June 14, 2012
PHOTOS: Obama visits World Trade Center, attends glitzy fund-raisers
President Obama made a pit stop at the World Trade Center yesterday before attending two glitzy fund-raisers to boost his re-election effort. Obama — joined by Gov. Cuomo, New Jersey...
Mickelson, Watson struggle alongside Woods
SAN FRANCISCO — Phil Mickelson lost a ball in the trees on his first swing Thursday, hit a spectator on another and spent more time in the rough than the...
Woman shot by cops in Brooklyn after dramatic car chase
Cops shot a woman dead after a dramatic car chase that ended in a crash on a busy Brooklyn intersection, witnesses and law enforcement source said. The woman, identified only...
Nets new 'Brooklynettes' dance team tapped
Meet the Brooklynettes. The Brooklyn Nets last night selected a new 20-member dance team that will perform during game days beginning next season at the new Barclays Center. Formerly known...
Alleged boyfriend-stabbing blonde offers bizarre 'confession'
He stabbed himself in the chest! As I held the knife! That's the remarkable "confession" of the gorgeous young blonde accused of plunging a knife into the chest of her...
Cinderella Stony Brook feeling the love at College World Series
OMAHA, Neb. -- South Carolina is going for three straight national titles and Florida is the No. 1 seed. Yet all the talk at the College World Series is about...
Gardner out another 3-4 weeks; Yankees recall Robertson
The Yankees announced on Thursday that Brett Gardner’s elbow should heal in three to four weeks. Dr. Timothy Kremchek agreed with Dr. James Andrews’ diagnosis that Gardner’s elbow muscle strain,...
Jay-Z's 40/40 Club coming to Barclays Center
Jay-Z is bringing his swank 40/40 Club to Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. The rap mogul and Nets’ part-owner — who is also on the board of directors for the arena’s holding...
Jets DT Ellis headed to jail on Friday
Jets defensive tackle Kenrick Ellis spent the last day of mini-camp working with the team as usual. He is heading to a different place Friday, though, as the players go...
Spain dominates Ireland at Euro 2012
GDANSK, Poland — Fernando Torres scored a goal in each half Thursday to give Spain a 4-0 win over Ireland and eliminate the Irish from the European Championship. David Silva...
Filmmakers got no unauthorized information for bin Laden movie, Panetta says
A movie about the killing of Osama bin Laden has come under fire because of the suggestion that officials gave out classified information about the raid on the terrorist compound...
Jets use black jerseys to reward best unit in practices
The Jets defense took the field with a new look Thursday.The unit wore black jerseys instead of their usual green. Jets coach Rex Ryan explained he is going to give...
Rex says Jets' chemistry won't be a problem in 2012
The Jets finished mini-camp Thursday, saying goodbye until training camp opens at the end of next month.Five months after the 2011 season ended with chemistry problems and Jets coach Rex...
Will Smith named favorite celeb dancing dad: poll
Home fitness buffs want to get jiggy with Will Smith. The “Men in Black” star was a runaway favorite among Zumba fans, as America’s favorite celebrity dancing dad, according to...
Makeover for Open Tennis Center, but no roof for Ashe
The U.S. Tennis Association plans to give the home of the U.S. Open a makeover that will cost it hundreds of millions of dollars, but does not include putting a...
Nets maintain financial flexibility with Wallace opt-out
As expected, Gerald Wallace opted out of the $9.5 million player option he had for next season Wednesday, allowing himself to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1.But despite...
'Stench of dead bodies' in Syria's al Haffe
AL HAFFE, Syria -- United Nations observers on Thursday visited the Syrian town of al Haffe and reported finding it all but deserted with a strong stench of dead bodies...
Obama frames election as choice between two economic visions
CLEVELAND -- President Obama delivered a major economic address in Cleveland Thursday, framing the November election as a choice between two visions of how to handle the nation's economic future....
VIDEO: Schwartz wraps up Giants' mini-camp
The Post's Paul Schwartz reports from Giants mini-camp as coach Tom Coughlin, QB Eli Manning and the team get ready for a five-week break before training camp opens in Albany.The...
Brooklyn landlords hit with manslaughter charges in 2010 fire that killed 5
It was a deathtrap waiting to happen. A father and son who owned an illegally carved-up building where five Guatemalan immigrants died trying to escape a fire have been charged...
Croatia rallies to tie Italy
POZNAN, Poland — Italy sat back and paid for it Thursday in a 1-1 draw with Croatia at the European Championship. Andrea Pirlo gave Italy the lead with a curving...
Military drone mistaken for UFO along Washington highways
WASHINGTON -- Residents in the Washington, D.C., area were buzzing with speculation after pictures popped up online showing a "UFO" in transport along the Capitol Beltway. The sighting took place...
Coughlin keeps message to Giants players short and sweet
Coughlin’s warning: Be safe, be smart, see you at the end of JulyIt took Tom Coughlin three minutes and nine seconds yesterday to deliver his message to the Giants before...
Lance Armstrong returning to US, considering all options as he faces new drug charges
AUSTIN, Texas — Lance Armstrong says he's considering all his options after new doping allegations have been raised against him. The accusations of performance-enhancing drug use levied by the US...
Red Bulls in holding pattern on Luke Rodgers, Teemu Tainio
With Luke Rodgers having had his visa appointment today and injured Teemu Tainio returned to running, the Red Bulls are stuck in a holding pattern regarding the returns of -...
Red Bulls GM not interested in Ballack, quiet on Ireland
GM Erik Soler reiterated the Red Bulls’ plans to sign a third Designated Player this summer, especially with the salary cap break that comes from a mid-season addition. He categorically...
WATCH: Train conductor caught sleeping at the controls
Someone needs to catch up on his beauty sleep. A bleary subway conductor working on the 1 train was caught slumped over the controls with his head in his arms...
Jury deliberations begin in Rajat Gupta's insider trading trial
A New York jury has begun deliberating at the insider trading trial of a former Goldman Sachs board member. A judge gave the jurors final instructions Thursday morning in the...
Torre to manage Team USA in World Baseball Classic
Joe Torre will be back in the dugout next year.The former Yankees manager, who now works for Major League Baseball, has been pegged to manage Team USA in the 2013...
R. Allen Stanford sentenced to 110 years in prison for $7 billion Ponzi scheme
HOUSTON — Former jet-setting Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford, whose financial empire once spanned the Americas, was sentenced Thursday to 110 years in prison for bilking investors out of more...
Rabbi's sex-abuse trial delayed because yeshiva keeps ignoring requests for information
The start of a sex-abuse trial for a prominent Williamsburg rabbi was delayed today because a yeshiva keeps ignoring requests for information from his defense team. The case of Nechemya...
Nieuwenhuis' two homers power Mets to sweep of Rays
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Kirk Nieuwenhuis hit a leadoff homer and later connected for a two-run shot as the Mets completed a three-game sweep by beating the Tampa Bay Rays...
Nationwide alert for Buffalo surgeon in woman's death
BUFFALO — Police say they've issued a nationwide alert to law enforcement agencies for a Buffalo trauma surgeon sought in connection with the hospital shooting death of his ex-girlfriend. Police...
Tiger in contention; little-known Thompson in lead at U.S. Open
SAN FRANCISCO — Any comfort Michael Thompson took looking up at the leaderboard at The Olympic Club and finally seeing his name at the top fizzled fast when he saw...
Nokia cuts 10,000 jobs, streamlines to save costs
HELSINKI — Nokia says it will slash 10,000 jobs and close plants as the ailing company fights fierce competition, and gave a grim outlook for most of the year, causing...
US Airways CEO says merger is American Airlines' best option
US Airways Group Inc. CEO Doug Parker told shareholders Thursday that a merger with his airline is the only way American Airlines can reclaim leadership of the industry. A combined...
SUV crashes into LI house
A white SUV slammed into a house in Malverne, Long Island Thursday. At least one person was injured and taken from the scene by ambulance, reported SkyFOXHD's Kai Simonsen. The...
Spanish 10-year bond yield hits record-high 7%
MADRID -- Spain's 10-year government bold yield hit seven percent for the first time on record Thursday, a day after the indebted country suffered a fresh ratings downgrade. Late Wednesday,...
Mets' Dickey thinks appealed no-hitter 'cheap'; Torre wants second opinion
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. ---- R.A. Dickey has mixed emotions over the Mets’ appeal of a scoring decision from Wednesday night that could result in him receiving credit for a no-hitter.The...
Croatian fans burn EU flag, wave posters of war criminal
POZNAN, Poland — Croatian soccer fans burned a European Union flag and paraded around with posters of a convicted war criminal before their team faces Italy at the European Championship...
Relatives of Long Island man shot in confrontation with police file federal lawsuit
Relatives of a Long Island man fatally shot in a confrontation with police have filed a federal lawsuit. The family of Kevin Callahan claims Suffolk County police used excessive force...
More accusers detail Sandusky's alleged abuse as judge says prosecutors could finish presenting case today
BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Two more accusers took the stand at Jerry Sandusky's sex-abuse trial Thursday, one of whom said the former Penn State assistant football coach called himself the "tickle...
Egypt's highest court orders country's parliament dissolved saying election was unconstitutional
CAIRO — Egypt's highest court on Thursday ordered the country's Islamist-dominated parliament dissolved and ruled that the last prime minister to serve under Hosni Mubarak could stay in the presidential...
HBO apologizes for putting George W. Bush's head on stake in 'Game of Thrones'
LOS ANGELES -- HBO has apologized for using a model head of former President George W. Bush in a grisly decapitation scene for its hit drama "Game of Thrones." The...
Derby entrants to be rated on points system
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Churchill Downs simplified the path leading to the Kentucky Derby on Thursday, announcing a new points system pegged to three dozen races that will set the field...
State to expand teens' tanning booth ban
Fueled by news coverage of an exceedingly tan New Jersey woman, New York officials have agreed to ban children 16 years old and younger from indoor tanning, according to the...
Jets come to terms with seventh-round draft choice White
The Jets announced they have signed seventh-round draft pick Jordan White, meaning the team has now signed all of its picks.The wide receiver from Western Michigan signed a four-year, $2.145...
AOL wins proxy fight as shareholders re-elect board
AOL on Thursday appeared to win a proxy fight with activist investor Starboard Value, relieving some of the scrutiny on CEO Tim Armstrong's investments in online content businesses like Patch.com...
MF Global trustee, CME reach deal to return $130 million
The trustee for bankrupt MF Global reached an agreement Thursday with CME Group to get more than $130 million in property held by the derivatives marketplace firm. The trustee is...
After Obamacare? Finally, the answer
Want to know what should replace Obamacare after the Supreme Court overturns it later this month?Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) has the answer:"What I would like to see is ......[a] move...
London court dismisses application to reopen Assange appeal into extradition
LONDON -- The UK's Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed an application from lawyers representing WikiLeaks boss Julian Assange to reopen an appeal into his extradition to Sweden, where he faces...
Danish striker drops trow, draws ire of UEFA
KOLOBRZEG, Poland — Talk about getting your knickers in a twist. The Danish Football Association was in damage control mode Thursday after striker Nicklas Bendtner dropped his pants in a...
Rutgers' LeGrand to be honored at ESPYS
Paralyzed Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand has been selected to receive the Jimmy V Perseverance Award at the ESPYS next month. LeGrand suffered a spinal cord injury in a game...
Polish courts convict 14 in Euro 2012 violence
WARSAW, Poland — Fourteen soccer hooligans have been convicted in fast-track trials for their role in violent clashes when Poland and Russia faced off in an emotionally charged European Championship...
Drake tells Brown he's hooking up with Rihanna before bar brawl erupts
Chris Brown suffered an embarrassing beatdown at a trendy SoHo club this morning when he and his entourage traded flying bottles and blows with pals of fellow rapper Drake. A...
The most interesting teams during trade season
With the amateur draft ancient history and interleague play in full bloom, teams will gaze upward - toward the major leagues - and forward, to their direction for the rest of...
US consumer prices fall sharply in May as gas costs sink
WASHINGTON -- US consumer prices fell 0.3 percent in May to mark the biggest decline in three and a half years, as the cost of gas fell sharply, the Labor...
LIRR is expanding 'quiet car' program
The Long Island Rail Road is getting more "quiet cars." On Monday, the railroad will add a "quiet car" on all single-level electric trains to Penn Station and Atlantic Terminal...
Weekly jobless claims up by 6,000 to 386,000, worse than expected
WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans filing requests for jobless benefits rose by 6,000 last week to 386,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. Claims from two weeks ago were revised...
Three firefighters, 2 others injured in 2-alarm fire on UES
Five people were hurt in a two-alarm blaze on the Upper East Side this morning, authorities said. Three firefighters and two civilians were injured in the fire that began in...
Exhausted Myanmar opposition leader Suu Kyi falls ill during news conference
BERN, Switzerland — Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi fell ill during a news conference in Switzerland on Thursday, shortly after saying how exhausted she was after a long...
Number of foreign-born small-business owners in NYC jumped over past 20 years but city still behind Miami and LA
The number of foreign-born owners of New York City-area small businesses grew by 66 percent between 1990 and 2010, but the city still placed behind Miami and Los Angeles, according...
China probes 'forced abortion' after online photos cause uproar
BEIJING -- China said Thursday it was investigating the case of a woman who was allegedly forced to abort seven months into her pregnancy, after images posted online of the...
Obama's union bailout bad for car business
Another thing President Obama is bad at: bankruptcy. Take the auto bailout Obama is so proud of because it "saved jobs." Trouble is that as some new research shows, the...
U.S. Open leaderboard
Follow live as Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and the rest of the 151-player U.S. Open field take on San Francisco's Olympic Club. Woods and Mickelson are paired together, along with...
Mets to appeal scoring decision that cost Dickey no-hitter
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The sign in center field at Tropicana Field reads “City of St. Petersburg Welcomes You.” It will be amended today to include “Except you, R.A. Dickey.”...
Kuroda, timely hitting help Yankees finish sweep of Braves
ATLANTA — You can speculate forever as to why Hiroki Kuroda took almost two months to evolve into the pitcher the Yankees believed they signed as a free agent. Manager...
Stony Brook finds continental gifts in recruiting
Cinderella Stony Brook’s roster reads like an incongruous map of North America — Canada, California, Long Island, Albany, Staten Island, The Bronx, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. It’s a hodgepodge, clustered between...
Reggie: A-Rod will break several records with Yankees
ATLANTA — By the time Alex Rodriguez is done, he will have more than the grand slam record. Talking to The Post Wednesday less than 24 hours after Rodriguez tied...
Jurors seek full list of Clemens’ exhibits
WASHINGTON — Jurors asked for a master list of exhibits — a list that extends well into triple digits — and lawyers laughed about a juror who appeared to doze...
Yankees' Rodriguez big fan of Nationals phenom Harper
ATLANTA — Alex Rodriguez has been where Bryce Harper is today: a 19-year-old playing in the big leagues with outsized expectations and millions of eyes watching every move. “I love...
NBA commish has Stern visit with Rome
David Stern had a potentially incendiary response when asked on “The Jim Rome Show” if the NBA draft lottery is fixed. “Have you stopped beating your wife yet?” the NBA...
Still living the dream at U.S Open
I rested after my Tuesday practice round with Phil Mickelson, stayed at the hotel, showered and went to bed. Yesterday, I continued my dream week with a practice round with...
Olympic change fine with Miller
SAN FRANCISCO — Johnny Miller is among those applauding the changes made to the Olympic Club in preparation for the 112th U.S. Open that begins today. He calls it his...
College player from Connecticut poised on eve of first major
SAN FRANCISCO — Cameron Wilson doesn’t appear to be in a rush. He’s all of 19 years old, just finished his sophomore year at Stanford and is playing in his...
Bubba’s not just the third wheel in Tiger, Phil group
SAN FRANCISCO — Bubba Watson isn’t necessarily interested in becoming golf’s latest superstar. He just can’t help it. From his folksy, aw-shucks demeanor to acknowledging being a father to his...
Recent success vs. Tiger gives Phil major boost at U.S. Open
SAN FRANCISCO — When the 156 players tee off in today’s U.S. Open first round at Olympic Club, 154 of them will be an afterthought. The eyes of the golfing...
Armstrong Stadium to get Open face-lift
The USTA will announce Thursday at an 11 a.m. news conference with city planners plans to build a new, refurbished Armstrong Stadium and grandstand for the U.S. Open, according to...
Giants’ Canty: I didn’t fake injury vs. Packers
When he appeared on NBC’s Super Bowl pregame show before the Giants defeated the Patriots in February, Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said the Giants faked injuries in their 37-20 win...
Zhang, 14, prepared for U.S. Open battle
SAN FRANCISCO -- The phone call came to 14-year-old Andy Zhang at 5:20 Monday evening. It was USGA official Jeff Hall, who was on the Olympic Club putting green, telling...
The Post's All-Queens softball honors
As always, Queens was one of the best softball boroughs in the city. Archbishop Molloy won a fourth straight CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens title and a second straight city championship. St. Francis...
Union feels hearing for Knicks' Lin, Novak went well
Steve Novak made a surprise appearance at the arbitration hearing in New York Wednesday, his 29th birthday, as the NBA Players Association fought to restore the 3-point shooting ace’s and...
Heat's LeBron needs sidekick like Westbrook
OKLAHOMA CITY — Kevin Durant may or may not be better than LeBron James, but surely the NBA’s scoring champ looks to have the better star sidekick — Russell Westbrook...
Morgan sees Wingate as personal honor, sign of respect for Erasmus
In Wayne Morgan’s eyes, he wasn’t the only person from Erasmus Hall being honored by winning the PSAL Wingate award. “It means a lot for me and for my school...
Michelle Obama joins Pinterest, pins family photos
WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama is up on Pinterest. The first lady's profile on the social networking site went live Wednesday with three boards highlighting photos from around the White House,...
John Adams' multi-sport star Kanhoye first flag football Wingate winner
Shantana Kanhoye has played four other sports at John Adams, but it was her last that led to her etching her place into PSAL history. The senior was a standout...
Mets on deck vs. Rays
INSIDE THE MATCHUPS METS: Santana followed up back-to-back complete game shutouts with a clunker against the Yankees. He allowed six runs, including four home runs, in five innings of a...
Cain pitches first perfect game in Giants history
San Francisco Giants pitcher Matt Cain threw a perfect game against Houston Wednesday night – the 22nd in Major League Baseball history, and the second this season. Cain struck out...
United flight attendant in serious condition after turbulence shakes Houston-NY flight
LAKE CHARLES, La. -- A United Airlines flight attendant remained hospitalized in serious condition Wednesday afternoon after severe turbulence shook a plane traveling from Houston to New York's LaGuardia airport....
Grubler one-ups sister, wins family's first Wingate Award
Ashley Grubler is the best Grubler now. Her and her sister Mallory each enjoyed memorable volleyball careers at Cardozo, dominant tenures that includes city championship and division titles. Monday night...
Inside Jamie Dimon's Senate hearing
Winners: Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) visibly rattles Dimon’s confidence by asking why his bank held back $168 million of MF Global’s cash as it melted down. The stumble sends JPMorgan...
Lewis' Bedoya surprised to win Wingate Award
It was Danny Bedoya in a nutshell. Despite a remarkable career at Francis Lewis, landing a scholarship to St. John’s, basically embodying everything the PSAL Wingate Award stands for, the...
JPM boss shines in DC showdown
Never was the superiority of private enterprise over the public sector made more clear than during Jamie Dimon’s testimony yesterday on Capitol Hill. Try as they might to grill the...
Call this comedy ‘The Cozy & the Clueless’
James Dimon: “Senators, I’m sorry — I’m sorry for giving nearly $8 million of JPMorgan Chase’s money to your campaigns. Banks shouldn’t bribe public officials.”Senators: “Mr. Dimon, we apologize for...
All over but the crying
Rajat Gupta, the former Goldman Sachs director and once one of the most respected brains on Wall Street, has the next 20 years of his life in the hands of...
Blankfein: Tough to leave Goldman
Lloyd C. Blankfein, chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs for the past six years, said it’s a “tough job to leave” and he’s unlikely to follow his predecessors into government....
iPad games pact signed
Activision Blizzard, the largest video-game maker, signed an agreement with mobile-software producer Flurry to help smaller companies publish games on Apple’s iPad and other mobile devices. The relationship gives Activision...
Riggio in $29M B&N settlement
Barnes & Noble founder Leonard Riggio agreed to a $29 million settlement of investors’ claims that he wrongfully pushed the biggest US bookstore chain to acquire his college-textbook firm, lawyers...
Twitter doesn’t sing in 'OWS' court case
Twitter’s court stand is winning the respect of its followers. Lawyers for the social-media site appeared in Manhattan criminal court yesterday to challenge a court order to turn over the...
Business briefs
LightSquared LightSquared got the OK to use lenders’ cash collateral after saying it might have to liquidate without the deal. The accord gives the maker of wireless broadband technology enough...
Peter Chernin and Ari Emanuel have falling out over money and turf
This Tinseltown tussle would be a hit on the big screen. Two of Hollywood’s biggest power players — producer Peter Chernin and super-agent Ari Emanuel — have fallen out after...
Upfront season falls to earth
Television’s annual “upfront” season that begins with a bang has ended with a whimper. The big broadcast networks wrapped up their prime-time ad-sales deals last night, with their hauls little...
Investors nix WPP pay
WPP investors voted against the remuneration packages of directors, including CEO Martin Sorrell, as the revolt over executive pay spread to the world’s biggest advertising agency. In a nonbinding vote,...
Sears ‘open’ to selling assets
Sears Holdings, the retailer controlled by Edward Lampert, is open to selling assets as it works to turn itself around, its chief executive said. “If there are assets that make...
Hostess faces expiration date
With the clock ticking, creditors of bankrupt Hostess Brands and its unions remain far apart on a deal to save the company from liquidation. Creditors, led by hedge fund Silver...
Analyst: P&G may need breakup
Procter & Gamble, the world’s largest consumer-products company, should consider breaking itself up if it doesn’t improve earnings this year, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. said. Procter...
GSA is close to final deal at 1WTC
Just in time for President Obama’s Ground Zero visit today, the federal General Services Administration came a big step closer to finalizing a long-awaited lease at 1 World Trade Center....
ManU kickoff in US
Manchester United, the world’s best-supported soccer club, has ditched its plans for an Asian stock market flotation and is preparing to list in the US, according to sources with knowledge...
$4.7B TV deal for UK soccer
Pay-television broadcaster BSkyB and former state telecom company BT will share live domestic rights to English Premier League soccer from next year in a deal that has jumped in value...
Just sold!
Manhattan EAST HARLEM $1,399,000 1280 Fifth Ave. Two-bedroom, two-bath condo, 1,507 square feet, with kitchen with stainless-steel appliances, granite counters and teak cabinets, bath with polished marble counters and white-oak...
Bet it all on Red
To the casual observer, Red Hook appears to be a sleeping neighborhood. Sure, on the weekends there’s a line of traffic snaking in and out of Fairway and IKEA, and...
Sky high
Model-turned-DJ Sky Nellor has sold her tricked-out, 2,000-square-foot penthouse duplex at 121 W. 20th St. for its $2.75 million asking price. An artist snapped up the two-bedroom, 2 1/2-bathroom Chelsea...
TriBeCa beckons
Shopping for a condo in TriBeCa can leave even the well-heeled buyer tearing at their hair. Apartments are big. And old. And expensive. (Co-ops and condos in SoHo and TriBeCa...
Hey, big spender!
Now that you’ve put a down payment on your super-slick TriBeCa apartment, what are you going to sleep on when you move in? Not to worry, Duxiana has got you...
Hooker, line and stinker
In brothels and bedrooms throughout the city, johns and the cuties who service them are having a chuckle. And the target of their revelry is none other than Manhattan District...
Blind man dead in van horror
A blind Queens man who went out on an early morning stroll was struck and killed by a bread delivery van yesterday morning while crossing a dangerous road, police and...
NYPD Officer surrenders, faces charges in killing of unarmed Bronx teen Ramarley Graham
An NYPD officer yesterday surrendered to authorities to face manslaughter charges in the killing of an unarmed teen in the Bronx — and was met with jeers from the victim’s...
JFK-flight coke busts
The 18-year-old niece of an internationally known Paralympics athlete and a Manhattan party planner was arrested along with her boyfriend for allegedly trying to smuggle nearly five kilos of cocaine...
Doc killer fit for trial
The paranoid schizophrenic who admittedly slashed a well-loved psychiatrist to death in her Upper East Side offices four years ago has been found fit to stand trial for the third...
Fraud doc a real ass
A hotheaded Brighton Beach proctologist was convicted yesterday of committing a $3.5 million Medicare fraud, and then thrown in jail for threatening prosecutors, officials said. A Brooklyn federal jury agreed...
Mike hits NYPD eye
Mayor Bloomberg threw cold water on a City Council proposal to create an inspector general tasked with overseeing the NYPD in the wake of several controversies over policing tactics —...
OWS is no ‘moor’
He hates the 1 percent — but not enough to risk losing a sweet deal on a coveted city-sailboat mooring on the Hudson River.An Upper East Sider who allowed his...
‘Peer pressure’ on drown teen
The Queens teen who drowned off Far Rockaway skipped school and went to the beach because he was peer-pressured to impress a group of girls — even though he couldn’t...
Slay victim’s daughter shows compassion for killer
The daughter of an elderly Queens man who was beaten to death outside his home showed surprising compassion for his killer yesterday as the homeless veteran was sentenced to 19...
$20M apt. ‘thief’: I’m still happily married to Kazakh accuser
She’s no apartment-stealing international fugitive grifter - she’s just a real housewife of New York. In a revealing interview from her $20 million apartment overlooking Central Park, Maira Nazarbayeva yesterday...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Brooklyn The mohawked pervert pictured sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl at a Bay Ridge subway station, cops said yesterday. The creep groped the victim waiting at the Fort Hamilton N-train...
Passengers on JetBlue flight with flip-out captain file lawsuit
Forget passengers — it’s the pilots that need pre-flight screening. Shaken fliers who were on board the JetBlue flight when captain Clayton Osbon went berserk — screaming that the plane...
Sandusky’s chilling ‘sex threat’ to boy, 11
Jerry Sandusky pinned down an 11-year-old foster child in his basement, performed oral sex on him and threatened to keep him from seeing his family ever again if he complained,...
Mob turncoat says shackled Colombo crime big ordered hit while at grandmother’s wake
Move over, Granny — we’ve got another corpse coming! Colombo crime-family scion Theodore “Skinny Teddy” Persico Jr., ordered a rival’s murder while attending his own grandmother’s wake in a Brooklyn...
Mets consider 'quiet' section in Citi Field stands with no music and lower-volume PA announcements
Quiet please, the Mets are trying to play baseball. The Amazin’s are silently floating plans for a “designated quiet-seating section” in Citi Field. The team e-mailed a survey to fans...
Anna is spied on catwalk
Sultry former spy Anna Chapman is for your eyes only as she prowls the catwalk at a fashion show in Turkey. The sexy Russian strutted down the runway — flanked...
Pols craft tax break for beer
ALBANY — State brewmeisters can celebrate with some Saranac beer crafted in the foothills of the Adirondacks or Brooklyn’s Monster Ale now that state officials have found a way to...
Finest on Facebook
Feel free to give the NYPD a thumbs-up on Facebook.The Police Department has launched it’s own official page on the social-networking site.The page, which went live at 7 p.m. Tuesday,...
Mike puts up $9M for better cities
He’s in charge of only the Big Apple, but Mayor Bloomberg is putting up $9 million to try to influence municipal practices in cities nationwide. The mayor’s philanthropic foundation challenged...
Omelette there be brunch!
They kept their promise to fight for the right to eat sidewalk eggs Benedict on Sunday morning. Council members Dan Garodnick of Manhattan and Steve Levin and Diana Reyna of...
Deal near on release of NY teacher ratings
ALBANY — When it comes to teacher evaluations, parents will have it in writing. Gov. Cuomo and state lawmakers are expected to reach a deal as soon as this weekend...
Rangel rival’s ‘just in case’ eye on re-elex
Petitions surfaced yesterday suggesting Adriano Espaillat is running for two offices — for re-election to his state Senate seat as well as for the congressional seat occupied by Rep. Charles...
US Anti-Doping Agency charges Lance Armstrong with 14-year cheating conspiracy
Lance Armstrong took part in a massive, 14-year doping conspiracy to cheat in world-class cycling competitions, according to investigators who hit him with formal charges that could strip him of...
Feds wash hands of Edwards
John Edwards is officially off the hook — and is now planning a comeback, The Post has learned. Justice Department prosecutors yesterday said they won’t retry the disgraced former senator...
Sotomayor kin ‘mugger’ arrest
Cops busted one of two thugs who mugged US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s cousin in The Bronx, authorities said yesterday.D’Shell Hill was picked up Monday when a police officer...
Mitt whizzes into Wis. lead
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney leads President Obama for the first time in the swing state of Wisconsin, according to a new poll released yesterday.One week after Republican Gov. Scott Walker...
Freedom Medal to Peres
WASHINGTON — President Obama bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Israeli President Shimon Peres yesterday after a closed-door meeting about the Middle East.In granting the nation’s highest civilian honor,...
SJP spiffs up her town house before Obama’s arrival today
WASHINGTON — Sarah Jessica Parker had the hired help primping and preening around her West Village town house yesterday, getting it ready for her big bash tonight for President Obama....
Shopaholic wore designer duds during Manhattan bank robbery spree: police
His fashion sense is a lot better than his common sense. A serial bank robber wore Burberry during his spree across Manhattan — and then confessed after his arrest that...
KSM: Let me wear war garb
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed is seeking to wear military-style clothing at his upcoming war-crimes trial in Guantanamo, one of his attorneys said yesterday....
Pre-K door slams on 8K
Nearly one-third of applicants for public-school pre-kindergarten programs were denied a seat for the fall, Department of Education officials said yesterday. More than 8,800 families — or about 30 percent...
At $250, shirt’s a steal
The plaid shirt Cornell Neilly wore during two of his alleged heists is from Burberry Brit, the British luxury fashion house’s more affordable line, which sells everything from jeans to...
NY Senate proposes law to bar welfare spending on booze, cigarettes, gambling and adult entertainment
No more sinning on the taxpayers’ dime! Legislation is being introduced in the state Senate that would bar welfare recipients from using their public-assistance money to buy booze or cigarettes...
In guard they trust: Kids leave cells after heist
Some kids never learn.Several Bronx high-school students amazingly trusted their pricey cellphones yesterday to the same makeshift storage truck that was knocked over a day earlier by gun-toting bandits. “I...
Pol offers AG a deal
WASHINGTON — The chairman of a House committee considering holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress said yesterday he’s willing to work out a deal to end the...
‘Thief’ prawn to be wild
She’s a real prawn star. A woman was arrested for stuffing boxers, panties and prawns up her skirt as she and a cohort routinely shoplifted from a Staten Island Costco,...
Cleared duo pour salt on cop’s wounds
Two Brooklyn punks whooped it up in front of a still-recuperating cop yesterday as a jury acquitted them of assault charges for leading Officer Carlos Olmedo into the near-fatal path...
You had to like this goodfella
I first met Henry Hill in 1980, when he showed up at my office in Brooklyn’s federal courthouse without a lawyer and wearing a loud plaid outfit straight out of...
Madam ‘bond’age bid
She may yet make her son’s high school graduation, but accused madam Anna Gristina will still likely spend this weekend in jail as her family and defense team scramble to...
To keep toddler politics pristine
Montgomery County, Md., on the District of Columbia’s northern border, is a dormitory for the nation’s government, where federal workers’ sleep is disturbed only by dreams of new ways to...
Holder’s last days?
After more than a year of half-truths, stonewalling, obfuscating and outright lying to Congress about the “gunwalking” scandal known as Fast and Furious, Attorney General Eric Holder now finds himself...
To sing it is to believe it: Patriotism’s sweet sound
The Issue: A Brooklyn principal who banned “God Bless the USA” from a kindergarten graduation. *** Patriotism is the first topic schools should teach (“The Chancellor Ducks,” Editorial, June 12)....
Holder’s choice
Is Attorney General Eric Holder going to be held in contempt of Congress? That’s up to him — but it sure seems so. After battling Holder’s Justice Department for more...
An endless stall
Will hydraulic fracturing ever come to New York? And if it does, will it be sufficiently commonplace to actually boost Upstate’s sadly dilapidated economy? These are fair questions — given...
NY’s conservative triumph
Tonight, the nation’s most successful third party, the Conservative Party of New York, celebrate its 50th anniversary with a gala dinner at the Sheraton in Manhattan. Brothers-in-law J. Daniel Mahoney...
Safety & civil liberty
A federal judge, civil-liberties groups and countless elected officials are all seeking to micromanage how the NYPD polices the streets of New York’s minority neighborhoods. The thugs must be feeling...
Russian tale set ablaze
Alexei Ratmansky’s imagination is a 33 record played at the speed of a 78 — and in Technicolor. With all the maidens, magic, costumes and steps, his version of Stravinsky’s...
Too many cooks spoil ‘The Gods’
It took a whopping seven writers, four directors and three producers to come up with “We Play for the Gods.” But rather than an embarrassment of riches, this new show...
Bummer vacation
Abi Morgan is hot right now. Last year alone, this Englishwoman wrote the high-profile movies “Shame” and “The Iron Lady” and created the critically acclaimed miniseries “The Hour” for the...
Sports Shorts
Tennis: Armstrong Stadium to be renovated The USTA will announce today at an 11 a.m. news conference with city planners plans to build a new, refurbished Armstrong Stadium and grandstand...
Tomorrow’s Belmont Entries
All horses appear in post position orderFIRST-1 mile; $29,000; clm($15,000); 3up(f) PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3TrainerOdds1 Donna'sSandee(L),121CMontalv6-9-5DeMola20-12 African Jazz(L),114ACanchari6-2-8Barker5-13 Tatoo Me(L),121A Lezcano5-5-8Hess12-14 Truly Devoted(L),121RNaprvnk5-11-4Maker5-25 Summer Flick(L),121JCastellan7-2-8C Martin2-16 World Premier(L),110W Garcia4-2-6Contess10-17 She's...
Belmont Charts
June 13th, 2012Raining and Sloppy ©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-1 1/16m(T): $60,000; str alw; 3upOff: 12:50. 11,12. 5w top,by drifting foeTime: 23.13, 46.25, 1:11.16, 1:38.75, 1:46.24.Trainer: Patrick QuickWinner: B C,...
Still no No-Han for Hondo
Hondo made a perfectly good investment last night with Cain & Co. in SF, which along with his victory with the Metamucils and loss with the Chisox lowered the dirty...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYJune 14FRIJune 15SATJune 16SUNJune 17MONJune 18TUEJune 19WEDJune 20YankeesNO GAMEWash. 7:05 WWOR WCBSWash. 1:05 YES WCBSWash. 1:35 YES WCBSAtl.7:05YES WCBSAtl.7:05WWOR WCBSAtl.1:05YESWCBSMetsTampa Bay1:10SportsNetNYWFAN 660 AMCin. 7:10 WPIX WFANCin. 7:15 FOX WFANCin. 1:10...
Recovering Landry looks good to Jets
When LaRon Landry reported for Jets mini-camp this week, his new teammates were ready for him. “They give me a hard time for not being here, like, ‘Who is the...
Germans leave Dutch in ditch
It wasn’t even halftime and the German fans were already singing “Aufwiedersehen, aufwiedersehen” — the bye-bye chant of scorn for the Dutch team and its orange-clad fans. It was a...
Isiah shrugs off Dream Team snub
Isiah Thomas released a statement last night at the conclusion of the Dream Team documentary on NBA-TV in which he was pilloried by Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, who both...
Cain pitches first perfect game in Giants history
SAN FRANCISCO — Matt Cain pitched the 22nd perfect game in major league history and first for the Giants, striking out a career-high 14 and getting help from two spectacular...
Devils' Parise says ‘No way’ to Rangers
If the Rangers take Zach Parise at Wednesday’s discouraging word, it could cost the upcoming unrestricted free agent millions. Parise said he will not be heading to the Rangers as...
The Post Line
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WBO to review Pacquiao loss
One of boxing’s major sanctioning bodies will review Timothy Bradley’s controversial split decision victory over Manny Pacquiao, the first step toward what promoter Bob Arum hopes will be “clarity” in...
Today's Sports on the Air
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Bulkier Tebow gets reps with Jets' first team
The Jets had a tough time getting the company line straight yesterday when it came to Tim Tebow. The second day of their mini-camp in Florham Park began with Rex...
Giants' Coughlin peeved about Reese’s fleecing on Ballard
Tom Coughlin did not go ahead and blast his own front office, but it was clear yesterday that he was more than irritated about losing injured tight end Jake Ballard...
Giants' Amukamara showing improvement in second year
After sitting out for a good portion of the offseason program while allowing his broken foot to heal completely following an injection procedure, Prince Amukamara is slowly making strides on...
Ryan wants more enthusiasm from Jets offense
Jets coach Rex Ryan noticed a difference between his defense and offense on Tuesday that bothered him. During the team’s first mini-camp practice, the Jets defense was yelling and jumping...
Rex-rated: Jets coach turns Patriots fan in Sandler’s new flick
Rex Ryan, movie actor, won’t inspire comparisons to Olivier, or Brando or De Niro anytime soon. And thanks to that prodigious weight loss, he won’t remind anyone of John Goodman...
Mets' Santana ready to go after rough start vs. Yankees
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Nearly two weeks after the fact, the Mets sense that Johan Santana’s hangover has subsided. Call it the curse of throwing a no-hitter. Santana experienced it...
Drama Mama
Your weekly guide to TV’s best and worst one-hour shows Lessons we can learn from summer-TV dads, just in time for Father’s Day: 1. Don’t be so hard on yourself;...
That old gangster of mine
The longtime girlfriend of mobster James “Whitey” Bulger is appealing her 8-year prison sentence imposed this week for helping the aged Irish gangster avoid capture for 16 years. Too bad...
CNN axes King show
CNN is canceling John King’s daily show “John King, USA,” the ailing news network said yesterday. King’s show will end June 29, and Wolf Blitzer’s “The Situation Room” will be...
You can call Colin Powell maybe
Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell showed his pop culture chops when he chimed in to sing the hit song “Call Me Maybe” while being interviewed yesterday. Powell, appearing...
Different shade of ‘Blue’
If you loved the old “Blue Lagoon” for sure, you’ll hate the new one. However if you hated the old one, you may love Lifetime’s new original movie, “Blue Lagoon:...
Showtime pulls ‘Weeds’ after 8 seasons
Showtime’s Mary-Louise Parker pot dealer dramedy “Weeds” will end after its upcoming eighth season, the network said. The series, which returns for its final season July 1, has followed suburban...
Weird but true
What a drag for these two California dudes — arrested for allegedly dressing as women in a harebrained credit-card scam. Cornell Jackson and Marquet Dorsey, both more than 200 pounds...
Isiah Thomas responds to Jordan, Pippen's criticisms in Dream Team documentary
Isiah Thomas released a statement at the conclusion of NBATV's Wednesday airing of a Dream Team documentary in which he was pilloried by Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, who both...
Men gone mild!
When Patrick Carone, 35, clicked on the e-mail announcing plans for his friend’s bachelor party, he was expecting a blueprint for a sordid Vegas jaunt, or perhaps a steakhouse bash...
Stony Brook’s Jankowski made right choice
It was the fall of his senior year of high school and Travis Jankowski was leaning toward playing college football. He held just a single scholarship offer to play baseball,...
Manhattan mom to testify against daughter's alleged groper
A Manhattan mom will have to testify against her young daughter’s alleged groper -- a second time -- after the dangerous convicted pedophile backed out of a plea deal today....
Obama wins support from Israeli President Peres in effort to win over American Jews
President Obama has struggled to convince some American Jews that he is a strong supporter of Israel, but at the White House on Wednesday, the president of Israel worked to...