July 14, 2011
Mexican soldiers find largest pot plantation ever
TIJUANA, Mexico -- A Mexican military commander said Thursday that his soldiers had discovered a record-busting marijuana plantation covering 300 acres in the state of Baja California. "It is the...
Abby Wambach leading U.S. with her heart as well as her head
The U.S. women are in Sunday’s World Cup final largely because of Abby Wambach aerial dominance and penchant from dramatics, nodding home a game-saving goal against Brazil and the game-winner...
Minn. gov., GOP leaders have deal to end shutdown
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota's Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican legislators struck a deal Thursday to end a budget impasse that led to the longest state government shutdown in...
Blue Jays pound Yankees 16-7
TORONTO — Edwin Encarnacion and Eric Thames had three hits and three RBIs each and the Blue Jays used an eight-run first inning to beat the Yankees 16-7 on Thursday...
Mila Kunis to attend Marine Corps Ball, rep says
LOS ANGELES -- Mila Kunis' rep denied reports Thursday that the actress might bail on the US Marine who asked her to be his date for an annual military ball,...
Beyonce's father denies stealing from her
Mathew Knowles insists he still has an amicable relationship with his daughter Beyonce — even though she dumped him as her manager two months ago — but is alleging that...
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Boyle signs $1.7M deal with Rangers
The Rangers have locked up another of their restricted free agents, signing center Brian Boyle to a three-year deal worth $1.7 million per year and avoiding going to arbitration later...
Sara Bareilles joins 'The Sing-Off' as new judge
LOS ANGELES -- "King of Anything" singer Sara Bareilles will join the judging panel of NBC's "The Sing-Off," the network announced Thursday. Bareilles, 31, will fill the vacancy left by...
'Office' star Jenna Fischer confirms second baby for Jim and Pam
LOS ANGELES -- Actress Jenna Fischer said Thursday that her real-life pregnancy will be incorporated into the plot of season eight of "The Office," New York Magazine's Vulture blog reported....
Attempted murder charges dropped against Queens man in hate crime
A Queens man who was facing up to 25 years in prison for attempted murder as a hate crime charges saw the case dropped today after prosecutors said the victim’s...
New 'Harry Potter' film shatters US advance ticket sales record
LOS ANGELES -- "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" has shattered the record for advance ticket sales ahead of its midnight opening in theaters across the country, movie...
Cops hunting pervy groper on UES
Police are searching for a touchy perv who is wanted for groping six women on the Upper East Side. The same sicko who grabbed a woman’s buttocks on East 85th...
Pol calls for inquiry into Related Cos. deal for Gateway land that could be Walmart home
A Brooklyn pol has asked the state comptroller to investigate a deal to buy 21 acres of state-owned land in East New York — a site Walmart eyes for its...
Police capture deranged man after fatal assault on B'klyn woman
Police nabbed a deranged man who fatally assaulted a young woman in Brooklyn this afternoon. The 18-year-old girl was found dead at 2:27 p.m. on East 102nd Street near Seaview...
Girlfriend of prominent Arizona CEO found dead in his California mansion
CORONADO, Calif. -- The 32-year-old girlfriend of a prominent Arizona CEO who died Wednesday was discovered hanging naked from a balcony at his California home with a rope around her...
Bin Laden worked to assemble team for US attack on 10th anniversary of 9/11
WASHINGTON -- Osama bin Laden was working to assemble a team of militants to attack the US on the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 hijackings, according to communications that...
MLB receives medical records of Yankees' Colon surgery
Major League Baseball has received medical records on Bartolo Colon's stem cell treatment. The Yankees pitcher had the treatment in the Dominican Republic in April 2010. Baseball spokesman Pat Courtney...
Immigrant maids & their supporters to rally outside Strauss-Kahn's TriBeCa digs
DSK better hang out the "Do Not Disturb" sign on his TriBeCa townhouse. African immigrant hotel maids and their supporters plan to come knocking at DSK's 50,000-a-month digs at 6...
Red Sox's Ortiz suspended four games for brawl
BOSTON — Red Sox slugger David Ortiz and Baltimore pitcher Kevin Gregg each have been suspended four games and fined for their parts in a July 8 bench-clearing brawl. Orioles...
Pitcher who gave up Jeter's 3,000 signs memorabilia deal
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The pitcher who gave up Derek Jeter’s 3,000th career hit has a deal to sign memorabilia connected with the milestone. Tampa Bay’s David Price agreed with...
NJ man sentenced on child pornography charge
TOMS RIVER, N.J. — The former head of a faith-based military academy for children in New Jersey has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for sharing child pornography...
Newark cop, loan officer facing charges stemming from $1.9M fraud
NEWARK, N.J.— Federal prosecutors say a Newark police officer and a bank loan officer have been indicted on bank fraud charges stemming from a $1.9 million commercial real estate loan....
Yankees sign lefty reliever Romero
TORONTO — Looking for a second lefty reliever to go with Boone Logan, the Yankees signed veteran J.C. Romero Thursday and assigned him to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.Romero, 35, was released earlier...
'Home Alone' character actor Roberts Blossom dies
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Character actor Roberts Blossom, who played the white-bearded neighbor "old man Marley" in the movie "Home Alone," has died at age 87 in Southern California. Daughter...
Owners, players out in force for NFL labor talks
With time running short to keep the NFL's preseason completely intact, owners and player representatives met Thursday at a Manhattan law firm to try and overcome the remaining obstacles to...
Lea Michele, Chris Colfer and Cory Monteith not returning for season four of 'Glee'
LOS ANGELES -- "Glee" co-creator Ryan Murphy on Wednesday made it clear the hit high school musical TV show won't be following its major characters to college in an attempt...
Gwyneth buys it in 'Contagion' trailer, web cheers
For the first time in years, people are actually talking about a Gwyneth Paltrow movie. There's been an incredible amount of interwebs gloating about the just-released trailer for Steven Sodereberg's "Contagion,''...
Former Kirkland & Ellis partner indicted for $2.1M tax fraud
A former senior partner at a prestigious New York law firm has been indicted by the feds for allegedly hiding $2.1 million from the IRS. Theodore Freedman, 63, who worked...
Questions raised over vote for new coliseum in LI
A New York prosecutor is reviewing allegations that county employees were promoting the passage of an upcoming voter referendum to spend $400 million to renovate the Nassau Coliseum. The announcement...
NY pension fund reports annual returns of 14.6 pct
ALBANY, N.Y. — The state’s pension fund for public workers on Thursday reported 14.6 percent earnings returns for the fiscal year that ended in March, raising the fund’s value, after...
Red Bulls captain Henry 'thinking about how bad we are'
After the Red Bulls suffered a galling 1-0 loss to archrival D.C. United -- shut out for the first time since April in their most disappointing offensive performance of the...
Suit advances in NY boat tragedy
ALBANY, N.Y. — A New York court has refused to dismiss negligence claims against state inspectors who annually certified the capacity limit for a Lake George tour boat before it...
Coast Guard rescues 5 boaters in Long Island Sound
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Coast Guard rescued five people from a power boat that was sinking in rough waters in Long Island Sound, officials said Thursday. The passengers aboard...
Undercover cop shoots drug dealer dead in the Bronx
An undercover cop shot dead a drug-dealing teen today in the Bronx after the armed hoodlum tried to rob the officer, authorities said. Nelson Reeves, 17, pulled a 25-caliber gun...
Devils deal LeBlond to Flames for pick
The Devils Thursday acquired a fifth-round 2012 draft pick from the Flames for out-of-favor enforcer Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond.Leblond, 26, took an ill-advised instigation penalty in the final five minutes of the...
Summer 2011
It’s Summer, 2011 and New York City is a hotbed of activity for all leisure tastes and budgets. Music lovers can savor live acts at seasonal festivals-- in genres from...
DVR Alert: TCM presents 'Arabs as a subject of ridicule'
The TCM debut of David Butler's "Ali Baba Goes to Town'' (1937) with Eddie Cantor, Roland Young, Louise Hovick (better known as Gypsy Rose Lee) and John Carradine leads off...
Feds bust 4 in Brooklyn-based Egyptian antiquities trafficking ring
Federal authorities have charged four people with illegally trafficking in rare Egyptian and Greco-Roman antiquities - including a sarcophagus. Mousa Khouli, Salem Alshdaifat, Joseph A. Lewis, II and Ayman Ramadan,...
Libya rebels pull back from assault on Tripoli gateway
GUALISH, Libya -- Libyan rebels on Thursday pulled back most of their fighters from an assault on a gateway to Tripoli and set their sights on the oil city of...
Paz de la Huerta's plea deal put off until next court date
Paz de la Huerta was all set for a big morning today -- the HBO show in which she bares all, "Boardwalk Empire," was nominated for 18 Emmy's, and hours...
McIlroy battles back after tough start at British Open
SANDWICH, England — For the first time in 11 months, Rory McIlroy walked off the 18th green in the early stages of a major championship and did not see his...
Shaquille O'Neal signs with TNT to work as NBA analyst
ATLANTA -- Fresh off his retirement from the NBA, future Hall of Fame center Shaquille O'Neal agreed to join TNT's "Inside the NBA" program as an in-studio analyst, Turner Broadcasting...
Brooklyn psycho hears voices, pleads not guilty to murdering boy
The monster who allegedly killed and mutilated the body of little Leiby Kletzky "hears voices" and as a result was ordered by a Brooklyn judge today to undergo a mental...
NY reports slight increase in hate crimes in 2010
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York officials say there were 699 hate crimes statewide last year, up 2 percent from a year earlier. They were mainly incidents of vandalism, assault and...
Atlantic City ranked as nation’s best boardwalk
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — America’s first boardwalk is also its best. That’s the word from National Geographic, which has named Atlantic City’s boardwalk the best in the nation. Another New...
US announces charges vs antiquities dealers
Authorities say antiquities dealers and collectors from Michigan, New York, Virginia and the United Arab Emirates have been charged with a scheme to smuggle cultural property into the United States....
Agent says potential Jets target Moss in great shape
Randy Moss’ agent is eager to make NFL teams forget about his client's 2010 season. "Randy has been working out, two-a-days, all spring and summer in West Virginia," Joel Segal...
Unions to Obama: Shut up about jets
One of President Obama's most loyal constituencies isn't happy with their champion. "I think it's just insulting," said Steve Rooney, president of District 70 of the International Association of Machinists...
Judge declares mistrial in Clemens perjury case
WASHINGTON -- A federal judge in Roger Clemens' perjury case declared a mistrial today after noticing that the prosecution entered evidence he had said was inadmissible. The ruling by US...
Admirers shower Casey Anthony with cash gifts: report
For someone who was once accused of killing her child, Casey Anthony sure does have a lot of admirers. Anthony may be getting death threats following her acquittal, but she...
Ewing not among finalists for Pistons job: report
Patrick Ewing’s wait for his first head-coaching job will apparently continue. The Knicks great interviewed for the Pistons coaching job recently, but according to an ESPN report, former Nets coach...
Heated argument ends in murder-suicide in Queens
A man fatally shot an acquaintance in front of her Queens home yesterday before turning the gun on himself, cops said. David Chea, 55, allegedly got into a heated dispute...
Manchester United beats Cowboys, Yankees to sport's most valuable title
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Manchester United was touring the United States with an extra air of superiority Thursday after Forbes confirmed the English Premier League champion as the world's most valuable...
Betty Ford to be buried next to husband in Mich.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Hundreds of people who admired former first lady Betty Ford are expected to gather Thursday along the route from the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum to...
Copy of soccer's earliest rules expected to attract up to $1.9 million at UK auction
SHEFFIELD, England -- The earliest rules that led to soccer as it is now known are going under the hammer Thursday at UK auction house Sotheby's, for an estimated price...
EPA serious about politics not protection
The current Enviromental Protection Agency is primarily interested in politics, not protection writes Dr. Gilbert Ross. "The Jackson-era EPA seems to love using the precautionary principle (“better safe than sorry”)...
JP Morgan 2Q profit jumps 13% to $5.4B on unexpected revenue rise
JP Morgan Chase & Co. reported Thursday its second-quarter profit jumped 13 percent, as the nation's second-biggest bank by assets posted an unexpected jump on its top line. As the...
Spotify launches free, unlimited and premium services in US
Anglo-Swedish streaming music provider Spotify launched its music service in the US on Thursday, nearly two years after the company first discussed the plan. In an updated statement about its...
Explosive device found on Rome-Naples train line
FROSINONE, Italy -- Italian police were investigating Thursday after an explosive device was found on train tracks in the southern town of Frosinone, Rai News reported. The device -- reported...
Bloomberg gives mayors nationwide $24M in grants for innovation
ATLANTA — In his inauguration speech, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed pledged to improve his city’s approach to customer service and to help all its residents. He was sidetracked by the...
List of Emmy Award nominations in major categories
Nominees in major categories for the 2011 Emmy Awards announced Thursday by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Drama Series: "Boardwalk Empire," HBO; "Dexter," Showtime; "Friday Night Lights," DirecTV;...
Yankees call up Golson to replace A-Rod
Speedy outfielder Greg Golson will take Alex Rodriguez’s spot on the Yankees roster.Golson will be activated in time for Thursday night’s second-half opener against the Blue Jays. Rodriguez underwent surgery...
Preparations underway in NJ for Sept. 11 exhibit
TRENTON, N.J. — Preparations are under way at the New Jersey State Museum for an exhibit commemorating the Sept. 11 attacks. It will run from Sept. 7 through Sept. 30....
Amateur Lewis, Bjorn tied for British Open lead
SANDWICH, England — Tom Lewis shares a name with one of the British Open’s greatest champions. The kid sure lived up to it Thursday. Lewis, a 20-year-old amateur, shot a...
Rare Jane Austen manuscript sells for £993,250 at auction
LONDON -- An unfinished early Jane Austen manuscript sold at auction in London on Thursday for £993,250 ($1.6 million) -- three times more than its pre-sale estimate. The unpublished draft...
Brewers GM says K-Rod to share closer's role
MILWAUKEE -- With their trade for Francisco Rodriguez, the Milwaukee Brewers now can call on a pair of potential closers. And in a tense ninth-inning situation, it sounds as if...
Red Sox best in AL after awful start
BOSTON — The Red Sox loaded up on offense. They had a strong rotation. Their rebuilt bullpen looked promising. Then they started playing. Six games, all losses. The season that...
Poll: 83% of NY'ers don't think Cuomo should do 2016 White House run
ALBANY – While New Yorkers continue to strongly approve of the job Gov. Cuomo is doing, they’re sending him a big “not so fast’’ message when it comes to growing...
'Mad Men,' 'Mildred Pierce' get top Emmy nods
LOS ANGELES — "Mad Men," the sharply observed drama of a changing 1960s America, captured 19 Emmy nominations Thursday to lead the series pack, with the melodramatic miniseries "Mildred Pierce"...
FOLLOW LIVE: British Open leaderboard
Follow live from Royal St. George's as Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy and the rest of the field battle for the British Open title.
K-Rod trade clears cash for Mets to chase Reyes
Perhaps Sandy Alderson’s most important move of next year’s offseason came in the top of the ninth of Tuesday night’s All-Star Game. That’s when the general manager put the finishing...
Mets GM says team not giving up on this year
Next up, Carlos Beltran? Not so fast, says Sandy Alderson. Even with Francisco Rodriguez on his way to Milwaukee and Atlanta showing no signs of slowing down in the wild-card...
It’s OK for Mets to wave white flag this year
Trading Francisco Rodriguez was the deal Sandy Alderson had to make if the Mets are to have any shot at re-signing Jose Reyes, which is the key to the franchise’s...
Fan who caught Jeter ball to get own baseball card
The fan who returned Derek Jeter’s ball from his 3,000th hit will get a bit of memorabilia to keep — his own baseball card. Topps says it will produce a...
Brits hoping for a ‘proper’ champ at Open
SANDWICH, England — Is it too much to ask for a “proper” champion to win this week’s British Open? This is what the golf world is clamoring for at Royal...
U.S. beats France; in World Cup final vs. Japan
MOENCHENGLADBACH, Germany -- Somehow, the Americans seem to find a way to win. And more often than not, Abby Wambach has something to do with it. With time running out...
Three keys to US women's soccer team beating France
Coach Pia Sundhage’s substitutions of Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan France was dominating possession until the duo came on. Rapinoe not only let Lauren Cheney move inside to get possession,...
Curtis, caddie paired again — sort of
SANDWICH, England — It started as a blind date and turned into one of the most memorable and improbable player-caddie relationship stories in golf history. Ben Curtis needed a caddie...
Loughlin's Jasmine Alston having big, busy summer with Philly Belles
If the Philadelphia Belles 15U was a car, Jasmine Alston would be its second gear. The speedy, athletic point guard can turn a halfcourt game into a track meet with...
Matured Telfair leads Lightning to 16U title at HOF National Invitational
Ethan Telfair needed a game like this, running the show for the Long Island Lightning 16s, scoring and facilitating for his teammates. In the team’s 81-74 win over an excellent...
Pole vault
A male pole dancer has sparked a falling out between “America’s Got Talent” judges Piers Morgan and Sharon Osbourne. Morgan — who has often had a soft spot for attractive...
Entertainment boss at NBC
Comcast Corp.'s NBC named Jennifer Salke president of its entertainment division, tapping a Fox television executive to develop shows and lift the network out of last place among viewers. Salke...
If things don't improve, Obama may lose his job
I am a little confused by all this budget talk coming out of Washington. OK, I'm a lot confused. So I'll assume some of my readers must also be bemused...
It's Ben to the rescue
Helicopter Ben may be restarting the engine. Federal Reserve boss Ben Bernanke offered the markets hope that the central bank might be willing to pump more cash into the financial...
Dubious policies
Lloyd's of London, the giant UK insurance syndicate, was aware of the inappropriate sale of property and casualty insurance to more than 300 US Catholic charities and universities over a...
Resorts Casino is ready to deal
The new owners of Resorts Casino Hotel rescued it from near-death, slashed everyone's pay, got sued twice by older female employees, opened Atlantic City's first casino gay bar, and announced...
Digital shack-up
Now let's see what they cook up. Scripps Networks Interactive chief Ken Lowe and Demand Media bossRichard Rosenblatt are in talks about a potential partnership that could unite their respective...
Netflix is a Street hit
Netflix's hefty price increase was welcomed by Wall Street, which sent its shares up nearly 3 percent yesterday. While customers vented about the price hikes on the Netflix blog and...
'Deep' album sales
Adele is rolling in the dough -- from downloads. The British singer's sophomore album "21," whose bold, bluesy hit single "Rolling in the Deep" has gone quadruple platinum, has just...
Hedge-fund trader Chiesi settles civil charges in Galleon case
Teen beauty queen turned hedge-fund trader Danielle Chiesi agreed to hand over $540,000 to the Securities and Exchange Commission to close the door on civil charges tied to her involvement...
Amazon apes Apple in new tablet tussle
Amazon already followed Apple with an "Appstore." Now the e-commerce giant is ready to follow with its own tablet. The world's largest online retailer is reportedly producing more than a...
Gray Lady Slims down debt load
The New York Times Co. is shaking off its $250 million debt to the richest man in the world, Mexican business magnate Carlos Slim Helu. The publisher yesterday announced that...
Business briefs
Street talk Morgan Stanley could be the next Wall Street firm to announce a major round of layoffs that could include thou sands of job cuts, FOX Business reported.Gold record...
News Corp. spikes bid for BSkyB
News Corp. withdrew its $12 billion bid to buy all of pay-TV operator British Sky Broadcasting amid a phone-hacking scandal at one of its UK tabloids. "We believed that the...
Winning the game of tag sales
For those bent on bargains, rejoice — tag-sale season has officially begun! On brownstone-lined streets of the Upper West Side and Park Slope, and along sleepy residential streets in the...
Edge of glory
Karen Goodwin and her boyfriend, Jean Claude Cancedda, are Clinton Hill converts. Before they moved in together, she lived in Park Slope and he was in Fort Greene. When they...
Hello, Polly!
In 2001, after a lifetime of performing in movies, on TV, on Broadway, in concerts and on recordings, the then-70-year-old Polly Bergen decided to pack it in. “I just wanted...
Baryshnikov jumps
It looks like there will be no more white nights on the Hudson in posh Snedens Landing, NY, for ballet superstar and former “Sex and the City” love interest Mikhail...
Just sold!
Manhattan East harlem $490,000 346 E. 119th St. One-bedroom, one-bath duplex penthouse condo, 870 square feet, with kitchen with Bosch appliances, home office, radiant-heated bathroom and 388-square-foot deck; building features...
Man who allegedly murdered B'klyn kid gave neighbors the creeps
Brooklyn loner Levi Aron gave people the creeps long before he was charged with slaughtering an innocent child. The 35-year-old plumbing-supply store stockboy made his neighbors' skin crawl with the...
Hunt for Leiby ends in horror; creep confesses
Monsters are real. An innocent, naive young child, lost and searching for his parents, stumbled into the path of a neighborhood predator who took the kid to his lair and...
Judge: Not so fast, Atlantic Yards
Construction of the Nets' new Brooklyn arena may be on pace to be completed next year, but a state judge's ruling yesterday puts much of the rest of the embattled...
Angry Obama walks out on debt-limit talks
WASHINGTON -- A testy President Obama yesterday abruptly walked out of debt-limit talks at the White House, with no deal in sight as the Aug. 2 deadline to avoid a...
Staten Island drown horror
Two strapping young men who were practicing breath-holding exercises at a Staten Island pool yesterday to prepare for military training were pulled out unconscious and one died -- after two...
'Heavens also cry' for angel
About an hour before the saddest event ever in Bor ough Park, the sky dark ened to a deep shade of purple and filled the streets with rain. Already, a...
Paz poised to cop a plea
In a negotiated plea, actress Paz de la Huerta is set to admit she threatened to hit a former reality-TV figure in a Meatpacking District hotel bar, a source said...
Gov nixes school-loan bill
Gov. Cuomo vetoed legislation yesterday that would have gutted the new state property-tax cap by allowing school districts to borrow more than $1 billion to cover ballooning pension costs. "The...
Second man vandalizes Ed Sullivan Theater
A copycat starred early today in Act II of "Vandalism at Dave Letterman's Theater." Only four days after struggling actor James Whittemore managed to break into the Ed Sullivan Theater...
Chrysler is recalling Rams
DETROIT -- Chrysler is recalling more than 242,000 Ram trucks because of a problem in the steering system. The recall affects certain Rams from 2008 to 2011. The National Highway...
Broker: Brooklyn is back
The rocky ride of Brooklyn's housing market is over. The median sales price in the borough rose a modest 3.7 percent, from $463,000 to $480,000, over the same period a...
Cancer targets men
Men are more likely than women to develop cancer and are more likely to die from it, new research shows. A broad study examined 36 types of cancer by gender,...
HIV-prevention pill a 'game-changer'
A daily pill saved hundreds of heterosexuals from being infected with the AIDS virus, two new studies found. Drugs called antiretrovirals were able to reduce the risk of HIV infection...
A liberal dose of venom spit at this woman
Steel yourselves, ladies. It's open season on the women lefties love to hurt. Michele Bachmann is a tax lawyer. She ran for, and won, a seat in Congress. She is...
Katie's secrets
So what if he jumped on Oprah's couch? Tom Cruise is actually a "manly romantic," says his wife, Katie Holmes -- looking gam-orous in the August issue of InStyle. Holmes...
Quick pickup of lotto 'thieves'
A Long Island couple thought they hit the jackpot last Thursday after stealing 177 scratch-off lottery tickets from a Southampton store -- but their luck didn't last long. Cops yesterday...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Bronx An accident left a woman clinging to life after her car careened into the Bronx River in Wakefield yesterday morning, authorities said. The unidentified victim went off the Bronx...
Fed drug-gang arrests in Bx.
The feds busted up a notorious Bronx drug gang yesterday in a series of early-morning raids. Eight members of the violent "Creston Avenue Crew" -- responsible for moving about 1,000...
City drivers taking bridge to free-dom
Facing an economic downturn and soaring tolls, thousands of motorists intent on saving a few bucks went "bridge shopping" and switched to Manhattan's free spans to avoid the pricey MTA...
'No-abort' law nixed
A New York City law that would force crisis-pregnancy centers to disclose that they don't actually provide abortions or birth control was blocked yesterday by a Manhattan federal court judge....
Terror blasts kill 17 in Mumbai
MUMBAI, India -- Three coordinated bombings tore through the heart of India's busy financial capital during rush hour yesterday, killing at least 17 people in the worst terror attack in...
9/11 Memorial snubs survivors
Survivors who fled the burning Twin Towers are not invited to the 10th-anniversary remembrance of the terror attacks because there's no room at the new 9/11 Memorial, it was announced...
More kids will learn in cyberia
High school will become a virtual learning experience for more New York teenagers under a sweeping new state policy that promotes online instruction. The Board of Regents approved new rules...
Busted W'burg Bridge gal cops an 'altitude'
The aerialist who put on quite a show atop the Williamsburg Bridge during rush hour came crashing down to earth yesterday with the realization that she could spend a long...
Raids roll up Albania mob
The feds and NYPD swooped in yesterday with simultaneous raids throughout the city -- and reaching into the suburbs, upstate and overseas -- to smash a drug-trafficking ring run here...
Mila Kunis wants to skip date with Marine: report
Mila Kunis, don't let your country down! The sexy "Friends with Benefits" star wants to skip on her date with Sgt. Scott Moore to the Marine Corps Ball, "Access Hollywood"...
'Whitey' Bulger hid guns, cash in makeshift safes in apartment
The mirror hid their darkest secrets. The feds yesterday released this startling photo of a makeshift safe concealed behind a mirror in the Santa Monica, Calif., apartment where Boston mobster...
Harlem 'hops' on brewery
An economic renaissance is brewing on Harlem's 125th Street. Mayor Bloomberg yesterday announced deals to redevelop two long-neglected sites on the commercial corridor, including a $100 million project that will...
Coaster-death raps dodged
BATAVIA, NY -- A double-amputee Iraq war veteran who was hurled off a towering roller coaster to his death never should have been allowed on the ride, but park operators...
Feds pin 'steroid' syringe on Clemens
Roger Clemens' perjury trial kicked off yesterday with the feds promising that DNA evidence will be the payoff pitch that proves the former Yankee hurler lied to Congress when he...
O's $86M war chest
WASHINGTON -- President Obama has hauled in $86 million for his re-election -- more than double the amount raised by the entire Republican field, campaign advisers revealed yesterday. Obama, who...
Decorator gets prison stripes
WASHINGTON -- Darlene Mathis-Gardner, the DC interior designer who admitted to ripping off the government -- and who got a $5.4 million contract to design glassware for Hillary Rodham Clinton's...
Mike hail$ gay-nup GOPers
Four Republican legislators who broke ranks with their colleagues to enact gay marriage in New York have each received $10,300 campaign contributions from Mayor Bloomberg. Mayoral aides confirmed the donations...
Tappan Zee jumper's pals in shock
The former Bronx HS of Science teacher who died in a naked suicide plunge off the Tappan Zee Bridge with her boyfriend was an unassuming intellectual known for diligently pursuing...
Qns. slay-suicide
A man fatally shot an acquaintance in front of her Queens home yesterday and then turned the gun on himself, cops said. The 51-year-old woman was shot twice in the...
A US oil boom -- unless greens abort it
Just a year after the BP oil spill, America is on the verge of a new golden era of oil exploration and production -- unless President Obama and his environmentalist...
Supreme preferences
The liberal Supreme Court that Michael Barone alludes to is no more contorted than the twisted, conservative court that confirmed slavery to be legal ("Liberal Court's Racial Contortions," PostOpinion, July...
Bubba's base baloney: years later, still lying
"Bill Clinton's Racial Slander" (Editorial, July 11) exposes him as yet another hate-mongering leftist. This is as easy as predicting that the ocean is wet. Mark Kalinowski Clifton, NJ ***...
What if the Mexicans stop coming?
America has been peopled by vast surges of migration -- from the British Isles in the 18th century, from Ireland and Germany in the 19th century, from Eastern and Southern...
The comedian-in-chief
Here's a joke for you: President Obama nearly bankrupts the country with his out-of-control deficit spending -- then demands responsible fiscal leadership from the Republicans. OK, this is no time...
Murder on Broadway
After two years of public si lence, prominent Midtown business owners are speak ing out over the ruinous impact of the 12-block-long pedestrian and bike lanes on Broadway north of...
Andrew's pension smackdown
New York taxpayers caught a huge break yesterday, when Gov. Cuomo vetoed a bill that would've let school districts borrow to cover pension costs. Good for Cuomo. The bill was...
An injudicious raise
Pretty much everyone concedes that New York state's judges deserve a pay raise, given that they haven't gotten one in a dozen years. But 62 percent in one shot? That's...
Dancers a Russian blessing
We're getting Russian lessons this week. From St. Pe tersburg, the famed Mariinsky Ballet -- which in the Soviet era went by the Kirov Ballet, the name it still uses...
Hip, hippie hurray for the ever-hot 'Hair'
What "The Nutcracker" is to December, "Hair" is to July. Not only does the musical take place during the Summer of Love, but its "turn on, tune in, drop out"...
Battle of the butts
For many New Yorkers, owning a 1,000-square-foot one-bedroom condo in a posh Upper East Side doorman building is a dream come true. But they don’t live next door to Jane’s...
The Post Line
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Hondo still running
Hondo scored with one selection by Anthony Af frunti, the Post's Prescient Pony Picker, yesterday -- Miss Rapture in the fifth at Delaware -- but stum bled with the others...
Today's Sports on Air
Baseball7 p.m.Yankees at Blue JaysYES, WCBS (880 AM)7 p.m.Indians at OriolesMLBN7 p.m.AAA: Rochester at BuffaloSNY7 p.m.Auburn at CyclonesSKRB (90.3 FM)Basketball9 p.m.WNBA: Seattle at San AntonioESPN2Cycling6:30 a.m.Tour de France, Stage 12VS.Golf4...
Sports shorts
MLB: All-Star Game draws record-low rating Baseball's All-Star Game recorded a record-low rating for the second straight year. The National League's 5-1 win Tuesday on Fox earned a 6.9 rating...
Devils rookie camp rocked by injuries
The cream of the Devils' latest draft class is off to an inauspicious, injured start. In less than 24 hours, prize first-rounder Adam Larsson joined the Devils' second pick, Blake...
Liberty shatter Dream in Rock rout
They came in yellow T-shirts, and red ones and lime green and navy and white and teal. They came, 14,314 campers armed with thunder sticks -- the American equivalent of...
McEnroe-Borg rivalry renewed tonight
John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg will renew their once-fabulous rivalry tonight at Randall's Island on the 30th anniversary of their epic Wimbledon match that spawned a recent HBO documentary. The...
After rocky times in minors, Yankees' Nunez on 'right' path
Eduardo Nunez didn't always believe he was going to be the Yankees player who filled in so well for Derek Jeter and is being asked to do the same for...
NFL's top QBs try Hail Mary to end lockout
After a steady drip of ownership leaks designed to turn up the pressure on the union, the players turned the tables yesterday as the NFL's labor talks heated up again....
Yankees hope injured Soriano can come up big in second half
The following statement is going to freeze the marrow of even the most casual member of Yankees Universe: Reliever Rafael Soriano will play a large part in the Yankees reaching...
In second year, Nino plans to stick with Islanders
His shoulders are broader, his head is held higher, and as young winger Nino Niederreiter stood in front of his locker yesterday after the first skating day of the Islanders'...
Rangers' Gaborik excited to team with Richards
When you are paid $7.5 million a year as one of the most gifted goal-scorers extant, you play in a No Excuses League, which, to Marian Gaborik's everlasting credit, he...
Windy with a chance of golf balls
SANDWICH, England -- If the weather forecast holds true the next few days, the British Open will be a very breezy affair. Winds gusts of 30 miles mph and sustained...
Bill Smith At Yonkers
Post time: 7:10 p.m.Best Bet: Sun of a Victory (10th)FIRST-1 1/16 ml pc; $12,000; claiming3GeneralMcardle(GBrennan)1-7-37-56Mixed Media(D Dube)6-3-48-14Rappermunn(J Stratton)7-7-610-11JumpinJackFlash(JPntlno)4-6-710-12DurangoKidN(SBouchard)5-5-55-15WickedNRude(LStalbaum)5-8-520-17Iconic Style(B Holland)4-3-512-18Big Mystery(C Manzi)8-3-330-1SECOND-1 1/16 ml tr; $17,000; claiming1I'm A Sakra(G Brennan)3-5-19-57S...
Bill Smith At Meadowlands
Post time: 7:00 p.m.Best Bet: Ivana Dance (9th)FIRST-mile; trot; $12,000; conditional7Bluff(T Smedshammer)3-1-33-14Oasis Dream(M Lachance)2-3-X5-12Sterling Volo(B Sears)2-1-15-21QuicheLorraineS(DMiller)3-4-X6-11Grace Happens(Y Gingras)4-7-56-11Acadian(P Berry)5-X-X6-12Julia'sFlight(JJohnson)5-5-45-23Funny Fashion(S Allard)6-4-38-15Hope And Love(A Miller)7-2-210-16AccessToSuccess(RPierce)3-1-44-1SECOND-ml pc; $12,000; conditional6AmericanJewel(TTetrick)1-1-16-51Sheracer(D Miller)2-1-45-110JkCracklinRosie(RPierce)1-3-36-12Susan's Desire(P Berry)2-1-28-13So...
Tomorrow's Belmont Entries
Post Time: 3:00 pm All horses appear in post position order FIRST 1 1/4m(T); $53,000; alw opt clm; 3up; (f&m) PN Horse Wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds 1 All...
Affrunti's Calder Grade
Post Time: 12:30 pm. Post Time: 12:30 pm. FIRST-5 1/2f; $15,050; cl($16,000); 3up 2-GreyTordll 3-1 1-Sylvi'sTmp 8-1 3-La Torera 5-1 4-SixtyAcres 4-1 6-Trippadedd 2-1 5-Boss Lady 6-1 7-Putitbckls 15-1 SECOND-6f;...
Delaware Charts
Jul. 13, 2011 Clear And Fast. Turf: Firm. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST -5f; $15,000; mdn clm; 3up; (f&m)Off: 1:16. Good. ridden out, Trainer: Michael GorhamTime: 22.30, 46.92, 59.85.Winner: B...
Suffolk Results
FIRST-5 1 /2f; $7,500; clm; 3up; (f&m)1Modern Girl (Falk) 23.406.6016.404Cat Grace (Wales)11.2016.406Sunshine Nikki (Davis)15.00 Scr: Si Senora. * Exacta (1-4) $155.60 * $1 Superfecta (1-4-6-3) $541.90 * Trifecta (1-4-6) $830.80SECOND-5...
Jets' Holmes, Giants' Cofield interest Redskins: report
The Redskins, rarely shy when it comes to spending big bucks to get what they want, could be targeting key players from the Giants and Jets in free agency. Jets...
Yankees GM not seeking midseason extension
Is Brian Cashman in the final 12 weeks as Yankees general manager? Cashman's three-year deal worth $6 million expires at the end of the season and after 14 years he...
Nets' Vujacic eyes Turkey club
Sasha Vujacic may take any decision about re-signing him out of the Nets' hands. According to the Turkish website and newspaper, Milliyet -- which also ran a bunch of Lindsay...
Steeler spews Goodell venom
James Harrison, the heavily fined Steelers linebacker, calls NFL commissioner Roger Goodell a "crook" and a "devil," among other insults, in the August issue of Men's Journal. The 2008 AP...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYJuly 14FRIJuly 15SATJuly 16SUNJuly 17MONJuly 18TUEJuly 19WEDJuly 20YankeesToronto7:07TV YES NetworkRadio WCBS 880 AMTor.7:07WWORWCBSTor.1:07YESWCBSTor.1:07YESWCBST.B.7:10YESWCBST.B.7:10WWORWCBST.B.7:10YESWCBSMetsNOGAMEPhi.7:10SNYWFANPhi.4:10FOXWFANPhi.1:10WPIXWFANFla.7:10SNYWFANSt. L.7:10SNYWFANSt. L.7:10SNYWFANRed BullsNOGAMENOGAMEChivas10:30MSGWADONOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEColo.9:30MSG+
Drama mama
In honor of the Emmy nomi nation announcement this morning, Mama presents her favorite leading fellas of summer -- some are Emmy worthy, some are just plain fun to watch:...
Danson signs on to 'CSI'
CBS has finally solved the mystery of who will replace Laurence Fishburne during this season of "CSI" -- it's Ted Danson. The network announced that "Cheers" star Danson is joining...
Midler out of Spector flick
HBO's upcoming Phil Spector biopic has hit a major snag. Bette Midler has been forced to drop out of the project, which is currently being filmed, after suffering a herniated...
Oprah rolls her OWN
Oprah Winfrey is making herself the boss of her new network. Winfrey said yesterday that she will also become the chief executive officer and chief creative officer of OWN beginning...
Murder, lies and videotape
NBC has emerged as the front-runner in the scramble for the first interview with Casey Anthony. Anthony's lawyer Jose Baez -- who was in New York for several days this...
Starr report
Chalk this one up to "life imitating art," in a TV kind of way. TNT has just begun filming its upcoming TV movie, "Deck the Halls," based on the collaborative...
Weird but true
When Richard Bombain got a ticket for driving without a license, he wasn't worried. The Gary, Ind., man knew he had a great excuse -- officials wouldn't give him a...
Brazilian team tryout for Iona PG Machado
Scott Machado visited Brazil when he was eight years old and learned to speak the language growing up since his entire family spoke Portuguese. Good thing, too -- the Iona...
Paralyzed Rutgers player stands tall
It took only nine months for Eric LeGrand to stand. LeGrand, the Rutgers football player who was diagnosed as paralyzed from the neck down after he was injured in a...
Braziller: Living the life of a college coach
Over the last week, I lived the life of a college basketball coach, taking in three events during the live recruiting period, going to Reading, Pa., and King of Prussia...
'Morning' glory
The morning after has never looked so fresh. Six years after handbag designer Rebecca Minkoff launched the now-iconic “Morning After Bag,” the It carry-all continues inspiring legions of devotees. “[Minkoff’s]...
Thousands pay their respects at funeral for tragic B'klyn boy
The father of missing 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky -- who was found dead and dismembered today -- had only heartbroken words at his son's funeral in Brooklyn tonight. "Here lies my...
Williams-Lara judges suspended
The judges who scored last Saturday’s controversial fight between Paul Williams and Erislandy Lara have been placed on indefinite suspension by the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board.According to several...
Judge rips ESDC over Atlantic Yards, orders review of project's second phase
Construction of the Nets’ new Brooklyn arena might be on pace to be completed next year, but a state judge’s ruling today puts much of the rest of the embattled...