October 13, 2011
Postal employee charged wth stealing drugs from mail
A US Postal Service employee in New York has been charged with stealing drugs from a parcel that was being shipped illegally through the mail. Lori Allen, who works at...
Brewers beat Cardinals to even NLCS
ST. LOUIS — Power pitching often dominates in the postseason. Soft tosses by Randy Wolf got the Milwaukee Brewers back to even in the NL championship series. The 35-year-old lefty...
Dolphins' Marshall wants to fight Jets, get ejected
MIAMI -- Dolphins wide receiver Brandon Marshall added some interesting, albeit unusual, drama for Miami's upcoming Monday night matchup against the Jets, telling reporters Thursday his "goal is to get...
Former Yankees DH Berkman wins NL Comeback award
ST. LOUIS -- Lance Berkman didn’t set out to prove the skeptics wrong. He just figured that, even after struggling through an injury-riddled 2010, he still had good years ahead...
Knicks' Christmas game faces Tuesday deadline
Commissioner David Stern said his “gut” tells him there will be no NBA basketball on Christmas without a labor agreement by Tuesday. That day, when owners and players are scheduled...
Red Bulls not overconfident heading to KC Saturday
After securing ten points in their last five games, the Red Bulls climbed from out of the postseason picture to likely playoff participants headed into Saturday’s penultimate game at Sporting...
Brother pleads to misdemeanor in death of Rangers' Boogaard
MINNEAPOLIS -- The brother of former Rangers strongman Derek Boogaard pleaded guilty Thursday to a gross misdemeanor in his brother’s overdose death, admitting to what his attorney called “an error...
Man, pitbull eyed in UES death
A blood-soaked Upper East Side man was found dead on his kitchen floor yesterday with bite marks on his body and a slash on his head — and cops charged...
Holmes says Jets' line keeps passing game grounded
Anyone who thought the trade of Derrick Mason would suddenly muzzle the complaints coming out of the Jets locker room should think again.Two days after Mason was shipped to Houston,...
VIDEO: Schwartz on Giants-Bills
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1 dead, 1 injured after wrong-way crash on Belt Parkway
An elderly man was killed and his wife critically injured today when the husband drove their Toyota Camry the wrong way onto the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn and hit another...
Mean girls rule 'We Live Here'
I wasn't much impressed by Zoe Kazan's "We Live Here," currently at Manhattan Theatre Club, and there's one aspect of the show I didn't have space to develop in my...
Bills Pro Bowl DT could miss game vs. Giants
ORCHARD PARK -- Bills starting defensive tackle Kyle Williams missed his second straight practice due to a sore left foot, and will be a game-time decision Sunday, when Buffalo travels...
'Holiday Bandit' pleads guilty to bank heists
A California man who became one of New York's most-wanted criminals after a bank robbery spree last Christmas season pleaded guilty today to a variety of charges. Marat Mikhaylich, 35,...
Giants defense could try wristbands
Do not be surprised if you see Giants defensive players wearing wristbands and referring to the plays on those bands during Sunday’s game against the Bills. That is one change...
Rangers great Messier to run NYC Marathon
Former Rangers captain Mark Messier plans to run next month’s New York City Marathon. The six-time Stanley Cup champion will take on the 26.2 miles Nov. 6 in the city...
Boise State, Big East unsure about pairing
The Big East is considering adding Boise State football to help bolster the conference’s chances of retaining its BCS automatic bid, though both sides still need to be persuaded that...
Tigers extend ALCS with Game 5 win over Rangers
DETROIT -- Justin Verlander helped save Detroit’s season with a gutsy effort and the Tigers hit for a sudden cycle to break away from Texas in a 7-5 victory Thursday...
Jury finds Komisarjevsky guilty of Conn. home invasion murders
The man accused of murder, sexual assault, burglary and arson in a grisly 2007 Connecticut home invasion was found guilty on all charges Thursday and could face the death penalty....
US confirms top Haqqani commander killed in Pakistan
WASHINGTON -- A US official on Thursday confirmed that a top Haqqani commander had been killed in a strike in Pakistan. "It's been confirmed that Janbaz Zadran, aka Jamil, was...
9 honored at NYC Police Memorial Wall
Nine NYPD officers who became ill after working at the World Trade Center site have been honored at the Police Memorial Wall in Lower Manhattan. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police...
Experts focusing on Jacko doctor's missteps
LOS ANGELES — Experts repeatedly told jurors that Michael Jackson's doctor acted with "gross negligence" throughout his treatment of the pop superstar, a theme that will likely be repeated as...
WATCH: Cops search for Katz's Deli purse thief caught on tape
A purse snatching thief is preying on pastrami eaters at the famed Katz’s Deli, swiping several pocketbooks from unsuspecting diners. The sticky-fingered woman also hit the trendy Clinton Street Baking...
PSAL football predictions, Week 6
Each week in the fall, New York Post beat writers Zach Braziller and Marc Raimondi will attempt to prognosticate the coming PSAL football weekend in the City Championship division. RECORDS...
CHSFL predictions, Week 6
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 5 Raimondi: 38-15 (Last...
WATCH: Squirrel goes nuts inside East Harlem CVS
A squirrel went nuts at an East Harlem CVS store, after it strolled in through the front door on Monday and hung around inside until late this morning. The gray...
Bronx pastor busted for allegedly cashing dead teacher's pension checks
A preachy Bronx pastor was busted for a ghoulish scheme where he allegedly cashed 10 years’ worth of pension checks made out to a teacher who had died in 2000,...
Dolphins' Taylor views Jets differently
Longtime Jets hater Jason Taylor said his feelings toward the organization softened after spending one season with the team.Taylor, who is back with the Dolphins, faces the Jets on Monday...
DiPietro out for Islanders after hit in head by practice shot
Rick DiPietro, the oft-injured Islanders goalie, will not dress for Thursday night’s game against the Lightning after taking a slap shot in the helmet during Wednesday’s practice.Al Montoya will start...
Parents who allegedly took 8 kids being strong-armed into giving up rights, lawyer says
A lawyer for a couple accused of busting their eight kids out of a Queens foster home said they are being strong-armed by prosecutors into giving up their parental rights....
DVD Extra: Ron Leibman on 'The Super Cops'
Perhaps best known these days for playing Rachel's overbearing father on "Friends,'' Ron Leibman won a Tony Award for the original Broadway production of "Angels in America'' (as Roy Cohn)...
Geren meets with Mets about bench coach job
Bob Geren, the former Oakland manager and Yankees catcher, interviewed with Mets officials Thursday to discuss the team’s vacant bench coach position.The team has already interviewed Jim Riggleman for the...
B'klyn groper remanded into custody
The cowardly creep busted for one of the 13 sex attacks that have terrorized Brooklyn was arriagned today and remanded into custody without bail. Accused perv Adolfo Martinez, 26, said...
Man dies after falling from ladder while working inside UWS church
A construction worker died today after accidently plunging off the roof of an Upper West Side church that was being used as rehearsal space for the Radio City Christmas Spectacular,...
Whitney Houston nearly booted from flight for refusing to buckle up
ATLANTA -- A defiant Whitney Houston was almost kicked off a passenger jet for refusing to buckle her seatbelt, TMZ reported Thursday. Houston reportedly "got diva" when a flight attendant...
'We don't take any options off the table' on Iran, Obama says
WASHINGTON -- President Obama said Thursday the US does not "take any options off the table" when it comes to responding to provocation from Iran. Meanwhile, the State Department revealed...
Tuck, Snee, Jacobs among injured Giants to sit out Sunday
It looks as if the Giants are going to be without several starters for Sunday’s game against the Bills at MetLife Stadium.Defensive end Justin Tuck on Thursday again did not...
Loughner returned to Missouri to resume treatment
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Jared Loughner has returned to a federal prison hospital in Missouri to undergo psychological treatment for the purpose of restoring him to competency to stand trial, the...
City officials reach deal with nude body-painter
The G-string stays on 'til the sun goes down. City officials have reached an oddball compromise with a performance artist who body-paints nude women in public -- the gals can't...
Wall St. protesters will not be allowed to bring sleeping bags, tents back into park
The party’s over! The city’s top cop said today that the Occupy Wall Street protesters who clear out of Zuccotti Park tomorrow so their filthy makeshift campsite can get a...
RDA says no deal yet for Rachael Ray
Less than a day after Meredith Corp. said it had an “agreement in principle” to purchase Every Day with Rachael Ray from Reader’s Digest Association, executives at RDA are throwing...
Penguins' Crosby cleared for contact in practice
PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby was cleared for contact in practice Thursday, though it remains unclear when he will be given the go-ahead to play. Crosby wore a...
Rajaratnam sentenced to 11 years, longest ever for insider trading
Raj Rajaratnam, the face of the biggest trading scandal in a generation, was sentenced Thursday to 11 years in prison, one of the longest ever sentences handed down for an...
Man in Rutgers webcam suicide case seeks to shield name
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — The man who prosecutors say was captured by a webcam in an intimate encounter with a Rutgers student who later committed suicide has “substantial fear” his...
NBA web schedules off the mark
The NBA is misleading the public and media by keeping schedules on each team's websites, with the league potentially resuming games on Nov. 16. It has even led to misinformed...
French prosecutors drop inquiry into Strauss-Kahn rape allegations
PARIS -- French prosecutors dropped the inquiry Thursday into a French writer's rape complaint against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Prosecutors said Tristane Banon's allegations that Strauss-Kahn attempted to rape...
High-tech poker cheating scam busted at French casino
CANNES, France -- Three Italian poker players and two employees of southern French casinos were in custody Thursday, accused of netting thousands of euros in a high-tech gambling scam that...
Surfer stood on great white shark's back off Oregon coast
Doug Niblack was trying to catch another wave before going to work, when his longboard hit something hard as rock off the Oregon Coast and he suddenly found himself standing...
Red Sox's Ortiz likes look of Yankees: report
The family disfunction among the Red Sox is so bad, Big Papi is thinking about leaving home for their most hated enemy.Calling the Yankees "a good situation to be involved...
Russian hockey plane crash went wrong from beginning, lone survivor says
YAROSLAVL, Russia -- The only survivor of a Russian plane crash that killed almost an entire professional hockey team said the flight went wrong from the beginning. Crew member Alexander...
US, Russia begin joint anti-terror naval operations
MOSCOW -- American and Russian naval forces started joint anti-terror operations Thursday near the Mariana Islands in the Pacific, according to Russian officials. US and Russian ships will undertake joint...
Apple ramps up production of iPhone 4S, report says
TAIPEI -- With demand for its new iPhone 4S still running strong following an initial surge of preorders, Apple is reportedly ratcheting up production volumes on the device. Taiwan's Commercial...
Most Americans agree: "Drill, baby, drill"
A new poll should give the Obama administration pause. According to the American Consumer Institute new poll "94 percent of consumers believe that having more U.S. energy production would be better...
Norwegian killer Breivik to be allowed out of solitary
OSLO -- Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik will be allowed out of solitary confinement as he awaits trial, police announced Thursday. A Norwegian court extended the pretrial detention for...
Democrats' mounting Latino problem
It is an article of faith that Latino voters tend to vote Democrat and that Republicans are trying to find a way to gain traction among those voters. The conventional...
Alec Baldwin hosts public radio show, open to partial '30 Rock' season
Alec Baldwin is preparing for life after “30 Rock,” working with New York public radio on an interview show that will be available via podcast starting Oct. 24. The first...
Full BlackBerry service restored, Research in Motion says
BlackBerry services were fully restored Thursday after days of disruptions that frustrated millions of users around the world, Research in Motion (RIM) said. "We've now restored full services," co-chief executive...
Christ the King hoops star Fuchs excelling on the gridiron
Before this year, Jordan Fuchs was best known for catching alley-oop dunks. The Christ the King junior is now pulling down touchdown passes as well. “I tell my quarterback when...
Much-improved Bills out to erase all doubt vs. Giants
BUFFALO —The Bills don’t care if you mock them, call them mutts or even compare them to The Island of Misfit Toys. The NFL’s most surprising team (sorry, Lions) is...
Ugly end to Boston’s fall: report
BOSTON — As the Red Sox disintegrated in what would become the worst September collapse in baseball history, some at Fenway Park grew concerned that the pain medication Terry Francona...
Yankees GM Cashman mum on Red Sox opening
DETROIT — Though it’s highly unlikely Brian Cashman won’t have a new contract with the Yankees before October expires, his situation obviously could change if he doesn’t. If the Red...
Avoiding turnovers a must for Giants against Bills
If Giants coach Tom Coughlin was in a hurry and needed to cut short his presentation regarding this week’s opponent he could have walked into the room, directed the following...
Coughlin revives Giants players’ council
It was internal strife and behind-the-scenes sniping that drove coach Tom Coughlin to institute the Leadership Council on the Super Bowl XLII Giants. The difference between the 2011 Giants and...
Girls volleyball roundup: Fieldston beats Mann, remains undefeated in Ivy
Collin Henry was somewhat apprehensive when libero Sarah Graham went down with a foot injury two weeks ago at the Battle of the Bronx tournament. It wasn’t that he thought...
Forging ahead: Sophomore helps lead St. Francis past Fontbonne Hall
Jaclyn LaForgia isn’t one to get rattled in a big moment. The St. Francis Prep sophomore has too much will and determination to let nerves get the best of her....
The Mann: Lions rout Fieldston, remain team to beat in Ivy
Horace Mann isn’t quite ready to proclaim itself the team to beat in the Ivy Prep League. It’s impressively dominant 4-0 win over Fieldston in The Bronx Wednesday afternoon said...
Knicks' Anthony reveals extent of surgeries
Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony revealed the severity of his left elbow and right knee surgeries yesterday and confessed he didn’t want it out in the public after they were performed...
Federal mediator to join NBA labor negotiations
The two sides in the NBA labor war will get together again. And this time, they will have a federal mediator. George Cohen, director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation...
Being big-time GM isn't easy
These are not dream jobs. Even if you have big payrolls and win championships and break Curses, there is no perfection when you are the general manager of a mega-market...
Jets now have to count on Kerley
When Jets rookie wide receiver Jeremy Kerley received word of the Derrick Mason trade on Twitter on Tuesday night, he took it with a grain of salt. After all, Kerley...
Smith has ‘no regrets’ leaving Jets for Bills
BUFFALO — The Bills hardly use Brad Smith, but the ex-Jets receiver, Wildcat quarterback and return ace still feels like he made the right move. Jumping within the AFC East...
Jets' Burress isn't buying explanation for Mason trade
Two months ago, the Jets talked about Derrick Mason catching 100 passes and being like a third starting wide receiver. Yesterday, they tried to explain why they dumped him eight...
Jets not telling whole story on trade
Body language can sometimes be as easy to read as a children’s book. The letters are big, there aren’t many pages and the storyline is simple to comprehend. In the...
Amar’e hopeful Knicks will get together in November
Amar’e Stoudemire was the toast of the red-carpet cocktail party last night at a packed Land Rover Manhattan as he celebrated his Gotham Magazine cover and promoted the launch of...
After having no offers six weeks ago, Webb commits to Northeastern
Onia Webb was never really into basketball. She liked to dance. She wanted to be a cheerleader. Her father Owen, who was a 6-foot-8 star guard from The Bronx and...
Fieldston's early scoring barrage enough to topple Horace Mann
Chloe Chasanoff knew there wasn’t time to think, just react. “I just had to go fast because the goalie was charging at me,” the Fieldston sophomore forward said. “It was...
Mount's Brown brings defensive prowess, leadership under center
You will never hear Mario Valentini question Najae Brown’s ability as a leader. The Mount St. Michael coach watched him guide the team’s defense from the unit's back field since...
INSIDE BOYS SOCCER: Despite rash of injuries, Bronx Science holding onto division lead
Bronx Science had grand plans this fall, dreams of challenging the city’s best in November and making a legitimate title run. It didn’t plan on a swarm of injuries that...
Business briefs
Insider inside Michael Kimelman, the Incremental Capital co-founder, was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for insider trading yesterday. Walmart win Walmart officials told analysts yesterday that revenue at...
Identity crisis: Liz Claiborne eyes new name after selling Liz label
Lucky Kate? Juicy Luck? Lucky Juice? Liz Claiborne -- the tattered clothing company that owns Juicy Couture, Kate Spade and Lucky Brand -- is searching for a new name after...
Fed-up Ray dumps RDA for Meredith
TV celebrity chef Rachael Ray has dumped the troubled Readers Digest Association as her magazine publishing partner and is teaming up with Meredith Corp. to publish Every Day With Rachael...
UBS throws a curve
Embattled UBS is shutting down its money-making, stand-alone debt restructuring business, The Post has learned.The move, which has irked some senior staffers, comes as the Swiss banking giant, run by...
Banks are holding on Fed window
Don’t bet on it. That’s what senior officials at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley said about speculation that they might shed their status as so-called bank holding companies to skirt...
NYC beats out Beantown in VC deals, dollars
New York’s Silicon Alley has reached new heights in the Web 2.0 era, with the city’s start-up scene topping Boston for the first time in overall venture-capital funding last quarter,...
Sorry, Ryan, network bid doesn’t make cut
Ryan Seacrest knows what it’s like to get eliminated in the first round. The “American Idol” host and reality-TV show producer has fallen short twice in his efforts to add...
Fee cap slap
Two lawmakers plan to introduce a bill to repeal a Federal Reserve rule capping debit-card swipe fees.The duo seek to repeal the rule which cut in half the fees that...
Apple’s Jobs had last laugh
Call the cops. And check their stock portfolios. Steve Jobs would chuckle at what happened to Apple’s stock around the time of his death on Oct. 5. The company announced...
NBA stats won’t count
Striking NBA players won’t be standing at the foul line. But the question is whether or not they will show up in the unemployment line and be counted? For the...
Cuban looking to tame Street’s ‘cheetahs’
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is calling a technical foul on Wall Street traders’ fast breaks. The billionaire entrepreneur says high-frequency traders, or HFTs, are corrupting the market and has...
Y&R’s HQ on block
The Y&R-owned headquarters at 285 Madison Ave. is quietly being shopped for redevelopment and could fetch well over $100 million. As The Post first reported yesterday, ad giant WPP is...
Raj’s fate
Prosecutors said that Galleon Group co-founder Raj Rajaratnam shouldn’t be granted bail pending appeal after he’s sentenced today for insider trading because he has millions of dollars and could flee...
Hammer time at USA
It’s like the family sedan beating an Indy race car. USA boss Bonnie Hammer and her team are giving broadcast counterpart Bob Greenblatt a run for his money, as the...
Court vision
At the intersection of Flatbush and Atlantic avenues, the hulking steel skeleton of the Barclays Center, future home to the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets, looms large. This summer saw the glass...
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The host is the Motz
If you expected the smell of hamburgers in George Motz’s Brooklyn co-op -- Motz is the author of “Hamburger America,” both a book and a documentary, and the man behind...
Home Jim
Jim Carrey is on the hunt for a serious downtown bachelor pad. We hear that the actor, who fell back in love with New York while shooting “Mr. Popper’s Penguins,”...
Gov. hints at layoffs halt
ALBANY -- Gov. Cuomo yesterday hinted he might recall the pink slips for 3,500 unionized workers if he and Public Employees Federation leaders reach a new deal. Cuomo said he...
$candal dims Liu’s mayoral hopes
City Comptroller John Liu’s mayoral dreams may be dashed over questionable donations from cashiers, waitresses and maids to his $1.5 million campaign fund, political watchers say.“This sort of exposed that...
Zuccotti getting clean sweep
The city is imposing alternate-side rules for Zuccotti Park. Mayor Bloomberg went to the base of the Occupy Wall Street protesters last night to inform them that the park’s owners...
Jacko ought to be alive
Michael Jackson should still be alive. That’s what a state medical officer told jurors yesterday, stating in no uncertain terms, that The King of Pop’s shocking death was the direct...
‘Coke king’ bust
A jet-setting Hollywood cocaine kingpin on the run from Suffolk County, LI, cops for allegedly shipping blow to the East End was arrested Tuesday night in Mexico. Will Wright, 33,...
Buffett: Tax me more!
He’s begging to pay more. A $6.9 million tax bill isn’t high enough for Warren Buffett, who says the 17.4 percent hit on his taxable income last year was proportionally...
B’klyn groper ‘fesses’
The cowardly creep busted for one of the 13 sex attacks that have terrorized Brooklyn confessed to the groping -- and admitted he has molested women before, law-enforcement sources said...
Killer nabbed by ‘tix fix’ cop pleads out
A Bronx murder suspect whose arresting officer was caught on a wiretap fixing a ticket took a plea deal yesterday instead of risking a trial. Careem Johnson, 25, copped to...
Andy adamant on spend hikes
It’s full speed ahead on state education and health-care spending hikes, Gov. Cuomo said yesterday. Despite warnings that Wall Street woes could leave the state short of revenue, Cuomo said...
It’s Islam’s superzeroes
While learning about Islam, girls in my kid’s middle school were invited to wear burqas to class. Sweet. It would be a gross understatement to say her dad and I...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan The bank robber pictured here (top photo) received a $900 package of money that unbeknownst to him contained an exploding dye pack. He put the package in a folded...
Dumbo dog ado
Dog owners in Brooklyn are barking mad that the city is letting their neighborhood park go to the humans. Residents in and around DUMBO have for years walked their dogs...
Ex-narc admits guilt in Queens coke sale
A Queens narcotics cop caught on video framing four men in a bar has pleaded guilty to a drug-sale charge, been sentenced to two to four years in prison --...
Calif. salon massacre
A crazed killer gunning for his ex-wife turned a busy Southern California beauty parlor into a blood-splattered slaughterhouse yesterday, fatally shooting eight people before he was chased down and arrested....
Views collide on bike lanes
Forget the Mets vs. Yankees -- what really divides New Yorkers are bike lanes! A new protected bike path on Columbus Avenue is either the best thing since the grid...
Bilingual help for kids -- at last
After years of failing to comply with state and federal mandates for providing services to students who need help learning English, the city has been pressured into taking corrective measures....
Marathoner is bus-ted
LONDON -- A club runner in northern England has been stripped of his third-place finish in a local marathon after being caught hitching a ride on a spectator bus.Rob Sloan,...
BlackBerry thumbs down :(
BlackBerry users were not very :) yesterday. A technical glitch that has shut down or slowed e-mail and texting services for tens of millions of users outside the United States...
Gov's love a hot dish
Here’s one sexy dish! A pot of pasta never looked this hot, as Sandra Lee -- the governor’s girlfriend and Food Network host -- peeled off her conservative kitchen look...
Accuser calls DSK a pig in fictional account of their encounter
He’ll never be anything but “the pig’’ to her. The French journalist who accuses Dominique Strauss-Kahn of trying to rape her has written a fictionalized account of their brief encounter....
Big-rig driver busted for allegedly using license-plate trick to evade toll
What a trucking jerk. A big-rig driver was busted at the George Washington Bridge after pulling a trick worthy of James Bond -- pulling a cord that made his license...
Teen boys pro-condom
CHICAGO -- A surprising 80 percent of teenage boys say they’re using condoms the first time they have sex, a government survey found in a sign that decades of efforts...
Enough $niffing around!
Leona Helmsley’s foundation has one less animal group nipping at its heels. In a one-line ruling, the state Appellate Division dismissed an appeal by D.E.L.T.A. Rescue that contended it should...
Post probe sent Haggerty scrambling: DA
You could almost hear him quivering in his dress shoes.Political consultant John Haggerty was so rattled by the persistent reporting of Post City Hall Bureau Chief David Seifman that he...
Second chopper-crash victim dies
A second woman has died from injuries suffered in last week’s East River helicopter crash, sources said yesterday. Helen Tamaki, 43, died Tuesday at Bellevue Hospital of complications caused by...
Killer wife battles anxiety on go-to-jail day
After years of physical abuse, a stressful murder trial and a surprise weapons-possession conviction, battered wife Barbara Sheehan may have finally reached the end of her rope. Sheehan was cuffed...
Feds save cop-shoot case
The feds have rescued the botched case against a parolee accused of trying to kill a cop in The Bronx in 2009, The Post has learned.Darren Morris, 27, beat the...
Undie bomber stuns court with confession
A Nigerian man pleaded guilty yesterday to attempting to bring down a Christmas Day flight over Detroit with a bomb in his underwear, telling a surprised courtroom that the failed...
Washington bans Tehran airline
The Obama administration slapped sanctions on an Iranian airline yesterday for sponsoring terrorism -- its first retaliatory action after the feds exposed a bizarre $1.5 million bomb plot to the...
High-tech blueprint boon
The city yesterday revealed a new, high-tech system that will cut in half the time it takes building developers to get approval for their plans. Architects and engineers can now...
Scarlett nude-pix hack bust
There will be no more breaking nudes out of Hollywood. The FBI has busted a hacker who had been tormenting young film stars -- including Mila Kunis, Christina Aguilera, Jessica...
A ‘terror’ wheeler dealer
Would you buy a used car from this guy? Before the feds busted him in an Iranian military plot to blow up the Saudi ambassador in Washington, DC, Manssor Arbabsiar...
Congress takes aim at Holder
WASHINGTON -- The attorney general has been served! Eric Holder was slapped with a sweeping subpoena from the House’s investigative arm yesterday, demanding top-level documents about the botched “Fast and...
Team Obama ‘flips’ out over Romney
WASHINGTON -- President Obama’s political team mocked Republican Mitt Romney as a ��brazen” flip-flopper, in the latest indication the former Massachusetts governor has solidified his spot as the Republican front-runner...
Defeated O keeps up fight
WASHINGTON -- President Obama’s jobs bill and its surtax on millionaires won’t go away quietly.Undaunted by the Senate’s Tuesday defeat of the $447 billion bill, Obama yesterday proclaimed: “We will...
Mrs. O: I’m the first shopper
Michelle Obama says she escapes from the White House to go shopping all the time. The first lady claims she’s a regular at Chipotle, Starbucks and Target -- even though...
Cain gains to top GOP field: poll
Businessman Herman Cain keeps rising in the polls, and now leads Republican rival Mitt Romney 30 to 22 percentage points in a new survey by Progressive Policy Polling. Texas Gov....
Ashton’s sex gal bares all
It’s a steamy hot-tub tale even Charlie Sheen would be proud of. Blond bombshell Sara Leal finally broke her silence about the wet and wild romp she shared with Ashton...
Iran would gladly assassinate Saudis
No one knows where the accusations leveled against Iran by US Attorney General Eric Holder might lead. If true, the claim that Iran planned to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in...
Israel’s ‘soft belly’
After more than five years, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted Tuesday night, “I am bringing #Gilad #Shalit home!” You may have come across a famous photo, snapped shortly before...
Terror plot’s timing -- and Holder’s Justice gap
The Issue: Whether news of an Iranian terror plot was timed to divert attention from Fast and Furious. *** “Holder’s Distraction” (Editorial, Oct. 12) correctly points out how the announcement...
Remembering USS Cole
“There will be some who will let the memory of Oct. 12, 2000, fade into history. There will be some who will wish to forget this day. We will not....
Tappan Zee snow job
President Obama’s half-trillion-dollar tax hike (aka the “jobs plan”) went down in flames Tuesday -- and now Phase Two of the scheme begins in earnest: Blaming Republicans for the failure....
Serbs’ soft slaps
There’s been a small -- far too small, unfortunately -- measure of justice in the case of Bryan Steinhauer, the Brooklyn honors student savagely beaten by a hulking Serbian basketball...
The idiocy of 'Occupy'
The Tea Party’s splendid successes, which have altered the nation’s political vocabulary and agenda, have inspired a countermovement -- Occupy Wall Street. Conservatives should rejoice and wish for it long...
Obama’s perilous ‘Hiroshima’ gambit
A stunning revelation from a Wikileaks document dump shows President Obama badly bungling relations with our oldest democratic ally in Asia. In a September 2009 cable prior to Obama’s official...
Tainted in broad strokes
For her off-Broadway debut as a playwright, omnipresent actress Zoe Kazan (“Angels in America,” “A Behanding in Spokane”) has gone out on a limb with an extravaganza in which a...
Houston troupe doesn’t meet Tex-pectations
Houston, we have a problem: Your ballet is the fourth largest in the country and its dancers are top-notch, but it rarely visits New York. And now it’s here --...
Mondays can be murder
‘Any Given Monday” is a dark comedy so offensive, so amoral and so generally unpleasant that you’ll hate yourself for laughing at it. The problem is, you’ll hate yourself a...
The original jet set
The year was 1959, and Lorraine Veve Roy, a 19-year-old from Newark, had big plans for herself and her future career as a stewardess. Roy — who had never flown...
Giants knew of Kennedy's failed drug test when he signed
Before signing veteran defensive tackle Jimmy Kennedy in late August, the Giants were aware Kennedy had failed an NFL test to detect performance-enhancing drugs and there was a chance he...
Giants' Baas wants running game front & center
David Baas hasn't been with the Giants very long but even when he played in San Francisco the center was aware of what typically won games in the NFC East....
Rangers top Tigers, lead ALCS 3-1
DETROIT -- Jim Leyland has seen almost everything in two decades as a big-league manager. What he witnessed last night in Game 4 of the ALCS, he said, was as...
Cards edge Brewers, lead NLCS 2-1
ST. LOUIS -- The Brewers have a Braun in their lineup, but maybe not enough brawn in their starting rotation. The staff ace, Yovani Gallardo, couldn't come to the rescue...
Cardinals bullpen gets it done against Brewers
ST. LOUIS -- Fernando Salas, Lance Lynn, Marc Rzepczynski and Jason Motte were the unsung heroes of the Cardinals' 4-3 victory over the Brewers last night in Game 3 of...
Last thing Yankees need is Big Papi
DETROIT -- Big Papi in the Big Apple would be a Big Mistake. In 2008 the Yankees jack-hammered David Ortiz's jersey out of the Yankee Stadium cement and the last...
Islanders want Tavares to strike against Lightning
Despite his comments after Monday's 2-1 win over the Wild, Islanders coach Jack Capuano is doing everything he can not to ladle pressure on the already-burdened shoulders of his 21-year-old...
Rangers free agent Wilson 'ignoring' Yankees for now
DETROIT -- There is a very slim chance C.J. Wilson's start today in Game 5 of the ALCS against the Tigers at Comerica Park will be his last for the...
Rangers prefer fresh Lundqvist
Henrik Lundqvist rarely gets a night off. But the Rangers' goalie will have to wait at least six days between starts. The Rangers, who last played Saturday in Sweden do...
Desperate Devils crave fast start against Kings
Simply surviving the rest of October looms as the Devils' mission, seven tough games that could determine the direction of this comeback season. If they're going to be any good,...
Affrunti's Keeneland Grade
Post Time: 1:15 pm. FIRST-7f; $32,000; cl($32,000); 3up 4-QuickDlvry 2-1 3-FrAllWhCng 10-1 5-Homeboykris 7-2 1-TogthrIndy 4-1 2-Monty's Best 6-1 6-MxSlvrhmmr 6-1 7-SupremeRlr 8-1 8-BechmpVcry 20-1 9-Kennessey 30-1 SECOND-1 1/8m(T); $60,000;...
Tomorrow's Belmont Entries
Post Time: 1:00 pm All horses appear in post position order FIRST 1m; $51,000; mdn spcl wt; 3up PN Horse Wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds 1 Post Ranch(L),120 R...
Delaware Results
FIRST-1m&70y; $15,000; mdn clm; 2YO; (f)6High Cmprssn (RccoJr) 9.004.403.005Oneplayfullady (Chiappe)6.204.201Half Buzzed (Castellano, Jr.)3.00 Off 1:17. Time 1:47.57. Fast. Scr: Disco Sensation. * $1 Exacta (6-5) $29.40 * $1 Superfecta (6-5-1-8)...
Jets' Hunter blocks out rough start
You might think Jets tackle Wayne Hunter has nightmares about Cowboys linebacker DeMarcus Ware, but Hunter actually wants another crack at him. "If I had a chance to go against...
Today's Sports on Air
Auto Racing2 p.m.NASCAR: Nationwide, practiceESPN23:30 p.m.NASCAR: Sprint Cup, practiceESPN26 p.m.NASCAR: Nationwide, practiceESPN27 p.m.NASCAR: Sprint Cup, qualyfingESPN2Baseball4 p.m.ALCS: Rangers at Tigers, Game 5FOX, ESPN (1050 AM)8 p.m.NLCS: Brewers at Cardinals, Game...
Hondo goes to college
Hondo missed with Brewers last night, which was predictable because he was trending downward after his loss in the eighth at Keeneland with Trend. Fortunately he scratched out of a...
Saturday's Heroes Tackle The Spread
The experts make their picks:THE LINECHRIS SHAWLENN ROBBINSBRIAN LEWISDREW LOFTISx-Usc 3 CALIFORNIA (Tonight., 9:00, ESPN)USCCal.Cal.Cal.Hawaii 6.5 SAN JOSE ST. (Tom, 9:00, ESPN)HawaiiHawaiiHawaiiSJ StateTEXAS A&M 9.5 Baylor (Sat., Noon, FX)Baylor★ Tex....
The Post Line
NFLSundayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogGIANTS 3 3½(50½)BillsPACKERS14½15 (48) RamsSTEELERS13 12 (40) JaguarsEagles 1½ 1 (47½)REDSKINSLIONS 5 4½(46½)49ersFALCONS 6 4 (51) PanthersBENGALS 7 7 (40½)ColtsRAVENS 5½ 7½(44½)TexansRAIDERS 7 6½(44½)BrownsPATRIOTS 7 7 (55) CowboysSaints...
Sports shorts
MLB: Gary Carter update Gary Carter's family received some positive news from doctors who said the Hall of Fame catcher's brain tumors have shrunk 10 percent from a previous MRI...
New York board bans Dutrow 10 years
Richard Dutrow Jr. received a minimum 10-year ban and a $50,000 fine yesterday after a three-member New York State Racing and Wagering Board panel voted unanimously to revoke the license...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYOct. 13FRIOct. 14SATOct. 15SUNOct. 16MONOct. 17TUEOct. 18WEDOct. 19RangersNOGAMENOGAMEIsles7:00MSGESPNNOGAMENOGAMEVanc.10:00MSG+ESPNNOGAMEIslandersTampa Bay7:00TV -- MSG NetworkRadio WRHU 88.7 FMNOGAMEN.Y.R.7:00MSG+WRHUNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEDevilsLos Angeles7:00TV - MSG Plus NetworkRadio WFAN 660 AMNOGAMENash.8:00MSG+2WFANNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMERed BullsNOGAMENOGAMEK.C.4:00MSGWADONOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEGiantsSunday, Oct. 16Bills1:00TV -- CBSRadio...
Starr report
Robert Downey Jr. will play Perry Mason in a big-screen feature based on Erle Stanley Gardner's fabled lawyer, most famously portrayed on TV by Raymond Burr in the classic 1957-66...
Talk show guests
THURSDAYTAYLOR SWIFT, JULIANNE HOUGH - Good Morning America, 7 a.m., Ch. 7HARRY BELAFONTE, JENNA BUSH HAGER, ANTHONY MACKIE - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4TAYLOR SWIFT, LAUREN ALAINA - Live with...
Bad news for Ro
Rosie O’Donnell’s new talk show is already struggling for viewers. “The Rosie Show,” which premiered to only 497,000 viewers on OWN Monday night, dropped more than 36 percent of its...
‘Trek’ suit
Live long and prosper -- on “Celebrity Apprentice”? Former “Star Trek” star George “Sulu” Takei gives our photographer the famous Vulcan sign yesterday while entering the Trump International Hotel at...
Scotty makes ‘Idol’ proud
Scotty McCreery has proven that “American Idol” winners really are relevant musicians. The most recent “Idol’s” debut album, “Clear as Day,” scored the No. 1 spot on both the Billboard...
‘Porn’ in the USA
Lisa Ling not only has the best job in America, she does it better than anyone out there right now. Ling’s job is to investigate the things that fascinate her...
‘Single?!’ answers dating questions
If you’re young, single and looking to find the right one in NYC, but always end up with ones who are so wrong you wouldn’t even want to have lunch...
Weird but true
A Texas woman is suing an airline -- over turbulence. Colleen O’Neal says her Continental flight from College Station to Houston was so bumpy, she suffered posttraumatic stress disorder because...
No Jenkins, but Hofstra hopeful heading into season
When Charles Jenkins' departed, the inevitable arrived. "It's impossible to replace a guy like Charles," Hofstra coach Mo Cassara said at yesterday's media day. "He was so dynamic on and...
Bickering Big East could increase exit fees
The Big East Conference's basketball media day next Wednesday already figured to be an awkward affair with Pitt and Syracuse in the same room with the programs the two schools...
Taking a walk on 'Wild' side
Football expert Phil Steele is owner and publisher of Phil Steele's College Football Preview, regarded as the college football bible. Get in-depth coverage of football 24/7/365, including more write-ups at...
Cal Bears are Golden
The Profit put its money where its mouth is last week, and it ended up costing overall in a 7-8 week. We told you it was the week of the...
PSAL boys soccer roundup: Bayside tops Bowne, wins third straight
Bayside will head into Friday’s Queens A East showdown with Francis Lewis riding high. The Commodores, ranked fourth in the PSAL by The Post, won their third straight, topping John...
Man convicted of shooting & robbing retired cop gets 40 years to life
A Queens man convicted of robbing and shooting a retired NYPD officer tried to maintain his innocence today, but the judge shot down his defense and gave him a "big...
Bloomberg says protesters need to leave park, but only so it can be cleaned
Mayor Bloomberg this evening went to Zuccotti Park to inform the Occupy Wall Street protesters that the owners of the park will be cleaning up Friday, officials said, adding that...