July 10, 2012
Mom of schizophrenic asks for mercy -- even though son killed her husband
Her husband was slashed to death with a sushi knife -- by her own schizophrenic son -- and still an Upper West Side mom begged for mercy at his emotional...
Federal mob informant sentenced to time served for 'extraordinary' cooperation
He’s a super rat. A mob informant who turned on John “Junior” Gotti two weeks before they were slated to stand trial together was sentenced today to time served by...
Admitted prostitutes of accused pimps say they're not victims
We love our pimps! Father and son accused pimps Vincent George, Sr., and Vincent George, Jr., had an unlikely cheering section in a Manhattan courtroom today -- the very five...
Jefferson's Ogundeko enjoys 'The Opening,' nears college decision
The moment he walked into the room it began. First, Tottenville coach Jim Munson suggested Ebenezer Ogundeko try on Augustus Edwards’ gray Syracuse hat. Edwards, who committed to the Orange...
Sarah Fox murder scene DNA linked to OWS subway vandalism scene
The unsolved, eight-year-old Manhattan park murder of a young Juilliard student today took a bizzare turn – as investigators linked DNA from the crime scene to DNA collected from a...
Edwards becomes latest Tottenville, city star to pick Orange
At this pace, Tottenville may want to change its team colors from purple to orange. For the second straight summer, the Pirates have sent their top player to Syracuse. Last...
B'klyn boy describes shooting that wounded his little brother
A Brooklyn boy today chillingly described how a gunman opened fire in a Bed-Stuy courtyard in broad daylight and shot his little 3-year-old brother in the leg. “One guy got...
GAMETRACKER: NL at AL
Follow live as the American League and National League play the All-Star Game in Kansas City. Derek Jeter, Robinson Cano and Curtis Granderson are representing the Yankees, while R.A. Dickey...
Judge won't block arbiter's decision to kill Bloomberg's school plan
A judge today dealt another blow to Mayor Bloomberg’s plan to fix 24 failing public schools by closing them down, replacing half of their staffs and reopening them with new...
Lou Gehrig's home run ball sold for $62k
An auction house says a baseball that New York Yankees slugger Lou Gehrig hit a home run with in the 1928 World Series has sold for $62,617. Hunt Auctions said...
Cashman: Reggie could be back with Yankees by weekend
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman says Reggie Jackson forced absence from the Yankees will be short-lived and could be back with the Yankees as soon as this weekend. “I think...
Selig and Weiner concerned over Cano booing
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig and union head Michael Weiner expressed disappointment that the Yankees’ Robinson Cano was booed repeatedly by fans at the All-Star Home Run...
Fitch Ratings backs US at top 'AAA' credit rating, but leaves outlook negative
Fitch Ratings on Tuesday affirmed its AAA credit rating on the United States and maintained a negative outlook, citing a diversified and wealthy economy that is undermined by the government's...
All-Star Game dispatches
Sorry, busy day here, so I’ll just update you on what we covered in today’s Post:--Here’s my story on Robinson Cano putting up a goose egg at the Home Run...
B'klyn teen shot in head dies on 15th birthday after shootout left him brain-dead
A Brooklyn teen who was shot in the head last month passed away today on his 15th birthday, police said. Akeal Christopher was taken off life support after he was...
Fewer Yankees-Mets games likely for next season
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The number of games between interleague rivals such as the Yankees and Mets, Cubs and White Sox, and Dodgers and Angels will be reduced under Major...
Yankees' Joba hits 97 MPH in first rehab appearance
Less than four months after suffering what some doctors believed could be a career-threatening ankle injury, Joba Chamberlain made his first rehab appearance and could be back with the Yankees...
POST POWER RANKINGS: Yankees overcome injury bug to reach top spot
At the All-Star Break the Yankees have the best record in baseball and currently hold the largest cushion (seven games) of any division leader in baseball.While this is what the...
Penn State report on sex-abuse scandal due out Thursday
HARRISBURG, Pa. - A Penn State investigation into whether university officials helped cover up that Jerry Sandusky was molesting children will be released Thursday. The review is being led by...
Liberty lose matinee to Fever on late free throws
INDIANAPOLIS -- Tamika Catchings scored 23 points, including the winning free throws with 8.4 seconds left, to give the Indiana Fever an 84-82 victory over the New York Liberty on...
Appeals court rules city can't scare smokers with images
There are some things Mayor Bloomberg just can’t regulate. A federal appeals court today snuffed out the city Department of Health’s mandate that all stores that sell cigarettes display graphic...
MLB's HGH tests could be expanded to in-season in 2013
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Major League Baseball could start in-season testing for human growth hormone next year. Each player was given a blood test for HGH during spring training as...
Alicia Keys' nonprofit to honor Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey is getting a tribute from Alicia Keys. Keys announced Tuesday that her organization, Keep a Child Alive, will honor Winfrey at its Black Ball event on Nov. 1....
Gore to be questioned at Olbermann breach-of-contract suit
Al Gore will get to take the oath afterall. But instead of swearing to defend the constitution as leader of the free world, Gore will reportedly have answer all questions...
Teen charged with allegedly biting judge during break-in jailed for leaving group home
A 15-year-old girl – charged in a bizarre Stuyvesant Town burglary during which she allegedly bit a Manhattan judge -- burst into tears as another judge threw her in jail...
Study says Medicare contractors vulnerable to conflict
MIAMI -- Firms that are paid tens of millions of dollars to root out Medicare fraud are bidding on contracts to investigate companies they are doing business with - sometimes...
Gal gets 3 to 9 years for hit-run that killed LI doctor
A Nassau woman who was wasted on drugs when her speeding van jumped a curb and fatally ran down a beloved Hempstead doctor who was mowing her lawn was sentenced...
Flight delays persist at Newark airport
Flight delays could persist into the evening at Newark Liberty International Airport after the control tower was evacuated for an hour due to a report of smoke in an elevator...
3 Armstrong associates get lifetime USADA bans
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency on Tuesday issued lifetime sports bans to three former staff members and consultants for Lance Armstrong's winning Tour de France teams. Luis Garcia del Moral was...
Nets still alive for Howard, but optimism declining
On Monday, the prospects of getting Dwight Howard to the Nets were placed at 60-40, better than even, and there was a sense of optimism.One day later, the projections for...
Romney blasts Obama as 'outsourcer-in-chief; Biden slams GOP
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Mitt Romney is calling President Barack Obama the "outsourcer-in-chief" and says he is an "extreme liberal" who is trying to raise taxes on job creators. The...
Pedestrian struck and killed in Queens
A worker was struck and killed in an alcohol-fueled accident today in Queens, authorities said. The man was working in the left lane of the Grand Central Parkway, near Jewel...
Knicks to face Raptors in Montreal exhibition
The Knicks will face the Raptors in an exhibition game Oct. 19th in Montreal as part of the leagues first-ever NBA Canada Series. The other north-of-the-border event will feature Minnesota...
Baseball cards found in attic might fetch millions
An Ohio man tripped on a baseball treasure trove in his grandfather’s attic, finding trading cards of legends Christy Mathewson, Ty Cobb, Cy Young and Honus Wagner. Karl Kissner came...
Mets’ Gee going on DL after blood clot found; Collins 'very worried'
KANSAS CITY -- Mets starter Dillon Gee remains hospitalized after a blood clot in an artery in his right shoulder was broken up by doctors at New York - Presbyterian...
Feds wanted fund-raiser to 'manufacture' case against Liu: defense
An indicted fund-raiser for city Comptroller John Liu claims the feds wanted him to help "manufacture" charges against the embattled mayoral hopeful. In court this morning, a lawyer for Xing...
WATCH: Man survives terrifying crash after flying through sunroof
He went out for a drive and ended up sailing through the air. This lucky passenger barely suffered a scratch, even though he was catapulted out of his girlfriend’s vehicle...
Team USA unveils uniforms for opening ceremony at Olympics
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Berets are back for the U.S. Olympic team. The team unveiled buttoned-up, refined uniforms designed by Ralph Lauren Tuesday for the opening ceremony at the London...
NY man critical after contact with power line
A Long Island tree trimmer is in critical condition after coming in contact with a high-voltage power line. Nassau County police say the 44-year-old man was working in the yard...
NY police officers cleared in suspect's shooting
No criminal charges will be considered against Long Island police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a knife-wielding suspect, a New York prosecutor announced Tuesday. Nassau County District Attorney...
Ex-Israeli PM Olmert cleared in corruption case
JERUSALEM — An Israeli court cleared former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Tuesday of the central charges in a multi-case corruption trial that forced him from power, but convicted him...
Former Barclay's chief Diamond to forgo deferred bonuses
LONDON — Former Barclays PLC Chief Executive Robert Diamond has given up bonuses of up to $31 million in an apparent effort to shield the lender as the bank looks...
Nets' Dwight deal would come with limitations
As we move towards what hopefully will be a resolution of these never-ending Dwight Howard rumors in the next 48 hours, the Nets seem to finally be on the verge...
Summer League Preview Game 2: Nets vs. Celtics
ORLANDO – After dropping their first game to Orlando Monday, the Nets are back in action at 5 p.m. today against the Celtics.Here are three things to look for it...
NY man accused of threatening mother, police
A Long Island man has been arrested after threatening his 73-year-old mother and police with a knife and setting off a small explosion inside his house. Nassau County police say...
Mass. man to plead in plot to blow up Pentagon
BOSTON — A Massachusetts man charged with plotting to fly remote-controlled model planes packed with explosives into the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol will plead guilty to two charges, his lawyers...
Long Island cat burglar nabbed
Authorities have arrested a man accused of six burglaries and one attempted break-in on Long Island's South Shore. Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota said Errol Barham Jr. was in...
Arafat's widow wants French probe into his death
PARIS — The widow of Yasser Arafat will file a legal complaint in France asking authorities to investigate her husband's death, about which she has recently raised new suspicions, her...
WATCH: Griffin wows Team USA with dunking display
Blake Griffin had his own slam dunk contest in Las Vegas, while working out with the US Olympic teammates. In one of the slams that have made it to YouTube,...
JETS TOP 25: No. 12 Bart Scott
As the Jets enter the quiet part of the summer between the spring program and training camp, I am going to examine the roster and give you my top 25...
DVD Extra: First look at the Fox Cinema Archives MOD program
The new Fox Cinema Archives sent me a generous selection of their initial round of releases last week, and overall I had a great time watching the fruits of the newest the studio manufacture-on-demand...
Spike Lee works on Michael Jackson documentary
Spike Lee worked with Michael Jackson and considered him a friend, but the director says even he learned a lot combing through footage of the icon for a planned documentary...
Rangers sign veteran forward Halpern
The Rangers continued restocking their complement of veteran bottom-six forwards by signing free agent center Jeff Halpern to a one-year, $700,000 contract.The 36-year-old Halpern, who played last season for Washington,...
Drilling on federal lands create jobs -- how about more?
You would think the Obama administration would proudly tout creating 1.4 million jobs, no? Well, the Department of the Interior did issue a new report disclosing that it created those...
WATCH: NJ girl jumps from stalled ride to avoid storm
One New Jersey teen said she had a good reason to jump from a stalled boardwalk ride: to get out of the path of an oncoming thunderstorm. "In my mind...
Permit an issue after White Plains teen on tour swept away
HONOLULU - Hawaii officials say a tour company did not have a permit to take a group of teenagers to a tidal pool area where a teen hiker from New...
Nun killed in hit-run on Long Island
Police are searching for a driver involved in a hit-run accident that killed a nun on Long Island. Southampton town police say Sister Jacqueline Walsh of Syosett was found lying...
Effort to retrieve capsized Oyster Bay boat resume Wednesday
FBI divers and New York police say their efforts to retrieve a yacht that capsized and sank, killing three children, will resume Wednesday. Officials said earlier Tuesday that divers were...
'Jersey Shore' cast finish filming 6th season
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. - A group hug signaled the end of filming for the sixth season of MTV's "Jersey Shore" reality series. The cast gathered outside their Seaside Heights home...
Serbia charges 12 over setting fire to US embassy
BELGRADE, Serbia - Serbia has charged twelve people over setting fire to the US embassy during riots against Kosovo's independence in 2008, the state prosecutor's office said Tuesday. The suspects...
Tax-hiking Obama hurting Dems down the line
President Obama has (again!) proposed tax increases for those making $250,000 or more a year. Some of his most high profile oposition to this proposal are Democrats running in competitive races....
GRADE 'EM: Mets players at the All-Star break
Their depth is suspect and the bullpen in shambles, but somehow the Mets reached the All-Star break 46-40 and are very much a factor in the NL playoff race.Can they...
La Russa snubs Mets' Dickey, Wright over All-Star starts
KANSAS CITY — Plain and simple, the Mets got hosed. Manager-for-a-day Tony La Russa chose to be a knucklehead by choosing Giants ace Matt Cain over the Mets’ R.A. Dickey...
Mets knuckleballer can use this latest curveball for push
KANSAS CITY — OK, first of all, of course R.A. Dickey should have started the All-Star Game for the National League. No disrespect to Matt Cain, a superb pitcher who...
GRADE 'EM: Yankees players at the All-Star break
Michael Pineda didn’t make it out of spring training. Mariano Rivera’s knee buckled in early Mary. Andy Pettitte’s year started late and is on hold at least until September. Brett...
Yankees midseason report card
Michael Pineda didn’t make it out of spring training. Mariano Rivera’s knee buckled in early May. Andy Pettitte’s year started late and is on hold at least until September. Brett...
Tomorrow could be deal day for Nets, Howard
A Dwightmare of a prolonged trade saga may soon become a Dwightmare for the Nets’ opponents. League sources said the Nets and Magic have had “good dialogue” and made progress...
Serby's Q&A with Brian Cashman
As the baseball season hits the All-Star break, Steve Serby sits down to chat with general manager Brian Cashman, whose Yankees have the best record in the major leagues. Q:...
Kenneth Lonergan’s ‘Margaret’ returns
Picture something small and nimble and perfect -- a lark, say, or a 90-minute Eric Rohmer “Moral Tales” film -- mating with something flabby and ungainly and vast -- a...
Blue Chip USA Invitational
NYPost.com girls basketball beat writer Joseph Staszewski spent the weekend at the Blue Chip USA Invitational in York, Pa. After watching more than a dozen games, he breaks down some...
Tottenville's Edwards set to pick Syracuse: Sources
Fireworks went off all around the city last Wednesday on the fourth of July, but a few may get set off a few hundred miles north of the five boroughs...
Business briefs
JuicedCampbell Soup Co. agreed to buy Bolthouse Farms for about $1.55 billion in cash to bolster its juice business. Campbell fell 0.8 percent to $32.72 at the close. HealthyHealth insurer...
Cohen sets sail in Bermuda with SAC Re
Some like it hot, but SAC Capital’s Steve Cohen is joining the cadre of hedge-fund titans who prefer it sticky. Cohen — founder of Stanford-based SAC Capital Management and a...
Zuck's new friend
With Facebook stepping up its courtship of the media business, the buzz is building that Mark Zuckerberg is eyeing Hulu chief Jason Kilar for a top job. Sources say that...
New Jersey’s Tent City sure ain’t Surf City
TENT CITY, NJ — The last time I visited this homeless community of tent dwellers was in February when experts were predicting that the US was creating so many jobs...
Libor-ous charges
A top Bank of England official denied hinting to Barclays executives that they should falsify a key interest rate benchmark during the height of the financial crisis in 2008. “Absolutely...
Futures shock: $220M missing
More than $200 million in customer funds appears to be missing from the accounts of US futures broker PFGBest, regulators said yesterday just hours after the firm’s founder attempted suicide...
AG snit has hit the fan
Eliot Spitzer launched into an expletive-filled tirade rife with personal attacks on Hank Greenberg and his son, Jeffrey, in 2004, an explosive new court filing reveals. Spitzer, then in his...
Dish must face Calif. lawsuits
Dish Network, the third-largest US pay-television company, lost a bid to have a federal court in New York stop broadcast networks from litigating in California over a service allowing ad-free...
Judge: Samsung ‘not as cool’ as Apple iPad
The verdict is in: Apple is cool, Samsung drools. On one front of a global patent war, a UK judge has ruled in favor of Samsung — but it may...
Guitar maker in IPO riff
Some of Fender’s guitars are considered priceless, but they’ll sell you a share of the company for $13 to $15. Fender Musical Instruments — whose electric guitars have been played...
Jefferies’ perfect Q2
Jefferies Group, the investment bank led by CEO Richard Handler, had positive trading revenue every day of the fiscal second quarter. Net revenue from trading exceeded $10 million on five...
Windows 8 due in Oct.
Computers running on the next version of Microsoft’s Windows operating system will go on sale in October. A specific sales date in October wasn’t provided.Most industry analysts expected Windows 8...
Kayak puts oar in IPO water (again)
Kayak is ready to test the public waters — again.The Norwalk, Conn., travel-site aggregator launched its latest attempt at an initial public offering yesterday, setting a price range for shares...
Commercial slump
It’s one of those large deals that isn’t the kind the commercial market wants to hear about: Fitch Ratings has just inked a renewal/expansion deal for 180,500 square feet at...
Arafat dig-up OK
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has OK’d exhuming the remains of his predecessor, Yasser Arafat, a top aide said yesterday. The move, following reports of elevated traces...
Espaillat ends fight
Now it’s really over. State Sen. Adriano Espaillat announced yesterday that he’s withdrawing his lawsuit challenging Rep. Charles Rangel’s narrow victory in last month’s hotly contested congressional primary. “This will...
Bank bandit goes ‘postal’
What’s in his wallet? About $3,000 in swiped bank dough.A brazen bandit, posing as a postal worker, knocked off two Capital One banks within 10 minutes in Queens yesterday, authorities...
Hey, Dave, I’m sorry! ‘Late Show’ vandal ducks jail with payout
He’s finally paying for his Stupid Human Trick. An unemployed actor who went on a drunken window-smashing rampage in the home of “Late Show with David Letterman” last year has...
Booze back at brawl club
The booze will be flowing again — hopefully, the bottles won’t be flying.The SoHo nightclubs shut down after Drake and Chris Brown got into a bloody bottle-service brawl over Rihanna...
Squeal deal irks mob rat
Maybe it doesn’t pay to be a rat.A reputed Genovese crime family associate who secretly became a government informant thinks the sweetheart deal he got from the feds wasn’t sweet...
Retest for Stuy cheats
It will be a Regents redo for the 71 students at Stuyvesant HS who cheated on the state-mandated exams, Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott announced yesterday. Another six students will be...
Horror find on Bx. tracks
A human skull, bones and a mysterious charm wrapped in a red religious cloth were found scattered along commuter train tracks near the Bronx River Parkway — the grisly remnants...
Pet-scam con man is caged
It’s back to the doghouse for this crook.A career con man was sentenced to five-plus years in the slammer yesterday for scamming more than $500,000 from investors in a bogus...
ScarJo’s booty-guard!
“Black Widow” Scarlett Johansson is so white-hot in her tiny bikini that her muscle-bound bodyguard needs sunglasses. The sexpot star, who played the butt-kicking “Black Widow’’ character in the flick...
Brooklyn ADA red-faced over blackface
An embarrassed Brooklyn prosecutor apologized yesterday after pictures surfaced online of him posing in blackface and a Rasta wig and simulating a jailhouse rape. Assistant DA Justin L. Marrus —...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** A banker with JPMorgan Chase led a team of thieves that began ripping off customers at an Upper West Side branch in January and that had stolen more...
GIs, kids killed in Afghanistan
KABUL — The Taliban yesterday took responsibility for a bomb blast that killed six US troops in eastern Afghanistan, while two suicide attacks killed six militants and two children.German Brig....
Najiba avenged: Gal’s Taliban love rivals slain, too
The two Taliban commanders caught in a love triangle with a 22-year-old woman — who was executed for adultery in a public display of depravity — have also paid with...
Bloomberg backing Grand Central plaza
Mayor Bloomberg yesterday strongly defended a plan to turn a five-block street outside Grand Central into a pedestrian plaza, saying the area could benefit from fewer cars and more walking....
Pol’s ethics pick pickle
ALBANY — State Senate Minority Leader John Sampson’s pick for New York’s ethics-oversight agency chairs the board of a private company that paid Sampson for legal work last year.Both Sampson...
Outgoing Mayor Meddle tries to ‘Ave.’ it all
It’s costing the city $40 million to clean up the mess it made with Times Square’s butt-ugly pedestrian plazas. How much will it cost to fix and beautify the inevitable...
Mike rips Liu-nacy
Mayor Bloomberg ripped into city Comptroller John Liu yesterday for setting “prevailing wages” for city tradesmen — including electricians, carpenters and plumbers — that would “bankrupt the city.”“The rates that...
Jay-Z fans get a break on tix
He says he’s “a business, man!” but that won’t stop Jay-Z from giving fans a bargain to launch Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.Roughly 7,000 of the 14,586 seats for the rap mogul’s...
LI car at 3M miles
Irvin “Irv” Gordon bought his Volvo P1800 for $4,500, nearly a year’s salary back in 1966, and it’s safe to say — after nearly 3 million miles — he got...
Gimme a ring: lawsuit
A Diamond District jewelry broker claims cops in Connecticut won’t return a “hot” rock even though their case is ice cold. Malidani Jewelry Corp. sued the Greenwich Police Department yesterday...
PAPD’s pain in brass
For the first time ever, desperate Port Authority officials are being forced to hire top police commanders from outside the department — because the lower-ranking officers are refusing to apply,...
The ‘Queen’ holds court
Shimmering Diane Kruger joins boyfriend Joshua Jackson last night for the premiere of “Farewell, My Queen” at MoMA. The German-born beauty plays Marie Antoinette in the film.
Closet has more hangout space
Some New Yorkers call 300 square feet their home — this exec calls it her closet. Talent and marketing exec Lori Levine has a walk-in closet the same size as...
Cabby boo$t in the cards
The 5 percent surcharge every cabby has to pay per credit-card transaction is on the way out, TLC Commissioner David Yassky said yesterday. “Riders will no longer face that resistance...
NY geese gathered for gassing
The Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge yesterday was the worst place to be a Canada goose. Federal officials rounded up about 700 of the birds from the area to be euthanized...
The living is squeezy: Mayor
And you thought you lived in a shoe box! Mayor Bloomberg yesterday unveiled a “microunit” apartment that would make even hardened NewYorkers claustrophobic. Tiny homes like it — between 275...
Nora Ephron’s last love story
Fans, family and food lovers gave a laugh-filled, star-studded sendoff yesterday to storytelling maven Nora Ephron, who died last month to the shock of even her closest friends. The Post...
Assault rifles are popping
Assault rifles like the one used in the gruesome weekend triple slaying in Queens have been involved in at least two other shootings in the city in the past seven...
New slays shake Apple to the core
The Big Apple just kept getting bloodier yesterday, with at least eight more people struck by gunfire — three fatally — as NYPD statistics revealed a jaw-dropping jump in shootings...
Wounded tot’s dad packing up
The angry dad of a 3-year-old boy shot at a Brooklyn playground said yesterday he’s moving his family out of their violence-plagued housing project as fast as he can. “I’m...
Prez’s thin lead among swingers
WASHINGTON — President Obama and Mitt Romney are storming back into the swing states today as a new poll shows the race tightening in the crucial battlegrounds. Obama heads out...
Christie: $tuff it, O
WASHINGTON — No more public workers — please! That was New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s alarmed reaction to President Obama’s push to send states another dose of stimulus money to...
Mitt money drowns Dems
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney’s fund-raising swamped President Obama’s in June, even as Obama logged his best fund-raising month of the election cycle.Romney hauled in $106 million — the most of...
Feds ID furious ‘killers’
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department yesterday unsealed indictments charging five men with the killing of a US Border Patrol agent, which scandalized the federal Fast and Furious gun-tracking program. The...
Denise selling out USA
Wealthy Manhattan composer and huge Democratic Party donor Denise Rich has renounced her American citizenship after 68 years — apparently because she wants to stop paying US taxes. But under...
Katie KOs ‘Sci’ guys in pact
Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise yesterday settled their divorce quietly and agreed to honor “each of our respective beliefs” — but Katie made damn sure that the Scientologists aren’t getting...
‘Brush’ with law nets 15G
The city will pay $15,000 to a Brooklyn artist busted for painting watercolors on paper she taped to a makeshift wall surrounding a vacant lot in Willamsburg. Julie Torres was...
The rise of food-stamp nation
Tom Vilsack is one of the most important welfare administrators in the nation. Oh, yeah — he’s also secretary of agriculture. Two-thirds of the Agriculture Department’s budget is devoted to...
Behind the bloodshed
We’re in the middle of another summer spike in violent crimes and shootings, with yet another small child — this time playing in a sprinkler — wounded. But this year’s...
Stuyvesant’s wrist-slaps
The Department of Education’s response to the cellphone cheating scandal at Stuyvesant HS is a scandal itself. DOE said yesterday that 71 students had cheated on at least four important...
Look closer, Andrew
Gov. Cuomo says he doesn’t get it — yesterday’s Post editorial raising possible linkages between New York City’s spate of murderous shootings with a number of dubious criminal-friendly political decisions...
What America needs from its next president
The Issue: The contrast in styles between President Obama and GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney. *** “It’s Bully Versus Nerd” (July 8) is another great column by Michael Goodwin. Mitt...
A pathetic ‘tax cut’
So we have come to this: President Obama is now treating not raising taxes as though it were the same as providing a tax cut. Gene Sperling, his top economic...
Steps in the double-talk direction
Our president has a funny way with words when it comes to describing the lousy economy. Even for an election year, some of his whoppers would be laughable — if...
Projecting fun!
Albums of the Week DIRTY PROJECTORS “Swing Lo Magellan” ★★★ THE bewildering concept albums that Dirty Projectors used to release were finally ditched in 2009 with the far more playful...
Winning Spector of the past
A Ronnie Spector show without “Be My Baby” or “Baby, I Love You”? Who could imagine it? Phil Spector, that’s who. As the former lead singer of the Ronettes explains...
Not light, but Eire-y
There’s no getting around the unrelenting misery of “DruidMurphy.” Made up of three plays by Irish playwright Tom Murphy — unknown in the US but much admired at home —...
Sports Shorts
NFL: Attorney: Peterson was victim The attorney for Vikings running back Adrian Peterson says his client was a victim and the charge of resisting arrest is a “fabrication.” The running...
Parx Racing Analysis
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 6f; $30,000; str alw; 3up; (f&m)DANCING COMPASS stepped up in class on grass and beat one, now returns to...
Tomorrow’s Parx Racing Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6f; $12,500; cl($10,000); 3up; (f&m) PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 J'sHotShotLady(L),120B Pedroza3-2-6Estevez10-12 One LuckyBrew(L),111ACanchari6-8-8Pecoraro8-13 Fill Up Cohen(L),120JCaraballo4-1-xSimoff5-24 Aspen Blush(L),116ACastllnJr3-8-6Nechmkn6-15 Gagne(L),115A Suarez1-5-3Vazquez7-26 CountChaShots(L),113N Milford4-3-3Plmmer10-17 Fast Shadow(L),124Y...
Parx Racing Charts
July 9th, 2012 Clear And Fast.Turf Firm©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-7f; $22,000; cl($7,500); 3up; (f&m)Off: 12:27. Good. angled in, long driveTime: 22.64, 45.62, 1:1.74, 1:24.27.Trainer: Patricia FarroWinner: B M, 5,...
Assistant Robinson leaves Devils for Sharks
Once more, family rules. And rules out the Devils. Less than a week after Zach Parise cited his fiancée and parents among his reasons for leaving the Devils as captain...
Affrunti’s Finger Lakes Grade
FIRST-6f; $14,000; str alw; 3up; (f&m)2-Lion's Terms 1-13-LicentiosEyes10-15-Kissdon't Tell 3-14-Navedano 6-11-Proud House 4-1SECOND-5 1/2f; $18,000; mdn spcl wt; 3up; (f&m)5-Saratoga Silver 5-23-M B SecretRuby6-12-ElPatronEspecil8-56-Ancient Devil 10-14-Molly B Good 8-17-Start Toasting...
Velazquez to return to exercise riding
Jockey John Velazquez said yesterday he is continuing to heal from last month’s spill and expects to begin exercising horses in about a week. Velazquez suffered a broken collarbone and...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYJuly 10WEDJuly 11THUJuly 12FRIJuly 13SATJuly 14SUNJuly 15MONJuly 16YankeesAll-Star Game8:00FOXESPN 98.7 FMNO GAMENO GAMEL.A.A.7:05WWORWCBSL.A.A.1:05YESWCBSL.A.A.1:05YESWCBSTor.7:05YESWCBSMetsAll-Star Game8:00FOXESPN 98.7 FMNO GAMENO GAMEAtl.7:35SNYWFANAtl.4:05FOXWFANAtl.1:35SNYWFANNO GAMELibertyIndianaNoonNo TVNO GAMENO GAMEWash.11amNo TVNO GAMENO GAMENO GAMERed BullsNO GAMENO GAMENO GAMENO...
Hondo loves AL
Prince helped out The Pauper last night by powering his way to victory in the Home Run Derby, which, along with the loss with Cano, trimmed Hondo’s deficit to 1,345...
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Struggling Liberty need change
The Liberty’s season is almost half over but unless there is significant improvement, this team could be finished sooner rather than later. New York (6-10) remains mired in fifth place...
Plaxico: Jets QB Sanchez played hurt last season
Mark Sanchez was criticized often for his play last season as the Jets went from two-time AFC finalist to being out of the playoffs. But in a WFAN interview yesterday,...
Yankees' Jeter happy to be back out with Stars
KANSAS CITY — Derek Jeter said it’s great to be back. Jeter, 38, took a controversial sabbatical from the All-Star Game last year in Phoenix, but will be back hitting...
Heat's Wade has knee surgery
Dwyane Wade of the NBA champion Heat underwent surgery yesterday on his left knee, and is expected to need up to eight weeks to fully recover. Wade can begin therapy...
Smith, Novak agree to return to Knicks
The 3-point bombers will be back on Broadway. Eight hours after shooting ace Steve Novak agreed to return to the Knicks on a four-year, $15 million contract, high-scoring sub J.R....
Knicks get Camby back in sign-and-trade
Marcus Camby is back where he enjoyed playing the most — on the Garden stage. The 7-foot defensive specialist out of Hartford will get the chance to be a Knick...
Nets' Brooks, part of Howard trade rumors, shaky in Summer League opener
ORLANDO -- As the complicated framework of a Dwight Howard trade to Brooklyn continued to be put in place yesterday, the Nets took the floor for the opening game of...
Deron eager to team with old pal Dwight on Nets
LAS VEGAS — Deron Williams was in a good mood yesterday at the U.S. Olympic practice, and it wasn’t because he was visualizing gold. He was visualizing Superman. Williams said...
Rehab doctor: Rivera could pitch for Yankees this season
Four days a week, Mariano Rivera makes the trip from his Westchester home to Manhattan. Four days a week, he puts in three hours of stretching, exercising and sweating designed...
Yankees bar Reggie after controversial comments
Mr. October has been sent to the bench for July. Reggie Jackson has been temporarily barred from the Yankee clubhouse and team events after his controversial comments about Alex Rodriguez,...
Yankees' Cano booed during homerless Derby
KANSAS CITY -- From hero to zero. Robinson Cano’s defense of his 2011 Home Run Derby crown, an honor over which no well-functioning adult could possibly generate any emotion, crashed...
Litter bugs
Christi Cason buys 22 gallons of milk a week for her family of 16 kids — but she’s got it good. Ziona Chana, 67, has to have two seatings for...
‘Mob Wives’ home broken into over weekend
The home of “Mob Wives” star Renee Graziano was burglarized sometime last week while she was vacationing in Atlantic City, according to cops. During the worst heat wave in years,...
Talk show guests
TUESDAYDR. MEHMET OZ, JAMES CARVILLE, STAN GREENBERG - Good Morning America, 7 a.m., Ch. 7BRYAN CRANSTON, SHAWN JOHNSON, VENUS WILLIAMS - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4MATT BOMER, ALLISON WILLIAMS -...
MLB up for grab$
Major League Baseball is about to slide in to a mountain of cash. The TV rights now owned by ESPN, Fox and Turner expire at the end of the 2013...
Adam in for Randy?
Adam Lambert’s “American Idol” journey may not be over yet. The mascara-loving runner-up from Season 8 is reportedly on a short list of names being considered for a new judges’...
Go ahead and bite me!
I am a non-athletic, city girl who is 48 years old and barely swims. I am the last person you would ask to go Okie noodling. What’s noodling, you ask?...
Summer of Eating
Judging by the online buzz, chef Giorgio Rapicavoli’s Eating House pop-up restaurant might have the dish of the summer in Miami. The eatery, open in Coral Gables through July, has...
Major beef
Chef Harold Moore is experimenting with a slab of steak inside the kitchen at his contemporary American restaurant Commerce, tucked away on a crooked street in Greenwich Village. He peels...
Weird but true
He let the chips fall where they may — and that was a big mistake. A man in Washington, Pa., allegedly broke into a fast-food joint and stole nine packages...
After injuries, Moore's Rubin stronger person, more versatile player
Victoria Rubin’s injuries changed her development as a player. The Moore Catholic rising senior transferred to the Grantville, Staten Island school from St. John Villa after her freshman year to...
Nets Summer League: Game 1 Recap
ORLANDO – The Nets dropped their first game of the Orlando Summer League Monday, losing 92-88 to the Magic.Here’s a look back at the game, and some of the highlights...
SHOOTING WITH SHAVAR: Confident Newkirk aims for big July
Over the next month, The Post will bring you into the world of Cardinal Hayes/Team SCAN point guard Shavar Newkirk as he travels from Reading, Pa., to Springfield Mass., Augusta,...
Beauty tweens
It's a sweltering summer afternoon in a five-floor mansion uptown, and 12-year-old Willa Doss and her seven besties are unwinding the cool way — with cucumber masks slathered all over...
Cuomo to push for public financing of state campaigns
ALBANY – And for his next act — Gov. Cuomo says he’ll push for public financing of state campaigns. Cuomo proposed partial taxpayer funding modeled on the city’s system as...
Genovese wiseguy appealing sweetheart deal
A reputed Genovese crime family associate who secretly became a government informant thinks the sweetheart deal he got from the feds wasn’t sweet enough. Joseph Caponegro - a wiseguy who...
VIDEO: Mets' Dickey, Wright at All-Star Game
Mets knuckleballer R.A. Dickey and third baseman David Wright are in Kansas City for the All-Star Game. Dickey was passed over for the All-Star start, which was given to Giants...
Camby agrees to terms of 3-year, $13M deal with Knicks
The Knicks have won the Marcus Camby sweepstakes and lost their summer-league team.Camby, 38, has agreed to terms on a three-year, $13 million deal, according to a source, but in...
Former gal pal of 'Cheers' actor strikes plea bargain in scheme to impersonate Guggenheim family members
A former girlfriend of “Cheers” actor John Ratzenberger has struck a misdemeanor plea bargain over her role in a scheme to impersonate members of the famed Guggenheim family, according to...
LI finance advisor busted for Ponzi scheme
A Long Island financial adviser was arrested today for allegedly cheating investors out of hundreds of thousands of dollars during a three-year Ponzi scheme. Brooklyn federal prosecutors charged Paul Sullivan,...
Judge increases bond for online poker kingpin
By A judge upped the ante today for an online poker kingpin’s freedom. Ray Bitar -- CEO of the Full Tilt Poker Web site -- was ordered to post $2...
Judge orders Espada to answer finance questions
A fed-up judge ordered crooked ex-pol Pedro Espada Jr. to spill his guts about his cash flow after the former state senator claimed that he can’t afford a lawyer to...