May 30, 2012
New photo of Etan Patz's alleged killer released
This could the face of Etan Patz’s killer. Here is the booking mug shot of Pedro Hernandez, the 51-year-old New Jersey man who allegedly confessed last week to killing the...
Bogus 'concierge' charged with scamming two in $11G hotel scheme
A cheesy self-proclaimed "concierge" amazingly tricked at least two people into thinking he could get them tickets for everything from Fashion Week events to presidential inaugural balls -- only to...
Tutor accused of pot-fueled sex romps with 16-year-old student in explosive $10M notice of claim
A Brooklyn high school English teacher who was supposed to be tutoring a 16-year-old student instead had pot-fueled sex romps with him in school and her SUV, the boy’s lawyer...
B'klyn bomb squad called in for electronic keyboard
This piano recital really bombed. “The Hurt Locker” met “The Piano” in Williamsburg Brooklyn today, when a an abandoned keyboard left in a pile of garbage sparked a scare that...
'Mrs. Kanye West' takes no-jail plea deal in Manhattan court
Kanye West -- not the internationally-known hip hop star, but a 28-year-old street performer who legally changed her name to his -- caused a stir in Manhattan Criminal Court today,...
Ruiz, Phillies break out late to beat Mets 10-6
Pinch-hitter Carlos Ruiz came through with a tying homer in the seventh inning, Jimmy Rollins added a three-run shot and the Philadelphia Phillies busted loose late to beat the Mets...
Jurors see autopsy photos in trial of man accused of killing UES Auschwitz survivor
He was one tough old man -- who neither the Nazis nor a trio of robbers could break. Jurors in an Upper East Side torture-robbery trial today viewed heartbreaking autopsy...
NFL decides not to cancel Pro Bowl
The much-maligned Pro Bowl lives on. January’s dire all-star game vexed NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, who ordered a review of the showpiece to decide whether it should be scrapped. But...
Gov. Cuomo announces $5M tourism campaign to change 'I Love NY' logo
ALBANY – New York’s lost its heart -- in its "I Love NY" logo. Gov. Cuomo announced what he called a “reinvention” of the iconic logo today as part of...
SI DA brings in therapy dog to help calm witnesses
Meet Bronksey – the Staten Island District Attorney’s new victims advocate. The 2-year-old golden retriever-lab mix has just joined the office to help calm the nerves of witnesses, especially children,...
Romney’s favorability rating jumps among women: poll
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney posted a sharp increase in his favorability rating among women in a poll released Wednesday, but the former Massachusetts governor continues to post historically low popularity...
Eli not worried about missing time with Giants injured WR Nicks
Giants quarterback Eli Manning will be without his top receiver for months. Definitely two, probably three. Yet Manning is not overly concerned about missing so much time with Hakeem Nicks,...
Gupta trial drags in Soros’s name
The “boasting and bragging” among Galleon Group traders and analysts got so bad in recent years that insiders mistakenly believed that the hedge fund’s founder Raj Rajaratnam was passing illegal...
Kiwanuka didn't mind Osi discussing his Giants' extension
Giants defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka has his money, having signed a three-year extension worth $21.75 million, with $10.95 million of it guaranteed. He understands what Osi Umenyiora is going through...
Apple to demo new TV operating system at WWDC: report
Apple is planning to demonstrate a new operating system that will power its current Apple TV device and its forthcoming TV set at June's World Wide Developer Conference, according to...
WATCH: New Web site uses formula to help women get perfect-fitting bra
It has been said that women in tech could use more support. Two entrepreneurs have taken that quite literally, launching a lingerie Web site that uses a formula to help...
This week's calendar, May 31 to June 6
Saturday, June 2 Bay Ridge Bicycle Tour See Bay Ridge, a quintessentially New York neighborhood filled with a variety of historic housing, well-maintained parks, vibrant commercial streets and impressive institutional...
Exonerated on rape charge, high school star to get NFL tryout: report
LONG BEACH, Calif. -- One week after being exonerated on a rape conviction that sent him to prison for five years, former California high school star Brian Banks is gearing...
Prominent French academic died in Manhattan hotel room of heart attack: coroner
The city's coroner announced Wednesday that a prominent French academic found dead in his hotel room last month died from heart failure. "He died of a heart attack," said coroner's...
Zynga CEO says big deals 'not our model'
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. -- The CEO of Zynga Inc. said Wednesday that large acquisitions of game companies "are not our business model," despite the company's buyout earlier this year...
Deron denies 'Dwight or bust' Nets report
Deron Williams took to Twitter to reply to a Yahoo.com report that stated he would only remain with the Nets if they acquired Magic star Dwight Howard."I would love to...
Morgan Stanley CEO says firm worked '100% within the rules' on Facebook IPO
Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman on Wednesday defended the firm's role in Facebook Inc.'s tumultuous initial public offering, telling employees internally that the firm worked "100 percent within the rules"...
Venus follows Serena out of French Open
PARIS -- Used to be that Venus Williams was the one who was highly ranked, the one considered a title contender, the one who would dominate foes so thoroughly that...
Pope breaks silence over Vatileaks scandal
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI broke his silence Wednesday over the leaked documents scandal that has convulsed the Vatican, saying he was saddened by the betrayal but grateful to...
Nets season in review: Jerry Smith
The Nets used the roster space created by the Gerald Wallace trade at the March 15 deadline to call-up guard Jerry Smith from the Springfield Armor.Smith, a Louisville product who...
Nets season in review: Johan Petro
In a disappointing season, Johan Petro served as an easy lightning rod for criticism for many Nets fans.Most teams would have immediately amnestied Petro and his over six million remaining...
Patriots' Brady inspires man to donate kidney
SPENCER, Mass. — A recent plea from New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady inspired a Massachusetts man to donate one of his kidneys to a complete stranger. Peter Hughes, 48,...
'G.I. Joe' sequel bumped in response to 'John Carter,' 'Battleship' bombs and Channing Tatum's hits
Paramount's sudden decision last week to move its "G.I. Joe" sequel from its June 29 release date to March 2013 was a strategic response to two of this year's biggest...
Devils coach not worried about ruining Rangers-Kings Cup
Devils coach Pete DeBoer had a quick retort for those wishing the Rangers were facing the Kings in the Stanley Cup finals instead.“The glamour of New York?” DeBoer repeated.“Tough luck.”DeBoer...
ID thief gets at least three years for putting skimming devices, cameras on ATMs
A Bulgarian national will spend at least three years in prison for a technically clever identity theft in which he affixed skimming devices and cameras to Chase ATMS in Union...
Judge denies Sandusky's request to push back start of trial
BELLEFONTE, Pa. -- A Pennsylvania judge has again denied former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky's request to push back the start of his child sex abuse trial. Judge John...
Hewlett-Packard names Veghte COO
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Hewlett-Packard Co. has selected Bill Veghte, who recently led the company's software business, to fill the newly created position of chief operating officer. George Kadifa, recently...
Obama congratulates Romney on securing Republican nomination
WASHINGTON -- President Obama called Mitt Romney Wednesday to congratulate him on clinching the Republican presidential nomination. "President Obama said that he looked forward to an important and healthy debate...
Jeremy Stein sworn into Federal Reserve's Board of Governors, filling the seven-member panel for first time since 2006
WASHINGTON -- Jeremy C. Stein was sworn in to the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors Wednesday, filling the seven-member panel for the first time since April 2006. Fed Chairman Ben...
Ewing told by Jordan he won’t get Bobcats job: report
It looks like another year will pass without Knicks great Patrick Ewing landing a head-coaching job. Yahoo.com reports that Bobcats owner Michael Jordan informed Ewing that he will not get...
West Virginia serpent-handling preacher dies from rattlesnake bite
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. -- A West Virginia serpent-handling preacher died after being bitten by a timber rattlesnake during a religious service. Mark Randall "Mack" Wolford, pastor of Full Gospel Apostolic House...
NHL ’12 predicts Kings as Stanley Cup champions
They’re Kings of the ice – the virtual ice that is.EA Sports’ simulation hockey franchise, NHL ’12, predicts that the Kings will beat the Devils in the Stanley Cup Finals...
Menlo Park approves expansion of Facebook headquarters
MENLO PARK, Calif. — A Silicon Valley city where Facebook has opened its new headquarters voted Tuesday to support an environmental impact report and development agreement for a project that...
Robin Gibb's funeral set for June 8
LONDON — A private funeral service for Bee Gees star Robin Gibb will take place next week, with a public memorial service planned for later in the year. In a...
Mangold picks Jets camp over watching sister in Olympics
Most NFL players would not pass up a chance to skip a few days of training camp, but Jets center Nick Mangold did just that.Jets coach Rex Ryan offered Mangold...
Facebook launches office in Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Facebook executives are hoping the company's first office in the Arab world can help boost sales even as its share price struggles. The social networking...
Bono to present Amnesty International award to Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi
DUBLIN — Bono will present Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi with Amnesty International's highest honor when she visits Dublin next month as part of her first international tour...
Mary J. Blige vows to fix her troubled charity
Mary J. Blige insisted today her troubled charity will sing a new tune and get its act together to help struggling women. The hip-hop diva said she’s hired a fresh...
Pending home sales fall in April, worse than forecast
WASHINGTON -- US pending home sales fell in April for the first time in four months, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) said Wednesday. The group's index dropped 5.5 percent...
UN observers discover 13 bodies with hands bound in eastern Syria
DEIR EZZOR, Syria -- UN observers Wednesday reported the discovery of 13 bodies in eastern Syria, with many of the victims found to have bullet wounds to the head from...
Man shocked while allegedly trying to steal NJ Transit wire
NJ Transit says a man survived after he was shocked while trying to steal overhead rail wires Wednesday. NJ Transit spokeswoman Nancy Snyder says the man fell onto the lines...
Wright, Halladay and Oswalt
Sandy Alderson told Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com yesterday that he planned to initiate conversation with David Wright's representatives at some point this season concerning a long-term extension. Once Heyman released...
Upstate NY man charged with 45 counts of sexual attacks
A Mount Vernon man has been charged with 45 counts of rape, sexual assault and unlawful imprisonment. Authorities say Tyrell Taylor is accused of raping at least five teenage girls...
Former Egypt leader Hosni Mubarak's sons to be tried for insider trading
CAIRO — Hosni Mubarak's two sons were charged Wednesday with insider trading and referred to trial before a criminal court. A statement by the prosecutor-general's office carried on the state...
Tropical Depression Beryl headed back to Atlantic
CHARLESTON, SC — Tropical Depression Beryl was heading back toward the ocean early Wednesday as it brought rains to South Carolina. The depression's maximum sustained winds had increased to near...
Obama's 'death camp' comment angers Poland
WARSAW -- Polish leaders reacted with outrage Wednesday to President Obama's apparently inadvertent reference to a "Polish death camp" when he awarded a US Presidential Medal of Freedom to a...
Web cam spy set to report to jail
The Rutgers cyber creep who spied on his suicidal gay roommate doesn’t deserve to be locked up with “rapists and murderers,” a New Jersey judge said this morning. Dharun Ravi,...
WATCH: CEO Tim Cook says he's aiming to put 'own mark on Apple'
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. -- Apple chief executive Tim Cook sought to clarify his image Tuesday as leader of the gadget giant in the wake of his high-profile predecessor Steve...
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi visits Myanmar migrants on first trip abroad in nearly 25 years
MAHACHAI, Thailand — Kicking off her first trip abroad in nearly a quarter-century, Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi offered encouragement Wednesday to impoverished migrants whose flight to neighboring...
New Yorkers want minimum wage increase, give Cuomo highest approval rating ever: poll
ALBANY - New Yorkers love their governor more than ever -- but they love the idea of increasing the minimum wage even more. While Gov. Cuomo got his highest approval...
Phoenix boy impaled through eye by drumstick
PHOENIX -- A young Phoenix boy was lucky to avoid being left blind and brain damaged after being impaled through the eye by a drumstick. Four-year-old Alonzo Trinidad spent five...
Small earthquake off southern California coast near Malibu
MALIBU, Calif. -- Residents felt some shaking, but there were no reports of damages or injuries when a 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the southern California coast late Tuesday. The quake...
Bin Laden doctor was not jailed for helping CIA, Pakistan verdict says
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- The Pakistani doctor who helped find Osama bin Laden was jailed for 33 years because of his links to the militant group Lashkar e Islam, not for...
Charles Taylor sentenced to 50 years for war crimes in Sierra Leone
THE HAGUE -- The former Liberian president Charles Taylor was sentenced to 50 years Wednesday for his role in aiding and abetting rebels who committed war crimes during the Sierra...
WikiLeaks founder Assange can be extradited to Sweden in sex case
LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday lost his legal fight at Britain's Supreme Court against extradition to Sweden. The London court announced its judgement in a hearing at...
Monk-made caskets vs. funeral fat cats
Some monks in Louisiana had to come up with a way to make some money. They already had made several caskets by request, so the monastery took a decision to...
Mitt's pal Portman to Israel
GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney has a friend meeting a friend. On Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is going to meet with Ohio Sen. Rob Portman who is visiting Israel....
Teacher caught kissing her boy-toy student
They look like a picture-perfect young couple kissing in the park. The problem is, she’s his high-school teacher. Stunning global-studies instructor Julie Warning got a bit too worldly with a...
PSAL Class B softball final preview
NYPost.com’s PSAL softball beat writer Marc Raimondi breaks down the Class B championship game between No. 2 Lab Museum United and No. 9 Morris, set for 4 p.m. Wednesday at...
Kings gear for Devils’ high-octane offense
The Devils and Kings will meet Wednesday night in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals, and though past Devils’ Cup-winning teams were defensive-minded, this New Jersey squad packs a...
Tuck thinks Giants should pay Umenyiora
You can’t have it both ways, but Justin Tuck is trying to when it comes to the Osi Umenyiora situation. Tuck continues to support his good friend and Giants teammate...
Mets' regulars need to step up
Fairy tales emerge from nights like these at the ballpark. Jeremy Hefner, the eighth man to get a shot at starting a Mets game this year, picked up both his...
LIVE BLOG: CHSAA Class AA baseball championship round openers
The final eight are set – almost.At least they will be by early Wednesday evening. St. Joseph by the Sea and Archbishop Molloy won their CHSAA Class AA baseball third-round,...
Hefner gets first win, homer; Mets beat Phillies
Plan C in the Mets’ attempt to fill their final rotation spot didn’t look so bad last night. Regardless of where his career goes from here, Jeremy Hefner always will...
Mets' Hairston continues home run tear
Five different Mets have at least 150 at-bats this year. Scott Hairston isn’t in that group. He doesn’t even have 100 yet. But Hairston has a team-high six home runs...
PSAL Class A baseball quarterfinals notebook: Telecom shocks No. 1 Cardozo
Telecommunications finally got over the PSAL Class A quarterfinal hump and it did so in memorable fashion. Down two runs entering the seventh inning, the eighth-seeded Yellow Jackets rallied to...
PSAL Class A softball championship preview
NYPost.com softball beat writer Joseph Staszewski breaks down the PSAL Class A final between Tottenville and Susan Wagner, 6 p.m. Wednesday at St. John’s University. No. 1 Tottenville Pirates Head...
PSAL Class B baseball playoff roundup: Soriano shines as South Bronx hammers Smith
Jose Soriano singlehandedly lifted South Bronx to the PSAL Class B quarterfinals on Tuesday. The senior went the distance on the mound, struck out six and allowed just two hits...
Stanners fall win short of second straight CHSAA state title
Archbishop Molloy’s year ended in the season’s final game, just not with one last victory. “This is as far as you can make it,” four-year starter Maria Palmeri said. …“That’s...
CHSAA boys lacrosse roundup: Fee, Iona best Kellenberg for 'AA' downstate title
Even after a comeback win over rival Fordham Prep last week Iona Prep coach Rick Trizano expected more, saying his team played terrible lacrosse for three quarters. Her players provided...
Masterful Goldbach, Molloy sink Vikings for CHSAA city crown
Kristen Ponticelli worried she had given St. Joseph by the Sea new life after bobbling a ground ball that would have been the game’s final out. “I thought that if...
DeLeon pitches unsung Adams past Tottenville, into first semis in seven years
In late March, Glenn Beyer was with everyone else who considered William Bryant the favorite in Queens A West. He figured his John Adams team was No. 3 in Queens,...
Out of the 'dungeon,' Corniel leads GW back into semifinals with gem
George Washington’s city title last spring was memorable because of the storyline attached to it, the Trojans winning the crown without legendary coach Steve Mandl. But Mandl, suspended by the...
Rogers helps lead Molloy into final eight after needing 45 stitches in face
Mike Rogers wiped the side of his face and looked down at his hand. Blood. Lots of it. The Archbishop Molloy catcher stood his ground at home plate, trying to...
Serby's Special Q & A with... Pete Deboer
The Post’s Steve Serby sat down with Pete DeBoer, who has led the Devils to the Stanley Cup Final in his first season as coach. Q: Coaches in other sports...
CHSAA baseball notebook: Sea advances, All Hallows-SFP postponed
Chris Falcone was a game-time decision. The St. Joseph by the Sea left-hander has had a balky back. As a precaution, coach Gordon Rugg had two pitchers in the bullpen...
Devils primed to have their Cup runneth over
With so many similarities, it’s likely to depend on goaltending, as usual. If the Devils win their fourth Stanley Cup, Martin Brodeur could win his first Conn Smythe Trophy as...
Horace Mann falls in heartbreaker to Holy Child in NYSAISAA final
Ray Barile met his players in the circle as Holy Child celebrated wildly a few feet away. It was the third straight time Horace Mann had reached the NYSAISAA softball...
Business briefs
Good newsThe closely watched S&P/Case Shiller composite home price index of 20 metropolitan areas gained 0.1 percent in March on a seasonally adjusted basis.No. 3 PriusToyota Motor’s Prius, a niche...
Blavatnik wants new Warner execs for $weeter music
Warner Music Group, controlled by billionaire Len Blavatnik, has been quietly reaching out to music execs as it prepares for the eventual exit of Stephen Cooper, a caretaker CEO who...
Hedgie saw dangers of bank betting
Billionaire hedge-fund titan Paul Singer saw it coming. Days before JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon announced the trading debacle that resulted in a $2 billion loss, Singer wrote that the...
Bankers hired by BlackBerry maker
Research in Motion is lost in transition. The BlackBerry maker said yesterday it hired investment banks JPMorgan and RBC to review its “options,” which most investors took to mean a...
Facebook drops to $31, $30, $29 ...
Mark Zuckerberg is in Rome — and Facebook investors are burning. The stock yesterday sunk below $30 for the first time as the company continued to lose value in its...
New Orleans news creating Big Uneasy
News that the New Orleans Times-Picayune is going to slash its frequency from daily to three times a week sent shock waves through the Newhouse-owned papers back East, which include...
Both teams in running for Stanley Cup are for sale
Hey, wanna buy a Stanley Cup champion? Investors with an appetite for a high-profile but probable money-losing acquisition can likely buy some or all of both the New Jersey Devils...
Whi$tler gets $14.5M
A former Countrywide Financial Corp. manager whose fraud suit contributed to the mortgage industry’s $25 billion settlement with federal and state regulators received about $14.5 million for his efforts, his...
2 execs spin out of Orbitz
Orbitz Worldwide, an online travel agent, said Russell Hammer resigned on May 23 as senior vice president and chief financial officer and will be replaced on an interim basis by...
Neiman isn’t steamin’
After splurging this spring on designer fashions, handbags and shoes, Neiman Marcus shoppers are tapping the brakes. The Dallas-based luxury chain that owns Bergdorf Goodman said its quarterly profit surged...
Jam-packed day at Gupta trial
Ex-Galleon Group trader Michael Cardillo testified yesterday in the trial of Rajat Gupta that he bought shares of JM Smucker, the maker of Smucker’s jams, after getting a tip that...
Brooks Brothers buttons up 35 Wall St. lease
Brooks Brothers is on its way to Wall Street. The white-shoe fashion retailer is in negotiations to lease two floors totaling 7,000 square feet at 35 Wall St., just steps...
Cops hope new Patz focus aids 2010 case
NYPD cops hope that the explosive development in the Etan Patz case will spark a new lead in the disappearance of 7-year-old Patrick Alford from Brooklyn more than two years...
Etan ‘killer’ returned to bodega
He returned to the scene of the crime. After fleeing to New Jersey for a couple of years, Pedro Hernandez went back to work at the same bodega where he’d...
Victim ‘de-faces’ fraudster
Maybe he just wanted to look like a matinee idol. The crooked ex-owner of the Brooklyn Heights Cinema blew $31,000 of stolen money on futile plastic surgery, one of Norman...
‘Death’ driver off the hook
A motorist who launched a young Brooklyn bicyclist to her death under a bus by opening her car door won’t do any jail time.Krystal Francis, 25, could have been sentenced...
Appeasing the nuke madman
Now what? In an honest world, that’s the question American negotiators would be asking themselves after Iran rejected any meaningful change to its nuclear program. But desperation rules out honesty,...
Billionaire cheapskate! Zuckerberg's $0 meal tip in Rome
Mark Zuckerberg’s latest status update should read: “cheapskate.” The Facebook CEO, who’s worth billions, couldn’t spare a lousy eight bucks to tip a waiter at a Rome restaurant after a...
Sick mom stabs kid: cops
A 9-year-old girl is fighting for her life after her mentally troubled mother stabbed her four times with a chef’s knife yesterday in Queens, authorities said. Ann Carimbocas stabbed her...
Mitt’s magic number
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney locked up the Republican presidential nomination last night with a primary victory in Texas. With his triumph, Romney finally reached the critical number of 1,144 delegates...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan A livery driver beaten and robbed in East Harlem helped cops capture the thief who attacked him, police sources said. The cabby was in his parked car with his...
Cops' grim probe in face-eat horror
MIAMI — Authorities were seeking more witnesses yesterday to help explain what led a naked man to start chewing another man’s face and then, when confronted by police, just growl...
‘Betrayal’ of Benedict
Pope Benedict XVI feels deeply betrayed and extremely hurt by his personal butler, who was caught red-handed with a large trove of stolen Vatican documents, church officials said yesterday. “The...
Rutgers Web cam spy guy finally says ‘sorry’
The former Rutgers University student convicted of spying on his gay roommate using a Web cam has finally apologized — just before turning himself in to jailers. “I accept responsibility...
Jewel-babe bust in parking fight
She’s a real gem. A celebrity jeweler was arrested for beating a man with her umbrella in a vicious spat over a parking space in the West Village, authorities said...
Miles, Piaf are Forever
Jazz trumpeter Miles Davis and French chanteuse Edith Piaf will be honored by new Forever stamps, the Postal Service and France’s La Poste announced yesterday.The Rubin Museum of Art on...
Latifah weight gain$
Queen Latifah wanted to keep a heart-clogging secret. The hip hop diva hoped to hide her involvement in a pair of Fatburger franchises because she was pitching Jenny Craig weight-loss...
Booker aide shown door
After putting his foot in his mouth on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Newark Mayor Cory Booker has now given his communications director the boot. Anne Torres announced yesterday she was...
Unsafe handle-Bar
She’s the hottest cycling accident waiting to happen. Supermodel Bar Rafaeli peddled a rental bike through Central Park over the holiday weekend — with a cellphone in hand and no...
Smokes ban put on hold
ALBANY — The state’s just blowing smoke at parkgoers — for now. New York won’t enforce a smoking ban at state parks in the face of objections and a threatened...
Mike in push to hasten firings of perv educators
Fed up with pervy teachers abusing students, Mayor Bloomberg went on the attack yesterday and proposed a state law that would make it easier to fire instructors guilty of sexual...
Under-probe DA leads NY ethics panel
Just days after allegations of serious ethical violations by Westchester DA Janet DiFiore came to light, she’s scheduled to preside over a meeting of the state ethics panel she heads....
Cop drug-plant denial
A former NYPD narcotics detective yesterday took the stand at his Queens perjury trial to vehemently deny planting drugs on innocent citizens. “No, no, no. Absolutely not!” Adolph Osback, 40,...
NATO strike nails Afghan Qaeda’s No. 2
KABUL, Afghanistan — The US-led NATO force in Afghanistan killed al Qaeda's second-highest leader in the country in an airstrike in eastern Kunar province, the coalition said yesterday.Sakhr al-Taifi, also...
B'klyn man took off with car before girlfriend slammed it into LI house: family
Ferris Bueller couldn’t have done it better. Brooklyn hipster Sophia Anderson’s boyfriend swiped the home-wrecking Benz convertible from his parents’ Long Island mansion without their permission — and after the...
Thug guilty in nun slay
A second thug pleaded guilty yesterday in a mugging spree that resulted in the death of an elderly nun.William Robbins, 20, wasn’t driving the car that hit Sister Mary Celine...
‘Wrigley’ Nets plan
They want the Brooklyn Nets to be more like the Chicago Cubs — except without all the losing. Frustrated over Barclays Center developer Forest City Ratner’s plans for dealing with...
Lefty council group plans to PAC punch
The living-and prevailing-wage bills were just the beginning. The City Council’s Progressive Caucus, comprising 11 of the body’s most left-leaning politicians, wants to beef up its membership when 19 council...
Outgoing income
New York state tops the nation in one key export — people fleeing high taxes. More than 3.4 million New Yorkers — with combined annual earnings of $119 billion —...
It’s all good, says tech boss
The city’s technology agency — which was rocked by the CityTime corruption scandal involving consultants — has one consultant on the payroll for every two employees. Rahul Merchant, the new...
Rangel lining up Dinkins, Koch & Bloomberg for nod
Charlie Rangel is about to score a mayoral trifecta. Sources said the controversial congressman is planning a press conference featuring endorsements by three of the four living NYC mayors —...
Bedbugged station house
What’s eating the 78th Precinct? Bedbugs!The nasty critters are replacing boozed-up drivers and other prisoners in the holding cells at the Brooklyn station house, which covers trendy Park Slope and...
‘Take-out’ plan for bike nuts
City officials faced with a slew of complaints about reckless delivery cyclists may soon penalize law-breakers and the restaurants that employ them. The Department of Transportation is already in talks...
Dylan’s heavy medal
WASHINGTON — The times they are a’changin’ for Bob Dylan. The rock icon who once railed against the powerful was himself feted at the White House yesterday, where President Obama...
MLB star sweats hate rap
Manhattan prosecutors are playing hardball with accused drunken anti-Semite, Detroit Tiger Delmon Young, gathering more evidence in the misdemeanor hate-crime assault case instead of offering a plea deal. The $6.7...
Tree limb nails stroller
A 60-year-old Queens man was hit by a falling tree branch in Bryant Park last night during a freak windstorm that later forced the early closing of the park. David...
What Egyptians didn’t vote for
With official results in from the first round of Egypt’s presidential election, we now have a credible snapshot of public opinion in the most populous Arab nation — one that...
Spending? What spending?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt never denied that he created Social Security. Lyndon Baines Johnson didn’t forswear any responsibility for Medicaid. Ronald Reagan never argued that his defense buildup didn’t happen. The...
Thanks for being a friend: US abandons terror tipster
The Issue: Whether the US should help Shakil Afridi, jailed by Pakistan for helping find Osama bin Laden. *** Dr. Shakil Afridi is part of the reason that CIA intelligence...
Bloody Syria
The Syrian government massacred at least 108 civilians in the village of Houla this past weekend, so the US responded yesterday by ordering the expulsion of Syria’s top diplomat in...
Albany & ethics, again
Gov. Cuomo’s hand-crafted ethics watchdog — the Joint Commission on Public Ethics — has gotten off to a pretty shaky start. Now, to top things off, it turns out the...
Hollywood tops Wall Street
Think Wall Street is the land of plenty when it comes to compensation? Think again. If 2011 pay to top executives is a window into the Wall Street compensation machine,...
The heart of the city
The most important transformation of New York City over the past 20 years has come in the worst neighborhoods, where the crime drop has made an astonishing difference. As many...
Inside the animal E.R.
On a rainy evening in April, Cindy and Tom Nigro pulled their brown sedan up to the front of the Animal Medical Center at 510 E. 62nd St. after a...
Guardian of a legacy
Shortly before he died in 2005, Arthur Miller smiled at his daughter, Rebecca, and said, “Catch!” What he threw her way was nothing less than his literary legacy, a body...
Barclays to host Russian hockey games
The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming! And they’re bringing their hockey sticks. Teams from Russia’s KHL are expected to play the first regular-season hockey games at Brooklyn’s Barclays...
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Today's Sports on the Air
Baseball1 p.m.White Sox at Rays WGN7 p.m.Phillies at Mets SNY, WFAN (660 AM)10 p.m.Yankees at Angels YES, WCBS (880 AM)NBA Playoffs8:30 p.m.Eastern Conference Finals: Celtics at Heat, Game 2 ESPN,...
‘Another’ trainer answers back at Secretariat owner
Doug O’Neill says he’s dismayed that Secretariat’s former owner criticized the connections of Triple Crown candidate I’ll Have Another for employing him as the horse’s trainer. He thinks Penny Chenery...
Arlington Park Analysis
Post Time: 2:00 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 6 1/2f; $11,500; cl($5,000); 3up; (f&m)MARK THESCORE EVEN drops from flop against allowance company and returns to level where...
Tomorrow’s Belmont Park Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1 1/16m(T); $53,000; str hcp; 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 a-LivingstnStrt(L),122J Bravo1-5-7Walder5-22 Tawaared(L),118J Lezcano4-8-2Barbara10-13 Red Leader(L),118E Castro2-1-2Rodrgez12-14 Indy Scent(L),123A Smith2-1-3Gyarmati7-25 Bad Debt(L),123KCarmoch1-3-2Trombett2-16 PerfectFootprnt(L),119M Luzzi4-8-9Figuero15-17...
Parx Charts
May 29th, 2012 Clear And Fast. Turf Firm. ©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1m; $27,000; cl($16,000); 3upOff: 12:26. 5. steadied, rail, clearTime: 24.55, 48.66, 1:13.9, 1:26.5, 1:39.58.Trainer: Edward AuwarterWinner: GR/RO G,...
Hondo coasting with Dodgers
The Great Verlander, who clearly despises Hondo, flopped in Fenway last night to push the runaway deficit to a flabby 1,750 luzinskis.Tonight, Mr. Aitch is baitin’ Clayton with an investment...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYMay 30THUMay 31FRIJune 1SATJune 2SUNJune 3MONJune 4TUEJune 5YankeesL.A. Angels10:05YES NetworkWCBS 880 AMNO GAMEDet. 7:05 YES WCBSDet. 7:15 FOXWCBSDet. 1:05 YESWCBSNO GAMET.B.7:05YESWCBSMetsPhiladelphia7:10SportsNet NYWFAN 660 AMNO GAMESt.L. 7:10 SNY WFANSt.L. 4:10 WPIXWFANSt.L....
Premier: Ban soccer in Italy for 2-3 years
ROME — Premier Mario Monti suggested yesterday that Italian soccer be suspended for two to three years after the latest match-fixing scandal rocked the national team and again tarnished the...
Serena out in opening round of French Open
PARIS — Serena Williams lost in the first round of a major tournament for the first time, falling to Virginie Razzano of France 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 yesterday at the...
Spurs roll, win streak up to 20
SAN ANTONIO — The Spurs are halfway to turning the Western Conference finals into a runaway.Tony Parker scored 34 points, Manu Ginobili added 20 and San Antonio stayed perfect in...
Sports Shorts
MLB: Oswalt makes choice, signs with Rangers Free-agent right-hander Roy Oswalt, concluding months of speculation, agreed yesterday to a one-year contract with the Rangers worth between $5-6 million. The last...
The Post Line
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Giants' Nicks vows he won’t miss time
The Super Bowl-winning head coach and one of the players who led the charge to another NFL championship had a conversation this past Sunday, when the star player made a...
Jets ink pair of tackles
Further signaling their unease with Wayne Hunter, the Jets added a pair of veteran offensive linemen yesterday, as they signed Stephon Heyer and Ray Willis. The two linemen have 61...
Nets unlikely to land No. 1 pick, Kentucky star Davis
This is the day the Nets ask themselves, “What the heck were we thinking, playing that swell .333 ball last season?” Suddenly, the Bobcats winning all of seven games looks...
Knicks Lin, Novak have hearing set for June 13
The arbitration hearing to restore Larry Bird rights to Knicks free agents Jeremy Lin and Steve Novak will be staged June 13, according to an NBA source. It is a...
Feds rest case vs. Clemens
WASHINGTON — It took 23 witnesses over 19 days of testimony for prosecutors to make their case against Roger Clemens, with three jurors and two minor pieces of the indictment...
Kovalchuk, Devils ready to bury Kings goalie
The playoffs’ leading scorer says the Kings’ goalie won’t be what The King wasn’t. “He’s not a difference,” Ilya Kovalchuk told The Post yesterday, speaking of upstart star Jonathan Quick....
Gretzky prefers to stay out of Kings’ spotlight
Hockey’s most familiar voice was telling a story on himself to illustrate the impact the Kings’ second trip to the Stanley Cup Final, and first since 1993, was having on...
Yankees fall flat again to surging Angels
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Yankees kicked sand in the faces of the geeks at the beach. Now they are in the weight room competing against thick biceps and blood is...
Doc’s order: Halladay out 6-8 weeks for Phillies
As badly as the Mets have suffered from injuries, it could be worse. They could be the Phillies. Roy Halladay yesterday joined Ryan Howard and Chase Utley on a star-studded...
A-Rod back in power slump for Yankees
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Remember when Alex Rodriguez hit two homers against lefty Royals neophyte Will Smith a week ago at Yankee Stadium? Suddenly, some believed Rodriguez was out of a...
Mets GM says offer to Wright may not come during season
David Wright’s agents can expect to hear from the Mets during this season. But general manager Sandy Alderson last night stopped short of saying the team will make an in-season...
Starr Report
“Rizzoli & Isles” star Angie Harmon is also the Stand Up to Cancer Ambassador — and will appear in a new prostate cancer campaign on behalf of the organization and...
So over Britney
Chris Crocker — whose passionate plea to “Leave Britney Alone” made him an overnight YouTube sensation in 2007 — is no longer a superfan of the new “X Factor” judge....
Talk show guests
WEDNESDAYMARTIN SHORT, GIADA DE LAURENTIIS - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4MELISSA JOAN HART - LIVE! with Kelly, 9 a.m., Ch. 7GRETTA MONAHAN, MEGAN HILTY - Rachael Ray, 10 a.m., Ch....
‘Hatfields & McCoys’ most-watched in cable history
Talk about number one with a bullet. History’s new miniseries, “Hatfields & McCoys,” snared nearly 14 million viewers Monday night to become the top-rated non-sports telecast in basic-cable history. And...
‘Knocks’ takes on Dolphins
Maybe some “Hard Knocks” is just what the sad-sack Miami Dolphins need. The struggling Dolphins, who’ve endured three consecutive losing seasons — and had an abysmal record of 1-15 in...
Bourdain goes to CNN
Anthony Bourdain is setting out to broaden CNN’s palate. Starting early next year, the celebrity chef and author will host a weekend program that blends food and travel, CNN announced....
New Yorkie City
With background music that is two parts “Sex and the City,” and one part “Survivor,” CBS’ new series, “Dogs in the City,” sounds at first like yet another version of...
Put a stake in phony steakhouses
Ben Benson’s is closing June 17 after 30 years. What a way to celebrate “National Steakhouse Month,” with the demise of the Manhattan eatery that served me the best single...
Dr. Ruth wants to get you drunk!
Asked if she’d be interested in launching her own line of wines earlier this year, Dr. Ruth Westheimer nixed the idea with a polite but firm “nein.” The proposal seemed...
Weird but true
This rageaholic’s in taco hell. An Ohio man allegedly smacked his truck into a Taco Bell drive-thru after staffers forgot to include a 99-cent taco in his order. Michael Smith’s...
Pecora gets extension from Fordham
Fordham has extended the contract of men’s basketball coach Tom Pecora through the 2016-17 season, the school announced yesterday. In Pecora’s second season, the Rams finished 10-19 (3-13) and had...
Tuck says Osi deserves to get paid
You can't have it both ways, but Justin Tuck is trying to when it comes to the Osi Umenyiora situation.Tuck continues to support his good friend and defensive end teammate...
Red Bulls earn 3-0 US Open Cup win in Charleston
After conceding last year’s U.S. Open Cup – fielding a weak team and not even deigning to show up for a blowout quarterfinal loss in Chicago – Red Bulls coach...
Mobster might be cleared by '96 boxing brawl
One of the more infamous moments in modern boxing’s checkered past now may help clear a mobster of murder. A free-for-all brawl that erupted among spectators in Madison Square Garden...
Teen shot in the back with BB gun outside East Village housing project
A teen was shot in the back with a BB gun while riding his bike outside of an East Village housing project Tuesday night, cops said. The 19-year-old was bruised...
Romney wins Texas primary, clinches Republican nomination
AUSTIN, Texas -- Mitt Romney on Tuesday night won the Texas primary, FOX News Channel reported, claiming enough delegates to secure the Republican presidential nomination. With less than two percent...
Brooklyn arena foes turn to Chicago's Wrigley Field for improvements
They want the Brooklyn Nets to be more like the Chicago Cubs — except without all the losing. Frustrated over Barclays Center developer Forest City Ratner’s plans for dealing with...
Angels blast Yankees, 5-1
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Albert Pujols and Mark Trumbo homered, Dan Haren pitched into the eighth inning, and the Los Angeles Angels extended their longest winning streak in nearly three years...