February 21, 2011
NFL, union end fourth day of mediation
WASHINGTON -- Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Charlie Batch emerged with a positive outlook Monday after attending a fourth consecutive day of federally mediated negotiations between the NFL and the players' union....
Paralyzed Rutgers player makes public appearance
Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand made his first public appearance since being paralyzed in a game against Army more than four months ago. LeGrand attended a "Laugh to Heal Comedy...
A-Rod pops joke about Super Bowl
TAMPA -- Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez on Monday laughed off getting fed popcorn by Cameron Diaz during the Super Bowl.Rodriguez opened his press conference with, “Did anyone watch the...
Brackman impressive at Yankees batting practice
TAMPA -- Pitcher Andrew Brackman impressed during a Yankees batting practice session Monday.“Everything seemed to be really consistent,’’ Joe Girardi said of the 6-foot-10 right-hander, who had a strong second...
The hungry traveler's guide to Miami
THE South Beach Wine and Food Festival celebrates its tenth anniversary on Feb. 24-27, but this celeb-chef extravaganza is about a lot more than South Beach. In the decade since...
Gaborik won't play for Rangers vs. Hurricanes
Marian Gaborik will not play for the Rangers in a key Eastern Conference game at Carolina on Tuesday.Gaborik didn't accompany the team on their flight to Raleigh, N.C., MondayGaborik stayed...
Life-sized Godzilla welcomes Matsui to A's
PHOENIX -- Coco Crisp approached Hideki Matsui while they warmed up Monday and pulled his new teammate into a hug. They shook hands, too -- a little more the Japanese...
Soriano makes Yankees owner feel better about losing Lee
TAMPA -- Hank Steinbrenner is bothered when people put too much emphasis on the Yankees not getting Cliff Lee, because they landed Rafael Soriano.“People are missing the point; we didn’t...
'NASCAR 2011': Let's go racing...
If you skipped the Daytona 500 on Sunday, you probably missed out on the trailer for "NASCAR 2011: The Game" in glorious HD. And that, folks, is a shame because...
Union protests spread to Indiana's state capitol
INDIANAPOLIS -- The confrontation between unions and government officials over bargaining and organizing rights moved to Indianapolis Monday as thousands of steelworkers, auto workers and others surrounded the state capital...
Football follies
As a lifelong soccer fan, I'd never really paid much attention to American football. This all changed when I belatedly became obsessed with "Friday Night Lights." And clearly I'm not...
Moulson's hat trick lifts Islanders over Panthers
The Devils have company in the improbable comeback department. Don't look now. Here come the Islanders, too. The odds are stacked against them getting into the Eastern Conference playoff race,...
Top 5 Reasons Kirby's Epic Yarn Is Beyond Fantastic
First, some background information on Kirby’s Epic Yarn:Kirby unwittingly eats the red tomato of a man you don’t want to mess with. Yin-Yarn the Sorcerer, angry at Kirby’s gluttony, sucks...
Johnny Depp reveals what it would take for him to quit acting
LOS ANGELES -- Johnny Depp has starred in more than 45 films in a career spanning almost three decades, playing everything from the fantastical creation "Edward Scissorhands," to the eccentric...
Perez 'looked good' in Mets' first full squad workout
PORT ST. LUCIE -- The Mets’ first full squad workout Monday meant Jason Bay and Carlos Beltran following each other into the batters’ box -- a sight seen only briefly...
Breakup Notifier alerts you when your love interest's Facebook relationship status changes
Waiting for that special someone to break up so you can move in? Now you can get an email telling you when it's time start wooing. A new site called...
Hank tweaks Derek over Yankees captain's mansion
TAMPA -- Yankees owner Hank Steinbrenner believes he knows the reason the team fell short of reaching the World Series last year.“Sometimes you celebrate too much, players concentrating on building...
Smithsonian holds vote on video games for exhibit
WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian American Art Museum is asking the public to help select video games that will be included in its first exhibit to explore the art and visual...
Shunned by 'Melo, Nets also lose out on ex-Knicks
Earlier this year, after the Godzilla-sized likeness of Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov was long gone from the shadow of the Garden, the Knicks responded with an ad to dig back...
Stepmother indicted in death of disabled NC girl
HICKORY, N.C. — The stepmother of a disabled North Carolina girl was indicted Monday on a murder charge in the girl's death. Elisa Baker was charged with second-degree murder. Authorities...
Arrested US official is actually CIA contractor
WASHINGTON — An American jailed in Pakistan for the fatal shooting of two armed men was secretly working for the CIA and scouting a neighborhood when he was arrested, a...
Hedberg will start for Devils in Dallas: report
Johan Hedberg will start his seventh straight game for the Devils when they play the Stars in Dallas on Tuesday, NJ.com reports. Hedberg has won six straight since Martin Brodeur...
16-year-old gunned down in the Bronx
The NYPD is looking for suspects in the shooting death of a 16-year-old boy killed after a fight in front a Bronx building. The teenager, Jose Miguel Marte, got into...
St. John's returns to Top 25
St. John’s is back in the Top 25, barely. The latest ESPN/USA Today poll has the Red Storm at No. 25 and the AP Poll has them at No. 23....
NYRA Rewards 800 number down
The New York Racing Assoc. announced before Monday's third race at Aqueduct that the regular toll free 800 number for placing phone bets with NYRA Rewards is experiencing difficulty. So...
Plenty of talent and questions at Red Sox camp
THINGS I SEE AND HEAR: Biggest scowl of spring training I’ve seen so far belongs to Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon. He's got a one-year, $12 million contract and he’s...
'Relaxed' Farnsworth battling to be Rays closer
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Johnny Damon isn’t the only veteran in Rays Land looking to show the Yankees he can still perform. Kyle Farnsworth is vying to be the Rays...
BA's Top 31 Mets Prospects: No. 28: Manny Alvarez
Vitals: 25 years old (turns 26 on December 18); 5-foot-11, 200 pounds; both hits and throws right-handed; signed as an international free agent with the Montreal Expos in 2004.Performance: Alvarez...
LI man arrested on drunken driving charges
ELMONT, N.Y. — Nassau County police who stopped a driver who was swerving and speeding found that the device in the vehicle for analyzing breath samples had been disabled. Authorities...
Workers cheated out of wages get $2.35M
Two dozen workers whose wages were withheld have received a $2.35 million settlement. The city comptroller’s office said Monday that workers were cheated out of wages and benefits for work...
Egyptian parents name baby 'Facebook' to celebrate revolution
CAIRO -- Facebook has close to 600 million users, and as of Monday, at least one baby named after it. In honor of the role the social network played in...
A-Rod's improved hip allowed him to cut fat this offseason
TAMPA -- Alex Rodriguez was able to streamline his body this offseason, in large part, because the surgeon who operated on his hip in March 2009 finally gave his full...
BA's Top 31 Yankees Prospects; No. 28: Tommy Kahnle
Vitals: 21 years old (turns 22 on August 7); 6-foot-1, 220 pounds; both hits and throws right-handed; drafted in the fifth round by the Yankees in the 2010 draft out...
Local college rankings: Seven have legit shot at NCAA tournament
1. St. John’s (17-9, 9-5 Big East) (Last week: 1) — No more bubble talk. After another impressive road win at Marquette and taking down another top-10 team in Pittsburgh...
Police probe death of baby born to Oprah student
JOHANNESBURG — Police are investigating whether to file charges after the death of a newborn baby born to a student at Oprah Winfrey's elite South African high school. In a...
Lara Logan was beaten with flag poles during attack in Egypt
New details have emerged about Lara Logan’s brutal attack in Egypt, including that she was stripped, repeatedly punched and slapped and pinched so hard that sensitive parts of her body...
Bad idea of the month: 3-D 'Gatsby'
Baz Luhrmann's long-threatened 3-D version of "The Great Gatsby'' is scheduled to begin shooting in August -- at the Fox studios in Sydney, Australia, according to a Hollywood Reporter dispatch...
Tampa mom makes son wear sign announcing 1.22 GPA
TAMPA, Fla. — A Tampa mother is defending her decision to stick her teenage son on a street corner with a sign that says, among other things, "GPA 1.22 ......
Lawmakers making another run at pardon for boxer
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are going another round in their fight to get a posthumous presidential pardon for the world’s first black heavyweight champion, who was imprisoned nearly a century ago...
Betances throws at Yankees camp
TAMPA — What could possibly be the future of the Yankees was on display this morning.Dellin Betances, a highly regarded right-handed pitcher, threw batting practice at George M. Steinbrenner Field....
News crew attacked by mourners outside Sacramento IHOP
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A local reporter and photographer were left badly shaken Monday after being attacked while covering a murder investigation in Sacramento, Calif., KTXL said. Early Sunday, a 27-year-old...
Hey Obama apologists, defend this!
Commentary's Jonathan Tobin makes a good point about how much tougher life is getting for the pro-Israel apologists of President Obama. Tobin focuses on the fallout after the US veto...
Google Street View raises Israeli security fears
JERUSALEM — Israel says it is considering ways to allow Google Street View to photograph Israeli cities, despite concerns the popular service could be used to plot terror attacks. An...
Egypt's activists ask West to guarantee reform as British PM meets with top officials
CAIRO — Some of the young activists who launched the Egyptian uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak said Monday they are skeptical about the military's pledges to hand over power...
Libyan leader Khadafy appears briefly on TV at Tripoli home amid widespread upheaval
TRIPOLI – Libyan leader Moamar Khadafy, facing the greatest challenge to his four-decade rule, appeared briefly on television early Tuesday -- with the state network saying it was a live...
Bahrain protesters seek to overthrow royal family
MANAMA, Bahrain — A group of young protesters camped out in Bahrain's capital Monday called for the ouster of the entire ruling monarchy as part of sweeping demands to call...
Navy to gauge readiness in anti-terrorism exercise
NORFOLK, Va. — Navy sailors will suit up in battle gear and take up fighting positions at U.S. bases during the nation's largest anti-terrorism exercise, an effort meant to gauge...
Jay-Z wins latest round in legal battle with British chef
NEWCASTLE, England -- Jay-Z won the latest round in a five-year legal battle with a British chef over naming rights. The rap artist launched court proceedings against Terry Miller over...
BP announces $7.2B partnership with India's Reliance
LONDON -- BP said Monday that it will take a 30 percent stake in 23 oil and gas production contracts operated by Reliance Industries for $7.2 billion, as part of...
Sir Alex Ferguson hails 'key character' Evra as fullback extends Man Utd contract
MANCHESTER, England -- French fullback Patrice Evra became Monday the latest Manchester United player to pledge his future to the club after signing a new contract until 2014. Evra followed...
Lowly English team heading to Vegas after jackpot draw with EPL giant Arsenal
LONDON -- A lowly English soccer team was celebrating Monday after a dramatic late equalizer against English Premier League (EPL) giant Arsenal in the FA Cup secured the players an...
Milan airport terminal evacuated after shooting
MILAN -- Flights out of Milan's Malpensa airport were suspended Monday and a terminal building evacuated after a man armed with a knife smashed his car into the building before...
Lindsay Lohan in talks to star in first movie since rehab
LOS ANGELES -- Lindsay Lohan is in talks to star in her first film since finishing her three-month court-ordered stay at a California rehab facility, RadarOnline reported Sunday. The 24-year-old...
Ashton Kutcher still hoping to win $1,000 teenage bet to date Jennifer Aniston
LONDON -- Ashton Kutcher has revealed he bet a high school friend $1,000 he would go on a date with Jennifer Aniston, Access Hollywood reported Sunday. In excerpts from an...
Snow socks tristate area -- again
Winter's not ready to go away -- much of the tristate area is under a winter weather advisory, with forecasts calling for up to 4 inches of snow in the...
Timothy Geithner wants it every which way
When asked about the GOP's cutting $60 bilion out of the 2011 budget, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner complained. "In our judgment, the continuing opposition...in the House would undermine and damage...
More proof that a college degree isn't worth what it used to be
The University of Arizona at Tuscon will open a National Institute for Civil Discourse
Eliminating CBA might help Wisconsin workers but don't try to tell them that
Here's the basic problem: The state has to raise taxes in order to pay off the obligations in any collective bargaining agreement if there isn't enough revenue to cover the...
Rangers coach rides favorites
John Tortorella declined to evaluate individual players following yesterday's 4-2, empty-net-inflated 4-2 defeat at the Garden to the Flyers, but the Ranger coach's decisions during the match substituted for words....
Hot Devils will face Langenbrunner, Stars
It's only probably preposterous now. The Devils can actually cool off -- slightly -- and make the playoffs. To reach 88 points, the Devils had to go 33-8 starting Jan. 9....
Knicks won't alter 'Melo offer
LOS ANGELES — Take it or leave it, Denver. League sources said the Knicks, still feeling good they can complete a trade for Carmelo Anthony, would not budge yesterday, feeling...
Nets not done yet in pursuit of Anthony
The Decision, the sequel, is expected to come today for the Nets. Carmelo Anthony is expected to inform the Nets by today at the latest whether or not he will...
Dr. J says Carmelo can boost Nets' brand
LOS ANGELES — If Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov had owned the team back in the day, Julius Erving never would have been sold to Philadelphia and the franchise’s status could...
NYC boys basketball rankings
Now the fun begins. While the PSAL playoffs started last week, the CHSAA postseason begins this week with diocesan tournaments and while Christ the King is perhaps the hottest team...
Friared up: St. Anthony's wins heated series opener
St. Anthony’s drew first blood in the best-of-three CHSHL Class A championship series, and there was plenty of bad blood after the Friars' 4-2 win against Monsignor Farrell Sunday night...
NYC girls basketball rankings
Unfortunately, the biggest headlines of the last few weeks have come off the court. First it was St. Peter’s closing. The Eagles won in their final home game Saturday against...
Dozo, Forest Hills claim Queens indoor crowns
With the city championship right around the corner Benjamin Cardozo again flexed its muscles in Queens. The Judges girls team won the borough’s PSAL indoor crown by beating Townsend Harris,...
CHSAA girls basketball rankings
The league seasons have come to a close, but there is still some unfinished business to take care of that will directly affect these rankings. Two of the best rivalries...
PSAL girls basketball rankings
We’re coming off a relatively idle week for the top teams and looking at a very idle one with schools off for President’s Day. The lone top-10 competing will be...
Reality TV has been very, very good to Camille Grammer
Camille Grammer, the star of "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," and latest ex-wife of actor Kelsey Grammer, has a new job -- as commentator for CNN. Camille has been hired...
Caring kid off 'Idol'
Chris Medina, perhaps the best-known of this year's "American Idol" class of hopefuls because of his unique devotion to his disabled girlfriend, was eliminated last week, according to reports. Judge...
That's my baby
If you have been known to call in the paramedics while watching "Toddlers & Tiaras" and must fight the urge to buy a stun gun while watching "My Super Sweet...
When Mr. Right beds Ms. Left -- oy vey!
If "The Body Politic" is to be believed, political op eratives engage in some pretty kinky foreplay. Republican Spencer Davis and Democrat Trish Rubenstein like to play a game of...
Met set for safe season
Math is hard, even for Met master mind Peter Gelb. The company's general manager kicked off his season preview last week boasting that, since he took office in 2006, the...
'Egypt is off the map for us'
The brutal attack on CBS reporter Lara Logan during what was supposed to be a celebration in the main square of Cairo has other TV shows rethinking how they operate...
60 seconds with.. Paula Loop
This month PwC held a weeklong Web seminar on personal branding for job-seeking college grads. How would you define personal branding? Your personal brand is what you’re all about. What...
Lincoln & liberty
The log cabin of Abraham Lincoln's youth is no myth. Indeed, sometimes the family's circumstances were more modest. When the future president was 8, his family moved from Kentucky to...
Peddling kid porn in name of fashion
Smut purveyors call the latest child photo collection "art." Or "fashion." Call it what you will. This is kiddie porn. Images of children ages 15 to 17, topping out at...
Wis. gov vows not to blink in Dem flee-a-thon
WASHINGTON -- It's union concessions or bust in the Badger State. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker yesterday vowed not to back down from his budget-balancing plan to make government workers pay...
Rumsfeld's legacy
Publication of Donald Rumsfeld's memoirs, "Known and Unknown," has renewed the fierce debate about the most controversial secretary of defense since Robert McNamara. Most of the debate centers around what...
Cops bust LI cockfight ring
It was one fowl fight club. Suffolk County cops late Saturday smashed a bustling cockfighting operation complete with spectator seating and refreshments. Police swooped in on a Central Islip residence...
'Unknown' takes top spot at box office
The thriller "Unknown," starring Liam Neeson, took the top spot at the box office this weekend, raking in an estimated $21.8 million. Another action tale, "I Am Number Four," opened...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn One man was killed and his friend wounded early yesterday in a fight with several people outside an East New York grocery store. The two men had left a...
Video 'cuts' on YouTube
CHICAGO -- YouTube videos on self-injury are an alarming new trend that could serve as a how-to for troubled viewers, a new study warns. Many show live enactments of people...
Texas to OK college guns
AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas is preparing to give college students and professors the right to carry guns on campus. More than half the members of the Texas House have signed...
License to ill
It's enough to drive someone mad. In a stunning security lapse, the federal General Services Administration mistakenly shipped nearly three dozen license plates marked "U.S. Government -- For Official Use...
Suit: Our baby didn't come with a warning
A Brooklyn couple that claims its lawyers didn't warn it about its adopted baby's serious medical conditions is suing for $5 million. Lynell and Victor Jeffrey are suing adoption attorneys...
Lindsay Lohan tweets in own defense
Lindsay Lohan is pleading her case on Twitter. After photographers caught her leaving an LA club yesterday morning, Lohan used Twitter to explain she had just gone out to see...
Pirates near Somali shore
MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Two pirates and a Somali official say a hijacked yacht with four Americans onboard is nearing the Somali coast, and is being shadowed by a warship. A...
Poughkeepsie cop died in struggle
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY -- A police officer was killed by a wounded, bleeding gunman who first shot his wife and then himself in a parked car, Poughkeepsie police chief Ron Knapp...
Goin’ for a Gwynie dip
Gwyneth, you shore are sexy! Hot off her sizzling duet with Cee Lo Green at last week's Grammy Awards, bikini-clad Gwyneth Paltrow strolls a Barbados beach to soak in the...
Repentance in Ireland
DUBLIN -- Joined by Boston's cardinal, the archbishop of Dublin washed the feet of victims of clerical abuse yesterday in one of the most visible acts of contrition for the...
'Rip-offs' by Con Ed impostor
He put the "con" in Con Edison. A paroled burglar posing as a utility worker was busted after a string of robberies -- including one at a Manhattan church, where...
Fiery protester dies
DAKAR, Senegal -- A former Senegalese soldier who set himself on fire outside the presidential palace in Dakar to protest unemployment has died, a hospital source said yesterday. Oumar Bocoum's...
Tenpenny for your dining out thoughts
Tenpenny, described on an invitation to its March 2 opening as "a charming Midtown hideaway for dinner and drinks," is launching next month in the Gotham Hotel, a new hotspot...
German leader's party setback
BERLIN -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party suffered a crushing defeat in Hamburg's state election after 10 years in power there, according to an exit poll released yesterday. Merkel's...
Wallet found 40 years later
A New York man whose wallet disappeared from his jacket pocket has gotten it back -- 40 years later. Rudolph Resta was working for The New York Times as an...
NJ loans crisis
Six of the country's largest mortgage lenders face a court hearing in New Jersey next month to determine whether the state will suspend their foreclosure operations. The companies are GMAC...
Biking foe is victim of fax attack
A nonprofit group that espouses cycling as an eco-friendly substitute to cars in the city is not so friendly to trees -- faxing thousands of sheets of paper opposing a...
US gas price peril
National gas prices are soaring again -- this time by 5.31 cents per gallon in the past two weeks -- to $3.18, according a survey by analyst Trilby Lundberg. The...
Blind luck in subway
A partially blind 84-year-old man suffering from Alzheimer's miraculously survived a close encounter with a speeding No. 4 train after he wandered onto the tracks -- walker and all --...
Union links fire death to $$ cuts
A windswept, five-alarm fire that killed an elderly Brooklyn woman Saturday could have been contained much faster with more men on duty, union officials charged yesterday. Retired guidance counselor Mary...
'GoodFella' wants to be a good fella
Regrets, he's had a few. Anthony Borgese is singing a new tune -- the 72-year-old wiseguy actor who admitted arranging for mobsters to beat up a deadbeat, told The Post...
Licentious liberty -- No right to grope
THE ISSUE: The sexual assault and beating of CBS' Lara Logan while reporting from Egypt. *** I want to hurt the people who attacked CBS anchor Lara Logan and break...
Intel sets $5B chip plant for Arizona
Intel, looking to beef up its US manufacturing capacity as it gears up for a major global expansion, plans to build a $5 billion, cutting-edge microchip factory in Arizona by...
Business briefs
Sapporo on tap Japanese beer giant Sapporo said it plans to spend as much as $1.5 bil lion on acquisitions and partnerships as it looks to expand overseas, includ ing...
A line in the 'San'
Mangia own business! Civic leaders were up in arms yesterday after The Post reported on a proposed three-block cutback for the beloved annual Feast of San Gennaro at the behest...
Prince Andrew tours Manhattan with billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
Meet Manhattan's raunchy new odd couple -- the prince and the pervert. Prince Andrew, the United Kingdom's special representative for international trade and investment, and convicted child-sex creep Jeffrey Epstein...
Judge Lippman's budget vacuum
New York Chief Judge Jonathan Lipp man works in Albany, resides in Manhattan -- and lives in a vacuum. Taking questions last week following his so-called state-of-the-judiciary speech, Lippman asserted:...
Pigs in saints' clothing
Walk just about any capitol corridor in Albany, and odds are you'll trip over lobbyist-without-portfolio Billy Easton, of the fraudulently mislabeled Alliance for Quality Education. We say without portfolio because,...
Ratings shocker
Nielsen's plan to help TV networks grab a bigger piece of the $2 billion online video ad pie is experiencing some serious static. The ratings giant is due to begin...
'Tax the rich' pol disrupts gov's speech
ALBANY -- A defiant Gov. Cuomo renewed his no-tax-hike pledge last night after a former campaign foe disrupted his speech before the state Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators...
Audacious Oscar
With the Oscars coming up next weekend, the magazines compete for their own award: best preview. Vanity Fair's Hollywood issue is the ultimate pre-Oscar handbook. Annie Leibovitz delivers her usual...
Khadafy offspring squawks
The son of Libyan dictator Moammar Khadafy hit the airwaves yesterday, warning that civil war loomed after anti-government demonstrators wielding stones and firebombs took over some military bases and tanks....
Life from above
NYPD cops yesterday pulled off a death-defying rescue of two West Point space cadets who got stranded on a razor-thin rock ledge 800 feet above the Hudson River after ignoring...
Work sex is frisky business
Where's the most romantic place in the world? For a lot of people, it's their cubicle! A new poll has found that 40 percent of people have gotten mixed up...
Sick! NY blows $1.4B on Medicaid waste
New York is a medical wasteland. The state is paying a staggering $1.4 billion in Medicaid payments per year on unnecessary hospital admissions, The Post has learned. The costly admissions...
School 'cop' sex shocker
Hormones are raging among the NYPD's school safety agents. The Police Department's School Safety Division is a raunchy, sexually charged environment where some female agents regularly engage in down-and-dirty noontime...
Tycoon target in Iraq bribe investigation
Federal authorities investigating alleged widespread bribery and bid-rigging among contractors in Iraq are now probing one of Britain's wealthiest businessmen in connection with the case, The Post has learned. Shwan...
Skelos and Silver sabotaging gov's cuts
The leaders of the Legislature are up to their old political tricks, privately opposing Gov. Cuomo's efforts to cut spending while publicly proclaiming the opposite, key legislative insiders have told...
It's a 'stall' order
WASHINGTON -- There's a shutdown showdown on Capitol Hill. The GOP's "reckless" demand for immediate budget cuts all but guarantees a government shutdown next month, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) warned...
LIFO rule will undo the math
The "last in, first out" law requiring that teachers be laid off based on seniority over merit could put a bull's-eye on the newer staffs at more than 200 small...
Shut Fla. Rx pipeline: Chuck
The feds call it "the flamingo express" -- the pipeline of illegally sold prescription drugs, especially OxyContin, from Florida to New York City. And now Charles Schumer has joined three...
The Revo' Guard skips a crackdown
The decision by Tunisian and Egyptian armies not to crush the pro-democracy movement may be having an effect in an unexpected place: Iran. In a speech last Thursday in Tehran,...
Go to Greg
I took a medical leave from my position as a store manager, and on the designated day of my return I was fired. I have a letter from the human...
Chill factor
Most popular songs 1. The Time (Dirty Bit), Black Eyed Peas 2. Black & Yellow, Wiz Khalifa 3. Firework, Katy Perry 4. Firework, (Glee Cast Version) 5. Grenade, Bruno Mars...
Saving face
In Joanna Schlip’s line of work, getting called on the carpet is a good thing. As makeup artist to the stars, red carpets and award shows are her specialty. And...
Heat treatment
Is the heat not cutting it in your corner of the office? Or — arguably worse — does gale-force air conditioning give your workspace a taste of the Arctic Circle...
Double trouble?
Employers who refuse to consider unemployed candidates for job openings have drawn the scrutiny of the Obama administration. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission held a hearing last week on what...
Bill Smith At Yonkers
Post time: 7:10 pm.Best Bet: Fantasypan (6th)FIRST-1 1/16m; pace; $12,000; cl6M D Bee Bee(G Brennan)1-1-17-51Classic Line N(M Lewis)3-6-58-12Bonus Miles(L Stalbaum)4-4-35-13Gerald N Sam(Y Gingras)4-4-612-14Scottie C(C Manzi)8-8-58-15NowThat'sArt(JStratton)2-8-26-17Skivvies(S Smith)2-2-115-18Mc Idle(J Bartlett)4-2-510-1SECOND-1 1/16m; pace;...
Graded entries
Post time: 3:30 pm. FIRST-6 1/2f(T); $38,000; cl($40,000); 4up PN Horse,Wt. Jockey Last 3 Odds 5 One Union(L),121 RBjrno 7-4-2 10-1 6 DancWthGble(L),121 MGarca 8-7-1 3-1 4 Get Funky(L),121 JRosro...
Bill Smith At Meadowlands
Post time: 1:10 pm.Best Bet: Shadows Dream (9th)FIRST-mile; pace; $9,000; cl($15000)9ClearCharacter(DMiller)1-9-33-14LilMissNyalation(BSears)1-3-15-27AshleyCruiser(YGingras)5-1-310-11Angels And Me(D Dube)2-1-35-12Bettor's Dee(B Simpson)6-2-415-13Slick Lavra N(M Lewis)10-6-26-15Deadlysatisfactn(TTtrck)7-5-38-16AngelOftheWest(AMiller)8-8-715-18Whambam N(J Meittinis)3-7-815-110Holly'sHalo(JPantaleano)7-6-315-1SECOND-mile; trot; $9,000; conditioned1BadBoyBilly(JMeittinis)9-6-37-22Credit Blues(B Sears)6-7-49-24That'sANoNo(YGingras)1-3-73-13AmericanPacific(AMiller)7-4-815-15Harvard Guy(D Dube)2-8-515-16MadimpulseHanover(DMllr)7-8-312-17QuitePossible(JPantalno)1-1-68-18MarionMistletoe(PBerry)6-9-315-19Crypto Man(B Simpson)7-9-46-110WhateverLolawnts(TTtrck)4-7-48-1THIRD-mile;...
Parx Racing Results
FIRST-6 1/2f; $28,000; mdn clm; 4up6Clare Castle (Bisono) 13.203.002.401What Now (Serpa)2.102.102Bigstormrising (Vaz)3.20 Off 12:26. Time 1:18.01. Fast. Scr: Stoney Victor. * Exacta (6-1) $22.40 * Trifecta (6-1-2) $45.20SECOND-5 1/2f; $26,000;...
Aqueduct Charts
Feb. 20, 2011 Clear And Fast. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST6f; $38,000; mdn spcl wt; 4up; (f&m)Off: 12:31. Good. bid 1/4, drivingTime: 23.90, 47.90, 1:00.65, 1:13.77.Trainer: Steven JerkensWinner: GR/RO F,...
Winger's big game ends in Wo for Rangers
Wojtek Wolski turned in arguably his best game as a Ranger yesterday, but it wasn't enough to lift the Blueshirts to a victory. Wolski played aggressively during 21:22 of ice...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 1m; $20,000; cl($10,000); 4up; (f&m)ELENI'S HOPE switches to Lopez after tiring last out. She set pace and finished second while going longer in previous start. AMPLY REWARDED closed to...
The Post Line
NCAA BasketballFavoriteLine UnderdogVILLANOVA3½SyracuseWIS.-G.B.PickValparaisoKANSAS16½Oklahoma St.C. OF CHARL.17SamfordFurman6CHATT.W. Carolina4½UNC GREENS.MORGAN ST.13Md.-E. ShorePRAIRIE VIEW3½Ark.-P.B.Kent St.1W. MICHIGANUTEP6UcfHome team in CAPSNBAFavoriteLineUnderdogTomorrowBOBCATS 8 RaptorsPacers 2 WIZARDSRockets 2 PISTONSHEAT13 KingsTHUNDER 9½ClippersBUCKS 7 TimberwolvesNUGGETS 6 GrizzliesLAKERS 8 HawksCeltics...
Tomorrow's Parx Racing Entries
Post Time: 12:25 pm. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST5 1/2f; $22,000; mdn cl($12,500); 3YOPNHorse Wt.JockeyOdds1Stacie's Boy(L),121L Flores 10-12He's On His Way(L),121JRqlme 9-23Prospect Brewing(L),121E Rivera 6-14Yodelmeister(L),121A Arryo 3-15Love Me...
Knicks' Stoudemire scores 29 in East defeat
LOS ANGELES --Not that Amar'e Stoudemire needed to convince Carmelo Anthony any further, but the Knicks' power stud put on a show last night in the NBA All-Star Game at...
Analysis
Post time: 1:15 pm. All horses appear in post position order FIRST-1m; $15,000; cl($8,000); 4up TARGE was reclaimed by Vitali after finishing fourth. FEARLESS EAGLE drops in class after tiring...
Collins cracks down on Mets' card playing
PORT ST. LUCIE -- The Mets won't be allowed to royal flush their season down the toilet. Manager Terry Collins told The Post yesterday his team rules, many of which...
Skidding Rangers can't solve Flyers iffy goalie
Wojtek Wolski's goal hatched magically from underneath Brian Boucher like the idea the Rangers had run into a goalie who could give them the help they increasingly need. Less than...
Yankees' Jeter nears 3,000 hits with new swing
TAMPA -- Derek Jeter isn't going to hit from the left side. Nor is he choking up 3 inches. Or cheating enough to crush 30 homers. Yet, the 36-year-old shortstop...
Gulfstream Results
FIRST-6f; $31,500; mdn clm; 3YO; (f)1MyDnnaJean (Cstllo) 4.403.202.204Southern Campaign (Leyva)4.203.208Sky Goddess (Smith)3.20 Off 12:55. Time 1:11.92. Fast. Scr: Jill's Dancer, Noble Grace, Fast Fantasy. * Exacta (1-4) $16.80 * $1...
Castillo makes late arrival to Mets camp
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Luis Castillo is off the manager's spit list. The scorned second baseman reported to the Mets' spring training complex yesterday, technically on time, but a few...
A-Rod totes leaner look into Yankees camp
TAMPA -- In shorts and a T-shirt Saturday, Alex Rodriguez looked like a man who had reduced his body fat from 12 percent to 9. Yesterday in uniform at George...
Mets' Castillo keeps paying for past sins
PORT ST. LUCIE -- This is nothing new, really, simply a lesson of law and leniency at least as old as the Codes of Hammurabi: If you are a .319...
Death of former Giants champ Duerson ruled suicide
Mike Ditka remembers seeing Dave Duerson at a reunion of the '85 Bears just a few months ago, and everything seemed fine. Yes, Duerson's business had failed, he'd divorced and...
Mucho Macho Man wins Risen Star Stakes
To Honor and Serve won't make his 3-year-old debut until Saturday's Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream Park, but his position atop the Derby Dozen was solidified Saturday in the Grade...
ESPN refuses to call foul on showboat jams
There are times -- too many of them times -- when you want to take ESPN by its shoulders, shake it hard and demand to know what it's doing, to...
Yankees' Cano downplays switch to Boras
TAMPA -- When Robinson Cano joined agent Scott Boras' star-studded stable, it looked as if the All-Star second baseman was preparing to ask the Yankees for a contract extension. The...
Sports shorts
GOLF: Baddeley wins Northern Trust Aaron Baddeley returned to his old swing and a title he hadn't seen in four years -- a PGA Tour winner. In a battle of...
Bayne becomes youngest Daytona 500 winner
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Trevor Bayne finally made a mistake. Fortunately for him, it didn't happen until he missed the turn pulling into Victory Lane at the Daytona 500. The...
Knicks owner denies getting trade help from Thomas
LOS ANGELES -- Earlier this week, Isiah Thomas would not deny he was helping Knicks owner James Dolan recruit Carmelo Anthony. Yesterday, the Knicks did deny it. In an attempt...
Today's Sports on Air
Basketball7 p.m.Syracuse at VillanovaESPN, WBBR (1130 AM)7 p.m.Women: Mississippi State at TennesseeESPN29 p.m.Oklahoma State at KansasESPN9 p.m.Women: Texas at Iowa StateESPN29 p.m.Maryland-Eastern Shore at Morgan St.ESPNUHockey1 p.m.Panthers at IslandersMSG Plus,...
Yankees' Jeter confident he can defy time
TAMPA -- With each nostalgic signing of the offseason, the Yankees unleashed an internet parlor game: Hey, wouldn't it be great if it were (fill in the year). Bartolo Colon...
Manny, Damon ready to revive Rays
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez are "Idiots" no more. "Manny and I are very smart guys right now," Damon told The Post yesterday of the move...
Gaborik left Rangers loss with concussion
The concussion that forced Marian Gaborik out of yesterday's 4-2 Garden defeat to the Flyers after the first period clouds a number of issues for the Rangers, who are staggering...
Dolan denying Zeke trade aid
LOS ANGELES -- Earlier this week, Isiah Thomas would not deny he was helping Knicks owner James Dolan recruit Carmelo Anthony. Yesterday, the Knicks did deny it. In an attempt...
Mark Jackson's brother dies at 35
Troy "Escalade" Jackson, the larger-than-life streetball legend and younger brother of former Knicks player Mark Jackson, died in his sleep early yesterday morning. The 6-foot-10, 400-pound Jackson, 35, was in...
Concussion-free Bay looks to get into swing for Mets
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Jason Bay's concussion symptoms are long gone, but questions about his swing are just beginning. Was last year just an aberration? Or will Bay carry the...
Home Team Lineups
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Weird but true
What a pair of rink dinks! Two men in Calgary were busted for drunken driving and theft after they allegedly stole a Zamboni. A rink employee looked out his office...
Purdue topples No. 2 Ohio State
E'Twaun Moore scored a career-high 38 points to lead No. 11 Purdue past No. 2 Ohio State 76-63 yesterday in West Lafayette, Ind., capping a week that saw the top...
St. John's has great things to 'Mull' over
Chris Mullin, the greatest basketball player to wear a St. John's jersey, knows exactly what Dwight Hardy and Justin Burrell, both of The Bronx, and Malik Boothe of Queens and...
PSAL boys basketball rankings
There is the scrimmage season, the regular season and the posteason. We like to call this the waiting season. It’s the time between the borough playoffs and the city playoffs,...
Loughlin leaves opportunity on table in Molloy loss
Kasim Alston wasn’t a happy man for just about the whole game. The Bishop Loughlin coach, who’s usually vocal and active on the sidelines, took a seat in the third...
Gutty guard helps Molloy keep 'AA' chances alive
There were few things that were going to keep Amani Tatum off the court Sunday. The Archbishop Molloy sophomore guard’s balky ankle certainly wasn’t one of them. Tatum went to...
Nets owner says 'time will tell' on 'Melo
LOS ANGELES -- As Mikhail Prokhorov entered Staples Center for the All-Star Game, the Nets owner acted as if he's not out of the Carmelo Anthony chase yet. "I have...