September 27, 2012
Yankees blanked by Blue Jays 6-0, lead cut to 1
TORONTO — Brandon Morrow and two relievers combined on a five-hitter, pitching the Toronto Blue Jays to a 6-0 victory over New York on Thursday night that trimmed the Yankees'...
NBA finalizing flopping penalties
ELIZABETH, N.J. — The NBA is finalizing new procedures that will penalize players for flopping. Spokesman Tim Frank says the league’s competition committee met two weeks ago and discussed a...
Authorities: Man behind anti-Islam film arrested
LOS ANGELES — A federal official says the California man behind an anti-Islamic video that has inflamed the Middle East has been arrested for violating terms of his probation. U.S....
Patriots cut TE Winslow after just one game
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots have released tight end Kellen Winslow after just one game. The veteran of eight full seasons was cut on Thursday after catching one...
US withdraws more staff from Tripoli embassy
The United States is withdrawing more staff from its embassy in Tripoli, less than two weeks after cutting personnel to emergency levels following an attack on its consulate, officials said...
UFC champ St-Pierre 'going for the title shot' against Condit
Georges St-Pierre has not lost a fight since 2007, a string of nine straight UFC welterweight title defenses – the second most in company history.But the Canadian superstar is looking...
Woman flies into Newark with gun in purse
A Florida woman flew from Orlando to Newark with a loaded handgun in her purse this morning after forgetting to tell airport screeners about the gun, The Post has learned....
Red Sox GM hints that Bobby V may be fired
It’s not looking good for Bobby Valentine in Boston. Red Sox GM Ben Cherington was on WEEI Radio on Thursday and was asked his philosophy when it comes to managerial...
Thugs assault, rob deacon in basement of B'klyn church
Have they no soul? Two heartless thugs pummeled and robbed a deacon in a Brooklyn church, police sources said. The 36-year-old victim was in the basement of the Glover Memorial...
A-Rod back in lineup for Yankees at DH
TORONTO – A-Rod is back, as he hoped.Alex Rodriguez will be DH and bat third Thursday night as the Yankees play the Blue Jays in Toronto. Jayson Nix is at...
Brooklyn man sentenced to 40 years to life for fatal backyard shooting
A Brooklyn man convicted of spraying bullets into a crowded East New York backyard party and killing a young father was slapped with a 40 years to life sentence in...
Ex-Giant Strahan among eligible Hall of Fame candidates
CANTON, Ohio — John Lynch, Michael Strahan, Steve McNair and Morten Andersen are among 13 first-year eligible players for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Safety Lynch, defensive end Strahan,...
Friday's card canceled at Belmont Park
In a surprising development, the New York Racing Association on Thursday afternoon canceled Friday's nine-race card in anticipation of heavy rain "to ensure the track surfaces are in optimal condition...
Bronx teen admitted he shot mother in sleep, beat her with bat: court records
A cold-blooded Bronx teen admitted he shot his mother while she slept – then beat her with bat as she tried to rise, according to court records. Dee “Darwin” Jackson,...
Bloomberg blasts Bronx DA for not prosecuting trespassing arrests
Mayor Bloomberg blasted the Bronx DA's controversial policy of not prosecuting some trespassing arrests in public housing -- saying that the move will bring the city back to its bad...
NHL cancels entirety of 2012 preseason
The NHL canceled the rest of the preseason Thursday, just a day before negotiations were set to resume in an effort to end the lockout. The league announced its second...
Ex-cop accused of strangling wife and dumping her body off rejects plea deal
No deal. Ex-cop Edwin Coello, accused of strangling his wife and dumping her body off a Westchester parkway, today rejected a plea deal that came with a lengthy prison sentence....
Giants' Bradshaw has 'no symptoms' from sprained neck
Ahmad Bradshaw, speaking to reporters for the first time since he sprained his neck against the Bucs in Week 2, said today that his neck is problem-free. “I feel great....
Giants' Mara: Ref mess 'will be forgotten' soon
Giants co-owner John Mara doesn't believe the NFL has been tarnished by the replacement referee fiasco."I don't think so. In a few weeks, this will be forgotten and we'll be...
WATCH: Pirates' Snider robs Mets' Baxter with sensational wall-climbing catch
Travis Snider went back to the right-field wall, dug his spikes into the chain-link fence, and hooked his left arm on top of the 8-foot wall. Then the 6-foot outfielder...
New CBA impacting Nets EuroStashes
One thing lost amidst all of the news to come out of Tuesday’s media sitdown with Nets general manager Billy King was how the new collective bargaining agreement is factoring...
WATCH: Mouse scurries across olive bins at Fairway grocery store on Upper West Side
Just as Fairway looks to go public, the grocery chain faces an unwanted visitor at one of its New York stores: Mice. Video footage at a Fairway store on Manhattan's...
Halo 4 Preview
Talk all you want about Black Ops 2 and Medal of Honor, but when the peak of the gaming season hits in November, the shooter that started it all is...
Nets Questions, No. 2: How good is the defense?
[Now that we’re just days away from the opening of training camp, I’m going to count down what I think are the 10 biggest questions about the Nets entering training...
Seven years after concussion, Greenberg's second chance will come against Mets
MIAMI — Adam Greenberg has faced one pitch in the major leagues, a 92 mph fastball that struck him in the head and changed his life. More than seven years...
POST POWER RANKINGS: Inexperience hurts young pennant race teams
With just under a week to go in the regular season, the playoff picture in the American League still remains murky while the National League is all but finished.The focus...
'Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo' recap: emotional biscuitcase
Well, all soul-crushing things must come to an end, and thus we join the Boo-Boo family for the last time (until her myriad HOLLA-day specials, anyway). These are magical times...
Sebelius hitting Obama campaign trail again after violation
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius apparently isn't taking a campaign trail time-out despite being cited for violating federal law with her politicking earlier this year. The secretary is...
Stony Brook's Pikiell goes above and beyond to land recruit
Born in Cameroon and raised in Germany, Roland Nyama is new to the ways of college basketball recruiting, but he picked up the basics very quickly. The school that wants...
Hail Mary replacement ref: 'I didn't do anything wrong'
The NFL replacement referee who initially signaled for a touchdown on the Hail Mary play at the end of the Packers-Seahawks game Monday night is standing by his decision --...
Christie says he's going to veto spending measures and call them out
CHERRY HILL, NJ — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he's going to be even harder on Democratic lawmakers who propose new spending. Speaking to a business group in Cherry...
Obama, Romney continue to hit campaign trail in Virginia
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — President Obama and Mitt Romney campaigned in each other's shadow for a third straight day, hunting for votes already beginning to be cast and arguing over...
Goldman Sachs to pay $12 million to settle charges one of execs provided campaign services for Massachusetts official in exchange for business
WASHINGTON — Goldman Sachs has agreed to pay nearly $12 million to settle civil charges accusing one of its executives of providing campaign services to a Massachusetts official in return...
WATCH: Mets great Hernandez has his mustache shaved
After almost 25 years, Mets great and SNY analyst Keith Hernandez had his mustache shaved before the team’s home finale outside of Citi Field."It’s for a good cause. We can...
WATCH: Helmet cam captures moments after soldier injured in Afghanistan
Stunning helmet-camera video -- purportedly shot by a US Soldier as he was wounded in a firefight with Afghan insurgents -- has brought the war home to computers around the...
Broadway family son takes plea deal for violating girlfriend's order of protection
The black sheep of Broadway's Nederlander family cleared up his docket of girlfriend-bothering charges today, taking a no-jail plea to misdemeanor criminal contempt and agreeing to a half-year of mental...
Multiple spills in gruesome Belmont Park jump race
Scenes of carnage out of the movie "Warhorse" occurred in the first race at Belmont Park on Thursday, the $50,000 William Entenmann Memorial Steeplechase at 2 ¼ miles, when one...
Dickey becomes first Mets pitcher to win 20 games since Viola in 1990
R.A. Dickey was so close yet so far from 20 wins, faltering from fatigue and fuming he had failed to seize the moment. “About the fourth or fifth inning I...
Rex: Coples playing time to 'go up' for Jets vs. 49ers
Jets defensive lineman Quinton Coples has not played much in their last two games. Coples, the team's first-round pick in April, played 17 plays against Miami and 16 against Pittsburgh...
Sicko may have sexually assaulted toddler after breaking in to Queens home
A sicko broke into a Queens home today and may have sexually assaulted a toddler sleeping inside, authorities said. The father found the intoxicated man in bed with his 3-year-old...
Giants' Rolle doesn't know if he'll play Sunday
What once appeared to be an inconvenience has turned into much more for Antrel Rolle, who on Thursday could not guarantee he will be able to play Sunday night against...
Bill Gates says he's 'very pleased' with Windows 8
Microsoft founder Bill Gates on Thursday called the new Windows 8 operating system scheduled for release next month "a very exciting new product" and "a very big deal" for the...
Hill likely out for Jets, Keller expected back
The Jets will most likely be without starting wide receiver Stephen Hill on Sunday when they play the 49ers.Jets coach Rex Ryan said Hill, who injured his hamstring last week,...
Cuomo calling 'summit' to boost beer and wine industries
ALBANY, NY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is calling a "summit" to boost the beer and wine industries in New York just months after a similar event promoting efforts to make...
NFL commissioner apologizes to fans for replacement refs
The replacement officials are gone and the NFL is sorry it took so long. Now fans can go back to complaining about the calls made by the regular refs. The...
Rex says McKnight will still have role in Jets offense
The decision to expand Joe McKnight’s role to defense had nothing to do with his capabilities as a running back, Jets head coach Rex Ryan said during his Thursday morning...
Group claims Da Vinci painted early version of the Mona Lisa
GENEVA — A Zurich-based foundation says it will prove to the world Thursday that Leonardo Da Vinci painted an earlier version of the Mona Lisa — a claim doubted by...
UK court blocks extradition of radical cleric to US
LONDON — A British court issued an interim injunction Wednesday blocking the extradition of a radical cleric to the United States on terror charges, granting a court hearing for an...
Bus driver's ignored risk of driving fatigued night of crash that killed 15, prosecutor says
A Chinatown bus driver blamed for a crash that killed 15 committed a crime by not getting enough sleep, a Bronx prosecutor charged today. Ophadell Williams, 42, had been trained...
Wright, Yankees and Gagne
First, your updated playoff standings: AL: Texas (1) vs. winner of Baltimore (WC1) and Oakland (WC2), Yankees (2) vs. Detroit (3)NL: Washington (1) vs. winner of Atlanta (WC1) and St....
2 dozen join NY JetBlue lawsuit over pilot scare
Two dozen passengers have joined a New York lawsuit against JetBlue Airways. They're now among 34 passengers who claim they feared for their lives when a pilot had to be...
Obama 'very pleased' that NFL refs will be back
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — How important is it to get the NFL's regular referees back on the job? The White House calls it a great day for America. Without...
Nearly one in five households have student debt
WASHINGTON — With college enrollment growing, student debt has stretched to a record number of U.S. households — nearly 1 in 5 — with the biggest burdens falling on the...
WHO urges doctors to watch for new SARS-like virus
LONDON — Global health officials have alerted doctors to be on the lookout for a virus related to SARS but said there were no signs the disease was behaving like...
Syria tells rebels on mobile phones: 'Game over'
BEIRUT — Syrian authorities on Thursday sent text messages over cell phones nationwide with a message for rebels fighting President Bashar Assad's regime: "Game over." The messages signed by the...
NFL announces officiating crew for tonight’s game
America’s newest heroes will be back in action tonight for the Browns-Ravens game, and the NFL sent out a release announcing the referee crew. Gene Steratore will be the referee...
Campbell closing plants as soup consumption falls
Campbell Soup Co. is closing two US plants and cutting more than 700 jobs as it looks to trim costs amid declining canned soup consumption. The world's largest soup maker...
WATCH: UFC star Sonnen part of ‘Always Sunny’ spoof cast
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia returns for its eighth season on Oct. 11, and they have decided to switch up the entire cast, at least that’s what the commercials for...
Doing something about Syria
Given his rhetoric at the Democratic National Convention, President Obama seems to want to limit his foreign policy achievements to killing Osama bin Laden. In light of the administration's embarrassing...
Victim 1 in Sandusky trial has book deal, will soon reveal identity
A key witness against convicted child molester and former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, known in court papers as Victim 1, has a book deal and will soon...
New York Film Festival 2012: 'Beyond the Hills'
Not the thunderclap of "4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days", but an excellent film all the same. Director Cristian Mungiu's brilliant framing seems only to have gotten stronger. The plot is loosely...
Obama knew attack on US Embassy in Libya was terror strike: report
US intelligence officials and the White House knew almost immediately that Ambassador Craig Stevens was killed by a coordinated terrorist strike -- and not by mobs, enraged by an anti-Islamic...
New York Film Festival 2012: 'Hyde Park on Hudson'
A fictionalized episode from FDR's presumed affair with a distant cousin -- and you thought he only made time with his wife's secretary and his own. It's constructed, oddly, around...
New York Film Festival 2012: 'Passion'
The many, many people who hate Brian De Palma will walk out still hating him after "Passion,'' as it flaunts every his every alleged flaw. Highly stylized acting -- Rachel McAdams and...
VIDEO: First-place Jets have plenty of issues
The Post's Brian Costello reports from Jets camp as the AFC East leaders are dealing with several issues, including the loss of starter cornerback Darrelle Revis.But the Jets also have...
Celine Dion, Usher to pay tribute to Whitney Houston in TV special
Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson and Usher will pay tribute to the late Whitney Houston in a one-hour TV special. "We Will Always Love You: A Grammy Salute to Whitney Houston"...
'Sons of Anarchy' actor fell to death after 'killing' elderly LA woman
Troubled "Sons of Anarchy" actor Johnny Lewis, who once dated Katy Perry, plunged to his death off a Hollywood rooftop yesterday just after he apparently killed his elderly landlady, officials...
Father allegedly punched another parent during fourth-grade football practice in New Jersey
UPPER SADDLE RIVER, NJ — Police say a father punched another during a fourth-grade football practice in northern New Jersey. Juan Correa is charged with simple assault. That's a fourth...
Staten Island to get 'world's largest' Ferris wheel
The Big Apple is getting another "biggest": The world's biggest Ferris wheel is to be built on Staten Island, in an ambitious attempt to draw tourists to what's sometimes known...
Netanyahu says Iran could make nuclear bomb by next summer, urges world to draw 'red line'
UNITED NATIONS — In his most detailed plea to date for global action against Iran's nuclear program, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday the world has until next summer...
US weekly unemployment aid applications at two-month low
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits plunged 26,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 359,000, a hopeful sign for the job market. It's the lowest level of...
Durable goods orders fall in August in biggest drop since January 2009
WASHINGTON — Demand for long-lasting manufactured goods plunged in August because of a huge drop in volatile commercial aircraft orders. But in a hopeful sign, orders that reflect business investment...
US economy grew 1.3 percent in second quarter, down from estimate of 1.7 percent
WASHINGTON — The US economy grew at an even more sluggish pace in the April-June quarter than previously believed as farm production in the Midwest was reduced by a severe...
Woman dies after accident on Hutchinson Parkway
An accident on a Bronx highway this morning claimed the life of one woman and left another person in serious condition, authorities said. A 20-year-old man driving a Jeep Wrangler...
Tempur-Pedic buying Sealy for about $228.6M
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Mattress company Tempur-Pedic is buying rival Sealy for about $228.6 million in cash. Tempur-Pedic International Inc. said Thursday that it will pay $2.20 per Sealy share, which...
Gov. Christie's job approval ratings stay steady: poll
TRENTON, NJ — A new poll finds Gov. Chris Christie's job approval ratings are staying steady. The Monmouth University/Asbury Park Press poll out Thursday finds 53 percent of respondents approve...
Comcast, NBCUniversal get behind zeebox app allowing people to engage with TV shows
LOS ANGELES — Comcast Corp. and its NBCUniversal subsidiary are taking a stake in zeebox, the maker of a so-called "second screen" app that people can fiddle with on mobile...
WATCH: UK prime minister David Cameron takes Letterman's British history quiz
LONDON — UK Prime Minister David Cameron failed to excel on a British history quiz administered by U.S. talk show host David Letterman. Cameron was unable to provide the English...
Winning $202 million Powerball ticket sold in suburban Des Moines
BONDURANT, Iowa — Iowa Lottery officials say someone bought a winning $202 million Powerball ticket at a convenience store in the suburban Des Moines city of Bondurant. The ticket matched...
Pope's ex-butler goes on trial for leaked papers
VATICAN CITY — There was a time when a Vatican trial could end with a heretic being burned at the stake. Paolo Gabriele doesn't risk nearly as a dire fate,...
German woman accused of killing FIVE of her newborn babies
A 28-year-old German woman is in custody, accused of killing five of her newborn babies. The case had been under investigation for years, starting after an infant's body was found...
No real victims to "crime" of voter ID
Lawyers fighting the Pennsylvania voter ID law will do anything to stop the law from taking effect so they are dragging anyone they can find into court to "show" that...
Is Jimmy Hoffa buried underneath a Detroit driveway?
DETROIT — Investigators will take soil samples from the ground beneath a suburban Detroit driveway after a man told police he believes he witnessed the burial of missing Teamsters leader...
From 'Dancing' to swimming with 'Sharks'
They've gone from "Dancing with The Stars" to swimming with the Sharks. Ballroom pros Jonathan Roberts and Anna Trebunskaya will make a special appearance Friday night on ABC's reality sensation...
Knicks hire Cross to coach D-League squad
The Knicks announced Wednesday Gene Cross will be the head coach of their D-League affiliate, the Erie BayHawks, this season. Cross, who spent two years as the head coach at...
NHL, union yet to hit panic button
The NHL lockout has yet to reach the serious, hand-wringing stage, and it won’t until the sides lose things that matter. The absence of negotiations is maddening in some circles,...
Yankees on deck at Blue Jays
INSIDE THE MATCHUPS YANKEES: Nova started last Saturday’s epic 10-9 extra-inning victory against the A’s, but he lasted only 2 ¹/3 innings, his shortest start of the season. Nova’s last...
Ryder golfers all want to be Golden Graemes
MEDINAH, Ill. — As much as all Ryder Cup players dream about being that guy, they also dread being that guy. Every one of the 24 players at this week...
McIlroy OK with bull’s-eye on his back at Ryder Cup
MEDINAH, Ill. — Rory McIlroy has a message for all those who have called him a marked man heading into the 39th Ryder Cup matches that begin tomorrow at Medinah...
Love set up Ryder Cup course with birdies, crowd in mind
MEDINAH, Ill. — Davis Love III is just like any weekend golfer, he doesn’t like the rough. But that’s not his only reason for turning Medinah Country Club into 7,658...
Mets on deck vs. Pirates
INSIDE THE MATCHUPS PIRATES: Correia’s most recent start was a 4-1 loss at Houston on Saturday in which he allowed 3 earned runs in 6 innings. He has gone 10-5...
'South Park' mocks NFL referee situation
As the NFL was hammering out a deal with its officials Wednesday night, the league was getting hammered by “South Park.” The cartoon show began the second half of its...
NFL reaches tentative agreement with refs; officials will return tonight
The Great Zebra Crisis of 2012 finally is over. Thanks to a momentum push from Monday’s farce of an ending in Seattle, the NFL and its referees struck a deal...
Thin hedge-fund bonuses expected in wake of weak returns
Warning to all Mercedes dealers: hedge fund bonuses could be tight this year. Many money managers are looking at lower pay — in the form of performance fees — as...
Business briefs
Stock griefStocks fell, with the Dow Jones industrial average down 3 percent to 13,413.51, sending Europe’s benchmark index down the most in two months.Home salesNew single-family home sales fell by...
RadioShack shows its CEO the door
RadioShack has pulled the plug on its CEO. The flailing electronics retailer ousted Jim Gooch — who had been at the helm for a little more than a year —...
Jones-ing for an iPhone 5? Here’s the cure
What I want to know is this: what was the real reason the Joneses were so anxious to get their hands on the new iPhone 5? Well, it’s a disease....
McDonald’s TV added to menu
The question of the moment at 700 pioneering McDonald’s restaurants: You want TV with those fries?Not just any television, but the custom-made M Channel, formulated and tested with the same...
Bids for JG Wentworth short of $1B ask price
JG Wentworth’s owners may have to settle for a discounted payment of their own. One of the best-known structured-settlement companies, put on the block by its owner, New York private...
IPO: Tweet u later
Twitter is not readying a stock public offering, nor is it seeking to be sold to another group, CEO Dick Costolo said yesterday. In an interview on CNBC, Costolo brushed...
Private Greetings
American Greetings CEO Zev Weiss and his family have offered to take the greeting-card company private in a deal that values it at roughly $581 million. Shares surged 17 percent...
Swiss banker nabbed
Kareem Serageldin, the ex-global head of Credit Suisse Group’s collateralized debt obligation business who is charged in a bonus-boosting fraud tied to a $5.35 billion trading book, was arrested by...
Parking merge
The Justice Department is requiring the two largest parking-management companies in the US to sell 107 of their garages and lots in the central business districts of 28 cities in...
Losing its cool
Apple’s ad campaigns have long been the envy of the business, but lately all Madison Avenue is talking about is rival Samsung. Samsung got ahead of the iPhone 5 launch...
Analysts go ga-ga for Google
Google’s stock is in overdrive. Maybe it’s the driverless cars the tech giant is developing, but analysts predict the stock is headed toward new highs. Google was one of the...
A mass exit: schools dump Waldorf, save money
New York will realize an unexpected windfall of an estimated $20 million after seven Catholic colleges and universities dumped their controversial Long Island insurance broker and signed on with local...
Biglari to pay ‘Barrel’ penalty
Biglari Holdings agreed to pay an $850,000 civil penalty to settle alleged reporting violations related to the purchase of shares of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc. last year, the...
Wylie at heart
Maile Carpenter and Wylie Dufresne’s new kitchen looks surprisingly normal. One half-expects to find Willy Wonka-like gadgets and instruments. After all, Maile (pronounced my-lee) is the editor-in-chief of Food Network...
Just sold!
Manhattan BATTERY PARK CITY $355,000 300 Albany St. One-bedroom, one-bath condo, 540 square feet, with renovated kitchen, marble bath, through-the-wall AC and World Trade Center views; building features doorman, gym...
Trump 'gains'
After putting her nearly 200-acre Millbrook estate on the market for $17.5 million, socialite Blaine Trump, the ex-sister-in-law of Donald Trump, has parked herself on Central Park South. Trump and...
Miracle landing for TAM Airbus at Kennedy Airport after nose-gear failure
It really was a “magic” ride. The twisted front landing gear of a jumbo jet nicknamed The Magic Red Carpet miraculously rotated back into position just seconds before landing at...
KStew, RPattz in trial rerun
Could it be the dawn of a “Tinseltown” reconciliation? “Twilight” stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, who broke up this summer after she cheated on him, have reportedly kissed, made...
Boss was ‘jerk,’ says suit
A petite telemarketer is suing her ex-boss — who was arrested in 2010 for allegedly masturbating against a teenage girl — claiming he sexually assaulted her in their Midtown office...
Qns. pol mulling GOP chair
Rep. Bob Turner said yesterday he’s up for a new challenge — becoming the next leader of the divided Queens Republican Party.GOP insiders are touting Turner, who won Anthony Weiner’s...
Testy over exam
The city’s process for selecting students for admission into its eight elite high schools discriminates against qualified black and Hispanic applicants, according to a federal complaint that’s expected to be...
2nd bust in political espio-not
A second Staten Island teen was charged with criminal mischief after confessing to throwing rocks through windows at Rep. Michael Grimm’s campaign headquarters, authorities said yesterday. Avery Gerena, 16, told...
Cops fume at ‘soft on crime’ Bronx DA
The Bronx DA’s refusal to prosecute some trespassing cases, including those in which police used stop-and-frisk, has infuriated cops, who said yesterday it further proves that he is a soft-on-crime...
LI teen vanishes after Illinois college bash
The FBI, Coast Guard and police outside Chicago yesterday waged a desperate land-and-water search for a brilliant Northwestern University student from Long Island who mysteriously disappeared Saturday after leaving an...
Hosp CEO in ‘graft’ operation
The former CEO of Manhattan’s Hospital for Special Surgery was busted yesterday on charges he took $1.4 million in a decade-long kickback scheme that bilked vendors, a health-care organization and...
Cuomo backs gay-OK GOPer
ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo offered his “full endorsement” yesterday to an upstate GOP senator whose 2011 vote to back the gay-marriage bill cost him his primary this month.Sen. Roy McDonald...
Out of (birth) control
It was just a matter of time. City schools — where kids are lectured about the joys of anal and oral sex before age 12 — have stepped up their...
Bronx mom slain by teen son and thrown in Dumpster: cops
A twisted Bronx teen allegedly executed his mom in their apartment early yesterday and then calmly carried her body to a nearby Dumpster in a plastic bin that dripped blood...
'Voice’ contestant is alive thanks to liver donation from her dad
The voice is her own — but her liver belongs to her NYPD dad. Long Island teen MarissaAnn Rizzitello, who is on Christina Aguilera’s team on the hit NBC show...
He raped her twice, DA says
Still hospitalized in chains from his recent postarrest suicide attempt, a homeless, high-risk sex fiend was arraigned via video yesterday for the alleged rape of a 21-year-old woman in Hudson...
General hit with sex raps
FORT BRAGG, NC — An Army brigadier general who served five combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan has been charged with forced sex, adultery and having inappropriate relationships with female...
Stray-slug thug busted
Cops collared a thug yesterday whose stray bullet wounded a 15-year-old girl in Queensbridge last weekend, police said.Day Bryant, 37, of Harlem, allegedly fired his gun at 5:15 a.m. Sunday...
Swan song for Andy
Beloved crooner Andy Williams, whose silky-smooth voice will forever be linked to the ballad “Moon River,” lost his battle with cancer yesterday and passed away in Branson, Mo. He was...
Park ‘smoke-out’ battle
The Hudson River Park Trust has proposed banning smoking in its five-mile riverfront park, prompting a letter from a smoking-rights group saying the trust lacks the legal authority to do...
Canine couple saved from trash
Two adorable West Highland terrier-mix pooches were rescued after being dumped in a Bronx garbage can, officials said yesterday. The dogs, about 2 years old, were taken to an animal...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn The failed thief pictured above is wanted in a Sunset Park bank-robbery attempt, police said. He waltzed into the Chase branch at 5101 Fourth Ave. at 5:30 p.m. on...
‘Forgotten’ kids’ pal
These children “are invisible to society’’ — but not to Sharon Content. In 2007, she founded the Brooklyn nonprofit Children of Promise, NYC to meet the needs of kids with...
GOP reimburses NJ for Christie chopper trip
TRENTON, NJ — The Republican State Committee is picking up the tab for Gov. Chris Christie to fly to a fund-raiser in a State Police helicopter.Christie was flown to Saddle...
Barclays blastoff
Barclays Center opens tomorrow with the first in a series of eight concerts by rap mogul Jay-Z — and city, MTA and arena workers are working overtime to prepare for...
‘Dave’ nut bust
Two months after pleading guilty to a late-night, drunken, window-smashing rampage at the Ed Sullivan Theater, James Whittemore was back in Manhattan Criminal Court yesterday for allegedly punching a straphanger...
Space rock ‘screams’ $$
A New York City auction is offering 125 meteorites for sale.The items include a large chunk of the moon and a 179-pound iron cosmic rock that evokes Edvard Munch’s iconic...
Suit for unlucky duckies
ALBANY — The fat may soon hit the fire for the nation’s last two big commercial foie gras producers.A new lawsuit against two Hudson Valley farms and New York’s state...
Book-publisher Penguin Group files lawsuits against authors who skipped deadlines
Not for nothing do these authors get paid. Book-publishing giant Penguin Group has filed a dozen lawsuits in the past week against authors who have failed to meet their deadlines,...
Income ‘lax’: 67 NYC honchos hide wealth
Sixty-seven top city employees thumbed their noses at filing required personal-wealth forms this year — including a former assistant commissioner in the Department of Housing Preservation and Development who pleaded...
Arrest didn’t stall Huntley union $$
The powerful state teachers union donated nearly $12,000 to state Sen. Shirley Huntley’s failed re-election campaign after she was arrested for fraud, records released yesterday show. Huntley was indicted on...
New Yorkers furious that health-conscious mayor hikes fees to use city rec centers
What a hypocrite! Critics yesterday blasted Mayor Bloomberg for getting on his high horse in a relentless campaign to control what New Yorkers eat and drink to fight obesity —...
Poster gal released from jail, proud of color scheme
The Egyptian-born activist arrested for defacing an inflammatory subway ad that called the enemies of Israel “savages” said yesterday her pink spray-paint protest was inspired by equal parts fashion and...
Gotti’s bro nabbed in woman’s beating
Maybe chivalry isn’t dead. The Dapper Don’s brother Richard V. Gotti beat up a woman at his Pennsylvania home — but then took her to a hospital for treatment. Gotti,...
‘Stealthy’ spy plan man is charged
A Chinese national was charged yesterday with illegally trying to procure large quantities of restricted high-tech carbon fiber from the United States to aid in the development of a new...
President poll-ishes his lead
WASHINGTON — President Obama has opened up a 6-point lead nationally over Mitt Romney in the latest Gallup daily tracking poll — in the wake of Romney playing defense over...
WATCH: Samuel L. Jackson debuts profanity-laced pro-Obama ad
He’s hoping this scary bedtime story will make you run to the polls. Samuel L. Jackson, whose video reading of the book “Go the F--k to Sleep” went viral on...
GOP Chinese ‘check’ers
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney whacked China yesterday as a “currency manipulator,” but expatriate supporters for his campaign are set to haul in some donation checks at a fund-raiser in Hong...
1960s photo reveals Mitt Romney's love for his wife Ann
TOLEDO, Ohio — Mitt Romney really does have a big heart. A young, romantic Mitt went to great lengths to profess his love for future wife Ann, posing on a...
Kin speak out on organ-harvest suit
Relatives of two organ donors who were taken off life support at city hospitals said yesterday they believe their loved ones could not have been saved — and they were...
Egypt’s film rip
Egypt’s new president used his maiden UN speech to blast the anti-Mohammed video made in the United States and to condemn the violent reactions to the film that swept Muslim...
Tunnel to Towers run
This Sunday, New Yorkers can run in the footsteps of a true city hero.Some 30,000 participants are expected to take part in the 11th annual Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers...
Freeing Paul Ryan?
Maybe, just maybe, the Romney campaign is about to start showing some life — because the candidate got an earful from his old business-community peers. Like pretty much the entire...
A president for yesterday’s America
In 2008, voters under 30 preferred Barack Obama over John McCain by a 66 to 32 percent margin. Among older voters, Obama led McCain by 50 to 49 percent. How...
‘The View’ from up here: O’s the celebrity-in-chief
The Issue: The president and first lady’s joint appearance on “The View” amid UN discussions. *** It makes sense that President Obama joined the cast of “The View” rather than...
Nanny dearest
Where’s Mike Bloomberg when you actually need a nanny? Being a hypocrite — that’s where. As The Post’s David Seifman reported yesterday, the city Parks Department has seen a precipitous...
The President minces words
Think of Barack Obama as a one-size-fits-all sort of guy. There’s an impasse in the Middle East? Let’s everybody kick back, put on a pot of coffee and talk things...
The bear looks ahead
“When I won, I certainly didn’t apologize for my success. We are too late to change recent history, but we can write a better future for ourselves, for our children...
Two cheers for schools’ ‘Plan B’
The Issue: The distribution of Plan B emergency contraception to students in New York City high schools. *** Minors can obtain confidential reproductive-health services without the consent of their parents,...
Why the Q-poll is a qrock
Yesterday’s Quinnipiac Poll results were great news for President Obama: The Q-poll has him ahead by substantial margins in three battleground states — up 9 points in Florida, 10 in...
Iran’s crazy cop & Egypt’s scary one
Two UN speeches yesterday provided a glance into the Mideast’s future: Iran’s Crazy Cop and Egypt’s Scary Cop showed that America has fewer friends and plenty of enemies in that...
Peppy familiar tunes foster pluck of the Irish
"Hard Times” is that rare musical where you walk in humming the tunes. In fact, it’s got to be the most tuneful show you’ll ever see about the 1863 Civil...
NY Film Festival Preview
A fantasy epic about a zookeeper’s son adrift at sea with a Bengal tiger. A New Jersey-set drama by the “Sopranos’’ creator that swaps rockers for gangsters. And a popcorn...
NYCB lionizes ballet titans
Tuesday night’s program at New York City Ballet celebrated Balanchine and Stravinsky’s collaborations — sometimes through several versions of their ballets. “Le Baiser de la Fée” (The Fairy’s Kiss) was...
Ex-Colgate AD takes over at Fordham
By a lot of accounts, Fordham University hired a good man yesterday as its athletic director. David T. Roach struck the right balance of academics and athletics at Colgate, a...
Sports Shorts
MLB: Tigers pull ahead of White Sox in AL Central Jhonny Peralta brought home the go-ahead run when Andy Dirks’ hard slide broke up a potential inning-ending double play in...
Chandler believes Rasheed can help Knicks
Count Tyson Chandler among those who think Rasheed Wallace has something left. After taking the last two seasons off, Wallace worked out at the Knicks practice facility, and is considering...
Tomorrow’s Belmont Park Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-5 1/2f; $68,000; mdn spcl wt; 2YO; (f)PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Dear to All(M),120RDomingzx-x-xA Dutrow3-12 Sugar Mama(M),120JLeparouxx-x-xAsmssen4-13 Cherubic Melody ,120J Lezcanox-x-xMcPeek8-14 Bullette(M),120JVelazquzx-x-xNihei8-15 Cubicle Queen...
Belmont Park Charts
September 26th, 2012 Clear And Fast. Turf Firm. ©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1 1/16m(T); $31,000; mdn cl($25,000); 3up; (f&m)Off: 12:50. Good. 4w ang 5/16,hand urgedTime: 24.47, 49.38, 1:14.21, 1:37.78, 1:43.85.Trainer:...
Ron the Greek is favored to win the ‘Gold’
This weekend’s “Super Saturday” at Belmont Park is no longer officially called “Breeders’ Cup Preview Day,” but that, in effect, is the purpose of the five Grade 1 stakes and...
The Post Line
NFL Tonight Favorite Opening Current (O/U) Underdog RAVENS 13 12 (43 1/2) Browns Sunday 49ers 3 1/2 4 (40 1/2) JETS EAGLES 2 2 (46 1/2) Giants Patriots 3 4...
Today's Sports on the Air
Baseball1 p.m.Pirates at Mets SNY, WFAN (660 AM)3 p.m.Cubs at Rockies WGN7 p.m.Rays at White Sox MLBN7 p.m.Yankees at Blue Jays YES, WCBS (880 AM)Basketball8 p.m.WNBA Playoffs: Liberty at Conn....
Hondo sweeps again!!!
Hondo, who swept Tuesday, encored with another double-dip delight last night when he cashed with the Giants and A’s to lower the dirty digits to 1,485 hickmans. Tonight, Mr. Aitch...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYSept. 27FRISept. 28SATSept. 29SUNSept. 30MONOct. 1TUEOct. 2WEDOct. 3YankeesToronto7:07YES NetworkWCBS 880 AMTor.7:07YESWCBSTor.1:07YESWCBSTor.1:07YESWCBSBos.7:05YESWCBSBos.7:05YESWCBSBos.7:05YESWCBSMetsPittsburgh1:10Sportsnet NYWFAN 660 AMAtl.7:35SNYWFANAtl.7:10SNYWFANAtl.1:35WPIXWFANMia.7:10SNYWFANMia.7:10SNYWFANMia.4:10SNYWFANLibertyConnecticut8:00ESPN2NOGAMEConn.7:00NBATVNOGAME^Conn.7:00NBATVTBDTBDRed BullsNOGAMENOGAMETor.7:00MSGWPATNOGAME NOGAME NOGAMENOGAME^ - if necessaryHOMEAWAY
No rest for Ravens
BALTIMORE — The NFL didn’t do the Ravens any favors by having them play four times over an 18-day span, including three night games. In what might be perceived as...
Giants' Barden may catch on like Cruz
During Week 3 last season against the Eagles, Victor Cruz started at wide receiver for the Giants because of injuries and unleashed a 110-yard, two-touchdown performance, setting the stage for...
Patriots' Belichick fined 50G for grabbing ref
The NFL fined Patriots coach Bill Belichick $50,000 and Redskins assistant Kyle Shanahan $25,000 for their conduct toward replacement officials. Belichick grabbed an official’s arm at the end of Sunday...
Giants plan for Vick: 'Just go after him'
Andy Reid reiterated yesterday Michael Vick will remain the Eagles’ starting quarterback. What the Eagles coach called “bad semantics” was left open to interpretation because of Vick’s poor play this...
Coughlin: Bradshaw to start for Giants, but Brown will get ball
Ahmad Bradshaw vows he will suit up Sunday night in Philadelphia, and Tom Coughlin said he will do it as the Giants’ starting running back. But the Giants coach added...
Jets 21st-ranked defense knows it must be better
The best defense in the NFL is coached by a Ryan, but it is not Rex Ryan. Rob Ryan’s Cowboys are the No. 1 ranked defense in the NFL right...
Jets' McKnight not thrilled with moved to corner
Joe McKnight is finally getting his wish of more playing time. It’s just not how he imagined it would come. The third-year running back/kick returner out of USC will see...
It’s not pretty, but Jets' Sanchez has found ways to pile up W’s in NFL career
Sometimes, it’s simple: Quarterbacks are the baseball players of football. You can measure their numbers and get a pretty good read on if they’re any good or not. Drew Brees,...
Jets' Ryan: 49ers' Davis, not Patriots' Gronkowski, best TE
Jets coach Rex Ryan believes the Jets will face the toughest tight end in the NFL this year, but he does not play for New England. In a conference call...
Wright sets Mets' hits record
Call it the Squib Heard ’Round the Citi. David Wright’s third-inning dribbler last night was hardly the most picturesque hit of his career, but it was good enough to make...
Mets satisfied with Citi Field dimension change
Don’t blame the reconfigured Citi Field for the Mets’ brutal play at home this season. The Mets will conclude their home schedule today without much doubt — if any —...
A-Rod hopes to return to Yankees lineup tonight
MINNEAPOLIS -- Considering what’s at stake across the final seven games, the Yankees have their fingers firmly crossed Alex Rodriguez’s left foot problem doesn’t keep him from playing. Rodriguez fouled...
Yankees trade has revitalized Ichiro’s career
MINNEAPOLIS — The visits were done without fanfare. Four times Ichiro Suzuki has visited the Baseball Hall of Fame. He is not only a star; he is a fan of...
Orioles rout Blue Jays with seven HRs
BALTIMORE — After losing two straight games to Toronto, the Baltimore Orioles broke out the big bats. The Orioles tied a team record by with seven home runs to rout...
It’s the Sabathia of old, not an old Sabathia for Yankees
MINNEAPOLIS -- CC Sabathia is in this interesting and, for the Yankees, positive place. He now has built up enough innings off of the disabled list to regain rhythm in...
Yankees top Twins, will try and put Orioles away in final week of season
MINNEAPOLIS — Are the Yankees finally ready to put the Orioles to sleep? Watching CC Sabathia pitch yesterday and Robinson Cano hit and field in an 8-2 win over the...
Jeter's resurgence no surprise to Hall-of-Famer Molitor
MINNEAPOLIS -- Derek Jeter doesn’t want to talk about his league-leading 208 hits or the fact he has stormed back from a tough first half a year ago. That’s OK....
NFL, referees reach a labor deal after four-month lockout
The Great Zebra Crisis of 2012 finally is over. Thanks to a momentum push from Monday’s farce of an ending in Seattle, the NFL and its referees struck a deal...
Hail yeah! NFL finally makes right call on refs
The NFL finally woke up and threw a Hail Mary on fourth-and-wrong that will have football fans, players and coaches across America dancing in the end zone. The replacement refs...
Drama Mama
Your weekly guide to TV’s best and worst one-hour shows Premieres, schemieres. There’s plenty of good drama packed into the middle (and end) of shows that aren’t launching new seasons...
Justified paranoia
An American nuclear submarine surfaces in the ocean to rescue a crew of armed Navy SEALs. Immediately thereafter, a telex arrives ordering the captain, Marcus Chaplin (Andre Braugher), to fire...
Sandra Lee expands empire
TV chef Sandra Lee was rarely seen with Gov. Cuomo, with whom she lives, this past summer and now we know why. The famous “Semi-Homemade Cooking” star has been making...
Pokémon inspires army weapon
The US military explored the idea of building a seizure inducing ray gun — inspired by an infamous episode of “Pokémon.” The existence of the secret-weapon plan was revealed in...
'Good Wife' gets explicit
In an attempt to catch up with racy cable dramas, CBS’ “The Good Wife” is pushing the envelope this season — including some sexually-oriented scenes not seen on TV before....
Weird but true
A Gresham, Ore., man was sizzling mad after McDonald’s got his order of a Quarter Pounder with no onions wrong. When Jayme John Leon’s burger came out with onions, he...
Not enough offense for Spartans
Gosh, I respect Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio. He seems like a straight shooter, runs a clean program, gave us the play of the year in 2010 when he pulled...
Time to ’Zona out
Football expert Phil Steele is the owner and publisher of Phil Steele’s College Football Preview, regarded as the college football bible. Get in-depth coverage of college and pro football 24/7/365...
Saturday's Heroes Tackle The Spread
The lineCHRISSHAWLENNROBBINSBRIANLEWISDAVIDSATRIANOTEDHOLMLUNDJUSTINTERRANOVAHONDORICOStanford 6 1/2 WASH.(Tonight, 9:00, ESPN)Stanford ★ Wash. ★ StanfordWash.Wash. ★ Wash.StanfordStanfordBYU 27 1/2 Hawaii (Tomorrow, 8:00, ESPN)BYUBYUBYUBYUHawaiiHawaii ★ BYUHawaiiW. VIRGINIA 13 1/2 Baylor (Sat., Noon, FX)W. VirginiaW. VirginiaW....
Fall TV style
Nashville Premieres Wednesday, Oct. 10, 10 p.m., on ABC The new series about deadly rival country singers — one, a veteran, the other, a younger crossover star from pop —...
