April 8, 2011
De Ro to make starting debut in Philly derby
As loaded as the Red Bull lineup was _ and with Thierry Henry and Rafa Marquez, it was plenty star-studded _ there was an element of creativity missing from their attack,...
Cop cuffed for alleged drunk driving
An allegedly drunk NYPD detective was arrested after crashing his car on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway last night, authorities said. Thomas Handley, a detective from the 90th precinct in Williamsburg, Brooklyn,...
'Company' folks
My review of the New York Philharmonic's "Company" will be in tomorrow's paper, but in the meantime have a gander at this slideshow. As you can tell from the first...
NBA fines Nets $50,000 for Jay-Z's Kentucky visit
The NBA yesterday fined the Nets $50,000 for Jay-Z visiting the University of Kentucky’s locker room after coach John Calipari’s Wildcats clinched a Final Four berth at Prudential Center last...
Laura Osnes shines in 'Anything Goes'
A lot of ink is being spilled -- deservedly so -- on Sutton Foster in "Anything Goes" but one of the show's two stealth weapons is Laura Osnes, who's overcome...
BREAKING: MTA will move its Greenpoint bus fleet to make room for park
Park that park in Greenpoint!The MTA has finally agreed to move buses from a Commercial Street lot that locals have long desired for a waterfront park.MTA Chairman Jay Walder announced...
Oprah won't endorse Obama in next election: report
CHICAGO -- Oprah Winfrey, the queen of daytime television, will not be publicly endorsing President Barack Obama for re-election in 2012, a source told Pop Eater. Back in 2008, the...
The Sunday read — the real story behind the dethroning of Cupcake King
The King of Cupcakes is dead — but the epic fight over the demise of the popular Park Slope shop wages on.The failure of the fledgling business is a cautionary...
'Black Watch,' the must-see play about Iraq, returns to St. Ann's Warehouse
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Ramirez retires after failed drug test
Tampa Bay slugger Manny Ramirez tested positive for a banned substance for the second time and informed Major League Baseball on Friday that he is retiring rather than face a...
Japan restores power to rattled nuclear plants
TOKYO -- Utilities in northern Japan Friday restored main grid power to three nuclear facilities hit by a strong earthquake the night before, reminding a nervous populace of the vulnerabilities...
Christmas in April! Stars Duhamel and SJP celebrate 'New Year's Eve' on Smith Street
Hollywood hotties turned Carroll Gardens into a winter wonderland this week, tossing up glittering Christmas decorations as a backdrop for “New Year’s Eve,” a romantic comedy starting cinematic sexpot Josh...
Win 'Wood' be 5 in row for Uncle Mo
Uncle Mo gives his owner, trainer and jockey every indication he can be a special racehorse. Owner Mike Repole sees it in Uncle’s Mo’s eyes, and in the bay colt’s...
Yankees farm system roundup: Gary Sanchez picks up where he left off in 2010
Gary Sanchez had a sensational first year of professional baseball in 2010, hitting .353 with six home runs and 36 RBI in 31 at-bats in the Gulf Coast League before...
Follow Nationals at Mets here
After struggling in the final two games of their season-opening trip, the Mets looked forward to a return home. They hope to avoid a third straight loss in their home...
Mets lose to Nationals
Jordan Zimmermann had no idea how to hit a knuckleball. Still, he hung in there at the plate and surprised the Mets. Zimmermann spoiled the Mets’ 50th home opener with...
Ousted Schools Chancellor Cathie Black says sexism may have led to her ouster
Ousted Schools Chancellor Cathie Black said today that she was may have been the victim of sexism when Mayor Bloomberg decided to show her the door. Black, who lasted just...
Mets farm system roundup: Top prospect Harvey has sensational debut
The Mets couldn't have hoped for anything more from Matt Harvey's professional debut.The former North Carolina right-hander, who the Mets selected with the seventh overall pick in the 2010 draft,...
Von Trier preview
Good news for folks like me who can't wait for Lars von Trier's newest, "Melancholia'': The trailer for the film is available on line at melancholiathemovie.com. Billed as "a beautiful...
Giffords to attend Florida space shuttle launch commanded by husband
TUCSON, Ariz. -- US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), gravely wounded in a shooting in Tucson last January, plans to attend the April 29 launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour, which will...
Run down Rodney Park to be spruced up next year
Game on.The city will overhaul Rodney Park, a decrepit Williamsburg playground next to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway near Rodney Street, giving kids a sparkling $450,000 play area.The skinny five-block-long park has...
'Rape cop' jurors hear incriminating police radio transmissions
"Nine-one," Officer Franklin Mata calls out on a crackling radio transmission replayed for jurors today in the so-called "rape cops" trial. It's cop-talk for "job done; condition corrected." Trouble is,...
JFK's AirTrain vulnerable to terror targets, PA big says
All aboard one of New York’s most vulnerable terror targets — the Kennedy Airport AirTrain. "It’s unmanned and unpoliced," Robert Morris, executive vice president of the Port Authority PBA, told...
Police: Murder suspect said he met woman in NY bar; had bite mark and scratches
GOSHEN, N.Y. — A registered sex offender accused of murdering an aspiring dancer from Texas appeared to have a bite mark on his finger and scratches on his back two...
Appeals court rejects Larry Silverstein's appeal in Sept. 11 damages case
A Manhattan appeals court today rejected developer Larry Silverstein's challenge of $1.2 billion in settlements to other Ground Zero businesses, shrinking the amount he can collect over the Sept. 11...
Yankees give Red Sox first win
BOSTON -- Phil Hughes’ second start was even worse than his first: He lasted fewer innings, gave up more runs, and allowed the desperate Boston Red Sox their first win...
Follow Yankees at Red Sox here
The Yankees are looking past the Red Sox's 0-6 record and fully expect their rivals to regroup and be part of the pennant race in arguably the deepest division in...
NYPD 'ready' for Sheen's 'Torpedo of Truth'
Charle Sheen’s "Violent Torpedo of Truth" is about to land on New York tonight -- but the NYPD isn’t worried about getting hit by the weapon of self-promotion. "We have...
Vick wants to meet with Burress after release
Michael Vick knows what it’s like to sit in prison when he should be playing in the NFL, and the Eagles quarterback wants to visit with Plaxico Burress once the...
Snooki's Rutgers appearance sparks controversy in NJ senate
Wahhhhh! A New Jersey state senator said today that he wants to sponsor legislation that will allow students to opt into or out of campus events requiring a fee after...
Blue Bird school buses recalled on fire concerns
WASHINGTON -- Blue Bird Body Company, one of the nation's largest school bus manufacturers, said Friday it was recalling nearly 4,000 vehicles due to fire concerns. According to documents posted...
Promoting 'The Tree of Life'
I tend to err on the side of conservatism when writing in advance about movies from The Post's sister companies like Fox Searchlight. But you may want to check out...
Loughner's defense file for exclusive access to mental exam videos
Lawyers for accused Tucson shooter Jared Lee Loughner filed a motion late Thursday with the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals asking that only his defense attorneys be given access...
Teen says 400 suicide bombers in training in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A teenager arrested as an accomplice to Pakistan's deadliest suicide bombing this year said Friday that up to 400 suicide bombers were being groomed to wage terror...
DVR alert: Hot to trot
Harold Schuster's utterly charming "Wings of the Morning'' (1937) has Annabella pretending to be a boy, Henry Fonda, Leslie Banks, famed tenor John McCormack, race horses, gypsies -- and most important, stunningly beautiful three-strip Technicolor cimematography on...
Tiger 3 back at Masters after 66
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- The fist kept pumping. The cheers kept growing. The ball kept dropping. In the fading sunlight of Augusta National, Tiger Woods finally looked like himself again. Rory...
Legal woes? Berlusconi jokes about 'bunga bunga' with college grads
ROME — Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi doesn't seem to be letting his legal woes get him down. On Friday, as he handed out prizes to a dozen promising young...
St. John's coach Lavin diagnosed with prostate cancer
St. John’s coach Steve Lavin was host of the Women’s Coaches vs. Cancer Luncheon at the Final Four in Houston last week. Little did most of those in attendance know...
Knicks' Amar'e rests sprained ankle, sits out against Nets
Fearing for health in the first round of the playoffs, Amar’e Stoudemire is missing Friday’s Knicks game in Newark vs. the Nets with a sprained left ankle and could sit...
Decisions on psych defense, confession for underwear model accused of castrating man still pending
Portuguese underwear model Renato Seabra was hauled to court in Manhattan on his sensational castration murder case today, wearing a snappy grey suit -- a gift from his mother, who's...
Madoff claims senior J.P. Morgan execs knew of $65B Ponzi scheme
BUTNER, N.C. -- Imprisoned US Ponzi scheme fraudster Bernard Madoff alleged that some senior executives at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. "knew what was going on" and that all the...
Intense gunfire reported in western Libyan city of Misrata, killing at least four
MISRATA, Libya – Forces loyal to Libyan strongman Moammar Khadafy exchanged heavy fire with rebels Friday in the insurgent-controlled city of Misrata, a battered battleground for more than 40 days...
‘Dr. Oz’ revisits radiation controversy
"The Dr. Oz” show will revisit the topic of medical radiation — after being accused of airing “erroneous” information on a previous show. The American Society of Radiology and the...
Revival Circuit: Why I think 'Obsession' is one of the greatest '70s movies, though I don't have much use for Brian DePalma otherwise
While the auteur theory introduced by the gang at Cahiers du Cinema and refined by Andrew Sarris -- that the director is the "author'' of a film, no matter how...
EA slapped with class-action anti-trust lawsuit over Madden, NCAA and AFL titles
Electronic Arts has been hit with a class-action lawsuit regarding their incredibly successful Madden NFL, NCAA Football and Arena Football League franchises.According to the lawsuit, which was filed by Geoffrey...
Three cheers! Rep. Ackerman gives Ban what for
Yesterday, we recommended that any members of Congress meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon demand that the institution nullify the infamous slander known as the Goldstone Report. We are pleased to...
Mayor Bloomberg calls ousted school chief Cathie Black 'phenomenally competent'
A day after showing her the door, Mayor Bloomberg said it is hard to say why Cathie Black's reign as schools chancellor derailed after just 96 days -- and instead...
One dead, one seriously injured in British nuclear submarine shooting
SOUTHAMPTON, England -- One British naval officer died and another officer was in life-threatening condition Friday after a fellow servicemember shot them onboard the nuclear submarine HMS Astute, Sky News...
Man arrested in NY Times Square case reaches deal
BOSTON — A Pakistani man arrested in Massachusetts during the investigation into the failed Times Square bombing is willing to admit he lied to federal agents and be deported under...
Obama wants energy solutions -- 'maybe'
At a townhall in Pennsylvania the other day President Obama gave long-winded, none-too-clear response to the question of why is gas so expensive now. Much criticism of his response has...
Nets lose Williams, Humphries for rest of season
Deron Williams is done for what passes as the remainder of the season for the Nets, he’s undergoing wrist surgery Friday to remove bone fragments and scar tissue from his...
NATO chief expresses 'strong regret' over Libya friendly fire strike
BRUSSELS -- The head of NATO expressed regret Friday at deaths caused by an alliance air strike on rebel tanks in Libya, calling the bombing an "unfortunate incident." "This is...
Lawmakers strike 'historic' budget deal; pass stopgap to keep government running
WASHINGTON — A last minute budget deal, forged amid bluster and tough bargaining, averted an embarrassing federal shutdown and cut billions in spending — the first major test of the...
Twins get bad break
The Twins left Yankee Stadium with more than hurt pride. They lost second baseman Tsuyoshi Nishioka to a broken left leg after Nick Swisher slid into him at second base...
Forlorn Fenway up next after Yankees top Twins
Bring on the Dead Sox! The Yankees rolled out of Yankee Stadium last night and headed to Fenway Park, winners of their first two series of the season after defeating...
Red-faced Sox off to worst possible start
You know what it’s like there because you know what it would be like here. You know what the Yankees will be walking into in Boston, because there have been...
McIlroy, 21, fires way to early lead at Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. — When he was scolded by the woman who lives next door to the house he is renting in Augusta on Wednesday night for being too loud playing...
Saez sends LIC into win column
It was fitting that Edwin Saez was on the mound and at the plate in the seminal moments of Long Island City’s slump-busting 8-4 victory over Lane on Thursday. For...
Woods staring up at brash kid
AUGUSTA, Ga. — While Rory McIlroy was scorching Augusta National, making birdies at a rate that seemed unimaginable in the opening round of a major championship, Tiger Woods was plodding...
Tabbed as favorites, Red Sox searching for answers
The Yankees will play the beasts of the AL East this week. But before the Orioles come to The Bronx on Tuesday, the Yankees will first take on the Red...
Slow start, early error hurts Pilots in loss to Preston
Cardinal Spellman has been one of the top teams in CHSAA Bronx/Westchester, but has struggled in recent years against the division’s elite – namely rival Preston. With a veteran team...
PSAL baseball roundup: Fitzpatrick pitches Madison to win in league opener
Mike Fitzpatrick allowed one unearned run and struck out five in five innings as Madison picked up a 9-1 victory over Brooklyn Tech Wednesday in its Brooklyn A East opener....
Softball roundup: RKA wins wild one over Stevenson
Zanovia Pierce went 2-for-2 with three RBIs and two runs scored and Riverdale/Kingsbridge scored two runs in the top of the seventh to beat Adlai Stevenson, 11-10, in PSAL Bronx...
Fordham picks up verbals from Mass. brothers
Fordham wrapped up its 2011 recruiting class and added a prominent 2013 prospect by gaining verbal commitments from brothers Jared and Jake Fay of Brimmer & May (Mass.) on Thursday,...
Experienced Lane remains confident despite loss to LIC
They dressed slowly and chatted with each other, not wanting to leave the field. When they did change and leave the field, they did so together, heads held high and...
Manhattan Center senior honored with Debusschere Award
Michelle Valle had no idea she was on TV. All the Manhattan Center senior knew was that she was receiving an award at Madison Square Garden during halftime of a...
Panthers' Lagqui making a big impact early
Kitty Lagqui knows a thing about waiting your turn. The Preston junior felt she had a chance to make the school’s varsity softball team last season, but with senior catcher...
Back in action: Preston's Davidow returns to stifle Spellman
Kristie Davidow wasn’t sure how her arm was going to feel in her first regular-season game of the year. The Preston junior ace had been dealing with some trouble with...
Strong Seward keeping swagger in check
Seward Park was waiting patiently for its PSAL second-round playoff game last spring when the Bears turned into cheerleaders. No. 18 Bayside was on the verge of shocking powerhouse and...
CHSAA baseball roundup: Sea shuts out Moore in opener
St. Joseph by the Sea opened defense of its CHSAA Class AA intersectional title in style, defeating Staten Island rival Moore Catholic, 5-0, Thursday afternoon in Travis. Left-hander Anthony DeMonte...
NYC volleyball pioneer back coaching Aviation after stroke, heart surgery
Freddie Rodriguez was teaching his last class of the day at Aviation HS back in November and he could hardly wait to get out of the Long Island City, Queens...
This beached tale leaves you 'Surf' bored
You'd think it would be hard to make an uninteresting movie based on the true story of Bethany Hamilton, a teenager who bravely resumed competing as a surfer after losing...
De-lightful musical revival is easy to love
Sutton Foster is one of the most likable, charismatic personalities on Broadway. She's a genuine musical-theater animal -- but does that make her right for Reno Sweeney, the heart and...
Trained assassin's deadly dull
'Hanna" doesn't go wrong immediately. It takes at least 2½ minutes, when we see Saoirse Ronan -- the vaguely extraterrestrial sprite of "Atonement" and "The Lovely Bones" -- in a...
Weed like a film less half-baked
First, a consumer warning: The ubiquitous Natalie Portman, who gets third billing for her third release this year (she has two more next month), does not show up until the...
Meek's Cutoff
Kelly Reichardt's eloquent "Meek's Cutoff" is a West ern, but any similarities be tween it and, say, a Gene Autry or Hopalong Cassidy shoot-em-up are nonexistent. Think of Reichardt's flick...
Levine returns, Met soldiers on
Alban Berg's "Wozzeck," about a bullied soldier's descent into madness, is one of the grimmer operas around. Yet it was cause for jubilation Wednesday night when Met music director James...
Pregnant again, '30 Rock' star worried about show
Tina Fey -- the reigning queen of TV comedy -- is pregnant again. But the people on her sitcom, "30 Rock," may not be laughing. Is Baby No. 2 for...
Ceremony
A frisky but failing chil dren's book author (Michael Angarano) makes a play for a woman (Uma Thurman) old enough to be his mother on the eve of her wedding...
Slipping into sound 'Sleep'
I had breakfast recently with Nick Hytner, head of Great Britain's National Theatre. He's in town checking up on the National's production of "War Horse," which opens Thursday at Lincoln...
Starr report
True crime fans -- and there are lots of 'em -- might not be aware of Crimesider, an online adjunct to CBS' " 48 Hours Mystery" brand that's been around...
Simon's simple 'X Factor' formula
Simon Cowell knows his new show, “The X Factor,” has to differentiate itself from the (music reality show) pack. With his old show, “American Idol,” going great guns without him,...
NYer 'Idol' shock
New York lost the chance again last night for an "American Idol" winner. Pia Toscano, a 22-year-old former wedding singer from Howard Beach, Queens, was voted off last night --...
Caroline Kennedy free pass
Hey, Caroline Kennedy. Chris Brown just called to ask, "What's your secret?" He can't go on a talk show without someone asking him about hitting his girlfriend two years ago....
Not much to look at!
Attempting to fill Dudley Moore’s top hat in “Arthur,” Russell Brand rapidly descends the rungs of the comedy ladder from “unfunny” to “irritating” to “vulgar” to the bottom one —...
Meeting Spencer
A washed-up theater director tries to get back in the game in the meager comedy "Meeting Spencer." As the director, Jeffrey Tambor is heroically game. The script relies heavily on...
The Elephant in the Living Room
As my cat, Audrey, will con firm, I love animals. But I draw the line at having lions, tigers, gigantic snakes, bears and other predators as pets. Other people have...
Henry's Crime
Keanu Reeves plays a hapless tollbooth clerk who goes to prison for accidentally robbing a bank -- then decides to intentionally rob the same bank in the middling caper flick...
To Die Like a Man
The Portuguese snoozer "To Die Like a Man" might also be called "Boys Who Like Boys Who Want To Be Girls." But even that snazzier title wouldn't make it any...
Meet Monica Velour
'You screw a few hundred guys, and the world turns against you," says Kim Cattrall's character in this low-key comedy about a washed-up porn actress and a virginal geek. You...
Born To Be Wild 3D
It's sort of poetic justice that the wretched "Sucker Punch" is getting kicked off four Manhattan IMAX screens after just two weeks by this charming nature documentary. With rare exceptions...
St. Vinny's sale OK'd
A bankruptcy court yesterday approved the sale of the shuttered St. Vincent's Medical Center in Greenwich Village. The ruling paves the way for the North Shore-LIJ health-care system to open...
Ex-top cop in Dodger camp now
LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angles Dodgers have hired former LAPD and NYPD chief Bill Bratton to begin assessing security measures at Dodger Stadium following the near-fatal beating of a...
Man arrested after 2 cops injured in Bronx crash
A drunken driver has been arrested after a horrific head-on crash left two police officers hospitalized in the Bronx, police sources said. Mike Diaz, of West Haven, Conn., was speeding...
Run, Obama, run -- far away from us!
THE ISSUE: President Obama's launch of his campaign for re-election in 2012. *** President Obama's decision to move Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's trial to Gitmo and his announcement of his re-election...
Ryan's 'roadmap': The moral message
Lost in the reaction to Rep. Paul Ryan's "Roadmap for America's Fu ture" budget resolution -- which seeks to reform "entitlements," abolish ObamaCare, retire the national debt and put the...
PA security gap
In The Post's story on Port Authority Police overtime, the PA ignored certain facts ("OT Hogs Cost PA $18M/Yr.," April 3). Its overtime-curtailment strategy has two components: reduction of patrol...
'Cop-slay' pray mom
Accused cop-killer George Villanueva made a brief court appearance yesterday, but the drama was outside the courtroom -- where his mom threw herself on the floor and swore her son's...
ESPN to go live on Apple devices
Walt Disney Co.'s ESPN is allowing owners of Apple Inc.'s iPad and iPhone who subscribe to pay-television service to watch its channels live on their devices. "WatchESPN," available today at...
Parking-rage victim wakes
A woman punched into a coma during a fight over an East Village parking spot in February has regained consciousness, The Post has learned. But Lana Rosa, 25, remains hospitalized...
Japan aftershocker
TOKYO -- A magnitude-7.4 aftershock rattled Japan last night, knocking out power across a large swath of the northern part of the country nearly a month after the devastating earthquake...
Charles to visit O
LONDON -- Prince Charles plans to visit the White House next month, British officials said yesterday. The Prince of Wales, who last visited the States in 2007, will meet with...
Teacher peer plan
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wants public-school teachers evaluated yearly -- by other teachers in the same district. Christie, a Republican, outlined his proposal yesterday in a New York speech...
Stalemate in Libyan crisis
The Libyan civil war is headed for a stalemate that will leave Moammar Khadafy in power, according to the general who led US airstrikes. Gen. Carter Ham, who heads the...
Israel defense force (field)
Israel blasted an incoming Palestinian rocket out of the sky yesterday in the first combat success of a Star Wars-type missile, officials said. The newly installed, US-subsidized "Iron Dome" defense...
Business briefs
Google deal Google is close to a deal with the Justice De partment that would allow it to buy airline ticketing software com pany ITA for $700 mil lion, while...
O's Palestine problem
As President Obama enters the re-election campaign in earnest this fall, he'll face a huge problem, largely of his own making: a growing expectation that, by September, the United Nations...
NY parking perk 'plac'down
ALBANY -- New York officials are putting new limits on how many free parking placards the state issues and who gets them, after reviewing a system they say was flawed...
Law nails chokers
ALBANY -- Nearly 2,000 men have been charged since the state made choking a separate offense last fall to help combat domestic violence, officials said. About 1,600 face the misdemeanor...
Wrong-embryo mom expecting
An Ohio woman who gave birth to another woman's baby after a fertility-clinic mix-up has announced she and her husband are expecting twins through a surrogate. Carolyn Savage said yesterday...
Caveman gay-leolithic
Just because you're a caveman doesn't mean you can't be fabulous! Archeologists have unearthed the skeleton of what they believe is the first known gay caveman, who was buried in...
Cops: DJ-slay suspects 'fessed
Two young men charged in the murder of a Staten Island hip-hop DJ pleaded not guilty yesterday -- despite investigators' insistence that they confessed while under interrogation, authorities said yesterday....
Qns. classroom pepper-sprayed
A 12-year-old girl yesterday doused a Queens classroom with pepper spray, sending two students and a teacher to the hospital, police sources said. The 39-year-old teacher at IS 125 in...
NYPD Daily Blotter
The Bronx Two men were shot dead in University Heights last night, and another was wounded, cops said. The slain men, ages 22 and 17, were shot at 8 p.m....
Steelers' Ben in the 'wed' zone
Maybe a new kind of ball and chain will keep Pittsburgh Steeler quarterback Ben Roethlisberger out of trouble. The two-time Super-Bowl-winning star will tie the knot on July 23 with...
B'berg's Black blunder
After three months of hell, Mayor Bloomberg finally put Cathie Black out of her misery as schools chancellor -- a fiendishly difficult and complicated job that he was foolish to...
Landing in trouble
No good stunt goes unpunished! Landing in the shallow surf on a city beach could land goofball pilot Jason Maloney in hot water with the Queens DA, whose office has...
LeBron mom bust
The mother of hoops icon LeBron James was arrested after she slapped a parking attendant so hard, she fell delivering the blow, cops said. Gloria James, 42, was upset with...
Dimon earned $20.8M in '10
Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of the second-largest US bank by assets, saw his total compensation rise to $20.8 million in 2010, according to a regulatory filing by JPMorgan Chase...
Ex-Deloitte tipster sued
A former Deloitte Tax LLP partner's wife pleaded guilty to a criminal obstruction charge in connection with an SEC insider-trading investigation, according to court documents. The SEC sued Arnold McClellan...
Lindsay looking to join 'mob'
Lindsay Lohan hopes to get an offer she can't refuse. The troubled star is in talks with producers of John Travolta's planned film about mob boss John Gotti, a source...
$110 crude
Crude oil rose above $110 a barrel for the first time in 30 months as a fire burned at Libya's Sarir oilfield, bolstering concern that unrest in North Africa and...
Cowabunga! Pols add 5 days to spring break
Hey, dude, party on! As if the state Legislature didn't already seem like a bunch of wild frat boys, now they are taking an extended spring break, lengthening this month's...
Benihana widow turns beef into suit
The widow of Benihana Inc.'s colorful founder Rocky Aoki is challenging the Japanese steakhouse's right to use the Benihana name. The challenge arose as part of a lawsuit in which...
State big is also departing
It's a double departure. On the same day the city's top education official was shown the door, state Education Commissioner David Steiner announced he would leave his post. The accomplished...
Hizzoner's new honcho is all class
If Mayor Bloomberg was looking for a polar opposite to replace Schools Chancellor Cathie Black, he found one in Deputy Mayor Dennis Walcott. Where Black sent her kids to boarding...
Mourning show
After a record 798-week winning streak, NBC's biggest cash cow, the "Today" show, suddenly looks vulnerable. The morning TV staple, a half-a-billion-dollar advertising and ratings juggernaut, will face its biggest...
Feds fear Starr wife is violating court order by secretly selling off contents of condo
The pole-dancing wife of imprisoned fraudster Kenneth Starr may be secretly selling off the contents of her swanky condo in violation of a court order, a government lawyer said yesterday....
Crash mom dies
The off-ramp of doom has claimed another life. A mother of two involved in a car crash this week at a treacherous Queensboro Bridge exit ramp died yesterday. Beatriz "Betty"...
Bras lift Victoria's figures
Surging bra sales at Victoria's Secret hoisted shares of its parent company, Limited Brands, to an all-time high, as retail sales industrywide firmed up amid an improving jobs picture. Victoria's...
Clash of the titans
Time Warner Cable is making a federal case out of its dispute with Viacom over the right to stream shows to the iPad. The cable-Internet giant, which serves much of...
City calls top eatery Fatty Eww!
Williamsburg's Fatty 'Cue was just hailed the "best new restaurant in Brooklyn," but city health inspectors say it's the worst. Time Out magazine cited "memorable dishes: slices of brisket and...
Trump detectives out to prove O wasn't born in USA
WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump has hired a team of detectives and dispatched them to Hawaii to prove one thing -- that Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States and,...
He's ready for his close-up
Say cheese! A curious sperm whale flashes his pearly whites for a snorkeling lensman off the island nation of Dominica. The amazing encounter between Dylan Madisetti and Scar -- as...
'Pipe' dream for sleepy Deutsche-trial juror
Day 3 of testimony in the Deutsche Bank firefighter-manslaughter trial left one juror visibly struggling to stay awake throughout the afternoon. Prosecution witness E.G. Ignacio, a project manager for Bovis...
Base in the hole
No wonder he's become such good pals with Al Sharpton. President Obama's approval ratings among black voters plummeted last month to their lowest levels ever, while his support among Hispanics...
Madoff rips JPMorgan
Convicted Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff pointed a fraudulent finger at Jamie Dimon's JPMorgan Chase, saying the big bank "doesn't have a chance in hell" of successfully battling a $6.4 billion...
Teacher rape rap is upheld
Manhattan appeals judges tossed the witness-bribery conviction against former Upper East Side Montessori schoolteacher Lina Sinha -- but upheld her sodomy conviction for bedding an underage male student for years....
Burkle tops Warner suitors with $3B bid
Ron Burkle has become the latest investor to bid for all of Warner Music Group, submitting a $3 billion-plus offer to purchase the embattled music company. The bid by Burkle's...
Cops eyeing suspect in grisly Long Island murders
Police believe they know the identity of the Long Island Ripper, The Post has learned. Cops on Long Island are "looking at somebody," said a law-enforcement source with knowledge of...
City stems water hike to 7.5%
Homeowners who've been battered by double-digit increases in water and sewer bills for the last five years are about to catch a bit of a break -- the city's Water...
Warren wonder: Street foe may win consumer post by default
Look who's shooting to the top of the list of likely nominees to head Washington's new consumer financial watchdog agency -- Elizabeth Warren. Warren, who was shot down for the...
The buyout blues
The ability of Wall Street to finance super-sized leveraged buyouts is likely to be hurt because of the Japanese disaster, financing experts tell The Post. Japanese banks, which, along with...
. . . and David Steiner, too
Chancellor Cathie Black's dismissal yes terday jolted education in New York, but news that State Education Commissioner David Steiner is also stepping down is of equal, if not greater, significance,...
Cathie Black departs . . .
Well, that sure was quick. After little more than three months on the job, Cathie Black yesterday was fired by Mayor Bloomberg as city schools chancellor. Next up: Deputy Mayor...
Why Mayor Bloomberg finally axed Cathie Black
On Wednesday evening, Mayor Bloomberg huddled closely with Joel Klein, his former schools chancellor and trusted confidant, at an event honoring the educator at The Pierre hotel in Midtown. A...
His sole at stake
Christian Louboutin is seeing red. The famed French fashionista sued rival Parisian design house Yves Saint Laurent yesterday for copying the cardinal-colored soles of his fancy footwear. Louboutin wants more...
Cathie Black head of the class for Time Inc., NPR
No sooner had the bombshell announcement hit that former Hearst magazine head honcho Cathie Black had been bounced as schools chancellor by Mayor Mike Bloomberg, than speculation started swirling about...
Feds add bribery to Kruger charges
Federal prosecutors beefed up their case against state Sen. Carl Kruger yesterday in the latest "pay-to-play" corruption scandal involving Albany lawmakers. A 32-page indictment adds bribery charges to the fraud...
Snooki show a shore thing
Three of the knuckleheads of "Jersey Shore" are branching out with two new spinoffs to the monster MTV reality show. Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Jennifer "J-WOWW" Farley will star in...
Charlie Sheen & Co. hit NYC for tour de farce
Lock up your goddesses! Charlie Sheen's in New York. The self-proclaimed Malibu Messiah rolled into town yesterday. It had been a long, 560-mile bus trip from a gig in Columbus,...
1st look for rape jurors (video)
A fashion executive who accuses two officers of rape looks anything but falling-down drunk as she walks steadily and unassisted up to her East Village door in never-seen-before surveillance tape...
Pooch comes to shove
His own adored Jack Russell terrier had just died, and bus driver John Russo wasn't about to let another dog go. But when the 24-year MTA veteran swerved Wednesday to...
Social media cos. up 377%
If only there were a market index for shares of social media companies. The combined values of the top privately held social media companies jumped 377 percent in the past...
It's a $7B battle of the budge
WASHINGTON -- President Obama yesterday said he could not express "wild optimism" about averting a government shutdown after a late-night White House meeting failed to break a budget impasse over...
Special-ed teach bust
A Brooklyn special-ed teacher was arrested yesterday for roughing up a 10-year-old boy -- the second time in eight years that he's manhandled a kid left in his care, authorities...
'Columbine' threat teacher: Oops
The art teacher who threatened to carry out a Columbine-style attack on her Brooklyn high school says she simply "wasn't thinking" when she made the loaded remarks. Sabrina Milo, 34,...
5 questions for ... Curtis Strange
With the Masters teeing off yesterday, ESPN analyst Curtis Strange talked to The Post's Justin Terranova about the season's first major and the young guns catching up to Tiger Woods...
Bad blood looms over Islanders-Penguins rematch
If the Penguins and Islanders fought things out on the silver screen instead of a sheet of ice, the sequel would have a Roman numeral tacked onto the title a...
Dubinsky bemoans Rangers' lost opportunity
On Sunday, after the Rangers' gutsy 3-2 shootout victory in Philadelphia, Brandon Dubinsky talked about how the pain of missing the playoffs last year was still fresh in the memories...
Driver hurts Lefty
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- The way Phil Mickelson played in yesterday's opening round of the Masters, he looked like anything but the defending champion or the pre-tournament favorite. The final result...
Yankees' Soriano goes from sorry to superior
After Rafael Soriano coughed up a four-run lead in Tuesday's implosion against Minnesota -- and duck out after that failure without facing the media -- seemingly every other Yankee told...
'One' sorry showing by top-ranked Kaymer
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- If Martin Kaymer had to play Augusta National every week, his No. 1 world ranking might turn into No. 1,000. Kaymer, who has been No. 1 in...
Tomorrow's Aqueduct Entries
Post Time: 1:00 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST6 fur; $28,000; clm($7,500); 3upPNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds2Callmetony(L),122RDominguez4-3-1Levine 5-13Leap Day(L),124D Cohen4-1-3Jacobson 8-14Lookin At Her(L),122S Husbands4-2-7Ronen 15-15Temore(L),122N Alvarado1-5-2Conway 10-16Four Star General(L),115G Rivera9-1-3Lostrtto...
Bill Smith At Yonkers
Post time: 7:10 p.m.Best Bet: Save My Shark (11th)FIRST-1 1/16 ml pc; $8,000; conditional4Froggy Turner(D Dube)3-X-38-51EssentialSigns(JBartltt)8-5-53-12SaulsbrooksFame(BHollnd)3-8-84-13FoxValleyDevious(LStlbm)8-5-720-15Barchetta N(C Manzi)4-7-16-16Mr Vitti(G Brennan)8-X-88-17ComeHomeHoney(Strtn)7-2-312-18Cruzin Bayou(Y Gingras)7-2-215-1SECOND-1 1/16 ml pc; $15,000; claiming3No Free Parking(D Dube)2-3-29-54MajoJustDoIt(GBrennan)5-2-73-18PacificFleetN(JStratton)3-6-615-11Rock...
Santa Anita
Post time: 4:00 p.m. FIRST-6 fur; $19,000; clm($20,000); 3up PN Horse,Wt. Jockey Last 3 Odds 1 ValorDaVida(L),124 AQunnz 10-8-x 4-5 5 GreenDolphn(L),124 JStenr 7-x-x 2-1 2 SuzuranDncr(L),124 JScott 5-6-10 30-1...
Gulfstream Results
FIRST-$26,300, cl, 3YO F, 6f7Blondecat (Bocachica) 12.606.805.006Virginia Dream (Prado)10.408.404Summit Wind (Jurado)3.80 Off 12:56. Time 1:10.69. Fast. Scr: Tikitocki, Bank On Barbie. * Exacta (7-6) $89.40 * $1 Superfecta (7-6-4-1) $240.90...
Aqueduct Charts
April 7, 2011 Cloudy And Fast. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST6 ½ fur; $20,000; clm; 3upOff: 1:00 p.m.St. good won drivingTime: 24.01, 47.21, 1:11.96, 1:18.58.Trainer: Richard Dutrow, Jr.HorseWt.PP1/41/2Str.FinJockeyOddsGold Is Good12272331½11½Velsquez6.50Mr....
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 1 1/8m; $26,000; hdcp; 3upALL IN NO OUTS drew the rail and stretches out after finishing second in first start off the claim. BUDGE MAN defeated claimers while going...
Keeneland
Post time: 1:15 p.m. All horses appear in post position order FIRST-4 ½ fur; $50,000; mdn; 2YO GENTLEMANS CODE and entry mate EVERYDAY DAVE comes from excellent juvenile first out...
Flounder action yet to heat up
Codfish still are biting, but you cannot say the same about winter flounder, though that season is barely a week old. The weather has not been cooperative, but it's early...
Oaklawn Results
FIRST-$18,000, cl, 3YO up, 6f8Shorty Too (Baze) 5.003.202.205Sleek Ridge (Diego)4.802.806Teenager in Love (Borel)2.20 Scr: Bird's Eye View, Phatzo. * Exacta (8-5) $20.80 * $1 Trifecta (8-5-6) $23.10SECOND-$18,500, cl, 4YO up...
Masters: A TV travesty unlike any other ...
Remember Eddie Haskell from "Leave It To Beaver?" One of the most enduring and endearing characters in TV history, Eddie, played by Ken Osmond, was so full of it he...
Yankees' Hughes won't labor under speed gun
Phil Hughes knows where the pitching speed is displayed at Fenway Park, but said he's going to do everything he can not to glance at the number this afternoon. If...
Collins' crew ready to make Citi believe
PHILADELPHIA -- Rain would've been nice. Maybe a few hailstones. An unseasonable blizzard? A wintry mix? Sleet? That would've worked. Locusts. Pestilence. How about an apple a day? Would that...
'Mo' might have crowning touch
Is Uncle Mo, the unbeaten champion who is death-and-taxes vs. nine wanna-be's in tomorrow's Grade 1, $1 million Wood Memorial at Aqueduct, the horse who will save horse racing? The...
Halladay, Phillies clobber Mets
PHILADELPHIA -- The Mets' visit to The Doc yesterday turned into an uncomfortable exam, complete with the rubber glove treatment. The scary part was Roy "Doc" Halladay didn't appear to...
Trust in pitch carries Burnett through for Yankees
The record is nothing new for A.J. Burnett, but the repertoire and resiliency surely are. Since joining the Yankees, Burnett has had fast starts and frustrating finishes, and a maddening...
Knicks' Anthony living in 3-point zone
Carmelo Anthony arrives in Newark tonight -- six weeks too late. Anthony, who has expanded his offensive repertoire to become a 3-point-shooting demon as a Knick, will play his first...
Rays burn Hondo
The wretched Rays phoned it in at U.S. Cellular Field yesterday, causing Hondo's earnings to fall into double figures at 95 doerrs. Today, Mr. Aitch is expecting the Yankees to...
Quiros shares Masters lead at 7-under
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Alvaro Quiros had played in two Masters entering this week and had two missed cuts and 15-over par to show for it. Yesterday, the 28-year-old, long-hitting Spaniard...
A rebirth for Barnes & Kuchar
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Ricky Barnes and Matt Kuchar have two things in common. They both are past U.S. Amateur champions, and both enjoyed early success at the Masters only to...
The Post Line
NBAFavoriteLineUnderdogKnicks 4 NETSSIXERS12 RaptorsPACERS 5 HawksBulls11 CAVALIERSPISTONS 1 BucksCELTICS14½WizardsHEAT12 BobcatsGRIZZLIES 9 KingsTHUNDER 4 NuggetsHORNETS 4½SunsMAVERICKS 9 ClippersT. BLAZERS 1 LakersHome team in CAPSNHLFavoriteLineUnderdogPenguins$140-160ISLANDERSSABRES$115-135FlyersHurricanes$140-160THRASHERSLIGHTNING$170-200PanthersBlackhawks$100-120RED WINGSPREDATORS$210-250Blue JacketsWild$100-120OILERSStars$170-200AVALANCHECOYOTES$105-125SharksDUCKS$120-140KingsHome team in CAPS
YES, DirecTV strike new deal
Finally, a YES. DirecTV and the YES Network last night reached a long-term agreement that will allow YES' Yankees and Nets telecasts to remain available to DirecTV's home satellite subscribers....
Mets' K-Rod not worrying about Citi Field reception
PHILADELPHIA -- The last time Francisco Rodriguez pitched at Citi Field, it came just three days after he was arrested for assaulting his girlfriend's father and the closer was booed...
Kentucky coach may be on Knicks' radar
James Dolan’s reluctance to pick up Donnie Walsh’s $5 million option for next season the moment the Knicks qualified for the playoffs says it all about where this shadowy situation...
NFL, players can't agree on talk terms
WASHINGTON -- A day after the judge handling the NFL lockout lawsuit urged the sides to go "back to the table," the players and owners both expressed a willingness to...
Sports shorts
RACING: 'Pegasus' outPremier Pegasus, the 8-5 morning-line favorite for tomorrow's $1 million Santa Anita Derby, was scratched yesterday after suffering what the Daily Racing Form reported as a hairline fracture...
Jury mulls Bonds' fate
SAN FRANCISCO -- The eight women and four men sat in the jury box for more than 4½ hours, listening to angry arguments from federal prosecutors and Barry Bonds' attorneys...
Devils' Parise gets knee checkup
All involved insist there's nothing wrong with Zach Parise's repaired right knee, but the word is that the two-time Devils MVP will be checked out by the surgeon who performed...
Mets Pelfrey, Thole shake off comment
PHILADELPHIA -- Everything is peachy between Mike Pelfrey and Josh Thole. That was manager Terry Collins' assessment after yesterday meeting with both players, a day after Pelfrey surrendered seven runs...
Dickey humbled for start in Mets home opener
PHILADELPHIA -- It didn't take long for R.A. Dickey to remember where he was last season when the Mets opened their season at Citi Field against the Marlins. "There were...
Nets can expect boo-dacious fans
The Nets, likely playing without point guard Deron Williams, can only hope they don't hear jeers from the crowd tonight when they play host to the Knicks in their next-to-last...
Rays keep on skidding
Edwin Jackson's pitches were buzzing from the outset, his slider was biting and he had his control. That's how he was able to strike out a career-high 13 and keep...
Mets fans hope for best, expecting worst
Cue Stewie. It's the home opener for the Mets at Citi Field today and absolutely nothing is expected from this club. The scene from "Family Guy" already has made the...
Tortorella says Rangers will rebound after flop
Rangers coach John Tortorella said last night's fiasco will be fixed by tomorrow's crucial finale. They have no choice. "I know this team will be ready to play against Jersey,"...
Bulls close in on East's No. 1 seed
CHICAGO -- Derrick Rose scored 30 points and the Bulls closed in on the top seed in the Eastern Conference by beating the Celtics 97-81 last night. The Bulls' 17th...
Rangers' postseason hopes take big hit after ugly loss
Remember this. The Hockey Gods help those who help themselves. This does not bode so well for the Rangers, who just about gave away their season last night. They are...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYApr. 8SATApr. 9SUNApr. 10MONApr. 11 TUEApr. 12WEDApr. 13THUApr. 14KnicksNets7:00TV -- MSG NetworkRadio ESPN 1050 AMNOGAMEInd.7:00MSGESPNNOGAMEChi.8:00TNTESPNBos.8:00MSGESPNNOGAMENetsKnicks7:00TV -- YES NetworkRadio WBBR 1130 AMNOGAMETor.6:00YESWFANChar.7:00YESWBBRNOGAMEChi.8:00No TVWBBRNOGAMERangersNOGAMEDevs12:30MSGESPNEndofReg.Sea.StartofPlay-offsIslandersPittsburgh7:00TV -- MSGPlus NetworkRadio WRHU 88.7 FMPhil.7:00MSG+WRHUEndofReg.Sea.DevilsNOGAMEN.Y.R.12:30MSG+WFANBos.3:00MSG+WBBREndofReg.Sea.Red BullsNOGAMEPhil.7:00ESPN2WADONOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAME
In bloom
Botanical lovers don’t have to wait for April showers to bring May flowers, with the spring 2011 runways and city stores in full bloom. Meanwhile, celebrities are popping up at...
Weird but true
A Florida city manager who was fired for getting a sex-change operation is in trouble at her new job -- for being an alleged homophobe. After getting canned, Susan Stanton...
Madison's Haridi takes Pride in college choice
A soccer success story grows in Brooklyn. Mostafa Haridi takes pride in everything he does, whether it's maintaining a 93.7 average as an honor student at Madison High School or...
'Rape Cops' surveillance footage shows them repeatedly leaving & returning to alleged victim's apt.
Manhattan prosecutors released never-before-seen surveillance video in the sensational "Rape Cops" case today, showing the victim as she is escorted to her East Village door in December, 2008 by the...
City to close 'Norah' loophole and require public hearing for alterations
Call it the Norah Jones effect.The city is planning to amend a rule that governs visible window openings on facades that don’t face the street — a change that may...
Thrashers deal Rangers crushing loss, win 3-0
Rob Schremp and Andrew Ladd scored 15 seconds apart in the second period, Ondrej Pavelec made 29 saves and the Atlanta Thrashers delivered a crushing blow to the New York...
Williamsburg Bridge's Brooklyn-bound lanes to close for three upcoming Saturdays
Brooklyn-bound drivers on the Williamsburg Bridge will be stuck in traffic for three Saturdays in April and May as the span’s outroadway is closed for repairs.Beginning on Saturday, April 16,...