May 9, 2012
Ex-cop gets 25 years for robbing drug dealers of millions
A former New York City cop who used his badge and pistol to rob drug dealers of millions in cash and cocaine was sentenced today to 25 years in prison....
'Son of Sam' to remain behind bars for at least another 2 years
"Son of Sam" killer turned prison minister David Berkowitz will have to say his prayers behind bars for at least another two years, the state parole board ruled today. A...
DNA used to bust convicted killer in case of 1998 teen girl slay
A convicted Pennsylvania killer who strangled his common-law wife and tossed her body in a dumpster was arrested today in the savage 1998 slaying of a 14-year-old Bronx girl, The...
DeVito OK with new Jets contract, Coples
Mike DeVito heard the speculation about his playing time as soon as the Jets drafted Quinton Coples. Even coach Rex Ryan declared the big rookie defensive lineman from North Carolina...
RIP Vidal Sassoon: Style icon, Zionist hero
Famed hairdresser Vidal Sassoon is dead at 84 and much will be written about his influence and his philosophy of hair design. Perhaps even Mia Farrow will discuss the iconic pixie...
Devils tickets on sale Thursday
Devils individual game tickets for the Eastern Conference Final will go on sale Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 11 a.m.Tickets will be available through newjerseydevils.com, ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster charge-by-phone, and Ticketmaster...
Assemblyman Vito Lopez wins control of four upstate Hasidic summer camps
Assemblyman Vito Lopez emerged triumphant today in the holy war for control of four upstate Hasidic summer camps. The Satmar faction supported by the Brooklyn Democrat boss won a bitter...
Rangers-Devils could begin Saturday
If the Rangers win Game 6 to end their playoff series against the Capitals on Wednesday in Washington, the Eastern Conference final against the Devils is likely to begin Saturday...
Jones not cleared for Giants minicamp
Although Chad Jones' presence at the Giants offseason workout program is uplifting for him and his teammates, the safety is not close to making his NFL debut and will not...
Accused madam yelled at by judge after attempting to switch defense team again
Accused Hockey Mom Madam earned her judge's scorn today -- by coming to court with three new lawyers without any New York felony trial experience between them. "Don't interrupt me!"...
Mets complete sweep of Phillies
PHILADELPHIA — Ike Davis hit a three-run homer, Andres Torres also connected and the New York Mets beat the Phillies 10-6 Wednesday night to complete their first three-game sweep in...
Joyce homers off Robertson in 9th, Rays beat Yanks
Matt Joyce hit a three-run homer off fill-in closer David Robertson in the ninth inning, falling down on a twisted ankle as he finished his swing, and the Tampa Bay...
The Living Theatre needs your help to keep living
[Updated to include a link to the Post's interview with Judith Malina.] The experimental downtown theater scene is, by its very nature, less stable than its wealthier mainstream relative up north....
Duo indicted for trying to rip off Port Authority
A man and women from New Jersey were indicted for allegedly offering bribes and submitting phony paperwork to score low-interest loans from the Port Authority, Manhattan prosecutors announced today. Anisora...
Devils 'should feel real good' about selves, Lamoriello says
A day after making the Eastern Conference final for the first time since 2003, Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello was in a good mood. The longtime executive of a team...
Fenway Park PA announcer killed in car accident
STURBRIDGE, Mass. -- Boston Red Sox public address announcer Carl Beane, the voice of Fenway Park since 2003, died in a one-car accident in central Massachusetts on Wednesday. He was...
Big East could take months to replace commissioner
HARTFORD, Conn. -- The Big East’s interim commissioner said Wednesday the conference is working to dispel any perception that it is unraveling following the ouster of John Marinatto. Joseph Bailey...
Young players add depth to Red Bulls defense
As the Red Bulls’ injury crisis wanes and their regulars return, the surprising young backups that helped them to consecutive shutout victories may find themselves returning to the bench, one...
Yankees' Rivera says blood clot caused complication
Mariano Rivera has a blood clot in his right calf, the latest health problem for the longtime Yankees closer who tore a knee ligament last week while shagging fly balls...
Bob Iger says Rich Ross' departure 'had absolutely zero' to do with 'John Carter'
Disney CEO Bob Iger says no one's to blame for "John Carter's" disappointing performance at the domestic box office, and former studio head Rich Ross was not forced out because...
Nets-Magic trade rumors over Howard to resume soon
The Nets spent the first half of the season dealing with rumors and conjecture on a daily basis surrounding Dwight Howard’s status, and whether or not he’d soon be joining...
BACK PAGE: Robertson will add drama to Yankees' saves
If you looked close enough, you could see Joe Girardi’s hair graying even more in the ninth inning Tuesday night.The Yankees and their manager got their first taste of life...
Famed hair stylist Vidal Sassoon dies
LOS ANGELES – Famed hair stylist Vidal Sassoon, whose sleek geometric bob revolutionized hairstyles in the 1960s and who then had his name associated with a chain of hair salons...
Jury finds 'monster' mom guilty in daughter's starving death
That didn't take long. A Brooklyn jury needed all of one hour today to convict a mouthy monster mom of beating, starving and drugging her 4-year-old daughter, Marchella, to death....
Jurors deadlocked in Espada's embezzlement trial
They're deadlocked! Jurors in the embezzlement trial of ex-Bronx state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. told a judge today that they cannot reach a unanimous verdict on the charges against Espada...
Regents chief rips testing firm over 'inexcusable' exam mistakes
State Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch ripped into the test-making company Pearson this morning following a string of sloppy mistakes by the firm in devising this year’s high-stakes math...
Obama says same-sex marriage should be legal
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama declared unequivocal support for gay marriage on Wednesday, becoming the first president to endorse the politically explosive idea and injecting a polarizing issue into the...
Former Giants QB Simms says Robinson was always happy
His coach and quarterback recalled Stacy Robinson as a team-first player with a perpetually upbeat disposition who could flash a quick wit as part of Giants teams that won the...
Al Qaeda leader urges revenge on Koran burning in Afghanistan in new audio
CAIRO — Al Qaeda's leader has urged Muslims to take revenge for the February burning of Koran Muslim holy books at a U.S. air base in Afghanistan. Ayman al-Zawahiri posted...
Edwards’ wife was terrified she would die without a man by her side, close friend testifies
GREENSBORO, NC — John Edwards’ angry wife was terrified that she would die without a man by her side — and pretended he wasn’t having an affair so she could...
'Mass Effect 3' Operation Silencer multiplayer begins Friday
"Mass Effect 3" fans, charge those controllers - it's Bounty Weekend! The next multiplayer N7 Weekend Operation, known as Operation Silencer, starts Friday (May 11) at 9pm EST and runs...
Wade takes shot at Bibby's struggles with Heat
MIAMI -- Maybe Dwyane Wade was kidding. But there likely was some resentment in the barb the Heat star threw at Knicks sub-turned-starter Mike Bibby here Wednesday. Wade remarked on...
This week's calendar, May 10 to 16
Thursday, May 10 Leadership Awards Luncheon The New York Building Congress holds its 91st Leadership Awards Luncheon, honoring Forest City Ratner Companies CEO Bruce Ratner. 11:30 a.m. $475. Hilton New...
Rovio passes one billion Angry Birds downloads, still considering IPO
ESPOO, Finland -- Rovio released its first financial figures this week, but the company has not decided when, where or whether to go public. "This is a decision of Rovio's...
SMS Audio SYNC by 50 Review
It seems as if every rap mogul is releasing their own high-end headphones, with 50 Cent being the latest to delve into the industry. Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson’s newest headphones...
Reputed mob boss cleared of killing officer
A Brooklyn jury today cleared two notorious mobsters on all murder charges they faced, in a stunning setback for federal prosecutors. Thomas "Tommy Shots" Gioeli beat the rap on six...
Five people arrested at Bank of America protest
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Five people have been arrested as they tried to force their way into the annual Bank of America shareholders' meeting in Charlotte, and police used a new...
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan tops list of worst bank CEOs in US
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan is the worst big bank boss in the country, an analyst claims.Moynihan is at the bottom of a ranking by Credit Agricole analyst Michael...
'Wolfenstein 3D' celebrates anniversary with free gift to you
In honor of the 20th anniversary of "Wolfenstein 3D," Bethesda has launched a free-to-play browser version of the classic PC game. It's just as much fun (or something) as you...
Rangers know it won't be easy eliminating desperate Capitals
WASHINGTON — When it’s a possibility that a team’s season can end with a loss, desperation is the most active emotion, and it’s that emotion that makes an elimination playoff...
No verdict in Jennifer Hudson's family murder trial, deliberations continue today
CHICAGO -- A verdict in the murder case against William Balfour -- the man accused of killing actress Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and young nephew -- will not be known...
Sex fiend pleads guilty to raping woman after crawling through her window
A twisted serial sex fiend pleaded guilty today to raping a sleeping 27-year-old woman last August after crawling through her Upper East Side window -- finally 'fessing up after having...
Ex-Yankees outfielder pleads not guilty in LI sex abuse case
HEMPSTEAD — A former major league outfielder has pleaded not guilty to charges he sexually abused an 8-year-old while working as a baseball coach for a town on Long Island....
Norwegian massacre survivor recalls killer's whoops of joy during attack
OSLO -- Anders Behring Breivik shouted with joy as he fired off round after round of bullets at youngsters on Norway's Utoya island, killing 69, a survivor of last July's...
Dan Loeb urges Yahoo directors to appoint interim CEO
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Activist shareholder Daniel Loeb on Wednesday reaffirmed his call for Yahoo Inc. to dismiss CEO Scott Thompson, urging the directors to appoint an interim CEO. In a...
Capitals forward Beagle misses morning skate
ARLINGTON, Va. -- The Capitals will enter Wednesday night’s Game 6 against the Rangers with one of their key penalty killers at less than 100 percent.Forward Jay Beagle sat out...
Barbra Streisand plans first Brooklyn concert
Superstar Barbra Streisand is coming home to Brooklyn. The Oscar- and Grammy-winning diva was born and raised in Brooklyn but has never performed publicly there — until now. Brooklyn's new...
Knicks' Lin won't play with knee at '85 percent'
MIAMI — Jeremy Lin said he is only at 85 percent capacity and that’s the reason he was ruled out for the remainder of the Knicks’ first-round series against the...
Former Miss USA Rima Fakih gets probation in drunk driving case
DETROIT -- Former Miss USA Rima Fakih was sentenced to six months probation Wednesday after pleading no contest to driving while visibly impaired, the Detroit Free Press reported. Fakih, 26,...
Anger as Ferrari damages ancient Chinese landmark
NANJING, China — Tourism officials in China came under heavy criticism Wednesday after a Ferrari sports car was driven across an ancient Chinese landmark, leaving tire tracks and perhaps even...
New Yorker Jermaine Paul wins ‘The Voice’
It’s about time! Season two of “The Voice” wrapped up last night in Los Angeles -- and for the first time on any major talent competition, a New Yorker took...
Burglar pulls dentist office heist
This burglar clearly doesn’t fear the dentist’s office. A crook broke into a Queens dental office and stole a laptop and syringes, cops said. The thief, caught in this surveillance...
Bed Bath & Beyond to buy Cost Plus for $494M
UNION TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- Bed Bath & Beyond said Wednesday it agreed to acquire Cost Plus for about $494 million through a cash tender offer, as the home furnishings retailer...
Photos, receipt reportedly show Travolta in NY on day masseur claims actor groped him
John Travolta might have ordered himself a sizzling plate of alibi over rice! The famed “Pulp Fiction” star is citing restaurant receipts and paparazzi photos to purportedly show he was...
Nets season in review: MarShon Brooks
In the lead up to the 2011 draft, here is how DraftExpress’ Joseph Treutlein summed up his profile of MarShon Brooks:“Surely one of the more enigmatic prospects in this year’s...
Some Sandusky subpoenas will be quashed, judge says
BELLEFONTE, Pa. — The judge in Jerry Sandusky's child-sex abuse case said Wednesday he may throw out parts of some defense subpoenas and that he wanted to swiftly resolve disagreements...
Eurozone nations in talks to delay bailout aid to Greece
BRUSSELS -- Eurozone officials are considering delaying a €5.2-billion ($6.7-billion) payment to Greece as the political backlash grows in Athens against a bailout program negotiated with international creditors, officials familiar...
GlaxoSmithKline takes hostile bid for Human Genome Sciences to shareholders
LONDON -- GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) said Wednesday it is taking its hostile $2.6 billion takeover offer for Human Genome Sciences (HGS) direct to the US biotech's shareholders, by launching a tender...
Jets top draft executive leaves for Raiders: source
The Jets personnel department is going to have a different look very soon.Joey Clinkscales, the team’s vice president of college scouting for the past four years, is leaving to take...
Wright's rundown; Hamilton's big night
Greetings from the City of Brotherly Love. Here’s my column from last night’s Mets-Phillies game. The most compelling play of the game, the one that tied the game and put...
Kidnap-slaying suspect, wife charged with murder
GUNTOWN, Miss. — Murder charges were filed Wednesday against the fugitive suspected of killing a Tennessee woman and her teenage daughter and fleeing with her two younger girls. Two first-degree...
Federal inmate gives Obama a run for his money in West Virginia primary
CHARLESTON, WV -- President Obama faced stiff competition in Tuesday night's West Virginia primary from an unlikely candidate -- a federal inmate. Keith Judd, better known as Inmate No. 11593-051...
Fired blogger fights back
Naomi Schafer Riley, who was fired from the Chronicle of Higher Education for doing her job, explains what happened and how mob rule won the day over reason and intellectual...
Wreckage of Russian plane found in Indonesia
JAKARTA -- A Russian Sukhoi jet that went missing in Indonesia with about 50 people -- reportedly including an American -- on board was located Thursday, a day after it...
AOL first-quarter profit tops forecasts as ad revenue rises
AOL reported Wednesday that its first-quarter profit rose to $21.1 million, or 22 cents a share, from $4.7 million, or four cents, in the same period last year, boosted by...
Macy's first-quarter profit tops estimates
Macy's said Wednesday that its first-quarter profit rose a better than expected 38 percent, helped by its strategy to tailor merchandise to local markets and push online sales. Net income...
Dollar Thrifty's first-quarter net income more than doubles
TULSA, Okla. — Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc.'s first-quarter profit more than doubled partly due to increased rental revenue and lower expenses. The car rental company said on Wednesday that...
Teens rob, beat five people after Red Hot Chili Peppers concert in Newark
Authorities says a pack of roving teens waged a two-minute crime spree that left five people robbed and beaten following a concert in New Jersey's largest city. The wave of...
Mark Rothko painting sold for record $86.9M at New York auction
A sunset-colored painting by Mark Rothko became the world's most expensive contemporary artwork Tuesday when it fetched $86.9 million in a stunningly lucrative auction at Christie's in New York. "Orange,...
Gang of nine men who groomed British girls for sex jailed for total of 77 years
LIVERPOOL -- A gang of nine men who groomed British girls as young as 13 with alcohol and drugs was jailed Wednesday for a total of 77 years. The men...
Twitter investigating after user names and passwords published online
SAN FRANCISCO -- Twitter has launched an investigation into the publication of thousands of user names and passwords online. The details of 55,000 accounts were posted earlier Tuesday on Pastebin,...
'Tanorexic' mom banned from New Jersey tanning salons
"Tanorexic" mom Patricia Krentcil was banned from several New Jersey tanning salons after her antics gave them a bad rap. Krentcil, who denies charges that she brought her five-year-old daughter...
Colossal waste: Food stamps at farmer's markets
The Department of Agriculture is spending millions of taxpayer dollars on outfitting farmers markets to accept the smart cards for food stamps.What a colossal waste.1. There is no market for...
WATCH: Cops search for Qns. robbery duo
Police are on the hunt for two armed crooks who pulled off three Queens robberies. The duo first struck Saturday, when they held up a 49-year-old man, at about 12:30...
PSAL boys volleyball playoff roundup: Townsend Harris upsets Stuyvesant
Townsend Harris scored the first big upset of the playoffs. Adam Ouyang had 10 kills and 10 digs and Kyung Keun Back had 32 assists to lead No. 21 Townsend...
PSAL baseball roundup: Bryant blanks LIC, wins fourth straight
William Bryant has finally hit its stride. Nick Alvarez went the distance, struck out nine and scattered six hits, John Diakogeorgios had two hits and two RBIs and Daniel Dorga...
Former Giants WR Robinson dies of cancer at age 50
Stacy Robinson, who spent his entire six-year NFL career as a receiver for the Giants and was a member of two Super Bowl-winning teams, died Tuesday after a battle with...
Heat out for sweep revenge against Knicks
MIAMI — The Heat are fully aware of what happened in New York. It made all the papers and everything. A first-round sweep opportunity came knocking with a sledgehammer and...
Mary Louis' McGovern voted city's best girls lacrosse player
Anna McGovern's phone buzzed and she was taken aback by what her mother Deirdre texted her. "I was expecting, ‘What time you going to be home?'" McGovern said. “It was,...
INSIDE BASEBALL: St. Ray's to retire legendary coach's number; Beacon's Sakany picks Rollins
Ron Patnosh will add another accolade to a long list Saturday, one he tried to get out of receiving. St. Raymond will retire the legendary former baseball coach and athletic...
PSAL softball roundup: Cardozo comes back to avoid upset to QHST
Cardozo needed a last-minute comeback to ward off a shocking upset. Daysia Wehder went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and Nicole Guglielmetti had a two-run triple to lead the Judges to...
St. Raymond outlasts division rival All Hallows in eight-inning thriller
The morning before St. Raymond faced powerhouse George Washington in the preseason, coach Marc DeLuca told Brian Paulino that it would be Anthony Colon and not him getting the start...
Knicks don't contact Jackson, will keep Woodson: sources
It’s not a matter of if, but when. Knicks interim coach Mike Woodson has been told by owner James Dolan in recent days the club plans to bring him back...
Knicks' Amar’e tries to get upper hand against Heat
There are a few ways in which Amar’e Stoudemire’s lacerated left hand changed the way he played in Game 4 of the Knicks’ first-round series: Catching passes. Dunking. And rebounding....
Knicks guard Bibby relishes restart
MIAMI — It’s not so much about payback as it satisfaction. That’s what Mike Bibby gets a chance to achieve tonight when he leads the Knicks against the Heat in...
CHSAA baseball roundup: McCarthy provides relief for Iona in extra-inning win over Fordham
Tim McCarthy has found a new role: lockdown reliever. The Temple-bound right-hander pitched 4-1/3 scoreless innings on his bullpen day to lead Iona Prep to a wild, 9-6 win in...
Lin won't play in series for Knicks
The Knicks will protect the asset known as Linsanity. Coach Mike Woodson ruled out point guard Jeremy Lin not just for Wednesday night's Game 5 in Miami but for the...
Knicks face Heat in Game 5 tonight
MIAMI — This crazy and chaotic Knicks season could be extinguished in the first round of the NBA Playoffs tonight. The blue-and-orange jalopy that is the Knicks barreled into South...
Andre the Giant: Former Forest Hills star signs with Coppin State
Andre Armstrong's journey to a Division I scholarship featured as many stops and starts as the Brooklyn/Queens Expressway. After four solid years at Forest Hills, it included one year of...
Anthony can keep Knicks in series
MIAMI — This probably won’t surprise you all that much, but the locals aren’t exactly going underground here in South Florida, petrified by tonight’s Game 5 between the Heat and...
CHSAA softball roundup: Rondon pitches, hits Spellman to upset of rival Preston
Tiffany Rondon never experienced what a win over rival Preston felt like. The Cardinal Spellman ace hadn’t beaten the Panthers and she vowed to do it before she graduated. “As...
Bats more like it: Cerda, Lewis offense come alive in rout of Bayside
Alina Cerda provided a big finish to a big day for Francis Lewis. The senior delivered a no-doubt blast to left center well over the head of the outfielder for...
Business briefs
Ally talks Ally Financial, the auto lender majority-owned by US taxpayers, won an oral commitment from ResCap bondholders to support a prepackaged bankruptcy filing for the mortgage unit that may...
Hedge funds seek big win in Vegas
LAS VEGAS — Hedge funds had one of their worst years ever in 2011, but that hasn’t fazed the pied piper of the industry: Anthony Scaramucci. “The Mooch” is the...
Chase card game: JPMorgan’s 'Liquid' targets cash-poor users
JPMorgan Chase boss Jamie Dimon is keeping up with the Kardashians. The nation’s biggest bank is getting into prepaid debit cards, which typically target cash-strapped folks who don’t have the...
Restless veterans expect changes at Time
Time Inc. CEO Laura Lang held her second quarterly management meeting last week in the wake of the dismal first-quarter earnings report turned in by the magazine wing of Time...
Oprah weighs on Discovery
Discovery Communications, half-owner of Oprah Winfrey’s cable network, OWN, fell the most in six months as profit fell short of analysts’ projections following more losses at the fledgling cable channel....
Facebook users prefer mobil-ity
Facebook fans are a moving target. People spend more time on the social network via their mobile phones than they do using their desktop computers, a new report shows. Facebook...
Yahoo! board member out; CEO frets
Yahoo! board member Patti Hart will be updating her resume soon — she’ll be adding “former” to her current role at the Sunnyvale, Calif., web portal. Hart, who is also...
Markets slip on Greece
The Dow Jones industrial average fell for a fifth straight day on fears that Greece’s new government would reject labor reforms and terms of its national bailout. The fears that...
'Thor' losers! Marvel hammers Paramount brass
The success of Disney’s billion-dollar blockbuster, “The Avengers,” has unleashed a Hollywood war of words worthy of Marvel’s comic book heros. Executives at Marvel are upset after word leaked that...
Disney’s upbeat theme
After disappointing the Street with a $200 million write-down on its “John Carter” bomb just two months ago, the Mouse House came roaring back yesterday and posted a 21 percent...
Hedge fund honcho seeking to remove Rumson bank head
Hedge fund honcho George Hall is embroiled in one of the more vicious takeover battles of his career. Only this time, the corporate brawl is taking place not in the...
DOJ slap to Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo, the largest US mortgage lender, said federal prosecutors may seek damages and penalties after probing whether it violated anti-discrimination laws while financing homeowners. “The Department of Justice has...
Green Mtn. big roasted
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters said Robert P. Stiller will no longer serve as chairman after he sold shares to make a margin call. Michael J. Mardy, chairman of the company’s...
Deal is a go in SoHo
Two older industrial office buildings near the Trump SoHo Hotel are being bought and combined into a new, modern entity called One SoHo Square, named after the park across Spring...
Sex-cop vic gets justice
Seventy-five years in prison? Fine by her. Disgraced sex-assault cop Michael Pena’s victim wanted to see what justice would be meted out to her brutal tormentor before deciding whether to...
De-Flowered
A statue of iconic former New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia on a Greenwich Village street was defaced with pink and gray paint over the weekend, and local residents are...
Ex-Yank in kid-sex bust
A retired Yankee outfielder traded his pinstripes for jail stripes yesterday — after Long Island cops busted him for the alleged sexual assault of an 8-year-old girl, law-enforcement sources said....
‘Madam’ collects attorneys
Accused hockey-mom madam Anna Gristina seems to change lawyers more often than a brothel changes the sheets. Gristina has filed a letter with the court asking to once again change...
Tan-nut mom’s a doll
Only in New Jersey can you become an action figure by sitting in a tanning salon. A Connecticut company is selling a doll modeled after Patricia Krentcil, who became a...
‘Pimp King’ rescinds plea deal
Ho no he didn’t — the self-styled “King of All Pimps” is looking to get his favorable plea deal tossed. Jason Itzler, who pleaded guilty last month to drug sales,...
Big ego of Daddy Dumbest
GREENSBORO, NC — A disgraced John Edwards practiced how he would reveal to the nation that he fathered a child out of wedlock and was in love with baby mama...
Mafia ‘hit man’ finds God
He used to be a Gambino thug and drug dealer — now, he’s a saint. The lawyer for accused Mafia killer John Burke yesterday insisted at that start of the...
Weighty rescue
Cops rescued a suicidal 400-pound man from the choppy, frigid waters off Staten Island yesterday.The unidentified man escaped from a nearby group home and dived fully clothed into the water...
Flier out at 'first': Man punches PA officer during fight at La Guardia
It was a first-class fracas in the front row of a Florida-bound jet at La Guardia Airport yesterday. Upper East Sider Larry Nussbaum was busted for roughing up a Port...
18 years to life for nun slay
A thug who spun a spree of uptown gunpoint muggings into a murder by crashing his getaway car into an elderly nun in Harlem will serve 18 years to life...
Murder down, shootings up
Mayor Bloomberg yesterday boasted that the murder rate in the Big Apple is on track to be a record low — but statistics show more victims are being shot.There were...
SUNY Downstate downsizing
Suny Downstate Medical Center said last night it will have to perform extensive “financial” surgery to slash jobs and eliminate redundant services at its three facilities to stem red ink.The...
‘Death gate’ video: Kid-crush pals frantic as car approached
Panicked friends of the 12-year-old Brooklyn boy entangled in a parking-lot roll-up gate desperately rushed to stop an incoming car from triggering the mechanism that raised it higher and finally...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** A bank robber made off with $160 from an Apple Bank branch in Harlem, said law-enforcement sources. The suspect entered the branch on East 125th Street near Lexington...
Mayor: I didn’t read 911 report
Fed up with repeated questions about a $500,000 consultant’s report on the shortcomings of the 911 system, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday he never read it.The admission came after the mayor...
‘Wild things’ weep
Brooklyn-born writer Maurice Sendak — who set aside the happily-ever-after model of children’s books to explore the darker side of kids’ imagination — died yesterday. He was 83, and had...
Wrong number in bust
He’s floating like a butterfly now.A Queens cabby and aspiring boxer who was incorrectly identified as a mugger by the victim of an iPhone theft breathed a big sigh of...
Parking puncher is guilty
He punched a 4-foot-11 Manhattan woman into a coma, leaving her with lasting brain injuries — over a parking spot! — but now a muscular electrician will face at most...
Hot Dog Hooker ‘relishes’ her return
The buns are back. Long Island’s Hot Dog Hooker was sprung from jail yesterday, and said she’ll be serving up Sabretts and stripteases from her mobile wiener wagon this morning....
Mike reels in yuks: Uses ‘SNL’ to tout media boom
Finally, Mayor Bloomberg got top billing on the set of “Saturday Night Live.” The mayor, who has never been asked to host “SNL” in his decade at City Hall, yesterday...
Charlize’s ‘coolest’ li’l angel
She may have won an Oscar, but he’s clearly the new star of the family. Charlize Theron yesterday stepped out in public for the first time with her “incredible” baby,...
Orlando is the magic kink-dom
What would Mickey say? Orlando, Fla., is the kiddie capital of the world — and shockingly, the porn capital, too. Residents in the hometown of Disney World were randier than...
Porgy and ‘theft’
You can’t take that away from her! A children’s book author says a controversial memorabilia dealer has been trying to sell a stack of letters that legendary lyricist Ira Gershwin...
LIRR won’t arrive at GCT until 2019
LIRR riders are used to delays — but not like this. The MTA’s plan to bring the Long Island Rail Road into Grand Central could be delayed for a third...
2 & 5 leave you strap-hanging
The MTA is telling you something: Avoid the 2 and 5 trains at all costs. An analysis of the agency’s subway-delay alerts to riders shows that the 2 and 5...
$ubways top new pedal-push plan
Riders in the city’s new bike-share program could end up breaking a sweat — and their wallet.A roughly six-mile ride from lower Manhattan to the Upper East Side would cost...
Undie bomb is hide & eek!
He could have breezed through security at any airport. A terrorist wearing the latest underwear bomb would not have been caught by the TSA’s most conscientious human screeners or its...
Tragic slip off crutches
An elderly pedestrian was killed yesterday after slipping off his crutches and into the path of a truck on the Upper East Side, cops and witnesses said.The 65-year-old, whose name...
Hail to pay for excuse
If only the dog had eaten her homework.A Queens elementary-school staffer, as a way to explain why she didn’t show up for her afternoon shift, falsely claimed she had been...
‘Super’ sleazes get hit for $2M
The rent’s due NOW, buster! An Upper West Side landlord who knowingly employed a child rapist as his building super will cough up $2 million to settle lawsuits after The...
Ex-tremely ex-pensive
WASHINGTON — And you thought you got rid of them when they left office. Taxpayers paid almost $3.7 million last year for the expenses of ex-presidents, including $119,000 in phone...
Three wins for sure-thing Mitt
WASHINGTON — In what’s now a mere formality, Mitt Romney’s commanding lead in delegates for the Republican presidential nomination grew last night with his primary victories in three states.Romney gained...
PAC push to oust Rangel
A Super PAC yesterday announced that it would spend “six figures” to help state Sen. Adriano Espaillat topple five-decade Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel. Rangel — who was censured in 2010...
Bam spurs gay furor: Fellow Dems rip indecision
President Obama jetted into Albany yesterday to tout his jobs agenda in Congress — but ran into more headwinds from within his own party on the gay-marriage issue that Vice...
Tweet fight in OWS case
Twitter is asking a judge to quash a subpoena in which the Manhattan district attorney ordered it to produce months of old tweets involving an Occupy Wall Street protester.The tweets,...
2nd masseur accuses Travolta in sex suit
A second masseur accused John Travolta of being a dirty sweathog yesterday, saying the “Pulp Fiction” superstar tried to have sex with him during a rubdown at an Atlanta hotel,...
FDNY-exam record for minorities
More minorities than ever are taking the FDNY exam, after a legal fight over the Fire Department’s allegedly tainted process, officials said yesterday. The department announced that 42,161 Bravest wannabes...
Cops hit & miss in hostage melee
Cops missed some shots with guns and a Taser as they broke up a domestic dispute on the Upper East Side and left suspect Edgar Soto, 22, and his mother,...
‘Witness’ to renaissance
The one-time “Waldorf-Astoria of Brooklyn” could be making a comeback. Following a failed attempt in 2008 to bring student housing to the former Hotel Bossert in Brooklyn Heights, the Jehovah’s...
Shaking heads at sheik
In the Middle East he’s royalty, but in Manhattan he’s no more than a nomad. Sheik Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, prime minister of oil-rich Qatar, has been...
Taking murder rap like a man
His conscience got him 15 years. Former Bad Boy rapper G. Dep was sent to prison yesterday for a two-decades-old fatal gunpoint mugging — a cold-case murder that was solved...
The rainbow deception
It’s the love that dare not speak its name. That would be the love of hiding truth in the cause of self. All the talk in ObamaLand about the president...
Occupy’s dark heart
The Cleveland Five are a sad-sack collection of wannabe terrorists if there ever was one. The amateurish young men who plotted to destroy a bridge outside Cleveland last week give...
Behind New York’s nanotech triumph
Yesterday, President Obama’s campaign swing took him through Albany, where he and Gov. Cuomo heaped praise on SUNY Albany’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering. The applause is bipartisan: Mitt...
Bam comes calling
President Obama came to upstate New York yesterday and drew the wrong lesson. The president spoke at SUNY Albany’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering about the state’s “substantial investment”...
Maurice Sendak, 1928-2012
He was called the Picasso of children’s literature, but Maurice Sendak was far more than a bard for babes. The brilliant author and illustrator of more than 100 books, including...
Curbing the dogs
Two of the three Republicans looking to unseat Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand got into it this week over the Obama administration’s social-engineering scheme for Westchester County. Only one got it right....
Warren’s smoke signals — another dishonest pol
The Issue: Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren’s claim that she is 1/32nd Cherokee. *** Elizabeth Warren spoke with a forked tongue in order to get something to eat for lunch...
Democrats’ ‘daddy state’
The Issue: President Obama’s campaign infographic on how his policies help women. *** “Life of Julia” is a slap in the face to today’s independent women (“O’s Campaign Gets Creepy,”...
BamCare’s war on women
President Obama leads Mitt Romney among women — for now. That will change if voters focus on what the ObamaCare law does to their health care. Simply put, the president...
A big boost to Bibi’s hand on Iran
Israel’s recent political roller-coaster ride came to a surprising halt yesterday with Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu on top — and saying he’s now poised to make the “tough decisions”...
A-rated: New York’s professors get top grades
Take a bow, New York! Our state has nabbed the title for most professors included in a new book about the country’s leading undergraduate college professors. The Princeton Review’s newest...
For fun and profit
* Columbia University School of Continuing Education 212-854-9666; ce.columbia.edu How do the hottest hotels earn their buzz? In the “Developing and Implementing Ideas” course, you’ll learn to research, mobilize teams...
Playing a game of patience
If the uncertainty of being waitlisted is keeping you awake at night, read Todd Patkin’s tips for curbing college admission anxiety. The author of “Finding Happiness,” ($14.99, StepWise Press), who...
Wait watchers
Finding out you’ve been waitlisted by the college or colleges you’ve set your admission sights on can spark a range of emotions — from hopefulness to disappointment to sheer confusion....
A cure for the common chain
Walking into the Upper East Side’s Tisane Pharmacy, at 340 E. 86th St., is like stepping back into old-time New York — or into a small-town European drugstore. On a...
A Coward-ly lionizing of film at Lincoln Center
"I’m not very keen on Hollywood,’’ Noël Coward wrote to his mother in 1930. “I’d rather have a nice cup of cocoa really.’’ The British Renaissance man’s four-decade love-hate relationship...
B’way yanks in Hanks
Let’s forgo the usual rumor-mongering and print something that’s the God’s honest truth: Tom Hanks will be making his Broadway debut next season in a new play by Nora Ephron....
Belmont Park Analysis
Post Time: 12:50 p.m. All horses appear in post position order1. 1 1/16m; $79,000; alw opt clm; 3upSELF CONTROL drops in class after tiring to third in the Grade 3...
Tomorrow’s Belmont Park Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1 1/16m(T): $62,000; alw; 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds2 Camp Topridge(L),116R Maragh6-2-1B Brown8-13 Sandyinthesun(L),121J Davis6-8-1Davis15-14 Atitlan(L),121J Espinoza2-8-5Quick20-15 Megalithic(L),114J Ortiz4-4-12Pringle10-16 Outside Love(L),114W Garcia3-4-2Maver15-11 a-GoodtimeBoy(L),116M Luzzi2-2-5R...
Parx Racing Charts
May 8th, 2012 Showers And Fast.©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1m&70y; $22,000; cl($7,500); 3upOff: 12:28. Good. kept to a steady driveTime: 24.68, 49.6, 1:14.22, 1:4.87, 1:45.39.Trainer: Timothy SmylieWinner: CH H, 6,...
Yankees GM doesn't expect Rivera back in 2012
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman refused to shed light on the complications discovered when Mariano Rivera had his right knee evaluated Monday, but said they would not impact the closer's...
Yankees defeat Rays; Ibanez hits two home runs
Left fielder Brett Gardner may return to the Yankees tonight against the Rays after missing three weeks with an elbow injury. But if Raul Ibanez — a part-time outfielder and...
The Post Line
NBA PlayoffsFavoriteLineUnderdogHEAT11KnicksGRIZZLIES6ClippersNHL PlayoffsTonightFavoriteLineUnderdogCAPITALS-110-110RangersConference FinalsGame 1 - Date TBAKings$100-120COYOTESOdds to Win SeriesKings$140-160CoyotesHome teams in CAPS
Today's Sports on the Air
Baseball7 p.m.Rays at Yankees YES, WCBS (880 AM)7 p.m.Mets at Phillies SNY, WFAN (660 AM)NBA Playoffs: First Round7 p.m.Knicks at Heat, Game 5 MSG, ESPN (98.7 FM)9:30 p.m.Clippers at Grizzlies,...
It’s a four-flusher for Hondo
Hondo wiped out with the Nats, Dodgers, D’backs and Mariners last night, and it could have been worse. The Yankees spared him the five-flop failure by hanging on against the...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYMay 9THUMay 10 FRIMay 11SATMay 12SUNMay 13MONMay 14TUEMay 15YankeesTampa Bay7:05YES NetworkWCBS 880 AMT.B.7:05YESWCBSSea.7:05YESWCBSSea.4:05YESWCBSSea.1:05YESWCBSBal.7:05YESWCBSBal.7:05WWORWCBSMetsPhiladephia7:05SportsNet NYWFAN 660 AMNOGAMEMia.7:10SNYWFANMia.1:05FOXWFANMia.1:10WPIXWFANMilw.7:10SNYWFANMilw.7:10SNYWFANKnicksMiami7:00MSG NetworkESPN 98.7 FMNOGAME&Mia.TBDMSGESPNNOGAME&Mia.TBDMSGESPNTBDTBDRangersWashington7:30NBCSNWBBR 1130 AMNOGAMENOGAME&Wash.TBDTBDESPNTBDTBDTBDDevilsTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDRed BullsHouston7:00MSG PlusWLIB 1190 AMNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEPhila.12:30ESPN2WLIBNOGAMENOGAMEHOMEAWAY
Sports Shorts
NBA: Ewing to interview with MJ’s Bobcats Knicks legend Patrick Ewing will interview with his buddy Michael Jordan for the Bobcats’ vacant head-coaching job after Paul Silas was not retained....
Giants QB Eli stresses concussion protocol
Eli Manning has never been diagnosed with a concussion, but amid the swirl of discussion and controversy regarding head trauma around the NFL, the Giants quarterback admits “It’s a scary...
Jets DL DeVito changes contract
Less than a week after drafting his likely replacement, the Jets then hit Mike DeVito with a pay cut. The Jets and the defensive end agreed to restructure his deal...
Plenty of advice for Tiger
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- If you’re looking for the TPC at Sawgrass to be the elixir for Tiger Woods’ struggling game at this week’s Players Championship, you would be...
Hawks, Bulls stay alive
Al Horford scored 19 points in his first start since January, and the Hawks held on for an 87-86 victory over the Celtics in a thrilling Game 5 of the...
Imagine if Yankees had signed Ortiz
George Steinbrenner and Brian Cashman were watching SportsCenter together in January, 2003 when it was reported the Red Sox had signed free agent David Ortiz. That should not have caused...
Hamilton hits four HRs for Rangers
BALTIMORE — Moments before he made history with his final swing in an incredible four-homer performance, Josh Hamilton stepped to the plate in the eighth inning with a surprising sense...
Mets defeat Phillies after trailing 4-0
PHILADELPHIA — Add another chapter to the bizarro world of the Mets this season: They actually outsmarted the Phillies last night. Just when it appeared as if the Mets might...
Mets showing fight early in season
PHILADELPHIA — It’s a typical Mets con job, right? Gotta be. No, no — not that type of con job. They beat that rap. I’m talking about the Mets’ annual...
Mets catcher Thole out with concussion
PHILADELPHIA — It’s just one more headache for the Mets. Josh Thole became the second Mets starter in as many days placed on the disabled list, after an examination yesterday...
Robertson closes Yankees win with shaky ninth inning
Ninth innings are going to look a lot different than they used to with David Robertson closing games for the Yankees instead of Mariano Rivera. Robertson admitted as much after...
Pettitte to start for Yankees on Sunday
Andy Pettitte will make his first start with the Yankees since 2010 on Sunday against the Mariners in The Bronx. Now, they’ll find out if he can still pitch. And...
Without Rivera, game changes for Yankees, opponents
No Mo hit home last night at Yankee Stadium. For the first time since Mariano RIvera became the Yankees’ full-time closer in 1997, they went into last night’s game at...
Devils defeat Flyers in Game 5, advance to conference final
PHILADELPHIA — Now, it’s up to the Rangers. The Devils are ready. “It would be the ultimate,” Martin Brodeur, the longest-running star of this rivalry, said Tuesday night of an...
Rangers defenseman Staal praised by brother
It is all that has happened since that moment that creates an audible pride in Eric Staal’s voice. It was Feb. 22, 2011 when Eric concussed his younger brother, Rangers...
Zuccarello skates with Rangers
It was exactly six weeks ago Monday when Rangers forward Mats Zuccarello broke his left wrist while blocking a shot from Sabres defenseman Jordan Leopold, a time frame that was...
Rangers must Capital-ize on chance to end series
WASHINGTON — Teams of destiny create their own. It’s time for the Rangers to do that tonight. It’s time for the Rangers to lay down a Game 6 hammer on...
T.O. baby mess
Ex-NFL star and reality TV regular Terrell Owens was blitzed on “Dr. Phil” yesterday by three women who claim he’s dropped the ball regarding child support. Owens, 38 — the...
Coming soon: Driving Mr. Seinfeld
Jerry Seinfeld is returning to TV with a new reality show. Seinfeld — a classic-car lover and collector who’s been tweeting hints about the show — is calling the show...
The lost Obama sketch
So why did “Saturday Night Live” kill its opening sketch last week making fun of President Obama’s chest-thumping Osama bin Laden speech and substitute one about “Fox & Friends”? The...
Talk show guests
WEDNESDAYWHOOPI GOLDBERG, RICO RODRIGUEZ, MARY MARY - Good Morning America, 7 a.m., Ch. 7BROOKLYN DECKER, RITA WILSON - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4CHACE CRAWFORD, KARMIN - LIVE! with Kelly, 9...
Starr report
"Dance Moms" star Abby Lee Miller is ready for her closeup -- in a role that hits very close to home. The love-her/hate-her czarina of Pittsburgh's Abby Lee Miller Dance...
What ‘Wives’ ahead
Eva Longoria “Housewives” character: Gabriella Solis/Lang Coming up: Executive-producing ABC pilot for “Devious Maids” (with “Houswives’ ” creator Marc Cherry), and NBC dating show, “Ready for Love.” Marcia Cross “Housewives”...
Smoking hot menu
Only in New York, kids, would you find a delicious tasting-menu inspired by, among other things, the Nuts4-Nuts cart, Chinese-American takeout, the signature dishes of Delmonico’s, the Lemon Ice King...
Vitae’s vital location
Vitae is a nice new modern-American place near Grand Central Terminal. It’s not original in the least, nor special in the way that turns critics to jelly and makes blogs...
Weird but true
It takes balls to drive around South Carolina with these bumper ornaments. A second driver in the state has been ticketed for dangling a replica of testicles from the back...
St. John's reveals recruiting class
The engine and transmission are in place, although St. John’s lost an extra gear when Moe Harkless made himself eligible for the NBA Draft. St. John’s coach Steve Lavin, adding...
Bloomberg: I never read damning 911 report
Fed up with repeated questions from reporters about a $500,000 consultant’s report on the shortcomings of the 911 system, Mayor Bloomberg disclosed today that he never read it. The surprising...
Cops' bullets hit both suspect and victim
They couldn’t shoot straight when they most needed to. Cops’ missed shots with guns and a Taser compounded the woes faced by an Upper East Side family in a harrowing...
Rangers' Hamilton becomes 16th man in history to hit four home runs in game
BALTIMORE -- Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton hit four home runs in Tuesday night's 10-3 win against the Baltimore Orioles, becoming just the 16th player to achieve the feat in...
Suit alleges Beastie Boys stole funk track samples
An ill-timed suit charges late rapper Adam Yauch and his fellow Beastie Boys with illegally using parts of two 1980s funk tracks for their classic albums "Licensed to Ill" and...
SUNY Downstate Medical Center to slash jobs
SUNY Downstate Medical Center announced tonight that it will have to perform extensive “financial” surgery to slash jobs and eliminate redundant services at its three medical facilities to stem red...
Brodeur, Devils eliminate Flyers with 3-1 win
PHILADELPHIA — Bryce Salvador, David Clarkson and Ilya Kovalchuk scored goals to lift New Jersey to a 3-1 Game 5 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night, sending the...
Brooklyn's Bossert Hotel could become hotel again
The former “Waldorf Astoria of Brooklyn” could soon be making a comeback as a hotel.Following a failed attempt in 2008 to bring student housing to the former Hotel Bossert in...
Accused Gambino killer no longer a sinner: lawyer
He used to be a Gambino thug and drug dealer — now, he’s a saint. The lawyer for accused Mafia killer John Burke today insisted at that start of the...
Domestic-violence deaths on alarming rise
Domestic-violence deaths rose a shocking 19 percent in New York City last year, officials said today. The surge has prodded the city to start a new anti-domestic-violence ad campaign. Ninety-two...
Stacy Robinson, former Giants receiver, passes away at age 50
Stacy Robinson, who spent his entire six-year NFL career as a receiver for the Giants and was a member of the organization's first two Super Bowl-winning teams, died on Tuesday...
Parents face legal trouble after allegedly throwing boozy party for underage kids
The parents of a Brooklyn prep school lacrosse player are facing legal action after being caught throwing an alcohol-fueled bash for their son and some 40 underage friends as they...
Grand Central track fire causes manhole explosion
A blaze on the tracks near Grand Central Terminal early this evening sparked a manhole explosion in Midtown, and caused headaches for commuters, delaying trains, authorities said. A transformer fire...