June 1, 2012
Sad end to search: Missing baby in Fla. found dead in trunk, father in custody
MIAMI — The body of an infant boy was found in the trunk of a car today and the baby's father was taken into police custody in South Florida. Coral...
Facebook closes below its pre-IPO price range
MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Facebook Inc.'s shares slumped to a record closing price on Friday, this time falling below the initial price range that was set when it began the...
Borough taxi plan setback as judge sides with medallion owners
A Manhattan judge today threw a wrench in Mayor Bloomberg’s plans for outer borough livery cabs and the sale of 2,000 yellow cabs, which was supposed to bring the cash-strapped...
Ace Santana pitches first no-hitter in Mets' history
Johan Santana pitched the first no-hitter in Mets' history, helped by an umpire's missed call and an outstanding catch in left field in an 8-0 victory over the St. Louis...
Granderson's slam leads Yankees over Tigers 9-4
DETROIT - Curtis Granderson hit a grand slam against his former team in the second inning, and CC Sabathia made the lead hold up after a shaky start, helping the...
Mets designate Schwinden for assignment
With catcher Josh Thole and reliever Elvin Ramirez joining the Mets on Friday, the team designated struggling pitcher Chris Schwinden for assignment and optioned catcher Rob Johnson to Triple-A. Schwinden...
Fast cash: Thief robs 3 B'klyn banks in 30 minutes
A brazen bandit robbed three Brooklyn banks in fewer than 30 minutes today — walking away with cash from two of the heists, police said. The thief’s first target was...
WATCH: Torre takes more shots at Yankees, A-Rod
You’ve read the book, now see the interview.In his 2009 book “The Yankees Years,” the former manager took plenty of shots at Alex Rodriguez and his time with his former...
Edwards mistress to release tell-all book
She wasn't called to the stand in court, but John Edwards' former mistress is spilling her guts anyway, in a "revealing" memoir that will hit the shelves later this month....
Mayweather surrenders to begin jail sentence
LAS VEGAS -- Floyd Mayweather Jr. surrendered in a courtroom Friday to begin a three-month jail sentence for attacking his ex-girlfriend in September 2010 while two of their children watched....
St. John's opens NCAA tournament with rout of East Carolina
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Kyle Hansen struck out eight while Matt Wessinger had three hits and two RBIs to help St. John's beat East Carolina 11-3 Friday in the Chapel...
Alan Horn says he has flexibility in number and type of films Disney will make
Disney's new film chairman Alan Horn says CEO Bob Iger, who reportedly hand-picked him to run the Mouse House's movie division, has given him a great deal of flexibility in...
Giants RB Brown has four-game suspension lifted
The NFL has lifted its suspension on Giants running back Andre Brown for violating the league's performance-enhancing drugs policy."Suspension lifted !!!!!!!! Thank God," Brown posted on his Twitter account Friday...
Hockey Mom Madam wants bail reduced so she can care for her son
The Hockey Mom Madam wants her judge to show a little compassion. Anna Gristina’s lawyer today filed a motion asking Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan to reduce the staggering $2 million...
Dow closes down 275 points on dismal jobs numbers
The Dow turned negative for the year today after a weak jobs report accelerated a downturn in stocks — fueled by fears that Europe's spiraling debt crisis was dragging down...
VIDEO: Davidoff, Hale on state of Yankees
Two months into the season, Post columnist Ken Davidoff and reporter Mark Hale discuss the state of the Yankees,The team is 27-23 heading into the weekend series with the Tigers....
Jets draft pick White out with broken foot
The Jets announced Friday that seventh-round pick Jordan White has a broken bone in his left foot and will be unable to practice until some time around training camp.White fractured...
Yankees bullpen thriving despite Rivera, Robertson injuries
Mariano Rivera checked out with a serious knee injury on May 5. David Robertson hasn't pitched since May 11 due to a rib cage problem. Yet, without the premier closer...
'Gumby' voice-over star Dick Beals dies at 85
VISTA, Calif. — The radio and television voice-over star whose work included the animated characters Gumby and Speedy Alka-Seltzer has died in Southern California. Dick Beals was 85. A friend,...
Army drops one murder charge against Afghan rampage suspect
WASHINGTON -- The Army has dropped one murder charge against a US soldier accused of gunning down more than a dozen Afghan villagers, but the military added additional charges of...
'Napalm girl' photo from Vietnam War turns 40
TRANG BANG, Vietnam — In the picture, the girl will always be 9 years old and wailing "Too hot! Too hot!" as she runs down the road away from her...
Feds: Gupta owned 15% of one of Galleon Group's hedge funds
Former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta was a 15 percent owner of one of Galleon Group’s hedge funds, a Manhattan federal court jury heard today. JPMorgan private wealth manager Heather...
Dullahan trainer blasts new barn rules
Trainer Dale Romans criticized the New York State Racing and Wagering Board's decision to establish a detention barn to house Belmont Stakes starters, saying regulators "think we're all crooks." Romans,...
Commissioner meets with White Sox announcer after on-air rant
Play-by-play man Ken “Hawk” Harrelson was livid after home plate umpire Mark Wegner tossed White Sox starter Jose Quintana for throwing behind a Rays batter on Wednesday. And commissioner Bud...
Jackson decides not to pursue Magic job: report
ORLANDO — Phil Jackson decided against pursuing a role with the Orlando Magic despite brief interest in a proposed position with the coachless team’s front office, the Orlando Sentinel reported....
Judge revokes George Zimmerman's bond
ORLANDO — A judge on Friday revoked the bond of the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and ordered him returned to jail within 48 hours. Circuit...
Red Sox deny they will trade Youkilis
BOSTON -- The Red Sox denied Friday a CBS Sports report claiming they told teams they intend to trade veteran infielder Kevin Youkilis. In an email to Boston radio station...
'Crash Dummy' Sajewski gets seven days in jail for previous subway antics
The so-called "crash dummy" should stick to walking. Daniel Sajewski -- goofball boyfriend of the drunken Brooklyn hipster who plowed her convertible Mercedes through a 95-year-old woman's home in Long...
Former Nets forward Woolridge dead at 52
MANSFIELD, La.— Former Nets forward Orlando Woolridge has died at his parents’ home in Mansfield, La. He was 52. DeSoto Parish Chief Deputy Coroner Billy Locke said Woolridge died Thursday...
Clinton urges Wisconsin voters to oust Gov. Walker in recall election
MILWAUKEE -- Bill Clinton today urged Wisconsin voters to fire embattled Republican Gov. Scott Walker in Tuesday's conentious recall election and put an end to "divide and conquer" politics and...
Giants, Umenyiora agree to restructured contract
The contract war is finally over.The Giants announced on Friday that they have agreed to a restructured contract with formerly disgruntled defensive end Osi Umenyiora. A source said that no...
Day after scare, 'Another' has uneventful morning
Trainer Doug O'Neill welcomed an uneventful morning at Belmont Park for I'll Have Another one day after his Triple Crown hopeful narrowly avoided a collision with a loose horse. The...
Married high school 'sex teacher' bounced from detention after making bail
She’s sprung from detention. The married Brooklyn high school teacher accused of “brazenly” having sex with a 16-year-old student walked out of jail this morning after being freed on $10,000...
Devils sticking with same lines for Game 2
Facing a virtual must-win Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals Saturday in Newark against the Kings, Devils coach Pete DeBoer stuck with the same line combinations in practice Friday...
Crews fight fire in downtown high-rise
A fire blazed at a downtown commercial Manhattan high-rise building, authorities said. The flames began about 10:05 a.m. on the seventeenth-floor of 116 John Street, according to an FDNY spokesman....
Gaborik to miss start of Rangers' season with shoulder injury
Marian Gaborik will undergo surgery Wednesday to repair a labral tear in his right shoulder that would sideline the Rangers’ winger for the start of next season if it opens...
Seau suffered from insomnia for years: report
SAN DIEGO -- Former NFL great Junior Seau, who committed suicide a month ago, suffered from insomnia for years and relied on prescription drugs to help him sleep, USA Today...
Britain marks Queen Elizabeth II's 60-year reign with Diamond Jubilee
LONDON — The patriotic bunting is ready, the golden carriage on standby, the boats freshly painted, the shops filled with royals souvenirs. The normal ebb and flow of British life...
Obama under fire from Romney, Republicans after weak jobs report
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama came under withering criticism from Mitt Romney and top Republican leaders on Friday after the latest unemployment report showed far slower job growth than predicted...
Obama to visit One World Trade Center construction
WASHINGTON -- President Obama will visit the former site of the World Trade Center this month to view the progress of One World Trade Center, the growing skyscraper that became...
2 construction workers injured after gas tank explodes near High Line
Two construction workers were seriously injured when a gas tank they were removing from the ground exploded, authorities said. The tank blew at 10:25 a.m. at the site just under...
US car sales jump in May, but disappoint investors
DETROIT -- US carmakers recorded relatively robust domestic sales for May on Friday, with General Motors posting the best month since August 2009. But the industry's performance disappointed investors as...
Gen. Powell: We're not dominant and we shouldn't be
Interviewed on the Laura Ingraham radio program, Obama voter and former Republican Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell denied that the US is dominant in the world or that we should...
Energy independence and its enemies
We have a long discussion in Commentary this month about the great hope that fracking for shale oil and gas represents for this country and the organized opposition to it....
Jets sign third-round pick Davis: source
The Jets signed Demario Davis to a four-year deal on Thursday night, according to a source. The contract is worth a little under $2.9 million. The Jets selected the Arkansas...
Obama offers regret to Poland over death camp remark
WARSAW -- President Obama in a letter published Friday said he regretted his earlier reference to "a Polish death camp," a remark that this week angered the leaders of Poland,...
Walmart CEO says company committed to compliance in wake of bribery allegations
FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. CEO Mike Duke said Friday that the retailer is committed to integrity in the wake of recent bribery allegations. Duke joined a chorus of...
Revival Circuit: Paramount rewrites history for its 100th anniversary
Paramount Pictures is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year -- the studio having long ago reckoned that the 1912 founding of its two principal ancestors, Adolph Zukor's Famous Players and...
Expect Nets GM to pursue more draft picks
There’s no way around it: Wednesday night was a bad one for the Nets.Team officials put on a brave face following the NBA’s annual Draft Lottery, which saw the Nets...
Nets season in review: Gerald Wallace
The outcome of the deal that brought Gerald Wallace to the Nets at the March 15 trade deadline will come to define the 2011-12 season for the Nets – and...
Bloomberg 'assumes' Cuomo would veto legislation to undo oversized soda ban
The governor's got my back. Mayor Bloomberg said today that he'd look to Gov. Cuomo to block any attempts by State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver from proceeding with legislation that...
Bear crashes California middle school graduation
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The last day of classes at a California elementary school and a graduation ceremony at an adjacent middle school were interrupted by an unexpected guest: a black...
Edwards jurors believed he was 'guilty,' but not enough evidence to convict
John Edwards is guilty; he was just smart enough to hide the evidence. Cindy Aquaro and two of her fellow jurors believed Edwards was guilty on some of the five...
US consumer spending up 0.3 percent in April
WASHINGTON — Consumer spending edged up modestly in April but personal income growth was the slowest in five months, raising concerns about the ability of Americans to keep spending in...
FRIDAY FIVE: Triumphant returns
Carlos Beltran returns to Citi Field tonight, in a Cardinals uniform _ Beltran's first visit to Flushing since the Mets traded him (with his consent) to San Francisco last July....
Obama ordered increase of cyber attacks on Iran, official says
WASHINGTON -- President Obama secretly ordered cyber attacks on the systems that run Iran's nuclear program be increased during the early days of his presidency, according to new reports. Obama's...
Unemployment jumps to 8.2% as only 69K jobs added
WASHINGTON — US employers created 69,000 jobs in May, the fewest in a year, and the unemployment rate ticked up. The dismal jobs figures could fan fears that the economy...
Visa accused of cashing in at London Olympics with ATM monopoly
LONDON -- Olympics sponsor Visa was accused of cashing in at the London Games by replacing 27 ATMs with just eight of its own machines, Sky News reported Friday. Visa...
Taliban insurgents attack NATO base in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban insurgents detonated a truck bomb, then tried to storm a NATO base Friday in eastern Afghanistan, but coalition forces repelled the attack, killing 14 militants, officials...
Another day, another Solyndra
The Obama administration isn't just pitiful at making "investments" in solar energy companies, it stinks at making just about any "investment" at all. The Energy Department wasted half a billion...
Thunder: Lil Wayne's welcome, but he needs a ticket
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Thunder say Lil Wayne is welcome to attend a playoff game in Oklahoma City, but needs to buy a ticket just like everyone else. The rapper...
CHSAA Class AA baseball elimination games, JV final
The defending champion is facing elimination.Xaverian fell to Fordham Prep, 9-3, in the winner’s bracket of the CHSAA Class AA baseball championship round Thursday night. Now the Clippers have to...
DC Comics Green Lantern relaunched as gay superhero
One of DC Comics oldest heroes is super-coming out. The original Green Lantern - a DC Comics mainstay for the past 70 years - will be revealed to be a...
The Post’s 10 most hated people in America
The Post listed its top 10 most hated people in America in today’s print edition. John Edwards topped the list and was joined by the likes of Ponzi schemer Bernie...
LIGHTNING ROD: 'Exciting' time for George Washington star
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...
Errors, Fordham bats move defending champ Xaverian a game from elimination
Xavieran was in control. The Clippers led by three runs and were hitting Fordham Prep pitcher Steve Fondu, who was beating them in the seeding round Saturday before being pulled....
Brembs puts out fire, Iona guts out win over St. Ray's in winner's bracket
Matt Brembs had no margin for error entering the game in the bottom of the seventh inning with the bases loaded and no outs. The Iona Prep left-hander had no...
Ramon's 400-foot blast sparks Molloy in elimination-game win over Moore
Determined for Thursday’s contest not to be his last in an Archbishop Molloy uniform, Jonathan Ramon wanted to set the tone for his teammates. The Evansville-bound slugger did just that...
After lottery, Nets look to move ‘forward’
Now we’re certain Anthony Davis is not going to play power forward for the Nets next season. So who will? There always is the chance Kris Humphries returns, but two...
Crazy eight: Lopez, Tottenville complete city title game win
Jen Palase saw one pitch from ace Cheryl Lopez to know not much had changed since Tottenville was last at St. John’s University. “Her first changeup in our warm up...
PSAL Class B baseball quarterfinals roundup: Washington Irving returns to semis
Washington Irving is headed back to the PSAL Class B semifinals. The fifth-seeded Bulldogs blanked No. 13 Law, Government & Justice, 3-0, in the quarterfinals as Melvin Ali and Miguel...
PSAL Class A baseball semifinals preview
NYPost.com PSAL baseball beat writer Zach Braziller breaks down this weekend best-of-three Class A semifinals which begins Friday at Old Boys High and Lafayette and continues Saturday and Sunday (if...
Fondu finishes what he started this time as Fordham stuns Xaverian
When the CHSAA Class AA baseball championship round was set, the first thing Steve Fondu noticed was the possible matchup in the winner's bracket. If No. 4 Fordham Prep and...
Pinstripe plus: A look back at the Yankees in May
May 5, 2012 will always be remembered as the day Mariano Rivera crumbled on a Kansas City warning track with a knee injury that threatens to end the Hall of...
Mets confidential: A look back at May
David Wright, Johan Santana and R.A. Dickey are the biggest reasons the Mets are 28-23 and creating a buzz, but right behind that trio is the manager: Terry Collins is...
Jeter took the call and rest is Yankees history
On June 1, 1992, the phone rang in Dorothy and Charles Jeter’s house in Kalamazoo, Mich. “My mom answered it,’’ Derek Jeter told The Post. “She said the Yankees were...
Jeter's Yankees legacy began 20 years ago today with a series of stunning breaks
Twenty years ago today, a roar went through the Harbor View Room, a large conference room next to the kitchen at George Steinbrenner’s Radisson Bay Harbor Hotel in Tampa. A...
Citizen Kane: From pitching chart to pitching a gem, senior leads Sea
Ray Kane’s primary job this season has been doing the pitching chart. He tracks the type, location and result of every pitch by St. Joseph by the Sea’s hurlers. Coming...
Business briefs
AereoAereo, the Barry Diller-backed online TV service that is trying to prevent a court-ordered shutdown, told a judge it doesn’t violate copyrights because it is only retransmitting over-the-air programming.Google deniedGoogle...
Liberty takeover of Sirius could cost Karmazin CEO job
It could be curtains for Karmazin. John Malone’s Liberty Media told regulators yesterday it wants to take control of Sirius XM Radio — which could put Liberty CEO Greg Maffei...
Stats point to summer jobs, econ blues
Summer’s here, but the trading may not be easy. Traditionally the start of June marks the usual seasonal slowdown in trading, but this year the economy — like the weather...
Men’s Health wins smartphone app derby
Rodale’s Men’s Health has won the race to become the first American title to use the newly unveiled Adobe digital publishing system to launch a smartphone app on Apple’s Newsstand....
Disney on the Horn
He may not be good enough for Time Warner’s Jeff Bewkes, but he’s good enough for Bob Iger. Disney’s CEO yesterday named former Warner Bros. Entertainment boss Alan Horn as...
Fox may Speed joust with ESPN
News Corp. confirmed it’s considering transforming one of its cable channels into a national sports network, challenging Walt Disney’s ESPN. The company’s Speed cable channel, which focuses on Nascar auto...
Ford Facebook play
Ford Motor will introduce ads on Facebook promoting licensed merchandise such as T-shirts and toy cars with the blue oval logo that the automaker recovered control of last week. The...
Spain’s financial mess is causing grief for investors
Smart American money managers yesterday continued to short European banks and cut their exposure to US stocks — but it was largely for naught. The pain in Spain had clearly...
Morgan Stanley to raise Smith Barney stake
Let the negotiations begin. Morgan Stanley’s CEO James Gorman is pressing forward with purchasing another stake in its Smith Barney venture with Citigroup, despite concerns that the white-shoe firm may...
Splunk sells, loses more
In its first earnings report since going public, Splunk, a maker of business software, said Q1 sales jumped 80 percent. But its net loss widened to $20.5 million from $2.25...
$500 prepaid iPhone offer
Leap Wireless International will begin offering the iPhone through its Cricket Communications division, becoming the first prepaid carrier in the US to sell Apple’s smartphone. The company has entered into...
Fink kid is a big fat loser
Maybe he’s not a chip off the BlackRock after all. Josh Fink, the son of BlackRock chairman Larry Fink, is losing money hand over fist in his hedge fund, Enso...
$200M OK for JetBlue
JetBlue has a $200 million plan to add new gates and an international arrivals hall to Terminal 5 at Kennedy Airport. The Port Authority yesterday voted to let JetBlue build...
Dimon heading to the Hill
There’ll be no whale sightings on Capitol Hill this month. JPMorgan’s trader, Bruno Iksil, known as the “London Whale,” who is at the center of the bank’s $2 billion debacle,...
Talbots succumbs to lowball Sycamore bid
Talbots won’t die an old maid, after all. The 65-year-old women’s clothier — which for months played hard-to-get with Sycamore Partners — has agreed to be acquired by the New...
Judge OKs Mets Madoff deal
The epic, year-plus long battle between the owners of the Mets and Irving Picard, the Madoff trustee, was officially put to rest yesterday in under five minutes. The two formerly...
Gupta a secret Raj exec
Prosecutors in the Rajat Gupta insider-trading trial yesterday laid out a motive for why the former Goldman Sachs board member would leak information to the Galleon Group hedge fund —...
Blankfein set to testify in Gupta trial
Federal prosecutors yesterday said they will call Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein to testify in the trial of one of his former directors, Rajat Gupta, who is battling insider trading...
Simpering swine’s swagger sickening to the end
The most hated man in America, John Edwards — whose picture could illustrate a dictionary entry for depraved human scum — walked out of a North Carolina courthouse yesterday with...
Slimeball Edwards gets off – and hints at a comeback
GREENSBORO, NC — The sleazebag senator got off. Former vice-presidential candidate John Edwards dodged serious jail time yesterday, when a jury found him not guilty on one count of campaign...
NYPD Commissioner Kelly pushed DA to file charges in Etan murder: sources
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly pressured Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr. into charging the confessed killer of Etan Patz — even though the top prosecutor wanted more evidence, sources told The...
Suicide kid in father’s footsteps
The Harlem boy who killed himself this week after constant bullying lost his father to suicide when he was just a baby, relatives told The Post yesterday. Joel Morales’ dad...
Woman killed as van smashes into B’klyn McD’s
A schoolteacher was killed yesterday after an elderly driver’s foot slipped off the gas pedal as she tried to park outside a Brooklyn McDonald’s, sending her minivan crashing into the...
Subway-spray baby dropped
An infant girl was dropped to the ground as four people were pepper-sprayed last night during a scuffle aboard a Brooklyn subway train, police said. The fracas began around 7:20...
Taxi judge was cabby
The judge who’s going to decide the fate of the outer-borough taxi law is a real hack. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron used to be a cabby himself, driving...
Chinatown bankers ‘cook’ loan books
A small Chinatown-based bank that caters to poor immigrants has been busted in a massive mortgage-fraud scheme for allegedly securing hundreds of millions of dollars in loans for unqualified borrowers....
Mike vetoes ‘living wage’
Claiming that a mandated “living wage” would chase away local business projects, Mayor Bloomberg vetoed the controversial bill yesterday — a move the City Council plans to override this month...
‘Gay’ is not a slur: court
Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but there’s nothing wrong with that.An upstate appeals court has thrown out a lawsuit by a man who said he was defamed by...
Crosstown bike lanes in works
The city is considering plans to connect Eighth and First avenues with four pairs of crosstown bike paths. The streets under consideration for the lanes — which would run one...
Narc cleared of frame job
A former NYPD narcotics detective was acquitted yesterday of framing five Queens residents charged with selling drugs to an undercover cop. Adolph Osback, 40, had been charged with perjury, falsifying...
Syrian boy says he survived military massacre of his family by smearing himself with his brother’s blood and playing dead
BEIRUT — When the gunmen began to slaughter his family, 11-year-old Ali el-Sayed says he fell to the floor of his home, soaking his clothes with his brother's blood to...
Nups law biased vs. gays: court
WASHINGTON — A law denying federal benefits to same-sex couples was ruled unconstitutional yesterday by a Boston federal appeals court in a landmark decision.The ruling strikes at a key provision...
NYPD Daily Blotter
The Bronx *** A thug is wanted for mugging a 54-year-old woman in University Heights, police said. The hood placed the victim (face hidden above) in the hallway of a...
Run off road
The federal government yesterday shut down 26 violation-laden bus operators — including one low-cost line involved in a fatal crash that killed two people after leaving Manhattan — in an...
Ravi off to jail; Tyler kin rip sentence
Even as Dharun Ravi surrendered yesterday to begin his 30-day sentence for snooping on tragic Rutgers roommate Tyler Clementi, Clementi’s family hit the light sentence — and blasted Ravi’s apology....
‘Lying’ cop rap
The video didn’t lie, but this cop allegedly did. Officer Diego Palacios has been indicted on felony charges by a Brooklyn grand jury after a surveillance video exposed a sham...
Cannibal slaying
BALTIMORE — A 21-year-old college student accused of killing a housemate told police he ate the victim’s heart and part of his brain. Alexander Kinyua hid the head and hands...
Taxis set to drop mixed signals
Frustrated New Yorkers will soon have a much easier time hailing a yellow cab. Taxi officials will vote on a plan June 21 to simplify the current roof-light signals that...
Sarges surging in PA police OT
The paychecks of Port Authority cops are soaring higher than a 747 — because agency officials decided they’d rather pay huge amounts of overtime than appoint new sergeants and lieutenants,...
Married B'klyn HS teacher arrested on rape charges for student 'affair'
Police taught a high-school English teacher a hard lesson yesterday, charging her with rape for allegedly having sex repeatedly with an underage football player she plied with marijuana on school...
Manhattan student 'seducer' still has feelings for teacher: classmates
He didn’t bet on falling for the teacher. The high-school senior who scored $400 for being the first of his friends to seduce their history teacher regrets the wager and...
NYC winning bottle battle but still fatter
New Yorkers are getting fatter and fatter — even as fewer are drinking soft drinks, according to the city’s own data. From 2008 to 2010, the number of New Yorkers...
Assembly Speaker Silver eyes 'Thirst Amendment' to nix Bloomberg's soda ban
Fat chance, Nanny Bloomberg. State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver yesterday said he’s considering a plan to thwart Mayor Bloomberg’s attack on sugary drinks. “We may be getting too close to...
Deli fury at city’s ‘grocer’ injustice
Big Apple deli owners yesterday cried foul over Mayor Bloomberg’s plan to ban them from selling sugary drinks that are more than 16 ounces — a rule that wouldn’t apply...
Home-wrecker boyfriend held at Rikers
He’s got a new crash pad — a jail cell.The Brooklyn bartender who allegedly swiped his mother’s Mercedes convertible before his hipster girlfriend “drunkenly” plowed it through a Long Island...
Victims group charges Dolan 'lied' about perv priest's 'payoff'
An advocacy group for clerical-sex-abuse victims yesterday charged that New York Archbishop Timothy Cardinal Dolan, while heading the Milwaukee archdiocese six years ago, “lied” when he denied any “payoff” to...
LI ‘bank rob’ twins in double trouble
They doubled their chances of getting pinched. Bonehead Long Island identical twins were busted for robbing a Suffolk County bank Wednesday — their second heist in less than two weeks,...
Artful Dubya returns
WASHINGTON — Former President George W. Bush took the edge off a potentially awkward return to the White House yesterday with a run of self-mocking jokes during the unveiling of...
Dem heat on no-show O
MILWAUKEE — With a political war raging in Wisconsin’s vote to recall Republican Gov. Scott Walker next week, Democrats are lamenting President Obama’s decision to watch from the sidelines. And...
Et tu, Deval? 2nd Bam-pal Bain booster
WASHINGTON — Team Obama got roughed up yesterday in Boston.The campaign struggled to focus on Mitt Romney’s jobs record as Massachusetts governor, and current Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick defended Romney’s...
‘Proud Native’ Warren
WASHINGTON — Democratic US Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren yesterday finally fessed up to telling Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania that she was part Native American.The Harvard Law School...
Stop the Killing, Mr. Putin
With freshly re-elected Vladimir Putin due in Paris today for a summit with new French President Francois Hollande, the Russian media have been talking up the idea of a new...
The wrong legal ‘help’ for NY’s poor
New York lawyers voluntarily donate more than 2 million hours of their time each year to pro bono work — representing poorer people without fee. Yet state Chief Judge Jonathan...
The Etan Patz tragedy: Closure after 30 years?
The Issue: Pedro Hernandez’s confession to having killed 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979. *** Pedro Hernandez got to live 30-plus years doing all the things Etan Patz never got a...
Busting the drug-reform myth
The Issue: Whether New York’s drug-law reform of 2009 has proven successful in reducing crime. *** Statistics quoted by Michael Bongiorno, (“Why Crime’s Rising,” PostOpinion, May 24) indicating “soaring crime”...
Where was Lech Walesa?
Is too much being made of President Obama’s characterization of Hitler’s concentration camps as “Polish death camps” during a White House event earlier this week? Probably. The administration now says...
Mike: Downsize it
Doubtless most people’s reaction when they first heard of Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed ban on large-size sugary drinks was: There he goes again. And, indeed, there’s a large dollop of Mike’s...
What is O’s case?
As June begins and the election inches closer, the question bedeviling the president and his advisers is this: What case will Barack Obama make on his own behalf to undecided...
Pink Ribbons, Inc.
From NFL players in pink sneakers to the nonstop parade of Walk/Run for the Cure events, we’re up to our eyeballs in breast-cancer awareness. But to what end? In this...
A Cat In Paris
Probably the biggest surprise on Oscar-nomination morning this year was that this French production and the Spanish “Chico & Rita’’ received nods for Best Animated Feature at the expense of...
High School
The title of this lame stoner comedy is an uninspired double-entendre, and I’m betting director John Stalberg Jr. also debated calling it “Bake Sale,” revolving as it does around the...
For Greater Glory
It may be a hopeful sign for the future of civilization that this historical epic is opening on roughly 10 times as many screens nationally today as (the unscreened-for-critics) “Piranha...
Hide Away
In “Hide Away,” Josh Lucas plays an alcoholic widower who undergoes a spiritual rebirth by fixing up a sailboat, and I really wish he hadn’t. Lucas plays Eddie, a mysterious...
6 Month Rule
Imagine Tucker Max minus the charm and you’ve got . . . well, Tucker Max, but also Blayne Weaver, the star-writer-director of the indie rom-com “6 Month Rule.” This grueling...
5 Broken Cameras
The broken cameras referred to in the title of this documentary belong to Emad Burnat, a Palestinian who used them to record the turmoil in the West Bank village where...
Arthur from the block
I first met Arthur Laurents, who died a year ago, in 1994 at his elegant townhouse on St. Luke’s Place in the West Village. I was making a “Theater Talk”...
U.N. Me
This anti-United Nations documentary shows that while director Ami Horowitz doesn’t share Michael Moore’s politics, he worships Moore’s techniques, particularly the “Fahrenheit 9/11” director’s love of filming himself while cracking...
Wish Me Away
‘Wish Me Away’’ is the inspiring story of Chely Wright, the first major country singer to come out as gay. Her decision was a brave one since the world of...
Achieves the right balance
A good rule of thumb about circus acts is that the less clothing the performers wear, the better. It’s clearly a philosophy shared by Spiegelworld, the Australian creators of “Absinthe,”...
No bull’s-eye for clichéd ‘Crooked’
Who says “boy meets girl” is the root of all movie plots? There’s an equally good case to be made for “underdogs meet the Big Game.” The big game here...
This is Snow White?
This year’s second revisionist take on the Brothers Grimm classic, “Snow White and the Huntsman’’ is a visual treat with some expertly staged (if bloodlessly PG-13) battle scenes. It’s a...
Exit, stage left
It’s hard to believe, considering the amount of publicity they’ve gotten, but New Jersey is not just Snooki and her GTL routine. (For those unfamiliar with MTV’s “Jersey Shore,” that’s...
Sparano looking to speed up Jets offense
The Jets are talking about “tempo” these days more than a group of students at Julliard. New offensive coordinator Tony Sparano has put an emphasis on speed, not just once...
Jets coach drops 90 pounds but won’t give his secret
Jets coach Rex Ryan joked yesterday that he was “breaking records” on the treadmill, and it shows. The slimmed-down Ryan looks like a different person after losing 90 pounds. His...
Thole returns to Mets tonight after concussion scare
Josh Thole is finished with his second “spring training” of the year and ready to get back behind the plate for the Mets. “It’s kind of like Opening Day for...
Two months in, Yankees searching for identity
Eight weeks into a six-month season can you answer this question? Who are the Yankees? Is it a roster capable of winning the AL East? Or an aging club that...
Burkhardt’s duties expand as comfort level rises at SNY
After an interview Tuesday night with former Met Bud Harrelson, SNY reporter Kevin Burkhardt was about to send it back to the booth when something shocking happened. “Gary. Hefner,” were...
5 Questions for... Keith Jones
Former NHL forward and NBC Sports studio analyst Keith Jones talks Devils-Kings Stanley Cup finals and Rangers offseason with The Post’s Justin Terranova. Q: Why do you think the Devils...
Sports Shorts
mlb: Pavano extortion case closed Police in Connecticut said they have closed an investigation into allegations of a blackmail attempt against ex-Yankee Carl Pavano without an arrest because the pitcher...
NYRA hurries to find Belmont barn
After being blindsided Wednesday by the New York State Racing and Wagering Board’s sudden demand that all of the horses running in the June 9 Belmont Stakes be stabled together...
Tomorrow’s Belmont Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-6 fur; $57,000; alw; 3up(f) PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Alison's Wyn(L),117E Castro1-1-3Navarro5-12 Karma Police(L),117RDomingz2-7-3Signore7-23 WeddinginSorn(L),121I Ortiz, Jr2-3-2C O'Brien5-24 Lenders Way(L),117J Lezcano3-3-2Ryerson10-15 Silver OverGold(L),121T Hole4-1-1Matties6-16...
Belmont Charts
May 31st, 2012Clear and Fast Turf Firm©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1 1/16 miles(T); $53,000; hdcp; 3upOff: 12:50. Good. 3w journey, up at wireTime: 25.55, 5.3, 1:13.97, 1:36.93, 1:43.02.Trainer: Michael TrombettaWinner:...
Vic C.’s Calder Grade
FIRST-1m&70yds; $10,500; cl($12,50); 3YO7-Lady Myrka 4-14-Hard Rock Girl 2-11-Bay Root 6-15-LadyMr'sImge15-12-ICnSeeMyDrem8-16-Fleur de Louise 5-13-Avaday 3-1SECOND-6 fur; $11,000; clm($10,000); 3up4-Just Blessed 5-25-Colormesaichi 3-11-Sugartime Jazz 6-16-Nice Cookie 8-12-ElusiveVacatin4-17-Arestedfrpssn15-13-Strongly So 4-1THIRD-4 1/2 fur;...
Monmouth Analysis
Post Time: 12:45 p.m.FIRST-6 fur; $16,000; clm($10,000); 3upCRAFTY STAR has come close on several occasions; drops. HE'S ROUGH N READY showed much improvement finishing second. SONNY CROCKET goes from special...
Meadowlands Graded Entries
Post Time: 7:00 p.m.Best Bet: Dejarmbro (10th)FIRST: mile trot; $10,625; cond9 Appomattox(TTetrick)2-1-99-54 Mrs Mrs Jones(RPierce)2-3-67-210 AnotherAmaretto(MLchnce)2-10-85-11 RouxTheDy(TSmedshmmer)6-5-78-12 One More Kid(JMarshall)4-6-512-13 Brissot(JBongiorno)4-1-210-15 Weekend Vacation(DMiller)6-3-715-16 Sand Lover(EAbbatiello)8-4-120-17 Amarcord(YGingras)3-7-612-18 Liborio(DDube)5-8-915-1SECOND: mile trot; $9,500;...
Tottenville takes title
It took longer than Tottenville would’ve liked but the Pirates are champions again. Top-seeded Tottenville beat No. 2 Susan Wagner 3-1 in the continuation of the PSAL Class A softball...
Hollywood Results
FIRST-1 mile(T); $46,000; clm($50,000); 3YO 2 Mjor Mgc (Krgger) 14.20 7.20 7.60 6 Trucial State (Smith) 3.80 3.60 1 Take No Prsoners (Sutherlnd) 7.80 * $1 Exacta (2-6) $17.50 *...
Hondo: Leave it to Peavy
Chuck Norris would never let the Rockies smack him around, but Bud Norris did last night so Hondo went draino with the Astros and his ever-expanding deficit ballooned to 1,875...
The Post Line
NBA Playoffs Favorite Line Underdog CELTICS 1 1/2 Heat NHL Playoffs Tomorrow Favorite Line Underdog DEVILS -110-110 Kings Home team in CAPS
Home Team Lineups
TODAYJune 1SATJune 2SUNJune 3MONJune 4TUEJune 5WEDJune 6THUJune 7YankeesDetroit7:05YES Network WCBS 880 AMDet. 7:15 FOXWCBSDet. 1:05 YESWCBSNO GAMET.B.7:05YESWCBST.B.7:05YESWCBST.B.7:05YESWCBSMetsSt. Louis7:10SportsNet NY WFAN 660 AMSt.L. 4:10 WPIXWFANSt.L. 8:05 ESPN2WFANSt.L. 1:10 SNY WFANWash.7:05SNYWFANWash.7:05SNYWFANWash.1:05SNYWFANDevilsNO GAMEL.A.8:00NBCWFANNO...
Mickelson withdraws from Memorial after 79
DUBLIN, Ohio — Erik Compton considers the Memorial a special week no matter how he plays, knowing his second heart transplant came from a donor in Ohio. The opening round...
‘Scrap Iron’ boosts Rocket
WASHINGTON — “Scrap Iron,” the nickname Phil Garner earned as a player, gave Roger Clemens a boost yesterday as he testified for the defense in the perjury trial of the...
‘Marathon man’ Isner ousted in 34-game fifth set at French Open
PARIS — The “Marathon Man” was at it again yesterday, but this time John Isner was on the wrong end of a 5 1/2 -hour struggle at the French Open....
Injured Nicks vows to play in Giants opener
Sorting through all the time frames and conjecture, what Giants fans want to know from Hakeem Nicks is this: Does the big-play receiver have any doubt he will be on...
NBA star Twyman was a friend until the end
This was the summer of 1994, and there was talk of trying to bring some star power back to the Maurice Stokes charity basketball game up in the Catskills. By...
Fordham Prep rips Xaverian
When the CHSAA Class AA baseball championship round was set, Steve Fondu worked out in his head how No. 4 Fordham Prep could face top-seeded Xaverian. The Furman-bound right-hander was...
Everyone’s getting behind I'll Have Another in Triple Crown chase
Two down and one to glow! In eight days, I’ll Have Another will attempt to light up the galaxy by adding the Belmont Stakes to his Kentucky Derby and Preakness...
I’ll Have Another avoids collision with wild filly
I’ll Have Another’s Triple Crown quest in the June 9 Belmont Stakes came within inches of an abrupt, tragic end yesterday at Belmont Park when a loose horse almost crashed...
Devils aim to avoid 0-2 Cup deficit
Fear of losing won’t be enough. The Devils must be absolutely terrified tomorrow, for no team in 46 years has won the Stanley Cup after dropping the opening pair of...
Twyman was a friend ’til end
This was the summer of 1994, and there was talk of trying to bring some star power back to the Maurice Stokes charity basketball game up in the Catskills. By...
Former Mets star Beltran isn't worried about reaction in return with Cardinals
Carlos Beltran doesn’t have to worry about pleasing anyone Friday night. Returning to Citi Field for the first time since being traded by the Mets last July, the Cardinals outfielder...
MLB to probe umpire's spat with Yankees catcher
Major League Baseball is “looking into” the spat Yankees catcher Russell Martin had with umpire Laz Diaz during Wednesday night’s game in Anaheim, a MLB spokesman said yesterday. Martin said...
Spurs wise not to trade Parker, Ginobili
Last season at this time, the Spurs, who had finished at the top of the NBA’s Western Conference, already had been eliminated two rounds previously by the eighth-place Grizzlies. The...
Thunder cruise in Game 3
OKLAHOMA CITY — The streak is over. The series may only be beginning.Kevin Durant scored 22 points, Thabo Sefolosha set playoff career bests with 19 points and six steals, and...
ESPN voices are Spur’ed to admit network’s ‘selfish’ role
Twice this NBA season we have been gifted a sweet reminder that successful, senses-satisfying basketball can be a team enterprise, five men acting at once toward the single goal of...
Jets' Mangold nixes Ryan’s offer of Olympic break
Jets coach Rex Ryan was shocked to hear center Nick Mangold declined his offer to skip some of training camp to watch his sister compete in the Olympics. Mangold said...
Revis hints he might skip Jets camp again
Darrelle Revis is back to playing coy again, meaning another holdout could be in the offing. After saying recently he was “cool” with his contract, the Jets’ star cornerback reversed...
Rocket gets boost from Phil
WASHINGTON — Phil Garner told one great Roger Clemens story after another.Clemens working out in a flak jacket with 60 pounds of weights. Clemens yelling at himself. Clemens yelling at...
Starr Report
We’ve written a lot in The Post the past few days about the success of “Hatfields & McCoys” — so allow me to spill just a little more cyber ink...
Morning music showdown
Summer’s finally here and so are “Today” and “Good Morning America’s” Friday-morning concerts. If you think waking up in time to catch the 8 a.m. performances is hard, imagine being...
Talk show guests
FRIDAYBRAD PAISLEY - Good Morning America, 7 a.m., Ch. 7CHRIS HEMSWORTH, THE BAND PERRY - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4CHRIS HEMSWORTH, JOEY LAWRENCE - LIVE! with Kelly, 9 a.m., Ch....
Lauer ‘Today’ dig
‘Today” show co-host Matt Lauer admits that the NBC morning show is in need of improvement. “The show is not where I want it to be right now, the ratings...
NYC hospital reality
ABC News is turning its documentary cameras onto hospital life in New York City. “NY Med,” an eight-part series premiering July 10, will follow doctors and patients at Columbia and...
The west is back
Because there is a God, the Louisiana Bayou knocked out New Jersey as the go-to locale for TV weirdos. Without warning, big-haired orange trolls who never mastered indoor plumbing were...
CNN reaches all-time lows again
Forget April — May was the cruellest month for CNN. The third-place cable news network hit a 20-year prime-time ratings low last month, averaging only 390,000 viewers — down 51...
Who's zooming who!
1. NBA: Celtics vs. 76ers 2,129,740 2. NBA: Celtics vs. Heat 1,799,845 3. NBA: Pacers vs. Heat 1,206,144 4. NBA: Spurs vs. Thunder 747,971 5. SpongeBob 605,520 6. Game of...
Weird but true
An Ohio woman has come up with a creative business model for her maid service — just break into people’s homes and start cleaning. “Cleaning Fairy” Sue Warren allegedly broke...
Local squads set for NCAA tests
As most of the country’s elite college baseball teams were getting ready for their seasons in 70-degree weather, St. John’s players were shivering. The conditions were less than ideal at...
Queens 12-year-old finishes third in Nat'l Spelling Bee ... again
OXON HILL, Md. — Snigdha Nandipati heard a few words she didn't know during the National Spelling Bee, but never when she stepped to the microphone. Calm and collected throughout,...
Authorities: Md. college student says he ate man's heart, part of brain
BALTIMORE — A 21-year-old college student accused of killing a housemate told police he ate the victim's heart and part of his brain after he died. Alexander Kinyua hid the...
Undermanned but determined, New Heights 17s win Super 16 Showcase
The New Heights 17U was shorthanded last weekend. Maybe they should attend events with less than their entire roster more often. Despite missing forward Jordan Washington and shooting guard Josh...
Artist sues city for alleged wrongful arrest
This artist says that being in the wrong place at the wrong time got him portrayed as a perp. Painter and poet Abbey Laurel-Smith sued the city today over his...
State court tosses 'gay' defamation suit
Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but there’s nothing wrong with that. An upstate appeals court has thrown out a lawsuit by an Albany-area man who said he was...
Dead soldiers' absentee ballots to be counted if they died in combat
ALBANY — State pols want to count the votes of the dead — but only for members of the military who are killed in combat. The Assembly this week passed...
'Sex and the City' creator Candace Bushnell's ex-manager files papers saying he lives in NJ home owned by his mother
What a mama’s boy! The ex-manager of “Sex and the City” creator Candace Bushnell filed court papers today saying that he lives in a New Jersey home “owned by my...
City may lay 4 pairs of cross-town bicyle paths to connect Eighth and First Avenues
The city is eying plans to connect Eighth and First Avenues with four pairs of crosstown bike paths, just ahead of launching an ambitious bicycle share program that will flood...
Father of bullied boy who killed self also committed suicide
The East Harlem boy who killed himself this week after constant bullying lost his father to suicide when he was just a baby, relatives told The Post today. Joel Morales’...
Rolle says 'I truly do believe' Osi deserves new Giants deal
Another Giants precinct is reporting in and throwing his support to Osi Umenyiora.Already, teammates Justin Tuck and Mathias Kiwanuka have made public declarations that they believe the Giants should ante...
Mom whose kids died in Christmas Day Stamford fire to sue city
The Manhattan ad exec whose three daughters were killed in a tragic Christmas Day fire plans to sue the city of Stamford. Madonna Badger has filed a notice of intent...