July 25, 2012
Massive motorcycle, gun trafficking ring taken down
A Manhattan grand jury has indicted 33 defendants in a massive, city-wide ring that trafficked in illegal guns and scores of stolen motorcycles. The ring included "procurers" who lifted flashy...
Napravnik breaks toe aboard Magical Season
Jockey Rosie Napravnik may have suffered a broken toe on her right foot Wednesday at Saratoga and was removed from her remaining two mounts on the card. Napravnik said she...
B'klyn perv could be locked up for life
A Brooklyn child molester who was recently given a two-year prison sentence by a judge in a shocking sweetheart deal was smacked today with federal charges that could lock him...
Ichiro looking forward to playing at Yankee Stadium
SEATTLE -- In his past visits to Yankee Stadium, Ichiro Suzuki was ready and actually enjoyed the heckling that came from the Bleacher Creatures. He's also ready for a new...
Rangers introduce 'excited' Nash
The latest Ranger was engulfed by two semicircles of reporters and television cameras on Wednesday. And it’s only July. Welcome to New York, Rick Nash. Nash, acquired from Columbus Monday...
SI high school football coach relives attempt to save player who collapsed during workout
A Staten Island high school football coach recalled in chilling detail today how he tried to save 15-year-old Nicholas Dellaventura as he lay dying on the playing field. St. Joseph...
Velazquez returns from lacerated kidney at Saratoga
Jockey John Velazquez returned to the saddle in Wednesday's fifth race at Saratoga, finishing a disappointing fourth aboard Lucky Friend who was sent off at odds of 9 to 5...
Presidential debate forces Jets to cancel Hofstra practice
With Hofstra University preparing to host an October presidential debate, the Jets have cancelled their scheduled practice at the Long Island school.The Jets were scheduled to work out on the...
Awesome Feather impresses in work
Awesome Feather, the 2010 Eclipse Award champion, scorched another bullet work on Wednesday morning by breezing four furlongs in :48 over the Oklahoma training track in preparation for her next...
Nets finally done revamping roster
With Andrei Kirilenko apparently headed to Minnesota once the Timberwolves get some roster shuffling completed, it appears the Nets finally will be done in an offseason that completely re-worked the...
This week's calendar, July 26 to Aug. 1
Thursday, July 26 Developing the Garment District The ladies' garment industry was New York City's largest employer in the first half of the 20th century. While much has been written...
Judge throws book at punks involved in stray bullet murder of teen girl
Who's laughing now? Two callous creeps who laughed and kidded around with each other while on trial for the stray bullet murder of a 17-year-old girl weren't smiling in court...
Man who confessed to priest about Ohio murder signs extradition waiver
He wants to go home. The Ohio murder suspect who confessed to a shocked Manhattan priest that he'd bludgeoned his girlfriend in Columbus has now made an act of contrition...
Fencing champion Zagunis chosen as U.S. flag bearer
LONDON — Two-time Olympic fencing champion Mariel Zagunis will carry the U.S. flag in the opening ceremony of the London Games. The U.S. Olympic Committee says Zagunis won a vote...
PHOTOS: Carmen Electra trains with MMA champ Rousey
Ronda Rousey just can’t stay out of the news.A few weeks ago, the undefeated Strikeforce women’s bantamweight champion said she wanted to “beat the crap” out of Kim Kardashian. Then...
VIDEO: Scott, Jets teammates doing offseason MMA training
Bart Scott can’t wait for the 2012 football season. Until then, though, the Jets linebacker is incorporating mixed martial arts training into his offseason preparation.Scott and teammates Kyle Wilson and...
Sound Shapes preview
Sony held a media preview event for its upcoming titles for the Fall/Winter and The Post’s Game Report was able to check out some of the showcase’s best. Over the...
Cahill arrives, Red Bulls talk about new teammate
The Post has learned that Red Bulls transfer target Tim Cahill arrived stateside late last night, and several of his soon-to-be teammates are already weighing in welcoming the $1.5 million...
Could former Mets star Reyes be next in Marlins firesale?
This was before the Marlins had begun yet another fire sale. This was last week when there were hints that underachieving Miami might become big sellers.An NL GM said at...
Yankees finish West Coast trip with win over Mariners
SEATTLE -- Two wins in seven games never looked so good. Normally that ledger on a West Coast trip would send the Yankees home bitter and searching for answers. And...
Rangers go back-to-back with Devils to begin preseason
The Rangers double up early on the team that knocked them out of the playoffs.The Blueshirts meet the Devils in back-to-back preseason games on Sept. 26 at the Times Union...
Jack Osbourne 'never invited' to appear on military reality series: producer
Jack Osbourne wasn't fired from a new military-syle reality show because he has MS -- because he was never hired in the first place. That’s the word from producers of...
North Korea refuses to take field after flag flap
GLASGOW, Scotland — London Olympic organizers mistakenly displayed the South Korean flag on a jumbo screen instead of North Korea’s before a women’s soccer match Wednesday, prompting the North Koreans...
WATCH: Man buys, frees 17-pound lobster from Connecticut restaurant
WATERFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut man purchased a 17-pound lobster at a Waterford restaurant, then released the crustacean back into Long Island Sound. Don MacKenzie of Niantic tells The Day...
Jerry Seinfeld to perform in five-borough comedy tour
Jerry Seinfeld is a stand-up guy once again. The comedian will perform one stand-up show in each New York City borough on Thursday nights starting this fall. "I was born...
Padres' Headley unlikely third-base option for Yankees
The Yankees probably cannot get the best third baseman available in the market, San Diego’s Chase Headley, because Alex Rodriguez is due back in September and – even more vital...
Funerals begin for Colo. theater shooting victims
DENVER — A dad who took his teenage children to the new Batman movie and was killed when a gunman opened fire on the theater was mourned Wednesday, the first...
Phillies sticking with business model by keeping Hamels
The Phillies finalized a six-year, $144 million contract with Cole Hamels that makes the lefty the second-highest pitcher ever behind CC Sabathia.The decision to keep, rather than trade, Hamels fits...
Attendance, handle up at Saratoga
On track handle, total handle and attendance all posted an increase from the 2011 after four days of racing at Saratoga, according to the New York Racing Association. Attendance for...
Black Caviar's future uncertain
Black Caviar, the undefeated 2011 Australian Horse of the Year, is scheduled to be released from quarantine at the the Werribee International Horse Center in Victoria, Australia on Wednesday, but...
Former Yankee Matsui designated for assignment by Rays
Hideki Matsui was been cut by the Tampa Bay Rays. The 38-year-old Japanese star was designated for assignment on Wednesday to clear a roster spot for infielder Ryan Roberts. The...
Morgan leads U.S. women's soccer team over France in Olympic opener
GLASGOW, Scotland — An early start to the Olympics turned into an early deficit for the U.S. women's football team, which gave up two quick goals before unleashing an attack...
TV shows we love to hate: 'Bachelor Pad'
This third installment of "Bachelor Pad" promises to be the most controversial since the last season of "Bachelor Pad," which was way more controversial than the one before that, which...
Gemologist to run in Haskell, not Jim Dandy
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Gemologist, the Wood Memorial winner who suffered his first defeat finishing 16th in the Kentucky Derby and then was sidelined with a bruised foot, will make his...
WATCH: Penn State players vow to stick with scandal-plagued program
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — More than 30 Penn State football players say they’re staying in Happy Valley despite NCAA sanctions that will keep the Nittany Lions out of a bowl...
UN chief says 'slaughter' in Syria must stop
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — UN General-Secretary Ban Ki-moon says the world must unite in its response to Syria's civil war and do all it can to stop what he called the...
Fort Hood suspect could be forcibly shaved: judge
FORT HOOD, Texas — A judge says the Army psychiatrist charged in the fatal Fort Hood shooting rampage will be forcibly shaved if he doesn't remove his beard on his...
Ichiro batting leadoff for Yankees
SEATTLE -- Ichiro Suzuki will bat leadoff at Safeco Field one more time. The Yankees newest outfielder is on top of their lineup this afternoon after batting eighth his first...
Marlins deal Ramirez to Dodgers, continuing fire sale
MIAMI — Former NL batting champion Hanley Ramirez was traded from Miami to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday, part of what appears to be the third big fire sale...
NBC goes over $1 billion mark in Olympics ad sales
NBC says it has topped the $1 billion mark in advertising sales for the Olympic Games beginning this week in London. The network said Wednesday it is the biggest advertising...
Nets-Knicks open regular season in Brooklyn
The Knicks won’t have to wait long to get a close look at their new city rival. The Nets will play their first-ever regular-season game in Brooklyn’s Barclays Center against...
Yankees' A-Rod could return to baseball in a month: doctor
It’s never good when a player breaks a bone, but there is a silver lining in Alex Rodriguez’s fractured hand.According to Dr. Michelle Carlson, an orthopedic surgeon at the Hospital...
NY lawmakers invest to pad campaign accounts
Two of New York's most powerful lawmakers have bolstered their massive campaign accounts by investing millions of those dollars in municipal bonds and companies, some of which have business before...
Busted ex-Assemblyman called witness in bribery case minutes after he was released on $1M bail
Only minutes after he was released on $1 million bail yesterday, a former New York state legislator called an FBI informant at the center of his bribery case in what...
Ripken's mother safe after being kidnapped at gunpoint
BALTIMORE — A man abducted Cal Ripken Jr.’s 74-year-old mother at gunpoint outside her home near Baltimore and she was found unharmed but shaken a day later in her car,...
NY man who killed 3 family members gets life term
MINEOLA, NY — A Long Island man convicted of killing his mother, father and brother in 2010 has been sentenced to life without parole. Dario Ormejuste of Elmont was convicted...
WATCH: Italy's Balotelli says if not for soccer, he would fight in UFC
He already has the nickname and the athletic prowess.Mario Balotelli, Italy’s star striker, said in a video interview this week in London that if he wasn’t a soccer player, he’d...
Katherine Jackson says guardian ruling 'based on a bunch of lies'
A Los Angeles judge appointed Tito Jackson's son temporary guardian of Michael Jackson's three kids, in the latest wild turn of this on-going family drama. Tito Joe “TJ” Jackson, MJ’s...
SUNY prof says he'll go to court to fight assault claim
The "Pot Prof" is fighting mad -- and he wants his harmonica and trumpet back. Respected SUNY Downstate neurologist Frank Barone says he'll go to trial to fight his girlfriend's...
First-quarter NY tax revenues top projections: DiNapoli
ALBANY — New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says state tax revenues have exceeded projections in the most recent quarter, but notes weakness in May and June and says the government...
Ex-Citigroup CEO Sandy Weill supports breaking up the banks
Sandy Weill built Citigroup into a mega-bank. Now, he says mega-banks should be broken up. Weill, 79 and the former CEO of Citigroup, says investment banks should be split from...
MGM files for possible IPO
Movie studio MGM has filed for a possible IPO.The studio submitted a draft IPO registration statement confidentially to the SEC, it explained in a press release, according to several reports....
Free-falling Mets swept by Nationals, go 0-for-homestand
Stephen Strasburg gave a sneaky grin and a confident “yeah” when asked whether he was being more aggressive on the mound. He knew what the question was in reference to,...
Greece tosses triple jumper from Olympics for racist tweet
ATHENS, Greece — Triple jumper Voula Papachristou was expelled from Greece’s Olympic team Wednesday for her comments on Twitter mocking African immigrants and expressing support for a far-right party. The...
Stewart, Colbert re-up with Comedy Central
Comedy Central's late-night duo is sticking around for at least a few more years. The network announced Wednesday that Jon Stewart has extended his contract to host "The Daily Show"...
First pics released of baby born to couple in Colo. theater shooting
DENVER — When Katie Medley gave birth to healthy baby boy at University of Colorado Hospital, her husband Caleb, wounded in Colorado's theater shooting, lay in a medically induced coma...
Joba closer to Yankees after pitching back-to-back days
Joba Chamberlain could be one step closer to returning to the big leagues.The Yankees right-hander will make his second appearance in as many days Wednesday night for Tampa (Single-A), a...
Mary Kennedy's 18-year-old son likely to oversee her estate
WHITE PLAINS — A judge says he'll likely approve a request from the 18-year-old son of Mary and Robert Kennedy Jr. to be named administrator of his mother's estate. Conor...
Nasdaq reports better than expected second-quarter earnings
Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. reported better-than-expected second-quarter results Wednesday, sending its shares higher. The company, which operates the Nasdaq stock exchange, said that net income rose to $93 million, or...
Potential third-base trade targets for the Yankees
Alex Rodriguez suffered a break in his left hand Tuesday night when he was hit by a pitch from Seattle’s Felix Hernandez. The prognosis is that A-Rod will miss six-to-eight...
North Korea confirms mystery woman is leader's wife
North Korea's new young leader, Kim Jong-un, is married, state media said on Wednesday, putting an end to speculation over the relationship with a woman seen at his side during...
Coty CEO Beetz to retire ahead of IPO
Fragrance maker Coty Inc said on Wednesday its Chief Executive Bernd Beetz, 61, will retire by the end of July, just weeks after the company filed for an initial public...
D'Brickashaw: Jets 'have greatness written all over us'
The Jets have been relatively quiet about their expectations for this season, but an unexpected source sounded very confident in a recent interview.Soft-spoken tackle D’Brickashaw Ferguson told an NFL.com podcast...
AOL swings to quarterly profit on sale of patents to Microsoft
The sale of its patents to Microsoft helped AOL Inc swing to a profit in the second quarter from a loss a year ago. The company reported second quarter net...
Yankees' Cashman will monitor market for third baseman
The first move in the wake of Alex Rodriguez’s injury was for the Yankees to get a player cross-country for a day game in Seattle today. That will be Ramiro...
IAC quarterly profit beats estimates
Barry Diller's IAC/InteractiveCorp reported a better-than-expected second-quarter profit on Wednesday, driven by a jump in sales at its Web search and online dating businesses. Net income grew 8 percent to...
US new-home sales fall to 350,000 in June for a five-month low
WASHINGTON — Americans bought fewer new homes in June after sales jumped to a two-year high in May. The steep decline suggests a weaker job market and slower growth could...
Counterterror chief says terrorists focused on smaller, simpler plots against US
WASHINGTON — The head of the National Counterterrorism Center says al Qaeda isn't as capable as it once was, but terrorists are focused on smaller, simpler plots against the United...
Mets fans shouldn't blame Alderson for second-half swoon
I wrote this column from last night’s Mets game, and even that doesn’t cover how blown away I’ve been by Mets fans’ sudden contempt for Sandy Alderson. What, you thought...
Hamels signs six-year, $144M extension with Phillies
PHILADELPHIA — Cole Hamels and the Philadelphia Phillies have agreed to a $144 million, six-year contract that prevents the 2008 World Series MVP from becoming a free agent after the...
Panthers OL guarantees Super Bowl win with full-page ad
Patrick Ewing? Mark Messier? Rex Ryan? How about Joe Namath?All amateurs compared to Ryan Kalil.The Carolina Panthers offensive lineman took out a full-page advertisement in Wednesday’s Charlotte Observer newspaper promising...
Colo. theater 'gunman' mailed notebook about 'how he would kill people' to doctor
James Holmes, the accused gunman in last Friday's midnight movie massacre in Colorado, mailed a notebook "full of details about how he was going to kill people" to a University...
Survey: NJ kids gain in health; poverty persists
NEWARK, NJ — New Jersey ranks among the top states in children's health and education, while the number of children living in poverty continues to grow, according to an annual...
JETS TOP 25: No. 1 Darrelle Revis
As the Jets get close to training camp, I am going to examine the roster and give you my top 25 players on the Jets roster. Each weekday we will...
US Airways second-quarter profit triples to $306M on higher fares, lower fuel costs
US Airways says its second-quarter profit tripled to $306 million as fares rose and fuel prices fell. The airline says the quarterly profit was the biggest in its history. The...
Caterpillar second-quarter profit up by 67 percent
Caterpillar Inc. says its second-quarter profit soared 67 percent because of growing demand for its construction and mining equipment, and the company boosted its outlook for the year. Shares jumped...
Lilly second-quarter profit falls 23 percent
INDIANAPOLIS — Eli Lilly and Co.'s second-quarter net income tumbled 23 percent on an expected drop in sales for its antipsychotic Zyprexa, but the performance topped Wall Street expectations, and...
11-year-old boy flies from Manchester to Rome without passport
LONDON — The 11-year-old boy didn't have a passport, didn't have a ticket, didn't have a boarding pass, and somehow managed to get all the way from England to Italy....
Holder assaults Pennsylvania's laws
Attorney General Eric Holder is nothing if not inconsistent. He's ordered his Justice Department lawyers to investigate Pennsylvania's new voter ID law when the ACLU is already doing the job for...
VIDEO: Yankees' A-Rod, Jeter react to Rodriguez injury
The Yankees will be without Alex Rodriguez for at least six weeks after his hand was fractured in Tuesday night’s game with the Mariners. Rodriguez was hit with a pitch...
Starr report
The kiddie TV wars are heating up — with frenemies Nickelodeon and Disney reporting some big summer numbers. On the Nick side of the ledger, “SpongeBob SquarePants” returned last Saturday...
Official: Israel to act if Syria arsenal breached
JERUSALEM — Israel's foreign minister warned on Wednesday his country will act immediately if it discovers Islamic militants are raiding Syria's chemical or biological weapons stocks, while Israelis rushed to...
Katy Perry signs on as creative partner for Popchips
The snack brand Popchips is getting a new celebrity endorser — Katy Perry. According to a company statement released Wednesday, the pop star has become an investor and representative for...
Boeing second-quarter net income up on strong commercial-airplane sales and defense unit growth
Boeing says its second-quarter net income rose 3 percent on strong sales of commercial airplanes and unexpected defense unit growth. The results surprised Wall Street and plane maker also raised...
Generic rivals hurt Bristol-Myers Squibb's second-quarter results
The first generic competition to Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.'s top-selling drug, blockbuster blood thinner Plavix, has slashed sales as expected, dragging down the drugmaker's second-quarter results. Five of the company's newer...
Hedging drives Delta to second-quarter loss
MINNEAPOLIS — For an airline, the whole idea of fuel hedging is to protect against big run-ups in oil prices. It didn't work out that way for Delta Air Lines...
RadioShack reports $21M loss for second quarter, surprising Wall Street
FORT WORTH, Texas — RadioShack Corp. reported a $21 million loss for its second quarter, surprising Wall Street as sales of consumer electronics and personal computer accessories dropped. Its shares...
Post's Olympic coverage
The Post has extensive Olympic coverage from London. Follow it all here from basketball to archery and gymnastics. Along with the Post's reporters across the pond there's a medal count...
Ford profit falls 57 percent to $1 billion in second quarter
DEARBORN, Mich. — Plummeting sales in Europe — and no hope for a quick fix in the troubled region — hurt Ford's second-quarter profit and forced the company to lower...
British union calls off pre-Olympics strike at Heathrow
LONDON — A union on Wednesday called off a pre-Olympics strike by immigration staff at London's Heathrow Airport, a relief to government officials who sued to try to stop it....
Al Qaeda affiliate claims responsibility for Monday killings across Iraq
BAGHDAD — An al Qaeda affiliate group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for Monday's wave of attacks that killed 115 people across the country and wounded hundreds others. In a...
2 Staten Island men accused of stealing cardboard in New Jersey
Two men in New Jersey are accused of netting more than $100,000 by stealing crushed boxes from Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores and selling them to recyclers. The New Jersey...
Bronx man drowns in Croton River
Police say a New York City man drowned while on an outing with his family in Westchester County. Carlos Cholco of the Bronx was pronounced dead Tuesday evening shortly after...
Pepsi's profit falls 21 percent in second quarter
PepsiCo Inc.'s profit fell 21 percent in the second quarter, as a deal to expand its business in China and a stronger dollar offset growth overseas. The company, whose brands...
Gun sales surging in wake of 'Dark Knight Rises' shooting
DENVER — Firearms sales are surging in the wake of the Colorado movie massacre as buyers express fears about both personal safety and anti-gun lawmakers who might use the shooting...
Would Colorado gun ban have stopped Holmes?
Libertarian legal eagle Richard Epstein says maybe not in his weekly column (h/t Future of Capitalism):"[E]ven tough gun laws may have had little impact on people like James Holmes. Holmes showed no...
2 charged in Bronx shootout that killed 4-year-old
Police arrested two men for the Bronx shooting that claimed the life of a 4-year-old, authorities said. Rondell Pinkerton, 17, was charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon....
Poll: Cuomo better in Albany, not Washington
ALBANY - Gov. Cuomo's doing such a good job he should stay in Albany - and besides, Hillary Clinton would make a better president, New York voters say. A new...
Red Bulls made top offer for Kaka, but seem set on Cahill
A little over a month after the Post broke the news that Kaka “dreamed of playing in MLS,” Spanish newspaper Marca linked the Brazilian superstar to the Red Bulls. Kaka...
Showdown at Saratoga
In this summer’s Saratoga Showdown, The Post’s pony pickers, John DaSilva, Ed Fountaine, Vic Cangialosi and Anthony Affrunti, square off every day of the meet. Each starts with a bankroll...
A-Rod breaks hand in Yankees loss, out up to six weeks
SEATTLE — They have survived Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte and CC Sabathia going on the disabled list. Now the Yankees will discover if losing Alex Rodriguez for what could be...
Rodriguez's injury latest hurdle for Yankees
SEATTLE — Alex Rodriguez’s eyes said it all. He stood in front of his locker with a vacant, lost look. He was staring into the abyss of the season. Rodriguez...
USJN/Nike National Championships roundup: Bulldogs title defense remains alive
DISTRICT HEIGHTS, Md. – Carolyn Gallagher wasn’t going to let the NYC Bulldogs chance to continue to defend its title get away. The PA-Yellow Jackets had erased a double-digit deficit...
HS grid-kid nightmare as Sea player collapses, dies
A 15-year-old high school football player collapsed and died on Staten Island — and his devastated coach said, “I feel like I’ve lost a member of my family.’’ Nicholas Dellaventura,...
Many recruiting hurdles for Nittany Lions
One of the biggest challenges Penn State and head coach Bill O’Brien face in the wake of the NCAA sanctions and fines levied on Monday comes in the cutthroat world...
Naz boys hoops coach, AD to return following investigation
Nazareth’s investigation into a blowup between its athletic director and boys basketball coach ended with both parties keeping their jobs. Longtime boys head man Todd Jamison confirmed that he and...
USJN/Nike National Championships notebook: Poly's Kennedy sees dream taking shape
DISTRICT HEIGHTS, Md. – Jacquie Kennedy thought of going a similar route to many of her private school counterparts. They traditionally focus on an academically elite Division III school where...
Deadline deals not the answer for Mets
I’ve heard from a nice number of you, Mets fans, thanks to email and Twitter, and I sincerely appreciate the correspondence. You are frustrated with your team’s annual second-half swan...
Dickey fits in with lost Mets after first defeat since April
At least Jordany Valdespin keeps hitting pinch-hit home runs. That’s about the only thing going right for the Mets these days. “We’ve got to figure out something,” Terry Collins after...
Serena ready for Olympics, despite back injury
Serena Williams has had enough rest, a week away from the courts. She also has spent enough time away from Centre Court, and is more than ready to go for...
U.S. runs past Spain
BARCELONA, Spain — Gold medal at stake or nothing at all, the U.S. Olympic basketball team was bringing its best yesterday. Being back on the Dream Team’s turf required it....
Always something interesting hiding at Games
LONDON — The biggest lesson of the Olympics, always, is this: Never be afraid to walk through a door, because you never know exactly what you will find lurking behind...
Gibson enjoys first summer on road, hopeful to play at Bergtraum
DISTRICT HEIGHTS, Md. – The live recruiting period started a year of new experiences for Joella Gibson. The rising junior guard never traveled outside of local AAU tournaments prior to...
American women kick off Olympics today
GLASGOW, Scotland — More than 400 miles from center stage, the coach of the U.S. women’s soccer team leaned toward the microphone and gave her own musical opening to the...
Final five: Ford's Lewis narrows down list
DISTRICT HEIGHTS, Md. – The college recruiting process started early for Aalyiah Lewis. The talented Bishop Ford point guard had college offers dating back to her sophomore year, starting with...
Business briefs
Down BrownUnited Parcel Service shares fell 4.6 percent after it lowered its 2012 outlook, citing global economic uncertainty.KinnucanJohn Kinnucan, the Broadband Research founder accused of insider trading, will plead guilty...
Universal told: No extra time on EMI bill
Emi owner Citigroup isn’t cutting Universal Music Group any slack. The lending giant is holding Universal to a Sept. 10 deadline for paying $1.7 billion toward the purchase of EMI,...
Private-equity bigs: no proof of bid-rigging
What conspiracy? A handful of the country’s wealthiest and most powerful private-equity firms have asked a federal judge to toss an explosive investor lawsuit that claims the group conspired to...
Netflix shares take 17% hit on red-ink forecast
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings shouldn’t expect any love letters from HBO. Hastings, facing red ink in the second half of the year and battling to meet subscriber-growth projections, tried to...
More masthead mayhem at Daily News
There’s more turmoil at the Mort Zuckerman-owned Daily News, with staffers fretting that the paper may be heading downmarket as the Web gets an increasing amount of attention at the...
Mike give$ aid to Genome Ctr.
A $2.5 million donation from Mayor Bloomberg helped launch the start of construction yesterday of the New York Genome Center, a 170,000 square-foot space in SoHo that will become one...
Tennis, everyone?
The Federal Communications Commission let stand an agency judge’s ruling that Comcast improperly placed the Tennis Channel in different viewing packages on its cable systems than the company’s own sports...
Preet hit with suit by law student
A minor dispute over a cell phone has morphed into a legal headache for Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor Preet Bharara. Second-year law student Benula Bensam sued Bharara, along with the...
Goldman’s Robinson gets her close-up
Hello, Mrs. Robinson!Goldman Sachs Treasurer Elizabeth “Liz” Beshel Robinson — considered a rising star within the Wall Street firm and a candidate to succeed her boss, Chief Financial Officer David...
Apple dunking: Tech titan disappoints on slower iPhone sales
Apple’s torrid growth slowed dramatically in the latest quarter, surprising Wall Street and leading even loyal followers to wonder if the tech giant’s best days are behind it. The world’s...
Chase $100M settlement
JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay $100 million to settle litigation by credit-card customers who accused the largest US bank of improperly boosting their minimum payments as a means to...
Loeb ups his Yahoo! stake
Hedge-fund manager Daniel Loeb has added about 2.5 million shares to his stake in Yahoo!, according to a regulatory filing. Yahoo! was already the largest holding of Loeb’s Third Point...
285 Madison Ave. on block
The building where a Young & Rubicam employee died in a malfunctioning elevator last December is now for sale — and could fetch north of $150 million. The 1926-era building...
Battery Maritime lease deal
After years of negotiations and waiting for financing, The Dermot Co. and the Poulakakos family have finally closed on their 99-year lease of the Battery Maritime Building with the city....
Teachers union in court win
The city can’t proceed with plans to significantly change the staffs at 24 struggling schools because the move would violate union contracts, a Manhattan judge ruled yesterday. The decision by...
Gay matri-money
That ringing isn’t just the sound of wedding bells since gay marriage became legal in New York — it’s also the sound of cash registers. In the first year since...
Flower biz is blooming
For the past year, Nic Faitos has been fielding calls at his Chelsea flower studio from Texas, Oklahoma and other states where same-sex marriage isn’t legal. About a dozen of...
All aboard love boat
World Yacht Cruises moved aggressively when same-sex marriage was enacted last year. It advertised in gay-oriented publications. It changed its literature to include photos of gay and lesbian couples along...
Tax credits a ‘reel’ boon
ALBANY — Lights, camera . . . edit!New York got a lot cheaper for post-production film work yesterday when Gov. Cuomo signed a bill to triple existing tax credits to...
Bold ‘frisk’ alternative
More than a few New Yorkers are worried that the next mayor and police commissioner won’t be as tough on crime as Mayor Bloomberg and Ray Kelly. Those fears are...
DC pols take aim at large-capacity ammo clips
High-capacity ammo magazines — like the 100-round clip James Holmes attached to a military-style AR-15 assault rifle for his movie-theater massacre — should once again be banned, gun-control advocates in...
Apt. like a war zone
The explosives-packed pad of accused Colorado killer James Holmes looked like something in war-torn Iraq or Afghanistan, not a US suburb, an FBI expert said yesterday. “This would be one...
Batman fiend picked his tragic victims during 'Dark Knight' theater rampage
He handpicked some of his victims. Crazed “Joker’’ James Holmes ran though a darkened Colorado movie theater grabbing certain people and gunning them down, a stricken survivor said yesterday. “I...
Visit from a gallant Knight
“Batman” Christian Bale swooped into Colorado yesterday for a surprise visit with survivors of the massacre. Victim Carey Rottman posted a Facebook photo of himself with the “Dark Knight” star...
Serving love for Sylvia
Hundreds of politicians, celebrities and just plain folk gathered at the Abyssinian Baptist Church yesterday to say farewell to Harlem’s beloved Queen of Soul Food, Sylvia Woods. “No question the...
Smoker must clear the air: judge
A Manhattan judge won’t force a chain-smoking trust fund transsexual to stop puffing away in her apartment — but she does have to be more considerate of the neighbors in...
State’s $57M medi-loss
ALBANY — The state blew nearly $33 million on bogus Medicaid expenses over five years mostly because it issued multiple identification numbers to recipients, audits by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli...
‘Bribe’ bust for ex-pol
The first Asian-American elected to the state legislature was busted on federal bribery charges yesterday. Jimmy Meng, 68, a former state Assemblyman, brazenly promised to bribe Manhattan prosecutors who were...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** Cops are making a fresh push to identify a 5-year-old girl whose body was dumped on the side of the Henry Hudson Parkway in 1991 — and hope...
‘Looking’ fine: pal of ‘madam’
It’s not a crime to watch. The beautiful accused accomplice of alleged “Hockey Mom Madam” Anna Gristina wants a Manhattan judge to dismiss her promoting prostitution case — because the...
’87 Harlem baby-snatcher pleads for mercy
She says her baby-snatching days are over.The “kidnap mom” who swiped a newborn girl from Harlem Hospital in 1987 and raised the child as her own is pleading for leniency...
Killer cries in court
Ex-con Hassan Malik was sentenced to 20 years in prison yesterday for admittedly murdering a woman, stuffing her body into a suitcase, and then rolling the luggage out to a...
Piqued by leaks
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney yesterday stirred up a hornet’s nest for Democrats when he whacked President Obama for national-security leaks that allegedly came out of the White House. “What kind...
Trial over GI death
A lawyer representing the first of eight soldiers facing court-martial over the death of a 19-year-old Chinatown soldier said the young GI’s suicide was the result of job and family...
Teen safe sex high but sliding
WASHINGTON — More high-school students are using condoms, but new research released yesterday shows the nation still has a long way to go to protect young people from the AIDS...
Stroller recall
WASHINGTON — Peg Perego is recalling hundreds of thousands of strollers because children can become trapped and strangled between trays on them. The company is recalling 223,000 strollers, which include...
Raging Jacko smacko
Janet Jackson allegedly slapped her teenage niece Paris and called her a “spoiled bitch” during a violent face-off outside the home of “missing” family matriarch Katherine Jackson. Cops rushed to...
Gaga toying with us: suit
She may be a Lady, but she’s no doll. The makers of Bratz dolls filed an $11 million lawsuit against Lady Gaga yesterday, charging the “Born This Way” singer was...
Experts hail soda bop
The Bloomberg administration’s plan to ban sugary drinks larger than 16 ounces will melt 2.3 million pounds off the waistlines of New Yorkers, Health Commissioner Dr. Tom Farley said yesterday....
Nanny Mike’s next target a real boozy
The next city health-care crackdown: alcohol abuse. Having attacked smoking, trans fats and sugary drinks, the Bloomberg administration is ramping up its campaign against alcohol abuse, The Post has learned....
Guess watt – Con Ed bills bigger
Con Ed is guesstimating this month’s electricity usage while meter-reading workers remain locked out due to failed union negotiations — and customers tell The Post they’re being overcharged as a...
Momma’s-boy ‘rapist’ bails on plea deal
An ex-boyfriend accused of raping and attempting to murder his child’s mother stunningly turned down a 20-year plea offer from prosecutors yesterday — because he couldn’t discuss it with his...
Water save by pol clan
Newark Mayor Cory Booker isn’t the only pol who saves lives in his spare time. City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr., the Public Safety Committee chairman, took care of some critical...
School driver died a hero
A school-bus driver killed in a collision with a cement truck saved the lives of the kids he was driving by making a turn at the last minute, a parent...
HS grid-kid nightmare
A 15-year-old high school football player collapsed and died on Staten Island — and his devastated coach said, “I feel like I’ve lost a member of my family.’’ Nicholas Dellaventura,...
Teen busted in slay of 4-year-old
A 17-year-old was busted yesterday in the senseless gunfight that killed a 4-year-old Bronx boy and wounded two others, cops said. Police were also questioning “several other people” in the...
Cone biz’s vanilla gorillas
The streets are running red — with cherry ice cream! A turf war between Mister Softee trucks and rival ice-cream and frozen-yogurt peddlers has exploded this summer, leaving a trail...
NY pols urge Munich moment
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and members of the New York congressional delegation are calling on the International Olympic Committee to dedicate a moment of silence — during Friday’s opening...
Ohio ‘killer’ confesses to NY priest
He went to church to confess — to murder. Jonathan Smith, on the run from Ohio, was so desperate to come clean that he grabbed the first priest he could...
Rocky Mountain hell
An FDNY paramedic plunged 1,000 feet to his death while descending a notoriously dangerous peak in the Colorado Rockies after choosing not to take a far safer route down the...
Reviving the welfare-reform war
Political controversy over welfare is back after a 16-year hiatus. As with the fight that started earlier this year over whether Catholic organizations should be forced to provide contraceptive coverage...
Fight protester cruelty
Last week, after a hansom cab driver was caught on video yelling anti-gay and anti-black slurs, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn demanded that carriage drivers sign up for sensitivity training....
What does IOC stand for? Ignore Olympic Casualties
The Issue: Bob Costas’ call to acknowledge the Israeli athletes slain in the 1972 Olympics. *** Kudos to Bob Costas for his planned minute of silence to remember the Israeli...
Fashionably orthodox
The Issue: The conservative dress code mandate by Orthodox Jewish store owners in Williamsburg. *** Ultra-Orthodox Jewish merchants have the same legal right as any shopkeeper to impose a dress...
A mother’s lonely plea
Police yesterday took into custody a 17-year-old they say admits having fired a gun in the wild Bronx shootout that claimed the life of 4-year-old Lloyd Morgan. Several others were...
Sally Ride: 1951-2012
Sally Ride was an inspiration to all those whose dreams lie beyond the frontiers of human experience. Ride, 61, lost her battle with pancreatic cancer Monday, but her legacy —...
Outing the White House
Sen. Dianne Feinstein poured gasoline yesterday on a smoldering fight over national-security leaks from high-level Obama administration officials. “I think the White House has to understand that some of this...
Other moms’ fear threatens my kids
The Centers for Disease Control just announced that 2012 will most likely be a record year for whooping cough — perhaps the worst in five decades. To date, 18,000 cases...
What happened?
When I knew James Holmes, the Colorado shooter, he was Jimmy. I was his fifth-grade teacher. Back then, in 1998-1999, Holmes lived in Castroville, Calif., a tiny town of 5,000....
Wilco and lightning electrify audience
Due to the threat of a severe storm, Wilco’s appearance at Prospect Park on Monday looked like it might just be a cameo. Barely 20 minutes in — just as...
Rare painting’s in play
The venerable Players Club may soon have to part ways with one of its oldest members. John Singer Sargent’s painting of the 19th-century actor Joseph Jefferson has quietly gone on...
Affrunti’s Delaware Park Grade
FIRST-1m&70y; $12,500; cl($10,000); 3up2-Yes Papi Yes 5-15-DavidsLittleBy12-11-HurricaneCreek8-56-Treaty Notice 12-14-Birds On Venus 2-17-RichietheThief15-13-Saint Abe 15-18-Mach Twelve 10-1SECOND-6f; $21,000; cl($25,000); 3up1-Deadly Card 3-14-CallingforSnw10-13-Silent Score 2-15-OuttoConquerY4-16-Salt and Light 6-17-Proud Daddy 8-12-Isolation Road 8-1THIRD-5...
Del Mar Graded Entries
Post Time: 5:00 p.m.FIRST-5f; $44,000; mdn cl($80,000); 2YO; (f)PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds3 Victoria'sOnFire118VEspnzx-x-x5-16 Catrageous(L),120JTalamx-x-x5-21 CassandrLynnL120MGarcix-x-x5-12 SenseofaWmnL120KKriggrx-x-x4-14 Valedora(L),111VBednrx-x-x10-15 BaresTripper(L),120GGomzx-x-x2-1SECOND-5 1/2f; $36,000; mdn cl($50,000); 2YO; (f)PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds7 DivasndDmndsL120MPedrz2-5-x3-15 LadyOneEightyL112VBednr5-7-620-16 Serious(L),120GGomzx-x-x5-21...
Parx Racing Charts
July 24th, 2012 Clear And Fast. Turf Firm. ©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6f; $28,000; cl($16,000); 3upOff: 12:26. Good. confident handlingTime: 23.22, 45.79, 57.74, 1:1.33. Trainer: Ramon MoyaWinner: GR/RO G, 6,...
New Nets PG Watson says D-Will better than Bulls' Rose
C.J. Watson spent the past two seasons playing behind Derrick Rose in Chicago. But even after seeing the NBA’s 2011 MVP up close on a daily basis for the past...
By ‘George,’ all eyes on top fillies at Spa
SARATOGA SPRINGS — If the eight 3-year-old fillies entered in today’s Grade 2, $200,000 Lake George at 1 1/16 miles over the Mellon turf course all run to their past...
Sports Shorts
NBA: Asik to join Rockets The Rockets, who have failed so far to land Dwight Howard from Orlando, said Turkish big man Omer Asik is headed to Houston after the...
Today's Sports on the Air
BaseballNoonNationals at Mets SNY, WFAN (660 AM)12:30 p.m.Cubs at Pirates WGN3:30 p.m.Yankees at Mariners YES, WCBS (880 AM)7:05 p.m.Cyclones at Batavia WSOU (89.5 FM)8 p.m.Dodgers at Cardinals ESPNGolf9 a.m.European: Lyoness...
Yankees GM won't upgrade bullpen with trade
SEATTLE -- Brian Cashman says he isn’t a player in the bullpen market as the July 31 trade deadline approaches. “I am not in it so I don’t know,’’ the...
Hondo eyes a twin-killing
Hondo was on the verge of offsetting last night’s loss with Bill Maher’s Mets, but the Astros disintegrated in the ninth against the Reds so the deficit bounced to 1,530...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYJuly 25THUJuly 26FRIJuly 27SATJuly 28SUNJuly 29MONJuly 30TUEJuly 31YankeesSeattle3:40YES NetworkWCBS 880 AMNOGAMEBos. 7:05 YES WCBSBos. 4:05 FOXWCBSBos. 8:00 ESPN WCBSBalt. 7:05 YES WCBSBalt. 7:05 YES WCBSMetsWashington12:10SportsNet NYWFAN 660 AMAri.9:40SNYWFANAri. 9:40 SNY...
Mets demote Duda to learn left field, fix swing
The Mets demoted Lucas Duda to Triple-A Tuesday and it was as much about finding a spot for him in the future as trying to find some offense in the...
Mets manager aches to get ailing Francisco back
Frank Francisco is scheduled to pitch for Double-A Binghamton today in New Britain, Conn., after getting a shot to relieve discomfort in his right knee. His return to Citi Field...
Giants’ Jernigan out to grab opportunity
Jerrel Jernigan reports to his second NFL training camp tomorrow knowing he has very little to show for his rookie season with the Giants. In some cases, he has nothing...
Giants' Osi thinks more NFL players should act like Tebow
Osi Umenyiora has caught Tebow Fever, too. The Giants defensive end, upset by recent accounts of his fellow NFL players getting into trouble with the law, told reporters yesterday new...
Knicks sign shooting guard Brewer
The Knicks addressed one of their biggest remaining needs yesterday when they agreed to a one-year deal with free-agent shooting guard Ronnie Brewer. “New York Knicks lets get it!!!” Brewer...
Lin says he didn’t ask Rockets for more money
Jeremy Lin says not to blame him for the surprisingly quick end to his Knicks career. In an interview with the San Jose Mercury News, Lin said he had nothing...
Yankees made Ichiro deal with eye on luxury tax threshold
The Yankees are the ultimate Now team. Yet these days every decision is made with an eye toward being under the $189 million luxury tax threshold in 2014. Yes, even...
NY’s ‘Guy Code’
‘MTV2’s Guy Code” — where comedians and celebrities help out hapless men by bringing the unspoken rules of guy-hood to light — is the hottest thing on MTV’s junior channel...
Talk show guests
WEDNESDAYCURTIS STONE - Today, 7 a.m., Ch. 4ZACH GALIFIANAKIS, JOHN RICH - LIVE! with Kelly, 9 a.m., Ch. 7DR. IAN SMITH - The Doctors, 9 a.m., Ch. 2 and 6...
Hemsley: Movin’ on up
Sherman Hemsley, who played irascible, wealthy dry cleaner George Jefferson on “The Jeffersons,” died yesterday at his home in El Paso, Texas of undetermined causes. He was 74. His body...
Mariah to go mean for her money
Mariah Carey will be making a mint off “American Idol” — and she might have to bare her fangs for the money. “Idol” producers are set to pay the “Vision...
Prison chic
Convicts are about to be the new Kardashians. Shouty chef Gordon Ramsay and “Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary are both shopping new programs which would make reality stars out of...
Sake & the city
It's after midnight at Pacha, the multilevel Midtown West nightclub known for its big-ticket DJs. Beyond the cushy seating on the exclusive top floor, behind a door marked “private,” DJs...
Sour grapes
Wine is one of dining’s, and life’s, great pleasures. Yet it can seem anything but when an esoteric or pretentious list leaves you stumped over what to order. You’re at...
Weird but true
If the hereafter has restaurants, this guy will get great service for eternity. Aaron Collins’ will asked relatives to go out to dinner and “leave an awesome tip (and I...
Many recruiting hurdles for Nittany Lions
One of the biggest challenges Penn State and head coach Bill O’Brien face in the wake of the NCAA sanctions and fines levied on Monday comes in the cutthroat world...
NCAA president using Penn State scandal to score political points
In listening to and watching NCAA president Mark Emmert grandstand these last few weeks as he cleverly manipulated public sentiment to the point where he could have inflicted any pain...
O Canada: LuHi's Pate enjoys summer with U17 national team
Anthony Pate left his hometown of Toronto for Long Island Lutheran to test himself against top competition and increase his exposure. He went back for the very same reasons. The...
Students: Bronx school forced out struggling kids
Struggling students were forced out of a top Bronx public high school with such regularity that kids dubbed the practice “POE” — or Process of Elimination, students said today. The...
Elderly Queens woman: Doc's bad op cost me vision in left eye
An elderly Queens woman is suing her doctor, claiming a botched cataract operation cost her the sight in her left eye. Evalyne Chedda, 70, went to Dr. Alina K. Stanciu’s...
SI high school football player collapses & dies during workout
A high school football player collapsed on a Staten Island practice field and couldn’t be revived, officials said today, in a mysterious death that’s shocked heartbroken family and teammates. Nicholas...
Bx. superintendent won't permanently hand over pit bulls
The Bronx building superintendent who remains behind bars for allegedly keeping 50 pit bulls in a canine chamber of horrors — is refusing to hand over them over permanently to...
MTA workers' union: We want more money
If the MTA has a spare $30 million to add and restore service on buses and commuter rails, it also has money to pay workers more, the head of its...
Bloomberg goes after Christie -- with kindness
Mayor Bloomberg today found a unique way of retaliating against New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie - he praised him as a fellow advocate for tougher gun laws. It was undoubtedly...
'Kidnap mom' asks for leniency
She says her baby-snatching days are over. The “kidnap mom” who swiped a newborn girl from Harlem Hospital in 1987 and raised the child as her own is pleading for...