June 21, 2011
Bruce Springsteen delivers eulogy at Clarence Clemons' funeral
PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Bruce Springsteen delivered the eulogy for Clarence Clemons, the saxophonist from his E Street Band, at the musician's memorial service Tuesday, the Palm Beach Daily News...
Muslim radical charged with murdering two American airmen in Germany
A Muslim radical who allegedly killed two American airmen during a shooting rampage in Germany was charged with first-degree murder today in Manhattan federal court. A witness said Arid Uka,...
NFL plans another labor meeting
ROSEMONT, Ill. -- NFL owners have been briefed on discussions for a new collective bargaining agreement that would net the players just under 50 percent of total revenues. Next up:...
Mass. family’s 9/11 suit questions Logan Airport security
BOSTON — The family of a Massachusetts man killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks says newly released court documents show security problems at Boston’s airport the day of...
U.S. face Panama rematch tomorrow; one step from Gold Cup final
The U.S. was under scrutiny and coach Bob Bradley under fire after several poor results, the worst a 2-1 Gold Cup group stage loss _ their first-ever _ to Panama....
Gee suffers first loss of season as Mets fall to A's 7-3
Josh Outman threw another impressive game, Jemile Weeks scored three times and the streaking Oakland Athletics walked their way to a 7-3 victory over the New York Mets on Tuesday...
World's oldest person dies at 114
CARANGOLA, Brazil – The world's oldest living person, Maria Gomes Valentim, died Tuesday in Brazil at 114 years and 347 days, Guinness World Records announced on its website. With her...
Foxy Brown's tardiness nearly lands her in jail
A Brooklyn judge threatened to hold Foxy Brown in jail after the rap diva showed up to court two hours late – and despite her assertion her lawyer told her...
Jimmer says Knicks '1A' over Jazz
BYU guard Jimmer Fredette is campaigning to join the Knicks.It separate media appearances this week, Fredette has expressed his preference to be picked by the Knicks in Thursday's NBA Draft.Monday...
3-year-old beaten to death for not eating dinner: authorities
She wouldn’t eat her dinner, so 3-year-old Enidalez Ortiz was brutally beaten by her mother’s boyfriend — who then left her to die as he coldly played a video game,...
UConn's Walker could go No. 3 to Jazz
SALT LAKE CITY -- For a guy considered undersized, junior Kemba Walker still managed to put the team on his back and carry UConn to the NCAA championship. All Brandon...
Leon Panetta unanimously confirmed as US Secretary of Defense
WASHINGTON -- The US Senate unanimously confirmed CIA Director Leon Panetta as the next Secretary of Defense Tuesday. Panetta, 72, will replace Robert Gates next month as President Barack Obama's...
Big changes coming for Brooklyn's Fourth Avenue through planned rezoning
Brooklyn’s long-neglected Fourth Avenue could soon resemble its more glamorous neighbor, Fifth Avenue. The city today unveiled a commercial rezoning plan for Fourth Avenue aimed at enlivening a 56-block stretch...
Yankees-Reds rained out; doubleheader Wednesday
CINCINNATI -- Alex Rodriguez sat at a folding table in the middle of the Yankees’ clubhouse, watching video of right-hander Johnny Cueto’s delivery on a laptop. Turned out, he was...
USA, Mexico headline Gold Cup doubleheader
HOUSTON -- The United States and Mexico are both one victory away from another showdown on the pitch. Before the Americans can think about that, though, they have to atone...
Reyes won't discuss contract with Mets during season
Jose Reyes has told the Mets he will not discuss a new contract with the team during the season. GM Sandy Alderson reached out to Reyes' agent, Peter Greenberg, last...
Mother of slain bride-to-be warns LI pharmacy killer
The mother of bride-to-be Jamie Taccetta — who arrived home from vacation yesterday to learn her daughter was slain in cold blood — vowed that the monster-murderer will be hunted...
NBA union 'long, long way from a deal'
The NBA Players Association and league owners’ negotiating committee met for nearly three hours Tuesday in Manhattan without coming close to a resolution, but set a new date for Friday...
Gannett to lay off 700 workers
TYSONS CORNER, Va. -- Newspaper publisher and broadcaster Gannett Co. will lay off about 700 employees, or two percent of its overall workforce, according to an internal memo issued Tuesday....
Prosecution says Casey Anthony stole story from inmate
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The prosecution in the Casey Anthony trial revealed in court Tuesday that an inmate in a cell next to Anthony had a similar story pertaining to a...
NYC appeals court sides with website on stock news
A federal appeals court in New York City has lifted limits on when a financial news website can report banks’ stock ratings. The decision reversed a lower-court decision requiring Theflyonthewall.com...
15 arrested in NYC on charges of double dipping with unemployment
Fifteen current and former New York City employees have been arrested on charges of collecting unemployment insurance while they were on the city’s payroll. City Commissioner of Investigation Rose Gill...
Assembly passes NYC taxi bill to expand livery pickups
ALBANY, N.Y. — Dozens of yellow cabs from New York City lined the streets around the state Capitol on Tuesday as cabbies rallied against legislation to let livery drivers legally...
Court lifts order against NY Indian cigarette tax
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A New York state appeals court has lifted a temporary order preventing the state from taxing cigarettes sold by Indian tribes to non-Native customers. The Appellate Division...
Ban Ki-moon elected to second term as UN chief
The 192-nation UN General Assembly on Tuesday elected Ban Ki-moon to a second term as the global body's secretary general. The assembly backed the former South Korean foreign minister by...
Wills and Kate to traverse Canada on first trip
LONDON — It sounds a bit like a second honeymoon: campfires, a canoe trip in the wilderness, a full day free of any responsibilities, and a chance to see Canada...
Longest-match rematch 9 hours shorter at Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON, England -- The rematch of the longest match in tennis history certainly was a lot shorter. A year after needing 11 hours, 5 minutes spread over three days to...
Millrose Games name new director
Former Olympic runner Ray Flynn has been selected director of the Millrose Games. The meet will be held next year at the Armory in upper Manhattan after many decades at...
Red Sox fans more obsessed than Yankees: report
The Yankees trail the Red Sox in another set of standings.A survey by Bundle.com ranks Red Sox fans as the most obsessive in baseball, ahead of the second--ranked Giants, fifth-ranked...
Ban butts or shut up
The new campaign against smoking by the Food and Drug Administration is pathetic. The graphic images that are now required to appear on every pack of smokes is the government's...
Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo's wedding will be televised
LOS ANGELES -- The wedding of Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo will air on TLC, the network announced Tuesday. "We're lucky to have such passionate and loving fans, and we...
McIlroy's Open win pays $40,000 on 10-year-old wager: report
Rory McIlroy's record U.S. Open win let a gambler cash in on a 10-year-old bet with plenty of time to spare.An anonymous Irishman bet on McIlroy to win a major...
Columbia (University) cartel turn down no-jail drug plea offers in hopes of better deals
The five students accused of running a cocaine, pot and pill operation out of their dorm rooms came to court with sad stories of entrapment, addiction and ruined academic careers...
Giants receiver mocks Eagles' empty trophy case: report
The Giants-Eagles rivalry is in midseason form.Giants receiver Steve Smith reportedly has created a mocking photo showing his team celebrating its Super Bowl XLII championship along with an empty Eagles...
Yale starts program to study anti-Semitism
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Yale University is starting another initiative to study anti-Semitism after a decision to cancel an earlier groundbreaking program sparked criticism. The Yale Program for the Study...
RBNYs Backe calls Henry card "a joke," says "something was wrong" with officiating
After Red Bull GM Erik Soler blasted MLS officials for their performance in Sunday’s 3-3 tie at Portland _ whistling his team for five times as many fouls as the...
Fugitive hip hop talent agent Rosemond charged with running drug ring
Hip hop talent agent James "Jimmy Henchman" Rosemond was arrested by DEA agents and charged today with heading a cocaine trafficking ring that operated on both the West and East...
VIDEO: Joel Sherman on K-Rod, Mets
Post baseball columnist Joel Sherman and Mark Hale discuss the Mets' options for closer Francisco Rodriguez and the team's season so far.The financially troubled team must make decisions on Carlos...
J.P. Morgan to settle mortgage-securities case
A unit of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. agreed to pay $153.6 million to settle charges it misled investors by packaging complex securities tied to the housing market just before...
Mets prospect Harvey heading to Double-A
Matt Harvey has done everything a college pitcher who was drafted in the top 10 picks should do in High-A this season for the St. Lucie Mets. He was 8-2...
Rutgers stadium gets 10-year naming deal worth $6.5M
The birthplace of college football will get $6.5 million over the next 10 years to put a new name on its football stadium. Rutgers announced Tuesday that its 54,454-seat stadium...
Red Bulls may use midfielders Richards, De Rosario up front
With Luke Rodgers injured and Thierry Henry suspended _ unless MLS overturns his red card from Sunday _ the Red Bulls are painfully shorthanded at striker. Coach Hans Backe said...
Serena wins Wimbledon return; Roddick advances
WIMBLEDON, England -- The 352 days Serena Williams lived through between Grand Slam appearances were filled with health problems and hospitalizations, doubts and depression. Cuts from glass on both feet....
'Terror cash' defendant wants separate money-transfer trials
A Long Island man charged with running an illegal money-transfer business wants separate trials regarding two of his alleged customers -- because one is failed Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad....
Red Bulls' Luke Rodgers out ten days; hopes to avoid 3-month layoff
The Red Bulls have gotten news on Luke Rodgers, and while it’s not worst-case, it’s far worse than they hoped or expected. He not only missed Sunday’s game but will...
Rent regulation deal expected today
ALBANY – A deal to expand rent regulations appeared imminent this afternoon as legislative leaders emerged from Gov. Cuomo’s office to announce a "tentative framework agreement" on several issues. The...
FDNY medical tech arrested for allegedly fondling patient
An FDNY Emergency Medical Technician was busted yesterday after he fondled the breasts of an injured female patient while rushing her by ambulance to a Staten Island hospital, police sources...
Nicholas Brooks may take plea in Soho House murder
Accused bathtub strangler Nicholas Brooks is mulling a plea as a way out of his legal woes. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Bonnie Wittner made reference to the secret plea discussions...
Brooklyn DA drops charges against pizzamaker and street hood
Any way you slice it, they're both getting off. The Brooklyn DA dropped charges today against famed Brooklyn pizzamaker Mark Iacono and mob-linked ex-con Benny Geritano, who was busted for...
Russian club claims cops stun-gunned striker during game
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia -- Russian soccer's defending champion Zenit St. Petersburg accused a riot policeman of zapping its top striker with a stun gun during a league game. League officials...
Chelsea target Villas-Boas quits Porto
OPORTO, Portugal -- Porto boss Andre Villas-Boas offered his resignation to the Portuguese champion Tuesday to clear the way for his move to English Premier League (EPL) side Chelsea, Sky...
Astronaut husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords to retire this year
HOUSTON -- Astronaut Mark Kelly, the husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), announced Tuesday he is retiring from the US Navy and NASA to be by his wife's side throughout...
Barcelona not prepared to meet Arsenal's price for Fabregas
BARCELONA -- Barcelona president Sandro Rosell reiterated that the Spanish club would not pay over the odds to bring Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas back to Camp Nou, Sky Sports reported...
Yankees' Jeter throws for first time since going on DL
TAMPA, Fla. — Derek Jeter has resumed onfield work. The Yankees captain threw for the first time Tuesday, including long toss, since going on the 15-day disabled list last week...
Obama likely to withdraw no more than 10,000 Afghanistan troops, sources say
WASHINGTON -- President Obama will likely announce plans to withdraw no more than 10,000 American troops from Afghanistan Wednesday, sources told FOX News Channel Tuesday. The draw down could also...
Gabrielle Giffords has deal for a memoir
The world has only begun to learn about Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The Arizona Democrat and her husband, astronaut and Navy captain Mark Kelly, are working on a memoir that Scribner...
Con Ed can sue for negligence over destruction of WTC substation: appeals court
Con Ed can sue the Port Authority over the replacement of a $38.6 million electrical substation destroyed during the Sept. 11 terror attacks, a Manhattan appeals court ruled this morning....
NY lawmakers weigh request for Niagara Falls stunt
NIAGARA FALLS —A bill that would allow a member of the daredevil Wallenda family to attempt a tightrope walk across the Niagara Gorge at Niagara Falls is making its way...
Amy Winehouse cancels rest of European tour
LONDON — Troubled diva Amy Winehouse has canceled the rest of her European summer concert tour and scrapped all public performances after an embarrassing appearance in Serbia, her spokesman said...
'Jackass' star fires back at Roger Ebert over Dunn tweet
Legendary film critic Roger Ebert sparked an online battle wtih "Jackass" co-star Bam Margera after the death of Ryan Dunn. Ebert posted a Twitter link to the story about Dunn's...
Huntsman announces run for White House
JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- Jon Huntsman, Jr., announced Tuesday that he is running for the Republican nomination for president. "Today, I'm a candidate for the office of President of the...
NJ professor accused of running prostitution site
MADISON, N.J. — A longtime New Jersey physics professor who dabbled in scuba diving and harbored dreams of working in the theater had another hobby, New Mexico police say: operating...
Brooklyn man shot to death on Lower East Side
A Brooklyn man was killed in a barrage of bullets on the Lower East Side early this morning, police said. Responding cops made the gruesome discovery at 12:33 a.m. and...
Cops release surveillance images of brazen mob shooting (video)
Police released a surveillance video today showing a brazen shooting that took place at a Brooklyn tire shop. The video shows Carl Lastorino, 45, bursting into Peter's Tire and Rim...
DVD Extra: Sony's MOD -- Madman, madwoman, musical remakes
Sony's manufacturing-on-demand program -- the somewhat awkwardly titled Screen Classics by Request -- has stepped up its output in recent months, and has begun selling DVDs through the Warner Archive website...
'Regulators gone wild'
Sen. Mitch McConnell says that one way to help create jobs is to get rid of all the "bureaucrats on steroids" -- the regulators. McConnell claims that the Obama administration has...
NATO loses radar contact with drone helicopter in Libya
NAPLES, Italy -- NATO said that it lost radar contact with a drone helicopter conducting a reconnaissance flight over Libya on Tuesday, denying a Libyan television report that one of...
Yale hearts antisemitism again
We broke the story of Yale's decision to close the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism. Now, we can report that Yale has reversed course and is opening...
Nova pitches Yankees to win over Reds
CINCINNATI — If you had told the Yankees at the start of the season Ivan Nova would have seven wins before June melted into July, they would have been elated....
Yankees' A-Rod OK, but still 'beat up'
CINCINNATI — Just OK — and not a millimeter above that — is how Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez is feeling. With a four-run lead in the eighth inning last...
Wins, but few answers, without Jeter
CINCINNATI — The report was simple, straight-forward, understated: Derek Jeter took treatment yesterday. He’ll take treatment today. Soon — a day, maybe two — he’ll start light baseball activity. Then...
Tatum, Bulldogs persevere to win GymRat Challenge
Tom Catalanotto’s voice was fading in and out and noticeably horse. The Archbishop Molloy coach and his NYC Lady Bulldogs travel team had just been through a marathon day that...
Humble Adams star Paguada completes unlikely journey to Wingate
Rodolfo Paguada smiled wide and his eyes lit up. It’s the look he often gets after scoring a goal, a expression Queens foes saw too often this fall. The only...
All business, New York City eyes back-to-back Empire Challenge wins
Danny Perez was exact in his post-game instruction. The coach wanted his New York City team to arrive at the pre-game tailgate party in collared shirts, pants and dress shoes....
At least the Saudis are trying to cut gas prices
Let's all thank Saudi Arabia for trying to do what Washington should be doing -- but won't. The world's largest oil producer is attempting to get the price of gasoline...
Live blog recap: Empire Challenge football all-star game
It’s a game that’s all about gridiron bragging rights between the top seniors in New York City and Long Island and the Empire Challenge is always a highlight of the...
Gannon-bound Ocasio set to back up big talk with big game
Abraham Ocasio has impressed from the first day of practices for the Empire Challenge with both his athletic ability and football IQ. “He is the real deal,” New York City...
Hard-working Fason goes from St. Francis to St. Francis
Taron Fason doesn’t look like a fearsome middle linebacker. At 5-foot-10, 198 pounds, he looks more like an undersized corner. But looks, as Fason has proven, can be deceiving. “I...
'Cuse-bound QB on Hunt for respect
The book is out on Terrel Hunt. The Christ the King standout is uber-athletic and extremely explosive. It’s a big reason why he’ll be going to Syracuse in the fall....
Meet the click chicks!
It's a Thursday night at Le Bain nightclub in the Standard Hotel, and girls in prom dresses and tiaras are twirling under the disco ball while boys in tuxes pull...
Boiled, basted, done
After less than seven hours of deliberations, jurors found a lobster-loving former consultant at an expert-networking firm guilty of insider-trading charges in a trial that had one juror so disgusted...
Courts rule BofA must face suits
Two federal judges have ordered Bank of America to face lawsuits accusing the largest US bank of misleading investors about mortgage-backed securities. Manhattan Judge William Pauley yesterday named the Pennsylvania...
$800m bank shot
JPMorgan Chase and Royal Bank of Scotland were sued for more than $800 million by the nation's credit-union watchdog for peddling allegedly toxic mortgage securities to five failed credit unions...
Shake-up at Spin as mag ousts 2
Spin bounced its editor-in-chief and longtime publisher yesterday in a shake-up that most observers see as mirroring the changes that have rattled the music to its core as the recording...
Dodgers' squeeze play fails
Major League Baseball yesterday rejected a Los Angeles Dodgers television deal and may soon repossess the team, a person close to the situation said. Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, as a...
'Fly' Web site wins in court
Barclays, Bank of America's Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley can't use New York law to block theflyonthewall.com, an online financial news service, from issuing immediate reports about changes in their...
Business briefs
RIM exit Research In Motion shares dropped 7 per cent on the news that Brian Wallace, who headed digital market ing, is joining Samsung.EMI options Music label EMI Group, owned...
Facebook ready to pass Yahoo! in display ads
It's shaping up to be a banner year for Facebook. A new report shows that the social network is on track this year to overtake Yahoo! as the top seller...
Summer sizzler
This summer's blockbuster Wall Street criminal trial has nothing to do with insider trading or hedge funds. It will instead shine light on an alleged international boiler- room operation that...
Walmart victory
The Supreme Court threw out a giant class-action suit against Walmart yesterday in a long-awaited decision that was seen as a boost for big business. Smacking down the biggest worker-discrimination...
Madison Ave. tees up for full Rory ad blitz
Rory McIlroy, the humble, 22-year-old golf phenom who stunned the sport with his record-breaking win at the US Open, has also won a coveted place in line to score a...
70 Pine, Art Deco classic is protected
One of the city's noblest Art Deco skyscrapers, 70 Pine St., will finally don its landmark crown today, when the 66-story tower is expected to receive designation from the Landmarks...
Guys now get a lap trance
HUDDERSFIELD, England -- A hypnotist is helping lap dancers lure men into spending more money, The Sun reported yesterday. "They will use a technique called anchoring," entertainer Grant Saunders said...
Tunisian prez says he fell into 'flee' trap
TUNIS, Tunisia -- Ousted President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali says he was tricked into leaving Tunisia six months ago, setting the stage for the revolution that inspired the Arab Spring...
Texas frack track
HOUSTON -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry has signed a bill requiring drillers to publicly disclose the chemicals they use when extracting oil and gas from dense rock formations, the first...
Seized & strapped to a bomb
TIMERGARAH, Pakistan -- Militants kidnapped a 9-year-old girl on her way to school and forced her to wear a suicide bomb vest, police said yesterday. The girl and police said...
A 'killer' comment by driver
A driver who was stopped last year by Harlem cops for making a wrong turn mentioned "a body" in Mamaroneck that led them to the corpse of a woman he's...
A 'Dafy claim of NATO killing Libya civilians
SURMAN, Libya -- Libya yesterday accused NATO of killing 15 civilians, including three children, in an early-morning airstrike on a family compound belonging to a close associate of Moammar Khadafy....
Prosecutors lose the scent
It's eau-ver. Manhattan prosecutors yesterday agreed to drop second-degree assault charges against hot-shot lawyer Jennifer Barringer for allegedly smashing two perfume bottles against her chef-hubby's head. Barringer, who once repped...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan This would-be thief (pictured) tried to knock off a Murray Hill bank after threatening a teller, police said yesterday. He walked up to the teller in the Chase branch...
Dead end for Peter Parker
Peter Parker's dying - and it's not from the reviews of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark." The webbed wonder will meet an untimely end while saving his beloved Aunt May...
It's quitting time for CUNY's city HS grads
Nearly one in three city public high-school graduates who enrolled in CUNY schools in 2007 and 2008 left before completing two years of study, data obtained by The Post shows....
Beau tot-slay bust
A Bronx man yesterday was busted for fatally beating his girlfriend's toddler, police said. Edgar Algarin, 26, had been baby-sitting tragic 3-year-old Anita Ortiz and her 5-year-old brother on Saturday...
Funny stuff by cop-plate 'thief'
A middle-aged Brooklyn woman yesterday swiped a special NYPD license plate off a marked patrol car -- and then bizarrely stuffed it down her pants, police sources said. Beryl Duncan,...
'Jackass' star dies
In a tragic example of life imitating art, "Jackass" star Ryan Dunn was killed yesterday in a blazing Pennsylvania car wreck that cops believe was the result of "excessive speed."...
Scam gal's tragic loss
Two people killed in the small private plane that crashed into an Ohio cornfield early Sunday were the parents of a former Harvard University student who lost a $500,000 book...
$600 mil CityTime 'swindle'
The clock has yet to run out on the CityTime scandal, with a grand jury alleging yesterday that more than $600 million of the project's bloated budget is "tainted" by...
Beauty's stylish law suit
At least her outfit wasn't a steal. Fashion designer Beata Boman wasn't letting a criminal case cramp her style, sashaying into a Connecticut courthouse yesterday dressed to the nines --...
Sacha's hump day
Now Sacha Baron Cohen is humping New York. The "Borat" star paraded down Fifth Avenue on camelback Sunday, trailed by four Lamborghinis and a bevy of uniformed beauties while filming...
Mom killed child 'over broken TV'
A Bronx mother accused of beating her 5-year-old son to death admitted she lashed out at the child after he broke her TV while playing with his Wii video game...
'Slavery' suit vs. India diplo
The consul general of India was slapped with a forced-labor suit yesterday by a former housekeeper who says she was treated like a slave. Prabhu Dayal allegedly promised the woman...
W'chester plane probe
The feds are investigating whether fuel-system problems common to some single-engine Cessna planes caused the fiery weekend crash that killed four Manhattanites at Westchester County Airport. The Federal Aviation Administration...
Big-bucks Bam ready for B'way
WASHINGTON -- President Obama is running his campaign fund-raising operation at full tilt, including a planned visit to New York City for a pair of events Thursday -- as he...
Victim's ma hails 'shooter'
The Brooklyn man who allegedly opened fire on a bunch of rowdy teens is a hero, not a menace, says the mother of one of his inadvertent victims. Thomas Dunikowksi,...
Casey judge rips lawyers
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Fed up with the constant bickering and legal posturing, the judge in the Casey Anthony murder trial scolded prosecutors and defense attorneys yesterday, warning them they could...
A farewell for Mrs. B
Mayor Bloomberg's 102-year-old mother was buried yesterday in a private service as friends and neighbors in Medford, Mass., recalled her as "an inspiration." "I have everything good to say about...
Pols use apt. law to hold up gay rites
ALBANY -- Hell, no! We won't vote! Protesters for and against gay marriage mobbed the Senate chamber yesterday as talks on whether to vote on same-sex weddings ground down over...
Protesting cabbies cry out: Hail no!
An all-out taxi war erupted yesterday at City Hall over Mayor Bloomberg's plan to issue 30,000 permits letting livery drivers legally pick up street hails in the outer boroughs and...
Ex-aide to Hill is XXX star
The Clintons sure know how to pick their interns. A one-time New York aide to Hillary Rodham Clinton has landed on her back as a hard-core Las Vegas porn star,...
Marine's death 'insures' party
A British marine killed by the Taliban planned the perfect sendoff -- using his life-insurance payout to fly his best friends to Las Vegas for a massive memorial party. Royal...
'Nuts' traffic cop sues pol
The traffic cop City Councilman Daniel Halloran accused of driving like a maniac and writing unjust tickets is now suing him, his chief-of-staff and the city for $2 million. Daniel...
Inside nightmare shop slaughter
They didn't put up fight -- and he still slaughtered them. Chilling surveillance video at the tiny Haven Pharmacy in Medford, LI, captured the horrific Father's Day bloodbath that left...
Nice to be men about this town
When it comes to man caves, New York City's not bad. The Big Apple ranked fifth on a list of 40 cities ideally suited for men, according to a survey...
Michelle's class act abroad
PRETORIA, South Africa -- Michelle Obama is fond of saying there's no magic to her being first lady. She didn't come from a well-connected family but, rather, from the South...
Medicaid's NY chief steps down
New York Medicaid Inspector General James Sheehan will leave after four years of helping root out billions of dollar in fraud, waste and abuse. Sheehan has told staffers that Gov....
Victim's boyfriend bares his anguish
Instead of planning their wedding, he's planning her funeral. A Long Island electrician -- who was to wed his longtime girlfriend this fall -- was the first person to discover...
Cops kill auto-shop shooter
He swore they wouldn't take him alive. Brooklyn cops yesterday fatally shot a gunman who pointed an empty pistol at them, authorities said. Carl Lastorino, 45, had been armed with...
I'll be savior of Armory
God save us! Charismatic TV evangelist Creflo Dollar -- who takes his "prosperity theology" to heart and once drove a Rolls-Royce -- has offered to answer the city's prayers for...
Closing door on church weddings
Don't book the minister just yet. Clergy across the state are divided over whether they'll perform same-sex marriages if they become legal. The Catholic Church adamantly opposes gay marriage and...
Weiner limps out
He's packing it in -- officially. Anthony Weiner's Washington staff is cleaning up and cleaning out the randy rep's Capitol office. Two recycling bins were stationed outside his Rayburn House...
The persian goof
Eleven companies in Britain, Iran, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates have been indicted on charges they tricked New York banks into helping them evade US economic sanctions against Iran,...
$1 heist good for what ails him
A 59-year-old man with medical problems walked into a bank in Gastonia, NC, handed a teller a note demanding only $1, then sat down and waited for cops to arrest...
Jealousy leads to bloodshed
A jealous man stabbed his former girlfriend, leaving the teen clinging to life, and also knifed his cousin, who was trying to defend her yesterday in Queens, cops said. The...
Spy Pollard jailed for dad funeral
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- A former Navy intelligence analyst convicted of spying for Israel was not allowed to attend his father's funeral in Indiana yesterday, despite requests from several Israeli...
Keeping the jobs promise to upstate
For two decades, every politician running for statewide office in New York has promised to improve the Upstate economy -- and failed to deliver. In her 2000 Senate campaign, for...
Cutting CUNY costs, one transfer at a time
According to Chancellor Matthew Goldstein, the CUNY transfer resolution was crafted to help students have a more "seamless" transition ("Matt Goldstein's Mission," Editorial, June 20). Thousands of students, myself included,...
Encore, encore
The only things I will miss about Weinergate are The Post's front pages and headlines ("Which Weiner Post Page 1 Is Your Favorite?" June 17). Some are a bit callous,...
Getting over Dubya
The Republican noncandidate flavor of the week is Texas Gov. Rick Perry. If you squint just right, you could mistake him at a podium for his predecessor, George W. Bush....
Europe's IMF game
Most Americans had barely heard of the International Monetary Fund before the arrest of its managing director, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, for sexually assaulting a hotel housekeeper. Yet the race to replace...
A 'Perry' good 2012 chance
Reliable sources are growing convinced that Texas Gov. Rick Perry will run for president. That's good news for the GOP. Multiple withdrawals -- Mike Huckabee, Donald Trump, Haley Barbour, Mitch...
Yelena Bonner, 1923-2011
To the end, Yelena Bonner was known primarily as the widow of Andrei Sakharov, the Soviet nuclear physicist and human-rights activist. But that does a profound disservice to a woman...
War powers irresolution
Is the Obama administration in violation of the War Powers Resolution? The Pentagon's general counsel and the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel both advised the White House that the...
Kingsbridge: still empty
Never mind the 2,200-job mall that the City Council killed at the Kingsbridge Armory in The Bronx. How about a really big church instead? No kidding: A task force asked...
Let 'The Sun' shine in
Album of the week JILL SCOTT "The Light of the Sun" 3 1/2 STARS She's a best-selling poet and has appeared in movies and on TV, but Jill Scott is...
City alive with the sound of free music
The opening and closing bells won't be the only sounds on Wall Street today. Stockbrokers are in for a surprise at 1 p.m., when two quintets -- each consisting of...
Goes the distance
If a TV series can sprout a spinoff, why not a play? The most appealing character in Amy Herzog's heavy-handed drama "After the Revolution," which ran at Playwrights Horizons in...
'Mad' man gets 'direct' about plans
'Anthony Weiner's angel must have been on vacation when he was texting," quips actor John Slattery, who provides heavenly assistance for senatorial candidate Matt Damon in "The Adjustment Bureau," out...
Hondo roars for Tigers
The Angels, bless their hearts, came through for Hondo last night, nipping the Marlins to limit the damage from his loss with the Pirates. Tonight, with a slightly enlarged deficit...
McKeon returns, but Marlins drop 11th in row
MIAMI -- With their new old manager, the free-falling Marlins had the same old result. Jered Weaver pitched seven innings and the Angels spoiled 80-year-old Jack McKeon's return to the...
USC's Vucevic at 'center' of Knicks' attention
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Yankees to search for some relief
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Affrunti's Delaware Grade
Post Time: 1:15 pm. FIRST-6f; $18,000; cl($10,000); 3YO 2-Sixandthree 8-1 3-HerfrthMsc 3-1 6-In Rhythm 4-1 4-WarrirsWlk 6-1 1-GoMaireTu 10-1 5-Bumpy Road 2-1 7-KeytoaCure 8-1 SECOND-4 1/2f; $22,500; mdn cl($30,000); 2YO...
Tomorrow's Belmont Entries
Post Time: 1:00 pm All horses appear in post position order FIRST 1m(T); $24,000; cl($20,000); 3up; (f&m) PN Horse Wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds 1 Katy's Office Girl(L),121 RDominguez...
Bill Smith At Yonkers
Post time: 7:10 pm.Best Bet: Art's Shadow (11th)FIRST-1m; trot; $29,529; NYSS1ArlingtonAve(KCrawford)5-5-18-13ForbettorOrWorse(JGrgry)6-4-19-57Wizzard Queen(C Manzi)6-3-28-12Party Dream(J Bartlett)7-7-415-14Winspirational(GBrennan)4-6-210-15Pop Artist(J Stratton)3-4-76-16Lucky Turn(D Dube)6-5-15-1SECOND-1 1/16m; trot; $12,000; conditioned5ZorgwijkKingpin(JBrtltt)3-3-98-54BrickyardToots(RBaynes)3-5-15-11Tell Me A Story(C Manzi)8-2-25-12AjsSendMoney(JStratton)6-9-76-13Orient Address(B Sears)2-3-78-16Ava De...
Parx Racing Charts
Jun. 20, 2011 Clear And Fast. Turf: Firm. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST -6 1/2f; $34,000; mdn clm; 3up; (f&m)Off: 12:27. Good. pace,widened driving, Trainer: Edward AllardTime: 22.14, 44.78, 1:09.26,...
Delaware Results
FIRST-5 ½f; $17,000; mdn clm; 3up; (f&m)4Dakota Sis (RccoJr) 3.203.202.401A True Imprlsm (Pdrza)6.404.803Econmc Stmls (Sntgo)3.20 * $1 Exacta (4-1) $13.90 * $0.1 Superfecta (4-1-3-5) $25.50 * $1 Trifecta (4-1-3) $37.70SECOND-5f;...
Farrakhan grandson on Nets' draft radar
There is nothing Mustapha Farrakhan can or would do about his name. He is the grandson of the controversial Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. If you want to talk...
Parx Racing Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 5 1/2f; $26,000; cl($15,000); 3up; (f&m)MELON UP was a gate to wire maiden winner as the fa vorite while going shorter. MOON STRUCK NEMI drew the rail and drops...
Study: Coach caution can limit concussion deaths
Researchers who analyzed 30 years of trauma-related sports deaths among youths found that football accounted for 57 percent of the fatalities -- and that many would have been prevented if...
Crucial NBA labor summit today
NBA commissioner David Stern has trumped up today's labor meetings in New York as the most important indicator yet on whether there will be a lockout on July 1. The...
Soft setup soiled Open
They staged the 111th U.S. Open this past weekend at Congressional Country Club, and a Bob Hope Desert Classic broke out. If you tuned into the U.S. Open and looked...
Cardinals star Pujols has wrist fracture, out 6 weeks
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All hail 'Celtic Tiger'
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Next few weeks key for Carlos, Mets
Carlos Beltran is doing his best to stay focused on the task at hand, keeping the Mets alive in the wild-card chase for as long as he can. After rookie...
Owner says Mets GM can spend to add players
The Mets' financial woes aren't over, but if they stay competitive over the next few weeks, general manager Sandy Alderson's hands won't be tied when it comes to adding players....
Fashionable Venus aces 1st round
WIMBLEDON -- Back on one of tennis' top stages, Venus Williams cut a familiar figure yesterday at Wimbledon, from her latest original, somewhat-see-through outfit to her trademark booming serves and...
Mets should keep Wright, Reyes together
David Wright may be living in a dream world, but he said he expects the Mets to keep both him and Jose Reyes. It's ironic, of course, that this season...
Sports shorts
NFL: Hall of Famers sue league A group of NFL Hall of Famers is backing a class-action lawsuit against the NFL, demanding better benefits for former players. Defensive end Carl...
Step up, Goodell -- like Rozelle
Roger Goodell's response when the draftniks at Radio City Music Hall began a chorus of "We Want Football" was "I hear you. I hear you." Here we are, two months...
Hurdles for superstar swaps
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Heat's on NFL commissioner in make-or-break power powwow
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Red Sox use 10-run 7th to punish Padres
Adrian Gonzalez drove in three runs with a single and double in a 10-run seventh inning against his former team and the hot-hitting Red Sox rolled to a 14-5 win...
Dia: The new Pia
Dia Frampton desperately wants to move out of her parents' house. The 23-year-old singer-songwriter -- and current favorite to win NBC's "The Voice" -- was forced to return home to...
Layer 'Cake'
There are two great things about WE's new series "Staten Island Cakes." One is that the family profiled is Italian-American, and, yet, they are allowed to be smart, creative, well-dressed...
Danger makes 'Game'
Getting a wrong answer on "101 Ways to Leave a Game Show" sounds like cruel and unusual punishment -- contestants have been pushed off piers attached to 300-pound anchors and...
Shroom named after SpongeBob
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'Bball' spin
The "Basketball Wives" are getting new West Coast teammates. VH1 has announced that it's spinning off the reality series with "Basketball Wives LA," featuring Kimsha Artest (wife of Los Angeles...
Rory win a snooze
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Starr report
In his new book, "The Big Fight: My Life and and out of the Ring," former five-time boxing champ Sugar Ray Leonard reveals that he was sexually molested, several times,...
Weird but true
The country's busiest cat burglar has stolen more than 600 pieces of loot from homes in San Mateo, Calif. Dusty the klepto-kitty has grabbed items including gloves, a Giants cap...
Sample this!
Another day, another sample sale site is born — that’s what it seems like, anyway. The sheer variety of new sites is enough to give a normal shopper ADD, or...
The Post's All-Manhattan baseball honors
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Empire Challenge NYC team unit by unit breakdown
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Down to four, Kareem Canty nearing decision
At this time last year, Kareem Canty was just starting to make a name for himself. After a solid AAU spring season, he began to draw interest from low-to-mid-major Division...
Drunk Chicago man arrested while trying to operate on his dog
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