February 11, 2011
Miike's '13 Assassins' headed here
Fans of Takeshi Miike, Japan's prolific master of mayhem, who have been awaiting the New York release of his "13 Assassins'' can relax. The samurai saga, the remake of a...
Rachel Comey
All that was needed was the tinkling of the highball glass, the shag carpeting, and the hi-fi playing in the corner. Rachel Comey continued the '70s kick that designers have...
300-square-foot bike-rental concession coming to B'klyn Bridge Park
Get set for a biking bonanza at Brooklyn Bridge Park.In a move aimed at attracting more tourists to the waterfront park, the city this spring is bringing a 300-square-foot bike-rental...
Donor says UConn can keep $3M
A donor who demanded the return of $3 million from the University of Connecticut because he was unhappy with the hiring of its new football coach has agreed to let...
Celeb hotspot Soul Cycle given vacate order for basement changing area
Gwyneth Paltrow and Tom Cruise may have to change at home the next time they head to the gym. The city this afternoon issued a vacate order for the basement...
PSAL suspends Lincoln's Murphy two games
The PSAL has suspended Lincoln power forward Kamari Murphy for throwing a punch in the waning moments of yesterday’s 64-56 victory over South Shore in the Brooklyn borough semifinals, The...
3 people killed, 2 hurt in B'klyn stabbing spree
A deranged Brooklyn man who stabbed his stepfather to death this morning then went on a killing spree, butchering his girlfriend and her mother before gravely wounding two others in...
NY-area Egyptians celebrate Mubarak's departure
Waves of celebration rippled out of Egypt and washed onto America’s shores Friday, with Egyptian-Americans already looking to the future after the departure of President Hosni Mubarak and his three...
The libertine world of Tom Ford
When Tom Ford announced he was leaving Gucci Group in 2004 — a company he saved from collapse and transformed into the world's third-largest luxury goods brand — the fashion...
RBNY to use Rafa Marquez on defense; 3rd DP would be midfelder, not Anelka or Klose
Red Bull coach Hans Backe went into Wednesday’s preseason opener against Atlante unsure whether he would use Rafa Marquez as a defensive midfielder or a centerback. It took just a...
Naz's Ali verbals to West Virginia
Nazareth senior wing Bra’Shey Ali verbally committed to West Virginia University on Friday, she told The Post.The 6-foot Plainfield, N.J., native chose the Mountaineers over schools like Louisville and Rutgers,...
NYC 'Biggest Loser' casting
New Yorkers looking to shed weight for a chance at winning big bucks - not to mention national fame and a whole lotta fans - get ready to mark your...
Christian Siriano
Project Runway winner Christian Siriano's collection for budget shoe chain Payless managed to inadvertently outshine his actual clothing at Lincoln Center as the sky high platform heels sent some mannequins...
A chat with SOCOM 4's lead designer, Travis Steiner
The SOCOM series is, if nothing else, a gaming staple for PlayStation owners. Zipper Interactive has created a tactical combat franchise that impresses and stresses, both in single player and...
RBNY coach Backe hopes to sign Teemu Tainio
With the Red Bulls having just injured Chris Albright as their only right back, and desperately looking for both cover and competition for the oft-injured veteran, they have Ajax’ Teemu...
Peter Som
Peter Som continues to give the younger generation of ladies who lunch something to wear to their midday powwow and then a change of attire for a sophisticated cocktail hour....
Defense seeks change of venue in 2008 nightclub murder case
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A sex offender accused of killing an aspiring dancer from Brooklyn is trying to move his trial out of the upstate New York county where he...
Granderson more comfortable in 2nd season with Yankees
TAMPA -- When Curtis Granderson reported to spring training last year, he felt like a rookie. He had to get familiar with everything: new teammates, new facilities, new city.Now, in...
Suspect in BMW owner's mutilation shot dead by US Marshals
A career criminal being sought for mutilating a Columbia University worker and stuffing him into the trunk of his BMW was shot dead by US Marshals today during a wild...
No new dirt in Harvey Weinstein doc; U.S. release date up in air
Harvey Weinstein seems to have dodged a bullet. Canadian reviews for the alleged "warts and all'' documentary "Unauthorized: The Harvey Weinstein Project'' are so-so -- based on the notices, there...
Good Samaritans rescue three kids from burning Bronx building (VIDEO)
Three Bronx kids who were home alone when a fire ripped through their apartment this afternoon were rescued after four Good Samaritans came to their aid with the help of...
Islanders recall Montoya, Haley
The Islanders have recalled goaltender Al Montoya and forward Micheal Haley from Bridgeport of the AHL. The Islanders also returned Joel Martin to the Sound Tigers. Haley’s recall is on...
Retired FDNY firefighter introduced as one of two $170M Powerball jackpot winners
ALBANY, N.Y. — An upstate New York couple won a nearly $49 million Powerball jackpot drawn on Christmas Day and a retired New York City firefighter whose house burned down...
The Mecca Challenge girls basketball schedule revised
After a few tweaks, The Mecca Girls High School Basketball Challenge schedule is official as of Friday afternoon. The Gauchos Gym (478 Gerard Avenue, Bronx) event should be a pretty...
Borders expected to file for bankruptcy next week
Borders is expected to file for bankruptcy as early as next Monday or Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The bookseller plans to close about 200 stores as part...
DA 'insisting' Lindsay Lohan serve jail time if any plea deal is reached in necklace caper: report
Prosecutors are reportedly "insisting" that any plea bargain for troubled actress Lindsay Lohan include some jail time, it was reported today. LA's deputy DA Danette Meyers and Lohan's lawyer Shawn...
Giants' Jones recovering from car accident: report (VIDEO)
Giants draft pick Chad Jones, a safety out of LSU who has yet to play for the team after suffering serious injuries in a summertime car accident, is making progress...
East Harlem teen shot in arm
Cops dragged two high schoolers out of an East Harlem school after the teens were spotted running into the building following a shooting which left a 14-year-old boy wounded, said...
Jamie Foxx gets into fistfight at Usher concert in LA
LOS ANGELES -- Actor Jamie Foxx got into a fistfight with an unidentified male at an Usher concert in Los Angeles Thursday night, TMZ reported. Foxx, 43, who won a...
Man gets 60 years in prison in Levy slaying
WASHINGTON — The man convicted of killing Washington intern Chandra Levy nearly a decade ago was sentenced Friday to 60 years in prison. In November, a jury convicted Ingmar Guandique...
OCD Archives: 'Just Go With it' vs 'Cactus Flower' and the ex-Mrs. Tom Cruise
There are so many weird things going on in the new Adam Sandler-Jennifer Aniston comedy "Just Go With It'' that even an expert reviewer like my treasured colleague Kyle Smith...
Knicks rookie sells fans on Fields Fever (VIDEO)
Here's Knicks rookie Landry Fields going undercover as salesman at a Modell's in Greenburgh trying to sell his No. 6 jersey to customers who haven't yet caught Fields Fever. Best...
Mets say Santana starts playing catch
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Johan Santana's return is still unknown, but he has finally begun playing catch, according to Mets pitching coach Dan Warthen."He's thrown a baseball three times now,"...
Stepson stabs dad to death: cops
A psychotic stepson allegedly stabbed his father to death during a family dispute in Brooklyn, police said. Maksim Gelman, 23, repeatedly stabbed Alexsandr Kuznetsov, 54, after a heated argument in...
Municipal hospital system admits records were stolen
The municipal hospital system disclosed today that confidential medical, personnel, vendor and contractor records dating back 20 years at four Bronx facilities were swiped last year when a van was...
Ruffian
It seems that Kate Middleton-wannabes aren’t the only ones with royalty on the brain: design duo Brian Wolk and Claude Morais behind the quirky label, Ruffian, were also inspired by...
Vena Cava
Walking into the Vena Cava show, the music alone set the stage for what was about to be an early nineties revival. Garbage and Folk Implosion played while loyal editors,...
Wake Forest coach shows Yankees pick that baseball is family
TAMPA -- At its best, baseball is a family.That point was driven home this week when Wake Forest coach Tom Walter donated a kidney to freshman outfielder Kevin Jordan. Like...
Lauria leaves The Daily Beast after 10 months
Media scribe Peter Lauria has officially exited Tina Brown’s The Daily Beast. Lauria and his former employer confirmed he had departed late last night. He had jumped from the New...
Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak: a survivor comes undone
CAIRO — He survived assassination attempts and wave after wave of Mideast crises, a solid ally of the West whose stable image reassured many Egyptians. Hosni Mubarak ended his presidency...
White House: Limit gov't backing of mortgages
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration laid out three broad options Friday for reducing the government's role in the mortgage market. All three would almost certainly lead to higher interest rates...
Tim Gunn to designers, buying public: No fur!
“Project Runway” host Tim Gunn and actresses Taraji Henson and Olivia Munn have a “no fur” message for designers showing collections at New York Fashion Week. “I’m on a campaign...
City moves on eminent domain
will be receiving notices this week that the city is beginning the legal process to seize their properties via eminent domain.The businesses are the last of the holdouts in Phase...
Flushing to get new center
The parent company of the Margaret Tietz Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Jamaica Hills is opening a new Comprehensive Care Management Center on 37th Avenue in Flushing.The announcement was revealed...
Senior centers fear loss of city funds
The governor’s proposal to slash $27 million from senior centers across the state would devastate the borough’s growing elderly population, according to an administrator at a Jamaica facility that was...
Rosedale pastor hurt in hit-and-run
A Rosedale pastor is recovering at a Long Island hospital and the authorities were hard at work Tuesday searching for the suspected hit-and-run driver who put him there.The Rev. Aubrey...
Queens Village resident sentenced for ID theft
A Queens Village resident and Haitian immigrant who worked as a tax preparer was sentenced to 2 1/3 to seven years in prison last week after he stole the identity...
Bill would ice bad landlords
The city public advocate is working on new legislation that would turn up the heat on landlords, including four in southeast Queens, who fail to meet their tenants’ basic needs...
Wilpons sued for $1B by trustee of Madoff
Bernard Madoff’s bankruptcy trustee is going after some 40 entities controlled by the owners of the New York Mets and their families, claiming they received $300 million in “fictitious profits”...
Suspects take very short trip to DA's office
Two Duane Reade employees were approached in December by someone who contacted them through their Facebook accounts, asking them to help him in using stolen credit card information to purchase...
City pothole workers furloughed by DOT
The city Department of Transportation started furloughing workers assigned to fill the city’s potholes amid the busiest time for fixing the road craters even though Queens and the other boroughs...
Tale of CB 7 and Feinstein a 'feel-good story': Apelian
A story of mended ties between two once bitter enemies in the highly contentious debate over the redevelopment of Willets Point caused a controversy among other stakeholders in the project,...
CUNY stands to lose 5.2% of Albany aid
the ranking minority member of the Senate Higher Education Committee, said the slash will deal a “very dramatic and traumatic” blow to the already strapped group of schools, which includes...
Council extends smoking ban to city parks, beaches
The City Council voted last week to expand the smoking ban by prohibiting smokers from lighting up in city parks and beaches.Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D-Astoria) was the author of...
Crowd jeers Black during visit to Kew Gardens Hills school
S 165, at 70-35 150th St. “I wanted her to address the needs of ESL students and smaller class sizes.”The crowd was a hostile one, holding up signs with slogans...
Queens faces major cuts in Cuomo's budget
enior centers across the state in a time when the borough’s centers are struggling to survive.“As far as I’m concerned, funds to needy populations should always be preserved,” said Carol...
St. Albans Church program helps young adults excel
Created through a state grant, the program, which has expanded since its first meeting Sept. 10 to include girls as well, meets twice a month and creates a positive, judgement-free...
Bayside BID cleans up snow
Traversing Bell Boulevard became a little easier last week, thanks to the work of the Bayside Village Civic Association, local business owners and the city Sanitation Department.Ever since the snow...
Fallen Country Club hero remebered 25 years after gunned down by mafia
Twenty-five years ago, Anthony Venditti, a Country Club resident and NYPD officer, was gunned down while investigating organized crime families.On January 21, 1986, Venditti, who was only 34-years-old at the...
Bronx Beloved State Senator Guy Velella Passes Away
One of the most beloved and influential political figures of the Bronx passed away after a battle with lung cancer. Former New York State Senator Guy Velella died at the...
South Bronx groups calls for meeting on taking down the Sheridan
Proponents of the plans to tear down the Sheridan Expressway are looking for some community input.Members of the Southern Bronx River Watershed Alliance are looking to set up a ‘town-hall’...
Ajax midfielder/defender Teemu Tainio joins Red Bull camp
The Red Bulls’ search for another impact midfielder has led them to Ajax, with Finnish international Teemu Tainio joining them in training camp. The 31-year-old has been granted permission to look...
Four men charged in $30,000 ATM heist
Three men led police on a chase through the streets of Waterbury-LaSalle and Throggs Neck before being apprehended with more than $30,000 in ATM robbery loot.Officers from the 45th Precinct...
DEP's Pipeline Plan Expected To Create Problems
The plan to build a seven mile-long pipeline to transport waste in the Bronx may have to be re-routed. The Department of Environmental Protection scratched the pipeline plan that was...
New Bike Paths Coming To Hutch
The Hutchinson River Greenway extension, which is expected to provide more access to Pelham Bay Park by building new bike and pedestrian paths, is moving ahead slowly, but surely. At...
Constant Snowfall Creating a Parking Nightmare in Morris Park
Mountains of snow and stubborn residents have left Morris Park residents desperate for a place to keep their cars.In what has officially been called the worst January in New York...
Families remember the honorary grand marshals
The 2011 Bronx St. Patrick’s day parade committee has set out to posthumously honor 16 exemplary men and women who have made contributions to their communities.As honorary grand marshals, the...
OLA celebrates national recognition as a top school
Our Lady of the Assumption soared on Friday, January 28 with a special ceremony celebrating the school’s recognition as a top-American school.Recently the school was named as a 2010 Blue...
Morris Park Resident Charged With Raping a Prostitute
A man accused of raping a prostitute was arrested in his Morris Park apartment on Friday, January 28. After a prearranged meeting with a 27-year-old female in his apartment at...
Student wins ice carving competitions
Krystal Santiago is not about to melt away from a challenge. The talented Bronxite has just won two ice carving competitions with a fellow student at S.U.N.Y. Delhi. Santiago, who...
DOE hearing held on Kennedy High School's closure
The saga over the planned closure of John F. Kennedy High School reached a new level as supporters of the school testified that Kennedy provides educational opportunities to succeed in...
Bronx Set To Have First Public Ice Rink in 50 Years
Bronx residents finally have something they won’t have cold feelings towards in a winter full of snow storms and frigid weather.For the first time in over 50 years, the Bronx...
Gifford Avenue Greenstreet cleared by Parks
An impassable greenstreet sidewalk choked with snow was finally cleaned on Tuesday, February 1, after the Parks Department received many complaint calls from local residents.The greenstreet’s sidewalk, at the corner...
Buses Took Time To Run Again After Last Storm
Bus service in the borough was hit or miss for much of the day following the snowstorm on Thursday, January 27. MTA spokesman Kevin Ortiz said there were challenges in...
City Council Holds Public Hearing About the Blizzard in the Bronx
Bronx residents were finally able to give the City Council a piece of their mind about the city’s poor blizzard-cleanup efforts. Hostos Community College on 120 E. 149th Street was...
Villa Maria Academy Celebrates 125 Years
Not many schools have a 125-year history like Villa Maria Academy. Villa Maria will be celebrating that heritage, educating young people in the tradition of the Sisters of Notre Dame,...
Throggs Neck Merchants Association host business seminars to fight sluggish economy
Even in the best economic climates, owning a business can be confusing and difficult, however, the problems can seem insurmountable in tough economic times.That’s why the Throggs Neck Business Association...
Mentoring Program For Small Businesses Now Available in the Bronx
A small-business mentoring program found a new location in the Bronx with help from the borough president and BOEDC.SCORE, a United States nonprofit association, is a mentoring program meant to...
Zerega residents looking for more garbage pails on Westchester Avenue
Litter is a growing problem along Westchester Avenue, but according to local residents, the situation is correctable. Local residents have realized that there’s nowhere to throw the garbage. Between Westchester...
TNMA confronts city agencies about parking issues
Parking issues in Throggs Neck are piling up as fast as the snow and officials with the Throggs Neck Merchants Association are looking to resolve the problems.TNMA officials are planning...
U.S. Army Sergeant Pays Visit to St. Frances de Chantal
A United States Army Sergeant came to St. Frances de Chantal to personally say ‘thank you’ for everything that the school has done.Since 2002, teachers Vickie Galasso and Marylou DiPreta...
Vacca gets agency to adopt orphan sidewalk
It is a stretch of sidewalk that was the orphan of Pelham Parkway South. No city agency claimed responsibility for maintaining the city sidewalk, until now. Councilman Jimmy Vacca’s Volunteer...
Bridge out! Returning from Manhattan? Don't take the Brooklyn!
Brooklyn-bound drivers on the Brooklyn Bridge will think they’re in London several nights this week as emergency repair work will divert cars to the northern lanes of the fabled span...
For Vito, there is life — and food — after Cono's
Assemblyman Vito Lopez’s loss is every Williamsburg restaurant’s gain.The lawmaker with the gourmet tastes lost his favorite restaurant — Cono’s on Graham Avenue — in September, but since then, he’s been...
Oooh, this smells! Cops bust Bushwick pot ring
Police intercepted a CARE package filled with 38 pounds of marijuana from a Morgan Avenue warehouse this morning.The box was shipped from an out-of-state address and was en route to...
Cyclist left for dead in Williamsburg hit-and-run
A Fort Greene cyclist was mangled on Friday in a brutal hit-and-run in Williamsburg — and now her friends are on the hunt for the merciless driver who left her...
Is Williamsburg back from 'The Edge'?
Even in a slumping economy, Williamsburg’s most expensive building is filling up.Developers of The Edge have sold nearly 40 percent of their condos since the 565-unit luxury waterfront complex went...
Blame the hoarders? Massive fire destroys Conselyea St building
A massive fire ripped through a Conselyea Street building on Feb. 7 — and hoarding may be to blame.FDNY officials said trash and unwanted materials kept inside a long-shuttered laundry...
Bus running late? At least you'll now know how late!
Slowest bus in the borough? There’s an app for that.Phone-wielding B63 straphangers can now track their snail-like bus along its Bay Ridge-to-Brooklyn Heights route, thanks to a satellite-guided system unveiled...
'Mystery shopping' scam nets $15K
78th PrecinctPark SlopeIt’s a mysteryA Chinese scammer tricked a 12th Street man out of nearly $15,000 in a “mystery shopping” Internet swindle earlier this month.The victim told cops that he...
Inside the new Freddy's Bar!
It was almost like Freddy’s.The Prohibition-era tavern that was torn down last year to make room for Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project reopened in a new space in the South...
ShopRite wants to beat Walmart to Gateway II space
Walmart may be eyeing Brooklyn, but ShopRite is eyeing Walmart.Representatives for the supermarket chain say they want to open a store at the proposed Gateway II shopping center on the...
Flatlands building handyman stabbed to death
Building super killedA violent thug knifed a building superintendent to death on Feb. 4 during an exchange in the E. 51st Street address.Witnesses said that the suspect — who remains...
Newborn found dead in Coney Island
Puppy predatorsThree thieves raided an Avenue N home on Feb. 1, taking cash, cellphones, electronics — and a small puppy.Residents inside the Midwood home said the thieves knocked on their...
Dog nappers hit Midwood home
Puppy predatorsThree thieves raided an Avenue N home on Feb. 1, taking cash, cellphones, electronics — and a small puppy.Residents inside the Midwood home said the thieves knocked on their...
Newborn found dead in Coney Island
Tragic deathA newborn died moments after being born inside a Coney Island apartment on Feb. 7 — and the baby’s 14-year-old mother could be to blame.Police said the teen, a...
Sister act: Nun makes up rape story to hide sexual tryst
Rapist recantA Christian nun who claimed that a hulking brute raped her on Jan. 22 has recanted her story, claiming that she made the whole thing up.The victim, who is...
State money is saving grace for historic Brooklyn schoolhouse
A historic but dilapidated schoolhouse in the heart of Brooklyn that has been falling into disrepair for years because of neglect by the city’s Department of Education could have a...
Freddy's returns — and it's just like Freddy's
Look, I may have gentrified Greenpoint when I moved to Brooklyn, and I may have pushed some yuppies out.These things happen. Perfectly good Brooklynites get the shaft, and they have...
Slow 'em down! Boerum Hill seeks big cut in speed limit
Boerum Hill residents are pushing the city to slam the brakes on reckless drivers by cutting the speed limit to 20 miles per hour in their exclusive brownstone enclave.The Department...
Punched for a cellphone
76th PrecinctCarroll Gardens-Cobble Hill–Red HookCell snatchA predator punched a man and stole his cellphone on Court Street on Feb. 5.The 29-year-old victim said that he was near Huntington Street when...
PS 114 saved! For now…
Parents and teachers from PS 114 apparently convinced the Department of Education not to close the Remsen Avenue school just yet — arguing that a rogue principal was responsible for...
Left burned...and arrested
Arsonist bustCall it a remake of the “Burning Bed:” A 32-year-old man was arrested on Feb. 7 after he torched his E. 94th Street home — beginning with his roommate’s...
Fort swings open the gate to community events
Locked down since 9-11, Fort Hamilton Army base’s new leadership has made good on its promise to open it back up to the public — and some say it has...
'Money god' and more at Chinese New Year bash
Mom, dad and the kids hopped to the fun when the Sunset Park Recreation Center ushered in the Year of the Rabbit with a family-friendly afternoon of rites and festivity...
GOP Chairman Eaton takes bite out of Young Republicans
Talk about twisted trunks.Brooklyn’s Republican Party establishment is suddenly waging an insurgent battle against the GOP’s own youth group.Kings County GOP Chairman Craig Eaton announced last week that he had...
'Year of the Rabbit' hops to it with a parade in Sunset Park
Five-year-old Cindy Lin stretched her tiny arms over the blue police barricade on Sunday and waved a pair of red balloons at the lion dancers gyrating past her in a...
Our weekly events calendar!
Fri, Feb. 11Craft fair: Handmade jewelry, clothing, pottery, soaps, sweets and other treats at the Valentine event. Free. 11:30 am–6 pm. Brooklyn Historical Society [128 Pierrepont St. at Clinton Street...
It's all in the 'Family' as Akron returns to Williamsburg
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Save Pierre, the new goose in town!
Meet Pierre, a new Canada goose in Prospect Park. Just don’t get too attached to him — he’ll likely be dead this summer.That’s right — despite months of outrage over...
Safer streets at the beach
The city says it will prohibit cars from parking in areas closest to intersections along Oriental Boulevard so that drivers can see better and will also place a speed bump...
From Golden Gate to the Golden Rule
The building that used to house Sheepshead Bay’s famous afternoon delight motel is swapping bed sheets for loose-leaf, as a Turkish-owned private school will be ringing the morning bell there...
Kings Bay Y ushers in 'Year of the Rabbit'
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Newborn found dead in Coney Island
Tragic deathA newborn died moments after being born inside a Coney Island apartment on Feb. 7 — and the baby’s 14-year-old mother could be to blame.Police said the teen, a...
SJP and Pierce set to roll 'em in Brooklyn Heights
Get ready for another Hollywood invasion!Cinematic candy Sarah Jessica Parker and sort-of-hunky Greg Kinnear will lens the big-screen version of “I Don’t Know How She Does It” next week in...
Bus running late? At least you'll now know how late!
Slowest bus in the borough? There’s an app for that.Phone-wielding B63 straphangers can now track their snail-like bus along its Bay Ridge-to-Brooklyn Heights route, thanks to a satellite-guided system unveiled...
Marty's 'pole' numbers are dropping
The pole dancing climax to Borough President Markowitz’s State of the Borough address didn’t go over so well — and some critics are saying that Markowitz’s objectification of women can...
My annual Super Bowl Ad round-up
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Our guide to ladies' night
We’ll let you in on a secret: Ladies’ nights were created more for men than women. But in this contrary borough — where gender roles are as fluid as those...
'Knucklehead' sues to halt drink specials for the ladies
Nightclub owners in Brooklyn have a message for an antifeminist Manhattan lawyer who claims that “ladies’ night” discounts discriminate against men: You’re out of your mind, sir.After all, bar owners...
No absolution for child killer
The mother of a woman who admittedly beat and whipped her 4-year-old son to death screamed out that she could not forgive her for killing her grandson.“You did this on...
Hot dog! Frankly speaking, this diner should be in Coney
The Coney Island Boardwalk diner — the one in Colorado, we mean — could finally move to the place where it truly belongs.The 1950s-style roadside attraction, and pride of the...
Brooklyn ushers in the Year of the Rabbit
Gung hay fat choy !Brooklyn celebrated the Chinese New Year with parties all over the borough.At the Kings Bay Y’s social adult day care program last week, seniors slipped into...
New group would 'take back borough'
Leaders of civic organizations from across Brooklyn say they want to take back the borough from bureaucrats and developers — and they’re going to start a new group to do...
BAM brings in the 'Grass and Ass' with Cheech, Chong and Porky's
Nobody does lowbrow better than the highbrow folks at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.Next week, as part of the suitably named “Grass and Ass” series, BAM will be screening “Cheech...
Billy Joel's ex-wife sells West Village home they once shared for $11.65M: report
Billy Joel's third ex-wife recently sold the posh West Village townhouse that she got after she divorced the legendary singer for a mindboggling $11.65 million, according to a new report....
Another big national burger chain bites the borough
Brooklyn’s about to get another bite of a national chain burger — but the good news is that its franchisee really, really hates Manhattan.Smashburger franchise owner Jim Denburg will open...
'Shore' without the bore - Season 3, episode 7
Our weekly "Jersey Shore" recaps this season are short and brutal -- 100 words, no more.***This week’s recap is one sentence long:Ronnie and Sam turn the house into a warzone,...
Apple's Jobs calling shots from home during medical leave
CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Three weeks into the medical leave he took "to focus on my health," Apple CEO Steve Jobs was staying closely involved in the company's strategic decisions and...
NYC taxis exploring better TV screen content
New York City’s taxi commissioner says he wants to expand the programming offered on cab’s backseat television screens. David Yassky says the Taxi and Limousine Commission is working with two...
New NYPD cars getting new siren system
The NYPD plans to equip all of its new police vehicles with a siren system called the Rumbler. The system emits woofer-driven sound waves that drivers and pedestrians can feel....
Elderly woman dies in Brooklyn fire
A deadly blaze ripped through a four-story Brooklyn apartment building, forcing tenants to scramble to the rooftop to safety, residents and fire officials said. Claudette Nicholas, 70, died in her...
3UP: Pettitte, Swisher, Balfour
1. The more and more I have thought about it, the more I believe the Yankees should not have had a retirement press conference for Andy Pettitte.What struck me that...
Charlie Sheen talks to college kids about drugs, tells them to 'stay off crack' and 'stick to chocolate milk'
LOS ANGELES -- Charlie Sheen received a standing ovation after speaking to a group of UCLA students about drugs, joking that they should "stay off the crack." Sheen was at...
Egypt's Mubarak resigns as president, unleashing celebrations across the country
CAIRO — Egypt exploded with joy, tears, and relief after President Hosni Mubarak resigned as president, forced out by 18 days of mass protests that culminated in huge marches Friday...
Former California gov Arnold Schwarzenegger confirms he's returning to movies
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- He warned he'd be back. Arnold Schwarzenegger confirmed he will return to the movies after his seven-year run as governor of California, The Australian reported Friday....
Brett Favre rumored to be on list of finalists for 'Dancing with the Stars'
LOS ANGELES -- Apparently once-and-for-all retired from football, Brett Favre may be close Friday to taking whatever moves he has left to the dance floor. Perhaps following in the dance...
Drama Mama: What soaps are doing right
Mama likes to check in with the daytime dramas on occasion, and this week kicks off an extended stretch of stunts in the soap world – beyond the latest evil-twin-who’s-having-my-baby...
A little honesty about abortion would be nice
Ann Woolner has a column accusing Republicans for their supposed hypocrisy about abortion. Woolner claims that two current bills by Republican House members, which have to do with limiting government funding...
Smoker ban could include President Obama
The New York Times reports that more and more businesses are banning smokers from being hired for jobs. Supposedly, some data indicate that places like hospitals and clinics have found...
Hostos Super Saturday girls basketball schedule
Need a pre-playoff refresher on some of the better girls basketball teams in New York City? This weekend there are two pretty solid events. Saturday and Sunday, South Shore is...
Lakers' Bryant loves New York stage
It was a dream until Kobe Bryant turned it into a nightmare. It was two years ago and the Knicks had crept toward credibility with a three-game winning streak that...
CK's Smith selected as McDonald's All-American
Christ the King’s Bria Smith will be the lone New York City representative, boy or girl, in the prestigious McDonald’s All-American game on March 30 at the United Center in...
CHSAA girls basketball roundup: Halaby, Terriers ground Falcons
So many times St. Francis Prep had been on the brink of league wins, but watched as its opponents went on to make the clutch plays down the stretch to...
Back from the brink, Bayside returns to Queens final
Cantrell Barker’s value to the Bayside boys basketball team during the regular season was hard to accurately judge by looking up his numbers. The sophomore guard was the Commodores spark...
PSAL girls basketball roundup: Acorn clinches division title share in turnaround season
Before this year, the Acorn has never had a winning season since becoming a varsity program in 2008-09. But Thursday the Panthers clinched at least a share of a division...
PSAL boys basketball borough finals live blog recap
Borough supremacy will be on the line and so will seeding position when the PSAL borough finals are held Saturday at City College of New York in Harlem. So many...
Add Felton, Billups to Knicks trade rumors
Recent rumblings have the Nuggets interested in Knicks point guard Raymond Felton being added to the Carmelo Anthony package, with the Knicks taking back aging Chauncey Billups. So far, that...
Spotlight on Knicks' Mozgov tonight against Lakers
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Extra shooting pays off for Nets' Vujacic
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Alleged Williams conflict final push
So, goodbye yellow brick road Where the dogs of society howl You can’t plant me in your penthouse I’m going back to my plough — Elton John Unlike Hosni Mubarak,...
Boos back for Knicks, but that’s a good thing
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Fellow GMs praise thrifty Mets
With his first offseason running the Mets behind him, Sandy Alderson stayed true to his word that he wouldn't mortgage the future to try to make any high-profile signings. And...
Gordon's big 3 propels Horace Mann past Riverdale
It was time. Horace Mann opened the third quarter flat and was watching Riverdale slowly chip away its big lead. The Lions have a play for just that situation designed...
Who's No. 3? Raimondi breaks down the merits of Kennedy, Lewis
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Super Scott wills Dwight past SIA for ACIS crown
Tia Scott is new to Dwight this season after transferring in from Cardinal Spellman, but that doesn’t mean she isn’t aware of the school’s recent basketball history. The senior point...
PSAL Class B boys basketball roundup: Adargo's big day helps Life Sciences top Bard
Jamal Adargo scored 27 points and grabbed 19 rebounds, leading Life Sciences to an 84-66 victory over Bard in Manhattan B-2 boys basketball. Shai Enn Buchanan scored 25 points and...
PSAL boys basketball roundup: Hall shoots Jefferson past Boys & Girls, into Brooklyn final
There’s something about Boys & Girls that brings out the best in Thaddeus Hall. Thomas Jefferson’s junior guard enjoyed his best regular-season game in an upset of the Kangaroos and...
The Sky Turns
In the beautifully com posed documentary "The Sky Turns," filmmaker Mercedes Alvarez returns after 35 years to Aldealsenor, the remote Spanish village where she was born. In fact, she was...
Lincoln wins game, but may lose Murphy in process
The final seconds of Lincoln’s Brooklyn borough semifinal victory over South Shore may cost the Railsplitters a shot at the borough title. With three seconds left in top-seeded Lincoln’s 64-56...
Savior of 'Idol'
Now that the audition phase of "Idol" is over and the Hollywood episodes began last night, I can say with all confidence that the Season 10 winner of "American Idol"...
Tragic tale has rhyme and reason
South Korean director Lee Chang-dong follows his well- received "Secret Sunshine" -- the story of a mother's anguish over the murder of her young son -- with "Poetry." Once again,...
Wherefore art thou, lawn ornaments?
Shakespeare with star- crossed lawn ornaments, Elton John songs and a happy ending is more fun than you might imagine in "Gnomeo & Juliet," a G-rated British import that's oddly...
Epic's bird-brained
In the second century A.D., a le gion of Roman men disap peared in northern Britannia -- yet "The Eagle" is not about their mysterious defeat. It's set 20 years...
Hick flick mostly clicks
Midwesterners -- they're such weenies! That's about all "Cedar Rapids" has to say, but though this mildly amus ing comedy about dorky insurance salesmen hanging around a hotel for a...
Insipid doc can't end Sassoon enough
A voice at the start of "Vidal Sassoon: The Movie" declares, "It's impossible to overestimate the importance of Vidal Sassoon." If so, this documentary makes the impossible look easy. As...
This Oscar race is both short & sweet
This is probably the best group of Oscar-nominated shorts in the six years they've been distributed to theaters. With separate admissions, the animated bunch is, as usual, more entertaining, but...
Staged Q&A session is a Gray area
In the early '80s, the late mono loguist Spalding Gray created a show called "Interviewing the Audience" in which he did just that. He brought random theatergoers onstage and got...
Dead man walks, tale feels stale
Death-row dramas have been a theatrical staple since the '30s, and "When I Come To Die," Nathan Louis Jackson's new take, adds little that's fresh. Damon Robinson (Chris Chalk), in...
Heartless vulture culture
Few people are more suited for each other than Sosa and Lujan, the sleazy protagonists of "Carancho," director Pablo Trapero's nocturnal tour of a hellish Buenos Aires. Sosa (Ricardo Darin,...
Carbon Nation
Wind power plus solar power equals hot air in the propaganda piece "Carbon Nation," a documentary so disconnected from reality it could have been produced by President Obama's speechwriters. This...
Only for true Beliebers
Anyone who's even vaguely aware of this 16-year-old's unlikely rise to musical superstardom isn't going to learn anything new from "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never," an interminable documentary punctuated by...
What we really watch
Think the shows you read about all the time are the most-watched shows on TV? Think again. "It's definitely not just a public perception -- some shows get a lot...
Ken Jen beat the 'brain'?
The time is nigh for the big "Jeopardy!" show down. On Monday, the quiz show unveils its three-day stunt challenge featuring its greatest champs -- Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter...
Michelle wore this $35 dress on the ‘Today’ show this week
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'Blunderland' (maybe)
The elephant gun I trained on "Spider- Man: Turn Off the Dark" seems a little excessive for today's target -- Frank Wildhorn's "Wonderland." A popgun should do. The musical, which...
Starr report
History has renewed its version of "Top Gear" for a second season -- despite a lack of buzz and just meh numbers. The series, based on the hit BBC show...
Don't go to 'Just Go With It'!
At 43, Nicole Kidman has never been funny before, and she isn’t funny playing an aging mean girl in “Just Go With It,” yet she does manage to surprise us...
Lights, camera, get action!
Valentine’s Day is Monday, and you know what that means: Panic! Whether you’re dewy or arthritic, married or unmarried, waiting to pick up the phone or waiting to answer it,...
Certifiably Jonathan
Comic genius Jonathan Winters plays himself in this frequently hilarious mock documentary centering around his second career, as an artist who paints satirical paintings that look like a cross between...
Woman slain at pharmacy by flower-bearing hubby, who then killed self
Four days before Valentine's Day, a crazed Queens man yesterday waltzed into a pharmacy, handed a bouquet of carnations and sunflowers to his estranged wife, who was working the register,...
Kyl whips up Senate exit plan
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A tunnel too far: $13.5B is rail money
THE ISSUE: The latest proposal by two NJ senators for a new rail tunnel under the Hudson. *** "Legally blind" is the best term to describe Sens. Frank Lautenberg and...
A patriotic -- or idiotic -- act?
THE ISSUE: The House Republicans' failure to extend three provisions of the Patriot Act. *** Portions of the Patriot Act were not renewed, while America faces its highest threat level...
It's Cuomo's way -- or the abyss
As a state, we stand at a cross roads, in the midst of a dis mal and delicate economy: In one direction, New York is staring down a budget deficit...
Eternal 'Gipper' stamp
You can have Ronald Reagan forever. The US Postal Service has put the former president on a "forever stamp" costing 44 cents now that can be used any time in...
Stop being scared 'syph'
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'Designs' on Atlantic Yards
A Manhattan architectural firm has been tapped to design the first residential tower for Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards project -- even as officials confirmed that it still lacks financing. As developer...
No more NYSE guys
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NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan An ex-con was fatally shot in East Harlem yesterday after being chased by his assailants, police sources said. William Corbin, 25, was shot twice in the stomach after the...
Chase ends in jail-a-cabby
A Kennedy Airport taxi hustler who took a group of French tourists on a 7-mile high-speed police chase through Brooklyn and Queens was sentenced yesterday to a year in jail....
'Bar-beat' nut rants in court
An accused Chelsea nightclub brute -- just moments away from pleading guilty -- instead launched into a bizarre, self-defense tirade yesterday against the young nurse he's charged with trying to...
Business briefs
Tiger tab Tiger Woods received $55.4 million from a de veloper to promote a local Dubai golf resort with a price tag of $1 bil lion, United Arab Em irates...
Dangerous games
He is going! He is going! This was the rumor in Cairo all day long yesterday. At the end of the long day, however, a tired President Hosni Mubarak went...
Why Copts fear the crowds
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Gov's housing czar
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Freed Aussie to sue date-rape accuser
Australian rancher David Green's New York City nightmare finally ended yesterday -- and now, he says, he'll file a $1 million lawsuit against the two women whose false date-rape accusations...
Clapper's crass Bro'hood bungle
There's lots of speculation going on over the fast-breaking events in Egypt -- but Director of National Intelligence James Clapper's claim yesterday on Capitol Hill that the Muslim Brotherhood is...
Chelsea Clinton and hubby Marc Mezvinsky gaze adoringly at each other at amfAR gala
It's the look of love. Gazing adoringly -- and adorably -- at one another, Chelsea Clinton and husband Marc Mezvinsky strolled the red carpet Wednesday night hand in hand. The...
Park Avenue smash & grab
This time, it was the auction house that went under the hammer. A sledgehammer-wielding thief smashed his way into a Park Avenue auction house early yesterday and stole at least...
Plane crash in NJ
A 61-year-old pilot trying to land at a New Jersey airport suffered multiple leg fractures and facial and internal injuries when his single-engine Cessna crashed yesterday morning, police said. The...
Paterson's class act
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Hissy fit of French 'high' flier
A French national whose diet of whiskey and vodka aboard a JFK-bound jet led to him assaulting a flight attendant was hit yesterday with a $500 dollar fine and six...
Judge postpones Galleon trial
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Idiot prosti-teacher didn't learn lesson
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Ad 'merits' a look
An education-reform group is launching a multimillion-dollar TV ad blitz to persuade the state Legislature to repeal the "last in, first out" law requiring schools to lay off teachers based...
Whole Foods shares jump
Whole Foods Market surged 12 percent after the largest US natural-goods grocer raised its 2011 forecast to $1.20 a share, buoyed by freer-spending consumers prepared to pay for healthy food.
SI ferry's bidder end
Act fast and you could sail away with a ferry nice deal. Bidding closes at 8:16 p.m. tonight on the former Staten Island ferryboat Gov. Herbert H. Lehman -- available...
I.D. nightmare
Robert L. Viggiano, 47, is a happily married man with two kids and a successful plumbing business in Cold Spring, a quaint village of 2,000 in upstate Putnam County. Robert...
iPhone's icy signal
The next iPhone app should play the sound of chirping crickets. Verizon stores selling the long-awaited iPhone yesterday were as deserted as Times Square hours after the ball drop --...
Autistic 'attack' bus-t
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Blockbuster eyes sale
First, Blockbuster was busted. Now, it's on the block. The embattled video-rental chain, which filed for bankruptcy last September, is preparing to put itself up for sale, sources told The...
Welcome to the dog pack!
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Widow's fine art filched
High-end art thieves have heisted a dozen paintings worth at least $250,000 from the tony Hamptons estate of the late Bear Stearns billionaire Paul Hallingby Jr. in a caper that...
Madoff woes may hurt Mets' attendance
The Bernie Madoff stench surrounding the Mets may keep fans away from Citi Field this season, one Wall Street firm said yesterday. Moody's Investors Service said the Madoff trustee's efforts...
Biz panel: Call it the sub-millionaire's tax
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Espada 'still in charge'
A defiant, scandal-scarred Pedro Espada Jr. yesterday showed he remains in charge of his Bronx health-care empire despite a federal indictment that alleges he looted his clinics out of $500,000...
Walmart worry is growing
Shares of Walmart slumped 2 percent yesterday after an analyst warned it may take longer for the retail giant's sales to rebound. UBS Securities analyst Neil Currie cut his rating...
2nd Ave. merchants 'dig' subway spruce-up
Merchants whose cash flows have been derailed by the messy Second Avenue subway project are finally getting some love -- from the MTA. The agency has finished sprucing up one...
Imprisoned actor Lillo Brancato beats up inmate who wouldn't cut short phone call
He's still a punk. TV tough guy Lillo Brancato whaled on a fellow inmate at an upstate prison because the con wouldn't cut short a phone call to his wife,...
Celebs to 'ring up' truants
If their parents can't get truants to go to class, maybe Magic Johnson can. Or R&B superstar Trey Songz. Or the Mets' Jose Reyes. Even Mayor Bloomberg is going to...
Sheen wife gets custody
LOS ANGELES -- Troubled actor Charlie Sheen and his estranged wife, Brooke Mueller, have reached a divorce settlement in their brief marriage, which collapsed after the TV star assaulted her...
Mario to umpire Mets suit
Former Gov. Mario Cuomo has been tapped to mediate the $300 million-plus lawsuit that accuses the Mets owners of illegally profiting from Bernard Madoff's epic Ponzi scheme. The Queens native,...
'Death' for mobster
The US Justice Department will seek the death penalty in the upcoming mob trial of former Colombo crime family consigliere Joel "Joe Waverly" Cacace, who is charged with ordering a...
'Sex and stocks' plea deal
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Mike goes with 'gut' on NYSE merger
Mayor Bloomberg is bullish on the merger of the German and New York stock exchanges. "This is one of the better things for New York because what you'll do is...
Full $100B fitting GOP to a 'Tea'
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Warner Music, EMI racing to the auction block
Warner Music Group is pushing ahead with a sale in a bid to beat rival EMI to the punch, The Post has learned. Warner, hoping to get its sale in...
Rage in NY's Little Egypt
Little Egypt shuddered in fury. Dozens of Egyptian immigrants gathered yesterday in preparation of a celebration, but ended the day stunned by the refusal of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak to...
Skelos must lead
Gov. Cuomo now says he and his staff are "actively" trying to design changes to the state's "last in, first out" law for laying off teachers. That's great -- but...
Bad idea, Mike
If Mayor Bloomberg hopes to wrest from Albany the pension-reform goals he seeks and the city sorely needs, he should stop trying to pick the pockets of retired firefighters and...
'Wiseguy' farmed & dangerous
MARSING, Idaho -- To his neighbors, he was Jay Shaw, the guy with the vaguely New York accent. He was known for fixing computers, buying everything with cash, raising cows...
Sports Illustrated suits up for subscription app
Sports Illustrated today is expected to begin selling its first-ever digital subscription apps, which will be made available to smartphones using Google's Android system. Up until now, only single issues...
Fed insider splits with Ben over QE2
As an ultimate insider power couple, Jane and Kevin Warsh had enjoyed a comfortable low profile -- until now. She's an heir to the multibillion Estee Lauder cosmetics empire, and...
Here's the skinny on Diet Pepsi's new look
PepsiCo, looking to make its Diet Pepsi fizz with young women again, has hired "Modern Family" actor Sofia Vergara to be the face of the brand, The Post has learned....
Joey lawyer suspended
Long Island lawyer Dominic Barbara is headed for the bench -- but not the judicial kind. Barbara, whose clients have included Joey Buttafuoco, Jessica Hahn and Michael Lohan, has been...
CityTime scammer plea deal
It was time for a deal. A corrupt consultant to the scandal-scarred CityTime payroll project is spilling his guts about the scheme that swindled $80 million from its bloated budget....
Pol on the prowl was told: Cool it
Shamed former Congressman Christopher Lee was ordered by John Boehner to curtail his randy DC antics after word got around that the married lawmaker was dating a young salesclerk from...
Gals' fashion passion for Lindsay's killer dress
Leave it to Lindsay Lohan to turn her perp walk into a cat walk! The white-hot dress the "Mean Girls" star wore to her arraignment set the fashion world ablaze...
Bam raps broken promises
President Obama questioned Egypt's promises of reform yesterday in a statement seemingly directed to Cairo's protesting masses. "The Egyptian people have been told that there was a transition of authority,"...
Madoff's $83B customer
Norman F. Levy, a New York real estate broker described as a "surrogate father" to Bernard Madoff, transferred more than $83 billion in and out of his account with the...
$1.5M to hosp-scar gal
A Brooklyn home-health aide whose arms were horribly scarred after a screw-up at a city hospital settled her claim for $1.5 million yesterday, The Post has learned. Marie Louis-Jeune, 55,...
Terror of 'Hasid hoax'
The beards may have been fake, but the alleged Hasidic hoax heist of $7 million in Diamond District gems was terrifyingly real, says the man prosecutors call the unwitting stooge...
Bloomberg's Irish 'joke' draws gags
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Pirate's evil roulette game
The Somali pirate who led the hijacking of an American cargo ship is a bloodthirsty brigand who got his jollies playing a one-sided game of Russian roulette with the vessel's...
It's getting coup-coo
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Bus kills man, 76
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Errors shutter LI crime lab
Officials have ordered the shutdown of the drug chemistry section of the Nassau County crime lab. DA Kathleen Rice says the lab, which is under probation by a national accrediting...
OT goal by Kovalcuhk gives Devils win; No. 600 for Lemaire
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The Post Line
NCAA BasketballFavoriteLine UnderdogHARVARD10½YalePrinceton2COLUMBIACORNELL1½PennDARTMOUTH1½BrownIONA10SienaRIDER8½CanisiusFairfield10MANHATTANLOYOLA, MD.13NiagaraSt. Peter's8½MARISTETSU3½JacksonvilleNorth Florida7S.C.-UPSTATEW. CAROLINA8½ChattanoogaHome team in CAPSNBAFavoriteLineUnderdogLakers 2½KNICKSBOBCATS 7½NetsPACERS 8 TimberwolvesSpurs 3 SIXERSMAGIC 9 HornetsTrail Blazers 2½RAPTORSClippers 4 CAVALIERSHeat 7½PISTONSGRIZZLIES 5 BucksJAZZ 6½SunsNHLFavoriteLineUnderdogTHRASHERS-110-110RangersSharks$110-130DEVILSPenguins$125-145ISLANDERSB. JACKETS$120-140AvalancheBRUINS$110-130Red WingsBLUES$125-145WildBlackhawks$100-120STARSFLAMES$135-155Ducks
Jets tell Titans they can't talk to Callahan: report
The Jets denied the Titans request to interview assistant head coach Bill Callahan, ESPN.com reports . The Titans, who named Mike Munchak head coach this week, were interested in Callahan to...
Lucas gives more details on his rehab
Ray Lucas didn't shy away from hits on the football field, a tough-guy quarterback who played more like a linebacker during his NFL career. Turns out, all the pounding took...
Kobe leads Lakers past Celtics, into MSG tonight
BOSTON -- Kobe Bryant took no special pleasure in spoiling Ray Allen's record-setting night. Still, the Lakers sure enjoy ruining a Celtics celebration. "It's always fun to beat Boston," center...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 6 fur; $21,000; clm($15,000); 4upBROKEN HOME drops in class and switches to Dominguez after tiring badly and being claimed for the second consecutive start. TOUGH JOLTER closed to finish...
Tomorrow's Aqueduct Entries
Post Time: 12:30 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST6 fur; $16,000; clm($7,500); 4upPNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds2Little Wise Guy(L),123V Santiago3-9-5DiPrima 6-13Sumfun(L),123J Chavez5-8-5DiPrima 8-14All in No Outs(L),118T Kaplan2-1-1Toscano 3-11a-Sawtooth Mountain(L),123A Lezcano8-9-7Persaud...
Bill Smith At Yonkers
Post time: 7:10 p.m.Best Bet: Royal Cee Cee (6th)FIRST-1 1/16 ml pce; $12,000; claiming2Bonus Miles(C Manzi)4-3-35-16Spank Me Frank(D Dube)4-1-23-13Game Jocko(J Stratton)3-7-88-11Alexanderthegretn(EGdll)2-6-712-14Handfulofjuno(JBartlett)5-5-36-15Dontakeyourguns(SBochrd)4-5-610-17MajoJustDoIt(GBrennan)7-2-44-18SaulsbrooksFame(BHollnd)6-8-615-1SECOND-1 1/16 ml pc; $16,000; cond2Pricevalleyrevitp(CMnzi)8-3-47-51CrDreamCatcher(JGregory)2-7-35-16MotownDreamgirl(GBrennn)3-2-34-13AjsSendMoney(BHolland)5-8-810-14Numismatic(S Smith)5-1-612-15Dw's Captain(B Dobson)2-6-120-17Spicy Caviar(T...
Bill Smith At Meadowlands
Post time: 7:00 p.m.Best Bet: Ducky T Fra (2nd)FIRST-mile; trot; $11,000; conditional1Monsignor Flan(A Miller)8-1-23-14Tilly Bomb(J Campbell)6-1-109-25Whatnblazes(T Tetrick)3-8-37-22Edgar(R Silverman)5-3-115-13Crypto Man(R Pierce)9-4-55-16Enny Youngman(D Miller)3-1-48-17Spirit Raycer(Y Gingras)9-6-110-18L Dees Maggie(J Marohn)10-7-615-19Fortissimo(B Sears)5-3-18-110Jj'sFantasyColt(BSimpsn)4-3-415-1SECOND-ml pc; $12,500;...
5 questions for ... Harold Reynolds
With pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training, the MLB Network started their countdown of the 100 best players in the game on Thursday. Analyst Harold Reynolds chatted with The...
Santa Anita
Post time: 4:00 p.m. FIRST-5 ½ fur; $23,000; cl($30,0); 3YO PN Horse,Wt. Jockey Last 3 Odds 7 MillieNMare(L),121 MPdrza 2-x-x 2-1 4 RealRockprt(L),121 VEspna 3-3-3 5-2 1 Random Luck(L),121 PVlnza...
Aqueduct Charts
February 10, 2011 Cloudy And Fast. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST1m&70yds; $21,000; clm; 4upOff: 12:30 p.m.St. good, won drivingTime: 24.05, 48.14, 1:13.16, 1:38.50, 1:42.80.Trainer: Joseph ImperioWinner: CH G, 7, by...
Gulfstream
Post time: 12:55 p.m. All horses appear in post position order FIRST-6 fur; $18,500; clm($15,000); 3YO SOLDIERS TUNE drops in class after third in last two starts. QUISP broke maiden...
Fixing Burnett first task for new Yankees pitching coach
TAMPA -- New Yankees pitching coach Larry Rothschild knew the question was coming before it was even out of the reporter's mouth. "I know where you're going," Rothschild said with...
Gulfstream Results
FIRST-$15,000, mdn cl, 3YO F, 1m2Lily Rules (Maysonett) 3.403.002.401Exchange Chic (Leyva)11.805.0010Extract (Solis)2.40 Off 12:56. Time 1:39.72. Fast. * Exacta (2-1) $50.40 * $1 Superfecta (2-1-10-3) $186.50 * $1 Trifecta (2-1-10)...
Abdul-Jabbar: My cancer level's low
A few days after putting a comment on his Twitter account that he was cancer free, basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said yesterday that it was a "misstatement." "You're never really...
Vic C.'s Tampa Bay Grade
Post Time: 12:25 p.m.FIRST-6 ½ fur; $8,000; clm; 4up8-TheFinalRoar 1221-HuntingPrint 1226-AvantiAvanti 1222-FlintMountain 1227-Heaven'sRewrd 1223-True Values 1224-ForestCruiser 1229-PrinceDavid 1225-Mad Mecke 117SECOND-6 fur; $14,000; clm; 4up6-Wise Option 1201-The Kavorka 1205-Uno Again 1202-Quiteabitfmgc...
Mets owners strapped for cash, answers
You know that old song? "Yes, we have no bananas. We have no bananas today!" It still seems as if local baseball fans and sports media are whistling past the...
Rangers' Lundqvist strives to stop slump tonight
The Rangers haven't played since Monday, and nobody needed that time off more than Henrik Lundqvist. The All-Star goalie's slump that preceded this breather in the schedule is under a...
NFL owners balk at union's 50-50 proposal
The NFL's labor war turned for the worse yesterday when the owners canceled a second day of talks with the union. A lockout starting as soon as March 4 --...
Today's Sports on Air
Auto Racing5, 6:30 p.m.NASCAR: Sprint Cup, practiceSPEEDBasketball7 p.m.Nets at BobcatsYES, WBBR (1130 AM)7 p.m.Siena at IonaESPNU8 p.m.Lakers at KnicksESPN, MSG, ESPN (1050 AM)10:30 p.m.Suns at JazzESPNGolf8:30 a.m.European Tour: Omega Dubai...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-mile; trot; $10,000; cond.3Photo King (Berry) 15.207.404.006LoveUOvrndvr(Cmpbll)31.2010.004Cuzzin Rob (Gingras)3.80* Exacta (3-6) $272.20 * Trifecta (3-6-4) $688.00SECOND-mile; pace; $12,5005Some Girls Do (Sears) 2.202.102.104GordysFllyYenta(Mttns)5.003.207Studio Queen (Tetrick)2.80* Exacta (5-4) $10.60 * Trifecta (5-4-7)...
Mets' Parnell promises 'No more detours'
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Last spring, what Bobby Parnell considered a sure spot on the Mets' roster turned into a nearly three-month stint at Triple-A Buffalo. "I got caught up...
Lincoln player ejected in win
The final seconds of Lincoln's Brooklyn borough semifinal victory over South Shore might cost the Railsplitters a shot at the borough title and possibly a city crown as well. With...
Reyes ready to leg it out for Mets
Jose Reyes said he expects his walk year to be a run-like-hell year. "Last year there were some questions about my legs," the Mets shortstop said yesterday at Isaac Newton...
Tiger goes awry in Dubai
Rory McIlroy upstaged the world's top three golfers with a 7-under 65 yesterday in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to take the first-round lead at the Dubai Desert Classic, four shots...
Sports shorts
BLOTTER: Bonds charges reduced Federal prosecutors in San Francisco have filed their fourth version of the felony indictment against Barry Bonds, cutting the number of charges he faces from 11...
Islanders defeat Canadiens in shootout for Koskinen's first victory
MONTREAL -- The Islanders' fourth-string goalie showed no signs of being intimidated by a sold-out Bell Centre crowd. Kyle Okposo scored on the Isles' fourth shootout attempt and Mikko Koskinen...
Striped bass poaching big problem
As most of you know by now, striped bass poaching and over kills to the south have been so out of hand it appalled many anglers and non-anglers alike. Trawlers...
D'Antoni says fans' 'Melo Mania distraction for Knicks
Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni heard the "We Want 'Melo!" Garden chants during Wednesday night's depressing loss to the Clippers, and it was painful to his ears. One day after D'Antoni's...
Home Team Lineups
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Nicole has a bad fashion flashback!
SAY NO TO RETRO When Lionel Richie thinks back to his heyday in the ’80s, he probably grins all night long. Not so for his daughter, reality star-turned-fashion designer Nicole...
NYC Fashion Week kicks off, minimalism is major
While there’s revolution and uncertainty brewing in other parts of the world, it’s comforting that fashion for fall has continuity with what has come before. The minimalist, modernist trend that...
Weird but true
A DWI suspect in Sandusky, Ohio, spent the night in jail -- after pulling herself over. Nicole Scott, 27, stopped her car when she saw flashing lights in her rearview...
Heart of LIU beat long odds
The end of his basketball career seemed near -- suddenly, unfathomably near. After being named the 2008-09 Northeast Conference Rookie of the Year, LIU forward Julian Boyd's sophomore season would...
St. John's marching closer to tournament
It started so innocently, so innocuously: Dwight Hardy in the corner. At the moment, it seemed a mere momentum-buster, nothing more, a 3-pointer that halted a 12-1 Connecticut run, turned...
St. John's routs UConn
The question has tormented St. John's coach Steve Lavin like a morning mosquito buzzing in his ear: Is he a coach with substance who can pull together a team, or...
Perfection a process for Morrisania star
Ogechukwu Uwanaka hates dribbling. If she had her way, she wouldn’t do it at all. Nevermind that she’s a basketball player, one of the very best in PSAL Class B...
Gompers not a problem for Houston, Wings
Gompers was hanging around, much like the way the Panthers did against Wings Academy in two close losses in the regular season. The Wings were looking for something – anything...