July 3, 2010

Wade will decide next week

CHICAGO -- Dwyane Wade hopes a decision on his future will come next week, and said today his new contract will be about more than just where he plays basketball...

Russian spy Anna Chapman embarrassed by pics, fears deportation

The Russian diplomat's daughter accused of being a spy is "embarrassed" by photos of her that have turned up in media reports and fears she will be deported, her lawyer...

Spain beats Paraguay, 1-0

Red Bull coach Hans Backe on DPs & killer instinct, injuries & transfers

The Red Bulls may be in a first-place tie atop the Eastern Conference, and riding a three-game winning streak, but coach Hans Backe is far from satisfied. Oh, he's happy...

Yankees beat Blue Jays, 11-3

Red-hot Red Bulls must survive opening minutes at mile-high Colorado

Despite flying into Colorado's mile-high altitude, and a history of coughing up goals to the high-scoring Rapids, the Eastern Conference-leading Red Bulls are confident going into tomorrow's tilt (9 p.m.,...

Dejected and defeated Diego Maradona says he may quit -- AFP

Soccer legend Diego Maradona admitted Saturday he was devastated to be out of the World Cup and indicated that he may quit as Argentina coach, but said he needed time...

Spain beats Paraguay in World Cup clash to grab semi-final spot

Spain’s David Villa is leading the race for the World Cup’s Golden Boot after kicking the winning goal in the 1-0 win over Paraguay in their World Cup quarter-final clash...

Rodriguez blows save, Nationals beat Mets

WASHINGTON — Ivan Rodriguez capped a three-run comeback in the ninth inning with an RBI single and the Washington Nationals, who couldn't score for Stephen Strasburg, rallied against Francisco Rodriguez...

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Germany defeats Argentina, 4-0

GOP slaps Steele over 'O's war' gaffe

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele came under increasingly stinging attack today from inside and outside his party for saying the nine-year old U.S. military conflict in Afghanistan is a...

Spain a pain for Paraguay, wins 1-0

Spain found just enough of the beautiful game — and a touch of good luck — to advance to the World Cup semifinals, beating Paraguay 1-0 today. David Villa took...

Cavs happy after LeBron meeting

CLEVELAND — New general manager Chris Grant came out of the IMG building in downtown Cleveland all smiles today after the Cavaliers’ two-hour meeting with LeBron James, riding the momentum...

Petraeus takes reins, calls for unity

KABUL, Afghanistan — America's top diplomat in Kabul jokingly handed NATO's new commander Gen. David Petraeus an access badge to the U.S. Embassy today, a symbolic gesture of a new...

It's not mission impossible against Dutch, says Uruguay coach -- AFP

Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez said Saturday he believed his team faced a tough, but not impossible mission to see off the Netherlands in Tuesday's World Cup semi-final. A nail-biting penalty...

Germany steamrolls Argentina to march into World Cup semi-finals -- AFP

Striker Miroslav Klose celebrated his 100th cap with two second-half goals to help Germany reach the World Cup semi-finals with a 4-0 demolition of Diego Maradona's outclassed Argentina on Saturday....

Yankees score 11 in third to beat Blue Jays

Brett Gardner hit his first career grand slam and Alex Rodriguez drove in four more runs during the Yankees' biggest offensive inning in five years, carrying New York to an...

Mets lineup: Reyes sitting again

WASHINGTON- Jose Reyes will sit out again today with a sore right side, missing Washington's phenom rookie pitcher, Stephen Strasburg. Angel Pagan is in the leadoff spot again, while Ruben...

Germany rolls on, routs Argentina 4-0

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Germany had an easier than expected 4-0 win over Argentina on Saturday, reaching the World Cup semifinals and sending both Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona...

Serena wins 4th Wimbledon title, 13th Grand Slam

WIMBLEDON, England — Serena Williams has won her fourth Wimbledon title and 13th Grand Slam championship by sweeping Vera Zvonareva in straight sets in the women’s final. The top-ranked and...

Party poopers: the sequel

As previously reported, I was not allowed into the opening party at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in the Czech Republic because my attire was too casual. But that did...

NJ man charged in Statue of Liberty boat crash

Police say a man is facing vehicular manslaughter charges in a boat crash near the Statue of Liberty that killed another man dead and injured two others. Authorities say 39-year-old...

Damn Yankees — again! Clones fall in extra innings

Cyclones 1Yankees 2 (10 inns.)Friday, July 2 at Staten IslandCyclone bats were mostly silent for vast portions of this tough loss to the hated Yankees. The Clones lone run came...

Lance Armstrong dismisses latest Floyd Landis doping claims

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — Lance Armstrong says he is too busy to pay attention to the latest allegations by former teammate Floyd Landis that he has engaged in doping during his...

Down on the farm

Andrew Brackman, Yankees RHP, Double-A Trenton The 2007 first-round pick out of N.C. State was promoted to Double-A on June 25. The 6-foot-10 right-hander is 0-2 with a 4.50 ERA...

Montero rebounds from early triple-A struggles

MOOSIC, Pa. — Jesus Montero knows how to hit. The 20-year-old catcher — who entered the season as the Yankees’ top prospect as well as the fourth best prospect in...

Homecoming for Liberty’s Pondexter

Cappie Pondexter is hoping for a happy homecoming tonight — happy for her, that is. When the Liberty play at Phoenix it will mark her return to the franchise where...

Amar'e — King bait? — likely N.Y.-bound

CHICAGO — Listen up, LeBron. If you come to the Knicks, you would get to play with Amar’e Stoudemire, too. A team source told The Post a $100 million deal...

Heat woo LeBron, could lose Dwyane

As LeBron James hosted Day 2 of his three-day, six-team convention, rumors were running rampant that Dwyane Wade, once considered a lock to stay in Miami, is interested in joining...

Altering atmosphere could be in the cards

Try to feel the way you used to feel when you opened a package of baseball cards. Seriously. Let your mind drift to when you were a kid, when you...

Fuel-tanker explosion in Congo kills 200, wounds 100

KINSHASA - More than 200 people were killed and 100 injured when a fuel tanker overturned and exploded in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo late on Friday, a local governor...

Weekly animals gallery

Holy cow!

Who wouldn’t want to meet their meat in the mail? Especially now, when high-quality purveyors are offering some of the best fleshy treats money can buy — delivered right to...

Locals reveal their secret fireworks-viewing spots

HOTEL WITH A VIEW You don’t have to be on the Hudson, or even the West Side, to get a good view. Tessa Rapaczyiniski, 22, spent last year’s Fourth on...

K-Rod's save helps Mets beat Nationals, 5-3

WASHINGTON — Francisco Rodriguez is one of baseball's most reliable relief pitchers, saving 262 games in his career. This game-ending play was unique. The Washington Nationals had rallied for two...

Kid stuff

TODAY AMERICAN GOTHIC: Perfect for that Goth tween in your life, “Edward Scissorhands: The Stage Adaptation” at the Brooklyn Studio Lab brings Tim Burton’s dark fairy tale to live audiences....

Lawrence hopes to be another Kansas State success story

Omari Lawrence is looking at Curtis Kelly as his blueprint for success. Two years ago, Kelly, a Bronx native like Lawrence, transferred from a Big East school, UConn, and landed...

Dean McDermott out of ICU

Dean McDermott is well down the road to re covery. The "Tori & Dean" star, who suffered a punctured lung after a dirt-bike accident, is out of intensive care now,...

Becki Newton's pregnancy bumps 'Love Bites'

NBC has pulled "Love Bites" from the fall schedule and will replace it with "The Apprentice" Thursdays at 10 p.m. The move was precipitated by multiple factors: the pregnancy of...

Ricky to Steve: 'Take the money and run'

'The Office" star and co-creator Ricky Gervais thinks Steve Carell should leave the show -- even though it'll cost Gervais untold millions in royalties. "It was expected of me, as...

'I was bullied'

Demi Lovato is using her tween fame to address TV's latest hot-button topic -- bullying. "Real Housewives of New York's" Kelly Bensimon created a homemade PSA against "systematic bullying" --...

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Muslim mayor a 1st

The heavily Jewish town of Teaneck, NJ, has chosen the first Muslim mayor in Bergen County. Mohammed Hameeduddin was chosen mayor at the Township Council's reorganization meeting on Thursday, receiving...

New citizens take Ellis Island oaths

About 150 people became new US citizens at a ceremony on Ellis Island yesterday. The new citizens took the Oath of Allegiance at the spot that has been the gateway...

Well-red spies move in next door

* Since the end of World War II, communists have been trying to take over the government of the United States ("Kremlin Ring Was Spying on U.," July 1). They...

India gal a 'slave' worker

An Indian government official responsible for championing women's rights illegally sneaked an underage girl into the country to serve as a personal slave for herself and her hubby, a shocking...

Yale finds treasure in art stash

A painting in Yale University's vast art collection that had been attributed to an unknown 17th-century Spanish painter is in fact a work by Spanish master Diego Velazquez, the school...

Gov keeps pen poised for even more vetoes

ALBANY -- Veto-happy Gov. Paterson may just be getting warmed up. Even as he put the final stamp on a historic 6,709 vetoes yesterday, the governor was gearing up to...

War talk puts GOP boss in line of fire

WASHINGTON -- Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele had conservatives within his own party calling for his head yesterday after video surfaced of him casting serious doubts about the war...

GOPers in full-court press against Kagan

WASHINGTON -- Republican senators began to line up against the nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court yesterday, with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell saying that he wasn't sure...

Family of 'Harry Potter' actress charged with threatening to kill her over boyfriend

The strict Muslim father and brother of "Harry Potter" actress Afshan Azad have been charged with threatening to kill her because she has a boyfriend. Azad, 22, fled the suburban...

Petraeus lands amid Afghan terror strike

KABUL, Afghanistan -- On the same day that Gen. David Petraeus arrived to assume command of US and international forces in the country, Taliban suicide attackers stormed a four-story house...

Guy-grope suit

A Long Island car-service owner got too friendly with one of his employeees, groping the male driver's private parts as his car was rolling, a suit alleges. When the driver,...

OTB boss stumbles out of the gate

ALBANY -- So much for execu tive authority. Top Gov. Paterson aide Larry Schwartz was forced to put down an open revolt just moments into his first meeting as chairman...

Bedbugged Abercrombie pestering city bigs

Abercrombie & Fitch has become an unlikely crusader against bedbugs in the Big Apple, and is taking its case to City Hall. Chairman and CEO Mike Jeffries sent a letter...

O's soaring Byrd salute

WASHINGTON -- President Obama hailed Sen. Robert Byrd's life and long service in the Senate at a memorial service yesterday in Byrd's beloved West Virginia. "As I reflect on the...

Sofa CEO in death suit

He was cleared of drunken-driving charges, but the family of a man struck and killed by the CEO of Jennifer Convertibles is suing the exec for damages. Two cars, including...

No-fault divorce a 'split' decision

No-fault divorce is expected to become New York law as early as next week -- a blessing for some seeking to split, and a curse for matrimonial lawyers. Top divorce...

Sticky & sizzling beach days ahead

The Big Apple will celebrate the nation's birthday tomorrow with outings to the beach, barbecues, a fanfare of fireworks -- and hellacious heat. The Fourth of July holiday weekend kicks...

Apple's 'bars' are iPhonies

Hello? Hello? Listen up, Apple! Amid the hype over the rollout of the iPhone 4, Apple admitted yesterday that since the first models hit the market in January 2007, displays...

Smokers huff & puff over new cigarette tax

Smokers are used to coughing up a lot -- but this is getting ridiculous. The price on a pack of cigarettes has skyrocketed to $14.50 at some New York City...

The liberals' favorite Klansman

It is a good rule of thumb not to speak ill of the dead. But what to do when a man is celebrated beyond the limits of decorum or common...

NYPD bust for blind stupidity

A Bronx man was busted after he aimed a high-powered spotlight at an NYPD helicopter, temporarily blinding the pilot and endangering the aircraft, cops said. Joseph Purdon, 47, was busted...

'Medal' gal's NYPD press post

A police commander who won a New York Post Liberty Medal last year has been named as the next second-in-command of the NYPD press office, The Post has learned. Deputy...

Cop killer walks

Convicted cop killer Shuaib Raheem, found guilty of the 1973 murder of NYPD Police Officer Stephen Gilroy, walked out of an upstate prison yesterday morning a free man for the...

Cops gripe over holiday patrol grind

The NYPD is shuffling shifts and denying weekend time-off requests in an effort to flood troubled streets with more cops this holiday weekend -- ticking off some of the city's...

School mixer

Call it High School Booze-ical! Just days after kids emptied out the public schools for the summer, a horde of city construction officials yesterday turned a Washington Heights high school...

Commander booted to Bx.

The commanding officer of an embattled Brooklyn precinct is moving to a new position, The Post has learned. Deputy Inspector Steven Mauriello, who led the 81st Precinct in Bedford-Stuyvesant, will...

'Spy' tots bound for Russia as folks confess

An accused Russian spy couple admitted to adopting fake identities and told the feds they want their kids sent back to the motherland. After they were busted as Russian spies,...

Child's finger severed at Macy's

A 4-year-old boy shopping with his mom at Macy's in Herald Square suffered through a horrific accident when his finger was sliced off by one of the store's famous old...

City sounding skeeter alarm

Mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus have been found in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island, the Health Department said yesterday. It's the first time this season that the virus has been...

9/11 flag's new home

A city foundation is donating the only US flag recovered from Ground Zero to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum. Museum spokesman Michael Frazier says the tattered, 20-by- 30-foot...

Hopes denied

"The American people wanted one thing out of the stimulus bill -- jobs. The American people wanted one thing out of health reform -- lower cost. Democrats have failed to...

The goose menace at JFK

It's a tale of two fronts in the War on Geese. In the environs surrounding La Guardia Airport, the Canada goose population has been reduced by 80 percent since January...

How judges kill

Eight people were shot -- two fatally -- in four separate incidents in Brooklyn Wednesday night. Last month, 26 people were shot, three fatally, over the course of one weekend...

Final sendoff will be a blast

A Florida widow has put her husband's ashes in fireworks to be set off in July 4 celebrations. Ann Moore decided to honor her late husband, Tom, with a special...

Kid porn yanked off 'Net

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said yesterday the computer-crimes unit has removed a child-porn video from nearly 70,000 servers nationwide. The clip has an IP address linking it to Jamaica, Queens,...

Hizzoner set to host Her Majesty

The queen of England will join Mayor Bloomberg next week in dedicating the British Garden at Hanover Square, a park in lower Manhattan honoring British citizens who died in the...

Deadly boat ram at Lady Liberty

Two pleasure boats crashed into each other yesterday in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty -- leaving one man dead and another busted for boozing while operating his vessel...

Tot horror at SI grandparents' swimming pool

An 18-month-old boy visiting his grandparents on Staten Island was clinging to life yesterday after falling into their unguarded backyard pool, police said. The toddler's grandfather found him unconscious in...

You may need a bigger boat

BOSTON -- As the summer tourist season ramps up, the Coast Guard told recreational boaters and paddlers yesterday to keep an eye out for predatory sharks in the ocean waters...

Harlem's North General Hospital closing

North General Hospital in Harlem yesterday filed for bankruptcy protection with plans to close. The hospital filed for bankruptcy to wind down operations, it said in court papers filed in...

Declaration for the ages

If only all congressional committees were so inspired. The committee charged with putting to paper the reasons the Continental Congress had resolved to declare independence from Britain turned to Thomas...

NYPD Daily Blotter

Manhattan A shoplifter's bubble was burst after he swiped a package of Gas-X from a Duane Reade, authorities said. Michael Griffin, 56, walked into the pharmacy on Eighth Avenue near...

Brooklyn mom sues Starbucks over scalding tea that burned infant son

A Brooklyn mother is suing over a cup of scalding tea that she claims severely burned her infant son at a Starbucks. Villona Maryash claims the tea was "improperly served"...

'Safe' house wasn't

A New Jersey couple accused of being Russian spies abruptly moved out of their longtime Hoboken apartment in mid-2008 -- less than two weeks after upstairs neighbors threatened to call...

Mike to city workers: Forget about buyouts

Here's the message for longtime city employees waiting on word of a possible buyout to induce them to retire: You haven't got a prayer. "We are not going to do...

Mean girl punches Lindsay Lohan

A waitress at an LA nightclub had a special birthday "present" for Lindsay Lohan -- a punch in the face! Apparently living out many people's fantasy, the server at the...

Today's Sports on Air

Auto Racing11 a.m.Rolex Sports car Series: Brumos Porsche 250SPEED7:30 p.m.NASCAR: Sprint Cup, Coke Zero 400TNTBaseball1 p.m.Blue Jays at YankeesYES, WCBS (880 AM)4 p.m.Mets at NationalsFOX, WFAN (660 AM)8 p.m.White Sox...

The Post line

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Brock back after journey down road 'Les' traveled

Brock Lesnar considered himself the ultimate bad man while building careers in the WWE and now the UFC. He carried himself as an indestructible tower of meanness and muscle, eager...

Pitch over, Nets bear wait of world

The waiting really is the hardest part for the Nets. The Nets made their presentation to the free agent triumvirate of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh on Thursday....

Knicks, Nets battle for city's hoops soul

The Knicks have never been threatened the way they are now by the Nets. Julius Erving led the 1976 Nets to a championship, but that was on Long Island, in...

Nets rookie Favors passing his tests

Derrick Favors had his fill of running. So the Nets rookie, drafted third overall, made both his free throws to end the practice session for the summer league roster team...

Diamondbacks may call Yankees for possible GM

The Diamondbacks had not contacted the Yankees as of yesterday for permission to talk to Kevin Towers, Damon Oppenheimer or Billy Eppler about their general manager vacancy. Nevertheless, expect that...

Cuban: Nowitzki will stay

The Mavericks believe that their Big D will stay in Big D. After LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, Dirk Nowitzki arguably ranks as the best free agent on the market....

Rangers give Prust two-year deal

The throw-in became the keeper. Restricted free agent Brandon Prust, originally believed merely to be an appendage to the Feb. 2 trade with Calgary that also brought Olli Jokinen to...

Reyes being Amazin'ly cautious with oblique injury

WASHINGTON -- Jose Reyes wasn't ready to start swinging in the cage yesterday and won't be considered for a return to the Mets' lineup until at least tomorrow. The shortstop...

England says Capello stays

LONDON -- England has decided to keep Fabio Capello as coach despite the team's disappointing performance at the World Cup. Five days after a 4-1 loss to Germany knocked England...

Brazil sad after loss

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa -- Brazil star Kaka said yesterday that nobody was sadder than the players after the five-time champions crashed out of the World Cup to Holland. "There...

Fireballer Strasburg, knuckleballer Dickey ready to clash

WASHINGTON -- Stephen Strasburg and R.A. Dickey were each picked in the first round of baseball's amateur draft, 13 years apart. That's about where the similarities end between the two...

Uruguay wins in shootout

JOHANNESBURG -- Victories, and defeat, don't come any tougher than this. Uruguay survived when Ghana missed a penalty kick at the end of extra time then won the shootout 4-2...

Healthy Nadal cruises to final

WIMBLEDON, England -- Rafael Nadal knows exactly where he was, of course, on the first Sunday of July 2009, the only time in the past five years that the Wimbledon...

Serena eyes 13th title

WIMBLEDON, England -- For the women's final at Wimbledon, Serena will be the serene one. On one side today will be Williams, hoping to celebrate her 13th Grand Slam title...

Burnett's gem wasted by Yankees' extra-inning meltdown

One, two, three . . . flush. Throughout June the Yankees begged A.J. Burnett to shed a severe case of the pitching blues, and yesterday, in his first July outing,...

Spain coach: Squad set to fill Cup

Spain coach Vicente del Bosque sees something special ahead -- like a World Cup title. The next step comes today in the quarterfinals. Surprisingly, Spain has never advanced to a...

Tiger barely makes cut

NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. -- This is what Tiger Woods told reporters on Thursday before leaving Aronimink following his AT&T National opening-round 73: "If I keep hitting it like this I'll...

Netherlands stuns Brazil in quarterfinals

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa -- Don't call the Dutch underachievers anymore. Not after the way the Netherlands rallied to upset five-time champion Brazil 2-1 in the World Cup quarterfinals yesterday....

Yankees' Burnett rights self after June swoon

For all the talk of pitching mechanics, A.J. Burnett knows his success has more to do with his head than his heater. The Yankees starter was right mentally yesterday against...

Hondo's Tex. message

Hondo took a split last night when the Rays, un like the Metamucils, showed no interest in his debt- reduction plan, causing the negative number to grow slightly to 785...

Free agents own these negotiations

A colleague of mine, William Rhoden of the New York Times, a few years ago wrote a book titled: "Forty Million Dollar Slaves." Its thesis was that even though professional...

Garden path intriguing to Wade, Bosh

CHICAGO -- As Dwyane Wade stepped into his black Suburban following a two-hour, 15-minute meeting with the Knicks in a downtown Windy City hotel, the Heat star said he was...

Sports shorts

MLB: Braves walk off In Atlanta, Omar Infante's two-run single with no outs in the 11th inning helped the Braves rally for a 4-3 victory over the Marlins, their 15th...

Niese strikes out eight batters as Mets beat Nationals, 5-3

WASHINGTON -- Lights, camera, Stephen Strasburg. The stud right-hander only can hope to have the kind of performance today that another 20-something pitcher with potential had at Nationals Park last...

Islanders join Devils in Kovalchuk bid

When dealing for the biggest unrestricted ever, it's folly to think the wannabes aren't going to join the fun. The Devils' waiting game has given the lowly Islanders the chance...

Home Team Lineups

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Weird but true

Guess the moonshine must'a dun been all drunk! A booze-craving Tennessee woman was so desperate to get hammered, she downed two and a half bottles of vanilla extract, which contains...

The Butler Did It

Pete Goyco doesn’t need to put it on his calendar or program it into his cell phone. Every late July for the past 30 years, he finds himself on a...

Soc. of Old Brooklynites inducts new slate

A true-blue Brooklyn organization, formed when the borough was the nation’s third largest city and when James Abram Garfield [1831-1881] was elected the 20th president of the United States, is...

Of guns, Hannity and … hair

I saw the best response to the recent Supreme Court decision about the right to bear arms on an old bumper sticker. “WHEN GUNS ARE OUTLAWED, ONLY OUTLAWS WILL HAVE...

Music to our ears! Summer concert series kicks off at the Canarsie Pier

Hey music lovers! Get ready for Brooklyn’s other seaside concert series.From now until the end of the summer, the Canarsie Pier will be awash with music every Thursday nigt as...

City's a pain in the asphalt, say Bay Ridge Place residents

The city appears hellbent on destroying one of the last remaining cobblestone streets in the borough — historic Bay Ridge Place — say angry residents who are fighting to save...

Old school meets new school at Blue Collar Baseball

As a player at McKee/Staten Island Tech in the late 1990s, Kevin Hughes forged a reputation on Staten Island. “I loved the way he played,” said St. Peter’s coach John...

Man arrested after one dies in boating accident near New York's Statue of Liberty

A man who crashed his boat into another vessel in the New York harbor near the Statue of Liberty, leaving one man dead, was arrested Friday night for failing a...