December 16, 2011
141 busted in NYPD iPad, iPhone sting
A massive NYPD sting nailed 141 merchants at bodegas, delis and barbershops for buying what they believed to be stolen iPhones and iPads, cops said. Undercover NYPD officers offered the...
House passes $1 trillion government spending bill
WASHINGTON -- The US House of Representatives passed a $1 trillion spending bill Friday that will fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year, after congressional leaders reached...
Pierce says Fewell asking Giants for too much
Former Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce called out the team’s defensive coordinator and players for their inability to stop opposing offenses.“They have to find those one or two defensive calls that...
SEC, former Notre Dame player 'Rudy' settle fraud charges
WASHINGTON -- The 1993 movie "Rudy" portrays a plucky Daniel Ruettiger determined to overcome long odds and his diminutive stature to earn a walk-on role on Notre Dame's college football...
Zynga shares slump after IPO
SAN FRANCISCO -- Zynga Inc. on Friday saw how fickle the stock market can be as the social-media game firm's shares finished the session with a loss of five percent...
Wadleigh, Long Island City set to host holiday tournaments Saturday
The holiday season is here which means one thing – holiday tournaments. Long Island City and Wadleigh will host holiday tournaments on Saturday featuring a bevy of interesting matchups. Admission...
Hitchens remembered for writing skill and character
HOUSTON – Author, journalist and provocateur Christopher Hitchens was remembered Friday for his prodigious writing skills, bon vivant lifestyle, ferocious intellect and ability, as one friend described it, to swim...
Niedermayer 'honored' to have Devils number retired
When Scott Niedermayer was drafted by the New Jersey Devils with their first-round pick and third overall in 1991, the Edmonton, Alberta native had no clue about the Garden State....
Redskins without Brown, Sellers, Landry
ASHBURN, Va. -- Right tackle Jammal Brown and tight end Mike Sellers have been ruled out by the Washington Redskins for Sunday’s game against the Giants. The Redskins on Friday...
Red Bulls haven't been invited to Audi Cup...yet
Amid reports that the Red Bulls have agreed to play in the Audi Cup this summer in Munich, Germany, the team told the Post no such invitation has been received _...
Quiksilver opts not to bring surfing competition back to LI
Big crowds and sick waves apparently weren't enough to bring a major pro surfing contest back to Long Beach, LI. Quiksilver has decided against returning there for the Quiksilver Pro...
Stanford pulls out of NYC high-tech campus competition
Mayor Bloomberg's hopes of luring one of the nation's most prominent engineering schools to New York City were dashed suddenly today when Stanford University unexpectedly announced it was withdrawing from...
Knicks have interest in Outlaw: source
The Knicks, who are now pursuing a forward to play off the bench, have expressed interest in former Net Travis Outlaw if he clears the amnesty waiver process, according to...
Avery frustrated with role on Rangers
ST. LOUIS -- Sean Avery has given up trying to figure out when he’ll play again for the Rangers, but he admits sitting while the team played two of its...
Nets have two top 3-point shooters
Shawne Williams was brought in by the Nets as a two-position forward who can stretch the defense. No arguments there; he shot .401 on threes last season. And that was...
Rafa Marquez admits agent contact with Flamengo; expects Red Bull return in 2012
Red Bulls lightning rod Rafa Marquez admitted he believed his agent had been in talks with Flamengo about a possible deal; but he said at the moment he expects to...
Bonds gets house arrest, which is delayed
SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal judge on Friday spared Barry Bonds from serving time behind bars for his obstruction of justice conviction. US District Judge Susan Illston sentenced Bonds to...
Amar'e sorry Knicks won't play at Phoenix
One of the down sides of the 66-game season is the Knicks won’t face a number of the Western Conference teams the normal two times. The Knicks won’t face Chris...
West Virginia asks for Big East suit to be dismissed
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- West Virginia University on Friday asked a Rhode Island judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Big East conference over the university’s bid to make a...
McKnight, DeVito will play for Jets
Jets running back Joe McKnight and defensive lineman Mike DeVito fully participated in practice and will play in the team’s game at Philadelphia on Sunday. Defensive back and special teams...
Tuck practices with Giants
Justin Tuck practiced Friday for the first time this week, as the Giants' star defensive end deals with a toe problem.Tuck, who was limited in practice and is listed as...
House passes $1 trillion government spending bill
WASHINGTON -- The US House of Representatives passed a $1 trillion spending bill Friday that will fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year, after congressional leaders reached...
'Barefoot Bandit' pleads guilty in Washington court
ISLAND COUNTY, Wash. -- A serial criminal known as the "Barefoot Bandit" pleaded guilty in a Washington state court Friday to a string of burglaries and identity thefts carried out...
High-profile donors were victims of $2M ID theft ring involving Jewish charity
Fifty-five gang members and others have been busted for running a $2 million identity theft ring that targeted high-profile donors who'd given to a Jewish charity, prosecutors announced today. The...
Former Islanders GM Milbury denies assaulting 12-year-old hockey player
BOSTON -- Former Islanders coach and GM Mike Milbury has been charged with assaulting a 12-year-old Pee Wee hockey player in Brookline. Brookline police Capt. Tom Keaveney said Milbury was...
VIDEO: Eagles keys against Jets
CineSport's Noah Coslov turns to the Les Bowen of the Philadelphia Daily News for the three keys to Sunday's game vs. the Jets.The Eagles at 5-8 still have a long...
Cozy up to Chiller's zombie 'Remains' tonight
Tickets to "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" all sold out? Pity, since that movie is truly a boatload of fun. But, don't fret - Chiller's got a movie premiere...
Mass. man found not guilty in killing of Wesleyan student
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — A Massachusetts man was found not guilty by reason of insanity Friday in the 2009 shooting death of a Wesleyan University student after a trial that portrayed...
All 5 suspects indicted in Officer Peter Figoski's murder
The ex-con accused of shooting and killing a decorated cop has been indicted by a Brooklyn grand jury, authorities said. Lamont Pride, 27, allegedly shot Officer Peter Figoski during a...
VIDEO: Berman at Knicks camp
Post beat writer Marc Berman and Mark Hale discuss the Knicks' upcoming season from training camp in Greenburgh.The team added free agent center Tyson Chandler to a front court that...
Taliban claims responsibility for Kabul police station attack
KABUL, Afghanistan – At least one gunman attacked a police station in the Afghan capital of Kabul with gunfire and grenades before fleeing Friday, police said. The Taliban quickly claimed...
Fantasy Football Week 15 Live Chat Recap
Post fantasy football writer Anthony Sulla-Heffinger took your questions today.Some of the questons he fielded this week were whether Broncos RB Willis McGahee is a good start against New England,...
Mick Foley talks WWE's 'Tribute to the Troops' and return to wrestling
Despite appearing to put their lives and bodies at risk on a weekly basis, professional wrestlers do their best give back to the armed forces who they have the highest...
Bloomberg invites DC lawmakers to attend slain cop's funeral to highlight illegal gun sales
If it were up to him, members of Congress would be attending the funeral of police Officer Peter Figoski to see for themselves the havoc wreaked when an illegal gun...
Scaffold collapses off Manhattan building
A scaffold came crashing down Friday morning at 14th Street and 7th Ave. in Manhattan. There were no reports of injuries. Several cars along 14th Street were damaged. The street...
English giants face Italian opposition in UEFA Champions League
NYON, Switzerland -- English Premier League (EPL) giants Chelsea and Arsenal must overcome tough Italian jobs if they are to progress beyond the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League...
Fan suffers from 'Manchester United-induced' health condition, UK doctors say
MANCHESTER, England -- For one British soccer fan, the intensity of watching her favorite team play in a critical match could put her in a coma. A group of doctors...
SEC charges ex-Fannie, Freddie CEOs with fraud
WASHINGTON — The Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday brought civil fraud charges against six former top executives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, saying they misled the government and...
Assange granted new appeal hearing against extradition to Sweden
LONDON -- WikiLeaks boss Julian Assange was granted permission Friday to appeal his extradition to Sweden on sex offense charges. "The Supreme Court has granted permission to appeal and a...
WATCH: 'Batman' star fights with Chinese guards
BEIJING — "Batman" star Christian Bale, in the midst of promoting a film he made in China that some critics have called propaganda, was physically stopped by government-backed guards from...
Judge rules case against Penn State officials will go to trial
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A Pennsylvania judge ruled Friday that two Penn State officials will stand trial on perjury charges stemming from the child-sex abuse scandal that has engulfed the university....
Cops: Wanted NJ man found dead in NY; kids safe
FORT MONTGOMERY — Police say the New Jersey man wanted for questioning in the murder of his ex-wife has been found dead in an upstate New York motel and his...
Russia seizes radioactive material bound for Iran; Iranian official calls report a 'lie'
MOSCOW -- Russia seized a consignment of the radioactive isotope Sodium-22 at a Moscow airport Friday from a passenger who was to travel on a flight to Tehran, the customs...
Chandler could be perfect mentor for Knicks' Jordan
With his Slovenian buyout official, rookie 7-foot center Jerome Jordan participated in his first practice with the Knicks yesterday, impressing Mike D’Antoni with his length and athleticism. The Knicks are...
Christopher Hitchens, RIP
On the 10th anniversary of 9/11On the emptiness of "whatever doesn't kill me makes me stronger"On Bloomberg's nanny state New YorkOn why the problem isn't IsraelOn George OrwellUPDATE: On Hitchens'...
And a parody in a pear tree...
“KARDASHING THROUGH THE SNOW” (to “JINGLE BELLS”) Kardashing through the snow On a happy wedding day To the bank she’ll go Laughing all the way: Ho ho ho! Bulbs on...
Cash & burn
The Democratic senator who savaged Jon Corzine at a high-profile Capitol Hill hearing this week had another reason to go hard on her former colleague — she recently pressed him...
US troops’ muted exit from Iraq
BAGHDAD — There was no “Mission Accomplished” banner. No victory parade down the center of this capital scarred and rearranged by nearly nine years of war. No crowds of cheering...
Bonds to be sentenced today
SANFRANCISCO—The largest federal criminal investigation into sports doping began more than nine years ago with a tax agent digging through the trash of the now notorious Bay Area Laboratory CoOperative....
Girls basketball roundup: Boogie, LuHi rout Curtis
Long Island Lutheran continues to have its way with some of the area’s top teams. It took a big second-half, but the Crusaders were able to pull away for a...
O/U RICO
Rico went 6-9-1 (1-1-1Best Bets) on the Over/Unders last week, bringing the season record to 99-105-4 (19-21-2). The selections for Week 15: OVER: Falcons / Jaguars; Cowboys /Bucs; Eagles /...
CHSAA/Private boys basketball roundup: Wooters, Iona get past Sea
Iona Prep continues to show itself as an ‘A’ favorite. Luke Wooters had 13 points and Isiah Ice had 10 points to lead Iona to a 52-37 win over St....
The Post's All-Brooklyn football honors
For the second straight year, Brooklyn was football king. Lincoln won the PSAL City Championship division title for the first time since 1993, beating borough rival Erasmus Hall in the...
INSIDE PSAL GIRLS HOOPS: Memphis' Collier coming home, McDonough scores 1,000th
“Stub Hub” would have been the perfect nickname for Danay Collier recently. The University of Memphis senior guard has been foraging for tickets to the St. John’s/Chartwells Holiday Classic this...
The Post breaks down all 35 bowls
Bowl season is upon us. There are some terrific matchups like high-powered Oklahoma State against high-brow Stanford. There are some pathetic matchups like 6-7 UCLA vs 6-6 Illinois. Both programs...
Legendary Campus Magnet coach Granby nets 700th win
Like he has for most of his career, Charles Granby was more concerned about others on a day that was supposed to be all about him. The legendary Campus Magnet...
JUSTIN'S JOURNEY: Jenkins touches on his Division I mission, Wings' high hopes
Every other week during the winter, Wings Academy’s Justin Jenkins, one of the city’s top seniors, takes us with him in his journey for a Division I scholarship and city...
Riverdale beats Columbia Prep in NYSAISAA 'C' final rematch
Riverdale had won its first four games of the season by an average of 20 points, but at halftime Thursday, that streak appeared to be in jeopardy. “We got off...
The Post's All-City boys soccer honors
It was back to business for national powerhouse Martin Luther King Jr. A year after not making the PSAL Class A championship game, the Knights won their 13th city title...
PSAL boys basketball roundup: Center's Jackson notches 300th career win
Manhattan Center coach Charles Jackson picked up his 300th career win as Robert Konteh had 18 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Rams past Thurgood Marshall, 67-63, in PSAL...
Author Christopher Hitchens dead at 62
WASHINGTON — Cancer weakened, but did not soften Christopher Hitchens. He did not repent or forgive or ask for pity. As if granted diplomatic immunity, his mind's eye looked plainly...
Samuel, South Shore get revenge on nationally ranked Boys & Girls
The crowd erupted and spilled onto the court, celebrating South Shore’s first victory over Boys & Girls in coach Mike Beckles’ eight-year tenure. The joyous Vikings joined together in a...
Business briefs
New hopeThe number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell to a 3-1/2-year low last week, suggesting a further strengthening of the economic recovery. The fairly upbeat data...
Lane Bryant parent strips for suitor
The company that owns plus-size chain Lane Bryant is primping for a possible sale as it looks to spin off one of its lesser fashion outlets, sources told The Post.Charming...
Times a-changin’
Janet Robinson, chief executive of the New York Times Co., caught many Times watchers by surprise yesterday by announcing her resignation effective in two weeks. Robinson, 61, had been in...
RIM on the edge
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion capped the year with more disappointing results, leaving many on Wall Street to wonder if the tarnished brand can ever be saved. RIM yesterday forecast...
Mag maven Rasmus jumping to digital
John Rasmus, a start-up magazine veteran and the only editor in history who can claim three National Magazine Awards for General Excellence at three different publications, is going digital. This...
Mets asked MLB to stop ownership deal: book
Mets owner Fred Wilpon asked baseball commissioner Bud Selig to “play the bad cop” and help him scuttle a deal that could have resulted in him losing majority control of...
Facebook leak: $1 billion 2011 profit
Social networking is big business — but still not big enough for some folks. The latest leaked figures suggest that Facebook is on track to bring in $3.3 billion in...
Of Kors! First-day gain: 21%
Michael Kors rules the runway and Wall Street. Shares of the designer’s namesake company, Michael Kors Holdings, jumped 21 percent to $24.20 in their trading debut after investors went wild...
Hoop deal
Walt Disney’s ESPN sports cable network reached a deal extending its international rights to NCAA men’s basketball for $500 million through 2023-2024. The accord includes 600-plus hours and 300 telecasts...
‘Staggering loss’ for Cablevision
Cablevision Systems COO Tom Rutledge will step down later this month for undisclosed reasons. Rutledge, 58, joined in 2002 and has reshaped Cablevision since 2004. The LI-based company is seeking...
Pincus hocus pocus
Zynga is ready to play Wall StreetVille. After months of waiting to go public, the social gaming company starts trading today — after raising $1 billion last night by pricing...
Bernie’s ‘helper’ to plead guilty
Bernie Madoff’s former controller will plead guilty to criminal charges and admit she helped the notorious swindler carry out his massive Ponzi scheme, prosecutors said yesterday.Enrica Cotellessa-Pitz — who allegedly...
Morgan Stanley job cuts
Morgan Stanley plans on ringing in 2012 on a decidedly sour note. The white-shoe investment bank plans on doling out pink slips to roughly 1,600 employees in the first three...
Corzine ducks docs
Don’t talk to me. Talk to my lawyer. That’s what disgraced MF Global CEO Jon Corzine basically barked at a man trying to serve him legal papers yesterday while Corzine...
Banks take Fitch hits
Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Barclays were among lenders who had their issuer default ratings cut by Fitch Ratings yesterday. Credit Suisse Group, Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas also...
Rivals finally score big on Newt
In the first hour of last night’s debate, the bizarre 2011 Republican primary pattern reasserted itself: Newt Gingrich, atop the polling charts, knocked himself off the pedestal just as Michele...
Gingrich hits back as foes bash his cash
WASHINGTON — Front-running former House Speaker Newt Gingrich withstood attacks from multiple fronts at a GOP debate last night, punching back at critics who said he cashed in after he...
4th accuser of Syracuse coach is prison inmate
An upstate prison inmate has come forward with accusations that he was sexually molested by former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine as a child, starting more than 40...
‘WTC tab’ jab
Gov. Cuomo and Mayor Bloomberg crossed swords over who’s responsible for hundreds of millions of dollars in construction costs at the World Trade Center site.The dispute centers on whether the...
Latest Sandusky defense ‘doesn’t wash’
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A defense attorney for accused child molester Jerry Sandusky has claimed that the former Penn State assistant football coach showered with disadvantaged young boys in order to...
DA tags ex-cop
A retired NYPD patrolman accused of returning to his younger graffiti-tagging ways found out the hard way yesterday that anything you say on Myspace can wind up being used against...
NBA court pressure over sexual harassment
The NBA slam-dunked one of its top security officials after he blew the whistle on rampant sexual harassment in league offices, according to a bombshell lawsuit filed yesterday. Former security...
Liz the season!
It was the mother of all handbag sales. Hundreds of Elizabeth Taylor’s handbags and an avalanche of her costume jewelry hit the auction block yesterday, racking up obscene prices as...
Vegas big puts $20M on Newt
WASHINGTON — A Las Vegas casino mogul is betting $20 million on Newt Gingrich.At a time when DC insiders are split on whether the poll-leading former House speaker will prevail...
‘God is Not Great’ author Christopher Hitchens dies of cancer at 62
Christopher Hitchens, the author, essayist and polemicist who waged verbal and occasional physical battle on behalf of causes left and right and wrote the provocative best-seller “God is Not Great,”...
NYPD Daily Blotter
The Bronx***A drug trafficking ring was smashed with the roundup of 27 thugs up for dealing crack cocaine in Laconia, authorities said.The crew allegedly sold drugs at the Parkside Houses...
Slap at ‘lone killer’ theory
In a rare public rebuke, Suffolk County’s top law-enforcement official blasted the outgoing county police chief’s theory that there is a single Long Island serial killer.District Attorney Thomas Spota said...
15 years in grandson slay
The Bronx granny who viciously beat her 4-year-old grandson to death and left his body on a couch for two days was sentenced yesterday to 15 years behind bars. “Now...
Tea big bagged for gun at LaG
A prominent Tea Party activist was arrested yesterday for taking his Second Amendment rights a little too far.Cops said Mark Meckler, founder of the California-based Tea Party Patriots, was arrested...
Big fat triumph for Mike
It’s a victory for Nanny Bloomberg. After plumping up for decades, schoolkids here took the prize for the biggest decline in childhood-obesity rates of any large city in the nation,...
Long Island high-school students suspended for 'Tebowing'
The Tebow mania sweeping the nation sacked a group of Long Island high-school students who were suspended for mimicking the quarterback’s famous prayer pose. Twin brothers Tyler and Connor Carroll...
Payroll-tax deal as pols eye exit
WASHINGTON — Let’s make a deal — and get out of town.Democrats and Republicans yesterday struck a budget deal to avoid a government shutdown at midnight tonight as they slowly...
‘Current’ event: PA meter-mess probe
The new Port Authority chief has demanded a wholesale investigation into the $17 million a year lost due to electricity billing errors at PA-run Kennedy Airport — after The Post...
Fed subpoena on Liu fund-raisers
Federal investigators probing embattled Comptroller John Liu’s fund-raising reportedly have issued a subpoena for documents to a Chinatown nonprofit that has helped boost his political campaigns.Officials from the Chinese Consolidated...
Knox-case botch
MILAN, Italy — The Italian appeals court that cleared Amanda Knox in the slaying of her British roommate revealed yesterday the reasons for its ruling: The evidence that had been...
Rape-suspect cop’s badge of dishonor
A cop who discovered that the suspect in a school teacher’s violent rape was a fellow officer reacted with such “disgust” that he threw the suspect’s NYPD badge to the...
B’klyn chowing down-town
Downtown Brooklyn is suddenly eating upscale. Once a barren wasteland of low-end fast-food joints and cheap street carts, at least four new eateries are expected to energize the blossoming borough...
Cabbies’ fare fight
Scorned taxi drivers will push for a yellow-cab fare hike after New York’s top court ruled yesterday that owners can pass on state sales-tax charges to drivers.The decision could cost...
License please, Mr. Bieber
Justin Bieber’s driving is taking a turn for the worse! The pint-size hit maker was pulled over in Los Angeles, marking at least his third run-in with traffic cops in...
‘Perv teach’ bust
A married Queens middle-school teacher repeatedly had sex with one of his students, beginning when she was just 13, authorities charged yesterday. Social-studies teacher Charles Oross allegedly met the youngster...
Cop scams his ma: DA
He’s no mama’s boy.A police officer from Queens was arrested yesterday and charged with grand larceny for sharing his mother’s credit-card information with a gang of identity thieves, officials said.Rookie...
Kid shoots off finger
The 11-year-old son of a Staten Island school teacher shot off a portion of his finger yesterday while playing with his father’s illegal gun, police said. The West Brighton youth...
Repairman arraigned in Christmas 2010 horror
An elevator repairman was arraigned on criminal charges yesterday for a Christmas Day incident last year, when a woman was badly injured after a hospital elevator started moving with the...
A wake-up call to build a modern Manhattan
The horrific death of Young & Rubicam executive Suzanne Hart in a jinxed elevator at 285 Madison Ave. raises a big question beyond the tragedy’s specific cause. Namely: What’s a...
Frightened New Yorkers shun elevators after crush horror
The routine trip up and down elevators across the city was a traumatic affair for many New Yorkers yesterday following the terrifying death of an advertising executive who was crushed...
Shore shot at the mob
The feds added three longshoremen yesterday to a rogues’ gallery of alleged mobsters accused of shaking down workers along the New York and New Jersey waterfronts.Michael Nicolosi, Julio Porrao and...
Going for gold
Silence is golden — at least as far as the Golden Globes are concerned. “The Artist,” a romance that has only a single line of dialogue, confirmed its status as...
‘Fat Nick’ att’y hit with ‘DWI’
The hot-tempered lawyer who got into a confrontation with a judge during the 2005 Queens trial of hate-crime thug Nicholas “Fat Nick” Minucci found herself in another courtroom this week...
Skim scam by NYPD worker
A civilian NYPD employee spent two years stealing money from his Manhattan precinct at $10 a clip — and his scam netted him more than $16,000 before anyone figured it...
Cop-slay judge bails
She’s a judge on the run. The Brooklyn judge who unleashed a violent ex-con weeks before he allegedly killed a cop was a no-show at work yesterday — the day...
Charity donors fleeced
More than 100 generous people who wrote checks to charity kept giving till it hurt — without realizing it, The Post has learned.More than 50 fraudsters will be facing a...
These gals need you, New York!
Big-hearted New Yorkers stepped up their contributions to the Peter Figoski Scholarship Fund — donations are at $270,292 and counting — to ensure the slain officer’s goal of giving his...
DA Cy to DC: Put lid on guns
In the wake of the tragic shooting death of NYPD Officer Peter Figoski, Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. yesterday demanded that Congress strengthen gun laws. Vance called on the...
Looking back at Iraq
I didn’t get a chance to watch yesterday’s flag-lowering ceremonies in Iraq; I’m deep in work trying to close out this year’s Toys for Tots campaign. But the departure of...
Skyping with Iran’s underground
Facebook may have helped with some Arab Spring revolts, but Skype this week provided a window into still-oppressed Iran — a chance for a live face-to-face with brave individuals aching...
Seabrook’s pricey bagel: Jurors were schmeared
The Issue: Larry Seabrook’s recent TV appearance after a jury deadlocked on charges against him. *** If you are to be tried by a panel of your peers, it would...
The dinosaur of mail delivery
The Issue: The record losses facing the United States Postal Service and its plan for dealing with them. *** “Dead Letter Office” (Editorial, Dec. 12) cites UPS and FedEx as...
What Iraq changed
The flags came down in Baghdad yesterday as President Obama declared an end to an eight-year campaign in Iraq that removed a genocidal tyrant from power, defined new modes of...
Liu’s labor loss
There’s blood in the water down by City Hall, where Comptroller John Liu has been getting chewed up in recent weeks by FBI probes and swirling financial scandals. Enter Gregory...
Hey, they still let us drive
The National Transportation Safety Board wants a complete ban on cellphone use while driving, even on hands-free calls. Some will protest this as yet another government encroachment on freedom, but...
Hiding their race
To check or not to check the Asian box? That’s the choice faced by Asian-American students applying to what are supposed to be the most tolerant places on Earth: the...
Jingle all the way!
Hoyt Street Association, Boerum Hill For more than 30 years, the neighbors of Hoyt Street in Boerum Hill have gathered in December to carol for the community — roaming the...
Mission: accomplished!
IMF has been disbanded by presidential order after being blamed for a terrorist bombing that destroys the Kremlin. So, do Ethan Hunt and the remaining members of his now-rogue spy...
‘Sherlock’ doesn’t have a clue
A frilly Victorian lady effortlessly hurls an assassin out the window of a moving train. “I think it’s time you should LEAVE!” she says, just before he plummets into the,...
The Pill
Does the title refer to contraception? Or one of this sort-of comedy’s three leads? It’s a toss-up; everyone involved is just so irritating. Like the lovely indie “Weekend,” this small-scale...
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Mike Mitchell’s seemingly witless second sequel to the 2007 part-animated hit, derived from a bit of ��50s pop-culture debris, bears a surprising resemblance to Jean Luc Godard’s “Film Socialisme.’’ It’s...
Biting, bloodless ‘Carnage’
Handed his first opportunity to skewer bourgeois American mores since he began his long life as a fugitive from justice, Roman Polanski surprisingly avoids going for the jugular with “Carnage.”...
Rigby pans out, but ‘Peter’ doesn’t age well
Peter Pan may be the boy who wouldn’t grow up, but Cathy Rigby is the woman who won’t grow old. The gymnast-turned-actress has been playing Peter on and off in...
Star trekking his way to B’way
Get out of the way, Hugh Jackman. You’re about to be upstaged by an actor — a great actor — who’s decided to bless Broadway with his own one-man show....
Cook County
Depravity and addiction can be dramatic and fascinating, or they can be as they are in this week’s indie filthathon “Cook County.” If the movie has a reason to exist,...
What a ‘World’: B-director gets an A-list doc
The reverential documentary “Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel” includes the night in 2009 when the legendary producer-director received an honorary Oscar at a black-tie Hollywood soiree. But for...
Devils to retire Niedermayer's number tonight
Scott Niedermayer said former nemesis Jacques Lemaire helped make tonight's retiring of his number necessary. The former Devils defenseman already had a Stanley Cup ring when he butted heads with...
Congress' fishing bill riles critics
There are recreational anglers who have taken a long look at the Fishery Science Improvement Act and believe there is nothing in it that will improve fishing. Some say tackle...
The Post Line
NFL Tomorrow Favorite Opening Current (O/U) Underdog Cowboys 6½ 7 (47) BUCCANEERS Sunday GIANTS 7½ 6½ (46) Redskins EAGLES 2 3 (44) Jets Packers 14 13½ (46) CHIEFS Saints 7...
Tebow not ‘D’ reason for Broncos’ victory
Let’s not get too carried away, now. Though Tim Tebow makes an inspirational, follow-that-star, keep-football-in-Christmas story, he did not win Sunday’s game against the Bears. Neither did Matt Prater’s 59-yard...
Tuck’s status unknown for Giants on Sunday
Giants defensive end Justin Tuck didn’t practice again yesterday, sitting out with an injured toe. And though he has said he believes he will play Sunday against the Redskins, he...
Struggling Giants defense eyes turnaround
The biggest Giant of them all, Chris Canty, sunk his head and his broad shoulders sagged. He had just been informed that the Giants defense — his defense — is...
Giants QB Manning coming through in clutch
He has grown up, all the way up, right before our searing, judgmental eyes. The growing pains he endured would have broken lesser men in our town without pity. His...
Jets stress pressure points
With no margin for error as the Jets face their most pressure-packed challenge of this season to keep their playoff march moving, this is what they can draw upon when...
Jets' Scott says even playoffs in doubt
For Bart Scott, the Super Bowl talk can wait. The Jets’ linebacker believes the 8-5 Jets are not playing well enough to consider themselves contenders for the Super Bowl, and...
Burress, Vick share jailhouse bond
Plaxico Burress and Michael Vick share what few people can. They share more than they’d ever dreamed of, more than they’d ever have wanted to. On Sunday in Philadelphia, the...
5 questions for ... Shannon Sharpe
CBS pregame analyst and Hall of Fame tight end Shannon Sharpe talked Jets, Giants and Tebow with The Post’s Justin Terranova. How dangerous a game is this Eagles’ game for...
Gulfstream Park Entries Analysis
Post Time: 12:35 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 1m; $16,500; mdn cl($12,500); 2YO; (f)STARSHIP TORMENTA dueled to stretch as favorite, settled for fourth vs. better field. AWESOME...
Hollywood Park Entries, Analysis
Post Time: 3:30 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 6 1/2f; $18,000; cl($10,000); 3upSI MAR’S DEAR blew huge lead in stretch, settled for second as 1-2 choice; drops....
Pronger out for season
MONTREAL — Flyers captain Chris Pronger will miss the rest of the regular season and playoffs because of severe post-concussion syndrome. Philadelphia general manager Paul Holmgren made the announcement through...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:20 p.m. All horses appear in post position order 1. 6f; $19,000; cl($10,000); 3up; (f&m) SPELL CHECK returned from long layoff to just miss at Parx. MY SIRE’S...
Outlaw on the outs with Nets
This is too easy: The Travis Outlaw Error (OK, Era) in Nets history came to an end yesterday. “Yeah, Travis was amnestied and he’ll be moving on,” coach Avery Johnson...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6f; $23,000; cl($15,000); 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Pete's Parley(L),121J Alvarado6-5-5Asmssen6-12 Jax Maxx(L),121P Fragoso5-4-7Perkins20-13 Skinny Peter(L),115R Curatolo1-7-2Parisella5-24 Divine Child(L),120A Garcia1-7-4Englehart8-15 Devilish Stunt(L),120L Perez5-1-2Englehart8-16 NeverRightJoey(L),120D...
Aqueduct Charts
December 15th, 2011 Clear And Fast.©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6f; $21,000; cl($15,000); 3up; (f&m)Off: 12:21. Good. set pace, clearTime: 23.35, 46.46, 58.81, 1:12.31.Trainer: Mark HennigWinner: CH F, 3, by Forestry-Miss...
Gulfstream Results
FIRST-5f(T); $51,500; mdn spcl wt; 2YO8Nxt Rght Thng (Lpz)4.002.802.602Lost Decade (Alvarez)4.603.603Egolyan (Saez)9.80* Exacta (8-2) $26.40 * $1 Superfecta (8-2-3-5) $1,193.80 * $1 Trifecta (8-2-3) $291.90SECOND-6f; $29,500; cl($30,000); 3up5Brt B Don...
Hollywood Park Entries, Friday December 16th, 2011 Analysis
Post Time: 3:30 p.m. All horses appear in post position orderPost Time: 3:30 p.m.All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6 1/2f; $18,000; cl($10,000); 3upPN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds1 MichailashertltL120HBerris6-2-14-12 RouletteItRoll(L122B Blanc4-3-66-13...
Tampa Bay Downs Entries, Graded Entries
FIRST-6 1/2f; $14,000; mdn cl($25,000); 3up7-Self 2-12-Myles 4-18-Jo Ann's Bullet 7-24-BigBrownShes12-13-LastOutofPanm5-25-Meek Man 30-11-Dffy'sPredctn30-16-DimestoDollrs10-1SECOND-6f; $11,000; mdn cl($12,500); 2YO; (f)3-Pack Attack 5-26-EenyMeeyMyO2-11-Fuller'sWldMn12-17-Notta Car 20-14-DremEveryDre6-18-Cristabel 12-12-Truthful Bby 5-19-Faby Go Go 12-15-Dressedfrthec15-110-Pegsus Pearl 30-1THIRD-1m&40y;...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYDec. 16SATDec. 17SUNDec. 18MONDec. 19TUEDec. 20WEDDec. 21THUDec. 22RangersNO GAME Pho. 8:00 MSG ESPNNO GAMENO GAMEDevils 7:00 MSG ESPN NO GAMEN.Y.I7:00 MSG ESPN IslandersNO GAMEMinn. 8:00 MSG+2 WRHUNO GAMENO GAMEWinn. 8:30...
Fair Grounds Results
FIRST-$16,500, cl, 3YO up F&M, 6f4Ldy Lstown (Erm)31.8011.207.406Little Red Lexie (Lanerie)5.204.403Lghtup the Shdow (PorcheIII)10.60* Exacta (4-6) $153.00 * Superfecta (4-6-3-2) $17,626.80 * Trifecta (4-6-3) $2,545.80SECOND-$17,000, cl, 3YO up, 6f1Bddr Drms...
Hollywood Results
FIRST-1 1/16m; $24,000; cl($16,000); 3up; (f&m)2Rlly Elgnt (Mldnd-Alc)16.006.40out5Trpped the Lght (Rosaro)3.60outScr: L'Enchanteresse.* $1 Exacta (2-5) $27.10 * Quinella (2-5) $21.00 * $1 Trifecta (2-5-1) $79.10SECOND-7f; $25,000; mdn cl($40,000); 3up5Duplo Rpd...
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