March 14, 2011
New blast heard at Japanese reactor amid report of damaged container
TOKYO -- Japan's nuclear crisis, already verging on the brink of unfettered disaster, entered new territory Tuesday with the report of an early morning explosion at a troubled reactor and...
BA's Top 31 Mets Prospects; No. 13: Jeurys Familia
Vitals: 21 years old (turns 22 October 10); 6-foot-3 and 185 pounds; both hits and throws right-handed; signed as an international free agent by the Mets out of the Dominican...
BA's Top 31 Yankees Prospects; No. 13: Ivan Nova
Vitals: 24 years old (turned 24 Jan. 12); 6-foot-4 and 210 pounds; both hits and throws right-handed; signed as an international free agent by the Yankees out of the Dominican...
Grilling legend Jim Ryan shares a recipe
Jim Ryan is busy gearing for the annual Grillin’ on the Bay competition, but the Sheepshead Bay cook was willing to share with us the recipe for one of his...
Grillin' by the Bay contest is back next week
Sheepshead Bay may be known more for chicken Kiev than barbecue chicken, but that all changes at the seventh annual Grillin’ on the Bay competition.On March 26, about 30 teams...
4 perfect spring weekends
IMPATIENT for the official arrival of spring next week? Duck out early and spend the weekend where the season’s already underway. Somewhere south of here, for instance. We’ve got four...
Spring forward! Mark your calendars for a full season of fun
www.bbg.org.Double the fleaAfter being cooped up indoors all winter, the Brooklyn Flea gets to stretch its legs once again outdoors, with its Fort Greene location at Bishop Loughlin HS opening...
Beirut to headline Northside Festival!
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A new Creation myth at Issue Project Room
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Live from Gowanus! It's Al Franken!
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Man Utd star Nani to return for crunch Champions League game
MANCHESTER, England -- After first announcing that he would be sidelined for a month, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed Monday that Nani will be involved in Tuesday's UEFA...
Liberty's Pondexter apologizes for tweets about Japan
Liberty guard Cappie Pondexter apologized for Twitter postings over the weekend about the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Pondexter tweeted on Saturday: “What if God was tired of the way...
Hempstead reassigns animal shelter director over abuse video
HEMPSTEAD — The acting director of a Long Island animal shelter has been reassigned after a YouTube video surfaced depicting her and other shelter workers mocking a kitten that’s to...
Statement from Jets owner on NFL lockout
A message to Jets fans from owner Woody Johnson released Saturday, March 12, after NFL Labor talks broke down:It may take longer than we all had hoped, but New York...
Statement from Giants owners on NFL lockout
A message to Giants fans from owners John Mara and Steve Tisch released Saturday, March 12, after NFL labor talks broke down. It appeared on Giants.com and was mailed to...
No new trial for alleged mob gunman in Curtis Sliwa shooting: judge
The mob gunman who allegedly tried to silence radio talker Curtis Sliwa was firing blanks when he tried to shoot down his racketeering conviction. A judge today rejected claims from...
NFL hearing set for April 6
The next step in this painful and tedious NFL labor battle is set for April 6, the day a hearing has been scheduled in the federal lawsuit filed by the...
Labor lawyer indicted in $350K ballet-union 'scam'
He couldn't dance his way out from under these charges. A longtime labor lawyer has been indicted for allegedly scamming more than $350,000 in union dues paid by performers and...
Five Somali pirates given life plus 80 years in prison
NORFOLK, Va. -- Five Somali men, convicted of piracy, were sentenced on Monday to life plus 80 years in prison for an attack on a US Navy ship in April...
Jets nominated for Team of the Year
We don’t know if Rex Ryan has guaranteed this victory ... yet. The Jets have been nominated by the Sports Business Journal as the Professional Sports Team of the Year....
Nasdaq could make an offer for NYSE as early as this week
Nasdaq Stock Market owner Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. has moved closer to making a hostile bid for the New York Stock Exchange, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday afternoon. As...
Brooklyn man arrested for allegedly setting apartment building fire
A Brooklyn man has been arrested for setting a fire that injured 40 people -- four critically -- that ripped through a Brooklyn apartment building over the weekend, fire officials...
State Senate GOP advances constitutional fix
Senate majority Republicans have advanced a constitutional amendment to reform New York's notorious gerrymandering. But in a critical committee vote Monday, Democrats opposed the measure, which wouldn't take effect for...
McKinsey called planned AMD deal ‘Go Big,’ so Kumar sold the information to hedge fund: gov’t
US prosecutors today continued their high-profile insider trading trial against billionaire hedge fund guru Raj Rajaratnam with more questions for Anil Kumar, the McKinsey executive who says he gave the...
Brooklyn phony doc sentenced to six years in prison
A phony cancer doc who sexually assaulted his vulnerable patients was sentenced today to six years in prison – but not before trying to withdraw his plea, claiming he thought...
Madoff trustee to go after Mets charity cash: report
Looks like the Wilpon family is in even more trouble. The trustee who is seeking to recover money to distribute to victims of Bernie Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme plans...
Man charged with murder in NYPD officer’s death
Brooklyn prosecutors say a man accused of shoving an NYPD officer 9 feet to his death during a domestic violence call has been charged with first-degree murder. George Villanueva is...
Police search for thugs that killed Queens woman over purse
Cops were canvassing a Queens neighborhood today for witnesses and possible video footage of three thugs who killed a young woman in a mugging-gone-awry. Rabie Mohammed, 23, was walking on...
Brooklyn cop sentenced to probation in drug theft case
A disgraced Brooklyn narcotics cop was sentenced today to five years probation for a conspiracy to steal drugs from suspects and give the dope to snitches. Sean Johnstone, who was...
Union trying to get prospects to boycott NFL Draft: report
The NFL Draft will go on, but perhaps without the players selected. The NFL players union is working on a plan that would keep the top players from Radio City...
Singer Bryan Adams expecting baby with personal assistant
LONDON, Ontario -- Canadian singer Bryan Adams and his personal assistant are expecting their first child together, CTV reported Monday. "Alicia Grimaldi and I are expecting a baby," Adams, 51,...
Actress Felicia ‘Snoop’ Pearson says she was targeted for arrest due to ‘Wire’ role
BALTIMORE -- Actress Felicia "Snoop" Pearson, arrested last week in a pre-dawn drug raid in Baltimore, says she was targeted for arrest because of her role as a drug dealer...
TNT's Barkley says Knicks' price hike is 'flat-out disgrace'
Don’t worry Knicks fans, Charles Barkley has your back. The always outspoken TNT analyst slammed the Knicks for their plan to raise season-ticket prices 49 percent. “That was a disgrace,...
Steenburgen joins husband Danson on 'Bored' cast
"Bored to Death" is now a family affair in the household of Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen. Danson says Steenburgen, his wife, is joining the cast for the new season...
Medical facility official busted for allegedly stealing $200K from patient's account
A medical facility official was busted today for taking advantage of an elderly patient and stealing over $200,000 from his bank account. Jennifer Robinson, 36, of Cambria Heights, was employed...
Snakes dies of silicone poisoning after biting woman's breast (video)
A snake died of silicone poisoning after biting the breast of a model. Israeli model Orit Fox was on Spanish TV's Telecino handling the snake when it latched onto her...
NASA worker killed in Florida launch pad fall identified as engineer
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A shuttle worker who fell to his death at a Kennedy Space Center launch pad has been identified as an engineer from spaceflight-operations company United Space...
Twitter's Biz Stone to advise AOL
AOL Inc. said Monday that Twitter co-founder Biz Stone will become a "social impact" strategic adviser for the company, as part of its broader integration with online news site The...
Dream Hotel sued over nightmare rape
A Rhode Island tourist filed suit this morning against a swanky Midtown hotel where she was raped inside her room by an evil employee. The victim's vacation horror unfolded two...
‘Harry Potter’ star Emma Watson named new face of Lancome
PARIS -- British actress Emma Watson, one of the stars of the "Harry Potter" franchise, is the new face of French cosmetics giant Lancome, her website announced Monday. "Thanks to...
Watch out Maya Angelou! Movie based on Charlie Sheen's poetry surfaces
Did you know there was a 1989 movie based on Charlie Sheen's poetry? Me neither, until our friends at the Troma Team thoughtfully sent a link to clips from "A Tale...
Mom files suit against UES preschool, claims elite school didn't prep tot for entry exam
A miffed Manhattan mom has filed suit against a $19,000-a-year Upper East Side preschool, charging it wasn't sophisticated enough for her four-year-old and failed to properly prepare the tyke for...
Rescue operation under way after explosion at Connecticut energy plant
BRISTOL, Conn. -- Firefighters and police were responding Monday to a reported explosion at the Covanta Energy facility in Bristol, Conn., local media reported. Emergency responders arrived shortly after 12:30pm...
Nets face major test against Celtics
The Nets' winning streak is four games. But those four wins have come against the Raptors (twice), who are 30 games under .500; the Warriors, six games under .500; and...
Offenders to scrub London tunnels before wedding
LONDON — With British government budgets tight across the board, perhaps it's no surprise officials plan to utilize convicted offenders' free labor to help clean up London for the big...
Prince William, Kate Middleton represent future
LONDON — Powerful husband? No problem. Money? Got that too. Clothes, good looks? Ditto. What does the woman who has it all do after her honeymoon? That's a tough one....
Walt Disney World worker dies from injuries suffered while fixing roller-coaster
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A Walt Disney World worker died Monday morning after suffering massive head injuries while repairing a roller-coaster in the Florida theme park, according to local media reports....
Banuelos starts for Yankees against Red Sox
Manny Banuelos started for the Yankees against the Red Sox on Monday night after a back injury sidelined Sergio Mitre.Banuelos, a 20-year-old left-hander, threw 54 pitches in 2 2/3 scorless...
Tribeca: Hello, Carol!
The world premieres of documentaries about 90-year-old Broadway legend Carol Channing, music icon Ozzy Osborne, transsexual tennis legend Renee Richards, fashion icon Yves Saint Laurent and notorious club owner Peter...
Khadafy forces assault western rebel-held town
TOBRUK, Libya — Moammar Khadafy's forces have launched an assault on a rebel-held town west of Tripoli near the Tunisian border. Residents say government troops shelled the town of Zwara...
Driver involved in deadly bus accident has criminal past; 15th passenger dies from injuries
A 15th bus passenger died this morning as a result of the injuries sustained in Saturday's tragic crash in the Bronx, as more details emerged about the driver of the...
3UP: The Mariano Rivera Edition
1. In today’s Post I wrote this column about Mariano Rivera’s first outing of the spring being, well, genius. I saw a scout this morning who said that he hated...
Tide of 1,000 bodies overwhelms quake-hit Japan, crews run out of body bags
TAKAJO, Japan — A tide of bodies washed up along Japan's coastline, crematoriums were overwhelmed and rescue workers ran out of body bags as the nation faced the grim reality...
AFP's 2011 MLS advance: David Beckham, Thierry Henry & rivalries
LOS ANGELES -- David Beckham was preparing Monday to embark on his last bid to add a Major League Soccer championship to titles won in England and Spain. The Los Angeles...
Suicide bomber kills at least 33 in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber posing as an army volunteer struck an Afghan army recruitment center in the northern province of Kunduz on Monday, killing at least 33 people,...
Former Arsenal No. 1 could be Gunner's saving grace amid keeper crisis
LONDON -- Former Arsenal keeper Jens Lehmann, who was returning Monday to the English Premier League club in a temporary coaching role, suggested that he could be ready to take to...
Alleged stalker busted in Madonna's London mansion
An alleged stalker was found clutching some of Madonna's possessions after breaking into her £10million London mansion. Grzegorz Matlok, 29, was wrestled to the ground by bodyguards at 5.30am inside...
Top Spin 4: Serving up a winner
Top Spin, 2K Sports’ classic tennis franchise, has been revamped for it’s fourth installment, and the goal was to target a more mainstream audience and create a tennis game anyone...
MLB 2K11: Warning Track Power
The 2K franchise made the leap from a mediocre baseball simulation game with 2K9 to a formidable baseball simulation game with 2K10.This year’s title, MLB 2K11, makes another improvement, and...
MLB 11 The Show: Welcome to the big leagues
We are still about two weeks away from Opening Day, but gamers can get their baseball fix early with MLB 11 The Show. For those of you who, like myself,...
Govt: Galleon founder wanted edge in stock trading
The U.S. government claims a one-time billionaire wanted an edge in the trading of stocks for his hedge funds and was willing to break the law to get it. The...
No air, water contamination found in Mass. blast
MIDDLETON, Mass. — There have been no indications that air or water quality in the area of a weekend chemical plant explosion has been compromised, investigators said. The explosion Sunday...
Dolphin jumps onto deck of boat, injures woman
MARCO ISLAND, Fla. — A dolphin weighing between 600 and 700 pounds jumped onto the deck of a boat, injuring a woman in South Florida. Isles of Capri Fire spokesman...
Japan scrambles to avert nuclear disaster while recovering thousands of bodies
TOKYO -- Battling time, exhaustion and the unthinkable, overwhelmed Japanese authorities Tuesday scrambled to stave off looming nuclear disaster while dealing with a nightmare landscape of matchstick rubble and washed-ashore...
Obama limping behind the Arab League
Whatever the outcome in Libya, this weekend marked a significant milestone in the presidency of Barack Obama. The Arab League came out -- unanimously -- in favor of the United...
'Hereafter' movie, featuring tsunami scenes, stops showing in Japan
TOKYO — A film distributor says it has decided to stop showing Clint Eastwood’s tsunami movie “Hereafter” in Japan following a catastrophic quake. Warner Entertainment Japan Inc. official Satoru Otani...
Hill flack out over WikiLeaks comment
WASHINGTON – State Department mouthpiece P.J. Crowley quit yesterday amid political fallout from his calling the Pentagon “stupid” for its treatment of an Army private accused of leaking secrets to...
Red Storm's playoff ride comes to halt in state final
Lashonda Hathorne has been on some talented teams at St. John’s Prep, but she knew there was something special about this year’s group coming down the stretch. “This year we...
Nothing but love for the Lady Blazers
Murry Bergtraum coach Ed Grezinsky was in rare form Sunday afternoon, grabbing the microphone at the postgame press conference and tearing into all of his team’s critics. He paid special...
Coney Island's Fludd overcomes Lincoln
Lincoln-Boys & Girls is the PSAL’s preeminent rivalry, a clash between bitter foes from opposite ends of Brooklyn. To Leroy (Truck) Fludd, a Coney Island native who attends The High,...
Princeton looks to make history against Kentucky
The suspense of a playoff game not won until the final buzzer Saturday didn’t kill Princeton. So the Tigers would have sat patiently at the Frist Student Center on their...
St. Peter’s will face Purdue in Southwest
The gathering of St. Peter’s basketball devotees erupted with a cheer last night when the Peacocks were announced as the 14th seed in the NCAA tournament’s Southwest region. The cheer...
Team by team
A look at the remaining teams in the South region, to be played in Atlanta: 1. Kentucky (32-2) Location: Lexington, Ky. Nickname: Wildcats Points For: 76.7 - Points Against: 59.0...
Naz, Lady Kingsmen have made perfect combination
Nazareth needed a spiritual lift. The student-athletes needed a place to play basketball. The combination has been magical over the last year. When Lady Kingsmen girls basketball coach Apache Paschall...
Fun-loving Molloy wrestles away pre-game jitters
Tom Catalanotto wanted to make sure his players couldn’t sense any anxiety or apprehension in him and the rest of the Archbishop Molloy coaches prior to their championship game. “The...
Royal effort: Smith, CK fall short to Naz in 'AA' state final
Bria Smith hates nothing more than losing. It’s the bane of the Christ the King superstar’s existence. She’s typically miserable and downright inconsolable after any loss, whether it be in...
Loaded Kansas team to beat
The Southwest is the NCAA tournament region that might have been. Would Purdue be a team to beat if Robbie Hummel hadn’t blown out his knee? Would Florida State be...
Team by team
A look at the remaining teams in the Midwest region, to be played in St. Louis: 1. North Carolina (29-5) Location: Chapel Hill, N.C. Nickname: Tar Heels Points For: 82.0...
Pitt looks to make Final Four
The winningest Big East program over the last five years has not been Connecticut or Syracuse or Louisville or Villanova. It’s been Pitt. Two years ago, the Panthers’ quest to...
Team by team
A look at the remaining teams in the East region, to be played in Boston: PITTSBURGH 1. Syracuse (31-2) Location: Syracuse Nickname: Orange Points For: 74.6 - Points Against: 60.4...
Ohio State primed to make NCAA tournament run
The No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA tournament is the closest college basketball has this season to a great team. The Buckeyes (32-2) have youth (Jared Sullinger) and experience...
Team by team
A look at the field in the West region, to be played in Phoenix: 1. Michigan State (27-7) Location: East Lansing, Mich. Nickname: Spartans Points For: 72.3 - Points Against:...
UConn now shooting for biggest prize
No one thought it possible for a team to win five games in five nights and claim the toughest conference tournament in America. But Connecticut did it, did it behind...
Big East gets 11 teams into NCAA tournament
The 2011 NCAA tournament became a Big East feast yesterday. Eleven Big East teams made the field of 68, busting its previous record of eight, set in 2008 and matched...
St. John's Lavin, Gonzaga's Few climbed ranks together
They were the young guns of the West. Steve Lavin, now the St. John’s coach, and Mark Few, now the Gonzaga coach, would find each other in small gym after...
Buildup worth wait for Lavin, St. John's
The waiting was killing them. Ten Big East teams already had been called into the NCAA tournament. All the St. John’s seniors had waited four years for this night, this...
St. John's to face Gonzaga in NCAA tournament
For a brief instant last night, as St. John’s saw its name flash on CBS’ selection show — as Dwight Hardy mugged for the cameras and his teammates erupted in...
Stanner Day: Big second half sends Molloy to CHSAA 'A' state title
Like her team, Carolyn Gallagher seized an opportunity. The Archbishop Molloy forward drove to the basket and was fouled, but was left all alone as she missed the ensuing free...
South Shore's hype train derails above Penn Station
From the very beginning of the season, Anwar Gladden was nervous about one thing involving his team. It had nothing to do with South Shore’s talent, athleticism or depth –...
Nazareth holds off furious Royals rally to win CHSAA 'AA' state title
The Nazareth players remembered what last year felt like. While playing for St. Michael Academy they watched Christ the King celebrate at center court at Cardinal Spellman after their season...
Lincoln falls short in return trip to Garden
Dwayne (Tiny) Morton must have felt like he was in an alternate universe when he walked into the Madison Square Garden multipurpose room Sunday afternoon. Used to hoisting trophies and...
Blaze of glory: 'Underdog' Bergtraum wins 13th straight PSAL title
All the focus this season was on what Murry Bergtraum was not. The Lady Blazers were not a national powerhouse. They were not made up of future high Division I...
Despite Andujar breakout performance, Rice falls short
Jermaine Sanders spoke in a hushed tone, tears still streaming down his cheek. Two years ago, he was a promising sophomore cutting down the nets at Fordham’s Rose Hill Gym....
Mark Cuban joining 'Shark Tank,' making deal with Sheen
As Mark Cuban continues to finesse a deal to bring Charlie Sheen to his cable network, the outspoken billionaire is preparing for his own return to television. Cuban, owner of...
Wasn't in the cards
The first rule of gambling is: You win some, you lose some. Still, it's heartbreaking that on Friday at the Met, an opera about a compulsive gambler, "The Queen of...
Project runaway
Supermodel Petra Nemcova came close to opting out of "Dancing With the Stars" to aid victims of the disaster in Japan, sources close to the supermodel say. With the new...
'Tori & Dean' sued by agents
Agents don't usually like to sue their clients -- bad for business, and all that. But over the weekend came news that the company that makes Tori Spelling's long-running reality...
Accountant: Hatch deserves more jail
While "Survivor" tax-cheat Richard Hatch keeps proclaiming that the government is out to get him, at least one tax professional is saying that his latest nine-month prison sentence is "not...
Nerve Griffin
'Let's talk about the 'Real Housewives,' " says Kathy Griffin, conspiratorially. And for the rest of her shamelessly titled "Kathy Griffin Wants a Tony," which opened its very brief run...
He'll Cuo it alone
A tough-talking Gov. Cuomo, battling a $10 billion deficit and lawmakers determined to hike taxes and spending, dramatically vowed over the weekend: "It's now or never to end the state's...
Fresh Kills park plan is down in the dumps
Mayor Bloomberg's ambitious plan to turn a former Staten Island landfill into a massive public park is sinking -- literally. The city has hit a major snag in the early...
Library keeps menu 'order'
Food may be forbidden there, but the New York Public Library still has the best menus in town. While most New Yorkers keep just a few dozen restaurant menus in...
Foot model, doorman husband who fought co-op board getting divorced
Their fairy-tale romance might not have a happy ending. A woman known as "the Heidi Klum of Foot Models" -- who fell in love with the doorman at her posh...
LIFO 'out' west
Two more states abolished their "last in, first out" protections and will now require that teacher layoffs be based on performance rather than seniority -- while New York officials dither...
'Is there any way I can bribe the judge?'
Two bungling Diamond District jewelers -- already awaiting sentencing for hiring fake robbers dressed as Hasids to stage a $7 million insurance-job robbery -- are back in jail after one...
SAT 'cheat' ring probed
A group of students at a prestigious Long Island high school are being eyed in a college-test cheating ring, The Post has learned. The kids, seniors at John L. Miller-Great...
Dems to OK GOP funding plan: Chuck
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Chuck Schumer yesterday promised that Senate Democrats would agree to the Republicans' short-term spending deal to avoid a government shutdown this week. He said the bill, which...
Military 'diversity': more DC silliness
Just when you think that our govern ment can't get any sillier, along comes something like the Military Leadership Diversity Commission -- and let's face it, up to now you...
Prosecutors' 'pet' peeves
I'm not dreaming or drunk. This really happened. In 2003, Michael Garcia went mano a mano on the Lower East Side with 9-year-old Juan Torres' pet goldfish, Crystal. "You want...
Albany corruption: Groundhog Day
It's Groundhog Day in Albany. Yet again, we see state lawmakers hauled before a court on corruption charges; yet again, we hear talk of ethics reform -- and yet again,...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Queens A young woman was killed in Hollis last night by a gang of muggers who shot her after she refused to give up her purse, cops said. Rabie Mohammed,...
Queens-bred 'Idol' fave makes NY proud
LOS ANGELES -- What took so long? Finally, a real New Yorker -- an honest-to-goodness former wedding singer from Queens -- is the favorite to win "American Idol" this year....
'Los Angeles' wins the battle
"Battle: Los Angeles" fought its way to the top of the weekend box office, capturing $36 million in sales, according to studio estimates yesterday. The film stars Aaron Eckhart as...
40 injured in B'klyn blaze
Forty people were reportedly injured -- four critically -- in a fire that ripped through a Brooklyn apartment building early yesterday. The fire broke out in the four-story building on...
Tsunami survivor rescued 10 miles off shore
Amid the multitude of horror stories growing out of its disaster, Japan is celebrating at least one tale of miraculous survival. Hiromitsu Shinkawa, 60, was swept 10 miles out to...
Mike's big splash on waterfront
Mayor Bloomberg wants New Yorkers to use their MetroCards -- to catch an East River ferry. And he wants you to go see a movie -- at the 34th Street...
Banks' bated breath
Talk about a bank shot. The nation's biggest banks are hoping to receive a big lift next Monday when the Federal Reserve finishes its latest stress tests and lets the...
Dragging our feet
A Week ago, the Obama administration let it be known that, under "certain conditions," it would support the Franco-British call for a no-fly zone over Libya. The administration admits that...
Tickets to Charlie Sheen's live shows sell out
The Charlie Sheen road show is already "winning." Tickets to "Charlie Sheen Live: My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat is Not an Option," the train-wreck star's two upcoming Midwest stage shows,...
Business briefs
iPad 2 sales Apple may have sold as many as 500,000 iPad 2 computers after retail outlets ran out of the tab let on its debut weekend, said Piper Jaffray...
The Eldridge gets model owner and new purpose
An ex-model turned high-powered broker, Sean Hughes, of Town, is the new owner of Lower East Side hotspot The Eldridge, The Post has learned. Hughes and an anonymous partner bought...
Survivors of Bronx bus crash head back to casino
They couldn't resist. Two gamblers who miraculously survived a catastrophic brush with death aboard a Chinatown casino bus climbed back aboard the same company's bus only hours later for another...
Questions haunt friendly-fire fatality
Nassau County cops say they're baffled as to why a colleague was fatally shot by an officer from another department during mop-up duty at the scene of a police shooting...
Amer. Eagle Outfitters looks dressed for buyout
Dissed by the cool kids at the mall, American Eagle Outfitters may soon be pursued by packs of private-equity investors. The depressed teen retailer -- which had for years traded...
Web site all that remains of town ravaged by tsunami
It's like Pompeii on the Internet. The Web site for the town of Minamisanriku -- where more than half of the 18,000 residents are feared dead from the monster earthquake...
Silver proposes a 'millionaires tax' lite
ALBANY -- Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver yesterday unveiled plans to tax the rich and restore some $700 million to education and other programs as state legislative leaders for the first...
Probers pick apart driver's fishy story
Federal investigators yesterday zeroed in on the driver of a doomed casino bus, as his excuse for the deadly Bronx crash appeared to fall apart. Ophadell Williams -- who was...
King: Protecting US -- or smearing Muslims?
THE ISSUE: Rep. Peter King's hearings last week on the radicalization of Muslim Americans. *** All I keep hearing from the media is that Rep. Peter King's hearings on Muslims...
Bloody day for Libyan rebels
Violent clashes in Libya continued yesterday with troops pounding rebels at one of their final strongholds. Moammar Khadafy's forces used warships, tanks and air strikes to pummel insurgents out of...
Cop pushed to his death
A veteran Brooklyn cop was killed yesterday when a crazed career thug shoved him off a brownstone stoop as the officer tried to cuff him, police said. Officer Alain Schaberger,...
Japan gripped by meltdown panic
Water levels fell far enough to partially expose fuel rods at Fukushima No.1 nuclear plant's No. 2 reactor, sparking meltdown fears, Jiji Press reported Monday. The dangerous exposure came after...
Japan stocks plunge in Nikkei's first day after quake
Economic shock waves continued to rock Japan, as the nation's stock market dropped 646.32 points or 6.3 percent. The Nikkei 225 stock index opened down 494 points or five percent...
Qaeda's new burqa-beauty mag
Call it the Ladies' Home Jihad. Al Qaeda is publishing a new women's magazine that mixes tips on skin care, beauty and fashion with the latest dish on suicide bombings...
Men's department
Men's magazines this month are dishing up less fashion and more movie stars, interviews and testosterone. Men's Journal takes no stock in offering fashion tips to its macho readership or...
The EPA's dim bulbs
After weathering a winter of intimida tion, Mayor Bloomberg has appar ently capitulated to an Environmental Protection Agency scare campaign. The issue: PCBs -- three little letters that are about...
A tax that won't die
New York's so-called millionaires tax, set to expire at the end of the year, is threatening once again to rise from the dead. And then, perhaps, suck the very lifeblood...
Curbing union excess
New York pols aren't about to eliminate most collec tive-bargaining rights and automatic dues collection for public-sector unions, as Wisconsin just did. But if they care about the public good,...
Dream job: Bill Raftery
You think it’s a challenge filling out your office March Madness bracket, sorting out the Southwest Louisianas from the Northern Iowas? Try Bill Raftery’s job. As one of college basketball’s...
A brain boost
Constant sitting doesn’t just punish the body. It’s also bad for cognitive functioning, says brain researcher John Medina, author of “Brain Rules.” During eons of hunting and gathering, our brains...
Chill factor
Most popular songs 1. Born This Way, Lady Gaga 2. On The Floor, Jennifer Lopez 3. S&M, Rihanna 4. Blow, Kesha 5. Rolling In The Deep, Adele 6. I Need...
Go to Greg
I recently had a meeting with my manager, with HR present. He said I wasn’t performing at a satisfactory level and that they were going to evaluate my performance over...
Standing orders
Paul Golin had what he calls a “heart-health episode” a couple years ago. “And I knew one of the contributing factors was my sedentary lifestyle,” he recalls. As associate director...
A snore subject
Getting out of your chair regularly might have an unlikely benefit, says a Toronto sleep researcher: reduced snoring. Douglas Bradley, director of the Toronto Research Institute’s Sleep Research Laboratory, has...
Tomorrow's Philadelphia Parx Entries
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Bill Smith At Yonkers
Post time: 7:10 p.m.Best Bet: Im Confident (11th)FIRST-1 1/16 ml pc; $10,000; claiming3Exactorman(B Dobson)5-1-83-15Liberty Call(G Brennan)1-5-48-51Kandi Chip(B Sears)4-3-25-12Somethinsgotgv(JBrtltt)6-3-412-14TsmGoldenridge(JStrattn)3-5-610-16RockinrollinNow(SBochrd)5-1-412-17WindsunFireNIce(MForte)3-4-620-18SpectacularMan(BHolland)5-7-515-1SECOND-1 1/16 ml tr; $6,000; cond5RuleByStrength(CManzi)3-4-58-11Run A Tab(S Bouchard)4-3-43-16DangerHall(JPantaleano)8-6-34-12Bel Gazou(B Sears)5-6-812-13America(J Bartlett)4-7-45-14Montana Steel(S...
Vic C.'s Fair Grounds Grade
Post Time: 1:40 p.m.FIRST-5 fur; $18,000; clm; 3,4&5YO5-Caesar'sCoin 1231-D C Silver 1202-Galapagos 1176-TBillBubble 1233-Lil Nicholas 1207-FlyforJody 1184-Dixie Lullaby 115SECOND-5 ½ fur; $25,000; clm; 4up5-Hands On 1211-Burt'saStitch 1192-Jet Raider 1196-UnexpectedVlr 1093-Ti...
The Post Line
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Missing diehards hurt Rangers at Garden
Honey, they're home. The Rangers, that is, returning to Madison Square Garden following a six-day, two-game swing through California in which the team's best qualities surfaced in Saturday night's 3-2...
Playoffs 'do-able' for Nets
Do-able, yes. Probable, no. The Nets have won four straight games, the last two without Deron Williams who has returned from his son's birth and yesterday practiced all out, full...
Giants' O'Hara says union had no chance in labor talks
Giants center Shaun O'Hara, as the team's player representative to the recently decertified NFL Players Association, was deeply involved in the protracted negotiations with the league that did not conclude...
Philadelphia Parx Results
FIRST-$30,000, st alc, 4YO up, 6½f5Clam Bake (Montanez) 4.202.602.104Bavaria (Bermudez)6.404.206Three Quarter Tout (Vaz)2.80 Off 12:26. Time 1:18.49. Fast. *Exacta (5-4) $29.40 * Trifecta (5-4-6) $73.20SECOND-$30,000, cl, 4YO up, 1m5Degraff (Rivera)...
Santana long shot for Mets this season
PORT ST. LUCIE -- The Mets continue to live in an alternate baseball universe, a world of Rehab Denial with the belief that Johan Santana could be back on the...
Slaughter leads B&G to PSAL title
Kangaroos' court Antione Slaughter is almost too small to ride roller coasters, and he's always the shortest player on the floor. But yesterday, the 5-foot-4 senior point guard stood the...
Mets' Santana denies report of setback
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Johan Santana wasn't about to reset his clock yesterday. The injured Mets ace still has 2011 in his sights, even as a report surfaced indicating his...
Aqueduct Charts
March 13, 2011 Clear And Fast. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST1m&70yds; $17,000; clm; 4upOff: 1:00 p.m.St. good, won flashing whipTime: 24.89, 50.33, 1:15.85, 1:41.51, 1:45.84.Trainer: Michael MiceliWinner: DK B/ G,...
Garcia's grip on Yankees rotation spot loosens with rough start
TAMPA -- Yankees pitchers have looked like thoroughbreds in the race for the back-end rotation spots this spring, but yesterday one finally came up lame. The Twins' B-lineup smoked Freddy...
Michael O'Neill, father of Post copy editor, dies
Michael J. O'Neill, father of Post copy editor Mike O'Neill, passed away at the age of 75 on Friday after a brave battle with cancer. O'Neill was born in The...
Gulfstream Results
FIRST-$16,200, cl, 3YO up F&M, 6f1The Pia Angel (Maragh) 4.602.802.402Miss Aristocrat (Jurado)3.402.404Laugh a Minute (Prado)2.60 Off 12:56. Time 1:10.75. Fast. * Exacta (1-2) $12.00 * $1 Superfecta (1-2-4-8) $101.90 *...
It's time to cry 'Uncle'
Over the past quarter century or so, many top 2-year-olds failed to develop as classic contenders the following spring. Of the 26 Breeders' Cup Juvenile winners from 1984-2009, one won...
Garden price hike is food for naught
"Know what? I'm up for a good meal and a nice bottle of wine. Whattya say we run over to Madison Square Garden for dinner? Better bring a couple of...
Philadelphia Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 6 fur; $22,000; clm($12,500); 3YOIMPOSSIBLEPOSIBILE makes local debut for new barn after running evenly in career debut at Golden Gate. FRAT HOUSE races with Lasix and shows good works...
Yankees' Rivera strikes out side in spring debut
TAMPA -- We could fill you in on Mariano Rivera's spring debut or simply say "see previous seasons." Of all the staggering elements about Rivera, the most flabbergasting is that...
Sports shorts
NHL: Former Sabre Martin dies Rick Martin, a member of the Sabres' famed French Connection line in the 1970s, died yesterday. He was 59. Martin was pronounced dead at a...
Watney bags win at Doral
DORAL, Fla. -- One of the most elemental, challenging aspects of golf -- whether you're a professional or a weekend hacker -- is exorcising demons. Nick Watney stared down a...
Steelers president says court ruling on lockout this week
Day 2 of the NFL lockout featured what appeared to be the continuation of a coordinated PR offensive by the owners and at least one prediction of action on the...
Knicks lose to Pacers
The Knicks looked like a gutted team last night in their despicable defeat to the mediocre Pacers -- not a club that took a giant step toward a future NBA...
Ryan among Jets hit with lockout pay cuts
With the NFL lockout in force, the Jets will enact their contingency plan, which includes furloughs and pay cuts. Beginning this week, all contract employees, which include the coaching staff...
Knicks hear boos from Garden crowd during loss to Pacers
We've spent a lot of time this winter celebrating the acoustics that have slowly returned to Madison Square Garden, the cheers, the chants, the electricity, the high-wattage star power. It...
Rusty guard gives Knicks no 'Chaunce'
The return of Chauncey Billups from a six-game absence turned into a major dud. Whether Billups' thigh was aching or his game was coated in rust, he looked awful, ran...
Today's Sports on Air
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Home Team Lineups
TODAYMar. 14TUEMar. 15WEDMar. 16THUMar. 17FRIMar. 18SATMar. 19SUNMar. 20KnicksNOGAMEInd.7:00MSGESPNNOGAMEMem.7:30MSGESPNDet.7:30MSGESPNNOGAMEMil.3:00MSGESPNNetsBoston7:00TV -- YES NetworkRadio -- WFAN 660 AMNOGAMENOGAMEChi.7:00YESWBBRMilw.8:30YESWBBRNOGAMEWash.1:00YESWFANRangersNOGAMEN.Y.I.7:00MSG+WNYMNOGAMENOGAMEMont.7:00MSG2WNYMNOGAMEPitt.12:30NBCESPNIslandersNOGAMEN.Y.R.7:00MSG2WRHUNOGAMENOGAMECar.7:00MSG+2WRHUFla.7:00MSG+WRHUNOGAMEDevilsNOGAMEAtl.7:00MSG+2WFANNOGAMEOtt.7:30MSG+WFANWash.7:00MSG+WFANNOGAMEClmb.5:00MSG+WFANRed BullsNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMESea.7:30No TVWADONOGAME
Pulse sales
Roberta Freymann Sample Sale 260 Fifth Ave., between 28th and 29th streets Sale: March 16-18, 11a.m.- 6 p.m.; March 19, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Save 50 to 70 percent off regularly...
Weird but true
The head of Burger King is in hot water for delivering a whopper of an insult. CEO Bernardo Hees trashed British women and British food alike while addressing students at...
Duke defeats North Carolina
Add another Atlantic Coast Conference championship to fifth-ranked Duke's record haul. Nolan Smith had 20 points and the Blue Devils ended No. 6 North Carolina's run of big comebacks at...
LIU enjoys underdog role against North Carolina
Sophomore Jamal Olasewere issued a warning to the mighty North Carolina Tar Heels a few minutes after it was announced they would meet his LIU Blackbirds in the first round...
Alabama, Virginia Tech lead NIT field
Perhaps the NCAA tournament selection committee confused Alabama-Birmingham with Alabama, and Virginia Commonwealth for Virginia Tech. The two bubble teams from power conferences were passed over yesterday in favor of...
Little big man: Clutch Slaughter leads Boys & Girls to second straight crown
Antione Slaughter is almost too small to ride rollercoasters and he’s always the shortest player on the floor. The senior, however, stood the tallest yesterday, leading Boys & Girls to...
2011 NCAA TOURNAMENT BRACKET
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A successful Hunt for second CHSAA title for King
With the crowd at Fordham’s Rose Hill Gym roaring, Terrel Hunt stepped to the foul line, stared at the basket, took a deep breath and had a thought. “Damn, this...
Royal repeat: CK downs Rice to win CHSAA 'AA' title
Most of his teammates will get a chance to continue their basketball careers, but not Terrel Hunt. He will be playing football at Syracuse in the fall and his days...
Pacers dominate Knicks, 106-93
Tyler Hansbrough scored a career-high 29 points, Dahntay Jones added 18 in place of leading scorer Danny Granger, and the Indiana Pacers snapped a six-game losing streak with a 106-93...
Hacker group Anonymous plans Bank of America document release tomorrow
Anonymous, a hacker group sympathetic to WikiLeaks, plans to release e-mails obtained from Bank of America Corp early Monday morning, according to posts on the group's Twitter feed. The group,...