January 4, 2012
MTA was falling apart when I took over, says former chairman Jay Walder
Looks like Jay Walder doesn’t miss the MTA very much. The former chairman of the cash-strapped agency said the city’s aging mass transit system was flat broke and falling apart...
Jillette: 'Apprentice' is 'an improvised soap opera'
Penn Jillette is calling B.S. on “The Celebrity Apprentice” after appearing on the reality show’s upcoming season. Donald Trump’s boardroom competition is “an improvised soap opera,” the Las Vegas entertainer...
Felony charges dropped for Maryland man who brought gun to Midtown hotel
A Maryland man is off the hook for felony gun charges after Manhattan prosecutors agreed to a no-jail, no-probation misdemeanor deal on a weapon found in his Muse Hotel room...
Harlem 'rat burgler' caught on tape
He’s Harlem’s creepy-crawling rat burglar. Cops are on the prowl for a sneaky crook who’s grabbed cash and property in 15 expertly-executed late-night break-ins of businesses around 125th Street and...
Lobbyist Richard Lipsky pleads guilty to bribing crooked pol Carl Kruger
A lobbyist who got caught with more than $100,000 in cash stashed in his home pleaded guilty this afternoon to bribing then-state Sen. Carl Kruger for "official action" in Albany....
MTA releases winter weather guide
Next time you’re on a freezing subway platform waiting for a train that never shows up, don’t say the MTA didn’t warn you. The transit agency today released a first-of-its-kind...
VIDEO: Falcons prepare outdoors
The Atlanta Falcons and Matt Ryan are practicing outside as they prepare for their playoff game at the Meadowlands against the Giants. D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.csprtContainer();
WATCH: Goalie scores from own box
LIVERPOOL, England -- Everton's Tim Howard made sporting history in bizarre fashion Wednesday when he became the first goalie in English Premier League history to score from his own penalty...
Nets to move 150 jobs to MetroTech Center in Brooklyn
The Nets are finally beginning their move to Brooklyn. The NBA team announced today that beginning next month they’re moving 150 jobs on its business side of operations to the...
Survivor of deadly Conn. home invasion is engaged
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A Connecticut doctor whose wife and two daughters were killed in a home invasion in 2007 has become engaged. Rick Healey, a friend of Dr. William...
McElroy says Mason set back Schottenheimer
The biggest problem with the Jets offense wasn't even on the team for most of the season.Backup quarterback Greg McElroy told an Alabama radio station Wednesday that trying to fit...
Bronx cops injured in perp pursuit
Two Bronx cops chasing a hit-and-run driver got the scare of their lives today when one of their guns fired during a struggle to arrest the suspect, authorities said. No...
Accused cop killer says he's 'sorry' for killing veteran NYPD officer
Too little, too late. The thug accused of gunning down Officer Peter Figoski last month during a botched robbery in Brooklyn told detectives after his arrest that he was "sorry"...
Backup QB says Jets had too many 'extremely selfish' players
Jets backup quarterback Greg McElroy said Wednesday the team was hurt by a "corrupt mindset" in the locker room this season, with too many selfish players.Speaking to an Alabama radio...
POST POWER RANKINGS: Someone needs to take blame for Jets season
In describing the Eagles season, owner Jeffrey Lurie used the words “dismal,” “unfathomable," “ludicrous” and “terrible.” Lurie realized the talent on the field should have come out to a lot...
Gov. Cuomo sets state on course for 2nd year
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to build the world’s largest convention center hotel at a New York City racetrack as part of his push to expand...
Queens rapist vows he's 'not done' with victim before being handed a 32-year term
He’s not "done" with her yet. Before learning that he would spend up to 32 years behind bars, convicted Queens rapist Jerry Ramrattan vowed at a dramatic sentencing today that...
Kodak preparing to file for bankruptcy in coming weeks
ROCHESTER -- Eastman Kodak Co. is preparing for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy-protection filing in the coming weeks should efforts to sell a trove of digital patents fall through, people familiar...
Game 7: Nets at Celtics
Nets (1-5) at Celtics (3-3)Game Time: 7:30 p.m.Venue: TD Garden, BostonTelevision: YESNets expected starting lineup: PG Sundiata Gaines: 8.8 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 4.0 apgSG MarShon Brooks: 9.3 ppg, 3.5 rpg,...
Hubby still barred from controlling dead wife's insurance proceeds
This suspected killer's still got some 'splaining to do. An angry judge today continued barring Rod Covlin -- the sole suspect in his beautiful blonde money-manager wife Shele Danishefsky's vicious...
Puppy lawyer says suffering pooch is like child, not dog
The lawyer for the Manhattan dog owner who is taking an Upper East Side pet shop to court over the animal's "pain and suffering" compared the pooch to a child,...
Rangers coach apologizes, but fined $30,000 for Winter Classic comments
Rangers coach John Tortorella has been fined $30,000 for his criticism of the referees following the team’s 3-2 Winter Classic win in Philadelphia on Monday. Earlier Wednesday, Tortorella apologized for...
Mom of SI suicide teen confronts Facebook bullies, says she hopes they 'die'
The mother and sister of tormented Staten Island teen Amanda Cummings have gone on Facebook to confront the bullies they blame for driving the girl to her desperate suicide that...
Conn. man gets 70 years for kidnapping ex-wife
HARTFORD, Conn. — A former advertising executive has been sentenced to 70 years in prison for kidnapping his ex-wife, holding her hostage for nearly a dozen hours and burning down...
Falcons linemen fire back at Giants' Tuck
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- Justin Tuck might think they're "dirtbags" for their style of play, but the Falcons offensive line is offering no apologies.Atlanta tackles Will Svitek and Tyson Clabo...
Perry to continue campaign, will travel to New Hampshire, South Carolina
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Texas Governor Rick Perry will remain in the Republican presidential race, telling reporters Wednesday that he will take a brief, two day break from the campaign...
Indiana man accused of killing, dismembering 9-year-old girl pleads not guilty
FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- The Indiana man accused of killing and dismembering a nine-year-old girl pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to murder charges, the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reported. Michael...
Assemblyman Boyland Jr. vows to promote bills while facing corruption charges
He's not going to let being indicted get in the way of his Albany agenda! Even as Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. was arraigned in Brooklyn federal court today on wide-ranging...
Deron, Kris out for Nets vs. Celtics
BOSTON – It really couldn’t get any worse for the Nets, could it?Yeah, it could. And it did.Saddled with a five-game losing streak, they are facing the Celtics on Wednesday...
Mom visits funeral home, site of wake for kids and parents who died in Christmas day inferno
A grief-stricken Madonna Badger walked out of a Manhattan funeral home this morning where a private wake for her three daughters and parents who died in a tragic Christmas Day...
Hugh Jackman plans Broadway return as Houdini
Hugh Jackman liked his record-setting Broadway run so much this winter that he's handcuffing himself to a future musical about Harry Houdini. Producers said Wednesday that Jackman, best known as...
Giants' Ballard practices, desperate to play vs. Falcons
Giants tight end Jake Ballard said “sitting out the last two weeks killed me’’ and he is determined not to miss out on the fun for a third consecutive week....
Cops shoot, kill Texas teen who brought gun to school
BROWNSVILLE, Texas -- A 15-year-old student was shot and killed by police Wednesday morning after he brandished a rifle in the hallway of a Texas school. Cops responded to the...
Martin Scorsese given top honor by British film academy
LONDON -- American director Martin Scorsese is to be honored with the British film academy's top accolade, it was announced Wednesday. The "Taxi Driver" director will be given a fellowship...
City corrections bus overturns on Thruway, inmates injured
A bus carrying 16 prisoners to an upstate facility overturned this morning on the New York State Thruway, authorities said. The jailbirds, who were returning to prison after making court...
Obama to install Cordray as consumer agency chief
WASHINGTON -- President Obama will appoint Richard Cordray to run a controversial new consumer watchdog bureau Wednesday, bypassing Republican opposition in the Senate and opening the door to legal and...
Upstate NY-based grocery to run Alec Baldwin TV ads
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A New York-based supermarket chain has had a change of heart about grounding Alec Baldwin as a spokesman because of his antics aboard an American Airlines flight....
Bus slips from snow-covered bridge in China, killing 18
BEIJING — A bus went out of control and slipped from a snow-covered bridge in southern China, killing at least 18 people and injuring 37, state media reported Thursday. The...
Amtrak service delayed between Philly and NYC
PHILADELPHIA — Amtrak service between Philadelphia and New York has resumed with some delays. Amtrak officials said late Wednesday morning that two of four tracks are now operating between the...
Bachmann suspends presidential campaign
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Michele Bachmann announced Wednesday she was suspending her presidential campaign following her poor showing in Tuesday's Iowa caucuses, where she finished in sixth place with only...
Suspect faces 37 counts of arson in LA fires
LOS ANGELES -- The German man suspected of setting more than four dozen fires in Los Angeles over the New Year's weekend faces at least 37 counts of arson, prosecutors...
Torre resigns from MLB to pursue Dodgers ownership
Former Yankees manager Joe Torre resigned Wednesday from his executive position within Major League Baseball in order to become part of a group that is looking to buy the Los...
Syria is murdering opposition in Europe, too
The Arab League observers did nothing to curb the bloodlust of the Assad regime in Syria, but it seems that the quest to exterminate rivals goes beyond the country's borders....
Romney's veep could come from Puerto Rico
Let's do away with speculation about the Republican presidential nomination and jump headlong into speculation about who eventual nominee Mitt Romney might choose as a runningmate. What we know is...
McCain endorses Romney in New Hampshire
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) endorsed Mitt Romney at a town hall meeting in New Hampshire Wednesday, saying he wanted Granite State voters to catapult the former Massachusetts governor to victory...
Two Port Authority retirees sue over perks
Two retired Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police officers who became lawyers have filed lawsuits because the agency revoked lifetime toll and parking passes. Thomas Westfield filed...
Cops probe cold cases after woman's body found at queen's Sandringham estate
SANDRINGHAM, England -- Police believe that remains found at Queen Elizabeth II's Sandringham estate in the east of England are those of a young woman and are treating the case...
Yahoo names Scott Thompson as CEO
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Yahoo named Scott Thompson as its new CEO and member of its board of directors Wednesday, effective Jan. 9. Thompson served as president of PayPal, a unit...
Afghan government agrees to Taliban-US talks
KABUL -- The government of Afghanistan gave its blessing Wednesday to peace talks between Taliban insurgents and the US and to the opening of an office for the Islamists in...
Syria accuses US of interfering in Arab League
DAMASCUS, Syria -- Damascus on Wednesday accused Washington of interfering in the work of the Arab League, after a US official traveled to Cairo for talks with the bloc about...
Two-alarm fire engulfs Inwood building
A raging two-alarm fire tore through an Inwood building, authorities said. The blaze at 4945 Broadway, near West 207th Street, began shortly after 11 p.m. Tuesday in the two-story commercial...
Islanders defeat Hurricanes in shootout
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Islanders were far from their best against the lowly Hurricanes, but they still were rewarded with their third straight victory. The fact they did enough to...
'Handsome Guy' bank robber busted
PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- Sheriff's deputies in Mississippi on Tuesday arrested a man accused of robbing more than six Texas banks. Police called him the "Handsome Guy" bandit because he wore...
Nail biter: Gasparino powers Kearney past rival Fontbonne
Rocco Sellitto has grown to know when something is off with Allison Gasparino. “She was biting her fingers,” the Bishop Kearney coach said. “The last game, too. I see it...
Fludd finishes with a flourish, sending Boys High to thrilling victory
Leroy (Truck) Fludd’s shakiest performance of the season was also his best yet. The senior forward missed dunks, makeable shots and was hampered by foul trouble much of Tuesday evening,...
NYPost.com Poll: Who is the top non-'AA' girls basketball player in the city?
This season at NYPost.com, we’re trying to highlight the Class A and B divisions more in our coverage, including our non-‘AA’ weekly rankings, which debuted in November. So far, our...
INSIDE CHSAA/PRIVATE GIRLS HOOPS: Community mourns loss of legendary coach
Kasim Alston wanted to call Apache Paschall last week. The Bishop Loughlin head coach had been thinking about the raw talent of Nazareth sophomore guard Bianca Cuevas and wanted to...
Fordham upsets No. 22 Harvard
The Rams players thought they could beat a top-25 team and they turned the entire college basketball world into believers on a historic night. Fordham shocked No. 22 Harvard, upsetting...
CHSHL roundup: St. Edmund's hands Holy Cross first loss
Traffic didn’t hold up Donald Marchetti the second time. St. Edmund Prep and Holy Cross met and, coincidence or not, the Eagles handed the CHSHL Class B division leader its...
Divisive Paschall leaves legacy of success, lasting impact on girls basketball
Apache Paschall was known by those close to him for his strength in the worst situations. “You know what kind of fighter he is because of the amount of stuff...
Boys basketball roundup: Cardozo rebounds with win over Grady
Jermaine Lawrence had 22 points, 17 rebounds and six blocked shots, Kendall Brown added 11 points and Ryan Yearwood had nine as Cardozo rebounded from Sunday’s loss to Constitution (Pa.)...
Jets Season Report Card (VOTE)
The Post grades the performance of the Jets during the 2011 season. The team finished 8-8 and failed to make the playoffs for the first time in Rex Ryan's three...
Traders ring in the New Year with a bang
Wall Street stormed back into stocks and commodities like frenzied bargain hunters yesterday to kick off 2012 with a big bang for their bucks. Equities bounced off of their-end-of 2011...
Business briefs
Rim gainsResearch In Motion, maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, surged the most in almost two weeks after a report said it may name an independent chairman.TWC refundTime Warner Cable should...
Martha losing show, Home Depot dumps paint
“The Martha Stewart Show,” the domestic diva’s flagship TV property, is to close at the end of the broadcast season in April — a victim of poor ratings, The Post...
Oprah is dialed in
Oprah should send Steven Tyler a big engagement gift. The former talk-show queen’s interview with the altar-bound Aerosmith frontman and “American Idol” judge on Sunday night helped her struggling cable...
Super Bowl ads sold out at NBC
Super Bowl spots are still the hottest ticket in advertising.NBC has sold all the commercial airtime for the Feb. 5 game in Indianapolis and even has a waiting list of...
Cheapie Cablevision
Cablevision Systems is now the cheapest US cable or satellite-television provider for potential acquirers from Time Warner Cable to Comcast following the resignation of its COO. After COO Tom Rutledge...
Guild sends poison pen letter to Sulzberger
More than 500 angry present and former employees of the New York Times signed an open letter sent last night by the Newspaper Guild blasting New York Times Co. Chairman...
Dave’s BBQ busts out
In the midst of the holiday bustle, Famous Dave’s BBQ has opened a second location — in Times Square at 234 W. 42nd St. The new 600-seat restaurant takes up...
Swiss bankers had fondue for brains
Meet the Three Swiss Stooges. Michael Berlinka, Urs Frei and Roger Keller — bankers for Switzerland’s oldest private bank, Wegelin & Co. — were indicted yesterday by Manhattan federal prosecutors...
Groupon hurt by lack of repeat biz
If you’re Groupon, once is not enough. The company’s stock took a hit yesterday after a survey found that more than half its merchants weren’t planning to do repeat business...
Google Chrome unruly
Google is penalizing one of the world’s biggest advertising companies: itself. The search giant, which ran afoul of its own rules in an ad campaign for its Chrome Web browser,...
NYC’s the focus for TV crews
Los Angeles-area TV production fell 11 percent in the fourth quarter on the loss of shows to locales led by New York state, which offers bigger tax breaks. Dramas and...
TiVo rises on AT&T $
TiVo rose as much as 22 percent in extended trading after AT&T agreed to pay at least $215 million to settle a patent lawsuit over digital video recorders. AT&T will...
Goldman’s film flight
Goldman Sachs is seeking a buyer for its two-thirds stake in Alliance Films, the Montreal-based distributor and backer of the Oscar-winning “The King’s Speech,” a source said, adding the one-third...
A $table home in Manhattan
Manhattan housing prices are finally stable, but sales are down compared with the busy market of 2010, industry experts said. The median sales price of a Manhattan home was $855,000...
Fund tops $1.9M
That’s a lot of love. The scholarship fund set up for the daughters of slain NYPD Detective Peter Figoski topped $1.9 million yesterday, officials said. Contributions continue to pour in...
Rehab gal must shut up
She’ll stay out of jail if she can just keep her mouth shut. A Vicodin-addicted retired Miss Russia was sprung from Rikers yesterday after her fellow rehab patients ended their...
Bullied teen’s suicide
A Staten Island teen who killed herself by stepping in front of a bus had been tormented for years by bullies and had just been dumped by her boyfriend, relatives...
Anti-Semite on the attack
Cops are investigating three violent attacks against Orthodox Jews in Midwood, including the mugging of a prominent rabbi, sources said yesterday.On Sunday, Mendel Bromberg, a rabbi and dean of the...
Corrupt ex-pol Kruger getting $65,000+ pension
Crooked ex-Brooklyn pol Carl Kruger is set to start raking in a pension that will pay him “upward of $65,000” a year as he awaits sentencing for a $450,000 influence-peddling...
Prez offers us more of the shame
In A commercial that helped elect him mayor of New York in 1977, Ed Koch looked at the TV camera and noted that incumbent Abe Beame wanted “four more years...
NYPD needs to get over the barricades
It’s a blockade against common sense. The Wall Street bull is one of several sites downtown where the NYPD is keeping barricades in place to protect against the fizzled-out Occupy...
Bronx cops in file flub
Bronx cops disposed of dozens of sensitive files by tossing them in the garbage outside the 40th Precinct station house, where they were fair game for local Dumpster divers. The...
Pained pooch sues E. Side pet shop
If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you scratch our bellies, do we not shake our legs in the air? In a first-of-its-kind lawsuit, a Manhattan woman —...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn *** A pervert swiped jewelry and two pairs of panties from the home of a Borough Park woman early on New Year’s Day, cops said yesterday. The victim was...
Royal murder mystery
LONDON — In a case worthy of Sherlock Holmes, British police say a woman’s body was found at the vast rural estate where Queen Elizabeth II and her family celebrated...
DA drops ‘trash fetus’ case
Manhattan prosecutors dropped abortion charges yesterday against a young Washington Heights woman whose six-months-gestated fetus was found in a garbage bag outside her West 191st Street apartment building a month...
King of the road
A tiny little car has become a real big wheel. The Honda Fit has won the top place in a new Consumer Reports survey of cars that give drivers the...
We’ve been bad boys
The gentlemen gracing Vanity Fair’s February cover are oh-so-flawed, and they know it. Daniel Craig, George Clooney and Matt Damon posed for celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz and answered rapid-fire questions...
Mike gives Gaga kiss-off
After his New Year’s Eve lip-lock with Lady Gaga, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday humbly revealed that his best kiss of the night was with his longtime companion, Diana Taylor. “First, Lady...
Gunman nails cop van, 7 officers escape
They were sitting ducks. A maniac opened fire on a marked NYPD van outside a gritty Bronx housing project just moments after the cops picked up two officers from foot...
Gowanus cleanup to be taxing
Now this really stinks! The feds’ Superfund cleanup of Brooklyn’s toxic Gowanus Canal could sock taxpayers with a bill of hundreds of millions of dollars. The US Environmental Protection Agency...
Union chief defends MTA workers playing chess on job
Hey, lay off our board games! The TWU’s chief said yesterday there’s a fat chance that the rule that allows dozens of bus drivers to sit around and play chess...
Unbowed Liu plans birthday cash bash
City Comptroller John Liu is not going to let the federal investigation into his campaign fund-raising dampen his 45th birthday.The mayoral hopeful is planning a fund-raiser Monday for his big...
Mom amid the ruins
The live embers that sparked the Christmas Day inferno that killed three little girls were taken out of the fireplace because the children feared they’d injure Santa Claus, investigators revealed...
Obama gets in on the action
DES MOINES — Don’t forget about me, Iowa. President Obama — whose successful bid for the White House was launched with a victory in Iowa’s 2008 Democratic caucuses — competed...
And now on to New Hampshire
MANCHESTER, NH — Most of the Republican presidential contenders who survived the Iowa caucuses last night will storm into New Hampshire today to enter the next leg of the race....
Mitt tops Santorum by mere 8 votes in Iowa caucus thriller
DES MOINES, Iowa — Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum battled to a virtual tie in the Iowa early this morning, after Santorum rocketed from the back of the pack to...
Those damn debates have turned into the strife of this party
The three-way victory in the Iowa caucuses last night reveals just what a catastrophe for the Republican Party the Year of 16 Debates was.The relentless televised clashes of 2011 gave...
Slain ATF agent no stranger to danger
The hero ATF agent killed by friendly fire as he tried to break up a Long Island drugstore robbery was portrayed by colleagues yesterday as a fearless explosives expert who...
Chaperones aid riders in ‘hellevator’ building
Never fear, terrified office workers — elevator chaperones have arrived. A bunch of rent-a-cops were supposed to place jittery employees at 285 Madison Ave. at ease yesterday — the first...
Mom gets 60 days for fatal hit & run
She had no driver’s license, had made an illegal left turn, and even fled the scene as her victim lay dying beside his red Ducati motorcycle on a street in...
Columbia druggie rehab
A Columbia University student who sold marijuana as part of a campus drug-dealing ring is beginning a year of drug treatment that could get his charges dismissed.Christopher Coles, 20, pleaded...
Mike’s yummy taste of NYC
If the restaurant industry ever got to pick its favorite reviewer, the hands-down winner would have to be Mayor Bloomberg. The 69-year-old mayor reported yesterday that in all his years...
Molotov firebomber admits to petty revenge: cops
It wasn’t a hate crime — it was pure revenge. A deranged Queens man confessed yesterday to a series of Molotov-cocktail attacks on New Year’s Day, telling cops he was...
Chaz to buy his manhood
“Dancing with the Stars” favorite Chaz Bono is saving his pennies to purchase a penis. The only child of Sonny and Cher — who has already had gender-reassignment surgery —...
Pious coke dealers?
It’s hard to uphold a reputation as a devoutly religious terrorist group if you make millions selling cocaine. Just ask Hezbollah. Last month, the US government filed suit against a...
How subs could save Israel
It’s time the Israelis “went deep.” That is, it’s time they took their submarine force and reinvented it as a strategic deterrent against a potentially nuclear-armed Iran and its terrorist...
CUNY’s core goals
Naomi Schaefer Riley’s article, “CUNY at Risk of Falling Back,” (Post-Opinion, Dec. 6) maintains that the recent reform of CUNY’s general-education requirements marks an abandonment of standards, an embrace of...
Killing gas-drilling jobs: The Times’ toxic mission
The Issue: The New York Times’ coverage of the possibility for hydraulic fracturing in upstate New York. *** In light of the success with fracking in neighboring Pennsylvania, The New...
Teacher protection racket
Speaking of obstreperous unions, State Education Commissioner John King moved yesterday to shut off the federal money spigot to dozens of school districts across the state, including New York City....
Under the bus, NY
When does a bus driver with no bus to drive get a full day’s pay? When said “driver” works for the MTA. As The Post’s Jennifer Bain and Jennifer Fermino...
Our misfiring gun laws
The City Council’s Public Safety Committee, and then the full council, are set to vote today to denounce a bill just passed by the US House of Representatives that would...
Painfully walking the pro-life walk
Rick Santorum’s critics consider him the perfect representative of the pro-life cause. For them, he’s sanctimonious, rigid and a little weird. They couldn’t invent a better object for their scorn,...
The branding of Brooklyn
The 718 area code, created in 1984, services residents of Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, The Bronx and even certain cellphones in Manhattan. But despite its near ubiquity — and the...
A sage peek into theater’s future
Pop quiz 2012! Look into your crystal ball. What do you see? 1. Hugh Jackman raised thousands for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS auctioning off his sweaty T-shirts. What will Ricky...
The Hunter
When the lead actor of the Iranian thriller “The Hunter’’ showed up six hours late on the first day of shooting, director-writer Rafi Pitts gave him the boot and cast...
No Prince Charming in ‘Anatolia’
For at least its first half, “Once Upon a Time in Anatolia,” by Turkish art-house master Nuri Bilge Ceylan, keeps viewers in the dark. That’s because the story takes place...
Islanders defeat Hurricanes in shootout
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Islanders were far from their best against the lowly Hurricanes, but they still were rewarded with their third straight victory. The fact they did enough to...
The Post Line
NFL PlayoffsSaturdayFavoriteOpening Current(O/U) UnderdogTEXANS 3 3 (38) BengalsSAINTS10 11 (59) LionsSundayGIANTS 3½ 3 (47½)FalconsSteelers 8 8½(34½)BRONCOSHome team in CAPSNCAA FootballTonightOrange BowlAt MiamiFavoriteCurrent (O/U)UnderdogClemson 3 (61½)West VirginiaFridayCotton BowlAt Arlington, TexasArkansas 7½...
Sports Shorts
soccer: Beckham plans to stay in LADavid Beckham is set to stay with the Galaxy after turning down a chance to join Paris Saint-Germain, the French club said yesterday. The...
Affrunti’s Fair Grounds Grade
FIRST-1m&70y; $15,000; cl($12,500); 3up; (f&m)6-MyCosnsndMe3-13-Gulf Queen 15-18-Laflo 7-24-Bet Dat 12-12-Premo's Star 5-15-Top Cats Secret6-11-Indian Treaty 6-17-VictoriousBrod5-1SECOND-1m&70y; $16,500; cl($5,000); 3up; (f&m)7-Black Power 5-12-BeachVibeAlive8-18-August High 6-13-Pura Vida 8-16-Refined Silk 9-24-GloriousDestiny6-11-Sunday Shoes 6-15-Cocktail...
Turf Paradise Results
FIRST-6 1/2f; $7,000; cl($5,000); 4up7Sumkndfun (Brtn)9.404.403.204Stormy Crystal (Lopez)3.002.806Sky Brite Miss (Hamel)7.40* Exacta (7-4) $29.60 * Quinella (4-7) $12.80 * $1 Superfecta (7-4-6-2) $402.70 * $1 Trifecta (7-4-6) $132.00SECOND-5 1/2f; $6,500;...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6f; $29,000; cl($7,500); 4up; (f&m )PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds2 Stanford Dolly(L),113I Ortiz, Jr5-1-5Levine2-13 Girlwithegoldhf(L),113R Curatolo7-1-3Chtterpl12-11 a-My Nan Nell(L),123A Lezcano7-1-1Jacobson9-51A a-SayTobaSndy(L),118D Cohen6-1-1Jacobson9-54 Pretty Cozzy(L),118J Alvarado4-8-8Galluscio5-15...
Parx Racing Charts
January 3rd, 2012 Clear And Fast.©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1m; $22,000; cl($7,500); 4upOff: 12:26. Good. roused sharplyTime: 24.26, 49.29, 1:14.42, 1:27.42, 1:4.6.Trainer: Philip AristoneWinner: DK B/ G, 7, by Stormin...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYJan. 4THUJan. 5FRIJan. 6SATJan. 7SUNJan. 8MONJan. 9TUEJan. 10KnicksCharlotte7:30MSG NetworkESPN 1050 AMNOGAME Wash.7:00MSGESPNDet.7:30MSGESPNNOGAMEChar.7:30MSGESPNNOGAMENetsBoston7:30YES NetworkWBBR 1130 AMNOGAMETor.7:00YESWBBRMia.7:30YESWBBRNOGAMEAtl.7:30YESWFAN NOGAMERangersNO GAMEFla.7:00MSGESPNPitt.7:00MSG2WNYMNOGAMENO GAMENOGAMEPho.7:00MSGESPNIslandersNO GAMENO GAMEAna.10:00MSG+WRHUPho.8:00MSG+2WRHUNO GAMENO GAMEDet.7:00MSG+WRHUDevilsBoston7:30NBCSNWFAN 660 AMNOGAMEFla.7:00MSG+WFANPitt.7:00MSG+WFANNO GAMENO GAMECalg.9:30MSG+2WFANSunday, Jan. 8 GiantsFalcons1 p.m.TV...
Today's Sports on the Air
Basketball7 p.m.Marquette at Georgetown ESPNU7 p.m.Duke at Temple ESPN27 p.m.Illinois at Northwestern BIG TEN7 p.m.W. Virginia at Rutgers SNY, WOR (710 AM)7:30 p.m.Bobcats at Knicks MSG, ESPN (1050 AM)7:30 p.m.Nets...
Nazareth’s Paschall dies at 38
Nazareth’s Apache Paschall, one of the most highly-regarded girls basketball coaches in the United States, died yesterday of a heart attack after a four-month battle with skin cancer.Nazareth is ranked...
Nets coach 'encouraged' despite slow start
Despite a 1-5 start to the lockout-shortened NBA season, Nets coach Avery Johnson isn’t ready to lose faith just yet. “This is not a dire moment for us,” Johnson said...
Giants from Boston College rate Falcons QB
Even as a redshirt freshman running the scout team at Boston College, Matt Ryan stood out to his teammates. “You could kind of tell then that he had that special...
Reid, Turner keep jobs
The Eagles and Chargers yesterday both committed to bringing back their embattled head coaches — Philadelphia’s Andy Reid and San Diego’s Norv Turner — despite disappointing seasons that began with...
Jets head coach vows to work on offense
After admitting he lost the "pulse" of his team, Jets coach Rex Ryan has committed to spending more time with his offense next season. Ryan, appearing on 1050 ESPN Radio...
Devils on record pace allowing short-handed goals
On the 11th Day of Christmas, the Devils already have given away 12 shameful shorties. As they race on-pace to shatter the NHL’s record of 22 short-handed goals allowed in...
Rangers coach could get fined for rips at Winter Classic refs
John Tortorella’s outburst after he disagreed with some of the officiating late in the Rangers’ 3-2 win in the Winter Classic in Philadelphia could end up costing the coach. NHL...
Stoudemire, Shumpert expected to return for Knicks tonight
Clearly, Carmelo Anthony longs to have two of the Knicks’ key injured players back on the court. Actually, three of the Knicks’ key injured players. “I miss Amar’e [Stoudemire]. I...
Knicks coach cites 'confusion’ on ill-fated shot vs. Raptors
Mike D’Antoni said yesterday that on the Knicks’ failed potential game-tying play in Monday’s loss to the Raptors — a Carmelo Anthony 3-pointer — Plan A was to go for...
Giants can make Super run, but it won't be same as ’07
Sometimes you simply have to ride out a groundswell, and linking these Giants, on the eve of the playoffs, to the 2007 team that forged a special place in NFL...
Giants win can breathe life into MetLife
Maybe the new joint is just a little too big, a little too airy, a little too lacking in charm and intimacy to ever turn it into Lambeau East. Or,...
Giants can take advantage of Falcons outdoors
ATLANTA — When you take the Falcons out of a dome, you take a lot out of the Falcons. Take them out of Atlanta, for that matter, and they’re not...
Talk show guests
WEDNESDAYROB LOWE, BETHENNY FRANKEL, ROXANNA GREEN - Good Morning America, 7 a.m., Ch. 7TERRENCE HOWARD, BROOKE BURKE-CHARVET - LIVE! with Kelly, 9 a.m., Ch. 7ISAAC MIZRAHI, CHEF ROBLÉ ALI -...
‘Idol’ web leaks
With the new season of “American Idol” only two weeks away, a partial list of the show’s Top 42 finalists has leaked onto the Web. It’s interesting to note that...
Jillian Michaels off ‘Doctors’
Jillian Michaels is out as a co-host of “The Doctors” after half a season on the hit syndicated daytime show. Michaels, who joined the show’s cast as a regular in...
‘Jersey’ storm
Good news, bad news, “Jersey Shore” fans. The series returns tomorrow night for its fifth season — but with it comes plenty of baggage. Proving that bad news comes in...
Silvio gets series
Netflix’s first foray into original programming, “Lilyhammer,” is set to debut next month. The DVD rental and streaming video service announced that the series, executive-produced by and starring Steven Van...
Starr report
Call him a “Glor”-ified anchor . . . Jeff Glor is the new anchor of the Sunday edition of the “CBS Evening News,” replacing Russ Mitchell, who left for an...
Would you pay $18 for this grilled cheese?
Stroll into the fancy Park Avenue bistro Artisanal for Sunday brunch and you might well find Michelle Gordon seated at the bar or in one of the booths, in rapture....
Italian for the ’burbs
Great regional/interpretive Italian cuisine, a brawny poster boy of Manhattan’s high-end dining boom, now sleeps with the fishes. It’s given way to a new brand of “regional” — where the...
Weird but true
Will the ladies from a cat house pick the next resident of the White House? Nevada’s Moonlight BunnyRanch brothel has endorsed GOP president wannabe Ron Paul. “We decided to go...
St. John's loses to Louisville; Lavin attends game
Steve Lavin might want to stay home next time. The St. John’s coach, who has missed the prior nine games while recovering from successful prostate cancer surgery, took a seat...
Iona defeats Siena; Armand scores 32
Iona is often led by the trio of Lamont “Momo” Jones, Mike Glover and Scott Machado, who average more than 47 points combined for the Gaels. But last night, it...
WVU has bull’s-eye on Clemson’s super frosh
MIAMI — When Sammy Watkins first arrived on Clemson’s campus last summer and reported for a workout with other incoming freshman receivers, quarterback Tajh Boyd sent him out for a...
Michigan defeats Virginia Tech in overtime
NEW ORLEANS — Brendan Gibbons drilled a 37-yard field goal down the middle in overtime to lift No. 13 Michigan to a 23-20 victory over 17th-ranked Virginia Tech last night...
Fordham defeats No. 22 Harvard
The Fordham players thought they could beat a Top 25 team and they turned the college basketball world into believers. Fordham shocked No. 22 Harvard, upsetting the Crimson 60-54 in...
Seton Hall stuns No. 8 UConn
Before the game, this could have been Seton Hall coach’s Kevin Willard’s worst nightmare: a minute-and-a-half on the clock against Connecticut, a 20-point differential on the scoreboard and a bench...
Late-game mistakes doom Jefferson in heartbreaking loss to Boys
Tie game, 15 seconds remaining, capacity crowd at Boys & Girls on its feet – it was the perfect time for Jaquan (Son Son) Lynch to further cement himself as...
Nazareth coach Paschall dies, 38
Nazareth’s Apache Paschall, perhaps the most well-known girls basketball coach in the United States, died yesterday of cardiac arrest after a four-month battle with skin cancer. Nazareth is ranked No....
Isles top Canes 4-3 in SO for 3rd straight win
RALEIGH, N.C. — Frans Nielsen scored the deciding goal in a shootout, and the New York Islanders earned their third straight win by beating the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Tuesday...
Occupy Wall Street protesters rally then busted in Grand Central
About two hundred Occupy Wall Street protesters organized a flash mob in Grand Central Terminal’s congested main concourse today during rush hour. The 5 p.m. rally was a protest against...
No. 11 Louisville beats St. John's 73-58
Russ Smith scored 17 points and No. 11 Louisville snapped a two-game losing streak with a 73-58 victory over St. John's on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden. Kyle Kuric...
Romney wins Iowa caucuses by just 8 votes, topping Santorum in tight race
DES MOINES, Iowa — Mitt Romney eked out a minuscule 8-vote victory over Rick Santorum in Iowa's Republican presidential caucuses, the state party chairman said early Wednesday, ringing down the...
Vandalism hits once-Genovese catering hall
Not long after a Genovese crime family associate sold his Staten Island catering hall, the new owner became the target of frequent vandalism attacks, officials said. Brooklyn federal prosecutors told...