May 18, 2012
WATCH: Will Smith slaps reporter after he tries to kiss him
MOSCOW — He's not getting jiggy with this! Will Smith landed a playful slap on the face of a Ukrainian journalist Friday when the frisky newsman tried to smother him...
Newest Red Bull Heath Pearce thrown into the fire
Heath Pearce, the newest Red Bull, isn’t wasting any time getting thrown right into action. Told at yesterday’s Chivas USA practice that he’d been traded to New York, the all-star...
Blue Jays hit 5 HRs, rout Mets 14-5
TORONTO — J.P. Arencibia and Rajai Davis each hit two home runs, Yan Gomes hit his first career homer and the Toronto Blue Jays routed the New York Mets 14-5...
Pettitte throws eight shutout innings in Yankees win over Reds
Andy Pettitte pitched eight shutout innings for his first regular-season win since July 2010, leading the Yankees over the Cincinnati Reds 4-0 Friday night. Making his second major league start...
Mary Kennedy's family feuds hours before wake
WHITE PLAINS — The two sides of Mary Richardson Kennedy's grieving family faced off in court Friday over custody of her body, just hours before she was mourned at a...
Harrold Heralded by Devils Teammates
Devils coach Peter DeBoer may have only made one switch in the lineup for Game 2 on Wednesday, but he can be glad he did. His decision to sub 19-year-old...
Jockey declines breathalyzer at Belmont, out of Preakness
Jockey Kent Desormeaux was taken off his mounts at Belmont on Friday by NYRA stewards. It is reported that Desormeaux declined to take a breathalyzer test. Due to these actions,...
Teixeira out of Yankees lineup against Reds
Mark Teixeira isn't in the Yankees starting lineup Friday in the series opener against the Reds in The Bronx after suffering another coughing fit in Toronto on Thursday. The first...
Rangers vow to be better in Game 3 against Devils
John Tortorella was a bit miffed by the word choice, but he made his point clear.When the Rangers coach was asked Friday afternoon if his team was annoyed by its...
Red Bulls hope to have Rodgers back in late June
The Red Bulls – thin at forward – hope to get Luke Rodgers back by the end of June, and have resources set aside to get another striker if they...
Red Bulls say Agudelo was unhappy, asked for trade
While Juan Agudelo has stated that he feels new club Chivas USA values him, the Red Bulls insist they valued their 19-year-old phenom, enough that they’d spent years rejecting legitimate...
Amid protests, Sebelius talks church and state at Georgetown
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told Georgetown University's graduating public-policy students that heated debates over the relationship between religion and government are "a strength of our country, not...
Former Yankees pitcher Wood to retire
CHICAGO -- Kerry Wood, who electrified baseball with a 20-strikeout game as a rookie in 1998 and then became a reliever after his career was slowed by injuries, is expected...
Alleged money launderer for Hezbollah nailed after thug uses fake cop pass
This alleged terror "money launderer" sure got himself in some hot water. The feds got a windfall of financial evidence this week against an alleged Hezbolla money man they'd been...
New French prez meets Obama, sticks to Afghan pullout timetable
WASHINGTON — French President Francois Hollande said Friday he would carry out his pledge to withdraw combat forces from Afghanistan by year's end, two years earlier than the U.S. ally...
Divorce judge orders NYPD to turn over Nederlander arrest papers
Broadway bad boy Eric Nederlander lost an important battle in his bitter custody war with psychologist wife Dr. Lindsey Kupferman today, when a Manhattan Civil Court judge ordered the NYPD...
Man with walker killed by elderly driver in Manhattan
An elderly man using a walker was struck and killed in Manhattan early today, police said. The 76-year-old pedestrian, whose name was not released, tried to cross East 23rd Street,...
Qns. man in alleged 'divorce' beating arrested for false report
The Queens man who claimed he was beaten and robbed by his estranged father-in-law and several other men was arrested today for falsifying a police report, The Post has learned....
Facebook pops 13 percent in first few minutes of trading
Mark Zuckerberg’s new status: liquid.Trading in shares of social media giant Facebook started at $43, with a whopping 82 million shares trading hands in the first 30 seconds.In the first...
WATCH: Romney's first general election TV ad promises tax cuts, oil pipeline
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney's first general-election TV commercial promises he would introduce tax cuts and approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline on the first day of his presidency. The Republican...
LT not auctioning off Super Bowl ring; his son is
As it turns out, Lawrence Taylor is not selling his Super Bowl XXV ring. His son is.The ring Taylor earned after the 1990 season is being auctioned off by SCPAuctions.com,...
Safety Bell to sign with Jets
Safety Yeremiah Bell will sign a one-year contract with the Jets, according to an NFL source.Pro Football Talk reported the the deal is worth $1.4 million."The deal includes a $200,000...
Sarah Jessica Parker to host Obama fundraiser at her NY home
President Obama is enlisting the help of "Sex and the City" star Sarah Jessica Parker to raise money for his re-election bid. A new fundraising solicitation from the campaign invites...
Jury to resume deliberating Monday after no verdict in Edwards trial
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The jury in the John Edwards case did not reach a verdict Friday after deliberating for almost five hours before recessing for the weekend. They will reconvene...
Facebook stock closes slightly above $38 IPO price
Facebook updated its status to "public company" on Friday. After an anxiety-filled half-hour delay, its stock began trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market for the first time as investors were...
Al Gore has a new girlfriend: report
WASHINGTON -- Al Gore has a new girlfriend. The former vice president is dating Elizabeth Keadle, a wealthy Democratic donor in her 50s from Southern California, The Washington Post reported...
LIVE BLOG: Facebook goes public
It's Facebook's big day. The site, which was born in a dorm room eight years ago and has grown into a worldwide network of almost a billion people, is making...
Tajikistan bans 'The Dictator,' report says
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan -- Sacha Baron Cohen's "The Dictator" was banned in the Central Asian state of Tajikistan after censors deemed the movie unsuitable. Tajikistan's distributor of international movies, Tantana, said...
FRIDAY FIVE: New York non-advocates
The Reds shift from Citi Field to Yankee Stadium tonight, in a pretty cool scheduling twist. I can’t recall another instance of a team playing at the Mets and Yankees...
Ask William and Kate to honor the dead Jews
Once again, the International Olympic Committee has rejected a request from the families and government of the 11 Israeli athletes murdered by terrorists at the 1972 Munich games, to hold...
Bloomberg defends NYPD's 'stop and frisk,' vows to not walk away from 'tactics that work' during radio show
Mayor Bloomberg went into full-tilt pushback mode today. In rapid succession on his radio show he vowed no retreat on the NYPD's controversial "stop and frisk" tactics, described a City...
Michigan teen arrested with loaded gun after threatening teacher in text message
PONTIAC, Mich. -- A quick-thinking Michigan mom might have saved a life by getting her son's school locked down after he sent a text message threatening one of his teachers....
Bangkok police arrest man accused of buying fetuses
BANGKOK -- Police in Bangkok arrested a Taiwanese man accused of buying fetuses for sale online, it was reported Friday. Chou Hong Hun, 28, was arrested in a hotel in...
Kanye West to debut short film at Cannes
CANNES, France — Kanye West will debut a short film titled "Cruel Summer" at the Cannes Film Festival. The rapper announced Friday that he'll present the film on Wednesday at...
Blind Chinese activist's relatives describe beatings at hands of officials
DONGSHIGU, China -- Relatives of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng have told for the first time how they were beaten and interrogated by officials after his high-profile escape from house...
Probe underway after American man stabbed in Beijing near tourist spot
BEIJING -- Chinese police were Friday investigating an attack on an American by a man who was attempting to draw attention to his grievances. Wang Taicun, 61, stabbed the American...
Lesson from Quebec: Waking up to 'Occupy' tyranny
It has been four long months that radical Quebec students, mainly in Montreal, have been disrupting life, destroying property, causing hundreds of injuries and general mayhem. Finally, there are calls...
Taliban rocket attack kills two US troops in Afghanistan
KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan -- Two US troops were killed Friday in a Taliban rocket attack on a NATO base in Afghanistan's eastern province of Kunar. NATO's International Security Assistance Force...
Preakness Bettor's Guide
Post horse racing writer Ed Fountaine provides his in-depth analysis for the 11-horse field in Saturday's Preakness Stakes. The race will be run at Pimlico with a post time of...
Amtrak worker struck by LIRR train in Queens
An Amtrack worker was hit by an LIRR train early Friday, but is expected to survive, authorities said. The 43-year-old man was struck by an eastbound Port Washington-bound train outside...
Iran and Syria working the same angles with the west
Based on news reports of Iran's plans for renewing international negotiations on its nuclear program and Syria's response to a UN-designed cease-fire, it is obvious that both countries are playing the...
Staszewski: Massey ratings produce flawed NYSAISAA lacrosse seedings
The NYSAISAA released its boys and girls lacrosse playoff seedings Thursday for the first time using the Massey rating system. It appears to have gotten the boys bracket fairly right,...
Boston University student faces New Zealand court over van crash that killed Brooklyn native, two other classmates
AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- A Boston University student appeared in a New Zealand court Friday on charges of careless driving over a car crash last weekend that claimed the life...
Sofia's single, guys!
“Modern Family” sexpot Sofia Vergara goes solo yesterday in the East Village. The Colombian stunner recently split with her millionaire bizman beau, Nick Loeb.
PSAL lacrosse roundup: Curtis rallies to beat Midwood in four OTs
Casey Metz finally put an end to a marathon three-hour, four-overtime game. How did she do it? “I really don’t know,” Curtis coach Matt Gonzalez said. “There was just so...
PSAL baseball roundup: Beacon clinches ninth straight Manhattan A West crown
Even without its top two pitchers, Beacon’s reign atop Manhattan A West continued. Lukas Marble had three RBIs, Dylan Long and Caleb Kerbs each scored twice and Nikolai Grumet had...
WATCH: Mick Jagger's 'SNL' promos
Mick Jagger is bringing his magic to "Saturday Night Live." NBC released promo videos of the Rolling Stones frontman and cast member Kristen Wiig plugging this weekend's episode -- Mick's...
Football coach plans to fight 'U' rating, dismissal at Canarsie
Mike Camardese couldn’t walk two steps without being stopped by a student. Each one shook his hand, patted him on the back or asked how they could help. Others shouted...
Red Bulls trade Agudelo
The Red Bulls sent 19-year-old forward Juan Agudelo to Chivas USA for defender Heath Pearce, in a blockbuster swap of potential for production. They will lose a talented teenager who...
College hoops ref DeMayo perseveres as two sons battle kidney failure
They are the human piñatas of the sports world, and that’s when they’re even recognized as human beings in the first place. They are yelled at, screamed at, their families...
Villar pitches Thomas to upset of GW, within win of sharing division crown
Norman Thomas has remained under the radar this spring by design. The team’s motto is “nice and quiet.” The Tigers will need a new one for the playoffs – after...
Former Jets LB Vilma sues NFL commissioner
NEW ORLEANS — Suspended Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma filed a defamation lawsuit yesterday against NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, claiming the league’s top executive made false statements that tarnished Vilma’s reputation...
Two out of Nets’ workout
One of the primary players the Nets were interested in, French guard Evan Fournier, plus one of the more recognizable names on the roster of draft hopefuls, Syracuse small forward...
Baseball voices need to give us some credit
Just a brief, soft, friendly reminder to our beloved local sportscasters: We’re not stupid! Monday, Baltimore’s Robert Andino bounced into an easier-than-pie double play. Robinson Cano fielded near second, reached...
Senior moment: Waldron leads Beacon to fifth straight PSAL tennis crown
Beacon had already won its fifth straight city title, but the celebration didn’t begin until they mobbed Christian Waldron. “I think Christian brought a different level of energy today,” Blue...
Former Lincoln star Williams picks Syracuse, continuing Orange's strangehold on the city
In February, when six Lincoln players signed National Letters of Intent, Wayne Williams was in the school’s library for the ceremony. The chatty and friendly mammoth defensive tackle promised everyone...
Mets defeat Reds with 5-run 8th
Every time these Mets get knocked down, they find a way to get back up off the mat. And as usual, it was David Wright who picked them up yesterday....
LIGHTNING ROD: GW catcher talks Scout's Scrimmage, tough loss to Thomas
Every other week this baseball season, George Washington catcher Nelson Rodriguez will give us an inside look at his team’s quest for a second straight PSAL Class A city title...
Wright finally becoming ultimate leader for Mets
David Wright pulled a Michael Jordan yesterday at Citi Field. Riddled with flu-like symptoms, he riddled the Reds yesterday, continuing a torrid season that is forcing the Mets’ hand to...
Offensive ineptitude may bring down Rangers
John Tortorella wasn’t making an example of Marian Gaborik on Wednesday night any more than the Rangers’ coach was making an example of Brian Boyle when he kept the big...
PSAL Class B softball playoff roundup: Bernstein, LMU advance into second round
Lab Museum United’s quest for a second ‘B’ title game appearance started in successful fashion. Lindsey Bernstein went 3-for-3 with five RBIs and three runs scored to lead LMU to...
Bird strike caused fatal US Marine helicopter crash in California: investigators
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- A state-of-the-art attack helicopter that crashed in southern California last September killing two US Marines was brought down by a bird strike, investigators have concluded. The...
WATCH: Mr. Schue describes his crush on Michelle Obama
Barack better watch his back – Mr. Schue has his eye on the First Lady. “I have a crush on Michelle Obama,” Matthew Morrison gushed on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Morrison,...
Team SCAN wins Under Armour Shootout in Connecticut
Team SCAN’s No. 1 national ranking held up last weekend. With five players in double figures, the SCAN 16-and-under team defeated Long Island Lightning Law, 73-38, in the CT Elite...
CHSAA baseball roundup: Sophomore pitches Xavier past St. Ray's
Xavier turned to a sophomore on the mound and ended up with perhaps its biggest win of the season. James Moran tossed six scoreless innings to lead Xavier to a...
It's Academic: American Studies comes back to win first volleyball title
Michal Kasza came into practice Wednesday upset. Academy of American Studies did beat Cardozo in the semifinals Tuesday, but the Eagles dropped their first set of the season. “I felt...
Ready to launch
Happy FB day! One hundred eight days after it first filed to go public and more than eight years after a nerdy 19-year Harvard sophomore invented it in his dorm...
Facebook tide is lifting many boats
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg may be famous for his hoodies, but his company’s hotly anticipated IPO is proving to have long coattails. Companies that work within Facebook’s ecosystem are seeing...
Airlines collected record $1.4B in fees at end of last year
Some airlines are making more bucks by keeping their planes on the ground than flying them. In just three months during last year’s busy holiday season, commercial carriers collected a...
Reader’s Digest CEO: It’s time for a haircut
Just a little off the top, please. Reader’s Digest Association CEO Robert Guth is asking bondholders to take a 5 percent haircut on its senior debt. Nearly $60.7 million has...
Schilling bad pitch
The troubled videogame company helmed by former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling delivered a $1.1 million payment to Rhode Island yesterday — but the state economic development agency returned the...
Leonard Green & Partners on track to purchase Savers
Leonard Green & Partners is poised to add to its impressive line-up of retail brands. The Los Angeles private-equity shop has the inside track to purchase Savers, the 225-unit Bellevue,...
Hedge-fund big Paul Singer scorched by Ally and ResCap
Billionaire hedge-fund mogul Paul Singer has been burned both ways trying to make a buck off Ally Financial and its bankrupt mortgage unit, Residential Capital. Singer’s Elliott Management owned a...
Business briefs
Dimon on Hill JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has agreed to testify before Congress over the bank’s recent trading losses. Burkle filing Barnes & Noble’s stock slid 8.8 percent to...
Lampert singing O no, Sears Canada
So long, and thanks for all the cash! After years of siphoning money from Sears’ stores in Canada and leaving them crippled, hedge-fund tycoon Eddie Lampert is looking to slash...
Gap profits beat Street
Gap Inc. raised its yearly profit forecast, prompted by first-quarter earnings that topped Wall Street estimates and rising sales, sending its shares up 8 percent in extended trading. For the...
Strine tells it straight
Delaware Chancery Judge Leo Strine — who presides over many corporate and shareholder lawsuits — told a Wall Street group that “fairness opinions” on the merits of a deal are...
Fifth Avenue retail rents up 75% over past year: report
A new report has provided evidence to back up what brokers have been saying: it is harder for stores to find retail space in the prominent shopping corridors, with rents...
Westfield inks WTC retail deal
After 11 years of grueling talks, a $93.9 million payment yesterday finally clinched a deal between the Port Authority and Westfield Group for control of the World Trade Center’s retail...
Day-care kid-porn bust
A Bronx day-care teacher is fighting charges that he possessed and distributed child pornography. Joshua Conde was arrested by Homeland Security agents after an investigator traced an IP address at...
Bus-crash driver shock
The driver in a Bronx bus crash that killed 15 people had his driver’s license suspended 18 times, according to investigation documents released yesterday. The driver, Ophadell Williams, was also...
Con Ed rates to dip
Lower electricity prices will help New Yorkers keep their cool this summer, Con Ed said yesterday. Typical apartment dwellers will pay $102.36 per month for 350 kilowatt hours of electricity...
Disco diva silenced
Donna Summer, whose vibrant anthems like “Last Dance” and “Bad Girls” became the soundtrack of the disco era, died yesterday after a long battle with cancer. Summer, 63, was working...
Baby’s two-story fall
An 18-month-old was clinging to life early today after tumbling from a second-floor porch in Sunnyside, Queens.The baby boy, whose heart stopped on the way to the hospital, had to...
Condos eye tax relief
Condo and co-op owners outside Manhattan who have been complaining about high property taxes could soon get an unexpected break worth tens of millions of dollars, The Post has learned....
Major player among 45 held in drug arrests
Cops busted 45 suspected drug dealers and users during a months-long Queens crackdown that also netted weapons and cocaine, authorities said yesterday.The crackdown had been going on since late last...
Tragic teen’s kin can’t bear to hear ‘killer confession’
Family members of tragic stray-bullet victim Cheyenne Baez — a popular 17-year-old high-school girl — stormed out of her alleged killer’s Manhattan murder trial yesterday, furious at what they called...
Hardhat dies in SoHo fall
A construction worker fell three stories to his death yesterday after slipping from the scaffolding of a SoHo low-rise building — just three weeks after the Department of Buildings tossed...
Sorry, Charlie
Bill Clinton is abandoning his old ally Charles Rangel, who is fighting for his political life as he seeks re-election to a 22nd term, The Post has learned. Harlem Rep....
Half of US thinks Mitt’s swell: poll
WASHINGTON — He’s likeable enough. Mitt Romney has built a 50 percent approval rating in the latest Gallup poll, winning over doubters after all but sewing up the Republican nomination....
Second Travolta accuser hires Gloria Allred
Another one of John Travolta’s sex accusers has jumped in bed with Gloria Allred. The rubdown artist known as John Doe No. 2 fired his original attorney, Okorie Okorocha, yesterday...
Cop-stab defense ‘insane’
The lunatic busted moments after allegedly plunging a jagged knife deep into a police officer’s head — miraculously failing to kill or paralyze him — is pitching a psych defense...
Autopsy turns up marijuana in Trayvon’s blood
SANFORD, Fla. — Trayvon Martin's autopsy shows that he had marijuana in his system the night he was killed by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman and that the gunshot wound...
Biker dies in jail-bus crash
A motorcyclist died instantly when he slammed into a bus full of prisoners in The Bronx last night.Raylin Heredia-Delacruz, 23, of The Bronx, blasted through the intersection of Longfellow and...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn *** Cops are seeking a man for allegedly robbing two banks in Midwood and Flatlands within a three-week span, authorities said yesterday. The 6-foot, 220-pounder hit the HSBC branch...
Off-duty cop busted for trying to move to better seat at Mets game
Yer out!! A drunk, off-duty cop was ejected from Citi Field in the middle of a Mets game and arrested after he refused to leave his illegally occupied seat, officials...
City is a work force
The economic clouds are parting over the Big Apple, with the city seeing an eye-popping 66,100 private-sector jobs gained over the past 12 months, state officials announced yesterday.“New York City’s...
Gov: No more food stamp ‘printing’
ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo moved yesterday to end what he called the “stigma” of fingerprinting food stamp recipients, forcing the city to abandon the anti-fraud strategy.Cuomo said he plans to...
‘Clinically’ dead in Bx.
The state Department of Health yesterday moved to close financially crippled Soundview Healthcare Network — whose founder, Pedro Espada Jr., was convicted Monday of looting the Bronx nonprofit’s coffers of...
Gadgets used by Russian spy Anna Chapman on display in New York exhibit
She really was a Bond girl. Hot-bodied Russian spy babe Anna Chapman was outfitted with a $2,300 Chanel bag featuring a hidden, high-powered Wi-Fi device so she could secretly communicate...
Fallen Giant LT sells ring
Disgraced Giant legend Lawrence Taylor has put one of his two Super Bowl rings on the auction block — and you have until tomorrow to put in your bid. The...
$90M+ for pad on 57th
Maybe the bathrooms will be tiled with gold. A Manhattan penthouse duplex that hasn’t even been built yet has sold for between $90 million and $100 million, sources told The...
The home that held her heart
Mary Kennedy’s most prized possession was her Westchester home, the Kennedy Green House — and she spent years making it the epitome of eco-friendly living, using recycled materials and even...
Debt, drugs and divorce battle added to RFK Jr. wife's troubles: pals
Her Camelot dreams were falling apart. Mary Richardson Kennedy was deep in credit-card debt and getting hammered in divorce court when she hanged herself in a barn on her Westchester...
2 strikes and you’re out for bad teaches
Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott announced yesterday he’s taking a harder line against a sliver of poorly performing teachers by automatically pulling those with two consecutive years of low ratings from...
Charter school ‘snaps’ at UFT ‘spy’
There’s a new weapon in the ugly battle between the teachers union and charter schools over space: Spies! A teachers-union photographer was detained after he snuck into a Manhattan charter...
Kelly announces changes to 'stop and frisk' policies
NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly yesterday announced changes to the department’s controversial “stop and frisk’’ program amid growing criticism that it unfairly targets blacks and Latinos. The modifications, involving training, supervision...
Gate-slay boy laid to rest
The motorized gate that killed a 12-year-old Brooklyn boy was still standing yesterday as his friends and family mourned him at a packed funeral service. Lawyers representing Yakim McDaniels’ mother...
John Edwards was a bad husband but no criminal: lawyers
GREENSBORO, NC — John Edwards was a really, really bad husband, but he’s no criminal, his defense team said in closing arguments yesterday. While acknowledging that Edward’s tawdry affair with...
Dem crook’s kin spared jail
The former brother-in-law of a crooked Democratic donor avoided jail yesterday after his lawyer argued that he was duped into believing his kin was legit — just as Hillary Rodham...
Mobster: Thank God father
God got him off the hook.Ranking Colombo crime-family mobster Thomas Gioeli is saying prayers of thanks for his recent acquittal for six mob hits.“Through God’s grace my jury said not...
Schumer: Slam the door for good on US ‘tax-pats’
Sen. Charles Schumer wants to ban wealthy Americans who renounce their citizenship to get a tax break from ever returning to the US — a measure his critics ripped as...
Rich kids ‘hack’ to the future
They have Dom Perignon bank accounts, but Red Bull is still in their blood. Tech geeks across the Facebook empire — including the New York office — celebrated the company’s...
It’s worth the hype
The world has never seen a company like Facebook. The first reason is historical. When the world shifted from portals (like America Online) to search engines, Google was the big...
Budget votes: Good news for NY’s kids
In school districts across New York, the voters have spoken: The property-tax cap overwhelmingly approved last year by Gov. Cuomo and the Legislature works. The cap has not only served...
Undie-bomb blabbering: No way to fight terror
The Issue: Whether the administration is too publicly forthcoming with its terror-fighting intelligence. *** News about the latest “undie” bomber suggests that al Qaeda’s ability to slip an underwear bomb...
Indian Point: Still safe
Another year, another Nuclear Regulatory Commission safety inspection passed with flying colors by Indian Point. So will this finally silence the “shut it down” crowd — starting with Gov. Cuomo,...
Dodge City redux?
The 2013 mayoral election isn’t for another year and a half, yet the wannabes are already vying to out-pander each other. Their irresponsibility was on full display yesterday, as they...
Schumer’s shakedown
Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin becomes a billionaire today, and Chuck Schumer is seething. Saverin, you see, objects to the staggering tax bills he would’ve incurred after today’s record-setting Facebook IPO...
Exit, stage Wright
Yesterday’s breathless campaign hysteria arose out of a not-really-much-of-a-scoop from the broadsheet across town: A rich guy in Omaha wants to spend a lot of money defeating Barack Obama. Stop...
Olympic outrage — and insult
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the massacre at the 1972 Olympic Games of 11 Israel athletes and coaches by Palestinian terrorists. As a reminder of the atrocity, the...
The color of Monet
Claude Monet never set foot in The Bronx. But the colorful new show his work inspired at the New York Botanical Garden would probably impress that great Impressionist. Opening tomorrow,...
Don't expect much!
The best seller “What To Expect When You’re Expecting” has been around for 28 years, making the book much newer than most of the jokes in this all-star movie. The...
‘Hysteria’ gives off good vibrations
This story takes place in an era when women didn’t get to vote, weren’t thought to have the capacity for sexual pleasure and could be institutionalized for voicing a strong...
WATCH: It’s total ‘Battles - - - ’
All I expected out of “Battleship” was a stupid action movie. It’s more than that, though: It’s also a stupid comedy and a stupid sci-fi yarn. It makes “Top Gun”...
Points for commitment, but drama’s only schizo-so
Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black (“Milk,’’ “J. Edgar’’) turns director for “Virginia,’’ a bravely demented semi-autobiographical drama that never lives up to the potential of its high-powered cast. Another Oscar...
Sexual dilemma in the round
Never mind its provocative title: “Cock” is about love. Things get complicated as people fall in and out of it, but this wonderful 90-minute show renders the emotional mess with...
Tony ‘Road’ show parties on
The roadies are in town. Every year at this time, some 300 producers and theater owners — who collectively are known as “The Road” — gather in New York for...
Bill W.
Alcoholics Anonymous founder William G. Wilson, known mostly as Bill W. before his death in 1971, was played by James Woods in a fine 1989 made-for-TV biopic. But the drama...
American Animal
Greta Gerwig may have abandoned mumblecore, but the genre lives on in “American Animal,’’ directed by Matt D’Elia, who also plays Jimmy, the title character. The hirsute, jobless young man...
Lovely Molly
Gore is always with us, but when it comes to horror, there’s nothing like a haunted house. And “Lovely Molly” has a humdinger — a genuine Colonial that is the...
Elena
‘Elena” is a grim, somber portrait of life in Putin’s Russia, where the haves and have-nots uneasily co-exist. The title character is a drab, 60-something former nurse who’s married to...
Polisse
A woman touches her son inappropriately to quiet him down, a gym teacher takes a young student into a toilet stall, and a woman living on the streets gives her...
Beyond The Black Rainbow
His late father directed “Rambo: First Blood,’’ but Panos Cosmatos’ debut feature couldn’t be more different — this would-be cult classic is the movie equivalent of gazing at a lava...
Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story
Reverential to a fault, this documentary celebrates the heroism of the only Israeli officer killed during the 1976 raid on Palestinian terrorists holding 103 hostages at the terminal of the...
Mansome
The chief crusading interest of a Morgan Spurlock documentary has usually been Morgan Spurlock. Perhaps as an attempt to work against that, he doesn’t show himself that much in “Mansome,”...
Conned by a ‘Samaritan’
A would-be piece of pulp fiction about a parolee trying to go straight, “The Samaritan” proves that even Samuel L. Jackson can be boring. SLJ plays Foley, a former con...
Recipes for success
The annual Whole Foods Market’s New Taste of the Upper West Side, now celebrating its fifth anniversary, kicked off its fundraising festivities in lively fashion on Wednesday with Vegetables at...
Rangers-Devils series challenge for TV
Seconds before Dan Girardi scored the first goal of the Eastern Conference Final, he was sitting on the bench. It was heaven for a Rangers fan, hell for a Devils...
5 questions for ... Dennis Eckersley
TBS analyst and Hall of Fame closer Dennis Eckersley talks about the surprising Mets, the injury-riddled Yankees and the struggles of the Phillies and Red Sox, who finish up a...
Black-Eyed Susan at Pimlico today
BALTIMORE — One of the most storied stakes races in America will be renewed today at Old Hilltop after a three-year absence when a field of nine older horses goes...
How to hit monster Pick Six at Belmont
There is a three-day Pick Six carryover of $319,939.89 heading into today’s card at Belmont Park. The Post has put together an affordable Pick Six ticket of $192.In the fourth...
Oregon teen repeats dad’s scoring goof to lose golf title
CORVALLIS, Ore. — On a day Caroline Inglis had hoped to make history by achieving something unprecedented, the Churchill High School senior’s bid for a fourth state golf title took...
King gives Kings 3-0 lead
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dwight King scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, Jonathan Quick made 18 saves, and the Kings rolled to the brink of their first...
Vic C.’s Calder Grade
FIRST-5 fur; $10,500; clm($12,500); 3YO1-Cuckoo Charlie 4-15-Rolfsie 6-12-CalmExpressins6-16-Quetzalito 12-13-Pulpo 3-17-He'sSpectaculr8-54-Blast ofMacho12-1SECOND-5 1/2 fur; $11,000; clm($10,0); 3up3-Nice Cookie 5-15-Char Lena Jo 2-11-HotSteppingLss8-56-SweetandVicis8-12-Audrey 15-17-Ivory Tickle 12-14-Codera 6-1THIRD-5 fur(T); $16,500; clm($25,000); 3up3-RedfoxeyDrthy5-25-Gorgelicious 6-11-Twentynendt20-16-Beleventheme20-12-Many...
Meadowlands Graded Entries
Post Time: 7:00 p.m.Best Bet: Take My Picture (10th)FIRST: mile trot; $17,000; N.J.S.S.5 Gym Tan Laundry(BSears)3-1-23-22 TrojanHrse(TSmedshmmer)1-3-44-14 Vic Smith(AMiller)5-4-45-21 Muscle Source(DMiller)3-4-16-13 Duluth(DAckerman)4-4-510-16 New York Muscle(DDube)3-2-512-17 Yankee Royalty(CCallahan)4-3-410-1SECOND: mile trot; $17,500;...
Pimlico Analysis
Post Time: 12:00 noon.FIRST-1 1/16m; $25,000; hdcp; 3up(f)UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE won allowance this distance. SNEAKY LIL lost two race winning streak when third as favorite. BAYONNE finished third in last three...
Tomorrow’s Belmont Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1 1/8m(T); $31,000; clm($20,000); 3up PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Jazzbo(L),114W Garcia5-6-4J Ortiz30-12 Mightylover(L),121R Maragh5-5-6Schettino5-13 Springcourt(L),121RNaprvnk3-11-1Maker3-14 Storiesinthedrk(L),114J Ortiz7-6-6Lostritto30-15 Dodging(L),123E Castro1-7-3Mott5-26 Living Right(L),121A Smith7-8-8Parisella6-17 Fast Grievance(L),121A...
Belmont Charts
May 17th, 2012 Clear and Fast Turf Firm©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1 1/16m(T); $41,000; clm($25,000); 3up(f)Off: 12:51. Good. vied 2p, drivingTime: 23.53, 47.21, 1:12.08, 1:37.01, 1:43.4.Trainer: Brad BakerWinner: B F,...
Hondo sweeps! Hondo sweeps!
Not only were the Amazin’ Metamucils in the flow yesterday, but Cain was able enough for the Giants, so Hondo closed out the day with a rare sweep that slashed...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYMay 18SATMay 19SUNMay 20MONMay 21TUEMay 22WEDMay 23THUMay 24YankeesCincinnati7:05WWORWCBS 880 AMCin.1:05YESWCBSCin.1:05YESWCBSK.C7:05YESWCBSK.C7:05WWORWCBSK.C7:05YESWCBSNO GAMEMetsToronto7:07SportsNet NYWFAN 660 AMTor.1:07WPIXWFANTor.1:07WPIXWFANPitt.7:05SNYWFANPitt.7:05SNYWFANPitt.12:35SNYWFANS.D.7:10SNYWFANRangersNOGAMEDevils1:00NBCESPNNOGAMEDevils8:00NBCSNESPNNOGAMEDevils8:00NBCSNESPNNOGAMEDevilsNOGAMERangers1:00NBCWBBRNOGAMERangers8:00NBCSNWBBRNOGAMERangers8:00NBCSNWFANNOGAMENOGAMEConn.4:00MSG+Conn.5:00No TVNOGAMEMinn.7:00No TVNOGAMENOGAMERed BullsNOGAMEMont.7:30MSGWLIBNOGAMENOGAMENOGAMEChivas7:00MSG+WLIBNOGAMEHOMEAWAY
The Post Line
NBA PlayoffsFavoriteLineUnderdog76ERS2CelticsLAKERS2 1/2ThunderNHL PlayoffsTomorrowFavoriteLineUnderdogDEVILS$110-130RangersSoccerUEFA Champions League Final TomorrowFavoriteLineUnderdogBAYERN MUNICH$175-225ChelseaHome team in CAPS
Sports Shorts
MLS: Red Bulls deal teen Agudelo The Red Bulls sent 19-year-old forward Juan Agudelo to Chivas USA yesterday for defender Heath Pearce, in a blockbuster swap of potential for production.They’ll...
Johnson's bunt tops Mets hit parade
Even heroes need help. Before David Wright could add another page to what R.A. Dickey described as a “mythical” season, Rob Johnson gave the star the opportunity in the Mets’...
Mets manager tips cap to bullpen
The Mets’ beleaguered bullpen began the day as one of baseball’s worst, while Cincinnati’s was one of the game’s best. But the Mets’ relievers won that matchup, a big reason...
Giants DE Osi apologizes for offensive tweets
Sorry, ladies, didn’t mean to offend. That’s the sentiment Osi Umenyiora conveyed yesterday via the magical world of Twitter after he got the ball rolling last week by posting what...
Pacers put Heat in 2-1 hole
LeBron James grabbed a seat on Miami’s bench, lowered his head and stared down at the floor. Way down. The Heat are in a hole. Roy Hibbert had 19 points...
Ewing closer to head-coaching job with Bobcats
With Mike Woodson’s contract being hammered out this week, Patrick Ewing won’t be getting any head-coaching interviews with the Knicks any time soon. But Thursday, the Big Fella moved a...
OKC must find way to keep Harden
Spoke to a coach and “Scout” — collective time around the NBA 90 years or so — the other night about James Harden, the Thunder’s smartest player, by far, and...
New Jets receivers coach impressed by Holmes
When Sanjay Lal took the job as Jets wide receivers coach he heard all of the stories about Santonio Holmes. The Jets season had just ended a few weeks earlier...
Tebow to Cubby Tees: Stop selling on my name
Thou shalt not take Tim Tebow’s name in vain. Lawyers for the new Jets quarterback have fired off a cease and desist letter to a sports clothing company that was...
Jets DL Ellis reaches plea deal in Virginia
Jets second-year nose tackle Kenrick Ellis reached a plea agreement yesterday in a Virginia court case that has loomed over Ellis’ head since the Jets drafted him a year ago,...
Jets sign first-round pick Coples
The Jets signed first-round pick Quinton Coples yesterday, the team announced. The deal is a fully guaranteed, four-year contract with a fifth-year team option, according to a source. Financial terms...
McNamee: I lied to protect Rog
WASHINGTON — Brian McNamee, the chief prosecution witness in the Roger Clemens perjury trial, conceded yesterday he initially lied about his involvement with steroids.In January 2007, McNamee sent an email...
Hughes grinds out tough loss for Yankees against Blue Jays
TORONTO — Phil Hughes said he didn’t have command of all his pitches last night and still delivered one of his better outings of the season as he continues to...
Nova expects to start for Yankees on Saturday
TORONTO -- Ivan Nova expects to start for the Yankees on Saturday against the Reds at the Stadium. Manager Joe Girardi said the right-hander’s progress getting over a bruised...
When betting Preakness, do yourself a favorite
BALTIMORE — Year in, year out, all you had to do to find the winner of the Preakness Stakes was to check the first three or four favorites in the...
Preakness odds likely will close between top 2 choices
BALTIMORE — Don’t be surprised if the prices on Bodemeister and I’ll Have Another are closer at post time than their 8-5 and 5-2 morning-line odds suggest. I’ll Have Another,...
Bodemeister must control his pace at Preakness
BALTIMORE — Trainer Bob Baffert has won the Kentucky Derby three times, the Dubai World Cup twice, the Belmont Stakes, Travers and seven Breeders’ Cup races. But the Preakness clinched...
Devils want to use home-ice edge against Rangers
The Devils have lost only once in Newark. No one owns a better home record. For the first time, if the Devils don’t lose there again, they are guaranteed the...
Rangers look to rebound in Game 3 against Devils
Grind is a word often used to describe the Stanley Cup playoffs, and to see why, just look at how the Rangers have slogged to the position they are in...
Coach doesn’t blame Gaborik for Rangers' Game 2 loss
There was no getting away from the fact Marian Gaborik spent a lot of time on the bench in Game 2, a game the Rangers lost to the Devils, 3-2,...
Yankees lose to Blue Jays, third in row
TORONTO — It’s a good thing the Yankees believe in themselves because looking at them from the outside there is very little current evidence that indicates trouble isn’t lurking. By...
Teams proving to Yankees there’s no price for success
Have you perused your baseball standings lately? Call it “Revenge of the Tired and Poor.” Nine teams run payrolls of $100 million or more. Of those nine, only two —...
Starr Report
ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” notched a first last week in its late-night battle with NBC’s “Tonight Show” — and also scored a rare win against CBS’s “The Late Show.” “JKL”...
Life in ‘Hell’
Attention future “Hell’s Kitchen” winners: Your fancy accomplishment doesn’t mean a thing to your future staff. Take it from Season 9 winner Paul Niedermann, who is nearing the end of...
‘Eastwood’ tries to be ‘Kardashians’
Go ahead — ruin my day. Apparently being hugely boring isn’t enough anymore to satisfy competitive Hollywood wives. Now the must-have accessory for people with too much money is their...
Talk show guests
FRIDAYBRUCE WILLIS, CARRIE ANN INABA, LORI BERGAMOTTO - Good Morning America, 7 a.m., Ch. 7USHER, BEN STILLER, JESSICA CHASTAIN - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4TOM SELLECK, KRYSTEN RITTER - LIVE!...
WATCH: Letterman, Conan diss Leno
Memo to David Letterman: Let it go already. Letterman, who’s made a sport of bashing frenemy Jay Leno, was at it again last night — ripping into the “Tonight Show”...
'Girls' quick fix
Well, that was fast. “Girls,” which has been blasted in the media for its lack of diversity, began filming its second season in Brooklyn this week. And surprise, surprise, the...
Who's zooming who!
1. NBA: Lakers vs. Nuggets 5,036,542 2. NBA: Lakers vs. Thunder 2,679,008 3. NBA: Pacers vs. Heat 2,042,115 4. NBA: Celtics vs. Hawks 1,523,368 5. NBA: Celtics vs. 76ers 1,277,536...
Weird but true
Where’s Buffalo Bill when you need him? An old-fashioned Western-style stampede broke out in Iowa, after 200 buffalo got out of their pen and ran amok. The animals roamed for...
Bus plunges off bridge in Vietnam, killing 34 people
BUON MA THUOT, Vietnam -- Thirty-four people were killed and 20 injured -- some seriously -- after a bus overturned, plowed off a bridge and crashed into a river in...
Manhattan penthouse sells for record $90-100M: sources
Maybe the bathrooms will be tiled with gold. A Manhattan penthouse duplex that hasn’t even been built yet has sold for between $90 and $100 million, sources told The Post...
Russian spy Anna Chapman's gizmos on display in NY exhibit
She really was a Bond girl. Hot-bodied Russian spy babe Anna Chapman was outfitted with a $2,300 Chanel bag featuring a hidden, high-powered Wi-Fi device so she could secretly communicate...