February 12, 2011

Knicks' Stoudemire out, status unknown with toe injury

In awful timing, Amar'e Stoudemire is missing his first game with the Knicks as they face the Nets at Prudential Center. Stoudemire, who has a sprained right toe, was seen...

Seton Hall dismisses Lawrence, Jackson for 'conduct'

Seton Hall has dismissed seniors Keon Lawrence and Jamel Jackson from its basketball team. First-year head coach Kevin Willard announced the moves today, hours before the Pirates were to play...

Rag & Bone Fall 2011 show

Cynthia Rowley Fall 2011 show

Nicole Miller Fall 2011 show

Libertine

After a two-year hiatus, the return of Libertine to New York Fashion Week was a much-anticipated affair. With an amicable split between the two designers, Johnson Hartig and Cindy Greene,...

Teachers' union spot bashes Bloomberg over 'Last In/First Out' criticism

It’s personal! The teachers’ union launched a million-dollar TV ad blitz yesterday attacking Mayor Bloomberg for pushing to repeal the “Last In/First Out” state law that requires teachers be laid...

Jill Stuart

Taking a complete 180-degree turn from last season's romance with ivory, frothy-pleated frocks and chic embellished blouses, Jill Stuart started her fall collection with a series of boldly-hued shifts bearing...

Prabal Gurung

Has Prabal Gurung been struck by Cupid? So it seems. Opening his show with a breathy rendition of "Addicted to Love" and a crimson colored, full-skirted frock, the fashion industry...

threeASFOUR

Strings -- of harps, of violins, of parachutes--were the inspiration for always-experimental threeASFOUR (Bjork is a fan) design trio. The first model walked out wearing a one-piece black Lycra bodysuit...

Costello Tagliapietra

The crowd for Costello Tagliapietra's show at Milk Studios contained more bears than usual -- no, not the ursine forest animals, but the term for large, bearded -- often gay...

Wayne

Art seemed to play a key role in designer Wayne Lee’s Fall 2011 show, since “the collection is focused on the movement from darkness to light; change and rebirth,” by...

Doo.Ri

The large yet almost inconspicuous space at Eyebeam Gallery was the perfect complement to the Doo.Ri show. The edited colors of heather grey, black and dark blue stood by as...

Cynthia Rowley

The front row guests for the Cynthia Rowley seemed particularly chatty on Friday night. From the heavily eye-lined Alan Cumming talking with Glenda Bailey to Lauren Bush proudly showing off...

Rag & Bone

Walking into a Rag & Bone show is kind of like slinking into the coolest, newest nightclub south of 14th Street: Everyone’s beautiful (hello, Alexa Chung), the music is divine...

NAHM

Once, 25-year-old Ally (Alexandria) Hilfiger (yes, daughter of Tommy, thanks for asking) was inspired by the number 8. She painted canvas after canvas containing only that number. Now, along with...

The Lake & Stars

The Lake & Stars, a modern-chic lingerie line by Brooklyn designers Nikki Dekker and Maayan Zilberman, had its first Fashion Week showing since its 2008 inception, with a presentation at...

Presidential plans? Palin hires chief of staff

JUNEAU, Alaska — Sarah Palin has hired longtime political strategist Michael Glassner as chief of staff of her political action committee. The hire, confirmed to this morning by Palin aide...

Rebecca Taylor

It’s only day two of Fashion Week, but everyone’s already feelin’ groovy. PHOTOS: REBECCA TAYLOR Case in point: Rebecca Taylor’s feminine yet decidedly ‘70s-inspired collection. Working in shades of grey,...

Nicole Miller

New York fashion stalwart Nicole Miller unveiled a collection with a palatte that was like an overcast day at the beach. Grays and blacks fought out digitally printed patches of...

Jason Wu

Sharp elbows and keen style were on display as top editors with glossy blowouts packed Center548 for the chance to play armchair stylist to Mrs. Obama. After all, the First...

Archbishop Dolan to be deposed over missing sex-abuse settlement funds

Lawyers for alleged clergy sex-abuse victims in Milwaukee plan to depose New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan and several Catholic bishops in an ongoing lawsuit about missing church funds. Attorney Jeffrey...

Louisville holds off Syracuse, 73-69

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kyle Kuric scored 23 points, Preston Knowles added 22 and Peyton Siva dropped in the clinching free throws in the final moments to lead No. 16 Louisville...

Bomber kills 26 Shiite pilgrims in Iraq

BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber blew himself up today on a bus carrying Shiite pilgrims, officials said, killing 26 people headed back from a revered shrine that has been a...

Nightclub horror as San Diego cab plows into crowd

SAN DIEGO – A taxi driver plowed slowly through a crowd on a sidewalk in a popular restaurant and nightclub zone early this morning, severing the leg of one woman...

Wayne Rooney's golazo may be goal of the year, and clincher in United's crown

Wayne Rooney scored a sensational golazo to clinch a 2-1 win over rival Manchester City and keep Manchester United on track for a record English Premier League title today.Sir Alex Ferguson called it the...

'Killer' zoo tiger was taunted before attack

SAN FRANCISCO — A female Siberian tiger killed in a hail of police gunfire after fatally mauling a man at the San Francisco Zoo on Christmas Day 2007 likely was...

Algerians demand ouster of president

ALGIERS, Algeria -- Up to 2,000 demonstrators evaded massed police today to rally in a central Algiers square demanding that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika step down as the leaders of Egypt...

Protesters clean up Tahrir Square, as army pledges civilian rule

CAIRO — On Egypt's first day in nearly 30 years without Hosni Mubarak as president, its new military rulers promised today to abide by the peace treaty with Israel and...

EMS bigs with spotty pasts abruptly retire

A high-ranking FDNY emergency medical service chief who recently failed a random drug test and another chief with spotty timekeeping records have abruptly put in retirement papers, the Post has...

Lakers rout Knicks, 113-96

Madman eyed in four slayings arrested after yet another stabbing: cops

The madman responsible for four murders and three stabbings in Brooklyn was busted today after continuing his astoundingly bloody rampage on a crowded subway train in Manhattan, police said. Maksim...

Musharraf to defy Pakistan arrest warrant: spokesman

LONDON -- Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf will not comply with an arrest warrant issued by an Islamabad court over the assassination of ex-prime minister Benazir Bhutto, his London spokesman...

John F. Kennedy-Manhattan Center

Mets' Murphy gets shot at third different position

PORT ST. LUCIE — Never forget that it is called Murphy’s Law. For Daniel Murphy, whatever can go wrong, has gone wrong. The young Mets player was down-and-out for a...

PSAL/Private boys basketball roundup: Wadleigh tops Graphic Communications, returns to Manhattan final

The Tigers are back in the Manhattan borough championship game. Senior guard Trivante Bloodman poured in 28 points as top-seeded Wadleigh ousted No. 5 Graphic Communications, 63-57, in Harlem Friday...

Raimondi's PSAL girls basketball mock seeding

All the talk I've been hearing for the last few days has been in anticipation of the PSAL's girls basketball seeding. It seems like that’s what everyone – coaches, players...

St. Peter's closing brings sad end to era of success

It’s a reality that’s sadly becoming far too familiar, but never easier to stomach. St. Peter’s High School for Girls on Staten Island announced it will be closing its doors...

Staszewski's CHSAA Class AA state bracketology

It’s not March yet, but it’s never too early for some CHSAA Class AA state bracketology. The CHSAA state committee released the tournament pairings Thursday and we at The Post...

Girls basketball roundup: Lewis completes league season with win

Jazmine Hamlet had 19 points and 10 rebounds to lead Francis Lewis to a 55-41 win over Boys & Girls in a PSAL Queens/Brooklyn AA crossover girls basketball game Friday...

CHSAA boys basketball roundup: Molloy edges St. Francis Prep

Chris Garcia picked a great time to score his only point of the game, burying one free throw with 7.9 seconds left in the fourth quarter to seal a 56-55...

Strong 'D' leads to big 'W' for CK

Omar Calhoun stepped up in the fourth quarter, scoring seven of his team’s final nine points, but it was what Christ the King did on the defensive end that had...

Close call crushing for Conti, Cross

Every loss hurts for Evan Conti. If they didn’t, he wouldn’t be a competitor. But Friday night’s 57-53 home loss to Christ the King stings just a little more for...

Not worried about sowing seeds, Kennedy crushes Manhattan Center

Most people would think John F. Kennedy was ready to make a statement Friday night, to show the PSAL playoff seeding committee that it deserves a spot in the top...

Christ the King's Smith honored by McDonald's All-American nod

Bria Smith’s name was on the only list that mattered. When the McDonalds’ All-American game released its group of nominees for its girls basketball contest late last year, the Christ...

Ed Fountaine's stakes spot plays

SAM F. DAVIS Tampa Bay Downs, 10th race. Grade 3. Purse: $225,000. Mile-and-a-sixteenth, 3-year-olds. Post: 4:25 p.m. LOWDOWN: Washington’s Rules, second in his debut last summer at Saratoga at 38-1...

Naz's Ali overcoming injuries, commits to West Virginia

When Bra’Shey Ali first walked through the doors of St. Michael Academy three years ago, coach Apache Paschall thought he had his next McDonald’s All-American. “I felt her and Bria...

Dog show's tails from New York

Hamstrung

Writer/director Spike Lee, who's more honest and honestly entertaining than serial depressive Pulitzer winner Cormac McCarthy, got right to the point in 2001 by using the term, "super-duper magical negro."...

Knox flick 'fair'

Lifetime's upcoming Amanda Knox movie is "fair and balanced," producers claim. "Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy" executive producer Craig Piligian is defending the movie, based on the real-life...

Kid stuff

Today Drummer boys: The four percussionists who make up Heritage OP (Organic Percussion) are grown men, but they have all the energy of a group of little kids with African...

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Dog show's tails from New York

Of the 2,500 or so pooches participating in the 138th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Monday and Tuesday, the most call New York state home, with 255 four-legged Empire...

Show me the love

From doggie day care to pet therapy, the coddling of our pup population has created an entire industry of people who work in a parallel canine universe. “Because New Yorkers...

Ivanka creep caged

Ivanka Trump's fugitive suspected stalker was jailed in Los Angeles yesterday on a New York warrant -- and not a moment too soon. Schizophrenic trust-funder Justin Massler has gone not...

Schools' best asset: experienced teachers

THE ISSUE: New York state’s “last in, first out” law for handling teacher layoffs *** The Post claims that Mayor Bloomberg wants to minimize the impact of the layoffs by...

Will the army let go?

For three weeks, Egyptians, maybe in the millions, have marched to get rid of their president. Yesterday, they got what they wanted as President Hosni Mubarak announced his resignation. Cairo...

Hit-and-run bust at JFK

A man wanted for a hit-and-run crash outside Philadelphia was pulled off a flight at JFK as he tried to flee to his native Ireland, police said. Damian Crossan, 28,...

My buggy Valentine

If lingerie is too intimate and dinner out too pricey, the Bronx Zoo suggests a novel Valentine's Day gift -- a big roach. "Nothing says forever like a cockroach," quipped...

Mike: No free lunch

Mayor Bloomberg raised the possibility yesterday that cash-strapped schools would cut off lunch to high schools students whose parents are behind in their food bills. "It may be we get...

'Undetected stroke' alert on anemic kids

Doctors may be missing "silent strokes" in a small but significant number of children with severe anemia who may be labeled as slow learners when in fact they have a...

Mitt works Bam over

WASHINGTON -- Republican Mitt Romney accused President Obama yesterday of presiding over "the greatest job loss in modern American history" in a speech to conservatives that strongly hinted at a...

Baby cams recalled after deaths

WASHINGTON -- Nearly 2 million Summer Infant video baby monitors were recalled yesterday after being linked to the strangulations of two infants. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says the electrical...

GOP freshmen budget slashers cheer $61B win

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans called for cuts in hundreds of programs across the face of government last night in a $61 billion savings package toughened at the last minute at...

$150,000 & a dream

Upper West Sider Aaron Harris, the 26-year-old CEO of tech start-up Tutorspree, escaped the snowy Big Apple last month for a stint in Silicon Valley -- where it's been raining...

Real dumbbells

The locker room at a Manhattan gym frequented by celebs was shut down yesterday by city inspectors, according to a published report. A vacate order was issued to SoulCycle in...

Starting to slice some sacred cows

House Democrats have been taunting Republi cans to come up with concrete budget cuts ever since the GOP rode to victory last November on a platform of reducing spending. Now...

Egypt's new leader stuck in old ways

Egypt's new strongman is called "Mubarak's poodle" by junior military officers. Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, the 75- year-old defense minister, also is considered too old, unwilling to change and...

SAC trades look fishy: report

Sac Capital Advisors LP traded at least 11 stocks near the time of insider trading in the same shares that prosecutors have identified at other hedge funds, according to data...

Irish eyes unsmiling

Saints preserve us! Has Irish America lost its sense of humor? Could be. At least nobody was laughing at Mayor Bloomberg's off-the-cuff attempt at ethnic drollery, delivered Wednesday to the...

Patty-ache

Officials of the NYPD and the St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee are negotiating the length of next month's historic march and at stake is the site that Mayor Bloomberg laughingly...

SEC: IndyMac execs lied about finances

Three former top executives at failed mortgage lender IndyMac Bancorp were accused of misleading investors about the entity's poor financial condition in lawsuits filed on Friday by US Securities regulators....

Lidle saw his doom

Tragic Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle and his flight-instructor pal knew what was coming before their private plane crashed into an Upper East Side apartment building, according to pathologist Dr. Michael...

Mike: Albany $inking NYC

Mayor Bloomberg hinted yesterday that tax revenues are far exceeding projections, saying that except for proposed cutbacks from Albany the city would be in excellent financial condition. "If it wasn't...

From pilot to the Pharaoh

Hosni Mubarak dodged assassins' bullets, became a pillar of America's Mideast policy -- and amassed a multibillion-dollar fortune during his 30 years of iron-fisted rule in Cairo. But the veteran...

Pak slay standoff

LAHORE, Pakistan -- Pakistani police yesterday accused an American held in a pair of shootings of committing "coldblooded murder," while a judge ordered the man's detention extended for 14 days...

Mom lashes out

WASHINGTON -- As the man convicted of killing DC intern Chandra Levy nearly a decade ago was sentenced yesterday to 60 years in prison, her mother, Susan, asked Ingmar Guandique...

iPads turn hotel into The iPlaza

When it comes to luxury at The Plaza, there's an app for that. The storied Fifth Avenue hotel has taken a leap into the 21st century by installing iPads for...

FBI's probe levels fund

Level Global, a successful $3 billion Greenwich hedge fund founded by two former traders of SAC Capital Management, told investors yesterday that it's shutting its doors under the burden of...

Bam must manage a huge US stake

Now comes the hard part. The glori ous spectacle of a non-violent upris ing that has deposed a 30-year des pot in 18 days without firing a shot is giving...

Oprah cable ca$h

The Queen of All Media needs a cash infusion. Discovery Communications is pumping another $50 million into a joint venture for Oprah's new cable channel, bringing its total investment to...

City motorcycle deaths on rise

There's no easy riding on the streets of New York. Thirty-nine people died on motorcycles in the five boroughs in 2010, an increase of 10 -- or 34 percent --...

NYPD Daily Blotter

Manhattan Two high-school students were taken into custody after a 14-year-old boy was shot yesterday in East Harlem, police sources said. The bullet struck the boy's left arm at about...

Fannie, Freddie options are laid out

The White House launched its first trial balloon yesterday on how Uncle Sam might wriggle out of its $11 trillion mortgage-market straitjacket without setting off a housing panic. The plan,...

Art heist 'suspects'

Cops probing last weekend's $250,000 art theft at a late billionaire's Hamptons mansion are keeping an eye on the help. Southampton Village police say they're checking out cable guys and...

World hails new hope

LONDON -- Fireworks and celebratory gunfire rang out in Tunisia and Lebanon; South Africans recalled Nelson Mandela's euphoric release from prison; and two words -- "Congrats Egypt" -- dominated social...

Espada $$ twist

The state canceled a $3 million construction grant to Pedro Espada's Soundview Health Care Center because of federal charges that he looted other funds, officials said. Albany yanked the funding...

Joy in Astoria

Queens' Little Egypt was the loudest place in the city the moment Hosni Mubarak resigned. Car horns honked and friends shouted congratulatory greetings along Astoria's Steinway Street. Inside the Egyptian...

Fireman's 'ball: $122M

A former Bronx firefighter, burned out of house and home a year ago, bought a Powerball lottery ticket at his local Laundromat and hit the $122 million jackpot, officials said...

BMW jacker slain in Fla.

The two-week manhunt for the BMW-loving lunatic who abducted a Jersey man trying to sell his car, beat him into a coma and locked him in his own trunk ended...

Hosp-data swipe costing $6M

It happens every day: Someone forgets to lock a car, and an opportunistic thief makes off with contents worth a few hundred bucks. But when the unlocked vehicle contains confidential...

SI sets 'all access' digital, print plan

Sports Illustrated unveiled an "all access" digital-subscription plan yesterday that will allow consumers to pay one price and receive the printed weekly magazine and a digital version -- on PCs...

Egypt's president goes out with a whimper

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak bitterly blamed the United States for sowing democracy in the Mideast -- and warned it would reap Muslim extremism -- before he resigned yesterday in a...

Business briefs

Hefner hit Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion is worth $54 mil lion, or 45 times what Playboy Enterprises claimed, according to a shareholder suit challeng ing his takeover attempt.Pandora IPO Pandora...

HypocrisyLeaks

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange claims to be a champion of press freedom and the public's right to know. So why is his tell-all Web site taking "legal action" against a...

Deutsche Bank: gone at last

It took 10 years and cost two firefighters their lives, but the Deutsche Bank building in Lower Manhattan has finally been torn down. Well, almost -- the 41-story tower is...

Leadership test

After 18 days of a generally peaceful, popular uprising, the three-decade rule of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak came to an end yesterday. What will come next? Good things don't happen...

Flower killer's twisted quest

The smiling, flower-toting killer who burst into his wife's workplace and gunned her down had dumped her while she was wasting away from kidney disease -- but wanted her back...

Slow road for Nokia, Microsoft

Nokia sure is taking its time putting out the fire on its "burning platform." The company announced a bold new direction yesterday by partnering with Microsoft on its mobile strategy...

Mubarak exit may blow Zell's $220M gas bet

The military takeover in Egypt may spell bad news for billionaire Sam Zell and his roughly $220 million energy bet in the Middle East. The real-estate baron has a 10...

Craigslist congressman and wife trying to work things out

The "humiliated" wife of shamed Craigslist Congressman Christopher Lee has rushed to his side and is "hoping to work things out" with him at an ultra-private Florida enclave, sources close...

'Role playing' sicko's kid-perv rap

DETROIT -- A 54-year-old Boston-area man traveled to Michigan to have sex with a 13-year-old girl who was his bride in an online role-playing game, authorities in Detroit said yesterday....

Minorities falling at elite high schools

The number of black and Hispanic students who qualified for the city's top-tier high schools continued its downward trend in 2010 -- even though many more minority students are applying,...

Quilt-thinking heroes

Two brave little brothers leaped from a burning Bronx building yesterday to the safety of a quilt held taut by good Samaritans, as quick-acting firefighters rescued a third brother from...

Bx. school lockdown

A Bronx school was locked down yesterday after two gunmen who had shot a teen nearby darted into the building, sources said. The attackers fled to PS 129 after shooting...

Brooklyn son goes on 'stabbing and carjacking rampage'

A knife-wielding madman went on a wild killing spree that spilled blood across Brooklyn after he flew into a rage because his stepfather refused to let him drive the family...

Weekly animals gallery

Gaga’s spring ‘crop’

Sporting a short new ’do, Lady Gaga puts her eccentric spin on spring style in Vogue’s March issue (inset). The pop diva, also on the mag’s cover, released her single...

Tomorrow's Aqueduct Entries

Post Time: 12:30 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST1 mile; $17,000; clm($7,500); 4upPNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1Ecru Egret(L),116C Amaro10-6-5Persaud 30-12Undocumented(L),123D Cohen6-3-9Balsamo 6-13Stopbluffing(L),123M Luzzi3-3-2Brown 2-14Old Man Buck(L),123RDominguez4-1-1Balsamo 7-55Lohad(L),123C Lopez6-5-1Grusmark 8-16Incredible Speed(L),123J...

Bill Smith At Yonkers

Post time: 7:10 p.m.Best Bet: Wellthereyougo (12th)FIRST-1 1/16 ml pc; $16,000; conditional3LightningElvis(GBrennan)1-8-89-51Clown's Smile(B Miller)3-5-24-14Get Jazzed(S Bouchard)1-6-610-12Shotgun A(S Vallee)5-5-68-15CAMarauder(JPantaleano)6-6-28-16CheyenneKnight(LStalbam)7-1-210-17AnnouncementN(JBartlett)9-2-26-18Tarver Hanover(C Manzi)4-7-515-1SECOND-1 1/16 ml pc; $20,000; claiming5HeDaCoolMan(JPantaleano)4-4-34-12Western Bay(J Bartlett)6-6-13-18Lilsharkshooter(GBrennn)4-1-85-11SpecializedMotion(BMllr)8-6-56-13Ny Ice(S Smith)5-5-410-14Royal Man(J...

Bill Smith At Meadowlands

Post time: 7:00 p.m.Best Bet: Jls Man Of Action (9th)FIRST-mile; pace; $9,000; conditional2Dream Proof(D Miller)8-4-315-18BewareOfDarkness(TTtrck)3-7-67-24AnotherHomerN(YGingras)3-8-83-11The Pokester(M Lewis)8-6-620-13MysticalDelight(BDobson)5-9-615-15StrangeHanover(JCampbll)1-7-29-26Kings Point(H Landy)10-4-x6-17StorminRustler(AMiller)5-7-58-19IndianGiverN(BSimpson)9-2-910-110CannaeBarron(JMarshall)9-7-78-1SECOND-mile; pace; $13,000; claiming8HennessyHanover(BSears)4-2-44-17Boo's Boy(T Tetrick)1-4-12-13Royal Nation(A Miller)2-1-15-11Wildridge Sam(B Simpson)5-6-715-12Got It Seeled...

Knicks president agrees, Carmelo rumors taking toll

Knicks president Donnie Walsh has noticed the irony. The Knicks have fallen off since the Nets pulled out of the Carmelo Anthony deal, which turned the focus to his club....

Rex makes latest Super guarantee

Rex Ryan didn't quite channel Jets great Joe Namath during the Knicks' 113-96 loss to the Lakers last night at the Garden, but he was close, essentially guaranteeing a Jets...

Devils defeat Sharks

It's serious now. The Preposterous Dream is no longer implausible, not when the Devils perform feats like this. For the second straight evening, the Devils last night overcame a third-period...

New MMA event debuts tonight at Meadowlands

When Scott Coker was a young lad learning martial arts, it was in tournaments where he tested his skills. His preference for that form of competition was the inspiration for...

Nets beat Bobcats for rare road win

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Desperate Nets coach Avery Johnson tweaked the travel schedule to create a spark, and big man Brook Lopez remembered how to rebound. Combine that with a brutal...

Vic Cangialosi's Santa Anita

Post time: 3:30 p.m. FIRST-1 1/16m; $23,000; cl($30,0); 3YO PN Horse,Wt. Jockey Last 3 Odds 7 SeekingSlce(L),121 GGomz 7-5-x 5-2 3 T.K.Fortysx(L),121 MPdrza 5-6-5 3-1 1 I'mtheGold(L),121 EMldno 5-x-x 20-1...

Girlfriend says Knicks job would bring Jackson 'full circle'

If Lakers coach Phil Jackson goes through with his promise that this will be his last season as an NBA coach, last night's 113-96 triumph over the Knicks marked his...

Artest has eye on Knicks

Count Ron Artest among those hoping Caremlo Anthony lands in the Big Apple. "I hope they get him," the Queensbridge native said of the Knicks before quickly and playfully adding,...

Islanders pound Penguins; 346 penalty minutes

The Islanders battered goalie Brent Johnson with their sticks and their fists, and didn't need any help from Rick DiPietro to do it. Just nine days after Johnson beat the...

Aqueduct Analysis

Today's analysis.1. 6 fur; $16,000; clm($7,500); 4upALL IN NO OUTS makes first start since July and he won at this claiming level in April. LEAP DAY finished fourth this distance and...

Sports shorts

NBA: LeBron, fan in verbal spat In Auburn Hills, Mich., LeBron James had 16 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds to lead the Heat to their eighth straight victory, 106-92...

Vic C.'s Philadelphia Parx Grade

Post Time: 12:25 p.m.FIRST-6 ½ fur; $22,000; clm; 4up3-Tootnmnybgs 1221-OneToughBelle 1225-SeekingGlory 1152-Northrnstrglw 1226-MissDuckhorn 1227-Lead Time 1224-BlushingSkier 122SECOND-1 1/16m; $25,000; alw; 4up7-Cadence King 1171-Danger Angel 1175-Pablito P 1172-Mestic 1176-Bird's I D...

Vic C's Philadelphia Parx Grade

Post time: 12:55 p.m. All horses appear in post position order FIRST-6 fur; $18,500; clm($15,000); 3YO BROOKS LASS removes the blinkers after tiring last out. REMEMBER LYNN finished third in...

Granderson feels more in swing with Yankees

TAMPA -- When Curtis Granderson stepped into the batting cage for the first time this winter, he paused. The Yankees center fielder had to think back to all the drills...

Mets' Santana can play catch

PORT ST. LUCIE --The Mets still don't know when Johan Santana will be back on the mound, but entering a season filled with uncertainty, they at least know their ace...

Meadowlands Results

FIRST-mile; trot; $11,000; cond.6EnnyYogmn(DMllr) 12.205.404.201Monsignor Flan (AMiller)3.602.807Spirit Raycer (Gingras)4.80* Exacta (6-1) $63.00 * Trifecta (6-1-7) $267.20SECOND-mile; pace; $12,500; cond.6SnshneSprmn(DMllr) 3.202.602.408War And Peace (Berry)21.009.409Cm'sYnkeePrde(Prce)3.20* Exacta (6-8) $85.20 * Trifecta (6-8-9) $235.40...

Weight loss should help Yankees' Sabathia with knee

CC Sabathia admits his right knee hurt last season, which prompted the Yankees' ace lefty to have offseason surgery after the team's elimination in the ALCS. He would like to...

Tiger claws way into hunt in Dubai

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Strong off the tee and hitting his shots with exquisite control, Tiger Woods seemed like his old self. He turned in the day's best score...

Christ the King buckles down in 4th

Omar Calhoun stepped up in the fourth quarter, scoring seven of his team's final nine points, but it was what Christ the King did on the defensive end that had...

Energized Chavez ready to go for Yankees

TAMPA -- At the end of last season, Eric Chavez thought his career might be over. His previous four seasons all had been ended by injury. The only team he...

Rangers lose to Thrashers, skid at 6

ATLANTA -- In the first five losses of what now is a six-game skid, the Rangers were beaten by the Panthers, Penguins (in a shootout), Devils, Canadiens and Red Wings....

Chants could turn on Knicks coach

It doesn't matter that Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni probably is right, that his team is being granted no favors by the constant specter of Carmelo Anthony's shadow looming over everything...

Knicks lose to Lakers

Go get Carmelo Anthony. That was Kobe Bryant's message to the Knicks last night after he ransacked the Garden with a virtuoso performance -- 33 points in 29 minutes --...

Knicks' Felton says trade rumors 'really get on my nerves'

A visibly vexed Raymond Felton had no problem pointing to the cause of the Knicks' recent slide: 'Melo drama. After last night's 113-96 loss to the defending champion Lakers, Felton...

Rangers' Avery furious at officiating

ATLANTA -- It was like the Bad Old Days for Sean Avery, whose reformation was overlooked last night by an officiating crew that treated No. 16 as if it were...

The Post Line

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Rebecca Taylor Fall 2011 show

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Behives and bowties, oh my!

Embellishment and masculine/feminine pairings are shaping up to be themes for New York collections. Jason Wu, who catapulted to fame with Michelle Obama’s inauguration ball gown, enjoyed quite a bit...

Fashion buzz

NOT SO SHORE As a flapper girl on HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire,” Paz de la Huerta lives a charmed life in Prohibition-era Atlantic City. However, the native New Yorker isn’t such...

Weird but true

He couldn't escape the long arm of the law. Cops found a 3-foot-11 murder suspect hiding in El Salvador and flew him back to the United States yesterday to face...

Big East might be too big for own good

It would be easy to dismiss Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun's postgame rant as the in-the-moment grousing of a losing coach who is not, and never will be, accustomed to losing....

Iona nips Siena

Mike Glover scored 22 points and Iona held off a late Siena rally to win 69-65 last night in New Rochelle snapping a 10-game losing streak against the Saints. The...

Bryant scores 33 points as Lakers rout Knicks

NEW YORK — Kobe Bryant scored 33 points in another effortless night at Madison Square Garden, and the Los Angeles Lakers cruised to a 113-96 victory over the struggling New...

Kane's two third-period goals lift Atlanta

ATLANTA — Evander Kane scored two third-period goals, Anthony Stewart had a goal and an assist and the Atlanta Thrashers stopped a four-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory over...

Islanders beat Penguins with fists and sticks

UNIONDALE, N.Y. — John Tavares, Matt Moulson and rookie Michael Grabner all scored their 20th goal of the season and the New York Islanders got some revenge against the injury-depleted...

The pod people are coming!

The 1950s saw the release of some of the best sci-fi chillers ever. One of the best of the best is Don Siegel's "Invasion of the Body Snatchers,'' unreeling Feb....