February 21, 2013
Giants’ Mara discusses contracts, Super Bowl precautions
The Giants have a lot of questions that need answering this offseason and team co-owner John Mara gave some insight into what those answers could be.While in Indianapolis for the...
Developers want to raise proposed Brooklyn Bridge Park complex three feet to avoid massive flood damage
These guys want to put their Brooklyn Bridge Park plans on a pedestal. The developers tapped to bring a hotel and residential complex to Pier 1 near Old Fulton St...
Knee injury was boon for Wagner star Rivers
For the first time in his basketball career, Latif Rivers suffered a serious injury. It may have been the best thing to happen to the Wagner College junior guard. While...
Career thief gets 20 years for vicious robberies on Manhattan boutiques
A violent career thief was sentenced today to 20 years to life in prison for a string of 2011 gunpoint kidnap-robberies at Manhattan boutiques. Albert Anderson, 50, would tie the...
A-Rod says he wants 'to be part' of Yankees in first comments since alleged PED ties
Alex Rodriguez said Thursday that he wants to remain part of the Yankees in his first comments since being tied to alleged performance-enhancing drug use."I am conducting two rehab sessions...
Les Miserables: Detroit named saddest city in US
With its violent crimes, high unemployment, dwindling population and financial crisis, Detroit was named on Thursday as the most miserable city in the United States. It toppled Miami, which held...
Crook who fatally shot cab driver refuses to apologize to family, gets 30 years
A defiant career criminal was sentenced today to 30 years in prison for the 2009 shooting death of a Bronx livery cab driver who refused to hand over his hard...
Bronx 'grave robber' arraigned
The guards at Riker’s Island better keep an eye on the precious metals. A disheveled-looking Louis Paduto, 56, was arraigned today on grand larceny, cemetery desecration and criminal mischief charges...
'Good Person of Szechwan' is a hit at LaMama
As today's headlines and Twitter feeds get eaten up by the Shia LaBeouf affair (in short: he was canned from the Broadway revival of "Orphans"), I'd rather write about seeing...
America's 'worst deadbeat dad' pleads guilty to owing $1.2M in child support
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — A New York man once dubbed by prosecutors as the government's most wanted deadbeat parent pleaded guilty Thursday to owing more than $1.2 million to three...
Rex: 'No validity' to reports Jets talked Revis trade
Rex Ryan denied rumors that the Jets were shopping Darrelle Revis in January just after John Idzik was hired as the team’s general manager.“The man hadn’t been on the job...
Ryan saving Jets' predictions for end of season
At the NFL scouting combine two years ago, Rex Ryan made one of his grandiose guarantees. "I believe this is the year that we're going to win the Super Bowl,"...
Drew Peterson gets 38 years for murdering third wife
JOLIET, Ill. — Drew Peterson — the swaggering former suburban Chicago police officer who gained notoriety after his much-younger fourth wife vanished in 2007 — was sentenced to 38 years...
Boy calls 911 because he's not ready for bedtime
BROCKTON, Mass. — Police in Massachusetts say a 10-year-old boy called 911 because he didn't want to go to bed. Brockton police say the boy made the emergency call just...
Yankees 'toying' with swapping Granderson, Gardner in outfield
TAMPA -- Provided a choice Curtis Granderson would continue to dig his cleats into the most sacred patch of baseball grass in the universe: center field at Yankee Stadium.Yet, there...
49ers GM says team has not decided on future of Jets target Smith
The 49ers haven’t figured out exactly what they’re going to do with Alex Smith yet.San Francisco general manager Trent Baalke said Thursday at a press conference that he went to...
Knicks trade Brewer to Thunder, agree to terms with former Nets star Martin
The Knicks made a minor deal at today’s 3 p.m. deadline, trading out-of-the-rotation guard Ronnie Brewer to Oklahoma City for a 2014 second-round pick to clear a roster spot for...
Devastated Lin didn't 'want to play' after Rockets trade
The Rockets were considered winners in their Wednesday night trade with the Kings, but Jeremy Lin didn’t feel that way. The Houston guard described a deflated locker room after the...
Biden tries to rally support for gun control in Conn. speech
DANBURY, Conn. — Vice President Joe Biden is trying to rally support for the administration's proposals to curb gun violence, saying there will be a moral price to pay for...
Man with massive arsenal arraigned after threatening Cuomo, Bloomberg, other pols on Facebook
WHITE PLAINS — A man from the New York City suburbs made death threats on Facebook against Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, several members of Congress and all supporters...
Seahawks' Sherman: Jets' Revis was talking 'like a little girl'
Richard Sherman isn’t done yet.The Seahawks cornerback apparently didn’t get his fill blasting Jets star Darrelle Revis during a Twitter tete-a-tete Wednesday. Sherman was back at it Thursday, saying Revis...
The Rock’s ‘Snitch’ is a snooze
A glorified TV movie, “Snitch” adds a novel new argument you can present to your kids when you’re lecturing them to stay away from drugs: Your old man might end...
Fordham's Smith to miss remainder of season with broken hand
Fordham has once again been bitten by the injury bug. Rams guard Bryan Smith will miss the remainder of the season for Fordham after suffering a broken right hand, The...
Former NY governor David Paterson to teach at Harlem medical school
Former New York governor David Paterson has a new post: teaching medical students about health care policy. Touro College says Paterson is joining the faculty at its College of Osteopathic...
Getaway driver in Figoski slaying, Michael Velez, to head to jail for probation violation
A man acquitted of murder last week in the shooting death of an NYPD officer is going to jail -- for a little while anyway. Cops said Michael Velez violated...
Nets coach says Deron won't be completely healthy the entire season
P.J. Carlesimo admitted in a radio interview Thursday what has been obvious for weeks – that Deron Williams isn’t going to be at full strength before the end of the...
Rays' Price backtracks from anti-Yankees comments
Beard-loving Rays ace David Price is trying to smooth things over with the Yankees, days after saying he would not sign with the franchise due to its policy against facial...
Bed-Stuy woman steals $33K from child
A Bedford-Stuyvesant woman stole $33,000 meant for a child whose grandmother had died, authorities said. Katrina Perry, 56, took benefits meant to support her own niece who had been adopted...
Morrison allegedly choked wife so hard she almost passed out last month: cops
Disgraced New York anchorman Rob Morrison allegedly choked his fellow journalist wife so hard in a prior drunken attack last month that she nearly passed out, Connecticut cops disclosed today....
Al Qaeda tipsheet on avoiding drones found in Mali
TIMBUKTU, Mali — One of the last things the bearded fighters did before leaving this city was to drive to the market where traders lay their carpets out in the...
AROUND THE CAGE: MMA's greatest drug problem is actually legal
MMA fighters don’t need to patronize some shady anti-aging clinic like Biogenesis. They don’t need deer antler spray. No, the only thing some of the top athletes in the sport...
Texans' Cushing on block by Jets' Slauson: 'There was nothing clean about it'
Brian Cushing has watched the block from Jets offensive lineman Matt Slauson multiple times since it happened and maintains “there was nothing clean about it.”The Texans linebacker tore his ACL...
Lady Gaga thanks fans for support after hip surgery
Lady Gaga says she's had surgery to fix her hip. The 26-year-old singer posted on her blog late Wednesday that she had hip surgery and it "happened so fast." She...
Passenger traffic at NY metro area's airports neared all-time high in 2012
NEWARK — Passenger traffic at the New York area's four commercial airports increased in 2012 despite closures caused by Superstorm Sandy. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey...
Spam sales help boost Hormel's first-quarter net income
AUSTIN, Minn. — Hormel Foods Corp. said Thursday its net income edged up as higher sales of Spam and Hormel chili and other products helped offset higher costs for grain...
Sales of previously occupied homes in January rose to second-highest level in three years
WASHINGTON — US sales of previously occupied homes rose in January to the second-highest level in three years, a sign that the housing market is sustaining its recovery and helping...
Thoughts on the PlayStation 4 Reveal
We’re just over 12 hours removed from the biggest gaming announcement of 2013 so far and the industry is still buzzing about the PlayStation 4 reveal.The Post Game Report was...
Flu shot only 9 percent effective in protecting seniors
ATLANTA — For those 65 and older, this season's flu shot is only 9 percent effective against the most common and dangerous flu bug, according to a startling new government...
Girl, 8, escapes kidnapper by running into Bronx school
An 8-year-old girl escaped from a man who allegedly tried to abduct her this morning by ducking into her Bronx elementary school, authorities said. The girl was near the stairway...
Tyson sues Live Nation over alleged embezzlement
LOS ANGELES — Mike Tyson sued a financial services firm owned by Live Nation Entertainment on Wednesday, claiming one of its advisers embezzled more than $300,000 from the former heavyweight...
Brooks handling himself well for Nets despite being on trading block
You could understand if MarShon Brooks didn’t have his head in Wednesday night’s game in Milwaukee.After a promising rookie year – one that saw him average double-figures and land a...
One hurt in Williamsburg fire
One person was hurt in a two-alarm blaze in Williamsburg this morning, authorities said. The fire started about 9:30 a.m. in the second floor of a 3-story home on Maujer...
House where Bruce Springsteen wrote 'Born To Run' for sale
LONG BRANCH, NJ — For about $350,000, some lucky home-buyer can purchase a slice of New Jersey's music history. The Asbury Park Press reports the two-bedroom cottage in Long Branch...
Rhode Island police charge two Queens residents with credit card fraud
WEST GREENWICH, RI — Rhode Island State Police have charged two New York City residents with obtaining credit cards through fraudulent means after finding dozens of cards in their vehicle....
'Whitey' Bulger treated for irregular heartbeat
BOSTON — A friend says James "Whitey" Bulger was taken to a hospital recently for an irregular heartbeat, at least his third trip to a hospital since the reputed mobster...
Four people indicted over salmonella outbreak tied to peanut processing plant
ATLANTA — A federal grand jury indicted four former employees of a peanut company linked to a 2009 salmonella outbreak that killed nine people and sickened hundreds, leading to one...
Person struck and killed by F train in Queens
A man was struck and killed by a subway in an apparent suicide in Queens this morning, authorities said. The 39-year-old was hit by a Queens-bound F train about 10:30...
Yankees counting on depth to make up for loss of Soriano
TAMPA -- The assumption the Yankees' bullpen took a hit when Rafael Soriano opted out and became a National might be wrong because there is a good chance the seven-man...
Fornino's pizza joint expanding to Brooklyn Bridge Park
One of the city’s most popular pizza joints has been tapped to serve wood-fired oven pizzas and operate a beer garden on a rooftop restaurant at Brooklyn Bridge Park.City officials...
Jets' Tebow cancels speech at controversial Dallas church
Tim Tebow will pass on this brewing controversy. The Jets backup quarterback tweeted out on Thursday morning that he has canceled his April 28 speaking engagement at First Baptist Church...
Private US firms take major role vs. cyberattacks
WASHINGTON — When Kevin Mandia, a retired military cybercrime investigator, decided to expose China as a primary threat to US computer networks, he didn't have to consult with American diplomats...
POST-CAST: Van Gundy joins Vaccaro, Hale for Knicks, Nets talk
Former Knicks coach and current ESPN analyst Jeff Van Gundy joins Post columnist Mike Vaccaro and reporter Mark Hale to talk some hoops. Van Gundy talks about whether he'd rather...
Couple hoping to obtain class-action status for lawsuit filed against Carnival over stranded cruise ship
MIAMI — A couple are hoping to obtain class-action status for a lawsuit they've filed against Carnival Cruise Lines following an engine-room fire that stranded a ship for days in...
3 killed, at least 4 others injured after Maserati, SUV gunfight causes deadly Vegas Strip crash
LAS VEGAS — Bullets were flying from a black Range Rover at a gray Maserati as the vehicles raced toward a red light on the Las Vegas Strip. Beneath the...
Cosmos draw 200 to first combine, sign ex-MLS striker Peri Marosevic
The New York Cosmos added Peri Marosevic today, after the striker impressed at a Long Island combine that drew over 200 hopefuls. “The quality at the combine was impressive and...
Water in LA hotel tasted funny for weeks, decomposed body found in roof tower
LOS ANGELES — British tourist Michael Baugh and his wife said water had only trickled for days as they brushed their teeth, showered and drank from the taps at the...
Cosmos sign Guatemalan international and US nemesis Henry Lopez
Less than two years ago, Henry Lopez helped hand the U.S. one of the most humbling moments in its soccer history. Now the young Guatemalan National Team striker will be...
Correx cop busted after fight with hubby turned violent
An off-duty corrections officer was arrested today in Queens after a fight with her husband spun out of control, authorities said. Latessha Govan, 37, was in a heated argument with...
US consumer prices flat in January
WASHINGTON — US consumer prices were flat in January from December for the second month in a row, the latest sign inflation is in check. That could give the Federal...
Unemployment applications up 20,000 last week to 362,000
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits jumped 20,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 362,000, though it remains at a level that suggests slow but steady improvement...
Ja Rule leaves upstate prison in gun case, heads straight into federal custody in tax case
Platinum-selling rapper Ja Rule left an upstate New York prison Thursday morning after serving most of his two-year sentence for illegal gun possession and headed straight into federal custody in...
3 British men convicted of plotting terrorist attacks that were intended to be bigger than 2005 London transit bombings
LONDON — Three young British Muslims were convicted Thursday of plotting terrorist bomb attacks that prosecutors said were intended to be bigger than the 2005 London transit bombings. A London...
Wal-Mart outlook wary even as profit rises
As Americans' financial fortunes go, so goes Wal-Mart. The world's largest retailer on Thursday reported that a lower tax rate helped boost net income by 8.6 percent during the fourth...
Car bomb in Syrian capital kills 53, state media says
DAMASCUS, Syria — A car bombing near Syria's ruling party headquarters in Damascus killed 53 people on Thursday, according to state media, while mortar rounds exploded near the army's central...
Donor controversy taking toll on Sen. Menendez's popularity: poll
TRENTON, NJ — A new poll shows a donor controversy is taking a toll on Sen. Robert Menendez's popularity. The Quinnipiac University poll out Thursday shows the Democrat's job approval...
Pistorius still waiting on bail hearing outcome as lead investigator faces charges
PRETORIA, South Africa — Ahead of a judge's decision on whether to release Oscar Pistorius on bail, South African police on Thursday appointed a new chief detective in the murder...
Nike suspends contract with Pistorius
Nike suspended its contract with disgraced Olympian Oscar Pistorius. The athletic apparel company released a statement on its website Wednesday announcing a split with Pistorius, the South African Paralympic runner...
Man struck, killed by NYPD cruiser in Queens accident
A pedestrian was killed this morning in Queens when he ran into the path of an oncoming police car, authorities said. The unidentified man darted into traffic, mid-block on 40th...
Scouting combine all about Revis for Jets
New Jets general manager John Idzik gets a second crack at addressing the Darrelle Revis situation today when he speaks to the media at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis....
It’s time for Knicks to push panic button after disastrous start to second half
INDIANAPOLIS — Mike Woodson said earlier this week he wasn’t going to “panic” over the Knicks’ disappointing showing before the NBA All-Star break — when they lost three of their...
Knicks crushed by Pacers to open second half
INDIANAPOLIS — The Knicks hadn’t played in a week because of the All-Star break. It looked like they hadn’t played in a year. They are a mess, and picked the...
Woodson: Knicks can beat Heat without trade
INDIANAPOLIS — As much as they investigated, the Knicks are expected to stand pat at Thursday’s 3 p.m. trading deadline for the second straight year. The reasons are partly because...
5 dead after small jet crashes in Georgia
THOMSON, Ga. — Investigators combed Georgia woods Thursday for clues about what led a small jet to overshoot an airport runway and crash, killing five people on board and injuring...
Freeney: Giants 'would be a dream;' talks up Rex's Jets, too
Free agent Dwight Freeney says “I can’t see myself going to a non-winner’’ and the pass-rushing defensive end knows one team that fills that requirement. Freeney said playing for the...
Yankees' A-Rod spotted for first time since PED scandal
Alex Rodriguez was spotted leaving an Upper West Side restaurant yesterday for the first time since his name was linked to Biogenesis, the now shuttered anti-aging clinic in Coral Gables,...
Wheeler looks ‘like a No. 1’ against live Mets batters
PORT ST. LUCIE — Zack Wheeler is a big name in Mets camp, but until yesterday many of his potential future teammates had never seen him throw a pitch. It...
An Amazin’ mix of hope and cynicism from Mets fans
PORT ST. LUCIE — Even here, even in February, even as a beautiful orange sun rules a pristine blue sky — Hey! Those are Mets colors! — it doesn’t take...
Mets' Murphy in waiting game
PORT ST. LUCIE — Daniel Murphy has a strained right rib cage muscle and received a cortisone shot. Now comes the hard part for the Mets second baseman: not swinging...
Lead investigator in Pistorius case faces attempted murder charges in 2011 shooting: police
PRETORIA, South Africa — South African police say the lead investigator in the case against Olympian Oscar Pistorius faces attempted murder charges in an October 2011 shooting. Police Brig. Neville...
Business briefs
Fed minutesSeveral Federal Reserve policymakers said the central bank should be ready to vary the pace of its $85 billion in monthly bond buys, according to minutes of a Federal...
JCPenney’s dark tactics revealed in Martha feud
So much dirt was flying that even Martha Stewart couldn’t clean it all up. Kicking off a three-week courtroom battle, Macy’s attorneys accused JCPenney CEO Ron Johnson of mounting a...
NY Times tries to dump Boston Globe, again
The fire sale at the New York Times Co. continues. The embattled publishing company yesterday put its Boston Globe newspaper on the block — again — as part of an...
Crack open retirement funds to boost economy
Here’s more on my attempt to single-handedly keep our politicians from destroying the US economy. I know — this is probably a futile and foolish effort. But since I have...
LinkedIn paid no federal income tax over past three years: watchdog
When it comes to tech and taxes, Facebook isn’t the only one catching big breaks. LinkedIn also got relief from the IRS, paying no federal income tax over the past...
Herbalife prez goes on offense
Herbalife had some good news to tell investors yesterday — but they didn’t seem impressed. Despite posting better than expected fourth-quarter profit and a positive 2013 outlook, the company saw...
$weet ad tweets
Twitter, seeking to boost revenue, said it will work with partners including Adobe Systems and Salesforce.com to sell ads appearing alongside its 140-character status updates. Software that taps into Twitter’s...
UBS bonuses caught in wringer
Dude, where’s my bonus? That’s the question bankers at UBS have been asking themselves over the past few weeks. While most of their colleagues on the Street either have received...
Jamie Dimon defends dual leadership roles as shareholders call for him to give up title
The reigning king of Wall Street wears two crowns — and he plans to keep it that way. JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has no intention of relinquishing his chairmanship,...
PS4 lets gamers network
Sony is ready to share the PlayStation 4 with the world. The Japanese electronics giant unveiled the new gaming system yesterday, hyping the machine as a “supercharged PC” with the...
Pinterest in the money
Pinterest, an online bulletin board where members share photos, raised $200 million in a financing round that values the company at $2.5 billion. The funding was led by Valiant Capital...
Tesla CEO says electric-car company on road to profitability
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the electric-car company is on the road to profitability despite posting a bigger-than-expected loss in the latest quarter. “We have high confidence we will have...
Dish misses its mark
Dish Network, the second-largest US satellite-TV provider, reported fourth-quarter profit that trailed estimates after the cost of acquiring customers rose. Dish would consider partnering with Sprint Nextel, its rival in...
Brewer tie-up twist
Let’s just say they’re trying to resolve the merger dispute over a couple of cold ones.The US Justice Department and Anheuser-Busch InBev, embroiled in a court fight over whether AB...
Go to Hill!
There’s nothing small-bore about Boerum Hill townhouses. In fact, they’re getting prices that one would have never thought possible, with some reaching beyond the $4 million mark. James Cornell and...
Just sold!
Manhattan CLINTON $313,500 310 W. 56th St. Studio co-op, 500 square feet, with three closets, wall of windows and separate kitchen; building features doorman, laundry and storage. Maintenance $1,041, 35...
Watts up
"I just loved it immediately,” comedian and musician Reggie Watts says of Williamsburg, the neighborhood he’s called home since 2008. Two and a half years were spent sleeping on friends’...
Secret’s out
Want to live like a Victoria’s Secret supermodel? It’s not as expensive as you might think. Runway-strutting Angel Lindsay Ellingson, who’s also modeled for Chanel and Dolce & Gabbana, has...
Huntley pals in 30G ripoff
Two cronies of ex-state Sen. Shirley Huntley pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $30,000 in taxpayer funds from a bogus not-for-profit group founded by Huntley, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced...
Fash on delivery
The Postal Service is putting its stamp on fashion.Heavy-duty coats, hats, jackets and footwear inspired by mail carriers will soon be hanging on the racks at premium department stores such...
US Marines drink snake blood in Thai training exercise called 'Cobra Gold 2013'
Women won the right to join men in battle, but they probably weren’t expecting to face something like this. A group of US Marines, including several female leathernecks, drank the...
‘Poor’ pol tripped up
He’s still too poor to pay for a lawyer and now claims his house is on the brink of foreclosure, but embattled Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. still has the coin...
Dolan deposed in Milwaukee child-abuse cases
Timothy Cardinal Dolan was grilled for three hours yesterday by lawyers for hundreds of people who said they were sexually abused by Milwaukee priests. Dolan — who was archbishop of...
School bus firm boots 100-plus matrons after loss of money from strike
Welcome back — now get out! The owner of a Brooklyn school-bus firm abruptly booted more than 100 matrons who returned to work for the first time yesterday since going...
New boost for charters
Kids enrolled in the city’s charter schools gain the equivalent of an additional five months of learning in math and one month in reading on average annually compared to kids...
Times Square is NYC's happiest spot
Times Square isn’t just the crossroads of the world — it’s the happiest spot in the Big Apple. The flashy strip and its surrounding streets — along with Midtown in...
One ‘L’ of a late-night crowd
For Williamsburg hipsters, rush hour comes at 1 a.m. The Bedford Avenue L-train subway stop, the epicenter of the hip Brooklyn, is as crowded in the wee hours of the...
MTA worker rap in brass theft
An MTA worker was caught stealing $11,000 in brass subway parts, which he resold as scrap, officials said yesterday. Keith Barton, 62, was charged with grand larceny and criminal possession...
MetroCards more accountable
The MTA said yesterday that MetroCards can now carry balances for unlimited rides and pay-per-ride purchases at the same time. The change eliminates the need to have separate cards for...
‘Suicide’ train flub
A Bronx man narrowly escaped death yesterday after throwing himself in front of a subway train in Manhattan, cops said.The 26-year-old straphanger leaped in front of an uptown 1 train...
Upstate pregnant jail guard charged in inmate ‘rape’
A female correction officer was arrested and charged with rape yesterday after it was discovered that she had been impregnated by an inmate in an upstate facility, a published report...
Violent gang preying on passengers at Bronx subway station
Police yesterday were searching for a gang of violent creeps wanted in a series of robberies at the 174th Street/Grand Concourse subway station in The Bronx. The gang of toughs,...
NYPD Daily Blotter
The Bronx The man pictured is suspected of raping a woman in a building in the Norwood section, authorities said. The 27-year-old woman was apparently alone at work Sunday at...
Rockin’ Robin
ABC anchor Robin Roberts made a dramatic return to TV yesterday, nearly six months after she was sidelined with a rare blood disorder and underwent a debilitating bone-marrow transplant. Looking...
‘Hot rock’ hunt on ice as Diamond District lab clams up
An Israeli diamond dealer traced a $300,000 stolen gem to Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, but the trail went cold after a laboratory refused to reveal information about its new “owner,” according...
NJ ♥s Chris, but likes Hill more
New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie will likely cruise to re-election this fall with a record-shattering 74 percent job-approval rating, but he trails Hillary Rodham Clinton among Garden State voters...
Carrión snags Indie backing
Former Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión won the Independence Party’s endorsement and ballot line for mayor last night — but his candidacy ignited blowback from the White House. Carrión, a...
Fuss‘budget’ Lhota: $$ crisis is coming
The next mayor is going to face a budget crisis because government spending during Mayor Bloomberg’s tenure spiraled “out of control,” Republican mayoral candidate Joe Lhota said yesterday. “The expenses...
Homeless man sues parents for ‘too little love’
He blames his parents — for everything! A Brooklyn man slapped his mom and dad with a $200,000 lawsuit that blames them for leaving him homeless and destitute because they...
Brooklyn bride-to-be lost her engagement ring on the subway - and got it back 2 months later
A Brooklyn bride-to-be unknowingly lost her three-carat diamond engagement ring at a subway station — then got it back two months later thanks to a kindhearted stranger. Hager Elsayed, a...
Judge nix on ‘200G thief’ plea
The brother of disgraced former city jails chaplain Rabbi Leib Glanz revealed in court yesterday that their 90-year-old dad doesn’t know they pleaded guilty to stealing more than $200,000 in...
2nd pol admits love child
WASHINGTON — Pete Domenici, a longtime Republican senator from New Mexico, yesterday acknowledged that he had a secret love child more than 30 years ago with the daughter of his...
Disgraced TV anchor Rob Morrison drowns sorrows at Conn. bar after resigning from CBS
Veteran anchorman Rob Morrison resigned in shame from CBS yesterday over his drunken, wife-choking arrest — and then bellied up to a Connecticut bar to drown out his sorrows. “I...
WTC-lease guy at ‘war’
Developer Larry Silverstein is accusing American Airlines of trying to have it both ways over whether or not the terror attack on the World Trade Center was an “act of...
‘Lo cut’ loaner ruined
Maybe she should alter her behavior instead. Loopy Lindsay Lohan borrowed a $1,750 ballroom gown to wear to a Fashion Week gala, but when she returned the designer dress, it...
Contractor watch
City lawmakers want to bar fly-by-night contractors from preying on the tens of thousands of homeowners who want to raise their homes above flood levels under a new bill introduced...
Teach-eval deadline
ALBANY — The city and its teachers union will have until June 1 to come up with their own teacher-evaluation plan or the state education commissioner will impose one under...
Work shifts ‘Penta-gone’
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon yesterday told its 800,000 civilian employees to brace for unpaid furloughs, unless President Obama and Congress stop deep federal-spending cuts set to hit next week. The...
Obama treasury pick Lew has poor memory on NYU loan
WASHINGTON — Jack Lew, President Obama’s pick for treasury secretary, says he doesn’t remember the terms of a $1.4 million loan he got from NYU when he was an exec...
Pistorius sought 6 more guns before slay
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Oscar Pistorius applied for firearm licenses for six more guns weeks before the shooting death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp inside his house on Feb. 14, according...
Pistorious shooting details back murder theory
“Blade Runner” Oscar Pistorius shot his model girlfriend at a downward angle through the bathroom door — indicating he put on his prosthetic legs before opening fire on the helpless...
Not fighting back
This week, a cutting-edge security firm in Virginia, Mandiant, reported that it had traced major cyber-attacks on 140 US and other Western targets back not merely to China but to...
Doling out dollars for downton
The Issue: The success of “Downton Abbey,” and whether it’s cause to end public funding of PBS. *** The editorial “Downton Abbey’s Welfare” (Feb. 16) is rather misleading. The American...
Expect maximum fallout from new minimum wage
The Issue: President Obama’s call for a raise in the federal minimum wage rate to $9 an hour. *** It is incomprehensible that President Obama would propose raising the minimum...
An american in Paris
Vive Maurice! Maurice Taylor, that is. Taylor is CEO of Titan International, a global US wheel-and-tire company. Recently, the French government approached Taylor about taking over a troubled tire factory....
Street smarts
Mayor Bloomberg may have been inartful when he declared Tuesday that “no one is sleeping on the streets.” But the attacks on him for it have been worse. In a...
Cuomo’s sunset strip
Gov. Cuomo yesterday said he’s introducing a bill that will force New York City, finally, to grade its teachers. Now it’ll be up to parents to grade Cuomo: Will his...
Solitary confinement’s ugly toll
‘Zero Dark Thirty,” a nominee for Sunday’s Oscar as Best Picture, reignited debate about whether the waterboarding of terrorism suspects was torture. This practice, which ended in 2003, was used...
The gun distraction
The economy shrank last quarter, gas prices just hit a record high for February, unemployment’s still near 8 percent and the sequester’s about to take a meat cleaver to the...
Naked and damned
‘This was supposed to be fun,” a performer protests during Juliana F. May’s “Commentary = not thing.” If you’d read the show’s advance billing, you might have been wondering the...
Jets' Revis, Seahawks' Sherman engage in Twitter war
A battle between two of the best cornerbacks in the NFL is being played out on Twitter. After weeks of needling from Seahawks star Richard Sherman, Darrelle Revis responded yesterday,...
Sports Shorts
NFL: Pats cornerback convicted Patriots cornerback Alfonzo Dennard faces up to five years in prison after he was convicted of assaulting a police officer in Lincoln, Neb., last April. A...
Winter storm halts 1st round at Match Play
MARANA, Ariz. — The best 64 golfers in the world got together for the first time this season and a snow fight broke out. In the most bizarre episode of...
Meadowlands Graded Entries
Post Time: 7:15 p.m.Best Bet: Image of Dawn (10th)FIRST: Mile pace; $9,500; cond8 Cheyenne Miriam(SAllard)5-3-24-110 Ms Caila J Fra(DMiller)10-2-13-15 Real Comfort(SChiodo)7-1-39-21 R Marie Hanover(TButer)9-3-715-12 Goin Shoppin(MMiller)4-6-X8-13 Justhaventmetuyet(JMarhn)6-8-520-14 Shark Lightning(YGingras)4-10-910-16 Dreaming...
Gulfstream Analysis
Post Time: 12:45 p.m.FIRST-1 mile; $22,500; clm($10,000); 4upSTARSHIP CAPTAIN finished third this level while going shorter. AVIES PEGASUS drops in class for return to dirt. DROP IT NOW was a...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:30 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 6 fur; $23,000; mdn clm($16,000); 3YODREAM OF SCIPIO adds Lasix and makes local debut for new barn after finishing...
Armstrong will not interview under oath
AUSTIN, Texas — Lance Armstrong will not do a tell-all interview under oath with the agency that exposed his performance-enhancing drug use and took his seven Tour de France titles....
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6f; $29,000; cl($16,000); 4up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Swiss Tart(L),118J Alvarado9-4-1Jacobson6-12 Kings Village(L),111GRodriguz3-5-5Yonghns30-13 W.W.'sLdy'sMn(L),113K Coa3-1-9Barker8-14 Al's Lark(L),118D Cohen2-3-1Jacobson5-15 Alston Gunter(L),118CVelasquz1-2-3Galluscio4-16 Catalan(L),115J Ortiz1-3-4Levine3-17 Rigby(L),118I Ortiz,...
Tampa Bay Downs Charts
February 20th, 2013 Clear And Fast. Turf Firm.©2013 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6f; $11,000; mdn cl($12,500); 3upOff: 12:39. Good. trackd,clr lead,lastedTime: 23.43, 47.5, 1:.11, 1:13.38.Trainer: Richard WoodsonWinner: DK B/ G, 4,...
Today's Sports on the Air
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The Post Line
NCAA BasketballFavoriteLineUnderdogTEMPLE1 1/2La SalleUCONN1 1/2CincinnatiARKANSAS9GeorgiaDELAWARE2 1/2DrexelFIU4 1/2UalrNORTH TEXAS5FauLA.-LAF.5TroyW. KENTUCKY15La.-MonroeMIDDLE TENN.14South Ala.ILLINOIS15 1/2Penn St.Duke13VA. TECHOREGON6CaliforniaCOLORADO12 1/2UtahSan Francisco2 1/2LOYOLA MRYMNTPORTLANDPickSan DiegoStanford1OREGON ST.ST. MARY'S (CA.)8ByuGA. SOUTHERN1WoffordCHTTANOOGA3 1/2Unc GrnsboroTENN. TECH10 1/2Ut-MartinElon2 1/2SAMFORDNBAFavoriteLineUnderdogHeat3BULLSCLIPPERS3 1/2SpursNHLFavoriteLineUnderdogRangers$105-125SENATORSCANADIENS$150-170IslandersDevils$105-125CAPITALSHURRICANES$135-155JetsMAPLE LEAFS$130-150SabresFLYERS$130-150PanthersBruins$100-120LIGHTNINGRED...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYFeb. 21FRIFeb. 22SATFeb. 23SUNFeb. 24MONFeb. 25TUEFeb. 26WEDFeb. 27KnicksNOGAMETor.7:00MSGESPNNOGAMEPhi.7:00MSGESPNNOGAMENO GAMEG.S.8:00MSG/ESPNESPNNetsNOGAMEHou.7:30YESWFANNOGAMEMem.7:00YES/ESPNWFANNOGAMEN.O.8:00YESWFANNO GAMENOGAMENO GAMENO GAMEPitt.NoonMSGWBBRNOGAMENOGAMENO GAMERangersOttawa7:30MSG NetworkESPN 98.7 FMNO GAMEMon.7:00MSGESPNNO GAMENOGAMEWin.7:00MSGESPNNO GAMEIslandersMontreal7:30MSG Plus 2WRHU 88.7 FMNOGAMEBuf.7:00MSG+WRHUCar.7:00MSG+2WRHUNOGAMEBos.7:30NBCSNWRHUNO GAMEDevilsWashington7:00MSG PlusWFAN 660 AM/101.9 FMNOGAMEWas.12:00MSG+WFANWin.5:00MSG+WBBRNOGAMENO GAMENO GAMEYankeesNO...
Knicks' Shumpert still in slump
INDIANAPOLIS — Iman Shumpert had a companion during his All-Star break trip to Houston, where he did some promotional appearances. The Knicks coaches and video staff gave him a DVD...
Devils head to Washington for back-to-back
The Devils were two wins away from a trip to the White House last summer, but they didn’t quite make it there. Due to a quirk in the lockout-shortened NHL...
Rangers hope Nash returns Saturday; Tortorella wants team to step it up
As concern mounts over the condition of Rick Nash, who did not accompany the Rangers to Ottawa for tonight’s opener of a two-game trip that concludes in Montreal on Saturday,...
Rangers' Gilroy looking for more play in third period
The Rangers’ sixth defenseman has accounted for 24 third-period shifts in 15 games, a total that includes 11 such shifts in two blowout losses to the Penguins. The math tells...
NFL considering Hollywood makeover for scouting combine
INDIANAPOLIS — Hey, it worked for Simon Cowell. An “American Idol”-inspired format is just one of several changes to the scouting combine being mulled by the NFL as the annual...
Yankees' Jeter plays it safe for infield drill
TAMPA — Derek Jeter participated in the infield-fly drill Wednesday but was instructed not to race around the infield and shallow outfield. “He looked OK. I didn’t want him running...
Smith, Pierce big names linked to Nets at deadline
MILWAUKEE — When Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov returns to watch his team play in Brooklyn tomorrow, will he see any new players on his team? That’s the question that remains...
Nets sweep Bucks in back-to-back with another close win
MILWAUKEE — For the second straight night, the Nets beat the Bucks. And, for the second straight night, it wasn’t easy. The surging Nets (33-22), who are a game behind...
With fewer runs,Yankees will need a healthy staff
TAMPA — A reporter (not me, by the way) recently was peppering Brian Cashman with what a lineup containing Ichiro Suzuki, Brett Gardner and, perhaps, Eduardo Nunez would offer in...
Bulging disk sits Yankees' Hughes for two weeks
TAMPA — Phil Hughes’ bulging disk in his upper back could morph into an extensive and throbbing headache for the Yankees. Hughes, the No. 4 starter, was diagnosed with a...
Rays ace Price turned off by 'old school' Yankees' facial-hair policy
David Price says there would be a major stubbling block to him signing a long-term deal with the Yankees. The superstar Rays lefty, who some envision as the ace of...
Ken Burns victory in ‘Central Park Five’ doc ruling
Ken Burns says the PBS version of his latest documentary, “Central Park Five,” won’t differ much from the version now in theaters. “There’s a little nip and tuck here and...
Drama Mama
Your weekly guide to TV’s best and worst one-hour shows. What is so funny? Comedies get all sentimental on us through the end of the month, which leaves Mama wondering...
Ex-Raven Ray Lewis flies to ESPN gig
Retired NFL star Ray Lewis is joining ESPN as an analyst, network president John Skipper confirmed yesterday. Lewis, who retired after last month’s Super Bowl — in which his Baltimore...
Flower power
Attention, shoppers: Young Carrie Bradshaw on Fifth Avenue — looking very happy to be back in the city again. AnnaSophia Robb this week is filming a new episode of “The...
Can anyone save ‘Smash’?
Sometimes the damage to a TV show, through bad creative decisions at the top, cannot be undone. Consider the case of NBC’s “Smash.” The behind-the-scenes Broadway musical drama was promoted...
Weird but true
Millions of blackbirds and starlings have taken to the skies over Hopkinsville, Ky., before roosting at dusk. Unlike in the Hitchcock flick, they don’t gang up on humans. A local...
St. John's wins, but Lavin rips lazy effort
Steve Lavin is a player’s coach, a master of one-liners and platitudes, a positive preacher who tells almost every player to take the shot if open. But behind the scenes,...
Nets' Williams to get cortisone shots
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Nets sweep Bucks in back-to-back nail-biters
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Feast & famine
Every Monday and Thursday, glamorous British journalist Mimi Spencer follows the same ultra-restrictive diet — low-sugar muesli, a splash of 1 percent milk and a couple of strawberries at breakfast,...
Doc refuses to answer subpoena about why he gave Michael Jackson clean bill of health
An elusive New York doctor is refusing to answer a subpoena about the clean bill of health he gave Michael Jackson just months before the pop icon died, according to...
Knicks embarrassed by Pacers, J.R. Smith ejected
INDIANAPOLIS — The Knicks hadn’t played in a week because of the All-Star break. It looked like they hadn’t played in a year. They are a mess, and picked the...
Independence Party nominates Carrion to run for mayor
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School janitor gets 20 years for raping 12-year-old student
A Brooklyn school janitor convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl who attended his middle school was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison yesterday as his family sobbed in...