January 27, 2011
Islanders, Moulson agree to 3-year, $9.4M contract
The Islanders and Matt Moulson have agreed on a three-year, $9.4 million contract. “I want to be here and I think I’ve made that well know,” Moulson said after the...
Rahm Emanuel wins appeal, will stay on Chicago mayoral ballot
CHICAGO -- The Illinois Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that Chicago mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel can stay on the ballot in next month's election. Emanuel’s attorneys filed an appeal Tuesday...
Relatives plan fight to keep cop killer from getting parole
It’ll be a show of force to keep a cop killer behind bars. About 40 relatives of a NYPD officer gunned down in the line of duty plan to flood...
Strawberry to run to top of Empire State Building
Darryl Strawberry will run to the top of the Empire State Building to raise money for cancer research. The former Mets and Yankees slugger will race up 1,576 steps and...
Anthony Hopkins wants to play Hitchcock on screen
LOS ANGELES — Hopkins as Hitchcock? Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins says he hopes play the legendary filmmaker on screen and has been attached to such a project for four years....
Taylor after milestone, SNY crown
Plenty of talented basketball players have walked through the doors of Boys & Girls over the last 14 years, but none have reached the milestone Mike Taylor will achieve with...
Cuomo appoints CEO of state’s top business association to head ESDC
One of New York’s top business lobbyists was tapped today to become the state’s new economic development czar. Gov. Cuomo appointed Kenneth Adams president and CEO of the Empire State...
Cowboys fans tortured by Steelers-Packers Super Bowl
DALLAS -- Jethro Pugh has some advice for folks who consider it a cruel twist of fate that the first Super Bowl hosted by the Dallas Cowboys features the Green...
Pouncey doesn't practice for Steelers
PITTSBURGH -- Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey did not practice again Thursday because of the left ankle injury he sustained during Sunday’s AFC Championship victory over the Jets on Sunday. Pouncey...
Cops cuff Bx. prostitute 'rapist'
A sex fiend who allegedly raped a prostitute last week was busted today after barricading himself in his Bronx apartment, police sources said. Emergency Service Unit cops were forced to...
Prosecutors want judge to question Clemens over Pettitte conflict
WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department asked a federal judge on Thursday to question former Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens about his knowledge of a potential conflict of interest his attorney may...
2 suffer carbon monoxide poisoning after mother blocks car's exhaust with snow
Two young girls sitting in a parked car in the Bronx became severely ill after their mother accidentally shoveled snow in front of the running vehicle's tailpipe – blocking the...
Raiders' Asomugha was asked about trade to Jets last year
Those Nnmadi Asomugha-to-the-Jets trade rumors last winter may have been more than that, the Raiders cornerback said Wednesday at this year's Pro Bowl. Talk that he wanted to join forces...
Minka Kelly and Rachael Taylor in talks to join 'Charlie's Angels' TV remake: report
"Friday Night Lights" star Minka Kelly and Aussie actress Rachael Taylor have been tapped to join the cast of the TV remake of "Charlie's Angels," Deadline reported Thursday. Kelly, 30,...
Sony's NGP: screens & facts
Sony last night (actually this morning, for us Americans) unveiled the hotly-anticipated and rumor-confounded PSP2, ie; Next Generation Portable, codenamed the NGP. The system itself boasts dual thumbsticks, Wi-Fi and...
Rescued Chilean miners head to Disney World for six-night stay: report
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The Chilean miners whose rescue from a collapsed mine after being trapped for two months captured the world’s attention arrived at Walt Disney World Thursday...
Biden spokesman Jay Carney to be new White House press secretary
Jay Carney, a former journalist and current spokesman for Vice President Joe Biden, will be named as the new White House Press Secretary, Fox News Channel reported Thursday. According to...
Q&A: Gregg Araki
Long before "Skins" and "Gossip Girl" put debauched teen culture on the mainstream map, there were the films of Gregg Araki. The 51-year-old director, arguably the godfather of modern teensploitation,...
Giving Steelers trophy would be 'thrill' for Bradshaw
This is not the first Super Bowl that Terry Bradshaw will work for FOX, but it is the first time the four-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback of the Steelers will work...
Jets' Cromartie wants to 'smash' critic's face
Let’s hope Antonio Cromartie and Matt Hasselbeck don't bump into each other on the unemployment line. The Jets cornerback, and impending free agent, threatened the Seahawks quarterback, who is also...
Search on for suspect in attack that left mutilated man in BMW trunk
Cops are hunting today for a dangerous ex-con suspected of brutally attacking a man as he posed as a potential buyer of his BMW. Barion A. Blake, 30, fled on...
Giants QB Manning 'most powerful' athlete in New York
Eli Manning is the most powerful athlete in New York, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. The Giants quarterback was ranked 17th in the magazine's latest Power 100 poll, highest among locals...
Napolitano announces end of color-coded terror alert system
WASHINGTON – Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced Thursday a new targeted terror alert system that will replace the current structure which uses coded colors to represent varying threat levels....
Federal judge rules Pennsylvania couple can challenge federal health care law: report
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A federal judge in Pennsylvania is allowing a married couple to challenge the federal health care law in court, the York Daily Record reported late Wednesday. Gregory...
Former Marvelettes lead singer Gladys Horton dies at 66: report
LOS ANGELES -- Gladys Horton, former lead singer of one of Motown's first female groups The Marvelettes, died at the age of 66, the Detroit Free Press reported Thursday. Horton...
US consular worker in Pakistan charged with double murder
LAHORE, Pakistan -- Pakistan police late Thursday charged an American consular employee with the murder of two Pakistanis whom he said he shot in self-defense in the eastern city of...
Charlie Sheen taken to LA hospital with hernia pain after partying with porn stars and cocaine
LOS ANGELES -- Charlie Sheen, who was rushed to a hospital today after partying into the wee hours with a bevy of women and a briefcase of cocaine, is suffering...
Manhattan DA indict cold-case 'killer' Rodney Alcala
Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance announced indictment of serial sex killer Rodney Alcala this afternoon in a pair of 30-year-old murders -- meanwhile deflecting questions of the fiscal propriety of extraditing,...
North Carolina judge reduces sentence of convicted terrorist
A man convicted of running a Hizbollah cell in North Carolina was given a lighter prison sentence on Thursday by a federal court judge following years of appeals which concluded...
NHL All-Stars ready for fantasy draft
RALEIGH, N.C. -- While the NFL and NBA are facing labor uncertainty, the NHL is taking a moment to puff out its chest as it heads into an All-Star weekend...
Former State Sen. Velella dies at 66
Former Bronx State Sen. Guy Velella, whose long public-service career ended in disgrace after he was convicted of bribery and sent to prison, died yesterday. He was 66. Velella, who...
Tunisian foreign minister resigns
TUNIS, Tunisia -- Tunisian Foreign Minister Kamel Morjane resigned his post in the interim unity government amid tense consultations over a cabinet reshuffle, the state news agency TAP reported Thursday....
Tent that was Ted Williams' former home for sale on auction website
LIMA, Ohio -- A former "roommate" of Ted Williams, the golden-voiced homeless man who became an overnight media sensation, was selling the tent where Williams used to live on an...
Mass. bank sues armored car company after two tons of US coins go missing
BOSTON -- A Massachusetts bank is suing an armored car company after two massive shipments of coins -- worth $64,500 in total -- vanished on the way to a money...
Utah man jumps from moving police car after arrest (video)
SANDY, Utah — Police say a man arrested on suspicion of burglary tried to escape by jumping from the window of a moving patrol car while his hands were still...
Rat on subway train sends riders scurrying (video)
Rats on a train – again. A new video that has popped up on YouTube shows a rat scampering around a subway car. But unlike the last video, which showed...
Heat's Wade to wear tinted glasses vs. Knicks
The bright lights of New York City may be too much for Dwyane Wade to handle. The Heat guard plans to wear tinted glasses for the start of Thursday’s game...
Egypt ruling party offers no concessions
CAIRO — Egypt's ruling party said Thursday it was ready for a dialogue with the public but offered no concessions to address demands for a solution to rampant poverty and...
Arrest warrant issued for ex-'American Idol' hopeful Chikezie Eze: report
LOS ANGELES -- An arrest warrant was issued for former “American Idol” contestant Chikezie Eze after he failed to show in court for a probation hearing, TMZ reported Thursday. Eze,...
Pot-firing catapult found at Arizona-Mexico border
HERMOSILLO, Mexico — Drug smugglers trying to get marijuana across the Arizona-Mexico border apparently are trying a new approach — a catapult. National Guard troops operating a remote video surveillance...
Will Ferrell to visit 'The Office' for an arc
Will Ferrell is coming to "The Office." Ferrell will play a visiting branch manager over an arc of several episodes. NBC announced the casting Wednesday with the promise that Ferrell's...
Hollywood's first gulag movie
Ilya Somin has the whole story over at Volokh Conspiracy.
Oscar Watch: Experts agree 'King,' Fincher will rule
All 14 voting Gurus O'Gold -- leading Oscar prognosticators at Movie City News, a group I dropped out of a couple of years ago -- agree with my prediction yesterday...
Stranded subway passengers commandeer second train to keep warm
Scores of straphangers were stranded in the snow for at least four hours and had no choice but to commandeer a stalled N train -- against the MTA and NYPD's...
Gotti, Travolta meet over dinner about upcoming mob biopic
John “Junior” Gotti had a California-style sit down with actor John Travolta – and he made him an offer he can’t refuse – as the two broke bread at an...
Rangers owner says they opened door for Lee to choose Phillies over Yankees: report
Rangers owner Chuck Greenberg could not convince Cliff Lee to return to Texas, but thinks he kept the lefty from singing with the Yankees. Greenberg, who slammed Yankees fans during...
48 killed in Baghdad funeral car bomb
BAGHDAD -- A car bomb ripped through a Shiite Muslim funeral Thursday in north Baghdad, killing 48 people and wounding another 121, an interior ministry official said. The attack occurred...
Stranded straphangers commandeer stalled N train
Scores of straphangers were stranded in the snow for at least four hours and had no choice but to commandeer a stalled N train -- against the MTA and NYPD's...
City struggles to move as latest storm breaks Jan. snow record
With yet another winter storm crippling the Big Apple overnight, Mayor Bloomberg said the city broke the record today for the snowiest January ever with a whopping 36 inches. The...
Baby’s body recovered from scene of NY house blast
HORSEHEADS, N.Y. — Authorities say the body of a baby was recovered from the debris of an upstate New York home ripped apart by an explosion. The Chemung County Sheriff’s...
3UP: Pettitte, Yankees pitching prospects, Girardi
1. Long time no blog. I had been trying the crazy notion of actually using all of my vacation time. But, honestly, I have had the itch a bunch to...
Second underage girl attended parties thrown by Italian prime minister
ROME -- A second underage girl attended parties thrown by Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, according to prosecutors who claim they have proof he paid for sex, the ANSA news...
Disabled vehicles blocking traffic and closing exit and entrance ramps in New Jersey
TRENTON, N.J. — State troopers in New Jersey warn motorists they may face problems at entrance and exit ramps. Sgt. Stephen Jones says that’s because there are a number of...
Drama Mama: At the (TV) Movies
Sometimes an hour just isn’t enough drama for Mama. Fortunately, there are plenty of TV movies to fill that oversized void this week: “Downton Abbey” (Sunday, 9 p.m., PBS) If...
Federer upset by Djokovic in Australian Open semifinals
MELBOURNE, Australia -- Roger Federer saved a parting shot for anyone who thinks his time is up and a changing of the guard in tennis awaits. “Yeah, I mean, they...
Buffalo airport cop being investigated for taking home confiscated items
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Authorities say they’re investigating a western New York transit police officer accused of taking home hundreds of items confiscated from passengers at the Buffalo airport. Niagara Frontier...
Explosion occurs at Davos hotel during economic forum
DAVOS, Switzerland -- Swiss police said Thursday that a small explosion occurred at a hotel in Davos, near where global politicians and business leaders were meeting for the World Economic...
Testimony ends in 'Godfather' wannabe trial
Testimony in the murder trial of a Mafia wannabe and his two pals ended yesterday — exactly seven years after a bordello bouncer was shot while resisting a robbery and...
Attorney general Schneiderman to target contractor fraud
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman plans to roll out a new initiative to crack down on fraud by state and local government contractors. An official in...
Sen. Gillibrand gets Senate Armed Services seat
ALBANY, N.Y. — U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand says she will serve on the Senate Armed Services Committee. Gillibrand, recently elected to the seat she was appointed to in 2009, had...
Tunisia, Egypt big headache for Obama
Robert Kagan has bad news for anyone hoping that the Obama administration was going to get in gear to respond to new protests in Egypt and Tunisia. "[The administration] can...
Knicks need running mate for Stoudemire
LeBron James always will be regarded in New York as poultry for refusing to join Amar’e Stoudemire on the epic Broadway stage. But that does not mean LeBron won’t become...
Agent says former Giants receiver Burress will play in NFL next season
Plaxico Burress, scheduled to be released from prison in June, will return to the NFL for the 2011 season. So says his agent, Drew Rosenhaus. “I am not a big...
Knicks' Stoudemire likely an All-Star starter
Amar’e Stoudemire has succeeded in his first season in New York, making basketball matter again to those it matters most. Tonight, he will be recognized for it. Stoudemire likely will...
With Yankees' shaky rotation, Colon worth low risk
The powerful AL team missed out on Cliff Lee. So without any high-end alternatives, the club gambled on a former Cy Young winner who has been devastated by shoulder injuries...
Yankees take a flier on cheap Colon
The Yankees finally landed a former Cy Young winner this winter, just not the one they really wanted. Bartolo Colon signed a minor league deal with the team and received...
Woods fresher mentally & physically for 2011 tee-off
SAN DIEGO — No doubt Tiger Woods is happy to put 2010 in his rear-view mirror. The allegations of multiple mistresses, lost endorsements, the breakup of his marriage, and a...
Colleges do uneasy dance with demanding boosters
On Sept. 2, 2003, St. John’s issued a press release replete with good news and good cheer. The University announced plans to build the Riley Field House, a $23 million...
Sundance 2011: "Higher Ground"
Sundance, whose values are secular, liberal, ironic and dark, is not the place where I'd expect to see a fairly evenhanded treatment of the topic of a Christian religious commune,...
Sundance 2011: "Being Elmo"
One of the chief pleasures of Sundance is wandering into a movie that you think couldn't possibly amount to anything much and being knocked out by it. The documentary "Being...
Sundance 2011: "Little Birds"
An unpleasant little film about a sulking, self-mutilating 15-year-old girl, "Little Birds" embodies several of the less attractive aspects of independent filmmaking. Juno Temple stars as Lily, a bored budding...
Loughlin Lions roaring to respectability
Bishop Loughlin was the laughingstock of the CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens girls basketball league just a few months ago. Last season, the Lions’ first in top-tier Division I, it was Murphy’s Law...
SNY Invitational preview
PSAL boys basketball beat writer Zach Braziller breaks down this weekend’s SNY Invitational at Long Island University in Brooklyn featuring Boys & Girls, Rice, St. Anthony (N.J.) and Mt. Vernon...
Six years in, Kennedy Challenge near the top of heap
It started out as a simple idea. John F. Kennedy girls basketball coach O’Neil Glenn was looking for a way to get his players, especially then-junior Michelle Pacheco, seen by...
New York homecoming for rejuvenated former A.P. Randolph star
Natasha Hastings was back home. The 24-year-old Brooklyn native returned to New York City this week. She started at her home away from home, The Armory, for the New Balance...
Starr report
Regis Philbin says ABC officials told him not to tell his co-workers -- including Kelly Ripa -- that he was retiring from "Live" until the very day (Jan. 18) he...
Drama mama
Sometimes an hour just isn't enough drama for Mama. Fortunately, there are plenty of TV movies to fill that oversized void this week: * "Downton Abbey" (Sunday, 9 p.m., PBS)...
'Game' changer
It's not grabbing attention like "Jersey Shore" -- but CW castoff "The Game" has quickly transformed BET into a prime-time cable force. After debuting to a network-record 7.7 million viewers...
OWN unplugs Burnett
Oprah Winfrey's cable network, OWN, has pulled the plug on Mark Burnett's planned daytime talk show. The show, said to be in the mode of "The View" with multiple hosts,...
Football fun for tackle dummies
Super Bowl parties usually involve La-Z-Boy quarterbacks locking horns over stat-talk. Not so at the Uberbowl: This telecast-slash-party on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 6, will feature commentators who are proudly...
'Talk' takes two
CBS will talk "The Talk" for another season. The network has renewed its freshman daytime gabfest for the 2011-12 season -- and will bring back co-hosts Julie Chen, Sharon Osbourne,...
Uptown hospital shoot
ABC News will shoot a seven- part documentary series at New York-Presbyterian Hospital -- in the style of "Hopkins 24/7" and "Boston Med." Word leaked out yesterday from New York-Presbyterian,...
'Teen' queens
The teen pregnancy TV phenomenon shows no signs of slowing down. This season, the new moms on MTV's "Teen Mom 2" continue to be watercooler fodder, thanks to their storylines...
Pairs: when it doesn't sizzle
When you think about David Auburn, author of the math-and-madness hit "Proof," farce isn't the first thing that comes to mind. So his decision to overhaul "The New York Idea"...
Little Italy is back!
Last Thursday night at about 11p.m., a bouncer stood sentry outside an unmarked red door amid a sea of Italian flags and gaudy ornate storefronts, shooing away the groups of...
Tunisia issues warrant for disgraced prez
TUNIS, Tunisia -- Tunisia has issued an international arrest warrant for ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, accusing him of illegally taking money out of the North African nation....
Foot and a half of snow shuts down city
The Big Apple was brought to a virtual halt early this morning by another monster storm -- this one not only shutting area airports, but also closing city public schools...
Love-child fiend cuts jail deal
The hormones made her do it. Kisha Jones, a Brooklyn mother who tried to abort and then kill her husband's love child, was driven to the crime by the hormonal...
Crash a lifesaver
His life may have been saved by a traffic accident. Cops called to a seemingly routine fender-bender in Manhattan made a startling discovery yesterday -- a badly beaten man, bound...
Why Christie chucked the tunnel
"Christie 1, Schumer 0" exemplifies why this country lags behind others in education, infrastructure and proper allocation of tax-dollar resources (Editorial, Jan. 23). Spending billions of dollars for a project...
The Arab world afire
With Tunisia's "Jasmine Revolution" still trying to find its way, protests look to be spreading to other Arab countries with despotic regimes. From Morocco to Egypt to Syria, crowds have...
Teachers who put the kids first
The debate over how to fix America's schools has be come increasingly polarized. There are the so-called reformers on one side, demanding wholesale changes to the way we hire and...
Heroes then & now
When I mention that my family used kerosene lamps when I was a small child in the South during the 1930s, that is usually taken as a sign of our...
Hamptons $tabilizing
The boom-and-bust market for Hamptons homes has suddenly become stable. "We're leaving the roller- coaster ride," said Jonathan Miller, president of Miller Samuel, a real-estate appraisal firm. Miller's report showed...
Breast-job cancer link
WASHINGTON -- Federal health officials are investigating a possible link between breast implants and a very rare form of cancer, raising new questions about the safety of devices that have...
Cab slash 'hate crime'
A judge yesterday upheld hate-crime charges against a college student accused of slashing a taxi driver's neck in an anti-Muslim attack that amplified concerns about tolerance shortly before the anniversary...
DWI rocker's motley cruise
LAS VEGAS -- Motley Crue singer Vince Neil took a plea deal that calls for two weeks of jail time, plus two weeks of house arrest for driving drunk last...
Return to Lincoln's 'central ideas'
Excerpts from Rep. Paul Ryan's remarks Tuesday, giving the official GOP response to President Obama's State of the Union Address. AMERICANS are skeptical of both political parties, and that skepticism...
Bikers against NY: It's a vicious cycle
God bless Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and the NYPD for cracking down on violations by bicycle riders ("All Out To End the 'Cycle'," Jan. 24). These bikers are arrogant, obnoxious...
A bad start on 2012
Fresh off his Tucson triumph, President Obama laid an egg Tuesday night in his State of the Union speech. Fittingly, it came on the same day that Hollywood announced the...
'Jersey Shore' cast to embarrass Italian-Americans with Italy trip
Just when the Italians were fi nally getting over the barbarian sacking of Rome 1,600 years ago, a bunch of invaders so savage they make Visigoths look like a marauding...
Here's my State of the Union
This is what President Obama should have said in his State of the Union on Tuesday. "Hello, my fellow Americans. How ya' doin'? I hope you are well. And if...
Business briefs
Xerox jolt Xerox issued a first- quarter profit forecast of $1.05 to $1.10 a share that was at the low end of Wall Street estimates and announced the re tirement...
Lagardére still talking
Lagardére is expected to announce next week it will extend a negotiating period with Hearst Corp. to agree on terms for the sale of its magazines outside of France. That...
Teaching the UFT a real lesson
These teachers are dan gerous. Some 200 rene gade educators huddled Tuesday night in a Chelsea basement. The talk, in union terms, was pure treason. In a show of force...
US demands reform amid Egypt riots
Thousands of protesters burned tires, threw Molotov cocktails at a government building and fought riot police in Egypt yesterday in the worst unrest in President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year-old rule. Police...
Painter artfully dodges charge
An East Village artist cut himself loose from a knife-possession charge yesterday. John Copeland, 34, was busted near his apartment last October for possessing an illegal gravity knife which he...
Killer slashes man after gal dissed: cops
This Queens man has a hair-trigger temper when it comes to his women, cops say. Craig Hutter -- who was locked up for four years for fatally shooting his wife's...
Kucinich sues over 'chip'wich
Rep. Dennis Kucinich is suing the operators and suppliers of the Capitol's cafeteria for more than $150,000, claiming he cracked a tooth on an olive pit embedded in a sandwich...
Hacker smacks Zuck right in the Facebook
The face of cyberspace has been hacked! Facebook yanked the fan page of CEO Mark Zuckerberg after an ingenious cyber-sneak broke in and posted a fake status update. The stunning...
B'klyn Beep new star of food blog
He's a portly politician who proudly loves to eat -- and now one blogger is trying to document Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz's every bite. The Tumblr blog, "Marty Markowitz...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Staten Island Police yesterday apprehended the thug who allegedly gunned down a teen in Port Richmond, sources said. Drew Casseus, 19, wanted in the Dec. 28 fatal shooting of Jonathan...
Skype IPO isn't ripe
Skype will not hold its initial public offering until the second half of the year, perhaps as late as July, WSJ.com reported yesterday, citing sources. The Web-phone company's recent hiring...
Warren a no-show at O's speech
Don't call her the absent-minded professor. Simply absent will suffice. Elizabeth Warren, the Harvard law professor President Obama put in charge of setting up a new consumer protection agency, was...
Nielsen's after-IPO rally: $25
Nielsen Holdings rallied in its first day of trading following its initial public offering. Nielsen, the television ratings company owned by Blackstone Group, Carlyle Group, KKR & Co. and Thomas...
'Ballsy' ID thief caged 9 years
When Iguosade Osahon was busted last summer for stealing the IDs of 750 victims across the country, the eloquent crook conceded to cops, "What can I say? You've got me...
Starbucks buzz kill
Starbucks forecast full-year earnings below analysts expectations as the coffee giant expects rising java prices to hit profits more than it previously thought. The Seattle-based chain said it now expects...
Packer pols tweak Bear-fan prez
President Obama got a heaping helping of humble pie yesterday in Green Bay, Wis., where he was repeatedly reminded that the Packers last Sunday defeated his beloved Chicago Bears to...
SC love gov still seeing that beach
Runaway love gov Mark Sanford spent last weekend on a romantic getaway in Uruguay with gal pal Maria Belen Chapur -- the woman he picked over his wife and political...
MTA adding new action plan for blizzards
Top transit brass admitted yesterday to a slew of screw-ups in handling the Christmas-weekend blizzard -- and said they're creating a ramped-up level of storm preparation that could preemptively shut...
Content rush is on: Demand, Klum are hot
If content is king, then Heidi Klum is AOL's new queen. The Internet pioneer is partnering with the "Project Runway" host to generate a whole host of material to post...
Dozing granny in bomb attack
A Long Island grandma sitting asleep in her living room got a horrible fright when someone threw a Molotov cocktail through her front window. The bomb smashed into the room...
Wealth of problems in this lap of luxury
It's been one of the nation's fastest-growing, safest, richest, most taxed and most comfortable counties -- and now it's close to bust. Nassau's beleaguered finances belie its inordinate wealth, with...
Bernanke's QE2 hits headwinds
Ben Bernanke is forging ahead with his controversial bond-buying spree despite critics who attack the program as expensive and unnecessary. The Federal Reserve chief won unanimous backing from central bank...
Prof busted in Web 'teen tryst'
An adjunct college professor has been busted for allegedly sending nude photographs to an undercover cop posing as a teenage girl and arranging for a tryst with her in Queens....
More deficit gloom and doom
WASHINGTON -- The nation's annual deficit will grow to a stunning $1.5 trillion this year, according to a new government estimate, as President Obama and the new Republican House resumed...
Cheesy does it for Bam
President Obama hit Cheesehead territory yesterday to rally beleaguered workers and hawk his proposals for the final two years of his first term. "We're going to need to go all...
These dogs really are a new breed
Here's the perfect pooch for New Yorkers living in drafty apartments. The American Kennel Club yesterday recognized three new breeds including the Xoloitzcuintli -- which can be used like a...
Galleon canaries sing
Billionaire trader Raj Rajaratnam, a key figure in the feds' massive insider trading probe, became the victim of friendly fire yesterday as two of his former employees confessed to illegal...
Tix fixer gets jail
A crooked city data-entry clerk -- who took thousands of dollars in cash to "fix" overdue parking tickets, then just pocketed the money without paying anything off -- is going...
Pimp fiend indicted: DA
A Brooklyn pimp who had his nickname tattooed on one of the girls he forced into prostitution was indicted on sex-trafficking charges, the Brooklyn DA announced yesterday. Artic Rogers, whose...
Soarin' Netflix is no. 2
The cable and satellite guys had better watch their backs. Netflix is now the second-largest video-subscription service in the US behind cable giant Comcast after it surged past the 20...
Trump Tower psycho standoff
A knife-wielding man went berserk at a luxury Upper West Side high-rise owned by Donald Trump, police said. The man, whose name was not released, squabbled with his family in...
Poor hubby XXXhausted
BERLIN -- A desperate Turkish man living in Germany has turned to the police for protection from his insatiable wife's constant demands for sex, authorities said yesterday. The man came...
Antisocial network
He lost 340 friends -- just like that. A Staten Island man is suing Facebook for $500,000 for inexplicably knocking him off the social network without warning. Mustafa Fteja said...
NY on critical list in US hosp survey
This will make you sick. New York City's regional network of hospitals ranked a dismal 50th in the country for patient care, a shocking new study released yesterday found. The...
Ex-trader's threat to US official revealed
Federal officials released more details of a frighteningly macabre e-mail allegedly sent by Vincent McCrudden -- the New York trader arrested last week for threatening to kill federal regulators. Last...
House smackdown
That didn't take long. Just weeks after taking the reins of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Darrell Issa is locking horns with the ranking Democrat on the committee...
O's big Fisher story
President Obama concluded his State of the Union speech Tuesday night with a heartstring tug involving a small-business owner from Pennsylvania -- and in the process undermined a major theme...
Nassau's comeuppance
Nobody can say that Nassau County didn't have it coming. Less than 11 years after Albany had to swoop in with a $100 million rescue package, a state oversight board...
Behind the dysfunction
"You know one of the most striking things to me about Albany, the last few weeks that I've been up there? There are no people. You walk around the Capitol,...
School principals' $7M lesson in success
Public-school principals and assistant principals yesterday were awarded nearly $7 million in 2009-10 performance bonuses -- including seven school leaders who raked in an incredible $32,500 each for having three...
Knick$ thump Lakers
The New York Knicks have overtaken the Los Angeles Lakers as the NBA's most valuable franchise, and 17 of the 30 teams are estimated to have lost money last season,...
Groundswell against axing young teachers
The teachers group challenging union mantras on tenure and lockstep pay has tapped into frustrations of the newest educators -- whose jobs would be first to go if the city...
Sex-fiend kid scare
A sicko followed a 12-year-old girl into her Manhattan apartment building and attempted to sexually assault her, police said yesterday. She was walking up the stairs of the building on...
Israel slay busts
JERUSALEM -- Israeli authorities indicted two Palestinians yesterday in the killing of an American woman late last year, saying the men had confessed to the crime and were also linked...
Mike: City ill-$uited
The city is losing millions to unfair lawsuits because juries view governments as "bottomless pits of money," Mayor Bloomberg charged yesterday. It's not the first time he's made that argument....
9/11 suit eyes a 'call to Atta'
Lawyers for the family of a Sept. 11 victim want to question a United Airlines worker who they say might have contacted terrorist ringleader Mohamed Atta on the day of...
Voters wary of big Cuomo cuts
ALBANY -- Cut the budget, Gov. Cuomo. Just don't cut the big programs. A Quinnipiac University poll found yesterday that 60 percent of voters favor spending cuts over tax hikes,...
'Anti-Israel' prof canned
Brooklyn College yesterday fired an adjunct professor teaching a class on Middle East politics just hours after a state assemblyman accused him of supporting Palestinian suicide bombers. Assemblyman Dov Hikind...
Donald Trump to ask city if he can run Tavern on the Green
The Donald wants to reopen The Tavern to make boatloads of Green again. Real-estate mogul Donald Trump last night said he will ask the city to grant him the right...
State takes over red-faced Na$$au
Debt-ridden Nassau County has been repossessed. A state oversight board seized fiscal control of the financially beleaguered -- yet extraordinarily wealthy county -- yesterday after deeming local officials incapable of...
Vegas bookies pick 'Social Network,' Portman, Firth to win Oscars
You can book it: "The Social Network" is Las Vegas' Oscar favorite. The acclaimed Facebook flick is the leading candidate to win Best Picture, according to Sin City and offshore...
'70s slay indictments
The "Dating Game" killer -- a convicted serial slayer on death row in California -- has been indicted for murdering two New York women in the 1970s, according to a...
Get lower
In December, reports circulated that Max Fish, the 21-year-old Lower East Side dive bar — home to cheap beer, graffiti-covered walls and a storied legacy of punk-rock patrons — would...
Go figure
12 Number of pages, including all instructions, in the application to become a New York real estate broker $5.5M Amount Nicolas Cage was behind on his mortgage payments for two...
A house of Wax
Chef Jonathan Waxman knows good bones when he sees them. In 1995, Waxman (he owns West Village restaurant Barbuto) and his wife, Sally, were looking for a home they could...
Ave. 'A'
Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez might outlast Sarah Jessica Parker as the city’s top real estate stalker. First, he checked out love pads with Kate Hudson and then with Cameron Diaz....
Just sold!
Manhattan HUDSON HEIGHTS $585,000 140 Cabrini Blvd. Two-bedroom, one-bath penthouse co-op, 1,200 square feet, with windowed kitchen, dining area and terrace; building features doorman, roof deck, gym and laundry. Maintenance...
Rafa Slam bid ends; Wozniacki loses to Li
MELBOURNE -- Hours after Rafael Nadal's quest for the Rafa Slam went down the drain, Li Na became the first Chinese player to reach a Grand Slam singles final with...
Gulfstream Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 7 fur; $24,000; clm($35,000); 4upROARING CONQUEST showed some closing ability going shorter in dirt debut. JAMBONIED second as favorite on dirt two back. IMPRESSIVE STORM finished second in both...
Bill Smith At Yonkers
Post time: 7:10 p.m.Best Bet: My Miss Bliss (4th)FIRST-mile; pace; $8,000; claiming6Lady Jay(G Brennan)2-1-24-15Royal Fortune(D Dube)6-4-26-13Deadlysatisfctn(JStrttn)3-3-73-11Whambam N(E Abbatiello)8-7-78-12NancyIrene(JPantaleano)7-4-55-14Heather K(S Bouchard)8-7-710-17AnythingButPlain(CManzi)1-1-212-18ImpressiveChar(JBartltt)6-7-215-1SECOND-mile; trot; $10,000; conditional7Winterleebrook(GBrennan)1-2-26-11Justa Rebel(C Manzi)3-1-43-18MorgunsSweetheart(Db)6-6-38-12Rydeabout(J Bartlett)4-7-45-13Run A Tab(S Bouchard)5-4-68-14MarionMissJulie(JPntlno)1-2-84-15Book Mark(R...
Bill Smith At Meadowlands
Post time: 7:00 p.m.Best Bet: Spirit of Us (4th)FIRST-mile; trot; $9,000; conditional6Halfpipe(M Vanderkemp)2-3-17-22Rickie(J Campbell)3-5-73-14Newport Volo(T Tetrick)2-8-34-11Lad'sGladiator(JMeittns)6-3-615-13Pink Caviar(Y Gingras)4-8-78-15Colin Power(B Simpson)9-3-715-17Big Sky Revenue(B Sears)7-3-610-18Jodevin Time(J Doherty)4-2-215-19Mr Cole(D Miller)3-7-58-110Macs Bad Boy(A Miller)5-1-46-1SECOND-ml...
Tomorrow's Aqueduct Entries
Post Time: 12:30 pm. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST1m; $23,000; str alw; 4upPNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1Sheraguska(L),118E Da Silva8-3-1Ferraro 8-12a-One Starry Nite(L),118A Lezcano3-6-5FMartin 20-13Gentle Edwin(L),120RDominguez1-8-1Rodriguz 3-14Keechi Bullet(L),118S Husbands4-2-12Ronen 12-15Run Warrior...
Affrunti's Tampa Bay Downs Grade
Post Time: 12:25 pm.FIRST-1 1/16m; $8,000; mdn cl($8,000); 4up; (f&m)5-GasparillaGld 1171-Act Right 1152-Grmmy'sQn 1223-FrgveMeHny 1226-Marks Choice 1227-Reno'sWildct 1124-BpBpaDoWp 122SECOND-1m&40y; $9,500; cl($5,000); 4up; (f&m)1-PristeenQueen 1185-Maytwooseven 1182-Richie London 1186-Slimskee 1187-Chic Cat 1223-Lucky...
Aqueduct Charts
Jan. 26, 2011 Snow And Fast. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST1m; $18,000; clm; 4up; (f&m)Off: 12:30. Good. alter course 1/16,upTime: 23.70, 48.76, 1:14.95, 1:42.84.Trainer: Joseph LostrittoWinner: B M, 6, by...
Gulfstream Results
FIRST-6f; $15,000; clm; 4up; (f&m)10TrbcaRylty (Alvrz) 4.803.203.006Holiday Ashley (Delgado)14.005.805Undisputed Queen (Madrid)8.20 Scr: Massive Reaction, Dixie Ocean. * Ext. (10-6) $97.60 * $1 Superf.(10-6-5-4) $987.10 * $1 Tri. (10-6-5) $398.80 SECOND-5...
Goodell will cut salary to $1 if work stoppage
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will cut his salary to $1 if there is a work stoppage after the collective bargaining agreement expires in March. Goodell, who makes about $10 million...
Packers' Rodgers defends Bears' Cutler
Even as he prepares to play in the Super Bowl, Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is aware that Bears quarterback Jay Cutler is having his toughness questioned this week. And Rodgers...
Tortorella's Rangers on path to playoffs
The Rangers' two highest- paid players by far are their two biggest disappointments, and yet they have made it to the All-Star break six points ahead of the 52-game pace...
Yankees' Jeter gets into swing of things
A day after the talk of Derek Jeter moving to the outfield, the Yankees shortstop went to work on his swing. Jeter and Yankees hitting coach Kevin Long spent yesterday...
Vegas expects $90M in handle for Super Bowl
One Las Vegas sports book believes Super Bowl XLV has a good chance to establish a record handle in Nevada. "I'm gonna hope we're close to $100 million," John Avello,...
Stoudemire says Knicks aren't afraid of Heat
Cue the boos. LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and the filler that composes the rest of the Miami Heat's roster are back in town. Tonight, the Knicks will host the league's...
Mets GM satisfied with limited winter additions
Chris Young, Ronny Paulino, D.J. Carrasco and Chin-lung Hu probably wouldn't have been at the top of any Mets fan's wish lists heading into the offseason, but that is what...
Agents don't think Jets can keep both Edwards and Holmes
As the Jets face an offseason of roster uncertainty, one issue seems to loom over the rest: the who-should-stay/who-should-go dilemma at receiver, where it seems they're going to have to...
Top U.S. skiers piling up wins
The snow keeps coming and skiers keep heading to the mountains in record numbers, including some of our best competitors. When American Hannah Kearney races on Whiteface Mountain in the...
The Post Line
NCAA BasketballFavoriteLine UnderdogMaryland3½VIRGINIAMICH. ST.10½MichiganVCU9½HofstraCENT. MICH.PickMiami, OhioBALL ST.3Kent St.FLA. ATL.6½Middle Tenn.W. Kentucky1FLA. INT'LVanderbilt8MISS. ST.ARK. ST.11La.-MonroeNorth Texas3LA.-LAF.TROY3South Ala.LOY. OF CHI.11½Youngstown St.Cleveland St.9ILL.-CHICAGOLA. TECHPickIdahoDUKE17Boston Col.Southern Cal2½ARIZONA ST.ARIZONA8½UclaBoise St.1N. MEX. ST.Illinois3½INDIANASOUTH FLA.12DePaulUC IRVINE7CS NorthridgeUtah...
Today's Sports on Air
Basketball7 p.m.Michigan at Michigan StateESPN7 p.m.Vanderbilt at Mississippi StateESPN27 p.m.Hofstra at VCUESPNU7 p.m.Robert Morris at QuinnipiacMSG7 p.m.Colgate at Holy CrossCBSC9 p.m.Women: Michigan at Ohio StateBIG TEN8 p.m.Heat at KnicksTNT, ESPN...
Sports shorts
MLB: Rays' Baldelli retires Rays outfielder Rocco Baldelli retired and accepted a position as a special assistant with the team. The 29-year-old spent six of seven major league seasons with...
Nets rally past Grizzlies to finish homestand 4-1
It took more than a half but Nets coach Avery Johnson found what he was looking for: units that clicked. And some defense. He never came up with one particular...
Murphy stuck in Nets' limbo
Troy Murphy is staying home. The on-going confusion regarding Murphy's status with the Nets resurfaced when general manager Billy King spoke about the possibility of Murphy rejoining the team. In...
Devils' win streak snapped by Red Wings
DETROIT -- The streaking Devils couldn't make it all the way to the break. Valtteri Filppula scored 5:32 into the third period, putting the Red Wings ahead to stay, and...
Islanders lose to Hurricanes
The Hurricanes beat the blizzard -- and the Islanders. Eric Staal scored goals in a 1:38 span in the second period and also had an assist to help the Hurricanes...
Owner says extra playoff game hurt Jets
Woody Johnson isn't about to play the blame game. He regrets his team having to play an extra game. The Jets owner went on "America's Nightly Scoreboard" on FOX Business...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYJan. 27FRIJan. 28SATJan. 29SUNJan. 30MONJan. 31 TUEFeb. 1WEDFeb. 2KnicksMiami8:00TV -- TNTRadio ESPN 1050 AMAtl.7:30MSGESPNNOGAMEDet.7:30MSGESPNNOGAMENOGAMEDal.7:30MSGESPNNetsNOGAMEInd.7:00YESWFANMilw.8:30YESWFANNOGAMEDen.7:00YESWFANNOGAMEPhil.7:00YESWFANRangersNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEAll-StarGame4:00VS.NOGAMEPitt.7:30VS.ESPNNOGAMEIslandersNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEAll-StarGame4:00VS.NOGAMEAtl.7:00MSG+WRHUPitt.7:00*MSG+WRHUDevilsNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEAll-StarGame4:00VS.NOGAMEOtt.7:00MSGWFANNOGAME
Weird but true
Relatives of a Carlsbad, NM, woman who died in November began cleaning out her home and found a body in her freezer. Detectives received a tip that the body was...
Providence upsets Villanova
Marshon Brooks scored 20 points and Providence upset a ranked team for the second time in five days with an 83-68 home win over No. 8 Villanova last night. The...
St. John's routed by Georgetown
WASHINGTON -- By the time the final indignity had been thrust upon them, when workers at the Verizon Center told St. John's coach Steve Lavin his team had 30 minutes...
Fort Hamilton's Howell chooses Wagner College
Wagner College isn’t necessarily a dream school for elite high-school football prospects, but for James Howell III, Staten Island may as well have been Southern California. The Fort Hamilton standout...
Sample these beauty firsts!
Timed to the company’s 15th anniversary, Jimmy Choo launches its first fragrance collection on Feb. 6. Tamara Mellon, the founder and chief creative officer, says fragrance has always been part...
Devils' win streak snapped at four after 3-1 loss to Red Wings
DETROIT — Valtteri Filppula scored 5:32 into the third period, putting the Detroit Red Wings ahead to stay in a 3-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday night....
Senior moment: Burns comes up big for St. Peter's
Megan Burns didn’t miss her chance. The St. Peter’s guard spent her junior season playing behind college-bound scholarship players Catherine Lewis, Victoria Jones and Melanie Johnson. The Staten Island power...
Staal scores twice as Hurricanes beat Islanders 4-2
UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Eric Staal scored goals in a 1:38 span in the second period and also had an assist to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Islanders...
Nets rally from 13-point 2nd half deficit to beat Grizzlies
NEWARK, N.J. — Devin Harris scored nine of his 13 points in the fourth quarter and the New Jersey Nets rallied to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 93-88 Wednesday night. O.J....
Cops say man tried to sexual assault young girl in lower Manhattan
A sicko followed a 12-year-old girl into her Manhattan apartment building and attempted to sexually assault her in the stairwell, police said today. The youngster was walking up the stairs...
Galleon founder still fighting wiretaps
Raj Rajaratnam, the Galleon Group founder who will go on trial next month on charges of insider trading, continues to fight even as federal prosecutors obtain a growing number of...
Gambino soldier shook down midtown real estate firm: Feds
A Gambino crime family soldier charged with shaking down a Manhattan real estate investment firm was released Wednesday on $2 million bail. Anthony Scibelli was indicted last week on racketeering...
Markowitz's passion for food exposed by new blog
He’s a portly politician who proudly loves to eat — and now one ambitious blogger is trying to document Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz’s every bite.The Tumblr blog, "Marty Markowitz...
Jets say Raiders can't talk to Thurman: report
The Raiders requested permission to speak with Jets secondary coach Dennis Thurman about their defensive-coordinator vacancy, but they were denied permission by the Jets, Fox Sports reported Wednesday. Thurman, along...