June 3, 2011
A-Rod says cousin isn't breaking rules with Yankees
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Alex Rodriguez sees no problem with Yuri Sucart being around him with the Yankees even though his cousin was fingered as the person who smuggled performance enhancing...
Isiah leaving Knicks' door open
Isiah Thomas said Friday if James Dolan reaches out to him about returning to the Knicks, he would at least consider it. In an interview on ESPN’s "SportsCenter," Thomas initially...
Shorthanded Red Bulls try to snap skid tomorrow vs. Columbus
Mired in a five-game winless skid, the Red Bulls host Eastern Conference rival Columbus tomorrow (7:30 p.m., MSG) looking for their first victory since April. And they’ll do it with...
UConn blown out by Coastal Carolina in NCAA regional
CLEMSON, S.C. -- Tommy La Stella homered twice and Hayes Orton went 5 for 5 with three RBIs for Coastal Carolina in a 13-1 rout of Connecticut in the Clemson...
Angels end Yankees' four-game winning streak
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Jered Weaver tied for the AL lead with his seventh victory — 39 days after getting his sixth one — and No. 9 hitter Peter Bourjos singled...
Manhattan routed by Florida in NCAA regional
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida coach Kevin O’Sullivan was hoping his team would get off to a fast start in the NCAA tournament. He never expected this. The Gators scored 16...
Braves top Mets, 6-3
Eric Hinske came into the game after a scary injury to rookie Jordan Schafer and later hit a tiebreaking home run in the ninth inning Friday night that sent the...
Seton Hall shuts out Arizona in NCAA regional
COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Jon Prosinski threw a six-hit shutout Friday, leading Seton Hall past Arizona 4-0 in the opening came of the College Station regional. “That’s been par for...
Flames erupt from Con Ed gas main in Queens, 150 evacuated
A blocks-long wall of flame erupted from a gas main on Main Street in Kew Garden Hills in Queens today, forcing 150 people out of homes and businesses. No one...
Yankees' Hughes to throw BP on Saturday
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Yankees starter Phil Hughes takes the next step toward coming off the disabled list when he throws a batting practice/simulated game at Angel Stadium on Saturday.Hughes has...
Katie Couric could announce ABC syndicated show as soon as Monday
Katie Couric is finalizing a deal with ABC to create her own syndicated talk show and is likely to announce the program as early as Monday, according to people familiar...
Feasting on musicals at the Tonys
Much to my delight, Time Out New York's Adam Feldman has waded through hours and hours of Tony broadcasts to select the top 25 moments. Many were already in my...
Call of Duty Elite FAQ released
Just got an email from the folks at Activision, who've released their own FAQ for the upcoming Call Of Duty Elite service -- and hoo boy is it long. My...
Cookbook author convicted of sexually abusing au pairs
A 67-year-old Westchester cookbook author was convicted today of luring young women from overseas to work as au pairs and then sexually abusing them. Brooklyn federal prosecutors said that Joseph...
Isiah has 'no desire to return' to Knicks: report
Calm down, Knicks fans. Isiah Thomas says he isn't coming back to replace Donnie Walsh."I have no desire to return as president of the Knicks," Thomas told ESPN.com on Friday....
Homless man killed in Canarsie
Canarsie cops say a homeless man found strangled to death and wrapped inside a blanket along a stretch of Long Island Rail Road train tracks was killed by other homeless...
Tiki's twin says New York 'loves to hate' its stars
Don't expect to see Ronde Barber visiting twin brother Tiki in New York.The Buccaneers cornerback told a team-related website he doesn't visit the city because of the way it treats...
Greenwich Village residents angry at MTA ventilation plant plans
A new MTA plan for a ventilation plant in Greenwich Village hasn’t cooled off some peeved residents. “The design they propose is really an eyesore, and does not do a...
Stocks fall for session, week on economic worries
Stocks fell Friday, capping their first five-week losing streak since July 2004, as a dismal jobs report added to the drumbeat of investor concerns about a slowing economy. The Dow...
Weiner cancels Wisconsin speech following lewd photo controversy
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Anthony Weiner canceled a scheduled speech in Wisconsin Friday in the wake of the media storm over a lewd photo that appeared on his Twitter account, according...
NYC fire unions protest threatened closures
New York City’s firefighting unions are steaming over a proposal to close 20 fire companies as a budget-cutting measure. Members of unions representing firefighters and fire officers marched across the...
Vance, pols and victims urge passage of tougher domestic violence laws
It's a law that could have saved the life of one Brooklyn cop and countless domestic violence victims across the state -- but it's languishing in Albany. Manhattan DA Cyrus...
86-year-old woman jumps to death
An 86-year-old Kensington woman who plummeted 10 stories to her death on May 31 committed suicide, say police who initially claimed the death was an accident.Police said Lida Arakelyan leapt...
Uncle Mo has inflamed liver
Uncle Mo, the early favorite for this year's Kentucky Derby who was scratched the morning before the race with a mysterious internal disorder, has been suffering from cholangiohepatitis, an inflammation...
Cops looking for man wanted in Queens livery cab robbery (VIDEO)
The police are asking for help in trying to determine the identity and whereabouts of a man wanted with robbing a livery cab driver in Queens. The NYPD said that...
Girl dies after Ferris wheel fall at NJ boardwalk
WILDWOOD, N.J. — A young girl died Friday after falling about 100 feet from a moving Ferris wheel at New Jersey’s Wildwood boardwalk. The 11-year-old fell about 12:30 p.m. and...
Friday's Mets lineup
The Mets called up righty reliever Manny Acosta from Triple-A Buffalo to try to help the bullpen after sending down lefty Mike O'Connor yesterday. Tonight, Jon Niese is on the...
Economy taking 'a while' to mend, Obama says
TOLEDO, Ohio -- The US economy is taking "a while" to improve, President Barack Obama said Friday, after the Labor Department reported that job-creation slowed to a crawl in May....
House adopts resolution scolding Obama on Libya
WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House on Friday adopted a resolution rebuking President Barack Obama for dispatching U.S. military forces against Libya without congressional approval. The vote was 268-145, over White...
Mets promote Acosta, send down O'Connor
The Mets have promoted right-handed reliever Manny Acosta from Triple-A Buffalo. The Mets selected his contract and he was to be available for Friday night’s game against Atlanta. Acosta was...
LI officials say shark scare appears to be over
WESTHAMPTON DUNES, N.Y. — The coast is clear. That’s the word from officials on Long Island after a handful of sharks were seen in the waters near Cupsogue Beach County...
'Gunsmoke' actor James Arness dead at 88
LOS ANGELES -- Actor James Arness, who played Marshal Matt Dillon on the TV series "Gunsmoke," died Friday at the age of 88 from natural causes. Arness appeared on the...
Joe Jonas launches solo career with new single
CHICAGO -- Joe Jonas released his first single Friday, becoming the latest member of the Jonas Brothers band to branch out on his own with his new song "See No...
Long Beach movie theater to reopen after mystery closing
Long Beach, LI, is getting its movie theater back. The beach town's four-screen cinema is reopening after mysteriously closing in late April. Its owner, PL Long Beach LLC, announced today...
Shaq tweaks Knicks while announcing retirement
WINDERMERE, Fla. -- Shaquille O’Neal walked up the stairs to the makeshift stage in his home gymnasium, pulled out a few index cards with some notes and said the words...
VIDEO: Hofstra's Jenkins on NBA Draft
CineSport's Noah Coslov asks NBA Draft prospect Charles Jenkins about his busy pre-draft schedule, and throwing out the first pitch at a Mets game.Jenkins could interest the Knicks in the...
French Open: Federer ends perfect season by Djokovic
PARIS -- Dusk was descending, wind was swirling and full-throated chants of “Ro-ger! Ro-ger!” from 15,000 or so fans finally were hushing as Roger Federer stepped to the baseline to...
Stolen artwork should go back to France: appeals court
A Manhattan appeals court this morning cited the Biblical "Judgment of Solomon" in refusing to return a stolen artwork to a woman who unwittingly bought it from a Texas antiques...
Washington Heights doctor conspired with patients in HIV Medicaid scam: DA
It's a sick fraud. A Washington Heights doctor has been indicted for allegedly conspiring with some 150 "patients" to pretend they had HIV so he could bill Medicaid for $700,000...
Revival Circuit: 'Vertigo' at BAM
I once broke up with a woman -- a physicist who labeled me an "under-achiever'' -- because she wouldn't go to see "Vertigo'' with me. The one who became my second wife was smart enough to say yes...
City report details Sanitation blunders that left city crippled by Dec. 26 snowstorm
A scathing report on the city’s response to last year’s crippling blizzard says four Sanitation workers bought beer at a Brooklyn deli after their trucks got stuck under piles of...
Giuliani weighs new White House bid
NORTH CONWAY, N.H. -- Rudy Giuliani has said he made a mistake in 2008 by not dedicating more time to campaigning one-on-one with New Hampshire voters and suggested he may...
No proof vegetables are behind Europe's bacteria outbreak, say scientists
ROME -- Scientific analysis has failed to show that contaminated vegetables are behind Europe's deadly E. coli outbreak, the EU's Reference Laboratory for E. coli in Rome said Friday. "Alarmism...
Accused castrating Portuguese model will seek insanity defense
It's official: accused castrating Portuguese underwear model Renato Seabra plans to pursue an insanity defense when he's tried for the horrific mutilation and murder of his fashion-journalist sugar daddy earlier...
Anthony aches to come home in Fla. jail video
ORLANDO, Fla. — Casey Anthony told her visiting parents in July 2008 she ached to come home from jail and see her missing child, according to a video shown to...
4-year-old Aussie art sensation opens first exhibition in Big Apple
Little Aelita Andre looks like any other four-year-old having fun with her paints -- but unlike the kids at your local kindergarten, her brightly spattered daubs sell for thousands of...
Walsh steps down as Knicks president, GM; will be consultant next season
In a stunner, Knicks owner James Dolan on Friday announced Donnie Walsh will step down after June 30 and become a consultant to the team next season. Walsh said on...
SI man busted for beating dog to death
An adorable Jack Russell Terrier was viciously beaten to death by a depraved Staten Island brute -- all because the helpless dog had defecated inside the ex-con’s apartment, authorities said....
Lady Gaga imitation goes wrong at NJ school
A New Jersey school employee was in trouble on Thursday after telling students they were being treated to an online chat with Lady Gaga but substituted an impersonator instead, authorities...
Long Island police officer charged in off-duty gun incident
MINEOLA, N.Y. — A police officer has been arrested on Long Island, charged with pointing his department-issued weapon at a bartender during an off-duty confrontation. Richard Hefferon of Farmingdale surrendered...
John Edwards indicted over misuse of campaign funds
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Former US presidential candidate John Edwards was indicted Friday over the alleged misuse of campaign funds to cover up an extramarital affair, WRAL-TV reported.
Cadbury apologizes to Naomi Campbell over 'racist' ad campaign
LONDON -- Kraft Foods-owned UK chocolate maker Cadbury apologized Friday to supermodel Naomi Campbell after she claimed that one of its advertising campaigns was racist. Campbell -- famed for her...
Yale lab tech gets 44 years for killing student
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A former animal research technician was sentenced Friday to 44 years in prison for killing a Yale University graduate student days before her wedding in 2009...
No indictment yet in Pierre maid assault case; Egyptian banker freed on bail
Officials are moving not-so-fast in the case of an allegedly fast-fingered financier. Prosecutors have agreed to hold off on convening a grand jury in the case of the Egyptian banker...
Driver in fatal Chinatown-bound bus crash charged with involuntary manslaughter
Virginia authorities slammed a Queens-based bus driver with four involuntary manslaughter charges today in the fatal I-95 crash of a Chinatown-bound bus. Kin Yiu Cheung, 37, of Flushing allegedly nodded...
Robin van Persie to Chelsea: Shut the f--k up
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Arsenal striker Robin van Persie launched an astonishing verbal assault on EPL rival Chelsea, accusing the Blues of "always bitching" about referees and telling them to...
Brad Friedel's move to Tottenham confirmed
LONDON -- Former U.S. National Team standout Brad Friedel agreed a move to English Premier League (EPL) club Tottenham Hotspur on a two-year deal from Aston Villa, Sky Sports reported Friday....
Chief environmental regulator denies reality
EPA chief Lisa Jackson had a lousy time answering questions on Capitol Hill recently because Republicans don't like that environmental regulators are getting in the way of energy development and...
Fukushima workers exceed radiation limit
TOKYO -- Two workers at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant exceeded the limit for radiation exposure, Kyodo News reported Friday. Plant owner Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) said the pair,...
Assisted-suicide advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian dead at 83
DETROIT -- Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the longtime champion of assisted suicide, died early Friday after being hospitalized with kidney problems and pneumonia. The 83 year old passed away at Beaumont...
Unemployment rate rises to 9.1 percent, only 54,000 jobs added
WASHINGTON — Employers hired only 54,000 new workers in May, the fewest in eight months, and the unemployment rate rose to 9.1 percent. The Labor Department report offered startling evidence...
Giffords, Kelly reunite in Houston hospital after Endeavour shuttle trip
HOUSTON -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, reunited in a Houston hospital room Thursday -- exchanging the wedding rings they had held close while he...
US pushing to lift sanctions against Afghan Taliban, report says
KABUL -- The US is pushing the United Nations to lift sanctions against the Taliban, as efforts to achieve a negotiated peace in Afghanistan accelerate, British newspaper The Guardian reported...
Kansas student shot dead by hotel guard in Costa Rica
LA FORTUNA, Costa Rica -- A Kansas student on a school trip to Costa Rica was shot dead by a hotel security guard who mistook him for a thief. Justin...
Yemeni president Saleh injured in palace attack as thousands flee fighting in capital
Yemeni president and premier wounded in palace shelling SANAA, Yemen -- Yemen's embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh was injured along with his premier and other officials Friday when shells fired...
Mladic refuses to plead to 'monstrous' war crimes charges
THE HAGUE -- Former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic refused to enter a plea in his first appearance before an international court in The Hague, saying Friday that he was...
Rocky Point man arrested in Long Island nightclub shooting that left four wounded
ROCKY POINT, N.Y. — Police say they’ve made an arrest in a Long Island nightclub shooting last month that left four people wounded. Three women and a man were treated...
76-year-old Pennsylvania woman being served order to stay away from husband kills self after setting house on fire
CANONSBURG, Pa. — Authorities say a 76-year-old Pennsylvania woman being served an order to stay away from her husband kept police at bay for two hours, then set her house...
Any pro-growth agenda includes immigration
Happily, Republicans in Congress seem to recognize the fact that a pro-growth agenda must include rationalizing legal immigration. As part of a working group focused on technology, some GOP congessmen...
Pink announces birth of baby girl
LOS ANGELES -- Pink and husband Carey Hart have become parents for the first time -- with the arrival of a baby girl, the rock star announced on Twitter late...
Grieving Reyes returns to Mets, helps ignite historic rally
It wasn’t easy for Jose Reyes to return to New York. After his grandmother died on Monday, Reyes flew home to the Dominican Republic. Reyes was his grandmother’s oldest grandson,...
Defense lets down Farrell in lopsided loss to Iona Prep
Monsignor Farrell cruised to the CHSAA Staten Island crown in large part because of its stellar defense and consistent pitching. Neither could be described as strengths Thursday night and now...
Collins’ callout sparks Mets comeback
If Terry Collins ever becomes a motivational speaker, don't expect him to get immediate results. But give it a few hours -- or, in this case, innings, and that might...
Passion of Mets manager his greatest asset
The biggest fighter on the Mets is the smallest man in the dugout, the 62-year-old manager who scrapped in the bushes for 10 years until he finally was forced to...
Breen hoping this isn’t last call with Van Gundy, Jackson
The Heat have a chance to become a staple at the NBA Finals. Mike Breen is hoping his broadcast team can remain one. Breen, ESPN/ABC’s top NBA play-by-play man, has...
Lehman's role in Mandl suspension motivating GW for semis showdown
George Washington has spent the entire season with Steve Mandl in mind. The program architect’s No. 32 jersey hangs in the dugout as a reminder that though Mandl isn’t around...
Yankees GM not satisfied with division-leading roster
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Answering to ultra-demanding George Steinbrenner for years instilled a chip in Brian Cashman's brain that it's never safe to feel fulfilled. And that chip has been chirping...
A-Rod's cousin within rules for Yankees
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- In the eyes of the Yankees and MLB, Alex Rodriguez is guilty of being nothing more than foolish in regards to his cousin Yuri Sucart, who surfaced...
Live blog recap: CHSAA 'AA' baseball championship tournament, Day 3
Two days into the CHSAA Class AA championship tournament, the field has been reduced to seven following Xavier’s 5-2 victory against Fordham Prep Thursday at Kaiser Stadium on the campus...
Pitching will be primary target as Yankees seek to upgrade roster
Perception vs. reality. It feels like the Yankees offense and bullpen have underachieved this year and that the rotation has been central to success. Yet, at the exact one-third-of-the-season mark,...
St. John's Prep storms to third CHSAA 'A' title in four years
St. John’s Prep was one strike away from what Paul Perez called “a St. John’s tradition,” from losing to Monsignor Scanlan and forcing a decisive final game in the CHSAA...
Justin time: Muratore's four hits lead Iona's barrage of Farrell
It was a day Justin Muratore and the Iona Prep offense has been waiting for all season. The Gaels have been known for the quality and depth of their pitching...
Stayin' alive: Meekins, errors lift Xavier over Fordham Prep
As he huddled his team following a disappointed opening round in the double-elimination CHSAA Class AA championship tournament Wednesday night, Xavier coach Rich Duffell wondered aloud who was going to...
Your slip is showing
Worry signs cropped up for retailers in May as disappointing sales pointed to a possible spending slowdown in the coming months. Although swanky chains like Saks, Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom...
Over-aggressive All Hallows blanked by Molloy
If there is such a thing as trying too hard, All Hallows felt it accomplished the feat in a disappointing loss. Base-running mistakes, errors in the field and an over-aggressive...
Ramon outduels Norwood as Molloy tops All Hallows
James Norwood was the major attraction at Fordham University’s Jack Coffey Field, a right-hander with a blazing fastball, scholarship to St. Louis University and odds-on selection in next week’s Major...
Just sold!
Manhattan INWOOD $700,000 1825 Riverside Dr. Four-bedroom, two-bath co-op, 1,850 square feet, with foyer, eat-in kitchen, dining room, washer/dryer, walk-in closet, N/E/W exposures and Fort Tryon Park views; building features...
Paulson timber holding felled
Sino-Forest Corp., whose biggest shareholder is hedge fund Paulson & Co., plunged the most since October 2008 in Toronto trading after short seller Carson C. Block said it overstated timberland...
Why the odds favor Goldman
The best thing that has happened to Goldman Sachs recently is that it got a subpoena from the Manhattan District Attorney's office. That may not sound like a good thing...
Pandora IPO could fetch up to $123M
Pandora Media, the Internet-music company that's lost $92.1 million since it started in 2000, seeks to raise as much as $123.2 million in a US initial public offering. The Oakland,...
Business briefs
Bank threat Bank of America, Citi group and Wells Fargo may be downgraded by Moody's Investors Serv ice as the rating firm re views whether the gov ernment will limit...
A Groupon hug
It's Andrew Mason's Groupon IPO comedy show. The funnyman CEO of the meteoric daily deals company set the stage yesterday for a public launch of about $750 million by summer's...
Street eyes jobs news amid double-dip fears
Wall Street is bracing for today's all-important May jobs report amid growing signs that the economic recovery is rapidly losing momentum. Stocks, the dollar and oil weakened yesterday on fears...
Apple pays music bigs $100M+
Apple will fork over between $100 million and $150 million in advanced payments to the four major music labels in order to get its iCloud off the ground, three separate...
Madoff's Lipkin to plead
Bernard Madoff's former payroll manager is set to plead guilty next week to charges he helped pull off his boss' record fraud, court papers revealed today. Eric Lipkin, 37, is...
Jill fills the bill
The New York Times has often been called the Gray Lady, but for the first time in its 160-year history, it will have a woman in charge. Jill Abramson, the...
Fox's ad sales approach $2B
Fox wrapped up its annual upfront sales in record time, hauling in nearly $2 billion in ad commitments for the upcoming fall season. The network pulled in a 10-percent price...
Time Inc.'s digital veteran Quittner logs off
Josh Quittner, one of the pi oneering digital journalists at Time Inc., is shoving off to do what he has been writing about for most of the past two decades...
Biz charity up 18%
Drug companies helped drive an almost 18 percent increase in corporate philanthropy last year as they gave away medicine to poor Americans, says a survey released yesterday. The Committee Encouraging...
Cop 'teen liaison' bust
An NYPD officer was arrested for a liaison he had with a teen girl half his age in Brooklyn, police said yesterday. Kevin Louther, 30, kissed a 15-year-old girl in...
Teen sells his kidney for iPad
CHENZHOU, China -- A 17-year-old boy sold one of his kidneys to buy an iPad 2, a Chinese newspaper reported yesterday. The boy, identified only as Zheng, found a buyer...
HS big attacks guard: cops
A Brooklyn school athletic director exploded at a safety agent yesterday, poking her in the eye and slapping her in the face, cops said. Marshall Tames, 67, wanted to leave...
Fed power HQ blacked out
The regulator that oversees the nation's electric-power grid has been left in the dark for two days and even been forced to close its Washington headquarters. A power outage Tuesday...
Turtle & croc smuggle shock
BANGKOK -- Thai customs officials say 431 turtles and other rare reptiles were found stuffed into four suitcases smuggled illegally into the Bangkok airport. Gharials -- a type of crocodile...
'Oscar night' court
I'd like to thank the district attorney . . . An NYU-educated financial wizard who with his wife and college buddies scammed banks out of nearly $1 million expressed such...
Palin clips Romney at starting gate
Mitt Romney officially entered the 2012 presidential race under sunny New Hampshire skies yesterday, while Sarah Palin rained on his parade in Romney's neighboring home state. Romney delivered the formal...
Pharmacy bust in LI mowdown
A Long Island pharmacy owner was busted yesterday for illegally supplying prescription pills to the drugged-out teen driver who wiped out a retired doctor as she mowed her front lawn....
Poll says seniority + merit = layoff solution
ALBANY -- Last in, worst out. Half of all New Yorkers favor scrapping the current "last in, first out" teacher job protections and using both merit and seniority to pick...
Jury blasts tix-fix cops
The NYPD ticket-fix scandal is wreaking havoc on the Bronx DA's Office. A Bronx jury found a former prosecutor not guilty of felony DWI yesterday -- saying that cops who...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Staten Island A woman was busted after she went on a shopping spree with credit info she stole from her employer, authorities said. Lisa Legere, 30, somehow obtained the credit-card...
Billy Bob baby-slay ordeal
Billy Bob Thornton's estranged 32-year-old daughter could get up to 30 years in prison for killing a friend's baby, officials said yesterday. Amanda Brumfield was found guilty last week of...
Pinheads strike it rich in 80G bowling-alley heist
Two armed robbers hit pay dirt when they stuck up a Brooklyn bowling alley -- hauling away $80,000 in cash that had just been collected for tournament winners. An employee...
Cold-case justice 20 years later
The "spirit and soul" of a young man killed in 1991 after wising off to a Brooklyn stranger "can now be at rest," his sister said yesterday -- after his...
Lower E. Side scaffold shock
A woman walking on the Lower East Side was nearly killed yesterday by debris that rained down on her when a scaffold collapsed, fire officials and witnesses said. The victim,...
Crazed patient kills doc and self
A disturbed former Queens man who received a double-organ transplant in Florida fatally shot the doctor who did the operation because he thought the procedure had been botched, authorities said...
Rihanna fires back
Rihanna slammed critics of her latest music video -- in which she shoots a man who rapes her -- defending the piece yesterday as a work of art. "I'm a...
Travelers hit by new killer coli
Three Americans have fallen ill with what officials suspect is a highly infectious new strain of E. coli bacteria that has killed 18 people and sickened hundreds in 10 European...
Pension tension will 'ease' in '17
In a report bolstering the cause of municipal unions, city Comptroller John Liu yesterday insisted there's no need for sweeping pension reforms because costs to taxpayers will begin to plummet...
Flap over 9/11 relatives list
Some 9/11 relatives want a city list of the next of kin of the nearly 2,800 World Trade Center victims, so they can poll them on the planned placement of...
Poker pros to ante up $1M entry
LAS VEGAS -- The World Series of Poker plans to stage a card tournament next year at levels never reached before by even the world's biggest high rollers, costing entrants...
Weiner's wife keeps her cool
Embattled Rep. Anthony Weiner might be worried about the state of his marriage -- but his wife isn't. Huma Abedin -- the deputy chief of staff to Secretary of State...
Weiner hung out to dry
With friends like these, who needs enemies? Rep. Anthony Weiner's onetime Democrat allies were quick to abandon the lawmaker yesterday, just hours after he admitted it certainly could be his...
City wins appeal in school-share holy war
In a long-running legal battle, a Manhattan federal appeals panel yesterday ruled the city's Department of Education can bar congregations from conducting religious services in public-school buildings on weekends. The...
Hot-glue burn suit
A performance artist who glues fake pearls on a severed deer head during a piece called "Tragic Bambi" is being sued by an audience member who claims she was injured...
Road fix is in for $40M
Mayor Bloomberg will spend an extra $40 million to repave roads ravaged by the severe winter. Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan broke the news yesterday while catching flak from City Council...
Reformers: Let kids grade their teachers
Teachers should be rated not just by principals but by their students and independent observers as well, according to recommendations published today by an education-reform group. The report by Educators...
Summer Liv-in'!
Liv Tyler, ready for the summer in a nauti cally in spired out fit, strolls the West Village after mak ing a shopping stop at the Ludi vine boutique.
Lewd-pic recipient worn out by Weiner scandal
"Weinergate" has put a Seattle college cutie through the wringer -- jeopardizing her academic dreams, embarrassing her family and shattering her privacy. "I'm just collateral damage," Gennette Cordova, 21, lamented...
Defense holds no 'water'
War is peace, freedom is slavery and water doesn't fight fire. The Deutsche Bank Building manslaughter trial took an Orwellian turn yesterday, with defense lawyers trying to get the case...
Knife thug's five victims
A punk with a knife has mugged at least five lower Manhattan women in the last three weeks, cops said yesterday. On May 12, he took a 26-year-old's wallet on...
Jaycee: monster 'stole my life'
PLACERVILLE, Calif. -- Jaycee Dugard refused to "waste another second" in the presence of the married couple she said stole her life. She didn't want to be in a northern...
Cesspool nightmare
A brave Long Island teen desperately tried to save a friend who fell into a backyard cesspool -- but his heroic effort was no match for the putrid fumes that...
US kicks miracle salsa king
They must be dancing to a different beat. A Haitian salsa champion who returned to the stage after losing his leg in last year's massive earthquake is being denied the...
What $119M buys at City Hall
It's the ultimate city makeover. Officials gave their first tour yesterday of an ongoing $119 million renovation-in-progress of City Hall's East Wing, scheduled to be completed next March in time...
'Brief' glory for Jockeys
Shorts like these are now the most mentioned unmentionables in the world. The boxer briefs fea tured in the steamy crotch shot sent from Rep. Anthony Weiner's Twitter account are...
Rep. Weiner's office sics cops on reporter
He won't call the cops on his supposed hacker -- but Anthony Weiner's office called police on a reporter yesterday. CBS/Channel 2 said its reporter Marcia Kramer went to his...
Long Island Costco workers win $201 million Powerball jackpot
They'll be buying their caviar and Cadillacs in bulk! Twenty employees of a Long Island Costco store became instant tycoons after hitting a $201 million jackpot in Wednesday's Powerball drawing....
Harlem car horror
An 89-year-old woman was killed and three other pedestrians were injured as a horrific chain-reaction car crash left a trail of blood at an intersection in Harlem, police said yesterday....
Sex fiend caught
A child molester was charged yesterday with the sickening Memorial Day sex attack and robbery of an 85-year-old woman on the Upper East Side, cops said. Jeffrey "Lupe" Ritter, 32...
Drug war a failure: world panel
A high-level international panel slammed the war on drugs as a failure yesterday and called on governments to undertake experiments to decriminalize the use of drugs, especially marijuana, to undermine...
'Liz and Dick' Scorsese flick
Martin Scorsese's next movie reportedly will focus on the true-life turbulent romance of screen legends Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Scenes will include their initial meeting while filming "Cleopatra" and...
Audio recordings reveal Caylee 'killer' changing story
Everything she told cops was a lie. Florida prosecutors yesterday played recordings of detectives interviewing accused baby killer Casey Anthony -- and shocked jurors heard her unload two of her...
Gov ethics deal near
ALBANY -- Gov. Cuomo may deliver on another major campaign promise today with a powerful new ethics law to police the scandal-scarred Legislature and the executive branch. The long-sought agreement,...
Poker ring tossed
An NYPD detective and two city firefighters were among 14 people busted by the feds yesterday -- charged with operating an illegal gambling ring that ran high-stakes poker games on...
John Edwards pleads not guilty to campaign finance violations
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Two-time presidential candidate John Edwards said Friday there was "no question" he had done wrong, but insisted he did not break the law. "There is no question...
A fair deal for livery drivers
For decades, yellow taxis have ignored an ocean of street hails outside Manhat tan's core. Livery cars, which are legally permitted to take only prearranged radio calls, bent the law...
For shame, NAACP
My, how things have changed. In 1964, a decade after the Supreme Court declared segregated public schools unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education, Mississippi refused to comply. The NAACP...
Who'll save us from this 'recovery'?
Private-sector job growth is ane mic, new jobless claims are still well over 400,000, the unemployment numbers are grim, manufacturing has slowed to a crawl, home prices are falling again,...
Tot's terrible death: a monster's to blame
THE ISSUE: The death of 4-year-old Jayelin Graham after being attacked by a family dog. *** It is extremely unfortunate that Jayelin Graham died at the hands of his family's...
We aren't the world
"Right now the attitude of the international community is not as united as we are seeking to make it. We do not yet have the agreement by some of the...
Take it out of Tony's hands
A week after the tweet heard 'round the political world went out from his Twitter account, Rep. Anthony Weiner refuses to resolve what he still insists is the mystery about...
Loud and proud
New York's Bravest will be paying a call on Mayor Bloomberg today. Here's hoping Hizzoner's at hand -- and listening carefully. Thousands of firefighters are expected to cross the Brooklyn...
O's jobs-export economy
Wall Street economists I speak to feel pretty confi dent that -- for all the news about housing prices falling, gas prices rising and the stock market zig-zagging and a...
Father's gay celebration
Yes, it's got a Jack Rus sell terrier who speaks in captions and cute animated interludes. Plus a cringe-worthy Halloween party where the hero, masquerading as Sigmund Freud, meets a...
Doesn't go deep
Beautiful voices and dutiful filmmaking combine in a rote documentary on the history of gospel music, "Rejoice and Shout." Archival footage of such acts as the Staple Singers and Mahalia...
A pile of unproven assertions
Appalachian mountains get blown up to extract coal in the documentary "The Last Mountain," a film in which activists are at least as hot as the TNT. Citizens who live...
This will float your boat
In "Submarine," the situation is dire, ominous and about six miles deep. We are talking about adolescence. Oliver Tate is 15 and needs a girlfriend. And not just any girl:...
Plenty of reasons to hail Cab
A day after Death Cab for Cutie's latest record, "Codes and Keys," was released, the quartet was at the Bowery Ballroom playing a career-spanning set of rockers, as well as...
Mitt not in their good 'Book'
Never mind Bono and The Edge. The real ratings booster for this year's Tony Awards could have been the No. 1 Mormon in American politics -- Mitt Romney. On the...
'X-Men' marks the spot
The X-Men do 1962? Shagadelic, baby! A swiftly paced origins story takes us back to the Cuban Missile Crisis, when the 30-ish mutants Erik (Michael Fassbender) and Charles Xavier (James...
Film Socialisme
Crotchety 80-year-old Jean-Luc Godard has said that "Film Socialisme" marks the end of his controversial career, which in 1960 first gained attention with "Breathless." That was his first feature (after...
Beautiful Boy
A pair of great actors (Maria Bello, Michael Sheen) can do only so much for Shawn Ku's grim little pageant of misery, the latest in a long line of movies...
Would you take your grandma to this show?
Standing under the marquee for Broadway smash “The Book of Mormon,” 92-year-old theatergoer Gloria Lewis is shocked by the musical she just saw. Packed with profane lyrics, such as “F...
Mr. Nice
You don't have to be stoned to watch "Mr. Nice," but it might help to be in the same state of mind as its real-life anti-hero, drug kingpin Howard Marks....
Love, Wedding, Marriage
Surely the low-water mark in the recent tide of dismal wedding-themed comedies, actor Dermot Mulroney's painfully unfunny directing debut improbably casts Mandy Moore as a newlywed shrink confronted with the...
!Women Art Revolution
Good politics, bad filmmak ing. That sums up Lynn Hershman-Leeson's oddly punctuated documentary "!Women Art Revolution," an examination of female artists empowered by the women's liberation movement of the 1960s....
5 Questions for ... Dave O'Brien
The Red Sox are coming back to The Bronx on Tuesday after sweeping the Yankees from May 13-15. ESPN and Red Sox play-by-play man Dave O'Brien spoke with The Post's...
Hondo's hacking around
Hondo's first order of biz today is to announce he has hired an Internet security firm to determine if someone has been hacking into his computer. Mr. Aitch feels compelled...
Mavericks stun Heat with huge 4th-quarter rally
MIAMI -- The Miami Dream Team has a new nickname. The South Beach chokers. The Mavericks staged one of the greatest fourth-quarter comebacks in NBA Finals history, erasing a 15-point...
James, Wade defend early Heat celebration
MIAMI -- LeBron James and Dwyane Wade defended their celebration in front of the Mavericks bench with 7:14 left and the Heat up 15. In fact, the superstar tandem defended...
Summer saltwater season looks good for anglers
The summer saltwater fishing season looks very promising with many solid reports coming from anglers fishing New York's marine waters. We're seeing good numbers of bass being caught along the...
Tomorrow's Belmont Entries
Post Time: 1:00 p.m. All horses appear in post position order FIRST 1 mile(T); $45,000; alw; 3up PN Horse Wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds 1 Hear the Footsteps(L),121 CVelasquez...
Bill Smith At Meadowlands
Post time: 7:00 p.m.Best Bet: Lightning Maddy (4th)FIRST-mile; pace; $10,000; claiming4Mctootsie(G Brennan)2-4-25-210ShesaBragnDragon(TTtrck)1-2-33-11DysnomiaBlueChp(Lhnc)3-9-28-12Celine's Best(M Lewis)6-5-815-13DivaLaDragon(JMarshall)2-6-110-15Rock'nRollQuen(EAbbtllo)5-5-515-16HurrikaneMarni(YGingras)9-7-620-17Mondatta(B Sears)5-1-65-18FashionMajorette(SSmith)2-5-88-19Kings Violet E(P Allen)4-6-215-1SECOND-mile; trot; $9,000; conditional8MotownDreamgirl(GBrennn)5-2-15-210Speculation(A Miller)3-1-77-22Touch Me(M Lewis)2-4-810-11Heidi Falls(T Tetrick)5-3-815-13Numismatic(S Smith)8-5-38-14TravelinPreachr(MLchnce)8-3-38-15Katie's Kiss(B Sears)6-9-89-26Prize Angie(D...
Monmouth Park Analysis by John DaSilva
Post time: 12:50 p.m.All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1m&70yds; $18,000; cl($10,0); 3pHENNY BETTY drops in class for first start off claim. ROYAL BERN second in last start at route....
Stakes are high in men's semis
PARIS -- Even Rafael Nadal acknowledges his French Open semifinal against Andy Murray is not nearly as intriguing as the one between unbeaten Novak Djokovic and 16-time Grand Slam champion...
Li spells doom for Sharapova at French Open
PARIS -- Li Na is back in a Grand Slam final, reaching her second straight major championship match by defeating Maria Sharapova 6-4, 7-5 yesterday in the French Open semifinals....
Belmont Charts
June 2, 2011 Clear And Fast. Turf: Firm. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST -1m(T); $26,000; clm; 3up(f)Off: 1:00 p.m.St. good, won drivingTime: 24.34, 48.75, 1:13.38, 1:37.27.Trainer: Dominic GalluscioWinner: GR/RO F,...
Nets look to draft 'athlete'
If one word has filtered through the approach to this year's draft for the Nets, it's "athlete." When you have a point guard like Deron Williams running the show, you...
Robustelli stands alone on this kid's hero roster
Many of us grew up with uniform numbers inextricably attached to players. Inextricably, as in still and forever. Most numbers were seasonally shared. To me, No. 8 was/is Yogi Berra,...
Fredette says he likes Knicks' system after workout
The Knicks had their chance. Now, they might have to forget about Jimmer Fredette. As the only team to work out BYU's superstar guard prior to last year's draft, the...
NYRA goes British
NYRA will offer simulcast wagering on the English Derby and four other stakes races from Epsom Downs tomorrow beginning at 9:40 a.m. Post time for the Derby -- which drew...
Fountaine wins award
The Post's Ed Fountaine was one of two who grabbed top honors as the New York Racing Association announced the winners of the second annual Joe Hirsch Memorial Writing Contest,...
'Peelers' eyes boys in Rooney
The unbeaten See You at Peelers will take on the boys this time. Harness racing's brightest star puts a 15-for-15 record on the line tomorrow night in the $307,734 Art...
Amid all the chaos, Mets remain relevant
This is the email that arrived at 2:24 p.m. yesterday: Mike . . . Mets fan since '72, first game was the ball-on-the-wall game in '73, I was at the...
Mets' K-Rod earns save after trip to dentist
Francisco Rodriguez earned his 16th straight save yesterday, but this one didn't come easy -- and not just because he gave up a leadoff triple in the ninth. The Mets...
Wright OK after chat with Mets owner
David Wright and Fred Wilpon finally stopped playing phone tag. "I talked to him," Wright told The Post yesterday, referring to the Mets' principal owner. "All is well." And last...
Eight from Kentucky Derby will run in Belmont Stakes
The 143rd Belmont Stakes promises to bear a startling resemblance to this year's 137th Kentucky Derby. Barring any unexpected defections, eight horses from the Derby will meet again in the...
Vic Cangialosi's Churchill Grade
Post Time: 2:45 p.m.FIRST-1 mile; $21,000; clm; 3up2-Quartrmstr 3-11-SoulofGold 15-13-Notoriety 5-14-MyPianoMan 4-15-ShotgnShn 2-16-Thankfulness 5-2SECOND-1 1/16m; $17,000; clm; 3up1-FlattrMRs 2-12-QueenfSct 6-13-Thycllmshr 15-14-PopsLadyV. 15-15-Mk'sHnyBnn 3-16-Nshmnhrgm 6-17-Lava Fire 5-2THIRD-6 ½ fur; $14,000; clm;...
Shaq leaves huge legacy
For the mostly taste ful 19 NBA seasons Shaquille O'Neal had it goin' on, what struck me most was the homage paid to him on "Gimme the Loot." Oh, sure,...
The Post Line
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Burlon signs with Devils
The Devils yesterday announced the signing of defenseman Brandon Burlon, so impressive in their prospect camp last summer. Burlon leaves Michigan after his junior year, turning pro for a three-year...
Mets great Carter to begin brain cancer treatment
Gary Carter is ready to begin his fight against brain cancer, his family said yesterday. The former Mets catcher is scheduled to see an oncologist tomorrow and will soon begin...
Mound of pressure awaiting Yankees' Nova vs. Angels
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Joe Girardi didn't admit Ivan Nova is pitching for his spot in the Yankees' rotation tonight against the Angels, even though he hasn't pitched effectively in three...
Secret NFL labor talks as court duel looms
On the eve of what is sure to be a bruising court fight, the NFL's labor battle appeared to take a surprisingly hopeful turn yesterday. While the high-priced legal teams...
Sports shorts
HOCKEY: Burrows not suspended for biting Canucks forward Alex Burrows yesterday avoided a suspension in the Stanley Cup finals when NHL officials decided they couldn't prove he deliberately bit the...
SJU Prep fights back for crown
Down to its final strike, St. John's Prep rallied to score four runs in the seventh inning to defeat Monsignor Scanlan, 7-5, to capture the CHSAA Class A baseball championship...
Today's Sports on Air
Auto Racing1:30, 4:30 p.m.NASCAR: Sprint Cup, practiceSPEEDBaseball7 p.m.Braves at MetsSNY, WFAN (660 AM)8 p.m.Cubs at CardinalsMLBN, WGN10 p.m.Yankees at AngelsYES, WCBS (880 AM)Boxing9 p.m.Yudel Johnson vs. Miguel Torres (welterweights)ESPN2Football8 p.m.Arena:...
Jacobs says Burress 'ain't coming to the Giants'
Plaxico Burress, a free man and wearing the uniform of the rival Philadelphia Eagles? "It's pretty tough to deal with all those different combinations," said Giants running back Brandon Jacobs,...
Sanchez eyes camp for all Jets
Mark Sanchez in early May organized a popular and well-attended "Jets West" offensive camp in Mission Viejo, Calif., but with the NFL lockout raging on, the quarterback admits something involving...
Hebert leading Big Easy 'revolution'
NEW ORLEANS -- In the fertile imagination of former Saints quarterback Bobby Hebert, the "Bourbon Street revolution" he ignited yesterday on behalf of disenfranchised and historically powerless NFL fans has...
Home Team Lineups
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Shaq on to ESPN?
A day after tweeting his decision to retire, Sha quille O'Neal hinted yesterday that he was going to work for ESPN. In a video tweeted by O'Neal and posted on...
Kris loses it
There's "laugh-out- loud funny," and then there's Kris Jenner's involuntary reaction to a humorous incident on the new season of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians." "There's an amazing episode with...
Dirty work
Meredith Vieira, whose last day on the "Today" show is Wednesday, continues to confound the TV business. The morning-show anchor yesterday refuted rumors that she is leaving one of the...
Starr report
"The Daily Show" writer J.R. Havlan, a veteran runner, has penned a piece for the July issue of Runner's World magazine, collaborating with illustrator Aaron Meshon to diagram his daily...
Selena Gomez edits out pink ponies
Selena Gomez can't do any thing these days without making someone mad, it seems. Yesterday, the teen star said her new, controversial music video featuring pink ponies will no longer...
Weird but true
When police in Independence, Mo., found an alligator lurking in some weeds, they shot it twice -- only to find out that it was fake. The gunned-down gator turned out...
St. John's, Seton Hall, Manhattan start CWS quest
A trio of local schools will begin their drive toward the College World Series today when Seton Hall, Manhattan College and St. John's begin play in the double-elimination NCAA Regionals....
Eagles fly together at PSAL Exceptional Seniors Softball Showcase
Jocelyn Jimenez was offered the chance to start the PSAL Exceptional Seniors Softball Showcase in the circle, but she turned it down. It wasn’t that the Environmental Studies ace didn’t...
PSAL Class B playoff baseball roundup: Cinderella Queens Voc. tops SSLJR
History may be repeating itself for Queens Vocational Tech. Four years after winning the PSAL Class B title as the eighth seed, the Tigers are two wins away from repeating...
Gucci lawyer tried to $oak Rihanna because she's 'Caribbean': suit
A tax lawyer working for Gucci tried to soak Rihanna for 30 percent of a lucrative endorsement deal after learning the pop star was from Barbados, according to an explosive...
Dancer's slasher Paul Cortez to stay in prison: Judges
The ice-blooded murderer of a beautiful exotic dancer will stay put in prison, a state appeals panel ruled today. Paul Cortez had been easily convicted, in 2007, of slashing the...
Courtney Love sued for $58K by security company
Courtney Love has owed a New York security firm $58,000 for two years, according to a new lawsuit. Screen International Security Services filed the suit today in Manhattan Supreme Court....
Jacobs: No chance Plaxico returns to Giants; Eagles are favorites
Brandon Jacobs speaks to Plaxico Burress every week and is his closest friend on the Giants. Based on those conversations, Jacobs has no question in his mind that Burress will...
Would-be Chilean terrorist accidentally blows self up
SANTIAGO, Chile — A suspected anarchist in Chile has been seriously injured when a bomb he allegedly carried exploded outside a bank. Police say 22-year-old Luciano Pitronello Schuffeneger lost his...