August 22, 2013
FBI suspected author William T. Vollmann of being the Unabomber
William T. Vollmann has spent his career transferring the ugliest traits of humanity and society to the page. Apparently that was enough to make the FBI think he might be...
DHS investigating employee running racist website
WASHINGTON — A Homeland Security employee is the operator of a racist website predicting and advocating a race war, a department official said Thursday. Ayo Kimathi, who is an acquisitions...
Judge orders Nassau County DA to turn over evidence related to prosecution of 'Capturing the Friedmans' subject
In a stinging setback for Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice, a judge ordered her defiant office turn over every shred of evidence related to the prosecution of a convicted child...
Family of pregnant Queens woman killed by falling tree to sue city
The devastated family of a pregnant Queens woman tragically killed by a falling tree in Kissena Park earlier this month is planning to sue the city, The Post has learned....
Mother of victim faces daughter's accused killer at arraignment
The mother of a young woman gunned down in a Harlem housing complex stared down her daughter’s accused killer Michele “Mohawk” Graham at her arraignment today in Manhattan Supreme Court....
Aging Astor heir Anthony Marshall granted medical parole
The 89-year-old disgraced son of the late great dame of Manhattan society Brooke Astor was granted medical parole today on a special compassionate release program after serving just over two...
Married Goldman exec charged with raping 20-year-old at posh Hamptons home
A married Goldman Sachs executive from Manhattan has been charged with raping a 20-year old woman after a late-night party at his Hamptons summer rental raged out of control, authorities...
Council overrides mayor's vetoes & OK's NYPD watchdog, Bloomberg says oversight jeopardizes city safety
The City Council on Thursday overrode Mayor Michael Bloomberg's vetoes to create a watchdog for the nation's biggest police department and make it easier to file profiling claims against officers...
'Sea monster' found on beach in Spain has experts at odds
The remains of a mysterious, bizarre “sea creature” found on a Spanish beach has left some experts confounded. The four-meter-long creature, with what appear to be horns, was found decomposing...
300-pound sex offender & fake corrections officer gets 10 years for sneaking into Manhattan Detention Complex
His dreams are now fulfilled. Jail fetishist Matthew Matagrano, 36, was sentenced to 10 years in prison today for posing as a correction officer and sneaking into the Manhattan Detention...
'Everybody's trying to bug everybody else, it's politics' – highlights from the 3,700 hours of released Nixon tapes
The Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, Calif., has made public audiotapes of the last 340 hours of more than 3,700 hours of phone calls and private meetings...
A stepping stone to Mars – old NASA spacecraft will search for asteroids that could serve as rest stop for Mars voyage
PASADENA, Calif. -- A NASA spacecraft currently in hibernation will be restarted to search for asteroids that astronauts could potentially explore. The space agency said Wednesday it will awaken the...
Symbolic stand against government surveillance: Drone hunting permits may soon be issued in Colo.
DEER TRAIL, Colo. -- This tiny plains town an hour east of Denver doesn't have much to offer visitors - a gas station, a bar and a small-time rodeo one...
'I'm not a strong-willed person' – China's crooked politician Bo Xilai continues claim that his confession was coerced
JINAN, China -- Disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai denied taking $3.5 million in bribes from businessmen and cross-examined one of them with a lawyer's precision Thursday, launching an unexpectedly spirited...
Rapper 2 Chainz arrested after nearly nine-hour tour bus standoff with police
OKLAHOMA CITY — Rapper 2 Chainz was one of 11 people arrested after refusing to get off a tour bus for almost nine hours following a traffic stop in Oklahoma...
Rangers great Leetch nabs safety job with NHL
Former Rangers defenseman and Hockey Hall of Famer Brian Leetch was named the Manager of Player Safety for the NHL on Wednesday, filling the opening left by Rob Blake who...
FIU fraternity suspended for selling drugs, posting nude photos of girls on Facebook
Maybe they should get a good paddling, too. Florida International University officials have suspended the school's Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity chapter following a series of Facebook posts showing half-naked girls,...
Giants center Cordle looking to nail down starter's job
The third preseason game is supposed to be the final warmup act before the real games begin. For Jim Cordle, it may as well be the Super Bowl. Cordle, a...
Nets, Knicks to split 2015 All-Star Game and could do so again a couple of years later
The NBA All-Star Game could be coming to New York. Twice. In a three-year period. Multiple league sources maintain that the 2015 All-Star Game will be played at Madison Square...
Giants' Thomas says Saturday night will be an emotional one for him
It can be the little things that are missed the most, which is the first instinct Terrell Thomas is feeling as he anticipates his first NFL action in two full...
Masked gunman steals $500K in daylight armored truck heist: cops
A daring masked gunman swiped a cool half-million dollars in cash in a brazen, broad-daylight armored truck heist in Brooklyn, police said. The suspect hopped into the armored car shortly...
SEC coaches snub Heisman winner Manziel, go with Georgia's Murray as first-team QB
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Southeastern Conference coaches apparently don't think Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel is the league's best quarterback. The coaches rated the Texas A&M quarterback as the preseason second-team...
Tuck: Giants capable of having 'No. 1 defense'
Weren’t the Jets supposed to be the big-talking team in town? Two days before the Giants and Jets meet in their annual preseason clash, Giants defensive lineman Justin Tuck said...
93-year-old woman robbed while visiting childhood home
A 93-year-old Queens woman returned to her childhood home in upper Manhattan to see how it changed after 73 years -- and she got an ugly dose of reality. Career...
Braun friend's suit wants Brewers star to admit he used PEDs since college and cheated on his fiancée
It may have gone quiet for Alex Rodriguez, but it’s getting noisy – and ugly – for Ryan Braun. Braun, who was suspended 65 games by MLB for his role...
Jets to start Geno Saturday, but final QB decision may not come till after preseason finale
The Jets have named rookie Geno Smith the starter for Saturday’s preseason game against the Giants; but Rex Ryan admitted the team might not settle on a winner in this...
Hendricks talks 'Mad Men' signature fashion
CHICAGO -- Christina Hendricks says it's going to be difficult when the seventh and final season of "Mad Men" starts filming this November. "I just want to milk it as...
Police discover key evidence in robbery of hip hop producer Storch, could lead to arrest: sources
Detectives have uncovered a key piece of evidence that could lead to an arrest in the brazen gunpoint robbery of legendary hip hop producer Scott Storch in Midtown, sources exclusively...
‘The World’s End’ can’t come soon enough
When five friends set out on a drunken comic spree and find themselves in a low-grade horror flick instead, I guess you’d call it a genre bender. But it isn’t...
IBO releases 'troubling' numbers on city jails
The city’s jails held 12,287 people on a typical day last year and the average annual cost per jailbird was $167,000, the city Independent Budget Office reports. The IBO said...
Scary, smart horror flick ‘You’re Next’ kills it
A dinner party, hot girls slinking around in their underwear and guests getting shot between the bicuspids with crossbows. Sounds like pretty much every weekend at my place, but things...
U.S. Open draw: Federer-Nadal could meet in quarters
If Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal don’t meet at this U.S. Open, maybe they never will. The seventh-seeded Federer is on track to finally face Nadal at the Open and...
Coconut fortune heir sells luxurious Park Avenue pad out from under siblings -- and now she's going for more
A family that made its fortune off coconut groves is being shredded by a bitter real estate feud. The sister of a late WWII hero — who survived the Bataan...
Former Patriots star Hernandez indicted on Lloyd murder
ALL RIVER, Mass. — Former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez was indicted Thursday on a first-degree murder charge in the death of a friend whose bullet-riddled body was found in...
Mets agree to deal with former Red Sox pitcher Matsuzaka, will start Friday
The Mets pitching future may be bright and glistening but for the present, it’s banged up and worrisome. So the team has agreed to sign veteran right hander Daisuke Matsuzaka,...
Bryant Park possum causes frenzy after going into subway station
Maybe he forgot his Metrocard. A frightened possum caused quite a stir after he found his way into a Midtown subway station this morning sending straphangers into a frenzy, cops...
Trading on the Nasdaq resumes after three-hour outage
A mysterious glitch halted trading on the Nasdaq for three hours Thursday in the latest major electronic breakdown on Wall Street, embarrassing the stock exchange that hosts the biggest names...
Weiner's sext pal Leathers may have been exposed to HIV by porn film co-star: report
Anthony Weiner’s online sext kitten might have been exposed to HIV in her porn flick debut, a stunning report claims. In her just-released skin video “Weiner and Me,” Leathers had...
Offensive knockoff shirt removed after Knicks threaten store
The Knicks acted quickly after learning that a Midtown store was selling a racially offensive t-shirt with their team logo at the centerpiece. The shirt had K-N-I spelled out, but...
San Diego Mayor accused of sexual harassment will resign Friday: report
A tentative deal has been reached involving the sexual harassment lawsuit against San Diego Mayor Bob Filner, which will include him resigning on Friday, according to the city's NBC affiliate....
Court order reveals NSA collected 56K e-mails from innocent Americans, Obama administration claims it 'an unintended consequence'
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has given up more of its surveillance secrets, acknowledging that it was ordered to stop scooping up thousands of Internet communications from Americans with no...
Giants FB Hynoski passes physical, activated off PUP
The Giants have had to navigate an absence of a real fullback since training camp started, as Henry Hynoski needed knee surgery following a mishap during the very first organized...
Yankees top Blue Jays for fifth straight win
At this point, the Yankees should start figuring out what kind of share Ryan Dempster gets if they make the playoffs. The Yankees won their fifth straight yesterday, a 5-3...
Syrian government bombs Damascus suburbs where rebels say chemical weapons attack occurred just the day before
BEIRUT — Syrian government forces pressed on with a military offensive in eastern Damascus on Thursday, bombing rebel-held suburbs where the opposition said the regime had killed over 100 people...
'Boyfriend Tracker' app for overly-jealous lovers raises stir in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilians were outraged when they learned their country was a top target of the US National Security Agency's overseas spying operation, with data from billions of...
'Bored' teen who 'randomly gunned down' Aussie baseball player tweeted his desire to kill days earlier
One of the Oklahoma teens who allegedly gunned down an Australian student "because he was bored" tweeted "it's time to start taken life's" in the days before the murder. James...
Red Sox star Ortiz 'didn't like' Dempster drilling Yankees’ A-Rod: 'It wasn't the right thing to do'
The Yankees found a surprising ally in their frustrations over Alex Rodriguez getting drilled with a fastball by Red Sox starter Ryan Dempster. “I didn’t like it. I don’t think...
Hosni Mubarak released, placed on house arrest after 2 years in prison
CAIRO -- Egypt's ousted leader Hosni Mubarak was released from prison and transported by helicopter to a military hospital Thursday in Cairo, according to exclusive footage shown on a private...
Massive dolphin die-off baffles scientists as hundreds wash up on East Coast beaches
BRIGANTINE, NJ -- Once upon a time, he was known as Capt. Bob, the man who trained the dolphins and seals to perform for crowds in Atlantic City. But as...
Human rights group says anti-Christian attacks in Egypt increase as violent protests rage on
CAIRO -- An international human rights group has chronicled attacks on 42 churches, dozens of Christian institutions and schools as well as homes and business owned by Christians amid an...
Porn actor tests positive for HIV, adult industry halts filming; activists demand condoms on set
LOS ANGELES -- The adult film industry announced a moratorium on the making of porn films Wednesday after an actor tested positive for HIV. The performer was not immediately identified...
Metallica to rock legendary Apollo theater September 21st
There will be a different type of Sandman featured at the Apollo next month. Metallica is set to rock the legendary Harlem venue on Sept. 21. They will promote their...
Hannah Anderson explains texts to kidnapper and tears up over murdered brother, mother in first interview
Hannah Anderson refers to herself as a "survivor" in her first television interview since her rescue August 10 after she was kidnapped by a family friend accused of murdering her...
'I am Chelsea Manning. I am female': Army leaker Bradley Manning will live as woman in prison
Bradley Manning, the army private sentenced yesterday to 35 years prison for leaking classified documents says he wants to live the rest of his life as a woman. In a...
Five injured, cars charred in Queens manhole fires
Fire officials say two manhole fires in Queens caused minor injuries to five people and heavily charred two vehicles parked nearby. Report of the fires came in at 12:38 a.m....
Louisiana sinkhole swallows trees in a matter of seconds
The trees are leaning, leaning … and then they’re gone. A Louisiana sinkhole swallowed a group of trees in a matter of seconds Wednesday, pulling down the trees as water...
Now that A-Rod is shutting up, time for Yankees to put up
Thank Ryan Dempster for waking up the Yankees, and thank Alex Rodriguez for putting a sock in it. “You don’t want to give people a reason to kick your [butt],’’...
Ichiro reaches 4,000; Soriano blast lifts Yankees to victory
When Ichiro Suzuki’s teammates emerged from the dugout to join him at first base in celebration of his historic 4,000th career hit last night, the Yankees right fielder felt embarrassed....
Geno making a late charge for Jets QB job
The change could be coming. With the Jets’ quarterback competition approaching its end, Geno Smith completed 15-of-16 passes with two touchdowns during yesterday’s team drills and may have put himself...
Some in Jets organization believe Santonio milking foot injury to avoid training camp
Santonio Holmes says he is not any closer to playing, and patience is wearing thin around the Jets. An organizational source said many people around the team believe the mercurial...
No defiant message in Mark Sanchez’s mustache — just punch lines
Mark Sanchez is keeping a stiff upper lip as Geno Smith reaches for his job, and a Fu Manchu mustache above it that a rebel with a cause named Broadway...
Giants backup, former No.1 pick Carr: Smith can’t succeed on own with Jets
For every Russell Wilson who found instant success in the NFL, there is a David Carr, who proved starting at quarterback as a rookie can be detrimental to your career....
Giants CB Thomas to play for first time in two years
Today is an anniversary, for Terrell Thomas, but not a happy one. Two years ago, on Aug. 22, 2011, Thomas went down with a serious knee injury in a preseason...
Diehl surgery forces Giants' second line shuffle in as many days
One offensive line shuffle can be uncomfortable, but two in as many days is, well, disconcerting. But there’s no panic around the Giants even after the news David Diehl, the...
Despite injuries, lack of major, Woods thinks he's had ‘a great year’
The excuse is already there, waiting, as are the jokes. So let it be clear it was Tiger Woods himself who explained how he slept Tuesday night on a “soft”...
Trio of big names should beware of underdogs at Barclays
We live in a big city and crave star-power winners in our big sporting events. That should make for a Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson or Rory McIlroy winner in this...
Yankees on deck vs. Blue Jays
TODAY — 1:05 P.M. LHP Andy Pettitte (8-9, 4.39) vs. LHP J.A. Happ (3-2, 4.93) Game on YES, WCBS (880 AM) Begin a three-game series against the Rays tomorrow. INSIDE...
GOTHAM POST: The Neal Adams Interviews – Brave and Bold #85
Last week, we kicked off this feature, a new companion column to the weekly GOTHAM POST. Each Thursday, we’ll feature a different Batman cover drawn by Neal Adams, with the...
Our Favorite Podcast: Mike and Ming's 'I Sell Comics'
Mike Zapcic and Ming Chen are back with another “I Sell Comics” podcast today … and I’m back with them!Mike and Ming are two of the stars of AMC’s TV...
Business briefs
In the house!Sales of previously owned US homes jumped in July 6.5 percent, the second-highest level in more than six years.Indian suitBenjamin Lawsky, the head of New York state’s financial...
Bloomberg news chief assigned nanny after Spygate scandal
For the first time, Bloomberg News chief Matt Winkler will have someone else watching over his newsroom. In the wake of a spying scandal, the parent company, Bloomberg LP, plans...
It’s not a terminal disease, but still...
This one’s gonna leave a mark, Bloomberg. Despite the successful completion of a third-party probe into its snooping scandal, the media giant is likely to face headwinds in the sale...
Atlantic Yards plays for sale
Forest City Enterprises, the Cleveland-based developer of Brooklyn’s Atlantic Yards, is looking to sell 50 percent to 80 percent of its multi-building project. The Barclays Center, home to the Brooklyn...
Economy imperiled as QE bag of tricks fails
Question: What do you call it when you are screwed if you do and screwed if you don’t? Answer: Federal Reserve policy.The policymaking Open Market Committee yesterday released the minutiae...
Fed to fight ruling
The Federal Reserve will appeal a judge’s decision that its rules on debit-card transaction fees and processing were illegal, a lawyer for the central bank said. Visa, the world’s biggest...
Streaming footsie
The sports and media worlds were abuzz yesterday with the news that the NFL had met with Google about a possible streaming deal with the tech titan’s YouTube unit. Much...
Cats $cratch fever: Landlords forced to chase rent from billionaire mayoral candidate
Billionaire businessman and mayoral hopeful John Catsimatidis is in the middle of an expensive media campaign to introduce himself to New Yorkers. One group that needs no introduction to the...
Ross: No cameras in court
Famed investor Wilbur Ross is not ready for his close-up. Brooklyn-based Courtroom Video Network wants to live stream an upcoming courtroom showdown between the billionaire and burned investors who have...
Target: ‘Ugh, Canada’
Target had a lousy quarter, and Canada’s to blame.The cheap-chic discount chain said results of its five-month-old expansion into Canada have missed expectations, dragging down overall results.Target shares slid 3.6...
Wells Fargo to cut 2,300
Wells Fargo is cutting 2,300 jobs from its mortgage-production unit because higher interest rates are cutting demand for refinancings, according to sources, who said other smaller cuts had been made...
Time Warner Cable tries for some ‘love’
Time Warner Cable is offering a free preview of the Tennis Channel to customers who can’t get CBS during the US Open because of a contract dispute. Digital basic-cable customers...
Twitter IPO: No truck with Zuck
Twitter is unfollowing the Facebook IPO playbook. The initial public offering is still months away, but Job One for the popular social-networking service company is to avoid flopping like Mark...
ABC cuts, Toontown topples
Ratings-challenged ABC will slash 175 jobs, or 2.3 percent of its 7,600 employees, as part of a restructuring of the broadcast business, according to a person close to the matter....
Doh!man may have company
Goldman Sachs is not the only trading firm facing potential losses after the bank on Tuesday flooded the stock-options market with erroneous orders.Options traders said yesterday that more than 24...
Model Carol Alt strikes a pose in her downtown pad
Model/actress Carol Alt admits she was mystified when she first heard that Robert De Niro had settled in TriBeCa: “I had no idea where that was,” she says. “I remember...
Bow wow wow!
Stylish Parisian “it girl” Lola Rykiel has just closed on a swanky two-bedroom, two-bathroom condo at the new 250 Bowery development. Rykiel, the public relations director of her grandmother Sonya...
Just sold!
Manhattan BEEKMAN $1,970,000 400 E. 52nd St. Three-bedroom, three-bathroom co-op, 1,800 square feet, with living/dining area with Venetian plaster and woodburning fireplace, windowed eat-in kitchen, windowed bathrooms with radiant-heat floors,...
LI infant left to die in sweltering car: cops
A Long Island man with a history of drug arrests left his baby boy to die inside a parked car where the temperature reached at least 119 degrees, cops said...
Disabled war hero says KFC turned him away due to his service dog
These chicken slingers would be up for a court-martial if the Colonel were still alive! A highly decorated Army war hero is suing the operators of a KFC in The...
Cross-dressing killer Robert Durst buying up NY real estate
Cross-dressing killer Robert Durst could be some lucky New Yorkers’ new landlord. Booted years ago from his family’s vast real-estate empire, the creepy property heir has quietly been building a...
Qns. ferry stays afloat
Queens and Brooklyn riders who had their subway lines hammered by Hurricane Sandy will still have a lifeline into Manhattan after the city yesterday extended ferry service through the end...
Wu-Tang Clan clash
A recording label is pitting two rappers from the on-again-off-again group Wu-Tang Clan against each other, claiming the has-been member known as U-God is trying to piggyback off the success...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan A fearless Manhattan jewelry-store employee helped police capture an alleged gunman, relentlessly chasing him through the Upper West Side until the suspect finally gave back $60,000 in stolen baubles....
Obama backs Booker for Senate
Newark Mayor Cory Booker received the presidential stamp of approval yesterday in his campaign for a US Senate seat.Citing Booker’s “passion” and life’s work “building hope,” President Obama officially endorsed...
Conservatives praise Ashton Kutcher’s work-ethic speech at 'Teen Choice Awards'
WASHINGTON — “Two and a Half Men” star Ashton Kutcher — a staunch supporter of President Obama — has become the unlikely darling of conservatives for extolling the virtues of...
Sex-abuse bribe guilt
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man who tried to bribe a young Brooklyn teen to drop her sex-abuse case against a prominent Hasidic counselor pleaded guilty yesterday to bribing a witness in...
Family feud for Gil’s kin
Gil Scott-Heron, the late “Godfather of Rap,” left behind a mess of warring children who are trading nasty accusations that their mothers are fraudsters and liars while questioning each others’...
Dock gal triumphs
A Manhattan judge has reinstated a gutsy female dockworker who was ousted from her job for bragging about ties to a powerful mobster, a move she said she used to...
Parolee in suicide leap
An ex-con who was sprung from the slammer in April plunged to his death yesterday while trying to avoid arrest for violating parole. Kenneth Daves, 25, apparently landed head-first after...
Wiki leaker Bradley Manning gets 35 yrs.
FORT MEADE, Md. — Army Pfc. Bradley Manning stood at attention in his crisp dress uniform yesterday and learned the price he will pay for spilling an unprecedented trove of...
'Bored' teens accused of killing jogger were arrested after threatening to murder 17-year-old, cops say
The three Oklahoma teens charged with killing a jogger because they were bored were quickly nabbed because they allegedly threatened to murder a 17-year-old who wouldn’t join their offshoot of...
Bloody trail of ‘rapist’
Cops had an easy time catching a wounded rapist in Queens — the fiend left a trail of his own blood after jumping through a window while fleeing the victim’s...
Elite developer couldn't renovate townhouse without 'destroying' neighbor's $10M landmark brownstone: lawsuit
One of the top home builders in the country couldn’t renovate his West Village townhouse without “destroying” his neighbor’s historic brownstone, a scathing new lawsuit claims. A careless crew at...
Cops mad over new pet cause
The NYPD will be the new watchdog against animal abuse — and the rank-and-file is already barking mad about it, The Post has learned.Early next year, the department will be...
Benedict: God told me to quit
VATICAN CITY — Former Pope Benedict XVI has said that he resigned after “God told me to” during what he called a “mystical experience,” a Catholic news agency reported.Benedict, whose...
'Yeah, whadda ya gonna do about it?' NYC 'rudest city in America'
A bunch of blinded Americans from parts of the country with one or fewer professional sports teams and really bad food voted New York the rudest and most arrogant state...
Sea‘weed’ bust: Scuba diver netted trying to smuggle $40K of pot to US from Canada in busy waters of Lake Michigan
A Canadian man in scuba- diving gear was busted at the border after he tried to smuggle $40,000 worth of marijuana into the United States by swimming underwater into Michigan,...
They blame who?!
President Obama received poor marks for the government’s poor response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 — even though he wasn’t in office then. In a poll released yesterday by Public...
Crash cabby admits he’s a bad driver and shouldn’t even be driving a cab
The road-rage cabby who jumped a Midtown curb and crushed a young British tourist admitted yesterday he’s a lousy driver who has no business behind the wheel. “I don’t want...
Bike messenger in road-rage tragedy has lengthy rap sheet
He’s hell on wheels. The bike messenger involved in the road-rage crash that maimed an English tourist has a long rap sheet that includes 22 arrests — including a recent...
Courageous cab-crash victim determined to carry on with her life
She’s one tough Brit. The pretty young tourist who lost her left leg in a horrific Midtown crash while on her dream vacation courageously vowed to carry on with her...
Mubarak set to be released
CAIRO — A court ordered the release of Hosni Mubarak and prosecutors said they’re unlikely to appeal, raising the possibility Egypt’s deposed autocrat could walk free after more than two...
Syrian forces accused of killing 1,300 in chemical attack
A horrific poison-gas rocket attack early yesterday killed as many as 1,300 Syrians — including sound-asleep children . The ghoulish 3 a.m. strike by forces loyal to dictator Bashar al-Assad...
Ex-idol Cassidy in ‘DWI’
SCHODACK, NY — Former teen idol David Cassidy was arrested upstate early yesterday for drunken driving, authorities said. And when he learned the arresting officer was named Tom Jones, the...
'Stalker' camps out in Jennifer Lopez’s Hamptons mansion for six days
A creepy stalker decided to make Jennifer Lopez’s Hamptons mansion his personal summer share — and managed to live in her pool house for six days without the superstar’s security...
Deli-slay suit vs. cop, NYPD
The mother of a Bronx deli worker accidentally shot dead by cops responding to a holdup in his family’s grocery is suing the NYPD and the cop who shot him.Reynaldo...
Spitzer stumps with outcast activist infamous for venomous attacks on blacks, Jews, whites and women
Eliot Spitzer has gone from cavorting with hookers to hobnobbing with race-baiting political activists. The former governor, who is leading the polls in the race for city comptroller, toured the...
Bill ‘de’bate foes gang up
The Democratic candidates for mayor ganged up on Public Advocate Bill de Blasio during a prime-time debate last night, hammering him as a flip-flopper and a liar.The hardest hits came...
De Blasio’s wife questions how childless Quinn can relate to child-care issues
Now it’s personal. A fierce war of words erupted in the Democratic race for mayor yesterday after Public Advocate Bill de Blasio’s wife suggested that his main rival — a...
Don’t get XXX-cited over Sydney Leathers’ porn movie 'Weiner and Me'
I didn’t even have to pay to see Sydney Leathers’ hardcore XXX movie, “Weiner and Me,” and yet I want my money back. Plus disinfectant. Not since Ron Burgundy told...
When lawlessness becomes routine
Nowadays the federal government leavens its usual quotient of incompetence with large dollops of illegality. This is eliciting robust judicial rebukes, as when, last week, the US Court of Appeals...
Atrocity made safe
By using chemical weapons to kill more than 1,000 civilians yesterday, the Syrian army didn’t just flip the bird to President Obama on the one-year anniversary, to the day, of...
Benefits packages soaring: Why should we even work?
The Issue: A study showing that a mother of two in New York can receive $38,004 in welfare benefits. *** I see more bang from my taxes going to local...
Bud’s not so bad
We are disappointed that The Post’s “Budweiser Drinkers Most Likely To End Up in Emergency Room,” did not take a more critical look at the validity of the study that...
Middle-class miss
Eliot Spitzer portrays himself as the man who will fight for the middle class. So we’re hoping that when the two Democratic candidates for city comptroller meet in debate tonight,...
Dr. Quinn, medicine woman
With New Yorkers wondering about how the next mayor will address job creation, crime control and education reform, what should we make of a candidate who spends her campaign time...
Obama’s thin red line
News reports suggest Bashar al-Assad marked the first anniversary of President Obama’s “red line” on chemical weapons in traditional fashion: by launching a new chemical attack on civilians. The White...
Mercy for Manning
Military justice, goes the saying, is to justice as military music is to music. The old saw isn’t meant to be a compliment. But it looks as if military justice...
Candidates whiff on safety, budget
New York’s next mayor will face two critical tasks: keeping people safe, and keeping the city from going broke. Last night, during the first official Campaign Finance Board debate, the...
Car-service apps promise hassle-free trips, but are they taking you for a ride?
It's a quarter past midnight on a Saturday, and three giggling, tipsy 20-somethings have just shot out of their apartment directly into a luxe, air conditioned black car waiting for...
Stars of cult hip-hop flick 'Wild Style' celebrate movie's 30th anniversary
Back in the early ’80s, The Bronx was reeling from years of urban decay. “It literally looked like a war-torn country in some places,” recalls Grandmaster Caz, one of the...
Kidd glad Nets stars working out in California
It might be more than a month until training camp begins, but that hasn’t stopped Deron Williams from getting several of his teammates together in Los Angeles this week to...
Dufner hopes PGA Championship is first of many majors
Jason Dufner will tee it up Thursday morning The Barclays for the first time as a major champion, and he doesn’t think it will feel any different.Dufner rode his underwhelming...
Verrazano leads field at Travers
SARATOGA SPRINGS — The field for Saturday’s $1 million Travers Stakes is so impressive Kentucky Derby winner Orb isn’t even the favorite. Neither is Belmont Stakes winner Palace Malice. The...
Westport falls to Chula Vista in ninth
It took nine innings into their 21st game this summer, but Westport Little League finally has lost. The Connecticut 11- and 12-year-olds fell to Chula Vista of California, 6-3 in...
Debbie Little at Yonkers
Post Time: 7:10PM Best Bet: Hes Watching (6th) FIRST: mile; pace; $11,000; cl($12,500); 4 FirebreathnDragon (JBrtlett) 4-7-1 3-1 1 King Of Kings (LStalbaum) 2-4-3 5-1 2 Llc Delight (TTetrick) 7-8-5...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYAug. 22FRIAug. 23SATAug. 24SUNAug. 25MONAug. 26TUEAug. 27WEDAug. 28YankeesToronto1:05YES NetworkWCBS 880 AMT.B.7:10WWORWCBST.B.7:10YESWCBST.B.1:40YESWCBSTor.7:07YESWCBSTor.7:07YESWCBSTor.7:07YESWCBSMetsNOGAMEDet.7:10WPIXWFANDet.4:05FOXWFANDet.1:10SNYWFANPhi.7:10SNYWFANPhi.7:10SNYWFANPhi.7:10SNYWFANRed BullsNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEChivas5:00MSGNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMELibertyNOGAMEChi.8:30No TVNOGAMEConn.5:00No TVNOGAMEMin.7:00MSG+NOGAMES.I. YankeesBrooklyn7:00SportsNet NYWKRB 90.3 FMTri.7:00No TVTri.7:00No TVTri.5:00No TVVer.7:00No TVVer.7:00No TVVer.7:00No TVCyclonesStaten Island7:00SportsNet NYWKRB 90.3 FMVer.7:05No TVWKRBVer.6:05No TVWKRBVer.5:05No...
The Post Line
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Today's Sports on the Air
Baseball12:30 p.m.Diamondbacks at Reds MLBN1 p.m.Blue Jays at Yankees YES, WCBS (880 AM)2 p.m.Nationals at Cubs WGN4 p.m.LLWS: Panama vs. Mexico ESPN7 p.m.S.I. Yankees at Cyclones SNY, WKRB (90.3 FM)8...
Sports Shorts
NFL: Brain study may have revealed CTE symptoms Early signs of a chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a destructive brain disease linked with head blows, might include mood changes in younger athletes...
Hondo needs good Wood
The Astros came up a whisker short in Arlington last night, getting nipped in the ninth to expand Hondo’s IOUs to cavarrettas.Today, Mr. Aitch will count on Wood to neutralize...
Shumpert keeping focus on hoops, not worried about Knicks owner possibly being angry at him
What, me worry? Iman Shumpert said whether Knicks owner James Dolan was ticked at him for allegedly balking at playing in the Las Vegas summer league in July isn’t his...
Metta vows to fit in with Knicks, 'fight for the city'
The always colorful and controversial Metta World Peace promised he will have no problems fitting in quietly with the Knicks because he wants a ring and promised, “I’m going to...
Jeter to start another rehab assignment, could rejoin Yankees on Saturday
Derek Jeter will start what is likely at least a two-game rehab assignment tonight. Jeter, who is on the disabled list and has not played since Aug. 2 because of...
Cromartie's crushing hit on Hill angers Jets offense
Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie delivered the hit of the summer yesterday. Unfortunately for the Jets, it came against one of his teammates in practice. Cromartie drilled wide receiver Stephen Hill,...
Injured Sharapova withdraws from U.S. Open
This isn’t so sweet. Maria Sharapova, who contemplated changing her name to “Sugarpova’’ for the U.S. Open, is out of the tournament altogether because of right-shoulder bursitis, the USTA announced...
Tough call just another reason next year can’t come soon enough for Mets
The Mets have borrowed much from their Brooklyn Dodgers ancestors, but after yesterday’s 4-1, 10-inning defeat to the Braves, the team that plays in a ballpark with a rotunda named...
Missed call, homer sink Mets in extra-inning loss to Braves
Mets left-hander Jon Niese displayed a tragic flaw yesterday. He showed he was human. Hey, he gave up a run. Niese, in his third start since returning from the disabled...
VIDEO: Mets' Niese feeling ‘terrible’ after breaking Heyward's jaw with fastball
The crowd of 22,935 gasped as a Jon Niese fastball came up and in on Justin Heyward, smashing into the Braves hitter’s jaw in the sixth inning. “I felt terrible,”...
Soriano saves Yankees again with late home run
It was Ichiro Suzuki’s night, and Alfonso Soriano made sure he could enjoy it. After Ichiro picked up the evening’s most memorable hit — the milestone 4,000th of his career...
Rodriguez vows to keep quiet with Yankees in playoff hunt
Two months after being told by Yankees general manager Brian Cashman to “shut the f--k up,” Alex Rodriguez is finally listening to his boss. The Bombers’ embattled third baseman said...
Sparks fly on ‘Alaskan Steel Men’
You can add the gritty world of welding and pipe-fitting to the ever-growing slate of reality programming. “Alaskan Steel Men,” premiering Aug. 30 on Discovery, will take viewers inside the...
Add an art show to the Franco file
Oscar-nominated actor, writer and director James Franco is heading back to the small screen. After hinting that he would return to television through a series of photos posted on Instagram...
Ex- ‘Prison Break’ star: I’m gay and definitely not going to Russia
Wentworth Miller, who starred on Fox’s “Prison Break,” has come out of the closet. Miller decided to publicly reveal his sexuality after being invited to attend a film festival in...
FX ’tooning into Bigfoot series
FX has ordered a pilot from Seth Rogen called “Bigfoot” — an animated series based on Graham Roumieu’s graphic novels. Rogen will executive-produce the pilot, which will be written by...
Starr Report
And we’re back! To quote the late, great “Tonight Show” host Jack Paar — back in 1960 after he walked off the show when NBC censored a joke in which...
Michael Strahan’s twin girls are his crowning glory
Michael Strahan knows who’s really in charge here. The former Giants star and “Live with Kelly & Michael” co-host, 41, is featured on the very first page of People’s “Hollywood’s...
Weird but true
Even the replacement refs wouldn’t make a call this dumb. Arizona anti-alcohol cops pounced on a dad at a Cardinals NFL preseason game after he had his 15-year-old son hold...
Looking older? Blame mom's genes
Of all the things your poor mother has done for you — count sagging skin among them. New research out of Sweden suggests the defective genes that speed up aging...
Chris Paul elected president of NBA players union
The makeover of the National Basketball Players Association continued Wednesday evening with the announcement of Chris Paul being named as the group’s president. Paul replaces Derek Fisher, who along with...
Nix breaks hand in Yankees win over Blue Jays
The Yankees lost Jayson Nix when the valuable and versatile infielder suffered a fractured left hand in tonight’s 4-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.Getting the start at third base...
GOP golf event has a laugh at embattled Silver's expense
They’ll be teeing off on Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. A top Republican in the state Senate is holding a golf fund-raiser Thursday that urges donors to take a swing at...