December 20, 2010
Tiger mistress Rachel Uchitel wins court case against sober living facility: report
Tiger Woods' former mistress Rachel Uchitel won a small claims court victory Monday in Malibu, Calif., when a judge ruled that a sober living facility must return her security deposit,...
Lindsay Lohan's rehab roomies busted for booze fest: report
Shortly after Lindsay Lohan celebrated her 100th day of sobriety, her roommates at the Betty Ford Center were busted for a boozed-up weekend party, TMZ reported Monday. Lohan's housemates, at...
FCC gets votes to pass net-neutrality rules
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski secured enough votes Monday to pass controversial new rules of the road for internet traffic, a move likely to lead to more legal...
Missing Edwards, CK falls to 0-2 at City of Palms
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Corey Edwards is known as arguably the best pure point guard in New York City. He’s a returning starting senior on a Christ the King team...
'Merchant of Venice' extends on Broadway
Broadway hasn't had much to cheer about this year. One of the few unmitigated hits has been the Public's transfer of "The Merchant of Venice." The show has been packing...
'Sarah Palin's Alaska' recap
In times of stress in Sarah Palin's Alaska, you shoot the source. If that's not possible, you summon every type of transportation in your arsenal to get out of range...
Cops search for prisoner who escaped in Harlem
Police are on the hunt for an escaped prisoner who slipped away from cops this afternoon after she was taken to Harlem Hospital. The unidentified woman was initially picked up...
Living Nativity at Historic New Utrecht Church
A circle of curious young faces ringed the kraal set up on the lawn of historic New Utrecht Reformed Church, eager to get a close-up peek at Baby Jesus —...
'30 Rock' star Tracy Morgan recovering after kidney transplant
"30 Rock" actor Tracy Morgan is recovering after undergoing a kidney transplant, Entertainment Weekly reported Monday. The comedian, who was diagnosed with diabetes in 1996, had the surgery earlier in...
Jets' Sanchez has MRI exam on 'sore' shoulder
Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez has a sore throwing shoulder. The Jets were concerned enough about it that they sent him for an MRI exam on Monday. Sanchez was sent for...
Commission on Public Integrity dismisses flight case against Bruno supporter
ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Commission on Public Integrity has dismissed a case referred from a previous ethics organization alleging a businessman illegally provided an influential state senator...
The overture doesn't count
Catching up with Mark Morris' "The Hard Nut" at BAM this weekend, I was privy to this priceless exchange. An usher was trying to sit some latecomers and suddenly the...
Big Fantasy Blues
This week was a rough one for me in fantasy football, and normally I do not divulge (or rant about, depending on how you look at it) details from my...
'True Grit' and old Hollywood
I can't imagine the Coen Brothers' lushly photographed and reasonably mainstream "True Grit," opening Wednesday, is going to be a big hit, mainly because the self-questioning Jeff Bridges is not now...
Ice-pick robber suspect charged in 2 more stickups
A parolee already accused of wielding an ice pick in a series of robberies in New York City elevators has been charged with two more similar muggings. John Martinez is...
UConn coach confident heading into Fiesta Bowl matchup with Oklahoma
STORRS, Conn. — The Connecticut football team is growing a bit weary of being labeled an up-and-coming program and underdogs of the bowl season. After three bowl wins and four...
Plaintiffs must cut witness list for Sept. 11 trial: judge
The relatives of a Sept. 11 victim must slash their number of potential trial witnesses by more than 90 percent, the judge overseeing the wrongful-death case ordered today. The list...
Manning calls players-only meeting for Giants
For the first time in his seven-year career with the Giants, Eli Manning Monday called for a brief players-only team meeting and stood up as the only speaker.This is highly...
DEALS: Dec. 21
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Eagles lose rookie safety Allen for season
PHILADELPHIA -- Eagles rookie safety Nate Allen has a ruptured patellar tendon in his right knee and will have season-ending surgery. Allen, drafted with the second-round pick Philadelphia acquired from...
Pitino will coach Puerto Rico's national team
Rick Pitino is taking on another rebuilding project. The only men's college basketball coach to lead three teams to the Final Four has agreed to coach the Puerto Rico national...
Greinke happy to be with contender in Brewers
MILWAUKEE -- Zack Greinke loves the attitude of the Milwaukee Brewers and their willingness to try to reach the postseason immediately. "The main reason I wanted to get out, I...
Top NY court nixes Senate recount; GOP to take power
The state’s top court on Monday rejected a Democratic state senator’s request for a full manual recount in his narrow loss to a Republican newcomer, a ruling that will return...
Yankees bring back reliever Vizcaino
Yankees and right-handed reliever Luis Vizcaino have agreed to a one-year deal in which the 36-year-old will earn $750,000 if he claims a spot on the 40-man roster and an...
Breakfast with Santa fuels festivities at Aviator
Little Belle Harbor belle Annabelle Emmolo and dad Guy knew that Brooklyn was where the Yuletide action was when they headed over to Aviator Sports Complex for a buffet breakfast...
Christmas pageant at Salem Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Sunday School students moved the crowd to a hush when they took to the stage at Bethlehem Lutheran Church to perform the story of Christmas.The bright-eyed bunch used their own...
Rolle guarantees Giants will make playoffs
The Giants are coming off one of the worst losses in franchise history and yet will clinch a wild card playoff berth if the beat the Packers Sunday in Green...
Mangini's time in Cleveland could be nearing end
Browns coach Eric Mangini saved his job with a four-game winning streak to close out the 2009 season, but this season’s late-season struggles may lead to his demise in Cleveland....
MLS unveils 2011 openers
MLS' 16th season will kick off on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 when Seattle Sounders FC host the LA Galaxy live on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN3.com at 9:30 p.m. ET. MLS...
Mayor Bloomberg delays signing of sidewalk ATM bill
Mayor Bloomberg has set aside a bill he was expected to sign that would have imposed steep fines regarding illegal sidewalk ATMs. The bill would have let the city slap...
Winter wonderland at St. Anselm's Church
Joseph had a bit part, but he performed it like a pro.Third grader Jack London, 8, did the publicity-shy biblical character proud when he took to a homespun barn with...
Tree lighting at McKinley Park ignites seasonal spirit in Bay Ridge
McKinley Park glows with good cheer — thanks to state Sen. Marty Golden (R-Bay Ridge).The big-hearted pol ignited the seasonal spirit by organizing a tree lighting at the park on...
Florida officials arrest pedophilia how-to book author
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — Florida sheriff's deputies have arrested a Colorado man who wrote a guide for pedophiles on obscenity charges. Polk County deputies arrested Phillip Ray Greaves II at...
'Wedding Crashers' star Vince Vaughn becomes a dad: report
"Wedding Crashers" actor Vince Vaughn became a dad over the weekend as his wife Kyla Weber gave birth to a baby girl, People reported Monday. Weber, a Canadian real estate...
Rangers' Boogaard may have concussion, too
It seems that Derek Boogaard may have sustained a concussion as well a strained right shoulder in his Dec. 9 fight in Ottawa against Matt Carkner. Head coach John Tortorella...
Shania Twain engaged to husband of woman who broke up her marriage: report
Country singer Shania Twain is engaged to Swiss businessman Frederic Thiebaud, People magazine reported Monday. The Canadian native was left heartbroken in May 2008 when her husband of 14 years,...
Devils recall D Corrente
The Devils recalled D Matt Corrente from Albany on Monday for Tuesday’s game against the Capitals. Corrente, who has four assists in 15 games with the Devils this season, was...
Ex-director of NY state fair faces charges
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo says the former director of the state fair has been charged with grand larceny, fraud and official misconduct, accused of using...
Purse in Fla. shooting back up for auction
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. — Bidding has resumed for a purse a woman used to hit a gunman at a Florida Panhandle school board meeting. The website eBay had stopped...
Cashman says Yankees not likely to trade for starting pitching: report
The Yankees are prepared to start the season with a rotation that consists of two starters with limited or non-existent major-league experience, General Manager Brian Cashman says. With the Royals...
Court records show jailed fraudster Kenneth Starr exchanging emails with mystery woman
Celeb-scamming fraudster Kenneth Starr has been exchanging jailhouse emails with a mystery woman who the feds say is trying to "undermine" his relationship with his ex-stripper wife, court papers reveal....
Packers' Rodgers status unclear for Giants game
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- As of Monday, the Green Bay Packers couldn't say for sure that Aaron Rodgers will be able to play this weekend. They did know this: Despite...
Guatemala declares Mexican cartels terrorists, why don't we?
Having lost control of a northern region of the country, Guatemala's government has declared Mexican Los Zetas drug cartel as a terrorist group and is engaged in a military operation to...
Drink to that! Ridge artist is drawn to bars
SaturdayDecember 25Da circusFinally, a circus for people who take circuses seriously. Impresario Victor Shulman hand-picked top stars on the Russian “tserk” scene and brought them to the Millennium Theater in...
After half-season with Yankees, Kearns returns to Indians
CLEVELAND -- Outfielder Austin Kearns is returning to the Cleveland Indians, agreeing to a one-year contract. Kearns spent the first four months of last season with the Indians, then was...
American Media is set to emerge from bankruptcy
After less than two months reorganizing under Chapter 11, American Media Inc., publisher of the National Enquirer, Star, Shape and Men’s Fitness, is now clear to emerge from bankruptcy in...
Giants: Win and they're in playoffs
The Giants are coming off one of the worst losses in franchise history but it doesn’t have to be one of the costliest. No doubt their 38-31 collapse against the...
Giants can put collapse in past with playoff-clinching win over Packers
Sal, who?The on-field struggles and the controversy surrounding trip coach Sal Alosi that swallowed up the Jets all last week are now a thing of the past. The Jets’ first...
Man receives hateful messages after fans mistake him for Giants punter: report
Sharing the name of an NFL player might seem like a fun prospect but it did not bode well for a man who shared the name of hapless Giants punter...
Conn. 'Chumperone' sent to therapy for bus trip grope spree
A Stamford, Conn. dad must attend alcohol and sex offender therapy for the next ten years under his sentencing today for drunkenly groping his son's classmates on a bus trip...
Rep. King's radical Islam hearings are inappropriate: Bloomberg
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says a New York congressman’s planned hearings on radical Islam are not appropriate. Rep. Peter King said in an opinion piece in Sunday’s Newsday that...
SEC charges Carter's executive for insider trading
The Securities and Exchange Commission Monday charged a former top official at children's clothing marketer Carter's Inc. for allegedly engaging in financial fraud and insider trading. The agency alleges that...
New Ford dealership opens in Bay Ridge
The universe was in Bay Ridge — Miss Universe, that is — to help cut the ribbon on the neighborhood’s newest business last Wednesday.Ximena Navarrete, Miss Universe 2010, joined a...
Gov. Paterson fined $62K for taking free Yankees tickets
ALBANY – The state’s top ethics watchdog slapped Gov. Paterson with a whopping $62,000 fine this morning for accepting free World Series tickets last year from the New York Yankees....
Our weekly events calendar!
Fri, Dec. 24Art, “Art-A-Peel”: Artist Aaron Pesin’s sculptures created out of dried and painted grapefruit peels. Free. 5:30 am–11 pm. Starbucks [164 Seventh Ave. between First Street and Garfield Place...
Our weekly events calendar!
Fri, Dec. 31New Year’s EveBenefit, Used cell-phone drive: Donate old phones to the armed services. 9 am–4 pm. Classic Home Sales [6317 Ave. N, between East 63rd Street and Veterans...
'Austerity' ranked as 2010 word of the year
Indicative of the tough economic and political events of 2010, "austerity" ranked as the word of the year, topping the list of the most searched words on Merriam-Webster.com. "Austerity" --...
Model dies after spending a month in a coma following surfing accident
A male model who was in a coma since suffering a surfing accident in the Rockaways last month has died, his agency said today. Charles DeVoe, 28, who posed for...
Mayor Bloomberg urges Senate to pass Zadroga 9/11 bill
Saying there is time before Christmas to pass the revised Zadroga Ground Zero health bill, Mayor Bloomberg urged the Senate today to compensate those who "stood by America in its...
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Las Vegas police search for missing dancer: report
Police Monday were still searching for a popular Las Vegas dancer who was last seen leaving her home a week ago. Debora "Debbie" Flores Narvaez, 31, a cast member of...
In tough economy, even Santa is struggling
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Craig McTavish - a.k.a. Santa - has the beard. He has the belly. He even has a few tricks up his sleeve, like pulling up to...
Don't tinker with START, Russia warns US
Russia said Monday that any attempts by Republicans in the US Senate to "fix" the new START treaty would spell the end of the historic nuclear disarmament pact between the...
President Obama to join wife and daughters in Hawaii later this week
KAILUA, Hawaii -- While President Barack Obama's standing in Washington has dropped a notch or two in the year since he and his family last spent their holiday vacation in...
NYPD gives 'all clear' after Fifth Ave vehicle probe
New York City police have declared Fifth Avenue near the Metropolitan Museum safe. They’d closed the area to traffic as a precaution while investigating a report of a suspicious vehicle....
Jets' Ellis sued for attacking Seattle fan with snowball: report
Talk about getting sued over getting a chilly reception. Jets defensive end Shaun Ellis has reportedly been sued by a Seattle Seahawks fan who claims he suffered physical and emotional...
Failed terrorist gets life behind bars
A 58-year-old former member of Guyana’s parliament was sentenced to life in prison on Dec. 15 for planning a terrorist attack against JFK Airport that never came to fruition.Abdul Kadir,...
Brother of 'Harry Potter' actress found guilty of assaulting her: report
The Muslim brother of "Harry Potter" actress Afshan Azad was found guilty Monday of assaulting the young star over her relationship with a Hindu man, local newspaper the Manchester Evening...
3UP: Happy Holidays, Yankee Pitching, King Felix
1. I have vacation beginning today into the new year. I suspect before the end of my vacation something will arise that will move me to report and write, at...
Report: MLS asks FSC for $20m/yr
Sources within both MLS and the Red Bull front office have repeatedly expressed confidence that the league's next television contract _ in the midst of being negotiated _ would significantly...
City settles religious discrimination case with Orthodox Jewish nurse
New York City has settled a lawsuit with an Orthodox Jewish nurse who was denied a job at a city hospital because she couldn’t work on the Sabbath. The Wall...
Italian soccer giant Inter due to fire boss Benitez, days after conquering the world -- Report
Italian giant Inter Milan was expected to sack its manager Rafael Benitez on Monday, two days after he led the club to victory at the Club World Cup. Reports in the...
Anger rises as travel havoc snarls Britain, Europe
LONDON — Frustrated travelers in Europe expressed fury Monday at transportation officials' inability to clear snow and ice from planes, runways and high-speed train tracks, failings that have caused holiday...
NYC livery cabbies to get bulletproof vests in pilot program
A dozen livery cab drivers in New York City are getting bulletproof vests under a pilot program. The president of the New York Federation of Taxi Drivers, Fernando Mateo, says...
David Beckham wants Euro winter deal to boost England hopes
David Beckham confirmed he was "keeping his fingers crossed" for a winter loan move to a European club to try and regain his England place, Sky Sports reported Monday. The...
WikiLeaks hints at Israeli-Palestinian cooperation
JERUSALEM — A cable just released by WikiLeaks suggests close cooperation between Israel and forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas when rival Hamas militants overran the Gaza Strip three...
Canadian flight attendant jailed for £250K UK cocaine scam: report
A Canadian flight attendant who smuggled £250,000 ($389,000) worth of cocaine into Britain because Canadian flight crews were ignored by UK customs officers has been jailed for eight years. Mandeep...
Millions for schools in Lebanon based on false promises
The United States Agency for International Development -- the do-gooder arm of the State Deprtment -- is giving $75 million to Lebanon's public education system to accomplish goals it cannot achieve...
US diplomat Richardson's flight out of N.Korea canceled
US diplomat Bill Richardson was to spend another night in North Korea after Air China said the flight he was scheduled to take Monday from Pyongyang to Beijing was canceled...
'Necessary...to take action in order to ensure public safety'
Security agents were working overtime this weekend both here and abroad to protect the public from possible terror attacks. In Britain, raids by unarmed policemen (the authorities were not expecting...
FBI called in over Lindsay Lohan stalker threats: report
The FBI is investigating a series of threatening phone calls and text messages made to Hollywood star Lindsay Lohan as she battles drug addiction in rehab, TMZ reported Monday. Staff...
Newark Airport terminal reopened after bomb squad clears package
Bomb squad police shut down Terminal A at Newark Liberty International Airport on Monday as a precaution after the discovery of a suspicious package. The package -- found at a...
Food safety bill is sickening
On Sunday, at a time when most Americans were no doubt glued to their televisions to watch the proceedings on C-Span, the lame-duck session of the Senate passed a new...
North Korea says it won't fire back over South Korea's drills
YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea — South Korea’s military staged live-fire drills from an island just miles from rival North Korea’s shores Monday, despite Pyongyang’s threats of catastrophic retaliation for the...
Massive fire rages through New Jersey apartment complex
PERTH AMBOY, N.J. — Firefighters are still pouring water more than 12 hours after a blaze displaced nearly 100 people from a New Jersey apartment complex. The fire at the...
12 men arrested over suspected UK terrorism plot
LONDON — In the biggest anti-terrorist sweep in nearly two years, British police on Monday netted a dozen men accused of plotting a large-scale terror attack on targets inside the...
NYC girls basketball rankings
Could things get any crazier on the New York City girls basketball scene? First Nazareth coach Apache Paschall is being investigated for alleged recruiting violations. Then he’s in the hospital...
CHSAA girls basketball rankings
St. Peter’s has been a traditional CHSAA power, but in what was though to be a down season, here are the Eagles creeping their way back up the rankings. Christine...
PSAL girls basketball rankings
It was an exciting, buzzer-beating week in the PSAL. Francis Lewis started things off with a thrilling win Tuesday over Long Island Lutheran when junior guard Jazmine Hamlet layed it...
Jets report card
OFFENSE Mark Sanchez (19-29, 170 yards) protected the ball very well and was sharper with his accuracy. Braylon Edwards (8-100) made some terrific clutch catches. RBs Shonn Greene (12-40) and...
Jets blitz
HERO Mark Sanchez. Though his stats weren’t eye-opening, his protection of the ball and sharper accuracy after three poor weeks allowed the Jets to win the game. UNSUNG HERO Jets...
Coleman gives Bergtraum life with buzzer-beating trey
Cori Coleman was as automatic from beyond the arc as any player in the city last year, helping Murry Bergtraum to a 12th straight PSAL city title in a breakout...
Will to win: Bergtraum comes back from brink to beat St. Peter's
Murry Bergtraum’s incredible run as one of the best teams in the country has been marked by one thing: not losing. The Lady Blazers have exactly one regular-season loss in...
Eagles punt-return TD, Vick heroics cap Giants collapse
A few days before what the Giants knew would be their game of the season, Justin Tuck was asked the key to finally beating the Eagles and taking control of...
Giants teammates can't 'Dodge' blame in historic horror
The old Giants Stadium gave us one of the darkest days in Giants history, a play forever remembered both here and in Philadelphia as The Fumble. And yesterday, the new...
Giants blitz
HERO Michael Vick wasn’t just terrific in the fourth quarter, he was sublime. The Eagles’ reborn quarterback just might have locked up the MVP award by accounting for 215 yards...
Eagles can't complete upset bid of Bergtraum
All it was going to take was one final stop. That’s all St. Peter’s needed to put the finishing touches on the first major upset of the early season and...
Giants report card
OFFENSE Eli Manning matched a career-high with four touchdown passes and threw for 289 yards (with one interception) without much help on the ground from Brandon Jacobs (12-34) or Ahmad...
Magical Vick makes Giants' win vanish
The Giants were heartbroken, angry, frustrated and in stunned disbelief. One minute they were leading by three touchdowns with eight minutes remaining in the game. The next minute they were...
Eagles' Jackson 'dream come true' is Giants' nightmare
For a split second yesterday afternoon, DeSean Jackson couldn’t believe what he was seeing. Yes, that really was Matt Dodge’s punt coming his way. “I was sitting back there thinking...
Giants punter drops ball by punting to Jackson
Tom Coughlin told Matt Dodge to punt the ball out of bounds, but the sight of the Eagles’ DeSean Jackson showboating along the goal line with the game-winning TD, and...
Girls basketball roundup: LuHi runs past Kearney
Rocco Sellitto believes his team is underachieving. Sloppy passing, lack of rebounding and inconsistent shooting dug Bishop Kearney a 17-point halftime deficit Sunday. The Tigers battled to get back into...
The Post's All-City football Coach of the Year
Shawn O’Connor, Lincoln At every opportunity, he credited his 21 seniors for the program’s turnaround, for going from a one-win team two years ago to making the playoffs last year...
The Post's All-City football Player of the Year
Brandon Reddish, Fort Hamilton Before first-year coach Danny Perez’s first regular-season game, he was already facing a quandary at quarterback, the most important position on the field. Starter Marvin Centeno...
The Post's All-City football honors
The 2010 season ended in historic fashion when Fort Hamilton and Lincoln, the PSAL’s two best teams, battled it out at Yankee Stadium in the first-ever high-school football game to...
Taking 'Off'
What musical sensation is sweeping the nation? The answer -- honest -- is "a cappella!" NBC's "The Sing-Off," which features a cappella groups competing for $100,000 and a recording contract,...
Rattling off a list of praise for Debussy gem
The decades-overdue debut of Sir Simon Rattle at the Met Friday night demonstrated brilliantly just what we've been missing: His conducting of "Pelléas et Mélisande" is the musical pinnacle of...
Oprah extends vacation in Fiji
After spending eight days in Australia with 300 members of her audience, Oprah let them fly back home without her last week. The queen of talk shows showed up in...
Piano paean can be a pain
It's not often that you hear Schubert's melan choly song cycle "Win terreise" ("Winter Journey") in a down town theater. And not with classical musicians, either, but with three scruffy...
10 most pathetic
Take a guy who is on the Supreme Court and give him a gambling problem and a big mouth with the ladies but no one minds. If you were a...
Bank scam hits phones
Security experts watching closely for any sign that sophisticated cybercrime was making the leap from the personal computer to the smartphone caught a stunning one this fall. Malicious software was...
Snow socks Euros
PARIS -- Heavy snow yesterday shut down European airports, forced trains to slow down and left cars skidding through icy streets on a weekend when many people were trying to...
Tax clash looms for Andy & Shel
While a major confrontation between soon- to-be-Gov. Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver over a property-tax cap is virtually certain, an even more serious and defining battle is being privately...
Kin claim death a mob hit
The death of a British computer expert found floating in the East River seven years ago may not have been an accident -- and instead may have been a mob...
Under house unrest
The elderly dad of City Councilman Vincent Gentile says he knows what he's getting his son for Christmas this year -- a fat lump of coal. Frank Gentile, 84, says...
MTA's healthy savings
The MTA's health-care rolls are going under the knife. The cash-strapped agency has embarked on a wide-scale audit to root out people who are illegally tapping into health-care benefits, either...
McConnell vows to put stop to START
WASHINGTON -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell yesterday vowed to vote against the START nuke treaty, throwing a monkey wrench into Democrats' plans to finish President Obama's top foreign-policy priority...
Learning their lesson
Elections have conse quences. The consequences of the November 2010 elec tions -- and one might add the November 2009 elections in New Jersey and Virginia and the January 2010...
Autograph king
A lifelong movie fanatic from Queens has taken "starstruck" to a whole new level, amassing more than 2,000 signatures from virtually every legend of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Fred...
What Bam left out
The main point of last week's presidential report on America's progress in Afghanistan was no surprise: We're making "fragile" progress in our nine-year war there, but not enough. Yet it's...
Here comes the kitsch
LONDON -- Britain's royal wedding is still four months away, but the first official memorabilia are on sale. The three souvenirs -- a tankard, a plate and a pillbox --...
Year was far from a perfect '10
This was a cranky year. It was the year of Charlie Sheen and Carl Paladino. Twelve months of a hobbled president (and governor and Congress), capped by the ascendance of...
'All out' in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON -- Despite uneven progress in Afghanistan, Vice President Joe Biden said that next summer's planned troop withdrawal would be more than a token reduction and that US soldiers would...
'Tron' gets high $core
Jeff Bridges' sci-fi sequel "Tron: Legacy" raced to the top of the box office with a $43.6 million opening weekend, according to studio estimates. But the weekend proved no picnic...
O 'went to mat' on tax cuts, VP insists
WASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden yesterday defended his boss for caving in to Republican demands for tax cuts for the rich in return for middle-class tax relief. "We did...
Black & Paulson
Call them Wall Street's new BFFs. Leon Black and John Paulson, two fifty-something billionaire New York natives who have each mastered tens of billions of dollars worth of deals --...
City to street-vendor scofflaws: Have we got a deal for you
These guys know how to drive a bargain. The City Council is in talks with the savviest hagglers in town -- street peddlers -- in an effort to get them...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Queens Two tenants from South Richmond Hill allegedly attacked their landlord when he came looking for the rent. Rajinder Singh, 31, and Arjinder Singh, 38, who are not related, allegedly...
Dark side of the moon for Gotham
The combination of a total eclipse of the moon and the winter solstice will make for a new-age nirvana over New York City early tomorrow. Although lunar eclipses are common,...
Bx. educator nailed on DWI
A boozed-up Bronx teacher, who told cops she crashed her car while trying to help her friend score drugs, was released without bail yesterday after being charged with drunken driving....
Hollywood dreams take digital direction
Talks between Google and Miramax over a digital-rights deal has some Hollywood insiders seeing green for funding-starved independent studios. Emile Sherman, one of the producers of "The King's Speech," an...
Rap sales for slain man's kin
A hapless, Harlem-born rapper who inadvertently confessed to a 17-year-old murder is featured on a single -- prompting record-company officials yesterday to promise to donate a portion of the sales...
Woman suing LI movie theater for not being wheelchair accessible
The movie theater at the Roosevelt Field Mall holds itself out as being wheelchair accessible -- but try telling that to someone in a wheelchair. A paralyzed Long Island woman...
Cops launch new push to solve 1987 Brooklyn murder mystery
The NYPD has launched a new push to find the killer of a teenager found brutally murdered near her Brooklyn home 24 years ago. The stabbed, fully clothed body of...
Pols: Curb Mike hike on meters
Two City Council members promised yesterday to introduce legislation that would block Mayor Bloomberg's plan to hike parking-meter rates in the outer boroughs. The mayor wants to boost the rates...
US tourist is slain in Israel
An American tourist was fatally stabbed while hiking with her friend in Israel. Police identified her as Christine Logan, 40, who lived in England. The friend, Kaye Susan Wilson, a...
NYC 'cross' walk
More than 200 protesters hit Fifth Avenue yesterday with fire in their bellies over the Smithsonian's yanking of a controversial work by famed gay artist David Wojnarowicz. The chanting demonstrators...
Friends' shock over Citigroup gal's suicide
Shocked friends of a vivacious young bank analyst who jumped to her death from Trump Place remembered her yesterday as a devoted do-gooder who "had it all." Jessica Fashano, 27,...
Black blowback
In the wake of the flap over new schools chief Cathie Black, Assemblyman David Weprin and incoming state Sen. Tony Avella, both Queens Democrats who used to serve in the...
'Rivers of fire'
SAN MARTIN TEXMELUCAN, Mexico -- A pipeline exploded in central Mexico yesterday as thieves were trying to steal oil, killing at least 28 people and sending rivers of flaming crude...
Rank & 'bile' for teachers
The teachers union called for an independent audit of the Department of Education's teacher-performance ratings yesterday -- the latest salvo in its battle to keep the information secret. "The Department...
Bx. church bandit bust
A brazen burglar was busted yesterday for breaking the Eighth Commandment -- trying to rob a Bronx church hours before Sunday Mass -- and cops say he could be the...
'DWI' dad had toddler in car
A Long Island man was busted early yesterday in Hempstead for driving drunk with his year-old daughter, cops said. Nassau County police stopped Gabriel Rodriguez, 28, of Hempstead at 4:48...
Skinny dip for Megan
Megan Fox may be headed from sexiest to skinniest woman alive. The "Transformers" star -- who was named the world's sexiest woman in 2008 and 2009 by men's mag FHM...
LI teen killed, 3 pals hurt as car smashes into tree
A Long Island teenager was killed early yesterday when the car he was riding in slammed into a tree and flipped over, cops said. Jonathan Havlicek, 19, of Mount Sinai,...
Simon in for knight of his life
He's no longer an "Idol" star, but acid-tongued Simon Cowell is in line for a loftier title -- knight. The surly "X Factor" and ex-"American Idol" judge should be "Sir...
Really big dope's 500-lb.'pot run'
What a dope. An ex-con was busted after cops in Queens stopped him running a red light early yesterday -- and found enough marijuana in his car to get half...
Business briefs
Dollar days The dollar rose toward a two-week high against the euro before reports this week that economists say will show GDP expanded more than previously esti mated.Rising gas The...
Coney landlord warns of ghost town
Coney Island’s amusement district will be flooded with shuttered storefronts next summer -- unless eight longtime boardwalk businesses served eviction papers get out “very soon,” the area’s top landlord warned....
Jacko bro lost bling of pop
Jermaine Jackson is singing the blues over a huge theft from his California house. News surfaced yesterday that Michael Jackson's famous big brother filed a police report declaring that a...
Crashing the FCC's 'net' plan
FCC boss Julius Genachowski's plan to address "net neutrality," a proposal for Internet traffic rules that would allow providers to ration access to their networks, is expected to attract the...
Camo-thug in W'chester bank stickup
This is straight out of a Hollywood movie. The FBI is looking for a bank robber, clad in camouflage and orange goggles and wielding a machine gun, who terrorized a...
Snowed by weather gal: What was she thinking?
THE ISSUE: Weather reporter Heidi Jones' fabricated account of being attacked in Central Park. *** One can only imagine what was going through Channel 7 weather reporter Heidi Jones' mind...
Iraqi Christians' perilous choice
For the last 10 days, Christians throughout Iraq have been holding meetings to decide whether to stay and risk being killed or flee into exile and an uncertain future. Most...
Pols see hope for 9/11 bill
WASHINGTON -- The long-stalled 9/11 health bill is headed for a Senate vote as soon as tomorrow after supporters shaved $1.2 billion from its price tag to satisfy skeptical Republicans,...
Law school gagging speech
A Law student at Syracuse University is facing possible expulsion for "harassment," but he doesn't know who his accusers are or even why he's in trouble. The source of all...
9/11 hero dies of heart woes
A city firefighter who escaped death on 9/11 suffered a fatal "cardiac episode" at home yesterday. Fitzroy Haines Jr., 40, of Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn, was rushed to the hospital after...
Teacher tenure vs. tyranny
THE ISSUE: The Department of Education's new guidelines for granting teachers tenure. *** Michael Goodwin wonders why our teachers are allowed to have tenure ("Sanity at Long Last on Tenure,"...
Two chickens found on Midtown street
These two chickens were plucked off a Midtown street last night by bemused cops. "They were hiding in the bushes, sort of tangled up in the Christmas lights," said Valon...
Pol: probe US Muslim extremists
The incoming chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security said yesterday he will hold hearings on the "radicalization of the American Muslim community." Rep. Peter King (R-LI) said in...
Mob's wife strife
The acting boss of the Colombo crime family wants a judge to toss out incriminating evidence against him -- dozens of snapshots taken by his wife and bizarrely turned over...
Ernst & Young fraud charges
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is about to file civil fraud charges against the giant Ernst & Young accounting firm, accusing it of looking the other way while Lehman Brothers misled...
S. Korea in live-fire drill
South Korea fired live artillery early this morning on the island where similar exercises sparked a deadly North Korean bombardment last month. The South sent fighter jets to the skies...
Life's a breach, Julian!
Apparently, the public doesn't have the right to know everything. The lawyer for WikiLeaks leader Julian Assange whined yesterday that his client is being treated unfairly because a Swedish police...
Cemetery vandals
Police are looking for the vandals who toppled gravestones in a Jewish cemetery in Brooklyn, authorities said yesterday. The crime took place in Washington Cemetery on Bay Parkway near McDonald...
Checkin' it twice
At this time of year, everyone has a list, from Santa to last-minute shoppers. The magazines have theirs, too, chronicling the best and the worst of the year. Prepare to...
Iran rising
A leader of Iran's Revolutionary Guard has threatened to murder American generals to retaliate for the apparent assassinations of two Iranian nuclear scientists. It may sound like an empty threat,...
Batter thickens for Sara Lee
Sara Lee will likely have a harder time finding an external candidate to replace former CEO Brenda Barnes after reports this weekend that Brazil beef exporter JBS is in talks...
Naughty in Nassau
Who does Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano think he's kidding? Mangano is scrambling as a state monitoring board eyes a takeover of his county's finances. The board, the Nassau Interim...
Chill factor
Most popular songs 1. Firework, Katy Perry 2. Grenade, Bruno Mars 3. The Time (Dirty Bit), Black Eyed Peas 4. What’s My Name, Rihanna 5. We R Who We R,...
Go to Greg
I graduated in ’09 with offers from several banks. I chose an international firm that offered a global finance development program, which turned out to involve a lot of over-promises...
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Workplace status 2010: Unemployment is high, employee engagement is low. Many managers are undertrained and uninvolved, or just plain jerks. The old rules of the workplace need reworking. To get...
Tomorrow's Philadelphia Entries
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST1m&70yds; $22,000; cl($12,50); 2YPNHorse Wt.JockeyOdds1Heros Charm(L),121Rquelm 20-12Swift Argument(L),112Mcmngl 20-13Front Street(L),121J Flores 20-14Angel's Vision(L),114M Rispoli 20-15Seaway Summer(L),117J Burke 15-16I'm Wanted,121Mnglee 15-17Antipasti(L),114E...
Bill Smith At Yonkers
Post time: 7:10 p.m.Best Bet: Dallenbach Hanover (4th)FIRST-mile; pace; $14,000; claiming2Bb Torio(J Gregory)2-7-66-11Major Suit(S Bouchard)1-1-58-15Handfulofjuno(JBartlett)6-1-39-53Isaac Newton(C Manzi)3-5-54-14BadlandsComeHm(JStrttn)3-5-215-16Dylan Rocks(R Dane)1-8-210-17Red River B(G Brennan)4-2-812-18MisterBarnettN(TButer)3-3-68-1SECOND-ml pc; $12,500; conditional4Dontakeyourguns(SBochrd)5-2-55-11Mimi's Tyler(D Dube)1-8-45-13Somethinsgotgv(JStrttn)3-3-23-12Dempsey(B Dobson)5-6-16-15Tsm Goldenridge(R Dane)2-8-512-16MakeAMemory(Andrsn)4-5-14-17Shiny...
Aqueduct Charts
December 19, 2010 Cloudy And Fast. ©2010 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST6 fur; $17,000; clm; 3up(f)Off: 12:31 p.m. St. good, won drivingTime: 23.98, 47.73, 1:00.28, 1:13.18.Trainer: Dominick SchettinoWinner: CH F, 3,...
Bench helps lift Nets over Hawks
The Nets have searched for a winning formula in close games and more times than not -- far more times than not -- they failed to find one. But yesterday,...
Philadelphia Results
FIRST-$26,000, cl, 2YO F, 1m5Fragancia (Molina) 26.8010.405.006Smokehouse (Carmouche)4.602.403Mama Get Even (Bisono)3.20 Off 12:25. Time 1:39.87. Fast. * Exacta (5-6) $88.00 * Trifecta (5-6-3) $434.00 SECOND-$26,000, cl, 3YO up, 6f6Maji Moto...
Hollywood Results
FIRST-$16,000, cl, 3YO, 6f4Elusive Moment (Vlnzl) 5.603.002.803Fire in the Wind (Mldnd)3.204.002Toro Trippi (Pedroza)2.403.60 Off 12:31. Time 1:11.21. Fast. Scr: Peacock Alliance. * dhFire in the Wind, Toro Trippi (2). $1...
Murphy still battling for minutes with Nets
Avery Johnson insisted if there were a game ball for yesterday's 89-82 win over the Hawks, it would have gone to Troy Murphy. Very nice, but Murphy would rather have...
Vic C.'s Philadelphia Grade
Post Time: 12:25 p.m.FIRST-1 mile; $27,000; clm; 3up8-Nice Lady 1181-Crept By 1166-Truly a Myth 1162-PeacetimeMssy 1167-IndianPromise 1073-My Lily Lane 1164-Andrus Athena 1169-Even Better 1165-Mandateformly 116SECOND-1 1/16m; $20,000; clm; 3up1-Bros Sis...
Knicks need more depth to spell aching Amar'e
The Knicks need more than just Carmelo Anthony -- they need bench help. Anthony is the obvious answer to get the Knicks to the next step and a trade for...
For Vikings, weather outside is frightful
MINNEAPOLIS -- Vikings punter Chris Kluwe is calling the field at TCF Bank Stadium unplayable. But officials with the team and the University of Minnesota insist it will be safe...
The Post Line
NFLTonightFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogBears 7 7½(33) VIKINGSThursdaySTEELERS13 13½(37) PanthersSaturdayCowboys 6½ 6 (45) CARDINALSSundayPACKERSOFFOFF(OFF)GiantsBEARSOFFOFF(OFF)JetsDOLPHINS 4 3½(41) LionsEAGLESOFFOFF(OFF)VikingsJAGUARS 6½ 6½(45) RedskinsRAMS 2 2½(39½)49ersBUCCANEERS 6 6 (42½)SeahawksBILLSOFFOFF(OFF)PatriotsRavens 3 3 (39) BROWNSCHIEFS 4½ 5 (41½)TitansColts...
Today's Sports on Air
Basketball7 p.m.MSG Holiday Festival:Northwestern vs. St. Francis (NY)MSG7 p.m.Coppin State at ConnecticutESPNU7 p.m.Morgan State at SyracuseSNY7:30 p.m.Mavericks at HeatNBATV7:30 p.m.Women: Southern Illinois at PurdueBIG 109:30 p.m.MSG Holiday Festival:Davidson at St....
Jets' touchdown drought is history
PITTSBURGH -- The Jets' touchdown drought was reaching alarming proportions. It wasn't until Mark Sanchez's nine-yard bootleg scoring run in the third quarter that the Jets finally got into the...
Rex went to 'well' to spark Jets
PITTSBURGH -- Rex Ryan should start selling tickets to his Saturday night team meetings. They're intense, emotional, compelling theater. Ryan's team meeting in the downtown Westin Hotel on the eve...
Giants can't close versus high-flying Vick
For 3½ quarters of football, the Giants played disciplined, dominating defense, smothering Philadelphia and quarterback Michael Vick. And in three drives, just eight short minutes, they flushed that all down...
Els tops Goosen by 1 shot
DURBAN, South Africa -- Ernie Els won the South African Open for the fifth time yesterday, shooting a 6-under 66 to beat Retief Goosen by one shot in a tournament...
Giants' offense runs to a halt in second half
You're a football fan, and a darn smart one, too. You've played the game. Maybe you've coached the game. You've certainly spent countless hours of your life watching it and...
Giants choke echoes 'Titan'-ic flop
The last time an NFL team blew a 21-point lead in the fourth quarter, as the Giants did yesterday, was . . . the Giants. The Giants owned a 31-10...
Giants hail 'MVP' Vick
The Giants defense would like to settle down with Michael Vick and live happily ever after in a big house with a white picket fence, children and even that family...
Onside kick catches Coughlin's Giants napping
The Giants punting to DeSean Jackson wasn't the only thing that had the Eagles shaking their head in disbelief yesterday. The first shocker came seven minutes before Jackson's game-winning return,...
With Callahan out, Rangers need to solve energy crisis
Yes, the Rangers were able to overcome Marian Gaborik's early-season, 12-game absence by reinventing themselves as an in-your-face squad with a pack-mentality dedicated to hunting opponents as well as pucks....
Brewers hit Zack-pot
MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers are going all in for 2011. Yesterday, they acquired former Cy Young winner Zack Greinke in a trade with the Royals. The Royals acquired shortstop Alcides...
Impeccable timing for Jets' first win in Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH -- They had bloodied each other but good across 59 minutes and 58 seconds on the kind of dark, frigid, snowy afternoon that begged for a John Facenda narration....
Jets' Sanchez makes good on promise
PITTSBURGH -- His teammates could see it in Mark Sanchez's eyes early in the week, when he delivered a promise he would keep in a big way yesterday in the...
Short-handed Suns shake down the Thunder
Grant Hill scored a season-high 30 points and had 11 rebounds, Steve Nash added 20 points and 10 assists and the Suns snapped the Thunder's five-game winning streak with a...
Lineman's kick return keeps Pats rolling
The Patriots' string of routs is over. Their victory streak remains alive with help from a stunning kickoff return by 313-pound guard Dan Connolly -- who rumbled 71 yards with...
Rice ignites rugged win over Saints
BALTIMORE -- Ray Rice won't soon forget the outstanding game he had against the defending Super Bowl champions. Neither will his mother. Rice ran for 153 yards, caught five passes...
Jets bootleg gamble pays off for coach
PITTSBURGH -- Brian Schottenheimer had made it perfectly clear a few days ago that he heard you. Loud and clear. He'd heard the boos that rained down on his offense...
Jets pull off season-saving victory over Steelers
PITTSBURGH -- The Jets staggered into town like a fighter with his chin in question. They'd taken some blows in recent weeks and most expected the Steelers to finish the...
Giants top Cowher's 'wish list': report
Bill Cowher, according to sources, is ready to return to coaching -- and the Giants are one of three NFL teams on his "wish list." In addition to Big Blue,...
Sports shorts
NFL: Brayton fined for hit Carolina defensive end Tyler Brayton was fined $15,000 by the NFL for hitting Atlanta's Chris Owens out of bounds in last week's game. The fine...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYDec. 20TUEDec. 21WEDDec. 22THUDec. 23FRIDec. 24SATDec. 25SUNDec. 26KnicksNOGAMENOGAMEOk.C.7:30MSGESPNNOGAMENOGAMEChi.NoonMSGESPNNOGAMENetsNOGAMEMem.8:00YESWNYMN.O.8:00YESWFANNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMERangersNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMET.B.7:00MSGESPNNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEIslandersNOGAMENOGAMET.B.7:00MSG+WHRUDevs7:00MSG+2WHRUNOGAMENOGAMEMon.7:00MSG+WHRUDevilsNOGAMEWash.7:30VS.WFANNOGAMEIsles7:00MSG+WFANNOGAMENOGAMETor.7:00MSGWFAN
Pulse sales
BCBG 461 Fifth Ave., at 40th Street; 212-991-9777 Sale: ongoing. Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-8:30 p.m./Sat., 10 a.m.-8 p.m./Sun., 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Chiffon gowns for under $300. SLANE 48 W. 25th St.,...
Weird but true
It probably took some really tiny instruments to fix this little gal. A Florida woman saved the life of a squirrel, nursing her back to health after a some idiot...
UConn women win 88th consecutive game, tying UCLA men's record
When it was over, when the Garden crowd was still chanting "88! 88!" Geno Auriemma walked over to his mother Marsia, and pinched her on the cheek, one of those...
St. John's faces early crossroads at Garden tournament
The next two games could be the most important of the season for St. John's. Yes, before Big East play has even begun, the Johnnies face their first crisis under...
Bodega be damned! Khim's Market replaces Deli Mart on Bedford
Williamsburg’s busiest corner has a new tenant — an organic grocery store.Khim’s Millenium Market will open its fifth Williamsburg store on Bedford Avenue and N. Seventh Street, replacing the beloved...
Streaky Mary Louis gets bounce-back win over Patriots
Going forward it’s about finishing what's started for Mary Louis. The Hilltoppers were on the verge multiple times of breaking open their game against Francis Lewis, but consistency and a...
Seagulls show heart in St. John the Baptist loss
Peter LaMarca didn’t want to say his team was intimidated. But there was an uncertain look in the eyes of the McKee/Staten Island Tech players at the start of the...
Lewis can't hold halftime lead against TMLA
It wasn’t that Francis Lewis was in a jump-shooting funk that bothered Steve Tsai. It was how his players acted because of it in a 53-42 loss to Mary Louis...
A real festival of light at Invisible Dog
— Meredith Delisomdeliso@cnglocal.com
Now is the time to see the Dyker Lights
Do they know it’s Christmas? They do in Dyker Heights.Year in and year out, thousands flock to the neighborhood to see some of the best holiday decorations in the city,...
Comic coal! Mike Birbiglia mines jokes from despair
If self-deprecation had a crown, Mike Birbiglia would be wearing it.The “This American Life” regular has gained fans for his long-form narrative jokes, which mine his awkward adolescence and other...
'Nut'rageous! American Ballet Theater version is cracking good
Not sick of “The Nutcracker” just yet?Then check out the American Ballet Theatre’s full-length production of the holiday classic, as the world-class company comes to the Brooklyn Academy of Music...
Finally, some top quality Metrocard art
— Meredith Delisomdeliso@cnglocal.com
Jets rally in second half, then hold off Steelers
PITTSBURGH — The Jets limped into Pittsburgh desperate to assure and assert themselves. Against many odds, they did both. Their gritty 22-17 victory over the Steelers Sunday at Heinz Field...
Notre Dame hammers Stony Brook, 88-62
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Tim Abromaitis scored 22 points to lead No. 24 Notre Dame to an 88-62 win over Stony Brook on Sunday. Carleton Scott made all eight of...