Tavern on the Green re-opening in jeopardy

Tavern on the Green is running out of green before it even re-opens, The Post has learned.The cash crunch threatens the expected fall re-launch of the Central Park restaurant, sources said.Philadelphia-based restaurateurs Jim Caiola and David Salama need more dough to cover operating costs at the landmark eatery when it re-opens later this year after their...

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Don’t get too personal on LinkedIn

Have you ever received a request to connect on LinkedIn from someone you didn’t know or couldn’t remember?A few weeks ago, Josh Turner encountered this situation. The online request to connect came from a businessman on the opposite coast of the United States. It came with a short introduction that ended with “Let’s go Blues!” a reference to Turner’s favorite hockey team...

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More misconduct allegations arise at Citizens

TALLAHASSEE -- In an attempt to clear its name after a series of scandals involving corporate misconduct and improper spending, Citizens Property Insurance Corp. released a laundry list of 474 internal complaints Wednesday.While Citizens released the documents to prove that it has properly handled allegations of misconduct in recent years, the move also shined an embarrassing...

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My Strange Addiction: Audrey's Stuffed Lamb

27-year-old Audrey shares a "spiritual connection" with her stuffed lamb.The young woman, who carries a pint-sized powder blue plush everywhere she goes, is profiled in Wednesday's My Strange Addiction.Pics: Star Sightings "The lamb is my best friend," she explains of the animal who's been her companion for five years. "He is really just carefree, adventurous and awesome."Audrey's sister, however,...

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Fortune teller pleads not guilty in $150K scheme

Manhattan prosecutors have thrown the book at a pretty Greenwich Village fortune teller, charging her in a 16-count indictment with scheming to steal $150,000 from two customers.Brunette beauty Sylvia Mitchell, 38, turned heads in a trimly-tailored black cocktail dress as she pleaded not guilty in Manhattan Supreme Court to scheme to defraud and grand larceny....

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Appeal court says dispute over island is Bahamian issue

The ownership of a private island in the Bahamas that was previously a retreat of the late, prominent South Florida designer James Wallace Tutt III — and which has been at the center of a five-year legal dispute — is now in the hands of the Bahamian court.The Third District Court of Appeal in Miami on Wednesday affirmed three lower court judges’ decisions that the matter...

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Woman dies during Key Biscayne scuba dive excursion

A “disturbing” accident Sunday left one scuba diver dead and others with many questions about how that could have happened.Forty-year-old Hua Liu was part of an expedition off Key Biscayne, about three nautical miles off Bill Baggs Cape, on the vessel BigCom Ocean. There were about 40 divers on board, and all were instructed to stay with their “diving buddy” during the length...

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Stars Stay Peppy Through Wee Hours of Oscar Night

For those fortunate enough to be invited, Oscar Sunday is an all-day, non-stop event. ET caught up with the stars to get their tips on making it through the madness while maintaining their energy.PICS: Awards Season Fashion "This is just fun," said Academy Award winner Halle Berry. "I see all my friends and peers.""You just gotta enjoy it and then have a good dinner at the Governor's Ball, because...

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Fashionista admits to 'stupidly' stealing Dali painting, will be deported

His dalliance with art-thievery is over.A European fashion publicist will serve the next two weeks in jail -- and then be deported back to Greece -- after admitting today that he "stupidly" stole a $150,000 Salvatore Dali watercolor off the wall of an Upper East Side gallery."It was a really stupid thing to do," Phivos Istavrioglou, 29, admitted in pleading...

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EEOC files discrimination suit against transportation firm

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Tuesday that it filed a lawsuit against Prestige Transportation Service for hiring discrimination.According to the suit, Prestige refused to hire black applicants for employment, discriminated against a black employee and retaliated against three employees for opposing race discrimination and/or filing a discrimination...

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