January 5, 2011
Motorwoman saves rider on subway tracks
A quick-thinking MTA motorwoman saved a man’s life after he jumped on the tracks to pick up a dropped bag today, gesturing for him to "get down" under the platform...
Photos show gems that were swiped in $900K heist
This is part of the treasure trove of precious gems that were swiped from a Manhattan store during last week’s heist that netted nearly $900,000 in baubles. These exclusive photos...
Kitty litter cat fight heads to court
The makers of Super Scoop kitty litter say a TV ad campaign trashing their product is full of it. Church & Dwight Co. slapped Clorox with a false-advertising suit today...
Colts kicker Vinatieri still Mr. Clutch
INDIANAPOLIS -- Adam Vinatieri is still clutch — and still almost automatic. The veteran Colts kicker made a 43-yard field goal as time expired this past Sunday in a 23-20...
Elizabeth Edwards leaves nothing to husband John in will
Elizabeth Edwards left nothing in her will to her cheating husband John Edwards, according to a new report. Instead, the will, signed just days before she died last month, says...
New Jersey 11-year-old must go before judge for writing in wet cement
A New Jersey sixth-grader is going before a judge next week for writing her name in wet cement, FOXNews.com reported Wednesday. Kelly Zierdt, 11, and a group of her friends...
Jets appeal fine for sideline trip
The Jets aren’t writing the NFL a $100,000 check just yet. The team is appealing the hefty fine issued by the league last week for violating rules when assistant coach...
Hedberg to start again for Devils: reports
Johan Hedberg will start in goal for the Devils on Thursday against the Flyers, according to reports.NorthJersey.com reports Hedberg confirmed he would be in nets instead of Martin Brodeur. Coach...
Kanye & crew beat me up: photographer
Another day, another controversy for Kanye West - a Manhattan photographer is claiming he was "assaulted, battered, beat and threatened" by the temperamental rap titan and his security personnel. In...
'Cake Boss' becomes 'Kitchen Boss' in new TLC show: report
Buddy Valastro, the maestro baker of TLC's "Cake Boss" and "Next Great Baker," is continuing his kitchen domination with the launch of yet another cooking show, Deadline reported Wednesday. The...
Homeless man turns 'golden voice' into golden opportunity
He’s the man with the golden throat. Ted Williams’ voice, is so deep, so compelling and so rare, that in just couple of days he has gone from being homeless...
Rikers correction officer charged with assault was set up: lawyer
The lawyer for a Rikers Island correction officer accused of beating inmates says the charges against his client should be tossed because one inmate told investigators that the guard was...
Grucci kin admits shooting grandson in noise dispute
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — A member of “America’s first family of fireworks” has admitted he shot and wounded his grandson during a dispute at their Long Island home. Joseph Grucci pleaded...
'Babe' creator Dick King-Smith dies at 88
Dick King-Smith, the British author of the popular children's books which spawned the hit film "Babe," has died at the age of 88, his publishers said on Wednesday. The prolific...
More bad faith from J Street
The now-discredited J Street lobbying organization gets even more bad news in this report from The Washington Times. It turns out that J Street has hired a PR firm that...
NYC to get $5M from Bovis for overcharging
A major construction and design company has agreed to pay New York City $5 million to compensate for overcharging in more than 100 projects between 1999 and 2009. Mayor Bloomberg...
Mount Vernon mother dies after son is accused of beating her
MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. — The district attorney’s office says a man accused of beating his 87-year-old mother could face more serious charges because she died after his arrest. Lucian Chalfen,...
Assistant principal dies from gunshot wounds after student opens fire at Nebraska high school: report
An assistant high school principal in Omaha died from her injuries after being shot in her office Wednesday by a student, the Omaha World-Herald reported. Vicki Kaspar, who would have...
Oprah Winfrey Network to be profitable in 2011: report
Oprah Winfrey's new cable network OWN is expected to be profitable in 2011, its first year on the air, the New York Times reported Wednesday. Discovery Communications, Winfrey's partner for...
Payouts to sickened Ground Zero workers expected soon
Sickened Ground Zero workers who settled with the city will start getting checks mailed to them within 20 days, officials announced today. Christine LaSala, president of the WTC Captive Insurance...
Actress Denise Richards to get down and dirty in film about cougars
Controversial dating website CougarLife.com may have boosted the love lives of thousands of May-December romance hopefuls, and now Denise Richards' acting career may be next, FOXNews.com reported Wednesday. The 39-year-old...
Starbucks to change logo for 40th anniversary
Starbucks Corp. unveiled a new logo Wednesday as it prepared to celebrate its 40th anniversary and focus on becoming more of a consumer packaged-goods company. During a webcast meeting with...
Pill-popping union leader gets two years for $375K scam
A crooked newspaper union leader was sentenced to two years in the slammer today for stealing nearly $375,000 that he said went to feed his addiction to painkillers. Wayne Mitchell,...
Hit-and-run on Flushing Avenue
The tyke remains in critical condition from the 6 pm incident involving the driver of a white van who barreled into the stroller as he made a fast right turn...
Former Mets 2B Alomar elected to Hall of Fame
Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven became Hall of Famers on Wednesday, the two-time World Series champions easily elected after narrow misses last season. Sluggers Rafael Palmeiro, Mark McGwire, Jeff Bagwell...
Lawyer for ex-Paterson aide accused of choking girlfriend gets photos, 911 tapes
The former governor’s aide accused of choking his ex-girlfriend, ripping her clothes off and threatening to kill her ducked reporters today after prosecutors agreed to give his lawyer photos and...
My Game of the Year
Yes, I understand it’s a few days into 2011 (the New Year’s hangover was brutal), but when I look back on the year in gaming that was 2010, one game...
It's on! Our statues are shilling for NBC!
Holy advertising scheme, Brooklyn!NBC draped four Brooklyn monuments — ones dedicated to actual legends, like late 1800s Rep. James Samuel Thomas Stranahan — with black capes in a week-long promotion...
This week's calendar: Jan. 6 to 12
Thursday, Jan. 6 Community Board Information Session The Manhattan Borough President’s office is currently accepting applications for community board membership. Community boards are charged with representing community interests on crucial...
Broncos join teams interested in Giants' Fewell
Make it four.That’s how many teams want to interview Giants defensive coordinator Perry Fewell to become their head coach.John Elway took over Wednesday as Broncos executive vice president of football...
Bodyguard says Michael Jackson doc concealed vials
LOS ANGELES — A bodyguard says he saw a doctor charged in Michael Jackson's death grab a handful of vials and put them in a bag during frantic efforts to...
Five things to look out for on 'Jersey Shore' this season
One week after one of the worst winter storms in memory, everyone is gearing up for sun, sand, tans and of course, hair gel.That’s right, "Jersey Shore" is returning to...
Favors starts for Nets; Uzoh to stay
Rookie power forward Derrick Favors made his first NBA start Wednesday against the Bulls at Prudential Center."This has been planned for some time now," Avery Johnson said before the game,...
'Lien'-ing on the poor another reason for tax reform
A report by an IRS watchdog is more proof than needed for why comprehensive tax reform has got to become a top legislative priority. According to National Taxpayers Advocate Nina...
L.I. village bans smoking on public sidewalks
GREAT NECK, N.Y. — A tiny village on Long Island’s “gold coast” is banning smoking on public sidewalks. The Great Neck village board approved the ban at a meeting Tuesday...
2 arrested, 4 dogs found after Mount Vernon shelter theft
YONKERS, N.Y. — Two people have been arrested and four dogs have been rescued after the theft of six pit bulls and a beagle from an animal shelter. Yonkers police...
LI teen killed, two others injured, after crashing BMW: police
A 17-year-old Long Island man was killed and three other people injured after he crashed his BMW into another car, authorities said today. Francesco Posillico was the driver of the...
Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveils plan to close New York's budget gap
ALBANY – Gov. Cuomo outlined in his first State of the State address today an unprecedented plan for closing a $10 billion budget gap, tasking a series of panels with...
Comcast to offer live streaming to iPad
Comcast Corp. on Wednesday unveiled enhancements to its iPad application at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The largest U.S. cable operator said users of the Apple Inc....
Comedian Kathy Griffin is going off the D-list: report
Comedian Kathy Griffin announced her Emmy Award-winning reality show "My Life on the D-List" is ending after six seasons, People magazine reported Wednesday. "It was a really tough decision because...
Police: Ex-TV host Gary Collins held, failed to pay food tab
JACKSON, Miss. — Actor and former TV host Gary Collins was in a south Mississippi jail early Wednesday, charged with a felony after being accused of leaving a restaurant without...
Four Dems break in state Senate, boosting Cuomo
ALBANY – Trashing Senate Minority Leader John Sampson (D-Brooklyn) as ineffectual and tolerant of corruption, four Senate Democrats announced this morning an unprecedented decision to form their own legislative conference....
Free concert ticket alert!
Want to go to the Neil Young blowout tribute concert at Carnegie Hall next month but don't feel like shelling out the cash? We hear that scoring tickets can be...
Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti says he is lucky to keep his job
Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti said he was a "lucky man" to have kept his job following the team's recent slump in form, Sky Sports reported Wednesday. The power soccer club...
NYPD appoints panel to study how it tracks crime
The city’s top cop has hired three notable attorneys to keep an eye on the NYPD’s crime reporting system known as COMPSTAT. In an effort to dispel criticism that the...
4 accused of ripping off Conn. casino out of $870K in card scam
Here's one casino scam that collapsed like a house of cards. Connecticut state police said four people working together as part of an international syndicate cheated Foxwoods Resort Casino out...
Former Bush aide Wheeler appeared disoriented, confused day before body found
Homicide investigators in Delaware were working Wednesday to piece together the details surrounding the mysterious death of former presidential adviser and Pentagon official John P. "Jack" Wheeler III, who, according...
'Cry rape' weather babe tells cops she lied out of 'stress'
She's blaming it all on her own personal high pressure system. Out-in-the-cold TV meteorologist Heidi Jones -- accused of concocting an utter snow-job about a mysterious "Hispanic" pervert jumping her...
Real-life superhero saves driver in Seattle
A self-styled superhero was protecting the streets of Seattle on Tuesday night -- launched from his secret base at the back of a comic book store. The masked man, who...
First really bad idea of 2011: Streisand directing herself in 'Gypsy'
Can Barbra Streisand, who will turn 69 next April, convincingly play the mother of teenage stripper Gypsy Rose Lee? Is it an even worse idea for her to direct it?...
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs to leave in February
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, a mainstay in the briefing room through the first two years of Barack Obama's presidency, will leave the White House in February, Fox News confirmed...
Republican John Boehner elected House speaker
Republican John Boehner of Ohio was officially elected the 61st Speaker of the US House of Representatives by the 112th Congress Wednesday, vowing more transparency and accountability in the “people’s...
Iraq insurgency now with silencer
Insurgencies don't die, they adapt. At least that's what seems to be true for Iraq. According to reports, the insurgency that almost destroyed the US effort to liberate Iraq from...
Bronx student stabbed on his way to school
A teenager was stabbed with a pair of scissors this morning as he was jumped while heading to his Bronx school, authorities said. Negro Rivera, 16, was stabbed in the...
London 7/7 terror attacks hero fireman jailed over £10M drug ring
A hero fireman who received a bravery award for rescuing victims of the London 7/7 terror attacks was jailed for his role in a £10 million ($15.5 million) cocaine ring,...
True Grit: Will there be another sequel?
With the Coen Brothers' "True Grit'' poised to become the most popular western since Clint Eastwood's "Unforgiven,'' you have to assume that Paramount is thinking about a sequel. If it...
DVD Extra: Hayworth, Colbert, MacMurray, Fairbanks
Delayed from its originally scheduled street date more than a year ago, "The Rita Hayworth Collection'' is apparently the final collaboration between the Film Foundation and Sony, which after several...
Dennis Hopper art collection up for auction in NYC
Dennis Hopper shot two bullet holes through an Andy Warhol portrait of Mao Zedong but instead of earning the wrath of the artist, Warhol called the “Easy Rider” star a...
Montel Williams cited after pipe found at airport
MILWAUKEE — Wisconsin authorities say former talk show host and medical marijuana activist Montel Williams has been cited for possession of drug paraphernalia at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee....
Continental inks new deal with flight attendants
Continental Airlines signed a tentative 20-month labor agreement with the union representing its 9,300 flight attendants, promising higher wages, profit-sharing and additional job security, MarketWatch reported Wednesday. The International Association...
1 in Idaho, 1 in Wash. state win $355M jackpot
At least two people are waking up to find themselves millions of dollars richer. The holders of a ticket sold in Idaho and another in Washington state will be sharing...
Homeless man with 'golden radio voice' gets his chance (video)
The homeless man with the "golden radio voice" wanted a second chance -- and did he ever get it. As soon as Ted Williams, a panhandler who became an online...
VOTE: What grades would you give the Giants?
Here's how the Post grades the Giants' 2010 season position by position. Let us know what grades you would give. Quarterbacks: Of all the numbers for the entire season, one...
Additions not enough for tired Kangaroos
It was like the rich getting richer when Boys & Girls principal Bernard Gassaway reinstated starting point guard Antione Slaughter and sixth man Anthony Hemingway on Tuesday. The two seniors,...
Clowns killed in alleged drug gang hit in Mexico
Two street clowns were found dead in southeastern Mexico along with messages allegedly from a drug gang accusing them of working as army informers, their families said Tuesday. Another 15...
Jets aim to knock down Colts QB
Colts quarterback Peyton Manning has dropped back to pass a career-high 679 times this season. He’s been sacked 16 times — or once every 43.4 pass attempts. Translation: The Jets...
Jets QB well-armed for playoff safari
All his life, he has been The Big-Game Hunter. And now The Big Game is standing right in front of Mark Sanchez again, and he can't wait. Even if the...
Colts survive rash of injuries
INDIANAPOLIS -- The Colts sneaked into the playoffs with just 10 victories, already capping one of the best seasons in Peyton Manning's storied career. No, that's not a contradiction. Indianapolis...
Jets' Smith not focused on future
Brad Smith knows Saturday could be his final kick returns as a Jet, his final snaps out of the Wildcat as a Jet. His last game with Gang Green could...
QBs have played stay-away from Jets' Revis
You know who Darrelle Revis is now? He is Barry Bonds, in his prime. Forget what we know or assume about how Bonds became what he became in the first...
Jets' Keller excels in playoffs
It didn't take long for Jets tight end Dustin Keller to draft an impressive playoff resume. In his postseason debut last year, Keller scored a touchdown in each of the...
Grades not playoff-worthy
Quarterbacks Of all the numbers for the season, one rises above all: Eli Manning’s NFL-high 25 interceptions. It represents a quarterback who got sloppy with his mechanics and at times...
PSAL boys basketball roundup: Peters leads Grady to first league win
Jabari Peters made 8-of-10 free throws, hit two 3-pointers and scored 30 points as Grady picked up its first league win of the year, 57-55, over Robeson in Brooklyn AA...
Making a statement: Mount knocks off Stepinac
Malik Gill heard all the talk, he absorbed the hype and waited for his chance to prove the critics wrong. “Coming into this season, Stepinac was the favorite and we...
Biggest boob tube
Start shopping for a bigger apartment. For around $5,000, you can own a television longer than a Volkswagon and taller than a teenager. While bigger TVs have been on the...
Jon mad over Kate's Oz trip
Jon Gosselin isn't happy about Kate taking the kids Down Under with her. Right before the trip, the reality show dad went to court to try to stop his ex-wife...
'Whistle' a humdinger
Let's start the new year with a toast to Film Movement, the dis tributor of foreign-language films that we otherwise might never enjoy. Its latest offering is "If I Want...
Did slap win her 'Bachelor'?
The slap on the opening night of "The Bachelor" this season may have done the trick. Word is the young woman who took it upon herself to whack "Bachelor" Brad...
Celeb tech toys
The DIY Network is gearing up for a gadget-filled take on "Cribs." Set to premiere in June, "Hollywood Hi-Tech" takes viewers into celebrities' homes while they get a high-tech makeover...
All the world's onstage
The problem with being a cutting-edge theater festival is that it gets harder and harder to keep things sharp. That's the challenge faced by Under the Radar, presented each year...
Sea change on Madison
Pillow-soft pike que nelles. Tuna tartare redolent of a North African wharf. "Calamari carbonara" born of chef/partner Laurent Manrique's San Francisco-nurtured imagination. How did these disparate, "casual seafood brasserie" items...
Babs comes up Rose
The role of Mama Rose in "Gypsy" has always attracted great divas, from Ethel Merman to Angela Lansbury, Tyne Daly to Patti LuPone. And now comes word that the greatest...
Starr report
It's a good week for "Hawaii Five-O." Not only did the CBS series win its timeslot Monday night -- snaring 11 million viewers at 10 p.m. -- but it's earned...
Taste of the town
2011 will be a banner year for dining out. Here are eight great eating trends to savor this year SLICE OF NIGHT LIFE Last year, Jesse Malin transformed his rock...
Who’s laughing now?
Jay Leno is beating Conan O’Brien at last. Latest ratings show that — for the first time since reclaiming “The Tonight Show” from O’Brien last winter — Leno is pulling...
A progressive fight to rein in unions
Wisconsin's public-sector unions are worried to the point of snarling. You could say it's because taxpayers remembered they already have a state mascot -- the badger. The new governor, Scott...
Right target, Andrew
In his compelling inaugural speech on New Year's Day, Gov. Cuomo embraced "a very specific mandate for change that the people want." "It starts with jobs, jobs, jobs, getting the...
How 'True Grit' has waned
For those of us who served in the military during World War II, it is a travesty for Bill O'Reilly to call draft dodger John Wayne a hero ("When Americans...
A drift to incompetence: Mayor Mike's snow job
Michael Goodwin has Mayor Bloomberg pegged ("Emperor Mike's Snow Blindness," Jan.2). In the wake of Bloomberg's inattention to the CityTime fiasco, his intercession on behalf of the Ground Zero mosque,...
Ahnuld & Mike: A dysfunctional duo
'Unfortunately, partisan politics has immobilized Washington," Mayor Bloomberg told Time magazine in 2007. Bloomberg, according to Michael Grunwald's cover story, was half of a dynamic duo revolutionizing American politics. The...
Pakistan gov slain by guard
ISLAMABAD -- The governor of Pakistan's most populated province was shot dead yesterday by one of his own bodyguards -- who told interrogators he was angry over the politician's opposition...
Heir's grief
ST. LOUIS -- Former Anheuser-Busch CEO August Busch IV called the recent death of his girlfriend more devastating than when his family business was sold. "It's the saddest thing I've...
America's IOU at $14 trillion
In just seven months, the national debt soared a staggering $1 trillion -- to a record $14 trillion -- the US Treasury said yesterday. The debt, which comes to about...
O-Care on GOP hit list
The new GOP House majority is wasting no time flexing its political muscle and keeping the campaign promise that helped put them in power by scheduling a vote to repeal...
Salon thug faces life
The Brooklyn thug whose botched beauty-parlor robbery ended with a sharp-shooting off-duty cop blasting the gun out of his hand faces 40 years to life in prison after his indictment...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan A lunatic called 911 from Washington Heights and threatened to blow himself up in Times Square on New Year's Eve, sources said. The crazed man called in the bomb...
'Nuclear' games
Join me, won't you, in conjuring up those misty water-colored memories of the halcyon days of 2005 -- that prehistoric moment before e-mail came tagged with "sent from my iPad,"...
Redo on 'Madoff' divorce $$
A multimillionaire lawyer will get another chance to make his ex-wife taste his Bernie Madoff Ponzi-scheme pain. In a 3-2 decision, a state appeals court yesterday reinstated attorney Steven Simkin's...
Borders IOUs
Embattled bookseller Borders Group is expected to ask publishers today to postpone the due dates on bills as it works out a refinancing plan, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing...
Correction
The article titled "Idiot Tried to Commit Suicide and He Failed," published yesterday, mistakenly identified Jacques Michaane as "building agent" of 325 West 45th St. This is incorrect. Michaane is...
Dark clouds over NY in 1st Cuomo speech
ALBANY -- Gov. Cuomo, in his first State of the State Address, will grimly warn today that New York faces massive losses of private-sector jobs and population unless it drastically...
Chilling moment as pol snaps own killer
It was his final shot -- and it will help capture the assassin who gunned him down. A Filipino politician taking a photo of family members celebrating the New Year...
Nassau exec vow$ a fight
And you thought New York City had problems. Neighboring Nassau County is desperately fighting to prevent a state takeover of its finances -- a move that would be a crushing...
Apple's 'tour' de force
You're not imagining things if you think every other person in Midtown and downtown these days is a head-craning tourist. Preliminary figures released yesterday by NYC & Co., the city's...
Deals earn Golden Bricks
We traversed 2010 across the deal doldrums into multiple blend-and-extend leases, a handful of office turnovers, and ended on a high note -- with the Google purchase of 111 Eighth...
Navy video star sunk
The US Navy commander who produced and starred in bawdy videos for his crew that featured sexually suggestive scenes and gay slurs lost his job yesterday. Capt. Owen Honors, commander...
'Hep' shots waity matter
Throngs of worshippers flocked to a Long Island church yesterday to be vaccinated against hepatitis after some 1,300 received communion wafers from an infected person on Christmas. Congregants were forced...
Buffett bets $1.5B on higher interest rates
Warren Buffett's knack for sniffing out big payoffs is legendary -- and this time he's betting that the days of cheap credit are over. He's putting $1.5 billion behind his...
Business briefs
Toyota toppled Ford displaced Toyota as the No. 2 auto maker in the US with 1.97 mil lion vehicles sold in 2010, up 17 percent from 2009, compared with Toyota's...
Andy poised to end NY's nightmare
It's not exactly "Happy Days Are Here Again," but it is certainly a relief to see a New York governor on the front page for something other than scandal. Andrew...
Chess sextet checks NYPD
Checkmate! The six chess players rounded up by a cadre of Kevlar-armored cops in November for being in an Inwood playground unaccompanied by a child had their case thrown out...
B'klyn yuppie 'pills ring' nailed
Folks in Park Slope knew exactly where to go for uppers -- the local hospital served as headquarters of a prescription-drug ring run by two yuppies, a doctor and his...
Cops' train-track rescue
Quick-thinking transit cops yesterday rescued a Manhattan straphanger who apparently suffered a seizure and tumbled onto subway tracks just as a train was pulling into Union Square. The four plainclothes...
All hail webTV
Even before he kicks off the tech industry's annual geek gathering, it seems that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is late to the party. With Internet-connected TVs all the rage, Ballmer...
Fury over HS bonus
Staffers at a Bronx high school marked for closure are up in arms that their principal is offering kids academic bonuses simply if their parents fill out a survey on...
That's quite a feet! Bam first flip-flop president
Scooting around Hawaii last week, President Obama broke one more historic barrier by setting a new benchmark for the limits of presidential casual wear. He was wearing flip-flops. Historians agreed...
Jacko pal rips doc's 'sick' priorities
Michael Jackson's managers and doctor cruelly wanted him to keep working despite The Gloved One's rapidly declining health, the singer's choreographer said yesterday. Kenny Ortega, choreographer of Jackson's ill-fated "This...
Grave mistake: B'klyn headstones toppled in blizzard cleanup (video)
Even the dead can't escape the ineptitude of the city's Sanitation Department. Sanitation crews dumped tons of dirty snow from the Christmas-weekend blizzard into the city's biggest Jewish cemetery, toppling...
Weinstein brothers are Starz struck
The Weinstein brothers' profile continues to grow in Hollywood. The Weinstein Co., the nearly six-year old studio founded by brothers Harvey and Bob Weinstein, yesterday said it bought a 25...
Hack pols hire cronies
Put drone politicians in a position of responsibility and who will they turn to for high-level help? Other drones, of course. Which is precisely what New York's new attorney general,...
What's Nassau afraid of?
Nassau County is on a collision course with fiscal calamity. The fallout could reach Albany and beyond. A special state panel is threatening a takeover of the financially strapped county...
SoHo slay alibi is all wet
His alibi has drowned in a downpour of bathwater. The stoner ex-boyfriend accused in the murder of beautiful swimsuit designer Sylvie Cachay had insisted to cops that the last time...
Sterger had secret meeting with NFL commissioner
It was "David vs. Goliath" -- but Goliath won this time. In a secret meeting last month, ex-Jets gameday hostess Jenn Sterger took on NFL boss Roger Goodell -- tearfully...
$49 deal! Viacom sees red
Sumner Redstone's latest embarrassment is having to unload his multimillion-dollar company that launched "Rock Band" video games for a paltry $49.99 -- list price for "Rock Band 3" game. Last...
Queens actress in 'baby swipe'
A Queens actress wannabe who told friends she was pregnant -- and even registered for baby gifts -- landed in a Canadian jail after she allegedly kidnapped a newborn infant...
O eyes Bubbites
WASHINGTON -- On his first day back from vacation, President Obama was contemplating dramatic staff changes that could give his White House a more Clintonian flavor. A top chief-of-staff contender...
Rebecca Taylor now in Kellwood's closet
It's official: Rebecca Taylor has a new owner. The upscale fashion label has been acquired by Kellwood, the New York apparel company that owns brands ranging from Vince, a chic...
Terror fear at B'klyn bus depot
Terror fears have struck a Brooklyn bus depot after reports that several suspicious people videotaped its highly-flammable natural gas tanks. "If those were hit, the whole neighborhood would blow up,"...
Tech trio ducks jail
Three men accused of being part of an insider trading conspiracy to leak company secrets to hedge funds were allowed to remain free on bail yesterday. Walter Shimoon, a former...
Furor over BofA's $2.8B mortgage settlement
Bank of America is getting blasted with accusations of a "backdoor bailout" for its $2.8 billion settlement with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac over billions of bad mortgages. Fannie and...
Smear disappears
Who is behind the apparently concerted campaign to smear The New Yorker's Jane Mayer? For several weeks, the Daily Caller, a conservative Web site -- co-founded by Tucker Carlson and...
Clue in 'Viet shrine' slay
Delaware cops, retracing the final steps of slain Pentagon aide John Wheeler III, said he was spotted alive and well in downtown Wilmington one day before his body was found...
Vulture shock: 'Spy bird' busted
As if being butt ugly wasn't bad enough. A vulture that flew into a remote area of Saudi Arabia is now accused of being a spy. The feathered pariah was...
Tragic suicide of shah's son
BOSTON -- The youngest son of the late shah of Iran was found dead yesterday at his Boston home, a suicide after he had "struggled for years to overcome his...
Lifesaver recession
WASHINGTON -- Air bags and the recession have contributed to the biggest drop in road deaths since World War II, researchers said yesterday. Changes in driving patterns and safety features...
Feds digging into Sanit snow 'conspiracy'
The feds have launched a criminal probe into allegations — first reported by The Post — that city sanitation workers conspired to paralyze the Big Apple during last week’s blizzard...
Tiff may put Lohan in jail
Lindsay Lohan might have to return to jail because of claims that she assaulted an employee while seeking treatment for drug addiction at the Betty Ford Clinic in California, the...
Hit-run driver strikes kid, 2
A toddler was fighting for his life today after he was struck in Williamsburg by a hit-run driver, cops said. The boy, was in a stroller pushed by his 13-year-old...
The Post Line
NFLSaturdayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogCOLTS 3 2½(44½)JetsSaints10 10½(45) SEAHAWKSSundayRavens 3 3 (41) CHIEFSEAGLES 2½ 2½(46½)PackersHome team in CAPSNCAA BASKETBALLFavoriteLine UnderdogPurdue6½PENN ST.LOUISVILLE11½Seton HallVA. COMM.6DrexelGeo. Mason3HOFSTRAJ. MADISON12½TowsonDELAWARE7½Will. & MaryRICHMOND14½CharlotteUCF11½MarshallBOST. COLL.11½HarvardDUKE21UabOLD DOMIN.15½Northeasternx-Temple18FORDHAMDuquesne2SAINT JOE'SGEO. WASH.PickLa SalleUNC...
Knicks' Felton proves 'point' vs. Spurs' Parker
Before he took the Garden floor last night, Tony Parker admitted if he hadn't re-signed with San Antonio, he would have come to New York. Then Raymond Felton went out...
Knicks beat NBA-best Spurs into submission
Skeptics, leave town. Either the Spurs aren't the best team in the NBA as their record suggests or the Knicks are going to be one helluva dangerous playoff team in...
No Gallinari, no problem for Knicks
Danilo Gallinari still has not seen the replay of Sunday's collision when Indiana's Brandon Rush crashed into his leg and his knee buckled. "My friends and family say it's not...
Calder Charts
Jan. 4, 2011 Clear And Fast. Turf: Firm. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST1 1/16m(T); $16,000; mdn clm; 3YO; (f)Off: 12:26. Good. 3 wide, drew clearTime: 23.36, 48.52, 1:13.38, 1:39.27, 1:45.61.Trainer:...
Gulfstream
Post time: 12:55 pm. FIRST-5 1/2f; $18,500; cl($15,000); 3YO;(f) PN Horse,Wt. Jockey Last 3 Odds 1 Voodonthvbs(L),119 ETrjlo 1-4-x 5-2 2 Brooks Lass(L),119 CMarqz 2-4-1 4-1 3 PatienceGme(L),119 ASmith 5-4-1...
Affrunti's Tampa Bay Downs Grade
Post Time: 12:25 pm.FIRST-1m&40y; $8,000; cl($5,000); 4up; (f&m)5-RationalVelvt 1222-Win Picture 1226-Oh So Shiny 1223-Pyrite Ore 1221-Ocala Gator 1227-ElleCashareu 1124-Nina's Gift 122SECOND-7f; $8,000; mdn cl($8,000); 3YO(f)9-HoneagleLady 1207-WmninChrge 1205-Gwazi 1201-FalmouthHghts 1203-Wilson Ridge...
Tomorrow's Aqueduct Entries
Post Time: 12:30 pm. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST1m&70y; $21,000; cl($10,000); 3upPNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1Coaltown Legend(L),118C Lopez1-7-1Jacobson 6-54Polished(L),118J Bisono5-3-5Mick 4-12French Transition(L),118L Rivera7-3-2FMartin 15-14R J's Prospect(L),118E Castro1-4-9Schettno 10-13Marina Market(L),113B Pedroza2-6-7Persaud...
Parx Results
FIRST-6f; $25,000; str alw; 3up; (f&m)4Star Recruit (Montanez) 7.403.402.807Unbridled Nunn (Mariano)3.403.201Speedboat Sally (Molina)4.80 * N. Tarsia, Sweet Solitude. Exacta (4-7) $28.20 * Trifecta (4-7-1) $107.80 SECOND-6f; $22,000; clm; 4up; (f&m)6RckCstlCnty...
Gulfstream set to open today
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Alomar, Blyleven deserve Hall call
Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven each got my Hall of Fame vote last year. This year they should have received enough votes from other baseball writers, as well, to make...
Peterson says Capuano find for Mets
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Rookie defenseman McDonagh joins mix with Rangers
Rookie defenseman Ryan McDonagh is excited about his promotion to the Rangers, but he realizes he might not see action for a while. McDonagh gets his first taste of the...
Giants need help in key areas
The Giants went 10-6 during the regular season in 2007 and then embarked on one of the great playoff runs in NFL history. The Giants went 10-6 this regular season,...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 1m; $25,000; cl($25,0000; 3up; (f&m)MY HONEY LAURIE steps up in class after winning as the favorite in her last two starts. AUSTRALIS PRINCESS goes turf to dirt after having...
Sports shorts
MLB: Source: Uggla, Braves agree A person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press second baseman Dan Uggla and the Braves have reached a preliminary agreement on a $62...
Ryan to Jets: Don't blow this chance
Jets coach Rex Ryan took a more businesslike approach to start this week of preparation off as his team readies for Saturday's playoff game against the Colts. Ryan's message to...
Colts hopeful to get back 3 key defenders
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Mets deny making offer to Young
The Mets remain interested in Chris Young, but the team denied a report last night it had made the free-agent right-hander an offer. The 31-year-old has been a candidate to...
Devils coach angry after latest loss to Wild
Open the auction. Start the bidding. If the Devils haven't given up on the playoffs, they're giving a convincing impression. Jersey's Team is a clutch 2-13 since Nov. 27, when...
After beating Spurs, Garden fans can truly believe in Knicks
This was the game for which they'd been searching all season, the kind of 48-minute statement that declared in clear, concise, unmistakable language: Yes. We belong. We are for real....
Today's Sports on Air
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Home Team Lineups
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Weird but true
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Michigan fires Rodriguez after three seasons
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Ohio State defeats Arkansas in Sugar Bowl
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Hall good: Junior breaks out, Jefferson regains swagger in win over Boys & Girls
When Lawrence (Bud) Pollard talked about possibly getting to Madison Square Garden back in November, this is what he envisioned. A unified group of seniors scrapping from the opening tip...
CHSAA boys basketball roundup: Loughlin wins league opener vs. St. Francis
Led by Joel Angus, who scored a game-high 20 points, Bishop Loughlin defeated St. Francis Prep, 57-48, in the Lions CHSAA ‘AA’ Brooklyn/Queens division opener Tuesday afternoon in Brooklyn. Davonte...
Girls basketball roundup: Nazareth holds off SFP
Nazareth pulled out its second straight tight league win at home. St. Francis Prep pulled within three points in the final minutes, but the Lady Kingsmen made their free throws...
Taco debacle! Loading Dock, Downtown Mexican haven, to close
Heartless thieves stole a Downtown lunchtime legend’s brand new food truck on Dec. 27, but the crime reverberated much further than its victim — workers throughout the area are going to...
Stoner scores winner for Wild against Devils
Minnesota Wild defenseman Clayton Stoner was skating off the ice when the puck took a lucky bounce and found its way in for his first NHL goal. That was enough...
City fast-tracks preservation of Remsen St. building
The city set aside its own landmarking rules on Tuesday to speed up historic preservation of a glorious — though dilapidated — Brooklyn Heights building.The Landmarks Preservation Commission moved ahead...
2011: Canarsie's year of living dangerously
Bad beginningsChampagne bottles weren’t the only things popping in Canarsie on New Year’s Day. Guns were, too. Here’s what happened:• A thug used a man for target practice during an...
Taxicab confession! City to flip one-way Duffield to help cars find hotels
City planners will reverse the direction of Duffield Street so out-of-towners can better access a group of fancy hotels near Fulton Mall.Starting next Saturday, the one-way artery will flow northbound...
Christ the King comes back to prevent second straight loss at Molloy
Omar Calhoun was having a little bit of déjà vu. The last time his Christ the King team played at Archbishop Molloy, the Royals were stunned by the Stanners almost...
Mugged for snow shovel
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Tazmanian devil hits East Flatbush
Home wreckerA one-man wrecking machine was arrested on Dec. 26 after he broke into a Rockaway Parkway home — then proceeded to tear it apart.The homeowner told police that the...
Pilots can't kick offense into gear against Moore
There were two numbers on Cardinal Spellman coach Jane Morris’ mind. It wasn’t the ones representing the final score, but they easily could have been. The Pilots shot 12-for-48 from...
Knicks cool off Spurs with 128-115 victory
Wilson Chandler scored a season-high 31 points, and the New York Knicks overwhelmed the San Antonio Spurs with a sensational offensive performance, cooling off the NBA leaders with a 128-115...
Looking for Moore: Postiglione upset with play after beating Spellman
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Curran back with Molloy after starting dialysis
Legendary coach Jack Curran made his return to the Archbishop Molloy bench after a holiday absence and almost guided the Stanners to an upset of nationally-ranked Christ the King for...
Bloody New Year
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Swan lake! Crippled cygnet saved in Prospect Park
outlaw fishers using barbed hooks, forbidden in the park. It is illegal to harm park wildlife, so fishermen rarely report their misdeeds, intentional or accidental, leaving waterfowl lovers to save...
Bikelash! Cops to crack down on two-wheelers
Call it a bikelash!The NYPD has been ordered to begin a borough-wide crack-down that will hit renegade riders for often-overlooked “vehicular offenses” like failing to obey traffic signals and signs,...
Mugged for snow shovel
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3-year-old critical after B'klyn hit & run
A toddler is in critical condition after getting hit by a car in Brooklyn tonight, authorities said. Police are looking for the vehicle that hit the 3-year-old boy and drove...
New Year naughtiness
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Man City stars in training ground bust-up
Fresh question marks have been raised over the harmony at Manchester City after Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Adebayor had to be pulled apart in training Tuesday. The pair, who were...
Ronaldinho set for Gremio move
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Jets deny interest in buying Italian soccer club
Shortly after a story broke linking Jets owner Woody Johnson and Giants owners John Mara and Steve Tisch to a potential purchase of Italian soccer club AS Roma, a highly...
Bands to look out for in 2011
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Army colonel's wife went rogue while hubby was deployed: suit
A U.S. Army commander claims his wife went rogue while he was deployed to Afghanistan, organizing "sexually-oriented programs" for military spouses and acting "as if she were a colonel herself."...
Charges rain down on 'cry rape' meteorologist Heidi Jones
Out-in-the-cold TV meteorologist Heidi Jones appeared at a Manhattan courthouse this morning, where she was charged with falsely claiming to cops that a man had tried to rape her in...