January 30, 2010
Flu benches Lundqvist
GLENDALE , Ariz. -- The Rangers' chances of ending their four-game losing streak here tonight against the Coyotes took a hit when Henrik Lundqvist was scratched from his scheduled start...
Jayson Williams robbed, $150Gs stolen
Trouble always seems to find Jayson Williams. The former NBA star’s South Carolina estate was recently robbed of more $150,000 in sports memorabilia, electronics and jewelry, The Post has learned....
This is what the terrorists did to me -- and why they should be tried at Gitmo
President Obama finally listened to the outcry of New York, and is considering moving the trial of 9/11 terrorist Khalid Sheik Mohammed and other al Qaeda members out of the...
Islanders fall to Flyers, 2-1
PHILADELPHIA — Danny Briere and Scott Hartnell scored for the Flyers in a 2-1 victory over the Islanders today that gave Philadelphia its 14th straight win over New York. Philadelphia's...
Gillibrand gets some support from the Bronx
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand suffered a hit on Friday when Brooklyn Democratic Leader Vito Lopez all but endorsed Harold Ford Jr. for Senate - before he's even formally declared - but...
Actor Rip Torn breaks into Conn. bank: cops
Boozy "Dodgeball" actor Rip Torn was arrested last night after he allegedly broke into a Connecticut bank armed with a handgun, police said in an arrest report. Torn allegedly broke...
Ford to appear on 'The Colbert Report'
Apparently trying to show he'll try to woo any critic, Harold Ford Jr. is set to sit down with one of his harshest - Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert. Ford, who...
MTV plans a second season of 'Jersey Shore'
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — MTV's "Jersey Shore" will be back for a second season. The network's president of programming Tony DiSanto said Friday that 12 new episodes will air this...
Facing Ford threat, Gillibrand steps up her political game
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is meeting this morning with members of the Bronx Democratic organization, addressing the group at a meeting a day after her almost-official rival Harold Ford Jr. spoke...
Cop leaves patrol car running, thief steals it
A brazen car thief stole an NYPD highway patrol vehicle with a loaded shotgun inside this morning — and drove it all the way to La Guardia Airport — after...
Serena Williams wins 12th grand slam at Australian Open
MELBOURNE - Serena Williams overcame an even-numbered year hoodoo and the fairytale return of an opponent once ranked number one in the world to claim her 12th grand slam singles...
Five dead in early-morning Brooklyn fire, arson eyed
Five people were killed and three injured in a Brooklyn blaze early this morning that investigators suspect was intentionally set. The raging inferno appeared to have been set just inside...
Knicks' potential special agents
This week’s news concerning some of the Knicks’ possible free-agent targets this summer: LeBron James * Agreed to a multiyear partnership with McDonald’s to go along with Nike, State Farm...
Pro golfer John Daly says he’s ‘done’
John Daly is done playing golf this week. Now the question is whether he’s done playing golf, period. Daly told a Golf Channel producer that he is “done” after the...
Phil Mickelson: No rules broken in ‘wedge-gate’
SAN DIEGO — Already missing Tiger Woods because of a sex scandal, the PGA Tour headed into another mess yesterday when a player accused Phil Mickelson of “cheating” for using...
Ed Fountaine’s Stakes Spot Plays
SUNSHINE MILLIONS DISTAFF Gulfstream Park, ninth race. Purse: $300,000. Mile-and-an-eighth, fillies and mares. Post: 5:08 p.m. LOWDOWN: Jessica Is Back is making her first start since a 53/4-length blowout in...
Success at Robert Morris could land coach local job
MIKE RICE stormed through the metropolitan area last week, notched two more wins on his belt, and high-tailed it back to suburban Pittsburgh before anyone even knew he was here....
Ryan has few regrets
Rex Ryan made plenty of bombastic comments this year. But, looking back on all of them, there was only one that the Jets’ coach regretted. “Well, probably the Channing Crowder...
Rule could hamstring Jets’ offseason moves
The chances of the Jets standing pat after their meteoric rise to last week’s AFC Championship game are about as realistic as coach Rex Ryan canceling all of his 2010...
McAuley's Francis competes with world's best at Millrose
Phyllis Francis is naturally shy. So it was no surprise the Catherine McAuley senior kept to herself during warm ups for the women's 400 meters at the 103rd Millrose Games...
Boys & Girls falls short against another high-profile foe
Of The Post’s top 10 boys basketball teams, Boys & Girls has faced five of them. Each matchup was there for the taking, the game in the balance in the...
CHSAA boys basketball roundup: McMichael drives Ford over St. Edmund
Justyn McMichael scored a game-high 31 points, Matt Hall had 19 points and 11 rebounds and Chris Best added 16 points and 12 assists to lead Bishop Ford to a...
Cross passes follow-up test against Molloy
When Holy Cross head coach Paul Gilvary was asked about what he said to his players in practice on Wednesday a day after their shocking upset over top-ranked Rice, his...
Divine intervention: McClancy rallies for fallen teammate
With his team down by 10 points early in the fourth quarter, Brandon Rivera knew Monsignor McClancy needed some extra help. So the senior forward called on his best friend....
Murphy still awaiting word on fate at Loughlin
The future of Bishop Loughlin guard Tayshana (Chicken) Murphy remains uncertain after she was involved in a fight at a boys basketball at the Fort Greene school on Jan. 22,...
Cardozo snaps skid and LuHi pays dearly
Cardozo entered the SNY Invitational Friday night in a tailspin. Losers of two straight and three of five, the Judges found themselves searching for an identity. Whether they were the...
PSAL boys basketball roundup: Stokes' 42 lifts Lincoln past Edison in OT
Shaquille Stokes scored a career-high 42 points, including a 3-pointer with two seconds left to force overtime, in Lincoln’s 86-72 victory over Thomas Edison in non-league action Friday night. Raymond...
Led by its stingy defense and a strong finish, Rice rebounds
This time, Rice finished with a flourish. Relying on its trademark pressure defense, the Raiders rebounded from a shocking loss to Holy Cross on Tuesday by stifling Boys & Girls,...
Kid stuff
TODAY FATHER OF INVENTION: At “Invent Yourself!” at the Discovery Times Square Exposition, kids can design take-home creations inspired by the full-scale models on display in “Leonardo da Vinci’s Workshop.”...
Girls basketball roundup: Kearney bests Midwood in OT
Bishop Kearney has made the unfortunate habit of letting close games slip away down the stretch. But as coach Rocco Sellitto called timeout late in regulation with Midwood charging, his...
Hidden treasure
The weather outside is frightful, the kids are bouncing off the walls — and you’re tired of all the same old haunts. Why not try on these lesser-known museums for...
Do dogs need coats?
It’s 45 degrees out and Willis, a 6-year-old toy poodle, is frolicking in Washington Square Park wearing an orange wool sweater, complete with hood. Whenever the wind picks up, his...
Johnson wills Cardozo past Medgar Evers at finish
Ahtyana Johnson has a better night ahead of her than the one prior to the Millrose Games. The Benjamin Cardozo senior spent Thursday evening battling a stomach virus and a...
First-quarter funk befuddles Christ the King
Christ the King outscored Bishop Loughlin by 20 points over the game’s final three quarters. On most nights, that would be enough for a comfortable Royals victory. Not Friday. Loughlin...
Lions roar early, hold on in CK rematch
The Bishop Loughlin players didn’t take too kindly to Sunday’s loss to Christ the King at home in Fort Greene. It was the fourth time in a row that CK...
Rhodes gives Boys & Girls first Millrose crown since 1996
The only thing Robert Rhodes lost at the finish line was his shoe. The Boys & Girls sophomore surged passed and then held off both Midwood and Medgar Evers in...
Men at work: Spike enters late-night wars
Spike is entering the late-night talk show arena -- with a twist. The network is teaming with Thom Beers ("Deadliest Catch") to develop a weekly half-hour series "that will be...
Vintage Suzanne Vega still runs smooth
Don't tell my wife or Suzanne Vega's husband, but the long-extinguished crush I had on her, after first hearing her sing in the 1980s, is back. I, and most of...
The face of Vegas justice
TruTV's new show, "Las Vegas Jailhouse," is simply the most fascinating show to emanate from this city since the Rat Pack played there. (Sorry, I can't bear Celine Dion.) Even...
Stars align for Haiti
The entertainment in dustry is reaching out another helping hand to the people of earthquake-ravaged Haiti. Sean "Diddy" Combs, Queen Latifah and Pharrell are set to host a two-hour concert...
The history of Zinn
Howard Zinn's death this week affords us the opportunity to evaluate his remarkable influence on the American public's understanding of our nation's past. His book "A People's History of the...
Award-winning editor killed in Rx robbery getaway
An award-winning film editor was tragically killed by a bunch of thugs who slammed their car into her after robbing an Upper West Side drug store last night. Karen Schmeer,...
'Terror talk' Amtrak bust
LA JUNTA, Colo. -- An Amtrak passenger who alarmed fellow travelers in Colorado by talking about terrorist threats on a cellphone was pulled from the train. Ojore Nuru Lutalo, 64,...
O's State of the Union: another shot at change
* After listening to his defiant State of the Union Address, in which he simply ignored the many aspects of the Massachusetts voters' message, I've concluded that President Obama suffers...
Energetic brainiacs beaming
Physicists in California say they've taken a major step toward harnessing the forces that power the sun -- in hope of creating unlimited energy on Earth. A 35-person team at...
No longer pally with Pali
Samuel Molinaro, the former Bear Stearns Cos. chief financial officer, pulled out of talks to lead New York brokerage Pali Capital after a proposed merger with Braver Stern Securities Corp.,...
Bill Gates: Silvio's a hair brain
The world's richest man thinks the 70th richest is a hair-obsessed cheapskate. Bill Gates accused Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of lavishing money on his thinning tresses rather than the...
Feminist fury at Super Bowl 'Choice'
CBS's decision to to accept a Super Bowl ad from a politically involved group has caused a firestorm with the radical Left because that group is proudly Christian. The conservative...
'KeySpan' is out at old ballgame
Say goodbye to KeySpan Park. The Brooklyn Cyclones and National Grid, which took over KeySpan Energy Corp., are sliding out of the Coney Island ballyard's 9-year-old naming-rights deal. "The fact...
Grim new WTC sift
Nearly 8½ years after 9/11, city officials yesterday said anthropologists would soon start sifting through new Ground Zero debris in hope of uncovering more human remains. Deputy Mayor Edward Skyler...
$1.5M for a Leo-No!-do
This painting once thought to be by Leonardo da Vinci has fetched $1.5 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York -- triple its high estimate. "Portrait of a Woman,...
NFL: Who dat use $logan?
NEW ORLEANS -- Who owns "Who Dat"? Some T-shirt makers are asking that question after they were hit with cease-and-desist letters from the NFL demanding that they stop selling shirts...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan--A tipster led cops to a suspect in a string of West Village gunpoint robberies. Police sources said Timothy Honey, 46, began his crime spree on Jan. 9 when he...
Getting back in the race
With a statewide graduation rate of only 70 percent and graduation rates in many of our low-income communities below 50 percent, we have urgent work to do to make good...
Business briefs
MGM debt Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer lenders extended a respite on interest pay ments covering $3.7 bil lion in debt until March 31 to give the movie stu dio time to restructure...
B'klyn help for Haitians
Haitians living in New York City can now get earthquake-related help at a centralized location. The National Guard Armory in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, will serve as a one-stop location for...
Ski resorts' big white lie
Some ski areas do a snow job on skiers -- exaggerating weekend snowfalls to get schussers to come on down, a study found. Two Dartmouth College economy professors made the...
NYPD 'perv' blame
The city appointed two crooked cops to an elite task force and failed to properly train or supervise them, setting the stage for the sexual assault of a teenage girl,...
GDP pops 5.7% on inventory hikes
The economy in the US expanded in the fourth quarter at the fastest pace in six years as factories cranked up assembly lines and companies increased investment in equipment and...
Impala's a cat toy
It's a scene out of the Bible. Not a lion lying down with a lamb, but three powerful cheetahs becoming friends with a baby impala antelope. They met in Kenya's...
Osama blows eco-smoke
Sounding more like a Park Slope food co-op clerk than the leader of the world's most-feared terror cabal, Osama bin Laden released a new tape in which he gripes about...
NYPD Police Commissioner: New 'brutality' vid doesn't tell story
The NYPD yesterday defended itself against charges of police brutality as yet another videotape showing cops beating a handcuffed suspect surfaced. The grainy security video, taken at 5 a.m. on...
Bail break for 'sex' tunesmith
Accused casting-couch king Joseph Brooks had his life lightened up a little yesterday, when a judge agreed to lower his massive bail in the sexual-assault case against him. A Manhattan...
Prez vs. GOP is a rip-roaring bout
BALTIMORE -- In a remarkably sharp face-to-face confrontation, President Obama chastised Republican lawmakers yesterday for opposing him on taxes, health care and the economic stimulus, while they accused him in...
Silenced cabbies go sullen on cell muzzle
They got the message -- and without voice mail. Hundreds of gabby cabbies kept their cellphones at bay yesterday amid a controversial NYPD and Taxi and Limousine Commission crackdown. By...
Honda joins recall caravan
Japanese cars' reputation for quality took another hit yesterday with Honda recalling 140,000 Fit hatchbacks in the United States because of a power-window defect. One person died in South Africa...
School driver taped kid's mouth
A Long Island school-bus driver was fired for taping shut a loud student's mouth for 10 minutes to keep him quiet, sources said. Officials at the South Country School District...
Hillary out of step in France
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton put her best foot forward in Paris yesterday, but -- sacre bleu! -- her shoe wasn't on it. The soulier malfunction happened as Clinton...
Barclays fires back at Lehman
More than three months after it was accused by the estate of Lehman Brothers of striking a sweetheart deal that generated billions in profit, UK bank Barclays fired back, claiming...
Loverboy Eliot lacks mojo: gals
Memo to Eliot Spitzer: Leave the romance advice to Ashley Dupre. New York women yesterday blasted the fallen Love Gov for spewing his views on affairs of the heart. "He's...
Google's Schmidt wants China to make nice
For years, Google's informal motto was "Don't be evil" -- but when it comes to Chinese censorship, the search giant is keen to take that credo even further. Chief Executive...
Terror ma real pistol
Accused terror mom Aafia Siddiqui paid for private pistol lessons while a student at MIT during the early 1990s, a firearms instructor testified yesterday. Gary Woodworth, a member of the...
Vivendi head cleared, company penalized $4B
Mogul washout Jean-Marie Messier yesterday wriggled free from penalties for sinking Vivendi's short-lived global empire, but the company he ran was left on the hook to pay investors as much...
Lost-kid clues
A Staten Island mom whose 7-year-old son disappeared from a foster home last week came up with a list of new places cops could look for the boy yesterday. The...
Macklowe moves out of residential RE
Harry Macklowe's war chest just got $200 million fatter with the sale of all three of his residential towers to Sam Zell's Equity Residential real estate investment trust. The deal...
N. Korea grabs 2nd American
WASHINGTON -- North Korea says it has a second unidentified American in custody for allegedly entering the country illegally, the State Department said yesterday. In December, Pyongyang said it was...
UWS co-op wins fight for doorman chair
George Costanza would be proud. Residents of an Upper West Side co-op waged a three-month war with their board to fight for a lobby chair that was yanked from the...
Rielle: Give me my sex vid back
John Edwards' baby mama wants her sex tape back. Edwards' ex-mistress Rielle Hunter got a temporary restraining order against his former aide Andrew Young, to keep the tell-all turncoat from...
Russia's risky roulette
Russia tried to talk China into waging financial war on the US in 2008, as the country was mired in a mortgage crisis. According to a forthcoming book by former...
Ski venue's cold cash
In a bid to fend off foreclosure, hedge fund Fortress is offering cash to lenders of Intrawest, the resort company that owns venues for the 2010 Winter Olympics, sources told...
Mike mystery money went to key elex aide
A $750,000 personal campaign contribution that Mayor Bloomberg channeled through the state Independence Party during last year's mayoral election landed in the hands of a top aide, The Post has...
J.D. Salinger, 1919-2010
Say this for J.D. Salinger: Early on, he told his friends he was going to write the great American novel; with "The Catcher in the Rye," he sort of did....
Stay, rover, stay!
NASA scientists this week acknowledged that Spirit -- an unmanned Mars rover that's been puttering around on the surface of the Red Planet for six years -- may be on...
Bam starts to get it
President Obama may finally be getting the message: Don't treat terrorists like common criminals, to be tried in a civilian court -- particularly if that court is in New York....
Playing faves
ALBANY -- Capping a flawed selection process, Gov. Paterson yesterday picked a business consortium tied to friend and former Democratic Rep. Floyd Flake to build a slot-machine casino at the...
Bay what? Guantanamo eyed for 9/11 trial
The trial of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed won't be held in lower Manhattan and could take place in a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, sources said last night. Administration...
A sheik-up call for O's Justice joker
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano must be relieved. Over the last few weeks, Attorney General Eric Holder has passed and lapped her in the race to be the most flagrantly...
Obama's Medicaid boo$t for weak NY
New York's ailing Medicaid coffers would get a badly needed shot in the arm under the 2011 budget President Obama is set to unveil Monday, officials said yesterday. The Obama...
'Camp Justice' is ready to roll
Camp Justice in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is ready, willing and able to handle more terror trials. Three al Qaeda terrorists, including Osama bin Laden's chauffeur, have already been convicted in...
Kill cover-up: 'Out walking'
Linda can't come to the phone right now -- she's "out taking a walk." By the DA's timing, the corpse of "Realtor to the Stars" Linda Stein would still have...
Feds on prowl in gem slay
The FBI major-crimes unit has joined the investigation of a fatal robbery at a Madison Avenue jewelry store in which the thief gunned down an employee and made off with...
Cop chief quitting at 62
One of the NYPD's highest ranking officers is hanging up his badge after more than four decades on the force. Chief of Patrol Robert Gianelli will step down on Feb....
America's next top sex perv
Celebrity fashion designers are always jetting coast to coast -- just not in handcuffs. Anand Jon -- whose Indian-inspired frocks have been worn by Paris Hilton, Oprah Winfrey and Janet...
Soot riddance!
One of the city's dirtiest power plants is closing this weekend. New York State Power Authority officials confirmed yesterday that The Charles Poletti Power Project in Queens will close at...
Bam carries ball to force 'true' college pigskin playoff
Forget health care and terror, President Obama is tackling an even bigger problem -- the legality of the college football Bowl Championship Series. The series has garnered loads of criticism...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis. 1. 6 fur; $17,000; clm($15,000); 4up(f) PUNT'S KITTY switches to Cohen in first off the claim after finishing second in last three starts. STRATTON'S GIRL switches to Dominguez...
Boykins at the buzzer gives Nets 41st loss
Relax, Nets fans. The latest glorious winning streak may have died at one, but the Nets still can finish at .500. Yup, the Nets, now 4-41 after blowing an early...
Devils' OT goal overcomes overcoaching
Jacques Lemaire's inspired shuffling produced magic. Then, he nearly overcoached himself out of victory last night. The Devils can lose all by themselves these days, thanks very much. Lemaire shifted...
Jefferies leaves embattled Mets past far behind
No young ballplayer ever came to New York with the weight of expectations like Gregg Jefferies did when he first arrived with the Mets in 1987. "Being compared to Mickey...
With Wizards-Nets, dysfunction name of game
Finally, there is closure for the Washington Wizards. Not that it really helps, but last night against the Nets, they were back on the court for the first time since...
Texas license for Margarito will be load of nonsense
I've made travel arrangements to attend the March 13 boxing card at Cowboys Stadium, interested to see how Brooklyn-based Joshua Clottey fairs against Manny Pacquiao, and disgusted by the thought...
Prospecting Mets and Yankees
METS With each passing day, it becomes more and more likely that Fernando Nieve will claim the Amazin's fifth-starter job. He compiled a 2.95 ERA in eight big-league appearances (seven...
Sizeable addition for Islanders
The Islanders still haven't made a trade to improve themselves as they try to stay in the playoff hunt, but with coach Scott Gordon bemoaning the team's lack of physicality,...
Saints coach aims to erase memory of Giants' Super flop
Saints coach Sean Payton has been to the Super Bowl once before and he desperately does not want to relive the feeling. The anticipation was great, the buildup was wonderful...
D'Antoni: Banged-up Knicks 'running short on time'
The Knicks headed to Washington yesterday to visit a team that is having a worse time of it than they are. After a 2-3 homestand left the Knicks nine games...
Obama to skip Knicks game for Georgetown
President Obama has chosen to take in the Duke-Georgetown game today at 1 p.m. at Washington's Verizon Center and will catch the Knicks next time. The Knicks face the Wizards...
Redden still 'D' problem for Rangers
Despite benching Wade Redden for the final 37:55 of Wednesday night's 5-1 defeat against the Hurricanes, coach John Tortorella and the Rangers headed west for a three-game road trip, beginning...
No one can match Colts' Iron Manning
Peyton Manning is the Colts' Peyton Saint of Super Bowl XLIV. He is America's Pitchman, the face of Madison Avenue and the face of the NFL as well. More than...
Palmer leaves Giants to coach Sentinels
Just as the Giants were announcing that the man who was instrumental in the development of Eli Manning, quarterbacks coach Chris Palmer, was retiring, word came out yesterday that Palmer...
Damon opens door for potential Yankees return
Like a jilted lover, Johnny Damon still hungers for his ex. The free-agent outfielder said yesterday that regardless of where he ends up playing this season, he still will have...
Mets sign Fogg
In the absence of John Smoltz or another big-name starter, the Mets have one more name to throw into the hopper for the final spot in their rotation. The team...
The Post line
NFL Tomorrow Pro Bowl At Miami Favorite Opening Current (O/U) Underdog NFC 1½ 2½ (57) AFC Feb. 7 Super Bowl At Miami Favorite Opening Current (O/U) Underdog Colts 3 5½...
Lagat rallies for 8th Wanamaker
With his arms spread wide, soaking up the adoration of last night's Garden crowd, Bernard Lagat broke the tape on his eighth Wanamaker Mile -- and broke into the pantheon...
Sports shorts
NFL: Cardinals QB Warner calls it quits Kurt Warner called an end to one of the great storybook careers in NFL history. The 38-year-old quarterback announced his retirement from the...
Weird but true
He's definitely not a finalist for father of the year. A drunken dad in the play area of a Colorado Springs McDonald's ordered his kids to bite the cops arresting...
Columbia Crimson-faced after third-straight loss
The bad news: Columbia has opened its Ivy League slate with three losses by a combined 76 points. The good news: The three defeats came at the hands of Cornell...
Analyst: Tebow not helped by Senior Bowl
MOBILE, Ala. -- Tim Tebow's position is set: He will play quarterback, and not the Wildcat version. Not tight end or H-back, either. But whether he can be an NFL...
Zajac scores in OT, Devils beat Maple Leafs 5-4
Travis Zajac scored at 4:14 of overtime to give the New Jersey Devils a 5-4 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday night. After assisting on three goals in...
Transfer's play keeps Syracuse smiling
SYRACUSE -- Wes Johnson calmly dribbles two basketballs inside the cozy confines of the sparkling new Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center. Seconds later, he slams home a dunk, then swishes...