June 24, 2011
Child of Eden: trippy beauty
Child Of Eden is a trippy, but breathtaking, rhythm action rail shooter from the same dude who brought you the trippy, but breathtaking, rhythm action rail shooter Rez.It's a strange...
Man who stabbed celeb pizzeria owner suspected of 'at least four' murders, says FBI agent
The man who stabbed a Brooklyn celebrity pizzeria owner is a Gambino crime family associate suspected of committing "at least four" murders — including the execution-style hit of a suspected...
‘Seven in Heaven Way’ — way to go for 9-11 heroes
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Harrison goes 7 for Texas in 8-1 win over Mets
ARLINGTON, Texas — Matt Harrison pitched seven strong innings, Adrian Beltre snapped a 13-game homerless drought and the Texas Rangers beat the New York Mets 8-1 on Friday night. Michael...
Giambi, Rockies beat Yankees in New York 4-2
Jason Giambi hit a long homer against his former team and Ubaldo Jimenez overcame early wildness to pitch seven impressive innings, leading the Colorado Rockies to a 4-2 victory Friday...
Watch these now: Patrick Stump, Jessie J, Kerli and All Time Low
With the number of music videos being released every day, it's no surprise that some gems fall through the cracks. Here's a quartet of videos from recent months that deserve...
Don't be a jackass - don't drink and drive
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B'klyn sicko lured young boys into shul, then molested them
A sicko lured two boys — one of whom was celebrating his 12th birthday -- separately into a Brooklyn synagogue and molested them within an hour of each other, The...
Sapp 'didn't think much of' Barber before comeback: report
Maybe Warren Sapp will come back for a chance to hit Tiki Barber on the field.Because Sapp certainly blitzed Barber off the field, according to NFL.com.The NFL Network analyst told...
PBS website hacked for second time in a month
The PBS website was hacked Friday for the second time in a month, the latest in a string of attacks on high-profile websites. PBS spokeswoman Jane McNamara said hackers exposed...
Historic gay-marriage vote in Albany, cheers throughout New York
ALBANY -- Senators said "I do" to gay marriage last night in a narrow 33-29 vote -- making New York the sixth and largest state to allow same-sex couples to...
Packer's Owens craves chance to represent USA in the steeplechase
Eddie Owens has accomplished plenty of significant marks this year and throughout his career. But this weekend the Packer Collegiate star can claim a special and elusive honor. He will...
Mob boss 'Whitey' Bulger appears in federal court in Boston
BOSTON — James “Whitey” Bulger finally has returned to his hometown of Boston after 16 years on the run. Bulger, appearing in federal court this afternoon, asked for a public...
InFamous 2: awesome addictive action
There aren't many sequels that outdo the original.Terminator 2. The Empire Strikes Back. The Godfather Part II (I like the first one more, myself, but...). The Dark Knight. (Some here...
Friday's Yankees lineup
Back at home, Jorge Posada returns to his role as DH in the Yankees' interleague game against the Rockies.Friday's Yankees lineup:Gardner LFGranderson CFTeixeira 1BRodriguez 3BCano 2BSwisher RFPosada DHMartin CNunez SSBurnett...
Red Bulls switch defense, could change keeper
After holding the first seven foes to two goals, the Red Bulls defense has completely fallen apart, coughing up 18 goals in their last nine games, seven in their last...
Roddick loses, Venus wins at Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON, England -- Head bowed, Andy Roddick trudged off Centre Court, his purple Wimbledon towel dragging along the turf. As the three-time runner-up at the All England Club headed for...
NFL labor talks will resume next week
With training camps set to open in another month, NFL owners and players will resume negotiations next week, hoping to build on recent talks, two people familiar with the discussions...
Jagr taking time to decide on team: report
Jaromir Jagr's agent says the former Rangers captain isn't using the idea of an NHL return to drive up his price in Russia, the Detroit News reports."He's a guy that...
Man fined for slapping seal in Hawaii
KALAELOA, Hawaii -- A 19-year-old man was fined $100 for touching an endangered Hawaiian monk seal. Cameron Cayaban pleaded guilty in federal court to harassing, harming or pursuing an endangered...
Budget negotiations between union leaders, Bloomberg team break down
Municipal union leaders are bracing for mass layoffs after a sudden breakdown in budget negotiations with the Bloomberg Administration, sources said today. One union source said that what appeared to...
Peter Falk (1927-2011)
Peter Falk, whose death Thursday night was reported today by various news sources, amassed a remarkable string of TV and movie credits stretching over half a century. He received his two Oscar nominations playing hoods, in...
Cops hunting gun-toting mugger in Manhattan
The NYPD is hunting for a gun-toting thief allegedly responsible for a rash of Manhattan muggings that have claimed ten victims over the last two weeks. The unidentified man, who...
Coach dismissed by Molloy after championship season
Tom Catalanotto, who coached the Archbishop Molloy girls to a state basketball championship, has been let go by the school. Athletic director Mike McCleary made the dismissal official Friday afternoon....
Former media mogul Conrad Black sent back to jail
CHICAGO -- Former media baron Conrad Black was sentenced to return to prison by a federal judge in Chicago Friday on fraud and obstruction of justice charges. US District Judge...
Shumpert 'all smiles' after Knicks' pick
Iman Shumpert, the Knicks' burly new point guard out of Georgia Tech, said he was privately wishing the club would take him with the 17th pick in Thursday's NBA Draft,...
Lindsay Lohan blocks view of condo rooftop with new bamboo fence
LOS ANGELES -- Lindsay Lohan has installed a bamboo fence around the rooftop of her Los Angeles condo after being scolded by a judge for throwing an outdoor barbecue while...
'Columbo' actor Peter Falk dies
LOS ANGELES — Peter Falk, the stage and movie actor who became identified as the squinty, rumpled detective in “Columbo,” which spanned 30 years in primetime television and established one...
Mom stole $16M, lived high life with son: prosecutors
A mother and son lived like a queen and prince for years -- yachting, jetting, and cruising in a $127,000 Mercedes -- while the mom plundered $16 million from two...
Councilman Wills rejects plea in 14-year-old case
City Councilman Ruben Wills (D-Jamaica) rejected a plea offer today in which he'd admit to 14-year-old charges that he stole a fan and track lighting from a Chinatown-based client of...
Jets' Edwards in early-morning fender bender
DETROIT -- Authorities say Jets receiver Braylon Edwards was involved in a minor car crash on the Detroit River island park of Belle Isle. Officer Phillip Cook said Edwards was...
Giants plan to have camp in Albany
The Giants, unlike the Jets, have not pulled the plug on their upstate training camp plans. The Jets announced Friday they will not be heading to Cortland for camp this...
Yankees' Jeter says he doesn't know when he'll be back
TAMPA -- Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter doesn’t know when he will be able to return from a strained right calf. “I can’t give you a timetable,” Jeter said Friday after...
Appeals court rejects copyright claim over 'You Don't Mess With the Zohan'
A comic-book writer's efforts to mess with some of Hollywood's leading funnymen got blown away by a Manhattan appeals court this morning. Robert Cabell accused Adam Sandler, Robert Smigel and...
'Walking angel' killed at LI pharmacy laid to rest
Hundreds packed into a Long Island church this morning to say a tearful good-bye to the high school senior who was killed during a brutal drug store robbery. Family, friends...
House rebukes Obama on Libya but stops short of funding cutoff
WASHINGTON -- The House on Friday delivered its strongest rebuke yet to President Barack Obama over his handling of the US military intervention in Libya, refusing to endorse the US...
Obama announces plan to invest $500M in advanced manufacturing
Pittsburgh, Pa. -- President Barack Obama announced Friday a federal plan to invest $500 million to help develop advanced manufacturing technologies and jobs. The initiative, unveiled at Carnegie Mellon University...
Casey Anthony's mother and brother give emotional testimony at trial
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The brother of accused murderer Casey Anthony took the witness stand Friday to say that a stain in the trunk of his Pontiac Sunfire was there before...
Jets to hold training camp in Florham Park
The Jets announced Friday they will conduct training camp at their headquarters in New Jersey and not at SUNY-Cortland in central New York, where they trained the past two summers....
Banker accused of copping a feel with Pierre maid takes plea deal
He's copped a plea to copping a feel. The Egyptian banker charged in a bizarre, copy-cat banker-on-hotel-maid groping pleaded guilty this afternoon to misdemeanor assault -- admitting that he kissed...
Comic legend Jerry Lewis falls ill in Sydney, cancels concert
SYDNEY -- Comedian Jerry Lewis was forced to cancel a scheduled concert in Australia due to poor health, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday. The 85 year-old actor was set to...
DOE probe shows Brooklyn principal altered student transcripts
The Department of Education finally revealed this week that it had substantiated charges against a Brooklyn principal for fudging the transcripts of high school students by giving them credits for...
'Jersey Shore' has 'no plans to recast,' MTV says
The cast of MTV's hit reality show "Jersey Shore" isn't going anywhere. "We love the present cast, and their summer adventures have just begun. We currently have no plans to...
Woman suffers fatal heart attack at funeral after being mistaken for dead
A woman has died of heart failure caused by the shock of waking up at her own funeral. Fagilyu Mukhametzyanov came to as weeping relatives prayed around her open coffin....
Davey 'top choice,' Bobby V could manage Nationals: reports
Former Mets manager Davey Johnson is the "top choice" to take over the Nationals job that was surprisingly vacated by Jim Riggleman on Thursday, the Washington Post reports.Johnson, a senior...
BP: Don't give Gulf fail-safe device to Transocean
ATLANTA — BP and Transocean are at odds over who should get possession of a key piece of evidence in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill investigation once additional testing...
Wife of LI pharmacy killings suspect pleads not guilty, says husband never planned to kill anyone
The wife of the man accused of killing four people pleaded not guilty today to robbery and obstruction of governmental administration, although records show she had planned to rob the...
Box Office: Will critically-savaged 'Cars 2' eat predecessor's dust?
Consensus among prognosticators is that partly because of mounting audience apathy toward premium-priced 3-D, "Cars 2'' likely won't match the opening of its non-stereoscopic 2006 predecessor, which collected the equivalent of $72 million...
NYSE Euronext to pay $900M to settle lawsuit over Deutsche Boerse merger
NYSE Euronext disclosed Friday it reached a settlement with shareholders over their challenge of its proposed merger with Deutsche Boerse, after the Big Board operator moved to pay out a...
Most CityTime increases were legit, says Mayor Bloomberg
Most of the $600 million in cost increases for the CityTime automated payroll project were legitimate, Mayor Bloomberg proclaimed today. Prosecutors have said that almost all the funds paid by...
President Obama lets boy calls his mom from presidential limo (VIDEO)
President Obama let a young boy and his sister call their mom from his presidential limo. The only drawback? Their mother wasn't home so they had to leave a message,...
Bin Laden wanted new name for al Qaeda to repair image
WASHINGTON — As Osama bin Laden watched his terrorist organization get picked apart, he lamented in his final writings that al Qaeda was suffering from a marketing problem. His group...
Pedestrian killed in Long Island suburb
HUNGTINGTON STATION — Police are investigating an accident on Long Island in which a 53-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed by a car. Suffolk County police say Francisco Cardozo appeared...
Long Island man charged in 2 Conn. carjackings
MERIDEN, Conn. — Connecticut authorities say a New York man wanted in connection with two carjackings in Meriden and Trumbull has been captured on Long Island. U.S. marshals arrested 26-year-old...
Data drone makes emergency landing on Fukushima reactor building
FUKUSHIMA, Japan -- A small, 18-pound (8.2-kilogram) drone aircraft gathering data from heavily-damaged areas of the Fukushima nuclear power plant lost control Friday and landed on the roof of the...
Charles Dickens' Bleak House goes on sale for £2M
BROADSTAIRS, England -- A seaside mansion that was once the vacation home of English author Charles Dickens was on the market Friday for £2 million ($3.2 million). The Victorian novelist...
Syrian forces fire on protesters, killing nine
KISWAH, Syria -- Syrian security forces opened fire Friday on anti-regime rallies, killing at least nine protesters, three of them in the capital, human rights activists said. The violence came...
Lindsay Lohan insists she only drank tea during house arrest
LOS ANGELES -- Lindsay Lohan insisted that it was her choice of tea rather than hard liquor that her to test positive for alcohol while under house arrest in Los...
Khadafy seriously considering fleeing Tripoli: US officials
WASHINGTON -- New US intelligence shows Col. Moammar Khadafy is "seriously considering" fleeing Tripoli for a more secure location outside the capital, according to US officials, raising the prospect Friday...
Whitey Bulger expected to return to Boston within hours, may make court appearance this afternoon
BOSTON — A law enforcement official says notorious gangster James “Whitey” Bulger is expected to be returned home to Boston within hours. Bulger, the former leader of the violent Winter...
New Yellow Jacket will have Garden buzzing
The first thing you notice about former Georgia Tech point guard Iman Shumpert is his wide smile, as big as the city he will now represent. If Stephon Marbury, the...
Fight for top spot takes center stage at Wimbledon
Whether it’s parity or rivalries that drive interest in sports, one thing is sure about the current state of men’s tennis: The top billing is up for grabs. How that...
Alley hot again – go figure!
Wow, the “Dancing with the Stars” diet really works! Kirstie Alley showed off her rocking bod while modeling a fabulous evening gown yesterday at Chez Moi boutique in Forest Hills,...
Mets' Wright cleared for baseball activity
Jose Reyes wished David Wright good luck as the injured third baseman is headed down to Port St. Lucie for rehab. Of course that had as much to do with...
Braziller: Walker and Jenkins did it right way -- hopefully this starts a trend
Based on my Twitter timeline and Facebook home page, the entire New York City basketball community was glued to their TV sets, watching the NBA Draft. Everyone wanted to know...
With a little work, Mets' K-Rod regains form
If the Mets want to trade Francisco Rodriguez, he can’t afford too many bad performances like the two blown saves he had before yesterday. “I don’t think about that,” Rodriguez...
Capuano reigns supreme as Mets finish .500 homestand
The Mets finally figured out how to win at home: Just schedule a lengthy rain delay before the game. For the second straight day, they endured a prolonged delay and...
Dark clouds lift for Mets
David Wright might be able to play baseball again. Not next season. This season. Chris Capuano, forced to leave yesterday’s game after six innings because of discomfort on the right...
Molloy's Gallagher puts basketball on hold for Grand summer plans
Carolyn Gallagher will be switching from sneakers to a pair of hiking boots this summer. The Archbishop Molloy rising junior played the spring portion of the AAU season with the...
Bursting with Pride: Queens native Charles Jenkins drafted by Golden State
The Bay Area will have a New York City feel to it this winter as one Queens point guard is headed to Golden State to play for a Brooklyn product....
Landmark 70 Pine is sold for $205M
Just days after being declared a landmark by the city, 70 Pine St. has been sold for $205 million -- or about $186 a square foot. Ronnie Bruckner and Nathan...
Flipping the bird at energy traders
It's really only a symbolic gesture. But Washington's move yesterday to reduce the price of gasoline by pulling oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve is a gesture known to people...
Grecian turn pares losses
Investors were sent on a nauseating roller-coaster ride yesterday after being doused with chilling economic news, including an unexpected rise in first-time unemployment claims and weak housing sales. The early...
Potter books going online
The seven Harry Potter novels will be available as ebooks in October, author JK Rowling said yesterday at the launch of a new interactive online Web site that will allow...
Supremes dis Anna Nicole
The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that a bankruptcy court incorrectly granted Anna Nicole Smith over $400 million from the estate of her oil magnate husband J. Howard Marshall. In the...
Magic Pixar dust: 'Cars 2' a 'lemon,' but cash flows like lemonade
Pixar boss John Lasseter finds himself in a strange place today. His "Cars 2" opens on 4,100 screens and is expected to carry the weekend box office and ultimately ring...
Business briefs
Macy's pact The union representing workers at Macy's flag ship Manhattan Herald Square store and three other New York area lo cations has ratified its contract.Facebook Facebook named Netf lix...
Search subpoenas
Google is feeling the full weight of government in an antitrust probe reminiscent of Microsoft's run-in with regulators in the '90s. In addition to requests from the Senate for CEO...
Viacom files suit on app
Viacom slapped Cablevision with a lawsuit yesterday aiming to stop the cable operator from providing Viacom channels on its three-month-old in-home iPad application. The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan federal court,...
Bartz under fire
Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz is bummed out, but she's not out. The much-maligned leader of the plagued portal faced shareholder venom at the annual meeting yesterday, leaving the stage after...
KKR eyeing Go Daddy for $1B+
Henry Kravis' KKR is leading a buying group that is near a $1 billion plus deal to snap up Web hosting giant Go Daddy, The Post has learned. The move...
Pecker brings US OK! magazine into AMI fold
National Enquirer owner American Media emerged as the surprise winner of the auction for the money-bleeding US edition of Richard Desmond's OK! Weekly. One source said he believed the purchase...
'Reversing' diabetes
The most common form of diabetes reportedly can be reversed by a severely low-calorie diet. Sky News, citing results from a new study, said type 2 diabetes is caused by...
Cops' dirty trick: suit
A masseuse busted when cops raided her spa was forced to clean the disgusting, overflowing toilet in her holding cell at a Staten Island station house before she was cut...
Tooting our own corn
ALBANY -- They've taken forever on rent regulations and gay marriage, but state senators OK'd at least one crucial measure -- making sweet corn the official state vegetable. In a...
Gov's labor deal rude awakening for unions
A New reality descended on the city's municipal labor lead ers yesterday from Albany. In a remarkable feat, Gov. Cuomo persuaded officials who run the Civil Service Employees Association to...
Judge: 'Stupid' Lohan!
The party's over, Lindsay! A stern LA judge yesterday told Lindsay Lohan to stop doing "stupid things" and grounded the troubled actress, telling her she couldn't have any more wild...
Murder rap for 'thugs'
The criminal charges against six teenagers accused of beating to death a Long Island youth whom they thought was gay were upgraded yesterday to murder as a hate crime. Anthony...
CityTimer 'LinksIn' on the lam
A tech-company owner accused of scamming more than $460 million in the CityTime rip-off marketed herself online last month -- while on the lam, The Post has learned. Dr. Padma...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan Cops are hunting the two muggers pictured here who allegedly assaulted and robbed a man in Central Park. The bandits attacked the victim at 6:15 a.m. Wednesday near 110th...
Eyes on 'DWI' prosecutor pals
Prosecutors in the drunken-driving case against Bronx Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Troiano want her drinking buddies to spill the beans about how sloshed she was at a party before her...
'Hot' Love in Village
Once she burned up the charts -- now she's burning up the West Village. Train-wreck rocker Courtney Love (left) scorched her hands after a candle set a curtain on fire...
DSK maid on a troll for 'vics'
The hotel maid who accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her has hired a lawyer in France to help find other potential victims of the former IMF chief, the lawyer...
Show's overdose
A stagehand whose backstage death stopped Wednesday night's performance of the Broadway hit musical "How to Succeed in Business" was identified yesterday. Gene Manford, 29, suffered a drug overdose, sources...
Auto shop's bang-up job
An automotive-repair insurance scam was brought to a screeching halt by investigators who caught employees of a Brooklyn body shop smashing up already damaged cars to run up settlement offers,...
Second Avenue Subway causes a dust storm
Thick, granular dust and a putrid odor have people who live along the Second Avenue Subway construction route walking around covering their faces with hankies. "I've been in some bad...
'Toxic' school moving to E. Side
A day after parents at a Midtown elementary school raised a ruckus over Department of Education construction they believed was sickening their kids, officials said they will temporarily relocate the...
Bodega bouquets for Huma
Anthony Weiner thinks 23 bucks' worth of bodega blossoms will make love bloom again for his humiliated wife. The disgraced former congressman was spotted outside his Queens home yesterday toting...
Prexy on the 'hook'
It was a campus connection. A University of New Mexico professor who once served as school president was arrested yesterday on charges he helped recruit hookers for an online prostitution...
Baseball's hidden-ball trick: suit
A former fraud investigator says Major League Baseball threw him a curveball with a "bait-and-switch" job offer so it could boost the number of Hispanics on its front-office payroll. William...
Havoc as Bieber ignites a teenybopper frenzy
A horde of frenzied fans swarmed Justin Bieber yesterday at the Herald Square Macy's -- sparking a near-riot when the 17-year-old heartthrob desperately shoved away a plainclothes cop that he...
GOP walks out on Joe's budget talks
WASHINGTON -- Budget talks led by Vice President Joe Biden blew up yesterday as Republicans quit the negotiations rather than agree to Democratic tax increases. The startling walkout cast doubt...
'Rapist' eyes oops loophole
A career criminal is hoping to walk away from violent rape charges on a technicality -- that cops had his fingerprints from the 1998 attack scene but failed to match...
Nurse bust in drug ring
A nurse married to an NYPD sergeant was charged yesterday along with nine other people in an alleged Staten Island drug ring that specialized in selling the prescription painkiller OxyContin....
Price drop by 'crude' methods
You'll see lower prices at the gas pump and in the grocery store thanks to a decision by President Obama and other world leaders to release 60 million barrels of...
Tears for Jamie's wed that never was
Jamie Taccetta wore her wedding dress yesterday. The murdered mother of two daughters lay in an open casket as dozens of weeping relatives, friends and other mourners -- including her...
How the FBI's 'beauty' tips finally bagged mob legend Whitey Bulger
Her vanity did them in. Legendary Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger spent 16 years eluding the FBI using a worldwide network of cash-filled safe-deposit boxes and a phone book's worth...
Boozy basher chef guilty
A booze-loving chef who once worked at the posh Jean-Georges Vongerichten restaurant Spice Market pleaded guilty yesterday to felony assault for pounding an elderly man like a veal cutlet during...
Party shooter cuffed: cops
A teen thug was arrested yesterday and charged with gunning down guests at a Brooklyn house party, cops said. Jonathan Thomas, 19, was charged with murder and criminal possession of...
Their goose is cooked
They're the squawking dead. Up to 800 Canada geese are slated for execution within the next few weeks during this year's city, state and federal goose cull. That's about half...
Pharmacy victims' kin rage at 'killer' as he pleads not guilty
Relatives of the drugstore-massacre victims yesterday ripped weaselly madman David Laffer in a Long Island courtroom, where he was formally charged with slaughtering four innocents to fuel his wife's painkiller...
'Drumming' up support for troop withdrawal
WASHINGTON -- President Obama visited upstate Fort Drum yesterday to defend his plan to withdraw 33,000 troops from Afghanistan -- as lawmakers back in the Beltway continued to shoot down...
GOP nixes vote on same-sex marriage
ALBANY -- Senate Republicans stunned the Capitol last night by abruptly adjourning without holding a much-anticipated vote on gay marriage -- a move that also allowed rent regulations to expire....
Cold $houlder for O
President Obama hit the Big Apple last night hoping to score a fund-raising hat trick for his re-election campaign -- but he faced lackluster donors tired of being taken for...
Don't blame ATMs for the lousy economy
THE ISSUE: President Obama's reference to ATM machines in trying to explain unemployment. *** Kyle Smith's excellent commentary explains how President Obama is an economic illiterate ("Blame the ATM," PostScript,...
How (ugh) Pataki can help in 2012
Former New York Gov. George Pataki, a Republican, personifies almost everything I dislike in politicians. He's not criminally corrupt (as far as I know), but he's entirely corrupt politically and...
The end of Whitey's run
BOSTON So Whitey Bulger is in fed eral custody at last at the age of 81, after more than 16 years on the lam. Consider him another example of a...
UFT-NAACP child abuse
The fate of thousands of kids' educa tions may be decided next week by a ruling in a lawsuit aimed at thwarting charter schools and keeping open some 22 abysmal...
Can run, can't hide
'America, it is time to focus on na tion-building here at home," said President Obama this week. So who's the isolationist now? Republican critics of the war in Afghanistan have...
America's vanishing science jobs
The folks at Scientific American have launched "1,000 Scientists in 1,000 Days" -- a program to bring together scientists, teachers and students to improve America's "dismal" showing among wealthy countries...
Not cuckoo for Coco doc
'Sometimes I'm so mad I can't even breathe," says the subject of "Conan O'Brien Can't Stop," with all the fury of a man whose sandwich arrived seven minutes later than...
Leap Year
One of the most controversial movies at Cannes 2010 -- where it won the Camera d'Or -- was "Leap Year," the directorial debut of Australian-born Michael Rowe, who's lived in...
Just don't let this fox guard the opera house
Asinging crossbreed -- a fox with human in telligence -- stars in Leos Janacek's opera, "The Cunning Little Vixen." If only the New York Philharmonic's semistaged performance Wednesday night were...
Prep school comedy not worth price of admissions
Josh Shelov's smug and smutty farce employs an estimable cast in an only sporadically funny story about a couple from Delaware who want to get their 6-year-old daughter into an...
Puts the drag in racing
They said it couldn't be done. But Pixar proved the yaysayers wrong when it made its first bad movie, "Cars." Now it has worsted itself with the even more awful...
Milkin' 'Honey(mooners)'
Oh, you're going places, Alice. You're going -- straight to Broadway! Though it sounds like one of Ralph Kramden's cockamamie schemes to get out of Brooklyn, there is, in fact,...
A look back at not-so-gay days at Harvard
It was possible to be gay at Harvard in 1920, but it was risky. Exactly how dangerous was detailed in a 2002 article in the Harvard Crimson, which revealed "secret...
A Better Life
Good performances and a look at lesser-known corners of Los Angeles are the big assets in this drama about an illegal Mexican alien (Demian Bichir, Castro in "Che") and his...
Cameron’s hose job
Justin Timberlake dry-humps Cameron Diaz while both are fully clothed in a bizarre scene that serves as a fairly convenient metaphor for the whole of “Bad Teacher” — a fitfully...
Dirty dancing
Near midnight last Friday, Upper East Sider Gerry Visco is ironing shirts at a Williamsburg laundromat. Thumping techno blares; orange and purple lights flash above. “I love to iron. It’s...
A Love Affair of Sorts
You show me your camera, and I'll show you mine. That sums up the low-budget indie "A Love Affair of Sorts." David, played by the movie's director, David Guy Levy,...
The Names of Love
How forgetful is Bahia? One morning, she walks from her Paris apartment to the Metro wearing not a stitch. When she discovers her mistake, she isn't disturbed. That's because Bahia,...
Turtle: The Incredible Journey
Basically an IMAX-style na ture documentary shown on regular-size screens at nearly twice the customary length, Nick Stringer's documentary about the 25-year migratory cycle of loggerhead turtles has some remarkable...
Brooks deal keys big Draft night for Nets
Nets brass really didn't want to gush, but they couldn't hide their enthusiasm about last night's NBA Draft, where they came away with two-guard MarShon Brooks of Providence, rebounder Jordan...
Warriors make Hofstra's Jenkins 2nd-round pick
The Bay Area will have a New York City feel to it this winter as one Queens point guard is headed to Golden State to play for a Brooklyn product....
Jimmer feels like a King
With Jimmer Fredette, the Kings got one of the only certainties of last night's NBA Draft -- a player to help heal the wounds of the financially fraught franchise. With...
Sounders slam Red Bulls
SEATTLE -- Second-half substitute Roger Levesque scored twice in the second half to give the Seattle Sounders a 4-2 win over the Red Bulls on Thursday night. In a game...
5 questions for ... Howie Rose
Howie Rose, the voice of the Mets on WFAN, has been doing Mets play-by-play for television and radio since 1995. He talked with The Post's Brett Cyrgalis about the surprising...
Hot times for L.I. anglers
As if on cue, saltwater fishing busted wide open with the start of the summer solstice and the end of the school year. Big bass and lots of keeper fluke...
Flyers deals add challenge to Rangers' pursuit of Richards
MINNEAPOLIS -- Tonight's NHL Entry Draft in St. Paul won't make much of an immediate impact on the Rangers, whose 15th-overall selection represents their only pick out of the first...
Islanders target defenseman in draft, unless ...
They could trade up or down, so stay on your toes; where the Islanders pick in tonight's NHL draft, nobody knows. Although they have the No. 5 overall pick, GM...
Lamoriello under gun with Devils' draft pick
The Devils hit the lottery in April, but it only pays off if they parlay it into a draft jackpot tonight. This has to be a Red Letter Night for...
Cavaliers take Duke guard Irving No. 1 in NBA Draft
It was two years ago that New Jersey's Kyrie Irving sat in the Garden watching the NBA Draft, telling his stepmother that someday he'd be on stage instead of in...
Knicks pick defensive-minded Shumpert in first round of NBA Draft
The fans at Newark's Prudential Center booed Donnie Walsh's final career first-round draft pick last night. They should have been chanting "De-fense." The outgoing Knicks president has always been a...
Torre set to relive old times with Yankees
The last time Joe Torre wore a Yankees uniform was Oct. 8, 2007, his final game as the team's manager. Sunday, he'll slip on that No. 6 jersey again for...
Draft's leading man looks like real deal
Nobody has gotten closer than Kyrie Irving from coming straight to the pros from high school since the NBA annulled that practice in 2005, requiring a year wait before applying...
Tomorrow's Belmont Entries
Post Time: 1:00 pm All horses appear in post position orderFIRST6f(T); $40,000; str hcp; 3upPNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds2Fisherman's Wharf(L),120JCastellno1-4-1Gallusco 7-23I Ain't No Saint(L),119D Cohen2-3-3Jacobson 6-14Luigi P,115A Lezcano2-2-7Bizelia 20-11a-Quick Money(L),117RDominguez2-3-1Rice...
Monmouth Analysis by John DaSilva
Post time: 12:50 pm.All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6f; $16,000; mdn cl($7,500); 3up;(f&m)GOLD BARGAIN drops in class after finishing third. DELUNA tired when adding blinkers. BERYL'S WAY finished second...
Belmont Park Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 6f(T); $41,000; str alw; 3up; (f&m)JACKY JUICE was an impressive winner as the favorite versus claimers on dirt. HEY BABE was a beaten favorite this distance and level in...
Bobby V right to rip A-Rod, but what about Piazza?
It's not just that Joe Morgan was such a load to endure, Bobby Valentine would be an interesting analyst under any circumstances. If you appreciate and support baseball that's played...
Yankees' Hughes faces key test Friday
Having watched Brian Gordon's two starts, the Yankees should have their fingers crossed Phil Hughes continues to move closer to returning from the disabled list. Hughes (inflamed right shoulder) will...
Jets' Smith plans to explore market
With Santonio Holmes, Braylon Edwards and Antonio Cromartie headed for free agency, Brad Smith knows he's not the Jets' top offseason priority. So Smith -- a special-teams star and Wildcat...
Mavericks' parade bill: $340,000
DALLAS -- Dallas city officials who tallied up the cost for a parade celebrating the Mavericks' first NBA title last week say it came to $340,947. City spokesman Frank Librio...
Jeter unlikely to be back with Yankees on time
Don't take June 29 in the "When Will Derek Jeter Return?" pool. That's the first day the Yankees shortstop is eligible to come off the disabled list, but it doesn't...
Hollywood Results
FIRST-5f; $50,000; mdn spl wt; 2YO; (f)6RoarBbyRr (Bejno) 2.602.202.102Warren's Amber (Espnza)4.802.605Molly's All Hrt (Gomez)2.10 Off 1:02. Time 0:58.71. Fast. * $1 Exacta (6-2) $6.00 * Quinella (2-6) $10.80 * $1...
Affrunti's Calder Grade
Post Time: 12:30 pm.FIRST-4 1/2f; $12,900; mdn cl($16,000); 2YO; (f)7-OhSoSherri 3-11-Kylie'sWld 8-16-Lady Alexis 5-22-Ericfrmmrc 8-18-QueenCncrt 5-13-SantGldLcs 8-14-Repent This 6-15-CorysDlght 10-1SECOND-1m&70y; $11,300; cl($5,000); 3up; (f&m)4-TigerAtNit 9-52-DancefrZck 8-11a-LlyLtrll 2-16-Fiery Girl 12-13-Marilla 3-15-ClbrtngSrh...
Bill Smith At Yonkers
Post time: 7:10 pm.Best Bet: Great Vintage (7th)FIRST-1 1/16m; pace; $22,000; cond3Sportsfancy(E Goodell)7-3-88-52Jasperthat A(B Holland)3-6-83-14BrickyardTrouble(RBayns)2-5-512-11LittleMermaidN(JPantlno)5-9-38-15FiestaCamcun(SBouchard)1-2-48-16Legerdepan(G Brennan)8-9-46-17Island Terror(D Dube)2-5-610-1SECOND-1 1/16m; trot; $22,000; cond7SpecialCommand(BHolland)6-6-23-11NewHampshireBoy(EGoodll)6-7-85-16Credit Blues(G Brennan)3-1-44-12Winbak Dream(S Bouchard)4-3-26-13Grecale As(C Manzi)6-6-58-14Aprilshowers(D Dube)7-8-58-15Book Mark(J...
Bill Smith At Meadowlands
Post time: 7:00 pm.Best Bet: Krispy Apple (2nd)FIRST-mile; trot; $9,000; conditioned6April Sunshine(A Miller)1-3-72-13Konchie(B Simpson)10-8-44-15RuleByStrength(SAllard)7-7-28-11The Shepherd(R Plante)7-6-78-12Bamboo Yankee(T Tetrick)7-5-415-14Clarissa Hall(W Long)8-7-820-17BigSkyAngelina(EAbbtllo)7-10-610-18Star Ledger(S Smith)3-6-25-19I'veGotItAll(JMeittinis)4-5-58-110TravelinPreachr(MLchnce)5-6-815-1SECOND-mile; pace; $25,000; NJSS1Krispy Apple(T Tetrick)2-1-16-52HnkyTnkWmn(YGngrs)1-4-24-17Emilio'sStride(SAllard)1-2-15-13Caviart Sarah(B Simpson)5-4-410-14Mater Deo(D...
Workmanlike Yankees have no reason to panic
This Yankees season is beginning to get the feel of 2010. Yogi Berra was right: It is déjà vu all over again. The Yankees aren't spectacular, but they are where...
French Open champ upset at Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON -- French Open champion Li Na squandered two match points and lost 3-6, 6-4, 8-6 to wild card Sabine Lisicki in the second round of Wimbledon, the biggest upset...
NFL commissioner, union head share stage after talks
They didn't hold hands and sing "Kumbaya," but the sight of Roger Goodell and DeMaurice Smith standing next to each other yesterday still was a very encouraging sign in the...
Today's Sports on Air
Auto Racing8 a.m.Formula One, practiceSPEED3 p.m.NASCAR: Sprint Cup, practiceSPEEDBaseball2 p.m.College World Series:Florida vs. VanderbiltESPN27 p.m.College World Series:South Carolian vs. California/VirginiaESPN27 p.m.Athletics at PhilliesMLBN7 p.m.Rockies at YankeesYES, WCBS (880 AM)7:05 p.m.Cyclones...
Ron Artest: Call me Metta World Peace
LOS ANGELES -- Lakers forward Ron Artest wants to change his name to Metta World Peace. Artest's attorney filed a petition in Los Angeles Superior Court yesterday seeking the change....
Sports shorts
CWS: Virginia eliminates Cal Unbeaten Tyler Wilson carried a shutout into the eighth inning, Virginia used a four-run sixth to break open a close game and the top-seeded Cavaliers eliminated...
UConn's Kemba lands with Bobcats
The best player in college basketball is joining the best player of all-time. Kemba Walker, the Connecticut junior and Bronx product who led the Huskies to the national championship this...
Hondo making music
It didn't take long for Hondo to cool off the Twins or to get the Cards' Carpenter straightened out. Both happened yesterday, resulting in Minny and Phillie losses which caused...
Riggleman resignation stuns Nats
Nationals manager Jim Riggleman abruptly resigned from one of the hottest teams in baseball yesterday, saying he felt the franchise wasn't committed to him over the long term. Riggleman, 58,...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYJune 24SATJune 25SUNJune 26MONJune 27TUEJune 28WEDJune 29THUJune 30YankeesColorado7:05TV -- YES NetworkRadio--WCBS 880 AMCol.1:05YESWCBSCol.2:20YESWCBSNOGAMEMilw.7:05YESWCBSMilw.7:05YESWCBSMilw.1:05YESWCBSMetsTexas8:05TV -- WPIX NetworkRadio--WFAN 660 AMTex.4:10FOXWFANTex.3:05SNYWFANNOGAMEDet.7:05SNYWFANDet.7:05SNYWFANDet.1:05SNYWFANLibertyNOGAMENOGAMEL.A.4:00No TVNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEAtl.7:30No TVRed BullsNOGAMENOGAMEChi.2:00ESPNWQBUNOGAME*FC NY8:00No TVNOGAMENOGAMESiyanksAberdeen7:05No TVAber.7:05No TVH.V.4:00No TVH.V.7:00No TVH.V7:05No TVAber.7:00No TVAber.7:00No TVCyclonesHudson...
How does ‘Mob Wives’ top this?
'Mob Wives" creator Jenn Graziano has a tough row to hoe next season. For starters, how does she one-up this Sunday's season-ending rooftop brawl-for-the-ages between frenemy "Wives" Drita D'avanzo and...
Drama mama
Open up the futon, as a few familiar faces are making a summer appearance on your beach house TV: * "Falling Skies" (Sunday, 10 p.m., TNT) Omnipresent Steven Weber arrives...
'Killing' producer happy with controversy
Veena Sud, the producer in charge of AMC's "The Killing," says she's glad the show's ambiguous season finale enraged many viewers. "The fact that people love us or hate us...
Casey showdown
Fireworks from the Casey Anthony trial are spilling out into TV studios now. The nearly four-minute verbal sparring match between HLN's Nancy Grace and ABC legal analyst Dan Abrams on...
Grammer kids off 'Wives'
'The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" will be a little less kid-friendly next season. The latest in the bitter battle between "Housewife" Camille Grammer and her ex, Kelsey Grammer, is...
Starr report
Veteran series producer Paul Witt's resume reads like a partial history of prime-time hits: "Benson," "Soap," "The John Larroquette Show," "The Golden Girls," "Empty Nest," "Blossom" and, yes, even "The...
Weird but true
Making a bogus doomsday prediction can make you rich in America -- but in Taiwan, it can get you fined. Phony "prophet" Wang Chao-hung found that out the hard way...
Obama hits Broadway looking for campaign cash
President Barack Obama turned to the bright lights of Broadway and celebrity backers Thursday night to raise money for his re-election bid. The presidential motorcade crisscrossed Manhattan as Obama worked...
Nets get Providence guard Brooks, Maryland forward Williams
The Nets acquired Providence guard Marshon Brooks in a trade with Boston, after the Celtics selected the nation’s No. 2 scorer with the No. 25 pick of the first round...
Bronx product Walker taken 9th by Bobcats
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Charlotte Bobcats have selected the star of this spring’s NCAA tournament, point guard Kemba Walker of Connecticut, with the ninth pick in the NBA Draft. The...
Jimmer bound for Kings after picked No. 10
MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee Bucks have selected guard Jimmer Fredette with the 10th pick in the first round of Thursday’s NBA Draft, but are expected to send the rights to...
Jets reserve QB Ainge leaves football
Erik Ainge wanted one more chance at football. His body insisted it’s time to move on. The Jets backup quarterback told The Associated Press on Thursday night that his playing...
The Post's All-Bronx baseball honors
The Bronx continued to live up to its reputation as baseball-rich, though there were no titles. There was no CHSAA champion in The Bronx, but All Hallows, led by ace...
Knicks draft Shumpert at No. 17
The Knicks selected Georgia Tech guard Iman Shumpert with the 17th pick in the 2011 NBA Draft on Thursday night. With a crowd at the Prudential Center in Newark that...