November 29, 2011
Rangers have interest in Ducks' Ryan
Rangers general manager Glen Sather has been in touch with Anaheim counterpart Bob Murray regarding the availability of 24-year-old power winger Bobby Ryan, The Post has learned. It is unclear...
Texans sign QB Delhomme
HOUSTON -- The injury-riddled Houston Texans added to their quarterback depth Tuesday, reaching a deal with Jake Delhomme. Delhomme worked out with the Texans on Tuesday, along with another retired...
Sanchez says Jets can't play like that and win
Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez knows he needs to improve to get his team to the playoffs.Sanchez threw four touchdowns Sunday in the 28-24 win over the Bills but had a...
Giants' Umenyiora likely out weeks
It looks as if the Giants, already sagging with a shamefully unproductive pass rush, will play Sunday against the Packers without defensive end Osi Umenyiora, who likely will be sidelined...
9 Harlem students hospitalized after macing by classmate
Nine students were hospitalized after getting maced by a classmate at a school in Harlem this afternoon, according to authorities. The students from the Academy for Social Action: A College...
S&P cuts ratings on 37 banks, including US big six
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Tuesday downgraded dozens of large financial institutions, including Bank of America Corp., Barclays PLC and Citigroup Inc., citing a new methodology that reflects weaker...
US to pay $2.5M in photo editor’s anthrax death
MIAMI — More than a decade after tabloid photo editor Robert Stevens became the first victim of the 2001 anthrax attacks, the U.S. government has agreed to pay his widow...
NJ high school football players sue to play in title game
NEWARK, N.J. — Nine high school football players suspended for their alleged involvement in a house party brawl last month have sued to try and get back on the field...
Empire State Building might be part of public firm
Even King Kong might go ape over this IPO. The Empire State Building could become part of a publicly traded real estate investment company. The company that supervises the portfolio...
Syracuse says Boeheim will stay, gets standing ovation
SYRACUSE -- Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor gave men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim a vote of confidence Tuesday amid an investigation of child molestation allegations against his former longtime assistant...
Design competition set for NYC AIDS memorial park
A group that’s planning an AIDS memorial park in New York City is accepting entries for its design competition. The memorial is planned for a triangle across the street from...
Penguins star tells Rangers' Staal not to rush recovery
If there’s anyone who knows what Rangers defenseman Marc Staal is going through right now, it’s Penguins star Sidney Crosby.“There are days when you feel really good, and there are...
Suspect busted for smoking pot dies after fighting with cop
A drug suspect was busted for smoking pot at the College of Staten Island – but later died after a violent struggle with a cop whose gun he had wrested...
Ricky Martin to guest star on 'Glee'
LOS ANGELES -- Ricky Martin is set to guest star on "Glee" as a music-loving Spanish teacher, TV Line reported Tuesday. The 39-year-old singer will play "the hottest Spanish teacher...
Oscar Watch: 'Artist' also pulls ahead of 'Descendants' in Indie Spirit nods
Michel Haznavinicus' "The Artist'' is certainly feeling bicoastal love today. Not only did it take best picture and best director honors from the New York Film Critics Circle, this valentine...
Iona Prep's Combs, son of rap mogul Diddy, commits to UCLA
Diddy’s son is heading to Hollywood.Justin Combs, Iona Prep’s star defensive back, committed to play football at UCLA on Tuesday, spurning Illinois and Virginia, among others. The 5-foot-9, 170-pound cornerback...
VIDEO: Hubbuch on AFC
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VIDEO: Hubbuch on NFC
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AFTER FURTHER REVIEW: Texans didn't need Favre
Just when you thought it was safe to start wearing your Wranglers again, Brett Favre’s name was being thrown around as a potential option for the Texans after quarterback Matt...
Oscar Watch: 'The Artist,' Streep, Pitt take top awards from NYFCC as big-name directors get largely snubbed
Steven Spielberg (twice), Woody Allen, Alexander Payne, Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood and last year's winner, David Fincher, all came up empty at today's New York Film Critics Circle awards vote,...
Former Giants RB Barber critiques Coughlin
Tiki Barber sees the Giants in another downward spiral in the second half of a season and it comes as no surprise he is interested in determining where Tom Coughlin...
Amy Winehouse's 'Back to Black' dress fetches £43,200 at auction
LONDON -- A dress worn by the late singer Amy Winehouse on the cover of her album "Back to Black" sold for £43,200 ($67,500) at auction in London Tuesday. The...
Feds arrest Boyland on new bribery charges
Fresh off his surprise acquittal on corruption charges, Assemblyman William F. Boyland, Jr. was charged by federal authorities in Brooklyn today with soliciting more than $250,000 in bribes and accepting...
WATCH: Obama campaign issues first ads of the campaign season
CHICAGO -- President Barack Obama's 2012 campaign has made its first ad buy of the election season with two spots aimed at building momentum for the re-election bid. The ads...
Facebook, feds reach deal over deceptive behavior allegations
WASHINGTON -- Facebook agreed Tuesday to settle a privacy complaint filed by federal trade regulators, who accused the social networking site of deceiving users by "repeatedly" making supposedly private information...
Bronx cop undervalued iPad in theft report, NYPD trial shows
A Bronx cop allegedly fudged crime stats by undervaluing a stolen iPad – effectively downgrading a felony case into a misdemeanor. Police Officer Damian McIntosh, assigned to the 52nd Precinct...
Leonhard takes issue with Jets fans booing Sanchez
Jets safety Jim Leonhard took issue with the fans at MetLife Stadium booing quarterback Mark Sanchez before Sunday’s win over the Bills.Sanchez was the last player introduced before the game,...
Rolle says Giants 'absolutely' will make playoffs
On the day after a brutal loss to the Saints, Antrel Rolle said the Giants will make the playoffs.“Absolutely,’’ Rolle said Tuesday afternoon on his weekly WFAN radio spot. “Let...
Comedian Patrice O'Neal dead at age 41
Comedian Patrice O'Neal died Monday at the age of 41 after suffering a stroke in late October, the hosts of the "Opie and Anthony" radio show announced. "Yes it's true...
Michael Jackson's doctor sentenced to 4 years in jail for pop star's death
The Doctor Feelgood who fatally poisoned Michael Jackson was sentenced today to four years behind bars -- although the sentence could have the quack walking free by early next year....
Bobby V will manage Red Sox
BOSTON -- Bobby Valentine on Tuesday accepted an offer to be the new manager of the Boston Red Sox.Valentine, an analyst for ESPN, appeared at a charity event in Japan...
Police chief defends department's handling of Syracuse sex abuse case
SYRACUSE, NY — Syracuse Police Chief Frank Fowler on Tuesday defended his department's handling of the child sex abuse allegations leveled at former Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine. Fowler's...
St. John's coach Lavin out indefinitely: report
Steve Lavin will not coach St. John's again until he has regained full stamina recovering from prostate surgery, ESPN.com reported Monday. Lavin will not be on the bench for Thursday's...
Rangers’ Staal begins skating
Marc Staal has begun skating on his own this week, thus taking another stride on his road to recovery from the post-concussion headaches that have sidelined the Rangers’ alternate captain...
Manhattan judge calls on Harlem leaders to help control guns in homes at gang's sentencing
Only Harlem can save Harlem, a Manhattan judge -- sickened by the teen gang deaths that flood his courtroom -- said from the bench today in an unusual and stirring...
Veitch fired as Kentucky steward
John Veitch, elected to the Racing Hall of Fame as a trainer in 2007, was fired Monday by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission from his position as chief state steward,...
Both sides rest in Conn. home invasion sentencing
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The defense and prosecution rested Tuesday in their arguments over whether a man convicted of killing a woman and her two daughters in a 2007 home...
Ex-fiance of missing 'People's Court' woman hires attorney
ORLANDO, Fla. — A lawyer for the ex-fiance of missing Florida mom Michelle Parker sharply criticized the Orlando Police Department Tuesday, a day after his client was named the prime...
Cain reassessing candidacy after affair allegation
WASHINGTON -- Herman Cain told key staff Tuesday he is reassessing the future of his presidential candidacy in the wake of an allegation that he carried on a 13-year affair...
Heading soccer balls can lead to brain damage, U.S. study says
NEW YORK -- Regularly heading a soccer ball -- even just a few times a day -- can lead to brain injury, an American study said Tuesday. Researchers used an...
Man and woman charged in B'klyn 'sex kidnap' ordeal
A man and woman have been charged with kidnapping a woman in Brooklyn yesterday and allegedly trying to force her into prostitution, police sources said. Steven Benoit, 25, and Jasmine...
Dem to Obama: Stop the renewable energy lies
The Democrat who heads the Brookings Institution's energy initiative has a strong message for President Obama and his party: "The Democratic leadership must ... stop proselytizing that renewable sources of...
Biden arrives in Baghdad on surprise visit
BAGHDAD -- US Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Baghdad Tuesday on a surprise visit ahead of the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, FOX News Channel reported. Biden departed...
'Fahrenheit 451' finally out as an e-book
At age 91, Ray Bradbury is making peace with the future he helped predict. The science fiction/fantasy author and longtime enemy of the e-book has finally allowed his dystopian classic...
Smoking iPhone on flight investigated by Australian air safety bureau
SYDNEY -- Australia's aviation safety watchdog said Tuesday it was investigating after an Apple iPhone apparently began glowing red and emitting smoke on a passenger plane last week. The device...
Lions' Suh appeals two-game suspension
ALLEN PARK, Mich.— Ndamukong Suh is going back to the NFL, this time hoping for some leniency. The league suspended Detroit’s All-Pro defensive tackle without pay for two games on...
3 Conn. money managers: No secret lottery winner
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Three money managers awarded a $254 million Powerball jackpot said Tuesday there's no fourth participant despite a claim they're covering for a winner who wants to...
Ex-nursing home workers plead guilty in SI beating
Authorities say a Staten Island nursing home aide repeatedly struck a developmentally disabled patient on the head. They say a supervisor tried to cover up the incident. The state attorney...
Aruba releases American businessman held in disappearance case
ORANJESTAD, Aruba -- A US businessman who had been held in Aruba for almost four months following the disappearance of his vacation companion was released from custody Tuesday. Gary Giordano...
Terror sentencing delayed for 2 NJ men caught at Kennedy airport
NEWARK, N.J. — Sentencing is delayed for two New Jersey men who admitted plotting to join an armed Islamic group in Somalia with ties to al-Qaida to wage holy war...
Missing MF Global money potentially found in UK: report
LONDON -- Roughly $200 million in funds believed to belong to clients of bankrupt trading firm MF Global has reportedly been found at J.P. Morgan Chase in the UK. Sources...
Jaguars announce sale of team; fire head coach Del Rio
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Shortly after the firing of longtime head coach Jack Del Rio, Jacksonville Jaguars owner Wayne Weaver announced Tuesday he is selling the franchise to Pakistani-born businessman Shahid...
Oscar Watch: Will 'The Descendants' take top honors at the NYFCC?
The New York Film Critics Circle will begin voting on its awards in a couple of hours, and the majority (7) of "experts'' at Gold Derby are predicting we'll go...
Terror sentencing delayed for 2 NJ men caught at Kennedy Airport
NEWARK, NJ — Sentencing is delayed for two New Jersey men who admitted plotting to join an armed Islamic group in Somalia with ties to al Qaeda to wage holy...
Iranian protesters storm British embassy
TEHRAN -- Dozens of hardline student protesters stormed the British Embassy and another British compound in Tehran Tuesday, destroying papers, reportedly setting the Union Jack flag afire and even carrying...
Russia activates radar warning system amid US missile tensions
KALININGRAD, Russia -- Russia activated Tuesday a radar warning system in its Baltic region of Kaliningrad, amid growing tensions with the West over a planned US missile system. President Dmitry...
Three Italian brothers suffer heart attacks on same day, just one survives
CATANIA, Italy -- Three Italian brothers suffered heart attacks on the same day, killing two of them. The third was already in the hospital at the time, visiting his elderly...
Pakistan boycotts Bonn conference over NATO strike
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan on Tuesday decided to boycott a key international conference on Afghanistan next month, widening its protest over lethal cross-border NATO strikes and exacerbating a deep crisis...
DVD Extra: When Sabu met Zoltan
A couple of new releases provide an opportunity to explore the careers of an elephant herder's son who became the only international superstar ever from India -- and a former...
American Airlines files for bankruptcy, names new CEO
FORT WORTH, Texas -- AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday to restructure significant debt obligations, causing shares in the company to...
Oslo gunman Breivik a madman: report
OSLO -- A psychiatric report on Anders Behring Breivik found that the confessed gunman is insane, meaning he could avoid prison over July's twin attacks in which he killed 77...
Arab-spring anti-Semitism is natural
Jeffrey Goldberg writes as if his eyebrows are permanently secured to his hairline because of the anti-Semitism of the Arab Spring. Goldberg wants to love the uprisings against dictatorships is...
Giants report card
OFFENSE D Eli Manning was on target early but once again didn’t have much of a running game. He tossed a costly early interception under-throwing TE Jake Ballard. RB Brandon...
Giants Blitz
HERO Drew Brees made it look easy for the Saints, at times having to choose which open receiver he wanted to hit as he tossed four TD passes and ran...
CHSFL Rankings
1. St. Anthony’s (10-0) 2. Archbishop Stepinac (8-3) 3. Xaverian (7-3) 4. Iona Prep (6-4) 5. Chaminade (5-4) 6. Mount St. Michael (5-4) 7. Farrell (4-5) 8. Fordham Prep (7-5)...
PSAL Football Rankings
1. Lincoln (13-0) 2. Erasmus Hall (9-4) 3. Tottenville (10-2) 4. DeWitt Clinton (8-4) 5. Fort Hamilton (8-3) 6. Campus Magnet (7-4) 7. Boys & Girls (7-4) 8. Thomas Jefferson...
NYC Football Rankings
1. Lincoln (13-0) 2. Xaverian (7-3) 3. Erasmus Hall (9-4) 4. Tottenville (10-2) 5. DeWitt Clinton (8-4) 6. Fort Hamilton (8-3) 7. Campus Magnet (7-4) 8. Mount St. Michael (5-4)...
NYPost.com Poll: Who should be The Post's All-City football Player of the Year?
The PSAL City Championship division final at Yankee Stadium is just days away and our football postseason honors begin a week later. But before we tab our New York Post...
Private boys basketball preview: Fieldston has high hopes
Fieldston recently scrimmaged PSAL Bronx AA power John F. Kennedy and Salesian, last year’s New York State Federation Class B runner-up from the Catholic league. It will open up against...
PSAL football rankings
Who says Brooklyn is all about basketball? For the second straight year, the PSAL City Championship division final game is an all-Brooklyn affair, as Lincoln is back in the title...
Brooklyn/Queens Division II girls basketball preview: Kearney ready for new challenge
Bishop Kearney understands the expectations that come with moving down into CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens Division II. “I think they know it’s a good opportunity,” Tigers coach Rocco Sellitto said. He said...
Girls basketball roundup: Figueroa, Lincoln start 2-0
Lincoln is off to a solid start. Shaquella Figueroa had 19 points, Simone Roberts had 13 points and 10 assists and Janera Roper added 10 points for the Railsplitters in...
The Post's All-Brooklyn girls soccer honors
Brooklyn again brought us some of the city’s top players and a few championships along the way. Goldstein’s Pamela Wishart (Army) and Packer’s Shannon Rhodes (Villanova) both committed to Division...
The Post's All-Staten Island boys soccer honors
It was a tough year on Staten Island. Curtis, the borough’s top team, was upset in the PSAL Class A second round, Tottenville had a disappointing campaign and both Monsignor...
Brees, Saints blow out Giants 49-24
NEW ORLEANS — Drew Brees and the surging New Orleans Saints made everything look easy against the slumping Giants. Brees passed for 363 yards and four touchdowns and ran for...
Judge disses SEC
Securities and Exchange Commission chief Mary Schapiro was given an embarrassing public lashing yesterday by a Manhattan federal judge who ruled that she took the easy way out of a...
Business briefs
IPObook Facebook is targeting dates between April and June 2012 for an IPO, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The social-media company is mulling raising...
Wall Street wows after 7 down sessions
Robust holiday shopping and the expectation that European leaders would do more to fix the region’s debt crisis helped rally stocks around the world out of their long slump yesterday.The...
A way to gauge earnings surprises
This will surprise Wall Street: Recent corporate earnings weren’t as pleasant as the stock market thinks. There’s a decades-old scam that goes like this: Before Wall Street analysts predict the...
Frank ’n’ banks
At a news conference yesterday, Barney Frank said he hesitated to retire after Republicans took control of the House because “it seemed like some of the things I had fought...
Bids are in for Yahoo!’s 19.9%
Despite a potential shareholder revolt, Yahoo! is taking bids from investors for a 19.9 percent stake in the Sunnyvale, Calif., company. The deadline for the bids, set by Yahoo!’s bankers...
Corzine on the Hill
Jon S. Corzine, the former New Jersey governor and US senator who led MF Global Holdings before the firm filed bankruptcy on Oct. 31, has been called to testify Dec....
Kindle turns up the heat
The holiday tablet wars have begun with a bang. Sales of Amazon’s Kindle devices quadrupled on Black Friday, the online retail giant said yesterday, adding that its new Kindle Fire...
Neiman doubles its profit
The 1 percent are living up to their reputation when it comes to shopping. Neiman Marcus — which owns the swanky Bergdorf Goodman stores on Fifth Avenue — said its...
Cyber-rific sales
Shoppers logged on, loaded up their carts and clicked “buy” like never before. Online retailers yesterday posted their biggest-ever single day of business — $1.2 billion by one estimate —...
Suit: Verizon inflated numbers
Two top executives at Verizon Wireless are feeling the heat from a lawsuit accusing the wireless giant of pumping up its prepaid wireless numbers.Lawyers for Verizon’s largest New York franchisee,...
Raj: prison should wait
Raj Rajaratnam, the Galleon Group LLC hedge fund co-founder convicted of directing the biggest insider trading scheme in a generation, said the use of wiretapped calls by the US raises...
DOJ’s cyber crackdown
The Department of Justice used the blockbuster online shopping event Cyber Monday to announce the seizure of 150 Web sites that had been selling counterfeit goods. The names of the...
Another facet to Gem Tower
As the elegant International Gem Tower rises at 50 W. 47th St., the 34-story, crystalline lady stretching steel limbs has taken on a second address: 55 W. 46th St., the...
Cable crunch
Just as the graying broadcast networks reached peak and then declined, their younger cable competition is starting to show signs of aging. Since the start of the fall TV season,...
Icahn is getting scrappy
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn offered to buy Commercial Metals Co. and combine it with his existing metals operations in a bid that values the Texas steel-scrap recycler and distributor at...
Movie cos. talk merger
“Twilight” movie producer Summit is having preliminary merger talks with publicly held Lionsgate Entertainment, the studio behind the upcoming teen movie “Hunger Games,” sources told The Post.Both have something to...
‘Signs’ of UWS blight fight
Someone on the Upper West Side has come up with a unique approach to urban blight — posting unsightly bumper stickers whining about it.“This is a Neighborhood Eyesore,” screams one...
Liberal lion Frank is packing it in
WASHINGTON — Gay-rights champion and Wall Street scourge Rep. Barney Frank yesterday called it quits. Frank (D-Mass) announced he will not run in 2012, saying he didn’t want to reintroduce...
Kuwaiti PM quits (again)
Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheik Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah and his Cabinet resigned yesterday following months of protests demanding their ouster. State TV reported the resignation after an emergency Cabinet meeting. It...
Egyptians throng to historic vote
CAIRO — Shaking off years of political apathy, Egyptians turned out in long lines at voting stations yesterday for their nation’s first parliamentary elections since Hosni Mubarak’s ouster, a giant...
Syria stays defiant
BEIRUT — Syria faced growing economic sanctions and condemnation over “gross human-rights violations” yesterday, but President Bashar al-Assad showed no sign of buckling under international pressure to end his military...
Battle of wills left by 104-year-old heiress
Reclusive copper heiress Huguette Clark apparently had a complete change of heart about who to leave her $400 million fortune just before she turned 99. A newly discovered will —...
HS: No apology for Kansas gov
TOPEKA, Kan. — A Kansas school district says a high-school senior who wrote a disparaging tweet about Gov. Sam Brownback doesn’t have to write a letter of apology and won’t...
Snow going on rails
Metro-North riders might have a better chance of catching a sleigh ride than a train home during the next big snowstorm. The MTA is mulling a plan that would allow...
B’klyn ‘sex kidnap’ ordeal
Police are questioning a couple suspected of abducting a woman on a Brooklyn street, forcing her into a car and driving her to various houses, where she was ordered to...
Ex eyed in TV vanish
A former fiancé is the only suspect in the disappearance of a woman who went missing after the two both appeared on “The People’s Court” to resolve a dispute over...
Hare’s ‘Mickey’!
LONDON — A lost Walt Disney cartoon that pre-dated Mickey Mouse has been discovered in a British film archive and will be offered for auction in Los Angeles on Dec....
Feds probing Penn State
The US Department of Education began reviewing Penn State’s campus security program yesterday to see whether officials broke federal laws by failing to report child sexual abuse. The agency will...
Burglar’s sot cot
BRISTOL, England — Cops busted a boozy British burglar after he had the foresight to pass out on his would-be victim’s sofa. The homeowner found sleeping, smelly serial-burglar David Valencia...
Washingmachine tot slay
A father in France is accused of killing his 3-year-old son by locking the boy in a washing machine to punish him for misbehaving in his preschool class, authorities said....
CUNY ups tuition
The CUNY board of trustees approved tuition increases of $300 annually through 2015 yesterday — even as four protesting students were arrested and hundreds of others loudly derided the vote...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan A man believed to be in his 30s knocked off a bank in the Flatiron District yesterday afternoon. He passed a demand note to a teller in the HSBC...
Kin unload on murderer
A monster who murdered his crossing-guard girlfriend — slashing her 26 times in her East Harlem apartment — was sentenced to 23 years to life in prison yesterday, with the...
Shot livery driver in earlier hack attack
A livery driver shot three times during a stickup Sunday has been attacked on the job before, his union said yesterday while denouncing violence against cabbies.Livery driver Dame Ndiaye, 41,...
A hard day’s note
It’s a day in the life of John Lennon — and he’s waiting for the cable guy. Despite living in the lap of Manhattan luxury at the Dakota, the Beatles...
Duo out-smarted
The last of 20 suspected scammers in Long Island’s escalating SAT and ACT cheating scandal turned themselves in yesterday, pleading not guilty to charges that they committed fraud on the...
Mother’s ‘killer’ a psych job
A Brooklyn man who was charged with murder yesterday for allegedly stabbing his mother to death in front of her two little grandchildren had been in a loony bin just...
$680,000 drug bust in Queens
A drug thug was busted in the middle of a Sports Authority parking lot in Queens on one of the busiest shopping days of the year — with 20 kilos...
Gaga on love: my ship has sailed
Lady Gaga admits she’s been caught in nothing but bad romance on the stormy sea of love. The megastar laments that she’s tone-deaf about relationships and might be ticketed for...
‘Spidey’ poker deal with feds
“Spider-Man” star Tobey Maguire has folded his hand, reportedly settling a lawsuit seeking hundreds of thousands of dollars of his poker winnings. The feds charged in a suit against Maguire...
Flap over mural in J.Lo ad
A group of Bronx graffiti artists is seeing red because one of their murals is being used without permission in a car commercial featuring Jennifer Lopez driving around town professing...
New ‘tryst’ hits Cain
WASHINGTON — Herman Cain’s presidential campaign was rocked yesterday by new sex allegations from a woman who claims they had a 13-year affair that ended only when he launched his...
Democrats’ new ad tears Romney in ‘two’
WASHINGTON — Refusing to wait until GOP primary voters pick a winner, Democrats released a blistering attack on Mitt Romney yesterday, ridiculing the presidential front-runner in a faux movie about...
NATO Pak hit lasted hours
ISLAMABAD — The NATO airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers lasted almost two hours and continued even after commanders at the bases pleaded with coalition forces to stop, Pakistan’s military...
Bail for ‘drunk’ on plane
An allegedly drunk passenger accused of punching an off-duty NYPD officer aboard a JetBlue flight was freed on bail yesterday after his arraignment on federal assault charges. Antonio Ynoa, 22,...
They’re rich and richerer
Three privileged investors plunked down a dollar for a single lottery ticket at a Connecticut gas station — and scored the biggest jackpot in the state’s history. The trio, who...
Mistress memory at a loss
She’s standing by her guy. City Councilman Larry Seabrook’s former mistress appeared to be suffering from selective amnesia yesterday as prosecutors forced her to testify at the Bronx Democrat’s corruption...
Proof love is blind – and just stupid
They sure don’t make mistresses like they used to.The live sex-and-crime show that was billed as a headliner in Manhattan federal court yesterday fizzled into a dud.Gloria Jones-Grant didn’t slink...
Incredible shrinking hosps
Brooklyn hospitals found to be financially struggling would likely be downsized under a state plan unveiled in a report yesterday.The number of unnecessary beds would be reduced but primary-care services...
Quinn homeless suit vs. Mike
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is suing Mayor Bloomberg over his new policy toward homeless adults — the first time in their cozy joint tenures that she has slapped his...
Brooklyn expo a smorg for Jewish gals
Calling all Jewish bridezillas! Hundreds of stressed-out kosher couples are set to descend on the first ever “Big Fat Jewish Wedding” expo in Park Slope today to plan their magnificent...
O visit, tree lighting to wreak havoc
’Tis the season . . . that President Obama should stay in Washington. An oblivious Obama is hitting Manhattan tomorrow for three separate fund-raising and glad-handing events — creating a...
Cab thief catches hail of a break
A Brooklyn robber who snitched on her lesbian-lover accomplice got to keep her nine-year plea deal yesterday, despite sloppy and inaccurate testimony and a jailhouse incident that violated the agreement....
Obama plan to liberate debt-ridden Europe
WASHINGTON — Wary of Europe’s deepening debt crisis, President Obama said yesterday the US stands ready to do its part to help the continent, even as the White House ruled...
A student a day busted in public schools
School-safety agents arrested 63 students in public schools between July and September — an average of about one a day, according to NYPD data revealed yesterday. The collars, required to...
Comments from wife latest Syracuse bombshell
The wife of longtime assistant Syracuse basketball coach Bernie Fine told a former team ball boy accusing Fine of molestation that her husband should just go find himself “a gay...
3 clear in park death
Three Brooklyn men, including a father and son, were acquitted yesterday of gang-assault charges in the death of a teen in Prospect Park.Dominick Barbara, Angelo Bracco and his son Eric...
Gals-free gala gripe vs. Playboy
LOS ANGELES — A group of men who were forced to pay for entry to a Playboy party while women were admitted for free is suing the company, claiming sex...
Not an Islamist wave
Is a green wave of Islamism soon to cover the whole of North Africa? In Tunisia, the Islamist an-Nahda (Revival) Party is in talks to head a coalition government. In...
O sends the wrong signal on Egypt
As Egypt launched a 10-day parliamentary election yesterday, President Obama was setting the wrong tone. On Friday, the White House chastised Egypt’s military rulers and urged them to “immediately” transfer...
‘Killer’ holiday bargains
The Issue: The mayhem created by Black Friday’s shopping opportunities. *** It’s time to outlaw Black Friday sales bargains (“Elbows Fly and Tempers Flare in Duel for Deals on Black...
Mike’s White House dream: A nightmare for the nation
The Issue: The possibility of Mayor Bloomberg running for president as a third-party candidate. *** John Podhoretz correctly assesses a third-party bid for president by Mayor Bloomberg (“Bloomy for Prez,”...
Read Andrew’s lips
“You are kidding yourself if you think you can be one of the highest-taxed states in the nation, have a reputation for being anti-business — and have a rosy economic...
Bye-bye, Barney
Rep. Barney Frank’s surprise announcement yesterday that he won’t seek re-election after 32 years in Congress marked, as President Obama said, the end of an era. And good news for...
Albany con job
Talk about an electric shock. As The Post’s Bill Sanderson reported yesterday, New Yorkers suffered a 9.6 percent spike in electric rates last year — even as average costs nationwide...
To fix the budget, call in a vigilante
The supercommittee was super useless at cutting spending, surprising pretty much no one. Sometimes I think we just don’t take this deficit thing very seriously. We talk grimly about leaving...
Ugly way to win
You could almost hear the hands rubbing together in glee in President Obama’s political shop at the failure of the congressional supercommittee. How the president’s politicos must welcome a new...
Hugh’s didgeri-dudes
There have been unusual sounds over the years on Broadway — Carol Channing rasping out “Hello, Dolly!,” Ethel Merman trumpeting “Rose’s Turn,” Harvey Fierstein singing . . . anything. But...
Chris Cornell has a mellow new sound garden
Album of the week CHRIS CORNELL “Songbook”3 1/2 stars While Chris Cornell is famous as the frontman for big, loud bands such as Temple of the Dog, Soundgarden and Audioslave,...
Antonio worried Garden won’t be Margarito-ville
The New York State Athletic Commission has granted him a license to fight, now all Antonio Margarito wants is to be treated fairly by the referee and judges Saturday night...
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FIRST-6f; $10,000; mdn cl($7,500); 2YO1-Gurdarsh 8-53-Johnny Jade 4-15-U're Grounded 6-14-Ziggy's Island 5-12-Munda 5-26-Little Leno 6-1SECOND-6f; $10,000; mdn cl($7,500); 3up5-Great Privilege 2-12-Cup of Cee 8-13-Gilmer 5-26-Dixie'sLstStnd12-14-Knockout 4-17-MillennimPrde15-11-The Butler DidIt5-1THIRD-1m&70y; $10,000; cl($5,000);...
Parx Racing Results
FIRST-5 1/2f; $22,000; mdn cl($12,500); 2YO5My Nonno (Crbllo)11.003.202.607Mark It Man (Arroyo)2.802.103Lil' Dante (Curatolo)2.80* Exacta (5-7) $23.60 * Trifecta (5-7-3) $70.40SECOND-1m; $27,000; cl($16,000); 3up1Ez Dos It (Arroyo)4.603.002.205Serendppr Moon (Bsono)12.203.804Layers (Montanez)2.10Scr: Belgian...
Jets' Revis admits he had bad day
Darrelle Revis knows Sunday was not his best game. He just thinks it’s not quite as bad as some people have made it out to be. “Brett Favre threw interceptions...
Parx Analysis
1. 1m&70y; $23,000; cl($7,500); 3up; (f&m) AWESTRUCK GIRL Awesome Again filly makes first start since Oct. 1 after running wide and coming up empty in the stretch as the favorite...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
FIRST-6f; $22,000; cl($10,000); 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 DanceFloorMnc(L),120M Studart11-2-3Terrccn12-12 Perfect Drive(L),115I Ortiz, Jr1-4-2Campo4-13 Saints Alive(L),120CNakatani10-1-11Sciacca15-14 Mr Magenta(L),120J Alvarado5-4-1Baker3-15 Fastus Cactus(L),120D Cohen1-2-5Jacobson5-26 HistoryStrtsNw(L),120A Lezcano4-1-5Jacobson8-17 Dr. W(L),115R Curatolo9-4-2B Brown8-18 DiggerKarakrm(L),120J Espinoza2-5-2Proctor6-1SECOND-6f;...
Calder Charts
November 28th, 2011 Clear And Fast. Turf Firm.©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1m&70y; $11,600; mdn cl($12,500); 3upOff: 12:31. Good. up lateTime: 23.66, 48.77, 1:15.55, 1:44.72, 1:49.55.Trainer: Jose TabraueWinner: B C, 3,...
The Post Line
NFL Thursday Favorite Opening Current (O/U) Underdog Eagles 3 3 (44) SEAHAWKS Sunday Jets 3 1/2 3 1/2 (38) REDSKINS GIANTS OFF OFF (OFF) Packers BILLS 1 1/2 1 1/2...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYNov. 29WEDNov. 30THUDec. 1FRIDec. 2SATDec. 3SUNDec. 4MONDec. 5RangersPittsburgh 7:30 MSG, Versus ESPN 1050 AMNO GAMECar. 7:00 MSG ESPNNO GAMET.B. 7:00 MSG ESPNNO GAMETor. 7:00 MSG ESPNIslandersBuffalo 7:00 MSG Plus WRHU...
Today's Sports on the Air
Basketball7 p.m.Big Ten/ACC Challenge:Michigan at Virginia ESPN27 p.m.Eastern Michigan at Syracuse SNY7:15 p.m.Big Ten/ACC Challenge:Northwestern vs. Georgia Tech ESPNU7:30 p.m.Big Ten/ACC Challenge: Illinois at Maryland ESPN9 p.m.Big Ten/ACC Challenge: Miami...
Sports shorts
Hoops: Florida’s Donovan wins No. 400 Florida’s Billy Donovan earned his 400th career coaching win as the Gators (5-1) rode a 16-point halftime lead to a 96-70 win over Stetson...
Rangers ready for visit from red-hot Crosby
The universal opinion inside the Rangers’ locker room is that Sidney Crosby’s successful return to the ice is a good thing. But that doesn’t mean that they’re going to treat...
Texans won't rule out Favre in QB search
HOUSTON -- Matt Leinart’s return to the NFL lasted less than a half, and coach Gary Kubiak says the Texans will sign another quarterback this week. Perhaps even Brett Favre...
It’s time to play ball ... and I can’t wait
Knicks rookie Iman Shumpert has provided a periodic diary during the lockout, detailing his offbeat transition to the NBA. The Georgia Tech guard is locked out no more. His twitter...
Granderson says Yankees pitching rotation fine as is
Though many in and out of the Yankees organization believe the offseason will be empty if another starter isn’t added, center fielder Curtis Granderson is comfortable going into next season...
Yankees keep quiet on Rivera's vocal surgery
The mystery surrounding Mariano Rivera’s vocal cords deepened yesterday. Last week, the Yankees closer said he had a doctor’s appointment slated for yesterday to see if surgery on the vocal...
Yankees could consider Cubs pitcher Garza
Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish has yet to be posted, but Cubs right-hander Matt Garza is on the block. You can be sure the Yankees will kick the tires on Garza...
Amnesty, NBA style
Welcome to the NBA’s version of (select one or more)... 1—“Amnesty International” 2—“Contract Killing” As part of the league’s pending new collective bargaining agreement is Item 14, allowing teams to...
Knicks thinking about Biedrins, Miller
The new amnesty clause in the NBA labor deal could be the Knicks’ salvation. The Knicks are hampered during upcoming free agency because they are only willing to hand out...
Thomas leaning to Bulls over Knicks
Jerry Hicks, representative for free agent center Kurt Thomas, said his client is playing now solely to win a championship and feels the Bulls are closer to that goal than...
Jets coach says win more than luck
Shut the luck up. With all the talk of the Jets being lucky Sunday to escape their game with the Bills with a victory, Rex Ryan looked like he wanted...
Burress forgives Bills receiver, but some Jets see 9/11 slight
A day after the “fake shot heard ’round the world,” the Jets still were reacting to Stevie Johnson’s touchdown celebration that mocked Plaxico Burress on Sunday. Several Jets took issue...
Jets' playoff surge not easy to three-peat
Two years ago, the Jets were the darlings of the NFL. Getting to the AFC Championship Game with rookies at quarterback and head coach after recovering from a 4-6 start...
Reunion for Giants draft pick Jones
NEW ORLEANS — Chad Jones visited with his Giants teammates Sunday night at the team hotel and admitted the experience nearly overwhelmed him when he saw and greeted Brandon Jacobs...
Giants' Cruz adds to breakout season
NEW ORLEANS — The most prolific receiver on the field last night was Victor Cruz, and that is no longer an oddity. The Giants may be slipping away, but Cruz...
Grizzly QB situation for Bears
No wonder the Bears wanted Kyle Orton back. Caleb Hanie couldn’t take Chicago the last mile to the Super Bowl as a sub in the NFC championship game last season,...
With Packers next, carnage not over for overmatched Giants
NEW ORLEANS – The message was delivered quickly, on the Saints’ first possession, a preview of what the evening would look like: chinks of yards here, bunches over there, the...
Same old song-and-dance from Giants' Jacobs after touchdown
NEW ORLEANS — Let’s start with the dance, and work our way backward. Brandon Jacobs said it was a tribute to his roots, to the fact he was born in...
Saints QB carves up Giants
NEW ORLEANS — Drew Brees carved the Giants up as if they were red, white and blue turkeys. The Saints quarterback had plenty to be thankful for only four days...
Giants plagued by full swoon fever
NEW ORLEANS — They are the words no one around the Giants wants to hear. Collapse. Swoon. Meltdown. Take your pick. Tom Coughlin and Eli Manning knew their history together...
Reeling Giants lose to Saints
NEW ORLEANS — Maybe the undefeated Packers will be so overconfident by what they watched last night that they sleep all week and don’t bother to prepare at all for...
The ‘O’ line
The surging Atlanta Falcons are calling on Oprah Winfrey for last-minute help. Literally. Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan barked “Four-Oprah!” to his offense during Atlanta’s 24-14 victory Sunday over Minnesota —...
Talk show guests
TUESDAYBETTY WHITE, MOLLY SIMS - LIVE! with Kelly, 9 a.m., Ch. 7TRISHA GODDARD - Maury, 9 a.m., Ch. 11DONNIE WAHLBERG - Rachael Ray, 10 a.m., Ch. 7MICHAEL LOMANACO - The...
Awkward . . . ‘Community’ voted No. 1
What an embarrassment! The No. 1 favorite show in TV Guide’s annual reader’s poll is . . . “Community,” the comedy NBC pulled off the air last week. Some 300,000...
Perry writes Penn St. victim
Tyler Perry has penned an open letter to one of the alleged victims in the Penn State molestation scandal. The popular actor/producer/writer best known for his “Madea” films and TBS...
Real ‘Office’ supplies
Now you can stock your office with official “Office” paper. NBC has teamed up with paper company Quill to create an officially licensed brand of Dunder Mifflin Inc. copy paper...
Not-so-secret formula
As networks continue to lose viewers with their lame attempts at creating edgy shows to compete with cable, cable has gone back and created the kind of sure-fire hit that...
They've got game
Decked out in her Saturday night finest, wearing a fitted houndstooth skirt, black shirt and perfectly blown-out hair, pretty brunette Betsy Beam is at the Ainsworth in Chelsea, ready to...
In Los Angeles, old is new again
Back in the summer of 2005, I was dispatched to Southern California to assess the newest of the new on the region’s booming resort scene. From the St. Regis in...
Star trek
After performing for 30,000 people at Dubai’s Formula 1 Weekend, British pop star Jay Sean took his band on an evening safari. “There's no way to truly experience Dubai without...
The sports bar goes glam
Stop by Bounce Sporting Club on any given Sunday and you’ll likely find a bunch of guys hanging out, eating duck confit sliders and ordering Grey Goose by the bottle....
Weird but true
Call it the get-out-of jail diet. A Florida inmate serving time for driving without a license lost so much weight, he got out early. No, he didn’t get thin enough...
Neuheisel, Erickson are fired
UCLA fired coach Rick Neuheisel yesterday after four disappointing seasons in charge of his alma mater, while Arizona State axed coach Dennis Erickson. Neuheisel will be allowed to coach the...
Iona storms past LIU
The best basketball in the Metropolitan area isn’t being played in the Big East or the Atlantic 10, but by Iona, the tiny school with some big NCAA goals. The...
Meyer agrees to take over Ohio St.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — If Ohio State did not come calling, Urban Meyer says he was planning to stay away from coaching for at least another year. Meyer, the former Florida...
Urban’s big Bucks
Urban Meyer is hitting the jackpot at Ohio State. According to the website Deadspin, Meyer’s six-year deal guarantees him $4 million per year. He will receive another $500,000 if he...
PSAL boys basketball roundup: Evander Childs knocks off Manhattan Center
Evander Childs has yet to start its league schedule, but The Bronx school may not belong in Bronx A East. After Monday’s 57-53 non-league victory over Manhattan Center, the Tigers...
Girls volleyball rankings
Another season has come to an end and once again a Queens team finished on top in the PSAL. Cardozo defeated Francis Lewis, 25-17, 25-13, in the Class A city...
Bonanno street boss remembered in Canada
The murdered, former street boss of New York's Bonanno crime family was remembered today at a funeral service in Canada -- and law-enforcement officers outside busily snapped photos of those...
NYC football rankings
Thanksgiving week provided many thrills and chills for high school football fans. Elias Gespi had huge defensive plays for Fordham Prep in a Turkey Bowl win over Xavier and Kenny...
Man charged with brutal murder was released from pysch ward just days before alleged attack
The Brooklyn madman charged with murder for allegedly stabbing his mom to death in front of her grandchildren was in a psych ward just two weeks ago — and had...
Starr report
For all the hoo-ha of “Leno vs. Letterman,” it’s actually ABC’s “Nightline” that’s making the most noise in late night as we near the year’s end. For the week of...
LI GOP big backs Romney for Prez
Powerful Nassau County Republican leader Joseph Mondello is backing Mitt Romney for president, The Post has learned. Mondello’s soon-to-be-announced endorsement is a coup for Romney. Mondello, the former state GOP...
Chad Jones enjoys emotional reunion with Giants
Chad Jones visited with his teammates Sunday night at the Giants team hotel and he admitted what was an emotional experience nearly overwhelmed him when he saw and greeted Brandon...
Motorcyclist dies in Bronx crash
A motorcyclist lost control of his bike and was killed in the Bronx this afternoon, police said. The 22-year-old biker was riding his 2009 Yamaha motorcycle in Parkchester when he...
Family of reclusive NY heiress says lawyers 'plundered' millionaire's accounts
Reclusive copper heiress Huguette Clark apparently had a complete change of heart about who to leave her $400 million fortune just before she turned 99. A newly discovered will —...
Manningham out for Giants against Saints
NEW ORLEANS -- Mario Manningham is not active for the Giants in their Monday night game against the Saints here.After not practicing all week because of swelling his knee, the...