May 20, 2011
Yankees injury updates: Hughes, Feliciano, Dickerson, Chavez
May 20, 2011 | 11:11pmYankees starter Phil Hughes was scheduled to see club doctor Chris Ahmad. Hughes was hopeful Ahmad clears him to begin throwing off a mound next week.“There has been no problem...
Mets' Pagan will miss Subway Series
May 20, 2011 | 10:54pmCenter fielder Angel Pagan likely won’t rejoin the Mets during the Subway Series this weekend. Pagan (oblique) was expected to play Friday night for Single-A St. Lucie then again Saturday...
Dickey buckles Yanks with knuckler in 2-1 Mets win
May 20, 2011 | 10:34pmR.A. Dickey regained command of his knuckleball and confounded the Yankees for six innings, Daniel Murphy homered and a youthful Mets lineup won the Subway Series opener 2-1 Friday night...
Jets' LB Scott part of workouts with Dolphins players: report
May 20, 2011 | 9:58pmLast season, Jason Taylor jumped from the Dolphins to the hated Jets. Now Jets mouthpiece Bart Scott will start working out with some Dolphins players. NJ.com reports that due to...
'Carrie' remake in works
May 20, 2011 | 9:53pmStupid idea of the week: A remake of Brian DePalma's "Carrie.'' The Hollywood Reporter is saying that MGM and Screen Gems have hired "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark'' playwright Roberto...
SI teen accused of 'Jersey Shore' attack arrested in drug raid
May 20, 2011 | 9:36pmThe Staten Island teen accused of attacking "Jersey Shore" star Angelina Pivarnick was busted yesterday during a drug raid, authorities said. Kelsey Balzafiore, 19, was nabbed at 5 a.m. when...
Al Qaeda looked at US oil tankers as possible targets, bin Laden materials show
May 20, 2011 | 9:27pmWASHINGTON -- Intelligence seized from Osama bin Laden's Pakistani hideout suggested that al Qaeda is interested in attacking oil tankers, Homeland Security officials said, a discovery that has prompted the...
Creamer defeats Webb at LPGA event
May 20, 2011 | 9:14pmGLADSTONE -- Paula Creamer sank an 5-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole to beat Rolex points co-leader Karrie Webb 1-up Friday to reach Saturday's third round of the Sybase...
Doped-up Queens driver sentenced for killing two kids in van crash
May 20, 2011 | 8:24pmThe doped-up driver that crashed a van filled with foster children, killing two young passengers, had to face the heartbroken mother of one of the victims today who screamed, "You...
Long Island native talks to Nets at draft camp
May 20, 2011 | 8:20pmCHICAGO -- Tobias Harris, the Dix Hills native who played at Long Island’s Half Hollow Hills High School, interviewed with the Nets at Chicago’s pre-draft camp and could become a...
Mets move Murphy in Subway Series lineup
May 20, 2011 | 8:16pmTerry Collins has talked about tweaking the Mets' lineup for the past few days and heading into the first game of the Subway Series, he did -- although instead of...
Our guide to your great Memorial Day weekend
May 20, 2011 | 7:48pmIt’s Memorial Day weekend, and you don’t have a beach house or lakeside cottage to run off to. Don’t feel left out – there’s plenty to keep you occupied this...
Great history tour in Bay Ridge on Saturday
May 20, 2011 | 7:48pmThis historical tour is much more than a walk in the park.A walking tour next month will showcase some of Bay Ridge’s oldest sites, from a cemetery where Revolutionary War...
Lohan gets court order against sender of texts
May 20, 2011 | 7:15pmLOS ANGELES — A judge granted Lindsay Lohan a restraining order against a man who left chocolates at her house and sent her bizarre text messages saying they are engaged,...
Red Bull captain Thierry Henry out for tomorrow's tilt in Houston
May 20, 2011 | 7:10pmRed Bulls captain Thierry Henry did not travel with the team to Houston and will miss tomorrow’s 8:30 p.m. game against the Dynamo with a swollen right knee. The 33-year-old...
Netanyahu resists key component of Obama's path to Mideast peace
May 20, 2011 | 6:59pmWASHINGTON -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday expressed frank opposition to President Barack Obama's version of a path toward Middle East peace, saying Israel cannot return to borders...
Ed Towns loses an election
May 20, 2011 | 6:50pmRep. Ed Towns has won 14 consecutive elections to represent a large chunk of Brooklyn in Congress — but this week, he got trounced for an unpaid district leader position...
Cops hunt suspect after man slips out of interrogation unnoticed
May 20, 2011 | 6:21pmDetectives apprehended a suspect who strolled out of a Manhattan precinct today in front of about 100 cops gathering for a fellow officer’s funeral, The Post has learned. The suspect,...
Death of Rangers' Boogaard was accidental overdose
May 20, 2011 | 6:15pmDerek Boogaard’s death last Friday was caused by an accidental drug overdose, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner ruled Friday. The ME found that the Rangers forward, who will be laid...
Bail revoked for alleged cop shooter
May 20, 2011 | 6:14pmAn accused cop shooter’s controversial bail was unceremoniously revoked today after prosecutors dug up a seedy, juvenile criminal past replete with violent incidents and flights from authority. Former free man...
NYPD busts major Puerto Rican drug ring
May 20, 2011 | 5:18pmA major Puerto Rican drug kinpin was busted in New York City along with nine other dealers, authorities said today. Investigators seized $1.3 million worth of cocaine from the cartel’s...
VIDEO: Subway Series Preview
May 20, 2011 | 5:14pmThe Post's Mark Hale, Dan Martin and Mike Vaccaro preview the first meeting in the 15th season of the Subway Series. The first-three game set begins Friday night at Yankee...
'Macho Man' Randy Savage dies in Florida car accident
May 20, 2011 | 5:04pmFormer wrestling champion Randy “Macho Man” Savage died this morning after possibly suffering a heart attack while driving in Seminole, Fla., authorities said. The death of the larger-than-life superstar, whose...
Falcons latest to turn down 'Hard Knocks'
May 20, 2011 | 4:56pmWhat the bleep is going on? HBO’s “Hard Knocks,” which rode the profanity of Jets head coach Rex Ryan to record ratings last summer, can’t seem to find a team...
French actress Marion Cotillard becomes a mom
May 20, 2011 | 4:46pmPARIS -- Actress Marion Cotillard welcomed her first child, a boy, in Paris, People magazine reported Friday. "Mother and baby are fine," a source told the magazine, adding the Oscar...
Explosion kills two inside China plant of iPad manufacturer
May 20, 2011 | 4:42pmSHANGHAI -- A large explosion ripped through a Foxconn high-tech plant in southwestern China Friday night, killing at least two people, a government official said. The facility, near Chengdu, has...
Kate Gosselin ordered to pay marriage counselor more than $10K
May 20, 2011 | 4:41pmFREELAND, Pa. -- Reality TV star Kate Gosselin was ordered to pay more than $10,000 to a Pennsylvania-based marriage counselor after she was sued over an unpaid bill, myFOXphilly.com reported...
Flower power
May 20, 2011 | 4:35pmThese hats put royal wedding headgear to shame!Fashion and flowers converged on Gotham Hall during last night's 10th annual Tulips & Pansies: The Headdress Affair show, when 19 models strutted...
Cyclist who accused Lance Armstrong of doping turns in gold medal
May 20, 2011 | 4:03pmCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Cyclist Tyler Hamilton, who has accused Lance Armstrong of taking performance-enhancing drugs while they were teammates for the US Postal Service team, has handed over his...
"Golden Balls" David Beckham bringing out his own underwear collection
May 20, 2011 | 3:47pmLOS ANGELES -- Galaxy star David Beckham was hot on the heels of his designer-wife Victoria on Friday after announcing the launch of his own underwear collection, the Daily Mirror reported....
NATO hits Libyan ships to protect rebel-held port
May 20, 2011 | 3:31pmTRIPOLI, Libya — NATO fighter jets struck three ports in bombing runs overnight, targeting Moammar Khadafy's navy in an effort to protect the nearby rebel-held port of Misrata, NATO said...
Report: Trezeguet discussing RBNY move
May 20, 2011 | 3:30pmA day after Red Bull captain Thierry Henry rubbished ex-teammate Robert Pires’ claims that he’d been recruiting the aging winger to join him in New York, now comes reports of...
Lehman to be "restarted"
May 20, 2011 | 3:28pmIf only it was as simple as restarting your computer. Lehman High School has been selected to be a part of the Federal “restart” program for schools that are persistently...
Lawyers ask NYC judge to find Iran liable for 9/11
May 20, 2011 | 3:17pmLawyers representing 9/11 families are asking a federal judge to find Iran culpable in the Sept. 11 terror attacks, saying new evidence shows Iranian officials had advanced word of the...
TOTS Teacher Wins Prestigious Award
May 20, 2011 | 3:16pmCatherine O’Sullivan was one of just two early childhood teachers in New York City to receive a prestigious award. Although she is now a recipient of the Early Childhood Professional...
Seniors Thank Tosca for Monthly Treats
May 20, 2011 | 3:16pmEddie Sujak, owner of Tosca Marquee on East Tremont Avenue, has been inviting seniors from Throgs Neck Extended Care to eat on the house since last spring. Anytime the seniors...
USPS to close Van Nest Post Office
May 20, 2011 | 3:16pmThe lower Morris Park and Van Nest communities are mobilizing to keep their post office.A rally will take place outside of the Van Nest Post Office on Thursday, May 19....
Zoo's Free-roaming Peahen Takes a Bronx Holiday
May 20, 2011 | 3:16pmFor the second time in six weeks, a Bronx Zoo animal has gone AWOL. A peahen escaped the confines of the Zoo on Monday, May 9 and led rescuers on...
Mead Street's Residents Concerned Over FDNY Accessibility
May 20, 2011 | 3:16pmLocal officials and the FDNY are concerned that a Van Nest street is too narrow to turn emergency vehicles on to.Mead Street between Unionport Road and Garfield Street is a...
Firehouse Closure Protest Reaches City Hall's Steps
May 20, 2011 | 3:15pmThe protest to save 20 firehouses around the city that are set to be axed reached the steps of City Hall once again.The call by the administration to once again...
Syrians defy tanks to protest, fresh clashes leave 17 dead
May 20, 2011 | 3:08pmBANIAS, Syria -- Pro-democracy protesters marched bare-chested and carrying olive branches in towns and cities across Syria after Friday prayers in defiance of a brutal crackdown by Bashar al Assad's...
161st BID Helps Jeter Countdown to 3,000th Hit
May 20, 2011 | 3:03pmThe 161st Street Business Improvement District is helping the Yankee Captain countdown as he reaches an professional milestone.Already the New York Yankees all-time leader in base hits, Derek Jeter is...
Hostos Community College opens $1.05 million recording studio
May 20, 2011 | 3:03pmHostos Community College recently unveiled a new state-of-the-art recording studio serving students interested in digital media careers. The $1.05 million facility, which was approved by the City University of New...
Two million dollar houses demolished in zoning mistake
May 20, 2011 | 3:03pmKiss $2 million goodbye.The developer of the Teddy Place luxury homes at 3250 Rawlins Avenue, after losing an appeal, was forced to raze two of five houses, so that he...
Third Annual Fair @ the Square a Huge Success
May 20, 2011 | 3:03pmWhen Joe Regina, a key organizer of the Fair @ the Square, was asked to come up with a highlight for the day, he had a hard time naming just...
Vacca, Cabrera Fight To Keep Alcohol Away from Schools
May 20, 2011 | 3:03pmPeople who plan on drinking alcohol near school grounds may want to seriously reconsider.Currently, the city imposes a standard penalty of $25 and up to five days in jail for...
Pelham Bay Park's Turtle Cove Gets Ecological Repair
May 20, 2011 | 3:02pmPelham Bay Park’s Turtle Cove area will have a new look for the spring. The inlet from Eastchester Bay known as Turtle Cove has been getting a lot of attention...
Qatar may be stripped of World Cup if corruption is proved, says FIFA president
May 20, 2011 | 3:02pmZURICH -- FIFA president Sepp Blatter said the vote that awarded Qatar the 2022 World Cup could be held again if allegations that officials took bribes to pick the tiny...
Ex-IMF big makes bail, released from Rikers Island
May 20, 2011 | 3:01pmEx-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was was released from Rikers Island this afternoon after his wife footed his $6 million bail and a Manhattan judge signed off on the deal. "This...
Preston PSA competes
May 20, 2011 | 2:50pmPreston High School students have a new public service announcement that is up for a major national award. A team of three students in teacher Craig Youngren’s senior elective video...
Historic building being renovated
May 20, 2011 | 2:50pmThanks to federal and state tax subsides, a former courthouse and New York City landmark in Melrose may soon get a new lease on life. Known as the “105-year-old Gray...
Vacca Sponsoring Bill To Raise Taxi Driver Fines
May 20, 2011 | 2:50pmCouncilman Jimmy Vacca is making sure that New York City cabs are not refusing to take fares to the outer boroughs.For years, Bronxites in Manhattan have struggled to find a...
Unclaimed Property Filled With Garbabe
May 20, 2011 | 2:50pmDisagreements as to who should clean-up neighborhood property has led to a mess of garbage and a place for homeless people to sleep.Property next to the Metro Transit Authority Substation...
SC man steals police cruiser, crashes into truck at 100 mph (video)
May 20, 2011 | 2:47pmA South Carolina man suspected of shoplifting made things worse for himself when he got into a fight with a cop, then stole a police car, drove 100 mph and...
Apartment fire on LI sends 11 to hospital
May 20, 2011 | 2:43pmGLEN COVE, N.Y. — An early morning apartment fire on Long Island has sent 11 people to the hospital, including two firefighters. Nassau County police say none of the injuries...
Conn. man accused of NYC pipe-bomb sales
May 20, 2011 | 2:40pmAuthorities searched the apartment of a Connecticut man who was accused of selling makeshift pipe bombs from his car in a Bronx parking lot. The man, who authorities say appeared...
Hakeem's dream — Ed Towns's seat in Congress
May 20, 2011 | 2:38pmAssemblyman Hakeem Jeffries is moving ahead to challenge 15-term Rep. Ed Towns — a battle that will set off a generational clash that party leaders once thought could be avoided.Jeffries...
Giambi rocks Phillies with 3 HRs, 7 RBIs
May 20, 2011 | 2:30pmPHILADELPHIA -- With one mighty cut after another, Jason Giambi looked like the old Giambino. Giambi became the second-oldest player to hit three homers in a game and tied his...
If AARP needs a waiver, we all do
May 20, 2011 | 2:26pmThe stench from Obamacare just got worse. The American Association of Retired Persons has been granted a waiver from Obamacare, after it spent millions upon millions advocating for the legislation....
Bloomberg gives Top 5 list for end-of-the-world prophecy
May 20, 2011 | 2:10pmMayor Bloomberg morphed into David Letterman this morning to poke fun at the notion that the world might end tomorrow. With time running short, the mayor on his weekly radio...
Two Americans hurt in Pakistan after Taliban targets diplomatic convoy
May 20, 2011 | 1:06pmPESHAWAR, Pakistan -- The Taliban bombed a US consular convoy in Peshawar on Friday, killing one person and wounding 11 others in the first attack on Americans in Pakistan since...
Photos of Beatles' 1st US concert to be auctioned
May 20, 2011 | 12:55pmIt was 1964. Beatlemania ruled. Two days after their momentous debut on "The Ed Sullivan Show," the Fab Four boarded a train from New York for Washington, D.C., for their...
BP reaches $1.07B settlement with MOEX over Gulf of Mexico oil spill
May 20, 2011 | 12:36pmLONDON -- BP shares rallied nearly four percent in London trading Friday after MOEX, one of the co-owners of the Macondo oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, agreed to...
Prada gets approval for $2B Hong Kong IPO
May 20, 2011 | 12:20pmHONG KONG -- Italian fashion house Prada received regulatory approval Thursday for its plan to launch an initial public offering (IPO) that could raise as much as $2 billion ahead...
More than 800 injured in South African train crash
May 20, 2011 | 12:18pmJOHANNESBURG -- More than 800 South African commuters were injured in a rush-hour train crash in Johannesburg's Soweto township, the rail operator said Friday. "We have around 857 people that...
Lars Von Trier says Hitler comments were 'stupid joke'
May 20, 2011 | 12:18pmCANNES, France -- Film director Lars Von Trier blamed his "Danish sense of humor" after he was slammed for declaring he was Nazi who sympathized with Hitler, the Israeli daily...
VOTE: MVP of Subway Series
May 20, 2011 | 9:57amThe Yankees and Mets will be wrapping up the 15th year of the Subway Series this weekend at Citi Field. Who do you think has been the most valuable player...
Preakness Stakes Bettor's Guide
May 20, 2011 | 9:56amPost racing writer Ed Fountaine provides all the information you need to handicap the 136th Preakness Stakes, to be held Saturday at Pimlico. Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom is the...
O vindicates Bush, so why give $$ to Egypt?
May 20, 2011 | 9:37amDid Barack Obama bascially admit that Iraq's liberation is the reason we have an Arab Spring at all? Well, he certainly endorsed supporting that nascent democracy because of shared values. Obama...
Enjoying the view, Adriana? (Well, we sure are)
May 20, 2011 | 7:28amAdriana Lima, best known as a Victoria’s Secret “Angel,” takes a perch yesterday at the Mondrian SoHo hotel for the lingerie line’s Bombshell Summer Tour.
Back from ACL tear, Cardillo eyes elusive city title
May 20, 2011 | 7:15amMallory Cardillo stripped the ball away from a Beach Channel player near the crease on the left side. The Tottenville senior scooped it up, and with a bulky black brace...
Finding its groove, Grand Street run-rules Madison, clinches division
May 20, 2011 | 6:51amWhen Grand Street Campus won the prestigious Monroe Tournament in mid-April, it left The Bronx on Good Friday with an unmistakable swagger, with a nobody-can-touch-us edge to them. The attitude...
Telecom tops Fort Hamilton, nears another Brooklyn A West title
May 20, 2011 | 5:53amAfter four games, Telecommunications was 2-2, a young team trying to find itself. Five weeks later, the Yellow Jackets youth is no longer a problem. Thursday afternoon, they went into...
Peaking Pirates outlast Dozo, meet Midwood for boys lax title
May 20, 2011 | 5:31amFast starts and panic haven’t been a part of Tottenville’s DNA all season, so why should that change with a berth in the championship game on the line. “Maybe it...
CHSAA softball roundup: Moss, Stanners top Kearney in B/Q semis
May 20, 2011 | 5:26amThere was a bit of concern for Maureen Rosenbaum heading into her Archbishop Molloy softball team’s matchup with Bishop Kearney. The Stanners didn’t play a game since last Friday and...
The drop: The magnificently horrible play that sums up New York's baseball fortunes
May 20, 2011 | 5:07amThey entered the game from opposite places, riding different tides of momentum. The Mets had just played three gritty games against the world-champion Phillies in front of three full houses...
Subway Series matchups
May 20, 2011 | 4:59amThe Post takes a position-by-position look at the Mets and Yankees heading into the 15th season of the Subway Series. The six-game set begins with three at Yankee Stadium starting...
So far, amazin’ job by Mets manager
May 20, 2011 | 4:55amThey had wriggled out of another testy ninth inning, Frankie Rodriguez coaxing Adam LaRoche to roll one out to the grass in short right field, where the kid, Ruben Tejada,...
PSAL/CHSAA baseball roundup: Monroe tops Clinton, nears division title
May 20, 2011 | 4:55amJames Monroe inched closer to yet another Bronx A East division title Thursday, topping bitter rival DeWitt Clinton, 6-1, as senior right-hander Jesus Brito delivered six shutout innings and struck...
Mets ride Gee train into Subway showdown
May 20, 2011 | 4:53amDillon Gee made it much easier yesterday for the Mets to use the word “excited” in conjunction with their upcoming Subway Series stop in The Bronx. The rookie right-hander couldn’t...
Private school softball roundup: Riverdale beats Poly, NYSAISAA draw announced
May 20, 2011 | 4:28amMadison Kahn’s walk-off suicide squeeze scored Sami Cohen from third base to lead Riverdale to a wild, 3-2 over Poly Prep in Ivy League softball Thursday in Bay Ridge. Poly...
5 questions for ... Steve Kerr
May 20, 2011 | 4:11amTNT NBA analyst Steve Kerr talked with The Post’s Justin Terranova about the conference finals and the possibility of his former coach, Phil Jackson, eventually returning for the Knicks. Q:...
The X-Men clincheth: Xaverian wins B/Q division title, but not satisfied
May 20, 2011 | 4:09amThe final out of a 9-0 victory was a strikeout looking and the post-game celebration was equally routine for Xaverian. The Clippers had just beaten rival Bishop Ford to win...
Kanes are able: Twins shoot Tottenville past Beach Channel, into lax final
May 20, 2011 | 4:02amThis year’s championship game wasn’t mentioned leading up to Tottenville’s semifinal game with Beach Channel. But the previous two title contests were certainly a topic of conversation. In each, the...
Mortgage defaults fell in 1Q
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amMortgage foreclosures declined in the first quarter from a record high as US employment and personal income rose, a sign the economic recovery may be helping to limit defaults. The...
Business briefs
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amNYC jobs up New York City's sea sonally adjusted jobless rate fell to a 25-month low of 8.6 percent in April, led by hiring in tourism, finance and business services,...
Antitrust cop Varney may divest her job
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amWashington was abuzz with speculation yesterday that President Obama's top merger watchdog, Christine Varney, might be leaving her post after two years. The whispers traveled from the Beltway to Silicon...
Kindle burning up paper books
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amIn just four years, Jeff Bezos has upended the 400-year reign of the printed book. Yesterday, the longtime chief of Amazon, the nation's biggest online retailer of reading materials, crowed...
Slashed outlook sinks Gap stock
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amGap's full-year profit outlook just took a spring markdown. The floundering apparel giant -- whose hard-charging CEO Glenn Murphy recently ousted the president and head designer of the retailer's namesake...
Whistleblower skirmish
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amCorporate America's top regulator, Mary Schapiro, is caught in the middle of a nasty tug-of-war over her agency's controversial plan to start paying corporate snitches for tips that help catch...
Shocking Ebersol exit creates NBC Olympian chaos
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amDick Ebersol, a legend in the world of TV sports, is stepping down as NBC Universal's Olympics czar after a blowout with his new corporate bosses over his contract. While...
Malone bids $1B for B&N
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amCable TV mogul John Malone made a surprise offer last night to buy Barnes & Noble for $1 billion. The billionaire CEO of Liberty Media -- which owns the QVC...
Underwriters leave cash on table
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amPricing red-hot tech IPOs may turn out to be a bear for Wall Street banks. After LinkedIn's meteoric rise yesterday, some observers are saying bank underwriters Morgan Stanley, Bank of...
Apart at the Syms
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amSyms is worth more dead than alive. That, at least, is what an activist shareholder told the off-price clothier's board yesterday, pressing for a sale or breakup of the struggling...
LinkedIn shares close up 109% on first day
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amIt's not 1999, but it sure felt like it for LinkedIn investors. Shares of the social network for business professionals more than doubled in their trading debut, prompting more talk...
Battle over Condé Nast office space at 1 WTC
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amWhen Condé Nast finally moves into its new downtown digs at 1 WTC, many of the denizens of the city's glitziest publishing house will be in a for a rude...
NYC spared terror cut$
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amWASHINGTON -- New York City escaped cuts this year to critical federal anti-terror funds, the Department of Homeland Security announced yesterday. Despite a 20 percent slash nationwide in Urban Area...
Gabby's on mend again
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amArizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was recovering yesterday from surgery to replace part of her skull, a critical step in her recovery, hospital officials here said. Giffords, who was shot by...
Losing illusions & joining Freedom Agenda
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amBetter late than never -- that's the phrase that comes to mind after lis tening to President Obama's speech on the wave of revolutions in the greater Middle East. It...
'Net'roCard on track for Brooklyn hoops fans
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amComing soon to a controversial arena near you: the MetroTicket! Fans headed to the Nets' new Brooklyn arena are on track to use the same ticket to ride to the...
Broadsheet duo in tabloid brawl
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amWESTPORT, Conn -- New York Times technology columnist David Pogue and wife Jennifer were charged with disorderly conduct and issued misdemeanor summonses for an incident Monday. Both appeared in Norwalk...
NYPD Daily Blotter
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amManhattan The president of a SoHo building's tenant association stole $97,000 from the organization to fund shopping sprees and a Florida vacation, according to the city Department of Investigation. Renee...
Gay-nups pol flips on Mike
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amALBANY -- Gay marriage-advocate Mayor Bloomberg suffered a setback in Albany yesterday after his closest state Senate ally introduced legislation to roll back existing same-sex marriage rights. The bill sponsored...
Fake Rockefeller slay rap
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amBOSTON -- A man who claimed to be a member of the Rockefeller family has agreed to return to California to face a slay charge in a 1985 killing. Christian...
200 yrs. in Newark triple slay
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amThe third of six defendants in a Newark schoolyard triple murder was sentenced yesterday to more than 200 years in prison by a judge who cast aside his argument that...
Talking up downtown
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amThe city wants tourists flocking to the 9/11 memorial in Lower Manhattan to stay a while in the area, so it's launching a campaign promoting nearby attractions. Although the memorial...
Servants' lawsuit: Posh LI couple enslaved us
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amThey came to America thinking they landed a home-care gig -- but claim they ended up slaves in a Long Island home. Two female immigrants from India filed a civil...
New Yorkers laugh off predicted Armageddon Saturday
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amGet ready, New York -- the End is Nigh! According to a loony doomsday cult -- which has pasted the city's subways and bus stops with ads predicting Armageddon --...
Parents blast gallery featuring porn paintings near school
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amA Lower East Side gallery is giving schoolchildren too much of an arts education. "Porno Paintings," a series of sexually explicit canvases inspired by scenes from Internet pornography, is visible...
Piping hot dopes
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amThis plan really backfired! A homeless man ripping out pipes to sell for scrap to fuel his drug habit accidentally blew the front off a Staten Island home, authorities said...
Horny toad remains eager to sleaze
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amHe's free. She's toast. Accused sex abuser Dominique Strauss-Kahn, short and stooped, strode into the courtroom sporting a natty gray suit and a scowl, to beg a judge to transfer...
Maria's lawyer to 'Ahnnul' marriage
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amMaria Shriver hired a renowned LA divorce lawyer whose list of high-powered clients reads like the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The former California first lady tapped Laura Wasser to go...
Mike: UFT wreaking 'havoc' with lawsuit
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday blasted the teachers union as "irresponsible" for going to court to block the closing of 22 failing schools. "They're just trying to create the maximum havoc and...
Fatal apt. fire in B'klyn
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amA Brooklyn woman whose housing-project apartment had no electrical power because of a busted fuse box was killed early yesterday when fire ripped through her candlelit home, authorities said. The...
NYPD on gridiron
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amThe NYPD Football Team will take on the San Diego Enforcers tonight at 6 p.m. at Aviator Field at Brooklyn's Floyd Bennett airport. It will be preceded by a ceremony...
Sneaky TSA jet stowaway
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amA Dominican Republic-bound JetBlue flight made a U-turn and headed back to Kennedy Airport after the pilot discovered a scamming TSA screener had sneaked aboard, The Post has learned. The...
Unabomb pill grill
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amThe Unabomber may also be the Unapoisoner! The FBI is asking bomb-mailing evil genius Ted Kaczynski to submit a DNA sample as part of its probe into the unsolved 1982...
Obama to Israel: Back to '67 land
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amWASHINGTON -- President Obama yesterday laid down a new marker to shake up stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks when he said the Jewish state should withdraw to boundaries based on its...
Albany eyes bad-teacher discipline
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amThe state Senate will hold a legislative hearing Monday to probe the lengthy disciplinary process for school teachers. The move comes in the wake of a Post series exposing the...
GOP & Dem critics blast president's giveaways
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amWASHINGTON -- President Obama yesterday was blasted at home for siding with Palestinian demands that Israel retreat to its pre-1967 border as part of a two-state peace deal. Politicians of...
Madoff trustee nails Mets
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amHe's really throwing some heat now. The bankruptcy trustee clawing back cash for Bernard Madoff's victims hurled a host of new accusations at the Mets' owners yesterday as part of...
Feds nix electric over'charge'
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amCharges reversed! Federal regulators yesterday officially overturned an order that would have zapped the city by boosting residential electric bills by 10 to 12 percent. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission...
Trial trips 'tix fix' cop
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amA Bronx jury yesterday acquitted a man of attempted murder and assault in the first trial featuring testimony by a cop accused of fixing traffic tickets. Jurors said it wasn't...
Swan song looms
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amThe fat lady is warming up her pipes because the New York City Opera is precariously close to ending its run as one of the Big Apple's great cultural institutions....
Former IMF head, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, granted bail deal, expected to be released to home confinement today
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amAu revoir, Rikers! Sex-attack suspect Dominique Strauss-Kahn can ditch his filthy jail cell today for an Upper East apartment as part of a hefty bail package that includes GPS monitoring...
Arnold Schwarzenegger doted on son with housekeeper
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amCheating hubby Arnold Schwarzenegger was so fond of the son he had with his housekeeper, he jetted him around on family vacations with his unsuspecting wife and kids and played...
SI windfall wind farm
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amCity Hall plans to explore the possibility of installing windmills at Staten Island's Fresh Kills landfill, officials said last night. "You're going to see movement on that pretty fast," city...
Defector: Iran aided 9/11 plot
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amA former Iranian intelligence official who defected claimed that Tehran helped plot the Sept. 11 attacks, according to bombshell court papers filed yesterday in a victims' lawsuit against the Tehran...
Shuttle still 'matters'
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The $2 billion Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer particle detector was mounted outside the International Space Station yesterday for a survey to discover new forms of matter. The...
AG's office probing Trump U.
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amA for-profit university operated by real-estate mogul Donald Trump is being investigated by the New York Attorney General's Office. A spokesman for the Trump Entrepreneurial Initiative acknowledged receiving an inquiry...
Schwarzenegger's Kennedy-esqe betrayal
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amTHE ISSUE: Arnold Schwarzenegger's affair with a house staff member and out-of-wedlock child. *** Arnold Schwarzenegger, who furthered the popularity of the phrase "girlie man," is now whining to the...
Giving too much license to cops
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amA series of recent court rulings, in cluding one this week from the US Supreme Court, appear to erode one of our bedrock defenses against the arbitrary, abusive power of...
Phony fears on fracking
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amOpponents of gas exploration have time and again raised the ghastly specter of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing (or fracking) contaminating water supplies. The process uses water, sand and chemicals...
The college rip-off
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amAmid all the uplifting clichés at their commencement ceremonies, graduating col lege students won't hear a line applicable to some of them -- you got ripped off. Student debt just...
Fair trade for all
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amFair Trade is a global movement which empowers farmers and workers around the world to improve their standard of living, while enabling consumers to make a difference through their everyday...
A bungled message
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amPresident Obama gave a very important address yesterday on the Middle East, with some stuff thrown in. Afterward, the stuff thrown in was getting all the attention. At the end...
Bail for the IMF pig
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amIt was probably inevitable that Dominique Strauss-Kahn would get bail, despite being a prima facie flight risk. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Michael Obus yesterday approved Strauss-Kahn's release on $1 million...
O's almost there
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amPresident Obama's Middle East speech yesterday revealed an astonishing reversal of worldview -- but, sad to say, presented a deeply troubling policy shift on Israel. Worldview first: Most of the...
French goodie from Woody
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amOwen Wilson turns out to be the best Woody Allen surrogate by far in the Woodman's "Midnight in Paris," a lightly amusing fantasy about a hack screenwriter who gets to...
The Big Uneasy
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amRadio humorist and "Simpsons" voice artist Harry Shearer turns serious as the director of a doc umentary that makes a damning case that bungling by the Army Corps of Engineers...
'Evict' tales worth a Carnegie bawl
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amCall it the rape of Carnegie Hall. For more than a century, there were 165 landmark stu dios atop the Midtown cultural center. Norman Mailer, Marlon Brando, Lucille Ball, Mark...
Chinese-made cloys
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amIs the Chinese export "A Beautiful Life" a light ro mantic comedy or a sappy melodrama? Sadly, it's both. Directed by Andrew Lau, the movie opens on a light note,...
All kitschy on the western front
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amWith 20 different songs (and a few reprises), the kitschy new country musical "Lucky Guy" is overlong and overstuffed. No wonder: It was written and directed by the man, Willard...
Broadway ready to hail King
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amTake a look at the songlist from "Baby It's You," the new Broadway musical about the Shirelles, and you'll notice a startling omission: "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," the song...
Florent, Queen Of The Meat Market
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amThis colorful and disarming documentary by David Sigal puts a face on the perils of gentrification: Florent Morellet, an ebullient Frenchman who opened his epony-mous diner back when the Meat...
Yawny Depp
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amCutlasses flash, music swells, mast sways, critic yawns. Sure, “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” be a lusty yarn of the waves. And ’tis as average as the sea...
Cost of a Soul
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amTwo military veterans return home and immediately get sucked into the criminal underworld in the trite and overwrought melodrama "Cost of a Soul." Unknowns Chris Kerson and Will Blagrove play...
Bruins shut out Lightning, up 2-1 in series
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amTAMPA, Fla. -- Tim Thomas rebounded from two tough games in grand fashion. Thomas made 31 saves for his first playoff shutout this season and second of his career, Andrew...
Posada starts at first base for Yankees
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amBALTIMORE -- Jorge Posada was back in the field last night, just not where you're used to seeing him. Yankees manager Joe Girardi had the unhappy veteran starting at first...
Hondo's sun burn
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amOnly Hondo loses because the sun is shining too brightly in Seattle where Torii Hunter lost a flyball in the glare yesterday, costing the Angels a possible win. Add that...
Rivera saves Yankees even when he blows one
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amBALTIMORE -- What does it say about Mariano Rivera that in his 66 regular-season blown saves, from 1997 through Wednesday night, the Yankees rebounded to win 28 times? "He is...
Yankees crush Orioles for third straight win
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amBALTIMORE -- The Yankees will ride a three-game winning streak into The Bronx, where the latest installment of the Subway Series will play out beginning tonight. But here is the...
Durant, bench propel Thunder past Mavericks
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amDALLAS -- Kevin Durant scored 24 points and James Harden added 23, leading the Thunder to a 106-100 victory over the Mavericks last night, knotting the Western Conference finals at...
Good time for saltwater anglers
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amDespite all the rain, saltwater anglers have something to smile about as the fishing season moves into more positive territory. Fluke fishing is a good bet for fishermen on the...
Bill Smith At Meadowlands
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amPost time: 7:00 p.m.Best Bet: Susumna (12th)FIRST-mile; pace; $10,000; claiming1Pure Desire(B Sears)4-5-28-13KiddieCocktail(TTetrick)1-3-22-18Collage(D Miller)8-7-18-12Throwdown(J Baggitt)8-2-312-14Lite Cruiser(J Campbell)3-3-54-15BullvillPrncss(EAbbtllo)4-5-25-16Nuts And Jolts(A Miller)6-6-715-17Barking Mad(M Lachance)5-8-410-19Cosmo Hall(S Allard)2-5-86-1SECOND-mile; trot; $11,000; conditional1SunlandDakota(JCampbell)3-7-75-23Action Sj(A Miller)4-4-67-27Political Pull(R Shand)6-6-715-12Lil'...
Bill Smith At Yonkers
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amPost time: 7:10 p.m.Best Bet: Forte Blue Chip (1st)FIRST-1 1/16 ml pc; $10,000; conditional1ForteBlueChip(GBrennan)3-1-58-55Fox Valley Sosa(S Smith)2-2-55-18BrickyardBrewer(RBaynes)5-2-215-12Don'tLetDown(JStratton)5-6-112-13MiasBoldManeuvr(JBrtltt)5-5-84-14Kevin's Apples(D Dube)4-4-312-16Alloveramerica(BHolland)3-7-110-17SimpleLease(JPantaleano)7-5-120-1SECOND-1 1/16 ml tr; $22,000; cond4Tasty Max(G Brennan)1-4-48-53Darlabar Man(J Plutino)2-2-68-11Aprilshowers(D Dube)2-1-34-12ArmbroCopenhagen(JGrgry)3-5-15-15CelebrityBluchp(JPntlno)6-6-312-16OneAwesomeMastr(JBrtltt)2-5-56-17AjsSendMoney(BHolland)7-6-815-18NewHampshireBoy(EGoodll)8-7-312-1THIRD-1 1/16...
Tomorrow's Belmont Entries
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amPost Time: 1:00 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderFIRST6 fur(T); $44,000; alw; 3upPNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1Chernobyl's Hero(L),121A Lezcano4-2-6Odintz 12-12Six Flings(L),121J Lezcano5-2-3Callejas 10-13Siete Machos(L),121A Garcia6-4-3Levine 4-14Victorious Leader(L),123A Solis1-2-1O'Brien...
Vic Cangialosi's Churchill Grade
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amPost Time: 2:45 p.m.FIRST-1 1/16m; $18,000; clm; 3up1-Rap Star 3-12-Slppn'Arnd 8-13-Derbydaygirl 3-14-Utesa 5-25-Cave In 6-16-Shanfield 6-17-Bay Goose 10-1SECOND-1 mile; $24,000; clm; 3up6-DownWthDx 5-21-Raven Hawk 7-22-Whtthctdrg 5-13-IrishEmprr 10-14-Valerius 3-15-VigilantLw 3-1THIRD-1 mile;...
Six ready to go in Black-Eyed Susan
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amBALTIMORE -- Today's 87th running of the Grade 2, $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan for 3-year-old fillies at Pimlico came up light with just six entries, each of them running a mile-and-an-eighth...
FIFA boss wants talk with Cup informant
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amZURICH -- Almost six months after FIFA's executive committee awarded Qatar the 2022 World Cup, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said yesterday a former bid employee would be interviewed about claims...
Belmont Charts
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amMay 19, 2011 Clear And Good. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST -1 mile; $21,000; clm; 3up(f)Off: 1:01 p.m.St. good, won drivingTime: 24.81, 49.22, 1:13.70, 1:39.12.Trainer: Gary SciaccaWinner: CH M, 6,...
Confidence builds for Mets' Bay
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amJason Bay still has just two home runs this season and hasn't begun to resemble the player the Mets thought they were getting when they signed him before last season....
Pimlico Analysis
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amPost time: 12:00 noon. All horses appear in post position order FIRST-6 fur; $30,000; mdn; 3up(f) ALL METTLE third this distance in career debut. MAGICAL POINT third going longer. LUCIANA....
Preakness best at crowning champions
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amBALTIMORE -- Ask 100 racetrackers which classic they would rather win, the Kentucky Derby or the Preakness Stakes, and 99 will say the Derby. But when it comes to crowning...
Giants fans have faced more than lockout
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amWhen Victor Gwynn would go out on patrol in Iraq he felt protected. His body was adorned with a tattoo of his two kids and the name of his mother,...
Giants owner reaches out in essay
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amIn an essay entitled "Time To Get Back To Football," Giants co-owner John Mara yesterday wrote what he has been preaching since before the lockout began: Players and owners need...
Top Preakness colts get boost from test at Kentucky Derby
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amBALTIMORE -- In an ordinary year, finding the winner of tomorrow's $1 million Preakness Stakes would be like shooting fish in a barrel. It would be one of these three...
Hollywood Results
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amFIRST-$23,000, cl, 3YO up F&M, 1 1/16m5Rollerskates (Bejarano) 4.003.002.101Zippin E (Talamo)3.402.102Jana Gail (Quinonez)2.10 * $1 Exacta (5-1) $4.60 * Quinella (1-5) $6.80 * $1 Trifecta (5-1-2) $7.70Winner picked by Vic...
Creamer, Webb brace for LPGA showdown
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amGLADSTONE -- There's a round-of-32 showdown between two of the LPGA's top 12 today, and Rolex Points co-leader Karrie Webb says that's not right. Webb faces Paula Creamer in the...
Armstrong used PEDs, ex-mate says
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amTyler Hamilton, a former teammate of Lance Armstrong, has told CBS' "60 Minutes" that he used performance-enhancing drugs with the seven-time Tour de France winner to cheat in cycling races,...
Mets to use Martinez as DH
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amFernando Martinez will be the first beneficiary of the Mets adding a hitter to the lineup this weekend. With the designated hitter in play at Yankee Stadium, manager Terry Collins...
Blown call on Werth play helps out Mets
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amAdam LaRoche's groundout was the final play of the Mets' 1-0 win over the Nationals yesterday at Citi Field, but it was the blown call on Justin Turner throwing out...
Hitchcock wants to coach Devils
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amJust back from Slovakia and the World Championships, Ken Hitchcock told The Post last night that he is very interested in the Devils' head coaching job. "I'd like to get...
No surprise Kareem is waiting for his statue
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amIt's not tricky to figure out why effervescent Magic Johnson and inspirational Chick Hearn were the first Lakers sculptured outside Staples Center. Creative oomph on the floor and in the...
Today's Sports on Air
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amAuto Racing8 a.m.Formula One practiceSPEED9:30 a.m.NASCAR: Camping World Truck Series practiceSPEEDNoonNASCAR: Sprint Cup practiceSPEED5 p.m.NASCAR: Sprint Cup qualifyingSPEED8 p.m.NASCAR: Camping World Truck Series:North Carolina Education Lottery 200SPEEDBaseball7 p.m.Mets at YankeesSNY,...
The Post Line
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amNBATomorrowFavoriteLine (O/U)UnderdogTHUNDER 3 (200) MavericksSundayFavoriteLine (O/U)UnderdogHEAT 5½ (179) BullsHome team in CAPSNHLFavoriteLineUnderdogSHARKS$110-130Canucks
Rangers sign high-scoring junior forward, goalie
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amThe Rangers have reached an agreement with forward Christian Thomas, the first Ontario Hockey League (OHL) player with 95 goals over the past two seasons. Thomas, the son of longtime...
Jimmer could land with Knicks
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amCHICAGO -- BYU's Jimmer Fredette, out of upstate Glens Falls, doesn't mind if he falls out of the lottery, even if it costs him money on his rookie contract. All...
Giambi's 3 HRs flatten Phillies
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amJason Giambi became the second-oldest player to hit three homers in a game and tied his career high with seven RBIs, leading the Rockies past the Phillies 7-1 last night...
Sports shorts
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amNHL: Thrashers moving to Winnipeg? NHL commissioner Gary Bettman last night denied a report in the Toronto Globe and Mail that said an agreement was reached by a Canadian business...
Subway Series all about the fans
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amBALTIMORE -- Joe Girardi knows there is no championship trophy or pennant up for grabs in this weekend's Subway Series -- just bragging rights. "You've got to walk around the...
Home Team Lineups
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amTODAYMay 20SATMay 21SUNMay 22MONMay 23TUEMay 24WEDMay 25THUMay 26Yankees1Mets7:05TV -- WWORRadio--WCBS 880 AMMets7:10FOXWCBSMets1:05YESWCBSTor.7:05YESWCBSTor.7:05WWORWCBSTor.1:05YESWCBSNOGAMEMetsYankees7:05TV -- SportsNet NYRadio--WFAN 660 AMYanks7:10FOXWFANYanks1:05WPIXWFANNOGAMEChi.8:05SNYWFANChi.8:05SNYWFANChi.2:20SNYWFANLibertyNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAME*Wash.$ 10:30a.m.No TVNOGAMERed BullsNOGAMEHou.8:30MSGWQBUNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMECol.8:00MSGWADONOGAME
What really goes on in Area 51?
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amAttention all conspiracy theorists: On Sunday night, you will either forever drop your ideas about alien autopsies in Area 51, or you will decide that the government has finally told...
Sully lands a TV news gig
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amCaptain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger has a new position -- CBS News Aviation and Safety Expert. The network announced yesterday that Sullenberger, who famously (and safely) landed his US Airways plane...
Broncos pass on 'Knocks'
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amWhat the bleep is going on? HBO's "Hard Knocks," which rode the profanity of Jets head coach Rex Ryan to record ratings last summer, can't find a team willing to...
Starr report
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amAll signs are pointing toward Meredith Vieira inking a new deal to continue hosting "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." Vieira, who's leaving "Today" on June 8, has hosted the...
Country strong
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amCountry singers Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina will twang their way to finish line in this year's "American Idol" finale. Third-place finisher Haley Reinhart seemed shocked and confused when she...
What does Jennifer Aniston smell like?
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amHere’s a sad irony. The new Jennifer Aniston perfume scent doesn’t really last. You know . . . kind of like her relationships with men? Scores of reviews of the...
Weird but true
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amAn armored car crashed on I-95 in Florida when it swerved trying to avoid hitting a mother duck and her ducklings waddling across the highway. Tragically, mama duck lost her...
Pitcher pushes Fordham into NCAA softball tournament
May 20, 2011 | 4:00amNo-nos are no problem for Jen Mineau, and Fordham is suddenly on the softball map because of it. Paced by the junior right-hander's eye-popping seven career no-hitters, the Lady Rams...
GW coach Steve Mandl remains suspended as judge denies motion
May 20, 2011 | 3:49amLegendary George Washington baseball coach Steve Mandl is down to his last strike. His faint hopes to return to his post after being suspended by the PSAL for alleged illegal...
Subway Series comes at right time for Yankees
May 20, 2011 | 3:41amOn paper it looks like David vs. Goliath, and that was before the Mets lost their David (Wright) to a stress fracture in his back. This year’s version of the...
Eagles grounded in boys volleyball final
May 20, 2011 | 3:35amAcademy of American Studies had not been past the second round in coach Josh Yang’s tenure and last year the Eagles were shocked in the first round. So coming into...
Men of Troy: Bryant wins PSAL boys volleyball title
May 20, 2011 | 3:27amTroy Gaugler can go home again. The Bryant senior, whose two brothers both won PSAL city titles at Cardozo, finally has one of his own. The dynamic outside hitter helped...
PSAL Class B softball playoff roundup: Albelo, Grady upset Jamaica
May 20, 2011 | 3:16amYaidelisse Albelo 2-for-4 with three RBIs and a run scored and Julia Smith was 1-for-4 with two RBIs for No. 31 Grady in an upset of No. 5 Jamaica in...
Poly Prep receives top seed in NYSAISAA; all-Ivy team announced
May 20, 2011 | 3:03amAs is often the case, the road to the NYSAISAA baseball title will go through Bay Ridge. Poly Prep, the Ivy Prep League champion ranked first in New York City...
Tragedy in Coney Island: 'Rabbi' Abraham Abraham is dead
May 20, 2011 | 2:39amRabbi Abraham Abraham, the Coney Island-based leader of a winter swim group who was also known for stunts like living in an ice house, died on May 18 of bone...
NATO strikes eight Libyan navy warships in overnight attack
May 20, 2011 | 2:38amTRIPOLI -- NATO aircraft have struck eight warships belonging to strongman Moamar Ghadafi's navy in an overnight attack in three port towns, the alliance said Friday. "All the vessels targeted...
PSAL Class A softball playoff roundup: Manhattan Center stuns Petrides
May 20, 2011 | 2:37amChristine Roundtree and Rakia Otto each went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and a run scored to lead No. 18 Manhattan Center to a 10-8 upset over No. 15 Petrides in...
Every employer's nightmare — summer intern steals from his mentor
May 20, 2011 | 2:27amIt’s the ultimate summer workplace nightmare: A rogue intern stole more than $1,000 from a beloved Boerum Hill gallery after its owner gave him a chance.Lucien Zayan, owner of the...
College noticed odd behavior from Loughner before Giffords' shooting, emails show
May 20, 2011 | 1:56amTUCSON, Ariz. -- Students and staff at Jared Lee Loughner's community college noticed eyebrow-raising behavior in the months leading up to his alleged shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and...
Man acquitted of attempted murder rap in trial involving cop accused of ticket fixing
May 20, 2011 | 12:03amA Bronx jury today acquitted a man of attempted murder, assault and other charges in the first trial involving a cop accused of fixing traffic tickets. Lance Williams, 32, was...