April 19, 2011
Celtics take 2-0 series lead over Knicks with 96-93 win
BOSTON — Kevin Garnett sank the go-ahead basket with 14 seconds left, then stole the ball as the Boston Celtics overcame Carmelo Anthony's 42 points and beat the depleted New...
Carroll Gardens rallies around Mark, but not Benny
Carroll Gardens rallied behind big shot pizzaiolo Mark Iacono this week, championing the man — not just his marinara.Last Friday, Iacono, 44, the owner of Lucali, was brutally stabbed in...
Jets 2011 schedule has 5 prime-time games
Hardly surprising considering the hot-ticket-item the Jets have become, they drew five prime-time games as part of their 2011 NFL regular-season schedule, which was announced Tuesday night.The first highlight occurs...
Giants to play Jets on Christmas Eve
Rex Ryan resembles Santa a whole lot more than Tom Coughlin does, but that doesn’t mean the Jets have an edge over the Giants in what is sure to be...
Proof Britney Spears can still dance
Britney Spears' camp very, very quietly - considering who we're talking about here - posted an edited video of her latest single, "Till the World Ends," which shows Ms. Spears...
Wandy Rodriguez pitches Astros past Mets 6-1
Wandy Rodriguez found his form against the punchless New York Mets, pitching seven sharp innings to lead the Houston Astros to a 6-1 victory Tuesday night. Michael Bourn and Carlos...
Yankees fall to Jays in 10, 6-5
TORONTO — Travis Snider doubled home the winning run in the 10th inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 6-5 on Tuesday night. The Blue Jays...
Clang! City dashes Red Hook's trolley hopes
The city has derailed a ballyhooed plan to return trolley service to Red Hook, dashing the dreams of the transportation-challenged peninsula.It’s just too expensive to bring back the old streetcars...
Help Japan at a fun party tomorrow night
Party for Japan!Big hearted Brooklynites will raise money for earthquake-ravaged Japan — and celebrate the night away — during a special April 22 fund raiser held at Williamsburg’s Ooba Restaurant...
Markowitz will sing his bike lane parody at satire showcase
SaturdayApril 23Must-‘Watch’Don’t miss your chance to see the National Theatre of Scotland’s searing look at a Scottish regiment in Iraq, “Black Watch,” now in its third run at St. Ann’s...
Suit: Another woman's breast has ruined my life
A Windsor Terrace mom whose baby was breastfed by another woman in a hospital switch-up wants to head to the highest court in the state after a lower court refused...
Aussie actress Isla Fisher in talks to join 'The Great Gatsby' remake
SYDNEY -- Australian actress Isla Fisher is in talks to join the cast of Baz Luhrmann's 3D adaptation of "The Great Gatsby," the Hollywood Reporter said Tuesday. Fisher, 35, would...
Portal 2 is rocking my face off
Welp, I think my decision for Game Of The Year 2011 just got a lot harder. And before I go any further with this piece, let me say that this...
Whoa, get a load of how pissed off Vito Lopez is at the mayor!
Get a load of Assemblyman Vito Lopez at Mayor Bloomberg’s announcement on Monday that the city is helping a developer convert an old gas station into a new shopping center...
No Barrel of laughs: City's botched giveway angers many
It was barrel bedlam!Storm clouds of discontent swept over Marine Park on Saturday when a free rain barrel giveaway that coincided with a city environmental program ended in a chaotic...
Garden for homeless
Homeless people and the mentally handicapped will become farmers sowing a rooftop garden if a social service group is given the OK to build a new shelter, but members of...
Plane carrying Michelle Obama narrowly avoids collision
WASHINGTON -- A White House plane with First Lady Michelle Obama on board came dangerously close to a collision with a military cargo jet after an air traffic controller's mistake,...
Unlike Nets, Panasonic chooses Newark over Brooklyn
The Nets might be choosing Brooklyn over Newark, but Panasonic plans to do the opposite.As the Nets prepare for a 2012 move from Newark's Prudential Center to the new Barclays...
Coney Island is back!
Coney Island’s spring season kicked off this weekend, and it was the classic attractions that saw most of the action. The People’s Playground has experienced more ups and downs in...
Our exclusive family calendar!
Fri, April 229:30 am–5 pm: Extended hours for spring break. Brooklyn Children’s Museum [145 Brooklyn Ave. at St. Marks Avenue in Crown Heights, (718) 735-4400], www.brooklynkids.org. 1–4 pm: Learn about...
Giants, Jets will play Christmas Eve, not 9/11
What are the Giants getting for Christmas this year? A great big game against Rex Ryan’s Jets. A Saturday afternoon, Christmas Eve clash with the Jets at New Meadowlands Stadium...
NHL staying with NBC, Versus
The NHL is staying on NBC and Versus for the next 10 years with a deal commissioner Gary Bettman calls the most significant in league history. In a joint announcement...
'Preppy Gun Moll' Afrika Owes released on $25G bail
All is forgiven. So-called "Preppy Gun Moll" Afrika Owes was released in tears today on a controversial $25,000 cash bail bond posted by the Abyssinian Baptist Church -- the very...
Body found in Philadelphia river may be missing New Jersey woman, police say
PHILADELPHIA -- Police from Atlantic City were en route to Philadelphia Tuesday to determine if a body pulled from a Philadelphia river is that of a missing New Jersey woman,...
Alan Hevesi's mugshot released
Prison officials have released a mugshot of former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi, who last week was sentenced to one to four years behind bars after he reaped $1 million in...
NASA sets space shuttle launch for April 29
CAPE CANAVERAL , Fla. -- The Space Shuttle Endeavour will blast off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the afternoon of April 29, NASA announced Tuesday. The shuttle will...
A-Rod still out of Yankees lineup
Two days of rest has not been enough for Alex Rodriguez. The Yankees third baseman remained out of the lineup Tuesday with an injured oblique that he suffered Saturday. Rodriguez...
Traffic take-down
Manhattan Beach’s oldest civic group says it’s willing to break the law to protest the city refusal to implement the group’s traffic safety requests along what it thinks are the...
Westchester man charged with making videos in ladies’ room at Galleria mall
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A 24-year-old man has been charged with making video recordings of women from a stall in a ladies’ room at a New York shopping mall. The...
Actor Jeff Bridges to record solo album
Oscar-winning actor Jeff Bridges has signed a deal to record a solo album for release later this summer, EMI's Blue Note Records announced Tuesday. Bridges will work with Grammy Award-winning...
Pols: Stop the secret goose slaughter!
Two Park Slope lawmakers are pushing legislation that would prevent another secret slaughter of geese this summer.The act, which was introduced last week by Councilmen Brad Lander and Steve Levin...
Demi Lovato leaving 'Sonny With a Chance'
LOS ANGELES — Demi Lovato is leaving "Sonny With a Chance," the Disney Channel TV series that made her a star. In an interview with People magazine, Lovato said she...
Egypt’s Mubarak clinically depressed in hospital, officials say
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt -- Egypt's toppled president Hosni Mubarak is "clinically depressed" as he remains in a Sharm el Sheikh hospital, a senior Egyptian official told FOX News Tuesday....
Charter coming
New schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott says he’ll do nothing to stop a growing charter school from moving into a Coney Island school building that already houses a junior high school...
Forensic cops say no hair found during 'rape cop' testimony
The hopes of the alleged "rape cops" hung by a hair today -- or by a lack of hair. Day-long forensic testimony is revealing in painstaking, literally microscopic detail just...
Comedian Robin Williams gets pulled over by cops for biking on NY sidewalk
Even comedian Robin Williams isn't immune from getting stopped by cops when he's riding a bike on a New York sidewalk. And it was no laughing matter. During his appearance...
Mets cut Emaus; call up Turner
The Mets designated second baseman Brad Emaus for assignment before opening a homestand against the Astros on Tuesday night at Citi Field. Emaus was hitting .167 (6-for-37) with one RBI...
Jets coach talks Revis deal in new book
Rex Ryan hasn't won a Super Bowl for the Jets yet. But he does have a book coming out in the coming days.The following is an excerpt of the book,...
Bon Jovi tours Philly shelter for homeless youth
PHILADELPHIA — Rocker Jon Bon Jovi may no longer own a sports team in Philadelphia, but he still keeps the city close to his soul. Bon Jovi returned to Philadelphia...
Rangers' Tortorella says Capitals coach 'whining' over hit
John Tortorella dismissed Washington coach Bruce Boudreau's charge that the Rangers are targeting previously concussed Mike Green's head as "whining" following Tuesday's practice. "We have confidence in the league and...
Judge rules Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller can continue joint custody of twins
LOS ANGELES -- The custody deal remains in place. A California judge ruled today that the custody agreement Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller originally agreed on last month won't change...
Islanders’ Grabner finalist for Rookie of the Year
The Islanders have spent a lot of time recently picking near the top of the NHL Draft, but it could be a waiver pickup that lands them a Calder Trophy.Michael...
Three kids hurt as six-year-old student takes loaded gun into Houston school
HOUSTON -- A six-year-old student took a loaded handgun into a Houston elementary school Tuesday, injuring himself and two classmates when it accidentally went off. The weapon discharged when it...
Kara DioGuardi's new memoir reveals that she was molestated and date-raped
LOS ANGELES -- In an upcoming memoir, former "American Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi says she was molested as a child and date-raped by a music producer, FOX News Channel reported...
UK royal wedding to be live streamed on YouTube
LONDON — Palace officials will offer live streaming of the April 29 royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton on the royal channel on YouTube. The four-hour live Internet...
Ex-Soviet officer Viktor Bout claims US threatened him
A former Soviet military officer charged with trying to sell weapons to a terrorist group says U.S. agents warned he could face hunger, disease and rape in Thailand jails if...
Rape on the Southside
90th PrecinctSouthside–BushwickHotel rapeA 27-year-old perp allegedly sexually assaulted a teenage woman inside a Bushwick Avenue motel on April 2.The victim told police that the perp led her to the hotel...
Rikers officer pleads not guilty in 11-year-old murder
A Rikers corrections officer, finally arrested Monday for the decade-old murder of his ex-girlfriend, pleaded not guilty to the charge today and was ordered held without bail. Christopher Clavell, 46,...
Our weekly events calendar!
Fri, April 22Music, Classical Concert: Selections from Mozart and Beethoven. $35 ($30 senior, $15 student). 8 pm. Bargemusic [Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street and Furman Street in DUMBO, (718)...
'Battlefield 3' gameplay at length
Here's a long look at the combat you'll be facing while playing the upcoming "Battlefield 3." This trailer shows off a full 12 minutes of in-game footage (based on what...
Lady gets a real visit from the 'goon squad'
78th PrecinctPark SlopeGoon squadThree goons attacked a woman on Prospect Place on April 11, snatching her fancy iPhone.The 28-year-old victim told cops that she was Fifth and Sixth avenues at...
Capitals coach gains nothing by ripping Garden, Rangers
What the heck is Bruce Boudreau's problem?So, let me understand this. Bruce Boudreau, the coach of the Washington Capitals, goes on a DC radio station after losing Game 3 of...
NYSE says board will review Nasdaq, ICE bid
NYSE Euronext Inc. said Tuesday its board will review a bid to merge with Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. and IntercontinentalExchange Inc. Earlier Tuesday, Nasdaq and ICE said they are prepared...
'F.E.A.R. 3' scares up multiplayer modes
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has released a teaser trailer showing off all the multiplayer modes that'll be seen in "F.E.A.R. 3," due May 24 on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC....
Michael Cera, Diane Wiest among Tribeca jurors
Michael Cera and Whoopi Goldberg are among the 38 jurors for the 10th annual Tribeca Film Festival. Tribeca announced its jurors Monday, two days before the New York festival opens....
Get a load of Scott Brindl's sausage
From its sleek, silver velour banquettes to its luscious sea bass, Bay Ridge’s Nouvelle restaurant is as sexy as it is satisfying.On a recent Friday night, the 6-year-old French-Asian fusion...
Florence mayor gives 'Shore' cast list of rules for filming
GTL is just the tip of the iceberg! While the cast of “Jersey Shore” will still obey the rules of the “guido” lifestyle (gym, tan, laundry), there will be a...
Crazed homeless man allegedly stabs straphanger with pen
A crazed homeless man stabbed a straphanger with a pen this morning after she angrily snatched away his cigarrette lighter aboard a Manhattan subway train, police sources said. The vagrant,...
News on: Kinect/Netflix, Jacko for 360/PS3, 'Madden' cover pick and more
Quick bites of recent gaming news, starting with Microsoft's announcement that K inect support of Netflix is now up and running, which means 360 users who've gone all motion-control on...
Political interference at justice?
Congress is starting to demand answers from Attorney General Eric Holder about the quashing last year of indictments of one of the co-founders of the Council on American-Islamic Relations and...
Pizzaman will be charged with attempted murder, too!
The mozzarella maestro brutally stabbed on Smith Street last week is being charged with attempted murder — just like the ex-con who cops say put him in a hospital bed,...
Stabbed on Smith Street
Smith Street was awash in blood Friday afternoon after a popular Carroll Gardens pizzaman with possible ties to organized crime was stabbed multiple times by a crooked bagelmaker a few...
Lawsuit dropped over Taco Bell's 'meat filling' advertising
SANTA ANA, Calif. -- A lawsuit that accused Taco Bell of falsely advertising fake beef in its dishes was quietly dropped -- before the fast food chain would have been...
Now playing: 'Mortal Kombat: Legacy' Pt. 2
Another part of the live action "Mortal Kombat: Legacy" web series is up now? Must be a Tuesday. The new "9 minute" short - it's about 6 minutes of actual...
Is that a big cheese — or is Charlie Sahadi just happy to see you?
Sahadi’s is getting ready to cut the cheese — and serve it up with a smile.The iconic Middle Eastern market on Atlantic Avenue near Court Street is planning to expand...
Obama: Failure to reduce debt will hurt economy
ANNANDALE, Va. — President Barack Obama on Tuesday promoted his plan to scale back spending without halting aid to education, energy and science, acknowledging to a town hall crowd that...
Knicks' Billups to have MRI exam on knee
BOSTON — Chauncey Billups went from “very questionable” on Monday to “very doubtful” on Tuesday, which means the veteran point guard is definitely out after missing the Knicks morning shootaround...
This year, Museum gala has a Brooklyn accent
— Meredith Delisomdeliso@cnglocal.com
Nemo spotted in Coney Island!
— Meredith Delisomdeliso@cnglocal.com
Man with umbrella mistaken for gunman at Massachusetts mall
BURLINGTON, Mass. -- A shopping mall near Boston was evacuated Tuesday after a man with an umbrella was mistaken for a gunman, WCVB-TV reported. Police evacuated the Burlington Mall, about...
Pulitzer call interrupts Egan's lunch at Olea!
Jennifer Egan’s mantel is getting heavy.On Monday, the czars of the literary and journalism awards declared Egan’s novel, “A Visit from the Goon Squad,” the winner of the 2011 Pulitzer...
Group reports record trash haul from NJ beaches
SANDY HOOK, N.J. — A record amount of trash was picked up along New Jersey beaches last year, including a kitchen sink. Clean Ocean Action has been doing beach sweeps...
More iPhone thefts
88th PrecinctFort Greene–Clinton HilliPhone grabsSmartphone-loving thieves were on the prowl in Fort Greene last week. Here’s what happened:• A thief swiped a woman’s iPhone during an April 14 clash inside...
A 'King Lear' for the ages! Derek Jacobi stars in BAM production
He’s been Hamlet in “Hamlet,” Richard II in “Richard II,” Julius Caesar in “Julius Caesar,” and Macbeth in “Macbeth.” And now, Derek Jacobi is taking on the obvious role in...
Nevada man pleads not guilty in poker prosecution
An alleged payment processor pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges he participated in a multibillion-dollar internet gambling conspiracy with the three largest US online poker sites. Chad Elie, one of...
Kate Middleton gets her own coat of arms
LONDON -- A coat of arms created especially for royal bride-to-be Kate Middleton was unveiled Tuesday. Described as "strong, simple and very English," the new design will be featured on...
'Boardwalk Empire' star Paz de la Huerta charged in alleged hotel assault
"Boardwalk Empire" star Paz de la Huerta was charged this morning with assault and other counts after she allegedly punched and former reality TV star Samantha Swetra at a Manhattan...
Lots of Apple pickings
— Gary Buisogbuiso@cnglocal.com
Will Stallone take the helm of Gotti flick?
I don't recall a director ever taking my advice before, but that's apparently what Nick Cassavetes did when he dropped out of the impending trainwreck that is "Gotti: Three Generation.''...
Leon Levy Foundation pledges $7.5 million to Brooklyn Botanic Garden
A philanthropic foundation has pledged $7.5 million to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to support improvements like expanded and restored gardens and better visitor services. The gift from the Leon Levy...
DVD Extra: Faulkner's favorite sitcom, Ernie Kovacs revisited
I don't generally do TV in this column, but I'm happy to make an exception for my favorite sitcom of all time and an extensive collection of rare programs highlighting...
Goldman's net falls 72 percent after Buffett dividend
Goldman Sachs' first-quarter income fell 72 percent after the bank paid out $1.64 billion in dividends to redeem preferred shares it issued to billionaire investor Warren Buffett during the financial...
CHAT REWIND: Larry Brooks on Rangers-Capitals
See what The Post's Larry Brooks had to say about the Rangers' first-round series against the Capitals and the rest of the NHL playoffs.The Rangers and Capitals resume their series...
Waitz, 9-time NYC Marathon winner, dies at 57
OSLO, Norway — Grete Waitz had never run a marathon before the New York City race in October 1978. After it, her name and New York would be forever linked....
4 dead in NJ house fire; careless smoking eyed as cause
MIDDLETOWN, N.J. — Careless smoking touched off a house fire that killed four people near the Jersey shore early Tuesday. The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office says improperly discarded smoking material...
Libyan rebels in Misrata call for foreign ground troops
MISRATA, Libya -- The leadership of the besieged rebel-held city of Misrata pleaded Tuesday for the urgent intervention of foreign ground forces to protect the city's half a million citizens,...
Porn company is amassing 1-800 numbers
For years, teenagers across the U.S. could call a toll-free hotline if they had embarrassing questions about AIDS and safe sex. Dial the same number now and you get a...
Fukushima nuke plant starts pumping radioactive water
TOKYO — The operator of Japan's crippled nuclear plant began pumping highly radioactive water from the basement of one of its buildings to a makeshift storage area Tuesday in a...
Protest-hit Syria lifts emergency law, allows peaceful protests
DAMASCUS, Syria -- Syria lifted its decades-old emergency law following weeks of unrest, the state news agency SANA said Tuesday. The government approved a bill rescinding the law, a key...
In California, Gov. Brown's prison buddies get huge payday
California Gov. Jerry Brown certainly knows how to give a gift that keeps on giving. According to a scathing account in the Los Angeles Times, Brown has negotiaed a new...
Maybe a Syrian massacre
According to some reports, Syrian forces fired on anti-government protestors in the city of Homs but the details are impossible to determine with certainty because foreign journalists and other media outlets are...
Major flaws in Pennsylvania voucher law
Charles Murray has a letter from one reader in Philadelphia with a warning about Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Cobett's new school voucher program: "The law says that private and parochial schools...
Iraq was about oil -- not again
The Indepdentdent has a hyperventilating report supposedly exposing the "truth" about the 2003 invasion of Iraq. It was all about oil for the oil companies. According to memos Greg Muttitt...
Lebovits larceny! Man busted for bribing sex abuse rabbi
A 49-year-old is facing 21-years in jail for trying to bank on a child sex abuse scandal surrounding Borough Park cantor Baruch Lebovits.Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes charged Samuel Kellner...
Brave Lashaun battled the bogeyman, and won
Our will to live can move mountains and, at the same time, shatter our hearts to pieces.Tragic drowning survivor Lashaun Armstrong discovered the power of one and the depths of...
Mother, daughter slaughter
A mother and daughter were slaughtered in a Sheepshead Bay apartment on April 17 — the second bloody rampage to take place in the usually bucolic neighborhood in recent weeks....
Gotti's plan to whack me
The feds saved Joseph “Big Joey” Massino’s life even before he turned rat. The former Bonanno boss testified he would have been whacked if the FBI hadn’t arrested John Gotti...
NYPost.com Poll: Who is the best pitcher in NYC?
New York City baseball is all about pitching, from flame-throwers to control specialists and off-speed stalwarts. Who is the best at his craft? There is no easy answer. But,below in...
Billups out, 'Melo down for Knicks
BOSTON — The Knicks might be able to get back into their first-round series tonight vs. the Celtics without point Chauncey Billups, but they can’t possibly even the series if they don’t...
Time for Anthony to wake up and seize playoff moment for Knicks
BOSTON — You can see and sense how this is going to go for Carmelo Anthony, who is as extraordinary a talent — and as polarizing a personality — as...
Clippers hope to take positives from first league loss
Losing is never fun, but it is sometimes a necessary evil. Take Xaverian, for example, which on Sunday moved atop The Post’s CHSAA baseball rankings but went out Monday and...
Mudville notebook: Falcons slip on hitting shoes in rain
HERKIMER, N.Y. – Susan Wagner put up goose eggs against Construction and Tottenville in a pair of tough PSAL losses last week. The lack of offense was out of character...
Young Terriers remain upbeat after loss to Molloy
Sure there was disappointment, but there were also good signs of things to come as far as St. Francis Prep was concerned. The Terriers came into the season with just...
Sea cans Canandaigua before Mudville washout
HERKIMER, N.Y. – Facing a stacked lineup St. Joseph by the Sea’s Jackie Cautela didn't even bat an eyelash. But coach Mike Ponsiglione says his sophomore ace is fickle when...
Grading on a curve: Auriemmo leads Archbishop Molloy over Xaverian
If winning the Brooklyn/Queens title is considered a final exam, Monday’s encounter against fellow undefeated division leader Xaverian was a midterm for Archbishop Molloy, a chance to prove its quick...
Goldbach gem, Moss single push Stanners past SFP
Victoria Goldbach had come too far to see six innings of dominance go to waste. The Archbishop Molloy junior and co-ace was blanking rival St. Francis Prep, but found herself...
CHSAA baseball roundup: Ravens rally to top Xavier
It was less about revenge and more about proving it belongs in the race for the CHSAA Class AA Bronx/Manhattan division crown again. In either case, it was mission accomplished...
PSAL baseball roundup: Luperon tops Norman Thomas in GW Holiday Tournament
Eliseo Perez homered, tripled and drove in six runs, Luis Contreras scored three runs and stole three bases and Jesus Garcia struck out three and allowed six hits in six...
Nothing novel in this comedy
Heavy drinking, vicious cat fights and some hot girl-on- girl action would seem the perfect ingredients for a reality TV show. That all that and more are perpetrated by a...
Right on the money
ELIZA DOOLITTLE "Eliza Doolittle" 4 STARS To understand 22-year-old Londoner Eliza Doolittle, just spin her bright, melodic pop song "Moneybox," in which she chirps happily about the all-you-need-is-love simple life,...
'Pregnant' pause
Tonight's season premiere of "16 and Pregnant" isn't as sad, harrowing, dramatic or traumatic as many of the earlier episodes in the series -- the ones that tipped the less...
Post-Katrina, 'Wheel' rolls back
Pat Sajak and Vanna White are taking New Orleans for another spin. "Wheel of Fortune" returned to film upcoming episodes of the game show for the first time since August...
I went for the bronze in the office!
After a press release landed in my inbox announcing Beach Bum’s $100 in-office tanning service for the busy New Yorker, I had a chuckle. I thought about the things that...
Male polish
Controversy is raging over a J.Crew ad showing creative director Jenna Lyons painting her young son’s toenails with pink nail polish. The Culture and Media Institute says the company is...
Work on your tan
Twice a month, Sharon Richter has a special visitor at her office on 57th Street and Seventh Avenue. Richter’s a registered dietitian, but this person isn’t a client — and...
France's burqa ban: Western values win?
I am very impressed with France for banning the Muslim burqa in public ("Facing Down a Burqa Ban," April 12). It's too bad Mayor Bloomberg is more concerned with banning...
Anti-HIV drug called a dud
Researchers have halted a study that tests a daily pill to prevent infection with the AIDS virus in thousands of African women because partial results show no signs that the...
Mom & daughter in slay horror
A beautiful blond nurse and her mom were discovered brutally stabbed to death in a blood-spattered Brooklyn apartment -- and cops say the mother's killer boyfriend has already fled back...
A league of despots
The Arab uprising has so far targeted the "usual suspects" -- despotic regimes dating back to the last century. But now it may be moving to challenge "pan-Arab" organizations sustained...
Top doc written off
The president-elect of the American College of Surgeons has resigned after writing an editorial in the group's newspaper that critics say demeaned women. In a column that he described as...
GOP tries to trip up track star
TRENTON, NJ -- Republicans are challenging legendary athlete Carl Lewis' residency as he runs for the state Senate. GOP officials say the nine-time Olympic medalist hasn't lived in New Jersey...
A fortune fit for a pharaoh
CAIRO -- Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his family have amassed wealth beyond their means, according to the nation's financial-oversight agency. The state news agency said yesterday Mubarak, his...
Japan nuke too hot: bot
TOKYO -- A pair of robots sent to explore Japan's crippled nuclear reactor confirmed yesterday that radiation levels are too high for repair crews to go inside. Nevertheless, officials remained...
Air traffic on remote control
WASHINGTON -- The movies are for the passengers -- not the controllers. An air traffic controller has been suspended for watching a movie when he was supposed to be monitoring...
Scalpers hit Yosemite
Ticket scalpers are targeting Yosemite National Park. Campsite reservations and permits to scale Half Dome have become such hot commodities that the National Park Service is scrambling to stop scalpers...
Golden Gate plunge
SAN FRANCISCO -- A 16-year-old girl survived a plunge from the Golden Gate Bridge and was plucked to safety 20 minutes later. San Francisco fire dispatchers were alerted at 10:53...
DoD clears McChrystal
WASHINGTON -- A Pentagon inquiry into a Rolling Stone magazine profile of Gen. Stanley McChrystal that led to his dismissal as the top US commander in Afghanistan has cleared him...
Kenyan wins in Boston
BOSTON -- Kenya's Geoffrey Mutai won the Boston Marathon yesterday in an unofficial time of two hours three minutes and two seconds, the fastest time ever recorded over the distance....
Bang for your bug
In its 73-year history, the Beetle has evolved from the hippie ride of choice to a cute chick car. Now Volkswagen is reinventing it again. The company introduced an edgier...
Gatsby manse is going down
Crews are demolishing a Gold Coast mansion that may have influenced F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby." The owners of Lands End, a 25-room colonial mansion that has loomed high...
Markets crap out on S&P warning on US debt
Snake eyes! I'd like to keep going with an analogy that I began last Thursday when I called the stock market the bastard son of the gambling industry. Equity prices...
Fees plea for gay-nups ban
WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner says the Justice Department should reimburse the House for court costs of defending a ban on gay marriage. In a letter yesterday to Democratic...
Shopping squall
SANFORD, NC -- Lowe's manager Michael Hollowell had heard the tornado warnings, but his first clue that the danger was right outside his door came when he saw his staff...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan A Wall Street banker was caught on video swiping thousands of dollars from a customer's account, authorities said. Danil Rymar, 26 -- who was employed at Chase Bank at...
Mayor: Apple edges London
There goes Mayor Bloomberg's invitation to the royal wedding. Bloomberg declared yesterday that he presides over the edgiest city in the world, a claim once made by London. "New York...
Nat'l red (Ink) alert
Well, looky here: Hard on the heels of the House's passage of Rep. Paul Ryan's bold "path to prosperity" budget -- and just in time for the big debate over...
Hitler mo' s-lips up bank thug
The NYPD nabbed a Manhattan bank thief by more than a whisker. Two police officers assigned to the 6th Precinct Cabaret Unit busted a serial bank bandit Saturday night in...
All bets off as feds bust poker 'money man'
A man charged with being the "payment processor" for three Internet poker houses anted up a $200,000 bail bond yesterday after pleading not guilty to money laundering and other charges....
Court slams WFP branch
A state Supreme Court justice has slapped the electioneering arm of the labor-backed Working Families Party for failing to comply with his orders more than a year ago that it...
Mike redirects 'flier' ire at pols
Mayor Bloomberg shrugged off a report of a Brooklyn man mistakenly slapped with $48,000 in fines for posting illegal signs he had nothing to do with. "No harm done," said...
Bike-by slashing
A Brooklyn man bicycled up to an acquaintance he thought had stolen his "fronts," or gold tooth caps, and slashed his right ring finger with a samurai sword, police sources...
Citigroup settling with 'JR'
Citigroup Inc., the third-largest US bank, settled a claim for almost $12 million in damages made by Larry Hagman, the actor's attorney said. Hagman, who played oil tycoon JR Ewing...
Walmart #1 gets pay cut
Walmart Stores, the world's largest retailer, said Chief Executive Officer Michael Duke received compensation valued at $18.7 million last year, down from $19.2 million a year earlier. Duke, 61, received...
Google tweak slams Demand Media shares
There's trouble down on the farm. Shares of Demand Media yesterday got slammed, falling as much as 12.7 percent to below its $17 offering price after a research report said...
Credit downgrade puts heat on O
WASHINGTON -- Standard & Poor's startling move yesterday to downgrade the US credit outlook intensified pressure on President Obama to accept Republican demands for deep budget cuts before raising the...
Firm's in‘vest’ment
Livery-cab drivers are dressing for battle on the city's meanest streets. A dozen bulletproof vests were doled out yesterday to the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers by Midtown-based...
Twitter on TweetDeck
Twitter is in advanced talks to buy TweetDeck for around $50 million, people familiar with the matter said yesterday. TweetDeck is add-on program that helps Twitter users view and manage...
Creepy camera guy got me fired: TV gal
A former Black Entertainment Television producer says her bosses punished her for complaining that she didn't want to work with a pervy cameraman. In a lawsuit, Tameika Dorman claims the...
Bush tax cuts are Bam boon
WASHINGTON -- President Obama banked a six-figure savings when he agreed to extend the Bush-era tax cuts last year, as he hauled in $1.73 million, the first family's tax returns...
Silence of the Raj
Defense lawyers for hedge-fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam rested their case yesterday without a peep from the star of the show, who faces up to 25 years' imprisonment on allegations of...
Model now 'monster': hubby
She's considered the world's first Indian supermodel, but Ujjwala Raut's estranged husband says the New York transplant's ascension through the ranks of the fashion world came at a heavy price....
'Perv'-coach school slap
A federal judge yesterday slapped a Brooklyn prep school with sanctions for shredding evidence of its investigation into allegations that a legendary football coach molested dozens of boys before he...
Mounting protests rock Syria, Yemen
At least eight people were reported killed in Syria when security forces opened fire on a funeral procession near the town of Homs, witnesses said yesterday. The government of President...
Duke rape faker charged in beau slay
RALEIGH, NC -- The woman who falsely accused three Duke University lacrosse players of raping her was charged yesterday with murder in the death of her boyfriend. Crystal Mangum was...
Zeta's happy 'mending'
Catherine Zeta-Jones is walking a straight -- and striped -- path to good health! The "Chicago" stunner was photographed over the weekend, with her daughter, Carys, in the first pictures...
China mom to face Qns. daughter's killer
The mother of a Queens woman who was raped then beaten to death last year will get a special US visa to confront her daughter's killer at his sentencing. Rep....
Dementia sign: No BS-detector
The inability to detect sarcasm and obvious lies are tell-tale signs of dementia in older adults, according to a new medical study. In a study of 175 adults, participants with...
Our taxes aren't too damn high: Hizzoner
Arguing that "our property tax is not that high," Mayor Bloomberg yesterday shot down a proposal by the real-estate industry to cap taxes on apartment buildings once they are no...
Telesat $6B sale still up in the air
The stars are not aligning for New York shareholder activist Mark Rachesky. The 52-year old former Carl Icahn protégé is hoping to sell Telesat, the satellite unit of his Loral...
McChrystal, restored
Nearly a year after being fired by President Obama as the top US commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal has been cleared of wrongdoing by the Pentagon, as has his...
Ridiculed for reform
That New York Times sure dropped a snide bomb yesterday on public-school reformers who never happened to attend public schools themselves. Michael Winerip's 1,300-word column called out Republicans like Jeb...
Good grief! It's a drive-thru funeral
Funeral parlors are depressing, crowded, inconvenient -- and, oh, that parking. The solution? A drive-thru mortuary. The Robert L. Adams Mortuary in Compton, Calif., allows grieving relatives to place their...
Citi trailing its Wall Street rivals
Two years after clinging to a taxpayer bailout, Citigroup is still playing Wall Street laggard to its rivals. One of Uncle Sam's biggest bailout recipents posted first-quarter results yesterday that...
Corpse-hunt waiting game
Long Island cops have called off ground searches of a remote beachfront where up to 10 bodies have been unearthed to wait for an FBI analysis of high-definition photos taken...
Axed janitor guilty of killing boss
A Co-op City janitor who claimed that losing his job made him crazy was found guilty yesterday of fatally shooting the boss who fired him at the sprawling Bronx housing...
Desert rats: Mo pays spies vs. rebels
Moammar Khadafy is so desperate that he is paying collaborators up to $800 a day to sabotage efforts to oust him, the rebels said yesterday. Two captured loyalists confessed that...
Just the ticket
After a disastrous summer concert season last year, Live Nation Entertainment's Ticketmaster is hoping more flexible ticket pricing will lead to sold-out shows. The biggest seller of tickets to live...
Victim: 'I heard 2 voices'
Both cops were with her in her bedroom, the victim claims. The woman in the "rape cops" trial stuck to her story yesterday, the last of her three days of...
Highway cops eyed in tix-fix scandal
Cops assigned to an NYPD patrol unit that cruises the highways of Manhattan are among the hundreds of officers being probed in a massive ticket-fixing investigation, The Post has learned....
Why tech wrecks seniors
Older adults have difficulty switching mental gears and often struggle to tackle a high-tech world filled with information-laced distractions, researchers said. A University of California, San Francisco study compared two...
Branson's land of the lemurs
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson plans to create a colony of lemurs on an undeveloped island he owns in the Caribbean, saying yesterday it's a "radical...
Top-hat Yankee panky: suit
A Yonkers woman is accusing the Yankees of pulling off a major-league rip-off. In a suit filed yesterday in Manhattan federal court, Tanit Buday claims the Bronx Bombers copied their...
O's 'expert' Rx for sicker seniors
What President Obama's budget speech last week lacked in details it made up for in an obnoxious faith in the surpassing wisdom of unelected experts. Why does Obama need specifics...
Drake site demolition OK'd
The owners of the bar ren Drake Hotel site have just gotten Buildings Dept. approval to demolish 44 E. 57th St., one of several retail townhouses that stand in the...
'Three Cups' author probed after '60 Min.' slam
The publisher of "Three Cups of Tea" is probing claims the author wildly exaggerated the number of schools he built in impoverished Afghanistan and fabricated key scenes in the bestseller...
Business briefs
Zillowed Real estate listing and information service Zil low Inc. has filed docu ments for an initial public offering that seeks to raise around $51.8 million.Friends forever Cameron and Tyler...
Superpower on the sidelines
"Syria represents the latest opportunity for the United States to support a people's aspirations for more freedom and to condemn repression by an entrenched regime. Yet the president has said...
Debtor doghouse
Uncle Sam, nearly $14.3 trillion in debt, with deficits spreading out into the future and with no clear plan to pare down that mountain of IOUs, got a sudden and...
Deutsche 'Mayday!'
Jurors at the Deutsche Bank Building manslaughter trial yesterday heard audio of some of the frantic radio dispatches from the 2007 blaze that left two firefighters dead from smoke inhalation....
Love triangle spurred pizza slice-up
This one's messier than a slice with extra cheese. A paroled night-deposit-box bandit accused hot-shot pizzeria owner Mark Iacono of trying to steal his girl -- sparking the knife fight...
Jail guard held in 2000 murder
A city correction officer was arrested yesterday for the decade-old murder of his Queens girlfriend, authorities said. Christopher Clavell, 46, allegedly shot Barbara Perez eight times on Aug. 11, 2000,...
Hondo hits wall, again
There was nothing wrong with Dice K and the Sawx that couldn't be fixed by Hondo, who foolishly backed the Jays yesterday in the morning Marathon game. Add that setback...
Yankees making most of power trip
The Yankees are living by the long ball this year. The team has hit home runs in 12 of their first 14 games, racking up a total of 27, a...
Tomorrow's Aqueduct Entries
Post Time: 1:00 pm All horses appear in post position order FIRST 1m(T); $43,000; mdn spcl wt; 3up PN Horse Wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds 1 Doodleman(L),116 P Fragoso...
Affrunti's Finger Lakes Grade
Post Time: 1:10 pm.FIRST-4 1/2f; $9,000; mdn cl($7,500); 3up; (f&m)2-Some Legend 7-26-Lucky Five 8-11-MissdthNts 5-15-SierraStll 10-13-Eltrish 10-14-JulitsScrt 3-17-My Oh Maya 5-18-Blanca Luna 6-1SECOND-4 1/2f; $8,000; cl($4,000); 3up4-Wnnbrckstr 2-15-NeverGivUp 15-12-Curley Mac...
Parx Racing Charts
Apr. 18, 2011 Clear And Fast. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST -1m; $26,000; clm; 3upOff: 12:26. Good. turned back challenge Trainer: Patrick McBurneyTime: 24.41, 48.17, 1:13.78, 1:27.18, 1:41.55.Winner: DK B/...
Bill Smith At Yonkers
Post time: 7:10 p.m.Best Bet: Froggy Turner (7th)FIRST-1 1/16m; pace; $8,000; conditioned2WestboundArtist(JBrtltt)1-3-74-16RockinrollinNow(GBrennn)2-5-58-51Gogo Buckeye(V Ginsburg)5-9-25-13Lil Star Too(B Sears)7-4-78-14Last Dragon(B Holland)3-5-815-15StonebridgeIdeal(MForte)6-4-520-17SmoothLouieN(JStratton)8-4-320-18Jadestone(D Dube)3-1-56-1SECOND-1 1/16m; pace; $10,000; conditioned6Bombay Away(S Caruso)1-1-103-15Colossal(B Sears)2-2-34-11Lover Boy(C Manzi)5-8-16-12Cosmicpedia(G Brennan)3-2-712-13Bear...
Cold weather provides no relief for Yankees' setup man
The marriage between Rafael Soriano and the Yankees has felt uneasy since the day he signed with the team in January over general manager Brian Cashman's objection. There was no...
September in April for Collins, Mets
Making sure the fans keep their brown paper bags at home is what it's all about right now for the Mets. Terry Collins' team hasn't won many games, but Collins...
Parx Racing Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 6f; $26,000; cl($15,000); 4upHAWK THREE O EIGHT finished second as the favorite this level going shorter. SIX CLICKS tired to fourth going longer in the slop. DOMESTIC CIRCLE closed...
Celtics without Shaq for Game 2 vs. Knicks
WALTHAM, Mass. -- Celtics team physician Dr. Brian McKeon approached coach Doc Rivers before practice yesterday and confirmed what everyone suspected. Shaquille O'Neal will be out for tonight's Game 2...
Capitals coach off 'Marc' about Rangers' hit
It's a time-honored tradition for a coach to engage in gamesmanship by working the officials between games of a playoff series. Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau did just that yesterday after...
Bad calls eating at Knicks coach
The Knicks were still crying in their clam chowdah yesterday about the two lousy calls that went against them in the final 22 seconds of their heartbreaking 87-85 loss in...
Douglas takes over Knicks point for injured Billups
BOSTON -- Chauncey Billups hopes Toney Douglas doesn't have the chance to prove him right. "I think that he's ready for an opportunity like this one. I hope he doesn't...
Jets-Giants could play on 9/11
The NFL will announce the 2011 regular-season schedule tonight amid speculation the league will mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11 by having the Jets play host to the Giants on...
Celtics can't let up, even if Billups is out for Knicks
WALTHAM, Mass. -- One headache -- the specter of a resurgent Carmelo Anthony for the Knicks in Game 2 tonight -- wasn't enough to ruin the Celtics' day. So they...
Knicks' Stoudemire says Boston's 'D' can't stop me
BOSTON -- Amar'e Stoudemire doesn't expect the Celtics to defend him differently tonight. Because it isn't possible. "I don't think there's anything they can do. Besides try to deny me...
New York Super Bowl names CEO
As the former president of the American Express Corporation, Alfred F. Kelly, Jr. was "looking at a number of corporate CEO opportunities" back in early January when he received a...
Keeping our energy up key to getting back in this
Landry Fields will be keeping a daily playoff diary for The Post, as the 22-year-old rookie shooting guard chronicles his first-ever postseason series, the Knicks' first-round battle with the Celtics...
Bay almost ready for return to Mets
The finals details leading to Jason Bay's welcome home party are in place. Now it's all on the guest of honor's chest -- or more precisely left ribcage -- to...
Knicks mustn't fade out at end
BOSTON -- Only the finish matters in sports. You might want to see the first pitch, the start of the marathon or the kickoff of a football game, but the...
Take it from Madden: Safety is no joke
John Madden says he remembers "doing some dumb things as a coach" and "saying some dumb things as a broadcaster." Those dumb things Madden referred to were related to concussions...
The Post Line
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Capitals coach Boudreau rips 'horrible' Garden, Rangers fans
Bruce Boudreau isn't a fan of the World's Most Famous Arena. The Capitals coach trashed the Garden yesterday after his team lost Game 3 of its opening-round playoff series to...
Sports shorts
NBA: Howard honored Dwight Howard was named the NBA's defensive player of the year, making the Orlando center the first player to win the award in three consecutive seasons. *...
Heat rip Sixers
LeBron James outscored Philadelphia's entire starting five in the first half by himself. So did Chris Bosh. So did Dwyane Wade. And that pretty much tells the tale of a...
Referees missing important calls left and right
It's like Roseanne Connor's father-in-law told his son: "Work smart, Danny, not hard." Once upon a time, when the Knicks were winning and competing for championships, the coaches and players...
Boucher buoys Flyers
Brian Boucher stopped 35 shots as the Flyers' new starting goalie in helping Philadelphia take a 4-2 victory over the Sabres last night in Buffalo. Danny Briere and Nikolay Zherdev...
Dice-K has Jays' number
Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched one-hit ball for seven sharp innings, Jed Lowrie got four hits and four RBIs as the Red Sox got an early start on their third straight win,...
Home Team Lineups
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Weird but true
Don't think of them as zebras -- they're just walking bar codes. Scientists studying the behavior of zebras, tigers and giraffes in the wild have a new tool -- a...
College can wait
College is proving too expensive for 17-year-old Miranda Cosgrove. Not that the star of the pistol-hot kids series “iCarly” can’t afford either NYU or the University of Southern California —...
Where are they now?
The ‘16 and Pregnant’ alumnae who didn’t graduate to ‘Teen Mom’: MORE: 'PREGNANT' PAUSE Whitney Purvis, Season 1 The soft-spoken Georgia native has started college and is still with her...
Little big man: John Adams' Barahona leading PSAL in RBIs
Tom Lehman felt his pitchers were prepared to take on John Adams in a season-opening home-and-home series. As long as Long Island City could keep speedy leadoff Shawn Jimenez off...
Boys & Girls star Taylor headed for prep school: sources
Boys & Girls guard Mike Taylor is headed to prep school and his future at Rutgers is very much in doubt, multiple sources told The Post on Monday. The 6-foot-3...
VIDEO: Cold-blooded killing caught on tape
Cops are looking for the gun-toting thug who can be seen in this dramatic video fatally shooting a teen in Brooklyn. The suspect calmly rode in the elevator with Andre...
City to turn parking lot into children's playspace
The city has changed a parking lot into a paradise!The Department of Transportation has yanked 20 coveted parking spots on a Fourth Street cul-de-sac alongside J.J. Byrne Park along retail-heavy...
Stinkbusters! City hopes to retain water to cure Gowanus smell
The city’s top environmental boss turned salesman last week, trumpeting a low-tech plan that he believes will stanch the stink in the Gowanus Canal.As part of a multi-pronged approach to...
Make it yourself: The perfect muffaletta
“If this sandwich were an Olympiad, it would resemble 14-time gold medal-winner Michael Phelps.”So write Jean Tang and Sarah Reistad-Long in their new cookbook, “The Big New York Sandwich Book,”...
What the duck? Buttermilk Channel gives us its meatloaf recipe
You only wish your mama made meatloaf like this.Buttermilk Channel, the popular American bistro on Court Street, may not have been the first to jump on the elevated comfort food...
Make it yourself: The perfect muffaletta
“If this sandwich were an Olympiad, it would resemble 14-time gold medal-winner Michael Phelps.”So write Jean Tang and Sarah Reistad-Long in their new cookbook, “The Big New York Sandwich Book,”...
Make it yourself: The perfect muffaletta
“If this sandwich were an Olympiad, it would resemble 14-time gold medal-winner Michael Phelps.”So write Jean Tang and Sarah Reistad-Long in their new cookbook, “The Big New York Sandwich Book,”...
Bread lines! New cookbook is devoted to the greatness of sandwiches
This cookbook goes between the bread.“The Big New York Sandwich Book” presents nearly 100 innovative and classic sandwiches from the city’s culinary scene, arranged by all manners of type, from...
This year, Museum gala has a Brooklyn accent
For its next big bash, the Brooklyn Museum is looking for inspiration in its own backyard.The Prospect Heights cultural institution hosts its annual gala on April 27 — and Brooklyn...
Arizona Gov. Brewer vetoes 'birther' bill, guns on college campuses
PHOENIX -- Arizona Governor Jan Brewer Monday vetoed two controversial bills passed by both the Arizona Senate and House -- the guns on campus bill and the "birther" bill. The...
What a pain! Armed robber stealing prescription pills
A pistol-packing pilferer with a penchant for prescription pain pills is on the prowl in Marine Park, pinching the pellets from pharmacies police predict are near his pad. The gun-toting...