October 11, 2008
INFUSIONS FOR AILING BANKS IN RESCUE REVAMP
The Bush administration is racing to rescue its rescue plan. As Wall Street suffered its worst week ever, toxic debt is no longer the top priority of the $700 billion...
NEW CALL FOR HELP WITH MENTAL CRISIS
showvideo("NY%20Post","1458_394033"); The New York Association of Psychic Rehabilitation Services says dialing 911 may not necessarily be the first number to call when handling emergencies involving patients with mental illness. NYC...
EXCERPTS FROM PALIN'S REMARKS ON ABORTION IN JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
"In this same spirit, as defenders of the culture of life, John McCain and I believe in the goodness and potential of every innocent life. I believe the truest measure...
BUSH GETS TOUGH ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
Overshadowed by the economic crisis and the presidential race is the United States' recent, widespread crackdown on illegal immigrants, the most aggressive effort to arrest, detain and deport since the...
BRITNEY'S NEW VIDEO
Britney Spears released her new video "Womanizer."
REST-A-ROBBERS
showvideo("NY%20Post","1458_394231"); A pair of gun-toting gastronomes are being sought for seven armed stick-ups in Brooklyn and Manhattan in the past month, a spree in which they wounded one victim while...
5 KILLED IN CHELSEA FIRE, INCLUDING 3 CHILDREN
Thick smoke from a kitchen fire killed five members of a family today after it blocked the only escape route from their Chelsea apartment. The only survivor - a 10-year-old...
VC Questionable; Hayes, Najera Out; Driving Left
By FRED KERBEROld England didn't sound all that merry as a 12-minute drive to practice for the Nets took 70 minutes because of an accident/traffic at the Blackwall Tunnel.And the...
BARACK 'OSAMA' ON BALLOT
TROY, NY - Oops! Officials at an upstate elections board were red-faced yesterday after mailing hundreds of absentee ballots offering "Barack Osama" as the Democratic choice for president. MORE: Mac's...
MAC & BAM CASH INCENTIVES
WASHINGTON - Grappling with Wall Street's disasters, John McCain said yesterday that he would protect retirees from taking a bath on their retirement funds, and Barack Obama countered with a...
MAC'S ACORN SQUASH
Fresh reports of voter registration irregularities involving ACORN cropped up from Florida to Pennsylvania yesterday - as John McCain's campaign tried to link Barack Obama to the activities of the...
FROM LITTLE ACORNS, RADICAL NUTS GROW
THE ISSUE:Barack Obama's ties to the controversial activist group ACORN. Your headline says it all ("Vote-Fraud-A-Go-Go," Editorial, Oct. 9). What would ACORN be able to pull off with a friend...
A SILENCE ON TERROR
HERE'S a wake-up call for a nation at war: We've had all but one of the presidential debates, plus the veep debate - without once hearing the words "Islamic terrorism."...
'MASTER SENATOR' MAKES STUFF UP
Biden blew Sarah Palin away in on "specifics" and "knowledge" and "seriousness." The New York Times said he avoided making any gaffes, "while showing a clear grasp of the big...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Fri.: 460; Lucky Sum: 10 / Midday Win-4 Fri.: 6450; Lucky Sum: 15 / Evening Nos. Fri.: 786; Lucky Sum: 21 / Evening Win-4 Fri.: 3322;...
CHAOS CAPS DOW NIGHTMARE WEEK
When a frenzied day of trading ended yesterday, the Dow had suffered its worst week ever - leaving global markets in a panicked state of uncertainty. The Dow Jones industrial...
CANSECO IN BORDER DRUG STOP
Former wildman slugger and admitted steroid user Jose Canseco was held by immigration authorities at the Mexican border for more than nine hours after agents allegedly found a prescription fertility...
BUFFETT KNOCKS DOLLAR BILL OFF THE TOP $POT
The free-falling economy has claimed its biggest victim yet - Bill Gates. The Microsoft founder lost his coveted spot atop the Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans - which...
LISA MARIE'S TWIN-KLING STARS
It's twin girls for the King's daughter, Lisa Marie Presley. The 40-year-old daughter of Elvis Presley had the babies yesterday, with musician husband Michael Lockwood, 47, Star magazine reported last...
GM GETS DRIVEN BELOW '30S LEVEL
The wheels are coming off General Motors after its value plunged to its lowest levels since the Great Depression. As the Dow fell for the eighth straight day, GM's stock...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Queens A teen was arrested yesterday on charges he stabbed another teen to death during an argument in Jamaica. Rolando Navarez, 16, stabbed Ishmael Hakim, 17, once in the chest...
'NOOSE' PROF SUES
The controversial Columbia University professor who was canned for plagiarism just months after a noose was found hanging on her office door is suing to get her job back. In...
MAN'HELL' GUY WANTED OUT
Con Edison electrician George Dillman told his bosses he wanted out of dangerous manhole work only two weeks before an explosion killed him as he worked under a Brooklyn street,...
BIDDERS GET THEIR ROCKS OFF GISELE
Diamonds may be a girl's best friend, but a break-up can add to their sparkle - especially if they were once wrapped around the exquisite fingers and neck of Brazilian...
DISABLING LIRR $CAM
Looks like the LIRR gravy train is going to be derailed. A federal agency promised yesterday to review practices that let Long Island Rail Road retirees fatten their pensions by...
$15M FOR ALEX TO LEAVE THE YARD
Yankee Stadium isn't the only home Alex Rodriguez is saying goodbye to this off-season. The slugger has put his sprawling South Florida villa up for sale, with an asking price...
HOTEL HACK ATTACK
A computer hacker is threatening to release "personal and sensitive" e-mails swiped from the swank Thompson hotel chain after taunting the company about its lax security practices. In a Sept....
CONN.-VENIENT TRIP TO ALTAR FOR GAYS
Gay New Yorkers can take a quicker drive to a wedding chapel now that Connecticut's highest court has struck down a law banning same-sex marriage. Yesterday's 4-3 state Supreme Court...
SOME OF THE BEST RECENT LINES ABOUT THE ECONOMY FROM THE LATE-NIGHT KINGS
"But here in the depressing economy, the real winner is O.J. Simpson. He's got 25-to-life of free room and board." "Even Donald Trump is hurting because of the economy. Today,...
TERM VOW TO NEW POLS
The 16 freshman members of the City Council were promised yesterday they could serve until 2017 under a new provision. Under a proposal put forward by Mayor Bloomberg, term limits...
GAL CHANGED TALE OF RAPE: BAR BIG
A former manager suing the Hawaiian Tropic Zone on a claim she was raped by her boss once admitted the attack never took place - then changed her tune and...
MIKE FEELING CHARITABLE
Mayor Bloomberg yesterday said he would play Daddy Warbucks to little orphan charities bracing for steep cuts in grants and donations. The mayor said that the economic meltdown's impact on...
WURST GANG EVER
The operators of the Sikorski Meat Market in Brooklyn had a lot to hide, and it had nothing to do with sausage. The feds rounded up more than a dozen...
DIRE STRAITS DIARY
The economy's not the only thing getting ugly - frugal New Yorkers are skimping on the primping. "People come when they have extra money, and now they don't have much,"...
PAPER CUTS: LOANS FROZEN
The commercial paper market, used by companies to finance payroll and other daily expenses, is still largely frozen despite upbeat comments yesterday from General Electric chief Jeffrey Immelt. Commercial paper...
STREETERS SET DC AGENDA
New York's business leaders yesterday unveiled the Wall Street titans who'll go head-to-head with Washington politicians when it comes to shaping the inevitable wave of new regulation. The team's first...
MORGAN GETS SLAMMED ON CONTINUED DEBT JITTERS
Mitsubishi UFJ's investment in Morgan Stanley is set to close on Tuesday, but Wall Street has been growing increasingly skeptical about the deal - primarily because the investment is nearly...
KERKORIAN'S SHRINKING BILLIONS
As more billionaires are slammed by demands to pay up their trading IOUs, the legendary Kirk Kerkorian stands as out as one of the hardest-hit investors, with his stock fortune...
SUMNER TAKES A FALL
Sumner Redstone had his own Black Friday yesterday. All three of the companies Redstone controls - National Amusements Inc., CBS, and Viacom - took hits as a result of the...
THE 'CONSENSUS' ON CUTS
The state and city budgets must be cut - a fact of which there appears to be wide general agreement. Alas, there is also agreement on who must endure such...
BAM'S VOTE-FRAUD BUDDIES
Ohio. Nevada. Connecticut. Indiana. Michigan. Missouri. New Mexico. North Carolina. Wisconsin. That's the list of states where investigations are under way into allegations of fraud in the new-voter registrations collected...
JETS CATCH BREAK AS CINCY WILL SIT CARSON
A year ago, when the Jets played the Bengals in Cincinnati, they faced a little-known backup running back named Kenny Watson. Watson torched the Jets for 130 rushing yards and...
MANGINI HAS BRAND NEW 'BRETT'
Eric Mangini's wife Julie gave birth to the couple's third child yesterday morning - Zack Brett Mangini. The fact that yesterday was also Brett Favre's 39th birthday is only part...
DUTROW CLEARED, BUT KY. HONCHOS DISAGREE
A hearing officer for the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has recommended that Rick Dutrow Jr., the trainer of Big Brown, not be suspended, as previously ordered by the Kentucky stewards...
ON TORRE DIVORCE: 'IT WAS TIME'
TAMPA - Hank Steinbrenner refused to get into a hissing match with Frank Torre yesterday when asked what he felt about Joe Torre's brother saying Thursday that Steinbrenner's inheritance was...
HANK: I'M STILL IN CHARGE HERE!
TAMPA - Sitting behind his desk at George M. Steinbrenner Field, Hank Steinbrenner yesterday spit on the notion he has taken a step back in running the Yankees. "There is...
EXPECT PIERCE, KAREEM TO PLAY VS. BROWNS
Judging from the durability they've shown in the past, the hints they've given and the workload they've been able to handle, figure Antonio Pierce will take his usual place at...
WINSLOW IN HOSP, IFFY VS. BIG BLUE
The status of Browns tight end Kellen Winslow remains a huge question mark for Monday night's game against the Giants. Winslow practiced last Monday but began feeling ill and was...
ISLES' GOAL SWITCH DOESN'T FOOL DEVS
The first big decision by the Islanders' rookie coach didn't exactly backfire, but it didn't solve the Devils, either. "It was probably the easiest decision I'll have as a coach,"...
'RUSTY' RANGERS OFF TO 3-0 START
The Rangers' record remains perfect even if the team is far from it. The record is 3-0 for the first time since 1989-90 for the Blueshirts, whose work ethic allowed...
HOLLYWOOD SCRIPT IS COMING APART
PHILADELPHIA - The Phillies did not get the memo from Fox about the fall lineup. Kiefer Sutherland and explosions in 24, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell in American Idol, and...
ANOTHER HR FOR CHATTY MANNY
PHILADELPHIA - Manny Ramirez was quite the lightning rod in Game 2 of the NLCS yesterday. The afternoon began with Phillies starter Brett Myers firing a 94-mph message pitch behind...
BOSTON'S MATSUZAKA MASTERFUL
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - So much for the Rays taking eight of nine from the Red Sox at Tropicana Field during the regular season. Thanks to Daisuke Matsuzaka escaping a...
AN OCTOBER JUGGERNAUT
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - They are a cold-blooded bunch, these Red Sox, unflappable and unshakeable and downright unassailable. If winning is a muscle in sports, then they are the most...
HONDO PRAYS FOR RAYS
The Maddoning Rays clearly weren't up to the mo ment last night, which proved costly to Hondo, as his earnings tumbled to 465 blairs. Tonight, he'll stick with 'em -...
LSU AIMS TO CORRAL FLORIDA'S TEBOW
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - It's hard to pinpoint exactly when the raging emotional firestorm between the Florida Gators and LSU Tigers was ignited, but we don't have to go back very...
PHILLIES GO UP 2-0 AS MANUEL, VICTORINO MOURN KIN
PHILADELPHIA - Yesterday defined bittersweet for the Phillies. They moved on to Los Angeles holding a 2-0 lead in the NLCS but also carrying heavy hearts after an 8-5 win...
PIGSKIN PROFIT
TEXAS vs. OKLAHOMA (at Dallas) NOONABCLine: Oklahoma by 7. Angle: The Big 12 and an inside track toward the BCS title game is all on the line. So are recruiting...
MADDON: RAYS HAVE AMAZIN' 'HEART'
ST. PETERSBURG - Like a lot of other people, a teen-age Joe Maddon couldn't get enough of the 1969 Cinderella Mets. "I followed it very closely on WOR, watched Kiner's...
SPORTS SHORTS
NBA: Magic rips fake AIDS talk Magic Johnson criticized a pair of radio talk-show hosts yesterday for accusing him of faking AIDS, but said he didn't want them to be...
D'ANTONI, KNICKS GET 'DEFENSIVE'
PHILADELPHIA - Mike D'Antoni spoke out on his soft defensive reputation before last night's preseason contest vs. the Sixers, predicting the Knicks will be among the league's best defensive teams....
WEIRD BUT TRUE
We know people lose sense of themselves in the throes of passion, but come on. A couple was arrested in Hellertown, Pa., after cops found them having sex in their...
WHAT'S UP?
TODAY FLOWER POWER: Another "just be yourself" tale, this time from the Vital Theatre Company. Its new musical "Daisy in Disguise" pivots around an athletic girl who creates an alter...
BODY SPEAK
Did you know that what you say only accounts for seven percent of what people "hear?" In fact, ninety-three percent of what you communicate is interpreted by others by your...
TAKING A BAD FALL
ABC and NBC are having a rough go of it in the new season. ABC's "Private Practice" and "Dirty Sexy Money" and NBC's "Knight Rider" and "Lipstick Jungle" are struggling...
D'OH BRO DOUGLAS A MASTER
THE distance between Nashville and the Blue Note just got a lot shorter, thanks to a dobro player named Jerry Douglas. At the opening of his eight-show residency at the...
SHE-JAYS
MODEL Eve Salvail has been a fixture in high-end glossies such as Elle, Glamour and Marie Claire since 1989. Calvin Klein, Gianni Versace and Valentino have hired her to hock...
CLASSICS FOR KIDS, VIA BERNSTEIN
LEONARD Bernstein did so many things so wonderfully - conducting, composing, playing the piano - it's hard to believe he was lousy at anything. But did you ever hear him...
TEEN TALK
AS you can tell by its title and the age of its cast - 13 to 17 - Broadway's new musical "13" is basically an all-teen affair, onstage and off....
LIVEBLOG: Town of the day
Of the 2,362 (give or take a dozen) Ye Olde Wild West towns I drove through today getting from Bozeman to the Black Hills, Livingston, Montana was the clear winner....
Garden open for blossoming
By BRETT CYRGALISProbably the most telling trait of a great player in any sport is his ability to make those around him better.If Brandon Dubinsky did anything in the Rangers'...