January 2, 2010
B'klyn pool hall murder is city's 5th of the year
An argument in a backroom pool hall in Brooklyn turned into the city’s fifth homicide of the New Year late this afternoon. Police say that around 4 p.m., gunfire erupted...
Grace picks the Johnnies
Unlike so many other talented city products, Davontay Grace didn’t feel the need to leave the five boroughs when it came time to pick a college. St. John’s had all...
Fight over girl sparks brawl; three stabbed
FAIR LAWN, N.J. — Fair Lawn police say an argument over a girl sparked a melee early today in which three teenagers were stabbed and 20 people were arrested. The...
Stingless Hornets lack offense in loss to Molloy
Artie LaGreca described it as “Lid on the Basket for Jewel Day.” It is the holidays after all. The Midwood girls basketball coach watched Northeastern-bound Jewel Tunstull struggle from start...
Rangers rue day, fall to 'Canes in OT
This was the winter anti-classic, today’s matinee at the Garden in which the Rangers and Hurricanes slogged through a game with the entertainment value about as limited as the scoring....
LeBron fills Nets in Cavs' win
Just think, LeBron, all this could be yours. The hustle, bustle and bright lights of Route 3 West. A personalized parking space — take the whole Xanadu complex if you...
VIDEO: Soda jerk drags off vending machine
ATHENS, Tenn. — Deputies in McMinn County gave chase after seeing a truck dragging a stolen soda machine, creating a shower of sparks on the highway. Deputies saw a truck...
D'Antoni: Nate will play against Pacers
One night after watching Nate Robinson blow up with 41 points, Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni said today that he’ll ride the hot hand and keep Robinson in the rotation.“He's playing,”...
Obama: Plane bomb plot was Al-Qaida
HONOLULU — An al-Qaida affiliate in Yemen apparently ordered the Christmas Day plot against a U.S. airliner, training and arming the 23-year-old Nigerian man accused in the failed bombing, President...
Elin in "great spirits" in Alps: reports
TIGER Woods' wife has given him the cold shoulder - by going skiing thousands of miles away. Heartbroken Elin Nordegren has left the love cheat star behind in the US...
NYC-bound jet diverted after smoke in cockpit
BOSTON — A New York-bound plane has returned safely to Boston's Logan International Airport after a pilot smelled smoke in the cockpit minutes after takeoff. Airport spokesman Matthew Brelis says...
Report: Easley picks Florida after decommitting from Penn State
Curtis star defensive lineman Dominique Easley verbally committed to Florida today, according to several reports, two days after he decommitted from Penn State. During the Under Armour All-American game in...
Afghanistan's parliament rejects more than half of Karzai's cabinet nominees
KABUL - Afghanistan’s parliament on Saturday rejected more than half of President Hamid Karzai’s nominations for his cabinet, including at least two close allies and the powerful former guerrilla commander...
Trendsetters: Week 17
GIANTS (+9) at MINNESOTA Big Blue have dropped eight of the last 10 overall, and seven of eight vs. winning teams. CINCINNATI (+10) at JETS Gang Green have dropped four...
Two ships hijacked by Somali pirates
LONDON — A British-flagged cargo ship and a chemical tanker from Singapore have both been hijacked by pirates in the perilous waters off the coast of Somalia, officials said Saturday....
10-year-old boy stabbed to death in Harlem apartment
A 10-year-old boy was stabbed to death in an apartment in a Harlem housing project early today, and cops are questioning his 25-year-old cousin in connection with the horrific crime,...
10 dead, 47 injured in India train accidents
LUCKNOW, India — Four trains collided Saturday in two separate accidents caused by dense winter fog in northern India, killing 10 people and injuring 47 others, police and railway officials...
Elton John helping Eminem fight drugs
LONDON — Elton John says he has been helping American rapper Eminen fight drug problems for more than a year. John says Eminem is succeeding in his well-publicized battle against...
Serving of ‘Stew’ for you
BIG WEEKS Jonathan Stewart RB, Panthers With starter DeAngelo Williams still gimpy, expect Stewart to get another healthy load, after carving up the Giants last week. Devin Aromashodu WR, Bears...
Obama: Wannabe plane bomber was a member of al Qaeda
HONOLULU - U.S. President Barack Obama said it appeared the suspect who tried to bomb a Detroit-bound plane over Christmas was a member of al Qaeda and had been trained...
Tired mayor lacks heart for another long city haul
Maybe the mayor was hung over, like the rest of us. Or, he was worried to death about international terror plots. Like all of us. More likely, Mayor Bloomberg has...
As players sit, Week 17 nightmare for linemakers
The hotline to Las Vegas takes you inside Week 17 of the NFL season, telling the bettors what direction the lines are moving and by how much. JETS-BENGALS Jets -10,...
Jets' punter questionable with pulled hamstring
The Jets have a potential problem at punter after Steve Weatherford pulled his right hamstring in practice. Weatherford, who did practice yesterday, is listed as questionable. Coach Rex Ryan said...
Floyd-Manny debacle giving boost to MMA
There’s just one winner if Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao continue on this course to spoil all the positive energy boxing created in 2009: mixed martial arts. For a...
Hofstra vows to turn season
This wasn't the happiest of holiday seasons at Hofstra. Two losses in 24 hours at Madison Square Garden will do that to a program. But, in the end, that might...
What's up?
TODAY FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Get a behind-the-scenes look at how masters like Monet and Degas worked their magic at “Impressionist Painting: How Did They Do That?” the latest installment in the...
Funny pages
The holidays are over, winter recess is more than a month away — and summer is a dim memory. What kid doesn’t need a laugh right around now? We’ve got...
Tap on, tap off: It’s clickety, clack, dancing for adults
Indulge the 5-year-old within and become a tap dancer already. Only difference? You’re no longer 5, and now you can do it in a bar. Presenting the advent of ....
Head start
BARBARA HOFFMAN on ART Death is going to be really big this new year — and we say that happily, because the lineup looks pretty damn lively. The Grateful Dead...
How do you say '2010'?
TV news anchors are grappling with a New Year's problem -- how do they say "2010"? Is it "two thousand ten" or "twenty ten"? If you speak on TV for...
'Blonde' out
'Blonde Charity Mafia," a much-anticipated reality show about a group of Washington celebs, has been canned by the CW. The network aimed at young women says that it changed its...
Chef Boyar-don't
Every time I think I will implode and die if I have to watch another reality show, along comes one that I really have a lot of fun watching. Then...
'Cell'phones nixed
BRIDGETON, NJ -- Guards seized more than a dozen illegal cellphones from inmates at a South Jersey prison this week, according to a published report. Correction Department officials told The...
The ghost of Client 9
Newly installed Manhattan DA Cy Vance Jr. has the right to choose the people around him -- just as New Yorkers have the right to wonder what those choices say...
Mike's real challenges
Michael R. Bloomberg stood tall on the steps of City Hall yesterday and kicked off his final four years as mayor of New York City. What will Term Three bring?...
Bow Wow's a 'DWI' twit
Bow Wow was one yip away from becoming dog food early yesterday. The 22-year-old rapper posted a message on his Twitter page just after midnight admitting he was driving his...
Fireman tries to douse SI arson claims
A retired firefighter charged with torching an empty Staten Island house and suspected in a fire that left a family homeless dismissed the allegations as "ridiculous" yesterday. "I didn't do...
Gov grabs Aqueduct 'racino' reins
ALBANY -- Gov. Paterson yesterday promised to finally leave the starting gate and pick a vendor "in the next week or so" to bring a long-planned "racino" of video terminals...
A'jad foe 'not afraid to die'
TEHRAN, Iran -- Responding to calls for his execution, Iran's opposition leader yesterday pronounced himself ready to die for his reformist campaign. "I'm not afraid of being one of the...
Wacky jihad therapy failed to 'cure' plane-bomb plotter
A cushy Saudi Arabian "rehab" center where terrorists are encouraged to express themselves through crayon drawings, water sports and video games is under scrutiny after one of its graduates re-emerged...
Vance goes a-courting on Day 1
It is the fate of rookie prosecutors to work a holiday in the city's judicial coal mines. So New Year's Day found new Manhattan DA Cy Vance watching some arraignments...
Fight for Fox is d'oh-ver
Happy New Year, Fox fans! Execs from News Corp. and Time Warner Cable worked out a 13th-hour deal to keep Fox channels on the cable powerhouse -- ensuring that football...
Three-peat Mike vows to beat jinx
Taking the oath of office as only the fourth person in history to win three terms at City Hall, Mayor Bloomberg declared yesterday that he would defy the historical third-term...
LI pair's $162 mil Mega win
What a way for a Long Island couple to start the new year. They hit the winning Mega Millions numbers and will soon be collecting a record-setting $162 million jackpot,...
HGTV & Food go black on Cablevision
Cablevision customers tuning in to the Food Network or HGTV yesterday were greeted with an apology. The stations were yanked from the cable lineup as a result of a fee...
MTA-axed areas will miss the bus
The perfect storm of service cuts is about to maroon straphangers in four unlucky neighborhoods -- with Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, getting hit the hardest. Riders there decried the MTA's plan...
Liu, de Blasio have Bloomy in their sights
The two newest citywide officials -- Comptroller John Liu and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio -- made it clear during their inaugurals yesterday that they intend to challenge Mayor Bloomberg...
O got pre-Xmas terror warning
President Obama reportedly was warned of a possible terror strike three days before the failed Christmas Day attempt to blow up a flight to Detroit. A report titled "Key Homeland...
Taliban: Turncoat took out CIA 7
MIR ALI, Pakistan -- The suicide bombing that killed seven and wounded six CIA employees in Afghanistan was revenge for a Taliban leader killed by a US missile -- and...
Brooklyn cabby in 'DWI' kill
An apparently drunk livery cab driver fatally smashed into a man crossing a Brooklyn street last night, cops said. The 50-year-old victim was crossing W. 6th Street and Avenue O...
Bawl drops on tot cops
He went from counterterrorism to diaper duty. An elite NYPD officer assigned to Times Square on New Year's Eve was pulled from his post when his wife went into labor...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *The man pictured here is wanted in the murder of a Harlem parking-garage attendant. He shot José Lazala, 30, twice in the head in a garage on West 132nd...
Pumped-up Rush: My heart's fine
HONOLULU -- Rush Limbaugh said yesterday that tests found nothing wrong with his heart after chest pains hospitalized him earlier this week. The conservative radio star said at a Honolulu...
Bumper cops in clash
A female Brooklyn cop was suspended after getting into foul-mouthed fracas with a woman sergeant who gave her an aggressive "chest bump" in front of other officers, who then tried...
Cat alive but by a whisker
The lion is the king of the jungle, but Sprinkles the housecat is the king of the Garden State. The tough kitty survived for five months at a New Jersey...
Bust in eerie dead-tykes ID swindle
Identity theft doesn't get more ghoulish than this. A New Orleans man is sitting in a city jail after being busted at JFK Airport with credit cards he allegedly phonied...
Citi a top S&P loser for 2009
Citigroup Inc., Marshall & Ilsley Corp. and Huntington Bancshares Inc. ended 2009 with the biggest drops in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, weighed down by defaulting property loans that...
Pros had better stop arms race
Atheletes who are so rich and famous that they feel the need to protect them selves can afford to hire security. No need to imitate Plaxico Burress, who jammed a...
Dad, 21, is first city slay victim
The city's first murder victim of 2010 was a young father stabbed in the groin just before 3 a.m. yesterday on a Brooklyn street. Kirk Holgate, 21, had just left...
Teen gal kills pal: cops
An argument between two teenage Queens girls turned deadly yesterday when one grabbed a knife and stabbed the other in the heart, cops said. Starsheema Lynn, 17, was fighting with...
Creep composer settles with ex
Joseph Brooks, the 70-year-old composer of "You Light Up My Life," who has been charged in a series of sex crimes, settled a lawsuit he had filed against his former...
NBA team hid run 'n' gun
The Washington Wizards never told the NBA that two of its players drew guns on each other in a locker-room dispute over a gambling debt, sources said yesterday. It was...
Business briefs
JPM tops JPMorgan Chase & Co. retained its place in 2009 as the top underwriter of US corporate bonds, managing a record $1.24 trillion of fixed-income offerings.China hums China's Purchasing...
Nets say 3 out of 4 players pack heat
The Nets, to a man, swear they've never seen guns in their locker room -- but some estimate that as many as 75 percent of NBA players own them. "I...
Volleyball blast kills 105 in Pak
A suicide bomber killed 105 people and wounded at least 100 more during a volleyball tournament in northwest Pakistan yesterday -- and authorities suspect it was payback for villagers' daring...
Commish driver 'DWI'
The commissioner's driver needs a designated driver. The man tasked with chauffeuring Department of Homeless Services Commissioner Robert Hess was arrested for drunken driving while on his way to pick...
Cursing capitalism
On the last day of 2009, that awful year, I was listening to a report on National Public Radio. Reporter Tamara Keith presented a by now familiar recap of the...
AT&Terrible times
If AT&T thinks the past few months have been bad, it may not want to look ahead. Since it snagged a deal to be the exclusive carrier for the Apple...
All those scandals yielded little reform
So much for 2009 being the year of regulatory reform. Despite the Lehman Brothers collapse, the $180 billion bailout of insurer American International Group and the $65 billion Ponzi scheme...
Defining security down: Napolitano's got to go
* First, we have President Obama giving himself a B+ for his overall performance. Now we have Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano telling us "the system worked" after a bomb...
Street adds a 'Madison'
A fledgling New York investment bank has big ambitions, and hopes to live up to them by poaching disillusioned talent from older firms. Madison Williams was recently formed by ex-Sanders...
Hedge-fund fight imperils Olympic ski venue
The owner of a ski resort that will play host to the Winter Olympics may be headed for a nasty spill. Intrawest, a resort company whose properties include ski resort...
Muslim loony toon is shot in Mohammed artist attack
They're not exactly proving him wrong. A crazed Muslim radical from Somalia with al Qaeda ties was shot yesterday as he tried to attack the Danish artist who sparked fury...
Bubba's bounty
Bill Clinton yesterday released a list of all donors who have given to his private foundation since his wife was made secretary of state -- a crew of deep-pocketed benefactors...
Times Scare van charges
The New Jersey peddler whose abandoned van went unnoticed for two days in Times Square is facing up to seven years for allegedly doctoring the temporary license plate in the...
SpongeTech gets SEC notice
SpongeTech Delivery Systems, the New York company behind a line of soap-filled sponges, said it and some of its top executives have been notified by the Securities and Exchange Commission...
$obering news on Russian vodka
MOSCOW -- The Russian government has set a minimum price for vodka that more than doubles the cost of the cheapest booze on the market in an effort to fight...
The Post Line
NFLTomorrowFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogVIKINGS 9 9 (47½)GiantsJETS 7 10 (35) BengalsBILLS 6 8½(34) ColtsPANTHERS33(48)SaintsBROWNS 2½ 1½(36) JaguarsCOWBOYS 3 3 (47½)EaglesBears 2½ 3 (45) LIONSTEXANS 6½ 8 (46) PatriotsSteelers 3 3 (45½)DOLPHINS49ers...
Nets' Hayes expected to return tonight
When Yi Jianlian returned from injury four games ago, interim coach Kiki Vandeweghe said he would play Yi a few minutes, "not like 30 or anything." Yi played 30 minutes...
Game may be swan song for Giants offensive line
Tomorrow's game against the Vikings could be the last go-round for the Giants' offensive line, which already is playing without one established veteran (right tackle Kareem McKenzie) and also might...
Douglas-Roberts fearless as always vs. LeBron & Co.
There are things you need to survive a start such as the one the Nets have endured: Faith. Patience. Antacids. An iron stomach. A guy like Chris Douglas-Roberts. "He really...
Giants hope rookie will make same leap as Mario
At this time a year ago Mario Manningham was finishing up a quiet and seemingly inconsequential rookie season. He played in half the Giants' games, caught just four passes for...
'Extra' Classic win for Bruins
BOSTON -- The Bruins provided their own unique finish to Fenway Park's history of memorable endings. In the stadium where Ted Williams hit his 521st homer into the bullpen in...
Trio of Devils on Team USA
The Devils entered yesterday with an Eastern Conference-best 57 points, and they ended it with an NHL-best three U.S. Olympians. Jamie Langenbrunner, Zach Parise and Paul Martin were picked to...
Jets' vets tell youngsters to seize playoff chance
The message from the Jets veterans to the younger players as they brace for tomorrow night's win-and-in battle against the Bengals in the final game played at Giants Stadium is...
Rangers' Drury, Callahan on U.S. team
So the word at Fenway Park yesterday from Team USA general manager Brian Burke regarding Chris Drury's selection to represent the Yanks at the Vancouver Games in what will be...
No picnic hosting in someone else's home
Bad decisions have kept the team that won the most meaningful Super Bowl ever out of the last 40 of them. But you never will convince a Jets fan that...
Scuffling Okposo passed over for U.S. squad
A disappointing first half to Kyle Okposo's second full NHL season didn't get any better yesterday when he was passed over for the U.S. Olympic Team for next month's Games...
Sports shorts
NFL: McDaniels benches Marshall for finale Broncos coach Josh McDaniels announced he is benching Brandon Marshall, his Pro Bowl wide receiver, for the team's pivotal season finale against Kansas City...
Robinson, back in lineup after 14-game ban, scores 41 points
ATLANTA -- It was one of the most remarkable, dramatic performances under adversity in Knicks history. Nate Robinson made Hotlanta hotter than it ever has been on New Year's. Robinson...
He's so money: Robinson makes one 'fine' return
ATLANTA -- Agent Aaron Goodwin was speechless late last night, watching Nate Robinson's 41-point epic performance on TV in California. "Nothing needs to be said," Goodwin told The Post. "Nate's...
100s flee leaking propane
Hundreds of Long Island residents fled their homes early yesterday when an underground propane tank sprang a leak. It took officials more than 12 hours to figure out how to...
Boost for injured 'Spidey'
A stunt actor who fell 30 feet while playing Spider-Man on Broadway is scheduled to leave a rehabilitation facility Wednesday, a spokesman for the show said. Christopher Tierney suffered a...
Weird but true
Even more reasons to drink. A North Dakota man used empty beer cans to set up a makeshift alarm against his apartment door and then thwarted an intruder who tripped...
Seminoles coach retires with win
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Bobby Bowden watched the clock run down to :00, then took his last walk to midfield as his Florida State players jumped up and down, thrusting their...
Purdue routs West Va. in top 10 clash
Purdue center JaJuan Johnson single-handedly negated West Virginia's overall size advantage and turned a showdown between unbeatens into a blowout. Johnson had 25 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 4...
Oregon watches Ohio State bloom in Rose Bowl
PASADENA, Calif. -- Some players get their chance once a game. Others get it once a season. And the Jake Ballards of the world, the hard-working guys who have trouble...
Penn State edges LSU for JoePa's 24th Bowl victory
Dampened by rain, slowed by mud and trailing late in the fourth quarter, Daryll Clark was determined to get Penn State some points. The No. 11 Nittany Lions and their...
Leach fires back at Texas Tech charges
LUBBOCK, Texas -- Fired Texas Tech coach Mike Leach said the father of the player he was accused of mistreating after a concussion meddled more than any parent he ever...
Tebow turns Cincy into Gator bait
NEW ORLEANS -- Tim Tebow's unorthodox, elongated release might have turned NFL scouts into skeptics, but the relentless Florida quarterback climaxed his storybook collegiate career and burnished his professional resume...
Ballard, Buckeyes take Rose Bowl
PASADENA, Calif. -- Some players get their chance once a game. Others get it once a season. And the Jake Ballards of the world, the hard-working guys who have trouble...
Nate Robinson plays, helps Knicks beat Hawks 112-108 in overtime
ATLANTA - Nate Robinson made an emphatic return to the New York Knicks lineup after a month in the wilderness on Friday, the unsettled guard scoring 41 points to lead...
Younger Cropper, Brooklyn Collegiate making waves in PSAL 'B'
Emonni Cropper had just put the Brooklyn Collegiate girls basketball team ahead three points with 14 seconds left. Then she hung around the baseline stealthily, picked off the inbounds pass...
2010 Eagles better than '09 Federation champs
This year’s version of St. Michael Academy is better than the team that won its first-ever New York State Federation title last season. Scary thought, huh?The Eagles have a lot...
Cops stop attempt to kill Mohammed cartoonist
COPENHAGEN — Denmark's intelligence service says police have foiled an attempt to kill cartoonist Kurt Westergaard — the artist who drew cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, causing outrage in the...