March 18, 2011
Devils GM hopeful Parise can return this season: report
Devils GM Lou Lamoriello is hopeful Zach Parise can return to play before the end of the regular season, NJ.com reports."I would hope so, but let's wait and see," Lamoriello...
Sen. Menendez sheds some money linked to NY corruption case
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) will donate to charity some of the campaign donations he received from a developer charged this month in a federal corruption case against two...
Perez pitches, Wright homers in Mets' win
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Oliver Perez said he’s focused on helping the Mets, not on the possibility that he could be the next high-priced player that’s released by the team...
Irving returns in Duke win over Hampton
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Kyrie Irving stole the inbound pass and sped downcourt toward the helpless Hampton defender under the basket. He leaped for a layup with his right hand, then...
Firm, committee move to quash Clemens subpoena
WASHINGTON — A law firm and a congressional committee that both investigated the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball are fighting former pitching star Roger Clemens over access to evidence...
Trustee hits Mets with amended lawsuit seeking $1B
They're gonna need a bigger checkbook. The owners of the New York Mets today were slammed with an amended lawsuit that demands they now fork over a cool $1 billion...
Despite shot, Mets' Beltran plans to play in opener
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Carlos Beltran hasn’t given up on Opening Night.The hobbled Mets right fielder received a cortisone shot in his inflamed left knee Friday and is hopeful the...
Burnett hit hard in Yankees loss to Blue Jays
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- A.J. Burnett, Yankees manager Joe Girardi, and catcher Russell Martin all felt Burnett pitched well Friday. His curveball looked as good as it has all spring and...
Monmouth Park gets 141 racing dates
The New Jersey Racing Commission has awarded Monmouth Park 141 racing dates this year with the thoroughbred meet at the Shore track opening on May 14. Track general manager and...
Notre Dame defeats Akron
CHICAGO -- Notre Dame’s pace was off. The Irish were overanxious at the beginning of their NCAA opener, knowing that as a second seed they were expected to win against...
Helen Thomas wants apology from Obama, reasserts Zionists own White House, Congress
Nine months after anti-Semitic remarks forced her to resign from her post as a White House correspondent, Helen Thomas remains unrepentant, demanding an apology from President Barack Obama and defending...
Villanova knocked out by George Mason
CLEVELAND -- George Mason’s Mike Morrison held his favorite T-shirt with a you-gotta-believe slogan that his team might have another remarkable run in them to match 2006. “We ARE this...
Cops cuff psycho who attacked off-duty MTA worker
Police have nabbed the deranged man who attacked an off-duty MTA worker in a Chinatown subway station last month. Ismael Acevedo,41, allegedly confronted Sabrina Scott, 39, on the F-train platform...
Jimmy Buffett wants to bring 'tiger blood' to Margaritaville
ORLANDO -- Singer Jimmy Buffett is seeking to capitalize on Charlie Sheen's infamous references to "tiger blood" by trademarking the name for a new cocktail, TMZ reported Friday. Buffett's company,...
Biggest 'supermoon' in 19 years expected Saturday
A rare, so-called supermoon was expected to be seen Saturday, a partial optical illusion that occurs when the moon is full and at its closest distance to Earth. At 3:00pm...
Feds to combat erosion at Plumb Beach
The feds are forking over $500,000 to help combat erosion at Brooklyn’s Plumb Beach, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Brooklyn/Queens) said today. During a meeting last week with Colonel John R. Boulé...
De Niro testifies against art director accused of stealing $77K from father's estate
He’s played hoods, mobsters and vigilantes. But today, screen legend Robert De Niro played a real-life crime victim, testifying in a Manhattan courtroom against an art gallery director accused of...
BUSHES: Mets fans likely won't wait long to see Gee
Friday's announcement by the Mets that right-hander Dillon Gee was optioned to Triple-A Buffalo was about as surprising as the decision to release Luis Castillo. Gee, no matter how well...
Tiger Woods' ex-wife springs for $12 million Palm Beach mansion
PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Tiger Woods' ex-wife, Elin Nordegren, shelled out over $12 million for a mansion in North Palm Beach, 10 miles away from Woods' own sprawling digs, local...
NJ man gets 5-year term in $10.2 million fraud
NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for defrauding clients of a payroll services company and an investment firm he operated....
Activist O'Keefe won't be videotaped himself
KEYPORT, N.J. — Conservative activist James O'Keefe, known for his hidden-camera videos, refused to be videotaped when he spoke to a tea party group in central New Jersey, a newspaper...
Medgar Evers files protest over ejected player
Medgar Evers filed a protest Thursday night with the PSAL over the ejection of its star player late in the second quarter of Wednesday’s 49-46, PSAL Class B loss to...
Obama to Khadafy: Stop or face military action
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama demanded Friday that Moammar Khadafy halt all military attacks against civilians and said that if the Libyan leader did not stand down the United States...
BA's Top 31 Mets Prospects; No. 9: Aderlin Rodriguez
Vitals: 19 years old (turns 20 on Nov. 18); 6-foot-3 and 210 pounds; both hits and throws right-handed; signed by the Mets as an international free agent out of the...
Texas, Michigan, Arizona, Florida State advance
TULSA, Okla. -- Freshman Tristan Thompson had 17 points, 10 rebounds and seven blocked shots Friday, and Texas survived a second-half comeback by high-scoring Oakland for an 85-81 victory in...
BA's Top 31 Yankees Prospects; No. 9: Slade Heathcott
Vitals: 20 years old (turns 21 Sept. 28); 6-foot-1 and 190 pounds; both hits and throws left-handed; drafted by the Yankees in the first round of the 2009 draft out...
Bits and bobs in 'Arcadia'
Judging by my review today, I'm in the minority when it comes to "Arcadia." Other critics agree that the new revival is imperfect, but few seem to think many problems lay...
BA's Top 31 Mets Prospects; No. 10: Brad Holt
Vitals: 24 years old (turns 25 on Oct. 13); 6-foot-4 and 194 pounds; both hits and throws right-handed; drafted by the Mets in the supplemental first round of the 2008...
Obama Elementary School to close its doors, citing low enrollment
ASBURY PARK, N.J. -- As President Barack Obama was set to depart on an overseas trip Friday, he faced some sobering news back home -- a school bearing his name...
Keeping us in suspense: Backe doesnt' name starter, but Sutton likely in net vs. Sounders
When the Red Bulls open their 16th Major League Soccer season against the Seattle Sounders FC at Red Bull Arena tomorrow night, all indications are they will do so with...
BA's Top 31 Yankees Prospects; No. 10: Brandon Laird
Vitals: 23 years old (turns 24 on Sept. 11); 6-foot-1 and 215 pounds; both hits and throws right-handed; drafted by the Yankees in the 27th round of the 2007 draft...
Red Sox spring training update (VIDEO)
Boston Globe Red Sox writer Pete Abraham takes a look at the Yankees' longtime AL East rival.Abraham reports the agent for first baseman Adrian Gonzalez will be in camp soon...
Dramatic video shows escape from Japan's tsunami
New video shows a dramatic slice of the terror of the tsunami in Japan as people make split-second choices that saved their lives. The video from Channel 4 in England...
Egypt gets first taste of a free vote in decades
CAIRO — Forty million Egyptians get their first taste of a free vote in decades when a package of constitutional amendments sponsored by Egypt's ruling military goes to a nationwide...
Netflix locks up rights to its first TV series
LOS GATOS, Calif. — Netflix's Internet video streaming service will get first-run episodes of the upcoming TV series, "House of Cards," starring Academy Award winning actor Kevin Spacey. The deal...
Ex-Goldman director sues SEC after civil charges
A former Goldman Sachs board member has sued the Securities and Exchange Commission after the SEC linked him to a major insider trading case when it filed civil charges against...
SEC sues IBM over alleged illegal Korea, China gifts
WASHINGTON -- IBM agreed to pay $10 million to settle US civil charges that employees at three of its units and a South Korean joint venture bribed South Korean and...
Brooklyn man who shoved cop to his death indicted on aggravated murder charge
The man charged with killing a Brooklyn cop by shoving him off a stoop was indicted on an aggravated murder charge – but the suspect’s lawyer said the cop was...
Colt 45 to enter US alcopop market, with Snoop Dogg's help
WOODBRIDGE, Ill. -- The new owners of malt liquor brand Colt 45, with the help of rapper Snoop Dogg, were planning to unveil next month a label called Blast by...
Innocence Project professor pulled from class
EVANSTON, Ill. — A Northwestern University journalism professor whose students are credited with helping to free more than 10 innocent men from prison has been pulled from the class that...
Final tunnels to connect LIRR to Grand Central to begin drilling next month
A pair of gigantic boring machines will begin work next month on the last tunnels that will connect the Long Island Rail Road to Grand Central Terminal, MTA officials said...
Manchester Utd boss denies Ferdinand's EPL career is over
MANCHESTER, England -- Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson denied Friday suggestions that Rio Ferdinand is finished as a top player. Ferguson said earlier this week that Ferdinand's current calf...
Manchester United and Chelsea to clash in Champions League
NYON, Switzerland -- English Premier League giants Chelsea and Manchester United will clash in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, while Tottenham Hotspur was drawn Friday against Real Madrid. Holders Inter Milan will...
Mohamed bin Hammam confirms he will run for FIFA president
KUALA LUMPUR -- Asian soccer chief Mohamed bin Hammam confirmed Friday that he will challenge Sepp Blatter for the FIFA presidency in June, opening a bitter fight for the soccer...
Suspicious vehicle forces road closures, evacuations at Dover Air Force Base
DOVER, Del. -- A suspicious vehicle forced the closure of several major roads near Dover Air Force Base in Delaware Friday, but has been cleared, officials said. A semi-tractor trailer...
Wisconsin officials will fight restraining order halting collective bargaining law
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin's Attorney General said Friday he will seek an appeal of a judge's decision to issue a temporary restraining order against a new law that would curtail...
Mets release Castillo; eat $6 million on contract
PORT ST. LUCIE -- One down, one to go.Luis Castillo’s reign of error with the Mets came to an end Friday when the team agreed to eat the $6 million...
Spaghetti sparks subway fight (video)
A brawl broke out on a New York City subway car after one passenger apparently got upset over another passenger eating a big container of spaghetti on the crowded car....
Real health care reforms from the governor of Alabama
In an interview with Stateline, Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, a doctor in his earlier life, has some interesting ideas about how to actualy reform health CARE as opposed to what...
Severely beaten toddler clings to life in Brooklyn hospital
A toddler who was severely beaten is clinging to life in a Brooklyn hospital today, police sources said. Cops responding to a 911 call found the 17-month-old toddler unconscious at...
Thousands gather at two officers' funerals on Long Island
Thousands of cops from across the region gathered on Long Island this morning for two funerals for police officers killed last weekend in the line of duty. At 8 a.m.,...
Killing jobs is Obama's job No. 1
Why isn't there more job creation going on these days? Listen to just one view from Joseph Mason, professor of business at LSU: "By the administration's own estimates, the moratorium...
Former NY lawmaker faces prison in Hamptons fraud
A former Long Island lawmaker faces up to 15 years in prison when he is sentenced in a Hamptons fraud case. George Guldi was convicted last month of grand larceny...
Pedestrian fatally struck by truck in Brooklyn
Police say a pedestrian has been struck and killed by a private sanitation truck in Brooklyn. They say the man was crossing eastbound on Myrtle Avenue near Broadway when he...
46 protesters killed in violent clashes in Yemen
SANAA, Yemen -- US President Barack Obama condemned the violent clashes in Yemen that left more than 40 protesters dead Friday and hundreds wounded. Witnesses said that regime loyalists opened...
Police in Haiti use tear gas to clear way for Aristide's return
PORT-AU-PRINCE -- Haitian police used tear gas against jubilant supporters of former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide Friday when they blocked the once-exiled president's motorcade from reaching his home. Thousands of Aristide's...
Diplomat says minuscule nuclear fallout reaches Calif.
LOS ANGELES — A diplomat in Vienna says Japan's radioactive fallout has reached Southern California, but first readings are "about a billion times beneath levels that would be health threatening."...
Feliciano, Logan latest Yankees relievers sidelined
TAMPA -- The Yankees' relief corps got one member back Friday but another two were put on the shelf.Sergio Mitre pitched in the Yankees' 6-5 loss to the Blue Jays,...
Charlie Sheen to earn $7M from monthlong tour
LOS ANGELES -- Charlie Sheen will make $7 million in one month from his "Charlie Sheen LIVE: My Violent Torpedo of Truth" tour, according to a new report. The former...
NFL commissioner 'hopeful' 2011 season will be played
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said the league is in the midst of creating its 2011 schedule despite the lockout and that "we hope to play a full season."In an interview...
Japanese fend for themselves as aid trickles in
SHIZUGAWA, Japan — An American helicopter crewman shouted above the din of the rotor: "What do these people need? Do they need food? Do they need medicine?" The answer one...
Japan crew fixes power cable in race to stop radiation
Exhausted engineers successfully attached a power cable to Japan's tsunami-crippled nuclear station on Saturday in a race to prevent deadly radiation from an accident now rated at least as bad...
Hillary has two more years to do some good
A story at Politico this morning explains what Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may be planning to do with her life after she leaves the job in 2012: "Clinton often...
Libyan foreign minister announces immediate cease-fire
TRIPOLI, Libya -- Libya declared an "immediate cease-fire" and stoppage of military operations Friday, Libyan foreign minister Musa Kusa told reporters in Tripoli. He said the UN-backed no-fly zone would...
3 UP: Montero, Soriano, Jeter
1. In today’s Post, I wrote this column detailing how dubious scouts remain about Jesus Montero’s catching ability. Now scouts tend to be more negative than positive and tend to...
BYU's Jimmer booed for closing 3-pointer
DENVER — Jimmer Fredette, the nation’s leading scorer and the face of all that is supposedly right in college basketball, became the player to dislike in the Southeast Region. Fredette...
UConn defeats Bucknell
WASHINGTON — Kemba Walker said the Connecticut Huskies would be ready for the NCAA tournament after winning an unprecedented five games in five days last week to win the Big...
Fernandez’s late jumper propels Temple over Penn State
TUCSON, Ariz. — Don’t call him “one-and-Dunphy” anymore. Juan Fernandez sank an off-balance 18-footer with less than a second to play to hand No. 7 Temple a wild 66-64 victory...
Howie Hoops: You should shoot for 3 on Day 2
Today, let's up the ante and try for a trifecta. Despite playing in the Missouri Valley Conference, Indiana State suffered 13 losses this season. I’m not sure what’s more likely...
Majority of New York City voters think teacher layoffs should be based on performance: poll
LIFO must go! A whopping 78 percent of New York City voters said teacher layoffs should be based on performance, not the seniority-based "last-in, first out" law, a poll released...
Rebels claim Khadafy forces violating cease-fire
TRIPOLI, Libya -- Rebel leaders claimed Friday Libyan leader Col. Moamar Khadafy had blatantly ignored his proclaimed cease-fire with continued assaults on insurgents while US President Barack Obama warned he...
St. John's can’t ‘Do It for D.J.’
DENVER — When it was over, when a dream had died so unexpectedly, when St. John’s had been turned into St. Gone’s by a big, tough, mean Gonzaga execution machine,...
Upsets set up showdown between Morehead State, Richmond
DENVER — These are the moments when you feel the eyes of America watching,if you happen to be inside the building where the first rumblings of March are reverberating. Folks...
Princeton’s loss to Kentucky proves moral victories exist
TAMPA — Teams advance in the NCAAs, that’s the way of March Madness. Yesterday it was the losing team that advanced the NCAA tournament. That rarely happens, but by the...
Several teams have legitimate dreams of winning NCAA tournament
The question this year is not: Who can win the NCAA tournament? It’s: Who can’t win it? CBS analyst Greg Anthony said he believes that as many as 20 teams...
Louisville loss does LIU no favors vs. UNC
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- About the time Roy Williams was in a press conference yesterday talking about how impressed he was with the Long Island University Blackbirds, his words of warning...
Gonzaga bullies St. John’s out of NCAA tournament
DENVER — When you have worked as hard as this St. John’s team has to restore the pride, regain the glory and lay the foundation, the ending is brutal. Especially...
St. John's loss hurts now, but players restored pride
DENVER — Sometimes, the yellow brick road collides with a brick wall. Sometimes, the magic is siphoned out of the magic carpet, replaced by the harshest kinds of reality. So...
St. John's out of NCAA tournament after losing to Gonzaga, 86-71
DENVER — That "11" on the bracket is only a number. The name that goes with it — "Gonzaga" — means a whole lot more. The Bulldogs have become too...
'Days of Rage' erupt in Syria
To hear Syrian TV tell it, since Tuesday Dam ascus has been the scene of "a few insignifi cant incidents" provoked by "a handful of misguided elements." Perhaps not so...
Coulda been me
Every winter, right around New Year's, Carson Daly meets for a quiet dinner with the man who hijacked his career -- Ryan Seacrest. "It's our annual event that the public...
Justice takes back seat
Calling big-screen legal thriller "The Lincoln Lawyer" the best TV pilot I've seen in a while really isn't meant as a putdown -- the truth is, there's more good stuff...
Too little power in 'Flower'
Good idea, mediocre presentation. That sums up Sherry Horman's "Desert Flower," which tackles the practice of female genital mutilation in parts of Africa. Based on the story of Waris Dirie,...
Lawyer wrestles with client's family
Paul Giamatti scores as a high school wrestling coach/ law yer whose unethical scheme to make a few bucks begins to unravel when he becomes entangled with a client's family...
Hits the right notes
A middle-aged father - extremely well- played by character actor J.K. Simmons -- reluctantly uses rock music to repair his relationship with a brain-damaged son in the unpretentious and unexpectedly...
Denied big job, Spencer back at ABC
Lara Spencer is leaving "The Insider" and heading back to ABC. Spencer, who was passed over as Mary Hart's replacement on "Entertainment Tonight," will return to "Good Morning America" in...
Doubting Don
Donald Trump is traveling on the periphery of the "birther" circuit. Trump, a Republican who's contemplating a 2012 run for president, was on "Good Morning America" yesterday to talk about...
No waltz, lots of schmaltz
Just as rockets need gravity to blast off against, just as we need Philadelphia Eagles fans to remind us of what good manners aren't, so do we need "Lord of...
Winter in Wartime
The closing months of World War II provide an exciting backdrop for a boy's adventure in Hol land's "Winter in Wartime." Michiel (first-timer Martijn Lakemeier) is a 13-year-old boy disgusted...
The tedium is the message in tangled tale
Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia" is witty, erudite and cunningly structured. David Leveaux's revival, which opened on Broadway last night, looks handsome, and its cast, including Billy Crudup and Raúl Esparza, does...
Intrigue at school for girls
The British drama "Cracks" is a kitschy soaper set in 1934 at a posh boarding school for girls situated on a remote island. The girls simply adore their swimming and...
No-brainer (not in a good way)
'Limitless" is about an ordinary man swept up in the giddy force of a brain-altering drug. The man is director Neil Burger and the drug is "Fight Club." Bradley Cooper...
MSG's Apple of his eye
The bitch is back. And continuing his long love affair with New York City. Elton John, who holds the Madison Square Garden record for appearances by a solo artist, added...
Starr report
They're breathing a huge sigh of relief over at NBC's "Parks & Recreation," which was renewed for a third season yesterday after much "will they or won't they?" nail-biting. The...
Dead divas' dramatic duel
As Hollywood rivalries go, the one between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford was about as vicious as it gets. The sharp-taloned stars appeared together famously in 1962's "What Ever Happened...
Kardashian mania!
A young, pretty girl with a long black braid and a beatific smile steps onto Spring Street as if she’s just been blessed by the pope himself. In her mind,...
Out of this world
‘Paul” takes us to a strange and terrible place populated by misshapen, asexual freaks — San Diego’s Comic-Con — in the process of reinventing “E.T.” as a Seth Rogen movie....
The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman
Ana the prize for the most in comprehensible movie of the millennium goes to the Chinese martial-arts comedy "The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman." It's set in olden days...
I Am
In a heartfelt cinematic essay, Hollywood director Tom Shadyac declares "I Am" the source of humanity's problems. Considering he made "Patch Adams," I agree. Shadyac, who also directed the low-IQ...
Nostalgia for the Light
The Atacama Desert in Chile, 10,000 feet above sea level, is one of the driest places on earth. The air is so thin and the skies so clear that the...
The Gift to Stalin
'The Gift to Stalin" is the latest export to reach our shores from Kazakhstan, a Central Asian nation with a surprisingly robust film industry. This one concerns Sashka, a Jewish...
'Idol' is top earner
‘American Idol” can change its judges all it wants — one thing remains the same: the show prints money faster than any other series on prime-time television. That’s one conclusion...
Stonewall act in Bx. wife slay
The abusive ex-cop whose wife was found dead near a Westchester highway defiantly refused to give police a DNA sample yesterday -- as investigators found bodily fluids in his car...
Haitian exile twist
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- South Africa said yesterday it cannot hold ex-Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide if he wants to return home after seven years in exile. There is speculation that...
'Judge-slay prison plot'
TRENTON, NJ -- A member of the Bloods street gang allegedly plotted behind bars in the Monmouth County Jail to arrange the slaying of a federal judge. Derrick "Murder" Menter...
Statue swiper
Sean McNee, 44, was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison for stealing a 120-year-old, 450-pound bronze statue worth an estimated $35,000 from a Norwich, Conn., cemetery -- and cutting...
The ABCs of PCBs in NYC
THE ISSUE: Whether PCBs in some public-school lighting fixtures should be a cause for alarm. *** Your recent editorial about PCBs in city public schools is off the mark ("The...
NY flood risk
Almost half of the United States -- including some areas around New York City and northern New Jersey -- has a higher-than-average risk of flooding between now and the end...
Airbus charged in sea crash
PARIS -- Preliminary manslaughter charges were filed yesterday against Airbus over the deadly 2009 crash of an Air France jet -- opening a rare criminal probe into an international corporate...
Many share the blame for officer's death
THE ISSUE: The extensive criminal record of alleged cop-killer George Villanueva. *** George Villanueva may have killed Police Officer Alain Schaberger, but, if so, he had enablers who, by their...
Qns. 'slay' trio grilled
Three suspects in a Queens purse snatching that turned into a murder were being questioned early today, The Post has learned. They were among five armed men who were picked...
The return of the Misery Index
The economy can't catch a break: Just as unemployment looks a bit better, inflation appears. Is the Misery Index making a comeback? That is, are we headed for a grim...
Just sit in the dark
For "progressives," few things are as virtuous as sac rifice. Especially if it's some one else doing the sacrificing. Thus, in the wake of Japan's nuclear crisis, you just know...
Ex-mayor ducks jail
Former White Plains Mayor Adam Bradley was sentenced yesterday to three years' probation on domestic-violence charges and was told to stay away permanently from his wife. Acting state Supreme Court...
Camden rehiring cops amid surge in crime
CAMDEN, NJ -- Mayor Dana Redd yesterday revealed a plan to rehire 50 of the 167 cops laid off in January -- in a city where crime has since spiked....
Artists vow no museum peace
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- More than 130 international artists and writers yesterday vowed to boycott a Guggenheim Museum branch under construction in Abu Dhabi -- unless the on-site workers'...
!@# Twit hits the fan
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- A Chrysler contractor who posted an obscene tweet on the Chrysler brand's official account says he's sorry his four-letter flub has cost his firm the account...
Guilty plea in Yale lab slay
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A former animal-research technician pleaded guilty yesterday to the 2009 killing of a Yale University graduate student, under an agreement with prosecutors that calls for a...
MTA signal 'schemer' rips bosses
An MTA signal worker caught up in the alleged widespread falsification of crucial safety records has vowed to beat the charges -- and said he's a scapegoat for inept transit...
Diet Coke pops Pepsi to take No. 2 spot
Diet Coke has topped Pepsi-Cola for the first time, becoming the second-most popular soft drink in the country behind Coca-Cola. It marks a major victory for Coca-Cola Co., whose sodas...
De Niro takes stand
You cross-examinin' me?! Actor Robert De Niro will be the star witness -- literally -- in Manhattan Supreme Court today when he testifies against an art-gallery director accused of swiping...
Airline pilot flying 'high'
DENVER -- The first officer of a United Express flight has been indicted on charges of piloting a commercial airliner while drunk during a flight from Austin, Texas, to Denver...
Kate's frock fetches 105G
LONDON -- This dress, worn here by Kate Middleton at the 2002 campus fashion show that reportedly sparked Prince William's interest in his bride-to-be, fetched $105,000 yesterday at auction. Including...
City homeless $helter-skelter
The city is notifying more than 15,000 formerly homeless individuals and families that they shouldn't expect government help with their rent starting in two weeks. The Department of Homeless Services...
Top univs. sci high on Apple
Stanford and Cornell universities and the University of Chicago are among the schools expressing interest in building an applied-science and engineering research campus in New York City. The city has...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn The tide quickly turned against her. Cops arrested a woman who allegedly stole Tide detergent from two Bedford-Stuyvesant bodegas. Lenora Evans, 47, allegedly struck twice Tuesday, hitting a corner...
Prison sentence is one for the ages
It's old-school justice. A 76-year-old Manhattan man will spend his weekends in jail for the next year -- his sentence for stealing $330,000 from his 98-year-old buddy. The shocking geezer-on-geezer...
House pull$ NPR's plug
WASHINGTON -- All cuts considered. The House yesterday voted to cut off federal funding for National Public Radio -- a move Republicans called fiscally smart and Democrats called an ideological...
Big A racino to slot in early
By late summer, New Yorkers seeking to spend the day gambling won't have to risk taking a bus to an out-of-state casino. Resorts World NY, the planned Aqueduct slots casino,...
Mike gets chorus of booze
Irish ayes turned to nays yesterday for Mayor Bloomberg at the St. Patrick's Day Parade. Sporadic boos and catcalls greeted the mayor as he marched up Fifth Avenue, a pointed...
Well, halo, girls!
It sure looks as if the new "Charlie's Angels" television series is going to be a home run. Derek Jeter's gal pal, Minka Kelly, and her series co-stars Rachael Taylor...
$topgap bill OK'd
WASHINGTON -- The Senate yesterday sent President Obama another stopgap spending bill, putting off a government shutdown for at least three more weeks and slashing $6 billion. The 87-13 vote...
Eau, she's lucky
The husband has decided not to make a stink. Hot-shot lawyer Jennifer Barringer, who once repped Phil Spector, may be off the hook by June on charges she smashed two...
Business briefs
WaMu suit The FDIC sued former WaMu CEO Kerry Kill inger and ex-COO Ste phen Rotella, alleging they caused billions of dollars in losses by tak ing extreme risks with...
Death-bus license is yanked
The Department of Motor Vehicles suspended the driver's license yesterday of the man behind the wheel of last Saturday's horrific Chinatown bus crash that left 15 dead and six in...
US scans fliers and bags for radiation
Airport screeners are conducting radiation checks on all passengers and baggage arriving in the United States from Japan, officials said yesterday. The screenings are "an exercise of caution and just...
Lebanon leads?
With Lebanon at the helm, and with much moral support from France and Britain, the UN Security Council (which, by the way, also counts America among its 15 members) yesterday...
Americans taking flight
The exodus from Japan is intensifying as the United States announced plans to evacuate as many as 20,000 dependents of military personnel and foreign rescue teams were told the search...
'Pill-pop'sicle man
He was the good humor man, all right. A Staten Island ice-cream vendor allegedly sold huge quantities of potent and dangerous prescription oxycodone out of his Lickety Split truck --...
Judge blocks $1.4M GZ deal
A judge yesterday refused to sign off on a $1.4 million settlement between Tishman Construction, which built the World Trade Center, and nearly 750 sickened Ground Zero workers, saying he...
Andy rips school $care tactics
ALBANY -- Gov. Cuomo blasted budget-squeezed school districts yesterday for using kids as political pawns in their aid-restoration campaigns. The governor passionately dismissed as "a game" widespread threats of teacher...
Hill tired of dithering O
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is sick of dealing with a president "who can't make his mind up" about helping Libya's desperate rebels, a Clinton insider has...
O'Bama going Green
WASHINGTON -- President Obama chose St. Patrick's Day to announce that he's adding Ireland to the itinerary for his trip to Europe in May. Obama made the announcement as he...
FriendFinder sites are porn again with an IPO
FriendFinder Networks -- the group of porn and social-networking sites that also owns Penthouse magazine -- is looking again to go public. After scrapping plans for an IPO last year...
Japan's supply crisis
Maybe that black market iPad 2 for twice the retail price isn't such a bad deal after all. Apple's new gadget, which is flying off the shelves, may suffer from...
Erin go 'Bond'
Even James Bond was a little bit Irish yesterday. English actor Daniel Craig, best known as Her Majesty's top secret Agent 007, had a license to party yesterday as he...
Source: Groupon eyes $25B IPO
Groupon has held talks with banks about an initial public offering that would value the online-coupon company at as much as $25 billion, according to people with knowledge of the...
245 Fifth Ave. is going for $162M
The Madison Square Park office building being sold by Goldman Sachs' Whitehall Funds and Joseph Moinian is in contract to Joseph Sitt's Thor Equities and, drum roll please, Joseph Moinian....
Barney's big bill
Barney Frank wants to send Jamie Dimon, Steve Cohen and other Wall Street titans an additional $2.5 billion tax bill to fund programs aimed at helping homeowners and communities hardest...
Mel, why so glum?
Mel Gibson looks more than a little perturbed in this mug shot taken Wednesday night at a Los Angeles police station, where the "Road Warrior" star was fingerprinted and booked...
MLB OKs 2 investor groups for Mets bidding
Opening day for the sale of a stake in the cash-strapped New York Mets has arrived. Major League Baseball has approved at least three potential bidding groups, The Post has...
Raj gave deal tip to buddy: wiretap
Hedge fund boss Raj Rajaratnam not only got inside information, according to federal prosecutors, he also gave away tips to a pal. Prosecutors whipped out another wiretapped call yesterday to...
Team Mike flunks Cuomo's LIFO 'fix'
Gov. Cuomo's latest offer to help the city spare the best teachers from layoffs is unlikely to get the job done because the union would still have the power to...
Non-leader of the free world
The UN Security Council voted last night to authorize a no-fly zone above Libya and approve "all necessary measures" to aid rebels being crushed by Moammar Khadafy's forces. The question...
Andrew's Albany ailment
In office not three months, Gov. Cuomo already seems to have caught Albany Pol Disease. His latest symptom: a surely fever-induced view that New York's unions can help forge a...
S&P 500 bounces to black
Wall Street bargain hunters went shopping yesterday amid the litter of a three-day stock rout, helping markets rebound and the S&P 500 Index push back into positive territory for 2011....
Bill backs e-gambling
Reps. John Campbell (R-Calif.) and Barney Frank (D-Mass.) introduced a bill in the house that would establish a federal regulatory and enforcement framework under which Internet gambling operators could obtain...
Investors want out of 'Hollywood Reporter' publisher Prometheus Global Media
Guggenheim Partners and Jimmy Finkelstein's Pluribus Capital Management are looking to sell the company that publishes The Hollywood Reporter and five other well-known magazine titles, The Post has learned. The...
Kelly Gang raises some green to aid charities
Famed author Mary Higgins Clark, fleet-footed Michael Flatley and the ousted Time Inc. CEO Jack Griffin all turned out at the annual Kelly Gang charity fundraiser at Michael's Restaurant last...
Times' gaping hole
The New York Times is finally erecting a paywall around its digital content -- albeit one full of holes. After more than a year of planning, the Times rolled out...
Teacher gets ax amid perv rumor
A popular teacher at Brooklyn's elite Xaverian HS has been fired for alleged "inappropriate" conduct with a student at the Catholic boys school a decade ago, The Post has learned....
Slap for $1.2M tax cheat
The head of a security-guard company that serviced city housing projects pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing $1.2 million in sales taxes, and received a sentence that will keep him behind...
Oops! Queens HS gets an 'F' (for forgot) in gym
Seniors at a Queens high school are livid after learning -- just three months before the big day -- that their graduation is in jeopardy because absent-minded administrators didn't provide...
Naked star pics hacked
A ring of hacking boobs broke into computers belonging to some of Hollywood's sexiest leading la dies to steal kinky pictures. The FBI is hot on the trail of the...
Kidney gives patient HIV
A New York City patient was infected with the AIDS virus through a kidney transplant from a live donor at an unnamed hospital, in what health officials are calling the...
Elie Tahari manager exiled to New Jersey demands $2M for 'anguish'
For this fashion maven, going to New Jersey was worse than wearing white after Labor Day. A top manager for ritzy design house Elie Tahari gripes in a $2 million...
Duck, 'Dafy!! Bombs coming
The UN Security Council yesterday backed the use of military force against Libyan madman Moammar Khadafy -- hours after the vicious dictator vowed to storm rebel strongholds, showing "no mercy,...
Hero's vow to nuke it out
A worker who signed her own death warrant by remaining inside Japan's radiation-spewing nuclear plant vowed that she and her colleagues will "battle on" -- as the latest efforts to...
5 questions for ... Jon Barry
ESPN analyst and 14-year NBA veteran Jon Barry breaks down the Knicks defensive struggles, their chances of a playoff run, and the red-hot Nuggets with The Post's Justin Terranova. Q:...
D'Antoni's future depends on Knicks' defense
Last night, from the very first Memphis possession, the Garden was prioritizing "Defense! Defense!" Trust Mike D'Antoni, he considers it no afterthought, too. "You know what the problem is?" he...
Devils lose to Senators
OTTAWA -- The Devils are happy to be done with Ottawa. They entered this game on a tear, winning 23 of their last 28 (23-3-2). Now, they’ve lost to the...
Knicks nail Grizzlies with 20 3-pointers
It must have been the lucky shoes on St. Patrick's Day. Toney Douglas, wearing lime-green on his feet, had the touch of gold on his hands. He tied the franchise...
Tomorrow's Aqueduct Entries
Post Time: 1:00 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST6 fur; $18,000; clm($7,500); 4upPNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1Wadi Suki(L),111JRodriguez5-3-2Persaud 6-12Kiln Creek(L),113B Pedroza4-5-6Barker 15-13Castle Harbour(L),120N Alvarado1-4-5Loaiza 8-14Dantastic(L),118M Luzzi3-5-7Jacobson 5-15Coaltown Legend(L),123D Cohen1-1-1Jacobson 5-26Dealing...
Bill Smith At Yonkers
Post time: 7:10 p.m.Best Bet: Full Picture (8th)FIRST-mile pace; $12,500Petticoat5Free Fi Girl(G Brennan)3-3-59-57Evil Eva(J Bartlett)3-7-96-16Moving Art(S Bouchard)1-5-74-11Avaricity(M Forte)3-6-315-12KeepOnFlirtin(JGregory)2-1-95-13Dee's Art Girl(R Plante)3-8-66-14Cape Marj(D Dube)5-3-X12-1SECOND-mile pace; $12,500Petticoat7Hf's Super Star(C Manzi)1-2-39-52LorriePlease(JBartlett)1-1-18-53Pure Desire(G Brennan)1-1-66-11Grounded(B...
Bill Smith At Meadowlands
Post time: 7:00 p.m.Best Bet: Haverford Hanover (11th)FIRST-mile; trot; $15,000; conditional5Aachoo(B Simpson)1-2-63-11Macs Bad Boy(B Sears)2-2-15-26Dolce Ducci(A Miller)6-3-39-22Luv Ya Tyler(J Campbell)1-2-310-13It'sCoastTime(RPierce)4-7-18-14SummertimeYankee(DMillr)6-5-35-17HollyHillMaster(YGingrs)4-6-512-18Proud Moment(T Tetrick)3-3-58-1SECOND-mile; pace; $18,000; claiming3UpFrontTimT(TTetrick)1-1-26-51Mambo Italiano(D Miller)2-3-44-15DallenbachHanovr(BSmpsn)3-4-110-12Bj's Bequia(R Pierce)2-1-28-14Lap Hanover(Y...
Bad wrist hurts Deron's shooting for Nets
Deron Williams really doesn't like to talk about his aching right wrist. It needs rest. Long rest. Not one or two days off in between games rest. But some nights...
Santa Anita
Post time: 4:00 p.m. FIRST-1 1/16m; $22,000; cl($16,0); 4YO PN Horse,Wt. Jockey Last 3 Odds 3 RoyalImport(L),121 MGarca 3-1-2 5-2 1 Gilligan(L),121 JTalmo 4-6-3 2-1 2 Tis(L),116 TKapln 5-5-1 12-1...
Aqueduct Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 1 mile; $18,000; clm($7,500); 4up(f)CRANBERRY QUEEN finished a well beaten second at this distance and level two back. STARSILHOUETTE was an impressive winner this distance and level two back....
Gulfstream Results
FIRST-$28,000, opt cl, 4YO up F&M, 6f7Tempest Storm (Vlzqz) 7.004.203.404Gibson Crystal (Leparoux)10.405.605Verse Choir (Lezcano)4.20 Off 12:56. Time 1:10.83. Fast. * Exacta (7-4) $65.20 * $1 Superfecta (7-4-5-6) $774.80 * $1...
Aqueduct Charts
March 17, 2011 Clear And Fast. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST1m&70yds; $24,000; clm; 4upOff: 1:01 p.m.St. slow, won drivingTime: 24.05, 47.94, 1:12.62, 1:37.81, 1:41.91.Trainer: Chris EnglehartWinner: DK B/ G, 6,...
Mets' Bay not worried by spring woes
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Jason Bay has as many home runs this spring as he did the final two months of last season, when he sat home with a concussion....
Castillo's fate on line today as cuts loom
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Will Luis Castillo be given a blindfold and a cigarette and asked for a last request today? Mets manager Terry Collins yesterday acknowledged the Mets "probably"...
Gulfstream
Post time: 12:55 p.m. All horses appear in post position order FIRST-5 ½ fur; $16,200; cl($8,0); 4up WEST COAST FLIER debuts for new barn and drops in class. HONOR IN...
Another big week for non-apologetic apologies
I don't know how it was for you when you were a kid, but in our home if you said you were sorry but didn't sound as if you meant...
Vic C.'s Tampa Bay Downs Grade
Post Time: 12:25 p.m.FIRST-1 1/16m; $9,000; clm; 4up5-By the Wind 1221-Trippingly 1227-True Glory 1202-Imvros Indy 1228-Mikemambo 1203-ExpensiveKiss 1229-Toquicktcnsnt 1174-Stepfather 12210-Hezanelite 12211-Awesomo 1226-Truly Macho 122SECOND-7 fur; $9,000; clm; 4up8-SonicForever 1181-RubyLipstick 1186-WhoLvsYaBby...
Rangers look to turn tables on Montreal
Applying the horses for courses reference, the Rangers have been nags against Montreal's thoroughbreds, not only losing three straight in regulation this year, but five straight in regulation going back...
Melo flunking out in chemistry
I've come to a couple of conclusions since we last communicated. After the first day of the NCAA Tournament, there isn't enough available chlorine to disinfect my pool, and Carmelo...
The Post Line
NCAA BasketballSecond RoundTodayAt Charlotte, N.C.FavoriteLine UnderdogUNC17½ (158½)LIUWashington5 (140)GeorgiaDuke23 (134½)HamptonTennessee2 (127½)MichiganAt ClevelandOhio St.23½ (138½)Tex.-S.A.Villanova1 (135)Geo. MasonSyracuse12 (129½)Indiana St.Xavier2½ (140½)MarquetteAt ChicagoNotre Dame14 (135½)AkronTexas A&M1 (122)Florida St.Purdue14½ (120)St. Peter'sGeorgetown5 (134)Va. Comm.At Tulsa, Okla.Arizona5½...
Torre to join Yankees Old Timers at Stadium
TAMPA -- Old Timers' Day at Yankee Stadium will have a new guest this year: former manager Joe Torre. Torre visited George M. Steinbrenner Field last night, and said the...
Yankees' Soriano won't face AL East in spring
TAMPA -- Rafael Soriano let out a sigh of exasperation, then pounded the ball into his glove. He stalked around the mound, clearly unhappy with where his pitches were going....
Sports shorts
BASEBALL: Bonds' voicemails silenced A federal judge yesterday barred the jury at Barry Bonds' perjury trial in San Francisco from hearing angry voicemails the home run king left with his...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-1 Mile; trot; $10,000; cond1SgrQueenGbby(Ttrck) 2.402.202.103I'm Not Leaving (Campbell)4.003.209Whatever It Takes (AMiller)2.80* Exacta (1-3) $11.80 * Trifecta (1-3-9) $62.40Winner picked by SmithSECOND-1 Mile; trot; $9,000; clm5Dingy's Party (Goodell) 3.402.202.204Colin Power...
Yankees' Gardner gets trial at leadoff
TAMPA -- There was a strange start to the bottom of the first inning last night against the Rays, when the public-address announcer said, "Leading off for the Yankees, Brett...
Scouts still dubious of Montero's defense
TAMPA -- There was a time in 2007, and even for a good deal of 2008, when the Yankees pretty much could have acquired just about anyone for Joba Chamberlain....
NFL commissioner makes appeal to players
The eagerness of NFL owners to avoid antitrust litigation took the form of an unusual letter from commissioner Roger Goodell to every player and their agents yesterday. Goodell's end-run move...
Knicks coach defends his schemes
Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni was faced with sticking up for his defensive schemes last night after recent comments by Carmelo Anthony. D'Antoni's pregame press conference before the Knicks' 120-99 win...
Nets lose to Bulls to end streak at 5
The recent buzz was real. So was the comeback last night. The Nets, winners of five straight, had trailed by as many as 14 against the Bulls. But they hung...
Carmelo flunking chemistry test
I've come to a couple of conclusions since we last communicated. After the first day of the NCAA Tournament, there isn't enough available chlorine to disinfect my pool, and Carmelo...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYMar. 18SATMar. 19SUNMar. 20MONMar. 21TUEMar. 22WEDMar. 23THUMar. 24KnicksDetroit7:30TV -- MSG NetworkRadio ESPN 1050 AMNOGAMEMilw.3:00MSGESPNBos.7:30MSGESPNNOGAMEOrl.8:00MSGESPNNOGAMENets Milwaukee7:00TV -- YES NetworkRadio WBBR 1130 AMNOGAMEWash.1:00YESWFANInd.7:00YESWFANNOGAMEClev.7:00YESWFANNOGAMERangersMontreal7:00TV -- MSG2 NetworkRadio WNYM 970 AMNOGAMEPitt.12:30NBCESPNNOGAMEFla.7:00MSGESPNNOGAMEOtt.7:00MSGESPNIslandersCarolina7:00TV...
Weird but true
This'll grind your gears. A Florida woman went to police and reported that her home stripper pole had been stolen. She claimed the 15-foot "expert dancing pole," worth $400, was...
St. John's Polee steps forward in loss
DENVER -- Practice came to raucous halt on Monday in Taffner Fieldhouse -- shouts, cheers, applause, hand-clapping. Freshman forward Dwayne Polee II took a pass, made two determined dribbles into...
Florida demolishes UCSB
If there were questions about Florida's No. 2 seeding, UC Santa Barbara doesn't have any. Not after Florida dismantled 15th-seed UCSB 79-51 in last night's NCAA tournament Southeast Region game...
UCLA advances as Michigan State rally falls short
TAMPA -- UCLA was the team in last night's Southeast Region NCAA tournament matchup thin on March Madness experience. Michigan State, coming off consecutive trips to the Final Four, entered...
Cincinnati defeats Missouri
WASHINGTON -- Cincinnati made the Big East 3-for-3 in NCAA tournament games at the Verizon Center yesterday with a 78-63 win over Missouri in a West Region game. The sixth-seeded...
Irving returns for Duke
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Kyrie Irving, the heralded freshman point guard from West Orange, N.J., will see his first action since December today when No. 1-seeded Duke plays the 16th-seeded Hampton...
Top-seeded Pitt rips UNC-Asheville
WASHINGTON -- One down, five to go. That's what Pittsburgh is thinking after dispatching UNC-Asheville, 74-51, yesterday at the Verizon Center. "We just gotta take it one game at a...
Villanova star seeks tournament glory
CLEVELAND -- This was supposed to be the season Corey Fisher became a national Player of the Year candidate. And the season he led Villanova to a Big East championship...
Guard all 'Wright' to play for Georgetown
CHICAGO -- Georgetown guard Chris Wright has been cleared to play in today's 9:50 p.m. second-round NCAA tournament game vs. 11th-seeded VCU after breaking his left (non-shooting) hand on March...
West Virginia defeats Clemson
TAMPA -- Though West Virginia was cooking up its blueprint to beat Clemson in yesterday's NCAA tournament, Dalton Pepper seemed least likely to be the pivotal ingredient for victory. Pepper,...
St. Peter's set to upset Purdue
CHICAGO -- Few outside New Jersey -- heck, few off of Jersey City's Kennedy Boulevard -- would give tiny St. Peter's much of a chance in tonight's second-round NCAA tournament...
Syracuse wary of early exit from NCAA tournament
CLEVELAND -- For the most part, Indiana State is known as the school where Larry Bird played. Syracuse would like to keep it that way -- and avoid another upset...
Kentucky sends Princeton packing with last-second shot
TAMPA -- Sydney Johnson and this 2010 Princeton team had come too far for it to end like this. They came too far since Johnson's first season as the Princeton...
Richmond stuns Vanderbilt
DENVER -- Kevin Anderson came clean yesterday after cleaning the floor with Vanderbilt in a Southwest Region first-round game: He is a legitimate 6-feet tall. "In sneakers," he quipped. In...
Howard's buzzer-beating layup lifts Butler by Old Dominion
WASHINGTON -- In his four years at Butler, Matt Howard has been part of a lot of wins, including the five in a row last March that propelled the Bulldogs...
Knicks hit record 20 3s, rout Grizzlies
Toney Douglas tied a franchise record by making nine of the New York Knicks' franchise-record 20 3-pointers, scoring 29 points in a 120-99 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Thursday...
Wofford gets Jimmered, falls 74-66 to BYU
DENVER — Stopping The Jimmer? As the poster in the stands said, "Fredette about it." Wofford used about every combination of defense imaginable Thursday night, but still got "Jimmered." Jimmer...
Walker leads Connecticut over Bucknell 81-52
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kemba Walker traded his role of scorer for playmaker, with record-breaking results. Walker had a career-high 12 assists, scored 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead...
Elite Catholic HS Xaverian boots popular teacher over 'inappropriate' relationship with student a decade ago
A popular teacher at Brooklyn’s elite Xaverian HS has been fired for alleged "inappropriate" conduct with a student at the Catholic boys’ school a decade ago, The Post has learned....
G-7 agrees to joint intervention to prevent yen's sharp rise, as Tokyo shares climb
TOKYO -- The Group of Seven (G-7) major economies agreed Friday on joint intervention to stabilize currencies following a huge earthquake in Japan. "The Bank of Japan strongly expects that...
PSAL Staten Island A softball preview: Wagner will be in mix again
Susan Wagner has been nothing if not consistent over the years. The Falcons have made four straight final fours and can be penciled in for a deep playoff run just...
Petrides' Feldstein to sign NLI with St. Peter's College
Petrides soccer star Amanda Feldstein will sign a National Letter of Intent to play at St. Peter’s College Friday, Panthers coach Kim Caccese told The Post. The senior was The...
Tots hot on trail of seventh PSAL softball title in eight years
Tottenville was so dominant for so long that it got the point where people just fully expected the Pirates to win the PSAL Class A softball title from the first...
CHSAA Staten Island softball preview
Success is not long hoped for by St. Joseph Hill. It’s become expected. Two seasons ago it took a late-season rally for the Hilltoppers to claim CHSAA Staten Island’s final...