ALBANY -- Key sup porters of Andrew Cuomo's campaign for governor fear the election of left-of-center state Sen. Eric Schneiderman as attorney general would derail Cuomo's efforts to battle public...
Strategists for front-running gu bernatorial hopeful Andrew Cuomo have concluded that they prefer wealthy, bomb-throwing Tea Party activist Carl Paladino to nearly bankrupt and lackluster former US...
Now he tells us. According to Mayor Bloomberg, the "yelling and screaming" about the Ground Zero mosque is just "people trying to stir things up to get publicity and trying to polarize people so...
With Donald Trump and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver now urging developers to move the Ground Zero mosque, the New Majority movement continues to pick up broad support. From Rudy Giuliani and Sarah...
Charles Rangel was walk ing along 125th Street, past the drugstores and shopping centers some said would never be, when a woman stopped him, crying uncontrollably over the death of Percy Sutton....
LET'S be clear about a few things. When anxious white cops kill their black colleagues in the line of duty without ever losing so much as a day's pay, that is a serious racial problem. When...
WASHINGTON -- Declaring the Iraq war over last night, President Obama at the same moment waved the white flag for Democrats in the November elections. Speaking in prime time, Obama made a...
WASHINGTON -- Voters desperate for an alternative to both parties in Washington got another dose of good news in this week's primaries. In Florida and, it appears, also in Alaska, Republican...
The geese must die. An epic battle is looming between the forces of goose and evil. New York's militant animal-rights activists are outraged by the massacre this summer of some 400 Canada...
He couldn't say it. Tiger Woods bobbed and weaved and jabbed and feinted, but he just couldn't bring himself to mouth the words. Four little ones: "I still love her." With the ink still wet on...
An investigation of the state Independence Party has been expanded, with the DAs in Manhattan and Staten Island teaming up to scrutinize how party leaders received and spent campaign funds, The Post...
The Fire Department pension board is going to review how a 42-year-old firefighter who retired on a disability pension at three-quarters pay is able to fight in martial-arts matches. "We will...
Ah, the start of Labor Day weekend. Wouldn't it be nice if tomorrow's monthly employment report was good enough to honor its namesake holiday! This is the point where I usually have the nerve to...
The Bee Gees expressed it best when they sang, "It's only words, and words are all I have." That, in a nutshell, is Ben Bernanke's problem right now -- all he has is words. The Fed chairman...
TUCKED into Jones Lang LaSalle's just-released, year-end "Skyline Review" is this holiday-season party pooper: "Net effective rents in Midtown have fallen by 42 percent since the second quarter...
It's presumptuous to guess what the city's real estate kings and queens would like to find in their holiday stockings. Presumptuous, but too much fun not to -- so we'll go way out on a limb and...
Most Americans loathe the arrival of Labor Day, but it's a fair bet that Fed Chief Ben Bernanke now routinely welcomes it. That's because the past four summers have not been kind to the scholarly...
With new jobless claims ris ing relentlessly and odds of a double-dip recession increasing by the day, it is little wonder that President Obama will be getting regular economic briefings during his...
Every Day with Rachael Ray is finally moving into the new Readers Digest Association offices at 750 Third Ave. this weekend, but the mag apparently forgot to pack up the editor-in-chief for the trip...
Shakeups are already underway at Time Inc. in advance of Ann Moore's exit and Jack Griffin's arrival from Meredith as the new CEO. Sylvia Auton, executive vice president in charge of Time Inc.'s...
Now that TJ Maxx is establishing itself uptown, the fashion forward discount retailer wants to find a home downtown. Spies tell us the haunt for fashionistas is currently negotiating for a store...
Vornado Realty Trust's proposed 15 Penn tower could create negative "chi" -- energy -- in the neighborhood and kill a major deal at the Empire State Building. It will also certainly affect...
As of this moment, the net is placed on the goal line at the east end of the rink. That does not mean, however, that in 10 minutes Gary Bettman won't move it to the left circle at the other end of...
Look, we get it. A 22-year-old making the major league minimum without any experience with performance-enhancing drugs can be knocked out of the lineup with a calf strain. But Alex Rodriguez isn...
Almost faster than people have forgotten who was about to beat Serena Williams last September before Williams melted down, Kim Clijsters got behind 3-0 yesterday afternoon to 27th-seeded Petra...
Turns out, the one that got away from Roger Federer hasn't gone away. A year ago, when the opportunity for a sixth consecutive U.S. Open title lay in ashes left by a smoking Juan-Martin del...
Roger Clemens thought he would have a plaque in the Hall of Fame. Instead, he officially became a baseball plague yesterday. The big Texan, who was known for throwing high, hard heat, now has...
K-Rod is the tip of the iceberg. A sea of change is coming to the Mets. Ownership is not changing. The Wilpons are here for the duration. The next move they make, though, is critical to their...
The miracle of the Belmont Stakes last weekend was not Drosselmeyer’s win in foxtrot time, but that the race was even staged. In the months leading up to it, the New York Racing Association was on...
The New York Racing Association nar rowly escaped an historic betting fiasco in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday when the well-bet sentimental favorite Uptowncharlybrown lost a lead pad during the...
It looks like Hurricane Earl will serve just a glancing blow, but don't let this lull you into a sense of security. Four days before 2008's Hurricane Hanna struck the South Carolina coast and ran...
Predictions for New York's waterfowl season have been promising, but none more than for those hunting the snow goose. A special spring season for snow geese will continue for the third year in...
Hail, the Gang-wear's Here! Part 2,010: When there's no shame, it's easy. And where there's money and TV, there's no shame. No doubt on Nike's money-on-a-stick orders, the Virginia Tech football...
Just in case you were on the fence as to whether the world has gone nuts ... In the first quarter of Friday night's Redskins-Jets game, CBS inserted a taped profile with new Jets defensive back...
What’s next, Joe Paterno is going to start Tweeting; drop a disc with Nas? Paterno did something he hates to do — created one of the most intriguing story lines of the season — when he named true...
This game should have come with a warning: Do not pick if under the influence of preseason hype. Yes, Pitt has had some strong recruiting classes under coach Dave Wannstedt and the Panthers have as...
He speaks softly and carries a big stick. If there is one Giant who was born to worship at the altar of Talk Is Cheap, Play the Game, it is Jonathan Goff. So it has been easy for Goff to get lost...
The Jets were talking hard cash on "Hard Knocks" last night. Hard cash waiting for Darrelle Revis. With only 11 days remaining before the regular-season opener against the Ravens, the Jets still are...
There are many ways to think about a lineup, but there is one inarguable concept when constructing a batting order: You want your best hitters to bat most frequently. So why does Derek Jeter...
Alex Rodriguez turned 35 in July and limped onto the disabled list in August, and the correlation feels obvious — except not to A-Rod. Rodriguez does not believe his left calf strain is related to...
Sometimes you have to wander off the script, ad-lib a little. By this point in the game, 13 years in the major leagues, Kerry Wood was going to have a couple thousand strikeouts, a couple hundred...
Managers tend to fret over their batting orders, obsess about their bullpens, stay up nights thinking about how to properly align their starting rotations. It's what they do. If they didn't, if their...
It's downright lamentable, though outright predictable, not a single soul belonging to LeBron James' wagon-circled, anarchy-free business unit was wise enough to persuade the Drama King to handle his...
What does it say about Le Bron James that he choose Miami? That the Unconquering Hero no longer believes in himself -- at least as far as being able to will a team to his first (of many)...
Never have I been sprayed by a skunk. But it must be similar to being soiled by the upcoming fight between Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito. It will take a long time before the stench of this...
When Frankie Edgar returned from Abu Dhabi with the UFC Lightweight championship, a convoy of friends, family and fans met him along the Garden State Parkway and gave him a hero’s welcome back to...
You will not believe this. I can hardly believe this. Monday, Barbara -- do not ask Barbara who? -- called. We do not speak of Barbara Eden or Barbara Feldon. Barbara -- the Barbara -- was...
I called Bernie Kerik's house on Monday, the private line, the one that his family answers. It was the day he went to the can. His children have been brought up wonderfully. The little one, Angelina...
Bloodsucking “Twilight” beauty Ashley Greene has signed a lease for a one-bedroom at the new 2 Cooper Square rental building, where one-bedrooms start around $4,000 per month. Greene, who plans to...
New Knick Amar’e Stoudemire is back from a spiritual trip to Israel and on the hunt for an apartment that’s in line with his wingspan and bank account. The 6-foot-10 superstar, who signed a five...
The other day I “caught” my husband perusing casual encounters on Craigslist. He hadn’t actually logged on yet, but he was about to. After much prying, he finally confessed to logging on before when...
I have a severe crush on a girl I work with. We’ve gone out a few times, but I’m pretty positive she has no clue how I feel. I want to express my feelings, but I’m concerned she won’t feel the same...
Drew Barrymore and Justin Long may be a sometimes couple in real life, but the truly dire "Going the Distance" is the latest of many romantic comedies demonstrating that such relationships do not...
Paul and Sandra Fierlinger's "My Dog Tulip" is an animated film about a dog, but don't take the kids unless you want to give them some fairly explicit lessons about canine mating and excretory...
Hollywood remakes of Asian movies are nothing new, but a Chinese redo of an American movie is rare. Case in point: "A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop," based on the Coen brothers' 1984 "Blood...
I have a confession to make. My first knowledge of Ida Lupino came when I was a teenager watching the 1950s TV sitcom "Mr. Adams and Eve," in which she and her real-life husband, Howard Duff, played...
Last Sunday, this column accused much of the national TV news media of pandering to the bad guys, especially to Islamist radicals and Muslim mass-murderers to whom the M-word — murder — is never...
America’s news media are always so delicate and discreet about the wrong things. They’re so politely vague, but only to protect the feelings of the bad guys. The Lower Manhattan mosque debate has...
Hilarious, audacious -- and guaranteed to offend just about everybody. That's how theater insiders are describing "The Book of Mormon," the much-anticipated new Broadway musical from "South Park...
With a worldwide gross of more than $5 billion, Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera" is the most successful theatrical venture in showbiz history. Which means it can pay for some of...
Is 42nd Street where backstage veterans of the old "Carol Burnett Show" go to die? Just a few doors down from mercifully closed geriatric comedy "Viagra Falls," directed by an alum, comes the...
Its subject may well be a female baseball team, but "All-American Girls" is no "A League of Their Own." Rather, Layon Gray's play -- involving the disappearance of an abusive authority figure...
Phil Collins put the case succinctly: It’s no fun being an illegal alien. Except if you’re “Machete,” an ex-Mexican federal agent disguised as a Texas landscaper with a bloody mission to mow down...
It's hard to imagine anyone but a critic sitting twice through "The American," a pretentious Euro-snore that should occasion a fraud prosecution for any marketer who calls it a thriller -- and which...
The Doctors" have collaborated on a new book, "The Doctors 5 Minute Health Fixes: The Prescription for a Lifetime of Great Health." The book, published by Rodale Books, was written with Mariska van...
Steve Harvey is making his first foray into the game show world -- but the new host of "Family Feud" says his training as a stand-up comic fits snugly into the show's revamped format. "You gotta...
The mad gunman had five live bombs strapped to his body. He took two employees and one security guard hostage. More than 100 children were in a daycare center in the building at the time, as were 2...
Remember when we used to watch the Oscars and the Emmys just to see stars behaving badly and dressing like Las Vegas hookers? Alas, handlers, stylists and spokespeople have taken over and now...
The Mint Theatre specializes in forgotten gems. But it's hard to forget something that was never famous in the first place. "Wife to James Whelan" is an obscure 1930s play -- produced once on...
Gary Moore spent 10 months teaching English in Shanghai in 1988-’89, leaving the country right after the riots in Tiananmen Square. The bloody event is mentioned in “Burning in China” — his...
New York officials fell all over themselves last week, seeking credit for the $700 million New York "won" in federal Race to the Top school funding. Better they had turned the money down. Let's...
Come Jan. 1, Democrats will officially end their romance with John May nard Keynes. That's the day they hope to sock America with the largest tax hike in years, all in the name of their supposed new...
The other day I “caught” my husband perusing casual encounters on Craigslist. He hadn’t actually logged on yet, but he was about to. After much prying, he finally confessed to logging on before when...
I have a severe crush on a girl I work with. We’ve gone out a few times, but I’m pretty positive she has no clue how I feel. I want to express my feelings, but I’m concerned she won’t feel the same...
The Pentagon's just-released report to Congress on Chinese military power is alarming for two reasons: First, Beijing's military buildup continues; second, the modernization of our armed forces may...
Just when you thought that bumbling Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale had retired for good, the FBI uncovers an 11-person, deep-cover Russian spy ring stretching from Boston to Washington. But...
To see what the federal stimulus package really has accomplished, take a look at this week's MTA news. Then, expect more of the same: paying more to ride on aging transit systems that break down all...
MTA chief Jay Walder is looking to hit up riders for more cash yet again, his new budget shows -- while asking relatively little from his union workforce. In so doing, he's bloating the fairness...
Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants a "unified" in quiry into the Army's in ability to recognize warning signs of the sort broadcast for months by its homicidal Islamist psychiatrist, Maj. Nidal...
GEN. David H. Petraeus yes terday strode purpose fully into a Capitol Hill hearing room to the rattlesnake buzz of still-camera shutters and the muffled disapprobation of the ladies in pink T-shirts...
SEN. Joseph Lieberman's criticism of the Obama health-care initiative may prove to be a pivotal turning point. Others have focused exclusively on the Obama plan's impact on health care. The...
AS Bill Clinton crisscrosses America defending his wife's candidacy, he's fuel ing speculation about who'd be in charge should Hillary be elected. Sen. Clinton - the incredible shrinking candidate -...
The recent WikiLeaks debacle, which will result in American, allied and Afghan deaths, drives home how inadequate our antique laws on war are in the new millennium. We live in a lawless age, when...
As the soldiers of the 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division crossed the border into Kuwait on Thursday morning, our combat mission in Iraq came to an end. Sort of. A full 50,000 combat...
The first lady's well-publicized, expensive vacation in southern Spain last week was a PR gift to her husband's opposition. After all, we're in the middle of a major recession, with many...
President Obama last night gave his first Oval Office address to the nation to lay out his plan for dealing with the crisis in the Gulf. If you missed the speech, don't worry: Marshmallows have...
When he arrived in Jeddah in June 2009, Shahram Amiri was just one of the thousands of Iranians who fly to Saudi Arabia each month for out of season pilgrimage to Mecca, Islam’s holiest site. However...
For almost 20 years, the United Nations nuclear watchdog the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) did its best not to notice the slow but steady building of a military nuclear capability in the...
JERUSALEM Immersion in this region's politics can convince those immersed that history is cycli cal rather than linear -- that it is not one thing after another but the same thing over and over....
JERUSALEM 'Twas a famous victory for diplo macy when, in 1991 in Madrid, Is raelis and Palestinians, orchestrated by America, at last engaged in direct talks. Almost a generation later, US policy...
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