March 11, 2012
Kentucky named NCAA tournament's top seed
The madness in March Madness began before the brackets even came out. Kentucky, Syracuse and North Carolina all earned top seeding for the NCAA tournament Sunday despite weekend losses that...
Seton Hall not in NCAA tournament, Iona gets bid (see all the matchups)
Seton Hall’s bubble just burst. The 20-12 Pirates did not receive an at-large bid from the NCAA tournament selection committee, the university learned on Sunday night. Seton Hall was one...
Red Bulls lose opener to FC Dallas
FRISCO, Texas -- Zach Loyd and Ricardo Villar scored to help FC Dallas beat the New York Red Bulls 2-1 on Sunday in the season opener for both teams. Villar's...
Giants complete staff with Rhule hire
Giants coach Tom Coughlin has completed the alterations and additions to his coaching staff for the 2012 season and the final tally is two promotions and two new hires.The most...
Tiger withdraws from Doral with leg injury
DORAL, Fla. --- One week to the day after Tiger Woods shot a remarkable final-round 62 at the Honda Classic, he withdrew Sunday from the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Doral with...
Wright going back to New York for Mets doctors to check on rib injury
PORT ST. LUCIE -- Don’t hold your breath waiting for David Wright’s return -- or for the Mets to avoid making injury news.Wright is headed to New York to see...
Follow the 'brews': NH beer thief leaves trail of cans for cops
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Police searching for an alleged convenience store robber were able to track him down by following the trail of beer cans he left behind as he fled....
Teen arrested in beating death of B'klyn toddler
A Brooklyn teen has been arrested for assault in connection with the death of his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son in Cypress Hills, cops said. Tyree Wright, 19, was taking care of...
Moss to work out for 49ers on Monday: report
SAN FRANCISCO — After a stellar workout for the New Orleans Saints last week, Randy Moss will attempt to convince the San Francisco 49ers that he can still deliver in...
Mets manager remains confident Santana will be ready for opener after solid outing
PORT ST. LUCIE -- It was Feb. 21 when Terry Collins first said he expected Johan Santana to be healthy for Opening Day. And while that may have seemed unrealistic,...
Yankees' Rivera throws perfect inning in spring debut
Mariano Rivera made his spring debut Sunday against the Phillies in Tampa. In a perfect inning, Rivera threw 14 pitches (10 to Luis Montanez) and was clocked at 87 to...
Yankees' Nunez to have hand examined
Eduardo Nunez said Sunday he was expecting a doctor to take a look at his bruised right hand. Nunez, who hasn't played in a week since getting hit by a...
Brahms brawlers: Fistfight erupts during Chicago Symphony Orchestra performance
CHICAGO — It was an unusual backdrop for a fistfight: Maestro Riccardo Muti was nearly through the second movement of Brahms Symphony No. 2 at the normally staid Chicago Symphony...
St. Bonaventure in tourney after beating Xavier in A-1O final
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Conference Player of the Year Andrew Nicholson had 26 points,14 rebounds and eight blocked shots and St. Bonaventure won its first Atlantic 10 title by holding...
Hughes pitches three shutout innings in Yankees loss
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Joe Girardi says the meat of his evaluation process doesn't begin until each starting candidate has made two outings and knocked off a winter coat of...
'Spies' use phony Facebook account to steal NATO commander's contacts
WASHINGTON -- Spies opened a fake Facebook account under the name of NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Adm. James Stavridis, and fooled senior British defense and government officials into accepting friend...
HS student dies in crash running from Conn. cops
SEYMOUR, Conn. — State police say a 15-year-old high school student has died after the vehicle he was riding in lost control trying to elude Seymour police. The Republican American...
Major cable, satellite providers not interested in carrying Netflix
Netflix may want to get in bed with a major pay-TV provider, but the feeling doesn't appear to be mutual.Despite a report last week that the streaming service was talking...
Surf/ski shop coming to DUMBO
A gaping Brooklyn retail hole is finally being filled as one of the borough’s most coveted spaces will soon be home to a massive surf/ski/snowboarding shop.Slated to open in April...
'Fire D'Antoni' chants return as Knicks drop fifth straight to 76ers
The Garden became the stage for “Louisanity’’, replacing Linsanity as boos filled the arena and a brief chant of “Fire D’Antoni’’ rose up from the rafters with one minute left...
'Madam's' alleged partner could turn herself in as early as tomorrow
The alleged accomplice in the multimillion dollar Manhattan call girl ring is in talks to surrender to authorities as early as tomorrow. Jaynie Mae Baker, the Brooklyn matchmaker who is...
Coney group celebrates 30th Mermaid Parade with Manhattan event
Get set for a freaky celebration. Coney Island USA will celebrate the 30th anniversary of its annual Mermaid Parade at its yearly spring fundraising gala. This year’s Gala event is...
Suicide bomber at Pakistan funeral kills 15
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- A suicide bomber blew himself up at a funeral near the northwestern city of Peshawar on Sunday, killing at least 15 people and wounding more than 30 others,...
Del Zotto, Callahan out, Dubinsky in for Rangers: report
The Rangers will be without Michael Del Zotto and Ryan Callahan on Sunday night against the Islanders, according to a report on the team’s website. But Brandon Dubinsky, who has...
Broncos to trade Tebow if they sign Peyton: report
DENVER — Tim Tebow will have performed his last Mile High Miracle if the Denver Broncos win the race to land Peyton Manning, Pro Football Talk reported Sunday. A source...
Disney's $250M movie 'John Carter' only earns an estimated $30.6 million at weekend box office in US
LOS ANGELES — “Dr. Seuss’ the Lorax” has easily beaten Edgar Rice Burroughs’ “John Carter” at the weekend box office. Studio estimates Sunday put Universal Pictures’ “The Lorax” at No....
Chandler returns for Knicks against 76ers
Tyson Chandler is back in the Knicks' starting lineup against Philadelphia after missing two games with a strained left hamstring. The Knicks badly missed their defensive anchor, yielding 118 points...
The week's winners and losers
WINNERS DAVID KOCH Koch Industries magnate tops New Yorkers on Forbes' richest list, at $25B. JOHN VARVATOS Givenchy of Grunge escapes chafing VF after label is sold to Lion Capital....
WATCH IT: Syria shells city as UN peace effort goes nowhere
DAMASCUS, Syria — Dramatic video has surfaced appearing to show an artillery shell barely missing stunned civilians in the Syrian city of Idlib, as the army continues its brutal bombardment...
Preorders for new iPad have sold out, Apple says
SAN FRANCISCO -- Customers hoping to preorder the new iPad from Apple may have to wait a little longer to get one. Apple said in a statement that supplies of...
Iran does not 'give a damn' about your bombs, Ahmadinejad warns US
KARAJ, Iran -- Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made a defiant TV speech Sunday in which he taunted the West, saying the Islamic Republic is unfazed by the threat of Western...
Ex-Net Williams seeks playing time with Rockets
Since the end of his rookie year with the Nets, Terrence Williams has been searching for the same thing: Consistent playing time. “I think everybody that was a New Jersey...
3 NJ residents found dead, possible murder-suicide
KINGWOOD TOWNSHIP, NJ — A prosecutor says the deaths of three people at a home in northwestern New Jersey may have been a double murder and suicide. Hunterdon County Prosecutor...
US Army Sgt. slays 16 Afghan villagers, mostly women and children, in rampage
BALANDI, Afghanistan — Moving from house to house, a U.S. Army sergeant opened fire Sunday on Afghan villagers as they slept, killing 16 people — mostly women and children —...
Michael Madsen calls Malibu arrest for allegedly fighting son a 'big misunderstanding'
LOS ANGELES -- "Reservoir Dogs" star Michael Madsen said the alleged fight with his juvenile son that saw him charged with felony child endangerment was a "big misunderstanding," according to...
CHSAA Class AA boys basketball final preview
NYPost.com’s CHSAA boys basketball beat writer Marc Raimondi breaks down the Class AA championship game between St. Raymond and Holy Cross, set for 3 p.m. Sunday at Fordham University in...
PSAL Class AA boys basketball semifinals notebook: Wings falls hard, foul trouble dooms Whitehead, Lincoln
Billy Turnage stood outside his team’s locker room in the bowels of Carnesecca Arena motionless and expressionless. The Wings Academy coach hardly had words to express his disappointment after the...
Colorado conductor dies leading orchestra in concert
DENVER -- A Denver musical conductor died after suffering a suspected heart attack while leading a local orchestra during a concert. Arapahoe Philharmonic conductor Vincent C. LaGuardia Jr. died Friday...
PSAL Class B girls basketball semifinals preview
NYPost.com’s PSAL girls basketball beat writer Marc Raimondi breaks down the Class B semifinals, beginning 11 a.m. Sunday at Hunter College. SCHEDULE 11 a.m. – No. 2 Scholars Academy vs....
Batman and Robin do it again, combine for dramatic win to send Jefferson to Garden
Jaquan (Son Son) Lynch started and Thaddeus Hall finished. You could apply that phrase to Thomas Jefferson’s memorable regular season or Saturday’s thrilling PSAL Class AA semifinal victory – both...
PSAL Class A girls basketball semifinals preview
NYPost.com girls basketball beat writer Joseph Staszewski takes a look at the PSAL Class A semifinals, beginning at 3 p.m. Sunday at Hunter College in Manhattan. SCHEDULE PSAL Class A...
Rangers need Erixon’s young legs
Three consecutive defeats do not equate a crisis, even if it’s for the first time all year, even if it’s in March, even if the division and conference leads have...
Rangers focus on Islanders before tougher games
It’s going to be hard not to look ahead, but luckily for the Rangers, there are very few things higher on coach John Tortorella’s to-do list than staying focused on...
Devils defeat Islanders with late goals
Lightning struck late, then again, 14 seconds apart. The bolts from the blue meant the Devils found yet another way to win. A sterner test may be coming when the...
Alston, Loughlin honor 'Chicken' with Catholic 'A' state title
In Kasim Alston’s mind his goddaughter Tayshana (Chicken) Murphy has been with him and her former Loughlin teammates throughout their playoff run. “They had a sixth player on the court...
With Apache in mind, Nazareth beats Moore for return trip to Albany
It was no time for a letdown and Ron Kelley made sure his Nazareth team knew it. The co-coach got off the bench to start the fourth quarter with his...
Two for one: Naz boys, girls win state titles as school fights for survival
Nazareth got a silver lining for its dark cloud. It has been a nightmarish two months for the Brooklyn school, from the death of girls basketball coach Apache Paschall to...
Continuing to have upper hand on Lincoln, Boys High moves on to 'AA' final
Boys & Girls owns the rivalry now. The blood fued known as Boys High against Lincoln – Bed Stuy against Coney Island, one juggernaut against another – added another chapter...
PSAL Class A boys basketball semifinals preview
NYPost.com PSAL boys basketball beat writer breaks down Sunday’s Class AA semifinals at CCNY in Harlem. For real-time Twitter updates, click here. SCHEDULE 3 p.m. – No. 2 Long Island...
McCarthy, Iona continue ride, winning CHSAA 'A' state title
Iona Prep’s Tim McCarthy played the game of his life. That’s according to Gaels coach Vic Quirolo. McCarthy, on the other hand, takes solace in one thing, the fact that...
PSAL Class B boys basketball semifinals preview
NYPost.com PSAL boys basketball beat writer breaks down Sunday’s Class B semifinals at CCNY in Harlem. For real-time Twitter updates, click here. SCHEDULE 11 a.m. – No. 3 Newcomers vs....
Bergtraum beats Lewis, back to Garden after toughest journey yet
Before the season even started, before a ball even went through a hoop at Murry Bergtraum, the Lady Blazers were counted out. The 13-time defending champions had little hope to...
Usilo's return from knee injury sparks Naz's CHSAA title victory
There may never be another basketball season for Nazareth, which is fighting to keep its school open after June. So, senior Shajea Stephenson wanted to make this year’s campaign count....
'Jump'ing the snark
The creators of “21 Jump Street” know what you’re thinking, because they were thinking it, too. “I didn’t want to make a TV show into a movie,” star and co-writer...
Top 5 Ways to pick up someone in a gallery
“Ask, ‘What are you doing here? You should be on the wall with the other works of art.’ ” Robert “If they ask your favorite artist, say ‘Picasso, van Gogh...
Ask Ashley: Can’t he take charge?
I’m dating a guy who moved to NYC three months ago. I’m having a great time seeing the city for the first time through his eyes, but playing tour guide...
Louisville wins second Big East championship
NEW YORK — Rick Pitino has coached 10 teams to conference tournament championships in his 27 seasons in college basketball. No. 10 seemed to be especially sweet. Playing tenacious defense...
Seagulls stun South Shore, become second Island team to reach MSG
Five words. Only one group of Staten Island girls had said them before. But McKee/Staten Island Tech senior star Kaitlyn Astel uttered them so much Saturday afternoon, she was fixing...
Friends, kin pay tribute to slain war reporter Colvin
Relatives, friends and admirers by the dozen gathered in Oyster Bay last night at a wake for war correspondent and Long Island native Marie Colvin.The Sunday Times of London veteran...
Flaunting her royal ‘heinie’
Meet the Baroness of Burlesque. The second cousin of British royal Kate Middleton will soon seductively strip on a SoHo stage, but she’ll never take on the role of Royal...
Imitation of Christ designer Tara Subkoff can’t escape life of drama
She was the “It girl” of the late ’90s, an Edie Sedgwick-like Manhattan party fixture and budding actress palling around with friends like Chloë Sevigny, Scarlett Johansson and Natasha Lyonne....
15 dead in Gaza flare-up
A top militant was among 15 Palestinians killed yesterday in the deadliest violence across Gaza’s border in more than three years, prompting the United States and the European Union to...
SI woman dies after getting trapped in clothing drop box
A Staten Island woman who climbed into a clothing drop box suffocated and died inside after the box’s metal door closed on her head and trapped her yesterday, cops said....
How Lady Gaga's ex Luc Carl lost 40 pounds since split
Need to lose a few pounds? End a “Bad Romance” with the most famous pop star in the world. That’s how Lüc Carl, bartender, SiriusXM DJ and former boyfriend of...
Bee Gee ‘cancer payback’
Bee Gee Robin Gibb believes that his cancer ordeal could be a form of payback for the global success of his smash-hit group. “I sometimes wonder if the tragedies my...
Brass exodus of Nassau cops looms
As many as 100 high-level cops have put in their retirement papers with the Nassau County Police Department — taking the cash-strapped county up on a sweetheart deal. Officials hope...
'Madam's' alleged partner is a ‘hooker booker’ with a heart of gold
The fugitive partner of accused hockey-mom madam Anna Gristina also lived a double life. Manhattan prosecutors say Jaynie Mae Baker is a high-class hooker booker, but those who know the...
Alleged brothel just a crash pad for mistresses: 'madam'
It wasn’t just Anna Gristina’s girls who were giving the brothel bedsprings a workout. The alleged hockey-mom madam — who prosecutors claim was using the $600-a-month sublet on East 78th...
Not even running a brothel could get someone evicted in New York
Not even running a brothel is enough to remove someone from New York’s coveted — and heavily protected — rent-stabilized and rent-controlled apartments. 'BROTHEL' WAS SIMPLY A MISTRESS PAD: 'MADAM'...
Give ’em a kick in the saggy pants
State Sen. Eric Adams (D-Queens), a former NYPD cop who was raised in South Jamaica, Queens, thinks it’s high time for city students to lift their saggy pants. He is...
Coldblooded pol’s ethics gap
He’s as slippery as his pet iguana. State Sen. Jeffrey Klein has for years tried to project the image of an independent, incorruptible watchdog — fiercely protecting his constituents from...
Canada mourns second ski death
TORONTO — Canada’s winter athletes are mourning another death in the family. Nik Zoricic died of head injuries following a crash in a World Cup event in Grindelwald, Switzerland. His...
Sports Shorts
NBA: Rubio tears ACL; done for season Timberwolves point guard Ricky Rubio will miss the rest of the season and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with a torn ACL...
Self-coached Watson leads McIlroy, Woods at Doral
DORAL, Fla. — If Bubba Watson does it today, if he retains the three-shot lead he takes into the final round of the WGC-Cadillac Championship on Doral’s Blue Monster, he’ll...
Love conquers all
When Kevin Love was in high school, numerous people tended to devalue his accomplishments, probably because he complied with gravity and didn’t quite qualify as a gymnast or a contortionist....
Chandler expected back for Knicks, try to end losing streak vs. 76ers
With Tyson Chandler likely returning for this afternoon’s tip-off against the 76ers, Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni was asked about the danger of his team thinking that with its valuable center...
Collins good fit as Mets manager
PORT ST. LUCIE — I want to tell you how bad my relationship was with Bobby Valentine when he first became Mets manager and why that matters with Terry Collins...
Yankees' Pineda shows he’s future second starter
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Brian Cashman did his best to lower expectations for big Michael Pineda yesterday before the right-hander made his second spring training start for the Yankees....
Sanchez gets time, Jets get salary-cap space
A surprise contract extension through 2016 wasn’t just a Peyton Manning makeup gift from the Jets to quarterback Mark Sanchez. It turns out the deal, announced late Friday night, also...
Red Bulls open season today
The Red Bulls were an expensive underachiever last year, undone by a dysfunctional defense, damning lack of depth and destructive team chemistry.They open the2012 season today at FC Dallas (3...
Serby's Sunday Q&A with Jim Boeheim
With March Madness getting ready to kick into high gear, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim took some time to sit down with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: With accusations that surrounded...
The Rumble
Laettner, Hill recount title runs One image basketball fans virtually are guaranteed to see over the coming weeks is Chrstian Laettner’s game-wining buzzer-beater against Kentucky in the 1992 Elite Eight,...
Reel good
The Hours, 2002 Sunday, 7 p.m., Flixe This is how Hollywood saw Virginia Woolf, the superior British novelist and essayist who committed suicide in 1941: a giant fake nose, a...
Missouri leaving Big 12 with title
Missouri is leaving the Big 12 on top. Kim English capped a phenomenal conference tournament with 19 points, Phil Pressey added 15 points and eight assists and the fifth-ranked Tigers...
Stony Brook loses America East final
Stony Brook won’t be dancing anytime soon. One game away from making their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament for the second straight season, the Seawolves missed another shot at...
You bet Florida St. will Heel wounds from losses
According to legendary Indians manager Lou Brown, after last night’s win with Louisville, I have a chance for what is known as a winning streak. It has happened before. Florida...
Harkless to leave St. John's for NBA
I hope this works. I hope in 10 years I’m in the Garden watching Moe Harkless score and rebound the way he did this past season for St. John’s. I...
Oh, brother! Dream night for Smith family
He didn’t care one bit that it didn’t feel anything like a Big East Tournament championship game to the Garden. It was still the Garden, always a larger-than-life place for...
Louisville defeats Cincinnati for Big East title
No wonder Louisville coach Rick Pitino isn’t shedding any tears Pittsburgh, Syracuse and West Virginia are leaving the Big East. No program is in better position to fill the power...
Johnny Depp makes a killer cameo in new film
For those who think that “21 Jump Street” is nothing without Johnny Depp, there’s good news. The famous actor makes a lighthearted cameo in the new movie, returning to the...
Mix masters
In a living room in Crown Heights, a half-eaten breakfast sandwich, drumsticks and empty bottles of Glenlivet scotch line a tabletop, while two baby-faced former frat boys — Cal Shapiro,...
My Irish New York: Larry Kirwan
Black 47 has been one of New York’s leading Irish rock bands for more than 20 years, and since arriving here from County Wexford in the mid ’70s, founder and...
Just shoot me!
Save an epic battle between Ronnie from “Jersey Shore” and Sheldon from “The Big Bang Theory,” it’s hard to imagine a more mismatched fight than one that flared up between...
Leave the gun– Take my career
IT’s an offer that moviegoers have never been able to refuse: “The Godfather,’’ the capo di tutti capo of post-World War II American movies, is celebrating its 40th anniversary Thursday....
Big Easy bromance
In 2005, Mark and Jay Duplass made their first hit movie for less than the cost of a Starbucks coffee. The short, called “This Is John,” got them into Sundance...
Winners’ circle
When Boris Gelfand sits down at a board in a Moscow art museum in May, he will join an elite club. He will become the 28th player to compete in...
Bridge
“if you don’t like change, leave it here.” — sign on a cafe’s tip jar.Change is inevitable; bidding methods evolve. The past 40 years have seen an evolution in styles...
Taking care of business
When Upper West Siders Natasha Huang and JP Smith first saw the CitiKitty Cat Toilet Training Kit in a SkyMall catalog, they knew they had to try it on their...
Blast from the pasta
On a quiet corner in Alphabet City, Blanca Rincon is busy at work, deftly transforming balls of dough into delicate, double-hued strands of squid ink and durum flour tagliolini, mushroom-filled...
Meet market: Literary lawyer hopes to write a happy ending
French kiss Phil has a thing for French actress Audrey Tautou. “I watch her movies and I have chest pains, she’s so gorgeous,” he admits. World traveler Phil speaks fluent...
This weeks couple: Tap that?
This week we sent Megan, a 26-year-old social marketing associate and self-proclaimed beer lover, to the NYC American Craft Beer Festival with Mike, a 27-year-old comedian. The pair spent the...
Buffett as Mr. Secretary
Warren Buffett has made plenty of headlines this election cycle — many coming out of Washington. Buffett’s political push has become so strenuous that the president has named a proposed...
NY law schools inflate job figures: critics
Deciding on a law school is a numbers game: cost versus reward. The stick is $150,000+ for studies, but the carrot is a great-paying job. But maybe not, according to...
This ad man is Mad man
To work on Madison Avenue, one must have a ridiculous sense of self-worth. That’s why almost everyone who worked there in the ’60s thinks that “Mad Men” creator Matt Weiner...
Take a look: Facebook views easing off
Facebook’s daily page views rose less than 1 percent in the US last month, following a slight decline in January, according to ComScore. Page views per day increased 0.3 percent...
Hard Rock hopes to delay its Jersey casino
ATLANTIC CITY — Hard Rock International is asking New Jersey casino regulators for a six-month delay in starting a new so-called boutique casino on the Boardwalk.The company, owned by the...
Baby boomers moving retirement funds into bond market in droves, keeping yields low
Blame it on the boomers. That’s how some market analysts are categorizing the meager interest returns Americans are getting on their savings accounts. Baby boomers have been moving their retirement...
Credit unions grow as bank fees rise
Occupy Wall Street is moving mounds of money to Main Street. More than 1 million Americans fled from big banks and opened accounts with credit unions last year, pushing membership...
Apple’s latest: 3,600 US jobs
Boosted by $21 million in incentives from a state fund designed to attract high-tech firms, Apple is investing $304 million in a new campus and more than doubling its workforce...
Eur‘woes’ hit China exporters
China last month had its largest trade deficit since at least 1989 as Europe’s sovereign-debt turmoil dampened exports, and imports rebounded after a weeklong holiday. The shortfall was $31.5 billion,...
A human story of hard times
Dear John: I wrote to you when my husband was laid off and could not find a job. He was an executive who worked about 42 years of his 64...
Making iPad a cash register
Mobile-payment app Square made it easy for a consumer to swipe his credit card on the go with its smartphone hardware device. Now, Square Register gives small retailers the same...
Social media sites becoming NSFW
Employees who post disparaging workplace comments online had better watch out — their jobs could be in trouble. Social media is evolving into a tempestuous battleground of labor law. And...
Japan mourns earthquake and tsunami disaster one year on
TOKYO -- By makeshift altars in tsunami-flattened neighborhoods, at solemn ceremonies attended by dignitaries, and at a crowded antinuclear rally, the Japanese on Sunday commemorated the first anniversary of the powerful...
Bx. doc brews up a biz
A city doctor has the prescription for a good time: booze he manufactures in The Bronx.The rum, whiskey and maple liquor hand-crafted at the borough’s first micro-distillery is the ironic...
Grieving kin hurt in funeral smashup
A limousine carrying mourners during a funeral procession in Queens plowed into a bodega after getting cut off by a minivan yesterday — injuring 16 people, including the deceased’s daughter...
Tanker saved from dead end
SYRACUSE, Italy — Italian coast guard workers rescued 19 people after a 500-foot tanker ran aground in high winds near Syracuse on the island of Sicily, the ANSA news agency...
Meet 11 New Yorkers running for president
Tippecanoe — and who are you? Not thrilled with Obama, Romney or Santorum? No problem! Eleven New Yorkers also are making a run at the White House, filings with the...
Mitt bumps past Bam
Mitt Romney edged ahead of President Obama yesterday in a new Rasmussen poll.The surge represents Romney’s biggest lead over Obama this year.The GOP front-runner garnered 48 percent of national voter...
Rick rolls in Kansas
Rick Santorum won the Kansas caucuses in a rout yesterday in the latest contest in the grinding campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.Returns from 61 percent of Kansas precincts showed...
The ‘Live!’ and times of TV’s legendary anchor Sue Simmons
It was Valentine’s Day 1988, and Sue Simmons had a mischievous twinkle in her eye. A fluffy feature had just aired about a man who made plastic food replicas in...
In ‘Liu’ of cash: No matching $ for John
Even if he makes it past the widely publicized federal investigation of his campaign finances, Comptroller John Liu is in for a rough ride if he intends to stay in...
Oscar lost-tix duo ‘acting’ like brats
And the award for the least understanding couple goes to . . .A Manhattan couple who lost out on a pair of 2012 Oscar tickets they won at auction because...
Price-clubbed in U.S.
It was three years ago this week that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke became the first US central banker to sit down for a vanity interview with “60 Minutes,” an...
Syrian shells rain down
Syrian tanks yesterday bombed the nation’s main city in President Bashar al-Assad’s latest attempt to crush a year-old rebellion and reject international diplomatic efforts.Syrian forces had been building up for...
Nudie-cell boom
Who says romance is dead? A third of randy video-cellphone owners between 18 and 30 used them to make and share skin flicks, a couponcodes4u.com survey reveals. Most video sexters...
B’klyn hunt for spirit of 1776 soldiers
They have not yet begun to fight. Brooklyn civic groups are leading a charge to discover the exact burial place of over 200 Revolutionary War soldiers killed at the dawn...
CUNY mulls ban on professor-student relationships
Sex is not in the syllabus. CUNY, the city’s largest university, has proposed banning professor-student hanky-panky with a stricter sexual-harassment policy, a memo from Chancellor Matthew Goldstein said last week....
Bronx woman sues jail guard who 'tried to seduce her'
This Romeo is looking for his own jailhouse Juliet. But the Bronx woman whom jail guard allegedly Romeo Skepple tried to seduce was horrified by his creepy come-ons — and...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Queens *** Cops are looking for the gun-wielding goon pictured above who was seen on video robbing a convenience store in Corona. The armed thug walked into a 7-Eleven on...
Jamaica money pit
Another day, another taxpayer boondoggle in Jamaica. Two years after it opened as an “incubator” for small businesses, the $2.5 million Jamaica Export Centre — built with mostly taxpayer cash...
Bone marrow search
Ezra Fineman needs a miracle, and his parents are hoping to find it in one of the most unlikely, yet strangely fitting, places. Today, friends of the 3-year-old will be...
It’s Occupy Poor Street
Occupy Wall Street isn’t occupying very much cash at the moment.A recent OWS finance report revealed that the “people-powered movement” has about $45,000 left in its main account, and that...
Deaths of two babies spark NYPD probes
A 2-year-old Brooklyn boy and a 2-month-old Bronx girl died yesterday under mysterious circumstances, prompting a police investigation into each case, cops said. Jacquil Degraffenreid was unconscious when his mother...
Law firm ‘abandons’ 9/11 victims
You’re dumped! The law firm that reaped more than $200 million in fees and expenses in the city’s court settlement with 10,000 Ground Zero workers now says it won’t represent...
NY Dem fight for anti-cig $$
The state Assembly’s Democratic majority, citing criticism from the US surgeon general, will demand this week that recently cut anti-smoking funding be restored, said a legislative official familiar with the...
Kid found on street alone
A shoeless, shivering toddler was found wandering the streets of Brooklyn alone yesterday — leading cops to haul his parents away in handcuffs. The coatless, brown-haired boy was spotted shortly...
To NYPD critics: Never forget!
The misguided souls and professional whiners determined to keep the New York Police Department handcuffed, blind and silent need a refresher course on terrorism. There are lots of good articles...
A warning to a new generation of women — don’t let ‘Sex and the City’ ruin your life
( ) Martinis. Manolo Blahniks. Fabulous Park Avenue apartments and, of course, the word “fabulous” itself. HBO’s six-season run of “Sex and the City” had women moving to Manhattan with...
Beg, boro & steal
Cheerleaders, music videos, school choruses, parading pols: A borough president has no better chance to bask in the spotlight than the annual State of the Borough speech. The five borough...
Obamalaise
There is a lot of luck involved in a presidency; it wasn’t because of Jimmy Carter’s personal incompetence that the 1980 Operation Eagle Claw helicopter mission to rescue the hostages...
Halls of hell at NY’s worst high school
It was on YouTube for only a few hours, but in that time, to the mortification of city officials, it went global: the sight and sound of at least 100...
$queezing straphangers
It’s no secret that commuters are likely to face steep MTA fare and toll hikes in 2013 . . . and again in 2015 — but New Yorkers might also...
Attack the hackers
Authorities struck a big blow for law and order last week with their transatlantic busts of members of the hacking network behind last summer’s global cyber-attacks. Five hackers — leaders...
Netanyahu’s message
Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave President Obama a gift, a copy of “Megillah of Esther,” a scroll that recounts the heroics of Queen Esther in ancient Persia....
Give it up, GOP?
To the rule, George F. Will is a brilliant man, but his recent musing doesn’t make sense (“So Let’s Focus on Congress Instead,” PostScript, March 4). Is there no “groundwork”...
Required reading
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again by Frank Cottrell Boyce, illustrated by Joe Berger (Candlewick) Forty-eight years after Ian Fleming’s “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” was published, in flies a sequel....
King of the cougar hunters
He likes his women like a fine wine — aged. As the “Frost/Nixon” star dishes about the people he worked with over his 40-year career in his new memoir, Frank...
In My Library: Geoffrey Canada
Before he became president and CEO of the Harlem Children’s Zone, leading the drive toward getting more underprivileged kids into and through college, Geoffrey Canada was the son of a...
Bloomberg 1.0
Island of Vice Theodore Roosevelt’s Doomed Quest to Clean Up Sin-Loving New York By Richard Zacks Doubleday In 1895 New York (then Manhattan and part of what is now the...
Bare naked ladies
There are few icons in music as revered as the Rolling Stones. But given the band’s celebrity status, it’s easy to forget that part of the secret to their longevity,...
Yankees can hit tax threshold with creative contracts
Creativity has not really been a Yankees strong suit when it has come to contracts. Their financial caveman ethos has been: See what like, buy it. In recent years they...
Don't expect big moves from Giants in free agency
No one prepares any more thoroughly than Eli Manning, so when he says there really is no way for him to prepare for how the Giants will be affected by...
Giants objectives in free agency
There are plenty of decisions for the Giants to consider in free agency. Here are three they should make: 1. Keep Tollefson: Do not forget about team chemistry, and if...
Physical Cardinal O'Hara ends Preston's playoff run in CHSAA 'B' state final
Preston’s storybook postseason run came to a screeching halt on Saturday. One day removed from winning its first city championship, the Panthers attempt to win its first state title was...
Jets' objectives in free agency
Here is what The Post thinks the Jets need to do in free agency: 1. Get Sione Pouha re-signed: Pouha is the anchor in the middle of the defense. They...
Jets have many holes to fill in free agency
The Jets free agent shopping began a few days early with their interest in quarterback Peyton Manning. Now, they must turn their attention from that fantasy to the reality of...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:50 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 6 fur; $38,000; hdcp; 4upGAME TOKEN closed to finish second by a head at this distance in his last...
Tomorrow’s Parx Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-7 fur; $23,000; clm($7,500); 4up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Cafe Con Leche(L),118M Rosario4-4-8Gonzalez8-12 Anew(L),113A Suarez9-1-7Vega8-53 Raybern's Gold(L),122J Bisono1-3-3Fortebun7-24 ManhattanRidg(L),118RAlvardJr4-3-6Day6-15 Fiery Rebel(L),118A Castillo3-3-6Mosco5-26 Mistycal Light(L),118E...
Aqueduct Charts
March 10th, 2012 Clear and Fast ©2012 Equibase. All Rights Reserved FIRST-6 fur; $29,000; clm($7,500); 4up(f) Off: 12:50. 6. 3w into lane, up 1/16 Time: 23.97, 48.19, 1:.94, 1:14.05. Trainer:...
Today's Sports on the Air
Auto Racing2:30 p.m.NASCAR Sprint Cup: Kobalt Tools 400 FOXBaseball1 p.m.Marlins at Mets WPIX, WFAN (660 AM)1 p.m.Phillies at Yankees YES, WCBS (880 AM)3 p.m.Cubs at Dodgers WGN4 p.m.Indians at Angels...
Parx Graded Entries
Post Time: 12:25 p.m. FIRST-1m&70yds; $22,000; clm; 4up2-Turning South 9-55-Oh Mandie 3-11-SkipAwyBelle12-16-Marciannie 8-13-YnkeeEmpress4-17-FirstLadyGlenn6-14-Missbauer 12-1SECOND-6 fur; $25,000; alw; 3up(f)2-Kristal Kiwi 8-54-Danica Irl 10-11-PlayinHardtGet9-25-Liberty for All 5-23-Dress N Drink 8-16-MommaFilmen8-1THIRD-1 mile; $28,000;...
Gulfstream Analysis
Post Time: 1:05 p.m.FIRST-5 1/2 fur; $19,400; clm($12,500); 3upR NEXT GEM second in last start on dirt. SHEZA FUN SPONGE third this distance and level. SHES IN EXCESS second this...
Gulfstream Results
FIRST-1 mile; $44,500; clm($75,000); 3YO5Chrl's Qust (Prdo)5.603.602.204Take Advantage (Margh)5.203.007Wild by Nature (Dominguez)2.20* Exacta (5-4) $27.60 * $1 Tri. (5-4-7) $33.20Winner picked by DasilvaSECOND-6 fur; $26,350; clm($25,000); 3YO4Crcle Vlly (Trujllo)9.405.403.605Six Peaces...
Meadowlands Results
FIRST-1-mile pace; $10,625; cond7Big Bam Ray (SAllard)4.803.002.809Regil Tiger (T Tetrick)3.603.008Jimmie Hanover (J Campbell)4.40* Exacta (7-9) $17.00 * Trifecta (7-9-8) $87.20Scr: Keystone Raptor.SECOND-1-mile pace; $11,825; cond10E StreetPlan(RPierce)31.2013.407.609One Through Ten(TTetrick)2.802.408Oh My Joepa...
Wrong Mann for the Jets
* I have been a Jets fan since Joe Willie Namath showed up at Shea Stadium some 45 years ago and a season ticket holder for most of that time,...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYMar. 11MONMar. 12TUEMar. 13WEDMar. 14THUMar. 15FRIMar. 16SATMar. 17KnicksPhiladelphiaNoon MSG Network ESPN 1050 AMChi. 8:00 MSG ESPNNO GAMEPor. 7:30 MSG ESPNNO GAMEInd. 7:30 MSG ESPNInd. 7:00 MSG ESPNNetsNO GAMEMilw. 7:30 YES...
The Post Line
NCAA BasketballAtlantic Coast ConferenceChampionship At AtlantaFavoriteLineUnderdogNorth Carolina8Florida St.Southeastern ConferenceChampionship- At New OrleansKentucky8 1/2VanderbiltAtlantic 10 ConferenceChampionship- At Atlantic City, N.J.Xavier1St. BonaventureBig Ten ConferenceChampionship- At IndianapolisOhio St.1 1/2Michigan St.NBAFavoriteLineUnderdogKNICKS376ersLAKERS6 1/2CelticsMAGIC4 1/2PacersRAPTORS1BucksCAVALIERS2RocketsNUGGETS6GrizzliesKINGSPickHawksCLIPPERS8WarriorsNHLFavoriteLineUnderdogRANGERS$170-200IslandersDEVILS$105-125FlyersPANTHERS$135-155HurricanesCAPITALS$130-150Maple LeafsFlames$115-135WILDBlues$160-180B....
Pal: Heat on Rory gives Tiger edge at Masters
DORAL, Fla. — Graeme McDowell is a close friend and mentor of Rory McIlroy, the newly minted No. 1 ranked player in the world. So it would make sense McDowell...
Chasing QB legends yet to pay off for anyone
MILWAUKEE — So Peyton Manning becomes an obsession for another team and another town, and the Jets can be grateful they didn’t stumble down the same path they did four...
Knicks coach admits Smith 'frustrated a little bit’
Mike D’Antoni said yesterday he was unaware J.R. Smith was not participating in the Knicks sideline huddles during Friday’s loss to the Bucks. “I didn’t know that. It’s news to...
Nets lose to Rockets
Playing without superstar point guard Deron Williams, who was out with a strained right calf, the Nets needed someone to step up and fill the void in last night’s game...
Hand-me-down owners love to spend recklessly
In a town heavy on team owners who inherited their teams or the money to buy them, it’s a blessing to have been left several hundred million dollars less than...
Mets 3B Wright out another week
VIERA, Fla. — David Wright called his decision last year to play through an injury that turned out to be a stress fracture in his back “ridiculous,” and that’s one...
Mets say Santana 'on pace,' will throw again today
VIERA, Fla. — The Mets will get another look at Johan Santana today as they cautiously try to bring back him back from shoulder surgery. “Johan looks great,” manager Terry...
Yankees 'have to be cautious' with Robertson
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Yankees GM Brian Cashman said the news that reliever David Robertson suffered a bruised right foot is positive considering there was no break or fracture...
Yankees manager will travel to watch Hughes
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Joe Girardi is leaving the Yankees varsity in Tampa today to grind through a 150-minute bus trip so he can watch Phil Hughes work. Though...
Peyton meets with Cardinals
The Peyton Pursuit shifted from the Rocky Mountains to the desert late yesterday. Peyton Manning surprised observers by remaining overnight in Denver after opening his job search with the Broncos...
Money won’t guarantee job security for Jets QB Sanchez
Dear Mark, Never in doubt, huh? Once the franchise quarterback of the Jets, always the franchise quarterback of the Jets, right? Watch your back, kid. If there is any lesson...
Deep class of NFL players expected to get free-agency payday
It looked as recently as two weeks ago like one of the most attractive classes since the NFL adopted true free agency nearly 20 years ago — and not just...
Comedy stars keep the faith
In the entertainment kingdom, TV gets a bad rap as a “lesser” form than movies — and let’s face it, the “Jersey Shore” crowd and “The Real Housewives” aren’t exactly...
Don't miss
Not really ‘Dead’ It’s been a gory season on “The Walking Dead,” but the worst is not over. The zombie survivors have decided the fate of Randall (Michael Zegen). Rick...
Geek chic
What are the chances that a half-hour series about a bunch of socially inept geeks could emerge, in its fifth season, as TV’s top-rated comedy? What are the chances that...
Gone, baby gone
In the first episode of the new ABC action drama “Missing,” Ashley Judd survives a vicious knife fight, a martial arts battle in a closet-size train car, and a high...
Broderick should have taken day off
Perhaps we aren’t supposed to remember. Or, perhaps, we’re no longer supposed to care. The actor Matthew Broderick is now starring in a series of Honda auto TV commercials. And...
Look Who’s Talking
Kelly Ripa 9 a.m., Ch. 7 Monday: Kyle MacLachlan; Cee Lo Green; Nicole Richie. Tuesday: Mark Consuelos; Elle Macpherson; Will Ferrell. Wednesday: Michael Strahan; Susan Sarandon; Jeremy Sisto. Thursday: Michael...
Teen transformation
Eden Sher is eager to unleash her inner Megan Fox. But it won’t happen on “The Middle.” The vivacious brunette has found a career-defining role playing nerdy, socially awkward Sue...
Weird but true
Maybe these dogs will be in an Easter parade.A dog groomer in Oxford, Maine, is charging $25 to $74 to transform the town’s four-legged friends into walking rainbows.Anita Loring says...
Injury doesn’t deter Cincy sharpshooter
With less than a minute remaining in Cincinnati’s 71-68 upset of Syracuse Friday night, sharpshooter Sean Kilpatrick of White Plains (“SK” in coach Mick Cronin’s parlance) slipped while trying to...
While coach battles cancer, Bayside continues to make history
Steve Piorkowski has suffered from arthritis in his shoulders for years, the product of playing sports and coaching his entire life. One day in late January, though, the pain got...
Nets lose to Rockets, 112-106
NEWARK — Goran Dragic had 23 points and eight assists,. Luis Scola scored a go-ahead tip-in with 62 seconds remaining and the Houston Rockets beat the New Jersey Nets 112-106...
Scuba cop hits city with $105M ladder-fall lawsuit
A decorated cop who served as commanding officer of the NYPD's elite Scuba team has filed suit against the city and the police department for $105 million. John Harkins, a...
PSAL Class AA girls basketball semifinals preview
NYPost.com’s PSAL girls basketball beat writer Marc Raimondi breaks down the Class AA semifinals, set for Saturday at St. John’s University, beginning at 2 p.m. SCHEDULE 2 p.m. – No....
Devils score 2 in final 2 minutes, top Islanders
UNIONDALE — Marek Zidlicky and David Clarkson scored 14 seconds apart in the final two minutes of the third period to rally the New Jersey Devils past the New York...
Sources: St. John’s freshman Harkless to enter NBA Draft
St. John’s freshman Moe Harkless, the Big East Rookie of the Year, has decided to make himself available for the NBA Draft, multiple sources told The Post. Harkless, a 6-foot-8,...
Knicks guard Smith fined $25G for naked woman tweet
J.R. Smith, the Knicks guard who tweeted a picture of a partially naked woman on Friday, received a $25,000 fine by the NBA tonight.The league explained that the fine was...