July 26, 2012
Puppy shoplifter caught on tape
Surveillance video captures a suspect shoving a Pomeranian puppy down his pants at a Long Island pet store.
DA, NYPD announce motorcycle-theft gang bust, ring accounted for half the city's cycle thefts
The take-down of a massive, 33-defendant gun- and stolen motorcycle--trafficking ring began last spring, when a single Yamaha was stolen from TriBeCa. It took 17 months -- but a joint,...
Alec Baldwin's accused stalker slapped with 20 new harassment charges
Manhattan prosecutors have hit Alec Baldwin's perky blonde alleged stalker with 20 new harassment counts, according to papers filed in Manhattan today. The prosecutorial pile-on against love-lorn Genevieve Sabourin is...
Suspected tornado touches down upstate
ELMIRA — An apparent tornado touched down in Elmira on Thursday, bringing down trees and power lines and damaging buildings. It wasn't immediately known whether anyone was injured in the...
Alleged embezzler beauty can't even talk to her father: court docs
Prosecutors are trying to keep glamorous accused embezzler Renata Shamrakova in a bubble -- unable to talk to even her own father, the Ukranian stunner is complaining in new court...
Nicks, Canty, Beckum, Sintim start Giants camp on PUP list
ALBANY – Five players did not take part in the conditioning running as the Giants reported to training camp, and four of them will start the summer on the Physically...
Coughlin adds 'sustain' to Giants motivational phrases
ALBANY – The message coach Tom Coughlin offered up to the Super Bowl champion Giants at the start of training camp was not as snappy as “Finish’’ or “All In’’...
Bankers indicted in separate thefts from Manhattan customers
Two Manhattan-based personal bankers have been indicted for looting a total of $1 million from customers -- including a dapper accused grifter charged with swiping $300,000 from an old woman...
Lochte jokes about the return of 'banana hammocks' for Olympic swimmers
One of the candidly funny moments of the U.S. Olympic swimming press conference Thursday came when Ryan Lochte was asked about the evolution of the newest swim suits that, in...
Facebook reports stronger-than-expected revenue in first public quarter
Facebook is reporting stronger-than-expected revenue in the social media company's first earnings report since its rocky initial public offering two months ago. But investors weren't impressed and after a brief...
Couric gets ready for 'Katie'
Katie Couric has her eye on the Great White Way. “I would like to star in a Broadway musical,” said the former news anchor. Couric -- addressing a gathering of...
Shields in the middle of Rays deadline dilemma
The Rays are in an interesting place. They are buyers. They are sellers. They are both.They clearly have pitching, especially because they believe Jeff Niemann (broken fibula) will return next...
Cahill signed by Red Bulls, arrives at practice (video)
The Red Bulls finally announced the signing of midfielder Tim Cahill as a Designated Player. The 32-year-old Aussie will join the Red Bulls’ roster pending receipt of his P-1 visa and International Transfer Certificate...
Beyond: Two Souls 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...
Rex responds to Holmes' criticism of Jets' two-QB system
Rex Ryan wants Santonio Holmes to know his role. The Jets coach took a slight shot at his star wide receiver Thursday, criticizing Holmes for negative comments he has made...
SEC and Department of Justice investigating Standard & Poor's over ratings
Regulators are investigating Standard & Poor's over some of its ratings, according to a filing by the S&P's parent company. The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc., which owns the S&P ratings agency,...
Google charging $70/month for ultra-fast Internet service in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Google Inc. revealed Thursday what it will charge for its long-awaited, ultra-fast Internet service in Kansas City: $70 per month. The service is intended as a...
WATCH: Yankees' radio voice Waldman scolds Mariners for hitting batters
Of all the dramatic things she’s ever seen.Yankees radio color commentator Suzy Waldman, known for her shrieking outbursts supporting the home team, took the Mariners to task Wednesday after Derek...
UPDATE: Rahm's 'Chicago Way' is anti-business, free speech
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is supposedly a more moderate Democrat than his former boss President Barack Obama, but given recent events, it seems the men are two peas in a pod....
Disgraced Peregrine CEO cancels detention hearing
IOWA CITY, Iowa — The disgraced founder of an Iowa-based brokerage jailed in a suspected $200 million fraud scheme has decided not to challenge his detention — for now. Peregrine...
Dr Pepper profit up 3 percent on price hikes
Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. said Thursday that higher prices for its portfolio of sodas, teas and juices helped lift its second-quarter net income by 3 percent. The beverage company,...
Phelps having more fun this time around at Olympics
LONDON — Michael Phelps was strolling through the Olympic Village when he spotted three Russian female athletes — all of them taller than the 6-foot-4-inch swimmer. “Geez, I thought I...
Bolt to be Jamaica's Olympics flag bearer
LONDON — Usain Bolt will carry the Jamaican flag in the opening ceremony of the London Olympics. “Carrying the flag is an honor,” Bolt said Thursday. “For my country Jamaica,...
Feds raid Manhattan storage facility containing 'stolen' art
An Upper East Side art dealer today was charged with receiving more than $20 million worth of stolen Indian antiquities -- as federal authorities raided his Manhattan storage facility and...
Madoff trustee asking court for permission to distribute more money to victims
Victims of imprisoned Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme could be getting back more of their stolen money. Irving Picard, the trustee in charge of liquidating Madoff's assets, is asking a New...
Giants' Tuck not worried about Eagles' Vick talking dynasty
ALBANY – Michael Vick is on record as saying he believes the Eagles “have a chance to develop a dynasty’’ even though the franchise has yet to win a Super...
Sandusky 'Victim 2' intends to sue Penn State as shocking voicemails emerge
HARRISBURG, Pa. — For months, the identity of the boy who was sexually assaulted in the locker-room showers by Jerry Sandusky was one of the biggest mysteries of the Penn...
LA Kings Twitter page: MMA not 'a real sport'
The Kings might be NHL Stanley Cup champions, but they won’t be making many friends in the mixed martial arts community any time soon.Answering a Twitter invitation from the UFC...
Seabrook guilty of funneling $1.5M in taxpayer funds to friends, family
A federal jury today convicted embattled City Councilman Larry Seabrook on nine criminal counts that he funneled $1.5 million in taxpayer money to friends and family. Seabrook was found guilty...
JCPenney tweaks pricing strategy again
JCPenney is changing its pricing — again. Just six months after the mid-priced department store chain got rid of the hundreds of sales it offered each year in favor of...
Paralyzed former Rutgers DE LeGrand retires from NFL
TAMPA, Fla. — Paralyzed former Rutgers defensive tackle Eric LeGrand retired from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday, a little less than three months after his symbolic signing with the...
Torres: Keeping quiet the best way to beat Phelps
LONDON -- The first U.S. swimmer to compete at five Olympics has some advice for Ryan Lochte and anyone else who wants to beat Michael Phelps: Keep quiet. "If I...
Norah O'Donnell replaces Erica Hill on 'CBS This Morning'
Nearly seven months into the launch of a new morning show, CBS said Thursday that it will replace co-host Erica Hill with chief White House correspondent Norah O'Donnell. O'Donnell will...
Warner Bros. moves 'Gangster Squad' to January for reshoots to remove movie-theater shoot-out scene
Warner Bros. has moved the release of "Gangster Squad" to January after the film's climactic cinema shoot-out scene drew comparisons to the Aurora, Colo., shooting. "Gangster Squad" chronicles a bloody...
Con Ed reaches contract with union ahead of major storm
Con Ed has and its locked out workers reached a long-term deal today, ending their labor stalemate in the nick time as New Yorkers brace for a major storm this...
Twitter briefly down across much of planet
LONDON — People around the world briefly experienced problems accessing Twitter on Thursday, a day before the 2012 Olympic Games are expected to cause a spike in use of the...
New Giants TE Bennett has 'ill feelings' about Cowboys
ALBANY – New Giants tight end Martellus Bennett was easily the most outspoken Giant on reporting day this morning, declaring that he’s angry with old Dallas Cowboys team and wants...
WATCH: 'Name Check' with Melanie Fiona
On this week’s “Name Check,” Grammy Award-winning singer and Brooklynite Melanie Fiona stops by The Post to chat with Michael Riedel about her evolution as a singer, working with Jay-Z...
DVD Extra: Gary Cooper's daughter on 'The Hanging Tree'
"The Hanging Tree'' (1959) recently became the last of Gary Cooper's major films to arrive on DVD via the Warner Archive Collection manufacture-on-demand program. In one of his best roles,...
Saratoga post times moved up
SARATOGA SPRINGS --- With the forecast calling for thunderstorms Thursday afternoon, post times for the races at Saratoga have been moved up, beginning with the second race. The 10th and...
52 people hurt in seven-alarm Brooklyn fire
Authorities say 52 people were hurt, one seriously, during a seven-alarm blaze at a Brooklyn apartment building. Among the injured, 40 people - firefighters, ambulance workers and one Red Cross...
Jets activate Landry from PUP list
A day after getting bad news about one recent acquisition, the Jets got some good news Thursday.The team announced that it has activated safety LaRon Landry from the Physically Unable...
Panel from postponed Batman comic revealed
Images of a teacher -- pulling a gun on her students -- has forced DC Comics to keep “Batman,” from rising until next month, has surfaced online. In the panel,...
Revis arrives at Jets camp, was 'close' to holding out
CORTLAND – When Jets guard Brandon Moore saw cornerback Darrelle Revis arrive at the team's headquarters today for his physical and conditioning test, Moore couldn't resist."You're not supposed to be...
Fewer contracts to buy previously occupied homes signed in June
WASHINGTON — Americans signed fewer contracts to buy previously occupied homes last month, the latest sign the housing market recovery is uneven. The National Association of Realtors says its index...
North Korean athletes in seclusion after flag flap
GLASGOW, Scotland — The flag flap that overshadowed the start of women’s soccer at the London Olympics might be consigned to a list of human errors by organizers, but it...
WATCH: Former Mets prospect Gomez circles bases thinking foul ball was homer
Things are so bad for the Mets these days that even their former prospects are having a tough time.Brewers center fielder Carlos Gomez mistook a foul ball for a home...
Stocks soar after European Central Bank vows to protect the euro
It was the buy signal that markets were waiting for. When European Central Bank president Mario Draghi vowed to "do whatever it takes" to keep the continent's monetary union intact,...
Ripken's mom offered cigarettes, food during kidnapping at gunpoint: neighbor
ABERDEEN, Md. — Cal Ripken Jr.'s mother told a neighbor that the man who kidnapped her at gunpoint, tied her up and blindfolded her didn't seem to know she was...
Unilever grows sales in spite of EU slowdown
AMSTERDAM — Unilever PLC, the maker of Lipton tea, Ben & Jerry's ice cream, and Axe deodorants, said Thursday strength in developing markets and its personal care products lifted its...
NYC restaurant exec accused of theft
A restaurant executive has been accused of stealing more than $1 million from a Manhattan company that runs two popular chains. Constantine Flouras, of Manhasset, was charged with grand larceny....
Weaker demand pressures Dow Chemical's second quarter
MIDLAND, Mich. — Dow Chemical Co.'s second-quarter net income fell 34 percent as weaker demand led to lower prices. Softness in Europe and a stronger dollar also weighed on results....
Saudi female judoka not allowed to wear headscarf
LONDON — The International Judo Federation says one of Saudi Arabia’s first female athletes selected for the Olympics will not be allowed to wear a headscarf during competition. Federation president...
Volkswagen second-quarter earnings up 18 percent
FRANKFURT, Germany — Stronger demand from North America and the world's developing markets helped German automaker Volkswagen record an 18 percent jump in second-quarter earnings. Net profit for the April-June...
Sprint loss widens but revenue beats estimates
Sprint Nextel Corp., the country's third-largest wireless carrier, on Thursday reported a wider loss for the second quarter as wrote down the value of its moribund Nextel network. However, Sprint...
Aircraft demand pushed up durable goods orders in June
WASHINGTON — Business cut back on orders for long-lasting U.S. factory goods last month, outside aircraft and other transportation equipment. That suggests the sluggish economy is weakening manufacturing. Orders for...
Trade deadline, the Mets and NL Rookie of the Year
Now that Milwaukee has lost six straight games, the Brewers' trade of Zack Greinke seems an inevitability.(The Brewers would love to trade Francisco Rodriguez, for that matter, but given how...
3M net income up in second quarter despite lower sales
3M Co., the iconic maker of Post-Its and Scotch Tape, said Thursday it managed a slim increase in second-quarter earnings as cost-cutting offset a revenue shortfall. The St. Paul, Minn.,...
Weekly jobless claims drop by 35,000 to 353,000
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits dropped by 35,000 last week, a figure that may have been distorted by seasonal factors. The Labor Department said Thursday...
Merger issues plague United Continental as second-quarter profit falls
No one ever said that putting United and Continental together would be easy. The combined airline's second-quarter net income dropped 37 percent as it continued to wrestle with merger-related issues....
NYPD covers up mural that calls police 'murderers'
New York City police officers have painted over a mural that listed the NYPD as "murderers" along with global corporations. The mural was on the side of a dry cleaner...
Federer, Serena draw opponents for Olympic tennis
LONDON — Roger Federer is back at Wimbledon a few weeks after winning his seventh title there, opening his bid for Olympic gold against Colombian Alejandro Falla. Serena Williams, who...
Soda companies racing for new sweet spot in quest for no-calorie, no-aftertaste drink
Coke and Pepsi are chasing after the sweet spot: a soda with no calories, no artificial sweeteners and no funny aftertaste. The world's top soft drink companies hope that's the...
Defected Assad confidant seeks Syrian unity
BEIRUT — Syria's most prominent defector has put himself forward as someone to unite the fractured opposition as the disparate factions gathered in Qatar Thursday to try to agree on...
Higher prices help Colgate-Palmolive second-quarter net income
Colgate-Palmolive Co. said Thursday that its second-quarter net income edged up less than 1 percent as price increases and cost cutting helped offset high raw material costs and the stronger...
Exxon second-quarter profits up 49 percent, helped by $7.5B in asset sales
A jump in Exxon Mobil's net income couldn't mask nagging problems for America's largest oil company. The company's said its second-quarter net income rose 49 percent to $15.9 billion. But...
19 killed as Iraqi forces clash with militants
BAGHDAD — Militants downed an Iraqi army helicopter on Thursday in clashes that have killed at least 19 people including 11 policemen, a regional official said, in what appeared to...
Romney looks to build ties with British leaders
LONDON — With the Olympic Games as a backdrop, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Thursday plunged into a series of meetings with British leaders, including Prime Minister David Cameron....
Wife of ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai charged with murder
BEIJING — The wife of ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai and a family aide have been charged with the murder of a British businessman, the government said Thursday, pushing ahead...
Katherine Jackson back home, reuniting with her grandchildren
Katherine Jackson is home -- but the circumstances over how she became “missing” for nearly 11 days is still a mystery. Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris Jackson tweeted early this morning:...
No medical bills for some Colo. theater shooting victims
DENVER - Some of the victims fighting for their lives after being wounded in the movie-theater shooting rampage may face another challenge when they get out of the hospital: enormous...
Storm slams New York, leaving at least one dead and thousands in the dark
A powerful storm toppled power lines and trees Thursday, leaving hundreds of thousands of New York residents in the dark and claiming at least one life. Gov. Cuomo declared a...
Four people injured from needles in sand of NYC beaches
Officials say four people suffered puncture wounds from needles found at New York City beaches in the last three weeks. WNBC television reports that one incident occurred at Rockaway Beach...
NY voters oppose pay increase for state lawmakers: poll
ALBANY - No raise for you! New York voters oppose a pay increase for state lawmakers by a whopping 80-16 percent, a new poll has found. The Quinnipiac University survey...
Los Angeles dispenses with pot dispensaries
The City of Angeles has had enough and earlier this week unanimously voted to ban hundreds of medical marijuana dispensaries. There are some 900 dispensaries in Los Angeles, most of...
Penn State trustees say NCAA sanctions better than football ban
Penn State's trustees may not like the NCAA's unprecedented sanctions against the university's football program, but they say the alternative — the so-called "death penalty" — would have been worse....
Nomura CEO resigns in wake of insider trading scandal
TOKYO — Nomura CEO Kenichi Watanabe has resigned in the wake of an insider trading scandal that has tarnished the reputation of Japan Inc. and its biggest investment bank as...
Manhattan church to ring bell in honor of Colorado victims
A church in lower Manhattan plans to ring its bell in honor of the victims of the Colorado theater shooting. The Bell of Hope at St. Paul's Chapel will be...
EPA destroys anti-fracking dogma
An article of faith among many current environmentalists is that a particular method of extracting natural gas from the earth -- hydraulic fracturing, or fracking -- is dangerous.The danger most often...
WATCH: Jimmy Fallon and Zach Galifianakis switch spots
The host became the guest, and the guest became the host, and the guest made fun of himself in the process. Zach Galifianakis swapped roles with late-night host Jimmy Fallon...
Manhattan Center's Diaz, Fulcher head to Hyde School with academics in mind
DISTRICT HEIGHTS, Md. – A smile comes to Janicha (Chacha) Diaz’s face when she thinks about attending the Hyde School in the fall. “I feel like I am going to...
'Itching' to go: Toro returns to travel ball circuit with New Heights
DISTRCT HEIGHTS, MD – Mike Toro couldn’t sit at home any longer. “I started getting bored,” the Bishop Ford girls basketball coach said. “I really liked coaching. I really liked...
Live in AC roundup: 'Underrated' backcourt lead Lightning 17's to 2-0 start
ATLANTIC CITY - New York Lightning coach Shandue McNeil considers Jon Severe and Dayshon Smith two of the most underrated guards in the country. If Wednesday’s performance is any indication,...
Bulldogs fall in USJN/Nike Silver semifinals
DISTRICT HEIGHTS, Md. – The NYC Bulldogs quest for a second straight title in Washington, D.C. ended two wins shy. Archbishop Molloy's Carolyn Gallagher’s game-tying 3-point attempt went long and...
A true Olympic odyssey for member of U.S. shooting team
LONDON — Kimberly Rhode surely hopes her Olympic experience is going to finish better than it began. Rhode, a member of the U.S. women’s shooting team, missed her flight to...
Riverdale fencer balances NY fandom with promoting sport
LONDON — There are some things on Tim Morehouse’s mind. For one thing, when you’re 3,500 miles and five time zones away from home, you can wake up in the...
In Yankees season full of obstacles, A-Rod injury is latest hurdle
SEATTLE — When the Yankees left for this seven-game West Coast swing, Derek Jeter was the leadoff hitter and Alex Rodriguez was just starting to find his swing. Now, Rodriguez...
A-Rod vows to return to Yankees 'strong'
SEATTLE — Until he hears from Dr. Chris Ahmad today in Manhattan, Alex Rodriguez won’t guess if he needs surgery or about a return date from a fractured left hand....
Nix's three-run double leads Yankees over Mariners
SEATTLE — Two wins in seven games never looked so good. Yet to the Yankees it was the difference between Hillary Clinton and Kate Upton. Normally that ledger on a...
Losing ways have turned Mets into Amazin’ disaster
Justin Turner entered the players’ bus, the last Met to do so yesterday, and with that, the mini-fleet of two vehicles departed Citi Field, not to be seen again for...
Byrdak, Thole exchange words; Mets swept by Nationals
From feel-good story to train wreck in two weeks. Even for the Mets, that’s not easy. But that’s quickly what’s happening, and yesterday was a new low for the team....
‘Squirrelly’ move puts U.S. wrestler on map
LONDON — It began as a goof — two brothers horsing around, dreaming up exotic wrestling moves straight out of the Vince McMahon WWE handbook and trying them out on...
Munich widows call for Olympic protest
LONDON — The widows of two Israeli Olympians killed by Palestinian gunmen at the 1972 Munich Olympics are urging spectators to stage a silent protest during tomorrow’s opening ceremony for...
Fencer Zagunis to carry flag for U.S. tomorrow
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 of the...
Knicks' Melo hopes to take momentum into — and out of — Olympic Games
LONDON — Carmelo Anthony arrives at the Olympic Games today on a tear. If he keeps this up the next 2 1/2 weeks, Anthony is confident it will carry over...
Sea coach relives attempt to save player who collapsed during workout
A Staten Island high school football coach recalled in chilling detail Wednesday how he tried to save 15-year-old Nicholas Dellaventura as he lay dying on the playing field. St. Joseph...
'Point' of emphasis: Jefferson's Lynch learning new position
ATLANTIC CITY -- Jaquan (Son Son) Lynch got the toughest decision of his senior year out of the way early when he verbally committed to Florida International and new coach...
Live in AC notebook: Boys High's Andrews continues winning ways with Sports U
ATLANTIC CITY - Wherever Rashad Andrews goes, he wins. After being part of St. Anthony of Jersey City’s undefeated 2010-11 campaign, winning a PSAL Class AA crown with Boys &...
Ichiro looking forward to Yankees-Red Sox rivalry
SEATTLE -- Many players have entered sports’ fiercest rivalry in a lot of ways. None will be taking the avenue Ichiro Suzuki will travel Friday night. That’s when Ichiro, a...
Jets defense looks to adjust to one-back systems
When Jets defensive coordinator Mike Pettine looked around this offseason at the AFC East offenses he will have to defend six times in the fall, something stood out. “Those are...
Nationals' Strasburg shuts down Mets
Stephen Strasburg’s impending innings limit was not going to be implemented soon enough to save the Mets. The 24-year-old Nationals ace put on a dazzling performance Wednesday that demonstrated why...
So many characters to keep an eye on in Jets camp
CORTLAND, N.Y. — The Cortland Zoo — also known as the No-Ring Circus — is the perfect place to visit during your summer vacation. The main attraction, of course, will...
Rangers’ Nash ready to 'embrace' pressure of New York
Rick Nash thinks he knows pressure, thinks he knows expectations, thinks he knows what it can be like in a big market. The newest Ranger said as much Wednesday, standing...
Jets hope upstate getaway a bonding experience
Jets Tebow camp ... er, training camp begins Thursday when players report to SUNY Cortland. Everybody in, the circus is about to begin. Coming off a disappointing 8-8 season, the...
Serby's Special Q&A with ... Matt Harvey
The Post’s Steve Serby fired questions at Mets phenom Matt Harvey, who will make his major-league debut tonight in Arizona. Q: Describe your mound temperament. A: (Buffalo Bisons catcher) Rob...
WATCH: Five people shot after Rucker Park basketball game ends in gunfire
Five people were shot last night at a basketball game at Harlem’s famed Rucker Park where ex-Knicks guard Nate Robinson was among those scrambling for safety during the chaos, authorities...
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...
Mets on deck at D-Backs
INSIDE THE MATCHUPS METS: Harvey makes the first start of his career tonight, with the Mets badly needing the righty to stabilize the starting rotation. In 20 starts at Triple-A...
Business briefs
Billion $ babyTwitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, 35, has joined the ranks of the world’s billionaires. Dorsey’s mobile-payment company, Square, is closing a $200 million investment by Rizvi Traverse Management, valuing...
Traders flee big-bank regulations to start own hedge funds
It’s time to break up with the big banks. While a growing chorus is calling for a massive overhaul of too-big-to-fail firms, Wall Street has been splitting up — with...
Zynga’s loss sends stock to GarbageVille
It’s not all fun and games in Facebook-land. Zynga, the No. 1 developer of games on the social network, shocked Wall Street yesterday with a second quarter loss of 3...
Portland research analyst John Kinnucan pleads guilty to insider trading
A belligerent research analyst who goaded FBI agents and bombarded federal prosecutors with hate-filled phone messages folded yesterday and pleaded guilty to insider trading. After denying wrongdoing and publicly blasting...
Co. forecasts: Cloudy, with chance of pain
No more paper clips for you. And do you really need to make so many copies? That seems to be the attitude of companies these days as they penny-pinch their...
RadioShack stock hits all-time low after retailer reports unexpected quarterly loss
Memo to retailers: iPhones and profit margins don’t mix. RadioShack shocked investors yesterday with an unexpected quarterly loss that sent its shares to an all-time low — and the company...
AOL, you’ve got sales!
AOL, owner of the Huffington Post and TechCrunch, rose to its highest value since it was spun out of Time Warner in 2009, after an increase in advertising revenue and...
Penney gets Twitter lift
Nina Garcia’s words can strike fear into the hearts of “Project Runway” contestants — and short-sellers, too. Shares of JCPenney yesterday spiked nearly 10 percent after Garcia — who as...
IAC ♥ Internet hookups
Hooking up online is cheaper than hitting the bar. In a tough economy, people are heading to Match.com, where $35 a month looks like a bargain compared to a boozy...
MGM files for IPO, eyes joint venture
Legendary film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is exploring a joint venture with another studio in addition to a possible initial public stock offering, sources told The Post. “They may do a joint...
IAC chairman Barry Diller hints at online-only future for Newsweek
Newsweek’s days as a print publication are numbered. Barry Diller, chairman of the 79-year-old title’s parent company, dropped the bombshell yesterday, saying an online-only version of the money-losing title is...
Vulture in distress
The grandfather of vulture investing is producing results of late that are for the birds. Randy Smith, the 69-year-old reclusive head of Alden Global Capital, who came out of semiretirement...
Nasdaq up on profit
Nasdaq OMX Group Inc., the second- largest US equity exchange operator, rose the most since November after quarterly earnings beat analysts’ estimates and the company lowered its 2012 expense forecast....
Bank exodus
Alison Carnwath, the Barclays non-executive director who was responsible for former CEO Bob Diamond’s 17 million pound ($26 million) final pay package, resigned yesterday, becoming the fourth boardroom figure to...
Perella to settle $pat
Citigroup and Morgan Stanley hired Perella Weinberg Partners to settle a dispute over how much their Morgan Stanley Smith Barney joint venture is worth, people with direct knowledge of the...
Bridge the gap
If you’re worried that your kid is going to get smacked around at McCarren Park Pool, we have a suggestion: Take her to the pop-up pool in Brooklyn Bridge Park,...
Jet set
The Jets’ No. 1 draft pick, Quinton Coples, has launched his Big Apple house hunt with a foray into the Flatiron District. At 6-foot-6 and 284 pounds, the team’s new...
Just sold!
Manhattan MIDTOWN WEST $5,380,000 33 W. 56th St. Three-bedroom, three-bath condo, 2,018 square feet, with kitchen with glass counters and Sub-Zero, Wolf, Viking and Bosch appliances, marble baths with Kohler...
UN’s legal push for prostitution
The United Nations is promoting a new “piece” plan that it claims promises a happy ending — legalizing prostitution. A UN panel said the world’s leaders should legalize the oldest...
US beach volleyball players won't ditch bikinis
LONDON — They’re going to be the cheekiest gals in London this summer. Olympian Misty May-Treanor and her fellow competitors on the US women’s beach volleyball team vowed yesterday to...
Chris open to ’16
OCEAN CITY, NJ — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said yesterday he’s open to running for president in four years if the job is open.The first-term GOP governor said he...
Ohio suspect who confessed girlfriend's murder to NY priest wants to go back and face justice
The Ohio murder suspect who confessed to a shocked Manhattan priest that he had bludgeoned his girlfriend in Columbus has signed an extradition waiver that allows the Midwest authorities to...
Bad call by ex-pol
In a move that was amazingly foolish and incredibly brazen, a former Queens lawmaker now under indictment on federal bribery charges called an FBI informant at the center of his...
Rein of NYPD twins
Crooks are in for some double trouble. The newest mounted cops to patrol city streets are Brooklyn-born identical twin sisters once nicknamed the “Twin Towers” for their formidable height. Officers...
Commuters beat PATH to Apple
The PATH train is starting to look like the jampacked Lexington Avenue subway. Despite a recent fare increase, PATH ridership is set to reach record levels this year. The New...
Second B'klyn toddler mugged as thug swipes bracelet off 2-year-old
No toddler is safe in this city! A heartless thug mugged a 2-year-old toddler in a Brooklyn elevator — saying nothing as he snatched the young girl’s bracelet while her...
Pol’s 70G crash bill
ALBANY — State Senate Minority Leader John Sampson’s recent car crash caused more than $70,000 in damage, according to police documents.The Brooklyn Democrat totaled his 2012 state-owned Ford Taurus after...
Gun-run, motorcycle-rob ring busted
A Manhattan grand jury has indicted 33 defendants in a massive, citywide ring that trafficked in illegal guns and scores of stolen motorcycles. The ring included “procurers” who lifted flashy...
'Dexter' actress from Manhattan goes missing
Cops are searching for a 31-year-old actress with a history of mental illness after she went missing from her Harlem apartment Sunday, police sources said. Mabel Pantaleon was last seen...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan Cops are looking for the thug who allegedly grabbed a 12-inch bread knife from behind a deli counter and attacked a man in Midtown. The shirtless suspect (pictured) stormed...
Fear$ over retirement
Most people around the world are worried about their financial health after retirement — but Americans are the least pessimistic. A survey by Accenture, a global technology and consulting firm,...
Catfight at crackup corner
It’s called “confrontation corner” — for good reason. A bloody catfight broke out yesterday between a hysterical minivan driver and an NYPD traffic agent after a fender bender at a...
Store launches 'man aisle' for shopping-challenged dudes
Get ready to stock up your man cave! An Upper West Side grocery store yesterday launched the city’s first “man aisle” — a portion of the store dedicated to facilitate...
Laughing gal-killers caged
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 yesterday...
Gaga a winner in doll fight
Gaga 1, Bratz zero.The makers of Bratz dolls were in court yesterday asking a judge to force Lady Gaga to sign off on their line of Gaga dolls.MGA Entertainment had...
Ripken’s mom safe at home
The mom of baseball’s legendary “Iron Man” Cal Ripken Jr. was put through a harrowing and bizarre ordeal, authorities said yesterday — kidnapped at gunpoint, blindfolded, bound in duct tape...
Fed rap for ‘wrist slap’ perv
A Brooklyn child molester who was given a two-year prison sentence by a judge in a shocking sweetheart deal was smacked yesterday with federal charges that could lock him up...
Hamptons $1B housing rebound
The real-estate boom is back in the Hamptons.For the first time since the housing crash of 2008, total sales in the five East End towns surpassed the billion-dollar mark in...
Tito’s son ‘wins’ Jacko tug-o-kids
An LA judge appointed Tito Jackson’s son temporary guardian of Michael Jackson’s three kids yesterday, in the latest twist in the ongoing family drama. Tito Joe “T.J.” Jackson, Jacko’s 34-year-old...
NYU wins expansion OK
NYU’s hotly debated plan to add nearly 2 million square feet to its Greenwich Village campus was approved by a 44-1 vote in the City Council yesterday — but not...
MTA: We won’t ‘bore’ you anymore
The MTA’s fleet of seven, 200-ton tunnel boring machines (pictured) has come to a complete halt for the first time in five years, ending an unprecedented expansion that added 13...
Gov. Cuomo tells state agency to mediate Con Ed dispute
Gov. Cuomo jumped into the high-voltage battle between Con Ed and its union yesterday when he ordered the state’s Public Service Commission to try to settle the dispute, warning, “There...
Pol ‘pedals’ elec-bike bill
An Upper East Side legislator, deluged by complaints about wayward delivery bikes, introduced a bill yesterday that would require the NYPD to specify when it gives out summonses to users...
World Trade Center work crew harkens back to iconic Depression-era photo
One thing hasn’t changed in 80 years — it still takes nerves of steel to erect a skyscraper. A breathtaking photo of a 1 World Trade Center inspection crew toiling...
First Colorado massacre victim laid to rest
Confronted with the ultimate evil, his last words were of love. The teen daughter of a doting dad who was gunned down while they desperately tried to flee the “Dark...
Massacre monster a strumpet player
“The Joker” had a jones for hookers. Accused killer James Holmes paid prostitutes for sex in the months before his movie massacre — and even reviewed his randy romps on...
Movie theater 'killer' put murderous plan in writing and sent package to psychologist: report
They were the devil’s details. Accused “Dark Knight” killer James Holmes mailed a notebook outlining his murderous plot to a university shrink, a new report said yesterday. “Inside the package...
7,000 city students wrongly blocked from attending graduation
As many as 7,000 city elementary- and middle-school students were wrongly barred from attending their graduation ceremonies this year because education officials mistakenly thought they had failed state exams. Test...
Hill tops Andy, NYers tell poll
A majority of state voters says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton would make a better president than Gov. Cuomo, according to a poll.A new Quinnipiac University poll finds Cuomo...
Albany surpri$e
ALBANY — State tax revenues have exceeded projections in the most recent quarter, Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said yesterday, but he noted weakness in May and June and said the government...
Pension trainwreck
The MTA’s pension costs are projected to rise a whopping 19 percent this year, a huge increase due in part to the sluggish stock market, new records show. The agency...
Five shot at Harlem basketball site
Five people were shot last night at a basketball game at Harlem’s famed Rucker Park where ex-Knicks guard Nate Robinson was among those scrambling for safety during the chaos, authorities...
Boy ‘lasers’ helicopter
A 14-year-old Long Island boy aimed a green laser at a police heliopter, police said yesterday. The incident occurred Tuesday night while the chopper was conducting a search over Brentwood.No...
Accused Bronx killer of 4-year-old tot is hated by neighbors
A 17-year-old described by neighbors as a “demon” and “f---ing punk” was charged with murder yesterday in the death of a 4-year-old Bronx boy at a charity basketball game. Rondell...
Coach relives grid-kid death
A Staten Island high-school football coach yesterday recalled the final moments of a star 15-year-old player who collapsed on the field during practice and later died. St. Joseph by-the-Sea coach...
Obama under pressure in Pa.
Mitt Romney is breathing down President Obama’s neck in Pennsylvania.A poll conducted for the Pennsylvania Republican Party shows Obama leading Romney by just three points in the battleground Keystone State...
Dying to vote
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney’s campaign has asked the Virginia attorney general to investigate a flood of voter-registration forms mailed to dead people, children and household pets.The DC-based Voter Participation Center...
Lab tests show Kerry Kennedy had traces of Ambien in her bloodstream at time of crash
Kerry Kennedy’s claim that a “seizure” and not a sleeping pill caused her Westchester County highway crash was called into question by some cold hard facts yesterday — the results...
RFK Jr. son mom’s ‘executor’
A White Plains judge said he’s likely to sign off on a request that the 18-year-old son of Mary and Robert Kennedy Jr. be named administrator of his mother’s estate....
Mitt aide Brit flap
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney arrived in London yesterday for the start of an overseas tour including a visit to the Olympic Games — but ended up in a dust-up over...
Adieu, two-state solution
The Arab Spring has punctured many received ideas about Middle Eastern politics — including the “two-state solution” to the Arab-Israeli conflict. The “two-state” formula was always based on two questionable...
Bloomberg or Guns: Who Needs More Control?
The Issue: Mayor Bloomberg’s belief that cops should actively support demands for more gun control. *** Mayor Bloomberg thinks cops should strike unless we institute stricter gun laws (“Bloomberg’s Gun-Control...
Mitt hits the road
Mitt Romney has headed overseas for a trip to England, Israel and Poland that’s meant to burnish his foreign-policy credentials — and contrast his proposed policies with President Obama’s record....
Throw another fish
Labor’s trained seals were out in numbers yesterday, conducting a two-pronged campaign to impose on Consolidated Edison the same ruinous fiscal reality that has had New York teetering on the...
Summit tips
It hasn’t been a pleasant two weeks for opponents of stop-and-frisk — because it’s been even worse for the victims of gun violence and their families. Gun-toting thugs seem to...
Look at what really cuts Out carbon
As most of the country suffers under record-breaking temperatures, the “I told you so” crowd screams for even greater efforts to rein in our carbon emissions. What the green lobby...
‘Milk’ has gone sour
"It smells like armpits in here,” one of the characters says about the dilapidated train station in “Black Milk,” but the odor is the least of it. Vassily Sigarev’s play,...
Aussie lord of the stage
Before he was Agent Smith in the “Matrix” trilogy and Elrond in “The Lord of the Rings” saga — even before his timid, cross-dressing Tick in “The Adventures of Priscilla,...
The A-list exorcists
Adam Glassman, the creative director of O, The Oprah Magazine, does what any good boss would do to welcome new hires. He warmly greets them, hosts a first-day breakfast meeting...
10-year-old qualifies for women's U.S. Amateur
Better watch out, Michelle Wie. Here comes Lantanna Stone. A 10-year-old golfer from Valrico, Fla., Stone will be shooting for the U.S. Women’s Amateur championship next month in Ohio after...
Velazquez 0-2 in return
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- With the first six finishers separated by just 1¼ lengths at the wire, Centre Court emerged from the pack under Julien Leparoux to prevail by a neck...
Saratoga Charts
July 25th, 2012 Clear And Fast. Turf Firm.©2012 Equibase. All Rights ReservedFIRST-6f; $40,000; cl($20,000); 3YO; (f)Off: 1:00. Good. swung 5w 1/4,ralliedTime: 22.96, 46.13, 58.31, 1:11.78. Trainer: Charlton BakerScr: Rough Winter.Claimed-Annelle...
Sports Shorts
MLB: Hideki Matsui gets cut by Tampa Bay Hideki Matsui, the 38-year-old Japanese star and ex-Yankee, was designated for assignment yesterday by the Rays to clear a roster spot for...
Yankees’ Joba steps up rehab with back-to-back games
Joba Chamberlain worked an 11-pitch inning Wednesday night for Single-A Tampa. It was the second straight day he pitched and that is a significant hurdle for him to clear on...
Del Mar Graded Entries
Post Time: 5:00 p.m.FIRST-1 mile; $24,000; clm($10,000); 3upPN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds1 Saint Cindy(L),120GGomz3-4-27-25 ArrivederciCarL120MGarci5-6-12-12 MusicalGrace(L113EFlores6-3-810-13 Plazarita(L),122JHrnnd7-1-48-14 TrappersRwrdL113VBednr5-3-34-16 Ambitoness(L),120RBejrn5-2-25-2SECOND-5 fur(T); $71,000; alw; 3up(f)PN Horse, Wt.JockeyLast 3Odds10 MagicSchoolL,124JTalam4-5-52-12 Love MyWay(L),118RBejrn4-2-15-21 ElusiveCookiesL124MPedrz4-4-14-13 HiddenPassionL120VEspnz7-4-56-14...
Meadowlands Graded Entries
Post Time: 7:00 p.m.Best Bet: Persuasive Hanover (9th)FIRST: 1m; trot; $10,000; Kindergrtn8 Spider Blue Chip(DMiller)1-5-13-19 Ergo Hanover(JCampbell)3-1-65-23 Jersey Rebel(AMiller)3-1-14-11 Picture This(BSears)8-5-28-12 Robin Would(YGingras)8-1-212-14 Pine Credit(EMiller)9-4-212-15 MarionMarvelous(MLchnce)2-3-520-16 Crazed N Lindy(TTetrick)5-3-36-17 Up...
Del Mar Results
FIRST-5f; $44,000; mdn cl($80,000); 2YO; (f)5Bres Trppr (Gomz)3.202.40out6Catrageous (Talamo)2.80outScr: Valedora, Cassandra Lynne.* $1 Exacta (5-6) $3.70 * Quinella (5-6) $4.40 * $1 Superfecta (5-6-3-2) $10.90 * $1 Trifecta (5-6-3) $10.40SECOND-5...
Hondo plays another deuce
Hondo’s stab in the daylight with the Twins didn’t work out yesterday, but he balanced the setback by cashing with the Rangers last night to leave the deficit holding at...
Home Team Lineups
TODAYJuly 26FRIJuly 27SATJuly 28SUNJuly 29MONJuly 30TUEJuly 31WEDAug 1YankeesNOGAMEBos. 7:05 YES WCBSBos.4:05FOXWCBSBos. 8:00 ESPN WCBSBalt. 7:05 YES WCBSBalt. 7:05 YES WCBSBalt. 1:05 YES WCBSMetsArizona9:40SportsNet NYWFAN 660 AMAri. 9:40 SNY WFANAri. 8:10...
Today's Sports on the Air
Baseball1:30 p.m.Dodgers at Cardinals MLBN7:05 p.m.Cyclones at Batavia WSOU (89.5 FM)8 p.m.Nationals at Brewers MLBN9:30 p.m.Mets at Diamondbacks SNY, WFAN (660 AM)GolfNoonSenior British Open, First Round ESPN212:30 p.m.Web.com: Nationwide Children's...
Harvey’s Mets debut comes at tough time
As if his highly anticipated major-league debut tonight in Arizona wasn’t stressful enough, Matt Harvey will also have to deal with the Mets having dropped six straight and free-falling out...
Nets will open Barclays Center vs. Knicks
The NBA didn’t waste any time in getting its newest version of a Subway Series rivalry off the ground. The Brooklyn Nets will play their first regular-season game at home...
Eli: Albany camp good for Giants team unity
If the reigning Super Bowl Most Valuable Player has his way, nighttime will be the right time during the next three weeks, as Eli Manning is anticipating evenings for the...
Cashman says Yankees won't overpay for third base fill-in
At a time of injury crisis, general manager Brian Cashman follows a familiar script: He projects confidence the Yankees can weather the loss with internal solutions. He does this to...
Starr Report
I recently watched the movie “24 Hour Party People” on IFC and was reminded, yet again, of the impressive talents of Steve Coogan, who’s never had the impact here that...
Get me the Monkey
The monkey is hot. A month before the new fall season shows start, Crystal, a capuchin monkey and star of NBC’s “Animal Practice,” already is the break-out star. Crystal, who...
Kaity’s day in court
WPIX’s skeletons are coming out of the closet in an explosive age-discrimination suit. Veteran Ch. 11 news anchor Kaity Tong testified yesterday that she believes her age led station management...
No Hemsley autopsy
The El Paso, Texas, medical examiner’s office says Sherman Hemsley, who played George Jefferson in the television sitcom “The Jeffersons,” died of natural causes and that no autopsy will be...
Heart attack: ‘cry for attention’
Alex Trebek has broken his silence over the heart attack that sent him to the intensive care unit in late June. Trebek, 72, returned to work Tuesday for his 29th...
Stewart, Colbert stay put
Fear not fake news fans, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert will be sticking around. Both men signed 2-year contract extensions that will keep them on Comedy Central’s late-night roster, the...
Weird but true
Looks as if the barbecue will have to be canceled. Firefighters near Fort Lauderdale, Fla., saved a 900-pound pig named Strawberry after the pudgy porker fell into a muddy pond...
Penn State coach faces tough sell
In the first couple of weeks of May, days that must have seemed like a life sentence ago, Bill O’Brien, Penn State’s new football coach, sat with a group of...
Four-year death penalty was an option for Penn State
Penn State faced the threat of a four-year ban on playing football before the NCAA imposed sanctions this week over the school’s handling of the Jerry Sandusky child-molestation scandal, a...
Drama mama
Your weekly guide to TV’s best and worst one-hour shows What do some of Mama’s favorite actors do in the summer? Go slumming, apparently, as evidenced by the overload of...
Jets trade in limbo after Otah fails physical
There is a snag with the Jets’ latest acquisition.Tackle Jeff Otah, whom the Jets acquired from the Panthers in a trade Monday, failed his physical and has been placed on...