December 6, 2012
City agrees to pay out nearly $10M in Judith Leekin child abuse lawsuit settlement
New York City agreed today to pay out nearly $10 million as the first settlement in a lawsuit that followed one of the more disturbing child abuse cases in recent...
George Zimmerman sues NBC over edited 911 call
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman is suing NBC, claiming he was defamed when the network edited his 911 call to police after the shooting of Trayvon Martin to make...
Nina Shoes family fight, wife of co-founder seeks $1M
The heartbroken widow of shoe magnate Mike Silverstein claims his business partner brother coldly reneged on a $1 million family pact to protect their spouses if one of them died,...
Fox News’ White House guy wants to be new Sam Donaldson
Ed Henry’s assignment covering the White House would be a challenge for any journalist, no matter his employer. Yet Henry works at Fox News Channel, home base for viewers who...
St. Pierre wants Diaz next, Silva fight on hold
A superfight between Anderson Silva and Georges St-Pierre is no longer imminent.St-Pierre, the UFC welterweight champion, will “probably” defend his title against rival Nick Diaz next, according to company president...
Greenway: Vikings fans should be 'super-duper drunk' for Bears game
Chad Greenway has one simple instruction for fans heading to the Metrodome this Sunday.Drink ... a lot. The Vikings linebacker, who leads the NFL with 123 tackles, wants Minnesota fans...
Avery: Flopping fines won't change Nets' style
The Nets are not only the only team to have two players cited for flopping so far this season, but they are the only one to have anyone fined for...
Nets' Lopez improving, but won't play against Warriors
Brook Lopez will miss his fourth straight game when the Nets take on the Warriors Friday night at Barclays Center.Lopez continues to recover from a sprained right foot that he...
Red Bulls send Le Toux to Union for Martinez, cash (VIDEO)
The Red Bulls completed a move shipping striker Sebastien Le Toux to Philadelphia for allocation cash and young forward Josue Martinez. “We are excited to bring Josué to the Red...
Jurors convict former NYPD detective in fatal Bronx DWI
Jurors today convicted a former NYPD detective of manslaughter for mowing down a Bronx grandmother three years ago, but let him slide on a more serious charge because they thought...
Greak Neck, LI bans dirty laundry
An exclusive Gold Coast Long Island village does not want its residents airing their dirty laundry in public – literally. Great Neck this week passed an ordinance that makes it...
Jets' Keller misses practice, likely out vs. Jaguars
It looks like the Jets will be without tight end Dustin Keller against the Jaguars on Sunday.Keller, who sprained his ankle in last week's win over the Cardinals, missed his...
Rousey takes on Carmouche in UFC's first female fight
History will be made in women’s athletics in February.For the first time in the UFC, two females will fight each other – and the 135-pound title bout will be the...
EXCLUSIVE: 'Dancing with the Stars' cutting back to one season a year
ABC may be passing on the paso doble for a while. “Dancing With the Stars” is talking about airing just once each year, in the spring, a production source tells...
NICKEL COVERAGE: Redskins-Ravens in crucial Beltway Battle
During the NFL season, The Post’s Anthony Sulla-Heffinger will break down five storylines to watch for each week. Battle of the Beltway Washington and Baltimore are two teams trending in...
WATCH: first 'Star Trek Into Darkness' trailer
Trekkies rejoice, the new Star Trek movie has a teaser trailer and it promises a film that will follow in the dark and destructive path forged by J.J. Abrams' first...
Jurors reach verdict in trial of casino bus driver involved in fatal March 2011 crash
Jurors have reached a verdict in the trial of a casino bus driver who crashed in the Bronx, killing 15 passengers. The verdict in the trial of Ophadell Williams was...
Giants fan shoots at Florida deputies after team loses to Redskins: report
All he remembers is watching the Giants lose to the Redskins. That’s what Richard P. Braccia told police after he was arrested for shooting at three deputies and beating up...
Are we ready for Sen. Colbert?
Two words: Senator Colbert. It’s actually, sort of a possibility. The late-night comic and host of “The Colbert Report” suddenly found himself at the center of a political guessing game...
Jessica Biel is skin-sational
Chilly temps did nothing to throw Jessica Biel off trend last night. In New York City for the premiere of her new film Playing for Keeps, the actress wore an...
Christie reunites with Obama at White House to ask for more Sandy aid
WASHINGTON — New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie is reuniting with President Barack Obama for the first time since the pair teamed up in response to Superstorm Sandy. Christie made...
Ethical pop-up ascends on Basel
While navigating their way through a dizzying number of exhibits, parties and special programs, Art Basel attendees can add shopping to the mix at the Maison de Mode/Ethical Pop-Up. Curated...
Giants' Cruz thinks Knicks' Smith needs to work on salsa celebration (VIDEO)
Giants receiver Victor Cruz, buddy of Knicks guard J.R. Smith, enjoyed seeing Smith do a salsa celebration after hitting the game-winning jumper against the Bobcats Wednesday night.“I hit him up...
Nicks misses Giants practice with sore knee
In something that bears watching for the Giants, wideout Hakeem Nicks did not practice Thursday with what Tom Coughlin called a “sore knee.”This was a disturbing development for the Giants,...
WATCH: Deleted scene from “Girls”
Season 2 of HBO’s “Girls” returns Jan. 13. To refresh your memory of Season 1, Hannah Horvath (Lena Dunham) is forced to look for a real, paying job when her...
WATCH: Senate Majority Leader Reid compares Republicans to Jets
The Jets’ quarterback situation has made it all the way to Capitol Hill.On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) compared the Republican Party’s role in the impending fiscal cliff...
NJ Transit suffered $400M damage from Sandy
New Jersey Transit – which has faced criticism for storing trains in flood-prone areas during Sandy – suffered $400 million in storm-related damages, including $100 million in rolling stock, the...
Guitar Hero Co-Creator on His New Venture and How It Will Change Mobile Gaming
Before I got my start writing about videogames as a freelancer, I worked in games PR for more than 4 years. My first stint, and easily my favorite, is when...
Bellator's Martinez determined to show he's no 'charity case'
Rad Martinez got the kind of mainstream media attention last year that most MMA fighters can only dream about and he wasn’t even part of a big organization. The former...
Tranny model faces off against firefighter ex-boyfriend in sex-assault trial
In this corner: a gorgeous blonde pre-op transexual hooker -- best known for getting kicked off America's Top Model in 2006. In the other corner: hunky FDNY calendar boy Taylor...
Former Mayor Ed Koch hopes to leave hospital Sunday
Former New York Mayor Ed Koch hopes to get out of the hospital on Sunday. His spokesman, George Arzt, said Thursday that Koch "sounds better and feels better." He says...
NJ's first medical marijuana dispensary opens
MONTCLAIR, NJ — New Jersey's first medical marijuana dispensary has opened for business. Greenleaf Compassion Center in Montclair says it is serving only 20 clients per day at first, and...
Ryan: Future with Jets not tied to Sanchez
Jets coach Rex Ryan disagrees with the idea that his future is linked to quarterback Mark Sanchez's success or failure. Ryan named Sanchez his starting quarterback on Wednesday and said,...
NYC doctor charged with manslaughter in OD deaths
A New York City doctor who wrote prescriptions for a man who killed four people in a pharmacy robbery was hit Thursday with manslaughter charges that accuse him of causing...
Diamondback Capital hedge fund closes over flood of investor redemption requests
Diamondback Capital Management, the Stamford, Conn, hedge fund that survived insider-trading-related FBI raids in 2010, is shutting down due to an unexpected flood of investor redemption requests. Despite posting a...
POSTING UP: Like Kentucky, St. John's dealing with growing pains
If you’re a St. John’s fan, all you have to do is look no further than the defending national champion to understand your program’s current plight.How, you ask, could St....
Egypt's moves tanks to presidential palace, tries to restore order after protests
CAIRO — The Egyptian army sealed off the presidential palace with tanks and barbed wire Thursday, a day after fierce clashes between supporters and opponents of the Islamist leader over...
Relatives and friends remember subway-push victim at Queens funeral
Relatives and friends are saying a final good-bye to a New York City man who was shoved onto subway tracks as a train rolled into a station. A handful of...
With war shifting, US, Russia talk Syria's future
DUBLIN — Diplomatic efforts to end Syria's civil war moved forward Thursday with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton joining Russia's foreign minister and the UN peace envoy to the...
Yankees offer former rival Youkilis one-year, $12 million deal
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Yankees moved closer to a union with a one-time hated rival on Thursday. The Post has confirmed that the Yankees have offered former Red Sox star...
Bloomberg wants to have telecommunications services restored to Lower Manhattan by end of year
Verizon wasn't planning to restore phone service to storm-damaged office towers in Lower Manhattan until May -- before Mayor Bloomberg intervened and called that timetable "unacceptable." Speaking today at a...
Looking back at Nets-Thunder
The Nets had a second straight shot at a conference champion Tuesday night, when they took on the Oklahoma City Thunder at Barclays Center.But like Saturday’s loss in Miami, a...
Maine mall fires Santa after rudeness complaints
A mall in Maine has sacked Santa Claus after children and parents complained he was rude, grumpy and wouldn't even let one child sit on his lap. Officials at the...
Apple to produce line of Macs in US
Apple CEO Tim Cook says the company will produce one of its existing lines of Mac computers in the United States next year. Cook made the comments in part of...
Number of people seeking unemployment aid fell sharply last week to 370,000 as Sandy spike fades
WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment aid fell sharply last week as a temporary spike caused by Superstorm Sandy has faded. Weekly applications have fallen back to...
Mom of girls lost in Christmas fire to spend holiday at 'Santa-free' Thailand orphanage
She's been through hell and survived. "I"m doing really well, I'm shocked that I'm doing ok, but I'm doing really well," Madonna Badger said today in an interview with Matt...
Bombing wounds Afghan intelligence chief
KABUL, Afghanistan — A Taliban suicide bomber posing as a messenger of peace blew himself up near Afghanistan's newly appointed intelligence chief on Thursday, seriously wounding him, officials said. The...
Standard Chartered expects $330M US fines to settle charges of violating sanctions against Iran
LONDON — Standard Chartered bank says it expects to pay $330 million in fines to US agencies to settle charges of violating sanctions against Iran. The bank said Thursday that...
Kate Middleton leaves hospital
LONDON — The Duchess of Cambridge left a London hospital Thursday after being treated for acute morning sickness related to her pregnancy. Clutching a small bouquet of yellow roses, the...
Business briefs
Greece guttedStandard & Poor’s cut Greece’s sovereign long-term foreign currency credit rating to “selective default” from an already low “CCC” rating.Penney woeJCPenney said in a regulatory filing that its operating...
Big Apple suffers oversized hit in Citigroup cuts
Citigroup CEO Michael Corbat’s new plan looks a lot like the old plan: cut costs. In his first major move since taking charge of the sprawling financial giant, Corbat revealed...
SAC investors edge toward the exits
Investors in Steve Cohen’s SAC Capital Advisors are starting to get restless. Three big banks — Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Société Générale — have been making moves that could eventually...
Those Sandy alibis are just a lot of hot air
Blame it on Sandy.Retailers had worse sales in November than expected — because of Sandy. The economy isn’t doing as well as experts thought it would — because of Sandy....
‘Milk’ed for all its worth: $300M
The Milk Studios building in the Meatpacking District is nearing a sale to a Jamestown fund for $300 million. The firm is said to be working on an all-cash purchase...
Nasdaq drops ball on IPO — again
And we thought the robots were the problem. Turns out that the humans can be just as bumbling as the computers at Nasdaq. The electronic exchange run by CEO Robert...
‘Black Ops’ breaks $1B
“Call of Duty: Black Ops II,” the latest installment in Activision Blizzard’s video-game franchise, topped $1 billion in retail sales within its first 15 days of release. Activision Blizzard shares...
2 tenants, 80 stories
Developer Larry Silverstein has formal proposals from two potential tenants for 3 World Trade Center, which if accepted would allow the developer to build the skyscraper to its full 80...
Swartz elevated at Hearst
Hearst Chief Operating Officer Steven R. Swartz will also serve as president of the publisher, the company said yesterday. The move further solidifies Swartz’ role as the heir apparent to...
Steinberg is eyed in SAC trial
Prosecutors yesterday confirmed the worst-kept secret in the insider-trading trial unfolding in Manhattan federal court: They view former SAC Capital money manager Michael Steinberg as a co-conspirator in the case....
Wonder-ful news: Hostess may still find a buyer for iconic bread brand
A suitor has emerged for Wonder Bread, the iconic US brand many thought was toast once parent Hostess Brands shuttered, The Post has learned. The budding bidder visited a majority...
Bill Gates more powerful than the pope: Forbes
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is mightier than the pope — at least according to Forbes’ newest ranking of the world’s most powerful movers and shakers. The magazine yesterday released its...
Dave Matthews disbands film unit
Rocker Dave Matthews is folding the movie distribution entity he formed with partners back in 2010, The Post has learned. The frontman of the namesake band is shutting down the...
Walk talks at Republic
Former Epic Records President Charlie Walk is in talks about returning to the music business, The Post has learned. They are at an early stage, sources cautioned, and could fall...
Instagram making photos harder to view on Twitter
Instagram is getting its tweet revenge. The photo-sharing social network, which has been amping up its rivalry with Twitter since Instagram was purchased by Facebook in August, is now making...
Art class
The exposure that Art Basel gives to the Miami real estate market is undoubtable,” says Douglas Elliman Florida President and CEO Vanessa Grout. Yes, this is a manic, vital week...
You shouldn’t go off the railings
Some owners in my building have painted their balcony railings white after being informed by building management that this was not allowed. I spoke up at a recent meeting, saying...
Bet the Ranch on healthy living
If you’re familiar with the Canyon Ranch brand — with its flagship Tucson, Ariz.-based health and wellness resort, where those with the cash get away and get fit — entering...
What’s cooking
Le Bernardin’s Eric Ripert is putting his money where his kitchen is. The three-Michelin-starred chef is in contract to buy a two-bedroom, two-bathroom, 1,272-square-foot condo at the new Chelsea Green...
Just sold!
Manhattan WEST VILLAGE $2,760,000 534 Hudson St. Two-bedroom, two-bath condo, 1,355 square feet, with double-sided fireplace, kitchen with stone counters and stainless-steel appliances, washer/dryer and 10 oversized windows; building features...
Jazz giant Brubeck dies at 91
Dave Brubeck, the pianist and composer whose quartet produced the first jazz album that sold more than 1 million copies and was best known for the melodic composition “Take Five,”...
Mount Vernon monster admits to 3 slays: cops
A Mount Vernon man with a decades-long history of violence against women has admitted to three murders — one Tuesday and two nearly 20 years ago, authorities said yesterday. Lucius...
Six artists tied with six Grammy nominations each
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Grammy Awards celebrated the diversity of music as half a dozen artists tied for the most nominations at six — Kanye West, Jay-Z, Frank Ocean, Dan...
Racial divide
Racial tensions are mounting over the state Senate’s new, virtually all-white ruling coalition. Three black senators — Eric Adams of Brooklyn, Bill Perkins of Harlem, and Ruth Hassell-Thompson of The...
Biel: To heel with you all!
Jessica Biel is kicking up her very spiked heels as she fires back at critics over her wedding dress. Mrs. Justin Timberlake — posing with shoe king Christian Louboutin atop...
Elisabeth Murdoch dies, 103
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, the mother of News Corp. Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch and a woman renowned in Australia for her tireless philanthropy, died yesterday. She was 103. Dame Elisabeth,...
In‘scent’sed
A retired NYPD sergeant says a fashion giant treated her like Chanel No. 2. In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Scarlet St. James says she was barred from working...
Cop-kill bill: $1M
The bill submitted by the taxpayer-funded legal team trying to keep a convicted double cop killer from being executed is approaching $1 million and growing. Attorneys for Ronell Wilson, who...
Armed ‘Dead’ fan: Apocalypse POW!
A seething Long Island fan obsessed with “The Walking Dead” shot his girlfriend because she told him there’s no way a zombie apocalypse could happen. Jared Gurman, 26, was getting...
FDNY bribe taker jailed
A corrupt FDNY safety inspector was sentenced yesterday to 2 1/2 years in the slammer for pocketing $61,000 in bribes to help a ring of crooked day-care-center operators run a...
The Walking Fed
WASHINGTON — Zombies are bleeding the taxpayers! The feds spent precious terror-security cash on an October “zombie apocalypse” training exercise for cops and first responders, complete with Hollywood makeup for...
Yes, wespan in Brooklyn
There’s a brand-new Brooklyn bridge in town. The $4.9 million span, which will open by the end of the month, will link Brooklyn Heights to the waterfront, more than 50...
‘Just too drunk’ defense
A crazed “cab-jacking” suspect — accused of taking a taxi on a high-speed, coke-and-booze-fueled joy ride through lower Manhattan with the cabby cowering inside — told a Manhattan jury yesterday...
NYPD Daily Blotter
The Bronx *** A gun-toting robber was seen on surveillance video holding up a grocery store in Claremont, authorities said. The gunman barged into the grocery on East 174th Street...
Building held in ‘highest’ regard
This lower Manhattan residential tower is standing tall: It won an architecture prize as best new skyscraper of the year. The structure, 8 Spruce Street, a 76-story, 870-foot high building...
Throw ’book at ’em
Forget social media — these alleged gangsters were big into anti-social media. Members of a violent Bronx drug and gun gang used Facebook to recruit new members, and boasted of...
‘Sand’bagged
WASHINGTON — The White House is expected to ask Congress for about $50 billion in Hurricane Sandy disaster aid, falling far short of the more than $80 billion requested by...
Parking ‘$kim’ busts
They take your car keys — and your identity.Crooked attendants at six Manhattan parking garages have been busted for using tiny hand-held “skimmers” to record the credit-card numbers of unsuspecting...
Arrest in ’09 slay
A convicted drug dealer has been busted in the murder of an Idaho man who had moved to Brooklyn dreaming of making it big in the music scene, officials said...
Higher percent pro-weed
It’s no longer the “devil’s weed.” A slim majority of Americans now favors the legalization of marijuana after decades of opposing cannabis as a public taboo, a new Quinnipiac University...
‘Lincoln’ has Senate floor
WASHINGTON — Break out the popcorn!Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has invited director Steven Spielberg to screen “Lincoln” on the Senate floor Dec. 19.Movies are often screened at the...
De Blasio de man!
Politics really does make for strange bedfellows. In what has to be the weirdest development yet in the race for mayor, the wife of Public Advocate Bill de Blasio issued...
‘Killer’: I blame victim
If looks could kill! Accused killer Naeem Davis, with a chilling, dead-eye stare yesterday, was hit with murder charges for tossing a Queens dad into the path of a subway...
Subway daughter wants one last ‘I love you’
She just wanted to say goodbye. Ki Suk Han’s grieving daughter bared her pain yesterday over the death of her dad, who was hurled to his death by a madman...
Run, Hillary, run, voters say in new poll
A strong majority of Americans supports a Hillary Rodham Clinton comeback campaign for president in 2016, a new poll shows. The Washington Post/ABC survey found 57 percent backing a candidacy...
MTA’s Lhota poised for GOP mayor run
Political insiders are already counting MTA chief Joe Lhota as a Republican mayoral contender who could alter next year’s race for City Hall.They’re also predicting that he will step down...
Strife of the party
Joe Lhota’s greatest hurdle as he decides whether to run for mayor as a Republican is the overpowering edge that the Democratic Party ballot line offers in this town.There are...
Schools boss $$ scold
Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott warned of deep cuts for teaching staff, music, art and sports programs and larger class sizes if an agreement isn’t reached with the union on a...
Slay suspect McAfee held
Guatemalan cops nabbed anti-virus software guru — and murder suspect — John McAfee yesterday for illegally entering the country. McAfee crossed into Guatemala to evade police in Belize, who want...
Bidder up for Jackie
Jackie Robinson made history on the baseball diamond, and now one of his jerseys could do the same on the auction block. The Hall of Famer’s rare game-worn Dodgers shirt...
Jamaica Bay skeleton find
Skeletal remains of what appeared to be a teen girl were discovered on an uninhabited island in Jamaica Bay, authorities said.A boater passing Canarsie Pol at about 4:45 p.m. Tuesday...
Just not my ‘gripe’
This world-record complainer has a major gripe. Ralph Charell, the 83-year-old author of “How I Turn Ordinary Complaints into Thousands of Dollars: The Diary of a Tough Customer,” says a...
Hilton sister act
Paris (left) and Nicky Hilton are two-thirds of a patriotic color combo last night at Cipriani 42nd Street, where they attended the European School of Economics Foundation Vision and Reality...
Jewsy Juice
He’s known as the Juice, but it ain’t because he’s O.J. The Hasidic man (pictured, yesterday) who legally changed his name to Lemon Juice did it on a whim after...
Arrogant Satmar abused his vast power
This is not kosher.Nechemya Weberman lumbered into a Brooklyn courtroom yesterday as big as a rabid bear in an oversized black coat and matching yarmulke, side curls tucked behind his...
Perv-case hasid blow$ defense
He left himself wide open. A Hasdic leader, on trial for allegedly molesting a 12-year-old girl, took the stand in his own defense yesterday — and ended up admitting that...
Fast food’s future
Labor-aligned agitators at New York Communities for Change launched their “Fast Food Forward” campaign last week, staging walkouts at chain restaurants across the city and demanding a $15-an-hour minimum wage...
Why tax hikes will never be enough
The fiscal-cliff negotiations seem to be foundering on President Obama’s insistence on higher tax rates on high earners and House Republican leaders’ insistence on opposing them. Obama believes he has...
Costas misses the point: guns are not the problem
The Issue: Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher, who killed his girlfriend and then himself. *** Bob Costas should stick to football (“The NFL & the Jovan Belcher Horror,” Rich...
Taxes are for the little people
Do you think Al Sharpton appreciates the irony of his being invited to the White House Tuesday to talk taxes with President Obama? That is, to talk about Obama’s plan...
Run, Joe, run
Mayor Bloomberg’s bid for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to run for Gracie Mansion rather than the White House was quickly dismissed by the former first lady — but not...
Assad must (still) go
In a solemn declaration last August, President Obama called on Syrian despot Bashar al-Assad to step down. Almost six months later, Assad, supported by Russia and Iran, is not only...
Benghazi blunder: CIA opts for CYA
The United States has the world’s largest and (at $80 billion a year) best-funded intelligence services in the world — some 17 of them, in fact, including such lesser-known outfits...
Guide to this season's holiday theater
Every December, seasonal shows take over our local stages, and resistance is futile. But which one is right for you — and your finicky friends and relatives? Help has arrived!...
Let’s kill this play instead
Given its title (and a subtitle that’s not fit to print in a family newspaper), it’s pretty clear that “Let’s Kill Grandma This Christmas” isn’t aimed at the Rockettes crowd....
‘Zelda’: The fitful life of a Fitz on the fritz
It wasn’t easy being Zelda Fitzgerald. The talented wife of “Great Gatsby” writer F. Scott Fitzgerald suffered from bipolar disorder, for which she was often institutionalized. Her marriage was tempestuous,...
‘Mice’ roars
Kevin Kline, Patti LuPone, Frances Conroy: They’re just a few of the actors who began their careers touring with the Acting Company. That long list of illustrious alumni may one...
Note to Stones: Stop rolling!
When the Rolling Stones take the stage at Barclays Center on Saturday for the first of three US concerts marking their 50th anniversary — which follow a pair of similar...
Giants brace for Saints' Brees, thankful Redskins' scheme behind them
They all sound so relieved to be moving on to Drew Brees after having spent a Monday night in Maryland chasing what might as well have been a ghost, as...
Sanchez still quarterbuck: Jets couldn’t afford to bench $8.25M man
It Isn’t something any coach would, or should, ever admit, that any franchise-rattling decision is based on a player’s contract. But ask yourself this question: If Jets owner Woody Johnson...
Jets just glad QB decision is done
Predictably, the Jets say they would have had confidence in whichever quarterback coach Rex Ryan picked — be it Greg McElroy, Tim Tebow or incumbent Mark Sanchez, who held on...
Gulfstream Analysis
Post Time: 12:45 p.m.FIRST-6 1/2 fur; $22,500; clm($10,000); 3upNO ACT returned from layoff to win by nose at Calder; steps up. FOR ALL WHO CONGA takes big drop in first...
Gulfstream Results
FIRST-1 1/16m; $23,750; cl($20,000); 3up3Reflejo (Bocachca)7.803.203.001Sorgho (Rosario)2.402.405Franklinpark (Chamafi)5.00Scr: Financial Pathway, Tinitus.* Exacta (3-1) $25.20 * $1 Sup (3-1-5-4) $105.50 * $1 Tri (3-1-5) $51.20SECOND-1m; $52,500; mdn spcl wt; 2YO; (f)4Mss...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:30 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 1 1/16m(T); $41,000; mdn clm($50,000); 2YOIN TODD WE TRUST is the one to beat if he draws in off...
Dettori given 6-month ban
PARIS — Jockey Frankie Dettori has been banned from racing for six months by French stewards following a positive drug test. The Britain-based rider tested positive for an unidentified banned...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6f; $28,000; cl($15,000); 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Lost Decade(L),120P Morales5-5-5Ness7-22 Toninthirteen(L),115W Garcia4-7-5Hushion12-13 Little Dale(L),122I Ortiz, Jr3-9-1Gullo6-14 Why Broadway(L),115GRodriguz8-9-5Shvmngl50-15 Straight Fax(L),120J Espinoza5-8-3Contessa6-16 Goodtime Boy(L),115J...
Aqueduct Charts
December 5th, 2012 Clear And Fast.©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6f; $28,000; cl($14,000); 3upOff: 12:33. Good. bump start, 3w upperTime: 22.61, 46.4, 58.55, 1:11.29.Trainer: Jamie NessWinner: B G, 6, by Hold...
Home Team Lineups
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Today's sports on the air
Basketball 7:30 p.m. Vanderbilt at Xavier (OH) ESPNU 8 p.m. Long Beach State at Syracuse ESPN2 8 p.m. Knicks at Heat TNT, ESPN (98.7 FM) 10:30 p.m. Mavericks at Suns...
Sports Shorts
NCAA: Rutgers suing Big East over exit fee Rutgers University is suing the Big East Conference, trying to avoid paying an exit fee. The university is trying to avoid a...
Broncos aim to stay red-hot
OAKLAND, Calif. — Just a year ago, Denver and Oakland went to the end of the season in the race for the AFC West title, with the Broncos edging the...
Saints QB, coach big fans of Giants' Manning
The Saints, whom the Giants play Sunday at MetLife Stadium, are big fans of Giants quarterback Eli Manning. “There are guys that I follow. There are guys that I like...
The Post Line
NFLTonightFavoriteOpeningCurrent(O/U)UnderdogBroncos1010 1/2(48 1/2)RAIDERSSundayJets32 1/2(38 1/2)JAGUARSGIANTS64 1/2(53)SaintsREDSKINSPk2 1/2(47 1/2)RavensBROWNS56 1/2(37 1/2)ChiefsSTEELERSOFFOFF(OFF)ChargersCOLTS5 1/25 1/2(48)TitansBears33(39)VIKINGSFalcons3 1/23 1/2(47 1/2)PANTHERSBUCCANEERS8 1/27 1/2(47)EaglesBILLS33(42)RamsBENGALS33(45 1/2)Cowboys49ERS10 1/210(39)DolphinsSEAHAWKS1010 1/2(35)CardinalsPACKERS6 1/27(51 1/2)LionsMondayPATRIOTS4 1/23 1/2(51 1/2)TexansPittsburgh QB questionableHome team in CAPSNCAA...
Nets' Wallace gets fined for flopping
Gerald Wallace was hit with a $5,000 fine by the NBA yesterday afternoon for violating the league’s new anti-flopping rules for a second time this season. The Nets’ starting small...
Blatche making Nets’ risk worthwhile
The Nets took a chance on Andray Blatche in September, when they signed him to a one-year, non-guaranteed deal. That deal has paid off as well as anyone could have...
Knicks' Carmelo may miss Heat clash with injured finger
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carmelo Anthony, his middle finger needing six stitches and wrapped in a thick bandage after the Knicks’ thrilling 100-98 win over the Bobcats Wednesday night, wouldn’t commit...
Rangers great Leetch is no fan of owners
It’s the owners’ fault! That’s Rangers great Brian Leetch’s take on the NHL lockout. “It makes me shake my head,” the 44-year-old former defenseman told The Post yesterday in New...
NHL sides nix new proposals
Talking to midnight for the second straight evening, and beyond Wednesday night, the opposing sides in the NHL Lockout III traded proposals in a marathon effort to move the negotiations...
Mets bust Bay lands deal with Mariners
Jason Bay’s opportunity to resurrect his career will come near his backyard. The former Mets outfielder, who resides near Seattle, yesterday agreed to a one-year contract with the Mariners, according...
Documentary shows the real Jackson
Bo Jackson enjoys going to the supermarket much more these days. Back when he was a two-sport pro athlete and pop-culture star more than two decades ago, the family cook...
Yankees' Jeter insists he’ll be playing on Opening Day
This has been the strangest of Yankees offseasons. Players are jumping the Good Ship Pinstripes faster than you can cry: “A-Rod overboard.’’ The Yankees are going about their business like...
Spurned Yankees turn lonely eyes to Youkilis, Reynolds
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Mark Reynolds and Kevin Youkilis drew increased attention from the Yankees yesterday when Jeff Keppinger signed with the White Sox and Eric Chavez joined the Diamondbacks. Using...
Agent: Cashman waiting for Yankees to free up money
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — According to what Scott Boras heard from Brian Cashman there is a sliver of hope for Yankees’ fans who are experiencing withdrawal over their team not spending...
Cashville, Tenn. for everyone but frugal Yankees
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Yankees and Mets came to the Winter Meetings and have made news with their third basemen and by bucking the industry trend when it comes to...
Wilpon, Sandy sell Wright on Mets’ future
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — David Wright is a believer. The All-Star third baseman ultimately had 138 million good reasons to commit his long-term future to the Mets, but yesterday said negotiations...
Alderson: Dickey could stay with Mets even without new deal
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As much as the Mets would like closure on R.A. Dickey’s status, they aren’t about to act reflexively. With the two sides still apart on a potential...
Mets, Wright both taking chances with mega-deal
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As the Mets and David Wright moved toward their historic agreement, Sandy Alderson met with the team’s owners to make sure everyone was on the same page....
WATCH: J.R.’s buzzer-beater lifts Knicks over Bobcats; Anthony may miss Heat game
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Whatta way to head to South Beach! J.R. Smith, who was in a seven-game shooting slump and who couldn’t hit the side of a milk truck Wednesday...
LeBron, Heat know Knicks are legit threat
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — LeBron James was in New York Wednesday night to accept his Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year Award, but you can make a case King James can’t...
Knicks face measuring stick against Heat
MIAMI — This was where the harshest of all basketball lessons was delivered, where the strictest of all sentences was meted out. Here, in this city so often blessed by...
LT: 'Unbelievable' Jets sitting McElroy
Former Jets running back LaDainian Tomlinson said he believes coach Rex Ryan made a mistake selecting Mark Sanchez as his starting quarterback over Greg McElroy. “This is unbelievable to me...
Jets' Tebow: Injured teen ‘inspiration to me’
Jets quarterback Tim Tebow talked about the phone call he placed to an injured teenager Monday night. Tebow called Matt Hardy, 17, of Albany after a Twitter campaign was launched...
Rolle delivers tough message to ‘soft’ Giants
From the mouths of emotional and frustrated athletes occasionally comes a profound rallying cry. Almost a year ago, in the face of the Giants’ most dire moment of the 2011...
Jets' Sanchez thinks Ryan was sending 'message' with benching
The Jets are not ready to kick quarterback Mark Sanchez to the curb. After two days of deliberating, Jets coach Rex Ryan named Sanchez his starting quarterback for this week’s...
Jets' Ryan doesn't believe Tebow is healthy
There is no need to be inside Tim Tebow’s head to know that the man struggles to tell a lie. Asked yesterday if he is healthy, if his fractured ribs...
Weatherford sends message to younger Giants
The later it gets in the season, the longer players need to be at the team facility. This is advice from veteran punter Steve Weatherford, aimed most specifically at the...
Starr Report
Veteran TV producer Ed. Weinberger is returning to the small screen next month with TV One’s new sitcom, “Belle’s,” starring Keith David, Elise Neal, Tami Roman, Ella Joyce and Miguel...
Drama mama
With “The Walking Dead” back in the grave for a few months, what’s a sci-fi/horror geek to watch to get them through the lonely holiday season?: “American Horror Story: Asylum”...
Now that ‘Homeland’ jumped the shark, here’s your new spy series
The time is 1976 and Ruth Gilmartin (Michele Dockery of “Downton Abbey”), a graduate student with a 7-year-old son, goes to visit her mum, Sally (Charlotte Rampling). She is disturbed...
Phil’s car is back
TV’s favorite shrink is riding high again. Dr. Phil McGraw, whose gleaming 1957 Chevy Bel Air was jacked from Rodz repair shop in Southern California last August, has been reunited...
Kick off: 35 bowl games in 19 days
There’s a flag on the play! Ten-yard penalty for roughing the viewers. ESPN put out its schedule of 34 college football bowl games airing later this month — and it...
Are single-host talk shows dead?
Julie Chen has five good reasons why her daytime show, “The Talk,” continues to gain viewers in its third season. “The single-host [daytime] format does feel dated and obsolete for...
Weird but true
The atmosphere in Washington, DC, apparently was just too toxic. Nefertiti, the world’s first “spidernaut,’’ was sent on a 42 million mile journey aboard the International Space Station and came...
Knicks beat Bobcats on J.R. Smith buzzer beater
With Carmelo Anthony nursing a sore finger, the New York Knicks turned to J.R. Smith for the last shot and he delivered. Smith hit a fallaway jumper from the left...