May 1, 2012
Nets GM would like Wallace back
When Gerald Wallace met with the media last week, he said he was planning on declining his player option because he wanted to pursue a multiterm deal this summer.And what...
GAMETRACKER: Mets at Astros
The Houston Astros' Jordan Schafer was impressive in April, pacing what's proven to be one of baseball's most productive clubs in key situations. Schafer and the Astros hope they'll be...
Yankees fall to Orioles 7-1
Buck Showalter got his 1,000th victory as a major league manager, Brian Matusz ended his 11-month losing streak and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Yankees 7-1 Tuesday night. Chris Davis...
Soccer clubs lead top-playing sports list
La Liga giants Barcelona, Real Madrid and EPL big-spenders Manchester City and Chelsea - along with the L.A. Lakers - lead this year’s list of the Top 100 best-paying sports teams in...
Gravesend one-family home on market for Brooklyn-record $14M
Even Truman Capote can’t beat this price.A gaudy, single-family home in Gravesend, Brooklyn went on the market today for a whopping $14 million – making it the most expensive freestanding...
Madonna 'stalker' could be back in court on weapons charges
A Madonna-obsessed ex-firefighter will be back on the hook for felony weapons charges if Manhattan prosecutors get their way -- and a judge forgives their admitted bad math. Robert Linhart...
Facebook sets IPO for May 18
Facebook Inc. is planning to start its roadshow to pitch its stock to investors on Monday, as the social network enters the final stages of its coming public offering, said...
Family of dead prostitute Shannan Gilbert says they believe serial killer slayed gal
The family of dead prostitute Shannan Gilbert today said they’ve been told that the autopsy on her body proved inconclusive — and they still believe she was slain by a...
Actress' $50M suit against George Soros just a matter of hurt feelings: lawyer
A Brazilian actress’ $50 million lawsuit against George Soros is just a case of sour grapes, the billionaire’s lawyer told a Manhattan judge today. The actress, Adriana Ferreyr, says her...
Jets sign kicker Brown
The Jets have signed veteran kicker Josh Brown, coach Rex Ryan confirmed Tuesday.Brown played last season for the Rams and was released after last week's NFL Draft.He likely will compete...
And the Tony goes to...
Actually, I don't know who the Tonys will go to, but the nominations, which were announced this morning, sure were interesting.The big winner isn't a show but an institution: 2012 is...
Fordham RB Whiting signs with Titans
Fordham running back Darryl Whiting signed a deal with the Tennesee Titans as an undrafted free agent earlier this week. Whiting was not selected in last week's NFL Draft, but...
B'klyn jury deliberating fate of man in cop's fatal fall from stoop
The fate of an accused cop-killer is now in the hands of a Brooklyn jury. Jurors have begun deliberating whether to convict George Villanueva of first-degree murder in the death...
Ovechkin playing less, Capitals winning more
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Alex Ovechkin’s ice time keeps shrinking in the playoffs, all the way down to a career-low 13½ minutes in Game 2 of the Capitals’ Eastern Conference semifinal...
Singing sarcoma blues: Constantine Maroulis raises $$$
Former “American Idol” finalist Constantine Maroulis — shown here rocking a fundraiser for the Sarcoma Foundation of America Monday night — has something to sing about.The movie version of his...
WATCH: Upton spends day with Thunder's Durant, Harden
Kate Upton crashed these Thunder players’ party. Upton joined Oklahoma City stars Kevin Durant and James Harden for “Bring a Supermodel to Work Day,” as part of a new promotional...
GM feels 'pretty good' about Deron staying with Nets
Nets general manager Bill King believes All-Star point guard Deron Williams will join the team in its new home in Brooklyn after exploring free agency this summer.Speaking at a year-end...
Giants GM says contract dispute with Osi 'not personal'
Insisting “It’s not personal,’’ Giants general manager Jerry Reese on Tuesday reiterated that his first choice is to keep Osi Umenyiora on the roster but offered no guarantees that will...
Subway bomb plotter Adis Medunjanin guilty of terrorism
A Queens man who traveled overseas to train with al Qaeda and returned planning to launch suicide bomb strikes in New York City’s subways was convicted today in what federal...
Obama outlines next steps on surprise visit to Afghanistan, a year after bin Laden death
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- President Barack Obama made a symbolic trip to Afghanistan on Tuesday, arriving on the first anniversary of the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin...
Illinois woman accused of attempted Mega Millions scam
ELGIN, Ill. -- An Illinois woman is facing criminal charges after allegedly trying to claim the record-breaking $656 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot with a ticket she bought online after...
Mark Valeski out of Kentucky Derby; Optimizer in
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Not everyone succumbs to Derby fever.Trainer Larry Jones withdrew his colt Mark Valeski, owned by former Kentucky Gov. Brereton Jones, from Saturday’s Kentucky Derby on Tuesday, opening...
Secret Service agents undergo ethics training after prostitution scandal
LAUREL, Md. -- Roughly 100 US Secret Service agents will receive ethics training from professors at Johns Hopkins University amid continuing fallout from the Colombian prostitution scandal, FOX News Channel...
Stoudemire has surgery on hand; Knicks don't know if he'll return to face Heat
Knicks forward Amar’e Stoudemire had surgery on his left hand to repair a small muscle Tuesday and the Knicks didn’t give a timetable whether he will return for the first-round...
Roy Hodgson named new England manager
LONDON -- West Brom boss Roy Hodgson was installed as the new England manager Tuesday. The 64-year-old Englishman inked a four-year deal to coach the Three Lions, despite Tottenham's Harry...
Sanford names interim police chief after Trayvon Martin fallout
SANFORD, Fla. -- A former Colorado Springs police chief on Tuesday was named interim head of Sanford, Fla.'s police department as it continues its efforts to defuse tensions over Trayvon...
Cops make arrests, investigate suspicious packages in citywide OWS May Day protests
Cops arrested at least 30 people today as thousands of Occupy Wall Street protesters fanned out across the city for a series of May Day demonstrations. The NYPD was also...
Yankees' Pettitte takes stand in Clemens trial
WASHINGTON — Andy Pettitte reiterated in testimony Tuesday that he and Roger Clemens held two conversations about Clemens’ usage of illegal performance-enhancing drugs — once in the 1999-2000 offseason, the...
Bloomberg, Romney meet for first time over breakfast
Mayor Bloomberg had his first face-to-face meeting today with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. The two had breakfast at the headquarters of the mayor's philanthropic foundation on East 78th Street...
Former NYPD cop, wife, 2 daughters dead in Putnam house fire
A former NYPD cop, his wife and two daughters perished in a tragic house fire this morning in Putnam County, authorities said. Larchmont police Capt. Thomas Sullivan, 48, Donna Sullivan,...
Striker Chris Rolfe talks about his time in Denmark, injuries and dream of playing for US again
Chris Rolfe is one of many American players who started their pro careers in MLS and eventually moved on to play in Europe. Rolfe, however, is part of a select...
John Edwards' attorneys question Youngs' memories during testimony
GREENSBORO, NC -- Her husband may have been an Ambien-popping heavy drinker, but that doesn’t mean he didn't know what he was talking about when he filled her in on...
Liu's former campaign treasurer pleads not guilty to fraud
A key fund-raiser for embattled city Comptroller John Liu faces an uphill battle if he wants his campaign-finance indictment tossed out of court, a judge warned this morning. A defense...
DVD Extra: When Noel met David (Lean)
David Lean's remarkable directing career began when the future Oscar winner -- then England's best film editor -- was recruited by Noel Coward to help with the technical aspects of...
Jets sign 10 undrafted free agents
The Jets announced the signing of 10 undrafted free agents and invitations to players for a tryout at this week’s rookie minicamp. In addition, the team announced it re-signed wide...
Devils' Kovalchuk out for Game 2 against Flyers
PHILADELPHIA – The Devils will be without their $100 Million Man on Tuesday night when they try to square their second-round NHL playoff series with the Flyers. Ilya Kovalchuk is...
Yankees-Red Sox game re-scheduled for July 7
The Red Sox announced Tuesday that the April 22 rainout between the Yankees and Boston at Fenway Park will be made up as the opener of a day-night doubleheader on...
Madden NFL ’13 First Impressions
EA Sports announced Detroit Lions WR Calvin Johnson as the cover athlete for Madden NFL ’13 last week, but what was also shown behind-the-scenes was some of the first gameplay...
FBI: 5 men arrested, wanted to blow up Ohio bridge
CLEVELAND — The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested five suspects in the Cleveland area in a sting operation for allegedly plotting a bomb attack on a local bridge, law enforcement...
Two men arrested over body found on Queen Elizabeth II's estate
SANDRINGHAM, England -- Two men were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of murdering the woman whose body was found near Queen Elizabeth II's Sandringham estate on New Year's Day, local police...
WATCH: Sue Simmons makes another on-air blunder
Sue Simmons won't be on the boob tube much longer — and she's leaving a mark! The WNBC/Channel 4 anchor was caught in another hilariously candid moment, thanks to a...
NBA not ruling out another team in New Jersey: report
The Nets are officially gone, but there may be another basketball team in Newark at some point. NBA deputy commissioner Adam Silver would not rule out a team eventually moving...
'Once' leads Tony Award nominations with 11 nods
The low-tech musical "Once," based on the love story of a Czech flower seller and an Irish street musician in Dublin, got a leading 11 Tony Award nominations Tuesday, proving...
Santorum wants promises from Romney before backing
WASHINGTON — Rick Santorum wants to ensure the GOP's policy platform represents conservatives' interests. Newt Gingrich wants help retiring his campaign debt and repairing his reputation. Both Republicans are expected...
Mets among baseball's first-month surprises
We’re not one-sixth of the way through in this baseball schedule – the teams range from 20 games (Cleveland) to 24 (San Diego), rather than 27 – but we’re done...
WATCH: 'The Dark Knight Rises' trailer
Forget the Avengers, this summer will belong to the Dark Knight. The third trailer for The Dark Knight Rises was released last night, teasing the final installment of Christopher Nolan’s...
UK terror arrests linked to US, Canada khat smuggling operation
LONDON -- Seven people were arrested in the UK early Tuesday on suspicion of financing terrorism overseas by illegally exporting the stimulant khat to the US and Canada, Scotland Yard...
Obama travels to Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — Under intense security and the cover of night, President Obama slipped into Afghanistan on Tuesday to sign an agreement cementing a US commitment to the nation after...
Canadians make a racket about mysterious 'hum' coming from US side of border
WINDSOR, Ontario -- Last month, Bob Dechert, a senior aide to Canada's foreign minister, was dispatched to Detroit with an important diplomatic mission: to stop a highly-annoying noise. The so-called...
Judge rejects 'Hail Mary' motion for diplomatic immunity from DSK
A Bronx judge today gave the go-ahead to the sex-assault lawsuit against disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, mocking his claim of diplomatic immunity as a desperate “Hail Mary.” The...
Pakistani doctor helped CIA gain final confirmation of bin Laden hideout: report
ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan -- The Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA track down Osama bin Laden through a fake vaccination program also assisted in the final confirmation of the terror kingpin's...
Still no peace in Syria
Ten more people were killed, while the "ceasefire" remains an alibi for the abdication of Western powers, and a lifeline for the regime.
CHSAA/Private softball roundup: Palmeri's strong outing lifts Molloy over SFP
Maria Palmeri was a welcome sight in the circle for Archbishop Molloy. The C.W.-Post bound star turned in her best performance since injuring her back, allowing just six hits and...
Amar'e punches glass pane after Knicks lose to Heat in Game 2
MIAMI — Paramedics were rushed into the Knicks locker room moments after their 104-94 loss to the Heat last night in Game 2 after Amar’e Stoudemire punched the glass-enclosed fire...
Selfish Knicks star shows he can make quick cut
MIAMI — The season was careening off the cliff anyway, spinning into the abyss thanks to a lost weekend in this rainy nook of South Florida. The Heat had spent...
Heat beat Knicks at own grind-it-out game
MIAMI — If you’re searching for a reason why Amar’e Stoudemire would commit the insanely foolish act of punching glass following last night’s 104-94 loss to the Heat last night,...
PSAL softball roundup: Sarcone, Wagner down MSIT
Taylor Sarcone continues to excel with her bat and her arm. The senior ace went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and allowed just three earned runs on six hits with three...
NYPost.com Poll: Who is the city's top girls lacrosse player?
Girls lacrosse is a budding sport in New York City, with the level of play and talent rising each season. Who is at the top of mountain? Many will say...
Mets in April
HOUSTON — The overriding theme of April for the Mets was “Punish thy Neighbor.” Thrust immediately into division play by the schedule, the Mets responded with a 10-5 record against...
NYC girls lacrosse rankings
We have a new No. 1 Riverdale returns to the top of the heap fresh off a win over previous No. 1 Poly Prep last week. The Ivy League has...
NYC boys lacrosse rankings
The boys lacrosse landscape hasn’t gone through too many major changes. There were a few tweaks this week with Tottenville moving up a spot to No. 4 off its second...
Yankees in April
Considering April’s schedule —and we know the Angels weren’t as good as expected — the Yankees’ 13-9 ledger through the first month is OK. Especially when you understand the starting...
Boys High boys basketball, boys track teams honored at City Hall
It was a banner winter at Boys & Girls. The school's boys basketball team won a third straight PSAL Class AA title and New York State Federation Class AA crown,...
PSAL baseball roundup: Manhattan Center knocks off another division leader, takes down Beacon
The Rams keep rolling. Less than a week after topping national power George Washington, Manhattan Center upended Manhattan A West leader Beacon, 5-4, in PSAL Manhattan Class A crossover action....
Private baseball roundup: Maldari earns win -- and save -- as Poly tops Collegiate
Phil Maldari finished what he started – with a break in between. The standout junior went the first three innings and came back for the final 1 2/3 to pick...
Tip-ins
HERO The Heat’s Big 3 dominated with LeBron James (19 points, nine assists, seven rebounds), Dwyane Wade (25 points) and Chris Bosh (21 points) all delivering. The trio scored 65...
Late rally sends Bishop Kearney past St. Edmund
Bishop Kearney wasn’t itself the last time it played rival St. Edmund. The Tigers were missing four starters who were on a school trip to Europe and suffered a two-run...
Sullivan, Tottenville take out forfeit frustrations on New Dorp
Mike Sullivan was angry, upset and shocked. He was one of the two Tottenville players inadvertently left off the team’s active roster by school officials, which resulted in three forfeits....
NYC boys volleyball rankings
The final regular-season weekend provided some thrilling, interesting results. Newcomers was the headliner, coming back from a set down to defeat New Utrecht in the Seward Park tournament championship game....
Brush with death long in past, Cross alum Hay signs with St. Louis Rams
Michael Hay has seen the lowest of the low. So when the highs come, he appreciates them even more. The Holy Cross alum and Syracuse offensive lineman signed an NFL...
CHSAA baseball roundup: SFP sneaks into second place in B/Q
St. Francis Prep jumped into second place with a big win. Andrew Cunningham had three RBIs and Aaron Acosta and Nick LoPrinzi each had two RBIs to lead St. Francis...
Business briefs
ScholasticAfter stronger-than- expected book sales of the “Hunger Games” trilogy, Scholastic now expects adjusted 2012 profit to exceed $3.40 a share, ahead of its prior estimate of $2.60 to $2.90...
Nook hook-up could open new Windows
Microsoft’s Nook hook-up is just the latest strategic move to bolster the Windows mobile platform.Trying to compete with the likes of Apple and Google in the mobile computing revolution, the...
What the Buck! Huge nook profits in 1 day
Boy, that was lucky! A pair of New York hedge funds bagged millions yesterday after Microsoft announced it was investing $605 million in Barnes & Noble’s Nook reading device —...
One god-awful Zeus
I am now a full-fledged member of the Internet generation: Hackers planted a virus on my computer last week and nearly stole my bank accounts. This Zeus virus — named...
Icahn: No feud with Phil
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn yesterday downplayed the notion that he’s in a feud with hedge fund bigwig Phil Falcone over wireless venture LightSquared. Speaking at an activist investing conference in...
ISS: Pay OK!
JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley’s executive compensation packages received endorsements from ISS Proxy Services USA, the firm whose negative recommendation helped sink a similar plan at Citigroup Inc....
Consumers fill piggy bank
US household income rose in March by the most in three months but consumers socked away part of the extra cash and only modestly increased spending, suggesting economic growth ended...
Homeownership in the cellar
The US homeownership rate fell to the lowest level in 15 years in the first quarter as borrowers lost homes to foreclosure, and tighter inventory and credit kept buyers off...
Source: Verizon may have to sell Spectrum
Verizon Wireless may have to give up some of the valuable spectrum it is hoping to acquire from a group of cable operators to win regulatory approval for the proposed...
Madoff clawbacks just $2.6B
Irving Picard, who said last year he hoped to pay investors in Bernard Madoff’s defunct firm as much as $65 billion, has only put his hands on about $2.6 billion...
Lampert may ‘spin’ profits
Sears Holdings Corp.’s plan to spin off its Hometown and Outlet stores may give Chairman Edward Lampert an opportunity to hold a larger stake in the new publicly traded company....
Chuck: GSA deal by summer
The General Services Administration has vowed to sign a long-delayed lease at 1 World Trade Center by the summer, Sen. Chuck Schumer told us last night. “I spoke to [GSA...
Groupon board regrouping
Groupon is getting some adult supervision. The young daily deals company, which went public just six months ago to much fanfare, is adding financial expertise to its board as it...
BofA axing 2,000 jobs
Amid the banking industry’s relentless cost-cutting, even Bank of America’s moneymakers aren’t safe, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The Charlotte, NC, company is planning about 2,000 staff cuts...
It’s a happy anniversary!
WASHINGTON — Today marks the first anniversary of the Navy SEALs’ daring attack on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan, where they rid the world of its most deadly terrorist....
High guys! 1 WTC stands tallest in NY
King Kong’s got a new challenge. Workers at 1 World Trade Center raised two 26-foot steel girders on the 100th floor yesterday, making the skyscraper 1,271 feet high — topping...
MLB hits Motown moron
Major League Baseball yesterday suspended Detroit Tiger slugger Delmon Young for seven days without pay as a result of his drunken anti-Semitic rant and arrest. Young, 26, was busted at...
‘Class’ act for biz big
ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo yesterday tapped former Citigroup and Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons to head a new education-reform commission aimed at improving student performance statewide.The group includes legislators, as...
‘It’s not over yet!’ Heartbroken crane dad vows justice
Ask Donald Leo about his slain son — about the still-tender memories, about the sleepless nights of mourning and rage — and the dad falls silent. A stoic man, his...
Hola, America! Actor defectors denounce Cuba
They’re hoping for a Hollywood ending. The two Cuban actors who defected in Miami as they headed to the TriBeCa Film Festival for a screening of their film about twins...
CUNY is standing by Stark
Former city Finance Commissioner Martha Stark’s new job as a “distinguished” lecturer at Baruch College is safe for now, despite a blistering Department of Investigation report that she committed many...
Police sergeant repeatedly ‘choked’ cancer wife
An NYPD sergeant is facing charges that he has choked his cancer-stricken wife on three occasions since last summer, authorities said.After the latest alleged attack, Sunday in the couple’s Sunset...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan The NYPD is looking for the man in this sketch on suspicion that he held up an Upper West Side bank, cops said. The robber pushed a knapsack under...
Ray ‘still contemplating’ run for mayor
Ray Kelly has given his first public indication that he might indeed be interested in running for mayor. The police commissioner was approached by a reporter at a party last...
Liu’s battle cry: ‘I’m going all the way’
Embattled city Comptroller John Liu last night all but declared he’ll run for mayor next year, despite a criminal probe of his campaign finances, telling supporters, “I’m going all the...
Council defies Mike, passes living wage
The City Council sided with its labor union allies and passed a “living-wage” bill yesterday that would boost pay at projects receiving city subsidies — defying Mayor Bloomberg’s warning that...
Long shot to be iron man
I finally got it! A jubilant Matthew Cox displays a coveted application to become an apprentice at Ironworkers Local 46 — hoping for a job that may not exist because...
Racing bigs failed to pony up $8.5M to bettors: NYRA
ALBANY — The New York Racing Association put its top two officials on unpaid leave yesterday after a report suggested racing officials knowingly withheld nearly $8.5 million due bettors over...
A reel school fool
A Queens principal canceled an eighth-grade math class and had students watch “The Karate Kid” for 50 minutes so their teacher could tutor the principal’s son instead, investigators found. PS/MS...
Hermès fakers $lapped
The hammer came down on bogus Birkin bag peddlers yesterday as Hermès won a $100 million judgment against dozens of Web sites selling knockoffs of its luxury handbags and other...
Natalie kid in drug bust
MALIBU, Calif. — The daughter of Hollywood legend Natalie Wood was arrested after police responding to a 911 call allegedly found her in possession of cocaine and heroin at her...
New Angry Birds flying high
ESPOO, Finland — Game maker Rovio said yesterday that its Angry Birds Space game has been downloaded more than 50 million times since its release on March 22.“50 million downloads...
Haunted husbands glimpse into the abyss
They still had to see it for themselves. The two Bronx men who lost their wives, young daughters and in-laws in a deadly crash Sunday somehow summoned the courage to...
Bronx crash a tragedy waiting to happen: experts
A perfect storm of factors — including a measly 4-foot guardrail and a concrete curb bizarrely placed along a section of the Bronx River Parkway — could have contributed to...
Christie open to veep pitch
PLAINSBORO, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said yesterday that Mitt Romney is a “convincing guy” who might be able to persuade him to join the GOP ticket. Christie...
Apology to cad cop’s wife
The mistress of a Long Island cop who was caught having trysts on the taxpayer dime penned a long apology to his wife — who then told her to take...
Model vs. rich ex in kid court
Glamorous Linda Evangelista and her billionaire French baby-daddy are ready to rumble at Manhattan Family Court. The still-gorgeous-at-46 Evangelista and Francois-Henri Pinault -- CEO of the Paris-based luxury conglomerate that...
Barbara Walters hails brave bullet gal
She still has a bullet in her stomach — but a heroic production assistant at ABC’s “The View” says she “can’t wait to get back” to work, co-host Barbara Walters...
Bam’s new slogan: 'Forward!'
WASHINGTON — Forget “hope and change,” President Obama yesterday rolled out a brand-new slogan for his re-election campaign: “Forward!” After testing out “America built to last,” “Win the future” and...
New school rules for social media
Teachers, principals and other school employees “should not communicate” with students through personal social-media sites, under new Department of Education guidelines revealed this morning.This includes “friending” on Facebook, “following” on...
OWS ‘May’ get ugly out there
New York is braced for May Day mayhem. Workers are staring at hellacious commutes today when the flagging Occupy Wall Street movement hopes to get a second wind with a...
Cops mishandled protests: pols’ suit
They took it to the streets. Now they’re taking it to the courts. Four City Council members are suing the city and the NYPD over its handling of the Occupy...
Council arsonist fireproof
Not so fast. A City Council aide who was fired after The Post revealed he did time in a federal prison for torching a military-recruiting station has been offered his...
Charters’ big edge has twist
City charter schools have gotten better academic results than traditional public schools — but they also serve far fewer high-needs students than their district counterparts, according to a new analysis....
Bloc party for Carl & lover
They shared the good times — and now a corrupt New York politician and his partner-in-crime boyfriend want to share the bad times, too. The live-in lover of disgraced Brooklyn...
‘Sex’ judge sacks Favre
So near, yet so Favre. A Manhattan judge has tossed grid great Brett Favre’s bid to get out of a sexual-harassment lawsuit filed by a former Jets massage therapist. Christina...
Cement deal for Whitney
Here’s one way to cement Whitney Houston’s legacy: The pop diva’s family plans to encase her body in concrete — so that no one is tempted to rob the grave....
Paris’ day in NYC court
Paris Hilton made a rare appearance in a Manhattan court yesterday as her lawyers and reps for Le Bonitas, an Italian lingerie company she’s suing, were admonished by a judge...
Anguish of Edwards’ pal wife
The wife of John Edwards’ former top aide broke down in tears yesterday as she testified about the insane demands Edwards’ mistress, Rielle Hunter, made as the witness helped hide...
Time to ‘interfere’
As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to China this week for yearly strategic consultations, a daring bid for political asylum has highlighted the seething dissent beneath China’s surface stability....
How US debt risks dollar doomsday
The US dollar is getting perilously close to losing its status as the world’s reserve currency. Should it cross the line, the 2008 financial crisis could look like a summer...
A Burning issue for council: Who else is a terrorist?
The Issue: The Post’s scoop that Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez hired a convicted terrorist as a staffer. *** It’s puzzling that Mayor Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Chris Quinn aren’t calling...
School’s out — forever!
The Issue: New York City’s Panel for Educational Policy’s vote to close 24 schools city wide. *** The logistics of shutting 24 schools this summer and having them ready to...
The Gov’s gambit
The self-appointed “lobbyist” for New York’s students — i.e., Gov. Cuomo — went to bat for them yesterday, and the upshot could well be meaningful school reform down the road....
Towering triumphs
Take that, Osama. The World Trade Center regained its status yesterday as the city’s tallest building, even as Americans celebrated the one-year anniversary of the death of the top evil-doer...
Why they can’t tolerate Tebow
Last week, the proprietors of the adultery-promoting Web site Ashley Madison offered $1 million to anyone who can “prove” she’s had sex with Tim Tebow. Sure, it’s a stunt by...
Wages of Quinn
What’s worse — screwing up the city’s economy through left-wing social engineering, or pretending to? New Yorkers should find cold comfort in the fact that City Council Speaker — and...
Underwhelming Underwood
Albums of the Week CARRIE UNDERWOOD “Blown Away” ★★ 1/2 LISTENING to the 14 tracks on Carrie Underwood’s fourth album, “Blown Away” feels like sitting through a high-energy Las Vegas...
A serious mis-‘Fire’
If the New Group company’s new drama, “An Early History of Fire,” were by a rookie, you could blame its mediocrity on inexperience. But the author is David Rabe, the...
Football horrors tackled
The most haunting character in “Headstrong” isn’t onstage. He’s Ronnie, a 35-year-old ex-football player who killed himself after sustaining head injuries while playing in the NFL. His fate is the...
Society uncovered
The petite Tinsley Mortimer perches like a rare bird on her beige velvet couch, her fingers moving through her long blond hair, her three dogs circling her feet. On a...
NYRA scandal rocks racing
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Just when it looked as if the New York Racing Association was finally out of the woods, flush with cash from the new Resorts World Casino at...
Sports Shorts
MLB: Damon to join Tribe tonight Johnny Damon, who has spent the past few weeks at the Indians’ facility in Goodyear, Ariz., will join the AL Central-leaders tonight in Chicago...
Tomorrow’s Belmont Park Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1 1/16m(T); $60,000; str alw; 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Annawon(L),121JCastellan2-1-6Mott5-12 Hear the Word(L),116J Bravo3-1-8Higgins15-13 King Ting(L),121E Castro2-3-5Motion4-14 Imhotep(L),121JVelazquz1-12-6Pletcher4-15 Wildcatter(L),121R Maragh4-2-1Clement3-16 Quantity(L),121J Lezcano1-6-5C Brown5-27...
Finger Lakes Charts
April 30th, 2012 Clear And Fast.©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-4 1/2f; $11,800; cl($7,500); 3upOff: 1:11. Good. 3p turn, drew offTime: 22.68, 46.06, 52.02.Trainer: Dominic GalluscioWinner: DK B/ C, 4, by...
Hondo: Have another Niese day!
Hard-luck Hondo dropped a couple of one-runners last night as the Mariners and Orioles failed to carry out their assignments, causing the NRN (nasty red number) to grow to 630...
Man, what a victory!
MANCHESTER, England — The Manchester derby went to City. Next, it hopes, is the Premier League crown. Manchester City finished a sweep of its local rivals yesterday when Vincent Kompany’s...
Home Team Lineups
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Romans dreams with dullahan
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — If winning the Kentucky Derby is the dream of every horse trainer, that goes double for Dale Romans, 45, a lifelong native of Louisville who grew up...
Finding time to catch up with Zenyatta
Mike Smith, the Hall of Fame jockey who rode 50-1 shot Giacomo to victory in the 2005 Kentucky Derby, will be aboard Bodemeister, one of the favorites in Saturday’s Run...
Speedster Trinniberg fast, furious at Kentucky Derby
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It takes a bolt from the blue to shake up the century old Kentucky Derby, but Shivananda Parbhoo, an Indian from Trinidad, turned America’s biggest horse race...
The Post Line
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Attorney has Roger’s back
WASHINGTON — If Rusty Hardin were a baseball manager, he’d be Bobby Cox. Roger Clemens’ attorney possesses a seemingly boundless reserve of energy, protects his client at all times, annoys...
Yankees could get Swisher back in week
Joe Girardi says don’t look for Nick Swisher until next Tuesday. Swisher believes he will return from a left hamstring injury Thursday in Kansas City. Bet on the Yankees manager,...
Mets closer Francisco gets night off in loss
HOUSTON — Frank Francisco’s sore left hamstring isn’t a major concern yet for the Mets, but the team was taking no chances by making the closer unavailable for last night’s...
Mets lose to Astros after comeback
HOUSTON — Back at sea level, the Mets returned to gasping for runs. After a wild Colorado weekend in which anybody holding a bat was a threat, the Mets last...
Yankees defeat Orioles; Kuroda stars
Across the first month of the season, you wouldn’t have liked the Yankees’ chances when they didn’t hit. Their rotation was among baseball’s worst and not even a powerful bullpen...
Pettitte tells Yankees he's ready; GM says no
Andy Pettitte believes he is ready to pitch for the Yankees, but the pitching-starved team doesn’t agree. “I feel I’m strong enough and ready to make my next start with...
Robertson shows why Yankees don’t dread end of Rivera
If David Robertson is indeed auditioning for Mariano Rivera’s job then it can’t go much better than this: He is performing like Mariano Rivera. Rivera’s genius has revolved around three...
Ovechkin key for Capitals in Game 2 win over Rangers
There was a two-time Hart Trophy winner on the ice last night at Madison Square Garden, but it took about 52 minutes to realize it was No. 8 in white....
Capitals stop on Rangers’ Kreider was crucial
It all happened in less than 30 seconds. The Rangers were on the verge of tying the game and then instantly found themselves down 2-0. With under three minutes to...
Devils star Kovalchuk might be playing hurt vs. Flyers
PHILADELPHIA — The “therapy” that kept Ilya Kovalchuk out of the press’ witness box and off the team bus yesterday assuredly wasn’t the psychological sort. The oft-denied suspicion the Devils’...
Kings take 2-0 lead over Blues
ST. LOUIS — Anze Kopitar scored twice in a four-goal, first-period blitz as the Kings embarrassed the Blues from the opening faceoff, whipping them 5-2 last night for a 2-0...
Thunder take 2-0 lead on Mavericks
Russell Westbrook scored 29 points, Kevin Durant added 26 in an off-shooting performance and the Thunder clawed out a 102-99 victory over the defending champion Mavericks last night in Oklahoma...
Gaborik must show up for Rangers to have shot at Cup
This was a good time for Marian Gaborik to stop squeezing his stick so tight, to be the threat John Tortorella’s Rangers need him to be, to be Braden Holtby’s...
Rangers lose to Capitals in Game 2; series tied
This wasn’t a matter of the more desperate team winning the game, or of the Rangers not being hungry enough at Madison Square Garden last night, no, not that at...
Rondo-bout isn’t fair play
Play along (sing, if you like) with me for minute. Rajon Rondo’s ejection from Game 1 of the Celtics-Hawks series for taking in vain the name of Marc Davis and...
Bench marks spot for Heat
MIAMI — So Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and LeBron James all are hovering around 20 points on average through the first two games of their opening-round playoff series against the...
Nets unveil new black-and-white Brooklyn look
After years of careful planning, the Brooklyn Nets were unveiled yesterday for the world to see, a few yards from the Barclays Center construction site. With a black and white...
Miami star Wade plays leading role in win over Knicks
MIAMI — It really was a case where the cause didn’t matter as much as the effect. The Knicks went into Game 2 of the Eastern Conference first round series...
Chandler bright spot in Knicks loss
MIAMI — Tyson Chandler’s flu became the least of the Knicks’ problems. Chandler attended yesterday’s shootaround and said he was feeling better, though hardly 100 percent, and started in last...
Knicks shattered over Amar’e injury
MIAMI — Steve Novak was crushed about Knicks teammate Amar’e Stoudemire’s lacerated left hand, explaining he thinks Stoudemire never realized the danger when he punched the glass case of a...
Carmelo just half bad in Knicks loss
MIAMI — Carmelo Anthony has starred in a couple playoff episodes of “Miami Ice.” In the Knicks’ Game 1 loss to the Heat, Anthony delivered a 3-for-15 stinker. In the...
Teen charged with stealing Guy’s $200G Lamborghini
Tv chef Guy Fieri’s stolen $200,000 Lamborghini has been found in a storage locker belonging to a San Francisco teenager. The name of the 17-year-old alleged thief was not released...
Lucci moves on
Susan Lucci has fallen for two men — and neither one is named Helmut. No, Lucci didn’t pull an Erica Kane and fall for another guy. In fact, when I...
Talk show guests
TUESDAYBETHENNY FRANKEL - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4DANIEL DAE KIM, SAMANTHA RONSON - LIVE! with Kelly, 9 a.m., Ch. 7DYLAN WALSH - The Wendy Williams Show, 10 a.m., Ch. 5RYAN...
‘Brown’ could return
‘Murphy Brown” could be back on the airwaves again. With Election 2012 fast approaching, there’s no time like the present to revive the long-running CBS newsroom sitcom, says its creator...
Lamar fouls out
Khloe Kardashian has been benched from her reality TV show. Kardashian and Dallas Mavericks scrub Lamar Odom, who headline “Khloe & Lamar,” are ending their E! series, according to TMZ.com....
Starr report
Elvis has entered the building . . . well, sort of. TNT sportscaster/clothes horse Craig Sager, who's been known to flash the stylish threads, will be in top form tomorrow...
The Swede life
Before Avicii’s headlining set at Sweetgreen’s Sweetlife Food & Music Festival on Saturday, part of the crowd at Columbia, MD’s Merriweather Post Pavilion inexplicably started chanting: “USA! USA!” Clearly, though,...
My Groupon vacation almost got me killed (and why I’d do it all over again)
The setting: Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve, a warm March evening. Warm enough that I can’t figure out why the guy who brings me my towels has zipped up all...
Weird but true
Here’s another reason not to smoke. A Traverse City, Mich., detective went to a local gas station to show clerks a surveillance video of a man ripping off a woman’s...
The Asian Invasion
For a long time, an “Asian cocktail” was something you got in a Polynesian-themed restaurant that came garnished with pineapples and topped with a little umbrella. But all that’s changed...
Ovechkin's late PP goal gives Caps 3-2 win
Alex Ovechkin's power-play goal with 7:27 remaining snapped a tie and gave the Washington Capitals a 3-2 victory over the Rangers that squared the Eastern Conference semifinal series 1-1 on...
Babe Ruth's Yankees cap up for auction
Boomer’s Babe Ruth cap is going, going, gone to the auction block. The Bambino’s 1934 Yankees hat — famously donned by Bombers hurler David “Boomer” Wells in a 1997 game...
Wade's 25 carries Heat past Knicks, 104-94
MIAMI -- Amare Stoudemire walked out of the visiting locker-room showers late Monday night with one towel wrapped around his waist, another over his left hand. He was silent as...
Paris Hilton makes court appearance amid lingerie lawsuit
Paris Hilton made a rare appearance at Manhattan federal court Monday as her lawyers and reps for an Italian lingerie company were admonished by the judge to get a deal...
Linda Evangelista going to family court with French baby-daddy
Glamorous Linda Evangelista and her billionaire French baby-daddy are ready to rumble at Manhattan Family Court. The still-gorgeous-at-46 Evangelista and Francois-Henri Pinault -- CEO of the Paris-based luxury conglomerate that...
Liu suggests he'll run for mayor
Embattled city comptroller John Liu tonight strongly suggested he'll run for mayor next year, despite a criminal probe of his campaign finances. "I"m going to keep going. I'm going to...
Bradshaw sees Giants first-round pick as 'my project'
The Giants selected David Wilson with the last pick in the first round of the NFL Draft to work in tandem with Ahmad Bradshaw to ignite a Giants rushing attack...
Accused Oakland college shooter pleads not guilty
ALAMEDA, Calif. -- The man charged with killing seven people after going on a shooting spree at a California college earlier this month pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of...