May 11, 2012
Dobbs drives in winner as Marlins beat Mets
MIAMI — Greg Dobbs' single with two outs in the ninth inning scored Emilio Bonifacio from second base with the winning run Friday night, and the Miami Marlins rallied to...
Ibanez's HR off Hernandez helps Yanks win
Raul Ibanez hit a go-ahead, three-run homer off former Seattle teammate Felix Hernandez with two outs in the sixth inning, Robinson Cano had four hits and the Yankees overcame a...
Mets activate Cedeno from DL, send down Rottino
Mets infielder Ronny Cedeno has been reinstated from the 15-day disabled list following a rehabilitation assignment. The Mets optioned infielder-outfielder Vinny Rottino to Triple-A Buffalo, and Cedeno joined the Mets...
Yankees send down Nunez to focus on shortstop
Believing Eduardo Nunez's biggest asset to the organization is as a shortstop, the Yankees sent him to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Triple-A) on Friday.A shortstop by trade, Nunez had been used as a...
Nets season in review: Jordan Farmar
Like many of his teammates, Jordan Farmar’s season was cut short by various injuries. But when he was on the court, Farmar proved he’s a more than capable option at...
How do you say 'Sister Act' in French?
How do you say "Sister Act" in French? Apparently, it's "Sister Act": The book and the songs will be translated when the musical opens in Paris in September, but the...
Polo tycoon sentenced to 16 years for DUI manslaughter
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — John Goodman, the Florida polo tycoon who infamously adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend, was sentenced this afternoon to 16 years in prison for his DUI manslaughter...
Red Bulls talk injuries, Alessandro Nesta & US Open Cup
Red Bulls GM Erik Soler would usually rather been drawn and quartered than comment on any transfer rumors, careful to avoid charges of tapping-up another team’s player. But he denied...
Facebook's IPO could make $127 million for Friendster
Facebook's IPO could produce hundreds of millions for smaller companies it acquired, including Friendster, according to a new report.In May 2010, Facebook bought a bunch of patents from Friendster's current...
Apple's iTV is coming, FoxConn chief says
CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Apple Inc. is making preparations to produce its highly anticipated TV product called Apple iTV, China Daily reported Friday. In an interview published by the Chinese newspaper,...
Brandon Barklage may be the Red Bulls' new right back
Brandon Barklage suffered torn ACLs in his first two MLS seasons, and was released after his third. After being offered a trial and nothing more by the Red Bulls during...
Chavez returns as Yankees DH against Mariners
After a stint on the 7-day disabled list, Eric Chavez returns to the lineup as Yankees designated hitter, hitting eighth for Friday night's game against the Mariners at Yankee Stadium.Chavez...
Versatile Red Bull Solli ok with possible position switch
Jan Gunnar Solli has been one of the best attacking fullbacks in MLS, but with the emergence of young Brandon Barklage, Solli may find himself moving to a new position....
LinkedIn, Silver Lake Partners express interest in acquiring Monster
LinkedIn Corp and private equity firm Silver Lake Partners are among a number of parties that have expressed interest in a potential deal for Monster Worldwide Inc, according to people...
Facebook IPO already oversubscribed: source
Facebook Inc's record initial public offering is already oversubscribed, a source familiar with the share listing said, days after the world's largest social network embarked on a cross-country roadshow to...
Former Best Buy CEO Dunn received $7.1 million in compensation last year
RICHFIELD, Minn. -- In his last fiscal year as CEO of Best Buy Co., Brian J. Dunn received a compensation package worth $7.1 million, a 42-percent rise from the prior...
John Travolta's lawyer calls third claim of sexual advances 'ridiculous'
John Travolta's lawyer on Friday hit back at "ridiculous" new claims of sexual advances leveled at the actor by a third man, as a first accuser backtracked on the date...
'We pledge to never forget them': City honors fallen 9/11 responders, two slain cops at ceremony
Commissioner Ray Kelly and Mayor Bloomberg honored thirteen 9/11 first responders who passed away last year and two cops slain in the line of duty during a ceremony at One...
Reality show featuring Whitney Houston's relatives planned
A reality show featuring Whitney Houston's relatives, including daughter Bobbi Kristina and mother Cissy, is in the works. Houston representative Kristen Foster confirmed the Lifetime show, "The Houston Family Chronicles,"...
Former Universal exec Scott Stuber may be up for Disney studio head job: report
Former Universal vice chairman Scott Stuber may be in the running for Disney's now vacant studio head job, according to a new report.Vulture claims that Stuber personally interviewed for the...
Queens man sentenced to 15 years in prison for deli owner murder
A Queens man who admitted to senselessly shooting a popular deli owner in the face during a botched robbery was forced to look at his victim in pictures as his...
Rangers' Kreider could rejoin Stepan and Callahan
If able to take things at face value, it sure seems like Rangers coach John Tortorella is thinking about reuniting rookie Chris Kreider on one of his top two lines.During...
NJ town tickets for texting while walking
FORT LEE -- A New Jersey town took to ticketing pedestrians caught texting while walking after a rise in jaywalking incidents. Police in Fort Lee., N.J., say people are constantly...
Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin renounces US citizenship ahead of IPO, possibly reducing tax bill
Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin has renounced his US citizenship ahead of the social network's initial public offering, according to a new report. The move may reduce the tax bill he...
Killer found guilty of murdering Jennifer Hudson's family
CHICAGO -- A Chicago jury on Friday convicted Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson's former brother-in-law of murdering her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew in what prosecutors' described as an act of vengeance...
Judge refuses to dismiss John Edwards charges
RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal judge refused to throw out campaign corruption charges against John Edwards on Friday, meaning the former presidential hopeful will have to present his case to...
Giants draft pick Randle impresses in first practice
There was no way Tom Coughlin was going to offer a detailed rundown of what he saw during the first morning of Giants rookie minicamp, mainly because the veteran coach...
Release of Trayvon Martin documents may be delayed, lawyer says
SANFORD, Fla. -- The attorney for George Zimmerman said Friday that he may ask a judge to delay Monday's public release of documents in the Trayvon Martin shooting case to...
2K Sports Crowns '$1M Perfect Game Challenge' Winner
Who said you can’t make millions playing video games?2K Sports crowned a new millionaire yesterday at the MLB Fan Cave when 21-year-old Christopher Gilmore defeated Charlie Bates in the final...
Researchers leave a good tip for waitresses -- wear red lipstick
RENNES, France -- Waitresses may strive to get orders correct and provide excellent service -- but pocketing good tips is all about the lips, French research has revealed. Waitresses who...
Williams meeting with Nets owner, GM in Turkey
Nets general manager Billy King tweeted an idyllic photo from Istanbul on Thursday afternoon, where he said he would be this week for the Euroleague Final Four, which begins Friday.About...
Romney leads Obama by seven points in new national poll
Mitt Romney has jumped to a seven-point lead over President Obama in a national poll released today. The Rasmussen Reports daily presidential tracking poll shows Romney ahead of the president...
US consumer sentiment edges higher in May
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- A key gauge of US consumer sentiment climbed to 77.8 in May, up from 76.4 in late April, coming in well above forecasts, a preliminary reading...
Flight attendant fired after tweeting 'hahaha' over Russian plane crash that killed at least 45 people
MOSCOW -- A flight attendant from Russia's biggest airline was fired after tweeting "hahaha" about a fatal plane crash in Indonesia in which at least 45 people -- including an...
SEC investigating JPMorgan's accounting practices following $2B trading loss
The Securities and Exchange Commission has begun reviewing J.P. Morgan Chase Co.'s disclosures related to the $2-billion trading loss announced by the company, according to a person familiar with the...
FRIDAY FIVE: Two-time teammates
I've always enjoyed seeing the dynamics involved when players become teammates for a second time. For instance, I stood in the Giants' clubhouse last July when Carlos Beltran joined them...
WATCH: 'Time' mom defends attachment parenting
The blonde mom featured on the cover of Time magazine breast-feeding her 3-year-old son, defended her attachment parenting and said her family was better-prepared to deal with the media frenzy...
Urban teacher's union opposes better teaching
Budget cuts are forcing tough decisions within Pittsburgh's public education system. As many as 20 percent of teachers in six of the city's elementary schools may be furloughed if the union's...
Giants sign all their draft picks
The normal course of action in the NFL this time of year was for rookie minicamps to come and go despite none of a team’s draft picks signed to contracts....
Jets will not appear on 'Hard Knocks' for second time: sources
It won’t be a “Hard Knock” life for Rex & Co. The Jets will not be featured for a second time on HBO’s all-access football series “Hard Knocks,” sources told...
Russia's 'Merchant of Death' set for move to supermaximum security jail in Colorado
Viktor Bout, the convicted Russian arms dealer known as the "Merchant of Death," is to be transferred from his New York jail to a supermaximum security prison in Colorado, his...
US producer prices fall in April as gas costs drop
WASHINGTON -- A drop in gasoline prices dragged producer prices down by a seasonally-adjusted 0.2 percent in April to mark the biggest decline since October, according to data released Friday...
Millennial dilemma: Pro gay marriage or pro-life?
Michael Gerson has a warning for the Republican Party: Stop the moralizing judgementalism. Gerson argues that Obama's shift to a pro-gay marriage postion is an effort to court the youth...
Setting up to strike Iran
Charles Krauthammer writes today about why the new Israeli national-unity government coalition is preparation for a strike against Iran. According to Krauthammer's anaylsis, Israel first formed a national unity government four...
NYPD investigating slashed tires on Staten Island
Police say they are looking for whoever is slashing car tires in a residential area of Staten Island. They say vandals have struck twice this week in the borough's Stapleton...
Parts of Japan's Mount Fuji in danger of collapse after new fault line discovered
GOTENBA, Japan -- Parts of Japan's Mount Fuji could collapse if a newly-discovered fault line under the mountain shifts, a government report warned Friday. A three-year study by seismologists discovered...
Six senior monks in South Korea offer to quit after secret video shows them drinking, playing poker
JANGSEONG, South Korea -- Six senior Buddhist monks offered to resign this week after they were captured on secret video footage drinking, playing poker and smoking at a luxury hotel...
Norway massacre victim's family member hurls shoe at killer during trial
OSLO -- A family member of one of the victims of the Norway shooting massacre hurled a shoe at mass killer Anders Behring Breivik during his trial in Oslo, temporarily...
Romney happy to challenge Obama at waterskiing
GOP presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney wants to take Barack Obama down in the upcoming election, but also fancies himself at besting the president in a waterskiing challenge. Speaking on...
Man wearing Afghan National Army uniform kills American soldier, official says
KABUL -- A man wearing an Afghan National Army uniform opened fire on coalition troops in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, killing an American and wounding two others, officials said. "An...
WATCH: Carrie Underwood and Jimmy Kimmel’s ‘Before You Freak’ music video
Well, we finally know whose ride was on the receiving end of that Louisville Slugger. Country star Carrie Underwood appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Thursday to premiere a special clip...
French police detain man on suspicion of killing friend over dead goldfish
LE MANS, France -- A man in France was in custody Thursday on suspicion of murdering his friend and neighbor over a dead goldfish. The man, identified only as Mario...
Facebook running tests to see if users will pay to highlight posts
WHANGAREI, New Zealand -- Facebook is considering charging members to accentuate their posts on the popular social media network. A Facebook user in New Zealand thought he was being scammed...
Vatican eyes Legion priests for abuse
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican is investigating seven priests from the troubled Legion of Christ religious order for alleged sexual abuse of minors and another two for other alleged crimes,...
PSAL boys volleyball playoff roundup: Nibbs, Hunter advance past Wagner in three-setter
Hunter College HS is in the quarterfinals for the second straight year. Kadeem Nibbs had 18 kills and eight digs and Peter Mason had 33 assists to lead No. 8...
PSAL baseball roundup: Stuyvesant stays hot, tops Graphics
Evan Lubin struck out nine and allowed just two hits and Erick Wong had three RBIs as PSAL Manhattan A West-leading Stuyvesant topped Graphic Communication Arts, 12-1, on Thursday for...
Cops shoot, kill Queens 'knife man' who stabbed his wife: police
A domestic squabble turned deadly in Queens last night when cops shot a knife-wielding man who had stabbed himself and his wife, law-enforcement sources said. The violence erupted at 8:30...
PSAL softball roundup: Sarcone, Susan Wagner get by Petrides
Susan Wagner will be hot heading into its regular-season finale with Tottenville on Friday. Taylor Sarcone gave up no runs on four hits and struck out 13 to lead Wagner...
CHSAA/Private baseball roundup: Fondu, Fordham rout Farrell
Perhaps all it took was a trip to Staten Island to bring Fordham Prep’s bats back to life. Furman-bound Steve Fondu went 3-for-4 with four RBIs and a run scored...
Despite playoff rout, Knicks' Big Three predicts bigger things
The Knicks may be done playing, but they are not done boasting. One by one, the Knicks’ Big Three predicted bigger things next season and Amar’e Stoudemire spoke highly of...
Knicks have Lin-gering question at point guard
Jeremy Lin’s left knee has wounded the Knicks. Badly. And not only for the obvious reasons. Yes, it would have been helpful if Lin could have been healthy for the...
Coach believes Lin part of Knicks future
One day after the Heat ended any chance Jeremy Lin would return this season, the Knicks’ 24-year-old sensation was discussing how much he enjoyed his first season in New York....
Yankees defeat Rays; CC pitches 'best game'
Not only did Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia have to overcome nine annoying Rays hitters last night, the ace had to conquer Eduardo Nunez’s rigid glove and unpredictable arm. Starting his...
Soriano shows he deserves chance to close for Yankees, too
In the space of a week, the Yankees have gone from the Great Rivera to the Great Closer Controversy. The Yankees and manager Joe Girardi are going to have to...
Pettitte expects to regain old form for Yankees
When Andy Pettitte rejoins the Yankees on Sunday, it will be a different pitching staff than the one he expected to see when he decided to come out of retirement,...
Coach putting wraps on Kreider, Stepan is killing Rangers
A long time ago before the lockout and in a galaxy far away in Tampa, there was a coach who proudly ran his team under the guiding principle that safe...
Rangers coach won't say if Kreider will play Game 7
How quickly things can change. Then change again, and again, to where the Rangers’ seemingly long-ago playoff darling who had the Garden fans chanting his name has morphed into Chris...
Rangers-Capitals Game 7 boosts ticket prices
Lifelong Rangers fan John Strapp decided he had to be at the Garden tomorrow night for Game 7 of the second-round series against the Capitals. So, in order to see...
Special teams hurting Rangers vs. Capitals
While essentially all of the criticism of the Rangers’ special teams through the first six games of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Capitals has been directed at the power...
Surprising Mets take streak into series with Marlins
MIAMI — Don’t start believing. That doesn’t sound like much of a marketing campaign for the Mets, but Ike Davis isn’t paid for that sort of thing. “Nobody believed in...
POST Q&A: Team SCAN's Terrence (Munch) Williams
Team SCAN has risen from almost nowhere to become a national powerhouse and arguably the top AAU boys basketball program in New York City. Their three age groups – 16U,...
CHSAA/Private softball roundup: Preston clinches division title
The CHSAA Bronx/Westchester crown returns to Preston. The Panthers had won back-to-back crowns, before watching now-closed Our Lady of Victory claim the last two titles. Preston is champion again following...
INSIDE LACROSSE: Farrell unbeaten in league, eyes NYCHSAA crown
Monsignor Farrell set a few lofty yet simple goals when the season began: go undefeated in league and win a city title. “We put a big star on our regular-season...
Poly Prep hammers Fieldston, inches closer to sixth straight Ivy crown
Last week, as Poly Prep waited out the raindrops before practice, several members of the team came to a starting realization. When they finally met Ivy Prep League rival Fieldston...
Family business: Cardozo earns coach bragging rights over brother
For the Scarola family, this game was a must see. “I said we may never get a chance again to see them together,” Pat Scarola. The PSAL boys volleyball playoffs...
JPMorgan stuns Street with $2B loss in prop-trading business
Wall Street’s golden boy Jamie Dimon found himself yesterday feasting on a $2 billion slice of humble pie. The JPMorgan Chase chief, who has railed against prohibitions against banks trading...
Jamie puts Volcker rule back in play
Jpmorgan Chase couldn’t have screwed up at a worse time. Or a better time if you are one of those who believes — like I do — that Wall Street...
Talk of the town
“Has the JPMorgan credit Whale been harpooned?” Nouriel Roubini, aka “Dr. Doom,” chairman, Roubini Global Economics “But they were just hedges, right? Disgraceful dishonesty. Break them up. Now.” Neil Barofsky,...
Time vies for a booby prize
Time magazine, which is dealing with an ad slump and a dip in newsstand sales, has ignited a raging Internet controversy with its provocative cover shot of a hot, blonde...
Yahoo! CEO says he never gave tech giant resume
No fudging way! Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson is telling staff he couldn’t have fudged his resume because he never provided one when he interviewed for the top spot at the...
SEC ‘big gun’ placed on leave
The new lead investigator at the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s watchdog office has been placed on administrative leave after he talked openly about wanting to carry a concealed firearm...
YouTube considering introducing subscription-based streaming service
YouTube is weighing the introduction of a premium, subscription-based video service, The Post has learned. The video giant is holding conversations with program providers about adding more top-shelf content to...
Instagram’s insta-surprise
Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook is getting an assist, of sorts, from the most unlikely place in its $1 billion acquisition of photo-sharing app Instagram — Google, The Post has learned. While...
Street snub for Facebook
Facebook’s initial public offering, scheduled for May 18, is generating lower-than-expected demand from institutional investors who are concerned about the company’s growth prospects, sources said. Some investors expressed reluctance after...
Business briefs
FDIC failures The FDIC will let foreign and domestic subsidiaries keep working when the agency uses its power under the Dodd-Frank Act to rebuild failing financial firms, acting chairman Martin...
Argentine beef
Elliott Capital Management’s Paul Singer must be sweating it. After battling Argentina in the courts, Congress and the New York state legislature for years, he is pulling out a big...
Hall of a win in Rumson
Just don’t call him Mr. Potter. Hedge fund honcho George Hall was officially proclaimed the winner of a bitter fight over a small-town bank in Rumson, NJ, after he succeeded...
Buffett’s buck$ in Coty-Avon
Don’t go changing your hair or makeup — Warren Buffett likes you just the way you are. Cosmetics giant Avon, which lately has been shrugging off a $10 billion takeover...
Nassau reels in Hain
Hain Celestial is moving its Suffolk headquarters to Nassau County, lured by incentives that will allow it to more than double in size by leasing nearly 90,000 square feet at...
Lewd rap dropped
Prosecutors have dropped a lewdness rap against a former Boys & Girls Club director charged with exposing himself to an 11-year-old Harlem girl.Andrew McFall, 41, of The Bronx, was sacked...
Jurist: Quit stripper job
Keep your shirt on!A furious Brooklyn federal judge yesterday ordered former medical-student-turned-pill- pusher Pauline Wiltshire to stop stripping — blasting her for failing to disclose her exotic-dancing job before she...
Feds convict mob-labor kin
Three former leaders of a mobbed-up union were convicted on all counts yesterday for extorting payments from business owners to ensure labor peace.Anthony Fazio Sr., his son Anthony Jr., and...
Cyber slug digs himself in deeper
An admitted cyberbully’s victims may have to relive their torment in court so a judge can decide just how bad his threats really were.Vitaly Borker — who pleaded guilty to...
John Edwards lobbied O to be a Supreme Court justice
GREENSBORO, NC — A delusional John Edwards hoped Barack Obama would appoint him to the Supreme Court — all while hiding his pregnant mistress and their love child, a former...
Gym ticketed twice over dumbbells’ din
The loud gym rats whose groans are scaring away customers from neighboring businesses were slapped with two noise violations recently, police said yesterday.Long Beach officials were called to CrossFit King...
Legally ‘banned’
Reese Witherspoon’s 70-year-old dad was slapped with a bigamy suit by the Oscar-winner’s mom for marrying his 60-year-old girlfriend — without getting a divorce first, according to court papers. Mary...
Pica$$-o, my! What a break
COLUMBUS, Ohio — An unemployed Ohio man was browsing at his local thrift store in March when he spotted a Picasso poster of a warped face with “Exposition” written across...
‘Undie’ hero a Brit
A British man of Saudi origin was the courageous double agent who foiled al Qaeda terrorists seeking to blow up a passenger jet with an underwear bomb, reports said yesterday....
Mike targets young truants
The city is launching a $9 million ad campaign — the largest of its kind in the nation — to boost school attendance because chronic truants in elementary school aren’t...
Double ‘cross’ by Pedro
This trial’s gone from political corruption to witchcraft. Ex-state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. dramatically donned rosary beads at his embezzlement trial yesterday — as he accused prosecutors and an FBI...
Lidia workers say she stiffed them on tips
Famed public-TV chef Lidia Bastianich was slapped with a tip-skimming suit yesterday, just weeks after her son, Joseph, struck a $5.25 million deal over similar allegations. The Manhattan federal court...
‘Minimum’ pay push
On the heels of passing a mandate that will force businesses to pay workers more in exchange for city subsidies, the City Council is poised to call on Albany to...
Bill blockbuster: O’s an ‘amateur’
Bill Clinton thought so little of President Obama — mocking him as an “amateur” — that he pressed his wife last summer to quit her job as secretary of state...
$3.2B lost in mail
The US Postal Service said it lost $3.2 billion in the quarter that ended March 31 and won’t have the cash to make a required payment for future retirees’ health...
Wife-rape hubby flees country before conviction
He’s guilty of raping his wife — now authorities just have to find him.Francisco Martinez, 43, was convicted of felony “reckless” rape yesterday for repeatedly sexually attacking his spouse in...
New ‘grope’ suspect pix
Just days after prosecutors dropped charges against one “gentleman groper” suspect, cops released new images of a man they believe is the real pervert. The well- groomed man is accused...
Vid teen’s new bust
A teen whose beating at the hands of four cops was famously captured on cellphone video last winter was busted again Wednesday — this time for participating in a Bronx...
Dog-walk thief gets jail ‘stay’
He walked their dogs — and then walked off with their jewels.A dog owner’s worst friend was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison yesterday for taking $100,000 worth of...
Cops shoot knife man
A domestic squabble turned deadly in Queens last night when cops shot a knife-wielding man who had stabbed himself and his wife, law-enforcement sources said.The violence erupted at 8:30 p.m.,...
'Killer' in Bx. girl's 1998 murder eyed in 4 other rapes: source
The monster busted for the vicious 1998 rape and strangulation of a 14-year-old Bronx runaway is now the prime suspect in up to four other sex attacks in the borough,...
NY skin cancer soaring
ALBANY — Tanorexia may be the real deal.The rate of melanoma skyrocketed by a blinding 72 percent in New York over 10 years from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s, according...
NJ prosecutor: Jail cam creep
Prosecutors yesterday said a former Rutgers student should go to jail for using a Web cam to spy on his gay roommate, who later committed suicide. Dharun Ravi, 20, was...
NY court next for ’70s killer
The California Supreme Court has cleared the way for convicted serial killer Rodney Alcala to be extradited to New York, where he would be charged with strangling two women in...
Judges: NY food law kosher
A New York State law regulating the marketing and labeling of kosher food doesn’t violate the US Constitution, a federal appeals court ruled yesterday.The finding rejected a First Amendment challenge...
$500M art hunt
Federal agents trying to solve the 22-year-old mystery of the biggest art heist ever swarmed the home of a reputed Connecticut mobster yesterday, seeking clues into the $500 million museum...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn *** Cops are looking for a gun-wielding goon who impersonated an officer and robbed a home in Canarsie, authorities said. The thug, wearing a police shield and an NYPD...
‘Water’ fall in exams
H2Oh, no! Barely half of New York state’s public-school eighth-graders were able to correctly identify the atoms in a molecule of water on national science exams last year, test officials...
School ‘snow days’ in June
Some public-school students may get an unexpected two days off in late June, thanks to the city’s mild winter. The Post has learned that dozens of principals submitted requests to...
Beyoncé’s ‘joystuck’
New mom Beyoncé may soon be singing again — but this time, it’ll be under oath. The superstar is expected to be grilled by lawyers for a video-game developer by...
JetBlue airline removes NJ tot from plane because her name was on federal no-fly list
What is she, the diaper bomber? This adorable, chubby-cheeked New Jersey tot was pulled from a JetBlue flight because her name popped up on the federal no-fly list — normally...
Stop & frisk or risk more crime: Mike
Tampering with the NYPD’s effective stop-and-frisk program could return the city to the days when it was “one of the crime capitals of the United States,” Mayor Bloomberg warned yesterday...
Foe’s letter vs. charters
An advocacy group financed by the teachers union spearheaded a campaign yesterday against Eva Moskowitz’s Success Charter School Network. New York Communities for Change submitted a letter to the SUNY...
Murder-suicide at JFK hotel
A man lunching with five associates at a Kennedy Airport hotel yesterday suddenly jumped to his feet, drew a gun and pumped up to eight bullets into the head of...
Judge’s sneaky sidestep
A Manhattan judge gave a man suspected of killing his estranged wife a break yesterday, changing the time of his hearing and keeping the public in the dark about it....
Junkie flipped manhole lids to feed drug habit: source
He’s the hardest-working crackhead in New York City. The thief behind a backbreaking spree of manhole-cover thefts is a 160-pound Brooklyn drug addict who hauled away and sold the 320-pound...
$topping assaults on MTA workers
Riders who report assaults on transit workers could soon receive cash rewards, officials said yesterday.MTA Vice President of Subways Carmen Bianco said he’d consider the payments — similar to rewards...
Hungarian performers suing for $200M following Costa Concordia wreck
Four performers who entertained passengers on the doomed Costa Concordia are suing the luxury liner’s owners and operators for $200 million. The musicians and dancers — all from Hungary —...
Mitt happens: Romney sorry for HS bullying
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney’s high-school bullying came back to haunt him yesterday, with tales of his tormenting oddball and effeminate classmates. Romney humbly admitted that he was “very deeply sorry”...
Striking ‘gay’dirt
WASHINGTON — Ka-ching! President Obama is experiencing a fund-raising bonanza after announcing his support for gay marriage. And he got a hero’s welcome on a West Coast swing that culminated...
LIers die in plane crash
Two Long Islanders were killed and a third injured in a small-plane crash in Pennsylvania, authorities said yesterday.The victims were students at SUNY Farmingdale’s Aviation Program. The plane, which crashed...
Third masseur accuses John Travolta of inappropriate behavior
A third masseur has accused “Pulp Fiction” star John Travolta of trying to have sex with him — making the indecent proposal during a Royal Caribbean Enchantment of the Seas...
‘Killer’ misses his mom
He wants his mother — the woman he is charged with murdering. Henry Wachtel, 19 and epileptic, is accused of killing La Guardia HS teacher Karen Kay, 63, during a...
Labor’s last shot
Madison, Wis. On Tuesday night, shortly after Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett was announced as the winner of the Democratic primary to take on Republican Gov. Scott Walker in Wisconsin’s June...
Obama’s unreal gay-marriage moment
President Obama insists that he didn’t announce his support for gay marriage out of political considerations. He’s right. He did it out of self-regard. How it must have eaten away...
French-fried economics: Bam’s bad role model
The Issue: Whether President Obama will lead the United States into a Euro-style economic decline. *** An abrupt switch in France and Greece from planned austerity to a free-spending stimulated...
Putin transmits a message
Maybe next time — and not on your turf. That’s the message Russia’s Vladimir Putin sent to his US counterpart Barack Obama this week — catching the White House off-guard...
Mitt’s preppy prank
The Washington Post just devoted no fewer than 5,500 words to reporting that nearly half a century ago, Mitt Romney pulled a nasty prank on a fellow prep-school student. And...
In the Knick of time
For the Knicks, the playoffs are one-and-done. Not just one series and ousted, as they were Wednesday by the Miami Heat. But just one measly victory in the series. Of...
Eric Holder’s ‘furious’ folly
Congress has a constitutional responsibility to exercise oversight over the Executive Branch, and for more than a year we’ve been attempting to fulfill that with respect to the Justice Department’s...
The war on testing
This year, Teacher Appreciation Week comes amid a daily drumbeat of criticism of the recent grades 3-8 English-language-arts and math state tests — and of standardized testing in general. Adults...
We've hit the motherlode!
Aliya Shain felt a little confused when she was traveling in the mid-’90s with her parents outside New York. “They told me not to address them both as Mom,” recalls...
WATCH: Depp's 'Shadow' a bloody good time
Not for the first time, Johnny Depp is all dressed up — this time as an elegant 19th-century vampire unleashed in 1972 — with nowhere particularly coherent to go in...
They’re easy to Beirut for
Like the magical hamlet in “Brigadoon,” the village in “Where Do We Go Now?” is cut off from the modern world, and the film insists that is no bad thing....
‘God Bless’ these idiots
‘Why have a civilization if we’re no longer interested in being civilized?” That’s the core of Bobcat Goldthwait’s rant masquerading as a feature film, and a lot of it is...
Hick
Chloe Moretz’s other movie today — besides “Dark Shadows” — is a smarmy little road movie about a Southern teenage girl losing her innocence the hard way during the Reagan...
Patience (After Sebald)
The late W.G. Sebald’s work resisted classification, and so it goes with this documentary, both essay and meditation, which retraces a walk through East Anglia, in England, that became the...
Sweet as strawberry ‘Blondes’
The Encores! production of “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” is like a dessert stuffed with juicy morsels. Why quibble because the cake doesn’t always hold the fruity bits together? The lushest nibble...
Central Park’s imported forest
As regular readers of this column know (hi, mom, hi dad!), I like to rib Public Theater chief Oskar Eustis about his infatuation with Broadway. The Public is one of...
A Bag Of Hammers
A pair of emotionally stunted, two-bit con men (Jason Ritter and Jake Sandvig) are forced to grow up in a hurry when parenthood is thrust upon them in Brian Crano’s...
Tonight You’re Mine
Like the Scottish music festival where this meandering romance was shot, getting the plot from point A to point B seems beside the point. It’s about the chance encounters, the...
Nobody Else But You
‘Nobody Else But You” has the ingredients for a splendid neo-noir. It’s set in a gloomily snowbound town billed as “the Siberia of France.” The main character is a nosy...
Bonsai
Peruvian director Cristián Jiménez’s charm-filled romance “Bonsai” is just a few minutes old when you discover, during a voice-over, that a key character will die at the end. But this...
The Road
The Filipino horror fest “The Road” has a minimal plot — and even that isn’t especially original — but its director/co-writer/cinematographer, Yam Laranas, still delivers a maximum of suspense and...
Girl in Progress
In this better-than-average tween comedy aimed at the Latino market, Cierra Ramirez makes an impression as a precocious Seattle teenager who decides she’s ready for adulthood after her private-school teacher...
Nesting
The quippy guy in the ironic T-shirt, the generically hot wife who is both charmed and exasperated by his wacky schemes: “Nesting” is a sitcom, but a really slow and...
NBC’s McGuire truly in NHL’s front row
Pierre McGuire has the best seat in the house, even though he stands throughout the game. The NBC Sports hockey analyst is between the two team benches -- or “Inside...
5 questions for ... Kenny Smith
TNT analyst, two-time NBA champion and Queens native Kenny Smith talks Knicks future, Heat present and more with The Post’s Justin Terranova. Q: Do you think Mike Woodson deserves to...
Kentucky Derby-winning trainer in trouble out west
Doug O’Neill is having the time of his life since saddling I’ll Have Another to win Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, but all isn’t sweetness and light. With that victory thrusting O’Neill...
Hollywood Results
FIRST-1 1/16m; $27,000; clm($16,000); 3YO 4 Yankee Dn (Rosro) 3.20 2.40 2.10 1 Super Candy (Flores) 4.80 3.60 2 Respuesta Solida (Bednar) 5.40 * $1 Exacta (4-1) $7.60 * Quinella...
Boggs: I’m no racist
Wade Boggs lashed out yesterday at former Red Sox teammate Dennis “Oil Can’’ Boyd, calling him a “delusional drug addict’’ after Boyd accused Boggs of being a bigot who used...
Meadowlands Graded Entries
Post TIme: 7:00 p.m.Best Bet: Sugar Queen Gabby (8th)FIRST: mile trot; $8,500; cond5 New York Muscle(BSears)2-5-37-21 SouthJerseyBugsy(AMorgn)3-2-25-12 Volare De Vie(JCampbell)9-2-13-13 Adriana Hanover(SSmith)6-3-38-14 Piccolo Sogno(AMiller)2-1-X4-16 One More Kid(JMarshall)5-3-715-17 At The Zoo(PBerry)2-4-X12-18...
Tomorrow’s Belmont Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-7 fur; $57,000; alw; 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Robert's Breach(L),118JCastellan1-2-xR Dutrow7-22 ThePrizeFighter(L),116J Lezcano9-3-4Serpe4-13 AwesomeMergr(L),114J Ortiz6-7-5Barker30-14 One Speedy Cat(L),116J Espinoza8-1-7Farro20-15 Master Splash(L),121CVelasquz5-3-5Englehrt10-16 Jeter(L),118RDomingz5-1-4R Dutrow3-17...
Belmont Charts
May 10th, 2012 Clear and Fast Turf Off©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1 1/16 miles(T); $62,000; alw; 3upOff: 12:51. Good. 3w, bid 7/16,kept busyTime: 23.76, 47.35, 1:12.26, 1:37.78, 1:44.64.Trainer: Richard Dutrow,...
The Post Line
NBA Playoffs Tonight Favorite Line Underdog CLIPPERS 1 1/2 Grizzlies Sunday Conference Semifinals HEAT 8 1/2 Pacers Odds to Win Series Favorite Line Underdog Heat $600-900 Pacers NHL Playoffs Tomorrow...
Devils left waiting for Rangers-Capitals winner
The Devils have done a great job of staying focused, not letting anything distract them in winning their first two rounds of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Halfway to their goal,...
Hondo: Yu gotta believe!
Slosh Backett was roughed up by the Tribe last night, which caused Hondo’s deficit to plummet to 1,080 ramoses. However, don’t be too hard on Slosh, Sawx fans, he probably...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYMay 11SATMay 12 SUNMay 13MONMay 14TUEMay 15WEDMay 16THUMay 17YankeesSeattle7:05YES NetworkWCBS 880 AMSea.4:05YESWCBSSea.1:05YESWCBSBal.7:05YESWCBSBal.7:05WWORWCBSTor.7:07YESWCBSTor.7:07YESWCBSMetsMiami7:10SportsNet NYWFAN 660 AMMia.1:05FOXWFANMia.1:10WPIXWFANMilw.7:10SNYWFANMilw.7:10SNYWFANCin.7:10SNYWFANCin.7:10SNYWFANRangersNOGAMEWash.7:30NBSCNESPNTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDDevilsNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMETBD8:00NBCSNWBBRNOGAMETBD8:00NBCSNWBBRNOGAMERed BullsNOGAMENOGAMEPhila.12:30ESPN2NOGAMENOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEHOMEAWAY
Beckett booed off field by Red Sox fans in loss
Josh Beckett must have lasted longer on the golf course than he did on the mound. The embattled Red Sox ace was booed off the field at Fenway Park when...
Poulter right at home
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Ian Poulter likes nice things. That comes from his modest upbringing. Poulter is not a silver-spoon player on the PGA Tour who grew up playing...
Tiger in danger of missing cut
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Milestones have been as much a part of Tiger Woods’ career as his wins and his sins. Unless Woods posts a low score in today’s...
76ers knock out depleted Bulls
Andre Iguodala and Evan Turner hopped on the scorer’s table and played to the crowd as the catchy 76ers theme song blared in the arena.Eight years of going home empty...
Player unions defend rule breakers
Perhaps if NFL, MLB, NHL and NBA players came up with better, more applicable words than “players union” their organizations wouldn’t strike so many as comical. The use of “unions”...
Sports Shorts
MLB: Orioles get out heavy lumber early The Orioles became the first AL team to open a game with three straight home runs, and Baltimore added two more long balls...
Giants open rookie minicamp
So far, it has been two weeks of accepting congratulations and thinking about entering the NFL as a member of the Super Bowl champion Giants. For the team’s seven draft...
Hunter, Holmes make up for Jets
Wayne Hunter and Santonio Holmes have made up. Hunter, the Jets right tackle, said yesterday at offseason training camp he and wide receiver Holmes have a “clean slate” after the...
Jets star Revis rips Patriots coach Belichick
Add another chapter to the Jets-Patriots rivalry. Jets All-Pro cornerback Darrelle Revis tore into Patriots coach Bill Belichick Thursday at the team’s offseason training camp, calling him “disrespectful” and “ignorant.”...
'It's been fun' for Sanchez, Tebow with Jets
Tim Tebow might have changed his dog’s name, but he still won’t say if he hopes the Jets eventually change their starting quarterback. Tebow and Mark Sanchez met the media...
Clemens uses Cashman to trash McNamee
Brian Cashman took his turn yesterday in the star-studded Roger Clemens trial, and perhaps the Yankees general manager felt as if he had traveled back to a time when George...
Yankees LF Gardner to miss more time with elbow strain
There is no telling when Brett Gardner will return to the Yankees. An MRI exam revealed another muscle strain in Gardner’s right (non-throwing) elbow Thursday and the left fielder will...
Lighter bat, plate patience key for Mets CF Torres
MIAMI — The most diminutive player in the Mets clubhouse has an ego to match. Andres Torres probably would rake the pitcher’s mound between innings if manager Terry Collins asked...
Woodson sees good things from Knicks failure
Mike Woodson would rather view the Knicks’ season in two distinct segments, separated by the day he replaced Mike D’Antoni as the Knicks head coach. When applying for a job,...
Smith leaning toward staying with Knicks
J.r. Smith said yesterday he was just joking on his Twitter feed Wednesday night and didn’t mean to threaten Knicks fans that he is departing. In fact, the Post has...
Woodson looking for agent to satisfy Knicks owner
Knicks owner James Dolan loves interim coach Mike Woodson, but he doesn’t like his agent Joe Glass, Larry Brown’s former rep. According to multiple sources, Woodson is seeking a new...
Knicks star Anthony says he was in 'phenomenal shape'
A defiant Carmelo Anthony believes the knock on him of not being in great shape this season is erroneous and was surprised Knicks coach Mike Woodson said last Friday he...
Knicks have high hopes for Amar’e in low post
Knicks interim head coach Mike Woodson wants Amar’e Stoudemire and the basket to have a closer relationship. As the Knicks enter the offseason, Woodson said he wants Stoudemire to become...
Don’t count on Knicks improvement
The Knicks are now 1-8 as playoff pushovers since the acquisition of Carmelo Anthony was proclaimed the best trade in franchise history by several skewed media masterminds, who apparently never...
Heat apologize for jab at Stoudemire
MIAMI — The Miami Heat apologized yesterday after its public address announcer said Amar’e Stoudemire was “extinguished” when the Knicks star fouled out of Wednesday night’s playoff game. With under...
Karsay knows feeling of replacing Mariano on Yankees
One notable distinction between Joe Girardi and his predecessor, Joe Torre, is how much more Girardi emphasizes not overtaxing his relievers. His near iron-clad rule has been to avoid using...
Talk show guests
FRIDAYFELICITY HUFFMAN, TIM TEBOW, EMERIL LAGASSE - Good Morning America, 7 a.m., Ch. 7MIKE LUPICA, CHACE CRAWFORD - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4TONY BESHARA, ROBERT PAGLIARINI, MARY HUNT - Dr....
‘Common’ marries bromance with quirk
If “Psych” and “Suits” had never happened, “Common Law,” probably wouldn’t feel as, well, common as it does. But the truth is that these and other two-on-a-mismatch, cop/lawyer bromance shows...
‘Star’ struck
Katherine Jenkins — who survived an aggravating wardrobe malfunction Monday night — never figured she’d make the top four on “Dancing With the Stars.” “When I started this whole thing,...
This is Howard?
Howard Stern’s appearance on “The View” yesterday went a long way toward extinguishing any flames of controversy he would have ignited back in his take-no-prisoners heyday. So what gives? Stern,...
‘Wife’ house for sale
Two feuding “R eal Housewives of New Jersey” are moving even further apart. Melissa Gorga and her builder husband, Joe, have put their Montville Township, NJ mansion up for sale...
Starr Report
I don't know if "Downton Abbey" fans out there caught the very clever allusion to the PBS hit in Wednesday night's episode of "Modern Family," which was (mostly) set in...
Who's zooming who!
1. NBA: Heat v. Knicks 2,978,093 2. NBA: Lakers v. Nuggets 2,182,516 3. The Voice 1,559,353 4. NBA: Celtics v. Hawks 1,267,322 5. NBA: Clippers v. Grizzlies 925,827 6. NBA:...
Weird but true
Officials at a conservative Catholic school in Arizona are refusing to let their baseball team play in a state championship game because their opponent, Mesa Prep, has a girl playing...
Bronx native Green signs with Eastern Illinois
Eastern Illinois wasn't the first school to actively recruit Dennis Green. It didn't come from the largest conference, either. The Ohio Valley Conference college, however, offered what the others involved...
Dolan tells Knicks' Woodson to change agent: sources
Knicks owner James Dolan loves interim coach Mike Woodson, but he doesn’t like his agent Joe Glass, Larry Brown’s former rep. According to multiple sources, Woodson is seeking a new...
Obama discusses same-sex marriage at Clooney's star-studded LA fundraiser
LOS ANGELES -- Politics and showbiz collided in Los Angeles on Thursday night, as President Barack Obama held court at Hollywood star George Clooney's home for an election fundraiser. Obama...
Cops release new images of 'gentleman groper' suspect
Just days after prosecutors dropped charges against “gentleman groper” Karl Vanderwoude, 26, cops released new images of a man they believe is the real suspect. The well groomed man is...
Century 21 heading to Brooklyn’s Fulton Mall
Discount retail giant Century 21 has cut a deal to bring Brooklyn’s Fulton Mall its first new department store in more than five decades, officials said today. The chain will...
Fugitive Adam Mayes caught then dies in Mississippi, kidnapped sisters are safe
GUNTOWN, Miss. -- Authorities who tracked down a fugitive accused of kidnapping two girls and killing their mother and older sister said they repeatedly ordered him to surrender, but he...
DANDY ANDY: The ups and downs of baseball
Every other week this spring season, Andrew Velazquez will take us inside the Fordham Prep baseball team. In his exclusive diary on NYPost.com, the Virginia Tech-bound shortstop will give us...
TV chef Lidia Bastianich in hot water over tip$ at her Felidia restaurant
She apparently learned from her son's mistakes a little too late. Famed public-TV chef Lidia Bastianich was slapped with a tip-skimming suit today, just weeks after her son, Joseph, struck...