April 6, 2011
Columbia student accused of attacking female may get no-jail deal
Manhattan prosecutors say they are holding off on indicting the 28-year-old Columbia University MBA student accused of drunkenly punching, kicking and biting a random pedestrian outside the university's main gates...
Most voters think Obama has failed to explain goals in Libya, poll shows
WASHINGTON -- Most American voters think President Barack Obama has failed to explain what the US goals are in Libya, and more said they disapprove (51 percent) than approve (42...
Cops break up Mafia-linked Queens gambling ring
Authorities busted up a Mafia-linked Queens sports gambling ring that used a website and offshore accounts to rack up more than $8 million over the past two-and-a-half years. The Queens...
Twins at Yankees rained out
Wednesday's Yankees game against the Twins at the Stadium has been postponed by rain. A.J. Burnett remains the starting pitcher for Thursday night's series finale against the Twins and Francisco...
GAMETRACKER: Mets at Phillies
Last year, the Mets needed two weeks and 11 games to post four victories. Another big performance at the plate against the Phillies' vaunted rotation could help them equal that...
LeBron signs with Red Sox partner
As if New York didn't have enough reason to hate LeBron James. The Miami Heat superstar, who chose South Beach over the Big Apple this summer, is going into business...
Bailey will be Syracuse's top running back
SYRACUSE -- The wait is finally over for Antwon Bailey. After three seasons of playing second-string much too often, he’s ready to be the go-to guy in the Syracuse backfield....
Uncle Mo 1-5 favorite for Wood Memorial
Uncle Mo is back in town and ready to extend his unbeaten record before heading off to the Kentucky Derby. The leading Derby contender was made the overwhelming 1-5 favorite...
Chilling testimony in Deutsche Bank firefighter deaths case
He saw two doomed firefighters carried in stretchers from the burning Deutsche Bank building -- then climbed into the flames alongside his fellow heros without hesitation. "You don't retreat," firefighter...
Donald Trump could be a surprise 2012 presidential contender, new poll shows
WASHINGTON -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney appears to be the early front-runner in the largely unformed race for the Republican nomination for president, but real estate magnate Donald Trump...
Hollywood: give us some new stars
With the possible and worrisome exception of Adam Sandler, it seems like audiences are losing interest in practically every big-name actor out there. Hollywood needs some news stars. The last...
SI teacher injured in high school roof collapse
A Staten Island high school teacher was hospitalized today after a portion of the school’s roof collapsed and came crashing through the auditorium ceiling, authorities said. The 15-by-40-foot section of...
NBC 'Today' co-host Matt Lauer to leave show when contract expires in 2012
NBC's "Today" co-host Matt Lauer has told the network that he will be leaving the show when his contract expires on Dec. 31, 2012, according to a new report. The...
Paris Hilton has yet to return $60K in jewelry to Damiani
Paris is owing, according to a new lawsuit. Pop tart Paris Hilton won't give back $60,000 in borrowed bling -- part of a jewelry stash swiped from her unlocked Los...
Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition: Punching people makes my commute easier
Street Fighter was an integral part of my childhood experience. Like most boys my age, I relished hearing SHORYUKEN, and relished beating my foes (or friends) to a pulp. I’ll...
Yankees reliever says he's 'Sori'
Rafael Soriano found his way back to his locker Wednesday after bolting Tuesday night without speaking to reporters. The Yankees' $35 million reliever gave up four runs and walked three...
Britain's royal wedding to be shown live in Times Square
Cable network TLC will host a royal wedding viewing party in New York's Times Square, it was announced Wednesday. New Yorkers will be able to witness Prince William's highly anticipated...
City makes 'sexist payout' to wounded female cop
The city offered a disabled female cop a $325,000 court settlement on March 29 — a day before claims that her sexist NYPD superiors had refused to give her a...
Jeter wasn't in Yankees lineup
Derek Jeter was not in the Yankees posted lineup Wednesday afternoon for the game against the Twins that was rained out.Jeter is 3-for-18 this season. 1. Brett Gardner LF2. Curtis...
DA wants single trial for mother and grandmother in Marchella Brett-Pierce case
New York City prosecutors want one trial for a mother and grandmother charged in the death of a 4-year-old found beaten, drugged and starved. Carlotta Brett-Pierce has pleaded not guilty...
Pilot in Rockaway Beach landing rushed to hospital
The pilot who made a bizarre landing in the surf of a Queens beach has been taken from his family's home in an ambulance. Fox 5 News has an exclusive...
Nets put up Deron billboard in Times Square
Deron Williams is not signed with the Nets past next season but the franchise was bold enough to unveil an 80 foot x 60 foot billboard in Times Square of...
Playoff minutes determined in Knicks closing stretch
PHILADELPHIA -- The sixth seed in the Eastern Conference may or may not be a worthy cause to fight for across the final five games, but it surely would be...
Rikers guard busted for allegedly offering to help prisoner escape
Federal drug agents busted a veteran Rikers Island guard after he allegedly agreed to help a prisoner escape in return for $90,000 worth of cocaine. Robert Whitfield, 48, of Rosedale,...
Lawyer for B'klyn woman accused of starving daughter hoping for sympathy from jury
The lawyer for a Brooklyn woman accused of starving her daughter thinks his client might get some sympathy if she’s tried alongside her mother. Prosecutors hope to try Carlotta Brett-Pierce...
Obama seeks re-election help from Sharpton's group
Ensnarled in another political spat with Republicans, President Barack Obama conceded to a civil rights audience Wednesday that there are times when people "lose hope" over whether national politics will...
Attorney Salvatore Strazzullo hit with sexual harassment suit
He has been called "a cross between a bulldog and a Chihuahua." But now, prominent New York attorney Salvatore Strazzullo can just be called a dirty old dog, according to...
'Dressed to Kilt' for charity
New Yorkers and celebrities embraced the kilt for a good cause in Manhattan. The annual "Dressed to Kilt" fundraiser -- which benefits the Wounded Warrior Project, the Paralyzed Veterans Association...
Disney to offer cruises from NYC, Seattle, Texas
The Disney Cruise Line will set sail from New York, Seattle, and Galveston, Texas, beginning next year. The company said Wednesday it will offer 20 cruises from New York City...
Queens grandmother gets 1-3 years in jail for reckless assault after 'voodoo' burns girl, 6
A Queens woman who stood by and did nothing while her daughter severely burned her 6-year-old granddaughter in an apparent voodoo ritual wept in court today as a judge sentenced...
UK monarchy to launch 'Royal App' ahead of wedding
LONDON — Britain's monarchy says it is launching its first official "Royal App" for smartphones, and it will focus on past royal weddings. Available for download just days before Prince...
Franco's latest gig? 'Colbert Report' employee
James Franco has yet another new undertaking: employee of "The Colbert Report." The actor appeared on the Comedy Central program Tuesday and said he wanted to work for host Stephen...
Glenn Beck show on FOX News to end later this year
Firebrand FOX News Channel host Glenn Beck will leave his daily show later this year, though the presenter will continue to work with the cable network to develop programming, FOX...
Barry Bonds' lawyers say they will not mount a defense in perjury trial
SAN FRANCISCO – Barry Bonds' lawyers rested their case Wednesday without calling a single witness to defend the former big leaguer against charges that he lied to a federal grand...
OCD Archives: Lou's 1981 review of 'Arthur'
I'll be celebrating my 30th anniversary as a professional film critic in a couple of weeks with reprints of some of my earliest reviews. But with the "Arthur'' remake with Russell Brand...
Uncle Mo arrives at Belmont Park
Following an uneventful flight from Florida, Kentucky Derby favorite Uncle Mo arrived at Belmont Park about 11:20 this morning and was bedded down in trainer Todd Pletcher's barn. The undefeated...
Thief was fool for gold
76th PrecinctCarroll Gardens-Cobble Hill–Red HookJewel foolA creep with a gold bug burglarized a Henry Street home on April 1.The 29-year-old victim told cops she left her house, located near Fourth...
Possible suicide at camp where Sen. Scott Brown says he was molested
SANDWICH, Mass. -- Police in Massachusetts were investigating a possible suicide by gunshot Wednesday at Camp Good News in Sandwich, where Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) and at least one other...
This week's calendar: April 7 to April 13
Thursday, April 7 NYC Residential Deconstruction Waste from construction and demolition is estimated to account for 40 percent of the city’s waste stream. This educational networking event will explore deconstruction...
Vac's Wednesday Whacks on silly predictions, pessimistic Red Sox fans, and spoiled TV viewers
I've learned an interesting lesson the past few weeks: People still read the newspaper quite carefully. That is good news, of course, if you're in my business. Mostly, anyway. Because...
Sweepstakes winner will announce Jets' draft pick
The Jets said Wednesday that one fan will have the opportunity to announce the team’s fourth-round selection at the 2011 NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall.Fans can enter to...
Japan stops nuclear plant leak; crisis far from over
Japan stopped highly radioactive water leaking into the sea on Wednesday from a crippled nuclear plant and acknowledged it could have given more information to neighboring countries about contamination in...
Syria reverses ban on Islamic face veil in schools
CAIRO — Syria closed the country's only casino Wednesday and reversed a decision that bans teachers from wearing the Islamic veil — moves seen an attempt to reach out to...
Iran clerics denounce Saudi role in Bahrain
TEHRAN, Iran — A leading Iranian cleric on Wednesday urged protesters in the Gulf kingdom of Bahrain to "stand up and resist" a government crackdown that has been backed by...
2 charged in $30M insider trading scheme involving law firms
NEWARK, N.J. — Federal authorities have charged two men with running an insider trading scheme that netted more than $30 million with information stolen from law firms. Garrett Bauer is...
Poulter calls out media for Tiger talk
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Who knows what Ian Poulter’s thoughts about Tiger Woods really are? Maybe he thinks the 14-time major champion is washed up or at least not as intimidating...
Holdout juror apologizes after acquitting gallery big of De Niro theft
Sorry, Bobby! "Tell De Niro I'm sorry," the last holdout juror said after buckling under pressure from screaming female jurors this morning and acquitting the former director of Manhattan's Salander-O'Reilly...
Filming delayed for fourth season of 'Jersey Shore'
Aspetta! Amid a contract dispute with several cast members and resistance from Italian nightclubs, filming for the fourth season of “Jersey Shore” has been delayed at least a month, according...
British court fixes Assange extradition appeal for July 12-13
LONDON -- The WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will appeal against a British judge's decision to extradite him to Sweden in a two-day hearing in July, a court said Wednesday. The...
New Jersey school chaperones arrested over student sex scandal
PARAMUS, N.J. -- Two men who work at a New Jersey high school were in custody Wednesday for allegedly having sex with teenage girls they chaperoned during a school trip...
Gbagbo's home in Ivory Coast comes under attack
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Heavy arms fire rang out Wednesday near the home of the country's strongman who remained holed up in a subterranean bunker, as forces backing his rival...
Man gets lesser charge in DWI case after challenging Nassau County crime lab results
UNIODALE, N.Y. — A man accused of causing a fatal car accident while driving drunk has been convicted of a lesser charge in a case that challenged the accuracy of...
3 saw blades found near scene of NY jail escape
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Authorities are trying to determine if three saw blades found on a Rochester street were used by two inmates who escaped from the Monroe County Jail last...
Gun groups sue over NYC pistol licensing fees
Gun-rights advocates have filed a lawsuit against New York City over the application fee to obtain a handgun permit. The Second Amendment Foundation and the New York State Rifle and...
Trial of NYC man in Harvard dorm shooting to start
WOBURN, Mass. — Opening statements in the murder trial of a New York City man accused of a deadly shooting in a Harvard University dormitory are getting underway. Statements are...
Swedish queen injured trying to escape photographer in New York
Sweden's Queen Silvia was injured trying to escape a photographer while shopping in New York, with the Royal Court on Wednesday accusing the snapper of stalking her. The Queen was...
Odds to win The Masters
Here are odds for selected golfers to win the Masters, to be played April 7-10 at Augusta National golf course. Phil Mickelson 13-2 Tiger Woods 11-1 Lee Westwood 14-1 Nick...
White House dismisses Khadafy's message to Obama
TRIPOLI, Libya -- Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy sent a message to US President Barack Obama on Wednesday, FOX News Channel confirmed, but White House officials were quick to dismiss the...
Obama stand behind Israel? Don't count on it
The Chicago Sun-Times has a good idea regarding Judge Richard Goldstone's recantation of his own UN report: "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is urging the United Nations to nullify the Goldstone...
3UP: Soriano, Sabathia and Posada
1. In today’s Post I wrote this column about Rafael Soriano’s first meltdown with the Yankees. He was not good on the mound and then matched that by lacking the...
Another car flies off 59th Street Bridge, woman fighting for life
It happened again. A woman is fighting for her life after a car careened off a deadly 59th Street Bridge exit ramp in Long Island City this morning on the...
Wannabe bank bandit sought
Detectives are hunting for a would-be thief who tried to knock off a Chelsea bank. The 6-foot-1, 180 pound suspect, identified by police as Djamil Azizi, strolled inside a Chase...
Government money doesn't get the poor to college
Richard Vedder in Forbes: "The sad thing about it all is that much of the increase in governmental spending that is at the root cause of most of the [higher...
D'Antoni said he took one for team in Anthony blockbuster
Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni acknowledged he took one for the team when the franchise decided on gutting the club to get Carmelo Anthony in February. It was one of D'Antoni's...
Rand study: Obamacare will cost states more
There is yet more evidence that Obama's Affordable Care Act isn't affordable. Rand corporation took a look at the effect of Obamcae on five different states, chosen for their geographical distribution and...
CHSAA Staten Island 'AA' division preview: Farrell, St. Peter's likely vying for one playoff berth
Bob Mulligan didn’t have the best feeling about his young and relatively inexperienced team as they went to Florida for a preseason trip. But on Monday, a few hours before...
Young’s arm (and bat) lead Mets over Phillies in laugher
PHILADELPHIA — Meet Chris Young, three-tool monster: pitch, dunk and hit. That last tool wasn’t unearthed until last night, when Young — a career .137 hitter entering the game —...
Wright off to hot start for Mets
PHILADELPHIA — With a rusty Carlos Beltran still trying to find his form in the middle of the lineup, David Wright has even more on his shoulders than usual. Through...
Savor the Mets’ sweet start as long as you can
PHILADELPHIA — When you get right down to it, all these Mets want is to be given a Fightin’ chance. That chip on their shoulder they’ve been carrying around helped...
Golden: Parker should face same tribunal as Monserrate
Call it the Golden rule.State Sen. Marty Golden (R–Bay Ridge) says that a convicted criminal who holds office should be held accountable for his action by the Senate, and is...
Steady there, Eva
Here’s a peek “behind” the scenes. Eva Longoria gives fans an eyeful as she wobbles on high heels while exiting a Letterman show taping in Midtown.
More storm over shelter as residents protest homeless center on McGuinness
Here they go again.Greenpoint residents could were feeling déjà vu on Tuesday night as they found themselves lambasting yet another proposal for a 200-bed men’s shelter on McGuinness Boulevard —...
Giants' Seubert savors strange offseason
Dirty clothes don’t wash themselves. So, as the NFL lockout rages on, with an antitrust hearing today in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis that could immediately or eventually shake up...
Feels like Mickelson is getting all the buzz
AUGUSTA, Ga. — It just feels too obvious. Picking Phil Mickelson to win this week’s Masters, to defend the Green Jacket he won last year, seems as out-on-a-limb as predicting...
Tiger, sounding like Charlie, says it’s ‘winning’ time
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- At times Tiger Woods was defiant and at other times cynical, which means at least from behind a microphone he is starting to resemble his old self...
Save the date! Barclays Center to open on Sept. 28, 2012
After years of false starts, economic malaise, local protests, lawsuits and atrocious basketball, New Jersey Nets officials finally unveiled some positive team news on Monday: The Barclays Center will be...
Nets are selling tickets — to Brooklyn games
The New Jersey Nets started selling tickets on Wednesday for its games in Brooklyn — the first tangible evidence that the Barclays Center arena is on schedule for its 2012...
The Gibran Acadmy: Anatomy of a disaster
The Khalil Gibran International Academy, an Arabic language and culture middle school named after the famed Lebanese Christian poet, was a lightning rod of controversy from the very beginning. Given...
Crackdown! City hitting cyclists with twice as many tickets
Cops are slapping cyclists with nearly double the number of traffic tickets per month in the wake of a “crackdown” on rogue bikers in Brooklyn.Officers wrote at least 695 bicycle...
Merchants on Ave. H want to conquer divide
A band of Midwood merchants say their piece of Avenue H has the potential to become the next hip strip in Brooklyn, but construction on the nearby B and Q...
This is Hell's Kitchen?
On a recent Saturday evening, a small army of servers outfitted in charcoal vests and apple-green ties ferried little plates of amuse-bouche to an elegant, smartly dressed clientele. The scene...
When the LES was more
I remember, somewhat fondly, the Lower East Side before developers, yuppies and the city government gentrified it. Though the area was filled with crime, drugs and derelict buildings, that seedy...
Japan bans '24'
Japanese broadcasters won't show the final season of Fox's "24," as planned -- because its storyline involves radiation poisoning. Executives at TV Tokyo say they're sensitive to the storyline in...
Actors make drama a divorce of nature
In the first few minutes of the New Group's "Marie and Bruce," the title couple take their place among some of history's most codependent antagonists: George and Martha in "Who's...
Half-off their rockers
If you're still thinking you can turn to TLC in a pinch to learn how to split an atom or translate that old papyrus document you have hanging around from...
Ch. 11 says no to Vince
TV reporter Vince DeMentri says he tried, unsuccessfully, to get his old job back at Ch. 11 after being cleared in a highly publicized chaffeur-slap case. "I had some conversations...
Cannon follows in Seacrest's steps
Watch out Ryan Seacrest, Nick Cannon's gunning for you. The "America's Got Talent" host will begin hosting the weekly syndicated CBS Radio program "Cannon's Countdown," April 23. The new radio...
Rock's in a hard place
By all rights, the new Broadway play "The Motherf**ker With the Hat" should be a feather in a cap. Chris Rock heads up a strong cast including the excellent Bobby...
Vieira out?
Meredith Vieira is said to be eyeing an exit from NBC's "Today" show this fall. Vieira, who replaced Katie Couric in 2006, is expected to depart NBC's top-rated morning show...
Starr report
The Milian Airess: Believe it or not, it's been 10 years since Judge Marilyn Milian took over "The People's Court" (4 p.m./Ch. 5). I figured it would be a good...
Celeb chefs miss Asian-BBQ mark
'I have two completely different stomachs -- my savory stomach and my dessert stomach," a man ager at Ember Room cheerfully in formed us one night. We had no stomach...
'Sweet' on Big Apple
If you’re a woman of a certain age — say, 25 to 40 — you probably spent hundreds of hours of wasted youth on the candy-colored series “Sweet Valley High.”...
More Southwest cracks
DALLAS -- Southwest Airlines said yesterday it had finished inspecting its grounded older planes and five of them have cracks in the aluminum skin. That's two more than the airline...
Bimboozled at Rutgers: Suckers for Snooki
It is totally absurd that Rutgers University would waste money to have Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi make an appearance ("Snooki $nit at Rutgers," April 3). Snooki's tawdry behavior is a bad...
Mets: bidder up!
The Mets may have found their financial white knight. At least three suitors have expressed interest this week in buying a minority stake in the Mets -- adhering to the...
How ObamaCare strokes the fat cats
When government says it's set to do something for the little guy, hang on to your wallet. The latest evidence for this came in a congressional report released last week,...
'Mona Lisa' dig
ROME -- Italian researchers plan to dig up bones in a Florence convent to try to identify the remains of a Renaissance woman long believed to be the model for...
Red-hot school adds 5th K'garten
The Park Slope school that's so desirable that staffers have resorted to playing detective to root out families that gave false addresses to enroll kids there has found one solution...
Iran's deadly exports
On Sunday, Malta released the last of five Iranian ships it had seized on a tip from the German police. Maltese authorities said the vessels were carrying "unauthorized cargo," a...
Always the sore loser
It's nothing new that the left is hostile to democracy ("The Left vs. Democracy," Editorial, April 4). When the left wins an election, it says the people have spoken. When...
How Yale became a sexual cesspool
Yale University suddenly finds itself the center of a p.r. fiasco and a federal investigation on that most perilous of topics: sex. A group of 16 students and alumni has...
Mike offers UConngrats
Leading your team to a national college basketball championship has its rewards: an invitation from Mayor Bloomberg to catch a Knicks game together. Bloomberg wasted no time extending the offer...
Seven slain in Yemen chaos
At least seven people were killed and dozens wounded as violence continued throughout Yemen yesterday. The clashes, in at least three cities, were among the worst in seven weeks of...
Espada & son set for court fight
Former state Senate Major ity Leader Pedro Espada Jr. and his son were back in Brooklyn federal court yesterday to face new tax-fraud charges connected to their al leged skimming...
PA's $8M 'secret'
The Port Authority paid at least $8 million for vehicles and equipment without justifying the need, a new report claims. State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli found that in a sampling of...
Pol: Pics can cut ACS flubs
ALBANY -- A picture could save 1,000 lives, says a state lawmaker outraged by charges of caseworker neglect in the death of a 4-year-old Brooklyn girl. State Sen. Martin Golden...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn Cops collared a suspect this week in a 2009 Bushwick burglary. Ramon Rivera, 38, surrendered Monday for the alleged break-in on Oct. 2, 2009, at the Santa Barbara Deli...
Harass caused heart attack: suit
On-the-job harassment got a New Jersey woman so upset she had a heart attack, according to a $150 million sex-discrimination suit filed yesterday. Mahasti Koosha, 50, claims that "incessant abuse"...
US diplo booted
QUITO, Ecuador -- Ecuador said yesterday it was expelling the US ambassador following the publication of a diplomatic cable divulged by WikiLeaks in which the envoy accuses Ecuador's just-retired police...
Related Cos. Fannie buy
Fannie Mae is planning to sell a stake in many apartment buildings to Related Cos., the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The deal, whose value...
De Blasio's fine fiasco
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio -- who hopes to run for City Hall in 2013 -- is now fighting City Hall in hopes of beating $304,500 in fines his campaign...
Bitter Eric's Gitmo trial & tribulations
Eric Holder is too good for America. He knows best -- he said so himself! -- yet this nation of fools and bigots, aided and abetted by a cowardly Congress,...
Bye, bye 'birdie': 'Hate' kid keeps finger to himself
A few days in juvenile lockup was all tiny troublemaker Osman Daramy needed for a full attitude adjustment, as he meekly walked into Staten Island Family Court yesterday. Last week,...
No room for city at 4 WTC
City workers looking forward to moving into spectacular new offices at the World Trade Center in a couple of years had better get a Plan B. Developer Larry Silverstein surprisingly...
Deutsche 'tragedy'
The deaths of two firefighters during a smoky blaze at the former Deutsche Bank building was a "terrible tragedy," but, say lawyers for the men charged with killing the pair,...
Reform or go broke
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said Congress needs to "move the debate from billions in spending cuts to trillions" when he unveiled his budget this week. He's right. The...
Parkers will be meter beat-ers, cop warns
Let's get ready to rumble! A City Council proposal to ease parking violations would increase the number of physical confrontations between fine-wary motorists and ticketing agents, an NYPD inspector warned...
South Street 'beach' bigs: Let's swap sand for suds
It could be bye-bye, beach, and hello, beer garden, if developers of a South Street Seaport party spot get their way. Operators of Water Taxi Beach, a faux coastline at...
GOP: No go on budget
WASHINGTON -- No deal. A defiant House Speaker John Boehner emerged from a face-to-face showdown with President Obama yesterday and declared there was still no agreement on the budget. Boehner...
School-slay fiend guilty
A 20-year-old man was convicted yesterday of murder in the execution-style slayings of three college-bound friends in a Newark schoolyard in 2007, an incident that jolted the state's largest city...
Intercoms a 'rail' art hit
Straphangers can now find new MTA intercoms along the Lex line -- or at the MOMA. The sleek stainless-steel squawk boxes, that enable passengers to get help or information from...
Pilot's weird excuses to land on Queens beach
He just wanted to go to the beach! Joyriding pilot Jason Maloney made every loopy, bizarre excuse in the book to air-traffic controllers to justify setting down his single-engine Piper...
Tea Party toasts gov
The Tea Party has a new darling: Gov. Cuomo. The Tea Party Patriots yesterday praised Cuomo for slashing spending and holding the line on taxes in the just-approved state budget....
Business briefs
Limit up The SEC unveiled a long-awaited plan de signed to protect the markets from another flash crash. The "limit- up, limit-down" pro posal would require US- listed stocks to...
Jobs a mad man
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is drawing on a treasure trove of data about consumers' media habits to court Madison Avenue and build up his own mobile-ad business. The tech giant...
De Niro deadlock
Jurors say they are at an impasse in the Manhattan trial of an art-gallery director accused of stealing from actor Robert De Niro -- but the judge has told them...
Judge waits on death call
A federal judge said yesterday he wants to hear from US Attorney General Eric Holder before deciding whether to try to reapply the death penalty for a man convicted of...
A celebrity stylist on 57th
Celebrity shag slicer Ric Pipino will open a second Manhattan location at the Galleria at 115 E. 57th St. The stylist already has a glammed-up NoLIta location on Centre Street,...
A&F rises 11% on forecast
Abercrombie & Fitch forecast a strong profit next year and set an ambitious long term sales goal in anticipation of successful overseas growth, sending its shares up nearly 11 percent...
Goldstone's gall
How ironic that Richard Goldstone's retraction of his libelous report alleging Israeli "war crimes" -- commissioned by the UN Human Rights Council -- came just two days after the Obama...
Rate robbers
New Yorkers' electric bills are set to go up . . . how much? Did someone say 12 percent? Talk about, uh -- shockers. That kind of a hit would...
Feds drama in Raj's wrap-up
Federal prosecutors in the largest insider-trading trial in decades -- which so far boasts 16 days of testimony, 18 witnesses, 45 wiretaps and two proud courtroom moms -- are set...
'Up the river' views: Sing Sing condos
ALBANY -- The Big House could be replaced by condos. Sing Sing, the maximum-security Westchester prison whose very name once struck dread into the hearts of the most vicious mobsters...
Bam must kill KSM
WASHINGTON -- President Obama will have to personally sign the death warrant for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed if the military tribunal he's going to face sentences him to the...
Fat-wary pol: Ban toys in Happy meals
McDonald's may soon be serving burgers with cries. A portly city councilman wants to yank toys from the fast-food chain's Happy Meals to stop encouraging kids to scarf down too...
Rep. Frank backs 'swipe' fee delay
Rep. Barney Frank has thrown his prodigious political heft behind the backers of a provision to amend the so-called swipe fee rules on debit cards. Yesterday, the veteran Democratic lawmaker...
Pig & a poke: Rep. King threat racist, too
WASHINGTON -- The threatening package containing a bloody pig's foot sent to Rep. Pete King (R-LI) was as much a racist assault as it was religious hate mail, The Post...
Hearst execs descend on DC for company confab
The Hearst tower was emp tying out yesterday as more than 100 of the top executives flocked to Washington D.C. today for the first top managers meeting in the era...
Dish Networks grabs Blockbuster for $228M
Dish Networks has scooped up Blockbuster for $228 million -- a dramatic end to a furious bidding war against billionaire Carl Icahn in a court-administered bankruptcy auction that stretched into...
America's turning against ol' Warren Buffett
America appears to be turning against Warren Buffett's ducky public image as the honest oracle of high finance. A startling 72 percent of commenters on one cable network's Web site...
Google's on verge of victory
Google is poised to win Department of Justice approval for its controversial $700 million acquisition of ITA Software, The Post has learned. The DOJ's staff has not yet made a...
NY hotel developer packs bags
A leading Manhattan condo and hotel developer has lost control of two Midtown luxury hotels following a ruling by a New York state Supreme Court judge, according to WSJ.com. In...
Iraq vet wins battle to be Bravest
An Iraq war veteran who spent two years fighting America's enemies won a hard-fought legal battle yesterday when the state's highest court ordered he be hired as a city firefighter....
Left in Apple's iDust
The competition is finally catching up to Apple's iPad -- the original 2010 version of the device, that is. The new iPad 2, however, is better-performing and -- in a...
Phrase-y Charlie's patent bid
He wants to leave his mark -- on your wallet. Warlock wannabe Charlie Sheen is looking to cash in on 22 of his wacky catchphrases, including "Duh, Winning," "Vatican Assassin,"...
Atomic sushi jitters hit NY
With Japan facing a near-nuclear meltdown, nervous New York City sushi restaurants are desperate to reassure the jittery public that their chow isn't contaminated -- but some leery fish lovers...
Shocking and tricky power play
These guys are shockingly good at avoiding taxes. Two city power plants legally declared themselves factories rather than utilities to save a bundle on city property taxes, The Post has...
School-job no-$how ring nailed
School probers have busted a long-running custodial "no-show" job scam in which at least six dirty workers allegedly cleaned out city coffers of more than $600,000. Probers say suspected ringleader...
More bodies on LI beach, no Shannan
The mystery deepens. Missing call girl Shannan Gilbert's remains were not among those newly found on a desolate stretch of Long Island beach believed to be a serial killer's makeshift...
Khadafy's human shields
Moammar Khadafy's forces are using human shields to protect his thugs from airstrikes, NATO and witnesses said yesterday. NATO said it had destroyed 30 percent of Khadafy's military punch, but...
Giants owner can't ditch jury duty to help with draft
Giants co-owner John Mara tried a Hail Mary pass yesterday to get out of jury duty -- but his request was quickly sacked by the judge. Mara was selected as...
Couple in Vassar 'rip-off'
A former Vassar College construction manager and his wife, who tooled around in BMWs and sported Rolex watches, swiped $1.9 million from the school, cops said yesterday. Arthur Fisher, 44,...
Anna takes spin on the 'gat'-walk
That's one smokin' gun. Sizzling former Russian mole Anna Chapman sported the latest in spywear on a Moscow catwalk Monday -- a sleek black pistol, which she pointed at the...
'Rape cop' gal drunk
A woman who accused two cops of raping her in her East Village apartment was so stumbling drunk that night, she couldn't walk unassisted and vomited twice on her taxi...
Nuke leak plugged
TOKYO -- Workers at Japan's tsunami-ravaged nuclear-power plant today finally stemmed a liquid tide of radiation pouring into the Pacific and raising concerns over seafood safety. High contamination levels have...
Soriano squanders Yankees' lead in loss to Twins
One, two, three flush. Asked to protect a gem by CC Sabathia, Rafael Soriano picked the worst time to turn into Kyle Farnsworth. Armed with a four-run lead in the...
Yankees' Sabathia in better shape than last year
Cc Sabathia could be forgiven for not being at his peak in the first week of the regular season. But the Yankees don't feel the need to make excuses for...
Sports shorts
MLB: Feds rest in Bonds case A federal judge ruled jurors in the Barry Bonds trial may not hear a freshly rediscovered recording of two key witnesses -- ridiculed by...
Knicks rip Raptors, can pass 76ers with win
The Knicks are sharpening up for the playoffs, which begin in about 10 days. The Raptors looked like they were sharpening up for a trip next week to Turks &...
Soriano's silent treatment speaks volumes
Rafael Soriano came here on a bribe. No other team would pay him high-end dollars to be a closer, so he took the closer-esque payday offered by the Yankees to...
Tomorrow's Aqueduct Entries
Post Time: 1:00 pm. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST6 1/2f; $20,000; cl($15,000); 3upPNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1Stormin Bolt(L),122D Cohen3-2-8McLaghln 6-52Mount Karakorum(L),122M Luzzi6-1-9Odintz 12-13Cajun Jet(L),122S Husbands9-6-5Baker 8-14Fayoum(L),115G Rivera6-4-3Robinson 20-15Mr. Grievance(L),117B Pedroza3-5-7Asmussn...
Parx Racing Charts
Apr. 5, 2011 Rain And Muddy. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST5 1/2f; $34,000; mdn clm; 3YOOff: 12:28. 4. rail bid, drove clearTime: 23.41, 46.46, 59.36, 1:05.89.Trainer: Patricia FarroWinner: CH G,...
Ups and downs for big-game hunters
The numbers for New York's big-game season have been tallied and there does not seem to be any surprises. The deer harvest was up slightly from 2009 while the bear...
Lopez emerges as Nets' Iron Man
There have been nights where Nets coach Avery Johnson has wanted to push Brook Lopez off a cliff because of the center's rebounding -- or lack thereof. And there have...
Posada's bat only ticket to staying with Yankees
Jorge Posada no longer could hit his way behind the plate. So now he tries to hit his way to something else that matters to him deeply -- remaining a...
Analysis
Post time: 12:25 pm. All horses appear in post position order FIRST-6 1/2f; $9,000; mdn cl($8,000); 3YO RUBY ROAD drew rail and stretches out after finishing fourth this level. DOUBLE...
Affrunti's Hawthorne Grade
Post Time: 2:20 pm.FIRST-6f; $10,000; cl($5,000); 4up; (f&m)1-BlackGiraffe 1192-That'saStory 1196-StiversSuprse 1215-CountryBmBm 1194-StaySeesMom 1193-Cart's Linda 112SECOND-1 1/16m; $10,000; cl($5,000); 3up6-Smoky Storm 1223-Toquinho 1225-Frank'sChoice 1222-CastaColdEye 1241-Cole B 1247-LoyalLightft 1224-Rulerous 122THIRD-1 1/16m; $18,000;...
Beulah Results
FIRST-5f; $3,500; clm; 3up; (f&m)6ThundrofHpe (Vergara) 3.802.602.101Rich Widow (Yaranga)2.802.203Friendly Mistress (Hndz)2.60 Scr: Sumthinfunkygoinon. * Exacta (6-1) $7.40 * Superfecta (6-1-3-2) $60.40 * Trifecta (6-1-3) $20.20SECOND-5f; $3,500; clm; 3up6Putmeupfront (Paucar) 6.803.803.201Father...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 1m; $25,000; cl($16,000); 3up; (f&m)FULL N SASSY drew the rail and steps up in class while seeking her third consecutive victory. CHEROKEE TRICK finished third in starter handicap in...
Nicklaus: Major record's no cakewalk for Woods
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Jack Nicklaus made his annual trip to Augusta National to take part in last night's Champion's Dinner after a visit to the local VA Hospital to visit...
NFL union goes to judge to lift lockout
NFL players hope the wheels of justice turn quickly for them today in a St. Paul, Minn., courtroom. A federal judge is scheduled to hear the request from 10 locked-out...
Westwood endures emergency landing on way to Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- The treacherous greens of Augusta National and the pressure that awaits at the 75th Masters can't be as nerve-wrecking as what Lee Westwood went through just to...
Rangers' Callahan done for season
The Rangers tell you they will pay the price, the Rangers prove to you that they will pay the price, and now, the Rangers have paid the price for the...
The Post Line
NBAFavoriteLineUnderdogSIXERS 5 KnicksPISTONS 5 NetsPACERS11 WizardsRAPTORS 7 CavaliersMagic 6½BOBCATSHEAT 8½BucksHORNETS 2½RocketsSuns 6 T'WOLVESTHUNDER10½ClippersSPURS12 KingsMAVERICKS 4 NuggetsLakers 6½WARRIORSNHLFavoriteLineUnderdogDEVILS$120-140Maple LeafsBRUINS$190-230IslandersCAPITALS$240-300PanthersHURRICANES-110-110Red WingsBLACKHAWKS$180-220BluesFLAMES$240-300OilersDUCKS$105-125SharksKINGS$115-135CoyotesHome team in CAPS
Today's Sports on Air
Baseball1:30 p.m.Pirates at CardinalsMLBN2:10 p.m.Diamondbacks at CubsWGN7 p.m.Mets at PhilliesSNY, WFAN (660 AM)7 p.m.Twins at YankeesYES, WCBS (880 AM)Basketball7 p.m.Knicks at 76ersMSG, ESPN (1050 AM)8 p.m.Bucks at HeatESPN 10:30 p.m.Lakers...
Hondo's slithering
Bumgarner failed to earn a stall in Hondo's stable of stalwarts last night, flopping in San Diego to trim the wad to double digits at 65 fregosis Today, Mr. Aitch...
Garcia ready for first start with Yankees
Freddy Garcia hasn't been a Yankee long, but he knows the drill. "You come here, you have to pitch good," said tonight's starter against the Twins and Carl "American Idle"...
Penguins paste Devils
PITTSBURGH -- Seven days after all but conceding the Atlantic Division to Philadelphia, the Pittsburgh Penguins aren't so sure now. Pascal Dupuis had two goals and the Penguins moved a...
Rangers slip to 8th as Canadiens, Sabres win
The idle Rangers slipped to eighth place in the Eastern Conference last night as the Canadiens and Sabres won to surge ahead in the standings. P.K. Subban scored a power-play...
Knicks' D'Antoni must keep Stoudemire rested for playoffs
The mayor of Madison Square Garden was in fine spirits an hour before tip-off last night, an hour before the freshly-minted playoff Knicks would begin the denouement phase of their...
Deron's late hoop fuels Nets over Timberwolves
If this was the last game of Deron Williams' season -- and it was "probably a possibility this was the last one" -- then he picked one heckuva way to...
Mets' Bay unlikely to make expected return date
PHILADELPHIA -- Jason Bay might receive a little extra time to work on his tan. The injured Mets outfielder played catch yesterday in Port St. Lucie, but general manager Sandy...
If Walsh leaves Knicks, Colangelo could be successor
If Knicks team president Donnie Walsh decides he does not want to be here next season, one solid candidate was at the Garden last night -- Raptors general manager Bryan...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYApr. 6THUApr. 7FRIApr. 8SATApr. 9SUNApr. 10MONApr. 11 TUEApr. 12KnicksPhiladelphia7:00TV -- MSG NetworkRadio -- ESPN 1050 AMNOGAMENets7:00MSGESPNNOGAMEInd.7:00MSGESPNNOGAMEChi.8:00TNTESPNNetsDetroit û7:30No TVRadio -- WBBR 1130 AMNOGAMEKnicks7:00YESWBBRNOGAMETor.6:00YESWFANChar.7:00YESWBBRNOGAMERangersNOGAMEAtl.7:00MSGESPNNOGAMEDevs12:30MSGESPNEndofReg.Sea.IslandersBoston7:00TV -- MSG Plus2 NetworkRadio- WRHU (88.7 FM)NOGAMEPitt.7:00MSG+WRHUPhil.7:00MSG+WRHUEndofReg.Sea.DevilsToronto7:00TV --...
Weird but true
A New Hampshire judge has ruled a Londonderry motorist not guilty of speeding -- despite the undisputed fact that he was driving at 102 mph. John Coughlin was rushing his...
Here's hoping Calhoun returns to UConn bench
HOUSTON -- Will he or won't he? No, we're not wondering if Kemba Walker will return to Connecticut for his senior season. We're talking about college basketball's reigning grand papa...
Championship brickfest takes ratings hit
Butler couldn't stay in it until the end this time, and television ratings were down for the national championship game. Connecticut's defense-dominated 53-41 win Monday on CBS earned an 11.7...
Texas A&M women win NCAA title
INDIANAPOLIS -- Danielle Adams scored 22 of her 30 points in a dominating second half and Texas A&M beat Notre Dame 76-70 last night to win its first national championship....
D stands for depressing
Here are all the service changes affecting you this weekend (Saturday, April 9 at 12:01 am to Monday, April 11 at 5 am, unless otherwise noted):D: No trains between Pacific...
Fired Ozzie's barista gets out-of-court settlement in 'union' flap
A former barista who sued Ozzie’s coffeehouse, alleging that store owners fired him for trying to unionize, won a $15,500 out-of-court settlement from the Park Slope java joint last month.“I’m...
No 'Big Dig': Planners likely to take BQE tunnel option off the table
Dig they won’t.State and federal transportation officials told civic leaders and residents on Wednesday night that there is not enough money to move ahead on an ambitious — and popular...
Crackdown! City hitting cyclists with twice as many tickets
Cops are slapping cyclists with nearly double the number of traffic tickets per month in the wake of a “crackdown” on rogue bikers in Brooklyn.Officers wrote at least 695 bicycle...
Softball roundup: D'Amico's no-no leads Lab Museum United
Sarah D’Amico twirled a five-inning no-hitter and struck out 15 batters to lead Lab Museum United to a 12-0 win over Norman Thomas in Manhattan B-II softball Tuesday at Harlem...
STRIVE trips a chance for athletes to expand training, world view
Not too long ago Katherine Trotzuk was a mother trying to help manage the high school running career of her oldest son Dylan at Collegiate. In 2006 he spent time...
Poly Prep's super sophomore blanks Xaverian
Five Major-League scouts descended on Bay Ridge Tuesday afternoon to see Xaverian catcher Elvin Soto. They left raving about Poly Prep sophomore Andrew Zapata. The lean 6-foot-1 right-hander turned in...
Braziller's thoughts on the already-under-way PSAL baseball season
Admission of guilt: I wasn’t looking forward to baseball season, not doing previews, not standing in the cold, not traveling to Staten Island. None of it. I didn’t see quite...
Rogue construction on North Seventh Street
Now that’s a bad neighbor.Residents of N. Seventh Street in Williamsburg are fuming over a new condo being built so close to its neighbors that its scaffolding juts into their...
Crackdown! City hitting cyclists with twice as many tickets
Cops are slapping cyclists with nearly double the number of traffic tickets in the wake of a “crackdown” on rogue bikers in Brooklyn.Officers wrote at least 695 bicycle summonses in...
The Gibran Academy: Anatomy of a disaster
The Khalil Gibran International Academy, an Arabic language and culture middle school named after the famed Lebanese Christian poet, was a lightning rod of controversy from the very beginning. Given...
Ivy League softball preview: Lions Manning up for title run
One couldn’t blame Ray Barile for being concerned. His Horace Mann softball team graduated shortstop Lauren DelPrete, one of the top hitters around and a second team All-City honoree by...
Youth movement will try to lead Poly to sixth straight Ivy title
With many new faces, one thing is for certain with Poly Prep in 2011. “The target is on our back,” coach Mildred Piscopo said. Of course, that’s to be expected...
No 'Big Dig': Planners likely to take BQE tunnel option off the table
Dig they won’t.State and federal transportation officials told civic leaders and residents on Wednesday night that there is not enough money to move ahead on an ambitious — and popular...