December 13, 2012
Frail-looking Anthony Marshall appears in court for appellate hearing
A frail, pale, weary-looking Anthony Marshall was rolled in his wheelchair into the audience of the Manhattan Appellate Division today -- the unofficial Exhibit A in arguments that he really...
Tractor-trailer fatally hits elderly man in The Bronx
An elderly man was run over by a tractor-trailer Thursday afternoon while crossing a busy Bronx street, police sources said. Ignacio Cubano, 69, was crossing East 138th Street at around...
WATCH: Beautiful blonde chooses MMA fighting over NFL cheerleading
A former NFL cheerleader is trying to make the transition to MMA and so far she looks pretty good doing it.Rachel Wray, a drop-dead gorgeous blonde, spent last year as...
NICKEL COVERAGE: Best receiver tandem in football, Jets winning but still unwatchable
During the NFL season, The Post’s Anthony Sulla-Heffinger will break down five storylines to watch for each week. Giants vs Falcons gives fans a receiver showcase There is no denying...
Ichiro close to re-signing with Yankees for two years between $12, 13 million
The Yankees and Ichiro Suzuki are finalizing a two-year deal for between $12 and $13 million that will keep the veteran right-fielder in pinstripes as he chases 3,000 hits.According to...
‘E! True Hollywood Story’ tells Amanda Bynes to go home & stay there
Time to see if troubled kid star Amanda Bynes has the kind of box office that Lindsay Lohan has been giving the TV tabloids. Bynes, the former Nickelodeon star who...
FDNY hunk cleared of felony assault in trial against glamorous transsexual girlfriend
He didn't choke her. He didn't tamper with her testimony. But he did assault her -- a little. A Manhattan jury has reached a final, though mixed, verdict in the...
Dempster signs two-year, $26.5M deal with Red Sox
BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox have agreed to terms with right-hander Ryan Dempster on a two-year contract worth $26.5 million, two people familiar with the negotiations said Thursday. Red...
After 17 years, pair wrongly imprisoned for murder set free
Two people who spent 17 years in prison for the 1995 murder of livery cab driver Baithe Diop in The Bronx before being freed when evidence emerged they did not...
BEST BETS: UFC on FX 6
The first season of “The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes” will conclude Friday night in Australia. UFC fans in the United Kingdom and Down Under got their first taste of “TUF”...
Susan Rice pulls out as candidate for Secretary of State
Embattled UN Ambassador Susan Rice has taken her name out of the race for secretary of state, three months after her controversial comments on the Benghazi attack, according to broadcast...
Man dies after falling onto LIRR tracks
An elderly man was killed this morning after he tumbled into the railroad tracks in Little Neck this morning, and was hit by an LIRR train, authorities said. He fell...
Giants' Prince likely to miss Falcons game with hamstring strain
Prince Amukamara has played in 11 consecutive games this season after shaking off an early hamstring injury but it looks as if he is not going to make it 12...
Giants' Hosley: Falcons WRs struggle in press game
Jayron Hosley is Next Rookie Up.Prince Amukamara's hamstring will force Hosley to corner Roddy White and Julio Jones opposite Corey Webster when the Giants' playoff push resumes Sunday in Atlanta."Both...
Officials: Libyan gov't slowing embassy attack probe
WASHINGTON — US counterterrorism officials told lawmakers Thursday that uncooperative or less-than-capable local law enforcement in Libya, Egypt and Tunisia is slowing the search for suspects in the death of...
Rutgers suspends coach Rice for bad language, behavior
Rutgers has suspended coach Mike Rice three games without pay and fined him $50,000 for a violation of department policy. Athletic director Tim Pernetti announced the decision Thursday. He said...
NY top court extends 9/11 benefits for 3 police officers
ALBANY — New York's highest court on Thursday upheld claims for enhanced disability and death benefits initially denied for three police officers who claimed their cancers resulted or worsened from...
Hamilton signs five-year, $125 million deal with Angels
For the second straight offseason, the Angels have landed the best free-agent hitter on the market. Former Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton has agreed to a five-year, $125 million contract with...
Kobe not surprised at Knicks' Anthony having MVP season
Kobe Bryant has already seen seen Carmelo Anthony have an MVP-like performance, similar to what he's doing with the Knicks this season. The difference this time Bryant said is Anthony...
Mayans are wrong, world not ending: Vatican official
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican's top astronomer has some assurances to offer: The world won't be ending in 10 days, despite predictions to the contrary. The Rev. Jose Funes, director...
WATCH: Sandler makes fun of Jets' Sanchez at Sandy benefit concert
The Jets were the butt of the joke even at a concert raising money for hurricane relief.In Adam Sandler’s “Sandy, Screw Ya” song Wednesday night at the 12-12-12 benefit at...
TVD: Who will live to see the new year?
In a season that saw heroine Elena Gilbert become a vampire – not to mention dumping long-time love Stefan Salvatore for his bad-boy brother Damon -- tonight is huge for...
D'Antoni doesn't regret coming to Knicks, just leaving Nash
Mike D’Antoni may regret leaving Steve Nash, but he raved about his time in New York as Knicks coach on Thursday morning as he was set to return to Madison...
'Drunk' driver in fatal Queensboro Bridge crash faces up to 25 years in jail after turning down plea deal
A man who turned down a six-month plea deal after cops said he drunkenly drove his car off a Queensboro Bridge ramp -- killing a pedestrian and destroying two businesses...
NFL considering increasing playoffs to 14 or 16 teams
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said the league would spend the next few months exploring playoff expansion to 14 or 16 teams. Currently, 12 teams make the playoffs — eight division...
NY, NJ, CT governors urge Congress to make storm aid decision before holidays
ALBANY — The governors of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut on Thursday issued a powerful plea to Congress: Don't leave for the holidays until you decide on aid for...
Five people arrested in Queens gun-trafficking crackdown
Authorities say five people have been arrested in a crackdown on gun trafficking in southeast Queens. The arrests were announced Thursday by District Attorney Richard A. Brown and Police Commissioner...
Christmas travel season could be busiest in six years
This Christmas travel season could be the busiest in six years, with AAA predicting that 93.3 million Americans will hit the road. That's 1.6 percent more than last year and...
Giants' Nicks practices; still no sign of Bradshaw
Hakeem Nicks on Thursday was on the practice field, a good sign for the Giants. Ahmad Bradshaw was not and it becomes more and more evident that the Giants are...
Jets' Powell has fractured toe, expected to play Monday
Jets running back Bilal Powell suffered a fractured toe in Sunday's game with the Jagaurs.The injury will keep him out of practice Thursday, but coach Rex Ryan is optimistic that...
Ryan: Tebow active vs. Titans, but only as backup QB
Jets coach Rex Ryan talked in circles Thursday when asked about Tim Tebow's health and his role. Ryan said Tebow will be active for Monday's game, but he will not...
Woodson: I 'scared' Knicks into playing hard after D'Antoni left
Mike Woodson, in reflecting how he changed the losing to winning after taking over the Knicks for Mike D’Antoni last March, said he may have “scared them into playing’’ hard.Thursday...
Rex brushes off Braylon's 'idiots' comment, thinks WR will play Monday
Jets coach Rex Ryan said newly acquired wide receiver Braylon Edwards has been medically cleared to practice and he expects him to play in the game on Monday in Tennessee.The...
Torres leaving Mets to reunite with Giants
SAN FRANCISCO — Andres Torres is returning to the San Francisco Giants, who gave the outfielder his first chance as a regular two years ago. Torres agreed to a $2...
Oscar Watch: 'Lincoln' leads nods as De Niro learns you can only insult the HFPA so much
To no one's surprise, "Lincoln'' leads today's Golden Globe nominations with seven. There were actually fewer surprises than in Screen Actors Guild nominations as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association made...
Best Buy founder expected to make fully-financed offer for electronics retailer by mid-December deadline: report
Best Buy Co Inc founder Richard Schulze is expected to make a fully financed offer to buy the consumer electronics retailer by a mid-December deadline, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported,...
Name Check: Antonique Smith is 'Yelling to the Sky'
Actress, singer and writer Antonique Smith sat down for a chat with New York Post Name Check's Michael Riedel. The multi- talented artist stars in the independent film “Yelling to...
Red Bulls reach deal to release Rafa Marquez
The Red Bulls came to a mutual release agreement with defender Rafa Márquez. The news was expected, but moving one of the worst signings in MLS history will still be met...
Sprint to pay $2.1 billion for rest of Clearwire wireless network operator
Sprint Nextel has offered to buy out the minority shareholders of Clearwire for $2.1 billion in a deal that would give it total control of the flailing company and also...
WATCH: Ref tries to block free throw by Nets' Humphries
The Nets broke a five-game losing streak Wednesday night in Toronto with a ho-hum 94-88 win over the banged-up Raptors.What was unusual, though, was referee Courtney Kirkland trying to a...
List of nominees for the Golden Globe Awards
Nominees for the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards, announced Thursday in Beverly Hills, Calif.: MOTION PICTURES — Picture, Drama: "Argo," ''Lincoln," ''Life of Pi," ''Django Unchained," ''Zero Dark Thirty." —...
US retail sales up 0.3 percent in November
WASHINGTON — Americans spent more online in November to start the holiday season and began to replace cars and rebuild in the Northeast after Superstorm Sandy. US retail sales rose...
Number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 343,000, lowest total in two months
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell sharply for a fourth straight week, a sign that the job market may be improving. The Labor Department said Thursday...
Five movies to see before the New Year
The holidays are just around the corner which means good cheer, family time and some of the very best movies of the year. Here are five of the best: The...
'Lincoln' leads Golden Globes race with 7 nods
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Steven Spielberg's Civil War epic "Lincoln" led the Golden Globes on Thursday with seven nominations, among them best drama, best director for Spielberg and acting honors...
Big East basketball-only schools to split from rest of conference: source
The Big East Conference, the only to send three teams to a Final Four, will announce Thursday that its non-FBS programs are splitting from their brethren, sources told The Post....
Use smartphone apps to nab a cab ride
New York City's Taxi and Limousine Commission has approved a plan that will let riders use their smartphones to "e-hail" yellow cabs. Under the plan approved Thursday, downloaded apps will...
Large fire rages near Atlanta airport
ATLANTA — Authorities say jets are flying over smoke and flames from a large fire as they approach the runways of Atlanta's airport. WSB-TV reports that the fire was raging...
Google Maps back on iPhone with new app
Google Maps has found its way back to the iPhone. The world's most popular online mapping system returned late Wednesday with the release of the Google Maps' iPhone app. The...
NY voters want legalized marijuana, stricter building codes post-Sandy
ALBANY - Legalize it. Most New York voters favor legalizing marijuana, but by a slim 51-44 majority, according a new poll. Quinnipiac University found the younger the voters, the higher...
Nurse in royal hoax was found hanging from scarf, left three notes behind: coroner
LONDON — A nurse was found hanging in her room three days after she had been duped by a hoax call from Australian DJs about the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge,...
Golden oldies redefine all-star ‘team’
Everyone needs a helping hand — including, as it turns out, the rock superstars who played the massive 12/12/12 concert at Madison Square Garden last night. Several of the featured...
Music legends band together to raise over $30M for Sandy relief in 12-12-12 concert
Victims of Hurricane Sandy victims forget their problems for six precious hours last night, as New Jersey’s favorite sons — Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi — led a world-class...
Ichiro passing on longer deals to return to Yankees: source
Ichiro Suzuki’s love of the Yankees may cost him an additional year and dollars when he signs with the Yankees. According to several industry sources, Ichiro has strongly indicated to...
Brooklyn leaves 3-point trey-gedy behind
TORONTO — After poor 3-point shooting helped the Nets fall into a five-game losing streak, a hot second half behind the arc pulled them out of it. The Nets, who...
Nets struggle before ending five-game dive against Raptors
TORONTO — Even what should be a guaranteed win is a struggle right now for the Nets. The Raptors, a hapless 4-18 outfit missing two starters and dressing just nine...
Different Youkilis evaluations from Valentine, Ventura
You play detective. You try to figure out who Kevin Youkilis is these days, now that the Yankees have given him $12 million to be Alex Rodriguez’s replacement for half...
Joba calls to welcome new Yankees teammate Youkilis
Joba Chamberlain attempted to be the first Yankee to welcome Kevin Youkilis to The Bronx yesterday when he phoned the third baseman with the likely intention of clearing the air....
Landing Kidd instead of Nash working out great for Knicks
Imagine if Knicks general manager Glen Grunwald got his first choice, and Steve Nash and Jeremy Lin were running the Knicks instead of Jason Kidd and Raymond Felton. Certainly they...
Kidd: Amar'e will 'fit in just fine' with Knicks
Jason Kidd confirmed he believes Amar’e Stoudemire will make his season debut in late December and said he thinks Stoudemire’s addition will be smooth. “I think Amare’s close,” Kidd said...
Jeff Probst helps to raise Mark-Paul Gosselaar's children
He’s hosted “Survivor” for more than a decade. Now Jeff Probst is facing a new challenge: fatherhood, helping to raise the children of Mark-Paul Gosselaar – you know him as...
Business briefs
Barclays cutsUK-based Barclays plans to cut as many as 2,000 jobs in its investment bank as part of a broad restructuring of the company, the Wall Street Journal reported late...
Ben: Keep QE till jobless rate is 6.5%
Ben Bernanke, sounding frustrated at the slow pace of the US economic recovery, said the Federal Reserve won’t let up on its stimulus program until the jobless rate falls to...
Move the chain$: Sports pay-TV rates up 16% over 2 yrs.
Whether pay-TV customers watch football or not, they’re about to get blitzed. Sports costs are driving up bills, with cable and satellite-TV providers paying increasingly higher rates to carry national...
NFL’s gamble pays off
The NFL’s bid to boost distribution for its own network is paying off nicely. After striking deals with Time Warner Cable and Cablevision, the NFL Network will see its average...
StubHub plays a wild card on the Yankees
The Yankees have finally dumped StubHub — or so the team thinks. Earlier this week, Major League Baseball Advanced Media signed another contract with StubHub, which will remain the official...
Dish Network's Charlie Ergen sitting pretty after FCC nod
Satellite-guru Charlie Ergen just saw his wireless investment skyrocket. Dish Network, the satellite-TV company controlled by Ergen, won approval from the Federal Communications Commission late Tuesday to build out its...
Fraudster to hedgies: ‘Sorry’
He’s sorry all right. Sam Israel, the hedge-fund manager convicted of running a $450 million Ponzi scheme who faked his own suicide to avoid the slammer, apologized for dragging the...
Report: e-read it & weep
The time will come — and soon — when the once cutting-edge e-reader will hit the e-wastebasket, according to a technology-research firm. E-readers like the original Kindle and Nook have...
Scott James designer wears chaps for real
Manly men of America, you’ve got permission to wear pink. If you think it isn’t masculine to wear pastel pants or bright-colored blazers, maybe Scott Kuhlman can change your mind....
Google gets a break on FTC search probe
Federal regulators are expected to close a year-long probe of Google’s search business without finding any antitrust violations, The Post has learned. The Federal Trade Commission is expected to announce...
Bloggers lose bout
Unpaid bloggers have lost their bid to get an appeals court to restore a lawsuit contending AOL owes them one third — or $105 million — of the $315 million...
Schmidt: Apple lags
Google’s Android is extending its lead over Apple in the mobile-software market at a rate that compares with Microsoft’s expansion in desktop software in the 1990s, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt...
Twitter tarring
Malcolm Harris fought the law — and the law won. The Occupy Wall Street protester who tried to prevent prosecutors from gaining access to his tweets on Twitter pleaded guilty...
Tiger in $60M mauling
Tiger Asia Management, the New York-based hedge fund run by Bill Hwang, pleaded guilty in an insider-trading case and agreed to criminal and civil settlements totaling more than $60 million....
Viacom payout ordered
Viacom, owner of MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central, must allow $12 million to be paid to former investors in Harmonix Music Systems, maker of the video game “Rock Band,” as...
’12 rounds
The year 2012 will go down in real estate history as the year of the 100-year storm — and the $100 million apartment. From a housing perspective, the biggest story...
Deluxe designer deals
This isn’t your average neighborhood garage sale. Park Avenue Garage, a luxury pop-up sale taking place this weekend, features one-of-a-kind goods from the personal collections of Beth Rudin DeWoody, Valesca...
Cobble thrill
‘I really love having friends over. Eating and drinking and having kids around,” actress Kathryn Erbe, 47, says of the sprawling 3,000-square-foot Cobble Hill penthouse that she shares with her...
Just sold!
Manhattan UPPER EAST SIDE $2,200,000 400 E. 67th St. Two-bedroom, 2 1/2-bath condo, 1,417 square feet, with Sub-Zero and Gaggenau kitchen appliances and Zuma soaking tub; building features doorman, parking...
Up to bat
Derek Jeter is looking for a massive bachelor pad, and he’s willing to pay a heavy rent after selling his gargantuan Trump World Tower home for $15.5 million in October....
Just say ‘no’
CAIRO — Egypt’s main opposition alliance called for a “No” vote in the referendum on a disputed constitution rather than a boycott, hours after Islamist President Mohammed Morsi’s government forged...
Perfect dozen: Baby born at 12:12 on 12/12/12
What a lucky baby! She doesn’t even have a name yet, but she does have a great birth date. She was born on 12/12/12 at exactly 12:12 p.m. by Caesarean...
Not guilty, not free
A Bronx judge yesterday vacated the convictions of three men in the 1995 murder of livery driver Baithe Diop — but kept them locked up on a related murder rap...
McAfee sent to US after Guatemala gives him the boot
GUATEMALA CITY — John McAfee’s odyssey on the run opened a new chapter yesterday after Guatemala deported to the United States the former Silicon Valley entrepreneur wanted for questioning in...
Sex attack on UWS
A 27-year-old woman was sexually assaulted in an Upper West Side apartment building, police said yesterday.The suspect pounced on the victim in the elevator of an Amsterdam Avenue building at...
Dems ad-vance their cause
WASHINGTON — The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee launched radio and Web ads yesterday against 21 House Republicans they consider vulnerable over the issue of middle-class tax cuts. The commercials criticize...
Under the fiscal-toe
WASHINGTON — Congress members will be going home for a Christmas holiday — if only in their dreams.Republican leaders yesterday threw cold water on Christmas plans with a stern warning...
Bx. pol’s ‘crook’ $$ for Sandy
ALBANY — The state Senate’s new co-leader pledged yesterday to give $27,500 he received in campaign contributions from a convicted bid-rigger to storm-recovery charities.The donations to Sen. Jeff Klein of...
Bone-a Lisa
Italian art researchers are grinning from ear to ear — they believe they might solve the centuries-old mystery of who was behind “Mona Lisa’s’’ legendary smile. A team is exhuming...
Brit had $um year
Pop star Britney Spears edged past Taylor Swift to claim the title of top-earning woman in music after bringing in an estimated $58 million from her album, endorsements and a...
Minority majority delayed
White people will no longer make up a majority of Americans by 2043, according to new census projections, part of a historic shift that is already reshaping the nation’s schools,...
Absurd ‘out’rage
This could have been the nonstory of the season: Public Advocate and mayoral probable Bill de Blasio’s wife, Chirlane McCray, used to be an out and proud lesbian. Then she...
Ravi Shankar’s sitar goes silent
Ravi Shankar, the sitar legend described as the “godfather of world music” by Beatles guitarist George Harrison, has died at 92. Shankar — the father of Grammy-winning musician Norah Jones...
Etan Patz suspect said boy was still breathing when he dumped body
He claims he killed Etan Patz, but when the man accused of the murder last saw the missing child, the boy was still breathing, according to new details about the...
Mike: Ed’s best mayor
Mayor Bloomberg proclaimed Ed Koch the top mayor of all time last night at a packed Gracie Mansion party.“He’s the greatest mayor New York City had or ever will have,”...
Mall madman stole rifle
PORTLAND, Ore. — The gunman who killed two people and himself in a shooting rampage at an Oregon mall was 22 years old and used a stolen rifle from someone...
‘Oral sex for testimony’
He blew it.A Long Island man attacked by a hatchet-wielding neighbor was busted last week for allegedly requesting oral sex from that man’s fiancée in exchange for positive testimony.Horace Lattimore,...
Tot wanders into traffic
An adorable 2-year-old Bronx girl wandered alone out of her home yesterday and onto a traffic-heavy street — where she was scooped up by a quick-thinking good Samaritan.“As a father,...
Path to jail for Lindsay
LOS ANGELES — A judge revoked Lindsay Lohan’s probation yesterday, and the troubled actress could end up back in jail. Lohan, 26, was an excused no-show when Commissioner Jane Godfrey...
SI man accused of slaying B'klyn shopkeepers says he was a CIA operative ordered to kill
The deranged Staten Island man accused of gunning down three Brooklyn shopkeepers execution-style bizarrely told cops he was a CIA operative ordered to kill Jews by Arab men who paid...
Mick’s 300G love letters
LONDON — A collection of 10 love letters written by Mick Jagger to American singer Marsha Hunt, believed to be the inspiration for the song “Brown Sugar,” sold at Sotheby’s...
‘Killer’ son calls DNA evidence a parent trap
The Queens drug addict accused of killing both his parents 15 months apart callously tried to claim that DNA evidence against him was nothing more than a remnant of his...
FDNY firefighter convicted in partial verdict over fighting with transsexual ex
He may never handle a hose again — at least not as a city firefighter. FDNY calendar hunk Taylor Murphy burst into tears and then ran to the arms of...
$licing up pizza pie
There are now three pricey pizza joints on one Brooklyn block — and not a single slice to be had. Coal-oven legend Patsy Grimaldi ends his retirement today to start...
Salvation Army’s $ecret angel
HORSEHEADS, NY — A gold coin worth $500 wrapped in a $100 bill has been found in a Salvation Army red kettle set up at an upstate shopping plaza.Officials with...
Jesus heist shock
Some grinch stole Jesus!An unholy Brooklyn robber swiped the 4-foot-high statue from a church in Williamsburg — and police are investigating it as a possible hate crime, authorities said.The porcelain...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn *** The three suspects pictured at left are wanted in connection with the theft of credit cards from a car in Midwood, authorities said. The cards were taken from...
Google’s sad No. 1
Whitney Houston, who died in February, edged past “Gangnam Style,” “Hurricane Sandy” and “iPad 3” to top the list of global trending searches in 2012, according to Google’s annual review...
Drew’s baby oughtta be in pictures
A star is born! First-time mom Drew Barrymore introduces 9-week-old baby girl Olive to the public — and into one of Hollywood’s most legendary acting families. Barrymore, 37, says that...
Girl gang called the 'Bad Barbies' on loose in The Bronx
Mattel doesn’t make dolls like this. There’s a new gang in town — a sinister group of hellions wreaking havoc across The Bronx. And the wildest part is they’re women...
GPS puts brake on taxi scams
Coming soon to a taxi near you: a high-tech GPS system that prevents rate scams by creating an invisible “fence” around the five boroughs.The Taxi & Limousine Commission is requiring...
Gov. Cuomo vows to take on state Republican leaders if they don’t back his legislative agenda
ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo’s honeymoon with state Senate Republicans is on the rocks. Cuomo threatened political war yesterday against Senate GOP leader Dean Skelos of Long Island — after two...
Alien perv interned for NJ senator: feds
WASHINGTON — Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) employed in his intern program an illegal immigrant and sex offender arrested by federal immigration officials.An anonymous federal official with knowledge of the arrest...
State pols’ plan for pay raise gets razed
ALBANY — State legislators won’t find a pay raise in their Christmas stocking this year.Gov. Cuomo ruled out a raise for lawmakers, telling New York Public Radio yesterday that there...
‘Elevator fiend’ is arrested
Manhattan cops have arrested the heartless brute who allegedly mugged an elderly woman and stole her heirloom wedding ring in her elevator, authorities said. Freddie Keitt, 33, was picked up...
Plot to castrate and kill Justin Bieber at Madison Square Garden is foiled
They arrested these nuts just in time. Superstar pop singer Justin Bieber was the target of a bizarre plot hatched by an imprisoned, Bieber-obsessed murderer who allegedly dispatched two New...
Hustler Club customer hammered by 28G booze bill
You drink it, you own it. A Manhattan man’s claim that the Hustler Club in Hell’s Kitchen wrongfully slapped him with a $28,000 booze bill during an overnight binge in...
Powdered milk
MADRID — Spanish authorities have arrested a Panamanian woman arriving at the Barcelona airport from Colombia with 3 pounds of cocaine concealed in breast implants.Border police noticed fresh scars and...
Bloomberg holds off on signing bill to curb pedicab rip-offs
Pedicab drivers have a best pal at City Hall — Mayor Bloomberg. Bloomberg, in a surprise move yesterday, decided not to sign a bill that would have cracked down on...
DOE gets $22M to fix schools
The city Department of Education has been awarded $22.7 million in state funding grants to turn around failing schools, officials said yesterday.The money will largely go toward phasing out 15...
Cops smash B’klyn gang
They’re not “Bosses” anymore.Authorities announced the arrest of 41 alleged members of the True Bosses Only gang, which had terrorized Bushwick since it was founded by teens in 2003.One surveillance...
Ex-NY Comptroller Alan Hevesi out of prison after serving 20 months in pension scandal
Disgraced ex-state Comptroller Alan Hevesi savored his first day of freedom yesterday after serving 20 months in prison for his role in a pay-to-play pension scandal. “I’m very, very happy...
Ticket to ride with baggage
DALLAS — American Airlines is changing the way it charges you to fly.American will charge up to $88 more per round trip for passengers who want a basic ticket that...
Hillary: My ’do is a don’t
Hillary Rodham Clinton admits she’s never been good at coiffure — and that being secretary of state is an endless bad hair day. “I do not travel with any hairdresser,...
Films get SAG boost
LOS ANGELES — “Lincoln,” “Les Miserables” and “Silver Linings Playbook” boosted their Academy Awards prospects yesterday with four nominations apiece for the Screen Actors Guild Awards. All three films were...
Text trap in hit
Cops are investigating whether the man executed on a busy Midtown block was lured to his death via text message, law-enforcement sources told The Post yesterday. Brandon Lincoln Woodard, 31,...
Rabbi bleach collar
A Williamsburg business owner has been charged with throwing bleach in the face of an outspoken rabbi who exposes child abuse in the ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn community. Meilech Schnitzler, 36, was...
Where big GOP bucks could matter
Mitt Romney and the GOP lost, but it wasn’t for lack of money. They spent a lot; they just didn’t get enough bang for the buck. Billionaire Sheldon Adelson alone...
Labor’s latest loss
Here we go again. Less than a year after losing their epic battle with the GOP in Wisconsin over much-needed public-sector union reforms, Democrats and their thug allies in the...
NY’s mental-health system: crazy, cruel & dangerous
The Issue: New York laws that make it hard to remove the potentially violent mentally ill from the streets. *** Referring to those who suffer from mental illness as “crazies”...
Labor’s sore losers
Sometimes the pro-union left just needs to take a chill pill and accept defeat; Tuesday, after Michigan passed its right-to-work laws, was one of those times. Sure, the law —...
Mike’s bike balk
Mayor Bloomberg yesterday was moments from signing a much-needed bill that would protect tourists from price-gouging pedicab drivers. Then his gears got stuck. “It’s one of these things that some...
Big house bingo
Former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi was a free man for the first time in 20 months yesterday, released after serving time on a corruption conviction — but leaving the prison...
The bike-lane cancer
City Hall’s campaign to inflict bicycle lanes on a public that largely has no use for them achieved a new milestone of madness this week: The Department of Transportation unleashed...
NY Senate Dems can win respect
If African-American state senators want to be taken seriously by Gov. Cuomo and opinion leaders, they’re going to have to step up their game big-time.They can start by naming a...
A bawdy bacchanal . . . and it’s a show, too
‘Are you having a good time?” an actor asked me during the intermission of “Restoration Comedy,” the new party — sorry, production — at the Flea Theater. It was a...
It’s a wonderful live play
Spoiler alert: Clarence gets his wings. That you know absolutely everything that’s going to happen doesn’t spoil the pleasures of “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play.” Anthony E....
Nice ‘Working’ if you can get it, and they do
‘working” is best described by the subtitle of the book it’s based on, Studs Terkel’s 1974 oral history: “People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel...
‘America’ the beautiful
Don’t go to “What Rhymes With America” expecting a traditional plot, or even a satisfying explanation for the title. Melissa James Gibson’s quirky play meanders gently from cryptic scene to...
Vic Cangialosi at Fair Grounds Graded Entries
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Gulfstream Analysis
Post Time: 12:45 p.m.FIRST-6 fur; $33,700; clm($50,000); 2YOLIVINGSTON SWAGGER dueled, ran second beaten a length in debut at 4-1. BRINK OF WAR was competitive both starts vs. special weights at...
NYRA opening up
Yesterday’s webcast of the first meeting of the NYRA Reorganization Board of Directors from an office in NYC was hard to follow, with the video stream and sound often freezing...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:30 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 1 mile; $26,000; mdn clm($16,000); 3upALPHA ZUMBA plunges from 50G to 16G, might wake up. DENDRITE is 0-for-16 but...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6 fur; $30,000; clm($15,000); 3up(f)PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Born Flirt(L),121P Fragoso5-2-1Araya15-12 Chaka Bwana(L),121K Singh10-10-6Scott50-13 Lily Lynn(L),121C Hill2-7-5Signore6-14 Catinatree(L),116J Ortiz3-3-4Contessa8-55 SuperstitiousLv(L),116W Garcia9-1-3Jacobson5-26 Stellars Theory(L),114K Coa2-2-2Galluscio3-17...
Aqueduct Charts
December 12th, 2012Clear and Good©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6 fur; $37,000; clm($30,000); 3upOff: 12:30. Good. inside bid, drew clearTime: 23.36, 47.01, 58.71, 1:1.99.Trainer: Rudy RodriguezWinner: DK B/ C, 3, by...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYDec. 13FRIDec. 14SATDec. 15SUNDec. 16MONDec. 17TUEDec. 18WEDDec. 19KnicksL.A. Lakers8:00TNTESPN 98.7 FMNOGAMECle.7:30MSGESPNNOGAMEHou.7:30MSGESPNNOGAMENets7:00MSGESPNNetsNOGAMEDet.7:30YESWFANChi.8:00YESWFANNOGAMENOGAMEUtah7:30YESWFANN.Y.K.7:00YESWFANSt. John'sNOGAMENOGAMESt. Fran.5:00TBAWBBRNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEHOMEAWAY
Today's Sports on the Air
Basketball7:30 p.m.High School Basketball: Seguin (Tx.) vs. Kimball (Tx.) ESPNU8 p.m.Lakers at Knicks TNT, ESPN (98.7 FM)8 p.m.High School Basketball: Archbishop Mitty (Ca.) vs. Travis (Tx.) ESPN9:30 p.m.High School Basketball:Simeon...
The Post Line
NFLTonightFavoriteOpeningCurrent(O/U)UnderdogBengals34(45 1/2)EAGLESSundayFALCONS11 1/2(51)GiantsPackers33(42 1/2)BEARSSAINTS33 1/2(54)BuccaneersRAMS33(38)VikingsBROWNSOFFOFF(OFF)RedskinsDOLPHINS77(37)JaguarsBroncos2 1/22 1/2(48)RAVENSTEXANS88 1/2(48)ColtsCHARGERS33(45 1/2)PanthersSeahawks35(42 1/2)x-BuffaloLions6 1/26(44)CARDINALSSteelers+11 1/2(44)COWBOYSRAIDERS2 1/23(43 1/2)ChiefsPATRIOTS35 1/2(47)49ersMondayTITANS11(41 1/2)Jetsx-at TorontoWashington QB questionableHome team in CAPSNCAA BasketballFavoriteLineUnderdogTENNESSEE1Wichita St.Washington7SEATTLEBELMONT3 1/2Middle Tenn.CAL ST.-FULL.16Idaho St.NBAFavoriteLineUnderdogHAWKS10 1/2BobcatsKNICKS5 1/2LakersSpurs5BLAZERS
Sports Shorts
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Drama Mama
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Simon Cowell turned down Carly Rose — twice!
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Weird but true
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