December 22, 2011
Nationals get Gonzalez in trade with A's
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Left-hander Gio Gonzalez on Thursday said the Washington Nationals have agreed to acquire him in a trade with the Oakland Athletics, pending a physical and the deal...
Romo on roll for Cowboys
IRVING, Texas -- Tony Romo is on quite a roll, even though he has never had a winning December for the Dallas Cowboys. Right after their last game, owner Jerry...
Cowboys can finish Eagles
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Almost completely out of character for Jerry Jones, the Cowboys owner has publicly expressed fear about facing Philadelphia again after what happened earlier this season. Dallas (8-6)...
Bengals need win over Cardinals to keep pressure on Jets
CINCINNATI -- The small crowd at Paul Brown Stadium might as well plan to stay all the way until the end. The Cincinnati Bengals (8-6) positioned themselves for a playoff...
VIDEO: Schwartz at Giants practice
Post beat writer Paul Schwartz reports from Giants practice, where the team avoided talk of bragging rights as it focused on Saturday's game against the Jets. Each team needs a...
John Edwards asks for trial to be delayed due to undisclosed medical condition
Former presidential hopeful John Edwards has asked a judge to delay his upcoming federal corruption trial due to an undisclosed medical condition, NewsCore confirmed Thursday. In court documents filed Thursday,...
Vote for your all-time Jets, Giants starters
The Post's Steve Serby picked his best Jets/Giants team from the Super Bowl era. Now we want the fans to vote for their starters.
Boehner announces payroll tax extension deal
WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) announced Thursday that a deal has been reached to ensure 160 million Americans do not see their payroll taxes increase on Jan. 1....
Romney to report raising over $20M in fourth quarter: report
BOSTON -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will report raising at least $20 million in the fourth quarter. The number will eclipse the $18 million Romney raised in the second...
Giants' Phillips says Jets' talk 'disrespectful'
Sure, Kenny Phillips heard what Jets receiver Santonio Holmes said about the Giants secondary: How you can make plays over the top against them, how they are poor tacklers. There...
Accused Ponzi schemer Stanford ruled competent to stand trial
HOUSTON -- A federal judge on Thursday ruled accused Ponzi schemer R. Allen Stanford is competent to stand trial, the Houston Chronicle reported. US District Judge David Hittner declared Stanford...
Stranded Ariz. student, Texas family rescued
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A college student says she had nothing to eat but two candy bars while her car was stuck in the snow for nine days in a remote...
Girl swept away in Indian Ocean tsunami shows up 7 years later
MEULABOH, Indonesia -- An eight-year-old girl who was swept away in the Indian Ocean tsunami has been found alive -- almost seven years to the day the giant wave hit...
Former President George H.W. Bush backs Romney for president
HOUSTON -- Former President George H.W. Bush is backing former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. "I think Romney is the best choice for...
Jets' Pace fined for hit on Vick
Jets outside linebacker Calvin Pace was fined $15,000 by the NFL for a hit on Michael Vick in last week's game, Pace told The Post. Pace said he plans to...
Jets' Revis responds to Giants receivers
Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis responded to the Giants wide receivers' trash talk by brushing it aside. "It don't matter what I say, it doesn't matter what other receivers say, if...
2011: Memorable performances, trends and rising stars
Following yesterday's list of my top ten favorite shows of 2011, here are a few odds and ends, bits and bobs: memorable performances, trends and rising stars, all organized according...
Ivanka Trump gets slammed for copying Derek Lam shoe design
Designer Derek Lam has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Ivanka Trump, saying she "blatantly and intentionally copied" his shoe design. The company is contesting the resemblance between Trump's "Cadie" wedge...
Nets' Lopez needs surgery for broken foot
The Nets woke up this morning and found they’d gotten an early delivery of coal for Christmas.Brook Lopez, the Nets’ young, promising center, is out indefinitely after suffering a stress...
Christie says it would be 'presumptuous' to rule out being GOP VP nominee in 2012
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said today it would be "presumptuous" to rule himself out as the GOP presidential nominee's running mate in next year's election, but could also envision...
FANTASY FLASHBACK: Little Giants
What a time for the Giants to put up a stinker!For the most part the Giants were a major disappointment for fantasy owners who were depending on Eli Manning, Ahmad...
'Enough is enough' on payroll tax fight, Obama says
WASHINGTON -- President Obama declared Thursday that "enough is enough" in the fight between the House and Senate over extending the payroll tax holiday. "What's happening right now is exactly...
NJ firefighters battle stubborn warehouse blaze
ELIZABETH, NJ — Firefighters continued to work Thursday on a stubborn blaze at a New Jersey warehouse that began on Wednesday and could take days to extinguish. Elizabeth Fire Director...
Mets sign reserve catcher Johnson
Mike Nickeas will have competition in spring training to be the Mets’ backup catcher.On Thursday, the club announced the signing of catcher Rob Johnson to a minor league contract, extending...
Manningham misses Giants practice again
There was actually a line to get on the stationary bicycles at Giants practice Thursday morning.There were too many injured players and not enough bikes on the side when the...
US says 'overarching lack of trust' with Pakistan contributed to deadly airstrike
WASHINGTON -- A US general on Thursday said an "overarching lack of trust" between the US and Pakistan and a "series of miscommunications" were to blame for a NATO airstrike...
Auda leads Seton Hall over Dayton
DAYTON, Ohio — Patrik Auda scored a career-high 18 points to lead hot-shooting Seton Hall over Dayton 69-64 on Wednesday night. Auda was 7 of 10 from the field and...
Plea deal eyed in 'kidnap mom' case
A plea deal is in the works for the "kidnap mom" accused of snatching a hospitalized newborn in 1987 and raising the baby girl as her own, a prosecutor revealed...
Harris not at Jets practice; Kerley returns
Linebacker David Harris was not at Jets practice Thursday, two days before the team's showdown with the Giants. Harris' absence was not injury-related. He was excused from practice for personal...
Matt Damon rips President Obama
Matt Damon is expressing his disdain for Barack Obama’s presidency again, this time saying that the President doesn’t have any “balls.” Once one of Obama’s biggest cheerleaders, Damon slammed the...
Islanders goalie Montoya out with concussion
The Islanders suffered another goaltending injury when Al Montoya was diagnosed with a concussion following a collision during the shootout win over the Jets on Tuesday night.Montoya had established himself...
Elias returns to Devils practice; Clarkson out
Devils leading scorer Patrik Elias joined the team in practice Thursday after missing three days with an unspecified illness. He appears likely to face the Capitals at Prudential Center on...
Looking back at Nets preseason finale
With the second of the Nets’ two preseason games against the Knicks in the books, let’s look back at Wednesday night’s 88-82 loss, and how it positions the Nets as...
Hey, wait a minute, someone wrote a 'book' about me
It's not often that I get to write a headline paying homage to John Madden -- the retired sportscaster, not the director of "Shakespeare in Love'' and, uh, "Captain Corelli's...
Nets, Stevenson agree to one-year deal
So who’s next, Karl Malone? The Nets have reached an agreement with DeShawn Stevenson and will sign the veteran 6-5 shooting guard to a one-year contract today. Stevenson is a...
Suicidal Ohio wild animal owner not drunk or on drugs
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A final coroner's report shows an Ohio man who released dozens of wild animals and then killed himself had no alcohol or illegal drugs in his system....
Fire destroys Ernie Davis memorabilia at NY school
ELMIRA — A fire at an upstate New York middle school named for the late Syracuse University football star Ernie Davis has destroyed some of his memorabilia that had been...
Wal-Mart pulls formula after baby dies in Missouri
LEBANON, Mo. — Wal-Mart has pulled a batch of powdered infant formula from more than 3,000 of its stores nationwide after a newborn Missouri boy who was fed the formula...
Lockerbie bomber claims new evidence will clear his name
TRIPOLI, Libya -- Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al Megrahi maintained Thursday he was wrongly convicted and claimed to have fresh evidence to prove he was not involved in the 1988...
Less is less, Mr. President
President Obama is very upset with Congressional Republicans (so what else is new) because they won't do what he says he wants (to extend the payroll tax cut for two...
Crate labeled 'bomb' shuts down section of Port of Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES -- A crate spray-painted with the word "bomb" created disruption at America's busiest port Wednesday night, causing a ship to be evacuated and part of the port to...
Weekly jobless claims fall 4K to 364K, better than expected
WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans filing initial claims for regular state unemployment benefits fell 4,000 to a seasonally adjusted 364,000, reaching the lowest level since April 2008, the Labor...
What are your Xmas loves and loathes?
In an online poll at nypost.com, we asked you to vote for the best and worst Christmas songs of all time. Here are the results.* MOST LOVED: 1. “Silent Night,”...
Woman killed in wrong-way crash in the Bronx
A Bronx woman was killed early today when she crashed into a tractor trailer while driving the wrong way on the Bruckner Expressway, authorities said. Margaret Donnelly, 25, was driving...
Wave of bombings across Iraqi capital kills 69
BAGHDAD — A wave of 16 bombings ripped across Baghdad Thursday, killing at least 69 people in the worst violence in Iraq for months. The apparently coordinated attacks struck days...
Steve Serby picks his all-time Jets/Giants team of the Super Bowl era
OFFENSE QUARTERBACK: Joe Namath (Jets) Maybe Eli changes this pick one day, but there is only one Joe Willie RUNNING BACK: Curtis Martin (Jets) Joe Morris, Rodney Hampton and Freeman...
With heavy hearts, St. Anthony's tops St. Peter's Prep for 'Mrs. D'
After each of St. Anthony’s five goals, the scorer gazed skyward. A few blew kisses. Others scooped up some ice and lightly tossed it in the air as they looked...
Girls basketball roundup: Moore Catholic forfeits tourney final
Moore Catholic was one win away from a tournament title, but never played the game. The Mavericks forfeited the KSA Holiday Classic championship game Wednesday morning against Elizabethtown (Ky.) at...
Top notch: Astel sets MSIT scoring mark
Kaitlyn Astel almost celebrated prematurely as she released a jumper from the left elbow. “It looked like it was going in,“ the McKee/Staten Island Tech wing said. “I was almost...
CHSAA boys basketball roundup: Four in double figures as Moore beats Xavier for 10th straight win
Moore Catholic’s formula has been simple all season – scoring balance and tough defense. Those two winning tenets were once again at the forefront in a big, 70-58 win over...
Fordham Prep picks up quality win at packed Regis
Hundreds crammed into an Upper East Side’s school shiny, new gym. People spilled out into doorways and onto the baseline. Those in the first row could reach out and touch...
Brooklyn cafe owner who disappeared on Halloween identified as man found shot to death the next morning in Pennsylvania
The mysterious missing person’s case of a 30-year-old Brooklyn cafe owner who vanished on Halloween has become a puzzling case of murder. Joshua Rubin, who disappeared from his Kensington apartment,...
MSIT rallies past rival Curtis, Astel sets scoring mark
Brenna DeRosa admitted to not handling pressure well. She was feeling it as she walked the length of the court to take the potential go-head free throws after a loose...
PSAL boys basketball roundup: Bedford gains revenge against Brooklyn Tech
Darien Best scored 21 points and grabbed eight rebounds as Bedford Academy topped Brooklyn Tech, 70-64, to exact revenge from an earlier loss in Brooklyn A East boys basketball Wednesday...
Starr report
Chris Hardwick is a busy guy these days. The comedian/author/TV personality released his first book, “The Nerdist Way,” on Nov. 1 and his comedy podcast, “Nerdist,” was voted one of...
Drama mama
Your weekly guide to TV’s best and worst serious shows Mama’s guide to what to watch during the holiday weekend: • “Burn Notice” (Thursday, 10 a.m., USA) Start your weekend...
INSIDE PSAL BOYS HOOPS: Dortch resigns from Lewis, healthy Santanna thriving for LIC
Perry Dortch, the fiery and intense longtime Queens boys basketball coach, resigned from his post at Francis Lewis last week – and he says it’s because of overbearing parents that...
D-I prospect Tomlin making waves for fledgling CSI/McCown
CSI/McCown isn’t known for athletics. Before recently, the new school’s only winning program was wrestling. Quamaine Tomlin, a gifted and versatile 6-foot-6 forward, has helped to change that, leading the...
Business briefs
Gold ladyJanet Robinson, who will step down as CEO of the New York Times Co. on Dec. 31, will receive an exit package in excess of $15 million, according to...
Ron Burkle may free John Varvatos from VF Corp.
Rock ‘n’ roll fashion designer John Varvatos may soon get rescued from years of corporate bondage. The grungy New York menswear label — whose rumpled tweed jackets and scuffed-up Converse...
Yahoo! plan seasoned with hot Asian deals
Yahoo! is conducting a Chinese buyer drill.The Web company’s board is considering a deal to unload most of its stake in Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group and the entirety of...
New data shows why Christmas is not so black
Is anyone surprised that retail sales this Christmas aren’t living up to all the Black Friday hype? Probably not — this happens every year.But this year, there is actually an...
FrontPoint endgame
It’s lights out for FrontPoint Partners. The hedge fund giant, which has been slowly collapsing under the weight of an insider-trading scandal, is losing its last money maker, Stephen Czech,...
Hungary’s junk rating
Standard & Poor’s downgraded Hungary’s credit ratings to junk status yesterday, citing weak policy “credibility” and questions about the independence of financial oversight agencies in the beleaguered nation’s government. S&P...
Europe lender bender: $645B
The European Central Bank will lend euro-area banks a record amount for three years and more than economists forecast in an effort to keep credit flowing to the economy during...
Hostess filing in mix?
Hostess Brands, America’s biggest bakery, is on the verge of filing for bankruptcy again — perhaps as early as next month, The Post has learned.Staying out of Chapter 11 is...
RIM buyout seen as bust
Research In Motion, maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, pared gains after analysts said a buyout is unlikely. As long as co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis keep telling investors they’re...
Big weekend hopes for films’ ho-hum year
The traditionally busy holiday weekend is turning into a real nail-biter for Hollywood. As the last days of 2011 play out, the major studios are looking to book every last...
Citi’s EMI deal on FTC stage
The Federal Trade Commission is taking the lead in reviewing the sale of Citigroup-owned record label EMI, The Post has learned. Citi has agreed to break up EMI, selling its...
MF Global’s $700M UK chapter
The US trustee for bankrupt MF Global is working to recover $700 million of client funds held by the broker’s UK affiliate for US customers that were trading in overseas...
Room for hoorahs
After a five-year free fall that wiped out more than half the value of American homes, Wall Street cheered hopeful signs that the nation’s housing market may finally be on...
BofA fined $335M in loan fiasco
Embattled Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan may be turning a whiter shade of pale after forking over $335 million to settle allegations that his Countrywide Financial unit discriminated against...
Mudd out with leave over suit
Daniel Mudd will take a leave of absence as chief executive officer of Fortress Investment after he was sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission over his role as former...
SEC slapped by Wisconsin judge
The Securities and Exchange Commission, facing growing judicial scrutiny over how it resolves enforcement matters, was asked by a federal judge in Milwaukee to provide a “factual predicate” for a...
Modern family
You’re gonna need a bigger tree . . . If your adult-age kid spent their childhood eating the requisite Brussels sprouts, taking out the garbage and brushing their teeth, ’tis...
Just sold!
Manhattan FIDI $2,310,000 75 Wall St. Three-bedroom, three-bath duplex condo, 2,279 square feet, with open dining room, marble bath, washer/dryer and walk-in closet; building features doorman, garage, roof deck and...
Tri it on
Daniel Craig has been busy promoting “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” which premiered at the Ziegfeld Theater last week, but he’s also been on a serious downtown apartment hunt....
Surviving the snow daze
Looking like Mr. Sad Sack, my husband Ricky took off his black-and-red checked lumber-jacket, sunk into the couch and emitted a long, painful whistle, like a tea kettle. “What’s the...
SI targets mall rats
The Staten Island Mall is displaying digital-billboard ads featuring the mug shots of shoplifters.One of the offenders has been arrested 138 times under several names. She’s been convicted 66 times,...
Probe eyes icy doom
Investigators are looking at ice buildup on a Manhattan investment banker’s plane as a possible cause of the three-mile death dive that wiped out his family and killed a colleague,...
You’ve got stair-mail
Instead of feeling annoyed at reaching their subway station and seeing the elevator on the fritz, straphangers can now feel that aggravation in real time. Subway riders can now sign...
Chilling confession in co-ed’s murder
“I killed Rita.’’ As cops arrested him, the ex-boyfriend of a beautiful college student admitted to leaving her slashed to death on her new lover’s bed — announcing, “I killed...
‘Santa’ sour note
They’re not pouting or crying — they’re going to court. The heirs of J. Fred Coots — a co-writer of “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town” — have filed a...
Mike hails taxi triumph
Mayor Bloomberg took a victory lap yesterday after triumphing in the taxi wars — and it cost him nearly a hundred bucks. To celebrate Gov. Cuomo’s approval of legislation authorizing...
Army: 8 mates killed NY GI
Eight US soldiers were charged in the death of a 19-year-old GI from Manhattan — who was repeatedly bullied, taunted with ethnic slurs and even dragged from his bed and...
Two-headed tot
SAO PAULO -- Hospital officials in northern Brazil say a woman have given birth to conjoined twin boys with one body and two heads. Obstetrician Neila Dahas of the Santa...
OWSer jailed on gun charge
An Occupy Wall Street protester caught last month with an unlicensed handgun in his rental van is in jail — for now.Ink-bedecked tattoo artist Joshua Fellows, 32, was cuffed and...
Smart Alec: Forget about my running for mayor
Alec Baldwin said yesterday he doubts he will run for mayor and described the other candidates running for the office as “horny for their own ascension.” “The people that are...
Kardashians use sweatshop labor: group
LOS ANGELES — The Kardashians are profiting from sweatshop labor, a human-rights group claims. Several items sold under the K-Dash by Kardashian label, the Kris Jenner Kollection and Kim Kardashian’s...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** This guy’s off the rails. The unhinged straphanger pictured here (bottom photo) became so enraged during a staring contest at an Upper East Side station that he charged...
Pols: Probe ‘NYPD-CIA’
WASHINGTON — More than two dozen members of Congress are calling for an investigation into the CIA’s relationship with the NYPD. The lawmakers want to know more about the CIA’s...
Foes ire away in DC tax war
WASHINGTON — House Democrat leaders yesterday lost their cool in the payroll-tax fight, but neither side budged in the standoff.Tempers flared in the House chamber after Republicans blocked a procedural...
‘Pimp king’ blows off plea
Self-proclaimed “King of All Pimps” Jason Itzler has turned up his nose at a plea deal offered by the Manhattan DA, The Post has learned.“The King of All Pimps does...
Runaway crash cab
An out-of-control yellow taxi jumped a curb and plowed into three pedestrians in Manhattan yesterday, sending one man flying through a nail- salon window, witnesses and cops said. The cabby,...
Santa’s tardy elves
’Tis the season to frantically search for gifts. We’re in the holiday homestretch, but some last-minute shoppers have just started racing around searching for Christmas presents. “I’m one of those...
Judge nixes arms dealer
A federal judge yesterday rejected requests by lawyers for a Russian arms dealer to find that a juror acted inappropriately in convicting him. The juror told Judge Shira Scheindlin she’d...
Bodega worker slain
Masked thieves followed a Bronx bodega worker home and shot him dead — within earshot of his son — in what cops believe was a botched robbery attempt. Investigators said...
Burned body in Pa. ID’d as B’klyn bizman
A 30-year-old Brooklyn cafe owner who mysteriously vanished on Halloween was identified by authorities yesterday as the man found shot to death and burned in the woods of eastern Pennsylvania...
Qns. ripper will rot
A modern-day Jack the Ripper who admitted that he “wanted to kill” a Queens woman he viciously murdered was sentenced yesterday to up to 29 years in prison.Huang Chen, 49,...
Pain-pill doc’s Rx for trouble
A Long Island physician is due to be arraigned on federal charges of illegally prescribing painkillers and other drugs.A spokesman for the US Attorney’s Office confirmed that Dr. Frank Telang...
You blew it!
A fed-up judge blasted the troubled son of “Wall Street” star Michael Douglas for blowing “the biggest opportunity of his life” — and slapped him with an extra 4 1/2...
Heroes back in NYC
They’ve traded Baghdad for Bayside. A cheery and teary group of reserve soldiers finally made it back to New York yesterday, ending their service in Iraq safe and sound. “I’ve...
Do-good idea in the cards
Some philanthropic NYU students want to change the world one MetroCard swipe at a time. The techie do-gooders — who study at the school’s Interactive Telecommunications Program — have created...
Myrrhy Xmas, but no frankincense
WAGENINGEN, Netherlands — Frankincense may soon be a thing of the past because the trees that produce the festive staple are declining rapidly, according to a study published yesterday. Production...
Obama takes first dog holiday shopping
WASHINGTON — Home alone while his family is on a tropical Hawaiian vacation, President Obama took his dog Bo on a last-minute Christmas shopping spree yesterday. Obama dashed off to...
Comptroller lectures Wall St. on ethics
Now that’s rich! John Liu, the city’s embattled chief fiscal officer whose own campaign fund-raising is under federal investigation, won’t stand for “unethical conduct” among three of Wall Street’s leading...
‘Liu conflict’ in NYC lawsuit vs. Corzine
The city’s top lawyers want New York’s massive pension funds to lead a lawsuit against Jon Corzine and his bankrupt MF Global investment firm to recoup millions of dollars in...
Yale coach resigns over resume
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Tom Williams has resigned as Yale’s football coach after the university investigated whether he lied on his résumé about being a candidate for a Rhodes Scholarship...
MTA budget ‘rail’ ri$ky
Fare hikes are still on the horizon, but straphangers can ride a little easier in 2012.The cash-strapped MTA passed its 2012 budget yesterday, a risky, $12.6 billion fiscal plan that...
Slider up to the bar
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — White Castle is toying with the concept of adding alcohol to its menu.The eatery chain, known for its miniature burgers, which aficionados call sliders, is testing beer...
Weiner's wife gives birth to boy
After a year filled with ridicule and scandal, disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner finally has something he can feel proud about — a new baby boy. Weiner’s wife, Huma Abedin,...
Thugs out for Blue blood
Two sharp-eyed Brooklyn cops yesterday thwarted a drug-and-cash heist by nine heavily armed robbers dead-set on blowing away any cops who showed up — just as in the drug-related home...
Figoski fund for slain NYPD hero's girls passes $1M
Thank you, New York! Contributions to the Peter Figoski Scholarship Fund for the slain NYPD cop’s four daughters soared past the $1 million mark yesterday. The fund — launched just...
‘Inbred’ outrage
A lawyer for the Borough Park man accused of butchering little Leiby Kletzky sparked a firestorm yesterday by blaming the accused killer’s crime on “inbreeding” in the close-knit Hasidic community....
NYers on casinos: Let it ride
ALBANY — Roll the dice!That’s the message New York voters are sending Gov. Cuomo as they overwhelmingly approve the governor’s plan to legalize non-Indian casino gambling in the state.A new...
Bauble burst for LI ‘con’
A retired political-science professor from Long Island sold fake Tiffany’s jewelry claiming to be raising money for a local food pantry — but she kept the money for herself, officials...
Undie-bomb hero’s $10M suit
An upstate man has filed a $10 million suit over the injuries he suffered while helping subdue the al Qaeda underwear bomber on a Detroit-bound plane two years ago.Theophilus Maranga,...
Iraq-heroes parade eyed
Pentagon approval is needed for the city to stage a parade honoring troops returning from Iraq, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. “It would be nice to find a way to honor...
Woman’s ‘missing bro’ woe
A Brooklyn woman has launched a desperate campaign to find her missing brother and his roommate, who mysteriously disappeared in California’s Mojave Desert during a weekend outing. Mia Nathanson, a...
Mitt turns up the ‘heat’ in feud with Newt
WASHINGTON — Go to Hell’s Kitchen! Mitt Romney, stinging from Newt Gingrich’s accusations that Romney is letting others do his campaign’s “dirty work,” told his rival to toughen up. “This...
‘Poor’ old Kruger
He claims he’s a man of no means — but insiders say he has hidden his wealth by laundering it through friends. Disgraced ex-state Sen. Carl Kruger will have to...
FAA launches pilot program to fight fatigue
Passenger-airline pilots will work shorter hours and get longer rest periods, the Federal Aviation Administration said yesterday. The regulation is the first safety enhancement to result from a 2009 crash...
No Love lost in rent spat
Courtney Love insists she’s no deadbeat. The Hole singer is asking a Manhattan Housing Court judge to scrap a landlord’s bid to have her evicted from her West 10th Street...
Home-spy cam cheap & easy
You don’t have to be a computer genius to catch a would-be thief redhanded in your home — all it takes is a few bucks, WiFi and a cellphone. The...
Getting ‘Freak’ on as Hefner
James Franco is in talks to play Hugh Hefner in the upcoming movie “Lovelace.” The “Freaks and Geeks” actor is in discussions for a cameo part as Hefner in the...
Killing the Internet to save Hollywood
All Hollywood wants for Christmas this year is to see Congress pass the Stop Online Piracy Act — and the industry’s thrown Santa-sacks of cash at lawmakers in hopes of...
Team O’s ‘poor’ trick
New Yorkers can be forgiven for shock at the newspaper headlines last week informing them that millions more of them were “near poor” or “low income.” They might relax a...
Kagan’s recusal refusal: more Supreme arrogance?
The Issue: Whether Justice Kagan should recuse herself from hearing the ObamaCare case. *** Justice Elena Kagan’s failure to recuse herself from the ObamaCare case could cast doubt on the...
Fitting penalties for horrific acts
The Issue: Jerome Isaac’s alleged murder of a Brooklyn woman by setting her on fire. *** Dec. 19’s front page recommends that alleged fire fiend Jerome Isaac “Burn in Hell.”...
The Robin Hood syndrome
Gov. Cuomo and the 96 percent of lawmakers who backed this month’s millionaires tax should be tickled by a new Rockefeller Institute of Government report. The study shows a massive...
Thanks a million (plus)!
You’ve done it, New York! In just a matter of days, donations to the Peter Figoski Scholarship Fund — established by The Post and the New York Police Foundation —...
Break up the banks
Three years after the financial crisis and the bailouts, and we’re not much better off: “Too big to fail” remains, banking profits are sinking and those big, overregulated banks can’t...
Korean ‘stability’ is a loser’s game
As North Korea transitions from the era of bad-hair Kim Jong Il to that of buzz-cut Kim Jong Un, foreign-policy mavens advise us that ensuring stability in the peninsula obliges...
The best stage presents
Naughty? Check. Nice? Check. Impossible to shop for? Sigh . . . check. How about the gift of opera? A performance at the Met or one of the city’s smaller...
Knicks have interest in former Nets forward Martin
Now that the Knicks' Steve Novak Era has begun, will there be a K-Mart in the club's future? Last night, the Knicks claimed 6-foot-10 reserve shooting forward Steve Novak off...
The Post Line
NFL Tonight Favorite Opening Current (O/U) Underdog Texans 6½ 6 (40½) COLTS Saturday JETS 3 3 (45½) Giants CHIEFS 1 1½ (41½) Raiders Broncos 3 3 (41½) BILLS TITANS 7½...
Ski resorts offering military discounts
Skiing for the holiday season will be a little thin because Mother Nature has not been very cooperative, but most resorts will offer some goodies for Christmas week. With the...
Mayweather gets 90 days in jail
LAS VEGAS — Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. was sentenced yesterday to 90 days in a Las Vegas jail after pleading guilty to a reduced battery domestic violence charge and no...
Affrunti’s Tampa Bay Grade
FIRST-1m&40y; $9,000; cl($5,000); 3up 2-Don'twaitTolng 5-2 3-Kiln Creek 30-1 6-Atlantic Paws 3-1 4-Babo 15-1 7-Vapor Trace 9-2 5-Worthy Wager 4-1 1-Shilah 8-1 8-Rocklane 6-1 SECOND-7f; $9,000; mdn cl($8,000); 2YO; (f)...
Brennan tabbed top driver
George Brennan, who became only the second driver to win the Hambletonian and Hambletonian Oaks on the same afternoon, has won his second straight harness driver of the year award....
Gulfstream Analysis
Post Time: 12:35 pm. All horses appear in post position order 1. 6 fur; $32,000; clm($25,000); 3up SPEIGHT THE HALO returns to dirt and level of claim for local debut...
Tomorrow’s Gulfstream Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6f; $32,000; cl($25,000); 2YO PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 SweetMoonbm(L),116J Sanchez4-6-1Farro6-12 Cosmic Crown(L),116L Saez8-1-2Pilotti8-13 Angel Dreams(L),116E Trujillo9-1-4Plesa5-24 Annelle(L),116P Lopez1-5-xAttard7-25 Sky's Echo(L),116R Maragh7-2-5Carroll6-16 Tanasi(L),116OBocachic8-1-4Calscbett4-17 Miss Cedar...
Parx Racing Charts
December 21st, 2011 Clear And Fast.©2011 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6f; $30,000; str alw; 3up; (f&m)Off: 12:26. Good. wore down pacesetterTime: 23.11, 46.72, 59.33, 1:12.4.Trainer: Thomas MillerWinner: DK B/ F, 3,...
Giants get Baas back to face Jets
The reconfigured Giants offensive line the past three games has dramatically improved the running game. So why are they going to change what’s been working for Saturday’s crucial game against...
Rex asks Jets fans to wear green
Jets coach Rex Ryan knows there will be Giants fans at MetLife Stadium on Saturday, but he delivered a message to the Jets fans yesterday: Go Green. “I want to...
Texans take on Colts tonight
INDIANAPOLIS — The Colts dominated the AFC South for nearly a decade. With names like Peyton Manning, Reggie Wayne and Jeff Saturday anchoring the offense, and Dwight Freeney and Robert...
Chelsea star faces rap for verbal racial abuse
LONDON — Chelsea captain John Terry will be charged with racially abusing a Premier League opponent and faces a fine of $3,920. The Crown Prosecution Service said yesterday there was...
Sports Shorts
MLB: Danks will stay with White Sox The White Sox and left-hander John Danks reportedly have agreed in principle on a contract extension. ESPNChicago.com and CBSSports.com, citing anonymous sources, reported...
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Mets catcher Thole working to improve
Josh Thole is getting an early jump on spring workouts. After a lackluster 2011 season in which he struggled defensively, the Mets catcher will head to Dallas within the next...
Gaborik's line lifting Rangers
The most important thing to know about hockey chemistry is that it is not science. Rather it is an undefinable mixture of preparation, communication, instinct and work ethic. Or else,...
Farmar may be out of Nets rotation
Nets coach Avery Johnson said before last night’s game against the Knicks he was planning on treating it like a regular-season affair. If so, don’t expect to see much of...
Amar’e says Knicks will 'hunt LeBron'
Amar’e Stoudemire can’t hide his intentions to dethrone Miami as NBA Eastern Conference champs. Last night, when rookie Josh Harrellson asked him in the locker room after the preseason win...
Chandler Era off to rousing start for Knicks
By the end, during an extended session of what Marv Albert used to call gar-BAGE time, Tyson Chandler still was moving his feet, still flicking his hands at the basketball,...
Nets forward Humphries booed by Garden crowd
Welcome back, Kris! Every time Nets forward Kris Humphries touched the ball during the 5:40 he played during the second quarter of last night’s 88-82 loss to the Knicks at...
Knicks top Nets in preseason finale
Soon, the Garden will resound with chants of “De-Fense!’’ instead of “We Want Humphries!’’ But it was still preseason and Knicks fans were so giddy last night, they seemed more...
Jets special teams could be difference against Giants
When Jets kicker Nick Folk arrived to his locker Tuesday, there was an empty red five-gallon gas tank in front of it. It was a rare read-between-the-lines message — signifying...
Giants out to forget secondary concerns
Something’s got to give. The resistible force will meet the easily movable object, when the Jets’ 21st-ranked aerial attack matches up with the Giants’ 29th-ranked pass defense on Saturday. Though...
Jets coach remembers father's fight with Gilbride
Add the Ryan family honor to the list of things that will be at stake Saturday when the Jets face the Giants at MetLife Stadium. Sure, there are huge playoff...
Plaxico plans on big game against Giants
OK, it wasn’t as brazen as Plaxico Burress’ famous 23-17 Super Bowl prediction to The Post. But when the Jets receiver was asked about facing his former Giants teammates on...
Jets WR Holmes takes shots at Giants secondary
Santonio Holmes is coming off his worst game with the Jets. A fumble, a tipped pass that resulted in an interception and a bone-headed penalty added up to a brutal...
Time for Giants to save Coughlin's job
Tom Coughlin marched into the auditorium inside the Timex Performance Center at 11 sharp yesterday morning with his customary brisk gait, on 65-year-old legs that seem to relish taunting Father...
Giants talk back to Jets
Jets Town? Bah humbug, say the Giants. “They’re going to need a helluva lot more than this game to make that happen,” Brandon Jacobs said. Tom (Shhhhhhhhh!) Coughlin yesterday implored...
Giants aren't afraid to attack Jets star Revis
Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis is getting paid as if he is the best in the NFL. Is he the best? Giants receiver Hakeem Nicks paused for just a second. “I...
More legal troubles for Giudices
There’s more trouble for the “Real Housewives of New Jersey” — and, once again, it involves the Giudices. Giuseppe “Joe” Giudice, the husband of Jersey “Housewife” Teresa Giudice, has been...
‘Todd’ English
It’s been over a year now since we last left Todd Margaret, the endearingly pathological energy-drink salesman who wreaked havoc on London in “The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret.”...
‘Teen Mom’ back to jail
It’s not going to be a very merry Christmas for “Teen Mom” Amber Portwood this year. The MTV reality star is back in jail after violating the terms of her...
‘Baker’ suicide
The death of a contestant on TLC’s “Next Great Baker” was revealed Monday night — after an episode in which he was eliminated from the reality series. Wesley Durden, an...
Whoopi’s winded
Whoopi Goldberg, who appeared to break wind on “The View” last week, now says it was all a misunderstanding. “People have lost their minds about this,” she said on Monday’s...
‘Morning’ to Web?
CBS’s revamped morning show might be streamed live via the show’s Web site, according to Variety.“CBS This Morning,” which is replacing “The Early Show” beginning Jan. 9, would be streamed...
Weird but true
The Transportation Security Administration — which made news recently by allegedly strip-searching elderly ladies — is apparently trying to soften its image. Its agents have formed a chorus, which has...
Boise State to play Arizona State
LAS VEGAS — The MAACO Bowl in Las Vegas wasn’t the send-off No. 8 Boise State originally imagined for Kellen Moore, college football’s winningest quarterback. But coach Chris Petersen said...
TCU defeats Louisiana Tech
SAN DIEGO — Casey Pachall highlighted a record-setting game with a 42-yard touchdown pass to Skye Dawson with 4:26 left to lift No. 16 TCU to a 31-24 victory against...
St. John's rallies to defeat Texas Pan-American
St. John’s won’t get away with this anymore. Continuing this season’s trend of trailing against inferior opponents, the Red Storm fought back from a 12-point, second-half deficit to pull out...
Christmas hits & Navi-duds
Holiday music is a double-edged sword. A Christmas carol can be as welcome as a souped-up iPad or as reviled as wool oven mitts crocheted by Aunt Sadie. With just...
Knicks beat Nets in final prep for season opener Sunday
Carmelo Anthony had 21 points and eight rebounds, and the Knicks tuned up for the NBA season opener by beating the Nets 88-82 on Wednesday night. Amare Stoudemire scored 15...
VIDEO: Costello at Jets practice
Post beat writer Brian Costello reports from Jets practice as the team prepares for its Christmas Eve showdown with the Giants.Each team needs a win to maintain control of its...
BMCC student's jealous killer allegedly admitted 'I killed Rita'
"I killed Rita." As cops arrested him, the ex-boyfriend of a beautiful Borough of Manhattan Community College College student admitted to leaving her slashed to death on her new boyfriend's...
G4's Year in Gaming in 4 Minutes
It would be pretty hard for me to defend myself if someone said, "Dude, you didn't author this blog post any more than the guy who sells tickets at the...