September 13, 2011
Yanks' Rivera gets 600th save, one away from tying record
SEATTLE — Mariano Rivera earned his 600th save, moving within one of Trevor Hoffman's major league record, by closing out the New York Yankees' 3-2 win over the Seattle Mariners...
Jets' Sanchez had concussion test
The Jets were worried about quarterback Mark Sanchez enough after Sunday’s game to conduct concussion tests after the Cowboys gave him a beating. Sanchez said the tests showed he was...
Bart's Tuesday Trenchwork: NFL wrapup and a look ahead
4-DOWN TERRITORY1. What a weird opening week in the NFL. While that’s not a surprise in light of the lockout, you could throw out pretty much everything you assumed in...
Giants' Rolle says Redskins would win 5 out of 100: report
Giants safety Antrell Rolle refused to give the Redskins any credit for their 28-14 season-opening win Sunday. "As a team and organization, we know that the Washington Redskins is not...
Dictator's daughter says she moved fashion show for 'safety' reasons
It is a matter of security, comrades! Gulnara Karimova — the fascista fashion designer whose autocrat father has forced millions to pick cotton for slave wages in Uzbekistan — insisted...
Red Sox take Youkilis off DL
BOSTON -- The slumping Boston Red Sox have activated third baseman Kevin Youkilis from the disabled list, hoping he can help them hold onto a playoff spot in the final...
Rays making run at wild card
BALTIMORE -- It’s already October for the Tampa Bay Rays, who have switched into playoff mode in a late push to overtake the sagging Boston Red Sox for the AL...
'Barsonist' takes plea, foregoes flaming drinks for elephants
No more cocktail conflagrations for this accused "barsonist." For three years, self-described "cocktail artist" Albert Trummer poured brandy, vodka and whiskey across his Chinatown nightclub's 20-foot-long marble bar and set...
Stammen's 1st win, hit in year helps Nats top Mets
Craig Stammen got his first win and hit in more than a year, scoring the go-ahead run on Ryan Zimmerman's seventh-inning single to lead the Washington Nationals over the New...
Yankees put Cervelli on DL with concussion
SEATTLE -- Yankees catcher Francisco Cervelli continued to experience dizziness and headaches Tuesday, one day after an MRI exam on his head came back clean, landing him on the 15-day...
Downtown Brooklyn Skyscraper Historic District approved
In a controversial move, a cluster of 21 buildings in the heart of Downtown Brooklyn today got the green light to be declared the city’s first-ever “Skyscraper Historic District."The city...
Queens housewife suspected of killing husband weeps at sight of crime scene photos
A Queens housewife on trial for allegedly gunning down her husband as he shaved, wept in court today as over 250 photographs were shown to the jurors of the gruesome...
Brooklyn residents now set to apply for hurricane relief funding
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today thanked the Federal Emergency Management Agency for finally showing Brooklyn a little love by allowing to property owners and certain non-profit organizations affected by Hurricane...
Herve Leger by Max Azria
Call it the little dress that could. Season after season, Herve Leger by Max Azria finds a way to revamp its signature bandage dress without ever straying too far from...
'Star Trek: Infinite Space' is a free for all
Chances are you're saving up cashola to buy the fall/holiday's hottest games - after all, upcoming releases include "Gears of War 3" (Sept. 20), "Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3"...
Two Brooklyn businesses awarded grants to assist expansions
The city today announced that four businesses ��� including two in Brooklyn – are the latest winners of NYC Business Solutions Training Funds.The grants help businesses train workers to give...
Monique Lhuillier
Slim and sporty was the name of the game at Monique Lhuillier, usually known for her ultra-romantic confections. The designer was inspired by athletic wear and fitness this season. The...
'King of all Pimps' tells achy-shaky tale of Billy Ray Cyrus
Maybe he has an achy, breaky brain. Self-styled "King of All Pimps" Jason Itzler -- newly busted on his latest round of escort service charges -- insisted in a bizarre...
'Drive' Equals 'Sixteen Candles'?
Now it's not just a Cars song or an option on your gearshift: Nicolas Winding Refn's potent Ryan Gosling thriller "Drive" opens Friday. Everyone loves this movie, which I think...
Revis stands out on Jets film; Hunter doesn't
After finally getting to watch Sunday’s 27-24 Jets win over the Cowboys again, here are five things that stood out:1. Darrelle Revis is really, really good. OK, so this is...
Jets camp kicker signs with Chargers
SAN DIEGO -- Veteran kicker Nick Novak, released by the Jets during training camp, agreed Tuesday to a two-year contract with the San Diego Chargers to replace injured Nate Kaeding....
Well-traveled Trufant hopes he's found home with Jets
Isaiah Trufant watched the football bounce in front of him and waited a split-second to judge where it was going. Into his hands, the Jets defensive back hoped — while...
Russian league reaches out to NHL after plane crash
MOSCOW -- The sense of shared grief after a plane crash that took the lives of 28 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl players could improve relations with the NHL, Kontinental Hockey League President...
Zero + Maria Cornejo
The downtown designer showed a collection she said evokes the idea of an urban summer. "Fabrics that feel like the beach but toughened up somehow -- just a bit edgier,"...
VIDEO: Jets should jump on Jaguars
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VIDEO: Giants can rebound vs. Rams
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Rapper T.I. forbidden from appealing decision to put him back in prison
ATLANTA -- Prison officials in Atlanta have forbidden rapper T.I. from appealing the decision to put him back behind bars for leaving another prison in a luxury tour bus. T.I.,...
Federal judge in Pa. rules Obama's health insurance mandate unconstitutional
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A federal district court judge in Harrisburg, Pa., ruled Tuesday that President Barack Obama's plan to require Americans to buy health insurance or face a penalty is...
Elizabeth Warren to announce US Senate run Wednesday
BOSTON -- Former White House adviser and Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren will announce Wednesday that she is challenging Sen. Scott Brown in Massachusetts, the Boston Globe reported. Warren...
Rachel Zoe
The stiletto scrum trying to get into Rachel Zoe's presentation was just BANANAS. With only one small working elevator taking editors, Fashion Week fixture Kim Kardashian and buyers from every...
Nets coach on his staff, and political Prokhorov
Nets head coach Avery Johnson is back in town after a working trip to Russia, where he heard of the “devastating” and horrific plane crash that killed 44 people, including...
Missing NJ hiker found dead in Delaware Water Gap park
BUSHKILL, Pa. -- A New Jersey hiker missing since Sunday was found dead inside the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area on Tuesday, park officials said. Officials said Alexander Morros,...
Obama says plan will save jobs of up to 14K Ohio teachers, cops and firefighters
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- President Barack Obama said Tuesday his jobs plan will put "tens of thousands" of construction workers back to work and save the jobs of up to 14,000...
Vivenne Tam's 'The Modern Woman’s Dream Yoga Collection'
Quite separate from her runway show at Lincoln Center, Vivienne Tam introduced the latest development in flexi-fashion since lululemon: Tam’s “The Modern Woman’s Dream Yoga Collection.” Per the collection’s aptly-named...
Michelle Williams says Heath Ledger's death affects every part of her life
Actress Michelle Williams said her life has settled since the death of her former fiance, actor Heath Ledger, but his death has affected every facet of her life. In an...
Reese Witherspoon sports a black eye after getting hit by car
LOS ANGELES -- Reese Witherspoon sported a black eye and a cut on her forehead while out in Los Angeles, nearly a week after she was hit by a car....
At least 9 dead, more than 200 injured in Argentina bus-train collision
BUENOS AIRES -- An Argentine train slammed into a bus and was then struck by another train Tuesday in a huge rush-hour crash at a suburban station that killed at...
Feds say LI woman called in fake bomb threat to Southwest Airlines
A Long Island woman worried about her mom and brother flying to New York on the eve of 9/11 was busted for trying to ground their flight — by twice...
Rapper Gucci Mane sentenced to six months in jail for assault
DECATUR, Ga. -- Rapper Gucci Mane was sentenced Tuesday to six months in jail after pleading guilty to pushing a woman out of a moving vehicle, WGCL-TV reported. The Atlanta-based...
Vivienne Tam
"It's pattern-on-pattern," said Vivienne Tam after her show inspired by the "spirit" of the 70s and zen gardens. "But it's harmonious." PHOTOS: VIVIENNE TAM The collection featured silk chiffon, linen,...
Vera Wang
Vera Wang is lovestruck. And we're not talking about her new perfume bearing the same name. For spring, Wang is crushing hard on the whimsical spirit of Alice in Wonderland's...
Weiner votes for Weprin, says it would be 'bad' if Republican won
Disgraced Congressman Anthony Weiner voted for Democrat David Weprin to replace him in Tuesday's special election, saying it would be "bad" if the seat went to a Republican for the...
Fantasy Flashback: Yes We Cam!
I’m not sure if anyone saw a 422-yard, three-touchdown performance coming from Cam Newton, but if you did and managed to start the Panthers rookie signal-caller, congratulations. Newton, who looked...
Yankees donating $125,000 to disaster relief
The Yankees are donating $125,000 to disaster relief efforts.The team said Tuesday it was contributing $100,000 to help the victims of Hurricane Irene. The money will be split between the...
Former Jets coach Mangini has 'a lot of regrets' over SpyGate
One of Eric Mangini’s regrets from his time as Jets coach was the result of the SpyGate investigation he initiated. Mangini, now an analyst with ESPN, was on WEEI Radio...
Dick Cheney recalls youthful days as a party animal on 'The View'
Former Vice President Dick Cheney revealed on "The View" Tuesday that marriage was the catalyst for him to change his youthful hard partying ways. "I got kicked out of Yale...
Hells Angels suspected in Mass. slayings held after pleading not guilty
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A ranking Hells Angels member in western Massachusetts and two acquaintances being held Tuesday after getting charged in a triple murder killed one of the victims to...
Ray Kelly downplays NYPD's dirty dancing at parade
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly says he wishes NYPD officers hadn’t done some provocative dancing with women at last week’s West Indian Day Parade. But in a radio interview Tuesday with...
Police name two suspects in shooting of Harlem hoops star
Cops today named two suspects in the chilling slaying of beloved Harlem high-school hoops star Tayshana “Chicken” Murphy. Robert Cartagena, reported to be in his 20s, and Tyshawn Brockington, 21,...
TSA misses knife in passenger's luggage on 9/11 anniversary
The Transportation Security Administration failed to detect a knife inside a computer bag of a passenger flying from JFK Airport on Sunday, the 10th anniversary of 9/11, The Post has...
Alexandre Herchcovitch
If there ever was a fantasy prom dress, then Alexandre Herchcovitch's spring collection was a teenage girl's dream come true. Specifically, that of Molly Ringwald's character in "Pretty In Pink"...
Giants' Tuck now expects to play against Rams
It’s only Tuesday, but Justin Tuck already knows exactly how he feels about his status for Monday night’s game against the Rams.“Talk to me right now, and I don’t see...
LI contractor to the stars featured in new fall reality TV show
Tina Fey served him homemade cookies, while the kin of Imelda Marcos ground him into crumbs. But no matter what the star client dishes out, celebrity contractor Stephen Fanuka works...
Body recovered in LI ID’d as missing surfer
BABYLON, N.Y. — A body recovered off Jones Beach has been identified as Zachary Gottfried, the surfer missing since Sept. 8. The 31-year-old Gottfried disappeared off Long Island’s Gilgo State...
WEEK 1 REVIEW: Offense hurt Giants more than injuries
By the time the Giants' game ended, Eli Manning comparing himself to the game’s top quarterbacks seemed even more ludicrous than Rex Grossman saying the Redskins would win the NFC...
Record number of people in poverty in 2010, US Census Bureau says
WASHINGTON -- A record number of Americans were in poverty last year as households saw their income decrease, according to data released by the Census Bureau Tuesday demonstrating the weakness...
Al Qaeda releases bin Laden tape following 9/11 anniversary
Al Qaeda belatedly released an Osama bin Laden audio tape a day after the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attack. The recording by bin Laden, who was killed by US...
Emissions insanity is killing more jobs
Lisa Jackson just can't stop killing jobs. Obama recently had to put a leash on the head of the Environmental Protection Agency because her ozone rules were going to kill business but...
Hands-on with NBA 2K12's My Player mode
Ready to take your skills to the hardwood? NBA 2K12 will allow you to do just that.NBA 2K12 will feature a deeper, more captivating My Player mode, allowing for players...
Marc by Marc Jacobs
If there was an award ceremony during this week's shows, Marc Jacobs' little sister line, Marc by Marc Jacobs, would take home the gold for starting promptly at his 8...
Simon Spurr
Forty-five minutes after the show was supposed to start, the lights dimmed and a packed house watched on as two dozen or so male models marched out Simon Spurr's spring...
VIDEO: Good Samaritans lift burning car to rescue trapped Utah motorcyclist
LOGAN, Utah -- A Utah motorcyclist was in critical but stable condition Tuesday, a day after a group of passersby helped free him from under a burning car, it was...
TSA officers arrested on drug charges in Conn.
STAMFORD, Conn. -- Three federal Transportation Security Administration officers and two other law enforcement officers were arrested on charges of accepting cash or gift cards in exchange for permitting prescription...
Police expect to release 'suspicious' passengers on JFK-to-Phoenix flight
ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Authorities are expected to release three passengers whose behavior during a flight to Phoenix Tuesday morning caused the plane to be diverted to St. Louis, KTVI-TV...
Carl Lewis is back on NJ Senate ballot
Nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis was ordered back on the ballot in a New Jersey state Senate election by a federal appeals court Tuesday in possibly the final word...
LI mom busted for egging on Facebook kiddie fight, says girls were 'cyberbullies' (VIDEO)
A Long Island mom who was arrested after encouraging two 12-year-old girls to fight outside an elementary school said her daughter was being bullied on the Internet. Daphne Melin, 32,...
Brady throws for 517 yards in Patriots win over Dolphins
MIAMI -- Tom Brady sat on the bench, his sweat-soaked hair hanging in his face as he fumed about his first interception in nearly 11 months. A little later he...
Toronto Oscar Watch: '50/50'
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, long one of my favorite young actors, has a good shot at a Best Actor nomination playing a 27-year-old with an aggressive, life-threatening case of spinal cancer in...
Toronto: 'Take This Waltz'
Two-time Oscar nominee Michelle Williams takes a relatively lighthearted role in "Take This Waltz,'' a romantic dramedy directed by Canadian actress Sarah Polley ("Away From Her'').Williams plays an aspiring writer...
Toronto: 'Damsels in Distress'
Whit Stillman's first film in 13 years takes its title -- and part of a musical number -- from an obscure but delightful Fred Astaire musical directed by George Stevens...
DVD Extra: Praising 'Kane'
When "Citizen Kane'' made its DVD debut for its 60th anniversary in 2001, there were relatively few classic black-and-white films in circulation on DVD, and standards for presenting them were...
Jailed US hikers could be freed by Iran on $1M bail
TEHRAN -- Two Americans serving eight-year prison terms in Iran for spying will be granted a "unilateral pardon" and released in two days, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the Washington...
US embassy, NATO HQ in Kabul hit by major Taliban assault
KABUL -- Taliban militants launched a major attack in the center of the Afghan capital Tuesday, with the US embassy and NATO's headquarters coming under fire from rockets and automatic...
PSAL boys soccer rankings
One week into the PSAL boys soccer season and not much has changed. Martin Luther King Jr., Francis Lewis, Bayside, Bronx Science and Tottenville have all picked up wins while...
Djokovic defeats Nadal to win US Open
Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer on Saturday, beat Rafael Nadal and a bad back yesterday and put the final beatdown on his historic tennis year. Djokovic is the new King...
Girls soccer roundup: Freshman DeFede's hat trick lifts Sea in opener
Arturo Radano expected generating offense to be an early-season problem for his inexperienced St. Joseph by the Sea team. Things didn’t look any better when forward Kylie Catapano went down...
Yankees manager says Rivera should get more notice for saves record
SEATTLE -- Considering the hype preceding Derek Jeter's 3,000th hit, the lack of attention Mariano Rivera being on the verge of setting the all-time save record is puzzling to Joe...
Yankees defeat Mariners, lead AL East by four
SEATTLE -- After all the hand-wringing about a suspect rotation that didn't add Cliff Lee or retain Andy Pettitte, injuries destroying Alex Rodriguez's season, and no activity at the trade...
Staten Island supremacy remains in Huguenot with Tottenville's 1-0 win
Nick Bacarella found himself in his old position Monday night. Gone were his chances of all those goals he was going to score up front. Or at least he thought...
NYPost.com Poll: Who is New York City's top boys soccer player?
Boys soccer in New York City is about to heat up. The CHSAA and PSAL seasons are already underway. The private schools start up this week. There are a number...
Lewis, Wagner fall in semifinals of Francis Lewis Blastoff Tournament
No team from New York City was able to reach the finals of the third annual Francis Lewis Blastoff Girls Volleyball Tournament on Saturday in Fresh Meadows. Lewis, the host...
Yahoo! is finally Bartz-less
Yahoo!’s former Chief Executive Officer Carol Bartz has resigned from the board, severing the last ties with the Internet company after a tumultuous ouster. She was fired by telephone by...
NYC boys soccer rankings
The PSAL might only have three or four teams that can win the Class A city title, but the CHSAA has a host that can make a case for being...
Grown up Viaggio has senior season off to fast start at Christ the King
Her Christ the King teammates noticed an immediate difference in Christina Viaggio and that was before the soccer ball touched her feet. The senior midfielder, who was about 5-foot-4 as...
NYC girls soccer rankings
It’s been just one week and we already have significant change. Those adjustments come via the PSAL. Staten Island power Tottenville opened the season with a shocking tie with an...
GOAL GETTER: Hill's Smith ready to kickoff title quest
St. Joseph Hill star Gianna Smith will share her insights on the season in a bi-weekly diary during the girls soccer season on NYPost.com. The senior is trying to help...
INSIDE PSAL FOOTBALL: New QBs standing out for title contenders
Welcome to the Year of the New Quarterback in the PSAL. Four teams – Campus Magnet, Boys & Girls, DeWitt Clinton and Lincoln – debuted fresh signal-callers in Week 1...
CHSAA/Private boys soccer rankings
The CHSAA got off to an interesting start last week, while the private schools kick off Wednesday. Tuesday’s games, marred by rain, produced surprising results, none stranger than a scoreless...
Fashion buzz: Old Levi’s prove Tommy will never be over the Hil
Can’t ’figer it out Tommy Hilfiger has a date with destiny. Not only was his show the last ever at Bryant Park, but yesterday his parade coincided with the first...
Natural designs are earth it!
Designers are going back to nature — and back to basics this spring. Carolina Herrera looked no further than her own garden for some homegrown inspiration. The palette was lush,...
PSAL boys soccer roundup: Sesay's strike sends MLK to surprisingly tough win
Amara Sesay’s first goal in a Martin Luther King Jr. uniform lifted the high-powered Knights to a shockingly close 1-0 win over Lab Museum on Monday afternoon in Manhattan A...
Tank of America: Bank cuts 30K jobs
You may want to think of him as Moynihan the machete. Embattled Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan is taking a knife to his sprawling financial company with a plan...
Obama, shovel this
This is a shovel-ready column. And by that I don’t mean you should go in the yard and bury it immediately. This column is about the notion that “shovel-ready” jobs...
Business briefs
Etienne exit Raudline Etienne is resigning as chief investment officer of the New York State Common Retirement Fund. Etienne will be replaced on an interim basis by Marjorie Tsang. Stiff...
Arrington out after Arianna standoff
AOL and Michael Arrington are officially splitsville. AOL released its first definitive statement yesterday on Arrington’s status with the company since it was revealed earlier this month that he started...
Buffett taps 2nd successor
Warren Buffett advanced his succession plan yesterday by naming Ted Weschler, a low-profile hedge fund manager who has produced outsize returns in the last decade, to help manage the investments...
JPMorgan’s Dimon fighting over-regulation
Once again, Jamie Dimon finds himself in a dust-up -- pulling no punches in fighting what he perceives as banking over-regulation. The hard-charging JPMorgan Chase CEO yesterday was in the...
KKR’s BMG Rights snaps up Bug Music
KKR-backed BMG Rights Management is expanding its music empire with the purchase of independent music publisher Bug Music for as much as $325 million. BMG, a three-year-old joint venture between...
Raj may be hit harder
Galleon Group co-founder Raj Rajaratnam may face a stiffer sentence for directing the biggest-ever hedge fund insider-trading scheme after telling a court official he still wasn’t “clear” that what he...
Broadcom buys ‘Net’
Broadcom Corp. plans to spend $3.7 billion on chipmaker NetLogic Microsystems to benefit from surging demand for networking equipment that delivers video and Web access to mobile devices.
New CEO at Reader’s Digest
Ailing Reader’s Digest Association is installing its third chief executive in less than five months as it struggles to stem an advertising and circulation slide. The New York company, which...
Quidsi toddles off Broadway
Quidsi Inc., the Amazon-owned company best known for its baby-oriented e-commerce sites, including diapers.com, has crawled away from a major Midtown lease at the last minute, Realty Check has learned....
Devils deal in the works
The New Jersey Devils, which missed a $100 million principal loan payment Sept. 1, have taken a small step toward a financial recovery after principal owner Jeff Vanderbeek reached an...
McGraw splits in two
McGraw-Hill Cos., agreeing to investor demands to “unlock shareholder value,” said yesterday it will divide itself into a markets data company that includes its Standard & Poor’s ratings businesses and...
Allergan’s bald-buster
Botox-maker Allergan is seeking to transform its eyelash treatment into a therapy for baldness.Allergan is in the second clinical testing phase of three generally required by regulators of its lash...
'Pothole' is fixed -- twice
This is pne pothole -- or whatever you want to call it -- that just will not go away. A gaping crater in the middle of a busy Brooklyn street...
Student defaults soar
Borrowers are defaulting on their federal student loans at the highest rate in a dozen years, education officials revealed yesterday. The rate for fiscal year 2009 was 8.8 percent, compared...
Social insecurity
WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney went gunning for Texas Gov. Rick Perry at last night’s GOP presidential debate, hoping to knock the frontrunner down a notch by blasting his Social Security...
DJ dad in Taser bust at Jets game
The father of New York DJ Charlamagne Tha God reportedly Tasered a Marine who was angry the dad didn’t stand or take his hat off for the National Anthem at...
Girl, 14, eyed in dad slay
A 14-year-old Westchester girl reportedly is suspected of being involved in the stabbing death of her father. Anthony Guglielmo was found lying in a pool of blood Sunday in the...
Defending her bro
She loved her kid brother -- and she paid with her life. High-school hoops star Tayshana “Chicken” Murphy was looking for her trouble-prone brother “Bam Bam” early Sunday morning when...
Victim’s kin: Life for Sloot
The family of a murdered Peruvian student yesterday demanded that prosecutors upgrade the charges against her confessed killer -- Dutch punk Joran van der Sloot -- to try to put...
Pol in ‘sperm’ warfare
Forget speed limits -- one state legislator wants sperm limits. Citing reports of a sperm donor with 150 kids and more on the way, Assemblywoman Deborah Glick yesterday revealed plans...
New DSK allegations
Act Deux of the Dominique Strauss-Kahn melodrama is now being played out in Paris. The former head of the International Monetary Fund was questioned by French cops yesterday about allegations...
Cop recruit dies training
An NYPD recruit died yesterday after jogging with other rookie cops during a training exercise near the Police Academy. Sherman Abrams, 29, of Brooklyn, complained of shortness of breath as...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan Cops busted a bungling burglar who startled his sleeping victim in her Chelsea apartment, authorities said yesterday. The 61-year-old woman awoke just before Midnight Aug. 25 in the bedroom...
Dr. Phil grills Casey’s folks
George and Cindy Anthony, who spawned “the most hated woman in America,” are finally coming clean about their despised daughter, Casey. In a two-part interview on “Dr. Phil,” airing at...
Mafia hoods get life
A former Mafia boss from The Bronx and two violent henchmen were slapped with life sentences yesterday for a slew of crimes that included rubbing out a high-ranking mobster in...
Stop and frisky
The NYPD has launched an investigation after a raunchy YouTube video surfaced featuring uniformed officers gyrating and rubbing their crotches against semi-nude women at the violence-racked West Indian Day Parade...
Restaurant imposes ‘ethnic’ tips: suit
This Indian dinner allegedly came with an extra-large helping of discrimin-ation and a side of assault. Two patrons filed suit against the Baluchi’s restaurant chain yesterday over claims that their...
More Douglas trouble
The feds won’t let anything block Cameron Douglas’ role as the star witness against his alleged drug suppliers -- not even additional lawbreaking. The troubled Hollywood scion -- currently serving...
Mom seeks bail in son’s hotel slay
The mogul mom accused of killing her autistic son claimed yesterday she’s being illegally locked up at Rikers and should be allowed to buy temporary freedom. Lawyers for Gigi Jordan...
Hosp honcho guilty in sick bribe scheme
Diagnosis: guilty as sin. The former longtime boss of a group of Queens and Brooklyn hospitals was convicted yesterday of bribing three New York politicians in exchange for helping the...
Cops may hit brakes on car stops
Police traffic checkpoints -- which have clogged city streets since a terror warning was issued last week -- could be gone as early as today, the NYPD said. “The increased...
Computer is Dr. Watson
Enough with the fun and games. Watson is going to work.IBM’s supercomputer system, best known for trouncing the world’s top “Jeopardy!” players on TV, is being tapped by health insurer...
Dictator’s kid struts off to Cipriani
Next up on the menu at Cipriani: hot potato! Gulnara Karimova, the fashion-designing daughter of Uzbek dictator Islam Karimova booted from Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, now aims to stage her runway...
‘9/11’ horse sense
What are the odds?! On the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the first three winners at Belmont on Sunday were horses wearing the numbers 9, 1 and 1. The...
Weiner flees amid Dem panic over vote today
Disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner did his fellow Democrats no favors yesterday -- moving out of his district just as his panicking party struggled to hold on to his endangered...
Sorry excuses can’t conceal truth
If and when the news comes tonight that a conservative Republican has won the special congressional election in a Brooklyn-Queens district with three times as many registered Democrats as Republicans,...
O gives jobs ‘clip’ service
WASHINGTON -- President Obama’s plan to reverse the nation’s staggering jobless rate is held together with a paper clip! “Here it is,” Obama said, waving a copy of his jobs...
Mayor storms back
The wind had his back. Mayor Bloomberg’s approval ratings shot up 17 points following his faultless performance during Hurricane Irene, according to a Quinnipiac University released yesterday. The mayor’s popularity...
‘Killer’ rep for S&M’er
A second man who spent time with this dominatrix has been offed. Leather-loving Edythe Maa, whose lawyer boyfriend was shot and killed three years ago by a crazed client, just...
Mike facing grill
The witness stand in an upcoming campaign larceny trial may well turn into a hot seat for Mayor Bloomberg. The mayor is the alleged victim -- and likely the star...
Rape-trial cop clear of drug rap
A Manhattan judge dismissed the last remaining charge against the ex-cop at the center of the notorious “Rape Cops” trial -- taking him off the hook yesterday for the alleged...
Hamill biz on thin ice
Dick Button would be shocked. A Midtown jeweler says skate great Dorothy Hamill illegally iced their agreement to exclusively peddle her lucrative line of bling -- and now the company...
Columbia’s A’jad dinner
Guess who’s coming to dinner. A group of students at Columbia University will break bread with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Midtown next week, the student newspaper reported. As many...
Wife said: ‘I killed him’
Two witnesses in the murder trial of a Queens woman accused of killing her retired-cop husband, yesterday testified she admitted committing the crime in a frenzy. “I killed him. He’s...
Model-boxer fights KO’d
Police raided an ad agency that was hosting a hipster underground boxing match known for putting male models in the ring alongside real fighters, police and other sources said last...
Tickets are going fast
There is no official waiting list for the 9/11 memorial -- but anyone who wants to visit the site had better act fast. Online reservations, offered at 911memorial.org, are being...
Victim’s name is bungled
The name of a 9/11 victim -- etched in bronze on the newly opened memorial -- was misspelled, and the foundation that runs the site is scrambling to fix the...
The healing begins at last
The 9/11 memorial made its long-awaited public debut yesterday, drawing rave reviews from somber visitors captivated by the endless names and the void of the missing towers. Using words like...
Health ‘reform’ has sent costs soaring
Overall job growth hit zero in August, but jobs in health care are growing steadily. That would be good news, except that growth in this industry is increasingly paid for...
Our Tea-Party prez
The paranoid interpretation of Barack Obama’s presidency would be that he’s a plant from the libertarian Cato Institute slyly working to discredit government. Could the Tea Party have devised a...
Ruben’s got his
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. declared two years ago that “no jobs” were preferable to just “any jobs” in his beleaguered borough. Well, that’s what he got: no jobs....
Turner for Congress
Voters in sections of Queens and Brooklyn will pass judgment today on President Obama -- via a key election for ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner’s House seat. The race -- in New...
Why Attica still matters
Forty years ago today, New York state troopers and corrections officers stormed upstate Attica prison and put down a violent riot in an effort to free 40 guards being held...
Obama’s big jobs push: too little, too late?
The Issue: Whether President Obama’s jobs plan will reignite the economy and ease unemployment. *** President Obama has now presented his $450 billion American Jobs Act (“Soaring Rhetoric -- Again,”...
Who’s more electable?
Gop regulars claim the “electability argument” will deliver the Republican nomination to Mitt Romney. They say things like, “Mitt Romney can win the general election by appealing to the middle....
Hot Blondie back to roots
Album of the week BLONDIE "Panic of Girls" 3 STARS In what's been a 12-year comeback that started with 1999's "No Exit" and continued with 2003's prophetically titled "The Curse...
They're turning trouble into a kin-do situation
Theater rarely gets more intimate -- or more immediate -- than Richard Nelson's follow-up to last year's "That Hopey Changey Thing," set on the eve of the last presidential election....
Only score's of note
In the right hands, "Follies" is a punch in the gut -- set to a fantastic score. Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's 1971 musical juxtaposes past and present, reality and...
Dan Smith will teach you marketing
As anyone who’s perused the bulletin board of a Manhattan deli, laundromat or diner since 1995 can attest, Dan Smith Will Teach You Guitar. We know this because Dan Smith...
Leo and Clint on Hoover
What do an 81-year-old Hollywood vet and a 36-year-old “Gossip Girl”-dating cinema darling have in common? A lot, apparently. Aside from politics. Leonardo DiCaprio and Clint Eastwood, a Democrat and...
Royal film folly
TORONTO — A somewhat defensive Madonna brought “W.E.,” her much-maligned historical farrago about the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, to the Toronto International Film Festival for its North American premiere...
Manny released, ordered to stay away from wife following arrest: report
WESTON, Fla. -- Former All-Star slugger Manny Ramirez was released from a south Florida jail Tuesday after posting a $2,500 bond following his arrest for allegedly hitting his wife during...
Tomorrow's Belmont Entries
Post Time: 1:00 pm All horses appear in post position order FIRST 7f; $45,000; str hcp; 3up PN Horse Wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds 1 Starforaday(L),118 R Maragh 2-4-2...
Affrunti's Delaware Grade
Post Time: 1:15 pm. FIRST-6f; $17,000; mdn cl($15,000); 3up; (f&m) 4-LlEscpArts 7-2 1-ForstMystc 15-1 7-Good Fairy 4-1 2-Fast Shadow 8-1 8-CafeRndzvs 6-1 3-Midas Miss 6-1 5-SimplyWckd 12-1 6-RubbleRosr 5-2 SECOND-1m;...
Bill Smith At Yonkers
Post time: 7:10 pm.Best Bet: Steeler (12th)FIRST-1 1/16m; pace; $12,000; cl($10000)4Sleep Easy(D Dube)1-5-88-51Tevenay Hall(S Bouchard)5-5-68-15Don'tLetDown(LStalbaum)3-9-615-12One Park Place(C Manzi)2-X-78-13WesternDexter(JStratton)8-6-15-16PassinIntheRain(EGoodll)3-7-630-17DaveAintHere(GBrennan)7-7-16-18Bb Torio(B Sears)4-5-610-1SECOND-1 1/16m; trot; $14,000; cl($12500)2Rydeabout(B Holland)8-4-68-51I Am Here(E Goodell)6-5-18-13Bank On Rosie(D...
Hondo makes progress
Hondo put a dent in the deficit last night when he batted .667 with the Tigers, Cubs and Pods to reduce the NRN (nasty red number) to 2,395 essegians. Tonight,...
Delaware Results
FIRST-1m; $17,000; mdn clm; 3up6Hghvld Thndr (Crtolo) 4.804.602.607Mad Tunes (SntnaJr)4.803.201PnceIntoSprg (Pdrza)3.20 Off 1:16. Time 1:41.13. Wet Fast. * $1 Exacta (6-7) $15.10 * $1 Superfecta (6-7-1-3) $120.30 * $1 Trifecta...
Parx Racing Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 6 1/2f; $28,000; mdn cl($25,000); 3upMY ITALIAN EX Bernardini colt finished six lengths be hind winner in last as favorite but similar effort should best rest in here. UNCENSORED...
Giants' Tuck says neck isn't any better
The Giants and Justin Tuck have acknowledged that status quo is not good enough, that the stiffness in his neck must improve before he can be cleared to play. The...
Devils go back to the future with Sykora
The Devils will try again to recreate two-thirds of their A Line, inviting winger Petr Sykora to camp on a tryout. The Devils' first-round draft pick in 1995, Sykora is...
Parx Racing Charts
Sep.12, 2011 Cloudy And Fast. Turf: Firm. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST -5 1/2f; $22,000; clm; 3upOff: 12:26. Good. extended driving,Trainer: Ramon PreciadoTime: 22.37, 45.47, 57.79, 1:04.24.Winner: CH G, 3,...
Panthers rookie 'Cam' do it all
Cam Newton needed all of one game to enter the NFL record books -- and silence his legion of doubters in the process. Derided as the second coming of JaMarcus...
Raiders defeat Broncos
DENVER -- Sebastian Janikowski was just a little bit disappointed with his record-tying 63-yard field goal that helped the Oakland Raiders beat the Denver Broncos 23-20 Monday night. "To be...
Ailing Giants must 'Pack' up troubles
The 2010 Packers did more than merely join the exclusive club of four-time Super Bowl champions when they made their splendid dash through the playoffs last winter, and they didn't...
Jets QB Sanchez fine, just beat up
Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez took a pounding Sunday night, getting sacked four times and hit countless others. After the game, Sanchez seemed groggy and looked as if he might have...
Rex denies game ball to Jets defense
Just the words made Jets coach Rex Ryan grimace. Someone mentioned the Jets had given up 390 yards to the Cowboys on Sunday night. "Oh, that's painful," Ryan said immediately....
Don't get 'Rexstatic' over Jets win
It was one of the most thrilling, all-for-one-and-one-for-all-of-New York comebacks the Jets have given us, on an emotional red, white and blue stage turned green and white at the very...
Nicks' knee latest Giants injury
When in doubt, mute it out. That's Eli Manning's approach to football viewing. "It's got to the point now when I watch football I usually mute the television, it's just...
Mets passed on 9/11 hats in part due to loan: source
A red-faced Bud Selig called the Mets on Sunday night, the commissioner of baseball irate that the organization had thrown his office "under the bus" in divulging MLB was responsible...
Jets-Cowboys gets best ratings in 15 years
The Jets-Cowboys game was the highest-rated Week 1 prime-time game in 15 years, according to the overnight numbers released by Nielsen. The game registered a 16.9 overnight rating, the best...
Ryan perfect choice to wear Rangers 'C'
The captain of the Rangers got his first look at the transformed Garden and what will be his team's new locker room facilities yesterday while wearing a hardhat. Couldn't have...
The Post Line
NFLSundayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogJETS10 10 (37½)JaguarsSAINTS 6½ 7 (47) BearsLIONS 8½ 7½(44) ChiefsBILLSOFFOFF(OFF)RaidersREDSKINS 4½ 4½(42½)CardinalsRavens 6 5½(37½)TITANSSTEELERS13½14½(38½)SeahawksPackers10½10½(45½)PANTHERSVIKINGS 3 3 (41) BuccaneersBrowns 3 2½(37) COLTSCowboys 3 3 (41½)49ERSDOLPHINSOFFOFF(OFF)TexansPATRIOTSOFFOFF(OFF)ChargersBRONCOSOFFOFF(OFF)BengalsEagles 2½ 2½(50) FALCONSMondayGIANTSOFFOFF(OFF)RamsHome team...
Serena got away easy with small fine
Serena Williams has been spared despite her disgusting behavior on the 10th anniversary of 9/11. The USTA fined Williams a pittance yesterday -- an embarrassing $2,000 -- after reviewing tape...
Sports shorts
MLB: Rays win again Ben Zobrist had three hits and three RBIs for the Rays, who beat the Orioles 5-2 for their fifth straight victory. Tampa Bay (82-64) has won...
'Won' for history books
This was about history for Novak Djokovic. From the moment he struck his first shot in this U.S. Open, that was the mission for the 24-year-old Serb, who came to...
Mets manager blames lack of focus for latest loss
Terry Collins believes the Mets didn't have their eyes on baseball last night, a development the manager wasn't happy with. The Mets dropped their third straight, a 3-2 defeat to...
Despite issues, this season looks better than last for Yankees
SEATTLE -- The Yankees could be in a lot worse shape than they are now heading into the final weeks of the season. They could be the Red Sox. Joe...
Criminal TV first
There have been plenty of TV shows about cops, prisons and drug addicts, but there’s never been a show that gives you a real-time look at criminals at work --...
Talk show guests
TUESDAYMEREDITH VIEIRA, SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR - Live with Regis & Kelly, 9 a.m., Ch. 7DICK CHENEY, LYNNE CHENEY - The View, 11 a.m., Ch. 7JESSYE NORMAN - Tavis Smiley, 1...
‘AMC’ actress dies at 83
Mary Fickett, who played compassionate nurse Ruth Martin on ABC’s “All My Children,” has died at age 83. The veteran daytime drama star died Thursday at her home in Virginia,...
All in the family
First the bad news: The traditional TV family formula -- mom+dad+kids+house = chaos and fun! -- is back. Now the good news: The traditional TV family formula -- mom+dad+kids+house =...
‘Talent’ got stories
Keep the Kleenex handy. Kehlani Parrish -- the 16-year-old lead singer of Poplyfe, one of the four acts set to perform tonight on the live finale of “America’s Got Talent”...
Weird but true
Talk about taking the plunge! A Middletown, Ohio, couple tied the knot, then celebrated by jumping out of a plane 7,500 feet in the air. “The idea was to do...
USC-Utah decision angers bettors
LAS VEGAS -- Sports bettors in Nevada are complaining to state gambling regulators over a scoring change in last weekend's USC-Utah football game that didn't affect the outcome, but swung...
Dead giveaways for Notre Dame
It is by all measures the most damning statistic for any football team. It hints at cracks in the foundation, at the players' character and at the coach's ability to...
Nationals beat Mets 3-2
Steve Lombardozzi made his first big league hit and RBI count, driving in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning as the Nationals beat the Mets 3-2 on Monday night....
Manny Ramirez charged with battery after 'domestic dispute'
WESTON, Florida -- Former World Series MVP Manny Ramirez was in custody Monday night, charged with battery following a domestic incident at his Florida home. Broward County Sheriff's Office said...
Perry assailed by GOP rivals, defends his record
TAMPA, Fla. — Attacked from all sides by fellow Republicans, Texas Gov. Rick Perry softened his rhetoric if not his position on Social Security in a snarky presidential campaign debate...
Rachel Roy
While Kim Kardashian held court with a scrum of rabid cameras in one corner of the terrace of Avery Fisher hall, Rachel Roy presented a collection of feminine classics infused...
Timo Weiland
Taking the next step as a brand, Timo Weiland held its first-ever runway show for spring. Enter-weaving men’s and women’s throughout, leaving you with the thought that these threads could...
Rebecca Minkoff
Right from the start of the show, you could almost foresee the future of celebrities (like the ones in the front row: Michelle Trachtenberg, Sophia Bush and Alexis Bledel) being...
Preen
The IAC Building on the West Side lent itself as the perfect modern setting for the Preen spring show. The audience faced a wall covered with colorful light cube art...
Novak beats Nadal in four sets to win U.S. Open
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-4 6-7 (3-7) 6-1 Monday to win his first US Open championship and third grand slam of the year. In a...
