February 12, 2012
Helmut Lang
Helmut Lang's fall show, called "Night Watch," lived up to its name, embracing an element of theater and darkness. It's only the brand's the second runway show under designers Nicole...
St. John's loses to Georgetown
WASHINGTON — Double digits. Georgetown freshman Greg Whittington got there for the first time. St. John's did, too, becoming the first team in the nation to lose 10 games to...
Spotted at DVF
Rachel Zoe, Anderson Cooper, Barbara Walters and a sea of other celebs all sat front row at the DVF show to be the first to see the Fall 2012 line!
DKNY
Ashley Greene, the current face of DKNY, may have been decked out in crimson red at today's show, but designer Donna Karan was definitely in a darker state of mind...
Not over: Conservatives want vote on birth control mandate
WASHINGTON — Conservatives said today the flap surrounding President Barack Obama's birth control mandate was far from over, with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell saying he'll push to overturn the...
Oscar Watch: 'The Artist' sweeps British Oscars
Silent film sensation "The Artist'' oh-so-predictably swept the BAFTA awards tonight in London, taking seven prizes including best picture, best actor (Jean Dujardin), best director and original screenplay (Michel Haznivicius),...
Snack time
Lunch break after the Skaist-Taylor presentation: old-school jaw breakers. Yum-a-lum.
Sony Music poised to have big sales week
Sony Music was already expected to be a major business beneficiary of tonight's Grammys, with at least nine acts set to perform during the show, but the label will likely...
Teen son of Patrolmen's Benevolent Association big hit with gun, drug charges
The 17-year-old son of a PBA bigwig had a loaded semiautomatic, a shotgun and some pot stashed in his closet at his father's home when he was arrested in connection...
Christian Siriano
"Project Runway" designer Christian Siriano has continued to refine his collections for the last two seasons, and this was his best yet. The palate of icy grays, blacks, graphic prints...
VPL by Victoria Bartlett
Were they leotards? Caveman bathing suits? No one at the Victoria Bartlett show could say for sure. Veering off into the ultra avant-garde, the designer sent out a slew of...
Monique Lhuillier
When the plastic was peeled back on the black, mirrored runway at Monique Lhuillier last night, onlookers knew they were in for a high-voltage showing. PHOTOS: MONIQUE LHUILLIER Red leather...
Christian Cota
Rising talent Christian Cota packed a swealtering showroom overlooking the Hudson for his fall presentation of Mexican-influenced couture. PHOTOS: CHRISTIAN COTA The event drew a number of noteworthy fashion names,...
Rachel Zoe
After Rachel Zoe's first runway show at New York Fashion Week, it's clear her flux capacitor is still programmed to the late '60s and early '70s. Her expanded collection tapped...
Jeremy Laing
It's safe to say Jeremy Laing aficionados follow certain aesthetic principles to a point of religious devotion. If the words "monochrome," "tunic" or "cropped" mean anything to you, read on....
Vantan Tokyo
Vantan Tokyo, not a fashion label but esteemed design school (think Parsons of Japan), brought a few young designers stateside to present their collections in front of a packed house...
Alexander Wang
Alexander Wang is having a super moment. PHOTOS: ALEXANDER WANG Showing a tightly edited collection in mostly black and white (or “peroxide,” as he called it), Wang delivered a bondage-themed...
Jill Stuart
There was a moody vibe at Jill Stuart, where the designer cited “the women of Nick Cave’s world -- PJ Harvey, Susie Bick and Lydia Lunch -- and the romanticism...
Lacoste
Echoing the city's snowy Saturday, Lacoste's winter wonderland felt more than appropriate; fake snow flurried in clear panels dividing the runway, and sounds of wind whipping around mountaintops set the...
Rangers top Capitals as Callahan stars again
Ryan Callahan scored for the fifth time in four days and defenseman Ryan McDonagh snapped a second-period tie to lift the New York Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the...
Picture perfect
Waiting with our Fashion Editor Serena French (who opted out of this photo) for DKNY to start today at Cedar Lake. behold the glorious photo pit!
Rioters torch historic Athens as gov't approves austerity plan
ATHENS, Greece — Greek lawmakers on Monday approved harsh new austerity measures demanded by bailout creditors to save the debt-crippled nation from bankruptcy, after rioters in central Athens torched buildings,...
Still a chart-topper: Houston leads iTunes, Amazon sales after death
LOS ANGELES -- Music by pop superstar Whitney Houston topped several sales charts Sunday, a day after she was found dead in a Beverly Hills hotel room at the age...
Rick Santorum dismisses Romney's Maine, CPAC wins; suggests Romney may have paid for CPAC votes
WASHINGTON -- Rick Santorum dismissed on Sunday Mitt Romney's victories in the Maine caucuses and the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) straw poll, and suggested that Romney's campaign may have...
'The Vow' tops weekend box office with $41.7M
LOS ANGELES — Love triumphed over action at the weekend box office with a No. 1 debut for the romantic drama “The Vow.” Studio estimates Sunday show that the love...
Liverpool says apologetic Suarez 'misled' club by snubbing Manchester United's Evra
LIVERPOOL, England -- Liverpool on Sunday condemned striker Luis Suarez for misleading the club by refusing to shake Patrice Evra's hand before Saturday's fiery English Premier League game with Manchester...
Hit-run driver mows down great-grandfather
A 75-year-old Harlem great-grandfather walking to Sunday Mass was mowed down by a hit-and-run driver and killed today, authorities said. Luis Rosado was crossing Broadway at West 138th Street, a...
Ex-con shot dead, another man injured in Brooklyn gunfire
A 21-year-old ex-con was shot dead and another man injured when gunfire erupted last night on a Brooklyn street, police said. Patrick Mondesir was blasted multiple times at around 9:17...
Investigators probing if Houston drowned in bathtub: reports
Superstar Whitney Houston may have fallen asleep in her bathtub and drowned with help just feet away, according to reports out today. A source told the Los Angeles Times that...
Livery driver thrown from car, killed in Qns. crash
A livery driver died early this morning when he was ejected from his sedan after it crashed in Queens, police said. Darren Green, 41, was operating a 2006 Lincoln Town...
Woman killed in Bronx hit-and-run
A 42-year-old woman was killed on a Bronx street last night after being down by a hit-and-run driver, police said. A tan Mazda struck the victim, Dawn Affoumani, at around...
Bx. teen stabbed to death in B'klyn football brawl
A Bronx teen was fatally stabbed in Brooklyn last night when a brawl broke out during a pick-up game of football, cops said. Edgar Soto, 17, had been attending a...
Private jet crashes in Congo killing an unknown number of people
KINSHASA, Congo — A senior presidential adviser was among two killed after a private jet crashed while landing in Congo's eastern city of Bukavu, a transport minister said Sunday. "We've...
5 RBS staffers arrested in UK tax-fraud investigation
LONDON — British tax authorities said Sunday that four current and one former member of staff at the Royal Bank of Scotland had been arrested in an investigation into alleged...
NJ father and son remain captives in Angola over nixed Nas concert
Angola takes “the show must go on” to scary extremes. A New Jersey father and son have been held captive in a hotel in the southern African nation for 44...
Chinese dad defends making son run through freezing NYC nearly-naked
That's cold! A Chinese dad is "unmoved" by criticism over video of his nearly-naked son running through freezing New York City, The Daily Mail reports. The video, showing 4-year-old He...
Pre-Grammy gala celebrates Whitney Houston's life
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — It was a surreal scene: Whitney Houston had died at the Beverly Hilton, and hours later and a few floors below, her life was being celebrated...
Kings of Queens: Cardozo holds off LIC for boro title
Before Jermaine Lawrence became a national prospect, when Cardozo’s junior varsity was making it to the city championship game two years, Kyle Credle was thought of just as highly. As...
Girls basketball roundup: Calhoun, Royals get by Mary Louis
It’s been a climb, but Christ the King is back at .500. The Royals got a big day from sophomore star Sierra Calhoun in a comfortable 53-46 victory over visiting...
Braziller: PSAL boys basketball mock seeding
After three months of jockeying, three months of battle, a long, eventful and entertaining regular season and an intriguing week of borough playoffs, the true postseason is finally upon us....
Wrong-way driver kills 2 in FDR wreck
Two people died this morning in a horrific pileup on the FDR Drive in Manhattan caused by a wrong-way driver, police said. A 26-year-old man driving a Nissan Maxima northbound...
Lady Falcons Coaches vs. Cancer notebook: St. Francis Prep earns first win
For the first time this season, St. Francis Prep and coach JoAnn Wagner were able to watch the seconds tick off the clock, knowing a victory was in hand. The...
Rhodes warrior: Sick Boys & Girls star's anchor leg sparks big day
Just getting out of bed Saturday was hard enough for Robert Rhodes, let alone running a stellar 800 meters for a come-from-behind anchor leg. “I went to sleep at like...
Knicks' Lin joins Tollivers 'band'
MINNEAPOLIS — Jeremy Lin and Timberwolves forward Anthony Tolliver share a bond — and a band. Lin is one of roughly 20-30 NBA players who have worn wristbands made by...
Rangers’ Bickel gets some time at right wing
PHILADELPHIA — Stu Bickel, who returned to the lineup yesterday in place of Ruslan Fedotenko (suspected concussion) after sitting out as a healthy scratch on Thursday, was ostensibly the Rangers’...
Millrose Games notebook: Columbus' Livingston competes with world's best
Strymar Livingston finally found a race that was up to his speed. The Christopher Columbus star set the national high school record in the 500 meters with a time of...
Kennedy flips script on Wings, wins Bronx crown on Ahmed's late basket
Muhammed Ahmed was having flashbacks, reliving a painful memory he wanted to forget. Wings Academy guard Justin Jenkins had just a sank a 3-pointer to take the lead away from...
Island party: Richmond, Curtis rout St. Peter's for SIHSL crown
All anyone wanted to talk about after Hassan Martin went down in December was how Curtis wasn’t the same, how the Warriors would have a tough time meeting their lofty...
Villa's Claudio twins head separate ways for college careers
Mariah and Dominique Claudio will have to get used to life apart of this season. The St. John Villa track stars and twin sisters had an opportunity to continue to...
The closer: Baird finishes off Cougars second straight Millrose crown
It was closing time for Kadecia Baird. Her Medgar Evers teammates had slimmed Cardozo’s lead with each leg at the Millrose Games. When the star junior took the baton she...
Raimondi: PSAL gets it right with girls hoops seeding -- mostly
The PSAL and I can never agree on anything. It just can’t happen.But Saturday, the league came darn close in its PSAL Class AA girls basketball seeding. It’s rational, measured...
Boys High bemoans Jefferson's phantom 3 in boro final loss
For the second time in 12 days, Boys & Girls blew a large lead to Thomas Jefferson, and this time it cost the Kangaroos the Brooklyn borough title and likely...
Xavier routs rival Regis to avenge heartbreaking loss
It might not have been the best game Xavier has played all season, but Matt Crockett hopes that his team’s second win in two days is enough to get his...
Knicks defeat Timberwolves; Lin's free throw wins it
MINNEAPOLIS -- The kid can’t lose. The “Linderella’’ story grew again as Jeremy Lin sank a game-winning free throw with 4.9 seconds left that capped a wild Knicks comeback and...
Anthony about to enter Dragon’s lair
We are, as Kevin Costner, as Jim Garrison, says in “JFK,” through the looking glass, people. White is black. Up is down. Upside-down is rightside up. Digital is analog. Fire...
Boys basketball roundup: Riverdale tops Mann at Coaches vs. Cancer Classic
Henry Stevens had 14 points, Kyle Friedman added 10 points and Armando Perez had nine as Riverdale topped Horace Mann, 51-34, in Ivy Prep League boys basketball in the Coaches...
Press play: Ratliff, Loughlin run past Cardinal Spellman
Bishop Loughlin made one thing clear Saturday night in its Lady Falcons Coaches vs. Cancer matchup with Cardinal Spellman: If a team is looking to run with the Lions, they...
Freshman, Wadleigh rout Center for sixth straight boro crown
Having freshmen emerge is nothing new for Wadleigh this season. That’s why coach Mike Crump wasn’t surprised when ninth-grade guard Lenny Kadisha scored 22 points to lead top-seeded Wadleigh to...
Ageless Jeter first at Yankees camp
TAMPA — The youngest Yankees are spread over the four fields at the team’s minor league complex for pre-spring training workouts. Derek Jeter, the Yankees’ oldest position player, is here,...
Kobe shunned, bypassed by several teams heading into ’96 draft
Second of two parts. Friday, when Kobe Bryant led the Lakers into Madison Square Garden, we looked back at the 1996 NBA Draft, and how so many teams could have...
'I love you, Whitney,' Bobby Brown declares at concert
SOUTHHAVEN, Miss. -- Whitney Houston's ex-husband Bobby Brown declared his love for the pop icon during a concert with his band New Edition in Mississippi on Saturday night, Us Weekly...
These Giants found magic again
The “Miracle on Ice” 1980 U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team didn’t come back four years later and beat the Soviets again. N.C. State, after shocking Hakeem Olajuwon and Houston, didn’t...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with ... Henrik Lundqvist
Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist saved some time recently to chat with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: What special quality do you think this year’s team has that maybe others haven’t...
Manhattan turns around under new coach
Steve Masiello couldn’t restrain his smile as he approached the podium for his first press conference as Manhattan’s head basketball coach. He then spent a little more than two minutes...
ESPN could use 'GameDay' crowds as social experiment
If ESPN were so inclined, it could conduct a valuable experiment in social science. Plus, we would all tune in to watch, kinda like “The Decision.” Ever watch ESPN’s “College...
The Rumble
High times Globetrotters bringing world's tallest player to NYC The Harlem Globetrotters are here to tipoff “Globetrotter Week” in NYC, which culminates with six games at four arenas from this...
Yanks, Bosox no longer only top-tier teams
We were consumed by superpowers this offseason. We wondered why the Yankees and Red Sox weren’t spending, why the Angels and Rangers were, and if the Dodgers and Mets ever...
Yankees, Red Sox no longer alone at top
We were consumed by superpowers this offseason. We wondered why the Yankees and Red Sox weren’t spending, why the Angels and Rangers were, and if the Dodgers and Mets ever...
Jennifer Hudson, Chaka Khan to perform Whitney tribute at Grammy Awards
LOS ANGELES -- Jennifer Hudson will perform a tribute at Sunday's Grammy Awards to pop icon Whitney Houston, who died in Los Angeles on Saturday aged 48, the Los Angeles...
Giants show you can't buy NFL title
What a difference a year — more specifically, a 10-year labor agreement — makes. The offseason the NFL entered, as soon as the Giants’ Super Bowl XLVI win over the...
Advisory firm employee leaking shareholder voting data, whistleblower claims
There’s a new rat on Wall Street feeding valuable information to boardrooms, a whistle-blower alleges. According to an explosive complaint recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and obtained...
Party on, hangover coming
The world markets are off to a strong start in 2012, continuing their trek higher and higher. In many ways, it’s like the reverse image of most of 2011. The...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS VICTOR CRUZ Won the Super Bowl. Salsa danced at the parade. Closed in on book deal. Not a bad week. RALPH LAUREN Markets love the style of the fashion...
He’s living the dream
Two years ago, “Safe House” screenwriter David Guggenheim was toiling away as a senior editor at Us Weekly when Universal Studios bought the script he had written in three months....
These stocks might be money in the bank
Big banks may still be on most Americans’ blacklists, but their stocks are ringing up green for investors. Since hitting near rock bottom back in October amid jitters about possible...
Romance, shromance
According to a survey by online couponer RetailMeNot.com, 50 percent of consumers intend to spend $100 or less on their significant other this Valentine’s Day. And that’s the good news....
Wall Street whines, taxpayers weep
Wall Street employees are as mad as hell, as bonuses and their lifestyles collapse. But they’re not the only ones who will be suffering.In a domino effect of tumbling revenues,...
Numbers fuel voter sentiment
Well, that didn’t take long.Less than one week after the Labor Department crunched (some might say massaged) the January jobs numbers to produce a headline-grabbing report that the unemployment rate...
Paul McCartney and Taylor Swift's Grammy performances could help ring up profits for Sony/ATV
Tonight’s Grammy Awards will fete the likes of Adele and Bruno Mars, but the financial benefits of the event extend to others beyond the performers. Martin Bandier, head of Sony/ATV,...
Securely stashing passwords
Tired of trying to keep track of all the passwords you use to access your e-mail, Twitter account and various other Web sites and applications? Dashlane provides a secure database...
Labor in the data mine
Dear John: You recently wrote that the Labor Department’s survey found that 2,689,000 jobs had disappeared last month, instead of the growth of 243,000 the government reported. Can you provide...
Fashion forecaster eyes crowd at runway shows for trends
“Color, fur and crazy shoes!” Those are three fashion trends that have legs — whether or not leggy models are flaunting them at New York runway shows this week, according...
Threats vs. rabbi accuser
The family of a boy allegedly molested by notorious Brooklyn Rabbi Joel Kolko say they’ve received a barrage of harassing and threatening telephone calls — one warning, “You better back...
Model ma an oldie, but goodie
New York Fashion Week’s “It Girl” is no girl at all. She’s a mom a decade older than most of the other new faces. Kati Nescher, a 27-year-old Russian-born, German-raised...
‘OK, fine’ art hidden at Met
It’s the Met’s velvet underground. Cardboard boxes of flea market-quality paintings sit stashed away in the catacombs under the Metropolitan Museum of Art, far removed from the priceless masterpieces in...
Mike fails to get it
The numbers jump off the page. Only 26 percent of New Yorkers approve of Mayor Bloomberg’s handling of public schools, while 61 percent disapprove. Just 24 percent say mayoral control...
Bx. profs dis‘credit’ CUNY plan
Class, dismissed. Professors at Bronx Community College have defiantly rejected CUNY’s controversial new Pathways class credit plan — and refused to adopt changes they say “water down” standards. A BCC...
Assad’s up to his evil tricks
Those Americans — so dumb! A New York-based Syrian spin doctor advised her country’s embattled dictator that Americans would sympathize with him if he admitted “mistakes” have been made during...
Mitt snares conservatives
Conservatives embraced Mitt Romney yesterday, handing him a much-needed boost in a straw poll conducted by the Conservative Political Action Committee.His 38 percent led the tally, followed by Rick Santorum...
Rick takes the nation
GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum leaped ahead of Mitt Romney yesterday in a national poll that has the former Pennsylvania senator leading by 15 points. The poll by Public Policy...
Syrian general blown away
Gunmen assassinated an army general in Damascus yesterday in the first killing of a high ranking military officer in the Syrian capital since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began...
To free or not to free ‘killer’
Just two weeks after settling the Greg Kelly rape accusation, Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. is facing a new and potentially thornier dilemma: Should he free a mann convicted...
A ‘shorts’ run for a good cause
Flash mob? This was a mob flash. About 150 near-naked runners took part in yesterday’s Cupid Undie Run to raise money for the Children’s Tumor Fund. “Nothing draws a big...
Espada a mooch to the very end
Pedro Espada is still leeching off his Soundview Health Center even in its dying days. The former state senator, about to face trial on charges of looting the clinics, continues...
WWI bodies frozen in time
Archeologists in France have discovered the skeletal remains of 21 German soldiers still in position at the moment of their death and entombed in a perfectly preserved World War I...
Haters deface elite HS
An elite Long Island Catholic high school was targeted by hate-fueled vandals who spray-painted swastikas and satanic graffiti on its walls, police said yesterday. The defacing of Chaminade HS in...
17 teen girls hit in twitching epidemic -- but doctors say it’s all in their heads
In the summer of 1518, in Strasbourg, France, a woman known as Frau Troffea suddenly began dancing in the middle of a street. Her mortified husband commanded her to stop,...
Toll collector and commuter married after meeting on Thruway
You won’t find love in the E-ZPass lane. Just ask Sonya Baker, who met the man of her dreams — New York State Thruway toll collector Michael Fazio — at...
Fired B’klyn pastor putting up god-awful fight
Call it Occupy the Altar. A hellish dispute has broken out at a Brooklyn house of worship in which a fired pastor has not only refused to leave the pulpit,...
Art suit bogus
This forgery claim was a fake.A federal judge tossed a California man’s case alleging that his late father tried to spite him from beyond the grave by leaving him a...
Battery ‘rape’
A 13-year-old girl who sources said is a runaway told cops that a man dragged her into a Battery Park men’s room yesterday and raped her.The NYPD’s Special Victims unit...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** The body of a man who hours earlier had texted a friend that he wanted to jump off the George Washington Bridge was found yesterday morning near the...
Jints trophy bowls over ’burb bar
They were drunk with pride. Big Blue fans at a Westchester tavern almost swallowed their martini olives Friday night when New York Giants executive Pat Hanlon called the Irish pub...
Game over for sports wacko
Minnesota is banning the man known as the “Piggyback Bandit” from high- school games in the state.Sherwin Shayegan, 28, has a history of hopping on the backs of high-school athletes....
He’s ‘Lin’ the money
He diagnosed the Linsanity long before anyone else. A California man who coached Knicks phenom Jeremy Lin in high school saw the point guard’s star potential two years ago —...
Powerball winner in RI
Someone in Rhode Island is $336.4 million richer. A winning ticket to last night’s massive Powerball lottery jackpot was sold in the New England state, according to lottery officials. The...
Pardoned killer throws away his gift
There’s just no pardoning this thug. A convicted killer who spent 31 years in prison before ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer let him out is heading back to the slammer for bolting...
Pol wants to turn youth into text donors
Txt 2 don8.A Manhattan councilwoman wants to allow campaign donations via text message.Democrat Gale Brewer says her measure would bring in cash from younger contributors, who do little traditional check-writing...
Mayor-bid $ecrets
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio’s campaign didn’t report the true number of contributions raised for his mayoral campaign by Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner. De Blasio’s filing last month with...
New ahh-sylum for health nuts
Fat people need not apply. As luxury Manhattan apartment buildings try to stand out from the pack with over-the-top amenities like dog runs and climbing walls, a new Lower East...
Perv teach’s 55G for sick days
The city will give retired rubber-room king Alan Rosenfeld, who was paid not to teach for 11 years, a parting gift: $55,000 for unused sick days.The former typing teacher —...
State Sen. Mark Grisanti and wife 'ambushed' by Seneca Nation businessmen
A state senator and his wife were jumped by a pair of Seneca Nation businessmen and two women during a wild brawl in a Niagara Falls Indian casino when the...
Seneca Nation on warpath
The bizarre brawl involving state Sen. Mark Grisanti at the Seneca Nation casino Friday night further inflames simmering tensions between Native American tribes and New York officials.The Senecas and other...
Houston's stormy marriage began downfall
Whitney Houston was known as much for her heavenly voice as for her hellish relationship with ex-husband Bobby Brown. She was pop music’s pure princess, he was a singer with...
Whitney Houston dead at 48
Whitney Houston, the pop singer whose towering voice helped her ascend to the top of the entertainment world before drug abuse brought her crashing back down, died yesterday. She was...
Trapped in lift fleeing fire
A smoky fire in a six-story Brooklyn building yesterday critically injured one person and trapped several others in an elevator well known to the city for its history of building-code...
Archbishop Dolan attacks Obama's birth-control compromise as not enough
In a scathing letter to his flock, Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan said the Obama administration “violate(s) our religious freedom” with rules about contraception. On Friday, President Obama said religious groups like...
‘Perv’ teach aide’s victim was 8
A teachers aide sexually assaulted a handicapped 8-year-old boy five times in their Upper West Side school, prosecutors said yesterday at an arraignment hearing in Manhattan Criminal Court. Gregory Atkins,...
The great divide
What if a right-wing intellectual looked at Occupy Wall Street and agreed with much of its two-Americas worldview? Like OWS, American Enterprise Institute scholar Charles Murray’s book, “Coming Apart: The...
Why I quit Facebook
It’s Saturday night, and I am at the house of a good friend. After the usual hours spent playing Xbox and watching “1000 Ways To Die,” I ask him if...
Yes, we have no Bonannos
It started “The Godfather.” It ended “Jersey Shore.” Last week, the Bonanno crime organization — one of the “Five Families” of New York lore — became a parody of itself,...
Time’s (Almost) up!
D-Day for teacher evaluations is rapidly approaching. It will be 30 days on Thursday since Gov. Cuomo warned that he would draft his own system to root out bad teachers...
What now in Syria
In the opinion of the Obama administration, the United States has run out of options on Syria. In other words, the Russian and Chinese vetoes of a resolution backing the...
Good riddance, creep
Speaking of union obstructionism, The Post appears to have accomplished what the city Department of Education couldn’t: finally evict teaching perv Alan Rosenfeld. Glad to be of service! Rosenfeld put...
Catholics vs. Bam
As Peggy Noonan informs us, President Obama has, in effect, said to Catholics, “To hell with you” (“Obama vs. the Church,” PostScript, Feb. 5). American Catholics should now send this...
Required reading
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank by Nathan Englander (Knopf) The author of the award-winning story collection “For the Relief of Unbearable Urges” and “The Ministry...
Fill ’er up!
Full Service My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars by Scotty Bowers with Lionel Friedberg Grove Press He was the busiest pump jockey in town...
In My Library Anne Rice
Before “Twilight” and “True Blood” — even before “Buffy” — Anne Rice wrote a book about a vulnerable vampire. Some 100 million copies in print later, she’s back with something...
Signs this gal a Leo
A chalk-and-ink portrait purchased at a Manhattan gallery for $19,000 might be the most important art discovery of the century. And a dusty old Polish book and a palm print...
Oh, Mike gosh! Stroke of luck
It was stored behind the couch of an suburban New York home, covered up because it was once hit by a tennis ball. The kids called it “The Mike.” Now,...
Rolling with the creep
Adele’s songs of heartbreak have turned her into one of the best-selling artists on the planet. Her most recent studio album, “21,” has set chart records in both the UK...
My shopping New York: Rachel Roy
Women’s wear designer Rachel Roy, 38, who’s showing her fall 2012 collection at Lincoln Center tomorrow, says most of her shopping excursions revolve around her kids, Ava, 12, and Tallulah,...
Puppy (and cat and tortoise) love
This time of year, love is in the air. Just ask any of the four-legged romantics below who share a special bond. Read their stories, and check out our suggestions...
First in show
On Monday and Tuesday, the 136th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show will introduce six new breeds to the competition. Check out the newbies here. The Cesky Terrier was bred to...
Rufus rocks the opera
In the cult-fave cartoon “All the Great Operas in 10 Minutes,” animator Kim Thompson deadpans that opera “is just a lot of people in costumes, falling in love and dying....
Top 5 Worst things to write on a Valentine
“I’m so glad we’re such good, platonic friends. And nothing more.” Marian “I choo . . . choo . . . choose you. As my backup date.” Gigi “In honor...
‘All Quiet’ even quieter
Oscar’s third winner of the Best Picture honors, the classic antiwar drama “All Quiet on the Western Front’’ has had an unusually long and bumpy history on its way to...
Bridge
A Provocative aspect of bridge scoring is that being vulnerable feeds a player’s appetite for risk: He has more to lose by bidding game but also more to gain.Suppose at...
Population growth
Playing in an international tournament used to mean being a strong master and getting an invitation to a 12- or 14-player round-robin in Europe. No more.Today anyone can plunk down...
It’s mom-entously original
No tenors, no arias, no orchestra pit, no plot. Can “You, My Mother” really be called an opera? Yes, it can! Despite the lack of traditional trappings, this new work...
Knicks' shooting star shares rare air with Brady
The coach was desperate, branded a loser who never would build a resume equal to his genius reputation. The fans were impatient, believing they were stuck in the worst kind...
Yao tried to bring Jeremy to Shanghai
MINNEAPOLIS — Yao Ming attempted to sign Knicks point guard sensation Jeremy Lin to play for his Shanghai Sharks during the NBA lockout, but was unsuccessful, two league sources told...
Phenom nearly found himself out of NBA
MINNEAPOLIS — Jeremy Lin would not have had a chance to save the Knicks’ season and coach Mike D’Antoni’s job and become a global phenomenon if rookie Iman Shumpert had...
Sports Shorts
Track: Lagat sets Millrose 5,000 mark Bernard Lagat found a new way to make history at the Millrose Games, where he won a record eight titles in the Wanamaker Mile....
The Post Line
NCAA BasketballFavoriteLineUnderdogSETON HALL2PittsburghMICHIGAN6 1/2IllinoisGEORGETOWN16St. John'sDETROIT8Green BayMilwaukee3WRIGHT ST.MISSOURI ST.14BradleyOREGON ST.3 1/2WashingtonPURDUE7 1/2NorthwesternVA. TECH13 1/2Bos. CollegeStanford4USCEvansville1 1/2DRAKELOYOLA (MD.)5FairfieldIONA22 1/2MaristNBAFavoriteLineUnderdogLakers6 1/2RAPTORSBulls4CELTICSPISTONS5 1/2WizardsHeat5HAWKSWARRIORS3 1/2RocketsGRIZZLIES6JazzNHLFavoriteLineUnderdogISLANDERS$110-130PanthersRANGERS$145-165CapitalsSTARS$105-125KingsB. JACKETS$120-140Mighty DucksBLUES$110-130SharksPENGUINS$170-200LightningRED WINGS$140-160Flyers
Today's Sports on the Air
BasketballNoonQuinnipiac at Central Connecticut St. MSGNoonPittsburgh at Seton Hall SNY, WABC (770 AM)NoonStony Brook at Vermont CBSSN1 p.m.Illinois at Michigan CBS1 p.m.St. John's at Georgetown ESPN, WBBR (1130 AM)2 p.m.Women:...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:20 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 1m&70yds; $30,000; clm($7,500); 4upAFTER SHOCK won as the favorite this distance versus cheaper at Finger Lakes two back. SECRET...
Tomorrow’s Parx Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1m&70yds; $22,000; clm($7,500); 4upPN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 No Equipment(L),122JHmpshrJr7-7-5Cannon12-12 Sure Start(L),122J Nguyen6-4-7Noble8-13 AwesomeEncor(L),122K Frey2-1-2Guerrero8-54 Starship Scott(L),122KCarmoch4-6-4Aristone5-25 Irish Majesty(L),122G Wales7-6-6Alexnde15-16 Laberinto(L),122J Flores3-1-4Smylie8-17 Lake Friends(L),117K Pellot1-4-3GPreciad9-2SECOND-6...
Aqueduct Charts
February 11th, 2012 Clear and Fast©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1m&70yds; $57,000; alw; 4up(f)Time: 24.41, 5.21, 1:15.74, 1:4.86, 1:45.01.Trainer: George WeaverWinner: GR/RO F, 4, by Tapit-Clever TurkHorseWt.PP1/41/2Str.FinJockeyOddsGinger Snapit118 4 3 4...
Gulfstream Results
FIRST-1 mile; $17,500; clm($6,250); 4up10Swt Ll Chrk (Cstlln)4.602.602.403Together Forever (Nunz)3.602.6013Dawn's Song (Centeno)4.60Scr: Midnight Scrimmage, Alwaysacontest, Windy Vale.* Exacta (10-3) $15.00 * $1 Superfecta (10-3-13-6) $396.80 * $1 Trifecta (10-3-13) $41.60Winner...
Parx Graded Entries
FIRST-6 1/2 fur; $28,000; clm; 4up5-Halo Hollie 8-53-BelevenDncng12-11-Tyrana 6-14-Wild Kay 9-22-Chickatari 5-26-Lucky Notion 7-2SECOND-6 1/2 fur; $28,000; clm; 3YO2-I'll Stake U 9-27-Ala Dan 3-11-CatchtheHumr10-18-SnshneSmkey12-13-Pander 5-19-Fiddlers Celt 12-14-CasamarGmp15-110-Shoeless Joe 10-15-Taylor Island...
Parx Results
FIRST-5 1/2 fur; $17,000; clm; 4&5YO6Forst Mch (Cstllo)13.405.403.807Whisper Number (Rvera)4.003.405Sally's Contender (Moya)7.00* Exacta (6-7) $38.80 * Trifecta (6-7-5) $265.00SECOND-1 mile; $28,000; clm; 3YO3Keralcous (Flores)10.205.404.405Chase the Angel (Petro)11.607.802Pink Slip Sue (Frey)5.60*...
Gulfstream Analysis
Post Time: 12:35 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderPost Time: 12:35 p.m.FIRST-7 fur; $16,500; clm($12,500); 4upSURF ROAD second by nose as favorite this level two back. SCHATT THE...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-1-mile pace; $10,625; clm 10 BerryBerryFst(RPerc) 71.00 26.60 11.60 6 I'm So Blue (Y Gingras) 3.80 2.60 7 Irish Elitist (T Tetrick) 6.20 * Exacta (10-6) $404.60 * Trifecta (10-6-7)...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYFeb. 12MONFeb. 13TUEFeb. 14WEDFeb. 15THUFeb. 16FRIFeb. 17SATFeb. 18KnicksNO GAMENO GAMETor.7:00MSGESPNSac.7:30MSGESPNNO GAMEN.O.8:00MSGESPNNOGAMENetsNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEMem.7:30YESWFANInd.7:00YESWFANNOGAMEChi.4:00YESWFANRangersWashington12:30NBCESPN 1050 AMNO GAMEBos.7:00MSG2WNYMNO GAMEChi.7:00MSGESPNNOGAMENOGAMEIslandersFlorida3:00MSG PlusWRHU 88.7 FMNOGAMEWinn.8:30MSG+2WRHUNOGAMESt.L.8:00MSG+WRHUNOGAMECar.7:00MSG+WRHUDevilsNOGAMENOGAMEBuff.7:00MSG+WFANNOGAMENOGAMEAna.7:00MSG+WFANNOGAMEHOMEAWAY
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