December 6, 2011
ESPN hires former Red Sox manager Francona
BOSTON -- When he left the Boston Red Sox, Terry Francona said the players needed to hear from a new voice. ESPN thinks his voice will be an excellent fit...
Career brute gets 22 years to life for slashing two sisters
Their names are Julissa and Melissa, they sport matching smiles, and -- thanks to one razor-wielding career thug from their Lower East Side neighborhood -- they will forever wear long...
FAA chief resigns following drunk driving arrest
WASHINGTON -- Federal Aviation Administration chief Randy Babbitt resigned Tuesday in the wake of his arrest for allegedly driving while intoxicated. "Today I submitted my resignation to Secretary Ray LaHood...
Ex-corrections officer acquitted of attempted murder charges in Queens
A former correction officer who was facing up to 25 years in prison for shooting two men outside of a Queens bowling alley was acquitted of double attempted murder and...
VIDEO: Hubbuch on NFC
Post NFL writer Bart Hubbuch and CineSport's Noah Coslov review the Bears QB situation, the NFC East Playoff race, and if Tom Coughlin is safe as Giants head coach.csprtContainer();
Evidence recovered in LI serial killer case
Long Island cops recovered today evidence in Oak Beach that could be related to Shannan Gilbert, the alleged sex worker whose mysterious disappearance sparked the investigation in to a serial...
Alec Baldwin thrown off AA flight at LAX for 'playing game' on phone
What a smart Alec. Hot-head Alec Baldwin was kicked off an American Airlines flight this afternoon in Los Angeles because he was playing a game on his phone apparently past...
Cleaver-swinging madman David Tarloff to stay at psychiatric center
Four years ago, paranoid schizophrenic David Tarloff admittedly slashed a well-loved psychiatrist to death in her Upper East Side offices -- and today, there was more uncertainty and hardship for...
Romney says he will not attend Trump-moderated debate
PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. -- Presidential contender Mitt Romney told FOX News Channel Tuesday that he will not participate in a debate moderated by Donald Trump in Iowa this month. Several...
Rutgers star Greene excited for bowl game in Bronx
PISCATAWAY -- Khaseem Greene grew up a half-hour train ride from New York City, but the Rutgers junior linebacker never spent "more than a couple hours" there. So you can...
Nets add Carlesimo, Elie as assistants
As the Nets enter their final season in New Jersey before their long-awaited move to Brooklyn, coach Avery Johnson announced two additions to his coaching staff with deep local ties...
Victim snaps pic of alleged Times Square groper
A quick-thinking sex-abuse victim snapped a cell-phone photo of a creep who groped her in Times Square, and police are asking for the public to help identify him. The 20-year-old...
Marlins make 10-year, $200 million offer to Pujols: report
DALLAS — The Miami Marlins have offered free agent first baseman Albert Pujols a 10-year contract worth more than $200 million, FOX Sports reported Tuesday. The offer comes after the...
Magic CEO retires after drunk dialing Howard
ORLANDO, Fla. — Magic CEO Bob Vander Weide has resigned after nearly 20 years with the NBA club, multiple outlets reported Tuesday. Vander Weide, 50, made the decision to step...
Cops hunt 3 thugs suspected in Long Island City rape
Police are hunting three heinous punks wanted in a harrowing sexual assault in Long Island City. The 20-year-old victim was walking home when two thugs suddenly yanked her off a...
'Harry Potter' director planning film on life of young Jesus Christ
LOS ANGELES -- "Harry Potter" movie director Chris Columbus is planning to produce a film about the life and times of the young Jesus Christ. Columbus's 1492 Pictures and CJ...
Obama calls for 'fair shot' for all Americans in speech evoking Theodore Roosevelt
OSAWATOMIE, Kan. -- President Obama called for a "fair shot" for all Americans on Tuesday in a speech that evoked former President Teddy Roosevelt, pressing for stronger regulation and oversight,...
Cowboys expect WR Austin back to face Giants: report
The Cowboys anticipate having WR Miles Austin back on the field Sunday night for their crucial NFC East showdown with the Giants. Austin has missed the past four games with...
School bus drivers union says NYC pits safety vs savings
New York City school bus drivers say that Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s warning that they might strike any day was a false alarm. The drivers’ union issued a letter to parents...
Jury talks for 2nd day in Conn. home invasion case
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A Connecticut jury was deliberating for a second day on whether a man convicted of killing a woman and her two daughters in a brutal home...
3 women escorted off NY-bound flight insist they're victims
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Three women escorted off a flight from West Palm Beach insist they did nothing wrong. The incident happened Monday afternoon aboard Air Tran flight 1451...
Billy Graham released from North Carolina hospital
ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- Evangelist Billy Graham was released Tuesday from a North Carolina hospital after being treated for pneumonia. Graham, 93, who was hospitalized on Nov. 30, made good clinical...
B'klyn Borough Hall lightens up with 40-foot-tall Christmas tree
It’s officially Christmas time in Downtown Brooklyn.Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz yesterday threw the switch and illuminated a 40-foot-tall Christmas tree in Brooklyn Borough Hall Plaza. Time Out New York...
Jeffries commits to re-signing with Knicks: source
Free-agent big man Jared Jeffries, whose second stint with the Knicks was a bust late last season, has verbally committed to re-signing, according to an NBA source.Contracts can’t become official...
Cuomo, state leaders reach tentative tax deal
ALBANY – New York millionaires are looking at a tax hike, but everybody making under $300,000 would get a tax cut under a deal reached between Gov. Cuomo and legislative...
Reyes told Marlins still Ramirez's team, but he wants trade: reports
DALLAS — Hanley Ramirez has a “strong preference” to stay at shortstop, according to a major league source. And his new manager with the Miami Marlins, Ozzie Guillen, knows it....
Big East to add Boise State, 4 others Wednesday: report
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Big East Conference will officially add Boise State, San Diego State, Houston, Central Florida and SMU for the 2013 football season, CBS Sports reported Tuesday. An...
Red Bulls to open season March 11 at FC Dallas, first game to air on NBC
The Red Bulls will face FC Dallas in both teams’ 2012 season opener on Sunday, March 11 at 3 p.m. at Pizza Hut Park. The tilt will be televised live...
Composer Roger Davidson bilked for $20M: DA
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A New York prosecutor has raised to $20 million the amount allegedly stolen from a wealthy musician and oil-family heir. Pianist and composer Roger Davidson allegedly...
Knicks rookie Harrellson playing catchup after lockout
Knicks rookie center Josh Harrellson envisions himself as a Kendrick Perkins/Dennis Rodman type. But the 6-10, 270-pounder from Kentucky knows the NBA lockout didn’t help his cause this season, with...
Lakers trying to land Howard and Paul: report
This would be bad news for the Knicks, the Nets and the rest of the NBA.ESPN is reporting that the Lakers are trying to acquire both Magic center Dwight Howard...
Yankees' Rivera to get surgery results Friday
DALLAS -- Mariano Rivera expects to get results Friday from a biopsy taken on the polyps that were removed from his vocal cords last week, sources told the Post.The Yankees...
Rolle has no 'doubt' Giants will be in playoffs
Antrel Rolle is feeling confident about his team, so much so that he cannot consider the Giants, 6-6 and owners of a four-game losing streak, falling short of their goals....
B'klyn beauty-parlor thug pleads guilty, faces 20 years for trying to shoot cop
The Brooklyn thug whose botched beauty-parlor robbery ended with a sharp-shooting off-duty hero cop blasting the gun out of his hand took a plea deal that will leave him locked...
Boy in shopping cart case cared more about shoes than mom he nearly killed, say officials
The 13-year-old boy who admittedly threw a shopping cart over a fourth-story railing in Harlem -- striking a philanthropist mom of two -- cared more about his sneakers than the...
Gingrich climbs to top in South Carolina poll
ROCK HILL, S.C. -- In a new poll of South Carolina Republican primary goers, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has charged to the top, building a wide margin over former...
AFTER FURTHER REVIEW: Giants can't depend on Super defense this time
The comparisons were too easy to avoid. Just like in 2007 against the Patriots, the Giants on Sunday went up against an undefeated Packers team at home and lost 38-35....
Bradley Cooper teases ‘Hangover Part III’ set in Los Angeles
LONDON -- Bradley Cooper, star of the "Hangover" movies, said a third entry in the comedy franchise is in the works and could be set in Los Angeles. The first...
Hezbollah leader stands by Syrian regime in rare public appearance
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Lebanon's Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, vowed Tuesday to stand by his embattled ally President Bashar al Assad in a rare public appearance, lashing out at Syria's opposition...
DVD Extra: Early and late Bogie, middle Jean Arthur and a pair of Fannies from the TCM Vault
For someone named the top movie star of all time in polls, a surprising number of Humphrey Bogart's movies remain unavailable on DVD. Fox recently licensed "The Left Hand of...
US sending Ambassador Ford back to Syria
WASHINGTON -- The US ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford is heading back to Damascus Tuesday, six weeks after he was brought back to Washington amid concerns about his safety. "Ambassador...
Lady Gaga visits White House to promote anti-bullying efforts
WASHINGTON — Lady Gaga stopped by the White House Tuesday to brief staffers on her anti-bullying efforts. Though she is known for her outlandish outfits, Lady Gaga appeared more conventionally...
School bus kills pedestrian in Bronx
A 57-year-old man was fatally mowed down by a school bus in Riverdale this morning, cops said. The bus was heading south on Broadway when it plowed into the man...
Winter travel preview
Your guide to the colorful city of Cartagena, Colombia's secret Caribbean.
WATCH: Gal beats up boyfriend on NJ Transit train
Don't mess with this gal. A woman was caught on video beating up her boyfriend on a NJ Transit train after she caught him allegedly cheating on her. Lisa Alyounes,...
Cameron says Guillen, Reyes good match in Miami
Having been teammates with both Ozzie Guillen and Jose Reyes, Mike Cameron believes the dynamic between the new Marlins manager and the new Marlins star will be absolutely fine. The...
Nearly 60 dead in twin Afghan shrine attacks
KABUL -- Twin blasts in Kabul and the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif targeted Afghanistan's minority Shiite community Tuesday, killing nearly 60 people in one of the war's deadliest attacks and...
US banker found guilty of harassing colleague across the Atlantic
LONDON -- An American banker was found guilty yesterday of harassing his colleague, despite her moving to London to escape him. David Gray, who now faces losing his job at...
MF Global ignored warnings on European bets
MF Global Holdings' chief risk officer told the board several times of his concerns about the firm's bet on European bonds, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Sources told the...
Pakistan to release bin Laden's wives, children to Saudi Arabia
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Two widows and two children of slain terror leader Osama bin Laden will be released to return to Saudi Arabia within 48 hours, FOX News Channel sources...
Russia deploys troops to Moscow amid anti-Putin protests
MOSCOW -- Russia deployed elite interior ministry troops to Moscow on Tuesday, as dozens of opposition supporters were detained in a fresh protest against Vladimir Putin and the weekend's widely-condemned...
Police clear out Occupy New Orleans camp
NEW ORLEANS — Scores of police officers marched into an encampment of protesters and homeless people across from City Hall before dawn Tuesday, forcing the dozens of occupants out and...
Lawyer: 6 Sandusky accusers to testify next week
PHILADELPHIA — A lawyer for a young man who accuses former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky of sexual abuse says he expects his client and at least five...
The Jewish condition: Criticism for thee but not for me
A bunch of ads by the Israeli Minitry of Absorption have gotten under the skin of some high profile American Jews laying bare an ugly reality. American Jews keep yelling...
NYPost.com Poll: Which team is tops in CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens girls hoops?
The early talk this season is that CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens Division I might be the best girls basketball league in the country. There’s Nazareth, ranked No. 1 nationally by ESPN and...
The Post's All-Brooklyn girls volleyball honors
Brooklyn was king in PSAL Class B girls volleyball. Goldstein finished behind Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn B6, but beat the Tigers in the championship match – after losing the past...
CHSAA/Private boys basketball roundup: Riverdale picks up first win
A balanced attack led Riverdale to an impressive victory in its season opener. Kyle Friedman and Russell Johnson scored eight points apiece for The Bronx school in a 48-35 non-league...
Girls basketball roundup: Miley drops 21 on old team, leads Midwood
Camera Miley made a major impact against her old team. The junior guard had 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead Midwood to a 49-42 win over Medgar Evers in...
PSAL City Championship division football final preview
NYPost.com football beat writers Marc Raimondi and Zach Braziller break down Tuesday’s PSAL City Championship division final between No. 1 Lincoln and No. 5 Erasmus Hall, set for 5 p.m....
Martin's last-second block seals Ford win over CK
It wasn’t the way Brittany (Pookie) Martin hoped to seal a win over Christ the King, but it was equally effective. Bishop Ford coach Mike Toro could sense nervousness in...
Win, big play elude Christ the King in final minutes
Bob Mackey was experiencing a familiar, but unfriendly feeling standing in the hallways of Bishop Ford. It was only two years ago the longtime Royals coach had to endure a...
Lions roar: Ratliff, Loughlin make statement, stunning Mary Louis
Ayanna Ratliff was already having one of the best games. There was no way she wasn’t going to finish it with a bang. When Bishop Loughlin teammate Jasmine Alston stole...
Holy Cross rallies from big early deficit, knocks off rival Prep
Five minutes and twenty-three seconds into the Battle of the Boulevard, Holy Cross was down three goals. Coach Kevin Goodspeed’s first instinct would’ve normally been to call a timeout and...
At hoops juggernaut Lincoln, football is making big strides
Lincoln isn’t solely a basketball school anymore. Think New York City high school sports and one of the first schools that come to mind is Lincoln with its seven boys...
PSAL boys basketball roundup: Camara keys LIC's win over Queens HS of Teaching
Sadji Camara scored 18 points and Arthur Santanna followed with 14 points and 11 rebounds as Long Island City topped Queens HS of Teaching, 66-42, in Queens A West boys...
Audible groans
For football fans, this is going to hurt — a lot. The latest round of National Football League negotiations with the goal of extracting sharply higher fees from TV networks...
S&P: Euro, euro, it’s down to debt you go
A fire was lit under Europe yesterday to resolve its debt crisis this week or 15 of its economies — including powerful Germany and France — could take a hit...
Business briefs
Econ updateService companies, which employ 90 percent of the US work force, expanded at a slower pace in November and a measure of employment at those firms fell. Separately, the...
Behold the incredible shrinking work force
Finally, there seemed to be good news about the economy. The nation’s unemployment rate dropped to 8.6 percent in November from 9 percent the previous month.You probably caught that figure...
Dimon eyes clawback
Mf Global’s burned commodity customers turned their ire from Jon Corzine to Jamie Dimon yesterday after MF’s creditor committee, led by Dimon’s JPMorgan Chase, objected to a plan to distribute...
BofA boss says bank is boffo
Despite a months-long pep-rally campaign, Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan’s best efforts to boost the image of the giant bank have fallen on deaf ears.Moynihan, 52, will have another...
Bronfman gives up WMG chair
Long-time Warner Music Group head Edgar Bronfman Jr., who stepped down as chief executive of the record label earlier this year, will also relinquish the chairman’s role on Jan. 31.Bronfman,...
Just call his cell: Raj starts 11-yr. jail term
Convicted felon Raj Rajaratnam yesterday traded in his life as a billionaire money manager with a mansion in tony Greenwich, Conn., for a prison cell and manual labor. Rajaratnam checked...
Whalen opening bank fund
Outspoken financial analyst Christopher Whalen is aiming to put his money where his prodigious mouth is. The co-founder of Institutional Risk Analytics, who has declared the choppy economy a nightmare...
E&Y is sued over Madoff
Ernst & Young was accused of negligence, malpractice and breach of contract in a lawsuit filed by the liquidators of M-Invest Ltd., a so-called feeder fund for Bernard Madoff’s bankrupt...
China is ripe for P-E
Private-equity giants are hoping China will lead them into a new golden age. In a chase for profits and business diversity, three of the largest private-equity firms — KKR, TPG...
Y&R’s deal starts at $144M
That was a whale of a deal SL Green pulled off with ad giant Young & Rubicam Group at 3 Columbus Circle. Although terms of the total 340,000-square-foot commitment were...
Iraq bombs kill 21
BAGHDAD — Five bomb attacks struck Shiite pilgrims yesterday during an important religious ritual for the Muslim sect, killing 21 people and wounding nearly 100 others. Shiite religious holidays such...
Jon-Bubba twist
Even as Jon Corzine’s MF Global was collapsing, a firm that includes former President Bill Clinton in a senior post was raking in huge fees for public-relations and financial advice...
US nixes ‘shootdown’ claim as Iran drones on
Iran does have a downed US spy drone — but it didn’t shoot it out of the sky, as officials in Tehran had boasted, American authorities said yesterday. Instead, the...
JoePa’s biz deals with Jerry pals
Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno had extensive business dealings with board members of the charity founded by his former assistant, accused child molester Jerry Sandusky, it was reported...
Picture this – safer buses
Next time you board an MTA bus . . . say cheese! The agency is installing cameras and driver-safety partitions on hundreds of buses beginning next month, following a spate...
Apology from kin of bus ‘killer’
The family of the crazed ex-con accused of a deadly shooting spree aboard a Queens bus apologized yesterday to the loved ones of the victims. “We are truly and deeply...
Ho no! Santas go wild
’Tis the season . . . for drunken Santas to stagger through the city like a bunch of booze-soaked fruitcakes annoying everyone in sight. On Saturday, a legion of liquored-up...
New blast at JFK TSA
A second senior citizen is claiming the Transportation Security Administration made her pull down her pants as part of a search at Kennedy Airport.Ruth Sherman, 88, of Sunrise, Fla., told...
Party like a principal
A veteran Bronx principal turned her elementary school’s coffers into a piggy bank for herself and her family, spending thousands of dollars of school funds and city time on Broadway...
Seabrook jury near deadlock
A deadlock appeared to be looming in the corruption trial of city Councilman Larry Seabrook yesterday after the jury sent out its second note indicating an impasse. “After much discussion,...
O: Tick-tock on tax cut
WASHINGTON — President Obama slammed Republicans for failing to go along with his plan to extend the expiring payroll-tax cut and unveiled an official countdown clock to try to turn...
Grisly new search at Gilgo Beach
Police investigating the killings of 10 people whose bodies were found strewn along Long Island’s Gilgo Beach returned with cadaver dogs yesterday in hopes of finding evidence in their murders...
Mail call? Mail crawl!
WASHINGTON — The cash-strapped US Postal Service is seeking to move quickly to close 252 mail- processing centers and slow first-class delivery next spring, it said yesterday. The targeted sites...
Iron-bars Mitzvah rabbi fined
A former jails chaplain has agreed to pay a $2,500 fine for accepting a solid silver cup and plate as a gratuity for arranging a highly unorthodox Bar Mitzvah behind...
Liu cancels Xma$
Comptroller John Liu’s plan to turn a Chinatown holiday bash into a campaign fund-raiser has been nixed over legal questions. The scandal-snared Liu, whose aggressive fund- raising has been under...
Suspect ID’d in Bronx club slay
A 21-year-old man is being sought in connection with the shooting death of a Bronx club bouncer, police said yesterday. Investigators have identified Victor Mendez, 21, as someone that they...
Huge black holes found
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Scientists yesterday reported finding the biggest black holes known to exist — each one 10 billion times the size of our sun.A team led by an...
Cop-flee biker in head-on crash
A motorcyclist was critically injured yesterday when he slammed head-on into a minivan while being chased by a cop in Brooklyn, authorities said. “It was like a bomb!” said Daniel...
French nuke scare
PARIS — Greenpeace activists invaded a French nuclear-power plant yesterday as the government was conducting a safety review of France’s atomic energy sites. President Nicolas Sarkozy derided the “irresponsible” risks...
Jailed for hit & Miss
Miss Congeniality she ain’t. A retired Miss Russia is back in jail after getting kicked out of her Bronx-based drug-rehab program for allegedly slapping another female patient and making unauthorized...
Baby among 4 dead as husband goes berserk in NJ
A New Jersey man shot and killed three people — including an infant — before turning the gun on himself last night, authorities said. A fifth victim was wounded in...
NYPD Daily Blotter
The Bronx***A 15-year-old girl yesterday released a cloud of pepper spray in a crowded Longwood high-school cafeteria and hallway, injuring more than a dozen of her fellow students, authorities said....
Naked rage at a body politic
India and Pakistan are going nuclear over this smoking-hot magazine cover showing a naked Pakistani star wearing nothing but a provocative political tattoo. Readers across the region dropped their jaws...
Syracuse probes grades of Long Island football player
Syracuse University is reviewing the transcripts of a Long Island football player there on a scholarship after The Post revealed allegations that administrators at his high school inflated his grades...
Ryan looking Lively
Avert your eyes, ScarJo! Sizzling Scarlett Johansson might get even hotter once she takes a peek at ex-hubby Ryan Reynolds locking lips with Blake Lively. People’s one-time “Sexiest Man Alive”...
Suite life a ‘scam’
A smooth-talking con man peddled a phony sob story to three kind-hearted tourists — and walked away with enough dough to pay for six weeks of luxury living at a...
Foxy Knoxy books agent
WASHINGTON — Amanda Knox has signed with a literary agent who has brokered book deals for President Obama, Sarah Palin and Hillary Rodham Clinton, among others. TMZ reported yesterday that...
OWS gal cheered & jeered
Occupy Wall Street protesters yesterday were split over whether a former colleague sold out — or did a good job of selling herself — when she landed a Financial District...
It’s a co-op, not coop: suit
A Chelsea optician is suing his co-op landlord, claiming an upstairs neighbor is “harboring pigeons” whose vile odor seeps through the air ducts and stinks up the store. “I don’t...
Hayworth grandson ‘suicide’
The handsome socialite grandson of silver-screen goddess Rita Hayworth was found dead in an apparent suicide in his Chelsea apartment, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. Andrew Embiricos — a troubled 25-year-old...
Forget about hitting homeowners: Quinn
Read her lips: no new property taxes! City Council Speaker Christine Quinn fired a preemptive shot at the Bloomberg administration yesterday, declaring that any proposal to raise property taxes would...
Rate-fink Cuomo in tax-hike powwow
ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo met with legislative leaders last night in a bid to hammer out an agreement on raising income taxes in the face of growing opposition, while some...
Beauty in horror accident
A beautiful fashion model who works as a stylist for “Gossip Girl” lost her hand and suffered severe facial injuries when she walked into a spinning airplane propeller, authorities said...
Ciao, ciao, pie-san
The pizza king is dead. Long live the pizza king. The Greenwich Village storefront that for decades housed the iconic Famous Ray’s Pizza at Sixth Avenue and West 11th Street...
Union’s costly legal eagles
A law firm hired by the crooked ex-chief of the carpenters union may have double-billed for its services, according to a preliminary probe by the court-appointed monitor of the labor...
2nd Ave. Subway’s new bang a whimper
The Second Avenue Subway blasting is back — but only with an itty bitty bang bang. Following a more than two-week hiatus in response to a barrage of complaints from...
Rosie to remarry
Rosie O’Donnell is getting married again. The combative talk-show host is engaged to Michelle Rounds, a headhunter, after a whirlwind romance that began last summer. The couple is reportedly going...
Star plea for killer
Martin Sheen, who played the president on “The West Wing,” jumped into the role of judge yesterday, holding a courthouse press conference to pronounce an ex-cop’s convicted killer an innocent...
Out to Newter him
The Democratic Party yesterday fired its first shot at surging GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich — reviving ethics violations leveled against him when he was House speaker in the 1990s...
Trial begins in choke slay of gay CUNY prof
The 2009 strangulation of a popular CUNY professor — allegedly by a tall young stranger he’d met at a since-closed Village gay bar — was nothing short of brutal and...
Cops share foster files
The NYPD will begin handing over files this week from its probe into the disappearance two years ago of a boy placed by the city in foster care. They’ll be...
Feds laud new role of mob actor
An actor who played a wiseguy on “The Sopranos” and in “GoodFellas” — and is a Gambino associate in real life — should get a reduced sentence because of his...
Grenades in plane luggage
Five non-operational grenades were found inside a piece of checked luggage at Newark Liberty Airport, federal officials said yesterday. The grenades were discovered Saturday in the bag of a Belgium-bound...
Blog-of-blood family murder
A seething husband who accused his immigrant wife and her daughter of a green-card scam shot them in Queens yesterday — killing the young woman and critically wounding her mom...
Newt’s second act
One of the pithiest quotes in American history may also be the dumbest: “There are no second acts in American lives.” F. Scott Fitzgerald said it and promptly died before...
The weird ‘controversy’ of Tim Tebow
In Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow, the football gods have offered up a star that every father in America should be grateful for (provided they don’t root for a rival...
More jobs, more juice: Why would NY say no?
The Issue: The extended public-comment period that will further delay fracking in New York. *** The anti-fracking crowd that claims to be concerned about the environment is no more than...
The dim-watt dimwits
The Issue: The ban on the sale of incandescent 100-watt light bulbs going into effect on Jan. 1, 2012. *** It is unclear to me whether even politicians are familiar...
Just another Bam scandal
So it’s not just solar-energy boondoggles when it comes to the Obama White House rewarding top Obama donors. And now, even a top Democrat is asking some serious questions. Sen....
Andrew’s surrender
A scant 11 months into his incumbency, Gov. Cuomo this weekend surrendered to New York’s culture of corrupt profligacy — abandoning the no-tax-hike pledge that was a core campaign principle...
The New York holiday-party horror
The holiday season has stresses for everyone, but it’s probably the most difficult time of the year to be a conservative in New York City. You get used to having...
CUNY at risk of falling back
The City University of New York may be falling back down the academic ladder. After a miraculous turnaround following the end of open admissions in 1999, CUNY set a high...
Mario’s son after all
It took less than a year, but the Andrew Cuomo who learned politics at the knee of his ultraliberal father is finally showing his true colors. Yes, for nearly 11...
The pen is as mighty as the sword
Next time you’re on the subway, look around. Chances are someone near you is engrossed in a George R. R. Martin paperback. “I hate these books, and I cannot stop...
You’ll need a drink after this ‘Happy Hour’
Ethan Coen’s new show may be titled “Happy Hour,” but by the time it finally ends, you may have renamed it “Two Miserable Hours I’ll Never Get Back.” The movies...
Show’s not the sane old story
There’s an intense, otherworldly quality to Cillian Murphy. Maybe it’s the Irish star’s memorable, piercing-blue eyes. Maybe it’s the way in which he disappears into his roles, whether it’s the...
The Roots dig up a gem
Album of the week THE ROOTS “undun”4 stars When you spin “undun,” the Roots’ 10th and best studio album to date, there’s more than music in the revolution. This brief...
Her last ‘Treasures’
Those who knew Amy Winehouse from her handful of hits — most notably the Grammy-winning single “Rehab” — will be surprised at the eclectic nature of today’s posthumous release of...
A lioness roars
Will the late Amy Winehouse go down in history as a musical genius — or merely as a drug-addled woman with a bizarre beehive ’do and as many personal troubles...
Vic Cangialosi's Turf Paradise Grade
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Rangers banged up on blue line
One defenseman, Michael Sauer, went down in the third period of last night's 4-2 Rangers defeat to the Maple Leafs. Another, Michael Del Zotto, nearly did. Sauer was blasted by...
Devils keep positive attitude during 4-game skid
TORONTO -- The Devils' dress code used to be sackcloth and ashes when they would drop a few. Times have changed. Expectations no longer soar, but their fans won't be...
Parx Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 1 mile; $25,000; alw; 3upI'M BROKE colt has been hitting the board in his last four starts at this level and gets switch to bug rider that should help...
Turf Paradise Results
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The Post Line
NFLThursdayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogSTEELERS13½13½(39) BrownsSundayCOWBOYS 3½ 3½(49) GiantsJETS 9½ 9 (36½)ChiefsRAVENS16 16 (41) ColtsBENGALS 1 3 (37½)TexansPACKERS12 11 (53½)RaidersLIONSOFFOFF(OFF)VikingsSaints 4½ 3½(48½)TITANSDOLPHINSOFFOFF(OFF)EaglesPatriots 8½ 7½(48) REDSKINSFalcons 3 3 (48½)PANTHERSJAGUARSOFFOFF(OFF)Buccaneers49ers 3½ 3½(40) CARDINALSBRONCOS 4...
Sports Shorts
College: Heisman finalistsStanford’s Andrew Luck, Baylor’s Robert Griffin III, Alabama’s Trent Richardson, LSU’s Tyrann Mathieu and Wisconsin’s Montee Ball were named yesterday as the Heisman Trophy finalists. The winner will...
Lincoln, Erasmus set for showdown
Lincoln isn’t solely a basketball school anymore. Think New York City high school sports and one of the first schools that comes to mind is Lincoln, with its seven boys...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6 fur; $28,000; clm($14,000); 3up(f) PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Enniskillen(L),116I Ortiz, Jr7-4-5CO'Bren12-12 Lights Out Lisa(L),121J Alvarado5-2-4Hushion3-13 Full of Gut(L),121CVelasquz8-1-1R Dutrow4-54 Pretty Cozzy(L),121D Cohen8-8-1Galluscio8-15 AwedaciousCrn(L),121C...
Parx Charts
December 5th, 2011 Clear and Fast©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1m&70yds; $22,000; clm; 2YOOff: 12:26. Good. bid, going awayTime: 24.99, 5.61, 1:15.72, 1:42.26, 1:46.47.Trainer: Randy AllenWinner: B C, 2, by Officer-Cookin...
Giants safety Phillips gets tests on injured knee
Kenny Phillips yesterday was sent for tests on his left knee, to which he suffered a sprained medial collateral ligament during Sunday’s 38-35 loss to the Packers. The Giants are...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYDec. 6WEDDec. 7THUDec. 8FRIDec. 9SATDec. 10SUNDec. 11MONDec. 12RangersNO GAMENO GAMET.B. 7:00 MSG ESPNNO GAMEBuff.7:00MSGESPNFla.7:30MSGESPNNO GAMEIslandersTampa Bay 7:00MSG PlusWRHU 88.7 FMNOGAMEChi. 7:00MSG+WRHUNOGAMEPitt.7:00MSG+WRHUNOGAMENOGAMEDevilsToronto7:00MSG NetworkWFAN 660 AMNO GAMEOtt. 7:00 MSG+2 WFANNO GAMEMont.1:00MSG+WFANNOGAMET.B. 7:00...
Today's Sports on the Air
Basketball7 p.m.Jimmy V Classic: Missouri vs. Villanova ESPN7 p.m.Marshall at Syracuse SNY7 p.m.NJIT at Seton Hall ESPN (1050 AM)7 p.m.Jimmy V Women's Classic:Texas A&M vs. Connecticut ESPN27 p.m.Evansville at North...
NHL board approves radical realignment plan
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — NHL officials approved a realignment plan yesterday that will give the league four conferences instead of six divisions and guarantee home-and-home series among all teams. The...
Rangers lose to Maple Leafs, win streak ends at 5
At first glance, last night’s Rangers’ 4-2 defeat to the Maple Leafs at the Garden can be attributed to an especially slow start against an especially fast team. But a...
No Hall for Hodges; Santo to be inducted
Gil Hodges missed out on the Hall of Fame again. Hodges fell three votes short on the Golden Era Committee vote, appearing on nine of 16 ballots in an announcement...
Yankees' Cashman expects quiet trip to Winter Meetings
DALLAS — Brian Cashman checked into the Winter Meetings yesterday looking for action he may not find. “I’m not here to sit back for three days and order room service,’’...
Colon may return to Yankees
DALLAS — While Brian Cashman has five starting pitchers and is looking for an arm to fall in behind ace CC Sabathia, the general manager hasn’t ruled out Bartolo Colon...
Mets get calls for Murphy
DALLAS — The Tigers, Blue Jays and Padres have all inquired about the Mets’ Daniel Murphy. Detroit appears most intrigued, viewing Murphy as a third base replacement for Brandon Inge....
Marlins making waves
DALLAS — In this Bizarro version of baseball, former Mets Jose Reyes and Heath Bell have signed big-money deals to play for the Marlins, who have yet to close their...
Williams sees teaming with Howard on Brooklyn Nets
When Deron Williams envisions the future, he sees the Nets playing in front of sold-out crowds in Brooklyn. And when he tries to improve the vision, he sees himself playing...
Showing up for work, and we mean business
Knicks rookie Iman Shumpert has been writing a periodic diary for The Post during the lockout. With the lockout now drawing to a close, Shumpert checks in one last time...
Knicks 'in the hunt' for Hill
Free agent Grant Hill’s interest in the Knicks is heating up, with one source saying the club has been told they are “definitely in the hunt.’’ The Knicks appeared long...
Other destinations for CP3 trump NY
How many of you believe Danny Ainge’s claim he has not been shopping Rajon Rondo or offered him for Chris Paul? How many believe a reporter fantasized the threesome involving...
Jets return to Leonhard for punts
Punt returns have turned into adventures for the Jets over the past month, and coach Rex Ryan wants to put an end to that. After Jeremy Kerley became the third...
Comeback Jets remain confident
Two and a half weeks ago, the Jets season’ appeared ready to spiral out of control. The Jets had just been “Tebowed” by the Broncos, losing their second straight game...
Behind bluster, Jets' Ryan one hell of a coach
There are some who can’t get beyond the bluster, or the swagger, or the confidence that usually borders on arrogance and sometimes spills across state lines. That is the thing...
Chargers defeat Jaguars
This was the Philip Rivers everyone expected all season. Rivers threw for 294 yards and three touchdowns, burning Jacksonville’s depleted secondary early and often, and the Chargers beat the Jaguars...
Time for Giants to finish 'four' once
This is "four" everything now. This is for the division title, for the playoffs, and quite possibly, for Tom Coughlin’s future. This is the fourth quarter. After all the emphasis,...
Giants’ loss to Packers is ‘perfect’ inspiration
When was the last time you heard this out of a player one day after a last-second field goal saddled his team with its fourth-straight loss? “I can’t tell you...
Giants coach ‘sick’ over photo of ‘TD’
The Giants are sure the calls did not go their way in Sunday’s last-second 38-35 loss to the still-undefeated Packers. And, at least in one case, they have the picture...
For Mets, where there’s a Wilpon, there’s dismay
There was a time when New York would tolerate the kind of empty, hapless ownership the Wilpons provide the Mets. We didn’t always live under Steinbrenner Law, believing our citizenship...
Now Mets must decide what to do with Wright
DALLAS — For the Mets, it is the day after tomorrow. They knew it was coming. But now they must really deal with moving forward without Jose Reyes, their best...
Mets GM pushes idea he can do more with Reyes’ money
DALLAS — Now comes the business of the Mets trying to field a competitive team without Jose Reyes. As Mets fans howled yesterday — many vowing to begin an un-Occupy...
Soap royalty
Now that’s a royal entrance! Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark, who’s pursuing a show biz career, made her TV acting debut yesterday as Alison Montgomery, Bill Spencer’s (Don Diamont)...
Talk show guests
TUESDAYNENE LEAKES, DUSTIN DIAMOND - Maury, 9 a.m., Ch. 11SARAH JESSICA PARKER, EMILY VAN CAMP, RICHARD BLAIS - LIVE! with Kelly, 9 a.m., Ch. 7BILL RANCIC, GIULIANA RANCIC - The...
Astro ready to show B’klyn side
"Astro,” real name Brian Bradley, won’t win a $5 million dollar recording contact because he was voted off “X Factor” last week — but the 15-year-old Brooklyn-bred rapper is sure...
‘Real Housewife’ goes to rehab
'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Kim Richards has entered rehab, according to reports. The former child actress has checked into an undisclosed center and is believed to be seeking...
HBO takes on ‘Newsroom’
HBO’s new cable news drama by “West Wing” creator Aaron Sorkin will be called “Newsroom,” according to reports yesterday. The series will follow the antics of the “News Night” staff...
‘Jaws’y Shore
This one adds a new wrinkle to the term “sleeping with the fishes.” Syfy’s upcoming movie, “Jersey Shore Shark Attack,” not only lampoons the popular MTV series “Jersey Shore,” but...
‘Next’ stop Haiti for O
If you’re keeping track of Oprah these days, stick a pushpin in Haiti. Newspapers in Port-au-Prince yesterday were buzzing with the news that the talk-show queen is due there on...
Starr report
There’s gold in that thar series. Discovery’s “Gold Rush” snared a series high 4.8 million viewers last Friday night, eclipsing its previous series-best 4.6 million viewers it scored for the...
Hong Kong's delicious dining scene
At first glance, Hong Kong’s formal Spoon by Alain Ducasse and funky Yardbird are restaurants with little in common. But they’re two prime examples of how this food-focused city understands...
Just back: Miami
By all accounts, the 10th anniversary of Art Basel was the biggest, most over-the-top art week Miami’s ever seen. Last week was fun, tense, inspiring, maddening, wonderful and chaotic, as...
Weird but true
An Alaskan man stuck in his snowbound pick-up truck for nearly three days survived on beersicles. Clifton Vial was unable to dig himself out after the truck plunged into a...
Slumping St. John's defeated by Detroit
DETROIT — St. John’s is waiting on the return of coach Steve Lavin. The Red Storm are waiting on the arrival of forward Amir Garrett. They are waiting to master...
Maple Leafs snap Rangers' win streak with 4-2 victory
Phil Kessel had two assists to add to his NHL-leading point total, and the Toronto Maple Leafs snapped the New York Rangers' five-game winning streak with a 4-2 victory Monday....
Four dead, including infant, in NJ shooting
BAYONNE, N.J. — A gunman shot dead three people, including an infant, before turning the weapon on himself at a home in Bayonne, N.J., late Monday, NBC New York reported....
Law firm may have double-billed carpenters union
A law firm hired by the crooked ex-chief of the carpenters’ union may have double-billed for its services, according to a preliminary probe by the court-appointed monitor of the long-corrupt...
Police hunt suspect in fatal shooting of Bx. bouncer
Police have identified a man wanted for questioning in the murder of a Bronx bouncer yesterday. The man being sought, Victor Mendez, 21, may be tied to the slaying of...
Brooklyn Bridge Park officials dish out $25M in contracts
Officials overseeing Brooklyn Bridge Park today dished out more than $25 million in contracts aimed at bringing an "express lane" to the 85-acre waterfront park and seasonal soccer fields.After years...