January 23, 2011

Sundance 2011: 'Uncle Kent'

January 23, 2011 | 11:41pm

The mumblecore comedy "Uncle Kent" doesn't go anywhere in particular or say anything much, and writer-director Joe Swanberg must be the only director who thinks his leading man, Kent Osborne,...

Islanders lose to Sabres

January 23, 2011 | 10:59pm

Less than 48 hours after Ryan Miller stormed off the ice following a quick hook from coach Lindy Ruff, the Buffalo Sabres’ workhorse goalie finally enjoyed a win over the...

Inactive Gholston likely done with Jets

January 23, 2011 | 10:55pm

It’s fairly safe to assume that Vernon Gholston has played his last game with the Jets after what has been a thoroughly underwhelming three seasons since he was drafted in...

Kovalchuk, Devils beat Panthers

January 23, 2011 | 10:49pm

Ilya Kovalchuk had a goal and two assists, Jason Arnott scored twice and the resurgent New Jersey Devils extended their winning streak to four with a 5-2 victory over the...

Canisius snaps Iona's five-game winning streak

January 23, 2011 | 10:23pm

Gaby Belardo hit a layup with 4 seconds on the clock to lift Canisius to a 75-73 victory over Iona on Sunday. Greg Logins scored a career-high 30 points on...

S. Korea releases video in commando raid on pirates

January 23, 2011 | 9:56pm

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea released a video today of a dramatic raid by commandos on a hijacked ship in the Arabian Sea that rescued all 21 crew members...

Follow Jets-Steelers with Post writers

January 23, 2011 | 9:56pm

The Post has tonight's AFC Championship between the Jets-Steelers covered goal line to goal line with the best football writers in the business. A trip to Dallas is on the...

Sundance 2011: First two deals close

January 23, 2011 | 9:43pm

The Wall Street drama "Margin Call," which was picked up by Roadside Attractions and Lionsgate, and the romantic drama "Like Crazy," which Paramount bought, are the first two acquisitions of...

Freddie Highmore plays George, an obnoxiously self-centered preppie brat who thinks he's the first teen ever to read Albert Camus, in "Homework," a debut film from writer-director Gavin Wiesen that...

Brutal cold snap for New York, Northeast; 2 dead

January 23, 2011 | 9:21pm

An arctic blast from Canada is responsible for some of the frigid temperatures in the northern U.S. and some of the coldest air to hit the Northeast in two years....

Sundance 2011: "The Devil's Double"

January 23, 2011 | 9:01pm

Lee Tamahori's preposterous House of Saddam thriller "The Devil's Double" is a gimmick movie whose sole reason for existence appears to be the opportunity to let Dominic Cooper ("An Education")...

House GOP boss: Get over it, Obama a citizen

January 23, 2011 | 9:00pm

WASHINGTON — The new Republican House majority leader says he doesn't think questions about President Barack Obama's citizenship should play a role in the discussion of policy matters. Two years...

Nabokov won't join Islanders, will 'stay home': report

January 23, 2011 | 8:58pm

Evgeni Nabokov did not report to the Islanders on Sunday and has no plans on doing so. "I think I'm going to stay home for now, I'm sticking with my...

St. Peter's beats Manhattan, 62-53

January 23, 2011 | 8:13pm

Nick Leon scored 19 points and Ryan Bacon pulled down 12 rebounds to lead Saint Peter's to a 62-53 win over Manhattan on Sunday. The Peacocks (11-9, 6-3 Metro Atlantic...

Packers in Super Bowl with win over Bears

January 23, 2011 | 7:53pm

There was one Monster of the Midway in the NFC championship game and his name was Aaron Rodgers. He wasn’t even at his best and, still, he was better than...

12 hurt in Queens blaze

January 23, 2011 | 7:52pm

Twelve people were injured -- including a man who was seriously burned -- when an early-morning blaze ripped through the basement of a building in Jamaica. The fire broke out...

Woman in 1987 stolen-baby case turns self in

January 23, 2011 | 7:27pm

Fake mom Ann Pettway couldn’t take the heat. Sources tell The Post that Pettway, wanted in the kidnapping of Carlina White from Harlem Hospital 23 years ago, turned herself in...

Look familiar? China stealth jet may use scavenged US technology

January 23, 2011 | 6:13pm

BRUSSELS — Chinese officials recently unveiled a new, high-tech stealth fighter that could pose a significant threat to American air superiority — and some of its technology, it turns out,...

Israeli inquiry clears deadly flotilla raid

January 23, 2011 | 5:46pm

JERUSALEM — An Israeli inquiry commission defended the actions of the country's troops during last year's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound protest flotilla sailing from Turkey, finding in a report...

Baghdad bomb attacks kill 10

January 23, 2011 | 5:00pm

BAGHDAD — A flurry of morning bombs killed 10 people and wounded 34 around Baghdad today, police said, in what one Iraqi official called an attempt to undermine security ahead...

Head for the Inner Banks this Friday

January 23, 2011 | 4:38pm

When The Inner Banks take to the Sycamore stage this Friday, don’t feel bad if you expected more than two people.The husband-and-wife duo creates a lush, layered electronic folk sound...

Oscar Watch: Producers Guild picks 'King's Speech' in upset

January 23, 2011 | 4:12pm

The Weinstein Company's "The King's Speech'' finally won a best picture award in North America late Saturday night. It took the top prize from the Producers Guild of America in...

Comediennes take center stage at Word Bookshop next week

January 23, 2011 | 4:08pm

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'Swamp' thing! Catch hot writer Russell's gator-filled escapism on Feb. 2

January 23, 2011 | 3:58pm

Karen Russell has never quite left Florida.In her highly imaginative debut, “Swamplandia!” the Miami native-turned-New York transplant tells the story of a family of alligator wrestlers and their struggling Everglades...

Manchester United denies Glazers involved in sale talks -- Sky Sports

January 23, 2011 | 3:49pm

Manchester United denied fresh reports today that it was holding talks with a potential buyer and reiterated that the club is not for sale. It was claimed that United's American owners...

Bunbury, Agudelo salvage U.S. tie with Chile

January 23, 2011 | 3:46pm

Substitute Teal Bunbury converted a penalty in the 75th minute to earn a young U.S. squad a 1-1 draw with Chile in their friendly last night at the Home Depot Center....

Cops looking for suspect in fatal stabbing

January 23, 2011 | 3:43pm

Police are looking for a suspect in the fatal stabbing of a 26-year-old Manhattan man. Authorities responding to a call around 8:30 p.m. Friday on St. Nicholas Avenue found a...

Holyfield bout ends in no contest

January 23, 2011 | 3:11pm

Evander Holyfield's return to the ring against Sherman Williams Saturday night at the Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia ended without either fighter gaining much satisfaction.Their fight for the World Boxing...

Loreley hosts a real sausage festival this week

January 23, 2011 | 1:06pm

It’s a bona fide sausage fest.This week, the Loreley Williamsburg biergarten hosts its first sausage festival, launched pretty much just for the love of bratwurst.Dinner specials between Jan. 26 and...

New Cyclone operator pledges major rehab

January 23, 2011 | 12:56pm

The company charged with recreating Coney Island has just been named to operate one of the oldest attractions left: the Cyclone. Central Amusement, which also owns Luna Park across the...

New Balance Games

January 23, 2011 | 9:06am

CHSAA girls basketball roundup: Retas needs 15 points for mark

January 23, 2011 | 8:49am

Sam Retas moved a step closer to a milestone The Bishop Kearney senior dropped in 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in a 60-41 win over host Dwight Morrow (N.J.)...

St. Peter's-Moore Catholic

January 23, 2011 | 8:27am

Defense fails Mavs in loss to Eagles

January 23, 2011 | 8:20am

What Moore Catholic does best eluded the Mavericks when they needed it the most. Moore prides itself on defense, being tougher than its opponent and forcing mistakes. The Mavs entered...

Gretzky turning 50 -- and feeling forever young

January 23, 2011 | 7:35am

ATLANTA — He doesn’t quite fit the mold of the current youth movement — fact is, there never was a mold for this one — but Wayne Gretzky would suit...

Jets' Taylor back where it began

January 23, 2011 | 7:33am

PITTSBURGH — Pass rusher Jason Taylor did build a potential Hall of Fame resume by getting a late jump on the snap. But his football career did get a late...

Steelers aim to add to legacy; Jets hope to create one

January 23, 2011 | 7:31am

PITTSBURGH — Ryan Clark has a theory on why the Jets didn’t do any of their usual trash-talking heading into today’s AFC Championship at Heinz Field. “Insulting a team or...

Graphic Communication makes most of first road trip

January 23, 2011 | 7:30am

Saturday afternoon presented an interesting test for Graphic Communication: A road trip. With no non-league games to speak of, the Manhattan A Northwest leaders hadn’t left the borough of Manhattan...

Packers & Bears take NFL’s oldest rivalry to new heights

January 23, 2011 | 7:28am

CHICAGO — There is always a flip-side to every great triumph. The Packers know that all too well. They were on the wrong end of the memorable Giants victory in...

Dapperless dons

January 23, 2011 | 7:27am

Matthews got more than just a hair bigger

January 23, 2011 | 7:25am

CHICAGO — Here’s the skinny on how the Packers beat the Bears today to get to the Super Bowl: Fat stats by Aaron Rodgers, sure, but another key is the...

Hester can ruin Green Bay's day in a flash

January 23, 2011 | 7:23am

CHICAGO — The Packers face Devin Hester twice a season, so no one has to remind them how dangerous he is, heading into in today’s NFC Championship. The most prolific...

Burns notice: Senior guard's stellar fourth powers St. Peter's over Moore

January 23, 2011 | 7:17am

Megan Burns caught a pass from Jamie O’Hare in transition just outside the paint, but turned away from contact on her way to the hoop. Despite getting the foul call,...

PSAL wrestling championships

January 23, 2011 | 7:04am

Sundance 2011: "My Idiot Brother"

January 23, 2011 | 6:46am

Ready for "Cosmo Kramer: The Movie"? That's "My Idiot Brother." The goofy, endearing, chatty, inventive, naive man-child this time is named Ned and played with pleasing mellowness by Paul Rudd....

Sundance 2011: "Crime After Crime"

January 23, 2011 | 6:45am

The documentary "Crime After Crime," which might as well be titled "Justice Delayed is Justice Denied," struck me for 45 minutes or so as the kind of film that would...

Rangers rally despite more injuries

January 23, 2011 | 6:44am

ATLANTA -- It was guts and glory here last night for the Black-and-Blueshirts, who lost two more pieces of the core to injuries by the start of the third period,...

Steelers & Bears off to Big D

January 23, 2011 | 6:40am

TODAY STEELERS (-3½) over Jets (Over 38½): Of course, Gang Green can win this. After nailing the Colts on the wire and exposing the flaws in the Patriots' on-the-fly overhaul,...

New Balance Games notebook: Lawson leads Sheepshead to relay win

January 23, 2011 | 6:17am

Tyroy Lawson was warned. “We told him it was going to be a close finish,” Sheepshead Bay senior Richmond Ahadzi said of the relay team’s talk with the sophomore anchor....

Columbus' Livingston has record day at New Balance Games

January 23, 2011 | 6:09am

Strymar Livingston was told to be aggressive. The Christopher Columbus star admitted to being nervous prior to running at the Hispanic Games two weeks ago because of the high level...

The week's winners and losers

January 23, 2011 | 5:48am

WINNERS LARRY PAGE Google co-founder gets CEO job as “babysitter” Eric Schmidt steps aside. JEFF IMMELT CEO leads GE to a 51 percent rise in 4Q profit and highest level...

The Rumble

January 23, 2011 | 5:46am

Some guys get to live their dream. Others get to live two dreams. Welcome to Gene Steratore’s life. When Steratore isn’t refereeing NFL games, he’s officiating college basketball games. And...

Fans at mercy of NFL and NBA negotiators

January 23, 2011 | 5:33am

PITTSBURGH — It is more important than usual to embrace the present, the today, the here and the now. If you are a fan of the Jets, or just a...

Alphabet soup: Poly routs St. Saviour, contemplates classification

January 23, 2011 | 5:27am

Poly Prep practiced at noon Saturday before its game against St. Saviour. And after the Blue Devils’ 44-28 win over the Pandas in non-league girls basketball in Bay Ridge, Poly...

Jets' Sanchez reunites with dad of tragic Long Island boy in Pittsburgh

January 23, 2011 | 5:19am

PITTSBURGH — The Jets arrived to their team hotel at around 6 p.m. yesterday in downtown Pittsburgh and were greeted by a throng of boisterous Jets fans, who shouted the...

Jets' Westhoff has soft spot for Steel City

January 23, 2011 | 5:16am

PITTSBURGH — Mike Westhoff, by his own admission, can be described as a pretty crusty dude. Though an affable man with a lot of outside interests and a fascinating background...

Friction and function between Pettine, Ryan for Jets

January 23, 2011 | 5:15am

PITTSBURGH — Mike Pettine often has wondered if he and Rex Ryan would be compelling stars in a reality TV show. The often salty banter between Pettine, the Jets defensive...

Stopping Steelers running back will be 'hall of a task for Jets

January 23, 2011 | 5:13am

PITTSBURGH — Passing attacks get the attention, and quarterbacks get the glory. With the spotlight shining directly on Mark Sanchez and Ben Roethlisberger, today’s AFC Championship is no different. But...

Steelers fans warming back up to Roethlisberger

January 23, 2011 | 5:11am

PITTSBURGH — You see it all around town these days. The “Big Ben” signs gradually returning to the windows in working-class hillside neighborhoods. The No. 7 jerseys on the backs...

Cardozo's Francis learns from run with elite

January 23, 2011 | 5:01am

The race didn’t go as Claudia Francis planned, but the Cardozo star took a valuable lesson away from her run with the pros. “High school is different,” she said. “It...

My New York: Jim Spann’s tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Fritz blitz

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

"Exiled German Here To Direct Film Marvels," read the June 19, 1934 newspaper head line reporting the arrival in New York of the "monocled, broad-shouldered blond and blue-eyed" Fritz Lang....

Streaks hot & not

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

The big chess event of 2011 is the upcoming world championship candidates matches -- the grandmaster version of the NFL playoffs -- and the key question is: Who will be...

Bridge

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Some people think that progress may have been all right once, but it went on too long. Thanks to progress, the result of today's deal is now unlikely. South tossed...

The 'Rite' stuff

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

A few years ago, journalist Matt Baglio was interviewing a Roman woman in her mid-20s who was waiting to see her exorcist. He asked what it felt like to be...

My so-called career

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Backstage after the Golden Globes last Sunday, Claire Danes clutched her award for the lead role in HBO’s “Temple Grandin” and said breathlessly, “When I first won one of these...

NYC or bust!

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Kim Kardashian touched down in New York City on Oct. 3. Her famously ample rear end arrived three minutes later. What followed was a whirlwind three months of partying, pretty...

Role play

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

It’s impossible to imagine anyone except Patrick Dempsey as Dr. McDreamy on “Grey’s Anatomy.” As Dr. Derek Shepherd, Dempsey’s permastubble and moist eyes seduced viewers, even if his Meredith Grey...

Don't miss

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Rolls Royce Violet (Maggie Smith) asks a baffled Matthew (Dan Stevens) to use his legal acumen to dissolve the entail — the very document by which he is to inherit...

Munn's the word

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Q: What are some of the strangest reasons a guy have given you for breaking up? A. Probably, I would say people have broken up with me because they say,...

Jumping the gun on the Tucson tragedy

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

So this is how it’s going to be, huh? Every time a lunatic opens fire or throws a bomb, the news media and its firebrand commentators are going to search...

Reel good

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

THE BLIND SIDE (2009) Sunday, 7:45 p.m., Cinemax A turbulent year for Sandra Bullock was made better with a Best Actress Oscar for this story of a homeless African-American teen,...

TV for adults

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Believe it or not, not everyone has fallen under the spell of the perfect harmonies of “Glee,” the garish allure of the “Real Housewives” franchise or the goofiness of amusement...

War of the wall

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

The aftermath of last month’s blizzard, chaos abounded: Streets went unplowed, garbage towered over sidewalks, New Yorkers were homebound, city officials lost their jobs. And graffiti writers “bombed” the city’s...

iPad photos: Jan. 23, 2011

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Herbalicious!

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Yes, the art of mixology is responsible for $20 cocktails and hipster bartenders with handlebar mustaches. But the science of creating cocktails has also brought us something terrific this winter:...

Herbalicious!

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

The truth about kids & dogs

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

On her first official day on the job, New York City schools chancellor Cathie Black spent her first hour, in her first classroom, reading a story with a dog on...

SI man killed in house fire

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

An early-morning fire in a Staten Island home killed a 53-year-old state correction officer yesterday, authorities said. Daniel Richmond's Westervelt Avenue residence was engulfed by flames a little after 3...

Better than 'Sex'

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

It's a closet that will inspire a shoe-gasm. A retired Long Island businessman hired the "Sex and the City" set designer to build a replica of Carrie Bradshaw's fantasy walk-in...

Pedaling nowhere fast

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Not long ago, a confidant of Mayor Bloomberg's cornered me with a blunt question: "Can you figure out what his third term is about?" I paused before offering the only...

Chris' Garden Statement: They play in Jersey!

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

He forgets the Garden State has no decent spot for a ticker-tape parade. Speaking to more than 8,000 fans at the Jets rally yesterday at the team's complex in Florham...

Jet-set celebs fanning flames

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Famous fans are laying it all on the line for Gang Green. "I will tweet photos of my wife's perfect feet for Rex [Ryan] if they win the Super Bowl,"...

Stalk of the town

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

New York's cold and snow hasn't stopped everything from coming up roses on Park Avenue. A new art installation on the storied avenue features 38 roses, complete with spiky thorns...

Brrr! Great day to stay indoors

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

It will be heated on the field in Pittsburgh, but bone-chillingly cold here in New York. The temperature in the Big Apple is expected to drop to five degrees tonight,...

Hubby tweets ayes of Texas for Giffords

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Gabby's doing great, the wounded congresswoman's husband tweeted early yesterday. "GG all settled in here at MH," Mark Kelly wrote of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' move to Memorial Hermann Hospital in...

Olbermann wanted out a year ago

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Departed MSNBC bloviator Keith Olbermann was singing his own swan song as early as last spring, trying to persuade his bosses to let him bow out of his $7 million-per-year...

Rex & wife take rude awakening in stride

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

It might have been the first Gang Green flash mob! Jets coach Rex Ryan got some unexpected guests with his morning coffee yesterday when 200 fans showed up outside his...

Crosby really screening its guests

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

How does a hotel make a name for itself with so many new ones opening in the city? You have the Mondrian Soho, Hyatt 48Lex, Habita Hotel on the High...

Yes, the economy's bad, but it's not apocalypse soon

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Dear John: A well-known investment adviser is promoting a video on his Web site predicting an apocalyptic collapse of the dollar within the next few years, leading to soaring prices,...

Saudi king ends NY stay

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

RIYADH -- Saudi Arabia's elderly King Abdullah arrived in Morocco yesterday to convalesce after spending almost two months in New York for medical treatment, Saudi state media said. Abdullah, about...

Bias claim slams Andy's AG office

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

A black lawyer claims in a $3.5 million lawsuit filed in Brooklyn federal court that Gov. Cuomo, as state attorney general, passed her over for promotion in favor of an...

Post-surgery 'snoop' sued

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

A Long Island woman says her busybody boss at Nassau University Medical Center crossed a legal line when she accessed the woman's medical records to feed the office gossip grapevine....

2 banks, 1 house

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

A house divided cannot stand. A house foreclosure case divided by two banks probably doesn't have standing -- in court -- either. Two banks, Home123 Corporation and US Bank, both...

Woman who allegedly stole baby seen in Connecticut

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Cops yesterday swooped down on a pawn shop here after an employee reported that fugitive and suspected kidnapper Ann Pettway tried to hawk a laptop and some...

Loyal pup's true color

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Steelers, beware this "dyehard" fan -- she bites. Four-legged football fanatic Kookie now sports a shade of Gang Green after her Jets-obsessed owner got her tinted for tonight's 6:30 showdown...

Experts' money for nothing

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Fees paid by the city's pension funds to outside investment managers and consultants have quadrupled to $426 million since 2002 despite lackluster earnings, records show. "It's crazy. They're talking about...

'Idol's' Tyler tries walking straight & Aero

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

It was the summer of 1977, and the hard-rock band Aerosmith for the first time had the means to afford all of its vices. At 28, bad-boy frontman Steven Tyler...

Wrong from blight

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

In a little-noticed ruling that could pack a punch for property owners, a judge has blasted the city for abusing eminent domain in its bid to seize buildings in East...

Coyote's 'grave' love prospects

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Meet Lonely E. Coyote. A reddish-colored coyote has moved into Queens, and like most city singletons, it's looking for a mate. The majestic creature was recently photographed among the gravestones...

Equity markets coming to terms with Obama

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

If you were watching more TV than usual this cold, snowy week, you undoubtedly were treated to that grainy and compelling footage of President John F. Kennedy's inaugural address a...

B'klyn hoops-shooting bust

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Brooklyn cops busted Keenen Upson, 20, as the gunman who opened fire on a crowd of spectators, wounding five, as they left a basketball game last week. Upson was charged...

Reunion stirs Brooklyn 'vanish' dad's torment

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Timothy Bryant had just awoken from another stressful night's sleep worrying about finding a job when he saw on TV the joyous reunion of a young woman who had been...

Queens is state eviction capital

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Queens foreclosure filings are the highest in the state. According to the latest filings figures from the New York state court system, while foreclosures have dropped dramatically across the state...

Six-figure giveaway $inking NY

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

No wonder the state has a $10 billion budget deficit. The number of retired state employees pulling down pensions of more than $100,000 surged a startling 43 percent last year,...

Shriver's final 'Peace'

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

POTOMAC, Md. -- Sargent Shriver, a member of the Kennedy clan who was the first director of the Peace Corps and led the War on Poverty in the 1960s, was...

Shoot! SI'ers sure love guns

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

What's with the South and their guns? A middle-class enclave on the South Shore of the city's southernmost borough is the gun capital of New York, with 509 residents --...

Credit the dollar

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Cash is king, and credit cards won't soon trump it. That's according to a new report, which notes that credit-card companies have been wrongly predicting the death of cash for...

Aging esplanade's riverside dive

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

The East River Esplanade is more whack-way than walkway, with the seawall crumbling and massive holes threatening to swallow up pedestrians. One section near 116th Street literally washed into the...

Slain cop’s officer son in shooting

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

The police-officer son of a cop killed in the line of duty 27 years ago accidentally wounded a drug suspect's elderly father during a raid on their Bronx apartment early...

NYPD Daily Blotter

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Brooklyn Cops hope to nab a suspected sexual predator (pictured) who tried to rape a woman in Fort Greene. The creep followed the victim near St. Felix Street and Hanson...

O's overstimulating

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Call it stimulus redux. President Obama's State of the Union speech will outline a spending spree on "green" projects, education and road-rebuilding, arguing the largesse will create jobs and boost...

Currency app for travelers

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Keeping track of the latest currency conversion rates when you're traveling in a foreign country can be difficult if you can't access a Web site where you can find the...

Ben's QE2 faces new skeptics

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke's job will get a little tougher starting Tuesday as new members, some of whom disagree with his QE2 policies, are set to become voting members...

Pol stiffed landlord

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Bronx Assemblyman Peter Rivera and Neighborhood Enhancement for Training and Services, the questionable charity he showered with $2 million in taxpayer cash, both stiffed their landlord and failed to pay...

Google's CEO search

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

On The Money had been hearing word of a shift at the top at Google for weeks, but our sources -- who spend plenty of time with the Googlers --...

DA puts freeze on Bloomy elex-$$ probe

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

The Campaign Finance Board is holding off its review into whether Mayor Bloomberg's re-election campaign violated disclosure rules on the orders of the Manhattan DA's Office, sources told The Post....

9/11 museum bigs cash in

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Schoolchildren thought their penny jars and bake-sale proceeds would go toward building a 9/11 memorial at Ground Zero -- not the six-figure salaries of nonprofit execs. But 11 staffers at...

Suit over Carnegie Deli $lice

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

A cranky neighbor might leave the famed Carnegie Deli carved in half like a pastrami sandwich -- or out of business. The legendary Seventh Avenue eatery has had a cordial,...

Robin hoodlum

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Is billionaire Carl Icahn really a shareholder activist or has he reverted to his corporate-raider role? This week he's expected to ask Dynegy shareholders to support his buyout -- in...

Gal fears attacker release

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

A New Jersey woman brutally beaten in Israel fears for her life as an Israeli judge is expected to sentence her attacker to six months of community service tomorrow. "He's...

Attack of the clones

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Over the past decade, the American Anti-Vivisection Society (AAVS) has been consistently warning real pet lovers against pet cloning and urging the media and public to learn more about this...

Cameras save lives

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Each year, 13,000 Americans die in speed-related crashes — about a third of all traffic fatalities (“Candid Car Camera,” Editorial, Jan. 16). In New York City, speeding drivers claim more...

Christie 1, Schumer 0

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Sen. Chuck Schumer last week lit into New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for pulling the plug on that $8.7 billion trans-Hudson rail tunnel. “A terrible, terrible decision,” Schumer told a...

Why we lap up cultural stereotypes like 'Tiger Mother'

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

One virtue of the “Tiger Mother” controversy is that, after half a century, the Jewish mother may at last be supplanted in the national consciousness as the key ethnic neurosis-generation...

Dapperless dons

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Forget the slammer — march them to the tailor. The sweep of 127 reputed mobsters on Thursday was a fashion bloodbath, with the washed-up wiseguys dragged off by the feds...

Dissin' cousins

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Like Simon meeting Garfunkel, like Brad hooking up with Angelina, like Rex Ryan and a plate of chimichangas, they had to get together sometime. This week Sarah Palin found herself...

Forget Tunisia

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

If the US government can’t even solve the problems that are going on here, how can it go and stick its nose in another country’s problems (“Hopes for Tunisia,” Michael...

Week in photos

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Harlem globe trotter

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Harlem is Nowhere A Journey to the Mecca of Black America by Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts Little, Brown & Company “Do you think you’ll ever go home?” Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts was asked as...

'Idol' and The Bronx

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Judging from the over-the-top reaction that Bronx Borough President Rubén Díaz, Jr. displayed following the premiere episode of "American Idol" on Wednesday, we have to wonder whether the politician even...

In my library: Carlos Fuentes

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

“Don’t be a writer — you’ll die of hunger,” his father told him. “Go to law school!” And Carlos Fuentes did, only to tell his father, after graduating, “Daddy, I’m...

Mafia is like a chronic disease, never cured

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Is the bust the end of the mafia? Or is it just another p.r. splash for the feds in a meaningless ritual dance between cops and mobsters? Viewed from a...

Cari Poppins

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

It’s a Brooklyn cliché as persistent as cupcake shops and stroller wars — parks full of children, many white, being cared for by nannies, many not. So how did so...

Randi earned it

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Randi Weingarten worked tirelessly as the UFT president for 10 years, and she worked for the benefit of those directly affected by the state of education: the teachers and the...

Required reading

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Solo by Rana Dasgupta (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) There are two story lines at work — one real, one imagined — in Dasgupta’s intricately woven second novel, which received the UK’s...

A tale of two govs

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

What a contrast between Andrew Cuomo and the last attorney general to graduate into the governor’s office — Eliot Spitzer. On Tuesday night, Cuomo hosted several members of the Republican...

Tales from the mob busts

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Mob Tale #1 He’s an octogenarian Genovese soldier who never got a promotion in 64 years, but Daniel “Uncle Danny” Cilenti (left) still strikes fear in the heart of the...

Don't trust anyone over 50

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

About a year ago, executives at CNBC were alarmed to discover that they’d suddenly lost one-third of their audience. They couldn’t figure it out; news programming, as a rule, attracts...

O’s Tucson speech

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

While it was indeed a memorial, it was also a celebration of the contributions of the victims and of those who intervened (“The Maddening Crowd,” PostScript, Jan. 16). Maybe Kyle...

'This will start a mob war'

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Heads will roll. The Colombo crime family rats whose taped conversations led to last week’s massive federal bust of 127 gangsters will likely touch off a bloodbath in the family...

Dread zeppelin

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Come this fall, there will be a new and extremely powerful supercomputer in Afghanistan. But it won’t be in Dave Petraeus’ headquarters in Kabul or at some three-letter agency’s operations...

Aqueduct Analysis

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Today's analysis.1. 6 fur; $19,000; mdn clm($16,000); 4upLAST MISTAKE drew the rail after tiring last out. His best race was when he came off the pace to finish fourth in October....

Tomorrow's Fair Grounds Entries

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Post Time: 1:40 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST6 fur; $23,000; clm($15,000); 4upPNHorse Wt.JockeyOdds1After the Storm(L),119EPerrodin 5-22Hitch Your Wagon(L),119D Dugas 9-23Gold Bandit(L),116R Eramia 6-14Our Sassy Ten(L),119J Graham 3-15She's...

Rangers' Tortorella defends former Devils coach MacLean

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

ATLANTA -- It's not personal to John Tortorella. It's business. The coaching business. Which is why the Rangers coach stopped minding his own to jump to the defense of John...

Graded Entries

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Post time: 3:30 p.m. FIRST-6 ½ fur; $22,000; cl($16,0); 4YO PN Horse,Wt. Jockey Last 3 Odds 6 MarkofaWrrr(L),121 MPdrza 1-5-1 2-1 2 ElusiveMmnt(L),121 PVlnza 1-1-2 3-1 1 Mr.Strdyngt(L),121 JTalmo 6-5-1...

Aqueduct Charts

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Jan. 22, 2011 Clear And Fast (Very Cold). ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST1 mile; $19,000; clm; 4upOff: 12:31. Good. briefly tested, clearTime: 24.46, 48.48, 1:13.13, 1:38.19.Trainer: Chris EnglehartWinner: B G,...

Gulfstream Park Results

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

FIRST- 6 fur; $18,500; cl; 4up6Telyonbrdwy (Coa) 15.806.403.404McNamara (Castellano)4.202.808Thegreatcrosby (Lopez)2.60 Scr: Moon Nistle. * Exacta (6-4) $85.20 * $1 Superfecta (6-4-8-9) $775.10 * $1 Trifecta (6-4-8) $152.50SECOND- 6 fur; $31,500;...

Super-sonic transport

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

* Am I reading this right? My beloved Jets are underdogs against the Steelers in the AFC Championship Game? Let's get something straight right now, Pittsburgh. Peyton Manning is on...

Analysis

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Post time: 12:55 p.m. All horses appear in post position order FIRST-1 1/8m(T); $24,000; cl($35,0); 4up SKY HIGH HATTY closed to finish second while going shorter. SHAHADAROBA set pace and...

NY bill takes aim at hunting rifles

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

That rifle you use for hunting maybe la beled an assault rifle if a New York bill is passed. Assembly Bill 1479, introduced by Democrat Linda Rosenthal, changes the state's...

Islanders still hopeful Nabokov will report

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

The Islanders' goalie carousel took a new turn yesterday when the team claimed Evgeni Nabokov off waivers. But the situation took another turn -- for the worse -- when the...

Devils stay hot with win over Flyers

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

PHILADELPHIA -- Obstinately, the Lazarus Devils refuse to go quietly back into their coffin. Hopeless as it ultimately may be, the back-from-the-dead Devils can stretch their revival to a seven-game,...

Nets reach milestone in '12' step program

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Props to the Nets, who became the first association assemblage to match last season's win total following Friday's punishing of the Pistons. This is what happens when the bar (a...

Today's Sports on Air

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

BasketballNoonSt. Peter's at ManhattanMSG1 p.m.Wisconsin at NorthwesternBIG 102 p.m.South Florida at West VirginiaSNY5 p.m.Women: North Carolina at MarylandESPN26 p.m.Women: Duke at NC StateMSG Plus8 p.m.Southern Illinois at Illinois StateESPNUFootball3 p.m.NFC...

Meadowlands Results

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

FIRST-mile; pace; $9,000; cond.10NclearJoeJoe(Prce) 10.607.206.202Rock N Roll Star (Sears)7.004.007Snacker Backer (Tetrick)4.00* Ext. (10-2) $79.40 * Tri. (10-2-7) $466.80SECOND-mile; pace; $13,000; cl.3Boo's Boy (Tetrick) 6.404.002.807Thunderfist (Sears)8.405.009Red Hot Yankee (Powell)7.00* Exacta (3-7)...

The Post Line

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

NFLFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogSTEELERS 4 3½(38½)JetsPackers 3 3½(43) BEARSHome team in CAPSNCAA BasketballFavoriteLine UnderdogN.C. STATE1MiamiWisconsin1N'WESTERNKENT ST.6Miami, OhioEVANSVILLE6½BradleyWEST VA.14½South FloridaE. MICHIGAN2½Cent. Mich.BUTLER14½Wis.-Milw.VALPARAISO9Wis.-G.B.IOWA2IndianaILLINOIS ST.1½S. IllinoisSt. Peter's4½MANHATTANIona5½CANISIUSFairfield13NIAGARANEW HAMP.11UmbcVermont13½BING.Lipscomb5½S.C.-UPSTATEBelmont4½ETSUNBAFavoriteLineUnderdogNUGGETS 8 PacersHome team in CAPSNHLFavoriteLineUnderdogDEVILS$115-135PanthersSabres$120-140ISLANDERSBLACKHAWKS$105-125FlyersLIGHTNING$150-170ThrashersPredators$135-155OILERS

Durant three-pointer at buzzer hands Knicks sixth straight loss

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

OKLAHOMA CITY -- On a night it appeared the Knicks were going to bust their losing streak, Kevin Durant busted them up good, shooting a dagger straight through their hearts....

Jets ink backup for ailing Ellis

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

PITTSBURGH -- The Jets yester day made what on the surface appeared to be a minor roster move, signing defensive tackle Martin Tevaseu to the active roster and waiving cornerback...

Technical difficulties continue for Knicks' Stoudemire

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Amar'e Stoudemire picked up his 13th technical foul after a little bumping incident with Serge Ibaka in the first half and questioned the referees afterward. The two...

Nets coach: Rex gets most out of Jets

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Brash. Cocky. Arrogant. They all have been used to describe Jets coach Rex Ryan. But to Nets coach Avery Johnson, the word that best suits Ryan -- as well as...

Cincinnati coach a fan of Jets' Ryan

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin whose team scored a huge Big East victory by winning 53-51 yesterday at St. John's, is rooting for the Jets to beat the Steelers today because...

'Experts' fail to recognize fickle nature of football

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Give me a hand, will ya? I seem to have misplaced my keys to the game. Fear Factor: Imagine if the Jets win today. We next get two weeks of...

Sports shorts

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

NBA: Shorthanded Heat drub Raptors In Miami, LeBron James had 38 points and 11 rebounds, Mike Miller scored 22 of his 32 points in the second quarter, and the Heat...

Federer rolls into Australian Open quarterfinals

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Defending champion Roger Federer matched Jimmy Connors' record for consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinals appearances, beating Tommy Robredo 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 today in the Australian Open. Federer...

Nowitzki, Mavericks deny Nets third straight win

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Maybe the Nets didn't land Carmelo Anthony, but they found a way to gain attention and significance last night. Reality TV stars Kim Kardashian and Snooki met and chatted after...

Kidd: Nets new arena not a lure yet

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Unless you build it, they won't come. That was the basic message put forth by Jason Kidd concerning the Nets' using the lure of a brand new building and the...

Rangers' Zuccarello shines in shootout -- again

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

ATLANTA -- He is the Mats the Magnificent, this Zuccarello from Norway, whose shootout goal off a deke against Ondrej Pavelec stood as the lone score in the skills competition...

Vic C.'s Philadelphia Parx Grade

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

Post Time: 12:25 p.m.FIRST-1m&70yds; $22,000; clm; 3YO4-Dark Invader 1211-Bank On Ben 1175-LvMeLngTme 1142-Yodelmeister 1166-SecondthtEmtn 1213-Younerdoknw 1217-QuailHollow 121SECOND-5 ½ fur; $28,000; clm; 4up4-Eze Does It 1181-CatLovesThis 1185-TheBestVoyage 1182-GunpwdrCrek 1206-SunshineStrdy 1183-Upbyawink 1187-Beckon...

Home Team Lineups

January 23, 2011 | 5:00am

TODAYJan. 23MONJan. 24TUEJan. 25WEDJan. 26THUJan. 27FRIJan. 28 SATJan. 29KnicksNOGAMEWash.7:30MSGESPNNOGAMENOGAMEMia.8:00TNTESPNAtl.7:30MSGESPNNOGAMENetsNOGAMECleve.7:00YESWFANNOGAMEMem.7:00YESWNYMNOGAMEInd.7:00YESWFANMil.8:30YESWFANRangersNOGAMEWash.7:30VS.WNYMFla.7:00MSGESPNNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEIslandersBuffalo3:00TV -- MSG Plus NetworkRadio -- WRHU 88.7 FMNOGAMEPitt.7:00MSG+WRHUCar.7:00MSG+WRHUNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEDevilsFlorida3:00TV -- MSG NetworkRadio -- WBBR 1130 AMNOGAMENOGAMEDet.7:30*MSGWFANNOGAMENOGAMENOGAME

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January 23, 2011