December 23, 2009
Ft. Hood shooter asked cleric if it was OK to kill US soldiers in 2008
The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Ft. Hood early last month asked a radical cleric whether killing fellow U.S. soldiers "was a religiously legitimate act or not,"...
CK's sensational Smith shines on the national stage
Bria Smith’s best performance at the Nike Tournament of Champions had the worst of starts. The Christ the King star guard picked up two fouls in the game’s first 40...
2 dead, 1 wounded in Louisiana office shooting
BATON ROUGE, La. — Authorities have arrested a gunman who allegedly shot and killed two people and wounded a third at a construction company’s office in Baton Rouge. A spokeswoman...
Citi repays $20 billion in TARP funds
Citigroup Inc. said Wednesday that it repaid $20 billion it got from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) last year, freeing the giant bank from government limits on compensation. Citi...
Path cleared for health-care bill passage Thursday
The U.S. Senate closed off debate on a health care overhaul bill Wednesday, clearing the way for final passage Christmas Eve. All 58 Democrats and two independents supported the motion...
Pacquiao Agrees To 3 Blood Tests
Top Rank boss Bob Arum issued a statement on Wednesday saying Manny Pacquiao is agreeable to taking three blood tests and as many random urine tests requested in hopes of...
Dyker lights
Even Rockefeller Center has nothing over this Brooklyn neighborhood during the winter holidays. Dyker Heights, which is world-famous for its magnificent Christmas light displays, certainly isnt cutting down on electricity...
DEs Freeney, Mathis sit out Colts practice
INDIANAPOLIS — Colts Pro Bowl defensive ends Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis were among six injured starters who missed practice Wednesday. Freeney (abdomen) and Mathis (quad) both played last week...
Jets' Ryan hoping Manning, starters stay on sidelines
Rex Ryan opened his daily news conference the way he has all season. "We're going to start with the injury report, obviously," the New York Jets coach said Wednesday. "Manning,...
Giants' Ross still hurting
There was no real definitive news about the handful of injured Giants players who have a chance to play in Sunday's game against the Panthers but, judging from past history,...
Outrage over early release of judge who fixed cases
A Brooklyn judge convicted of fixing divorce cases left a Harlem halfway house today and wasted no time stirring up outrage over a delicate subject. "It’s always nice to be...
Promoter: Pacquiao-Mayweather fight likely off
LAS VEGAS -- Manny Pacquiao has always been willing to spill blood to win a fight. He's not nearly as eager to give blood to get a fight. The fate...
Favre: Issues with coach resolved
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Brett Favre is brushing aside his conflict with Minnesota coach Brad Childress.Childress said he had a "good talk" with his quarterback on both Monday and Wednesday...
Report: Dickey agrees to minor deal
A person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press that the Mets have agreed to a minor league contract with knuckleballer R.A. Dickey.The person spoke on condition of anonymity...
Bronx line launches real-time subway clocks
Straphangers will now be able to stare at a clock as they twiddle their thumbs on subway platforms in the Bronx. The MTA has premiered the first real-time train arrival...
Spider-Man spins web at Gov Isle
If you’re a famous web-slinging superhero’s nemesis and in dire need of a place to hide out in the Big Apple, where do you head? Governors Island. A writer for...
No need to eliminate Z train: Addabbo
State Sen. Joseph Addabbo (D-Howard Beach) was skeptical of the necessity of the MTA’s plan to ax the Z subway line, saying the authority should be looking at internal cuts...
Tenant alerts city he is suing over fatal fire
One of the tenants of an illegally converted home in Woodside plans to sue the city after a fire there last month killed three of his neighbors.Shari Ahammed, 30, ran...
Keep W train: West Qns. pols
Astoria’s elected officials blasted the city’s decision to shut down its W train service last week, saying thousands of western Queens residents rely on the subway to commute to Manhattan.The...
Shinnecocks mull boro gaming bid
The Shinnecock Indian Nation on Long Island is one step closer to federal recognition, which could pave the way for the tribe to open up a casino either at Aqueduct...
Council OKs street rename for Sean Bell
There may have been a few road bumps on the way, but the family of Sean Bell rejoiced Monday after a largely supportive City Council voted to rename the street...
Feds seek info from Dromm, Schulman for probe into WFP
The U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan subpoenaed documents for its probe into the Working Families Party from City Councilman-elect Danny Dromm and former Council candidate Lynn Schulman last week, a...
Sanders hands out $50K each to 30 schools in SE Queens
City Councilman James Sanders (D-Laurelton) gave 30 southeast Queens schools an early Christmas present this week as he donated more than a million dollars to help students.The councilman met with...
Lighting up Richmond Hill
In the eyes of the Richmond Hill Block Association, the neighborhood’s best Christmas lights display can be seen at 112-13 86th Ave.The association has been holding a contest for three...
Ridgewood woman shot: Cops
A Ridgewood mother of two was found shot dead in her home Friday and police were still searching for her killer Tuesday.Police responded to 74-38 65th St. at 5:51 p.m....
Mayor: Fewer hostages held in Va. post office
WYTHEVILLE, Va. — The mayor of a small Virginia town says fewer than five people are being held hostage inside his town's post office. Wytheville's Mayor Trent Crewe tells The...
Queens Village woman guilty of identify theft
A Queens Village loan officer was convicted of identity theft last week after she stole the identity of a former client to help another client purchase a home in Brooklyn,...
Boro teacher had child porn: DA
A 22-year-old Astoria man who works at a Manhattan day care center was arrested last week after he was alleged to have downloaded sexually explicit photographs of children between the...
The Butler Did It
If you’re looking for someone to play the Kevin Bacon game with, there might be no better choice than John Infortunio. The boys basketball coach and athletic administrator at Bishop...
Pomonok gets $700,000 for security update
State Assemblywoman Nettie Mayersohn (D-Flushing) and state Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Whitestone) secured hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding to install security cameras at Pomonok Houses in Flushing, a move...
Met visits pantry with food to give
Long Island City’s Hour Children food pantry got a visit from an Angel last week — the Mets outfielder, that is — who brought with him a much-needed influx of...
Students rally for free MetroCards
State Assemblywoman Grace Meng (D-Flushing) joined Queens students last weekend in Flushing to protest cuts in the MTA’s 2010 budget that will force schoolchildren who receive free MetroCards to start...
MTA plans boro subway, bus service cuts
Transit officials have approved drastic subway and bus system cuts because of a nearly $400 million deficit, but the new MTA chairman as well as several MTA board members appeared...
Flushing BID thanks Liu for work in area
In September 2003, less than two years after the voters of Flushing made him the first Asian-American City Councilman, John Liu (D-Flushing) was instrumental in the formation of the Downtown...
Lancman, Stavisky want security for boro nonprofits
Queens and city nonprofits are one step closer to being able to access information and resources for security purposes after state Assemblyman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows) and state Sen. Toby...
Koo plans to tackle traffic, parking issues
Flushing’scouncilman-elect, Republican Peter Koo, is following through on his campaign pledge to focus his efforts on quality-of-life issues once he takes the seat Councilman John Liu (D-Flushing) has held for...
Forest Hills HS principal, pupil inspire NY law
Elderly and visually impaired residents will now have a much easier time reading their bills, thanks to a suggestion from Forest Hills High School Principal Saul Gootnick and a student...
Schneider Children’s Hospital offers how-to on baby-sitting
The do’s and don’ts of baby-sitting took center stage at a Great Neck high school last week to promote a baby-sitting program conducted by Schneider Children’s Hospital.The honors repertory theater...
City renames street after mother killed in Floral Park blast
The Boodram family lost everything when their Floral Park home was destroyed in an accidental explosion in April, but they said they found some solace Monday when the city voted...
New Elmhurst medical center to help boro women
City Councilwoman Helen Sears (D-Jackson Heights) and Elmhurst Hospital Center officials broke ground Tuesday on a women’s health center that will provide a wide array of services, including gynecology and...
Crystal jewelry exhibit brings art to Flushing
Now that snow crystals have dusted the city’s streets, the time is ripe to visit Flushing for its crystal jewelry and sculpture offerings.Shoppers with holiday loot burning holes in their...
Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon relationship over
After 23 years, Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon have called it quits. A rep told People that the couple broke up over the summer. They met working together in “Bull...
MTA to ax Cross Bay rebate
The MTA is again threatening to do away with the Cross Bay Bridge toll rebate for Broad Channel and Rockaway residents to help alleviate its multimillion-dollar budget deficit, but the...
Looking to beautify Jamaica
And just like that, it was gone.The city removed an unsightly fence in front of the Queens Civil Court Building in Jamaica two weeks ago and community activists are eyeing...
Obituary: Thomas Campagna, 63
Thomas Campagna, who was a member of the Queens Borough Hall staff for about 10 years, died Dec. 18 of lung cancer. He was 63.Campagna worked under former Borough President...
74th St-Roosevelt Ave hub is gold: Dromm
The same day last week that the MTA approved a doomsday budget that eliminated two subway lines in Queens, elected officials in Jackson Heights called the agency’s attention to a...
Company removing shocking Brittany Murphy movie posters
Officials from DVD rental company Redbox are scrambling to take down promotional posters showing Brittany Murphy lifeless in a tub, according to a new report. The posters are for her...
Snowfall breaks record at JFK, blankets NE Queens
Last weekend’s storm dumped a massive snowfall at John F. Kennedy International Airport and left more than 10 inches of the white stuff in at least four Queens neighborhoods, a...
Auburndale rezone moves up
More than 400 square blocks in the Auburndale area are included in a rezoning application the Department of City Planning expects to certify by April, according to Paul Graziano, an...
Astoria developer charged in illegal building rap: DA
A 34-year-old professional engineer from Astoria has been accused of falsely certifying that he had inspected a Brooklyn building where a city firefighter was injured last year after two floors...
AirTrain ridership doubles since opening year: PA
More and more people are using the AirTrain to get to John F. Kennedy International Airport for flights as well as airport employees traveling to work, according to the Port...
Feds give air passengers a bill of rights on delays
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has ordered the nation’s airlines to let passengers off planes waiting for takeoff after three hours.“Airline passengers have rights and these new rules will require...
Police academy vital for College Pt.: Mayor
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has deflected critics’ concerns that the $1 billion to $1.5 billion the city is spending on the new 3 million square-foot police academy in College Point is...
109th Pct. Christmas party draws many merrymakers
Flushing’s 109th Precinct provided food, holiday gifts and a visit from Santa Claus for 130 children and their families from the community at PS 20 last weekend during its second-annual...
Boro reps push reform to legalize the undocumented
Queens members of Congress helped to lead the push for national immigration reform last week, co-sponsoring legislation to legalize millions of undocumented individuals that has drawn praise from Mayor Michael...
2 charged in Jamaica mortgage fraud: Feds
A Rosedale attorney and another man were indicted last week by the federal government for taking part in an alleged scheme to defraud several mortgages on properties in the city,...
Queens Center Mall employees rally for better wages
More than 25 workers in varying jobs at Elmhurst’s Queens Center Mall joined advocacy group Make the Road New York and several borough elected officials Sunday to protest their low...
Peralta’s ties to old nonprofit questioned
State Assemblyman Jose Peralta (D-Jackson Heights) has come under fire from a Corona activist who suspects the legislator of wrongdoing in his associations with a now-defunct nonprofit based out of...
PS 152 stars in dance contest
Students from Woodside’s PS 152 showed poise and fancy footwork as they outstepped two other Queens schools and six others from the five boroughs in a citywide ballroom dancing competition....
NE Qns. teams win prizes in dance contest
Students from Douglaston’s PS 98 took a bronze award and Fresh Meadows’ PS 26 took a silver prize in a citywide ballroom dancing competition last week, but the schools were...
Is Throgs Neck remake safe?
A College Point scientist has raised concerns about the environmental impact of work recently undertaken by the MTA to improve the Throgs Necks Bridge.Dr. James Cervino, a professor of environmental...
Living a nightmare after trying to rock in Willets Pt.
The L.A. Guns jamming live in Willets Point may seem like a strange dream for most people familiar with the district better known for its chop shops and stray dogs.And...
Aide: Brazilian family giving up fight for US boy
RIO DE JANEIRO -- A Brazilian family has decided to end its legal fight for custody of a 9-year-old boy and will obey a court order to turn him over...
Bayside’s air cleaner but not great: City
A new air quality study conducted by the city Health Department has found that Sunnyside and Woodside were the most polluted borough neighborhoods in three out of four air contaminant...
'Santa' robs Nashville bank
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — He may have been dressed all in fur from his head to his foot, but this Santa Claus has proved to be no saint. According to Metropolitan...
Have the Yankees improved this offseason?
The Yankees have been busy this offseason, but all the moves may not have improved the team that won the World Series. If you believe GM Brian Cashman, the Yankees...
Pro golfer says she knew Tiger cheated
Helen Alfredsson said it wasn't much of a secret that Tiger Woods cheated on his wife, according to a new report. "I heard it last summer during the British Open,"...
Ratner closes on Atlantic Yards
As developer Bruce Ratner finally closed on his long-delayed Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn, state officials today wasted little time kicking off eminent domain proceedings to seize private land the...
Disney nominates Facebook COO Sandberg to board
BURBANK, Calif. -- Walt Disney Co. said Wednesday it has nominated Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer for the popular social networking site Facebook, to serve on its board of directors....
Madoff moved to prison medical center
Bernard Madoff, who is serving a 150-year sentence in a federal prison in Butner, N.C., is now housed in a low-security medical center at the prison, according to the Bureau...
Officials: Woman hid 87-year-old mom's corpse to collect benefits
WILMINGTON, N.C. — When coastal North Carolina authorities found the nearly mummified corpse of an elderly woman in a bed where her family had hidden it for seven months, they...
Teen charged with starting 2 Calif. wildfires
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — A 16-year-old Southern California boy was charged Wednesday as an adult for allegedly starting two arson wildfires in San Bernardino County earlier this year. Ricky Sean...
Judge orders 1 trial in Wisconsin serial killings
MILWAUKEE — A judge has ruled that a Milwaukee man accused of killing seven women will have one trial covering all their deaths. Forty-nine-year-old Walter E. Ellis has pleaded not...
Snow postpones search for Vt. grandma’s remains
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Homicide investigators say they’re postponing a search for the remains of a Vermont grandmother who police say was shot to death and incinerated by her daughter and...
Nets need two ailing leaders
Jarvis Hayes had hoped to play during the Thanksgiving Week trip. That got pushed back. Then it was mid-December. After Christmas. Now maybe next week. Hayes wants to play and...
Amy Winehouse charged in alleged theater assault
LONDON -- Singer Amy Winehouse was charged Wednesday in connection with an assault at a theater, police said. The 26-year-old soul diva was arrested after she presented herself at a...
Mass. woman pleads not guilty in womb-cutting case
WORCESTER, Mass. -- A Massachusetts woman has pleaded not guilty to killing her pregnant friend and cutting the baby from her womb. Julie Corey was ordered held without bail Wednesday...
Devils' Martin out four more weeks
Devils defenseman Paul Martin will be sidelined another month after having a setback in his recovery from a broken left forearm.Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello said Wednesday that Martin had...
Tortorella not impressed with Redden's return
Wade Redden's play upon his return to the Rangers' lineup in Raleigh on Monday hardly drew a rave review from John Tortorella."I thought he had some good shifts and some...
Giants put backup TE Johnson on IR
The Giants have added another tight end at the expense of Darcy Johnson, a third-year player who never developed the way the team envisioned when they kept him on the...
Yankees, Johnson finalize one-year deal
Nick Johnson’s sense of smell is returning.After six years of not receiving as much as a sniff of the postseason while playing for Montreal, Washington and Florida, a reunion with...
Director: Brittany Murphy was 'professional,' 'healthy'
LOS ANGELES — Brittany Murphy was a hardworking actress who was juggling multiple movie projects in the months leading up to her unexpected death. While none of the films boasted...
Judge rejects mandatory condoms on LA porn sets
LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles judge has denied a request from an AIDS advocacy group calling for mandatory use of condoms on porn sets. Judge David Yaffe on Tuesday...
NYU official stole $409K from school: prosecutors
The administrator for NYU's chemistry department has swiped $409,000 through a wacky phony invoice scheme, Manhattan prosecutors charged yesterday. For five years, John Runowicz, a 47-year-old with his own amateur...
Mother: Teen set on fire suffers from nightmares
MIAMI — The mother of a South Florida teen doused with rubbing alcohol and set on fire says her son suffers from nightmares and won’t be returning to the family’s...
This week's calendar: Dec. 24 to Dec. 30
Thursday, Dec. 24 Union Square Holiday Market and Columbus Circle Holiday Market This is the last day to pick up a last-minute gift at these two open-air markets. Each features...
Poland earmarks more money for Auschwitz security
WARSAW, Poland -- Poland's culture minister has promised the Auschwitz museum money to step up security after the infamous "Arbeit Macht Frei" ("Work Sets You Free") sign was stolen from...
$162M Mega Millions winner sold on Long Island
ROCKY POINT, N.Y. — The winning ticket for the Mega Millions jackpot of $162 million was sold in a seaside hamlet on Long Island. New York State Lottery officials say...
Porn uncovered on school board president's laptop
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- New York state officials say pornographic material was found on a school district laptop computer used by the president of Buffalo's Board of Education. Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli...
LA commuter train hits truck in freak accident
LOS ANGELES -- A Metrolink commuter train struck a pickup truck that flew into its path after crashing into a car which had stopped for a passing ambulance early Wednesday,...
The End of Man Made Global Warming Claims?
Roger Simon thinks failure of Copenhagen was the last straw (Pajamas Media)
Obama slammed for 'Public Option' Denial
Jake Tapper reports fact check on President's campaign claims (ABC News)
Hawaiian woman threatened to kill, 'blow away' Michelle Obama
HONOLULU — A woman accused of telling the Secret Service she would "blow away" Michelle Obama was in federal custody Tuesday as the Obama family planned to travel to Hawaii....
2010: Year of Bankrupt Gov'ts
Dubai to cause banks further trouble in 2010 (Wall Street Journal)Financial Bubbles and Risk Management (Bank Bazaar.com)
Former RIT prof pleads not guilty in wife’s death
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A former associate professor at Rochester Institute of Technology has pleaded not guilty to a charge that he strangled his wife and left her body at a...
'Balloon Boy' dad sentenced to 90 days in jail; mom gets 20
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The couple who carried out the balloon boy hoax have both been sentenced to jail for the stunt. A judge on Wednesday sentenced Richard Heene to...
Paterson vows to fight school-aid suit
Declaring "you can't spend money that don't have," Gov. Paterson this morning announced plans to fight a lawsuit seeking to restore nearly $600 million in education aid he withheld earlier...
Ohio mom calls cops on her shoplifting 6-year-old
COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio woman who asked that police be called after she caught her 6-year-old daughter shoplifting a package of stickers said Wednesday that she was just trying...
New home sales crater as subsidy ends
Sales of new homes fell 11.3% in November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 355,000 as a popular tax break for first-time homeowners was set to expire, the Commerce...
Tiger puts down the pen
More bad news for Tiger and his bank account.Golf Digest, which has a $3 million per year exclusive contract with Tiger Woods, is suspending his monthly instructional golf articles as...
NY billionaire settles four of 18 underage sex suits
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A New York billionaire jailed for soliciting underage prostitutes in Florida has settled four out of 18 abuse lawsuits by young women. Jeffrey Epstein's most...
Steven Tyler checks into rehab for painkiller addiction
LOS ANGELES -- Steven Tyler has entered a rehabilitation facility to treat an addiction to painkillers the Aerosmith frontman has taken to cope with 10 years of performance injuries. Tyler...
Harry Reid's New Public Utility
Richard Epstein explains how the Senate bill will destroy private insurers (Wall Street Journal)
Power restored on Amtrak lines after 3-hour outage
An electrical problem outside New York City put train service at a standstill up and down the East Coast for three hours Wednesday, leaving commuters and holiday travelers stopped in...
O/U Rico
Rico went 12-4 (3-0 Best Bets) on the over/unders last week, bringing the season record to 105-115-4 (19-25-1). The selections for Week 16: OVER: Titans / Chargers; Giants / Panthers;...
Miss Charleen
FRIDAY: Titans SUNDAY: Panthers, Colts, Packers, Browns, Chiefs, Falcons, Texans, Buccaneers, Patriots, Ravens, Eagles, Cardinals, 49ers, Redskins MONDAY: Vikings BEST BETS: Browns, Chiefs, Eagles
Tim Sullivan
FRIDAY: Titans SUNDAY: Panthers, Colts, Packers, Browns, Bengals, Bills, Dolphins, Saints, Jaguars, Steelers, Broncos, Rams, 49ers, Cowboys MONDAY: Vikings BEST BETS: Steelers, Broncos, 49ers
Stop the KSM Trial
Allan Erickson says KSM will put America and Israel on trial (Philadelphia Examiner)Petra Bartosiewicz says trial poses few risks (Los Angeles Times)Majority of Americans think military trial is better idea...
Girl found dead in Brooklyn snow
A 3-year-old girl fell to her death from the roof of a Brooklyn apartment building yesterday, just hours after her family moved in, police and relatives said yesterday. Kyrah Martin’s...
Bronx blaze injures four
A fire that broke out this morning in a Bronx basement turned into an all-hands blaze that so far has left four injured. Three people from the building at 20...
'Balloon boy' nuts get sentenced today
WATCH LIVE: 'BALLOON BOY' PARENTS FACE SENTENCING The parents who pulled off the balloon boy hoax are already facing the prospect of jail time and paying tens of thousands of...
Jelly-brand Dummies Up
Brian Tumulty reports on impact to New Yok (WGRZ TV)County Executive Santulli concerned about reform provisions (Elmira Gazette)
UPDATE: Sheraton Nassau
Packing a coat for the Bahamas? That's like bringing a moral compass to Bangkok -- completely and utterly useless! Unless it's for the Sheraton Nassau's second annual coat drive, going on now...
No. 2 Texas blows past No. 9 Michigan State
Damion James had 23 points and 13 rebounds, leading No. 2 Texas past No. 9 Michigan State, 79-68, last night in Austin, giving the Longhorns consecutive wins over Top 10...
CK falls in Tournament of Champions finale
It wasn’t the ending Bob Mackey envisioned to Christ the King's trip to the West Coast, especially after his team took a 14-point lead in the first quarter against Mount...
Yankees go with gut on Vazquez
Very quietly the Yankees kept checking in with the Blue Jays on Roy Halladay and with even greater stealth made a late push on Philadelphia’s Cliff Lee. The Yankees had...
Yankees' Damon remains left out
There was a vacancy sign placed above left field at Yankee Stadium yesterday, but Johnny Damon’s outlook on returning hasn’t changed any. On the same day the Yankees sent Melky...
Vazquez joins Johnson as returning Yankee
Sometimes the game works funny. After the 2003 season, the Yanks used three young players to obtain Vazquez headlined by Nick Johnson. In Game 7 of the 2004 ALCS, the...
Vazquez returns in deal for Melky
The Yankees can only hope this won’t end in another painful Vaz-ectomy. Five years after getting booed out of The Bronx, after surrendering one of the most infamous home runs...
Mets near deal with knuckleballer Dickey
The Mets are nearing agreement on a minor league contract with knuckleballer R.A. Dickey, a person familiar with the negotiations told The AP. Dickey, a 35-year-old right-hander, made 14 starts...
Mets fans’ frustration grows as ‘Bay Watch’ hits Day 13
The Mets ask you to trust them. They ask for patience, and for fortitude, for the benefit of the doubt. They keep asking you for money, too, having now extended...
Hondo: Forget past at a time like this
Hondo will deviate from the program this week by dispensing with his weekly performance review. Surely, during Christmas week everyone has a lot of last-minute shopping, cooking and congregating to...
It will pay to ride the ponies in Hawaii Bowl
The winner of multiple major-handicapping championships against world-class competition, The Wildcat returns. Including the 1997-2008 seasons in The Post, Cat’s 14-year record in print stands at 375-320 (54 percent) against...
Giants report card, Week 15
OFFENSE They ran, they passed, they even scored three out of four times in the red zone. Fun, fun, fun for the Giants as Eli Manning (19-of-26, 268 yards, 3...
Lock of the week: Bolts for Christmas
Ok, so the Giants CAN stop the pass — if the defensive line can annihilate the quarterback. Question is, can they get to Matt Moore before the Carolina QB delivers...
Boys basketball roundup: Rice cooked in Chick-fil-A final
Rice was handed its first loss of the season, falling to Westlake (Ga.) in the Chick-fil-A Classic Final in Columbia, S.C. Tuesday night. The Raiders (4-1), ranked 17th in USA...
Stop the KSM trial
There is no justifying the Obama administration's decision to grant a civilian trial to Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other 9/11 plotters who carried out the deadliest act of war...
Girls basketball roundup: Molloy comeback falls short
Tom Catalanotto was forced to go small over the game’s final minutes with his Archbishop Molloy team trailing Regis Jesuit (Colo.) by 11 with 2:50 left. Binghamton-bound forward Kyra Aloizos,...
Upstart Patriots band together after forfeit
The Francis Lewis boys basketball players were angry and they were upset. The Patriots had recently been given their first loss, a forfeit after one quarter of a game against...
Ref review lets Knicks cover spread
Commissioner David Stern should know about the final second of tonight's game. Stern should know about how the three referees who officiated tonight's Bulls-Knicks game at the Garden were intent...
Mount St. Michael defense grounds Pilots
Malik Gill is the type of defender oppenents hate to see matched up against them. “I tell [Gill], ‘Just because you didn’t get the steal, doesn’t mean you are unsuccessful,'”...
Behind door no.1
If you live in Manhattan, you’re bound to spend more on your doormen during the holiday season than you will on, ahem, your mother — hey, who signs for your...
Yule dig these Christmas Eve parties
Holidays got you down? Forget navigating the tourists at Rockefeller Center — we’ve got your Christmas Eve to-do list right here. MORE: Tips from NYC doormen for holiday cash alternatives...
Hell’s kitchen
Bark at the moon, shout at the devil . . . sauté some onions? With the publication of a new heavy-metal cookbook, headbangers can now combine their appetite for destruction...
Hearst so good
For the latest in their occasional documentary series, "Witness," MSNBC retells the entire story of media heiress Patty Hearst's kidnapping in 1974 -- from her abduction to her conversion into...
Chicken feudal 'Soup'
FANS of "The Soup" know that host Joel McHale likes to chew on Wendy Williams more than just about anyone else on TV. Whether he's showing clips of Williams lighting...
Starr report
David Brent redux? Ricky Gervais says he hasn't totally ruled out a return of David Brent, the buffoonish boss he created for the BBC's "The Office" (which spawned a worldwide...
It's slow-moving but arresting
'Police, Adjective" is about cops in pursuit of a drug suspect. But it isn't a thriller; rather, it's an anti-thriller. Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu's droll follow-up to his deadpan comedy...
More Maura on 'Rescue'?
There could be a TV come back in the cards for Maura Tierney, who's recovering from surgery. The producers of FX's "Rescue Me" are hoping to bring Tierney back to...
Diane up a little
ABC worked hard to keep Diane Sawyer's debut as the new anchor of "World News" low key -- and it got its wish. Sawyer's first night in the hot seat...
Joan Rivers back on E!
Joan Rivers is back on E! after a three-year absence to host new "Fashion Police" specials, produced by daughter Melissa Rivers, during the 2010 awards show season. First up: "Fashion...
'Addams Family' vacation
Your $15 million show has opened to mixed reviews out of town. Your leading lady is deeply unhappy. Your leading man has been overheard at the spa at the Four...
Bethlehem's exodus
The pilgrims will be there as midnight Mass at the Church of the Nativity is again broadcast live around the world this Christmas Eve -- but the town of Bethlehem...
Bronx's big letdown: Armory project killed
THE ISSUE: The City Council's vote against the redevelopment of the Kingsbridge Armory. *** The losers in the City Council are following the lead of their Democratic friends in Washington...
Girl walks off with baby kin: cops
A troubled 13-year-old girl snatched her baby niece in The Bronx yesterday, triggering an Amber Alert, before the child was found safe 10 hours later, cops said. Lisa Keitt had...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan -- Cops are looking for two high-tech thieves who hacked into at least four people's bank accounts after installing a "skimmer" at an East Village ATM. The bandits on...
A'jad thumbs nose at nuke deadline
Iran's president dismissed a year-end deadline set by the Obama administration and the West for Tehran to accept a UN-drafted deal to swap enriched uranium for nuclear fuel. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...
Westchester pooch first in US with swine flu
A dog in Westchester County is the first in the nation confirmed to be carrying the same strain of swine flu that is infecting humans, experts said yesterday. The 13-year-old...
'Trek trick' suit zapped
A "Star Trek" fan's lawsuit seeking an astronomical $7 million from Christie's for selling him "bogus" memorabilia has been photon-torpedoed. Lifelong Trekkie Ted Moustakis had claimed the auction house intentionally...
Poll numbers bode ill for O
ALBANY -- Voters across the country, angered by Senate Democrats' health-care plan, are turning thumbs down on President Obama as well as the plan itself, two polls showed yesterday. One,...
35% resistant to getting shots
Americans who were worried about the safety of the swine-flu vaccine are still worried, and it may not be easy to convince them to get themselves or their children vaccinated,...
M'soft's Word is whacked
Microsoft Corp., the world's biggest software maker, has just three weeks to alter its Word software or stop selling the product after it lost its appeal of a $200 million...
Business briefs
Lehman The US judge handling Lehman Brothers Hold ings' bankruptcy will ask the UK's High Court to help creditors seeking in formation about the his tory of Barclays Plc's pur...
Big ticket tie-up OK'd
The UK antitrust regulator is reversing a provisional decision to block the merger between Live Nation, the world's biggest concert promoter and venue operator, and Ticketmaster Entertainment. The Competition Commission...
Sick state of Medicaid fraud
ALBANY -- Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli scolded state health officials yesterday for failing to prevent Medicaid fraud while he released audits exposing another $92 million in sham payments by the health-insurance...
Miracle as jet crash-lands in Jamaica
An American Airlines jet, which crash-landed Tuesday night after missing the runway during a rainstorm, landed just yards from the Caribbean Sea. Remarkably all 148 passengers and six crew on...
Diplomatic burglary bust
A hulking crackhead was busted as he burglarized an Upper East Side apartment building reportedly owned by the Bulgarian Consulate, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. Matthew Hults, 47, who has done...
2010: The year of bankrupt gov'ts
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. But he only comes for kids -- not for governments that have bragged, borrowed and spent their way into bankruptcy. Two Thousand Ten...
Empire 'stocks' back
May the Dow be with you. The iconic characters from "Star Wars" paid a visit to the New York Stock Exchange yesterday -- ringing the opening bell and helping keep...
Party-poop Dem rep. now GOPer
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- A US House Democrat who opposes the health care overhaul -- a doctor by profession -- announced yesterday he is defecting to the GOP, another blow to...
A new Starz turn
With the hiring of former HBO whiz Chris Albrecht, Starz is hoping to be in ascendance. Liberty Media's pay-TV and movie division tapped Albrecht, who is credited with transforming Time...
Unhealthy market KOs health products bldg.
Gary Barnett's proposed 60-story skyscraper on W. 34th Street -- cater-corner to the Javits Center -- is apparently kaput. The anchor tenant for the 1.5-million-foot tower, the World Product Centre,...
Comcast's Burke wins contract, Buffett seat
Comcast COO Steve Burke yesterday got the professional equivalent of a double when he was elected to a coveted seat on the board of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and inked...
Tiger gets a timeout
Golf Digest is loosening its ties to Tiger Woods, suspending his monthly instructional golf articles while Woods is on leave from professional golf. But the Condé Nast-owned monthly has not...
'Mr. Smith,' your country needs you
'TIS the season for Frank Capra movies, and not just "It's a Wonderful Life." The schmaltzy tug-of-hearts dubbed "Capra-corn" gets me every time, especially the populist politics of "Mr. Smith...
No end in sight to Time Warner, Fox feud
The battle between Time Warner Cable and Fox could get bloodier, as both sides eye the standoff's outcome as a guide for future retransmission negotiations between cable operators and broadcast...
IRS in audit oddity
The IRS has a magic number -- $200,000. Americans making less than that each year have only the slimmest chance of having their tax returns audited, it was revealed yesterday....
The Council's slap at the NYPD
With Monday's vote to name three blocks of Liverpool Street in Queens after Sean Bell, the City Council has succeeded in delivering its anti-police agenda to the beleaguered citizens of...
Mom-slay kids 'kidnapped'
The father of two young girls who helplessly watched their social-worker mother gunned down in The Bronx said their grandmother has "absconded" with the kids and has launched a fight...
FBI bares weird Jacko secrets
The FBI's explosive, secret dossier on Michael Jackson was made public yesterday and includes sickening -- and surprising -- allegations involving the kiddie-molestation raps against the superstar. The sensational files...
Incognit-O phone prank
Move over, Vinny from Queens. There's a new radio call-in king -- and he's dialing from the White House. President Obama played a prank on his friend, outgoing Virginia Gov....
US growth revised to 2.2%
WASHINGTON -- The US economy's recovery wasn't as strong as earlier believed, the government said yesterday, revising its third-quarter numbers down for the second time to show lower construction and...
Hipsters set up trailer park in Bushwick
The boondocks are coming to Brooklyn. A group of hipsters is getting ready to turn a derelict Bushwick nut-roasting factory into the Big Apple's very own backwoods -- setting up...
Fist-flighting chaos at JFK
A mini-riot erupted at Delta's Kennedy Airport terminal yesterday as hundreds of frustrated fliers' tempers boiled over amid super-sized security and check-in lines fattened with people stranded by the weekend's...
Hulu, WMG get their groove on
Known mainly for streaming television shows and movies online, Hulu will feature content from two of the four major record labels after inking a deal yesterday with Warner Music Group....
Trouble brewing for Pepsi's Nooyi
PepsiCo shareholders' enthusiasm for CEO Indra Nooyi is beginning to fizzle. Amid a stock that has lagged archrival Coca-Cola's, and flagging beverage sales, a number of investors say Nooyi faces...
Save YRC: teamsters
International Brotherhood of Teamsters President James Hoffa is taking his crusade against the "questionable promotion" of credit-default swaps to the Securities and Exchange Commission and New York State Attorney General...
New FDNY boss goes high-tech
Incoming Fire Commissioner Sal Cassano plans to push for a more tech-savvy FDNY, starting with a LoJack-type device capable of locating firefighters trapped in burning buildings. Cassano, who will become...
Gilly's 2nd opinion
WASHINGTON -- Responding to searing criticism from Gov. Paterson and Mayor Bloomberg that the Senate's version of health-care reform would devastate New York's medical services, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand insisted yesterday...
A good pick for the Bravest
The FDNY was ripped apart on 9/11, and Salvatore Cassano was instrumental in its repair. Now Mayor Bloomberg has named Cassano -- present chief of department and a 40-year veteran...
'No jobs': A promise he'll keep
The City Council, overriding a mayoral veto, has finished off the proposed development at the Kingsbridge Armory in The Bronx -- effectively killing 2,200 new jobs in a borough with...
Jelly-brand dummies up
What's up with unelected Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand? She can't protect New York from the ill effects of Obama Care, and then refuses even to talk about it. Gillibrand? Jelly-brand is...
Gay lawyer claim$ bias
A lesbian lawyer yesterday sued her former firm for $50 million, saying she suffered "repulsive harassment and discrimination" because she wore men's shirts and "does not fit into typical feminine...
EMT duo may face jail time
Brooklyn prosecutors are eyeing stiff charges that carry potential prison time for the two EMTs accused of failing to help a dying, pregnant woman on their coffee break, The Post...
Judge slams city's preppy-sport boo$t
Not so fast! A Manhattan judge yesterday ripped the city for repeatedly defying rules by not holding public hearings on a controversial plan to build new sports fields at Randalls...
JFK fish 'rap'
He was caught by a fluke. A natural-gas salesman from Queens was nabbed yesterday for attempting to smuggle 16 live endangered fish through customs in his suitcase -- and it...
Gehry now B'way bound
An independent theater company that had once planned to move to Ground Zero will instead get a new home designed by Frank Gehry in the Theater District. Mayor Bloomberg said...
Auschwitz 'foreign' intrigue
WARSAW, Poland -- A foreigner outside Poland commissioned the theft of the infamous Auschwitz sign that reads "Arbeit Macht Frei" ("Work Sets You Free"), and detectives must expand their investigation...
Brazil boost for NJ dad
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazil's chief justice yesterday ruled in favor of a New Jersey man who has pursued a five-year court battle to gain custody of his son. According...
Ashanti's twisted text nut guilty
A rapper wannabe was convicted last night of bombarding the mother of Grammy-winning R&B star Ashanti with crude and creepy text messages. Devar Hurd faces up to two years prison...
SAT help for all
Reeling from four straight years of plunging SAT scores, the city will offer a free online prep course for the exam to all 11th-graders in public schools, The Post has...
Brittany's hubby rips 'O.D.' buzz
Brittany Murphy's heartbroken husband yesterday blasted the "crazy" suggestions that the "Clueless" star overdosed or had an eating disorder, insisting he has no idea what killed his 32-year-old wife. Murphy...
Rocker's return to rehab
He'll walk this way -- again. Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler said yesterday he'll go back into rehab for the second time in as many years. Tyler, 61, said in a...
Ferrari bandits' wild ride
Three Brooklyn bandits tried a little vroom service last night -- taking a new $200,000 Ferrari on a joyride after breaking into a home and stealing the keys, cops said....
New BlackBerry blackout
The manufacturer of BlackBerrys said late yesterday its technicians are working to resolve e-mail messaging delays on its smart phones in North and South America. Phone calling and texting services...
Blaze KOs famed Bx. boxing gym
A famous Bronx gym that has turned out world-champion boxers and been a community fixture for 32 years was destroyed yesterday in a blaze that also left two families homeless...
Kerry wife has breast cancer
BOSTON -- Teresa Heinz, the wife of the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry, says she is being treated for breast cancer. Heinz, 71, said she found out in...
Veteran Jets and Sanchez a bad mix
The Jets are a modern-day professional sports contradiction, and it's turning the 2009 season into a colossal waste. These Jets have been built to win now -- in every position...
Walsh: Nate won't have same fate as Marbury
Donnie Walsh says "Nate-Gate" is completely different from last season's feud with Stephon Marbury. But it is looking as if Robinson could be bought out and sign with the Celtics,...
Aching Islanders wait on Weight, DiPietro
The Islanders are a team increasingly reliant on young players, but eyes were on a pair of veterans yesterday, as center Doug Weight and goalie Rick DiPietro both practiced. Weight...
Sunday's Best
The experts make their picks:THE LINEGREG GALLOSTEVE SERBYMARK CANNIZZAROPAUL SCHWARTZTIM BONTEMPSRICOTITANS 3 (47) Chargers (Friday, 7:30, NFLN)TitansTitans★ ChargersChargers★ ChargersChargersGIANTS 7 (42½) Panthers (Sunday, 1:00, FOX)GiantsPanthers★ GiantsPanthersGiantsGiantsCOLTS 5½ (40½) Jets (4:15,...
Coughlin didn't like the looks of Jacobs' fight
Tom Coughlin did not have a ringside seat to get a glimpse of the melee that erupted early in the fourth quarter of Monday night's 45-12 rout of the Redskins,...
Tortorella's Rangers revert to Renney style
Before getting the boot late last February, Tom Renney was criticized for suppressing the Rangers' creativity during the seemingly endless string of 2-1 and 3-2 games they played with him...
Yi's return tonight could help Nets' shooting struggles
You've heard of the gang that couldn't shoot straight. Well, so far the Nets simply have been the gang that couldn't shoot, period. So welcome back Yi Jianlian and --...
Giants need second win in row or playoffs are in peril
It has been more than two months since the Giants accomplished what used to be second nature to them: Winning back-to-back games. Every time they believed they had jump-started themselves...
Stadium deserves Giant sendoff
The curtain comes down on Giants Stadium on Sunday for the New York Football Giants. The first Giants quarterback to play there, back on Oct. 10, 1976, was Craig Morton....
Sports shorts
NFL: Bengals, Goodell pay respects to Henry Commissioner Roger Goodell, Bengals players, coaches and members of the front office, as well as other NFL players including Saints running back Reggie...
Lee cuts down Bulls with big game, clutch jumper
The virus for blowing mammoth leads the Bulls carried in from Chicago infected the Knicks last night. But before the Knicks' collapse was complete, David Lee, in continuing his best...
Weird but true
This recession sure is a kick in the pants. A Canadian sex shop was forced to shutter its doors because of a sales downswing due to the troubled economy. Afternoon...
BYU, Hall bottle up Oregon State in Las Vegas Bowl
Max Hall threw for 192 yards and three touchdowns in the only bowl game he knows, leading No. 15 BYU past No. 16 Oregon State 44-20 in the Las Vegas...
Rutgers' Davis turning pro
Rutgers junior left tackle Anthony Davis declared for the NFL draft yesterday. The junior is considered by many to be one of the best -- if not the best --...
St. John's freshman Lawrence gets a chance
Midway through last week, St. John's coach Norm Roberts faced a difficult decision made even harder by the vagaries of injury. Small forward Anthony Mason Jr. was undergoing an ultrasound...
Close loss to Center a 'positive' for Medgar Evers
Win or lose, Barney Davis was going to pleased with the result of his Medgar Evers girls basketball team if it stayed in the game with Manhattan Center. The Cougars...
Dingle powers Ravens past All Hallows
Kerwin Okoro knew right away that All Hallows' Omar Kellman made a mistake when he blocked Daniel Dingle’s shot. “He doesn’t like getting rejected,” the St. Raymond sophomore said. “He...
Lacourt, Manhattan Center dance past Medgar Evers
Nijah Lacourt is a dancer at heart. The Manhattan Center senior only quit the hobby she participated in almost all her life for basketball as a freshman. But pirouettes and...
Pacquiao Must Agree To Olympic Testing
Floyd Mayweather already has backed Manny Pacquiao up against the ropes and their much anticipated mega-fight hasn't even been finalized yet. Mayweather's camp made it known last night the proposed...
Lee, Knicks hold on to beat Bulls 88-81
David Lee rattled in the clinching jumper with 5.5 seconds left, finishing with 18 points and a career high-tying 21 rebounds as the New York Knicks held on for an...
Fan convicted in NYC of harassing Ashanti's mother
A would-be rapper has been convicted of haranguing Ashanti's mother with a flurry of lewd text messages about the Grammy-winning R&B star. Devar Hurd faces up to two years in...
Drug testing could derail Mayweather-Pacquiao fight
The megafight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been thrown into jeopardy. Mayweather’s camp is demanding the fighters submit to Olympic-type drug testing in the weeks leading up...
Brazil justice rules for US dad in custody battle
Brazil's chief justice on Tuesday ruled in favor of a U.S. man who has pursued a five-year court battle to gain custody of his son. According to the court's Web...
