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| Slim surfaces again
July 4, 2010 at 1:19 AM
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|  THERE is buzz that at least one mystery bidder for Newsweek -- who does not want to be identified for strategic reasons -- is still in the hunt, pushing the set of potential bidders to five or six, while some potential bidders have apparently been granted extensions. Media Ink had... | | |
| Happy Fourth everyone!
July 4, 2010 at 12:21 AM
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| | Celebrate America's 234th birthday in style today, thanks to our guide.EventsIt will be man-eat-dog mania when the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Championship returns to Coney Island. Last year, Joey "Jaws" Chestnut set an all-time record of 68 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes, and... | | |
| State moves to close radioactive waste plant near W'burg school
July 4, 2010 at 12:01 AM
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| | Radiac Research and Environmental Sciences, a hazardous waste facility on Kent Avenue since 1969, could finally be compelled to relocate after the state Senate and Assembly made it illegal to operate such a facility within 1,500 feet of a school.Assemblyman Joe Lentol (D-Williamsburg), who sponsored the legislation, called... | | |
| Russian spy Anna Chapman embarrassed by pics, fears deportation
July 3, 2010 at 6:49 PM
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| | The Russian diplomat's daughter accused of being a spy is "embarrassed" by photos of her that have turned up in media reports and fears she will be deported, her lawyer said. Attorney Robert Baum told The Associated Press that he showed Anna Chapman, 28, some of the tabloid newspaper... | | |
| Harlem's North General Hospital closing
July 3, 2010 at 12:15 PM
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| | North General Hospital in Harlem yesterday filed for bankruptcy protection with plans to close. The hospital filed for bankruptcy to wind down operations, it said in court papers filed in US Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan. The board of directors approved the closure earlier this week, it said. "North General has... | | |
| NJ man charged in Statue of Liberty boat crash
July 3, 2010 at 9:06 AM
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| | Police say a man is facing vehicular manslaughter charges in a boat crash near the Statue of Liberty that killed another man dead and injured two others. Authorities say 39-year-old Richard Aquilone of Jersey City, N.J., was out on the water Friday evening with his wife, 2-year-old daughter and... | | |
| Brooklyn mom sues Starbucks over scalding tea that burned infant son
July 3, 2010 at 8:37 AM
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| | A Brooklyn mother is suing over a cup of scalding tea that she claims severely burned her infant son at a Starbucks. Villona Maryash claims the tea was "improperly served" without a protective sleeve. Maryash's suit, filed in Brooklyn Supreme Court yesterday, stems from an incident last Oct. 9... | | |
| Commander booted to Bx.
July 3, 2010 at 8:33 AM
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| | The commanding officer of an embattled Brooklyn precinct is moving to a new position, The Post has learned. Deputy Inspector Steven Mauriello, who led the 81st Precinct in Bedford-Stuyvesant, will take the reins at Transit Borough Bronx. His precinct made headlines in February when an officer claimed that cops underreported... | | |
| Damn Yankees — again! Clones fall in extra innings
July 3, 2010 at 8:31 AM
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| | Cyclones 1Yankees 2 (10 inns.)Friday, July 2 at Staten IslandCyclone bats were mostly silent for vast portions of this tough loss to the hated Yankees. The Clones lone run came in the first inning, when Cody Holliday and Cory Vaughn singled, and, after a wild pitch, Jeff Flagg knocked... | | |
| Bedbugged Abercrombie pestering city bigs
July 3, 2010 at 6:51 AM
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| | Abercrombie & Fitch has become an unlikely crusader against bedbugs in the Big Apple, and is taking its case to City Hall. Chairman and CEO Mike Jeffries sent a letter to Mayor Bloomberg yesterday after the teen-clothing retailer was forced to close two Manhattan stores because of bedbug infestations. "We think... | | |
| No-fault divorce a 'split' decision
July 3, 2010 at 6:51 AM
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| | No-fault divorce is expected to become New York law as early as next week -- a blessing for some seeking to split, and a curse for matrimonial lawyers. Top divorce lawyers said yesterday the law may well hit them in the wallet -- but acknowledge it will likely stop their... | | |
| Smokers huff & puff over new cigarette tax
July 3, 2010 at 6:37 AM
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|  Smokers are used to coughing up a lot -- but this is getting ridiculous. The price on a pack of cigarettes has skyrocketed to $14.50 at some New York City stores thanks to a hefty new tax -- leaving even the most nicotine-addicted buttheads considering nixing their fix. "This... | | |
| Tot horror at SI grandparents' swimming pool
July 3, 2010 at 4:20 AM
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| | An 18-month-old boy visiting his grandparents on Staten Island was clinging to life yesterday after falling into their unguarded backyard pool, police said. The toddler's grandfather found him unconscious in the water at the house on Finlay Street in Tottenville at 9:50 a.m. The boy was rushed... | | |
| Guy-grope suit
July 3, 2010 at 4:17 AM
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| | A Long Island car-service owner got too friendly with one of his employeees, groping the male driver's private parts as his car was rolling, a suit alleges. When the driver, Don Escobar, of Queens Village, rejected his advances, the owner of Friendly Taxi, Paul Muller, beat him up and... | | |
| City sounding skeeter alarm
July 3, 2010 at 4:14 AM
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| | Mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus have been found in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island, the Health Department said yesterday. It's the first time this season that the virus has been detected in the city. So far, there have been no human cases. Symptoms include neck stiffness, disorientation, coma and... | | |
| Sticky & sizzling beach days ahead
July 3, 2010 at 4:10 AM
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| | The Big Apple will celebrate the nation's birthday tomorrow with outings to the beach, barbecues, a fanfare of fireworks -- and hellacious heat. The Fourth of July holiday weekend kicks off today with temperatures breaking the 90 barrier. But tomorrow is going to sizzle hotter than a backyard barbecue... | | |
| Cops gripe over holiday patrol grind
July 3, 2010 at 4:07 AM
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| | The NYPD is shuffling shifts and denying weekend time-off requests in an effort to flood troubled streets with more cops this holiday weekend -- ticking off some of the city's Finest who will have to work later and longer to combat a recent spike in shootings, sources said. Anti-crime... | | |
| Cop killer walks
July 3, 2010 at 3:59 AM
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|  Convicted cop killer Shuaib Raheem, found guilty of the 1973 murder of NYPD Police Officer Stephen Gilroy, walked out of an upstate prison yesterday morning a free man for the first time in nearly four decades. Raheem, 60, was freed after a controversial 2-to-1 Parole Board vote last month, and... | | |
| Deadly boat ram at Lady Liberty
July 3, 2010 at 3:55 AM
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| | Two pleasure boats crashed into each other yesterday in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty -- leaving one man dead and another busted for boozing while operating his vessel with his three children aboard, cops said. The tragedy unfolded in Upper New York Bay when a 30-foot Proline boat... | | |
| NYPD Daily Blotter
July 3, 2010 at 3:50 AM
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| | Manhattan A shoplifter's bubble was burst after he swiped a package of Gas-X from a Duane Reade, authorities said. Michael Griffin, 56, walked into the pharmacy on Eighth Avenue near 34th Street last Monday and allegedly swiped gas relief medication, a fruit cup, and a package of Acai Berry... | | |
| These packs cost $14.50!
July 3, 2010 at 3:50 AM
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| | Smokers are used to coughing up a lot -- but this is getting ridiculous. The price on a pack of cigarettes has skyrocketed to $14.50 at some New York City stores thanks to a hefty new tax -- leaving even the most nicotine-addicted buttheads considering nixing their fix. "This... | | |
| Commander booted to Bx.
July 3, 2010 at 3:43 AM
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| | The commanding officer of an embattled Brooklyn precinct is moving to a new position, The Post has learned. Deputy Inspector Steven Mauriello, who led the 81st Precinct in Bedford-Stuyvesant, will take the reins at Transit Borough Bronx. His precinct made headlines in February when an officer claimed that cops underreported... | | |
| Child's finger severed at Macy's
July 3, 2010 at 3:40 AM
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| | A 4-year-old boy shopping with his mom at Macy's in Herald Square suffered through a horrific accident when his finger was sliced off by one of the store's famous old wooden escalators, relatives and cops told The Post. Little Maxlee Gell was riding with his mother, Natalia, on... | | |
| Kid porn yanked off 'Net
July 3, 2010 at 3:39 AM
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| | Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said yesterday the computer-crimes unit has removed a child-porn video from nearly 70,000 servers nationwide. The clip has an IP address linking it to Jamaica, Queens, but it's unclear if that's where the video originated. It shows a small boy and a woman... | | |
| Ma sues S'bucks in tot's scalding
July 3, 2010 at 3:36 AM
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| | A Brooklyn mother is suing over a cup of scalding tea that she claims severely burned her infant son at a Starbucks. Villona Maryash claims the tea was "improperly served" without a protective sleeve. Maryash's suit, filed in Brooklyn Supreme Court yesterday, stems from an incident last Oct. 9... | | |
| Bedbugged Abercrombie pestering city bigs
July 3, 2010 at 3:34 AM
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| | Abercrombie & Fitch has become an unlikely crusader against bedbugs in the Big Apple, and is taking its case to City Hall. Chairman and CEO Mike Jeffries sent a letter to Mayor Bloomberg yesterday after the teen-clothing retailer was forced to close two Manhattan stores because of bedbug infestations. "We think... | | |
| 'Medal' gal's NYPD press post
July 3, 2010 at 3:25 AM
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|  A police commander who won a New York Post Liberty Medal last year has been named as the next second-in-command of the NYPD press office, The Post has learned. Deputy Chief Kim Royster, who won the award for her work in the department's gun-amnesty buyback program, is set to... | | |
| Hizzoner set to host Her Majesty
July 3, 2010 at 3:12 AM
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| | The queen of England will join Mayor Bloomberg next week in dedicating the British Garden at Hanover Square, a park in lower Manhattan honoring British citizens who died in the 9/11 attacks. Bloomberg yesterday said he was looking forward to his first meeting with Queen Elizabeth II, who will... | | |
| India gal a 'slave' worker
July 3, 2010 at 3:10 AM
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|  An Indian government official responsible for championing women's rights illegally sneaked an underage girl into the country to serve as a personal slave for herself and her hubby, a shocking new suit charges. Neena Malhotra and husband Jogesh allegedly forced the girl to sleep on the floor of their... | | |
| 'Safe' house wasn't
July 3, 2010 at 2:57 AM
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|  A New Jersey couple accused of being Russian spies abruptly moved out of their longtime Hoboken apartment in mid-2008 -- less than two weeks after upstairs neighbors threatened to call the cops on the husband for repeatedly yelling at them about noise, The Post has learned. Now those former neighbors... | | |
| School mixer
July 3, 2010 at 2:17 AM
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|  Call it High School Booze-ical! Just days after kids emptied out the public schools for the summer, a horde of city construction officials yesterday turned a Washington Heights high school into a beer-guzzling tailgate bash. As many as 50 city workers -- normally responsible for building safe schools for kids... | | |
| Sofa CEO in death suit
July 3, 2010 at 2:07 AM
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| | He was cleared of drunken-driving charges, but the family of a man struck and killed by the CEO of Jennifer Convertibles is suing the exec for damages. Two cars, including a rented Chevy Cobalt driven by furniture executive Harley Greenfield, struck Mohammed Rohman as he ran across the Whitestone Expressway... | | |
| No-fault divorce a 'split' decision
July 3, 2010 at 2:05 AM
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| | No-fault divorce is expected to become New York law as early as next week -- a blessing for some seeking to split, and a curse for matrimonial lawyers. Top divorce lawyers said yesterday the law may well hit them in the wallet -- but acknowledge it will likely stop their... | | |
| NYPD bust for blind stupidity
July 3, 2010 at 2:04 AM
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| | A Bronx man was busted after he aimed a high-powered spotlight at an NYPD helicopter, temporarily blinding the pilot and endangering the aircraft, cops said. Joseph Purdon, 47, was busted after officers used the aircraft's night-vision capabilities and infrared cameras to zero in on him. The crew directed cops... | | |
| Hosp closing
July 3, 2010 at 1:58 AM
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| | North General Hospital in Harlem yesterday filed for bankruptcy protection with plans to close. The hospital filed for bankruptcy to wind down operations, it said in court papers filed in US Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan. The board of directors approved the closure earlier this week, it said. "North General has... | | |
| Mike to city workers: Forget about buyouts
July 3, 2010 at 1:57 AM
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| | Here's the message for longtime city employees waiting on word of a possible buyout to induce them to retire: You haven't got a prayer. "We are not going to do buyouts," Mayor Bloomberg declared yesterday on his weekly WOR radio show, slamming the door as tight as he... | | |
| 9/11 flag's new home
July 3, 2010 at 1:44 AM
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| | A city foundation is donating the only US flag recovered from Ground Zero to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum. Museum spokesman Michael Frazier says the tattered, 20-by- 30-foot flag will first embark on a national tour. People from disaster-stricken communities will help restore it by sewing on parts... | | |
| Muslim mayor a 1st
July 3, 2010 at 1:44 AM
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| | The heavily Jewish town of Teaneck, NJ, has chosen the first Muslim mayor in Bergen County. Mohammed Hameeduddin was chosen mayor at the Township Council's reorganization meeting on Thursday, receiving five of seven votes... | | |
| New citizens take Ellis Island oaths
July 3, 2010 at 1:43 AM
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| | About 150 people became new US citizens at a ceremony on Ellis Island yesterday. The new citizens took the Oath of Allegiance at the spot that has been the gateway for US immigrants. Across the country, 3,800 people are becoming naturalized over the July 4 weekend. Nine ceremonies are... | | |
| OTB boss stumbles out of the gate
July 3, 2010 at 1:41 AM
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|  ALBANY -- So much for execu tive authority. Top Gov. Paterson aide Larry Schwartz (pictured) was forced to put down an open revolt just moments into his first meeting as chairman of the financially trou bled New York City Off- Track Betting Corp. The rebellion came after Schwartz, whom Paterson... | | |
| Gov keeps pen poised for even more vetoes
July 3, 2010 at 1:40 AM
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|  ALBANY -- Veto-happy Gov. Paterson may just be getting warmed up. Even as he put the final stamp on a historic 6,709 vetoes yesterday, the governor was gearing up to bring his veto pen to costly bills forced through the Legislature in the waning days of the session, The... | | | | 
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