2Zp6DWDGJc9CybK http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/this_bourne_identity_is_hit_at_st_wZDgzsy2Zp6DWDGJc9CybK By Gersh Kuntzman Brooklyn The Brooklyn Public Library is about to take advantage of the same innovative fundraising feature that helped raise millions for Haitian earthquake victims.As part of the cash-strapped book barn’s second annual “Support Our Shelves” campaign, the library will now accept tax-deductible donations via text messages.Just text the... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:11:08 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/now_you_can_text_money_to_the_brooklyn_QvGQ9PIlug4BJBlxK345ZK http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/now_you_can_text_money_to_the_brooklyn_QvGQ9PIlug4BJBlxK345ZK Brooklyn http://www.brooklynpaper.com/sections/news/crime... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:11:02 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/here_they_are_your_police_blotters_egLcvfTVTOF7NDtwePc7SK http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/here_they_are_your_police_blotters_egLcvfTVTOF7NDtwePc7SK Brooklyn Mon, March 15Community Board 1 Economic Development Committee. Monthly meeting. 6:30 pm. Community Board 1 office [435 Graham Ave. between Frost and Richardson streets in Williamsburg, (718) 389-0009]. Community Board 10. Monthly full board meeting. 7:15 pm. Nor-wegian Christian Home [1250 67th St. in Dyker Heights, (718) 745-6827... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:10:56 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/civic_calendar_CmP3eJO7aBKDI6eAmYrNMK http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/civic_calendar_CmP3eJO7aBKDI6eAmYrNMK By Andy Campbell Brooklyn We journalists certainly aren’t slaves to fashion, and that’s why we like Karen Patwa — great minds think alike.The owner of Dangerous Mathematicians just moved her custom design boutique from the Lower East Side of Manhattan to Atlantic Avenue because she was sick and tired of the absurd... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:10:46 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/boerum_hill_has_new_place_to_get_GG4oqYVnM1lVcqxUYafGBK http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/boerum_hill_has_new_place_to_get_GG4oqYVnM1lVcqxUYafGBK By Andy Campbell Brooklyn 94th PrecinctGreenpoint–WilliamsburgVictim of doveA heartless crook held up a Manhattan Avenue store for $24 and an iPod — then shot two doves before leaving on March 4.An employee of Sastreria De San Miguel Tailoring told police that the peace-hating villain entered the shop, at Green Street, at about 2... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:10:44 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/robbery_and_dove_murder_MfBDCdAVVnzRBEpUnTM68J http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/robbery_and_dove_murder_MfBDCdAVVnzRBEpUnTM68J By Stephen Brown Brooklyn The judge who approved the state’s seizure of properties in the Atlantic Yards footprint earlier this week received a letter containing a suspicious white powder on Thursday, causing an evacuation of the entire 24th floor of the Kings County Supreme Court on Jay Street in Downtown. It is unclear... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:10:41 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/judge_in_yards_case_gets_powder_2ULmdd9Io2rlQZ4F8ZTl4J http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/judge_in_yards_case_gets_powder_2ULmdd9Io2rlQZ4F8ZTl4J By Stephen Brown Brooklyn 84th PrecinctBrooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–DowntownRemsen robberTwo crimes went down in the same building on Remsen Street between Court and Clinton streets last week, and cops are investigating the possibility of a criminal operating solo.In the first case, a thief snatched an office worker’s purse on March... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:10:39 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/two_burglaries_in_same_remsen_st_0hUPNVxGm52s3DeOxBch2J http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/two_burglaries_in_same_remsen_st_0hUPNVxGm52s3DeOxBch2J Brooklyn Fri, March 1211:30 am: Storytime with Emily. Moxie Spot [81 Atlantic Ave. between Hicks and Henry streets in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 923-9710], themoxiespot.com. 6:15 pm: Movie night. Moxie Spot (see venue info above). Sat, March 1310:30 am: Story time for kids. Greenlight Bookstore [686 Fulton St... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:10:35 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/our_exclusive_family_calendar_iM0McKo9bpQaOVaoDEKbyJ http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/our_exclusive_family_calendar_iM0McKo9bpQaOVaoDEKbyJ Brooklyn FridayMarch 12Clift notesSay what you will about today’s stars (and we say we want to sleep with George Clooney), but three generations ago, there was no one hotter or cooler than Montgomery Clift. A contemporary of Brando and Jimmy Dean, Clift would’ve eclipsed all of them were it... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:10:33 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/editors_picks_q0AtKGVA33uqH5HgDeuSwJ http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/editors_picks_q0AtKGVA33uqH5HgDeuSwJ Brooklyn Our editor, Gersh Kuntzman, made his first two-wheeled commute of the season. Join in the euphoria as he relives his relatively safe trip to work... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:10:30 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/gersh_is_back_on_the_bike_AN7TS1Ah1svzrgDALbpPsJ http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/gersh_is_back_on_the_bike_AN7TS1Ah1svzrgDALbpPsJ By Gersh Kuntzman Brooklyn 78th PrecinctPark SlopePotted plantA dope-smoking thug beat up a man heading to a Laundromat near Fourth Avenue on March 7 — but the reign of hallucinogenic terror ended quickly, thanks to a fast-moving officer.The victim told police that he was on Seventh Street at around 6:40 pm when a... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:10:28 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/he_had_knife_and_pot_qYG7mdCIoXsvQvRnBufAqJ http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/he_had_knife_and_pot_qYG7mdCIoXsvQvRnBufAqJ Brooklyn ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:10:24 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/what_drag_two_new_plays_about_men_8LHpalBnndaRaPVPWiYslJ http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/what_drag_two_new_plays_about_men_8LHpalBnndaRaPVPWiYslJ By Andy Campbell and Justin McNeil Brooklyn Brooklyn Heights residents remain miffed about an entire weekend of partying, fighting and rabble-rousing, allegedly by students in the St. George dormitories on Henry Street.A neighbor of the student housing complex near the corner of Clark Street posted on the Brooklyn Heights Blog his account of a Friday brawl... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:10:20 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/brawl_college_kids_scuffle_on_henry_iah76MlC5SVlJsGOMYjRhJ http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/brawl_college_kids_scuffle_on_henry_iah76MlC5SVlJsGOMYjRhJ By Andy Campbell Brooklyn 90th PrecinctWilliamsburg–BushwickAnother oyPhoneA group of jerks attacked a man for his iPhone on S. Second Street on March 5.The guy was near Keap Street at about 2:30 pm when a man came up and asked for the phone. The victim said no, and was subsequently attacked by... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:10:18 -0500 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/oyphone_bandit_strikes_again_MP5PUjU11qdmpXV6MKiWfJ http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/oyphone_bandit_strikes_again_MP5PUjU11qdmpXV6MKiWfJ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Copyright 2010