March 4, 2012
Dog survives 53 days in Nevada desert, reunited safe and sound with owner
RENO, Nev. — Barbara Bagley says she never gave up hope that her dog would be found alive in the Nevada desert after the animal bolted from the scene of...
'Rush'ing away: 7th company yanks ads from Limbaugh show
A flower company is the seventh advertiser to pull its ads from conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh's radio program in reaction to his derogatory comments about a law student...
Attempted murder charge for 'cop shooter' whose bullet was deflected by gun belt
A man accused of firing a bullet that barely missed a New York City police officer's gut and instead was deflected by a gun belt faces a charge of attempted...
Islanders shut out Devils
Kyle Okposo scored the game’s only goal and Anders Nilsson stopped 24 shots for his first NHL victory and the Islanders beat the New Jersey Devils 1-0 on Sunday. With...
Baby found alive after deadly twister dies
The Indiana baby who initially survived a vicious tornado that wiped out the rest of her family died this afternoon, a relative said. Family members and friends told The Post...
Over 200 die in huge Congo arms depot explosions
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo — Houses and buildings collapsed in the Congolese capital today, entombing inhabitants after an arms depot exploded, killing at least 206 people, officials said, including dozens...
A-Rod homers off Halladay in Yankees win over Phillies
TAMPA — Walking by Alex Rodriguez's locker, Reggie Jackson saw a crowd of reporters. "Ask him if he's going to hit 1.000," Mr. October said. A-Rod got his spring training...
Knicks lose to Celtics; Rondo outplays Lin, Davis
BOSTON – The point-guard phenomenon of the day was not on the Knicks side. Boston’s Rajon Rondo outclassed the Knicks’ point-guard duo of Jeremy Lin and Baron Davis and the...
NFL will look beyond Saints for bounties
The NFL’s investigation that found the New Orleans Saints paid bounties to players for knocking opponents out of games is far from over. League spokesman Greg Aiello said in an...
Man heads to Queens club with pals, dies en route
A 21-year-old man mysteriously died while partying with pals in Queens, police said. The victim, whose name was withheld pending family notification, and two friends were at a family birthday...
Rangers beat Bruins on Stepan's late goal
Sometimes the so-so performances stand out more than the great ones. The surging Rangers have been running away with the Eastern Conference and now they are picking up points even...
Wagner upset by Robert Morris in NEC semis
Velton Jones scored 25 points, including going 14 of 16 from the foul line, to lead Robert Morris over Wagner 71-64 on Sunday in the Northeast Conference tournament’s semifinal round....
Mass grave of 157 bodies unearthed in Libyan town
BIN JAWWAD, Libya — Libyan government officials said Sunday they have unearthed a mass grave with 157 bodies of rebel fighters and civilians in an eastern town that was a...
Devils coach says Zajac will return this season: report
Travis Zajac has been out with a sore Achilles since Jan. 2, but Devils coach Pete DeBoer said the center will return this season. "The nice thing for us is...
Plane blows up at Yemen air force base: report
SANAA, Yemen -- A "mysterious" blast ripped through a Yemeni military plane at an air force base near Sanaa international airport on Sunday without causing any casualties, an airport technician...
St. John's Harkless, Harrison make Big East rookie team
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Marquette seniors Jae Crowder and Darius Johnson-Odom are among the six players who have been chosen first-team All-Big East. Connecticut sophomore Jeremy Lamb, the only non-senior, was...
Isiah’s third season at FIU ends 8-21
If Isiah Thomas is using his time as a college coach as a way to prove he deserves another shot in the NBA, he may want to consider a different...
Man City's Balotelli faces nearly $400k fine for strip club visit ahead of EPL game
MANCHESTER, England -- Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli looked set to be stripped of $396,000 (£250,000) on Sunday for a late-night jaunt to a lap dancing bar ahead of the...
EPL's Chelsea fires Villas-Boas as coach after poor results, team unrest
LONDON -- Andre Villas-Boas was fired as Chelsea boss Sunday after less than 10 months in the job following a dismal run of results in the English Premier League, which...
Mets' Citi Field revenues down 30 percent since 2009
Citi Field revenues have dropped more than 30 percent since the New York Mets ballpark opened in 2009, and premium ticket sales are down by nearly 50 percent, according to...
Santorum, Gingrich, lay out Super Tuesday strategy
WASHINGTON -- Rick Santorum on Sunday played down suggestions that Tuesday's primary election in Ohio is a must-win for his presidential campaign, and he expressed hope the Republican field would...
Knicks' Walker out 4-6 weeks after elbow surgery
BOSTON - The Knicks announced reserve forward Bill Walker will be out four to six weeks because of elbow surgery and might be back for the playoffs. Walker, who had...
Queens driver killed, 3 others injured after car rear ends box truck
A Queens man was killed early this morning when he rear-ended a commercial truck in Springfield Gardens. The driver, identified as Joseph Brown, 29, was traveling southbound with three other...
Obama says he will not hesitate to use force to defend US interests on Iran
WASHINGTON -- President Obama said that he will not hesitate to use military force when it comes to preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon during a speech Sunday before...
Mets' Ike optimistic Valley Fever won't cost him playing time
PORT ST. LUCIE ---- Ike Davis isn’t fretting over the possibility Valley Fever could shorten his season.The Mets first baseman acknowledged Sunday that he likely has the ailment, but said...
Shots fired at rapper Young Buck’s vehicle in Tennessee, woman injured
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Police in Nashville said a woman was shot in the shoulder early Sunday when someone fired on an SUV driven by rapper Young Buck. The vehicle was...
Indiana police lower tornado death toll to 12; survivors share harrowing tales
SCOTTSBURG, Ind. — Officials in Indiana have lowered the state's death toll from Friday's tornado outbreak to 12 people from the previous 14 and are now concentrating on cleanup work....
Fake US envoy's tweets spark ire in Russia
MOSCOW — Some mischievous fakery on Twitter has briefly caused a flare-up in already strained US-Russian relations. An Internet user mimicking US Ambassador Michael McFaul's account tweeted that evidence of...
Police: LI baby sitter stole $10K from employers
EAST ROCKAWAY — Police say a woman stole about $10,000 worth of jewelry, silver and cash from the Long Island home where she worked as a baby sitter. Thirty-year-old Mirjana...
Bee Gees star Robin Gibb in remission from cancer
THAME, England -- Bee Gees star Robin Gibb is in remission from cancer and plans to fly to the US to do a TV interview with Piers Morgan next month....
Wright to miss Mets first two spring games with rib injury
PORT ST. LUCIE ---- David Wright’s rib cage has officially become an issue in Mets camp.A day after the Mets scratched Wright from their intrasquad scrimmage for precautionary reasons, the...
Romney scores two big endorsements from Cantor and Coburn
WASHINGTON -- In a one-two punch, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) threw their support behind Mitt Romney today, calling him the best candidate to...
Putin claims victory in Russia's presidential vote
MOSCOW — Vladimir Putin claimed victory in Russia's presidential election before tens of thousands of cheering supporters Sunday, even as the opposition and independent observers insisted the vote had been...
Burma's Suu Kyi tells rally she is back to good health
SAGAING, Burma -- Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi insisted Sunday she was back to good health as she pressed on with her election campaign despite falling ill during...
American woman among 16 killed in Poland train crash
SZCZEKOCINY, Poland — Two trains running on the same track collided head-on in southern Poland in a shower of sparks, killing 16 people and injuring 58 in the country's worst...
Halle Berry's ex wants her to pay $15K a month for a new home: report
LOS ANGELES -- Model Gabriel Aubry is seeking thousands of dollars from his ex Halle Berry to pay for an expensive new home, clothes for their daughter and other expenses,...
Nets' Humphries cautious with sore calf
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Here’s your vicious cycle, Nets style. Kris Humphries’ leg, specifically left calf, is bugging him. He needs rest, but the condensed NBA schedule is unforgiving. And when...
Tiger playing like any other golf pro
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Tiger Woods just walked off PGA National’s Champion Course sweating from five hours in the South Florida sun Saturday and the man with 14 majors...
Going Ham: 'Lunatic' leads Lewis past Truman, back to semis
From her wild yet successful forays to the hoop to her bold proclamation, Jazmine Hamlet lived up to the “lunatic” nickname Francis Lewis coach Steve Tsai has bestowed upon her....
CHSAA Class AA boys basketball quarterfinals preview
NYPost.com’s CHSAA boys basketball beat writer Marc Raimondi breaks down the Class AA quarterfinals, beginning 1 p.m. Sunday at Fordham University in The Bronx. Click here to follow along on...
NYSAISAA Class C girls basketball final preview
NYPost.com girls basketball beat writer Joseph Staszewski breaks down Sunday’s NYSAISAA Class C girls basketball final 1 p.m. Sunday at Fieldston in The Bronx. Hackley Hornets Head coach: Shelagh Amann...
Yankees' A-Rod using new workout on advice from NBA veteran Hill
If Alex Rodriguez rebounds to produce near his career norms, an assist should go to two NBA stars. On the advice of Kobe Bryant, Rodriguez traveled to Germany in early...
LIVE BLOG: PSAL Class AA boys basketball quarterfinals
The stage is set. The top eight teams have survived one round of elimination. The best of Brooklyn AA – Lincoln, South Shore, Thomas Jefferson and Boys & Girls –...
Off the mark: Poor-shooting Ford falls in first final appearence
Ford had turned the corner, then ran into a road block. The Falcons shot poorly and trailed nearly the entire game, but used a little pressure to force Christ the...
'Redemption' the theme as Fontbonne beats Kearney for title
The third time’s the charm for coach Steve Oliver and Fontbonne Hall, as he witnessed his squad transform into the Redeem Team. Fontbonne Hall defeated Bishop Kearney, 39-38, in the...
Serby's Sunday Q & A with... Baron Davis
Knicks guard Baron Davis let his guard down for a Q&A session with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: How do you and Jeremy Lin mesh? A: I think our games...
Calhoun's big fourth quarter clinches Brooklyn/Queens crown for Christ the King
The CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens title is Christ the King’s again and the Royals have Sierra Calhoun to thank. The sophomore star sat out three minutes of the final quarter after picking...
A look back at Big East’s Garden bests
When the four athletic directors gathered in the Providence Civic Center in May 1979 and agreed to form the Big East Conference, some thought the late Dave Gavitt, the man...
The rumble
Caroline Wozniacki, who attended the Knicks’ home game Wednesday vs. Cleveland, got a nice taste of the place before tomorrow’s showdown vs. Maria Sharapova and admits to some nerves. “To...
The answer is ... science!
If you’re looking for how to throw the perfect punch, you could turn to a boxing champ. Or you could turn to a physics professor, who may not know how...
New Irish exodu$ rivals days of old
New York beckons again for Ireland’s latest lost generation, her sons and daughters fleeing their country’s battered economy on a scale not seen since the early 20th century. After the...
The techs become sexy again
Talk about a “leap week rally.” In a week in which Americans enjoyed a quadrennial “leap day” and the sitcom episodes (“30 Rock,” “Modern Family”) that revolved around it, investors...
Friends with benefits
Unlike his fallen pal Raj Rajaratnam, former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta appears to have no shortage of character witnesses willing to testify at his upcoming insider trading trial. Indeed,...
The week's winners and losers
WINNER JEREMY STOPPELMAN Yelp CEO has nothing to complain about as he raises $107M in IPO. STEPHEN SCHWARZMAN Blackstone chief rakes in solid green: $148.5M in pay and cash dividends...
Revenge of the nerds, bring on the ‘brogrammers’
Facebook’s hacker-way culture may have been the root of a new motif where programmers no longer have to wear pocket protectors and have tape on the bridge of their glasses....
Coupons work in clipped economy
Consumers are clipping mad, redeeming $4.6 billion in coupons last year — a whopping 34.6 percent rise from the pre-recession period of 2007. “In tough times, people always look for...
Banks stress returns
While banks are paying their customers next to nothing in interest on their deposits, these same institutions will not tolerate their capital sitting idle.Big bank CEOs are begging Treasury Secretary...
Mortgage settlement does harm to investors
As regulators push to finalize a national mortgage settlement, investors are sounding alarm bells about the deal.Eager to claim some progress in addressing the foreclosure crisis, anonymous government sources keep...
Ponzi is still alive
No matter how many tough securities laws are passed, or how many “messages” are sent by zealous prosecutors or how many pious pronouncements are made by regulators, a Madoff-type scandal...
Traders don’t do politics
Dear John: How about this idea out of left field? What if the Wall Street oil speculators are thinking on a different level? What if they realize that there is...
‘Open’ season for all your files
Do you feel helpless when people e-mail you files you can’t open? Web app Zamzar offers an easy way to convert documents, images, audio and video to formats supported by...
Lawsuit over Photoshopped ‘wedded diss’ pics
These photos won’t make the wedding album. A Queens couple claim a twisted wedding photographer Photoshopped the groom’s grinning head onto the body of a curvy blonde and pasted the...
Stop the madness!
As Super Tuesday looms, with Republicans casting votes in 10 states, there exists the possibility of something sublime at long last: escape. Maybe, just maybe, if Mitt Romney does well...
Mitt bags victory
Mitt Romney rolled to a double-digit victory in Washington state’s Republican presidential caucuses yesterday, a fresh show of strength in the run-up to 10 Super Tuesday contests. With 91 percent...
City eyes ad subtraction
It’s taken Buildings Department officials eight years, but they’ve finally figured out that Yankee Stadium is nowhere near Yonkers. So the giant billboard off the Yankee Stadium exit ramp from...
Kelly: Muslim surveillance is right
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly defended NYPD surveillance of Muslims in a speech to Fordham alumni yesterday, saying he will not apologize for his lawful efforts to protect New York.Reports that...
Teens charged in Queens vid-kill slapped more charges: police
Two Queens teens were arrested for gunning down an 18-year-old after the shooting was caught on camera, and each has since been hit with separate charges of attempted murder, cops...
Bound & gagged in ‘hookup’ slay
A Manhattan floral designer who frequently picked up younger men was found tied up and slain in his Chelsea apartment in what may have been a sexual encounter gone wrong,...
Journo body out of Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria — The body of Long Island native Marie Colvin and another Western journalist killed in Syria was transported to Paris yesterday.The bodies were sent from Damascus to Paris...
‘Nonprofit’ luxe hotel is costing city millions
With rooms going for $500 a night and up, The Chatwal hotel near Times Square sure seems to be making someone a profit. Yet it has not paid a dime...
Revenge of 1st lady scorned
Michelle Paterson has come out swinging. The feisty former first lady of New York, who is shopping a tell-all memoir to publishers, lambasted the media for branding her husband a...
My life as a Colombo hit man
She seduced him over wine and M&M’s. He was 18, a clean-cut delivery boy at Danza’s supermarket in Bensonhurst who attended John Jay College and wanted to become a firefighter...
We didn’t know Dick
It’s the secret file that could have kept Richard Nixon from ever becoming president. Today, more than 50 years later, the contents of that file — and the true viciousness...
‘Principal’ed defense
Staffers at a Bronx school are defending their principal against accusations she made romantic advances toward a teacher. In 25 letters sent to Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott, Grant Avenue Elementary...
NYPD Daily Blotter
*** Cops arrested a Bronx man who smashed his car into a guardrail on the Upper West Side, leaving one of his passengers dead and the other injured. Sokol Binakaj,...
‘Slutty’ Rush: Sorry!
WASHINGTON — Conservative radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh apologized yesterday to a Georgetown University law student he had branded a “slut” and “prostitute.” The student, Sandra Fluke, had testified to...
New JFK security breach
It took TSA agents 10 minutes yesterday to call cops after a Manhattan woman walked past JFK Airport scanners with a dagger in her bag.She was arrested but not before...
Porn-icators
ADELAIDE, Australia — Internet porn is turning more people into sex addicts, an Australian rehabilitation expert says. “The amount of porn that is readily available to anyone . . ....
Lindsay Lohan stumbles through 'SNL' appearance
She’s done an about-face. Lindsay Lohan hosted “Saturday Night Live” last night — but her puffy visage is a far cry from the fresh-faced redhead who first appeared on the...
‘Tix fix’ in reverse
The NYPD is so worried about ticket fixing that it has sent teams of Internal Affairs Bureau investigators to traffic court to spy on officers as they testify — and...
Guy: Chuck the Grimm ripper
The senator made Weiner do it. Disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner wasn’t acting alone when he accused a Republican rival of extortion, according to Staten Island ex-Borough President Guy Molinari....
Mosque man’s $$ problem
The developer of the Ground Zero mosque is unloading a $65 million Flatiron District office building in an attempt to generate much-needed cash. Sharif El-Gamal’s Soho Properties is selling a...
Barnard grads getting Bam
Barnard College says President Obama will speak at the school’s graduation ceremony this spring. The president of the women’s college at Columbia University said in an e-mail that Obama will...
Killer tornado pulls Indiana toddler from home into field
In a prairie-land miracle, a year-old girl survived a monster tornado — flying though the air and landing in a field after the vicious twister destroyed her home and killed...
The $ky’s the limit
Only in New York can you sell air for $500 a square foot. That’s how much the rarified sky around the High Line is now worth, a record price that...
Banker: I got abducted by cabby
The Morgan Stanley honcho charged with slashing, stiffing and slurring a New York City taxi driver told Connecticut police that the hack’s the one who should face charges for unlawful...
Roomie's wild sex life screwed with my mind
The Long Island woman forced to bunk with a sex-crazed roommate at her Roman Catholic college in Massachusetts was so distraught by her wild romps that she dropped out of...
Iran ‘attack’ on hold till after US elex
Israel will wait until after the US presidential election in November to bomb Iran’s nuclear plants, under a deal being hashed out by the two allies this past week. President...
There’ll be hell to pay
Timothy Cardinal Dolan ramped up the rhetoric in his battle with the White House over contraception policy yesterday — and promised some political payback. “Don’t impose your teaching upon us...
Costa capt. steered ‘blind’
GROSSETO, Italy — The captain of the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner was not wearing his glasses on the evening of the accident and asked his first officer to check...
Pol bid to halt cop-tix quotas
Police brass pushing arrest and ticket quotas could find themselves in jail for up to a year under a bill that state Sen. Michael Gianaris plans to introduce tomorrow.Backed by...
Schools rip DOE’s military disservice
City principals are up in arms over a new plan that gives bonus points this year to high schools based on graduates going to college — but doesn’t count those...
125G pay, low grade for charter teacher
She has appeared on “60 Minutes,” starred in the documentary “American Teacher” — and makes $125,000 at an unusual Washington Heights charter school. But celebrity teacher Rhena Jasey, 32, scored...
‘Crais’y war
It’s a case of sour grapes.Raisin growers will shell out $5 per ton to finance a $1.5 million campaign attacking dried cranberries — whose sales shot up 13.4 percent in...
NJ boobs gave kids wrong Rx
The New Jersey attorney general is investigating why a CVS pharmacy distributed breast-cancer-treatment pills to children instead of the fluoride pills they were prescribed. CVS officials said only a few...
Israel’s worst frenemy
Woe is me. President Obama claims he is the best friend Israel ever had in the White House, yet doesn’t get any respect. This is no Rodney Dangerfield act. He...
Enemy inside the gates
In July 2010, Shir Ahmad, an Afghan security guard at a coalition base, started making threatening comments, saying he wanted to kill US troops. His employer, Afghan-owned Tundra Security, a...
Agony of the feet
Since 2007, nine disembodied feet, most still inside sneakers, have washed up off the coasts of British Columbia and Washington state, sparking an international guessing game over their ghoulish origins....
A bunch of drips
On Tuesday, Rep. Alan Nunnelee (R-Miss.) asked the question on the mind of every driver in America. What was to be done about record-high gas prices, and wasn’t it a...
Baby steps for Albany
Gov. Cuomo stunned a ritzy audience the other night when he took a well-aimed swipe at his two immediate Democratic predecessors. “It has been 14 months since the governor of...
Pro-terror tag team
Three groups with historically little regard for efforts to protect the physical safety of Americans — the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the New York Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU...
Stem-cell pawns
To read “Hard Cell” by Mayrav Saar (PostScript, Feb. 26), one would think the only form of stem-cell therapy is the embryo-destroying kind. There wasn’t a single mention of non-embryonic...
... So let’s focus on Congress instead
“The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord. The next and most urgent counsel is to take stock of reality.”— William F. BuckleySept. 11, 1964On that evening 48...
Required reading
Clawback by Mike Cooper (Vantage Point Books) Who is killing the great investment bankers of New York? That’s what black-ops vet and accounting consultant Silas Cade wants to know. Home...
‘Mike Wallace is here’
Mike Wallace: A Life by Peter Rader Thomas Dunne Books At the height of his power as America’s most noble and dogged muckraking journalist, one national advertisement best distilled his...
In my library Adam Pascal
Life, as Adam Pascal knows it, can be neatly divided into two: before “Rent” and after. As Roger Davis, the HIV-positive rock guitarist and romantic, Pascal was part of the...
Myth of sex addiction
It seems inevitable that when a famous man gets in trouble for sex, he is immediately diagnosed as a sex addict. Tiger Woods, David Duchovny and Michael Douglas have all...
Fran Drescher
Few voices trigger such instant recognition as that of Fran Drescher. The Queens native captured America’s heart with her infectious cackle and cries of “Mr. Sheffield!” on “The Nanny” for...
Diary of a madman
One year ago, he was on a drug. A drug called Charlie Sheen. It was so potent that it would melt your face off, blow your body apart and leave...
License to trill
Like an addict in recovery, Andrew Bird admits he is powerless over his most unusual form of expression — whistling. “Whistling is an involuntary thing with me,” he says. “It...
‘Grail’ tale
Terry Gilliam will never forget the “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” scene in which farm animals are hurled at King Arthur from atop a castle wall. Not because it...
Meet market: Football fanatic wants to score with a Super guy
Love song Megan has a crush on crooner Josh Groban. “It has nothing to do with his voice! There’s something about the glasses and the hair.” Well versed “I love...
Top 5 Ways to find love with a lawyer
“Tell him you want to see his briefs.” Taryn “Say, ‘I object! To your beauty . . . it’s not fair to the other girls.’ ” Christopher “Tell them, ‘I’d...
Ask Ashley: Not just kidding around
I’ve been dating a divorced mom for several months. We’re becoming more and more serious by the week. She’s casually mentioned me meeting her kids a few times and last...
Flipping the Kitsch
Taylor Kitsch is poised to make the jump from cult TV figure to high-profile big-screen leading man, and the transition is exciting, exhilarating — but most of all, really, really...
Teens on the move
Nations used to develop chess talent the way Major League Baseball teams nurture future stars. The Soviet Union dominated chess for decades because it had the world’s biggest, best-financed farm...
Dressed fur success
Dina Lohan. Kris Jenner. Joe Simpson. There’s no shortage of “stage” parents in Hollywood. But two-legged talent isn’t the only kind receiving such dogged devotion from their elders. Seven-year-old Eli,...
Claim to fame
Tips for helping your pet make it big. 1. Master commands The key to getting your pet a gig? “They must be properly trained,” says Bash Dibra, celebrity dog trainer...
Bridge
Due to family and writing duties, I don’t play regularly. But my occasional forays into the tournament scene have convinced me that the standard of play and defense is in...
Leading Lomans
Let Britain have its Hamlets and Lears. Here, there’s no role more iconic than Willy Loman, the doomed American dreamer of Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman.” Philip Seymour Hoffman...
Hamm's ma'am
‘Why do we have to do it this way? Why can’t we game the system?” Filmmaker Jennifer Westfeldt is questioning the way marriage and parenthood are codified in our society....
Sports Shorts
MLB: Red Sox beat up Northeastern Bobby Valentine turned his Red Sox loose in their exhibition opener against a college team, and Cody Ross hit two of five homers as...
Hansen takes over Gotham
When Hansen barely held off Union Rags to win last year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Churchill Downs, it raised serious doubts that the gray, almost-white son of Tapit was a...
Parx Graded Entries
FIRST-1 mile; $23,000; clm; 4up4-Lantana Lady 2-15-Ketubah 5-21-APerfectSqeeze6-16-Fluxo de Caixa 4-12-Merry Berry 12-17-SmoothDecisin8-13-Soul Silver 12-1SECOND-6 fur; $28,000; clm; 4up2-Threetmeswne8-54-Diced N Sliced12-11-a-Tyrana 5-25-Lemndrpsmypp4-13-DeputyGneWld6-16-First Love 10-11-a-Lion intheSun5-2THIRD-1m&70yds; $22,000; clm; 4up7-Lake Friends 2-14-Sure...
Gulfstream Analysis
Post Time: 1:00 p.m.FIRST-1 mile; $18,500; clm($10,000); 3upTWIN CITIES second as favorite going shorter this level. OMEGAMEFURST defeated cheaper in last dirt start. KIOWA second this level and was claimed.PN...
Parx Results
FIRST-6 fur; $28,000; clm; 4&5YO 3 Prty Nght (Bsono) 6.40 3.20 2.10 4 Catch Me Kaz (Pellot) 2.60 2.10 7 Apache Trail (Carmouche) 2.10 Scr: Casey's Monster, King of Swing....
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-1-mile pace; $9,500; cond3Bullet Bob(BSimpson)7.603.603.206Waywatcher (T Tetrick)5.404.209Bettoriffic (A Miller)8.80* Exacta (3-6) $39.00 * Trifecta (3-6-9) $254.40Winner picked by SmithSECOND-1-mile pace; $14,000; cond3BreaknTheLw(BSers)4.203.002.401Upfrontoutthedoor(RPerce)7.404.002Relentless G (D Dube)2.80* Exacta (3-1) $36.40 * Trifecta...
Aqueduct Analysis
1. 1m&70yds; $71,000; alw; 4upWELL POSITIONED comes in with a bullet work after winning as favorite while coming off an extended layoff. RUSH NOW has been working well at Palm...
Tomorrow’s Parx Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1 mile; $17,000; clm($10,000); 3YO PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Senor Chili(L),114ABowman10-6-9Wlhel-S12-12 GorgeousWethr(L),121C Orm5-8-4Galetto6-13 St. Merlin(L),121E Rivera8-2-4Lynch8-54 Moreforyormny(L),121J Flores7-4-5Lott3-15 Whatdhckntkkn(L),121A Arroyo7-5-xVelzqez12-16 DoubleDutchBs(L),121J Torres6-4-8Bedard9-27 Book the...
Gulfstream Results
FIRST-1 1/16m(T); $40,300; alw; 4up8Drk Cove (Lproux)5.003.002.404Tstefully Smrt (Cstellno)2.802.406Ducduc (Saez)3.60Scr: Tidal Slam.* Exacta (8-4) $14.00 * $1 Trifecta (8-4-6) $24.40Winner picked by DasilvaSECOND-7 fur; $46,600; mdn; 3YO4Closrwlk (Cstllno)3.002.402.102Saint of Saints...
Aqueduct Charts
March 3rd, 2012 Clear and Muddy©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1m&70yds; $67,000; alw; 4upOff: 12:50. Good. re-bid 3 wide, clearTime: 24.09, 47.76, 1:13.13, 1:4.14, 1:44.58.Trainer: Charlton BakerScr: D' Sauvage.HorseWt.PP1/41/2Str.FinJockeyOddsMoonlight Song123 10...
The Post Line
NCAA BasketballFavoriteLineUnderdogFLORIDA ST.6 1/2ClemsonKentucky3FLORIDAMichigan3 1/2PENN ST.MICHIGAN ST.2 1/2Ohio St.WISCONSIN11IllinoisVirginia2MARYLANDArizona7 1/2ARIZONA ST.STANFORDPickCaliforniaINDIANA6PurdueVIRGINIA TECH1 1/2Nc StateColonial Athletic AssociationAt Richmond, Va.SemifinalsDrexel1 1/2Old DominionVcu6 1/2Georgia St.ORVcu6 1/2George MasonORGeorgia St.6 1/2NortheasternORGeorge Mason6 1/2NortheasternMissouri Valley ConferenceAt...
Today's Sports on the Air
Auto Racing2:30 p.m.NASCAR: Sprint Cup, Subway Fresh Fit 500 FOXBaseball1 p.m.Exhibition: Phillies at Yankees YES, WCBS (880 AM)BasketballNoonKentucky at Florida CBSNoonClemson at Florida State ESPN21 p.m.Knicks at Celtics ABC, ESPN...
Bobby ‘V’ is for Vanity
* Can you ever imagine Yankees manager Joe Girardi going out of his way to knock the Red Sox’s Dustin Pedroia or David Ortiz? New Boston manager Bobby Valentine is...
Home Team Lineups
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Sanchez working with former Jets quarterback Pennington
It’s been four years since Chad Pennington wore a Jets uniform, but he is helping out his former team. Current Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez recently met with Pennington in Florida...
Former Giants coach and player, Webster, dies at 80
Alex Webster, called “Big Red’’ by many and a fixture with the Giants during their halcyon days as a player and later as a head coach, died yesterday morning in...
McIlroy has sights on No. 1 ranking
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — For the second time in two weeks, the pinnacle of his profession stands tantalizingly before Rory McIlroy. If McIlroy is able to hold onto his...
Nets want more shots for Deron
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — OK, in the normal, real world, a 5-6 record is nothing really to celebrate or break out the bottled — not boxed — wine. In the Nets’...
‘Flying Squirrel’ wins gymnastics title at MSG
Jordyn Wieber knew the world title she won in Tokyo last fall came with more than a flashy gold medal, it also came with a target. Gabrielle Douglas found the...
Devils’ Sykora plays in 1,000th game
From the teen who wowed the locked-out stars at Wayne Gretzky’s charity game outside Detroit in 1995 to the two-time Cup winner who will play his 1,000th game today when...
Nabokov leads Islanders to road win over Bruins
BOSTON — Struggling on the road and playing against the defending Stanley Cup champions, Islanders coach Jack Capuano knew what most were likely thinking before this late-season matchup. “If you...
Rangers-Bruins battle of best in East
The Rangers and Bruins, the Eastern Conference’s top two teams, square off today at the Garden in a marquee matchup on national television. But for Rangers coach John Tortorella, today’s...
Hockey head shots foul, but body hits key part of game
I Wish I felt differently about this, that I believed hits such as the devastating one Eric Nystrom delivered on Kris Letang on Wednesday night in Dallas should be outlawed....
Saints' bounty penalty will be Big, not Easy
Somewhere in New England, Bill Belichick must be smiling. In the wake of the Saints’ burgeoning bounty scandal, speculation around the NFL yesterday is Roger Goodell is about to make...
Bounty-full findings could extend to Redskins
Fallout from the Saints’ BountyGate scandal continued unabated yesterday and most likely will extend to at least one other team, too. An NFL source said the league expects to conduct...
Giants great Bavaro recalls being targeted
Mark Bavaro could never prove he was a target of bounty-hunting assasins, but in the NFL, if you are regarded as the king of beasts, then most likely the law...
Former Jets DL Jenkins: Don’t reward dirty play
Kris Jenkins played 10 seasons in the NFL as a defensive tackle, including the last three years of his career with the Jets. He gave his opinions about bounty hunting...
Durant & Co. rolling along
Like everyone else, I can’t get enough of the Thunder’s funky stuff. On successive enchanting evenings — for those of lucky enough to have NBA League Pass — we got...
Knicks’ reserves challenging starters at practice
BOSTON — Barking and trash-talking between the first and second units filled the Westchester gym when yesterday’s two scrimmages concluded. Spirited rivalry? You bet. Apparently, Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni’s revelation...
Celtics get first look at Knicks with Lin starting
BOSTON — Jeremy Lin has played a lot of games in greater Boston during four seasons at Harvard, but Beantown has yet to experience Linsanity. That will change this afternoon,...
Knicks' Carmelo resumes ‘personal vendetta’ against Celtics
BOSTON — Earlier this season, Carmelo Anthony said he was on “a personal vendetta’’ against the Celtics because he got “tired of hearing’’ about Boston’s first-round sweep during the offseason....
Here’s how Knicks can count on success
BOSTON — You look around the league, you look at all the games the Knicks let get away before they found religion. You remember games they lost to Charlotte (which...
Mets first baseman Davis ‘likely’ has form of lung infection
PORT ST. LUCIE — Nothing says spring training for the Mets like a good medical mystery. The latest subject is Ike Davis, who is “likely” battling a form of Valley...
Wright scratched, says rib injury not serious
PORT ST. LUCIE — David Wright insists it’s nothing, but the Mets know better than anyone that “nothing” often becomes “something.” After earlier in the week incurring what the team...
No need for TV to cut away to show fans
Judging from promos, we’re starting to conclude that the most important element to this month’s CBS/Turner-shared NCAA tournament coverage will be the studio inclusions and intrusions of Charles Barkley. Everybody...
Yankees' Teixeira taking time to treat ailing foot
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Mark Teixeira wasn’t slated to play against the Phillies yesterday when the Yankees’ exhibition schedule opened. Instead, he was going to work out at George M. Steinbrenner...
Ibanez’s World Series chase brings him to Yankees
CLEARWATER, Fla. — All eyes were on the Yankees’ young pitchers yesterday against the Phillies, but a veteran player making his debut in is going to have to come up...
Yankees’ new spending plan means opportunity for young arms
CLEARWATER, Fla. — When Hal Steinbrenner said this week it was important for the young arms in the Yankees’ organization to start delivering, the owner didn’t mention names. However, in...
Yankees manager helps parent who lost son in accident
TAMPA —Parents honor deceased children in different ways. For Matt Smith, getting Yankees players to sign a poster loaded with pictures of son, Steven, and meeting the players was his...
‘Blood’ simple
Sunday dinner is where a cop drama like “Blue Bloods” settles down and reminds its audience that no matter how dangerous the streets of New York are, family is what’s...
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Losing the Will While power grabs are being made at the firm now that Will is taking a six-month leave, Alicia (Julianna Margulies) defends a documentary filmmaker who has been...
'Game' over
A funny thing happened on the way to the premiere of HBO’s “Game Change” Saturday night. People who haven’t seen the movie have gone ballistic, spewing forth all manner of...
The joke’s on Jesus
We’re not afraid to say it: Good Christian Bitches, the original name of ABC’s newest drama about a gaggle of catty women, is now called “GCB” to keep network censors...
Sex always the right answer on GSN
When I was a kid, I wasn’t much for school. I was one of those clock-watchers — seated at 9 a.m., watching and waiting for the clock to hit 3...
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Down And Out In Beverly Hills, 1986 Sunday, 4 p.m., Showtime 2 A very funny movie made in the era when Richard Dreyfuss, Bette Midler and Nick Nolte were movie...
Look Who’s Talking
Kelly Ripa 9 a.m., Ch. 7 Monday: Nick Lachey. Tuesday: Nick Lachey, Fran Drescher. Wednesday: Pat Kiernan; Willem Dafoe. Thursday: Martin Short; Ewan McGregor. Friday: Martin Short; Kathy Bates; Big...
Bottle rockers
It’s a rainy Monday night outside the quaint Murray Hill wine bar Terroir. A modest after work crowd has started trickling in to sip Riesling and grab a quick bite...
This week's couple: Blooming love
When we sent Brian, a 29 year old lawyer, and Casey, a 25 year old HR administrator, to Union Square’s underground lounge Lilium, named after the lily flower, we hoped...
Weird but true
This DC lobbying story will curl your hair. The American Mustache Institute wants Americans to enjoy a personal-grooming income-tax exemption of up to $250 — and it actually got a...
It’s a happy return for Calhoun and UConn
Jim Calhoun returned to the bench after more than a month of medical leave and coached Connecticut to a 74-65 win over Pittsburgh yesterday in Storrs, Conn. Shabazz Napier scored...
St. John's loses to Rutgers
PISCATAWAY -- The postseason begins on Tuesday, and St. John’s last night got a painful reminder of what is often the distance between moving on and moving out: Make your...
Manhattan falls to Siena in OT
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Manhattan has enjoyed the biggest turnaround in Division I basketball under former assistant Steve Masiello, who has returned to breathe life back in the program. But the...
Home teams eyeing NEC prize
The letdown games are over.LIU-Brooklyn and Wagner had not lost in nearly a month before each dropped its regular-season finale, but the top two seeds in the Northeast Conference tournament...
Iona rolls over Marist in MAAC
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Perhaps it was the pent-up angst of waiting nearly a week to play, but Iona struggled through a sputtering first half in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference...
American among 15 dead in Poland train crash: report
SZCZEKOCINY, Poland -- One American is among the victims in a head-on train crash in southern Poland, according to a new report. NBC News reports that the US Consulate in...
Proving ground: MSIT beats Kennedy to earn first PSAL semis trip
Kaitlyn Astel knows what the perception of her team is around the city. McKee/Staten Island Tech, she says, is rarely put in the same category as the PSAL’s elite teams....
'D' for dominant: Bergtraum shuts down Lincoln, heads back to semis
Defense. It is the hallmark of Ed Grezinsky’s dynasty at Murry Bergtraum. The Lady Blazers’ dominance for more than a decade has been tied to directly to pressing, forcing turnovers...
Mets' Davis has possible lung infection
PORT ST. LUCIE — Nothing says spring training for the Mets like a good medical mystery. The latest subject is Ike Davis, who is “likely” battling a form of Valley...
Cool under pressure: Junior sharpshooter propels South Shore
Coach’s decision was used about 30 times in South Shore’s post-game interviews. Anwar Gladden repeated the phrase to somewhat explaiing his benching of star forward Fannisha (Box) Price and sharpshooter...
Romney wins Washington state caucuses
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Mitt Romney rolled to a double-digit victory in Washington state's Republican presidential caucuses Saturday night, his fourth campaign triumph in a row and a fresh show of...
Fordham proves no match for Temple
Fordham ended its season the same way it started it, with a double-digit defeat at the hands of a ranked opponent. The Rams (10-19, 3-13 Atlantic 10) were no match...