September 15, 2011
Red Bulls' Henry: Concentrate on ourselves
The Red Bulls _ already without starting defenders Roy Miller, Rafa Marquez and Jan Gunnar Solli _ may have to play Saturday in Dallas without their defense. Keeper Frank Rost...
Refs at Chelsea Piers played tax 'dodge'-ball: feds
Four men who oversaw basketball games between brokers and bankers at Chelsea Piers have been called out by the feds for a wide-ranging tax scam. The recreational program's former supervisor,...
Brooklyn 'possible' for Islanders, says Nets owner: report
The Islanders might be moving west, but only to Brooklyn.Nets owner Bruce Ratner said the new Barclays Center arena would welcome the NHL team, ESPN.com reports."I would hope that's possible,"...
Demitra memorial attended by Rangers' Gaborik
TRENCIN, Slovakia -- Thousands of people attended a memorial service at a Slovak ice hockey arena Thursday to honor Pavol Demitra — the former national team captain who died in...
Texas inmate's execution delayed, pending Supreme Court ruling
HOUSTON -- The execution of a Texas inmate, scheduled for Thursday evening, will be halted until the US Supreme Court rules on the matter, KPRC-TV reported. Duane Edward Buck, 48,...
1922 restored carousel opens at Brooklyn Bridge Park
A few dozen lucky kids – and city officials – got to take the first spin on an exquisitely restored 1922 wooden carousel at its new waterfront home at Brooklyn...
Naeem Khan
Three words were listed on the show program to describe the Naeem Khan spring line: colorful, racy and glamour. And in the end, each look hit on one, two or...
Rams relish extra day to prepare for Giants
ST. LOUIS -- A half-dozen of Sam Bradford’s passes were dropped and the quarterback himself took quite a pounding. The defense beat itself all too often. The St. Louis Rams...
Planet with two suns discovered, a la 'Star Wars'
WASHINGTON -- Astronomers announced Thursday the discovery of a rare planet that orbits two stars, like Tatooine in the "Star Wars" films, adding to a growing inventory of alien worlds...
Moody's may downgrade UBS credit rating
Moody's Investors Service on Thursday placed UBS's Aa3 long-term debt and deposit ratings on review for possible downgrade. "The primary focus of Moody's review will center on ongoing weaknesses in...
Advocacy group asks hotel to reconsider hosting Ahmadinejad
A city-based advocacy group today asked the Warwick hotel to reverse its decision to host Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his delegation during the upcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)....
Elie Tahari
The inspiration for Elie Tahari this season was an oasis, with a palette of desert sand, sky blue and sunrise-orange. Let's put it this way: This is how the gals...
Window cleaner survives 40-foot fall
A window cleaner miraculously survived a 40-foot fall down an airshaft between two Lower Manhattan buildings today but was in serious condition after the harrowing accident, fire officials said. The...
Resistance 3: One hell of an apocalyptic Western
I have played, and enjoyed, all of the Resistance games. But there is a very particular reason why I think that the third installment is the best, and it is...
Stokley reunites with Manning by signing with Giants
After watching the opening weekend of the NFL season play out on television, Brandon Stokley seriously wondered whether his career was over after 12 seasons and two Super Bowl rings....
3 St. John's recruits ruled academically ineligible
St. John’s basketball recruits Norvel Pelle, JaKarr Sampson and Amir Garrett are not academically eligible to enroll at the university, the NCAA has ruled, a severe blow to what was...
Fulenwider wedded to Brides mag
Condé Nast is shaking things up. The No. 2 editor at Hearst’s Marie Claire, Anne Fulenwider, has just been poached to become the new editor-in-chief at Brides at Condé Nast,...
Services this weekend for 'Chicken,' video letter posted by Alston
The outpouring of support from the girls basketball community in memory of Tayshana (Chicken) Murphy has been tremendous. Murphy, a Murry Bergtraum senior and one of the top point guards...
Whit
There are only so many florals one can take in a spring season. That’s why it’s a relief up-and-coming designer Whitney Pozgay led us away from the garden party and...
Rams RB Jackson could play vs. Giants
ST. LOUIS -- Steven Jackson has not ruled himself out for the St. Louis Rams’ Monday night game against the Giants. But he hasn’t practiced yet this week and some...
Cat was having time of her 'lives' in NYC: Bloomberg
Turns out New York is the cat's meow. The adventurous feline named Willow who wandered away from her home in Colorado five years ago and turned up this past Saturday...
Rutgers' Sanu becoming better receiver
For most of his first two seasons at Rutgers, Mohamed Sanu split time shuffling between playing wide receiver and engineering the wildcat offense. With a change in the offensive philosophy,...
ESPN’s Sutcliffe off base with Yankees-Rangers argument
With the Yankees and Rangers seemingly headed for an ALDS showdown, ESPN analysts were discussing the Texas pitching rotation during a win over Cleveland on Wednesday night. The debate was...
Gramercy Park Hotel resolves disabled access complaint
The famed Gramercy Park Hotel has agreed to renovate some of its luxury suites and other hotel facilities to resolve a Justice Department complaint that they were inaccessible to people...
Bloomington bar cited over missing Indiana student
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana excise police have cited a popular Bloomington nightspot where an Indiana University student spent several hours before disappearing June 3. Cpl. Travis Thickstun said Kilroy’s Sports...
Aruba police to re-enact drowning of Robyn Gardner
ORANJESTAD, Aruba — The Aruban prosecutor’s office says it will re-enact the alleged drowning of a U.S. woman to test her companion’s account of the incident. Solicitor General Taco Stein...
Yakovlev gets prison for fatal ID scheme
A federal judge sentenced a Russian emigre to 30 years in prison today after he was convicted of stealing the identities of two people he was accused of killing. Dmitriy...
US urges Americans to leave Syria immediately
WASHINGTON – The US government Thursday urged Americans to leave Syria "immediately while commercial transportation is available." In an updated travel warning, the State Department also said that "given the...
Tavares, Islanders finalize 6-year, $33M extension
John Tavares put the rumors to rest Thursday, signing a six-year contract extension to stay with the Islanders for a reported $33 million. Tavares was the No. 1 overall pick...
Protesters walk outside fashion show of Uzbek dictator's daughter
The runway show of Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of Uzbekistan’s authoritarian leader, took place Thursday across town from official Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week amid protests alleging forced child labor in the...
Milly
The Milly girl likes to stand out in a crowd, and for spring 2012, she’ll definitely be the one everyone will notice from across the room to across the street....
J. Mendel
The stars came out in full force for the J. Mendel spring show: Selma Blair, Melissa George, even Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen -- and if you lean towards the Olsens'...
The Blonds
For once, the hot commodity at The Blonds show wasn't the clothes: It was the October 2011 copy of Playboy that was given to each guest with a front row...
Yankees' Feliciano likely out next season, too
SEATTLE -- The Yankees' $8 million investment in lefty reliever Pedro Feliciano is in jeopardy of not yielding anything. Feliciano, who hasn't pitched a game for the Yankees, underwent surgery...
White House crasher husband 'devastated' wife left
FRONT ROYAL, Va. — Celebrity White House gate crasher husband Tareq Salahi is glad his wife, Michaele, is OK but heartbroken that she’s left home to be with another man,...
Anna Sui
Anna Sui's front row was as eclectic as her spring collection: Kevin Jonas brought his wife, while Sofia Coppola and Lisa Marie Presley sat only a few seats away. PHOTOS:...
Follow Jets-Jaguars with Post writers
The Post has today's Jets-Jaguars game at MetLife Stadium covered goal line to goal line with the best football writers in the business.Each team won its opener, with the Jets...
Batman Arkham City Impressions
Batman Arkham Asylum was a critically-acclaimed title when it launched just over two years ago, and Arkham City will look to build on that formula to create a larger scale...
Obama awards Medal of Honor to Marine
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is awarding the military's highest honor to a Marine credited with saving 36 lives during an intense fire-fight in Afghanistan. Obama bestowed the Medal of...
Bill Blass
Forget soulless techno and industrial spaces. For spring, Bill Blass hosted an elegant affair at the Union League Club — a wood-paneled relic of old New York, replete with mimosa...
Wayne
Wayne Lee glides beneath the fashion radar as stealthily as a falcon, so it only makes sense that the designer chose the bird of prey as a jumping off point...
Gap
Gap, for all of its attempts at revitalisation, just can't seem to catch a break. Ever since Patrick Robinson stepped down from his role as creative director the brand has...
Yigal Azrouel menswear
Utility, typically speaking, exists independent from aesthetic value. But for spring, Yigal Azrouel took the aphorism “form follows function” and served up a collection that again begged the question, "Can...
PSAL football predictions, Week 2
Each week in the fall, New York Post beat writers Zach Braziller and Marc Raimondi will attempt to prognosticate the coming PSAL football weekend. RECORDS AFTER WEEK 1 Braziller: 10-2...
CHSFL predictions, Week 2
Each week in the fall, New York Post beat writers Marc Raimondi and Joseph Staszewski will attempt to prognosticate the coming CHSFL weekend. RECORDS AFTER WEEK 1 Raimondi: 9-4 (Last...
James Carville tells Obama it's time to 'panic,' fire some advisers
WASHINGTON -- Famed Democratic strategist James Carville told President Barack Obama that it was time to start panicking and urged him to fire some of his key advisers in an...
Casey Anthony must pay almost $100K for police investigation
ORLANDO, Fla. — It's finally time to pay up Casey. A Florida judge ruled today that Casey Anthony must pay almost $100,000 in law enforcement costs for investigating the death...
4-Down Territory: Giants can't afford 0-2, Nicks not safe, Rex's Sept. mastery, ex-Jags
1. While my fellow media members and I tend to overstate the importance of events from time to time (you don't say!), there is no overstating the importance of Monday...
Suspect in SI toddler shooting jeered after court appearance
Little Samyah Bailey’s family jeered a teen accused of cold-bloodedly shooting her in the head as the suspect appeared in court today. “Hang yourself with a sheet, bitch!” a woman...
Tuck practices for Giants; Nicks works out on side
Justin Tuck already has said he is playing Monday night, and he offered further evidence Thursday by participating in the Giants' padded practice.Tuck, who was forced to sit out the...
JetBlue pilot 'forgot' gun was in luggage at airport
He must’ve had his head in the clouds. A flighty JetBlue pilot allegedly forgot he had a firearm packed in his luggage as he tried to board a plane out...
She hasn't clipped nails in 18 years! Wins record
Chris Walton has been working on her fingernails for 18 years. And it's finally paying off. Guinness World Records named Walton the woman with the longest fingernails on Wednesday, introducing...
Harris doesn't practice with Jets
Jets linebacker David Harris was back in uniform Thursday but did not practice due to a toe injury.Rex Ryan said Harris' toe is not broken and he does not have...
Brutal public schools educrat convicted of assaulting wife with tools
"I'm going to teach you a lesson!" a brutal public school official screamed at his wife last year before taping her up and sexually assaulting her with a hammer and...
English soccer urged to adopt NFL's 'Rooney rule' over issue of black managers
LONDON -- The English Football Association (FA) was urged Wednesday to seize a "golden opportunity" to open doors for black managers as part of a proposed new club licensing system....
Sports website Thuuz rolls out new mobile app
A new sports app puts the most exciting games in fans’ fingertips.Thuuz, a free service that quantifies excitement in sports, rolled out its new mobile app today.The service, which utilizes...
Cops hunt for Grand Central Parkway hit-and-run driver
Cops are on the hunt for a hit-and-run driver suspected of killing a 65-year-old man on the Grand Central Parkway in Queens this morning. The victim, whose name has not...
Mets swept by Nationals, end 1-8 homestand, fall into 4th place
The latest September slide by the Mets has manager Terry Collins fuming. Ian Desmond had a career-high five hits and Tommy Milone earned his first major league win, leading the...
More than $100M in art lost in 9/11 attacks
It's the lost art of 9/11. “Bent Propeller” was 25 feet tall, steel forged into elegant curves painted red by its sculptor, famed modernist Alexander Calder. It arrived at the...
Netflix sees 1M fewer subscribers after price hike
LOS GATOS, Calif. -- Netflix cut its domestic subscriber guidance Thursday by one million users -- the fallout from the company raising prices on one of its most popular movie-rental...
NY judge gives Google, lawyers more time to talk
Lawyers for authors, publishers and Google have bought themselves more time in their New York copyright case as they try to reach a new deal that could create the world's...
Mack to step down as Morgan Stanley chairman
Morgan Stanley's chairman and former CEO, John Mack, will step down from the company's board at the end of the year, the firm said Thursday. Mack's decision will end a...
Rivera misses the cut on all-time greatest Yankees ballot
Mariano Rivera collecting the 600th save of his Hall of Fame career has thrust the question of his status among the all-time Yankees greats into the minds of baseball fans...
Parking-rage puncher to argue at trial that coma gal started it
Oscar Fuller is still swinging. A Queens electrician accused of punching a 4-foot-11 woman into a coma over an East Village parking spot will fight his felony assault charges at...
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan charge 2 with insider trading
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have charged two men with making $2.6 million in illegal profits on insider stock trades. Scott Allen, of Atlanta, and John Bennett, of Norwalk, Conn., surrendered...
Two women fight Spongebob Squarepants (VIDEO)
Who lives in a fight club under the sea? Spongebob Squarepants! video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player The porous pugilist approached the two women along famed Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles...
BACK PAGE: Islanders taking right steps to turn corner
Pick a player off waivers then have that player decide he’d rather sit home than play for your team. Trade a draft pick so you can have the rights to...
Brady suggests fans 'start drinking early;' Patriots rush to clarify
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots on Wednesday moved to clarify what Tom Brady meant when he urged fans to “start drinking early” in anticipation of Sunday afternoon’s game...
NYC smoking rate drops to 14 percent
The number of New Yorkers who smoke has dropped to 14 percent, down from 22 percent in 2002. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Thursday that there are 450,000 fewer adult smokers...
Al Qaeda's chief of operations in Pakistan killed: report
WASHINGTON -- Al Qaeda's chief of operations in Pakistan, Abu Hafs al Shahri, was killed this week, FOX News Channel reported Thursday, citing a US official. The leader was killed...
Toronto: 'Peace, Love and Misunderstanding'
The last film I saw at this year's Toronto International Film Festival was another crowd-pleaser, directed by the veteran Bruce Beresford and giving Jane Fonda her juiciest screen role in...
Toronto: 'Hysteria'
It's hard not to like any movie where Rupert Everett, playing a gadget-loving Victorian homosexual, invents the electric vibrator. In Tanya Wexler's hysterically funny Victorian sex comedy, Everett does this...
Toronto: 'Union Square'
Smaller movies often get lost in the shuffle when you're covering an event as huge as the Toronto International Film Festival, so I'm glad I got to see Nancy Savoca's...
MTV’s 'Jersey Shore' costs taxpayers $420K
TRENTON, NJ - New Jersey residents will be picking up a $420,000 slice of the production tab for the original 2009 series of "Jersey Shore" -- a situation that some...
Judge: Underwear bomb suspect's words can be used
DETROIT — Incriminating statements by a Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a plane near Detroit can be used against him at trial, a judge said Thursday. The decision...
Stepmother pleads guilty to murdering Australian girl Zahra Baker in North Carolina
NEWTON, N.C. -- The stepmother of Zahra Baker, the 10-year-old Australian girl who was found dead in North Carolina last year, pleaded guilty Thursday to killing and dismembering her stepdaughter,...
Vaccine controversy gets more complicated
Megan McArdle makes a very good point about the current vaccine controversy:"Can we really categorically rule out the possibility that Rick Perry thought that mandating Gardasil was a good way...
AAA to feds: Stop NY-NJ bridge, tunnel toll hike
AAA is urging the U.S. Department of Transportation to block a plan to increase tolls by as much as 50 percent on the bridges and tunnels between New York City...
Eric Holder's political appointments (read: every last one)
While Attorney General Eric Holder and others in the Obama administration dance as fast as they can to cover up any high-level wrongdoing surrounding Operation Fast and Furious, an investigation into...
Weekly jobless claims rise by 11K to 428K, missing expectations
WASHINGTON -- New applications for unemployment compensation in the US climbed 11,000 in the week ended Sept. 10 to 428,000, the Labor Department said Thursday, marking its highest level in...
Cameron and Sarkozy visit Libya, salute people for 'courage of lions'
BENGHAZI, Libya -- British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, on the first trip to Libya by foreign leaders since the ouster of Moammar Khadafy, Thursday visited...
Man arrested in London over UBS's $2B unauthorized trades loss
LONDON -- A 31-year-old trader who worked for UBS's exchange-traded funds (ETF) business in London was arrested Thursday, in connection with the loss of $2 billion through unauthorized transactions. Neither...
Cautious Jaguars may put brakes on Jones-Drew
The Jets have not been able to slow down Maurice Jones-Drew in two meetings, but they might get some help from Jaguars head coach Jack Del Rio on Sunday. The...
Jets QB better prepared for Jaguars
As the Jets watched the film yesterday of their game with the Jaguars from two years ago, quarterback Mark Sanchez thought back to the mistake he made that day. No,...
Jets, fans could use a blowout
Across the NFL, all around those noisy precincts where such things are debated and discussed in earnest, people keep waiting for the Jets to apologize for what happened to them...
Former Giants assistant will have Rams out for blood
He is the wrong coach to face at the wrong time for the Giants. Everyone who has ever played for Steve Spagnuolo knows what kind of danger he can be...
Giants plan to rough up injured Rams QB
Rams quarterback Sam Bradford practiced yesterday and made all the throws, alleviating concern that the bruised right index finger on his throwing hand would keep him out of Monday’s game...
Giants get good news on Nicks, Tuck injuries
He jogged. Hakeem Nicks also made some soft cuts yesterday as he tested himself off on a side field while his Giants teammates were on the two main fields for...
Giants sign veteran WR Stokley
One game into the season, the Giants have augmented their wide receivers — and their slot position spot in particular. With Steve Smith now with the Eagles, and Domenik Hixon...
Move Rivera ahead of Mantle on Yankees' all-time list
SEATTLE — All that’s missing is the monument. Mariano Rivera is much more than the greatest closer of all time. Put him right up there with the greatest Yankees of...
Post columnists rank the all-time greatest Yankees
With current Yankees Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera reaching significant career milestones this season, our baseball columnists let you know where they think the two players rank among the team's...
Big second half earns CK first-ever win over Fontbonne
John Fayad had a different feeling going into this year’s meeting with Fontbonne Hall. While Christ the King was building up its program, the Bonnies were the standard in CHSAA...
Kick start: Copulsky's big leg propels Riverdale past Dalton
Rachel Copulsky’s left leg wasn’t always this deadly. The Riverdale senior said her strength, power and pace on deep balls ino the box have developed over time. "We have been...
Girls soccer roundup: Dahldorf's late goal earns Poly tie with Hackley
It was the type of play Poly Prep was missing a year ago. Senior midfielder Jessica Dahldorf missed all last season with a back injury, but didn’t miss a chance...
Folkes hero: Lincoln leader making people forget about lost seniors
All Kareem Folkes has heard since August is that Lincoln lost everyone. Ishaq Williams is at Notre Dame. Wayne Williams is at ASA in Brooklyn. Andrew Vital is at C.W....
INSIDE BOYS SOCCER: It's academic for Regis junior standout Pierre
In the two weeks that colleges have been allowed to contact him, Devin Pierre has communicated with coaches from Stanford, Wake Forest and Georgetown. Yet the first two schools the...
PSAL boys soccer roundup: Mitchell leads LaGuardia past Art & Design
Jackson Mitchell scored four times, Jesse Levine Spound also scored and Brendan Smith, Cesar Contreras, Daniel Khudyak and Ian Billinge had assists as LaGuardia routed Art & Design, 5-1, in...
Net loss: Bard boys soccer forfeits due to holes in goal
The Bard boys soccer team forfeited its first PSAL Manhattan A league game – a critical tilt Wednesday against rival Stuyvesant – because one of the nets at its East...
Fashion buzz: Model Elson swaps her catwalk stripes for strums
Singer Elson Moments before her musical performance for Nine West at Beauty & Essex, model/musician/Jack White-ex Karen Elson named ’60s legend Marianne Faithfull and fellow catwalker-turned-crooner Nico as musical icons....
All things bright & beautiful
Yesterday's shows were divided into two camps. There were the colorists, and then there were the naturalists. (And then there were the naturists — namely Jeremy Scott with a bottom-flasher...
Ivy Prep League boys soccer roundup: Dalton blanks Riverdale, off to quick start
Max Ezrin and Alex Moore each scored twice as Dalton kicked off the Ivy Prep League season with an impressive 5-0 victory over Riverdale on Randall’s Island Wednesday afternoon. Christian...
Curl, interrupted
The West Coast’s hottest salon will be blowing into town tomorrow, leaving a trail of frizz-free follicles in its wake. Drybar, a salon devoted solely to the perfect blow-out, opens...
Trend zone
It takes a lot to get a reaction from the tough-to-impress crowd at New York Fashion Week. But Suzanne Johnson, the wife of Jets owner Woody Johnson, did just that...
Comcast boss Burke flip-flops on retransmission fees
That’s one wicked about-face for Steve Burke. The Comcast executive, after fiercely resisting for 12 years paying broadcasters any retransmission fees, appeared to find religion yesterday, surprising a media conference...
Business briefs
Siriusly?On Jan. 1, satellite radio company Sirius XM Radio is raising the price of its basic package from $12.95 to $14.49 per month, Sirius said yesterday. It’s the first price...
BofA whistleblower wins back job, $1M
It’s yet another ding to Bank of America.The bank must pay nearly $1 million to one of its own employees who was fired for blowing the whistle on crooked colleagues...
Why mailboxes are full of credit-card junk mail
The news from banks continues to be pretty ugly. So it should come as no surprise that they are resorting to a lot of “plastic” surgery -- as in credit...
Investors want Lloyd Sach-ed
Goldman Sachs boss Lloyd Blankfein has long been a master of the universe -- and that’s a problem for some investors. A big Washington labor union is calling on Goldman...
Suit v. SAC is iced
There’s been a break in the clouds hanging over Steve Cohen’s $14 billion trading shop, SAC Capital Management. A New Jersey Superior Court judge this week dropped SAC from a...
Gramercy REIT sale talk
Gramercy Capital, the New York-based real estate investment trust whose stock has more than doubled in the past year, may be put on the block after it completes a debt...
Investor left hanging by Yahoo! chairman
Yahoo!, what’s the hang-up? Activist investor Daniel Loeb would like to know. He said Yahoo! Chairman Roy Bostock hung up on him the other day as the investor was calling...
Zuck’s cooling on IPO
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t want his team distracted by the allure of IPO riches -- so he is delaying his company’s offering until late 2012, according to a report...
AmEx sets sights on large global acquisitions
American Express is looking at large global acquisitions that will help it benefit from booming demand for mobile payments and online commerce in emerging markets, said Executive Vice President David...
Wolff tracks seen
Publisher Prometheus Global Media has started searching for a replacement for Adweek Editor Michael Wolff amid an internal back-and-forth over the direction of the company, The Post has learned.Prometheus backer...
Web’s new free hit: Stream on
Forget the pay to play model. Music on the Web is all about play -- and not pay. Two more streaming music services, Rdio and MOG, are adding free versions...
Shake-up at Pepsi
PepsiCo announced a shake-up of its beverages unit yesterday, appointing a new head to try to turn around the business, which has lagged Coca-Cola.Pepsi named Albert Carey, a 30-year PepsiCo...
Uzbek designer in the shadows
Never mind the hair and the makeup -- where’s the designer?Gulnara Karimova -- an aspiring fashionista whose father is the brutal dictator of Uzbekistan -- has been scarce in New...
All in the details
When it comes to success in New York -- especially in New York real estate -- it often comes down to who you know. That’s what happened when Seamus Mullen,...
Just sold!
Manhattan GREENWICH VILLAGE $2,625,000 32 Washington Square W. Two-bedroom, three-bath co-op, 1,515 square feet, with dining room, windowed kitchen, fireplace, renovated marble bath, maid’s room, N/S/E/W exposures and private storage...
New, cheap & out of control
Zack Hirsch figured out a nice way to shave a couple hundred dollars per month off his rent: He bought an apartment. “I am paying, with mortgage and maintenance, $300...
Central casting
Eighteen-year-old Nick Jonas wants fancy grown-up digs. The youngest of the Jonas Brothers has been spotted apartment hunting around Lincoln Center. Sources say he has his eye on a unit...
DSK all set for boob tube
Philandering Frenchman Dominique Strauss-Kahn is about to start croaking. The disgraced former head of the International Monetary Fund will soon spill his guts in his first TV interview since he...
O’s sales pitch not ‘work’ing
WASHINGTON -- President Obama jetted to North Carolina yesterday to try to drum up support for his jobs plan, while new polls show the public isn’t buying his sales pitch....
Linda Evangelista crunching child-support numbers with Salma Hayek's hubby
Catwalker Linda Evangelista is still crunching child-support numbers with her French billionaire baby daddy. The cover girl was back in Manhattan Family Court yesterday for what was originally set as...
Perry’s Trump card
No, I’d like you to support me for president. Presidential contender Rick Perry and former White House wannabe Donald Trump got together for dinner last night. There was no official...
Cabby ‘stole from rider’
A crooked livery-cab driver was arrested for stealing a laptop from a passenger who dashed into her office to quickly grab cash to pay her fare, authorities said. Segundo Sumba,...
Electrocute horror
A Verizon worker was electrocuted by power lines yesterday in Brownsville, witnesses said. Douglas Lalima, 37, was in an elevated bucket repairing wires when he was fatally charred at around...
Brawl mom may lose kid
A Long Island mom is facing a child-abuse probe for allegedly setting up her daughter in a vicious schoolyard brawl that erupted from a Facebook threat. Daphne Melin, 32, of...
Ex-files battle
Hell hath no fury like a roller girl scorned. “Malibu” Stacey Blitsch -- the 5-foot-5 former star of the TV show “Roller Jam” -- laid a verbal slam on her...
'Starve' mom court ban
The Brooklyn woman accused of starving and beating her 4-year-old daughter to death -- and getting two ACS workers jammed up along the way -- was briefly barred from returning...
Hubby ‘killer’ near faint
The Queens woman accused of blasting her husband with 11 bullets had, until yesterday, averted her eyes whenever jurors were shown photos from the gruesome crime scene. But Barbara Sheehan...
We see their true colors
The truth is plainer than the squint on pickled pop star Cyndi Lauper’s face. This was no vocal malfunction. Clad in a cheeky muumuu adorned with a picture of the...
Pol ‘Happy’ with McD’s
McDonald’s fiercest critic on the City Council is becoming as soft as a sesame-seed bun when it comes to the hamburger conglomerate. Councilman Leroy Comrie (D-Queens) stood shoulder-to-shoulder with McDonald’s...
Aide’s class hole
He just can’t stop quitting. Ex-Deputy Mayor Stephen Goldsmith (pictured) -- who resigned his day job last month after a hushed-up arrest for allegedly assaulting his wife in Washington --...
$35B mega-rocket for Mars missions
Nasa unveiled plans for a huge new rocket that will take astronauts to Mars, asteroids and beyond. The Space Launch System will be more than 30 stories tall and comes...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan * A thief swiped four paychecks from the outgoing mailbox of a firm and deposited them into his own bank account in Washington Heights, authorities said yesterday. On Jan....
Charity rehabs Amy’s image
LONDON -- A charitable foundation was launched in memory of British singer Amy Winehouse yesterday, marking what would have been her 28th birthday. The Amy Winehouse Foundation aims to help...
BP blew it: Gulf-spill verdict
A federal report puts most of the blame on BP for the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last year and the deaths of 11 rig workers. The...
$olar 'rush' eyed
WASHINGTON-- House Republicans questioned yesterday whether the White House rushed approval of a half-billion-dollar loan guarantee for a now-bankrupt solar-panel manufacturer once cited as the kind of renewable-energy company worthy...
NY kids steady on SATs
New York students ended a five-year skid and defied a national downward trend in SAT scores this year by holding relatively steady. While students nationwide dropped 3 points in reading...
Suicide sicko sex suit lives on
One of the women allegedly raped by Oscar-winning songwriter Joseph Brooks isn’t letting his suicide get in the way of her $5 million sex-assault suit. The plaintiff -- identified only...
Scarlett ‘hack’ probe
The FBI yesterday launched an investigation into the possible hacking of Scarlett Johansson’s cellphone, after nude photos of the 26-year-old actress appeared on the Internet. Two fuzzy photos -- one...
Jersey flood blood$uckers
State officials are warning New Jersey flood victims to beware of a scam.Homeowners in Little Falls received a letter in which the “Payment Security Administration” told recipients they’ll receive up...
A ‘moving’ way to help
Adam Lowy’s family owns a moving company, and when he noticed that families who were relocating often left behind unopened, nonperishable food, he made a move. Now, he enlists movers...
Fiend assaults Village gal
A well-dressed pervert sexually attacked a 23-year- old woman in her West Village apartment, police said. Surveillance video shows the suspect casually sauntering down the street dressed in a gray...
Hubby gets played
“Don’t Stop Believin’ ” -- in this White House gate-crashin’, limelight-lovin’, washed-up “Real Housewives of DC” attention nut. Michaele Salahi, whose husband, Tareq, began yesterday claiming his reality TV wife...
Cop nabbed in fatal 'DWI'
An off-duty city cop was busted yesterday for allegedly killing a man in an early-morning DWI accident in The Bronx. Officer Luis Arneo, 25, who had been on the force...
Natalee’s dead: dad
MOUNTAIN BROOK, Ala. -- The father of missing Alabama woman Natalee Holloway has reportedly asked a court to declare her legally dead. Holloway was 18 when she went missing six...
Maria’s ill wind
Tropical Storm Maria strengthened yesterday on a course that will take it west of Bermuda early today, the National Hurricane Center said. Maria’s top winds early yesterday strengthened to 60...
Pirates kidnap 23 sailors off West Africa
LAGOS, Nigeria -- Armed pirates raided a tanker off the West African coast and kidnapped 23 sailors yesterday, sailing off with the vessel in waters increasingly at risk for piracy,...
Rutger$ admirer
Rutgers University has received the biggest gift in its history, $27 million from an anonymous donor, to establish 18 endowed chairs in subjects ranging from business education to the sciences.The...
Poor schools’ poor scores
The performance of city students on state tests is not impacted just by their poverty level -- but also by the poverty level of their schools, an in-depth analysis has...
‘Jewish’ app gets a slap
PARIS -- A French anti-racism group has threatened to sue Apple over an iPhone app called “A Jew or Not a Jew?” that lists which public figures are Jewish. SOS...
Guilty: The girl who cried rape
It’s a barometer of her deceit. Ex-TV weather gal Heidi Jones will serve 350 hours of community service after pleading guilty yesterday to fabricating a tale of attempted rape in...
A funny way to kill pain
OXFORD, England -- Having a good laugh with friends can help people deal with pain -- proving that laughter really is the best medicine, according to a study released yesterday....
Turner: ‘I have a job to do’
He just wants to be known as “Citizen Bob.’’ Republican Bob Turner gets sworn in today in as the new congressman to sit in disgraced Anthony Weiner’s former Queens-Brooklyn House...
Win for Jews, too: Ed
President Obama would have to be “pretty blind” not to view the stunning Republican victory in Anthony Weiner’s old congressional district as a wake-up call that the Jewish vote is...
Startling ‘wake-up call’ for House Dems
WASHINGTON -- Republican Bob Turner’s stunning upset in the New York special election badly shook Capitol Hill Democrats and opened their eyes to a growing dissatisfaction with President Obama. “It’s...
‘Bouquet Bandit’ is potted
The “Bouquet Bandit” has officially been planted in a cell. Ed Pemberton, 44, a coke-addicted grandfather, was sentenced yesterday to serve at least six years, and as many as 12...
Suicide bid by tix cop
A cop who preferred death to ratting out his pals, tried to commit suicide yesterday by jumping on subway tracks to reach the third rail, sources told The Post. Robert...
Jacob wants ‘pay back’
A judge cut disgraced former City Council President Andrew Stein a break, but Jacob the Jeweler isn’t. The jeweler to the stars has filed suit against Stein in Manhattan Supreme...
Tipster gets $2M Bulger reward
BOSTON -- The FBI has paid a $2 million reward to a tipster who provided information that led to the arrest of fugitive crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger. Bulger, a...
Apple spokes people
Soon those bike lanes will be more crowded than the subways. Some 10,000 more bikes will flood the streets next summer, thanks to a new cycle-sharing program, which was unveiled...
Single-brew sales spiking crime: study
Violent crime would decline if cities limited the number of liquor stores and banned the sale of single-serving containers of beer and other alcoholic beverages, researchers at the University of...
Colorado kitty in New York after 5-year, cross-country trip
What a tail this cat could tell! An adventurous feline named Willow wandered away from her home in Boulder, Colo., nearly five years ago - and mystreriously turned up on...
'Bars' mitzvah
Now this ex-prison chaplain might get to throw himself a big party behind bars. Brooklyn Rabbi Leib Glanz -- who quit as a city jail chaplain after The Post exposed...
Signals crossed on Don’t Walk inspections
The city’s transportation commissioner yesterday disputed a lawyer’s claim that Walk/Don’t Walk street fixtures are potentially dangerous because they’re never inspected. “We inspect those every year,” said Janette Sadik-Khan. “There...
Teen arrested after toddler shot in the face in Staten Island
A toddler was blasted in the face by a heartless gunman yesterday in front of her horrified family in the courtyard of their Staten Island housing project, authorities said. Cops...
$cuffle over terror tab
After Homeland Security announced a specific, credible, but unconfirmed threat last weekend, a battle broke out over who would pay for the increased security, The Post has learned. The feds...
Google search’s WTC ‘flight’ of fancy
Google’s latest service had a bumpy and embarrassing takeoff when it cited the World Trade Center in a list of New York airports. The newly launched Flight Search tool allows...
Visa rap on NYC terror dad
The father of a man who admitted plotting to bomb New York City subways has pleaded not guilty to visa-fraud charges. Mohammed Wali Zazi entered the plea yesterday in federal...
$3M slap for 9/11-fund scammer
A Sept. 11 fraudster has been ordered to pay back more than three times the $1 million-plus he scammed by faking a disabling back injury. Former Port Authority painter Mario...
Why liberals are giving prez the shiv
Suddenly, liberal op-ed writers are trashing -- even lampooning -- Barack Obama as a one-term president (“one and done”). Centrist Democrats up for re-election in 2012 worry about inviting a...
Bam’s terrible risk
Do President Obama’s advisers realize they’ve got him frittering away the last political asset he has left? As unpopular as the president’s policies -- and especially his results -- have...
Party time!
Asked to choose between an accused criminal and a howling-at-the-moon loon, Queens voters Tuesday sent the alleged crook back to the City Council -- where he’ll no doubt feel right...
Let the sun shine in
Congress yesterday began focusing a spotlight on the spectacular collapse of Solyndra, the taxpayer-funded “green jobs” firm -- a scandal that now threatens to become Barack Obama’s Enron. Newly disclosed...
Super-sizing America
The Issue: Martin Kessman’s lawsuit against White Castle because he couldn’t fit into its standard seating. *** White Castle is expected to change its entire restaurant because one fat guy...
NYC’s finest ... dancers: Just cops on the beat?
The Issue: Raunchy dancing by on-duty, uniformed NYPD officers at the West Indian Day Parade. *** Those dancing NYPD officers did far more to improve community relations in that area...
The 'old boys' lose
Everyone’s got an explanation for why Democrats lost a Brooklyn-Queens House seat in Tuesday’s special election; ours comes from Christine Lagarde, the new International Monetary Fund head: “I honestly think...
How Wall St. 'fixes' kill jobs
Bank of America’s announcement of up to 30,000 layoffs over the new few years is finally bringing some attention to the jobs-killing cost of rotten laws like last year’s Dodd-Frank...
Crack 'Swan' takes flight
Unlike Natalie Portman's tortured ballerina, Ashley Bouder has no trouble being the Black Swan. The technical brilliance and sensual attack of the role is inside her, waiting to strike. "Swan...
'Mother' of all museums
Joy Rose walks through a veil of red, orange and magenta ribbons, demon strating how it should be done. "See, this is the birth canal," she says, as strips of...
Metal mania rocks Stadium
After raising hell in California earlier this spring, the heavy- metal summit called the Big Four, featuring headliner Metallica along with Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax, landed in Yankee Stadium last...
Hondo eyes big score
Hondo had the good splitter working with the Jays and 'Stros yesterday afternoon, but the D'backs pushed him back into negative numbers for the day last night as the dirty...
Patience paid off for Jets' Burress in opener
Plaxico Burress was shut out for most of Sunday's game vs. Dallas, but the Jets wide receiver was reassured by both quarterback Mark Sanchez and fellow wide receiver Derrick Mason...
Mets admit Santana won't pitch in majors this season
So much for Johan Santana pitching in the majors -- or the minors -- this season. Mets manager Terry Collins made clear that the left-hander would not be back with...
A-Rod's return to Yankees lineup uncertain
SEATTLE -- Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez will take advantage of today's off day to give the sprained left thumb additional rest. When manager Joe Girardi said Tuesday that Rodriguez...
Mariners beat Yankees in 12 innings, delaying Rivera's 601st save
SEATTLE -- When the Yankees entered Safeco Field last night they knew the opportunity to put the Red Sox to sleep in the AL East existed. A win against the...
Affrunti's Calder Grade
Post Time: 12:30 pm.FIRST-5 1/2f; $11,750; cl($5,000); 3up; (f&m)2-Mycnfdrtrs 8-51-Bedouin 8-13-Lawyer Jen 4-14-Stormy C's 12-16-Atomic Flea 5-25-Kthy'sRbbn 6-17-MyEspresso 15-1SECOND-7f; $11,600; mdn cl($12,500); 3up6-Hal 5-13-PstvActn 6-14-Tricky Break 3-15-SpeakthWrd 8-17-LgndryStrm 15-18-Redwood Man...
Tomorrow's Belmont Entries
Post Time: 1:00 pm All horses appear in post position order FIRST 5 1/2f; $29,000; mdn cl($50,000); 2YO PN Horse Wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds 2 Ganador(L),119 R Maragh...
Bill Smith At Yonkers
Post time: 7:10 p.m.Best Bet: B C's Jesse (5th)FIRST-1 1/16 ml pc; $12,000; claiming4Lombo Skyrider A(D Dube)2-1-27-56BraesideDerbyN(GBrennan)3-6-33-11BeautyAndABeast(JBrtltt)4-4-88-12ForteBlueChip(JPantalno)6-X-630-13TsmGoldenridge(JStrattn)7-3-720-15Fritzie Rocket(J Ricco)8-6-812-17Sand Cruiser(J Gregory)4-4-530-18BadlandsAndArt(BSears)1-6-48-1SECOND-1 1/16 ml tr; $17,000; cond7Del Cielo(G Brennan)3-5-98-52Yozhik(R Bilach)3-3-46-14Kristal Dream(D...
Fairplex Analysis by Vic Cangialosi
Post time: 4:00 p.m.FIRST-1/2m; $12,000; clm($20,000); 3upPNHorse,Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds1LetMeFinish(L),121VCrrro8-6-72-13WrrnsTwtOne(L),121EMldno12-6-68-12Mr.DayTrppr(L),121MSntgo6-9-125-24AdmiralRown(L),114EFlors7-8-x20-15Kopriti(L),124RGuce7-10-85-16Adda Step(L),124CRssll8-6-515-17I Will Rise(L),121CChrlnx-x-x12-18Andy One(L),114SGarca4-4-76-19EdtheActor(L),124DVrgrax-x-x6-1SECOND-6 fur; $17,000; cl($32,0); 2YOPNHorse,Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds2WarrensMMny,119CSntgo6-4-28-51JimnChrstms(L),119MPdrza3-x-x2-13Tnnngtthbch(L),119JVldva2-4-x4-14SeaofBeauty(L),119EMldnox-x-x6-15Free Itch(L),119KStra11-5-x10-16NvrEndngLve(L),119RGuce8-10-x20-17Lucky Rock(L),112SGarcax-x-x20-1THIRD-6 fur; $9,000; clm($5,000); 3upPNHorse,Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds2Lucky Sis(L),121MPdrza10-7-42-16Prytania(L),124ACstnn5-7-89-51Loon Lost(L),124JScott6-2-48-13WhisprngDxe(L),117SGarca5-2-24-14SweetndJzzy(L),124KStra6-7-712-15Missilette(L),121MYbrra8-11-720-17Wrrn'sExtrk(L),121RGuce4-1-220-18Mi Gatita(L),121CRssll1-5-112-1FOURTH-1/2m; $12,000; cl($20,0); 3upPNHorse,Wt.JockeyLast...
Nets hire D-League coach
Bob MacKinnon Jr. is a Nets lifer in a way. As the son of the man who twice served as an interim head coach and was a longtime assistant as...
Liberty start playoffs against Fever
When the Liberty begin their quest for the team's first WNBA title tonight, opening up their Eastern Conference semifinal matchup on the road against the Indiana Fever (8 p.m., ESPN2),...
Sports shorts
FOOTBALL: Braylon Edwards files suit Braylon Edwards, the former Jets receiver, filed a $14 million slander lawsuit, claiming allegations that he was directly involved in a fight this summer at...
Belmont Charts
Sep. 14, 2011 Cloudy And Fast. Turf: Firm. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST -7f; $45,100; str hcp; 3upTrainer: Rudy Rodriguez; Time: 23.57, 46.49, 1:10.51, 1:23.28.; Winner: B G, 5, by...
Preseason will be rough road for Rangers
John Tortorella's notoriously famous testing will begin with tomorrow's first day of training camp for the Rangers, but the fact of the matter is that both the head coach and...
Brodeur not sure he'll stay with Devils
The year of decision has arrived for the Devils' all-time great. Martin Brodeur said he hopes this isn't his swan song in New Jersey, but allows that he might leave...
Sanchez vows Jets won't suffer letdown
Coming off a last-minute, emotional season-opening win on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the Jets would appear to be prime candidates for a letdown. But they vow that Sunday's game...
Knicks' Shumpert starting career in Vegas league
LAS VEGAS -- Iman Shumpert decided not to wait for the lockout to end to get his first taste of NBA basketball. The Knicks' rookie guard from Georgia Tech is...
Islanders expected to announce new deal with Tavares
The future of the Islanders could be seen twice over yesterday, first in the announcement of a press conference today "regarding the future of John Tavares," and secondly on the...
The Post Line
NFLSundayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogJETS10 9½(39) JaguarsSAINTS 6½ 7 (47) BearsLIONS 8½ 8 (45) ChiefsBILLS 4 3½(42½)RaidersREDSKINS 4½ 4 (44½)CardinalsRavens 6 6 (38) TITANSSTEELERS13½14½(40) SeahawksPackers10½10 (46½)PANTHERSVIKINGS 3 3 (40½)BuccaneersBrowns 3 2½(39½)COLTSCowboys 3...
Staten Island Yankees being sold
The Bronx Bombers are selling their Staten Island farm team -- for about the price of a starting center fielder. The Yankees and their partner, Mandalay Baseball, expect the $8.3...
Family drama surrounds Mayweather-Ortiz fight
LAS VEGAS -- If there has been an underlying theme surrounding Saturday night's welterweight championship fight between Floyd Mayweather and Victor Ortiz, it's family drama. There has been enough in...
Mets shut out after official elimination
The Mets are officially playing meaningless games. Not to be confused with the meaningless games the Mets have played for the last five weeks, of course, but at 2:27 p.m....
Red Sox fall again, Rays next
Now comes the really hard part for the Red Sox: four more games against the Rays. The Red Sox lost for the sixth time in seven games, wasting an eighth-inning...
Today's Sports on Air
Baseball1 p.m.Nationals at MetsSNY, WFAN (660 AM)7 p.m.Rays at Red SoxMLBNBasketball8 p.m.WNBA Playoffs: Liberty at IndianaESPN2Football8 p.m.LSU at Mississippi StateESPNGolf8:30 a.m.Euro: Vivendi Seve Trophy, first roundGOLF12:30 p.m.Navistar LPGA Classic, first...
Home Team Lineups
YankeesNOGAMETor.7:07WWORWCBSTor.1:07YESWCBSTor.1:07YESWCBS#Minn.1:05YESWCBST.B.7:05WWORWCBS*T.B.1:05YESWCBSMetsWashington1:10TV -- SportsNet NYRadio--WFAN 660 AMAtl.7:35SNYWFANAtl.4:10FOXWFANAtl.1:35SNYWFANNOGAMESt.L.8:15SNYWFANSt.L.8:15SNYWFAN# - makeup of rainout from April 6; * - Doubleheader, second game is makeup from Aug. 14, starts at 7:05 on YES LibertyIndiana8:00TV --...
Starr report
"Inside Edition" host Deborah Norville has found Elvis -- 34 years after his death. OK, so it's not that Elvis -- but the connection is still there. Norville, whose first...
‘Fashion’ passion
Welcome to the high-stakes world of low-cost fashion. For the obsessed, never-wear-it-twice women of New York, cost suddenly matters. Fashion, however, remains non-negotiable. Enter the high-end consignment store, where socialites,...
Drama mama
Let all the new shows work through pilot pains, and trust in some returning faves: * “Castle” (Monday, 10 p.m., ABC) We’ve been waiting all summer for the follow-up to...
‘Jersey Shore’ sneaks on to Emmy show
Turns out “Jersey Shore” will be represented at the Emmy Awards, after all. Although the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences snubbed the pop-culture phenomenon in the nomination department, the...
‘Frank’ singer is tops
Landau Eugene Murphy Jr., 37, a car washer from Logan, W. Va., was the surprise winner of “America’s Got Talent” last night. The uncanny Frank Sinatra sound-alike, who was raised...
Weird but true
If you are going to Oktoberfest in Hays, Kan., this Sunday, you’d better really like soft drinks. All beer and alcohol sales will be banned at the town’s annual festival,...
Blockers will be Miss-ed
These new uniforms and Lego hel mets are killing me! The Profit took the Arizona State Sun Devils in their new black unis and pitchfork logo giving 7½ over Missouri....
Saturday's Heroes Tackle The Spread
The experts make their picks:THE LINECHRIS SHAWLENN ROBBINSBRIAN LEWISDREW LOFTISLsu 3.5 MISS. STATE (Tonight, 8:00, ESPN)★ LSULSU★ LSUMiss. St.UCONN 4.5 Iowa State (Tom., 8:00, ESPN2)Iowa St.Iowa St.UConnIowa St.MARYLAND 1.5 West...
B'klyn Dem Hikind feted at GOP bash
The New York State Republican Party rolled out the red carpet for an influential ``right-minded’’ Democratic lawmaker who crossed party lines to back Bob Turner’s successful bid for Anthony Weiner’s...
At least 24 injured after scaffolding collapse at US-Mexico border crossing in California
SAN DIEGO -- An overhead scaffolding canopy collapsed onto more than 15 cars Wednesday, injuring 17 people at the world's busiest land crossing and creating a traffic nightmare for thousands...
NY GOP leaders: state is in play for 2012 race
Gleeful Republican leaders said tonight that Bob Turner's stunning victory for Anthony Weiner's vacant city congressional seat shows that New York is in play in next year's presidential race. "The...
House probes federal loan to now-bankrupt Solyndra as Treasury opens investigation
WASHINGTON -- Republican lawmakers and Obama administration officials clashed at a hearing Wednesday over the lawmakers' allegation that the White House pushed to accelerate a $535 million loan guarantee to...
Fit Rodgers, in-form Agudelo give desperate Red Bull options up front
If the star-studded, high-priced Red Bulls miss the playoffs _ and with seven games left, they’re on pace to do just that _ they’ll go down as one of the...