December 8, 2011
NBA kills three-team trade sending Paul to Lakers: report
Chris Paul’s trade to the Lakers was over almost before it began. NBA commissioner David Stern on Thursday voided the three-team deal that would have sent the All-Star point guard...
Yankees GM compares Pujols to Montero, with smile
The Yankees had better start saving some $254 million.For Jesus Montero?Responding to the Albert Pujols signing with the Angels, Yankees GM Brian Cashman jokingly slipped Montero into the conversation."(Pujols) is...
Jay-Z announces first ever hip-hop concert at Carnegie Hall
Jay-Z will be the first rapper to perform at New York's Carnegie Hall, in a concert series to benefit charity, he announced Thursday. Proceeds from his hip-hop shows on Feb....
Giants assistant Fewell 'spoke from the heart'
One week ago, Giants defensive coordinator Perry Fewell showed a different side to himself for public consumption, lambasting his players for their effort and performance in a 49-24 loss in...
'Office' fans, get your free Dunder Mifflin paper
Are you dedicated to "quabity?" If so, then you'll definitely want to get your hands on a ream of Dunder Mifflin-branded paper when "The Office" cast members are in town...
Two deals for Thor Equities downtown
Joe Sitt’s Thor Equities is making two juicy investments in the Meatpacking District. The retail investor is in contract to pay $55 million for an approximately 75 percent stake in...
VIDEO: Schwartz at Giants practice
Post beat writer Paul Schwartz reports from Giants practice as they prepare for their NFC East rivals, the Dallas Cowboys, on "Sunday Night Football."The Giants trail the Cowboys by one...
St. John's point guard to transfer
A St. John’s team that already was low on numbers suffered a huge blow Thursday afternoon when coach Steve Lavin announced that sophomore guard Nurideen Lindsey will transfer at the...
Rutgers' Greene shares Big East's defensive honor
PISCATAWAY -- Rutgers linebacker Khaseem Greene has been named the co-winner of the Big East Conference's defensive player of the year award. The league announced its awards Thursday and Greene...
B'klyn rabbi to become Army chaplain, beard and all
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — An Orthodox Jewish rabbi who was barred from serving as an Army chaplain because he refused to shave the beard required by his faith has...
Giants Tuck, Jacobs fire back at Cowboys
Memo to DeMarcus Ware: Justin Tuck doesn’t want to play for the Cowboys.“Nah, I plan on retiring a Giant,’’ Tuck said Thursday afternoon.The day after the Cowboys lobbed a few...
My Ten Best Films of 2011 (Art-House Division)
I've given up trying to find the intersection of Hollywood and anti-Hollywood. These are parallel roads. I like both types of movies but this year I'm going to publish two...
Knicks close to landing Chandler
In a whopping change of direction, multiple NBA sources said the Knicks are close to going all-in on free agent center Tyson Chandler.The Knicks and Mavericks were involved in intense...
Perry turns down invitation for Donald Trump debate
AUSTIN, Texas -- Republican presidential contender Rick Perry said Thursday he will not be participating in a debate moderated by Donald Trump in Iowa this month. In a statement, the...
Twitter redesigns to be simpler, faster
SAN FRANCISCO -- Twitter unveiled Thursday a product overhaul for its website and apps that the company says is simpler and faster, with navigation built around its service's key functions....
The Mysteries of Sienna Miller
Early this year, Variety carried an announcement that Sienna Miller, who hasn't had a film released in this country since "G.I. Joe'' in the summer of 2009, had joined the cast of...
Jets guard Moore misses practice again
Jets guard Brandon Moore was not at practice for the second straight day Thursday as he deals with a hip injury. Moore, who has started 117 consecutive regular-season games, had...
City DOE proposes list of school closures
Department of Education officials proposed to close or phase-out 12 struggling public schools and to eliminate the middle grades from 3 others today -- with more proposed closures expected tomorrow....
Judge agrees to open pre-trial proceeding in fatal 2008 crane collapse
Concerns by prosecutors and victim family members have convinced the judge in a fatal 2008 tower crane collapse case to open his courtroom to a pre-trial proceeding originally planned to...
Bradshaw, Jacobs, Boley still sitting at Giants practice
Ahmad Bradshaw and Michael Boley both returned from lengthy absences to get back on the field and play in the Giants 38-35 loss to the Packers last week. But with...
Police officer fatally shot at Virginia Tech, gunman kills self: officials
BLACKSBURG, Va. — A gunman shot and killed Virginia Tech police officer making a routine traffic stop Thursday, then fled to a nearby parking lot where he was found dead...
Knicks bust Curry to sign with Heat: report
The Heat are that desperate for a center. According to multiple reports, Miami will sign former Knicks center Eddy Curry when free agency opens on Friday. Curry was on his...
Jets' Kerley hopes to win back returner's job
When Jets coach Rex Ryan looked at the practice field Monday he saw Jeremy Kerley fielding punts from the team's Juggs machine. The players had the day off after winning...
Mount Vernon firefighter dies of apparent heart attack
MOUNT VERNON — Authorities say a Mount Vernon firefighter has died after apparently suffering a heart attack at the scene of a house fire. According to the Journal News, Fire...
Jury resumes deliberations in Conn. home invasion trial
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A Connecticut jury is in its fourth day of deliberations on whether a man convicted of killing a woman and her two daughters in a home...
'Fast and Furious' guns will show up at crime scenes 'for years to come,' Holder says
WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Eric Holder lamented Thursday that weapons lost during the failed "Fast and Furious" gun-running operation will continue to show up at crime scenes in the US...
Obama to mark Iraq war’s end with address to troops at Fort Bragg
WASHINGTON -- President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will travel to Fort Bragg, N.C., next week to deliver a major speech marking the end of the war in Iraq....
Rocket attack on Pakistani truck terminal torches up to 20 NATO vehicles
QUETTA, Pakistan -- Up to 20 trucks were ablaze after a rocket attack Thursday on a NATO trucking terminal in Quetta, the capital of the southwestern Pakistani province of Baluchistan,...
GOP vote against Cordray 'makes absolutely no sense,' Obama says
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama said Senate Republicans' vote to block the nomination of the head of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau "makes absolutely no sense." Speaking in the...
NY police seeking serial killer resume search
OAK BEACH — Police investigating a possible serial killing spree on Long Island have resumed their search after finding some belongings of a missing New Jersey prostitute. Shannan Gilbert disappeared...
Angels agree with lefty Wilson, too
DALLAS -- The Los Angeles Angels turned their own double play Thursday, adding free agent pitcher C.J. Wilson to a roster suddenly boosted by the acquisition of Albert Pujols. Wilson...
Jerry Sandusky released from jail after posting $250K bail, wife says he's innocent
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Accused child molester Jerry Sandusky walked out of a Pennsylvania jail Thursday after posting bail on new charges of sexual abuse, The Harrisburg Patriot-News reported. Sandusky...
Surveillance video from after DSK Sofitel hotel incident released; shows bizarre security guard dance
PARIS -- Hotel CCTV images of Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the New York chambermaid who accused him of attempted rape were broadcast by French news channel BFMTV on Thursday. The former...
Two women get a side of felony charges in caught-on-video McDonald's beatdown
Supersize that vindication! The same Manhattan grand jury that cleared a McDonald's burger-flipper of all charges in a dramatic, caught-on-video beating has voted felony charges against the two irate women...
The new path to immmigration reform: Little steps for little feet
Tamar Jacoby, president of ImmigrationWorks USA, has a strong op-ed in the Los Angeles Times on the positive impact of a small change to the legal immigration laws: removing per-country...
Pujols to sign 10-year, $254 million deal with Angels
DALLAS — Three-time NL MVP Albert Pujols agreed Thursday to a $254 million, 10-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels, leaving the World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals after more...
Putin accuses US of provoking disputes over Russian election
MOSCOW -- Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused the US of encouraging and supporting the election protests that have taken place in Moscow over the past three days....
Police find phone of missing 'People's Court' mom
ORLANDO, Fla. — Family members say police found the cell phone of a Florida woman missing since her appearance on the TV show "The People's Court" was aired last month....
Darvish ready to leave Japan for MLB
TOKYO -- Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish ended months of speculation Thursday by saying he intends to make a move to Major League Baseball. The 25-year-old right-hander, considered the best pitcher...
VIDEO: Costello on another must-win for Jets
Post beat writer Brian Costello reports from Jets practice as they prepare to face the Chiefs on Sunday at MetLife Stadium.The Jets are going for their third straight victory, but...
Occupy SF protesters try again to set up tents
SAN FRANCISCO — Occupy San Francisco protesters have again tried to set up tents at the site of their former encampment in Justin Herman Plaza. Footage from KGO-TV showed one...
'Terrorists' blow up Syrian oil pipeline, state media says
HOMS, Syria -- Armed "terrorists" blew up an oil pipeline west of the flashpoint Syrian city of Homs, state media reported Thursday, but an anti-regime group said the government was...
Recovery, NTSB teams head to site of Vegas chopper crash that killed 5
LAS VEGAS -- Authorities were set to resume efforts Thursday to recover the bodies of five people who died when a tourist helicopter crashed near Lake Mead, on the border...
Weekly jobless claims fall 23K, more than expected
WASHINGTON -- New applications for US unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week by 23,000 to a seasonally-adjusted 381,000, the Labor Department said Thursday, hitting the lowest level since...
Third Fine accuser files lawsuit against former Syracuse assistant coach
PITTSBURGH — A Maine man discredited by a prosecutor has sued former Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine, claiming the coach molested him in a hotel room after a game...
Putin chooses top Russian filmmaker to lead presidential campaign
MOSCOW -- Vladimir Putin chose top Russian filmmaker Stanislav Govorukhin to lead his presidential campaign, it was announced Thursday. The Russian prime minister, who is hoping to reclaim the presidency...
Former presidential hopeful George McGovern released from South Dakota hospital
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Former Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern was released from a South Dakota hospital Wednesday. McGovern, 89, was admitted to the Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health...
Corzine tries to distance himself from MF Global's downfall
WASHINGTON -- Summoned by Congress, Jon Corzine embraced a bold strategy Thursday to distance himself from MF Global's fall and $1.2 billion in missing clients' money: Answer each question. Be...
Knicks close to deal with Hill
The Knicks are on the verge of landing Grant Hill, according to two NBA sources. Hill, the Suns free agent, deliberated for the past few days between making the jump...
Suppressing voting, suppressing drinking?
Recently, various states have passed new voting laws requiring that a valid photo ID be presented by the voter to prove his identity. Democrats on Capitol Hill and in the Obama...
Bart's Tuesday Trenchwork: NFL wrapup and a look ahead
4-DOWN TERRITORY 1. Jerry Jones gave Jason Garrett the dreaded vote of confidence this week, but you have to wonder just how committed the Cowboys owner is to his seemingly...
Girls basketball roundup: Molloy beats old coach, Holy Trinity
With its former coach on the opposite sideline, Archbishop Molloy remained perfect. Amani Tatum had 19 points and Nyasha Irizarry had 15 points, including four 3-pointers, to lead Molloy to...
The Post's All-Bronx girls volleyball honors
Fieldston brought some hardware back to The Bronx. For the first time since 2002, Fieldston won the NYSAISAA title, beating Brearley in a dramatic, four-set classic. Horace Mann also reached...
Hobbled hero: Despite high ankle sprain, Folkes leads Lincoln to title
Kareem Folkes was cramping up, there was an intense shooting pain in his left ankle and he was giving up eight inches to Erasmus Hall receiver Luder Jean Louis. With...
Friel, Poly Prep knock off St. Francis for second straight year
Mike Junsch was unsure if his team was going to be able to beat St. Francis Prep for the second straight year after falling behind by seven with two minutes...
CHSAA/Private boys basketball roundup: Ford tops Poly Prep
It was a big bounce-back victory for Bishop Ford. Daquan Youngblood had 14 points to lead Ford to a 40-39 win over Poly Prep in non-league boys basketball Wednesday in...
Pure nonsense
On Tuesday evening at the historic Algonquin Hotel on West 44th Street, well-heeled patrons filled the tables in the posh velvet-and-mahogany lobby bar, channeling Dorothy Parker by tossing back stiff...
PSAL boys basketball roundup: Bedford Academy bounces back, routs Prospect Heights
Bedford Academy bounced back from Monday’s disappointing loss to Brooklyn Tech by blasting Prospect Heights, 85-42. Neil Veira led a balanced attack with 23 points, Theo Everett had 19 points,...
Business briefs
THQ miss THQ, the publisher of video games including “Saints Row,” fell as much as 17 percent in extended trading, to $1.21, after saying holiday-season sales will miss its forecast....
Corzine expected to stay mum on MF mess
Lawmakers hoping to learn from disgraced Wall Street titan Jon Corzine the exact whereabouts of $1.2 billion in missing customer cash are likely to be disappointed today. Corzine, the former...
Bulls feast on rumors of G20 EU bailout
Rumors have become a dietary staple of US market bulls of late.US stocks yesterday fed on late-afternoon whispers that G20 nations were considering a $600 billion European Union bailout —...
Fix was in: Bloomberg mag seconds a scoop
So, now do you believe me? The stock market was rigged. It has been a little lonely telling this story over the past few years. But now that another news...
Waiting for HBO Go
HBO Go... away? Despite promising that a deal is at hand, Time Warner Cable is still haggling with HBO over whether to offer the HBO Go service for Web and...
LivingSocial’s $6B valuation
LivingSocial.com, the online coupon provider that competes with Groupon, lined up $400 million in funding that gives it a valuation of about $6 billion, according to a person with direct...
Lionsgate anti-debt
Lionsgate Entertainment, in talks to combine with “Twilight” producer Summit Entertainment, would limit stock and debt issuance in any deal, Vice Chairman Michael Burns said. Lionsgate, distributor of the Tyler...
JPMorgan! Ramp up HAMP: Feds
JPMorgan Chase boss Jamie Dimon needs some serious home improvement. Dimon’s bank, one of the nation’s biggest mortgage lenders, is also the worst at helping homeowners through a government program...
Undercover deal
Martha Stewart and JCPenney hopped into bed together yesterday — leaving their jilted partners to read about it in the news. The 70-year-old home-decor queen cut a deal to sell...
Jiau pal Ng pleads guilty
Stanley Ng, an ex-Marvell Technology Group accountant, pleaded guilty yesterday to his role in an insider-trading scheme involving expert networking firms. He was allegedly recruited by a Primary Global Research...
Sunny outlook for Buffett’s solar buy
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, which agreed to buy a $2 billion solar farm in California in a deal announced yesterday, may have picked the right time to invest in the...
PacSun gets $160M lifeline
Pacific Sunwear of California said yesterday that it has received $160 million in financing and plans to shut as many as 24 percent of its stores as the teen-apparel retailer...
Contract that founded Apple up for auction
It’s the seed that spawned Apple — and Silicon Valley’s digerati are lusting for it like a hungry Adam. The historic contract that founded Apple is headed to a Sotheby’s...
Casino big vs. e-wagers
Sheldon Adelson, the world’s richest casino executive and chief of the industry’s largest publicly traded company, says he opposes online gambling because he doesn’t believe available technology is good enough...
Out of sight
Extell Development’s newest building, ONE57, isn’t slated to be ready for occupancy until summer 2013 — but as far as NYC real estate is concerned, it might be the biggest...
Just sold!
Manhattan GRAMERCY $845,500 1 Irving Place One-bedroom, one-bath condo, 670 square feet, with newly renovated kitchen with granite counters, stainless-steel appliances and Italian-tiled floors, marble bath and walk-in closet; building...
Ricky's NYC
Chi-chi Che! Ricky Martin might be in New York City to play Argentine revolutionary Che in the Broadway revival of “Evita,” but his real estate tastes still skew toward the...
Gross, point blank
Ask “740 Park” and “Unreal Estate” author Michael Gross about his Alwyn Court apartment and he’ll regale you with stories, starting from the building’s very beginnings. “It was once the...
How’s it hanging?
So many of us purchase art simply because we like the artist or a particular piece. I know you might be thinking, “Why else would I buy art?” Well, before...
Bank bomb scare
The NYPD beefed up patrols around Wall Street financial institutions yesterday — especially Deutsche Bank’s US headquarters — after a letter bomb was sent to the bank’s CEO in Germany....
Blago is Blagone
Bye-bye, Blago. Illinois’ Muppet-haired former governor, a two-time reality-TV loser so insufferable he was fired by Donald Trump, was sentenced to 14 years in the big house yesterday for his...
B’klyn Beep in ‘road’ rage
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz yesterday accused the state and feds of a “colossal waste of time and money” for abandoning plans to rebuild the crumbling Brooklyn-Queens and Gowanus expressways....
Harlem doc innocent in ER grope rap
A Harlem Hospital doctor was cleared of sex charges yesterday in a bizarre, doctor-patient ER groping incident.Dr. Manish Garg, a shy and diminutive bachelor, had been on trial all week...
Hunk teach is $hark: DA
A muscle-bound intermediate- school gym teacher who moonlights as a professional bodybuilder has been charged with loan sharking, authorities said yesterday. Sean Harris (pictured), 36, of East Meadow, was arrested...
Grade-‘fix’ probe OK’d
A Long Island school board last night authorized an independent investigation into the explosive claims that its legendary football-coach-turned- schools-superintendent pressured subordinates to inflate a star player’s grades so he...
Gran’s crash kills LI baby
A 15-month-old Long Island girl was killed yesterday when her grandmother lost control of the SUV she was driving, authorities said.Terrayjah Burwell, who police said was in a car seat...
Shop-cart kid’s troubled history
Sentencing proceedings began yesterday for the younger of two boys who admittedly dropped a shopping cart onto a philanthropist at a Harlem mall — and he has long-standing issues of...
Bank hit for lot of mule-ah
It was America’s Most Convenient Bank — for scammers. A band of crafty fraudsters recruited more than 90 “mules” to open TD Bank accounts — filled with false deposits using...
Former Penn State coach Sandusky taken to jail
Accused Penn State pedophile Jerry Sandusky was hauled off in handcuffs again yesterday after additional child-sex charges were lodged against the “touchy-feely” former coach by two men who said they...
Ed. big’s XXXerox craving
City investigators have confirmed that a new Bronx high school principal made bizarre sexual remarks to staffers that included x-rated cravings for inanimate objects, The Post has learned. But Department...
Crane-trial kin anger
The families of two workers killed in a 2008 crane collapse on East 91st Street are furious that they and the public are being locked out of “substantive” pretrial discussions...
Syracuse’s Bernie dodges rap
SYRACUSE — Former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine, accused of fondling two ball boys in the 1990s, cannot be prosecuted under New York state law, despite strong evidence...
Deadly Qns. ‘DWI’ crash
An allegedly boozed-up driver was arrested after he slammed into two cars in Queens yesterday, killing a 21-year-old man, cops said. Curtis Dean, 25, was cruising south in an Infiniti...
Kennedy heir is on the way
PROVIDENCE, RI — The wife of former US Rep. Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island is expecting a baby.The son of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts said he and...
Build sites shed-ding ugly look
Folks walking by 100 Broadway might not believe it, but that striking structure in front of the building is the city’s newest sidewalk shed and not a work of art....
It’s a Vladhouse
Dozens more Russian protesters were arrested in the third straight day of anti-government demonstrations yesterday, as anger mounted over charges that Vladimir Putin’s ruling party had stolen parliamentary elections. The...
Priest pleading guilty in 500G embezzle
The ex-pastor of a wealthy Connecticut parish — who resigned in 2007 after an audit found he spent more than $500,000 in church funds on meals, travel and other questionable...
B’klyn sanit truck kills gal
A young Long Island woman was killed by a city garbage truck in Brooklyn last night, cops said.Katherine Yun, 25, was crossing Broadway near Driggs Avenue in Williamsburg when she...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan Cops have released the above photo of the thug wanted for snatching an iPhone from a woman on the Lower East Side. The mugger targeted the 29-year-old victim as...
E-mails of love/hate obsession
She was madly in love with him — right up until she got him busted. Daniela Rausnitz, who had a torrid affair with married investment banker David Gray, 28, sent...
City math and reading scores stagnate
After years of slow but steady gains, city fourth- and eighth-graders saw their scores on national math and reading exams flatline this year compared to 2009, officials said yesterday. The...
Occupiers home free
Protesters who helped a homeless family move into a foreclosed home in Brooklyn insist their takeover will actually increase property values. The demonstrators and the new squatters — a family...
Brute gets year in gal attack
A muscle-bound brute was sentenced to one year in jail yesterday for nearly punching the daylights out of a beautiful student who’d rejected his advances at an Upper East Side...
Selena’s soakin’ hot
Selena Gomez wants to make a splash in the perfume business! The Disney star got all wet in West Hollywood, Calif., during a photo shoot for her yet-to-be named fragrance....
Gambino ‘Soprano’ gets off easy
An actor who played a wiseguy on “The Sopranos” and in “GoodFellas” — and was a real-life mob associate — received a lenient six months of house arrest yesterday for...
Baby left in Burger King
A mother abandoned her baby on a bench next to a Burger King restroom and inexplicably dashed out of the Queens restaurant, police said yesterday. Kimberly Burndidge, 27, was charged...
Remember Pearl Harbor!
Seventy years after the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, the dwindling number of survivors of the Japanese raid on US military forces are heartened that America still remembers them. Seven...
Lame defense
An ex-cop standing trial on charges that he had revived his youthful graffiti-vandal compulsion was walking with a limp and appeared to be incapable of the dexterity required for the...
State investigation into Apple's deal with MTA for Grand Central store
The sweet deal Apple wrangled out of the MTA in order to open a megastore in Grand Central Terminal will be probed by a powerful state Assembly panel. The Committee...
Guns N’ Roses rock into Hall
Welcome to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Guns N’ Roses. The seminal rock band of the late 1980s and early ’90s, best known for hits such as “Welcome...
Have a seat with ‘Friends’ for 4G
LOS ANGELES — The faded orange couch from the popular sitcom “Friends” will go up for auction. The mohair fabric furniture piece, from the show’s fictional coffee shop, Central Perk,...
Chilling clues in LI body hunt
They found everything but the body. Long Island cops unearthed clothes, a cellphone and identification belonging to Shannan Gilbert, whose disappearance last year triggered a massive manhunt along Gilgo Beach...
A bad ‘state’ of tax 'cuts'
ALBANY — So much for “cutting” taxes. The new 8.82 percent top tax rate for millionaires — billed by Gov. Cuomo and Legislative leaders as a cut — still leaves...
PA rolls out $7B budget
So, that’s where our tolls are going! The Port Authority yesterday released its $7 billion preliminary budget for 2012, which includes an 11 percent increase in operating revenues courtesy of...
AIDS-scam doc guilty
A Washington Heights doctor was convicted yesterday of a sick fraud — conspiring with 150 healthy “patients” who pretended they had AIDS so he could bill Medicaid for $700,000 in...
‘Drunk’ cop gets cut off
A drunk-as-a-skunk off-duty cop careened eight miles in the wrong direction down a Long Island freeway — until another driver determined to avert a disaster blocked her path, police said...
Alec Baldwin deactivates Twitter account
Angry Alec is @ it again — but this time, not on Twitter. The same day he deactivated his Twitter account, Alec Baldwin used The Huffington Post to rant yesterday...
Stomping out glow of Xmas
What a dim bulb! A coldhearted creep went on an early-morning rampage destroying Christmas lights in Woodside, Queens, yesterday, pillaging at least two front yards that had been trimmed with...
Liu’s top aide owes $175K in taxes
City Comptroller John Liu’s top political adviser is an accused tax deadbeat.Chung Seto, Liu’s longtime campaign manager, owes the federal government up to $175,000 in back taxes, The Post has...
Pol’s kin, aide face charges
The niece and top aide of Queens state Sen. Shirley Huntley were charged yesterday with looting $30,000 in state funds intended to help parents of city schoolkids, Attorney General Eric...
Union bigs face rank and ‘bile’
As union bosses continued livin’ it up in the Puerto Rican sun yesterday, municipal workers getting soaked by New York’s cold rain were livid that their hard-earned money was funding...
Parade cops ‘hateful’: Kelly
Twenty cops have been matched up with potentially “offensive” Facebook posts about the West Indian Day Parade and will face Internal Affairs Bureau questioning over the slurs, Police Commissioner Ray...
Kelly’s kudos for SI hosing
It was a warm-hearted thank you for a cold-water blast. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly yesterday sent cold cuts, side salads and beverages to the Staten Island firefighters who blasted a...
What a ‘myth’fire!
Talk about the one that got away. Red-faced Discovery Channel officials are trying to figure out how a stunt for the network’s popular “MythBusters” TV show went awry — sending...
Preg ma kills her kids’ dad
A pregnant Washington Heights woman fatally stabbed the father of her unborn twins with a kitchen knife early yesterday after he assaulted her, law-enforcement sources said.Kelly Roldan, 22, was charged...
Euro’s fall may doom all
The eurozone financial system is at serious risk of collapse — which would mean calamity for the US system, too. But our government’s not prepared. Euro-area policymakers are finally talking...
Team O’s denial on college-cost crisis
Want to do exactly the wrong things to fix US higher education? You can’t do much better than the recent offerings from Education Secretary Arne Duncan. To a system blackout-drunk...
Santa spoiler alert!
The Issue: The elementary-school teacher who informed students that there’s no such thing as Santa. *** The Rockland County teacher who told a bunch of elementary-school students that there is...
Gun scandal in-justice: Of course Holder knew
The Issue: Whether AG Eric Holder should be held responsible for the Fast and Furious scandal. *** I have no doubt that if Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives...
Stanford’s the one
Mayor Bloomberg says he wants a top science/engineering university to help the city compete with high-tech economic-boom areas like Silicon Valley. Guess what? Turns out, the school that’s the intellectual...
The lady and the tramps
Someone get City Council Speaker Christine Quinn a dictionary: Yesterday, she filed suit against Mayor Bloomberg over a new homeless-housing policy she called “cruel” and “inhumane.” More like sane —...
Occupy Wall Street’s drug problem
If the Occupy Wall Street crowd posted an enemies list, among the names at the very top would be pharmaceutical giants like Merck, Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Gilead Sciences, Abbott Laboratories and...
Iran refugees fear bloodbath
As he hosts Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Monday, President Obama will need to hastily tie up Iraq’s loose ends — including Camp Ashraf, a mess that could quickly turn...
Subway killer
The most overlooked losers in Gov. Cuomo’s $2 billion tax-hike deal are Gotham’s commuters: Some $320 million of the tax hike will go to buying the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority...
Hurt’s so good at BAM
Could there be an actor more perfectly suited for Samuel Beckett’s works than John Hurt? Not only does his gaunt face and wiry hair recall the playwright, but he has...
Brit Ayckbourn gives us crime and fun-ishment
To call Alan Ayckbourn prolific is an understatement. “Neighbourhood Watch,” which just opened at 59E59 Theaters, is his 75th play. And since the British master is a mere 72 and...
This ‘River’ doesn’t run very deep
The British tear-jerker “London River’’ features on-target acting by its two leads, but they receive scant support from the wobbly plot. The setting is London in the days immediately following...
An era-neous take on 1950s
Jordan Harrison’s “Maple and Vine” has one of the most intriguing premises of the year. Katha (the quicksilver Marin Ireland) and Ryu (Peter Kim, stiff and bland) are a 30-something...
The Post Line
NFLTonightFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogSTEELERS13½14 (38½)BrownsSundayCOWBOYS 3½ 3½(49) GiantsJETS 9½ 9 (36½)ChiefsRAVENS16 16½(41) ColtsBENGALS 1 3 (37½)TexansPACKERS12 11 (52½)RaidersLIONSOFFOFF(OFF)VikingsSaints 4½ 3½(48½)TITANSDOLPHINS 3½ 3 45 EaglesPatriots 8½ 8 (48) REDSKINSFalcons 3 2½(48) PANTHERSJAGUARSOFFOFF(OFF)Buccaneers49ers...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:20 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 1m&70yds; $29,000; clm($14,000); 3up(f)FREUD'S NOTEBOOK likes this track, handles off-going, drops from 20G to 14G. MORDECAI JONES also drops,...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position order FIRST-1 1/16m(T); $23,000; clm($16,000); 3up PN Horse Wt. Jockey Last 3 Trainer Odds 1 Sweat Shop(L),120 D Cohen 4-3-7 Levine 8-1 2 Logical...
Aqueduct Charts
December 7th, 2011 Raining and SloppyTurf: Off©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6 fur; $28,000; clm; 3up(f)Off: 12:21. Good. set pace, drivingTime: 23., 46.93, 59.65, 1:13.13.Trainer: Richard Dutrow, Jr.Winner: CH F, 4,...
Penalty killing may be tiring out Devils
Perfection may have a price. The Devils, the NHL’s best penalty killers, returning to Newark against Ottawa tonight seeking to stretch their season-long flawless shorthanded record at home to two...
Rangers’ Sauer has concussion
Rangers coach John Tortorella confirmed what was expected. Defenseman Mike Sauer has been diagnosed with a concussion after taking a substantial hit from Toronto’s Dion Phaneuf in Monday’s 4-2 loss...
McCarver in the Hall
DALLAS — Tim McCarver found it a bit hard to offer any analysis after this honor. McCarver, an All-Star catcher who discovered a second career as a folksy announcer known...
Gulfstream Graded Entries
Post Time: 12:35 p.m.All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6 fur; $16,500; clm($10,000); 3upJOURNEY TO NOWHERE dueled to deep stretch, held third at Parx coming off easy win a Monmouth....
Parx Results
FIRST-$20,000, cl, 3YO up F&M, 7f1Andrus Athn (Fry)2.602.102.104Wilreign (Pennington)2.202.106First Lady Glenna (Rivera)5.60Scr: She Wants.* Exacta (1-4) $6.40 * Trifecta (1-4-6) $24.40 SECOND-$22,000, mdn cl, 2YO, 5f5Lil' Dante (Frey)9.604.202.802Maddsons Psson (Moln)6.403.401Clever...
Hollywood Results
FIRST-$56,000, alc opt cl, 3YO up, 1mi, tf 3 El Gto Mlo (Bjrno) 5.20 3.20 3.20 4 Sandor (Espinoza) 4.00 4.40 5 Posse Power (Vergara) 7.20 * $1 Exacta (3-4)...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYDec. 8FRIDec. 9SATDec. 10SUNDec. 11MONDec. 12TUEDec. 13WEDDec. 14RangersTampa Bay7:00MSG NetworkESPN 1050 AMNOGAMEBuff.7:00MSGESPNFla.7:30MSGESPNNOGAMEDal.7:00MSGESPNNOGAMEIslandersChicago7:00MSG PlusWRHU 88.7 FMNOGAMEPitt.7:00MSG+WRHUNOGAMENOGAMEMont.7:30MSG+2WRHUNOGAMEDevilsOttawa7:00MSG Plus 2WFAN 660 AMNOGAMEMont.1:00MSG+WFANNOGAMET.B.7:00VS.WFANFla. 7:30 MSG+ WFANNOGAMESunday, Dec. 11Sunday, Dec. 11GiantsCowboys8:20TV - NBCRadio - WFAN...
Today's Sports on the Air
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Sports Shorts
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Jets guard Moore sits out practice, expected to play
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Giants put Petrus on line vs. Cowboys
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Cowboys start trash-talk with Giants
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Giants have QB edge over Cowboys
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Former Jets RB Jones helped rookies Sanchez, Greene
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Yankees, Red Sox each looking at Danks
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Red Sox manager Valentine says 'I hate the Yankees'
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Mets trying to trade Niese
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Mets lose homegrown standout, again
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Mets GM says Torres will provide defense, speed
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Drama mama
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Comrade of ‘Queens’
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‘M*A*S*H’ star Harry Morgan dies at age 96
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Ryan next Lauer?
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Sharp Claus
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Starr report
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Weird but true
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Army football coach won't add love child who needs speech-impediment surgery to health insurance: suit
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Princeton tops Rutgers
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