October 25, 2011
Horse of Year candidate Tizway retired with injury
Tizway, a leading contender for Horse of the Year coming off dominating victories in the Grade 1 Metropolitan and Whitney handicaps, has been retired after suffering a suspensory injury Tuesday...
Uma Thurman stalker deemed mentally fit to stand trial
He’s not so crazy after all. Uma Thurman stalker Jack Jordan has been found mentally fit to proceed in his felony contempt of court case, authorities said today. Prosecutors last...
Suspect ID'd in fatal Queens hit-and-run
Police have identified a suspect in a hit-and-run that killed a Queens bar owner in a brutal crash two weeks ago. Peter Rodriguez, 36, from Brooklyn is wanted for allegedly...
Andy Rooney remains hospitalized after complications during surgery
Longtime CBS commentator Andy Rooney suffered complications while undergoing surgery last week and remains hospitalized in serious condition, CBS News announced Tuesday. The network said his condition was stable after...
Brodeur faces shots at Devils morning skate: report
Injured Devils goalie Martin Brodeur faced shots in Los Angeles on Tuesday during the team's morning skate prior to facing the Kings.NJ.com says Brodeur, recovering from a shoulder injury suffered...
No NFL teams at Owens' workout
CALABASAS, Calif. -- Terrell Owens’ workout was watched by two television networks but no NFL teams. The 37-year-old free-agent wide receiver participated in some drills and caught passes Tuesday outside...
Stephen King’s ‘Dark Tower’ series to air on HBO, producer says
A producer for the movie and television adaptation of Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" novels said the television portion of the ambitious project will air on HBO, MTV News reported...
Amazon earnings fall sharply below forecast
SEATTLE -- Amazon.com Inc. Tuesday reported a sharp drop in third-quarter earnings as heavy spending across the board offset a major boost in sales for the period. The earnings decline...
Red Sox pitcher Lackey to miss 2012 season
BOSTON -- John Lackey will undergo reconstructive elbow surgery and miss the 2012 season, the latest setback in his rough year with the Boston Red Sox. General manager Ben Cherington...
Jacko tops Forbes list of highest-earning dead celebs
Michael Jackson made more money than any other dead celebrity over the past year, according to rankings published Tuesday by Forbes magazine. Jackson, who died in June 2009 at age...
VIDEO: Inside the NFC East
Post NFL writer Bart Hubbuch talks with CineSport's Brian Clark about where the Giants stand right now in the very tight NFC East.The Giants are in first place at 4-2...
Top basketball recruit signs with Syracuse
SYRACUSE -- DaJuan Coleman, a blue-chip prospect for Jamesville-DeWitt High School, has verbally committed to play for Jim Boeheim’s Syracuse Orange. One of the highest-rated high school prospects in the...
Big 12 approves adding West Virginia: source
The Big 12 has approved bringing in West Virginia to replace Missouri when the Tigers complete their move to the Southeastern Conference, a person with knowledge of the decision told...
Red Bulls open postseason where they saved their regular-season: FC Dallas
The Red Bulls open their postseason tomorrow in the same place they started to salvage their regular-season _ at FC Dallas. But when they kick off their wild-card tilt at...
Red Sox name new GM
BOSTON -- Ben Cherington was introduced Tuesday as the general manager of the Boston Red Sox after spending three seasons as Theo Epstein’s assistant. Cherington appeared at a news conference...
Blue Jays won't let Farrell manage Red Sox
TORONTO -- The Toronto Blue Jays don’t intend to let manager John Farrell leave for the same job with the Boston Red Sox. The Jays issued a statement Tuesday that...
Penguins' Malkin game-time decision against Islanders
Penguins center Evgeni Malkin could be back in Pittsburgh’s injury-depleted lineup as soon as Tuesday night. Malkin skated with his teammates Tuesday morning, and coach Dan Bylsma said it would...
Second Conn. home invasion killer called 'doomed' at opening of trial's penalty phase
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The defense attorney for Joshua Komisarjevsky, who was convicted of murder, sexual assault, burglary and arson for his role in a brutal Connecticut home invasion, said...
New Tappan Zee Bridge to last 100 years: plans
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A planning document says a new Tappan Zee Bridge would be built to last more than 100 years. It also says the bridge would include space...
Fake French 'journalist' attacked me in stairwell, Manhattan travel agent testifies
She thought he was charming and handsome -- an international journalist, he told her in his French accent. But after a fifth platonic outing together, accused date-raping fiend Hugues Akassy...
Jonas Brothers correction
An article published on Oct. 24, 2011 incorrectly stated that the Jonas Brothers "kept" their 2009 opening act, Korean pop group Wonder Girls, in an illegal dorm above a New...
Sims 3 Pets: barking up the right tree
Sims 3 Pets is another great addition to the already large group of add-ons for this classic game [Ed.'s note: Sims 3 Pets is a standalone title for PS3, XBox...
Obama tapes 'Tonight Show' appearance
LOS ANGELES – President Obama sat down for a "Tonight Show" appearance with Jay Leno Tuesday, answering questions about everything from Moammar Khadafy's death to the war in Iraq, approval...
Ex-ad exec with ties to ’Gayle King’ is convicted of kidnapping wife
HARTFORD, Conn. — A former advertising executive has been convicted of kidnapping his ex-wife, holding her hostage for nearly 12 hours and burning down the Connecticut home they once shared....
Cain ad shows campaign manager smoking
ATLANTA -- Herman Cain is hoping his popularity does not disappear in a puff of smoke. But even his most strident supporters were a little unsure whether his latest campaign...
GE recalls 470 gas ranges due to explosion hazard
FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- General Electric Co. said Tuesday it had issued a voluntary recall for its GE Monogram Pro Rangetop with Grill, due to an explosion hazard. The company said...
AMC renews 'The Walking Dead' for 3rd season
"The Walking Dead" will live on for yet another year. AMC network said on Tuesday that its hit zombie drama, just two weeks into a second season, will be returning...
Fantasy Flashback: The Big D in Big D
If you add up DeMarco Murray’s five games prior to his Week 7 explosion against the Rams, the Dallas running back’s totals were 24 carries for 71 yards and zero...
VIDEO: Hubbuch on how Jets can win AFC East
Post NFL writer Bart Hubbuch talks to CineSport's Brian Clark about how the Jets can win the AFC East after a big win Sunday against the Chargers.The Patriots lead the...
Rodgers ruled out for Red Bulls playoff opener
The Red Bulls will open the playoffs tomorrow at FC Dallas without their most pivotal player. Striker Luke Rodgers won’t even make the trip, ruled out of their 9 p.m....
Israel approves Egyptian prisoner swap deal to bring home Queens man
JERUSALEM -- Israel's government approved a prisoner swap deal with Egypt Tuesday which will see 25 Egyptian detainees exchanged for Ilan Grapel, a New York-born law student being held in...
Teens arrested in connection with shooting B'klyn mom outside school
Cops have arrested three teenagers in connection with the shooting that killed a 34-year-old hero Brooklyn mom outside a school last week, police announced today. Andrew Lopez, 18, was busted...
DiPietro cleared, backing up for Islanders
Goalie Rick DiPietro, sidelined since Oct. 12 with a concussion, is the backup goalie as the Islanders play host to the Penguins at Nassau Coliseum on Tuesday night. DiPietro, who...
Eiland named Royals pitching coach
Former Yankees pitching coach Dave Eiland was named to the same position for the Royals on Tuesday.Eiland, who spent last year as a special assistant with Tampa Bay, served as...
Epstein Era begins for Cubs
CHICAGO — Theo Epstein knew it was time to move on, even though it meant leaving the team he loved. After nearly a decade as general manager in Boston where...
AFTER FURTHER REVIEW: ‘Air Rex’ could still ground Jets
The Jets spent the shortened offseason and first five weeks of the season trying to get away from what has made them successful the past two years. After a particularly...
Federal health panel recommends routine HPV vaccination for boys
ATLANTA -- Boys aged 11 and 12 should receive routine vaccinations against human papillomavirus (HPV), an advisory arm of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Tuesday....
Tearful nurse testifies about warning to Jackson
LOS ANGELES — A sometimes tearful nurse testified Tuesday that her efforts to save Michael Jackson from the drug he craved for sleep were rebuffed by the star who insisted...
Stalker who broke into Madge's London manse sent to psychiatric hospital
LONDON -- A Polish stalker who admitted to breaking into Madonna's London home has been ordered held indefinitely in a psychiatric hospital, E! Online reported Tuesday. Grzegorz Matlok climbed up...
Elderly woman dies after being struck by car on UES
An elderly woman died after being struck by a vehicle on the Upper East Side, cops said. The woman, 86, was walking southbound on 5th Avenue and was in the...
Lady Gaga, Jason Aldean set for Grammy nom concert
Lady Gaga and Jason Aldean — possible contenders for next year's Grammy Awards — are set to perform during the annual nominations special next month. LL Cool J will again...
Obama to announce plan to cut student loan interest rates
LOS ANGELES -- President Obama will announce a plan to allow people holding both private and government loans to consolidate their debts into a government loan, thereby reducing their interest...
Strauss-Kahn's wife tipped to head Huffington Post's French edition
PARIS -- Dominic Strauss Kahn's wife Anne Sinclair is rumored to be taking charge of the French edition of The Huffington Post when it launches in November. The 63-year-old journalist,...
LIRR engineer entered wrong command after lightning strike damaged signal system
Oops! A Long Island Railroad engineer trying to get trains running after last month’s debilitating lightning strike accidentally entered the wrong command on the computer, a catastrophic mistake that ended...
Gun in Westchester family killings was bought 6 months ago
Police say a suburban New York man who killed his family and himself bought his shotgun nearly six months earlier. State police say Samuel Friedlander and the dealer used proper...
'Grand Theft Auto V' officially announced
Video game publisher Rockstar Games on Tuesday officially announced "Grand Theft Auto V."No details about the game have been released yet. Rockstar's official website lists a date of Nov. 2...
Making a trip to New York without the Knicks
Locked-out Knicks rookie first-round pick Iman Shumpert is writing an occasional diary for The Post to riff on his offbeat transition into the NBA due to the league’s work stoppage....
Former FBI director's security firm to review SAT security
FARMINGDALE — A security firm run by the former director of the FBI has been retained to review security — and will recommend changes — on standardized testing procedures following...
Snooki dishes on 'alter ego'
It's a tale of two Snookis!Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, the pint-sized star of MTV's hit reality series "Jersey Shore," said this morning that the character millions see on television each week...
Names of Casey Anthony jurors released
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A court released the names of the jurors in the Casey Anthony trial for the first time since they acquitted the Florida woman of murdering her...
NASA solves 2,000-year-old supernova mystery
WASHINGTON -- NASA solved a 2,000-year-old mystery of how the first-ever supernova occurred and how its shattered remains ultimately spread out great distances. The US space agency said Monday that...
Kardashians planning to launch homeware line
LOS ANGELES -- The Kardashian family is set to expand its branded-products empire and launch a homeware line, TMZ reported Tuesday. According to documents filed with the US Patent and...
Police baffled by case of Penthouse model found dead on beach, ask public for help
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- Authorities were appealing to the public for information Tuesday, after their nine-month investigation into the death of an ex-Penthouse centerfold who was found washed up on...
Dems hate Obama's job-killing regulations too
Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts says “[b]ecause of federal regulations limiting fishing in our waters, a lot of our fisherman have been put out of business or pushed the brink.”...
LI man accused of striking infant
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — A Long Island man is accused of repeatedly striking a 7-month-old baby. Nassau County police say 23-year-old Omar Flores, of Hempstead, struck the infant about the head...
Karl Lagerfeld to launch affordable new label online
PARIS -- Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld is launching a new, affordable brand with a "rock chic influence" that will be available to buy online. The new line, called Karl, will...
World's first diamond-dispensing ATM launches in India
MUMBAI -- Gold ATM vending machines have been popping up all over the world this year, so instead of following the trend, Mumbai became the first city in the world...
DVD Extra: Laurel and Hardy and Tom and Jerry
It's long been a source of frustration for Laurel and Hardy fans: Most of the greatest comedy team's films readily available on DVD have come from the tail end of...
Michael Lohan allegedly threatened to throw ex-girlfriend off balcony
TAMPA, Fla. -- Michael Lohan, the father of actress Lindsay Lohan, allegedly threatened to throw his ex-girlfriend off a balcony after she refused to perform a sex act, TMZ reported,...
Baby, mom rescued from Turkish earthquake rubble
ERCIS, Turkey -- Rescue workers battling against time managed a series of "miracle" recoveries from earthquake debris Tuesday, pulling a 10-year-old boy from the rubble of his house, where he...
NYPD cops among 12 arrested in $1M gun smuggling sting
Call them the bootleggers in blue. Eight current and former city cops were part of a $1 million ring that smuggled guns, cigarettes and slot machines into New York from...
Moammar Khadafy 'buried in secret desert grave at dawn'
BENGHAZI, Libya -- Moammar Khadafy was buried at dawn Tuesday in a secret location in the desert along with his son Mutassim and an aide, a source in Libya's Transitional...
Girls soccer roundup: Telecom edges Madison for first division crown
Telecommunications wants to make history this season and stage one is complete. The Yellow Jackets scored three times in the first half, but had to hold on for a 4-3...
NYPost.com Poll: Who is New York City's top girls volleyball setter?
The hitters get all the glory. All coaches want to talk about is passing and defense. The setter might be the middle man – or girl, in this case –...
Girls volleyball roundup: Hill finishes perfect regular season
St. Joseph Hill already clinched a third CHSAA Staten Island title last week. Now the Hilltoppers have made some more history. Kelsey Carey had 11 kills and Tiffany Intravaia had...
Cardinals ace lost in shuffle in loss to Rangers
ARLINGTON, Texas — Chris Carpenter survived and gave the Cardinals a chance to win. Maybe that is all you can realistically ask from your starting pitcher against this nuclear Rangers...
Cardinals' La Russa blames phone line for Game 5 loss to Rangers
ARLINGTON, Texas — If Cardinals manager Tony La Russa is telling the truth, and the Rangers wind up winning the World Series, they should present last night’s sold-out crowd at...
Rangers manager the one making right calls in Series
ARLINGTON, Texas — So this is the way a World Series finds its tipping point: One manager, who thinks of baseball as the kind of wall-sized mathematical problem that only...
Girls soccer rankings
The postseason is upon us. Archbishop Molloy and St. Francis Prep start the playoffs Wednesday. The contests are the same day as the PSAL seeding meeting to plan out that...
Potentially season-ending melee between Tottenville, Petrides being investigated by PSAL
The PSAL holds the playoff future of the Petrides and Tottenville boys soccer teams in its hands. The two teams, who had their Saturday morning match stopped seven minutes into...
GOAL GETTER: Sick Smith misses game with Beacon, excited for playoff push
St. Joseph Hill star Gianna Smith will share her insights on the season in a bi-weekly diary during the girls soccer season on NYPost.com. The senior is trying to help...
Ricca makes 15 saves to earn Hill scoreless tie with Beacon
It was the type of save Kristy Ricca wouldn’t have been able to make last season. “She probably would have got that right past me,” the St. Joseph Hill keeper...
INSIDE PSAL FOOTBALL: Centeno done for year, Channel forfeit skinny
If Fort Hamilton is going to repeat as city champion, the Tigers will have to do so without senior quarterback Marvin Centeno. The talented signal-caller suffered a broken collarbone in...
CHSAA/Private boys soccer rankings
The regular season is in the rear-view mirror in the CHSAA. Now it’s time to separate the contenders from the pretenders. The ‘AA’ intersectional first round is Tuesday and Wednesday...
NYC boys soccer rankings
Beacon looks like it has hit its stride. The Blue Demons didn’t beat Martin Luther King last week, but they very well could have. They followed that up with a...
Business briefs
Nasdaq plusThe Nasdaq Composite moved into positive territory for the year as it surged 61.98 points, or 2.3 percent, to 2,699.44. The Dow Jones industrial average advanced 104.83 points, or...
Call it Netflops
At Netflix, the financial horror show appears to be never-ending. The DVD-rental and video-streaming company yesterday reported steeper customer defections than expected, a forecast for continued cancellations and the likelihood...
Jobs book is Apple of publisher’s eye
Even in death, Steve Jobs can give a boost to the publishing industry.The man, whose iPad brought new hope to the publishing world with digital revenues supplementing traditional print sales,...
What’s a Grecian earn? Close to 1,100 Dow points
There’s an old saying that goes something like this: If I owe someone a thousand dollars, it’s my problem. If I owe them a million dollars, it’s their problem. Greece...
Groupon 2.0 it’s not
Groupon Now is more like Groupon not yet. The daily deals company is off to a slow start with its instant discount service, which delivers offers through its mobile app...
Google FTC deal calls for audits
Google agreed yesterday to submit to third-party privacy audits for the next 20 years in order to settle allegations that it misused users’ personal information. The landmark settlement with the...
FBI slams Raj talk
Raj Rajaratnam, the Galleon Group hedge-fund manager sentenced to 11 years in prison for masterminding an insider-trading scheme, made inaccurate statements about the federal investigation in an interview published in...
Barbie and Bob the Builder shacking up
Bob the Builder and Thomas the Tank Engine are crawling into bed with Barbie. HIT Entertainment -- the preschool media group that owns Thomas & Friends, Barney and Fireman Sam...
Merkin must pony up $7M
Fallen hedge-fund manager Ezra Merkin, who lost billions in client cash to convicted Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, was told to fork over $7 million to a burned investor. The award...
AG-Bank deals revived
After hitting serious snags, foreclosure settlement talks between major banks and a coalition of state and federal officials are back on track and could wrap up within two weeks, The...
MS sells Saxon to Ocwen
Morgan Stanley has unloaded its mortgage-servicing arm Saxon Mortgage Services to Ocwen Financial. Ocwen will pay $59.3 million for the unit, which Morgan Stanley bought for about $700 million in...
New ad boss at NBCU
NBCUniversal is shaking up its ad-sales ranks again, tapping top Turner Entertainment executive Linda Yaccarino to head cable advertising. Yaccarino, who announced yesterday she would leave at the end of...
News Corp. board vote
In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, News Corp. certified that shareholders last week elected all 15 of the nominees to its corporate board.Among those elected to the...
A makeover for 280 Park
Epic change is coming to 280 Park Ave., the 1.2 million square-foot office towers at 48th Street purchased by a Vornado-SL Green joint venture for nearly $500 million earlier this...
Syria’s threats force US to yank ambassador
WASHINGTON -- The United States pulled its ambassador out of Syria over security concerns, blaming President Bashar al-Assad’s regime for the threats that made it unsafe for him to remain.Ambassador...
Sharia-lite for Libya
Libya’s new leader backed off his vow to govern the country according to strict Islamic Sharia law. “I want to assure the international community that we, as Libyans, are moderate...
Karzai: Never mind
KABUL -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai sought to distance himself yesterday from remarks he made saying Afghanistan would back Pakistan against the United States if the two ever went to...
Arms-smuggle beauty jailed
A Latvian-born beautician broke down crying yesterday after a federal judge sentenced her to four months in prison for smuggling night-vision sniper scopes from the United States to Russia.Anna Fermanova,...
Sean Bell cops on hot seat
The NYPD yesterday took aim at the cop who fired the first of 50 shots at unarmed groom Sean Bell in 2006, officially blaming the officer for triggering the mayhem...
Saudi diplo ‘slay plotter’ in denial
A man charged in a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States has pleaded not guilty in Manhattan federal court. A five-count indictment against Manssor Arbabsiar was...
NY link in Iran ‘plot’
A contractor from New York was busted yesterday for allegedly trying to export restricted technology from the United States to Iran.Richard Phillips, 53, was charged in Brooklyn federal court after...
Pack it in!
A Lower East Side tobacco shop co-owned by an NYPD captain is by illegally peddling smokes for less than $6 a pack, city officials say. The cheap scheme at Island...
Jacko’s doc pins blame on fellow physician
Michael Jackson’s embattled doctor tried to put propofol in someone else’s hands yesterday, hinting that another physician -- or the King of Pop himself -- scored the deadly drug. Lawyers...
Sick ‘sister’ act
A serial rapist has attacked four women -- all alumnae of the same sorority -- in a series of chilling attacks across suburban Dallas, cops said yesterday. The victims, African-Americans...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan A real-estate scammer was busted for trying to lease a man an East Village apartment that was already occupied, authorities said. The victim responded to an ad on Craigslist...
Trash canned by MTA
Rats, there’s nothing to eat here! The MTA -- inundated with complaints about overflowing garbage and nibbling rats on subway platforms -- is trashing trash cans at several stations, part...
Immig attorney is slain
A lawyer who was president of an immigrant advocacy group was discovered slain in her Queens apartment, cops said yesterday.Yasmeen Rabbani, 54, was found by her son at around 9:35...
No immunity for DSK: maid
Attorneys for the hotel maid who says she was sexually assaulted by former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn say he doesn’t have immunity from a civil lawsuit filed against...
Medicaid needle-exchange plan
Junkies could tap into Medicaid for clean syringes to inject their drugs under a state proposal to reduce the spread of HIV and hepatitis, The Post has learned. Advisers to...
Andy, Mike fight over WTC $ecurity check
There’s a new battle at Ground Zero, pitting Mayor Bloomberg against Gov. Cuomo over who is going to pick up the tab for the hundreds of millions of dollars in...
CityTime honchos getting their clocks punched
More heads are rolling because of the CityTime boondoggle.The firm responsible for the fraud-ridden payroll-management system announced yesterday a management shakeup and two internal reviews as a result of the...
Vroom with a view: NJ Formula One race with NY backdrop
“Start your engines!” -- with the Manhattan skyline over your shoulder. Formula One, the world’s top racing-car circuit, will unveil plans today to run a Grand Prix race in June...
TSA sex-toy adventure
An alert Transportation Security Administration screener at Newark Airport found a “bullet’’ in a passenger’s luggage -- but not the kind that a terrorist might carry. Passenger Jill Filipovic told...
Weiner never quit spending
WASHINGTON -- Ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner spent liberally from his bulging campaign account during the months after he quit Congress in disgrace, doling out $130,000 on consultants, salaries and travel, federal...
Cabbies told to ‘lock horns’
The city that never sleeps can finally get some rest! The Taxi and Limousine Commission warned cabbies yesterday that from now on, they have to stop driving people crazy by...
Boardwalk plan unset in concrete
Cracks are showing in the city’s plan to replace sections of the wooden Coney Island boardwalk with cement. The city Design Commission yesterday refused to sign off on a $10...
Gal: ‘Rapist’ stalked me
A historian at the Metropolitan Museum of Art yesterday told a Manhattan jury about her brush with a crazed accused date rapist.“I could not understand where so much hate came...
Wiki shuts leaks to raise $$$
LONDON -- One of the world’s most notorious secret-spillers is going silent. WikiLeaks said in a statement yesterday that it would stop publishing in order to focus on making money...
Egypt to free Queens kid
A Queens law student held in an Egyptian jail for the past four months as an accused Israeli spy will be released under a prisoner exchange agreed to yesterday between...
Americans worry over dim future
WASHINGTON -- Americans are down on America.An overwhelming majority of Americans -- 69 percent -- say the country is “in decline,” according to a poll by The Hill newspaper.The survey...
It’s do-or-d’Iowa time for Perry
WASHINGTON -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry is itching for a comeback. After losing serious ground in the debates and polls, the GOP presidential contender hopes a $175,000 TV ad buy...
Vegas O bets on housing revamp
WASHINGTON -- President Obama did an end-run around Congress on a trip to Las Vegas yesterday, launching an expanded program to help down-on-their-luck homeowners refinance their loans -- while hitting...
Zuc-cutty park: Clips for protesters
Hair’s one way to make your point! A squad of volunteer barbers unleashed their shears on the masses of Occupy Wall Street yesterday for some much-needed grooming -- or, in...
Cashing in on OWS
Being part of that 1 percent sounds good to them! A Long Island couple dreaming of cashing in on the Occupy Wall Street protests has filed for trademark rights to...
Slay dad got gun in April
The Westchester man who killed his two children with a shotgun in a shocking murder-suicide rampage had bought the weapon more than five months earlier. Sam Friedlander, who also killed...
Cage codger, feds tell court
This geezer’s retirement home could wind up being the big house.The feds say an elderly stickup man should get at least 12 years in the slammer for a botched Midtown...
DA to offer deal on arrests
Manhattan prosecutors are planning to offer a deal to 340 Occupy Wall Street protesters that would dismiss the charges if they stay out of trouble for six months, a lawyer...
Lohan’s nude photo-op
You’ll soon be seeing a lot more of Lindsay Lohan. The train-wreck actress is reportedly doing a nude photo-shoot for Playboy magazine for nearly $1 million. The often-unemployed “actress” was...
Regents slap for B’klyn principal
An administrator at a Brooklyn high school that saw an unusual surge in Regents test scores last year violated state grading policies by urging teachers to re-score exams that fell...
Leiby killer’s insanity bid
The man accused of butchering an 8-year-old Brooklyn boy last summer plans to mount an insanity defense, his lawyers said yesterday.Levi Aron, who admitted to kidnapping and killing Borough Park...
U. gotta be kiddin’!
Just one out of every four students who started high school in 2007 went on to graduate in 2011 prepared for college under a first-ever city measure aligned with City...
15-year-old charged in sex attacks
A 15-year-old Queens boy was busted yesterday for attempted rape, sex abuse and assault for two attacks on women in the Laurelton section, cops said. Nashane Peterkin was charged as...
Rev. Al joins call to give up mom’s killer
The family of a Brooklyn mom who was killed shielding kids from gang gunfire met yesterday with community leaders and politicians, who urged residents to start snitching on their gun-toting...
Devil on death row ‘killed 17’
He’s pure “evil” -- and proud of it. The demon on death row for the sadistic home-invasion slaughter of a Connecticut woman and her two daughters as their brutally beaten...
Finder sues for $1M fee
He must have skipped the class where they teach you to keep your promises.A German man is suing Harvard-educated singer Ryan Leslie for allegedly refusing to pay a promised $1...
Wife’s joy of spring
Queens hubby-killer Barbara Sheehan was finally sprung from Rikers Island yesterday -- and she praised the jury that cleared her of murder yet still convicted her of a weapons rap....
Gutting the military
In about a month, if a congressional “super committee” can’t come up with a plan to slim down the federal budget by $1.5 trillion in 10 years, the Pentagon will...
Behind the Prez’s hard left turn
When President Obama took the podium last Friday to abruptly announce the imminent end of the Iraq War, he ended on a ringing McGovernite note: “After a decade of war,...
Ohio sheriff gone wild
The Issue: Whether the exotic animals set loose in Ohio should have been killed or tranquilized. *** It cannot go without comment when some idiot sheriff gives orders to slaughter...
Biden’s rape & murder cry: he’s doing Obama’s bidding
The Issue: Vice President Joe Biden’s claim that President Obama’s jobs bill will lower crime rates. *** Jonah Goldberg’s column criticizing Vice President Joe Biden’s attack on Republicans and his...
Grabbing guns -- for real
The mindless murder of a Brooklyn mother on a Brownsville street last Friday should teach a little humility to critics of the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk effort to cleanse the city of...
Walcott’s ‘How-to’ manual
Department of Education officials say their new mandatory sex-ed lessons -- which will be required for students as young as 11 -- will stress abstinence as “the best way to...
Won’t grow up? it’s not just guys
The boys are alright It has become fashionable to lament the state of man -- not mankind, but man as in he of the male gender, who is apparently on...
Slashing doc pay
A key government panel voted this month to whack what Medicare pays most doctors to treat patients. It’s an important step on the path to ObamaCare -- because the only...
Date like a real ‘Mad’ man
Robert Manni has a message for his fellow men: You’ve got some catching up to do. “Men have put themselves in a position where they’re being somewhat surpassed by women,”...
Tent-up creativity jest right for Big Apple Circus
There are two big circus trends nowadays. You can hit people over the head with a loud, garish, pseudo-poetic extravaganza such as Cirque du Soleil’s recent “Zarkana” at Radio City...
Everything but a ‘Xylo’-phone
Album of the week COLDPLAY “Mylo Xyloto” 3 STARS Coldplay’s fifth album, “Mylo Xyloto,” is a rollercoaster ride that twists with electronica, turns on acoustic and electric styling and makes...
NBA to cut two more weeks from schedule
The waiting game is on as commissioner David Stern is expected to cancel at least two more weeks of games, perhaps as soon as today. The Players Association has yet...
Sports shorts
BASEBALL: U.S. stuns Cuba The U.S. upset Cuba 12-10 in the semifinals at the Pan American Games in Mexico, knocking the 10-time defending champss off the top of the medal...
Giants receiver Barden returns to practice
Ramses Barden has always had a way with words. The Giants hope he soon gets to use his gift of gab to describe big plays rather than reveal what it...
Today's Sports on Air
Baseball7:30 p.m.World Series: Cardinals at Rangers, Game 5FOX, ESPN (1050 AM)Football8:30 p.m.Ravens at JaguarsESPN, WFAN (660 AM)Hockey8:30 p.m.Rangers at JetsMSG, WBBR (1130 AM)Olympic Sports9 p.m.Pan American GamesESPN2Horse Racing12:25 p.m.ParxCh. 711:15...
Tomorrow's Belmont Entries
Post Time: 1:00 pm All horses appear in post position order FIRST 6f(T); $40,000l; str hcp; 3up PN Horse Wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds 3 Wicked Tune(L),123 N Mangalee...
Parx Main Analysis
Today's analysis.1. 1m; $26,000; cl($16,000); 3upMR HAYWOOD broke maiden by 3½ in last start as fa vorite after exiting NY circuit and shows two solid works for this. GRANITE RUN drops...
Series outrates NFL rout
Sunday night football? No match for the World Series -- at least this time. A close Game 4 between Texas and St. Louis drew a higher preliminary television rating than...
Parx Racing Charts
Oct. 24, 2011 Clear And Fast. ©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST -6f; $28,000; mdn clm; 2YO; (f)Off: 12:27. Good. led outside, widened, Trainer: Timothy HillsTime: 22.63, 46.93, 59.96, 1:13.73.Winner: DK...
Devils to face Kings with hole in middle
The Devils' Donut dilemma is fraught with dire implications, starting with whether they really can keep Zach Parise next season. They have the salary cap space to bring in a...
'Grace' works out
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Havre de Grace worked out at Keeneland yesterday in preparation for the Breeders' Cup Classic at Churchill Downs, with jockey Gabriel Saez guiding the 4-year-old filly over...
Jets getting 'great production' from Maybin
In a month, outside linebacker Aaron Maybin has gone from a first-round flameout to a player the Jets are counting on to consistently make plays. "[I have seen] great production,"...
New baseball labor deal on horizon
ARLINGTON, Texas -- The players and owners won't announce a new collective bargaining agreement today when the Rangers and Cardinals take the customary break between Games 5 and 6 of...
Tebow kept fighting for Broncos' miracle finish
Tim Tebow was still the talk of the NFL yesterday, even while leaving many at a head-scratching loss to explain how the Broncos quarterback managed to do what he did...
The Post Line
NFLSundayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogGIANTS10 9½(43) DolphinsTITANS 9 9 (43) ColtsTEXANSOFFOFF(OFF)JaguarsPANTHERS 4 3 (47½)VikingsRAMSOFFOFF(OFF)SaintsRAVENSOFFOFF(OFF)Cardinalsx-Bills 4 5 (46) RedskinsBRONCOSOFFOFF(OFF)LionsPatriots 2½ 2½(51) STEELERS49ERS 8½ 9½(38½)BrownsBengals 2 2½(38½)SEAHAWKSEAGLES 3 3½(51) CowboysMondayChargers 3½ 3½(44½)CHIEFSHome team in...
Scobee kicks Jags to win over Ravens
On one night, on one big stage, the Jaguars did everything better than the Ravens. Maurice Jones-Drew ran for 105 yards against the NFL's best run defense, Josh Scobee kicked...
Cashman to run Yankees' meeting
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman and owner Hal Steinbrenner met in New York yesterday. In an indication they believe a new deal for Cashman to remain the GM can be...
Burress reflects on journey to big game for Jets
Plaxico Burress took a moment to reflect during his car ride home Sunday. After scoring three touchdowns in the 27-21 victory over the Chargers, Burress thought about his journey from...
Jets coach admits he had to change offense back
The day after the Ravens dismantled the Jets, Rex Ryan knew he made a mistake and was ready to admit it. Ryan realized his team had to get back to...
Jets claim they're 'outlaws of NFL'
More than ever, they are The Team America Loves to Hate, and more than ever, the Jets are The Team That Loves To Be Hated. Now that Rex Ryan has...
Jets coach channels 'Anchorman,' sends message to San Diego
Will Ferrell has nothing on Rex Ryan. After Chargers tight end Randy McMichael talked trash about the Jets following their game Sunday, Ryan responded yesterday by quoting one of Ferrell's...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYOct. 24TUEOct. 25WEDOct. 26THUOct. 27FRIOct. 28 SATOct. 29 SUNOct. 30RangersWinnipeg8:30TV -- MSG NetworkRadio -- WBBR 1130 AMNOGAMENOGAMETor.7:00MSGESPNNOGAMEOtt.3:00MSGESPNNOGAMEIslandersNOGAMEPitt.7:00MSG+WRHUNOGAMEPitt.7:00MSG+WRHUNOGAMES.J.7:00MSG+WRHUNOGAMEDevilsNOGAMEL.A.10:30MSG+WFANNOGAMEPho.10:00MSG+WFANNOGAMEDal.8:00MSGWFANNOGAMERed BullsPlayoffsTBDGiantsSunday, Oct. 30Dolphins 1:00 TV -- CBS Radio -- WFAN 660 AM JetsBye...
Affrunti's Delaware Grade
FIRST-6f; $20,000; mdn cl($25,000); 3up 4-Mad Tunes 5-2 1-Coconut Delite 8-1 3-Kat's Hope 9-5 2-Mister Brnstn 6-1 5-Okeetee 8-1 6-Expeditionary 7-2 SECOND-6f; $15,000; cl($5,000); 3up; (f&m) 7-Nefarious 8-5 3-Mystic Gold...
Hop-Along Hondo has the horses!
Tony The Genius screwed up big time last night, enabling Hondo to split with the Rangers and no-show Ravens and limit the damage to 3,545 carbos. Today, desperation takes him...
Despite brawl, Penguins 'just another game' for Islanders
What the Islanders said yesterday and what they feel tonight when the puck drops against the Penguins at the Coliseum might be two separate sentiments. “For me, it’s not even...
Rangers defeat Jets to end long trip
WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- While going through customs on their way home to New York, the Rangers presumably did not forget to declare the smoke and mirrors they carried with them...
Injured players practice, Giants near full strength
Antrel Rolle was talking about how the Giants were able to overcome a spate of summer injuries that spilled into the regular season and managed to win four of their...
Snee heads back to Giants offensive line
Giants guard Chris Snee didn’t think it was that big a deal three Sundays ago against Seattle. His head hurt, but that wasn’t the first time. “I’ve had headaches before,”...
Giants looking to avoid letdown vs. Dolphins
Maybe it’s a good thing the Giants are playing the winless Dolphins this week. Not only because Miami could be mentally broken after a devastating overtime loss to Tim Tebow...
Pujols key to Cardinals future
ARLINGTON, Texas -- LeBron James left the Cavaliers and they plummeted from 61 to 19 wins. Peyton Manning is out, very possibly for the season with a neck injury, and...
Starr report
Looks like the team at ABC's "Pan Am" is preparing to stick around -- at least for the rest of this season. The series, produced by Sony, has bolstered its...
Scientologists target ‘South Park’
An episode of “South Park” from 2005 that parodied the Church of Scientology was so upsetting to leaders of the religious sect that it secretly investigated the show’s creators Trey...
Tale spin
Detective Lt. Joe Kenda is the calmest man on TV -- bar none. And that was true even when the Colorado Springs detective was putting vicious, murderers behind bars. If...
Luxe for a whole lot less
"It’s the first time Donatella has looked back to the past — her ‘best of’ collection is being brought back with a twist.” Jennifer Ward isn’t talking about a costly...
The best of the 'Gunks
It proudly bears the title of busiest rock climbing destination in the United States. It is home to one of the last great mountain-house hotels in North America. The region...
Star trek
Actor Blair Underwood took his wife and three kids on a two-week African adventure trip that included walking with lions at the Ukutula Lion Park outside of Johannesburg. “There were...
Weird but true
Guys who like the real thing should lay off cyber-sex.A new study says Internet pornography is creating a generation of men who are hopeless in bed.The study, published in Psychology...
West Virginia lined up to leave Big East for Big 12
The Big East Football Conference's survival as a league with BCS automatic-qualifier status is about to take a serious hit because the Big 12 has lined up West Virginia to...
St. John's to start exhibition games
The opponents are C.W. Post and St. Mary's of Maryland, which is more fitting as foes in the first two rounds of an early-season tournament rather than exhibition games. Last...
Callahan powers Rangers over Jets, 2-1
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Ryan Callahan scored a power-play goal and the New York Rangers ended a seven-game road trip with a 2-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Monday night...
Back in the day
Before they were stars, they were kids—with stars in their eyes. We asked a dozen TV stars what their passions were as young people, what did they dress up as...
PSAL boys soccer roundup: Tilden tops Brooklyn Int., completes perfect regular season
Tilden completed what it started. The Blue Devils finished a perfect league season in Brooklyn A Central with a 6-3 victory over Brooklyn International. Peterson Barreau notched a hat trick...
CHSAA/Private boys soccer roundup: Mount stays on top, squeaking by Blessed Sacrament
Mount St. Michael has played with fire in recent days, but has remained unbeaten since its season opener. Anton Porter had three goals and an assist to lead Mount to...
PSAL boys soccer rankings
After two months of mostly thrilling soccer, the playoffs are upon us. The final week of the regular season was notable as No. 1 Martin Luther King Jr. completed a...
Sex toy in luggage elicits 'wildly inappropriate' note from TSA agent, traveler says
NEWARK, N.J. -- An alert Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screener at New Jersey's Newark Airport apparently spotted a sex toy stuffed inside a passenger's luggage -- and offered the traveler...