February 13, 2011
Two hospital workers dead in LI wreck
Two young hospital workers and a friend died in a fiery one-car crash on Long Island early this morning after their car swerved off the road and smashed into a...
Diane von Furstenberg
Diane Von Furstenberg is always one of the biggest shows of New York Fashion Week -- and for good reason, with hard-edged feminine designs on the runway mixed with bold...
Grabner's hat trick lifts Islanders over Sabres, 7-6
Michael Grabner capped a three-goal game by scoring with 2:05 left in overtime in leading the injury- and suspension-depleted New York Islanders to a come-from-behind 7-6 win over the Buffalo...
Four horses go down in Aqueduct spill, one dead; two jockeys sent to hospital
Sunday's racing at Aqueduct ended with a horrifying chain-reaction spill as Honor Ernesto, setting the pace around the far turn in the ninth race, broke down badly and fell, pitching...
Rangers end losing streak at 6 with win over Penguins
Ryan Callahan had two goals and an assist for the Rangers, who broke out of their offensive doldrums and snapped a six-game losing streak with a 5-3 victory over the...
Earnhardt Jr. wins pole for Daytona 500
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR is back - and so is Juniormania. Dale Earnhardt Jr. reclaimed the spotlight in Daytona speedweeks, winning pole position for the Daytona 500 with a...
Fairfield beats St. Peter's in overtime
Derek Needham scored 18 points to lead Fairfield over Saint Peter's 70-69 in overtime on Sunday. The Stags (20-5, 13-2 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) led 59-55 after a 3-pointer from...
Manhattan hangs on to beat Siena, 84-81
George Beamon scored a career-high 35 points and Manhattan held off a late rally by Siena to win 84-81 on Sunday, ending a three-game skid and splitting the season series....
Oscar Watch: Fincher stops 'King's Speech' rout at British academy awards
The BAFTAs, which looked to be an utter celebration of "The Kings Speech'' for supposedly reviving the British film industry, offered up a major surprise when the Best Director prize...
Porn star tells Charlie Sheen 'I'm pregnant': report
LOS ANGELES -- Kacey Jordan, the porn actress who partied with actor Charlie Sheen just before he was hospitalized for severe abdominal pain and subsequently entered rehab, text messaged the...
Celtics improve to 3-0 against Heat
BOSTON -- Rajon Rondo had a triple-double with 11 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds, and the defending Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics beat the Miami Heat 85-82 on Sunday...
Red Bulls aim for Shield first, then Cup
True to his European roots, Red Bull coach Hans Backe hasn’t fully embraced the American obsession with playoffs yet. That’s probably why -- while he maintains his team can win...
DKNY
Just because Donna Karan is one decade behind -- her DKNY collection was an updated riff on '60s mod, while most other brands are riding the '70s trend -- doesn't...
Catherine Malandrino
Opting to present her collection in the old New York Times building, Catherine Malandrino declared that her fall collection "isn't about looking back, it's about looking towards the future." Hoisting...
Victoria Beckham
Even though Victoria Beckham didn’t find out she was pregnant until after she designed her fall line, there is still a surprising number of voluminous shapes: "While I have retained...
Daryl K
For her return to the runway after a long absence, downtown rock-chic designer Daryl K cast real women off the street (and from Facebook), who walked alongside professional models. There...
Band of Outsiders
Usually showing his line(s) at presentations, designer Scott Sternberg pulled out all the stops for his Fall 2011 runway show -- and since he had Anna Wintour and Grace Coddington...
'Rot in hell!' Crowd taunts 'butcher' Gelman on way to court
Angry onlookers shouted " Pig!’ and "Rot in hell!" at alleged Brooklyn butcher Maksim Gelman today as he was led from the 61st Precinct in Brooklyn for his arraignment on...
Suno
The crowd at Milk Studios last night could be an indication of just how popular Suno has become over the fashion seasons, and once you flip through the images, you’ll...
Alexander Wang
The buzz at Alexander Wang was already skyrocketing, what with his first freestanding store at 103 Grand St. set to open this coming week. Throw in some Alicia Keys (who...
Philosophy
The location of the showroom, the crowd, which included Emmanuelle Alt and a number of fashionable Italians exchanging “Ciao” all made you think you had stepped into Europe. Then, once...
Erin
Talking about downsizing: Erin Fetherston is not only lowering her price points, but she also slashed her last name off of her newest collection, Erin. But fans needn't worry: Inspired...
Charlotte Ronson
Though Fashion Week unveils the new and unexpected each season, it's nice to know that some brands hold steadfastly on to tradition. VIDEO: ROCK 'N' ROLL MEETS CHIC WITH CHARLOTTE...
First lady Michelle Obama says laughter is key to togetherness
WASHINGTON — Here's Michelle Obama's advice for couples this Valentine's Day: laugh with your partner. She says it's what she and President Barack Obama do, and it seems to be...
Subway slash victim's harrowing tale: 'I can't die on this train'
Joseph Lozito, blood pouring from a gaping slash on his head, had a harsh warning for Brooklyn butcher Maksim Gelman after taking him down aboard a packed No. 3 train...
St. John's edges Cincinnati after blowing 12-point lead
CINCINNATI — A 12-point lead had slipped away. Every shot was deflecting off the rim. St. John’s was facing another last-minute meltdown. A few free throws made up for 8...
Lemieux bashes NHL for handling of Islanders-Penguins brawls
Pittsburgh Penguins owner Mario Lemieux said the NHL failed in its punishment of the Islanders following a fight-filled game between the teams — and went so far as to question...
It ain't fair! Home-invasion horror suspect wants new judge
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A hearing has been scheduled on a request by a Connecticut man charged with a deadly home invasion to disqualify the judge. Attorneys for Joshua Komisarjevsky...
'Imperfection' in fatal gas pipe blast
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Investigators looking into the cause of a gas explosion that killed five people in Allentown, Pa., last week are focusing on an "imperfection" in a pipe near...
Devils’ Brodeur doesn’t expect to return this week: report
Martin Brodeur does not think he will be back for the Devils’ crucial three-game stretch this week. The Devils goalie told NJ.com that he is unlikely return when the team...
House Speaker Boehner urging Obama to make $61B in cuts
WASHINGTON — House Speaker John Boehner said today that he wants President Barack Obama to support Republican efforts to make deep cuts in this year's budget as a down payment...
Tiger falls short in Dubai with final round 75
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Tiger Woods stumbled in a bid for his first victory in 15 months Sunday, leaving Alvaro Quiros to win the Dubai Desert Classic with a...
Islanders fined $100,000 for brawls with Penguins
The NHL suspended Islanders forwards Trevor Gillies for nine games, Matt Martin for four, and handed the club a $100,000 fine late Saturday night for their actions in a fight-filled...
Route of all evil: Maksim Gelman’s 28-hour trail of blood
Follow the rampage in Broolyn and Manhattan that left four dead: THE KILLINGS 1. 2830 E. 27th St., 5 a.m. Friday Gelman, 23, savagely stabs his mother’s boyfriend, Alexsandr Kuznetsov,...
Egypt’s military rulers dissolve parliament, suspend constitution
CAIRO -- Egypt's new military rulers suspended the country's constitution today and dissolved the parliament, which was dominated by former president Hosni Mubarak's ruling party, after he was overthrown in...
A Valentine for guys
Stand-up comedian Marc Maron hosts the popular podcast "WTF with Marc Maron" and is currently working on his second memoir "Attempting Normal" about his struggles to stay out his head,...
VOTE: Top NYC basketball players of the last 25 years
The New York Post has named its Top 25 New York City high school basketball players from the past 25 years. Now we need you to pick a starting five...
CHSAA girls basketball roundup: SFP's Senior Night spoilers strike again
Seniors beware. For the second straight time, St. Francis Prep took down a league foe on its Senior Night. The Terriers bested Archbishop Molloy 46-41 in a CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens girls...
Better late than never: Ali sits first half, helps Naz to win
Bra’Shey Ali felt personally accountable. She and Nazareth teammates Darius Faulk and Brianna Sidney were late arriving to the team’s game Saturday, making it after warm-ups, and coach Apache Paschall...
Comedic Crump all in with this Wadleigh team
By mid February, Mike Crump is usually ready for a break from basketball. The Wadleigh boys basketball coach often leaves the PSAL seeding meeting for the city’s other coaches to...
Players pledge fitting end to final St. Peter's season
Tears turned to cheers for St. Peter’s. “We actually have something to fight for,” senior center Ashley Motrechuk said. “We don’t just play on Peter’s. We play for Peter’s." A...
PSAL's best backcourt? Stokes and Whitehead state their case, leading Lincoln to Brooklyn crown
When Shaquille Stokes landed at Lincoln two years ago, he was mentored by Lance Stephenson, the all-time leading scorer in New York State history. Now, as a senior himself, Stokes...
Signs of age all over town
These are not signs of the times. Despite the Big Apple’s relentless march forward, ancient ads for long-shuttered businesses are still sitting pretty on city buildings. And one city newsstand...
Braziller's PSAL boys basketball mock seeding
The action on the court in Saturday’s PSAL boys basketball borough finals wasn’t exactly enthralling. A few good things did come out of the lopsided title games – it gave...
Chandler leads Knicks over Nets
The Knicks came to the rivalry that really isn’t a rivalry on the banks of the mighty Passaic — or on the west side of the Hudson if you must...
Raimondi's reaction to PSAL Class AA girls basketball seeding
Coming into the PSAL girls basketball seeding meeting, most people thought the big story would be which team – John F. Kennedy or Francis Lewis – would be given the...
Prokhorov tactics could still land ’Melo
Mikhail Prokhorov must’ve have majored in psychological warfare. Maybe I’m giving the Nets’ majority owner too much credit for consciously planting the seeds of unrest at Madison Square Garden, but...
The Mecca Challenge roundup: Odom, South Shore can't fight past Vianney
What should have been a satisfying effort for South Shore turned into a frustrating final minutes. The Vikings fell 60-45 to New Jersey power St. John Vianney at The Mecca...
Bergtraum halts Moore's upset bid with late stops
The script played out like so many others for Murry Bergtraum this season. The Lady Blazers started slow, completed a fast and furious comeback and then made all the plays...
Hostos Super Saturday roundup: Kennedy beats Spellman in Battle of The Bronx
At first glance, it was a game that didn’t mean a whole lot. John F. Kennedy was waiting on its PSAL playoff seeding and Cardinal Spellman is finishing up its...
Patriots beat Mount Vernon, playing well heading into postseason
To say Francis Lewis limped to the finish line last year would be an understatement. The Patriots played their worst basketball of the season near the end and it resulted...
10 most pressing matters for Yankees
1. Who is Derek Jeter? Can the career .314 hitter rebound from a career-low .270 season? If he struggles early, does manager Joe Girardi take him out of the leadoff...
Yankees pitching coach has burdens beyond Burnett
TAMPA — Fixing A.J. Burnett is not the only challenge facing new Yankees pitching coach Larry Rothschild. The 56-year-old was hired in November to replace Dave Eiland as the team’s...
Good turns to bad for St. Peter's in SIHSL tourney final
It was all good for St. Peter’s in the first half as the Eagles went into the locker room at halftime of the Staten Island High School League (SIHSL) tournament...
With no Lee or Pettitte, Burnett top priority for Yankees
Even if A.J. Burnett rebounds from a atrocious 2010 season, there is no guarantee all the Yankees’ questions will be showered by a positive light. But if the veteran right-hander...
25 for 25: The Post’s top boys basketball players
In the past 25 boys basketball seasons, New York City has produced 29 McDonald's All-Americans, more than 100 Division I players, three NCAA champions, and two NBA champs. The New...
Making history: MSIT claims first SIHSL tournament title
Josh Good remembers the feeling, when McKee/Staten Island Tech was so close to tasting victory in the Staten Island High School League (SIHSL) tournament title game only to have it...
Fedor beaten in Strikeforce tournament
The crowd at the IZOD Center chanted "Fedor, Fedor" as the man called the Last Emperor left the cage Saturday night at the Meadowlands. But the chants weren't in celebration...
Pujols tops Hardball’s list of issues outside New York
Both New York teams had money problems in the offseason: The Yankees could not give theirs away to the player they desired most, and the Mets wanted to avoid giving...
10 most pressing matters for Mets
1. Can the Wilpons weather the Madoff lawsuit and invest dollars in talent? Fred Wilpon will have a difficult time finding a taker for 25 percent of the team willing...
Mets' Holt trying to get career pointed north
PORT ST. LUCIE — Brad Holt was selected by the Mets with the 33rd pick in the 2008 amateur draft, just 15 spots behind Ike Davis. And though Davis, after...
Mets look like no-ring circus
The circus is coming this week to Port St. Lucie, Fla., but where will they find a tent big enough for so many sideshows? If this wasn’t the most turbulent...
Media never presses issues for fans
Interesting, that the news media paid such strong and harsh attention to the Jerry Jones/NFL 400 seats foul-up at the Pittsburgh-Green Bay Super Bowl in Texas. Yep, greed kills. Yet,...
Serby's NFL labor Q&A with ... Kevin Mawae
The Post's Steve Serby breaks down the NFL's labor issues with the former Jets center who is the president of the NFL Players Association. Q: Do you fear Doomsday is...
Pros must be perfect on anthem
If you want to sing the national anthem and not sound like a hungry cat wailing at the moon, you have to have some pipes. It’s a hard song to...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS SOFIA VERGARA “Modern Family” actress is the national face for new Diet Pepsi campaign. RALPH LAUREN Shares of the fashion house hit a 52-week high earlier this week; profits...
Night: simply enchanting
The vintage ’70s beat goes on for fall. At Jill Stuart, it’s her favorite era.This season, she as inspired by the Black Forest, otherwise known as the Enchanted Forest. “There’s...
The Rumble
SNY is providing hope to Little Leaguers (ages 6-12) in the tri-state area with its new charitable baseball initiative called Play Ball! presented by Sports Authority. The network will distribute...
Fashion buzz
FIELD DAY Strutting into her birthday-meets-Valentine’s Day bash at Capital on Friday at midnight, Patricia Field spent her first moments as a 69-year-old in dazzling fashion. The famed “Sex and...
Super sub: Jenkins heats up like 'The Microwave,' leads Wings to Bronx crown
Billy Turnage likes to think of Justin Jenkins as Wings Academy’s version of Vinnie (The Microwave) Johnson, the sensational sixth man for the world champion Detroit Pistons in the late...
Linda Wells gives good face
Allure Editor-in-Chief Linda Wells remembers the first time she realized the magazine she founded in 1991 had caught on with the cosmetics-obsessed masses. Four months after the beauty bible launched,...
From Oscar to TV: a shrinking gap
When Forest Whitaker stars in a TV series a mere four years after winning the Best Actor Academy Award for his electrifying performance in “The Last King of Scotland,” something...
Best of Le Besco
Not only is French nymph Isild Le Besco an accom plished actress, she's also talented behind the camera. Proof will be offered when three of her directorial efforts unreel at...
Bridge
Not many players at my club are masters of the art of conversation (and fewer still care to be). Rose, whose courtesy toward her partners and opponents alike is so...
Who's on first?
Gata Kamsky is the reigning US champion. He came within one match of playing for the world championship in 2010. And he's the only American with a shot at the...
Brooklynite hits target
The live-action short “God of Love” got turned down by the Sundance and Tribeca film festivals, but director Luke Matheny, who cast himself in the lead role of a hipster...
Frey & mighty
Don't expect to find Pittacus Lore, author of the novel upon which Friday’s “I Am Number Four” is based, walking the red carpet at the movie’s premiere. That’s because he...
The Lady and the camp
Once you’ve faced the world in a dress made of meat, what can you possibly do for an encore? If you’re Lady Gaga, you flip the script, and release a...
Lady Gaga: 'Born This Way'
3 1/2 stars Lady Gaga hit the dance floor running on Friday with the title track to her upcoming album “Born This Way.” This song’s beats, melody and vocals sweat...
The nut house
Jill Kargman had a distinct “aha” moment when she first read Amy Chua’s uber-strict parenting guide “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother.” A self-described “Western coddler” who lets her kids...
Prize fighters
Wheather they’re starting beefs or stealing the spotlight, Eminem and Kanye West have never checked their egos at an award-show door. Which is the worst guest of honor? We rated...
Suspicious 'Minds'
Idi Amin has joined the FBI. Forest Whitaker, who won an Oscar for playing the bloodthirsty Ugandan dictator in “The Last King of Scotland,” has taken to enforcing the law...
Don't miss
Gaga vs. Katy Two publicity hos are up for major Grammy awards tonight: Lady Gaga (above) for her CD “The Fame Monster” and Katy Perry (left) for “Teenage Dream.” Both...
Fools for 'love'
Judy Greer had long been hoping to star in an old-fashioned, three-camera sitcom like “Mad Love,” the new CBS entry to its invincible Monday night lineup. After reading the script,...
Home away from home
Did you ever dream of owning a Tuscan villa? Or a pied-à-terre in Paris? How about an oceanfront retreat in Nicaragua? For the past five years, HGTV’s “House Hunters International”...
Popeye goes to Mideast. Misses spinach
Popeye, the sailor, anchors in a foreign port, hops into a taxi and is driven straight into a massive street riot. “Mister Popeye,” the frantic cabbie explains, “the people are...
Reel good
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937) Sunday, 3:30 p.m., ABC Family Winner of an Honorary Oscar for innovation in film, this Disney classic has charmed millions with the story...
Soap stars are everywhere
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...
Food of love
Working with a spouse is hard enough, but if you also mix in the stress and long hours of owning a restaurant, it’s a recipe for disaster. Or is it?...
Best in (art) show
Tomorrow and Tuesday, some 2,597 dogs will try their luck at Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. But one New Yorker has already hit it big at the 135-year-old competition. Amber...
'Got nothing to lose'
Last week, I wrote of my hope that Mayor Bloomberg would make pen sion and mandate re form the focus of his third term. Happily, it's no longer just a...
Former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain says Wall Street didn't fight hard enough to save Lehman Brothers
Wall Street did not fight the Bush Administration hard enough to save itself by preventing regulators from walking away from Lehman Brothers on that fateful weekend in September 2008, said...
Archbishop deposition due
Lawyers for alleged clergy sex-abuse victims in Milwaukee plan to depose New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan in an ongoing lawsuit about missing church funds. The Archdiocese of Milwaukee has been...
Egypt, others are chaffing under Fed easy money policy
To understand what is going on in places like Egypt or Tunisia today one needs to think of the adage of a butterfly beats its wings in Washington and a...
Vito's $hady pal gets demoted
The city has demoted a high-ranking official at the scandal-ridden nonprofit founded by Brooklyn Assemblyman Vito Lopez -- but Lopez's two closest allies at the charity remain unscathed. The chief...
Marriage so write for US, Aussie pen pals
Their love conquered the world -- and cooties. More than two decades ago, two elementary-school pen pals -- one American, the other Australian -- started writing letters to each other...
Dutch weed out tourists
Holland wants to keep its high times to itself. The famously hash-hawking country is looking for "narco-tourists" to butt out, with the Dutch considering a law to convert cannabis-selling "coffee...
Suicide fiend kills 38 pilgrims in Iraq
An Iraqi suicide bomber yesterday killed himself and 38 Shiite pilgrims and wounded 74 others near a bus depot 60 miles north of Baghdad. The week's second suicide bombing in...
Cops 'ignored' early cries for help from woman killed by flower-bearing hubby
She cried out for help -- and cops ignored her. Police allegedly failed to quickly follow up on Guimmia Villa's complaints about her estranged husband, who harassed the Dominican beauty...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan What a headache! Security guards stopped a shoplifter trying to swipe Tylenol from a Midtown pharmacy, sources said. Latasha Keith, 27, was busted at 2:50 p.m. Tuesday attempting to...
Fired ad exec sues as wife takes over
This adman is now a mad man. Peter Arnell, a Manhattan advertising exec famed for his eccentricities and grandiose airs, has been fired from his namesake business and replaced as...
Mike's the teachers' pest: ads
It's personal. The teachers union launched a million-dollar TV ad blitz yesterday attacking Mayor Bloomberg for pushing to repeal the "Last In/First Out" state law that requires teachers be laid...
Hunt for Ho$ni hoard
Financial investigators in the United States and Europe are on a global treasure hunt for allegedly ill-gotten gains amassed by deposed Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak during his 30-year reign. The...
Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay marries news anchor Jodi Applegate
See ya, single status! Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay and TV news anchor Jodi Applegate tied the knot at The Plaza last night in a lavish ceremony packed with pinstripe powerhouses...
Egypt bigs: We'll honor Israel pact
Egypt's new military leadership yesterday vowed a peaceful transition to civilian government, and promised to honor the country's peace treaty with Israel. The head of the military council now running...
'Stoop-id' demolish plan
City officials have never stooped so low -- and now Greenpoint locals could lose their fences. Homeowners on Monitor Street in Greenpoint are furious over a city plan to remove...
Brooklyn madman's rant: 'She had to die'
The lovesick psycho who tried to cure the stabbing pain in his heart with a bloody rampage that left four dead and at least four wounded was finally taken down...
Permanent brake on ped-idiot
The city has put the brakes on Manhattan's worst pedicabby. A Department of Consumer Affairs tribunal revoked Seydou Kone's pedaling privileges after The Post exposed his reckless record, saying "his...
Slave doc knocked off pedestal
They won’t stand for this statue! A bronze and granite tribute to 19th-century doctor Marion Sims, who performed painful operations on slave women without anesthesia, doesn’t belong in Harlem, says...
'Spidey' caught in 2 violations
Problem-plagued Broadway musical "Spider-man: Turn Off the Dark" was hit with two safety violations from the state Department of Labor. The citations, which don't include fines, stem from accidents that...
NY biz owners at wits end over high taxes
Employers nationwide haven't been this optimistic for three years, that is except for some New York business owners, who are shaking their heads, fearing a jobs exodus. The exorbitant business...
The dogs of war
On Wednesday, Christopher Duke, a man not normally given to introspection, did something unusual: He sat down, by himself, and deliberately and quietly contemplated the moment, exactly one year ago,...
EMS bigs exit under a cloud
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...
Fannie, Freddie forever
The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio will likely be history by the time any White House plan to wind down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac puts the government-sponsored mortgage giants...
Jets' Cromartie struck son, cheated on drug tests: ex
Jet cornerback Antonio Cromartie mistreated one of his nine young children, smoked pot and dodged detection on his NFL-mandated drug tests, claims an ex-fiancée in a new bombshell memoir about...
Media: Merge or purge
AOL's takeout of the HuffingtonPost this week for $315 million took many merger-and-acquisition bankers by total surprise. It wasn't that the profit-weary properties led by AOL CEO Tim Armstrong and...
Cancer spokes-people roll on
A group of heroes is helping throw a wrench in the deadly cycle of cancer. Over the weekend, nearly 3,000 people are participating in fund-raisers in Manhattan and on Long...
Stalker couldn't take no for answer
The love of his life couldn't stand the sight of him. Alleged psycho killer Maksim Gelman bragged about his love for victim Yelena Bulchenko despite the Brooklyn beauty's expressed disinterest...
Your own TelePrompTer
Why should politicians, awards-show hosts and other major public speakers get to be the only ones to use a fancy TelePrompTer? The Prompster app puts that same scrolling text in...
My house insurance is at a big premium
Dear John: I think I am paying too much in homeowners insurance. I have a replacement policy on my home. These replacement policies have been increasing automatically for years and...
Room to work
Everyone thinks the world is getting smaller. That technology is bringing everyone closer. When it comes to the office cubicle, this is quite true, according to a recent study of...
'Valenswine's Day': When pigs romance mistresses
If Feb. 14 is for drugstore chocolates and bodega flowers, then today is for blue Tiffany boxes and lingerie. That's because Feb. 13 is "Valenswine's Day," when cheating husbands take...
'Faker cops' in robbery
Were they cops-turned-robbers? Internal Affairs Bureau investigators are probing whether two of New York's Finest fleeced a 67-year-old Brooklyn landlord in a Bedford-Stuyvesant bodega, sources said. Two imposing men --...
Queens 'Walmart wage' mart
A Queens neighborhood has put out a willkommenmat for a German-based non-union supermarket that pays wages comparable to Walmart. ALDI will open its deeply discounted supermarket stocked with company-brand $1.79...
Stuffed mice an art craze
These mice are now men. A bizarre Victorian hobby that transforms dead mice into miniature "humans" is getting its revival in -- where else -- hipster Brooklyn. A Gowanus gallery...
Rep's fund & games in Sin City
Rep. Gregory Meeks is hoping that what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Meeks purported to hold a fund-raiser in Sin City for his Build America Political Action Committee, but...
Layoff doomsayer Mike helps pol's pal land 110G city job
At the same time he was forecasting lay offs and issuing dire warnings that the city couldn't afford the size of its work force, Mayor Bloomberg was also nailing down...
Janet Jackson reveals struggle with body image in new autobiography
At a roller rink, the King of Pop pointed out "Andy," a white girl with a svelte figure and a petite bottom. The image was seared into the mind of...
Preet's new racket
Wall Street's new marshal Preet Bharara appears ready to dust off a lethal legal tool from the mobster prosecution playbook in his war on Wall Street: criminal racketeering charges. Not...
Mackenzie sibs incest backlash
Actress Mackenzie Phillips won the nation's sympathy when she revealed she was an incest victim -- but lost her brother and sister. The "One Day at a Time" star wasn't...
9/10 memento a 'botched' clue in 9/11 puzzle
Take a close look at the date on this unused ticket to the World Trade Center observation deck: Sept. 10, 2001. The macabre memento, purchased by Yemeni tobacco smuggler Taha...
It’s a bus-t
Kudos to Councilwoman Jessica Lappin for her Select Bus Service report. But I would have given the new service a D, not a B-minus (“Fast-lane Bus Woes,” Feb. 8). It...
Camelot tarnished
It’s understandable that the Kennedys would do whatever was needed to stop the miniseries from airing on TV (“Kennedys’ Producer: I’m a Liberal!” Feb. 7). Their family is struggling to...
A casino too far
Washington has turned thumbs-down on a deal — secretly negotiated and signed by Gov. David Paterson in the waning days of his term — for an Indian-run casino in the...
A center left behind
Yet another sign that centrist Democrats are an endangered species: The Democratic Leadership Council, a movement of moderate Dems that propelled Bill Clinton into the White House, just went out...
Half court
I was sad to read your editorial critical of New York’s judicial budget (“How Suites It Is,” Feb. 8). Unfortunately, two-thirds of that budget goes to the Office of Court...
Curse of the mummy
For thousands of years, Egyptians have known that when a mummy encounters life it disintegrates. This is what happened when President Hosni Mubarak fell apart in the face of an...
Harlem's buried treasure
It may not look like a national park or grand museum, but beneath the bus depot at 126th Street is a great American story, long buried and forgotten. It is...
iSalvation
A new app for your iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch is not designed to replace going to confession, but to help Catholics through the act (“Weird But True,” Feb. 10)....
In my library: Dr. Ruth Westheimer
Question for you, Dr. Ruth: Do books make good aphrodisiacs? “Absolutely!” enthuses the bite-sized sex therapist. “A book is not like television or film. You’re forced to use your own...
You’ve got libs!
Now that AOL owns The Huffington Post, its name should be changed to LOL (“AOL Stock Sheds $315M,” Feb. 9). Jerome Levenberg, Cedarhurst
The machine age
Forty years ago this December, President Nixon declared a war on cancer, pledging a “total national commitment” to conquering the disease. Fifty years ago this spring, President Kennedy declared a...
Pigskin pigout
Has everyone read about what was served at the White House’s Super Bowl party (“A Tough Job To Tackle,” Feb. 7)? Michelle Obama is telling everyone else what to eat,...
Radical idea that inspired the Industrial Revolution
The usual history claims that the Industrial Revolution was born of investment or exploitation, higher saving rates or imperialism. But what if the revolution was sparked instead by changes in...
Unseal the records
I appreciated Susan Edelman’s article about the baby broker attorney in New York City (“Kids Stolen From Their Mothers and Sold to New Families Looking for Answers,” Feb. 6). I...
Required reading
A Widow’s Story by Joyce Carol Oates (Ecco) Get out your tissues. One of the most moving writers of our age tackles the most-emotional subject — widowhood. With stark intimacy,...
The Right's stuff
WASHINGTON — Marry the movie star, or the librarian? That was the question conservatives were puzzling over at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference this weekend in DC. In the...
The human cannonball
Stuntman! My Car-Crashing, Plane-Jumping, Bone-Breaking, Death-Defying Hollywood Life by Hal Needham Little, Brown and Company While working on the 1974 John Wayne film “McQ,” the stunt crew needed to figure...
Wise asses
Why trust your life to doctors and psychologists, when the reality show stars of MTV and E! have all the answers? Now, with the help of four new “lifestyle guides,”...
Tomorrow's Philadelphia Parx Entries
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST1 mile; $22,000; clm($7,500); 4upPNHorse Wt.JockeyOdds1American Brew(L),122E Rivera 6-12Deep Down(L),122J Flores 10-13Legislady(L),122Fragoso 20-14Machacha(L),122FPennngtn 9-55Marciannie(L),122S Elliott 7-26Tres Bien Ensemble(L),122A Prado 4-17Calamari(L),117Mntnez...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 1 mile; $17,000; clm($7,500); 4upOLD MAN BUCK tired to fourth last out but won as the favorite this claiming price going shorter in previous start. STOPBLUFFING closed to finish...
Analysis
Post time: 12:55 p.m. All horses appear in post position order FIRST-6 1/2 fur; $21,500; cl($25,0); 3YO SANSANNAH switches to Rajiv after finishing third. BATTLE OF LOVE drops in class...
Graded Entries
Post time: 3:30 p.m. FIRST-6 fur; $20,000; clm($12,500); 4up PN Horse,Wt. Jockey Last 3 Odds 2 SubpnthDrss(L),121 MGarca 5-1-7 5-2 3 Ashee(L),121 JTalmo 4-5-4 2-1 1 Cato Major(L),121 JRosro 5-4-1...
Parx Results
FIRST-6 ½ fur; $22,000; clm; 4up4Blshng Skier (Bermdz) 26.409.206.207Lead Time (Elliott)5.403.402Northernstaraglow (Arroyo)3.00 Off 12:28. Time 1:17.56. Fast. * Exacta (4-7) $132.80 * Trifecta (4-7-2) $524.40SECOND-1 1/16m; $25,000; alw; 4up7Cadence King...
Gulfstream Res.
Gulfstream Res.FIRST-6 fur; $18,500; clm; 3YO2Lsna Wrror(Curatolo) 111.4030.207.406Brooks Lass(Alvarez)5.603.205Champ Dimare(Lopez)2.20* Ext.(2-6) $542.80 * $1 Superf.(2-6-5-8) $3,235.40 * $1 Tri.SECOND-6 fur; $57,000; alw; 4up1Nathan's H Q(Martin) 10.805.804.407Despite the Odds(Lezcano)6.405.002Bernie the Maestro(Lopez)5.00Winner...
Madoff mess could force Islanders out
Lives have been ruined, so this would not rise anywhere close to that level, but the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme that ensnared the Wilpons and has the future of the...
Donnie be good -- not
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Rangers coach juggles lines trying to stop slide
So how would John Tortorella categorize the first slump the Rangers have encountered this season? "It's a doozy," said the coach, whose team totes a six-game losing streak (0-5-1) into...
Aqueduct Charts
February 12, 2011 Cloudy And Fast. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST6 fur; $16,000; clm; 4upOff: 12:30 p.m.St. good, won gamelyTime: 23.26, 46.92, 58.93, 1:11.59.Trainer: Diane BalsamoWinner: DK B/ G, 7,...
Today's Sports on Air
Auto Racing1 p.m.NASCAR: Sprint Cup qualifyingFOXBasketballNoonSt. John's at CincinnatiMSG, WBBR (1130 AM)NoonCanisius at Loyola (Md.)MSG Plus1 p.m.Purdue at IllinoisCBS1 p.m.Heat at CelticsABC1 p.m.Marquette at GeorgetownESPN2:30 p.m.Women: Michigan at Michigan StateESPN23:30...
The Post Line
NCAA BasketballFavoriteLine UnderdogCINCINNATI6½St. John'sVA. TECH10½Georgia TechN.C. State4½W. FORESTILLINOIS1½PurdueG'TOWN5MarquetteDUQUESNE6XavierPENN ST.2NorthwesternUMASS4George Wash.St. Joseph's4FordhamMinnesota1IOWADuke8½MIAMIUCONN11ProvidenceCREIGHTON8½S. IllinoisArizona5ARIZONA ST.LOYOLA, MD.4½CanisiusSiena4½MANHATTANFairfield1½ST. PETER'SRIDER13½NiagaraMONT. ST.10Sacra. St.Iona15MARISTVERMONT17½BinghamtonETSU9North FloridaJacksonville6S.C.-UPSTATENBAFavoriteLineUnderdogCELTICS 1 HeatMAGIC 1 LakersClippers 2½RAPTORSTrail Blazers 2 PISTONSGRIZZLIES 1 NuggetsCAVALIERS 2 WizardsSUNS...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-mile; pace; $9,000; cond.3MystclDlght(Dbsn) 11.604.803.804Another Homer N (Gingras)3.802.805StrangeHnvr(Cmpbll)3.60* Exacta (3-4) $42.00 * Trifecta (3-4-5) $274.40SECOND-mile; pace; $13,000; cl.3Royal Nation (AMiller) 13.007.004.408Hennessy Hanover (Sears)4.403.809Orr Hanover (Pierce)10.00Scr: Cam's Oracle * Exacta (3-8)...
Agent says Plaxico in 'terrific shape'
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Nets' Humphries just misses double-double in loss
Double-doubles are nice. Wins are nicer. Then of course, there's Kim Kardashian, who trumps both. But given a choice of the first two, Nets forward Kris Humphries will take wins....
Lagat races to record at Armory
American middle-distance star Bernard Lagat blistered the Armory track last night in setting a new U.S. indoor record in the 2-mile run. With a time of 8:10.07, the Kenyan broke...
Sports shorts
NHL: Two Isles banned for brawl The NHL suspended Islanders forwards Trevor Gillies for nine games and Matt Martin for four and handed the club a $100,000 fine late last...
Knicks' Chandler finds his footing
The Knicks needed someone to step up in the fourth quarter in Amar'e Stoudemire's absence and Wilson Chandler responded. Chandler was excellent in last night's 105-95 win over the Nets at...
Fields finishes win for Knicks
Knicks rookie Landry Fields got the ball in the right corner behind the 3-point line with 48.6 seconds left, wide open, standing right in front of spectactor Kim Kardashian. Several...
Amar'e (toe) shooting for Wednesday return to Knicks
There's a possibility Amar'e Stoudemire is done until after next weekend's All-Star Break. Stoudemire missed his first game with the Knicks last night against the Nets at Prudential Center with...
'Melo-drama aside, Knicks will make the playoffs
It's been a grind for Amar'e Stoudemire through the Carmelo Anthony rumor mill, waiting for Wilson Chandler, Landry Fields and Danilo Gallinari to either ship out or shape up before...
Airport expansion plans do not fly
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Vic C.'s Philadelphia Parx Grade
Post Time: 12:25 p.m.FIRST-6 fur; $28,000; clm; 3YO4-Don't Panic 1211-StromboliGirl 1215-ThePearlster 1212-GildedCasstte 1216-Nickel C 1213-I'm Wanted 1167-Shanesha 112SECOND-5 ½ fur; $24,000; clm; 3YO4-Smokehouse 1101-Thunder Zip 1125-MyGirlMarie 1172-Laurel Valley 1106-Joeeegiovanni 1173-Silly...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYFeb. 13MONFeb. 14TUEFeb. 15WEDFeb. 16THUFeb. 17FRIFeb. 18SATFeb. 19KnicksNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEAtl.7:30MSGESPNNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENetsNOGAMES.A.7:00YESWFANNOGAMEBos.7:30YESWBBRNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMERangersPittsburgh3:00TV -- MSG NetworkRadio -- ESPN 1050 AMNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEL.A.7:00MSGESPNDevils7:00MSGESPNNOGAMEIslandersBuffalo3:00TV -- MSG Plus NetworkRadio -- WRHU 88.7 FMNOGAMEOtt.7:30MSG+WRHUNOGAMEBos.7:00MSG+WRHUNOGAMEL.A.7:00MSG+WRHUDevilsNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMECar.7:00MSG+WFANNOGAMEN.Y.R.7:00MSG+WFANCar.7:00MSGWFAN
Shut up, Gisele!
Every time Gisele Bundchen opens her mouth, she stuffs another pair of strappy sandals inside. Last week she called sunscreen ‘poison,’ inspiring us to compile her best-ever rants. *I think...
Weird but true
A Florida baseball pitcher who's a double-leg amputee failed in his tryout to make his high-school varsity team. Anthony Burruto can throw 80 mph and was featured on the cover...
Ask Ashley: Valentine's Day with Ben & Jerry
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Top 5 worst things to say to someone single on Valentine’s Day
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Last-second shot gives LIU victory
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Seton Hall kicks two seniors off team
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Seton Hall wins at Rutgers
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Badgers hand No. 1 Buckeyes first loss
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Cardozo blitzes Bayside, runs away with Queens crown
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Chandler scores 21 as Knicks beat Nets without Amar'e, 105-95
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Adam
Adam Lippes cites "the woman who wears my clothes" as his inspiration for fall. And that's exactly what he showed: beautiful, wearable options that can be mixed and matched any...
Agent says Plaxico 'in terrific shape'
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