March 22, 2011
Khadafy makes speech calling enemies 'crazed fascists'
TRIPOLI, Libya -- Col. Moammar Khadafy emerged from hiding Tuesday to taunt the West, delivering a defiant speech from his battle-scarred Tripoli compound and warning his enemies he would win...
'Spider-Man' actress T.V. Carpio sidelined for three weeks with whiplash
Actress T.V. Carpio, who plays the mythical figure Arachne in the troubled Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," will be out of the show for two to three weeks...
Fukushima hit with moderate earthquake
FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Japanese authorities say a moderately strong earthquake has struck the prefecture in northeastern Japan where workers are struggling to bring a leaking nuclear power plant under control,...
CB6 to Prospect Park West cyclists — slow down!
The Prospect Park West bike lane — installed last year to slow down car traffic on the wide boulevard — now apparently needs speed bumps to slow down the cyclists,...
Manhattan woman dives into Hudson river to save dog
A Manhattan dog owner jumped into the freezing Hudson River today to save her beloved pooch after it suddenly decided to take a dip — and amazingly, both survived unharmed....
Field of dreams! City backtracks, will allow league play at McCarren Park this summer
Play ball!McCarren Park’s dusty baseball field will remain open this spring, thanks to a flip-flop by the Parks Department under fire from several sports leagues for initially declaring the fields...
Bank on it! New owner has plan for massive banquet space in old branch
Want a unique place to get married in Williamsburg? Go to the bank.The iconic Williamsburgh Savings Bank branch on Broadway is being transformed into an exhibition space and banquet hall...
Kruger scandal costs developer two projects
A deep-pocketed developer entrenched in an ambitious, federally funded plan to build a mall and condo tower in Downtown’s Albee Square has been quietly thrown off the project for his...
President Obama says US 'should be proud' of Libya involvement
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- President Barack Obama on Tuesday continued to defend US involvement in Libya, saying he believed the American people "should be proud" of military action that...
Giants coach says sacks better than interceptions for Eli
Take the sack.That is Tom Coughlin’s message to his quarterback, Eli Manning, who is coming off a career-high 25-interception season for the Giants.“He's a great student of the game, he...
Queens chalice thief gets year in jail
The heathen who stole two precious chalices from a Howard Beach church was sent to prison today after violating the terms of his probation. Theodore Kurpiewski was sentenced to a...
Case of Inwood drug money 'treasure hunt' cop Shawn Jenkins passes from feds to state
A technicality has forced the Feds to drop their 2009 prosecution of an NYPD cop charged with scheming to break into an Inwood apartment in a search for a small...
UEFA boss Platini vows to reorganize European calendar
PARIS -- Michel Platini pledged to reorganize the European soccer calendar after being reelected unopposed for a second term as UEFA president at Paris's Grand Palais on Tuesday. The 55-year-old...
Barcelona's Eric Abidal in good spirits after tumor surgery
BARCELONA -- Barcelona star Eric Abidal was in good spirits in the hospital Tuesday following surgery to remove a liver tumor, the club's sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta said. Abidal, a key...
Shot Co-Op City worker testifies against crazed shooter
A Co-Op City worker described in chilling detail yesterday how he narrowly avoided death when a former janitor went on a shooting rampage that left his supervisor dead. "I heard...
Ja Rule pleads guilty to $3M tax evasion in NJ
NEWARK, N.J. — Rapper and actor Ja Rule has pleaded guilty to tax evasion in New Jersey. The platinum-selling rapper admitted Tuesday that he failed to pay taxes on more...
NFL votes to move kickoff to 35-yard line
NEW ORLEANS – Fired-up NFL coaches got their way here Tuesday when the owners dramatically scaled back their planned overhaul of the kickoff rules. Hoping to cut down on injuries,...
Knut the polar bear to be stuffed, displayed at Berlin museum
BERLIN -- Knut, the world's best known polar bear, is to be stuffed and put on display in a Berlin museum, allowing fans a chance to say their farewells to...
Google ranks number one on list of ideal employers
One in four young professionals wants to work at Google Inc., according to a survey released on Monday by consulting firm Universum. Nearly 25 per cent of survey respondents picked...
Ex-WPIX reporter cleared of all charges in wacky Midtown chauffeur-slap trial
A Manhattan judge today quickly cleared former WPIX-Channel 11 news reporter Vince DeMentri of all charges in a bogus, misdemeanor chauffeur-slap case -- and now the reporter says all he...
Cuba's Fidel Castro says he quit as party chief 5 years ago
HAVANA — Fidel Castro said Tuesday he resigned five years ago from all his official positions, including head of Cuba's Communist Party, a pre-eminent job in the island's political pantheon...
Charlie Sheen must undergo psychological evaluation in custody case
LOS ANGELES -- Charlie Sheen must undergo a psychological evaluation as part of a child custody settlement before he will be allowed to see his twin two-year-old sons, Radar Online...
FDA to temporarily ban foods imported from Japan amidst radiation fears
TOKYO -- The US Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it will temporarily halt the import of all milk, vegetable and fruit products coming from the four prefectures of Japan...
Faulty windshield heater led to United jet's cockpit fire
A potentially deadly fire erupted in the cockpit of a United Airlines flight from Kennedy Airport because mechanics didn’t properly fix the Boeing jet’s windshield heater, investigators said. Pilots had...
Jets' Ryan talks Belichick, Welker, Steelers loss
NEW ORLEANS -- Rex Ryan was in rare form here Tuesday afternoon at the NFL’s annual coaches breakfast, filibustering with reporters for more than an hour on topics as only...
Husband of slain Bronx mother arrested
Ex-cop Eddy Coello was yanked out of his Bronx hideaway today and arrested in the grisly strangulation death of his estranged wife Tina Adovasio. NYPD cops stormed the home at...
Barry Bonds' former trainer jailed for refusing to testify in perjury trial
SAN FRANCISCO -- Barry Bonds' former trainer and childhood friend refused to testify Tuesday in Bonds' perjury trial and was ordered to jail for contempt of court by a federal...
Two vicious iPhone robberies
88th PrecinctFort Greene–Clinton HilliPhone hitCrooks stole two iPhones in violent incidents last week:• A thug took a 30-year-old man’s smartphone and laptop on Lafayette Avenue on March 18. The thugs...
'Collyer'-style hoarding may have caused Friday's Court Street fire
Six people were injured — though two were heroically rescued — as a massive fire ripped through a Court Street building on Friday morning — a blaze that was fueled...
Old man beaten in Red Hook
76th PrecinctCarroll Gardens-Cobble Hill–Red HookRed robbingTwo men robbed a septuagenarian on West Ninth Street on March 16.The 73-year-old victim told cops that he was near Hicks Street at 3 pm...
'Mad Men' creator nears deal with studio, ending show shutdown
Infamously cantankerous "Mad Men" creator Matthew Weiner is nearing a deal to return to helm the award-winning AMC series, which would end the shutdown that has left the show's future...
Castillo says Mets didn't give him chance
Luis Castillo is with the Phillies now and still feels like he got a raw deal with the Mets.The reviled second baseman was released by the Mets last week and...
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Elton John, Helen Mirren set to host 'SNL'
NBC's "Saturday Night Live" has lined up Elton John and Helen Mirren for hosting duties on back-to-back shows in April. The network announced Tuesday that John will pull double duty...
Mets pull Pagan from game with back injury
LAKELAND, Fla. -- The Mets have a new injury concern in the outfield.Angel Pagan left Tuesday’s game against the Tigers with tightness in his lower back, according to a club...
Howard Stern’s production company suing Sirius XM
He recently inked a new $400 million contract, but the self-proclaimed King of All Media is getting the royal shaft from Sirius XM Radio, a new lawsuit claims. Pay-radio titan...
City says higher fees will make Park Smart meters even smarter
Parking on two traffic-clogged, retail-heavy Park Slope streets will soon get more expensive — and, oddly enough, that’s the good news!Merchants on bustling Fifth and Seventh Avenues have won a...
Looting rears its head in tsunami-hit Japan
SENDAI, Japan -- When a tsunami blasted through Kirin Brewery's seaside facilities in Sendai, Japan, it tipped over giant beer storage tanks and spread a blanket of beer bottles, barrels...
BA's Top 31 Mets Prospects; No. 7: Lucas Duda
Vitals: 25 years old (turned 25 on Feb. 3); 6-foot-5 and 240 pounds; both hits left-handed and throws right-handed; drafted by the Mets out of USC in the seventh round...
U2, Justin Bieber, Rihanna among artists on benefit album for Japan victims
SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- U2, Justin Bieber and Rihanna are among the Universal Music artists who will contribute to a benefit album to raise money for victims of Japan's 9.0-magnitude...
Ricky Gervais, Will Arnett to guest star on 'The Office' season finale
LOS ANGELES -- Ricky Gervais, creator and star of the original UK version of "The Office," and former "Arrested Development" star Will Arnett will make guest appearances on the final...
Boys & Girls players on inactive list for Federation tournament
If Boys & Girls is going to win its first boys basketball Federation title in more than 30 years, it will have to do so extremely short-handed. The Kangaroos will...
BA's Top 31 Yankees Prospects; No. 7: Hector Noesi
Vitals: 24 years old (turned 24 on Jan. 26); 6-foot-2 and 174 pounds; both hit and throw right-handed; signed by the Yankees as an international free agent out of the...
Who let the dog out? The thief!
78th PrecinctPark SlopePuppy loveA would-be dog-trainer tricked one of his clients into allowing him to sleep over — and then cleaned out her apartment on March 10.The trouble started at...
Slain Bronx mom laid to rest upstate
Hundreds of heartbroken friends, family and neighbors gathered this morning to mourn strangled Bronx mom Tina Adovasio, remembered as a loving mother devoted to her four children before her brutal...
Mets' Isringhausen throws; says elbow is 'fine'
LAKELAND, Fla. -- Mets reliever Jason Isringhausen survived a throwing session on flat ground Tuesday, his first action since taking an anti-inflammatory drug for his right elbow. If all goes...
Gwyneth Paltrow to duet with ‘Glee’ star Matthew Morrison on his album
LOS ANGELES -- Actress Gwyneth Paltrow, who recently inked a deal to release an album on Atlantic Records, will continue to explore her musical side by joining "Glee" star Matthew...
Yankees' Granderson out with strained oblique; could miss Opening Day
SARASOTA, Fla. -- Of the four oblique muscle injuries suffered by Yankees this spring, Curtis Granderson’s strain Tuesday could be the worst. Greg Golson, Sergio Mitre and Joba Chamberlain preceded...
Lawrence Taylor sentenced to 6 years of probation
Disgraced former gridiron great Lawrence Taylor was sentenced today to six years of probation after a judge refused to allow a teenage prostitute to speak at the hearing. The ex-Giants...
BookCourt expands — again
There’s even more BookCourt to love.The Cobble Hill bookstore recently reopened its lower level for even more browsing of some of the shop’s rarer — and cheaper — offerings.The floor...
Rangers' Staal missing second straight game
Marc Staal is missing his second straight game Tuesday night with what is believed to be an aggravation of the left knee injury he originally sustained in Carolina on Feb....
In Prime 6 fight, the bar owner has two faces
The owner of a controversial new bar in Park Slope maintains that his place will be a local eatery — but he told state liquor officials that the two-story, 230-person...
City's Eastern Parkway fix includes signals, medians and a bike lane
Eastern Parkway would be transformed from a menacing speedway into a pedestrian- and cyclist-friendly strip under a new city plan that will begin construction next month.The long-awaited reconstruction of the...
A salt on Columbia Street!
Things are salty again along the Columbia Waterfront District — and fed up residents are ready for a low-sodium diet.The mountain of road salt stored at the Red Hook container...
Accused Arizona gunman ordered to undergo month-long psychological exam
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Jared Lee Loughner, the man accused of gunning down six people and injuring 13 others in a January rampage, was ordered Monday to undergo a month-long psychological...
Ivanka Trump's stalker extradited to New York, arraigned on charges
He gives his address as a volcano in Hawaii. He threatens to "never be taken alive," and promises he'll go down "in a hail of bullets." Ivanka Trump's schizophrenic, off-the-rails...
Parents of Rutgers student who killed himself: No harsh punishment
NEWARK, N.J. -- The parents of the Rutgers University student who killed himself after authorities said his intimate encounter with a man was captured by a webcam want his classmates’...
Yankees GM says ‘no interest’ in Ollie
SARASOTA, Fla. -- The Yankees are not that desperate for pitching help.GM Brian Cashman said the Yankees will not sign Oliver Perez, who was cut by the Mets on Monday....
Ride this 'Jitney' thanks to the Gallery Players' revved up August Wilson drama
The play may be called “Jitney” and set in a gypsy cab station, but August Wilson’s early work is not about driving cars.Now running at the Gallery Players in Park...
BAM's absurd 'Comedy'! Shakespeare goes vaudeville in British production
The new production of Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors” at the BAM Harvey is laughable.In this case, that’s good and bad news.Propeller Theater’s bawdy, gag-filled version of the Bard’s early...
Fire engulfs Egyptian interior ministry
CAIRO -- Fire broke out Tuesday at the Egyptian interior ministry building in Cairo, shortly after thousands of police protested there to demand better working conditions. Thick black smoke barreled...
Bomb sat at Detroit federal building for weeks, source says
DETROIT – An explosive device found at a federal building in Detroit sat on the premises for several weeks before it was defused by authorities, myFOXdetroit.com reported Tuesday. An employee...
Singer Chris Brown freaks out after 'GMA' interview, smashes window
Raging R&B star Chris Brown flipped out this morning after a "Good Morning America" interview -- smashing a window at ABC's Times Square studio and storming out of the building...
DVD Extra: Two views of Gilbert and Sullivan
You'd expect 1939 classics like "The Wizard of Oz'' and "Gone With the Wind,'' which have been throwing off millions in revenues for decades, to look still great because they're...
US warplane crashes in Libya as Gates says pace of strikes will slow
BENGHAZI, Libya -- The coalition suffered its first military setback Tuesday after a US jet crashed during an overnight mission in northeast Libya, as US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said...
Lights back on in Fukushima reactors No. 3, 4 control rooms
TOKYO -- Room lights at the No. 3 and No. 4 nuclear reactor control rooms at Fukushima Daiichi power station were back on with power supplied from outside the facility,...
Ending welfare 'as we know it' -- again
It's 1996 all over again. Back then President Bill Clinton worked with a Republican Congress to pass a welfare reform package that was supposed to end cycle of dependency on...
Soul singer Loleatta Holloway dies aged 64
American soul icon Loleatta Holloway, best known for her 1980 hit "Love Sensation," has died at the age of 64, her manager confirmed. Chicago-born Holloway had been battling a short...
Rogue 'kill team' GI to plead guilty
SEATTLE -- A soldier being court-martialed on a US Army base near Seattle for the murder of three Afghan civilians has agreed to plead guilty Wednesday in hopes of earning...
3UP: Castillo, Perez and Colon
1. I have always been confused about why so much fan anger was directed at Luis Castillo and Oliver Perez. That is because I think it has been misdirected. The...
Not again: Another tour bus accident, 23 hurt
LITTLETON, N.H. — Traffic on a northern New Hampshire highway was flowing normally again Tuesday, hours after a tour bus turned over in the median, injuring 23. The bus was...
Administration likes offshore drilling -- in Brazil
A Republican Senator from Louisiana has an interesting question for the Obama administration: Why are you financing offshore drilling in Brazil if there's a permitorium at home? David Vitter wants...
Lohan dad arrested on domestic violence
LOS ANGELES -- Authorities in Los Angeles say Lindsay Lohan's father has been arrested over allegations he held his girlfriend against her will and prevented her from calling 911. City...
Messi highest paid soccer player; Beckham 5th, Thierry Henry 11th
PARIS -- Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi and Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho are the highest paid player and manager in soccer, AFP reported Monday. Two-time world footballer of the year...
CHSAA girls basketball rankings
After two weeks of down time, things heat up again for Nazareth and Archbishop Molloy. Both will be making the long trip to Albany this weekend. The Lady Kingsmen will...
No. 10: Pitching-rich Cardozo has big plans
Francis Lewis’ roster lists 22 players, Aviation’s has 17 and Forest Hills’ is 24. Cardozo’s roster is 14. That’s not because interest in baseball at the Bayside school has waned....
2011 high school baseball previews
The Post's high-school baseball beat writers Zach Braziller and Dylan Butler will get you ready for the upcoming season by previewing the entire city over the next 10 days. They...
Celtics' Davis says Knicks need to be more 'defensive-minded'
Glen Davis is high on the new-look Knicks’ potential. But to maximize that potential, the Celtics forward said the Knicks have to change their priorities. “I think they have to...
Celtics show Knicks, fans what winning team looks like
Until recently, the worst thing you could say about the Knicks was this: They were impossible to figure out, impossible to predict, impossible to corner. They would play well against...
PSAL girls basketball rankings
After Sunday’s PSAL Class A and B championship games, there are just three teams still playing from the PSAL. Murry Bergtraum will represent the league upstate in the New York...
Former Stanners star enjoying coaching role in program's Federation title run
It wasn’t too long ago that Jessica McEntee was the one leading Archbishop Molloy to trips to the New York State Federation tournament. The forward won there twice, with Molloy...
I think you missed a spot, Arnold
Check out the latest “vehicle” for Sly and Arnold. Arnold Schwarzenegger is so impressed by Sylvester Stallone’s Volkswagen that the cigar-chomping ex-Governator decides to gives it a quick dusting. The...
PSAL boys basketball rankings
Three trips have been booked to Albany for the New York State Federation tournament and the gyms are no longer loud and packed. The PSAL basketball season came to a...
Molloy ready to zero in on state Federation Class A title
Much of Archbishop Molloy’s playoff run has been billed as a step to building toward an even brighter future with a team littered with sophomores. For senior Elizabeth (Gurt) Lynch,...
Monroe College wins NJCAA D-II title led by PSAL alums
The PSAL was extremely well represented in Monroe College’s Cinderella run to the NJCAA Division II women’s basketball national championship Saturday at Illinois Central College in Peoria.Six players who competed...
No. 9: Rebuilt Clinton expects to contend
Felix Villalon has been a part of the DeWitt Clinton baseball program as a player or coach since 1998. He can’t remember a year quite like last spring. The Governors...
PSAL Queens A West baseball preview: LIC has high hopes
Long Island City has taken positive strides each season under Tom Lehman, from winning three games three years ago to going 12-4 last season and nearly knocking off Francis Lewis...
Busted B'klyn condo complex to be affordable housing
An unfinished condo project in Brooklyn that went bust when the economy collapsed in 2008 is being turned into affordable rentals for 46 lucky tenants, officials announced today. It's the...
Relatively wonderful
There aren't many plays that can simultaneously pull off raucous comedy, poignant emotion -- and the most memorable encounter with a bear since "The Winter's Tale." But "Kin," which opened...
Tryst or treat: 'Hello' not really a turn-on
There's such a thing as too close for comfort -- especially when you're sitting inches away from thrusting buttocks. And there's a lot of pelvic action in Michael John LaChiusa's...
Dress for success
Lifetime, the TV home of romance gone crazy, is getting a head start on Prince William and Kate Middleton. Ten days before the royal wedding, "William & Kate," the TV...
Secrets of 'Jeopardy!' champ
The best preparation for being on "Jeopardy!" is to catch up on your Shakespeare and play lots and lots of video games, according to current "Jeopardy!" champion Tom Kunzen. Kunzen,...
No Strokes of genius
THE STROKES "ANGLES" 2 1/2 STARS "Angles," the Strokes' fourth studio album, is far from the train wreck some feared. But considering that it took five years to hatch, this...
Just the music is of note
No matter how much tender loving care's been lavished upon it, the 1951 musical "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" stubbornly refuses to bear fruit. The Peccadillo Theater Company's new revival...
Titanic coming to TV
The story of the Titanic is coming to the small screen. Britain's ITV is teaming with ABC, Australia's Channel Seven, TVNZ in New Zealand and several other broadcasters for a...
Starr report
Fran Drescher and Kelly Osbourne have been added to the A-listers who'll be attending Good Housekeeping's "Shine On" event April 12, which celebrates women who are changing history. The 90-minute...
Status update: My tot burped
If there’s one thing Mary Jane Farnsworth can’t stand, it’s seeing pictures in her Facebook feed of the classic “just gave birth” moment, featuring a weakened new mother and a...
The end of 'Children'?
ABC could be kicking "All My Children" out the door. ABC officials aren't denying reports that the veteran soap, which premiered in 1970, could be canceled due to low ratings...
Felons' DNA could bust crooked kin
Cold-case criminals could soon start feeling some heat. City investigators will now be able to use the recorded DNA profiles of convicted felons to see if any of their relatives...
'Hipster' on menu
Desperate to dine with (or avoid?) the skinny-jeans-wearing, Pabst Blue Ribbon-swilling, somber-and-ironic crowd? Yelp has help. Yelp, the "real people, real reviews" Web site, this month added a new option...
How NY pays twice for litigation lotto
The crisis in New York state goes be yond the well-publicized fiscal hole we face this year. The real crisis lies in the flawed way we fund and operate our...
Mystery 'on-job' illness kills EMT
A Long Island medical technician mysteriously died from a disease he may have caught while on the job, officials said yesterday. Steven Linzer, 45, an employee of Nassau County, died...
New York Fed chief Bill Dudley is just an iPutz
Bill Dudley is an iPutz. The head of the New York Federal Reserve was trying to persuade a group of Queens citizens recently that inflation was under control. So he...
If the lights go out, it'll be Cuomo's fault
Gov. Cuomo's threat that Indian Point "should be closed" is shocking, but not unexpected, coming from an enviro-nut liberal ("Powering New York," Editorial, March 17). Let us not forget that...
Meanwhile, Iran keeps gaining ground
'I am with you," President Obama said Sunday in his now-annual address for Nowruz, the Persian New Year. This time, however, he sidestepped the ruling ayatollahs he once tried to...
Ever a proud people
Only my favorite paper would run a half-page story, "The Gift of the Italians," on St. Patrick's Day (Rosario Iaconis, March 17). Apropos of the day, I think you lads...
Blithely off to war
The missile strikes that inaugurated America's latest attempt at regime change were launched 29 days before the 50th anniversary of another such -- the Bay of Pigs of April 17,...
Shock at parole in ’93 Tux King kidnap
In one of the city's most sensational kidnapping cases, a millionaire businessman known as "the Tuxedo King" lay entombed in a camouflaged crypt alongside the Henry Hudson Parkway on the...
Shea suit gets 'save'
Yer in! The beleaguered owners of the Mets have lost their bid to wriggle out of a lawsuit filed by a fan injured by a falling fat guy at Shea...
Costly military mission $helling taxpayers as well
WASHINGTON -- Amid fierce budget battles over record-high deficits and debt, Capitol Hill lawmakers are wondering who's going to pay for the hugely expensive US-backed military mission in Libya. The...
Clinic good Rx for St. Vin's site: Mike
Mayor Bloomberg gave a clean bill of health to North Shore-LIJ medical system's plan to open a 24-hour emergency room and ambulatory clinic at the site of shuttered St. Vincent's...
Yemen gens. join uprising
Three top Yemeni army commanders defected to rebels, prompting the deployment of rival tanks to the streets of the country's capital, San'a, yesterday in a major escalation in the struggle...
City to ID ACS crew
A Brooklyn federal judge yesterday ordered the city and its child-welfare agency to identify caseworkers involved in monitoring a 7-year-old boy who disappeared from a foster home last year, so...
Inferno was hot as shell
Here's the story of the tortoise and the flare. A troublemaking pet tortoise es caped from his terrarium in a Brooklyn bedroom -- and wound up sparking a fast-moving blaze...
Albany's rent racket
New York City's rent laws expire later this spring -- giving state politicians a chance to make life worse for the 5.5 million city folk who don't own their homes....
City botches fed school funds
This time, it's the educrats who were marked tardy. A $20 million intervention program meant to launch last September at 11 struggling city high schools failed to get off the...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Bronx The morbidly obese man whose decomposing body was found in a laundry bag in a Soundview apartment over the weekend has been identified as Angel Rondon, 52. The corpse...
Business briefs
Apollo IPO Apollo Global Manage ment filed yesterday with federal regulators to sell 26.3 million shares for $17 to $19 each, down from $18 to $20 expected in an offering...
NY Fed starts its first blog
New York Federal Reserve Bank economists have launched Liberty Street Economics, their first blog. The economists are tasked with translating highly technical research into terms the public can understand.
Pro-LIFO ads blitzing Mike
The teachers union has buried Mayor Bloomberg under a $2.7 million ad blizzard in the last month, relentlessly attacking his plan to lay off thousands of teachers and repeal the...
'Tuna' back in police net
"Tuna" is back in the can. Career ex-con Franklin "Tuna" Bazemore, 38, served just four months of a three-year prison sentence for dealing drugs from an ailing Harlem woman's apartment...
Probation for fotog-attack pol
Brawling state Sen. Kevin Parker was sentenced yesterday to three years' probation for his attack on a Post photographer, spurring a fellow legislator to call for Albany hearings on possible...
Mask appeal: Lawsuit for Madoff memento
In retrospect, it was a perfect present -- he was hiding the truth and they gave him a mask. A California couple who lost their life savings to Bernard Madoff...
Mayor defends bike-lane foe
Mayor Bloomberg rushed to the defense of his former transportation commissioner yesterday after a bicycling advocate charged she was objecting to a bike lane near her home in Brooklyn because...
Judge OKs 'gun moll' church bail
The so-called "Preppy Gun Moll" will likely wait until mid-April before the Abyssinian Baptist Church can legally foot her $50,000 bail. Accused prep-schooler-turned-gun-runner Afrika Owes, 17, was back in Manhattan...
Bank worker 'theft scam'
A Chase Bank employee siphoned more than $271,000 from customer accounts, authorities said yesterday. Donnie McMillan, 26, who worked at the bank branch at 214 Broadway, accessed the personal data...
Déjà vu: Dow rises past 12K
Despite disappointing news from the housing sector and rising oil prices, stocks yesterday posted a third straight day of impressive gains, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average to close above...
MTA touts bus-driver yak-down
Looks like the best way to get the message to MTA bus drivers who text or gab on the phone behind the wheel is pretty old-fashioned -- just threaten to...
Cops kill knife nut in Bronx
Two cops fatally shot a knife-wielding madman in The Bronx, police officials said yesterday. Paul Goldreyer -- who had a history of mental illness and a lengthy arrest record --...
More men nip and tuck
More American men are having plastic surgery -- as baby boomers look to compete in the toughest job market in decades, FoxNews.com reports. New data reveal that male face-lifts are...
New tiger babe's DUI meltdown
Tiger Woods and his new, college-age, blond bombshell have at least one thing in common -- incredibly embarrassing car crashes. When Tiger's latest kitten, Alyse Lahti Johnston, 22, was busted...
An amazing retail coup
Swatch is coming to 666 Fifth Ave. -- filling in the office tower's last available storefront, and climaxing one of the most remarkable retail repositionings in the city's history. The...
Upbeat at Tiffany's
The crisis in Japan will rock Tiffany's results, but not as badly as Wall Street feared. The upscale jeweler said it expects sales in Japan, which accounts for nearly one-fifth...
Mommy and Clyde
This sneaky little apple didn't fall far from the tree -- and now he's in a bushel of trouble. Cops yesterday collared a sticky-fingered 11-year-old boy and his Bronx mom...
Kruger crony thrown off B'klyn skyscraper plan
A New York developer nabbed in the sweeping federal corruption probe that snared state Sen. Carl Kruger earlier this month has been quietly cut out of one of Brooklyn's biggest...
Fateful 'fourth' for cops
Manhattan prosecutors yesterday revealed some damaging new math in the case of two cops charged with conspiring to rape a drunken female clubgoer: The officers, they now say, actually made...
Citi's share game
Vikram Pandit hopes the third time will be the charm. After twice making moves aimed at pumping up Citigroup's languid share price -- only to see the efforts fall short...
Transgender birth-records suit
The city discriminates against transgender people by making them jump through hoops to amend their birth certificates, a new lawsuit charges. While the city health code says a "new birth...
Bid for early generic Lipitor
WASHINGTON -- The generic-drug maker Mylan has sued the FDA in a bid to allow the introduction of copycat versions of Pfizer's popular cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor in June, five months...
Hope, too, is finally rescued
An 80-year-old Japanese grandmother rescued from the rubble of her home nine days after a monstrous earthquake and a calamitous tsunami has become the face of hope for a devastated...
Slain Bx. mom burial today
A Bronx mother of four who police believe was strangled by her husband, a former housing cop, is to be laid to rest today. Tina Adovasio is to be buried...
Khadafy forces civilians into target city as attacks devastate HQ
Coalition forces pounded Moammar Khadafy's sites for a third day, unleashing a wave of new missile and airstrikes as the terrified tyrant went into hiding -- and used civilians and...
NFL lockout promise: 'Madden'-ing blitz
Electronic Arts, the maker of the popular "Madden" football franchise, could suffer a $165 million hit if the NFL lockout leads to a canceled season. While the NFL players' union...
'Insider' wiretap tapes at Raj trial
Us prosecutors played the first wiretaps yesterday of phone conversations between New York hedge fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam and Rajiv Goel, a key government witness. In the tapes, Goel, a...
City expands Web way to fight tickets
Tell it to the Web. The city began a new program yesterday that allows most summonses to be challenged through its Web site instead of before a judge. Motorists can...
Sheen eyes TV comeback
LOS ANGELES -- Charlie Sheen may be out of a job, for now, but according to reports swirling yesterday, the actor may be back on television sooner rather than later....
AT&T'S DC friend
AT&T is hoping a telecom-friendly force in the White House will help it win approval of its $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile. President Obama's chief of staff, William Daley, who...
Mixed city signals on mogul tax
Mayor Bloomberg's budget chief yesterday eased up on the administration's opposition to a proposed millionaires tax to solve the state's budget crisis -- but Hizzoner quickly denounced the claim and...
Parker gets a pass
Brooklyn Democrat Kevin Parker, a k a Sen. Ticking Time Bomb, was sentenced to three years' probation yesterday for attacking Post photographer William Lopez back in 2009. Parker was convicted...
Mystery mission to Libya
Agroup of hard-left Democrats, led by Manhattan Rep. Jerry Nadler, is questioning the constitutionality of US military strikes in Libya. They may have a point. We're not under any illusions...
US braces for new Abu Ghraib
Army commanders are bracing for a backlash after a German newspaper yesterday published disturbing photos of smiling GIs posing with the bodies of dead Afghan civilians they are accused of...
O tries to climb over Hill
President Obama yesterday took center stage on the US-led airstrikes on Libya -- as his aides worked to stamp out the growing narrative that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton...
No deal: Goldman's M&A slip is showing
Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein, who has been struggling to burnish the firm's badly tarnished image, appears to be losing his firm's vise-like hold on top M&A deals. The...
Unfinished condos rent for a song
An unfinished condo project in Brooklyn that went bust when the economy collapsed in 2008 is being turned into affordable rentals for 46 lucky tenants, officials announced today. It's the...
Christie's wine win
Allegations that Christie's conspired to sell phony vintage vino were just sour grapes. A judge has tossed out billionaire William Koch's suit charging that the famed auction house engaged in...
Police in bus swoop
Dozens of buses and drivers were yanked off the road after surprise weekend safety inspections found a shocking number of violations, Gov. Cuomo said yesterday. Cuomo ordered the sweeping safety...
'Bacon' book suit settled
A Brooklyn author will be bringing home the bacon after winning a lawsuit. Lisa Skye had sued Andrews McMeel Publishing and her former agent Jayne Rockmill last month, saying Rockmill...
Quake victim first from US
The first known American casualty of the devastation in Japan is an American teacher from Virginia whose affection for children was matched only by her love of Japanese culture. Taylor...
Plume and doom
Ominous gray smoke billowed from two reactors at Japan's crippled nuclear plant yesterday, chasing away resolute workers in the middle of a critical operation to reconnect power lines and restore...
The Post Line
NCAA BasketballThursdayRegional SemifinalsAt New OrleansFavoriteLine (O/U)UnderdogFlorida2½ (149)BYUWisconsin4 (124)ButlerAt Anaheim, Calif.Connecticut1 (130)San Diego St.Duke9 (144½)ArizonaFridayAt Newark, N.J.North Car.5 (148)MarquetteOhio St.5 (140)KentuckyAt San AntonioKansas10½ (138)RichmondFlorida St.4 (133)VCUNIT QuarterfinalsTonightCOLORADO9 (152)Kent St.TomorrowWICHITA ST.8 (140)Col....
Bill Smith At Yonkers
Post time: 7:10 p.m.Best Bet: No Free Parking (9th)FIRST-1 1/16m; pace; $8,000; cl($12500)3DrD'sEscape(SBouchard)1-2-28-52Forte Blue Chip(B Sears)2-5-45-17Burl Hanover(D Dube)2-3-13-11Gogo Buckeye(G Brennan)6-8-66-14Meantnodisrspct(JPntlno)1-5-410-15Major Domo(C Manzi)7-6-620-16FischersMajorrsk(BHllnd)7-6-840-18Artic Blue(V Ginsburg)4-3-412-1SECOND-1 1/16m; trot; $8,000; conditioned8Edgar(C Manzi)5-1-14-11TenYardPenalty(BDobson)2-1-35-12Bobbi Jo's...
Tomorrow's Aqueduct Entries
Post Time: 1:00 pm. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST5 1/2f; $15,000; mdn cl($12,500); 3upPNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1Terrox(L),123J Rivera7-9-7Parker 50-12Troop Support(L),116CVelasquez5-3-2Asmussn 4-53Little Blow Heart(L),116W Thmpsn5-5-6Chin 20-14D' Bulldog,116C Lopezx-x-xGullo 8-15Gramercy(L),109JRodriguez8-x-xShivmngl 6-16Chasin...
Affrunti's Beulah Park Grade
Post Time: 1:15 pm.FIRST-6f; $4,100; cl($5,000); 3up5-Yore 1246-Putmeupfront 1202-Fast Deposit 1201-MothrsByBoy 1207-NewYorkSolutn 1201a-GmmGsbmps 1203-Plan Ahead 1204-Dead Serious 120SECOND-5f; $3,500; cl($2,500); 3up; (f&m)2-IdeRatherBWld 1201-Sugarfoot 1204-Act of Beauty 1205-Cover Photo 1206-EchoMountain 1203-SpiritofTruth...
Fair Grounds Charts
Mar. 21, 2011 Clear And Fast. Turf: Firm. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST1m&70y; $21,000; clm; 3YO; (f)Off: 12:41. 5. energetic hand rideTime: 24.40, 49.30, 1:14.89, 1:39.91, 1:44.09.Trainer: Dallas StewartWinner: CH...
'Melo bloodied; Knicks collapse in fourth against Celtics
Carmelo Anthony needed five stitches to his left eye that was still bleeding in the locker room after his late fourth-quarter TKO. The Knicks need more than stitches to repair...
NFL coaches kicking and screaming
NEW ORLEANS -- The coaches pushed back hard here yesterday, imperiling the NFL's plan to overhaul kickoffs. Giants co-owner John Mara told The Post an effort by the league's competition...
Nets can forget about keeping playoff Pace
At least the Nets didn't blow a 17-point lead. This time, it was only 12. And that's only part of it. The Nets, who have been on playoff life support...
Penguins' Cooke out through first round of playoffs after elbow to Rangers' McDonagh
The NHL swiftly announced its punishment for Pittsburgh forward Matt Cooke's elbow to the head of Rangers rookie defenseman Ryan McDonagh in Sunday's 5-2 Rangers win, suspending the Penguins winger...
Nets' James scratched because of pain in repaired foot
Another day, another starter sitting for the Nets. Deron Williams already was in street clothes for a second straight game, and then small forward Damion James was scratched last night...
Devils' Lemaire will consider returning next season
BOSTON -- However it ends, record miracle or three-month tease, Jacques Lemaire will deserve consideration for a second Jack Adams Award as NHL Coach of the Year (the first in...
Parx Racing Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 5 1/2f; $24,000; cl($10,000); 3YO; (f)THUNDER ZIP pressed the pace and tired in the mud this distance and level when adding blinkers. FIRST LOVE drew the rail for first...
Yankees' fans 2nd in loyalty poll
The Phillies have the most loyal fans in Major League Baseball, surpassing the Yankees and Red Sox, a survey found. The Yanks were second on the baseball index for the...
Parx Racing Results
FIRST-1m; $24,000; clm; 3YO; (f)1Wild Luna (Bracho) 8.805.804.006Argentine Dspte (Wales)8.804.605Classy Senrita (Cmche)3.20 Off 12:27. Time 1:43.76. Sloppy. Scr: Sammzilla. * Exacta (1-6) $79.20 * Trifecta (1-6-5) $198.20SECOND-1 1/16m; $23,000; clm;...
Lengthy ban for Penguins' Cooke is step forward for NHL
That a Matt Cooke blindside hit to the head is once again the major topic of conversation in the final month of the NHL season is evidence of just how...
Jets owner fractures ankle in bicycling accident
NEW ORLEANS -- Woody Johnson's left ankle was no match for an errant Florida driver. The Jets owner revealed here yesterday that he fractured the ankle earlier this month when...
Elbow pain slows Isringhausen's comeback with Mets
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Jason Isringhausen's comeback attempt has encountered its first speed bump. The right-handed reliever was scratched from his scheduled relief appearance in the Mets' 8-7 victory over...
C's can do no wrong in announcer's eyes
If Johnny Most were alive and lighting himself on fire smoking during radio broadcasts, he'd be mortified how preposterously prejudiced Tommy Heinsohn is when "analyzing" Celtics games on CSN New...
Today's Sports on Air
Baseball1 p.m.Yankees at OriolesYES4 p.m.Cubs at DodgersMLBNBasketball7 p.m.Women's NCAA tournament, second round:Purdue vs. ConnecticutESPN7, 9 p.m.Assorted Games from Women's NCAA tournament, second roundESPN28 p.m.Bulls at HawksTNT9 p.m.NIT: Kent State at...
Mets' $36M mistake Perez sent packing at last
PORT ST. LUCIE -- A putrid chapter in Mets history was declared finished yesterday as Oliver Perez joined the ranks of the unemployed. "The way I've been pitching, I think...
With Perez gone, Mets fans need new scapegoats
The Mets have done more than rid themselves of a couple of underperforming baseball players the past couple of days. They have removed Mets fans' two favorite targets from the...
Western trip turned Rangers from mild to wild
When the Rangers looked awful in a 5-2 thrashing at the hands of the Ducks on March 9, it looked as if the Blueshirts' playoff hopes were in serious jeopardy....
Yankees' Granderson plans to be more aggressive
TAMPA -- There will be a change for the better in Curtis Granderson's game this season. The Yankee center fielder knows he has a tendency to be too analytical. But...
Jury faces Bonds at trial
SAN FRANCISCO -- Barry Bonds finally sat across the court room yesterday from the 12 people who will judge whether or not the greatest home-run hitter of all time lied...
Walsh says he'll take blame for Knicks swoon
In an attempt to take heat off coach Mike D'Antoni, team president Donnie Walsh said the Knicks' doldrums since the Carmelo Anthony trade are his fault because he broke up...
Colon is masterful in bid for Yankees' rotation
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- If Bartolo Colon isn't the caboose in Joe Girardi's five-man Yankee rotation, it won't be because the veteran right-hander didn't do everything in his power to...
Yankees' Rivera works overtime in tune-up
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- After requiring just 11 pitches to get through an inning against Single-A hitters, Mariano Rivera yesterday asked pitching coach Larry Rothschild for additional work. So, instead...
Sports shorts
NIT: Hurricanes advance to Round 3Durand Scott scored 20 points to help Miami (21-14) rally to an 81-72 victory over visiting Missouri State (26-9) in the second round of the...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYMar. 22WEDMar. 23THUMar. 24FRIMar. 25SATMar. 26SUNMar. 27MONMar. 28KnicksNOGAMEOrl.8:00MSGESPNNOGAMEMilw.7:30MSGESPNChar.7:00MSGESPNNOGAMEOrl.7:30MSGESPNNetsNOGAMEClev.7:00YESWFANNOGAMEOrl.7:00YESWBBRAtl.7:00YESWBBRNOGAMENOGAMERangersFlorida7:00TV -- MSG NetworkRadio -- ESPN 1050 AMNOGAMEOtt.7:00MSGESPNNOGAMEBos.1:00MSGESPNNOGAMENOGAMEIslandersTampa Bay7:30TV - MSG Plus2 NetworkRadio - WRHU 88.7 FMNOGAMEAtl.7:00MSG+WRHUNOGAMEPhi.7:00MSG+WRHUNOGAMENOGAMEDevilsBoston7:00TV - MSG Plus NetworkRadio -- WFAN...
Weird but true
Good news for criminals in Utah -- they can practice their profession while honoring their state. The Beehive State has become the first in the nation to designate an official...
St. John's women bow to Stanford in second round of NCAA tournament
Nnemkadi Ogwumike scored 22 points, little sister Chiney added 13 points and 12 rebounds and top-seeded Stanford overcame a slow start to reach the NCAA tournament's round of 16 with...
Championship-game experience could lead to Final Four
After the first weekend of the greatest sporting event in America, there are two certainties: 1. A lot of newborns are going to be named Jimmer or Kemba. 2. Even...
Viewers getting into new TV Madness
The NCAA tournament's new television format drew more viewers to the first weekend of March Madness. The games spread across four networks have averaged 8.4 million viewers so far. That's...
Gillen sees Arizona as surprise Final Four team
Former Xavier and Virginia coach Pete Gillen, a New York native, 2008 NYC Basketball Hall of Fame inductee and CBS College Sports Network analyst, shares his March Madn ess thoughts...
Florida's Boynton sits out practice
Florida's best defender missed practice yesterday, not the ideal situation considering Jimmer Fredette and Brigham Young are up next. Guard Kenny Boynton sat out practice because of a sprained left...
Carmelo and Amar’e take Manhattan
Last month, a blockbuster trade landed Denver Nuggets superstar Carmelo Anthony with the New York Knicks, sparking a media frenzy and hopes for the team’s first NBA championship since 1973....
Knicks lose to Celtics 96-86
Kevin Garnett had 24 points and 11 rebounds, Rajon Rondo added 13 points and 12 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics scored the final 10 points for a spirited 96-86 victory...
Colon throws 6 strong innings in Yankees' 3-1 loss to Rays
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — Bartolo Colon made another strong bid for a spot in the Yankees' rotation, allowing one run over six innings in New York's 3-1 loss to the...
Nets lose to Pacers 102-98
Roy Hibbert scored 24 points and Danny Granger had 17 of his 20 in the second half as the Indiana Pacers opened a two-game lead in the race for the...
17-month-old Brooklyn child beaten by foster mother's boyfriend likely to die
The 17-month-old Brooklyn child allegedly beaten by his foster mother’s boyfriend was likely assaulted with a metal rod or bat and is likely to die, it was revealed in court...
Radiation levels 12 miles from Fukushima nuclear plant 1,600 times higher than normal: report
TOKYO -- Radiation levels as far as 12 miles away from the quake- and tsunami-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant was recorded at levels 1,600 times higher than normal, Kyodo News agency...
Jury selected for perjury trial of Barry Bonds
SAN FRANCISCO -- Eight women and four men were chosen Monday to sit as jurors in the federal trial of former big league slugger Barry Bonds, the Los Angeles Times...
'Jersey Shore' star Ronnie Ortiz-Magro applies for pretrial intervention
TOMS RIVER, N.J. — A lawyer for “Jersey Shore” cast member Ronnie Ortiz-Magro has told a judge his client will apply to a pretrial intervention program in an assault case....
Galleon trader’s undercover act wasn’t convincing
As recently as January, federal prosecutors were still collecting evidence in the form of secretly recorded phone calls in the high-stakes insider-trading case centering on Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam,...
Elderly woman killed after two cars smash into each other in Queens
An elderly woman was killed this afternoon after two cars smashed into each other on a Queens street, cops said. Margaret Choborka, 82, was struck around 12:45 p.m. by a...
Lewis makes name, close to making history at St. Mary's
Chavaughn Lewis didn’t know the history, he wasn’t aware there was a time when brothers Danny and Rashad Green had St. Mary’s Manhasset as one of the most feared basketball...