April 7, 2013
Dead woman found on subway tracks
April 7, 2013 | 9:48pmA young woman dressed in leather pants and high heels was found dead on the tracks at the Canal Street station in downtown Manhattan today, sources said. Cops are trying...
UFC on Fuel TV 9 analysis: Mousasi jabs way to easy win over fill-in Latifi
April 7, 2013 | 8:24pmGegard Mousasi’s nickname is “The Dreamcatcher.” It’s not because he always looks half asleep, but it could be.Mousasi is loathed by a portion of the MMA fan base, not because...
Knicks win 12th straight, earn highest win total in 13 years
April 7, 2013 | 7:48pmOKLAHOMA CITY – It’s a dirty dozen for the Knicks and a big 5-0. If the Knicks’ 11-game winning streak needed further validation, they got it in the biggest possible...
Conn. Gov. Malloy says NRA's Wayne LaPierre reminds him of 'clowns at the circus'
April 7, 2013 | 7:09pmHARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy harshly criticized gun industry lobbyists on Sunday, saying they are doing too little to halt gun violence. Just three days after he...
Yankees' Kuroda still in pain, not sure if it'll affect start Monday
April 7, 2013 | 6:45pmDETROIT -- Hiroki Kuroda's right middle finger isn't completely healed and he doesn't know if it will affect his pitching Monday."I would be lying if I said it wasn't bothering...
Patriots' Gronkowski could miss start of season due to infection: report
April 7, 2013 | 6:37pmRob Gronkowski is no lock to be active for the start of the NFL season.The star Patriots tight end, the best at his position in the league, has been dealing...
'Evil Dead' tops weekend box office with estimated $26M
April 7, 2013 | 5:40pmLOS ANGELES — Resurrected demons and resurrected dinosaurs are helping to put some life back into the weekend box office. The demonic horror remake "Evil Dead" debuted at No. 1...
Fashion designer Lilly Pulitzer dies at 81
April 7, 2013 | 5:25pmMIAMI — Lilly Pulitzer, a Palm Beach socialite turned designer whose tropical print dresses became a sensation in the 1960s and later a fashion classic, died Sunday. She was 81....
Mayoral hopeful Joe Lhota attacks fellow candidate Christine Quinn for 'corruption' oversight
April 7, 2013 | 5:08pmAlbany’s corruption tidal wave washed up in the city today, with GOP mayoral hopeful Joe Lhota attacking Democratic frontrunner Christine Quinn for her oversight of member items in the city...
Byrd's two-run walk-off single gives Mets series win over Marlins
April 7, 2013 | 4:56pmMarlon Byrd grounded a two-run single just inside third base in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the New York Mets a 4-3 victory over the Miami Marlins...
Hundreds gather to remember 'Buckwild' star Shain Gandee at funeral
April 7, 2013 | 4:49pmCHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — As hundreds of tearful friends and fans filed past two closed coffins Sunday, a slideshow of family photos showed the simple country life that "Buckwild" reality...
Behind Sabathia's solid outing, Yankees salvage series with Tigers
April 7, 2013 | 4:47pmDETROIT -- CC Sabathia's velocity is a work in progress but the Yankees' ace's pitching IQ is as high as ever. "In the seasons he has been with us his...
Schumer sees immigration deal this week
April 7, 2013 | 4:34pmWASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Schumer said Sunday he's hoping for a bipartisan deal by the end of this week on a sweeping immigration bill to secure the border and allow...
Teen charged with setting Bronx fire that left several residents homeless
April 7, 2013 | 4:26pmA teen intentionally started a three-alarm fire after an argument with her mother in The Bronx, according to the FDNY. Fire Marshalls charged Princess Martinez, 19, of Cedar Avenue in...
Revis unhappy Jets forcing him to participate in voluntary workouts
April 7, 2013 | 4:20pmIt's getting uglier between the Jets and star cornerback Darrelle Revis.The team is requiring Revis to report to voluntary workouts that begin April 15, according to sources, despite the fact...
US diplomat killed in Afghan attack was State Dept. up-and-comer, loved foreign affairs
April 7, 2013 | 4:05pmCHICAGO — Anne Smedinghoff had a quiet ambition and displayed a love of global affairs from an early age, joining the U.S. Foreign Service straight out of college and volunteering...
Senate could start debating gun legislation this week
April 7, 2013 | 2:31pmWASHINGTON — Congress returns Monday from a two-week spring recess with gun control and immigration high on the Senate's agenda. Senators could start debating Democratic-written gun legislation before week's end....
North Korea may be preparing to test missile, South Korean official says
April 7, 2013 | 12:48pmSEOUL, South Korea — A top South Korean national security official said Sunday that North Korea may be setting the stage for a missile test or another provocative act with...
WATCH: 'SNL' spoofs Rutgers, N. Korea situations
April 7, 2013 | 7:54amMike Rice has some competition. "Saturday Night Live" spoofed the Rutgers University men’s basketball firestorm and North Korea situation on this weekend’s episode, which was hosted by comedian Melissa McCarthy....
Syracuse rally falls short; Michigan heads to final
April 7, 2013 | 6:31amATLANTA — For a conference that was said to be down this season, that was laughed at after the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament, the Big East almost threw...
Sudden end leaves Orange with regret
April 7, 2013 | 6:28amATLANTA — When you get to the Final Four, and it ends before you get a chance to play for the national championship, to climb a ladder and cut down...
WATCH: Video shows Washington Heights cat burglar fleeing
April 7, 2013 | 4:22amA cat burglar who ripped off three Washington Heights apartments in a five-hour spree in mid-March was caught fleeing on surveillance video. The sneaky crook got into apartments through an...
Syracuse falls in Final Four heartbreaker to Michigan
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amATLANTA -- For a conference that was said to be down this season, that was laughed at after the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament, the Big East almost threw...
SI horror: ‘My bank sank my credit’
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amAdd credit scores to the list of things destroyed by Superstorm Sandy. Allison, a Staten Island homeowner in her 40s who asked that her last name not be used, had...
Man vs. machine
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amMassive fraud in the high-speed trading markets is escaping detection because regulators and exchanges are dithering on a powerful supercomputer to uncover the scams, The Post has learned. And as...
Workforce with no workers
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amAs I was was preparing to write this column about the March unemployment results, a seemingly stray e-mail popped up among the usual ads from JCrew and Zappos. This e-mail...
College ‘screening’ to lower student debt
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amSilicon Valley is building an ivory tower. As banks wrote off another $3 billion in student loan debt in the first two months of 2013 alone (a 36 percent jump...
The dot-music row
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amThe dot-com monopoly could be nearing the end. ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, kicks off its annual meeting in Beijing today as it moves closer to...
Balazs looking for new investors for Standard
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amAndre Balazs is wooing new investors for his Standard Hotels’ expansion plans. Balazs said he is looking to help replace one or more investors in The Standard, Highline Hotel who...
Boomers working longer to cover health costs
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amMore and more over-55s are finding that retirement just doesn’t work for them. Especially financially. So if it seems as though there are more commuters with a, let’s say, tasteful...
Currency wars are going nuclear
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amAsia’s nuclear nightmare last week did not come from North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, but from new Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda’s shock-and-awe bond-market implosion. Central bankers across the globe...
Whitney writes a counterpunch
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amProminent bank analyst Meredith Whitney comes out swinging at critics in her debut book, “Fate of the States.” The Wall Street financial analyst, who made headlines with her accurate 2007...
Help for a taxing time of the year
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amIf you’re looking for an app that provides current and past tax rates and helps you calculate what you owe, you might want to check out Bloomberg BNA’s Quick Tax...
Confusing house rules
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amDear John: I’m currently 40 months behind on my mortgage and have unsuccessfully been trying to work out a modification with HSBC ever since we were [first] delinquent. According to...
The week's winners and losers
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amWINNERS JIMMY FALLON ‘Late Night’ host gets new pact, including taking over ‘Tonight’ in 2014. And talk ain’t cheap. MIKAEL HED CEO of Rovio, the company behind ‘Angry Birds,’ feathers...
Dirty pols sink Andy
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amThere are many who scoff at Andrew Cuomo’s chances in a presidential primary campaign, but I am not among them. His name is an iconic Democratic brand, he’s forceful on...
Death toll at NYC construction sites tripled last year
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amThe death toll at city-construction sites more than tripled last year, to 21 from six the year before, a federal report revealed. Building collapses and falls caused eight deaths each,...
Kerry returns to Mideast
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amWASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry headed to the Middle East yesterday, his third trip to the region in two weeks, in a fresh bid to unlock Israeli-Palestinian peace...
Quick ‘cat’ robs 3 apts. in 5 hrs.
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amA cat burglar ripped off three Washington Heights apartments in five hours, police said yesterday.The crook got into four apartments through a common alley — and made his getaway from...
Man critical after Midtown plunge
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amA man was in critical condition after falling from a six-story building in Hell’s Kitchen early this morning, authorities said.The unidentified victim plunged into the courtyard between two apartment buildings...
Lost gal’s guinea-pig NYPD suit
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amShe stopped to get directions — and got sent to the slammer.A Yonkers woman claims police falsely accused her of drunken driving and used her as a “guinea pig” in...
Cop's girlfriend killed after she was hit by livery cab and possibly dragged
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amA Westchester woman was killed in Harlem early yesterday after she was mowed down by a livery cab driven by an unlicensed driver, police sources said. The 21-year-old Mount Vernon...
Preacher’s son meets tragic end
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amLAKE FOREST, Calif. — Popular evangelical Pastor Rick Warren’s 27-year-old son committed suicide yesterday, Warren’s church announced. Matthew, the youngest of Rick and Kay Warren’s three kids, had struggled with...
Could you lose weight in your sleep?
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amIn your dreams! A new rapid weight-loss diet claims you can actually lose while you snooze. Sounds like silly pillow talk, but Caroline Apovian, an obesity doctor and the author...
Freak ‘machete’ death
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amA gentlemanly Brooklyn brawler ditched his machete because he preferred fighting with his fists — but ended up dead in a freakish turn of fate yesterday, authorities said.Miguel Jimenez and...
SI cops shoot pit bull
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amCops shot dead a pit bull in a Staten Island park yesterday after a dog fight got out of hand, police said. The chaotic scene erupted when a woman walked...
NYPD Daily Blotter
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amBrooklyn *** A Laundromat can’t clean up this perv. Cops are looking for a man (pictured here) who allegedly molested women and teen girls in four Laundromats in Canarsie and...
US missile test off amid Korea clamor
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amWASHINGTON — The Pentagon has delayed an intercontinental ballistic missile test for next week at an Air Force base in California amid mounting tensions with North Korea, a senior defense...
Hit-run truck leaves man clinging to life
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amA man is fighting to survive after a hit-and-run truck driver plowed into him as he crossed a Staten Island street yesterday afternoon, authorities said. The unidentified man and a...
'Jersey Shore' hangover: After MTV stardom, real reality sets in
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amFour months ago, Deena Cortese was still a star. She had appeared on Jimmy Fallon, Jay Leno, “The View” — just about every talk show there is. She was a...
Drug lord shapes up
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amA drug kingpin who controlled a multimillion-dollar cocaine empire in Queens that was so lucrative his lifestyle became the stuff of rap lyrics and street legend, is now in the...
Twitter priest blasts Mike’s ‘false profits’
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amA priest at a beloved Brooklyn church used Twitter as his pulpit to blast the FDNY’s ticket-writing inspectors for taking part in a Mayor Bloomberg “scam.” Father Michael Gelfant, the...
Get smart — tough new exams coming
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amThere’s no cramming for the Common Core. New York students in grades 3 to 8 are bracing for new math and English tests starting April 16 that will be tougher...
Pope’s humble abode
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amThis pope doesn’t need to be treated like a king. The newly minted Catholic leader has rejected the opulent new digs traditionally reserved for pontiffs in the Apostolic Palace —...
Ready to dance up a storm
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amNot even Sandy’s wrath can ruin a girl’s prom night. Teenage victims of October’s killer storm were having a ball yesterday, busy choosing from nearly 1,000 donated prom dresses and...
Honus card grabs $2.1M
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amA rare Honus Wagner baseball card, dubbed the “Holy Grail” of sports memorabilia, was sold yesterday for a public-auction record $2.1 million, according to Goldin Auctions. The price of the...
Smith’s busted driver got 5G ‘pot’ of gold
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amState Sen. Malcolm Smith’s driver is due in court tomorrow after being busted for driving while smoking pot. But instead of being disciplined by the embattled lawmaker, the chauffeur got...
Meet Preet Bharara, the man behind Wall Street, Albany takedowns
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amHe was Born to Run! Manhattan federal prosecutor Preet Bharara was at a Bruce Springsteen concert last October when the Boss called out to him. “This one’s for Preet Bharara!”...
Castro schemed to illegally register voters: court papers
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amVoter fraud was one of ex-Bronx Assemblyman Nelson Castro’s tricks for gaining power, court papers obtained by The Post show. Castro schemed to illegally register dozens of voters in his...
Wine company donating to NY politician pushing for bill that could boost prices to $7 a bottle
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amState Sen. Jeff Klein’s campaign cup is spilling over with $33,000 in cash from a national wine distributor that would almost singularly benefit from a bill the Bronx lawmaker authored....
Scandal-stung GOP loses out on Bloomy bucks
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amRepublican Party leaders enmeshed in a corruption scandal are about to get another kick in the stomach: Mayor Bloomberg isn’t going to fund the local GOP county committees anymore. Bloomberg...
Pawn biz refuses to give cops info
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amThey refuse to be pawns to a police state. A city pawnbroker company is suing the NYPD in Brooklyn federal court for $61 million, claiming it’s being bullied to reveal...
Dozens flee blaze
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amA spectacular top-floor blaze in The Bronx yesterday morning force dozens of people to flee their homes. Flames ripped through two apartments on the sixth floor and one on the...
Ship honors 9/11 victims
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amA Navy ship named in honor of the victims and first responders of the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon joined the fleet yesterday — serving both as a floating tribute...
Nuts beau ‘stab slay’
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amA violence-prone Brooklyn man stabbed his girlfriend to death and then turned his knife on himself in a botched suicide yesterday, police sources said.Alexander Santiago, 44, nearly decapitated girlfriend Tara...
Cop grid tribute
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amThe NYPD football team played a game last night in memory of a Manhattan cop and teammate recently killed in a car crash on Long Island. Joseph Pritchard, 30, of...
Dupe’s ‘I’ll do it again’
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amHe’s a mogul in his own mind! The blind vagrant who landed in jail last week for trying to steal a Brooklyn building from a man with the same exact...
Mow death on D-train tracks
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amA Washington Heights man was killed by a subway train yesterday when he went down to the tracks to get something he had dropped, police said.John Williams, 58, was struck...
Retired FDNY dispatcher shares racial hate on his blog
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amEdmund Schneider could make even the FDNY’s worst tweeters cringe. The former city fire dispatcher from Long Island writes a blog at FDNYRetiree.com that blazes with hatred of “Negroes,” “Mooslims”...
Let’s do shots! Village diners get vaccine
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amAbout 70 diners lined up for free vaccinations yesterday courtesy of the city’s Health Department over fears they may have been infected with the potentially deadly hepatitis A virus after...
Tourists beware: Councilwoman wants to make it a crime to buy knockoff handbags
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amDrop the Gucci, and put your hands up! Councilwoman Margaret Chin wants to make it a crime to buy sham Chanels, pirated Pradas and other counterfeit handbags in Chinatown. The...
Several NYC police precincts only issued a handful of speeding tickets last year: data
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amGive us a brake! As Mayor Bloomberg battles the state Senate for speed cameras around schools, lead-footed drivers are getting a free ride. Several police precincts issued only a handful...
Idaho slays at pot farm
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amThree people were shot to death at an Idaho pit-bull business that doubled as an indoor pot farm, cops said. Brent Christensen, 61, his son, Trent, 32, and Yavette Carter,...
Afghan attacks kill Yanks
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amKANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A car-bomb blast in Afghanistan yesterday killed five Americans, including three US soldiers and a young diplomat. Also, an American civilian died in a separate attack in...
Bombs astray!
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amWhen John Wayne played Genghis Khan in the 1956 film, “The Conquerer,” he quickly secured his place on every “Worst Films of all Time” list for the next 50 years,...
The welfare cowboys
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amYou’ve seen Charles Binder and his 10-gallon hat on the late-night TV commercials. You may mistake him for an ambulance chaser, but he isn’t. He’s the Welfare Cowboy, vowing to...
Bloomy: They’re all losers
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amExcerpts from Mayor Bloomberg’s WOR radio show on Friday about New York politics: The system is broken. It’s like the school system. It’s designed for the people that work there...
In your facelift, LA!
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amIn the 40 years since Johnny Carson hijacked “The Tonight Show” from Rockefeller Center to Burbank, the palmy blur New Yorkers call “Los Angeles” lost most of its mystique. We...
Kerry’s missing crew
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amSecretary of State John Kerry is worth some $200 million, give or take a yacht. So his decision to slap a 5% pay cut on himself in solidarity with government...
Playing with fire
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amRecent reports by The Post about disgusting online photos and comments by Emergency Medical Service technicians sent a useful wake-up call to the city’s first-responders. Racist and anti-Semitic tweets by...
Dems for disability
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amThe only two things that Jonah Goldberg left out of his article on the explosion of Social Security disability payments was that the huge enrollment in recent years helped reduce...
Required reading
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amThe Interestings by Meg Wolitzer (Riverhead) An author who calls her book “The Interestings” runs a risk. But Wolitzer’s story of six teenage friends from an artsy upstate summer camp,...
In my library Al Leiter
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amAfter 19 seasons in the major leagues, Al Leiter traded his pitcher’s glove for a microphone. That was back in 2006: He’d just finished spring training with the Yankees when...
Designing woman
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amHow to Create the Perfect Wife Britain’s Most Ineligible Bachelor and His Enlightened Quest to Train the Ideal Mate by Wendy Moore Basic Books In a radio segment called “Creepiest Celebrity...
'Boots' camp
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amWe've seen him in pearls and a prayer shawl — happily, not at the same time, but in “Hairspray” and “Fiddler on the Roof” — and his trademark growl has...
A bunch of munch!
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amRichard Belzer has a lot on his plate. When he’s not busy cynically tracking down bad guys on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” the stand-up comedian is rounding up...
Why Common Core matters
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amThe biggest new thing in American public education these days is a two-volume, 230-page, written-by-committee document called the Common Core State Standards. Forty-five states have pledged to the federal government...
Cracking the core
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amBig Apple schools have a tough new “core.” The city has launched an ambitious plan aimed at giving all students a set of math and English skills deemed keys to...
“I couldn’t find love — so I dated my fans”
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amThink it’s hard being a woman and trying to date in New York City? Try throwing in being a professional touring musician. When you spend months at a time on...
Frisky business!
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amThe baseball bulldog Sinatra, a 5-year-old Frenchie, works alongside owner Jay Goldberg at the Bergino Baseball Clubhouse, a downtown shop dedicated to America’s great pastime. The dog’s eyes look blue...
1st Grade
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amWHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW In math, students will work with whole numbers and place value. They will group numbers into tens and ones, and learn to add and subtract...
2nd Grade
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amWHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW In math, students will extend their understanding of place value to the hundreds place. They will use this to solve word problems, such as those...
3rd Grade
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amWHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW In math, students will develop an understanding of fractions as numbers. They will learn the concepts behind multiplication and division and apply problem-solving skills and...
4th Grade
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amWHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW Children will use addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to solve word problems, tackling measurement of volume, mass, and time. Students will learn more about fractions—creating...
5th Grade
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amWHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW Students will advance in math to work with decimals up to the hundreds place. Students will also add, subtract, and multiply fractions, including fractions with...
6th Grade
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amWHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW In math, your child will learn the concept of rates and ratios and use these tools to solve word problems. Students will work on dividing...
7th Grade
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amWHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW In math, students will develop their understanding of rates and ratios, using tables, graphs, and equations to solve real-world problems involving proportional relationships. Students will...
8th Grade
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amWHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW Students tackle the Pythagorean theorem, bringing their math to a higher level of algebraic reasoning and knowledge of the properties of operations. With their understanding...
High School English 9-12
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amWHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW In high-school English Language Arts, students will read works of literature and informational texts — with a critical eye. They will read classic and contemporary...
Grade: Kindergarten
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amWHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW In math, your child will focus on two important areas: 1) learning numbers and what numbers represent and 2) addition and subtraction. Students will also...
High school math grades 9-12
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amWHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW In high school, students will use a deeper understanding of mathematics to solve real-world problems. While in elementary and middle school, the math skills children...
Hot for Hot Chip
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amDon’t try and tell Hot Chip that New York audiences don’t dance. For the best part of 10 years, the Londoners have been moving exponentially larger crowds all over town...
Jackie Robinson: My New York
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amBack in 1947, age 28, Jackie Robinson started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers and instantly entered the history books, breaking baseball’s color barrier by becoming the first African-American...
O-M-G!
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amThe G. The short train. The hipster zipster. Site of your post-last call, 4 a.m. nightmare where-the-hell-is-this-thing wait. The New Jersey of subway lines. For as long as anyone can...
Crashing finale
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amTwo games shook the Internet this week, sending Web sites crashing as fans tried to follow the dramatic finish of the London Candidates tournament to choose the next world championship...
Bridge
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amIn the prestigious Blue Ribbon Pairs at the ACBL’s 2012 Fall Championships, the winners were John Diamond and Brian Platnick.In today’s deal Diamond opened one club as North, showing some...
When the Common Core tests will be given
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amGrades K-2: While Common Core standards are taught, students in these grades do not take any state exams. Teachers use assessments at their own discretion. Grades 3–8 English Language Arts...
Exclusively on YouTube
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amDisney’s “Song of the South’’ hasn’t been legally available in any form in the US since its last theatrical release in 1986, but you can find it with a few...
Women members, expanded coverage show Augusta finally is stepping into 21st Century
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amFor most of the last decade, there have been three constants at The Masters: azaleas, pimento cheese sandwiches and the chairman of Augusta National Golf Club being asked when a...
Yanks can learn from Red Sox approach to free agency
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amThe Red Sox could move from the Yankees’ main rival to, of all things, their mentors — at least when it comes to roster construction. In fact, if Boston is...
FSU pass-rusher among top German prospects ever
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amThe Post breaks down linebackers and defensive linemen in Part 3 of our five-part NFL Draft preview. Next week: running backs and offensive linemen. The land of fussball is starting...
Report: Feds eyeing Murdock for extortion
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amA report surfaced last night revealing the FBI is investigating Eric Murdock, the former director of basketball player development at Rutgers, to determine whether Murdock tried to extort money from...
Sports Shorts
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amNCAA: Hurley close to extension at Rhode Island Danny Hurley, the New Jersey product, is close to signing an extension to remain as coach at Rhode Island, according to Sports...
Derby-bound Verrazano captures Wood Memorial
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amVerrazano didn’t smash the field like some expected, but what he did do, on the way to victory in yesterday’s $1,000,000 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct, will bridge a path directly...
Aqueduct Analysis
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amPost Time: 12:50 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 1 mile; $32,000; clm($20,000); 4upADIRONDACK EXPRESS came off the pace to win at this distance and price four days...
Tomorrow’s Parx Entries
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amAll horses appear in post position orderFIRST-5 1/2 fur; $30,000; clm($25,000); 4&5YO PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Shoeless Joe(L),122RMontanz2-2-3Hedus2-12 Hail His Grace(L),122K Cecilx-x-xWhylie12-13 JimmyWindows(L),117TMcCrthy7-2-7Velazqez9-24 Meadow Cat(L),118A Suarez3-4-4Rodrigez8-15 Straight On(L),122K Frey5-5-xTzortzks12-16 Rovin...
Vic Cangialosi at Keeneland Graded Entries
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amFIRST-6 fur; $20,000; clm($30,000); 3up10-Mr Garde 5-16-Xmas Sky 6-11-Don't Want It 50-17-Overt 8-12-AlphabetJeblr50-18-Coabey 15-13-Aji 15-19-Strong Humor 8-14-TuscanTreasre6-111-CruiseDirector 9-25-Distortionist 3-112-FastFlyingFist15-1SECOND-6 fur; $31,000; clm($25,000); 4up7-New Believer 3-16-Archenland 8-11-Mr. Prankster 4-18-Keniko 9-22-Gentlemnsprvl15-19-Stormy Going...
Aqueduct Charts
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amApril 6th, 2013 Clear and Fast Turf Firm ©2013 Equibase. All Rights Reserved FIRST-6 1/2 fur; $62,000; alw; 3up(f) Off: 12:52. Good. 2p, geared down late Time: 23.84, 47.02, 1:11.1,...
Meadowlands Results
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amFIRST: mile pace; $25,000; handicap4Transcending(DMller)18.207.002.803Statesman N (J Campbell)2.802.102Major Belle (A Miller)2.60* Exacta (4-3) $61.00 * Trifecta (4-3-2) $161.60Scr: Abelard Hanover.SECOND: mile pace; $10,000; cond7OldeTmHocky(AMllr)2.802.102.104ContrabndHnover(RPerce)2.602.401Always There (C Manzi)3.00* Exacta (7-4) $6.80...
Home Team Lineups
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amTODAYApr. 7MONApr. 8TUEApr. 9WEDApr. 10THUApr. 11FRIApr. 12SATApr. 13YankeesDetroit1:08YES Network/TBSWCBS 880 AMCle.4:05YES/MLBNWCBSCle.7:05YESWCBSCle.7:05YES/ESPN2WCBSCle.7:05YES/MLBNWCBSBal.7:05WWORWCBSBal.4:05YESWCBSMetsMiami1:10SportsNet N.Y.WFAN 660 AM/101.9 FMPhi.7:05SNY/ESPNWFANPhi.7:05SNYWFANPhi.7:05SNYWFANNO GAMEMin.8:10SNYWFANMin4:10SNYWFANKnicksOklahoma City1:00ABCESPN 98.7 FMNOGAMEWas.7:30MSGESPNNO GAMEChi.8:00MSG/TNTESPNCle.7:30MSGESPNNOGAMENetsNO GAMENOGAMEPhi.7:30WWORWBBRBos.8:00WWOR/ESPNWBBRNO GAMEInd.7:00YESWBBRNOGAMERangersNO GAMETor.7:00MSGESPNNO GAMETor.7:00MSGESPNNO GAMENO GAMEIsles7:00MSGESPNIslandersNO GAMENOGAMEPhi.7:00MSG+WRHUNO GAMEBos.7:00MSG+WRHUNO GAMENYR7:00MSG+WRHUDevilsBuffalo7:30NBC Sports...
Today's Sports on the Air
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amAuto Racing12:30 p.m.NASCAR Sprint Cup STP Gas Booster 500 FOX3 p.m.IndyCar Series Indy Grand Prix of Alabama NBCSN3 p.m.MotoGP World Championship Qatar SPEEDBaseball1 p.m.Marlins at Mets SNY, WFAN 660 AM/101.9...
Devils winless streak hits six
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amThe Devils sure could use Ilya Kovalchuk. Rookie Leo Komarov and Tyler Bozak scored, James Reimer made 27 saves, and the Maple Leafs held the Devils without a shot during...
Hondo: Weaver, Cain able
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amThe Metamucils, with a big assist from Mrs. Niese’s lucky blue skivvies, came through for Hondo yesterday as they mashed the Marlins to raise the earnings to 95 cepedas.Today, Mr....
Rice a looney Knight move
April 7, 2013 | 4:00am* When Rutgers athletic director Tim Pernetti, who resigned Friday, interviewed now-fired basketball coach Mike Rice, Pernetti said he was aware Rice had a reputation as being “a fiery guy...
The Post Line
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amNCAA Basketball TournamentTomorrowChampionshipAt AtlantaFavoriteLineUnderdogLouisville4 1/2MichiganNBAFavoriteLineUnderdogTHUNDER7KnicksCLIPPERS4 1/2LakersGrizzlies5 1/2KINGSCELTICS6WizardsCAVALIERS5 1/2MagicBulls3PISTONSWARRIORS5JazzHornets4 1/2SUNSBLAZERSPickMavericksNHLFavoriteLineUnderdogSABRES$100-120DevilsSHARKS$170-200StarsB. JACKETS$100-120WildSenators$115-135PANTHERSRED WINGS$100-120BluesCAPITALS$130-150LightningBLCKHWKS$170-200PredatorsDUCKS$110-130Kings Home team in CAPS
Red-hot Islanders continue playoff march with win over Lightning
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amMarch is over, but the madness isn’t. They’re talking playoffs on Long Island, and the crazy thing is the Islanders seem destined to end their five-year postseason drought. Chants of...
Lundqvist’s 48 saves fuel surging Rangers
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amRALEIGH, N.C. — This revival in the Rangers identity has been a four-month piece of evidence proving that some things don’t come with time, that some things only can be...
Rangers’ power play starting to percolate
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amRALEIGH, N.C. — So long a point of contention in the Rangers universe, it finally seems like the beleaguered power play is starting to turn a corner. Saturday night in...
NHL, meet the world
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amThe October 2013 travelogue will feature spots such as Winnipeg, Buffalo and Newark rather than Prague, Stockholm and Helsinki. That is because the realigned NHL will premier next season without...
Mets’ Buck doing it all behind plate
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amJohn Buck has been as good behind the plate as he has been at it since the start of spring training. He drove in four runs, caught a great game...
Mets' Tejada starts in a defensive rut
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amTerry Collins said he will attempt to be patient with Ruben Tejada, who is having alarming defensive difficulties this season. The shortstop committed his fourth error yesterday, firing a relay...
Yankees' Jeter gets a ‘field’ for things
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amDETROIT — It’s a small step and does not guarantee the rehab process can be accelerated, but Yankees manager Joe Girardi was upbeat about Derek Jeter getting on a baseball...
Jay-Z ‘42’ rap contradicts all that Jackie stood for
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amIn a world gone nuts, what is difficult to miss can be even more difficult to note, tougher to write, speak or even whisper. Some clear-and-present truths are regarded as...
Knicks legend King cheering on Anthony’s high-scoring performances
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amOKLAHOMA CITY — Bernard King is watching with pride and awe as Carmelo Anthony’s record-setting exploits unfold. Tomorrow, King officially will be named a Hall of Famer, as reported by...
Thunder a stern test for Knicks streak
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amOKLAHOMA CITY — The Knicks enter the cauldron that is Chesapeake Energy Arena Sunday at as good a time as any. Their 11-game winning streak has them puffing out their...
Nets’ narrow win over Bobcats doesn’t cure home sickness
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amThe Nets made it hard on themselves, but they eventually found a way to put away the hapless Bobcats last night. Their sloppy performance in a 105-96 victory in front...
Mets offense awakens in time
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amThis would have bordered on humiliating. The Mets were in danger of losing their first two games to the talent-starved Marlins this season. They were in jeopardy of wasting a...
Collins must give Baxter long look in Mets leadoff role
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amJohn Buck won’t finish this season with 292 RBIs — shoot, if he keeps hitting like this, he might not even be a Met by July 31 — while Jon...
Hughes no match for Tigers’ big bats as Yankee fall to 1-4
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amDETROIT — For all of the Propeller Heads who get off on statistics in baseball, The Post has unearthed a category the Yankees lead the majors in: PSOTS. What does...
Bad news keeps bearing down
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amDETROIT — There on one of the flat screens in the Yankees’ clubhouse at Comerica Park before yesterday’s brutal 8-4 loss to the Tigers played the movie: “The Bad News...
King deserves hoop honor
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amA TLANTA — The news trickled out earlier than usual this time. Usually, most years, the folks who run the Basketball Hall of Fame keep a pretty tight lid on...
The Rumble
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amBuck-ing the trend Mets catcher designs his own helmets If you want to know how much John Buck enjoys playing in New York, just look at his personally designed catching...
Red-hot Tiger poised to pounce on first Green Jacket since 2005
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amIt would seem on the surface — given the way the Tiger Woods trend has corrected itself in the past 12 months, after the three years lost in post-scandal wilderness...
Don't miss
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amEnemy within reach While Neville (Giancarlo Esposito) faces danger and hard choices as Monroe (David Lyons) doubts his loyalty, he disowns his son Jason (JD Pardo) and gets captured by...
‘Mad’ for the cad
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amWhen he attended that Rolling Stones concert last season, Don Draper’s favorite song had to have been “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.” Even when married to Betty (January Jones), an...
Mad Love
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amCan the men and women of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce sink any lower? With the prostitution of Joan (Christina Hendricks) to win the Jaguar account and the suicide of Lane...
'Mad' quiz
April 7, 2013 | 4:00am1. Which book of poetry did Don Draper find in Anna Draper’s California house? a) “The Waste Land” by T.S. Eliot b) “The Colossus and Other Poems” by Sylvia Plath...
The macho man behind Mona Lisa
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amIt’s one thing to be a genius. But what if, besides being one of the world’s greatest painters, you were also an engineer, architect, mathematician, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer?...
A $616 million nuisance fee
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amThe funniest sitcoms on TV remain the unintended ones that appear on financial news channels. Last month, after the large hedge fund operation run by Steve Cohen — one of...
Reel good
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amDue Date, 2010 Sunday, 8 p.m., TBS Funnier than most of the opposites-on-a-road trip buddy flicks would have you expect. While not a great movie, it certainly is entertaining. Robert...
Look Who’s Talking
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amKelly & Michael 9 a.m., Ch. 7 Monday: Eva Longoria; Jordana Brewster. Tuesday: Alexander Skarsgard: Jason O’Mara. Wednesday: Joan Rivers; Ashley Tisdale. Thursday: Demi Lovato; Kurt Warner. Friday: Josh Dallas....
FOLLOW LIVE: The Post Tweets from Wrestlemania 29
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amCan't make it out to MetLife Stadium tonight for Wrestlemania 29? Don't worry, we have you covered. The Post's pro-wrestling guru, Anthony Sulla-Heffinger, will be tweeting all throughout the show,...
Katherine Webb is making a 'Splash'
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amKatherine Webb is perched on her diving partner’s shoulders atop of a 33-foot diving platform. They launch themselves off, splitting midair, and breaking the water in straight lines. After emerging...
Lettuce entertain you
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amThe most interesting item on a crudités plate used to be the creamy dip. But now chefs are introducing health-minded diners to never-heard-of-before raw vegetables, transforming this traditional French appetizer...
The lady is a vamp
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amPrim and proper is the image we all have of Grace Kelly, those high-necklines and white gloves holding together her poise as queen of the screen and princess of Monaco....
Meet Market: Brooklyn guy with a taste for dive bars sks a top-shelf gal
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amCome as you are Tommy isn’t into ladies who cake on the makeup. Man’s best friend Tommy says the coolest thing he owns is his German shepherd named Jordan. “We...
This week's couple: Delay of date
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amIn NYC, subway delays are a common excuse for running a few minutes late. But when Jon, 26, was more than 30 minutes late to his date with Jackie, 26,...
Top 4: Ways to attract an archaeology lover
April 7, 2013 | 4:00am“Whisper, ‘I’m going to name a new species after you. It’s called the Gorgesaurus.’ ” — Christopher “Tell them, ‘Instead of getting dirty digging for fossils, why don’t you just...
Weird but true
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amThis guy’s a real pawn star. A South Carolina man was arrested last week after he hocked his 10-karat wedding ring for a measly $20 bucks, allegedly so he could...
MSIT’s Izevbuwa to play AAU ball
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amA Few weeks ago, Osa Izevbuwa played in the PSAL Class A championship game. That contest pales in comparison to the games the fully qualified and uncommitted McKee/Staten Island Tech...
Beilein bests Boeheim in reunion of 2 coaches
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amATLANTA — The drive would take, quite literally, 10 minutes — nine if you hit the lights right, if the traffic on Salt Springs Road wasn’t too bad, if the...
Late run helps Louisville avoid Shock-ing end
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amATLANTA — The Wichita State lead was going up. The clock in the Georgia Dome was ticking down. But so was Louisville, the Cards were ticking. Louisville, the team Duke...
L’ville bands together to win for fallen mate
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amATLANTA — Finally, when it was time for Louisville to stand up to Wichita State once and for all, stand up with championship defense, Kevin Ware stood up, got up...
Serby's Sunday Q&A with... Rick Pitino
April 7, 2013 | 4:00amLouisville Cardinals coach Rick Pitino, who reports say will be announced on Monday as an upcoming Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee in September, took time out from preparations...
RECRUITING CONFIDENTIAL: Staten Island star tries to raise college stock by playing AAU for first time
April 7, 2013 | 2:35amA few weeks ago, Osa Izevbuwa played in the PSAL Class A championship game. That contest pales in comparison to the games the fully qualified and uncommitted McKee/Staten Island Tech...
Nets’ narrow win over Bobcats doesn’t cure home sickness
April 7, 2013 | 2:22amThe Nets made it hard on themselves, but they eventually found a way to put away the hapless Bobcats last night. Their sloppy performance in a 105-96 victory in front...
Devils fall to Maple Leafs for sixth straight loss
April 7, 2013 | 2:02amThe Devils sure could use Ilya Kovalchuk. Rookie Leo Komarov and Tyler Bozak scored, James Reimer made 27 saves, and the Maple Leafs held the Devils without a shot during...
Lundqvist’s 48 saves lead resurgent, new-look Rangers past Hurricanes
April 7, 2013 | 1:53amRALEIGH, N.C. — This revival in the Rangers identity has been a four-month piece of evidence proving that some things don’t come with time, that some things only can be...
Islanders remain on a roll after win over Lightning
April 7, 2013 | 1:33amMarch is over, but the madness isn’t. They’re talking playoffs on Long Island, and the crazy thing is the Islanders seem destined to end their five-year postseason drought. Chants of...
Louisville rallies from 12 points down to beat Wichita State in Final Four
April 7, 2013 | 12:59amATLANTA -- The Wichita State lead was going up. The clock in the Georgia Dome was ticking down. But so was Louisville, the Cards were ticking. Louisville, the team Duke...
Hurley unlikely to leave Rhode Island for Rutgers: sources
April 7, 2013 | 12:03amDon’t look for Danny Hurley to come back home to rescue Rutgers in the wake of the Mike Rice video fiasco, according to Sports Illustrated. The local product and head...