October 4, 2011
Wife of fallen SEAL searching for wedding ring
NORFOLK, Va. — The widow of a Navy SEAL who was among 30 U.S. troops killed in an Afghanistan helicopter crash said Tuesday that she’s lost her husband’s wedding band...
NBA cancels remainder of preseason as labor talks stall
NBA commissioner David Stern on Tuesday announced the league would cancel the remainder of its preseason games after owners and player representatives failed to reach a new collective bargaining agreement....
With Baas hurting, Giants add center; cut Stokely
In a sign that the neck injury to starting center David Baas is likely going to keep him out of action, the Giants on Tuesday signed Jim Cordle off their...
Yankees stay alive with win over Tigers
DETROIT -- Two great catches by Curtis Granderson helped A.J. Burnett save the Yankees' season. The center fielder foiled his former team with his glove and Burnett came through when...
One person killed as dust storm causes car pileups on Arizona highway
TUCSON, Ariz. -- One person was killed Tuesday after a dust storm caused two massive car pileups on an Arizona interstate road, KOLD-TV reported. At least six people were injured...
Russia, China veto UN resolution on Syria crackdown
Russia and China on Tuesday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution, drawn up by European nations, threatening action if Syria's leader does not end a deadly crackdown on a pro-democracy...
Hacker group Anonymous threatens to attack stock exchange
The FBI is investigating threats purportedly from the hacking collective that calls itself Anonymous to bring down the New York Stock Exchange next Monday by hacking into its computer system....
Disney to re-release four more animated hits in 3D
LOS ANGELES -- After its success with the 3D re-release of its 1994 animated film "The Lion King," Disney is planning to put four more of its animation hits back...
Mercury Hg: The most fun you'll have with chemistry
After high school chemistry class I had sworn off the periodic table of elements. As it turns out, elements actually can be fun!Mercury Hg, the latest release in the Mercury...
Canucks claim winger Weise off waivers from Rangers
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The Vancouver Canucks claimed right wing Dale Weise off waivers from the Rangers on Tuesday.Weise was pointless with 19 penalty minutes in 10 games with the...
Post writers from ALDS Game 4: Yankees at Tigers
Our Post writers were there in Detroit for ALDS Game 4 when the Yankees survived with a 10-1 win over the Tigers at Comerica Park.A.J. Burnett allowed one run in...
Francisco's pinch-hit homer lifts Phillies past Cardinals
ST. LOUIS — Pinch-hitter Ben Francisco and closer Ryan Madson made manager Charlie Manuel's moves look smart, and the Philadelphia Phillies held off the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 Tuesday for...
Islanders sign veteran Pandolfo, rookie Strome
The Islanders announced on Tuesday that they have reached a one-year agreement with training camp invitee Jay Pandolfo, as well as reached a three-year entry level deal with this year’s...
Marquez in the midfield
Numbers can lie, but results rarely do. And in the case of Rafa Marquez, the results have screamed so loudly that Red Bulls coach Hans Backe had no choice but...
NBC orders full seasons of 'Whitney' and 'Up All Night'
LOS ANGELES -- NBC announced Tuesday that it has picked up the comedies "Up All Night" and "Whitney" for full seasons. "We made comedy an important goal for us this...
Ex-Girl Scout finance director busted for allegedly embezzling $310K
Talk about getting caught with your hand in the cookie jar. The former finance director for the Girl Scout Council of Greater New York has been busted on charges she...
Ex-DOE bureaucrat gets 25 years in brutal wife beating
A former Department of Education bureaucrat was sentenced to 25 years in prison today for a savage sexual assault of his wife. Laurence Harvey, 46, who’d earned $165,000 a year...
Tourist chopper crashes into East River shortly after taking off, killing one
A sightseeing helicopter carrying foreign tourists suddenly plunged upside-down into the East River just seconds after takeoff today, killing a woman who was trapped inside as it sank in the...
Prison inmates cheer Amanda Knox after acquittal
Just hours after Amanda Knox was acquitted of murdering her British roommate, her fellow inmates reportedly gave her a loud hero's welcome upon returning to the prison where she'd spent...
Mets cut ticket prices for next season
In case there was any remaining doubt the Mets’ payroll will shrink next season, the team on Tuesday announced that ticket prices will drop for 2012. According to a news...
Dolphins fear Henne could be out for season: report
MIAMI — The Miami Dolphins have been holding talks with free-agent quarterbacks David Garrard and Jake Delhomme, the NFL Network reported Tuesday. The 0-4 Dolphins are exploring the possibility of...
Jackson doctor's girlfriend called to testify
LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors on Tuesday called the girlfriend of the doctor charged in Michael Jackson's death to detail the physician's busy schedule on the day the singer died and...
BACK PAGE: Jets need QB to be more than passable
Now it’s time to find out if Mark is ready to become the Sanchise. In Mark Sanchez's first two years in the NFL, the Jets were content to have their...
Buckner ball to be put on eBay for $1 million
The Bill Buckner ball is back in play. The prize souvenir from the 1986 World Series will go on eBay this month with a $1 million price tag, put up...
Beltre's three homers help Rangers eliminate Rays
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Texas Rangers are headed back to the AL championship series, thanks to a power surge by Adrian Beltre that few players in major league history...
Apple unveils iPhone 4S
CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Apple unveiled Tuesday a new iPhone 4S smartphone, which includes a new camera and processor but otherwise closely resembles the model the company has been selling for...
'Occupy Wall Street' protests coming to NJ
JERSEY CITY, NJ — The “Occupy Wall Street” movement is coming to Wall Street West. Demonstrators are planning to gather Thursday afternoon in front of the Goldman Sachs offices in...
Casey Anthony tells authorities she’s unemployed
ORLANDO, Fla. — Casey Anthony has told her probation officer that she is unemployed and not taking any classes or participating in any self-help programs. The Florida Department of Corrections...
Cabbies rally outside gov’s Manhattan office
Taxi drivers are publicly objecting to legislation that would allow livery cabs to pick up street hails in New York City’s outer boroughs. About 400 drivers and owners rallied Tuesday...
'The Playboy Club' TV season's first cancellation
NBC's Playboy Club is closing early. The network said Tuesday it is cancelling its highly-publicized new drama, "The Playboy Club," after only three episodes. Its time slot will eventually be...
'Secret' revealed
He doesn’t call himself a chef, but Todd Wilbur is certainly cooking up a storm. The author of a series of best-selling cookbooks, Wilbur is known as a “food hacker.”...
Prosecutor: Galleon boss Raj Rajaratnam made $72M illegally
A prosecutor asked a federal judge Tuesday to sentence a hedge fund founder convicted of insider trading charges based on illegal gains of more than $70 million. The prosecutor, Andrew...
DVD Extra: Renoir, Payne go noir
I've been catching up with a number of noirs I'd never seen before that have become available through the studios' manufacture-on-demand DVD programs. Two of the more interesting ones I watched on...
Rachel Uchitel marries boyfriend
Former Tiger Woods mistress Rachel Uchitel married her boyfriend in a secret ceremony in Nevada, according to a new report. The entertainment website TMZ obtained documents from Clark County, Nev.,...
Amanda Knox's story could net her tens of millions of dollars
An Italian appeals court overturned Amanda Knox's murder conviction Monday, allowing the Seattle native to return to the US, nearly two years after she and her then-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, were...
3UP: CC, Swisher and Teixeira
1. In today’s Post I wrote this column about what a bad spot CC Sabathia put the Yankees in. He didn’t take the loss. But even to Sabathia that was...
Mark Hale answers your Game 4 questions
As the Yankees prepare for their do-or-die Game 4 against the Tigers on Tuesday night, Post baseball writer Mark Hale answers your questions in The Post’s pregame show. Hale will...
Bloomberg imposes hiring freeze today
Mayor Bloomberg imposed a hiring freeze today. With the stock market tanking and the city grappling with a $4.6 billion project deficit next year, city Budget Director Mark Page fired...
Somali Islamists kill at least 57 in Mogadishu car bomb attack
MOGADISHU, Somalia -- A car bomb ripped through a government compound in Mogadishu Tuesday, killing at least 57 in the deadliest attack by Somalia's al Shebab since they launched their...
Dead whale discovered on New Jersey shore was shot, authorities say
ALLENHURST, N.J. -- Authorities were searching Tuesday for the person who shot a whale that washed up dead on the New Jersey shore. The 700-pound male pilot whale was discovered...
Gingrich says he's seen 'The Hangover' seven times
WASHINGTON -- Republican 2012 presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich admitted that he and his wife Callista have watched "The Hangover" seven times. "It's totally stupid, but we can't help ourselves," Gingrich...
Cashman believes Yankees 'will win the next two games'
DETROIT – Brian Cashman insisted it was “not a guarantee,” yet the Yankees general manager repeated several times this morning that “I expect to win the next two games” and...
Rangers waive Avery
STOCKHOLM, Sweden --Sean Avery’s often-tumultuous Broadway run has come to an end. For a second and last time. The Rangers have placed Avery on waivers following a training camp in...
Obama energy strategy: Doubling down on a lie
President Obama wants to defend his administration's decision to loan Solyndra $500 million dollars. That makes sense, given the fact that Obama went to the plant, was photographed there and used...
Underwear bomber in court: 'Anwar is alive'
DETROIT -- The trial of suspected "underwear bomber" Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab got off to a rocky start Tuesday with a costume change and a claim that al Qaeda cleric Anwar...
Video: Cops search for 2 suspects in Manhattan home invasion
Police are looking for two burglars, one armed, who were caught on tape rummaging through a Turtle Bay apartment they hit yesterday belonging to a linen mogul, police said. The...
Avery in battle for Rangers' final roster spot
Sean Avery is competing with Erik Christensen for the final forward spot on the Rangers roster, coach John Tortorella said Monday."We'll have to make a decision," Tortorella told NHL.com after...
Christie chooses not to run for president, says 'now is not my time'
He’s the Big Tease! New Jersey Christie announced this afternoon that he’s not running for president next year, saying "now is not my time." "New Jersey, whether you like it...
VIDEO: Postgame reaction from Game 3
See and hear what Post baseball writer Mark Hale and Yankees and Tigers players had to say after Detroit's 5-4 ALDS Game 3 win.The teams play again Tuesday night in...
House Republicans to request perjury probe for Holder on 'Fast and Furious'
WASHINGTON -- House Republicans are calling for a special counsel to determine whether Attorney General Eric Holder perjured himself during his testimony to the House Judiciary Committee on Operation Fast...
Ex-mistress testifies about affair in $1.1M Bloomberg campaign cash case
Yesterday, the mayor took the witness stand against political consultant John Haggerty and called him a million-dollar campaign cash thief; today, Haggerty's former mistress testified against him, telling jurors she...
Killing Illinois one pension at a time
You just can't make this stuff up. The Chicago Tribune has a front page report about union bigs drawing from city pensions while still working for their union at the same...
Knox begins trip home as Italian prosecutors announce new appeal
ROME -- Amanda Knox began her journey home to the US from Rome on Tuesday following her acquittal of the murder of Meredith Kercher. But her hopes of leaving her...
Yankees lose Game 3 to Tigers
DETROIT — The Yankees scored four runs off Justin Verlander and it wasn’t enough. They came back from a two-run deficit late and watched Rafael Soriano put them in a...
After Yankees ace flops, here comes joker
DETROIT — The Yankees need A.J. Burnett to be better than CC Sabathia. In the history of the Yankees, there have been few more discouraging thoughts at this time of...
Horace Mann starts slow but finishes fast in win over Dalton
Neil Berniker shook his head and took a deep breath. Horace Mann was behind again – 45 seconds into its Ivy Prep League match against Dalton. “What happens is we...
Girls soccer roundup: Balanced Riverdale tops rival Fieldston
Things never come easy for Riverdale when Fieldston is on the other sideline. That was certainly the case in their first meeting of the season. Fieldston got within a goal...
Girls volleyball roundup: Maria Regina stays undefeated against Preston
Maria Regina has emerged as the class of its league. Tiffany Robertson had seven kills and Sofia Prezyblyek had five kills and 10 assists to lead the Tigers to a...
NYPost.com Poll: Who is New York City's best football quarterback?
The quarterback is the heartbeat of every offense. No other player, outside the center, touches the ball more than the signal-caller. Many teams live and die with the production and...
PSAL boys soccer roundup: Scarlett scores twice as Columbus gains revenge against Evander
Jordan Scarlett scored twice and Armand Dadaj followed with a goal and an assist as Columbus exacted revenge on Evander Childs, 3-2, in PSAL Bronx A boys soccer Monday afternoon....
Co-captains both injured in McClancy's scoreless draw with Hayes
Monsignor McClancy may not have lost the game against Cardinal Hayes, but it was soundly defeated by the injury bug. After losing two starters to injury in its season-opening victory...
Girls soccer rankings
Rosh Hashanah and the SAT made it a very light week in the world of New York City girls soccer. Very few games were played after Wednesday so it led...
INSIDE PSAL FOOTBALL: Coaches rail-split on schedule imbalance
The combined record of Lincoln’s first three opponents was 2-10. This past weekend, the Railsplitters met Truman, which is one year removed from the Bowl division. And next week? Winless...
NYC boys soccer rankings
Nick Lombardo, St. Francis Prep’s acting coach, now has the best winning percentage in CHSAA history. With coach Franco Purificato off with his family after the birth of his first...
CHSAA/Private boys soccer rankings
Just like last year, there’s an early favorite for the CHSAA Class AA city title – and just like last year it is St. Francis Prep. After Friday’s 1-0 win...
NYC high school football rankings
It was a good weekend for New York City’s CHSFL teams. Xaverian routed Iona Prep, in New Rochelle no less, and Holy Cross played with the best team in the...
PSAL boys soccer rankings
If you're looking for changes in the top four, that's most likely not going to happen save for a few shocking results. Martin Luther King Jr., Francis Lewis, Beacon and...
Late saves preserve Dalton, Horace Mann tie
Claudia Lichtenberg left her line knowing any second she wasted could be the game. Dalton’s Jemma Issrof sent a through ball into the box to a charging Rosie Ehrlich on...
PSAL football rankings
By our standards, last week’s rankings were dull. The latest edition is anything but – we have a new No. 1 -- defending champion Fort Hamilton replaces Tottenville -- and...
CHSFL rankings
What a weekend it was in the CHSFL. Xaverian posted one of the biggest wins in school history with a rout of Iona Prep and Holy Cross had St. Anthony’s...
CHSAA/Private boys soccer roundup: Spellman, Sea play to scoreless tie in title game rematch
Cardinal Spellman came into the season off a CHSAA Class A title and with a load of potential. The Pilots haven’t quite realized it yet just yet. But the good...
Business briefs
U$ debtThe US government had $14.79 trillion worth of outstanding debt at the end of the third quarter, a 9 percent increase from the year-earlier period.ABC/Yahoo!Yahoo! struck a deal with...
Peacock poaches ruffle CBS feathers
CBS News boss Jeff Fager is angry after losing some talent to rival NBC as the Peacock network gears up to launch a prime-time news magazine this fall, The Post...
Worry stalks Street
It’s as if the brutal third quarter never ended. After the US limped through the worst stock market performance since 2008 this summer, trading in the fourth quarter started out...
BofA lo$es leverage
Bank of America, the biggest player in the leveraged-loan market, is pulling back from the business after getting pinched in the credit squeeze, The Post has learned. BofA has retreated...
Raj to judge: I only made $7 million
Get your hankies ready. Convicted hedge-fund felon Raj Rajaratnam is expected to plead before a federal judge today that he doesn’t deserve to be sent to prison for 25 years...
Supremes OK lawsuit
The Supreme Court refused to halt a proposed investor class-action suit that accuses Blackstone Group of making inadequate disclosures before its 2007 initial public offering. Investors claim Blackstone CEO Steve...
3-way seen for Yahoo!
The private-equity firm Silver Lake, Alibaba Group Holding and Russia’s Digital Sky Technologies are discussing a possible joint bid for Yahoo!, three people with direct knowledge of the matter said....
Cue up taps for Napster
Napster is no more. The storied file-sharing site -- shut down in 2001, revived in 2003 as a music store, bought by Best Buy in 2008 and relaunched as a...
Amato spotlight for Backstage
Prometheus Global Media has spun off Backstage, the weekly trade for gig-seeking actors, into a new venture that will be controlled by new Chairman and CEO John Amato, a co-founder...
Buy phone, not stock
It’s Apple-bobbing season. Investors are hoping for a share boost from the tech giant’s much anticipated iPhone 5 unveiling today, despite a history of post-launch lulls in the stock price....
Cuomo butts into big fat Greek church spat
Gov. Cuomo, seizing the World Trade Center reins even before he picks a successor to Port Authority executive director Chris Ward, is maneuvering to move construction of a new St....
Faith rewarded
In the latest step for CIM Group’s still mysterious Drake Hotel site project, luxury jeweler Buccellati is giving up its retail townhouse lease at 46 E. 57th St. and moving...
Gas refiners rob you
Gasoline prices are down nicely over the past few weeks, but there’s also bad news: you are still being cheated at the pump. And it’s literally highway robbery. I’ve been...
O: We failed Reagan test
WASHINGTON -- President Obama said yesterday that Americans aren’t better off than they were four years ago, as the weak economy and high unemployment took a toll. Obama was asked...
What the cut!
WASHINGTON -- It’s the last place Washington should cut! Senate appropriators want to slash $50 million from the budget of the Government Accountability Office, which finds wasted taxpayer dollars, including...
Obama slaps back at Christie’s jabs
See how you like it, Chris Christie. President Obama responded to New Jersey’s pugnacious Republican governor’s criticisms yesterday as Christie plans to reveal his decision on a White House campaign...
Bam rating at new low
WASHINGTON -- President Obama’s poll numbers now are lower on nearly every score than any president since Richard Nixon, a new analysis revealed yesterday.Only Jimmy Carter had a lower job-approval...
Mitt turns up heat in Perry race furor
WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney kept up his attacks on rival Rick Perry, slamming as “offensive” the name that once adorned a rock outside the entrance of a hunting camp leased...
Bumpy Boston
BOSTON -- Turbulence injured 20 people aboard two flights Sunday, officials at Boston’s Logan International Airport said yesterday. A man spilled hot coffee on himself and eight others were hurt...
Mom’s wedding ‘grift’
A Long Island mom scammed a bank out of $5,800 to get money to buy her daughter a wedding present, cops said.Frances Carr, 57, of Stony Brook, was arrested by...
It’s beetle mania in Hamptons
These scientists are buggin’ out. Stunned researchers have discovered a rare ladybug -- once thought extinct in New York state -- happily buzzing around a manicured Hamptons farm. Prior to...
War-weary slay wife
Queens mom Barbara Sheehan lived in a “combat zone,” where she was afraid for her life every minute of every day, an “atmosphere of fear” that forced her to kill...
Cameron jail ‘contraband’
Cameron Douglas just can’t keep his nose clean.The drug-dealing son of actor Michael Douglas got caught with “contraband” in the slammer after cutting his sweetheart cooperation deal with the feds,...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan * This bandit (right) held up a Chelsea bank, then tried to rob another in Midtown, cops said. The crook passed a demand note to a teller at...
Fugitive’s wife stunned
LISBON, Portugal -- The wife of newly captured American fugitive George Wright claims that her husband told her that he had escaped from a US jail in 1970 but never...
LA ex-cop: Diddy did it
LOS ANGELES -- A former Los Angeles Police Department detective alleges in a new book that rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs ordered the killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, the LA...
Shootout in Qns.
A slippery convicted killer on the lam for four years was finally nabbed in a tense standoff in Queens yesterday -- after brazenly firing at US marshals, officials said. Derome...
'Groper' hunt yields 2nd man
A second suspect who allegedly stalked women in the same neighborhoods where cops are hunting for a serial groper was busted yesterday and charged with three attacks. Police found Federico...
ER in the dark
Michael Jackson’s Doctor Feelgood never told emergency-room physicians he was doping the singer with powerful anesthetics, pointing to a possible coverup, witnesses said yesterday. Dr. Richelle Cooper, who led a...
‘Fraud’ in jail suicide
The TV huckster who for years hawked the phony “Greatest Vitamin in the World” killed himself in his Arizona jail cell -- just two days before his federal fraud trial...
Ri$ing from Ash
She’s rumored to be Ashton Kutcher’s hot-tub buddy, and now she may be looking to clean up. Sara Leal -- here strolling Newport Beach, Calif., in her first public sighting...
Subways to be L of a lot better
Now just their jeans will be tight! Hipsters are finally getting some breathing room on the constantly packed L train, following an MTA study that calls for added service to...
Korea-ender
It’s not exactly a purge of the Politburo, but controversial Queens politician John Choe, who once spoke out on behalf of communist North Korea, has stepped down from his post...
A ‘Nobel’ death
A groundbreaking New York scientist, awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine three days after his death, will posthumously receive the world-class honor, officials said yesterday. The Medical Nobel Institute announced...
Rocket man!
Look ma, no plane! “Jet Man” Yves Rossy, 52, streaks over the Swiss Alps alongside two L-39 Albatros jets, the first time a human being has ever flown in formation...
Madonna to perform at Super Bowl
INDIANAPOLIS -- Madonna will perform during the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show, fan site SB Nation reported yesterday.The site said unnamed NFL sources had confirmed the “Material Girl” singer will...
Ghoulish on Wall. St
Workers of the city, unite -- and zombies, too! The wacky Occupy Wall Street protest got a boost from big labor yesterday when the city’s transit union angrily asked a...
Assad a lame duck
TEL AVIV -- It’s just “a matter of time” before Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s regime is ousted from power by a popular uprising, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said...
Fever spreads to Boston
BOSTON -- Hundreds of members of a group calling itself Occupy Boston marched to the Statehouse yesterday to call for an end to corporate control of government.“There is a recognition...
Cops catch ‘spy’ heat
The New York Civil Liberties Union filed court papers yesterday demanding the NYPD turn over documents related to its controversial counterterrorism program that put Muslims under surveillance. The organization says...
Conventional wisdom
MINNEAPOLIS -- Journalist Amy Goodman and two producers on her syndicated TV program, “Democracy Now!,” have agreed to a $100,000 settlement over their arrests during the 2008 Republican National Convention...
NY panel boost to ObamaCare
A state health panel wants Gov. Cuomo to bypass GOP opposition and implement a key element of ObamaCare, The Post has learned. Cuomo in June proposed a state-run Health Benefit...
Bloomberg’s performance forgettable
Mayor Bloomberg was trying to rewrite history on the witness stand. First, when he was asked yesterday about his successful effort to overturn the term-limits law, the mayor objected to...
Mike ‘stands’ ground
Mayor Bloomberg kept his cool during more than two hours on the witness stand as the victim in a blockbuster $1.1 million election larceny trial yesterday -- though he did...
Jury’s verdict unlocks Knox
American student Amanda Knox collapsed in sobs of relief and joy yesterday as an Italian appeals court tossed out her conviction for the 2007 murder of her British roommate. The...
Amanda pals celebrate as Italians rage
“She’s free!” Amanda Knox’s family, friends and supporters yesterday reacted with glee as an Italian court ordered her released after almost four years locked up for the murder of her...
Price is right for foreigners
Despite chaos in financial markets and tight credit, sales of Manhattan apartments are way up -- thanks to foreigners. There were 3,106 sales in the third quarter of the year...
PTA thief’s deal dead
The Brooklyn woman who admitted to ripping off the PTA at her daughter’s school so she could pay for fertility treatments and rent on her day spa saw her no-jail...
Critics rip cracks in boardwalk plan
Activists yesterday charged that a controversial city plan to pave much of Coney Island’s fabled wooden board with concrete is literally crumbling. Todd Dobrin, president of the grass-roots group Friends...
Rape suspect’s cry
Jail is no walk in the park for a sweet-talking faux journalist accused of raping and molesting his dates.Hugues Akassy -- jailed since July 2010 on multiple sexual-assault charges --...
Supreme ‘birther’ setback
The Supreme Court began its new term yesterday by throwing out a “birther” lawsuit and agreeing to let a Muslim woman sue her California jailers for making her take off...
B’klyn cop wounded
An off-duty cop was shot in the arm yesterday when she was caught in a Brooklyn shootout.Officer Dawn Foster, 38, was driving into a McDonald’s parking lot in East New...
Photo op ‘chelle game’
WASHINGTON -- First Lady Michelle Obama is using the same tactics as Hollywood celebs who want to venture into the world incognito: wearing a baseball cap and dark shades --...
Singer Hitler shock
Are you ready for a pink slip? ESPN yesterday benched Hank Williams Jr. and his musical intro from its “Monday Night Football” broadcast after the veteran country singer used an...
2 found in ‘powder’ car
A 45-year-old man and a young girl reportedly were found unconscious yesterday morning in a car where a mysterious white powder was also discovered.The bizarre incident occurred in the parking...
The US-Pakistan war
We can’t hide the fact: America and Pakistan are at war over Afghanistan. The Pakistanis want a big voice in the government in Kabul. The United States backs Afghan President...
A President? We’re just not that into it
We need a president. At least, that’s what we tell ourselves as we jump in with one politician and the next, hoping this one will bring us that elusive happiness....
Hijacking the ‘Cause’
Downtown’s continuing exercise in political self-indulgence yesterday saw demonstrators styling themselves as zombies intent on eating -- well, Wall Street fat cats, we presume. Yummy. The point wasn’t quite clear,...
Bravo, President Obama: Leadership when it counts
The Issue: The killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, an American Muslim cleric and terrorist mastermind. *** It’s very interesting that liberals don’t believe in torture but are happy that Anwar al-Awlaki...
Why the American spirit will revive
In every literary, historical or cinematic masterpiece, times must grow darkest before the sunrise and deliverance. We are living in such an age: ObamaCare, the Solyndra and Fast and Furious...
The left’s ‘Tea Party’?
In the Occupy Wall Street movement, the left thinks it might have found its own Tea Party. MoveOn.org and some unions have embraced the protesters. The left-wing Campaign for America’s...
Off-kilter play right-on
Not only is Adam Rapp prolific, but you never know what he’s going to come up with next. In the past 18 months alone, he delivered the censorship drama “The...
Trim ‘Barber’ vs. excess of biblical proportions
After the season-opening spectacular of “Anna Bolena,” the Met offers revivals showcasing the best of current and past regimes. Back again is Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia,” which Bartlett Sher...
Follow-up a Feist for the senses
Album of the week FEIST "Metals" ***1/2 Leslie Feist, who rocketed to stardom on the wings of the iPod ad tune “1234,” returns today with “Metals,” a dozen tracks of...
Hondo tries a trey
Hondo gave some back last night when the Bucs showed little regard for the point spread, which caused the deficit to grow to 1,895 berenguers. Today, Mr. Aitch isn't cool...
Freeman lifts Bucs past Colts
Josh Freeman threw for 287 yards and a touchdown, LeGarrette Blount ran for 127 yards and a score, and the Buccaneers beat the Colts 24-17 last night in Tampa. Freeman,...
Yankees 'feel good' about Burnett in Game 4
DETROIT -- A.J. Burnett's approach to tonight's Game 4 of the ALDS won't change after the Yankees were defeated 5-4 in Game 3 last night. "It's going to be important...
Tigers Game 4 starter Porcello work in progress
DETROIT -- Rick Porcello grew up in New Jersey in a family full of Yankees fans, but rooted for the Mets. "I always liked the fact that [the Mets] were...
Affrunti's Delaware Grade
Post Time: 1:15 pm.FIRST-6f; $18,000; str alw; 3up; (f&m)5-StaySeesMm 9-51-Iris'Prvrb 5-23-ChippewCrt 8-12-MindyMchll 7-24-WrldGnWrng 6-16-Art's Girl 8-1SECOND-1m; $15,000; mdn cl($7,500); 3up7-Beansntaters 2-14-GaelicWlth 6-15-Saint Abe 4-16-TreatyNotc 8-11-Keating 3-12-RubberDuck 10-13-Castlebar 8-1THIRD-6f; $16,000; cl($7,500);...
Tomorrow's Belmont Entries
Post Time: 1:00 pm All horses appear in post position orderFIRST1m; $21,000; cl($10,000); 3up; (f&m)PNHorse Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds2Wise Choice(L),116I Ortiz7-6-4Sciacca 15-11a-Necessary Luxury(L),115R Curatolo1-7-1JJerkens 7-23Love Shack(L),121CVelasquez4-8-1Rice 4-14There Goes Molly(L),118A Lezcano3-6-6Persaud...
Bill Smith At Yonkers
Post time: 7:10 pm.Best Bet: Shark Dressed Man (7th)FIRST-1 1/16 m; pace; $12,000; cl($10000)6Tevenay Hall(S Bouchard)8-2-56-12Kuai Diam N(J Bartlett)7-6-58-17Fox Valley Sosa(D Dube)7-1-23-11Triple Bars(B Holland)6-6-55-13Mizuno(G Brennan)6-1-615-14Sand Cruiser(J Gregory)5-4-48-15Hez Da Man N(J...
Calder Charts
Oct. 3, 2011 Clear And Fast. Turf: Firm. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST -7f;$11,600; md nclm; 2YO; (f)Off: 12:31. Good. off rail, lasted, Trainer: Henry CollazoTime: 22.43, 45.87, 1:13.40, 1:28.01.Winner:...
Parx Racing Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 6f; $45,000,; mdn spcl wt; 2YOIL VILLANO came in and bumped rival in debut as fa vorite at higher level maiden try, now looks to re bound in second...
Tigers ace not great, but gets job done
DETROIT -- The Yankees scored two runs off Justin Verlander in the first inning last night and scratched two more off him to tie the game in the seventh. But...
Girardi's gripes can't distract Yankees
DETROIT -- Joe Girardi's players understand what confronts the Yankees now better than the manager himself did, and that's a problem when you're facing what the Yankees are facing, down...
Phillies ask third ace to erase Cardinals' NLDS split
The Phillies sure know how to deliver a punch, but can they take one? Instead of arriving in St. Louis yesterday with a two-game lead and all the momentum in...
A-Rod not alone in Yankees postseason failure
DETROIT -- Mark Teixeira is enjoying all the benefits of being protected by Alex Rodriguez -- but we are not talking about in the Yankees lineup. A-Rod, the human bull's-eye,...
Former official says Giants got huge break on Cruz ruling
"Giving yourself up." Remember that phrase, because it might become this year's version of "completing the catch" in the NFL. I guarantee you the Cardinals won't soon forget it. If...
Yankees reliever gives up homer on 'good pitch'
DETROIT -- Russell Martin said Rafael Soriano's game-turning fastball to Delmon Young was the pitch he called and the spot he wanted. "He just put a tremendous swing on the...
Yankees ace on wild side, can't cage Tigers
DETROIT -- CC Sabathia declined to make any excuses for his poor outing last night and refused to blame home-plate umpire Gerry Davis' strike zone, despite what his catcher and...
Tigers closer backs off guarantee after earning big save
DETROIT -- The Tigers may be one game nearer to knocking out the Yankees, but Jose Valverde isn't ready to make any more predictions. After creating a stir on Sunday...
Yankees could use Sabathia in relief in Game 5
DETROIT -- Joe Girardi isn't going to start CC Sabathia if the ALDS against the Tigers goes to a fifth and deciding game. However, that doesn't mean the Yankees ace...
Yankees' Rodriguez remains hitless in series
DETROIT -- Alex Rodriguez's 2011 ALDS against the Tigers is going worse than his atrocious 2006 one. The Yankees third baseman drew two walks in last night's 5-4 ALDS Game...
Giants' Cruz claims Cardinals made contact
Giants receiver Victor Cruz admits after catching what turned into a 19-yard completion from Eli Manning, spinning free and tumbling to the turf, he thought one of the Cardinals defenders...
Jeter strikes out again facing Tigers' Valverde
DETROIT -- Jose Valverde strikes again. For the second straight night, the Tigers closer struck out Derek Jeter in the ninth inning with a close game on the line. This...
Giants making complete games a habit
No slogan-filled shirts were printed up and no signs were posted throughout the Giants' training facility, but there was never a doubt as to the primary message coach Tom Coughlin...
Grant disputes idea Giants are immature
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Giants safety Deon Grant would beg to differ with Rodney Harrison. Grant heard the former Patriots defensive back-turned-broadcaster say during a pregame show that the 2011 Giants...
Rangers say Staal will stay home
Still suffering from headaches stemming from a February concussion, Marc Staal will not be joining the Rangers as they continue their European tour. Coach John Tortorella made the announcement after...
Devils won't cut Sykora
There are still contracts to be negotiated, waiver bargains to grab, but forward Petr Sykora and defenseman Anton Stralman appear to have made the Devils as tryouts. Indications are that...
Islanders put Niederreiter on injured list
With the NHL deadline for teams to finalize their 23-man rosters coming at 3 p.m. tomorrow, the decisions the Islanders have to make got a little easier yesterday. Nino Niederreiter...
Jets know offense far from Super
Rex Ryan's Super Bowl predictions have become . . . well, predictable. But the Jets coach delivered a twist on his usual refrain yesterday after watching his team get taken...
Jets coach throws tirade at offense
It was a Rexplosion that shook the walls inside the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center. Rex Ryan unloaded on the Jets offense -- aka A Schotty in the Dark --...
The Post Line
NFLSundayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogGIANTS10 10 (42) SeahawksPATRIOTS 8 9½(49½)JetsCOLTSOFFOFF(OFF)ChiefsVIKINGS 3 3 (44) CardinalsEagles 3 2½(49) BILLSTEXANSOFFOFF(OFF)RaidersSaints 6½ 6 (52) PANTHERSJAGUARS 2½ 2½(37) BengalsSTEELERSOFFOFF(OFF)Titans49ERSOFFOFF(OFF)BuccaneersChargers 6 4½(48) BRONCOSPackers 4 5 (54) FALCONSMondayLIONS 6...
For Giants' Tuck, pain in the neck isn't going away
Justin Tuck yesterday said he wants to get his ailing neck to "cool down" before he tests it again in a game and possibly set himself back. "You want to...
Namath rips Jets again
Joe Namath took aim at the Jets again yesterday, but this time he ripped Santonio Holmes, general manager Mike Tannenbaum and the offensive line instead of coach Rex Ryan. Namath...
Key day of NBA talks
They annually drop the ball in Times Square to ring in a new year. Today, commissioner David Stern may drop the ax in Times Square on a new season. A...
Injuries piling up for struggling Eagles
PHILADELPHIA -- The self-proclaimed Dream Team has been a big, fat bust. The locals were angry and the Eagles were in a near-total state of disarray yesterday, less than 24...
Jets lose LB Thomas for season
The Jets received more troubling injury news yesterday. Outside linebacker Bryan Thomas will miss the remainder of the season after tearing his left Achilles tendon in Sunday's 34-17 loss to...
Red Bulls face Beckham, MLS leaders tonight
Thierry Henry said he thinks the underachieving Red Bulls will need not just character and courage to fight their way into the playoffs, but also consistency and continuity to become...
Knicks rookie is getting his kicks
Locked-out Knicks rookie first-round pick and point guard Iman Shumpert is writing an occasional diary for The Post detailing his offbeat transition into the NBA due to the work stoppage....
Sports shorts
HOOPS: Kobe close to Italy deal Kobe Bryant's representatives and Virtus Bologna are "working very intensely" to bring the Lakers star to Italy during the NBA lockout. Bologna President Claudio...
Diamondbacks face Brewers in NLDS Game 3
PHOENIX -- Down in the standings or down to their last out, the Diamondbacks found a way to rally all season, riding their comebacks into the playoffs. After two lackluster...
Napoli, Texas push Tampa Bay to brink
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Mike Napoli was traded twice in four days in January. Colby Lewis had to go to Japan to get his major league career on track. The...
Rays pitcher catches up on reading
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The book on Rangers Game 4 starter Matt Harrison is that he read the book. Three books, actually, that helped turn his career around. After being...
Talk show guests
TodayHUGH JACKMAN, KALEY CUOCO, SCOTTY MCCREERY - Live with Regis & Kelly, 9 a.m., Ch. 7NICK LACHEY - Rachael Ray, 10 a.m., Ch. 7BOBBY FLAY, LAURA DERN, SELA WARD -...
Nice fit
Shooting has begun on the next season of “Real Housewives of New York” and -- as you can see here -- rumors of a new cast are true. That’s Carole...
Fox makes it official: ‘Five’ replaces Beck
‘The Five” on Fox News Channel has passed the audition. The roundtable news program that replaced controversial Glenn Beck’s show at 5 p.m. in July was made permanent yesterday. The...
Walters scolded over N-word
The N-word made a special guest appearance on “The View” yesterday -- but not everyone welcomed it. Sherri Shepherd got mad at her boss, Barbara Walters, yesterday for using the...
As seen on TV
Thank “The Walking Dead” for turning zombies into this year’s hot Halloween trend. You can get one of the AMC show’s branded gory getups or add a little blood and...
In Vegas, the party never stops
Every day I’m shuffling indeed. It’s late Monday night – OK, the wee hours of Tuesday morning, actually – long after many club-hopping tourists have headed home. But the Marquee...
Weird but true
If New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie decides to run for president, he’ll probably be very relieved that Zack Martini is too young to vote. The 11-year-old asked him at a...
Cardinal Hayes' Sidibe picks Fairfield
The city’s best big man in the Class of 2012 is off the board. Amadou Sidibe, a 6-foot-8 power forward from Cardinal Hayes, verbally committed to head coach Sydney Johnson...
Wayne’s world on the block
Want a piece of John Wayne? For 32 years, fans have been begging for a look at John Wayne’s legacy, but since the Duke’s death in 1979, many items from...
Would you wear PJs on the street?
In college, I was guilty of high style crimes. I’d regularly throw a cardigan over men’s pajamas and scurry off to history class looking like I was about to sit...
Former federal investigator cuffed after firing shots in parking spot argument
A former federal investigator was busted early Sunday morning in a drunken road rage incident were he fired four shots in the air as he chased after another vehicle over...
Giants' Tuck isn't rushing anything
Justin Tuck tried the optimistic approach and it didn’t work very well. The defensive end vowed that if he boarded the Giants charter flight to Arizona he would play in...
Jets player says Namath 'means nothing to us'
Joe Namath took aim at the Jets again Monday, but this time he ripped Santonio Holmes, general manager Mike Tannenbaum and the offensive line instead of coach Rex Ryan.And guard...
ER doctor says she had no chance to save Michael Jackson's life
LOS ANGELES -- An emergency room doctor testified Monday in the manslaughter trial of Dr. Conrad Murray that she and her team had no chance of saving Michael Jackson's life,...