March 15, 2012
Sanchez: All's well with me and Santonio
The reparation of the relationship between Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez and wide receiver Santonio Holmes began a few weeks back in Orlando. Sanchez visited Holmes, who lives there, and the...
LIVE BLOG: PSAL Class AA girls basketball final
Murry Bergtraum has one of the greatest girls basketball dynasties in the United States. The Lady Blazers have won 13 straight PSAL city championships, dominating the landscape for more than...
No verdict reached in Rutgers webcam spying case after day two of deliberations
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- Jurors in the Rutgers webcam spying case completed their second day of deliberations Thursday without reaching a verdict. Middlesex County, N.J., Superior Court Judge Glenn Berman...
PSAL vs. CHSAA Softball Tournament set for Saturday
Softball season is off and running, beginning this weekend.Construction coach Marco Migliaccio and Francis Lewis coach Bryan Brown host the second annual PSAL vs. CHSAA Softball Tournament at Bergen Beach...
'Modern Family' kid fires TV dad
So much for families sticking together!Emmy winner Ty Burrell has been bounced from an independent movie being put together by his teenage "Modern Family" co-stars Nolan Gould, Rico Rodriguez and...
No. 1 Syracuse rallies past UNC-Asheville in second half
Syracuse had a lot bigger problems than missing its starting center. The Orange were staring at NCAA tournament history. A No. 1 seed has never lost to a No. 16...
Warhol portrait of Elvis could fetch $50M in NYC
An Andy Warhol portrait of Elvis Presley depicted as a cowboy is being auctioned in New York City and is expected to sell for between $30 million and $50 million....
8 NYC school workers disciplined over misconduct
Eight New York City public school employees have been fired or reassigned based on a review of earlier incidents of misconduct. Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott said Thursday that the eight...
Giants sign former Redskins safety Horton
The Giants continue to make low-key moves in free agency. On Thursday they signed Chris Horton, a former Redskins safety who was out of football last season.Horton, 27, signed a...
Louisville beats Davidson for first NCAA tournament win in three years
PORTLAND, Ore. — Louisville is finally moving on in the NCAA tournament. Peyton Siva scored 17 points and the fourth-seeded Cardinals beat Davidson 69-62 on Thursday for their first tournament...
Molinari backs Turner for Senate
He’s Guy’s guy. Staten Island Republican power broker Guy Molinari is backing Rep. Bob Turner (R-Qns/Bk.) for US Senate to take on Democratic incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand. “I’m supporting Turner. I...
Dead voters can't show ID
That bastion of conservative ideology -- NPR -- has a report on the integrity of voter registration roles. Guess what? There isn't a lot of integrity when there are 1.8...
'American Idol' recap: The jig is up
First, the big news: "Idol" opens with Ryan Seacrest telling us someone has been eliminated from the competition because of "information obtained with the cooperation of law enforcement." Oooh, juicy!...
Penguins' Crosby ready to return against Rangers
Sidney Crosby is under no illusion he will immediate reclaim the mantle of the world’s greatest player as he embarks on his return to the NHL with Thursday night’s match...
Espada kept family members on Soundview Healthcare Network payroll: witness
Allegedly corrupt politician Pedro Espada Jr. always kept it “All in the Family” at his Bronx medical charity, a damning witness testified at his embezzlement trial today. The ex-state Senate...
Nets acquiring Wallace from Blazers; fans frustrated
They didn’t get Dwight Howard, their long-targeted dream piece for the move to Brooklyn, but the Nets are making a deadline day trade, acquiring small forward Gerald Wallace from Portland...
Senate panel urges trustee to drop MF Global bonus plan
A Senate committee probing the collapse of MF Global Holdings Ltd. sent a letter asking the trustee overseeing the failed financial firm to abandon a plan to pay bonuses to...
Knicks learning new star-focused offense under Woodson
Speedball officially died in Westchester on Thursday.Interim Knicks coach Mike Woodson staged his first practice Thursday and reporters got to see implementation of a host of structured, deliberate set plays...
Time Warner Cable customers push ahead with $5M lawsuit over missing Linsanity: report
A group of Time Warner Cable customers are pushing forward with a $5 million class action lawsuit against the cable operator for missing the Knicks' Jeremy Lin-fueled winning streak last...
Bills sign DE Williams to six-year deal
ORCHARD PARK -- Free agent defensive end Mario Williams says he was so nervous when it came time to sign his contract with the Buffalo Bills, he almost forgot his...
UN says well over 8,000 have died in uprisings in Syria
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says well over 8,000 people have died in Syria over the past year due to the government’s violent repression of the uprising against President Bashar Assad....
Tiger's leg improving, plans to play at Bay Hill next week
The concern after seeing Tiger Woods carted off the golf course to his car following his sudden final-round withdrawal from the WCG-Cadillac Championship at Doral on Sunday has subsided along...
Deck is stacked against stack-parking plan for Barclays Center
A top official for the developer building Brooklyn’s Barclays Center said today it’s her “mission” to reduce hundreds of spaces at a parking garage going up next to the NBA...
Jamie Dimon discourages JPMorgan employees from taking advantage of uproar over Goldman exec's resignation
As the fallout over Goldman Sachs exec Greg Smith's explosive resignation continues, Jamie Dimon urged JPMorgan's employees not to seek to derive any competitive advantage from Goldman's alleged issues. But,...
Poll shows Santorum is better off with Gingrich in the race
WASHINGTON -- The latest FOX News poll of Republican voters supports Newt Gingrich's dubious-sounding assertion that his presence in the race is actually a benefit to rival Rick Santorum. Gingrich...
Rangers GM doesn't regret calling Penguins the 'best team'
It should be no surprise, but there was a method to Rangers’ general manager Glen Sather’s madness in calling the Penguins, “obviously, I think, the best team in the league”...
Stanton, Quinn visiting Jets; Garrard still a possibility
The Jets are bringing in free agent Drew Stanton for a visit Thursday and Friday as they search for a backup quarterback. All indications are the Jets have prioritized Stanton...
Vice President Biden defends auto bailout
TOLEDO, Ohio — Vice President Joe Biden says the verdict is in on the auto bailout: President Barack Obama is right, and the Republicans trying to take his job away...
Suspects in Chelsea gay-tryst slay nabbed in Florida
The two suspects wanted for the murder of a Chelsea businessman were nabbed earlier today on the lam in Florida, The Post has learned. Ex-con Edwin Faulkner, 30, and suspected...
Howard signs waiver, will stay with Magic
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Magic center Dwight Howard signed a contract extension in 2007 hoping he would be in Orlando as long as the city's famous mouse. For at least another...
Switzerland bus crash driver 'was changing DVD': report
VALAIS, Switzerland -- The driver of a Belgian bus that crashed in Switzerland killing 22 children and six adults was changing a DVD seconds before the fatal incident, Swiss daily...
3UP: Blue Jays, Wright, Ibanez
1. In today’s Post I wrote this column about the rising Blue Jays.For many years, I have viewed Toronto as kind of like a 45-win NBA team, not good enough...
'World's Ugliest Dog' dies in California
HANFORD, Calif. -- A 1.8-pound mutt who won the "World's Ugliest Dog" title last year died in her sleep Saturday. Yoda, a 15-year-old Chinese crested and Chihuahua mix, won $1,000...
Syria regime loyalists rally on revolt anniversary
BEIRUT — Tens of thousands of government loyalists poured into the streets of the Syrian capital and other cities Thursday in an orchestrated show of support for the regime as...
FBI warns Afghan massacre could inspire extremists in the US
WASHINGTON -- The FBI and Department of Homeland Security have warned that the recent massacre of 16 Afghan civilians by a rogue US soldier could lead to the radicalization of...
NY appeals court says judge may have overstepped his authority when he blocked SEC-Citigroup mortgage settlement
A federal appeals court says a judge may have overstepped his authority when he blocked a $285 million settlement over toxic mortgage securities. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
OCD Archives: From 2001, 'Brando Got Shot on Mott'
"The Godfather'' opened 40 years ago at five Manhattan theaters. As part of the anniversary celebration, The Post on Sunday published my recollections of a 1981 interview with Richard Castellano,...
Former Giants Shockey, Toomer feuding on Twitter
No one has come out and said Jeremy Shockey wants to return to the Giants but the very notion of that not-going-to-happen scenario triggered the silliness of what can best...
Man City boss pledges to win EPL title for crying fan
MANCHESTER, England -- Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini pledged to win the English Premier League title for the City fan seen crying on TV as the team lost top spot...
Barcelona defender Abidal to have liver transplant
BARCELONA -- Barcelona defender Eric Abidal will have a liver transplant in the next few weeks, the Spanish soccer giant announced Thursday. Abidal underwent surgery in March last year to...
Iconic bell missing from Italy's sunken Costa Concordia
GIGLIO, Italy -- The sunken bell of the doomed Costa Concordia cruise liner has gone missing, prompting a bout of head-scratching from Italian authorities over how exactly it was removed,...
Police apologize for not stopping Norway massacre sooner
OSLO -- Norwegian police apologized Thursday for failing to stop Anders Behring Breivik sooner on his shooting rampage last July that left 77 people dead, admitting lives were lost as...
Manhattan madam says she's ready to 'meet' with prosecutors
She's ready to 'fess up. After three weeks at Rikers Island, the accused “Hockey Mom Madam” said through her lawyer today that she is considering pleading guilty to her alleged...
Netanyahu: Gaza is Iran
President Obama talks about Iran as if we are still in the stage of preventing them from initiating violence against the West. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his parliament...
Cowboys WR Ogletree to visit Giants
One day after signing tight end Martellus Bennett from the Cowboys the Giants are showing interest in another player out of Dallas. Kevin Ogletree, a 24-year old receiver with local...
Marlins' Reyes gets mostly cheered in first game vs. Mets
JUPITER, Fla. -- Jose Reyes stepped into the on-deck circle, turned toward the Mets' dugout and bowed.Hard feelings, nowhere to be found.The Miami Marlins shortstop faced his former team for...
China remains top buyer of US Treasurys
WASHINGTON -- China remained the top holder of US Treasurys in January, but Japan threatened to take over the No. 1 position as a net buyer with another month of...
Homeless man stole metal pipes causing Russian morgue to defrost
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia -- A homeless man was arrested Thursday for stealing metal pipes that led to a morgue in Vladivostok, Russia, defrosting. The 49-year-old man, from Azerbaijan, stole pipes that...
Massachusetts urology practice offers free pizza to vasectomy patients during March Madness
BARNSTABLE, Mass. — Get a vasectomy, eat some pizza and watch some basketball. That’s the idea behind a promotion by a Massachusetts urologists group that’s offering a free pizza to...
VIDEO: Berman on Knicks coaching change
Post beat writer Marc Berman reports on the Knicks coaching change from Madison Square Garden.Mike D'Antoni resigned on Wednesday before replacement Mike Woodson coached the team to a win over...
Focused "like a laser" on everything but the economy
Harry Reid says he's going to push for a vote on the "Violence Against Women Act" this months and Republicans respond with complaints about the timing of the vote as...
Los Angeles man wakes in the night to find 500-pound bear raiding his fridge
LOS ANGELES -- A Los Angeles man investigating noises coming from his garage in the middle of the night stumbled upon a 500-pound black bear, with food all over its...
New York Fed manufacturing index rises unexpectedly
The Empire State manufacturing index rose to 20.2 in March, the New York Federal Reserve Bank said Thursday, marking the fourth straight increase after the index sunk below zero from...
More expensive gas pushes up US wholesale prices
WASHINGTON — Higher gas costs drove U.S. wholesale prices up last month. But excluding the big jump in gas, inflation was mostly tame. The Labor Department said Thursday that the...
US weekly jobless claims fall more than expected
WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans filing initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell by 14,000 last week to 351,000, matching a four-year low, the US Labor Department said Thursday....
Jets target Meriweather signs with Redskins
One of the Jets free agency targets came off the board Thursday. Safety Brandon Meriweather will sign with the Redskins, according to a source.Meriweather had planned on visiting the Jets...
Italian police arrest al Qaeda-linked terror plotter
CAGLIARI, Italy -- Italian police Thursday arrested a 20-year-old Moroccan man with suspected al Qaeda links who was allegedly plotting attacks on sites in Milan, including a synagogue, TG24 reported....
Panetta says Afghan runway attack was not directed at him
KABUL -- US defense secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday he had "no reason to believe" an attempted attack on an Afghan base as his plane was about to land was...
Gerard Depardieu playing DSK because 'he doesn't like him'
GENEVA -- French actor Gerard Depardieu revealed his motivation Thursday for taking on the screen persona of disgraced International Monetary Fund (IMF) boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn ... he does not like him....
Afghan Taliban suspends peace talks with US, Karzai pushes for early troop pullback
KABUL — Afghanistan's Taliban on Thursday suspended peace talks with the US, in the wake of the alleged massacre of 16 Afghan civilians by a US soldier and burning of...
Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich has last minute burger before starting 14-year prison sentence
LITTLETON, Colorado -- Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich arrived Wednesday at a Colorado federal prison to begin a 14 year sentence on corruption charges – but not before he stopped...
Afghans angry over removal of accused US soldier
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan lawmakers expressed anger Thursday over the U.S. move to fly an American soldier accused of killing 16 civilians out of the country to Kuwait, saying Kabul...
Obama's health nag wasting your money
Thomas Frieden is the nation's top health nag. Of course he's not the only official health nag in the Obama administration. He's just the guy with the snazziest title --...
UK Prime Minister David Cameron pays his respects at Ground Zero, mourns 67 Brits who died on 9/11
British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife paid their respects Thursday to the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks during a trip to New York's Ground Zero. The solemn...
Death of B'klyn baby girl under investigation
A teenage girl was being questioned by police after her newborn baby mysteriously died, law enforcement sources said. The 15-year-old teen gave birth to a baby girl inside her home...
PSAL Brooklyn A softball preview
Glenn McCartney has pleased with the PSAL for three years. The Telecommunications softball coach wanted his Yellow Jackets to move up from the ‘B’ league to the ‘A.’ Last year,...
Iowa State's 3-point shooters worry Connecticut
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- If Connecticut is focused on one thing for its NCAA tournament game against Iowa State Thursday night, it’s defending the 3-point shot, something the Huskies have scuffled...
Anthony stars in Knicks' first game without D'Antoni
You can call it coincidence. Maybe it was coincidence. Maybe Carmelo Anthony was simply due for this, due for 16 points and seven assists in 24 1⁄2 minutes, due for...
Five teams to watch
Connecticut There is no guarantee the Huskies will beat Iowa State in their second-round game, but no team has a better combination of talent and depth than UConn. Can they...
Five players to watch
Aaron Craft, Ohio State The sophomore is one of those guys you love as a teammate and despise as an opponent. At 6-foot-2, 190 pounds, Craft might be the best...
Calipari has come close to title before
Kentucky coach John Calipari has taken three different teams to the Final Four. But he never has won a national championship despite having four teams enter the NCAA tournament as...
Syracuse set to start tournament without Melo
PITTSBURGH — No one knows how this is going to end for Syracuse — not coach Jim Boeheim, not guard Scoop Jardine, not forward Kris Joseph, not center Fab Melo....
Blue Jays quietly becoming threat to Yankees
DUNEDIN, Fla. — Imagine what the Rays would look like with the finances to keep all of their best players. Now stop imagining. Because it is happening. Unfortunately for the...
Yankees DH Ibanez not worried about slump
DUNEDIN, Fla. — The only thing that spends more time in a hitting cage than Raul Ibanez is the L-screen that protects the batting practice pitcher from getting drilled. The...
Curtis stalwart Santucci seeks different ending in PSAL 'A' final
Danielle Santucci and Curtis are back to where their season ended last year, but it was a very different journey. The junior post is one of two returning players, and...
PSAL Queens baseball preview: Talented Adams eyes spring success
Glenn Beyer won’t make a prediction about the regular season for one simple reason: The longtime John Adams baseball coach isn’t concerned about it. His only focus – the focus...
PSAL Queens A softball preview
Bryan Brown wants his team to draw inspiration -- not overconfidence -- from last season. His Francis Lewis team won the PSAL Queens A-I title, beat Staten Island power Susan...
An in-depth look at the Boys & Girls Kangaroos
PSAL boys basketball beat writer Zach Braziller breaks down the No. 2 Boys & Girls Kangaroos in advance of Sunday’s Class AA boys basketball championship game at Madison Square Garden...
Yankees' Swisher leaves game with discomfort
DUNEDIN, Fla. — When Nick Swisher exited Thursday’s 7-5 loss to the Blue Jays at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium, he was asked if there was anything physically wrong. Swisher answered...
Yankees rotation muddled after Garcia hurts hand
DUNEDIN, Fla. — The immediate swelling was a strong indication something was wrong with Yankees pitcher Freddy Garcia’s right hand. The amount of time it took him to leave Thursday's...
Harris, Bergtraum to play at Garden with heavy hearts, 'Chicken' in mind
For the past three seasons, Murry Bergtraum senior guard Shequana Harris has played in and won the PSAL Class AA city championship at Madison Square Garden. This year, she’s on...
Ace Lopez the key in Tottenville's quest to return to the top
The Tottenville dynasty took a one-year sabbatical in 2010, a short break from a PSAL city softball title. Last year, though, the Pirates were right back at the top of...
Kentucky’s Calipari takes aim at elusive NCAA title
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Do you like John Calipari or loathe him? Do you find him engaging or a phony with a flashy smile? Do you trust him or feel like...
UNC-Asheville has new look
PITTSBURGH -- Syracuse’s opponent Thursday, UNC-Asheville, will debut its new uniforms, and thankfully you won’t need sunglasses to appreciate them. The Crons Brand, a Pittsburgh-based company founded by former Pitt...
Myers making name for himself, leading Boys High in postseason
Wesley Myers describes his Boys & Girls teammates, who go for their third straight PSAL Class AA city championship game Saturday at Madison Square Garden, as a band of brothers....
Knicks' search for replacement will focus on Phil
When the Knicks visited the Lakers in late December at Staples Center, Phil Jackson planned to sit in the front row with his girlfriend, and Lakers VP, Jeanie Buss. But...
D'Antoni resigns from Knicks; Woodson takes over as coach
Mike D’Antoni told interim Knicks general manager Glen Grunwald in a meeting before Wednesday’s morning shootaround he didn’t feel he could “positively affect the team’’ anymore. More to the point,...
Red Bulls' Thierry Henry: It's like last year
Perhaps it’s not quite Same Old Metro; but the Red Bulls’ 2-1 loss at FC Dallas to open the 2012 season bore a distinct – and disturbing – resemblance to...
Texas baby missing for 8 years found; babysitter accused of kidnapping
FORT WORTH, Texas — A Texas infant who vanished eight years ago will be reunited with his mother after police arrested his former baby sitter who is accused of kidnapping...
North Korea's Kim Jong Un orders troops to be 'merciless' when called to action
PYONGYANG, North Korea -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered troops to "mercilessly wipe out the enemies with arms of justice and revenge once they go into action,"...
Arrest warrant issued for Russell Brand over iPhone rage: report
NEW ORLEANS -- Police in New Orleans issued an arrest warrant for Russell Brand Wednesday night following his run-in with a member of the paparazzi earlier this week, according to...
Impact forward Sampson recommitts to St. John's
JaKarr Sampson, a nationally ranked forward from Ohio who has spent the last two years at Brewster Academy in New Hampshire, is headed to St. John’s after all. The 6-foot-8...
Getting close on the set of '21 Jump Street'
Channing Tatum got a little too close with co-star Jonah Hill on the set of “21 Jump Street.” Tatum, appearing on tonight’s episode of “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno,”...
Business briefs
Citi foul Citigroup, the largest US bank to miss Federal Reserve capital requirements, erred when signaling that it would boost payouts before winning regulatory approval, wrote Michael Mayo, an analyst...
Goldman Sachs fights back after employee's scathing public exit
Not on my watch. Lloyd Blankfein came out swinging yesterday, strenuously defending Goldman Sachs’ reputation against charges by a London-based employee that the investment bank put its own interests ahead...
Devils’ debt deal is dissolving
The prospective deal to restructure the debt of the New Jersey Devils appears to have fallen apart, The Post has learned. The bailout by a mystery investor, which seemed at...
Giving marts a cheat sheet on stress tests
A person with a suspicious nature might think the Federal Reserve is trying to rig the stock market.And, as you know, I’m always suspicious. You’ll understand why if you look...
SEC accuses controversial broker Frank Mazzola of fraud in trading of private shares
Federal regulators said yesterday that it is anti-social to trade in pre-IPO stock fortunes of social media darlings Facebook, Twitter, Zynga, Groupon and others. Following a yearlong probe of the...
Not guilty plea in Kinnucan caper
John Kinnucan, the Broadband Research founder who challenged authorities to arrest him for more than 18 months, pleaded not guilty to insider-trading charges and remains in custody because he’s unable...
Feds charge ex-MF broker
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission charged a former MF Global broker with attempted manipulation of palladium and platinum futures prices. The CFTC alleged that Joseph F. Welsh III attempted to...
Execs bailing on Cablevision, spurring speculation that Dolan's planning to sell company or take private
Cablevision Chief Executive Jim Dolan is emptying his bench. Dolan — who is also chairman of Madison Square Garden, home of the the Knicks basketball team — is shaking up...
Apple shares near $600 mark
If you think Apple’s iPads are expensive, consider the price of the company’s stock. Shares of the Cupertino, Calif., gadget giant yesterday neared the $600 mark — almost $100 higher...
A Leap for Clearwire
Clearwire Corp. added Leap Wireless as its second wholesale customer, in a sign it may be benefiting as LightSquared faces regulatory troubles. “Leap is another milestone and it’s not going...
RIM shorts are surging
Research In Motion shares have lost more than 90 percent of their value since mid-2008. And there is a surge in bets that the stock will sink even further. Short...
Judge: Mets must prove good faith
Owners of the cash-strapped New York Mets lost a key ruling ahead of a federal trial over whether they should return $303 million in principal investment because they turned a...
WebMD under pressure to find a new CEO as it struggles with ad slump
Get me a CEO, stat! WebMD, whose shares have lost more than half their value in the past year, is under pressure to find a new chief executive as it...
Fitch cuts UK credit outlook
Fitch Ratings said yesterday that it has cut its outlook on the UK’s sovereign debt ratings to “negative” from “stable” due to possible unforeseenfuture economic fallout stemming from the eurozone...
PayPal is no friend of bettors
EBay’s PayPal has begun restricting accounts of people it suspects of using the payment service to place bets on NCAA basketball championship tournament games, starting this week. PayPal has sent...
Sears drops clothing sales at 10 stores
Sears Holdings Corp. plans to stop selling clothes at 10 stores where the retailer says customers would rather see more goods such as mattresses and recliners. Sears has no plans...
Nice Tri
There’s something of the ghost-town to the area that straddles the westernmost section of Canal Street — specifically the cobbled streets of north TriBeCa and the insular loop of south...
Damon in distress
Even celebrities lose out on apartments they make an offer on. Matt Damon recently made a bid on a 7,000-square-foot unit at tony condo building 535 West End Ave. But,...
Just sold!
Manhattan FLATIRON $672,000 10 W. 15th St. One-bedroom, one-bath co-op, 725 square feet, with renovated kitchen, dining area, renovated marble bath and central AC; building features doorman, laundry and live-in...
On with the show
Just the thing to inspire you to get your house in order — the Architectural Digest Home Design Show comes to New York City, with hundreds of home-furnishings and design...
Musical Milioti
‘It’s not very pretty here, but I do love all the space,” actress Cristin Milioti says of the open loft in Bushwick that she moved into in February of last...
Tarmac ‘attack’ on Panetta visit
An Afghan behind the wheel of a stolen truck sped onto the tarmac of a military base just as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s plane was landing, in what may have...
US Embassy-hit ‘plotters’ nabbed in Azerbaijan
Iran plotted to attack the US and Israeli embassies in Azerbaijan using 22 local terrorists, the Azeri Security Ministry said yesterday. All 22 were arrested and an undisclosed number of...
We’re sticking to game plan: O
WASHINGTON — President Obama said yesterday he doesn’t anticipate any immediate changes to the war plan in Afghanistan — even as he acknowledged Americans’ weariness with the prolonged conflict. “We’ve...
Condos at St. Vinny’s
The city started a new chapter in the saga over the shuttered St. Vincent’s Hospital in the West Village yesterday when a City Council committee approved a controversial plan to...
Nine West sex-harass lawsuit
What a heel!The former creative director of the Nine West shoe company is a bigoted sexual-harasser, according to a discrimination lawsuit filed yesterday.Fred Allard, a second-generation shoe designer from France,...
Royal cuz laid bare
Meet Katrina Darling, a relative of the newest member of Britain’s royal family — who came to New York this week and lost everything but her crown. Darling, an exotic...
Food vendor out of truck
He’s being driven out of business.A Manhattan food-truck owner claims an ex-employee stole his vehicle on Sunday and has refused to return it.“This is very upsetting,” said Wall Street Burgers...
Cops use iPhone to track down abusive Queens man who had fled with one-year-old daughter
Cops last night used an iPhone to track down an abusive Queens man who had fled with his 1-year-old daughter, authorities said. When cops arrived at 6:10 p.m. to the...
B’klyn teacher is lunchtime lifesaver
She gets an A in CPR. A quick-thinking Brooklyn teacher saved a woman’s life yesterday while on her lunch break at a Williamsburg restaurant. Cassandra Byrd-Scolaro, 34, was grabbing a...
Whitey gal cops plea
BOSTON — Former mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger’s longtime girlfriend pleaded guilty yesterday to charges she helped him evade capture during 16 years on the run. In a deal with...
Tooth & hair DNA hunt at accused madam’s ‘love lair’
The same day they arrested accused Upper East Side madam Anna Gristina, Manhattan DA investigators raided her 78th Street “brothel” and stripped it of what they consider to be vital...
Dirty cops to pay 430G
A Brooklyn federal judge has ordered two ex-NYPD cops to pay more than $430,000 to two brothers who lost their business after being framed in a drug bust, according to...
Young lives gone in a flash
SION, Switzerland — Many of the happy youngsters pictured above perished when their bus slammed head-on into a concrete wall in a Swiss Alps tunnel, killing 28 people, mostly children...
$1B NY transit on table
WASHINGTON — The Senate yesterday passed a $109 billion transportation bill that would prevent the slashing of $1 billion in New York City metro-transit money, and even result in a...
Plastic doc derri-erred
A phony plastic surgeon was put out of business yesterday — no ifs, ands or butts.Authorities say Claudia Miller, of Staten Island, was not licensed in New York to perform...
Lohan finally has a ‘hit’
A man claims Lindsay Lohan’s black Porsche grazed his knee in Hollywood — and then she drove off. The man wasn’t hurt in yesterday’s 12:20 a.m. incident, cops said. Los...
NJ man partied after killing father and grandmother, prosecutors say
A New Jersey man killed his father and his grandmother — and then threw a party, prosecutors said yesterday. Dwayne Flourney, 26, stabbed his grandmother, a retired schoolteacher, at the...
Cops arrest accomplice of burglar fatally shot by Qns. supermarket janitor
Cops yesterday arrested the accomplice of a burglar fatally shot by a Queens supermarket janitor, authorities said. Alpha Diaby, 22, was charged with burglary for the failed heist that left...
Jury slams Va. Tech
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. — The parents of two Virginia Tech students killed in the 2007 campus massacre worked for years to prove university officials were negligent for waiting to warn students...
Snatch tot found, Qns. mother arrested 8-hour following search
Cops found a missing 8-month-old girl in a livery cab with her biological mother after the Queens woman snatched the baby from her foster mom, who had taken her to...
Anne Bass' boyfriend mesmerized jury with frightening account of Connecticut mansion invasion
He said, “I love you, Anne” — then prepared to die. Wealthy philanthropist Anne Bass’ boyfriend yesterday mesmerized a jury with a frightening account of how three armed men “dressed...
Subway ‘fiend’ faces 15 to life
Prosecutors want accused subway sex fiend Michael Torres to spend at least the next 15 years in jail.He pleaded not guilty yesterday to a terrifying attack on a woman, who...
Unpaid Charlie Rose intern suing for $$
A Brooklyn woman claims Charlie Rose stiffed her five years ago. In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Lucy Bickerton says that she worked 25 hours a week as an...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan Police yesterday released the photo left of a robber who allegedly made off with $1,960 from a Kips Bay bank. The suspect fled with the loot after passing a...
Don’t mess with LIU jeerleaders
They’re the badasses of March Madness. LIU-Brooklyn’s feisty cheerleaders plan to bring some New York attitude to the court tomorrow night against their milk-fed Michigan State rivals. These serious scholarship...
Ponzi lawyer is all in the scamily: DA
A Ponzi-scheming attorney snookered his in-laws out of more than $4.6 million in a real-estate scam, Manhattan prosecutors charged yesterday. Robert Cassandro, 47, of Woodbury, LI, pleaded not guilty to...
Paramedics save abandoned Brooklyn baby
A barely breathing newborn girl was resuscitated by paramedics last night after she was heartlessly dumped into the arms of a perfect stranger on a Brooklyn street, authorities said. The...
HBO’s ‘Luck’ runs out
Hbo last night abruptly canceled production on its quirky racetrack drama, “Luck,” following the death of a horse — the third to die while filming the series. It was a...
Vuitton has no case: Warner
Warner Bros. wants a judge to bag a trademark suit over the “fleeting appearance” of knockoff Louis Vuitton luggage in “The Hangover: Part II.” In papers filed yesterday in Manhattan...
$88M Central Park West apartment not being used by Russian billionaire's daughter, as buyer had claimed: suit
Don’t expect any swanky sorority parties at what’s been billed as the world’s priciest dorm room — the $88 million Central Park West apartment isn’t actually for student housing, a...
‘I was robbed!’ bellows jackpot Madoff
The greediest millionaire alive lumbered into the Jersey daylight, cursing his dwindling fortune and slamming his former best buddies under his hot-tempered breath. “I was robbed,’’ Americo Lopes kvetched to...
Hey, lottery louse, pay up
A greedy construction worker’s scheme to keep a $24 million office lottery-pool jackpot all to himself collapsed yesterday when a New Jersey jury decided his five co-workers were due their...
Bloomberg giving Congress members tour of New York to persuade them to deliver anti-terror funding to city
Mayor Bloomberg is rolling out the red carpet — and even providing a helicopter tour — to persuade four powerful members of Congress to deliver federal anti-terror funding to the...
$500M payback for CityTime fiasco
The epic CityTime scandal ended with a stunning resolution yesterday when the company chiefly responsible for a corruption-ridden timekeeping system that cost taxpayers $652 million agreed to repay more than...
Police reviewing surveillance video to see if Brandon Marshall punched woman in face
Police are reviewing surveillance video from the Marquee nightclub to determine if NFL superstar Brandon “The Beast” Marshall punched a Manhattan woman there Sunday night. A lawyer for Marshall —...
Prosecutor claims Pedro Espada and son raided Bronx health clinic and spent $60G on sushi
It was their own taxpayer-funded piggy bank, feds say. A “greedy” Senate leader and his son raided a Bronx health clinic of more than $500,000 — blowing $60,000 just on...
LIRR escalator where woman died after falling had broken hand grasp
The LIRR escalator where an elderly Long Island woman died after falling had a broken hand grasp that made it difficult to balance, commuters at Lindenhurst Station said yesterday. An...
Mitt Romney holds opulent fund-raiser at Waldorf
Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney pivoted from talking up cheesy grits and catfish in Dixie to appearing at a sumptuous, fat-cat, four-star luncheon at the opulent Waldorf-Astoria in Midtown yesterday....
Con Ed rate hike on April 1 not as harsh as originally planned
Con Ed electricity rates are heading up about 2.5 percent next month — a smaller increase than originally expected. Monthly bills will rise $2.26, to $92.78, for typical New York...
Landmark bill will save city $22 billion in public employee pension costs
ALBANY — State lawmakers passed a landmark bill this morning to cut pension benefits for future public employees — saving the city about $22 billion over 30 years. The state...
Life in the ol’ Newt yet: pal
WASHINGTON — Newt Gingrich showed no sign yesterday of bowing to demands that he drop out of the GOP primary race, after getting beaten by Rick Santorum in Mississippi and...
The Race Grinds On
Rank-and-file Republican voters aren’t giving mainstream Republican professionals what they want — a blessed end to the primary season that threatens to stretch into the early summer, more than a...
Big donors are fueling democracy
In the two weeks before this month’s Super Tuesday primaries, The Wall Street Journal reports, “outside political action committees supporting the Republican presidential hopefuls spent three times as much as...
It’s time to fire the judge Who rewards failure
The Issue: Back pay for minorities who scored higher than 25 on the FDNY exam but weren’t hired. *** Judge Nicholas Garaufis recently ruled that minorities who took past New...
Just Say No to (the) ‘Crack’!
The Issue: The effort by state Sen. Eric Adams to ban saggy pants in New York City’s public schools.***I agree with state Sen. Eric Adams — there needs to be...
What’s the hurry, Mike?
Suddenly, New York Republicans have a serious, reasonably well-known candidate running against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. But try telling that to state Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long. Rep. Bob Turner, who...
Battleground Bergtraum
It looked more like a jail riot than a high-school hallway dust-up: scores of teens videotaped in Manhattan’s Murry Bergtraum HS this month — pushing, screaming and battling police. One...
We Won & the Oil Stopped
The politicians aren’t talking about it, but one big reason we’re paying more for gas is a bipartisan US foreign-policy success — the independence of South Sudan. The oil-rich nation...
Graham it all! Smart tribute
It’s hard work keeping a legendary choreographer’s spirit alive. Martha Graham’s company has taken a daring, postmodern approach — only half the dances on Tuesday’s opening night of the company’s...
Pardon me, waiter, there’s soup in this play
‘Teresa’s Ecstasy,” by the wonderfully named Spanish American playwright and actress Begonya Plaza, tries to combine the spiritual with the earthly in its story of a woman’s quest for self-discovery...
The duchess of raunch
At SoHo club W.i.P. during the wee hours of Wednesday morning, in front of a crowd of hipsters, British burlesque dancer Katrina Darling pranced onstage to the sounds of the...
Sports Shorts
MLB: Howard cleared for mild activity Ryan Howard has been cleared to do some light exercises in a walking boot, more than two weeks after he needed a procedure to...
Gov. Cuomo calls on NYRA to fix breakdowns
Concern over the rash of horse fatalities this winter at Aqueduct has reached all the way to the governor’s mansion in Albany. A letter from the office of Gov. Cuomo...
Gulfstream Results
FIRST-1 1/16m; $25,150; cl($10,000); 4up4Frddy th Cp (Gmz)7.804.203.206Navy Wngs (Desormeux)4.002.805Promovedor Glory (Ortiz)5.00Scr: Professor Palmer.* Exacta (4-6) $41.00 * $1 Superfecta (4-6-5-9) $903.10 * $1 Trifecta (4-6-5) $178.80SECOND-6f; $60,350; mdn spcl...
Animal Kingdom out 90 days with fracture
Last year’s Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom, who was withdrawn from the $10 million Dubai World Cup on March 31 after going lame following a workout on Saturday, will be...
Aqueduct Analysis
Post Time: 12:50 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 6 fur; $37,000; clm($30,000); 4upSAINT DAIMON closed to be beaten three lengths versus open claimers while off a brief...
Tomorrow’s Aqueduct Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1m; $40,000; str hcp; 4up; (f&m) PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 a-Marlene'sPerl(L),115M Studart6-4-1Terrccn20-12 Blondecat(L),120CVelasquz3-3-2Galluscio2-13 SurroundSound(L),116D Cohen4-5-5Serey10-11A a-MordecaiJons(L),113M Studart4-6-2Terrccn20-14 Chalk Player(L),115J Espinoza3-3-5Persaud10-15 Pelican Lake(L),117E Castro1-3-7Serey6-16 Silver...
Aqueduct Charts
March 14th, 2012 Clear And Fast. ©2012 Equibase. All Rights Reserved FIRST-1m&70y; $29,000; cl($15,000); 4up; (f&m) Off: 12:50. Good. 3w 2nd, mild hand ride Time: 25.5, 51.86, 1:17.88, 1:42.96, 1:47.22....
Devils back home for Avalanche tonight
The Devils are back home tonight, a good thing for them since they have been shut out in three of their past six road games. They can’t do anything about...
Rangers face Crosby in return to Penguins tonight
It has been a long time since the hockey world’s focus zeroed in on Madison Square Garden, maybe not since Wayne Gretzky’s Great Goodbye on April 13, 1999. But that’s...
Gulfstream Analysis
Post Time: 1:05 p.m.FIRST-6 fur; $16,500; clm($10,000); 3upMARIAS LUCK working steadily for first start since May. OUR PLUM PUTTING finished third in last two starts. MEZUMAN pressed pace and tired...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYMar. 15FRIMar. 16SATMar. 17SUNMar. 18MONMar. 19TUEMar. 20WEDMar. 21KnicksNOGAMEInd. 7:30 MSG ESPNInd. 7:00 MSG ESPNNO GAMENO GAMETor. 7:30 MSG ESPNPhil. 7:00 MSG ESPNNetsNOGAMEOrl. 7:00 YES WFANN.O.8:00 YES WFANNO GAMEClev.7:30 YES WBBRNO...
The Post Line
NCAA Basketball TournamentSecond RoundTodayAt PittsburghSyracuse15 1/2 Unc AshevilleKansas St.5Southern Miss.Ohio St.17 1/2Loyola (Md.)Gonzaga1West Va.At Louisville, Ky.Kentucky25W. KentuckyUconn1 1/2Iowa St.Murray St.4Colorado St.Marquette5 1/2BYUAt Albuquerque, N.M.Baylor7 1/2S. Dakota St.Unlv5 1/2ColoradoVanderbilt5 1/2HarvardWisconsin9MontanaAt Portland,...
Today's Sports on the Air
Baseball1 p.m.Exhibition: Yankees at Nationals MLBN4 p.m.Exhibition: Reds at Angels MLBN10 p.m.Exhibition: Giants at Mariners MLBNBasketball12:15 p.m.NCAA Tournament, Second Round:Colo. St. vs. Murray St. CBS, ESPN (1050 AM)12:40 p.m.NCAA Tournament,...
Nets roll past Raptors; clock ticks on Dwight
You honestly can’t make this stuff up. Shortly after it appeared the Nets might not have to wait until July for Dwight Howard, reports flew that the Orlando center has...
Mets’ Wright has tear near ribs but says he will play in opener
PORT ST. LUCIE — David Wright isn’t sure when he will be back on the field, but the Mets third baseman said he is confident Opening Day isn’t in jeopardy....
Another good outing for Mets prospect Harvey
PORT ST. LUCIE — Matt Harvey originally was scheduled to throw against the Tigers yesterday in Lakeland, but instead of facing Prince Fielder and Miguel Cabrera, the right-handed prospect wound...
Giants sign TE Bennett to one-year deal
One of the reasons the Super Bowl champion Giants are successful is because they know how to locate and acquire motivated players — athletes with something to prove. That certainly...
Jets could get back Cotchery
The Jets could fill their hole at wide receiver with a familiar face. The team has expressed an interest in bringing back Jerricho Cotchery, according to a source. Cotchery spent...
Big day for free-agent receivers; Peyton visits Titans
The second day of NFL free agency was a very good day to be a top-flight wide receiver. Even wideouts who weren’t free agents cleaned up, as Calvin Johnson led...
Amar’e says Knicks weren’t ‘buying into’ D’Antoni
Amar’e Stoudemire did not name names, but he also didn’t sugarcoat the reason why Mike D’Antoni is no longer Knicks coach. “He was frustrated that everyone wasn’t buying into the...
Knicks blow out Blazers in Woodson’s debut as coach
Mike D’Antoni wanted the Knicks to play with better defensive intensity. All it took it was him resigning. In the first game of the post-D’Antoni era, the Knicks proved they...
Carmelo wins the war
Who did you think would get run out of town first, the coach hired by Donnie Walsh? Or the pin-up player acquired by James Dolan? If only the Knicks’ owner...
Drama mama
Your weekly guide to TV’s best and worst one-hour shows The end is nigh in TV land: “Pretty Little Liars” (Monday, 8 p.m., ABC Family) They promised us at the...
Extreme mom
Ashley Judd is one tough-ass mother, and I do mean that literally. Tonight, the movie star who loves playing against type is playing against most TV stereotypes — especially for...
New show: Kids taking care of parents
Just call this one “16 and Pressured.” MTV is casting a new reality show in which young people “play the role of parent” for their parents. The show, called “My...
Rachael rocks
Rachael Ray takes three vacations a year: to celebrate Christmas, mark her September wedding anniversary and attend the mega music and film festival, South By Southwest. With production on her...
‘Wives’ trial closes
It was bound to happen — the lawyer defending ABC in actress Nicollette Sheridan’s wrongful termination lawsuit called the ex-“Desperate Housewives” star, well, “desperate.” “A word has been on my...
Starr Report
Marie Osmond has finally snagged her long-elusive talk show. Osmond, who was shopped around the syndication circuit back in 2008 following her "Dancing With the Stars" appearance -- no one...
Weird but true
Cops probably aren’t too anxious to get their hands on this stolen property. Thieves snatched a 500- pound beehive packed with 5,000 of the angry buzzers from outside a Houston...
Iowa State worries UConn
LOUISVILLE — If Connecticut is focused on one thing for its NCAA tournament game against Iowa State tonight, it’s defending the 3-point shot, something the Huskies have scuffled with often...
Iona picks up pieces after historic NCAA loss
DAYTON, Ohio —When Scott Machado was asked how he felt after Iona had blown a 25-point lead against BYU and having his collegiate career end with the biggest collapse in...
Big East champ Louisville ready for more
PORTLAND, Ore — Louisville has taken a crooked path to the NCAA tournament. Once ranked as high as No. 4, the injury-addled Cardinals fell out of the rankings by losing...
South Florida defeats Cal
DAYTON, Ohio — Every bump and swat threw yet another chill into a California team that had never seen anything like it. Must have made the other teams in South...
Time to take the Huskies to bank
Do not take today for granted. This is one of the two best sports days of the year. The other is tomorrow. COMPLETE NCAA COVERAGE NCAA TOURNAMENT BRACKET It is...
LIU hopes to make history against top-seeded Spartans
COLUMBUS, Ohio — They know the history, if not the numbers. Not once has a No. 16 seed ever knocked off a top seed in the NCAA Tournament, a daunting...
Harvard not lacking for confidence vs. Vanderbilt
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Ivy League schools aren’t noted for trash talk. Maybe that was just confidence Harvard was exuding Wednesday in preparation for today’s NCAA Tournament opener against Vanderbilt at...
Harvard coach says loss of D’Antoni ‘tough’ for Lin
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Harvard coach Tommy Amaker said the resignation of Mike D’Antoni as the Knicks head coach is a “tough blow” for his former player Jeremy Lin. Amaker was...
Knicks rout Blazers after D'Antoni quits
Mike D'Antoni is gone, and the Knicks finally got his offense right. Amare Stoudemire made all seven shots in the first half, Carmelo Anthony passed and shot well, and the...